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Trump’s FCC chair Carr may be his new arbiter of ‘free speech’ Brendan Carr commits to the illusion of independence, but Trump’s threats to go after NBC next make the administration’s goals for the FCC clear, writes John Bowden

Brendan Carr now enables Trump’s schtick
By applying both carrot and stick.
With the mergers he’s blessed
And the folks he’s repressed,
Brendan’s all around kind of a prick.

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another question i have for @katmabu.bsky.social : has @govpritzker.illinois.gov reached out to you?

he and Newsom talk a lot about protecting us from harm - i'm urging them to both take up a response to this. Pritzker's response should be to send law enforcement to investigate this.

Democratic candidate Kat Abughazaleh was thrown to the ground by ICE in Chicago.

Yeah. It’s Fascism. Earmuffs, JD.

"Umberto Eco warned in the 1990s of the ghost of fascism re-emerging to stalk the world. That ghost has become a clear and present danger today."

www.thebulwark.com/p/yeah-its-f...

Exclusive | U.S. Plans $6 Billion in New Arms Sales to Israel The Trump administration is seeking congressional approval for the sales, moving forward despite Israel’s recent missile strike on Hamas in Qatar.

Starvation. Mass displacement. Slaughter of innocent children. A siege of Gaza City.

This is wrong.

The U.S. should not send one more penny to fund Netanyahu's war machine.

@balint.house.gov served up a fiery #CupOfJoe!

“Powerful men continue to protect powerful men in Congress.

Let the public see the Epstein files. We need one more signature on Massie's discharge petition.”

#TrumpEpsteinCoverup

Russell Vought: Das ist Trumps gefährlichster Stratege Er organisiert vom Weißen Haus aus den Umbau der USA. Russell Vought ist Spitzenjurist, christlicher Nationalist – und die subtile Kampfmaschine im Auftrag von Trump.

As America nears a tipping point, Russell Vought desires a radical rightwing “counter-revolution.”
 
For @zeit.de, I wrote a profile of one of Trumpism’s key figures – and one of Trump’s most dangerous henchmen.
 
Some thoughts from the piece (since it is in German):

They say that anyway.

Like they've been claiming that people from Venezuela belong to the "Tren de Aragua" gang & bombing ships they claim are narco-terrorists bringing Fentanyl — when no Fentanyl actually comes from that region!!

It's all a lie & they don't care!

i don’t think people on bluesky understand the severity of this situation.

i woke up to literally hundreds of texts from friends and family thinking about either moving back home to india or applying to other countries for jobs. this includes me.

@katmabu.bsky.social is out there getting body-slammed by ICE repeatedly in front of a detention center while running for office in Illinois, because she gets the stakes.

Meanwhile Beltway Dems are like, you know what we need more of? Pro-life candidates running for office in the Midwest.

GTFOH.

This is amazing.

PBS News is doing more to expose the facts than the FBI…

📌 Many young extremists who grew up on social media and never knew life without school shootings now see public violence as a way to go viral.

So the chaotic confusion we are seeing right now is possibly by design.

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In 1983, 50 companies controlled 90% of the U.S. media market. That number is now down to 5.

Why Jimmy Kimmel’s forced hiatus isn’t just another cancel culture rampage | Luis F. Carrasco Free speech comes with consequences, but the government doesn't get to have a say.

OPINION: "Speak out, loudly and often — ideally respectfully, but the Constitution doesn’t say you need to be nice. What’s happening is not right and we need to say so. Damn the consequences." — Inquirer columnist Luis F. Carrasco

Jimmy Kimmel was taken off the air for mocking Donald Trump and MAGA, not for disrespecting anyone recently assassinated.

Don't listen to the lies that say otherwise.

Dems need to get serious about DC statehood. For real. No more pussyfooting. With troops in the streets, the time is now.

New in PN: Dems need get serious about DC statehood. For real.

"Republicans act like DC residents need to earn their political rights, something they supposedly have not yet done. But consider this: If DC were populated by white Republicans, would it have statehood by now? We all know the answer."

Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he’d still have a job.

NEW: Trump is designating "Antifa" a terrorist organization (though there's no legal mechanism to do - but the law doesn't matter anymore.) He's using the Kirk murder to justify going after democrats. Those of us who read Project 2025 knew this was coming - but that provides little comfort.

See ya, Hulu.

TERRORISM EXPERT HERE:
He cannot designate an idea as a terrorist group.

There is no org called ANTIFA. There is no leadership or funding path or no membership. Also there is no terrorism law in America. Ask Luigi.

He wants to call anyone a terrorist. That’s Fascism.

#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

Ousted CDC director says Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to change childhood vaccine schedule Susan Monarez told a Senate committee Wednesday that she was fired for refusing to go along with the health secretary’s unscientific agenda.

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If Tesla’s market cap can be sunk, and Target’s profits can be decimated, let’s see what we can do to Disney for kissing the ass of a fascist.

Mary Trump: “No one is more responsible for political violence and the rhetoric that drives it than my uncle.”

#Pinks
#ProudBlue

I absolutely agree with Mary 💯

Delta women in Congress stand ten toes down with her. We won’t stay silent while he tries to tear her down. (2/2)

🚨 League of Women Voters of Utah v. Utah State Legislature Learn more.

🚨BREAKING: Utah Supreme Court REJECTS Republican legislatures’ motion to continue using existing congressional map. Lawmakers must present a new, fair map by Sept. 25. www.democracydocket.com/cases/utah-c...

For the record.

My posts were not even about Kirk directly, but about America's apathy towards political violence, and the coddling of white male shooters and hate peddlers.

I was fired because I mentioned race: white men and violence-- that was my "gross misconduct."

Barack Obama expands his trophy collection The former president's already substantial metaphorical awards cabinet is enhanced with a third Primetime Emmy award.

This, along with Colbert’s award, must’ve filled a couple pairs of the Depends.

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