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Asking for your input one more time!

Everything is in alphabetical order within the finished groups.  Now that things are grouped and in alphabetical order, is anything missing?  Does something on there really not belong?

Also, I’m really wondering whether we want to include YouTube and Podcasts – general feedback welcome.  If it seems like we do, then I’ll do a separate post to get suggestions and links for those.  I do think if we choose YouTube and Podcasts, we should limit them to political and political acton, and maybe limit each of those lists to maybe 20?

  • YouTube
  • Podcasts

It would be awesome to get feedback on whether each of the links is in the correct grouping.

If a few of you could each take a group, that would be a big help.

  • Do all the links within a particular group work properly?
  • Spelled properly?

What else am I missing?

Alternate Media Sources was last updated March 2025.

Independent News 

AP News
Christian Science Monitor
Democracy Docket
Democracy Now
MinnPost
Mother Jones
ProPublica
Rewire
Talking Points Memo
TechDirt
Texas Observer
The 19th News Network   (nonprofit newsroom reporting on gender, politics and policy)
The American Prospect
The Independent
The New Yorker
Wired

State & Local News

The Colorado Sun
Des Moines Register  (Iowa)
Plain Dealer aka Cleveland Plain Dealer  (Ohio)
Philadelphia Inquirer  (non-profit)
Baltimore Banner  (non-profit)
Recombobulation Area  (Wisconsin)
High Country News  (Western US)
The Cascadia Advocate  (Pacific Northwest)
Louisiana Illuminator
Mississippi Free Press
Mississippi Today
Missouri Independent
The Nevada Independent  (Jon Ralston)
Tennessee Holler
Tampa Bay Times
VTDigger  (non-profit, Vermont)

International News

BBC
Canadian Broadcast Corporation  (Canada)
France 24  (France, in English)
Der Spiegel  (Germany, in English)
Deutsche Welle  (International news)
Ha’aretz  (Israel)
Ian Dunt (Striking 13) (UK focus)
Middle East Eye  (news, Middle East focus)
El Faro (Central America, in English)
El País  (Spain, in English)
The Guardian
The Counteroffensive with Tim Mak  (in-country Ukraine focus)

Substacks & Newsletters

Aaron Rupar’s Public Notice
Brad DeLong  (Grasping Reality)
Brian Buetler Off Message
Candidly Tiff
Chris Geidner/Law Dork
Dan Rather
Erin Reed  (Erin in the Morning)
Jeff Tiedrich
Harry Litman
Heather Cox Richardson
James Fallows
Jay Kuo
Jess Piper
Jessica Valente
Jim Acosta
Joyce White Vance
Judd L Popular Information
Karen Attiah
Mark Jacob   (Stop the Presses)
Meidas Touch
Molly White  (Citation Needed)
Nathan Tankus
Oliver Willis
Paul Krugman
Robert Hubbell’s Today’s Edition
Ruth Ben-Ghiat
Sherrilyn Ifill
Simon Rosenberg  (Hopium Chronicles)
Steve Vladeck
The Contrarian  (started by Jennifer Rubin and Norman Eisen)
The Downballot
The Focus Group ??
The Handbasket
Timothy Snyder
What the Fuck Just Happened Today
Will Bunch
Will Leitch
Zeteo

Blogs & Websites

404 Media
Background Briefing with Ian Masters
Bellingcat
Bolts Media
Charlie Pierce
Daily Kos
Dan Froomkin
Dave Zirin
Dean Baker  (Beat the Press)
Dear Dean Publishing
Defector
Dissent Magazine
Electoral-Vote.com
Digby’s Hullabaloo
Informed Comment
Jamelle Bouie
Just Security
Lawfare
Marcy Wheeler   (emptywheel)
Mike the Mad Biologist
No More Mister Nice Blog
Political Wire
Religion Dispatches
Rewire
Steve Benen  (MaddowBlog)
Techdirt
Terry Kanefield
The Black Guy Who Tips
The Editorial Board
The Professional Left
Wonkette

Both Sides of the Issues

Tangle News

 

YouTube?

Brian Tyler Cohen

LegalAF: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN

Fred Kaplan: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/war-stories

Farron Balanced: https://www.youtube.com/@FarronBalanced

I’ve Had It: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLa2mr0CgSHfgNL0ORZF2EA4tIFIYQOhYg

The Professional Left (YouTube)

LegalEagle

Atun-Shei Films.

 

Podcasts?

