VisuNews Podcast – The 9/11 of Bad Takes, Fact Checking the Internet and Losing Mercy
PHOTOS: Friday Night in Rochester
Photos from the Friday night protests in Rochester, NY
Fact Check: Rochester BLM Protesters were NOT Breaking into Apt Building
Become a Patron! The far-right misinformation machine – namely Tim Pool, Ian Miles Cheong among others have been sharing a video from Rupty wire service that shows two Rochester protesters blocking a door. Their claim – which is a lie (and they know it’s a lie as they have been corrected by multiple people at…
The March Continues: Photos from the March on Washington 2020
Photos from the 2020 March on Washington
VisuNews Podcast – RNC, Racism and Steamed Hams
Aaron Cynic and I chat calmly about The Purge-like Republican National Convention. How there was, unsurprisingly no voices outside of the Trump cult, the terrifying world of MAGA, and two days of weird “TRUMP’S NOT RACIST” and “TRUMP HAS BLACK FRIENDS.” Then we move on to the linguistics of “officer-involved shootings,” well-coiffed racist Richard Spencer’s…
Steve Bannon, Kris Kobach and the ‘We Build the Wall’ Scandal
For GregPalast.com August 21st, 2020 (This is a slightly extended version of the piece published at the link above) Kris Kobach, creator of the Crosscheck voter purge program which has thrown millions off Americans of the voter rolls is once again in the middle of a corruption scandal. The ‘non-profit’ that he acted as lead…
WATCH: Members of the Press, Elected officials Call for Changes in NYPD Press Credentialing
“The relationship we have now with the NYPD is untenable and needs to radically change, If an NYPD press credential means you must stand away from a story and kowtow to questionable edicts from people in power, or you need to play a quid pro quo game with the NYPD in order to report on…
Photojournalists on the Unite the Right Rally 3 Years on and more…
Become a Patron! This is a special crossover episode of the Visu.News and Around the Lens podcasts. We’re recording this on the third anniversary of the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville that ended in the death of Heather Heyer and severe injuries to dozens more. I’m here with a handful of photojournalists who were…
Nikema Williams to Take Place of Rep. John Lewis on Ballot in November 2020
Congressman John Lewis passed this week leaving a nation mourning and a place on the ballot open for his seat in Congress. The Democratic Party in Georgia was left to decide who was to take that slot and they chose State Senator Nikema Williams. She’s a prominent member of the State Senate in Georgia and…
Proud Boys, Militias Bikers and Nazis ‘Defend’ Gettysburg from ‘Antifa’
It all started out with a hilariously bad social media post. It was a graphic that was just too oddly made. I won’t say bad, but I certainly won’t say good – either way, it certainly wasn’t made the way that an antifascist would. “ANTIFA PRESENTS” should have been the first sign… before you even…