Mastodawn

"But now you have this takeover by a bunch of conservative billionaires of all of the key major institutions. So David Ellison, who is a big friend of Trump's and his father, Larry Ellison, they're going to control TikTok and CNN and all kinds of other media properties. And you have Jeff Bezos, who owns the Washington Post and has turned it much more conservative than it used to be."

#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #media #LarryEllison #DavidEllison #JeffBezos #billionaires
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"And you have Mark Zuckerberg who is a conservative mega-billionaire. And Meta is, you know, with Facebook and Instagram, one of the most important information platforms. And Elon Musk owns Twitter. And all of the kind of biggest information channels are now controlled by conservative billionaires."

#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #media #LarryEllison #DavidEllison #JeffBezos #MarkZuckerberg #billionaires
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https://criticalread.substack.com/p/stop-the-war-how-hard-is-that-for

"The only major American news outlet that I’ve seen calling for an end to war in its editorials is… actually British. It’s the Guardian. And even they were pretty meek about it."

~Dan Froomkin

#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #media
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STOP THE WAR! How hard is that for an editorial board to say?

A survey of what editorials are saying, and a plea for them to say more

Press Watch

https://newrepublic.com/article/207723/trump-outbursts-oil-shock-go-off-rails-aides-quietly-panic

"The idea that 'we' all benefit prompted intense criticism and underscores his chaotic approach to this fiasco. Meanwhile, CNN reports that Trump officials have started to 'panic' and are in a state of 'alarm' about the situation, even as its global impact is rapidly worsening."

~ Greg Sargent

#Trump #Iran #war
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Trump Outbursts Over Oil Shock Go Off Rails as His Aides Quietly Panic

As Trump’s handling of soaring oil prices due to his war grows shakier, an international relations expert explains why this saga will likely get worse—and what it reveals about Trump’s deeper failings.

The New Republic

https://www.wonkette.com/p/oil-futures-bleak

"Remember how a bunch of low-information voters — that inexplicable some 4 to 6-ish percent of people who also voted for Barack Obama and also Joe Biden, or who previously didn’t vote at all — came out for Trump in ‘24 because of The Groceries and The Gas and The Inflation and the Masculine Penis Insecurities or whatever?"

~ Marcie Jones

#Trump #Iran #war #oil #gas #StraitofHormuz #prices #groceries #affordability #economy
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Oil Futures Bleak!

But we'll all have sexy legs from biking?

Wonkette

"Bad news, weirdos! The Gas prices have surged 20 percent over the past two weeks, after the Strait of Hormuz — which connects the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman and through which 30 percent of the world’s boat-shipped oil and 20 percent of its natural gas flows — was deemed by insurance companies to be too dangerous to allow tankers to go through after the US attack on Feb. 28."

#Trump #Iran #war #oil #gas #StraitofHormuz #prices #groceries #affordability #economy
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