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We could use a committe to expose un-American propaganda. Like, a decade ago.

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“Wasn’t ’W’ Bush’s grandfather involved in that?” (Question from a Twitter user)

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Interesting too that the I AM Activity that obviously has some connections with Q Anon and Flynn, whom Jim exposed reading a prayer from an I AM spin off cult, has a lot of parallels with WD Pelley's Silver Legion of America. https://mavcor.yale.edu/conversations/object-narratives/chart-magic-presence

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It's scary when you think a guy like Steve Bannon, pretty similar to a Father Coughlin sort of character, was, -- even briefly-- a "regular attendee to the NSC's Principals Committee, a Cabinet-level senior inter-agency forum for considering national security issues." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bannon#National_Security_Council

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Interesting that Lundeen was a lefty before becoming sympathetic to Hitler, which rhymes with our present horseshoe problem of some lefties becoming so anti establishment that they are either sympathetic to or simply useful idiots for the far-right.

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Jim, you MUST listen to Snyder's recent lecture. Especially the later part. His focus is on the structural forces bringing us here. 😵‍💫 Drops a tiny bit of hopium in the end

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Timothy Snyder is doing a lecture series at Harvard online. Recently dropped lecture on fascism, genocide and colonialism and renewed democracy. Maddow and he are great friends. Snyder recently met with President of Ukraine. Slava Ukraini!

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I like Maddow's documentary too but feel like her time would be better spent on exposing the “88 Tactical”: Franchising Nazi Training Camps Jim reported on earlier. Americans don't seem to respond well to history lessons but an imminent threat to us all from American neo-Nazi thugs is a growing threat now.

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Maddow's podcast, Ultra, is great. I'd say it's enjoyable, but it is uncomfortable and a learning experience. It is very well produced. Kudos to Rachel and her team.

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So are you with me about most of our worst mass shootings being Putin GRU orchestrated terrorism yet Jim? I noticed you stopped responding to emails...

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Oct 18, 2022·edited Oct 18, 2022

Putin is trying to turn us into Nazis, been saying it for years. There is no Hitler without Stalin.

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