There are a lot of reasons for the downfall of the #USA but a big one is the purchase of traditional #media by plutocrat goons
Look at this fucking shit:
EDIT: some people are angry that i am potentially misleading because this isn't a recent headline. i am trying to make a point about the decay of traditional media and our current state of things. but yes, this is is from 2014, after #bezos bought WaPo. my point still stands, and you should follow my account for commentary, not breaking news
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Keith
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in reply to Keith • • •@invadersil But wouldn't it be perfectly in line with the Madman Theory for the proprietor of Pravda Socia tol resolve a falling-out with Darth Melon and with the ghosts of ajatollahs past alike by offering Xitter to Iran as a war reparation?
@benroyce
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in reply to ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES • • •The "us" in the headline is billionaires.
What a load of horseshit!
Tropical Chaos
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in reply to Tropical Chaos • • •@tropicalchaos
but old
Ω 🌍 Gus Posey
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in reply to ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES • • •🔏 Matthias Wiesmann
in reply to ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES • • •I suppose a small neutral one in Europe that was poor in the 19th century could do the trick. Sadly that does not exist.
DeanFarrell
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Trezzer (aka Helvedeshunden)
in reply to ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES • • •ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES
in reply to Trezzer (aka Helvedeshunden) • • •@trezzer
there's a lot of people angry about this is the comments. i'm thinking of editing it, but at the same time i'm somewhat unimpressed with the idea that i'm misleading anyone. it's a real headline
Trezzer (aka Helvedeshunden)
in reply to ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES • • •ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES
in reply to Trezzer (aka Helvedeshunden) • • •@trezzer
i edited it
Sara
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in reply to ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES • • •"I'm still amazed at how quickly Trump and Putin transformed the once proud and noble Party of Lincoln into just another simple rabble of seditious and treasonous playground bullies.
I'm not kidding, it really is startling and amazing. I mean my goodness, it only took two or three years."
SearingTruth
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in reply to ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES • • •Scott D. Strader 😐
in reply to ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES • • •For context, this article is from 25 Apr 2014.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/in-the-long-run-wars-make-us-safer-and-richer/2014/04/25/a4207660-c965-11e3-a75e-463587891b57_story.html
ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES
in reply to Scott D. Strader 😐 • • •@sstrader
yes, after bezos bought the paper
kingmoth
in reply to ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES • • •And by them I meant peoples who stirred this s***t up for there own benefits.
циклимир
in reply to ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES • • •choomba
in reply to ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES • • •ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES
in reply to choomba • • •Petra van Cronenburg
in reply to ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES • • •Until now I trusted your posts. But using content in such wild combinations, sorry ...
Edit: more than 11 years.
Tag Your Toe
in reply to Petra van Cronenburg • • •@NatureMC "When did Bezos buy the WP?"
In 2013, you morons.
Petra van Cronenburg
in reply to Tag Your Toe • • •ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES
in reply to Petra van Cronenburg • • •@NatureMC @TagYourToe
yes, it's not recent
i'm thinking of editing my post to indicate that
but i don't think it's that big of a deal
the point i make is true. it is also true the headline isn't current. i don't know. i'm not disturbed by what you're saying, nor that there is an indication it's recent, nor that i'm misleading anyone
Paul Schoe
in reply to Petra van Cronenburg • • •@NatureMC
You are very right, this post is from April 25, 2014, More than 11 years ago.
I hope that it is an oversight from Ben Royce, but otherwise it is very disappointing.
@benroyce
Armin Hanisch
in reply to Paul Schoe • • •Paul Schoe
in reply to Armin Hanisch • • •To my regret, but, as you demonstrate, the picture seems to be manipulated by removing the date,, from now on I will be more cautious when I see posts from Ben.
@Linkshaender @NatureMC @benroyce
Petra van Cronenburg
in reply to Paul Schoe • • •Paul Schoe
in reply to Petra van Cronenburg • • •@NatureMC
I indeed concluded that because on my PC browser, the date is above the picture.
You might be right (I hope so).
@Linkshaender @benroyce
Armin Hanisch
in reply to Paul Schoe • • •Petra van Cronenburg
in reply to Armin Hanisch • • •ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES
in reply to Petra van Cronenburg • • •is it really that big of a deal?
the point i am making is true. that it isn't recent doesn't change that. but i suppose there is an expectation that my account is a breaking news account?
