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500 sats \ 63 replies \ @itsrealfake 19 Oct \ parent \ on: #NoKings Grand Rapids, Michigan 10/18/25 Politics_And_Law
good job getting engaged with civics, I guess.
what's your take on the "threat to our democracy" video of the newscasters all saying the same line?
I'm also aware technically we are a constitutional Republic
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The broadcast company that owns all these networks is one of the same abc affiliated networks that refused to air Kimmel after Disney put him back on air. Look deeper into that and you'll see they're a network that supports white Christian nationalism, which is the greatest threat to our democracy. Generally though, our local news networks are the most the trustworthy source of news left in the nation.
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Are you aware of anything other than this that shows them as an organization that "supports white christian nationalists" 
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The broadcast company that owns all these networks is one of the same abc affiliated networks
Your sentence doesn't read well... perhaps I'm misunderstanding what you're getting at.
Yes, Sinclair owns many station licenses. ABC and other broadcast stations, are licensed to broadcast by the FCC, which obliges Sinclair to support decency (whatever that means).
I don't think Kimmel is funny, and I don't think his comments are decent. And from what I understand the ABC network is losing tens of millions per year on its operation. It's my guess that the decision to keep him off the air had something to do with taste, initially, and later it had more to do with bargaining for better rates on other revenue streams, with Disney (who was petitioning to keep him on the air).
our democracy.
whose? I don't own any. I'm also aware that (allegedly) we're represented by a government that's formed as a constitutional republic. I don't want a democracy, and I don't trust the majority of people to make good decisions for themselves, much less for me.
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Oh, and if you don't want the people to have the power, why don't you just move to Russia or North Korea? I'm sure you have the means to do so. It's pretty clear that's the type of government you want so what's stopping you man? Clearly you hate America and the values it was founded upon and what it stands for.
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/02/sinclair-tv-disinformation-conservative-news
Kimmel is not losing money, neither is/was Colbert. CBS simply bowed the knee to Trump in their canceling of Colbert and Disney/ABC did so in response to Project 2025 architect and the FCC Chair stating on a right wing YouTube channel that they would come for ABC's broadcasting license if Kimmel wasn't removed. Which btw, if you think the government threatening a private company's broadcasting license over comments the administration doesn't like is okay then it's you who I don't feel comfortable with making decisions for me and the rest of us who just want to be free. The fact that you think the people shouldn't have a voice shows that you don't believe in true freedom and you probably would be okay with living under an authoritarian regime, given that regime implements the views and agendas you agree with. You seem like an incredible selfish individual, I bet you're probably against property taxes and income taxes as well because "fuck the poor and local police and emergency services," right? You probably advocate for laws that restrict voting access and are probably someone who jacks off to the awful and horrible videos we are seeing come out of the tactics the unmasked, name tag-less ICE and CBP agenda are using to round up immigrants AND US CITIZENS as well. Which yes, if you haven't seen which I'm sure you haven't, numerous citizens have been detained and held without charge for sometimes DAYS by mistake because they thought they were immigrants. You probably also are unaware that ICE agents are arresting immigrants that show up to their scheduled immigration court hearings for their asylum claims (which is a LEGAL METHOD OF IMMIGRATION) and deport them without even letting them see the judge or any judge.
You probably are just an awful human being who has the inability to feel empathy for anyone that has it worse off than you. And that's why you don't want to live in a government where the people have the power, because you don't want to have to be bothered by those people and would rather they just disappear. So, kindly fuck off.
If I'm wrong about any of what I've said, please, let me know. But I'm going to go ahead and guess that I'm spot on.
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If I'm wrong about any of what I've said, please, let me know.
you're wrong.
Side note... holy cow bro listen to yourself.
presumably you'd ascribe to the notion of a plurality of opinions, but your writing doesn't reflect that at all.
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Sorry about the big long paragraph, it's my schizo-effective disorder, sometimes I get a bit disorganized in the forming of sentences and paragraphs because my brain goes faster than I can type.
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in all honesty and with loving kindness...
it checks out:
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You never explained how I'm wrong exactly.
