Julie Hotard Ph.D., writer, effects of disinfo on social systems

Right Wing Domination of Media & Politics Keeps Us Stuck in Disinformation and Right Wing Government (I found a better named for this article later, after I first wrote it, and so I retitled it, which is why the title now comes out wrong when I type in the url.) upine.medium.com/how-people-t...

1. The midterms are in eight days, and the story of the election is probably going to be about Hispanic voters. They moved toward Donald Trump in record numbers in 2024. They are now swinging back to the Democra www.nytimes.com/2026/10/25/u....

There's something deliciously ironic when someone tells a story about a nation that once led the world in science succumbing to religious extremism and dogmatism, and that someone is RFK Jr.

When you hear the name Nicki Minaj being tossed around for WH press secretary

Tech journalists Professor Jeff Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social, Paris Martineau @paris.nyc & Mikah Sargent had a fascinating discussion about You Can See Everything. Paris especially has convinced me that I need to see it again.

The "Imaginary Trump" is exactly who many high-info Republicans voted for. They create a version of Trump in their minds who champions all the causes they care for and they ignore/rationalize/minimize anything else as unimportant noise. Then they get upset when Trump hurts them.

Every organizer and activist I spoke to for this piece had the same message to share: "we're ready" "When and if we have an uptick in federal enforcement at the polls, it's going to get documented really, really quickly, and it's going to be beamed out to the world that it's happening.” 8/8

ICYMI

🚨SENATE ALERT: Democrats are closing in. Silver Bulletin gives Dems a 76% chance to win the Senate—with strong leads in NC, GA and NH, and competitive races across OH, ME, MI, MN, AK and TX. But Republicans are flooding the airwaves with money to stop the blue wave. Vote early. Finish the job. 🔵

Grateful @marcelias.bsky.social took the time to speak with us at @plawpu.bsky.social this busy time of year (and great to have @kevinmkruse.bsky.social there too!). You can now catch the video of his talk under past events at the link. plaw.law.princeton.edu

This needs robust recirculation: youtu.be/t0e9guhV35o?...

PS: Conversing with @scottwhitegloves.bsky.social down-thread, I realized I should have linked a story of how Trump repeatedly lied about his Project 2025 support. We knew he was lying. The media often just parroted the lies. We need ways to break through the lies w/our own media.

The media cover politicians' agendas so little that the extreme policy views of Republicans receive almost no attention in the public mind. In fact, many Republican leaners literally do not believe you when you tell them what Republicans actually want. We need more media. /end

When Donald Trump launched his campaign, he was caught hiring paid actors to pad the audience. (I also happened to be the one that busted him doing so). www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politic...

Poisoning our air to make even more money for his oil and gas industry paymasters

I’m nauseously optimistic about next Tuesday

sunset over the charles river from the mass ave bridge boston ma 5:31pm

It’s always projection.

You know he’s fuming inside

The far-right in this country was scattered across multiple parties but using strategic thinking they consolidated into one party, began optimizing their message for rural areas (the Southern Strategy took East Coast libertarianism to "outreach to the rednecks"), and then targeted the judiciary.

Election day should be the beginning, not the end.

if democrats win one of the biggest strains will be the drive to hold them accountable for holding trump and the gop acountable. every time for the last 40 years when the dems have won they took their foot off the gas and we suffered. we must push them and their boot-licking defenders.

Huge headlines around the world. In major US media, unreported. Something's fishy here.

One of the hallmarks of Trump is that he lies repeatedly about elections that he won.

corporate media routinely describes Tim Scott as a moderate and celebrates his "relentless optimism"

I'm going to learn more about this story by Googling "Tim Scott sexuality rumors"

We could easily have taken that same money as a wealth tax.

everyone should start loading up a lot of sleep to get thru the night on November 3

The powerful executives who cozied up to Trump didn't oops accidentally forget about pendulum swings. They either: 1) Like the fascism 2) Calculated it was here to stay, so going along was savvy 3) Saw no real downside, no consequences when the pendulum swung Crucial to show them 3 was a mistake

Great joining @jimacosta.bsky.social today! Now we’re heading to the James Talarico rally this evening, where we’ll be streaming live. Hope you’ll tune in!

Big Brother is watching, but now we can watch Big Brother right back. I love that MapQuest is flipping the script. Apple Maps, where you at?!

RIP nuclear nonproliferation: "Russia and Iran are expanding their nuclear cooperation as both countries face Western sanctions and international isolation. Their partnership includes the construction of nuclear power plants, fuel supplies, and broader technological cooperation."

BREAKING: Judge Reyes has issued a preliminary injunction over the golf course and begins with this: "Rarely, if ever, has the United States Department of Justice urged a federal court not to believe the sitting President." ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...

on the radio they were saying a neighborhood in Newport Beach flooded today because of a single homeowner who refused to set up sandbags lmao. unprecedented levels of climate denial in Southern California

I was a daily print reporter for 25 years. Im shocked at what has become of my former profession. Nor sure it can be fixed. medium.com/@thcarter123...

I want to report a fraudster that goes by the name of Donald J Trump aka Child Rapist Pedophile/Felon. I expect my million.

Republicans in TX were traditionally more accepting of Latinos than many other Republican states. GWB was able to translate this goodwill from his time as governor to a strong showing among Latinos in both his presidential bids. The nightmare for Texas Rs is a Dem leaning mobilized Latino population

anyone ever notice how republicans don't run on half the evil shit that they do? ever notice how that works?

eh go fuck yourself. "be neutral on [insert interest] when you run and then stick it to the industry when you win" is a time honored way of actually getting things done.

i don't think anyone should run explicitly on banning online gambling but i do think that a democratic-led government should just quietly take steps to undermine the industry and create an inhospitable regulatory environment

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Wow, CBS telling the truth n this instance

One thing people are missing from the new Jim Comey charges. They came 2 days after Aakash Singh was promoted to PADAG. Comey has been arguing that Trump keeps hiring people for the primary purpose to prosecute him, and this is consistent with that. emptywheel.net/2026/10/26/t...

Trump: "Can you imagine standing here 15 years ago and talking about the transgender mutilization? Everybody would say 'this politician is crazy'"

For the last month, I've been posting examples of Trump's authoritarianism that I call "Dictator Move of the Day." If you search that phrase, you'll see that the fascist president is constantly trying to undermine our democracy. I'm going to keep doing these posts. We've got to stop him.