Mastodawn

Dianne Jan 15, 2023

Dan Gillmor Jan 14, 2023

An astoundingly innumerate comment from someone who should know better. https://mastodon.social/@rbreich@masto.ai/109689872733190141

Musk didn't "lose $200 billion" when the value of his stock plummeted. His theoretical wealth dropped.

There should be a wealth tax nonetheless (and capital gains should be regular income, with investment gains indexed for inflation when cashed in).

But we should be honest about what we're doing.

Dianne Jan 14, 2023

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/george-santos-donors-what-we-know/
@cnnbrk @MaddowBlog

George Santos' backers include a migrant smuggler, a big Trump donor and the cousin of a sanctioned Russian oligarch

Here's what we know about the campaign finance issues surrounding freshman GOP Rep. George Santos.

CBS News

Dianne Jan 14, 2023

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/total-number-of-biden-documents-known-to-be-marked-classified/

WHY IS THIS NOT ON EVERY
STATION? @cnnbrk
@MaddowBlog

Total number of Biden documents known to be marked classified is about 20, source says

Documents found at the Penn Biden Center included top-secret material, a federal law enforcement official said.

CBS News

Dianne Jan 11, 2023

Rep. Shontel Brown Jan 10, 2023

While Democrats moved us forward with historic climate investments, the first bills offered by the other side of the aisle are taking us backward–making it easier for Big Oil to pollute without consequence.

The American people and our environment deserve better.

Dianne Jan 10, 2023

Steven Beschloss Jan 10, 2023

I’m old enough to remember when American democracy was a beacon to the world.

Dianne Jan 8, 2023

https://www.npr.org/2023/01/07/1147706326/gofundme-bogus-fundraising-sentence-3-years
Go ahead keep sending money
To unverified people to make
Yourself feel good.
Incase anyone who has a couple
Extra dollars, your Local Animal
Shelters, Pet Rescues and Elder
And Disabled Homes in your
Own neighborhoods can always
Use some help. But ofcourse,
If you like throwing away money
You keep supporting Go Fund Me. Maybe travel to meet these
People??

N.J. woman gets 3 years in bogus good Samaritan online fundraiser

Katelyn McClure helped her boyfriend spread a feel-good story about a homeless veteran, garnering more than $400,000 in GoFundMe donations. She is also serving a one-year federal term.

NPR

Dianne Jan 8, 2023

Dan Gillmor Jan 7, 2023

The most corrupt president in American history, despite a law requiring IRS audits of sitting presidents, apparently ordered the IRS not to audit him while he held office. This was revealed when Trump's tax returns were released a few days ago, but Big Journalism has almost totally moved on. Here's one reporter who thinks maybe this -- and so much more in Trump's sleazy dealings -- is a problem. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-01-03/trump-s-tax-returns-reveal-murky-global-business-deals

Dianne Jan 6, 2023

Dan Gillmor Jan 6, 2023

The relentlessly evil Saudi regime is imprisoning Wikipedia participants. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jan/05/saudi-arabia-jails-two-wikipedia-staff-in-bid-to-control-content

Saudi Arabia jails two Wikipedia staff in ‘bid to control content’

Administrators jailed for 32 years, and eight years, as activists warn of ploy to infiltrate website

The Guardian

Dianne Jan 6, 2023

Mike Masnick ✅Jan 5, 2023

So, a "PR" person, who was given some files she does not understand by an ex-twitter employee and has been "revealing" them (misleadingly) is now freaking out that that someone from the State Dept visited her public website, claiming that the gov't is trying to intimidate her. By... visiting her public website after she claimed to be releasing things. And she's asking Elon why it's happening. It's very, very silly and confused people all around.

Dianne Jan 6, 2023

Dan Gillmor Jan 6, 2023

Reminder that journalists who would never consider working for the Murdoch family's Fox "News" -- because they have too much integrity to participate in its relentless poisoning of our civic life -- continue to pour their work into Elon Musk's Twitter.