Wow! A Second George Santos in Congress!!! Who woulda thunk it????
But this highlights the major question of why there was not even cursory investigative reporting on these guys when they were in primaries. Local news media organizations are being gutted and/or taken over by conservative media conglomerates.
Wow! A Second George Santos in Congress!!! Who woulda thunk it????
But this highlights the major question of why there was not even cursory investigative reporting on these guys when they were in primaries. Local news media organizations are being gutted and/or taken over by conservative media conglomerates.
Actually a third, if you count Anna Paulina Mayerhofer, who used to tell people she was, alternatively, "Jewish" and "Syrian," before changing her name to Luna (forgetting to add the "tic") and "honoring" her "hispanic heritage." The stupid airhead is on the record saying in 2020 that "I didn't even know what 'conservative' meant last year" when she took at job as "youth influencer" for Hitler Youth Assistant Fuhrer Charlie Kirk, er, I mean, organizer of Turning Points USA conservative youth.
Actually, she's only the third if you are only counting the people that we know of that didn't get the lies broadcasted until after they won. A few more faked resumes led to losses; check out the guy Ohio legend Marcy Kaptur thankfully just beat. Yikes.
There must be something in their inspiring outlook on life that just brings together all the best people, amirite?
Will, you are a breath of fresh air with your always witty, thoughtful and intelligent comments. I always look forward to reading your take and frequently get a belly laugh while reading your witticism
You are right!!! I had completely forgotten about her, yet another practitioner of pseudologia fantastica, otherwise known as mythomania. Aren't those fantastic terms? Amazing what you can google....
Have been focused on Santos who represents the district I grew up in :-(.
If such are groomed by their party to be candidates that we vote on, why are we citizens kept uninformed about knowing the history of these people?
If an opposing party is seriously probing the competing party's candidate for weaknesses, why are such blatant lies and weaknesses left undiscovered and unrevealed?
If we actually have a free press with investigative reporters doing the job of the press to acquire and publish information about elections, parties, and government, then how could the lies, deceit, and misinformation been hidden for so long?
The situation screams a much larger and more critical question: "Who and what can citizens actually trust?"
This sort of crap is so unusual, so previously unthought-of (really) that normal people look at these freaks the way French generals used to look at the German tanks fording the Sedan River during the blitzkrieg. Nothing in their experience prepared them to deal with it. But I think 2024 will see more thorough oppo research of the mendacious malicious morons.
Watch Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar...another independent news source. They hold Fox, MSNBC, NYT, and both parties accountable. Partisan stooges of all stripes hate their reporting. When they get something wrong, they apologize and admit it, which is something partisan Facebook sites and mainstream media never do.
They do such an amazing job!! We are so impressed and appreciative after watching every show. And we never miss one. Grateful for their commitment and dedication to their work. Delighted to recognize and support what they're bringing to the world. Independent journalism!
I finally discovered how to work their 1.5 hour uncut videos into my day by watching their show while I'm on a stationary bike. If I need to cut it shorter, I do the monologues first. They are so strong that they put everything on corporate mainstream media to shame.
You know who else opens our minds with smart, new ideas that really challenge us? Glenn Greenwald, System Update on Rumble. He is so ahead of everyone in seeing the trends and calling them out before we do. This week, he's given my brain a total paradigm shift on things i saw and couldn't compute. Independent and authentic journalism. So appreciate it!
Great idea!! Stationary bike!! We actually sit down and watch together ... often in parts during the day... or else nothing else would ever get done! And yes, those monologues are so very insightful and educational!! We learn something new every show. They really challenge us to think on different and deeper levels. Not looking at putting anyone to shame. That's not productive or constructive to us. Giving us new perspectives on what we've been seeing and not quite making sense.
In the case of fake resumes in Tennessee the reporters are all busy reporting about football. All the other reporters got pink slips when the papers were bought out by hedge funds.
Could it be that the free press is so busy trying to get the тАЬgoodтАЭ candidates elected (which means also trying to fight the lies being spread about them - the list is long) that they donтАЩt have time to check on the lying candidates.
Ah, now you've got it Georgia. The continuing stream of facts regarding the 'who' that makes up the maga 'coalition'. Names of all those needs to go viral. Make it happen folks !
