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brad ziegel's avatar

With the Republicans conspiring to back up Trump's administration of evil,we need the media more than ever to do their job....not kissing Trump's ass..we need an informed public not the constant feeding of MAGA cultists by a garbage industry like FOX ,Newsmax and OAN.

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David Maceira's avatar

That would be great. Except 90% of the legacy media is controlled by six corporations. And they all seem to be like Tommy the Pinball Wizard ~ Deaf Dumb and Blind.

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brad ziegel's avatar

Well said,and at the end of the day,money is the guiding light,not what's best for the future of our country. But they sure play a mean pinball.

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Helen C Strasko's avatar

Hi Brad,

But they're not pinball wizards!

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patti delvillan's avatar

I agree completely!

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brad ziegel's avatar

Thank you

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patti delvillan's avatar

Much of this process has been a nightmare but I do feel glimmers of hope and I appreciate communicating with likeminded individuals ✌️🌿💙

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brad ziegel's avatar

Yes,I want to be hopeful but until I start hearing Republicans even use their voices to debate and actually think for themselves,I reserve the feeling of hope. Lisa Murkowski was the last few words of truth I heard uttered from any of their mouths,when she exposed her feeling of fear from the Trump administration.

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ramona j's avatar

They say it, yet they vote down everything when they get the chance. Hard times. Its insane

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brad ziegel's avatar

If the Republicans have been coerced by Trump somehow it very important to find out exactly the nature of what occurred. They appear to communicate by text with each other,but not allowed to break silence for the purpose of debating any issues.

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ramona j's avatar

This is what we should be chasing. Not shiny objects. I wish I was 25 again.

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brad ziegel's avatar

To be 25 and keep evyI know now.

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patti delvillan's avatar

Exactly!

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Laurel Yatsko's avatar

Thank you Ron, as always for important information and intelligent analysis. Your commentary on Jake Tapper's reprehensible book on Biden was interesting . I had liked Tapper, especially after the Hollywood tapes came out and he trashed Gulliani and Trump. This book, anything offering solice to the regime at this time is beyond understanding. Pres Biden, even at half speed did more for the average American than most of the Presidents we've had in the last 50 years. Certainly the Biden years did far more for 'we the people' than the current gang of broligarchs will ever do. I think Tapper wants to kiss the ring. Maybe job security? He doesn't need cash.

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KCM's avatar

Agree! What good does it do now to expose what everyone already suspected about Pres Biden’s mental decline? There is more to focus on- like calling out the Republican’s failures and being foot soldiers for our democracy like MTN!

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Bill Reitz's avatar

The creek was contaminated with high levels of RFK Jr. A very vile contaminant indeed.

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Ellen's avatar

Rather have Biden in an iron lung!!

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Phillip's avatar

“ while wallowing in a sewer of blatant corruption, Tapper, CNN, Axios and other legacy outlets are focused on Joe Biden and making money from book sales.” YOU NAILED IT AGAIN

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bettievanoverbeke's avatar

Don't buy their books

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SFGal's avatar

As you pointed out, I've also noticed the uptick in legacy media celebrities advertising on air, promoting book tours, selling books, being interviewed on air about their books by network associates -- CNN and definitely MSNBC, among others. Despite the journalistic reputations of these individuals it does seem a bit self-serving, something of a diversion from time otherwise focused on serious news or investigative journalism.

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Robert Hanson's avatar

Keep the hammer down on this criminal regime. It is blatant corruption that a felon, traitor, rapist, treasonous, lying, Putin loving piece of crap living in our White House is accepting bribes from other countries. The wannabe dictator has truly made us into a banana republic. Keep the truth in the spotlight Ron. Thank you for doing what you do. Have a great day Meidas Mighty!!

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Roberta Nowling's avatar

Thank you for your detailed breakdown, Anthony & Ron. Am I the only one concerned that the fast tracking of white South Africans is another plan to allow citizenship so they can vote in the midterms? The next few months, I believe, will see many more nefarious attempts to impact future elections.

