(02-14-2025, 08:30 PM)americus 2.0 Wrote:

(02-13-2025, 10:00 AM)mikesez Wrote: The CNN article suggests the funds were authorized by Congress.  I feel like I would have known if Congress had authorized that money.  Why wouldn't right wing media sources have mentioned it? The money was only authorized for fiscal year 2024 apparently.  And the four people weren't fired for doing the job, they were fired for doing the job poorly, letting some of the money go to luxury hotels.  I don't know what to believe now.

Welcome to the real world. Left and right wing media distort the truth all the time to fit their narrative. People have been trying to tell you this for years and you wave them off. Open your eyes Mike. We're all being played by the media and the political system. 

The reason so many Dems and organizations are apoplectic at Trump, Musk and the DOGE is because they're exposing everything and people are losing money, position and influence in public. The only reason we're not hearing a bunch of whining from Reps/RINOs is because they can't say [BLEEP] in public but you can bet your [BLEEP] they're hand wringing and pearl clutching just the same.

See the world for what it is.

No, most of you are very confident in your own perception of reality.  When someone like p_rushing or SC1 comes in with some distortion or some lies from the right, none of you correct him.  You guys are just super gullible for right wing lies.  Your BS detectors only work one way.  

Now if we want to start, from now on, being more skeptical of narratives from all sides, left, right, European, Russian, MAGA, by all means let's do it.  But we'd all have to change together.

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