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How Top “Progressive” Influencers Compromised Their Independence
Current Affairs • Sep 12, 2025

How Top “Progressive” Influencers Compromised Their Independence

Taylor Lorenz is a technology journalist, the host of the Power User podcast, and the author of Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet. She joined Current Affairs’ Editor-in-Chief Nathan J. Robinson and Digital Editor John Ross (who was formerly a producer for the David Pakman Show) to discuss her recent bombshell article for Wired: an investigation into Chorus, Good Influence, and the Sixteen Thirty Fund, the dark money network secretly funding Democratic influencers.

The Full Weight of the Federal Government Is Being Used to Memorialize Charlie Kirk
Mother Jones • Sep 12, 2025

The Full Weight of the Federal Government Is Being Used to Memorialize Charlie Kirk

After the shocking murder of MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk on Wednesday afternoon, tributes and expressions of grief poured in from conservative politicians and activists, along with expressions of sympathy and denunciations of political violence from both sides of the aisle. Now, however, numerous government and elected officials are taking their protection of Kirk’s legacy a […]

Charlie Kirk in His Own Words
Zeteo • Sep 12, 2025

Charlie Kirk in His Own Words

17 quotes you should read from the right-wing activist and Trump ally who was tragically shot and killed on Wednesday in Utah.

Inside the Hidden Conservative Network Bankrolling an “Ecosystem” of Right-Wing News
Mother Jones • Sep 10, 2025

Inside the Hidden Conservative Network Bankrolling an “Ecosystem” of Right-Wing News

“Now more than ever, the world needs an honest newsroom.” With these words, the little-known Informing America Foundation was awarded the $250,000 Gregor G. Peterson Prize in “venture philanthropy” last December for its “high-quality journalism.” If few had heard of IAF, hinted the nonprofit’s CEO, Debbie Myers, it was by design. “We stay very much […]

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