Same song, second verse:
The largest operator of ABC affiliates, Nexstar—which needs FCC approval for a $6.2 billion merger—said it would stop airing Kimmel’s show from its stations. Then ABC suspended Kimmel’s show. - Heather Cox Richardson, Letters From an American, September 17, 2025
I found a couple that almost said the same thing, but can't seem to dig up the study I had read. That's annoying. It left an impression because I too had thought (and if I'm honest, I still think) the more progressive thinkers have a better understanding and are better informed than our ugly regressive opponents. I was kind of down for a few days after reading that both sides were pretty equally shitty. Just in terms of knowledge, not life view or wishes for society/humanity.
That's what I thought when I saw what Dowd said that got him fired. We have lawsuits and threats against the press. We have an armed force pulling people off street. We have a court that doesn't believe in the Constitution. And yet people seem to keep thinking the elections next year will be able to fix this.
What Dowd said
"And I always go back to, hateful thoughts lead to hateful words, which then lead to hateful actions," Dowd said. "And I think that is the environment we are in."
He added, "You can't stop with these sort of awful thoughts you have and then saying these awful words and not expect awful actions to take place. And that's the unfortunate environment we are in."
I tried to find a study I read a year or two ago about how informed voters were. It kind of shocked me that it was really close between the Rs and the Ds. Neither voter was particularly well-informed, just tribal.
Now I want a black and tan.
I hope that I'm still alive and healthy enough to take my planned Piss Tour to hit up a handful of graves.
He lost everything else when he lost his lawsuit. I hope.
"Disturbing" in that he described it as white supremacists marching in his downtown area, while chanting "Who's streets? OUR streets", "Say his name! Charlie Kirk", then ending with a white power speech about white people being wiped out by immigrant blood. Far more disturbing than the usual blood and guts fare that gets labeled "adult". I don't need, or want really, to see it. I was more interested in bypassing the login requirement.
Thanks, that is pretty much what I was thinking.
Everyone has to learn it the first time at some point.
Are you high?
My mom has this plant in her coastal Southern California yard. She cuts it back to just about nothing every year and it grows back super healthy looking.
Here's a picture of its leaves and flower.
My ISP seems to be throttling my VPN connection. Just started a week or so ago. Anyone have any tips for correcting this shit?
Edit: Sorry, I didn't leave much info. I guess I was thinking in more general terms. I use PIA, have for years. I've tried to change protocols and ports, my VPN speed still sits around 10K. Just ridiculous. Speed test without VPN:
SOLVED!! OK, I'm an absolute idiot. The tl;dr I had accidentally toggled the Toggle Alt. Rate Limits setting. Thank you everyone for attempting to help that which couldn't be helped!
Just for people that don't remember the Sinclair collage from trumps first time around. It's not like we weren't warned.