AGs from Iowa and Montana Petition Supreme Court to End California's Left-Wing Extortion of Skydance, as the Left Conspire to Force Them to Sell CNN and HBO So That the Left Can Keep Their Propganda Outlets

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Paramount Skydance is considering a potential sale of CNN as part of an effort to resolve an antitrust lawsuit led by California and 11 other states against its proposed $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.

See, the left-wing AGs are suing to stop the Skydance (Paramount) purchase of Warner Discovery, because if they get their hands on a "news" cable channel, this would consolidate too much media power in the hands of an... apolitical media company, which is just slightly less left-wing than the left-wing demands.

See, if CNN were in the hands of a slightly less liberal media company, that would result in a loss of "diversity" in "news." One single left-wing channel in a sea of left-wing channels would result in less "diversity" in "news," rather than more diversity in news, as it would appear to anyone who's not insane.

So Skydance is offering to sell CNN.

Why isn't California satisfied?

Because no one would buy CNN. It's a money pit. It loses millions every year.

What Skydance would like to to do is make CNN more centrist and less of a ratings-disaster basket-case so that they could sell it to someone, but California and the leftiest don't want that. They want CNN to stay the same left-wing Animal House it has been for 20 years, and they want another leftwing company to buy it.

For what? What could Skydance charge for it, in its current form? A $10 nominal payment?

So really the lefties don't want Skydance to sell it to NBC, Disney, or MSNOW. They want Skydance to give it away to them, as the extortion payment demanded to bless the purchase of Warner Discovery.

CNN Sale and Antitrust Battle
The Proposal: Paramount's chief legal officer, Makan Delrahim, stated that selling CNN is "on the table" to help appease antitrust regulators.
The Lawsuit: A coalition of 12 state attorneys general, spearheaded by California's Rob Bonta, sued to block the massive media consolidation over concerns it would reduce competition in theatrical distribution and cable TV licensing.

They had no such concerns when left-wing Netflix attempted to purchase Warner Discovery.

And Netflix is now the biggest player in Hollywood, bigger than any individual studio.

Except maybe the Disney behemoth -- who, by the way, these left-wing AGs did not seek to block when they purchased the second-biggest studio, Twentieth Century Fox.

And before that, they'd also purchased Pixel, Marvel Studios, and LucasFilm -- again, with no concerns about a diminishment of "competition."

I think that Skydance would be willing to give away the basket-case propaganda channel CNN, if that's the cost of the extortion.

But I think the left-wing AGs have their eyes fixed on a bigger prize: HBO. Because the cable channel is an even bigger -- and definitely more profitable -- propaganda outlet than CNN.

And Skydance will definitely not give away HBO. Most of the value of Warner Discovery is in its streaming and cable channels.

Tensions with California: Tensions escalated after AG Bonta canceled a settlement meeting, accusing Paramount of breaching confidentiality and acting in bad faith, which Paramount denied.
Relocation Threats: Paramount CEO David Ellison warned that if the state keeps stalling the merger, operations could potentially move out of California to states like Texas, Georgia, or Tennessee, drawing accusations of "blackmail" from state officials.

Yes, and they've set an October deadline for that. I think they will end up abandoning California -- and then the rush of all other media companies to leave California will be one. The first one to go will start an avalanche.

But California socialists keep saying what they've been saying, insanely and wrongly, for ten years: No business or citizen will ever, ever leave California, no matter how onerous we make it or how much we punish anyone making an honest living in the state.

Wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong.

That is the background for this story; Iowa and Montana have petitioned the Supreme Court to declare that the supremacy clause should preclude California and the other communist states from blocking this purchase, because federal regulators have already cleared it as not a violation of anti-trust and not likely to cause a loss of competition.

As has the EU, by the way.

Iowa and Montana Ask Supreme Court to Block 'Politicized' Paramount-Warner Bros. Antitrust Suit Filed by California and 11 Other States

In a long-shot move, two Republican attorneys general are hoping the Supreme Court will intervene to stop the antitrust lawsuit brought by 12 Democratic state AGs seeking to block Paramount's takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery.
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird and Montana AG Austin Knudsen filed a motion with the Supreme Court seeking to have the antitrust suit thrown out, naming California and the 11 other states party to the Paramount lawsuit as defendants. The suit was filed with the court on Tuesday, Aug. 25, according to Bird's office. "Plaintiffs, the State of Iowa and State of Montana, respectfully move this Court for leave to file the attached Bill of Complaint to stop a politicized enforcement action that seeks to block the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger," the filing says.
The development will test the Supreme Court's interpretation of its authority to settle inter-state disputes. The U.S. Supreme Court is the court of original jurisdiction for issues that arise among states for things like boundary disputes and water rights, and it's not clear the court will agree to hear the motion filed by Iowa and Montana regarding litigation that those states are not a party to.

This is the standing barrier, and I don't think they'll be able to overcome it. They have no particular direct interest in this case

Experts say the Iowa-Montana appeal is unlikely to go anywhere. "The Supreme Court is more likely to declare Donald Trump 'litigator of the year' than it is to block the states from enforcing their own antitrust rules," said Erik Gordon, professor at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business. He called the Iowa-Montana action "political grandstanding."
"There's no valid legal basis to do this," said Norm Eisen, an attorney who has helped lead the #BlocktheMerger campaign opposing the Paramount-WBD merger. "This new filing by Iowa turns the entire American legal system on its head. That's why the Supreme Court is going to reject it."

Oh, Norm Eisen, the architect of ten years of unethical lawfare against Trump. I'm glad the media looks for a "diversity" of "experts" when writing their propganda.

Can state AGs acquire standing to sue?

I think they could: If Skydance/Paramount names the city it will move to. Either Austin or Nashville, most think would be the likely places.

Then the states involved, Texas and Tennessee, would, I think, have standing to sue.

But I think the best move is just to leave California entirely. Doing so would save Skydance $500 million per year in taxes, experts estimate.

It's worth doing even without taking account of California's communist gangster extortion ploy.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:14 PM

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1 Yep

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 27, 2026 04:14 PM (9U0Wy)

2 Miss me yet?

Posted by: Ted Turner at August 27, 2026 04:15 PM (AjR4+)

3 I really don't think CNN even has any influence.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 27, 2026 04:15 PM (/PKja)

4 They are never going to allow a major news channel to be anything but Hard Left.

Posted by: Sharpie at August 27, 2026 04:17 PM (iZHgT)

5 >>3 I really don't think CNN even has any influence.

no... and what would you sell it for? What price can you give to a ratings boat-anchor with no viewers that costs hundreds of millions of dollars a year?

Posted by: ace at August 27, 2026 04:17 PM (1wjle)

6 >>>They are never going to allow a major news channel to be anything but Hard Left.

Nope. They have decided among themselves that conservatives just aren't allowed in the media.

Which is something to keep in mind. We can and should treat their speech with the same contempt.

Posted by: ace at August 27, 2026 04:18 PM (1wjle)

7 How come we can find Commassar Judges to stop Leftists?

Posted by: Skip at August 27, 2026 04:19 PM (Ia/+0)

8 It's "worth it" for the power.

I mean Bezos bought the Washington Post not to make money but to protect his real empire.

