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Rep. Luna Threatens Journalist With Prison For Posting... Public University Bio (Mike Masnick/Techdirt)
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/09/rep-luna-threatens-journalist-with-prison-for-posting-public-university-bio/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260109/p139#a260109p139

A US House committee votes to subpoena a journalist after he posted a biography of the alleged Delta Force leader who led the Caracas operation in Venezuela (The Washington Post)
https://wapo.st/3NzELX8

House votes to subpoena journalist over report on Delta Force commander
A lawmaker accused Seth Harp of “leaking classified intel” after he posted a photograph of a person he identified as the head of the elite unit responsible for the Venezuela operation.

A leaked memo by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi
directs the Justice Department and FBI to ❌compile a list of groups that may be labeled
“domestic terrorism” organizations
- based on political views related to immigration, gender and U.S. policy.
The memo was obtained by independent investigative journalist Ken Klippenstein,
who joins us to discuss how it expands on Donald Trump’s "NSPM-7 directive" following the assassination of Charlie Kirk,
--…

“Domestic Terrorism”: Leaked DOJ Memo Targets “Anti-Americanism, Anti-Capitalism, Anti-Christianity”
A leaked memo by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi directs the Justice Department and FBI to compile a list of groups that may be labeled “domestic terrorism” organizations based on political views related to immigration, gender and U.S. policy. The memo was obtained by independent investigative journalist Ken Klippenstein, who joins us to discuss how it expands on President Donald Trump’s NSPM-7 directive following the assassination of Charlie Kirk, which ordered a national strategy to inv…

House Committee Subpoenas Journalist For Reporting On Commander Involved In Maduro Raid https://thedissenter.org/house-committee-subpoenas-journalist-for-reporting-on-commander-involved-in-maduro-raid/

Google Handed ICE Student Journalist's Bank and Credit Card Numbers (Jessica Washington/The Intercept)
https://theintercept.com/2026/02/10/google-ice-subpoena-student-journalist/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260210/p117#a260210p117

“Minst slechte variant”??
Wat een bullsh*t. Nou ja waarom zou je als journalist ook zelf nadenken als je je ‘werk’ ook kunt doen door slechts de hoofdrolspelers na te wauwelen ..
Formatie nu door in minst slechte variant: 'Ik hemel deze combinatie niet op' https://www.

Formatie nu door in minst slechte variant: 'Ik hemel deze combinatie niet op'
Na een weekend met veel belletjes over en weer is de conclusie onveranderd: er is geen zicht op een meerderheidskabinet. Daarom gaan D66, CDA en VVD nu verder praten. Vooralsnog een minderheid, een uitkomst die door niemand echt wordt omarmd.

Why Spain’s prime minister has broken ranks in Europe – and dared to confront Trump https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/09/why-spains-prime-minister-has-broken-ra…

Die Wahrheit über den Krieg erzählen dir die Gräber.
https://tamagothi.wordpress.com/2025/11/10/die-wahrheit-ueber-den-krieg/

Bezos, dem Faschismus ergebener Oligarch in Trumps Wohlwollen, macht die #WashingtonPost zum rechten Propagandamedium.
Sind von den entlassenen Journalist*innen auch welche im Fediverse?
Ist ja vielleicht auch ein Qualitätsmerkmal, wenn man für Trumps Propagandamaschine als ungeeignet erkannt wurde.

FBI Is Offering a “Bounty” for Reporting “Anti-Trump Thought”
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/8/ken_klippenstein_fbi_domestic_terrorism_nspm7

“Domestic Terrorism”: Leaked DOJ Memo Targets “Anti-Americanism, Anti-Capitalism, Anti-Christianity”
A leaked memo by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi directs the Justice Department and FBI to compile a list of groups that may be labeled “domestic terrorism” organizations based on political views related to immigration, gender and U.S. policy. The memo was obtained by independent investigative journalist Ken Klippenstein, who joins us to discuss how it expands on President Donald Trump’s NSPM-7 directive following the assassination of Charlie Kirk, which ordered a national strategy to inv…

A look at the first year of Illinois' news tax incentive program; it awarded $4M in tax credits to support 260 jobs at 120 outlets, one-third of them nonprofits (Rebuild Local News)
https://www.rebuildlocalnews.org/supporting-local…

