Marisa Kabas is the founder of The Handbasket, an independent newsletter and website that has been breaking stories left and right about government workers, the media business, and Trump’s mass deportation campaign. Please go subscribe to The Handbasket here!

In this episode of the podcast, Jason and Marisa share notes Marisa about doing journalism without a big newsroom, how the media business has changed over the last decade, and why sources often prefer to talk to journalists who don’t work for mainstream media.

Stories discussed:

Truth, morality and independence in journalism under the second Trump regimeMy full remarks to students and faculty at Grinnell College.The HandbasketMarisa KabasBreaking: The Handbasket is first to report catastrophic OMB funding memoPosted on Bluesky earlier this evening, other major outlets have since confirmed.The HandbasketMarisa KabasMove fast and break peopleFor Elon Musk’s government, the psychological warfare is the point.The HandbasketMarisa Kabas

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