Never stop reading the news. It can be read here on Blue Sky. Stop watching television shows which cover politics the same way ESPN talking heads shows covers sports. Ignore completely the MSM which is concerned only with narrative building.
I stopped watching the news prior to the election due to ongoing trumpsplaining and the normalization of the insanity & chaos from the MAGAt coalition.
And ironically after Trump instills his MAGA plants into news outlets, they’ll start watching news again. I’m sure he will create a department called “Ministry of Public Enlightenment”
BC the DNC lost to the.worst.person EVAH to occupy the p.residency and they don't want to realise they botched the job flushing out the 12% Bernie voters (2016 primary) that then went on to vote for Trump out of (misplaced) disgust with corporate corruption. To win - put Bernie in charge of DNC.
Which is exactly why they intend to defund and dismantle it while Lao giving fancy private schools a big Boost with “choice,” vouchers. Well that’s just Tex.
This is so true. The news right now gives me the utmost anxiety and I feel like it’s some f Ed up nightmare. This is my only happy place right now. It’s where all the sane people are.
I disagree. I’ve continued reading the news before, during, and after. Being informed is critical. Now, if only the right would turn off Fox News and Newsmax and read actual news, I think we might get somewhere in this country.
I didn't stop reading the news. I just stopped reading, watching, or listening to corporate media's version of the news. I finally realized they're just shills for the oligarchy, and what they "report" is filtered through that lens.
Oh so true! Today I’m watching “Columbo” and yesterday it was “Midsomer Murders” because I finished “Murder She Wrote.” I’m seeing a trend here in my avoidance of news.
I don't think we stopped reading news. I think we stopped consuming US mainstream media. I still read foreign news & check out smaller news outlets but I'm done with big American news conglomerates.
Don’t believe your lying eyes. Trump’s mask is off and his dystopian fascist reality is taking shape. There are disaffected Magalites getting disillusioned every passing day. Help them onward to join the pro-Democracy coalition and turn it into a supermajority-this is how you turn the tides blue. 💙🌊
Ask not what your country can do for you -ask what you can do for your country. When “We the People” stand United, under the hallowed banners of liberty, equality and justice for all and fight “BIGLY”, we will not only prevail, but we will WIN to let freedom ring loud, clear and blue. LFG! 💙💙🌊🌊
It’s FAFO time for them- they are starting to feel distraught, insecure and panicked-this is the opportune time to “demagafy.” This way when Mango Mussolini tries to sing his pied-piper song again,(he will) they will not only be immune/but will vociferously reject his mesmerizing beckoning call.
Just roll up the “truth” newspapers NOW and smack them around mercilessly and we won’t go back!! We have until 1/20/2025” where “We the People” have immense power to change the course of our collective manifest destinies. When we fight “BIGLY” we will not only prevail, but we will win!
“To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself“ - Sun Tzu, The Art of War
Mainstream media is owned by the oligarchs. This election cycle, with all its enablement of the Republican party, more than proved it. There's no sense in following biased news outlets for information.
I keep seeing that people on tik tok who voted for Trump are freaking out because they didn’t realize the AFA is “Obamacare.” Is that really true?? Or is it just sort of an urban legend? I mean, were people truly unaware of that?
They don't even read it now! When I mention the daily BS trickling out of the DJT camp, his supporters look confused. They voted uneducated and prefer to stay that way.
That's basically it. It's about "winning" for them and they vote party over country EVERY time without thinking of the ramifications. When they lose benefits and rights, they'll cry and I'm not going to feel for them at all.
I'm interested in the late 1990s or early 2000s. The 1900s had a different form of progressives that would be horrified by current progressives. Could you elaborate how appreciating Japanese culture is wrong? I assumed diversity was ok or are you going to pull out the cultural appropriation card?
I'm talking about the color of your skin. You're not white. Progress helped you. Just as it helped me and every other minority group.
Progress is a good thing, whether you want to believe it or not. We as a country should always look to improve and progress, not stay stuck in the past.
I won't be watching the news like I did the first time. There was something awful several times a day. I'll read the news to get an idea of what's going on but in no way do I have it mentally with it enough to endure another four years of that.
I just can't stand to hear about destructive people coming to power in such a composed tone, especially when they play sound bites of them. Podcasts about the news with less composure and actual emotion is as close as I get.
Or take a basic Civics class. I can’t believe they thought they could change their vote after the election concluded. Too bad. If we have to suffer due to their ill-informed decisions, then they deserve whatever’s coming to them, and I guarantee it won’t be good. FAFO
Have you seen this about the recent election, Seth? How can this even be possible? So many voters blocked from voting. I hope this can be challenged: https://youtu.be/X3hXeEiFcJM
We found the journalists’ that left Twitter because they were invited and we were not! And the ones that didn’t stray from focus during the rise of the 2025 nightmare that kept us trapped on Twitter!
