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The CBS merger isn't a business deal — it's a pay-to-play scheme fueling America's slide into oligarchy… The CBS merger deal illustrates everything that's wrong with post-Reagan Revolution America. It's not just another corporate merger: it's a road sign on our accelerating march toward oligarchy, propaganda, and the collapse of honest media. We've watched one of the most important legacy broadcast platforms in America pay a $16 million bribe to our convicted felon president, reportedly offer him another $16 million worth of free air time, and try to sell its entire operation to a billionaire with a God complex. It's the worst of the Reagan revolution coming home to roost, on our screens, in our homes, and in our civic life. Start with the $16 million payoff: Trump sued CBS and its parent company Paramount over a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris, laughably arguing that CBS's editing of the interview constituted unlawful election tampering. The lawsuit was instantly and widely regarded as frivolous, but instead of fighting it, CBS quietly settled for an astonishing $16 million. No trial. No discovery. Just a big, fat check. This isn't journalism: it's tribute. It's what oligarchs have done for centuries when they want to please the king.

With Fox sharpening the blade and MAGA losing its grip, America teeters on the edge of a political Jonestown... "He who does not punish evil, commands it to be done." —Leonardo da Vinci (anticipating Merrick Garland?) Elon Musk is probably chuckling as Trump flails; today's firestorm around the Epstein documents arguably started when he tweeted that Trump was in the files. Which has led to some significant changes in the Trump/media/politics/deep-state landscape that it's important to review. They include questions about the future of Trump, his cult followers, a possible power struggle between Trump and Murdoch, and JD Vance's Presidential ambitions. To begin: if you want everything around the Epstein furor to make sense, all you have to understand is that Donald Trump has been leading a cult.

The Best of the Rest of the News. — If possible, the whole Epstein saga is getting weirder. — The suck-ups and cowards at CBS apparently caved to Trump and canceled Stephen Colbert. — Do Americans want Trump to give asylum to Bolsonaro?! — There's a special place in Hell reserved for Franklin Graham and I'll tell you why... — Four big banks flagged more than $1.5 billion in transactions to Epstein from wealthy people including thousands of wire transfers and payoffs of women, and Senator Ron Wyden is on it! — Fired Epstein Prosecutor Maurene Comey exposes a big truth: "Fear Is the Tool of a Tyrant."

Why has the GOP declared war on everything: healthcare, Democracy, science, and you? Every day, it seems, we see or hear about another way in which Trump and his lickspittles in Congress and the various federal agencies are tearing down our country, weakening our defenses, pitting Americans against each other, looting our government, and making life harder for everybody except the morbidly rich. The question nobody seems to have an answer to is, "Why?"