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jamiegangel.bsky.social • 110 days ago

“Trump signals plans to use all levers of power against the media”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/22/trump-abc-news-settlement-george-stephanopoulos/

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blabalino.com•110 days ago

Trump is going after the FEW media outlets that have refused to be taken over by Neocon billionaires like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Patrick Soon-Shiong, Larry Elison and others. We must show these last remnants of our First Amendment rights that we are willing to fight to support them.

twitterexodus.org•110 days ago

We can’t make Elon less horrible but we can make him less loud. Cast a vote against him at https://TwitterExodus.org #twitterexodus

blabalino.com•110 days ago

I support any movement that will show Elon Musk we are no longer going to allow oligarchy in the US. A Tesla exodus will be even more effective. However, for people who are already on Bluesky I think we can send a quicker message by waiting to delete our accounts on inauguration day.

twitterexodus.org•110 days ago

A Tesla exodus would be great but there are some challenges. There is not a comparable/superior product to many consumers and it's harder organize and impact those sorts of purchasing decisions.

blabalino.com•110 days ago

BYD Han, less than $32,000 in Mexico. Banned in the US by our oligarchs. They told the government to say they did it because China is a threat but it's only a threat to their profits. If you think otherwise remember how these sources portrayed Biden and Harris vs. Trump. They lie.

twitterexodus.org•110 days ago

Yes, the BYD was subjected to huge tariffs to limit competition.

blabalino.com•110 days ago

Yes there is. BYD is making self-driving electric cars that sell for half the price of comparable Teslas. They partnered with Huawei to develop the advanced electronics. Unfortunately the same billionaires who bought the 2024 election got both of these companies banned in the US.

twitterexodus.org•110 days ago

Yes, agreed! The tariffs are one reason why most US buyers who want Tesla's will still want to buy them. Appreciate your thoughts! Check out our website, would love to work with you!

twitterexodus.org•110 days ago

In contrast, the majority of people on Twitter don't like Musk and there is a superior service they can use for no cost and minimal time investment if they all switch collectively. It's a collective action problem.

twitterexodus.org•110 days ago

We are not advocating anyone delete their Twitter accounts until the campaign is much much bigger. We will need them to get the word out on Twitter.

sepideh26.bsky.social•110 days ago

So what's the news here? He's telling us that since he walked down that escalator, the mainstream media chose to ignore it—and still do.
You’re all complaining, till one of you goes to jail, and then outrage starts

thedalyplanet.bsky.social•110 days ago

The problem is that Trump is aiming at legacy media and that is already dead. He has no leverage against the new breed of podcasters and citizen journalists. Ironic that what killed legacy media was the coverage…of Trump.

1rmctldy.bsky.social•109 days ago

NPR and voice of America.
This boy bats for the other team. We kno it. How ever the state media spews his bs and voila he’s the second coming. There really is more happening under the covers here than Americans kno.

qhstone.bsky.social•110 days ago

As he has done so often before, he will file a deluge of lawsuits against these citizen journalists.

marriedcatlady.bsky.social•110 days ago

He’ll go after individual and small media outlets, too. They know it and are bracing for it. George Conway and others are talking about the need to set up a large defense fund for people who can’t afford to defend themselves against suits designed to bankrupt them.

thedalyplanet.bsky.social•110 days ago

But they have no FCC license. They are fully first amendment protected. It should be interesting.

davidbrentwood.bsky.social•109 days ago

How? The government has no such regulatory authority.

hamptonstevens.bsky.social•109 days ago

He'll sue for defamation

davidbrentwood.bsky.social•109 days ago

Defamation only applies to Trump personally. It doesn't apply to Trump as President.

hamptonstevens.bsky.social•109 days ago

A suit doesn't need to have merit to serve his purposes.

dbc105.bsky.social•110 days ago

It seems to me that the only people that watch the media any more are there to see him lie to them. Anyone that wants facts and truth left the media a while back.

earp1880.bsky.social•110 days ago

Who did Nazi this?

tepidlatte.bsky.social•110 days ago

He'd better hurry up, or the media will have neutered itself before he gets the chance.

thedarkman.bsky.social•110 days ago

oh no Washington Post, what’re you gonna dooo?

dunesgirl18.bsky.social•110 days ago

Did he ask leon?

zaphoop.bsky.social•109 days ago

I hope that Bluesky, have its server outside USA.

katyhadalittlefarm.bsky.social•110 days ago

The courts, the press, and the civil service are under attack because they are what make us anything worth saving. Destroy these, and the US is just another garbage oligarchy.

