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Seems to me like they say one thing, do another, and all of us hold the bag at the end of it all.
Yup.
It's the same lie that the GOP cares about deficits and debt… except when they're in power and want to do tax cuts for the rich.
They're in power for themselves and their disregard for us is by design.
Who not only fights tooth and nail against healthcare improvements but actively took money from existing programs to fund a national police and detainment apparatus?
Which party produced the most meaningful (albeit not far enough) healthcare reform of the 21st century in the US?
Those examples in particular are quite rough to try and both sides.
Keep in mind that the Senate de facto requires 60 votes to pass almost anything these days. In this millennium, Democrats held enough seats to overcome that for about two months, and there was no margin at all. Hence the lack of a public option: Joe Lieberman didn't want it, and without him the whole thing didn't pass.
You're blaming Democrats for things they try to do and are blocked by Republicans...
Obama got Obamacare done in the single 6-month window in this century when Democrats could pass legislation without Republicans blocking them. Biden tried to cancel student loans and was blocked in court because surprise, surprise, Republicans wouldn't allow it to go through Congress.
> The Democrats held the House, Senate, and Presidency in 2021 for two years
Read up on the Senate filibuster to understand why Republicans could block student loan cancellation (and anything else Democrats wanted) despite this.
In theory both parties are part of the same system and complicit and corrupt. In actual practice one party is much worse than the other. By a lot.
Republicans win elections by blocking anything that's good for ordinary Americans, and blaming Democrats for their lives getting worse as a result. Voters are too dumb and distracted to see the con.
For the overton window to produce actual left wing policy that you may agree with, fundamental long-term change is needed.
https://www.milwaukeeindependent.com/featured/two-santas-str...
From what I've seen, Republicans don't bother trying. Democrats try and get blocked by the GOP; not sure if they can 'try harder' or find ways around the blocking. Biden certainly tried on student loans and got shot down:
* https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/white-house-press-...
After trying to be bi-partisan with the ACA/Obamacare the Democrats just went forward with it
This "both sides are bad" trope is such an obvious sign that you're either 1) a Republican but embarrassed to say so, or 2) a bad faith actor making a false equivalency.
Past talking points are not indicative of future behavior.
It's all talk, it's almost guaranteed to be the opposite of what he says. It seems to be more about deflection than anything else.
Do you think he means anything he says? Or that anything is about anything more than self-indulgence?
And I don't think de-prioritizing foreign investments is part of that policy.
US uses dollars to buy oil from UAE.
UAE sends dollars back to Paramount shareholders in the US to "own" a piece Paramount.
Is it "foreign owned"? Do they really own anything? What are they really going to do with it? I don't know. I inhabit a world of nuance, I don't take rhetoric at face value, that's a waste of time.
They simply lie.
The same is true of "fiscal responsibility." The GOP runs on this, but when they get into power they spend like drunks and run the deficit up. This has been true since Reagan, though Trump represents a huge escalation.
The same has been true with the whole "we're going to get rid of these DEI hires and be purely meritocratic." Okay, then why does the head of the FBI need to blow in a tube to start his car and why are a bunch of unqualified former pundits and podcasters in positions of high authority? Why is the head of the CDC a crackpot who can barely talk?
"A thing is what it does." Ignore rhetoric, look at results. BTW the same rule applies to rhetoric from the other side.
On the other hand they kept their promises of deporting and killing immigrants, and of getting rid of woke ideas like science and education.
People voted for him anyway because the manosphere told them too.
Cable news is basically dead, but I think most of us missed the funeral. It used to be a relatively big deal decades ago, but those times are long since passed.
[1] - https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/20...
The internet has killed institutions of journalism that have a reputation to protect. Billionaires did the rest of the job (RIP Washington Post). Pretty bad outcome. We are left random YouTubers, people with a Substack or podcast, etc. No fact-checking standards / departments. Will Propublica and PBS Newshour/Frontline be around in 10 years. Federal funding cuts already killed Weekend Newshour.
>The stat came to light in a request Monday by Paramount for approval of the foreign ownership stake by the FCC. The company said the arrangement, including a 38.5% holding shared by three Middle East investment funds, will give the combined company “greater access to capital.” The infusion of financial resources will enable Paramount to “compete more effectively in the provision of television broadcast services and in the broader video programming marketplace,” the filing said. Saudi Arabia’s Private Investment Fund will have the largest share of the three Middle Eastern funds, a greater equity piece than Qatar or Abu Dhabi. Together, the three Persian Gulf states are putting $24 billion into the new company.
So, let me get this straight.
Here's a guy worth hundreds of billions through his founding of a company that supports surveilence capitalism, and is considered to be a leech on the government. Doesn't pay his taxes. He fires people by the thousands.
This guy has donated over $30 million dollars to a nuclear-armed foreign nation's military....One that has currently got our military engaged in a quagmire in Iran....and has attacked our ships in the past (USS Liberty).
He wants to buy one of the largest news organizations in the country, one that happens to be diametrically opposed to his political beliefs and donations.
Instead of financing it all himself, he's turning to Saudi Arabia, a nation that has sponsored terrorist attacks against us within the last 30 years, and has used its money and resources to spread a violent sect of Islam all around the world (Wahhabi).
This entity will control one of this country's most storied film studios (WB), and one of this country's major news networks...the only one on its "side" of the political spectrum.
I'm sorry...but what the fuck?
EDIT: this appeared to touch a nerve with some. Great! Ellison is an asshole and Oracle sucks. Ellison should pay his taxes. Israel has nukes and some of their interests aren't parallel to ours, and we shouldn't give them money to further their genocidal interests. The Saudis' money and actions don't support the US at times which has cost us money and lives - they should not own our media. Ellison should use his own money to buy shit if he wants it so badly.