Genuinely a choice to give the son of a billionaire column space to argue for him to further consolidate the media, especially given the pretty abysmal track record of on journalism he has already implemented at CBS
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Director ETUCE - European Trade Union Committee for Education - representing teachers, academics & education personnel from 123 education unions in 51 European countries| History teacher #flipthesystem | #edusky 'If I am only for myself, what am I?'
Palantir heeft veel Europese overheden als klant, waaronder het Nederlandse ministerie van Defensie en de politie. Maar belasting betalen? Dat doet het Amerikaanse techbedrijf volgens Europese vakbonden liever niet.
Palantir betaalt amper belasting door ‘agressieve strategie’, tot woede van Europese vakbonden
Het Amerikaanse technologiebedrijf Palantir betaalt volgens Europese vakbonden nauwelijks belasting. Ook niet over geld dat het verdient aan Europese overheidsinstellingen. In Nederland zijn het minis...
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UNI Europa joins the @etuc-ces.bsky.social in warning against rushing a flawed text to meet an artificial deadline at the expense of guarantees for workers.
Stop the clock on EU Inc to include real safeguards for workers
UNI Europa joins the ETUC in warning against rushing a flawed text through to meet an artificial deadline at the expense of guarantees for workers.
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New report on tax avoidance of US Big Tech company Palantir Leeching on the state and tax payers to fund surveillance and the rich
Palantir pays almost no corporate tax in Europe while benefitting from public contracts: new report
A new report reveals that Palantir is paying little to no corporate taxes in Europe while building massive profits and share value off the back of public contracts.
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Via @oliverdarcy.bsky.social: www.status.news/p/david-elli... CNN reporters were not amused by David Ellison's op-ed in the NYT.
![The piece was "insulting," one CNNer told Status, adding, “We all have eyes and ears and see what’s happening at CBS. You can’t just write an op-ed and erase that.” Another CNNer said it was obvious to them Ellison "says whatever is best for him to get the merger through."
"The thing David Ellison seems to be missing is the wild mismanagement and disrespect that Bari [Weiss] has displayed at '60' and CBS," a third CNNer told Status. "These people just simply do not know what they are doing. We see it. And we don’t want it here."
Indeed, several CNNers said that Ellison's stewardship of CBS News had caused them to lose confidence in his ability to run a news organization and sour on his repeated assurances about respecting the independence of newsrooms. In The Times essay, Ellison wrote, "I understand that promises from an executive in the middle of a merger invite skepticism. So judge us by the year we just had."
But the last year at CBS News has been an unmitigated disaster. Most notably, Ellison allowed his handpicked news chief to take a sledgehammer to "60 Minutes," firing multiple correspondents and senior executives from television news' most prestigious broadcast—in most of the cases, without ever stating a cause for the dismissals. Beyond that, Weiss' tenure has been defined by her expunging those she is not ideologically aligned with, presiding over the worst ratings of the century for flagship programs like the "CBS Evening News" and "CBS Mornings," establishing a cozier relationship with an overtly corrupt White House, and sending employee morale cratering to astonishing lows.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/bafkreicybrw5xm7wnrleduxjtlfwlrcvjzs7qwwjijswwlluzh5x67iadi)
I've seen enough Bond films to know that if the follically challenged head of a corrupt organisation invites you to a meeting in an exotic location, you do not go. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Gianni Infantino latest: Fifa chief calls executive meeting as criticism mounts
Gianni Infantino summons senior leaders to a meeting on Wednesday, after facing more fierce criticism of his plan to sell off Fifa's commercial and event operations.
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🤑 We pay. You pay. Palantir doesn’t. A new report finds that #Palantir is paying little to no corporate tax in Europe while expanding its influence over public services, policing, defence and national security. 💲 Public money in. Almost no tax out. Read the report: www.epsu.org/article/pala...
Palantir pays almost no corporate tax in Europe while benefitting from public contracts: new report
A new report reveals that Palantir is paying little to no corporate taxes in Europe while building massive profits and share value off the back of public contracts.
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De les die je uit deze brief kunt trekken, en dan vooral de lijst met ondertekenaars, is dat de echte Europese solidariteit in Parijs (Macron), Lissabon en Luxemburg zat en niet in al die andere hoofdsteden.
Rob Jetten@minister-president.bsky.social · 5d agoDe beelden uit Ceuta maken grote indruk. Goed dat we zien dat Spanje en Marokko zich inspannen om de situatie onder controle te krijgen. Nederland betreurt de doden die gevallen zijn door mensensmokkelaars.
Banks permitted millions in suspicious transactions tied to Epstein—and former 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi had the story months ago. But the report would never air. trib.al/ZShZlIS
On the same day that David Ellison claims he's not putting his finger on the scale, there's this: "CBS’s 60 Minutes had the scoop on Jeffrey Epstein’s sketchy financials—before the Bari Weiss–run network fired the reporter fronting the investigation."
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2d agoBanks permitted millions in suspicious transactions tied to Epstein—and former 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi had the story months ago. But the report would never air. trib.al/ZShZlIS
Shameful: The #BrokenTimes hands David Ellison op-ed space rather than challenging his bullshit pap and propaganda about journalism with the receipts he has already delivered at CBS. That would be journalism. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/o...
