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mopinko

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5. back in the air america days, al franken had a bit

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Sun Apr 26, 2026, 08:48 PM

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called ‘who got the memo?’ he’d play clips of all the talking heads spewing the same talking points.
thom hartmann used to talk about this, too. he gave a few bucks to certain ppl so he got the daily emails.

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White House group runs group chats telling these accounts what to post.. [View all] red dog 1 Sunday OP

I am sooo SHOCKED 😲 Faux pas Sunday #1

That's not suspicious in the slightest. BlueKota Sunday #2

I recall Rush Limbaugh saying he talked every AM to Newt Gingrich to coordinate the day's talking points. Midnight Writer Sunday #3

back in the air america days, al franken had a bit mopinko Sunday #5

Social media version of astroturfing. Baitball Blogger Sunday #4

Yup sakabatou Sunday #6

dems oughta try this sort of thing btw the seucirty failure was not the dems fault but repubs know that msongs Sunday #7