NBCUniversal owns MSNBC and Comast owns Comcast and Comcast is described as a family business. Brian L. Roberts, its chairman and CEO, is the son of founder Ralph J. Roberts (1920–2015). Roberts owns or controls about 1% of all Comcast shares but all of the Class B supervoting shares, giving him an "undilutable 33% voting power over the company".
The Institutional shareholders are Vanguard, Blackrock (owned by Larry Fink) and Statestreet Group. These also own shares in other media, not to mention chemical, defense, health care, insurance and financial institutions;. You could say that they represent USA Inc, along with Bank of America, Well Fargo, Goldman Sachs. fuck it Wall Street.
And the beauty of it all (for them) is it must be damn near impossible to prove as a whole scheme. That's why you're able to shout it from the roof-tops, and they don't give a damn concerning what seems obvious about the facts and figures that do not make sense.
Now their mission to destroy those government agencies tasked with investigating such activity is almost complete.
The rest is just gas-lighting the public about voter fraud when the truth is that voter suppression is the real crime.
Mad respect Greg and Thom for the work you are doing. We must make sure we pass it on to every voter we know!
Dems need to win in 2026 by such a huge margin that the suppressed votes are in the noise. The key is reaching the 90 million eligible, but non voting population.
Yes, Trump made 20 million votes magically disappear -- almost as magically as they appeared on Election Night, 4 years ago -- EXACTLY where they were needed. Perhaps they never existed in the first place!
As depressing as Greg's reporting is, there is one thing that might stymie the rigging - if MAGAs vote Blue. There is little to doubt that the MAGAs have unwittingly shot themselves in both feet -especially economically. While they still bow before Trump like a Muslims-in-a-Mosque, almost none of Trump's promised improvements in the economy while running are happening - quite the reverse actually.
The federal debt is rising while taxes are falling. It might seem like the budget will be fine if 20 percent of the federal workforce is recklessly dismissed with a chainsaw. Clowns like MTG clearly have no comprehension of what Feds do - useless they are not. COVID demonstrated the value of NIH and CDC yet they are being dismantled while the Bird Flu, Measles, and God-knows-what is killing people in the African Congo - nor will we likely know until it lands on our shore like COVID did from China.
The lack of regulation enforcement resulting from dismissals, much less the inability to collect taxes and provide services that will be permanently damaged. The result of the rescue tariffs, on top of all Trump's DOGE mayhem will likely trigger a global recession. The F150-driving MAGA world will start losing cars and houses due to loan defaults.
Trump can control the MSM reporting, and flood the airways with lies, but he cannot hide voter pain, not fix the global trade mess his stupid policies will have triggered.
Finally, we also need to own that the Democratic party enabled all of this corruption. They have known for decades that our government's so-called guardrails were mostly useless, but did nothing to kill things like "Citizens United" or end gerrymandering. Now laws were passed that make independent agencies president-proof while holding incumbents accountable for corruption - especially SCOTUS. They need to limit what the President can do to replace all top Generals and Admirals so they can be used as fascist stormtroopers. Now the JCS chief is a reactivated retired LT General outranked by his service chiefs. I cannot. So much for meritocracy that both parties destroyed.
Awkard Lt Gen Dan Cain is retired, that means that Trump will have to call him back to active duty, and promote him, the promotion must be approved by the Senate.
Can was chosen because he told Trump "I love you, and then donned a red MAGA hat"
With JAG out of the way, there is no constraint on Hegseth and Cain employing the army and marines, against the citizens,
Trump, or rather his handlers, as the guy is a doofus, expect a massive general strike and a revolt, they need total control of the military and all paramilitary (like sheriffs and peace officers, these latter are by nature red hatted Trump humpers, and can't wait to have license to bust heads, especially liberal heads)
Indeed. Recall that QAnon Flynn was a LT Gen - likely a Congressional demand promotion (Promote him or I will gut your budget). X-Adm Ronny Jackson was one of those too. At least he got busted for his dope dealing and incompetence. Cain was likely a good leader - just not a good manager. You need to be both to be a service chief. I guess now you also need to be WHITE and MALE too. Sadly, the Dems still have their finger up their noses.
