One family, the right-wing Trump-aligned Ellisons, will soon control:

[Passages]

TikTok
CBS
CNN
HBO
Discovery Channel
BET
Cartoon Network
Comedy Central
DC Studios
Fandango
Miramax
MTV
Nickelodeon
Paramount
PlutoTV
Showtime
TBS
The CW
TNT
Warner Bros.
And more

This is oligarchy.
10:48 AM · Mar 11, 2026

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[DJ Synikus Makisimus]

1. I'm so glad we have anti-trust laws in the US, and a party willing

to enforce them; not to mention a "fairness doctrine" when it comes to media coverage. Oh, wait,

[Trueblue1968]

9. Break up the monopoly !!!!!! Against the law. Break up the greedy SOB monopoly

[Keepthesoulalive]

2. We must use the only choice we have

That is to boycott. Do not give them permission to gaslight you.

[ananda]

20. The only channel I watch is PBS.

And it's not a problem at all.

[Keepthesoulalive]

21. They are pushing back

I got rid of the tv stations when Keith olbermann was fired. I knew the fix was in. We have tv’s but they are just dumb boxes to watch movies.

[pwb]

3. Remember monopoly laws?

I say bring them back with the wealth tax.

[littlemissmartypants]

4. HEAR! HEAR!!

[Kid Berwyn]

6. That's why it costs more than a billion dollars to be a pee-residunt.

It makes them trillions.

[littlemissmartypants]

5. We're going to really miss Bernie when he's gone. I hope he's training his replacement.

Thanks for sharing this, Passages. ❤️

[mvd]

7. Yep, a young Bernie replacement (a Democrat this time) would be great

An AOC or Mamdani type for Vermont.

[erronis]

27. Rebecca Balint (Vermont's congressperson) is a great candidate.

She's fresh and fierce. In her first term she's already made good trouble.

[Passages]

10. I hope so too and you're most welcome, littlemissmartypants.

[littlemissmartypants]

14. ❤️👋

[angrychair]

8. While sort of true

I didn't think it will ever come to pass. Oracle isn't doing that well and some banks have already cut off access to financing. They are deeply entrenched in the Al stuff and very exposed.

Al is hanging by a thread and when it goes Oracle will go with it.

[GiqueCee]

11. This kind of shit...

... USED to be illegal!
As was Big Pharma advertising directly to consumers. Wanna know part of the reason drug prices are so high, apart from blind, slavering greed? Look at their advertising budgets!
There USED to be limits on how many stations in a given market area one company could own. No more.
There USED to be limits on companies owning all their suppliers – vertical integration was their euphemism for it.
Monopolizing anything was against the law! Tell that to Weasel Walmart, Bozo Bezos; look at how many supermarket chains are owned by Albertsons, for instance (An estimated 2,305 stores divided by at least 20 chains!)... and the list goes on.

Excuse me; I just felt my blood pressure go through the roof.

[Passages]

12. You're absolutely right, it used to be illegal.

We have a steep hill to climb to get back on track.

[GiqueCee]

15. Sisyphus...

... will be laughing his ass off for a looong time.

[Passages]

16. Quite right!

[Buddyzbuddy]

13. It all goes back to Citizen's United and beyond.

[peppertree]

17. Ellison was a failed computer salesman in the '70s - when Nixon's CIA picked him up, and decided to make him their front

What, exactly, they saw in that botoxed boob - who can say.

[BurnDoubt]

18. Brought to you through the Magic of...

Toxic Masculinity.
And the Corruption that makes it possible and keeps it front-and-center.
The Heritage Foundation… Making Corruption Great Again for more than a hundred years.

[BComplex]

19. The Ellisons become more dangerous by the day.

America needs to start making rules about amassing so much power.

[Wanderlust988]

22. The Dems are the ones that let the Ellison's control Tik-Tok. Biden and the Dems signed a horrible law

Giving too much power to the president in handling Tik Tok. I would've rather had the Chinese own it than Trump acolytes.

[BlueKota]

23. Is there still a chance for lawsuits to stop it?

Like the one being filed by the California AG?

[sakabatou]

24. *puts on a pirate hat*

[Evolve Dammit]

25. We are in the state TV era with this

[NJCher]

26. I watch none of those channels

But I commend Bernie for bringing it up.

[GenThePerservering]

28. Don't use that shit

problem solved.

👍👍👍👍 Bernie!

[Blue Owl]

29. Well the I'll be boycotting ALL OF IT

Fuck them.

[underpants]

30. No! I mean...The CW?!????!

That’s an incredible amount of content control

[sinkingfeeling]

31. I'm old enough to remember the Sherman Anti-Trust law that was used against AT&T and IBM.

[Joinfortmill]

32. Jeezus

[moondust]

33. Orbanization.