I'd love to see Kamala Harris flip the script on the people who want to interview her. She should ask them why they print stories that have no merit, like the garbage they're printing about Tim Walz's military service. It's journalistic malfeasance.
Also, she should tell them up front that she has no interest in spending her time answering questions about the former guy; that she'd be happy to address policy questions or anything else she is campaigning on.
Or do a ‘warm up-interview’ where she has a big whiteboard with some basic, legit questions on it - WHICH SHE ANSWERS - then do the ‘live’ interview …already having set the bar herself / so they don’t have to…?!
It seems MSM has been lulled into stupidity from too much exposure to the babbling idiot cult, I believe Madam President is going to cure them of that.
That would completely break a few brains. They have no intelligent questions prepared nor have they the intelligence anymore to come up with any. Maybe if they would stop drooling over what’s-his-face’s butt smears for news, they could find at least one policy question for her. That may be asking too much though.
I love that she is ignoring them though. The whole situation has been flipped. They are not discussing Biden at all. He has disappeared. Trump gets the benefit of the doubt in all coverage even the criticism of his voice and interview did not lead to cries for him to step down because he clearly is not able to govern. Harris and Walz are right to go right to the people. The people love them and the press can just shut down for all I care. MSM and anyone who emulates them are worthless to our democracy and if they aren't good for that what are they good for? I can be more entertained, in a more healthy way watching the ants on the sidewalk carry a crumb to their hill. I love the wave of blue washing over our nation. Especially good news is that the Evangelical Christians, Trump's base are zooming for Harris too. https://charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/wait-evangelicals-for-harris
Yes!! We the PEOPLE,are the power,not the media, or really the politicians,maybe Republicans want elect any babbling idiot they can find to 'own the libs',but the voters will have the final say,idiot Bobo is threatened,Ted Cruz is threatened,Josh Hawley is threatened,by voters,not violence,states are in play that weren't before,because maybe voters have at least one thing in common,we want our politicians to serve the interests of the American people,not themselves,or whatever billionaire who will stick some cash in their pockets. But here's a new twist,seems Republicans have copped the attitude 'FU!! We're ginormous assholes!! Tough shit!! You don't like it,fuck off' Interesting tactic to win support, but it seems that's what they're doing.
The problem for the Republicans too, at least those who worship Trump, is that rumor hath it that the Tech Bros of Silicon Valley backed JD Vance so that he can be their president. Once Trump wins, they will have JD use article 25 to find Trump incompetent (not many who will disagree with that) and replace him. So, the question is do the Trumpers like JD as much? If not, what would they do? Also, there is another faction that I don't think would like Tech Bros running the country through a proxy, that is the Heritage Foundation and the organizations it represents. As Project 2025 is written, in Chapter 1, White House Office, it seems to be setting up the Chief of Staff to run the country. It is written as a doorkeeper role. When I read the part about signing with an auto signature, I thought, why are they even mentioning this unless there is a plan to extensively use it. While that may be true of all administrations, it certainly means that if a president is not mentally fit he can be manipulated. Then, we also have Putin, who is expecting to manipulate Trump too. The word on the street is that anyone who stays in Russia could have been filmed and spied on, and especially set up or getting themselves into compromising positions which provides Putin with Kompromot. We know Trump has stayed there, and the rumors abound. So, who is going to be in charge with a Trump win is open to interpretation. One thing that is not planned on the Republican end is for We The People to have a voice. That is a situation we should totally be avoiding by voting for Harris-Walz. I am hoping their blue wave is huge.
The funny thing about the Russian kompromat (which they assuredly have because trump is too stupid not to turn down an underage sex-worker or whatever) is that his base doesn't even care.
I was thinking that too, with his conviction for both fraud and rape. Then I saw that there is a group Evangelicals for Kamala Harris, who also had a zoom and did a fundraiser.
I mean even Trump's core, to whom Project 2025 is largely targeted is being swept into the blue wave. People's natural inclinations to join something that seems good, over something that seems awful is kicking in.
Agreed. I would like to see a story on how many sports Trump was participating in during the years after being diagnosed with bone spurs. And how about a story on how many white European workers Trump has brought in using special visas each year, what jobs they were given and how many are still in the U.S. Oh, and make it for the last 20 years and how many have broken laws since he brought them here, how many are women and how many gave birth here.
If we had something akin to 'investagative journalism' anymore, maybe the Saudi bribe to Trump would of been reported in 2016,or reports of Russia and China laundering money through Trump properties,there would be no George Santos,or just maybe the MSM would stop treating campaign releases as gospel truth,to always go unchallenged.
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 I've been hoping for the very same thing. What could they possibly do that's worse? Change her words around so they mean something insubstantial or wrong? Oh wait...
The Tiedrich Standards of journalistic integrity are now, as I’m given to understand, on the standard curricula at the Columbia school of journalism. Regrettably, a number of Columbia professors are currently under investigation for allegedly plagiarizing Tiedrich. A messy situation for sure.
Nailed it Jeff! When those five Harris supporters at Whole Foods are finally asked what they think about Vice President Harris running for president, they will be grinning from ear to ear with hope and enthusiasm! Then, without any discussion, they’ll form a human pyramid, while chanting, “WE’RE NOT GOING BACK!”, and, “WE’LL SLEEP WHEN WE’RE DEAD!”
I wish they would interview you, maybe I'd watch the news again, except for the weather...what was with making everyone pay for the weather instead of a national weather bureau? It's easy to forget Whole Paycheck now goes to Bezos and hence the Washington Post......
But you didn't fact-check the origin of the term "border czar," which was coined by GOPs such as Greg Abbott and Steve Scalise -- not by one of the reporters you consistently demean.
I'm not an apologist for *legit* media, which has made and continues to make mistakes. But the legit media isn't uniformly bad, and your consistent hammering away at it is troubling. You're encouraging a right-wing-esque distrust of the press, which will prompt some/many people on the left to unwittingly help the right wing destroy confidence in the press. Is that *really* what you want, the elimination of our only real bulwark against autocracy?
Dee, Jeff is constantly pointing out that the press - like NYT that I have been a subscriber to for most of my adult life - is not being fair at all!!....they hammer the fuck out of Biden for his age and age related issues, but almost never call trump out for the insane bullshit he babbles on a daily basis...I have the same issues with NYT and is why I canceled my subscription with them...why was trump spewing about christians never having to vote again at one of his hate rallies, not front page news???...that is straight up fascist bullshit right out of hitler's playbook, and nothing about it from the press???...I'm with Jeff on this shit!
Ironically, the NYT is living up to donald’s past moniker, “the failing New York Times”. A new article popped up yesterday about Hunter Biden’s dealings with the State Dept. and the headline was:
The press has been propping up wannabe dicktater TRump, while trashing good and decent people like President Biden and VP pick Tim Walz, WITHOUT doing their due diligence in researching what they're writing. It's 100% their fault if people don't trust them anymore. Their coverage of Walz is disgusting, inflammatory and UNTRUE. How are we supposed to trust journalists who lie to get more "clicks"?!?
No the legit or main stream media journalism is not that bad but they normalized Trump beginning in 2015 and only until recently does he not get away with the gibberish . Only now as his campaign collapses since he was unprepared for Harris is he scrutinized more closely. The amount of coverage over the past 9 yrs is not close to what other presidential candidates received. I agree, Kamala does not owe the press anything. Its a sad state when we need to go to The Daily Show to get the inconsistencies, falsehoods, and a look of the raving lunatics at the maga rallies to see just how bad a sh** show is foisted on this model dunning-Kruger crowd.
