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I am heartened by those on the Left who voted for Harris but are expressing relief that she lost. Relief! Like we staged an intervention. There is a glimmer of hope in that.

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There’s something stupid about casting a vote for someone you know is not cut out for the job and then being “relieved” she didn’t get it. That’s a special kind of stupid.

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If the country doesn't go down the tubes during Trump's term then I suspect that a lot of the people who are upset now will vent their anger upon the media and others who stirred them up.

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The country isn't going to go down the tubes any more so than it did under Biden - and will likely do a lot better. Tumult, yes, and some suspect economic policies re foreign trade, but the shift in the energy economy alone will pay huge dividends.

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Nov 13Liked by Peter Venetoklis

I think you're right and I'm starting to come to the conclusion that I was lied to by much of the media and commentators about Trump.

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Nov 13Liked by Peter Venetoklis

I pray many others come to that realization as well. I'm concerned that the media did far too much damage to many, and that, even in the face of reality, anything positive Trump does will be rejected or somehow twisted.

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Nov 13Liked by Peter Venetoklis

I found the media lies about Trump so strange because he gave them enough legitimate fodder, there was no need to lie.

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Nov 13·edited Nov 13Liked by Peter Venetoklis

The country didn’t go down the tubes during Trump’s previous administration, and I never saw the lefties turning on the media. No, they dug in even harder.

Covid and its largely state and local restrictions notwithstanding, of course. Those were almost entirely coming from the left itself. I think Trump took some blame for that in 2020 (unearned, AFAIC), and there was some backlash in 2024 as people had the benefit of hindsight to see the complete crock foisted upon us in 20-21.

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Nov 13Liked by Peter Venetoklis

Picking on poor Nick. For shame. LOL. :D

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Nov 13Liked by Peter Venetoklis

(I do love the FOTBOTW group ....)

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He deserves it, no?

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Nov 13Liked by Peter Venetoklis

Well while the sky screamers are now adults, hence responsible literally - that's more than a generation that's been, well, brainwashed at every stage of their education from K to PhD. Gonna take a lot of deprogramming to move that needle

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Nov 13Liked by Peter Venetoklis

The veil has been lifted, and the media is now showing itself for exactly what it is. Their rants against Trump have revealed how far left they've gone, even to the point now of Joy Reid referring to Trump's pick of Pete Hegspeth for Secretary of Defense as "filling the clown car": https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ALw8aa3Y2gY

(sorry...couldn't find the video of just Reid, but the commentary there is pretty spot on too)

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Nov 13Liked by Peter Venetoklis

Ironically, all these young ladies who are pledging to abstain from sex with men and never get married are just hastening the Roe Effect.

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Nov 14Liked by Peter Venetoklis

I thought of that too. Ironic, isn't it?

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Nov 14Liked by Peter Venetoklis

The media was a once respected gatekeeper that spoke truth to power. My, how far they’ve fallen. Independent journalism is the demise of legacy media. I say good riddance to the Rachel maddows, don lemons, Chris Wallace’s and the like. Oh let’s not forget one of the most racist pieces of S, joy reid and Sonny hostin.

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Nov 14Liked by Peter Venetoklis

Very well said. I have a young friend who fell into the doom loop/ fear of trump's win. As she is a highly influenced and anxiety prone person I attempted to intervene. She didn't reply after my second response/ comment assuring her that no ones rights will be taken away so I don't know if I got through or not. If it was any of my other left leaning acquaintances on Facebook I would have left it alone, but not her

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