It's glowing stories like this that make me feel like I'm living in some surrealistic hellworld an entire story where the author (a minority woman!) can't be bothered to even lightly hint at the sexist and racist disinformation focus of this "movement" [Young conservative women find ...](
AP News
Young conservative women find a home in Turning Point with Charlie Kirk's widow at the helm
Young women who have grown emboldened in their conservative beliefs are attending the annual conference held by Turning Point USA.
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I love this guy's speedrunning effort to become the biggest dipshit in the league go hawks [Puka Nacua stands firm that co...](https://www.reddit.com/r/NFLv2/comments/1ppk5up/puka_nacua_stands_firm_that_concussions_are_not/ )
In 2014 during the net neutrality wars, Obama voiced his support for net neutrality. Republicans REPEATEDLY, for YEARS, (falsely) claimed this was an illegal, unethical affront to FCC independence. 11 years later they now insist the FCC has no independence and serves at the whims of our mad king: [FCC chief Brendan Carr tells S...](
CNBC
FCC chief Brendan Carr tells Senate that his agency is 'not formally ... independent'
FCC chairman Brendan Carr testified to a congressional committee for the first time since ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel's show following a Carr threat.
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Verizon's lobbying the Trump FCC to eliminate phone unlocking rules in a bid to make it harder and more expensive to switch wireless carriers. This guy fought back in small claims court, and won. Refused a Verizon settlement so he could talk about it openly. Not all heroes wear capes, etc. [Verizon refused to unlock man’...](
Ars Technica
Verizon refused to unlock man’s iPhone, so he sued the carrier and won
Verizon changed policy after he bought the phone, wouldn't unlock it despite FCC rule.
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Between this and previous rulings, U.S. corporations have effectively put a bullet in the head of labor protections, consumer protection, public safety, environmental law, and corporate oversight I wish journalists would go a bit lighter on the legalese and a bit heavier on the real-world impact [Supreme Court appears likely t...](
Ars Technica
Supreme Court appears likely to approve Trump’s firing of FTC Democrat
Conservative justices seem ready to back Trump control of independent agencies.
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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 [Jared Kushner is part of Param...](https://www.axios.com/2025/12/08/jared-kushner-paramount-warner-bros-netflix )
these are all terrible options, and if we lived in a functioning democracy with working regulators we'd think nothing of putting a blanket end to pointless media consolidation these deals are always terrible for product quality, consumers, art and labor, but this is always downplayed in coverage. [Paramount throws in more cash ...](
Los Angeles Times
Paramount throws in more cash in bid for Warner; Comcast wants to combine assets with NBCUniversal
Jockeying for HBO-owner Warner Bros. Discovery has intensified as the auction appears to enter its home stretch.
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if you still use twitter you support white supremacy https://porcini.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:xtg6uhgsy2j7k2a6qtcood2w&cid=bafkreiczndyabbfmji5ddky5evfq66rflsqlo5rwegvyvh5z35eaiaadye
DOGE was always a very thinly disguised con to dress up data theft and extraction class destruction of federal corporate oversight as innovative, and it's important to remember that part of the reason it worked so well is that the press helped legitimize it RE:
Bluesky Social
Karl Bode (@karlbode.com)
hey don't be so hard on yourselves; it delivered oceans of sensitive government and citizen data to billionaires https://www.thedailybeast.com/musk...
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hey don't be so hard on yourselves; it delivered oceans of sensitive government and citizen data to billionaires [Musk’s DOGE Quietly Killed Off...](
The Daily Beast
Musk’s DOGE Quietly Killed Off After Delivering Almost Nothing
The agency disbanded eight months ahead of schedule.
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