I’ll admit, even as a “lefty” there are a number of misleading or entirely false stories that have crept their way into my acceptance. I sometimes have to stop myself and think back to a time when something wasn’t a conspiracy. It’s not difficult to see how the vast majority of people, regardless of your political leanings, are swayed by the constant chatter we’re exposed to by any or all sources.

GOP senators are saying they’re being increasingly confronted by constituents who buy into discredited conspiracy theories such as the claim that Democrats stole the 2020 presidential election or that federal agents incited the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Growing distrust with government institutions, from the FBI, CIA and Department of Justice to the Centers for Disease Control and National Institutes of Health, make it more difficult for Republican lawmakers to govern.

As we find ourselves living in a world of karma farming, being paid and trusted as nothing more than an “influencer”, and the growing use of AI, I’m certain the worse is still ahead of us. Free Speech is a weapon of mass destruction when the audience is a bunch of numbskulls.

Without a fair and free (from corporate ownership) press doing their part as the fourth pillar of democracy, this democracy is going to teeter and fall.

“The election will decide whether your generation will inherit a fascist country or a free country, “ Mr Trump told the right-wing activist conference.

He threatened to “reclaim colleges” and “choke off the money” to universities that he claims are leading a “Marxist assault” on “Western civilization itself.” He also pledged to revive an even wider ban on people from majority Muslim countries from entering the US, along with mass deportations of people living in the country and ending birthright citizenship for the children of people who are in the US without legal permission.

LOL Page 158

Buddy, doomscrolling is your own issue. Are you old enough to remember “doomscrolling” cable television for hours at night? We’re all choosing to distract ourselves from something else or we’re just bored. It’s nothing new.

I mean, if you’re having trouble stepping away from something, it almost sounds like you’re describing an addiction problem. Everyone should make it a practice to step outside themselves for a moment and assess all their habits.

You’re not seriously suggesting that a platform prevent its users from using it, are you? LOL where have I seen that in the news this week?

I was born in ‘76 so when the original came out it was a reflection upon the current world we were stuck with. For me it was “this is how we got where we are today. This is what they did to us.” Hearing this version, with so much history I’ve lived through and I’m still emotionally carrying around, is entirely different. I really appreciate this song and look forward to it being re-written every 30-40 years. Although, if “social media” gets wind of this, it’ll be remade every December and posted on TikTok.

So, not ‘Je t’aime moi non plus’? Is there a song more orgasmic?? Perhaps Madonna’s ‘Justify My Love’?