US Politics, March 2024: The house of illuminati will NOT be holding any other event in the foreseeable future.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/02/29/palestine-democrat-support-election-voters-israel/

(anyway please ignore)

The polls have definitely shown some shifts because of the atrocities in Gaza — I believe that same Chicago Council polled showed a total of 53 percent of respondents said that U.S. military aid to Israel should not be used against Palestinians.

So one way to look at what's going on is that the outcry both here and abroad IS making a difference. I think you wouldn't have had Harris' statement yesterday without it. I think a lot of Americans have misgivings. But also, my guess is that even for that 53%, this is not a single-issue vote/won't vote thing. For nervous Dems in close races, there's still going to be a strong perception that there's a lot more risk in November of being perceived as "antisemitic" (which everyone's against) than "pro-genocide" (which many people don't think is really what's going on).

There's a very good profile of Biden in the latest New Yorker.

how should everyday people like you or me exert pressure on biden and nearly all democratic senators to stop supporting genocide? is there anything more persuasive than "we won't vote for you"? what is the correct way to try to stop support for genocide while still voting for the person who enables it?

― z_tbd, Monday, March 4, 2024 1:08 PM

I work locally to get as many progressive candidates as possible. Some of the candidates give me heartburn. But my friends in Orlando were proud they got a candidate as far-left-for-Florida as Maxwell Frost. Someone like him would be ideal in Miami-Dade; unfortunately, our club includes Everyone Not a Fascist, which means we have members who support the genocide against Palestinians. It also means I head from a moron who thinks Biden's so weak on Israel i.e. kissing Bibi's ass, that she's thinking voting for...Nikki Haley.

We got into a shouting match last month. We're not talking. This is to give you an idea about herding these cats.

My nephew tells me, he and all his first time voting college freshman friends, most of whom come from liberal east coast suburbs, are planning to vote for RFK jr. because Biden is supports war criminals.

are these dummies under the impression RFK Jr would have some kind of different policy re: israel? Dude loves Israel.

Ds love Kennedys

John and Bobby, anyway.

Ted was liked until he turned his car into a swimming pool and killed a woman

Ds don't love RFJ Jr, only weirdo dimwits do

haha RJF. RKP. RMA. whatever

RFP

Ted was liked until he turned his car into a swimming pool and killed a woman

He was sort of the Jim Belushi of the Kennedys.

And RFK Jr was the Hunter Biden of the Kennedys
Had competition though.

RFK Jr. is the Sydney Sweeney of Arrakis #onethread

Amazingly, the New York Times profiled actual Biden supporters. (Gift link.)

We have a few guys as young as the guy with the Biden cutout but without the cutout.

I feel like this should be put on a T-shirt and sold by the Biden campaign. I think a lot of people feel this way, or are at least in the like category.(And yes, sure, I know plenty of people disagree.)

“He loves Mr. Biden. “And I feel like I’m the only one,” he said, arguing that the news media had overwhelmingly focused on Mr. Biden’s tepid support. “Does anybody care that I exist?””

“Does anybody care that I exist?””

Bob Geldof's long-awaited charity follow up

T-shirt in gigantic Impact font:

BIDEN
RULES
FUIUD

lol idk I'm gonna vote for the war criminal ofc but that's too far for me

https://i.imgur.com/zkgCFxy.gif

There's a candidate on my CA Dem primary ballot named "PRESIDENT R BODDIE"

His name appears right about Joseph R Biden Jr. Ballot shenanigans?

Lol

No, he's a real person, a weirdo from Alaska

https://voterguide.sos.ca.gov/candidates/president/president-dem-cand-statements.htm#:~:text=President%20R.%20Boddie%20%7C%20DEMOCRATIC,as%20a%20write%2Din%20contender.

Totally on board the Dawson train

I don't know about that one guy who wants to "close the US borders until the laws are written properly". Doesn't seem to me like a well thought out idea.

Trump talks about shutting the borders all the time, but where will we get affordable avocados?

Not to mention the hundred thousand ordinary people who legally cross US borders every day, by car, plane, train, on foot, or on bikes.

if you want to send biden a message, go vote in the primary for Williamson, uncommitted, or your own write in, depending on your state's rules.

And definitely vote in the prez primary - as a veteran of multiple campaigns, I've seen how when the most progressive voices sit out a primary, local candidates with limited resources won't seek out these non-voters in future primaries until after they've went through everyone within the 'always votes' demo (if they even have enough vols to do so). I guess that makes sense - it's like when you are moving from one apartment to another, who do you depend upon to help - people who answer your calls and texts or someone who doesn't?

Sigh, OK fine. I was honestly not going to vote in my primary because I have no competitive races (and am willing to vote for Biden in November but not excited enough to go vote for him on a blank primary ballot). But you're right, it's important to be on the record as a voter.

