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liberalsarecool · 2 days
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Journalistic institutions are conditioned to treat any ideology, no matter how odious or destructive, as a serious governing philosophy if a sufficient number of Americans support it.
And that number can be quite low if some of them are wealthy.
When you cater to privilege, you need the worst voices to spread the narratives. Voices that represent white supremacy. Voices that are shills for fascists. Enter 'nepo baby' Ronna.
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#NothingGoodComesOutOfMAGA
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WOW: NBC hosts REVOLT over hiring of Ronna McDaniel
David Pakman Show
March 25, 2024
NBC and MSNBC hosts, including Chuck Todd, Mika Brzezinski, and Joe Scarborough revolt against the recent hiring of former RNC chairwoman Ronna McDaniel.
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porterdavis · 2 days
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NBC bites the bullet and takes out the trash.
Good. Activism works.
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odinsblog · 2 days
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Election season, mainstream media assignment: Interviews with undecided voters
Reporter: So today we’re looking for an undecided voter. Here's one now, coming out of that Make America Great Again rally. And oh look, he’s even wearing a red MAGA hat, and he’s also wearing a “Trump won” lapel pin on his “Trump 2024” t-shirt. And that handsome tattoo of Donald Trump on his forehead is hardly even noticeable, just like that stylish AR-15 he’s brandishing.
Excuse me, sir. If I can just interrupt you passing out these “Release the J6 hostages” fliers for a moment, I’d like to ask you some questions that you can easily spin to heap praise on the Republican presidential candidate. Obviously you haven't made up your mind about who you’ll be voting for in the upcoming 2024 election, but please allow me to give you 15 minutes on national television to share your completely unbiased political narrative, which we will then run on continuous loop for weeks until we can find another impartial independent undecided voter.
Stay tuned for more fair and balanced reporting. Up next is our political analysis with Ronna McDaniel and a heartwarming story about how Donald Trump won, and how wokeness is racism against white people. Ronna?
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“NBC News on Friday announced that it had hired Ronna McDaniel, the former Republican National Committee chair who has repeatedly attacked the network and its journalists, assailed the news media as “fake news” and promoted false claims around the 2020 vote, as an on-air commentator ahead of the 2024 presidential election.
“It couldn’t be a more important moment to have a voice like Ronna’s on the team,” Carrie Budoff Brown, senior vice president of politics at NBC News, said in a memo to staff.”
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thatstormygeek · 3 days
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What this pattern of behavior shows is the existence of what I call the “club.” What that ultimately means in our society is a class of people in the press and in politics who consider themselves to collectively be above and beyond all criticism. The people in the club freely associate with each other, jointly attending events like the White House Correspondent’s Association dinner and other D.C.-centric events, and you are not on the guest list. Like a country club of yore that excluded Blacks, Latinos, Jews, and usually women, you’re not supposed to speak ill of the club, and certainly club members rarely offer up public criticism. If anything, the club is more likely to circle the wagons, with figures like Jake Tapper (then at ABC News) rushing to defend Fox News against Obama White House criticism. It is just not done. Hiring Ronna McDaniel is perfectly in line with club operation, just like the decision to hire Megyn Kelly was. They don’t care how bad it makes them look to any objective observer. They hired one of their friends, they like Ronna, they believe that her lies and deceptions are merely a part of the game and that liberals are being scolds to point out the effect this has on the public and the public discourse.
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Steve Schmidt: NBC's Hire of Former RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel is a "Disgrace" | The Warning
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saywhat-politics · 1 month
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Ronna McDaniel, the chair of the Republican National Committee, on Monday announced she will be resigning from the post early next month.
“I have decided to step aside at our spring training on March 8 in Houston to allow our nominee to select a chair of their choosing,” she said in a statement shared with The New York Times.
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Writer is a penitent former MAGA.
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NBC News on Friday announced that it had hired Ronna McDaniel, the former Republican National Committee chair who has repeatedly attacked the network and its journalists, assailed the news media as “fake news” and promoted false claims around the 2020 vote, as an on-air commentator ahead of the 2024 presidential election.
“It couldn’t be a more important moment to have a voice like Ronna’s on the team,” Carrie Budoff Brown, senior vice president of politics at NBC News, said in a memo to staff.
