1. You may be wondering WTF is happening at the New York Times.
Let me explain in plain English.
2. Google and Facebook are destroying the journalism industry. The legacy publications that have survived are under pressure to appeal to the widest possible audience.
When the NYT plays "both sides," it's not about journalism. It's about the business model.
3. The NYT does some amazing journalism but, in a lot of cases, it's poorly positioned to challenge people in power. It needs ACCESS to powerful people for its reporting. And it needs to be a comfortable place for powerful corporations to advertise.
4. The NYT times is happy to suck up your anti-Trump dollars with these "truth" t-shirts. But, as any Times reporter will tell you, they do not oppose Trump. It's a scam perpetrated by their marketing department.
5. Unfortunately, journalism that is aligned with power, rather than opposed to it, is becoming the norm. Local independent outlets are being bought up by huge corporations. Coverage is being neutered and homogenized.
6. If you are looking for an alternative model that is focused on taking on power, check out my newsletter, Popular Information. Our scoops come from primary source documents and ordinary people.
1. Yesterday, Elon Musk — who for some reason is in charge of deciding what federal government programs are unnecessary — declared that the concept of homelessness is a "lie" and "propaganda."
Musk also suggested that virtually all unhoused people are "violent drug addicts" who cannot be helped.
Musk needs to educate himself. Starting with five basic facts.
2. FACT: 17% of unhoused people are children
A 2023 survey found 17 percent of unhoused people were children under the age of 18
1. Some people are saying Trump's pick for FBI Director, Kash Patel, is unqualified but did you know he's a published author of books on important legal topics?
2. In addition to being a legal genius, Patel is also a medical expert
3. More of Patel's deep experience... grifting Trump supporters
1. Media outlets have show little interest in an $18 million payment from Justin Sun, a Chinese national being prosecuted by the SEC for fraud, to President-elect Trump
It wasn't always this way
Consider how the NYT covered the alleged influence of foreign cash on then-candidate Hillary Clinton
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2. In the lead-up to the 2016 election, there was extensive coverage of how foreign donations to the Clinton Foundation created conflicts of interest for Hillary Clinton
This was a legit topic but differed significantly from Sun's enrichment of Trump
3. Nearly all of the payments to the Clinton Foundation at issue occurred when Clinton was not in public office. The foreign money was donated to benefit the Clinton Foundation, a charity, and not Clinton personally. The Clinton Foundation disclosed its donors, even though it was not required.
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1. Justin Sun, a Chinese national being prosecuted for fraud by the SEC, just sent Donald Trump $18 MILLION
Sun made the payment by purchasing tokens from a Trump-backed crypto company
THIS IS A MAJOR SCANDAL
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2. On November 25, Sun purchased $30 million in crypto tokens from World Liberty Financial, a new crypto venture backed by Trump.
Sun said his company, TRON, was committed to "making America great again.
3. World Liberty Financial planned to sell $300 million worth of crypto tokens, known as WLF, which would value the new company at $1.5 billion. But, before Sun's $30 million purchase, it appeared to be a bust, with only $22 million in tokens sold. Sun now owns more than 55% of purchased tokens.