My 105-Second Response to President Biden’s Speech <3
Last night on RadPod & Chill, I offered a warrior woman’s POV to the SOTU
I have been on the frontline of the information war since I pressed send on my first anti-Trump blog post on September 17, 2016 and it’s been punishing and life-affirming. Four years ago, I met my team with Byline Times, and am proud to say we will be launching Byline Times America this Fall — just in time to bring some sense to the states.
Three years ago, I met my podcast partners — Jim Stewartson and High Fidelity — fierce warriors in combatting disinformation and revealing the players and networks holding the firehose. Each time I think we have done our most important work, we do another interview, expanding global knowledge and our own awareness. I do hope you watch the latest interview with cultural archeologist Stephen Douglas and learn how to become better at countering disinfolklore — once you understand the story-telling narratives deployed by script-writers for oligarchs on a quest for absolute power to diminish us all to peasants, it is so much easier to combat.
Also, if you haven’t already watched our interview with Zarina Zabrisky, who gives us a PowerPoint on combat propaganda, please do so here. The two are companion pieces and vital to making us all better warriors.
What Endures
So last night as I am sure you are aware, President Biden was in beast mode. I cried cleansing tears, and RadPod & Chill offered a recap.
Here is my 105-second response to Biden’s speech.
What endures… that was such beautiful poetic writing. First of all, he did what I dreamed he would do — he came out swinging hard against Vladimir Fucking Putin, and that was good and that was strong. That was very important. When he brought up FDR in 1941, he let us know that this is one of those moments. He let our allies know which side of this moment he stood on — he stood on the side of democracy and our allies.
He shamed the GOP cult members — he made them look like trash. And he did engage in some light trolling, and as one of our friends said, it was beast mode, so I’ll go with that.
I’m not gonna lie — I shed a few tears at the beginning, because we fight on the frontline of the information war — I repurposed the letter we wrote to him about what we would like him to say about the information war — but I am so proud of him for standing up to the Trash Members of the GOP, who make us look so bad on the world stage, but also for standing up to Vladimir Putin. That was so important. Well done.
Also, as a woman, can I just say, when Jason Stanley talks about the harsh train coming down the tracks for women’s rights, Joe Biden said I’m your guy. I’m not gonna let them hurt, in fact, I will reverse what they’ve done. So as a woman I look very forward to casting my ballot for him.”—hsc
If you find time, please watch the full Ep here. There’s a lot of good stuff.
I join many of you in exhaling this morning. Last night was important. Our President told his own story — he countered disinfolklore by reminding us he is a legend. He has done things that have made history. And he continues to make history.
I feel so proud to be an American today.
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