Posted by: Sharpie at August 27, 2026 04:19 PM (iZHgT)

9 States have no anti-trust powers for anything related to interstate or international commerce.

Posted by: JJ at August 27, 2026 04:20 PM (v0uLH)

10 I hate watch the network news sometimes.

I never last longer than five minutes.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 27, 2026 04:20 PM (W2Pud)

11 $100 - final offer.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 27, 2026 04:20 PM (9U0Wy)

12 This is the standing barrier, and I don't think they'll be able to overcome it. They have no particular direct interest in this case
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Other than CA, what direct interest do the other Dem states' AGs have in this case?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 27, 2026 04:20 PM (FZ29D)

13 5 >>3 I really don't think CNN even has any influence.

no... and what would you sell it for? What price can you give to a ratings boat-anchor with no viewers that costs hundreds of millions of dollars a year?

Posted by: ace at August 27, 2026 04:17 PM (1wjle)

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So, leftists AGs going nuts over the loss of CNN while tanking a major addition to their own economies just makes it all...hilarious.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 27, 2026 04:20 PM (/PKja)

14 Offer it to Musk. If only to watch the leftist meltdown get meltier.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at August 27, 2026 04:21 PM (4dS7p)

15 I wish Trump had not weighed in on this publicly. Once he did, stopping the merger became just another front against Orange Man Bad.

Posted by: Open Channel D at August 27, 2026 04:21 PM (gYnrv)

16 >>3 I really don't think CNN even has any influence.

no... and what would you sell it for? What price can you give to a ratings boat-anchor with no viewers that costs hundreds of millions of dollars a year?
Posted by: ace at August 27, 2026 04:17 PM (1wjle)

Elon Musk might buy it.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 27, 2026 04:21 PM (uhVAy)

17 If it were possible I'd just burn CNN to the ground as a petty act of contrition. Because fuck California and the left in general.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 27, 2026 04:22 PM (2Cry5)

18 Trump lyed to my black Presdent!!!

What is be going too do abouts this ?

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at August 27, 2026 04:22 PM (8lUeo)

19 15 I wish Trump had not weighed in on this publicly. Once he did, stopping the merger became just another front against Orange Man Bad.

Posted by: Open Channel D at August 27, 2026 04:21 PM (gYnrv)

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It was before because the Ellisons donated to Trump.

But, what makes it all even funnier is that Hollywood was in an uproar over Netflix buying WB because of actual monopolistic worries (Netflix is the biggest studio in Hollywood now, and it's not that close).

Paramount undermining the Netflix purchase of WB was kind of what they wanted.

And then they threw a fucking fit over the fix to the problem they were already complaining about.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 27, 2026 04:22 PM (/PKja)

20 >>>Paramount CEO David Ellison warned that if the state keeps stalling the merger, operations could potentially move out of California to ... Tennessee....

Do it for Dolly!

Posted by: m at August 27, 2026 04:22 PM (odBC9)

21 Elon Musk might buy it.
Posted by: Oldcat

I hope. The commies will go batshit insane.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 27, 2026 04:23 PM (9U0Wy)

22 We can and should treat their speech with the same contempt.

Posted by: ace at August 27, 2026 04:18 PM (1wjle)

I treat their existence with contempt.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 27, 2026 04:23 PM (dK+Kv)

23 CNN should be converted to showing only hand puppet shows and old Bob Ross episodes.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 27, 2026 04:24 PM (edUvp)

24 On the one hand, standing. On the other, the Supreme Court is supposed to have, retain, and own, not hide from, the sole jurisdiction in disputes between the states....

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 27, 2026 04:24 PM (aJQbY)

25 14 Offer it to Musk. If only to watch the leftist meltdown get meltier.
Posted by: Stu Podaso at August 27, 2026 04:21 PM (4dS7p)

Oooh. Oh, yeah. Oh, I wanna see that happen.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 27, 2026 04:24 PM (ybv6C)

26 Elon Musk might buy it.
Posted by: Oldcat

I hope. The commies will go batshit insane.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 27, 2026 04:23 PM (9U0Wy)

It would also be more efficient. Most of network news is just collating X posts into article sized bits for the anchors to read.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 27, 2026 04:24 PM (uhVAy)

27 For what? What could Skydance charge for it, in its current form? A $10 nominal payment?
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$20, same as in town.

Posted by: ballistic at August 27, 2026 04:25 PM (oqH4h)

28 really don't think CNN even has any influence.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 27, 2026 04:15 PM (/PKja)
*******
My Uncle lives in Canada and is in the hospital.
He was complaining that they don't have FOX available on the hospital televisions only CNN, the Trump hating, brainwashing network.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 27, 2026 04:25 PM (NpAcC)

29 I'd rather see Mark Cuban buy CNN so he can waste a shit ton of money on it and eventually give up by declaring the company bankrupt.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 27, 2026 04:25 PM (/PKja)

30 I try not to go near Leftists Propaganda Ministry daily.

Posted by: Skip at August 27, 2026 04:25 PM (Ia/+0)

31 So, leftists AGs going nuts over the loss of CNN while tanking a major addition to their own economies just makes it all...hilarious.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 27, 2026 04:20 PM (/PKja)

They really couldn't have gotten those shoes off fast enough to get a good clean shot.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 27, 2026 04:25 PM (ybv6C)

32
Do what the father of every commie hater of this country ought to have done in a timely manner -- pull out.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 27, 2026 04:26 PM (trSL4)

33 California News Network, the rechristened CNN.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at August 27, 2026 04:26 PM (E2K/A)

34 Even though these outlets have low viewership, they still throw around a lot of political power.

A CNN that was not completely left-wing would be a nice get for our side.

Posted by: Sharpie at August 27, 2026 04:26 PM (iZHgT)

35 I would vote for Musk to buy it, just so I could see him bitch-slap that pretentious queen Vanderbuilt spawn.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 27, 2026 04:26 PM (ybv6C)

36 Wikipedia doesn't have a page for Lake America yet.

Posted by: m at August 27, 2026 04:26 PM (odBC9)

37 Torrential rain this evening

Posted by: Skip at August 27, 2026 04:27 PM (Ia/+0)

38 I really don't think CNN even has any influence.

no... and what would you sell it for? What price can you give to a ratings boat-anchor with no viewers that costs hundreds of millions of dollars a year?

I was told there would be no math.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 27, 2026 04:28 PM (Riz8t)

39 I really don't think CNN even has any influence.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 27, 2026 04:15 PM (/PKja)
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In the wider population? No, it does not.

But in the smaller, internal leftwing microcosm of commies, AWFuLs, and political and race grifters? I bet CNN still has influence, even if it's more of a confirmation and NPC code generator.

Sort like the last remaining late-night TV. They have zero influence outside their narrow demographic. But within that demographic, they serve a valuable purpose to keep the seals clapping and ensure conformity of thought.

There's a reason so many late-night shows were kept on the air for so long despite losing 100s of millions of dollars.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 27, 2026 04:28 PM (iFTx/)

40 39 In the wider population? No, it does not.

But in the smaller, internal leftwing microcosm of commies, AWFuLs, and political and race grifters? I bet CNN still has influence, even if it's more of a confirmation and NPC code generator.

Sort like the last remaining late-night TV. They have zero influence outside their narrow demographic. But within that demographic, they serve a valuable purpose to keep the seals clapping and ensure conformity of thought.

