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jaxexpat

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5. I get it! Just repeat the truth of progress whenever you see or hear it. Don't count on the media to talk about it.

Reply to MaryMagdaline (Original post)

Thu Jul 18, 2024, 06:44 AM

Jul 2024

That would be a long, soul-killingly depressing wait. Because their primary goal is to kill any enthusiasm which might encourage you to go to the polls. It's not by coincidence or accident that, in America, the most reliably unbiased source of actual facts about current events is "The Comedy Channel", and has been for over a quarter century.

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AOC - We are being propagandized. Share good news [View all] MaryMagdaline Jul 2024 OP

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No thanks RandiFan1290 Jul 2024 #6

This is a really powerful, important message WITH a solution Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2024 #2

Excellent post moniss Jul 2024 #7

Thx. If I'm right, it is only because AOC is so right. And Joe is a great President. * IS *. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2024 #9

Best in my lifetime and I moniss Jul 2024 #15

Yes. Like it or not, Joe gets things done because he knows how it works. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2024 #16

Agree DoBW Jul 2024 #17

I get it! Just repeat the truth of progress whenever you see or hear it. Don't count on the media to talk about it. jaxexpat Jul 2024 #5

This is nothing new. Corporations have a lot of power, and that includes the media. JohnSJ Jul 2024 #8

It is new, the resolve to refresh a positive resistance that is progressive and upbeat. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2024 #10

You want me to list some of the legislation that allowed corporations to become so powerful. The repeal JohnSJ Jul 2024 #13

No, I don't want or need you to list them. You just don't get it. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2024 #14

I do get what she is saying, but it sure isn't going to happen over night, and that is the problem because we JohnSJ Jul 2024 #18

Gotcha NJCher Jul 2024 #19

+1. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2024 #24

Well making long posts pointing out all the ways it won't happen doesn't help it happen one bit Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2024 #23

She's right as what's happening is a repeat of 2016 and we need to be aggressive in countering it. cstanleytech Jul 2024 #11

I love and admire Alexandria... GiqueCee Jul 2024 #20

AOC gets it! She will be a great President someday. Emile Jul 2024 #21

excellent... myohmy2 Jul 2024 #22