Talking Feds

Professional Left

Progress Pondcast

The Dollop

The Ben Joravsky Show

Al Franken

Weekly Show with John Stewart

Know Your Enemy, from Dissent Magazine

Why is this Happening with Chris Hayes

Stay Tuned – Preet Bharara

Cafe Insider- Preet Bharara & Joyce Vance

Openib Arguments

Five Minute News

Strict Scrutiny

Opening Arguments

It Could Happen Here

Hood Politics

 

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173Comments

  1. 1.

    chrisanthemama

    Thanks for all that–as if I didn’t already have a zillion things bookmarked!  An embarrassment of riches.

  3. 3.

    West of the Rockies

    This is an incredibly valuable composite of exceptional sources!  Thank you, WG and all who contributed.

  4. 4.

    TBone

    I took a lot of shit for posting something by Sarah Kendzior here on BJ.  I’m wondering what has since changed.

  5. 5.

    WaterGirl

    @TBone: This is mostly a superset of all the sources that were suggested.

    Up top I suggested that now is the time to identify good sources that are missing and identify anyone currently on this draft that we don’t want on the list.

  11. 11.

    WaterGirl

    I am not familiar with all the resources on the list, and I suspect that there are at least a few that are not in the proper groups.

    Can you guys please take a look and let me know?

  12. 12.

    WaterGirl

    @suzanne: I know from yesterday that you feel strongly that podcasts should also be on the list.

    What’s your thought (you and everyone else) about YouTube?

  14. 14.

    frosty

    I would put Wonkette as a blog, not a Substack. Substack is the platform, but it’s been a blog since forever, has multiple posters like B-J and Kos. The substacks I get are all one person (Krugman, Fallows, Richardson, Rather). They seem like a different category.

  15. 15.

    zhena gogolia

    I am useless on this thread, as I am avoiding all news sources.

    I subscribe to (and never read) the NYT, the New Yorker, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Heather Cox Richardson, and Aaron Rupar. Oh, and TPM, which I never ever read.

    I have cancelled WaPo, the Atlantic, and (repeatedly) the Guardian.

  16. 16.

    WaterGirl

    @frosty:  That makes sense.  What about The Contrarian, which is a multiple person substack.  With guest posts, even!

  17. 17.

    WaterGirl

    @zhena gogolia: Interesting.  Curious why you cancelled WP and the Guardian and didn’t cancel NYT.  Not a challenge or a criticism, really wondering about your thinking.

  18. 18.

    WaterGirl

    Dumb question, maybe, but can you get substacts through an RSS feed?

    Because I have no time to read everything I am subscribed to which junks up my WG email and then I miss messages.

  20. 20.

    brendancalling

    Absolutely podcasts!

    professional left is great.

    my own, the progress pondcast, is pretty OK.

    the Dollop.

    The Ben Joravsky Show

    Al Franken.

    Weekly Show with John Stewart.

    i honestly don’t get the hostility to podcasts. Done right, it’s no different than a niche-interest radio show like Fresh Air, On the Media, or You Bet Your Garden.

  22. 22.

    tobie

    I will confess that I haven’t been listening to podcasts lately, but when I did in the past I always enjoyed Talking Feds. Harry Litman is super sharp but what amazes me is that no matter how bad the legal news is, he is always affable.

  24. 24.

    sentient ai from the future

    i would like to see citationneeded.news (Molly White) as well as crisesnotes.com (Nathan Tankus) on there too

  28. 28.

    sentient ai from the future

    @wmd:

    haaretz should be easy to guess, just go to the wikipedia page for “newspaper of record” and it gives you listings for many countries.

    might be useful to have that particular wikipedia page in the listing, too. they are pretty serious about their source requirements, in spite of the conventional wisdom about quality of wikipedia articles.

     

    if i had my druthers i’d include brian krebs (krebsonsecurity.com) and bruce schneier (schneier.com/blog) too

  34. 34.

    Redshift

    Podcasts:

    Why is this Happening with Chris Hayes

    Stay Tuned – Preet Bharara

    Cafe Insider- Preet Bharara & Joyce Vance

    I need to check back in on Greg Sargent’s podcast. I love him as a writer, but when he started the podcast he was a terrible interviewer, but that was a couple of years ago, I think.

  37. 37.

    sentient ai from the future

    @WaterGirl:  i think all of them would be considered blogs/newsletters under this rubric.

    ETA: none of them use substack per se though, molly white and nathan tankus both have email newsletters, krebs/schneier might but ive never signed up.

