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onecaliberal

(32,489 posts)
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 11:11 AM Jun 2020

Why do we continue to allow a standard for republicans and yet a different standard for Democrats.

Everyone with a brain knows Barr is covering for dump crimes and is acting illegally but no one really says anything. Or they have no appetite to address it? What is that about? I am pissed. I’m tired of the inmates running the asylum. I’m tired of being held hostage by the lowest common denominator. I’m sick of the oppression.

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Why do we continue to allow a standard for republicans and yet a different standard for Democrats. (Original Post) onecaliberal Jun 2020 OP
The latest silence on the news of Russia paying a bounty on US soldiers... TreasonousBastard Jun 2020 #1
The best solution: GOTV RainCaster Jun 2020 #2
Of course, but what is keeping them from demanding answers now? onecaliberal Jun 2020 #3
Well at least lady G piped up soothsayer Jun 2020 #4
It seems to be the political consensus Chainfire Jun 2020 #5
Hopefully I will be alive to vote. How many will not be so lucky. onecaliberal Jun 2020 #13
It is the same here Chainfire Jun 2020 #29
Why Do Most Of The Military And Veterans Still Support Trump?...... global1 Jun 2020 #6
Let's see if knowing trump condoned the taliban picking them off will change any minds. onecaliberal Jun 2020 #14
It shouldn't be a surprise Chainfire Jun 2020 #30
Allow? Allow implies willing go along with. Tell me how we don't "allow"? LizBeth Jun 2020 #7
Look at how they behaved with Obama. Meanwhile treason happens and it's only now onecaliberal Jun 2020 #15
Media has backed different playing fields for Democrats. More than a decade ago they were LizBeth Jun 2020 #18
The media is a right wing propaganda arm of the Republican Party. onecaliberal Jun 2020 #20
You even found the way to blame the Democrat again. Yea you. Have a good day. LizBeth Jun 2020 #25
Pointing out who signed the bill is a fact. Sorry it's inconvenient for you. onecaliberal Jun 2020 #26
Right. LizBeth Jun 2020 #27
Any major newspaper or journal is the medicine you need, Hortensis Jun 2020 #8
thanks for the suggestions. I will definitely start looking for some podcasts. onecaliberal Jun 2020 #16
:) Even most subscription newspapers allow access to a few Hortensis Jun 2020 #22
Thank you. onecaliberal Jun 2020 #24
Democrats meet the label Republicans correctly and work the refs uponit7771 Jun 2020 #9
The mystery question of our times. Baitball Blogger Jun 2020 #10
its not like the U.S. hasn't done.. stillcool Jun 2020 #11
The 6 Companies That Own (Almost) All Media [INFOGRAPHIC] UpInArms Jun 2020 #12
This is a big reason why people are so effing stupid. onecaliberal Jun 2020 #17
Those companies can't compare to Twitter and Facebook RainCaster Jun 2020 #23
Media consolidation UpInArms Jun 2020 #28
Because Trump's "base" wants a Bandit King (aka Mafia Don) McCamy Taylor Jun 2020 #19
And how exactly do we stop it? The GOP will continue to do nothng...and they don't care what we Demsrule86 Jun 2020 #21
Support PUBLIC RADIO..... Local and NPR electric_blue68 Jun 2020 #31

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
1. The latest silence on the news of Russia paying a bounty on US soldiers...
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 11:28 AM
Jun 2020

is the most disturbing thing.

Years of whining about Hillary's emails and imaginary Obama crimes and none of them stand up and demand answers to this accusation?

The first time in our history that a US President has actually ignored a threat to our troops on the ground and has even praised the threat maker.

There should be immediate bipartisan investigations into how Deutsche Bank may have been laundering Rubles into Trump's account, among other things.

RainCaster

(10,691 posts)
2. The best solution: GOTV
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 11:28 AM
Jun 2020

Nothing else will fix this.
Put Dems in power.
Then investigate all the treasonous acts and personalities.

