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White house is now spouting who they will provide coverage. If they don’t like what is being written, they will not be allowed to cover.
Watched mainstream news and no coverage of protests around the country. The coverage of businesses they profiled showed only one side of stories. This was CBS.
The propaganda machine is now is place.
I noticed no reporting on the mass probationary employee firings that happened today.
okay---hopefully, the Trump Regime can take a practical, end-of-story approach to the homeless problem. There is no other solution to these filthy vagrants. And after that---ghetto rioters. Hope that helps you some. Thank mee.
Big NYT article on the probationary firings.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/u...e=articleShare
The news I see is fairly comprehensive in reporting Trump's follies. I wish they would express more outrage, but they maybe trying to avoid sensationalism. Lately I've bee focused on the persecutors who've resigned rather than bend the knee of justice to Trump's demands to drop the charges against Eric Adams. The accusations of a weaponized justice department under Biden are being severely diminished by Trumps activities and I'm guess most GOP leaders and their constituents hardly care. I think the news is being overwhelmed with the Trump tsunami of dumb executive orders.
My local news hasn't reported any protests and they are probably out of the reach of Trump's influence so far, but I've not found the value of protests in general to have much effect until they reach large national proportions. That would be hard for legacy news to avoid.
I send money to legal defense funds. That's the best I can do as protest and possibly the most effective. I support public radio and TV, which is probably out of the immediate grasp of Trump's censorship. I also write letters, but that's of debatable value.
There is something everyone can do without holding up a sign and yelling in protest.
Whole agencies are being fired, government functions wiped off the board; oddly, people who worry about social security running out don't care about that, either.
agree, Tybee. It's overwhelming. What a horrible non-reason to loose your job - because President Musk and his minion Trump need more money in their coffers and want to be the rulers of the (un)free world? It's sick.
You will have to go a long, long way to convince me that Trump controls the media. These were the people who assisted in covering up Biden’s decline and puffed Harris’ campaign so obsequiously they edited interviews to make her seem less ludicrous. These are the people who cropped black faces out of pictures of a Trump victory party.
We all seem to find the media we want to hear.
So far I pretty much agree. I wish the media I visit would express more outrage, but I don't think Trump is controlling them, yet. And outrage can delve into opinion and not always fact. What I see as happening is that the information available to the public will be censored even before the media has a chance to report anything. Take bird flu as an example. I expect the government inflation figures to be manipulated before long along with other numbers games.Quote:
Originally Posted by LDAHL
I’m not looking for outrage from my news sources. I just want…the news. Facts, links to direct primary sources, that sort of thing.
Primary sources for certain things may become rare when, for example, the NIH and CDC has pseudo-scientists at the controls and budget cutbacks on research. The government is become the primary source for certain "facts", like CDC data and climate change information controlled by oil executives Among other similars. The source for primary facts may become limited or distorted. We might have to reach out to foreign countries for true facts. If they are still talking to us.
Reddit Fednews has a lot of insider news from the folks actually being fired. I noticed there are journalists there asking for info about what is going on inside their departments.
My husband attended yesterday's in Augusta. The Secretary of State spoke against what Elon Musk is doing. It was cold and very windy, with white out blowing snow at times. While someone was leading the crowd in a Woody Guthrie song, they all started cheering-- a bald eagle was hanging over them on a wind current.Quote:
Originally Posted by frugal-one
My morning news featured the protests at Tesla dealerships and the Tesla car sales backlash. I liked where Sheryl Crow sold her Tesla and donated the money to NPR.
That's wonderful that he participated, Tybee.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tybee
Did anyone from your island go to Montpelier? I remember from going to grad school in Vermont it was not that far from Montpelier to Burlington?
I actually don't know! We've been isolated due to the snowstorm, plus we were babysitting all weekend. I haven't seen any news, because my 2-1/2 y.o. GS is not interested--he much prefers Curious George and Mary Poppins.Quote:
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Today is the first day in a week I'm able to have a normal day--I went to a business conference in Philly last week and my weekend days completely consumed in entertaining the little one.
But... Now that I'm starting to re-enter current events, I was interested in DT's recent quote by Napoleon that he tweeted: "He who saves his Country does not violate any Law." So that sent me down the rabbit hole of learning more about Napoleon, and I swear to God, I think Trump may have watched the movie, and saw his future. See this paragraphi in Wikipedia:
Historians have variously described Bonaparte's new regime as "dictatorship by plebiscite",[117] "absolutist rule decked out in the spirit of the age",[118] and "soft despotism".[119] Local and regional administration was reformed to concentrate power in the central government,[120] censorship was introduced, and most opposition newspapers were closed down to stifle dissent.[121] Royalist and regional revolts were dealt with by a combination of amnesties for those who lay down their arms and brutal repression of those who continued to resist.
I know little to nothing about Napoleon, but replace "Bonaparte" with "Trump" and you have a summary of the last 4 weeks' news headlines. Let's hope he not now planning on military action in Greenland, Panama, and Gaza to achieve his meglomaniacal goals.
The other intresting comparison is how the 19th century "royalists" are the 21st century's "out-of-touch liberal elites." There's a cautionary tale there.
I don't expect this chaos to settle down any time soon.
You are on to something there! One of my favorite songs:Quote:
Originally Posted by catherine
Isle of St. Helena - YouTube
From Mary Black's mouth to God's ears! (I love Mary Black!)Quote:
Originally Posted by Tybee
okay----I just figured out something, today. A factoid from the past that has little relevance. So anyway---that TV talking head, Lester Holt, was a kid living on E-dorf AFB when I was in HS at Anchorage. But yeah---his older half-brother was a senior & student-body presy-dent(like yobamma) for the 68-69 school year. As if it matters. But, the brother stayed in Ak and became an airline pilot. Yup. Now you know. Hope that helps you some. Edited to add: okay--here's a pic of Holt's older brother. (see photo). iirc, he had access to the PA system at school, and a thing for iron butterfly, so every day before school, we'd hear "soul experience". It's a good thing i found it tolerable. But yeah--you won't be able ta buy no $200 tickkicks to see IB, because all four of the core band members are deceased. Yup. Thank mee.Attachment 6251