Ex-CNN host says he knows how media can bring Trump to his knees

Ex-CNN anchor Jim Acosta has an idea of how media companies can stand up to President Donald Trump.

Acosta said in an interview with MeidasTouch that The Associated Press should consider suing the administration over its decision to indefinitely bar the news service from the Oval Office and Air Force One. The decision came after the AP decided to not change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America” in its coverage.

“I think that the AP should look at whether or not they should sue the administration. I think the AP needs to look at other options in terms of what can be done,” Acosta said on Tuesday.
https://www.nj.com/politics/2025/02/ex-cnn-host-says-he-knows-how-media-can-bring-trump-to-his-knees.html

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House Republicans advised to avoid in-person town halls amid protests

House Republicans are being encouraged to avoid in-person town halls in favor of phone and livestreamed versions, advice that comes after constituents and activists rocked recent GOP events by expressing outrage about the Trump administration’s dramatic moves to reshape the federal government.
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National Republican Congressional Committee Chair Richard Hudson (R-N.C.) told House Republicans at a closed-door conference meeting Tuesday morning that members should opt for tele-town halls or livestreamed events that can reach more people, rather than in-person town halls that can be hijacked by Democratic activists.


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I think they just urged us to be more targeted and where’s, who we’re talking to, because it’s pretty clear that they’ve got professional instigators, people that are showing up that are not even constituents,” Burchett said. “And it’s getting dangerous.”


https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5175061-house-republicans-town-halls-protests/

Steve Bannon's 'Days of Thunder'

President Donald Trump’s dizzying three weeks have prompted many in the media to revisit a famous Steve Bannon line: To win, the Right needs to “flood the zone” with political action — or, more pungently, with “bullsh**.” Is that what’s going on right now, Ben asked the MAGA movement’s media guru in a long interview this week.

“Of course. It’s worked,” he said. “The media is a complete total meltdown.” MSNBC, he said, keeps pushing outrages to the C block of programming. When things start going wrong, Trump merely has to turn to standup: “He goes all Mort Sahl on you, and he triggered you guys and they never went back to the hearings.” It all comes back to Marshall McLuhan:



“Everything is media. Media is the message, and Trump understands that,” Bannon said. “That’s why the Cabinet is all TV guys.”https://www.semafor.com/newsletter/02/09/2025/big-game?utm_source=newslettershare&utm_medium=media&utm_campaign=flagshipnumbered1

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Edelman CEO: Plummeting trust in institutions has the world slipping into grievance. Here's the fix By Edelman

The story of the Edelman Trust Barometer began in 1999 with the “Battle of Seattle,” when anti-globalization protests organized by nongovernmental organizations erupted in violence at the World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference. 

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. But the Iraq War—and the false premises of nuclear threat and promise of democracy—began a long downward slide of public trust in government.

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Being honest means owning up to mistakes. It is not about deploying bluff and bluster or changing the conversation. It took a long time for the U.S. and U.K. to admit errors in judgment in Iraq. Neither the government nor the financial sector were quick to acknowledge the problems that brought about the financial crisis. As we approach the fifth anniversary of the start of the pandemic, the public still needs a reckoning on COVID.

We must fix our information systems. Quality information is the lifeblood of trust. Well-informed societies are healthier, more competitive, and resilient. While there is lively debate about freedom of speech, too often the argument is deployed to deflect from making commonsense decisions. Improved media literacy and investment in high-quality journalism would go some of the way. How we reshape our information systems as we adapt to living and working with generative AI—and eventually artificial general intelligence—is one of the grand challenges facing humanity. But media simply cannot do this alone. Leaders of government, business, and NGOs all have a responsibility to put out quality information to supplement media coverage. Politicians and public opinion formers have a duty of care to be part of the solution.

We should utilize local sources of trust. This extends well beyond those in official positions of power to leaders who people have regular interactions with and have practical influence over

More at link https://fortune.com/2025/01/14/edelman-ceo-essay-trust-barometer-25th-anniversary/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=ceo-daily&utm_content=2025012111am&tpcc=NL_Marketing

More Resources: media and research institutions

Media outlets and centers of research to help inform your thinking and activism

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The 19th News News coverage on gender politics and policy. Especially important since so much of our current politics and culture wars revolve around gender.

Prism A newsroom and platform by and for people of color. Coverage that “reflects the lived experiences of people most impacted by injustice.”

ProPublica ProPublica is why you know so much of Clarence Thomas’s dirty laundry. Their investigations are second to none.

Tech Policy Press Justin Hendrix and his team have created a nimble news outlet covering the intersection of tech and policy. The site includes many static resources and legislation policy trackers.

Wired One of the few outlets to make this list that isn’t a non-profit or independently owned, but Wired has been killing it with coverage of politics, tech, and the MAGA Right for some time now.

Just Security Just Security describes itself as “an online forum for the rigorous analysis of security, democracy, foreign policy, and rights.” The depth of expertise and knowledge is always helpful.



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The Equal Rights Amendment at Long Last By Laurence Tribe

Thanks to President Biden, the Constitution will finally guarantee equality for allWith three days left in his presidency, Joseph R. Biden ensured that the United States Constitution, the oldest on earth, would finally include an explicit guarantee of sex equality. In truth, the Equal Rights Amendment should have been recognized as part of our Constitution nearly half a dozen years ago, when Virginia became the 38th state to ratify it on January 27, 2020.

By proclaiming, in effect, “Yes, Virginia, you have made history by repairing a glaring omission in our most fundamental law,” President Biden made official a reality that many Americans failed to recognize at the time: that Article V of the Constitution expressly makes any proposed Amendment to that document “Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States.” Nothing in Article V makes the Constitution’s binding contents depend on any further official action by any branch of the federal government, whether Congress or the Judiciary or indeed the Executive.

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It is not necessary for the National Archivist to publish the ERA in order for it to be adopted according to the provisions of the Constitution. The President avoided triggering a clash with the Archivist, who recently announced her intention to defy her statutory, and purely ministerial, duty to publish the ERA. The only reason Congress gave the Archivist such a duty nearly a century ago was to ensure that the Nation got word that an amendment was in force, enabling officials at all levels of government to conform their actions to it. In our modern age of broadcast, cable and internet communication, the President’s announcement itself performed that function.

Accordingly, our Constitution now demands that “equality of rights under the law cannot be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on account of sex.”

It’s long past time!

Laurence H. Tribe is Carl M. Loeb University Professor of Constitutional Law Emeritus at Harvard University.

Kathleen M. Sullivan is former Dean of Stanford Law School and professor of law at Harvard and Stanford.