Mike Flynn was a lt Gen before Trump came to office. His brother Charles was assistant to Sec Def Chris Miller on Jan 6. Charles sat at his desk, and per instructions, let the phone ring off the hook as Pelosi and even Pence kept calling in to get the Sec Def release the Washington National Guard.
Only the Secretary of Defense has the authority, besides the president to releast the National Guard.
Chris Miller, who was the acting SecDef, and only appointed Nov 9th, after Trump fired Mark Esper (for not going along with the plot), doesn't actually answer phones, his lackey, in this case Charles Flynn did.
The only reason the National Guard showed up is became Mike Pence shit his pants when he heard "hang Mike Pence" and he knew that Chris Miller was in on it, so he called Ryan Mccarthy Sec of the Army, who didn't actually have the authority, by Ryan was also an acting secretary and in on the plot, but he responded to Mike whose life was under threat.
Subsequently Biden, as feckless as over, approved the promotion of Charles 1st as Commander Pacific Forces, then as 4 star general.
Very interesting tale. Of course, when Flynn was promoted says nothing about why. His conspiracy theories and feeding the enemy (RU) right in the WH reflects horrible judgment - on a par with Hegseth's tatts.
After promotion to O-2, I worked in direct support of flag officers for 3 decades, so I have seen many come-n-go - mostly admirals. I have personally experienced political admirals. My first one was obvious as he acted like a jerk at board meetings - much to the annoyance of his seniors and my boss - then a VAdm. I asked how such a dufus could make flag, and the chief of staff clued me in about political flags. I asked what the boss could do - "You'll see." he said.
Sure enough about 6 weeks into his tour, my boss (soon-to-be CNO) transferred him to a command whose CO was retired for cause. Within a month, there was a head-on crash between 2 planes playing chicken over the Atlantic. The new admiral was likewise retired for cause as a Captain. The scandal meant his sponsor on the Hill (AF Committee chair) did not dare make a fuss and risk serious political blowback. It was genius. A similar fate hit now-Trump-minion Congressman Jackson too.
I have seen acts like this in my 26 years. I watched the Commander of Southcom, dress down a Colonel. He emasculated him right in front of me, I could literaly watch he Colonel shrivel, his shoulders pulled in. When done, he rushed out of the office, to his own and did the same to a Major, I watched the Major shrivel and get emasculated, the affair replenished the testosterone stores of the colon. the Major did the same to a Captain, the Captain had no lieutenants and dare no do the same to a Senior Sergeant and so the Captain had to eat it., he called his friend and asked if he wanted to play handball.
Survival in the officer corps is as much being in the right place at the right time as it is politics.
I knew a Colonel who was a royal ass kisser of a general, to the extent he would supply honor guards over 6 ft tall. The general was his sponsor, but died in a plane crash, and the Colonel fell into a long depression.
Ike learned to play bridge at Ft Leavenworth , KS and was an accomplished bridge player, as a perquisite for being on his staff, one had to be a bridge player. I don't play bridge, but there has to be a strategy, and a trust in one's partner that carries over into the military.
Maybe it was Ike's bridge playing staff that made D Day possible.
Sadly, there are two kinds of leaders: Listeners and Tellers. You just described a bunch of tellers. Patton types are tellers - they lead by fear - "Do what I say or else." Listeners are the best bosses, and usually the most successful. They try to get input from subordinates because they know, even if rejected, providing feedback builds mission buy-in. They also are more likely to identify flaws in their plans and avoid the potholes in the path to success.
Ahh, yes - the Democrats enabled all of this corruption. Clinton and Obama used the government's useless guardrails to push forward the moderate neocon's agenda in trade and rescuing the banks.
