“Robert W. McChesney, America’s leading left-wing critic of corporate media, has died
After studying the early days of radio, McChesney developed a holistic critique of media structures that exposed how open they were to manipulation by those in power.”
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Robert McChesney, a #media scholar, #author, and co-founder of media advocacy #nonprofit #FreePress, died from cancer at 72
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/robert-mcchesney-obituary/
#journalism #journalist #democracy #academia #activism #obituary #RIP
75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00938-y
This is even worse than I would have expected. Trump/Musk/MAGA are doing real harm to our country and our future.
Point being, the money being "saved" by "firing" these people hasn't actually happened
All the US federal workers on "administrative leave" are still being paid their salaries. That includes all the USAID employees who were "fired"--they're not technically fired, not yet anyway.
Please share that information w anyone you know who says they're in favor of DOGE
When SOP isn't followed for firing people, you end up with thousands who are not working and still getting paid.
(FWIW, I don't think they should lose their jobs or be on admin leave at all. They do super important work.)
Extraordinary reporting here:
"Who Is Funding Canary Mission? Inside the Doxxing Operation Targeting Anti-Zionist Students and Professors
"Americans who give money to Canary Mission are potentially committing a serious crime by acting as agents of a foreign power."
https://www.thenation.com/article/world/canary-mission-israel-covert-operations/
Naturbad Wittfeitzen: Darum ist das Becken im Naturbad Wittfeitzen derzeit leer
Vor dem Start in die achte Saison als Naturbad haben die Mitglieder noch einige Arbeiten vor sich
https://www.ejz.de/lokales/becken-naturbad-wittfeitzen-derzeit-leer-id417691.html

🎙️The controversy over revelations in The Atlantic from a Signal group chat including top US national security officials planning a strike in Yemen continues to play out. What went wrong—and what does it mean? I spoke to Ryan Goodman (NYU Law + Just Security) and Cooper Quintin (EFF). Listen now. https://www.techpolicy.press/about-that-signal-chat/
“Straight out of Project 2025, this executive order is the very definition of union-busting,” says AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler. https://aflcio.org/press/releases/afl-cio-president-federal-collective-bargaining-executive-order-very-definition