  38. 38.

    martha

    For Colorado news, The Colorado Sun is a good option. They’re a non-profit news service that covers the state; I have subscribed to them since their beginning in 2018 so I wouldn’t be funding another billionaire’s newspaper (The Denver Post).

  39. 39.

    frosty

    @WaterGirl: So far, to me, The Contrarian looks more like a Substack than a blog. But you’re right, they aren’t as easy to categorize.

  41. 41.

    Crosspalms

    I’ve been meaning to recommend the substack “Stop the Presses” by Mark Jacob, former front-page editor at Chicago Tribune and Sun-Times. Thoughtful (and angry) coverage of right-wing media misinformation and how to combat it

  42. 42.

    JaySinWA

    YouTube has several local news and cable news for people who don’t subscribe to cable.

    CNN, CSPAN, local TV news casts show up, including live coverage of disasters/political events.

  43. 43.

    Old Mike

    Podcast – the reconstituted Openib Arguments is doing a good job, especially on immigration issues

    Blogs – why not include Lawyers Guns and Money?

  44. 44.

    suzanne

    @brendancalling: I second The Dollop.

    I like Preet Bharara’s Stay Tuned podcast a lot. He and Joyce Vance do a good job explaining legal machinations.

    Sarah Longwell’s Focus Group podcast is interesting listening, specifically to see how issues and messaging are landing with normies. Not always what you expect. I wouldn’t call it liberal. But insightful.

  45. 45.

    sentient ai from the future

    @WaterGirl: all of them are typically up to but less than a single posting per day, so they would be non-substack-using newsletters, i guess?

  48. 48.

    WaterGirl

    @Old Mike:–

    why not include Lawyers Guns and Money?

    I’m trying to put together a list of resources that are informative and action oriented not just “good blogs”.

    We already have a blog list in the footer, and this list isn’t replacing that.

  51. 51.

    WaterGirl

    @schrodingers_cat:

    re: Twitter and BlueSky

    It seems like there are already a bunch of recommended lists for BlueSky.  Not sure about Twitter.

    Now if there are organizing and action-oriented folks on BlueSky, I would be tempted to make a list for that.

    I’m just kind of sick of blah-blah-blah and plain old information.  The goal is really good sources for what’s happening and for organizing or action, for what can be done.

  53. 53.

    WaterGirl

    @sentient ai from the future: I guess the question is whether you are asked to “subscribe” to something or they are a website or blog that’s just out there.

    Seems like newsletters and substacks are things where you get notices when they write something.

    Does that tell you where they belong?

  56. 56.

    sentient ai from the future

    @WaterGirl: i…guess? seems kinda arbitrary. i checked, and all of them have email “subscribe” links, in addition to posting their writings in a blog format, fwiw.

  58. 58.

    Matt McIrvin

    @WaterGirl: LGM seems far less action-oriented than Balloon Juice, if anything they spend a lot of time there talking about why every action is futile.

  59. 59.

    schrodingers_cat

    @WaterGirl:

    I’m just kind of sick of blah-blah-blah and plain old information.  The goal is really good sources for what’s happening and for organizing or action, for what can be done.

    I have no idea what this means.

  60. 60.

    wmd

    Thank you for curating all of this.  You’re doing good work and all us jackals aren’t always on top of things. You are! And you rock!

  62. 62.

    comrade scotts agenda of rage

    @brendancalling:

    i honestly don’t get the hostility to podcasts. Done right, it’s no different than a niche-interest radio show like Fresh Air, On the Media, or You Bet Your Garden.

    That’s the key, “done right”.  Most are not.  Most suck because they’re not scripted, edited in any decent sense of the term and simply meander all over the place.  I’ve wasted far too much of my time sitting down to listening to some podcast that somebody breathlessly says is the best thing since sliced bread and after plowing thru a couple, wonder wtf they were smoking when they made that recommendation.

    Even in interviewing situations, most are unlistenable.  As you indicate by the programs you mention, it’s doable but most don’t.

    “Tiny” Ira Glass of “This American Life” (“Tiny” isn’t a slur, it’s a reference to the Car Talk guys and their xmas show and his role in it) in a lot of ways set the template and tone for them.  Kevin Pollack of all people and his long-running “Chat Show” didn’t start out podcasty but is a great example of a great interview show that holds the listener’s and viewer’s attention and has often been cited by podcasters as another template they aspire to be.

