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#StephenColbertās top-rated late-night TV program goes off the air for the final time Thursday, effectively silencing a high-profile #Trump critic.
āThe legacy of this show needs to be that we remember it as the show that was canceled because a presidential administration wanted it off the air,ā says Heather Hendershot, a professor of #communication studies & #journalism at Northwestern University.
#law #democracy #FreeSpeech #FreePress #media #authoritarianism
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#truth #BrainSpurs #ToddlerKing #Xi #Iran #technology #war #TrumpEpsteinFiles #WarCrimes
Why can writers not seem to quit Substack? Maggie Mertens writes for the Scratch newsletter (hosted and distributed on @ghost) about why she and others feel locked in to the problematic platform, and talks to some who have successfully switched.
This is what happens when you lie ALL THE TIME
Many Americans think #Trump #assassination attempts were fake
ā©About 1 in 4 adults say the #WHCD shooting was staged, 1 in 3 Democrats said they believed the event was fake, & 1 in 8 Republicans also think it was staged, according to a survey published Monday by NewsGuard, a company that rates the reliability of online news outlets.
#TrumpLies #PerformancePolitics #BreadAndCircuses #ConspiracyTheories #USpol #media
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How is this still a āwhetherā argument?
It is an undeniable #fact.
A #LIVGolf event at a #Trump property is renewing scrutiny over whether the president & his family are benefiting financially from his time in office
#kleptocracy #law #emoluments #PresidentialEthics #corruption #USpol #media #journalism #FourthEstate
cnn.com/2026/05/10/politics/trā¦
šØš¦B'nai Brith's annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents is an unreliable and dangerous document. 1/4
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#Canada #Carney #MarkCarney #Ottawa #Montreal #Toronto #Vancouver
#ZIONISM WEAPONISING #RACISM š¤®
#GreaterIsrael #DismantleZionism #IsraelWarCrimes
#usa #politics #news #Iran #Palestine #MiddleEast #war #genocide #eu @politics #activism @socialmedia #socialmedia #media #protest #resistance #stopgenocide #us #uspol #Gaza #freepalestine #GlobalSumudFlotilla #education
#ABC Accuses #Government of Violating #FirstAmendment
The networkās argument, made to the #FCC, is the most aggressive [long overdue] posture taken yet by a television network toward the #Trump admin.
#law #constitution #FreeSpeech #FreePress #media #entertainment #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
nytimes.com/2026/05/08/businesā¦
š¤© Now available online: @_elena ās wonderful keynote speech at the #2MR festival:
āI have a dreamā ā A view of the Open Social Web in 5 years
š watch.2mr.social/w/k3ngQ8Xr3ANā¦
> To me, the #Fediverse is the best, most empowering #SocialMedia experience that I have ever had.
About #2MR: 2mr.social/
#SaveSocial #DiDay # #FOSS #Floss #Mastodon #democracy #digitalindependence #digitalsovereignty #media #danmarkskifter #DigitalRights
Apparently, itās Attack-Free-Speech-Day on the #Trump adminās calendar; welcome to the #FascistStatesOfAmerica
Trump admin challenges #ABC station licenses amid #Kimmel for-real-total-noncontroversy
As the Trump admin pressures ABC to fire #JimmyKimmel, the Trump-aligned #FCC is challenging the networkās #StationLicenses, setting up a #legal battle with ABCās parent company #Disney.
#law #fascism #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #media #entertainment #comedy
cnn.com/2026/04/28/media/fcc-kā¦
Will Bunch thinks that what happened at the White House Correspondents Dinner "went beyond metaphor for a depraved and decadent America." ...
"Despite the dull surprise of more gunplay in a nation where firearms outnumber human beings, it does seem odd that so many in the black-tie crowd wanted to keep eating after a man with a long gun nearly burst into their ballroom. Or maybe not."
#WHCD #Trump #media #violence #guns
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inquirer.com/opinion/trump-dinā¦
Gunfire of the Vanities: Trump dinner shooting defines a violent, unserious America
Another Trump assassination try leaves dinner guests wanting to party on, in a laughingstock America, numb to violence.Will Bunch (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Following what happened at last night's White House Correspondents Dinner, Marcy Wheeler points to a valuable "Breaking News Consumer's Handbook" from WNYC's On the Media. The handbook is in the image below.
