My new post: "At its moment of peril, democracy needs journalists to be activists"

"Dear journalists: This is your moment, your opportunity.

"It’s your chance, maybe your final one, to stand proudly for reality and democracy, for freedom of expression, for human rights. Stand up as journalism’s best — think Ida B. Wells and Edward R. Murrow, among so many others — did in earlier times as they challenged a tide of political evil and helped America change its course."

https://dangillmor.medium.com/8776aa9c99c3

Now that the US supreme court has made it clear, Trump will be King of Gilead, let me remind you of this post from December 2022, where Trump directly states, that if he does not win an election, the laws of the constitution must be set aside.

This man is preparing a coup, and the Suppreme Court is on his side.

(Alt text by @HistoPol below)

Friends, let’s have a conversation about internet comments trolls, and how screwed up they really are. You know the type. Fake name, maybe no photo. Goes after women and queer people.

We probably meet them all the time. They’re probably too cowardly to be anything but acceptably polite in real life. They say hi at the store. They think the internet isn’t as real, and like all bullies they hurt people who they see as good victims or that they’re jealous of to feel better about themselves.

But it’s actually scarier. Let’s break that down. They hurt people to feel better. It’s an emotional rise. It feels good,

You know where else we see that? When they catch a mass shooter or serial killer and look back for signs, and then find they liked to torture small animals, or abused their wife, or hurt their siblings. They enjoyed causing hurt. It made them feel better. Then it escalated.

You say this is a logical leap or too extreme. Trolling is harmless. I’m crazy. It’s not you. You’re just having fun. But I gotta tell you, I don’t enjoy causing victims pain. I retired from the military. I hunt, shoot, fight, play video games. That’s still not in me. You might want to talk to someone if that’s you.

Agree, the #media is focused on Biden, not on #TFG, who poses:⬆️danger:

"In a parallel universe the headlines for 3 days would be about Trump accusing Nancy Pelosi of being responsible for J6 & him talking to Putin before the invasion; calls for him to leave the race; peppering GOP as to why they back him; mental health experts weighing in. But the media has an entirely diff, perverse standard for Dems. It's not false equivalence. it is bias & distortion. It may cost us our democracy."🚨
-J Rubin