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JHB

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9. Now? Conservatives have used the fogbanks of steam rising from mountains of bullshit...

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Fri Mar 18, 2022, 09:05 AM

Mar 2022

...to push their spin and make facts get lost for decades. They'd pushed the Republicans in that direction since 1960, and the tag team of Newt and Rush put them on the precise trajectory to where they are now more than 30 years ago.

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Eric Boehlert: Putin-style propaganda now defines Trump's GOP [View all] babylonsister Mar 2022 OP

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Now? Conservatives have used the fogbanks of steam rising from mountains of bullshit... JHB Mar 2022 #9

How does a democracy deal with such crap? Infuriating. spanone Mar 2022 #10