Episode #85 of the Countdown podcast is up. Here’s the summary, with links and an extra dose or two of snark. But first, a blast from the past ...
A-Block (1:33) SPECIAL COMMENT:
- Kevin McCarthy says: “Stop Picking On Elon Musk!” FINALLY, because two of the worst Republican politicians shot off their big bazoos, we get a clue as to what Musk is doing to Twitter. He’s running the same play on it that John Malone ran on CNN: See the platform that permits criticism of fascists, buy the platform, claim you only want to make it again into “sensible and centrist” media, shift the Overton Window as far right as you can, and turn it into radical right propaganda.
- After Musk’s self-martyring battle with Apple, his next fight may come from Google. Axios reports Google is “monitoring developments” on the lack of content moderation at Twitter and could remove the App from its Google Play Store.
- What specific political rewards Musk should be expecting is still unclear but to hear [actual idiot] Kevin McCarthy and Ron DeSantis whine about it, you’d think Musk had been kidnapped by pirates. DeSantis went so far as to suggest that if Apple removes Twitter from its App Store, Congress should “respond”.
Why does Ron DeSantis hate the free market? And Capitalism?
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C-Block (31:28) THINGS I PROMISED NOT TO TELL:
- It’s roughly the anniversary of the day I got a call about how they were going to fire Jimmy Kimmel and could I replace him? It’s not exactly what it sounds like — I’ll explain.
As Keith says: Well, that’s all the damage I can do here for now. Good morning, good afternoon, good night, and good luck.