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AgadorSparticus

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40. Trump is hell bent on destroying the press...a month in and he STILL has how many positions to fill?
Mon Feb 27, 2017, 10:40 PM
Feb 2017

He just came out and said that fixing Healthcare is very complex. It is very hard. Oh so very hard to do....

And he is going to destroy the media? ??!?!!! Yeah. Right My money is on the media. The media and the IC that he has pissed off.

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Trump is hell bent on destroying a free press. dalton99a Feb 2017 #1
My money is on the press destroying him. JenniferJuniper Feb 2017 #2
He will not succeed. The press will write his obituary. dalton99a Feb 2017 #4
History tends to view favorably on people who try to do good. mwooldri Feb 2017 #44
I'm thinking the same thing PatSeg Feb 2017 #7
"Never pick a fight with those who buy ink by the barrel." JenniferJuniper Feb 2017 #14
Or in today's language ... "with those who buy bandwidth by the Exabyte." nt mwooldri Feb 2017 #43
The bourgeoisie are at each other's throats. I will KingCharlemagne Feb 2017 #25
Old Adage Cheviteau Feb 2017 #29
" hell bent on destroying a free press." I think the press should be hell bent on destroying him. mpcamb Feb 2017 #24
I now know that any news source he calls fake must be a good source for news ;) luvMIdog Feb 2017 #3
Yes PatSeg Feb 2017 #5
And in Sept. 1939 Germany claimed that Poland had crossed the border to raid a radio station. Botany Feb 2017 #6
Each day more and more it is clear what is happening, but fuckface Eliot Rosewater Feb 2017 #8
I agree that it's going to get worse before it gets better, but KingCharlemagne Feb 2017 #28
Every day PatSeg Feb 2017 #21
original source politico. rawstory is like the national enquirer of the interntet nt msongs Feb 2017 #9
The Washington Examiner mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2017 #10
Wow, enough is enough...this has got to stop. iluvtennis Feb 2017 #11
This is getting complicated Mr. Ected Feb 2017 #12
I totally agree with the complicated part, but erronis Feb 2017 #18
The problem is discerning news programs from news entertainment programs Mr. Ected Feb 2017 #19
And not to be academic or argumentative: But who determines this distinction? erronis Feb 2017 #26
Wow. SunSeeker Feb 2017 #13
He knows that... coco22 Feb 2017 #15
A fine use of their time BeyondGeography Feb 2017 #16
evil - and this is a freakin republican "family values" role model Achilleaze Feb 2017 #17
The more he does this, the more he pisses off the media lagomorph777 Feb 2017 #20
Trump is fixing to be served a big, heaping helping of KingCharlemagne Feb 2017 #30
My blood pressure lillypaddle Feb 2017 #22
It's not even surprising, they are professional trolls and charlatans Kimchijeon Feb 2017 #23
" a trump aide's emotional reaction." Yeah, right- they're all broke up about it. NBachers Feb 2017 #27
Don't pick a fight with a man that buys ink by the barrel. alfredo Feb 2017 #31
He wasn't laughing about the seal, or about Ditt's reaction to the seal's death. drm604 Feb 2017 #32
Efforts to marginalize reputable media are part of a much broader, darker attack. Smithm8686 Feb 2017 #33
Welcome to DU gopiscrap Feb 2017 #37
Welcome to DU blaze Feb 2017 #38
Good stuff! DU's radar first spotted the snake, Robert Mercer, back in August Brother Buzz Feb 2017 #39
Good article! Thanks! And it doesn't take very many replies Rhiannon12866 Feb 2017 #45
very good article and welcome! Maru Kitteh Feb 2017 #46
I won't type what I'm thinking. Solly Mack Feb 2017 #34
Now is the time to protect our press agincourt Feb 2017 #35
Drumpf! lark Feb 2017 #36
Trump is hell bent on destroying the press...a month in and he STILL has how many positions to fill? AgadorSparticus Feb 2017 #40
The ONLY thing Trumpface has got are his deplorables who won't believe his shit stinks world wide wally Feb 2017 #41
They tried to "Dan Rather" him! hollowdweller Feb 2017 #42
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