Yeah i’m almost positive this would have been the case, yes. It’s still the funniest goddamn thing ever. This was the best take ive seen:
Historical AND hysterical!
Best birthday present ever.
that gift’s from all of us
It's like nearly 70 million people really care about me!
Now if they'd all just send me a dollar.
TBH, States are going to lead the charge on this anyways, and a presidential pardon can't stop them.
If they pardon him, he will come back. I'm south american. I know what I'm talking about.
Well, I'm not gonna stop them.
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By Grabthar's Hammer...what a sale.
Jesus, I know this is callous because you guys south of the border are still fucked beyond measure with how Covid is going and Republicans likely to control the senate and likely to go back to doing the only thing other than packing courts that they're good at, obstruction, but if it's any consolation, it's going to be nice for us to have a normal president to go back to generally congenial national relations. One that won't fuck with both of our economies because someone slighted him or stood in front of him at a summit.
Not all hope is lost for the Senate. Georgia may save us once again with the runoff happening.
I think it won't be her if for no other reason than because Biden respects the job enough to want to avoid the visual of nepotism.
Which is the right call but imagine the hypocrisy as republicans cry foul.
You know Trump never had a dog in the WH. Because the bitch would have bit him.
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President-Elect Joe Biden's German Shepherd Major to Be First Rescue Dog in the White House
Dogs everywhere are wagging their tails as the White House has been without pooches for the past four years
We might be seeing a big change in news coming up. Murdoch has not been really into the whole "FRAUD!" narrative that Trump has been pushing and seems to want to wash his hands of him. They even cancelled "Judge Jeanine" out of the blue, replacing her show for the night with extended coverage of Biden's acceptance speech, all because the show was going to support Trump's fraud narrative. Don't be surprised if Carlson and Hannity do a sudden change to be less "Pro-Trump" and instead sidestep him entirely to just talk about Biden and his upcoming policies.
This has a lot of Fox News watchers upset, claiming Fox has just become another wing of the MSM, and many claim they are going to watch Newsmax or OANN instead. If Trump or his family do start a competing network, we might see a literal battle of conservative news as they cannibalize each other.
This has a lot of Fox News watchers upset, claiming Fox has just become another wing of the MSM, and many claim they are going to watch Newsmax or OANN instead. If Trump or his family do start a competing network, we might see a literal battle of conservative news as they cannibalize each other.
That’s just sad.
”News” should by definition not be about any narrative, it should just be straight up facts with opinion/analysis “Here’s what we think” sprinkled in. The moment it starts preaching “Here’s what you should think,” it becomes propaganda, not news.
EDIT: Here’s an example, of sorts. An African journalist put together this “report” of the US elections, but done in a style meant to mimic the condescending and judgmental way that American journalism usually reports elections in other countries.
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”News” should by definition not be about any narrative, it should just be straight up facts with opinion/analysis “Here’s what we think” sprinkled in. The moment it starts preaching “Here’s what you should think,” it becomes propaganda, not news.
EDIT: Here’s an example, of sorts. An African journalist put together this “report” of the US elections, but done in a style meant to mimic the condescending and judgmental way that American journalism usually reports elections in other countries.
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@gathara: #BREAKING Polls are set to open in 48 hours across the US as the authoritarian regime of Donald Trump attempts to consolidate its hold over the troubled, oil-rich, nuclear-armed, north American nation. Anal...…
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You know as well as I do that this is inevitable, at least in our current society. News has to be funded, and so capitalism ensures that it will transform into whatever form can make the most money, even if it has to subvert the very thing it set out to do. This has been happening for hundreds of years now, they've just gotten continually better at it.