The Democratic National Convention wrapped up in Chicago on Thursday with Vice President Kamala Harris formally accepting the presidential nomination, capping a week of political showmanship and celebration for many party members. “One of the things that struck me most was the level of choreographed mass spectacle of this convention that would be really worthy of Leni Riefenstahl,” says Democracy Now! co-host Juan González. He says Democrats and Republicans presented “the two faces of American capitalism” at their respective conventions this summer, with the GOP home to “white supremacist capitalism” while Democrats promote a “multiracial neoliberal capitalism.” He adds that despite the constant chants of “U.S.A.” throughout the week, “the reality is that the United States has never been lower in its prestige and never more discredited around the world than it is today.”
He really nailed it. He’s the video clip: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_BUG2OJd3T/
More bOtH SiDeS bullshit.
Maybe you’re just being salty, but Democracy Now is one of the most consistently factual and reliable left wing journalism outlets. They like, never do the both sides bullshit, and they regularly tear down the outlets that do.
They are, however, unabashedly pro Democracy. So they will totally call out the bullshit wherever it originates, and unfortunately Dems sometimes do sling the bullshit. But you’ll never hear NYTimes levels of bothsidesism from Democracy Now for the sake of fake objectivity.
A kinder, gentler mass deportation and border militarization is pretty on point with the bipartisan border plan being touted.