Tootfinder

I wonder if Wallace Shawn’s political views were shaped by his role as The Nagus on DS9.
https://jacobin.com/2026/04/wallace-shawn-socialism-theater-class

Wallace Shawn’s Road to Socialism
The left-wing actor and playwright Wallace Shawn, currently in two plays in New York, describes a harsh midlife conversion to class politics — transforming from a disengaged liberal to someone who sees himself as “a participant in the world struggle.”

Whole Hog Politics: Bondi beached (Chris Stirewalt/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/newsletters/whole-hog-politics/5813839-attorney-general-political-agenda/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260403/p36#a260403p36

France Roasts Musk For Claiming Child Porn Probe Is Political Ploy: "Maybe That Logic Flies On Some Island" - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2026/02/france-roasts-musk-for-claiming-child-porn-probe-is-political-ploy-maybe-that-logic-flies-on-some-island/

RE: https://c.im/@cdarwin/116343745348968812
"It is now a priority to remember that neither in the pastoral sphere nor in the social and political spheres can good come from abuse of power,” Pope Leo said.

polblogs: Political blogs network (2004)
A directed network of hyperlinks among a large set of U.S. political weblogs from before the 2004 election. Includes blog political affiliation as metadata.
This network has 1490 nodes and 19090 edges.
Tags: Informational, Web graph, Unweighted, Metadata
https://networks.skewed.d…

Researchers say TikTok's server outage in late January disrupted all post categories, not just political content as users claimed, based on limited public data (Bobby Allyn/NPR)
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/04/nx-s1-5701409/tiktok-censorship-report-epstein

Researchers say TikTok's server outage in late January disrupted all post categories, not just political content as users claimed, based on limited public data (Bobby Allyn/NPR)
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/04/nx-s1-5701409/tiktok-censorship-report-epstein

(Un)Equals in the State? Minority Protestants and Their Recognition by Political Regimes https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20139486/unequals-state-minority-protestants-and-their-recognition-political

Trump Contemplates Other Cabinet Changes as He Faces Political Clock (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/us/politics/trump-cabinet-changes.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260403/p131#a260403p131

As judge weighs challenge to citizen ballot initiatives law, Floridians lose power at ballot box https://floridatrib.org/2026/02/25/as-judge-weighs-challenge-to-voter-fraud-law-floridians-lose-power-at-ballot-box/

As judge weighs challenge to voter-fraud law, Floridians lose power at ballot box
For years, voters have used the amendment process to enact popular and major changes in Florida law from environmental regulations to public education, often over the objections of the state’s Republican leaders, who are now on the verge of snuffing out a perennial political thorn in their side.

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's and Trump's actions against Anthropic have serious legal issues, and its designation exceeds what the statute authorizes (Lawfare)
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/pentagon…

Pentagon’s Anthropic Designation Won’t Survive First Contact with Legal System
This is designation as political theater: a show of force that will not stick.

Between Security and Memory: Ukraine in the Political Rhetoric of Polish President Karol Nawrocki: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/02/between-security-and-memory-ukraine.html

Stolen to add #AltText. https://piefed.social/c/politicalcompassmemes/p/1835849/yet-another-cat-pcm

New Gist: UK Labour's FG mastermind
"At the last poll, both UK Labour and Fine Gael were on 18% support. It appears that Morgan McSweeney's political project has reached its successful conclusion."
https://www.thegist.ie/the-gist-uk-labours-fg-mastermind/

The Gist: UK Labour's FG mastermind
The UK Labour Party is being run into the ground, thanks to adopting FG's election tactics. This is the Gist.

In Trump's Fraud Crackdown, Political Foes Face Harshest Scrutiny (Tony Romm/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/us/politics/trump-fraud-minnesota-snap-medicaid.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260203/p54#a260203p54

🏗️ To Emulate Zohran, Rebuild Left Institutions
#politics

To Emulate Zohran, Rebuild Left Institutions
Zohran Mamdani’s win in New York has inspired the Left far beyond the city. But in Canada, as elsewhere, trying to replicate his style without rebuilding the institutions and political cadre that made it possible is a dead end.