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Helen C Strasko's avatar

Lately while reading about this administrations blatant violation of OUR Constitution, and Federal or State Laws it's become necessary for me to take some breaks in updating myself about these blatant violations and the need for me to ensure a waste paper basket is nearby as these egregious violations are extremely nauseating!

In Qatar, I couldn't help noticing HIS inability to walk over to the microphone in Qatar without Pam Bondi (?) guiding him by HIS arm. HIS subsequent speech was incoherent and rambling too. What an embarrassment to OUR country. 😔 Plus interestingly, Pam Bondi the current A.G. previously worked for the "Ballard Partners" and she was a special envoy to Qatar!! 🤔🤔

Wow, talk about a blatant Conflict of interest!! 🤔🤔

Recently, I've been very happy to observe many Senators-(Democratic) grill A G Bondi and the (ICE's) dingbat who's nearly spent ALL these monies that were previously allocated to ICE's fiscal budget for 2025, and these monies will expire before the end of this fiscal year!! 🙂

These Senators did NOT hold back with their inquiring questions either especially since some of these Senators were previously prosecutors! 🙂 Watching them do their inquiring cross examinations was very enlightening too.

Keep up the fabulous work to OUR representatives. 👍👍

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Barnation Station's avatar

In my always humble, probably not seen as such, opinion I do not think this plane needs one more second of coverage.

If it is going to be covered it needs to be done as a comparison of cost to you/benefit to him analysis. No different than the ire tariffs are causing for those who are smart enough to get that concept. But the plane isn't going to be ready for 3-4 years? Budget cuts that were hammered out till all hours last night will hit much much sooner.

What cuts, to the budget, on top of the upcoming tariff cost increases, most haven't seen yet, and in terms of what has been stripped, to date, and what is planning to be stripped in the upcoming budget to get TRUMP his palace in the sky is an okay summary but a better one is death by no fault of the American people who didn't vote for all this as an understanding in his campaigning or DOGE or Miller and his BS.

Congress can stop the tariffs but didn't and every voter needs to understand this important piece. The protest voters can go to hell. But the voters who voted for campaign issues didn't vote for the end of the constitution. It is just too big of wrap around.

If the American people didn't understand tariffs they won't understand crypto, emoluments violations and why they matter, as a cost to them, and the effect on their wallets. This should be talked about over and over and over.

There is always going to be the MAGA % that will always back what he says, what he does, and it doesn't matter to them. The faction that matters are those who heard Harris but didn't get it, see below, saw Biden walk a picket line, yet still thought Trump was the economy guy.

Why is that? He had a two year presidency. Then he had the pandemic which he made a fortune off of. But his two years, with both chambers, resulted in no benefit to the tax paying everyday worker, plus he had a sluggish GDP, added 8.4T to the debt, 4.8T the first two years, so the fed funding rate he got from Obama stayed the same and then went to zero, like in the Great Recession fix, due to the pandemic, and he was seen as the cheap credit guy.

All the other crap is noise. People are catching on but more need to know the "two first name" House members who say "I don't mind at all" about the plane as it isn't about the plane but the ignorance of the costs to their constituents on the current budget and that the plane is a constitutional violation and Bondi has no say over that. Her job is not to interpret the constitution.

Tuberville represents the 5th poorest state in the nation yet doesn't like Medicaid so people can watch the View while sitting at home. That's an insult to the 70% of working people, on Medicaid, 15% who are caregivers which is a hard fkn job, or are students in school, ill, or disabled representing the other 10% or so. Get your own constituents out of poverty and cut the shit narrative.

It isn't like Qatar, the murdering Saudi's, war criminal Bibi, autocrat Erdogan/Orban, are true allies, of the US. He's befriending people who will buy him because he's as vile as they are.

