Our media landscape is definitely polarized. We have media for Democrats. We have media for Republicans. We don't have media for both. And I do wonder if this is the new normal or if this is a result of Trump. But I remember the media I consume (NYT only for the longest time with some Economist and Der Spiegel) not talking about things under Obama that they talk about under Trump. I do find that annoying in the extreme and so I have endeavored to give myself more access to more voices from across the spectrum.
I just want a relatively objective media that chooses stories and sticks with it. And I want an end to the Imperial Presidency. I want Congress to be able to check the President. We essentially have had an Imperial Presidency for the past 40 years. And I've read enough American history to know that the balance of power swings back between the legislative and executive branches.
<QUOTE>Basically all of the more outlandish ideas suggested by the progressives in the Democratic primaries require Congressional approval, and they'd all be dead on arrival in Congress, regardless of whether Democrats manage to recapture the Senate or not. That should be pretty obvious to anyone who has taken a good look at the policy positions of the Democrats in the House and the Senate, it's just that it suits people on both the left and right to pretend otherwise.
While this is true, it doesn't solve the many problems the US faces. I just want a return to working across the aisle to solve issues. More moderates. Less ideologues. But the current version of the primary system is not helping anything.
Massachusetts will probably end up having a ballot measure about ranked choice voting. It's definitely something I support. First past the post doesn't always give the best results.