#3rd way

[odinsblog]

False Equivalence

Why does the mainstream media keep depicting lunatic-right Republicans and normal Democrats as equidistant from the center?

With the final passage of the debt ceiling deal, Democrats got off easier than one might have expected, given that it was a deal between a mainstream Democratic president and a Republican House in thrall to the lunatic far right. In drastic contrast to the scorched-earth budget bill initially passed by the Republican-controlled House, the cuts were about par for the course in a divided government; and they spare the country a repeat of this debt-hostage ordeal for two years.

However, much of the media played the agreement as a compromise between two equal extremes. The New York Times story about the House passage of the deal included this astonishing sentence: "With both far-right and hard-left lawmakers in revolt over the deal, it fell to a bipartisan coalition powered by Democrats to push the bill over the finish line, throwing their support behind the compromise in an effort to break the fiscal stalemate that had gripped Washington for weeks."

Think about that for a moment. There is no doubt that Matt Gaetz, Elise Stefanik, Lauren Boebert, Paul Gosar et al. are far-right by any definition, as white supremacists, Christian nationalists, election deniers, and nihilists on fiscal policy.

But no Democrats in the House can fairly be described as hard left. Those who voted against the deal included moderate liberals such as Joaquin Castro, mainstream progressives like Rosa DeLauro and Jan Schakowsky, as well as self-described democratic socialists including Cori Bush and AOC. But none of them are "hard left," which suggests anti-democratic, any more than Franklin Roosevelt was hard left.

The Times coverage reinforces a narrative of false equivalence that the media keeps repeating, with lazy catchphrases like "partisan bickering." It also plays into the hands of corrupt No Labels and Third Way types, who promote the idea that the best course for the republic is to split the difference between neofascists and a normal mainstream Democratic Party and president.

Big media, obsessed as it is with the appearance of fair and balanced coverage, took years to give itself permission to accurately describe Donald Trump with the impolite word "liar." But its treatment of the two parties as in any sense symmetrical is far more insidious than using euphemisms to characterize Trump’s lies.

Our friend Peter Dreier, whose observations inspired this post, points out that by any reasonable definition, "even the most left-oriented Democrats (AOC, Bush, Bowman, Raskin, Jayapal) are not extremists. They are shades of social democrats. They are pro-union, pro-choice, pro-affirmative action, pro-LGBT equality, pro-Green New Deal, pro-progressive taxation. But the most right-wing Republicans are extremists and reactionaries."

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#politics #false equivalencies #false narratives #media bias #both sides journalism #republicans #the media is complicit #false neutrality #third way #no labels #3rd way

[solarockk]

he was never meant to leave the desert was he?

#the way i speedrun to sketch this after seeing the namemc spoilers #namemc spoilers #secret life spoilers #goodtimewithscar fanart #goodtimeswithscar #mcyt #digital art #fanart #artist on tumblr #digital sketch #sketch #desert duo #3rd life smp #sol art

[theghostlyunknown]

SCAR TELLING GRIAN HE GOT SAND FOR HIS PERMIT!!! GRIAN IMMEDIATELY SAYING “if anyone can trade their way out of this, it’s you”!!! THEM BOTH REALIZING THAT THE LIFE SERIES PREPARED SCAR FOR THIS!!! I AM GOING TO BE ILL!!!

#ghostlywhispers #hermitcraft #grian #gtws #life series #trafficblr #hermitblr #hc10 #hermitcraft season 10 #3rd life #desertduo #the way my skin lit on fire when they started referencing 3rd life

[tippifunandprose]

every time I read about this Disney vs DeSantis thing and the bit about how the agreement doesn't end “until 21 years after the death of the last survivor of the descendants of King Charles III, king of England" all I can think about is some bumbling caper where the Florida government repeatedly tries to assassinate the entire royal family just to spite Disney

#ron desantis #desantis #disney #disney vs desantis #royal family #king charles 3rd #royalty #king charles the third #current events #florida #for the purposes of this bit the Florida Republican's primary weapon is gators #trained gator snipers on every roof top #are those snipers who shoot out gators or gators that are snipers? you decide #would you not you pay to see a movie where a Florida gator chases King Charles through the palace? #you would #don't lie #anyway is Disney evil in many ways? yes #am I also hoping Disney DESTROYS DeSantis in this? also yes #king of england

