US Politics/2016 Election Pick Your Poison Master Thread

[ChaimMoskowitz]

And of course.....

If you want to dispute something I would not use Breitbart as your source. That is like using Hannity. 

[yitzgar]

If you want to dispute something I would not use Breitbart as your source. That is like using CNN 

Ftfy

[ChaimMoskowitz]

Ftfy

Not really. Hannity pins the needle at -10!!!

[shapsam]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nicknames_used_by_Donald_Trump

[justaregularguy]

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/417346-scott-says-nelson-concedes-in-florida-senate-race

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/17/us/politics/desantis-wins-florida.html

https://www.npr.org/2018/11/16/668753230/democrat-stacey-abrams-ends-bid-for-georgia-governor-decrying-suppression

https://www.yahoo.com/news/democrat-cisneros-nabs-gop-house-seat-southern-california-021426659--election.html

clap.clap.clap.

are the midterms finally over?

[ChaimMoskowitz]

clap.clap.clap.

All this against a backdrop of fear mongering by Trump and the R's about made up voter fraud.

[zh cohen]

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/417346-scott-says-nelson-concedes-in-florida-senate-race

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/17/us/politics/desantis-wins-florida.html

https://www.npr.org/2018/11/16/668753230/democrat-stacey-abrams-ends-bid-for-georgia-governor-decrying-suppression

https://www.yahoo.com/news/democrat-cisneros-nabs-gop-house-seat-southern-california-021426659--election.html

clap.clap.clap.

are the midterms finally over?

Still a run-off in Mississippi...

[justaregularguy]

Still a run-off in Mississippi...

but that is different from what I understand there were 3  candidates and one of them (a R)was taking votes away from the other R and still the R was ahead. So now that it’s just the R and D I expect the R to get those lost votes

[BZ12]

If republicans win they must have a secret weapon.....

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/republicans-had-secret-weapon-florida-recount-fight-n937576

[ChaimMoskowitz]

If republicans win they must have a secret weapon.....

...and if the D's win it is voter fraud. 

[good sam]

...and if the D's win it is voter fraud. 

... and if the Rs win it is voter suppression

[ChaimMoskowitz]

... and if the Rs win it is voter suppression

Now we are getting on the same page.

[good sam]

Now we are getting on the same page.

After a few months of diligently following both CNN and Fox, I've concluded that they are two of the worst, most biased news sources in the nation (no big shock there).

So what is a good news source?

I've tried RCP but all it is is a compilation (albeit balanced) of the garbage, biased news from both sides (with a spackle of their own right-leaning commentary).

So, any recommendations?

[ChaimMoskowitz]

After a few months of diligently following both CNN and Fox, I've concluded that they are two of the worst, most biased news sources in the nation (no big shock there).

So what is a good news source?

I've tried RCP but all it is is a compilation (albeit balanced) of the garbage, biased news from both sides (with a spackle of their own right-leaning commentary).

So, any recommendations?

Msnbc is worse than CNN. I watch the talking heads on each side to see what the nutcases are being feed. The newscasters themselves are biased but not that bad. You just have to do a balancing act.

[good sam]

CNN has created a new category of news. Instead of just reporting and opinion, they now have a category called "analysis." Essentially, it's meant to be something in between, like reporting but with the personal analysis of the reporter. This category has made their "reporting" far more biased.

The worst part is that they have the chutzpah to send me breaking news notifications which consist solely of "analysis."

"Breaking: Trump's blunders abroad to cause devastating backlash at home."

[ChaimMoskowitz]

The worst part is that they have the chutzpah to send me breaking news notifications which consist solely of "analysis."

LOL

[zh cohen]

but that is different from what I understand there were 3  candidates and one of them (a R)was taking votes away from the other R and still the R was ahead. So now that it’s just the R and D I expect the R to get those lost votes

Have you been sleeping since before 2016? None of the old rules count anymore...

[aygart]

https://yated.com/politics-bad-middos-and-daas-torah/

A Ninety-Year-Old Contemporary Lesson from Rav Yeruchem Levovitz

I was so thankful to a friend for showing me a quote from a letter written by the illustrious Mirrer mashgiach, Rav Yeruchem Levovitz, after frum candidates were roundly defeated in an election for the Polish parliament. The letter was written some ninety years ago, but it offers lessons that are as applicable today as they were back then, and it may offer some real food for thought for those following politics both here and in Eretz Yisroel.

He writes: “Even though it is not my way to involve myself in these [political] matters…since I see the wider community is so disheartened as a result of the loss that the party sustained in the latest elections, I would like to point out that they should not be saddened nor fool themselves into thinking that their pain is due to a lack of kevod Shomayim. The difference between one political party and another is only in the degrees of good and bad. If not for the fact that there is a battle between good and evil in this world, there would be no such thing as political parties…

“Therefore, the first thing that a person must do is conduct a self-analysis and see how much evil exists within himself. Is he as pained by the evil that resides within him as much as he is pained by the evil that resides within the other political party? Is he as worked up and as angry at the ra, the evil, that he himself possesses?

“Someone told me that he was so distraught over the loss [of the political party] that he couldn’t sleep the night after the election loss… It would be appropriate to ask that same person if on Yom Kippur night, his feelings of being distraught let him sleep. If on Yom Kippur he is indeed able to sleep, it is incumbent on him to ask himself: Why? Why is it that on the night after an election loss I can’t sleep, whereas on Yom Kippur night I sleep peacefully? Why is it that with regard to the ra, the bad and evil that resides within you, you do not get emotionally worked up, but the bad and evil that exist within the other party do succeed in upsetting your equilibrium?

“We are left with the obvious conclusion that the fact that you are distraught is not because you hate evil and you worry about Hashem’s kavod. Rather, it is the kavod of people of flesh and blood that causes you to take things to heart…”

When a friend showed me this letter from Rav Yeruchem quoted in a Torah publication from Eretz Yisroel titled “Az Nidberu,” it was an eye opener.

[justaregularguy]

Wow. Thank you for that.

[ChaimMoskowitz]

Here we go with the emails again. This time the shoe is on the other foot. Wonder if Trump will say "lock her up"? 
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/dem-senator-pushing-some-kind-of-investigative-effort-into-ivanka-trumps-use-of-personal-email/ar-BBPUHrP?ocid=spartandhp