I'm fighting like hell to keep my small-town newspaper here in Montana relevant and open. Hired a young man from rural Michigan who will be joining me soon, making us a newsroom of two. He told me after I hired him he couldn't get a single interview anywhere else. I believe it, and it pisses me off

Karen Attiah@karenattiah.bsky.social · 3mo ago

As newsrooms shut down, lay people off, or turn to AI, getting a journalism career in a human newsroom will be as difficult as breaking into the music industry as an artist, or the tv and movie industry as an actor. One will wait tables hoping to get a chance to do journalism with humans.

Via @theguardian.com @sulliview.bsky.social “But that can’t take away the stain of what’s already happened: Trump’s…insults to reporters (especially women and journalists of color)…his favorable treatment to media outlets that pull their punches for him. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Why are White House journalists partying with Trump? | Margaret Sullivan

The White House correspondents’ dinner has always been a questionable affair. It’s even more worrying under an anti-press administration

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Hey all, it’s publishing day for my book “How to Sell a Genocide,” which is a data-driven account of centrist and liberal media’s role in creating the conditions of mass death in Gaza. 100% of royalties go to @mecaforpeace.bsky.social. > www.plutobooks.com/product/how-... > a.co/d/00CQcElr

How to Sell a Genocide - Pluto Press

A gripping exposé of how the corporate media fuelled genocide in Gaza

plutobooks.com

You have more in common with the people of Iran than you do with anyone in this administration, any member of the technocracy, anyone who is profiting from this war, or any billionaire. When you see Iranians forming human chains outside key infrastructure sites, you should feel a sense of kinship.

Who doesn't love their library? And some good propaganda? So, why not both? Be a part of @nycplan.org's first Library Propaganda fair. Submit your art for our zine by March 31st. bit.ly/library-propos

Iranians came together to bid a final farewell to 168 young girls, aged 7 to 12, who were killed in a U.S.-Israeli strike targeting their elementary school.

I wonder if there's a connection between the lack of any stupid rules of engagement and the US/Israeli missile strikes that killed eighty or ninety schoolchildren 36 hours ago.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5mo ago

Hegseth: "Israel has clear missions as well for which we are grateful. Capable partners are good partners, unlike so many of our traditional allies who wring their hands and clutch their pearls, hemming and hawing about the use of force ... no stupid rules of engagement."

this isn't the worst of the Democrats' statements, but statements like this are a stark reminder that to many people, the real issue with the Iraq War was that Americans died. everything else is a footnote.

Kamala Harris@kamalaharris.com · 5mo ago

Donald Trump is dragging the United States into a war the American people do not want. Let me be clear: I am opposed to a regime-change war in Iran, and our troops are being put in harm’s way for the sake of Trump’s war of choice. Read my full statement:

the war is unpopular but it's also illegal but it also doesn't serve any purpose but it also undermines diplomacy but it also is set to produce the opposite outcome as intended but it also already has hundreds dead and threatens more but it also will not make anything better for anyone but it also

4/ “Mi Familia,” by 5-year-old Luisanney Toloza from Venezuela, who had recently crossed the U.S.-Mexico border

ohhh ‘democracy dies in darkness’ was aspirational

The warrant allowing the FBI to raid Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson's home is "outrageous," FPF's Seth Stern told @richlusc.bsky.social and @jeremymbarr.bsky.social. "The administration may now be in possession of volumes of journalist communications."

FBI raids home of Washington Post reporter in ‘highly unusual and aggressive’ move

Agents searched Hannah Natanson’s Virginia home and seized devices in inquiry tied to a classified materials case

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When they talk about chickens coming home to roost, this is what they mean. The war always comes home. Imperial boomerang.

Nick Turse@nickturse.bsky.social · 7mo ago

ICE Agent Who Shot Renee Nicole Good Identified as Jonathan Ross @theintercept.com discovered a photo captioned “Jon Ross in Iraq” More incredible reporting by @jsweetli.bsky.social @jesswash.bsky.social @noahhurowitz.bsky.social theintercept.com/2026/01/08/i...

"Polishing impunity only comforts the unaffected. It’s true that many federal agents are sloppy and unprepared, but years of organizing against police violence have taught me that more training doesn’t stop violence. It just makes the death-making more respectable and more expensive."

Puff the Magic Hater@mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Tonight, I was one of more than 200 people who gathered on Chicago’s North Side to mourn Renee Nicole Good. Several people asked me to publish my remarks from the vigil, so I’m sharing them here.

I talked to a mom whose daycare teacher was grabbed by ICE. substack.com/home/post/p-...

When ICE Comes To Your Baby's Daycare

A dispatch from Chicago

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Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...

I’m more active on Substack than I am on here. If you’d like to follow my work, please support by subscribing! In my latest article, I look at the breadth of suffering inflicted on Palestinian children and what kind of a world we have created. open.substack.com/pub/sanasaee...

Congressional republicans have been spewing racist attacks on Mamdani for weeks and it’s almost never mentioned in our media. Not only that, the person leading the hate campaign—Randy Fine—is treated by the same media as a good faith expert on antisemitism. I wrote about this obscene double standard

Why is Mainstream Media Ignoring Overtly Racist Attacks on Mamdani from Congressional Republicans?

Non-stop Islamopbohic vitriol, threats of deportation, and virtually no coverage from CNN, NBC, CBS, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal or The Washington Post.

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Deeply moving to see this first family.

"No hell is hot enough or eternal enough for Dick Cheney. Any discussion of his works must begin with the 2021 assessment of Brown University’s Costs of War Project that found, conservatively, that the War on Terror killed between 897,000 and 929,000 people across five of its battlefields."

Spencer Ackerman@attackerman.bsky.social · 9mo ago

All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:

Dick Cheney is dead now, but his legacy lives on. The damage he did is still unfolding. The hegemonic, hypermilitaristic ideology he promoted has become the baseline norm.

we ended up where we are now for a number of reasons, but one was that Dick Cheney realized he could go on camera, lie about saying things he’d previously said on camera, and TV interviewers would just sputter

Not sure how many Cheney obits will mention this murderous legacy of his.

Post-9/11 wars have contributed to some 4.5 million deaths, report suggests

Researchers attempt to calculate the number of deaths attributable to the war on terrorism, across Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Somalia and Yemen.

washingtonpost.com

Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents. I did it because the government isn’t. This is what I found.

Journalist must be safely allowed into Gaza as this transition is occurring. A free press is the only guarantee that every day people will be protected. A free press is central to knowing the rules are being followed. A free press is essential to peace.

Rep. Mark Pocan@pocan.house.gov · 10mo ago

Today is an important day - the remaining Israeli hostages were released, Israel freed Palestinian prisoners, and the bloodshed in Gaza has stopped. It’s now time to rebuild. As I said before, it can’t go back to an open air prison, it must be a place where Palestinians can thrive.

BREAKING: The post-10/7 wars have killed or injured at least 236,505 people in Gaza alone. The U.S. has spent over $31 billion and counting in the wider region since Oct. 7, 2023, where millions have been displaced, according to new Costs of War research. [THREAD] Photo Credit: Heidi Levine, 2025