Supporting Local Reporting in Illinois: Early Lessons, Opportunities
In 2025, the Local Journalism Sustainability Tax Incentive Program awarded $4 million in tax credits, supporting over 260 journalist jobs across more than 120 local outlets statewide. Early implementation of the policy reveals opportunities to better target funding, expand eligibility and simplify participation

"Watched 10 minutes. I found myself with tears streaming down my face.
Watching Trump take the oath to defend the Constitution, as he tears it down. The dissonance of Melania saying her husband would be a 'unifier,' and all the pomp and circumstance for someone so venal. So beneath the great office - and wishing we could turn the clock back.
Journalist gives brutal review of Melania movie: 'Not a single person in the theater' - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/melania-2675108961/

Don Lemon: 🇺🇸 US-Journalist wirft Einsatzkräften vor, #Angst verbreiten zu wollen - DER SPIEGEL

Uruguay just proved what's possible: they shifted to 98% renewable electricity in just two years—and it slashed poverty rates in the process.
The secret? They framed it as economic opportunity, not climate doom. With public ownership ensuring access for all, they built a model that works for people AND the planet.
https://

The Way Things Are Is Not the Way They Have to Be
Award-winning journalist Natasha Hakimi Zapata shows that ‘Another World Is Possible’.

»Phishing-Angriff — Zahlreiche Journalist:innen im Visier bei #Attacke über Signal-Messenger:
Mit einem #Phishing-Angriff versucht ein bislang unbekannter Akteur offenbar gezielt Zugriff auf die #Signal-Kon…

Phishing-Angriff: Zahlreiche Journalist:innen im Visier bei Attacke über Signal-Messenger
Mit einem Phishing-Angriff versucht ein bislang unbekannter Akteur offenbar gezielt Zugriff auf die Signal-Konten von Journalist:innen und Aktivist:innen zu bekommen. Wir erklären, wie der Angriff funktioniert und wie man sich vor ihm schützen kann.

Noch einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Link auf linksunten.indymedia: Durchsuchung bei Journalist war verfassungswidrig

Pistachio Wars (2024) follows journalist Yasha Levine as he investigates a small-town water deal and uncovers a hidden side of California’s health-food industry.
At the center is the agricultural empire of America’s wealthiest farmers,
#Stewart and #Lynda

Met my colleague @…, a true #mojo journalist by hart! Showed me his latest gadget: a sturdy rubber strip to make his beer bottle a video stand.

All I Can Be
Join much-loved journalist and radio broadcaster Sarah Macdonald as she uncovers the deeply personal journeys of young Australians and well-known figures who've risen from tough beginnings...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/all-i-

A few days ago I retooted a post about allegations of fraudulent / illegal behavior of a food delivery app (link to post: https://thepit.social/@peter/115824339431975101)
It turns out that the information in the screenshots was a hoax. Here‘s the debunking by a journalist:

Peter (@peter@thepit.social)
Attached: 3 images hoooo boy. this shit should be illegal. posting the screen shots for when it gets taken down. https://www.reddit.com/r/confession/comments/1q1mzej/im_a_developer_for_a_major_food_delivery_app_the/

Journalist: "Mr. President, do you have a New Year's resolution?"
#Trump: "I have, Peace. Peace on earth."
Wer hat nochmal sieben Länder binnen eines Jahres bombardiert?

Kherson Human Safari: Journalist ZARINA ZABARSKI documents the HORRORS of WAR: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/12/kherson-human-safari-journalist-zarina.html

Were Israel to shoot a Western journalist, the journalist would be like “I guess I was Hamas, oh, well, I guess I’ll die.”
I use “journalist”, here, very loosely. @… https://

Assal Rad
Israel is the world’s leading killer of journalists, they killed one of your own, and you still use “Israel says” to try to justify it. What a shameful post.

"F.B.I. Searches Home of #Washington Post #Journalist in a Leak Investigation
It is exceedingly rare, even in investigations of the unauthorized disclosure of #classified information…

F.B.I. Searches Home of Washington Post Journalist in a Leak Investigation
It is exceedingly rare, even in investigations of the unauthorized disclosure of classified information, for federal agents to search a reporter’s home.

