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Media Bits and Bytes - June 24, 2025

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...
The Dangerous Consequences of Donald Trump’s Strikes in Iran

4 days ago | portside.org | Isaac Chotiner |James M. Acton

The Dangerous Consequences of Donald Trump’s Strikes in Iran Published June 23, 2025 On Saturday, President Donald Trump brought the United States into Israel’s war against Iran. American planes and submarines struck three sites in Iran, including two nuclear enrichment facilities—at Natanz and Fordow—and a complex near Isfahan that was believed to contain stores of uranium.
Nations Are People: Do You Deserve To Die for Your Own Bad Government?

4 days ago | portside.org | Hamilton Nolan

Nations Are People: Do You Deserve To Die for Your Own Bad Government? Published June 23, 2025 Nations have governments. Nations are full of people. The government and the people are two different things. The failure to take this distinction seriously lays the groundwork for much of the world’s suffering. In China, teenagers shyly ask their crushes on dates. In Russia, families gather for a grandmother’s birthday party. In Yemen, harried mothers decide what to make for dinner.
New York-Based Tabletop Workers United Win a Union Contract After Prolonged Battle

5 days ago | portside.org | Chase Carter

New York-Based Tabletop Workers United Win a Union Contract After Prolonged Battle Published June 22, 2025 Workers at three New York City-based board game cafes have successfully ratified a union contract nearly two years after first organizing. Tabletop Workers United, which represents over 100 staff from Hex&Co, The Brooklyn Strategist, and The Uncommons, says the contract will last three years and is the first of its kind for tabletop businesses in New York.
Why American Presidents Dance to Bibi’s Tune

1 week ago | portside.org | Eric Alterman

Why American Presidents Dance to Bibi’s Tune Published June 20, 2025 Despite the extremely stiff competition, it’s fair to say that Donald Trump may be about to win the historical contest to become the all-time “Bibi’s Lapdog” among American presidents.
The Real Democratic Civil War

1 week ago | portside.org | Harold Meyerson

The Real Democratic Civil War Published June 17, 2025 No American ever did more to create an abundant economy that benefited the working class, or more to regulate the economy in ways that constrained capital and benefited the working class, than Franklin Roosevelt. So, forgive me if I think that the real divisions within today’s Democratic Party aren’t fundamentally those separating the “abundance” crowd and the pro-regulatory crowd.
“No Kings” Was a Rebellion in Trump Country

1 week ago | portside.org | Branko Marcetic

“No Kings” Was a Rebellion in Trump Country Published June 17, 2025 Donald Trump’s 2024 victory didn’t just usher in political change but a cultural one. The fact that Trump won both the popular vote and every battleground state meant, for many (Trump himself foremost among them), that the country had eagerly accepted his worldview as their own, was fully on board with his political program, and that any resistance was futile.
Dispatches From the Culture Wars - June 17, 2025

1 week ago | portside.org | Henry A. Giroux |Lexi McMenamin |Liza Featherstone |Julianne McShane

Dispatches From the Culture Wars — June 17, 2025 Published June 17, 2025 Culture is the Front Line of DemocracyAbout That Parade Learning From 2020Huge Land Return to California TribeCanvassing With Zohran MamdaniDOL Women’s Bureau Gets the DOGE TreatmentDisability Activists: Lessons From the PandemicCDC Workers Resist TakeoverMavis Staples’s Gospel of ResistanceThe Path of FrancisCulture is the Front Line of DemocracyBy Henry A.
The U.S. Must Force Israel To End Its War on Iran

1 week ago | portside.org | Phyllis Bennis |Khury Petersen-Smith

The U.S. Must Force Israel To End Its War on Iran Published June 17, 2025 Israel’s attack on Iran last week has opened a stark danger — a predictable pattern of escalation ushering in a new phase of the long-standing crises roiling the Middle East region.
Rep. Melissa Hortman, Killed in Targeted Attack, Was a Champion for Minnesotan Families

1 week ago | portside.org | Grace Panetta

Rep. Melissa Hortman, Killed in Targeted Attack, Was a Champion for Minnesotan Families Published June 16, 2025 Melissa Hortman, a former Minnesota House speaker who championed the passage of ambitious progressive policies in the state, was assassinated early Saturday in what Gov.