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With Only 1 Week of Public Discussion Left - Where is the Media? (Original Post)
thomhartmann
Jan 2016
OP
daleanime
(17,796 posts)1. K&R....
newfie11
(8,159 posts)2. K&R
fleur-de-lisa
(14,624 posts)3. Kick! - eom
jalan48
(13,841 posts)4. Because it's all Donald Trump all the time.
What outrageous thing will he say next? Who will he insult? Stay tuned for the next juicy tidbit.
Gregorian
(23,867 posts)5. Quite revealing. It's an endrun around the fillibuster.
Lots of good info there. Thanks!
Populist_Prole
(5,364 posts)6. Spot on
This is a bum's rush if ever there was one.
jwirr
(39,215 posts)7. That is not the only question we need to be asking - where
are our Congressional Democrats?
jwirr
(39,215 posts)11. Got an email from Ryan Nolan today and he is going to fight
the TPP but so far that is all I know for sure.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)12. Thanks, jwirr.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)8. Kicked and recommended to the Max!
Where is the media? The TPP is a closely guarded secret.
mother earth
(6,002 posts)10. Corporate media does not want TPP dissent...shhhh
besides, they need Trump to scare us to vote for Hillary, so it's Trump all the time, every day, until the coronation.
Jim Lane
(11,175 posts)13. The problem is that Thom oversimplified a bit
He asked why a deal that was bad for the U.S. economy wasn't being opposed on that ground. The problem is that, while it would be bad for the economy as a whole, it would be very good for certain economic actors. Later in the clip, both he and Grayson commented on the impact of campaign contributions from the big businesses that would benefit.