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So let me get this straight. An independent agency can now be swayed by administration? As is now they are not considered independent agency. SCOTUS is literally rewriting the dictionary.
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For all the dipshit fake leftists who still openly brag that they "refused to vote for genocide" by boycotting Kamala in 2024,
Think of all the millions of additional deaths this asshole's rampage of all working class protections is gonna cause.
And that's in addition to Iran, Cuba, Venezuela, brown Americans, Americans with disabilities, everyone who relied on US foreign AID, etc.
You objectively chose the pro-genocide option.
Abstaining to vote for one of two pro genocide candidates is not a pro genocide position. no matter how the corporate dems try to shift blame leftists are not Democrats and to get our vote you have to male concessions. The sooner the dems stop foaming at the mouth and move left for once the sooner our material conditions will improve.
Stop caping for the orphan crushing machine and blaming the people who demand we crush less orphans.
And the folks throwing away their votes in protest of the two-party system are shooting themselves and all of us in the collective foot.
So a candidate doesn't tickle their tummy enough, too bad. Should still choose them over a candidate that wants to kill brown people, and LGBTQ people, and the poor, and the disabled, etc.
I mean I get it, the two party system sucks, but it is something that can only be changed with time and influence, and a lot of it. It's a slow and gradual thing. The only way out of the system is to go through it.
I get being disenchanted with only being able to choose harm reduction, but prioritizing self-righteousness over harm reduction isn't the flex some people think it is.
Where's that lady that ran green for president now?
I think she's working on an organic gardening cookbook with mostly borscht and vodka recipes.
Sucks that the Democrats couldn’t do some bare ass minimum ‘genocide is bad’ messaging if they wanted those votes.
Not that I think it deters anyone who is here to crash out over criticism of the Democratic party, but I voted Harris and live in a blue county in a blue state. I can control literally nothing that [general you] are mad about.
That’s where you’re at? Blaming people who are fed up with the US’ god-awful system? Mad that they didn’t vote for the same party that enables this crap?
Up here in Canada, we have a progressive option and I am so fucking mad that people refused to vote for them. This “enable the conservatives masquerading as the center” thing is old and tired, and I don’t give a fuck anymore. I’ve never fallen for it, and I’m so disappointed in people that tell me that it’s my fault despite being one of the few people actually doing the right thing.
I will never blame people for sending a message and doing their best to use what little voice they have. The Democrats couldn’t even beat Trump and all they had to do was admit to one of the most obvious genocides in history. The people who refused to vote for them are well aware of what happened, and as far as I’m concerned their names are clean.
Be mad at tens of millions of people who actively and cheerfully voted for Trump. Be mad at the “moderates” who tell everyone to suck it up and vote slightly-less-conservative but who will never make any effort to make a progressive compromise. Don’t be mad at the people who didn’t want their name marked under “actively supporting a genocide”. It’s not their fault the US is a flaming shithole that deserves nothing less than to be thrown into the fucking sun.
Go after the people actively causing the damage or go find a tall bridge over fast moving water.
Listen, I don't have it in me to bother going back to find the research but a few things:
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Without any of the research, maybe don't blame people for how they vote but blame the DNC as its literally their job to energize people to vote by having policies that make people want to vote.
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Without research, people voting for PSL/Green and still voting Dem/progressive down ballot is a whole lot better than the alternative of zero votes. Yelling at people they have to vote how you tell them isn't gonna make anything happen. Let people vote how they want.
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With research, "Progressives" vote more consistently for democrats than literally any other ideological group by % total population of said group (meaning they looked at non-voters as well)
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With research, 3rd party leans HEAVILY right for votes. I forget the exact number but I think it was about 4x as many in libertarian/constitution compared to Green/PSL.
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Fuck off with attacking people who literally just... could not stand for voting to commit genocide? I mean you shouldn't be attacking the left at all, but specifically people who morally refuse to vote for someone who wants more genocide? Really? Anti-anti-genocide isn't far from anti-antifa. Which like, oof.
Lemme guess, the 6-3 regular?
The justices, in a 6-3 decision powered by the court's conservative majority, invalidated tenure protections for FTC members enacted by Congress more than a century ago. In doing so, the justices overruled the court's pivotal decision in a case called Humphrey's Executor v. United States. Trump last year dismissed the FTC's Rebecca Slaughter over policy differences
Yup.
Alternative to CBS.
Here's one from NPR also. Do we not like CBS here? It was just the first I saw reported.
CBS is owned by David Ellison, Larry Ellison's son, and they have been systematically purging anything remotely critical of Trump or conservatism/Nazi ideology from the network. They are not to be relied upon or trusted as a news source and should be categorized right next to Fox News.
Ellison canceled The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the number one late night show, and we shall not forget. I regularly pass over everything CBS now.
Ah, thanks. Noted.
While CBS isn't as much of a propaganda mill as Fox News or Newsmax yet, there's a few reasons why a source such as NPR, BBC, ABC, NBC, or Reuters is preferable whenever possible:
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In 2024, Paramount (the owner of CBS) announced its intention to merge with Skydance, a media company majority-owned by David and Larry Ellison, right-wing Trump supporters.
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After the 2024 U.S. presidential election, Trump sued Paramount, claiming that the 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris intentionally cast her in a favorable light with the goal of influencing the election (despite it being no different to how they had edited candidate interviews for prior elections). To ensure the merger would be approved under the second Trump administration, Paramount paid Trump $16 million. When Steven Colbert called out the settlement as being a bribe on his show, CBS cancelled ~~The Colbert Report~~ The Late Show in retaliation.
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In October 2025, Paramount Skydance bought the newsletter of right-wing journalist Bari Weiss for $150 million as a talent acquisition, installing her as the new editor-in-chief of CBS News with the goal of making CBS more right-wing.
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In December, she delayed the release of a 60 Minutes episode about the mega prison in El Salvador for the purpose of adding more pro-Trump content to it. She has also pushed for content at the network to be more "balanced" by including more pro-government content, such as by asking for the 60 Minutes episode on the Minnesota ICE raids to contain more depictions of protestor violence. Additional details on her tenure at the network are listed with sources in her Wikipedia article.
When also accounting for firings at CBS of journalists not willing to adjust their reporting, it's a clear sign that the network's output is being deliberately manipulated to expand right-wing influence. As Paramount Skydance is about to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, CNN will also be at risk of reporting interference in favor of Trump.
They cancelled The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
The Colbert Report ended after democrats bribed Stephen Colbert to switch parties and became much less funny in my opinion.
Thanks for the correction. 👍
No problem!
in the USA, there is nothing more constitutional than a king
Checks and what now?
He can fire this dick
Ah, thought for a second we were talking about firing the president.