***Official Political Discussion Thread***

[biggie62]

It's fascinating how the folks who come in here to complain about an echo chamber or to concern troll about jokes aimed at MAGA people seem to always eventually reveal that they're consuming content from some of the most horrible right-wing sources

It’s always the case.

 

[jpzx]

It’s always the case.

I hope to dear god this is not a response to what I said. But again, no one will talk straight to one another. Who are you talking to and why

 

[biggie62]

I hope to dear god this is not a response to what I said. But again, no one will talk straight to one another. Who are you talking to and why

I quoted somebody so don’t get excited.

 

[jpzx]

If Meth didn’t like my post I was gonna have a heart attack but Jesus okay.

 

[brian8598]

what does this mean in actual practice?

"Legacy outlets" are untrustworthy because they are "money-driven", as opposed to their favorite Twitter trolls and podcasters, who are definitely not doing it for money, I guess? Just spreading information out of the kindness of their hearts.

 

[jpzx]

^ Since you said that, sarcastic and otherwise, this might be a good time:

I couldn’t read an article in the NYT on Election Day, I remember during the early pandemic when it was a public health crisis not to be able to read stuff because it was pertinent. As if the NYT had leading advice on the pandemic.

But, what is not pertinent is trying to read the NYT on the week leading up to Election Day when Donald J, Trump could be anointed as the first President to serve non-consecutive terms in hundreds of years. Not worthy of letting people read.

 

[1995]

^ Since you said that, sarcastic and otherwise, this might be a good time:

I couldn’t read an article in the NYT on Election Day, I remember during the early pandemic when it was a public health crisis not to be able to read stuff because it was pertinent. As if the NYT had leading advice on the pandemic.

But, what is not pertinent is trying to read the NYT on the week leading up to Election Day when Donald J, Trump could be anointed as the first President to serve non-consecutive terms in hundreds of years. Not worthy of letting people read.

Liberals Are Losing the Journalism Wars

As major media outlets erect paywalls, conservative publishers are flooding the country with free right-wing propaganda paid for by Republicans.

newrepublic.com

"If you accept that the responsibility of journalists is not just to produce important work but also to figure out how to disseminate that work to the widest possible audience—and to recognize that it is in a competition for attention with actual propaganda—the paywall goes from an unfortunate necessity to an active hindrance to the mission of the job."

 

[jpzx]

Widest possible audience

 

[jpzx]

Paywalls should be done away with during election time that’s all

 

[ajiiiplatinum]

Northern District of California or the Western District of Washington need to become our Western District of Texas. Injunction after injunction needs to flow from there. Even if SCOTUS inevitably strikes them down, it still consumes time and resources to do so.


Edit: oh, also. Build more housing in blue States

Building more houses bought by foreign investors and private equity firms is not gonna change anything.

Republicans and Dems dont want to actually address housing crisis

 

[jpzx]

I run hot on the weekends

I do know that my newspaper published a story about a lost iPhone that was found, thankfully

 

[gry60]

osh kosh bosh the last episode of Pod Saves America (let the blame game commence) goes over what a Democrat-friendly media ecosystem would look like.
Starts in the last third.

 

[gry60]

Elon Musk Helped Elect Trump. What Does He Expect in Return?

The world’s richest man gave his money and time in campaigning for the president-elect and now is putting in his requests for a friendlier regulatory environment.

www.nytimes.com

Even before Donald J. Trump was re-elected, his best-known backer, Elon Musk, had come to him with a request for his presidential transition.

He wanted Mr. Trump to hire some employees from Mr. Musk’s rocket company, SpaceX, as top government officials — including at the Defense Department, according to two people briefed on the calls.

That request, which would seed SpaceX employees into an agency that is one of its biggest customers, is a sign of the benefits that Mr. Musk may reap after investing more than $100 million in Mr. Trump’s campaign, pushing out a near-constant stream of pro-Trump material on his social media platform, X, and making public appearances on the candidate’s behalf across the hard-fought state of Pennsylvania.

The outreach regarding the SpaceX employees, which hasn’t been reported, shows the extent to which Mr. Musk wants to fill a potential Trump administration with his closest confidants even as his billions of dollars in government contracts pose a conflict to any government role.

The six companies that Mr. Musk oversees are deeply entangled with federal agencies. They make billions off contracts to launch rockets, build satellites and provide space-based communications services.

 

[Lucky13s]

The media is very dangerous...

Can you share the proof that he did it over the election? I’m sure you must have some since thought it was important to share this with us.

See, this is a huge problem. People willingly get their information from GARBAGE accounts like that one, and do ZERO fact checking. Just blindly swallow misinformation. How can you make informed decisions if you’re not even living in the same reality as normal people?


This article doesn’t mention the election or any known motive AT ALL:

“A Minnesota man shot and killed his wife and son, and his ex-partner and their son, before killing himself, authorities said on Friday.

Duluth police have not determined a motive, but the police chief, Mike Ceynowa, said at a news conference that the shooter, named as 46-year-old Anthony Nephew, had a “pattern of mental health issues”.”

