Somehow this is the most dystopian thing I've witnessed recently. Just straight up disappearing reality once it doesn't fit the regime's narrative. Chilling.
War is peace. Truth is lies.
I feel like the original quote applies here pretty well, no real need to change it…
War is peace
Freedom is slavery
Ignorance is strength
Gave a book club with elderly. Chose 1984 for January.
A woman literally said after we had discussed this that the salute wasn't the salute.
The Jewish woman next to hers fingernails were about to grip through her own wrist.
Shocking to see the dissonance in real time like this and then.
The US is what Americans think China is.
... and they're not wrong. Now we have two authoritarian world powers, yay!
Sorry not related, but why do all conservative American news women have this over done make up and fake looking hair? It really moves them into creepy territory. Like sort of evil clown creepy.
Many conservative American women strive to look like this, not just the news anchors. Among the women in orbit around Trump there are several with this same look. It's all very artificial, with lots of makeup and plastic surgery, but apparently it's an ideal in Republican circles.
The other day we were watching a clip of that Goldigging Whore Press Secretary walking up to deliver an outdoor press conference, and she had two blonde clones trailing behind her. We all commented on how weird it was.
This is actually a very big thing in conservative areas. It's like they all want to be that princess that they were told they were at 3 years old.
They are trained at an early age to dress up at beauty pageants. Where guys like trump "grab em by the pussy"
Some have suggested it's because of puritanical upbringing. Girls learn how to do their makeup and the like by experimenting etc, but many puritanical families may act like a teen doing so is "dressing like a whore" or something. So they grow up it having the experience,and don't know what to do so just imitate what they think they should look like instead of finding the look that looks good on them.
The explanation is simple - they're literally Nazis, and they like the Aryan archetype.
MAGA style
It is what their owner men want.
Reminds me of how his administration stopped reporting on COVID testing. Obviously if you suck at something, you should just not tell anyone, even if it affects the entire American constituency in a massively dangerous way.
Let's use this to our advantage.
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A British owned tabloid posing as an Irish paper reporting on American news. There aren't many worse sources.
A shame on the memory and legacy of Michael Collins and James Connolly.
Fox 'news'*: anything I disagree with is terrorism, trump isn't a bigoted idiot tanking the economy, there's no class war, we're just entertainment not news 🤡
Citing fox "news" as trusted media source ought to disqualify you from voting. Prove me wrong.
I saw it but I cannot find it. But I recall Fox News admitting they're not news when pressured for disseminating fake news.
Multiple times, in multiple court cases. Tucker Carlson argued that no regular viewer would consider his content news or factual.
The fact that they get away with this is infuriating. They should have to put a Surgeon General warning label on the screen like tobacco product have on the package.
"WARNING: This content is for entertainment purposes only. We acknowledge that most of the content presented is not factual, and most of the opinions are not based on reality. This platform was created explicitly as a right-wing propaganda outlet to spin damaging news stories and prevent another Republican from being impeached after Watergate. Viewing the content and opinions presented will leave you less informed than not viewing any content at all"
They used it as a defence in court. Multiple times. Something to the effect of "no reasonable person would believe they were being truthful/ serious."
Edit: apparently this defence was only used for shows like O'Reilly and Tucker Carlson, not the whole channel. Personally I don't think the average FN viewer would be able to discern the distinction, but who knows.
I feel like it's a very Fox News-y suggestion to ban select groups of people from voting.
I agree to a certain extent, but what's become clear to me as I get older, is that democracy represents the will of the electorate, and when your democracy is setup to give the dumbest 50% of the electorate the most representation, shit falls apart.
If we want a progressive, effective, and beneficial government, then we need an electorate that will vote for it. For a while, we've tried providing education and mostly free information access to the populace so they can make informed decisions, but it's evident that the voters don't care for that. The only other way to get past that information apathy is to eliminate their representation.
