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skinnercitycyclist's avatar

"He will be tucked in front of Fox News with a Diet Coke, Truthsocialing, while sex pests, Christian nationalists, culty kooks, brain worm guy, and Elon run the government for him."

In which case he will have duplicated Adolf Hitler's governing style. See Albert Speer for details.

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GoldStar's avatar

Great. So by their own logic Bernie and Liz Warren can spend 30 hours a week on Fox.

I say they don't waste their time and instead we ask Billy Bragg to sing "This land is your land" and "Between the wars" over and over and over and over....

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Ward From Cali's avatar

I just read this morning that Comcast is looking to "spin off" a number of cable channels. MSNBC is at the head of the list I suspect all the rest are just there for appearances. And it should be noted that getting rid of MSNBC while keeping NBC News makes no sense whatsoever except in terms of Trump appeasement as they are thoroughly intertwined.

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jltympanum's avatar

I appreciate all the comments here - my blood is also boiling! May I suggest we should also think in practical terms? How to combat the crypto-fascist regime we are about to become subject to?

1. Language. Calling them "fascist" is getting a little tired. Most don't even know what the word actually means, aside from "bad". We need new, pungent terminology.

2. Direct action. Can't someone hack the White House web site and replace it with something ridiculing the orange one and the other monsters infesting the place?

3. More direct action. Jam the W.H. switchboard with infinitely many calls. Robocalls would be even better.

4. Surely Wonketteers can come up with more (and better) plans than I have.

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Dina's avatar

They win and they're STILL mad.

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Sgt JMK's avatar

All they have is resentment and grievance... it's what their base feeds on, and if they don't keep cranking that anger out, they may lose their audience.

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Stranger Than Friction's avatar

I wonder how many voters realized they were giving up their right to truth, or to hear all opinions expressed so they could make up their own minds, when they voted in 2024. Maybe we'll have to rely on ships broadcasting true content from international waters, or Voice of Canada, or Air Mexico, or...

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How to protest against this tyranny? Work stoppages? Will there be elections any more?

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Jamshied Sharifi's avatar

Fuuuuuck this guy.

This is my default post for the next four (?) years

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The Lichtenbergian's avatar

Am I the only one who stopped reading the article and went to look for NewsGuard?

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The Lichtenbergian's avatar

(It's a paid thing. Not ready for that at the moment, or as their sign-up page puts it, maybe later.)

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Bored nuke's avatar

Ground news has a free version and attempts to classify/label bias in the articles.

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Zyxomma's avatar

Ta, Marcie. I. Just. Can't.

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You Should Ice That Burn's avatar

So will any outlets stand up to this bullshit and scream "This isn't land of the free shit y'all are doing, you're killing America!!!"

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Phried Ω's avatar

I wager that he will make the FCC the boss of all the world's VPN servers and TOS before he's done.

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Halfallachian's avatar

So Democrats supporting environmental protections are the ones creating "a draconian, anti-personal-choice space", not the anti-choice Republicans who are *actually* doing that. Got it, Kellyanne. Haw haw! Fuck you.

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RRJKR's avatar

Looks like Bibi is going to pull an Iranian hostage thing on Biden. He's going to accept the cease fire deal a day or two into Trump's term. Fat Donnie "Big Hero'!

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You Should Ice That Burn's avatar

Right, and the "cease fire" won't actually = "No bombs dropped" on women, children, and some guys nearby, it'll be a statement not matched by reality, because far right assholes don't do "truth".

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Zen Gali's avatar

"puckery ring"

eww. too evocative, marcie :)

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Dorothea is a Democrat's avatar

This is a good write up of their intentions, but I think I can put it even more succinctly: Whether you're trying to foreign interference the airwaves will depend entirely on what you're able to pay to the King.

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