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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBe pissed off my friends.. it is time to be very pissed off.
I am.
The looming ICE/Gestapo raids.
The Trump Death Camps.
Proud Boys at Trump's campaign kick off.
Blue Tsunami 2020.
Yup
MineralMan
(146,288 posts)Because it does.
"Don't worry, Mr. President. We'll need a draft; but it won't affect our families - just like the old days, eh?"
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,329 posts)luvallpeeps
(935 posts)The border kids are literally making me lose sleep. Maybe if I put a string of Christian pearls I'll see it differently?
NoMoreRepugs
(9,417 posts)Whatever u can do do... make phone calls if u are unable to participate financially. We are skipping vacation to donate to Democratic candidates across the country... it's the least I can do for my granddaughter.
B Stieg
(2,410 posts)Nothing good can come from this "ICE Sunday Roundup."
ancianita
(36,053 posts)certainot
(9,090 posts)significant reason we're in this disaster.
because the 'left' and democrats have ignored it they take that advantage for granted now. it is a sitting duck, an easy target now thanks to artificial intelligence-enhanced transcription. it makes it easy for anyone anywhere to record any RW host or station, get it transcribed/digitized fast, such as at sonix.ai for $5/hr, and list advertisers with little listening required.
when the ad industry sees a few examples of that happening many agencies will be forced to stop bundling advertisers onto those stations, often not to their preference, and start asking advertisers if they really want to support trump, global warming denial, racism, immigrant hate, attack iran etc.
the true market demand for hate and lies and trump is a lot less than the 20-1 monopoly RW radio has enjoyed and many stations will be forced to go to alternative programming and maybe even try to offer balance.
those stations and the 88+ major universities that broadcast sports on more than 260 limbaugh stations are also good places to protest almost anything trump and republican.
action like that will be seen as a major threat by the GOP and the many politicians that depend on those stations to give them local support in elections and sell their pro-corporate policies all year.
seeing the limbaughs and hannitys, the real power in the modern republicon party, finally on defense will freak the cons out and enable and encourage republican senators to vote against trump and mcconnel and push blue dog dems red states to go left
if you want to do more than donate and vote that is an opportunity and frankly, that the progressive orgs and dem party haven't done anything to challenge talk radio continues to be the biggest political mistake in history
jpak
(41,757 posts)Watch them chase their little rat tails.
certainot
(9,090 posts)'slippery slope' free speech and most think rw radio is a non-factor anyway.
there are no 2 words that get more fury from the right when uttered by prominent dems.
i think the planet will burn before we get a new FD