They aren’t wrong. If this were reversed you know Repubs would have their talking points and their people ready to go. And that’s all they would be talking about. Just like her emails, they were relentless. This is an actual issue and needs the level of outrage and urgency Repubs bring.
Eventually I hope we all realize that this is the plan. If the Republicans or Trump does anything bad, find a way to blame it on the Democrats. Media and the social web are geared up to make sure blame never reaches Trump. Even/especially here on BlueSky.
No one in the media or other opposition groups understand that it’s not only the elected dems who should be protesting and being loud! I think [most of] the dems are trying!
LOL—it’s like mainstream media just takes cues from right wing media, will jump down any rabbit hole they throw out there, while excusing anything done by right wing because right wing media takes strong stances to support team Trump regardless of truth so there is no “consensus”. Fuck that.
This might help- apparently Trump has said that he will determine if Waltz stays or goes depending on how it comes across in the media per CNN @kenmartin.bsky.social @malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social @repjasmine.bsky.social
This is the PROBLEM. Don't "stick it to the GOP." We're tired of that. Make the point that US lives are at stake, lives in every red and blue stake, and the people in office are carelessly putting them at risk. And they don't even realize it. Offer better leadership and tell us how you'll get there.
#andsoitbegins
Why are the military heads not screaming about this!?
The foot soldiers are the cannon fodder who these idiots put in danger.
Bit then again those cannon fodder individuals don't count as they are not connected to a Billionaire family
A gymnast with two broken legs could stick this landing. If the Dems can’t, look in the mirror and ask yourself what you’re doing in public service. Cause you suck at this.
With the incredible lack of experience on that team, I am not at all surprised by the incompetence. Exactly what D'rump asked for. I hope we aren't losing & killing more people in yet another war.
But the good news is that when us common folk break the law, we can just say it was an "error". The adult version of "my bad".
Rip a tag off a mattress? It was an error.
Run a red light? It was an error.
Commit near treason and violate the Espionage Act? It was an error.
MSM is RW. They even support those on the far left to attack the Dems. Putin learned his propaganda ops from the East German Stasi when stationed in Dresden. Play the far left and far right to attack the center.
This is intentional framing to socialize the message that the opposition is just piling on to these brave "patriots" in the Administration for a small, unimportant mistake.
For fuck's sake, why don't you hold some focus groups to figure out how to respond to the sharing of classified info on fucking Signal? That way, by the time you decide to issue a harshly worded statement on social media, the media cycle will have turned over. tick tock goes the clock.
Dems have the structural disadvantage of actually believing in things whereas GOP lies about everything which is more fun to cover as an above-it-all DC stenographer
This is a totally "dems are the problem" centered look at a republican created catastrophe by politico. The is how the media got trump elected in the first place.
Trump got the gullable to believe his lies about everything being wrong in America and they voted for him. He bad mouths the country all the time and it's all bullshit, but the dumbasses believe him and so he continues his shit show. People must wise up.
Politico turned right during the last two years of Biden--and continues knocking Dems today---it's like the Fox News chryons that post one negative thing about Dems no matter what is being discussed at the time.
When Democrats commit some act of perceived misfeasance or malfeasance, the media reports on it as objectively objectionable.
When Republicans commit some act of perceived misfeasance or malfeasance, the media reports on it, if at all, as something that "Democrats claim" or "Democrats criticize."
I think the outrageousness of adding a reporter is overshadowing the fact that all of these people knew they weren't supposed to be having this conversation over fucking SIGNAL!
INVESTIGATE ALL OF THEM!
Oh yes, and that isn’t even the worst of it. Peter Thiel is behind it as well. Read the link in the article as well to see all of the Peter Thiel creations now in the U.S. government. It’s not just Musk and Vance and Sacks.
I said the other day... They're afraid of doing their jobs so they're pretending it's office-holding democrats who should be informing the public. Bizarro stuff. 😩
Sorry but it’s so Dem to see somebody using the wrong app at work and thinking this is the major scandal that will finally fix them. When we tell everyone they’re violating HR protocols.
