Restore the fairness doctrine, but it has to apply to all media publication, not just broadcast radio and television like before. Individual posters like us exempt until we get enough followers, but the site algorithm not allowed to promote objectively harmful falsehoods. So we can make a fool of ourselves as much as we want, but the site can’t push us to the top.
So you know some intractable bigots. Don’t generalize that to the entire population that has different feelings than you on who is “qualified.” Clearly Harris, despite her flaws, was 100 times more qualified than trump, and that would be so even if he were not a pathological narcissist. The reason trump “won” was not so much the simple difference in gender and skin. It was the flood of hate and lies coming from the right, plus some massive cheating.
So you’re on the right track: a fairness doctrine with teeth very likely would have made the difference.
But even now the left seems unable to admit that it was wrong to say that the election process was incorruptible, completely safe. The evidence is strong that the tabulation machines were monkeyed with, which trump in his narcissistic pride could not stop himself from boasting about.
Actually if the overthrow of the coup was sudden and decisive, admiration for the USA would shoot up immediately. If it instead is a prolonged struggle of many speeches and dubious elections over years, no one abroad would respect that.
The left needs to admit where and how it overreached, ignoring and dismissing the feelings, right or not, of those who were so easily willing to listen to lies and follow a demagogue. Yes the right played them, but the left insultingly disdained them. Most people have at least some prejudice/bias/bigotry. The answer is neither to amplify it nor to shout it down. Only hard core bigots will not respond to persuasion. Most people want to be seen as reasonable and tolerant—within limits. No one should have “inclusion” forced onto them and then be insulted for resisting.
If I like loud music and you don’t, should I play my music in your face and demand you tolerate it? If I like quiet music and you like it loud, should I shut your music off? What do you think would be a solution that shows reasonable respect and preserves peace?
No one should have inclusion forced on them? How many white men do you think would willingly cede their own power and privilege to a woman or a person of color? Hegseth, our new Secretary of Defense, just fired a highly-qualified black General as Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and replaced him with a white man so under-qualified that he requires a presidential waiver. The left has not overreached — they reached for equality, and MAGA has treated that as an outrage. Doesn’t mean we should stop reaching. It just means we have to fight harder and anticipate reactionary backlash.
FYI, the racists and sexists in my family don’t give a damn about being thought reasonable. That hate is too powerful for rational conversation. We will win if we focus on turnout, on ending voter suppression, and on pressuring the media to tell the true story. And once Democrats are back in power, for God’s sake, restore the Fairness Doctrine.
Wow, Stan…you’re equating taste in music to equal rights and protections for all people? Unwittingly, you make a perfect case for why we need laws that guarantee equal rights and protections for all. Let me clarify. Let’s say that someone- let’s call him White Dude - says “ I don’t like LGBTQ people, I don’t like women, I don’t like people who aren’t White. I don’t like people with disabilities. Do I have to like them? No. Should THE LAW HAVE TO TREAT THEM EQUALLY? Damn Right it should. See, a lot of people don’t like men. Especially deliberately clueless, dominating, entitled men. So, does that mean men shouldn’t have the same rights as everyone else? Somehow that question never gets asked. Do you know why?
I agree with you, as to equal rights. You make my point: those who try to compel others to LIKE or CELEBRATE persons who do things they see as repugnant, disgusting, filthy, deranged, you know, like being deliberately clueless, dominating, entitled. This forced imposition will cause backlash, exactly as we see now, with demagogues whipping up the conflict of feelings. Let the person who is divergent, or stupid, or whatever, be themselves, but don’t force me to applaud them, or bless them.
My point was, respect differences, but don’t impose them. Play your music loud, but not in my face. Be gay if you must, but don’t leer in my face and shout abuses at me for believing it’s wrong. (Not accusing you of doing that, that’s a rhetorical ‘you’.)
If a gay couple wants to buy a cake, sell them a cake. But if they want me to write a message on it blessing their union, should I be compelled to write it? Not if I think it’s wrong. That’s compelled speech (expression).
Discrimination in housing is difficult to prevent, but properly written regulations can minimize it. A landlord should not be allowed to prejudge people based on divergency, culture or color, but neither should they be compelled to be blind to factors that put his property at risk from the tenant’s behavior. If the tenant respects the property (and pays the rent), the landlord should respect the tenant.
Getting along peacefully in a diverse society is challenging when some are inclined to stir up animosity. Although the right is very much doing that, the left isn’t entirely innocent.
A lot more could be said, but substack comments aren’t where the world’s problems will be solved.
I admit I was scared at first, quickly changed to anger, then action. Take action. Call, email, protest. We are legion, they are not. We are brave, they are not. If we keep ourselves action oriented, we will win. We don't have time for defeatist attitudes.
I needed some good news today. It’s felt like democracy is attempting to roll a boulder up the side of a mountain lately. Our collective mental health is suffering from all the bad news since January 20,so any positivity is a much needed balm!
