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You point out a similar profile between Mamdani, AOC, Tlaib and Omar. In the old school spirit of "one of these is not like the others" what factor do you suppose differentiates Mamdani that would almost certainly influence Trump's view of him compared to the other three. Hmmmm?
November 25, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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funkiejunkygirl.bsky.social
Peaceful and Plentiful!🩷
October 19, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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sarahjeong.bsky.social
idk if you've seen this south korean editorial that ran a few days ago. google translate version scorched my eyebrows www.hani.co.kr/arti/opinion...
Maga is fundamentally a populist white racism. The slogan "Make America Great Again" is more accurately described as "Make White America Greater." The fact that the tariff policy insisted on a 50% tariff only on steel and aluminum stems from the concentration of these groups in the Rust Belt. The massive crackdown on illegal immigrants at the Hyundai-LG Energy Solutions joint venture plant in Georgia must be understood in this context. The scenes of our workers being chained and escorted away were reminiscent of the dragging of African slaves in the 18th and 19th centuries. The Department of Homeland Security boasted of "the largest single-site raid in history," and Immigration and Customs Enforcement even brazenly released footage of the raid, which was highly violating human rights, as if to boast of their "achievement." Far-right whites may have secretly rejoiced. Even politicians like the Georgia governor and local lawmakers, who had been active in attracting factories, have shifted their stance and sympathized with their grievances. This is likely because it's difficult to ignore the anti-immigrant sentiment of native Americans. Like the McCarthyism that swept through American society in the 1950s, irrational madness dominates American society. The recent visa issue, which could have been resolved diplomatically with advance notice from an ally, is difficult to explain beyond political maneuvering. The fact that they mobilized helicopters and armored vehicles for show, as if they had been caught, is difficult to explain.
September 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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ddayen.bsky.social
Ellison may end up breaking TV entirely. Paramount is wedded to a doomed strategy of cable channels in an era of cord-cutting. There's a scenario where this all blows up and the outcome is not right-wing CNN, it's no CNN.
Warner Bros. Discovery was in the process of un-merging itself, after enduring the disastrous economics of an entertainment conglomerate on two occasions. The AT&T-Time Warner merger was the first to be reversed, and the merger with Discovery was next on the block. The company announced that it would hive off its cable channels from the studio and prestige HBO and streaming business, much like Comcast did earlier this year with its cable networks, which are now part of a spin-off called Versant. But Ellison is preempting that split, as his bid is for the whole company—cable networks, studio, and streamer. Paramount has pitched a “revival” of its cable stalwarts like MTV, something that seems completely ahistorical and ill-fated. Cable is if not a dead medium then a dying one; about a third of American households have dropped their cable hookup since 2010, and the vast majority of rotting cable channels just flip through reruns and old movies with no differentiation. If David Ellison thinks that MTV can become a cultural phenomenon again by, as The Wall Street Journal reports, “taking advantage of its archive of interviews and music documentaries with bands from the ’80s and ’90s,” I think he’ll find that selling nostalgia on a distribution system many people don’t have anymore is a lost cause. The Journal notes that the median age of MTV viewers is 56. Paramount is far more invested in cable than its fellow studios, and the bid’s inclusion of Warner Bros. Discovery’s cable channels as well reflects this commitment. But Ellison also wants to cut $2 billion from total operations at Paramount at the same time. The stated idea is to “revive the networks without increasing spending on them.” Good luck with that!
September 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
cattenappe.bsky.social
The only blame I see there is blaming the politicos for yammering about bathrooms instead of serious issues like guns.
August 27, 2025 at 3:37 PM