@lbloom.bsky.social
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it feels conspiratorial and hyperbolic to acknowledge it, but it really is true
It appears that the goal is one giant media company controlled by "Friends of the State."
Jared Kushner's involvement was "not mentioned in Paramount's press release on Monday morning about its $108 billion bid, nor were participating sovereign wealth funds from Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Qatar."
fancy that
fancy that
December 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
it feels conspiratorial and hyperbolic to acknowledge it, but it really is true
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The reason to require government approval of big mergers is to prevent market-distorting concentrations of corporate power that harm competition and consumers, not so the president can distort the market in favor of ideological allies and/or solicit a bribe for himself.
December 8, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The reason to require government approval of big mergers is to prevent market-distorting concentrations of corporate power that harm competition and consumers, not so the president can distort the market in favor of ideological allies and/or solicit a bribe for himself.
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Jared Kushner's involvement was "not mentioned in Paramount's press release on Monday morning about its $108 billion bid, nor were participating sovereign wealth funds from Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Qatar."
fancy that
fancy that
Jared Kushner is part of Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
Paramount is telling WBD shareholders that it has a smoother path to regulatory approval than does Netflix.
www.axios.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Jared Kushner's involvement was "not mentioned in Paramount's press release on Monday morning about its $108 billion bid, nor were participating sovereign wealth funds from Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Qatar."
fancy that
fancy that
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What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.”
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
December 7, 2025 at 10:01 PM
What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.”
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
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I turned off the news for 1 day to give myself a break, and came back to this. wtf is going on now?
New US security strategy aligns with Russia's vision, Moscow says
The Kremlin welcomes the starkly worded document, which does not cast Russia as a threat to the US.
www.bbc.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I turned off the news for 1 day to give myself a break, and came back to this. wtf is going on now?
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I can’t help but notice that a bunch of people think “actual thinking” means “insipid contrarianism that substitutes banal edgelordery for any meaning or principle.”
it’s been pretty funny to see Polis’ addiction to posting completely end any discussion of him as a potential 2028 candidate
December 8, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I can’t help but notice that a bunch of people think “actual thinking” means “insipid contrarianism that substitutes banal edgelordery for any meaning or principle.”
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Not at all surprising that @gideonrachman.bsky.social nails it in his reading of the NSS here.
"The Trump administration view of 'western civilisation' is based on race, Christianity and nationalism. The European version is a liberal view founded on democracy, human rights and the rule of law ..."
"The Trump administration view of 'western civilisation' is based on race, Christianity and nationalism. The European version is a liberal view founded on democracy, human rights and the rule of law ..."
December 8, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Not at all surprising that @gideonrachman.bsky.social nails it in his reading of the NSS here.
"The Trump administration view of 'western civilisation' is based on race, Christianity and nationalism. The European version is a liberal view founded on democracy, human rights and the rule of law ..."
"The Trump administration view of 'western civilisation' is based on race, Christianity and nationalism. The European version is a liberal view founded on democracy, human rights and the rule of law ..."
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Palantir co-founder posted on X that he was in favor of public hangings as “a way to bring back masculine leadership”.
In the current climate, intolerant extremists are coming out of the woodwork.
Time to put an end to toxic masculinity.
www.rawstory.com/alternet-pos...
In the current climate, intolerant extremists are coming out of the woodwork.
Time to put an end to toxic masculinity.
www.rawstory.com/alternet-pos...
Billionaire pushes return of public hangings as part of 'masculine leadership' initiative
Venture capitalist Joe Lonsdale, a co-founder of data platform company Palantir, is calling for the return of public hangings as part of a broader push to restore what he describes as “masculine leade...
www.rawstory.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Palantir co-founder posted on X that he was in favor of public hangings as “a way to bring back masculine leadership”.
In the current climate, intolerant extremists are coming out of the woodwork.
Time to put an end to toxic masculinity.
www.rawstory.com/alternet-pos...
In the current climate, intolerant extremists are coming out of the woodwork.
Time to put an end to toxic masculinity.
www.rawstory.com/alternet-pos...
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Musk always lies
Just a little reminder:
Elon Musk is lying to you.
He bends when asked to, and the fine X received from the EU has nothing to do with censorship.
Musk simply refuses to follow laws and be transparent, and he gets a tiny fine for it
Elon Musk is lying to you.
He bends when asked to, and the fine X received from the EU has nothing to do with censorship.