Yes,I agree.I wonder how many more George Santos wannabes are sitting right now in Congress having been elected on sketchy or totally false resumes?Kinda make you want to scratch your head( or scream lol).
Two more now beyond Santos; there's a woman from Florida who had (I believe; too lazy to research it since the coffee hasn't kicked in yet) who claimed several falsehoods, one of them being Hispanic) and now Ogles.
A local Long Island news org reported that there were serious questions about Santos, but it was drowned out by the horse race noise generated by the GovernorтАЩs race between Hochul and the fascist Zeldin. NYS would be in deep shit should Zeldin have won, but it was too close for my comfort. Most people think NY is a blue state, but thatтАЩs because of NYC. North and west of the city, it gets red pretty quick. Even parts of LI are deeply crimson.
I mean, it isn't just NYC. Biden took NY by almost 25 points, and won counties all along the eastern side of the state and scattered throughout. I don't live there, so do not know the details, but by all reasonable expectations the Hochul showing was just really weak. By all accounts, the whole party apparatus was horrible in NYS last year, actually. The turnout in NY & CA (& OR) was what cost the House; with how massively well Dems performed in the swing states there really was no excuse - or precedent - for having the strongholds collapse like that. Bizzarre and infuriating.
Demographics are with Democrats. Gen Y and Z are mostly not MAGA. I believe the youth vote in many areas was better than average in 2020. But it needs to be a LOT better than that in 2024.
One answer, IMO, is for my generation of politicians to step aside and assist the younger ones. Pelosi to Jeffries should serve as a model. I want to hear soaring speeches from the likes of Corey Booker, Gretchen Whitmer, Gavin Newsom, Katie Porter, Stacey Abrams, Mallory McMurrow, etc. Our bench is very deep with integrity and talent. We need to pass the baton and get louder.
The other answer is for the DNC to step up its game and deluge the nation with a social media saturation campaign that says two things:
"MAGA Republicans want to run and ruin your life. They want to take your health care and your health rights." Images of women being turned away at clinics.
"Republicans are funded by the billionaires who are running the country. Democrats are for all of us. MAGA Republicans are for the uber rich." Images of parties on very large yachts.
I think you should remove Newsom from your list. There's a lot of stuff coming out now that demonstrates that a one left party state ends up as bad (for different reasons) as a one right party state. The eagle needs two wings to fly and we are very much starting to see that now. Newsom has promoted the legal (which isn't very) weed industry here, and the corruption of a big all-cash industry is showing up just like you would think it would with that much cash swimming around. That's just one thing. I used to think getting rid of the Republicans here was a good thing but I was wrong. MAGAs, yes, certainly. But you need an opponent to keep you on your toes or you get fat, dumb and lazy, which is a good description of the California Democratic Party.
TY Bill. Yes, your idea to "prime the pump worked with me at least! There are so many posts by the time I see the computer here in the east one has to be selective and pick one that resonates. HCR's post time from Maine seems to be usually not before 2 AM (does she ever sleep?) and by morning the western time zones have posted the day's first ideas so, we easterners are usually following the leads.
Will do on sending to your link and glad you also like the idea of using our best storytellers to lay out what's to come if we don't succeed in putting down the fascist rebellion. Peter Coyote's voice is definitely the one to narrate. If this could get momentum through someone with connections one would think these documentarians would be more than interested as they would also have a vested interest. Should these dark things come to pass their work would be one of the first things "outlawed" in a fascist regime since their work is based on truth and honesty so such media would be one of the first to go.
I will forward the idea and list to your link and hope that someone similarly aligned will be doing the vetting to see what gets through.
Politicians took NY for granted that it would remain staunchly Democratic. I believe they somehow forgot about the ideological aspect of politics of late.
They also ignored decades of decline of the quality of life of workers / Middle Class. People work longer hours for far less money now and have little to show for it.
Quality of public education has been declining as well. ThereтАЩs little to no budget in many areas for the arts or other school programs. If my Gen X education is anything to go by, I feel they removed much of civics from the curriculum. I have to believe itтАЩs because the earlier generation of activists scared Conservatives enough to start tampering to ensure it wouldnтАЩt happen again.
