Michael Sozan
@michaelsozan.bsky.social
Senior Fellow at Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social. Democracy crusader. Former Senate chief of staff, DOJ. Opinions my own, reposts aren’t endorsements.
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Michael Sozan
@michaelsozan.bsky.social
· Jul 15
Media Companies Like Paramount Should Think Twice Before Settling With Trump
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This can't be buried! The Trump/Paramount settlement could be bribery in plain sight.
Trump himself seemed to tie settlement to FCC review of the unrelated Paramount merger. This contradicts FCC chair Brendan Carr.
Read more in my @talkingpointsmemo.com op-ed.
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Trump himself seemed to tie settlement to FCC review of the unrelated Paramount merger. This contradicts FCC chair Brendan Carr.
Read more in my @talkingpointsmemo.com op-ed.
talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/media-c...
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The SAVE Act would require every American citizen to show a passport or birth certificate and government ID to vote.
146 MILLION Americans do not have a passport.
69 MILLION women do not have a valid birth certificate due to surname changes.
The SAVE Act is an anti-voter bill.
146 MILLION Americans do not have a passport.
69 MILLION women do not have a valid birth certificate due to surname changes.
The SAVE Act is an anti-voter bill.
February 9, 2026 at 5:14 PM
The SAVE Act would require every American citizen to show a passport or birth certificate and government ID to vote.
146 MILLION Americans do not have a passport.
69 MILLION women do not have a valid birth certificate due to surname changes.
The SAVE Act is an anti-voter bill.
146 MILLION Americans do not have a passport.
69 MILLION women do not have a valid birth certificate due to surname changes.
The SAVE Act is an anti-voter bill.
Flailing. Making very little sense.
REP. STEIL: Some Dems demands put at risk the safety of members of law enforcement
CNBC: You mean like taking off their masks and having a badge that shows who they are?
STEIL: Well, they're known to their supervisors
CNBC: No other law enforcement officials in the US are allowed to wear masks
CNBC: You mean like taking off their masks and having a badge that shows who they are?
STEIL: Well, they're known to their supervisors
CNBC: No other law enforcement officials in the US are allowed to wear masks
February 9, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Flailing. Making very little sense.
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Katie Mettler, a former chair of the Washington Post guild, said: “I’m glad Will Lewis has been fired. I wish it had happened before he fired all my friends.” ... SAME!
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/t...
Washington Post C.E.O. Will Lewis Steps Down After Stormy Tenure
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Katie Mettler, a former chair of the Washington Post guild, said: “I’m glad Will Lewis has been fired. I wish it had happened before he fired all my friends.” ... SAME!
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/t...
He successfully gutted the Washington Post and will now probably move upward within Trump world.
Breaking News: Will Lewis stepped down as the chief executive and publisher of The Washington Post days after it laid off hundreds of journalists.
Washington Post C.E.O. Will Lewis Steps Down After Stormy Tenure
Mr. Lewis will be replaced in the interim by Jeff D’Onofrio, formerly the chief financial officer, the company said.
nyti.ms
February 7, 2026 at 11:39 PM
He successfully gutted the Washington Post and will now probably move upward within Trump world.
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Breaking News: Will Lewis stepped down as the chief executive and publisher of The Washington Post days after it laid off hundreds of journalists.
Washington Post C.E.O. Will Lewis Steps Down After Stormy Tenure
Mr. Lewis will be replaced in the interim by Jeff D’Onofrio, formerly the chief financial officer, the company said.
nyti.ms
February 7, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Breaking News: Will Lewis stepped down as the chief executive and publisher of The Washington Post days after it laid off hundreds of journalists.
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Today at school dismissal, I followed a suspicious pickup around for a bit, keeping an eye on them, trying to figure out if they were ICE. Then I realized they were keeping an eye on me also. Then I realized they were, in fact, other parents. Life in Minnesota, January 2026.
February 2, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Today at school dismissal, I followed a suspicious pickup around for a bit, keeping an eye on them, trying to figure out if they were ICE. Then I realized they were keeping an eye on me also. Then I realized they were, in fact, other parents. Life in Minnesota, January 2026.
