Bverbs
@bverbs.bsky.social
Recovering journalist and believer in truth and shared reality. College professor teaching good communication. We all need to do better. No DMs!
So much for the anti-monopoly and anti-trust laws.
Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
The evidence of corporate consolidation is everywhere.
It means more power for them and less freedom for you.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
The evidence of corporate consolidation is everywhere.
It means more power for them and less freedom for you.
Netflix's $83 billion takeover of Warner Bros Discovery would mean more corporate consolidation.
Netflix, by far the #1 streamer, would take over HBO Max, the #3 streaming service.
This giant merger could violate antitrust law and hurt consumers.
Netflix, by far the #1 streamer, would take over HBO Max, the #3 streaming service.
This giant merger could violate antitrust law and hurt consumers.
December 5, 2025 at 11:44 PM
So much for the anti-monopoly and anti-trust laws.
The Supreme Court is more like a kangaroo court everyday
Ari Berman, voting rights correspondent for Mother Jones magazine, calls it a “catastrophic ruling” that further normalizes extreme partisan gerrymandering. “This whole exercise made a complete mockery of democracy.”
December 5, 2025 at 11:42 PM
The Supreme Court is more like a kangaroo court everyday
What an absolute child.
December 5, 2025 at 11:40 PM
What an absolute child.
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FIFA makes up a new "peace prize" to give to Trump
YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen
youtube.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Prosecutors: “We can indict a ham sandwich.”
Grand jury: “Cool, but not Letitia James. Also, we’re vegan now.”
Turns out you need facts, not baloney. 😂🤣
Grand jury: “Cool, but not Letitia James. Also, we’re vegan now.”
Turns out you need facts, not baloney. 😂🤣
December 5, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Prosecutors: “We can indict a ham sandwich.”
Grand jury: “Cool, but not Letitia James. Also, we’re vegan now.”
Turns out you need facts, not baloney. 😂🤣
Grand jury: “Cool, but not Letitia James. Also, we’re vegan now.”
Turns out you need facts, not baloney. 😂🤣
Was it the war on Christmas?
BREAKING: According to Markwayne Mullin, Trump ended a *ninth* war overnight and is now working on ending a 10th!
December 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Was it the war on Christmas?
Most immigrants don’t have a criminal record until the ICE sweeps give them one. That’s the point - it’s a pretext to criminalize them and provide the reason for their deportation.
“These were indiscriminate enforcement actions going after any person who appeared to be an immigrant. … What’s motivating them is just sheer numbers.”
Most immigrants arrested in Trump’s D.C. crackdown had no criminal records
A Post analysis of federal data shows that the arrests of immigrants with no prior criminal record shot up sixfold during the Trump administration’s crackdown.
wapo.st
December 5, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Most immigrants don’t have a criminal record until the ICE sweeps give them one. That’s the point - it’s a pretext to criminalize them and provide the reason for their deportation.
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“These were indiscriminate enforcement actions going after any person who appeared to be an immigrant. … What’s motivating them is just sheer numbers.”
Most immigrants arrested in Trump’s D.C. crackdown had no criminal records
A Post analysis of federal data shows that the arrests of immigrants with no prior criminal record shot up sixfold during the Trump administration’s crackdown.
wapo.st
December 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
“These were indiscriminate enforcement actions going after any person who appeared to be an immigrant. … What’s motivating them is just sheer numbers.”
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Typical CEO In Chumplandia......
December 5, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Typical CEO In Chumplandia......
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Some will say the system worked because the woman was released. That is wrong. When rights are violated and later restored, the violation still occurred. When someone is assaulted first and verified later, the government has already crossed the constitutional line.
December 5, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Some will say the system worked because the woman was released. That is wrong. When rights are violated and later restored, the violation still occurred. When someone is assaulted first and verified later, the government has already crossed the constitutional line.
