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The Price of Speaking Up in Trump’s America

The Price of Speaking Up in Trump’s America
24.01.2025 50

New Republic

Parker Molloy

The Washington Post Wants to Sell You Some “Riveting Storytelling”

18.01.2025 9

New Republic

Parker Molloy

The Right’s Wildfire Lies Spread Faster Than the Flames

11.01.2025 7

New Republic

Parker Molloy

ABC News Just Showed Trump Exactly How to Silence Journalists

Last week, ABC News made a decision that should alarm anyone who cares about press freedom: it agreed to pay Donald Trump $16 million and issue a...

17.12.2024 10

New Republic

Parker Molloy

Nancy Mace’s Anti-Trans Crusade and the GOP’s Endless Outrage Machine

On November 5, Sarah McBride made history as the first openly transgender person elected to Congress. Just days later, I shared a nagging concern,...

21.11.2024 2

New Republic

Parker Molloy

We Already Know One Big Loser in This Election: the Mainstream Media

Americans will head to the polls Tuesday in what feels like the most consequential election of our lifetimes. Again. Whether Donald Trump or Kamala...

04.11.2024 2

New Republic

Parker Molloy

The Washington Post Covered That Bizarro Trump Rally the Right Way

Credit where credit’s due: The Washington Post got one very right. Marianne LeVine’s recent article didn’t just report on Donald Trump’s latest...

15.10.2024 2

New Republic

Parker Molloy

Right Wing Hurricane Lies Are a Preview of Chaos to Come

Donald Trump lies. He lies a lot. And in the final month of this presidential campaign, he’s only become more prone to making things up for...

07.10.2024 2

New Republic

Parker Molloy

The Data Doesn’t Lie: Anti-Trans Legislation Kills

In a revelation that’s as shocking as finding out water is wet, a study published yesterday in Nature has confirmed that state-level...

29.09.2024 3

New Republic

Parker Molloy

Calling Out the Lies and Lying Liar (Donald Trump) Who Tells Them

In recent weeks, former President Donald Trump and Senator J.D. Vance have been on a rampage , spreading egregious lies that would exhaust even the...

22.09.2024 40

New Republic

Parker Molloy

Hey Media: It’s Not Enough to Say That Haitians Aren’t Eating Pets

In the lead-up to the 2022 midterm elections, right-wing politicians and influencers amplified an outlandish claim that schools were installing...

10.09.2024 2

New Republic

Parker Molloy

How the Media Sanitizes Trump’s Insanity

Four years ago, in an article for Media Matters for America, I warned that journalists were sanitizing Donald Trump’s incoherent ramblings to make...

04.09.2024 8

New Republic

Parker Molloy

Why Does CNN Keep Featuring “Undecided” Voters Who Are Anything But?

CNN’s recent “undecided voter” panel , meant to capture reactions to Kamala Harris’s speech at the 2024 Democratic National Convention, has morphed...

26.08.2024 3

New Republic

Parker Molloy

The Press Must Explain Its Stunning Double-Standard on Leaks

In politics, history has a way of repeating itself with a twist. Eight years ago, the media was drenched with leaked emails from Hillary Clinton’s...

16.08.2024 50

New Republic

Parker Molloy

The Right Wing’s Unhinged Persecution of Olympic Boxer Imane Khelif

On August 1, Algerian boxer Imane Khelif stepped into the Olympic ring in Paris. Forty-six seconds later, her opponent, Italy’s Angela Carini, was...

06.08.2024 3

New Republic

Parker Molloy

A “Unity” Convention? For Trans Americans, It’s Quite the Opposite

Night 1: Setting the Tone If the first night of the RNC was meant to be a gentle warm-up, someone forgot to tell the speakers. Instead of easing...

18.07.2024 3

New Republic

Parker Molloy