So what I understand you to be saying is that the 2026 election has already been stolen, the fix is in, and it won't matter how many votes Democrats get because the game is rigged. That means we no longer have a democracy and are living in an authoritarian state. The U.S. has been hijacked. I'm not sure what to say or do anymore. I don't recognize my country. This is something I never imagined I would see, but here it is. Now I have figure out how I'm going to deal with the situation. I may have to leave the country, which is something I never thought I'd say. Wow. Just...wow.
Time for Dems to start acting like Repubs in order to legally get rid of votes they do not like in all the same legal ways they do to the point that the balance swings back since the courts agree with Krasnov our Putin puppet.
Actually - that’s a great idea. Also make this SAVE act much more public - especially the part about married women whose last names don’t match their birth certificate.
I said that to a MAGA man and he was ANGRY!!!
MAGA men want women to take their husband’s names.
But most also love their wives and will get angry like this man if this SAVE act challenges their wive’s right to vote.
It was because the party in power knew that it would double their votes, because women will vote as the head of the house tells them to, the assumption was that women don't think for themselves and will follow the male lead, because they will looking out for themselves and their children, and they did that by following the male lead. The husband accompanied the wife to the voting booth and probably watched her and helped her vote.
Susan B Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton worked with Frederick Douglas to get the right to vote, until Douglas told them that the black male should get the right to vote before women.
Black men got the right to vote in 1869, women (white and black) had to wait until 1921.
They love their daughters? Hmm. Some agape, some sexual like Trump who said he "would do his daughters"
As regards less government into their personal lives, for themselves maybe but not others when it comes to the personal lives of others, they are all for interference, especially women, gays and the trans.
I agree but this country ALREADY went through that verification crap with the 🌟 identification on your drivers license. So that is proof enough.
It included the marriage license etc.
This SAVE Act is just more waste of tax dollars by MAGA/Trump/Elon - AND who knows what Ketamine powered Elon and his goons have done with our identification information that Trump let them have access to,
Who owns much of the commercial news media? I see no way ahead that does not involve immediate actions by an activist American populous. Washington must not go on as business as usual under current seen and unforseen circumstances. The longer we wait the sooner the King will assemble his entire goon squad. The longer Americans wait the more legitimacy advances on this conglomeration called the federal Gov't.
Law Suits will all end up in Supreme Court and guess what? Law suits will tie all our hands and we'll be led like lamb to the slaughter. Does anyone see a way around this that will actually put up a permanent road block?
Greg, it would be really helpful if you responded to David Packman's seemingly cogent argument against your argument about the 2024 presidential race. I thought he was one of us but his argument seems to successfully disparage yours. He talks about you using outdated data etc. I want to believe you're right but I'm left unable to use your argument because of his. Please help.
Ch 269Dish, stopped me just now that a caller of yours said that Medicare said she might own $900.
I get Medicare statements all of the time, so I showed her a recent one where it said that I might owe $300. Medicare pays 80% of the bill, you or your secondary have to cover the rest.
Given that her total bill was $4,500. If she has a secondary she shouldn't have to pay anything, depending on her secondary stipulations. Some secondaries require you to absorb a certain amount, like $2,500, before they pick up the payments.
So...why is this not highlighted by MSNBC. other substacks?
Who owns MSNBC? Answer that question and then you'll know why the mainstream media isn't highlighting this insanity.
It was a rhetorical question.....
NBCUniversal owns MSNBC and Comast owns Comcast and Comcast is described as a family business. Brian L. Roberts, its chairman and CEO, is the son of founder Ralph J. Roberts (1920–2015). Roberts owns or controls about 1% of all Comcast shares but all of the Class B supervoting shares, giving him an "undilutable 33% voting power over the company".
The Institutional shareholders are Vanguard, Blackrock (owned by Larry Fink) and Statestreet Group. These also own shares in other media, not to mention chemical, defense, health care, insurance and financial institutions;. You could say that they represent USA Inc, along with Bank of America, Well Fargo, Goldman Sachs. fuck it Wall Street.