Authoritative national news is shrinking, maybe faster than local news did; supporters of trustworthy news need to move quickly past grief toward solutions (Ken Doctor/Nieman Lab)
https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/03/newsonomics-will-nati…

Newsonomics: Will national news shrink even faster than local news did?
"The sweep of changes we see has one main cause: the political effort to stifle robust national journalism."

(Un)Equals in the State? Minority Protestants and Their Recognition by Political Regimes https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20139486/unequals-state-minority-protestants-and-their-recognition-political

RE: #Epstein #Epsteinfiles

Steve Bannon, Susan Rice, and Richard Branson among the broad coalition of leaders signing the Future of Life Institute's Pro-Human AI Declaration (Jared Perlo/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/-human…

Pro-human AI declaration brings together unlikely group calling for trustworthy tech
An unlikely band of prominent business, religious, government and academic leaders have set aside their political differences and signed onto a new declaration of human rights for the AI age

Steve Sack is a national treasure.
https://racketmn.com/steve-sacks-mn-political-cartoonist-retire-substack

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/116143024823038390
Software development these days really reminds me of what large political parties do—no shred of thinking about the whole, not even a little bit of conviction, just churning out mid ever more milquetoast "features" designed to eek out a little more compliance.
Moral stances and ethics be damned.

(Un)Equals in the State? Minority Protestants and Their Recognition by Political Regimes https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20139486/unequals-state-minority-protestants-and-their-recognition-political

Industries paying for an authoritarian regime: AI and crypto. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/ai-crypto-trump-super-pacs-stash-millions-spend-midterms-rcna256622

AI, crypto and Trump super PACs stash millions to spend on the midterms
Political groups tied to the cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence industries have raked in tens of millions of dollars, according to new campaign finance reports.

Less Than a Third of US Voters Say They Approve of Trump’s War on Iran
A Reuters/Ipsos poll found 27 percent of respondents approved, 43 percent disapproved, and 29 percent weren’t sure.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-iran-attack-poll

Less Than 25% of Americans Support Trump Attack on Iran: Poll | Common Dreams
​"If this goes on... this is going to become a political disaster," said one foreign policy expert.

Politicians' kids, billionaires and delivery giants: Australia's political donors revealed https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/political-donations-2025-federal-election-leadup/pi0lbzm5h?cid=newsapp:socialshare:oth…

Politicians' kids, billionaires and delivery giants: Australia's political donors revealed
Here's who donated the most in the lead-up to the 2025 federal election.

"Concentration camps involve the mass detention of civilians without due process on the basis of political, racial, ethnic, or religious identity. And that is where we’re at right now."
Into the abyss
https://degenerateart.beehiiv.com/p/into-the-abyss

Into the abyss
The correct response to Dachau was not better training for the guards.

Trump presses ahead with Iran war despite warnings of political risk for midterms (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-presses-ahead-with-iran-war-despite-warnings-political-risk-midterms-2026-03-02/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260302/p65#a260302p65

If you, like me, enjoy sheer Gothic terror and early feminists wondering why we still have to protest this shit, maybe you'd like the two audiobooks I just released.
"On the Pleasure Derived from Objects of Terror" https://amzn.to/45HoHsR
"The First Essay on the Political Rights of Wome…

A Pair of Billionaire Preachers Built the Most Powerful Political Machine in Texas. That’s Just the Start. — ProPublica https://www.propublica.org/article/tim-dunn-farris-wilks-texas-christian-nationalism-dominionism-elections-votin…

A Pair of Billionaire Preachers Built the Most Powerful Political Machine in Texas. That’s Just the Start.
Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks are poised to take their Christian nationalist agenda nationwide.

