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randr

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26. I believe we have trolls among us who

Reply to AmericanActivist (Original post)

Sun Jan 1, 2017, 12:13 PM

Jan 2017

plant seeds of doubt regarding the MSM and other national institutions.
I am not a MSM apologist and have over the course of my life tried my best to hold them accountable.
Still, I do not necessarily equate most of our journalist today with the like of those at Faux news or fright wing radio.
I do believe our system works when we hold the elected few accountable.

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