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    NPR Reports

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    5 minutes ago, LDD said:

     

    Looks absolutely defunct...

    https://www.ktoo.org/alaskasenergydesk/

    6 minutes ago, LDD said:

    Looks absolutely defunct...

     

     

    ...and if you click around on their site there's some pretty unique stories there and most of those stories cannot be found "anywhere and everywhere".  

     

    The Biden laptop? Yeah, that's a pretty huge f-in deal...especially since we have elevated morality to the top of our political ideals right now.  Big driver in your circles, I forgot.  So, let's deprive the people of rural Alaska, (bastion of radical leftist ideology) some programming in the name of non-partisan correctness.  

    I forgot that everything, anywhere, all the time, at every moment must be exactly one way in the culture war.  My bad...

    (dumbazz sarcasm intended) 

    I feel like your “looks absolutely defunct” comment is a touch intemperate. If you really cared about valuable local news in Alaska you would have clicked on one of the articles. Had you done so, you would find them dated no later than 2021. They call that an own goal. Good job. 
     

    NPR is a biased media outlet. Nobody argues that point. You think they are deserving of public funding. Because of their demonstrated bias, I do not. I would not want an NPR right-biased alter ego funded either. 

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    NPR Reports

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    5 minutes ago, LDD said:

     

    Theoretically, any reporting on anything ever can be done by non-government funded entities.  But, it either won't be or it isn't unless the broadcast area is profitable.  That's where PUBLIC services step in like radio.   

     

     

    "Alaska Energy Desk" KSKA-FM

    "Arizona Science Tech Desk" KNAU-FM

    "Kentucky Collaboration" WVXU-FM

     

    Those are all regional shows carried by regional stations that support local citizens and issues and economic influences that impact those areas specifically and that's not even news.  C'mon man, don't be so elitist, I really have no clue what the massive issue is with people getting something back locally for all the damn taxes they pay.  Why is that such a huge issue?   

     

     

    Alaska Energy Desk ceased in 2021. The residents of the state seemingly go about their day without this valuable local reporting. 
     

    Regarding the bolded - NPR made it a huge issue by being partisan in their endeavors. Think Biden laptop story if you need confirmation. It’s really not debatable. Surely you can think of a better use for this funding.
     

    There is no reason to fund partisan media. Any and all information these people provide can be found anywhere and everywhere. 

    NPR Reports

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    12 minutes ago, LDD said:

    NPR provides valuable local reporting in many rural areas of the country where people actually live their lives and don't hang breathlessly on every change in the political winds like everyone here.  This would be a huge blow to rural America and will simply be a continuation of the degradations that Trump has imposed on poor, white Americans since inauguration day.  

    Any real-life examples of this valuable local reporting and its impact? Reporting that apparently cannot be done by non-government funded entities?

    The Trump Justice Dept. is a joke! I’m so disappointed

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    3 minutes ago, Joe Ferguson forever said:

    Try again https://ballotpedia.org/Arguments_in_favor_of_school_closures_during_the_coronavirus_(COVID-19)_pandemic,_2020-21 

     

    the JAMA article shows the very positive effect on mortality which is a concrete endpoint. Unlike the effects of missing the prom or free school lunches which are more difficult to quantify…one could argue that free school lunches shouldn’t be needed in a country as wealthy as the US. 

    The ballotpedia link includes a hyperlink for the arguments against closing schools. Shocked that you missed it. 

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    For those saying “this is what we voted for…”

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    47 minutes ago, Roundybout said:


    And yet it was still more productive and less damaging than the Trump gang of Fox News cuts. I’d happily vote for it again.

    How so? The border disaster that the most dim among us believe was about skin color? That part was more productive and less damaging? I’m glad you are in a minority that gets smaller by the day. 

    From the NYT this holiday weekend:

     

    Democrats hope that this is only a phenomenon of the Trump era, and that G.O.P. gains will evaporate once the president is no longer on the ballot.... But Chris Kofinis, a Democratic strategist who served as chief of staff to former Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia, who left the party last year, warned that such optimism was misplaced. 'Trump is the symptom, not the disease,” he said. “The disease is the fact that you have lost touch with a whole swath of voters that used to consistently vote Democratic.”...

     

    Your party and ideology suck. You are truly a 20%er. 

     

    For those saying “this is what we voted for…”

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    1 hour ago, Joe Ferguson forever said:

    He's an unelected businessman billionaire who has no accountability to the public and deep, powerful influence over the government.  

    Your awareness level is in the negative numbers at this point. Truly clueless. 

