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IbogaProject

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11. Actually they ran a simpler campaign and figured out who to pitch to
Sat Nov 9, 2024, 05:12 PM
Nov 2024

Another element was Shady Rappers hoping for pardons for themselves or associates. And then on our side the rush to set up a campaign lead to too many wealthy corporate business types like Mark Cuban pushing us to the right of what the public wants. Now that being said, this will be an economic disaster for a near totality of our country and much of the world. It is actually a multifaceted problem that as I say repeatedly started with Eisenhower bringing nearly 80,000 families with ties to the Nazi era from Germany to rebuild the GOP in 1953. That helped get us Nixon, Reagan and the Bush's. Then they slowly did things like push us into Vietnam. Then in the 80s and 90s they started fiddling with the Consumer Price Index to lower the increases in Social Security, and under report unemployment. Teddy Roosevelt ran on the Square Deal and FDR on the New Deal. Now we have focus group tested slogans about very narrow plans that I say amount to gimmicks. $25K credit for new home purchases, while a slight help to the upper half is worthless for folks struggling with debt and sky high rents. Unfortunately Kamala ran to the right of Joe, rather than stake her own path. The wealthy and the media played us to really push the Biden is Old story until June, rather than summer or fall of 2023, when our party could have had an open primary and go through a consensus building.

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Actually claudette Nov 2024 #1
Actually, two things can be right at the same time whathehell Nov 2024 #4
True claudette Nov 2024 #5
Yes Blue Owl Nov 2024 #8
Duplicate post Fiendish Thingy Nov 2024 #2
AGREE!! bluestarone Nov 2024 #3
It's becoming abundantly evident the internet was a big mistake. sop Nov 2024 #6
Then you tune them out soandso Nov 2024 #16
The Fairness Doctrine was a response to scarcity of airwaves, not to regulate speech. tritsofme Nov 2024 #7
Not a fantasy and not the point dlk Nov 2024 #12
There is no hate speech exception to the First Amendment. tritsofme Nov 2024 #13
No need for pearl clutching dlk Nov 2024 #22
Incitement has always been illegal, but I imagine it's legal definition is much more narrow than you prefer. tritsofme Nov 2024 #25
You need to get familiar with the Bill of Rights soandso Nov 2024 #17
As ugly as hate speech is, I'm more concerned about the fact that today, fascism is a very real threat to our country dlk Nov 2024 #23
This is truly un-American. Melon Nov 2024 #18
you are so correct, more so than many will admit. There are a bunch of crypto bro hoes who have more followers than AmandaRuth Nov 2024 #9
Agree on the social media platforms BannonsLiver Nov 2024 #10
Actually they ran a simpler campaign and figured out who to pitch to IbogaProject Nov 2024 #11
Giving Trump the power to regulate social media would be a bold strategy Sympthsical Nov 2024 #14
Regulate corporate media. Leave social media alone n/t leftstreet Nov 2024 #15
I agree but regulation now will mostly be for Trump's benefit JI7 Nov 2024 #19
Just wait until the crypto thugs take over. Jit423 Nov 2024 #20
I truly suspect they already have, but we just don't know it yet. msfiddlestix Nov 2024 #24
Cesspool individually curated to keep you and your a$$ JCMach1 Nov 2024 #21
The American Free Speech value was turned against us. Irish_Dem Nov 2024 #26
algorithms lead to extremism crud Nov 2024 #27
***RADIO *** Was the internet of the 1920s - 1950s ... Hitler used it to detrimental degree uponit7771 Nov 2024 #28
The fairness doctrine wouldn't have regulated the internet or social media DetroitLegalBeagle Nov 2024 #29
you're not wrong mike_c Nov 2024 #30
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