https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-gets-daily-video-montage-briefing-iran-war-rcna263912

They said the videos are also driving Trump’s increasing frustration with news coverage of the war. Trump has pointed to the success depicted in the daily videos to privately question why his administration can’t better influence the public narrative, asking aides why the news media doesn’t emphasize what he’s seeing, one of the current U.S. officials and the former U.S. official said.

#USPol #MAGA #fascism #Trump #gerontocracy #IranWar

Not to wish ill upon anyone, but I can't wait for our gerontocracy to die. Seriously, vote every one of these anti-Section 230 representatives out and fill their seats with a bunch of thirty- or forty- somethings who favor the protections. At least Trump critic-turned-sycophant Ted Cruz recognizes the dangers of repealing the Internet's First Amendment enough to oppose it.

https://reason.com/2026/03/20/section-230s-legal-protections-for-internet-speech-face-new-challenge/

#FirstAmendment #freeSpeech #gerontocracy #Section230 #socialMedia #TedCruz #USSenate

One of the problems with #American pseudo-democracy is that it's a #gerontocracy - rule by the old. The average #Congresscritter is late-middle-age, and the average #Senator is dead. Young people are frustrated at their lack of voice.

#Canada isn't nearly as bad, but I fear it could trend in the same direction, so I've been thinking about solutions to the problem. I think I've got one that's better than the oft-floated fix of just imposing term limits on #elected office, because you'll probably still be first electing middle-aged people.

Instead, for each chamber, set a ceiling *average* age for members of that chamber. Maybe for the Canadian House of #Commons and the US House of #Representatives you want something like 40, while permitting the #Senate of each to be the "older, wiser house of sober second thought" by setting a number like 50.

Each day, the system automatically calculates the average age of members in that class, to account for birthdays etc. If birthday(s) suddenly push that average above the ceiling value, the oldest person in that class is automatically dismissed, leaving the position vacant to be filled by by-election / special election. Repeat until ceiling value achieved.

Here's the important bit: anyone turfed automatically this way does not receive a pension or other benefits; they're just gone. This gives them the incentive to resign before automatic expulsion; otherwise there's no reason for them to do so.

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#Pol #USPol #CanPol

[This is a HUGE problem for Dems.]

Obama is urging the Democratic Party to invest in younger candidates if it wants to come out victorious in the 2026 midterm elections and, eventually, the 2028 presidential election.

The 64-year-old said part of the reason his own elections were so successful was because he was young at the time.

Nearly 80% of adults favor maximum age limits for elected officials. 74% for #SCOTUS.

#DemocraticParty #Gerontocracy #OldPoliticians
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/15/obama-democrats-problems-too-old-00782719

They are just gonna learn how to use @tails_live / @tails / #Tails and espechally @torproject / #TorBrowser and continue on...

Remember: "#AgeVerification", like any "#KYC" is #cyberfascist and needs to be opposed as a matter of principle!

• Espechally #Online which is for many the only #SafeSpace they have for #expression, #help, #education and #communication!

  • #SocialMediaBans will only be used as a gateway to prevent people from organizing and is the #gerontocracy's attempt at consolidating #power

It's like banning #minors from buying #newspapers!

#Safety #fascism #AntisocialMedia #SocialMedia #ban #India

I know #gerontocracy is the rule rather than exception in the U.S., but oh my, the #LDS Church is extreme. They make the Catholic hierarchy look like a K-pop fan club:

- LDS President Russell M. Nelson died a few months ago at 101

- he was succeeded by the current President, Dallin Oaks, who is 93

- Oaks's expected successor just died at age 85

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/jeffrey-r-holland-jesus-christ-latter-day-saints-dies-85-rcna251120

#religion

I have to agree with Fox News unfortunately. Democrats hate their base. Republicans understand that they have to appeal to the racism of white voters.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/twisted-irony-democrats-risk-betraying-own-pet-issues-government-shutdown-gamble

#deadparty
#coporatedemocrats
#whitesupremacy
#gerontocracy
#theyhateyou

If you replace old Chuck Schumer with young Chuck Schumer you still have a Chuck Schumer. It's not the age, it's the politics.

I can't think of a better outcome for corporate #democrats than us all getting swept away in the #gerontocracy hype.

PELOSI, NANCY (proper noun) A veteran of the noble rot of gerontocracy; long mistook endurance for enlightenment & influence for immortality. Upon finally retiring, she discovered what America realized decades ago: time passes, even for those who think they run it.

#Gerontocracy
#Pelosi