George Takei: Press, don't play false equalizer. Don't treat the question of court unpacking, as I l

[soothsayer]

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George Takei
@GeorgeTakei
Press, don’t play false equalizer. Don’t treat the question of court unpacking, as I like to call it, the same as veiled threats about election intimidation and post-result violence, dangerous misinformation about Covid-19, and Trump’s tax crimes. Don’t Hillary this crap again.

[BootinUp]

1. thats a beaut!

[dalton99a]

2. Kick

[jaxexpat]

3. Hammer to nail, perfect hit, go George.

At this point, bending the facts to maintain a bothsiderism suspense is not only unethical, it's just dumb.

[Lock him up.]

13. Dumb is too kind. Accessories-to-more-mass murder is the

word.

Or assisting-a-planned-genocide by cutting Social Security and the ACA to tens of millions.

[dchill]

4. K&R.

[spanone]

5. it happened with the vice presidential debate....'both sides' didn't answer questions BS

[KPN]

6. The media and people need to see much more

of or like this. The Rs are actually using the “threat” of court-packing as reasons they are pushing confirmation of Barrett and why people should vote R. By its silence, the press legitimizes them ... as usual.

[niyad]

7. KNR for George.

[still_one]

8. Thank you George Takei. This "packing of the court", republican talking point that the media is

pushing, ignores the FACT that it is Congress that decides if they want to increase the number of justices on the SC. Sure, the President would have to sign such legislation, but it would not even get to the president's desk unless passed the legislation. The question is purely hypothetical because of the variables involved

It also ignores the FACT that the republicans are going back on their reasoning to not consider President Obama's nominee to the SC almost a year out from the GE.

Sorry illustrious press, this isn't on the Biden or the Democrats, this is on the hypocrisy of the republicans, and false equivalency of many in the press

[Lonestarblue]

9. The media has not made the case that it is Republicans who have packed the SC.

And the federal courts as well because McConnell held up federal judge approvals in the Obama administration and outright stole Merrick Garland’s seat.

If Democrats choose to expand the Court, it will merely be balancing it to reflect the majority views of the US population versus the views of only 20% of the population.

[usaf-vet]

10. EXACTLY! on point one Obama/Garland & EXACTLY on point two the current stacking by 20%.....

.... of the population.

The GOP "it's a fine thing if we stack the courts. But unfair if the Democrats even "think" about it.

[Poiuyt]

17. 16 of the last 20 SC justices (if you include Barrett) have been appointed by GOP presidents

This despite the fact that Republicans have only won the popular vote once in the last 30 years.

The Supreme Court should definitely be readjusted to reflect the population of the U.S.

[liberal N proud]

11. I was questioning how this suddenly became the issue

Until I watched Face the Nation this morning.

The trump surrogate did nothing but bring up this issue regardless of the question they were asked. Brennan finally had to cut her off.

[certainot]

12. 1500 coordinated radio stations determine who wins most messaging battles

[oldsoftie]

16. Thought of you when i read this a couple days ago

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/09/opinion/talk-radio-conservatives-trumpism.html

[certainot]

19. thanks! hits some good points but might be undercounting the audience, which

i remember seeing as closer to 50 mil/week

Yet talk radio still somehow manages to fly below the national media radar. In large part, that is because media consumption pattens are segregated by class. If you visit a carpentry shop or factory floor, or hitch a ride with a long-haul truck driver, odds are that talk radio is a fixture of the aural landscape. But many white-collar workers, journalists included, struggle to understand the reach of talk radio because they don’t listen to it, and don’t know anyone who does.

they need to be able to read it or it will never be factored - maybe that's what AI can do for it soon

when that happens they'll lose a lot of advertisers

[oldsoftie]

20. I dont know, if your figures are correct it would be hard for an advertiser NOT to buy in.

Thats a ton of reach.
I cant see how it would be that high though, because it would be likely that every show already inflates their numbers in public talking just to make themselves look better. If it was even HIGHER they'd be crowing it from the rooftops

[c-rational]

14. Nail on head George. K&R.

[dalton99a]

15. The Trump Court must be unpacked

by expansion

[calimary]

18. What he said!

Notice how the republi-CONS are now whining about how horrible it is that Democrats are packing the courts????

Um, EXCUSE ME???

DEMOCRATS are packing the courts?????????

Look who’s talking!

DAMMIT! I wish the media would call this out, and even just POINT THIS OUT, instead of trying to maintain this pretense of being “objective” when the FACTS and the TRACK RECORD demand more truth-telling - and debunking bullshit “claims” from this thoroughly SOILED and PERVERTED White House.

[uponit7771]

21. K&R,