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Recommendations & Links - Independent Media and News

I’ve found these contributors to be extremely knowledgeable, informative, and well researched. They offer solid, useful information on today’s news and events, backed up with facts. If you’re having trouble making sense of the craziness of these times, the best thing you can do is get informed.

This is NOT the time to be neutral, so please, get informed.

The Atlantic is excellent: https://www.theatlantic.com

Gound News: https://ground.news/

The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world

The Kyiv Independent: https://bsky.app/profile/kyivindependent.com

MeidasTouch on BlueSky and YouTube is extremely good. Informative, fact-based coverage of the news, and they bring the receipts.

https://bsky.app/profile/meidastouch.com

https://www.youtube.com/@MeidasTouch

Some great Substack blogs

You don’t have to be a paid subscriber for most of these. You can try them for free, but if you can afford it, please consider supporting them. They are well worth it.

The Contrarian

The Contrarian
Unflinching journalism in defense of democracy

Charlie Angus / The Resistance

Charlie Angus / The Resistance
Stories and strategies of resistance in this new dark age.

Du Mez CONNECTIONS

Du Mez CONNECTIONS
Exploring connections between religion, gender, & politics and defending our democracy.
By Kristin Du Mez

By Kristen Kobe Du Mez, author of Jesus and John Wayne

Robert Reich

Robert Reich
Daily newsletter exposing where power lies — and how it's used and abused

Letters from an American

Letters from an American
A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.
By Heather Cox Richardson

She does a daily roundup of the days news that is excellent and informative.

Juno News – Canadian politics:

Juno News
Canada's Independent Source for News & Opinion
By Candice Malcolm

Tim Snyder, author of On Tyranny, an excellent summary of fascism:

Thinking about...
Opening the future by understanding the past.
By Timothy Snyder

BlueSky

BlueSky is growing rapidly as people bail out of Twitter, or X, or whatever it’s called now. I find the following extremely informative, helpful and well researched.

You can also find most of these folks on YouTube as well.

The Kyiv Independent: https://bsky.app/profile/kyivindependent.com

Kristen Du Mez: https://bsky.app/profile/kkdumez.bsky.social

Rachel Maddow: https://bsky.app/profile/maddow.msnbc.com

Russell Moore, senior editor of Christianity Today: https://bsky.app/profile/drmoore.bsky.social

Charlie Angus, NDP MP: https://bsky.app/profile/charlieangus104.bsky.social

CAN – senior editor at MeidasTouch. https://bsky.app/profile/acyn.bsky.social

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: https://bsky.app/profile/aoc.bsky.social

Anne Applebaum, author of several books on autocracy: https://bsky.app/profile/anneapplebaum.bsky.social

Get her books: Autocracy Inc. and The Twilight of Democracy https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/search?q=anne+applebaum&search-button=&lang=null

It’s vital that we grasp the moment we’re in. Don’t stay neutral.