"While the Middle East burns and Americans pay more for food and gas, Trump and his billionaire friends, such as Larry Ellison, are profiting off of war, gobbling up our data, and going all-in on AI."

~ Wajahat Ali with Audrey Hanson

#Trump #Iran #war #EconomicElites #billionaires #AI #LarryEllison #profiteering
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thelefthook.substack.com/p/how…

How The Illegal Iran War is Profiting the World's Worst People...with Drey Dossier

^{THE LEFT HOOK with Wajahat Ali (The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali)}

"It turns out that there isn’t a ratings bump for MAGA capitulation. ...

Status’ Oliver Darcy got ahold of some CBS News ratings data from the first quarter of 2026, and it is brutal. CBS Evening News has lost 7% of viewers year-over-year, placing it 'on track for its lowest-rated first quarter of the 21st century in both total viewers'" (continued in /2)

~ Matt Gertz

#CBS #BariWeiss #WashingtonPost #JeffBezos #LarryEllison #Trump #MAGA
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mediamatters.org/bari-weiss/le…

Legacy outlets that bent the knee to Trump haven’t just lost credibility — they’re bleeding readers and viewers

^{Media Matters for America}