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52. We have to remember that there is a crisis of trust in media sources.

Sun Dec 8, 2024, 12:40 AM

Dec 8

Fox News audiences are hardened in rejecting other sources. But it's not just them.

The low information voter, busy with raising kids, getting them to their events, and working has no reason to trust Lawrence Tribe, even if they happen to have that channel on. And trust me, they don't. If they did, they wouldn't be low information voters.

It turns out that WE are more trusted by those close to us than the pundits are. They know us. They know our honesty, credibility, judgment. We are the ones who need to be having conversations, write letters to the editor, organize gatherings to discuss these things.

That doesn't meant the brilliant writers and pundits have no value now. Among other things, they're very important to help us clarify our thoughts and articulate what is going on. When I wrote my Texas Republican Senators about why they shouldn't confirm Hegseth, I borrowed very heavily from a recent Substack post by Timothy Snyder on just some of his many flaws. https://snyder.substack.com/p/pete-hegseth-the-short-course

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No, won't happen. elleng Dec 7 #1

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But no leader, no organized resistance. What's next? I'm frustrated that no one is stepping up. LT Barclay Dec 8 #47

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I agree with everything you say and dread the assault on environmental regulations, public lands and endangered species LT Barclay Dec 8 #61

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Those actions are at government level. I believe that we have no recourse there. I'm seeking grassroots action and LT Barclay Dec 8 #81

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And how are we going to stop this? Half of the people who bothered to vote, voted for him. kerry-is-my-prez Dec 8 #95

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Our society is nowhere near that organized. Crunchy Frog Dec 8 #80

The end of SS and Medicaire would incite a war MadameButterfly Dec 8 #67

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All true. But most of his voters still think he's for the working people and good for the economy MadameButterfly Dec 8 #84

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It doesn't make sense but it seems he won over enough MadameButterfly Dec 8 #91

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Let's not forget the avalanche of audits and lawsuits and incessant braying about "Stop the Steal!" ariadne0614 Dec 8 #103

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David Plouffe has come out and said that internal polling in the Harris campaign MadameButterfly Dec 8 #105

Political Malpractice Kid Berwyn Dec 8 #108

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Unfortunately no mechanism for a pause injunction MadameButterfly Dec 8 #137

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That was a typo. But I was quoting you MadameButterfly Dec 8 #140

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From now on, it's the Republican economy, the Republican government, not the United States government Walleye Dec 8 #101

Very optimistic orangecrush Dec 8 #62

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Happy Holidays to you! orangecrush Dec 8 #121

Elections are an effect Cirsium Dec 8 #72

Right, and after 2 years of tmp/maga bull shit, electorate will DEMAND change, imo. elleng Dec 8 #75

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Possibly Cirsium Dec 8 #123

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they also know they only have 2 years and will make the most of those 2 years BlueWaveNeverEnd Dec 8 #98

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We had our last election. nt Hotler Dec 8 #115

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Thank you. Happy Holidays to you also. nt Hotler Dec 8 #118

Yes. Patton French Dec 7 #2

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I let that go after Plouffe came out saying that internal polling MadameButterfly Dec 8 #71

WOW!! This is exactly how I feel vapor2 Dec 7 #4

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It is ironic that we are handing over power while we command the military MadameButterfly Dec 8 #76

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You are right. He has been doing the equivalent of bomb threats for a while MadameButterfly Dec 8 #85

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We are the only ones to bdamomma Dec 7 #24

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"it is only a class war when we fight back" reich rampartd Dec 7 #5

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What "petition" do you think could be filed? onenote Dec 7 #9

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if we're waiting for garland we deserve whatever happens to us rampartd Dec 7 #10

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Your bringing up a Constitutional Convention shows you don't know what you're talking about. Fiendish Thingy Dec 7 #22

+1 onenote Dec 7 #25

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+2. tired of this rambling nonsense. -(nt)- stopdiggin Dec 8 #50

So why not ancianita Dec 8 #35

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I hear you. ancianita Dec 8 #38

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And you're one of them! Good questions deserve good answers, right? It's called effort posting, ancianita Dec 8 #42

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Blue states are preparing MadameButterfly Dec 8 #79

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What are you basing "he didn't win" on? MadameButterfly Dec 8 #87

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We have to remember that there is a crisis of trust in media sources. summer_in_TX Dec 8 #52

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Thank you! summer_in_TX Dec 8 #139

The EPA has pretty much been long gone. The polluters kerry-is-my-prez Dec 7 #6

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no Groundhawg Dec 7 #11

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Right! elleng Dec 7 #28

Everything has been muddied by lies and rhetoric. BootinUp Dec 7 #13

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Do what exactly. Be specific with your ideas, you have mine. Im out. BootinUp Dec 7 #15

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Climate change will take care of a lot of this Kaleva Dec 8 #45

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Merry Christmas to you too! Kaleva Dec 8 #58

Yes, GOOD! elleng Dec 7 #27

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There's supposed to be a COLA for SS benefits coming up... brush Dec 7 #20

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already been announced, and in the pipeline stopdiggin Dec 8 #51

I have, that's why I'm wondering it the trump/musk admin will step in... brush Dec 8 #59

I think you exaggerate (and postulate things stopdiggin Dec 8 #65

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Keep having faith in trump/musk team. Have you not heard... brush Dec 8 #124

difference being stopdiggin Dec 8 #125

Keep on thinking nothing is going to change. brush Dec 8 #126

I didn't say that stopdiggin Dec 8 #131

Funny how I copied and pasted it from you first response to me... brush Dec 8 #133

yes, the COLA has already been tallied and announced stopdiggin Dec 8 #136

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Yes. A war of attrition, stealth, oligarchs, on multiple fronts. With the enemy unseen ancianita Dec 7 #29

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And thank you for yours. These are serious times for serious people. The rest is distraction. ancianita Dec 7 #33

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Our institutions are bought and paid for by the billionaires. Bluethroughu Dec 8 #37

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I understand what you are saying, but there are justices Bluethroughu Dec 8 #43

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I'm all for it, anything and everything! Bluethroughu Dec 8 #111

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Or, can we afford to believe, as the TV talkers Woodycall Dec 8 #41

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Great minds Buddyzbuddy Dec 8 #46

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Exactly Buddyzbuddy Dec 8 #94

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we voted, the vote was counted, there is nothing else that can be done... cadoman Dec 8 #49

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If you're serious about going to "war",... LudwigPastorius Dec 8 #55

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LOL LudwigPastorius Dec 8 #68

On the bright side... Dem4life1970 Dec 8 #57

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Had the tables been turned... Dem4life1970 Dec 8 #135

Recommended. H2O Man Dec 8 #69

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It's a silent war that began in 1980. Rich out to destroy the poor. Meadowoak Dec 8 #99

that was the beginning of the end of ppl telling the truth. "spin" mopinko Dec 8 #100

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Just wait. If we take the high road, ignore Trump, and start talking about the real issues, it'll be fine! /s Oneironaut Dec 8 #102

sarcasm, I hope? Meadowoak Dec 8 #104

Sarcasm and contempt, tbh Oneironaut Dec 8 #119

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umm, u got a lot of questions. why not provide solutions instead of complaining. Nimble_Idea Dec 8 #109

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Finally someone here is asking the right questions... Blue_Tires Dec 8 #127

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Right now it looks like a lawsuit game ismnotwasm Dec 8 #130

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