Have found that not giving up, continuing to speak the truth/not letting the BS go unchallenged helps (it can take a while). Am looking at it like a job, the most important job I’ve ever had.
yay Bernie! My question, where in TF are the Democratic leaders??? THEY are the ones that should be doing this type of thing. Got to get rid of Schumer.....yesterday! Bernie isn't even really a Democrat but thank God he has the cahones to do this.
Yes!!! I hope we stay strong as a resistance movement all the way until the time the current administration gets escorted from the White House. And then as we rebuild this country, I pray we stay together as a force for reconciliation.
We might want to let these cowardly Repuubmlican legislators know we will keep them safe from their extremists who have threatened ther lives and families.
NOTE: ONLY, three voted with Democrats and only one of those was an old white male, the other two were courageous White women. Put that in your white man pipes and smoke it, Vance, Miller, Trump and Musk.
This is the best news I’ve heard since our desperately disappointing election results. I just knew that Kamala Harris would win, and I’ve been in a lingering state of shock since. I’m still having a difficult time actually believing that my well-intentioned, reasonable, honest neighbors voted for such a monster—and I do mean monster. Wells
If you need some inspiration, a revolutionary colonist, Thomas Jefferson, had this to say about difficult and perplexing circumstances: "If ever you find yourself environed with difficulties and perplexing circumstances, out of which you are at a loss how to extricate yourself, do what is right, and be assured that that will extricate you the best out of the worst situations. Tho' you cannot see when you fetch one step, what will be the next, yet follow truth, justice, and plain-dealing, and never fear their leading you out of the labyrinth in the easiest manner possible."
I believe our biggest problem at this time is the capitulation of the republican congress
They are not protecting the constitution.
It's only a matter of time before the results of the rising voices impact elected Republicans. It's going slow but it will change.
Trump only got about 22% of American votes, far from a landslide.
And Americans will turn this over...courts are towing the line
Let's see if Trump does defy and if Congressional leaders obey...they are not immune
I have faith
As for the damage already done...it will take America a very long time to be seen as trust worthy.
Charges of Treason would be appropriate.
Restore the fairness doctrine, but it has to apply to all media publication, not just broadcast radio and television like before. Individual posters like us exempt until we get enough followers, but the site algorithm not allowed to promote objectively harmful falsehoods. So we can make a fool of ourselves as much as we want, but the site can’t push us to the top.
So you know some intractable bigots. Don’t generalize that to the entire population that has different feelings than you on who is “qualified.” Clearly Harris, despite her flaws, was 100 times more qualified than trump, and that would be so even if he were not a pathological narcissist. The reason trump “won” was not so much the simple difference in gender and skin. It was the flood of hate and lies coming from the right, plus some massive cheating.
So you’re on the right track: a fairness doctrine with teeth very likely would have made the difference.
But even now the left seems unable to admit that it was wrong to say that the election process was incorruptible, completely safe. The evidence is strong that the tabulation machines were monkeyed with, which trump in his narcissistic pride could not stop himself from boasting about.
Yes! The fairness doctrine + revoking Citizens United.
Actually if the overthrow of the coup was sudden and decisive, admiration for the USA would shoot up immediately. If it instead is a prolonged struggle of many speeches and dubious elections over years, no one abroad would respect that.
The left needs to admit where and how it overreached, ignoring and dismissing the feelings, right or not, of those who were so easily willing to listen to lies and follow a demagogue. Yes the right played them, but the left insultingly disdained them. Most people have at least some prejudice/bias/bigotry. The answer is neither to amplify it nor to shout it down. Only hard core bigots will not respond to persuasion. Most people want to be seen as reasonable and tolerant—within limits. No one should have “inclusion” forced onto them and then be insulted for resisting.
If I like loud music and you don’t, should I play my music in your face and demand you tolerate it? If I like quiet music and you like it loud, should I shut your music off? What do you think would be a solution that shows reasonable respect and preserves peace?
No one should have inclusion forced on them? How many white men do you think would willingly cede their own power and privilege to a woman or a person of color? Hegseth, our new Secretary of Defense, just fired a highly-qualified black General as Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and replaced him with a white man so under-qualified that he requires a presidential waiver. The left has not overreached — they reached for equality, and MAGA has treated that as an outrage. Doesn’t mean we should stop reaching. It just means we have to fight harder and anticipate reactionary backlash.
FYI, the racists and sexists in my family don’t give a damn about being thought reasonable. That hate is too powerful for rational conversation. We will win if we focus on turnout, on ending voter suppression, and on pressuring the media to tell the true story. And once Democrats are back in power, for God’s sake, restore the Fairness Doctrine.
We need to figure out how to fight the disinformation and external interference (wealthy donors, Iran, China and Russia)
For my part, I will not stand down, I fact check everything and when I share any reports people can make up their own minds.
It's only a matter of time before everyday MAGA'S are impacted and hurt by Trump and DOGE.
Let's see how fast they start marching with us.
I'm not talking about oath keepers or proud boys.
