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15. glad to hear you are better informed. wish you were in the majority.

Thu Oct 17, 2019, 06:39 PM

Oct 2019

I have let several subscriptions lapse but check in all over. I make MSNBC homebase, in part because they are a check on Fox "News". And way too many people in our lives wont listen to NPR because they watch Fox "News".

Too true about the tv president. But I take the position that keeping up with his strategy is terribly important. The GOP has shred the rule book and have gone rogue. The media doesn't tell us that. So many people covering the news, yet they can't or won't follow up for fear of losing access.

The fact that we have countless newspapers and a tiny percent of the country reading is probanly why our debates so quickly go off the rails.

Issues we need to legislate are:

1) The news and fake news. Facts can't be debatable.

2) The Electoral College - Can't be a rubber stamp. Must follow procedure to prevent a con man and inveterate liar from being elected. Any rules like showing tax returns must be followed if you are to be POTUS.

How do we ever agree when there are think tanks controlling our rights as voters.

Liberal argument:
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/11/the-electoral-college-was-meant-to-stop-men-like-trump-from-being-president/508310/

Conservative argument:
https://www.heritage.org/conservatism/commentary/preventing-the-tyranny-the-majority

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How many DUers have left or been booted because of DU politics? [View all] SleeplessinSoCal Oct 2019 OP

I will miss you. I value your voice irisblue Oct 2019 #1

so sweet. thanks. SleeplessinSoCal Oct 2019 #4

Back at you irisblue Oct 2019 #5

I have to really pick and choose what I can take MuseRider Oct 2019 #2

✔️ blm Nov 2019 #30

we have to be very careful in what we post that may deviate from a very narrow and often beachbumbob Oct 2019 #3

It would take a lot more than being reported to get the boot, and in fact it would take five ... marble falls Jan 2020 #53

I post... quickesst Oct 2019 #6

that is why I posted this. SleeplessinSoCal Oct 2019 #7

the problem as I see it.... quickesst Oct 2019 #8

Amen to that. Paka Jan 2020 #57

yep quickesst Jan 2020 #67

You sign a ToS that you will not critcize Democrats ... marble falls Jan 2020 #58

I find it rather extraordinary.... quickesst Jan 2020 #68

It happens. And it usually gets pushback. We just need to keep up the good fight ... marble falls Jan 2020 #71

The TOS says nothing about criticism, that would be ludicrous Fiendish Thingy Jan 2020 #76

I think in 2016 a lot of lefties Turin_C3PO Oct 2019 #9

and a lot were booted or left during the primary. SleeplessinSoCal Oct 2019 #10

Yeah Turin_C3PO Oct 2019 #13

Juries don't really care about the forum rules anymore ripcord Nov 2019 #17

Respectfully disagree. Mike 03 Nov 2019 #40

So do I. True Blue American Jan 2020 #65

How does that work? I'm on juries daily and I think 80% we get it right. I do notice more ... marble falls Dec 2019 #42

How do you know that? Is there a way to see results KPN Jan 2020 #49

Things I've alerted on, things I juried on, what I hear from MIRT members. marble falls Jan 2020 #50

But how do you know results? I've served on hundreds of juries and only occasionally do I know the KPN Jan 2020 #54

If the post is hidden or not. I go back and look, and I talk to people who jury ... marble falls Jan 2020 #55

Guess I don't look. Just do the jury bit and KPN Jan 2020 #59

I fell into it somehow. Every once in a while I'll post in a thread and see its three years old ... marble falls Jan 2020 #63

I disagree. I take it very seriously and I go by the rules and the ToS we all sign when we ... marble falls Jan 2020 #51

Because that joke plays into RW meme Joe is a boob. I got a hide for posting about the ... marble falls Jan 2020 #61

Slagging Hillary with RW talking points is not "not supporting Hillary" ... marble falls Jan 2020 #60

Yes, sorry I wasn't clear. Turin_C3PO Jan 2020 #70

And I was agreeing with you! I get too wordy. marble falls Jan 2020 #72

Agreed Wawannabe Nov 2019 #35

I ran across a few posters.... quickesst Nov 2019 #37

I'm a radical leftist and environmental extremist. hunter Oct 2019 #11

turning off the news is probably a two-sided coin. SleeplessinSoCal Oct 2019 #12

Trump would be a nobody without television, and television "news" especially. hunter Oct 2019 #14

glad to hear you are better informed. wish you were in the majority. SleeplessinSoCal Oct 2019 #15

I think MSNBC has their own bias JonLP24 Oct 2019 #16

Holy Scripture: The 'Strong Man' aka Satan, The Enemy, The Devil, The Evil One. sprinkleeninow Nov 2019 #34

It's gotten to the point that Dem candidates can trash other Dems wellst0nev0ter Nov 2019 #18

I agree. our priorities seem backwards. SleeplessinSoCal Nov 2019 #19

I left and came back. CloudWatcher Nov 2019 #20

wise move. SleeplessinSoCal Nov 2019 #21

Home Page vs. Ignore List CloudWatcher Nov 2019 #22

I am here now trying to find info on why I can see someone on my ignore list Wawannabe Jan 2020 #46

It's been a long time ... CloudWatcher Jan 2020 #47

Same! Wawannabe Jan 2020 #48

I absolutely stay away from religion/athiest OPs and the primartes. marble falls Jan 2020 #62

It's just an Internet message board. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2019 #23

I feel it is more than that. SleeplessinSoCal Nov 2019 #25

As said by The Velveteen Ocelot above, this is just an internet message board Kaleva Nov 2019 #24

Not a community? Wawannabe Nov 2019 #36

I don't know the real names of anyone here Kaleva Nov 2019 #38

many that we don;t know about beachbumbob Nov 2019 #26

Stay... JoeOtterbein Nov 2019 #27

The rules are simple, support Democrats... Right? zaj Nov 2019 #28

my recent experience was remarking on one candidate SleeplessinSoCal Nov 2019 #32

What was the notice you got? zaj Nov 2019 #33

deleted my comment and a warning of some sort. SleeplessinSoCal Dec 2019 #44

Sounds deleteworthy Loki Liesmith Dec 2019 #43

if we can't joke about Joe's foot in mouth propensities, SleeplessinSoCal Dec 2019 #45

We DO see. blm Nov 2019 #29

Adopting ideas that are far or extreme left will not win elections. democratisphere Nov 2019 #31

I haven't been booted for politics, but I'm getting nervous about serving on Juries where the Mike 03 Nov 2019 #39

This message was self-deleted by its author jcmaine72 Dec 2019 #41

Hopefully the administrators are listening. Primaries are a tough period to get through. YOHABLO Jan 2020 #52

There's no perfect way to police forums. Doodley Jan 2020 #56

Do not leave. Grasswire2 Jan 2020 #64

sad fact beachbumbob Jan 2020 #66

I do agree with much of this. I've been an anti-corruption Dem since blm Jan 2020 #69

I left in 2016 Cheap_Trick Jan 2020 #73

This! StrictlyRockers Jan 2020 #74

don't think I can complain about the enforcers. SleeplessinSoCal Jan 2020 #75