Feathers of Hope. https://jerryweiss.substack.com/p/remove-impeach-impeach?utm_campaign=email-half-post&r=zc69i&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Basic…. It is called gerrymandering, an I am a victim. Cannot change in my lifetime.
And the beauty of it all (for them) is it must be damn near impossible to prove as a whole scheme. That's why you're able to shout it from the roof-tops, and they don't give a damn concerning what seems obvious about the facts and figures that do not make sense.
Now their mission to destroy those government agencies tasked with investigating such activity is almost complete.
The rest is just gas-lighting the public about voter fraud when the truth is that voter suppression is the real crime.
Mad respect Greg and Thom for the work you are doing. We must make sure we pass it on to every voter we know!
Dems need to win in 2026 by such a huge margin that the suppressed votes are in the noise. The key is reaching the 90 million eligible, but non voting population.
https://www.demsin26.org
Yes, Trump made 20 million votes magically disappear -- almost as magically as they appeared on Election Night, 4 years ago -- EXACTLY where they were needed. Perhaps they never existed in the first place!
As depressing as Greg's reporting is, there is one thing that might stymie the rigging - if MAGAs vote Blue. There is little to doubt that the MAGAs have unwittingly shot themselves in both feet -especially economically. While they still bow before Trump like a Muslims-in-a-Mosque, almost none of Trump's promised improvements in the economy while running are happening - quite the reverse actually.
The federal debt is rising while taxes are falling. It might seem like the budget will be fine if 20 percent of the federal workforce is recklessly dismissed with a chainsaw. Clowns like MTG clearly have no comprehension of what Feds do - useless they are not. COVID demonstrated the value of NIH and CDC yet they are being dismantled while the Bird Flu, Measles, and God-knows-what is killing people in the African Congo - nor will we likely know until it lands on our shore like COVID did from China.
The lack of regulation enforcement resulting from dismissals, much less the inability to collect taxes and provide services that will be permanently damaged. The result of the rescue tariffs, on top of all Trump's DOGE mayhem will likely trigger a global recession. The F150-driving MAGA world will start losing cars and houses due to loan defaults.
Trump can control the MSM reporting, and flood the airways with lies, but he cannot hide voter pain, not fix the global trade mess his stupid policies will have triggered.
Finally, we also need to own that the Democratic party enabled all of this corruption. They have known for decades that our government's so-called guardrails were mostly useless, but did nothing to kill things like "Citizens United" or end gerrymandering. Now laws were passed that make independent agencies president-proof while holding incumbents accountable for corruption - especially SCOTUS. They need to limit what the President can do to replace all top Generals and Admirals so they can be used as fascist stormtroopers. Now the JCS chief is a reactivated retired LT General outranked by his service chiefs. I cannot. So much for meritocracy that both parties destroyed.
Awkard Lt Gen Dan Cain is retired, that means that Trump will have to call him back to active duty, and promote him, the promotion must be approved by the Senate.
Can was chosen because he told Trump "I love you, and then donned a red MAGA hat"
With JAG out of the way, there is no constraint on Hegseth and Cain employing the army and marines, against the citizens,
Trump, or rather his handlers, as the guy is a doofus, expect a massive general strike and a revolt, they need total control of the military and all paramilitary (like sheriffs and peace officers, these latter are by nature red hatted Trump humpers, and can't wait to have license to bust heads, especially liberal heads)
Indeed. Recall that QAnon Flynn was a LT Gen - likely a Congressional demand promotion (Promote him or I will gut your budget). X-Adm Ronny Jackson was one of those too. At least he got busted for his dope dealing and incompetence. Cain was likely a good leader - just not a good manager. You need to be both to be a service chief. I guess now you also need to be WHITE and MALE too. Sadly, the Dems still have their finger up their noses.
