Reposted by @drichinger.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Finally, a major media outlet will be headed by a true free speech warrior who got her start trying to get her professors fired 1223635719
Reposted by @drichinger.bsky.socialAlan Howe, Democracy promoter, anti-fascist, Cassandra @alanhowe.bsky.social · 15/09/2025 11389145
Reposted by @drichinger.bsky.socialForbes @forbes.com · 04/09/2025Joe Rogan is spreading climate misinformation on one of the country’s most popular podcasts, scientists say—and he’s not the only one. forbes.comClimate Scientist Cited By Joe Rogan Slams Podcaster For Spreading 'Dumb' MisinformationJoe Rogan is spreading climate misinformation on one of the country’s most popular podcasts, scientists say—and he’s not the only one. 51056071721
Reposted by @drichinger.bsky.socialICIJ @icij.org · 05/09/2025From @rsf.org: The Department of Homeland Security published a proposal to introduce a fixed term for the visas used by foreign journalists to work and live in the U.S. Currently, the visas last indefinitely as long as the holders remain in compliance.buff.lyUSA: Proposed journalist visa restrictions would have catastrophic consequences for press freedomThe Trump administration is proposing new, severe restrictions on how long foreign journalists would be permitted to live and work in the United States. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) opposes the… 178
Reposted by @drichinger.bsky.socialRyan T. Pozzi @ryantpozzi.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Hey, dummies. The COVID vaccine saved 2.5–4 million lives between 2020 and 2024 (Journal of the American Medical Association). COVID still exists. Vulnerable people, like me, still die from it. When you talk about banning the vaccine, what I hear is: F- that guy. If he dies, he dies. 29717177
Reposted by @drichinger.bsky.socialTom G @tpmg.bsky.social · 05/09/2025I just discovered that #bbciplayer has a non-stop Louis Theroux channel...and I have no idea how someone missed calling it 'Louis Theroux and Theroux' 171
Reposted by @drichinger.bsky.socialMother Jones @motherjones.com · 31/08/2025Reminder: Most mass shootings are carried out by cisgender men.motherjones.comMass Shooters Are Not Disproportionately TransgenderMost mass shootings are carried out by cisgender men. 744165354466
Reposted by @drichinger.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/08/2025Wow: French President Emmanuel Macron just called out Trump at a major press conference with the German Chancellor 😳 366101202847
Reposted by @drichinger.bsky.socialThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 23/08/2025Breaking news: The Texas Legislature approved a redrawn congressional map that could deliver Republicans five U.S. House seats.nyti.msTexas Legislature Gives Final Approval to Redistricting Map Favoring RepublicansThe map’s passage was a major victory in President Trump’s push to get Republican state leaders to help his party keep control of the U.S. House. 286829
drichinger.bsky.social @drichinger.bsky.social · 22/08/2025The Playbook Used to ‘Prove’ Vaccines Cause Autism www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comOpinion | The Playbook Used to ‘Prove’ Vaccines Cause AutismData can easily be manipulated to show causation that doesn’t exist. 010
Reposted by @drichinger.bsky.socialJoe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 22/08/2025It’s all about sending a message. The raid is the message. It’s all about retribution. He is the retribution president. As with troops on our streets, it’s all about normalizing fascism. This is fascism. Fascism is here. Too many Americans are too “busy” to care. But it’s here. 44788262890
Reposted by @drichinger.bsky.socialThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 28/03/2025Elon Musk quietly deleted a post that said he would hand out two $1 million checks to people who had already voted in a Wisconsin Supreme Court race. Federal law prohibits payments to Americans in exchange for their registering to vote or casting ballots.nytimes.comElon Musk Backtracks on Plan to Give $2 Million Checks to Wisconsin VotersExperts had said that his pledge to hand out two $1 million checks to people who had already voted in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race seemed to run afoul of state law. 1721136329
