2024 Presidential Election | 43 Days to Election Day
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WaynetheDrain
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Interesting choice of demographic to prove his point.
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I agree with you completely. But if given a choice between (a) talking to someone who I know is just going to pass me along to someone else and (b) going to the relevant website and doing what I want without being bounced around the telephone system a dozen times because the person I'm talking to has no idea how to do what I want and no interest in finding our what I want, I will take a website everytime.
When ordering takeout, if the restaurant doesn't have an online ordering system, I get the takeout somewhere that does. Order on-line, pay on-line, walk in and find the on-line to-go shelve, and walk out. That's what I consider to be A+ customer service.
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What is the stat where like 40 of 42 something won't support him? I thought it was cabinet but I must be mistaken apparently.
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The sad part of this to me is my reaction to it - not shocked or horrified - just kind of numb. Suppose it is from 8+ years of being subject to this man's total lack of human decency.
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The Willie Horton ads look subtle in comparison.
ZenMode
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Election is 86 days away and we know who most of the national "news" outlets are rooting for:
Trump proposal to exempt tips from taxes could cost $250 billion
www.cbsnews.com
(2 months later) Same proposal, but you have to dig down to the 10th paragraph to find the $250 billion deficit mentioned. Weird.
Harris backs ending taxes on tips, echoing Trump proposal
www.cbsnews.com
Trump proposal to exempt tips from taxes could cost $250 billion
Trump proposal to exempt tips from taxes could cost $250 billion
The nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget projects how much the plan would add to the federal deficit.
www.cbsnews.com
Harris backs ending taxes on tips, echoing Trump proposal
Harris backs ending taxes on tips, echoing Trump proposal
Vice President Kamala Harris is rolling out a new policy position, saying she'll fight to end taxes on tips for service and hospitality workers.
www.cbsnews.com
lawtig02
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That’s not weird at all. The first article is about the estimated cost of the proposal. That’s its whole point. The second article is about Kamala adopting the proposal — unexpectedly at that. The cost is not the main point of that article.Election is 86 days away and we know who most of the national "news" outlets are rooting for:
Trump proposal to exempt tips from taxes could cost $250 billion
(2 months later) Same proposal, but you have to dig down to the 10th paragraph to find the $250 billion deficit mentioned. Weird.Trump proposal to exempt tips from taxes could cost $250 billion
The nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget projects how much the plan would add to the federal deficit.
Harris backs ending taxes on tips, echoing Trump proposal
Harris backs ending taxes on tips, echoing Trump proposal
Vice President Kamala Harris is rolling out a new policy position, saying she'll fight to end taxes on tips for service and hospitality workers.
There are occasionally examples of the national media putting their finger on the scale for the Democrats . It does nothing to help your credibility when you cry foul over reporting that does no such thing.
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It is absolutely unquestionable that the news companies are rooting for Trump. They are down on their hands and knees in their offices begging for Trump to be re-elected. News consumption, traffic, clicks, etc. skyrocketed during Trump's presidency due to how outrageous he was, how many mistakes he made, etc.Election is 86 days away and we know who most of the national "news" outlets are rooting for:
Trump proposal to exempt tips from taxes could cost $250 billion
(2 months later) Same proposal, but you have to dig down to the 10th paragraph to find the $250 billion deficit mentioned. Weird.Trump proposal to exempt tips from taxes could cost $250 billion
The nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget projects how much the plan would add to the federal deficit.
Harris backs ending taxes on tips, echoing Trump proposal
Harris backs ending taxes on tips, echoing Trump proposal
Vice President Kamala Harris is rolling out a new policy position, saying she'll fight to end taxes on tips for service and hospitality workers.
This gotcha attempt is a fly on the windshield of the news media semitruck wishing Trump wins the election.
ZenMode
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The Trump headline clearly includes the big negative aspect of the proposal. Harris' headline could have easily referenced the same negative aspect....but "surprisingly" it didn't.
Something like:
"Harris backs Trump tax proposal that could cost $250 billion"
Hell, put it in the first paragraph or sub-headline.
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How did you get that from that? Why would they rewrite the exact same story or headline? They soend the first part of the second article talking about he she is echoing Trump’s proposal, as well as include that in headline. There’s nothing flattering about that.Election is 86 days away and we know who most of the national "news" outlets are rooting for:
Trump proposal to exempt tips from taxes could cost $250 billion
(2 months later) Same proposal, but you have to dig down to the 10th paragraph to find the $250 billion deficit mentioned. Weird.Trump proposal to exempt tips from taxes could cost $250 billion
The nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget projects how much the plan would add to the federal deficit.
Harris backs ending taxes on tips, echoing Trump proposal
Harris backs ending taxes on tips, echoing Trump proposal
Vice President Kamala Harris is rolling out a new policy position, saying she'll fight to end taxes on tips for service and hospitality workers.
lawtig02
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Sorry, bud. If you can’t see this is not an example of media bias, you’re just looking for something to complain about.
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4thgenheel
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websites don't always do the trick or the whole trick when you have a service issue that requires that something be changed/adjusted/stopped/started.
i cancelled a credit card recently due to fraud through the chase app last week and someone still had to call me a few days later to discuss the matter in depth for @ 15 minutes.
why did i have to waste time doing both? stupid.
and i just got off of a 30 minute phone call with ecu health/vidant billing about a bill from a drs appointment last december that they tried to bill to my health insurance that expired literally years ago. this phone call was after messaging with a representative on mychart multiple times and then calling the number she gave me which was in fact the wrong number and they finally transferred me to ecu/vidant who i believe now have my new insurance on file and will bill them for this invoice.
i've spent an hour + on this now due to mistakes/incompetence on their end. my insurance is really good and definitely covers this visit. to add to the craziness, they billed my new/active insurance for the lab work. so, they had the correct information on file somewhere but still somehow tried to bill my old/nonexistent insurance for the physician's visit. the layers on layers on layers of communication are absolutely absurd.
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