    As such, they’re not my form of knowledge gathering…but, my wife the physicist cum electrician can math the hell outta anybody but isn’t nearly the voracious reader I am and thus, gets a lot of her information and knowledge expansion via the podcast culture.  Also too, it does have reach:

    https://riverside.fm/blog/podcast-statistics

    And since she matches the demographic of many people on an almost-Top 10,000 blog, having a go-to list of them would be a good service.

  63. 63.

    sentient ai from the future

    @brendancalling:

    Done right, it’s no different than a niche-interest radio show like Fresh Air, On the Media, or You Bet Your Garden.

    i can’t tell whether this is “throwing shade” or “damning with faint praise”

  64. 64.

    zhena gogolia

    @WaterGirl: Lifelong (or at least since college) habit. The others are more transient. But I now read only Arts, food, and obituaries.

  65. 65.

    EmanG

    For the YouTube list I’d suggest Weekly Skews:

    Trey Crowder (Liberal Redneck) and Mark Agee discuss current issues. Kinda preaching to the choir but always a fun watch.​

  66. 66.

    WaterGirl

    @suzanne:

    Sarah Longwell’s Focus Group

    No one gave me a link for that.  Googling shows a substack, and youtube and a podcast.

    Please guys, make this simple for me.  Give me the links, please. :-)

  69. 69.

    Baud

    @Matt McIrvin:

    Never understood that. I get reasonably thinking everything is futile. I don’t get spending significant amounts of time with people talking about how futile everything is, outside the context of a support group.

  74. 74.

    WaterGirl

    This is what I’ve seen here today re: Podcasts:

    Podcasts?

    Talking Feds

    Professional Left

    Progress Pondcast

    The Dollop

    The Ben Joravsky Show

    Al Franken

    Weekly Show with John Stewart

    Know Your Enemy, from Dissent Magazine

    Why is this Happening with Chris Hayes

    Stay Tuned – Preet Bharara

    Cafe Insider- Preet Bharara & Joyce Vance

    Openib Arguments

    Five Minute News

    Did I miss any?  And I have no links for any of them.

  75. 75.

    NotMax

    @zhena gogolia

    obituaries

    a.k.a. the old ladies’ sports page.
    :)

    As an OT aside, highly recommend an entertaining 2017 documentary about that NYT department, Obit., currently streaming on both Kanopy and Hoopla.

  76. 76.

    glc

    @sentient ai from the future:

    As a technical detail, Molly White uses Ghost, which is the non-nazi alternative to Substack (a bit harder to set up).

    It should, therefore, probably  be classified as Substack since it is simply a competing platform, and that’s intended as a category.

    (If in fact CitationNeeded is added.)

  78. 78.

    CCL

    @WaterGirl:   Late to the party, but I think The New Yorker isn’t really state and local news, but rather, similar to Wired etc. – so maybe put in the Independent News.

  79. 79.

    Geminid

    John Stoehr and others write good analytical pieces for his site The Editorial Board (www.editorialboard.com).

  80. 80.

    WaterGirl

    @CCL: That makes sense.  I was tired last night when I was sorting.  I thought about that for a second and then thought fuck it. :-)

    Moved now.

  82. 82.

    WaterGirl

    @glc: Perfect, thank you!

    edit:  I went to move it but I see I already had it under substacks and newsletters.  That was easy, but glad to know it’s in the right place.

  83. 83.

    RaflW

    I’m gonna suggest a news source or two that might cause some tension, but I think in a “blogroll” as long (in a good way!) as the OP has compiled, I’m hoping we can handle at least one:

    RNS – Religion News Service. It’s free. And it’s a news service by journalists about religion. It isn’t promoting any one faith or sect.

    Like, today’s top story is Collapse of ceasefire in Gaza fractures a quiet Ramadan in holy month’s last days. (The photo illustrating the piece is remarkable, imo)

    and / or

    Religion Dispatches (also free). RD has a beat covering Christian Nationalism. They are the smaller and perhaps more pointed of the two. I’ve followed two of their correspondents for a number of years, Chrissy Stroop and Daniel Schultz.

    Offered as possibilities. Religion is driving a lot of what is happening in GOP and crazed right wing politics. Could be worth seeing what religion writers can tell us about that. But I won’t flounce off if they’re not picked up.

  84. 84.

    ChristianPinko

    Another local news source: Louisiana Illuminator

    I don’t know if they would describe themselves as progressives, but LegalEagle has been doing good pushback against the Trump regime’s shredding of the law.

