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rainin

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6. It has to do with a decade or more of propaganda (Fox, Breitbart, etc)

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Original post)

Wed Aug 7, 2019, 04:40 PM

Aug 2019

My elderly mom lives with me. She lives in an alternate universe where today's lies ring true because they conform to yesterday's lies. We have no common ground because her foundation is false. I have long believed that we can't heal as a country without solving the problem of right wing media. Media should be broken up and publicly owned.

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My Neighbors Are Voting For Trump...from the Texas Observer, from 2016. Still relevant! [View all] CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2019 OP

Anarchists.... pbmus Aug 2019 #1

Indeed. CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2019 #3

To some people politics is like sports... Joe941 Aug 2019 #2

Drumpt is stochastic terrorist with zombie followers. kairos12 Aug 2019 #4

They've invested in the bully. The mean kid who has seized power and gets away with nasty things. The Wielding Truth Aug 2019 #5

It has to do with a decade or more of propaganda (Fox, Breitbart, etc) rainin Aug 2019 #6

I recommend clicking through and reading the full OpEd. TomSlick Aug 2019 #7

Indeed, I did read the full article! I recommend that too. CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2019 #8

It's home - for good or ill. TomSlick Aug 2019 #10

But it's ALWAYS been willful ignorance and tribalism w/these people. ConnorMarc Aug 2019 #9