Todd Gitlin
Professor of Journalism and Sociology, Chair of Communications, Columbia University. Writer of nonfiction & novels. Troublemaker. Retweet is only pass-through.
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Big Tech’s Yes Men Reassure Each Other at Harvard Law Conference
A conference featuring a who’s who of Silicon Valley defenders preaches to the converted, with Trump antitrust regulators participating.
Vindman Burns Trump Booster John Solomon: ‘All the Key Elements’ of His Reporting ‘Were False’
Hannity’s favorite “investigative” reporter’s columns formed the basis for Trump allies like Rudy Giuliani’s messaging about Biden and Democrats.
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#Vindman Burns Trump Booster John Solomon: ‘All the Key Elements’ of His Reporting ‘Were False’ thedailybeast.com/vindman-burns-… via @thedailybeast
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Judge orders Trump to pay $2M for charity foundation misuse
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge on Thursday ordered President Donald Trump to pay $2 million to an array of charities to resolve a lawsuit alleging he misused his own charitable foundation to...
How My Grandfather Helped Bring Down the Nixon Presidency
He was an ordinary businessman with no experience in journalism or politics, but he helped Woodward and Bernstein break a Watergate-era story.
Two months after Dorian, debris poses critical health risks for Bahamians
Residents on Green Turtle Cay say they haven't received help from the government since the hurricane and have resorted to burning their trash in an attempt to prevent disease.
Fukushima to be reborn as $2.7bn wind and solar power hub
Twenty-one plants and new power grid to supply Tokyo metropolitan area
Big Business Is Overcharging You
Corporate concentration costs the typical household $5,000 a year.
Todd Gitlin
"Philippon’s biggest contribution is to explain that it isn’t some natural result of globalization and technological innovation. If it were the trends would be similar around the world. But they’re not." Big companies have become much larger only in the US.
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The Disorienting Defenses of Donald Trump
The president and his allies ask Americans to reject the evidence before their eyes.
Robert Norris, the Marlboro Man in Commercials, Dies at 90
Despite his role in the popular tobacco advertising campaign for more than a decade, Mr. Norris was never a smoker.
Nikki Haley Describes Rebuffing Internal Scheme Against Trump
The former ambassador to the United Nations says in a new book that John Kelly and Rex Tillerson sought to enlist her in circumventing President Trump’s policies.
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2/ obfuscation. Extortion is a high crime. Haley not so familiar with legal or political history. She's supposed to save the party of ignorance?
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Boeing Aims to Move Victim Lawsuits Abroad, but C.E.O. Says He Is Unaware
Boeing lawyers have publicly disclosed the strategy to transfer the cases out of the U.S., which could save the company millions.
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#Boeing's idea of internationalism: sell planes abroad, move legal proceedings abroad, up with profits.
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Father of Atatiana Jefferson dead of heart attack weeks after daughter shot and killed by cop in her home
Less than a month after Atatiana Jefferson was fatally shot by a white police officer inside her Texas home, her father has died.
TomDispatch
Tomdispatch.com is for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of our post-9/11 world and a clear sense of how our imperial globe actually works.
Former Chinese trade envoy wants four more years of Trump. Here’s why
Long has retired from ministerial posts and doesn’t speak for China in matters concerning the domestic affairs of other countries, but the comment from the elder statesman of Chinese trade diplomacy does offer a hint of the thinking in Beijing’s...
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2/ "easy to read” and “the best choice in an opponent for negotiations,” said Long Yongtu, the former vice-minister of foreign trade... “We want Trump to be re-elected; we would be glad to see that happen,” Long said.' /
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The Soldiers We Leave Behind
War, immigration and what it means to be American.
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Must read for Veterans Day. Betrayals galore. When America was Great, in 1919, a WW I veteran was burned to death by white supremacists.
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The ‘Lost Cause’ That Built Jim Crow
Southern “Redeemers” snuffed out the first black power movement.
How Scientists Got Climate Change So Wrong
Few thought it would arrive so quickly. Now we’re facing consequences once viewed as fringe scenarios.
Democrats Can Win in Both the Rust Belt and the Sun Belt
Here's why all of the hand-wringing about the latest NYT-Siena poll is misguided.
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Washington Monthly | Democrats Can Win in Both the Rust Belt and the Sun Belt / “non-whites who didn’t vote in 2016 are concentrated in states that could become the new battlegrounds, like Texas and Arizona”
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Sign the petition: Protect Apache holy site from Resolution Copper
We demand Congress use their powers to intervene and stop the destruction of Oak Flat. Add your name.
Todd Gitlin
Add your name: Protect Apache holy site from Resolution Copper: petitions.moveon.org/p/t_iBG_cuSo @moveon #SaveOakFlat #PoorPeoplesCampaign
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Revealed: Russian donors have stepped up Tory funding
As Johnson accused of ‘cover-up’ over Kremlin interference, major new Russian donations to Conservatives revealed – despite previous Tory pledge to distance themselves from Russian money. By Peter Geoghegan and Seth Thevoz.
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Russian zeal is unflagging in the UK as in the US. Revealed: Russian donors have stepped up Tory funding
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“With the Conservatives looking to raise £30 million ahead of December’s general election, major funders to the Tory c…”
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“Tamasin Cave from transparency advocacy group Spinwatch said: “Why are powerful Russian interests donating money to t…”
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