This and the ABC capitulation are the same: Transactional. No nasty coverage, you won’t lose your WH access, brdcast license, corp. footprint in China, etc. Trump has points of leverage over the corp media. Our big mistake of the last 20 yrs - letting the news media become a corporate profit center.

The problem with appeasing bullies is that "Please don't hurt me" never works.

And the LA Times. And the WaPo. And Meta. And Amazon.

She will be in there to assure that no Senator ever feels safe uttering a word against Trump.

I am listening to the amazing Ron Chernow book on Ulysses Grant and the corruption in DC following the Civil War (Johnson administration) is SO on point with today’s political arena. Just BRAZEN corruption, like Trump. Johnson’s supporters were bitter former slave holders enraged that they lost.

Crazy crazy crazy

But, the emotion that this is written about eludes that it is something that is challenging not that is deep of destruction?

Oh you they would have a 20 investigations and 100 law suits.

Unbelievable

And sadly 80% of Americans don't know what autocracy means- nor do they care to learn.

Do you finally understand WHY he picked Lil Marco as Sec of State? Did you REALLY think he likes him enough to give him that high profile position? Nope. It got Rubio out of the Senate to get Laura in. Then he'll fire Rubio and replace him with a horrible pic as "Acting SOS." Tell me I'm wrong.

I suppose that I’ve gotten too jaded now to be surprised at anything that they propose..it’s not like We haven’t already had a Preview..(sigh)

It’s here. Getting all prettied up to join WWIII, which is also already here.

This entire “administration” is nothing but a cabal of sexual predators and grifters who will rape and pillage their way to total destruction

It’s stunning. It’s sad. It’s another example of how fucked we are. So if things go as well as last time what’s her vote on impeachment? Shouldn’t you have a law degree? Or a brain? Or integrity?

They applaud it. Promote it. Normalize it.

Same media that sold us a bullshit war in Iraq and no one should have taken that seriously either.

Supine, comatose, scared, un-American. Silence Dogood weeps Jefferson weeps Ivins weeps Cronkite weeps

Doesn’t seem like much can be done to stop any of this.

Wait til they expand the SC.

Why do people seem surprised by any of this? The son of a bitch is doing EXACTLY what he promised he would do. I mean...did people suddenly think he would just become a good guy?

Legacy news media has failed absolutely.

the left must constantly force all these guys to actually do their job; to see if they can really think on their feet. "No you can't call your advisor first - YOU must make this hard decision!" yeah right bsky.app/profile/verm...

Chelsea at 14 would have been more qualified

Relentless investigations looking into HuNTeR BiDEn using his father’s name for earning $$$ comes off as fabricated performance art by Comer, Jordan, et al.

She's about as qualified as Gaetz, Boebert, Greene, Gabbard, Vance, et al. yet all were "elected" to congress. Qualifications no longer matter. Favoritism, loyalty, nepotism, and cronyism are now the criteria.

The MSM is complicit. I assume it's because they agree with Trump's choices and agenda. They couldn't be afraid of a bumbling old man who is almost eighty, could they?

How about If Carter appointed his brother Billy as a govt official? Remember Billy Beer?

We don’t need the legacy media to cover it - that’s not how most folks get their news. We need folks who are in charge of stopping this BS to actually stop it.

At first I was surprised she would have time to be a US senator what her demanding singing career but then I remembered Ted Cruz has a full-time job as a podcaster and being a senator is only his side hustle.

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being a senator will become akin to being a used car salesman.

she doesn't even know what the Senate is supposed to do... it's just a trump trophy

I think you meant "Autocracy is *on* its way." So that's what I'm responding to here. I believe #GrifterTrump is setting up both a monarchy and an autocracy. But since he's so into branding, I'm guessing he wants his snitty name to continue on to cause us misery for decades and centuries to come.

Hypocrisy

The problem is that we lost mainstream media long ago. For profit industries have a difficult time differentiating right from wrong.

Sleepwalking right into autocracy

I’m bemused by the passivity of the Florida GOP. There would be legitimate candidates for that vacancy who are now being corruptly bypassed by the new ‘Royal family’. Donald Trump - Decapitating America.

Lara will end up being Donald's successor because she is the only family member with the drive and the ability. She'll be a disaster, though, of course.

No David, it isn't. The media is ass kissing the diaper wearing adjudicated rapist felon out of fear. They aren't afraid of @democrats.org so they can screw them in their reporting. The media is also afraid of the #Trump mouth breathing votes that could bolt from their advertisers. C'mon man.

Media has no balls these days

Got your latest email: "Im worried the media isn't up to the task." Lemme allay your worries: clearly, the media ISNT up to the task. So, there ya go: worries replaced by anguish.

And promising a cabinet seat in return.

Stop comparing Dems to this fucked up insanity.

*on

Trump has been treated differently by all of the legacy media. It's bullshit.

That would be awful, but this is okay.

Nothing they do surprises me.

On. But yeah.

No. They are making a choice to bow to Trump, therefore allowing autocracy to take over. They are complicit. You make it sound like they don’t have a choice. They do.

Listen. Do you hear the sad whinnies traveling from Ocala paddock to Ocala paddock? Each says the same thing-“Why not me? It coulda been me.”

Alaska Sen. Frank Murkowski appointed Lisa Murkowski to the Senate when he was elected governor.

As you know, it's the sheer firehose of it.

Wasn't Jesse Jackson Jr imprisoned for this in Illinois?

Whoops, I meant blago, our govenor, Jr was imprisoned for something different, but he was part of the scheme.

The pump don't work 'cause the vandals took the handle

The very idea that one can buy safety from a shark by giving it an hors d'oeuvre and that this will prevent them from eating you whole is the craven act of a spineless coward. The lowest sort of men. Vishy France 2. #FuckThat #FuckThis #FuckThem

Don't say that too loud. Joe and Mika might apologize to Foxnews on your behalf. 😀😃