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1) My favourite hobby, watching the news, is now borderline pointless.
2) I only have a few national/international news outlets I can trust going forward, and most people on this continent won't get their news from any of them.
3) North America will probably never have a news outlet that delivers facts, with context & objective analysis, that is trusted by a plurality again in my lifetime.
#journalism #politics #democracy
#politics #democracy
https://www.yahoo.com/news/uk-france-approve-ukraines-long-195839084.html
UK, France approve Ukraine's use of long-range missiles for strikes inside Russia, Le Figaro reports
France and the U.K. have granted Ukraine permission to conduct deep strikes into Russian territory using their SCALP and Storm Shadow missiles, Le Figaro...Sonya Bandouil (Yahoo News)
You are not waiting for ‘the one’ who is absolutely perfect. You are getting the bus. And if there isn’t one going exactly to your destination, you don’t stay at home … you take the one going closest to where you want to be.
You don't ask what the packages are the bus driver keeps dropping in quarters of the town you couldn't even find on a map. You don't ask why hospitals, kindergartens and mosques explode, only seconds after the ride goes on, with everybody still inside of the buildings.
When you see other passengers vowing they'll never take that bus again, you remind them of their real destination, which is the shopping center, and that the bus driver feels absolutely miserable about "whats going on". If they persist, you point your fingers at them and scream "antisemitism", or "the seats for non-whites are in the back."
Voting isn’t marriage – it’s public transport.
#democracy #Gaza
#capitalism #democracy #media #usa #uspol
Musk, money and misinformation fuelled the US election - rabble.ca
Musk's influence on the US election greatly out stretches that of the average private citizen.Linda McQuaig (rabble)
“Democracy, it’s everywhere, right?” said Hegseth in a May 2024 interview, railing against secular public education and teachers’ apparent obsession with the idea of democracy. “Democracy, democracy, defend the democracy. Do you know what our founders did not want us to be? A democracy.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/15/trump-cabinet-pete-hegseth-defense
#Hegseth #PeteHegseth #USPOL #democracy #Trump
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https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/online-exclusive/why-history-is-repeating-itself-in-thailand/
#Thailand #Democracy
Why History Is Repeating Itself in Thailand | Journal of Democracy
Thai politics appears to be in a loop, with the military keeping people’s democratic hopes under wraps. But there is reason to believe the streets won’t be…Mary Kate Godfrey (Journal of Democracy)
Delighted that #William&Mary finally got a student elected. Nice win for #democracy in #virginia 🇺🇸
https://www.whro.org/local-government/2024-11-13/an-absolute-honor-williamsburg-elects-first-black-woman-and-active-undergraduate-student-to-serve-on-city-council
“An absolute honor”: Williamsburg elects first Black woman and active undergraduate student to serve on city council
Ayanna Williams, a government major at William & Mary, will step into the seat held by outgoing Councilman Caleb Rogers.Nick McNamara (WHRO)
I am running as a progressive independent for Waterford on a platform to Democratise, Decentralise, Decarbonise our politics, our economy, and our society in order to empower communities so that We All Thrive.
If this sounds like something you'd support, Vote Killian Mangan #1 on Friday 29th November!
#WeAllThrive #Democratise #Decentralise #Decarbonise #Waterford #WaterfordCity #WorkersAndCarers #Local #IrishElection #IrishPolitics #Ireland #Democracy #Community
The EU does not allow these companies to farm its citizens like our governments do in North America. If the EU is splintered, kneecapped or otherwise goes away, the gold rush begins.
(Yes, we are literally being farmed. And they'll destroy anything that they have to in order to keep farming as many people as possible.)
#politics #democracy
All Western democracy leaders want this kind of democracy for when the food riots start.
#Israel #Palestine #ClimateJustice #ClimateDiary #InternationalLaw #WarCrime #democracy #FoodRiots
Something to witness: how "the safety of Israel" is the weapon Western democracies use to dismantle civil rights and turn their own countries into more open authoritarian police and surveillance states. IMO, they really got bold after they managed to "dissappear" the still ongoing pandemic.
#Necropolitics #media #propaganda #democracy #israel #authoritarianism #policestate #EU #HumanRights #CivilRights #RuleOfLaw #CovidIsNotOver #politics
The Case for Objective, Investigative, and Local #Journalism
Martin Baron
..."For the press to hold #power to account today, we will have to commit to what constitutes our moral core. Responsible journalists should be guided by fundamental principles. Among them: We must support and defend #democracy. Citizens have a right to self-governance. Without democracy, there will be no independent press, and without an independent press, there can be no democracy. We mus.” ...
The Case for Objective, Investigative, and Local Journalism | Carnegie Reporter Summer 2024 | Carnegie Corporation of New York
The former editor of the Washington Post argues that without democracy, there will be no independent press, and without an independent press, there can be no democracyCarnegie Corporation of New York
I'll keep saying until I'm blue in the face - billionaire Americans will do anything in their power to prevent being held accountable by the EU, including aiding & abetting Putin's war on Europe.
*Every one of them:
Meta
Apple
Amazon
Microsoft
X
etc
Are regularly held to account by the EU, costing them BILLIONS.
THAT is why they've all sided with the American fascists.
