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(23,018 posts)Salviati
(6,002 posts)Don't fall for it.
live love laugh
(13,010 posts)Too many trust CNN way more than is deserved.
The only reason CNN can be so candid is Republicans also have another 98 percent of dishonest media outlets constantly spewing disinformation to millions.
struggle4progress
(118,041 posts)Hoyt
(54,770 posts)intheflow
(28,408 posts)Turin_C3PO
(13,650 posts)We need our progressives and our moderates both in this fight against fascism.
elleng
(130,156 posts)malaise
(267,847 posts)Sickening indeed
fleabiscuit
(4,542 posts)Not my term, but the Squad were in pretty solid districts for them.
melman
(7,681 posts)Watch the video. There is some serious 'shade' thrown at the Squad.
None of us is going to get in a Twitter war with anyone else, Slotkin said flatly. If we have a concern with someone, were going to go right up and talk to them about it and were not going to add unhelpful rhetoric to an already bad tone coming out of Washington.
Have they been frustrated that the squad and Twitter wars theyre involved in get attention?
I dont care who has the headlines, Spanberger responded. I care about the legislation that we prioritize and I dont think any of us want to be the loudest voice in the room. I just want to be one of the most effective.
https://bossip.com/1793433/cnn-whitewashes-impeachment-leaders/
Link to tweet
Link to tweet
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Bossip is a gossip rag.
melman
(7,681 posts)sheshe2
(83,357 posts)Bossip is a gossip and entertainment site. Our current crisis is not gossip or entertainment. At least not to me.
I saw the CNN interview with the five. These woman were expressing their views and their work ethic. These women are working just as hard as the ones you name/ they named themselves, the Squad. I saw no such thing as "Whitewashing" as Twitter seems to be pushing. I see hard working women doing their jobs.
The article is nothing more than a way to divide these women into isolated quadrants. Then twitter drags in Auntie Maxine to give them some credibility. Do NOT ever use Auntie Maxine as a tool. Not ever.
Black and White. Fact is they are all women.
asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)sheshe2
(83,357 posts)Use her and she will be in your face Reclaiming Her Time.
asiliveandbreathe
mcar
(42,210 posts)Shame on those who try to divide us.
sheshe2
(83,357 posts)Bossip hates Beyoncé too!
Who hates Beyoncé?
George II
(67,782 posts)melman
(7,681 posts)Perhaps you noticed it's linked in the OP...3 times.
George II
(67,782 posts)sheshe2
(83,357 posts)The interview was fantastic.
We don't need a party of 100% moderate or Progressive. We are a diverse nation in our political beliefs and we are a country of many colors.
Bossip is just trying to stir up shit, just like the twitter feed. Whitewashing my ass.
alittlelark
(18,886 posts)ffr
(22,649 posts)When civility is restored, then we can argue about who said what between ourselves. But now is probably not the best of times for this.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,041 posts)ffr
(22,649 posts)The only thing stopping a madman from killing people is our current elected democratic officials, all of them. We need
ALL
OF
THEM.
Please? Another time. Weeks. Thank you.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,041 posts)I do NOT believe CNN should get a pass on this. Truth should not be postponed while digging for truth.
melman
(7,681 posts)about how they're "badasses" and other members are "adding unhelpful rhetoric to an already bad tone coming out of Washington." etc
Just a thought. Also, do you think these things happen without approval from higher up? I personally don't.
George II
(67,782 posts)BlueMississippi
(776 posts)22. Then maybe these five shouldn't be doing CNN profiles and WP 0P-EDs
about how they're "badasses" and other members are "adding unhelpful rhetoric to an already bad tone coming out of Washington." etc
So what you are saying here loud and clear is that only women that you agree with should have a voice and the ones you don't should sit down and shut up.
Frankly? I for one wish to hear from all of them. May not agree with them all, yet their voices should be heard.
coti
(4,612 posts)stopdiggin
(11,095 posts)we insist on our right to rip the sh*t out of each other .. and the party. "we have met the enemy ..."
revisions of history need to be corrected IMMEDIATELY
Maxine was onto Trump from Day One and has worked HARD trying to get that message across
it is a TRAVESTY seeing her overlooked
ffr
(22,649 posts)I'm asking politely. Please do not scuttle our democratic caucus right now. Can you not see what is happening tonight? FFS!!
I will be happy to entertain, as I'm sure most of us will be, any and all concerns in a couple of weeks when our lives (Civil War) doesn't bear fruit. The stakes TONIGHT are too high.
I beg of you, please. Put it on the backburner for now.