There's a reason so many late-night shows were kept on the air for so long despite losing 100s of millions of dollars.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 27, 2026 04:28 PM (iFTx/)

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Just being another voice in a closed ecosystem isn't much influence.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 27, 2026 04:28 PM (/PKja)

41
CNN should be converted to showing only hand puppet shows and old Bob Ross episodes.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Shari Lewis and Lamb Chop!

Bob Keeshan and Bunny Rabbit!

Bob Keeshan snd Mister Moose!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 27, 2026 04:29 PM (trSL4)

42 14 Offer it to Musk. If only to watch the leftist meltdown get meltier.
Posted by: Stu Podaso

Brilliant

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 27, 2026 04:29 PM (W2Pud)

43 m it might have had but Leftists changed it back already

Posted by: Skip at August 27, 2026 04:29 PM (Ia/+0)

44 CNN moves to play children's programming 24/7.

Jake Tapper will be asked to wear a Hobo suit, and Ms Amanpour will be asked to wear a Pierrot suit complete with whiteface.

"We are very excited for the next generation of Teletubbies" a spokesman for Byte dance has informed us, "Teletubbies, Ms Rachel, old episodes of Captain Kangaroo, and we are currently negotiating with the estate of Fred Rogers. So much more range is available in this new format, and even Pfizer is coming around to advertising to the new prospective age group. We are seeing positive responses from InBev and Draft Kings as well. This is such a fresh marketing area for these advertisers, and we plan to enable them as much as we can"

Posted by: Kindltot at August 27, 2026 04:29 PM (rbvCR)

45 I can't believe CNN keeps putting Scott Jennings on the air. He humiliates them on a pretty regular basis and they just keep asking for more.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 27, 2026 04:30 PM (viF8m)

46 Did the buggywhip industry go through the throes of consolidation after the automobile arrived?

Seen any good vaudeville shows lately?

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 27, 2026 04:30 PM (TVOOe)

47 We can and should treat their speech with the same contempt.

I prefer obloquy, mostly because I like saying obloquy. Wait, is that a tautology?

Posted by: Archimedes at August 27, 2026 04:30 PM (Riz8t)

48 I'm checking with Gemini.

What's CNNs audience July - August - 2026?
How many are not trapped in airports or incarcerated?

Here we go....

CNN Ratings Overview (July 2026)

According to Nielsen ratings data for July 2026, CNN's viewership averages were:

Primetime (Monday–Sunday): ~658,000 total viewers

Total Day Average: ~465,000 total viewers

25–54 Age Demo: ~102,000 in primetime and ~62,000 total day

Out-of-Home Viewing: Out-of-home viewing typically makes up a notable percentage of CNN's total day audience given its heavy presence on airport terminal screens, but Nielsen blends these numbers directly into the overall daily averages rather than reporting them as a standalone "trapped audience" metric.

Correctional Facilities: Nielsen measurement panels generally cover residential households and out-of-home locations (like hotels, bars, and airports); incarcerated individuals are not part of the standard Nielsen television panel, so "incarcerated viewers" are not reflected as a measurable metric in cable ratings.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 27, 2026 04:30 PM (Sco7b)

49
Jake Tapper will be asked to wear a Hobo suit

Jake the Homo Hobo -- Glory Days to Glory Holes!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 27, 2026 04:31 PM (trSL4)

50 4 They are never going to allow a major news channel to be anything but Hard Left.
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So, they won't care about CNN then. Well, you did say "major news channel." I think the fishing channel has more viewers. In Spanish.

Posted by: SNL killer bee from the '70s at August 27, 2026 04:32 PM (sFNX2)

51 heh in comments at

Jeff Blehar is *BOX OFFICE POISON*
@EsotericCD
1h
Now I have to write about this bullshit, and I'm tired of writing about this bullshit.

Q
@Quirk22
1h
Explain how this ruins the Gordon Lightfoot song.

Posted by: m at August 27, 2026 04:32 PM (odBC9)

52 Elon Musk might buy it.
Posted by: Oldcat

It would then become the Chad News Network.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 27, 2026 04:33 PM (Riz8t)

53 Shari Lewis and Lamb Chop!

Bob Keeshan and Bunny Rabbit!

Bob Keeshan snd Mister Moose!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars

Miss Piggy and Kermit.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 27, 2026 04:33 PM (ndZc7)

54 In the wider population? No, it does not.

But in the smaller, internal leftwing microcosm of commies, AWFuLs, and political and race grifters? I bet CNN still has influence, even if it's more of a confirmation and NPC code generator.

Sort like the last remaining late-night TV. They have zero influence outside their narrow demographic. But within that demographic, they serve a valuable purpose to keep the seals clapping and ensure conformity of thought.

There's a reason so many late-night shows were kept on the air for so long despite losing 100s of millions of dollars.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 27, 2026 04:28 PM (iFTx/)

=======

Just being another voice in a closed ecosystem isn't much influence.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 27, 2026 04:28 PM (/PKja)
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Not just another voice. The voice. The fact that all leftwing voices sound the same is in large part because of the influence of "news" sources like CNN.

The CNNs of the world tell the leftwing masses how to think. They decide which stories to run, which to bury, who to elevate to "expert" status, etc.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 27, 2026 04:33 PM (iFTx/)

55
[Verse 6]
Lake Huron rolls, Superior sings
In the rooms of her ice-water mansion
Old Michigan steams like a young man's dreams
The islands and bays are for sportsmen
And farther below Lake Ontario
Takes in what Lake Erie can send her
And the iron boats go as the mariners all know
With the gales of November remembered

Posted by: m at August 27, 2026 04:34 PM (odBC9)

56 If I had the money I'd buy it and name it the
Constitutional News Network.

Posted by: fd at August 27, 2026 04:34 PM (MWfyi)

57 Not just another voice. The voice. The fact that all leftwing voices sound the same is in large part because of the influence of "news" sources like CNN.

The CNNs of the world tell the leftwing masses how to think. They decide which stories to run, which to bury, who to elevate to "expert" status, etc.

But if a network runs leftist programming and nobody watches, can it really be said to be influential?

Posted by: Archimedes at August 27, 2026 04:34 PM (Riz8t)

58 So if the current US population is about 342 million, and CNN barely reaches 700,000 in PrimeTime is it really that much a prize?

It's like the Newsweek of cable news, isn't it?

Last biological female left standing at the dive bar at closing time......?

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 27, 2026 04:35 PM (Sco7b)

59 Speaking of Kermit the Frog,

Look up Dolly singing with Kermit on The Muppet Show.

It’s so great.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 27, 2026 04:35 PM (W2Pud)

60
>>Relocation Threats: Paramount CEO David Ellison warned that if the state keeps stalling the merger, operations could potentially move out of California to states like Texas, Georgia, or Tennessee, drawing accusations of "blackmail" from state officials.

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Actually, that's extortion, not blackmail.

To which I say: Go extortionists!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 27, 2026 04:36 PM (mmrXZ)

61 Can we just level California, please?

Don't even just make it a Territory. Just declare it a weapons test range for the military and flatten everything.

Fucking done with that nest of vileness.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at August 27, 2026 04:36 PM (OUMaO)

62 This is pure revenge by Netflix and their Obama Board of Directors because they didn't get their way.

Without the "people waiting for a prostate exam or shot of some kind" group, CNN is only influencing potted plants.

