Yeah Buddy
@angstymcgee.bsky.social
Hanging out on the border of introversion and extroversion. Views my own.
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Forty years ago, 90% of media outlets were spread across 50 companies.
Now, just 5 companies control 90% of the media market.
This consolidation hurts consumers and helps oligarchs. 🧵
Now, just 5 companies control 90% of the media market.
This consolidation hurts consumers and helps oligarchs. 🧵
December 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Forty years ago, 90% of media outlets were spread across 50 companies.
Now, just 5 companies control 90% of the media market.
This consolidation hurts consumers and helps oligarchs. 🧵
Now, just 5 companies control 90% of the media market.
This consolidation hurts consumers and helps oligarchs. 🧵
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In 1996, President Clinton passed the Telecommunications Act.
This repealed New Deal restrictions on media consolidation.
It also continued industry deregulation stretching back to Carter and Reagan.
www.thebignewsletter.com/p/on-jimmy-k...
This repealed New Deal restrictions on media consolidation.
It also continued industry deregulation stretching back to Carter and Reagan.
www.thebignewsletter.com/p/on-jimmy-k...
On Jimmy Kimmel: It's Time to Destroy the Censorship Machine and Repeal the Telecommunications Act of 1996
In 1996, Bill Clinton set the stage for what Donald Trump is doing now by creating a censorship machine of consolidated media, broadband, and tech firms. It's time to break it apart.
www.thebignewsletter.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
In 1996, President Clinton passed the Telecommunications Act.
This repealed New Deal restrictions on media consolidation.
It also continued industry deregulation stretching back to Carter and Reagan.
www.thebignewsletter.com/p/on-jimmy-k...
This repealed New Deal restrictions on media consolidation.
It also continued industry deregulation stretching back to Carter and Reagan.
www.thebignewsletter.com/p/on-jimmy-k...
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I legitimately do not understand why this guy is popular
December 4, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I legitimately do not understand why this guy is popular
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For the last decade, the pervasive spread of bullshit & manipulation of online platforms have been widely recognized societal concerns. Now non US citizens studying those subjects can be labeled “censors” & denied visas or deported from the US. Censorship, indeed. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Exclusive: Trump administration orders enhanced vetting for applicants of H-1B visa
An internal State Department memo said that anyone involved in "censorship" of free speech should be considered for rejection.
www.reuters.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
For the last decade, the pervasive spread of bullshit & manipulation of online platforms have been widely recognized societal concerns. Now non US citizens studying those subjects can be labeled “censors” & denied visas or deported from the US. Censorship, indeed. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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it's just fucking embarrassing
a bizarre simulacrum of journalism by brunchlords with heads full of mashed potatoes desperately trying to get the GOP to like them by pretending any of this is important or interesting
a bizarre simulacrum of journalism by brunchlords with heads full of mashed potatoes desperately trying to get the GOP to like them by pretending any of this is important or interesting
December 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
it's just fucking embarrassing
a bizarre simulacrum of journalism by brunchlords with heads full of mashed potatoes desperately trying to get the GOP to like them by pretending any of this is important or interesting
a bizarre simulacrum of journalism by brunchlords with heads full of mashed potatoes desperately trying to get the GOP to like them by pretending any of this is important or interesting
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They are beating people who maybe once had a broken taillight and sending them to foreign slave prisons while freeing the worst fraudsters and every corrupt pol. The juxtaposition is so stark and appalling.
NEW: The commutation Trump issued to David Gentile wipes away all further fines & restitution.
Gentile had been sentenced to 7 years for his role in a $1.6B scheme that defrauded thousands of investors.
Prosecutors had been seeking $15.5M in forfeiture.
www.justice.gov/pardon/media...
Gentile had been sentenced to 7 years for his role in a $1.6B scheme that defrauded thousands of investors.
Prosecutors had been seeking $15.5M in forfeiture.
www.justice.gov/pardon/media...
December 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
They are beating people who maybe once had a broken taillight and sending them to foreign slave prisons while freeing the worst fraudsters and every corrupt pol. The juxtaposition is so stark and appalling.
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I think part of What's Going On with billionaires is that the daily friction of interacting with normal people is part of what anchors people to the real world, and once you have enough money to buy your way out of the friction you can knock down a load-bearing column propping up your sanity.
December 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I think part of What's Going On with billionaires is that the daily friction of interacting with normal people is part of what anchors people to the real world, and once you have enough money to buy your way out of the friction you can knock down a load-bearing column propping up your sanity.