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Utah launched a pilot program that allows AI to autonomously refill prescriptions.
While there is no such thing as medical-grade AI, the program refers to itself as an "AI doctor."
This is a dangerous step toward artificial medical practice that the FDA cannot ignore.
While there is no such thing as medical-grade AI, the program refers to itself as an "AI doctor."
This is a dangerous step toward artificial medical practice that the FDA cannot ignore.
February 3, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Utah launched a pilot program that allows AI to autonomously refill prescriptions.
While there is no such thing as medical-grade AI, the program refers to itself as an "AI doctor."
This is a dangerous step toward artificial medical practice that the FDA cannot ignore.
While there is no such thing as medical-grade AI, the program refers to itself as an "AI doctor."
This is a dangerous step toward artificial medical practice that the FDA cannot ignore.
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Chris Murphy on Fox News Sunday: "What we want in these next two weeks is just to make ICE follow the law. No more of these roving patrols through the cities in which they're demanding that American citizens show their papers. That's what happened in Stalin's Russia."
February 1, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Chris Murphy on Fox News Sunday: "What we want in these next two weeks is just to make ICE follow the law. No more of these roving patrols through the cities in which they're demanding that American citizens show their papers. That's what happened in Stalin's Russia."
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The contrast between these people and the people of Minneapolis is quite something. And no, 'B-b-but what about the shareholders?' does not wash as an excuse. Everyone has something to lose.
www.wired.com/story/after-...
www.wired.com/story/after-...
After Minneapolis, Tech CEOs Are Struggling to Stay Silent
Silicon Valley’s power brokers spent the past year currying favor with President Trump. Two deadly shootings in Minneapolis are now exposing the price of that bargain.
www.wired.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:28 PM
The contrast between these people and the people of Minneapolis is quite something. And no, 'B-b-but what about the shareholders?' does not wash as an excuse. Everyone has something to lose.
www.wired.com/story/after-...
www.wired.com/story/after-...
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Epstein survivor Lisa Phillips reacts to Todd Blanche: I’m actually shaking right now. I want to fucking cry. It makes me so sick. And he has a wedding ring on. Like, really—how does he go home to his wife. I’m looking at the files right now that shows names…
January 31, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Epstein survivor Lisa Phillips reacts to Todd Blanche: I’m actually shaking right now. I want to fucking cry. It makes me so sick. And he has a wedding ring on. Like, really—how does he go home to his wife. I’m looking at the files right now that shows names…
Are we just supposed to forget that Tom Homan allegedly accepted $50k cash in a paper bag, as he “oversees” the DHS debacle in Minnesota?
February 1, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Are we just supposed to forget that Tom Homan allegedly accepted $50k cash in a paper bag, as he “oversees” the DHS debacle in Minnesota?
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Dude. We read the email. You were begging for an invite to the next “party.” You “cleared your calendar.”
The mendacity. I hope there are some folks posting the email on X.
The mendacity. I hope there are some folks posting the email on X.
Elon Musk's full comment on the Epstein files release, just posted on X:
January 31, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Dude. We read the email. You were begging for an invite to the next “party.” You “cleared your calendar.”
The mendacity. I hope there are some folks posting the email on X.
The mendacity. I hope there are some folks posting the email on X.
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I can't think of anything less patriotic than allowing a corrupt pedophile to suspend the constitution so he can murder citizens, enrich himself, and imprison journalists.
January 30, 2026 at 9:09 PM
I can't think of anything less patriotic than allowing a corrupt pedophile to suspend the constitution so he can murder citizens, enrich himself, and imprison journalists.
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Buttigieg on Fox News: "Seeing an American taken to the ground, having his gun removed, being shot in the back 10 times, then having the govt say he was a terrorist all along based on no evidence.. those are kinds of things that as painful as they are, can actually bring together a lot of Americans"
January 31, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Buttigieg on Fox News: "Seeing an American taken to the ground, having his gun removed, being shot in the back 10 times, then having the govt say he was a terrorist all along based on no evidence.. those are kinds of things that as painful as they are, can actually bring together a lot of Americans"
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Harvard professor Steven Levitsky, who studies democracy backsliding, on Don Lemon's arrest:
“This is a new dimension. In democracies, journalists don't get arrested. In authoritarian regimes, journalists get arrested."
