#resist #author #BlueCrew #BreakfastCrew #DefendersOfDemocracy #NeverTrump I am a resister with a blog. https://cbwrong.blogspot.com/?m=1 I fight for our democracy. Help me. No DM! No Porn! No.https://bsky.app/profile/davidicw.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidicw.bsky.social/post/3ml7jbuska226Why? Because the people who fund the outrage machine benefit from those things. People like Rupert Murdoch don’t want you looking in their direction. They want you to use and watch their outrage machines. Read: https://cbwrong.blogspot.com/2026/05/are-you-problem-or-are-you-product-for.html?m=106 May 2026 20:14 +0000at://did:plc:muxjzvpy2or3jwxgmfcl46wl/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7jbuska226https://bsky.app/profile/davidicw.bsky.social/post/3ml7ipn4gz226Meanwhile, you’re never told to be angry about corporations raising prices, billionaires paying lower tax rates than you, private equity buying your hospital, insurance companies denying your claim, hedge funds buying your neighborhoods, or donors writing….Read: https://cbwrong.blogspot.com/2026/05/are-you-problem-or-are-you-product-for.html?m=106 May 2026 20:04 +0000at://did:plc:muxjzvpy2or3jwxgmfcl46wl/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7ipn4gz226https://bsky.app/profile/davidicw.bsky.social/post/3ml7ihqehlc26Now ask yourself: Do any of those things lower your rent, raise your wages, fix your insurance premiums, or make groceries cheaper? No! But they do keep you angry, and the anger keeps you loyal. Read: https://cbwrong.blogspot.com/2026/05/are-you-problem-or-are-you-product-for.html?m=106 May 2026 19:59 +0000at://did:plc:muxjzvpy2or3jwxgmfcl46wl/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7ihqehlc26https://bsky.app/profile/davidicw.bsky.social/post/3ml7iedqh5s26Look at what they tell us to be angry about, and what they don’t. Every day, the outrage machine tells us to focus on drag shows, immigrants, pronouns, books, athletes, “wokeness,” and whatever the new culture-war headline is. Read: https://cbwrong.blogspot.com/2026/05/are-you-problem-or-are-you-product-for.html?m=106 May 2026 19:57 +0000at://did:plc:muxjzvpy2or3jwxgmfcl46wl/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7iedqh5s26https://bsky.app/profile/davidicw.bsky.social/post/3ml7fjla3gk26This is a very good read. I enjoyed writing it. https://cbwrong.blogspot.com/2026/05/are-you-problem-or-are-you-product-for.html?spref=tw06 May 2026 19:07 +0000at://did:plc:muxjzvpy2or3jwxgmfcl46wl/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7fjla3gk26https://bsky.app/profile/davidicw.bsky.social/post/3ml73o5kogs26In other words, if you're mad, they are making money. If you’re scared, they’re making money. If you think the country is collapsing and needs to be made great again, they’re making money. Read: https://cbwrong.blogspot.com/2026/05/are-you-problem-or-are-you-product-for.html?m=106 May 2026 16:10 +0000at://did:plc:muxjzvpy2or3jwxgmfcl46wl/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml73o5kogs26https://bsky.app/profile/davidicw.bsky.social/post/3ml73ix2y4c26Studies show it is more likely to amplify unverified claims, more likely to frame politics as existential warfare, and more likely to demand total loyalty from its audience. Read: https://cbwrong.blogspot.com/2026/05/are-you-problem-or-are-you-product-for.html?m=106 May 2026 16:07 +0000at://did:plc:muxjzvpy2or3jwxgmfcl46wl/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml73ix2y4c26https://bsky.app/profile/davidicw.bsky.social/post/3ml6zpsqows24The evidence is clear: the most loyalty-based, outrage-driven media in America is the one aligned with the modern Republican Party. Read: https://cbwrong.blogspot.com/2026/05/are-you-problem-or-are-you-product-for.html?m=106 May 2026 15:35 +0000at://did:plc:muxjzvpy2or3jwxgmfcl46wl/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6zpsqows24https://bsky.app/profile/davidicw.bsky.social/post/3ml6yt2635s2qCable networks, Left and Right, know fear keeps ratings high. Influencers know that the more extreme their message, the more followers they gain. Read: https://cbwrong.blogspot.com/2026/05/are-you-problem-or-are-you-product-for.html?m=106 May 2026 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:muxjzvpy2or3jwxgmfcl46wl/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6yt2635s2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidicw.bsky.social/post/3ml6wu3rxjk2qResearchers