In the 9 years since TRump came on the scene, the mainstream media is "that bad". They got TRump elected by continually hammering on Hillary Clinton and her emails and her "unlikability", while letting TRump slide by not reporting all of the horrible things the guy says and does.
they reported it ""in passing"" like it wasn't a real issue. it wasn't just the pussy grabbing comment, he 'owned' the teen pageant and would go into the girls locker room to check them out while they were changing but hey, he was just making sure everything was ok. he spent a lifetime being a fuckwad who was never really held accountable for his words and actions.
🎯And they knew he was being investigated for ties to Russia, they just chose not to mention it! And they published the easily debunked "Clinton Cash" partisan propaganda. That tore it for me. I can not trust them.
I was comparing mainstream media to the jokers who pretend to be fair and balanced or deny school massacres. Compared to them they look good. Yes, the mainstream did a lousy job on exposing the stupidity and failures of trump in 2016 election but unfortunately Comey threw a wrench and Hillary was not the best campaigner.
they're not that bad? it's not 9 or 10 years bro'. I grew up in NYC and the press and legal community have been giving him a pass for so long most people forget in all began in NYC in the 60's when he (supposedly raped a 15 year old at his birthday party at the Playboy club). and when he and his dad made a deal with the feds to resolve the discrimination suite against them over not renting their shabby apartments to people of color. or maybe when he told Howard Stern on air that he wanted to fuck Ivanka and play with her tits but unfortunately she was his daughter. this scummy pussy grabbing philanderer is the poster boy for xians??? and none of the msm holds him accountable? geee....
go back a year or so to jeff, and my comments about the msm being corporations and how corporations and big business are standing in line to lick demented dons little shithole. I can't imagine why? maybe because he promises an oligarchy? we the people know that he never delivers, how can they not get this by now?
I touch tangentially on a thing that should be explored in more detail: the press acts as if white people from rural states are the only 'real Americans.' what the fuck is that all about
I find that so insulting and tedious. Like. I’m a real person. I am an American citizen. My voice counts as much as some white dude at a Trump rally. Why not ask the people at Kamala’s rally what THEY think of Trump? Or of Kamala? Why not ask me, a boomer of Mexican descent here in Arizona who also shops at Whole Foods but also at Walmart and grew up in the barrio (for real)
I agree. We've had almost 10 years of 'Understanding the MAGA Voter"! We understand MAGA only too well...and always have! They're racist, misogynist, white, gun-toters who see everything as a zero-sum equation and Donnie Diaperstain gives them the chance to be both hero and victim of their own little saga...just like Dear Leader!😡
I think the average American is sick of it!!! Harris and Walz have been like a shot in the arm: just like a meme I saw on Shitter the other day that said to the effect that "America has woken up and decided to get out of an Abusive Relationship!!!"
I'm descended from Dutch immigrants to New Amsterdam in the 17th century, Scottish immigrants to Virginia and North Carolina in the 18th, and Italian immigrants in the 20th; I am a progressive and a life-long Democrat. I had the great pleasure of hitting a Trumpie with all that and watching her sputter that I'm not a real American because I'm not a fascist. Everyone's voice counts, and to say that someone is not a "real American" is bullshit. It's time to take our country back from the vicious, knuckle-dragging, mouth breathing, ignorant morons. ENOUGH!
We need to remind people like that person that we’re a nation of immigrants. Trump’s mother was an immigrant. His grandfather was an immigrant. His wife is an immigrant. Unless that person is 100% Native American, or her/his ancestors were brought to this country in chains on slave ships, he/she is an immigrant.
Those who claim "It can't happen here" need to read some history, particularly German. Also, it has already happened here: see the Confederacy, a proto-fascist state based on pure racism. And remember what it took to defeat that disgusting system.
I descend from Stephen Bostwick, who brought settlers from the area of Boston to the New England village of Shawmut, which he renamed New Boston (the "New" did not stick). Barry Bostwick of Rocky Horror Picture Show is a distant cousin of mine.
They are looking only for sound bites that won't make trump mad. If they came to a Harris rally, and stopped to ask you a question, the cameras might accidently capture the actual crowd size.
I totally agree! I live in the very Red part of Eastern Oregon. I am a white woman Boomer, living on Social Security & Medicare, I am a liberal Democrat & live in a small town (21,000 pop.). I am a regular American with dairy allergies, have to cook 🥦 & cauliflower into mush to eat it because of my stupid Norwegian & English stomach, can't do spicy anymore either. Doesn't that make me a real American? 😂😂😂😂😂💙💙💙💙💙💙
BTW, by leaving the National Guard, Tim Walz did not “abandon” his commitment to his country. He overfulfilled his commitment by 18 years. Once a National Guardsman has completed his first six year enlistment, he/she is free to quit at any time. Walz has been attacked for years by a disgruntled former subordinate who was angry that Walz was promoted instead of him.
If y ou're interested in a great readable fact check about Tim Walz military service check out:
I wish DEM's would have just said: REALLY? 'Swiftboating' is SO 2004 - ya gotta come up w/something better guys - ! (YOU KNOW - LAUGH IT OFF) geezus is this really that hard... treat them like a teenager who tries to bs you!
I still want to ask that fuckhead--who, with all due respect, was a Marine vet who got a purple heart, as if that makes a fuckhead not a fuckhead--what the hell he means that "it will not end well" for those who link Daffy Don with Project 2025. How will it not end well, baldy?
You can't get a better resume for a good ole white boy than Walz. He has all the basis covered. He has charisma - you either have it or you don't. Part of Obama's popularity was that he had it in overdrive and he was cool. Harris is cool too. Trump is neither charismatic (acting stupid and being made fun of is not charisma) or cool and Vance is an arrogant, smug a-hole. The two tickets are polar opposites. I'm beginning to sense that the public overall has just had it with Trump and his continuing nonsense and negativity. Even Republicans are over it. I did hear the interview on Morning Joe today with some Evangelicals who are MAGA. They think it was divine intervention that he survived his "assassination" attempt and that God talks to him so if Trump says it's so, it's so. Wow - uber cult brain washing. There is no hope for people like them. They would have been Koolaid drinkers.
Yes he’s super white - but MN has very large minority populations (Mexican, Hmong, Somalian, Ethiopian, Indian - to name few). The man has one amazing ‘experience’ report card ! Yeah KAMALA - nice one!
Someone told me in all seriousness that it’s because no person is perfect, so God/Jesus deliberately chose an imperfect vessel to spread the Word. And guess who that is?
What I like about Walz is the common decency that he brings to the ticket. Decency itself will stand in stark relief to what we’ve all experienced for the last nine years. I think decency will be a very powerful political element in the November election.
VP Harris is 59,Gov. Walz is 60,I'm 62,I guess we're Gen Xers, I had a paper route when I was 9,cut grass,shoveled driveways,did farm work,started working when I was 16, Army at 17, Pell grant for college,ya know, just normal stuff,so of course I can relate to Harris and Walz, I can't really relate to Ivy Leaguers who grow up with a silver spoon in their mouth,who never really had a real day of stress in their lives.
The press is blatantly racist and right wing, and they increasingly don't give a shit that it's obvious. I am so damn glad I cancelled my subscriptions to the Times and the WaPo. If I wanted to read fascist bullshit I'd subscribe to the Wall Street Journal; they at least are honest about it. I'm waiting for the Times and the WaPo to endorse Trump.
Oh gawd yes,that too,11 of the 12 poorest states are Republican controlled,and the most racist,and religious,and homophobic and usually the one's trying to suppress the will of voters.
That really bugs me. I think it's related to the electoral college--it's how a minority of voters (rural people) convince themselves that they should have more electoral power over the majority of us (city slickers), because they are real Americans, and we're not. I constantly hear them saying we'd starve without them (because they're farmers, I guess), but conveniently ignore the reality that we are sending resources to them, not the other way around.
