PA Dems won their Supreme Court, swept the controversial school board races and elected a woman to be the mayor of Philly. Barely a peep. VA, holy shit. Youngkin has said over and over he will do all he can to ban abortions. Like that is the winning strategy. No matter how many times they get annihilated by voters saying otherwise. But the best vote Yes on Prop 2 ad in Ohio was this one.
But he's already the KY attorney general although I agree caution is good advice.
Polling has been unreliable since 2016, mostly because pollsters use antiquated methods of gathering polling data which mainly caters to an older, more conservative portion of the electorate. That, plus, like I've said a million times, the mainstream media is driven by engagement, and therefore puts forth a narrative that these elections are much closer than they really are, because who cares about an election that's projected to be a blowout.
I don't disagree with either of those two points, and it's infuriating how the media seems bent on portraying information in ways to make this election seem more dramatic rather than just being straightforward.
For sure. Its like they don't trust people to tune in if they arent fearing for their lives. I maintain that theres not enough news in the whole world to justify even one 24 hour news network let alone 10
it's more like 24 hour noise. It makes it hard to actually think and just confuses the issues and/or provides false relevance to what is being shouted.
I was at a chinese buffet when the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral started. Bewteen 2 24 hour news networks I listened to the suspected cause go from it was probably accidental due to chemical soaked rags catching fire and spreading, to possibly rebelious teenagers, to immigrants, to terrorists, to literally the beginning of a biblical apocalypse. it was like they were trying to reach as many different people where they live with their fears. They pretty much handle any story that way these days.
Yeah, It's "all the information no one needs to know." They are more concerned with market share and getting people to watch, not necessarily about being useful. It's no wonder people are exhausted, there's no let-up and much of the info is in flux.
The Ford plant near me dumped benzene in the sewer system a couple years ago. I was grocery shopping and I had already figured out that my neighborhood was not part of the evacuation (my community has some excellent emergency service notifications). Two of the three local affiliates were in the parking lot interviewing people. I had a mic pushed at me when I was walking to the car. Do you really want me to comment on yet another corporation poisoning water/soil/air that will never suffer a single uncomfortable moment? Unlike the people that have to evacuate their homes because there has been a likely carcinogen released? Is that what you want to go on the "news" tonight. I swear to fucking god all they want to do is bear witness to suffering. Media, politicians, corporations, all of them.
Total crank, conspiracy theorist, anti-vaxxer and kook. Also an environmental lawyer. But I don't think he sees the presidency as a smash and grab the way Trump does or evil like the GOP in general - I haven't heard him come out against reproductive rights (encompasses far more than abortions - those are all under attack by the GOP including contraception) or other rights. I do have huge issues with his position on unions though, this is the single issue that would make me not vote for him, theoretically, or anyone else anti-union.
Agreed. Antivaxxers also bother me quite a lot. I'm very frustrated with a lot of people very invested in believing something that isn't true while not believing something that is true.