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Black America been ringing the alarm for generations and everybody swore it was “exaggeration.” Now every minority group is getting a taste of the same fire we were screaming about. Turns out the warning wasn’t the problem—the deaf ears were. #Pink #Momsky
a woman is drinking a cup of coffee from a white cup .
ALT: a woman is drinking a cup of coffee from a white cup .
media.tenor.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Hunter never cost the U.S. Treasury a dime. Can’t say the same for Don Jr. call this The Grifting Tree.
A startup backed by Donald Trump Jr.'s venture capital firm just got a $620M loan from the DoD, months after the Pentagon gave a major drone contract to ANOTHER Trump Jr.-backed company.
This is what kleptocracy looks like. https://popular.info/p/update-trump-jr-backed-startup-receives
This is what kleptocracy looks like. https://popular.info/p/update-trump-jr-backed-startup-receives
UPDATE: Trump Jr.-backed startup receives $620 million Pentagon loan
In October, Popular Information reported that the Pentagon awarded a contract to Unusual Machines, an obscure drone comp
popular.info
December 5, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Hunter never cost the U.S. Treasury a dime. Can’t say the same for Don Jr. call this The Grifting Tree.
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Scathing dissent from Justice Kagan:
"[T]his Court reverses that judgment based on its perusal, over a holiday weekend, of a cold paper record. We are a higher court than the District Court, but we are not a better one when it comes to making such a fact-based decision."
"[T]his Court reverses that judgment based on its perusal, over a holiday weekend, of a cold paper record. We are a higher court than the District Court, but we are not a better one when it comes to making such a fact-based decision."
Reuters: U.S. SUPREME COURT REVIVES REDRAWN PRO-REPUBLICAN TEXAS VOTING MAP INTENDED TO HELP TRUMP'S PARTY KEEP CONTROL OF CONGRESS
December 4, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Scathing dissent from Justice Kagan:
"[T]his Court reverses that judgment based on its perusal, over a holiday weekend, of a cold paper record. We are a higher court than the District Court, but we are not a better one when it comes to making such a fact-based decision."
"[T]his Court reverses that judgment based on its perusal, over a holiday weekend, of a cold paper record. We are a higher court than the District Court, but we are not a better one when it comes to making such a fact-based decision."
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Why have so many corporations donated to Trump’s White House ballroom project?
Could it be because many of them have lucrative government contracts?
Or because they have mergers and other regulatory business before Trump?
I’m sure they just thought a ballroom sounded nice…
Could it be because many of them have lucrative government contracts?
Or because they have mergers and other regulatory business before Trump?
I’m sure they just thought a ballroom sounded nice…
Trump’s Ballroom Corruption Exposed
YouTube video by Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Why have so many corporations donated to Trump’s White House ballroom project?
Could it be because many of them have lucrative government contracts?
Or because they have mergers and other regulatory business before Trump?
I’m sure they just thought a ballroom sounded nice…
Could it be because many of them have lucrative government contracts?
Or because they have mergers and other regulatory business before Trump?
I’m sure they just thought a ballroom sounded nice…
Another branch of the grifting tree.
Naturally, but the GOP and their MAGA fluffers on social media will have nothing to say about this, and Mike Johnson will pretend not to see this story until 2029.
Trump Jr-backed startup gets $600 million dollar government deal.
Trump Jr-backed startup gets $600 million dollar government deal.
This is a million times worse than anything Hunter Biden was accused of doing in even the most fevered right-wing conspiracy dream
December 5, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Another branch of the grifting tree.