California is the salad bowl and citrus grove of the country. There are also dairy farms in the Central Valley, many owned by descendants of Portuguese immigrants from the Ilhas Açores. And then there’s the tech industry in Silicon Valley. So the Midwest has nothing on California.
I just hope that California doesn't burn to the ground one day. The current fires are devastating for people and animals. It's just so sad. I think that anyone convicted of starting a fire on purpose should be publicly executed. Maybe it would deter some of the A-holes.
Take a look at the book White Rural Rage.. explains a lot of that mindset.. why this country holds rural values are superior to urban values.. I call BS
A lot of that started with Laura Ingalls Wilder and her myth of the noble, proud independent, farmer who would never take a hand-out from the Gov't. All a libertarian myth, pushed by her daughter, because they needed help so often, and were embarrassed over it.
I still can't figure out why some land should have voting rights,but that's our Senate system,we're stuck with it,but definitely IMO the filibuster needs to go the way of the the DoDo,Mitch McConnell's legacy will be how he abused the Senate for Republican power grabs.
Because the “press” these days are nothing but bean counting hacks that only care about clicks and eyeballs and their market shares. The world has passed them by and they never even reported it! Now everyone needs to go watch “Broadcast News” with two friends that haven’t seen it, and just substitute newspapers for TV in all the scenarios!
The Republicans who win Iowa often fail to gain any traction even among Republicans elsewhere: ask Pat Robertson (in hell), Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum, and Ted Cruz.
I can tell you this: growing up in Iowa in the 70s & 80s when schools actually taught critical thinking, basically what we learned was to have any semblance of opportunities, we needed to get the hell out to cities and/or blue states.
One of my hometown posters had a "one trillion dollars for illegals" post that people just gobbled up. I pointed out that that would be $545,000 annually and....crickets.
Truly you could say eleventy kabillion dollars & they wouldn't Q it bc it reinforces their existing biases/opportunity to feel superior to the "other."
It's so infuriating — how many times has the mainstream press gone to a Black barber shop in NYC to interview people? Or to a gay bar in the Castro in San Francisco? How about to a reservation to interview Indigenous people? Or interviewing some of the many immigrants to this country?
They have reinforced this idea that "white, straight, rural people are the only actual Americans" bullshit for decades, and it feeds into the right-wing narrative that they are normal and the only ones who matter. Fuck that shit — we are ALL Americans and I'm loving that Harris/Walz are pushing back.
Harris should agree to do media interviews - RIGHT AFTER the media starts releasing the documents on the trump campaign. Just like they did to the Clinton Campaign. If they don't they can fuck all the way off.
Which is the way most of us feel about the press at the moment. The pick and choose bullshit reporting like the typical Sir Anus Lips racist question, "when did Harris decide she was black". WTF, when did his assholiness decide to go orange? The list of questions that should be asked about lispy's shenanigans is endless but are purposely swept under the rug and ignored as always.
Maybe she should answer questions about Trump's latest conspiracy theories AFTER he's given a competency exam, and released his REAL medical reports,if not,piss off, Republicans want to let the lunatics run the asylum,not gonna happen in the Democratic house.
Also Fox should not be given press passes until they report on their settlement in the Dominion lawsuit, on their airwaves during prime time. They should also be required to issue disclaimers for every show that they are not a news network but an entertainment channel. No press passes for them! They are ridiculous
Peter Doocy made an ass of himself yesterday at a press conference,again,for his nightly Fox News soundbyte,his attempted 'gotchas',that never actually happen. Little Alfalfa-in-his-dads-cour-suit needs his press credentials pulled.
Have we lost the ability to be vigilant - about ANYTHING? I always think about these ppl - scandals pop up - then go away - and the next thing you know they’re weighing in w/an opinion or endorsing someone... Wut?
I have noticed that too. The Guardian used to be my go-to after I dumped WaPo and the New York Times. Now I'm reading The New Republic and really enjoy it.
I cancelled them because their Washington corespondent started slagging on Joe, real ageist stuff. Long after he stepped down so it was just unnecessary.
Megan, Same here. There are so many good reporters and investigative reporters. Judd Legum is very good on Substack. Also Free Speech tv offers a menu of reliable reporters including Amy Goodman on Democracy Now!
"journamolism? " and "Donny sound like Sylvester the Cat overdosing on Nyquil. " 😂😂😂
"Without her beauty, Harris might be joining Biden in retirement." WTF?? THAT right there is yet another reason to despise Kathleen Parker. This column needs to be sent to every member of the corporate media!! Kamala is doing JUST FINE without subjecting herself to the idiots in the press. Seems like independent journalism is assuming a front seat. Good.
The worthless scribblers flocked to the roach motel to listen to Orange Fuhrer's latest brain diarrhea,which not coincidentally happened at the same time as a Harris campaign rally, which you chose not to cover,(while Fox News did),but now you demand VP Harris grovel to you for your daily clickbait and views?? Do I have that right?? Well,I'm trying to limit my amount of 'F-bombs' I'm dropping on the internet but...
I’m surprised that they didn’t add something about beautiful women being dumb airheads. That was always the putdown of attractive women. Let’s ask Dumbass Donny for his law school diploma and certification that he passed the Bar if he thinks Kamala is stupid.
It’s time for intelligent people like VP Harris to ignore trumpian reporters. I love that she’s flicking them off! Why give them credibility? We know what they are!
I saw a CNN clip on YouTube (bc I will not pay for cable) of Jessie Ventura doing a kickass job of defending Tim Walz. It reminded me that when he was MN governor, my memory is that he got to the point where he would only do interviews with a certain reporter on MN Public Radio because the rest of the press were jackals.
There’s also a great defense of Tim Walz on Burn the Boats, a Meidas Touch podcast you can watch on YouTube. Watch and share! 💙🌊💙
They deserve being shunned by Harris and Walz. They earned it. I’m loving their whining and having to eat their just desserts. May they choke on it. Makes me love their campaign for freedom even more, and that love is also earned.
It would be irresponsible of me not to speculate that Harris is taking her case to the people before giving two fucks about the head hunters at the press. Harris not caving in to their demands shows who’s really running the show.
I’m thinking the same. Why give a press conference when she can appear daily to huge crowds and then appear at the Convention next week? What exactly has the press done for her? And Trump’s “press conference” was such a joke, it’s obvious these are not serious, impartial journalists. She owes them nothing.
She saw what they did to Biden, and he did a good job, so they knifed him in the back with ageism. All while ignoring his all of three years younger opponent.
I love how when the Trump interview with Apartheid Clyde started an hour late, he claimed it was because there were so many listeners, they broke Twitter. And when he sounded like a speech-slurring wino, lying in the gutter, it was due to the “complexities of modern day technology” (which you know were not Trump’s words, because he doesn’t have that big of a vocabulary). But when his interview with the black journalists started a little bit late, it was because they were incompetent and lazy and so very blackity black.
The interview with the black journalists started late because they wanted to do 'live fact-checking',and Trumpy will never allow that,that was the delay.
LOL 🤣 "...Sylvester the Cat overdosing on NyQuil." I'm still laughing!! I read that "hit job" by Parker and wondered how in the Hell a woman could write that drivel. Oh well, we'll vote for the Harris/Walz ticket and down ballot Democrats anyway.. TRump is toast. 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
Nikki Haley kissed the ring,so did Tim Scott and Byron Donalds,(hey guys!! You do realize Trumpy just wants disenfranchise BLACK VOTERS!! Of course they do) MAGA means abandoning all traces of 'character'.
She should make a big loud announcement about doing a press conference, invite all the major media sources, make them wait half an hour, walk to the lectern, lean into the mic, and say "FUCK ALL Y'ALL" before walking back out and heading off to do an interview with some TikTok star.
