Senate confirms Trump pick Warsh as chairman of the Federal Reserve, following Powell
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The Senate has confirmed Kevin Warsh as chairman of the Federal Reserve. The vote to confirm Warsh on Wednesday brings new leadership to the world’s most powerful central bank at a fraught moment for the global economy.
  • radiofreebc@lemmy.world
    1125·
    9 hours ago

    Yet, Americans are happily corralled here…instead of burning shit down in the streets until it changes.

    Hot take: Y’all deserve this.

    America has become the land of the fee and the home of the slave. The world used to look up to America. WTF happened? Why do you all suck so much now? Grow some balls, or do you just put them on your lifted trucks?

    • SarcasticMan@lemmy.world
      141·
      7 hours ago

      In 6 months we vote, probably the most decisive vote in our history. If the polls are right we will see a change in governance. If the new boss is willing to prosecute the old boss in January then we start down the road to change.

      On the other hand, if we start burning down Washington D.C. now we give the cunts in charge a reason to step up their violence, declare election interference, or even worse suspend November elections. If they steal an election or try to nullify our voice we can take more drastic measures but we have to try and let this process work first.

      Regardless, nothing will change overnight. It’s been 16 months and in that time we have seen 3 of the largest nationwide protests in US history. People have been on the streets harassing ICE every day. You sit there like nothing is happening, passing judgment on a population that has been trying very hard to peacefully change things in order not to start an armed conflict or at the very worst a civil war.

      Yes, we deserve it. We let ourselves get into a situation that we can’t just walk out of no matter how easy you think it is. Our non-voters, incompetent DNC, and racist ignorant masses have slow-walked us into a crisis. This country needs a lot of work and most of us are trying very hard every day to make the change we need.

      So, get fucked, you self righteous twat and let us cook.

      • JustKeepStretching@lemmy.world
        8·
        7 hours ago

        We have also, over the last 10 years been subject to the biggest Psy op in the history of the world through social media.

        Domestic political operatives, China and Russia were literally creating real looking fake news websites and then using fake accounts on Facebook etc to spread misinformation and link to their fake site as proof.

        That’s just one example but it was incredibly rampant and most of it was just completely ignored by the media.

        Not to mention the rampant bots online targeting progressives with “both sides” shit which was made pretty easy as the acting admin was supplying weapons to a genocide being done by a man wanted by the ICC

        People stopped watching news and now no one knows what’s actually true.

        Plus you had right wing news straight up openly lying about crime rates, the economy, and pretty much everything else

        I mean, it still is fucking blatantly obvious how insanely awful Trump was so everyone who didn’t vote or supported him are still piece of shit idiots but he couldn’t have done it without the barrage of misinformation online