Rents/Mortgages & property taxes have been astronomically high for a long time now. The pandemic tipped things over the edge. Many residents have had to downsize their living space at least once or even move out of state. Also, Private Equity firms are rapidly purchasing houses and multi-family dwellings.
Most people outside of NY, including politicians, think that Red States have cornered the market on racism, intolerance, misogyny, ignorance, selfishness, & faux Christianity. Nope! Ideologically speaking, much of NY State unfortunately has racist, sexist, misogynistic, intolerant tendencies.
People also assume New Yorkers range from being non-religious to anti-religious. That is also not true. Before this wave of faux Christianity & faux-Patriotism, it was not part of NY culture to wear their flags and religious symbols on their shirt sleeves. Patriotism & religion are generally considered personal matters. Public displays of either (when itтАЩs not seasonally appropriate) would seem a bit inappropriate, like an adult couple having a public make-out session.
Gov Kathy Hochul did not do well in the 2022 Election because she is female, no one knew much about her, there was little advertising, and was part of Andrew CuomoтАЩs Conservative Democrat team.
Lastly, New Yorkers have suffered greatly from the economics of the last 40 years. There is almost no manufacturing left. We have agriculture which suffered under Trump and is still struggling, There is Real Estate, and service-related industries like Healthcare, Bars, Restaurants, Grocery, Delivery, Uber, etc. ThatтАЩs the bulk of it. ItтАЩs not enough to help offset the taxes residents are paying.
NYers are struggling so much that it was upsetting to know that other States were getting our тАШextraтАЩ tax money that most residents could ill afford. The roads & bridges are a mess, but тАШextraтАЩ tax money went to other States.
If Democrats want New York to remain Blue, it needs to pay a lot of attention to the people and start fixing the problems.
We've got Confederate flag flyers here in Maine too.
Our Maine forbears would be appalled at this, since Maine was white-hot for the abolition of slavery.
Maine sent 80,000 young men to fight for the Union in the Civil War, the largest number per capita of any Northern state. Many of our current Confederate flag flyers have direct ancestors who fought and died for the Union.
That is one of the saddest and most deeply ironic results of our lack of family and state historical knowledge, that I can think of. :(
From the BDN тАЬPopulation growth varied widely between states, with the roughly 16,000 people who moved to Maine over the past year making it among the top U.S. destinations in terms of net migration. As a share of population, only six states тАФ Idaho, Montana, Arizona, South Carolina, Delaware and Florida тАФ attracted more new residents.тАЭ
wish there was more info on whoтАЩs migrating and why
You could not get any further away from the Mason Dixon Line than the Adirondacks where I have vacationed since I was a child. There used to be lots of Confederate flags flying but now they are pretty much reduced to flying from trucks. Lawn signs are present, some scatalogical but the voting patterns are a severe delineation. This is Elise Stefanik Country no matter who the Democratic Party chooses to run against her and it has always mystified me - a true Red Sea in a blue state, below the poverty line and lacking in so many services.
Well, it was Democrat Bill Owens who preceded Stefanik in office... but I guess things have changed. Redistricting nearly put our house in Stefanik country; thankfully we were able to remain in Rep. Paul Tonko's district!
I read somewhere that it was/is considered treasonous to fly the Confederate battle flag above the Mason-Dixon line.Makes sense to me but sadly we here in the Buckeye state have our own share of тАЬtraitorsтАЭ too it seems.
IтАЩve been telling people for a while that NY has always been ideologically Red. Now the votes are catching up. The Democratic Party has been kissing Red State butt for years to change their votes, while Republicans have been quietly and effectively turning NY votes Red.
NYтАЩs been largely voting in Conservative Democrats for years too.
Also, for too long, those in NYC who vote Blue, have been leaving the city and even the State because they canтАЩt afford to live in NY. The pandemic helped this along.
Local newspapers--when they were vigilant and well-staffed--used to be the the first firewall against people who SHOULDN'T be electable or elected. Now we are left with few major statewide papers too often owned by conservative corporations. Neither the WaPo nor the NYT are what they used to be. And that goes for so many, many other small but excellent papers.
I agree on the NYT. I've not enough history as a WaPo reader to know how good it once was.
