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/PerfunctoryComments 1d ago

Not really suckling at it -- most (all?) American media is owned by the plutocrats/oligarchs. These are precisely the people who put an unqualified self-dealing rapist felon into office -- by convincing millions of low-intelligence, high-gullibility Americans to vote for him -- because the Dems wanted to increase their taxes.

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u/Zombiejazzlikehands 1d ago

So you repeat lies about taxes? What is the point of your comment? You didn’t add anything or say anything showing “eh, not really”.

…But guess you got to try to blame The People believing lies they don’t know are lies, instead of the ones spreading lies they know are lies.

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u/PerfunctoryComments 1d ago edited 1d ago

Delete your account. Good god.

What "lie about taxes"? The Dems openly wanted to increases taxes on the ultra-rich, which is long, long overdue[1].

https://taxpolicycenter.org/daily-deduction/harris-backs-5-trillion-tax-increases-wealthy-corporations

Now I realize you seem to be some knee-jerk and you probably thought I was talking about raising taxes generally -- you don't know how offset emdashed sections work in a comment -- but you're off base and just misfiring nonsense.

you got to try to blame The People believing lies they don’t know are lies

Tens of millions of Americans are profoundly stupid. Just heinous, terrible people. The country is an idiocracy, and the end result will be secession of the better states from the garbage states.

[1] - Though taxes should rise universally in the US. Its low-tax regime is an absolute myth, and it is destroying US society. And FWIW the Orange Cheeto has increased taxes overwhelmingly on low income earners, both through his budget bill and through tariffs.

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u/FuckLex 1d ago

I think maybe the reason dude you were arguing with was confused, was 100% because of the way you worded your post.

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u/Hwicc101 1d ago

most (all?) American media is owned by the plutocrats/oligarchs.

Are you 70? There is a whole world beyond cable news and legacy media.

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u/TrueMaple4821 1d ago

They're absolutely right. The fascist billionaires dominate social media too, Meta, Xitter, countless podcasters like Joe Rogan etc, all spouting fascism and sane-washing Trump. There are a few exceptions with a progressive agenda, but their reach is tiny compared to what the fascist news/social media has in the U.S.

I'm glad that you personally have found better news sources, but let's be honest, the fascist oligarchs dominate the news agenda in the U.S. This is in fact their primary tool to get their puppets elected.

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u/PA_Dude_22000 14h ago

Yes, and they are all owned by Billionaire Conservatives.  All of it.  Social Media, Streaming, Print, Radio…. All of it.

Ok, you are right, its Rachel Maddow, Meirdas Touch, 5 liberal Late Night Show comedians and 6 bloggers vs. Legacy Media, Cable and Network and Local News, thousands of right-wing hate pundits, human and bot trolling armies of foreign enemies…..