As Musk and Trump continue to behave like kings, it’s incumbent upon news media to not just report on their actions, but put them in the proper context for the public to understand the threat level they represent; otherwise, we can’t respond appropriately.
That kind of reporting takes real bravery in the kind of moment we are in: Musk has already (falsely) called it a crime to reveal the names of those working for him at the agencies DOGE is targeting, which Wired and others have done. The Trump-installed DC attorney general has obsequiously promised Musk to go after those who identify his underlings—and to prosecute “anyone who impedes your work or threatens your people”.
While that might sound laughable, media outlets have already paid Trump handsome settlements to settle lawsuits that should have been seen as similarly laughable. When prominent news outlets won’t summon the courage to vigorously oppose this descent into autocracy, they are accessories to the coup. We must demand better from them, and support the outlets and journalists doing the critical work we as citizens require to defend our democracy.
Limiting bombs? Yeah I’m sure the hundreds and thousands of 2000 pound bombs the US dropped on Gaza really made them thankful that they stopped them from using what, a nuke?
More tons of explosives were used in Gaza than in Nagasaki and Hiroshima combined.
Are you really blaming people who did not want to march over the bodies of 100s of their family to vote for a guy funding the genocide? Are you really sorry morally broken that you think voting for a geriatric genocidal monster was an acceptable solution rather than voting for a third party or refusing to vote?
Just so you could point a year later and say “see trump doesn’t care” while ignoring the fact that not one person in the democratic establishment gave a fuck while 800,000 people were murdered?
Youre an embarrassment. And voting for the dems lockstep for the last 12 years when they ran Hilary, then Biden, then Biden again while ignoring people like Bernie is exactly what got us into this position.
You should be ashamed that you only cared when it started to effect you
It’s funny you chose 2000 lbs bombs as an example because the Biden admin literally did pause those specifically after Israel paid for them, and then Trump continued those exact shipments and bragged about it.