Charon
@sailorch4r0n.bsky.social
Reposted by Charon
the symbolism of “Trump destroying the White House for a overpriced luxury vanity project, during a government shut down, days after a historically-large mass demonstration against his regime called “No Kings”’ would be rightly viewed as laying it on a little thick if it was in a work of fiction
October 20, 2025 at 10:08 PM
the symbolism of “Trump destroying the White House for a overpriced luxury vanity project, during a government shut down, days after a historically-large mass demonstration against his regime called “No Kings”’ would be rightly viewed as laying it on a little thick if it was in a work of fiction
god i'm just so fucking tired
They literally demolished part
of the White House to build Trump’s
$250 million ballroom. I’m not even
shocked. Just tired. And heartbroken.
How did we get here?
of the White House to build Trump’s
$250 million ballroom. I’m not even
shocked. Just tired. And heartbroken.
How did we get here?
October 21, 2025 at 3:40 AM
god i'm just so fucking tired
Reposted by Charon
💉🧵RKFJ’s HHS has reestablished a childhood vaccine safety task force. Review of vaccine safety is a good and necessary thing.
But that is not what RFKJ is doing. He will use this task force to restrict or remove access to childhood vaccines.
www.cnn.com/2025/08/14/h...
But that is not what RFKJ is doing. He will use this task force to restrict or remove access to childhood vaccines.
www.cnn.com/2025/08/14/h...
August 15, 2025 at 2:21 AM
💉🧵RKFJ’s HHS has reestablished a childhood vaccine safety task force. Review of vaccine safety is a good and necessary thing.
But that is not what RFKJ is doing. He will use this task force to restrict or remove access to childhood vaccines.
www.cnn.com/2025/08/14/h...
But that is not what RFKJ is doing. He will use this task force to restrict or remove access to childhood vaccines.
www.cnn.com/2025/08/14/h...
Reposted by Charon
August 12, 2025 at 11:02 PM
PSA:
One way to reduce stress is to meditate. Another way is to not live under a fascist government. This has been wellness tips!
August 6, 2025 at 5:40 PM
PSA:
it's the coldest summer of the rest of our lives, probably
When even your early morning walk reminds you that you live now on a planet that will likely keep burning for the rest of your life. When you realize babies born in your community today likely will not know the deep blue summer sky of your own childhood.
August 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
it's the coldest summer of the rest of our lives, probably
Reposted by Charon
Reposted by Charon
What was done to 60 Minutes was terrible. Period. The people concerned about what happened to Colbert know the history of authoritarianism & that authoritarians target comedians & entertainers bc they tell the truth about the state unbridled by journalistic norms. Colbert is a truth-teller.
This is absolutely, astonishingly wrong & uninformed. It is precisely because of Colbert’s role as a comedian that he could be one of the main truth tellers in American society for the past decade.
The story at Paramount-CBS isn't Colbert.
It's 60 Minutes.
If you're valorizing comedians and entertainers for their truth-telling more than journalists, you're part of the problem.
All the entertainment could vanish tomorrow and we'd survive. Not so much, if reporting did.
It's 60 Minutes.
If you're valorizing comedians and entertainers for their truth-telling more than journalists, you're part of the problem.
All the entertainment could vanish tomorrow and we'd survive. Not so much, if reporting did.
July 18, 2025 at 2:41 PM
What was done to 60 Minutes was terrible. Period. The people concerned about what happened to Colbert know the history of authoritarianism & that authoritarians target comedians & entertainers bc they tell the truth about the state unbridled by journalistic norms. Colbert is a truth-teller.
Reposted by Charon
Stephen Colbert and Late Show didn't just depart CBS. It is also a departure from the principles of creative freedom that is now controlled by weak corporate warlords bending to the demands of a fascist dictator.
July 18, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Stephen Colbert and Late Show didn't just depart CBS. It is also a departure from the principles of creative freedom that is now controlled by weak corporate warlords bending to the demands of a fascist dictator.
Reposted by Charon
when i think of Colbert, i think of an interview he gave to GQ when he first took over The Late Show, and had this to say about losing his father and brothers in a plane crash. www.gq.com/story/stephe...