NYT gave up on honest reporting of the campaign in 2016 when they tried to BE the campaign and acted as an arm of corporate cartels. I subscribe now to independent sources to get news and to NYT to learn what oligarchy wants us to believe about politics--rest of paper still is newsworthy. That said, independent media cannot(?) focus well on covering the numerous individual candidates and campaigns.
When mainstream media became the mouthpiece of oligarchy, we lost the real function of journalism as a watchdog of government. Now, when our federal government and administrations of two parties prosecute the whistleblowers who report war crimes and imprison their publishers, mainstream media just gives a wink and a nod, if it even gives this a mention.
Wow! A Second George Santos in Congress!!! Who woulda thunk it????
But this highlights the major question of why there was not even cursory investigative reporting on these guys when they were in primaries. Local news media organizations are being gutted and/or taken over by conservative media conglomerates.
Actually a third, if you count Anna Paulina Mayerhofer, who used to tell people she was, alternatively, "Jewish" and "Syrian," before changing her name to Luna (forgetting to add the "tic") and "honoring" her "hispanic heritage." The stupid airhead is on the record saying in 2020 that "I didn't even know what 'conservative' meant last year" when she took at job as "youth influencer" for Hitler Youth Assistant Fuhrer Charlie Kirk, er, I mean, organizer of Turning Points USA conservative youth.
Actually, she's only the third if you are only counting the people that we know of that didn't get the lies broadcasted until after they won. A few more faked resumes led to losses; check out the guy Ohio legend Marcy Kaptur thankfully just beat. Yikes.
There must be something in their inspiring outlook on life that just brings together all the best people, amirite?
That guy at least gave a new and previously-unknown definition to the term "knuckledragger."
Seriously. Those knuckles were making more of a ruckus on the asphalt that the cans attaches to the back of a "just married" sedan.
got my laughter in this am.....thank you
This is what I have been pushing for---a back & forth substack between TCinLA and Will, from Cal.
I search out comments from them both.
Here we go again ЁЯдг Drink your coffee carefully before reading. ЁЯдг
Geez, I had to go look this guy up...Whew! Referring to him as a knuckledragger was actually very generous of you, TC.
Will, you are a breath of fresh air with your always witty, thoughtful and intelligent comments. I always look forward to reading your take and frequently get a belly laugh while reading your witticism
Doggone it, Midge, you done gone made me blush!
It will always be the Escalator of Foreboding for me from now on.
LunaтАЭticтАЭ ЁЯШВЁЯШВЁЯШВ
You are right!!! I had completely forgotten about her, yet another practitioner of pseudologia fantastica, otherwise known as mythomania. Aren't those fantastic terms? Amazing what you can google....
Have been focused on Santos who represents the district I grew up in :-(.
LOVE the new "terms"!!! Thanks for the chuckle!
"forgetting to add the tic" -- that's the best!
I wish there was a laugh icon.
Try your function key.
Oh my, Mayerhofer to Luna....quite the switch.
One's her father's name, the other her mother's.
So Luna is her mother's first name, last name??
Michele Reminds me of Gleason threatening to send folks тАШto the Luna.тАЩ
GOOD Reference ! GOOD ole JACKIE ! "THE MOON !!"
"he took one course in economics and got a тАЬCтАЭ in it, and that his resume was similarly exaggerated across the board"
So thoroughly Republican of him.
I got a C in a costume design class by dragging Google images of old hats onto a PowerPoint.
Where's my invitation to the Met Gala?
Will Your Met Gala invite was tweeted to you, but Ego Musk personally blocked the transmission.
Try the Oscars ЁЯШЙ
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If such are groomed by their party to be candidates that we vote on, why are we citizens kept uninformed about knowing the history of these people?
If an opposing party is seriously probing the competing party's candidate for weaknesses, why are such blatant lies and weaknesses left undiscovered and unrevealed?
If we actually have a free press with investigative reporters doing the job of the press to acquire and publish information about elections, parties, and government, then how could the lies, deceit, and misinformation been hidden for so long?
The situation screams a much larger and more critical question: "Who and what can citizens actually trust?"
