Jeff Jarvis

Last night on CNN, I called on the New York Times, Washington Post, AP, Reuters, and other journalists to walk out of the White House press room in solidarity with CNN, MSNOW, Politico, and the First Amendment. https://youtu.be/C1gfWYf80K0?si=mmLK7M8PqqPbw-o2&t=252

Of course, they chickened out. Networks to Resume Trump Coverage, Even as White House Excludes CNN https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/business/media/trump-white-house-tv-pool-cnn.html?smid=tw-share

WTF. Did you not get the memo, Jeffries? We want fighters, not conciliators. There is no working with fascists. Fascists are to be fought. Jeffries and Kushner Meet Privately as Midterm Attacks Fly https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/us/politics/jeffries-kushner-private-meeting.html?smid=tw-share

Yet another example of irresponsibly incomplete reporting, treating doomer #TESCREAL cults as if they're do-gooders, this one going so far as to quote Bostrom without mentioning he as ousted from Oxford for racist emails. It's eugenics, people. Do your reporting. Google #TESCREAL. Call @timnitGebru@dair-community.social. Enough. Is this how the world ends? Extinction scenarios are taking over the AI debate. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/09/21/is-this-how-world-ends-extinction-scenarios-are-taking-over-ai-debate/

Jamelle Bouie calls Musk what he is. Gift link. Elon Musk Is a Menace to Society https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/opinion/elon-musk-far-right-remigration.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1VA.XEbZ.4PXp3Jw1lwik&smid=tw-share

Why did the #BrokenTimes put this picture of McConnell on its homepage? It's from May, but homepage illustrations have no captions. It leaves the wrong impression. Images matter.

Oh, fuck no, #BrokenTimes. Here’s One Thing Joe Manchin Was Right About https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/opinion/independents-midterms-democrats.html?smid=tw-share

Oh, I dunno, maybe because our dying media have ADD and let them get away with any crime. They normalize fascism, so why not? Why Scandals Don’t Bring Down Politicians Anymore https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/world/scandal-shame-politics-polarization.html?smid=tw-share

Critical reporting by The Guardian: The SS goes stealth. Their quiet crimes are all around us. Gone in 90 seconds: an ‘invisibilized’ ICE is arresting more people than ever https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/sep/28/ice-us-immigration-new-tactics

The White House press corps is there, witnessing how nucking futs the commander in chief is and they won't report what is in front of their noses.

Don't settle. Block. Paramount Weighs Some Concessions in Bid to Finalize Warner Bros. Merger https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/business/paramount-warner-bros-settlement.html?smid=tw-share

Aw, #BrokenTimes is so concerned about its readers who can afford second homes worth more than $5 million. Some of them are confused. 🎻 Rollout of New York City’s Second-Home Tax Is Confusing Some Residents https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/nyregion/new-york-second-home-tax-rollout-anxiety.html?smid=tw-share

Our evil government will force 24,000 children to face judges alone. Thousands of immigrant children on verge of losing legal representation https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/07/30/thousands-immigrant-children-verge-losing-legal-representation/

What the hell, MSNOW? Why are your airing the liar live? Even CNN is not. This is not serving your public or democracy or truth. For shame.

Ron Paul is such an ass. Every Republican member of this committee should be taking the Fifth when they are put on trial for their complicit role in causing the deaths of untold Americans through vaccine hesitancy and quack treatments. Their willful antiscience ignorance is deadly.

"Thiel is not defending democracy; he is rejecting the very foundation upon which it rests: that the powerful should be accountable to the law and the governed. Instead, Axel Springer is awarding Peter Thiel" Please translate, Die Zeit https://www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2026-07/axel-springer-award-2026-peter-thiel-tech-miliardaer-demokratie

Rand Paul is such an ass.

*Every* politician promises hope and change and faces high hurdles as opponents dole out criticism. Never has there been a more all-purpose, evergreen headline. Did the editor who wrote it sigh at the futility of it?

So journalists, staff, & pilots were decoys, their lives unknowingly at risk. “But if I go, you go. Right?” Trump suggested to reporters. “Perhaps someday you want to change professions.” Gift link. Contradicting public statements, Trump took secret flight from Turkey amid Iranian threat https://wapo.st/4i1OByh

Well, fancy this: The New York Times editorializes in favor of Mamdani's second-home wealth tax. Taxing New York’s Second Homes Is a Step Toward Fairness https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/opinion/second-home-tax-nyc-fairness.html?smid=tw-share

Why am I getting ads for hyperbaric chambers on the WSJ? Well, it's true: reading the news these days, I often get the feeling that I can't breath.

This is rich (pun intended): WSJ claims class warfare by Mamdani: "collectivism...class enemies, comrade....socialist cadres." Its rich readers tried to prove they didn't live in NYC to dodge taxes; now they'll insist they live there to dodge taxes.🎻 https://www.wsj.com/opinion/zohran-mamdani-pied-a-terre-tax-list-ali-najmi-ed22425b?st=bivZBR

And who does Morning Joe have on to discuss the DSA? A progressive Democrat? No, three conservatives: Jim VandeHei, Jonathan Martin, and Mark McKinnon. When Troy Jackson appears later, he dismisses the DSA fringe: not worth talking about.