But for such a small audience, it sure takes up a big chunk of the news ever gd day.

Between "CNN C^nt Says ___" and "OMG WHAT DID BILL MAHER SAY", there are entire sections of the internets *ahem* twitchyredstatetownhall that I just don't bother with anymore.

At least here I get the cruelty I crave.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 27, 2026 04:36 PM (+mbpJ)

63 Not just another voice. The voice. The fact that all leftwing voices sound the same is in large part because of the influence of "news" sources like CNN.

The CNNs of the world tell the leftwing masses how to think. They decide which stories to run, which to bury, who to elevate to "expert" status, etc.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 27, 2026 04:33 PM (iFTx/)

Would Agencia EFE, or France 24, or even a regional conglomerate like Colombia's Caracol network be allowed to buy CNN?

Posted by: Kindltot at August 27, 2026 04:37 PM (rbvCR)

64 "We are very excited for the next generation of Teletubbies"

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They're poaching Whoopi from The View?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 27, 2026 04:37 PM (ndZc7)

65 52 Elon Musk might buy it.
Posted by: Oldcat

It would then become the Chad News Network.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 27, 2026 04:33 PM (Riz8t)

XNN.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 27, 2026 04:37 PM (mP0Kj)

66 I think they could: If Skydance/Paramount names the city it will move to. Either Austin or Nashville, most think would be the likely places.
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Ohio would be a better fit.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 27, 2026 04:38 PM (+UcOf)

67 A Gigantic Hole in the Ground > Sacramento

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 27, 2026 04:38 PM (RIvkX)

68 Billy Strings has a killer version of "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" - on the UTubes. Only quibble is that he does not call it "Lake America" either. Guess he's a great guitar player, but sucks at time travel.

Posted by: Martin Tell at August 27, 2026 04:38 PM (sFNX2)

69 I wouldn't mind California slipping out into the ocean, seperated from the mainland

Posted by: Skip at August 27, 2026 04:39 PM (Ia/+0)

70 A Gigantic Hole in the Ground > Sacramento
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 27, 2026 04:38 PM (RIvkX)

Is it full of blue moss, and does it smell like breakfast?

Posted by: Kindltot at August 27, 2026 04:39 PM (rbvCR)

71 CA continues to cheerfully hollow out its tax base and I am here for it.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 27, 2026 04:39 PM (w3Mok)

72 Really?

"Tropical Storm Dolly has erupted in the Atlantic Ocean, and early forecasts warn that the cyclone could be headed directly towards the US East Coast."

Posted by: fd at August 27, 2026 04:40 PM (MWfyi)

73 The Clown Nose Network.

Posted by: davidt at August 27, 2026 04:40 PM (Q+gd/)

74 You can fool me anymore. We are living in some kind of warped simulation.

Posted by: fd at August 27, 2026 04:40 PM (MWfyi)

75 Can we just level California, please?

Don't even just make it a Territory. Just declare it a weapons test range for the military and flatten everything.

Fucking done with that nest of vileness.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum

Can some of us get out first? A few of us are nice-ish.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at August 27, 2026 04:40 PM (4dS7p)

76 California tumbles into the sea, that'll be the day I go back AWFL Land

Posted by: Martin Tell at August 27, 2026 04:41 PM (sFNX2)

77 CA continues to cheerfully hollow out its tax base and I am here for it.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 27, 2026 04:39 PM (w3Mok)

I was just listening to Steve Hilton on Joe Rogan. Not very political but then again Joe wasn't talking about Chimp hybrids and remote viewing, so it was pretty mainstream.
California has the highest unemployment rate of all the US states.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 27, 2026 04:41 PM (rbvCR)

78 It's like the Newsweek of cable news, isn't it?

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Newsweek sold for $1 some years ago but, what with inflation, CNN may go for a buck fitty these days.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 27, 2026 04:41 PM (ndZc7)

79
"Tropical Storm Dolly has erupted in the Atlantic Ocean, and early forecasts warn that the cyclone could be headed directly towards the US East Coast."

AKSHUALLY, it's only a cyclone in the Indian Ocean and South Pacific. Typhoons are in the Northwest Pacific, and hurricanes are in the Atlantic.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 27, 2026 04:42 PM (Riz8t)

80 Roughly 140 million people use X everyday. CNN has a tiny fraction of that number watching their garbage.

The future of news is not TV, it's here, online. It's the Nick Shirley's of the world who do their own reporting and post it on social media. That's why the left wanted to keep X out of Musk's control. He's letting all of us speak.

Can't stop the signal, Mal.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 27, 2026 04:42 PM (viF8m)

81 "AKSHUALLY, it's only a cyclone in the Indian Ocean and South Pacific. Typhoons are in the Northwest Pacific, and hurricanes are in the Atlantic.
Posted by: Archimedes"

Forget it, Archi. It's the Daily Mail.

Posted by: fd at August 27, 2026 04:42 PM (MWfyi)

82 Once California declares bankruptcy the Marxists will bail them out

Posted by: Skip at August 27, 2026 04:43 PM (Ia/+0)

83 If there was a way to sell CNN to its own employees, with the stipulation that they can't sell again for 5 years, it might be fun to watch before the lights go out as they become the source of their own destruction.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at August 27, 2026 04:44 PM (4dS7p)

84 The future of news is not TV, it's here, online. It's the Nick Shirley's of the world who do their own reporting and post it on social media. That's why the left wanted to keep X out of Musk's control. He's letting all of us speak.

I created an X account today, because XCancel may or may not be back. It was painless, but you have to give them a wee bit of personal info.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 27, 2026 04:44 PM (Riz8t)

85 If there was a way to sell CNN to its own employees, with the stipulation that they can't sell again for 5 years, it might be fun to watch before the lights go out as they become the source of their own destruction.

You...are an evil genius.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 27, 2026 04:44 PM (Riz8t)

86 Hey, lets crowd source it....We'll let ACE deliver Tapper's "adios papers" personally (in an Ewok suit, on a Vespa, with a crow on his shoulder dropping crumbs on Tapper's desk)

Posted by: Orson at August 27, 2026 04:46 PM (dIske)

87 This case clearly falls under the Court Battles Keep Going Until the Democrats Win part of the Constitution.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 27, 2026 04:46 PM (+mbpJ)

88 Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh

The taxpayer-funded Canada Broadcasting Corporation has officially directed staff to NOT call 9/11 a terrorist attack

They want personnel to call it a "hijacking": "Do not refer to the Sept. 11 attacks as terrorist attacks."

"Crashes" is also an acceptable way to phrase it, per internal memo obtained by NYP

NOT HOW AN ALLY ACTS!

They want to wipe clean Islamic terror against America!

Posted by: redridinghood at August 27, 2026 04:46 PM (NpAcC)

89 78 It's like the Newsweek of cable news, isn't it?

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Newsweek sold for $1 some years ago but, what with inflation, CNN may go for a buck fitty these days.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 27, 2026 04:41 PM (ndZc7)

Besides, Morning Joe is the *top rated morning cable news-show!

*in Washington D.C.

That always breaks me up.

The influential New York Times by the way...

The New York Times
Total Subscribers: ~13.35 million to 13.4 million across digital and print.

And for fun...
The Economist
Total Circulation / Subscribers: ~1.15 million to 1.2 million total global circulation.

