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theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

The Clinton Health Access Initiative has also worked to increase vaccines in poor countries.

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

Checked the CVS website today. A message popped up with a vaccine recommendation for flu shot but not for Covid although I know it’s time for me to get another one given my age. I have read they aren’t currently stocking that vaccine in my state.

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We are numb to the fact that the media no longer even mentions that gun control would go a long way to solving this problem. They also never bother to report how many women are killed by their partners.

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

Thiel’s spiritual adviser since college has been a priest from the far right Opus Dei Catholic cult which explains a lot. Hopefully Pope Leo will continue the work of Pope Francis at shutting this evil group down.

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

Crime has been dropping steadily since the 1990s, a story our mainstream has refused to tell. Look carefully at the graph below to see if you can spot that horrific spike in crime in crime that happened during Covid freaking out our Chicken Little media. Their negativity is killing our democracy.

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

Nor did they mention that we wouldn’t have this problem if we had serious gun control like truly civilized countries do.

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

Paul Krugman also wrote about this today. Click on the link for a more in depth explanation of how the tariff refund rights that Cantor Fitzgerald is snapping up work.

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

Does Trump ever look in a full length mirror?

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

And it should use terms Such as “terrify”/horrify”—“alarm” is not nearly strong enough.

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

Yes! It’s all part of their decades long anti-government/tax cuts for fat cats scam started by Saint Ronnie Reagan. It’s been a well-funded, organized campaign that the media mostly ignored

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

.. Church Committee covered up the media’s complicity. Bet they didn’t want to face the blowback, I think the reason a lot of us older baby boomers who are not into conspiracy theories suspect CIA involvement in the JFK assassination is that we remember what was revealed about the CIA back then.

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

…including the big liar GHW Bush who was up to his neck in the Iran Contra op and coverup, not “out of the loop” as he repeatedly claimed. The media was clearly complicit in this m as Carl Bernstein wrote about for Rolling Stone. At that time I didn’t realize that the “THE CIA AND THE MEDIA”

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

For me the Church and Pike Committee investigations into the insanely abusive activities of our intelligence agencies and subsequent reforms helped restore my faith. But it was obvious that many Republicans were pushing to return to the bad old days. Iran Contra was run by mainstream Republicans

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

Don’t worry. Jake Tapper is writing a book about this that will come out someday.

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

Gore was a world leader on climate change well before most people understood that threat but people voted for Nader in protest? There is no perfect candidate and never will be

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

Even after Jerry Falwell went around the country selling the video “Clinton Chronicles” which accused the then president of drug running and ordering scores of murders Falwell was still treated as the respected spokesman for Christians. Tim Russert practically bowed at his feet.

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

For people who don’t pay close attention will likely miss these stories because major media outlets pussyfoot around them. Many worship tech bros. They are also afraid to look anti-religious. For decades the media turned a blind eye to the right’s packing our Supreme Court with far right Catholics

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

Obvious to you and me but not most Americans

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

Peter Thiel owns Vance. You can bet it was Thiel who turned Vance on to far right, Opus Dei cult Catholicism. Thiel’s long time “spiritual” adviser is an Opus Dei priest. A major supporter of Opus Dei is Leonard Leo.

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

But the Democratic candidates were perfect enough for them so here we are — again. Never forget the Bush-Gore-Nader debacle.

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

This was originally reported by the NYT

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

This article mentions that Trump has been talking about heaven a lot. He must think he can bully God into letting him in and then gold plate the place. He should think about the fact that his close pals and idols such as Roy Cohen and Hitler won’t be there to hand out with him.

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

Mr. Rothkopf is well known for his sarcasm. This is an example.

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

And don’t forget Brady only fought for gun control after being shot and left seriously brain damaged. Until then he didn’t support that.

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

There is a reason Russia has been a big funder of the NRA and our gun culture for years. Russia has very strict regulations for its own people so clearly they aren’t doing this as a favor to an ally.

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

And mass shootings happen in places besides school — churches, grocery stores, concerts, etc.

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

Wow! What an intelligent response! That trans man is my best friend’s cousin whom I have known since he was born in the 60s back when almost no one knew about trans people because they hid it. He insisted he was a boy from when he was a toddler and never wavered.

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

I have a friend who is a he agree that a candidate needs to get elected to be effective. He voted for Biden and then Harris because he rightly thinks voting for Republicans is suicidal.

