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By  Juan Benn Jr. President Donald Trump and White House Senior Advisor Elon Musk sit in a Tesla Model S on the South Lawn of the White House on March 11. | Andrew Harnik/Getty Images LIKE, FOLLOW AND SUBSCRIBE  — Every White House works hard to amplify the president’s message, communicate an administration’s accomplishments and generally burnish the image of POTUS. But the Trump White House has an ambitious communications goal that reaches beyond traditional practice: Owning the libs. Through the use of an aggressive social media strategy, the White House is both highlighting its policy accomplishments and attempting to rub the left’s face in it with a stream of content designed to delight the GOP base and provoke the opposition. Their efforts to do so are frequently going mega-viral. A  video of undocumented immigrants, handcuffed and shackled, boarding a deportation flight  with a caption that read “ ASMR: Illegal Alien Deportation Flight ,” posted from the offici...

    08 September 22 Live on the homepage now! Reader Supported News SIMPLY IGNORING FUNDING KILLS AN HONEST ORGANIZATION: People will pay a number of big corporations for “services”, but they see an information watchdog as an unwelcome expense. Even as they come to learn on a daily basis. If you only support the corrupt institutions then only the corrupt institutions will remain. The September funding-drive needs attention. Marc Ash • Founder, Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation!   FOCUS: Greta Thunberg and Others | Burning Forests for Energy Isn't 'Renewable' - Now the EU Must Admit It Greta Thunberg and Others, Guardian UK Excerpt: "Next week the future of many of the world's forests will be decided when members of the European parliament vote on a revised EU renewable energy directive." The EU’s classification of wood fuels is accelerating the climate crisis. Next week, a key vote can change that N ext week the future of many of the world’s...

  View in browser   BY  MYAH WARD With help from Jeremy White Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman speaks at a rally in Erie, Pa. | Gene J. Puskar/AP Photo STAGE FRIGHT  — Democratic Lt. Gov. John Fetterman   finally committed today   to one debate with celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz , after weeks of pressure in one of the most closely watched Senate races in the nation. Oz, who is trailing in the polls, has hammered on the issue, questioning the Democrat’s ability to debate after Fetterman suffered a stroke in May. As he continues to recover, Fetterman’s campaign is looking into the possibility of a closed-captioning monitor   to accommodate his issues with auditory processing. Whatever form the forum takes, Pennsylvanians won’t see multiple debates like in years past — Fetterman is only committing to a single debate sometime next month, though he didn’t specify a date in his exclusive interview with POLITICO’s Holly Otterbein. Across the country, it’s be...