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Jun 18

“Should Governor Gavin Newsom have labeled the DOJ investigation into Donald Trump 'weaponized'?”

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onAmerican aristocracy could learn some things from the old worldby
pete
blakeSA...
This rights and responsibilities way of looking at it (it being political history?) is new to me, and yeah what you say about our lack of clear ~guidance on responsibilities today makes a lot of sense to me. Thanks for this!...

civic-responsibility
political-history
onTrump Pushes Hard to Take Away NBC and ABC Broadcast Licensesby
TheBrutalTruth
TheBrutalTruth...
Actually, the news propaganda was so much higher in the 50's and 60's. Reporters in the day had to be approved by the White House. And they also had to disclose to the WH what they were to print or announce on approval....

journalism
political-history
propaganda
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onInquiring mindsby
revjcwilson
MendoRosie707...
The transformation of marginalized people—specifically LGBTQ+ individuals, feminists, and racial minorities—from human communities into abstract "political ideologies" and "cultural issues" was a deliberate, highly orchestrated strategy....
religion
political-history
american-political-history
onLies, Lies, Lies.byabluevoice
jordanSA...
I personally think the shamelessness and sheer volume of lies is new, and alarming. I also think the vehemence people have on both sides of Trump, both idolization and demonization, is not good. Trump may be uniquely high in textbook narcissism....
us-politics
political-psychology
media-and-journalism
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