Otfried Niedermaier

Everything the Ellison family could own if Paramount buys Warner Bros:

Paramount+
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CNN
Showtime
HBO
Warner Bros
TNT
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DC Studios
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This is a rotten deal that the Trump regime has rubber stamped.

State AGs must step in and block it.

The only question left by the Supreme Court decision on tariffs is:
What the fuck is wrong with Thomas, Alito, and Kavenaugh?
The Constitution could not say more clearly that only Congress has the power to impose taxes.
Can't those three justices umderstand a simple, direct English sentence?

A Subsidy For the Few: Vouchers Leaving Public Schools, Students Behind | NEA Sold as a way to help students in underresourced schools, voucher programs disproportionately benefit affluent families with children already enrolled in private schools.

School vouchers are pulling resources from the public schools that serve nearly every child. Research shows they raise costs, enable discrimination, and leave students behind. Learn what voucher expansion really means for public school students.

Trump's justice department knows they will not be able to convict Don Lemon, the former CNN journalist they arrested this week for covering an anti-ICE protest.

But the point is to send a signal of intimidation to all journalists covering the regime.
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A million times spot on.

I would like to see which congress person shows up.

Assuming he will be elected (he likely will) I am not sorry for Alabama. They will get what they wanted.

Mike Johnson: you shall not lie!

One swipe with a sharpie will fix it all

EPA: Environmental Pollution Agency

I've reviewed many NSF proposals, and I've been on a few NSF proposal review panels. Those experiences helped me see that while some good proposals aren't funded, bad proposals definitely aren't.

It's an insult to all scientists that DOGE is now doing additional reviews of funded proposals.

Which part of celibacy does he not understand?

Brainworms is selling snake oil

They are only interested in maximizing profits for the rich. Sacrificing the workers is considered collateral damage

We will find out when scientific and technological progress comes to a stop. Many scientists, including Nobel laureates like Einstein, Fermi and Bohr left Germany (or were forced out) in 1933. The attack on education and scientific independence will trigger a similar exodus.

Die sanfte Kunst, die Demokratie zu zerlegen Die AfD schweigt. Die Medien sprechen. Die Brandmauer bröckelt. Nennt es nicht 'Normalisierung'. Nennt es: Mittäterschaft.

Es begann mit Worten.
Es endet mit Wahlen.

"Normalisierung" nennen sie das.
Wie ein Arzt, der die Pest diagnostiziert und das Fieber lobt, weil es so schön die Wangen rötet.
Wie ein Feuerwehrmann, der das Lodern bewundert, während das Haus brennt.

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What DEI threatens isn’t merit. It’s monopoly. Political science professor Hakeem Jefferson argues for DEI's importance to de-monopolizing universities.

A colleague at Stanford’s business school used The Stanford Daily to argue—poorly—against DEI. The piece was riddled with historical errors and left one searching for fact, so I broke my public writing hiatus to respond.

I hope you’ll read and share the piece.

stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...

The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.

The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.

Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.

The list goes on and on.

Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.

Wenn uns der 10 Minuten Flug ins All eines zeigt, dann: Es ist dringend Zeit für hohe Besteuerung der Superreichen! Und nein, das ist keine Neiddebatte. Wir können keinem Menschen erklären, wieso die CO2- Besteuerung sinnvoll ist, wenn Überreiche mit Megayachten und Raketen den Planeten verfeuern. Peter Jelinek ‪@peterjelinek.bsky.social‬ https://bsky.app/profile/peterjelinek.bsky.social/post/3lmujqt64ds27

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The attack on education has a long history with the Republicans.

The 100 lowest-paying major US corporations spent $522B on stock buybacks from 2019 to 2023.  

Buybacks artificially boost share prices and inflate CEO pay.

The typical worker at these companies earned just $34k. 

Meanwhile, the average CEO was paid $14.7M.

See the problem?