have shown that social media algorithms boost posts that trigger outrage because those posts get the most engagement. Read: https://cbwrong.blogspot.com/2026/05/are-you-problem-or-are-you-product-for.html?m=106 May 2026 14:44 +0000at://did:plc:muxjzvpy2or3jwxgmfcl46wl/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6wu3rxjk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidicw.bsky.social/post/3ml6vjqlwn22qWhy? Because it keeps you watching, anger keeps you clicking. Anger keeps you donating. Anger keeps you loyal. Read: https://cbwrong.blogspot.com/2026/05/are-you-problem-or-are-you-product-for.html?m=106 May 2026 14:20 +0000at://did:plc:muxjzvpy2or3jwxgmfcl46wl/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6vjqlwn22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidicw.bsky.social/post/3ml6veomx622qIf you’re always angry, you can bet your ass that someone is making money off it. Cable news, talk radio, political podcasts, and social media all run on the same fuel: anger. Not solutions. Not unity. Anger. Read: https://cbwrong.blogspot.com/2026/05/are-you-problem-or-are-you-product-for.html?m=106 May 2026 14:18 +0000at://did:plc:muxjzvpy2or3jwxgmfcl46wl/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6veomx622qhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidicw.bsky.social/post/3ml6u7lcqpk2qMAGA voters have been targets of a level of emotional manipulation that deserves to be called out plainly. Not to shame anyone, but to show respect because you can’t respect someone if you’re not honest with them. Read: https://cbwrong.blogspot.com/2026/05/are-you-problem-or-are-you-product-for.html?m=106 May 2026 13:57 +0000at://did:plc:muxjzvpy2or3jwxgmfcl46wl/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6u7lcqpk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidicw.bsky.social/post/3ml6tztfdpc2qThe simple truth is that ordinary Americans are being used. Not just MAGA, not just Democrats. All of us! Read: https://cbwrong.blogspot.com/2026/05/are-you-problem-or-are-you-product-for.html?m=106 May 2026 13:54 +0000at://did:plc:muxjzvpy2or3jwxgmfcl46wl/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6tztfdpc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidicw.bsky.social/post/3ml6tufi6qk2qA growing body of reporting and research points to a different truth: the real divide isn’t between Liberals and Conservatives; it's between people who live with the consequences of politics and the people who profit from keeping us divided. Read: https://cbwrong.blogspot.com/2026/05/are-you-problem-or-are-you-product-for.html?m=106 May 2026 13:51 +0000at://did:plc:muxjzvpy2or3jwxgmfcl46wl/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6tufi6qk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidicw.bsky.social/post/3ml6tcq7iu22i What if the whole thing is just a distraction? What if the real fight isn’t between regular Americans at all? Read: https://cbwrong.blogspot.com/2026/05/are-you-problem-or-are-you-product-for.html?m=106 May 2026 13:41 +0000at://did:plc:muxjzvpy2or3jwxgmfcl46wl/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6tcq7iu22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/davidicw.bsky.social/post/3ml6szeyu6k2iWe have been told that our neighbors are the enemy, that the other half of the country hates us, and that the only way we can save America is to defeat the other team. Read: https://cbwrong.blogspot.com/2026/05/are-you-problem-or-are-you-product-for.html?m=106 May 2026 13:36 +0000at://did:plc:muxjzvpy2or3jwxgmfcl46wl/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6szeyu6k2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/davidicw.bsky.social/post/3ml6svjkc7k2iFor years, we have been told that the biggest fight in America is the “liberals versus the conservatives,” “left versus right,” or “Democrats versus Republicans.” Read: https://cbwrong.blogspot.com/2026/05/are-you-problem-or-are-you-product-for.html?m=106 May 2026 13:33 +0000at://did:plc:muxjzvpy2or3jwxgmfcl46wl/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6svjkc7k2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/davidicw.bsky.social/post/3ml6p4365uk2vAre You the Problem or Are You the Product? Read: https://cbwrong.blogspot.com/2026/05/are-you-problem-or-are-you-product-for.html?m=106 