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Not even close, sad to see you're a sympathizer of a group of people who seek to trample all over the constitution and who have been responsible for over 80% of mass shootings and acts of domestic terror in the nation's modern history. The statistics don't lie.
White Christian nationalists want to take away freedoms from anyone but them. There is no difference between their agenda and Sharia law in the middle east. Just look at the way they try and implement biblical law into our nations laws and the way they treat women, the LGBTQIA+ community, people of color, immigrants, and anyone that worships differently than they do. The similarities are truly scary.
White Christians have been against every effort in our nations history to expand freedoms to marginalized groups just look at the history and which side of it they were on. They used the Bible as their reasonings for slavery, against the women's rights movement, against the civil rights movement, and against same-sex marriage. The Bible is a look of love and Christ was a brown skinned refugee that preached socialist ideals, told the people to pay their taxes to Ceasar, spoke Aramaic, fed the poor (for free), healed the sick (for free), hung out with the poor, the sick, and the sinners on a daily basis, and never once forced those who he taught to follow his beliefs. If Christ returned today these White "Christian" nationalists would put him right back on the cross. If you disagree what I've said about Christ, maybe you should actually open that Bible you claim to follow, bud.
Our founding fathers created this country adamant on freedom for ALL and true freedom from religious persecution and don't forget they were deists. They all believed in freedom of religion and freedom FROM religion if you so choose. They would not support the white Christian nationalist agenda, not a chance.
To say white Christians are the reason we have our freedoms is truly laughable and shows just how out of touch you are. I can't wait until your generation dies off so we can finally catch up with the rest of the civilized world because we are far far behind in the categories that truly make a country great. Religion is nothing but a tool designed to mislead and control mankind. Wake up, sheep.
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White Christians have been against every effort in our nations history to expand freedoms to marginalized groups just look at the history and which side of it they were on.
White Christians ended the acceptance of slavery globally.
You owe your entire modern life to White Christian Men.
Jesus Christ loves you and has a place for you in His Kingdom. But you’ll have to humble yourself and repent, or you can continue suffering in your mental illness and disgusting hatefulness for all eternity.
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First, white Christian men used the Bible as justification for slavery, forcing slaves to read the Bible in some cases as well.
They also used the Bible as justification against the women's rights movement in the 20s.
They used the Bible as justification against the civil rights movement as well as with extremist groups like the klan burning crosses on lawns.
White Christians also have used the Bible in more recent times as justification in an attempt to prevent abortion rights, same sex legalization, and trans rights.
So to say people have their rights thanks to white Christian man is flat out delusional. But given you believe in fairy tales, it doesn't shock me you live in your own reality. You spend too much time inhaling right wing propaganda and refusing to accept the facts.
You also never responded to the proof I showed you of how Trump has used the Presidency for direct profit, and now he's suing the justice department for 230 million dollars in another attempt to profit off the presidency since he himself appointed the people that will decide if they settle with him or not.
Have fun living on earth 2, but those of us here on earth one are busy trying to keep our Democratic Republic from becoming an autocracy.
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forcing slaves to read the Bible in some cases as well
And that’s a bad thing?
Teaching slaves to read and then eventually freeing them and ending slavery globally (except where it still exists today in Africa and other non-white non-Christian places)
-seems like a good thing to me.
Anyway have fun with your quest, I can understand that you hate people who say they are Christian, you are right that we all need to read what Christ said and be more like Him. I hope you’ll give him a chance and accept his forgiveness.
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I guarantee you I know the Bible better than you do. I actually went to a private Christian college, it's what pushed me into atheism.
And most slave owners did not want their slaves to learn how to read or are you that stupid you don't know basic history. I misspoke in my previous comment, slave owners forced slaves to attend reading sessions of the Bible where they were read passages from the Bible.
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Still don’t see how that’s bad.
Which countries ended slavery first?
The answer is White (mostly Christian) countries.
Which countries can you still find slavery in today?
African and Arabic countries.
Don't argue with @AJ1992, he is ignorant and lives in his own unreality bubble.
