“'Americans are being buried under an avalanche of misinformation and disinformation enabling the abuse of power. The free press is crumbling [or] disappearing. Social media is giving up on fact checking. The truth is smothered by lies told for power and for profit…. Meanwhile, artificial intelligence is the most consequential technology of our time, perhaps of all time.”

#Trump #Republicans #oligarchy #EconomicElites #SuperRich #Musk #Bezos #Zuckerberg #Biden
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"On Tuesday, NBC News reported that tech billionaires Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg will all have prominent seats on the platform at Trump's inauguration. The symbolism is unmistakable. Those seats are usually reserved for family members, former presidents, and prominent politicians."

~ Amanda Marcotte

#Trump #Republicans #oligarchy #EconomicElites #SuperRich #Musk #Bezos #Zuckerberg
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https://www.salon.com/2025/01/16/tech-billionaires-expose-magas-populism-con-job/

"Giving those seats to billionaires signals loudly that this is a new era of oligarchy, without even an attempt to feign allegiance to pre-Trump notions of government for and by the people."

#Trump #Republicans #oligarchy #EconomicElites #SuperRich #Musk #Bezos #Zuckerberg
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"Four of the world’s richest men will sit on the dais next to Trump's motley cabinet nominees. See Reuters, Musk, Bezos and Zuckerberg to attend Trump's inauguration. ('The chief executives of Tesla, Amazon and Meta will be featured prominently at Trump's swearing-in, sitting with the Republican's Cabinet nominees and other elected officials.')"

~ Robert B. Hubbell

#Trump #Republicans #oligarchy #EconomicElites #SuperRich #Musk #Bezos #Zuckerberg
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https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/joe-bidens-parting-gift

"The four oligarchs will be paraded like prized ponies before the American people: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, and Sam Altman. Together, those odd, insecure, and hollow men control Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Amazon/Prime, and ChatGPT.

But those oligarchs are not mere fascinators on the cap of the Inauguration: They own Trump."

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Robert Reich reminds us that Musk, Bezos, and Zuckerberg are the three richest people in America; he reminds us of who they are and what they've done; and he concludes,

"The three richest Americans want to decide what the rest of us will know about the coming Trump regime."

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https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-oligarchy-will-decide-what-truth