And media should be asking Bill Barr about killing the investigation about a little $10 million dollar cash contribution to the Trump campaign from the Saudis,our old friends that Dubya let fly out of the country on 9/11.
Adding to the hilarity of it all, semi-literate bootlicking hack Michael Goodwin at the NY Post has generously offered to give the VP an interview. The only surprise there being he actually came up for air from being ears deep in Trump's lap to do it.
This is where he can use small words for the lowest common denominator. Altho I hasten to add that back in the day they had a really good sports section.
yes, I googled to make sure there really is a Whole Foods in Greenwich, because JOURNALISTIC INTEGRITY
I'd love to see Kamala Harris flip the script on the people who want to interview her. She should ask them why they print stories that have no merit, like the garbage they're printing about Tim Walz's military service. It's journalistic malfeasance.
Also, she should tell them up front that she has no interest in spending her time answering questions about the former guy; that she'd be happy to address policy questions or anything else she is campaigning on.
Or do a ‘warm up-interview’ where she has a big whiteboard with some basic, legit questions on it - WHICH SHE ANSWERS - then do the ‘live’ interview …already having set the bar herself / so they don’t have to…?!
Ahh, shades of Katie Porter...love it!
She can even say: “First let’s cover the most basic questions we all KNOW the press wants answers to…” ;)
Yes! Lead them where they need to go, Sunny!
Unfortunately we don't live in that world. We live in the world of tongue strokes and kool-aid.
I think she can create whatever world she wants to; it's her campaign not theirs.
It seems MSM has been lulled into stupidity from too much exposure to the babbling idiot cult, I believe Madam President is going to cure them of that.
She will take a page out of Jen Psaki's playbook and wipe the floor with them.
Yeah. Now we’re satisfied with all those cheap sugary lollipops at the bottom of the trick-or-treat bag (as far as 'reporting' is concerned)… smdh
BINGO!! 😁
That would completely break a few brains. They have no intelligent questions prepared nor have they the intelligence anymore to come up with any. Maybe if they would stop drooling over what’s-his-face’s butt smears for news, they could find at least one policy question for her. That may be asking too much though.
They usually just shout out Repub talking points.
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I've happily enjoyed some Democratic push-back recently, something like 'That's a really stupid question'
Yup!
Again, Yup. 🔥😎
I love that she is ignoring them though. The whole situation has been flipped. They are not discussing Biden at all. He has disappeared. Trump gets the benefit of the doubt in all coverage even the criticism of his voice and interview did not lead to cries for him to step down because he clearly is not able to govern. Harris and Walz are right to go right to the people. The people love them and the press can just shut down for all I care. MSM and anyone who emulates them are worthless to our democracy and if they aren't good for that what are they good for? I can be more entertained, in a more healthy way watching the ants on the sidewalk carry a crumb to their hill. I love the wave of blue washing over our nation. Especially good news is that the Evangelical Christians, Trump's base are zooming for Harris too. https://charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/wait-evangelicals-for-harris
Yes!! We the PEOPLE,are the power,not the media, or really the politicians,maybe Republicans want elect any babbling idiot they can find to 'own the libs',but the voters will have the final say,idiot Bobo is threatened,Ted Cruz is threatened,Josh Hawley is threatened,by voters,not violence,states are in play that weren't before,because maybe voters have at least one thing in common,we want our politicians to serve the interests of the American people,not themselves,or whatever billionaire who will stick some cash in their pockets. But here's a new twist,seems Republicans have copped the attitude 'FU!! We're ginormous assholes!! Tough shit!! You don't like it,fuck off' Interesting tactic to win support, but it seems that's what they're doing.
The problem for the Republicans too, at least those who worship Trump, is that rumor hath it that the Tech Bros of Silicon Valley backed JD Vance so that he can be their president. Once Trump wins, they will have JD use article 25 to find Trump incompetent (not many who will disagree with that) and replace him. So, the question is do the Trumpers like JD as much? If not, what would they do? Also, there is another faction that I don't think would like Tech Bros running the country through a proxy, that is the Heritage Foundation and the organizations it represents. As Project 2025 is written, in Chapter 1, White House Office, it seems to be setting up the Chief of Staff to run the country. It is written as a doorkeeper role. When I read the part about signing with an auto signature, I thought, why are they even mentioning this unless there is a plan to extensively use it. While that may be true of all administrations, it certainly means that if a president is not mentally fit he can be manipulated. Then, we also have Putin, who is expecting to manipulate Trump too. The word on the street is that anyone who stays in Russia could have been filmed and spied on, and especially set up or getting themselves into compromising positions which provides Putin with Kompromot. We know Trump has stayed there, and the rumors abound. So, who is going to be in charge with a Trump win is open to interpretation. One thing that is not planned on the Republican end is for We The People to have a voice. That is a situation we should totally be avoiding by voting for Harris-Walz. I am hoping their blue wave is huge.
The funny thing about the Russian kompromat (which they assuredly have because trump is too stupid not to turn down an underage sex-worker or whatever) is that his base doesn't even care.
I was thinking that too, with his conviction for both fraud and rape. Then I saw that there is a group Evangelicals for Kamala Harris, who also had a zoom and did a fundraiser.
https://charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/wait-evangelicals-for-harris
I mean even Trump's core, to whom Project 2025 is largely targeted is being swept into the blue wave. People's natural inclinations to join something that seems good, over something that seems awful is kicking in.
Veeeery interesting....
Agreed. I would like to see a story on how many sports Trump was participating in during the years after being diagnosed with bone spurs. And how about a story on how many white European workers Trump has brought in using special visas each year, what jobs they were given and how many are still in the U.S. Oh, and make it for the last 20 years and how many have broken laws since he brought them here, how many are women and how many gave birth here.
If we had something akin to 'investagative journalism' anymore, maybe the Saudi bribe to Trump would of been reported in 2016,or reports of Russia and China laundering money through Trump properties,there would be no George Santos,or just maybe the MSM would stop treating campaign releases as gospel truth,to always go unchallenged.
I would LOVE that.
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 I've been hoping for the very same thing. What could they possibly do that's worse? Change her words around so they mean something insubstantial or wrong? Oh wait...
The Tiedrich Standards of journalistic integrity are now, as I’m given to understand, on the standard curricula at the Columbia school of journalism. Regrettably, a number of Columbia professors are currently under investigation for allegedly plagiarizing Tiedrich. A messy situation for sure.
Uh, we all plagiarize Jeff. His work is too good not to share.
Sharing and plagiarizing are two very different things! 😁
I don't plagiarize, I just lift it whole and restack. It's more lazy than evil.
Ok, I share Jeffs' work intact, giving him full credit. There, fixed it.
Yes! That's what I meant...honest.
just give jeff a shout out or credit and it's not plagiarizing
I do make it a point to give Jeff credit. He works hard to give us such good material that the least I can do is give him a footnote.
Guilty as charged.
Yes but I always give him credit
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Nailed it Jeff! When those five Harris supporters at Whole Foods are finally asked what they think about Vice President Harris running for president, they will be grinning from ear to ear with hope and enthusiasm! Then, without any discussion, they’ll form a human pyramid, while chanting, “WE’RE NOT GOING BACK!”, and, “WE’LL SLEEP WHEN WE’RE DEAD!”
HARRIS-WALZ 2024💥💙
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Journalistic integrity?????? What’s that-something to eat???? My mom used to say that! lol (now you know where I get my snarky attitude from!!)
What is this thing called “journalistic integrity?” I am not knowing.
I believe it's when MSM thinks bigotry, misogyny,and conspiracy theories should have a seat the debate table.
If DFF called the press “low IQ,” I'd have to agree with him.
