Musk buying twitter, Bezos buying WaPo, Ellison buying CBS—all are less profitable now. But they’re political investments that increase the value of the new owners’ portfolios
Wealth concentration makes this possible, and that’s one mechanism by which inequality destroys democracy
Polymarket offered me enough money to pay my rent for ten months for one post in my newsletter and I turned it down because I enjoy being able to sleep at night.
In the last 18 months, Congress has given DHS $240 billion — a quarter of a trillion.
Once again observing that no one ever ran "President Biden's approval ratings have tumbled. But here in West Baltimore, these black lesbians say he delivered on key promises.
Jake Grumbach
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
mtsw
Molly Knight
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.
BREAKING: The House passes a $70 billion bill to fund immigration enforcement for three years, sending the measure to President Trump.
Who was investigated for fraud.
House Republicans have passed a nearly $70 billion bill to fund immigration enforcement agencies for the next three years and the rest of President Donald Trump's term in office.
INVESTIGATION: 🚨 A Polymarket exec used a personal PayPal account to pay major political influencers like Riley Gaines and Brian Krassenstein, who then hyped how "accurate" Polymarket is at predicting outcomes.
We uncovered $350,000+ flowing to influencers this way
www.politico.com/news/2026/06...
lmao
BREAKING: Thune just filed cloture on the nomination of Justin Smith — one of Trump's personal lawyers — to serve on the 8th Circuit. Smith is an election denier & anti-civil rights extremist, and he is deeply entrenched in Leonard Leo's dark money operation.
He belongs nowhere near the judiciary.
The ultimate boss of failing upward.
We often label fossil fuel firms as #climate criminals (and they are) but spare a thought for the bankers without whose mega-funding this would not be possible.
They are every bit as criminally culpable.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The company’s chief marketing officer, Matthew Modabber, used a personal PayPal account to send money to content creators, according to records reviewed by POLITICO.
President Trump’s approval numbers have tumbled, hurt by worries about the economy and the Iran war. But in west-central Ohio, voters still firmly in his camp say he has delivered on key promises. 🔗 on.wsj.com/4fy6549
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.