[bivampir]

it's SO funny that when asked what he had to do to prepare for his role in IWTV Sam Reid says he had to learn how to play the piano, learn to speak French, Italian, and English with a French accent. Bailey read IWTV religiously and added her own comments, and kept an actual fucking journal she wrote entirely as Claudia. meanwhile Jacob Anderson, when asked the same question, just responds with “oh nothing, i was already emo”. icons and legends only

#I LOVE THEM SO FUCKING MUCH YOU DONT UNDERSTAND #JUST TO BE CLEAR #I don't think Jacob didn't put a lot of effort into his Louis he's an incredibly talented actor and makes Louis everything he shouldve been #he's legit amazing and the way you as a viewer get a very clear sense of who Louis is and what's he like IMMEDIATELY after meeting him #not to mention how fucking HARD it is to play a deeply repressing character without making them feel actually emotionless. #and Jacob fucking nails it #NOT TO MENTION THE AMERICAN ACCENTS????? TWO DISTINCT ACCENTS THAT ARE BOTH SO PLAUSIBLE I WAS SHOCKED TO LEARN HE'S FUCKING BRI'ISH? #I JUST THINK HIS RESPONSE IS FUCKING HILARIOUS #IWTV #Jacob Anderson #Bailey Bass #Sam Reid #interview with the vampire #iwtv cast #amc iwtv #my posting #wow it's been a while #3rd degree failpost #didn't even notice this broke 1k 😭😭😭

[reunitedinterlude]

phil & linguistics (1, 2, 3, 4)

#the way this took me like. 2 hours #me trying so hard to find that 3rd liveshow like the person who uploaded it is a lifesaver forrreal #also me having plans to make like two more linguistic lester gifsets like it's just so important to me <33 #dan and phil #amazingphil #phil lester #danandphilgames #dpgdaily #phan #dnp gifs #my gifs #gamingmas #gamingmas2023 #compilation #dnp liveshows #Teaching Dan How To Speak #Linguistics with Lester! #HOW TO GET AN INSTANT SIX PACK with Phil

[ryssbelle]

Thought of this while at work, sorry it's a bit hard to read I sketched it out really fast before my last shift lmao wanted to get it done so I could work on other stuff hehe

If it's any consultation Floyd is mostly talking about himself

#my art #trolls #dreamworks trolls #brozone #trolls 3 #trolls floyd #trolls john dory #trolls branch #trolls poppy #the way i imagine their 20 years in troll village is that one meme where its the two different nothing in life matters pics #but one is super sad and the other is happy looking and radical #thats floyd and jd #but they switch places depending on the day #branch is a secret third option #also idk what id do with the 3rd movies plot #this scene in my head is 3rd movie era but i like havent decided what theyre doing yet #theres a few possibilities on whos in the bottle or if theres a bottle at all #this would take place in a timeline where clay or bruce is in the bottle #but like heres the thing any of the brothers could be bottled and itd make for a good story #i drift more towards clay only for the irony of finding out your brothers alive but its a race against time cuz hes literally dying #so it adds to the urgency but then its not much adventure cuz they just gotta get bruce and go #cuz we have 3/5 brozone here already #same goes for if its bruce #so like for story purposes that means it would be most likely JD or Floyd which is just most aus and canon #cuz after world tour Floyd would travel with JD on their own tour Floyd going solo with JD as his manager #and in this scenario they came back to tell Branch about finding whoever is in the bottle #but the story of these guys could also work without any bottle so idk we'll just have to see what i decide to do later #also im slowly coming up with a name for this #very slowly but it'll happen #i actually have a google doc that has a name so i may just use that

[yrsonpurpose]

It's so interesting to try and add to this story and not tarnish the wonderful work that's been done.

#nicholas galitzine #red white and royal blue #rwrbedit #rwrb #userninz #chrissiewatts #userveronika #usersteen #userclara #mine* #he said 'imagine'..... oh im sure #everyone having these interviews on the same day as the sequel announcement. they are SICK #the smile in the 3rd one. he knows things....................ugh #henry exploring more out there and expressive clothing in the sequel iktr #im a bit concerned he pointed at his face when he said style but im hoping that means henry messier hair and an earring ☝🏼 #'being free in a lot of ways for the first time' 🥲🥲🥲 oh pain

[mimimik]

Lyrics from 'In a week' - Hozier

Uncropped version below + some words

What was supposed to take a few days went over the span of a month 💀. Partly due to me hitting an art block as soon as I started this piece, followed by me redrawing over and over again cause I wasn't satisfied. I also didn't see much of my laptop leading to an inconsistency with the different panels if you notice. The second panel looks uncompleted but at this point I've had enough.

