I am a subscriber and love your stuff, Jordan, but please don't make us go to X to read what you write. I left Twitter as soon as "Leon" took over and am not going back. The less readership it has the better as far as I'm concerned. The info on Leonard Leo is so frightening. We left the US last year as I just couldn't take one more moment of what I call for lack of a better term the Trump effect. Living in lovely Portugal for 10 months now, we haven't heard of a single mass or even individual shooting. Imagine! If P 2025 is allowed to become a reality, I fear for family we left behind.
See, I look at it like this...if everyone who is angry about what's happening in politics here in America left, the only people left would be those who listen to the garbage spewing out of the mouths of those who would destroy this country for their own wealth and power. I wonder where we would all be if the Patriots who fought for our independence left for greener pastures because of the King George effect.
Personally, I love this country enough to have served in the Army, read the Constitution to understand how we function, and know that in order to live in a free society we have to work constantly to save it from the likes of the "republican party" and all those who are trying to take it away. I can't do that from Portugal, or any where else in the world.
The patriots of yesteryear knew it might cost them their lives, but freedom here in a new place that would give everyone an opportunity to thrive was worth it. I agree.
I understand both perspectives, being in the older demographic but still fighting like hell.
There are several things I'm fighting for, and a huge one, maybe ultimately the most important to our democracy, is fair and true news. I've been reading "alternative" left-leaning news since I dumped Twitter 5 years ago, and I haven't read much of corporate media in many years, because they publish less and less of truth and importance. I don't have the patience to "cultivate" a TikTok account I can tolerate, plus I like long, in-depth news. The thing is, alternative news by its nature isn't mainstream. We either make it mainstream, perhaps by consolidating it into better packaging to appeal to the broad audience (like Democrats had to fix their messaging), or it stays alternative.
So I think fixing the corporate news is first. They already have the readership. Then straightening up social media is CRITICAL. Other countries adequately steer these media without muzzling them; there's no reason we can't. Plenty of precedent. It's necessary for democracy's survival.
I get where you are coming from, but many of us who are old, and have been fighting a rearguard action against Republicans and their fascist allies for five decades are tired. We would like to spend our few remaining year in peace, without the threat Nazis coming to roust us out. We know what the fight is, we’ve been at it for years, we want to pass the baton. I’ll grow a victory garden, gather cans for the war effort, buy war bonds, but I’m too old for the trenches anymore.
I respect your viewpoint. I am old, too, but I don't think I could in good conscience pass the baton without staying in the fight. I've been at it for years, also, but I'll stick to the trenches where I think I can still lend valuable assistance. This is an ongoing fight...preserving Democracy and improving...and no matter what the contribution, it will take all of us to succeed.
I am a subscriber and love your stuff, Jordan, but please don't make us go to X to read what you write. I left Twitter as soon as "Leon" took over and am not going back. The less readership it has the better as far as I'm concerned. The info on Leonard Leo is so frightening. We left the US last year as I just couldn't take one more moment of what I call for lack of a better term the Trump effect. Living in lovely Portugal for 10 months now, we haven't heard of a single mass or even individual shooting. Imagine! If P 2025 is allowed to become a reality, I fear for family we left behind.
I’m with you on X. I refuse to have anything to do with Elon Musk’s businesses.
Jealous. I dream of moving to Portugal. 😊
See, I look at it like this...if everyone who is angry about what's happening in politics here in America left, the only people left would be those who listen to the garbage spewing out of the mouths of those who would destroy this country for their own wealth and power. I wonder where we would all be if the Patriots who fought for our independence left for greener pastures because of the King George effect.
Personally, I love this country enough to have served in the Army, read the Constitution to understand how we function, and know that in order to live in a free society we have to work constantly to save it from the likes of the "republican party" and all those who are trying to take it away. I can't do that from Portugal, or any where else in the world.
The patriots of yesteryear knew it might cost them their lives, but freedom here in a new place that would give everyone an opportunity to thrive was worth it. I agree.
I understand both perspectives, being in the older demographic but still fighting like hell.
There are several things I'm fighting for, and a huge one, maybe ultimately the most important to our democracy, is fair and true news. I've been reading "alternative" left-leaning news since I dumped Twitter 5 years ago, and I haven't read much of corporate media in many years, because they publish less and less of truth and importance. I don't have the patience to "cultivate" a TikTok account I can tolerate, plus I like long, in-depth news. The thing is, alternative news by its nature isn't mainstream. We either make it mainstream, perhaps by consolidating it into better packaging to appeal to the broad audience (like Democrats had to fix their messaging), or it stays alternative.
So I think fixing the corporate news is first. They already have the readership. Then straightening up social media is CRITICAL. Other countries adequately steer these media without muzzling them; there's no reason we can't. Plenty of precedent. It's necessary for democracy's survival.
I get where you are coming from, but many of us who are old, and have been fighting a rearguard action against Republicans and their fascist allies for five decades are tired. We would like to spend our few remaining year in peace, without the threat Nazis coming to roust us out. We know what the fight is, we’ve been at it for years, we want to pass the baton. I’ll grow a victory garden, gather cans for the war effort, buy war bonds, but I’m too old for the trenches anymore.
I respect your viewpoint. I am old, too, but I don't think I could in good conscience pass the baton without staying in the fight. I've been at it for years, also, but I'll stick to the trenches where I think I can still lend valuable assistance. This is an ongoing fight...preserving Democracy and improving...and no matter what the contribution, it will take all of us to succeed.
Happy for you.