People don’t seem to understand Biden could have given everyone a unicorn & world peace and his approval rating would still be 33% because the right wing seized on the invention of social media and the internet to build a massive propaganda machine reality can’t outperform. - ThreadSky

rachelbitecofer.bsky.social • 38 days ago

People don’t seem to understand Biden could have given everyone a unicorn & world peace and his approval rating would still be 33% because the right wing seized on the invention of social media and the internet to build a massive propaganda machine reality can’t outperform.

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libend.bsky.social•38 days ago

He also paid too little attention to the Right from social media to Trump’s criminality and only fought for democracy on the European front.
Why the Dems have no political think tanks who strategize against Republicans is beyond me

calgaryrds.bsky.social•38 days ago

That, and because a majority of American voters are stupid, ignorant, and evil. THAT is today's America. And THAT is how the MAGAT fascists want it to remain. And Americans will support them in that, I'll wager.

mreddie8976.bsky.social•38 days ago

And the Democrats slept through it all...

ecocentric.bsky.social•38 days ago

Biden did pretty much everything he said he would do. Our economy was the best in the world. Facts do not matter any more.

ceinme.bsky.social•37 days ago

‼️
He did more than I expected!! I will forever be grateful for his and Kamala’s service to the American people.

seankymalainen.bsky.social•37 days ago

Marketing your brand is a 24/7 375 days of the year every year on every outlet necessity todau

tonybrenna.bsky.social•36 days ago

The problem was that these podcasters took away the legacy medias monopoly of information and presented arguments outside the mainstream.

How dare they present ideas not approved by the military industrial complex 🤬

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

dbc105.bsky.social•38 days ago

Don't blame Biden because Americans chose Trump. Blame Americans. Anyone could have run a primary challenge just like they did on the Reich and they had 4yrs to do it. Stop crying about what has past and help us go forward.

herodotusrex.bsky.social•38 days ago

Exactly, Rachel.

scottmaggelet.bsky.social•38 days ago

If the right can build a propaganda machine powerful enough to convince more than half the country of a different reality ... isn't that a national security risk that should have been addressed when Dems had full control of congress and the white house?

If not, what is their purpose?

c0sm0kramer.bsky.social•37 days ago

To an extent, yes. Dems didn't tout their wins and people have very legitimate grievances with Biden and Dem leadership

phillytim.bsky.social•38 days ago

Worse than ANY of those cited factors was that they allowed:

#Trump to become America's first #FelonInChief #POTUS47

Trump to nominate more #SCOTUS judges
Trump & Musk's kleptocracy
Trump's January 6th insurrection continues
#MAGA takeover

Those #Election2024 non-voters should shame themselves.

davidjohnurban.bsky.social•37 days ago

Thank you Rachel Bitecofer. The right wing propaganda machine and billionaire bro sane washing machine is more responsible for Biden approval ratings than wonky policy issues or even wish casting. Wish there wasn't a pandemic. Wish there wasn't inflation. Wish there were no wars.

frumboldt.bsky.social•36 days ago

Biden is a damned fine man and an even better POTUS!
Thanks, Rachel.
💙🇺🇸

jpure.bsky.social•38 days ago

‘Cause he is not a White trash asswipe who hates Black folks and other minorities like Kremlin agent MAGA grifter sexual predator criminal Trump?

damnitcarl.bsky.social•37 days ago

100%

charcharjo6.bsky.social•37 days ago

Ok, but now what? I agree with you, and I feel hopeless. I'm a dedicated resister, but this time I have no idea what to do.

itsnotathing.bsky.social•38 days ago

Biden will go down in history as one of the best presidents ever. Trump will be the worst and 2nd worst.

waynesworld86.bsky.social•38 days ago

I don’t believe anything from the Conservative Media Establishment.

sgtfella.bsky.social•38 days ago

See, you totally get it. Why do others not see it is the media machine driving all this?

mone99.bsky.social•38 days ago

Agree 💯

hahnyock.bsky.social•38 days ago

The Dems failed to use those same platforms in an aggressive manner. Messaging is packaging and delivery. With few exceptions the Dems do neither well. Time for bold, fresh faces.

