I have added you as mod here. Do feel free to remove this post, or leave it if you want to see if others might volunteer to mod with you - as you wish. :)

Thank you for volunteering!

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SAN JUAN, Texas (AP) — Latino voters moved sharply to the left in the midterm elections, propelling Democrats to an improbable electoral sweep in Texas and in battleground House races from coast to coast.

It’s a remarkable pivot for a demographic that had shifted toward President Donald Trumpjust two years ago.

Narcissist behaves predictably

In regards to requiring news coverage to be free, one has to ask how then do those who collect, edit/review, verify, and ultimately report on the news get paid? More, invasive, and disruptive advertising? Some sort of national or state news coverage grant program funded by the tax payers? Some other funding system? While I'm sure some way could be found to make it "work", you have to consider what impact those who hold the purse strings have over the quality, accuracy, and political leaning of the news being reported.

My point being that there are knock-on effects from trying to legislate something like that and depending on the chosen path there can be additional knock-on effects as well as potentially troubling cons (like giving a government agency far too much control over the content of news being reported) that need to be carefully considered.

Such a system would also likely need to allow for exceptions for smaller publications, such as with small, local newspapers or trade/special-interest publications with limited viewership that wouldn't be able to get enough from advertisers or qualify for any grant programs.

As for levying fines for posting inaccuracies, that again sounds nice in theory until you consider scenarios like honest mistakes or quickly evolving news stories where all the facts haven't been fully resolved at the time of reporting where it's practically impossible for reporters to be able to report a fully accurate story for days, weeks, or months later. Reporters also rely on others to give them accurate facts. Of course, reporters and their editors must be as diligent as possible in vetting their sources and verifying the facts, but there's always a chance that what seemed to be a good source turned out to be bad, or worse intentionally misleading and that's not caught before publication.

Perhaps if you limit such fines to knowingly inaccurate and misleading reporting then I think that might be workable, with the understanding that this will be creating or tasking an existing government agency with the job of investigating news reports for accuracy. If not properly setup and insulated such an agency could again be used by the government to restrict press freedom rather than enforce the actual accuracy of the news.

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(worth a shot. Stupid science joke. Ignore me) :)

That was probably included under the “hateful rhetoric” umbrella, but you’re right to emphasize it more

Oh and the fascist paramilitary death squads targeting non-white people.

I would be as much of a skeptical optimist as many others on Lemmy today about the dems actually getting anything done. But I’m from Georgia and Mississippi flipping is unthinkable and puts pressure on everyone else in the GOP because they have seen that they are all vulnerable.

Got me feeling all, if it bleeds you can kill it

I think this election more than any other I’ve seen in my life proves voting matters. The entirety of Texas state leadership flipped to blue. People had enough of the hateful rhetoric, the meaningless wars, and probably gas prices had a bit to do with it as well.

Hey there, I’d be willing to do this.

I’ve been a mod on /c/fediverse@lemmy.world for over three years (my whole time on the instance) and I think I’ve done a pretty decent job. I prefer a light touch in general and I think my behavior as a mod these last few years backs that up.

In terms of what I want to see, spirited discussion while still staying respectful. I don’t intend to post a ton, but I’m definitely active reading reports daily.

Thanks, fixed.

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MS flipping is wild. I'm originally from Louisiana and I can't believe that it was as close as it was for that state.

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A JUDGE? THAT will Stop these Law And Order Republicans from HARASSING AMERICAN CITIZENS!

The irony is that Comey basically pushed TACO over the top by restarting his phony email investigation.

This may belong in leopardsatemyface.

I'm in the jerk one.

I have little confidence Kat Cammack can handle such an important role. She has already proven her loyalty stands with party lines. Vulnerable people need strong representation without bias. I'm hoping I am wrong about how she will act in the role.

When i was in high school we had the opportunity to skip school for a week to work as pages at the state Capitol -mostly making copies and running deliveries. On the first day at orientation we were told a joke (cautionary story?) - Why don't politicians use bookmarks? They prefer to bend over pages.

Fuck Israel. Fuck Ukraine. Fuck the Gulf Monarchies.

Our "allies" are the villains.

When you’re above the law, you get to do things like this.

week 92

That's 93 too many Trump weeks 😮‍💨

You can easily see that those lines of people are imaginary when the camera shows what's left of the audience...

One of the most racist nations pretends they are not racist, more at eleven!