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US PoliEra 2021 |OT 3| Rage Against The Manchin
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Yeah. This is yet another instance where the GOP having a 24/7, hugely popular propaganda network in Fox News benefits them massively and the Dems not having something similar hurts them. The GOP machine will be working overtime scaring their viewers about mass shortages and inflation through Fox. And then as a bonus the likes of CNN, NYT, WSJ etc love to appear "unbiased" so they'll slam Biden/Dems on these things as well.
Our side just really sucks at messaging to the masses in a way that is easy for low info voters to understand.
That's because our heterogenous side wouldn't believe a single message on most issues the way the GOP's homogenous side does. Who do you imagine the viewers of this network woudl be? Social and economic moderates who make up the bulk of dem voters? College-educated liberals? Urban leftists?
First FOX messages to themselves, and then to the masses. We couldn't get past step one most of the time.
Yup, the type of things that'll get 20-something Bernie voters revved up is something completely different than what gets 50-something suburban women revved up which is something different than what gets moderate non-white men in urban areas revved up. We don't need one Fox News, we need like half a dozen, all targeted at the right audience, without much crossover, because just like MSNBC's resistanceness upsets people on the left, the left-wing version of Fox News would upset a lot of people who vote 100% Democratic.
It is. Americans are ignorant, lazy and entitled. No one is going to look into why there are supply chain issues, they will just whine and cry about not getting what they want.
To be clear I'm not saying someone needs to create a far left network because as you guys say it wouldn't be anywhere close to as effective as Fox News.
I'm just saying that it fucking sucks how easily the GOP have it in terms of getting their propaganda and talking points out there compared to the Dems. Within days the GOP can use Fox News to saturate their entire base with talking points and it's instantly canon in their brains.
It's like a mirror of the electorates of both sides. The GOP only has to appeal to white people so they can turn the racism and fascist dial up to 11. The Dems have to appeal to a huge tent pole which is extremely difficult.
I'm just saying that it fucking sucks how easily the GOP have it in terms of getting their propaganda and talking points out there compared to the Dems. Within days the GOP can use Fox News to saturate their entire base with talking points and it's instantly canon in their brains.
It's like a mirror of the electorates of both sides. The GOP only has to appeal to white people so they can turn the racism and fascist dial up to 11. The Dems have to appeal to a huge tent pole which is extremely difficult.
Hell google any issue you can think of, if you want the facts, it's behind a paywall. If you want the right wing spin, click on any article and it's free. I don't get why we can't do the same here... Create a shitload of free left wing news sites so that people at least have access to the information.
A quick look revels it to be fairly Republican from what I could see.
About Virginia to keep in mind:
The Virginia SC and Special Council would be more about the State Government map, not the Congressional map
The Virginia SC and Special Council would be more about the State Government map, not the Congressional map
Was about to post this. So...huh McAuliffe better fucking win now. And Dems have to retain the house/senate at state level too.
So VA dems can override their SC if they don't like the outcome?
Not so much override, you get two people one from each party that then work together to draw the map and submit it to the SC.
The current Commission selects three individuals from each party then the SC picks who will be the two special people (again one from each party)
It's almost like no one should be put on a pedestal and worshipped.
Also she should have stepped down while Obama was president but she seems like she was pretty fucking full of herself.
Also she should have stepped down while Obama was president but she seems like she was pretty fucking full of herself.
As a georgian, I don't want to get my hopes up.
thehill.com
Herschel Walker calls off fundraiser with woman who had swastika in Twitter profile
Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker has canceled a fundraiser for his campaign that was set to be hosted by a conservative filmmaker whose Twitter profile picture was until rec…
thehill.com
yes, I remember learning this last year. RBG's always been kind of shit. Should've stepped down when the time was right but didn't because ego.
was probably gonna come out anyways and she's trying to get out ahead of it or something
Biden Administration Plans Wind Farms Along Nearly the Entire U.S. Coastline
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced that her agency will formally begin the process of identifying federal waters to lease to wind developers by 2025.
Hell yeah.
Don't wanna be too big a downer, but does anyone believe this anymore?
Anyone at all?
It's pretty blatantly obvious at this point the minimum wage isn't getting raised. Just not happening.
Anyone at all?
It's pretty blatantly obvious at this point the minimum wage isn't getting raised. Just not happening.
Maybe it is just regional, but the one upside is that I think the current labor "shortage", for lack of a better word, has all but eliminated minimum wage jobs as best as I can tell and it is having ripple effects up the food chain. I used to start new hires at $13 an hour at my shop, and that was good for finding unskilled labor, and was way above what Walmart and McDonalds were paying around here. I start folks at $18 now. I'm actually finally having a good year at my shop, so I've been happy to raise wages. It feels good to be in a spot where I'm thinking about how I provide retirement and health benefits so that I can keep growing instead of thinking 'How in the fuck am I going to make payroll, utilities and rent happen next week?'
edit: This isn't meant to be a justification for not raising the minimum wage.
edit: This isn't meant to be a justification for not raising the minimum wage.
"The prices of all these things have gone way up. Let's vote for the party that made this current mess WAY worse by ignoring the pandemic and actively convincing their base not to take the vaccine."
Sadly, you're right. If things don't change in the next few months Dems will 100% get blamed even though they're the only party trying to mitigate the damage.
Some prices are never coming down because wages are going up, and worrying about that but also cheerleading minimum wage raises is disingenuous. Things were cheap because we had poverty wages and the solution to that isn't to go back to those wages.
the other stuff will be cyclical and the issue will be BEST CASE scenario some pressures are possibly loosening 2H of next year, which is most likely too late for the mid terms.
the other stuff will be cyclical and the issue will be BEST CASE scenario some pressures are possibly loosening 2H of next year, which is most likely too late for the mid terms.
We had a chance by the grit of our teeth before Sinema fucked it up by being the center of attention as always
This is not very different that was actually published when RGB was interviewed. I don't see why she edited out, the controversy went on with the rest of was published in the interview. Edit : Or at least what I r remember from that interview.
And they'll be all too eager to comply. Look forward to a bunch of GOP congressmen suddenly get real cagey when asked if Biden is the legitimate president, while the true believers amp it up to dangerous "this might actually result in violence" levels of rhetoric. If Trump claims the sky is green, half the country will convince themselves they see it too.
He would definitely be a good choice for Trump's running mate.
Lot of things I'm dreading about 2024 but one thing I can't wait to see is Pence prostrate himself pathetically on stage. Can you imagine a debate between him and Trump? Fucking lol.
It has almost been a year since Donald Trump lost the election. I have no doubt we'll be hearing about this for at least the next two years until he runs again. Hell he might even keep it up while running, because he is that stupid. Just like he told his voters in Arizona not to vote using the easiest method available to them.
So what makes it an anti-mandatory vaccination graphic if it's not a swastika? Why do vaccines arranged in that pattern mean "anti-mandatory vaccinations", if that pattern isn't a swastika?
I really hope he sticks to it. Show republicans there is no escape from him, especially considering this is the very reason they didn't convict after January 6th.
He probably will considering he has no money and can leverage Reps into giving him cash.
If it takes too long it won't matter because then his base will Harp on it and say a turn face is a ruse
Just goes to show we're in a weird timeline and nothing we've discussed over the past few pages regarding 2022 and 2024 is going to be accurate because of the Trump factor. I wasn't really expecting him to say that, especially after the GA runoffs. He's deluded.
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