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Karl Bode
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tell me if you've heard this one before: a billionaire gets upset for being criticized for saying stupid things on social media, then confidentially concludes the problem is most certainly everybody else [Mark Cuban Says It’s ‘CRAZY’ T...](
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Mark Cuban Says It’s ‘CRAZY’ That 'Real Conversations' Are Easier On X Or Threads Than On Bluesky
Mark Cuban, billionaire entrepreneur and longtime "Shark Tank" star, is stepping back from Bluesky, the social media platform once hailed as a kind...
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The Associated Press has an excellent story about how FCC boss Brendan Carr bullied a Bay Area AM radio station for the crime of reporting on local ICE activity. facing existential collapse it immediately demoted journalists end replaced political coverage with safe public interest cack: [How an AM radio station in Cal...](
AP News
How an AM radio station in California weathered the Trump administration's assault on media
Six days into President Donald Trump's new administration, the San Francisco Bay-area radio station KCBS-AM and other outlets reported on local imm...
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It's glowing stories like this that make me feel like I'm living in some surrealistic hellworld an entire story where the author (a minority woman!) can't be bothered to even lightly hint at the sexist and racist disinformation focus of this "movement" [Young conservative women find ...](
AP News
Young conservative women find a home in Turning Point with Charlie Kirk's widow at the helm
Young women who have grown emboldened in their conservative beliefs are attending the annual conference held by Turning Point USA.
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In 2014 during the net neutrality wars, Obama voiced his support for net neutrality. Republicans REPEATEDLY, for YEARS, (falsely) claimed this was an illegal, unethical affront to FCC independence. 11 years later they now insist the FCC has no independence and serves at the whims of our mad king: [FCC chief Brendan Carr tells S...](
CNBC
FCC chief Brendan Carr tells Senate that his agency is 'not formally ... independent'
FCC chairman Brendan Carr testified to a congressional committee for the first time since ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel's show following a Carr threat.
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Verizon's lobbying the Trump FCC to eliminate phone unlocking rules in a bid to make it harder and more expensive to switch wireless carriers. This guy fought back in small claims court, and won. Refused a Verizon settlement so he could talk about it openly. Not all heroes wear capes, etc. [Verizon refused to unlock man’...](
Ars Technica
Verizon refused to unlock man’s iPhone, so he sued the carrier and won
Verizon changed policy after he bought the phone, wouldn't unlock it despite FCC rule.
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Between this and previous rulings, U.S. corporations have effectively put a bullet in the head of labor protections, consumer protection, public safety, environmental law, and corporate oversight I wish journalists would go a bit lighter on the legalese and a bit heavier on the real-world impact [Supreme Court appears likely t...](
Ars Technica
Supreme Court appears likely to approve Trump’s firing of FTC Democrat
Conservative justices seem ready to back Trump control of independent agencies.
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these are all terrible options, and if we lived in a functioning democracy with working regulators we'd think nothing of putting a blanket end to pointless media consolidation these deals are always terrible for product quality, consumers, art and labor, but this is always downplayed in coverage. [Paramount throws in more cash ...](
Los Angeles Times
Paramount throws in more cash in bid for Warner; Comcast wants to combine assets with NBCUniversal
Jockeying for HBO-owner Warner Bros. Discovery has intensified as the auction appears to enter its home stretch.
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