Putin's alleged secret daughter tells Ukrainian journalist she is 'really sorry' for her father's war (Anthony Blair/New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2025/12/04/world-news/putins-alleged-secret-daughter-tells-ukrainian-journalist-she-is-really-sorry-for-her-fathers-war/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251204/p55#a251204p55

Investigator breaches white supremacist sites, exposes users​ | Cybernews
https://cybernews.com/security/investigator-exposes-white-supremacist-sites-users/
'An investigative journalist has infiltrated the white supremacist dating website WhiteDate and exfiltrated over 8,000 profiles and 100GB of data. Photos and other sensitive details have been made public, and the full “WhiteLeaks” data is available to journalists and researchers on DDoSecrets.'

I came up with a comic strip but I won't be trying to achieve the level of a 5-year old drawing using their non-dominant handed with their eyes closed.
First frame: a journalist asks: "Does the presence of cat hair on the bed affect the children's DNA?"
Second frame: camera moves right. A scientist appears, wearing a white coat with pens in the pocket, eyeglasses, cat ears and tail. They answer: "No."
#DaddyJoke

@… Und der Journalist, vor allem der aus dem Dunstkreis des Springerstiefelverlages, knüppelt im Geiste mit.

"Maar nu zijn er twijfels of de uitspraken wel aan Wijers toegeschreven kunnen worden. Journalist Eric Smit, die die avond deel uitmaakte van hetzelfde panel, schrijft vrijdag dat hij de uitspraken over Yesilgöz en de VVD heeft gedaan, niet Wijers."
https:…

Jetten en Bontenbal steunen Wijers, journalist claimt gewraakte uitspraken gedaan te hebben
Rob Jetten (D66) en Henri Bontenbal (CDA) hebben er alle vertrouwen in dat informateur Hans Wijers zijn klus als informateur tot een goed einde kan brengen. Wijers kwam donderdag in opspraak door uitspraken over VVD-leider Dilan Yesilgöz. Inmiddels zijn er twijfels of die uitspraken aan Wijers toegeschreven mogen worden.

These: Journalist:innen, die Twitter, Facebook und co. als Quelle nutzen, sind schlechte Journalist:innen. Begründung: Sie verstehen nicht, dass sie manipuliert werden, um über das zu berichten, was "der Algorithmus" (also der Betreiber) gerne im Zentrum der Aufmerksamkeit hätte.

A look at Journalist.net, a global marketplace that connects 10K freelance journalists with clients, from major newsbrands to creators (Freddy Mayhew/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishing-se…

Journalist.net: The platform enabling any publisher to draw on global newsroom
Journalist.net provides a simple way to find and pay freelance journalists.

"Die Aktivisten instrumentalisierten den Mord und machten ihn 'zu einer Waffe gegen die CDU', sagte Brand dem hr."
Schade, daß es keine Journalist*innen mehr gibt. Die könnten mal fragen, warum das eigentlich eine Waffe ist und weshalb sie funktioniert.

Link auf linksunten.indymedia: Durchsuchung bei Journalist war verfassungswidrig
Vor zweieinhalb Jahren sorgte eine Razzia bei @… aus Freiburg und dessen Angestellten für Aufsehen. Das Vorgehen war verfassungswidrig.

The new magat talking point is that you can't be a journalist unless you're on the payroll of an oligarch.

"When news becomes an extension of political and corporate power, democracy loses its immune system. The Fourth Estate collapses. And disinformation rules.
This is what happens when billionaires control information. They decide what you see, what you don’t, who becomes a villain, who gets rehabilitated, and whose death is worth remembering"
#kleptocracy
Legacy Media…

Legacy Media's License To Kill
We've lived to see the day when a newspaper excuses the man who butchered their journalist By November, 2018, the CIA had concluded that Saudi Arabia was responsible for the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi. And moreover—that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman personally ordered the killing.

The more than 5,000 agents who surged into Minneapolis last month
came stocked with some
⚠️35,000 weapons,
including more than 1,100 riot control gas grenades,
and thousands of less-than-lethal munitions rounds.
Independent journalist Ken Klippenstein shared the list with a homeland security official who described it as ⭐️"overkill."

Leaked munitions list for Trump's Minnesota crackdown horrifies DHS official: 'Overkill'
A leaked list of the munitions that President Donald Trump's immigration agents took with them to Minneapolis during Operation Metro Surge appalled one Department of Homeland Security official on Wednesday, according to a report. Independent journalist Ken Klippenstein reported on a security munitio...