This is offensive: The WTA falls for the trans bigotry and gender panic trumped up by the right wing. People are people, people. WTA to Require Genetic Sex Testing for All Players https://www.benrothenberg.com/p/wta-require-genetic-sex-tests-dna-trans-women-tennis-womens-tennis-document

Can one declare oneself an influencer, or is that the decision of the influenced? Katie Porter ‘done for now’ with politics, will become book influencer https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/07/21/katie-porter-done-now-with-politics-will-become-book-influencer/

Trump DOJ opens investigation into Mother Nature. Trump wants to impose tariffs on Canada in retaliation for wildfire smoke https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/07/17/trump-wants-impose-tariffs-canada-retaliation-wildfire-smoke/

Americans are struggling with high costs and the #BrokenTimes decides this is the moment to have a writer buy a $160 hat ("it fit my head like an avocado fits its pit") and $770 shirt. Read the room, editors. I Thought ‘Menswear’ Was for Other Men. Then I Touched the Perfect Hat. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/magazine/menswear-clothes.html?smid=tw-share

Next time I see journos wondering how to give up their phones, I'll send them to this unbearable treacle for advice: Just go to prison. I Didn’t Realize How Addicted I Was to My Phone—Until I Went to Prison https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/phone-screen-time-prison-pg-sittenfeld-8c3b186b?st=aoLtrP

It's protectionism for American usurious credit card companies, meddling in the local economy. Gift link. Why Trump Is Going After Brazil’s Beloved Payment System https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/trump-brazil-payment-system-pix-097bacaa?st=7nWsff&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

"Election clashes" Democrats Prepare for Possible Election Clashes With Federal Government https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/us/politics/democrats-trump-election-interference.html

The #BrokenPost is getting way ahead of itself trying to graft DSA cooties onto the Democratic Party. I haven't heard any talk of a DSA candidate for president two years hence. How long before they ask whether we'll vote for a communist?

"The sustained public hostility from Vance’s own side of the aisle is unlike that faced by other vice presidents in decades" Uh, remember when they tried to hang one? Knives are out for Vance in the GOP. His allies say it’s a coordinated ‘op.’ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/07/24/knives-are-out-vance-gop-his-allies-say-its-coordinated-op/

Disappointing that the Guardian would turn to #TESCREAList (Google it) William MacAskill to write this speculative BS about AI and consciousness. Could AI be conscious? https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/19/could-ai-be-conscious

This is *not* what the world needs. Newsmax and Meta Enter AI Content Partnership https://ir.newsmax.com/news/news-details/2026/Newsmax-and-Meta-Enter-AI-Content-Partnership-/default.aspx

Politico AI scare language. A program searched the internet. Oh, no.

This is disgusting, xenophobic, bigoted, greedy, cruel, short-sighted bullshit: harm for harm's sale. https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/u-s-weighs-100-000-fee-for-foreign-students-wanting-to-work-after-graduation-d0bf43d9?st=LCvuEp

We'd be better off killing the FCC as Carr ushers in the right-wing takeover of all local TV news in America, ending ownership limits. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr: Restoring Balance to the Broadcast Airwaves https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/07/15/exclusive-fcc-chairman-brendan-carr-restoring-balance-to-the-broadcast-airwaves/

The answer to this question from an actual social scientist--Candice Odgers--versus the moral entrepreneur Jonathan Haidt is: Yes. The social media ban sceptic: are we getting it wrong on kids, tech and mental health? https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jul/16/psychologist-candice-odgers-kids-tech-mental-health-social-media-bans?CMP=share_btn_url

Such a damned idiot. He is taxing us for breathing smoke because of the climate change he doesn't think exists. "Trump imposed an additional 50% tariff on certain goods from Canada, including wine, hockey sticks and cement" https://www.wsj.com/economy/trade/trump-imposes-additional-50-tariffs-on-certain-canadian-goods-5ab06a45?mod=hp_lead_pos2

Chumps will buy this. Trump will still give away our money to his friends. There should be *no* IRS immunity. Blanche Gives G.O.P. Senators Written Assurances on Trump’s I.R.S. Deal https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/us/politics/todd-blanche-trump-irs-fund-order.html?smid=tw-share

Oh, Lord, no way to wake up: Deutsch creepily obsessing about young people's sex lives, quoting creepy Galloway. Time for a shower.

@leanderlindahl@social.folkdata.se I have no idea what you're trying to say.

Tesla stock down 15%, SpaceX down 50% since IPO. Karma. https://www.wsj.com/finance/stocks/reality-bites-elon-musk-and-his-tesla-spacex-believers-1b639591?st=nPWxnr

Shameful: The #BrokenTimes hands David Ellison op-ed space rather than challenging his bullshit pap and propaganda about journalism with the receipts he has already delivered at CBS. That would be journalism. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/opinion/david-ellison-paramount-warner-deal.html

Schrödinger's model. Anthropic warns AI may pose 'existential risks to humanity' in IPO filing https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/exclusive-anthropic-warns-ai-may-001709847.html

So basically Trump says he wants this money for himself. White House Teleprompter Operator Probed Over Alleged Bets on Trump Speeches https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/white-house-teleprompter-operator-investigated-for-alleged-bets-on-trump-speeches-bc95eeff?mod=hp_lead_pos5