Armin, Paul: if you want to unfollow me, that's fine. i believe you're holding me to expectations which are unfair on flimsy grounds
that someone makes a point with their account, if it is true or not. not that they are paid reporters. obviously i am not
int%rmitt]nt sig^al. ...~!...)
in reply to ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES • • •yes it is that big of a deal
ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES
in reply to int%rmitt]nt sig^al. ...~!...) • • •then unfollow me
and fuck off
is anything untrue?
no
everyone's always getting so fucking upset about the wrong things. i just don't fucking care anymore. it's always so overwrought and dramatic on the fucking fediverse. we're going to hell in a handbasket, and that seems to me to be the bigger problem
int%rmitt]nt sig^al. ...~!...)
in reply to ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES • • •Clarity of context is enlightening.
ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES
in reply to int%rmitt]nt sig^al. ...~!...) • • •@nrmacdonald @NatureMC @Linkshaender @paulschoe
it is. are you paying me? no. so like i said, fuck off
sorry for my grave grave crime
what a fucking joke
ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES
in reply to ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES • • •all 4 of you:
i edited my comment on the basis of your complaints
but i would really like it if all 4 of you unfollowed me
because fuck you
endless nitpicking on the fediverse is driving me fucking bonkers
i'm not a fucking news outlet. i am making commentary. this is a real article. my comment is valid
i am not working for you in the news room, to be criticized on the basis of breaking news journalistic integrity
it's a fucking joke
🖕🖕🖕
Petra van Cronenburg
in reply to ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES • • •It's a pity, I thought we could have a rational discussion. However, I shall comply. Perhaps you should also stop following me to be consequent? 😉 (This is now truly kindergarden level, a real pity.)
And now we are writing 100 times "fuck" in every combination we can find. 🤓 🤡
@nrmacdonald @Linkshaender @paulschoe
ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES
in reply to Petra van Cronenburg • • •already unfollowed
all 4 of you
need to get the nattering nitpicking off my fucking back
i don't owe you shit
you have high standards, you follow those in who you follow
someone disappoints you?
fine, unfollow
don't fucking lecture me like i fucking owe you something, on the basis of overwrought nitpicky bullshit
the article is real. my commentary is valid
apparently not good enough
because you pay me?
FUCK YOU
Petra van Cronenburg
in reply to ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES • • •#Toodles!
@nrmacdonald @Linkshaender @paulschoe
int%rmitt]nt sig^al. ...~!...)
in reply to ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES • • •Well Ben, I complied and unfollowed.
It's a shame really.
ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES
in reply to int%rmitt]nt sig^al. ...~!...) • • •@nrmacdonald @NatureMC @Linkshaender @paulschoe
then don't act like i owe you, on the basis of nitpicky bullshit, asshole
int%rmitt]nt sig^al. ...~!...)
in reply to ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES • • •now I'm supper chuffed to have severed contact little man.
ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES
in reply to int%rmitt]nt sig^al. ...~!...) • • •int%rmitt]nt sig^al. ...~!...)
in reply to ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES • • •ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES
in reply to int%rmitt]nt sig^al. ...~!...) • • •@nrmacdonald
apparently i was
pick pick pick pick
i'm so glad nattering nitpickers know what is really important in life
you're a big help to the world. of such great service. i don't know how we could go on with out you
int%rmitt]nt sig^al. ...~!...)
in reply to ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES • • •ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES
in reply to int%rmitt]nt sig^al. ...~!...) • • •grow the fuck up?
ok
i won't pick pick pick pick at people on some lame personal need, like they owe me, on the basis of a "grave concern" which isn't shit
i will indeed grow up like that
thanks for your wise advice
int%rmitt]nt sig^al. ...~!...)
in reply to ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES • • •You're not a news service true but neither should you be misleading.
ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES
in reply to int%rmitt]nt sig^al. ...~!...) • • •unread
uninterested
you and i are done
bye asshole
the endless nitpicking is driving me INSANE
Petra van Cronenburg
in reply to ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES • • •No, I don't have this expectation at all.
I'm just a follower who appreciates your posts, thoughts, and opinions very much - you are one of the most inspiring accounts here. I appreciate you debates with facts and respect.
Exactly *therefore* I want to trust your posts. The problem is social media: more and more posts on Mastodon come without sources or arbitrarily glued together for effect only. So I want to get the facts, be sure that what I could boost
@Linkshaender @paulschoe
Paul Schoe
in reply to Petra van Cronenburg • • •Hello Ben
I agree with Petra:
'I'm just a follower who appreciates your posts, thoughts, and opinions very much - you are one of the most inspiring accounts here. I appreciate you debates with facts and respect.'
