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David T. Z. Mindich @davidtzmindich.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Waymos, the self-driving cars, are coming to Philly. Here's your bingo card. #Philly #Philadelphia #Waymo

Humorous bingo card for what will happen to Waymos in Philadelphia.

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David T. Z. Mindich @davidtzmindich.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Teaching and Writing in a Time of DEI Backlash. Thursday, Aug. 7, at 10:15 a.m. at the AEJMC bsky.app/profile/aejm...

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David T. Z. Mindich @davidtzmindich.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Why democracy needs careful journalists like Jake Tapper.

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David T. Z. Mindich @davidtzmindich.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

"If everyone has just a little bit of courage, then no one has to be a hero." --Rep. Sarah McBride, quoting her father on Pod Save America.

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David T. Z. Mindich @davidtzmindich.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

What are your favorite signs from the marches yesterday? #Handsoff

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Media@Risk @ascmediarisk.org · 19/03/2025

Next Week! Join our lunchtime roundtable to talk news ownership & presidential endorsements with @sulliview.bsky.social, Matt Brown, @davidtzmindich.bsky.social & Caitlin Petre. Register here: bit.ly/4i5fi2a @asc.upenn.edu @lizhallgren.bsky.social @dassarma.bsky.social

Headshots of four panelists: Margaret Sullivan, David Mindich, Matt Brown and Caitlin Petre, on a beige background.

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Media@Risk @ascmediarisk.org · 06/03/2025

The Washington Post & LA Times sparked controversy by not endorsing Kamala Harris at the direction of their owners. What could this mean for journalism under Trump? Learn more at our roundtable with @sulliview.bsky.social, @davidtzmindich.bsky.social, Matt Brown & Caitlin Petre: bit.ly/4i5fi2a

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David T. Z. Mindich @davidtzmindich.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Participating in my first protest of the new administration: a union-led protest in NYC yesterday against cuts to education and medical research. I wasn't a speaker... just a body in the crowd... but it felt like a good start.

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David T. Z. Mindich @davidtzmindich.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Attempting to transfer incarcerated transgender women to men's prisons has got to be one of Cheeto Mussolini's shittiest and most dangerous moves ever.

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David T. Z. Mindich @davidtzmindich.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Note to my U. S. Rep: I am outraged by Trump's EO that seeks to bar transgender women prisoners from serving in federal women's prisons. Moving these women to men's prisons subjects them to sexual assault and other violence by male prisoners. I urge your office to fight this cruel executive order.

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Trump Bars Transgender Women From U.S. Prisons for Female Inmates (Gift Article)

In an executive order, the president also moved to end gender-related medical treatments for transgender people in prison.

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David T. Z. Mindich @davidtzmindich.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

For those of you still taking a break from the news, this is a good time to reengage. The Times reported today on plans to start deportation raids in Chicago. Those of us with some degree of privilege have the moral responsibly to keep our eyes open and protect the least powerful.

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David T. Z. Mindich @davidtzmindich.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

With Trump's insanity about Greenland, Panama, and Canada, it's a good time to watch what I consider to be the all-time funniest take on him: John Mulaney's "A Horse in the Hospital." www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhkZ...

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There's a Horse In The Hospital | John Mulaney | Netflix Is A Joke

YouTube video by Netflix Is A Joke

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David T. Z. Mindich @davidtzmindich.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Survival of the Friendliest, by Hare and Woods. It showcases how humans and other animals can thrive in partnership but also warns how “friendly” people can brutalize out groups when we perceive our in groups to be threatened. Timeless and timely.

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David T. Z. Mindich @davidtzmindich.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

I don't care how many friends I lose over this controversial opinion, but the time has come for a courageous stand, even if I stand alone. Here goes: I think polio is bad.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 30/11/2024

"Mr. Kushner, 70, pleaded guilty in 2004 to 16 counts of tax evasion, a single count of retaliating against a federal witness and one of lying to the Federal Election Commission" and so now he will be US ambassador to France www.nytimes.com/2024/11/30/u...

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Trump Names Charles Kushner as Pick for Ambassador to France

The announcement elevated Mr. Kushner, the father of President Donald J. Trump’s son-in-law and the recipient of a presidential pardon at the end of Mr. Trump’s first term.

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David T. Z. Mindich @davidtzmindich.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

My kids were assigned Zinn for AP American History when they attended Burlington High School. Great book...

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David T. Z. Mindich @davidtzmindich.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

I've really appreciated your strong voice there, and here.

