What a long, #BrokenTimes way to say "corruption."
"The various hats worn by Donald Trump Jr. are an example of the ethical questions raised by Trump family business ventures during the president’s second term."
Leading Prediction Firms Share a Commonality: Donald Trump Jr. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/us/politics/donald-trump-jr-prediction-markets.html?smid=tw-share

#BrokenTimes wants Mamdani to fail as he succeeds. "But the oil paintings of former mayors that line the walls of City Hall offer a cautionary tale for Mr. Mamdani." It's jealous of influencers.
Where Does Candidate Mamdani End & Mayor Mamdani Begin? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/nyregion/new-york-mayor-zohran-mamdani-week-one.html?smid=tw-share

OK, then, this is a test: What do we call power unrestrained by law? Authoritarianism? Dictatorship? Fascism? The end of the rule of law and democracy? You fail the test #BrokenTimes.

What the...? The #BrokenTimes treats a meeting between "billionaire film director" Spielberg and Mamdani as somehow furtive.
Amid Opening Sprint, Mamdani Paused to Socialize With Steven Spielberg
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/nyregion/steven-spielberg-zohran-mamdani-meeting.html

The #BrokenTimes hates good news as much as it hates Mamdani. Rather than focusing on the good news and political victory of child care, it Eeyores dark foreboding.
Zohran Mamdani and Kathy Hochul Are Pals Right Now. Will It Last? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/nyregion/zohran-mamdani-kathy-hochul.html?smid=tw-share

OK, then, this is a test: What do we call power unrestrained by law? Authoritarianism? Dictatorship? Fascism? The end of the rule of law and democracy? You fail the test #BrokenTimes.

"But"? No, #BrokenTimes, it should be "and." With "but" you presume he was the cause of repression and you advocate for his kidnapping. Your conjunctions matter.
Maduro Is Gone, but Repression in Venezuela Has Intensified https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/world/americas/venezuela-repression.html?smid=tw-share

The Overton window is not just an academicky trope. Moving it has consequences. What the #BrokenTimes should position as threats of illegal imperialism it instead normalizes as "hints."
After Venezuela, Trump Offers Hints About What Could Be Next https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/us/politics/trump-venezuela-monroe-doctrine.html?smid=tw-share

Don't click. It'll ruin your Sunday: a pure puff piece by Bumiller about one of the dictator's odious henchmen. This is what has become of the #BrokenTimes.
Ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle, the Talk of Athens https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/04/world/europe/kimberly-guilfoyle-trump-greece-ambassador.html?smid=tw-share

"President Trump sounded tired." The #BrokenTimes turns a 50-second call into a news story. I know: Biden wouldn't pick up their calls.
In a Phone Interview, Trump Celebrated the Capture of Maduro https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/world/americas/in-a-phone-interview-trump-celebrated-the-capture-of-maduro.html?smid=tw-share

#BrokenTimes as court stenographer buys Roberts' definition of "independence" (vs outside threats), never mind his sacrifice of judicial independence to Trump's speed-dial.
In Chief Justice’s Annual Report, a History Lesson and Embrace of Independence https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/us/politics/chief-justice-annual-report-history.html?smid=tw-share

Yes, it's good that The Times collates Trump's tangled grifts but, again, the #BrokenTimes fails to take the next step: Labeling it corruption to enable explanation of emoluments and illegality.
Trump’s Tangled Web of Deal-Making, Policy and Riches
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/31/us/trump-deals-policy-conflicts-web.html

The #BrokenTimes struggles daily to find new takes to avoid calling Trump what he is. Yes, this story acknowledges that this is a behavior of authoritarians. Now fill in the rest of the picture of a fascist.
Trump Remakes America as Leader of the Brand https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/us/politics/trump-renaming.html?smid=tw-share

The Times is an ass. It goes out of its way to find ways to diminish Zohran Mamdani. It also finds every opportunity to sow division, not just report on it. #BrokenTimes

The utter perversion of the #BrokenTimes' both-sidesing compulsion: Here it equates the right-wing ruin of New College with (checks notes) liberal (in any sense of the word) education, which it dismisses as just another "ideological bubble." Just fuck off.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@jeffjarvis/115787498658619476

Günther Anders: "Whereas sensationalism falsely makes something out of nothing and turns flies into elephants, antisensationalism deceitfully turns elephants into flies."
An apt description of #BrokenTimes et al. coverage of American fascism.

It is an autocracy, a dictatorship, fascism, but but the most the Baker can label it is imperial. This is why the #BrokenTimes is so broken: It fails to recognize and thus report evident truth.
Trump Takes America’s ‘Imperial Presidency’ to a New Level https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/us/politics/trump-imperial-presidency.html?smid=tw-share

Peak #BrokenTImes

The #BrokenTimes elevates & normalizes the trivial stupidity of the woke font fight--as ever, without bringing the history of font fights past, under another authoritarian leader, Hitler.
Is Times New Roman Better Than Calibri for the State Department? https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/13/us/calibri-font-times-new-roman-state-department.html?smid=tw-share

Good Lord. The #BrokenTimes prints a defense of the racist, xenophobic Trump attack on Europe by its odious Claremont columnist. "The document forthrightly links this demographic shift to changes in national character."
Trump Is Not Attacking Europe. He’s Attacking Something Else. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/opinion/national-security-strategy-us-europe.html?smid=tw-share