Hell yes.
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Hell yes.
Swalwell: There’s going to be a Democratic majority in just over a year. To the FCC chairperson and anyone in involved in these dirty deals: get a lawyer and save your records because you’re going to be in this room answering questions
Can we put them both in a room and lock the door and lose the key?
Are we dealing with brownshirts? Yes, yes I think it’s accurate to say we are.
The fact that the SCOTUS ripped away Roe v Wade and the next day most people just went back to work has made me profoundly depressed about the prospects for our future.
Luckily, Sinclair has a helpful database of all their stations, so you can see if they're operating in your area and respond accordingly. sbgi.net/tv-stations/
You can’t talk about cleaning up crime in D.C. while a 34-count convicted felon is running the country.
At least. Add another zero to that number and I’ll believe we are starting to reveal some actual info. Add Trump’s name at the top and I’ll know they are telling the truth.
A study of violent vs. non-violent civil resistance since 1900: 3.5 % That's what it takes.
I try not to swear a lot but fuck Carr and the fascist he rode in on.
I suspect the advantage of having a good agent is one can still have confidence while going off the rails?
Also less than half the country reads books now so we have that..er..
Carr is a castrated cowardly sellout garbage person who who gives a bad name to castrated cowardly sellout garbage persons.
The people saying that “leftists” want them dead are the same people wildly applauding an administration that’s cutting cancer research and access to life-saving vaccines; gutting the Social Safety Net; and emptying poisons into our air, water, and food through deregulation. But sure.
Walz: This is North Korea style stuff. And it's being done because this is a weak, thin skinned man who's failing as a president. All of the things he promised are not happening. It's a it's our most cherished freedom to point out very clearly, this is a terrible president
I don’t care about Biden at this point. He’s gone. We are 8 months into a fascist takeover and shredding of the Constitution. Swear to god this is ceaseless worrying about curtains while the house is on fire.
That’s putting it nicer than did.
CBS parent company Paramount canceled Colbert to win approval from Trump's FCC to merge with Skydance. Now ABC parent company Disney suspends Kimmel as it seeks DOJ approval to buy Fubo — and its affiliate Nexstar seeks FCC approval to buy Tegna. See how this works?
It was never about “freedom.” It was always about who was in control.
Vaccines are safe. Vaccines are effective. RFK Jr. must resign. www.youtube.com/shorts/fsXks...
if the democratic party were led by van hollen instead of chuck schumer or hakeem jeffries right now democratic party approval rating would fly through the roof
This guy will now decide which jokes are appropriate.
And yet 40% just don’t seem to care (yet?).
We're witnessing the culminating rot of shareholder capitalism in real time. Some of the most powerful corporations in America have sided with an authoritarian regime in order to protect their short term profits — the fundamental rights of everyone else be damned.
Whatever you do, please don’t stop reading. Read for joy. Read for education. Read for resistance. Read banned books. Read books by marginalized authors. Read about experiences that differ from your own. Just. Keep. Reading.
This FCC does not have the authority, the ability, or the constitutional right to police content or punish broadcasters for speech the government dislikes. Free speech is the foundation of our democracy, and we must push back against any attempt to erode it.
100%
I stand with PBS. I stand with NPR. I stand with Stephen Colbert. I stand with Jimmy Kimmel. I stand with the First Amendment. PERIOD.* *Also #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files
When you've lost the WSJ Editorial Board, and now....Karl Rove! "Using Charlie’s murder to justify retaliation against political rivals is wrong and dangerous. It will further divide and embitter our country. No good thing will come of it." I gifted this article. www.wsj.com/opinion/they...
of all the things I am not going to buy, this is the thing I am not going to buy the most
My first academic article was on the dictatorship of Uzbekistan inventing a group called "Akromiya" that did not really exist but which they used to arrest anyone with whom they disagreed under the pretext of "terrorism". Just bringing this up for no reason whatsoever!
I joke and still end up screaming. 🤷🏻♂️
As long as people do it and don’t just post about it.
What haven’t you ever seen a cult in action before?
When government intimidation and corporate cowardice meet, free speech dies. Boycott ABC and Disney until they stand up to Brendan Carr’s censorship. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Our democracy is not self-executing. It depends on us all as citizens, regardless of our political affiliations, to stand up and fight for the core values that have made this country the envy of the world.
Not nearly enough people have gone back to read this book in the last 10 years.
It’s long past time for Donald Trump to release the Epstein files. Now, there’s another layer that you may not know about Epstein. And if Republicans weren’t scared, Congress could do something about it. Here’s how: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDrM...
What court Chuck?
Accept the message on this one day but never for a second forget the story of the Frog and the Scorpion.
The age of Right Wing accountability is past. Or perhaps it never was.
