Don't forget
Don't forget
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This is the type of shit that news should actually talk about if the point was to have informed citizens/voters
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Headline:
Trump still trying to deflect from the failure his admin is - here's what really matters
Repeat every day since Jan '25.
Yeah, journalism is tough. And that's before you even count in the end of journalistic freedom in the US.
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The US has for-profit news. As a result, the point is to turn a profit. If a car chase is more profitable than talking about the Epstein files, a car chase will be what they show you. If it's more profitable to keep people angry and misinformed than it is to tell them the truth, then they'll make their viewers angry. If you want the news to have a goal like informing citizens or voters, you want publicly funded media like ABC, BBC, CBC, FBC, JBC, SBC, and the other ones that don't end in BC: france.tv, ARD, RTE, NPO, etc.
It would be really neat if the US finally realized that not everything should be for-profit, and especially keeping the public educated and informed was something that was important enough that it couldn't just rely on for-profit companies. But, the US has always thought that was propaganda and communism, and the only way to have objective and unbiased news was to have unwavering faith in capitalism.
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Republican can't raise my energy bills
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Prices really do got wings at this present moment.
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Hey thats one of my congress critters! One of the okayest of all time.
In the mean time, does any one know any one in Hawaii's first interested in running for House of Representatives that isn't a total scumbag. I'm still looking for someone to primary BlueMaggot Ed Case.
Be the change you want to see.
I'm not in the right district. And I've been in enough campaigns to know whats going to work and whats not. I'm trying to get a friend of mine, Tyler, to run. But in talking with them and where they are at, I just don't think they can meet the moment. They're too much of a people pleaser, even they do regularly attend our protests. I'm still shopping for a candidate to run, but they need to already be in the district. There is a lane for taking on conservatives in safe blue seats from the left, but it needs to be willing to start fights. But they'll need the right background and bonafides, and I've got at least one in my sights (Native Hawaiian activist, law degree, deep background in organizing, scientist).
Politics in Hawaii are, well, complicated. Especially by being one of the most diverse places on the planet, along with a geography of ongoing settler colonialism. You just aren't going to "hop in" in Honolulu politics the way you might in another district.
Extra edit: It looks like Tyler is starting to post Mandami style walking around videos... hmmm..🤔
You know whats funny is they tried that once in 2010 and because the DNC vote was split between Case and Hanabusa the election got thrown to the Republican Djou with 39% of the vote.
It sounds like you're better off popularizing election reform in Hawaii rather than running even more blue (and green and yellow) ties.
Its a different time. People are more engaged than they've ever been. Case has a been a rat-fucker, and there is a wide open lane in one of the most progressive districts in the country. 2010 was a wave election for Republicans, coming off the heels of Obama's '08 victory. Its basically the opposite meta right now (26 will be a wave for D's), but probably not for all D's.
I wouldn't' say its without risk, but leave Case in place and it might as well be a Republican seat. I think watching Mandami, and Graham Porter's races for now, and see how they shape up; the only problem is that time's a ticking. Candidates really need to commit to running, pretty much now, to have the runway/ develop the earned media to get the small donor flywheel going (for a federals seat).