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Senator Accuses FCC Chair of Launching Investigations Into ‘Every Major Broadcast Network’ Except Fox in Tense Exchange (www.mediaite.com)

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[–] Kalothar@lemmy.ca 89 points 4 months ago

Well I mean he is doing that

[–] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 39 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Still so much better than Kamala, right bud?

[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 18 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Honest question: Why is this still a hot take? The only time I ever see this brought up is when it's 150% satire. Ive never seen it in an actual argument.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 20 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Tankies say this all the time without a hint of sarcasm

[–] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Perhaps they do. I'm not part of that.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Didn’t mean to imply you were. Just answering your question 🍻

[–] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

Gotcha, no ill will intended!

[–] blazeknave@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Right bud, was clearly sarcastic

[–] IronBird@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

in the sense that it is exposing compromised establishment dems and dino's, yes.

identifing your enemies is much easier when they feel comfortable enough to take their masks off

[–] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 months ago

I wasn't very enthusiastic about her either but my comment was more direct than it may have seemed.

[+] toomanypancakes@piefed.world -20 points 4 months ago (5 children)

I'm so sick of hearing people smugly say "at least its not kamala" like she isn't a shit ass politician. It doesn't add anything to the conversation, it doesn't help anyone, it's not going to change anyone's mind, and I don't think it's even sufficient to get you to finish your wank. You can do better.

[–] blackbearjesus27@lemmy.world 48 points 4 months ago (2 children)

If you can’t see the difference between “uninspiring but ultimately steady” and “actively regressing the US on the world and national stage” I don’t know what to tell you.

Just because the bus isn’t getting exactly you where you want doesn’t mean it’s not a better direction to take. And I don’t like Kamala; we need more progressive politicians period.

[–] toomanypancakes@piefed.world 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I voted for Harris.

[–] IronBird@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

how old are you, if i might ask?

i'm very well traveled, been to/through almost every state in the country and i tell you it's the same story everywhere...

looking at the state of this country the last...20, especially 30-50 years, it is incredibly obvious that we've been steadily stepping backwards everywhere that really matters. cool, we don't call people removed or retard anymore...meanwhile american workers continue to get squeezed for everything they can, a single minimum wage job used to buy you college, a home, and enough free-time for a decent vacation or 2 every year...now 2 full time jobs might let you pay off a home for your kids, maybe.

some minor social progress means nothing if 1 economic crash and a powergrab can undo it all

neolibs are not your friends, they care about nothing but $ same as republicans. how's the saying go..."insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result"?

personally, I like it when my enemies (and their enablers) feel comfortable enough to take their masks off. makes identifying them much easier

[–] blackbearjesus27@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

And yet…

People seem to ignore the fact that I stated explicitly we need more progressive politicians. And of course there are huge problems with the current state of the Democratic establishment including a deference to the wealthy vs the majority of Americans.

But this “both sides” argument is absolute bullshit

[–] IronBird@lemmy.world -4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

its not a both sides argument...kamala winning legitimately wouldnt change anything, because republicans would still be in charge. all it would do is make it easier for the powers that be to blame democrats for everything. there are two sides...the progressives and the establishment, everything else is just a show put on for the circus

it would be obama all over again, but with an even less effective congress. the establishment would get all their ratfucking through, the left would be even more jaded at dems... wondering why none of their progressive policies are moving forward again...more disillusionment etc.

with trump and co. in power there are no more masks, it is clear as day to anyone who doesn't have their head completely in the sand what is going on, how compromised their supposed representatives are/arent. extra so for the maga crowd, they might be dumb as shit but even they're starting to see they've been played again (whether that'll last through November of this year...who fucking knows), they might vote for trump unquestionably but so far that zeal hasnt extended to anyone else.

accelerationism sucks, it causes a lot of pain and misfortune...but it fucking works, as is clearly being seeing at the state/local level right now with all these decades-long republican held seats/boards being flipped

[–] cheesybuddha@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You must be in a very privileged position to spout such rhetoric.

