dropbetweendimes.bsky.social
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They need him to be a genius because they cannot handle what it means for them to be tricked by a fool.
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This is the moment where you lost whatever point you were trying to make.
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Tell me more about this Justice system you speak of....
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I live in NY-21. The district was blue pre-Stefanik. A hollowing out of industry and neglect from the government lead to the move to the right. Its possible to come back, but so far the Dem efforts have been non-existent
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Once you start talking it drops significantly. Even when you're pissed, you're still polite
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I hope @pbsnews.bsky.social realizes how badly they're doing in this moment. I hope they also known that bending the knee won't ultimately save them...
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John Bolton has never met an armed conflict he doesn't like.
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I mean Kanye is tweeting that he loves Hitler and he gets thousands of likes! Remember this?
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Also, good media literacy practice: try to use the *original* source or very good reporting on it. Our age of aggregated reporting (aka news sites repeating stories and citing each other as sources), can often amount to the telephone game for news, with each iteration adding slight distortions.
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I love when a person's argument breaks down so they block rather than tweak their thinking. For anyone else reading here, yes it is absolutely a reporters job to say that unvetted people have access to our social security and bank accounts. No doing so is journalistic malpractice that hurts people
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The vetting process is a requirement for security clearence to handle sensitive info. It absolutely is a reporters job to point out that unvetted people are accessing our private info! Especially since its been publicly reported by multiple other outlets.
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I don't have to. They can say what happened on the ground. They can then point out what the law says. If a friendly judge aquitts then report that when it happens, but don't ignore the alleged violations in the first place. Why can't they say what the law says in the article?
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Are you also saying that NPR couldn't have made it a point that none ot them are vetted and there is existing law on the books saying that is illegal? They're not even pointing out that multiple laws may very well have been broken (they were broken). Instead its framed like a political disagreement
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So then you're saying the security guards there couldn't have blocked Doge from entering because its not illegal until the courts say so?
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Its not opinion that unvetted people aren't legally allowed to access the secure data at the treasury. Doge members don't have the authority to deny US Congressmen from entering the Treasury. These events objectively are illegal
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Why would you introduce a bill to make something illegal which is ALREADY ILLEGAL??
Seriously, fuck the Democrats for this performative bullshit.
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Idk about that guy, but my point is that NPRs omission of context and use of passive language as if this was normal business and not a gov't coup is a journalistic failure. They are not giving a full picture and they are not meeting the moment with the urgency it deserves
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Lots of passive language in those articles. "Officials are worried it might be illegal". It is illegal. "They might access sensitive info". They did. Unvetted kids from Doge got into the most sensitive areas of our gov't while BLOCKING ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM ENTERING.
NPR is failing its job
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I know nothing about Michael Bay except that his movies are just trash filled with explosions.
Seems fitting
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The article *Doesn't* mention that Doge doesn't have legal authority in the first place. It also doesn't mention that the people dismantling these agencies weren't confirmed or even vetted.
This is journalistic malpractice by omission
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The actions Doge has taken fall outside of "rules and norms established by the courts. I wasn't trying to give a roadmap to fight tyranny, I'm telling NPR they're doing a bad job with their journalism and framing.
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There have been so many legal standards broken already its painful and your articles keep speaking within the realm of rules and norms that no longer exist. Literally everything Doge has done so far has been illegal and will directly harm millions of Americans.
Do better, you're failing us
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Your last article said that Doge is gutting the Dept of Ed. Elon said it already doesn't exist.
I mean this when I say, you @npr.org are failing at your journalism in this era
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Pretty sad that they think porn apps are a bad thing rather than a selling point. All that data and they don't understand human nature...
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I live in NY-21. Its turned pretty deep red over time. Hollowed out manufacturing did a number on the area and Stefanik took advantage. I'd love to flip it, but it's going to take a lot
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The best solution, grow your own at home
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Way ahead of you. Thats just good economical planning
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How long does any given court action take to happen? You realize that these blocks often stay blocked until they're resolved That can be months or years of those actions being in effect before courts could be able to correct the actions
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They've already done things that are blatantly illegal and unconstitutional so why the fuck do you think any department is even remotely safe? Don't wait for the disaster, prepare for it to hit directly!