Please support independent voices and fearless media criticism by subscribing for $6 a month. Thanks! Stay healthy. Be kind. Subscribe to PRESS RUN Like clockwork, the first Friday of the month brought another blockbuster jobs report. The U.S. economy under President Joe Biden added another 400,000-plus new jobs in March, it was announced last week…

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Please consider subscribing for $6 a month to support fearless media commentary. Thanks! Stay healthy. Be kind. Subscribe to PRESS RUN Right before traveling to Helsinki in 2018 to meet Russian leader Vladimir Putin, Trump went off on a tirade, declaring much of the U.S. media to be the “enemy of the people.” The timing of the pre-summit attack was…

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Please consider subscribing for $6 a month to support fearless media commentary. Thanks! Stay healthy. Be kind. Subscribe to PRESS RUN The Biden administration got it right. The unfolding Ukraine crisis has been a clear victory for U.S. intelligence. The decision to rapidly declassify secret intelligence effectively blunted Russian President Vladim…

Please consider subscribing for $6 a month to support fearless media commentary. Thanks! Stay healthy. Be kind. Subscribe to PRESS RUN You don’t have to be a political scientist to understand the Republican Party has found itself on the wrong side of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. 85% of Americans now view Russia unfavorably — the country’s worst ra…

Please consider subscribing for $6 a month to support fearless media commentary. Thanks! Stay healthy. Be kind. Subscribe to PRESS RUN American politicians cheerleading a dictator as he sends tanks into a neighboring country and bombs a sovereign nation ought to be a huge news story. The fact that portions of a major U.S. political party, and its a…