Mike Flynn was a lt Gen before Trump came to office. His brother Charles was assistant to Sec Def Chris Miller on Jan 6. Charles sat at his desk, and per instructions, let the phone ring off the hook as Pelosi and even Pence kept calling in to get the Sec Def release the Washington National Guard.
Only the Secretary of Defense has the authority, besides the president to releast the National Guard.
Chris Miller, who was the acting SecDef, and only appointed Nov 9th, after Trump fired Mark Esper (for not going along with the plot), doesn't actually answer phones, his lackey, in this case Charles Flynn did.
The only reason the National Guard showed up is became Mike Pence shit his pants when he heard "hang Mike Pence" and he knew that Chris Miller was in on it, so he called Ryan Mccarthy Sec of the Army, who didn't actually have the authority, by Ryan was also an acting secretary and in on the plot, but he responded to Mike whose life was under threat.
Subsequently Biden, as feckless as over, approved the promotion of Charles 1st as Commander Pacific Forces, then as 4 star general.
Very interesting tale. Of course, when Flynn was promoted says nothing about why. His conspiracy theories and feeding the enemy (RU) right in the WH reflects horrible judgment - on a par with Hegseth's tatts.
After promotion to O-2, I worked in direct support of flag officers for 3 decades, so I have seen many come-n-go - mostly admirals. I have personally experienced political admirals. My first one was obvious as he acted like a jerk at board meetings - much to the annoyance of his seniors and my boss - then a VAdm. I asked how such a dufus could make flag, and the chief of staff clued me in about political flags. I asked what the boss could do - "You'll see." he said.
Sure enough about 6 weeks into his tour, my boss (soon-to-be CNO) transferred him to a command whose CO was retired for cause. Within a month, there was a head-on crash between 2 planes playing chicken over the Atlantic. The new admiral was likewise retired for cause as a Captain. The scandal meant his sponsor on the Hill (AF Committee chair) did not dare make a fuss and risk serious political blowback. It was genius. A similar fate hit now-Trump-minion Congressman Jackson too.
I have seen acts like this in my 26 years. I watched the Commander of Southcom, dress down a Colonel. He emasculated him right in front of me, I could literaly watch he Colonel shrivel, his shoulders pulled in. When done, he rushed out of the office, to his own and did the same to a Major, I watched the Major shrivel and get emasculated, the affair replenished the testosterone stores of the colon. the Major did the same to a Captain, the Captain had no lieutenants and dare no do the same to a Senior Sergeant and so the Captain had to eat it., he called his friend and asked if he wanted to play handball.
Survival in the officer corps is as much being in the right place at the right time as it is politics.
I knew a Colonel who was a royal ass kisser of a general, to the extent he would supply honor guards over 6 ft tall. The general was his sponsor, but died in a plane crash, and the Colonel fell into a long depression.
Ike learned to play bridge at Ft Leavenworth , KS and was an accomplished bridge player, as a perquisite for being on his staff, one had to be a bridge player. I don't play bridge, but there has to be a strategy, and a trust in one's partner that carries over into the military.
Maybe it was Ike's bridge playing staff that made D Day possible.
Sadly, there are two kinds of leaders: Listeners and Tellers. You just described a bunch of tellers. Patton types are tellers - they lead by fear - "Do what I say or else." Listeners are the best bosses, and usually the most successful. They try to get input from subordinates because they know, even if rejected, providing feedback builds mission buy-in. They also are more likely to identify flaws in their plans and avoid the potholes in the path to success.
This is the first time I have heard that analogy, but it is a good one. Listeners and tellers. Thanks
Post Talehook? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tailhook_scandal
Gilbert and Sullivan
https://victorianweb.org/mt/gilbert/porter.html
During & Post
Ahh, yes - the Democrats enabled all of this corruption. Clinton and Obama used the government's useless guardrails to push forward the moderate neocon's agenda in trade and rescuing the banks.
If he fixed them, they are crimes. See Feathers of Hope link, infra.
