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In reply to sycasey • 2:37p, 9/10/26
sycasey said:
BearlySane88 said:
sycasey said:
BearlySane88 said:
sycasey said:
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sycasey said:
Ahh, back to this again.



Ahh yes, back to following federal law.

How does that follow? As he noted, late-night talk shows have politicians on all the time.


They are required to give equal airtime

Not enforced for decades and only now enforced in the most convenient way possible for the current government. An old-school small-government conservative should never support this, especially if you also complained about censorship from the Biden people.


So laws shouldn't be enforced?

We all know that law enforcement have discretion on when to enforce certain laws and my contention is that the Trump Administration is currently doing so capriciously and to advance its own political interests. My evidence is that political candidates used to go on late-night talk shows all the time and the government never complained about it until this bunch showed up.


My evidence is that the law is the law and it should be followed or changed. The law makes sense to me and I support it as is.
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In reply to Aunburdened • 2:43p, 9/10/26
Aunburdened said:
DaddyLegend said:
Wouldn't ratings for ABC go up if they replaced Jimmy Kimmel with Bill Maher?

Too much time and effort fighting a show whose ratings finishes below a reality show on Fox called Nation's Dumbest.

https://ustvdb.com/networks/fox/shows/nations-dumbest/

In the modern internet world, the Fairness Doctrine is a dinosaur. All the people that would waste their time watching the Kimmel show that vote in Texas were going to vote for Talarico regardless. Proud resistance dorks.

I mean, this is also true. If anything, the Trump people are being dumb by giving Kimmel this extra attention. (That's probably why previous governments didn't bother enforcing rules against late-night shows.)
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In reply to BearlySane88 • 6:14p, 9/10/26
BearlySane88 said:
sycasey said:
BearlySane88 said:
sycasey said:
BearlySane88 said:
sycasey said:
BearlySane88 said:
sycasey said:
Ahh, back to this again.



Ahh yes, back to following federal law.

How does that follow? As he noted, late-night talk shows have politicians on all the time.


They are required to give equal airtime

Not enforced for decades and only now enforced in the most convenient way possible for the current government. An old-school small-government conservative should never support this, especially if you also complained about censorship from the Biden people.


So laws shouldn't be enforced?

We all know that law enforcement have discretion on when to enforce certain laws and my contention is that the Trump Administration is currently doing so capriciously and to advance its own political interests. My evidence is that political candidates used to go on late-night talk shows all the time and the government never complained about it until this bunch showed up.


My evidence is that the law is the law and it should be followed or changed. The law makes sense to me and I support it as is.


You won't say a word when Sinclair sends out it's biased right wing messaging.
Censorship has always been a tool of the fascist
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In reply to dajo9 • 6:45p, 9/10/26
dajo9 said:
BearlySane88 said:
sycasey said:
BearlySane88 said:
sycasey said:
BearlySane88 said:
sycasey said:
BearlySane88 said:
sycasey said:
Ahh, back to this again.



Ahh yes, back to following federal law.

How does that follow? As he noted, late-night talk shows have politicians on all the time.


They are required to give equal airtime

Not enforced for decades and only now enforced in the most convenient way possible for the current government. An old-school small-government conservative should never support this, especially if you also complained about censorship from the Biden people.


So laws shouldn't be enforced?

We all know that law enforcement have discretion on when to enforce certain laws and my contention is that the Trump Administration is currently doing so capriciously and to advance its own political interests. My evidence is that political candidates used to go on late-night talk shows all the time and the government never complained about it until this bunch showed up.


My evidence is that the law is the law and it should be followed or changed. The law makes sense to me and I support it as is.


You won't say a word when Sinclair sends out its biased right wing messaging.


Well that isn't against the law, is it?
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6:26a, 9/17/26
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/universal-getting-cold-feet-releasing-024420240.html


Universal gets scared to release the Elon Musk documentary.
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3:12p, 9/17/26

Wow, I can't believe he wrote this.

This just confirms what we already know. Zuckerberg is a tool and the Democrats play dirty to win always.
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In reply to DaddyLegend • 4:49p, 9/17/26
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Wow, I can't believe he wrote this.

This just confirms what we already know. Zuckerberg is a tool and the Democrats play dirty to win always.

