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Fiendish Thingy

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2. With the exception of the Ellison's, most of these billionaires have controlled the media for years

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Mon Jan 5, 2026, 10:41 AM

Jan 2026

Decades, in the case of the Murdochs.

It’s not just a Trump-related phenomenon.

If we’d had more aggressive regulation (Lina Kahn tried in the short time she had), some of this might have been prevented.

Another Must-Do on the democrats’ to-do list, unless of course the lobbyists get to them with their check books first.

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Trump's billionaire allies now control X, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, TikTok, Truth and Twitch. They own Fox News, C [View all] riversedge Jan 2026 OP

So don't use those things. There are alternatives. Put your money, clicks Scrivener7 Jan 2026 #1

With the exception of the Ellison's, most of these billionaires have controlled the media for years Fiendish Thingy Jan 2026 #2

It's pretty hard to avoid all contact with these entities but most listed I have nothing to do with. Raftergirl Jan 2026 #3

It is. After completely weaning myself from Amazon, my union switched to the Scrivener7 Jan 2026 #4