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es35

(132 posts)
Tue Nov 8, 2016, 02:06 PM Nov 2016

It's great to have our American press back

This is from Kurt Eichenwald Ed-in chief of Newsweek. It should be mandatory reading for every American over the age of 14. It is unbelievable yet totally verifiable and verified. It just shows what a real press can do in a real democracy to wanna-be dictators.



http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/11/8/1593277/-Eichenwald-s-epic-tour-de-force-twitter-storm-on-Trump-s-international-corruption-and-crime#comment_64243632

Eric Stone
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It's great to have our American press back (Original Post) es35 Nov 2016 OP
Well there are a few bright lights in the tunnel rurallib Nov 2016 #1
That is the mother of all tweetstorms at 130 tweets Moliere Nov 2016 #2

rurallib

(64,828 posts)
1. Well there are a few bright lights in the tunnel
Tue Nov 8, 2016, 02:21 PM
Nov 2016

barely enough to see with - Eichenwald, Farenthold, David Cay Johnston

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