“For those whose job it is to study the election, the question is whether the enthusiasm of a relatively small number of crypto-savvy bettors—Polymarket has roughly a hundred and fifty thousand active accounts as of October—is actually in any way indicative of reality, or whether the bets might constitute a form of manipulation, astroturfing momentum for Trump.”

“[The Rest is Politics’] format is hardly revolutionary. In hour-long shows the pair talk about the state of their respective parties, the war in the Middle East, elections in Japan and much else besides. But its success reveals two things about British politics.”

“Trump’s declarations arrive at a time of increasing concern about his more autocratic impulses. And press advocates say he is intentionally fueling a climate hostile to independent reporting.”

“A review of the Argus’ website and recent newsletters shows stories and photographs taken from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis Public Radio, St. Louis Magazine, KTVI (FOX2), and STLMade, the Greater St. Louis, Inc.-funded initiative to bring good news to the region. The Argus hasn’t asked for, or received, permission to reprint those stories and photos, according to editors at each.”

“The NewsGuild claims, according to a spokesperson, that at least 20 Tech Guild members have been pulled into one-on-one interrogation meetings with their managers over the past few weeks to ask if they supported a strike.”

“Executive editor Terry Tang told editorial board staff earlier this month that the paper would not be endorsing a candidate in the presidential election this cycle, a decision that came from the paper’s owner Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, a doctor who made his fortune in the healthcare industry.” (See also: This political era has nearly killed off newspaper endorsements for president)

“Despite the fatigue that has gripped Ukraine and diminished global attention, The New Voice of Ukraine’s audience has surged, as did online subscriptions, driven by demand for independent journalism.”

“Meta provided no direct warning or explanation for the suspensions, according to Jack Sweeney, who says the accounts appear ‘blacked out with no options to interact or receive information.'”

“Under the Code, in-scope platforms are required to have terms and conditions that ban uploads or sharing of a range of harmful content types — including cyberbullying; promoting self-harm or suicide and promoting eating or feeding disorders, in addition to banning content that incites hatred or violence, terrorism, child sex abuse material (CSAM), and racism and xenophobia.”

“Kamin is paying for the Tribune’s next architecture writer out of his own pocket. Why would he do such a thing? ‘I’m a realist, and I realize that, given who the Tribune is owned by now and given the realities of the business model of journalism having collapsed, either somebody was going to do something, or nothing would get done,’ he said.”