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9. Laura Loomer has made personnel decisions and has media credentials at the Pentagon now

Reply to surfered (Original post)

Tue Nov 4, 2025, 11:19 AM

Nov 4

Yeah. It’s that nuts.

I’ve said for a while that Trump and the Clustertrump follow their social media more than use it to spread their nonsense. Oddly, going back to the Dick&W era, David Frum famously once said “We thought Fox News worked for us, it turns out we work for Fox News”. He was fired from AEI the next day.

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Trump and GOP politicians are now actually developing policies for perceived problems dreamed up by right wing media. [View all] surfered Nov 4 OP

Republicans and RW media's whole public facing platform NCDem47 Nov 4 #1

"Outrage Industrial Complex" is a phrase worth trademarking. It should replace "fair and balanced". nt eppur_se_muova Nov 4 #6

In fairness, I got this from Jeff Tiedrich NCDem47 Nov 4 #10

Of course. He has a way with words. yellow dahlia Nov 4 #12

Outrage industrial complex - indeed! yellow dahlia Nov 4 #11

anti-flag burning hysteria... as if such a thing is actually happening LeftinOH Nov 4 #2

Thanks, forgot about that one surfered Nov 4 #4

War on Xmas & School Furry Litter Boxes! Mordred Nov 4 #3

Thanks for the reminder surfered Nov 4 #5

It's what they always do, though it's not always policies, it's talk of policies because their main effort is themaguffin Nov 4 #7

. BeerBarrelPolka Nov 4 #8

Laura Loomer has made personnel decisions and has media credentials at the Pentagon now underpants Nov 4 #9