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Exactly. We need to get past the clever words & hot takes for posts & media appearances and into the action part of defeating fascism.
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And … there’s a lot of overlap in those groups.
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They’re only mad that she is putting a spotlight on MAGA’s hypocrisy.
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This trend can be traced back to the US founding. The political right has never fully bought into American Democracy, a govt based on institutions, norms, and the rule of law, rather than a govt based on allegiance to an individual. What’s changed is their numbers - enabled by social media
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The political right has always tended to form cult followings behind charismatic leaders. Recently, that’s been the MAGA movement. Before that, the TEA Party movement. Earlier, there was the Contract with America movement, the so-called Moral Majority, the John Birch Society, and so on.
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The problem with journalism for years has been that the “riveting story” is more important than the truth.
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The problem with journalism for years has been that the story is more important than the truth.
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Media helps oligarchy take shape - left, right, center, corporate, independent, all know that Trump is good for business. Competent & professional govt is boring and not great TV, but Trump and his chaos circus, with clowns, grifters, and criminals, is like a 24/7 reality show. How do we address?
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I have a cost cutting suggestion for DOGE. Since Rs control both House & Senate and do whatever Trumps says, they serve no purpose. Send them & their staff home and cut off their pay until midterms. Trump can speak for them without them being present and cashing paychecks.
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This trend can be traced back to the founding of our country. The political right has never fully bought into American Democracy, a govt “of the people, by the people, for the people” based on institutions, norms, and the rule of law, rather than a govt based on allegiance to an individual.
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I wish I believed that. All we heard from Dems after the conservative border bill got killed was, "That's it! Rs now OWN the border." Then Nov rolled around. Rs win partly because of conditions at the border, both real and imagined.
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Thanks. Important clarification.
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and they won't notice that GOP policies hurt them. I wouldn't want Dems to engage in similarly coercive and manipulative tactics, but Dems have to find more effective ways to counter. Harris & Walz were refreshingly positive and optimistic but, unfortunately, that didn't inspire the needed turnout.
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For years now, the GOP has successfully pursued a cynical and disrespectful political strategy based on an axiom first articulated in a Baltimore Sun OpEd in 1926 - "No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public." Keep voters distracted with culture-war nonsense ...
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Exactly. I wish I had more confidence that Ds were up to the challenge. All we heard from them after the border bill got killed was, "That's it! Rs now OWN the border." Then Nov rolled around. Rs win partly because of conditions at the border, both real and imagined.
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I wish I had more confidence that Ds were up to the challenge. All we heard from them after the border bill got killed was, "That's it! Rs now OWN the border." Then Nov rolled around. Rs win partly because of conditions at the border, both real and perceived.
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Is also looking to end free market dynamics by picking winners & losers as Putin does in Russia. That’s why the oligarchs are kissing his ass and fluffing his ego.
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and they won't notice that GOP policies hurt them. I wouldn't want Dems to engage in similarly coercive and manipulative tactics, but Dems have to find more effective ways to counter. Harris & Walz were refreshingly positive and optimistic but, unfortunately, that didn't inspire the needed turnout.
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Thanks for the encouragement and for all you do. Never claimed or thought I was unique. Quite the opposite - I suspect there are many with the same questions. We can certainly keep doing the same things over & over that haven’t worked. How can we innovate and make a difference?
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Thank you for your efforts. We need more of you.
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Totally agree - turnout is critical for democracy to work ... or be saved. "They" means I have no say in how the party or campaigns are run. I practically always vote D, as in Nov, but that's not automatic. The party shouldn't become a cult - that's a GOP thing.
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For three presidential election cycles, the Democrats faced what should have been the most beatable candidate in history. They won one of the three contests. Yet, the same tired old congressional dems are returned to leadership. Why should dem donors keep throwing good money after bad?
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Growing a little weary of all the calls to resist, stay strong, fight for democracy, etc. What should the average person with a job and a family do? We voted, and some donated; it didn’t work.
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For three presidential election cycles, the Democrats faced what should have been the most beatable candidate in history. They won one of the three contests. Yet, the same tired old congressional dems are returned to leadership. Why should dem donors keep throwing good money after bad?
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Have the Venezuelan gangs in Aurora taken City Hall yet, or are they being repelled by the NG? More recently, where is all the questioning about the scary drones? Are there any serious journalists out there anymore, or have they all resigned themselves to merely producing entertainment?
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His rationale sounds very Neville Chamberlain-ish. An accusation he’s hurled at other republicans.
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True. We are stuck between a Republican Party (now the Trump cult) bent on corruption, criminality, and autocracy and a Democratic Party that is just weak, naive, and stupid.
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*head
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So we’re holding the gun to our own headed and threatening to pull the trigger if Canada and Mexico don’t do what we want.
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They're confirming what's always been true. Their business isn't journalism or being purveyors of truth - it's producing entertainment TV in order to sell advertising.