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"look, the law says i have to accept all this bribe money, my hands are tied"
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great story. minor typo: "however, under the first Trump administration, ICE ramped up their use with."
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ah yes, Heisenberg's certainty principle: "Tom Homan is a bitch either way"
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they're only "bad at their jobs" if you think their job is to do journalism. they work for billionaires! their job is to do propaganda!
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now make a sand Battle of Cannae
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if anyone replies and says anything besides "the billionaires who own this news outlet said not to" they're lying
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yeah, they much prefer the fascist dictatorship you're carrying water for seriously do you think history is going to look back at you and say "yeah he had the right idea"?
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yes, the real problem is powerless members of the public being condescending, and not the country descending into fascism. "you better be polite when you talk back to the boot on your neck" <- you
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Slate is owned by the Graham Holdings company, a public company owned and controlled by oligarchs and billionaires. I am shocked—shocked!—that Slate is posting anti-Bluesky screeds. Know who owns your news; get your news from independent sources. blog.barrayar.org/2025/02/18/w...
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*Trump, singing to himself* My name is 12345, doot de doo
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ha ha that fool, doesn't he know your beard is the source of your powers? lengthening it only makes you stronger! I may be confusing you with Samson
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legacy media is all owned by the billionaire investor class. very little of what they put out qualifies as journalism. so yeah, we can have their corporate PR/propaganda exist alongside actual journalism, but why would we want to?
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what's the Tom-Homan-bitch total??
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those outlets do that because they're owned by oligarchs who don't want to take strong stances. the only path is to deny them funds, by not subscribing to them or visiting their websites (ads). and teach all your friends that they should know who owns their news. blog.barrayar.org/2025/02/18/w...
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NYT is owned by the billionaire investor class. They do not want a well-informed populace. Do not give NYT your money (either directly via subs or indirectly via ads/page views). Support independent journalism instead.
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labels are just shorthand but shouldn't be used as immutable in meaning, or as cudgels. we believe in democratic rule at all levels of power (both political and economic), cooperation not domination, and that us-vs-them is a myth. so whatever the label is for that.
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"PUNDIT world" more accurately, pundits employed by the oligarch class world. never forget who's paying their bills, these people are not just carrying water for the fascists for fun
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evergreen
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look, if repeatedly committing treason and getting convicted of 34 felonies shouldn't keep you from being president, then surely resigning in disgrace from the governorship shouldn't stop you from being mayor. it's just common sense. *drinks heavily*
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there is one thing that you should hand to them a rabid stoat
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guy whose paycheck depends on convincing us his program is magic, claims his program is magic. film at 11
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link to a FUCKING SOURCE
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I'm not sure Terry Moran's employment at ABC was doing us much good. ABC (like all TV "news") is owned and controlled by the oligarch investor class, and they do not want a well-informed public.
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well, he seems qualified typo, I meant "delusional"
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and not to mention that powerful elites always gain control over the proper channels, meaning that going outside those channels inevitably becomes the only way for the public to disrupt the status quo
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he seems to be unaware of the saying "the master's tools will never dismantle the master's house." the powerful (and their Renfields) tell you to use the proper channels if you want change, because they control those channels and are confident you won't suceed.
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or "Crimey" as he likes to be called
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True, but he also killed the guy who killed Hitler
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FIRE = Freedom If Republicans Entangled
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takes one to know one
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except instead of "authoritarianism", which sounds kinda academic, say "dictatorship", which everyone understands
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yeah, came to post this. recent?? do modern star wars nerds not know their history? Thrawn (and his study of art) was introduced in Timothy Zahn's 1991 novel Heir to the Empire!
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I mean the whole situation sucks but aren't soldiers on operations routinely expected to bivouac?
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absolutely. news outlets reflect the goals of their owners. big Serious Journalism outlets like NYT/WaPo are owned by billionaires and reflect their goals. know who owns your news. blog.barrayar.org/2025/02/18/w...
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if you're not zealously supporting our capitalist overlords, are you even a real American??
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"you cannot get a man to understand something when his salary depends on him not understanding it," and Xitter is mostly people like that
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it's almost as if neither of them really believes anything or has principles, but instead just says whatever they think will gain advantage the moment
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Reichstag fire, but the Nazis all have hypoxia
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Wilhoit's Law
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so you're saying they're a... dumpster FIRE
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not just ABC, but every news org that's owned by the oligarchs... which is essentially all the big ones. know who owns your news, and get news from independent sources. blog.barrayar.org/2025/02/18/w...
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exactly why nobody should be giving any money (directly via subs or indirectly via ads) to news outlets owned by billionaires
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i mean why would we be surprised at ABC's actions, they're owned by oligarchs and billionaires, and do not want a well-informed populace. news outlets reflect their owners' goals and biases. know who owns your news. blog.barrayar.org/2025/02/18/w...
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no lies detected
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compartmentalization