January 1, 2025

Still not watching CNN and that includes their NYE programs. Fuck those folks.

Fuck the news folks at ABC, CBS, and NBC too.

December 22, 2024

Democrats need to let the GOP fuck up Americans lives next year. We can't save them from their own ramifications.

Democrats need to let the GOP fuck up Americans lives next year.
We can't save them from their own ramifications.
The American People will not learn that way.
We cannot be Superman and swoop to the rescue every time, preventing the worst possible outcomes.
Give the people what they voted for: chaos, inflation, and hate.
Then they might start to vote FOR their interests, instead of against them.

This was a reply that started an interesting discussion.
FYI: This is not a call for Democrats to vote with the GOP and pass their bills.
We should vote against but we also need to stop negotiating with House and senate Republicans who NEVER keep their word on a deal.
Fuck 'em and let them sink Americans and realize we were straight with them all along.
My signature line says it all: "Orcutt's 1st Law: Before things get better, they must get much worse." - from the novel THE FOOLS IN TOWN ARE ON OUR SIDE by Ross Thomas

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/11/18/2287041/-Trump-voters-f-cked-around-now-they-re-about-to-find-out?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=from_markos_desk&pm_medium=web

Rural America has been the bedrock of MAGA support. This year, 64% of rural voters went for Trump, and just 32% for Harris. And the nonprofit news outlet Investigate Midwest finds that Trump won over 77% of the popular vote, on average, in the nation’s most farming-dependent counties. So you know the leopards are hungrily circling that crowd.
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One of the election’s most bizarre developments was that many Muslim Americans abandoned the Democratic ticket for both Trump and Green Party candidate Jill Stein, largely due to the Biden administration’s support for Israel in its war against Hamas. In fact, Arab-majority Dearborn, Michigan, went from a 69% Biden majority in 2020 to giving Vice President Kamala Harris just 36% of its vote this November. Trump got 42%, and Stein got 18%. Boy, did they send a message for peace! .
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No modern-era president did more for organized labor than Joe Biden. Among other things, he was the first president to walk a picket line, bailed out the pension for 600,000 Teamsters at a taxpayer’s cost of $36 billion, helped radicalize billionaire Elon Musk by excluding him from an electrical-vehicle summit at the apparent behest of the United Auto Workers union, increased funding for the National Labor Relations Board, and stocked that board with labor advocates.

In return, the Teamsters refused to endorse a presidential candidate, and the union’s president, Sean O’Brien, spoke at the Republican National Convention, and 45% of labor households voted for Trump, compared with 40% in 2020, according to exit polls.

December 15, 2024

Maybe we could start a separate forum for people to complain about MSNBC/CNN TV News hosts all day long?

Since some people insist on watching them (yes, they make bad choices) and complaining about them every damned day.
Let's clear some of this fluff out of GD.
Give them their own forum to whine about the latest interview or comment from the idiot talking heads.
It's a good idea whose time has come.

November 27, 2024

They all thought a Trump win would be good for ratings, like the last time. They were wrong.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/msnbc-s-rachel-maddow-suffers-worst-ratings-of-the-year-as-fox-news-steals-the-spotlight/ar-AA1uRsKZ?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=79b401db676641979541494215129281&ei=23
MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow suffers worst ratings of the year as Fox News steals the spotlight
According to Nielsen Media Research, MSNBC has lost 47 percent of its overall audience since Election Night compared to the rest of the year, averaging just 497,000 total-day viewers and 49,000 in the advertising demographic of adults aged 25-54. CNN has also seen double-digit losses, dipping 33 percent and pulling in just 357,000 total-day viewers and 65,000 in the key demo.

In primetime, the post-election drop is even more severe. While right-wing juggernaut Fox News has unsurprisingly seen its ratings soar with Trump’s win, surging 24 percent year-to-date and drawing 3 million viewers, MSNBC has sunk 52 percent. In the 8-11 p.m. time slot, the network’s total audience has collapsed to 644,000 viewers and 63,000 in the 25-54 demographic. CNN is also significantly down, shedding 39 percent of its total primetime viewership and drawing just 453,000 viewers.

Making matters worse for MSNBC, the network’s star has also seen viewers flee in droves. Rachel Maddow, who recently extended her contract to the tune of $25 million annually (still a pay cut of $5 million per year), now only broadcasts her primetime show on Monday evenings. Since moving to a once-a-week schedule, her show has typically been seen as something of a special attraction for MSNBC’s audience and is generally one of the top-rated programs on cable.

However, this past Monday, The Rachel Maddow Show attracted just 1.3 million total viewers and a paltry 84,000 in the key 25-54 demographic. (It still more than tripled its CNN 9 p.m. competition.) The telecast represented Maddow’s lowest overall viewership of the year and the worst performance in the demo since 2015. Week to week, Maddow is down 13 percent in total viewers and 34 percent in the demographic.

November 21, 2024

Nancy Mace is all about protecting women in bathrooms, and letting them die in the emergency room

Nancy Mace and Republicans are all about protecting women in bathrooms, and letting them die in the emergency room

November 20, 2024

A Metro Detroit father kept a (comic book) secret for 50 years, but now his son is on a journey to uncover the truth.

A Metro Detroit father kept a secret for 50 years, but now his son is on a journey to uncover the truth. And what he found is one of the largest and most valuable comic book collections in the country.

November 6, 2024

We were so focused on them trying to steal it we never thought we'd actually lose.

Did we take our eye off the ball?

November 6, 2024

Ramblings of a crazy old man on TV now. JD and Thiel are going to 25th Amendment this guy within a year.

Then the billionaire will have his puppet president.

November 6, 2024

The next President will be the face of America as we host the World Cup in 26 and the Olympics in 28

I don't want the 28 Olympics to remind the world of Berlin in 36

November 5, 2024

I cherish you all. I love DU and all it's members. Let's do this. GOTV.

I know that if we all work together and do everything we can today, we will win.