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robbob

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12. Sorry, I think you're missing my point...

Reply to TnDem (Reply #11)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 01:02 PM

19 hrs ago

I should use the thingy more often.

Of course the price of eggs are/were a ridiculous an arbitrary talking point for deciding who to vote for, and any responsible journalist should have pointed that out, but tRump, and the entire GOP know that they can spit out any bullshit talking point and the MSM, led by Fox will run with it and not ask questions.

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Do MAGAts who actually BUY GROCERIES believe Kim Jong Don when he says grocery prices have "come down?" [View all] Miles Archer 23 hrs ago OP

I wonder the same thing mcar 22 hrs ago #1

I don't. B.See 17 hrs ago #14

The MAGA math goes like this. Turbineguy 22 hrs ago #2

Maybe I am missing it but why is it when MSM reports Trump saying prices are down they don't cut to a survey... dutch777 22 hrs ago #3

Yup. Media, incl "influencers" make money from shinies & squirrels, not from statistics. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz 17 hrs ago #19

re: eggs TnDem 22 hrs ago #4

Which made it a PERFECT price benchmark for the GOP and MSM: robbob 20 hrs ago #8

re: egg prices TnDem 20 hrs ago #11

Sorry, I think you're missing my point... robbob 19 hrs ago #12

one person has to find one thing stillcool 22 hrs ago #5

Illusory truth effect walkingman 22 hrs ago #6

Plus maga definitely prefers simple wrong explanations to more complex correct explanations. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz 16 hrs ago #21

Exactly - in our tech age that seems to be a common trait. walkingman 16 hrs ago #23

There is a scene in Orwell's 1984 I think of a lot DBoon 21 hrs ago #7

or, as I've often referenced B.See 17 hrs ago #15

All he's gotta do is say it. Kid Berwyn 20 hrs ago #9

Eggs are still high here Meowmee 20 hrs ago #10

I no longer have faith that many of my fellow Americans can tell truth from the most obvious lies. Midnight Writer 17 hrs ago #13

They buy the lies bc they think pain will last only a few months when it starts and then it will be beer & ribs Bernardo de La Paz 17 hrs ago #18

I don't think their reasoning is that sophisticated. Midnight Writer 16 hrs ago #20

Initially they will make that blame, but as things don't get any better after a while they will have no choice Bernardo de La Paz 16 hrs ago #24

I hope so, but I remain skeptical. Midnight Writer 16 hrs ago #25

That's the core: faith based. But non-core magas get enlightened like everyone else by economic 2x4 to the face. nt Bernardo de La Paz 16 hrs ago #26

Hunger changes things Keepthesoulalive 16 hrs ago #27

maga will believe every word UNTIL they don't. Nobody knows what the tipping point will be Bernardo de La Paz 17 hrs ago #16

Here in Rural CA they jacked up one donut to $2.59 a piece. Jacson6 17 hrs ago #17

Members of cults Andy823 16 hrs ago #22