Sen. Hawley certainly created a powerful viral moment on Wed by publicly shaming Facebook’s founder into apologizing to the grieving parents present. But if we’re going to make people publicly apologize for placing children in harm’s way, why stop with Zuckerberg? When will Sen. Hawley apologize to the parents of the school children being senselessly slaughtered weekly as he blatantly ignores common sense gun reform while raking in more than a million dollars in campaign donations from the NRA? For that matter, when will Sen. Hawley apologize to the families of the members of the Capitol Police he helped put in harm’s way on Jan. 6?
Then again, Hawley is probably too preoccupied presently getting his dress shoes fitted for cleats so he can try and outrun his flagpole-wielding voters the next time they invade his workplace.
Watching parts of that four-hour event on CSPAN was the most entertaining TV in weeks. Righteous indignation is one of the most satisfying of pressure releases and both parties took turns whipping the victims.
Most of the arguments hold social media platforms accountable for exploitation of kids while the counter-arguments advance more and better "parental control" over what kids are doing when they access the web.
I can't speak for others, but as someone who has been web-active for decades I am blown away by the keyboard skills of my grandchildren's generation. I seriously doubt the majority of parents and other adults in charge of kids have the keyboard skills to activate "parental controls", much less how to discover their activity history.
Precisely. As soon as a parent hands a child a screen, it’s game over as far as “control” goes. And they’re now handing them to toddlers to keep them entertained.
I’m basically a “blue dog” Dem but Fetterman really is a clod. His wife dressed respectfully for a black tie dinner but he just had to wear that clown outfit. Sheesh! 🙄
House easily approves bipartisan tax bill, but because the gop is so dysfunctional that they can’t pass their own bills, the right wing terrorist speaker needed a majority of Democrats to pass it.
Turning the House into a supermajority body (suspension of the rules) is exceptional, of course, but that is one of the strengths of parliamentary systems which are more amenable to minority factions than our iron-clad "two-party" system. That needs to happen more often. The two-party system is as undemocratic as the filibuster.
Sen. Hawley certainly created a powerful viral moment on Wed by publicly shaming Facebook’s founder into apologizing to the grieving parents present. But if we’re going to make people publicly apologize for placing children in harm’s way, why stop with Zuckerberg? When will Sen. Hawley apologize to the parents of the school children being senselessly slaughtered weekly as he blatantly ignores common sense gun reform while raking in more than a million dollars in campaign donations from the NRA? For that matter, when will Sen. Hawley apologize to the families of the members of the Capitol Police he helped put in harm’s way on Jan. 6?
Then again, Hawley is probably too preoccupied presently getting his dress shoes fitted for cleats so he can try and outrun his flagpole-wielding voters the next time they invade his workplace.
Watching parts of that four-hour event on CSPAN was the most entertaining TV in weeks. Righteous indignation is one of the most satisfying of pressure releases and both parties took turns whipping the victims.
Most of the arguments hold social media platforms accountable for exploitation of kids while the counter-arguments advance more and better "parental control" over what kids are doing when they access the web.
I can't speak for others, but as someone who has been web-active for decades I am blown away by the keyboard skills of my grandchildren's generation. I seriously doubt the majority of parents and other adults in charge of kids have the keyboard skills to activate "parental controls", much less how to discover their activity history.
Precisely. As soon as a parent hands a child a screen, it’s game over as far as “control” goes. And they’re now handing them to toddlers to keep them entertained.
Everyone has a responsibility here.
Spot on! That's exactly what I discussed with my husband yesterday as we were watching part of the hearing.
Nice report this morning. All kinds of informative nugs.
I’m basically a “blue dog” Dem but Fetterman really is a clod. His wife dressed respectfully for a black tie dinner but he just had to wear that clown outfit. Sheesh! 🙄
Isn't it a good thing that one party can't get bills passed willy-nilly? Or is that just how someone who doesn't trust any politician feels?
House easily approves bipartisan tax bill, but because the gop is so dysfunctional that they can’t pass their own bills, the right wing terrorist speaker needed a majority of Democrats to pass it.
There. Fixed it for you.
Turning the House into a supermajority body (suspension of the rules) is exceptional, of course, but that is one of the strengths of parliamentary systems which are more amenable to minority factions than our iron-clad "two-party" system. That needs to happen more often. The two-party system is as undemocratic as the filibuster.
JMHO