End Democracy News Today

welcome to "the beat." im ari melber. were tracking several pieces of news in this coming criminal trial of donald trump. his allies advise delay, this key tack we hear about in dealing with the indictment. we know jack smith, however, guaranteed a speedy trial. >> my office will seek a speedy trial in this matter, consistent with the public interest and the rights of the accused. >> there are some complexities with the case, but the federal judge is making news with a fast time line, ...

“Finish What We Started,” by the journalist Isaac Arnsdorf, reports from the front lines of the right-wing movement’s strategy to gain power, from the local level on up.

Just published: Finish What We Started: The MAGA Movement’s Ground War to End Democracy by Isaac Arnsdorf.Said Steve Bannon, in a Vanity Fair excerpt: “Trump’s our instrument. I think we’re going to do a hundred times more in the second term."

Isaac Arnsdorf’s Finish What We Started shows how the strategist wanted to create a dominant coalition to take US political power

It was a challenging task but an esteemed panel of NewsBusters editors led by MRC President L.Brent Bozell and MRC’s Vice President for Research and Publications Brent Baker boiled down all the biased outbursts from lefty hack hosts, anchors, reporters and pundits in 2022 and on December 15 announced The Brian Stelter Memorial Award for Quote of the Year.  

It was a challenging task but an esteemed panel of NewsBusters editors led by MRC President L.Brent Bozell and MRC’s Vice President for Research and Publications Brent Baker boiled down all the biased outbursts from lefty hack hosts, anchors, reporters and pundits in 2022 and on December 15 announced The Brian Stelter Memorial Award for Quote of the Year.  

False claims continue that the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump. A new FRONTLINE titled "Lies, Politics, & Democracy" airs on SDPB TV. Veteran filmmaker Michael Kirk talks about the project. Eastern South Dakota Singer/Songwriter Jordan Jaacks performs at the Sioux Falls Levitt Shell on September 9th. He’s opening for country singer Mae Estes. We sit down with Jaacks for a live “Moment in Sound” and to talk about the contradictions which he says def...

The breakdown happened, and, as a certain anthem goes, the flag was still there. Sometimes, that minor miracle must be enough to get us through the night.

Nothing keeps sleep at bay these days like huffing up a few articles about democracy's doomsday.

We have to remember that before we doom-spiral our way to sleeplessness.