*NO*
intheflow
(28,408 posts)Last edited Fri Oct 4, 2019, 11:30 AM - Edit history (2)
This country has NEVER been civil to people of color. Even when Obama was president, elected members of Congress publicly called him a liar, a Muslim, and said he should go back to Kenya. They called Michelle an ape and worse. Civility in our governmental process has been a white fantasy.
Meanwhile, I don't want a Democratic party that can't take criticism from within. Obama ran on Hope and Change. How about we listen to people of color and validate their observations on the process for a change.
melman
(7,681 posts)regnaD kciN
(26,035 posts)Iggo
(47,489 posts)...and celebrating the people who were wrong until this week.
It's happened before, it's happening now, and it'll happen again.
But I agree with the poster upstairs that we should fight about it after the current emergency.
coti
(4,612 posts)Because they're already trying.
Iggo
(47,489 posts)Stinky The Clown
(67,697 posts)Bossip.
This matters how, exactly?
melman
(7,681 posts)sheshe2
(83,357 posts)Why?!
Their beliefs are alike. They do them differently. In the end they want the same damn thing, trump out of office.
melman
(7,681 posts)And I'm not taking your bait. So sorry.
sheshe2
(83,357 posts)I asked a question on a discussion board. Sorry you are unable to answer the simple question...and yes you are. White vs Black.
United Nations
A song for UN Women.
Hey, it wasn't cowardice, it was just being afraid of what was going to happen...
ismnotwasm
(41,921 posts)That is not so easily fixed with economics.
melman
(7,681 posts)But you still managed to do it. Well done.
ismnotwasm
(41,921 posts)How in the world does that bash Bernie Sanders? Wow.
sheshe2
(83,357 posts)Iggo
(47,489 posts)...after the 2016 election, CNN included.
catrose
(5,050 posts)KY_EnviroGuy
(14,483 posts)People have nothing better to complain about than who yelled first and the loudest about impeachment while the GOP trudges on dismantling decades of progress that benefits the American public and a pResident that's not worthy to be dog catcher.
See:
If you have any last wishes, act on them now. I have decided to end mankind. (credit to DetlefK)
Link: https://www.democraticunderground.com/10181265473
Did I miss a crucial point somewhere in that Trasher post?....... .......
ecstatic
(32,567 posts)The media only cares about what "middle america" trumpuglicans think.
George II
(67,782 posts)...the dust up between Cortez and Tammy Duckworth regarding Midwestern political ideology last year? Who turned out to be correct?
Remember the campaigning by so-called Democratic "progressives" in the Midwest last year? Who wound up on top? It was moderates like Lacy Clay, Sharice Davids, Gretchen Witmer, et. al.
"Middle America" politics is completely different from East or West Coast politics (and I'm a native New Yorker) Which states lost the election for us in 2016? Not Washington, Oregon, California, New England, New York, New Jersey, etc. It was Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana.
OldRed2450
(710 posts)They both bring great qualities to the party. Don't fall for division.
George II
(67,782 posts)sheshe2
(83,357 posts)Bend and stretch reach for the sky. Stand on tippy toes. My oh my.
George II
(67,782 posts)sheshe2
(83,357 posts)I was on stage for Rex Trailer. Boomtown!
It was a birthday party...
No one was "erased." The point was that more moderate people are coming around to impeachment. Geez some people just want to be victims. It is not lacking "courage" not to support impeachment right away when they were from reddish districts. Making it about race when it was about the nature of the district is just trying to be a victim. And these are Democrats, not even Republicans, or deplorables.
The one thought the rhetoric from AOC was "unhelpful." That's supposed to be racist, you see, just disagreeing with AOC. Or not even that, just saying her methods aren't persuasive to the majority.
BlueMississippi
(776 posts)WaPo is pitting some Democrats against other Democrats. We should not encourage it.
George II
(67,782 posts)sheshe2
(83,357 posts)It is the key word.
My gosh! Did ya hear what five women said about those four women? OMG.
Ummm.
BlueTsunami2018
(3,461 posts)How does any of this help?
SlogginThroughIt
(1,977 posts)There were others that tipped the scales. Ones like Angie Craig in MN who took over a district from Jason Lewis who couldn't come out in favor of impeachment right away but because we have to hold numbers to keep the house and knowing that there are a lot of moderate constituents in her district she had to wait. There are a lot of those folks that in the end yes... did tip the scale.
sheshe2
(83,357 posts)Stay strong MN.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)intheflow
(28,408 posts)The backlash was more civil than a lot of what I've seen on DU over the years, but white fragility was in full display.