1) Influential right-wing figures say "they're the enemy, hate them" using lies, cherry-picks, and exaggerations
2) Followers believe them, get increasingly riled up
3) "The people don't trust the institutions, it's the institutions' fault"
4) Repeat 1
Worked on elections, higher ed, and more.
Sen. Mike Crapo blocked Sen. Elizabeth Warren's last-ditch attempt to preserve the IRS's free Direct File program.
In the last election cycle, Crapo was the top GOP congressional recipient of campaign contributions from the corporate PAC of TurboTax's parent company.
this is a microcosm of the world as conservatives want it, where “merit” means an unrestricted good ol’ boys club
France passed a law requiring solar panels on every parking lot with more than 80 spaces.
Equals 10 nuclear reactors
Reduces heat island, shades cars
The US -- 800 million parking spaces. Most of them are uncovered asphalt sitting in direct sunlight.
Why aren't we doing this?
Means-testing also makes programs cost more than they would under a universal model, because so much money gets wasted on verification, surveillance, and compliance.
It’s not a joke.
It’s a clear and frequently reinforced signal to the armed services that if you break regulations or laws you will be exonerated as long as your actions show fealty to Trump/MAGA.
From the people who brought you “no new taxes…”
WBAL in Baltimore helping viewers understand the difference between watches and warnings
Big respect.
“You lose your country with countless small acts of complicity.”
Puffing Trump’s delusions about the economy as if they were on track until ten days ago is peak NYTimes soft-pedaling Trump’s furious unreality and both-sides-ing it with actual documentable reality
Utility safety concerns about plug-in solar panels prompted 5 states to delay votes on enabling legislation. Germany has 1.2 million balcony solar panels registered with no safety problems reported. Here's my @npr.org story: www.npr.org/2026/03/12/n...
Trump and the conservative media ecosystem have done a ton of work to recast the Biden years as a Hoover/Carter disaster that Trump rescued us from. I do think that gets harder every month
$1 billion could give 120,000 people free tuition for a two-year Associate’s Degree, or it could provide free child care for a year for $71,000 kids. That’s the cost of this war every single day.
Yep, this tracks
Your now-regular reminder that Republicans in Congress are okay with all of this...
So.
A globally disruptive, economically unsound, and whim-driven tariff policy turns out to be unconstitutional.
Huh.
“Hanging that banner should put to rest any doubt that Donald Trump has hijacked the independence of the Justice Department. He — not the American people — is the only client DOJ’s current leadership serves." www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Letting Republicans off the hook without legal consequences for their crimes isn’t “bringing people together,” it’s encouraging them to keep committing crimes. After January 6th, there should be no more confusion about this.
The commander in chief telling troops who they have to vote for is itself a presidency ending impeachable scandal.
Trumpists do not believe that people who disagree with them are entitled to a voice in government.
Can someone remind me who is the majority party? WaPo seems to need help here.
I thought it was the GOP, who despite what the WaPo wants you to think, actually have some agency. Lots, really, tho you’d never get that idea from the media.
under questioning by Rand Paul, ICE officials confirm that yelling at officers is not assault and recording officers is not a crime
Your Ring camera can scam passing dogs and compare them to databases of missing dogs and that’s heartwarming and there are absolutely no sinister implications that’s why the guy in the button-down and Dockers is soothing
Chasing the clicks should not be the primary guide for any newsroom, let alone a leading national newspaper.
Sad.
I extensively covered the reassertion of state power over the Russian media in late 1990s/early 2000s.
A crucial step was oligarchs buying or gaining control over many influential media outlets. Those media owners/shareholders changed editorial policy, fired people, etc to curry favor with Kremlin.
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This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.
COMMENTARY: It seems an increasing number of Americans, including elected leaders and journalists, are afraid to tell the truth about what happened on January 6. That's dangerous.