DJT’s political / strategic / pastoral / historical / comedic / tragic philosophy:
#FAFO
(Mine: Neither a fool nor a blaggard be.)

“... The West is the first and only civilization to import a foreign labor class that is granted full political rights, including welfare & the right to vote ..."
#StephenMiller, Trump's Chief of Staff, quoted by historian #HeatherCoxRichardson
Mr. Miller is the m…

I will once again repeat what I think is a nationally winning campaign for a US opposition party (should any care to exist), now with Berlatsky’s improved phrasing:
❝If elected, I will fight like hell to:
- destroy Donald Trump, everything he has done, and everything he stands for,
- tax the living shit out of billionaires, and
- use that money to repair the damage they’ve done to the US.❞
Not saying that’s everything that needs to happen, or an entire political philosophy, or the solution to everything. Only saying that I think that — simply that — would win elections. Try it and see. You cowards. https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:htdsafwakqmzvuk2oivijzn6/post/3midafsxk3k2p

Daring Fireball: The Names They Call Themselves
#USpol

The Names They Call Themselves
*Fascist* and *Nazi* weren’t slurs that were applied to the Italians and Germans by their political or military opponents. That’s what they called themselves. The job won’t be done, this era of madness will not end, until we make *the names Trump’s regime calls themselves* universally acknowledged slurs.

RE: #TimWalz said during the 2024 Presidential Campaign “You don’t win elections to bank political capital …

A Brief Survey of Canadian Political Thrillers https://reactormag.com/a-brief-survey-of-canadian-political-thrillers/

A Brief Survey of Canadian Political Thrillers - Reactor
You may be surprised to learn that "Canadian thriller" is not an oxymoron.

polblogs: Political blogs network (2004)
A directed network of hyperlinks among a large set of U.S. political weblogs from before the 2004 election. Includes blog political affiliation as metadata.
This network has 1490 nodes and 19090 edges.
Tags: Informational, Web graph, Unweighted, Metadata
https://networks.skewed.d…

The political effects of X's feed algorithm #politics #SocialMedia

The political effects of X's feed algorithm - PubMed
Feed algorithms are widely suspected to influence political attitudes. However, previous evidence from switching off the algorithm on Meta platforms found no political effects¹. Here we present results from a 2023 field experiment on Elon Musk's platform X shedding light on this puzzle. W …

More than 4,000 face war-related political prosecutions in Russia and occupied Ukraine, Memorial says: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/26/more-than-face-warrelated-political.html

Policing protest in the US and Iran
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/jan/29/rebecca-hendin-policing-protest-us-iran-cartoon?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Policing protest in the US and Iran
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/jan/29/rebecca-hendin-policing-protest-us-iran-cartoon?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

(Un)Equals in the State? Minority Protestants and Their Recognition by Political Regimes
https://ift.tt/jpCUDTy
Member book announcement: Slaymaker, _Wild Lines and Poetic Travels, a Keijiro Suga Reader_ …
via Input 4 RELCFP

Many of my fellow Filipinos hoped that Cardinal Tagle would become the first far eastern and Filipino pope in last year’s #conclave, but a new book claims that he was never a serious contender.
“Tagle, while charismatic and from the Philippines [...] was considered not to be a strong enough administrator, the book says. He also suffered harsh social media attacks which damaged his candidacy. …

How Pope Leo was elected: New details of dramatic conclave battle revealed
“Conclave” the movie provides a gripping, if fictional, behind-the-scenes look inside the secretive election of a new pope. But last year’s real-life conclave was just as dramatic, with plenty of plot twists, political battles among cardinals and a surprise outcome.