somerandomdave.bsky.social•110 days ago

Eh. They chose irrelevance. Better they die quickly than in some ridiculous downward spiral like the once-credible WaPo

audraab.bsky.social•110 days ago

Maybe he should read the constitutional ammendments.

megmegsmeggie.bsky.social•109 days ago

📌

m-east52.bsky.social•110 days ago

Amazingly, tRump reaffirms at least once daily, that he a complete dip 💩

pingl.bsky.social•110 days ago

And the MAGA are claiming to be the party of Freedom. They mean you are free to say anything good about the Great Leader but you should never criticize him. Facts are fake news and lies are truth.

nanook14.bsky.social•110 days ago

Trump will melt like the wicked witch if the press ignores him. That microphone is his obsession! Depriving him of air-time would push him over the edge. Do you read me?

dowhatisright.bsky.social•110 days ago

You’re talking into a void 😔

sorencookie.bsky.social•110 days ago

Couldn't this MF stay low until Jan 20th? At least during the holidays, satan should leave people in peace.

mykel11.bsky.social•110 days ago

No surprise there- he indicated that from the start.

alissa914.bsky.social•110 days ago

Dems should ignore constitutional amendments too and ban guns.

gregsanderson.bsky.social•110 days ago

Signals? I mean ... it's pretty explicit.

The media will still be able to criticise Donald (first amendment and all). They just won't. Think how quickly Disney/ABC settled Donald's lawsuit, and they are one of the few mega-corps with the resources to fight back.

davidbrentwood.bsky.social•109 days ago

"'The media will still be able to criticise Donald (first amendment and all). They just won't. "

I wouldn't bet on that. Trump made these same threats during his first term. The media wasn't intimidated then and I don't believe they'll be intimidated NOW.

jessicamullen.bsky.social•110 days ago

I hope the Media is prepared for the fight.

crs1.bsky.social•110 days ago

They just hit the kneepad store in anticipation!

phx58.bsky.social•110 days ago

The MSM is always “in fear”.
They have zero backbone. Get back to reporting the news. That’s it.

lilithyyz.bsky.social•109 days ago

I guess we’ll see the media either wither and die or grow a pair. It’s time.

theotherjlebowski.bsky.social•109 days ago

Good. The US media are merely paid propagandists for the neoliberal establishment/war pig machine. They need to be exposed for their dishonesty & corruption. Not to mention they’re mostly insufferable
C U N T S.

1rmctldy.bsky.social•109 days ago

Neoliberal establishment warpig machine?
Wtf does that even mean? New liberals for war? Labels are a weakness for me. Pls enlighten.

madmaymermaid.bsky.social•109 days ago

I don’t know. Neoliberal refers to new liberal but liberal in the global sense (conservatism in America). The grandparents of neoliberalism are Thatcher and Regan. The GOP has been neoliberals for decades. Though now I think they’re just fascists.

1rmctldy.bsky.social•109 days ago

I’m so confused. All the labels. How do u kno who is who? Regan would not recognize his progeny. Wtf? We’ve experienced a cosmic crossrd and r standing here saying ‘well it’s unprecedented bt DEMOCRACY!!!’ There’s a reverse carbon copy. A mirror image saying the same. One truth bt who can discern?

madmaymermaid.bsky.social•109 days ago

Learn to type a coherent sentence.

madmaymermaid.bsky.social•109 days ago

Literally what the fuck are you on about?

davidbrentwood.bsky.social•109 days ago

Wow. Nice take on the freedom of speech, Counselor

lensview.bsky.social•110 days ago

Project 2025
Its all in there

pinkkermit.bsky.social•109 days ago

I guess he means ending the 1st amendment.

mcm46.bsky.social•110 days ago

We aren’t going to let him. freedom of the Press is integral to who we are.

carolina2024.bsky.social•110 days ago

So unexpected😑

beckyb0324.bsky.social•109 days ago

What are they afraid of? Trump is all hot air

davidbrentwood.bsky.social•109 days ago

I can't figure out what poor memory people have...

Trump threatened to do **all of this** back during his first term. And what happened?? BUPKIS.

whitepatrick.com•109 days ago

The difference is, Trump had people like Gen. Kelly, Gen. Milley and Pat Cippolone to talk him out of it.

They're all gone now. *All* the 'guardrails' are gone, and there is no one to stop him.

davidbrentwood.bsky.social•109 days ago

Neither Trump nor his minions don't have carte blanche to violate the First Amendment simply because they want to.

