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IthinkThereforeIAM

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20. It has been reported for years that most people get 15 minutes of news a day...

Reply to Blues Heron (Reply #5)

Mon Feb 2, 2026, 01:24 PM

8 hrs ago

... a bit here, a bit there... flipping channels on the boob tube and radio. Trying to watch some news but then, "oh, oh, my kettle on the stove is whistling... oh, no, junior is sceaming and needs his diaper changed"... Never enough of the news article to get the details, usually headlines only and a few first lines.

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A healthy democracy...would not allow a deranged, serial abuser of women and children to occupy its most powerful office [View all] babylonsister 11 hrs ago OP

Our democracy is light years from being healthy. spanone 11 hrs ago #1

Kick dalton99a 11 hrs ago #2

My husband last night was talking to a friend about this United States as NOW. chouchou 10 hrs ago #3

Keyword being "healthy". Solly Mack 10 hrs ago #4

Half the people don't vote which left us defenseless against those who would do us harm. Blues Heron 10 hrs ago #5

It has been reported for years that most people get 15 minutes of news a day... IthinkThereforeIAM 8 hrs ago #20

I really hope Nixon can't see what's going on n/t leftstreet 10 hrs ago #6

This very thing was the subject of Olbermann's Countdown this morning. flashman13 10 hrs ago #7

I would expand that statement EYESORE 9001 9 hrs ago #8

Maybe he was sent to a military school because his first sexual assault was against a younger female family member ChicagoTeamster 9 hrs ago #9

Not likely, based on what is known about the family. ShazzieB 8 hrs ago #21

Thanks for the info. I hope this clears things up not just for me but other lurkers as well. ChicagoTeamster 7 hrs ago #23

Yes, it's very easy to speculate! ShazzieB 5 hrs ago #24

Excuse my language.... SergeStorms 9 hrs ago #10

Very well-written piece BaronChocula 8 hrs ago #11

No shit, right? Joinfortmill 8 hrs ago #12

It appears this could well be the largest honey trap and sex trafficking ring run by Putin and the KGB Bev54 8 hrs ago #13

How is this creature affecting the mental health of millions? young_at_heart 8 hrs ago #14

A good article, but it is off target sarisataka 8 hrs ago #15

And who said we were a "healthy democracy"? kentuck 8 hrs ago #17

That is an assumption of a fact not in evidence sarisataka 7 hrs ago #22

Worse than that. He caused an insurrection and got away with it. spanone 8 hrs ago #16

No healthy democracy would ever elect such a criminal - rapist, fraudster, tax cheat, treason -- but racist failing one JT45242 8 hrs ago #18

The "Advent of Gingerich"... IthinkThereforeIAM 8 hrs ago #19

I lived in Houston when DeLay was around. Yes, babylonsister 4 min ago #25