RE: https://flipboard.com/@spacecom/space.com-06o8ff5iz/-/a-uaYJjWjASkOFZag4tBuDuQ:a:1693190246-/0
More in https://www.aaas.org/news/fy-2026-rd-appropriations-dashboard, https://scicomm.xyz/@AkaSci@fosstodon.org/115845815382959954, https://www.leonarddavid.com/mars-sample-return-given-the-political-axe/ and https://eos.org/research-and-developments/science-escapes-largest-cuts-in-latest-budget-bills

*insert political satire here*
https://social.bgp.tools/@transfers/statuses/01KG341F01YK7H6ZA936QTC2YP

Post by IP/ASN Transfers, @transfers@bgp.tools
"MCNC" (ARIN) transferred 152.55.156.0/22 (Taken from 152.55.0.0/16) to "The North Atlantic Treaty Organization" (RIPE) (Estimated Market Value: $21.50 K)

Memo: another CBS News producer leaves, after 46 years, and says, "We've been told to aim our reporting at a particular part of the political spectrum" (Jeremy Barr/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/feb/27/cbs-news-…

Texas judge rejects push to let churches make political endorsements (Eleanor Klibanoff/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/johnson-amendment-churches-political-endorsements-lawsuit-bc4406bcad9cf1a65942bdcd3eead812
http://www.memeorandum.com/260401/p95#a260401p95

Another area in the study of #consciousness that has been almost entirely ignored by #science is the #unconscious. Partly because it’s difficult to study, but also due to a political bias against the u…

"the film is so terrible that it fails even at being effective propaganda and is likely to be remembered as “a striking artifact... of a time when Americans willingly subordinated themselves to a political and economic oligopoly.”"
Scowling Void of Pure Nothingness': Critics Destroy $75 Million Melania Trump Documentary | Common Dreams
https://www.commondreams.org/news/melania-trump-movie-reviews

If the United States is now kidnapping and killing dictators without direct provocation,
it will come back to bite us
after demolishing our moral authority in the world
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-comme…

War Is Peace: Trump’s Regime-Change Reversal
President Trump launched a war of regime change in Iran without a plan — a move that will demolish America's moral authority in the world.

They’re afraid. Hit them harder.
“For the past seven months, Bovino has been the public face of [ICE’s] traveling immigration crackdown”
“Bovino worked outside his agency’s chain of command and appeared to relish his role as a political actor”
“sudden demotion”
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/greg-bovino-demoted-minneapolis-border-patrol/685770/
Archive link: https://archive.is/kvBDb

Avi Lewis Is the New Leader of Canada’s NDP https://jacobin.com/2026/03/avi-lewis-canada-ndp-election/

Avi Lewis Is the New Leader of Canada’s NDP
Avi Lewis will lead an NDP in dire straits — but also one with a strategic opening to the left of the Liberals, whose posture against Donald Trump has reshaped the political terrain.

RE: https://toot.cat/@plexus/116283016837715719
It should also be noted that beyond the ethical, political and environmental issues with this is that it doesn't work:
1. There is on average no mid to long term productivity gain with actual real-world software development that isn't just a "wow see what it can do" demo. (Multiple studies have shown that now.)
2. It won't help with 90% of the work when professionally making software, which, believe it or not, isn't coding. 90% of the work is designing and planning the software (these are things that happen both upfront and during development).
Maybe you have seen the recent Microsoft thing rolling back features in Windows they added?
E.g. Copilot in Notepad. What they did is essentially outsourcing project management to developers who then outsourced it to LLMs. But an LLMs can't plan and design software, and arguably barely can even generate code that works (as in reliable and performant). So now they have a buggy mess with features no one wants and they're rolling it back.
There's no silver bullets in software development.

Netanyahu and His Son Join Europe's Far-right at CPAC in Hungary to Rally Against Migrants and the 'Woke Virus' - @…
https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/europe/2026-03-22/ty-article/.premium/netanyahu-and-son-join-europes-far-right-at-cpac-hungary-to-rally-behind-orban/0000019d-16f2-d362-a7fd-1ff24cb20000
Archive
https://archive.ph/i1RqE
Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orbšn, facing his toughest re-election bid since 2010, called the illiberal right-wing movement 'the greatest political realignment in 100 years of the West, the U.S. as its epicenter, with Hungary as its forward base'
So time to better protect Europe.

