Monday, September 22, 2025

Media's MAGA Makeover

Trump-friendly billionaires are consolidating control over American media, steering legacy brands and social platforms in a new conservative direction.

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The Trump administration is consolidating American media in the hands of right-wing billionaires. @chrislhayes.bsky.social explains in under two minutes www.mediamatters.org/chris-hayes/ ...

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-- Media Matters for America (@mmfa.bsky.social) Sep 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM

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"Axios

1. Acquisitions: No modern media deal has more profoundly reshaped U.S. politics than Elon Musk's 2022 takeover of Twitter (now X), which turned the digital town square into a platform dominated by MAGA voices.

It soon may be eclipsed by another seismic deal: Oracle, chaired by Trump ally Larry Ellison, is seeking to take control of TikTok's U.S. operations as part of a consortium that includes Silver Lake and Andreessen Horowitz.

The proposal " if green-lit by China " could give one of Trump's billionaire allies unprecedented sway over a platform central to youth culture and political organizing."

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Much more at the link BUT I got a sign up wall the first time there, but not the second. So if you get one, but don't want to give up you email address, THIS VIDEO (with Transcript) goes through the article (and more):

Donald Trump vs. Free Speech

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#1 | Posted by Corky at 2025-09-19 05:29 PM

Donald is copying Vlad's creation of his Propaganda Op with full State Controlled Media.

Make America Russia ASAP.

#2 | Posted by Corky at 2025-09-19 06:49 PM

They keep cracking down on comedy and eventually we will end up with comedy clubs in the basements of churches.

why?

freedom of speech and religion are both 1st amendment!

#3 | Posted by Tor at 2025-09-22 06:23 PM

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