McDaniel exited the RNC earlier this month after leading the organization since 2016.
During her time as chair, McDaniel repeatedly attacked the press, which has become increasingly popular in Republican circles over the last several years as Donald Trump demonizes journalists and news institutions.
McDaniel echoed many such attacks, labeling the press as “fake news” and calling the media “corrupt.” At times, she even targeted NBC News and MSNBC with dishonest attacks.
In 2019, for instance, McDaniel accused Richard Engel, NBC News’ chief foreign correspondent, of “actively cheering for an economic downturn.”
“How can NBC let him keep his job when he’s made his bias so clear?” McDaniel asked.
McDaniel has a lengthier history attacking the progressive cable news channel MSNBC, which she will appear on in her new role. In recent years, she has repeatedly attacked the channel for “spreading lies” and blasted those she described as the network’s “primetime propagandists.”
An NBC spokesperson did not respond to requests for comment about her attacks on the news media and NBC.
In her role as RNC chief, McDaniel also fanned the flames of election denialism after the 2020 presidential contest.
McDaniel was involved in a phone call in 2020 to pressure Michigan county officials not to certify the vote from the Detroit area, where Joe Biden had a commanding lead. McDaniel told the officials, regarding the certification: “Do not sign it. … We will get you attorneys.”
The Michigan Department of State’s office condemned her claims of supposed voter fraud in the wake of the election, stating they had “no merit.” The state’s “elections were conducted fairly, effectively and transparently and are an accurate reflection of the will of Michigan voters,” it said in a detailed fact check posted online.
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NBC’s hiring of McDaniel, however, plays into a recent trend at the network’s outlets, which has seemingly softened its stance on Trump as he inches toward the Republican nomination for president.
Earlier this month, CNBC hosted Trump for a lengthy phone interview in which the network’s anchors allowed him to peddle lies and conspiracy theories on air without scrutiny.
MSNBC has even started carrying Trump’s remarks live on television, a practice that the network boasted for years it would not do. Star host Rachel Maddow, who has said carrying Trump’s lies on the air is dangerous, even objected to the network broadcasting a recent speech from the presumptive Republican nominee, calling it “irresponsible.”
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MSNBC has no plans to have former Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel on the cable network, its president told employees following the news of her hiring at NBC News.
Rashida Jones, the cable network’s president, has been seeking to address internal backlash in the wake of an internal Friday announcement by NBC News regarding McDaniel’s hiring as an on-air contributor.
In that internal memo, the political chief, Carrie Budoff Brown, said McDaniel would contribute “across all NBC News platforms,” causing turmoil among several of the network’s on-air hosts and staffers, people familiar with the matter said. MSNBC is part of the NBC News division.
Rashida Jones daughter of Quincy Jones & Peggy Lipton
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https://www.wsj.com/business/media/msnbc-has-no-plans-to-have-ex-rnc-chief-on-network-0d88e70c
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In February, Ms. McDaniel urged Republicans to unite behind Mr. Trump after his victory in the New Hampshire primary, irking Nikki Haley, his rival who had not yet dropped out of the race. Mr. Trump has since installed his daughter-in-law and a close adviser to lead the R.N.C., tightening his hold over the party.
Other prominent Republican commentators at NBC News include Marc Short, who served as chief of staff to former Vice President Mike Pence, and Brendan Buck, a former top aide to Paul Ryan and John Boehner. NBC’s Democratic commentators include former Senator Claire McCaskill and David Plouffe, Barack Obama’s former campaign manager.
Ms. McDaniel’s NBC debut will be on this Sunday’s edition of “Meet the Press.”
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meandmybigmouth · 1 year
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THEY TRIED EVERY DIRTY TRICK IN THE BOOK! LOOKS LIKE THEY NEED A NEW BOOK
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liberalsarecool · 3 hours
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Entire FOX enterprise is predetermined narratives sold as outrage. The entire purpose of FOX is to silence dissent, eliminate good faith debate, kill the messenger, and ad hominem character assassination.
The biggest voices on FOX have no journalism degress, no college degrees, no area of expertise, no critical thinking skills, and no ability to admit when they are wrong.
As the Dominion case proves, FOX lies to their viewers. FOX hosts know they lie on air.
