Redditsux@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 17 days agoTrump-related crisis deepens at CBS Newsthehill.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down12cross-posted to: finance@thelemmy.club
arrow-up138arrow-down1external-linkTrump-related crisis deepens at CBS Newsthehill.comRedditsux@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 17 days agomessage-square5fedilinkcross-posted to: finance@thelemmy.club
minus-squareWatDabney@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·edit-217 days agoSo CBS is likely going to settle a lawsuit filed by Trump because they need approval for a merger and that approval comes from an agency overseen by Trump. By any reasonable standard, that’s extortion, and a crime. We live in such a foul and loathsome timeline.
minus-squareWatDabney@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·17 days agoMore broadly, it’s how civilizations die. Essentially, all of the scumbags are coming out of the woodwork to loot the civilization - getting theirs while the getting is good. It’s all downhill from here.
So CBS is likely going to settle a lawsuit filed by Trump because they need approval for a merger and that approval comes from an agency overseen by Trump.
By any reasonable standard, that’s extortion, and a crime.
We live in such a foul and loathsome timeline.
And this is how democracies die.
More broadly, it’s how civilizations die.
Essentially, all of the scumbags are coming out of the woodwork to loot the civilization - getting theirs while the getting is good.
It’s all downhill from here.