Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis: For years they've said that the only way to be a participant in democracy is to vote and now they're saying don't even do that

For years they've said that the only way to be a participant in democracy is to vote and now they're saying don't even do that

For the record: voting matters. So does turning up to school board meetings. Community board meetings. Planning and zoning board meetings. Making public comments on pending rules. Contacting public officials. Protesting. Running for office yourself.

If voting didnt matter certain actors wouldn't be working to supress the votes of those they feel will vote against them.

Anyway journalism is supposed to be the fourth pillar of US democracy. And theres evidence that where theres good journalism there's less governmental corruption. Kind of interesting that NYT has openly positioned itself as anti- democracy imho.

Also, if you're wondering who this asshat is...he also wrote this www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Where I Live, No One Cares About COVIDwww.theatlantic.com Outside the world inhabited by the professional classes in a handful of major metropolitan areas, many Americans are leading their lives as if COVID is over.

Yeah. They have chosen a side for sure, I guess keeping with their roots? Thanks for the info

Why does this man not simply move to the Vatican and leave us alone

Seriously. You will often be the only member of the public at public meetings, so your voice will be outsized.

Having been to god knows how many local government meetings, I find this to be very true. Simply showing up can make a big difference.

I would bet every dollar I have that this asshat voted in 2016, 2020 and 2022.

Hahahaha bsky.app/profile/apoc...

This fucking guy voted in the last two elections voteref.com/voters/MI/vi...

Voter Referencevoteref.com VoteRef.com is dedicated to ensuring transparent, accurate and fair elections in the United States of America.

Hahaha I was literally coming into say the same thing

I had just done some of my own sleuthing. He made it really easy to find because he posted his exact birthdate in a story.

The hypocrisy is part of the “flex.” Also, he’s a dumbass.

NYT published a lie.

Blessed are the dedicated reporters!

This is what VoteRef is fyi: www.opensecrets.org/news/2022/03...

Millions of dollars poured into a ‘dark money’ group tied to billionaire-backed super PAC and efforts to expose voter rolls - OpenSecrets Newswww.opensecrets.org A “dark money” group tied to a billionaire-backed super PAC saw its revenue from secret donors swell by more than 5000% in 2020.

That's good to know but voter rolls are already exposed because most states sell them, a loophole that should be closed because it makes people doxxable. The only places I don't show up on records searches are places i didn't vote.

This isn't the only way to find that dudes voter records and I know because it's not the method I used.

Zuck is all in

Also I was hoping on July 4 to see a piece on how the court just essentially declared the president a king, which seems ironic for the holiday. And laying out the facts. That we get this instead is chilling.

Well yeah. The writer doesn't want people to participate in democracy this election cycle. Funny how this is when they want to discourage people en masse from exercising their political rights.

This paper is only good for wrapping fish at this point.

Author is a voting Republican Disenchantment and disenfranchisement are SOP for GOP suppression efforts

NYTimes was never really a democracy friend

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