The real thing is to focus on actual victims of the upheaval, like people in clinical trials that are now on-hold/terminated.
There is a disjointed thought up above that I think shows a bit of a conflation with what the government does and what the media decides to cover. The paragraph about there being better ways to deal with our partners seems to be simultaneously attack on Biden that is not based on reality, and a somewhat "written in a bubble" attack on the media for not focusing on fentanyl - especially when I can anecdotally say I've seen plenty on fentanyl.
'cause really: Mexico sent troops to the border - like they often do - during the Biden administration because he asked them to do so. Canada had previously announced their spending on their border security - which includes some funds for fighting drug trafficking - in December. I'm old enough to remember Biden backing a border security bill last year that was killed by the GOP upon Trump's say-so.
Now, if you want to just focus on what the media covers then that's fine: we can talk all about how much they were bored by the Biden administration's quiet competence and favor Trump's loud chaos, and that they are failing us in providing useful information.
I for one think there's more important things to write about - like dissolution of the foreign election interference task force, or sending CIA employee names in an unencrypted email - but maybe it's just easier to generate media complaining about the media.
This article was a succinct articulation of the reality that is - Americans are fed up with living under the boot of genuine Fascistic suppression, censorship, forced compliance, culture crush and hate of the American soul. The critic who wrote of Biden’s “ quiet competence” must be an employee of USAID or the corporate media or just a victim of mental illness. Thanks for outlining the problem of the media’s partnership with government Steve.
Nice to see some acknowledgement that the de minimis exemptions are actually written in law - https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/19/1321. So assumedly those would require an act of Congress to alter said exemptions.
The real thing is to focus on actual victims of the upheaval, like people in clinical trials that are now on-hold/terminated.
There is a disjointed thought up above that I think shows a bit of a conflation with what the government does and what the media decides to cover. The paragraph about there being better ways to deal with our partners seems to be simultaneously attack on Biden that is not based on reality, and a somewhat "written in a bubble" attack on the media for not focusing on fentanyl - especially when I can anecdotally say I've seen plenty on fentanyl.
'cause really: Mexico sent troops to the border - like they often do - during the Biden administration because he asked them to do so. Canada had previously announced their spending on their border security - which includes some funds for fighting drug trafficking - in December. I'm old enough to remember Biden backing a border security bill last year that was killed by the GOP upon Trump's say-so.
Now, if you want to just focus on what the media covers then that's fine: we can talk all about how much they were bored by the Biden administration's quiet competence and favor Trump's loud chaos, and that they are failing us in providing useful information.
I for one think there's more important things to write about - like dissolution of the foreign election interference task force, or sending CIA employee names in an unencrypted email - but maybe it's just easier to generate media complaining about the media.
This article was a succinct articulation of the reality that is - Americans are fed up with living under the boot of genuine Fascistic suppression, censorship, forced compliance, culture crush and hate of the American soul. The critic who wrote of Biden’s “ quiet competence” must be an employee of USAID or the corporate media or just a victim of mental illness. Thanks for outlining the problem of the media’s partnership with government Steve.
Have you considered a career in comedy?
Thank you, that was good.
You might also need to update this article more generally, as the de minimis exemption revocation is on hold per https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/amendment-to-duties-addressing-the-synthetic-opioid-supply-chain-in-the-peoples-republic-of-china/.
Nice to see some acknowledgement that the de minimis exemptions are actually written in law - https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/19/1321. So assumedly those would require an act of Congress to alter said exemptions.