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highplainsdem

(62,265 posts)
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 01:12 PM 14 hrs ago

Aaron Rupar: The biggest story in the world right now is that the president of the United States is a demented old man

who takes pleasure in torturing and killing people and is committing crimes with impunity. And yet most legacy media outlets are too cowardly to tell it like it is.


The biggest story in the world right now is that the president of the United States is a demented old man who takes pleasure in torturing and killing people and is committing crimes with impunity. And yet most legacy media outlets are too cowardly to tell it like it is.

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-04-05T16:51:37.530Z
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Aaron Rupar: The biggest story in the world right now is that the president of the United States is a demented old man (Original Post) highplainsdem 14 hrs ago OP
The story should be: Chasstev365 14 hrs ago #1
Not just a political party but the RW media, digital media moguls, malaise 14 hrs ago #2
Republicans do not want to govern, they want to rule.. agingdem 13 hrs ago #9
Well said! Chasstev365 13 hrs ago #10
It explains his Executive Orders charliea 13 hrs ago #13
Exactly the case. And the legacy media is too cowardly/corrupted to say a word. Bluetus 12 hrs ago #15
Congress could get rid of him but will not do it. OLDMDDEM 14 hrs ago #3
Yes, he has an advaced dementia issue... FarPoint 14 hrs ago #4
"media outlets are too cowardly to tell it like it is" MagickMuffin 14 hrs ago #5
A Canard ProfessorGAC 14 hrs ago #6
Your words are true. Excellent post! chouchou 13 hrs ago #12
And then there is CBS that is run by billionaires, father and son MagickMuffin 11 hrs ago #17
They Replaced Management ProfessorGAC 10 hrs ago #18
And... PuraVidaDreamin 13 hrs ago #7
Someone remind me again of why Iran must never, never be allowed to have a nuclear weapon? meadowlander 13 hrs ago #8
Touche' BattleRow 13 hrs ago #11
yeah, he's melting DoBW 12 hrs ago #14
The actual biggest story Gordcanuck 11 hrs ago #16
Why in the hell don't the Democrats - - RB77 8 hrs ago #19
They have and still are. Guess you weren't listening. wnylib 3 hrs ago #21
A demented old P E D O P H I L E Blue Owl 4 hrs ago #20
Citizens' United. BurnDoubt 2 hrs ago #22
Major world news outlets need to tell the truth and call out American MSM for being cowards. /nt spudspud 1 hr ago #23

Chasstev365

(7,827 posts)
1. The story should be:
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 01:16 PM
14 hrs ago

A political party so craven and power hungry that they are willing to let a vengeful, senile old man threaten the security of the world order to hold on.

malaise

(296,283 posts)
2. Not just a political party but the RW media, digital media moguls,
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 01:24 PM
14 hrs ago

more than a few billionaires, white supremacist church leaders and their goons.

agingdem

(8,863 posts)
9. Republicans do not want to govern, they want to rule..
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 02:18 PM
13 hrs ago

and they're more than happy to shred the Constitution, sacrifice the lives of our sons and daughters, kill protestors, kidnap/beat/deport American citizens, starve families, deny healthcare, rip the safety net out from the most vulnerable, pander to a sadistic hate-fueled psychopath, and swim in Trump's fetid sewer of corruption, deviancy, greed, and bribery to hold on that power....

charliea

(334 posts)
13. It explains his Executive Orders
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 02:56 PM
13 hrs ago

He wants to rule by decree (whim) and thinks his EO's are law. Mob boss mentality. It's why his underlings have many different acting assignments.
Sean Duffy was head of NASA for 6 months!
Marco Rubio is Secretary of State, head of USAID, and National Archivist, must be why he can't be a lead negotiator overseas as the SoS would usually be. Gotta send a couple of real estate developers, and at least one whose a family member.

Bluetus

(2,850 posts)
15. Exactly the case. And the legacy media is too cowardly/corrupted to say a word.
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 03:53 PM
12 hrs ago

The fact that Trump continues to he a raging lunatic is not news anywhere.

