Trump is why America can't have nice things
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But let's spend HOW MUCH? on AI slop
As a long time Frontline, NOVA and News Hour watcher: Fuck these people. They're literally killing some of the best investigative and science journalism we have. They're clearly just trying to make this country dumber under the guise of cleaning up the budget.
His only policy is to destroy anything that isn't blindly Republican.
Just as Putin asked...
He doesn't care republican or democrat... if it's not blindly HIM, it's when he has a problem
Fuck the GOP and anyone who supports them.
The US is speeding full throttle into darkness.
Bunch of goddamn cowards
We're already there.
It can and will get much, much worse. We've seen it happen before.
Republicans are a cancer.
Start thinking of ways to build even better versions of things being destroyed that are even more decentralized.
If you won't be building it, spread the idea.
It might be your new job when your current one gets done by AI anyway. Maybe we all have way more time to replace this one with ten more.
The GOP has finally succeeded in murdering I've if the few naritive channels that didn't bend to their control, one that had a moderating voice in their most brainwashed rural voter base. Also they hate children but that's no surprise. RIP Sesame Street.
HBO has owned Sesame Street for a few years now.
im so fuckin pissed GFY Trump and everyone in his administration
The Trump administration has also filed a lawsuit against three CPB board members who refused to leave their positions despite the president’s attempts to remove them.
As if all this wasn't despicable enough already. They are really set on being Public Enemy #1. I hope justice will catch up with them long before they die of old age. Any kind of justice will do: poetic, divine, mob...
At this point I'm hoping for mob...
Divine mob? Bring back the Greek pantheon!
Wonder who’ll buy the IP of Sesame Street when it goes to auction, and how they’ll enshittify it.
sesame Street was bought by HBO some time ago. So, AT&T owns big bird.
Big Bird will become very hardcore Christian.
Snuffleupagus will be used as a scapegoat for wokeness and all on the show will just put him down and say why he’s wrong.
Burt and Ernie will just be killed off because they’re woke or they become Tate bros.
Oscar the Grouch will be the new spokesperson for mega corps and he will advocate for trash everywhere being normal and a sign of great wealth.
Elmo will be turned from red to orange and just spout off talking points for Rs.
Abby will get a Mar A Lago makeover and always be behind some male character and using agreeing phrases like a rap hype man.
The Count will be a villain who is mad because tariffs work on his country so he’s always trying to destroy Sesame Street.
Cookie Monster and Grover will be talking about the greatness of ICE (Imminent Cookie Enforcers) and reporting your neighbors. They will constantly be arresting the brown puppets that are trying to take cookies from the real kids on the show.
All the real kids will be white.
They just struck a worldwide streaming deal with Netflix. So my money's on them.
So they're doomed then.
Before their first exclusive season even finishes...
GOP: release the list? Nah! GOP: cancel all educational programs!