5/ Tyrants want us to accept blurry moral lines. They want us to accept one level of corruption or illegality just because there is an alternative level that's much, much worse. But that's how democracy disappears. By rules disappearing and constant relativity creeping in.

4/ Yes it is! But: a. A Paramount-Warner Bros. deal would be illegal too! Trump shouldn't force us to be for illegal - but less corrupt - things. b. Why do we think Netflix won't agree to the strings Trump puts on this deal? This is about making $$, not protecting free speech.

3/ But some say: "Well, if the Paramount and the Ellison/Trump cabal gets control of Warner Bros., and the deal included CNN, then Trump would effectively control the bulk of mainstream media, from CBS all the way to CNN. That's worse than Netflix owning Warner Bros.!"

2/ This deal is a classic anti-trust violation. It will drive up prices - HBO Max is one of the few things that keeps pricing pressure on Netflix. Hundreds of movie theaters will go under. Writers and production workers in the content business will have terms and wages dictated

The Netflix purchase of Warner Bros. would be a disaster. It's patently illegal. But there are some quietly rooting for it because a Paramount takeover (that includes CNN) would be worse. 1/ A short 🧵on why that's the dangerously wrong way to look at this.

What we are watching - as U.S. citizens are dragged out of cars and illegal war is waged in the Caribbean - is the corruption of the most sacred power we give the President - the power of violence. We are no longer a democracy if the regime can use violence without restraint.

No one in America has done more to incite political violence than Donald Trump. And it’s not close.

The SCORE Act is an abomination. Even a watered down SCORE Act would be an abomination. It's just an attempt by the rich white men who make millions of college athletes' underpriced (and often free) labor to keep getting rich.

US Citizen detained by ICE: Clearly it didn't matter that I was a citizen, a veteran, or identified who I was. They ignored everything I said. They just broke my window and dragged me out. I let them know I was a veteran, I wasn't doing anything wrong, just trying to get to work.

This is totalitarianism. Not rule of law democracy. And everyone who excused thus is potentially signing this nation’s death warrant.

The pardons Trump is handing out are a huge, growing scandal that not enough people are talking about. This is a money making operation - for for Trump, his family, his crypto pals, and the Trump-affiliated lobbyists and grifters who the pardon seekers pay.

I’m going to be talking with Chris Hayes in a minute on @allinwithchris about the growing national security crisis as Trump and his keystone cops keeping digging deeper holes.

Kash Patel is asking ordinary taxpayers - teachers, plumbers, janitors - to pay for his lavish lifestyle. He's a rich guy, having made millions marketing his weird K$SH brand merch. He should pay the government back for all the personal trips he's taken on his private plane.

An update on the fight over health insurance premiums: Republicans have basically stopped negotiating. Trump is more focused on his ballroom than these cost hikes. Later this month, Senate Democrats will force a vote on this - one last chance for GOP to do the right thing.

Pinning the blame on Admiral Bradley - when Hegseth gave the order to kill everyone - is a gross abdication of leadership. He's not qualified to serve as Secretary of Defense.

Leslie told her story about how the Affordable Care Act saved her and her family, and how devastating it will be if Republicans increase her premiums in January just because they want a big tax cut for their billionaire donors.

@PeteHegseth "A chilling signal to everyone in the chain of command that the Secretary of Defense does not have your back." — Chris Murphy

It's the opposite of "the buck stops here". He is selling out Admiral Bradley and sending chills down the spines of his chain of command, who now know their boss will sell them out if he is taking heat. A case study in how not to lead.

Pete Hegseth needs to resign or be fired. Now. He’s a walking, talking national security embarrassment. The disastrous and illegal Venezuela strikes - and his refusal to accept responsibility - should be the last straw.

oh boy