Only news to Dem partisans that were in denial
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In reply to Aunburdened • 6:54p, 9/17/26
If the Democrats control the White House, there's a good chance they'll do it again, but they'll arrest Elon and shut down X.
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8:58p, 9/18/26
What's this about how Trump is banning major news networks from the WH?

Censorship?
Fake news coming next


https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trumps-latest-white-house-media-001301338.html
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In reply to concordtom • 11:26p, 9/18/26
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What's this about how Trump is banning major news networks from the WH?

Censorship?
Fake news coming next


https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trumps-latest-white-house-media-001301338.html

For you partisan Dems, this is what having principles looks like

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In reply to Aunburdened • 10:14a, 9/19/26
> 'It is flatly unconstitutional and it violates the First Amendment.' Conor Fitzpatrick from The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression joins @jaketapper after President Trump said he was banning CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House.

liked the opinion piece, thanks for sharing Auntie B.
# goobers
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In reply to Aunburdened • 12:09p, 9/19/26
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concordtom said:
What's this about how Trump is banning major news networks from the WH?

Censorship?
Fake news coming next


https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trumps-latest-white-house-media-001301338.html

For you partisan Dems, this is what having principles looks like



It's a good clip, but why the hell are you seemingly criticizing Democrats?
What the hell is the matter with you?!?!?!
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In reply to concordtom • 12:17p, 9/19/26
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It's a good clip, but why the hell are you seemingly criticizing Democrats?
What the hell is the matter with you?!?!?!


He does this 24/7 here.
How have you not noticed this?

A jilted Bernie supporter who now spends life criticizing Democrats 24/7 because the DNC threw Bernie Bro under the Bus at the 2016 National Convention in lieu of Hillary.

Makes for a lot of worthless SPAM that I have to wade through that can best be summed up as "I Hate Democrats".

10 years of bitterness.

Yawn.
It's a CULT.

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12:25p, 9/19/26
I hope the banned reprters bring it up at the White House Correspondents Dinner
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In reply to Anarchistbear • 12:29p, 9/19/26
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I hope the banned reprters bring it up at the White House Correspondents Dinner


April 24th, 2027
It's a CULT.

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In reply to DiabloWags • 12:34p, 9/19/26
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Anarchistbear said:
I hope the banned reprters bring it up at the White House Correspondents Dinner


April 24th, 2027


In the mean time these courageous reporters will continue to pursue The Truth.
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In reply to DiabloWags • 3:47p, 9/19/26
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concordtom said:

It's a good clip, but why the hell are you seemingly criticizing Democrats?
What the hell is the matter with you?!?!?!


He does this 24/7 here.
How have you not noticed this?

A jilted Bernie supporter who now spends life criticizing Democrats 24/7 because the DNC threw Bernie Bro under the Bus at the 2016 National Convention in lieu of Hillary.

Makes for a lot of worthless SPAM that I have to wade through that can best be summed up as "I Hate Democrats".

10 years of bitterness.

Yawn.


There's really no reason to think he was a Bernie supporter. His only consistency is anti-Dem.
Censorship has always been a tool of the fascist
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In reply to dajo9 • 3:56p, 9/19/26
dajo9 said:
DiabloWags said:
concordtom said:

It's a good clip, but why the hell are you seemingly criticizing Democrats?
What the hell is the matter with you?!?!?!


He does this 24/7 here.
How have you not noticed this?

A jilted Bernie supporter who now spends life criticizing Democrats 24/7 because the DNC threw Bernie Bro under the Bus at the 2016 National Convention in lieu of Hillary.

Makes for a lot of worthless SPAM that I have to wade through that can best be summed up as "I Hate Democrats".

10 years of bitterness.

Yawn.


His only consistency is anti-Dem.


Democrats make that pretty easy.
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In reply to concordtom • 5:54p, 9/19/26
concordtom said:
Aunburdened said:
concordtom said:
What's this about how Trump is banning major news networks from the WH?

Censorship?
Fake news coming next


https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trumps-latest-white-house-media-001301338.html

For you partisan Dems, this is what having principles looks like



It's a good clip, but why the hell are you seemingly criticizing Democrats?
What the hell is the matter with you?!?!?!

