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In reply to the discussion: I find it absolutely disgusting that this board, which I understood prided itself on its [View all]PatrickforO
(15,353 posts)There are so many pieces out there that are now DISMISSING the Russian interference in our election as being false.
The US Senate, in spite of an investigation that found massive Russian interference in all 50 states, has refused to vote on bipartisan legislation to harden our 2020 election.
We're going the wrong direction here, folks. Not HERE, as in on DU, but HERE as in the USA.
It is criminal to me, that after Mueller's damning report, and his six-hour testimony, there are so many so-called mainstream pieces that are dismissive, that are saying hopes of impeachment are gone, that are saying that the Dems counted too heavily on Mueller, 'drank the kool-aid' so to speak, and that the publication of the results of this two year investigation is actually damaging to Democrats!
This just utterly blows me away, but it is like a huge, heavy weight - the leaden weight of lies pressing down and burying the truth.
I never thought we would come to this. But we cannot give up. We must all keep fighting. The subpoena for McGahn is a great start - or continuation.
I will say this: when we win in 2020, we are going to need to make some sweeping changes. I don't know how to get back to some kind of Fairness Doctrine, but we're going to have to. We must find some legal way to pull the teeth of all these corporate-funded AM talk-radio shock jocks and Fox. Whomever is elected will have to work very, very hard, and closely together, and transparently, to restore faith in America's institutions.