Policy research analyst. Former political reporter @anchoragepress. Former managing editor @AlaskaCommons and @theakledger. Back in CA. I really like baseball.
Kinda funny how we can interpret the Second Amendment to mean “Everyone gets a motorized future-cannon,” but can’t interpret Section Four of the Fourteenth Amendment to mean we should pay our bills.
“We can’t afford to pay our writers more.”
Meanwhile, media company CEO pay is through the roof:
Netflix CEOs: $51M & $50M
Nexstar CEO: $39M
Warner Bros. Discovery CEO: $39M
Comcast CEO: $32M
Paramount CEO: $32M
Walt Disney CEO : $24M
AMC: $24M
Fox Corp CEO : $22M
Hello?
Every time I turn on the news in the middle of a segment this week, I have to pause to figure out if they're talking about Jack Teixiera or Tucker Carlson. Sometimes takes longer than others.
Trump: Radical Left Pelosi Democrats
DeSantis: Wokeism
Youngkin: ESG
It’s the same damn thing: Nothing. But Youngkin has an edge, because no Fox/Newsmax/OANN viewer is going to look up an acronym.