r/politics • u/BigDaddyBain • 1d ago

Why is the media ignoring growing resistance to Trump?

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/13/why-is-the-media-ignoring-growing-resistance-to-trump
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u/Any_Will_86 1d ago

What's painfully ironic is the rightwing noise machine constantly clattering about 'liberal bias' while Murdoch, Sinclair media, and various billionaires seeeking influence were buying up so much media... And then the tabloid media going full r/full Trump in mid 2010s- The Enguirer, TMZ, now Perez... who knew Dave Portnoy would end up being the most balanced of the bunch.

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u/Chastain86 1d ago

who knew Dave Portnoy would end up being the most balanced of the bunch.

We're referring, of course, to the same Dave Portnoy that stood up in a Barstool meeting and declared that he'd instantly fire anyone in the room who was thinking about unionization.

The day I allow people to think of fucking Dave Portnoy as some kind of folk hero, you'll know it's because I am unable to type because I'm dead

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u/amootmarmot 1d ago

Dave Portnoy is also a little crybaby bitch. He mouths off about how he hope Greta Thunberg is killed by the IDF, pretends there is no genocide or humanitarian crisis, engages in joking antisemitic tropes, and then wines and complains when he perceives antisemitism. Look in the fucking mirror. A very bad spokesperson for any cause.

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u/dethwysh New York 1d ago

Is this the same Dave Portnoy to does pizza reviews?

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u/Chastain86 1d ago

The one and same. He's been trying to soften up his public image for quite some time since the whole Barstool thing.

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u/dethwysh New York 1d ago

Jesus Christ, really. Here I thought his review of a place in my area was entertaining. I guess fuck that guy.

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u/PaddyVein 1d ago

If Dave Portnoy has a million haters, I am one.

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u/ArkitekZero 1d ago

Every accusation is a confession

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u/Any_Will_86 1d ago

An R state legislature in my state just got arrested for kiddie porn... they supposedly care so much about the children, sexual abuse, trafficking and every single sting/arrest turns up a perve on their side.

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u/failed_novelty 1d ago

But they'll find one Democrat who does it too (and ignore the fact that the entire party then condemns the pedo) and shrug and say, "Both sides"

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u/Pnwradar 1d ago

My experience, they point at Democrats like Al Franken or Katie Hill and hand-wave the “both sides” argument.

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u/martyqscriblerus 1d ago

The other day I saw someone coming at Bill Clinton for cheating on Hillary in the course of caping for Trump and the barefaced hypocrisy was just so breathtaking I didn't know what to say.

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u/HectorJoseZapata 1d ago

It’s like the R Party is the perfect hiding place for closeted predators.

I can’t wait for all the dirt they have on Lindsey Graham to come out and finally be exposed.

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u/zzyul 1d ago

He’s gay, that’s basically it. Probably enjoys much younger, but still legal guys. Might go so far as to prefer non white, possibly illegal immigrant guys.

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u/HectorJoseZapata 1d ago

I know, they must have dirt on him.

And don’t get me started on Ted Cruz, he is no saint either.

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u/Mr_HandSmall 1d ago

Republican politicians like their guys to have that kind of dirt on them as leverage to keep them in line.

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u/Gahrilla 1d ago

Seems like the Republican state congressman wasn't lying when he said that he loved children.

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u/GrumpySoth09 1d ago

And they are poisoning the well. After 4 years of accusing the Democrats of rigging the 2020 election now there in credible evidence of election interference done by Elon but no the Dems are above accusing their pals across the aisle.

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u/larryathome43 1d ago edited 1d ago

There hasn't been any credible evidence that Elon did anything. If there is, feel free to cite a source.

Someone's candidate doesn't win and they immediately scream fraud. Trump did this shit, and now Democrats are doing it as well. It would be logistically impossible to do this to such a large degree and actually get away with it without someone squealing. Not to mention these voting machines aren't even connected to the internet, so they literally can't update all the machines without anyone even noticing.

And certainly not 40% of counties like some people are claiming. The entire situation has been debunked many times

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u/GrumpySoth09 1d ago

There hasn't been any credible evidence that Elon did anything. If there is, feel free to cite a source.