Ich glaube, ich bin gar nicht in irgendwelchen seriösen Journalist*innen Starterpacks. 🥲
Warum bloß. 🤷‍♀️

Vanity Fair, Olivia Nuzzi Agree to Part Ways (Isabella Simonetti/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/vanity-fair-to-part-ways-with-journalist-olivia-nuzzi-f1f1ac6f?st=cJh6Lp&reflink=article_copyURL_share
http://www.memeorandum.com/251205/p96#a251205p96

Erin, eruit en goede sier maken met andermans werk: ben ik een parachute-journalist? | de Volkskrant
https://archive.ph/cvN0I

Each week, Metacurity offers our free and premium subscribers a weekly digest of the best long-form (and longish) infosec-related pieces we couldn't properly fit into our daily news crush.
This week's selection includes,
--A journalist's talks with an Iranian hacking leader ended with murder,
--Hackers attacked Aeroflot's still-insecure infrastructure,
--The war on disinformation has been dismantled,
--Trump's DOJ uses Americans' own data …

Best infosec-related long reads for the week of 12/6/25
A journalist's talks with an Iranian hacking leader ended with murder, Hackers attacked Aeroflot's still-insecure infrastructure, The war on disinformation has been dismantled, Trump's DOJ uses Americans' own data to limit voting rights, The Wassenaar Arrangement can help limit spyware exports

FBI Allegedly Targeted Filipino American Journalist Who Is Now In ICE Detention https://thedissenter.org/fbi-allegedly-targeted-filipino-american-journalist-who-is-now-in-ice-detention/

Get comfortable cuz this is gonna take a while.
☑️ Daniel Dale Counts Down Donald Trump's 'Top 25 Lies of 2025'
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/cnns-daniel-dale-counts-down-donald-trumps-top-25-lies-of-2025/…

CNN’s Daniel Dale Counts Down Donald Trump’s ‘Top 25 Lies of 2025’
CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale recounted 25 of Donald Trump's "top lies of 2025," although the journalist confessed it was hard to choose "only 25."

Q&A with journalist Danny Funt about his new book on sports betting, news organizations making sports betting deals, parallels with prediction markets, and more (Sarah Scire/Nieman Lab)
https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/sports-b

Sports betting reshaped newsrooms, and it’s “a little gross.” Now, here come the prediction markets
"Sports media is kind of getting bribed," as one former ESPN reporter told journalist Danny Funt.

How Taylor Rooks Spends a Day Staying Fit and Finding Herself https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/nyregion/taylor-rooks.html

Courtesy of @…, this week’s #ThursdayFiveList theme is #RainyDayMusic:
1. Corey Glover, “April Rain”—

RE: https://journa.host/@fulelo/115989118474470099
Can’t be. Saudi Arabia, like Israel, are our allies in the West. And so it’s impossible to believe they would do something like this, or have a journalist murdered in their own embassy and chopped up into small…

Not that the New York Times has much credibility left, but here’s another one for their long list of fails:
Epstein Gave NY Times Journalist Tips About Trump. Why Did They Never Get Reported?
By Noah Hurowitz
Exchanges about Trump between a reporter and Epstein raise questions about what the New York Times knew and when.

Epstein Gave NY Times Journalist Tips About Trump. Why Did They Never Get Reported?
Exchanges about Trump between reporter Landon Thomas Jr. and Jeffrey Epstein raise questions about what the New York Times knew and when.

I wonder how Woodward & Bernstein would have been treated in today's anti-journalist climate?
https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-reaching-out-reporting-obstacles

Our Reporters Reached Out for Comment. They Were Accused of Stalking and Intimidation.
Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But in this environment, they’ve found their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated.

Russia’s ‘Oreshnik’ in Belarus looks like a cut-down ‘Yars,’ with no launcher in sight, journalist says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/31/russias-oreshnik-in-belarus-looks.html

Court docs: the US DOJ failed to tell a judge about a 1980 law protecting journalists when it sought to seize WaPo reporter Hannah Natanson's devices last month (Charlie Savage/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/us/poli

DOJ Failed to Address Press Law in Application to Search Washington Post Reporter’s Home
The Justice Department did not address a 1980 law that generally bars warrants for reporting material when it sought to seize a Washington Post reporter’s devices, an unsealed filing shows.

