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The Center for Media and Democracy is a national watchdog group that investigates corruption that undermines our democracy, environment, and economic prosperity
JOURNALISTS AND REPORTERS
ProPublica and The Connecticut Mirror Win Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting
The award, for uncovering predatory state towing practices, marks ProPublica’s 9th Pulitzer; two additional investigations were named finalists.
“Five major publishers — Hachette, Macmillan, McGraw Hill, Elsevier and Cengage — and the best-selling novelist Scott Turow have filed a class-action copyright infringement lawsuit against Meta and its founder and chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg.”
AI is built on a foundation of rampant and uncontrolled theft. It’s a criminal enterprise feigning legitimacy.
“The lawsuit filed on Tuesday against Meta brought together trade and education publishers, academic publishers of scientific and medical journals and a best-selling author of legal thrillers.
The plaintiffs are seeking an order requiring Meta to destroy all illegally acquired”
Evan DeSimone @MediaEvan
Almost all of these news influencers build their brand by commenting on reporting done by real journalists at legacy outlets.
Bravo to @hannah_natanson, whose Pulitzer Prize reporting overcame an outrageous and chilling FBI raid on her home, a threat to journalism in this country.
Trump’s FBI kicked in her door.
Took her phones. Took her laptops. Took everything.
Hannah Natanson just took a Pulitzer Prize.
You cannot intimidate the truth out of a journalist.
You just make them more dangerous.
Since January 2025, the Trump admin has consistently targeted journalists for their reporting.
Ahead of World Press Freedom Day, we’re urging the DOJ to drop charges against @ByGeorgiaFort and other journalists. https://www.amnestyusa.org/blog/civil-society-organizations-urge-doj-to-drop-charges-against-georgia-fort-and-other-members-of-the-press/
CREATORS, INFLUENCERS, AGGREGATORS
A new report shows that social media ‘influencers’ and ‘independent creators’ are taking a greater role in providing news to Americans – especially younger Americans.
https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2026-05-01/social-media-closing-in-on-tv-as-americans-choice-for-news
They’re not journalists or creators, they’re aggregators, retweeting isn’t actual journalism. Aggregating* news to Americans is still very important to take note of! But has a different implication than being an actual journalist.
THE CREATOR ECONOMY
68% of creators say brand deals are their main income. So, influencers are the new journalists… if journalism was a side gig for selling skincare.
Who knew truth could come with a promo code?
https://www.emarketer.com/content/creator-economy-revenues-forecast-2024
A $787 MILLION settlement from FOX News for LYING to their viewers on air. REPEATEDLY
And they’re still doing it!
Governor Newsom has a defamation lawsuit against them right now!
EXCLUSIVE: Behind the scenes, the Trump administration has been wielding its vast power to transform the midterm elections.
This is the untold story of Trump’s efforts to, as he has called it, “take over” the midterms.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-midterm-elections-takeover
THE TIMELINE
April 28: All 6 conservative justices— John Roberts, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett— showed up to a white-tie dinner at the White House honoring King Charles.
Next morning: The Voting Rights Act was gutted in a 6-3 decision.
Same six. Same vote.
Howard Lucknick scheduled to testify tomorrow about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, and reportedly also about his efforts in DC on behalf of @Tether syndicate boss Giancarlo Devasini.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/who-is-howard-lutnick-and-whats-his-connection-to-jeffrey-epstein
We found the secret “Jeffrey E. Epstein Fund for Women’s Athletics.”
It opened a new rabbit hole into how the billionaire pedophile used Harvard to launder his image. And why the world’s richest university whitewashed its own Epstein investigation.
Trump & Republicans slashed Medicaid, gutted SNAP, and starved working families — then handed $200 BILLION to the Pentagon for endless war.
The Ohio primaries are today… Democrats are now projected to win the Governor election.
Ray Kurzweil wrote his first computer program in 1963. 1963. He was 15 years old. Has made over 100 predictions about computers decades ago that came true. Yes, our phones are not secure Google has the capabilities to make it so. It’s just not for us plebes. Kurzweil is an author who popularized tech singularity in his work, and he is resurfacing in the “golden age of AI” where dooming about chatbots is the next level of marketing.
Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine
Nobody works hard enough to justify being a billionaire.
My name is Graham Platner and I’m running for US Senate to defeat Susan Collins and topple the oligarchy that’s destroying our country. I’m a veteran, oysterman, and working class Mainer who’s seen this state become unlivable for working people. And that makes me deeply angry.
Jeff Bezos, who paid $10 million for the Met Gala, got $62 billion richer since Trump was elected & spent $500 million on a yacht to sail to his $55 million wedding in Venice to give his wife a $5 million ring because his tax rate is less than 1%. 4 words: Tax the damn rich.
Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders
The reality of American life today: Jeff Bezos, worth $290 billion, spent:
$10 million on the Met Gala
$120 million on a penthouse
$500 million on a yacht
Meanwhile, he‘s planning to throw 600,000 Amazon workers out on the streets and replace them with robots.
Unacceptable.
Rep. Joe Neguse @RepJoeNeguse
My resolution proposing a constitutional amendment to overturn the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision now has 79 co-sponsors.
You can view the full list at: https://congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-joint-resolution/122.
I’ll keep fighting to get it across the finish line!
FireFighterDev @fire_starter457
I’m going to be honest, the last 4 times I’ve filled up my gas tank, I thought about many things. None of those things were sharing a bathroom with a trans person, a mom buying soda with her SNAP or whether the guy in front of me in line was documented.
“Deutsche Bank denies training bankers to manipulate markets”
Convicted former precious metals trader James Vorley is suing Deutsche Bank for about $16 million.
He says the bank trained him to illegally spoof to manipulate markets.
The bank says it didn’t. https://www.ft.com/content/c959dbe1-eb96-414d-adcf-5f17330a195b
Vorley served a year in prison after being convicted in 2021
FTC to ban data broker Kochava from selling Americans’ location data
KEN GRIFFIN DESTROYS SPIRIT AIRLINES
@GovRonDeSantis Ken Griffin your largest individual DONER has destroyed the Florida based Spirit Airlines. 17 THOUSAND JOBS LOST
He is not a philanthropist he is a FINANCIAL TERRORIST.
THIS IS A TRAGEDY CAUSED BY PRIVATE CREDIT KEN GRIFFIN CITADEL SECURITIES
Jeffery Epstein’s butler was caught in an FBI sting in 2009 trying to sell the client & victim list.
He told them the entire operation, 17 years ago.
And the FBI did NOTHING. Actually, the FBI arrested the Butler who was exposing Epstein’s crimes instead of Epstein… fascinating, huh? he spent several years in prison as a result.
video https://x.com/PastorBobJ67896/status/2051279484364497111
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