Minnesota man kills wife, ex-partner and two sons before killing himself

Police say Anthony Nephew, 46, shot wife and son and ex-partner and their son dead in Duluth on Thursday

t.co

 

[pmatic]

 

[Kierris]

Can you share the proof that he did it over the election? I’m sure you must have some since thought it was important to share this with us.

See, this is a huge problem. People willingly get their information from GARBAGE accounts like that one, and do ZERO fact checking. Just blindly swallow misinformation. How can you make informed decisions if you’re not even living in the same reality as normal people?


This article doesn’t mention the election or any known motive AT ALL:

“A Minnesota man shot and killed his wife and son, and his ex-partner and their son, before killing himself, authorities said on Friday.

Duluth police have not determined a motive, but the police chief, Mike Ceynowa, said at a news conference that the shooter, named as 46-year-old Anthony Nephew, had a “pattern of mental health issues”.”

Minnesota man kills wife, ex-partner and two sons before killing himself

Police say Anthony Nephew, 46, shot wife and son and ex-partner and their son dead in Duluth on Thursday

t.co

Nah I just copied a post from boxden bruh.

 

[gry60]

Didn't take long for the leopards to get hungry:

Trump Agenda Faces a Fiscal Reckoning

Advisers to President-elect Donald J. Trump and Republicans on Capitol Hill are already looking at ways to scale back some of his more expensive ideas.

www.nytimes.com

Mr. Paulson, a potential nominee for Treasury secretary, said that several other of Mr. Trump’s proposed tax cuts — including not taxing tips or overtime, and restoring a deduction for state and local taxes — should also become narrower so they benefit fewer people and cost less money.

“You need to keep the concept of what he wants to achieve, and put guardrails around it so you achieve the goals, but lower the revenue impact,” Mr. Paulson said in an interview before the election. “And I have discussed that with members of his economic team, and they’re all cognizant of that.”

Beyond the cost, the policy goals of some of Mr. Trump’s campaign proposals, including creating a new deduction for interest on car loans, runs counter to traditional conservative ambitions of simplifying the tax code.

They lied? You don't say!

Mr. Trump and his team have put forward a number of ideas to offset the cost of his tax cuts. Those include rescinding tax credits for clean-energy projects passed under President Biden, as well as creating a commission run by the billionaire Elon Musk to find deep spending cuts.

Look at all these incentives for infrastructure development floating away....

 

[frenchbreadbuilds]

Can you share the proof that he did it over the election? I’m sure you must have some since thought it was important to share this with us.

See, this is a huge problem. People willingly get their information from GARBAGE accounts like that one, and do ZERO fact checking. Just blindly swallow misinformation. How can you make informed decisions if you’re not even living in the same reality as normal people?


This article doesn’t mention the election or any known motive AT ALL:

“A Minnesota man shot and killed his wife and son, and his ex-partner and their son, before killing himself, authorities said on Friday.

Duluth police have not determined a motive, but the police chief, Mike Ceynowa, said at a news conference that the shooter, named as 46-year-old Anthony Nephew, had a “pattern of mental health issues”.”

Minnesota man kills wife, ex-partner and two sons before killing himself

Police say Anthony Nephew, 46, shot wife and son and ex-partner and their son dead in Duluth on Thursday

t.co

There are going to be studies done on how much social media brain rot has sped up since Musk took over. What type of serious information should we expect to get from an account called “End Wokeness”? No sources, no direct reporting, no substance. Read to verify truth, not to reaffirm your biases.

Even if posted as a joke I’m glad no one will stumble upon it here without seeing your pushback

 

[kdawg]

The McDonalds part of that was funny - it is probably the only time I’ve seen him look happy.

 

[Kierris]

Sheesh... You cats gotta lighten up. I voted Kamala but y'all in here acting like a funeral happened.

 

[heelsandeers]

I don't mean to downplay what Trump winning again means, but we will be okay in the long run.

Everybody just needs to hunker down and wait it out. We don't even have to wait four years, cause there will be political hell to pay in 2026 if things go bad these next two years. There's no blaming anything on the Dems now either.

Wish I shared in your optimism

Inheriting a strong economy, it will be some time before any real economic fallout is felt

It means more Federalist Society judges, young replacements for Alito and Thomas, and possible replacements for the 3 Democratic appointees

I don't discount their ability to pass wildly unpopular legislation between now and 2026. A lot will depend on priorities and what the 2026 senate map is looking like

 

[aepps20]

Wish I shared in your optimism

Inheriting a strong economy, it will be some time before any real economic fallout is felt

It means more Federalist Society judges, young replacements for Alito and Thomas, and possible replacements for the 3 Democratic appointees

I don't discount their ability to pass wildly unpopular legislation between now and 2026. A lot will depend on priorities and what the 2026 senate map is looking like

Prices will continue to rise and wages won’t so let’s see if these economic anxiety folks say anything? The court is lost at this point but I think people need to suffer to refresh their memory

 

[solewoman]

Concepts of a plan

 

[1995]

 

[cragmatic]

Sheesh... You cats gotta lighten up. I voted Kamala but y'all in here acting like a funeral happened.

I mean… if they actually implement project 2025…. Kinda scary stuff in my opinion