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I don't mean to oversell my own understanding of news, but when an organization like RT is an actual state run program, I gotta ask why I'm believing it's slanted views over something let's call "American"?

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They HAD an unblemished record. Until they reduced personnel and stopped worrying about ethics or safety of the people they were exploiting. The collusion with Russia has ruined their reputation at least with the progressive Americans they decided to target. What was there to gain for attacking just the Democrats during this election? Ever wonder? Well, tonight on Sean Hannity maybe you'll find out!

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I read everything I can. But I understand who is speaking.

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Ha, right on. I'm from NYC and live on LI, and let me tell you, there's plenty of authentically dumbass hicks right around here. Best to you in Missouri! :)

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So true! And, another thing that many people have noted, a lot of their Sunday lifestyle features seemed designed to ruin your self-esteem and make you feel like a loser. Oh, look at all the affluent, pedigreed, well-connected smiling couples having fancy weddings! Real Estate is another masochistic exercise to read. My fave from a year ago or so was a profile of a 22 year old gay aspiring playwright, and his roommate best friend, a budding poetess, and how they were getting by somehow in a $4,000 a month apartment on the LES. No mention of daddy and mummy paying for it! But whoa, lack of storage space was something they were bravely surviving, cheerfully. Jesus, sheer comedy! Thanks, Times. ;)

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Thanks! I had to laugh when two of my aunts visited us one year and complained that they couldn't sleep because it was "too quiet." They both lived about 2 miles from JFK airport. On the other hand, we don't have a beach here, or fresh seafood, or New York Style pizza. Can one live a truly civilized life without those 3 things? I can never make up my mind about that.

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Many started whining even during the primaries that Bernie's populism would beat Trump's. What fools!

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Progressive Americans are not hoping Hillary will win. She's a Kissinger pawn just like Obama. Which tbh I only came to terms with very recently.

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Fork! They're having Empty podium coverage EVEN NOW! AFTER his reification...i mean...election. (it has subsided after the first 2 thank you tours, except for faux news).

It's rigged. He is part of the inside elite clique (not really an "out" sider). ONE BIG CON ON THE SHEEPLE.

Even all this Hacking stuff; Betcha some alt-right types WITHIN US INTELLIGENCE DID the hacking on DEMS and now blame other places. Who's to say?

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"HOW DO YOU FUCKING KNOW THEY WERE REAL? "

Because of DKIM signatures. Google the RFC or go to Wikipedia and read about what they are.

Cryptography is a wonderful thing.

DKIM is the sole reason why the DNC or anyone else has not questioned the veracity of the emails. Because you mathematically can't.

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Hey, I got no beef with the folks who gave it their best in the primary. I voted for him myself. It's once Clinton had been nominated, when the alternative is Trump, you gotta quit whining and defeat the evil one. Or, you know, be ok with having the evil one get elected. It's the folks who want it both ways who really gripe me, the "oh waily waily we've got president-elect Trump" who 6 weeks ago were all "Clinton is horrible and must be defeated at all costs".

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TPM (NYT not necessarily looking so good, but maybe FBI would naturally contact the IT Helpdesk, because NYT would too -- could complain about email delivery times as well)http://talkingpointsmemo.co...

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Well, the very fact that Sunday Styles is on much higher quality paper, and runs huge Louis Vuitton ads, not to mention the absurd $25-million condos on the inside cover of the so-called magazine, makes me think they ain't looking for the likes of me as a reader.... Horrible!

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Not Zucker/Ailes, essentially?

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....nytimes.....make Goebbels' psy-opps seem like junior varsity!

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The story should have been THAT they were stolen. The content a side story.

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