MEIDASTOUCH NEWS? One reason to be hopeful. Incredibly popular and doing great work. I also admire TABITHA SPEAKS and her ethical stance.
But mainly, I look out and I see two groups.
One?
Grifters. Cheap liars like Jimmy Dore, Katie Halper, Aaron Mate, and the rest.
The second group?
Cowards.
Vice President Kamala Harris should be sworn in this month as President of the United States. Sadly for the entire world, that is not going to happen. And one of the reasons for that is a segment of the left that lied, tricked, whored, and deceived. They misled their audience over and over.
And yet I see C.I. calling it out -- and I have read the first part of her year-in-review, she is hitting hard again -- but no one else seems able to.
I see a lot of useless YOUTUBE-ing.
THE NATION, DEMOCRACY NOW!, THE PROGRESSIVE, COMMON DREAMS, and so many more worked overtime on tanking the election, on depressing turnout. They lied and they whored and they tricked and they deceived.
Yet for some reason, YOUTUBERS -- all of whom swear that they speak the God's truth and are nothing but truth tellers who make the tough calls -- refuse to call these outlets out.
Are you chicken?
Because you come off like cowards while you pat yourself on the backs for the very minor things that you do.
President John F. Kennedy was murdered when I was a college freshman. I have seen a ton of elections. None ever mattered as much as the one last November. Not only did we have a worthy candidate in Vice President Harris, we also knew how awful her opponent was and how he would stop at nothing to destroy the country. Yet instead of pulling together, we saw our so-called 'independent' media work to destroy Ms. Harris day after day.
I am not hopeful.
Not with the planned attacks on immigration, not with the attacks on history and science, not with the plans to further restrict reproductive rights, not with the threats that the Convicted Felon cannot stop making.
I pray we survived the next four years. But, even if we do, I will never forget who lied and whored to put Donald Chump back into the White House.
Again, applause for MEIDASTOUCH NEWS, for TABITHA SPEAKS, for RAW STORY, for OLAY AND FRIENDS, and, honestly, that is really it for me. I have seen way too many liars and way too much nonsense. I hope the laughs were worth it for those of you who wasted our time -- THE HUMANIST REPORT -- I really do. I hope your giggles will still seem worth it as we watch people be rounded up and families torn apart.
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[Ruth also covered programming for the years 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009 and 2008.]
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2024 end of the year pieces: Rebecca's "sexiest men of 2024," Ann's "2024 in film (Ann and Stan)" and Stan's "2024 in film (Ann & Stan)," Mike's "Idiot of the Year," Ruth's "Ruth's Media Report 2024." "2024 in books (Martha & Shirley)," Kat's "Kat's Korner: 2024 in music" and our "2024: The Year of Betrayal From Inside The Left."
