American Politics from 2019 on

[pErvinalia]

The US isn't a democracy![/Seth]

[Tero]

Polls polls polls
https://www.threads.net/@mollyjongfast/ ... IwNjQ2YQ==

[Tero]

"Maria Bartiromo is incredulous about Jay Powell saying that immigration is one of the reasons the economy is growing. Even the House Republican she's interviewing pushes back on her."
https://www.threads.net/@aaron.rupar/po ... xQoKuiiuCw

[Tero]

Comedy rebuttal
https://www.threads.net/@dcs_coffee_sho ... O1XElgUrsg

[Tero]

Tik Tok to be banned here?

Despite low unemployment and falling inflation, TikTok is full of viral videos bemoaning the U.S. economy. One popular group of posts uses the term “Silent Depression.” The posts falsely suggest that the country is in worse shape today than it was in 1930. (My colleagues Jeanna Smialek and Jim Tankersley reported on the posts late last year.)

After Hamas’s Oct. 7 terrorist attack, TikTok flooded users with videos expressing extreme positions from both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, tilted toward the Palestinian side, a Wall Street Journal analysis found. “Many stoked fear,” The Journal reported.

There are still big hurdles to the bill’s becoming law. Donald Trump has reversed his previous support for a ban and now opposes one. A ban would anger younger Americans, Trump said, and help Facebook (which Trump doesn’t like). Journalists have pointed out that Trump’s flip-flop came after he met with a Republican donor and TikTok investor who might lose money if the bill passes.

NYT

[rasetsu]

CNN also portrayed Britt as incorrectly claiming Jacinto was trafficked by Mexican drug cartels, but the senator never said "drug cartels" during her rebuttal. She specifically talked about "cartels," referring to organized crime along the border, similar to how Jacinto previously described her traffickers as a "crime organization" during testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee in May 2015.

- Fox News

[Tero]

Voters in Michigan. Biden handling border and economy badly. But...

The survey found that 65 percent of registered voters in Michigan described the economy as either “not so good” or “poor,” with 28 percent and 37 percent of responses, respectively. At 61 percent, most respondents still said their personal financial situation is either “excellent” or “good,” with 9 percent and 52 percent of responses, respectively.

https://thehill.com/elections/4532668-t ... igan-poll/

They must claim a personal win for their excellent state under poor Biden economy.

[rasetsu]

The study, published by the Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review, examined whether Americans can differentiate statements of fact (2 + 2 = 4, for example) versus statements of opinion (“Green is the most beautiful color”), with a particular focus on political statements.

Respondents were asked to categorize 12 statements about current events as statements of fact or statements of opinion. The researchers found that 45.7% of respondents performed no better than a coin flip at the task.

Study: Americans struggle to distinguish factual claims from opinions amid partisan bias

[JimC]

I wonder which is more dangerous; insisting that an opinion is a fact, or insisting that a fact is only an opinion?

[macdoc]

The former tho either can be the death of you. Gravity comes to mind....

[Tero]

Yey! Aother chance to oust Mike Johnson!

Congress faces its third shutdown deadline of the month this week, as much of the federal government is expected to run out of funding by Friday at midnight.

Both chambers of Congress must approve six appropriations bills before Saturday to get the legislation to Joe Biden’s desk and avert a partial shutdown.

Guardian

[Tero]

Mike Johnson survives another month?

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden and congressional leaders announced Tuesday that they had reached a government funding deal, signaling the close of a months-long saga that featured numerous shutdown threats.

[Tero]

Government spends 1.2 trillion again, without building a wall with Mexico!
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/21/politics ... index.html
The package provides $19.6 billion for Customs and Border Protection, a $3.2 billion increase above fiscal year 2023, and includes $495 million for additional Border Patrol agents, which the Biden administration has repeatedly called for. It does not add funding for the border wall.

[Tero]

Passing a simple budget will bring in people speaking unknown languages!
https://www.threads.net/@david.heath.wr ... tHbJ07I1tQ
Marjorie Taylor Greene, who is trying to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson, says she opposed the bill to avoid a government shutdown because it "rips our border wide open and tells every single person in over 160 countries around the world, they can invade our country... They can come in, rape our women, murder our people, and squat and take over our homes."

"This bill will absolutely destroy our majority and will tell every single one of our voters that this majority is a failure."

[rasetsu]

Passing a simple budget will bring in people speaking unknown languages!
https://www.threads.net/@david.heath.wr ... tHbJ07I1tQ
Marjorie Taylor Greene, who is trying to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson, says she opposed the bill to avoid a government shutdown because it "rips our border wide open and tells every single person in over 160 countries around the world, they can invade our country... They can come in, rape our women, murder our people, and squat and take over our homes."

"This bill will absolutely destroy our majority and will tell every single one of our voters that this majority is a failure."