Shit, we don't have a DOD sec that can stay sober long enough, now, to remember not to reuse passwords let alone the Signal issue.

We were at a 1.8% trade deficit when Trump took office and now we are up year over year to 76%. Does this hit anyone that didn't get tariffs 7-8 months ago? The cost of Trump's victory laps to everyday workers is staggering and that plane is not an issue, Oman is, as it is set to open in 2027, LIV is, the crypto schemes, the budget cuts, and all of those more immediate violations including threats against the constitution which without no one has rights or liberties MAGA or otherwise. This is so much of a bigger issue.

Chief Justice Roberts blames civics classes and younger people for his shitty decisions, like Citizens United, the Trump immunity hold out, the 2021 emoluments clause cases they never heard, plus many more, that have ticked away at our rights being taken away by an antisemite Jew and the tube sock budget guy, a foundation that Trump lied about being associated with, who wants to inflict trauma. Well.....

The messaging of the infighting about the DNC should be a nothing burger to MAGA but see how fast they are on every molecule of shit that they can use?

Did Disney flip after paying Trump for G. Stephanopolous saying what Judge Kaplan said in the first capitulation of the media? If so, they need to make up ground as the headlines are absolutely killing us.

I told a journalist, at the Post to find a different narrative, if the headline she wrote, which was an outright lie, is controlled by Bezos, the article was decent but the headline was NOT. That's a problem.

Carry on. I'm just on a schtick that is stuck in my head.

When can we motion the SCOTUS to revisit the immunity decision? That needs spelled out or he isn't immune but for the four items in Article 2, Sec 2. Immigration is domestic policy and the deference is much less.

I don't think any deterrence should be given to him upon admitting he sent an innocent man to CECOT and outright defies the judiciary.

It has me up at night. Sorry for my ranting. Thanks guys for the vid....it all drives me to not use proper grammar and confuse myself along with those who do read my comments!

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Rebecca's avatar

We have El Chapo in prison and one of his sons scheduled for trial. Apparently, a plea deal includes SEVENTEEN OF EL CHAPO'S RELATIVES COMING OVER THE BORDER TO LIVE IN THE US. So, we're deporting gay make up artists and welcoming those killers and drug dealers we keep hearing about? Is this really another anti-DEI thing?

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uRNangel423's avatar

Thanks Ron for the airing of all of the DT administration’s propaganda & lies over the past few days. They just keep pumping them out to cover up what is really happening to our democracy and global politics. This administration is just pure evil and each member of DT cabinet & Oval Office staff is just as deranged as he is.

As far as RFK, Jr is concerned, he better start praying that his entire family isn’t hospitalized with infections in next few days-speaking as a medical professional, E. Coli is nothing to sneeze about especially for kids & the elderly. Himself included!

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mike's avatar

so they passed their big beautiful bill , and no YOU STILL HAVE TO PAY TAX ON TIPS oh shit they must have forgotten ! the little guy gets screwed again , well maybe next time .....

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Julie W's avatar

Adam Schiff addressed the Senate floor today, May 14, illuminating some top 10 Trump corruption creations. So excellent. Pass it along! https://youtu.be/000yxkGXSVM?si=jiygTZFNlmIfLW5P

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Ani Sweitzer's avatar

I haven't watched CNN lately but I'm surprised to hear they are aligned with the right wing media in focusing on Biden talk instead of real news.

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ELIZABETH-JANE BAIRD's avatar

CNN often speaks up for Trump these days. I ditched the network as a reliable news source many years ago.

The problem with the supposed left leaning mainstream media is that they feel compelled to be “balanced”. Where there are channels that are blatantly biased in favour of Trump and channels 50% in favour of Trump, overall you have 75% of “the marketplace of ideas” supporting Trump.

Why, why, why do democrats systematically “take the high road” when republicans are fighting dirty? Kick! Them! In! The! Nuts!

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Marian Roth-Cramer's avatar

love love love your work, Ron & Anthony!

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