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(4,060 posts) Sat Mar 14, 2026, 04:06 PM Mar 14

One family, the right-wing Trump-aligned Ellisons, will soon control: [View all]

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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One family, the right-wing Trump-aligned Ellisons, will soon control: [View all] Passages Mar 14 OP

I'm so glad we have anti-trust laws in the US, and a party willing DJ Synikus Makisimus Mar 14 #1

Break up the monopoly !!!!!! Against the law. Break up the greedy SOB monopoly Trueblue1968 Mar 14 #9

We must use the only choice we have Keepthesoulalive Mar 14 #2

The only channel I watch is PBS. ananda Mar 14 #20

They are pushing back Keepthesoulalive Mar 14 #21

Remember monopoly laws? pwb Mar 14 #3

HEAR! HEAR!! littlemissmartypants Mar 14 #4

That's why it costs more than a billion dollars to be a pee-residunt. Kid Berwyn Mar 14 #6

We're going to really miss Bernie when he's gone. I hope he's training his replacement. littlemissmartypants Mar 14 #5

Yep, a young Bernie replacement (a Democrat this time) would be great mvd Mar 14 #7

Rebecca Balint (Vermont's congressperson) is a great candidate. erronis Mar 14 #27

I hope so too and you're most welcome, littlemissmartypants. Passages Mar 14 #10

❤️👋 littlemissmartypants Mar 14 #14

While sort of true angrychair Mar 14 #8

This kind of shit... GiqueCee Mar 14 #11

You're absolutely right, it used to be illegal. Passages Mar 14 #12

Sisyphus... GiqueCee Mar 14 #15

Quite right! Passages Mar 14 #16

It all goes back to Citizen's United and beyond. Buddyzbuddy Mar 14 #13

Ellison was a failed computer salesman in the '70s - when Nixon's CIA picked him up, and decided to make him their front peppertree Mar 14 #17

Brought to you through the Magic of... BurnDoubt Mar 14 #18

The Ellisons become more dangerous by the day. BComplex Mar 14 #19

The Dems are the ones that let the Ellison's control Tik-Tok. Biden and the Dems signed a horrible law Wanderlust988 Mar 14 #22

Is there still a chance for lawsuits to stop it? BlueKota Mar 14 #23

*puts on a pirate hat* sakabatou Mar 14 #24

We are in the state TV era with this Evolve Dammit Mar 14 #25

I watch none of those channels NJCher Mar 14 #26

Don't use that shit GenThePerservering Mar 14 #28

Well the I'll be boycotting ALL OF IT Blue Owl Mar 14 #29

No! I mean...The CW?!????! underpants Mar 14 #30

Frightening. Passages Mar 15 #36

I'm old enough to remember the Sherman Anti-Trust law that was used against AT&T and IBM. sinkingfeeling Mar 14 #31

Jeezus Joinfortmill Mar 15 #32

Orbanization. moondust Mar 15 #33

Remember the Telecom Act of 1996, snot Mar 15 #34

I do indeed and have posted of the deep harm that has come from the Telecom Act. Passages Mar 15 #35