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7. Why would you want to give the Republicans a free pass?
Sat May 27, 2017, 10:45 AM
May 2017

As bad as that bunch is now, without any press corps at all to shine the light of public scrutiny into their shenanigans, the "news" would become nothing more than partisan press releases and rightwing propaganda messages. Even as weak as the press seems now, some of them are on the frontlines and standing between the people and wrong doers. It's that fear of a public exposure, of having their skulduggery revealed, that is the only thing that stops Republicans from going full on Mad Max.

The worst case scenario is that you'll get what you wished for.

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