Let me get this straight: it wasn't about the price of eggs after all?

William Lindsey :toad:

"Republican perceptions of the economy have changed abruptly. As Philip Bump of the Washington Post notes, since Trump’s election, there’s been a 16-point drop in the percentage of Republicans who say they were doing worse a year ago than they are now."

~ Heather Cox Richardson

#Trump #economy #eggs #PriceofEggs
/1

November 21, 2024

Today, former Florida representative Matt Gaetz withdrew his name from consideration for the office of attorney general.

(heathercoxrichardson.substack.com)

William Lindsey :toad:

As Philip Bump says, when a Republican is voted into office, suddenly the economy, which was catastrophic in the minds of Republicans up to that magic moment, changes in the twinkling of an eye and is hunkydory. The same old economy inherited from the Democrats….

If this is true, then why do the media incessanty harp on the Democrats-ignore-working-class-Americans meme to explain why Republicans gain office?

#Trump #economy #eggs #PriceofEggs
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/11/21/trump-biden-economy-republicans/

Beachbum

@wdlindsy It was never about the economy. Add to that that Republicans lie when they are polled because that was their plan. It’s because she wasn’t an old white male.

William Lindsey :toad:

"Voters may have been willing to risk it all for slightly lower egg prices, but regardless of what they thought they were doing, they’re getting a chaos machine — and that sort of thing gets exhausting pretty quickly."

~ Aaron Rupar

#Trump #economy #eggs #PriceofEggs #PoliticsofChaos
/3

Trump's daily chaos circus is already back in full force

Yesterday's flood of scandal was a reminder of the past — and a preview of our future.

(www.publicnotice.co)

William Lindsey :toad:

"As The New Republic editor Michael Tomasky wrote, 'It wasn’t the economy. It wasn’t inflation, or anything else. It was how people perceive those things, which points to one overpowering answer.' The right-wing media now controls the agenda.

For those of us who grew up on a steady diet of truth-telling, it’s gut-wrenching to see this mega misinformation machine grow into a multi-headed monster."

~ Dan Rather

#Trump #economy #eggs #PriceofEggs #media
/4

A Big Win for Propaganda

Years of brainwashing by the right paid off

(steady.substack.com)

William Lindsey :toad:

"It's an information war. And I said this depressingly that Putin and our enemies won the information war for now without firing a bullet. And Steve Bannon 10 years ago said that the enemy is not the Democrats, it's the media. It's a long term plan. Republicans have won for now, just like they've won the judges."

~ Wajahat Ali

#Trump #economy #eggs #PriceofEggs #media #PoliticsofChaos
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Why Should Americans Remain Optimistic About The Country?

Even though it seems like we're in a world of hurt for the next few years, David Rothkopf joins me to discuss why there are still pockets of resistance and optimism for those of us opposed to fascism.

(thelefthook.substack.com)

William Lindsey :toad:

Just today, I talked to someone who lives on the economic edge. Her parents were East German immigrants to the US. She makes a living cleaning houses. She's very bright but has limited education. From her parents, she has inherited quite a bit of antisemitic prejudice, and has attached anti-Black prejudice to that. Her take on the election:

"There's one good thing about it: my cryptocurrency has just skyrocketed."

She waxes poetic about Musk and DOGE.

#Trump #economy #eggs #PriceofEggs
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Fasting cat Picks

@[email protected] I've been saying it for years but this election made it abundantly clear: narrative is all, facts are irrelevant

William Lindsey :toad:

@Beachbum You're absolutely right.

William Lindsey :toad:

@greycat Yes. Well-stated and well-summed up.

MrEdgarBass

@wdlindsy The greater the chaos, the more they can steal.

Katma

@wdlindsy
I recently got emails from various democrats saying they were going on “listening tours.”

I want to shake them and say, “No listening tour! Go on a shouting tour! Double down on key values. Start a FOX equivalent. Get your messaging aligned! Don’t pause, don’t worry about being nice, and don’t hedge and dodge every time some GOPer lobs an insult at you! Ffs!”

Or if they are going to do all this listening, don’t listen to white people. We are (generally speaking) a mess

William Lindsey :toad:

"We can confidently predict that within a month of Trump’s second inauguration, the economic stats won’t have changed significantly, but Republicans and probably idiots in the mainstream media will be kvelling about the bright new economy the Great Man has ushered in. Even if he follows through on those inflation-boosting tariffs."

~ Doktor Zoom

#Trump #economy #eggs #PriceofEggs
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Many Republican Voters Decide Joe Biden's Economy Pretty Good Now, Thanks To Trump

When Walmart prices increase, they'll like that too.

(www.wonkette.com)

William Lindsey :toad:

Jonathan V. Last points to a 2002 YouGov report about the gap between Americans' perceptions and reality:

"Here are some of the percentages that Americans (on average) think their fellow citizens are:

Transgender: 21 percent

Muslim: 27 percent

Jewish: 30 percent

Black: 41 percent

Live in New York City: 30 percent

Gay or lesbian: 30 percent"

~ Jonathan V. Last

#Trump #economy #eggs #PriceofEggs #misinformation #disinformation
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Americans Have One Very Strange Cognitive Bias

Or: How I learned to stop worrying and love The People.

(www.thebulwark.com)

William Lindsey :toad:

"If you go down the list of characteristics YouGov asked people about, you see a persistent mistake in one direction: Americans vastly overestimate the numbers of people in minority groups. And by “minority groups” I’m talking not just about racial, ethnic, and sexual minorities. They wildly overestimate all kinds of minorities."

#Trump #economy #eggs #PriceofEggs #misinformation #disinformation
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William Lindsey :toad:

@Katma I'm with you. Totally agree.

Tuckers Nuts Resist

@wdlindsy
🥥 May Eye pleez say it again, William?
Eye greatly appreciate what you are doing on the Fediverse by posting excellent non-corporate links and news comments Mastodon.
We might not see them, if left to our own devices.
Rawk on, sir! 🥥
#Media #News #Fediverse #Mastodon #TuckersBalls

William Lindsey :toad:

@MrEdgarBass Well-stated. Succinct and right to the point.

William Lindsey :toad:

@jstatepost I'm very grateful to you. I'll keep trying!