The picture looked manipulated. That was a shock because I take your posts for gospel.
If you had not built a good reputation, I would not have reacted, but since it was you, and assuming that the picture was modified, I was more than surprised.
@NatureMC @benroyce @Linkshaender
ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES
in reply to Paul Schoe • • •i edited my top comment as you desired
i forced you to unfollow, i unfollowed you
FUCK OFF WITH THE ENDLESS FUCKING NITPICKING
IT JUST DRIVES PEOPLE AWAY
you're driving me insane
FUCK YOU
i will from now on sever all connections with overcontrolling nitpicky busybody accounts
Petra van Cronenburg
in reply to ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES • • •And thank you very much for the edit, now it's clear! 😊 (BTW, I wasn't angry).
@Linkshaender @paulschoe
ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES
in reply to Petra van Cronenburg • • •@NatureMC @Linkshaender @paulschoe
i don't care
endless endless endless endless nitpicking on the fediverse is beginning to really piss me off
Petra van Cronenburg
in reply to ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES • • •ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES
in reply to Petra van Cronenburg • • •@NatureMC @Linkshaender @paulschoe
shut up
fuck you
Rejin
in reply to ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES • • •@NatureMC
ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES
in reply to Rejin • • •@rejinl @NatureMC
thank you
it's just reached a boiling point for me, apologies for my temper
i might have been too hard on these 4 but i CANNOT STAND this endless nitpicking on the fediverse. i just can't deal with it anymore, i'm just going to start severing connections
they apparently believe they are helping?
they just drive everyone insane
Rejin
in reply to ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES • • •ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES
in reply to Rejin • • •remember laffy?
it's these sort of assholes that drove them away
Rejin
in reply to ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES • • •ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES
in reply to Rejin • • •@rejinl
that's the anger
i do need to tone it down, i don't want to go off the deep end like that
i just blew my top
what's the acceptable amount of blowing one's top? once a month? 10 times a day? 😆
Rejin
in reply to ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES • • •Lee from Colorado
in reply to Rejin • • •It's ok -- my timeline is plenty informative and more peaceful without that...)
ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES
in reply to Lee from Colorado • • •@colo_lee @rejinl
i liked laffy. but i also didn't comment much on their posts either, otherwise maybe i would have fallen afoul of the banhammer as well
that's why i'm talking about toning down my anger
i think what happens is valid things annoy you... then it builds and then every little fucking thing annoys you, things that aren't a problem, then boom
i don't want to do that
social media is good and bad in many ways. you have to control how you interact with it, or it controls you
Lee from Colorado
in reply to ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES • • •Wise of you to see that happening and work to manage it!
Paul Schoe
in reply to Armin Hanisch • • •@Linkshaender
Same for me. It changes from 'oversight' to 'deliberate misinformation'.
From now on, I will be more cautious.
@NatureMC @benroyce
ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES
in reply to Paul Schoe • • •@paulschoe @Linkshaender @NatureMC
right. because i'm not a paid reporter. nothing i said was untrue. i was making a point. you're acting like you bought a newspaper and found out the reporter lied. it's a little overdramatic on your part don't you think?
Petra van Cronenburg
in reply to Armin Hanisch • • •ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES
in reply to Petra van Cronenburg • • •@NatureMC @Linkshaender @paulschoe
and why did you ever not do that, if it's so important to you
i feel like i am being roped into a newsroom, as if i am paid reporter. none of which i am
Skjeggtroll
in reply to ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES • • •Мя ��
in reply to ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES • • •I mean, it's not false
it's just «us» as in «billionaires»
Kassander
in reply to ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES • • •Sounds like double-speak.
"WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH"
Welcome to George Orwell's dystopia “1984.”
HeatherMJ
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The Digital Coolie 🇵🇸 🇮🇷
in reply to ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES • • •Silver Arrows
in reply to ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES • • •I have a colleague who insisted that war is necessary. Not that war is inevitable because greedy humans will rise to power and do whatever they need to get more wealth and power, but that war is necessary to maintain a balance. That you need war to keep things balanced.
Next time he says that, I'm going to ask him which members of his family should die in a war to maintain that "balance".
