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Uncle Joe

(64,199 posts)

4. They were willing to take the risk of the firebreak being oiled with commercial dollars allowing the fire to spread

Reply to erronis (Original post)

Sat Mar 29, 2025, 12:33 PM

Mar 2025

because they couldn't see the forest for the trees.

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As Robert Kuttner asks at The American Prospect, “where are the firebreaks?” that should be slowing down and stopping the Trump administration and its forces as they rampage against American democracy and society. The firebreak that is the American news media (the Fourth Estate) against Trump’s assaults on democracy, the rule of law and the Constitution has not been effective.

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https://www.salon.com/2025/03/28/the-media-learned-all-the-lessons-from-2024/

Thanks for the thread erronis