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Communication in the Trump Era 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @trumplandmedia.bsky.social · 2d

Trump posts message for Gen Zers on TikTok: 'You owe me big'.

Trump posts message for Gen Zers on TikTok: 'You owe me big'

Last week, Donald Trump gave formal approval to a group of US investors, including Larry Ellison, to purchase TikTok.

www.businessinsider.com

Communication in the Trump Era 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @trumplandmedia.bsky.social · 2d

Why Trump’s troop deployments to US cities are such a big deal.

Analysis: Why Trump’s troop deployments to US cities are such a big deal | CNN Politics

In a nation founded on a revolt against tyranny, the notion of American troops being sent onto domestic streets has always evoked a specter of liberty in peril.

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Communication in the Trump Era 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @trumplandmedia.bsky.social · 3d

Washington Post economics columnist moves to @thebulwark.com.

Washington Post economics columnist moves to The Bulwark

Catherine Rampell will write a weekly economics and policy-focused newsletter for the anti-Trump media brand.

www.semafor.com

Communication in the Trump Era 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @trumplandmedia.bsky.social · 3d

Shutting Down an already broken America

Shutting down an already broken America

Brought to you by the people behind DOGE and Project 2025

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Communication in the Trump Era 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @trumplandmedia.bsky.social · 3d

Apple removes ICE tracking apps after Trump administration says they threaten officers.

Apple removes ICE tracking apps after Trump administration says they threaten officers | CNN Business

Following a Trump administration request, Apple has removed ICEBlock and similar apps that allow people to alert others nearby about sightings of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in their ar...

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Communication in the Trump Era 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @trumplandmedia.bsky.social · 8d

Journalists grabbed, shoved by ICE agents in New York immigration court, video shows.

Journalists grabbed, shoved by ICE agents in New York immigration court, video shows | CNN

At least one journalist appeared to be injured after one reporter was grabbed and another was shoved by masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at a New York City immigration court Tuesday m...

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Communication in the Trump Era 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @trumplandmedia.bsky.social · 9d

YouTube Settles Trump Lawsuit for $24.5 Million

Mr. Trump sued Alphabet, the parent company of YouTube and Google, and other social media companies after the platforms suspended his accounts in 2021.

YouTube Settles Trump Lawsuit for $24.5 Million

www.nytimes.com

Communication in the Trump Era 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @trumplandmedia.bsky.social · 10d

"Democrats Are in Crisis. Eat-the-Rich Populism Is the Only Answer". Really, @nytimes.com?

Opinion | Democrats Are in Crisis. Eat-the-Rich Populism Is the Only Answer.

www.nytimes.com

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Communication in the Trump Era 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @trumplandmedia.bsky.social · 10d

Where the White House Is Leading Us with TikTok?

The Trump administration is pioneering a new form of political communication. The imminent prospect of a deal to reshape TikTok’s future in the United States could give the White House even more power.

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Communication in the Trump Era 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @trumplandmedia.bsky.social · 10d

🕹️ Electronic Arts may go private in a $50B leveraged buyout — potentially the largest in history.

The deal, reportedly close, involves Silver Lake (also part of the new TikTok US deal), Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, and Affinity Partners (Jared Kushner).

📅 Announcement expected next week.

Exclusive | Videogame Giant Electronic Arts Nears Roughly $50 Billion Deal to Go Private

Investors including Silver Lake are eyeing a deal that would likely be the largest leveraged buyout ever.

www.wsj.com

Communication in the Trump Era 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @trumplandmedia.bsky.social · 10d

Disengaged voters are the key to winning future elections in the US.

Disengaged voters are the key to winning future elections in the US | CNN Politics

A consensus opinion has emerged about President Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 election: Disengaged voters were critical.

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Communication in the Trump Era 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @trumplandmedia.bsky.social · 10d

Portland’s city leaders and residents are pushing back against ICE. Now Trump is sending in troops.

Portland’s city leaders and residents are pushing back against ICE. Now Trump is sending in troops | CNN

A day after President Donald Trump’s second inauguration, the mayor of Portland, Oregon, knew that a “sanctuary city” like his was going to have a bumpy four years ahead.

