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BumRushDaShow

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7. "I believe we DO have platforms for messaging....halls of Congress, steps of the Capitol, at protest marches and rallies"
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 09:03 AM
2 hrs ago

And WHO Is going to cover that? C(riminal) Broadcast System? A(ll) B(ullshit) Company?

You would need to go "old school" and drive to the Capitol to watch it "in person" like the 1700s - early 1900s before radio.

The ONLY ones who more consistently cover what you are describing are some of the "local media" (the metro affiliate TV stations and newspapers) AND CSPAN, which is funded by most of the cable networks, and which covers nearly all Congressional/Presidential "events", including pressers - whether done in the hallways of the Capitol, in the Congressional briefing room, or out on the front steps of the Capitol.

And ironically, when these things ARE covered and posted on DU, the videos get a yawn response, with people posting vanity threads bitching about why DU has videos at all, and threatening to trash the video groups.

And when our Democrats are posting this stuff on social media, here comes a different group bitching about Xitter, BlueSky, and other "social media" content being posted on DU, where videos of their events are often included on those platforms, and/or on Facebook (where they are recorded using "Facebook Live" )... or even Instagram and more recently, the "illegal" TikTok.

The GOP has "success" because THEY OWN the NATIONAL CORPORATE MEDIA. And that includes the large newspapers as well.

The one bright spot is that George Soros' company BOUGHT "Audacy" in 2024, which consists of over 200 national radio stations (many of them large ones), as well as various podcasts, etc. They are slowly making changes to the whole thing and can hopefully start using them for OUR narrative.

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