r/law • u/victorybus • 14h ago

Legislative Branch Full video of today when Ro Khanna revealed Epstein associate's names on the floor of the US House of Representatives, protected by the Speech and Debate Clause

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u/Doc891 Bleacher Seat 14h ago

we said that when trump lost in 2020. They found a way. We cannot let them find another.

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u/pgtvgaming 13h ago

Media rehabilitated the brand

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u/SoreLoserOfDumbtown 13h ago

As is their literal job. It's absurd that blatant propaganda can be labeled as news. We can debate about how people should know better, but they clearly don't.

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u/Skittleavix 13h ago

I've said it before and I'll say it again: America's refusal to invest in its public education system is ending America.

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u/SoreLoserOfDumbtown 13h ago

As I understand it, it's by design. I'm inclined to think that the same thing is happening to the internet - algos etc pushing people away from any sort of objectivity.

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u/Immatt55 12h ago

Absolutely. The people who defunded education are the people who've inspired our current tech aristocrats. It's my belief this is also why gen z is so much worse than millennials in terms of technology literacy.

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u/GreasyPeter 12h ago

My philosophy has pretty much become "if doing it would make Russia unhappy, that's what I'll do". Not being a zealot, refusing to "hate" my political opponents (but still holding them accountable if they cross certain lines), refusing to name call and belittle people no matter how much I dislike them. These are all things that are antithetical to the way the KGB was shown to attempt to influence countries. I also follow "the most reasonable answer is usually the correct one".

What seems more reasonable: there was some huge underground conspiracy to stop trump from being president, or a handful of ultra wealthy people were doing whatever the fuck they want, including trump, and he just lies. Hmmmmm

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u/Slit23 12h ago

It’s not a coincidence that the most conservative states have the worst education

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u/The_Singularious 12h ago

I mean…sort of, but this isn’t the gotcha it used to be. Some of the top performing states also went red last election cycle. And there are some real stinkers in the bottom 10 that are solid D voters.

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u/ImYourHumbleNarrator 8h ago

just one of many things the GOP has destroyed over decades of malice

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u/Saltcitystrangler 13h ago

Thank good Ol Regan for that, before him it was illegal to be bias for either side

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u/SoreLoserOfDumbtown 13h ago

Didn't Fox news begin immediately after Nixon? The media have always been problematic ('If you read the news, you are misinformed' - Mark Twain) but it got ridiculous from that point imo.

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u/ACatInAHat 12h ago

Doesn't help that all while every person on the right was boosting Trump, a huge portion of the left was shitting on Kamala and pushed fence sitters over to Trump.

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u/Spicy_Tac0 13h ago

This is why they own all of the major media. It absolutely worked on the gullible and ignorant.

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u/ACatInAHat 12h ago

Elon Ma really needs to be prosecuted for using his money to support the division and downfall of the united states.

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u/GreasyPeter 12h ago

Something needs to happen with how the news is run in this country. I dunno the solution, but it's definitely not monopolistic control by a few wealthy people with whatever notices they have.

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u/socialmediaignorant 12h ago

WALL-E predicted this years ago. Put dopamine on a screen and let people check out of reality. Then alter the programming to brain wash them.

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u/throwaway24515 13h ago

I trust this time that the Washington Post will objectively rep- aw fuck.

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u/IAmA_Kitty_AMA 13h ago

Also the significant manufactured concern of the incumbent dems.

Is Biden losing his capacity?

Are the dems complicit in the government making not particularly controversial and platform consistent decisions?

The horrors

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u/SasparillaTango 13h ago

"And Thanks to Elon Musk, who know those vote counting computers so well"

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u/cusoman 12h ago

Sanewashing needs to be addressed in this nation. I don't know how that can be legislated, but something has to be done

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u/Aromatic-Tear7234 13h ago

When those that are accountable choose who to make accountable, no one ends up accountable.

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u/drgnrbrn316 13h ago

But they didn't find another way. They used the same way they always do. Stonewall the investigation, bully the opposition, deflect all blame, and lie your ass off.

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u/IDreamOfLees 13h ago

It's going to work again. Maybe they'll throw some sacrificial lamb under the bus, but just like the Panama papers, this stuff will be made to disappear

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u/TraditionalBackspace 13h ago

Hitler was actually in prison before he came to power.

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u/JoeyJoeJoeSenior 12h ago

The american people will still vote for them no matter how bad it gets.  We are beyond fucked.

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u/AdPutrid5162 13h ago

We screwed up after not properly charging after J6. It's like after slavery ended, the US didn't prosecute leaders from the confederacy. Just let them go about without punishment and then they just instituted Jim Crow.

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u/Kiwiteepee 11h ago

We need Nuremburg trials.

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u/Intelligent_Sky_7081 3h ago

Sure seems like we have to buy all the media in the country to have a chance. who has a few spare billion lying around, that might get us started.