Jon Stewart in 2022: “Comedy doesn’t change the world, but it’s a bellwether... When a society feels under threat, comedians are who gets sent away first.” apnews.com/article/bill...
“Beneath this mask there is more than flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea, Mr. Creedy, and ideas are bulletproof"
He Wants The Files! Jamie Raskin Law Professor “Fascism is not a fixed ideological system but rather a strategy for taking and holding power.” “Tyrants tell stories only about themselves because history for them begins and ends with their own insatiable appetites.” Rep. Jamie Raskin
I’m not at all sad if his feelings are hurt
Certainly is when SCOTUS is prepared to greenlight all RW monopolies.
Exactly this
Just an observation…
Enough do. Sure streaming is larger but underestimating the impact of monsters like Sinclair in rural America is part of how we arrived at this disaster.
When the GOP loses control of the presidency, there needs to be a concerted play to break up these huge mergers and companies. We can NO LONGER allow business interests to decimate our constitutional rights. Also Epstein files could be released today if Trump said yes
Right? We're really good at stuff when we put our minds to it.
While I hate Putin as much as the next person…and he’s certainly using the useful idiot as much as he can. The Tech Bro oligarchs consolidating wealth power media is what’s holding the door open for all of this.
Kimmel should announce he's running for president
That may not be a totally insane idea. A full frontal response that keeps him in front of the message. Pat Paulsen but with way more traction and intent.
Yep. Seems like people got complacent and it’s just kept steadily advancing.
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No longer small market. Like a cancer they have metastasized.
Sinclair has had an agenda and plan they have been moving toward for years and years. We used to discuss it a lot 10 years ago when they were gobbling up all the rural radio stations and flipping them to nutty right wing programming but people didn’t pay attention.
He’s a loon but an exceedingly dangerous billionaire loon.
A whole lot more people need to be aware of who Thiel is and what he wants to do. He’s the guy doing in the dark what Musk is doing in broad daylight. Then again half the world seems incapable of understanding how dangerous Musk is too.
What’s the outlook for anyone speaking truth remaining in their job for more than a few months at this point? Good Night and Good Luck.
Dems getting back into power only changes the drapes unless there is also a removal of the oligarchs. Currently I’m dubious about that happening. Maybe we get Kimmel back but will it matter if Sinclair or Ellison own half the media and some other billionaire owns the rest?
This is a time when everyone should watch the 1976 film Network. It is as relevant now as it was then. youtu.be/yuBe93FMiJc?...
Anyone else feeling this way these days? 😂
That assumed that the SCOTUS isn’t bought and paid for…which it is. The courts won’t save us. At best it’s just a few speed bumps along the way to full autocracy. Which is almost insured as oligarchs consolidate all media.
The sooner everyone realizes this….well not sure it’ll get better but at least the root cause will be understood. The rest is just a distracting magic show.
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And offering tribute for their back room business deal with Nexstar.
Hate speech is now just speech that Trump hates.
I can’t laugh but yup.
How many of them are that Asian model? I kid I kid…no seriously is she half the total follower ship of BlueSky? So annoying. But congrats anyway. Keep speaking truth.
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How can we look at the Jimmy Kimmel firing and not remember the "red scare" aka "Hollywood Blacklist" of the 1950's. I ask ABC, "Have you no shame?".
Pay an extra few thousand so you can have a quickly outdated and limited iPad glued to your fridge already seemed insane to me. But the ads make it totally worth it 🥳
2022 — a confession:
Checking in on this
Just so I'm clear: TV host says we should kill every homeless person? No big deal TV host says the right must "go to war" with the left? Pfft. TV host says the government is cracking down on critics? Well, the government cracks down on him for the criticism. Free speech, everyone.
Virtually all incitement to political violence comes from the right. Virtually all political violence comes from the right. The right made a felon and rapist POTUS. Meanwhile, the left keeps nominating for POTUS lawyers who believe in rule of law. Do *not* let this timeline gaslight you. Ever.
I don’t doubt you.
The union representing the musicians from Jimmy Kimmel’s band releases a statement calling the FCC’s pressure on Disney “state censorship.”
What America is going through is not unusual in historical terms. Plenty of examples like it today elsewhere in the world. What makes it unusual is the rapid collapse from a set of widely espoused norms and values that centered on liberty. It is the sacking of the shining city on hill that shocks.
The only response to them is a middle finger.
While I agree and we should do it now and do it loud, I don’t think it will change them. Look at the WaPo. No credibility and massive subscriber loss. But the point wasn’t about subscriber money. They don’t care about is little fish. The game is bigger.
When you cancel your Disney, Hulu, ESPN, etc. subscriptions, you will likely find “Other” as one of the options to provide a reason. Upon clicking that, it opens a field where you can expound. I typed “Kimmel” Our money. Our choice. Our voice.
People need to remember the past.
And waaay too many idiots supporting them.