This is just more proof that Schumer needs to go. The party should be unified and calling out the incompetence.
But more than that they should be demanding investigations into the use of an app that blatantly flouts the retention laws regarding government communications.
The media is complicit in Trump winning they screamed from the mountain top about Biden’s age yet zilch about Trump even when Biden left the race. The media in a perverse way loves Trump because he brings in ratings same as a lot of those liberal talk show host (with a couple of exceptions).
If Democrats are going to be blamed for GOP fuckups they might as well start organizing protests and general strikes. They should be doing that anyway but if people are going to allow a spin on this story there is no hope for the media
This is access journalism. Reporter thinks they will wait for one party apparatchik or another to whisper in their ear, or have drinks with them to elicit same. Otherwise, not a story.
Politico would think that sticking it to the GOP is the question. Wrong. It's a minor tactical question among thousands of others. The primary question for the nation and the world now is how to rein in an outlaw regime, hold it accountable, and repair the damage it has done.
Have you ever noticed that the excuse of access journalism only applies when news agencies carry water for conservatives? Why don't they ever worry about access when making hay over every little thing non fascists do?
That tracks. The only way anything constructive gets done is if Dems do it, so it's all anyone expects. The day after the election, even conservatives were crediting Democrats with the result. If everything isn't fixed yet, it's the Democrats' fault.
make sure the narrative that involves the truth somehow breaks the barrier of the narrative that the stubborn Americans will never let go, the one that doesn't want the truth. got it, no pressure.
Kind of think the media has a lot of blame in this… I mean they had hearings in prime time about J6 and here we are. The media has just decided to be unjustifiably nice to the GOP because they are afraid of them and not as fair to Dems, because the Dems follow norms. The media has to do their jobs.
How bout we start blaming the public for not staying informed or caring about issues? I’m in a constant battle with people to try to inform them on things that are based in reality, and they refuse to listen or read. Maybe just maybe, we are dumb and this is what they want
They have a point. If it were Republicans, they'd have all their media outlets screaming about it 24 hours a day for a month, *forcing* the rest of the media to cover the controversy.
Democrats will be back to whining about egg prices by sundown.
This is the Democrats problem.
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Why are the military heads not screaming about this!?
The foot soldiers are the cannon fodder who these idiots put in danger.
Bit then again those cannon fodder individuals don't count as they are not connected to a Billionaire family
Well done America
U VOTED THESE IDIOTS IN
Framing it as a mistake is SO stupid. Most people will see “mistake” and wince about all their own fuck ups at work and incline to forgiveness.
This was a deliberate actively performed conscious criminal act.
Rip a tag off a mattress? It was an error.
Run a red light? It was an error.
Commit near treason and violate the Espionage Act? It was an error.
"We don't care what the media says," a Trump adviser said.
"We can easily handle what would kill any other administration.
This will blow over."
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/25/trump-administration-atlantic-houthi-war-messages
This is intentional framing to socialize the message that the opposition is just piling on to these brave "patriots" in the Administration for a small, unimportant mistake.
I don’t know the answer. I have outrage-antipathy but I am weird.
A direct attack on the judiciary. That will suck all the oxygen out of the room.
Then you cover that up with an actual adult in Greenland or Canada or Mexico or Panama. Let's pencil that in for Saturday.
When Republicans commit some act of perceived misfeasance or malfeasance, the media reports on it, if at all, as something that "Democrats claim" or "Democrats criticize."
INVESTIGATE ALL OF THEM!
https://www.thenerdreich.com/politico-peter-thiel-problem-dopfner-jd-vance/
But more than that they should be demanding investigations into the use of an app that blatantly flouts the retention laws regarding government communications.
What are they hiding?
A better #headline is: "Why Aren't #REPUBLICANS IN #CONGRESS #Outraged About #TheChat?"
Sincerely,
American Citizens
I guess the actual lives endangered are just future clickbait?
It's up to all of us to make it stick forever.
Democrats will be back to whining about egg prices by sundown.
This is the Democrats problem.