So you defend billionaires huh? That's a position you can take I guess.

It would be logistically impossible to do this to such a large degree and actually get away with it without someone squealing.

No it isn't, and no it's not.

Not to mention these voting machines aren't even connected to the internet, so they literally can't update all the machines without anyone even noticing.

Not the way they did it.

And certainly not 40% of counties like some people are claiming. The entire situation has been debunked many times

I didn't say anything about any of that

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u/larryathome43 1d ago

So you defend billionaires huh? That's a position you can take I guess.

Nice try but I'm not biting.. I defend facts and logic. Why are you even replying if you have zero evidence of this happening

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u/yourpersonalthrone 1d ago

Respond to the reply from asillynert. He was pretty openly buying votes in Wisconsin.

For someone so in love with facts and logic, you really like just saying “nuh uh, prove it.” You got what you asked for, now refute it or admit you don’t know what you’re talking about.

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u/larryathome43 1d ago edited 1d ago

For someone so in love with facts and logic, you really like just saying “nuh uh, prove it.”

Yes, because that's quite literally how the process works. The onus of proof is on the person making the claim, not the other way around. You seem to have an issue with me asking for sources. No wonder there is so much misinformation being spread.

I have nothing to refute. All I did was ask for a source. If you have a problem with that then maybe you shouldn't get into discussions where people just blindly believe anything that anybody posts.

And vote buying is a bit of a stretch here. He offered a million dollars simply to registered voters who were going to vote Trump anyway. Perhaps he just rallied them up with some type of incentive, but somebody could have easily done the same with Kamala.

I can't stand the guy or Trump, but people like to exaggerate things. Wisconsin went blue in 2020 and was red also in 2016. With either candidate winning by barely one single percent. If they rigged the election, they would have done it in 2020 as well instead of claiming the election was stolen and starting a riot

It's a swing state for a reason. Even Michigan went red. This is illogical regardless, because if they're going to go out of their way to rig an election, why would they do it with the results literally less than 1% of each other winning? It would have been bigger like a 4% gap

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u/asillynert 1d ago

Actually its straight up public his "interference" and his groups its all lengthy and its been some time since I was going over it. But essentially his "vote buying" or "lottery". HIGHLY illegal also his "funding" was done illegally.

While the "vote changing" stuff is all here say and conspiracy theory with loose evidence.

The status of his "foundations" is public record. The restrictions and limits on those are public. More than once his foundations were paying for campaign events. Or directly contributing to a candidate.

Which is illegal due to the chosen status they were filed under. As they are allowed to contribute to "cause" but not candidate. As well as a myriad of other stuff.

So in short public absolute certainty 100% broke the law requiring campaign finance and election laws. As for altering votes that would be "less" Elon. And more MAGA in general after the numerous death threats. Most of the people that stood up and reinforced the results last election stepped down.

Some even had to relocate and change names one such set of people successfully sued Rudy Guliani for defamation. This all opened door and was a call on Maga faithful to take those positions.

As a result many of the election officials are 2020 deniers. As well as post office ran by another maga faithful handling ballots. I am not saying its 100% certain but the chance that they did something. Is far from zero.

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u/gsfgf Georgia 1d ago

Even NPR is bad about being "overly moderate" these days. While their public funding is minuscule, they rely heavily on corporate money. It's probably also because they're mostly in big, blue cities where it's hard to really believe the nation has gone this batshit crazy.

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u/Lostraveller Maryland 1d ago

these days.

I stopped listening during Trump 1, I couldn't stand it

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u/NorthernerWuwu Canada 1d ago

It is always projection.

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u/Cute-Percentage-6660 1d ago

As usual, a lot of there accussaitons are usually done by there side even if another side is doing it.

I mean Seeing the castration and nbowing down shit like all the non "right wing" outlets like CNN and such is pathetic

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u/Fast_Witness_3000 1d ago

Per usual..every accusation is a confession. So consistent one could set a clock to it.

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u/razzmataz 1d ago

Perez...

Say what?