But it stinks that the candidates aren't hearing the views and ideas of those who sat out the last election. If you ever want to actually impact what a candidate will view as an important issue, vote in a primary, or even better yet, attend a caucus. Then you are definitely getting some calls and outreach from hopefuls.

Sigh, OK fine. I was honestly not going to vote in my primary because I have no competitive races (and am willing to vote for Biden in November but not excited enough to go vote for him on a blank primary ballot). But you're right, it's important to be on the record as a voter.

― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, March 4, 2024 7:22 PM (twenty-five seconds ago)

Appreciate that, thanks!

I'm coordinating the data for a candidate for Board of Supervisors in California, and because she has so many volunteers, I was actually able to expand the universe of our outreach to not just all of the Democrats, but to registered Greens, Peace and Freedom, and Working Families party voters. Which means the most progressive voters in the district are literally getting courted, and we've even had the candidate herself at their door and thus, will get to discuss the issues that matter most to them. Too bad this isn't the case everywhere!

Going to bring my ballot down right now, ahead of Super Tuesday

I did not do a protest vote with Biden... I understand the sentiment, but I think it's equally important that he unequivocally sweeps the nom

Amazingly, the New York Times profiled actual Biden supporters.

they have to run one of these every day until the election, to equal the number of "can you believe these rubes still love Trump" pieces

they have to run one of these every day until the election, to equal the number of "can you believe these rubes still love Trump" pieces

You're mischaracterizing what are actually "behold these noble, salt of the earth real Americans who await the return of their leader — we soft-handed city folk are their moral inferiors" pieces.

yes, in general they don't present the Trump articles in that kind of disparaging way at all, and meantime the Biden articles all tow the line of "Majority of Biden’s 2020 Voters Now Say He’s Too Old to Be Effective". the NYT must be run by republicans at the highest levels is all I can think

Sorry, I only read articles about exurban voters who are in diners

I mean the Times has been a racist warmongering birdcage liner for upper class birds for years, with the occasional good investigative report and a killer puzzles and cooking section. I recently cancelled all of my subscriptions and the cooking hurt the most, I admit.

Ms. Russell and Ms. Staller are ardent, unreserved supporters of Mr. Biden — part of a small but dedicated group of Democratic voters who think that he is not merely the party’s only option against Donald J. Trump but, in fact, a great, transformative president who clearly deserves another four years in office.

the article makes statements about proportions of voter opinion ("small but dedicated") while citing zero polling data. even the weirdos at Rasmussen have over 20% of respondents strongly approving of Biden's job performance, which would equal tens of millions of Americans

https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/biden_administration/biden_approval_index_history

Gore Vidal always mocked the NYT as "The Gray Lady" and correctly saw it as hidebound and conservative at heart. The only time in my memory that the NYT went very far out on a limb to upset the establishment was when they published the Pentagon Papers in 1971. That delighted the anti-war faction of the public and won them a reputation for liberal views that was further enhanced by constant ragging on the NYT by Agnew. Very little since then has ever justified that reputation, but conservatives still love to rag on it as part of the liberal media. It's now a tradition among them.

And the Times, when they run their thinkpieces like “how many trans kids are too many” gives cover to right wingers who then hold it up and and say “even the far left New York Times thinks that trans people are gross”.

did they ever apologize for Judith Miller

They actually did, more or less — I was there when the Judy Miller stuff happened, in an office backwater. It was quite the debacle. I could tell you some things, like how her copy always came in at the last minute and only certain editors were allowed to see it ...

Anyway, this was the editors' note that ran on the front page, fwiw: https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/26/world/from-the-editors-the-times-and-iraq.html?unlocked_article_code=1.aU0.Xucu.AM4gV5FI6L9-&smid=url-share

That was also the year right after Jayson Blair. Not a great time for the Times.

not sure which thread to put this but might as well put it here

https://gizmodo.com/black-trump-supporters-are-being-ai-generated-1851305062

From Tipsy's link:

In most cases, what we reported was an accurate reflection of the state of our knowledge at the time, much of it painstakingly extracted from intelligence agencies that were themselves dependent on sketchy information.

This only works as an excuse if the reportage clearly stated that there was exactly one source for this information and its accuracy could not be independently verified by any other sources. If "the state of our knowledge at the time" was reported as factual, but it wasn't it's just another way to say "we failed in our job and ignored our own rules".

Yeah, there was no excuse for it. There were a lot of red flags there, or should have been. There was her apparent closeness with Sulzberger, whom she'd cultivated and would threaten editors with, or just go over their heads. I saw a couple of her stories while they were in the editing stages, they were ripped apart and rewritten — which was common but not generally to such an extent — but also all of that was being done at the last possible second because she would file late (the assumption was on purpose) to make it harder for editors to block her.

Did she believe it herself? I think she believed she had the inside track on a big story. Anyway, it had terrible consequences. I think Bush would have pushed to war with or without credulous establishment media, but it definitely helped him do it.