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Prof. Stephen Farnsworth

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Professor of political science at the University of Mary Washington, focusing on the mass media, the presidency and US & VA politics. sfarnswo@umw.edu Web: stephenfarnsworth.net RT ≠…

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We need your drone interceptors for our war, but we won’t thank you and our propaganda will claim that we made them.

09.03.2026 16:04 👍 2499 🔁 959 💬 80 📌 25
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Shouldn’t Brendan Carr be launching an FCC probe of Fox Broadcasting Co.?

The old footage of Trump at a dignified transfer ceremony didn't just air on Fox News -- it aired on local Fox affiliates that are regulated by the FCC. attn: Brendan Carr. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/sho...

09.03.2026 15:51 👍 553 🔁 151 💬 9 📌 5
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Trump’s “Warflation” Has Just Begun If he were trying to increase prices on purpose, would he be doing anything differently?

When economists say the president can't really do much to change gas prices, what they mean is he can't do much to *reduce* gas prices. Turns out they can do a lot to raise them
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-iran...

09.03.2026 14:27 👍 718 🔁 190 💬 11 📌 7
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You know who has some cards now? Canada. 🇨🇦

(via B of A) @mark-carney.bsky.social

07.03.2026 17:15 👍 1076 🔁 237 💬 32 📌 16
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Ruben Ray Martinez: Footage shows US citizen shot by ICE agent in Texas traffic stop The Department of Homeland Security did not disclose Martinez was shot by one of its agents until almost a year later.

Newly released footage shows an ICE agent killing Rubin Ray Martinez, 23, in his car in Texas.

"He was shot at point-blank range through his side window by an ICE agent who was in no danger."
www.bbc.com/news/article...

07.03.2026 14:18 👍 6456 🔁 4055 💬 0 📌 277
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Latest Iran poll from NPR/PBS News/Marist conducted Monday-Wednesday finds 44% support/56% oppose military action. The -12 margin of net support is about the same as -11 across six polls conducted through March 3, suggesting initial reactions have persisted maristpoll.marist.edu/polls/war-wi...

06.03.2026 19:35 👍 90 🔁 31 💬 6 📌 19
Remind your children that they’re fasting because of the Lord and not because you can’t afford groceries.

Remind your children that they’re fasting because of the Lord and not because you can’t afford groceries.

Tips For Observing Lent https://theonion.com/tips-for-observing-lent/

21.02.2026 21:00 👍 1562 🔁 195 💬 15 📌 10
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The Washington Post slashes its newsroom staff.

07.02.2026 17:52 👍 18 🔁 10 💬 1 📌 0

Has NBC yet responded to criticism thst it muted boos of the vice president at the Olympics? We’re waiting.

07.02.2026 17:03 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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How proposed congressional map impacts Northern Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed a bill putting Virginia congressional redistricting to a vote. Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports on the local impact.

On WRC-TV 4 DC talking about Virginia's new NOVA-friendly congressional map, which may go to the voters in April. www.nbcwashington.com/video/news/p...

07.02.2026 14:38 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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I will never understand how it wasn't obvious to everyone that crypto has no real function except speculation and crime

05.02.2026 20:36 👍 1571 🔁 248 💬 97 📌 36
Trump threatening tariffs against European countries is an attempt at leverage: analyst
Trump threatening tariffs against European countries is an attempt at leverage: analyst YouTube video by CTV News

On CTV News Canada over the weekend talking about President Trump and Greenland.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1usA...

19.01.2026 14:47 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Opinion | Virginia belongs at the top of the presidential-election calendar Virginia belongs at the front of the line.

In honor of the Virginia Democratic plan to kick off the 2028 presidential nomination contest - my 2012 Washington Post opinion column suggesting that very thing. wapo.st/4r09kUw

18.01.2026 21:35 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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What to watch as Virginia’s 2026 General Assembly returns to Richmond • Virginia Mercury With Spanberger taking office, lawmakers reconvene this week to tackle abortion, voting rights, redistricting and a new state budget amid fiscal headwinds.

In the Virginia Mercury today talking about the upcoming Virginia legislative session. virginiamercury.com/2026/01/12/w...

12.01.2026 14:50 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
On the left: an illustration of two men in a snowy forest with a horse-drawn sled, collecting maple sap. On the right: "How Quebec farmers took on Vermont’s maple syrup king—and won. The David-and-Goliath fight with an American tycoon who had cornered the market.”

