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barbtries

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37. you're right.

Reply to krkaufman (Reply #30)

Wed Jun 11, 2025, 10:13 AM

Jun 2025

the distinction to me is that he somehow (never gonna quite understand how) built a huge cult. republicans are what made him possible and I always like to remind people of that, and as far as the failed media...well you put it in a nutshell. they've failed their role per the First Amendment and they've failed this nation. not just the rw propaganda machine but corporate, traditional, legacy, used-to-be main stream media.

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