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Counter-Punching the Dem Media's Panic
Propaganda Has Never Been More Important

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Posted By: Mercedes44, 4/11/2025 6:23:09 AM

The political media landscape here in the United States has been undergoing a great change for several years. For those of us in conservative digital/new media, the pace of the change seemed almost glacial until last year. Things started to pick up in late 2022 when the sale of Twitter to Elon Musk was finalized, then really blew up during last year's presidential election.While the Democrats' go-to media sources for prevarication dissemination have been weakened, they still have a lot of fight left in them. This battle is far from being over.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Lucky5 4/11/2025 8:27:47 AM (No. 1930514)
My 84 year old mother is on her phone 24/7 watching the news now. When I say "the news" It used to be CNN, now she found some weird super left wing youtube site and she watches it all day. Our entire family is conservative and all her friends. It is disturbing. She has had TDS since 2016. Just to say there are plenty of left wing alt news sites everywhere these days too.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: WhamDBambam 4/11/2025 8:35:29 AM (No. 1930517)
I feel your pain, #1, my wife, who worships at the CNN/MSLSD alter, has begun festooning her car with anti-Trump bumper stickers recently. The dog & I are hoping she’s not turning into a cat lady.
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