A scary thing for me is that MAGA'S are the party of criminals, our government is literally a mafia organization
Wow, Stan…you’re equating taste in music to equal rights and protections for all people? Unwittingly, you make a perfect case for why we need laws that guarantee equal rights and protections for all. Let me clarify. Let’s say that someone- let’s call him White Dude - says “ I don’t like LGBTQ people, I don’t like women, I don’t like people who aren’t White. I don’t like people with disabilities. Do I have to like them? No. Should THE LAW HAVE TO TREAT THEM EQUALLY? Damn Right it should. See, a lot of people don’t like men. Especially deliberately clueless, dominating, entitled men. So, does that mean men shouldn’t have the same rights as everyone else? Somehow that question never gets asked. Do you know why?
I agree with you, as to equal rights. You make my point: those who try to compel others to LIKE or CELEBRATE persons who do things they see as repugnant, disgusting, filthy, deranged, you know, like being deliberately clueless, dominating, entitled. This forced imposition will cause backlash, exactly as we see now, with demagogues whipping up the conflict of feelings. Let the person who is divergent, or stupid, or whatever, be themselves, but don’t force me to applaud them, or bless them.
My point was, respect differences, but don’t impose them. Play your music loud, but not in my face. Be gay if you must, but don’t leer in my face and shout abuses at me for believing it’s wrong. (Not accusing you of doing that, that’s a rhetorical ‘you’.)
If a gay couple wants to buy a cake, sell them a cake. But if they want me to write a message on it blessing their union, should I be compelled to write it? Not if I think it’s wrong. That’s compelled speech (expression).
Discrimination in housing is difficult to prevent, but properly written regulations can minimize it. A landlord should not be allowed to prejudge people based on divergency, culture or color, but neither should they be compelled to be blind to factors that put his property at risk from the tenant’s behavior. If the tenant respects the property (and pays the rent), the landlord should respect the tenant.
Getting along peacefully in a diverse society is challenging when some are inclined to stir up animosity. Although the right is very much doing that, the left isn’t entirely innocent.
A lot more could be said, but substack comments aren’t where the world’s problems will be solved.
I trust your judgement. This blackmailing Ukraine for mineral rights is so wrong. Ljs
Yes, Biden was deplorable
Next big step 2/28/25. No buying day! Buy from small local businesses not stores/corporations like Walmart, Amazon, etc.
YES WE ARE! WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER! NO KINGS! NO CROWNS! NO ARISTOCRATIC THIEVING BILLIONAIRES!
AND AMAZON, META AND GOOGLE, WE WILL NOT FORGET!
I admit I was scared at first, quickly changed to anger, then action. Take action. Call, email, protest. We are legion, they are not. We are brave, they are not. If we keep ourselves action oriented, we will win. We don't have time for defeatist attitudes.
Yes! We can’t back off!! We need to keep calling. Keep protesting, Keep letting them know we are Watching them!!!
Amen to that
I needed some good news today. It’s felt like democracy is attempting to roll a boulder up the side of a mountain lately. Our collective mental health is suffering from all the bad news since January 20,so any positivity is a much needed balm!
How do we get the mainstream press to report what is going on?
Have found that not giving up, continuing to speak the truth/not letting the BS go unchallenged helps (it can take a while). Am looking at it like a job, the most important job I’ve ever had.
Agreed! I am seeing more and more wake up out of the shock and realizing how important it is! Doing everything I can to promote the momentum!
MSNBC is reporting it!
Leave MSM to their delusion and demise. The ownership needs to change.
yay Bernie! My question, where in TF are the Democratic leaders??? THEY are the ones that should be doing this type of thing. Got to get rid of Schumer.....yesterday! Bernie isn't even really a Democrat but thank God he has the cahones to do this.
Adam Schiff is on trumps list but at least he is working for democracy
Yes!!! I hope we stay strong as a resistance movement all the way until the time the current administration gets escorted from the White House. And then as we rebuild this country, I pray we stay together as a force for reconciliation.
Let's escort them out of our country!
I love that idea. And don't let them back in. EVER.
We might want to let these cowardly Repuubmlican legislators know we will keep them safe from their extremists who have threatened ther lives and families.
NOTE: ONLY, three voted with Democrats and only one of those was an old white male, the other two were courageous White women. Put that in your white man pipes and smoke it, Vance, Miller, Trump and Musk.
Im not religious but if I were, i'd say...godspeed!
Thanks for posting… it’s rather easy to get discouraged so every positive helps!
This is the best news I’ve heard since our desperately disappointing election results. I just knew that Kamala Harris would win, and I’ve been in a lingering state of shock since. I’m still having a difficult time actually believing that my well-intentioned, reasonable, honest neighbors voted for such a monster—and I do mean monster. Wells
This has cheered me up SO MUCH! Thank you for reporting this.
When he’s legitimately fixing the elections, does any of this matter?
If you need some inspiration, a revolutionary colonist, Thomas Jefferson, had this to say about difficult and perplexing circumstances: "If ever you find yourself environed with difficulties and perplexing circumstances, out of which you are at a loss how to extricate yourself, do what is right, and be assured that that will extricate you the best out of the worst situations. Tho' you cannot see when you fetch one step, what will be the next, yet follow truth, justice, and plain-dealing, and never fear their leading you out of the labyrinth in the easiest manner possible."