    And it might be appropriate to mention YouTube’s number-one destroyer of Confederate mythmaking, Atun-Shei Films.

  85. 85.

    Sure Lurkalot

    Thumbs up for the Editorial Board that Laura and Geminid recommended.

    I like podcasts but think the political ones are very hit or miss. The news cycle is so fluid that even well scripted ones can fly off into the weeds. The only one I listen to regularly is the Professional Left, which a lot of people have already mentioned. The hosts have been doing the podcast for years and it shows.

    i know your trying to add and not subtract but Kendzior is too both sides for my taste. Sarah Longwell belongs in the same basket as Rick Wilson and Steve Schmidt. Not Democrats, not allies, truly in it for the bucks. The Lincoln Project hoovers up Dem money for their gotcha edgy videos and move the needle not at all.

  87. 87.

    NutmegAgain

    A few suggestions below. I love this idea! Thank you.

    https://nymag.com/  (NY Magazine. They often have political deep dives, as well as plenty of distraction)

    More International news:

    https://ground.news/   (NB, I have only just started reading this site for its coverage of a specific city. I hope it pans out as OK)

    https://www.spiegel.de/international/  (This is in English)

    https://www.ndr.de/radio/index.html  (basically NPR for northern Germany. Test your German! mine stinks.) Too specialized??

  89. 89.

    Matt McIrvin

    @Baud: Loomis always seems to phrase it in terms of trying to get liberals to “think about their politics” and avoid wasting money and time on useless symbolic actions, but he never gets down to a specific call to action. I think he likes union drives and strikes.

    Of course in the present situation there’s always this problem that presents itself, that we could be backed into a corner where the only kinds of action that are effective are also ones that will get you thrown in jail if you even talk about them publicly. (Not necessarily violent actions even–we may already be at the point where just criticizing the President online is dangerous, depending on who you are.)

  91. 91.

    WaterGirl

    @NutmegAgain:

    Der Spiegel is already on the list, and at least one more, so I think we’re probably set there, unless someone thinks others are better than the ones on the list.

    I don’t know where to put NY Magazine.  Is it mostly political, or not?  Because these are all intended to be political, not just “good”.  Let me know

    Ground news seems more general news-y than political to me.

  93. 93.

    schrodingers_cat

    @Baud: I also don’t like listening to people bashing the Ds for being imperfect, while the Rs are trying to burn the house down. I don’t care whether they are doing it from the left or the right.

    People like Jon Stewart are not good sources of news. Its mostly white male grievance mongering but from the left.

  94. 94.

    Baud

    @Matt McIrvin:

    I think he likes union drives and strikes

     

    At least that’s something.

    Of course, a lot of union members support Trump, but I’m not going to engage in negativity.

  96. 96.

    schrodingers_cat

    @Baud: I am totally burnt out about politics. I had quite a year last year. Also, I am an outlier both in India and here. And not a fan of leadership at the centre/federal level in either of those two places.

    I am just trying to get my life in order. 2026 I will refocus again on helping the Dems.

    Husband kitteh likes to listen a conservative political podcast from Canada, which usually features David Frum as one of the guests. He has been pretty clear eyed about Trump.

  97. 97.

    No Nym

    @WaterGirl: I think Jess Piper should be under Substack. Have not read all comments yet, but I find the Bulwark on YouTube to be good, fairly in-depth conversation and commentary most of the time.

  99. 99.

    WaterGirl

    @No Nym: Just moved Jess Piper and also searched for substack in the “Blogs” section, and there are no more subtstacks in there.

    thanks

  102. 102.

    WaterGirl

    @Another Scott: Oh, that would be awesome.

    Too tired to try that out tonight, but hopefully I will remember in the morning when I am cursing at my inbox.

  103. 103.

    Baud

    @schrodingers_cat:

    That’s cool. Take care of yourself.  The people I’m talking about don’t take a break from politics but spend their time discouraging people who are trying to find a way to do something positive.

  109. 109.

    cain

    @schrodingers_cat:

    Yep, take a break.

    I’m here in Arizona for my uncle’s 80th birthday, it’s been nothing but politics conversation.

    My dad’s younger brother, who is in India (not the oen having his 80th) had a argument with his son about Trump. Apparently, my cousin is more Trump aligned than he’s admitting. I’m trying to wrap my brain around why a man on an H1B would want to support a anti-immigrant president. He’s also an Elon Musk admirer, a number of my family. Sad. I was an early admirer, but character matters.

