Jake Schlachter ❌👑
@jakeschlachter.bsky.social
Movement organizer, trainer, and social entrepreneur | Executive Director at We Own It / Democracy Teams Initiative | Proud Madisonian / Wisconsonian
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From we’ll make everything great right away, to things are great now don’t believe your lying eyes (or wallets), to okay things aren’t great but if you imagine something worse then things don’t look so bad in comparison.
As clear a sign of failure with no idea how to reverse it as these things get.
As clear a sign of failure with no idea how to reverse it as these things get.
Marco Rubio claims that if it wasn't for Trump, diesel prices would be $18 a gallon 🙃
September 22, 2026 at 12:33 PM
From we’ll make everything great right away, to things are great now don’t believe your lying eyes (or wallets), to okay things aren’t great but if you imagine something worse then things don’t look so bad in comparison.
As clear a sign of failure with no idea how to reverse it as these things get.
As clear a sign of failure with no idea how to reverse it as these things get.
Important to understand the Trump regime as an occupying force designed to destroy American governance, so that it can be replaced by theocracy (Vought), fascism (Miller), or Elysium (Thiel).
"When Trump there’s something wrong with a country that allows [media criticism of him], he’s really saying there’s something wrong with America. That’s the central feature of the whole thing: The government answers to us."
@kristyparker.bsky.social nails it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2156...
@kristyparker.bsky.social nails it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2156...
September 22, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Important to understand the Trump regime as an occupying force designed to destroy American governance, so that it can be replaced by theocracy (Vought), fascism (Miller), or Elysium (Thiel).
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This is my language, 100% my language. Democratic politicians--and it starts with Democratic mayors--MUST focus on tangible quality of life improvements. Let's start with a basic one, which is, public transit should be clean, safe, and functional.
“If you are staring at an example of social disorder or social inefficiency, and the left refuses to explain either why it has happened or how they will fix it, then the right gets to point at someone in the immediate area and say, ‘That’s who did it.’”
crazy how much Mamdani speaks my language
crazy how much Mamdani speaks my language
September 22, 2026 at 11:54 AM
This is my language, 100% my language. Democratic politicians--and it starts with Democratic mayors--MUST focus on tangible quality of life improvements. Let's start with a basic one, which is, public transit should be clean, safe, and functional.
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Everybody read this right now
NEW: In ‘24, the FBI sought to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins.
Then Trump eviscerated the FBI & DOJ public corruption teams.
ProPublica unearthed the investigation and you can read it 👇
www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
Then Trump eviscerated the FBI & DOJ public corruption teams.
ProPublica unearthed the investigation and you can read it 👇
www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
September 22, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Everybody read this right now
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among other things, this is disqualifying for his inevitable potus run. if you won’t stand up to the billionaires and you can’t tell when they’re lying (which is always), you’re no better than what we have now.
The State AGs were on pace to kill the Paramount/Warner Bros by litigation and delay until Gavin Newsom stepped in and turned the tide. Now the Trump loyalist Ellisons will control CNN and HBO. Don't ever, ever forget that Newsom stabbed us in the back
www.wsj.com/business/med...
www.wsj.com/business/med...
Exclusive | Newsom Expresses Concerns About State Antitrust Suit Against Paramount
The California governor has told people involved in the suit that blocking the $81 billion deal could harm Hollywood jobs.
www.wsj.com
September 21, 2026 at 8:34 PM
among other things, this is disqualifying for his inevitable potus run. if you won’t stand up to the billionaires and you can’t tell when they’re lying (which is always), you’re no better than what we have now.
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Five corporations control 90% of the US media.
Airlines have merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
Airlines have merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
September 21, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Five corporations control 90% of the US media.
Airlines have merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
Airlines have merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
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A free society cannot allow the government to disappear people in order to cutoff access to legal remedies.
This will make it nearly impossible to file habeas petitions, because attorneys won’t even know what federal district their client has been moved to to stage for their removal.
Something like a third of all people in ICE custody.
apnews.com/article/ice-...