WHITE WITH FEAR is a deep dive into the decades-long quest by some in America’s conservative political machine to amass power by exploiting racial fault lines.
https://www.pbs.org/video/white-with-fear-tielvg/

White with Fear
Examine how some of America’s conservative political machine uses racial fault lines to gain power.

Indonesia backs away from coal exit test case amid financial and political pushback https://news.mongabay.com/2026/01/indonesia-backs-away-from-coal-exit-test-case-amid-financial-and-political-pushback/

Indonesia backs away from coal exit test case amid financial and political pushback
JAKARTA — The Indonesian government has scrapped a plan to retire a major coal-fired power plant, after having promised for years to do so. Airlangga Hartarto, the country’s chief economics minister, said in December that it would be unfeasible to shut down the 660-megawatt Cirebon-1 plant by 2035, which is seven years ahead of its […]

polblogs: Political blogs network (2004)
A directed network of hyperlinks among a large set of U.S. political weblogs from before the 2004 election. Includes blog political affiliation as metadata.
This network has 1490 nodes and 19090 edges.
Tags: Informational, Web graph, Unweighted, Metadata
https://networks.skewed.d…

Departing CBS News producer claims political bias as Paramount poised to buy Warner Bros (Jeremy Barr/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/feb/27/cbs-news-political-bias-paramount-warner-bros
http://www.memeorandum.com/260227/p101#a260227p101

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/587678/hipkins-speech-like-lump-of-jelly-filled-with-sentiment-says-willis Huh. Haven't read the article on the address, but wonder how it compares 'lump-o-jelly' that happen…

TMZ has expanded its political coverage with a producer and photographer in DC, with particular attention on how lawmakers are behaving during the DHS shutdown (Violet Jira/NOTUS)
https://www.notus.org/congress/tmz-congress-coverage-dhs-shutdown-tabloid-pa…

TMZ Has a New Obsession: Vacationing Members of Congress
"We wanted to use our platforms to show how Congress — Dems AND Republicans — have betrayed us,” said TMZ's Harvey Levin.

The Onion has reached its logical destination in this political era: just running facts as headlines
https://theonion.com/kristi-noem-calls-on-minneapolis-residents-to-stop-obstructing-murders/

Events, Petitions, and Volunteer Opportunities
Closest events this week
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Ukraine announces political boycott of 2026 Paralympics over Russia and Belarus competing under national flags: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/19/ukraine-announces-political-boycott-of.html

Tesla plans to scrap its premium S and X models and convert its California factory into an Optimus manufacturing hub, as Elon Musk refocuses on robotics and AI (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/78d53ce6-a731-496c-8d8b-e53bc35f49a8

Tesla suffers first annual drop in revenue in 2025
Donald Trump’s EV policies and consumer backlash against CEO Elon Musk’s political activities hit car sales

#ExpandSupremeCourt
Court's tariffs ruling reveals two political orders - Salon.com
https://www.salon.com/2026/02/21/supreme-courts-tariffs-ruling-reveals-two-political-orders/

Netanyahu, the Man Who Knew Too Little and Lost Control of Events - Israel Political News
#Gaza #Israel #Netanyahu

Record-high 45% identify as political independents as high-stakes midterm elections approach (Tierra Cunningham/Reuters)
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/record-high-45-identify-political-independents-high-stakes/story?id=129394666
http://www.memeorandum.com/260128/p95#a260128p95

A Greek court sentences four people, including spyware maker Intellexa's founder, to prison, for using spyware to target journalists, politicians, and others (Nektaria Stamouli/Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/predatorgate-greece-court-…

Greek court sentences Predator spyware gang
Greece’s “Predatorgate” scandal is one of Europe’s biggest political crises over the use of hacking software.

