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Who is Arthur Gregory Sulzberger? The wikipedia article at the link gives his bio. Is he a “Nepo Baby”? From the biography link: ...On December 14, 2017, it was announced that Sulzberger would take over as publisher on January 1, 2018. He is the sixth...
by xaxnar
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on Fri Mar 08, 2024 at 10:34 AM PST
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[The reason for the picture above is that I wrote this exact same article below more than 8 years ago, with the same title above, except that I wrote “November 9th” in the original. This was originally posted on October 15th, 2016, as a revision to...
by David B
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on Tue Mar 05, 2024 at 10:38 AM PST
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NY Times to Biden: You're too old, too unpopular, suck at your job - Go Away. Also: Trump's a winner UPDATE: Monday, Mar 4, 2024 · 5:05:09 PM +00:00 · xaxnar Tom Sullivan Points to an interview that tells where Biden is coming from, and why. Among other things, Biden puts it plainly: Trump tried to steal the election from him — and he’s the only one...
by xaxnar
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on Mon Mar 04, 2024 at 07:05 AM PST
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Originally, I was sure that attorney-to-the-stars Joseph Tacopina was dumping Trump as a client, only to delay the proceedings even further. Then, today, he started talking about WHY he is leaving. And let’s just say, it ain’t helping Trump at all....
by AlyoshaKaramazov
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on Mon Jan 22, 2024 at 09:55 AM PST
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Amanda Marcotte of Salon has a write up and video of a gay student telling Moms For Liberty co-founder and Sarasota School Board Member Bridget Ziegler she needs to be fired for being bad at her job not because she had a threesome! Let’s go to the...
by Merlin196360
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on Thu Dec 28, 2023 at 06:03 AM PST
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The press is working overtime to tell us that voters don’t like either Trump or Biden — especially Biden. This is despite the undeniable differences between the two. We’ve seen what both of them are like as President, and night vs. day doesn’t even...
by xaxnar
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on Mon Nov 13, 2023 at 07:49 AM PST
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...But not just for the reasons you might first think. Natalie Kitroeff and Ronen Bergman have a story in The NY Times about the 2014 mass kidnapping and murder of students in Mexico that contains some shocking revelations. (Link through the paywall.)...
by xaxnar
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on Sat Sep 02, 2023 at 08:44 AM PDT
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Just when I had an easy open thread planned, the news
shows me a story I have to bring to your attention.�
by blueoregon
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on Sat Jun 03, 2023 at 05:00 PM PDT
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I first heard the term, bang bang, in the late 70’s while reading an article in Photographer ...
by blueoregon
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on Sat Apr 15, 2023 at 05:00 PM PDT
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Nebraska state Senator Megan Hunt is pulling no punches as she defends her 12-year-old transgender son against anti-trans legislation introduced by her Republican colleagues in that state’s unicameral legislature. Hunt has joined her fellow Democratic...
by Dartagnan
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on Mon Mar 27, 2023 at 08:34 AM PDT
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If you have been around Daily Kos for while, you may have noticed a recurring theme — how badly the mainstream media does its job when it comes to covering politics (and other issues). Chauncey DeVega at Salon has an explainer that shows why it...
by xaxnar
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on Fri Mar 17, 2023 at 11:32 AM PDT
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It’s a good, worthy story, the country has basically moved on from pandemic restrictions and mentality yet the GOP and their ranting liars in the House have set up all kinds of political machinations to frantically keep the story alive in present...
by paradox
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on Fri Feb 03, 2023 at 06:32 AM PST
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Years ago I had a business partner that I constantly reminded to be careful how he worded his response to our clients inquiries. Why? Perception. We had a legal and ethical obligation to answer their questions truthfully. For example, if a client asked...
by TexDem
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on Fri Jan 20, 2023 at 07:30 AM PST
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I don’t normally read Salon Magazine, which seems like an attempt to be somewhat literate yet assiduously middlebrow at the same time. But their articles do pop up in the Microsoft Windows Start feed, the odd mix of news, ads, weather, and clickbait...
by K S LaVida
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on Mon Oct 31, 2022 at 10:13 AM PDT
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Hi Salon. Like many websites on the internet, now and again I end up visiting your articles and finding something interesting to read, or having something from you shared my way. As with any editorial effort, I respect the fact you are giving writers a...
by Christopher Reeves
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on Tue Sep 20, 2022 at 11:44 AM PDT
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In connection to a shooting in Dallas’ Koreatown, a Texas man was charged and indicted for alleged hate crimes against Asian Americans, Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot announced Tuesday. According to Creuzot, a Dallas County grand...
by Aysha Qamar
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on Thu Aug 11, 2022 at 10:22 AM PDT
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What just happened? After months of the media tut-tutting about Biden’s unpopularity, his age, etc., after all the media narrative that Democrats just can’t get anything done and keep their promises, after all the media predictions that Biden and the...
by xaxnar
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on Tue Aug 09, 2022 at 10:44 AM PDT
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Why did Salon publish socialist anarchist former Russia Today America host's attack on J6 Committee? This title caught my attention on Salon this morning: “Jan. 6 committee is spectacle taking the place of politics: It will accomplish nothing —The aesthetic of spectacle is all the ruling class has left. Too bad it can't even stage an entertaining...
by HalBrown
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on Tue Jun 14, 2022 at 06:45 AM PDT
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The words above the picture of flowers come from Chris Hedges writing at Salon .� He �has a sobering piece on how guns and violence are baked into the DNA of America via white males,�the history ...
by xaxnar
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on Wed Jun 08, 2022 at 07:33 AM PDT
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You have likely never heard of Hillsdale College. It’s a tiny Christian school in southern Michigan, but it’s stealthily worming its way into every conservative movement brewing in the nation. It is quite literally at the epicenter of book banning...
by Rebekah Sager
266 comments
on Tue Mar 15, 2022 at 11:20 AM PDT
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