This sort of crap is so unusual, so previously unthought-of (really) that normal people look at these freaks the way French generals used to look at the German tanks fording the Sedan River during the blitzkrieg. Nothing in their experience prepared them to deal with it. But I think 2024 will see more thorough oppo research of the mendacious malicious morons.
A local newspaper ran the facts about George Santos during the election campaign. They were pretty much ignored.
Shocker! Why does faux fox get headlines and not MSNBC?
Watch Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar...another independent news source. They hold Fox, MSNBC, NYT, and both parties accountable. Partisan stooges of all stripes hate their reporting. When they get something wrong, they apologize and admit it, which is something partisan Facebook sites and mainstream media never do.
They do such an amazing job!! We are so impressed and appreciative after watching every show. And we never miss one. Grateful for their commitment and dedication to their work. Delighted to recognize and support what they're bringing to the world. Independent journalism!
I finally discovered how to work their 1.5 hour uncut videos into my day by watching their show while I'm on a stationary bike. If I need to cut it shorter, I do the monologues first. They are so strong that they put everything on corporate mainstream media to shame.
You know who else opens our minds with smart, new ideas that really challenge us? Glenn Greenwald, System Update on Rumble. He is so ahead of everyone in seeing the trends and calling them out before we do. This week, he's given my brain a total paradigm shift on things i saw and couldn't compute. Independent and authentic journalism. So appreciate it!
Great idea!! Stationary bike!! We actually sit down and watch together ... often in parts during the day... or else nothing else would ever get done! And yes, those monologues are so very insightful and educational!! We learn something new every show. They really challenge us to think on different and deeper levels. Not looking at putting anyone to shame. That's not productive or constructive to us. Giving us new perspectives on what we've been seeing and not quite making sense.
$$$$$$$
TC, you are on an alliteration tear: "mendacious malicious morons"! I love it.
The triple Ms. Or M&M&Ms...?
Well, I are a riter. :-)
In the case of fake resumes in Tennessee the reporters are all busy reporting about football. All the other reporters got pink slips when the papers were bought out by hedge funds.
We need more exposure of what hedge funds are doing. They seem to be another form of adverse corporate control.
Running a hedge fund should be a 20 year felony.
Agreed
Could it be that the free press is so busy trying to get the тАЬgoodтАЭ candidates elected (which means also trying to fight the lies being spread about them - the list is long) that they donтАЩt have time to check on the lying candidates.
I wish that was the reason! The reason is they're too busy pushing the "common wisdom" and the "horse race."
Ah, now you've got it Georgia. The continuing stream of facts regarding the 'who' that makes up the maga 'coalition'. Names of all those needs to go viral. Make it happen folks !
Yes,I agree.I wonder how many more George Santos wannabes are sitting right now in Congress having been elected on sketchy or totally false resumes?Kinda make you want to scratch your head( or scream lol).
And start researching.
Two more now beyond Santos; there's a woman from Florida who had (I believe; too lazy to research it since the coffee hasn't kicked in yet) who claimed several falsehoods, one of them being Hispanic) and now Ogles.
A local Long Island news org reported that there were serious questions about Santos, but it was drowned out by the horse race noise generated by the GovernorтАЩs race between Hochul and the fascist Zeldin. NYS would be in deep shit should Zeldin have won, but it was too close for my comfort. Most people think NY is a blue state, but thatтАЩs because of NYC. North and west of the city, it gets red pretty quick. Even parts of LI are deeply crimson.
I mean, it isn't just NYC. Biden took NY by almost 25 points, and won counties all along the eastern side of the state and scattered throughout. I don't live there, so do not know the details, but by all reasonable expectations the Hochul showing was just really weak. By all accounts, the whole party apparatus was horrible in NYS last year, actually. The turnout in NY & CA (& OR) was what cost the House; with how massively well Dems performed in the swing states there really was no excuse - or precedent - for having the strongholds collapse like that. Bizzarre and infuriating.
Demographics are with Democrats. Gen Y and Z are mostly not MAGA. I believe the youth vote in many areas was better than average in 2020. But it needs to be a LOT better than that in 2024.
One answer, IMO, is for my generation of politicians to step aside and assist the younger ones. Pelosi to Jeffries should serve as a model. I want to hear soaring speeches from the likes of Corey Booker, Gretchen Whitmer, Gavin Newsom, Katie Porter, Stacey Abrams, Mallory McMurrow, etc. Our bench is very deep with integrity and talent. We need to pass the baton and get louder.
