Amazing how the #BrokenTimes won't use the word "lie" because it says it can't see into Trump's motives. But here it gives him the benefit of credulous doubt that he's seeking the "favor" of "economic relief" rather than being Putin's agent: i.e., a traitor.

Schadenfreude. He bought dying assets of a dying industry, mass media. His own doing.
Skydance’s Market Value Is Currently Less Than Half What Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Combined Were Worth
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/skydance-market-cap-less-than-half-warner-bros-discovery-paramount-1236913334/

Ah, I think, at last The Times is waking up to authoritarianism's arrival in America. No, this is about Uganda.

Or maybe he could tolerate being with Trump for only so long....
Unusual Rest Breaks for Xi Jinping Sucked Hours Out of Summit With Trump https://www.wsj.com/world/china/xi-jinping-health-caf250f1?st=3vnxAb

I signed a bunch more books at the Montclair Book Center, where you can order Hot Type and support an independent bookstore.
And if you're in New England, come see me - and a working Linotype! - in Haverhill, MA, next Sat., Oct. 10. Links to both here:
jeffjarvis.com

These horrors, in our name.
Six people refused to get off ICE deportation plane – now they’re held in limbo in Equatorial Guinea
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/04/us-deportation-equatorial-guinea-fourth-country-trump

Speaking of BS...
OpenAI hails ‘new era of artificial general intelligence’ with Astra model release
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/03/openai-artificial-general-intelligence-astra-release

Bernie's on a snipe hunt (Google it). AGI is BS.
Sanders proposes ban on ‘artificial superintelligence’ after rogue AI incidents
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/09/03/sanders-proposes-artificial-superintelligence-ban-after-rogue-ai-incidents/

Privilege.
British Museum hosted Palantir founder Peter Thiel in private viewing of Bayeux tapestry
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/aug/31/british-museum-hosted-palantir-founder-peter-thiel-private-viewing-bayeux-tapestry

The illegitimate, antidemocratic Supreme Court is dismantling free and fair elections but this is not the lead story this morning in the #BrokenTimes, which still thinks we're only 3/10 on our way to election autocracy. #NewsJudgment
Court Allows Trump to Pursue Mail Voting Limits, for Now https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/us/politics/supreme-court-trump-mail-ballots.html?smid=tw-share

RE: https://mastodon.social/@jeffjarvis/117144707608236799

Schumer and Jeffries have to go.

One tends to get a headache when one's city's last newspaper beats one over the head with rolled up newspapers. The #BrokenTimes #MamdaniVendetta continues.
How New York’s Second-Home Tax Turned Into a Headache for Mamdani https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/nyregion/mamdani-second-home-tax-rollout.html?smid=tw-share

Today is pub day for my new book, Hot Type. To celebrate, I spoke with the inimitable Miranda Melcher at the great New Books Network. Here's the conversation.
https://newbooksnetwork.com/hot-type

Next time I see journos wondering how to give up their phones, I'll send them to this unbearable treacle for advice: Just go to prison.
I Didn’t Realize How Addicted I Was to My Phone—Until I Went to Prison
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/phone-screen-time-prison-pg-sittenfeld-8c3b186b?st=aoLtrP

Why did the #BrokenTimes put this picture of McConnell on its homepage? It's from May, but homepage illustrations have no captions. It leaves the wrong impression. Images matter.

No, #BrokenPost, you should concentrate on the scandalous takeaway from Rand Paul's threats against Fauci, medicine, science, and justice.
The sad takeaway from Fauci's refusal to testify https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/07/29/fauci-refusal-testify-speaks-politicization-covid-19/

This is *not* what the world needs.
Newsmax and Meta Enter AI Content Partnership
https://ir.newsmax.com/news/news-details/2026/Newsmax-and-Meta-Enter-AI-Content-Partnership-/default.aspx

Fox is, of course, going batshit over getting an unknown DSA person's fringe opinions, and this morning Joe Scarborough joins in. Among Democrats, she's ignored.

"Election clashes"
Democrats Prepare for Possible Election Clashes With Federal Government
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/us/politics/democrats-trump-election-interference.html

The #BrokenTimes pernicious addiction to understatement: "Trump might be pushing it."
Voters Think All Politicians Are a Little Corrupt, but Trump Might Be Pushing It https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/magazine/corruption-voters-trump-midterms.html?smid=tw-share