Hours before airing, 60-minutes redacted its coverage of U.S. treatment of “detained” immigrants. They forgot to cancel it on streaming services to Canada though, and some quick-thinking Canadian filmed his TV and posted it online. Within an hour it was popping up — then getting redacted — across the internet. Watch what they try to hide.
While endlessly relitigating past elections hurts us, it’s also important to engage in genuine, fact-based analysis of losses. The DNC did just that, promising to release the report…then decided not to release it. With conspiracy theories swirling and distrust rampant, transparency is more important than ever.
Email DNC Chair Ken Martin, demanding he release the report.
On this, the last night of Chanukah, the internet is swarming with claims that the massacre one week ago on Bondi Beach was a false-flag operation. This is the kind of obviously false propaganda we laugh at MAGA believing, yet some anti-Trump groups have hundreds of comments insisting Israel killed Jews in Australia. Disinformation fuels fascism, so we fight it wherever we encounter it.
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Movies teach us resistance is about complicated plots and brave attacks, but mostly, it isn’t. Resistance is about sticking together and refusing to give up. Yesterday I felt blue, and first a friend mentioned getting a good idea on this site, then another friend showed up to laugh and eat at a public Chanukiah lighting. I feel better today. Who can you encourage, right now?
The Committee for the First Amendment was a McCarthy era resistance group out of Hollywood. Jane Fonda’s father was a founder, and she has re-launched the group. They’re starting with a bang, with an interview with Filipino-American journalist, social media researcher, and Nobel Peace Prize Winner Maria Ressa. We highly recommend watching it!
Committee for the First Amendment Find Out How »
Food insecurity is only going to get worse in America. Between rising grocery prices, crops lost due to climate change and deportation, and new, draconian SNAP requirements, people are going to be hungry. In February funding is back on the table, and while SNAP can’t be held hostage this time (thanks Democrats!) furloughed and unpaid federal workers will need help. Start now, so we’re ready.