The hypocrisy of the liberal press

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7:37p, 9/19/26
Just because they lie doesn't mean that people should be restricted from consuming their lies

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In reply to Anarchistbear • 7:53p, 9/19/26
Anarchistbear said:
DiabloWags said:
Anarchistbear said:
I hope the banned reprters bring it up at the White House Correspondents Dinner


April 24th, 2027


In the mean time these courageous reporters will continue to pursue The Truth.


It's not that they need to work hard to find the truth The truth is obvious!!
They will continue to try and make sure that simply minded partisan republican IDIOTS hear the truth.

It's a tough job because it is unfortunately so easy to fool the masses. People are stupid.


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In reply to Aunburdened • 8:00p, 9/19/26
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Just because they lie doesn't mean that people should be restricted from consuming their lies



Sorry, but you're the LIAR here.
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In reply to concordtom • 8:05p, 9/19/26
concordtom said:
Anarchistbear said:
DiabloWags said:
Anarchistbear said:
I hope the banned reprters bring it up at the White House Correspondents Dinner


April 24th, 2027


In the mean time these courageous reporters will continue to pursue The Truth.


It's not that they need to work hard to find the truth The truth is obvious!!
They will continue to try and make sure that simply minded partisan republican IDIOTS hear the truth.

It's a tough job because it is unfortunately so easy to fool the masses. People are stupid.




The press are interested in access and entertainment. Trump controls both. He's dealing with cowards.
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In reply to concordtom • 8:45p, 9/19/26
concordtom said:
Aunburdened said:
Just because they lie doesn't mean that people should be restricted from consuming their lies


Sorry, but you're the LIAR here.

2024 was probably hard on you

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In reply to Aunburdened • 9:05p, 9/19/26
You're an agitator who is not worth my time or energy. Bye.
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4:53a, 9/20/26
It's Trump's house, we just have to live by his censorship rules.

Trump:
"There's something wrong with a country that can allow people to write purposely negative stories," Mr. Trump added. "Now, if they want to write them, that's fine, but I don't have to let them into my into the people's house."
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In reply to concordtom • 6:12a, 9/20/26
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You're an agitator who is not worth my time or energy. Bye.


Pot, kettle
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In reply to cal83dls79 • 9:10a, 9/20/26
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It's Trump's house, we just have to live by his censorship rules.

Trump:
"There's something wrong with a country that can allow people to write purposely negative stories," Mr. Trump added. "Now, if they want to write them, that's fine, but I don't have to let them into my into the people's house."


He knew he'd get into trouble if he left it as "my house", so he inserted the correction. But that doesn't reflect his actions.

He is a tyrant in the making. The latest arch plan at the roundabout on the Virginia side of Memorial Bridge is to make it a military complex that has snipers and launches drones.

People who have sided with Trump simply don't get it.
Just wait. You'll see. He's crazy, is going to keep going, and then it'll be too late.

I blame every single one of you apologists, supporters.


https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-says-planned-arch-military-125332168.html
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In reply to concordtom • 1:19p, 9/20/26
concordtom said:
Aunburdened said:
concordtom said:
What's this about how Trump is banning major news networks from the WH?

Censorship?
Fake news coming next


https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trumps-latest-white-house-media-001301338.html

For you partisan Dems, this is what having principles looks like



It's a good clip, but why the hell are you seemingly criticizing Democrats?
What the hell is the matter with you?!?!?!

Democrats believe in nothing and remember even less

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In reply to Aunburdened • 1:38p, 9/20/26
Aunburdened said:
concordtom said:
Aunburdened said:
concordtom said:
What's this about how Trump is banning major news networks from the WH?

Censorship?
Fake news coming next


https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trumps-latest-white-house-media-001301338.html

For you partisan Dems, this is what having principles looks like



It's a good clip, but why the hell are you seemingly criticizing Democrats?
What the hell is the matter with you?!?!?!

Democrats believe in nothing and remember even less



The whole episode shows how biased to the right the media is. When Obama tried to boot Fox there was severe protest from other media. I think they should kick out whoever they want. Fox should never step foot in a Democratic White House. Access media is in conflict with investigative journalism.
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In reply to dajo9 • 9:02p, 9/20/26
How is USA going to recover?
We all get that Trump is insane and that if elections are free and fair Democrats will roll! But once Republicans are out of control they will wage war by inventing insanities that fools a naive populace.

I don't think we will ever be able to accomplish anything positive as a nation again. And then the debt is going to gobble us up, the dollar will fade as the premier currency.