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

You know Biden did not just randomly “declare” that Constituional amendment. It was ratified by the required number of states. There was an arbitrary time limit put on ratification — a time limit that isn’t in the constitution. There are serious arguments about the legality of that time limit

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

BI isn’t the only one that has reported on this crackpot. He not only gets plasma infusions from his son, he also has his son’s night time erections measured and then posts the comparisons to him online. It’s rich men like him who think they can live forever and are spreading their MAHA idiocy.

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

I find it funny that the person who wrote that article about Trump supposedly owning the Dems is the colossal fool Chris Cillizza. He’s the guy who obsessed over Hillary’s emails but couldn’t get the basic facts correct even after months of reporting on that fake scandal. Why is he still reporting?

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

We are too busy trying to stop the far right from destroying our state and working to get Roy Cooper elected to the Senate to focus on Schumer’s peccadillos

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

Schmidt and Barrett belong in the Media Hall of Disinformation next to the “buttery males” obsessed Chris Cillizza.

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

Out here in flyover land no one cares about or pays any attention to Chuck Schumer.

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

What is up with the Atlantic? Is there no parenting choice they won’t get the vapors over? God forbid parents expose their kids to more than just their narrow suburban worlds. I’m an older baby boomer who is so thankful my parents travelled with us and broadened our view of the world.

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

It’s not like the rubes will read his book. We need to have the kind of lifelong media literacy education that the Finns have. It is integrated throughout the curriculum starting with the very youngest kids. Libraries and other community resources participate too.

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

Remember when Republicans used to scream about the horror of a president violating the Posse Comitatus Act by sending federal troops into local areas? And remember how the media always demanded that a president tell them how much their actions would cost taxpayers — At least if he was a Democrat?

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

The only care about the unborn anyway

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

Those who pay attention to people like you understand what’s happening. We need specific ideas of ways to push back against it.What has worked in the past? What groups are particularly effective at fighting back? It’s hard for average Americans to know what groups to support, join, donate to.

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

Our democracy is going down in flames but The Atlantic is still hand-wringing over bad parenting by the affluent.

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

…mis/disinformation but I am curious to know if there is evidence also makes people more resistance to being lured into a cult.

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

…grad school who constantly emphasized how to spot misleading interpretations, repeatedly saying correlation is not causation. That info has helped me spot misleading claims over the years. I urge you to do a podcast about the Finnish program. It is clearly effective at helping people spot…

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

..and involves libraries, the media and other civil society orgs. The Fins regularly outscore other Europeans on the Open Society’s Media Literary Index which measures resistance to fake news yet every book about fake news I have seen does not mention this effective approach. I had a stat prof in

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

I keep wondering why no one seems to be aware that Finland has a media literacy program designed to help citizens spot fake news. It is integrated throughout the curriculum, starting in preschool (e.g. using folktales about tricksters)and continuing thru all grades and subjects. It is for all ages,

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

Or communism.

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

The economist Dean Baker had and interesting take on this topic.

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

We students used to go there a lot at night in 60s and early 70s when crime rates in parts of the city were far higher than they are today. There were always people around because the mall and the monuments are just so beautiful at night. We also went for the massive, peaceful anti-war marches.

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

Putin also has a bridge in Brooklyn he wants to sell to Trump.

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

And if we were we would also be hearing scolds in the mainstream “liberal” media complaining that Walz is too old. This is the same media that is ignoring the fact that Trump can’t even walk in a straight line anymore. They also don’t like that Mamdani is too young…

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

The media’s civility police is still going after Dems. They get the vapors everytime someone like Newsome is ruder to Trump. This is the same media that barely blinked when Republicans in the House led by Newt investigated the Clintons for supposedly murdering their close friend Vince Foster.

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

Bolton has definitely helped endanger our national security, just not in the way Trump is accusing him of doing. Bolton was one of the neocons who successfully pushed us to invade Iraq and also to get rid of the nuclear arms agreements we had made with North Korea and Iran. He helped created this

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

No, he flew on a plane that a giant old-style can of hairspray that used chlorofluorocarbons as propellant. The 1987 ban of those chemicals has led to the gradual healing of the hole that had been growing in the ozone layer. Clearly Trump has no clue about this topic- he might reverse the ban

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

Where that will mostly happen is in rural areas where their base lives. Nothing says smart strategy more than killing off your base.

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

“Lips” describe most of the women who work to service Trump and other wealthy men. Lauren Sanchez for example….