suchdaze.bsky.social•38 days ago

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71columbus.bsky.social•37 days ago

Nobody asked me

bergwebern.bsky.social•38 days ago

Or…he could have honored his pledge to serve one term and allowed a successful primary?? That might have gone a lonnnnnng way

kd-notgoingback.bsky.social•37 days ago

75of the country only has right wing radio and tv. We will not fix this if we blame Joe.

abbarsha.bsky.social•37 days ago

Misinformation, disinformation, right wing media is here to stay. The only way to fix this is for people to become more educated, research, and not take what they see and hear as fact. Unfortunately, I don't see that happening with at least half of our population.

kd-notgoingback.bsky.social•36 days ago

Agree.

abrxs.bsky.social•38 days ago

I remember after the Bin Laden's assassination - Obama's approval rating never got above the mid 50's. Because the right wing was blindly determined to find fault with everything Obama did - even the killing of America's number one enemy after a decade.

tbas7000.bsky.social•37 days ago

Like @stephaniemiller.bsky.social keeps saying every single day--disinformation was the #1 factor in this election. Polling has shown people who were informed with actual truth & facts voted for Kamala.

gnarlygale.bsky.social•38 days ago

people who believe nonsense like this are just doing self-care, trying to make themselves feel better

abbarsha.bsky.social•37 days ago

While presidents are in office they get blamed for everything bad and don't get credit for all their accomplishments. After Biden leaves office his approval rating with rise considerably. History will remember him well.

michael-v-smith8.bsky.social•38 days ago

Just like they did with radio and cable news. Why are Dems so bad at this?

antonpnym.bsky.social•38 days ago

Dems don't own enough media outlets to circulate baseless propaganda. Maybe the next leaders of the party should build their own Fox News.

michael-v-smith8.bsky.social•37 days ago

Isn't that MSNBC? I think the real problem is Dem voters don't support liberal outlets like Republican voters do with Fox.

hollyquick.bsky.social•38 days ago

Yes! Along with corporate capture of mainstream media.

matthew12-35.bsky.social•37 days ago

This is true but it also excuses Biden from his incompetent communication the past two years. Foregoing the Super Bowl interviews, stammering through a soft whisper. Beat Medicare. Garbage. Bill Clinton and Barack Obama did rhetorical battle with the right. Biden avoided interviews for two years.

opie1980.bsky.social•38 days ago

Or… and hear me out… a public option for healthcare that isn’t 25,000 a year. Ya.. the only Dems on board with that are squashed by other Dems.

3lakedogs.bsky.social•37 days ago

Sadly, so true

walternative.bsky.social•38 days ago

You stupid bitch. STFU.

sp2guzzi.bsky.social•38 days ago

I think Biden could/should have taken a different approach with the DOJ, at least with Garland.

jspik.bsky.social•38 days ago

That’s exactly this. Now dem question how to effectively counter this propo machine. Grateful for your work. Thx

terrifiedstill2024.bsky.social•38 days ago

33% - bullshit

avahope.bsky.social•38 days ago

💯

cmaguire3.bsky.social•38 days ago

Also, magats do not care what atrocities traitor trump and his maniacal magats in office commit—the magat base accepts anything these criminals do.

timetofixit.bsky.social•38 days ago

The Republicans have waged a hate campaign against him since day one. Constant misinformation and lies to paint a very different picture of reality. Democrats need a stronger media presence.

ceinme.bsky.social•37 days ago

The blame game!! Every American had a duty to be informed/fact check info they received before retweeting/ and a duty to vote with fact based info. This group understood the mission. Those that sat home will soon be delivered the consequences.

rinidavis.bsky.social•38 days ago

I’m with you Rachel. If I read that the Dems did everything wrong. Elon bought the election and Russia and Iran interfered in our election. We can not compete with this. 💙

terrifitz.bsky.social•38 days ago

Absolute Truth! 👏

remarkable59.bsky.social•38 days ago

True. It always comes back to this.