I wish they would interview you, maybe I'd watch the news again, except for the weather...what was with making everyone pay for the weather instead of a national weather bureau? It's easy to forget Whole Paycheck now goes to Bezos and hence the Washington Post......
Honestly wondering if it's too late to rein these ppl in... :?
I can tell you for those of us in hurricane areas it would be fatal.
I’d expect nothing less. Although I had hoped you’d mention the one in Cambridge, MA, off Central Square.
I would have been shocked if there WASN'T a Whole Foods in Greenwich!!!...not that there's anything wrong with that!
But you didn't fact-check the origin of the term "border czar," which was coined by GOPs such as Greg Abbott and Steve Scalise -- not by one of the reporters you consistently demean.
I'm not an apologist for *legit* media, which has made and continues to make mistakes. But the legit media isn't uniformly bad, and your consistent hammering away at it is troubling. You're encouraging a right-wing-esque distrust of the press, which will prompt some/many people on the left to unwittingly help the right wing destroy confidence in the press. Is that *really* what you want, the elimination of our only real bulwark against autocracy?
can you give me a link to that? then I'll correct the text, thanks
lol
Dee, Jeff is constantly pointing out that the press - like NYT that I have been a subscriber to for most of my adult life - is not being fair at all!!....they hammer the fuck out of Biden for his age and age related issues, but almost never call trump out for the insane bullshit he babbles on a daily basis...I have the same issues with NYT and is why I canceled my subscription with them...why was trump spewing about christians never having to vote again at one of his hate rallies, not front page news???...that is straight up fascist bullshit right out of hitler's playbook, and nothing about it from the press???...I'm with Jeff on this shit!
Ironically, the NYT is living up to donald’s past moniker, “the failing New York Times”. A new article popped up yesterday about Hunter Biden’s dealings with the State Dept. and the headline was:
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/13/us/politics/hunter-biden-ukrainian-company.html
They keep beating that dead equine. I loathe them!
The press has been propping up wannabe dicktater TRump, while trashing good and decent people like President Biden and VP pick Tim Walz, WITHOUT doing their due diligence in researching what they're writing. It's 100% their fault if people don't trust them anymore. Their coverage of Walz is disgusting, inflammatory and UNTRUE. How are we supposed to trust journalists who lie to get more "clicks"?!?
BLATANTLY
No the legit or main stream media journalism is not that bad but they normalized Trump beginning in 2015 and only until recently does he not get away with the gibberish . Only now as his campaign collapses since he was unprepared for Harris is he scrutinized more closely. The amount of coverage over the past 9 yrs is not close to what other presidential candidates received. I agree, Kamala does not owe the press anything. Its a sad state when we need to go to The Daily Show to get the inconsistencies, falsehoods, and a look of the raving lunatics at the maga rallies to see just how bad a sh** show is foisted on this model dunning-Kruger crowd.
In the 9 years since TRump came on the scene, the mainstream media is "that bad". They got TRump elected by continually hammering on Hillary Clinton and her emails and her "unlikability", while letting TRump slide by not reporting all of the horrible things the guy says and does.
they reported it ""in passing"" like it wasn't a real issue. it wasn't just the pussy grabbing comment, he 'owned' the teen pageant and would go into the girls locker room to check them out while they were changing but hey, he was just making sure everything was ok. he spent a lifetime being a fuckwad who was never really held accountable for his words and actions.
🎯And stiffing small contracters, and running around partying with Epstein.
🎯And they knew he was being investigated for ties to Russia, they just chose not to mention it! And they published the easily debunked "Clinton Cash" partisan propaganda. That tore it for me. I can not trust them.
Did the DEM donors force Biden to step down?... this has gotten VERY UGLY... everyone had better VOTE BLUE DOWN THE BALLOT🇺🇸
I was comparing mainstream media to the jokers who pretend to be fair and balanced or deny school massacres. Compared to them they look good. Yes, the mainstream did a lousy job on exposing the stupidity and failures of trump in 2016 election but unfortunately Comey threw a wrench and Hillary was not the best campaigner.
They work for R's. Careerism 101: keep that paycheck coming...
they're not that bad? it's not 9 or 10 years bro'. I grew up in NYC and the press and legal community have been giving him a pass for so long most people forget in all began in NYC in the 60's when he (supposedly raped a 15 year old at his birthday party at the Playboy club). and when he and his dad made a deal with the feds to resolve the discrimination suite against them over not renting their shabby apartments to people of color. or maybe when he told Howard Stern on air that he wanted to fuck Ivanka and play with her tits but unfortunately she was his daughter. this scummy pussy grabbing philanderer is the poster boy for xians??? and none of the msm holds him accountable? geee....
LOVE that they're unprepared with smear tactics (still no policy)
LOVE that we have under 90 days for them to try to do any lasting damage
HATE that this is all we expect - when this shouldn't be a game AT ALL
That has been surprising :/
If true, we’re all doomed. The MSM is up Donnie’s ass so far they’re sharing his diaper.
And they have been from the beginning.
It’s all about the money.
Just ask Harvey Weinstein wanna-be Les Moonves when he ran CBS:
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/leslie-moonves-donald-trump-may-871464/amp/
go back a year or so to jeff, and my comments about the msm being corporations and how corporations and big business are standing in line to lick demented dons little shithole. I can't imagine why? maybe because he promises an oligarchy? we the people know that he never delivers, how can they not get this by now?
You’d think Jeff Bezos would like that idea. His grocery store would get some free advertising from his newspaper the Washington Post
I touch tangentially on a thing that should be explored in more detail: the press acts as if white people from rural states are the only 'real Americans.' what the fuck is that all about
I find that so insulting and tedious. Like. I’m a real person. I am an American citizen. My voice counts as much as some white dude at a Trump rally. Why not ask the people at Kamala’s rally what THEY think of Trump? Or of Kamala? Why not ask me, a boomer of Mexican descent here in Arizona who also shops at Whole Foods but also at Walmart and grew up in the barrio (for real)
I agree. We've had almost 10 years of 'Understanding the MAGA Voter"! We understand MAGA only too well...and always have! They're racist, misogynist, white, gun-toters who see everything as a zero-sum equation and Donnie Diaperstain gives them the chance to be both hero and victim of their own little saga...just like Dear Leader!😡
I think the average American is sick of it!!! Harris and Walz have been like a shot in the arm: just like a meme I saw on Shitter the other day that said to the effect that "America has woken up and decided to get out of an Abusive Relationship!!!"
Great post!! And huzzah!! ✋
👊 Thanks!
a move designed to make it look WAY bigger…
You’ve got that right.
I'm descended from Dutch immigrants to New Amsterdam in the 17th century, Scottish immigrants to Virginia and North Carolina in the 18th, and Italian immigrants in the 20th; I am a progressive and a life-long Democrat. I had the great pleasure of hitting a Trumpie with all that and watching her sputter that I'm not a real American because I'm not a fascist. Everyone's voice counts, and to say that someone is not a "real American" is bullshit. It's time to take our country back from the vicious, knuckle-dragging, mouth breathing, ignorant morons. ENOUGH!
We need to remind people like that person that we’re a nation of immigrants. Trump’s mother was an immigrant. His grandfather was an immigrant. His wife is an immigrant. Unless that person is 100% Native American, or her/his ancestors were brought to this country in chains on slave ships, he/she is an immigrant.
'It can't happen here' is a myth a lot of people have been operating on,oh my, you're wrong, grievance and bigotry are as old as humanity itself.
'It's the duty of every American generation to defend democracy' as President Biden has said recently.
Those who claim "It can't happen here" need to read some history, particularly German. Also, it has already happened here: see the Confederacy, a proto-fascist state based on pure racism. And remember what it took to defeat that disgusting system.
And read "It Can't Happen Here" as well, by Sinclair Lewis
One branch of my family settled in Massachusetts in 1630.
