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Exactly. Trump built his support on repetition, until his lies seeped into the consciousness of his followers. We must do the same thing with the truth. Repeat it, again and again, until it penetrates the public consciousness.

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It’s like a locust cloud of bots, liars, and noisemakers descended from nowhere to distract from the most recent $hitler revelations of Epstein releases, meetings with Putin, Orban and Project 2025! I am dumbfounded by the idiocy of the media that don’t hold the convicted felon to ANY standards vs the browbeating that Joe is taking. The hacking of Project 2025 revealed IP addresses from China. Where is this reporting? This is horrific.

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It's billionaires like Harlan Crowe, that own and operate the corporate media. So is it really any wonder that they would support tRump who supports their greed, instead of Joe Biden who wants to reinstate fair and just tax policies? The billionaire class is largely narcissistic and psychopathic. Not all, but it's about 90% of them that give the whole class its stinking reputation.

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Right on Dean! Thanks for quoting so much from the verdict and findings in this case. I think a lot of people like me just don't have the time or stamina to do all the research. It used to be that the media would do it and we all got the same information from the three major networks and all the papers reported the same facts...

It is a very unfortunate consequence of the repeal of the fairness in journalism doctrine that started the cascade of "alternative" news!!!

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Finally the main stream media is Doing Their Job?!!! They were railroading President Biden to get out of the race, for heaven sakes. When they should have been reporting on the horrific crimes donald has committed and continues to do!!! That's why you're so very important, Dean!! You along with all the progressive journalist who have been bringing us the Facts. Thanks for bringing us the truth about donald's sexual depravity into the light,he needs to be behind bars. Blessings Dean 🙏 Biden/Harris 💙 !

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I live in a battleground state and watch my favorite baseball team on their local station in another battleground state. We are being swamped by Trump ads, with little return fire. What are they waiting for?

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I wish I thought people cared about rape. I know rape survivors do, but they’re not voting for Trump. Anyway we need to come up with a stronger argument that will reach the divorced men Who are a large part of the Trump constituency.

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I think anyone who has endured sexual trauma cares about rape. And there are a lot of us out there. I wish I knew a way to get to those divorced men. I'm betting that they've all shut down after their divorces, and are not open to anything.

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Surely your thinking is not that divorced men do not care about rape or even women’s rights to make decisions on their health?

What stronger argument are you suggesting we come up with to reach divorced men?

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My comment was just that Trump‘s identity as a rapist is not enough to disqualify him for many people. The end of the rule of law might if it was explained.

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I sincerely hope the Dems can figure out a way to start messaging effectively, although I have serious doubts that they can. The republicans have essentially controlled the political narrative in the U.S. since the days of Reagan, and the Dems have really floundered in that area. Perhaps the only memorable Democratic slogan in recent years was "Yes We Can." Meanwhile, Trump and the GOP are making hay with "MAGA" while President Biden has nothing of substance to add to the discourse. If the Dems ever figure out how to message with any effectiveness, they will never lose another election. Until then, we have to hang on and vote Blue no matter who.

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Biden has many ads out there. You can find them on YouTube.

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I live in the Philadelphia news market. There are Biden ads several times a day on the news. They are fairly hard hitting, and I think they are helping to spread the good word in PA, a swing state.

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There are other arguments that need to be repeated over and over again. I list around 20 of them here. Add your own!

https://substack.com/home/post/p-146545261?r=tcxup&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

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WOW!! Thank you, Dean. I had not known all the details of the rape conviction. I am very pleased that Biden is going full force after trump, and I agree that he needs to continue doing that. Now all the rest of the democrats need to jump into the fray and do the same. If everyone could do that, I believe it would restore Biden's credibility as a fighter and campaigner. The statement that the Michiganders were chanting "lock him up" made me smile. As my husband is fond of saying, "payback is hell".

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Biden is saying what should have been said long ago!!! Go, Joe.

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This is disgusting but it gets way way worse ,(if possible) There are court records if Michael Cohen paying off numerous under age lawsuits against tRump . Young boys and girls .. young victims that he stole their innocence. Then this am I saw some really bad info (not sure how true but ) Harlow Crows brother Trammel Jr is being charged with sex trafficking ...in the UK . He had secret tunnels (to rooms,) in his residence that was used for young girls and they were drugging them and holding them captive .A real estate agent accidentally stumbled on a young girl drugged up in a hidden room at a house Trammel owned and was selling . This is linked to Lex Wagnerand his wife and bad shit in Ohio . Sex trafficking young girls . Clarence Thomas went to a Russian Mansion with Crow in a private helicopter..so seriously to his all links to Epstein. Virginia Giuffre had disclosed a few things but all this is starting to make real sense . How perverted the rich like tRump and their rich donors are the ones doing the sex trafficking , pedophiles , and why they blame everyone else for what their doing . I'm absolutely flabbergasted and yet not shocked . We need to call them all what they are ..Joe too needs to call these perverts out . Garland needs to get busy .

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Judge Lewis Kaplan was channeling Horton the Elephant here—"I meant what I said, And I said what I meant/Donald Trump is a rapist, One Hundred Percent."

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Yes! About time someone addresses the sexual abuse elephant in the room!

Trump, rapist. Trump exposed for doing exactly what he boasted about on “Access Hollywood.”

How can anyone countenance such a person? Much less support him?

Republican silence = Republican consent.

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We go Joe!

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DJT is a liar, cheat and rapist and yet fellow Republicans fight to kiss his ring.

JOE BIDEN has a bad debate night and fellow Democrats trip over themselves as they scramble away. I don't get it. If Joe's campaign people knew what they were doing they would have

avoided the debate scene altogether. It's not Joe's strong point, plus debating someone that just makes up lies is not really a debate.

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Especially if the *respected* moderators do nothing to push back on the lies. In my opinion, the worst perrformance of the debate was Bash and Tapper. Despicable and unforgivable. Not one word of criticism - anywhere - of them and the lies told by Trump.

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tRUMP IS A CERTIFIED LIAR. If he says he didn’t do it….he is lying…esp3cially to protect himself he lies…only himself…he doesn’t care; except to USE them!, about anyone but himself…..Hey, Donny boy….ARE YOU REAL? Let me answer that. No, he is a fake from his MAKEUP TO his WIG (chicken feathers? He is so afraid of others’ opinions of himself that he hides behind this facade of “I love me….” Because no one else does!!! He is a fake FOOL! Losing a Casino! And he cheats at GOLF!

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He bankrupted THREE casinos (where the house always wins).

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