@deepmud "It's complicated for several reasons, but the biggest one is the grip the orange menace has on his idiots. "
#NotJustRepublicans #NotJustMAGA #NotJustConservatives
Russia didn't just mind-fuck republicans into idiots - it is everyone. #RussiaMindFuckedDemocrats too.
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Everyone is avoiding #NonFiction serious books on what is happening in favor of Mastodon, Reddit, Bluesky low-effort commenting. #ShitCommenting
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January 4, 2015 - Trump did not announce until June 16, 2015
!!! At one end of the table sat one of the country’s most famous political TV presenters. He was small and spoke fast, with a smoky voice: “We all know there will be no real politics,” he said. “But we still have to give our viewers the sense something is happening. They need to be kept entertained.”
!!! “So what should we play with?” he asked. “Shall we attack oligarchs? Who’s the enemy this week? Politics has got to feel like a movie!”
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#PeterPomerantsevWasRight in his year 2014 book. Everyone is avoiding that this article and book describes USA year 2026. Because people won't stop commenting and get on the #SamePageSameTime
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https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/01/putin-russia-tv-113960/
#Politico
"Inside Putin’s Information War"
"I spent years working for Russian channels. What I saw would terrify the West."
"By PETER POMERANTSEV January 04, 2015"