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Musk on the run

The attack on Mr. Pelosi comes after right-wing figures have frequently advocated violence against the House speaker. In the first 12 hours after Musk acquired Twitter, the use of the n-word increased nearly 500%. Both are attacks on US democracy.

Coverage of the Rittenhouse murder trial, and more dirt from Media Land

All the dirt on the media before, during and after the Capitol putsch, and other news

Reinventing media after the election — and more news and analysis from the media/tech world

Tech war, trust busting, NYTimes turmoil, Hungary crackdown, and more media history in the making

Corporate media; Climate coverage; Bernie factchecking; Busting ICE; Mass media shapes South Africa; Targeting Jews; Twitter vs Cuba

Workers Getting Woke; Exporting Theocracy; GOP's Memo; Trolling Antifa; Arabic-Hebrew Theater; Evangelicals Face 2020; Banning "The Hunt"; Jay-Z's Football Fumble

AI in daily life, war, repression, surveillance, and work; historians on Twitter

Tech Giants and ICE; Eco-tage in EU; Suing Trump; Net Neutrality in Cali; A Question of Balance; Scamming the Women's March