How #Misinformation and #Partisan ‘New Media’ Changed a #California Town
Residents of #Oakdale , Calif., have abandoned traditional media outlets for a mishmash of online sources. These days, they’re often not sure what information to trust.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/technology/news-misinformation-facebook-oakdale.html
The #Trump admin has handpicked which #news #media outlets can participate in the presidential #PressPool, & on Tues it eliminated a slot reserved for reporters from independent newswires.
In the briefing room, ofcls have made room for a new cohort of more #partisan attendees, like #RightWing podcasters, who ask less-adversarial questions than traditional #journalists.…
#FourthEstate #journalism #democracy #FreePress #propaganda
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/04/15/us/trump-white-house-briefing-room-new-media.html?unlocked_article_code=1.AE8.4daW.lnrzNSfj8uO4&smid=url-share
The cases before #SCOTUS involve Gwynne Wilcox of the National #Labor Relation Board #NLRB, which oversees laws protecting #workers’ rights, & Cathy A. Harris of the Merit Systems Protection Board #MSPB, which protects federal govt workers from #partisan practices — as well as a 90-year-old court #precedent the #Trump admin is seeking to overturn.
Powerful and sad — "... a story about America, this vast country that has the word 'united' in its name. 'E pluribus unum' – out of many, one – is the principle that formed this nation. But today, the U.S. is a divided country, completely at odds on fundamental issues. A place where the president and his supporters are in a hostile faceoff against those who did not vote for him. Where vengeance has been prioritized over cooperation."
https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/trumps-america-a-family-rent-asunder-a-f49420e1-8404-4c0d-80af-457218e818c0#ref=rss
#partisan #US #UnitedStates #USpol
Chicago law firm Jenner & Block sues to block Trump [vindictive] executive order.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/donald-trump/2025/03/28/jenner-block-trump-executive-order-chicago-law-firm #Trump #Bully #AbuseOfPower #GOP #Partisan #Jurisprudence #Legal #Resist
"Become a partisan, not partisan. The noun, not the adjective."
#JoanMastodon #TTJ
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partisan_(military)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shtil,_di_nakht_iz_oysgeshternt
"Still the night and full of starlight,
And the frost burned on the land;
Do you still remember how I taught you
To hold a revolver in your hand?
A girl. a sheepskin and a beret.
In her hands she holds a gun,
A girl with her face as smooth as velvet
Keeps watch of the enemy’s caravan.
An aim, a shot right on the target,
Her small pistol had reached its mark,
An auto filled high with ammunition
Her shot had stopped it in the dark.
At dawn she crept out of the woodland,
With snowy garlands in her hair.
Encouraged by her little victory
For our future freer heirs."
"Be a partisan, not partisan."
A man must be excessively stupid, as well as uncharitable, who believes that there is no virtue but on his own side, and that there are not men as honest as himself who may differ from him in political principles.
Joseph Addison (1672-1719) English essayist, poet, statesman
Essay (1711-12-08), The Spectator, No. 243
Sourcing, notes: wist.info/addison-joseph/1442/
“It would be ironic, to say the least, & inimical to the ends furthered by the #statute if the #SpecialCounsel himself could be chilled in his work by fear of arbitrary or #partisan removal,” the judge added.
Dellinger said in an emailed statement that he was grateful to see the court “confirm the importance & legality of the job protections #Congress afforded my position.”
Science must remain free from political control."These #partisan #witchhunts and #firings need to stop. Congress creates independent agencies and insulates #civilservants from partisan firings for a reason.
If this week’s actions become the new normal—and #partisanship becomes the only criteria for holding a position in a #federalagency—then our financial markets will be more volatile, our consumer products more hazardous, our skies more dangerous, and our civil liberties and constitutional rights less secure."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/06/trump-oversight-board-firing-security