Musk simply refuses to follow laws and be transparent, and he gets a tiny fine for it
December 8, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Musk always lies
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lol
CNBC: Do you sense that the president is in your corner here?
DAVID ELLISON: What I would say is I'm incredibly grateful for the relations with the president, and I also believe he believes in competition
DAVID ELLISON: What I would say is I'm incredibly grateful for the relations with the president, and I also believe he believes in competition
December 8, 2025 at 2:49 PM
lol
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Russia is in discussions with India to localize production of Russian drones,such as Lancet&Geran,Sergey Chemezov,head of Rostec corporation,said
December 8, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Russia is in discussions with India to localize production of Russian drones,such as Lancet&Geran,Sergey Chemezov,head of Rostec corporation,said
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this pretty much guarantees months and months of performative bullshit by Trump and Ellison and right wing media about how Netflix ownership would be a woke antitrust nightmare, but letting Larry and his nepobaby son dominate U.S. media would be a delightful, populist spritzer
It’s a Bidding War: Paramount Attempts Hostile Offer for Warner Bros.
David Ellison calls Netflix's $82.7 billion deal value an "inferior proposal" and tells Warners shareholders that his coalition promises $18 billion more in cash.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
this pretty much guarantees months and months of performative bullshit by Trump and Ellison and right wing media about how Netflix ownership would be a woke antitrust nightmare, but letting Larry and his nepobaby son dominate U.S. media would be a delightful, populist spritzer
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"...mega-donors' influence doesn't primarily come from their ability to sway voters... Instead, their leverage comes from convincing politicians that they need mega-donor money to win."
Study after study shows campaign ads barely move the needle. So where does money’s real power come from? I ranked the five ways money corrupts politics—from least to most corrosive. What I’ve learned from 15 years of tracking political money:
Money Doesn't Buy Elections. It Does Something Worse.
Campaign ads barely move the needle. The real influence is hiding in plain sight.
open.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
"...mega-donors' influence doesn't primarily come from their ability to sway voters... Instead, their leverage comes from convincing politicians that they need mega-donor money to win."
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Trump's NSS calls European support for Ukraine "undemocratic" and demands "strategic stability with Russia"
Peskov's response: "The adjustments largely correspond to our vision." Moscow just got Washington's talking points in an official document ⤵️
🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/08/k...
Peskov's response: "The adjustments largely correspond to our vision." Moscow just got Washington's talking points in an official document ⤵️
🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/08/k...
December 8, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Trump's NSS calls European support for Ukraine "undemocratic" and demands "strategic stability with Russia"
Peskov's response: "The adjustments largely correspond to our vision." Moscow just got Washington's talking points in an official document ⤵️
🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/08/k...
Peskov's response: "The adjustments largely correspond to our vision." Moscow just got Washington's talking points in an official document ⤵️
🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/08/k...
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The Financial Times finally covers the Network State cult.
Is this tech fascism?
"I mean,we are funding companies that will operate non-democratic cities...and if you're not into that you shouldn't move there," says Peter Thiel protégé Patri Friedman.
Is this tech fascism?
"I mean,we are funding companies that will operate non-democratic cities...and if you're not into that you shouldn't move there," says Peter Thiel protégé Patri Friedman.
December 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The Financial Times finally covers the Network State cult.
Is this tech fascism?
"I mean,we are funding companies that will operate non-democratic cities...and if you're not into that you shouldn't move there," says Peter Thiel protégé Patri Friedman.
Is this tech fascism?
"I mean,we are funding companies that will operate non-democratic cities...and if you're not into that you shouldn't move there," says Peter Thiel protégé Patri Friedman.
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@dsquareddigest.bsky.social and I had a NYT piece on this and have more coming soon www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/o...
December 8, 2025 at 1:26 PM
@dsquareddigest.bsky.social and I had a NYT piece on this and have more coming soon www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/o...
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“Given Trump’s position on situations like this, he’s going to either need to fire himself or refer himself to the Department of Justice. Trump has deemed that this type of misrepresentation is sufficient to preclude someone from serving the country.”
NEW:
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
w/ @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
w/ @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:26 PM
“Given Trump’s position on situations like this, he’s going to either need to fire himself or refer himself to the Department of Justice. Trump has deemed that this type of misrepresentation is sufficient to preclude someone from serving the country.”
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Tech fascists believe they are going to merge with AI, live forever and colonize the universe as a species of self-replicating machines that eat the energy of the stars.
We can think big, too. Anything is possible. Don't let billionaires monopolize the power of radical imagination.
