Coldest take of all time: showing ads during the World Cup hydration breaks is a travesty—but we should have expected it. Like of course Fox found a way to inject ads into this sport. Anyways, anyone with high school level Spanish should watch matches on Telemundo. Inarguably better coverage anyways

If the Paramount-WBD merger progresses, Atlanta is likely going to be first on the chopping block. That means even more middle class families losing paychecks, even fewer options for small businesses, and fewer voices like Oscar nominee Christalyn Hampton that tell the real American story.

These are some of the many, many films and television projects that were made in Georgia. As we found out in today’s Main Street vs. The Merger event in Atlanta, consolidation has already begun to decimate this historic industry. If the Paramount-WBD merger goes through things will only get worse.

TODAY! Join the great @bedoyausa.bsky.social in conversation with @hankjohnson.house.gov at the legendary Plaza Theater in Atlanta at 1PM EDT. Come to hear about how the Paramount-WBD mega-merger will harm the people who can least afford it: Georgia’s middle class who truly make our TV and movies

If the Paramount - Warner Bros Discovery merger goes through, one company—one family—would have editorial control over the CBS and CNN archives. That’s editorial control over history itself. Tell the CMA to #BlockTheMerger at blockthemerger.com/uk

Turns out that if you gut CBS news, gut 60 Minutes, promise to gut CNN, cancel Colbert, get $29B in Saudi, Qatari & UAE money, and hold a weird lavish banquet for the President and acting AG in a federal building… you can get your illegal merger approved by DOJ

The key message from our #BlockTheMerger Main Street vs The Merger events is simple: the people this merger will harm most are the people who can afford it least. It will decimate the middle class jobs—the grips, set designers, carpenters—who make the films and television that tell our stories. Vid:

Gee what a shock: Trump admin wont stop the Paramount-WBD merger pushed by his cronies the Ellisons Fortunately the state AG's, EU, UK & others are serious about defending democracy & free speech We in the #BlockTheMerger coalition won't stop fighting & will win! www.politico.com/news/2026/06...

There are four key TV archives in the US: ABC, NBC, CBS and CNN. This is the footage filmmakers use to tell our history. If Paramount buys Warner Brothers, two of those archives - including 45 years of CNN footage- will be controlled by one company and likely one person, Bari Weiss.

🙏🏽 @normeisen.bsky.social & @gabelezra.bsky.social Not sure this DOJ gambit is the worst thing Trump has done, but it’s the most audacious FU to the country…and that’s saying something.

With @normeisen.bsky.social for the @contrariannews.org today. One thing in here that's particularly bizarre and upsetting: Eric Trump's “let’s create a Terminator” startup landed a $24 million contract to build battlefield humanoid robots for the Pentagon. www.contrariannews.org/p/trump-and-...

WATCH LIVE: My friends and colleagues @katiephang.bsky.social David Borenstein and @markruffalo.bsky.social are testifying about the Paramount-WBD merger—and why allowing oligarchs to take control of our country’s media infrastructure harms consumers and our democracy. m.youtube.com/watch?v=xETe...

LIVE: #BlockTheMerger hearing led by @booker.senate.gov is streaming here 👉 www.youtube.com/live/xETe83T... Here we are just before the hearing with the Senator & the witnesses--including @katiephang.bsky.social & other @democracydefendersaction.org colleagues

With @normeisen.bsky.social for the @contrariannews.org — we need to talk about the Paramount-WB merger. This deal is anti-competitive, will harm consumers of every single type of media… and represents a massive Trumpist takeover of the way we get information. www.contrariannews.org/p/no-kings-o...

Next Tuesday, 3/17 at noon ET I will be speaking on this panel hosted by the DC Bar on the #ftcvmeta trial that I attended last year for the Big Tech on Trial Substack. There are great panelists including @tarap.bsky.social Dan Gilman, Joseph Coniglio & Justin Katz

Read this - @normeisen.bsky.social and Tianna Mays’s team is going to depose Elon Musk over his unconstitutional actions. Musk must sit for a deposition to answer for the damage he’s done - a step toward accountability.

Anyone who stands in their way.

Let’s talk about Congressional stock trading… and why the Republicans’ “Stop Insider Trading Act” doesn’t even stop insider trading—much less deal with the problem of conflicts of interest in Congress:

We at @democracydefendersfund.org just released a report on Trump's first 100 days where we talk about the challenges we're facing and the wins we've gotten. I wrote our section on his racist, xenophobic anti-immigrant agenda, which you can find here. www.democracydefendersfund.org/autocracy-v-...

In my recent article @contrariannews.org I lead with our moral duty to stand between ICE and our neighbors. That’s about to become far more necessary as ICE leadership in our cities is turned over to the even more violent, paramilitary Border Patrol. Your friends and neighbors will need your help.

@gabelezra.bsky.social shares 15 ways you can fight for democracy right now.

Read this: “15 More Ways You Can Fight for Democracy” By @gabelezra.bsky.social @contrariannews.org open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

For @contrariannews.org here are 15 ways you can use the groundswell from No Kings 2 to fight for democracy. contrarian.substack.com/p/15-more-wa...

If you were given $30 per year since the beginning of the universe--the start of time itself--you would have approximately $415 billion. Elon Musk's net worth is about $430 billion.

The Trump ouroboros! Have a nice weekend!

Every day is Labor Day! But with the Trump regime’s nonstop attacks on worker power, our right to organize is under the greatest threat in generations—so it’s really important to celebrate unions and workers today. youtu.be/LHmZ-CprZ3A?...

