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Yearning for intellectual herd immunity, will settle for compulsory civics and science.
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In 1963, Bernard Cohen wrote the press may not tell people what to think, but it does tell them what to think about.
Protest tactics shape which stories get covered and what mass public thinks about.
Which of these stories undermines Trump’s agenda? Which strengthens calls for ”law and order”?
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This. A whole lot of people sat out last year, enough to make up for these guys. Bit like a woman asking a guy at a bar what she can do to stop him bothering her.
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Shouldn’t take pressure from anyone, should simply take watching what ICE is doing to know you don’t want to be associated with them.
However, this is very good, and a good example for other cities.
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There are, will always be, far more people who oppose them, and once we find true solidarity…
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No worries, just glad to see your wits made it over from Xitter.
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Those of us who have friends and family abroad, and pay attention to the RoW, certainly understand.
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I am scratching my head about him viewing anyone as inferior.
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So 6 in 10 say no?
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We need to realize something I think we’ve ignored, that the Dems have steadily moved right since Clinton. That’s alienated the truly liberal and progressive wings and the policies have ignored the working class, which has pushed many towards populist demagogues.
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I’m elder X and very progressive, though not, yet, a leftist, so my view of the DNC is colored by those lenses, but the failures in the party to choose the working classes over the more powerful donors and lobbies is having a measurable impact.
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Oh absolutely, but there is also a lot of anger towards the establishment, especially after remarks by Sue members that they’re angry about ask the phone calls and emails, and others dismissing the progressive wing. Not a great look.
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It should be a wake up call for the DNC, probably not. Surprised his polls aren’t lower but so much depends on the sample. I never answer them, but I do call my reps to let them know I am not among the 27.
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Dawns on me this is a pretty effective way of miring their ego process…if they are as they manual states avoiding records of anything, a slew of FOIA requests will show that pretty clearly, and then they’re up against the federal laws requiring them to maintain records of what they are doing.
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American universities make a lot of money from foreign students. Be a shame if they all just stopped attending and applying.
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We absolutely would have been courts-martialed if we’d sent classified material over a civilian comms app instead of discussing it in the proper setting, but a SCIF provides a paper trail for potential FOIA, and they want to circumvent that.