'Fucking Insane': Journalist Finds at Least 2,300 Illegal ICE Detentions Since July | Common Dreams
https://www.commondreams.org/news/ice-detention

"When #billionaires own major media outlets, “news” becomes something closer to state messaging. Not because the government controls it, but because the financial class that funds political power also owns the platforms that shape public perception."
#kleptocracy
Legacy M…

Legacy Media's License To Kill
We've lived to see the day when a newspaper excuses the man who butchered their journalist By November, 2018, the CIA had concluded that Saudi Arabia was responsible for the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi. And moreover—that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman personally ordered the killing.

Fascist paramilitary invaders right before they abducted journalist Georgia Fort from her house for reporting on a protest at a St. Paul, MN church with a ICE field commander pastor. (1/30/26)
Source:
https://reddit.com/comments/1qraqi2

TFW a journalist from Yahoo News sends you an interview request from a gmail address.

U.S. Failed to Alert Judge to Press Law in Application to Search Reporter's Home (Charlie Savage/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/us/politics/doj-press-law-warrant-application-washington-post-journalist.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260202/p149#a260202p149

The magats are on a full court press to claim that Don Lemon and Georgia Fort aren't journalists.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has so far been unable to access data from a Washington Post reporter’s iPhone
because it was protected by Apple’s "Lockdown Mode"
when agents seized the device from the reporter’s home, the US government said in a court filing.
FBI agents were however able to access the reporter’s work laptop by telling her to place her index finger on the MacBook Pro’s fingerprint reader.
This occurred during the January 14 search at the…

FBI stymied by Apple's Lockdown Mode after seizing journalist's iPhone
Post reporter was compelled to unlock MacBook Pro with fingerprint, however.

My Spiritual Side
Journalist and author Jacinta Tynan speaks with inspiring people about their spiritual awakenings, insights and the practices that have transformed their lives...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/my-spiritual-side/…

A Philippine court sentenced journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio to 12 to 18 years in jail on charges that media advocates call fabricated; she is expected to appeal (Jason Gutierrez/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/world/a<…

Filipino Journalist Gets Prison in Case Seen as Attack on Free Press
Frenchie Mae Cumpio and her former roommate were convicted of financing terrorism and sentenced to up to 18 years in prison.

The journalist who initially revealed that Trump’s administration killed shipwrecked survivors of its first known boat bombing
reported Tuesday that the admiral in charge consulted with a US military lawyer before ordering another strike on the two alleged drug traffickers who were clinging to debris in the Caribbean Sea.
Just days after Trump announced the September 2 bombing on social media, Intercept journalist Nick Turse exposed the follow-up strike that killed survivors, citi…

Before Executing 2 Shipwrecked Sailors, US Admiral Consulted Top Military Lawyer: Report | Common Dreams
The journalist who exposed the Trump administration's killing of boat bombing survivors has now revealed that the admiral in charge consulted a top military lawyer before ordering the second strike.

'Agents at my door right now': Minnesota journalist arrested after filming church protest - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/reporters-arrested/

'I Hurt The Oppressor': British Journalist Sami Hamdi Recounts ICE Detention https://thedissenter.org/i-hurt-the-oppressor-british-journalist-sami-hamdi-ice-detention/

Press freedom groups denounce the arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort, saying the arrests are an "unequivocal attack on the First Amendment" (Richard Luscombe/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/jan/30/press-fr…

Miami Herald investigative journalist Julie K. Brown
—whose 2018 reporting essentially reopened the Jeffrey Epstein case
—wants to know ⭐️ why her flight information is in the Epstein files. 
“Does somebody at the DOJ want to tell me why my American Airlines booking information and flights in July 2019 are part of the Epstein files (attached to a grand jury subpoena)?”
she wrote Sunday on X.
“As the flight itinerary includes my maiden name (and I did book this fli…

Why Was Trump’s Justice Department Tracking This Top Epstein Reporter?
Miami Herald journalist Julie K. Brown’s flight logs showed up in the Epstein files released by the Justice Department.

