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18. That sociopath is running slipshod over our ability to stop him, you know.

Sat Aug 29, 2020, 07:20 PM

Aug 2020

No amount of

self-assumed cleverness, safe on our couches, will either.

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"They count on the sheer volume of misinformation [View all] elleng Aug 2020 OP

😡😡😡 secondwind Aug 2020 #1

It's shock and awe soothsayer Aug 2020 #2

Yes. Shock Doctrine on every level. JDC Aug 2020 #12

That only works if no one suspects it. C_U_L8R Aug 2020 #3

good post Evolve Dammit Aug 2020 #23

It's basically manipulating the news cycles Cetacea Aug 2020 #5

That is what they have always been counting on from the get-go Sherman A1 Aug 2020 #6

Boy do they ever. mzmolly Aug 2020 #7

Yes this! I_UndergroundPanther Aug 2020 #8

That's the best summary Awsi Dooger Aug 2020 #9

Yes, you are correct TimeToGo Aug 2020 #10

I think that's way over-thinking it. Mr.Bill Aug 2020 #11

here is what hit a MAGAT with noneof_theabove Aug 2020 #19

Kellyanne Conway's Gish Gallop is a variation on that theme Hekate Aug 2020 #13

I'm all for that... dajoki Aug 2020 #17

And Fuckerberg is helping them again! BigmanPigman Aug 2020 #20

Brownshirt Bannon & the rethuglican party Hiawatha Pete Aug 2020 #21

I can tell. warmfeet Aug 2020 #22

Our news delivery system is not equipped for this. chriscan64 Aug 2020 #25

Alexsander Dugin and 5th column political theory IamFortunesFool Aug 2020 #26

'Thanks.' elleng Aug 2020 #27

I'm afraid it may be too late, elleng Aug 2020 #29

Perhaps for the many, yes... IamFortunesFool Aug 2020 #30

IF we survive. elleng Aug 2020 #31