Something like a third of all people in ICE custody.
apnews.com/article/ice-...
AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...
apnews.com
September 21, 2026 at 5:17 PM
A free society cannot allow the government to disappear people in order to cutoff access to legal remedies.
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you left out the fifth scenario
September 21, 2026 at 6:09 PM
you left out the fifth scenario
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By the time this merger ruins HBO, destroys WB, gets 5,000 people fired, moves production overseas, and guts the quality of the movies the new studio makes, most people will have forgotten how fast the AGs caved and how little they got in this deal. Writers will not.
Paramount has reportedly reached a settlement with California and other states suing to block its proposed acquisition of Warner Bros
Paramount to Settle Lawsuits, Paving Way for Warner Bros. Merger
Paramount Skydance Corp. has reached a settlement with California and other states suing to block its proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., according to a person familiar with the matte...
www.bloomberg.com
September 21, 2026 at 6:13 PM
By the time this merger ruins HBO, destroys WB, gets 5,000 people fired, moves production overseas, and guts the quality of the movies the new studio makes, most people will have forgotten how fast the AGs caved and how little they got in this deal. Writers will not.
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Hooch Craft feels a bit on-the-nose here
Lauren Boebert and Clarisse Navarro had a knock-down-drag-out fight at the Hooch Craft Cocktail Bar in Aspen, CO, the bar co-owned by the guy who felt up Boebert at that Beetlejuice show. That guy was flirting with Boebert and Navarro did not like that! This led to a physical fight.
September 21, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Hooch Craft feels a bit on-the-nose here
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You read that right: Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar will, thanks to the approval of Trump's FCC, own 49.5% of Paramount Warner Brothers, and CBS, and CNN. One of many things to keep in mind when you cast your vote in the next six weeks.
September 21, 2026 at 6:19 PM
You read that right: Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar will, thanks to the approval of Trump's FCC, own 49.5% of Paramount Warner Brothers, and CBS, and CNN. One of many things to keep in mind when you cast your vote in the next six weeks.
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It gets worse: Dem FCC member: “The FCC just let some of the most repressive governments in the world indirectly control nearly all of a combined Paramount-Warner Bros.” An investment of this size “doesn’t just buy equity, it secures influence over what gets said & made.” apnews.com/article/para...
FCC grants Paramount's indirect ownership request for Gulf funds in Warner Bros. Discovery buyout
As Paramount looks to take over Warner Bros. Discovery, it’s racked up billions of dollars in financial backing from three Gulf countries.
apnews.com
September 21, 2026 at 6:15 PM
It gets worse: Dem FCC member: “The FCC just let some of the most repressive governments in the world indirectly control nearly all of a combined Paramount-Warner Bros.” An investment of this size “doesn’t just buy equity, it secures influence over what gets said & made.” apnews.com/article/para...
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Aye yai yai, this thread. Among other points he makes: Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar -- three of the most repressive countries in the world -- will own 49.5% of Paramount Warner Brothers, and CBS, and CNN. What could possibly go wrong?
This will be a catastrophe for both filmed entertainment and news, and it's a great shame that the California AG caved. Trump and his people will celebrate this news today. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/b...
Paramount to Resolve Antitrust Lawsuit, Clearing the Way for Warner Bros. Acquisition (Gift Article)
The deal would remove the last significant hurdle the media mogul David Ellison faced to create a news and entertainment empire, home to movie studios, HBO, CBS and CNN.
www.nytimes.com
September 21, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Aye yai yai, this thread. Among other points he makes: Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar -- three of the most repressive countries in the world -- will own 49.5% of Paramount Warner Brothers, and CBS, and CNN. What could possibly go wrong?