Uruguay just proved the impossible is possible: they flipped their entire economy to 98% renewable energy in just two years—and slashed poverty in the process.
The secret? They turned crisis into opportunity, made the economic case for clean energy, and sold excess power to neighbors for profit.
No fossil fuel industry to fight made it easier, but the lessons are universal.

The Way Things Are Is Not the Way They Have to Be
Award-winning journalist Natasha Hakimi Zapata shows that ‘Another World Is Possible’.

Sources: Vanity Fair and Olivia Nuzzi have agreed to part ways following new allegations about her affair with RFK Jr. and her behavior while reporting on him (Isabella Simonetti/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/busin…

The Threat from America -- A note on who I am and what I'm doing: I'm an investigative journalist ... (Carole Cadwalladr/How to Survive the Broligarchy)
https://broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-threat-from-america
http://www.memeorandum.com/260103/p48#a260103p48

Coalition Demands That Congress Withdraw Journalist Subpoena https://thedissenter.org/coalition-demands-that-congress-withdraw-journalist-subpoena/

Euer Browser nervt mit KI-Assistenten, Shopping-Vorschlägen und ständigen „Mach mich zum Standard"-Popups? 😤 Der US-Journalist und Programmierer Corbin Davenport hat genug davon – und eine elegante Lösung entwickelt.
Zum Artikel: https://heise.de/-11143193

Media Magnet
Join entrepreneur, business coach and former TV journalist, Liz Nable as she explores how to get your business or brand out to the world using the media and Free PR...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/nable-my-business/…

Donald Trump has taken over the United States Institute of Peace building in Washington, D.C.,
and put his name on it,
even as the legal battle over who owns the building is ongoing.
Independent journalist Marisa Kabas posted about the visible signage on the building Wednesday showing “DONALD J. TRUMP” in block letters tacked to the building.
Kabas reports that Trump plans to use the building to host the signing of a peace agreement between Rwanda and the Democratic…

Trump Plasters His Own Name on U.S. Institute of Peace Headquarters
This is not Donald Trump’s building, but he’s certainly acting like it is.

64 Turkish bar associations condemn the conviction of journalist Fatih Altaylı, who was sentenced to more than four years in prison for "threatening" Erdogan (SCF/Stockholm Center for Freedom)
https://stockholmcf.org/64-bar-associa

64 bar associations condemn Turkish journalist’s conviction as blow to free expression - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Sixty-four bar associations across Turkey have condemned the conviction of journalist Fatih Altaylı, calling his prison sentence “a severe blow to free expression” and warning that journalism cannot be criminalized. The statement came after a court sentenced Altaylı to four years, two months in prison for allegedly “threatening” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in remarks he […]

Donald Trump again denies ever visiting Epstein's island and repeats threat to sue journalist - US politics live (Shrai Popat/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/feb/02/donald-trump-jeffrey-epstein-files-trevor-noah-ice-minnesota-minneapolis-cuba-latest-news-updates
http://www.memeorandum.com/260202/p95#a260202p95

New spyware discovered on Belarusian journalist’s phone after interrogation https://therecord.media/spyware-belarus-journalist-rsf

Press freedom groups are warning that the arrests of two independent journalists,
including the veteran former CNN anchor Don Lemon,
signal a chilling new crackdown on US media by the Trump administration.
Lemon was taken into custody on Thursday night by federal agents in Los Angeles,
despite a magistrate judge declining to sign off on charges against him a week ago
in connection with a protest at a Minnesota church against violent government immigration enforc…

Sources: the FBI searched WaPo reporter Hannah Natanson's home, as part of what officials called an investigation into possible sharing of government secrets (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/us/politics/fbi-washington-post-journalist.…

F.B.I. Searches Home of Washington Post Journalist for Classified Documents
It is exceedingly rare, even in investigations of classified disclosures, for federal agents to search a reporter’s home.

On Time
Across four conversations journalist Rachael Hocking engages with leading thinkers to examine how time governs our world by measuring moments, defining cycles and shaping our deepest sense of self...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/on-tim

Journalist Don Lemon is charged with federal civil rights crimes in anti-ICE church protest (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/don-lemon-arrest-minnesota-church-service-d3091fe3d1e37100a7c46573667eb85c
http://www.memeorandum.com/260130/p122#a260130p122

A prominent civil rights attorney and at least two other people involved in an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church
have been arrested, Trump administration officials said Thursday,
even as a judge rebuffed related charges against journalist Don Lemon.
The developments unfolded as Vice President JD Vance arrived in the state.
Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the arrest of Nekima Levy Armstrong in a post on X.
On …

3 people involved in Minnesota church protest are arrested
A prominent civil rights attorney and at least two other people involved in an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church have been arrested, Trump administration officials said Thursday, even as a judge rebuffed related charges against journalist Don Lemon.

