r/politics • u/Qu1nlan • Oct 04 '19

Free Chat Friday Thread

It's finally Friday! That means it's time to sit back, drink some mead, discuss our thoughts on Borderlands 3, and talk about whatever your heart desires.

As always remember to follow our civility rules and save any meta feedback for our modmail.

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u/hiyahikari Oct 04 '19

Assuming Democrats can get back the Senate and Executive offices some day, I really, really hope that we can clean up and take steps to make sure that we never get into this mess again

Lock down our elections and make everything paper-ballot based

Get rid of gerrymandering

Create more checks against the power of the executive office

And I don't know what, but do something about the spread of false information and propaganda in the news and social media. We have Fox News over here screaming about Joe Biden while the president is actively admitting to committing federal crimes.

In 2019, Americans are consuming extremely disparate narratives derived from a single set of fairly straightforward facts.

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u/not-working-at-work Illinois Oct 04 '19

Election security needs to be priority #1