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slightlv

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11. I agree that what you say should be spoken clearly and often...
Mon Nov 3, 2025, 11:23 AM
Nov 3

but more than that, IMO, is the visceral juxtaposition of throwing a "Great Gatsby" gala while also throwing 42 million families off food support via SNAP. Man, there are some excellent image shots and even video that would do justice to that situation. And people, being who they are, tend to gloss over the written word. Not so much what their eyes see. And what you suggest could well be incorporated into that, as well. Pictures of the prices of different cuts of meat, of milk, of bread, etc....

People feel what they're hit with viscerally. That's why there was such a backlash at the destruction of the East Wing. It hit people in the gut. If we were able to continually see the destruction wrought on the WH, there would be constant backlash... but trump has forbidden that anymore pictures be taken.

But what I'm talking about doesn't take MSM to accomplish. Today, citizen journalists can do it with Social Media, if the MSM won't support us any longer. And add them INTO the mix with their chyrons, etc. YMMV, of course!

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