Jimmy Carter: American Hero
President Jimmy Carter Turns 100. Happy Birthday! Jimmy Carter, 39th president of the United States of America. Jimmy Carter, a courageous man, an honourable man, a wise and gentle man, and a…
That Convention, Part 2
~ Give 'Em Hell JR ~ John Russell, a freelance reporter for More Perfect Union who has traveled the country to cover new federally funded projects, spoke to the DNC crowd about…
2024: Warnings Continue. Maybe We Should Pay Attention
Latest warning (August 2) of assaults on U.S. democracy comes loud and clear from the American Bar Association’s Task Force for American Democracy. “Our country and democracy face a wide variety of…
Joe Biden, American Patriot
New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand Statement On President Biden’s Decision Not To Seek Reelection Jul 21, 2024 “President Biden has served our country with courage, compassion, integrity and decency. I am honored…
Bye Bye, Bobby
Senator Bob Menendez, Democrat-New Jersey, found guilty on all 16 counts of bribery (more…)
Assange Makes Plea Deal To Freedom
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: FREEDOM OF THE PRESS FOUNDATION: According to court documents, the Department of Justice and Julian Assange have reached a plea agreement in the DOJ’s long-running case against the WikiLeaks…
Just Another Coward
~ Still Blaming His Wife ~ It's A Familiar Tune Blaming Wife for Insurrection Flags, Alito Refuses to Recuse From Trump Cases "It's hard to read this comically bad letter as…
The Pathetic Pathogen
Inside and Outside The Courtroom Fragile Little Manlet Reads Articles Praising Him Outside Courtroom From Crooks And Liars: The Twice-Impeached One stood outside the courtroom to read sections of praise-worthy articles.…
IS SCOTUS LISTENING TO THE ALARMS
The former President of the United States of America, Donald J. Trump, lives in an otherworldly fantasy where he was King or at least Authoritarian Fuhrer while in office (2016-2020), which would…
Words On Double Consciousness
Harry Truman. Suzy Kassem. W.E.B. Du Bois. (more…)
Needed Today More Than Ever, In So Many Ways
Not Just A Song – Still A Call To Action Step Into It... (more…)
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Honours, All Days
His Words Continue To Shine A Bright Light On America ~~ “We must learn to live together as brothers or we will perish together as fools” ~ “Injustice anywhere is a threat…
Truth
Mother Earth Feeds The Spirit Take Advantage, Live At Peace With All Her Gifts ~ Reciprocity ~ (more…)
When Allowed, History Can-Will Repeat
~ One Word ~ The True Character of a So-Called ‘man’. On Veterans Day, Donald Trump, a one-term, twice-impeached, four-time indicted, 91-count charged criminal, publicly labeled rapist by judge in civil case,…
Yes, Some Stories Really Are ‘Must Read’
‘MAGA Mike Johnson’ Wants Commission to Cut Social Security Formed ‘Immediately’ Social Security Works said that the new House speaker’s “NUMBER ONE priority is to cut our earned benefits behind closed…
Marion County Record: Story Behind The Story
Marion County Record Newspaper Raid Should Concern Us All ~ There was “insufficient evidence” to justify a police raid Aug. 11 on the Marion County Record, a small newspaper in Kansas, and…
Fair To Compare?
~ Trump Indicted For Attempted Coup ~ Trying To Overturn Presidential Election Results ~ (more…)
A First in U.S. History
The Indictment of a former President of the United States of America. Should the nation be celebrating this first? Only if We The People believe in the constitutional principles of U.S. justice;…
Press Freedom 2023: US Down, Again
The Once Bright Light On The Hill Continues To Dim From the annual index by Reporters Without Borders: 2023 World Press Freedom Index – journalism threatened by fake content industry The 21st…
No, You Are Not
Donald Trump Indicted by Grand Jury Ex-president is expected to appear for his arraignment on Tuesday where he will be fingerprinted, photographed and processed for arrest
American Insanity. More Dead Children
Today there was another mass-shooting / mass-murder at a U.S. School. At a private Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee, 3 children and 3 adults were murdered by a 28-year old female shooter.…
30th Anniversary of 1993 World Trade Center Bombing
Sunday, 26 February, marks a grim anniversary in New York City history: In 1993, terrorists set off a homemade bomb in the parking garage beneath the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers. Six…
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; American
His words shine a bright light on America of today, 2023.01.16 ~~ (more…)
Standing Strong
~ Citizens Honoured ~ Police officers who put their lives on the line when attacked at the U.S. Capitol by armed domestic terrorists on 6 January 2021, local election workers and state…
The Threat From Inside The Asylum, It’s Real
Yes, of course, we lead with the latest shit-story about that Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Marjorie Taylor Greene. A guest speaker at the Young Republicans gala this weekend,…
Veterans Day 2022 – Honours
Honours ~~ I Salute All My Fellow Veterans ~~ Thank You For Your Service, To Our Nation and To The World (more…)
His Actions A Danger To Justice and Democracy
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: OCTOBER 24, 2022 Thomas’ Actions Are An Affront to Justice and Democracy WASHINGTON, D.C.— Stand Up America Executive Director Christina Harvey issued the following statement in response to Supreme…
Presidential Farewell Speeches – Not All Hit The Mark
On this anniversary of the first presidential farewell speech, offered here is a small sample of hits and a miss. George Washington / 1 The unity of government which constitutes you…
Emergency Call
Journalists in Ukraine Need Help
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Those who cover the frontlines need first aid kits, medical supplies, flak jackets, helmets. Those trapped in towns and cities under fire need safe passage, relocation and humanitarian assistance.