July 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
when i think of Colbert, i think of an interview he gave to GQ when he first took over The Late Show, and had this to say about losing his father and brothers in a plane crash. www.gq.com/story/stephe...
Reposted by Charon
"Sadness is like a little bit of an emotional death but not a defeat if you can find a way to laugh about it. Because that laughter keeps you from having fear of it, and fear is the thing that keeps you turning to evil devices to save you from the sadness."
-- Stephen Colbert
-- Stephen Colbert
July 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
"Sadness is like a little bit of an emotional death but not a defeat if you can find a way to laugh about it. Because that laughter keeps you from having fear of it, and fear is the thing that keeps you turning to evil devices to save you from the sadness."
-- Stephen Colbert
-- Stephen Colbert
Reposted by Charon
Paramount: Stephen Colbert's cancellation was a "financial decision" and had absolutely nothing to do with "other matters."
Trump: "I absolutely love that Colbert got fired."
Trump: "I absolutely love that Colbert got fired."
July 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Paramount: Stephen Colbert's cancellation was a "financial decision" and had absolutely nothing to do with "other matters."
Trump: "I absolutely love that Colbert got fired."
Trump: "I absolutely love that Colbert got fired."
Reposted by Charon
CBS removing anti Trump comedian Stephen Colbert from the air under pressure from Trump is an extremely serious matter.
This is a direct attack on freedom of the press by the president of the USA.
This cannot be allowed to pass.
This is a direct attack on freedom of the press by the president of the USA.
This cannot be allowed to pass.
July 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
CBS removing anti Trump comedian Stephen Colbert from the air under pressure from Trump is an extremely serious matter.
This is a direct attack on freedom of the press by the president of the USA.
This cannot be allowed to pass.
This is a direct attack on freedom of the press by the president of the USA.
This cannot be allowed to pass.
Reposted by Charon
the people who fund expensive streaming only star trek shows want you to believe they canceled colbert, the highest rated network talk show, because of costs and not because he made the president mad on a regular basis.
they think you are fucking stupid.
they think you are fucking stupid.
Paramount: Stephen Colbert's cancellation was a "financial decision" and had absolutely nothing to do with "other matters."
Trump: "I absolutely love that Colbert got fired."
Trump: "I absolutely love that Colbert got fired."
July 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
the people who fund expensive streaming only star trek shows want you to believe they canceled colbert, the highest rated network talk show, because of costs and not because he made the president mad on a regular basis.
they think you are fucking stupid.
they think you are fucking stupid.
Reposted by Charon
“That's why his final monologue about the settlement was so dangerous to CBS's incoming overlords. Colbert didn't just criticize the payment; he named it for what it was.” www.readtpa.com/p/stephen-co...
Stephen Colbert's Cancellation Is Exactly What It Looks Like
Mock a Trump bribe on Monday, get canceled by Thursday. The Late Show's death reveals how billionaires and presidents are reshaping American media.
www.readtpa.com
July 18, 2025 at 3:06 PM
“That's why his final monologue about the settlement was so dangerous to CBS's incoming overlords. Colbert didn't just criticize the payment; he named it for what it was.” www.readtpa.com/p/stephen-co...
Reposted by Charon
Elizabeth Warren on CBS canceling Stephen Colbert's show:
"CBS canceled Colbert’s show just three days after Colbert called out CBS owner Paramount for its $16 million settlement with Trump – a deal that looks like bribery. America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons.”
"CBS canceled Colbert’s show just three days after Colbert called out CBS owner Paramount for its $16 million settlement with Trump – a deal that looks like bribery. America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons.”
July 18, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Elizabeth Warren on CBS canceling Stephen Colbert's show:
"CBS canceled Colbert’s show just three days after Colbert called out CBS owner Paramount for its $16 million settlement with Trump – a deal that looks like bribery. America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons.”
"CBS canceled Colbert’s show just three days after Colbert called out CBS owner Paramount for its $16 million settlement with Trump – a deal that looks like bribery. America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons.”
Reposted by Charon
Sen. Elizabeth Warren: "CBS canceled [Stephen] Colbert's show just three days after Colbert called out CBS owner Paramount for its $16 settlement with Trump – a deal that looks like bribery. America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons."
