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RE: https://c.im/@cdarwin/116868266835445286
This passes for journalism—
allowing a liar to lie on your show without calling him a liar,
instead merely asking him to produce evidence for his lies.

After a short-term hold, SCOTUS denies former Fox News reporter Catherine Herridge's bid to stay an $800-a-day fine if she refuses to reveal a source (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/catherine-herridge-journalis…

Supreme Court declines to halt fine for ex-Fox News reporter
The Supreme Court has declined to intervene after a judge ordered former Fox News reporter Catherine Herridge to be fined $800 a day. This follows her refusal to reveal her source for stories about Chinese American scientist Yanping Chen, who was investigated by the FBI but never charged. Herridge published a 2017 series for Fox News examining Chen’s ties to the Chinese military. The stories relied on leaked items from an FBI probe. Chen sued the FBI and Justice Department in 2018, claiming t…

RE: https://c.im/@cdarwin/116858374828825135
Pegasus exploits an evolving set of mobile operating system vulnerabilities
to infect both iOS and Android devices with malware
that can tap microphones
and cameras
and grab a target’s messages,

RE: https://c.im/@cdarwin/116864784679143108
Everything conservative politicians profess to prize about real Americans
— the work ethic, the family values, the comforting whiteness
— is what private-equity gobbles up as it stomps through consumer landscap…

RE: https://c.im/@cdarwin/116868842199762856
The worst part of the still developing affaire Balogun is that
the initial sanction was manifestly unjust at the time,
But the rank corruption of Trump turns what could have been a reasonable solution to an in…

RE: https://c.im/@cdarwin/116858479856697478
The masqueraders and pretenders parade around in grand performative acts of love of God and country ...
while willfully betraying both
—the rest of us are going to have to fight to hold on to our nation
and…

RE: https://c.im/@cdarwin/116860094195499067
“We’re heading toward very consequential elections
and they,
whether intentionally or not,
are using this both as a tool for relitigating past grievances
and trying to undermine people’s confidence …

RE: https://c.im/@cdarwin/116868581091190270
Mother Jones notes that nepo baby Tom Kean
“voted against New Jersey’s historic "Earned Sick Leave Act",
which mandates 5 paid sick leave days per year for New Jersey workers.
He also voted agai…

RE: https://c.im/@cdarwin/116698495070193661
If the plan is that only outlets that can earn enough from ads and subscriptions will stay afloat,
we'll be left with a small handful of outlets and the same situation we had back in the 1800s
-- where only…

RE: https://c.im/@cdarwin/116868604553737418
I could go on and on about Republican hypocrisy,
but there’s not really much value in pointing it out, is there?
You know they’re craven hypocrites,
I know they’re craven hypocrites,
but their voti…