It's like a celebrity edition of game shows where most people hear the names and wonder who the hell they are.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 27, 2026 04:47 PM (Sco7b)

90 you have to give them a wee bit of personal info.
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Can you fake it by making up a name like Charlie Brown's Dildo? I know, not every site is a beacon of liberty like AOS

Posted by: Martin Tell at August 27, 2026 04:48 PM (sFNX2)

91 61 Can we just level California, please?
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The US is never going to leave CA as long as China exists.
CA and all the West Coast will devolve into states similar to what Mexico was before the cartels with increasing military presence.

There will be protected zones around the increasing number of military bases. Also military protected zones around National properties (all federal land including parks) and tourist areas such as Casinos and Zona Rojas.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 27, 2026 04:48 PM (+UcOf)

92
It's like a celebrity edition of game shows where most people hear the names and wonder who the hell they are.

CNN is the Rula Lenska of networks.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 27, 2026 04:48 PM (Riz8t)

93 Once California declares bankruptcy the Marxists will bail them out
Posted by: Skip

With your money.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 27, 2026 04:48 PM (ndZc7)

94 The future of news is not TV, it's here, online. It's the Nick Shirley's of the world who do their own reporting and post it on social media. That's why the left wanted to keep X out of Musk's control. He's letting all of us speak.

Can't stop the signal, Mal.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 27, 2026 04:42 PM (viF8m)
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Case in point - did you see the NYT gal reporter try and gotcha Nick Shirley in Sacramento yesterday as he was there to attend a protest of the new law named after him? Priceless.

Posted by: beckster at August 27, 2026 04:49 PM (kX27y)

95 >>I created an X account today, because XCancel may or may not be back. It was painless, but you have to give them a wee bit of personal info.

I rarely post anything. I do heckle tards.

But mostly I just use it to gather information.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 27, 2026 04:49 PM (viF8m)

96 Can you fake it by making up a name like Charlie Brown's Dildo? I know, not every site is a beacon of liberty like AOS

I didn't try, so I can't say.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 27, 2026 04:49 PM (Riz8t)

97 Jerry, this is the set from the old CNN Network. They must be throwing it out. This stuff belongs in the Smithsonian.

Posted by: Kramer at August 27, 2026 04:49 PM (QRHoA)

98 I get the impression that California, generally speaking, has gone rogue.

Seriously.

Forget about Minnesota and the Insurrection Act folly. Apply it directly and with prejudice against California.

Today. And follow through with it. A body count would be preferable.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 27, 2026 04:50 PM (2Cry5)

99 I created an X account today, because XCancel may or may not be back.

I would consider it - for read-only purposes - but I can't find a way to do it without using my phone and I refuse.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2026 04:50 PM (ExV1e)

100
https://twitterwebviewer.com

Posted by: m at August 27, 2026 04:50 PM (odBC9)

101 CNN is the Rula Lenska of networks.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 27, 2026 04:48 PM (Riz8t)

I know! She was the voice of Lintilla, Lintilla, and Lintilla in The Hitch Hikers' Guide to the Galaxy radio program

Posted by: Kindltot at August 27, 2026 04:50 PM (rbvCR)

102
Elon could use a decent tax write-off. I'm just sayin'.

If you think he hasn't at least considered the idea, then you haven't got a clue. At the very least, just having him float the idea in public would be another high-larious Galactic Overlord-level troll.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 27, 2026 04:50 PM (y9nCu)

103 I would consider it - for read-only purposes - but I can't find a way to do it without using my phone and I refuse.

I use it on my laptop without problem.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 27, 2026 04:51 PM (Riz8t)

104 I'd move it out of CA.

Posted by: runner at August 27, 2026 04:51 PM (g47mK)

105 Gee why doesn't a bunch of leftist celebrities and politicians getting together and set up there own news network to replace CNN. They can hire Acosta, the 60 Minutes castoffs , those laid off from the other propaganda ministries. Maybe they remember Air America and say nah

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 27, 2026 04:52 PM (TbVRb)

106 I created an X account today, because XCancel may or may not be back. It was painless, but you have to give them a wee bit of personal info.

Posted by: Archimedes
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You know what Elon can do with a wee bit of personal info?

Mindful came up with a solution last night.

https://twitterwebviewer.com/

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 27, 2026 04:52 PM (+UcOf)

107 hahahaha

Ben Dreyfuss
@bendreyfuss
2d
Tonight at dinner I said “can I get the chicken cacciatore?” And the waitress paused and then said flatly “yes you can” and I thought “this woman is a psychopath who should be investigated by the FBI because she is responding literally to a common American filler phrase”

Ben Dreyfuss
@bendreyfuss
2d
Maybe in Russia or wherever you’re really from they treat “can I get __” as a literal question but in America we understand that of course I can, it’s on the menu, we are merely saying “I will order ___”

Posted by: m at August 27, 2026 04:52 PM (odBC9)

108 I think it would be a proper alliance if Cucker Tarlson jumped in and got his team from the middle east to back him. Prime pickin's.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 27, 2026 04:52 PM (FR9Sb)

109 Offer it to Musk. If only to watch the leftist meltdown get meltier.
Posted by: Stu Podaso at August 27, 2026 04:21 PM (4dS7p)

hmmmmmmm

Posted by: runner at August 27, 2026 04:53 PM (g47mK)

110 >>Case in point - did you see the NYT gal reporter try and gotcha Nick Shirley in Sacramento yesterday as he was there to attend a protest of the new law named after him? Priceless.

She's a perfect example of why traditional media is dying. 1, she didn't know what she was talking about and 2, her bias was so obvious and over the top it made anything she said suspect.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 27, 2026 04:53 PM (viF8m)

111 I think that Eisen's motivated dismissal of their standing is, as expected, excessively facile. IANAL, but those companies all operate in the states that filed suit. They have an interest in the outcome too, and the woke states' lawfare affects every other states' residents too.

Posted by: SciVo at August 27, 2026 04:53 PM (ke3zm)

112
Can you fake it by making up a name like Charlie Brown's Dildo?

Are you saying that Charlie Brown's Dildo ISN'T his real name??????

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 27, 2026 04:53 PM (y9nCu)

113
I created an X account today, because XCancel may or may not be back. It was painless, but you have to give them a wee bit of personal info.
Posted by: Archimedes

How personal do they get?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 27, 2026 04:53 PM (Cqx++)

114 Maybe she was just a grammar nazi who cared more for correct English than tips.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 27, 2026 04:54 PM (rbvCR)

115 Jerry, this is the set from the old CNN Network. They must be throwing it out. This stuff belongs in the Smithsonian.
Posted by: Kramer
______

A lot of the stars from CNN, they were not as hygienic as they appeared on TV. Take Anna Navarro, for example.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 27, 2026 04:54 PM (XvL8K)

116 AW - Yep,

Posted by: Skip at August 27, 2026 04:54 PM (Ia/+0)

117 created an X account today, because XCancel may or may not be back. It was painless, but you have to give them a wee bit of personal info.
Posted by: Archimedes

How personal do they get?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot,

You might hear the snapping of a latex glove.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 27, 2026 04:55 PM (9U0Wy)

118 I see I was outbid by comment 11

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 27, 2026 04:55 PM (n5tGW)