I descend from Stephen Bostwick, who brought settlers from the area of Boston to the New England village of Shawmut, which he renamed New Boston (the "New" did not stick). Barry Bostwick of Rocky Horror Picture Show is a distant cousin of mine.
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we need a national laugh!
They are looking only for sound bites that won't make trump mad. If they came to a Harris rally, and stopped to ask you a question, the cameras might accidently capture the actual crowd size.
I totally agree! I live in the very Red part of Eastern Oregon. I am a white woman Boomer, living on Social Security & Medicare, I am a liberal Democrat & live in a small town (21,000 pop.). I am a regular American with dairy allergies, have to cook 🥦 & cauliflower into mush to eat it because of my stupid Norwegian & English stomach, can't do spicy anymore either. Doesn't that make me a real American? 😂😂😂😂😂💙💙💙💙💙💙
Tim Walz is a white people from a rural heartland state...
I know, and the cognitive dissonance it's causing is breaking their brains. picking Walz was a brilliant move by Kamala
1000% agreement. Walz is amazing!
BTW, by leaving the National Guard, Tim Walz did not “abandon” his commitment to his country. He overfulfilled his commitment by 18 years. Once a National Guardsman has completed his first six year enlistment, he/she is free to quit at any time. Walz has been attacked for years by a disgruntled former subordinate who was angry that Walz was promoted instead of him.
If y ou're interested in a great readable fact check about Tim Walz military service check out:
https://www.snopes.com/news/2024/08/12/walz-military-service
I love Snopes Fact checks. Clearly written.
I wish DEM's would have just said: REALLY? 'Swiftboating' is SO 2004 - ya gotta come up w/something better guys - ! (YOU KNOW - LAUGH IT OFF) geezus is this really that hard... treat them like a teenager who tries to bs you!
Chris LaCivita, the same guy who orchestrated the swiftboat BS regarding John Kerry, is working for the TRump campaign. Go figure.
I know. A grand total of ‘two’ dots to connect.
I still want to ask that fuckhead--who, with all due respect, was a Marine vet who got a purple heart, as if that makes a fuckhead not a fuckhead--what the hell he means that "it will not end well" for those who link Daffy Don with Project 2025. How will it not end well, baldy?
"Gov Walz puts his 24 year service record against Draft Dodging Don & the eyeliner guy any day of the week."
Thanks for this Snopes' link, Kathleen!
Great article! Thanks for sharing
That's perfect, thanks
You can't get a better resume for a good ole white boy than Walz. He has all the basis covered. He has charisma - you either have it or you don't. Part of Obama's popularity was that he had it in overdrive and he was cool. Harris is cool too. Trump is neither charismatic (acting stupid and being made fun of is not charisma) or cool and Vance is an arrogant, smug a-hole. The two tickets are polar opposites. I'm beginning to sense that the public overall has just had it with Trump and his continuing nonsense and negativity. Even Republicans are over it. I did hear the interview on Morning Joe today with some Evangelicals who are MAGA. They think it was divine intervention that he survived his "assassination" attempt and that God talks to him so if Trump says it's so, it's so. Wow - uber cult brain washing. There is no hope for people like them. They would have been Koolaid drinkers.
Yes he’s super white - but MN has very large minority populations (Mexican, Hmong, Somalian, Ethiopian, Indian - to name few). The man has one amazing ‘experience’ report card ! Yeah KAMALA - nice one!
Plus I believe in the last 10+ years MN has grown in diversity at a faster rate than the US overall.
Rump DOES have 'negative charisma'. It's a thing... :/
Eww. I find TRump repulsive.
Even MaryTrump gives him that...(ugh)
I wonder why “God” would save a corrupt, lying, criminal asshole who never sets foot in a church.
Someone told me in all seriousness that it’s because no person is perfect, so God/Jesus deliberately chose an imperfect vessel to spread the Word. And guess who that is?
https://x.com/traecrowder/status/1821272795487367434
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Beautiful.
Except Trump would charge them $100 bucks for the Kool-Aid first.
They are Orange Fool-ade drinkers.
What I like about Walz is the common decency that he brings to the ticket. Decency itself will stand in stark relief to what we’ve all experienced for the last nine years. I think decency will be a very powerful political element in the November election.
VP Harris is 59,Gov. Walz is 60,I'm 62,I guess we're Gen Xers, I had a paper route when I was 9,cut grass,shoveled driveways,did farm work,started working when I was 16, Army at 17, Pell grant for college,ya know, just normal stuff,so of course I can relate to Harris and Walz, I can't really relate to Ivy Leaguers who grow up with a silver spoon in their mouth,who never really had a real day of stress in their lives.
Boomer goes until 1964. although I'm at the end, and identify more with gen-x.
& REFRESHING (!)
It was a boss move, for sure. The man is impossible to hate and whiter than snow. Oooh, it must grind the Maggots something awful.
He's pretty much pure white - ya gotta LOVE IT. Also - he's my Governor and I'm still adjusting to the thought of losing him. Not liking it AT ALL.
I can appreciate that, but it looks like you’ve got a LT governor who rocks.
Indeed she does.
Yes, Walz's Lt Governor is a WOC... I mean come ON :)
We're sorry, but he is desperately needed elsewhere.
They're definitely spiralling.
Impossible to hate? You underestimate the MAGATS.
That is their superpower.
yeah especially that pic in his hunting gear holding a dead turkey...bahahaha
I think so too. I love the guy ☺️
Finally,the Democrats seem to be running a master class in running a campaign,while Republicans are floundering in stupidity.
Who would have predicted it!
Tim Walz has ton of " RIZZ ".
He kind of reminds me of Drew Carey. You don't expect a fat white guy to have sex appeal, but he does. Like Walz,
IDK...
I'm with you Carey is not sexy.
Not your type?
nice
I couldn’t agree more. And she has some other powerful surrogates. So far, she is playing this masterfully.
Beyond brilliant!!!
The press is blatantly racist and right wing, and they increasingly don't give a shit that it's obvious. I am so damn glad I cancelled my subscriptions to the Times and the WaPo. If I wanted to read fascist bullshit I'd subscribe to the Wall Street Journal; they at least are honest about it. I'm waiting for the Times and the WaPo to endorse Trump.
Wouldn't surprise me a bit.
It's about systemic racism in our country...
This is the answer, along with deeply engrained misogyny.
Bingo, and those who wish to keep it that way.
The "real 'Mericans" from both Coasts and cities financially keep the country going and pay for the benefits in Red States of the fine MAGA people.
That is absolutely true. The idiots want to do away with all the benefits that flow to them. It's crazy-stupid
Oh gawd yes,that too,11 of the 12 poorest states are Republican controlled,and the most racist,and religious,and homophobic and usually the one's trying to suppress the will of voters.
Great talking point - be nice if D's amplified these factoids... I think D Leadership has kept the party 'stuck'. PASS THE TORCH - RIGHT???
*add the childless cat ladies to that list...
That really bugs me. I think it's related to the electoral college--it's how a minority of voters (rural people) convince themselves that they should have more electoral power over the majority of us (city slickers), because they are real Americans, and we're not. I constantly hear them saying we'd starve without them (because they're farmers, I guess), but conveniently ignore the reality that we are sending resources to them, not the other way around.
I live in California,tell me again how I'll starve without the corporate-controlled, foreign owned mega farmers in the Midwest.
California is the salad bowl and citrus grove of the country. There are also dairy farms in the Central Valley, many owned by descendants of Portuguese immigrants from the Ilhas Açores. And then there’s the tech industry in Silicon Valley. So the Midwest has nothing on California.
I just hope that California doesn't burn to the ground one day. The current fires are devastating for people and animals. It's just so sad. I think that anyone convicted of starting a fire on purpose should be publicly executed. Maybe it would deter some of the A-holes.
