It is fascism.
At a journalism event I asked about using the word so journalism can cover and explain it. I was told that we can't call fascists fascists because it would put off the fascists.
This is fascism. Those who refuse to identify it are not doing journalism.
Call them what they are: laughingstocks, like the idiots who drive them and the idiot who makes them:
How the Cybertruck Came to Embody Tesla’s Problems https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/tesla-problems-cybertruck-trump-musk-feud-89501946?st=L66hYM
The Nazis his their concentration camps. These fascists hold photo ops in theirs.
Disgusting. Immoral. Betrayal. Traitorous. Trump and his fascist henchmen planned to humiliate Zelenskyy. They humiliated themselves and our nation. Trump serves Putin, not the United States. He is the enemy of democracy. Will our institutional press cover fascism now?
Gideon Rachman in the FT: "But the grim truth is that Vladimir Putin and Trump are united by their scorn for the European democracies."
Trump wants a world safe for autocracy
https://www.ft.com/content/452d7f83-fcce-424a-9d6d-4493b0112ec8
Oh fuck off. Zelensky defends democracy for us all and Trump surrenders to the enemy and tries to extort him, but it's Zelensky's "style" that is "hurting" Ukraine. The #BrokenTimes sides with fascism, "fair or not."
People will die. Blood on Republican hands.
RFK Jr. Makes His First Anti-Vaccine Move
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/rfk-jr-vaccines-advisory-committee-hhs-secretary-cdc-7c7dc420 via @WSJopinion
Excellent remarks at the Paris AI summit by Alondra Nelson: "The purpose of AI is not scale or efficiency. The purpose of AI is people."
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Top stories.
Oh, this is hilarious, coming from the newspaper owned by the doddering, sniveling, right-wing asshole whose own kids can't stand him at his end. #MurdochMedia
The Financial Times absolves corporate obeisance in advance: 'What choice do they have?' We all have a choice.
He will not stop at attacking political rivals and media. This is totalitarianism.
Trump planning to target progressive non-profits, US watchdog warns
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/18/trump-non-profits-watchdog
Circle jerk: #BrokenPost opinion editor David Von Drehle writes a hagiography of his own columnist, George Will. Yeesh.
The Iron Man of America’s op-ed pages https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/11/22/george-will-fifty-years-columnist/
And here I was complimenting The Times' debate coverage this morning. Then this. The Times must Times. #BrokenTimes @DougJBalloon
Maybe recognize the Supreme Court's role in expanding the 2nd Amendment to murderous extremes...
Justice Amy Coney Barrett describes coming home with bulletproof vest https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/07/supreme-court-amy-coney-barrett-conference/
'JD Vance said that professional women “choose a path to misery” when they prioritize careers over having children in a September 2021 podcast interview in which he also claimed men in America were “suppressed” in their masculinity.'
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/31/jd-vance-podcast-feminism-immigration
Very good by Josh Marshall.
How Kamala Made Trump the Incumbent https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/how-kamala-made-trump-the-incumbent/sharetoken/730987e5-6a7b-4919-bcce-af9eee52b607 via @TPM
Fascinating.
“That devil in sheepskin called the Constitution of the United States,” the man wrote, is “the great chain that binds the north and south together, a union to rob and plunder the sons of Africa, a union cemented with human blood, and blackened with the guilt of 68 years.”
Gift link:
A Furious, Forgotten Slave Narrative Resurfaces After Nearly 170 Years
"Here we go again. Parts of traditional Australia media, in cahoots with politicians whose careers depend on favourable media coverage, are trying to shake down global technology companies....
If the government wants to subsidise high-quality journalism, then it should, well, subsidise high-quality journalism."
I've had a thing for Norway lately because they're being smart about AI. Here I am in a Norwegian media podcast talking about journalism & AI (in English after the intro):