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

Maher’s always been a narcissistic a-hole. Maron must have missed Maher’s sexist snark but I’m glad he’s finally noticed Maher’s lack of serious principles. But it’s not like Maron isn’t also biased. He blamed Maher’s “change” on older boomers chasing relevance as if they’re the only ones doing that

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

…workers causing increased inflation, colonic growth this year less that half of growth last year under Biden, etc. Next they talked about how Republicans are hiding from their constituents because their policies are so hated. Then they segued into talking about narrowing who qualifies as American

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

…. reported the truth about the successes of Biden’s economy. He now regularly reports how Trump is destroying that economy. Under Biden inflation was close to the Fed target without the recession the right insisted was needed. Joe and Steve Rattner regularly report on Trump’s tariffs and deporting

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

…in low crime areas like Georgetown not high crime areas because….better photo ops. Next they discussed the despicable treatment of Kilmer Abrego Garcia. Joe can be really annoying but he has also been one of the few in the media who, while most of the media was hyping inflation vibes, repeatedly

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

You must not watch Scarborough Just this morning he was excoriating Trump for planning to send troops to blue state cities that have much lower crime rates than cities in red states, like Mike Johnson’s hometown Monroe, La Little Rock or St. Louis. Then they pointed out that the troops in DC are…

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

Yes but if you die from covid it will cost our society bigly in hospital costs.

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

… one great econ prof had worked for the World Bank.

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

Military experience didn’t make my professors better than those without so it’s irrelevant IMO. One of my best profs was a man who had worked in the railroad industry and for the government, a another was a history prof had escaped from east Germany, one was a sociologist who grew up in Appalachia,

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

I went to college in ‘68. Few of my professors were veterans and those who were weren’t better than those who weren’t. There are many relevant life experiences besides serving in the military.

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

…had no clue about Epstein’s misbehavior when she agreed to attend that dinner for Prince Andrew. Because NYC society wouldn’t have known that a NYC billionaire that powerful and well connected had been convicted for procuring child prostitution? She just didn’t want Snuffanopolous to scoop her.

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

Why does the media name the Clintons but not national journalists like Katie Couric and George Stephanopolous who also continued to socialize with Epstein and/or Maxwell? Those two attended a dinner party at Epstein’s after he had served time in Fla. Couric has disingenuously pretended that she …

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

…Trump putting so much focus on this issue now creates a perfect opportunity to finally start to undo the misperception and give the public the kind of accurate information we need to resist being manipulated.

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

Thanks for your reply. I personally think it’s critical for the media to do their best to make sure the public is not being misled about such a major concern. Those “useful idiots” have been abetting Republicans’ fearmongering for decades. It started long before Trump.

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

… The media has chosen to mislead the public by hyping crime stories and, worse — obsessing about fake problems like stranger danger, the satanic panic or the phony shopliftging epidemic that was made up by Walgreens. Media fearmongering has helped empower those who want to dismantle our democracy

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

….the data showing crime rates in the US have been dropping steadily since the early 90s. And maybe they should finally cover the data that strongly suggests the main reason violent crime was so high in the 70s and 80s was the coming of ages of kids that had been exposed to lead in their enviroment

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

Just read your article. I was surprised/disappointed that you didn’t point out the if Trump were telling the truth about wanting to reduce crime he would have sent troops into cities that have the highest crime rates — cities such as St. Louis, Birmingham, Jackson Ms. The media should always include

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

I didn’t say that.It was well known before Clinton was elected that he had not always been faithful but he was elected anyway. That is not the business of prosecutors in a healthy democracy and the people who hounded him were far from pure. It was a partisan witch hunt.

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

… wrongdoing except lying about a consensual affair with an adult woman. The Special Prosecutor Robert Fiske also found nothing. They even tried to nail the Clintons for murdering the close friend Vince Foster. But take the word of a Clinton hater. A lot of those FBI guys supported the core Trump

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

Read “Blinded by the Right” by David Brock or “The Hunting of the President” by Joe Conason. Ken Starr had all the assets of the FBI as well as millions and thousands of taxpayer $$$. He also had the full cooperation of the Clinton hating FBI Director Louie Freeh and he couldn’t find any proof of …

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

It’s really an awful thing but you know Trump would mock someone suffering from that just like he mocked the reporter with some kind of palsy/movement disorder which is why I want to see Trump with a similar affliction

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

I get that. I would prefer a debilitating stroke that leaves him drooling but aware of his condition. But Vance scares me to death.

