Sophia Tesfaye

3 days ago | portside.org | Sophia Tesfaye |Ben Makuch |Emily Baker-White |Raina Lipsitz

Media Bits and Bytes — June 24, 2025 Published June 24, 2025 Split in MAGA Media DIY Terrorism TikTokers vs the Birthday Boy MSM vs Zohran Smartphones and the Avalanche of Irrelevance Kids are Protesting ICE in Roblox Call Her a Journalist, Not an Influencer Moratorium on State AI Regulation Meta’s Latest Attack on Privacy Big Video Games Win for SAG-AFTRA Split in MAGA Media By Sophia Tesfaye Salon Fox News, with its shameless push for another nation-building project, appears committed to...

1 month ago | salon.com | Sophia Tesfaye

MSNBC is having an undoubtedly tumultuous year, most notably with Joy Reid’s post-election ousting in February. Now that Donald Trump has surpassed the first 100 days of his second term, the left-leaning cable news channel is rolling out the final phase of its major staff shakeup in hopes of winning back an audience dejected by the bloodletting at the ballot and cable boxes.

2 months ago | salon.com | Sophia Tesfaye

The child's father filed to keep her in the U.S. before she was removed from the country Friday Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he arrives to court for his hush money trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 30, 2024 in New York City. (Justin Lane - Pool/Getty Images) "It is illegal and unconstitutional to deport, detain for deportation, or recommend deportation of a U.S. citizen," U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty, a Trump appointee, reminded the Trump...

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Sophia Tesfaye

"It is illegal and unconstitutional to deport, detain for deportation, or recommend deportation of a U.S. citizen," U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty, a Trump appointee, reminded the Trump administration in a Friday ruling. The Department of Homeland Security contended in a court hearing that the removal of American child is proper even though her father had sought an emergency petition on Thursday to stop the girl from being sent abroad.

2 months ago | salon.com | Sophia Tesfaye

“It makes me think that maybe he doesn’t want to stop the war" Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump arrive for a meeting in Helsinki, on July 16, 2018.