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barbtries

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22. Here are my current youtube go-to channels for Independent Media:
Sat Dec 27, 2025, 04:07 PM
2 hrs ago
https://www.youtube.com/@heathercoxrichardson
Heather Cox Richardson

https://www.youtube.com/@DemocracyDocket
Marc Elias covers primarily litigation related to republican efforts to keep people from voting. He is the attorney who basically beat krasnov in court about 60 times following the 2020 election.

https://www.youtube.com/@MaryTrumpMedia
Mary Trump, who has no fucks left to give and provides a window into the black soul of the president. She has a Saturday regular program called Trump Trolls Trump and I never miss it

https://www.youtube.com/@MSWMediaPods
Allison Gill (MuellerSheWrote) has several podcasts, including The Daily Beans with Dana Goldstein, Cleanup on Aisle 45 with Harry Dunn, and Unjustified with Andy McCabe

https://www.youtube.com/@politiscapetv
This is my great nephew Josh's channel. It's primarily commentary, but I had to give him a boost. He's trying to get to 30k subscribers within the next 4 days!

I also follow Harry Litman, the Bulwark, Rick Wilson, Steve Schmidt, and many others. Nicolle Wallace has a series on MS Now that is really good.

I have tired of the frantic delivery of Ben Meiselas and Michael Popok, but still tune in occasionally. when it comes to the insane crap krasnov spews, I read about on bluesky and avoid looking at or listening as much as i reasonably can

I have a few streaming channels but if I had to get rid of them all but one, my premium youtube subscription is the one I would keep. I'm also subscribed to tons of true crime, sheep and goat farmers, history channels, and more. A lot of lawmakers, C-Span, etc, etc. You can watch whole movies, sometimes for an additional fee, sometimes included with your subscription. and no commercials - I fast forward or jump ahead to the people I watch who include their own ads.

Virtually every one of the people above also have Substacks. Last but not least, look up lectures and interviews with Timothy Snyder, and read On Freedom. it's the most important book I read in 2025 and possibly ever, and he's a great historian and humanitarian.

I hope you'll check some of these out.

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Agree, a lot of retreads even from 10 years ago, and the new AI impersonations bucolic_frolic 5 hrs ago #1
YouTube is the worst for AI impersonators! kentuck 5 hrs ago #4
AI impersonations enid602 4 hrs ago #9
I don't use YT for news. sakabatou 5 hrs ago #2
I use YT for music and sports a lot... kentuck 5 hrs ago #5
You took the word right out of my mouth. Boomerproud 5 hrs ago #7
I have notice this as well... FarPoint 5 hrs ago #3
My "nuclear" option Tasmanian Devil 5 hrs ago #6
Worse even, it gets posted here. Oftentimes, without comment. flvegan 5 hrs ago #8
That is really irritating PatSeg 3 hrs ago #18
Alternatives: snot 4 hrs ago #10
For me, the sharp decline started about 6 months ago Dave says 3 hrs ago #11
It isn't just you. OldBaldy1701E 3 hrs ago #12
The clickbait titles have gotten out of hand. mdbl 3 hrs ago #13
Very few YouTube channels are fact-bound GreatGazoo 3 hrs ago #14
It doesn't help here, either... FiveFifteen 3 hrs ago #15
I agree, but note how much we use it...however we should advocate for required disclaimers on non original sites & posts NowsTheTime 3 hrs ago #16
Meiselas is bad in that way iemanja 3 hrs ago #17
Completely agree. Buddyzbuddy 3 hrs ago #19
Have you seen "The Daily Beans"? GoCubsGo 2 hrs ago #20
As far a Youtube news, I only click on news/opinion from content creators I know and like to hear their take on things ToxMarz 2 hrs ago #21
Here are my current youtube go-to channels for Independent Media: barbtries 2 hrs ago #22
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