Feckless.
Jeffries: "The border is secure. That's a good thing. It happened on his watch. He wants to claim credit for it, of course he'll get credit for that. In terms of making sure that we actually deal with the issues that matter, including on immigration, there's a lot that's left to be desired."
December 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Feckless.
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This is the most consequential story for the 2026 midterms. Yet, I cannot find it anywhere on legacy media. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Sues Six More States in Sweeping Push to Obtain Unredacted Voter Rolls
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This is the most consequential story for the 2026 midterms. Yet, I cannot find it anywhere on legacy media. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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The Republican Plan to kill kids is how we should be labeling this. It’s shocking, easy to digest, and 100% true
As RFK Jr.'s new vaccine panel ponders changing the hepatitis B vaccination schedule, some doctors recall past patients, including children, who died painful deaths before there was a vaccine. n.pr/3McwKqG
Doctors warn delaying hepatitis B shot for newborns could revive a deadly threat
As RFK Jr.'s new vaccine panel ponders changing the hepatitis B vaccination schedule, some doctors recall past patients, including children, who died painful deaths before there was a vaccine.
n.pr
December 3, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The Republican Plan to kill kids is how we should be labeling this. It’s shocking, easy to digest, and 100% true
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The Trump administration is violating a court order to keep Voice of America alive.
Trump to Close Voice of America’s Overseas Offices and Radio Stations
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
Trump to Close Voice of America’s Overseas Offices and Radio Stations
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
Trump to Close Voice of America’s Overseas Offices and Radio Stations
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:35 AM
The Trump administration is violating a court order to keep Voice of America alive.
Trump to Close Voice of America’s Overseas Offices and Radio Stations
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
Trump to Close Voice of America’s Overseas Offices and Radio Stations
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
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She shouldn't have to keep doing this by herself. She is supposedly a member of a political party and every single one of her *colleagues* should be BLASTING the fascist in chief. ALL OF THEM. Where is the solidarity???
Congresswoman Omar calls Trump's comments about her 'creepy' after the US president launches into an anti-Somali tirade.
Ilhan Omar denounces Donald Trump for calling Somali immigrants ‘garbage’
Congresswoman Omar calls Trump's comments about her 'creepy' after the US president launches into an anti-Somali tirade.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 12:34 AM
She shouldn't have to keep doing this by herself. She is supposedly a member of a political party and every single one of her *colleagues* should be BLASTING the fascist in chief. ALL OF THEM. Where is the solidarity???
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I've got a piece up today at @lukeoneil47.bsky.social's Welcome to Hell World. Check it out: www.welcometohellworld.com/a-coordinate...
A coordinated campaign to drive trans people out of public life
Parker Molloy on the latest Oklahoma anti-trans work
www.welcometohellworld.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I've got a piece up today at @lukeoneil47.bsky.social's Welcome to Hell World. Check it out: www.welcometohellworld.com/a-coordinate...
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In the Kids Onle Safety hearing going on right now they predictably called privacy and free speech concerns "a farce"
I think we should call and refute this shameful behavior extremely loudly
Watch it with me
democrats-energycommerce.house.gov/committee-ac...
I think we should call and refute this shameful behavior extremely loudly
Watch it with me
democrats-energycommerce.house.gov/committee-ac...
Hearing on "Legislative Solutions to Protect Children and Teens Online"
The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade of the Committee on Energy and Commerce will hold a hearing on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, at 10:15 a.m. (EST) in the John D. Dingell Hearing Room...
democrats-energycommerce.house.gov
December 2, 2025 at 3:56 PM
In the Kids Onle Safety hearing going on right now they predictably called privacy and free speech concerns "a farce"
I think we should call and refute this shameful behavior extremely loudly
Watch it with me
democrats-energycommerce.house.gov/committee-ac...
I think we should call and refute this shameful behavior extremely loudly
Watch it with me
democrats-energycommerce.house.gov/committee-ac...
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Statehood for D.C. is an ethical obligation at this point, required to protect the rights of our residents to govern ourselves against such out-of-state troops being sent to patrol our city.
NEW: Republican-led states, in a new filing at the D.C. Circuit, say D.C. residents are irrelevant, D.C. belongs to everyone else. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The filing is led by the South Carolina and West Virginia attorneys general. Both states sent troops to DC.
