I wrote about some of the access issues for press covering the Trump trial.

Two reporters recently got kicked out of the overflow room for taking photos. One of those was Olivia Nuzzi, who has not been able to cover the case from the court as a result

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Kristi Noem's dog-killing story 'wasn’t news to people who worked on her first book, where the tale made it into a draft of the memoir before the publishing team nixed it' Michael Schaffer writes politico.com/news/magazine/…

Right-wing commentator Tim Pool is truly a pioneer of the formal beanie — first at the White House, now at Mar-a-Lago.

Let's watch a guy burn an eagle onto his rug with gunpowder like a patriot

It appears The Post Millennial, which employs Andy Ngo as an editor, has been hacked, and its mailing lists, subscriber database and details about the sites writers have been leaked.

attack on Daily Bruin reporters & editors was targeted;

Daily Beast reporters aren't thrilled with new boss Joanna Coles's story ideas, including:

-An investigation of Trump's “stress farts or sleep farts.”
-“Is Protesting the New Sex for Gen Z?”
-Are the campus protests astroturfed?

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Scoop: Employees at Gateway Pundit had concerns about plagiarism and the credibility of contributors, according to messages obtained by lawyers for Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss theguardian.com/us-news/2024/m…

Media news: star The Intercept reporter Ken Klippenstein is quitting, saying the site 'has been taken over by suits who have abandoned its founding mission of fearless and adversarial journalism.' x.com/kenklippenstei…

A 14-month-old dog is a “baby that doesn't know any better,” hunting dog trainer Dan Lussen tells Rolling Stone on Governor Noem's execution of Cricket. 'To me, it's a lack of guidance by the owner, or training by the owner, or discipline of the owner.'

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Jesse Watters seems to have walked back his apology for the Chinatown segment.

Left is Watters to Max Tani in December 2016 and right is Watters to Lachlan Cartwright yesterday

'The world needs laughter; it needs satirical criticism more than ever'

I talked to the new owners of The Onion: Jeff Lawson (Twilio co-founder) and Ben Collins (formerly NBC News), who formed Global Tetrahedron to buy it
Jeff Lawson Ben Collins

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Imagine being an elderly Trump supporter tuning into Charlie Kirk, then finding out today's show is about the plight of a Dimes Square e-girl fired for calling her coworkers slurs. angrywhitemen.org/2024/04/24/cha…

Popular right-wing blog The Gateway Pundit, a prolific promoter of election fraud conspiracy theories, is filing for bankruptcy. washingtonpost.com/style/media/20…

The divorce case for fascist lawyer Augustus Invictus features none other than the Roman god Mercury telling Invictus's wife he was having an affair — and Mercury is right!

A QAnon believer has been sentenced to life in prison for the Q-inspired murder of her mentor — a case I covered in my book, Trust the Plan.

Making matters worse, her QAnon allies convinced her to fire her attorney and represent herself.

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Top Turning Point Action official resigns after being accused of forging voter signatures on official paperwork so that he could run for reelection in the Arizona House, Yvonne Wingett Sanchez reports. washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

Veteran NPR editor Uri Berliner suspended as network grapples with fallout over his essay - my story npr.org/2024/04/16/124…

NEW from me: The inside story of how the prominent media-fighting law firm Clare Locke was torn apart. nytimes.com/2024/04/10/bus…

A hot new book is out today: Isaac Arnsdorf's 'Finish What We Started,' all about Donald Trump's post-Jan 6 resurgence. Available now! amazon.com/Ground-Game-MA…