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Um so lets be smart for a second and lets look at a picture of the East Wing
Then lets also look at the history of it.... hmm wasnt built until 1902 as an extension of the initial White House structure. The White House itself is still completely untouched. If we want to split hairs in 1942 the building was significantly changed... hell they only left of part of it to hide the bunker being build and then added a second story.
The quote you used is like using the Schumer quote that "everyday the government is shut down is good for us" did he say it? Yep. But he didnt say it on camera or the specific way he did.
I mean its not surprising they figured to start from scratch was going to be cheaper and more structurally sound. Thats just basic common sense.
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You worship Donald Trump, who IF your Bible is correct shows every sign of the beast mentioned in revelations. You should read that Bible.
The only ones living in an alternate reality are you MAGAts. I believe in facts, science, data, and love and acceptance for all. You guys are too busy being deceived by a man who has spent his entire life enriching himself at the cost of the average citizen. If you would actually believe your eyes and your ears, you'd hear the deception yourself. But instead you refuse to believe what you see and hear from anyone else besides your wanna-be king.
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I don't believe you when you say you believe in science and data. Nothing you've said demonstrates that.
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I do though. It's your side who refuses to believe that vaccines are safe and effective even though 99.9% of vaccinologists, biological scientists, doctors, ect say they are. It's your side that puts some fairy tale religious book ahead of scientifically proven facts.
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He did exactly what he said he was gonna do, huh?
Are grocery prices and inflation down? Nope. The man said he'd lower them on day one...
Is the Ukraine/Russia war he promised to end on day one over? Nope.
Has he ended taxes on social security? Nope.
I can go on and on bud.
The fact is the every day average American is paying more for basic essentials than they were on Jan. 20th, 2025, the data and statistics don't lie.
And the fact that you're seemingly okay with human beings being kidnapped and taken away from their families and deported without any due process/seeing an immigration judge shows that you're a cruel human being who lacks any empathy. Trump said they were going to go after the violent criminals that were here undocumented, the gang members. Not the people that have been here for years, paying taxes, and just trying to earn a living for their family. That's why he's lost so much support in the polls on immigration recently, the people that voted for him don't even support this.
Trump was elected on the fact that he would bring prices down and make things better for the average American. He has done neither.
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Honestly please do keep going cause you dont have that many more. He could have actually have done the grocery and inflation moves but you would have exploded because he would have had to enact price controls.
Ukraine has been given more and more help to end the war with US targeting into Russia and even following something Trump told Zelenskyy... attack their oil infrastructure. Now he has public discussed giving tomahawks to Ukraine?! Biden didnt do anything near this and wasnt respected by anyone at all. Oh and a kicker for the whole thing.... Guess who was the President that sent Ukraine lethal aid way back in 2017.... oops that would be Trump approving Javelin missiles Obama only did nonlethal aid aka body armor and medical supplies.
taken away from their families and deported
Yeah if you commit crimes guess what you don't get to chill with your family. If I get pulled over driving my family drunk guess what I get separated that's literally the safest option. One of the biggest issues that the stats show is that the violent criminals are being arrested in places like LA, Chicago and others where the police are required to ignore ICE detention retainers.
Its wild you mention that he has lost so much support when the data in the same breath shows the biggest shift has come from the left getting more and more upset and therefore increasingly skewing the data because of the scales. Its why scales are a terrible metric to use. Border communities have been widely supportive of the policies because finally they were getting help. Plus from an environmental angle you should love the stop of the flow because now the trash and environmental damage has stopped.
You claim I dont care yet as someone who grew up and saw the results of the human trafficking the occurred across the southern border you must really not care if you are okay with that. The crimes against women horrible children vile and then they still sometimes kill them along the way. Not sure how you can be pro that but since you are so against the methods he used to stop the flow then... well... you have one option or the other there is no third.
Final though you are from/talking from Michigan hell of a long ways away from the Texas border where for years small communities struggled like Eagle Pass. Biden's idea was to use your tax payer money to just fly people, here illegally mind you because they did not go through a port of entry, into the US.
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