Politics Thread

[paulxu]

Perhaps you could provide a link to one of these stories?

Google is your friend too.

https://www.businessinsider.com/righ...in-week-2021-4

[paulxu]

Spoiler. He has none

And Google can be your friend too.

https://www.politifact.com/factcheck...r=sean-hannity

[Masterofreality]

Google is your friend too.

https://www.businessinsider.com/righ...in-week-2021-4

Ha! Business Insider is not non partisan, and probably will face a libel suit by Dave Portnoy on a false hit piece they ran on him.
The other stories have basis in fact. One of AOC’s biggest bitches in “Climate Change” is reducing methane, read cow farts. I actually went to a “Climate Rally” in Cleveland 2 years ago, just to get info on what these idiots are pushing. The reduction of meat consumption was front and center. Have you been to a Climate Rally Paul? Maybe 90% is hyperbole but again, based in fact.
Kamala’s book WAS found in a illegal immigrant camp. Donated or not.
As to the Virginia elimination of Advanced classes. DeBlasio did exactly that in New York under the “Equity” guise. Of course the Virginia schools guy would deny it, just as they denied that Critical Race Theory-esque curriculum and offensive sex education classes aren’t being taught. (They Are). Parents have confirmed it. (See Election 11/21)

At least Fox did issue some corrections and amplifications. Maddow never has. Nor has CNN. In any event, none of those cases you site are a “threat to democracy” like the false news has been over the past four years. I think I’ll stay with Andrew Sullivan.

Do better Paul

[paulxu]

Facts are not your friend.
Even Fox corrected (somewhat).
Maybe you can find where it was in Biden's plan to reduce meat. Even they couldn't.
Or perhaps you can find where Virginia was going to cut out accelerated math classes.
And of course your guy Hannity's nonsense...no comments.

[Masterofreality]

And Google can be your friend too.

https://www.politifact.com/factcheck...r=sean-hannity

Uh. I’m not going into all of the issues with “Politifact”, even their first claim of “false” against Hannity vs Ilan Omar is inaccurate.


Ilhan Omar
@IlhanMN
You don’t ���� have to ���� be registered ���� to go vote���� in Minnesota

That is what the first part of her Tweet actually said. Hannity quoted it. It wasn’t false. If anything, a US Representative should be more careful in her communication. The press always “pounced” on what Donald Trump said without context. Hannity was merely turning it around on the other side- without context. It still doesn’t make this right and does nothing to invalidate what Andrew Sullivan wrote.

[Masterofreality]

Facts are not your friend.
Even Fox corrected (somewhat).
Maybe you can find where it was in Biden's plan to reduce meat. Even they couldn't.
Or perhaps you can find where Virginia was going to cut out accelerated math classes.
And of course your guy Hannity's nonsense...no comments.

Stop it Paul. The reduction of meat was in the original plan for the Green Néw Deal. No progressive denies that.
Perhaps you can read it and go to a Climate Rally. Biden’s team is pushing for that.
Quote: “ An FAQ on the Green New Deal took sustainability a step further, stressing the need for a “greenhouse gas free food system,” adding that “we aren’t sure we can get rid of farting cows and airplanes that fast.”

And you’re “gal” Maddow’s nonsense? False.

[paulxu]

You can't wish it into the administration's proposal. You've got to find it.

Context matters. She was addressing the availability of same day registration. And you have to use the whole tweet, not just a part you cut out to make a point that is not there.

You don’t ���� have to ���� be registered ���� to go vote���� in Minnesota ���� we have ���� same day ���� registration ���� so you ���� can register ���� at the polls ����

[Masterofreality]

You can't wish it into the administration's proposal. You've got to find it.

Context matters. She was addressing the availability of same day registration. And you have to use the whole tweet, not just a part you cut out to make a point that is not there.

You don’t ���� have to ���� be registered ���� to go vote���� in Minnesota ���� we have ���� same day ���� registration ���� so you ���� can register ���� at the polls ����

Yeah it sure does so why wasn’t Trump ever given the benefit of “context” in his Charlottesville comments and other statements.
Just playing by your established rules Paul, or have you moved the goalposts again. Can’t have it both ways.

[paulxu]

Nobody changed his comments, or dropped part of them to create a bogus point.

[Masterofreality]

Or perhaps you can find where Virginia was going to cut out accelerated math classes.
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“Under consideration”, “Still in Development” and “Rethinking”. Which means that if nobody spoke out they would have. Still may. And based upon a Loudon County School Board member statement. A very deceiving headline. “Virginia isn’t eliminating advanced math courses” . Uh. Now…..but…

https://www.virginiamercury.com/2021...ath-education/

“Much of the original Fox story was based on critical social media posts from a member of the Loudoun County School Board. Those posts, in turn, were based on a statewide proposal called the Virginia Mathematics Pathways Initiative — an effort to modernize math education in public schools.

In a Monday briefing, state education officials were quick to emphasize that the initiative is still in development. Virginia’s superintendent of public instruction, James Lane, said a formal proposal had yet to come before him or the state Board of Education. Any change would be part of the state’s regularly scheduled revisions to its Standards of Learning — expectations for what students should master in every grade level — and wouldn’t make it into classrooms until the 2025-26 school year.

But in regional webinars, experts and department officials outlined significant potential changes to how math in Virginia is structured. One widely circulated graphic eliminated courses such as Algebra I and II in favor of “foundational” and “essential” math concepts, with more advanced classes — including calculus and geometry — not starting until the 11th grade.

In webinars, VDOE officials have been upfront that the initiative is based on data, especially standardized test scores that show Black, Hispanic and low-income students have lower pass rates on state math assessments than White and Asian students. Those critical of the initiative have argued that Virginia is lowering its standards in favor of certain students instead of improving instruction to help more children reach advanced courses.“