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GiqueCee

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11. This kind of shit...

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Sat Mar 14, 2026, 05:51 PM

Yesterday

... USED to be illegal!
As was Big Pharma advertising directly to consumers. Wanna know part of the reason drug prices are so high, apart from blind, slavering greed? Look at their advertising budgets!
There USED to be limits on how many stations in a given market area one company could own. No more.
There USED to be limits on companies owning all their suppliers – vertical integration was their euphemism for it.
Monopolizing anything was against the law! Tell that to Weasel Walmart, Bozo Bezos; look at how many supermarket chains are owned by Albertsons, for instance (An estimated 2,305 stores divided by at least 20 chains!)... and the list goes on.

Excuse me; I just felt my blood pressure go through the roof.

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One family, the right-wing Trump-aligned Ellisons, will soon control: [View all] Passages Yesterday OP

I'm so glad we have anti-trust laws in the US, and a party willing DJ Synikus Makisimus Yesterday #1

Break up the monopoly !!!!!! Against the law. Break up the greedy SOB monopoly Trueblue1968 Yesterday #9

We must use the only choice we have Keepthesoulalive Yesterday #2

The only channel I watch is PBS. ananda Yesterday #20

They are pushing back Keepthesoulalive Yesterday #21

Remember monopoly laws? pwb Yesterday #3

HEAR! HEAR!! littlemissmartypants Yesterday #4

That's why it costs more than a billion dollars to be a pee-residunt. Kid Berwyn Yesterday #6

We're going to really miss Bernie when he's gone. I hope he's training his replacement. littlemissmartypants Yesterday #5

Yep, a young Bernie replacement (a Democrat this time) would be great mvd Yesterday #7

Rebecca Balint (Vermont's congressperson) is a great candidate. erronis Yesterday #27

I hope so too and you're most welcome, littlemissmartypants. Passages Yesterday #10

❤️👋 littlemissmartypants Yesterday #14

While sort of true angrychair Yesterday #8

This kind of shit... GiqueCee Yesterday #11

You're absolutely right, it used to be illegal. Passages Yesterday #12

Sisyphus... GiqueCee Yesterday #15

Quite right! Passages Yesterday #16

It all goes back to Citizen's United and beyond. Buddyzbuddy Yesterday #13

Ellison was a failed computer salesman in the '70s - when Nixon's CIA picked him up, and decided to make him their front peppertree Yesterday #17

Brought to you through the Magic of... BurnDoubt Yesterday #18

The Ellisons become more dangerous by the day. BComplex Yesterday #19

The Dems are the ones that let the Ellison's control Tik-Tok. Biden and the Dems signed a horrible law Wanderlust988 Yesterday #22

Is there still a chance for lawsuits to stop it? BlueKota Yesterday #23

*puts on a pirate hat* sakabatou Yesterday #24

We are in the state TV era with this Evolve Dammit Yesterday #25

I watch none of those channels NJCher Yesterday #26

Don't use that shit GenThePerservering Yesterday #28

Well the I'll be boycotting ALL OF IT Blue Owl Yesterday #29

No! I mean...The CW?!????! underpants Yesterday #30

Frightening. Passages 3 hrs ago #36

I'm old enough to remember the Sherman Anti-Trust law that was used against AT&T and IBM. sinkingfeeling 23 hrs ago #31

Jeezus Joinfortmill 19 hrs ago #32

Orbanization. moondust 18 hrs ago #33

Remember the Telecom Act of 1996, snot 5 hrs ago #34

I do indeed and have posted of the deep harm that has come from the Telecom Act. Passages 3 hrs ago #35