And before you bring up the SCOTUS ruling on presidential immunity - that only says Trump can't be prosecuted in civil court. Doesn't say he can openly violate the law.

natanael.bsky.social•109 days ago

Who will stop him?

davidbrentwood.bsky.social•109 days ago

Depends on what he tries to do. I can promise you one thing - of he goes after companies like Comcast and Disney, they won't take it lying down. There has to be a valid legal reason for the government to attempt to sanction the media.
I have a feeling he's going to have bigger things to worry about

mdouglaswray.bsky.social•110 days ago

KTN

northsidemick.bsky.social•110 days ago

Hoping for an army of pro bono lawyers to help battle the Trump goons.

esitrot.bsky.social•110 days ago

It's really sad that Joe Biden and his chief of staff are not using the forum to speak to the American people. That in 4 years there will be an opportunity to reclaim the Presidency. Instead they are weak, quiet, and hiding something.

energybeing963.bsky.social•110 days ago

He could EO that incoming presidents have to follow the law or are disqualified

janlanbell.bsky.social•110 days ago

Told you MSM …. No dictator worth his salt is going to allow the FREE press, he will have his state run TV and press corps.

katrap.bsky.social•110 days ago

He learned what to do from Viktor Orban when he visited Maralago months ago.

w-alan-21.bsky.social•110 days ago

It will be good to find out who the true journalists are..

crowpotkin.bsky.social•110 days ago

I know it wouldn't have mattered, but I can't help but think it would have been a good idea to endorse the other candidate if you're really worried about this

wendyreed.bsky.social•109 days ago

majormcg.bsky.social•110 days ago

They greatly helped him.... ya get what you pay for?

loripatrick.bsky.social•110 days ago

Jamie, he wants to shut down the real narrative about him. We can’t back down.

debbiehemenway.bsky.social•110 days ago

Ironic that this is a WaPo story, eh?

chrisneyland.bsky.social•110 days ago

I hope he starts with the Post.

occasionalhyker.bsky.social•110 days ago

But think of all the ad revenue these headlines generate! Shareholder value!

donnyharris.bsky.social•110 days ago

It's coming for sure ... He can't help himself!

reenie11.bsky.social•110 days ago

You had to see that coming

trumpistheenemy.bsky.social•109 days ago

since our greedy, smug, brat idiot media elected him, I'm not sad to see what he does to them.

cowgirl52.bsky.social•110 days ago

So how many will bend the knee? 🤬

danmeusersbotox.bsky.social•110 days ago

Then do something to fight it!

ariabehbuh.bsky.social•110 days ago

And this comes as a surprise to whom exactly? Isn't media a bit way too late to report this?

mwalter2.bsky.social•110 days ago

So he's afraid of the press, the media, very unpresidential, more cowardly

boseaglex3.bsky.social•109 days ago

Judges need to report any attorneys at DOJ who sign frivolous and unconstitutional complaints to their respective bars for violating Rule 11.

oldunreliable.bsky.social•110 days ago

A media severely weakened by the demise of the advertiser-based model and the rise of online news. This is the second shoe.

marriedcatlady.bsky.social•110 days ago

The media weakened themselves by printing click bait headlines and both sides.

ravenna321.bsky.social•110 days ago

This isn't fascist at all

gare4691.bsky.social•110 days ago

kaspergutman.bsky.social•110 days ago

alien still not as villainous

lesterdiamond.bsky.social•110 days ago

Any news org that doesn’t immediately respond with an emphatic “fuck you” to these empty threats and defend their journalists to the death should cease to exist. ABC News should fucking die, for example.

marriedcatlady.bsky.social•110 days ago

To be fair, it was Disney that caved, not ABC News.

kaspergutman.bsky.social•110 days ago

tbf, the difference is marginal at best and NBC Comcast is the same and with CBS in the hands of Larry Ellison don't expect it to be a savior, either

marriedcatlady.bsky.social•110 days ago

Hardly expecting more than cowardliness for cash.

toto2.bsky.social•110 days ago

They seem to be crumbling with minimal pressure.

danlooker.bsky.social•110 days ago

ronschmitz.bsky.social•110 days ago

Fuck em! They deserve it!

egoode.bsky.social•110 days ago

Well, I guess we’ll just have to rely on the SCOTUS to protect… oh… yeah…

Right…

stonewiegman.bsky.social•110 days ago

Is there great irony this story is coming from Bezos’ WaPo? The same Bezos who sucked up to Dumpty.

axeeugene.bsky.social•110 days ago

Why bother? The vast majority of news media have already bent in fealty to the new emperor.

marriedcatlady.bsky.social•110 days ago

They did it pretty much when he announced his second campaign. Authentic journalism was buried while headlines were as ridiculous as supermarket rags.

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