Sat Oct 29, 2022, 08:42 AM

True Dough (14,769 posts)

The Trump effect

It is NO coincidence!

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"In the five years since Mr. Trump was elected in 2016, the number of recorded threats against members of Congress increased more than tenfold, to 9,625 in 2021, according to the Capitol Police. Many lawmakers say they live with a sense of dread ...."

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8 replies	Author	Time	Post
The Trump effect (Original post)	True Dough	Oct 2022	OP
The MSM needs to publicize that - not both siderism.	Jim__	Oct 2022	#1
Oh no! Can't do that. The reich might not like them...	paleotn	Oct 2022	#4
Kick	dalton99a	Oct 2022	#2
It's the Putin effect, Trump was just a useful tool.	Meadowoak	Oct 2022	#3
KR NT	ProudProgressiveNow	Oct 2022	#5
How many of us live with a sense of dread?	BobTheSubgenius	Oct 2022	#6
Kind of burried the lede NYTimes.	progressoid	Oct 2022	#7
The head of the snake need removal	randr	Oct 2022	#8

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Sat Oct 29, 2022, 09:13 AM

Jim__ (13,658 posts)

1. The MSM needs to publicize that - not both siderism.

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Sat Oct 29, 2022, 10:08 AM

paleotn (15,349 posts)

4. Oh no! Can't do that. The reich might not like them...

and might say mean things about them. Yea, like the right is ever going to watch CNN and MSNBC for anything ever.

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Sat Oct 29, 2022, 09:14 AM

dalton99a (73,749 posts)

2. Kick

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Sat Oct 29, 2022, 10:06 AM

Meadowoak (3,808 posts)

3. It's the Putin effect, Trump was just a useful tool.

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Sat Oct 29, 2022, 10:17 AM

ProudProgressiveNow (6,047 posts)

5. KR NT

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Sat Oct 29, 2022, 10:51 AM

BobTheSubgenius (11,345 posts)

6. How many of us live with a sense of dread?

Now, magnify that and make the threat specifically aimed at you, and not just a general sense of malaise and of unknown doom. Imagine how many qualified and dedicated people have been, are being and will be pushed away from public office and public service as a result.

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Sat Oct 29, 2022, 10:59 AM

progressoid (47,698 posts)

7. Kind of burried the lede NYTimes.

That should be it's own headline and story.

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Sat Oct 29, 2022, 11:26 AM

randr (12,039 posts)

8. The head of the snake need removal

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