FOX manipulates the emotions of very unserious thinkers.
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porterdavis · 6 days
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This is so, so bad
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dosesofcommonsense · 3 months
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The summation of the RNC debates:
Despite #RonnaMcDaniel being a globalist, deep state, Rhino sympathizing #Romney, ALL the debates hinge around #DonaldTrump. They can’t and won’t avoid him. Trump doesn’t have to be there to discuss and win, because they’re doing that for him.
Vivek - not Trump. Funded by Big Pharma but enough of an outsider that he sounds similar to Trump. The only one saying Trump has done the best for America in the last 20-30 years. Why hire Vivek, when you can get the real Trump?
Haley - Deep State, Big Government supporter. Wants every social media handle to have the real name attached, like you’d be doxxed. “You can’t hide behind a handle.” Sounds great when you think of the disagrees. Sounds horrible if the government could shut you down for your beliefs. It’s the Patriot Act on steroids and HGH.
DeSantos - Bush pick. The Bushes have proven their Deep State/New World Order sympathizers. That’s who’s funding this campaign.
Christie - I have absolutely NO idea why Christie is on the stage. He’s a stooge and no where close to anyone else on the stage. He’s a boot licker, and I’m surprised he did any good as a governor.
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LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN
March 26, 2024
HEATHER COX RICHARDSON
MAR 27, 2024
At about 1:30 this morning, local time, the Dali, a 985-foot (300 m) container ship operating under a Singapore flag, struck the steel Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, that spans the lower Patapsco River and outer Baltimore Harbor. The bridge immediately collapsed. 
Eight maintenance workers were on the bridge repairing potholes when the ship hit. Two were rescued from the water, but the other six remain missing. Search and rescue operations were complicated by twisted metal and debris from the collapsed bridge. This evening, the Coast Guard called off its search. Tomorrow morning, divers will begin recovery efforts.
It is possible there were motorists on the bridge, too, but fewer than there might otherwise have been. Crew members issued a “Mayday” call—an internationally recognized word meaning distress—that Maryland police heard. At 1:27, police radio recorded an officer saying a ship had lost control of its steering as it approached the bridge, and to stop traffic and evacuate the area. There were cars submerged in the water, but they may have belonged to the construction workers.
The loss of the bridge will tangle traffic and disrupt supply chains. Named for the Maryland lawyer who in 1814 wrote the poem that became the national anthem, the Francis Scott Key bridge carries I-695, the Baltimore Beltway, and is used by about 30,000 people a day. 
The Port of Baltimore is one of the nation’s largest shipping hubs, especially for both imports and exports of cars and light trucks. About 850,000 vehicles go through that port every year. So does more than 20% of the nation’s coal exports. In 2023 the port moved a record-breaking $80 billion worth of foreign cargo. Now the shipping lane is closed and must be cleared of debris. 
“There is no question this will be a major and protracted impact on supply chains,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said from Baltimore today.
Perhaps learning from the 2023 East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment, when the government response was fast but quiet and thus opened a window for right-wing complaints they weren’t doing enough, the administration was out front today. Buttigieg rushed to the scene from a trip out West, and Maryland governor Wes Moore told reporters Buttigieg had called him at 3:30 am, just two hours after the crash.  
By around 6:00 am, the National Transportation Safety Board already had a team of 24 people on the scene to launch an investigation into the cause of the collision. 
Speaking today, President Joe Biden said: “I’ve directed my team to move heaven and earth to reopen the port and rebuild the bridge as soon as…humanly possible. And we’re going to work hand in hand…to support Maryland, whatever they ask for. And we’re going to work with our partners in Congress to make sure the state gets the support it needs. It’s my intention that federal government will pay for the entire cost of reconstructing that bridge, and I expect…the Congress to support my effort.”
Former member of President Obama’s 2012 campaign Jason Karsh noted Biden’s speech and said on social media: “[B]ecause Biden got infrastructure spending done for the first time in over a generation, and because [Pennsylvania] was able to rebuild that bridge that collapsed in record time, Dem[ocrat]s have the credibility to say things like this. Competence in government matters.”
It remains far too soon for any solid understanding of what caused the deadly crash.