The other answer is for the DNC to step up its game and deluge the nation with a social media saturation campaign that says two things:
"MAGA Republicans want to run and ruin your life. They want to take your health care and your health rights." Images of women being turned away at clinics.
"Republicans are funded by the billionaires who are running the country. Democrats are for all of us. MAGA Republicans are for the uber rich." Images of parties on very large yachts.
I think you should remove Newsom from your list. There's a lot of stuff coming out now that demonstrates that a one left party state ends up as bad (for different reasons) as a one right party state. The eagle needs two wings to fly and we are very much starting to see that now. Newsom has promoted the legal (which isn't very) weed industry here, and the corruption of a big all-cash industry is showing up just like you would think it would with that much cash swimming around. That's just one thing. I used to think getting rid of the Republicans here was a good thing but I was wrong. MAGAs, yes, certainly. But you need an opponent to keep you on your toes or you get fat, dumb and lazy, which is a good description of the California Democratic Party.
BK! I was hoping to prime the pump. It worked! This is a great list - please forward it to the DNC.
https://democrats.org/contact-us/
While you are on the website, scroll through our platform and be proud. Compare it to the Republican platform....oops, you can't.
And your idea of using gifted storytellers is brilliant. I can hear the narration of Peter Coyote. His voice in Burns' Civil War still haunts me.
TY Bill. Yes, your idea to "prime the pump worked with me at least! There are so many posts by the time I see the computer here in the east one has to be selective and pick one that resonates. HCR's post time from Maine seems to be usually not before 2 AM (does she ever sleep?) and by morning the western time zones have posted the day's first ideas so, we easterners are usually following the leads.
Will do on sending to your link and glad you also like the idea of using our best storytellers to lay out what's to come if we don't succeed in putting down the fascist rebellion. Peter Coyote's voice is definitely the one to narrate. If this could get momentum through someone with connections one would think these documentarians would be more than interested as they would also have a vested interest. Should these dark things come to pass their work would be one of the first things "outlawed" in a fascist regime since their work is based on truth and honesty so such media would be one of the first to go.
I will forward the idea and list to your link and hope that someone similarly aligned will be doing the vetting to see what gets through.
Politicians took NY for granted that it would remain staunchly Democratic. I believe they somehow forgot about the ideological aspect of politics of late.
They also ignored decades of decline of the quality of life of workers / Middle Class. People work longer hours for far less money now and have little to show for it.
Quality of public education has been declining as well. ThereтАЩs little to no budget in many areas for the arts or other school programs. If my Gen X education is anything to go by, I feel they removed much of civics from the curriculum. I have to believe itтАЩs because the earlier generation of activists scared Conservatives enough to start tampering to ensure it wouldnтАЩt happen again.
Rents/Mortgages & property taxes have been astronomically high for a long time now. The pandemic tipped things over the edge. Many residents have had to downsize their living space at least once or even move out of state. Also, Private Equity firms are rapidly purchasing houses and multi-family dwellings.
Most people outside of NY, including politicians, think that Red States have cornered the market on racism, intolerance, misogyny, ignorance, selfishness, & faux Christianity. Nope! Ideologically speaking, much of NY State unfortunately has racist, sexist, misogynistic, intolerant tendencies.
People also assume New Yorkers range from being non-religious to anti-religious. That is also not true. Before this wave of faux Christianity & faux-Patriotism, it was not part of NY culture to wear their flags and religious symbols on their shirt sleeves. Patriotism & religion are generally considered personal matters. Public displays of either (when itтАЩs not seasonally appropriate) would seem a bit inappropriate, like an adult couple having a public make-out session.
Gov Kathy Hochul did not do well in the 2022 Election because she is female, no one knew much about her, there was little advertising, and was part of Andrew CuomoтАЩs Conservative Democrat team.
Lastly, New Yorkers have suffered greatly from the economics of the last 40 years. There is almost no manufacturing left. We have agriculture which suffered under Trump and is still struggling, There is Real Estate, and service-related industries like Healthcare, Bars, Restaurants, Grocery, Delivery, Uber, etc. ThatтАЩs the bulk of it. ItтАЩs not enough to help offset the taxes residents are paying.