  111. 111.

    cain

    Anybody suggest balloon-juice yet? Heard it’s pretty good, about a guy who started as a republican and became a democrat and now is a hippie living in Tempe, AZ.

  112. 112.

    Timill

    @Another Scott: Seems to work – thanks.

    Feedly can find them given the name of the substack. but omit words like “substack”. It wouldn’t find “krugman wonks out” as the substack is actually “paulkrugman.substack.com”

  113. 113.

    CapnMubbers

    thenevadaindependent.com

    Nevada news; founded by Jon Ralston. The Nevada Independent is a statewide, reader-supported, digital-only nonprofit newsroom

  115. 115.

    frosty

    @zhena gogolia: I’ve been a TPM reader for 20 years and I particularly like the Editor’s Blog. I can’t bear to read Morning Memo when it drops in my inbox – much too depressing.

    They’ve done a good job over the years crowdsourcing their news. And Josh was ahead of the curve dumping ad revenue as a source for funding. I’ve been a member for at least five years now.

  116. 116.

    frosty

    @WaterGirl: ​I’m hostile to podcasts because they take too much time. I don’t have any time in my day (like commuting) when I could listen to them while doing something else. I’m like “Just gimme a transcript, dammit!!”

  118. 118.

    bluefoot

    About YouTube and podcasts, I don’t really follow either when it comes to news/politics. However, it might be helpful to have a few since those types of media appear to be where younger folks are getting their news. If we had some good sources to point to, maybe it would help prevent people from falling into the fever swamps?

  121. 121.

    frosty

    @Baud:Yeah, there’s one commenter who’s always first and then hijacks the whole comment thread with something funny enough to make me laugh out loud. Spoils the whole blog! //

  124. 124.

    bluefoot

    @WaterGirl: I do listen to Strict Scrutiny off and on – the podcast follows the Supreme Court.  I find it’s not as analytical as I would like, but I know others who listen regularly.

  125. 125.

    WaterGirl

    @bluefoot:

    If we had some good sources to point to, maybe it would help prevent people from falling into the fever swamps?

    Maybe!

  127. 127.

    Redshift

    Hmm, I didn’t really reread the description of what you’re compiling. I wouldn’t include the Preet Bharara podcasts as good sources of calls to action.

    Chris Hayes isn’t necessarily either, but his interviews often end up being in areas that suggest action, it with people who are taking action, so I’d suggest including it.

  129. 129.

    bluefoot

    @WaterGirl: ​
      I am going to ask my 20-something nephew where the men his age get news. He might have some suggestions. He’s staunchly liberal living in red area, games online, posts to TikTok and Discord. I don’t know how he’s managed to avoid being sucked into toxic masculinity etc since he’s been gaming online since his early teens.

  130. 130.

    glc

    @WaterGirl: I’m a bit lost here. I was referring to Citation Needed  by Molly White  (and – in principle – anything using Ghost, but that’s the one I’m actually aware of). I don’t see that  particular one in the list.

    But you may have been referring to another entry – several were mentioned in the thread I replied to. So maybe everything is as intended.

  134. 134.

    WaterGirl

    @glc: Molly White is listed under Substacks & Newsletters.

    I added (Citation Needed) next to it just now for folks who know it by that name and not her name.

    Does that clarify things?

    edit: Oh, duh. I am tired! I have been updating the actual page for the list, but of course you guys can’t see that until I copy it over into this post.

    Anyway, I have copied over the current version into the post up top.

  137. 137.

    Czar Chasm

    There are a couple of podcasts from Cool Zone Media that are worth a look:

    It Could Happen Here – Daily podcast about almost anything of interest to leftists, with a focus on fascism.  They also do a weekly release that compiles all the episodes for that week.

    Hood Politics – “Join rapper and author Propaganda and his friends as they use their hood-knowledge to break down the political scene.”  The host also regularly brings in guests to talk about their non-profits, called Terraform episodes.

  138. 138.

    WaterGirl

    I have copied over the current version into the post up top.

    I will check back in the morning for any further comments.  Thanks to everyone participating.

  142. 142.

    WTFGhost

    I am a tad bit surprised not to see https://www.mahablog.com/ listed in blogs – she also has links to other blogs, and such, and she’s a heck of a good writer.

    I confess, alas, that the reason I remember the site so well is Moe Howard’s “Maha” bits – but reading the blog reminds me that there’s a darn good reason to keep it in my bookmarks.