Regardless I still had fun trying new ways of drawing. I wanted to convey a more gentle and soft feeling as the song feels like. Not sure how successful I was.

#mcyt #flower husbands #scott smajor #solidaritygaming #trafficblr #3rd life smp #i took way too long #rip quality #my art

[fishbloc]

lil graphics of mr bubbles and pizza for my shop that i repurposed into a sticker sheet

#i wont sell the sticker sheets but there will be a way to get them，just not by monetary means ^_^ #also not revealing it either for a surprise to those who does get them!!! #3rd life smp #desert duo #烤鱼

[backmusician]

grian and gem with their blue and pink gastropods :)

#grian #geminitay #hermitcraft #art #mcyt #dude i have no idea how to caption things #also this took me way too long??? #not this drawing specifically but the idea? #this was my 3rd pass of this idk why i struggled so bad

[odinsblog]

The Democrats are helping her do it.

Liz Cheney has adroitly reframed the insurrection as something that a handful of “bad” Republicans did, and a plucky band of “good” Republicans saved the day—when it’s really the rank and file, Republican Party base who attacked. You would have to be a fool to believe that all the people testifying under threat of subpoena, somehow didn’t manage to see Trump for what he was until January 6th. Give me a break. Cut the bullshit.

And right on cue, Andrew Yang is forming a third political party chocked full of pro-business, pro-gun, Trumpublicans & right leaning Libertarians, but he’s calling it a “centrist” party. It’s the “Third Way” okie doke all over again—it is nothing less than an attempt to legitimize Republicans and conservatism, and siphon off just enough votes from the Democratic Party to ensure Republicans win in 2024.

America really does need a robust multiple party system to break the two party duopoly, but not another conservative party masquerading as centrists, “undecided voters” and “independents” who are actually right wing Libertarians and Republicans.

#politics #liz cheney #republicans #andrew yang #third way #j6 #gerontocracy #3rd way #neoliberalism #centrism #january 6 #january 6 commission #january 6th #insurrection

[isjasz]

3 years since third life today 🫢 are you planning on drawing anything for it??

[Day 285]

And an unasked question

(To anon: if it werent for u i was NOT PLANNING ON ANYTHING BC I DO NOT REMEMBER ANY ANNIVERSARIES LMAOSDOAOWO)

So yeah super rushed lil comic 🫡 From a super old idea i had in my notes, timestamp is here from when grian just turned yellow and scar asks him this abt chasing after martyn :3

#is.asks #dddaily4sherin #desert duo #grian #goodtimeswithscar #third life #3rd life #3rd life smp #traffic smp #trafficblr #isdoodles #the isat artstyle is worming its way into my brain fr u can see the effect AHSDAHWAHHWA #the urges to color this with grayscale is real /SILLY #also NO IM NOT LATE UR LATE #god i missed the earring and crystal sm ARGHGHRHHRG

[solargeist]

guy thats been in a desert for a month, dehydrated and exhausted, killed his boyfriend with his bare hands . but his angel mum is proud

#my art #grian #evoAU #3rd life #sketching #im kind of obsessed with Her caressing his face bc Her hands r so big. they're not very soft. Talons. #but thats Her bébé tho. gotta squeeze his face #the way She always crouches down to his height (what you do with kids)

[starredwrites]

i'm having thoughts about amatonormativity and why it sucks and they're long-winded and hard to properly express bc it's late at night but i wanted to share them so i summarized them with a meme

this realization brought to you by the realization that a lot of people who say acephobic shit without actively denying asexuality exists just mentally swapped "virgin" for "asexual" and carried on with their lives. this best evidenced by people being "accepting" of asexual women but ignoring/erasing asexual men.

#i'm either galaxy braining hard enough to write a grant proposal for this novel #or i'm wrong and i doubt i'm wrong tbh #sometimes being aroace in a traumatized way makes you like. realize things #ace #aro #acephobia #amatonormativity #arophobia #aphobia #there's. there's equally fucked up assumptions about aromantic ppl #but i am too tired to express them coherently i may do it in the morning in a rb #actually 3rd option. i am explaining it Really Badly

[ommmmara]

three cool and fun characters that are definitely not just minecraft mobs as humans

#i couldnt decide between making goateater scene or hippie #so i settled on doing both #my art #art #doodle #fanart #mcyt #hermitcraft #3rd life #goodtimeswithscar #bc theyre all related to him in some way or another #guess ill tag g and m too #grian #mumbo jumbo #goateater is the buttercups daughter btw #xx_goateater_xx #pizza the llama #jellie the cat