NYers are struggling so much that it was upsetting to know that other States were getting our тАШextraтАЩ tax money that most residents could ill afford. The roads & bridges are a mess, but тАШextraтАЩ tax money went to other States.
If Democrats want New York to remain Blue, it needs to pay a lot of attention to the people and start fixing the problems.
Derek,
I live in NY and own a small farm somewhere in that state in a rural environment.
Not even 1/4 mile from my place is a cabin that, year round, flies the Confederate flag.
Right here in NY. And, Confederate flag flyers are avid voters.
Oh yeah. I've seen Confederate and "Don't Tread on Me" flags in my rural upstate NY town as well... much to my disgust!
We've got Confederate flag flyers here in Maine too.
Our Maine forbears would be appalled at this, since Maine was white-hot for the abolition of slavery.
Maine sent 80,000 young men to fight for the Union in the Civil War, the largest number per capita of any Northern state. Many of our current Confederate flag flyers have direct ancestors who fought and died for the Union.
That is one of the saddest and most deeply ironic results of our lack of family and state historical knowledge, that I can think of. :(
From the BDN тАЬPopulation growth varied widely between states, with the roughly 16,000 people who moved to Maine over the past year making it among the top U.S. destinations in terms of net migration. As a share of population, only six states тАФ Idaho, Montana, Arizona, South Carolina, Delaware and Florida тАФ attracted more new residents.тАЭ
wish there was more info on whoтАЩs migrating and why
I have been sorely tempted to get the "alternative" Gadsden flag that reads "I'm White and Scared of Everything" on it...
You could not get any further away from the Mason Dixon Line than the Adirondacks where I have vacationed since I was a child. There used to be lots of Confederate flags flying but now they are pretty much reduced to flying from trucks. Lawn signs are present, some scatalogical but the voting patterns are a severe delineation. This is Elise Stefanik Country no matter who the Democratic Party chooses to run against her and it has always mystified me - a true Red Sea in a blue state, below the poverty line and lacking in so many services.
Well, it was Democrat Bill Owens who preceded Stefanik in office... but I guess things have changed. Redistricting nearly put our house in Stefanik country; thankfully we were able to remain in Rep. Paul Tonko's district!
I read somewhere that it was/is considered treasonous to fly the Confederate battle flag above the Mason-Dixon line.Makes sense to me but sadly we here in the Buckeye state have our own share of тАЬtraitorsтАЭ too it seems.
IтАЩve been telling people for a while that NY has always been ideologically Red. Now the votes are catching up. The Democratic Party has been kissing Red State butt for years to change their votes, while Republicans have been quietly and effectively turning NY votes Red.
NYтАЩs been largely voting in Conservative Democrats for years too.
Also, for too long, those in NYC who vote Blue, have been leaving the city and even the State because they canтАЩt afford to live in NY. The pandemic helped this along.
Great analysis. And, sadly accurate.
Thanks. I expanded upon it in a reply to someone else, FYI.
Frequent commenter, Mike S, mentions this a lot.
Local newspapers--when they were vigilant and well-staffed--used to be the the first firewall against people who SHOULDN'T be electable or elected. Now we are left with few major statewide papers too often owned by conservative corporations. Neither the WaPo nor the NYT are what they used to be. And that goes for so many, many other small but excellent papers.
I agree on the NYT. I've not enough history as a WaPo reader to know how good it once was.
NYT gave up on honest reporting of the campaign in 2016 when they tried to BE the campaign and acted as an arm of corporate cartels. I subscribe now to independent sources to get news and to NYT to learn what oligarchy wants us to believe about politics--rest of paper still is newsworthy. That said, independent media cannot(?) focus well on covering the numerous individual candidates and campaigns.
When mainstream media became the mouthpiece of oligarchy, we lost the real function of journalism as a watchdog of government. Now, when our federal government and administrations of two parties prosecute the whistleblowers who report war crimes and imprison their publishers, mainstream media just gives a wink and a nod, if it even gives this a mention.
Santos is a walking, talking talk show host for the Republikkkans. He should not be allowed out in public.
And a Republican, no less.