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Initech

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17. How are we supposed to compete with the GOP's nonstop barrage of propaganda?

Thu Nov 7, 2024, 01:53 PM

Nov 2024

They have thousands of streams all saying the exact same message. We have... maybe a few. I knew something was fucked up when the LA Times and WaPo both failed to endorse Kamala. But we have to work on fixing this, or we may be under permanent GOP rule for the next few decades.

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I'm sick and fucking tired of the post-election "why Democrats lost" bullshit. [View all] GaYellowDawg Nov 2024 OP

If we don't learn from it, we won't be able to adapt. TwilightZone Nov 2024 #1

The real lesson in this Bettie Nov 2024 #6

Yes, there are Zeitghost Nov 2024 #16

If you add in the ignorant ones there are enough. And it's ignorance.... LAS14 Nov 2024 #28

We've managed to do it Zeitghost Nov 2024 #29

The times they are a changin' nt LAS14 Nov 2024 #30

It is almost always better to tell people sarisataka Nov 2024 #8

Learn fucking what? Trump said he wanted to kill multiple enemies and mainstream news Demsrule86 Nov 2024 #10

Many people will have buyers remorse... Ferryboat Nov 2024 #14

The Clear Reason The Democrats Lost SoCalDavidS Nov 2024 #2

Me too. LiberalLoner Nov 2024 #3

That, and MaeScott Nov 2024 #9

Where's the evidence that the vote was stolen? Elessar Zappa Nov 2024 #19

Thank you! Dem4life1234 Nov 2024 #11

You can't win elections with just Rich educated whites and Black woman. Jk23 Nov 2024 #21

One would think that a person found liable of rape and convicted of 34 felonies would be disqualifying factors. Yavin4 Nov 2024 #24

I've been in this sticky trap of a realization since Tuesday. Duncan Grant Nov 2024 #42

I will have little sympathy for idiots that supported Trump because of inflation, immigration, Gaza Freethinker65 Nov 2024 #34

Because we aren't in the high-paid group of consultants ProfessorPlum Nov 2024 #4

Well said. H2O Man Nov 2024 #33

+1 dalton99a Nov 2024 #44

i know ... DoBW Nov 2024 #5

Hate Bettie Nov 2024 #7

They win Dem4life1234 Nov 2024 #12

i actually was referring to Dem wins. ... DoBW Nov 2024 #15

Especially when it excludes the topic of Russian interference Blue Owl Nov 2024 #13

How are we supposed to compete with the GOP's nonstop barrage of propaganda? Initech Nov 2024 #17

NYT did actually endorse Harris. Elessar Zappa Nov 2024 #20

Well, guess they will be gone in January. Initech Nov 2024 #25

Please tell me how I might have influenced the Harris campaign Orrex Nov 2024 #18

Have you tried being a celebrity. Jk23 Nov 2024 #22

I have encyclopedic knowledge of 2nd ed. Dungeons & Dragons trivia Orrex Nov 2024 #35

So does Trump--but they can only scrape up Ted Nugent and Kid Rock and Wingus Dingus Nov 2024 #36

But that's really the point nobody cares about Beyonce Jk23 Nov 2024 #37

That's to engage younger voters. She wasn't proposing making Beyonce the next Secretary of State. Wingus Dingus Nov 2024 #38

I think a little goes a long way Jk23 Nov 2024 #41

She had three months to cobble together a campaign. Wingus Dingus Nov 2024 #45

She ran against someone found liable of rape and convicted of 34 felonies. Yavin4 Nov 2024 #23

And don't forget he also tried to overthrow the government. Initech Nov 2024 #26

We lost because the incumbent president had a 41% approval rating in exit polls. DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2024 #27

It's the corporate media, end of discussion! rainy Nov 2024 #31

That offers no hope for future elections. Better to ask how we overcome the propaganda machine. Doodley Nov 2024 #43

Trump is a machine of lies and grievance. Hard to overcome that. Doodley Nov 2024 #32

Me too. Save the postmortum for private gatherings or writings. nt Ilsa Nov 2024 #39

Sorry, but I did a whole lot more than "Jack shit" Ms. Toad Nov 2024 #40