  143. 143.

    NotMax

    What is currently listed up top as Uncategorized is Five Minute News. Links are to the same content, just two different ways to access it.

  144. 144.

    NaijaGal

    @wmd: ​
     
    I subscribe to Ha’aretz. Very left leaning. I’ve read the Jerusalem Post once or twice on the same incident covered by Ha’aretz and it was like night and day. If they were a US paper, Trump would probably try to shut them down for “anti-Semitism.”

  145. 145.

    NutmegAgain

    @WaterGirl: OK, sorry I missed der Spiegel on the list. Yes, NY Mag has a whole section dedicated to political coverage (“Intelligencer”). Of course they cover NY based stuff, but stories like Mayor Adams are national ones as well. And they also cover national news. If you want to include it, I suggest grouping it where you have The New Yorker.

  147. 147.

    Suzanne

    @WaterGirl: Listen to it and then decide. I listened to her podcast roughly weekly for the six months prior to the election, and they ended up presaging the outcome pretty closely.

  148. 148.

    comrade scotts agenda of rage

    @schrodingers_cat:

    Longwell is Luntz in a dress.

    That’s how I’ve seen her described as well.  My limited exposure did nothing to capture my attention either.

    And as Sure Lurkalot said above, waaaaaaay to both siderism and just another Never Trumper grifting for money.  Hell, I’d list Jen Rubin over her as Rubin really does seem to have followed Cole to a degree along the proverbial Road to Damascus.

  150. 150.

    Rokka

    Techdirt is not a news site, it’s a blog that advocates for big tech disruption and piracy at the expense of writers, artists and musicians. Any recent turn on their part is more of a CYA move than anything else. Two of the best copyright advocacy sites are

    artistrightswatch.com

    and

    illusionofmore.com

  151. 151.

    UncleEbeneezer

    @frosty: My podcast listening has drastically reduced since my commute decreased from 30-60 minutes, to just 15 minutes.  I actually miss the long stretches of podcast listening and am finding that I’m never caught up now on my faves.

  152. 152.

    Another Scott

    Not a source (this is already a great list), but something I came across that appeals to my truthiness meter. Phys.org:

    […]

    Who and what makes a good persuasive argument?

    In addition to showing that it is possible to change the opinion of someone with an opposing view, the study highlights what kinds of people and arguments are most persuasive.

    The results showed the most successful persuaders bridged identity divides, were able to view another person’s perspective and utilized personal narratives and the highlighting of common ground.

    “What matters is meeting people where they are. Persuasion is most likely when the would-be persuader can see the issue through the other person’s eyes,” Naunov said. “The most effective arguments bridge identity divides through personal narratives and a respectful acknowledgment of the recipient’s perspective, which lowers defensiveness and increases openness to the persuader’s viewpoint.”

    The least successful approach, the researchers found, was when would-be persuaders emphasized their political knowledge and engagement, traits that can be seen as off-putting and lead to negative results. Similarly, bombarding people with facts to prove them wrong was not effective.

    Citizen-to-citizen persuasion, when the goal is more than just scoring points

    The researchers say the study lays a foundation for a new program of research exploring the persuasive potential of regular people and the social, psychological and contextual factors that can support or block persuasive potential.

    It also highlights the advantages of citizen-to-citizen persuasion over persuasion attempts by politicians and media pundits, especially when the goal is to persuade and not just score points for their side.

    “We tend to feel less hostility toward out-party citizens than out-party elites. Unlike political elites, ordinary citizens aren’t running for office, they’re not paid to advance a partisan narrative, and their careers don’t depend on toeing the party line. This makes them come across as more authentic, less strategic and ultimately more persuasive,” Naunov said.

    Importantly, the study also raises big questions about the kind of divisiveness that is so common in the public space and social media platforms.

    “However, aspiring authoritarians and techno-feudalists might benefit from this kind of divisiveness, ordinary people do not,” said Naunov. “On a practical level, we should be asking what specific platform features shape whether people can even attempt persuasion in the first place. And how can we create alternative spaces that encourage more respectful and constructive political engagement?”

    More information: Martin Naunov et al, Who’s Persuasive? Understanding Citizen-to-citizen Efforts to Change Minds, The Journal of Politics (2025). DOI: 10.1086/735630

    Best wishes,
    Scott.

  154. 154.