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Horrifying as usual. Randomly atarted chasing a guy, shot mutiple times into his car, didnt render assistance ince he was in custody. Local cop ended up ended up doing that. Isnt even in thr country illegally, tho obvs that shldnt include a death sentence open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
ICE Shot a DoorDash Driver in the Back in Austin
Rather than getting him medical help, they carted him off to an ICE detention complex—and the bullet is still in his back.
open.substack.com
September 21, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Horrifying as usual. Randomly atarted chasing a guy, shot mutiple times into his car, didnt render assistance ince he was in custody. Local cop ended up ended up doing that. Isnt even in thr country illegally, tho obvs that shldnt include a death sentence open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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NEW: @apnews.com confirms that ICE has begun electronically "disappearing" people in the agency's custody who have final orders of removal.
As of last week, anyone jailed by ICE with a final order of removal will NOT appear in the ICE Online Detainee Locator System, making them effectively vanish.
As of last week, anyone jailed by ICE with a final order of removal will NOT appear in the ICE Online Detainee Locator System, making them effectively vanish.
September 21, 2026 at 4:57 PM
NEW: @apnews.com confirms that ICE has begun electronically "disappearing" people in the agency's custody who have final orders of removal.
As of last week, anyone jailed by ICE with a final order of removal will NOT appear in the ICE Online Detainee Locator System, making them effectively vanish.
As of last week, anyone jailed by ICE with a final order of removal will NOT appear in the ICE Online Detainee Locator System, making them effectively vanish.
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"Don't give archconservative MAGA cranks control of historically large and important media conglomerates" seems like a very low bar, but leading Democrats somehow fail to hit even that. If Democratic leadership wants to understand why it's unpopular with its own base, look no further than this.
September 21, 2026 at 6:00 PM
"Don't give archconservative MAGA cranks control of historically large and important media conglomerates" seems like a very low bar, but leading Democrats somehow fail to hit even that. If Democratic leadership wants to understand why it's unpopular with its own base, look no further than this.
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imagine if the WH press corp had banded together 18 fucking months ago
LMFAO -- Trump is holding an event at the White House right now but there's no audio because the press pool isn't there. The Newsmax host notes that this is an example of Trump's attacks on the press "backfiring just a little bit"
September 21, 2026 at 6:07 PM
imagine if the WH press corp had banded together 18 fucking months ago
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We don't even know if they agreed to that. But if they did, listen to Grueskin and his own experience:
I was deputy M.E. at the WSJ when Murdoch took over, with a similar “editorial independence board.”
Within 4 months, our top editor was gone, replaced by a loyal Murdoch deputy.
That board raised a quivering objection, but the deed was done.
If the Ellisons own CNN, they’ll do whatever they want.
Within 4 months, our top editor was gone, replaced by a loyal Murdoch deputy.
That board raised a quivering objection, but the deed was done.
If the Ellisons own CNN, they’ll do whatever they want.
September 21, 2026 at 6:24 PM
We don't even know if they agreed to that. But if they did, listen to Grueskin and his own experience:
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This aired just the once in 1998 on the live SNL show for which McKay wrote it.
It was effectively banned as it never aired again.
I wonder why.
MEDIA-OPOLY
It was effectively banned as it never aired again.
I wonder why.
MEDIA-OPOLY
September 21, 2026 at 6:07 PM
This aired just the once in 1998 on the live SNL show for which McKay wrote it.
It was effectively banned as it never aired again.
I wonder why.
MEDIA-OPOLY
It was effectively banned as it never aired again.
I wonder why.
MEDIA-OPOLY
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LMFAO -- Trump is holding an event at the White House right now but there's no audio because the press pool isn't there. The Newsmax host notes that this is an example of Trump's attacks on the press "backfiring just a little bit"
September 21, 2026 at 5:51 PM
LMFAO -- Trump is holding an event at the White House right now but there's no audio because the press pool isn't there. The Newsmax host notes that this is an example of Trump's attacks on the press "backfiring just a little bit"
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AG Bonta, the goal was for you to not allow massive media consolidation in the hands of autocrats and their acolytes, and you're announcing the terms of how they bought you off. You can't sell that here.
We've reached a settlement with Paramount that includes court enforceable guardrails to resolve the antitrust issues at the center of our case, protect competition & consumer choice, & provide for the production of more films and a minimum of $1.5B in additional investment in domestic production.
