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5. Some progressives don't trust intelligence agencies

Reply to TomCADem (Original post)

Fri Dec 23, 2016, 12:59 PM

Dec 2016

And some progressives don't automatically attack Russia and other countries opposed to the US.

Not all progressives have the same views as Richard Nixon and Dick Cheney, strange as that may seem.

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iz that like chiclets? truebluegreen Dec 2016 #19

I remember when anyone who questioned him before was attacked for being a neocon. nycbos Dec 2016 #15

i NEVER jumped on this glen bandwagon. i sniffed troll from the start. pansypoo53219 Dec 2016 #16

I've known that for a long time Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2016 #20

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