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Miguelito Loveless

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11. The fear of a coup has nothing to do

Wed Oct 21, 2020, 11:02 AM

Oct 2020

with networks calling states, it has to do with the fact that Trump controls the narrative, and the press plays along. Trump will announce victories on Twitter to his legions of flying monkeys, they will believe it, and the press will begin reporting these claims, then the reports of the claims will be "edited" as declarations of victory by the media, and from there becomes a self-fulfilling narrative. Thus, they create their own reality.

The corporate media is NOT our friend/ally. They side with whoever makes them the most money, in revenue and tax cuts.

Dismissing this as "alarmist" will not change this reality.

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The Overblown Alarmism About a Trump Coup [View all] brooklynite Oct 2020 OP

If Trump knew he could steal it he would be campaigning so frantically Johnny2X2X Oct 2020 #1

It's clear he's going to lose C_U_L8R Oct 2020 #2

I absolutely love your enthusiasm!!!! dware Oct 2020 #4

Just imagine Trumplessness... oh soooo good. C_U_L8R Oct 2020 #8

I just saw on local TV news that my Minnesota county MineralMan Oct 2020 #3

AZ starts counting today grantcart Oct 2020 #5

I took a little time off the road just so I could vote early in AZ, dware Oct 2020 #7

And networks have no goddamned authority to "call" elections in the first place. Mister Ed Oct 2020 #6

Exactly, Sir The Magistrate Oct 2020 #9

The concern is not the networks calling the election prematurely Proud Liberal Dem Oct 2020 #10

That's true, but people pay attention to those "calls." MineralMan Oct 2020 #13

The fear of a coup has nothing to do Miguelito Loveless Oct 2020 #11

Well, 2016 really was a Trump/Russian coup.. ananda Oct 2020 #12