Chainfire

(17,308 posts)
5. It seems to be the political consensus
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 11:42 AM
Jun 2020

to work for the elections rather than to beat their heads against the rock of the Republican Senate. While it is not very viscerally satisfying, it probably makes sense. I respect and trust the House leadership.

Once the Democrats regain power there can be a reckoning of biblical proportions.

Five more months and we will begin plucking the lame ducks. Patience is bitter, but it's fruit is sweet.

onecaliberal

(32,489 posts)
13. Hopefully I will be alive to vote. How many will not be so lucky.
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 12:11 PM
Jun 2020

I’m in a red county and every stupid thing you’ve heard from the idiots on tv, I hear from my neighbors. It’s beyond comprehension how we got here.

Chainfire

(17,308 posts)
29. It is the same here
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 03:45 PM
Jun 2020

I live with Florida rednecks, part of the Trump Cult who act like the virus situation is a leftist political attack on the purity of God Fearing Americanism. That is a big part of reason that Florida leading the nation in new cases.

I try not to let it bother me. I tend to my own business, go out only when really necessary, and the nasty looks I get for wearing a mask doesn't bother me a whit. I just keep my head down and come to this forum for breaths of fresh air.

I have not yet become bored with protecting my life; if the virus gets me, and it might, it is going to have to work for it.

global1

(25,168 posts)
6. Why Do Most Of The Military And Veterans Still Support Trump?......
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 11:45 AM
Jun 2020

Seriously - Trump has done so much harm to the military. He talks a good show - but - his actions really don't meet his words. He cheated his way to stay out of the military. He doesn't take care of the veterans.

Why do most of the military and veterans still support this fraud? I don't get it.

Chainfire

(17,308 posts)
30. It shouldn't be a surprise
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 04:09 PM
Jun 2020

The all volunteer military is a conservative haven. A heck of a lot of people go into the military because they haven't anything else to do with their lives. Many are people fresh out of high school who have no interest in furthering their education and are not willing to devote the time to learn a trade find homes there. Others are folks who were willing to let the military pay their way through college instead of finding other ways to get through. The military gives you spending money, feeds you, clothes you, takes care of your medical needs, and gives you an opportunity to play with all kinds of guns. For some folks it can fulfill the visceral fantasy need to live a Rambo existence, killing our enemies and protecting America. For heaven's sake, where else can you kill Muslims and get a medal for it?

I worked around a lot of veterans and people currently serving in the reserves or guard, I did not know a single one who held any liberal values....

I was a bit different when I went into the Navy during the Vietnam War. Many of my fellow sailors, myself included, had joined to keep out of the war while avoiding jail and a living with a criminal record. There were a lot of us, back then, who were progressive. Not a great number of liberals join the military today, so we end up with a heavily stacked conservative body of troops; Trump thumping, true blue blooded, 'Mericans who want to make America Great Again.

The only way to address the imbalance would be to reinstate the draft.

onecaliberal

(32,489 posts)
15. Look at how they behaved with Obama. Meanwhile treason happens and it's only now
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 12:14 PM
Jun 2020

Being discussed nationally. 125,000 are dead. A lot more are going to die.

LizBeth

(9,946 posts)
18. Media has backed different playing fields for Democrats. More than a decade ago they were
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 12:19 PM
Jun 2020

asked why 3 Republicans to every 1 Democrat on shows. The media said, Republicans are more flashy, entertaining, you can't rile the Democrats. Republican poor behavior was rewarded, Democratic good behavior penalized. There is not a level playing field.

So again I ask, what "allow"?

onecaliberal

(32,489 posts)
20. The media is a right wing propaganda arm of the Republican Party.
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 12:32 PM
Jun 2020

Clinton should have never allowed that to consolidate after knowing how far the owners went to destroy him. I place a lot of blame on them for giving the bullshit email story oxygen when I was clearly bullshit. Slowly and incrementally we have voted and watched the country go BACKWARD a little more everyday until a traitor is installed in the White House and dismantles 250 years in 1,500 days.