Corn and wheat, now that's a tasty balanced diet 😂
Indeed! I'm a farmers daughter and the country could survive on less corn syrup & animal feed.
Sarah Palin said that effluent, I don't know if she started it though.
Yes, especially since a large majority of the population lives on the coasts.
Take a look at the book White Rural Rage.. explains a lot of that mindset.. why this country holds rural values are superior to urban values.. I call BS
So much of MAGA identity is wrapped up in WRT.
A lot of that started with Laura Ingalls Wilder and her myth of the noble, proud independent, farmer who would never take a hand-out from the Gov't. All a libertarian myth, pushed by her daughter, because they needed help so often, and were embarrassed over it.
I still can't figure out why some land should have voting rights,but that's our Senate system,we're stuck with it,but definitely IMO the filibuster needs to go the way of the the DoDo,Mitch McConnell's legacy will be how he abused the Senate for Republican power grabs.
To the WHITE media owning Oligarchy, to be a real person, you HAVE to be white.
Because the “press” these days are nothing but bean counting hacks that only care about clicks and eyeballs and their market shares. The world has passed them by and they never even reported it! Now everyone needs to go watch “Broadcast News” with two friends that haven’t seen it, and just substitute newspapers for TV in all the scenarios!
Jonathan Karl and Robert Costa got million dollar book deals chronicling the Trump administration,so did Bob Woodward,no conflict of interest there...
Exactly. They can all rot.
And Maggie Habberhack never told us trump was flushing documents, like Woodward saved it for the book!
I was thinking about that movie this week!
Bill Hicks said it all about Marketing…IYKYK
Cuz no one cares 'bout them thar city slickers
Every 4 year election cycle Republicans flock to Iowa to court voters,95% white and Christian.
The Republicans who win Iowa often fail to gain any traction even among Republicans elsewhere: ask Pat Robertson (in hell), Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum, and Ted Cruz.
Absolute truth Robert,and yet,they keep doing it.
And deathSantis sucked up something fierce and couldn't make it there.
I can tell you this: growing up in Iowa in the 70s & 80s when schools actually taught critical thinking, basically what we learned was to have any semblance of opportunities, we needed to get the hell out to cities and/or blue states.
One of my hometown posters had a "one trillion dollars for illegals" post that people just gobbled up. I pointed out that that would be $545,000 annually and....crickets.
Truly you could say eleventy kabillion dollars & they wouldn't Q it bc it reinforces their existing biases/opportunity to feel superior to the "other."
Cletus Safaris?
Another fellow Wonketteer?
Not anymore.
It's so infuriating — how many times has the mainstream press gone to a Black barber shop in NYC to interview people? Or to a gay bar in the Castro in San Francisco? How about to a reservation to interview Indigenous people? Or interviewing some of the many immigrants to this country?
They have reinforced this idea that "white, straight, rural people are the only actual Americans" bullshit for decades, and it feeds into the right-wing narrative that they are normal and the only ones who matter. Fuck that shit — we are ALL Americans and I'm loving that Harris/Walz are pushing back.
Harris should agree to do media interviews - RIGHT AFTER the media starts releasing the documents on the trump campaign. Just like they did to the Clinton Campaign. If they don't they can fuck all the way off.
Which is the way most of us feel about the press at the moment. The pick and choose bullshit reporting like the typical Sir Anus Lips racist question, "when did Harris decide she was black". WTF, when did his assholiness decide to go orange? The list of questions that should be asked about lispy's shenanigans is endless but are purposely swept under the rug and ignored as always.
😆😆😆 “Sir, sir! When did you decide to become orange?” Good one!
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Lispy McDuck needs a competency exam post haste.
None of them have the balls to ask him that. Maybe John Oliver, or Stephen Colbert.
Like rides in Epstein’s plane with him and the cool ten mil from Egypt among dozens of other questions for duh wannabe fuhrer.
Agree
Maybe she should answer questions about Trump's latest conspiracy theories AFTER he's given a competency exam, and released his REAL medical reports,if not,piss off, Republicans want to let the lunatics run the asylum,not gonna happen in the Democratic house.
Chris! Good one!! Hey is that you Pete Buttigieg, incognito? 😄👏🏻👏🏻
If only I was as smart as he is. It's okay my kids are way smarter than I am.
My GF too.
Also Fox should not be given press passes until they report on their settlement in the Dominion lawsuit, on their airwaves during prime time. They should also be required to issue disclaimers for every show that they are not a news network but an entertainment channel. No press passes for them! They are ridiculous
Peter Doocy made an ass of himself yesterday at a press conference,again,for his nightly Fox News soundbyte,his attempted 'gotchas',that never actually happen. Little Alfalfa-in-his-dads-cour-suit needs his press credentials pulled.
Have we lost the ability to be vigilant - about ANYTHING? I always think about these ppl - scandals pop up - then go away - and the next thing you know they’re weighing in w/an opinion or endorsing someone... Wut?
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They are afraid to do that after it bit them in the butt with Clinton
Bit THEM in the butt? It bit all the rest of us, but not them.
For what they did the Clintoin campaign, and now Biden they should fuck off!
The NYT can go straight to hell. Kamala owes them nothing. Let them continue their ass-kissing of Trump. Lots of ass to kiss there.
The Times called me yesterday to see if I wanted to resubscibe….quite sure they were sorry they asked.
I've been bombarded with emails begging me to re-subscribe. I called them and told them to fuck off and stop bothering me. Same for the WaPo.
Ditto. I prefer getting real news from the several Substack authors I subscribe to.
I also like The Guardian and the Philadelphia Inquirer. Will Bunch, the Inquirer's political columnist, is terrific.
The Guardian can be so-so. I used to love them but often times they repeat headlines posted from our unreliable media.
I have noticed that too. The Guardian used to be my go-to after I dumped WaPo and the New York Times. Now I'm reading The New Republic and really enjoy it.
New Republic and Propublica are good.
I cancelled them because their Washington corespondent started slagging on Joe, real ageist stuff. Long after he stepped down so it was just unnecessary.
Megan, Same here. There are so many good reporters and investigative reporters. Judd Legum is very good on Substack. Also Free Speech tv offers a menu of reliable reporters including Amy Goodman on Democracy Now!
I'm willing to bet the NYT never checked to see if there was a Whole Foods in Greenwich, Conn.
I hate it when life interrupts my streaming of the MeidasTouch Network on YouTube,hehe,it's good stuff.
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"journamolism? " and "Donny sound like Sylvester the Cat overdosing on Nyquil. " 😂😂😂
"Without her beauty, Harris might be joining Biden in retirement." WTF?? THAT right there is yet another reason to despise Kathleen Parker. This column needs to be sent to every member of the corporate media!! Kamala is doing JUST FINE without subjecting herself to the idiots in the press. Seems like independent journalism is assuming a front seat. Good.
Susan! Sylvester the cat OD on Nyquil….prize winning comment of the week! 😂
Kathleen Parker is a nasty piece of work. She always has been.
yes, she is a self-lothing woman. A republican.
Thats a right wingnut pontificating ….
fuck ‘em - no reason to bring that into qualifications of a president. they just a jealous bunch of louts.
The worthless scribblers flocked to the roach motel to listen to Orange Fuhrer's latest brain diarrhea,which not coincidentally happened at the same time as a Harris campaign rally, which you chose not to cover,(while Fox News did),but now you demand VP Harris grovel to you for your daily clickbait and views?? Do I have that right?? Well,I'm trying to limit my amount of 'F-bombs' I'm dropping on the internet but...
also: GERMolism :)???
LOL 😂
GERMalism?