To many people, the difference is literally life and death

[–] IronBird@lemmy.world -4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

you are correct there, i escaped the labor trap not too long ago actually (that is what these animals at the top call it btw...because they know our Labor is weak and wages are capped, by the legislature they have paid off)

most of the working class isnt stupid, they know they're on the bottom mate...they're not slaving away at shit jobs all day every day for themselves...they're doing it for their kids. nothing has changed (materially) for the better for them for the last 20-30 years regardless of whose in power.

everybody knows this game by now, that's why so much of america just checks out entirely and focuses on taking care of them and theirs. for many, that's all they can do, when your in survival mode you are physiologically incapable of thinking outside your immediate bubble.

and while not all democrats are neolib cocksuckers, the majority are and as long as they're the majority voting for democrats is the same as voting for republicans, because they have the same end-goal.

the people so self-absorbed they don't see the hand squeezing around them will only wake up when the grip tightens...that moment is going to happen very soon and it's better for everyone that republicans are in power when it does.

[–] cheesybuddha@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

voting for democrats is the same as voting for republicans

Again, these options are only the same to you because you are in a very privileged position.

To people without your privelege, the difference is literally life and death.

[–] blackbearjesus27@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

it’s not a both sides argument

Continues to say both sides are the same

[–] IronBird@lemmy.world -2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

most people don't vote, so clearly to them they don't care. do you think these people don't care about situations of life/death or perhaps they have a reason they don't vote?

what everyone should be asking is why these people don't vote...for most of them, it's not an access problem it's a "the game is rigged and all these choices are obviously greedy ratfucks"-problem.

do these people not voting harm themselves more than "swallowing their pride and voting for hillary/harris/whatever other neolib"?....maybe, but that's their choice. you can either complain about the voter being wrong and change nothing or go to them find someone to address why they don't vote.

most people, when they know a game is rigged, choose to not play. only those already coming from a position of privilege think they can "change things from the inside", all your really doing at that point is sentencing yourself to 20 years of boredom.

[–] cheesybuddha@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Well that was a whole mess of wild and wacky assertions.

[–] rhymeswithduck@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

But what if the people don't ever wake up? You realize that's a possibility, right?

[–] Feedback17@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Would we have Gestapos attacking cities under Harris? Would all the government jobs be gone? Would we have the tariffs? It would not be the same

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 months ago

They're literally going to stop or steal future elections. If you don't believe this, then I've got a bridge to sell you.

We accelerated out of democracy entirely, and it's very unlikely that voting can fix this.

[–] HarneyToker@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

“i’m (sic) very well traveled (sic)”

If you’re going to be pretentious, you should use proper grammar, syntax, and spelling.

[–] IronBird@lemmy.world -4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

no. if you understood what i said my english was fine, if you want prescriptive language start using french

[–] HarneyToker@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Lmao

[–] Klear@quokk.au 18 points 4 months ago

Turns out you can't do better. The USA had one last chance and fucked it up. Just own it.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

It's weird you can't tell "shit-ass politician" from "criminal, seditionist, narcissist dictator"; and I want to see the receipts on the first part now.

But if you don't get why "maybe bad" isn't different from "so bad even caricatures of bond villains don't stack up", then I need to recommend you don't pet the leopards. Or do: all I have is critical thinking and a desire for your well-being, so carry on.

[–] toomanypancakes@piefed.world 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I voted for Harris.

[–] SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works -3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Watching USians convince each other that just voting represents an adequate level of civic engagement is weird and disturbing.

[–] ngdev@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

just voting 100% should be an adequate level of civic engagement

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 0 points 4 months ago

it would be if voting was a more complicated system than "things get worse? (y/n)"

we would need a direct democracy, i think, in order to have a society that requires only from us to vote, and even then there's the matter of that someone needs to carry out the results of those votes. so even in a direct democracy, we would likely need to discuss politics, make plans together, resolve conflicts, and address immediate needs in our communities

[–] cv_octavio@piefed.ca 1 points 4 months ago

I think you're not sick enough of it yet. You should have to hear it some more.

[–] garretble@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago

The Brenden Carr is a Dumny segment on the next Vergecast is going to be wild.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

This idiot needs to go to prison

[–] nosuchanon@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

Fox is not a news network. They are legally an entertainment network.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Fox is a conservative propaganda machine. Nothing they have to worry about

[–] Feedback17@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

The US is fascist under Trump, and this is part of fascism.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

Oh? And what about news max and oann?

Same shit, of course, but won't anybody think of the poor propagandists?