polblogs: Political blogs network (2004)
A directed network of hyperlinks among a large set of U.S. political weblogs from before the 2004 election. Includes blog political affiliation as metadata.
This network has 1490 nodes and 19090 edges.
Tags: Informational, Web graph, Unweighted, Metadata
https://networks.skewed.d…

CNN employees and viewers have serious concerns about whether Ellison will uphold CNN's editorial independence amid severe political pressure (CNN)
https://view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/17722120321108aa883dc7fda/raw

Between medicaid cuts and restricting the immigrant doctors who actually serve rural areas,
I've never seen a political movement so laser focused on killing their most loyal voters.
https://bsky.app/profile/jdcmedlock.bsky.social/post/3miaanybvvc2p

James Medlock (@jdcmedlock.bsky.social)
Between medicaid cuts and restricting the immigrant doctors who actually serve rural areas, I've never seen a political movement so laser focused on killing their most loyal voters.

Sergey Brin Donates $20 Million to California Political Effort After Leaving the State (John Sexton/HotAir)
https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2026/01/28/sergey-brin-donates-20-million-to-california-political-effort-after-leaving-the-state-n3811325
http://www.memeorandum.com/260128/p137#a260128p137

Political instability in Chechnya: the leader's death threatens the clan order #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/20/political-instability-in-chechnya-the.html…

How Paramount's David Ellison deployed financial backing and political lobbying, including his well-connected chief legal adviser, to beat Netflix and win WBD (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02…

Political storm in Wyoming as far-right activist caught handing checks to lawmakers (Cy Neff/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/26/wyoming-republican-lawmakers-checks-house-floor
http://www.memeorandum.com/260226/p88#a260226p88

Be prepared for an onslaught of disinformation to come out of Rockbridge Network, Koch Network, and overseas straw donors.
-- @…
https://www.

Koch Political Operation Spent Nearly $550 Million During 2024 Cycle
The huge sum shows that while the Koch network may not hold significant power at high levels of the Republican Party, it remains a financial juggernaut.

Hillary Clinton derides her Epstein deposition as GOP 'political theater' (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/02/26/hillary-clinton-epstein-deposition/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260226/p94#a260226p94

Red flare for Trump: 'No Kings' rallies a show of political force (Susan Page/USA Today)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/03/29/no-kings-rallies-a-red-flare-for-trump/89306058007/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260329/p18#a260329p18

UpScrolled, a platform for sharing photos, videos, and text that claims political impartiality, says user growth has surged since TikTok's US takeover (Emma Roth/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/867958/tiktok-upscrolled-app-us-takeover

TikTokers are heading to UpScrolled following US takeover
Just days after Oracle and a group of investors took over TikTok’s US operations, many users have announced they are switching to UpScrolled, an alternative social platform that promises not to shadowban or censor content.

A Greek court sentences four people, including spyware maker Intellexa's founder, to prison, for using spyware to target journalists, politicians, and others (Nektaria Stamouli/Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/predatorgate-greece-court-…

Greek court sentences Predator spyware gang
Greece’s “Predatorgate” scandal is one of Europe’s biggest political crises over the use of hacking software.

Hillary Clinton accuses Oversight Republicans of 'political theater' in opening statement (Maya Kaufman/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/02/26/congress/hillary-clintons-opening-statement-00800903
http://www.memeorandum.com/260226/p93#a260226p93

Democrats Say Rep. Eric Swalwell Personally Pitched His Political AI Startup to Lawmakers (Samuel Larreal/NOTUS)
https://www.notus.org/democrats/democrats-eric-swalwell-political-ai-startup-findraiser-pitch-lawmakers
http://www.memeorandum.com/260327/p36#a260327p36

Controversy has engulfed #Wyoming’s state legislature after a conservative activist was photographed👉 handing checks to Republican lawmakers on the state house floor,
in an incident that has highlighted intra-conservative divisions and the role of money in the Cowboy state’s politics.
The political storm started on 9 February, when Karlee Provenza, a Democratic lawmaker,
took a photo show…

The First Post-Reality Political Campaign (Anne Applebaum/The Atlantic)
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/03/hungary-first-post-reality-political-campaign/686565/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK3-efMFd7lJ81M13YabdRGno&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260327/p139#a260327p139

Audio: Bari Weiss told staff that she wanted CBS News to appeal to political moderates, saying "we're for the center-right, and we're for the center-left" (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/01/27/bari-weiss-cbs-ne…

Bari Weiss to CBS News staff: Without a shift in strategy, ‘we are toast’
The CBS News editor in chief said the network needs to produce journalism people want as she named a raft of new contributors from her website, the Free Press.