    The Audacity of Krope

    @Another Scott: Personally, most times I’ve been persuaded on an issue, it has been someone who mostly agrees with me digging into a little niche of an issue I hadn’t considered.  My go-to example here is Barack Obama convincing me corn ethanol subsidies are not helpful for sustainable energy policy.

  157. 157.

    Tasha

    The Des Moines Register is just another USA today clone, not the good paper it was circa 40 years ago.

  158. 158.

    hitchhiker

    Heavens, what a collection of lists! Thank you, seriously.

    I can only add that if I want to know quickly if anything’s going on politically, I go to r/politics sub on reddit. It’s where people left of center hang out, it has a giant (8 million +) following, with (right now) about 8000 people logged in.

    The rule is, you post information from other sites there, with the headline just as it appears on that site. They take down stuff that’s paywalled, and people are adding content and comments constantly.

    What that means is, if you go there and hit the “new” option, you’ll see what’s  just been deemed newsworthy and notable, in list form, with embedded links to the original stories.

    And if you want to talk about it, you can.

  159. 159.

    Sherparick

    @TBone: ​
      I expect that for much of the Biden Administration, we were hoping they would walk away from the 30 year domination of politicians and consultants formed under the influence of the Democratic Leadership Council, and Sarah pointed out that without a great shock that was not going to happen, that they were all to dependent on donors (NY delegation including both Senators are exemplar of this dependence, including whoring for the Crypto Industry). Sarah is not shy about pointing out the corruption.

  161. 161.

    Trivia Man

    I passed on the list, the first question i got was why PBS isnt on it. I never watch but im suspicious of corporate underwriting and probably sane washing.

  163. 163.

    Platonicspoof

    Indian Country Today is a non-profit news source about Indigenous peoples of the Americas. Includes a section called ‘Elections’. Founded as The Lakota Times in 1981.

     

    Tom Dispatch is opinion and analysis of the news with articles usually full of hyperlinks if you want to see more or judge the sources for yourself. Around for over twenty years, from just before the U.S. invaded Iraq and was very antiwar as I remember it.

  164. 164.

    Almost80

    Texas Tribune and  Al-Jazeera (hope that second one doesn’t bring stuff raining down on me). Also, I didn’t see The Guardian on there.

  168. 168.

    Ramalama

    Thanks for doing this WG. I nominate Samantha Bees’s podcast Choice Words. She’s a comedic actor yes but is also involved in politics, and her podcast can be outright political or just lined with politics while she riffs with other comedians and actors.

  169. 169.

    ReneeW

    No listing for The Bulwark (Substack & YouTube)? Yes, they’re mostly former center right Republicans but they despise the orange man (and today’s crop of Republicans in general) with the white hot hatred of a thousand suns and are now firmly on our side of the divide. They’re doing original reporting so it’s not just all analysis and opinion. I like them quite a bit, and I think we need friends wherever we can find them.

  170. 170.

    Old Mike

    @suzanne: I agree. Preet Bharara’s podcasts usually provide good deep dives into complex legal and political topics and are worth listening to.

  171. 171.

    Geminid

    @Almost80: I think Al Jazeera is a decent news source. I keep in mind that it is sponsored by the Qatari government just like Al Arabiya is sponsored by the Saudi government, so I wouldn’t want to make either site my sole source for Middle East news.

    There are plenty of others though. London-based Middle East Eye has good reporting as does Turkiye’s many news sites including Daily Sabah. I’m partial to Ankara-based Clash Report; its a good news aggregator, and since seasoned security reporter Levent Kemal joined last October Clash Report has put up some well-sourced original reporting.

  172. 172.

    Lily

    Could only read a few comments (sudden serious eye problem) so this may already be addressed.  If so, sorry.

    List of a few good audio news sources.   I dont know much, but have found the BBC site’s live news (and later recorded) good.  It’s available always, unlike going to some site  at a certain time.   (I also prefer the bbc for US news not just international.)  Links could be as usual, just a  list of a few sites where audio easily availavle in real human voices. .

    WG has way more work than seems humane, so  this thought is for John or others to consider.

    Another thought: Accessibility for sight impaired is prob too much for this site, but (co-incidentally before my own sudden problem),  I became more aware of work now being done by a few to increase accessibility.  Some are  developing good (from a dancer knowlegeable standpoint)  live (precise) description of dance performances  (an intereseting complex performance itself).  And oof dance teachers who teach dance to blind and visually impaired dancers.  Again a very interesting thing that is happening. Blind dancers are now  joining dance companies and going to calls for hollywood pieces and commercials. .

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