More at International Federation of Journalists.
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Journalists in Gaza need your help. Here’s how:
International Media Support (IMS), the Danish-based media development organisation, is collecting donations for:
- Food, clothes, blankets and other utilities for journalists and their families
- Safety equipment and gear for journalists, such as press vests, helmets, cell phones and cameras.
- Psychosocial support for journalists
- Ongoing support to keep as many media outlets as possible operating.
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THE TRACKER
Freedom of the Press Foundation
Court says First Amendment means less free speech
[WHAAAAT ?!?!?!?]
If it sounds backward to use the First Amendment to undermine a law meant to protect free speech, that’s because it is.
Yet that’s just what a federal court of appeals did in a recent decision on Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act — the federal law that shields online services from legal liability for posts made by their users.
We explain on our website how the court’s nonsensical decision threatens online freedom of speech by journalists and everyone else.
Jobs & Events
Opportunity for Young Journalists
Rising D.C. reporters can apply for a yearlong reporting fellowship. The National Press Foundation is accepting applications for the 2025 Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellowship.
Fellows will learn more about the White House, the Pentagon, the Supreme Court, the Capitol and other key Washington institutions. They’ll review politics and policy with regulators, lawmakers, experts and the best reporters in the business.
To apply, submit two recent work samples, a letter of support from an editor or supervisor and a brief autobiography. Application Deadline is Dec. 2
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Color Of Change, in partnership with the National Education Association, invites you to watch “Educating for Equity: Brown v Board of Education 70 Years Later,” a short video featuring a range of young and older thought leaders talking about the groundbreaking case and the challenges facing our public education system today. Participants discuss what we need to do to protect education moving forward.
Issues
The Reading List
Lie Machines
How to Save Democracy from Troll Armies, Deceitful Robots, Junk News Operations, and Political Operatives
by Philip N. Howard
Lie Machines is full of behind-the-scenes stories from the world’s biggest and most damagingly successful misinformation initiatives.
Howard, not only shows how these campaigns evolved from older propaganda operations but also exposes their new powers, gives us insight into their effectiveness, and explains how to shut them down. Howard is a sociologist and communication researcher who studies the impact of information technologies on democracy and social inequality. Book Here:
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The ReMindEr
Speakables
The New Normal? ~ The first tool of authoritarian regimes is always informational control—both in the gathering of information on the public through surveillance and the filtration of information to the public through owned media. In its early days, the Internet seemed to pose a challenge to authoritarian regimes, but with the advent of social media, we are watching the construction of architectures that fulfill the needs of every authoritarian regime: surveillance and information control. Authoritarian movements are possible only when the general public becomes habituated to—and numbed by—a new normal. Christopher Wylie.
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What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? I answer: a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim. To him, your celebration is a sham; your boasted liberty, an unholy license; your national greatness, swelling vanity; your sounds of rejoicing are empty and heartless; your denunciations of tyrants, brass fronted impudence; your shouts of liberty and equality, hollow mockery; your prayers and hymns, your sermons and thanksgivings, with all your religious parade, and solemnity, are, to him, mere bombast, fraud, deception, impiety, and hypocrisy — a thin veil to cover up crimes which would disgrace a nation of savages. ‘What to a slave is the 4th of July’. 1852. Frederick Douglass.
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The First ~ Jessie Tarbox Beals (1870 – 1942)
The first published female photo-journalist in the United States and the first female night photographer. She is best known for her freelance news photographs, particularly of the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair, and portraits of places such as Bohemian Greenwich Village. Her trademarks were her self-described “ability to hustle” and her tenacity in overcoming gender barriers in her profession.
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Repeat After Me
And it gets you elected
