Another day in the New York Times' all-hands-on-deck campaign to get Biden off the Democratic ticket.
Also another day when the nation's most important news organization demonstrates a profound lack of integrity, by refusing to acknowledge its activism or explain who's behind it and why.
@dangillmor Why did the DNC run a president who's had such consistently low approval numbers for so long?
Seriously - Why?
But wouldn't the right-wing media demonize any Democratic president? There is so much partisanship in US politics right now that any president's approval numbers will be rather low. Doesn't make much sense to compare present-day approval numbers to numbers from back in the day.
@Mab_813 @dangillmor The only president in the last 20 years that's had lower numbers than Biden is Trump, but Trump has also had better numbers than Biden.
Dems put themselves in this position, and are reacting by blaming the voters for expecting too much.
https://news.gallup.com/interactives/507569/presidential-job-approval-center.aspx
I know but I don't think any other Dem president would have better numbers right now. Also it was the voters who chose Biden in 2020 and 2024 in the primaries, so why blame the party?
I live in a country where parties choose the candidates for president and prime minister without any input from voters or ordinary party members (in most cases). It makes much more sense for blaming the parties here in Austria for having the wrong candidates, compared to the US, where people actually have a say in that.
@Mab_813 The US isn't that much different. To do well in the primaries, a candidate needs money from big donors. So before individual voters get a chance to have any say, the big donors decide who to support.
Larry Lessig has some TED talks about this, if you'd like more information.
https://youtu.be/mw2z9lV3W1g?si=S-3-xLcFKyD0Mqef
The thing that is most bizarre about the US system is that parties aren't actually regulated, and aren't an official part of the system. Our Constitution doesn't mention them. They formed and subverted our system after it was created. At some point they stopped being about ideology and became shadow corporations that sell policy to donors, and sell tribalism to voters. Their primaries even happen at taxpayer expense, making parties look official when they just private non-profit corporations, accountable to no one.
Other countries formed their proportional representation systems after seeing the problem that parties caused in the US. But we never fixed it.
Billionaires don’t want to pay more taxes. 😕
the press is dying. cable and tv are dying. they are legacy media
this makes them financially vulnerable to certain agendas with deep pockets who recognize the value of established news sources
they buy in, they move their ghouls into the editorial offices, and they push out shit in support of plutocracy
Donald Trump was Jeffrey Epstein biggest client and admited his incestous desires for his daughter on daytime tv show "the View".
@dangillmor The NYT is running true to its plutocracy-favoring and anti-Democrat form. They went after Gore for "rolling his eyes" and "inventing the internet", they went after Hillary for fainting and for the emails, and now they want another head. Biden famously won't kiss the ring, so there's even more reason to attempt to destroy him.
It's not as if they will suffer under a Trump administration. /s
We know who is behind this malign influence campaign.
It's always the same people.
1. The fossil fuel industry #KochNetwork
2. Anti-democracy billionaires
3. Russia, China, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, Iran, North Korea
4. Tax evading wealthy white men
5. The tech and finance industry trying to thwart antitrust investigations
6. The pharmaceutical industry
7. Religious bigots
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/trump-2024-campaign-billionaire-donors.html
https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2024/04/18/these-are-the-big-money-donors-backing-trump-as-he-trails-bidens-fundraising/
@dangillmor
Whomever is running the #Biden campaign is suddenly playing all Defense & no offense.
They FIRST need to stop doing ALL interviews until The Media starts interviewing #DuckingDon.
And while THAT is going on, CHANGE THE SUBJECT BY ANNOUNCING PROJECTS/PLANS for his second term.
#StillRidenWithBiden not #DementiaDon
Dan Gillmor
Grumble
Mab_813
Kathy E. Gill 🇺🇦
Dean F.
ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES
Lord HeeHaw II
Julian ♪🌻🥥🌴♫
duan allen
stochastic
Joanna Bryson, blathering
Sector9
Bill Seitz
Press Secretary
Doreen32128 ready to rumble!
Nicole Parsons
Martha
Trump & Epstein: Biz partners.
John Philpin Ⓜ️