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senseandsensibility's JournalOMG NYT AGAIN calls for Biden to drop out?
Just heard on Joy Reid. They called again for him to withdraw and asked the Dem party to intervene.
Still waiting on their call for cheato to withdraw after his FELONY convictions and his loss in the sexual abuse case.
Jens Stoltenberg, leader of NATO, looked
thrilled when Biden gave him the Medal of Freedom. Really. You can't fake that kind of emotion. He had a full smile when Biden put it around his neck.
Funny. What I saw with my own eyes seems to contradict the media's narrative frm this morning. According to them, the NATO members are losing confidence in Biden and don't think he's up to the job. 
Only Lawrence O'Donnell seems to have the guts to
criticize his peers' coverage of this epically important Presidential race. He goes after them with real anger and shock. He scorched the WH press corps for their insanely aggressive coverage of Biden's "health problems" yesterday and told the truth about what was really going on.
He reminded his fellow journalists that the only reason they even know that a neurologist visited the WH eight times is because THIS WH releases visitors' logs. Guess who did NOT do that? Of course they use this transparency against Biden to baselessly smear him. When the WH proves there is nothing to this story, they continue with their baseless "but people have questions" coverage.
If you want fearless coverage of what is at stake and how the beltway press is covering it, watch his show. I am really looking forward to it tonight. Of course, I'm lucky to be on the west coast so I can watch at seven o'clock. I have a feeling it's going to be good.
Ted Lieu just said that trump's name was all over the epstein files
and he told the press to their faces that they might want to cover that. I'm not holding my breath.
So when MSNBC takes a break from the Biden bashing
to cover cheato for a few minutes, you would think that a "progressive" channel would be a little critical at least, right? Imean, they have so much to work with. SO MUCH.
But, no they present a puff piece with a fangirl standing outside at the trump rally, and go on and on about his rally. FIRST APPEARANCE in 10 days, and it is so cool that cheato can do it! Then, the exciting VP race! Who will win cheato's approval?
NOT ONE WORD ABOUT project 2025.
I fail to see how FAUX could be worse.
Andrea Mitchell had the nerve
to compare Biden to cheato. She said he's bragging about his crowds last week-end in PA but those are supporters. Bragging about crowds is getting into trump territory.
She did not give one quote or example of Biden bragging about crowds (because he didn't) and she looked absolutely disgusted.
I have tried to defend Andrea a few times her because some of her critics seemed to me to be a little "agist". But now I'm starting to feel what some of you have expressed about her before. I never watched her back in 2016 when she bashed Hillary for her "e-mails" but it was probably like this.
Hispanic Caucus supports Biden!
Just heard on MSNBC. It is somewhat amusing this morning to see the talking heads forced to report positive news/facts for Biden and then immediately return to the Biden bashing.
The press has totally lost it
After yesterday's embarrassment of a press conference, in which the WH press corps revealed itself to be a snarling, angry mob, I was happy to see the WH set the record straight about Biden's health record. Foolishly, (and I am very cynical about the corporate media as most of you know), I thought I would see some acknowledgment this morning that they had overplayed their hand. After all, the whole uproar about Parkinson's that had them hyperventilating yesterday was proven t be unfounded.
But no, they are worse today. Will not give credit to Biden for anything. When Ana Cabrera asked Michael Crowley of the NYT if Biden deserved any credit for the improved NATO alliance, he listed several positive aspects of the alliance during Biden's term, but notably did not, or would not, give him credit. Yet when he went on to point out how dangerous a cheato administration would be for NATO, he mistakenly said the alliance was worried about a BIDEN administration. Surprise, he was not corrected by Cabrera.
Next, a glowing report from Vaughn Hillyard about cheato's "relatively light" schedule the last 10 days. Seriously, that's how they characterized it. DOING NOTHING IS RELATIVELY LIGHT if you're cheato. More gushing about how cheato would have a rally, and cheato would pick his VP. Absolutely nothing even remotely critical.
The corporate media is broken and if what we all fear happens, they will be largely to blame. They have a serious role in this democracy and they are absolutely failing.
Fetterman is in a swing state and he is all in on Joe!
I admire that. H was just on MSNBC defending Joe after Chris Murphy gave a somewhat wishy washy interview. I think he has a great no-nonsense attitude and is not afraid to call BS when he sees it. If only some of his colleagues would take a page from his book.
He also seems to be so much improved at speaking since the early days after his stroke. I'm glad he's doing so well; Joe is going to need him in PA!
Communicating with low information voters is key
but do any Dems know how to do it? Let me share a brief anecdote from my very early teaching days. I was teaching a first grade class during the summer session. We had a Career Day and a pharmacist spoke to the class.
The kids seemed attentive, and I found the talk enjoyable and informative, certainly not overly technical or complicated.
At the end, he asked if there were any questions. First question from a six year old boy: "What's a pharmacist?"
Whoa. The pharmacist was taken aback, and I could see his mental wheels pinning. He backpedaled quickly and said "Well, you know when you are sick and the doctor says you need medicine? Well, I'm the one who makes sure you get the right medicine so you can get better."
The students all understood, and then had better questions, but it would have been so much better if he had started at that level. So, if we're trying to get the votes of low information voters (some of whom think that Biden took away Roe), we need to REALLY break it down.
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