If the Saudi crown prince owns a piece of CNN and CBS News, how will they cover No Kings Days?
Media
Posted inPolitics
Can Trump Turn TikTok MAGA?
After making the case that TikTok was a national-security threat, Trump did a 180 in the weeks leading up to his re-election. The president has since admitted that he would like to see the platform become “100 percent MAGA.”
Posted inTAP
The Anti-Mamdani Editorials, Considered
Perhaps the most recurrent theme in the major newspapers’ criticism was that Mamdani’s proposed 2 percent tax hike on that share of a taxpayer’s yearly income that exceeds $1 million would lead to mass millionaire flight from New York.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Flaw in Trump’s MAGA Media Empire Plot
Warner Bros. Discovery has announced that it is for sale, and Trump is trying to force the company to agree to a merger with Paramount, consolidating media with his allies the Ellisons. But states can block that merger.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Trump’s Feeble Made-for-TV Diplomacy
President Trump left town last weekend for a six-day Asia trip, partly to change the subject and partly to score some cheap symbolic victories. As always, his goal was short-run successes, with foreign leaders fawning in his presence.
Posted inEconomic Policy
No, the Boomers Did Not Take It All
The more that young people focus on supposed generational injustices rather than the real injustices of class and power, the less likely they are to embrace a politics that might make a real difference.
Posted inPolitics
Left, Right, and Free Speech
With the martyrdom of Charlie Kirk, the right pretends to champion free speech while the left supposedly promotes censorship. It’s a classic Big Lie.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Why Do We Assume TrumpTok Will Succeed?
Oracle has no history of creating compelling consumer-facing products. Their ability to run the most addictive algorithm in social media is questionable.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Led by Fox, Journalists Embed With DHS Amid Media Crackdown
Major media outlets fail to question ICE and DHS on the reliability of their claims about deportation efforts.
Posted inPolitics
The Method in Trump’s Madness
Despite Trump’s impulsive inconsistencies, his attempted progression toward fascism is all too systematic. He has not yet succeeded.