Madeline Peltz
Madeline Peltz is a researcher at Media Matters, where she has worked since January 2017. She has a bachelor’s degree in politics from Oberlin College. She was previously an intern at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and in the office of Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH).
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CBS invited a war criminal to their dinner party
This is just one example of mainstream media not only refusing to ask questions of war criminals, but blatantly befriending them.
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There is a dramatic slowdown in the previously accelerating pace of coal plant retirements because utility companies are responding to a rise in electricity demand from data centers and other sources.
House GOP cancels endangered species vote amid backlash while advancing food aid cuts
A planned Earth Day rollback of wildlife protections collapsed under public pressure and internal divisions as Republicans continued pursuing cuts to nutrition programs alongside rising war spending.
Trump invokes wartime powers to expand fossil fuel production amid rising energy costs
Defense Production Act orders authorize federal support for oil, coal, liquefied natural gas, and grid infrastructure as industry profits increase during Iran conflict.
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