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David T. Z. Mindich @davidtzmindich.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

The solution is connecting the dots on the massive flow of wealth to the already wealthy. As the most famous line in All the President’s Men states, “follow the money,” as in the flow to the wealthy. We and the media we consume need to be laser focused on that. 9/x

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David T. Z. Mindich @davidtzmindich.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

And while we should be outraged by Gaetz, Kennedy, Gabbard, and Hegseth, we and the media we consume shouldn’t let that be the main story. 8/x

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David T. Z. Mindich @davidtzmindich.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

The solution involves helping folks understand that hating immigrants, transgender people and all the other “Others” is simply a ploy (although it will cause untold suffering). It needs to be part of the story, but it needs to be seen as a ploy in service of the massive transfer of wealth. 7/x

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David T. Z. Mindich @davidtzmindich.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

So, the roundups of immigrants will be a play to convince Trump supporters that the government is fighting for the mainly white MAGA supporters. This will only work if the workers cannot connect the dots. What is the solution? 6/x

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David T. Z. Mindich @davidtzmindich.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

But Trump won households making under $50k and is the hero of people who benefit from some of these programs. Won’t they rebel against their hero? Zinn tells us that working class whites, starting even before the U.S. was born, would fall into line if other groups were subjugated. 5/x

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David T. Z. Mindich @davidtzmindich.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Musk’s plan to cut the federal budget by trillions of dollars would create a massive reverse-Robin-Hood scheme. They could cut food stamps, free and reduced school lunches, Pell grants, and other programs. They could raise the retirement age. They could add tariffs that would burden workers. 4/x

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David T. Z. Mindich @davidtzmindich.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Their relatively small investment (Musk, worth $300 b, gave $100 m, less than 1/1000 of his wealth) will likely pay off. Handing Musk chunks of the space program, for example, would be a great ROI. And more broadly, tax cuts for the wealthy would benefit the rich. But how to pay for that? 3/x

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David T. Z. Mindich @davidtzmindich.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

At the top of a flow chart we see Trump and his family, who have long run a criminal operation (not my opinion: courts have detailed criminality in Trump’s charity and businesses). Trump needed billionaires to win the election, and Musk and others stepped up. Why did the billionaires step up? 2/x

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David T. Z. Mindich @davidtzmindich.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

As a historian who studies race and representation, I often dip into Howard Zinn’s People’s History of the United States, which explains clearly and cogently how elites have long used bigotry and xenophobia to keep workers in check. Zinn can help us to understand Trump (A thread). 1/x

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David T. Z. Mindich @davidtzmindich.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Absolutely, and also... let's not forget that the stakes are high. When Reconstruction was ended in the 1870s, it took nearly a century to get some of those lost gains back.

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David T. Z. Mindich @davidtzmindich.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

I try to be nonpartisan in front of my large Journalism and Society lecture class, but today I told my students how disgusted I was by Nancy Mace's resolution that would forbid trans women from using the restroom that aligns with their gender identity, targeting one person: Sarah McBride. Just vile.

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David T. Z. Mindich @davidtzmindich.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Send me a note if you'd like to be added!

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David T. Z. Mindich @davidtzmindich.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

I agree with you that many were too soft on Trump and that "sane washing" still exists. But the Wall Street Journal (the news division, not the editorial page), the New York Times, and Washington Post (alas, not its editorial page anymore). won Pulitzer Prizes for their reporting about Trump.

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David T. Z. Mindich @davidtzmindich.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

It was 8.5 years ago that I wrote this widely-shared piece in CJR about the need for journalists to push back against then-candidate Trump like Edward R. Murrow did against Joseph McCarthy. Years later, some of you might find it timely. www.cjr.org/analysis/tru... @columjournreview.bsky.social

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For journalists covering Trump, a Murrow moment

As Edward R. Murrow wrapped up his now-famous special report condemning Joseph McCarthy in 1954, he looked into the camera and said words that could apply today. “He didn’t create this situation of fe...

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Who made this? Ahahaha

Meme with side by side pictures of Marco Rubio and RFK, Jr, labeled “Marco” and “Polio.”

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David T. Z. Mindich @davidtzmindich.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

There are many reasons to be frustrated with the New York Times, but it is still one of our best checks on power and worthy of our attention and financial support. Today’s powerful editorial: www.nytimes.com/2024/11/14/o...

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Opinion | Trump’s Reckless Choices for National Leadership

Three extreme cabinet nominations demonstrate his contempt for a responsible executive branch.

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David T. Z. Mindich @davidtzmindich.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Has there ever been a pick worse than Matt Gaetz?

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David T. Z. Mindich @davidtzmindich.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

In case you're in the market for a new media textbook. The second edition of this book is out now.

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