Opinion | David Ellison: In Defense of the Paramount-Warner Deal
The issue is whether I can be trusted as a steward of CNN
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The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.
It's tomorrow: New report on #Palantir's tax affairs EPSU & CICTAR are publishing a report on how Palantir's global tax structure drains funding for public services. 🚨Spoiler: They pay almost no corporate tax in Europe. Wanna be among the first to read it? Sign up here👇🏾 forms.gle/ARRMSva13Cc5...
Een van de grootste misverstanden is dat dat moet. Gemeenten hebben veel discretionaire bevoegdheden om dat niet te doen als het publieke belang dat rechtvaardigt
We should never forget how the BBC has changed this country by giving endless airtime to Nigel Farage and other rightwing extremists, while shutting out progressive voices.
Nicolas Chinardet@zefrog.eu · 3d agoAnd why is #r4today giving (yet again) such prominence to a hair-brained scheme that has little chance to ever be implemented? A GE is unlikely soon and the threat of Reform winning it is apparently receding. What is the justification for legitimising it?
Just so everyone knows, this is a tried-and-true mainstream media tactic. For progressives/leftist candidates, every election is a “crucial test” and any loss would serve as proof to the media that the latest left-side moment is at its end. Any win, though, just means it’s time to find a new test.
Politico@politico.com · 2d agoMichigan will provide another crucial test of whether progressives can not only keep up their winning streak in safe-blue seats but also break through in battlegrounds crucial for control of Congress. The stakes for the Democratic Party are huge.
Bluesky is a "liberal bubble" because fascist chuds can't get traction without algorithmic assistance and because people here trained themselves to block "debate me" trybois the instant they roll up
The Verge@theverge.com · 2d agoBluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."
Boerenslimheid wordt beloond. Zo varen we dus inmiddels in dit land. Want escalatie richting die intimiderende fascisten moet vooral worden vermeden. Ik vind het onverteerbaar. Boeren ontlopen boete na blokkade A35 door afgeplakte kentekens - nos.nl/l/2625423
Boeren ontlopen boete na blokkade A35 door afgeplakte kentekens
"We hebben onvoldoende informatie", zegt een woordvoerder van de politie.
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"Het afplakken van kentekens is verboden, maar de politie zegt dat het "in deze situatie" lastig is om er iets aan te doen." 🚮🚮🚮🚮
Joop.nl@joop.nl · 2d agoPolitie komt met vers excuus voor het niet beboeten van boze boeren die snelweg blokkeren
Waarom moet Zomergasten weg? 280.000 kijkers gemiddeld over drie uur voor Nasrah Habiballah is toch een uitstekend kijkcijfer? Dit is geen commerciële maar een culturele beslissing. Dumbing down.
Last March, a close Trump collaborator argued that Morocco should arrange a civilian mass protest to 'invade' Ceuta and Melilla share.google/26SCPQ4A7VhT...
Michael Rubin Urges Morocco to ‘March Into’ Ceuta, Melilla With Unarmed Civilians
Only days after calling on US President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio to formally recognize Ceuta and Melilla as occupied Moroccan territory, Michael Rubin has dropped another politi...
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I'm not sure folks have realized just how crazy the second half of 2026 and 2027 will be for global temperatures – on the back of a record-smashing El Niño event. Here is my latest estimate of where both years will end up compared to global temperatures since 1850.
more good content! imagine publishing content that's just nice! reveals a little bit about having fun on the internet! people just doing things because they can and the internet was nice!
ryan cooper@ryanlcooper.com · 4d agothis owns www.inverse.com/input/cultur...
she does not support abortion rights. that is a flat-out lie being made by The Very Respected Newspaper, and it's something that can easily be debunked by looking at her public voting record.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 4d agoSenator Susan Collins of Maine, a Republican who supports abortion rights, endorsed Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination for the Supreme Court in 2018. That has emerged as a major issue in her first re-election campaign since Roe v. Wade was overturned. nyti.ms/4xatnT9
"Nothing Moves the Needle." For me, this is one of the most successful attempts to explain what's happened to the fourth estate as Trump and his movement try to wreck it. The essay is long, but worth it for the way writer Craig Unger @craigunger.bsky.social redescribes the crisis in journalism.
Craig Unger@craigunger.bsky.social · 6d ago@noupside.bsky.social @jayrosen.bsky.social @froomkin.bsky.social The ground journalism was built to stand on stopped being solid under everyone at the same time. Find out why investigative reporting can't touch Trump the way Watergate touched Nixon! craigunger.substack.com/p/nothing-mo...
Bill Murray's Iconic Groundhog Day Report
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Yashar Ali 🐘@yasharali.bsky.social · 4d ago1. BREAKING President Trump says the United States is holding off on significant military action in Iran because the Islamic Republic and other Middle Eastern countries have asked for a pause so that a deal can get done.
A society that vilifies scientists and healthcare workers for trying to save lives is a society determined to destroy itself.
Laffe en bange politieke leiders vormen een groter gevaar voor de democratie dan welke terroristische groepering ook.