Alex Cermak
@alexcermak.bsky.social
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RealPage allegedly helped landlords price-fix and jack up the cost of rent.
Instead of cracking down, Trump's Justice Department struck a “deal” that lets them continue to rip off renters.
Is that the art of the deal or a sham? RealPage called it "an endorsement."
Instead of cracking down, Trump's Justice Department struck a “deal” that lets them continue to rip off renters.
Is that the art of the deal or a sham? RealPage called it "an endorsement."
Justice Department to Settle Lawsuit Over Apartment Rental Pricing
The case had alleged that RealPage’s software allowed landlords to unfairly coordinate prices.
www.wsj.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
RealPage allegedly helped landlords price-fix and jack up the cost of rent.
Instead of cracking down, Trump's Justice Department struck a “deal” that lets them continue to rip off renters.
Is that the art of the deal or a sham? RealPage called it "an endorsement."
Instead of cracking down, Trump's Justice Department struck a “deal” that lets them continue to rip off renters.
Is that the art of the deal or a sham? RealPage called it "an endorsement."
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If you would like to understand Benny's principles, here's a story. While at IJR on the day of the 2015 Roanoke shooting, Benny cried in the newsroom. Not because of the shooting itself, but because we told him he wasn't allowed to post the video of the murder on the website.
Benny Johnson had perhaps the best 2025 of any streamer on the right, drawing more than 1 billion YouTube views as he hobnobbed with Trump administration power players and GOP elites.
His job is to have no principles. Business is booming. www.mediamatters.org/benny-johnso...
His job is to have no principles. Business is booming. www.mediamatters.org/benny-johnso...
MAGA influencer Benny Johnson’s job is to have no principles. Business is booming.
www.mediamatters.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:24 PM
If you would like to understand Benny's principles, here's a story. While at IJR on the day of the 2015 Roanoke shooting, Benny cried in the newsroom. Not because of the shooting itself, but because we told him he wasn't allowed to post the video of the murder on the website.
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"Benny Johnson stands out, even among this collection of cranks, grifters, propagandists, and sycophants. He is the Jesse Watters of the streaming set, someone who has parlayed having absolutely nothing to add to any conversation into a lucrative career as a shill for President Donald Trump."
Benny Johnson had perhaps the best 2025 of any streamer on the right, drawing more than 1 billion YouTube views as he hobnobbed with Trump administration power players and GOP elites.
His job is to have no principles. Business is booming. www.mediamatters.org/benny-johnso...
His job is to have no principles. Business is booming. www.mediamatters.org/benny-johnso...
MAGA influencer Benny Johnson’s job is to have no principles. Business is booming.
www.mediamatters.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
"Benny Johnson stands out, even among this collection of cranks, grifters, propagandists, and sycophants. He is the Jesse Watters of the streaming set, someone who has parlayed having absolutely nothing to add to any conversation into a lucrative career as a shill for President Donald Trump."
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Why are billionaires buying up media outlets?
As a media mogul, you can effectively hedge against democracy by suppressing criticism of yourself and other plutocrats and discouraging any attempt to tax away your wealth.
Here's what we need to do about it. robertreich.substack.com/p/billionair...
As a media mogul, you can effectively hedge against democracy by suppressing criticism of yourself and other plutocrats and discouraging any attempt to tax away your wealth.
Here's what we need to do about it. robertreich.substack.com/p/billionair...
A toxic combo: Trump, Billionaires, and the Media
What to do about it
robertreich.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Why are billionaires buying up media outlets?
As a media mogul, you can effectively hedge against democracy by suppressing criticism of yourself and other plutocrats and discouraging any attempt to tax away your wealth.
Here's what we need to do about it. robertreich.substack.com/p/billionair...
As a media mogul, you can effectively hedge against democracy by suppressing criticism of yourself and other plutocrats and discouraging any attempt to tax away your wealth.
Here's what we need to do about it. robertreich.substack.com/p/billionair...
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Be advised that with only three viewing experiences, we have the sum total of what the American entertainment industry has to say about Thanksgiving.
1. Planes, Trains & Automobiles in full.
2. The camp play carnage in Addams Family Values
3. The clip below.
After that, it's all just football.
1. Planes, Trains & Automobiles in full.
2. The camp play carnage in Addams Family Values
3. The clip below.
After that, it's all just football.
47 years ago today, dozens of turkeys met their unfortunate demise in a Cincinnati parking lot.
November 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Be advised that with only three viewing experiences, we have the sum total of what the American entertainment industry has to say about Thanksgiving.
1. Planes, Trains & Automobiles in full.
2. The camp play carnage in Addams Family Values
3. The clip below.
After that, it's all just football.
1. Planes, Trains & Automobiles in full.
2. The camp play carnage in Addams Family Values
3. The clip below.
After that, it's all just football.
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"If your country opens a Department of War and closes the Department of Education then you live in a shithole."
-𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝟿𝟾%
-𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝟿𝟾%
November 25, 2025 at 9:57 AM
"If your country opens a Department of War and closes the Department of Education then you live in a shithole."
-𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝟿𝟾%
-𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝟿𝟾%
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Wait, so he’s *not* a genius businessman who can apply that genius to improving the American economy?
The Trumps went all in on bitcoin and are losing their shirts.
"Trump coin, launched shortly before the inauguration, has lost more than 90% of its value since peaking at $75.35 on January 19. It was trading at $6.25 on Monday."
The family wealth diminished $1B in the crypto crash
"Trump coin, launched shortly before the inauguration, has lost more than 90% of its value since peaking at $75.35 on January 19. It was trading at $6.25 on Monday."
The family wealth diminished $1B in the crypto crash
The crypto crash has tanked the investments of the Trump family and its followers
Trump coin has plunged more than 90% since it peaked shortly after launch. The Trump family's wealth has dipped by $1 billion in the last few months.
www.businessinsider.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Wait, so he’s *not* a genius businessman who can apply that genius to improving the American economy?
