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"America's 50 best cities to live in," reveals USA Today. "These rising U.S. cities could become the top places to live and work from home," reports CNBC. "The best U.S. cities to raise a family," lis...

21 Juli 20211h 10min

7 Juli 20211h 18min

"Beef. It's what's for dinner," the baritone voices of actors Robert Mitchum and Sam Elliott told us in the 1990s. "We're not gonna let Joe Biden and Kamala Harris cut America's meat!" cried Mike Penc...

30 Juni 20211h 20min

In this public News Brief, we examine 24 hours of CNN's mindless police stenography undermining modest bail reform in New York.

26 Juni 202142min

In this public News Brief, we discuss a recent advice column in the New York Times advocating upwardly mobile professionals dump their fat and depressed friends and how it's part of a much broader tre...

16 Juni 202145min

"Oligarch". "Hardliner". "Regime". All common terms seen in Anglo-American media when describing politicians and power structures in official villain states; yet - mysteriously absent when talking abo...

9 Juni 20211h 17min

"Hand-picked successor", "firebrand", "proxy" — In Anglo-American media, there are certain Enemy Epithets that are reserved only for Official Enemy States of United States and their leaders, which are...

2 Juni 20211h 11min

In this public News Brief, we take a critical look at a recent wave of sensationalist "organized crime" "shoplifting epidemic" stories in national and Bay Area media and how they fit into a resurgent ...

26 Maj 202148min