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ICE Used a Neo-Nazi Anthem to Recruit After Killing a U.S. Citizen
ICE chose imagery and music that appeals to extremists. That tells you exactly who they want wearing the badge.
 • Brian Hansbury
Reject the Evidence of Your Eyes and Ears: How MAGA Consent Is Manufactured
Even though it feels too late, we have to fight for the hearts, minds, and media diets of our fellow Americans every day.
 • Brian Hansbury
Confused About Venezuela? Start Here
Be the most informed person you know by digesting this complilation of the best reporting on Venezuela so far.
 • Brian Hansbury
MSM Manufactures Consent For An Illegal War As Venezuela Invasion Disinfo Floods Your Feed
Stories you might have missed this week. Sharing, donating, and subscribing to public interest journalism is literally an action you can take to fight…
 • Brian Hansbury
MAGA Has Trump Devotion Syndrome
Our conservative friends and loved ones misapply the pejorative Trump Derangement Syndrome at our nation's peril.
 • Brian Hansbury
Defeat Fascism With These Paywall-Free, Fact-Based National Newsrooms
We can defeat the fascists by flooding the zone with facts.
 • Brian Hansbury
THIS IS JOURNALISM: Somalis Are Human Beings, Not Garbage AND Human Beings Reject AI Data Centers
Stories you might have missed this week. Following, sharing, donating, and subscribing to public interest journalism is literally an action you can take…
 • Brian Hansbury
The New York Times Spread Dangerous Health Disinformation, Erased It, Hopes You Don’t Notice
The New York Times aided the MAGA, anti-science FDA in its mission to undermine the public’s trust in life saving vaccines. Another example of editorial…
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THIS IS JOURNALISM: FBI Targets American Citizens For 'Extremism' AND AI Glasses Tech Gets Very Scary
Stories you might have missed this week. Following, sharing, donating, and subscribing to public interest journalism is literally an action you can take…
 • Brian Hansbury
JOURNALISM: ICE Mostly Targeting People With No Criminal Convictions
Stories you might have missed. Following, sharing, subscribing, and donating to public interest journalism is literally an action you can take to fight…
 • Brian Hansbury
"It’s what you do when you’re planning to break the law." How good journalism warned us about the war crimes we’re now witnessing.
Too many Americans are surprised by their country's own depravity. It doesn't have to be this way.
 • Brian Hansbury
Aaron Parnas Is Killing Journalism
Acting as a human version of AI summaries damages the very same journalism industry Parnas uses to make bank.
 • Brian Hansbury
Cancel The New York Times, Receive Reward
I interviewed Current Affairs Editor-in-Chief, Nathan J. Robinson, about their innovative attempt to hold legacy media to account and foster independent…
 • Brian Hansbury
The People's Think Tank: SNAP Fraud Is Rare
To save our democracy we, the people, must flood the zone with facts.
 • Brian Hansbury
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