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November 10, 2025

Side-by-side comparison of BBC-edited Trump speech from day of Capitol attack with original - video

A comparison of the original and edited footage shows how the BBC selectively edited a Donald Trump speech, resulting in the organisation being accused of making it appear clearer that he encouraged the US Capitol attack. An edition of Panorama, broadcast a week before the 2024 US election, spliced together clips of a Trump speech made on 6 January 2021. The spliced clip suggested that Trump told the crowd: 'We’re going to walk down to the Capitol and I’ll be there with you, and we fight. We fight like hell.' The words were taken from sections of his speech almost an hour apart. Tim Davie, the BBC’s director general; and the head of BBC News have since resigned

BBC accused of selectively editing Trump clip from day of Capitol attack
Tim Davie resigns as BBC director general after accusations of ‘serious and systemic’ bias in coverage












https://www.theguardian.com/media/video/2025/nov/10/side-by-side-comparison-of-bbc-edited-trump-speech-from-day-of-capit

November 2, 2025

The Brennan Center for Justice is tracking every action - the undermining of our elections

The pattern is unmistakable. Some prominent right-wing figures are already calling for Trump to declare a national emergency in order to justify dictating new election rules to the states. I fully expect the Trump Regime to contest every election result using the courts, the bully pulpit, law enforcement, and the military rather than cede any power.

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/timeline-trump-administrations-efforts-undermine-elections?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Melissa Ryan

March 24, 2025

Ex-CNN host says he knows how media can bring Trump to his knees

Ex-CNN anchor Jim Acosta has an idea of how media companies can stand up to President Donald Trump.

Acosta said in an interview with MeidasTouch that The Associated Press should consider suing the administration over its decision to indefinitely bar the news service from the Oval Office and Air Force One. The decision came after the AP decided to not change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America” in its coverage.

“I think that the AP should look at whether or not they should sue the administration. I think the AP needs to look at other options in terms of what can be done,” Acosta said on Tuesday.
https://www.nj.com/politics/2025/02/ex-cnn-host-says-he-knows-how-media-can-bring-trump-to-his-knees.html

March 21, 2025

Heritage Fond. Message

What that this mean?

Remain Bloodless? Should we call them to ask them to clarify?

https://bsky.app/profile/bleuseas1.bsky.social

March 4, 2025

House Republicans advised to avoid in-person town halls amid protests

House Republicans are being encouraged to avoid in-person town halls in favor of phone and livestreamed versions, advice that comes after constituents and activists rocked recent GOP events by expressing outrage about the Trump administration’s dramatic moves to reshape the federal government.
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National Republican Congressional Committee Chair Richard Hudson (R-N.C.) told House Republicans at a closed-door conference meeting Tuesday morning that members should opt for tele-town halls or livestreamed events that can reach more people, rather than in-person town halls that can be hijacked by Democratic activists.


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I think they just urged us to be more targeted and where’s, who we’re talking to, because it’s pretty clear that they’ve got professional instigators, people that are showing up that are not even constituents,” Burchett said. “And it’s getting dangerous.”


https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5175061-house-republicans-town-halls-protests/

February 10, 2025

Steve Bannon's 'Days of Thunder'

President Donald Trump’s dizzying three weeks have prompted many in the media to revisit a famous Steve Bannon line: To win, the Right needs to “flood the zone” with political action — or, more pungently, with “bullsh**.” Is that what’s going on right now, Ben asked the MAGA movement’s media guru in a long interview this week.

“Of course. It’s worked,” he said. “The media is a complete total meltdown.” MSNBC, he said, keeps pushing outrages to the C block of programming. When things start going wrong, Trump merely has to turn to standup: “He goes all Mort Sahl on you, and he triggered you guys and they never went back to the hearings.” It all comes back to Marshall McLuhan:



“Everything is media. Media is the message, and Trump understands that,” Bannon said. “That’s why the Cabinet is all TV guys.”https://www.semafor.com/newsletter/02/09/2025/big-game?utm_source=newslettershare&utm_medium=media&utm_campaign=flagshipnumbered1

February 7, 2025

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