Michael Fenichel<p>Democracy Dies in Darkness* Department:</p><p>Talk about "concerning" (Collins!) ... Bye bye voices of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/truth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>truth</span></a> about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpVirus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpVirus</span></a>, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a><br>Once again, in the dead of night, pure <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/evil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>evil</span></a> from the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cult</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GQP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GQP</span></a></p><p>>> Senate votes to kill entire public broadcasting budget in blow to NPR and PBS </p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/07/senate-votes-to-kill-entire-public-broadcasting-budget-in-blow-to-npr-and-pbs" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20</span><span class="invisible">25/07/senate-votes-to-kill-entire-public-broadcasting-budget-in-blow-to-npr-and-pbs</span></a> </p><p>The imposition of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ignorance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ignorance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cruelty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cruelty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/evil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>evil</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CPB</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NPR</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PBS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a></p>