Saying Republicans have a “different interpretation of civil rights” w trans issues is like saying kkk has some disagreement w black people

New in Nature Human Behaviour: How Deceptive Online Networks Reached Millions in the US 2020 Elections www.nature.com/articles/s41...

-Reached at least 37M Facebook and 3M Instagram users
-3 networks out of 49 responsible for >70% of users reached
-Exposed users older, more conservative

The perception that “news finds me” is increasingly central to political comm & democracy work. People who believe that “news will find them” even if they don’t consume it directly are less knowledgeable & less politically interested (Gil de Zuniga 2019)
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100% agree and this was the big plan for my next NSF grant until the federal govt decided that studying misinformation was censorship and that all behavioral science is unnecessary and woke 😭

(Still hoping to do the work, just postponed for now)

This study shows that disinformation spreads, not as “false facts”, but as narratives. Compare that to how mis- and disinformation are often operationalized in the big-N quantitative and experimental research in the Nature/Science journals — that’s a major weakness in the field.

Here’s a cool story. NYT eliminated public editor in 2017.

Sulzberger said readers on social media had “come together to collectively serve as a modern watchdog, more vigilant and forceful than one person could ever be.”

Baquet said “a whole world of very public critics that we pay attention to.”

NYT eliminated public editor in 2017.

Sulzberger said readers on social media had “come together to collectively serve as a modern watchdog, more vigilant and forceful than one person could ever be.”

Baquet said “a whole world of very public critics that we pay attention to.“​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

NEWS: Hegseth Purges Black and Female Officers, Trump DOJ Dropped 23,000 Criminal Cases Sharing and supporting public interest journalism is literally an action you can take to expose corruption and fight for democracy.

Did you miss these stories this week?

>Reuters powers ICE and Palantir

>ICE agents were stationed outside a Marine recruit graduation to conduct “immigration status inquiries” on recruit family members.

More in this week’s pro-democracy news summary.

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Looks like we’re well into the political purges of senior military officers stage of authoritarianism.

It’s been going this whole time, but now noticeably accelerated.

Even worse, the regime is doing it in the middle of a war, one they launched that is going poorly.

Trump started a pointless and illegal war with Iran, he lost it almost immediately, he crushed America's economy and America's partners while making Iran and our rivals much stronger. He did it for no reason he can articulate.

In any decent nation, he'd be forced to resign immediately.

Punished for protesting, talking to the press, having a toothache: More Dilley horror stories A new batch of firsthand accounts from ICE's family detention center depict vindictive treatment.

NEW from @julialurie.bsky.social: As media and political scrutiny of the Dilley family detention center has increased—particularly after 5-year-old Liam Ramos arrived in January—so have threats of retribution against those who speak out.

Really unusual.

- NYT & BBC: US military struck sports hall/school in Lamerd, Iran with a new weapon never before used in war (the PrSM)

- DoD: denies any US strike in Lamerd and claims video "does not show" that weapon

- Then great @bellingcat.com's Trevor Ball refutes DoD claim about the video

Yup, this is why Trump & RFK Jr built their health cabinet entirely out of MAGA & MAHA loyalists who had downplayed the pandemic, rejected scientific expertise, told people not to trust public health, cast doubt on the need for COVID vaccines, & pushed hard for mass infection instead of vaccination

The fact that Trump is going to oral arguments to pressure the justices to acquiesce to his attempted nullification of a constitutional amendment and create a stateless class for the first time since the civil war, illustrates what is really at the core of the Trump project and it isn’t tariffs.

This press release sure seems like the Marines warning undocumented family members of their latest class of recruits to avoid the graduation ceremony in order to keep themselves safe from immigration enforcement.

As we see images of hundreds of thousands coming together in support of democracy, know that togetherness, connection, and collective meaning-making are signs of a functioning democratic society. This participatory act, rooted in joy, solidarity, and a positive vision of the future IS democracy.

Fawning toady gets seat in press room as North Korea-style White House makeover continues. Pretty soon they’ll be bringing in cases of cognac and DVDs of 80s movies.

A Challenge for ‘No Kings’ Protests, the Third Time Around

A predictable #NoKings take from Jeremy Peters: A small turnout will be ominous, a large one will be meaningless, all protests from the left are merely a "primal scream," and none of them mean much. The NYT has always loved protests as history but hated them as news. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/28/u...

NEWS: DHS Is Taking DNA From Protesters + Trump’s Iran War Negotiator Is on the Saudi Payroll Sharing and supporting public interest journalism is literally an action you can take to expose corruption and fight for democracy.

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→ 11,000 U.S. citizen kids lost a parent to deportation
→ X’s algorithm is proven to radicalize users
→ FBI/IRS targeting nonprofits for “extremism”
→ ICE swabbing protester DNA

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This is the sophisticated analysis I follow you for.

I'm really sorry for everything you've had to endure. You are a hero to me and many others. In awe of your work. Just about halfway through Invisible Rulers.

6 out of 10 Americans share news on social media after only reading the headline. Headlines become part of the way we understand politics as a society.

By privileging the words of a known liar, MSM has participated in the erosion of our democracy.

Check out healthy news sources in my lists.

Every week I make summaries of important public interest news stories and expert research you may have missed. I credit my sources and encourage you to support the folks doing the work.

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This is not sustainable. People are not fools. They know they’ve been sold a lie.

Pretty disrespectful to call Abughazaleh a social media personality. She did serious work for MMFA for years.

US Mint takes down video of meeting criticizing proposed Trump 24K gold coin A coin advisory committee called the design for the America 250 coin something only produced by "kings or dictators."

SCOOP— Trump wants a 24k gold coin w/ his face on it for America 250, but an official at a late February coin advisory committee meeting called it something only done by "nations ruled by kings or dictators." After NYT reported the criticism, US Mint yanked online vid of the meeting w/o explanation.

Neutrality isn't journalism, it's a choice.

When the NYT describes TPUSA as "controversial" instead of documenting its history of white nationalism, that omission is its own bias.

Your trusted news sources owe you context.

I'm your information nutritionist, Brian. Follow for more.

I think it’s worse to ignore the mountain of evidence that someone is a pathological liar and construe their rhetoric as promises intended to be delivered upon.

I think it’s worth to ignore the mountain of evidence that someone is a pathological liar and construe their rhetoric as promises intended to be delivered upon.

John Solly Is the DOGE Operative Accused of Planning to Take Social Security Data to His New Job A whistleblower complaint alleges John Solly claimed to have stored highly sensitive Social Security data on a thumb drive. Solly and Leidos, his current employer, strongly deny the allegations.

If you have information on what Solly and other DOGE members were working on at SSA, please reach out. You can remain anonymous.

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