Trump’s answer to bad press? “FCC TO THE RESCUE!” The president again called for federal intervention against news coverage, journalists and commentary he dislikes

salon.com
u/wanda999 — 2 months ago

While pretending to crack down on Medicaid "fraud," the DeSantis administration ‘misappropriated’ $ 10 million in funds from a Medicaid settlement to fund political activity, Florida grand jury finds

theguardian.com
u/wanda999 — 2 months ago

MAGA influencers are still paying for the Big Lie: Dinesh D'Souza, James O'Keefe, Scott Presler and others face legal liability for election shenanigans

salon.com
u/wanda999 — 2 months ago

Meta Ran Ads That Contained AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Imagery

““These ads made no effort to mask the images or hide what they were promoting,” Katie Paul, the director of the TTP, an independent watchdog group, tells WIRED. “It’s important to point out that this isn’t content posted by third parties on Facebook or Instagram, these are ads that were reviewed, approved, and allowed to run by Meta, never encountering interference while the company collected the ad dollars.”

wired.com
u/wanda999 — 2 months ago

GOP Staffers Say the Party Has a Groyper Problem: Party veterans are concerned that the pipeline of young Republican talent is veering off course — and into terminally online extremism.

politico.com
u/wanda999 — 2 months ago

Fauci’s COVID‑origins hearing shows how conspiracy theories became political weapons: The spectacle shows what happens when conspiracy theories become embedded in political institutions

salon.com
u/wanda999 — 2 months ago

Fauci Diaries Expose Depths of Katie and Stephen Miller’s Hypocrisy: Before Katie and Stephen Miller called for Dr. Fauci’s imprisonment, they were actually on very friendly terms.

newrepublic.com
u/wanda999 — 3 months ago

People Are Getting Off to Porn About ICE Raids: MAGA-coded adult content playing off immigration crackdowns, white supremacy, and obeying the “natural order” is finding rabid audiences on X.

wired.com
u/wanda999 — 3 months ago

Trump and Musk both want to control America’s history: "[B]oth [are] involved in a large-scale transformation of government by means of its fusion with corporate interests, and with corporate investment in AI [as a] blunt instrument to impose a sanctioned ignorance about America’s past"

salon.com
u/wanda999 — 3 months ago