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ABC isn’t defending themselves at all. Nor should they. This has never been a better time for the legitimacy of the mainstream media.

NEW YORK (AP) — They have millions of followers online. They have been major players in right-wing political discourse since Donald Trump was president. And they worked unknowingly for a company that was a front for a Russian influence operation, U.S. prosecutors say. An indictment filed Wednesday alleges a media company linked to six conservative influencers — including well-known personalities Tim Pool, Dave Rubin and Benny Johnson — was secretly funded by Russian state media employees to churn out English-language videos that were “often consistent” with the Kremlin’s “interest in amplifying U.S. domestic divisions in order to weaken U.S. opposition” to Russian interests, like its war in Ukraine. In addition to marking the third straight presidential election in which U.S. authorities have unveiled politically charged details about Russia’s attempted interference in U.S. politics, an indictment indicates how Moscow may be attempting to capitalize on the skyrocketing popularity of right-wing podcasters, livestreamers and other content creators who have found successful careers on social media in the years since Trump was in office. https://apnews.com/article/russian-interference-presidential-election-influencers-trump-999435273dd39edf7468c6aa34fad5dd

The first sentence is flawed. Woke students do not support socialism.

Not to mention the MAGA dude in Pittsburgh who shot up all the Jews because of the Great Replacement theory. Or the MAGA dude in El Paso who murdered all the Hispanics because of Trump’s anti-immigration rhetoric. Or all the death threats that Haitian Americans have received in the last week. Let’s be clear: by far the biggest inciter of violence in this country is Donald Trump. It’s not even a close call. He has created this era of division and hatred that we are currently in, and it will last until he is finally defeated in the election.

The entire Democratic voting base is comprised of people brainwashed into voting D because of peer pressure. Republicans for the most part, think and vote without succumbing to peer pressure.

I really do want to have rational discussions in here with people that disagree with me. And often I am able to do so. But if you truly believe that liberalism is a mental disorder, or that the Democratic Party supports Hamas, or that Kamala Harris is a Communist, then I’m afraid that you have moved beyond the point where I can have rational discussion with you. These are extreme views that have no basis in reality. It seems pointless to try to convince you that you are wrong since you wouldn’t have any of these beliefs if you were open to logic.

ROFLMAO. I know nothing about this guy but this is awesome. Watch him destroy a couple of FBI Agents who showed up to harass him:

Your analysis would be 100% except for the fact that there’s a larger context of Trump making months worth of statements about abrogating the Constitution, throwing his enemies in prison, calling for the executions of generals, admiring strongmen like Viktor Orban, curtailing the press, etc, etc., all of the actions of a would be dictator. In each case you can find excuses and justifications as you did here. But when you examine them all together it is a very troubling pattern which you really can’t ignore unless you are deliberately determined to do so (and it kind of appears that you are.)

Nope. Same applies to every story. I know you think you have some gotcha, but you don't. You really need to get over that need. You look stupid every time you try to pull it, and that is with me as well as the 20 other people you're always trying to pull gotcha's on around here.

This guy obviously fell for all the schit that the media fed to him. The MSM is the real threat to our country.

This morning got a return email "all good and accepted" for my retirement paperwork. She said I am officially retired November 30, 2024. Sheesh boys, I got bit emotional. My inner food stamp kid really didn't believe I would make it. I'm taking annual leave from Oct. 18 until then, so I have about 5 full weeks or 27 "work days" to go.

Has this entire country lost its mind. So Hill is speeding driving reckless, putting peoples lives in danger and correctly gets pulled over for it. Decides to get mouthy, decides to be a smart ass with his windows and just generally a jackass. Hey, I’ve got news for you. I’d be put on the ground too. Again, if Black people are that scared of the police it’s crazy the amount of dumb shiit they do around them. Pulled over correctly and rightfully so as you should’ve been. Put your hands on the damn wheel and obey orders. You are not in authority at that point. But of course it’s Black people so they don’t miss an opportunity to be marginalized even if they do something stupid. I’m sick of their bullshiit. Net focking negative culture.

Bexause they’re not fading. And because inside the numbers she has tremendous advantages. And because the debate tomorrow night will likely make her the clear favorite the rest of the way. There are a LOT of hidden Kamala voters this time around not Trump voters.

You guys are creepy weirdos. HTH

It’s also scientifically proven that chicks don’t have d!cks, yet here you are.

