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bluestarone

(16,959 posts) Thu Feb 15, 2018, 04:30 PM Feb 2018

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In my opinion all the trouble in this great country started right here! GUN CONTROL INCLUDED

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/supreme-court-strikes-down-limits-on-federal-campaign-donations/2014/04/02/54e16c30-ba74-11e3-9a05-c739f29ccb08_story.html?utm_term=.668774e2093e

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In my opinion all the trouble in this great country started right here! GUN CONTROL INCLUDED (Original Post) bluestarone Feb 2018 OP

ABSOLUTELY... Zoonart Feb 2018 #1

So true! Fox News is #2 nature-lover Feb 2018 #2

No friggin question. First thing when Dems are back in charge is legislation to overturn Squinch Feb 2018 #3

1000000% agree bluestarone Feb 2018 #4

that was the stake KT2000 Feb 2018 #5

Rewind to 1987 Flo Mingo Feb 2018 #6

Zoonart

(11,868 posts)

1. ABSOLUTELY...

Reply to bluestarone (Original post)

Thu Feb 15, 2018, 04:32 PM

Feb 2018

the Citizen's United Decision is public enemy #1

nature-lover

(1,469 posts)

2. So true! Fox News is #2

Reply to Zoonart (Reply #1)

Thu Feb 15, 2018, 04:34 PM

Feb 2018

Squinch

(50,950 posts)

3. No friggin question. First thing when Dems are back in charge is legislation to overturn

Reply to bluestarone (Original post)

Thu Feb 15, 2018, 04:35 PM

Feb 2018

effects, and get to work on making it a constitutional amendment.

bluestarone

(16,959 posts)

4. 1000000% agree

Reply to Squinch (Reply #3)

Thu Feb 15, 2018, 04:36 PM

Feb 2018

KT2000

(20,581 posts)

5. that was the stake

Reply to bluestarone (Original post)

Thu Feb 15, 2018, 05:30 PM

Feb 2018

in the heart of a democracy.

Flo Mingo

(492 posts)

6. Rewind to 1987

Reply to bluestarone (Original post)

Thu Feb 15, 2018, 05:44 PM

Feb 2018

And the repeal of the Fairness doctrine. Networks that aired news were obligated to present all sides of an issue. Shortly after came Fox network. That began the propaganda phase of our slow walking coup. Stories that were once was relegated to supermarket trash tabloids became mainstreamed into millions of households.

Most of us don't know most things unless and until we're told. The media's job used to be to tell us what we needed to know. Now it's to tell us what they need us to know.

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