New from @minnahfarshad.bsky.social from today's at FEC filings. Dark money group Center Forward, led by weapons industry lobbyists, is the conduit for more than $13 million in spending to promote Haley Stevens in #MISen. Voters may not know the original source of the ad barrage.

Dark Money Group Led by Corporate Lobbyists Funds Pro-Stevens Super PAC

A new FEC filings show nearly all of the $13 million spent so far by the pro-Haley Stevens super PAC A Stronger Michigan came from Center Forward, a dark money group led by lobbyists for Northrop Grum...

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DTE Energy did not pay current federal income taxes for the twelfth consecutive year in 2025 despite reporting $1.54 billion in profits, according to public documents reviewed by Michigan Advance. Story from @minnahfarshad.bsky.social

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DTE Energy did not pay current federal income taxes for the twelfth consecutive year in 2025 despite reporting $1.54 billion in profits, according to public documents reviewed by Michigan Advance.

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So much money is sloshing into Dem primaries. Even Jeff Murray, the longtime corporate lobbyist and treasurer of the industry-funded Center Forward, appears to have spun off a super PAC that is spending to back Haley Stevens in #MISen. Its donors are still unknown. New by @minnahfarshad.bsky.social:

Shadow Super PAC Tied to Lobbyist Drops $1M for Haley Stevens

A pop-up super PAC boosting Haley Stevens is registered at the home address of a lobbyist for Northrop Grumman, Meta, and other corporate giants.

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Please read the latest by @premthakker.bsky.social and @minnahfarshad.bsky.social, who show the extreme double standard being exhibited by all of the outspoken critics of Nick Kristof's deeply sourced report on Israeli abuses of Palestinian prisoners. open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...

The Media's Double Standards on Rape in the Middle East

The New York Times published a detailed accounting of rape against Palestinians. An unreliable Israeli nonprofit put out a report on sexual abuse against Israelis. And all hell broke loose.

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'Piracy': Israel Kidnaps Nearly 200 Peace Activists Aboard Flotilla 600 Miles Away From Gaza Zeteo contributor Alex Colston is among those Israel abducted, as activists accuse Greece of complicity after Israeli forces intercepted 22 boats in international waters. Read: zeteo.com/p/gaza-floti...

'Piracy': Israel Kidnaps Nearly 200 Peace Activists Aboard Flotilla 600 Miles Away From Gaza

Zeteo contributor Alex Colston is among those Israel abducted, as activists accuse Greece, a NATO member, of complicity after Israeli forces intercepted 22 boats in international waters near Crete.

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Israel just abducted activists, journalists & humanitarians from the Global Sumud Flotilla — including our contributor Alex Colston. Zeteo demands that Israel immediately release those kidnapped & calls on the UN, the US & governments across Europe to take urgent action & hold Israel accountable.

BREAKING: The US Supreme Court gutted a key provision of the Voting Rights Act. The ruling paves the way for Republicans to redraw congressional maps, potentially greenlighting racial discrimination & weakening the political power of Black & brown communities in the US. zeteo.com/p/supreme-co...

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9 Times Trump Has Ridiculously Insulted Christians

Sharing an imagine depicting himself as Jesus is just one of many ways the US president has denigrated the people who put him in the White House.

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I was quoted in this @zeteo.com article by @minnahfarshad.bsky.social about @abdulelsayed.bsky.social and Hasan Piker. If you, like me, love seeing my name in the press again since I "retired" from arts journalism in 2023, now's as good a time as any to subscribe to this essential news source. 😉

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Large crowds turned out for Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed’s Michigan rallies despite attacks from right-wing media over his connection to streamer Hasan Piker. Zeteo’s @minnahfarshad.bsky.social Arshad was there to see it all. Read: zeteo.com/p/abdul-el-s...

Large crowds turned out for Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed’s Michigan rallies despite attacks from right-wing media over his connection to streamer Hasan Piker. Zeteo’s @minnahfarshad.bsky.social Arshad was there to see it all. Read: zeteo.com/p/abdul-el-s...

BREAKING: Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday for, among other things, failing to put his enemies in jail. She tried & even helped cover up the Epstein scandal, but it wasn’t enough for Trump. Read @swin24.bsky.social & @minnahfarshad.bsky.social's latest: zeteo.com/p/trump-fire...

NBC: Under intl law, hitting civilian infrastructure is prohibited. Why is POTUS threatening war crimes? LEAVITT: POTUS has made it quite clear to the Iranian regime their best move is to make a deal or else N: Which objectives would destroying a desalination plant help? LEAVITT: Haley, go ahead

BREAKING: Israel Approves Extreme Death Penalty Law Targeting Only Palestinians Monday’s vote in the Knesset to impose a one-sided death penalty bill on Palestinians will further cement Israel’s system of apartheid, reports @minnahfarshad.bsky.social. Read more here: zeteo.com/p/israel-app...

