Mike Merideth

Mike Merideth @mjm1138.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 16:55 UTC

I am reminded, apropos of nothing, that I do not give a single shit what James Carville thinks about anything. Related: if you want me to send your fundraising email/message straight to the trash, just include the words "James Carville" anywhere in the message.

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Mike Merideth @mjm1138.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 21:27 UTC

And I’m certain that they have a package of negative press ready to roll out on Harris, or any other likely stand-in

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Mike Merideth @mjm1138.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 21:26 UTC

What I’m saying is that it’s not an anti-Biden narrative, it’s a don’t-want-the-democrat-to-win narrative and swapping out the candidate in a desperate move will feed that narrative.

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Mike Merideth @mjm1138.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 20:37 UTC

It sounds like you’re assuming the “narrative” is being driven by antipathy toward Biden rather than a desire for a second Trump term, and/or that the “narrative” is something other than the conscious construct of media elites.

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Mike Merideth @mjm1138.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 17:55 UTC

/me makes peace with the fact that I can’t play Wordle any longer

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Mike Merideth @mjm1138.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 17:53 UTC

Liberals stop acting surprised that the NYT is a right-wing propaganda outlet challenge

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Mike Merideth @mjm1138.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 19:55 UTC

For those taking notes at home, there has never been a bloodless revolution in the history of the World, and the Heritage Foundation's "revolution" has already claimed lives. This is a threat of violence and should be treated as such.

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Mike Merideth @mjm1138.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 19:40 UTC

Fair point. Don't think for a second that "2nd Amendment absolutists" believe those rights apply to anyone who isn't cis, het, white, and Republican. And that goes right up to the nine. The day lefties start open-carrying is the day Alito discovers the word "regulated" is in 2A.

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Mike Merideth @mjm1138.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 19:29 UTC

But that Pulitzer nod or that invitation to sit on a prime-time CNN panel might seem like thin gruel when Trump 47 declares that it's treason to report the news and throws you in prison 4/4

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Mike Merideth @mjm1138.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 19:25 UTC

By the same token, lots of political journalists seem to be spoiling for a "brokered convention" story or a "President resigns" story, because sure, journalists' careers get made reporting exciting stories like that 3/

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Mike Merideth @mjm1138.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 19:23 UTC

Rita, a journalist, answers "I'd just want to know where to point the camera!". It always struck me as a really dumb thing for someone to say. If the world ends, no one is going to give a shit about the footage in your camera 2/

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Mike Merideth @mjm1138.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 19:21 UTC

This may sound corny, but the political press today makes me think of a moment from the 1993 film "Groundhog Day". As I recall the scene, Phil (Bill Murray) asks Rita (Andie MacDowell) what she would do if the world was about to end 1/

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Mike Merideth @mjm1138.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 02:53 UTC

Signal is great. But it’s also time to learn PGP/GPG and steganographic techniques, and make sure you have the tools downloaded. Signal can be taken away. PGP feels like beating the ground with a stick, but it can’t be taken away.

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