119 Clay Travis launched his new site sportandstate.com with an article about why paramount/skydance should move to Tenn.

https://tinyurl.com/594k4ftj

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 27, 2026 04:56 PM (YZ0Fo)

120 We all know about Gavin Hairgel because he gets a lot of press along with the word salader…. But go look at the CA state legislature… it’s full of looney tunes lefties that make the names we know look almost normal…. cf. Scott Wiener…. It’s a one party state

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 27, 2026 04:56 PM (M+uMR)

121 Jon Stewart takes a safari to the jungles of Jersey and is astounded by what he sees.

Western Lensman
@WesternLensman
Jon Stewart tells Michelle Obama that when he left New York City and went to Jersey, he saw a strange sight:
A "Hillary for Prison" bumper sticker.
"I was, like, oh ok."
These kinds of tales where bubbled libs boldly venture into the American wilds and actually encounter people with opposing views kill me.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at August 27, 2026 04:56 PM (ndZc7)

122 Musk bought Twitter because of it's influence. CNN, not so much.

Posted by: davidt at August 27, 2026 04:57 PM (Q+gd/)

123 A Musk/Fox News/Truth Social partnership offer for CNN would be the best for splodey heads.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 27, 2026 04:57 PM (n5tGW)

124 This is kind of fascinating in the train wreck kind of way.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 27, 2026 04:57 PM (zZu0s)

125 Maybe in Russia or wherever you’re really from they treat “can I get __” as a literal question but in America we understand that of course I can, it’s on the menu, we are merely saying “I will order ___”

Really?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 27, 2026 04:57 PM (+UcOf)

126 Remember Musk first wanted to by Twitter, then wanted to bail out but the Marxists forced him to pay up

Haaaaaa haaa haaaa

Posted by: Skip at August 27, 2026 04:59 PM (Ia/+0)

127 Musk bought Twitter because of it's influence. CNN, not so much.
Posted by: davidt at August 27, 2026 04:57 PM (Q+gd/)

Musk bought twitter because:

- He was drunk.
- Someone said he didn't have the balls to do it.
- He was able to afford it with the spare change in his sofa cushions.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2026 04:59 PM (ExV1e)

128 Time to move to Puerto Rico, guys. No Federal taxes, since it's a territory. Plenty of beaches to use when selling new shows. No California taxes, either.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 27, 2026 04:59 PM (qx7Zg)

129 For what? What could Skydance charge for it, in its current form? A $10 nominal payment?

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That's only 67 Yuan!

Posted by: ShainS at August 27, 2026 04:59 PM (arzIt)

130
No verdict today in the killer mother trial.

Posted by: four seasons at August 27, 2026 04:59 PM (/QHx4)

131 I just had a thought: taxes are a subscription service to live and own things in a given country.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 27, 2026 04:59 PM (zZu0s)

132 No verdict today in the killer mother trial.

Posted by: four seasons at August 27, 2026 04:59 PM (/QHx4)

The one where she said that she killed the kids but but was sad so it didn't count?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2026 05:00 PM (ExV1e)

133 I created an X account today, because XCancel may or may not be back. It was painless, but you have to give them a wee bit of personal info.
Posted by: Archimedes

How personal do they get?

Name, email, and three areas of interest. They ask for some other stuff, but that's optional.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 27, 2026 05:01 PM (Riz8t)

134 No verdict today in the killer mother trial.
Posted by: four seasons
_________

What is the defense even arguing? I haven't been following this too closely.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 27, 2026 05:01 PM (XvL8K)

135 Musk has said his ultimate goal with X is to turn it into an "everything app". In other words, a site where you can everything from paying bills to various form of communication to entertainment and more.

I wouldn't bet against him.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 27, 2026 05:01 PM (viF8m)

136 I think it would be a proper alliance if Cucker Tarlson jumped in and got his team from the middle east to back him. Prime pickin's.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 27, 2026 04:52 PM (FR9Sb)

Like it was said above, CNN's main purpose is to designate what news is acceptable, but it is also a way of conferring permission to the idiots watching it to hate specific things or people.
Jan6? Hate. Trump? Hate. Iran war? Hate. Anti-tranny? Hate. ICE? Hate.

Stupid people need permission to hate and make fun of things, their bitterness and unfocused anger is perfect for that when carefully directed against some "enemy of society", and they are dumb enough to directed by third parties to hate and denigrate things that will never really affect them. Unfortunately this sort of coordinated hate will destroy what used to be called civil society, and create uncontrolled tribalism.
CNN is perfect for this task, and will not be handed off to any opposing group.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 27, 2026 05:01 PM (rbvCR)

137
132,

Yep

Posted by: four seasons at August 27, 2026 05:01 PM (/QHx4)

138 The Bismarck sunk again, better start dinner

Posted by: Skip at August 27, 2026 05:01 PM (Ia/+0)

139 California is a hostile foreign country interfering in the legal processes of the United States, yes? No? Show me how this is not true.

Posted by: tubal at August 27, 2026 05:01 PM (Gqar8)

140 I mean...we could just wait for the Big One and...y'know, just not rebuild most of it.

Swear to God China already runs the place. It's their toehold into everything, seems like.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at August 27, 2026 05:02 PM (OUMaO)

141
Twitter Viewer - View Twitter Without Account

View public Twitter profiles, tweets, photos, and videos anonymously

No Account Required • Lightning Fast • Privacy-First

https://twitterwebviewer.com

Posted by: m at August 27, 2026 05:02 PM (odBC9)

142 131 I just had a thought: taxes are a subscription service to live and own things in a given country.

Posted by: Aetius451AD
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With an initial entry requisite.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 27, 2026 05:02 PM (+UcOf)

143 Hung jury on the child murderer. Anyone want to bet?

Posted by: tubal at August 27, 2026 05:02 PM (Gqar8)

144 We all know about Gavin Hairgel because he gets a lot of press along with the word salader…. But go look at the CA state legislature… it’s full of looney tunes lefties that make the names we know look almost normal…. cf. Scott Wiener…. It’s a one party state

Posted by: LinusVanPelt

Yeah...the Chinese Communist Party.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at August 27, 2026 05:04 PM (OUMaO)

145 142 131 I just had a thought: taxes are a subscription service to live and own things in a given country.

Posted by: Aetius451AD
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With an initial entry requisite.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 27, 2026 05:02 PM (+UcOf
Taxes are what you pay so that others dont have to pay.

Posted by: Eromero at August 27, 2026 05:04 PM (LHPAg)

146 The one where she said that she killed the kids but but was sad so it didn't count?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2026 05:00 PM (ExV1e)

It was the lady who was on so many psych meds that every time she asked for psychiatric help the doctors just heard the pills rattling.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 27, 2026 05:04 PM (rbvCR)

147 Bovino is on Alex jones now. Dude is in a spiral.

Posted by: nckate at August 27, 2026 05:04 PM (enNUy)

148 I was in LA last week for a wedding. Drove around the canyons and through Pacific Palisades.

The scale of destruction from the fire is incredible when you see it in person. And everything is so dry it's seems inevitable it will happen again.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 27, 2026 05:05 PM (viF8m)

149 119 why paramount/skydance should move to Tenn.
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Nooooooo!

Saint Dolly pray for us that the Lord avert this plague!