We're traveling down a terrible authoritarian path: the regime has deployed troops to occupy our capital. Trump is going to send thousands more armed units into the country's major cities. He's arresting political opponents and his ski mask-wearing paramilitary officers are disappearing our friends.

In @thehill.com with Diamond Brown @normeisen.bsky.social: MAGA Republicans' Jim Crow gerrymandering tactics must not be allowed to lock black and brown Americans out of political power and representation in our government. Democrats must respond in kind--and then win the gerrymandering arms race.

So rolling an occupying army into our city is a “solution” to “crime”? That’s what’s going on? What a joke. This is one of the most cowardly prostrations to fascism I’ve seen in mainstream media. That it comes from what is ostensibly our hometown newspaper makes it so much worse.

What Trump did this week in D.C. is straight out of the authoritarian playbook: declare a fake emergency to seize power. It isn’t the first time. @normeisen.bsky.social and I highlight five other examples since the beginning of Trump’s second term: contrarian.substack.com/p/trumps-fak...

Over 300 events are scheduled to take place tomorrow in communities across this country standing up to Donald Trump's attack on our democracy and attempt to rig the 2026 election. Sign up for an event near you at FightTheTrumpTakeover.Com ‼️

DC exists as a sort of non-place for Americans; it's Congress and the President and politics and museums--and nothing else. The regime is using that to make people less concerned about their fascistic plan to occupy our streets like we're Fallujah. If DC is a non-place, why not send in the army?

DC “crime emergency” “Emergency” at the southern border Invoking the Alien Enemies Act based on an “emergency” A “national energy emergency” “National emergency” due to Brazil trying an insurrectionist former president All fake emergencies Trump has used for authoritarian ends. See below.

Earlier this week, my colleagues at @democracydefendersfund.org and I sent FOIAs to the administration to get the Epstein/Trump files. @normeisen.bsky.social and I wrote about why that matters so much in @contrariannews.org: contrarian.substack.com/p/why-gettin...

The Senate rejected ‪@jeff-merkley.bsky.social's attempt to fix the GENIUS Act & add checks to stop Trump's corrupt crypto conduct Congress' refusal to fix this issue is disappointing & dangerous—we call on them to take swift action af63c413-20ff-4419-a1ad-cce7174a8d6e.usrfiles.com/ugd/af63c4_7...

The GENIUS crypto bill includes a provision that sounds great: stablecoin issuers can't name their product in a way that would trick people into thinking they're backed by the US Treasury. Like, idk, "USD". Trump's stablecoin is USD1. Here's the loophole they included so Trump could still get paid:

The Senate is moments away from a procedural vote on the GENIUS Act Trump’s crypto conflicts of interest pose a grave national security risk This is a clear ethics red line—they must vote NO af63c413-20ff-4419-a1ad-cce7174a8d6e.usrfiles.com/ugd/af63c4_7...

Trump is quietly building a secretive crypto empire. Now, Congress is about to pass a bill that would make so-called stablecoins more secret, less regulated, and more likely to blow up the economy. And guess what? Right after Congress introduced the bill, Trump made a big investment in stablecoins.

Hey all! Did you go protest? Keep the momentum going by doing more things! Here’s a thread with ideas. Small, large, just start. A big thing I recommend is going to town DNC meetings. Conventions are coming up and that’s where policy- the platforms- get set. It’s not glamorous, but it works.

My man @normeisen.bsky.social is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 today

I hope my American friends all consider activism. Here are a few ideas 👇

Paul Weiss’s capitulation is the latest reminder that even the corporations we expect to side with democracy will back autocracy if it saves them money. The way to fight back? Worker power (PW has a legion of young lawyers), and boycotts.

Look: is this stupid? Yes. Is it the result of stupid people implementing stupid policies? Also yes.

I get a lot of questions from my family and friends about how they can help fight authoritarianism and build real democracy. There’s not one answer. So here are *15*! With my colleagues at @sddfund.bsky.social for @contrariannews.org 👇 contrarian.substack.com/p/15-ways-yo...

It's so inspiring to work with @normeisen.bsky.social right now. Fascists communicate with paramilitary groups by using their bully pulpit to point out people and groups they want attached and harassed. And he's been the subject of Musk and Trump's explicit hate--yet he's standing strong and proud.

Very proud of our @sddaction.bsky.social team that won a MAJOR victory today, forcing the regime to reinstate thousands of workers cruelly and unjustly dismissed through a “sham” process. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/u...

It is truly hard to fathom having way more money than Smaug, the dragon from The Hobbit. Like?? Why are you spending your time trying to make people’s lives worse?? Just lie on your hoard and incinerate the knights who come to slay you. Accept wild boar offerings from the nearby village.

I’m very proud to be part of the team at @sddfund.bsky.social with @normeisen.bsky.social and co-counsel representing the unions here. Federal workers make sure our food is edible, our air is breathable, and our water is drinkable—and probationary workers are their lifeblood, as Judge Alsup said.

Kvelling! We @sddfund.bsky.social are so proud to fight & win for federal workers—together with labor and veterans, environmental & conservation groups & wonderful lead counsel at Altshuler Berzon.

The Constitution does not allow the President to put someone in charge of disastrously destroying all of the agencies that keep our planes in the air, our water safe, and--importantly for Elon--our markets competitive without at least giving our representatives a chance to say no.