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in reply to ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES • • •ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES
in reply to Paul Evans • • •Theo
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in reply to ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES • • •"Mediocre Bunny" Evelyn
in reply to ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES • • •ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES
in reply to "Mediocre Bunny" Evelyn • • •@Gorfram
Real
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/in-the-long-run-wars-make-us-safer-and-richer/2014/04/25/a4207660-c965-11e3-a75e-463587891b57_story.html
Rob
in reply to ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES • • •in the long run, war makes us rich folks even richer.
Poor people? They pay with their kids lives
slip1111 🍉
in reply to ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES • • •ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES
in reply to slip1111 🍉 • • •Truth Or Consequences ✅ 🇺🇦
in reply to ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES • • •War is a racket. It always has been.
http://humanfreewill.org/assets/docs/war-is-a-racket.pdf
PhDGrisMan
in reply to ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES • • •🇱🇺Pinus Banksiana 🇺🇦
in reply to ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES • • •morton
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Pete Alex Harris🦡🕸️🌲/∞🪐∫
in reply to ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES • • •Riley S. Faelan
in reply to ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES • • •Hey, he's got a point. Wars are the one reliable reason to extract and recirculate wealth hoarded by sillionaires that they're relatively powerless to lobby agains, and this recirculation of stagnant wealth can, indeed, make everybody richer.
Of course, we could be even safer and richer if we recirculated the stagnant money without having any wars.
Huopa
in reply to Riley S. Faelan • • •Proletarian Rage
in reply to ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES • • •a lot of the US media promote on the same way. https://todon.nl/@prolrage/114112448351594939
Proletarian Rage
2025-03-05 23:36:18
Fou
in reply to ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES • • •https://kafeneio.social/@foufoutos/113523428980674058
Fou
2024-11-21 23:00:56
an actual bus
in reply to ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES • • •Sure, let's have another holocaust, think about the medical advances 🤡
Actually, let's make it bigger for bigger advances, let's make it so big nobody survives, that should give us maximum advances
SueDiOh
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in reply to ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES • • •I have a 25 year dream of curating a lb art/design exhibition of weapons (and their uses/consequences), the most expensive, advanced and yes historically important designed items of human history. Through seeing them I wanted people to see how it is the source and the guardian of wealth of and in this country. The goal is to create a mirror to the middle classes that benefit from the results (the wealthy already know) and at least acknowledge the blood money.
This piece is a great example of "there is no alternative because this is what happened". Humanity only changes with the refusal of what we are. We try or die.
Jim Jones
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in reply to ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES • • •Neil E. Hodges
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in reply to ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES • • •A corrupt & biased SCOTUS,
The Citizens United decision,
Corruption of Congress by lobbyists,
Distortion of an equitable taxation system,
Wildly non-proportional influence of the billionaire class,
Grave lack of education in our general population, voter apathy, and widespread non-involvement of every-day citizens in politics,
And the ascendancy of unethical, unprincipled, amoral legions of principals in government…
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yar
in reply to ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES • • •it's worse. the headline says war, but it's about genocide:
"If only the Roman Empire could have been created without killing millions of Gauls and Greeks, if the United States could have been built without killing millions of Native Americans, if these and countless conflicts could have been resolved by discussion instead of force. But this did not happen. People almost never give up their freedoms — including, at times, the right to kill and impoverish one another — unless forced"
Otte Homan - remember Geordie
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in reply to Otte Homan - remember Geordie • • •@otte_homan
it helped take down nixon
destroyed by $$$
Janis
in reply to ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES • • •I generally run some news video while I cook, and sometimes eat if I'm hungry enough for it not to make me sick, Reuters, PBSNewsHour, Al Jazeera (English), sometimes deeper dives. Tonight it was Reuters, They actually ran Kegsbreath's speech (right in line with this graphic). You know it's bad when there's no commentary, as if there's no response to cover, and even the fighting Irish can't think of anything to say.
There are alternatives, and they all have different personalities.
ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES
in reply to Janis • • •@janisf
all one can do is read widely
and avoid certain cesspits
it's pretty bad out there
Janis
in reply to ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES • • •There was one big story, I've forgotten which :/, recently that was picked up by NPR and PBS from a Substack writer. Part of what's bad is too many journalism scholarships no longer exist because the degree just gets you a sycophant's job that pays enough to payoff the remaining $100K kids had to take in loans. No one wants to subsidize that, while grads still can't pay rent and take the risk to go truly independent, so they don't.
We need, need, need affordable housing.
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