Re: the CNN town hall, I spent Thursday in a series of increasingly animated conversations with fellow press folks. Many continued to defend the CNN live broadcast to the frustration of others. While I respect my colleagues who work there, I saw it as a 70-minute live infomercial for Trump ‘24 complete with a MAGA cultist laugh track. If the American press doesn’t have an immediate and serious internal conversation about how we cover this anti-American ongoing danger to our democracy, we’re in real trouble. We are making precisely the same mistakes that were made in 2016. We can’t afford to continue to “both sides” the likes of this man.
It seems Republicans are unconcerned about the debt limit because they passed a bill in the house so that they can blame Democrats for any problems caused by a default on obligations of the USA.
I like to think the good of the country will prevail over party politics, but I don't feel confident that will happen. The ineptitude of our government is extremely sad to watch. I hear pundits saying no sane person would let our country default, but sanity is not something that comes to mind when thinking of Washington D.C.
I should know the answer to this but on proxy voting in the committee for the noms reference - I take it you have to be physically on the Hill to employ that, but just not in the room? Saw that vote multiple times yesterday in Sen Banking & I thought of the Senate Judiciary situation. And thank you as always for your fabulous insight!!
Re: the CNN town hall, I spent Thursday in a series of increasingly animated conversations with fellow press folks. Many continued to defend the CNN live broadcast to the frustration of others. While I respect my colleagues who work there, I saw it as a 70-minute live infomercial for Trump ‘24 complete with a MAGA cultist laugh track. If the American press doesn’t have an immediate and serious internal conversation about how we cover this anti-American ongoing danger to our democracy, we’re in real trouble. We are making precisely the same mistakes that were made in 2016. We can’t afford to continue to “both sides” the likes of this man.
It seems Republicans are unconcerned about the debt limit because they passed a bill in the house so that they can blame Democrats for any problems caused by a default on obligations of the USA.
I like to think the good of the country will prevail over party politics, but I don't feel confident that will happen. The ineptitude of our government is extremely sad to watch. I hear pundits saying no sane person would let our country default, but sanity is not something that comes to mind when thinking of Washington D.C.
I should know the answer to this but on proxy voting in the committee for the noms reference - I take it you have to be physically on the Hill to employ that, but just not in the room? Saw that vote multiple times yesterday in Sen Banking & I thought of the Senate Judiciary situation. And thank you as always for your fabulous insight!!