Have a good day, I’m out.

onecaliberal

(32,489 posts)
26. Pointing out who signed the bill is a fact. Sorry it's inconvenient for you.
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 01:53 PM
Jun 2020

I’m not going to be indirectly accused of not supporting Dems. You don’t know me. Enjoy the dust bin!

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
8. Any major newspaper or journal is the medicine you need,
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 11:47 AM
Jun 2020

Onecaliberal.

Or just turn on the boob tube to CNN or MBNC if you have access. Podcasts. Various books about this are also out there; the ones that feature Barr's role probably fill a decent-sized bookshelf by now.

As for being tired of inmates running the asylum, you're sick and I'm bitterly angry at everyone who had a hand in this. The RWers at least have the excuse of wanting to persecute minorities and destroy the vote because majorities won't elect their candidates. There's no excuse for those on the left who made it happen.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
22. :) Even most subscription newspapers allow access to a few
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 12:36 PM
Jun 2020

free articles each month. (Not the WSJ, though.) If you can't get in one journal or one newspaper, just try others. These days most newspapers covering the nation have almost daily articles reporting his iniquities.

Four ways William Barr is already subverting the 2020 elections
Safeguarding the vote would be the top priority of a normal attorney general. It’s the opposite now.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/barr-attorney-general-election/2020/06/26/7ad4fc7e-b6fb-11ea-a510-55bf26485c93_story.html

Three Plausible—And Troubling—Reasons Why Barr Tried to Force Berman Out
Some are worse than others, though none represents what one would like to see from the Department of Justice.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/06/question-berman-saga-why/613345/

RainCaster

(10,691 posts)
23. Those companies can't compare to Twitter and Facebook
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 12:41 PM
Jun 2020

Those are the Real giants in advertising media

UpInArms

(51,253 posts)
28. Media consolidation
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 02:16 PM
Jun 2020

Is an issue ...

https://b4heart.com/b4heart-com/we-the-people-fell-asleep/the-truth-will-set-us-free/its-time-to-confront-the-powers-that-be/introduction/why/parenting/the-president-and-the-press-jfk-speech-in-1961/u-s-media-consolidation-the-illusion-of-choice-by-jason-white/

Here’s a Graphic of U.S. Media Consolidation Entitled: The Illusion of Choice by Jason White, who founded the FrugalDad blog. It shows that almost all media comes from the same six sources.

That’s consolidated from 50 companies back in 1983.

NOTE: This infographic is from 3 years ago and is missing some key transactions. GE does not own NBC (or Comcast or any media) anymore. So that 6th company is now Comcast. And Time Warner doesn’t own AOL, so Huffington Post isn’t affiliated with them.

But the fact that a few companies own everything demonstrates “the illusion of choice,” Frugal Dad says. While some big sites, like Digg and Reddit aren’t owned by any of the corporations, Time Warner owns news sites read by millions of Americans every year.


From 50 to 6 ...

McCamy Taylor

(19,240 posts)
19. Because Trump's "base" wants a Bandit King (aka Mafia Don)
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 12:21 PM
Jun 2020

and everyone else wants equal justice for all. The whole premise of white Americans having privilege that allows them to steal the labor of non-whites is criminal.

electric_blue68

(14,623 posts)
31. Support PUBLIC RADIO..... Local and NPR
Sat Jun 27, 2020, 06:54 PM
Jun 2020

My station WNYC AM/FM - has done a lot.

They've been doing a very good job on many issues!

Been challenged about diversity and have done things about it with hosts, producers, podcasts esp in the past ten years.

Doing serious coverage of BLM pre Mr Floyd .
Had a Virtual Pride Parade call-in. This one since white gay men usually get the most attention - they asked everyone else in n the LGBTQI community to call.
Cover poverty, housing, environment, doing even more on policing, and jail/prisons.

I have to get back to being a sustainer (smaller monthly donation), in the mean time I sent them a donation in May.

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