"Next up: Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos. CNN's Alayna Treene scooped that Sarandos is expected at Mar-a-Lago today. (Politico Playbook noted his history of donations to Democrats.) Trump is also slated to meet with Jeff Bezos tomorrow…"

#Trump #MakingAmericaGreatAgain #MAGA #EconomicElites #corporations #TechBros #media
/17

"Yesterday, Trump sat down with TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew at Mar-a-Lago, CNN's Kaitlan Collins reported. Coincidentally, news of the meeting broke a few minutes after TikTok said it filed an emergency appeal at the Supreme Court to temporarily block the looming TikTok ban."

~ David Kurtz

#Trump #MakingAmericaGreatAgain #MAGA #EconomicElites #corporations #TechBros #media
/16

https://view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/1734443256787cd905eb31a8f/raw

"So from January 20, 2025, forward, the people in charge of our government will not be qualified and experienced public servants but (primarily) billionaire oligarchs whose mission will include destroying our public institutions and agencies, selling parts of the United States to the highest domestic or international bidder, and ensuring that only the people they approve of can reap the benefits of this nation."

#Trump #MakingAmericaGreatAgain #MAGA #EconomicElites #media #racism #sexism

/15

"Harris and Walz lost by just a little over one percentage point because of racism and sexism, as well as the malfeasance of the corporate mainstream media, which consistently promoted and 'sanewashed' Trump’s lies and law-breaking and downplayed the accomplishments of Biden and Harris."

#Trump #MakingAmericaGreatAgain #MAGA #EconomicElites #media #racism #sexism

/14

“Some misguided people continue to promote the idea that Kamala Harris lost the election because she and the Democrats didn’t ‘speak to the working people’ or address ‘kitchen table issues.’ Of course, nothing could be further from the truth.”

~ Pamela Hilliard Owens

#Trump #MakingAmericaGreatAgain #MAGA #EconomicElites #media #racism #sexism

/13

https://open.substack.com/pub/wearespeaking/p/a-government-of-by-and-for-the-oligarchs

“We’ve watched as billionaires including Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg travel to Mar-a-Lago and make million-dollar donations to Trump’s inaugural committee, clearly hoping to avoid his wrath. If they don’t have the courage to stand up to him, and established news organizations seem to be acting out of fear, what does it mean for the rest of us?”

~ Paul Waldman

#Trump #MakingAmericaGreatAgain #MAGA #EconomicElites #media
/12

https://open.substack.com/pub/paulwaldman/p/trumps-new-strategy-to-terrorize

“The real scandal of our media tycoons: they’re rich, powerful, and increasingly antagonistic to the journalism they fund.”

~ Andrew Egger

#Trump #MakingAmericaGreatAgain #MAGA #EconomicElites #media
/11

https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/the-real-scandal-of-our-media-tycoons

"When Americans think of dictators they always think of some foreign model. If anyone turned up here in a fur hat, boots and a grim look he would be recognized and shunned…But when our dictator turns up you can depend on it that he will be one of the boys, and he will stand for everything traditionally American."

~ Dorothy Thompson in 1937

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/10

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/nazi-town-usa-dorothy-thompson-most-famous-female-journalist/