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Democracy Dies in Both Sidesism

How is Biden a threat to the country? I get Trump because the guy literally says out loud how he will be a threat to the country in his own words, but what gives them the right to say that about Biden? I’m so fucking angry about this shit.

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Trump on Fox & Friends: "I'm gonna do the big deportation. The biggest ever ... you'll get rid of 10 really bad ones. And one really beautiful mother ... it's always gonna be tough, it's not gonna be easy ... the way you get rid of them is the local police."

Aaron Rupar (@aaron.rupar) on Threadswww.threads.net Trump on Fox & Friends: "I'm gonna do the big deportation. The biggest ever ... you'll get rid of 10 really bad ones. And one really beautiful mother ... it's always gonna be tough, it's not gonna be....

People pushing both sides are those who'll benefit most from the christofascists winning And some of them are actual Americans and not just Russian troll farm operatives!

Joni Mitchell should write a song about it

I wish!

Every day, all day. Murdoch of course, is the champion, but most of others do it , too.

"In a way, Trump and Biden were *both* convicted of crimes. But time will tell who the voters believe is guilty."

This is usually a NYT line. I guess WaPo doesn't want to be left behind bsky.app/profile/nyti...

Americans love a candidate who promises something new. But when a sitting president runs against a former one, can either claim the mantle of change?

The Biden-Trump Rerun: A Nation Craving Change Gets More of the Samewww.nytimes.com Americans love a candidate who promises something new. But when a sitting president runs against a former one, can either claim the mantle of change?

Presidential candidates are threats to America apparently.

It's right up there with old Spider-man comics with J. Jonah Jameson's "SPIDER-MAN: THREAT OR MENACE?!"

All media and US corporations are controlled and funded by Republicans who support Trump. Journalists at NBC had to remind their bosses recently about what journalistic integrity actually is because of this. lol @cnbcofficial.bsky.social @chrislhayes.bsky.social @jaketapper.bsky.social

Did anybody actually articulate a threat Biden conceivably poses to democracy other than, perhaps, having enabled fascists by insisting on bipartisanship for too long?

This assumes everyone will vote. Definitely get the impression there are a lot of individuals who will choose to abstain from the whole process.

I can’t really blame them any of them from abstaining from voting - when the choices are bw bad and worse

... Yes, because as we all know, if you don't vote, you don't have to live with the consequences of who gets elected. Wait, that's not a thing? Oh, well, then I guess that's a REALLY STUPID IDEA THEN THAT COULD POSSIBLY GET PEOPLE KILLED.

On one hand, one guy will appoint liberal judges that will continue civil rights and democracy and on the other, they’ll completely dismantle democracy and deport 15 million people. It’s SOOOO HARD when everything isn’t perfect and so easy to literally not have to think about other people.

I’m past my limits with lazy, stupid, dipshit, lefty cynicism

Can goddamn confirm, yeah.

I am torn between calling them the dipshit left and the hipster left

i can absolutely blame someone for not recognizing the meaning of the word worse

this is moral dereliction

Your moral dereliction 🇺🇸 not mine 🇨🇦 thank gawd

I guess we all got our own

Do we really need to point out that, by literal definition, "bad" is objectively better than "worse"?

A lot of people were lied to with Al Gore vs Bush and Kerry vs Bush And Hillary vs Trump thinking these options were equal

What does abstaining accomplish?

Abstaining is a statement in its self

So nothing. Got it.

Worse is a 34 time felon who leaks national secrets, cheats his business partners, banks, wives, and employees on a regular basis. Who also lies about miracle cures during a pandemic killing thousands. While golfing for a quarter of his term, starting work at noon.

There are many ppl who won’t vote Biden cause #GenocideJoe

If you think ol kill-em-all has a better position...

I’m not saying much here for all the knee jerk reaction it’s caused - just damned happy it’s not my dilemma - Amerikkka is a fuqed up place and getting more so w/ each passing day

One is a Crimally convicted, adjudicated rapist, that has been found guilty of fraud with multiple other pending criminal indictments including but not limited to straight-up TREASON and the other is an old man. Clearly, we need to be asking which one of these ticking time bombs we want in Office.

That's why appreciated this stance by George Conway on Live TV, calling out the blatant lies. bsky.app/profile/chic...

A lesson in #media work for EVERYONE , especially the Wordle company ,but also in #Germany and @spdde.bsky.social and @gruene.de Media coaches : Call out the lies and the damned lies. Much respect to @gtconway.bsky.social 🌟 youtu.be/sDayzKI8LmI?...

FED UP Conway CONFRONTS Trump Stooge and Media LIVE ON AIRyoutu.be MAGA heads are furious that Donald Trump is now a convicted felon! On 34 counts, no less. Watch as fireworks explode between conservative attorney, George Co...

Look, it was written by Dan Balz and with the trauma he experienced having that name it's not surprising he turned out like this.

I can relate to this because today (and most days!) I had to decide which was a bigger threat to my home and family: cooking breakfast, or dousing my sofa with kerosene, lighting it on fire and leaving?

Hitler or Hindenburg??? 🤔

Media can either be accurate or be kind to the GoP, not both

Kevin, are the @washingtonpost.com & @nytimes.com in a "Oh yeah, it can happen here & we're gonna both sides it for clicks & subscriptions " contest?

Wapo committed seppuku at some point in the last 8 years.

Kevin, I’m poised to dump Wapo for yet another article, and I won’t go back to NYT. Any recommendations?

Exactly! When will the MSM realize that this false equivalency is destroying true journalism and undermining our Constitutional system?

Democracy dies at the direction of Bezos.

Sometimes I wonder if they really don’t understand what unbiased journalism is or if this is all on purpose.

What about with which one democracy lives and with which one it dies?

Enraging

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