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Did you miss these stories last week? They’re all in my latest newsletter. Subscribe for the news you need, not the noise. —-> Trump’s immigration crackdown could cost $479 billion in lost taxes over next 10 years —-> Don Jr.’s unqualified hunting buddy now leads the FDA —-> 90% of ICE detentions challenged in court have been ruled in the detainees favor

Did you miss these stories last week? They’re all in my latest newsletter. Subscribe for the news you need, not the noise. → Texas Tech bans students from writing about LGBTQ+ topics → The cost of the war with Iran is about $1 billion a day → You really shouldn't look away from just how bad data centers are for climate change and more... Inform yourself then donate money to the newsrooms doing the reporting (not the corporate ones) because journalism is a democracy's immune system.

Citizens United let wealthy donors convert money into political “speech” that shapes how voters see elections. Prediction markets let wealthy traders convert money into market “signals” that shape how voters, journalists, and pundits see what’s likely, legitimate, or inevitable. A whale drops millions on Trump in 2024, the odds move, and suddenly every cable chyron and news push reads “markets favor Trump.” One rich person’s bet gets laundered into neutral-sounding consensus by outlets that shou

They’re all in my latest newsletter. Subscribe for the news you need, not the noise. Link in bio. → Trump is trying to send Afghan allies who helped US troops to refugee camps in the Congo → Election officials are worried about security, erosion of government support ahead of midterms → MSM refuses to contextualize Jared Kushner’s corruption

→ Coachella artists fund MAGA → Trump set to auto-register young men for draft → Trump admin prepares for a midterms procedural coup Our information ecosystem is confusing and complicated. Subscribe for the news you need, not the noise.

6 out of 10 Americans share news on social media after only reading the headline. Headlines become part of the way we understand politics as a society. By privileging the words of a known liar, MSM has participated in the erosion of our democracy. Follow for more and check out healthy news sources in my bio.

Bannon said it out loud: "The way to deal with the media is to flood the zone with shit." Billionaires paid for that flood. The Mercers built Breitbart. The Wilks Brothers created the Daily Wire. The Kochs built the Tea Party. Peter Thiel has had his hands in almost all of it. They've spent billions dissolving the shared reality democracy needs to function. Because controlling the information flow is the oldest path to consolidating power. We need an equal and opposite force. Bannons of the left

Neutrality isn't journalism—it's a choice. When the NYT describes TPUSA as "controversial" instead of documenting its history of white nationalism, that omission is its own bias. Facts aren't partisan. Journalism that pretends otherwise isn't neutral—it's incomplete. Your trusted news sources owe you context. Americans deserve truth, not false balance. More context in my article "No One Understands Charlie Kirk" — link in bio. I'm your information nutritionist, Brian. Follow for more.

The PR industry is helping bail bondsmen turn a tragedy into a lie—and sent me the receipts by accident.

Are you struggling to understand why Charlie Kirk mattered so much to MAGA and why pundits are treating him like a martyr? Here’s the bigger picture the mainstream media won’t tell you. Kirk and Jack Posobiec aren’t just “influencers” — they are employees of Christian nationalist billionaires, working through groups like the Claremont Institute and the secretive Council for National Policy (CNP). This cabal has funded Turning Point USA, stacked Trump’s cabinets with loyalists, and is openly dedi

MAGA, let’s watch the government lie to you to turn you into Nazis in real time. I know you’re not Nazis — and that’s exactly why you need to see this. Top fascism scholars have fled the U.S. not because they’re “woke,” but because they know what’s coming: fascists always lie to get their base to cheer the loss of their own free speech. Donald Trump called the press “the enemy of the people.” J.D. Vance is lying about a journalist from The Nation, smearing her as a terrorist sympathizer — even

In 1971, Lewis F. Powell Jr. wrote the infamous Powell Memo to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, warning that “the American economic system [was] under broad attack.” He told business elites to launch a counteroffensive: flood college campuses with corporate propaganda, groom “articulate speakers” to push pro-corporate ideas, and use media to shift public opinion. 40 years later, they had their guy. Kirk launched Turning Point USA with money from fossil fuel billionaires, distributing pamphlets like