Alternative news source recommendations

The following are probably not exactly what you're looking for, but because I've been wanting to recommend them as alternative sources for news, I'm going to mention them anyway. Actually, one is a solid recommendation and the other is something I'd like my fellow Tildeites to review and give comments on.

Heather Cox Richardson is a political historian who discusses the current events (from the US angle) that everyone else is discussing, with some key differences: she includes viewpoints and topics I haven't seen mentioned anywhere else and she explains the key factors of the legal system around each topic so that I can actually follow along even though I'm not familiar with US politics that deeply myself. She doesn't shy away from 'boring but important', for example the Boundary Waters sulfide mining vote in Minnesota. For this reason I would classify her as an alternative source.

In the video I linked above, she follows her usual framework where she answers viewers' questions, but then she also weaves in an alternative version of a 'State of the Union' speech because not much leadership could be expected from the Tantrum Tyrant. If the thing is too long to watch in its entirety, I recommend this part in the end because it gave me hope, and it did so in a credible, non-fluffy way. See it especially if you are American! (But also if you are from somewhere else and developing resentment towards Americans due to their incompetent and immoral leaders.)

Downside: very prolific, doesn't edit her material much so it gets slightly rambly and long-form (but even her rambly mind is strikingly acute and its workings a pleasure to witness!).

Upside: no visual content so you can just listen to these while doing chores, sports, whatever.

On to the second one: House of El

From the description:

I’m El — PhD in Computer Science, systems thinker, and geopolitical analyst.

This channel unpacks how nations are built, and who they’re built to serve. Through sharp contrasts and quiet truths, we explore global power, hidden design choices, and the invisible systems shaping wealth, resilience, and collapse. From Nordic efficiency to American dysfunction, every video is a lens into what makes societies succeed or quietly self-destruct.

If you’re drawn to geopolitics, design thinking, and uncomfortable questions with elegant answers - welcome.

My gripes with this channel: her titles are unnecessarily inflammatory and it makes me think the content may not be fact-based, although I can't immediately pinpoint things about it that are false (but I'm also not an expert in this field). Her scripts sound AI-generated to the point of ticking me off. I'm not saying that they are, they just come with a lot of "It's not this, it's that" and other similarly overused structures. Maybe using AI helps her post more often or something and I'm willing to tolerate that if I can otherwise trust that she is a real person with real knowledge who carefully fact-checks her content before recording it. But I'm not entirely sure if I should. I'd love for someone to take a look and comment on this!

The reason I wanted to mention it here is because I just saw this rant from you and I think this channel's content may provide some relief: Europe seems to be acting in resistance, to a greater extent that I myself was aware of before. (You're still right that EU countries are guilty of colonialism too.)

I know I said two channels but I want to add a third one, even though it may be known by many on Tildes already and it's also focused on a hot topic: Pivot to AI. David Gerard posts a short, AI-related news story almost daily, with the aim to be as truthful as possible but often with a dose of lighthearted sarcasm.