So when you read the indictment it looks like the issue is more that the founders of the company are the ones most closely tied to this and not the commentators exactly. What will be interesting to see is how the journalistic influence of the owners based on the money may have affected commentaries. Or did it affect which videos got featured and presented to the general public? So I will hold judgement on the individual commentators for now. It does call into question though this- lots of people (including many here) like to post these videos from guys like Pool and Johnson and claim "they are doing this on their own and aren't owned by the MSM." But this clearly shows they are honoring some master either explicitly or implicitly and they have agendas like anyone else. It's especially bad when it is private equity firms doing this stuff that aren't held to any kind of journalistic integrity.

I didn’t say a word about his son. I’m talking about him. His son’s sacrifice doesn’t remove the fact that his father hates this country. So sad and weak the dishonesty you continually peddle around here.

Well I know how this will go already. I'll give a thoughtful response. You won't like it and you'll throws insults with the other usual suspects. But I'll go once more into the breach.... I guess a lot of it depends on what one feels the role of a moderator is in a debate. If one views it as simply asking questions back and forth then yes Davis and Muir went overboard. I view the role of a debate moderator as asking questions and pushing back or pushing for a more definitive answer when it calls for it. I would 100% disagree with them arguing policy with a candidate because that is playing favorites. I also do think it is fair play to fact check a candidate in real time especially if it is something especially egregious. But again- don't argue policy with candidates. I think Muir and Davis had very good moments in the debate and some bad ones. Muir did ask essentially why the Biden administration kept the Trump tariffs if they are "bad". Davis pushed on the abortion responses. Both Muir and Davis didn't take the bait where the candidates were daring the moderators to ask the other candidate a question on their abortion position. Also, for all the attention their 2 big fact checks on Trump got, it is not mentioned that they gave Trump over 5 minutes more of talk time instead of doing what some moderators would do and try to cut people off to equal out the time as much as possible. Both moderators could have done some things differently and I'd wager given a second chance they would. I also think the article with Davis and the whole portraying it as "ABC's rising star" is a problem with political discourse on TV anymore. Gone are the days of just reading the news and in this case just letting two candidates debate back and forth. Everything is a launching pad anymore or a place for people to get a foothold. I mean if FOX News gets to hold a debate and Trump gets his wish of Hannity or Ingraham moderating it- there would be the same nonsense. I would also like to point out that the Tweet from Colin Rugg uses the word "retaliation" in how Linsey Davis approached the moderating of the debate and the fact checks. At no point in the article he is referencing does that word appear. Rugg also says "Davis said to the LA Times that she didn’t want Trump’s comments to just “hang” there." She does mention that but also the article adds: "With co-moderator David Muir, Davis had studied hours of campaign rallies and interviews to prepare for the much-anticipated event at Philadelphia’s National Constitution Center, and were ready to counter the candidates’ most egregious statements." So the clear statements in the article are they prepared for both candidate's to go over the top. The one thing I think they missed pushing back on was the "fine people on both sides" claim from Harris which has been proven to not be 100% accurate. So- do I think they pushed a little more on Trump? Yes. I also think Trump provided the most egregious statements in the debate so it makes sense to some degree. I also feel like Trump's whole persona is victimhood so it was always going to be the story- and was one Trump was pushing before the debate even started. I'd say as well I've seen better debate moderators but I've also seen worse.

New USA poll out tonight has Harris winning by 3 points in Pennsylvania. Thats within the margin of error, so still effectively a tie. But better than before for her, when she was a couple points down. If she wins North Carolina she won’t need Pennsylvania (but it’s likely if she wins North Carolina she’ll win Pennsylvania as well.)

We should restrict the right of anyone who votes Democrat or attends a Taylor Swift concert from owning a gun. They clearly aren't responsible enough to do so. Even when comitting "insurrection" conservatives respect the 2nd amendment enough to do it with sticks instead of guns.

People actually believing dangerous propaganda that Donald “is a threat to democracy “ contribute to this madness

RIP to all the people that lost their life in the terrorist attack on this country, except for the ones that were responsible for this heinous attack… #NeverForget

Because she was born with a puzzy, instead of having a man-made one. Not your thang.

We had a good thing going there for awhile with STEM - Science, technology, engineering and math. We recognized that we were falling behind in the most important subjects so we decided to focus on them. Of course the libs can't have that so they have to change it to STEAM by adding arts to to the initiative. Now just like in real life, we have to suck the resources away from the stuff that matters to support people sitting around drawing shìt.

Thank you. amen