Leah Nylen

Yes. He was making the connection that when you have a very consolidated industry, it's really easy for the government to go to those companies and and sort of push them to make choices that the government wants. He used the word collusion for it's easy for the government to collude with big business to sort of disfavor particular viewpoints, etc.

You can quibble with that, I think, about whether they're really censoring conservatives or whatever. But I think the point that when there are only a few companies that the government has to go to to sort of like influence policy, it's very true. They only have to go to like three or four and then they can sort of impact everyone.

You can quibble with that, I think, about whether they're really censoring conservatives or whatever. But I think the point that when there are only a few companies that the government has to go to to sort of like influence policy, it's very true. They only have to go to like three or four and then they can sort of impact everyone.

You can quibble with that, I think, about whether they're really censoring conservatives or whatever. But I think the point that when there are only a few companies that the government has to go to to sort of like influence policy, it's very true. They only have to go to like three or four and then they can sort of impact everyone.

It is very interesting because traditionally Republicans have been like the party of big business. And so this is really turning it on its head.

It is very interesting because traditionally Republicans have been like the party of big business. And so this is really turning it on its head.

It is very interesting because traditionally Republicans have been like the party of big business. And so this is really turning it on its head.

to have all of these folks like Andrew Ferguson, like Mark Mader, the other FTC commissioner nominee, and Gail Slater, who's going to be taking over at the Justice Department under Trump, who are very, at least anti-big tech, and proposing to make all of these changes to some of America's most successful companies.

to have all of these folks like Andrew Ferguson, like Mark Mader, the other FTC commissioner nominee, and Gail Slater, who's going to be taking over at the Justice Department under Trump, who are very, at least anti-big tech, and proposing to make all of these changes to some of America's most successful companies.

to have all of these folks like Andrew Ferguson, like Mark Mader, the other FTC commissioner nominee, and Gail Slater, who's going to be taking over at the Justice Department under Trump, who are very, at least anti-big tech, and proposing to make all of these changes to some of America's most successful companies.

I sometimes call it Fox News Mad Libs. They're just using words like woke and trans agenda, and they're not using them in the way that you might use normal words. You're sort of using them as signifiers. Like, I know that these are things that, like, conservatives are concerned about. So I'm going to put this word in there so I can signal to you that I know that this is an issue.

I sometimes call it Fox News Mad Libs. They're just using words like woke and trans agenda, and they're not using them in the way that you might use normal words. You're sort of using them as signifiers. Like, I know that these are things that, like, conservatives are concerned about. So I'm going to put this word in there so I can signal to you that I know that this is an issue.

I sometimes call it Fox News Mad Libs. They're just using words like woke and trans agenda, and they're not using them in the way that you might use normal words. You're sort of using them as signifiers. Like, I know that these are things that, like, conservatives are concerned about. So I'm going to put this word in there so I can signal to you that I know that this is an issue.

There's been this longtime issue with alleged censorship of conservative voices. If you talk to some of the Republicans who've become interested in antitrust, a lot of them point to sort of two things that happened around the 2020 election as sort of like their instigating moments.

There's been this longtime issue with alleged censorship of conservative voices. If you talk to some of the Republicans who've become interested in antitrust, a lot of them point to sort of two things that happened around the 2020 election as sort of like their instigating moments.

There's been this longtime issue with alleged censorship of conservative voices. If you talk to some of the Republicans who've become interested in antitrust, a lot of them point to sort of two things that happened around the 2020 election as sort of like their instigating moments.

One was the deplatforming of Donald Trump from Twitter and Facebook and all of the social media platforms in the wake of the January 6th Capitol riots. And the other one they point to is the whole issue with Rumble and when Rumble was removed from Apple and Google's app stores, also sort of in the wake of the

One was the deplatforming of Donald Trump from Twitter and Facebook and all of the social media platforms in the wake of the January 6th Capitol riots. And the other one they point to is the whole issue with Rumble and when Rumble was removed from Apple and Google's app stores, also sort of in the wake of the

One was the deplatforming of Donald Trump from Twitter and Facebook and all of the social media platforms in the wake of the January 6th Capitol riots. And the other one they point to is the whole issue with Rumble and when Rumble was removed from Apple and Google's app stores, also sort of in the wake of the

That is sort of like this defining moment for them, you know, where they sort of realize that, wow, these companies really do have way too much power over free speech and the ability of Americans to express themselves. For a long time, everyone said, well, if you don't like the policies of Twitter or Facebook, go create your own.