Reposted by @drichinger.bsky.socialKaren Yourish @karenyourish.bsky.social · 07/03/2025As President Trump seeks to purge the federal government of “woke” initiatives, agencies have flagged hundreds of words to limit or avoid. An analysis by The New York Times reveals how these words are being removed from government websites. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comThe Words Federal Agencies Are Removing From Their Sites Under TrumpFederal agencies have issued guidance to employees on hundreds of terms to limit or avoid using. An analysis of government websites shows many of the same words being removed. 62286171
Reposted by @drichinger.bsky.socialThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 07/02/2025Four government IT employees tell Ian Bogost and Charlie Warzel that Elon Musk's incursion into the U.S. government may be worse than anyone realizes: “This is the largest data breach and the largest IT security breach in our country’s history."theatlantic.comThe Government’s Computing Experts Say They Are TerrifiedFour IT professionals lay out just how destructive Elon Musk’s incursion into the U.S. government could be. 46823425
Reposted by @drichinger.bsky.socialKara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 07/02/2025This is the worst classification scandal in 20 years. According to someone who knows: Trump has done more for China in a couple of weeks than Xi could have dreamed. 1142578571
Reposted by @drichinger.bsky.socialAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 07/02/2025"This is the largest data breach and the largest IT security breach in our country’s history” www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...theatlantic.comThe Government’s Computing Experts Say They Are TerrifiedFour IT professionals lay out just how destructive Elon Musk’s incursion into the U.S. government could be. 541292563
Reposted by @drichinger.bsky.socialCorruptoscope @corruptoscope.bsky.social · 07/02/2025Un ancien conseiller de George W. Bush affirme qu'un homme d'affaires ouzbek l'a engagé pour faire pression en faveur de sanctions américaines contre un rival commercial local @icij.org #lobbbyicij.orgFormer George W. Bush aide says an Uzbek businessman hired him to lobby for U.S. sanctions on a local business rival - ICIJThe episode, which led to a U.S. Congressman calling for an investigation of possible sanctions violations by the Uzbek target firm, offers a window into the business of regional actors seeking to inf... 043
Reposted by @drichinger.bsky.socialDer Postillon 📯 @der-postillon.com · 26/01/2025Neuer Trend: Immer mehr Autofahrer steigen von SUV auf Panzer umder-postillon.comNeuer Trend: Immer mehr Autofahrer steigen von SUV auf Panzer umIst das die Zukunft der Mobilität? Immer öfter entscheiden sich Autofahrer nicht mehr für einen der bislang so beliebten SUVs. Stattdessen setzen sie auf Panzer, die noch großzügigere Maße sowie mehr… 1544039
Reposted by @drichinger.bsky.socialMatthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social · 25/01/2025I joined @daralind.bsky.social on @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social’s podcast to dig into the weeds (so to speak) of Trump’s first week in office. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Let’s Get to the Marrow of What Trump Just DidThree policy wonks dissect President Donald Trump’s executive orders on border security, immigration, government efficiency and beyond. 1420721
Reposted by @drichinger.bsky.socialEric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 26/01/2025Ted Cruz, 2/3/16: "We’re liable to wake up one morning and Donald, if he were president, would have nuked Denmark. That’s not the temperament of a leader to keep this country safe.” www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-po... 116980277
Reposted by @drichinger.bsky.socialICIJ @icij.org · 15/12/2024Thousands of leaked emails show that, while Demetris Ioannides served as MeritServus' director and the firm administered portions of Deloitte’s business in Cyprus, the companies collaborated intimately to support Roman Abramovich’s vast offshore network.buff.lyDeloitte held close ties to a now-sanctioned Cyprus firm accused of shielding oligarchs’ wealth, records reveal - ICIJLeaked documents show the accounting giant collaborated with the firm and its controversial founder for years — despite publicly downplaying the relationship. 02713
Reposted by @drichinger.bsky.socialDer Postillon 📯 @der-postillon.com · 12/12/2024Nachhaltig: Saudi-Arabien will Stadien nach WM für Hinrichtungen verwendender-postillon.comNachhaltig: Saudi-Arabien will Stadien nach WM für Hinrichtungen verwendenRiad (dpo) - Neben massiven Schmiergeldzahlungen an Funktionäre war es wohl vor allem das attraktive Gesamtkonzept, das Saudi-Arabien die Austragung d 311238280