The stupid part is--A lot of people who are proud not to pay attention and have no clue because They NEVER pay attention are often the FIRST ones to offer their unsolicited opinions!
Exactly! I have friends and relatives that didn't engage in the election and didn't vote either. One proclaimed on SM that he was PROUD he didn't post anything political - well, not speaking up is how 1930's Germany got the "Third Reich" and the little man we call Hitler!
I have a BIL whom I love, but he's not the brightest. He was telling me how important it is to the black community that Kamala isn't all black. The Indian part upsets blacks, he told me. She doesn't embrace "blackness" enough.
I don't think your BIL is unique, he is the TARGET for MSM. The MAGA-cult-of-racist-hate wants stooges to repeat their lies. They practically beg you to. Please refrain from watching Main Stream Media, or if you do, just watch the weather!
We turned off the news in 2016 when it became obviously unreliable. You're right about the weather channel though. I keep that on all morning. It's fascinating! And no drama.
English grammar is your friend: "Why would we read fake news idiot" when there is no such newspaper, makes you look like a parody. "Why would we read fake news, idiot?" seems to be what you are going for. I know, I know, reading comprehension is hard.
Weirdly MAGA were the only ones that listened to totally “fake news”. They live in an echo chamber. I was sick of the news referring to both sides as if they were equally bad and sanewashing tRump and the GQP. I haven’t watched news since the election.
I went from Wed-Sun the week of the election without reading or watching any news. That was my longest news-free streak in years. I broke my news fast the next Monday Nov 11 but that wasn't easy.
Democrats were the ones that kept journalism alive.
If they loose those readers, they might as well close their business.
Disinformation and echo chambers of feelings that match their indoctrination, is all the right prefer to read. Confirmation bias to show how smart they are.
And yet, FoxNews and Putin perfected their techniques to market their blatant lies to white men who can’t read beyond the second-grade level. More pictures?
Yes, but I am guessing that many, like me, have stopped consuming mainstream media in any form, because we hold the mainstream media culpable in enabling Trump, not because we are depressed by the news. They do not deserve my time nor attention.
I used to watch Scripps News over broadcast bc I don't have cable & they pulled their broadcast off the air in favor of another ION channel to show NCIS New Orleans reruns right after the election.
Yes, they tuned out and turned everything off regarding truth, intelligence, decency, honor, compassion, integrity, and dignity. Mindset, brain-washed, and conned into a false reality.
Steve Bannon understands that creating political mayhem & chaos prepares the groundwork for a Trump dictatorship. Things like psychotic cabinet picks & the destruction of shared understandings of the truth are EMBRACED AS NECESSARY STEPS IN A PROCESS OF REBIRTH. This is their Orange Caesar Project.
They stuck to agencies that only promoted their way of thinking and not looking at other perspectives. That would mean applying critical thinking skills.
As a European citizen, do you think all the blame should fall on those who voted for Trump? Out of the three elections he’s been a part of, he’s never won the popular vote. So, what’s different this time? Do you believe the Democrats are completely free of blame in this situation?
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( I’ll never call it news 🗞️ )
("There's a Ford in your future" = You'll be able to af-ford one.)
We read (higher than 6th grade level)
Research
Watch live reports entirely
Search for independents
My hope was that we could stop it.
We didn't.
Now they get to find out.
Trump is so predictable. GOP is predictable.
(I'd add, "if they can read at all," but I don't want to be quite THAT mean. Right now, anyway.)
All dead to me now. Off, permanently.
A few select bluesky feeds keep me informed. The rest can put their ad revenue where the sun don't shine.
I always knew, but OMG, the worst. RAN to Mar-a-Lago.
It's been nice.
Let’s go back to the early 1900s. Who needs civil rights anyway? Based on your picture you certainly did.
So get out of here with your bs!
Progress is a good thing, whether you want to believe it or not. We as a country should always look to improve and progress, not stay stuck in the past.
This was a huge part of their motivation. The ultimate cut off your nose to spite your face situation.
https://youtu.be/X3hXeEiFcJM
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
His mom is white. Thank God he doesn't vote.
(their description, not mine)
https://calmatters.org/politics/2024/11/california-election-latino-voters-trump/
What’s sick is that our media cater now to these idiots. 🙄
So for guys, most of that is sports; women, likely People.
If they loose those readers, they might as well close their business.
Disinformation and echo chambers of feelings that match their indoctrination, is all the right prefer to read. Confirmation bias to show how smart they are.
#6'Elon
https://bsky.app/profile/brianearlspilner.bsky.social/post/3lavze2xuvq2c
How about this news:
https://www.planetcritical.com/p/cyber-security-experts-warn-election-hacked
I fucking wish Dems, the current Biden administration, or literally anyone else would take this seriously!