This needs to be shouted from the rooftops.
🍉 Steven W. Thrasher, PhD, CPT @thrasherxy
30 Sep 2021
A catastrophic failure of US journalism and politics is that something like Biden's 10-year, $3.5 trillion infrastructure bill is not called a $350 billion annual bill...but the Pentagon's budget, which will exceed $7.5 trillion over a decade, is called a $750 billion annual bill

Sep 30, 2021 · 11:06 AM UTC

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I agree. Except that it's not a failure. It is done on purpose with the active collusion of various media outlets down to the level of the journalists hoping for career advancement or even future careers in high end PR firms. The framing doesn't get that uniform otherwise.
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Bernie pushed back on that framing and so should everyone. I would argue during the campaign the pushback should have been harder and more consistent than it was. Media PR framing is not an unstoppable juggernaut.
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Fuck the Pentagon and fuck the department of defense fuck the military industrial complex
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Manchin himself supported $4 trillion paid for over 10 years. He voted for both budget resolutions.
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That's the #Witchcraft and #Sorcery of this Nation you're just now waking up to. #Rev18
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theintercept.com/2021/09/21/… < - This needs to be shouted from the rooftops.

ShadowDragon: Inside the Social Media Surveillance Software That Can Watch Your Every Move

Michigan State Police didn’t want the public to know about their contract with ShadowDragon, which trawls user data across the internet, even the dark web.

theintercept.com
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Media seems to skew right to protect the feelings of republicans. Right wing media is just batshit crazy. It seems like the entire left is left out of the narrative.
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Yes ... You are absolutely RIGHT!
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I realize inflation doesn’t really impact people with bank accounts that look like yours, but it’s common sense the more we print $, the higher inflation goes, which effectively taxes the people you say you want to help.
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Media serves their Billionaire advertisers, not society.
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