Kris Sargent, MD @kristofor@qoto.org

On Musk, and democracy, neofascism, and Thiel:

What’s happening with #Twitter now is very similar to how Trump built the MAGA GOP: dominance.
Musk is forcing #journalism to scrape and beg. Reinstated accounts are tweeting happiness to be back.

That’s the “dominance politics” playbook. The authoritarian, #neofascist playbook. The way to fight is to pull out.

@joshtpm re: Trump, 2017:

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/reporters-need-to-pull-out-of-trumps-dominance-rituals

It is certainly a little odd that this secret Text released during one of Musk's legal hearings, which many (myself included) believe is from Peter Thiel, is more or less exactly what we've been watching for the past six weeks and change.. would be amazing if anyone reported on this information that is in the public sphere already, in context. But alas, not holding my breath.

Hate to see journalists on their knees in supplication to Musk, begging him to not be so mean to them. The implication is that if he reverses course -- restoring accounts of reporters he doesn't like, and links to the competition -- all will be well.

This totally ignores reality. He has demonstrated again and again that lies and deceit are tools of his trade.

Journalists, please get out now, or soon. Don't help him.

ALERT: Arizona court dismisses election denier Mark Finchem's (R) lawsuit contesting his loss in the AZ secretary of state race. The judge rejected all of Finchem's claims, calling them "frivolous," "wholly unsupported by the record" and "fatally flawed." https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/arizona-judge-dismisses-finchem-election-contest/

Well here’s my protest, lol. I haven't fully thought this through, but for now I'm only going to use Twitter for announcements, and will direct people here to Mastodon for conversations. Journalism can no longer reliably happen on Twitter.

Are medical errors really the third most common cause of death in the U.S.?

TL:DR - No they aren’t.

From @gorskon

https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/are-medical-errors-really-the-third-most-common-cause-of-death-in-the-u-s/

* Also force them to provide "loan documentation to understand the acquisition plans of a company and its financing strategy;"

* When companies are found to have violated antitrust, ban them from acquiring any other company for 3-5 years, and/or force them to get FTC pre-approval for all future acquisitions;

* Reinvigorate enforcement of rules requiring that some categories of business (especially healthcare) be owned by licensed professionals;

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Now imagine you’re the governor of the state with the country’s largest population over 65. Perhaps you’d want to make sure that you’re protecting your state’s seniors from falling into that gap. Except that governor is Ron DeSantis of Florida, who just proved, yet again, that he is America’s most cynical elected official, exploiting pandemic-era foolishness to further vaccine mistrust simply for political gain."

#COVID #Vaccine

https://newrepublic.com/article/169568/ron-desantis-pandemic-mccarthyism-vaccine?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=tnr_daily

Excited to see NBC reporter and neighbor @ryanjreilly on here! He's been doing in-depth coverage of the January 6 trials.

Why is the Fed putting the onus of fighting inflation on workers and consumers rather than on the corporations largely responsible for driving up prices — and padding profit margins?

This is wrong. It's bad economics. It’s insane politics. And it’s profoundly unfair.

Many of the journalists Elon suspended today on Twitter are here on #Mastodon. Please follow and boost:

Drew Harwell, Washington Post
@drewharwell

Donie O’Sullivan, CNN
@donieosullivan

Steve Herman, VOA
@w7voa

Micah Lee, Intercept
@micahflee

Tony Webster
@tony

Matt Binder, Mashable
@MattBinder

#freepress #journalism #journalists #news