#Trump #WHCD #shooting #violence #media
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emptywheel.net/2026/04/26/dinnā¦
Dinner and a Show: What Isn't Being Discussed after WHCA 'Nerd Prom' - emptywheel
A threat of gun violence at the annual "nerd prom" has co-opted all the attention media was paying to other critically important topics. Convenient, hmm?Rayne (emptywheel)
"He has incited violence against members of the media at rallies, and he kicked off the celebration of the United Stateās 250th anniversary in Des Moines, Iowa last July 4th by declaring hatred for Democrats and others who would not support his dramatic cuts to nutrition assistance and healthcare."
"At a press conference back at the White House, Trump claimed he felt 'everyone coming together' before the shots were fired and called for unity in response to the gunmanās actions. But Trump has spent a decade exploiting every possible fault line to divide Americans."
~ William J. Barber II and Jonathan Wilson Hartgrove
#Trump #WHCD #shooting #violence #media
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Nonviolence or nonexistence
Why this moment requires a moral escalation of our demand for peaceWilliam J. Barber, II (Our Moral Moment w/ Bishop William Barber & Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove)
"We must not allow the corporate media nor even members of the Democratic elite to bully us into not asking questions. While the facts surrounding the shooting are still being gathered as I write this on Sunday morning, there are many questions raised that demand answers.
For starters, we should be suspicious of any and everything involving Trump."
~ Dean Obeidallah
#Trump #WHCD #shooting #violence #media
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When it comes to the WHCD shooting: Ask questions and demand answers!!
If not, Trump will try worse in November!Dean Obeidallah (The Dean's Report by Dean Obeidallah)
For more commentary on last night's White House Correspondents Dinner, see:
Ben Meiselas:
youtube.com/watch?v=MB8qUmTS5Rā¦
Lucian K. Truscott:
luciantruscott.substack.com/p/ā¦
Norman Eisen and Carlos Eduardo Espina:
contrariannews.org/p/norm-and-ā¦
Aaron Parnas:
aaronparnas.substack.com/p/breā¦
Political Humor:
politicalhumor.substack.com/p/ā¦
#Trump #WHCD #shooting #violence #media
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Norm & Carlos LIVE after the White House Correspondents Dinner Shooting
Norm Eisen & Carlos Espina update us from the ground after the WHCD shootingNorman Eisen (The Contrarian)
"The whole grotesque spectacle was supposed to be a celebration of press freedom. Instead, it became a case study in institutional self-abasement.
Then came the shooting. ...
Both last night and this morning, these journalists congratulated each other all over social media for rushing to the White House to cover their own assassination attempts. They should hang their heads in shame instead, based on what happened inside the briefing room."
"The old media order dressed up for a banquet and discovered that its own credibility was on the menu. ...
They showed up to preen and party anyway.
They put on gowns and tuxedos, smiled for cameras, and clinked glasses. They feted the president who has made attacking them central to his political identity. They feted the president who has made attacking them central to his political identity."
~ Julie Roginsky
"In response to a question about why Trump thought attempts on his life happened so frequentlyāa reminder: there is as yet no information about what the manās plan or motives wereāhe responded that assassins come for 'impactful people' and boasted of how much he has done for the country."
"'Itās actually a larger room, and itās much more secure. Itās gotā Itās drone proof. Itās bulletproof glass. We need the ballroom. Thatās why Secret Service, thatās why the military are demanding it. Theyāve wanted the ballroom for 150 years for lots of different reasons, but todayās, uh, a little bit different, because today, we need levels of security that probably nobodyās ever seen before.'ā
"Trump took to the podium a little after 10:30. Referring to the threat of a shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinnerāwhich has never happened beforeāhe said: 'I will say, you know, itās not a particularly secure building, and, uh, I didnāt want to say this, but this is why we have to have all of the attributes of what weāre planning at the White House.'"
