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As expected this morning, the media is all about characterizing pursuing accountability as retribution, and restoration of the #RuleOfLaw as vindictiveness.
#WeThePeople can not let this propaganda effort sidetrack the important work of saving democracy by driving these fascist criminals out of power.
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@mastodonmigration And it’s next to impossible to voice dissatisfaction to MSM. They need to be ignored for truthful, independent news sources.
@RiaResists True enough. This is not an appeal to the media. It is a demand. #WeThePeople have had enough of their shit.
@mastodonmigration Yes!!!
I found that for (pretty sure) NBC & ABC require feedback through their app. I’m not giving them my contact info, so I have been able to reach an affiliate once or twice.
Let's get something very very clear. Investigating and prosecuting criminal wrongdoing is not optional.
If crimes have been committed, and they certainly have, the Democrats don't get to decide to look the other way.
This is a fundamental precept of the #RuleOfLaw.
These people have sworn an oath to the Constitution that commands them to pursue the truth and follow the law no matter what the consequences.
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@mastodonmigration Maybe Hungary might be a good role model?
Oh, and look at all those Epstein files that are laying around in dark corners...
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Really important point here. The new reps MUST aggressively pursue imposing consequences for corruption. Call it revenge, call it Finding Out, call it Bruce for all I care - but it is VITAL.
The only way that will happen is if masses of people force them to do it.
@mastodonmigration Investigating is necessary. Prosecuting is going to be a problem, since the DoJ remains compromised. I have a couple of ideas:
- When possible, refer cases to a state for prosecution.
- Bring back Inherent Contempt.
@jef By all means at their disposal. This is a war for democracy and the #RuleOfLaw. If DOJ does not perform their constitutional duties, they they need to be held to account, and individually suffer any consequences for their actions. We need to understand that we have power now, and use it aggressively.
The battle starts with the narrative.
Expose the most lurid, horrifying details of the Epstein files, the corruption, and the concentration camps.
Make it an eternal news cycle. I'm sure there's plenty of material.
Release so much information that the public is screaming for prosecutions, before any prosecution has begun.
That's how to flip a martyr to a monster in the court of public opinion. The ground must be made fertile for justice in advance.
For the media to cast such investigation and enforcement as arbitrary and capricious shows how far they have strayed into acceptance of tribalism and authoritarian principles.
"We are a nation of laws, not men." The media needs to stop characterizing our society as competing teams and regain the perspective that the nation is founded on the #RuleOfLaw, with our elected representatives bound to those strictures.
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@mastodonmigration My take: Most media and most social media are controlled by a billionaire. Don’t waste time trying to shame any billionaire-owned media, find a non-billionaire-owned media doing it well and help promote them. Will that be easy? No, but neither was what we did yesterday.
Do you mind if I use your words (edited, but decidedly based on this) on my letter to my representatives?
@deirdrebeth Not at all! Please share your letter with us as a useful template.
@mastodonmigration Let justice be done, though the heavens may fall.
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The media is worried because they are complicit.
Let them be.
What this election proved to me is that you can throw billions at trying to hide the truth, but people know.
The truth will always win.