Posted by: Martin Tell at August 27, 2026 05:05 PM (sFNX2)

150 Michigan AG Nessel , who's basically a Stalinist, won't endorse al-Sayed. Fight, fight, fight

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 27, 2026 05:06 PM (TbVRb)

151 I just had a thought: taxes are a subscription service to live and own things in a given country.

Posted by: Aetius451AD

The mob felt the same way about the privilege shopkeepers had for living and working on their turf.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 27, 2026 05:06 PM (rbvCR)

152 148 I was in LA last week for a wedding. Drove around the canyons and through Pacific Palisades.

The scale of destruction from the fire is incredible when you see it in person. And everything is so dry it's seems inevitable it will happen again.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 27, 2026 05:05 PM (viF8m)

Well it’s one more day up in the Canyon
One more night in Hollywood

See any Stars?

Posted by: tubal at August 27, 2026 05:06 PM (Gqar8)

153 Tropical Storm Dolly?

Really?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 27, 2026 05:07 PM (HUco/)

154 It was the lady who was on so many psych meds that every time she asked for psychiatric help the doctors just heard the pills rattling.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 27, 2026 05:04 PM (rbvCR)

I won't argue that a bunch of doctors shouldn't see the inside of a prison also and, I confess, that I haven't paid nearly close enough attention to form an opinion on her 'insanity' but I'm not a fan of "oh, you were a bit crazy in that moment so spend a week in the hospital and all is forgiven" form of jurisprudence.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2026 05:07 PM (ExV1e)

155 "Tropical Storm Dolly?

Really?
Posted by: Anna Puma "

I saw that a little while ago. They couldn't change the name? Sheesh.

Posted by: fd at August 27, 2026 05:08 PM (MWfyi)

156 I can't believe CNN keeps putting Scott Jennings on the air. He humiliates them on a pretty regular basis and they just keep asking for more.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 27, 2026 04:30 PM (viF8m)

It has to be part of some settlement.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 27, 2026 05:08 PM (uhVAy)

157 Tropical Storm Dolly?

Really?
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 27, 2026 05:07 PM (HUco/)

Yup. What's weird is the list of storm names is decided several years in advance. Quite a coincidence.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at August 27, 2026 05:08 PM (ZgwKJ)

158 Dear Mr. O'Spades,

It is NOT politicized when *we* do it.

Also, OrangeMan Bad !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: (D)emocrats & the MSM at August 27, 2026 05:09 PM (0sNs1)

159 The fat bastard governor of Illinois (or his interns) just sent out a quintessential Leftist meme in response to the Lake America thing....."They just renamed Trump Tower as the NATALIE TOWER!!!!"

Lulz. :eyeroll:

My response: They just renamed the Illinois Governor's Mansion as Jabba's Palace!!!

They'll love that one.

Posted by: Lucky Day at August 27, 2026 05:09 PM (Cjger)

160 154 It was the lady who was on so many psych meds that every time she asked for psychiatric help the doctors just heard the pills rattling.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 27, 2026 05:04 PM (rbvCR)

I won't argue that a bunch of doctors shouldn't see the inside of a prison also and, I confess, that I haven't paid nearly close enough attention to form an opinion on her 'insanity' but I'm not a fan of "oh, you were a bit crazy in that moment so spend a week in the hospital and all is forgiven" form of jurisprudence.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2026 05:07 PM (ExV1e)

Prosecutors finally got smart and added lesser included charges. I think they acquit on murder 1...I don't know where they will go after that. I could see a compromise on manslaughter...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 27, 2026 05:09 PM (tOcjL)

161 "Yup. What's weird is the list of storm names is decided several years in advance. Quite a coincidence.
Posted by: hobbitopoly "

Yeah, sure.

Posted by: The Simulation at August 27, 2026 05:09 PM (MWfyi)

162 >>See any Stars?

Just the ones in the sky.

Posted by: JackStraw at August 27, 2026 05:10 PM (viF8m)

163 Tropical Storm Dolly?

Really?
Posted by: Anna Puma "

I saw that a little while ago. They couldn't change the name? Sheesh.
Posted by: fd at August 27, 2026 05:08 PM (MWfyi)

Tropical Storm AOC - it's gonna do a lot of damage but it isn't smart enough to understand why.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2026 05:10 PM (ExV1e)

164 Peter Cullen, the voice of Optimus Prime, has passed away.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 27, 2026 05:10 PM (HUco/)

165 What is the defense even arguing? I haven't been following this too closely.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 27, 2026 05:01 PM (XvL8K)

It was astrologically impossible for her to have done that. She's a Gemini, and a Gemini wouldn't do that.

Posted by: Pro Bono means Not Guilty or your money back! at August 27, 2026 05:10 PM (r7+Q7)

166 I don't (yet) have an X acccount, but I don't understand how creating/having one is a hardship? Can someone help me here?

Posted by: Crusader at August 27, 2026 05:11 PM (TN0g+)

167 Instead of The Party having their majority representation on corporate boards, the left want to make a judicial fascism where the blew states just get to say, "I don't like that" and expect the corporation to do whatever they say.

They should receive a big "NO STANDING" because other than whining, I don't see how they have a standing in what Paramount does.

Posted by: Axeman at August 27, 2026 05:11 PM (Fi81e)

168 They just renamed Trump Tower as the NATALIE TOWER!!!!"

What does that even mean. I'm rather tired and my synapses are not firing properly this afternoon.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 27, 2026 05:11 PM (xSAlF)

169 Peter Cullen, the voice of Optimus Prime, has passed away.
Posted by: Anna Puma

And eeyore.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 27, 2026 05:11 PM (YZ0Fo)

170 Remember Musk first wanted to by Twitter, then wanted to bail out but the Marxists forced him to pay up

Haaaaaa haaa haaaa
Posted by: Skip at August 27, 2026 04:59 PM (Ia/+0)

His reluctance was an op. He knew if he was pushing to buy it they would fight it. So he said he wanted to not buy it and they snatched for the money.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 27, 2026 05:12 PM (uhVAy)

171 165 What is the defense even arguing? I haven't been following this too closely.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 27, 2026 05:01 PM (XvL8K)

It was astrologically impossible for her to have done that. She's a Gemini, and a Gemini wouldn't do that.
Posted by: Pro Bono means Not Guilty or your money back! at August 27, 2026 05:10 PM (r7+Q7)

She was nuts...there's no doubt on that for months...and on way too many prescribed psych meds...the question was she too nuts to know or not...

No 12 people are gonna find the premeditated mental intent for murder 1, I don't think...they might agree to manslaughter...maybe...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 27, 2026 05:12 PM (tOcjL)

172 I think they acquit on murder 1...I don't know where they will go after that. I could see a compromise on manslaughter...
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I know its the "legal" system and not the "truth" system, but it was *clearly* premeditated murder and it annoys me to no end that the system may just do the equivalent of ignoring that all together in the favor of...something.

Posted by: Crusader at August 27, 2026 05:13 PM (TN0g+)

173 166 I don't (yet) have an X acccount, but I don't understand how creating/having one is a hardship? Can someone help me here?
Posted by: Crusader at August 27, 2026 05:11 PM (TN0g+)

Very easy. I got one, promptly put the app in my hidden folder and ignore it. But I can view X stuff in its’ full effects.