Former CNN journalist Don Lemon arrested in connection with Minnesota protest (Associated Press)
https://abcnews.go.com/US/don-lemon-arrested-connection-minnesota-protest-sources/story?id=129699476
http://www.memeorandum.com/260130/p75#a260130p75

The National Press Club is deeply troubled by President Trump’s comments today regarding the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Mr. Khashoggi’s murder inside a diplomatic facility was a grave violation of human rights and a direct attack on press freedom.
That fact is not in dispute.

National Press Club Statement on President Trump’s Remarks on the Murder of Jamal Khashoggi
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 – The National Press Club is deeply troubled by President Trump’s comments today regarding the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Mr. Khashoggi’s murder inside a diplomatic facility was a grave violation of human rights and a direct attack on press freedom. That fact is not in dispute. For reporters around the world — and for those who risk their lives to report on powerful figures, governments, and global events — statements that appear to minimize or excuse t…

Feds arrest 4, including Don Lemon and Minnesota journalist over church protest (David Folkenflik/NPR)
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/30/nx-s1-5693756/don-lemon-arrest-cnn-minneapolis
http://www.memeorandum.com/260130/p64#a260130p64

According to journalist Jen Psaki of The Briefing with Jen ,
Trump’s administration has
seized the physical ballots from the 2020 election,
all tabulator tapes,
and all ballot images from the original ballot count,
breaking the line of custody
and contaminating the files.
Crucially, they also seized all voter rolls from Fulton County.
“This is a seismic event,”
Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA) told Psaki.
“This should have people across…

January 28, 2026
Federal agents continue to rain terror on Minneapolis, Minnesota, and other U.S.

Podcast: Marisa Kabas on Landing Big Scoops as an Independent Journalist https://www.404media.co/podcast-landing-big-scoops-as-an-with-marisa-kabas/

Journalist Eoin Higgins says Matt Taibbi is suing him for defamation over Owned, his book about tech billionaires and the left, and "I stand by my work" (Eoin Higgins/The Flashpoint)
https://eoinhiggins.substack.com/p/yes-im-being-sued-by-matt-taibbi<…

Yes, I'm being sued by Matt Taibbi
Does that make me the realest free speech warrior?

A judge denies Fox's motion to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the parents of Oleksandra Kuvshynova, killed while working for Fox in Ukraine in 2022 (Jeremy Barr/@jeremymbarr)
https://x.com/jeremymbarr/status/2006065989511750010

Jeremy Barr (@jeremymbarr) on X
A New York judge today denied Fox's motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the parents of the Ukrainian journalist killed while working for the network (in 2022) despite the fact that her father signed a release to receive benefits. Judge: "When the Kuvshynovs signed the waiver

In 2016, The Atlantic’s journalist
Shane Harris
made contact with a person claiming to work as a hacker for Iran’s intelligence,
where he claimed to have worked on major operations,
such as the downing of an American drone and the now-infamous hack against oil giant Saudi Aramco,
where Iranian hackers wiped the company’s computers.
Harris was rightly skeptical,
but as he kept talking to the hacker,
who eventually revealed his real name to him,…

They Killed My Source
A man claiming to be an Iranian intelligence officer promised me he would reveal his country’s secrets. Then he disappeared.

Don Lemon was taken into custody on Thursday night on charges that he violated federal law during a protest at a church in Minnesota, says his lawyer (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/us/don-lemon-arrest-minnesota-church-protest.html

Federal Agents Arrest Don Lemon Over Minnesota Church Protest
The former CNN anchor has said he was not demonstrating, but reporting as a journalist, during the interruption of a service inside a St. Paul church earlier this month.

