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maddiemom

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48. Much as I despised Nixon...

Wed Aug 27, 2025, 07:37 AM

Aug 27

he really, REALLY wanted to be revered in history as a major statesman . Trump's priorities lie in a very different direction.

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He's rented a neon billboard and he is telegraphing it in letters 20 feet high. We need to wake up! [View all] senseandsensibility Aug 26 OP

press just sucks this up unquestioningly BoRaGard Aug 26 #1

Yes, as he's accelerated his efforts to consolidate power this week senseandsensibility Aug 26 #2

You missed the news about the federal judge in MD? sheshe2 Aug 26 #6

Glad to hear all of this! ShazzieB Aug 26 #28

Me too! sheshe2 Aug 26 #30

Trump has met his match all right! ShazzieB Aug 27 #65

I love it! sheshe2 Aug 27 #66

Shameful. calimary Aug 26 #14

yes Skittles Aug 26 #23

That, or soldierant Aug 26 #39

well it's kind of a fascist circle Skittles Aug 26 #41

Imo, it makes them COMPLICIT and B.See Aug 26 #44

oh absolutely Skittles Aug 27 #45

Rather than confront him Mz Pip Sep 2 #73

I think the problem is that the Press' power over ... Whiskeytide Aug 26 #40

See my post #6 sheshe2 Aug 26 #43

BUTBUTBUT they have to keep their ACCESS! pansypoo53219 Aug 27 #47

Yes, they do Oeditpus Rex Aug 27 #57

maga zine poozwah Aug 27 #49

As if ThreeNoSeep Aug 27 #60

What do you expect them to do? Oeditpus Rex Aug 27 #54

The mainstream press isn't going to save us. Klarkashton Aug 26 #3

It should have been boycotted completely for the last 20 years. ananda Aug 26 #4

Not too late to start now. senseandsensibility Aug 26 #5

That's for damn sure Joinfortmill Aug 26 #37

That isn't its job Oeditpus Rex Aug 27 #55

Depends on how you look at it. We would never have been here in the first place if there were an impartial press. Scrivener7 Sep 2 #79

I trust you mean Oeditpus Rex Sep 2 #82

Echoes of Nixon 1977 2na fisherman Aug 26 #7

1977? Skittles Aug 26 #9

That's when the David Frost interview took place where he said that line. Xavier Breath Aug 26 #11

Yeah, I had to think about that too senseandsensibility Aug 26 #12

I was 10 or 11 at the time so the interview wasn't top of mind for me. Xavier Breath Aug 26 #15

It's insane to think that the Supreme Court took that Nixon quote and turned it into fucking law in this country. Karasu Aug 26 #27

The Sinister Six is wholly corrupt. Prof. Toru Tanaka Aug 26 #33

The sinister six are connected to and influenced by Opus Dei. SharonAnn Sep 2 #72

One of the things I thought got settled when we got rid of Nixon: nobody is above the law.. Hekate Aug 26 #35

The Supreme Court seems a little protective of the Fed senseandsensibility Aug 26 #38

Much as I despised Nixon... maddiemom Aug 27 #48

The press gerryatwork Aug 26 #8

Welcome to DU, gerryatwork! calimary Aug 26 #16

what he MEANS is Skittles Aug 26 #10

Thanks to Justice Roberts et al 2na fisherman Aug 26 #13

That is absolutely true senseandsensibility Aug 26 #17

Welcome to DU, 2na fisherman! calimary Aug 26 #19

you know it, 2na fisherman Skittles Aug 26 #21

Absolutely true. We should start saying "Trump/Roberts". vanlassie Aug 27 #67

Well if bdamomma Sep 2 #76

A MAGA fan in my area LITERALLY DID THAT. Brenda Aug 26 #18

OMG senseandsensibility Aug 26 #20

Well, I am in a pretty red place. Brenda Aug 26 #24

He actually put up his own sign? You should have called the City and had it taken down Bengus81 Aug 27 #62

The most dangerous man on earth is living in the Peoples' House. spanone Aug 26 #22

And himself LW1977 Aug 26 #25

Because WmChris Aug 26 #26

See the post earlier today, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN ...... flashman13 Aug 26 #29

WOW MadameButterfly Aug 26 #31

If the US media were "bowing down" to Chump, why would he need to rent a billboard? FakeNoose Aug 26 #32

His friends own the press quakerboy Aug 26 #34

Name these 'friends' of his Oeditpus Rex Aug 27 #58

Yup. Fuck MSM. Watch independent journalist Joinfortmill Aug 26 #36

And for the record, I want people in my foxhole who are determined to fight... CaptainTruth Aug 26 #42

In Trump, the Flaming Chicken of Moral Hazard has come home to roost. LudwigPastorius Aug 27 #46

Is This Figurative or Is There A Billboard? WiVoter Aug 27 #50

And this morning the chat on "Morning Joe" is about what is wrong with the Democrats and why aren't Vinca Aug 27 #51

A desperate plea in great denial bucolic_frolic Aug 27 #52

The problem is.. ._. Aug 27 #53

The rapist thinks he's untouchable JustAnotherGen Aug 27 #56

Our democracy is broken Farmer-Rick Aug 27 #59

Trump hand picked press would eat shit sandwiches on sesame seed buns. Historic NY Aug 27 #61

Then, we need to stop him, yes? (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Aug 27 #63

Absolutely! senseandsensibility Aug 27 #68

And to notice that they absolutely are not. And the little posse can swarm Scrivener7 Sep 2 #78

Apparently this is what a malignant narcissist believes annielion Aug 27 #64

Distraction mac56 Aug 27 #69

where is the billboard, what does it say? orleans Aug 27 #70

He has gone totally fucking mad with power. He needs to be arrested now. Initech Aug 27 #71

Yep. Passages Sep 2 #74

Removal bdamomma Sep 2 #75

Well, actually pedo Trump hasn't said anything in the last 5 days Farmer-Rick Sep 2 #77

Yes, this post is from Aug. 26! senseandsensibility Sep 2 #80

Delusions of greatness Heftylefty Sep 2 #81