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Just read an interesting article from this site and would share it here but do not want to get in trouble for posting something offensive to members here.
Raven
(13,895 posts)hlthe2b
(102,304 posts)writing there... So, I'd say no it is not.
You are correct.. my same thoughts..
bearsfootball516
(6,377 posts)Response to tiredtoo (Original post)
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bigtree
(85,999 posts)...has it really been that long?
FarPoint
(12,412 posts)We are both stuck in this time Warp... hahaha.
coti
(4,612 posts)tiredtoo
(2,949 posts)I am going to provide the link here and if it is not acceptable. Either ignore it or delete it, whatever you choose.
https://truthout.org
May have to scroll a bit to find article. They change stories frequently.
emulatorloo
(44,133 posts)The site is ideologically to the left, but in my humble opinion they cant see the forest for the trees.
Autumn
(45,114 posts)FSogol
(45,493 posts)With friends like these.....
oberliner
(58,724 posts)FreepFryer
(7,077 posts)delisen
(6,044 posts)FreepFryer
(7,077 posts)MineralMan
(146,318 posts)As in Jill Stein "Progressive," As in Glenn Greenwald "Progressive."
As Humpty Dumpty, a noted "Progressive," was hear to say:
When I use a word, Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, it means just what I choose it to meanneither more nor less. The question is, said Alice, whether you can make words mean so many different things. The question is, said Humpty Dumpty, which is to be masterthat's all.
- Lewis Carroll
Cha
(297,366 posts)tritsofme
(17,380 posts)NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)Renew Deal
(81,866 posts)DinahMoeHum
(21,797 posts). . .but all too often, they have the disease called the "Nothing-But-The-Best-For-The-Oppressed Syndrome".
IOW, they let the perfect be the enemy of the good-enough-for-the-time being.
backscatter712
(26,355 posts)They have some interesting stuff, but also some stuff to take with a grain of salt.
They're not equivalent to a left-wing Alex Jones though.
RobDennis
(16 posts)Jose Garcia
(2,598 posts)ismnotwasm
(41,995 posts)Not reliable imo
Demsrule86
(68,607 posts)the article and it is my opinion that they are full of it. Take a look at the Senate if you want to see the truth. Only a fifty state strategy will get us a majority in the senate and the house for that matter. I believe more individuals believe in liberal policies but our system doesn't do direct elections. Thus these folks can't win say Idaho or West Virginia since they live blue states with high populations. We have two Senators from even the smallest state and an electoral college which means....we will need moderates in our party for the foreseeable future or the GOP wins and continues their plundering of out country. I say this sadly because it would be a better country if we could convince folks that progressive policy are good for them and the country...I hope for a serious 50 state strategy where we try to win hearts and minds.
pecosbob
(7,541 posts)They are quite a bit to the left of most here at DU, and I take everything with a grain of salt and always check sources as some of the site's contributors motives are definitely suspect.
tiredtoo
(2,949 posts)shanny
(6,709 posts)Recursion
(56,582 posts)Old left, pretty hard old left, tends to ramble off into pro-Green wankery too easily. To the extent they have right-wing aspects it's that they have a soft spot for Assange and Greenwald, and all the baggage that comes with that.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)but they *DO* print a lot of lowkey concern trolling and ANTI-anti-Trump agitprop which does serve the far right.
womanofthehills
(8,721 posts)t took more than a month, but Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has finally returned from his vacation on Neptune and will allow legislation to end Trumps government shutdown onto the Senate floor today for a vote. Yes, the two bills being introduced one Democratic, one Republican are almost certainly doomed to failure. Still, two DOA bills are at least a marginal improvement over the sound of silence weve been hearing while furloughed workers, federal contractors and the Coast Guard are selling their furniture to buy medicine and food.
The Democratic bill a simple stopgap measure bereft of border wall funding intended only to re-open the government until February 8 is doomed because the Republicans still hold the Senate majority, and they have once again chosen to stand with Donald Trump even as the ground crumbles beneath them. The Republican bill, a version of Trumps gibberish offer last week, would fully fund the wall while providing some gossamer protections to the 700,000 Dreamers whose fate hangs in the balance with the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Act. The GOP bill is also doomed, but for slightly more convoluted reasons.
https://truthout.org/articles/democrats-must-hold-firm-against-trump-and-his-wall/
I personally like Truthout - we need all the dem sites we can get.
mcar
(42,337 posts)coti
(4,612 posts)backscatter712
(26,355 posts)They place Truthout in the "Fair Interpretations of the news" region, in the "Hyperpartisan Left" part of the political bias axis.