A problem with authoritarianism and media conglomeration is that the owners of these media companies don't care if they are profitable so they use them rather to send signals to the authoritarian who wields control over their profit-making businesses.
The ultimate boss of failing upward.
Ryan Enos
One must understand that there is nothing more Chicago than the White Sox.
(And, yes, that is a swipe at the Cubs)
The entire job of a judge is to characterize things. To say whether they were violations of the law, whether they caused harm, etc.
It is actually worse. He asks "who got more votes?" and he refuses to answer. This is a simple matter of fact. It would be like asking "is the sky blue?" and the nominee claiming he couldn't answer.
We are made so much dumber by authoritarianism.
It's worth reflecting on how perverse this is. The implication is that any simple matter of fact, as in "were the defendant's fingerprints on the knife?" cannot be something on which a judge has an opinion if a politician also has an opinion....
CBS News boss Bari Weiss is likely to gain editorial oversight of CNN if and when Paramount Skydance’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery is approved, according to a report.
There is nothing about capitalism that says we cede moral agency. We are making a choice when we do business with Elon Musk: when we buy his products, let him into our government to use our tax dollars, post on his platform. We enable him.
Mike Boylan-Kolchin
America is at war. People are experiencing significant economic pain. And this is what we have going at the seat of power.
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Excellent public testimony here on (and against) Trump’s proposed Arch by @hollybfletcher.bsky.social.
open.substack.com/pub/hollyber...
But keep in mind this is just the tip of the iceberg in corruption. There has never been anything like it in American history. When voters start paying attention (they largely aren't right now), there will be massive blowback. Lawmakers must seize the moment for reform.
“X owner Elon Musk shared a post from Robinson (whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon) announcing locations of protests, and another from the far-right Restore Britain party that read: ‘Do not make peace with evil. Destroy it.’”
