Honestly, this kind of open corruption would be striking even in Latin America. I think Americans are just not used to doing corruption quite like that, so they have no decorum. 1/ - ThreadSky

filipecampante.bsky.social • 37 days ago

Honestly, this kind of open corruption would be striking even in Latin America. I think Americans are just not used to doing corruption quite like that, so they have no decorum. 1/

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Holy cow. Executives at CBS’s parent company have discussed settling Trump’s lawsuit against CBS News/60 Minutes, because they need the Trump administration to sign off on a planned corporate merger. www.wsj.com/business/med...

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junglebay.bsky.social•37 days ago

Now that will be a news network that I’ll trust for in depth reporting of the decline of democracy

thewubster.bsky.social•37 days ago

The United States is in a runaway truck to hell with all of this corporate fuckery. The CBS potential merger is more important than our democracy. We will be are an oligarchical government.

doubtingtommy.bsky.social•37 days ago

Fox in pocket. Twitter and Meta folded in. Abc settled. CNN benched Jim acosta. CBS next. NBC?

Corporate comms are in a chokehold.

mrod1955.bsky.social•37 days ago

Kiss the ring!!!

filipecampante.bsky.social•37 days ago

As I was saying, the corruption will be breathtakingly explicit… https://bsky.app/profile/mmasnick.bsky.social/post/3lfyjwcbtnc2n

johnwbuaas.bsky.social•37 days ago

I guess we won't hear much talk about the Emoluments Clause this time around.

filipecampante.bsky.social•37 days ago

Reminds me of when, flying out of Liberia, I found myself in Lagos airport years ago without the proper stopover visa -- or so we were told. (It's a long story, so I won't get into the details...) It was me, my South African colleague, and an American dude we didn't know. 2/

filipecampante.bsky.social•37 days ago

As we see the immigration officer go inside carrying our passports, feeling a pit on our stomachs about what might happen, the American dude turns to us and asks: "Hey, should we offer him a bribe??" My colleague and I immediately go like, "No, are you crazy??? That's not how it works!!" 3/

filipecampante.bsky.social•37 days ago

I remember thinking: when you are not used to being occasionaly shaken down for bribes, you don't even know the protocols... That's what we are seeing now in the new Trump regime, it seems: the corruption will be rated-R stuff. 4/

filipecampante.bsky.social•37 days ago

And by the way: the Nigerian immigration official did not ask for a bribe, and just walked us over to the gate for our connection. So much for silly stereotypes! /end

jonahrexer.bsky.social•37 days ago

Not my experience…I paid on entry and exit, and several points in between 😆. Guess you guys got lucky.

filipecampante.bsky.social•37 days ago

Look, stereotypes often have some truth to them! :)

imhiding.bsky.social•37 days ago

How much longer until the average citizen can offer police a bribe on the spot for a traffic ticket because the corruption has gotten so normalized like in many other countries...

mjec.net•37 days ago

Nah, you buy a $85 "I support the police" bumper sticker and then you just don't get a ticket

algoresmilkymams.bsky.social•37 days ago

blueline us flag stickers already exists.
(also, in violation of the flag code. but, whatever.)

mjec.net•37 days ago

I was thinking more like a PBA card (in CT you PAC badges attached to license plates all the time)

compleatmeadmaker.bsky.social•37 days ago

No Law.

No Order.

moldywarp.bsky.social•37 days ago

Decorum is not exactly Trump’s style

algoresmilkymams.bsky.social•37 days ago

he's an outer bourrough miscreant.

danylwms.bsky.social•37 days ago

On my xfinity cable
Guide, there is a banner that says “celebrate diversity” will Comcast hold out?

rogermccarthy.bsky.social•37 days ago

IMO there is a strong Confessions of a Justified Sinner (great C19 James Hogg novel - read it!) vibe about American culture - whereas a Catholic who falls from grace is ashamed of it, once Lost Calvinists of however many generations removed exult in and flaunt their new status as Satan's Slaves.

used2balawyer.bsky.social•37 days ago

Nobody ever accused cbs or paramount of having any integrity.
CORPORATE CORRUPTION IN AMERICA

ravenna321.bsky.social•37 days ago

A properly functioning press plays a critical role in a healthy democracy. We don't have either.

rulesfortitans.bsky.social•37 days ago

WOW! Just, WOW!

This is us now

georgeabington.bsky.social•37 days ago

The country elected a traitor and convicted criminal for President, that doesn't happen even in the most corrupt countries. All the other corruption we are witnessing and the more corruption will we be seeing pale in comparison to electing this vile human as President.

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