I’m surprised that they didn’t add something about beautiful women being dumb airheads. That was always the putdown of attractive women. Let’s ask Dumbass Donny for his law school diploma and certification that he passed the Bar if he thinks Kamala is stupid.
they're getting sloppy
Kathleen is a southern Belle, who is wrong about everything, spiteful, and so superficial.
Kamala is smart not to give the hostile press what they want.
Fuck them!
It’s time for intelligent people like VP Harris to ignore trumpian reporters. I love that she’s flicking them off! Why give them credibility? We know what they are!
Fuckity, fuckity, fuck, fuck, fuck!!!!
Indeed, sometimes only the F-bomb will do.
Yes yes yes
I saw a CNN clip on YouTube (bc I will not pay for cable) of Jessie Ventura doing a kickass job of defending Tim Walz. It reminded me that when he was MN governor, my memory is that he got to the point where he would only do interviews with a certain reporter on MN Public Radio because the rest of the press were jackals.
There’s also a great defense of Tim Walz on Burn the Boats, a Meidas Touch podcast you can watch on YouTube. Watch and share! 💙🌊💙
Thx for the heads up... YES Jesse called the press 'jackals' back in the day... before it was fashionable.
He was correct then, as now.
Huzzah!! 🙌🙌🙌
They deserve being shunned by Harris and Walz. They earned it. I’m loving their whining and having to eat their just desserts. May they choke on it. Makes me love their campaign for freedom even more, and that love is also earned.
MSM seems to think bigotry and misogyny are a legitimate political opinion,most Americans believe it's a character flaw.
It would be irresponsible of me not to speculate that Harris is taking her case to the people before giving two fucks about the head hunters at the press. Harris not caving in to their demands shows who’s really running the show.
I’m thinking the same. Why give a press conference when she can appear daily to huge crowds and then appear at the Convention next week? What exactly has the press done for her? And Trump’s “press conference” was such a joke, it’s obvious these are not serious, impartial journalists. She owes them nothing.
She saw what they did to Biden, and he did a good job, so they knifed him in the back with ageism. All while ignoring his all of three years younger opponent.
I love how when the Trump interview with Apartheid Clyde started an hour late, he claimed it was because there were so many listeners, they broke Twitter. And when he sounded like a speech-slurring wino, lying in the gutter, it was due to the “complexities of modern day technology” (which you know were not Trump’s words, because he doesn’t have that big of a vocabulary). But when his interview with the black journalists started a little bit late, it was because they were incompetent and lazy and so very blackity black.
Apartheid Clyde. 😂😂😂😂 Excellent.
I know. I can’t remember where I saw that, but I wish I could take credit for it!
It's hilarious! 🤣
Nah, tRump was LATE , to both events, gotta make em squirm & make a grand entrance 🙄
TRump probably needed a diaper change...
The interview with the black journalists started late because they wanted to do 'live fact-checking',and Trumpy will never allow that,that was the delay.
Of course he blamed the black journalists.
Preach!
LOL 🤣 "...Sylvester the Cat overdosing on NyQuil." I'm still laughing!! I read that "hit job" by Parker and wondered how in the Hell a woman could write that drivel. Oh well, we'll vote for the Harris/Walz ticket and down ballot Democrats anyway.. TRump is toast. 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
MAGA stooges gonna start lisping now in support of their criminal idol?
My thoughts exactly! Imagine if every Trump wastrel suddenly develops a speech impediment! Fabulous piece Jeff!!
If you ever sniffed a helium balloon?? That's what it sounded like...maybe some enterprising Dem slipped a tank in there...hehe.
😂😂lisping and wearing the unneeded ear patch plus gold diapers. Team Jewish Space Lasers!
Wearing their 'Assassination Sneakers!!'
For the eleventy billion time Isay - INTERNALIZED MISOGYNY
THIS THIS THIS - We need a National Zoom on this topic!!! URGENTLY!
I'm with you... it'll all be over in November
Well, we'll have to deal with the Cult 45 members raising hell and Trump's complete meltdown, but oh well.
I'm used to the bitching and whining,Repubs bitch,Dems just win.
Let’s hope so. I’m worried that Trump will have his minions out to attack those who don’t go along with their agenda.
That's a distinct possibility,but he won't be doing it from the WH this time.
With the big issue being county and state electors who refuse to certify the vote!
That was my favorite too…Sylvester is thuch a thuweetie pie.
LOL 😂
It's not duck season..it's not wabbit season...it's Elmer season.
(have you met Maureen Dowd?)
🤢🤮Such an evil person.
Nikki Haley kissed the ring,so did Tim Scott and Byron Donalds,(hey guys!! You do realize Trumpy just wants disenfranchise BLACK VOTERS!! Of course they do) MAGA means abandoning all traces of 'character'.
A sphinter is a ring, just saying.
PUT UP YOUR BANNERS!
PUT UP YOUR SIGNS!
WEAR YOUR T-SHIRTS!
Get registered to vote
Make sure your friends and family members are registered to vote!
Shout it from the rooftops—-
HARRIS / WALZ 2024 !!!!!
Write postcards and phone bank, too! I'm feeling the joy when I'm phone banking! TRump is toast.
She could have a "Press Conference" like little Donnie's! Have Rachael Maddow do a LONG phone interview! I'd even listen to that one! :-)
Or even on Rachel's show!, Kamala comes off well on camera and is extremely likable.
Or MeidasTouch...
She should make a big loud announcement about doing a press conference, invite all the major media sources, make them wait half an hour, walk to the lectern, lean into the mic, and say "FUCK ALL Y'ALL" before walking back out and heading off to do an interview with some TikTok star.
Oh, I like this idea. 😉
LOVE it!
Kathleen Parker? She’s like Nurse Ratched with a pen.
You’re being too nice about Parker.
There's a reason why she has been featured twice by my on my 'stack as "this fucking guy", I guess it is time for a third turd from that wench.
Makes me glad our last name is very common, so that I can be 99.9999999% sure she and I aren't related.
Haha.
She is nurse Ratched with a pen.
Why doesn't the MSM cover trump's connections to Epstein, or the Egypt-$10 million thing?
Fuckwad is using Epstein's old plane!!!! Of course his campaign said they didn't know it:!
Can you imagine if a Dem would be using Epstein's old plane?
There are SO MANY scandals and illegal ops with this schmuck, they tend to get
minimized and fade into the past.
The crime family that already grifted $670 million while in the WH,and wants to be installed again...MSM? Nothing to see here...
Good question.
And media should be asking Bill Barr about killing the investigation about a little $10 million dollar cash contribution to the Trump campaign from the Saudis,our old friends that Dubya let fly out of the country on 9/11.
Million dollar question!
That's the million dollar question, isn't it?
Adding to the hilarity of it all, semi-literate bootlicking hack Michael Goodwin at the NY Post has generously offered to give the VP an interview. The only surprise there being he actually came up for air from being ears deep in Trump's lap to do it.
🤣🤣🤣
NY POST - now there is journalistic integrity!
Hey! How about an interview in the National Inquirer?
Murdoch’s larded it with the righty opinion writers who aren’t smart enough to work for the Wall St Journal and are too ugly to be on Fox.
Fox needs some DEI with it's anchors,they all look like Ivanka.
Ailes wanted it that way.
That fucking tabloid? That's where Murdoch breaks stories that are too stupid for Fox.
This is where he can use small words for the lowest common denominator. Altho I hasten to add that back in the day they had a really good sports section.
Amazingly, Michael Goodwin looks like Carl Bernstein compared to this jagaloon. I mean, someone actually pays this cretin to shit this out:
https://nypost.com/2024/08/14/opinion/donald-trump-wont-choke-against-weak-kamala-harris/?utm_campaign=iphone_nyp&utm_source=pasteboard_app