Posted by: tubal at August 27, 2026 05:13 PM (Gqar8)

174
She's a perfect example of why traditional media is dying. 1, she didn't know what she was talking about and 2, her bias was so obvious and over the top it made anything she said suspect.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 27, 2026 04:53 PM (viF8m)
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Yes, and found the clip. Love him in his shades and sweatshirt with the dinosaur NYT lady:

https://tinyurl.com/mswcehny

Posted by: beckster at August 27, 2026 05:14 PM (kX27y)

175 Strangulation requires effort. And she did it three times.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 27, 2026 05:14 PM (HUco/)

176
Anna,

Exactly

Posted by: four seasons at August 27, 2026 05:14 PM (/QHx4)

177 "I don't understand how creating/having one is a hardship? Can someone help me here?
Posted by: Crusader"

It's no hardship. Some people are leery of any intrusion on their privacy by big tech.

Posted by: The Simulation at August 27, 2026 05:15 PM (MWfyi)

178 She was nuts...there's no doubt on that for months...and on way too many prescribed psych meds...the question was she too nuts to know or not...

No 12 people are gonna find the premeditated mental intent for murder 1, I don't think...they might agree to manslaughter...maybe...
Posted by: Nova Local
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I could see that working. A mother would almost have to be insane to do what she did.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 27, 2026 05:15 PM (XvL8K)

179 Ok we'll find Lindsay Clancy guilty of the lesser charges and send her to the funny farm for only ten years. Her roommate will be Decarlos brown. Enjoy. Adios.

Posted by: nckate at August 27, 2026 05:15 PM (enNUy)

180 >>>
No 12 people are gonna find the premeditated mental intent for murder 1, I don't think...they might agree to manslaughter...maybe...

Posted by: Nova Local
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Didn't she, first, send the older one into another room so that she couldn't interfere with her killing of the younger one's?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 27, 2026 05:15 PM (+UcOf)

181 175 Strangulation requires effort. And she did it three times.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 27, 2026 05:14 PM (HUco/)

They dropped those charges pre-trial...error by prosecution on that...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 27, 2026 05:15 PM (tOcjL)

182 Trump Tower as the NATALIE TOWER!!!!"

What does that even mean.
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Left is trying to get a thing going that Trump is having an affair with staffer named Natalie. Big nothingburger, but it's the left, so hey why not.

Georgia senator Jackoff (guy who looks like an uglier Pee-Wee Herman) started this crap a couple of weeks ago. Jerkoff thinks this will make him president in '28

Posted by: Martin Tell at August 27, 2026 05:15 PM (sFNX2)

183 Oh, she murdered her children all right. The question is, does it count because crazy?

Posted by: tubal at August 27, 2026 05:15 PM (Gqar8)

184 A mother would almost have to be insane to do what she did.
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The real crazy part is all the AWFL groupies dressing alike and cheering her on.

Posted by: Martin Tell at August 27, 2026 05:17 PM (sFNX2)

185 A mother would almost have to be insane to do what she did.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 27, 2026 05:15 PM
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"Almost?"

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 27, 2026 05:17 PM (2Ez/1)

186 NOOD, Omar's spawn.

Posted by: Thrawn at August 27, 2026 05:17 PM (Z5BUl)

187 I won't argue that a bunch of doctors shouldn't see the inside of a prison also and, I confess, that I haven't paid nearly close enough attention to form an opinion on her 'insanity' but I'm not a fan of "oh, you were a bit crazy in that moment so spend a week in the hospital and all is forgiven" form of jurisprudence.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 27, 2026 05:07 PM (ExV1e)

This is however what is handed to us out of a demand for not having involuntary commitments out of fear that they will be used for political ends. She will either be considered a mental case that needs commitment, and put in an institution until she can be both considered no longer a threat and the victims and relations do not contest the release by the psychiatric parole board, or she can be put into jail to be released when the parole board sees fit.
Amazingly the side effects to a lot of heavy psych meds given to people who are otherwise allowed to walk around free are things like "may cause suicidal ideation" and "anxiety" as well as pissing blood and drooling.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 27, 2026 05:18 PM (rbvCR)

188 168 They just renamed Trump Tower as the NATALIE TOWER!!!!"

What does that even mean. I'm rather tired and my synapses are not firing properly this afternoon.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 27, 2026 05:11 PM (xSAlF

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Recently, Senator Ossoff tried to gin up a rumor that Trump was having an affair with Natalie Harp, an aide to the President. This came out of the "TRUMP WANTED THE PRESS TO DIE!!!!" fake scandal.
Even though Ossoff was roundly rebuked for this, and he kind of walked it back, apparently other Dem stooges think it's a thing.

Posted by: Lucky Day at August 27, 2026 05:18 PM (Cjger)

189 She was nuts...there's no doubt on that for months...and on way too many prescribed psych meds...the question was she too nuts to know or not...

Posted by: Nova Local at August 27, 2026 05:12 PM (tOcjL)
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There is something nuts about taking an innocent's life.

You don't think Mangione has in some sense a "problem telling right from wrong"?

Evil is insane. And only if you admit that you can't process society's rules should you get an insanity out.

Posted by: Axeman at August 27, 2026 05:18 PM (Fi81e)

190 The real crazy part is all the AWFL groupies dressing alike and cheering her on.
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It must be really, really hard for an even-keeled atheist to deny the existence of evil when he sees literally hundreds of otherwise "normal" looking women lining up to cheer on and support a mother who killed her own kids.

Posted by: Crusader at August 27, 2026 05:19 PM (TN0g+)

191 You can't sue someone if you're dead. Just saying.

Also, try my famous java.

Posted by: A Man in Plaid at August 27, 2026 05:19 PM (7Q0e+)

192 Didn't she, first, send the older one into another room so that she couldn't interfere with her killing of the younger one's?

she first took the youngest into the basement and strangled him

then she took the little girl down and killed her there as well

the other boy realized what was happening and tried to hide in his dad's office thinking he'd be safe

nope

she's a monster. she is Gone Girl. she planned and executed her plan

she needs the death penalty

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 27, 2026 05:19 PM (j+aD2)

193 189 She was nuts...there's no doubt on that for months...and on way too many prescribed psych meds...the question was she too nuts to know or not...

welp this is incorrect

she GOT loads of scrips by doc hopping

but she didn't take them, except the Seroquel before she dropped herself (carefully!) from the windowsill

it was all to set up her insanity plea

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 27, 2026 05:20 PM (j+aD2)

194 177 "I don't understand how creating/having one is a hardship? Can someone help me here?
Posted by: Crusader"

It's no hardship. Some people are leery of any intrusion on their privacy by big tech.

Posted by: The Simulation
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Some entity, recently, that I interact with sold my telephone information. Now receiving four plus calls a day saying my loan application is all but complete, just click here and we'll get this finalized.

It's out there but the more it's out there the higher the probability of something nefarious. My ID's been stolen before (from a medical facility) and it's no fun getting it all straightened out. It took five years with a professional organization's help.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 27, 2026 05:22 PM (+UcOf)

195 What is the defense even arguing? I haven't been following this too closely.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 27, 2026 05:01 PM

The defense claimed that "she was a good mother" in their closing statement. That is literally no $hit they played the audio this afternoon on AM dallas talk radio. I have no idea what they were trying to accomplish with that statement.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 27, 2026 05:23 PM (cpFbA)

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