How right-wing influencers are bending reality in Minneapolis (Christian Paz/Vox)
https://www.vox.com/politics/475361/minneapolis-right-wing-influencers-journalist-ice-reality-immigration-social-media-internet
http://www.memeorandum.com/260115/p112#a260115p112

To people who didn’t vote for Trump, his sweaty panic over the Epstein files is perplexing.
The president’s enthusiasm for sexual violence is no secret.
It’s been nine years since the release of the “Access Hollywood” video, in which he bragged about how he liked to “grab them by” the genitals.
In 2023 and 2024, two civil juries found that journalist E. Jean Carroll told the truth when she said Trump sexually assaulted her in the 1990s.
The president has also made …

In 2025, Epstein showed MAGA who they really are
Trump is desperate to distract his base

A third person is sentenced to jail for participating in a murder-for-hire plot, directed by Iran's government, targeting journalist and activist Masih Alinejad (Colin Moynihan/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/nyregion/iranian-d…

Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Role in Plot to Kill Iranian Dissident
Carlisle Rivera became the third person to be sentenced for playing a role in trying to kill Masih Alinejad, an activist and a critic of the Iranian government.

A UK court finds three men guilty of harassing BBC journalist Catrin Nye, who presented the 2023 podcast and doc A Very British Cult on the Lighthouse group (Neil Henderson/BBC)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c86vg999g1zo

Three men from Lighthouse group guilty of harassing BBC journalist over A Very British Cult documentary
All three are members of Lighthouse, a group investigated for a BBC documentary and podcast in 2023

Judge rejects criminal charge against journalist Don Lemon over church protest (Josh Gerstein/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/22/don-lemon-prosecution-justice-department-00741629
http://www.memeorandum.com/260123/p1#a260123p1

A federal appeals court on Friday turned down an extraordinary request from the Justice Department to force a judge to issue arrest warrants for journalist #Don #Lemon, and four other people in connection with a church protest in Minneapolis last week.
The department’s unusual petition, which was unsealed on Saturday alo…

Appeals Court Rejects Justice Dept. Push for Arrest Warrant for Don Lemon
The department had made an extraordinary request for the appeals court to force a judge to issue warrants for Mr. Lemon and four other people in connection with a church protest in Minneapolis.

Beijing's High Court rejects an appeal by veteran Chinese state media journalist Dong Yuyu to overturn a seven-year jail term for "espionage", per his family (James Pomfret/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-tel

Production company Gaumont confirms Apple TV pulled French show The Hunt days before its debut after a journalist alleged it was plagiarized from a 1973 novel (Alexi Duggins/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2

Tech journalist Gil Duran outlines a disturbing theory
that a growing number of Silicon Valley elites are pursuing a vision of power
not rooted in the common good,
but in profit, feudal hierarchy, and total control of the platforms that define daily life for hundreds of millions of people.
Duran dubs this emerging ideology the “Nerd Reich”
— a slurry of right-wing ideas championed by ruthless tech overlords like
Palantir founder Peter Thiel,
Tesla an…

Why tech billionaires want a ‘corporate dictatorship’
Guest host Jon Fortt and The Nerd Reich author Gil Duran discuss why Silicon Valley wants a king so badly.

Lou Cannon, a veteran Washington Post reporter who wrote several influential biographies of Ronald Reagan, has died at 92 (Robert D. McFadden/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/books/lou-cannon-dead.html

Lou Cannon Dies at 92; Journalist Chronicled Reagan as an Author
He was a foremost authority on the president, tracing his career in unvarnished accounts from his time as California governor through his years in the White House.

Vanity Fair is reviewing its ties to Olivia Nuzzi, hired in September, after being "taken by surprise" by an essay that raised new questions about her ethics (Ginia Bellafante/New York Times)

Vanity Fair Is Reviewing Its Ties to Olivia Nuzzi
The magazine, which recently hired the journalist, said it had been “taken by surprise” by new claims in an essay by her former fiancé, Ryan Lizza.

Source: a federal judge rejected the US DOJ's initial attempt to charge Don Lemon for appearing alongside protesters that interrupted a Minnesota church service (Hannah Rabinowitz/CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/22/politics/don-lemon-justice-department-min…

Judge rejects Justice Department’s initial attempt to bring charges against Don Lemon
A federal magistrate judge rejected the Justice Department’s initial attempt to bring charges against journalist Don Lemon for appearing alongside protesters who breached a Minnesota church over the weekend, a source told CNN.