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

Don’t bet Vance will be an improvement. What’s scary is that Vance is just as extreme but he’s a lot smarter than Trump. He’s a real Project 2025 guy and a recent convert to an Opus Dei style extremist rightwing Catholicism. His handler, Peter Thiel, has an Opus Dei priest as his spiritual adviser.

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

The world knew that back in 2016. The world also knew Dubya was an incompetent, arrogant Dunning Kruger guy.

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

It’s a real weasel-word.

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

Why not try appointing a Democrat as Director of the FBI — which would be a first — before scrapping the whole thing?

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

…smear Hillary.Those agents were also leaking to Rudy G and their former boss James Kallstrom and likely the NYT and WaPo to damage Hillary. They were never disciplined. In contrast Peter Strzok was fired just for criticizing Trump. Most of the media chose to ignore these disturbing facts.

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

Maybe the media should have paid a lot more attention to the fact that back in 2016 powerful agents in the FBI - especially in NYC - interfered in the election to help elect Trump. The DOJ Inspector General’s report made it clear that they pressured Comey so much he twice broke the rules to unfairly

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

Not satisfied with bankrupting his own companies he is determined to bankrupt our country cause he’s the best!

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

It’s also the term most people understand refers to the “legacy” media such as the NYT, WaPo, ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC….

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

From what I have seen the really big offender is the mainstream media. I have seen a lot of these complaints reported there and I never follow or read anything by Third Way. The media uses a “some people say” approach but makes it seem like it is Democratic leaders, not just some people on the left.

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theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

I always thought he looks like the customer that Grover was serving soup to. The hair, mustache, And Mitt Romney looks like Guy Smiley…

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

…growth this year is less than half what it was under Biden. Given that the supposedly bad economy was the reason a majority of swing voters said they switched to Trump I think Joe deserves credit for countering the media’s disastrous economic misinformation. Joe was a rare exception to this:

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

… inflation returning to normal levels without the recession the rest of the media kept predicting the economy as bad and hyping the price of eggs. Joe’s segments with Steve Rattner were detailed and accurate. They continue to do that and hammer Trump’s horrible economic policies, pointing out

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

Joe can drive me crazy sometimes but he was one of the very few in the mainstream media who was telling the public the truth about the economy in the run up to the election — that it was, as The Economist put it, “the envy of the world” with the strongest growth, best job market in over 50 years…

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

First you randomly terrorize your citizens with your brown shirt thugs — or in the US, camouflage suited thugs.

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

and sour cream and onion flavor.

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

…pushed Trump to destroy the nuke deal Obama had made with Iran. As bad as Bolton has been for this country none of what he has done justifies doing this to him but he worked hard to set the the stage for Trump’s lawlessness In 2000: “I'm with the Bush-Cheney team, and I'm here to stop the count."

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

Bolton has been one of the worst neocon warmongers, always preferring “macho” military actions over “wimpy”diplomacy. He was one of the people behind Dubya’s disastrous decision to walk away from the nuke agreement the Clinton admin had made with North Korea. It’s now a nuclear power yet Bolton then

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

As horrible as he was I seriously doubt that even McCarthy would be on board with all their Putin worship.

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

The media needs to take the time to find out just how many taxpayer dollars this little stunt is costing us taxpayers just like they should be telling us how many millions all those investigations Republicans have held over decades about fake Dem scandals that rightwing operatives/media created.

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

You missed the most important desciptor of Miller he’s a Jewish Neo Nazi. Reminds me of Dave Chappell’s blind KKK leader Clayton Digsby:

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

In this case he was talking about old white Americans — who used to be the core of Trump’s base — who are protesting Trump. I guess things like taking away people’s healthcare coverage and spiking the price of veggies 40% is too much even for them.

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

I think it’s the pumped up lips that attracts him. It’s a job requirement to be part of Trump’s staff. Knee pads optional.

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

I’m not sure Trump can reduce his work hours much more — unless you count whining on social media to be his work.

theodora30.bsky.social (@theodora30.bsky.social) reply parent

This isn’t coming from just any opinion writer, it’s from the editorial board of the Washington Post. So now taking away the right to representation for Dems in Texas no matter how great their increase in numbers is not a threat to whatever the WaPo’s fascist leaders are pretending democracy is.