The filing is led by the South Carolina and West Virginia attorneys general. Both states sent troops to DC.
December 2, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Statehood for D.C. is an ethical obligation at this point, required to protect the rights of our residents to govern ourselves against such out-of-state troops being sent to patrol our city.
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This means that the northern Kingfield/Lyndale/Whittier neighborhoods in my area need to be carrying whistles because we’re going to be increasingly likely to encounter situations in our own neighborhoods.
Federal authorities plan operation in Minnesota focusing on Somali immigrants, AP source says
Federal authorities are preparing an immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota, focusing on Somali immigrants living unlawfully in the U.S.
apnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
This means that the northern Kingfield/Lyndale/Whittier neighborhoods in my area need to be carrying whistles because we’re going to be increasingly likely to encounter situations in our own neighborhoods.
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That Pentagon *press corps* performance with Matt Gaetz and Laura Loomer among those asking questions feels like a pretty good indicator of how far over the cliff we are. Worth checking out. 🇺🇸
December 2, 2025 at 7:48 PM
That Pentagon *press corps* performance with Matt Gaetz and Laura Loomer among those asking questions feels like a pretty good indicator of how far over the cliff we are. Worth checking out. 🇺🇸
Every cabinet meeting is King Lear with only Gonerils and Regans and no Cordelias.
Bessent: "I think 2026 is going to be great for the American people thanks to you"
December 2, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Every cabinet meeting is King Lear with only Gonerils and Regans and no Cordelias.
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Scoop: They tried to bury this news on Black Friday, but, well...
Trump crypto partner Alt5 Sigma told the SEC its auditor quit in Nov.
We called the auditor.
He resigned in August.
That's the second SEC filing with an apparent conflict that Alt5 Sigma has made in recent weeks.
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Trump crypto partner Alt5 Sigma told the SEC its auditor quit in Nov.
We called the auditor.
He resigned in August.
That's the second SEC filing with an apparent conflict that Alt5 Sigma has made in recent weeks.
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Trump Crypto Partner Alt5 Sigma May Have Violated SEC Rules After Another Filing Discrepancy
Alt5 Sigma told regulators its accountant resigned in November, while he says he notified the company three months earlier.
www.forbes.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Scoop: They tried to bury this news on Black Friday, but, well...
Trump crypto partner Alt5 Sigma told the SEC its auditor quit in Nov.
We called the auditor.
He resigned in August.
That's the second SEC filing with an apparent conflict that Alt5 Sigma has made in recent weeks.
1/
Trump crypto partner Alt5 Sigma told the SEC its auditor quit in Nov.
We called the auditor.
He resigned in August.
That's the second SEC filing with an apparent conflict that Alt5 Sigma has made in recent weeks.
1/
My favorite part of completing a 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle is when you get to ~50 pieces left and can verify that, yes, there is a single piece missing.
(Acquired it secondhand.)
(Acquired it secondhand.)
December 2, 2025 at 4:41 AM
My favorite part of completing a 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle is when you get to ~50 pieces left and can verify that, yes, there is a single piece missing.
(Acquired it secondhand.)
(Acquired it secondhand.)
Gonna start searching for things like “ChatGPT is a stale raisin” and “AI can suck a monkey paw” to reward them for this decision.
December 2, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Gonna start searching for things like “ChatGPT is a stale raisin” and “AI can suck a monkey paw” to reward them for this decision.
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Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market
Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market
BOSTON—Stressing that the move would help keep digital currencies liquid through the coming year, crypto leaders called for an infusion of 20 million dopes Thursday to stabilize the market. “We’re cal...
theonion.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market
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there is no legitimate definition of the term "democracy" under which maps like these are "democratic." this level of stovepiping is banana republic shit. this is effectively no different from stuffing a ballot box
Indiana Republicans have unveiled their proposal to re-gerrymander the congressional map & expand their current 7-2 majority to 9-0.
The Dem-held 1st would flip to Trump+12 & the 7th to Trump+19. All 7 GOP seats would be at least Trump+18.
Interactive map:
davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap...
The Dem-held 1st would flip to Trump+12 & the 7th to Trump+19. All 7 GOP seats would be at least Trump+18.
Interactive map:
davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap...
December 1, 2025 at 8:50 PM
there is no legitimate definition of the term "democracy" under which maps like these are "democratic." this level of stovepiping is banana republic shit. this is effectively no different from stuffing a ballot box