#politics #democracy
https://www.engadget.com/social-media/reporters-without-borders-says-its-pressing-charges-against-x-200005117.html
Reporters Without Borders says it’s pressing charges against X
Reporters Without Borders said it’s pressing charges against X for its role in a Kremlin-backed disinformation campaign spreading fake news about Ukraine.Will Shanklin (Engadget)
How media moguls abuse their p...
How media moguls abuse their power, manipulate the truth and distort democracy
Join a lively conversation and Q&A via Zoom with the Media and Democracy Project and our special guest, Eric Beecher. Journalist and editor. We discuss his powerful new book "The Men Who Killed The News".Mobilize
How media moguls abuse their power, manipulate the truth and distort democracy
Join a lively conversation and Q&A via Zoom with the Media and Democracy Project and our special guest, Eric Beecher. Journalist and editor. We discuss his powerful new book "The Men Who Killed The News".Mobilize
https://communicator.rodney-miller.com/2024/11/courage.html
#veteransday #war #journalism #democracy #freedom #media #politics
“These bros know. They don’t fear journalists any more. Journalists will now learn to fear them. Because this is oligarchy now. This is the fusion of state and commercial power in a ruling elite.”
#journalism #election #democracy #internet #socialmedia
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/11/a-new-era-dawns-americas-tech-bros-now-strut-their-stuff-in-the-corridors-of-power
#journalism #election #democracy #internet #socialmedia
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/11/a-new-era-dawns-americas-tech-bros-now-strut-their-stuff-in-the-corridors-of-power
Economic anxiety ain't it.
#politics #journalism #democracy
Germany may hold election sooner than planned, Scholz says – POLITICO - EUROPE SAYS
He also said his Social Democratic Party (SPD) has a “good chance” of winning a new election. TheEUROPE SAYS (EUROPESAYS.COM)
#Trump had a good election—in part because his friend Benjamin Netanyahu took actions in #Gaza cost Democrats a huge number of votes. ( Ed: Freaking predictable 🙄)
And agents in #MAGA media were also great at lying about inflation, crime, and immigration data. They were *really good* at disinformation.
#russia #ukraine #musk #putin #democracy #duginism
Full Thread 🧵 https://x.com/sethabramson/status/1855666426767401153?s=46
#socialmedia #democracy #misinformation
However, another worldwide threat to democracy is the question that will now burn brightly: whether it is the best way to choose competent and dignified leaders.
#democracy #Trump
#Democracy #Media #Voting #Law
The words in red are mine and should be everyone‘s. This jackass told millions of people over and over what a great guy tRump was. He used his oversized mic to soft sell a viscous vendetta driven creep, a supporter of institutionalized violence & racism, who is also a convicted rapist. So I’ll say it again. Fuck Joe Rogan. #USPol #tRump #Democracy
Greece’s main opposition further dismantled – POLITICO - EUROPE SAYS
In September 2023, Kasselakis was elected from nowhere to head Syriza. Since then, the party has been miredEUROPE SAYS (EUROPESAYS.COM)
Greece’s main opposition further dismantled
Syriza party’s recently deposed leader Stefanos Kasselakis announced the creation of a new political movement, taking at least four MPs with him.Nektaria Stamouli (POLITICO)
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#bipartisan #raceMaking #whiteSupremacy #whiteness #SouthCarolina #Reconstruction #histoDon #agnotology #publicOpinion #history #taxes #politics #USPol #deficit #taxpayers #Redeemers #racism #Trumpism #GOP #suffrage
The Austerity Politics of White Supremacy - Dissent Magazine
Since the end of the Confederacy, the cult of the “taxpayer” has provided a socially acceptable veneer for racist attacks on democracy.Dissent Magazine
#auspol #USA #election2024 #Harris #KamalaHarris #Trump #DonnieDiaper #ElonMusk #BatshitCrazy #LockHimUp #TrumpCrimeFamily #MAGAlies #Democracy #Fascism #AbolishElectoralCollege
https://independentaustralia.net/business/business-display/trump-won--but-wait-albo-just-got-another-flight-upgrade,19150
Trump won … but wait, Albo just got another flight upgrade!
In Australia, where media disinformation rules, crazed despot Trump is equal to Harris and Dutton's hateful record is eclipsed by inane trivia to propel him as a real contender for PM.Independent Australia
The end of Pax Americana
When the U.S. inaugurates Donald J. Trump as its 47th president, the country and world will be very different because of it.Ivo Daalder (POLITICO)
There's a reason that in Anarchy State & Utopia, Robert Nozick stops his criticisms of market regulation at patents (which he sees as a necessary regulatory intervention by the rump state)....
#BigTech #democracy
Harris "lost because, if your political and media system – rigged by donors – limits the choice to two hardline neoliberal candidates, with anything else denounced as “communism”, the most hardline, neoliberal candidate has an edge."
https://jonathancook.substack.com/p/its-time-to-stop-buying-into-tooth
#USPol #Democracy
It's time to stop buying into tooth-fairy politics. No one's bringing salvation
Trump or Harris, a further slide towards authoritarianism and repression was on the cards. A corrupt, failed system won't admit its mistakes. It will find scapegoats.Jonathan Cook