FarPoint

(14,790 posts)
4. Yes, he has an advaced dementia issue...
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 01:30 PM
14 hrs ago

he has cardiac issues and has fallen several times which has been all covered up.

MagickMuffin

(18,325 posts)
5. "media outlets are too cowardly to tell it like it is"
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 01:44 PM
14 hrs ago


Because they are owned by the billionaires and they control the narrative. Joe Biden is a current case in point.

The billionaires who owned the media made President Biden to always look disoriented, confused 24/7 they chose this narrative for Americans to believe and to influence the Nov election to tilt to the republicans.

Apparently it worked so well they drove Biden to reconsider his reelection bid. And some of that came from within his own party. Very unfortunate series of events.

And fast forward to today, the current president is showing all kinds of a demented mind and NO ONE in the billionaire owned media dares to provide the exact same narrative they used on Joe. Jake Tapper is an excellent case in point. He loves him some demented trump, I can already envision his next presidential book on trump.

I wonder how many billionaire media moguls are in the Epstein files?





ProfessorGAC

(76,787 posts)
6. A Canard
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 01:53 PM
14 hrs ago

Last edited Sun Apr 5, 2026, 03:05 PM - Edit history (1)

The problem in the new media is management, now owners.
The multi-billionaires, in general, own relatively tiny percentages of outstanding shares.
In fact, the parent companies of NBC, ABC, & CNN have more shares held in middle class 401k accounts than any 2, 3, or 5 billionaires combined.
The management is dominated by people who don't want to rock the boat to protect their inflated compensation and the RW noise machine is louder than the noise from us on the other side.
The noise represents a lower % of people, but those who scream the most get their way when management is always playing defense.
The notorious billionaires don't own enough of the media to have said influence.
Cowardice of upper management is independent of ideology.

MagickMuffin

(18,325 posts)
17. And then there is CBS that is run by billionaires, father and son
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 04:56 PM
11 hrs ago


Got their number one Late Night Show with Stephen Colbert taken off the air because Stephen Colbert exposed them and the game they were playing.

They didn’t likeeee, so they canceled the show.



ProfessorGAC

(76,787 posts)
18. They Replaced Management
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 05:26 PM
10 hrs ago

Management didn't have the spine to say no.
The dad & son still only own around 6%, but cowardly management kowtowed and made a bad business decision.
Even with a bad minority owner, courageous management could have said no.

PuraVidaDreamin

(4,622 posts)
7. And...
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 02:07 PM
13 hrs ago

Our lawmakers are on another vacation!

This no time in the history of the USA to be on vacation.

meadowlander

(5,135 posts)
8. Someone remind me again of why Iran must never, never be allowed to have a nuclear weapon?
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 02:08 PM
13 hrs ago

Wasn't it because their unstable leadership couldn't be trusted not to use it?

Gordcanuck

(187 posts)
16. The actual biggest story
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 04:20 PM
11 hrs ago

will unfold when the leader of Saudi Arabia takes his revenge on Trumpy for publicly calling him an ass-kisser. This guy’s employee of the month was “Mr. Bonesaws”. In their world you just can’t do such a thing. Money is nothing in this one.

RB77

(88 posts)
19. Why in the hell don't the Democrats - -
Sun Apr 5, 2026, 07:38 PM
8 hrs ago

Of both houses finally stand up to this. Why haven’t they stood up, pointed their finger across the isle and screamed to their counterparts exactly what’s being said on this thread. Why haven’t they walked out of the Capitol, - held an emergency press conference and announced to the world that we are in deep doo-doo. Are they worried that they might get in trouble, - after the repugs attacked the Capitol trying to overthrow the Government? Instead of sitting in their hands and whining about it, - maybe they should do something!

wnylib

(26,076 posts)
21. They have and still are. Guess you weren't listening.
Mon Apr 6, 2026, 12:33 AM
3 hrs ago

Amy Klobuchar, Jamie Raskin, Jasmine Crockett, AOC, Mark Kelly.

spudspud

(652 posts)
23. Major world news outlets need to tell the truth and call out American MSM for being cowards. /nt
Mon Apr 6, 2026, 02:05 AM
1 hr ago
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