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BurnDoubt

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

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Sat Mar 14, 2026, 06:17 PM

Mar 14

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.

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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