May 2026 12:25 +0000at://did:plc:muxjzvpy2or3jwxgmfcl46wl/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6p4365uk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidicw.bsky.social/post/3ml6jf5fk422oGood morning. It is Wednesday May 6th and I have posted a new piece for my blog. Please read and share. https://cbwrong.blogspot.com/2026/05/are-you-problem-or-are-you-product-for.html?spref=tw06 May 2026 10:43 +0000at://did:plc:muxjzvpy2or3jwxgmfcl46wl/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6jf5fk422ohttps://bsky.app/profile/davidicw.bsky.social/post/3ml4kuk57h22fThe First Lady's demand to fire Kimmel is part of that adjustment. It reflects a worldview in which the appropriate response to any dissent is punishment, and the appropriate response to truth is retaliation. Read: https://cbwrong.blogspot.com/2026/05/we-dont-need-ballroom.html?m=105 May 2026 16:04 +0000at://did:plc:muxjzvpy2or3jwxgmfcl46wl/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4kuk57h22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidicw.bsky.social/post/3ml4j5o35ic2fDid Milley violate the Constitution? No! Did Milley not uphold his oath of office? No! Once a leader normalizes that kind of language, the rest of the political establishment adjusts. Read: https://cbwrong.blogspot.com/2026/05/we-dont-need-ballroom.html?m=105 May 2026 15:34 +0000at://did:plc:muxjzvpy2or3jwxgmfcl46wl/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4j5o35ic2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidicw.bsky.social/post/3ml4it2rtvc2fThat statement, which was widely reported, suggested that a decorated military officer and former Chief of Staff deserved execution. It was not a legal argument. It was stated as a fact. Read: https://cbwrong.blogspot.com/2026/05/we-dont-need-ballroom.html?m=105 May 2026 15:28 +0000at://did:plc:muxjzvpy2or3jwxgmfcl46wl/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4it2rtvc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidicw.bsky.social/post/3ml4igwur5c2fThe most extreme example came when the President said that Gen. Mark Milley’s actions were so severe that “in times gone by, the punishment would have been DEATH.” Read: https://cbwrong.blogspot.com/2026/05/we-dont-need-ballroom.html?m=105 May 2026 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:muxjzvpy2or3jwxgmfcl46wl/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4igwur5c2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidicw.bsky.social/post/3ml4gwnz2r22fNone of these accusations was supported by evidence. None of the accusations resulted in charges. They did serve one political purpose. They were meant to redefine disagreement as disloyalty and criticism as betrayal.  Read: https://cbwrong.blogspot.com/2026/05/we-dont-need-ballroom.html?m=105 May 2026 14:54 +0000at://did:plc:muxjzvpy2or3jwxgmfcl46wl/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4gwnz2r22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidicw.bsky.social/post/3ml4gt4bmts2fThese accusations have been directed at people across the political spectrum, including Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, James Comey, Andrew McCabe, John Brennan, James Clapper, Adam Schiff, Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, Peter Strzok, and Lisa Page,… Read: https://cbwrong.blogspot.com/2026/05/we-dont-need-ballroom.html?m=105 May 2026 14:52 +0000at://did:plc:muxjzvpy2or3jwxgmfcl46wl/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4gt4bmts2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidicw.bsky.social/post/3ml4fpelecs2gTreason is a charge that has always been associated with the gravest of punishments. Death! Read: https://cbwrong.blogspot.com/2026/05/we-dont-need-ballroom.html?m=105 May 2026 14:32 +0000at://did:plc:muxjzvpy2or3jwxgmfcl46wl/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4fpelecs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/davidicw.bsky.social/post/3ml4flsx7uk2gWe have a presidency that has turned the word “treason” into a political weapon. Over the past decade, the President has repeatedly accused a wide range of Americans of treason. Read: https://cbwrong.blogspot.com/2026/05/we-dont-need-ballroom.html?m=105 May 2026 14:30 +0000at://did:plc:muxjzvpy2or3jwxgmfcl46wl/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4flsx7uk2g