Doug Grinbergs

@ShutterbugDoug@mstdn.social
124 Followers
293 Following
3.5K Posts
Hike, bike, snowshoe, XC ski. iNaturalist, OpenStreetMap, Wikipedia. #VisionZero. #MedicareForAll: healthcare where and when you need, Uncle Sam pays the bills: USA Uncle Sam's #AmeriCare. I support Bernie, FDR Wallace progressive populist New Deal Dems. History interests incl. Boulder photographer Rocky Mountain Joe Sturtevant, Doc Susie, Ivy Baldwin, Lutie Stearns.

CBS Cancels Stephen Colbert's Show 3 Days After He Calls Out Paramount for Trump Lawsuit
https://www.jezebel.com/auto-draft-117?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into The Experts @the-experts-Jezebel

CBS Cancels Stephen Colbert's Show 3 Days After He Calls Out Paramount for Trump Lawsuit

"America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons," Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tweeted after Colbert's announcement. 

Jezebel

If you haven’t been watching Colbert, you can’t imagine how focused and funny and unrelenting he has been in exposing Trump’s criminality, night after night. He has kept me sane. He has done the job the mainstream press has abdicated. He has spoken the truth.

No wonder the axe is falling.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20n4q0q9zqo

#Colbert

Stephen Colbert says The Late Show will end after 33 years

Network CBS called it a financial decision tied to the "challenging backdrop in late night" TV.

Let’s be clear: This is political censorship. Just as CBS’ parent company handed Trump $16 million to settle a spurious lawsuit, this decision is about preemptively bowing to a regime that demands obedience.

We stand with Stephen Colbert and every voice that Trump wants silenced. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/07/stephen-colbert-cancelled-cbs-trump-paramount/

Colbert's cancellation is a dark warning

CBS's decision marks a dangerous new stage for the culture at large.

Mother Jones
@electrek cool graphic! 🔥

Mega-billionaire Musk's sleaze and hypocrisy are boundless. One of his companies claimed to be a ‘disadvantaged business’ to get special federal treatment while he was wrecking agency after agency.

Destroying Tesla, his primary piggy bank, has never bee more important.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/17/elon-musks-neuralink-says-owned-by-disadvantaged-persons-in-filing.html

Elon Musk's Neuralink filed as 'disadvantaged business' before being valued at $9 billion

Neuralink labeled itself in April as a "small disadvantaged business" in a federal filing with the U.S. Small Business Administration.

CNBC
Dan Satterfield, AWS Certified meteorologist, reports broadcasters w/ colocated (i.e.,inexpensive) NOAA weather radio transmitters, are told (see letter) to stop maintenance on these life-protecting systems. This is the cost-effective warning system which works where cellphones don't. WHY WHY WHY? #noaa #weather #warning #weatherradio #alerts #Emergency #EmergencyAlerts

Colorado health insurers propose huge price increases following passage of federal spending bill

https://coloradosun.com/2025/07/17/colorado-health-insurance-prices-one-big-beautiful-bill/

Colorado health insurers propose huge price increases following passage of GOP’s federal spending bill

Colorado health insurance prices in the individual market are poised for a big increase following passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

The Colorado Sun
“The more they streamline its use, the more they streamline its abuse. When an officer says, ‘papers please,’ you could choose to say nothing and face the consequences; with face recognition, your options are diminished,” EFF’s Dave Maass told @404mediaco. https://www.404media.co/inside-ices-supercharged-facial-recognition-app-of-200-million-images/
Inside ICE’s Supercharged Facial Recognition App of 200 Million Images

404 Media has seen user manuals for Mobile Fortify, ICE’s new facial recognition app which allows officers to instantly look up DHS, State Department, and state law enforcement databases by just pointing a phone at someone’s face.

404 Media
Bill would prevent ICE from detaining or deporting U.S. citizens

U.S. citizens aren't supposed to be arrested or detained by ICE in most cases

Axios

#ZohranMamdani just showed up at the #RTJ + #WuTangClan concert in #NewYork. My friends, who are backstage handling guest lists, are absolutely losing their minds over this dude. He and his wife are not acting like VIPs. They are in the pit, directly in front, rapping every word. They’re directing him backstage now and my phone won’t stop buzzing with photos and info.

The impact is impressive. The connection to the culture is genuine. I am praying for his success and protection at this point.

×

Everybody's been saying that the only warning system left for #Texas is Ted Cruz fleeing the state, so there needs to be a new system based on that.

Here it is!

#NWS #NOAA

Wow! I'm so glad everybody hates Ted Cruz like I do! Gonna have to mute this and check back here and there.

PLEASE feel free to steal and reshare this meme as I did.

@MaryAustinBooks do not return to your home to retrieve your possessions.. Go on vacation immediately.

@MaryAustinBooks An old joke:

Q: Why do people take an instant dislike to Ted Cruz?

A: It just saves time.

@btschumy @MaryAustinBooks What boggles my mind is that there are apparently sentient beings on this planet who can watch Ted Cruz for more than 30 seconds or so and say "Gosh. That's the guy I want representing me."
@JamesHMcLaren @btschumy @MaryAustinBooks Everyone I’ve talked to who votes for Cruz *hates him*, but they vote for him because everybody else is seen as being against the petro industry. And the petro industry in Texas is *huge*.
@MaryAustinBooks
Thanks for sharing! I just shared the post with my kid in Texas who got caught in yet another downpour today on his way out of H-E-B. 😀