@bar-down you can suft through social misinformation to find actual news and I can do the same with the actual news sites. I think my way is much easier and more effective. However, you do you and I’ll do me.
@unclemark ish. he was a republican most of his political career and ran under whatever that version of progressive was. he was a champion of self reliance and believed that too much reliance on gov would weaken same. i think all these years later he's been proven correct.
@aloha-hoosier i think your way reflects an outmoded approach. there's a kid who rides an electric bike all over la. he's sponsored by the e bike companies. he shot a video after newsom came through where he and the mayor promoted cleaning up skid row. if you followed the legacy news you'd believe that. his video showed where they moved them to. conveniently omitted from the legacy news
@unclemark ish. he was a republican most of his political career and ran under whatever that version of progressive was. he was a champion of self reliance and believed that too much reliance on gov would weaken same. i think all these years later he's been proven correct.
He believed the common working man was being exploited by the corporations and oligarchs and that it was government's job to break the stranglehold.
@unclemark Oh yeah. He was against monopolies and unfair labor policies and practices. He wanted a fair playing ground
@unclemark Oh yeah. He was against monopolies and unfair labor policies and practices. He wanted a fair playing ground
Also, government regulation of industry like the meat packers. And he hated corruption in the public sector.
Republicans didn't whine like babies when Ford was shot at, Reagan was shot, or GWB escaped an assassination by grenade.
I don't know if I would include GWB in the list of non-cowardly presidents. A real man would have taken that shoe to the face....
Twice.
Republicans didn't whine like babies when Ford was shot at, Reagan was shot, or GWB escaped an assassination by grenade.
I don't know if I would include GWB in the list of non-cowardly presidents. A real man would have taken that shoe to the face....
Twice.
There was also a grenade attack. Grenade didn’t explode.
Also, I think Trump is a despicable human being but I don't have any real issue with Musk.
My extreme dislike of Trump is because of his actions in general (lying, cheating, immoral, narcassist, false bravado, and the worst kind of idiot, the kind that doesn't know anything and then when confronted with the truth will lash out to mask their embarrasment). If Trump hadn't come from a rich family he would have been knifed in a bar in Topeka, Kansas 40 years ago.
I don't get any of that from Musk.
There was also a grenade attack. Grenade didn’t explode.
Sigh. Truly need that sarcasm font developed.
GWB was a little goofy, but any man who jumps multiple times out of perfectly good airplanes already is braver than most.
I don't blame him.
Google Image search....
AI Overview
This image features a fabricated headline and a digitally altered photograph that misrepresent the July 2024 assassination attempt against Donald Trump.
Details of the Alteration
False Headline: The text claims Trump fell at a rally, which is incorrect.Edited Photo: The facial expressions of the former president and the Secret Service agents were digitally manipulated to add smiles.Fabricated Banner: The layout mimics a news website (CNN) but the framing and context are entirely FAKE.
Nice job!
@aloha-hoosier are we really upset about left wing cnn being denied access to craft a biased story in 2026. they are sensational garbage designed to promote an agenda. do we give a shit if fox news was denied. of course not. they'll color it their own way for clicks anyway.
this country needs a constituional convention. social media. ai. there are things that the founders couldn't have ever fathomed. and while the principles and ideals may stand the applications are anachronistic. unfortunate that our politicians and electorate are dumb
Freedom of the Press is fundamental to this country. MAGAs are afraid of the press now, many terrified, but the media has always had its biases. Usually there was a federalist and democratic republican paper in each city and many towns - later a Republican and a Democratic paper. It's not all that hard to ignore the biases and get to the facts.
Freedom of press and freedom to roam around White House are 2 entirely different things