How it all plays out will be interesting, but without truth, we are sunk.

I blame Newt first, Dick Cheney, Trump finally and maximally. McCain was the last honorable republican. "No Ma'am!"

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In reply to concordtom • 9:12p, 9/20/26
concordtom said:
How is USA going to recover?
We all get that Trump is insane and that if elections are free and fair Democrats will roll! But once Republicans are out of control they will wage war by inventing insanities that fools a naive populace.

I don't think we will ever be able to accomplish anything positive as a nation again. And then the debt is going to gobble us up, the dollar will fade as the premier currency.

How it all plays out will be interesting, but without truth, we are sunk.

I blame Newt first, Dick Cheney, Trump finally and maximally. McCain was the last honorable republican. "No Ma'am!"



Life's easy when you see no blame in your own voting choices
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In reply to concordtom • 10:33p, 9/20/26
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How is USA going to recover?
We all get that Trump is insane and that if elections are free and fair Democrats will roll! But once Republicans are out of control they will wage war by inventing insanities that fools a naive populace. Gives you options as well.

I don't think we will ever be able to accomplish anything positive as a nation again. And then the debt is going to gobble us up, the dollar will fade as the premier currency.

How it all plays out will be interesting, but without truth, we are sunk.

I blame Newt first, Dick Cheney, Trump finally and maximally. McCain was the last honorable republican. "No Ma'am!"



My ancestors left other countries for something better. Could happen again with our heirs. I'm just trying to stockpile wealth and enjoy my life. Wealth is the only currency our society respects.
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In reply to dajo9 • 4:15a, 9/21/26
dajo9 said:
concordtom said:
How is USA going to recover?
We all get that Trump is insane and that if elections are free and fair Democrats will roll! But once Republicans are out of control they will wage war by inventing insanities that fools a naive populace. Gives you options as well.

I don't think we will ever be able to accomplish anything positive as a nation again. And then the debt is going to gobble us up, the dollar will fade as the premier currency.

How it all plays out will be interesting, but without truth, we are sunk.

I blame Newt first, Dick Cheney, Trump finally and maximally. McCain was the last honorable republican. "No Ma'am!"



My ancestors left other countries for something better. Could happen again with our heirs. I'm just trying to stockpile wealth and enjoy my life. Wealth is the only currency our society respects.


There are no more new frontiers.




The Last Resort
Song by Eagles 1976


Lyrics

She came from Providence, the one in Rhode Island
Where the old world shadows hang heavy in the air

She packed her hopes and dreams like a refugee
Just as her father came across the sea

She heard about a place people were smilin'
They spoke about the red man's way, how they loved the land

And they came from everywhere to the Great Divide
Seeking a place to stand or a place to hide

Down in the crowded bars out for a good time
Can't wait to tell you all what it's like up there

And they called it: "Paradise", I don't know why
Somebody laid the mountains low while the town got high

Then the chilly winds blew down across the desert
Through the canyons of the coast to the Malibu

Where the pretty people play, hungry for power
To light their neon way and give them things to do

Some rich man came and raped the land, nobody caught 'im
Put up a bunch of ugly boxes and, Jesus, people bought 'em

And they called it: "Paradise", the place to be
They watched the hazy sun sinking in the sea

You can leave it all behind and sail to Lahaina
Just like the missionaries did, so many years ago

They even brought a neon sign: 'Jesus is Coming'
And brought the white man's burden down, brought the white man's reign

Who will provide the grand design, what is yours and what is mine?
'Cause there is no more new frontier, we have got to make it here

We satisfy our endless needs and justify our bloody deeds
In the name of destiny and in the name of God

And you can see them there on Sunday morning
Stand up and sing about what it's like up there

They called it: "Paradise", I don't know why
You call some place Paradise, kiss it goodbye


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6:56a, 9/21/26
White House TV pool won't cover Trump after press ban: CNN https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/21/trump-white-house-press-pool-cnn-ban.html

"The decision by the other four members of the TV press pool to no longer cover Trump comes as CNN, along with MS NOW and Politico, said they are filing a lawsuit against Trump to overturn a ban of those three media outlets from the White House.

In addition to CNN, the other members of the White House TV pool are NBC, ABC, CBS and Fox."
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