The for-profit corporate media is at it again. Last week, another stunning jobs report confirmed the U.S. economy added an additional 431,000 new jobs. To put that into perspective, that's more than half a million jobs each...
Here are just some consequential accomplishments the Democratic party can boast of this first year of the Biden administration with a congressional majority: 5.6 million jobs created and a historic decline in unemployment. The most...
Despite promoting a racist, sexist, homophobic, misogynistic, oligarchic, anti-democratic agenda, the modern-day republican party has a distinct advantage over the Democratic party. It's in the messaging. "Build the Wall". "Lock Her Up". "Make America Great Again". "States' Rights" (although they...
Many are aware Meta--the company now formerly known as Facebook--is a refuge for white supremacists, conspiracy theorists, and foreign trolls. But human traffickers? Among the complaints former Facebook employee, whistleblower Frances Haugen, filed with the Securities and...
Two years ago, news broke about evidence confirming Russian buyers used Facebook advertising as propaganda leading up to the 2016 presidential election. In response, Facebook presented Congress 3,000 Russian-purchased ads through 470 phony pages and accounts intended to exploit America's racial divisions. Facebook said...
The republican fascist death cult (because we can't call it a "party" anymore) has embraced Donald Trump's big lie about a rigged 2020 presidential election, and is running full-bore voter suppression in an attempt to...
We've been stuck at home a lot this year. Maybe you've been working at your Netflix list. Perhaps you've discovered The Mandalorian on Disney+. Quarantines, lockdowns, and general anxiety about going out in public have been boons to streaming media companies. So...
A video taken before “blue lives matter” adherent Kyle Rittenhouse opened fire and killed two BLM protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin on August 25 shows police tossing water bottles to armed civilians. One officer broadcasted “We appreciate you being...
88. That number may not mean much to us social justice warriors. But it means a lot to white supremacists. The letter "H" is the eighth letter of the alphabet. Two H's together--"HH"--are shorthand for "Heil Hitler." But that's too...
Imagine an armed group of Black Lives Matter protesters killing white Trump supporters. The Fox so-called News talking heads heads' would explode. But if the situation were reversed... We don't have to imagine. One BLM activist is dead after at...
We're hearing the phrase "violent protests" a lot lately. Yet the protests over the Minneapolis police murder of George Floyd two weeks ago are different. For the first time in recent memory, the press is concentrating more...
When widespread protests erupt, especially when destruction of property is involved, there is inevitably a great deal of media attention on the "more interesting"--i.e., violent--aspects. Peaceful protests rarely get attention. But what happens when the law enforcement...
The United States should not be this broken. Our failure to respond proactively to the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic has hobbled our already ailing economy and led to the needless deaths of over 100,000 Americans. It's just yet another...
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The biggest mouth in conservative media, Rush Limbaugh, announced on Monday that he has advanced lung cancer. Rush Limbaugh Announcement “I have to tell you something today that I wish I didn’t have to tell you,” announced...
The corporate media has been waiting a year for what happened between Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren at last Tuesday’s Democratic debate. In addition to all the ways commercial news outlets avoid substantive dialog about...
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Time Magazine named teen activist Greta Thunberg their 2019 Person of the Year, making her the youngest person to be recognized. This is a much-deserved honor for a very worthy young woman. Want to support Greta?...
Laura Ingraham's brother, a Northern California-based teacher, is continuing his epic war on his famous (and disingenuous) sister. Most recently, he tweeted directly to Ingraham calling her a "phony Catholic" after she attacked Nancy Pelosi's...
Last year, news broke about evidence confirming Russian buyers used Facebook advertising as propaganda leading up to the 2016 presidential election. In response, Facebook presented Congress 3,000 Russian-purchased ads through 470 phony pages and accounts intended to exploit America’s racial divisions. Facebook said at least...
Have you ever seen any of the following Facebook advertisements? How about these? What about these? It would appear Donald Trump hosts a lot of contests for a chance to meet him. Why not? He's not the only presidential candidate...
Last year, news broke about evidence confirming Russian buyers used Facebook advertising as propaganda leading up to the 2016 presidential election. In response, Facebook presented Congress 3,000 Russian-purchased ads through 470 phony pages and accounts intended to exploit America’s racial divisions. Facebook said at least...