Flipboard News Desk
@NewsDesk@flipboard.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

"The precise moment when and where in recent weeks America crossed that invisible line from democracy into authoritarianism can and will be debated by future historians, but it’s clear that the line itself has been crossed," writes Garrett Graff for his Doomsday Scenario newsletter. He chronicles why he feels that today, August 25, 2025, is a date to remember. "Everything else from here on out is just a matter of degree and wondering how bad it will get and how far it will go," he writes. "Do we end up 'merely' like Hungary or do we go all the way toward an 'American Reich'? So far, after years of studying World War II, I fear that America’s trajectory feels more like Berlin circa 1933 than it does Budapest circa 2015."

https://flip.it/h-2n7N

#TrumpAdministration#USPolitics#Politics#USNews#Fascism#Authoritarianism#History#News
Journeys In Film
@JourneysInFilm@hcommons.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

We have free resources to help you talk about gun violence in your classroom and community.

The Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down film guides include tools for sensitive, productive conversations about gun violence. These guides are powerful, accessible and not political at all. The team that worked on them includes gun violence survivors and it shows.

https://journeysinfilm.org/product/gabby-giffords-wont-back-down/

@education

#GunViolence#SchoolSafety#US#UsNews#Shooting #Education#Teachers#Minneapolis#Minnesota#Teaching #K12
Journeys In Film
@JourneysInFilm@hcommons.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

We have free resources to help you talk about gun violence in your classroom and community.

The Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down film guides include tools for sensitive, productive conversations about gun violence. These guides are powerful, accessible and not political at all. The team that worked on them includes gun violence survivors and it shows.

https://journeysinfilm.org/product/gabby-giffords-wont-back-down/

@education

#GunViolence#SchoolSafety#US#UsNews#Shooting #Education#Teachers#Minneapolis#Minnesota#Teaching #K12
Flipboard News Desk
@NewsDesk@flipboard.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

"The precise moment when and where in recent weeks America crossed that invisible line from democracy into authoritarianism can and will be debated by future historians, but it’s clear that the line itself has been crossed," writes Garrett Graff for his Doomsday Scenario newsletter. He chronicles why he feels that today, August 25, 2025, is a date to remember. "Everything else from here on out is just a matter of degree and wondering how bad it will get and how far it will go," he writes. "Do we end up 'merely' like Hungary or do we go all the way toward an 'American Reich'? So far, after years of studying World War II, I fear that America’s trajectory feels more like Berlin circa 1933 than it does Budapest circa 2015."

https://flip.it/h-2n7N

#TrumpAdministration#USPolitics#Politics#USNews#Fascism#Authoritarianism#History#News
United States
@UnitedStates@pubeurope.com  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Wu fires back at Bondi’s demand to shed so-called ‘sanctuary’ policies, saying ‘Boston will never back down’

Mayor Michelle Wu, joined by community members and elected officials, responds to the recent letter from the Department…
#UnitedStates#US#USA #america #unitedstatesofamerica#USnews#USTopics#USAnews
https://www.europesays.com/2342990/
United States
@UnitedStates@pubeurope.com  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Wu fires back at Bondi’s demand to shed so-called ‘sanctuary’ policies, saying ‘Boston will never back down’

Mayor Michelle Wu, joined by community members and elected officials, responds to the recent letter from the Department…
#UnitedStates#US#USA #america #unitedstatesofamerica#USnews#USTopics#USAnews
https://www.europesays.com/2342990/
Flipboard News Desk
@NewsDesk@flipboard.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

A judge has ruled that Alex Jones' far-right platform, Infowars, can be sold to help pay the families of Sandy Hook shooting victims. Last year, The Onion had won a court-mandated auction for Infowars' parent company but this was halted by a federal bankruptcy judge. This new ruling paves the way for The Onion to revive its bid. Jones has yet to pay a cent of the more than $1 billion in damages he owes Sandy Hook families for repeated defamatory claims that the massacre was a hoax. On his show on Wednesday, he railed against the families, but says he will keep broadcasting under a different brand. Here's more from @CNN.

https://flip.it/g7d1iE
#Infowars#AlexJones#SandyHook#TheOnion#USLaw#Defamation#USNews
Flipboard News Desk
@NewsDesk@flipboard.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

A judge has ruled that Alex Jones' far-right platform, Infowars, can be sold to help pay the families of Sandy Hook shooting victims. Last year, The Onion had won a court-mandated auction for Infowars' parent company but this was halted by a federal bankruptcy judge. This new ruling paves the way for The Onion to revive its bid. Jones has yet to pay a cent of the more than $1 billion in damages he owes Sandy Hook families for repeated defamatory claims that the massacre was a hoax. On his show on Wednesday, he railed against the families, but says he will keep broadcasting under a different brand. Here's more from @CNN.

https://flip.it/g7d1iE
#Infowars#AlexJones#SandyHook#TheOnion#USLaw#Defamation#USNews

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Flipboard News Desk
@NewsDesk@flipboard.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

The Justice Department said earlier this week that Jeffrey Epstein did not maintain a client list. Here's Mother Jones' story from 2020 on what happened when journalist Leland Nally called every number in the disgraced financier's little black book, which has been circulating since 2009, when a former butler tried to sell it to lawyers representing Epstein's victims.

https://flip.it/MsSS.D

#JeffreyEpstein#USNews#PamBondi#USCrime#USPolitics
Flipboard
@Flipboard@flipboard.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Extremism “is fundamentally a local problem, magnified nationwide," says Dana Coester, founder of nonprofit newsroom 100 Days in Appalachia. “There’s more risk at the local level. You are accessible, you are visible, you are part of the community that you’re covering, and you don’t leave.” Columbia Journalism Review interviewed her and journalists from @TexasObserver, InvestigateWest, and more, about the threats local journalists face from far-right extremists.

https://flip.it/J7-uzV

#Journalism#LocalJournalism#Extremism#USNews#Media#MediaIndustry
Flipboard
@Flipboard@flipboard.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Extremism “is fundamentally a local problem, magnified nationwide," says Dana Coester, founder of nonprofit newsroom 100 Days in Appalachia. “There’s more risk at the local level. You are accessible, you are visible, you are part of the community that you’re covering, and you don’t leave.” Columbia Journalism Review interviewed her and journalists from @TexasObserver, InvestigateWest, and more, about the threats local journalists face from far-right extremists.

https://flip.it/J7-uzV

#Journalism#LocalJournalism#Extremism#USNews#Media#MediaIndustry
Flipboard News Desk
@NewsDesk@flipboard.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

The Justice Department said earlier this week that Jeffrey Epstein did not maintain a client list. Here's Mother Jones' story from 2020 on what happened when journalist Leland Nally called every number in the disgraced financier's little black book, which has been circulating since 2009, when a former butler tried to sell it to lawyers representing Epstein's victims.

https://flip.it/MsSS.D

#JeffreyEpstein#USNews#PamBondi#USCrime#USPolitics