Israel plans to occupy nearly 10% of Southern Lebanon in an effort to take over the region, a part of Netanyahu’s ‘Greater Israel’ plan writes @minnahfarshad.bsky.social. Thousands of Lebanese residents who fled north of the river won't be allowed to return to their homes: zeteo.com/p/israel-pla...

"Sending ICE to airports will, of course, put more Americans and immigrants at risk of violent encounters." Read @minnahfarshad.bsky.social’s latest piece on Trump deploying ICE agents to airports to “help” TSA workers he refused to pay. Read here: zeteo.com/p/trump-ice-...

.@minnahfarshad.bsky.social on what the press missed in the early days of the Iran war: lnk.to/onthemedia/b...

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The Peabody Award-winning On the Media podcast is your guide to examining how the media sausage is made. Hosts Brooke Gladstone and Micah Loewinger examine threats to free speech and government transparency, cast a skeptical eye on media coverage of the week’s big stories and unravel hidden political narratives in everything we read, watch and hear.

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"Donald Trump is burning through US taxpayer dollars to fund his illegal war abroad after he slashed funding for American public services in every zip code." Read @minnahfarshad.bsky.social’s analysis on how the $65 billion cost of Trump’s war on Iran could instead fund critical needs.

How the Media Manufactures Consent for War Zeteo reviews the New York Times’s early and awful coverage of Trump’s illegal war against Iran. Read 'First Draft' by @minnahfarshad.bsky.social and @andrewperez.bsky.social: zeteo.com/p/how-media-...

How the Media Manufactures Consent for War

Zeteo reviews the New York Times’s early and awful coverage of Trump’s illegal war against Iran, a new contender for 'most racist Republican' in Congress, and the Pentagon has... crabs.

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Tired: Waiting for special election results. Wired: Waiting for 2026 primary results.

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Polymarket has created a market that would monetize a nuclear attack amid increasing concerns that bets are happening among government insiders who can make military decisions. What stage of the apocalypse is this? polymarket.com/event/nuclea...

The Justice Department has withheld thousands of documents from the Epstein files, including FBI documents that detailed a woman’s unverified allegations of sexual misconduct against President Trump, according to a review by WSJ. on.wsj.com/4crnNVt

There Are 47,635 Epstein Files Offline for Review, DOJ Says

Among the unreleased documents are a woman’s unverified allegations against President Trump.

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We ranked responses from Democrats likely to run for president in 2028 to Trump’s illegal and dangerous war in the Middle East and ranked them. Here is The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly from @minnahfarshad.bsky.social @premthakker.bsky.social zeteo.com/p/trump-iran...

A new poll shows the UK’s Green Party overtaking Keir Starmer’s Labour Party, a major shift in British politics just days after the Greens secured a historic win. Read the latest from @minnahfarshad.bsky.social zeteo.com/p/uk-green-p...

UK Green Party Surges Ahead of Starmer’s Labour in a New Poll The YouGov poll reflects a seismic shift happening in UK politics after the Greens won a historic victory in the Gorton and Denton by-election last week, writes @minnahfarshad.bsky.social. Read now: zeteo.com/p/uk-green-p...

UK Green Party Surges Ahead of Starmer’s Labour in a New Poll

The YouGov poll reflects a seismic shift happening in UK politics after the Greens won a historic victory in the Gorton and Denton by-election last week.

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“President Donald Trump unilaterally declared war on Iran… thrusting the United States into a needless, illegal conflict” @minnahfarshad.bsky.social and Team Zeteo report on the developing U.S.–Israel attack on Iran, questioning its legality and how the strikes could destabilize the region.

"The Supreme Court blocked the ‘emergency’ tariffs Trump had imposed, breaking with its track record of greenlighting his overreaching claims to power." @minnahfarshad.bsky.social and @swin24.bsky.social report on the 6-3 Supreme Court decision restraining Trump’s unilateral tariff authority.

BREAKING: 5 Countries Pledge Troops for US-Led Force in Gaza The announcement came as world leaders convened in Washington to discuss Donald Trump’s militarized plan for Palestine. Read more from @minnahfarshad.bsky.social: zeteo.com/p/trump-gaza...

BREAKING: 5 Countries Pledge Troops for US-Led Force in Gaza

The announcement came as world leaders convened in Washington to discuss Donald Trump’s militarized plan for Palestine.

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"The extreme heat produced by the bombs, combined with intense pressure & oxidation, vaporizes tissue." @minnahfarshad.bsky.social explains how the Trump & Biden administrations armed Israel w/ bombs that reportedly instantly killed & vaporized thousands of Palestinians: zeteo.com/p/israel-eva...