I don't expect this to be a morally defensible position, but more "if we want to survive as a nation, we need to do something about people living in an alternate reality formed by regressive hate propaganda".
That wouldn’t stop the market crashing.
If a stock falls in the market when there's no ticker watching, does it go red?
it seems to me like the people should have no problem coordinating an attack on fox news that would take them off the air. i feel like that's an easy one to do that doesn't require a leader, just anonymously post maps detailing the infrastructure of their studios, where security guards are posted, any known passkeys, etc.
If this hypothetical were to come to pass I personally wouldn't call it an attack, so much as a day of love where nothing was done wrong.
Here is just the text for anyone who cares for their eyeballs
It appears as though FOX News removed their DOW ticker as it dropped 1,228 points today, following President Donald Trump's tariff announcements.
A screenshot on X showcased the moment. In a clip, Kayleigh McEnany, Trump's former press secretary, was on Fox speaking today as the DOW sank, and the screen was missing its usual DOW ticker.
It's not the first time the conservative news giant has done so, as others have recorded them getting rid of their DOW ticker pretty much anytime there was a significant loss. There's a clip of Trump on in August 2024, and as the DOW fell, the FOX ticker was removed.
It comes after Trump had to be 'guided back' on stage following his tariff-touting speech after ‘forgetting’ to sign his executive order, sparking health fears after yet another strange moment.
Buzzfeed reported the same back in March, when stocks first fell after Trump announced his original tariff plans.
Users on X responded with their usual: jokes about Fox news. "Fox News logic is if the ticker’s gone, the crash didn’t happen," writes one user. Another laughed, "Good thing I developed object permanence when I was a baby."
"Naturally, they would prefer that their audience remain oblivious to the impact Donald Trump's tariffs are having on them," said another.
wall street floor The stock market opened up with all three major stock indexes going under (Image: Getty Images)
Yesterday, President Trump announced far-reaching new tariffs on nearly all U.S. trading partners. The Trump tariff hikes included another 34% tax on imports from China, which was already looking at a 20% tariff hike, bringing the total tariffs on Chinese products to 54%, as per NBC.
Trump also added a 20% tax on products from the European Union, a 10% baseline tax on imports from all countries, 46% on Vietnam, and 32% on Taiwan. All in all, 180 countries were on the tariff list.
The new price hikes could be a painful transition for many Americans as middle-class essentials such as housing, autos, and clothing are expected to become more costly, while disrupting the alliances built to ensure peace and economic stability. The lack of faith has now transferred to the stock market, which has been in a tailspin since the announcement.
US President Donald Trump signs an executive order after delivering remarks Trump signed the tariff executive order, adding taxes to nearly imports from around the world (Image: AFP via Getty Images)
The S&P 500 was down 3.7% in afternoon trading, more than other major stock markets, and at its bottom in the morning was on track for its worst day since COVID struck in 2020. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 1,228 points, or 2.9%, as of 1:08 p.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 4.8% lower.
Everything from crude oil to Big Tech stocks to the value of the U.S. dollar against other currencies fell. Even gold, which has hit records recently as investors sought something safer to own, pulled lower.
Some of the worst hits walloped smaller U.S. companies, and the Russell 2000 index of smaller stocks dropped 5.5% to pull it more than 20% below its record.
Trump had to be ‘guided back’ on stage following his tariff-touting speech after ‘forgetting’ to sign his executive order
Hey Donald. Blink twice if you're OK
Oooor, just install an adblocker.
install an adblocker.
That's why I was able to create this clean screenshot in the first place ;)
We Europeans are sooo sory for taking advantage of you.
Can you now fuck off and leave?
I bet once the markets come back up after he lifts those tariffs again, the ticker will be back.
America's North Korean propaganda network at it again.
I googled for fox news screenshots, but can't find any with ticker... I'm confused, where is it usually?
Edit: Found a clip, unfortunately with Trump onscreen here
Ah, peak Trumpism. "If we ignore it, it goes away!"
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