mozz

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[–] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 76 points 11 months ago

Call me when it's reporting a fuckin indictment, and when he doesn't want to go with the cops, someone slams him on the fuckin pavement and cuffs him. It's a goddamned military cemetery and they shoved the employee out of the way so they could disrespect the fuckin place and violate federal law.

Let's turn this into something that's in the fuckin news cycle. All kinds of weird bullshit becomes a big deal.

[–] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 2 points 11 months ago

If seeing dumb video thumbnails on YouTube impacts your mood I think you need to stay away from YouTube.

[–] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

?

That is clickbait nonsense. I think it’s designed to induce as revenue. I generally don’t watch and avoid all versions of it, electoral and not (“You won’t BELIEVE what this HERO CAT did for Pennsylvania mother of 3”)… I get what you’re saying and it’s dumb but why does it cause you rage?

[–] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 4 points 11 months ago (5 children)

I have a question

Why is election stuff rage inducing? Like what’s an example of a thumbnail you would see that would induce rage?

[–] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 214 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

Dude fuckin charge him

It's a violation of federal law? Go arrest him. Let people who served with the people buried nearby serve the warrant. Let him sit in custody until he explains to a judge why he should be free.

Fuck him. You don't have to charge him with anything above and beyond what happened, but just stop treating him special. Oh, go after the campaign staff who laid hands on the official, too. Pretty sure that's a felony in most jurisdictions.

[–] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 107 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I think they just have no idea what they’re doing. There’s no master plan. It is devolving into botshit, but not on purpose; it’s just because all the people with anything remotely resembling qualifications to run one of the world’s biggest social media sites have left the building at this point.

[–] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

OH LOOK


Here are the main points covered in the transcript:

  • Elliott County, Kentucky has unusual voting patterns, having voted for Democrats in every presidential election for 144 years straight until 2016.
  • In 2016, Elliott County had the largest swing from Obama to Trump of any county in the US.
  • Despite voting for Trump in 2016 and 2020, Elliott County voted for Democratic Governor Andy Beshear in recent elections.
  • The county is rural, 99% white, with limited economic opportunities and a median household income that has barely changed in over 30 years.
  • Historically, Democrats were seen as the party for working class and poor people, associated with unions and FDR's New Deal programs.
  • Over time, the Democratic Party shifted focus away from rural blue-collar voters towards white-collar suburban voters.
  • Many residents express frustration with both parties and feel abandoned by politicians.
  • Economic concerns, including stagnant wages and lack of local opportunities, are major issues for residents.
  • Immigration and border security have become top concerns for some voters, despite the county's distance from the southern border.
  • Governor Andy Beshear won in Elliott County by focusing on local economic issues and distancing himself from the national Democratic brand.
  • Some residents recognize they have more in common with working-class immigrants than with wealthy politicians.
  • There's a desire for working-class unity across political lines, but also a sense of grasping at any potential solution to local economic struggles.
  • The influence of money in politics and the growing wealth of billionaires are seen as problems by some residents.
  • Trump's outsider status and promise to "drain the swamp" appealed to voters frustrated with traditional politicians.

This summary captures the key points about Elliott County's unique political situation, the economic challenges facing its residents, and the complex factors influencing their voting patterns.


Emphasis is mine

I actually think the forgotten-ness of rural voters and their jobs and ability to make a living, by both sides of the aisle, is a hugely important story that almost no one in Washington understands, and specifically vis-a-vis why Trump got so much support. I don't fully disagree with the thesis of the video and especially as it applied to Washington 8 years ago.

However

I like to talk about this explosive growth of working class wages over the last 4 years (nowhere near enough but also something worth giving credit to Biden for). I wondered if that applied also to Elliot County -- I still don't really know the answer, but I found this, and if you click back to 2020 the bars only go up to $60k and in 2022 they were going up to $95k so that tells you some level of something.

It's also notable that I was able to predict what the piece would say without anything to go on other than educated guessing about what it might cover.

I would be curious to see something actually diving into how things have worked out (specifically taking Elliot County as an example) for the last few years, where that $95k actually came from, how common it is, how things worked out in 2023 and why, etc etc. Basically a real unbiased version of what this video is a somewhat blinkered form of, would be fuckin fascinating.

This isn't it though

[–] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Here’s my prediction about “More Perfect Union”, just based on the channel name and the downvotes:

  • Weirdly high production values
  • Reasons why people don’t support Harris / Democrats and you shouldn’t either
  • General leftist vibe but no particular leftist plans other than DEFINITELY NOT VOTING FOR DEMOCRATS
  • No particular affiliation with any existing leftist organization or personality, just arrived from nowhere

I could be totally off base. That’s just my guessing prediction based on a learned level of suspicion that at this point verges on furious unfair cynical prejudice

Brb

 
 

Humor me for a second. Quick poll. You can just write "Yes" or "No" in the comments.

 

I greatly enjoyed this part:

Trump has been angrily venting about one of his lawyers, Todd Blanche, ever since the trial began.

He has griped that Mr. Blanche, a former federal prosecutor and veteran litigator, has not been following his instructions closely, and has been insufficiently aggressive. Mr. Trump wants him to attack witnesses, attack what the former president sees as a hostile jury pool, and attack the judge, Juan M. Merchan.

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