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November 25, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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Landscape with Waterline, 1879
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/12075
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/12075
November 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Landscape with Waterline, 1879
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/12075
https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/12075
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After campaigning on banning congressional stock trading, one of Congress' top stock traders, Rob Bresnahan, sold up to $130,000 in stocks from four Medicaid providers before voting for huge cuts to the program. #PA08
November 24, 2025 at 10:49 PM
After campaigning on banning congressional stock trading, one of Congress' top stock traders, Rob Bresnahan, sold up to $130,000 in stocks from four Medicaid providers before voting for huge cuts to the program. #PA08
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“Trump taking out his adversaries is nothing new. Relatives of Trump Casino executives who died in a rental helicopter crash in New Jersey, will tell you that, as some of them once did to me personally.”
November 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
“Trump taking out his adversaries is nothing new. Relatives of Trump Casino executives who died in a rental helicopter crash in New Jersey, will tell you that, as some of them once did to me personally.”
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“Even a mild glance at the circumstances surrounding that situation leaves one with the impression of a well-planned mob hit - to take out folks who were talking to the federal authorities investigating money-laundering in his Atlantic City casinos.” open.substack.com/pub/noelcasl...
'Lunatic Fringe'
The guy who just last Friday, on his way to yet another golf weekend in Palm Beach, pointed at White House press pool reporter Catherine Lucey and screeched, ‘Quiet, quiet piggy!’ is oddly being laude...
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
“Even a mild glance at the circumstances surrounding that situation leaves one with the impression of a well-planned mob hit - to take out folks who were talking to the federal authorities investigating money-laundering in his Atlantic City casinos.” open.substack.com/pub/noelcasl...
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There is a dawning realization, even within the Trumpian swamp of grift, that Kash Patel is turning out to be a clueless, ethically-tone deaf cretin. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Kash's Turn in the Barrel
Plus: MAGA's foreign troll farms
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
There is a dawning realization, even within the Trumpian swamp of grift, that Kash Patel is turning out to be a clueless, ethically-tone deaf cretin. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
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The Trump administration inherited an economy that the Economist called "the envy of the world" in a cover story a week before the election and easily could've coasted on that success (again) but instead they set it on fire.
November 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The Trump administration inherited an economy that the Economist called "the envy of the world" in a cover story a week before the election and easily could've coasted on that success (again) but instead they set it on fire.
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Republicans and Democrats are standing together, clearly saying that Members of Congress should not be able to trade stocks.
We get sensitive, classified information. We should be trusted with that to help our constituents, not pad our wallets.
We get sensitive, classified information. We should be trusted with that to help our constituents, not pad our wallets.
November 23, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Republicans and Democrats are standing together, clearly saying that Members of Congress should not be able to trade stocks.
We get sensitive, classified information. We should be trusted with that to help our constituents, not pad our wallets.
We get sensitive, classified information. We should be trusted with that to help our constituents, not pad our wallets.
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We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way to get rid of Citizens United. Let me explain. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united
November 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way to get rid of Citizens United. Let me explain. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
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There is a post circulating on Bluesky encouraging the moving of a frozen turkey straight into a pot of hot oil. We are combating this misinformation the best way we know how - through the power of dance music.
November 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM
There is a post circulating on Bluesky encouraging the moving of a frozen turkey straight into a pot of hot oil. We are combating this misinformation the best way we know how - through the power of dance music.
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The Brothel - 1887
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14180
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14180
November 23, 2025 at 3:29 AM
The Brothel - 1887
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14180
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14180
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In this tough and moving essay, Caroline Kennedy's 35-year-old daughter Tatiana Schlossberg reveals that she is terminally ill with leukemia. She has some choice words about how her cousin Bobby has made the limited time she has left worse. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
In this tough and moving essay, Caroline Kennedy's 35-year-old daughter Tatiana Schlossberg reveals that she is terminally ill with leukemia. She has some choice words about how her cousin Bobby has made the limited time she has left worse. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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The Travelling Circus https://www.wikiart.org/en/paul-klee/the-travelling-circus
November 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The Travelling Circus https://www.wikiart.org/en/paul-klee/the-travelling-circus
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AOC on MTG retiring: "She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."
November 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
AOC on MTG retiring: "She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."
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There is no debate --
“An order requiring the performance of a military duty or act may be disobeyed when such act is unlawful.”
Manual for Courts-Martial United States (2024), Part IV, ¶ 14.c.(2)(a)(i)
www.sja.marines.mil/Portals/135/...
#HOLDFAST
“An order requiring the performance of a military duty or act may be disobeyed when such act is unlawful.”
Manual for Courts-Martial United States (2024), Part IV, ¶ 14.c.(2)(a)(i)
www.sja.marines.mil/Portals/135/...
#HOLDFAST
www.sja.marines.mil
November 22, 2025 at 12:13 PM
There is no debate --
“An order requiring the performance of a military duty or act may be disobeyed when such act is unlawful.”
Manual for Courts-Martial United States (2024), Part IV, ¶ 14.c.(2)(a)(i)
www.sja.marines.mil/Portals/135/...
#HOLDFAST
“An order requiring the performance of a military duty or act may be disobeyed when such act is unlawful.”
Manual for Courts-Martial United States (2024), Part IV, ¶ 14.c.(2)(a)(i)
www.sja.marines.mil/Portals/135/...
#HOLDFAST
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The Scream 1910
https://botfrens.com/collections/90/contents/25603
https://botfrens.com/collections/90/contents/25603
November 22, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The Scream 1910
https://botfrens.com/collections/90/contents/25603
https://botfrens.com/collections/90/contents/25603