"NBC — and most of the press — have yet to accept the reality that this is not a normal election between a Republican and a Democrat. Donald Trump and his enablers represent an extraordinary threat to democracy. This industry, which prizes objectivity above all else, is incapable of accurately covering an election where one candidate is a normal politician and the other is a dishonest, corrupt insurrectionist."

~ Dan Pfeiffer

#NBC #RonnaMcDaniel #Trump #normalization

https://www.messageboxnews.com/p/nbc-proves-that-the-media-cant-save

I want to puke.

Via Roger Parloff:

Belatedly noticing that #Trump's lawyers, in motions, have begun referring to his presidency as "President Trump's first term."

Full moon rising 🌕

This epic view of Rubin Observatory from March 24 was taken about 25km away near Andacollo, Chile, looking northeast toward Cerro Pachón.

Staff members Hernán Stockebrand and Mauricio Hernández spent months planning this shot—and it definitely paid off!

Via Will: "When a cargo ship took out a #Baltimore bridge, it also demolished the lies poisoning our #immigration debate

The 6 migrant men who died weren't drug dealers or sex traffickers but hero dads filling potholes to give their kids a better life.

This column meant more to me than anything I've written for a while. Here's an excerpt. Please take a moment to read the whole thing."

If @willbunch wrote it, you should read it.©

https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/baltimore-bridge-collapse-immigrant-deaths-20240328.html#loaded

As X further descends into the abyss, the platform becomes more X-rated & discourages those who provide content that helps the world know the news, politics & culture in "real-time" to stay.

It was Musk's intent, make X into a platform that props up his businesses, RW ideology, conspiracy theories, crypto shills, deviant content, while harming Dems, immigrants, unions, LGBTQ ppl, democracy, discourse, community, activists for climate, science, environment...

#Musk #X
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-28/elon-musk-s-x-is-testing-adult-content-groups-for-users

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