Like the Dominion/Smartmatic lawsuits, right wing propagandists that use disinformation as a weapon must be challenged using all legal means available.
Leaving the playing field wide open to their dishonest and destructive attacks, or cowering from their BS, is not an option because it encourages more of the same.
I'd love to see funds raised nationally so that communities and private citizens can hit them in the pocket book early and often.
This isn't hyperbole, and someone is probably paying Paul Manafort (or someone just like him/using his playbook) to influence the political landscape by being an "unnamed source", providing "scoops" or planting stories with journalists from the most influential outlets in order to shape the election results to benefit his clients.
Even Canadian news outlets are sparing no expense in mining for black voters that like Trump and "need to hear more from Harris" or some other wild BS.
The endless & ubiquitous artificial efforts to prop up the absolute worst candidate in the history of politics (and it's not even close) is astounding.
I guess the oligarchs will go to any length to preserve their wealth and status.
Private companies should never have the capacity to shut down substantial parts of a national economy unilaterally. If they do, it is a failure of governance.
The solution is not forced arbitration or back to work legislation - the solution is breaking up any company that has the ability use their market dominance to create this kind of economic disruption *before* they get the chance to hold the country hostage.
I love those shots of the look on Sen Booker's face while sitting beside Sen Harris grilling Bill Bar during the senate hearings...almost as much as I love it when she turned Jeff Sessions into a stuttering puddle. ๐
It is wild to watch a full hour of non-stop election coverage on CNN, where panels compare and contrast the presidential candidates...yet the fact that one of them is a convicted criminal who will face sentencing in couple weeks never comes up.
Adam Schiff...(NOT the original Law & Order Adam Schiff)...you've been making grandiose public statements lately...where is your endorsement of VP Harris? ๐ค
Has there ever been a story in presidential history where the press completely ignores the definitive words of the President, instead trying to churn up self-replicating stories and hot takes by asking everyone except the President what they think?
It seems like there are some pretty effed up yet identical political reporting strategies at every outlet going on right now.
The insider scheme to get Biden off the ticket didn't start after the debate, and isn't being orchestrated by the Democratic party. John Kasich has been talking about this on MSNBC since at least May 17.
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1/3 of a co-equal branch of government was appointed by a convicted felon.
This simple fact explains everything that the country has been going through since.
It also explains the previously unthinkable decision that they are going to deliver right before the July 4th holiday weekend in order to avoid as much scrutiny and criticism as possible.