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 11d

Geez maybe this is serious. A marshalling of the "Timbers Army" replete with antifascist symbols, and images of men and women wielding axes 🫣

#PortlandGoestoWar

Timbers Army sign and anti-fascist arrows

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Communication in the Trump Era 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @trumplandmedia.bsky.social · 10d

FTC Gives Final Omnicom/IPG Approval, Imposes Ideological Restrictions.

FTC Gives Final Omnicom/IPG Approval, Imposes Ideological Restrictions

The Federal Trade Commission is imposing additional conditions on Omnicom's merger with Interpublic Group, including new restrictions on the company's ability to consider a publisher's content when pu...

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Communication in the Trump Era 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @trumplandmedia.bsky.social · 10d

‘A national emergency’: As Trump goes after the arts, many museums remain silent.

‘A national emergency’: As Trump goes after the arts, many museums remain silent | CNN

The Trump administration has sent shockwaves through America’s cultural institutions by gutting museum funding, threatening nonprofits’ tax-exempt status and tightening its grip over the Smithsonian. ...

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Communication in the Trump Era 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @trumplandmedia.bsky.social · 13d

Weeks of Russian incursions into NATO skies have pushed the U.S.-led alliance to the brink of an explosive choice: Strike back or stand down.

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Communication in the Trump Era 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @trumplandmedia.bsky.social · 13d

Former FBI director James Comey was indicted on Thursday evening in Virginia federal court and charged with making false statements to Congress and obstructing its investigation of the Russia probe, per court documents.

Former FBI director James Comey indicted

The indictment of a former FBI director is unprecedented and the culmination of a years-long feud between Comey and President Trump.

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Communication in the Trump Era 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @trumplandmedia.bsky.social · 13d

Abu Dhabi’s MGX fund reportedly used USD1, a stablecoin issued by World Liberty Financial—a crypto firm linked to the Trump family—to invest $2B in Binance.

The move highlights emerging financial ties between MGX and Trump-aligned ventures in the AI and crypto sectors.

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Communication in the Trump Era 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @trumplandmedia.bsky.social · 13d

For China, the TikTok deal offers soft gains:
– Keeps a <20% stake in a $14B US unit
– Retains influence through IP and algorithm licensing
– Preserves global brand presence
– Avoids harsher US tech sanctions
Less control, but strategic leverage remains.

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Communication in the Trump Era 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @trumplandmedia.bsky.social · 13d

The new US TikTok unit will be valued at $14B, with Oracle and Abu Dhabi’s MGX controlling 80% and ByteDance under 20%.

The deal mirrors user trends: in five years, TikTok has shifted from youth entertainment to a key news platform—especially for young adults.

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Communication in the Trump Era 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @trumplandmedia.bsky.social · 13d

Trump signs executive order to transfer TikTok to US owners. Agreement separates app from Chinese owner ByteDance and allows US investors to take 80% stake.

Trump signs executive order to transfer TikTok to US owners

Agreement separates app from Chinese owner ByteDance and allows US investors to take 80% stake

www.theguardian.com

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Communication in the Trump Era 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @trumplandmedia.bsky.social · 14d

UN – Trump fucks the world

@liberation.fr

Communication in the Trump Era 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @trumplandmedia.bsky.social · 16d

The Kimmel Suspension Shows How Fake Authoritarianism Becomes Real.

Jamelle Bouie warns that Trump's administration is creating an "illusion" of total control. ABC helped make it reality.

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The Kimmel Suspension Shows How Fake Authoritarianism Becomes Real

Jamelle Bouie warns that Trump's administration is creating an "illusion" of total control. ABC helped make it reality.

www.readtpa.com

Communication in the Trump Era 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @trumplandmedia.bsky.social · 17d

#JeSuisJimmy

In media, even at the highest of perches, there’s a new sense of vulnerability.

Je Suis Jimmy

In media, even at the highest of perches, there’s a new sense of vulnerability.

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Communication in the Trump Era 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @trumplandmedia.bsky.social · 17d

A major question right now: what impact has the Disney+/Hulu boycott had? Lauren Egan, writing in The Bulwark, noted that there has been “no organized campaign against Disney,” only an “organic” counterattack.

Where Have All the Boycotts Gone?

The watchdog that didn’t bark.

www.thebulwark.com