Despite the impossibility of solid information in the hours immediately after the collision—or perhaps because of it—verified accounts on X (formerly Twitter) began spreading conspiracy theories. They posted that the accident was linked to terrorism, Jewish people, or diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. “Did anti-white business practices cause this disaster?” one posted. Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones wrote that the collision was “deliberate” and that “WW3 has already started.” 
Technology reporter Taylor Lorenz, who studies social media patterns, explained in the Washington Post that many of these accounts are “engagement farming.” This is the practice of posting extremist comments to generate attention, which can then be monetized by, for example, getting a cut of advertising that appears near those comments. Comments with heavy engagement can receive thousands of dollars. 
For a long time now, America’s political right has riled people up with wild political rhetoric to get them to buy stuff. Just today, Trump began to hawk Bibles for $59.99, plus shipping and handling, with a video message saying “Religion and Christianity are the biggest things missing from this country, and I truly believe we need to bring them back…. That’s why our country’s going haywire—we’ve lost religion in our country.” 
That system appeared to be in play as Trump supporters apparently flocked to today’s public offering of the Trump Media & Technology Group, the company behind the Truth Social app, sending the stock upward 16%. That surge would value the company at more than $7 billion, although in the first nine months of last year it had only about $3 million in sales and lost nearly $50 million. Julian Klymochko, founder and CEO of Accelerate Financial Technologies, told NPR’s Rafael Nam that the $7 billion valuation “is completely detached from any sort of fundamentals.” 
Buying stock in the company is “more of a political movement or just a speculative meme stock [a stock driven by social media] that’s completely detached or unrelated to the underlying business fundamentals of Truth Social,” Klymochko said.
As well as convincing supporters to buy products, extremist rhetoric can push them toward violence. Yesterday, John Keller, the head of a Department of Justice task force set up to protect election workers, told reporters Trump’s lie that the 2020 presidential election was stolen has put the U.S. in a “new era” in which election workers are “scapegoated, targeted, and attacked.” 
Today, on his social media network, Trump attacked individuals related to his upcoming election interference case. He lashed out at one of the prosecutors on Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg’s staff who previously worked for the Justice Department; Judge Juan Merchan, the judge in his upcoming criminal case for election interference; and the judge’s daughter. Of the judge and his daughter, Trump told his angry followers: “These COUNTRY DESTROYING SCOUNDRELS & THUGS HAVE NO CASE AGAINST ME. WITCH HUNT!” 
Legal analyst Joyce White Vance of Civil Discourse called out Trump’s “rank effort at intimidating the judge by threatening his family,” which she said “merits a gag order but also serious pushback from [Republican] leadership—which we know won't come.” 
Republican leadership indeed stayed quiet, but the judge noted Trump’s pattern of using  “threatening, inflammatory, [and] denigrating” statements against individuals in his legal cases and placed a gag order on him. Merchan noted that in the past, Trump’s statements had intimidated the individual targeted and required them to hire protection. 
Trump can still talk about Merchan or Bragg, but he cannot comment on any attorney, court staff member, or family member of prosecutors or lawyers. He can’t make statements about any potential or actual juror. 
Other news today suggests that Americans outside the MAGA bubble are turning against the poisonous politics that appeals to fear and hatred so its perpetrators can gain money or power.
The outrage over NBC’s hiring of former Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel was so strong that today the chair of NBC News, Cesar Conde, emailed staff to tell them he had “decided that Ronna McDaniel will not be an NBC News contributor.” McDaniel had trafficked in lies to support Trump and had worked with him to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. 
When the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine today, observers thought the justices seemed inclined to back away from the decision of extremist antiabortion judge Matthew Kacsmaryk taking the abortion drug mifepristone off the market. Antiabortion activists have long sought to ban abortion nationwide, but a strong majority of Americans support reproductive rights and have made their wishes known at the ballot box. 
Voters’ frustration with the extremists who have captured the Republican Party appeared to be behind the results in today’s special election for a seat in the Alabama legislature. There, voters in a swing district elected a Democrat, who ran on protecting abortion access, to replace a Republican. In 2022 that Democrat, Marilyn Lands, won about 45% of the vote. Today she won almost 65% of it.
LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN
HEATHER COX RICHARDSON
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