Bytemeister

Consider this too...Q1 ended on March 31st. They are predicting that drop before all this tariff shit got started.

Hell, Biden was president for 20 of the 90 days in that quarter.

Oh fuck, I forgot about how awful this was.

Well... I wouldn't want to be labeled an insurrectionist and not actually have the fun of joining an armed rebellion...

Wouldn't want to make a liar out of the dear government .

All they're trying to do there is control the narrative for local news. When it's not beneficial for them to spread propaganda they won't. They should still carry the warning. That station can either de-affiliate with Fox, or actual local news can fill the gap.

Maybe corporations shouldn't have constitutional rights.

Glances at Citizens United

I've seen enough 1AM porno commercials in the early 2000s to know that these warnings already exist for some content.

I'm seeing the King Of The Hill meme right now.

"Those viewers would be very upset right now if they could read"

Maybe force some bottle blonde to read it to them. Seems to be the only way to get info past the barrier.

Ideally, this would filter out most if not all of the support for those conservatives who's entire platform is based on lies and fear. MTG, Boebert, etc... They only exist as public figures because they went along with Qanon conspiracies.

The same Constitution that upholds the right to vote is the same one that protects freedom of speech. I consider both options equally damaging to the underlying fabric of this country. The point being that republicans are already eroding the foundations of this nation to poison our water and air, shift wealth from the poorest people up to the richest, steal the money we've put aside for social services, and implement a Christian theocracy. It's happening, so we might as well throw out the constitution as well, but use that gap to build a society where people are protected from discrimination because of immutable characteristics, and that builds for the long-term health, wellness and safety of it's citizens.

Absolutely.

I don't think the qualifications for voting should be "white wealthly land-owning men", but there has to be a filter we can use to validate that the person voting as at least 2 brain cells.

I'd like to have a basic test with blanket true/false statements around recent political talk... Maybe things like...

The 2020 election was conducted fairly without significant evidence of fraud that could have changed the result.

Vaccines have a direct and undeniable link to autism and long term damage.

Tariffs are an export tax paid by the country sending the product to another country.

Individuals with visas and green cards are not illegal immigrants.

Just a quick test like that, and then weight the vote based on how many statements they identififed correctly as True or false.

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"

#colormatchyourbutthole

Her lips got me concerned. From the lies too.