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NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES
( it's in bright pink for infuriating)
DAY 4 DECEMBER 202
THESE CORRUPT TIMES
First Hegseth & Admiral Bradley saying murder is ok
TODAY CORRUPT SCOTUS ALLOWS TEXAS
REDISTRICTING MAPS
The Federal Court was correct
MAPS are RACIAL
SHAM CORRUPT SCOTUS
My response ⬇️
( it's in bright pink for infuriating)
DAY 4 DECEMBER 202
THESE CORRUPT TIMES
First Hegseth & Admiral Bradley saying murder is ok
TODAY CORRUPT SCOTUS ALLOWS TEXAS
REDISTRICTING MAPS
The Federal Court was correct
MAPS are RACIAL
SHAM CORRUPT SCOTUS
My response ⬇️
December 5, 2025 at 1:25 AM
NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES
( it's in bright pink for infuriating)
DAY 4 DECEMBER 202
THESE CORRUPT TIMES
First Hegseth & Admiral Bradley saying murder is ok
TODAY CORRUPT SCOTUS ALLOWS TEXAS
REDISTRICTING MAPS
The Federal Court was correct
MAPS are RACIAL
SHAM CORRUPT SCOTUS
My response ⬇️
( it's in bright pink for infuriating)
DAY 4 DECEMBER 202
THESE CORRUPT TIMES
First Hegseth & Admiral Bradley saying murder is ok
TODAY CORRUPT SCOTUS ALLOWS TEXAS
REDISTRICTING MAPS
The Federal Court was correct
MAPS are RACIAL
SHAM CORRUPT SCOTUS
My response ⬇️
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The dripping contempt the right wing SCOTUS majority holds for district judges is truly a sight to behold every time. When they deign to give actual reasons for their shadow docket holdings, it’s “look at the absolute idiots who keep getting everything wrong!”
December 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The dripping contempt the right wing SCOTUS majority holds for district judges is truly a sight to behold every time. When they deign to give actual reasons for their shadow docket holdings, it’s “look at the absolute idiots who keep getting everything wrong!”
Who’s your daddy? Sure ain’t this bloated puffery who is an orange stain on history.
December 4, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Who’s your daddy? Sure ain’t this bloated puffery who is an orange stain on history.
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🚨 Jonathan Braun, a convicted felon granted clemency by President Donald Trump, is returning to prison after multiple violations in a case that underscores how Trump’s soft-on-crime clemencies reward unrepentant offenders and endanger Americans.
open.substack.com/pub/theintel...
open.substack.com/pub/theintel...
December 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🚨 Jonathan Braun, a convicted felon granted clemency by President Donald Trump, is returning to prison after multiple violations in a case that underscores how Trump’s soft-on-crime clemencies reward unrepentant offenders and endanger Americans.
open.substack.com/pub/theintel...
open.substack.com/pub/theintel...
Criminal corruption from the Grifter in Chief and his progeny.
December 4, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Criminal corruption from the Grifter in Chief and his progeny.
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What do you expect from a party that only respects one Miss - Misogyny.
Republican women in the house accusing trumps handpicked speaker of …. Sexism
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
December 4, 2025 at 1:17 PM
What do you expect from a party that only respects one Miss - Misogyny.
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Current US Policy:
If you’re suspected of trafficking a small amount of drugs with no evidence, we will murder you, but if you’re convicted of trafficking an enormous amount of drugs with copious evidence, we will pardon you. Because we are currently a very stupid country.
If you’re suspected of trafficking a small amount of drugs with no evidence, we will murder you, but if you’re convicted of trafficking an enormous amount of drugs with copious evidence, we will pardon you. Because we are currently a very stupid country.
December 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Current US Policy:
If you’re suspected of trafficking a small amount of drugs with no evidence, we will murder you, but if you’re convicted of trafficking an enormous amount of drugs with copious evidence, we will pardon you. Because we are currently a very stupid country.
If you’re suspected of trafficking a small amount of drugs with no evidence, we will murder you, but if you’re convicted of trafficking an enormous amount of drugs with copious evidence, we will pardon you. Because we are currently a very stupid country.
Laughable
Trump: "Can we uhhh, talk about it? Right there is a man. Come here, let me say hello to you."
December 3, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Laughable
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One of our best presidents. Who never got the credit he deserved.
November 29, 2025 at 3:55 AM
One of our best presidents. Who never got the credit he deserved.