Brendan Carr is illegally destroying U.S. media consolidation limits so that Trump-friendly local broadcast TV companies (Sinclair, Nexstar, Tegna) can all merge and pummel local TV news consumers with propaganda. This is even pissing off major cable companies, who say it's unfair to them:

Applies to Mpls too: “Half of [St.P’s] budget is spent on Cops & Cars (47%) & if you’re a person who wants to solve finances with cuts & you’re not talking about cutting either of those things then not only are you not taking the budget seriously, you’re not even taking your own premise seriously.”

Elon Musk and DOGE brought catastrophe to the U.S. government. Michael Lewis’ Blockers details just how much.

I'll bet Musk is incensed at this situation given his nature as the most free speech warrior ever.

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I saw previews for Chad Powers I dunno, a year or two ago? I thought I might watch it in the background while editing photos... but good lord is it compelling. Perry Mattfield is amazing - just magnetic and stunning.

I guess it’s important to communicate that MAHA is fundamentally an movement by individuals to capture health care dollars by lying to people about having products and services that work

I think MAHA is very straightforwardly the triumph of the snake oil salesmen and the way we beat it is the same way you always beat snake oil salesmen: regulate their claims

Weird how most of those newly revealed pentagon psyops accounts also downplayed the Epstein list. Probably just a coincidence