So what I understand you to be saying is that the 2026 election has already been stolen, the fix is in, and it won't matter how many votes Democrats get because the game is rigged. That means we no longer have a democracy and are living in an authoritarian state. The U.S. has been hijacked. I'm not sure what to say or do anymore. I don't recognize my country. This is something I never imagined I would see, but here it is. Now I have figure out how I'm going to deal with the situation. I may have to leave the country, which is something I never thought I'd say. Wow. Just...wow.
See link to Feathers of Hope, supra.
Time for Dems to start acting like Repubs in order to legally get rid of votes they do not like in all the same legal ways they do to the point that the balance swings back since the courts agree with Krasnov our Putin puppet.
Actually - that’s a great idea. Also make this SAVE act much more public - especially the part about married women whose last names don’t match their birth certificate.
I said that to a MAGA man and he was ANGRY!!!
MAGA men want women to take their husband’s names.
But most also love their wives and will get angry like this man if this SAVE act challenges their wive’s right to vote.
Happy wife - happy life
Ye Kay, MAGA men love their wives, like they love their dogs, for the same reason and only if they are submissive.
Yes - that’s why they will blow a gasket about this name stuff. These are still modern women and will not be denied the right to vote.
This is an outright attack on the family from these Christian Nationalists.
MAGA men do not want strangers telling them what to do with their families and their wives.
And they love their daughters.
They want less government not more especially into their personal lives.
Do you know why the 19th Amendment was ratified?
It was because the party in power knew that it would double their votes, because women will vote as the head of the house tells them to, the assumption was that women don't think for themselves and will follow the male lead, because they will looking out for themselves and their children, and they did that by following the male lead. The husband accompanied the wife to the voting booth and probably watched her and helped her vote.
Susan B Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton worked with Frederick Douglas to get the right to vote, until Douglas told them that the black male should get the right to vote before women.
Black men got the right to vote in 1869, women (white and black) had to wait until 1921.
In the south, not until the voting rights act of 1964. Lost rights, 2013.
They love their daughters? Hmm. Some agape, some sexual like Trump who said he "would do his daughters"
As regards less government into their personal lives, for themselves maybe but not others when it comes to the personal lives of others, they are all for interference, especially women, gays and the trans.
I agree but this country ALREADY went through that verification crap with the 🌟 identification on your drivers license. So that is proof enough.
It included the marriage license etc.
This SAVE Act is just more waste of tax dollars by MAGA/Trump/Elon - AND who knows what Ketamine powered Elon and his goons have done with our identification information that Trump let them have access to,
Who owns much of the commercial news media? I see no way ahead that does not involve immediate actions by an activist American populous. Washington must not go on as business as usual under current seen and unforseen circumstances. The longer we wait the sooner the King will assemble his entire goon squad. The longer Americans wait the more legitimacy advances on this conglomeration called the federal Gov't.
Law Suits will all end up in Supreme Court and guess what? Law suits will tie all our hands and we'll be led like lamb to the slaughter. Does anyone see a way around this that will actually put up a permanent road block?
Greg, it would be really helpful if you responded to David Packman's seemingly cogent argument against your argument about the 2024 presidential race. I thought he was one of us but his argument seems to successfully disparage yours. He talks about you using outdated data etc. I want to believe you're right but I'm left unable to use your argument because of his. Please help.
Why can't an election be overturned if there is proof that qualified voters were purged and their right to vote denied?
Thank you for your critical reporting. Citizens need to be informed about this, as it really signals a rotting democracy.
Off top Thom: But wife who is listening to you on
Ch 269Dish, stopped me just now that a caller of yours said that Medicare said she might own $900.
I get Medicare statements all of the time, so I showed her a recent one where it said that I might owe $300. Medicare pays 80% of the bill, you or your secondary have to cover the rest.
Given that her total bill was $4,500. If she has a secondary she shouldn't have to pay anything, depending on her secondary stipulations. Some secondaries require you to absorb a certain amount, like $2,500, before they pick up the payments.