earendel wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 6:45 am
flockofseagulls104 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 28, 2024 11:34 am
Does your news feed offer any detailed examination as to why that 'offer' is being opposed? Other than invoking the 'Trump' epithet? Can you tell me why it is being opposed? That is the true test of whether your news feed is giving you journalism or propaganda.
Yes, there are several reasons why some are opposing the bill. Some don't want any more funding for Ukraine, for instance. But the biggest reason is "the Trump epithet". He's even bragged that he is the one responsible for the opposition. In a rally in Nevada he said, "Please blame it on me. Please." Senator James Lankford (R-OK) has said that the opposition is based on presidential political issues rather than the actual border crisis. And as a result, he's been censured by the Oklahoma Republican Party. Representative Troy Nehls (R-TX) has said "I'm not willing to do too damn much right now to help a Democrat and to help Joe Biden's approval rating." Like it or not, the main reason for Republican resistance to the pending bill is political, and Trump is leading the charge.
Oh, and just out of curiosity, why is "my news feed" considered to be "fake news", while yours is the gospel truth? This may be a topic for a different thread.
So you admit that the only reason there is opposition to the bill is because Trump doesn't like it?
The uniparty has always relied on the naivety of the general public. They give attractive names to bills that are the exact opposite of what is actually in the bill. Just one example for you, ear, they sell it as 'We will only let 5000 people in a day'. Sounds reasonable at first glance. You quoted it, so you seem to think that's ok. Do you realize that is almost 2 million a year? Adding a large major city of loosely vetted individuals into the country every year? Not to mention the history of the administration ignoring border laws when they disagree with them? Would you support it if they told you that?
The devil is in the details, and we, the public, never get to examine the details. This bill has a lot of other things in it, including more funding for NGOs, which have been the biggest organizers of illegal immigrant caravans. The opponents say it is another typical backroom deal, filled with gifts and millions of dollars for totally unrelated things. That's what congress and the swamp does. Systematic obfuscation. And the opposition says it codifies the 'invasion', tying the hands of anyone else who might have a better more permanent solution.
So there is a lot not to like. And all you can say is Trump is bad.
And there is no 'news feed' that is gospel truth anymore, ear. But if you rely solely on the MSM, you are only getting one side. I try to hear the propaganda from many different 'news feeds', all with grains of salt, and try to determine for myself which has the most logical and better argument. And the MSM fails the test most of the time, because I have conservative values, and they completely dismiss and censor news and paints conservative news in a negative light. I have to get any news that the swamp disapproves of from 'conservative media' or off-the-grid sources. But I can never be sure that they are reporting the truth, either. I try and verify myself, if I can, and try and determine who is closest to telling the whole truth.