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Keepthesoulalive

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21. They are pushing back

Reply to ananda (Reply #20)

Sat Mar 14, 2026, 06:35 PM

12 hrs ago

I got rid of the tv stations when Keith olbermann was fired. I knew the fix was in. We have tv’s but they are just dumb boxes to watch movies.

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One family, the right-wing Trump-aligned Ellisons, will soon control: [View all] Passages 14 hrs ago OP

I'm so glad we have anti-trust laws in the US, and a party willing DJ Synikus Makisimus 14 hrs ago #1

Break up the monopoly !!!!!! Against the law. Break up the greedy SOB monopoly Trueblue1968 13 hrs ago #9

We must use the only choice we have Keepthesoulalive 14 hrs ago #2

The only channel I watch is PBS. ananda 12 hrs ago #20

They are pushing back Keepthesoulalive 12 hrs ago #21

Remember monopoly laws? pwb 14 hrs ago #3

HEAR! HEAR!! littlemissmartypants 13 hrs ago #4

That's why it costs more than a billion dollars to be a pee-residunt. Kid Berwyn 13 hrs ago #6

We're going to really miss Bernie when he's gone. I hope he's training his replacement. littlemissmartypants 13 hrs ago #5

Yep, a young Bernie replacement (a Democrat this time) would be great mvd 13 hrs ago #7

Rebecca Balint (Vermont's congressperson) is a great candidate. erronis 11 hrs ago #27

I hope so too and you're most welcome, littlemissmartypants. Passages 13 hrs ago #10

❤️👋 littlemissmartypants 13 hrs ago #14

While sort of true angrychair 13 hrs ago #8

This kind of shit... GiqueCee 13 hrs ago #11

You're absolutely right, it used to be illegal. Passages 13 hrs ago #12

Sisyphus... GiqueCee 13 hrs ago #15

Quite right! Passages 13 hrs ago #16

It all goes back to Citizen's United and beyond. Buddyzbuddy 13 hrs ago #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 12 hrs ago #17

Brought to you through the Magic of... BurnDoubt 12 hrs ago #18

The Ellisons become more dangerous by the day. BComplex 12 hrs ago #19

The Dems are the ones that let the Ellison's control Tik-Tok. Biden and the Dems signed a horrible law Wanderlust988 12 hrs ago #22

Is there still a chance for lawsuits to stop it? BlueKota 12 hrs ago #23

*puts on a pirate hat* sakabatou 12 hrs ago #24

We are in the state TV era with this Evolve Dammit 12 hrs ago #25

I watch none of those channels NJCher 12 hrs ago #26

Don't use that shit GenThePerservering 11 hrs ago #28

Well the I'll be boycotting ALL OF IT Blue Owl 11 hrs ago #29

No! I mean...The CW?!????! underpants 11 hrs ago #30

I'm old enough to remember the Sherman Anti-Trust law that was used against AT&T and IBM. sinkingfeeling 11 hrs ago #31

Jeezus Joinfortmill 6 hrs ago #32

Orbanization. moondust 6 hrs ago #33