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YubNub25's avatar

Can you please say any of the following words when discussing how Trump is handling this? Mob, mafia, organized crime, etc. I prosecute white collar/org crime. I say that's what Trump is b/c I know what he is.

Enough with the outrage performances about his lies or that he said it's no worse than the flu. We get it, he can't be trusted. This was established with inauguration crowd size. Yet we're reminded every day how much he lies, golfs, etc. This doesn't inform citizens, it depresses them and makes them feel powerless. Yet there is a consortium of reporters who are building a following doing this. Did you know Trump pays people to attend his rallies? I can prove it, but it's never been covered.

Where are the investigative reporters and/or the critical thinkers to tell us why. You can literally go to @lincolnsbible on twitter where all of the facts are laid out. Its right in front of you. The mob creates chaos then profits off of it. The daughter of Kushner's PR flunky works at NYT and covers this everyday, yet no one confronts them? Did they sell journalistic integrity for subscriptions? LOOK AT HER FAMILY'S CONNECTIONS TO RUSSIA! JFC! See http://www.citjourno.org/maggie1

Sunlight is how you stop this. No other way.

Media gets more and more blood on its hands as this passive genocide continues. You (the media) have had 3 years to uncover this, yet you failed and continue to do so. Why? Legacy media dying + outside investment from nefarious sources? Start talking mob or stop talking. You're just making noise.

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I would offer a counterpoint. While their tactics follow the same playbook, Putin has a clear ideology (to reestablish the 'Russian Empire'). Trump has no ideology, he's not capable of holding a sustained belief in anything. Trump is the court jester, not the king. As long as he remains immune from accountability, able to enrich himself through taxpayer dollars and avoidance of taxes, and receives a steady diet of adulation, he will allow the real powerbrokers to do as they wish. McConnell packs the courts, donors get their tax breaks, Miller decimates minorities, Bolton broke alliances, corporate lobbyists gutted regulations. Will the Trump base continue to support Trump as his entertainment value drops and the body count mounts? I don't want to know the answer to this question.

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