We can think big, too. Anything is possible. Don't let billionaires monopolize the power of radical imagination.
Here's an idea: Any Democrat who wants to be taken seriously as a presidential candidate in 2028 must pledge to rip this cabal of anti-democracy tech fascists out of our government.
Anyone who won't make that pledge is for the billionaires, not the people. This must be a deal-breaking litmus test.
Anyone who won't make that pledge is for the billionaires, not the people. This must be a deal-breaking litmus test.
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
December 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Tech fascists believe they are going to merge with AI, live forever and colonize the universe as a species of self-replicating machines that eat the energy of the stars.
We can think big, too. Anything is possible. Don't let billionaires monopolize the power of radical imagination.
We can think big, too. Anything is possible. Don't let billionaires monopolize the power of radical imagination.
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😬 Kremlin: The new U.S. security strategy is “largely aligned” with Russia’s vision.
December 7, 2025 at 9:31 AM
😬 Kremlin: The new U.S. security strategy is “largely aligned” with Russia’s vision.
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🇨🇿🇺🇦 We will all lose if Putin wins in Ukraine, — Czech President Petr Pavel
According to him, recent statements about secret negotiations between the US and Russia, in particular about the transfer of Ukrainian territories, are dangerously reminiscent of the Munich Agreement of 1938.
According to him, recent statements about secret negotiations between the US and Russia, in particular about the transfer of Ukrainian territories, are dangerously reminiscent of the Munich Agreement of 1938.
December 7, 2025 at 10:08 AM
🇨🇿🇺🇦 We will all lose if Putin wins in Ukraine, — Czech President Petr Pavel
According to him, recent statements about secret negotiations between the US and Russia, in particular about the transfer of Ukrainian territories, are dangerously reminiscent of the Munich Agreement of 1938.
According to him, recent statements about secret negotiations between the US and Russia, in particular about the transfer of Ukrainian territories, are dangerously reminiscent of the Munich Agreement of 1938.
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Watch out for the 2026 Kennedy Peace Prize
REPORTER: Could you imagine receiving a Kennedy Center honor next year?
TRUMP: Yeah, I think I'm going to nominate myself for next year
TRUMP: Yeah, I think I'm going to nominate myself for next year
December 7, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Watch out for the 2026 Kennedy Peace Prize
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“I’ll be involved” is another big broken norm.
Q: Should Netflix be allowed to buy Warner Brothers?
TRUMP: That's a question. They have a very big market share. I'll be involved in that decision
TRUMP: That's a question. They have a very big market share. I'll be involved in that decision
December 7, 2025 at 11:51 PM
“I’ll be involved” is another big broken norm.
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Our investigation showed that levels of benzene, a cancer-causing gas, were 37x higher than what the facility reported in the past.
The Trump admin has halted efforts to monitor for benzene near large industrial plants like this one, leaving communities in the dark about the air they breathe. (2/2)
The Trump admin has halted efforts to monitor for benzene near large industrial plants like this one, leaving communities in the dark about the air they breathe. (2/2)
Air Pollution From Industrial Facilities Is Far Worse Than Estimated
The Trump administration has put a stop to EPA rules that would have required more than 130 industrial facilities to install air monitors to measure pollution. Millions of people living near these…
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Our investigation showed that levels of benzene, a cancer-causing gas, were 37x higher than what the facility reported in the past.
The Trump admin has halted efforts to monitor for benzene near large industrial plants like this one, leaving communities in the dark about the air they breathe. (2/2)
The Trump admin has halted efforts to monitor for benzene near large industrial plants like this one, leaving communities in the dark about the air they breathe. (2/2)
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They offered him discharge after their daughter was born. He refused.
His widow wants her daughter to know whose child she is.
🔗 Tap the link in below to read her memories euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/08/a...
His widow wants her daughter to know whose child she is.
🔗 Tap the link in below to read her memories euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/08/a...
December 8, 2025 at 12:08 AM
They offered him discharge after their daughter was born. He refused.
His widow wants her daughter to know whose child she is.
🔗 Tap the link in below to read her memories euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/08/a...
His widow wants her daughter to know whose child she is.
🔗 Tap the link in below to read her memories euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/08/a...
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Fancy that.
Russian official praises 'strong' Trump's strategy: 'Largely consistent with our vision'
www.rawstory.com
Russian official praises 'strong' Trump's strategy: 'Largely consistent with our vision'
twp.ai
December 8, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Fancy that.