July 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Sen. Elizabeth Warren: "CBS canceled [Stephen] Colbert's show just three days after Colbert called out CBS owner Paramount for its $16 settlement with Trump – a deal that looks like bribery. America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons."
Reposted by Charon
@tomtomorrow.bsky.social @rubenbolling.bsky.social
First they come for the comedians, then the cartoonist. Kings fear being laughed at. We have a funny bone to pick with/without a smile on our faces #Colbert #Kimmel #SethMeyers #DailyShow
First they come for the comedians, then the cartoonist. Kings fear being laughed at. We have a funny bone to pick with/without a smile on our faces #Colbert #Kimmel #SethMeyers #DailyShow
July 18, 2025 at 2:43 PM
@tomtomorrow.bsky.social @rubenbolling.bsky.social
First they come for the comedians, then the cartoonist. Kings fear being laughed at. We have a funny bone to pick with/without a smile on our faces #Colbert #Kimmel #SethMeyers #DailyShow
First they come for the comedians, then the cartoonist. Kings fear being laughed at. We have a funny bone to pick with/without a smile on our faces #Colbert #Kimmel #SethMeyers #DailyShow
Reposted by Charon
Trump gloated on Truth Social, “I absolutely love that Colbert got fired.” Real mature, FDT!
July 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Trump gloated on Truth Social, “I absolutely love that Colbert got fired.” Real mature, FDT!
Reposted by Charon
Stephen Colbert was right — this is a “big fat bribe.”
www.npr.org/2025/07/02/n... Paramount agrees to pay $16 million to settle Trump's CBS suit : NPR
www.npr.org/2025/07/02/n... Paramount agrees to pay $16 million to settle Trump's CBS suit : NPR
Paramount agrees to pay $16 million to settle Trump's CBS lawsuit
Paramount Global will pay $16 million to settle President Trump's lawsuit over 60 Minutes' interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris — a lawsuit that many legal experts considered spurious.
www.npr.org
July 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Stephen Colbert was right — this is a “big fat bribe.”
www.npr.org/2025/07/02/n... Paramount agrees to pay $16 million to settle Trump's CBS suit : NPR
www.npr.org/2025/07/02/n... Paramount agrees to pay $16 million to settle Trump's CBS suit : NPR
Reposted by Charon
Even against all of Trump's cascading attacks over the past seven months, it had seemed that up until now, our culture at large—the literal shows, movies, art, music, literature we consume—seemed somewhat siloed from Trump's fury.
But the end of Colbert marks a dark new stage.
But the end of Colbert marks a dark new stage.
Colbert's cancellation is a dark warning
CBS's decision marks a dangerous new stage for the culture at large.
www.motherjones.com
July 18, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Even against all of Trump's cascading attacks over the past seven months, it had seemed that up until now, our culture at large—the literal shows, movies, art, music, literature we consume—seemed somewhat siloed from Trump's fury.
But the end of Colbert marks a dark new stage.
But the end of Colbert marks a dark new stage.
Reposted by Charon
Everyone needs to understand that the defunding of public broadcasting this week is part of a broader effort to dismantle the free press and control the means of reality production itself.
www.thedissident.news/the-oligarch...
www.thedissident.news/the-oligarch...
The Oligarchs' Coup Against the Free Press Is Happening Now
The American information space is not merely changing; it is undergoing a hostile takeover. It is a deliberate, coordinated campaign by a new class of oligarchs out of Silicon Valley that includes Jef...
www.thedissident.news
July 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Everyone needs to understand that the defunding of public broadcasting this week is part of a broader effort to dismantle the free press and control the means of reality production itself.
www.thedissident.news/the-oligarch...
www.thedissident.news/the-oligarch...
Reposted by Charon
A local sanitation workers strike that began on July 1 in Boston, and left trash unpicked across the city is now spreading nationwide in a series of labor actions coordinated by the Teamsters union as workers demand better pay and benefits.
Sanitation Workers Demand Higher Wages as Trash Pickup Strikes Spread Nationwide
As work stoppages spread, the Teamsters’ president says a waste disposal company is at “war” with sanitation workers.
buff.ly
July 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
A local sanitation workers strike that began on July 1 in Boston, and left trash unpicked across the city is now spreading nationwide in a series of labor actions coordinated by the Teamsters union as workers demand better pay and benefits.