Reposted by @drichinger.bsky.socialScott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 11/12/2024An honor to have the No. 1 #TEDTalk of 2024. Many thanks to my team. Full talk here: youtu.be/qEJ4hkpQW8E?... 2041243
Reposted by @drichinger.bsky.socialICIJ @icij.org · 10/12/2024Five years since ICIJ’s #ChinaCables investigation, Uyghurs in exile and advocates say the ethnic minority group’s conditions haven’t improved. Read the investigation's anniversary piece:buff.lyChinese arms flow into the US and other countries despite manufacturers’ alleged role in Xinjiang repression - ICIJFive years since ICIJ’s China Cables investigation, Uyghurs in exile and advocates say the ethnic minority group’s conditions haven’t improved. 0114
Reposted by @drichinger.bsky.socialAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 07/12/2024Also a reminder of how many different kinds of people made extraordinary efforts to manipulate the X algorithm 17106576
Reposted by @drichinger.bsky.socialAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 07/12/2024Excellent 562260479
Reposted by @drichinger.bsky.socialNew York Times Opinion @nytopinion.nytimes.com · 06/12/2024Kash Patel, whom Donald Trump plans to nominate as F.B.I. director, "has helpfully provided us with a list of people President Biden should pardon before he leaves office," writes the columnist Michelle Goldberg. nyti.ms/3VpSAsknyti.msOpinion | Trump’s F.B.I. Pick Has an Enemies List. Biden Should Pardon Everyone on It.The president has a chance to save innocent people from MAGA persecution. 1322646
Reposted by @drichinger.bsky.socialICIJ @icij.org · 07/12/2024In Venezuela, at least 10 journalists have been arrested since the recent electoral campaigns began, and eight remain in prison “under false charges and in worrying conditions,” according to @rsf-inter.bsky.social, which advocates for freedom of information.buff.ly‘Many journalists have left’: How post-election repression compounded press freedom fears in Venezuela - ICIJSince the presidential campaigns started, at least eight journalists were imprisoned in Venezuela — an intimidation tactic that makes investigative reporting harder for independent news outlets such… 01710
Reposted by @drichinger.bsky.socialICIJ @icij.org · 07/12/2024The British government’s decision to sanction Isabel dos Santos and associates follows a series of criminal charges and asset freezes brought by multiple governments against the daughter of Angola’s former president after ICIJ’s #LuandaLeaks in 2020. buff.ly/3CZbRuibuff.lyUK sanctions Angola’s Isabel dos Santos and associates for ‘stealing country’s wealth for personal gain’ - ICIJThe British government’s decision follows a series of criminal charges and asset freezes brought by multiple governments against the daughter of Angola’s former president following ICIJ’s 2020 Luanda… 084
Reposted by @drichinger.bsky.socialKatie @thesalukihusker.bsky.social · 08/12/2024Recommended reading. A deep dive in to information laundering, multipolarity, and how autocracies seek to control the narrative. And what we can do about it. Essential reading in this new era we’re entering. @anneapplebaum.bsky.social 19626137
Reposted by @drichinger.bsky.socialKara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Solid column by Peggy Noonan, whom I usually do not recommend: “But these nominees seem as if they want a demolition derby everywhere. That isn’t a plan for progress but a recipe for unproductive chaos—nonstop, systemwide, all agencies involved.” www.wsj.com/opinion/bipa...wsj.comOpinion | A Bipartisan Slippage in StandardsBiden’s pardon of Hunter is as disconcerting as Trump’s more exotic administration nominees. 4649458
Reposted by @drichinger.bsky.socialNew York Times Opinion @nytopinion.nytimes.com · 06/12/2024“There are just two major pacts governing nuclear weapons in the cosmos, both of which predate Neil Armstrong’s first steps on the moon,” W.J. Hennigan writes. Decades later, are they enough to protect against a new space Cold War? nyti.ms/4imfWsGnyti.msOpinion | What One Russian Satellite Tells Us About the Future of Nuclear WarfareNo shockwave. No mushroom cloud. But a space nuke would change life on Earth forever. 823757
Reposted by @drichinger.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Politico is reporting that Ric Grenell offered MAGA influencers five-figure contracts to promote him on social media for Sec of State. I went back and looked and found a bunch within a 3-day window. Here are a few. 584121493952