More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/don-lemon-...
“This is a new dimension. In democracies, journalists don't get arrested. In authoritarian regimes, journalists get arrested."
More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/don-lemon-...
January 31, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Harvard professor Steven Levitsky, who studies democracy backsliding, on Don Lemon's arrest:
“This is a new dimension. In democracies, journalists don't get arrested. In authoritarian regimes, journalists get arrested."
More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/don-lemon-...
“This is a new dimension. In democracies, journalists don't get arrested. In authoritarian regimes, journalists get arrested."
More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/don-lemon-...
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Buttigieg on Fox News: "When you see an American woman opening the door to her home and on her doorstep finds half a dozen federal agents in tactical gear that is more tricked out than what I would take outside the wire in Afghanistan -- I think most people get that that is wrong."
January 31, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Buttigieg on Fox News: "When you see an American woman opening the door to her home and on her doorstep finds half a dozen federal agents in tactical gear that is more tricked out than what I would take outside the wire in Afghanistan -- I think most people get that that is wrong."
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Within half an hour of when Deputy AG Blanche told reporters that DOJ "complied with the statute...we did not protect President Trump," DOJ deleted multiple documents from the database with damning information about Trump. Among those deleted were first-person accounts of Trump raping kids.
January 31, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Within half an hour of when Deputy AG Blanche told reporters that DOJ "complied with the statute...we did not protect President Trump," DOJ deleted multiple documents from the database with damning information about Trump. Among those deleted were first-person accounts of Trump raping kids.
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Buttigieg on Fox News: "How did this criminal get a pardon from President Trump? Did he contribute to the ballroom project? Did he buy some of that cryptocurrency and make the Trump family wealthier? Why are these many fraudsters getting these pardons?"
January 31, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Buttigieg on Fox News: "How did this criminal get a pardon from President Trump? Did he contribute to the ballroom project? Did he buy some of that cryptocurrency and make the Trump family wealthier? Why are these many fraudsters getting these pardons?"
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Warnock on the arrest of Don Lemon: It’s chilling, and I think that is the intent. They intend to send chills down the backs of journalists. The authoritarian march is happening in real time, and it’s way past the time to wake up.
January 30, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Warnock on the arrest of Don Lemon: It’s chilling, and I think that is the intent. They intend to send chills down the backs of journalists. The authoritarian march is happening in real time, and it’s way past the time to wake up.
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I'm sorry, WHAT?👀
The DNI just happened by a FBI raid and jumped into the back of a truck full of seized ballots?
The DNI just happened by a FBI raid and jumped into the back of a truck full of seized ballots?
Q: Can you explain Tulsi Gabbard's role in DOJ activity regarding the Fulton County search?
BLANCHE: She happened to be present in Atlanta. I saw the same photo you did. She doesn't work for the DOJ or FBI.
BLANCHE: She happened to be present in Atlanta. I saw the same photo you did. She doesn't work for the DOJ or FBI.
January 30, 2026 at 4:52 PM
I'm sorry, WHAT?👀
The DNI just happened by a FBI raid and jumped into the back of a truck full of seized ballots?
The DNI just happened by a FBI raid and jumped into the back of a truck full of seized ballots?
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I get tired of saying it, but I’ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.
January 30, 2026 at 4:46 PM
I get tired of saying it, but I’ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
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Just a fundamentally evil, malevolent person. Rotten to the very core.
January 30, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Just a fundamentally evil, malevolent person. Rotten to the very core.
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Lady Gaga has put out a gorgeous anthem for Minneapolis.
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Won’t You Be My Neighbor? | Lady Gaga Original
YouTube video by Rocket
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January 29, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Lady Gaga has put out a gorgeous anthem for Minneapolis.
youtu.be/e3o5FIXoK84?...
youtu.be/e3o5FIXoK84?...