Extra, Extra
Trending Neg on Heg Reg: “The Pentagon is telling beat reporters to sign restrictive new rules by Tuesday or surrender their press passes by Wednesday. Virtually every news outlet is rejecting the ultimatum and saying they will not sign.” (And that includes MAGA news outlets.)
+ Signs of the Times: “No, Coachella’s lineup dropping months earlier than its usual release isn’t actually an indicator of an impending recession. But in the absence of official government data, social media users are casting about for hints — even music festival-related ones — about the true state of the American economy.” WaPo (Gift Article): Recession warning signs to watch: Goodbye lipstick, hello Hamburger Helper.
+ What About Us? “There are a lot of people in this country — most of the 75 million who voted for Kamala Harris last year and a whole lot of others — who are disgusted, appalled and frightened by the first nine months of Trump’s second administration. By the way he’s turned the Justice Department into his vendetta machine, by ICE’s vicious treatment of immigrants and journalists, by his damaging and whimsical decisions about tariffs and much more. But do we hear much about those regular citizens who disagree? I read and watch and listen widely, and I sure don’t. Not in mainstream media, at any rate.” Margaret Sullivan: The media is largely ignoring the trauma of millions. Here’s why.
+ Handing Allies To Enemies: “Now, in the light, he worries it’s not a dream but a vision of his future in Afghanistan, where he will be tortured and killed, where his wife will starve, where his son will be forced to join the militants, where his daughter will become an old man’s fourth wife.” The U.S. saved him from the Taliban, but now it wants to send him back.
+ The Next Fake Emergency: “Even as President Donald Trump and even local magnate Marc Benioff have called on federal troops to quell disorder in the city, San Francisco is on track to have the lowest number of homicides in more than 70 years.” (Why let a little reality get between your lips and the president’s ass?)
+ Jones Beached: Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones’ appeal of $1.4 billion defamation judgment in Sandy Hook shooting. (Even this SCOTUS has a line…)
+ Shooting Stars: “At the questionable corner of sports entertainment and male fertility is Sperm Racing, a startup that recently closed a $10m seed round.” The teen founder turning male fertility into a sport.
