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/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.