     

    https://www.thetimes.com/us/american-politics/article/ron-klain-mike-donilon-steve-ricchetti-bruce-reed-jmlq37cbj


     

    The blame game is moving to a cabal of advisers, dubbed the “politburo” by colleagues in a nod to the highest decision-making body of the Soviet Union, a group said to have enjoyed unprecedented power.


    “Five people were running the country, and Joe Biden was at best a senior member of the board,” one cabinet member claims. “I’ve never seen a situation like this before, with so few people having so much power. 

     

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    Democrat Self Reflection Post Landslide? Zero point zero.

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    4 hours ago, Orlando Buffalo said:

    Is there a term for gaslighting even after the person already knows they were gaslit? This article though does explain the "journalist" thoughts well with two lines:

     

    "I was and remain dumbfounded by that."

     

    "An even sadder truth is that, faced with a choice between democracy and the promise of cheaper Doritos, America went with the Doritos."

     

    This person is arguing that a true democracy is decided by the party, not by the people. 

     

     

     

     

     

    Dude is preaching to an ever-dwindling choir with such nonsense. Hasn’t the “democracy at stake” bit been played out? I guess not for the writer, nedboi, or Redhawk. Sigh. 

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    Democrat Self Reflection Post Landslide? Zero point zero.

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    7 hours ago, Big Blitz said:

     

    From the NYT story:

     

    Some Democrats hope that this is only a phenomenon of the Trump era, and that G.O.P. gains will evaporate once the president is no longer on the ballot.... But Chris Kofinis, a Democratic strategist who served as chief of staff to former Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia, who left the party last year, warned that such optimism was misplaced. 'Trump is the symptom, not the disease,” he said. “The disease is the fact that you have lost touch with a whole swath of voters that used to consistently vote Democratic.”...

     

    The RedHawk’s/Roundy’s/Billshometime’s of the world cannot get their collective mind around this. That gives me a warm snuggly. 

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    For those saying “this is what we voted for…”

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    6 hours ago, stevestojan said:

    One thing that confuses me about the current defense of Trumps tactics are those that state he’s doing exactly what he said he would. Curious as to the thoughts of those that are defending Trump by saying “this is what he promised,” “we knew what we were getting,” etc. How do you respond to this? Understanding many of these videos are often edited heavily this one is truly clips of the man himself and his “promises.” 
     

    Does this upset you? Do you just consider this another example of him just “being Donald the blowhard?” Do you think folks less knowledgeable and less economically stable than most here thought he would actually do the things he said in this video? Or they “knew” he would do the opposite and for some reason voted for him anyway?

     

    (standard disclaimer that I think Biden was top 3-4 worst presidents of all time). 
     

    Im truly not trolling. I would love to get some conversation going with folks I respect on the other side of the isle like @B-Man and @JDHillFan, (and others). 
     

    Let’s see if we can be civil. Was this just a case of a politician being a politician and making promises to get votes? My concern is that his promises and his actual actions are polar opposites. Do you think this “temporary pain” is truly going to help folks financial situations “eventually” and how long will that take? 
     

    https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHcAf9UOc6i/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

    Levi summed it up just right. The only election in my lifetime that I did not vote was 2016. The choices were too awful. After watching how democrats and their media brethren behaved 2016-2020 (impeachment clown shows, collusion mania, Pelosi tearing up SOTU, covid hypocrisy, checking off on mostly peaceful riots, etc) I ran to vote for Trump and not because I suddenly liked him. 
     

    I voted for him over Kamala because of the continued nonsense from democrats. The “don’t say gay” lies. Being called a bigoted homophobe because I don’t believe third grade students should have access to library books about anal. Called a racist/fascist/nazi for wanting existing border laws enforced. The absurdity of “he’s mentally fit for the presidency” trumpeted here and in the media. All the issues being described as 80/20 are exactly that and dems are on the wrong side of them all. There’s nothing to like about them. Therefore, Trump. 
     

     

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    Trump The Nazi

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    Posted

    2 hours ago, Homelander said:

     

    TDS? Please. That lazy cop-out only works if you pretend Trump didn’t spend years flirting with fascism like it’s a kink.

     

    I didn’t call Reagan or Bush Nazis because they didn’t encourage mobs to storm the Capitol, idolize dictators, or dine and retweet actual neo-Nazis. Trump didn’t just ‘say controversial things’ he openly channeled authoritarian trash and grifted a cult into cheering for it.

     

    If you think calling that out is derangement, maybe you’ve just gotten a little too comfortable with the goose-stepping.

    ZERO chance you were around for Reagan. 

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