Dartmouth political scientist and Bright Line Watch co-director. Previously Upshot NYT / CJR contributor, Spinsanity co-founder, All the President's Spin co-author.
https://sites.dartmouth.edu/nyhan/
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Brendan Nyhan
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A problem with authoritarianism and media conglomeration is that the owners of these media companies don't care if they are profitable so they use them rather to send signals to the authoritarian who wields control over their profit-making businesses.
Musk buying twitter, Bezos buying WaPo, Ellison buying CBS—all are less profitable now. But they’re political investments that increase the value of the new owners’ portfolios
Wealth concentration makes this possible, and that’s one mechanism by which inequality destroys democracy
I've spent months speaking to current & retired Black service members about being part of the military in this political moment. What I found were officers and soldiers despondent at the resurgence of racism, yet often insistent that they were fighting for what this country could be, not what it is.
They devoted their lives to serving the United States. Now the nation’s top military leader is sending the message that they’re not welcome.
A problem with authoritarianism and media conglomeration is that the owners of these media companies don't care if they are profitable so they use them rather to send signals to the authoritarian who wields control over their profit-making businesses.
The ultimate boss of failing upward.
Quiet part out loud
Ryan Enos
CBS News boss Bari Weiss is likely to gain editorial oversight of CNN if and when Paramount Skydance’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery is approved, according to a report.
CBS News boss Bari Weiss is likely to gain editorial oversight of CNN if and when Paramount Skydance’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery is approved, according to a report.
nypost.com
Mike Boylan-Kolchin
Reduced trust among Ds and Is without restoring it among Rs
Which American benefited from this pointless cruelty?
None. No Conservative, no Liberal. But it does degrade us, collectively.
Brendan Nyhan
Unprecedented corruption
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Michael Clemens
Brendan Nyhan
So how does Trump and MAGA explain this?
The GOP candidate finished 2nd and beat Steyer, the Democrat to make the runoff.
If there is "fraud" in California is this outcome then fradulent too?
Of course it's all Bull$hit.
Comer: "What we're seeing especially in the blue states is there is rampant fraud, especially in the minority communities"
Autocrats do not follow the "rule of law." Autocrats "rule by law." They use the law capriciously to reward their friends and punish their enemies. The do not allow the law to bind them and their cronies, they use the law as a cudgel to punish others. Authoritarian law doesn't protect, it punishes.
Story here:
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Timothy McBride
www.propublica.org
An obscure Texas firm secretly connected to the president’s son said it received at least $100 million from Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries. At the same time, the Ambani family secured major polic...
Now here is a grand juror doing the 5th Amendment proud www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
Mark Joseph Stern
Jen Mercieca
In his first interview since being kicked out of the US, FIFA referee Omar Artan tells’s the NYT’s Matt Bigg that the biggest dream of his professional life has been shattered. The World Cup ref was questioned for 11 hours, held in a cell and then dumped on a plane.
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/w...
The idea that this just happened to the Broadview 6 — forcing grand juries to indict by cajoling them in an elevator, vouching to the grand jury, and telling "no" votes to leave if they don't want to indict — is nuts.
It's probably happening everywhere. And it means the law as we know it is dead.