citybythelake.bsky.social•38 days ago

And yet, the Democratic Leadership chose to not be at them at their own game. Dems/Leftist voters shot themselves in the foot bc of it and the nation will hemorrhage

jenxyz.bsky.social•38 days ago

“that reality can’t outperform” should be over the entrances to the WH, Congress, and the US SC. Wow.

ebyrdstarr.bsky.social•38 days ago

I just yesterday got blocked on social media for pointing a MAGAt to studies showing how much disinformation originates from that part of the political spectrum, while every other part of the spectrum is much more grounded in fact-based discourse. Their brains are broken.

sobekhotep97.bsky.social•37 days ago

Agreed. Frankly there was absolutely no way Biden could stand a chance when Elon Musk, JK Rowling, Donald Trump and the rest of the Twitter Taliban we’re getting tens of millions of views per post and radicalizing people by the hundreds of thousands every day.

loribernardini.bsky.social•38 days ago

Countering this propaganda will be one of the biggest challenges for Democrats in 2025 and beyond.

cleareyedjuraj.bsky.social•38 days ago

This times a million! The dems could have run Jesus Christ of Nazareth himself and they still would have lost to trump because people's perceived reality based on the right-wing propaganda that their algorithms were feeding them isn't representative of objective reality.

texasgeologist.bsky.social•38 days ago

However, Biden's age was an inescapable problem, and during the 2020 election, one of Biden's own aides said that it was inconceivable that he would run for a second term, given his age at the time of inauguration.

IMO, some combination of Dem. governors would have had a far better chance.

texasgeologist.bsky.social•38 days ago

And James Carville strenuously tried to warn us about the age factor.

Carville in early 2023: "Could we please find somebody under 75 to be our president?"

rachelbitecofer.bsky.social•38 days ago

Me: could we please find someone under the age of 75 to analyze elections?

ciarachristine.bsky.social•37 days ago

I appreciate Drew (on the other app), but sometimes his posts don't make a mark.

spikeddoormat.bsky.social•38 days ago

It's also time for Democrats to realize that civility and decorum is seen as a weakness by the Lord of the Flies Party and just get vicious.

ninabear.bsky.social•38 days ago

You nailed it

cocothecat.bsky.social•38 days ago

^^^^^^^^^^1,000 X THIS^^^^^^^^^^

mathworkswonders.bsky.social•37 days ago

This cannot be understated.

You can’t even begin to imagine the solution until you properly diagnose the problem.

mike-erso.bsky.social•38 days ago

Well said Rachel. Everyone seems to be missing this important point.

mdaltonp.bsky.social•38 days ago

Don't forget all the "leftists" who would disapprove of Biden regardless of what he did because he isn't "far enough left."

pauldauenhauer.bsky.social•38 days ago

#Agree

ravencramskull.bsky.social•38 days ago

Trump will take a win by saying HAMAS was afraid of him.

HAMAS: No way!
Trump: Way.
😆

skepticicist.bsky.social•38 days ago

‘cause they all snorted the “Inaugural “ coke

caperloo.bsky.social•37 days ago

Spot on. What are we going to do?

antonpnym.bsky.social•38 days ago

Same thing up here in Canada; PM Trudeau by any objective standards did well over his difficult tenure but the right-wing outrage engines so blackened his name he felt he had to resign to give his party a chance at the polls this year.

I *despise* the current media environment.

rachelbitecofer.bsky.social•38 days ago

👆

antonpnym.bsky.social•38 days ago

And the problem is far more widespread than that. https://bsky.app/profile/michaelemann.bsky.social/post/3lfsm6edt322q

moleatmal.bsky.social•38 days ago

Drew clearly has a storyline he refuses to deviate from as he can’t admit he’s wrong. The MSM execs were determined to sink Biden in order to get Trump back… and they did it

onetinsoldier61.bsky.social•38 days ago

Well social media will be only an echo chamber and it hopefully will crash. At least the traitor sites.

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