September 21, 2026 at 6:56 PM
AG Bonta, the goal was for you to not allow massive media consolidation in the hands of autocrats and their acolytes, and you're announcing the terms of how they bought you off. You can't sell that here.
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People ask me why I loathe Gavin Newsom. Here's one more reason. He just helped hand control over even more of the media over to Larry Ellison, one of Trump's biggest friends and a key architect of the AI billionaire takeover.
According to Bloomberg, the deal is sealed and it's incredibly weak. Here's @freepress.bsky.social's take on this disappointing cave.
From the bottom of my heart, I thank the hundreds of thousands of you who showed up to #BlockTheMerger. We will not stop fighting with you for a better media system.
From the bottom of my heart, I thank the hundreds of thousands of you who showed up to #BlockTheMerger. We will not stop fighting with you for a better media system.
Attorney General Bonta Caves to Pressure from Billionaires and Gavin Newsom, Paves Way for Disastrous Paramount-Warner Bros. Mega-Merger
"The capitulation marks a new low," says Jessica J. González. "It’s a sad day for all of us because it will cut jobs & raise prices, as it consolidates the media even more to enable authoritarians."
www.freepress.net
September 21, 2026 at 3:01 PM
People ask me why I loathe Gavin Newsom. Here's one more reason. He just helped hand control over even more of the media over to Larry Ellison, one of Trump's biggest friends and a key architect of the AI billionaire takeover.
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While ICE agents were shooting Wilber Rafael Garces Perez in Austin on Sunday, their colleagues were violently detaining a US citizen in Evanston, IL who "resembled" a person they were seeking. The victim reported "injuries to his head, neck and teeth":
Federal agents detained U.S. citizen Sunday morning - Evanston Now
Police chief says officers responded to a man with injuries to head, neck and teeth on Howard and made contact with agents involved.
evanstonnow.com
September 21, 2026 at 3:23 PM
While ICE agents were shooting Wilber Rafael Garces Perez in Austin on Sunday, their colleagues were violently detaining a US citizen in Evanston, IL who "resembled" a person they were seeking. The victim reported "injuries to his head, neck and teeth":
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Austin and his friends continue to do great work in Atlanta, helping people free themselves from medical debt. Of course medical debt should not exist, but until it doesn’t, unburdening neighbors is a wonderful thing to do.
Please join me helping out if you can! And if not, please spread word. 🙏
Please join me helping out if you can! And if not, please spread word. 🙏
Y'all ready to do some good this week?
How I'd Fix Atlanta has once again partnered with Undue Medical Debt to help out a bunch of our neighbors.
As always, we need your help. Please give what you can and tell everyone you know.
unduemedicaldebt.org/campaign/whe...
How I'd Fix Atlanta has once again partnered with Undue Medical Debt to help out a bunch of our neighbors.
As always, we need your help. Please give what you can and tell everyone you know.
unduemedicaldebt.org/campaign/whe...
When Good Georgians Get Together, Great Things Happen
How I’d Fix Atlanta was a free monthly essay series for four years. It’s been a couple of print zines and a performance on a stage a few times. Quite often, it’s stickers. HIFA is large, it contains multitudes. Every September, we do a big fundraiser to abolish medical debt. From 2023-2025, we raised more than […]
unduemedicaldebt.org
September 21, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Austin and his friends continue to do great work in Atlanta, helping people free themselves from medical debt. Of course medical debt should not exist, but until it doesn’t, unburdening neighbors is a wonderful thing to do.
Please join me helping out if you can! And if not, please spread word. 🙏
Please join me helping out if you can! And if not, please spread word. 🙏
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This is a great point.
The three news orgs sue the Trump administration today, seeking an injunction immediately. They will surely prevail, given the blatant illegality - which the Trump administration has to have known. Yet no known official refused to enforce the blatantly illegal order- that in fact is the story here.
September 21, 2026 at 12:13 PM
This is a great point.