What I've found works in exposing their bias and letting you know you'll never get an honest opinion is reversing the positions.

When news came out in his first term that Trump was having Lou Dobbs on conference call during important meetings I asked my dad "did you hear that Obama used to have Anderson Cooper on conference calls during important meetings?" and naturally he says "of course he would, that's pretty messed up they shouldn't allow that kind of stuff." then I apologized for lying and said "it was actually Lou Dobbs and Trump." again naturally he then changes his tune "oh, well Lou Dobbs is a respectable journalist, that's different..."

Ok thanks dad, I now know I can never trust your opinion. It changes based on whether it's your team or not.

inb4 "she must have been up to something, they wouldn't just fire her for no reason"

Well what did he say

Ooo... Do provide an update.

I ponder that sometimes. I wonder if a comedian has made such a solid leader because a comedian's role to society is to speak truths that go unheard, and to make unbearable times bearable. I find myself questioning if every leader shouldn't be a comedian

From what I've read, Zelensky as comedian made intelligent political and anti corruption criticism. Making jokes about the bad things in life, highlighting them, setting the stage for something being done about those problems. Broader than his on screen personality, he had middle class beginnings and on the back of his comedy work, he build a successful career as TV producer/executive. You probably know more about this than I do.

Trump as TV personality looked more like the most clueless person in the room, while all the actual work was done by others behind the scenes. No intelligence, no social commentary. Before his role in the apprentice, Trump had started his business career as a Nepo baby, and as a businessman he had failed every venture that he had tried, each time leaving a bloodbath of unpaid bills behind, a reverse Midas. And once his face was known from TV, he started with large scale scams like Trump University.

Those are 2 very different career paths.

I think you mean Civil War (2024).

Nevermind the consequences of gerrymandering, targeted disenfranchisement, and winner take all electioneering.

Trump won the GOP primary in 2016 in no small part because our electoral system rewards name recognition over policy or popular support.

You either submit to media manipulation or you are statistically removed from the voting rolls.

This. I've had heated discussions with people who can't believe someone from outside of their country knows more than the average citizen (read: himself) knows about the country's politics.

It's called educating oneself in preparation for consequences of having an elephant in a china shop. It's also what prudent, sensible adults do. Smfh.

Hopefully this'll convince more people to turn out for the midterms and do their due diligence.

I don't personally believe in what she believes in, but it's perfectly reasonable for someone who grew up during this country's Reagan era to truly and genuinely believe that serving in the military is a valuable and fulfilling purpose that's greater and more important than the needs of a single family.

Maybe it's clown makeup, but wouldn't it be nice to feel some sense of purpose in your life rather than spending it shit talking people on the internet?

Putin's Orange ~~Teenager~~ Toddler Undermining Stability

I don't know man, that shit (fascism) was out in the OPEN since at least Jan 6.

I blame capitalism, the voters, and fascist rich fucks. Sure the trump voters were manipulated but it's like they didn't even try to think critically for a second.

The power of media saturation can't be understated. Bezos owns the WaPo, Musk owns Twitter, Gates owns NBC, the Murdochs and the Coors Family and The Kochs and the Sinclairs have a strangle hold on local news.

Literally where do you go to get serious journalism in an age where WikiLeaks is a criminal enterprise and The Espionage Act has been invoked against more journalists in the last fifteen years than the prior fifty.

Blaming voters in an era of industrial misinformation seems wildly misguided. You have people utterly saturated in war propaganda and blood libel. Even the liberals don't know who to support anymore.

My understanding is that Obama encouraged frank expression of different opinions in the Cabinet. Not every leader values blind obedience.

I'm pretty sure soliciting a foreign adversary to interfere in US elections twice isn't being elected, it's committing treason. I'm hoping to buy his gallbladder off eBay for scientific research once the lynching is over