On what the #media should not be doing. Obeying in advance.
Playing It Safe Is Risking Democracy: Media’s Silent Endorsement of Authoritarianism
As the 2024 election looms, media self-censorship in response to Trump’s potential return threatens the democratic role of journalism.
 #Fascism #ParkerMolloy #TimothySnyder
"It's good that these former high-ranking military leaders are saying all this. But they really need to go on CBS News' "60 Minutes" or cut an ad so that people who aren't reading the Atlantic and the New York Times (or Salon, for that matter) will know about it. There's no reason for them not to do it at this point. If they fear retribution from Trump, I'm afraid that ship sailed."
Salon.com
Learning to trust Trump's generals: There's a reason why his military men now call him a fascist - Salon.com
Why not believe Trump's generals?
 #JohnKelly #HarrisWalz2024 #Fascism
Release the medical records. And #Trump's tax returns. #Dementia image
"He [Sulzberger] described independent reporting as “the kind that doesn’t fully align with any one perspective.” It requires being “willing to take a simple, easy, or comfortable story and complicate it with truths that people don’t want to hear.” But the truth isn't complicated. Trump is a fascist. Harris is not.
Salon.com
If Trump wins, blame the New York Times - Salon.com
America’s paper of record refuses to sound the alarm about the threat Trump poses to democracy
 #HarrisWalz2024 #NYT
The #MAGA candidate for the presidency can't find his words, can't speak them, and can't put them together coherently. Here is a figure from a book I wrote with #UCSF #neurologist Dr. Bruce Miller explaining the different kinds of aphasia. The 1st 2 #variants are associated w/#FTD. The 3rd & the one my father had is associated with #Alzheimer's. #Trump played music last night at his rally instead of speaking. Music can be a balm for people with #dementia. They often remember it when words fail. image
Excellent essay re: the media's role in hurling us towards fascism: "Harris rarely says inflammatory things, & so the mainstream media constantly tries to get her to say inflammatory things. When she won’t, they make up scandals — in this case, that she refuses to sit down w/mainstream media & say scandalous things. Trump is rewarded for constantly saying irresponsible lies & spreading hate. Harris is punished for not lying enough & not spreading enough hate.
Kamala Harris doesn’t owe the mainstream press anything
They've failed over and over in the age of Trump.
 #Harris2024
Paging Ray Bradbury: Utah's book banning comes to little free libraries.
The Mary Sue
Utah book banners now want to make Little Free Libraries susceptible to criminal charges
Conservative book banners in Utah are targeting Little Free Libraries and want to make the owners susceptible to criminal charges.
 #BanTheBan #MindYourOwnDamnBusiness #HarrisWalz2024
Powerful essay on a cult called "The Move" and its structural, conceptual, and emotional links to #MAGA.
HuffPost
I Lost My Family To A Terrifying Religious Group. Now It
"I knew something ominous had crept into our lives — and I had no idea how to make it stop."
 #Harris2024
"What the Supreme Court giveth, Jack Smith could take away." #JackSmithHero
Salon.com
Jack Smith shows his cards just in time: January 6 case looks like the winning hand against Trump - Salon.com
Smith’s filing comes at a crucial time, weeks before Election Day
"Trump’s words sounds more like they were sharpened in the flames of a cross at a KKK rally than any kind of serious policy. Is it a vulnerability for Harris that her speeches about the border don’t sound like they were drafted by Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels? What different election are these journalists watching than the one that’s actually happening?" -- Will Bunch
Inquirer.com
How unhinged must Trump get to even matter? | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, CBS News’ cave on debate fact-checking trashes its historic legacy.
 #Sanewashing #HarrisWalz2024