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SouthBayDem

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17. In retrospect 2008 was a much different time for knowledge.

Reply to FakeNoose (Reply #13)

Tue Aug 26, 2025, 06:44 PM

Aug 2025

It was much easier to laugh at “jet fuel can’t melt steel beams” or “the birth certificate is fake” as fringe weird stuff.

Nowadays thanks to social media apps and wider internet access, what was taboo in 2004 can swing elections in 2024.

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Lisa Cook Says She Will Not Step Down From the Fed Board [View all] SouthBayDem Aug 2025 OP

MaddowBlog-Why Trump's offensive against the Fed's Lisa Cook is a 'five-alarm fire' LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2025 #1

Good. Too many people have let the pompous ass in white house slide on so many things that are lostincalifornia Aug 2025 #2

I can't help noticing that LIsa Cook is African-American maxsolomon Aug 2025 #3

Bingo - Black and female FakeNoose Aug 2025 #4

Black + Female equals Democrat maxsolomon Aug 2025 #12

A common black saying: "you need to be twice as good to get half as much." SouthBayDem Aug 2025 #6

Ask Kamala Harris, it didn't matter how many times better she was FakeNoose Aug 2025 #13

In retrospect 2008 was a much different time for knowledge. SouthBayDem Aug 2025 #17

Good for her. Jerome Powell needs to repudiate Trump's "order." It had absolutely no legal basis. Martin68 Aug 2025 #5

Good for you Ms. Cook! We stand with you! CapnSteve Aug 2025 #7

Lisa Cook gfarber Aug 2025 #8

Rachel covered this last night Bayard Aug 2025 #9

All she needs is a good lawyer to defend her in court FakeNoose Aug 2025 #14

Already less chatter about Epstein..... Bayard Aug 2025 #19

This message was self-deleted by its author Bayard Aug 2025 #20

the rank - irony/hypocrisy ... Mortgage fraud ... Really? .. From THIS guy? stopdiggin Aug 2025 #10

Good. We need more of this resistance. viva la Aug 2025 #11

Thugs will exchange their ICE jackets for US Marshall jackets and be sent to her office. Marcuse Aug 2025 #15

No ... a simple lawsuit from Lisa Cook (plus a good lawyer) will put a stop to this FakeNoose Aug 2025 #16

Assuming the rule of law is in effect. Marcuse Aug 2025 #18