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pat_k

(14,575 posts)

1. The gap between traditional "news" outlets and reality grows ever wider.

Reply to Quiet Em (Original post)

Thu Jul 2, 2026, 01:24 PM

12 hrs ago

Turn that rage into letters to the editor and comments in feeds. Call bullshit on their "leftist" label for things that are in the absolute center of our politics and represent a throughline across the history of our liberal democracy.

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https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221331066

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I'm reading various news articles online and it's so damn annoying that most sources paint articles about Democrats in a [View all] Quiet Em 12 hrs ago OP

The gap between traditional "news" outlets and reality grows ever wider. pat_k 12 hrs ago #1

I went to the link to give you a rec Quiet Em 12 hrs ago #2

It's time to take these words back. mwmisses4289 8 hrs ago #3