~ Heather Cox Richardson
#Trump #WHCD #shooting #violence #media
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April 25, 2026
Tonight the White House Correspondentsā Association (WHCA) held its annual black-tie dinner, which is designed both to raise money for the institution and to provide a glitzy night out for journalists.Heather Cox Richardson (Letters from an American)
"The problem with having a criminal President who promotes conspiracy theories, incites an insurrection, & lies habitually about everything and is enabled by an entire political and media movement that does the same is that after a while, people donāt believe him and create their own narratives."
"He also used the shooting to promote his ballroom (bunker) and MAGA, of course, blamed 'the left' and said this is why Congress should fund DHS, and by extention secret service.
Unfortunately, STAGED was already trending on Twitter before we received all of these details."
~ Wajahat Ali
#Trump #WHCD #shooting #violence #media #staged
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thelefthook.substack.com/p/behā¦
Behold The Ridiculous, Unbearable, God-Awful Trauma Theater in the Aftermath of The WHCD Shooting
A nation must prepare itself for a nauseous, self-congratulatory display of awfulness & gaslighting that will emanate from the corporate press class & Trump Administration following the WHCD shooting.THE LEFT HOOK with Wajahat Ali (The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali)
"When the president was asked at a press briefing late Saturday why heās been targeted by several attempted gunmen now, Trump said heās 'studied assassinations,' and they often target 'the most impactful people' and 'the big names.'
'I hate to say Iām honored by that, but Iāve done a lot,' he said. 'Weāve changed this country, and there are a lot of people that are not happy about that.'ā
~ Andrew Perez and Asawin Suebsaeng
#Trump #WHCD #shooting #violence #media
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zeteo.com/p/trump-evacuated-whā¦
Trump Evacuated From White House Correspondents Dinner
Secret Service reportedly apprehended a gunman at the White House Correspondentsā Dinner Saturday evening.Andrew Perez (Zeteo)
"There is a close relationship between Trump and violence ā not just the attempts on his life but also the violence heās unleashed on the world, the violence his ICE and Border Patrol agents have caused inside America, the violence he has incited among his followers."
~ Robert Reich
#Trump #WHCD #shooting #violence #media
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robertreich.substack.com/p/sunā¦
Sunday thought: Last Night's Correspondents Dinner
Fear and Loathing in Trump's WashingtonRobert Reich
"My first thought wasnāt shock.
It was recognition.
Because I had spent the better part of this Saturday documenting exactly how we arrived at a place where something like this could feel ā in the most sick and twisted way imaginable ā not just possible but almost inevitable."
~ Kristoffer Ealy
#Trump #WHCD #shooting #violence #media
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Corporate Media Chaos: Trump, the WHCD Shooting, and the Future of the Free Press
āDonāt trust empty promises from billionaires driven by greed and corrosive ideology.āKristoffer Ealy (Lincoln Square)
(continued from /1)
"the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol and the killings of the former Minnesota house speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband and the rightwing activist Charlie Kirk. Political violence is rampant and on Saturday, in a fancy Washington ballroom, Trump and the media glimpsed the edge of the abyss."
"For a decade I have been following the twists and turns of Donald Trumpās America with the privilege of journalistic distance. On Saturday night I felt the darkness come viscerally close. ...
The past 10 years have witnessed a shooting at a congressional baseball practice, a deadly white supremacist march in Charlottesville," (continued in /2)
~ David Smith
#Trump #WHCD #shooting #violence #media
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theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aā¦
Iāve covered Trump for a decade. At the White House correspondentsā dinner, darkness came viscerally close
Men in tuxedos and women in dresses dove under tables, like a scene from a dozen Hollywood movies, but now it was happening to meDavid Smith (The Guardian)
Oh ffs. In 2026 alone dozens of journalists have been killed, murdered, by Israel, Russia and the USA. The White House has at the best of times been silent on this, and at other times actively argued the murdered journalists were at fault.
The reporters / journalists reporting on "the white house" barely questioned this.
And now you're the victim? For an event where in the end nothing happened, and with anything extremely unlikely to happen in the first place? Fuck off.
