Stephanie Miller, Thom Hartmann, Late Night Comedians and Pacifica Network are remnants of the American Free Press

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https://signalpress.blogspot.com/2026/02/remnants-of-americas-free-press.html

Freedom of the press, along with an educated and informed electorate, is the cornerstone of the American Republic. With newspapers, radio, television and internet outlets being the domain of corporations whose financial insterests make them enemies of the people's interests, rather than keeping government honest, those who tell the truth based on the facts have become rare. It's kind of ironic, with Trump having turned the government into a circus of chaos, that the most honest and up front people in media, the remnants of a true "free press," are largely comedians who deliver what has become a daily budget of disaster with a nice comedic edge. That may be the only way we can even stand to hear it.

I listen to Stephanie Miller every morning on the way to work, because I know that what I hear there will be factual. I don't know anyone who has been able to develop a vocabulary that mocks Trump's grandiose bragging and over use of the same extreme terms like she does/ Every time I hear the word, "eleventy-billion", it cracks me up and that has a way of calming me down. I think one of the best strategies Trump opposition and Democrats could have would be to make this program go viral and keep the same tone, format and approach.

Everyone who comes to the mic on that show brings facts and reason and sanity to the discussion. I trust their political judgment, and the laughs are natural, not forced. The level of frustration, incedulity, shock and amazement at the absolute disaster we are seeing unfold every single day resonates with me, and has a way of giving me a sense of vindication and justification for the anger and frustration. They make me feel like we are all watching an incredible disasater unfold together, experiencing and expressing common feelings, and getting a sense of hope that together, we can beat this thing.

I finish listening to her on my way home after work, followed up by Thom Hartmann, who does an outstanding job of just letting people vent their frustrations and point out corruption. I think it is important to hear what Americans are saying and be encouraged that as this moment has come when we are going to get a chance to make a difference, people will turn out and do what they've had bottled up inside for a while now. And I think a lot of Thom's callers are helping leaders who are genuinely committed to resisting Trumpism be encouraged that they are not standing alone, not for a minute.