‘Call a Republican’: Viral phone booth connects Calif. liberals, conservative Texans
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-01-22/california-texas-phone-booths-experiment-political-divide

California to Texas pay phone sparks conversation across party lines
Matter Neuroscience installed phone booths in liberal San Francisco and conservative Abilene, Texas, encouraging strangers to engage in conversation across party lines.

Broadcaster Sinclair reports Q4 revenue of $836M, down 17% YoY, and net income down 38% YoY to $109M, core advertising revenue up 14% to $354M (Matthew Keys/TheDesk.net)
https://thedesk.net/2026/02/sinclair-q4-2025-earnings-report/

Sinclair logs financial loss during 2025, weak distribution fees weigh on Q4 revenue
Sinclair reported lower 2025 earnings as political ads cooled, but growth in core advertising and sports demand boosted its outlook for 2026.

Miller, Noem Dig In on Immigration Tactics, but Political Reckoning Is Coming (Damian Paletta/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/miller-noem-dig-in-on-immigration-tactics-but-political-reckoning-is-coming-f410a742
http://www.memeorandum.com/260126/p22#a260126p22

Senate Democrats launch an investigation into the FCC and Paramount's "partisan censorship scheme" over blocking Stephen Colbert's interview with James Talarico (Ed Pilkington/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/…

Barack Obama issues rare political statement condemning DHS over Alex Pretti shooting -- as Dems rally against Trump admin (Alex Oliveira/New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2026/01/25/us-news/barack-obama-issues-rare-political-statement-condemning-dhs-over-alex-pretti-shooting-as-dems-rally-against-trump-admin/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260125/p87#a260125p87

Bruce Springsteen Says 'I Don't Worry' About Losing Fans Over Slamming Trump and New Tour Is 'Going to Be Political': 'Blowback Is Just Part of It. I'm Ready' (Zack Sharf/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/bruce-springsteen-maga-backlash-trump-tour-losing-fans-1236700938/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260327/p40#a260327p40

We Should Talk About The Morality of Political Violence (Ken White/The Popehat Report)
https://www.popehat.com/p/we-should-talk-about-the-morality-of-political-violence
http://www.memeorandum.com/260124/p74#a260124p74

Major editorial boards denounce Trump's Minnesota crackdown as a 'moral and political failure,' 'perversion of justice' (Riya Misra/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/26/editorial-trump-minnesota-immigration-00746344
http://www.memeorandum.com/260126/p61#a260126p61

Republicans Struggle to Respond to Shooting, Reflecting Political Peril (Catie Edmondson/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/us/bill-cassidy-minneapolis-investigation.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260125/p72#a260125p72

Former political rivals take on Trump's push to nationalize voting (Daniel Barnes/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/23/bipartisan-voting-project-trump-00840841
http://www.memeorandum.com/260324/p88#a260324p88

Major corporations bankroll political ad featuring white supremacist slogan (Judd Legum/Popular Information)
https://popular.info/p/major-corporations-bankroll-political
http://www.memeorandum.com/260217/p31#a260217p31

Trump's New Political Tool: ICE (Hamed Aleaziz/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/us/politics/trump-ice-airports.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260323/p163#a260323p163

MAHA's political power tested as surgeon general pick stalls (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/03/23/casey-means-surgeon-general-nomination-stalled-maha/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260323/p16#a260323p16