Reposted by @drichinger.bsky.socialJesse Drucker @jessedrucker.bsky.social · 05/12/2024My article today - How one of the world's richest men, Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang, is on pace to dodge $8 billion in taxes: www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/b...nytimes.comHow Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, Is Avoiding Billions in TaxesThe chief executive of Nvidia, Jensen Huang, has taken advantage of popular loopholes in the federal estate and gift taxes, which have quietly been eviscerated. 1721890
Reposted by @drichinger.bsky.socialThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 03/12/2024Breaking News: Top leaders at the World Anti-Doping Agency froze out their own investigators after they flagged concerns about doping among Chinese athletes.nytimes.comAntidoping Agency Froze Out Investigators Who Warned About ChinaThe World Anti-Doping Agency’s investigative unit highlighted intelligence about Chinese athletes possibly using a banned medication, but were kept out of the loop when 23 swimmers tested positive for... 1419944
Reposted by @drichinger.bsky.socialMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 03/12/2024"Repeat after me: there was no 'landslide'. There was no 'blowout'. There was no 'sweeping' mandate given to Trump by the electorate. The numbers don’t lie." My new Guardian op-ed on the new GOP election lie - and why it's important to rebut it! I brought (lots of) receipts:theguardian.comDonald Trump didn’t win by a historic landslide. It’s time to nip that lie in the bud | Mehdi HasanIn 2024, we have a new post-election lie – Trump didn’t just win, Republicans say, but he won big. He won a landslide. That’s false 592193585200
Reposted by @drichinger.bsky.socialThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 03/12/2024President Vladimir Putin of Russia and senior Kremlin officials “intentionally and directly” authorized a program of coerced fostering and adoption of Ukrainian children during the war in Ukraine, according to a new report that provides strong evidence for a war crimes case.nytimes.comInvestigation Into Forced Adoptions From Ukraine Points Finger at PutinYale researchers traced hundreds of children taken to Russia in the war, finding what they described as “a higher level of crime than first understood.” 701241428
Reposted by @drichinger.bsky.socialGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 03/12/2024💯 f’g % 32998381080
Reposted by @drichinger.bsky.socialDonie O’Sullivan @donie.bsky.social · 03/12/20242,000 Mules -- a movie full of debunked and bogus claims -- is a central part of the election denialism movement. Now - two and a half years after its release - its creator Dinesh D'Souza is admitting the movie got some things wrong.... www.cnn.com/2024/12/02/p... 34470119
Reposted by @drichinger.bsky.socialAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 03/12/2024Reading the pardon coverage...I don't think the significance of the Gaetz/Patel/Bondi nominations has sunk in. People still aren't getting what a politicized DOJ and FBI, with the power to arrest/bug/harass anyone for any reason, would be able to do. 38693762514
Reposted by @drichinger.bsky.socialBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 02/12/2024The lack of self-awareness is almost impressive. 1303465577440
Reposted by @drichinger.bsky.socialpaper trail media @papertrailmedia.de · 30/11/2024Great to see #CaspianCabals @icij.org @zdfde.bsky.social @derstandard.at @spiegel.de (&many more) featured in @gijn.org‘s „Stories of the Week“ 🎊 0105
Reposted by @drichinger.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 02/12/2024This is just a small handful of the hundreds of pardons Trump gave to drug traffickers, violent felons, fraudsters, donors, friends, cronies, wealthy businessmen, campaign aides, and Republican politicians. 23062482276
Reposted by @drichinger.bsky.socialOliver Markus Malloy @malloy.rocks · 29/11/2024#Xodus #BlueSky 15689531177
Reposted by @drichinger.bsky.socialDavid Frum @davidfrum.bsky.social · 30/11/2024When making a MAGA cabinet, it's very important to strike a careful balance between billionaires, sex criminals, Russian assets, anti-vaxxers, and just plain unpleasant people. 19263591596
Reposted by @drichinger.bsky.socialEvan McMurry @evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com · 01/12/2024@radiofreetom.bsky.social: “If Trump’s goal is to break the FBI and undermine its missions, Kash Patel is the perfect nominee.” theatln.tc/cOjt89s7 1143799