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Welcome to  Stop the Presses , a weekly newsletter about how right-wing extremism has exploited the weaknesses in American journalism and what we can do about it. Media must cover — not cover up — Trump’s unfitness The president benefits from the failure to focus on his broken brain Mark Jacob Oct 27 People in the media are journalists, not psychologists. They’re used to covering facts, not fantasies. So they don’t know how to react when Donald Trump says or does something that’s mentally deranged. Too often, they try to fit it into a rational frame of reference even though it’s irrational. This sanewashing has been going on for a long time, and   I’ve written about it before . But it keeps getting worse, and the mainstream media keep making the same mistakes in their coverage of the King of Crazytown. Trump’s bonkers behavior is so unrelenting that each new incident seems to push an old one out of our memory. But let’s remember that just over a week ago, Trump posted an AI vi...

  Sinclair Broadcasting is one of the largest and most influential forces in American media. Disguised as local news, it’s actually a nationwide propaganda machine—spreading far-right narratives through nearly 200 stations across the country. Now, Sinclair is activating that network to help launch a coordinated, under-the-radar smear campaign against ActBlue—piggybacking on the broader MAGA effort to dismantle the infrastructure that fuels Democratic campaigns. We’ll expose how they’re doing it in a moment. But first—can you chip in $25 or more to help COURIER expose this disinformation and build the local media alternative Americans need? Last year, Sinclair executive chairman David D. Smith bought The Baltimore Sun , one of the nation’s oldest and most respected newspapers. His partner in the purchase?  Armstrong Williams , a far-right commentator with close ties to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Today, Williams is the public face of The Sun. His columns run regularl...

  A New York Times report just exposed how Donald Trump’s administration is weaponizing federal agencies to destroy the Democratic Party and the left’s campaign infrastructure — here’s what we mean: ActBlue, the backbone of Democratic fundraising, is under investigation.  Republicans are  pushing for financial records  and working to shut it down. Democratic voter registration tools are being targeted.  The White House is  going after Bonterra , the company that runs  the Democratic Party’s largest voter database. Progressive nonprofits and legal groups are in the crosshairs.  Trump’s allies are  threatening to strip their tax-exempt status and cut off funding. This is a full-scale attack on the infrastructure that powers Democratic organizing and elections. Please, contribute anything you can today to help COURIER expose these attacks and stop the spread of online misinformation. DONATE While Trump’s government goes after Democratic ins...

  Hey, it's Mark Jacob with COURIER.  Last week,  The New York Times  ran a story treating Elon Musk like a reformer, claiming his goal is to fight “waste, fraud, and abuse.” But let’s be real—Musk is consolidating power, dodging accountability, and using his influence to secure massive government contracts, and the media is letting him get away with it. This week, I’m breaking down how mainstream outlets like  The New York Times  and  Politico  keep falling for right-wing spin—repeating past mistakes and letting Trump and his allies off the hook. Take a moment to read my piece below—and if you support journalism that calls out the media’s failures, chip in $25 or whatever you can to help COURIER keep publishing these critical stories. When the media take MAGA liars at their word Whether it’s cluelessness or complicity, it’s toxic to democracy. There was a remarkable statement in a recent New York Times story about tensions between Elon ...

  The Trump administration isn’t just dismantling the federal government—they are waging an unprecedented war on free speech. According to a New York Times report, federal agencies have flagged hundreds of so-called "woke words" that are now banned from official use. Here are just a few examples: Community | Belong | Equality  Clean Energy | Historically | Inclusive  Disabilities | Pollution | Female  Climate Science | Hate Speech | Native American  Women | Minority | Cultural differences See the full list of words the Trump administration is trying to "ban"—then donate so COURIER can ensure that freedom of speech survives this dark moment. SEE THE "BANNED" WORDS & DONATE The Trump administration is purging federal agencies of words, ideas, and policies that don’t fit their authoritarian agenda. And they’re counting on compliance—from the press, from institutions, and from the public. COURIER refuses to comply. At a time when: Jeff Bezos gutted The Was...

Welcome to  Stop the Presses , a weekly newsletter about how right-wing extremism has exploited the weaknesses in American journalism and what we can do about it. When the media take MAGA liars at their word Whether it’s cluelessness or complicity, it’s toxic to democracy. Mark Jacob Mar 10   There was a remarkable statement in   a recent New York Times story  about tensions between Elon Musk and Trump Cabinet members: “Cabinet officials almost uniformly like the concept of what Mr. Musk set out to do — reducing waste, fraud and abuse in government — but have been frustrated by the chain saw approach to upending the government and the lack of consistent coordination.” “Reducing waste, fraud and abuse.” Is that really what NYT reporters Jonathon Swan and Maggie Haberman think Musk is trying to do? Seems to me Musk is trying to   seize political power without accountability ,  suck up citizens’ personal data ,  kill investigations of his companies ...