On the left: an illustration of two men in a snowy forest with a horse-drawn sled, collecting maple sap. On the right: "How Quebec farmers took on Vermont’s maple syrup king—and won. The David-and-Goliath fight with an American tycoon who had cornered the market.”

An overconfident business tycoon from Vermont. A public servant with a history of spurring people into action. These are the players that transformed the business of making maple syrup—and shifted the industry’s power north of the Canada-US border. thewalrus.ca/how-quebec-farme...

03.01.2026 23:01 👍 11 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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It’s worth revisiting this NY Post cover from January 8, 2025 (a year ago), now that Trump is invoking the name “The Donroe Doctrine” to describe his plans.

03.01.2026 22:04 👍 2073 🔁 806 💬 137 📌 47
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Ballots, tax returns and other important mail may not get postmarked the day you turn it in, Postal Service warns | CNN Politics If you rely on postmarks when casting your ballot, filing your taxes or paying bills, a new US Postal Service rule makes it clear that you should plan ahead.

Why isn't there more shouting about this? This is the USPS undermining mail-in ballots. They find every opportunity to subvert voting and democracy.
Ballots, tax returns and other important mail may not get postmarked the day you turn it in, USPS warns
www.cnn.com/2025/12/31/p...

02.01.2026 15:14 👍 613 🔁 277 💬 22 📌 14
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The dragon porch goose is the energy I’m bringing into 2026, and I invite you to join me.

01.01.2026 18:02 👍 91 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
🚨 FULL JACK SMITH VIDEO DEPOSITION ON TRUMP CRIMES
🚨 FULL JACK SMITH VIDEO DEPOSITION ON TRUMP CRIMES YouTube video by MeidasTouch

WATCH NOW: The full deposition of former Special Counsel Jack Smith released by the House Judiciary Committee

31.12.2025 20:05 👍 2045 🔁 1006 💬 78 📌 68
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Phone Searches at U.S. Borders: What Travelers Need to Know Customs agents have broad authority to search the electronic devices of travelers entering and leaving the U.S. Here are tips for keeping your data safe.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents have broad authority to search the electronic devices of travelers entering and leaving the country. Here are tips for keeping your data safe.

31.12.2025 17:40 👍 86 🔁 44 💬 21 📌 8
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There it is. The final print edition, after more than 150 years, of the Atlanta Journal Constitution

elink75f.mail.breakermedia.com/ss/c/u001.o7...

31.12.2025 00:44 👍 521 🔁 228 💬 19 📌 32

Universities embracing generative AI be like:

27.12.2025 19:43 👍 753 🔁 220 💬 4 📌 9
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Deported and Imprisoned Archives A case-by-case investigation that examines the Trump administration’s claims that these immigrants are all “sick criminals” and “terrorists” and that shows what they suffered during months in one of t...

CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was.

You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...

22.12.2025 16:08 👍 4552 🔁 2264 💬 39 📌 46

WOW. They're not going to air their special on CECOT. I'd like to know who made this decision, and whether the federal government had a hand in it.

21.12.2025 22:22 👍 7732 🔁 2170 💬 579 📌 112
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President Trump’s spiteful defamation suit against the Pulitzer Prize Board may backfire, as the latter is now demanding Trump’s psychological records, prescription medication records, and tax returns in the discovery process. trib.al/qgeXZca

21.12.2025 22:33 👍 282 🔁 76 💬 12 📌 12
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At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein The Justice Department’s webpage for documents related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is missing at least 16 of its files a day after they were released.

BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.

20.12.2025 21:30 👍 21982 🔁 9989 💬 1353 📌 1299
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The right’s new false claim about missing signatures on ballots uses three of the five “moves” of misleading election rumors (#2, #4, and #5 from the image below):

20.12.2025 17:46 👍 20 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
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DOJ Likely Pulled Photo of Trump from Released Epstein Files Read more here.

BREAKING: The Justice Department appears to have pulled a photo containing images of President Trump from the thousands of files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein it released Friday.

20.12.2025 17:53 👍 1167 🔁 441 💬 68 📌 34
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Khanna: "The law clearly required all unclassified information being released today. They obviously have not complied with that law. They claim it's because it was only a few weeks -- well they've known about this for months."

19.12.2025 21:14 👍 4764 🔁 1287 💬 203 📌 60

UVA selected its December president

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