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dickthegrouch

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18. Doesn't really matter if George Will actually said all of that
Sun Feb 15, 2026, 11:50 AM
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It's a very powerful message, well worth listening all the way through.

The huge difference between previous responses to the Fascist takeovers, however, was that the images of the oppression were being distributed by news organizations that had integrity.

There are far too few public figures and news organizations actually showing the people what is happening. The major news organizations have been as thoroughly corrupted as the government and its agencies. Only a relatively tiny number of people know how badly.

The ICE situation in Minneapolis appears to be too big and compelling for the new orgs to suppress completely, but they are still spinning it, and trumpeting (pun intended) the noise that keeps coming from the Whitehouse to distract us.

False numbers, events and "truths" that never occurred; confusion over the policies and implementations; the incompetent and dangerous Cabal that dares to call itself a Cabinet, and is focussed more on undeserved adulation than administration, all are being covered up every day by the ultimately complicit news organizations afraid of losing access.

They have the access, but they are not reporting on the fundamental problems they are seeing due to that access. They are failing to insist on answers to the troubling, nay catastrophic, things they are witnessing.

That is the biggest challenge we have to overcome.

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Given it's flagged as altered or synthetic comment by YT, maybe George Will shouldn't be the hero this day either (nt) AZJonnie Sunday #1
you mean it's fake? eShirl Sunday #4
deleting my reply and taking back my rec eShirl Sunday #7
Just take a look at the YouTube channel from which that video comes. xocetaceans Sunday #12
That's not exactly what I mean, hence the word "maybe" AZJonnie Sunday #23
thanks for the warning! rurallib Sunday #8
It is all AI. There are 3-5 others out there. AI it is a great tool. Like a shovel UNLESS it's used as a weapon. usaf-vet Sunday #21
Buckley didn't criticize Reagan, but spoke out against Bush biocube Sunday #2
This message was self-deleted by its author eShirl Sunday #3
AI slop! 2naSalit Sunday #5
This is AI, why is it here? Bev54 Sunday #6
WOW! This is powerful!! broiles Sunday #9
I posted thisd before all the posts broiles Sunday #14
The message IS really good. calimary Sunday #38
Must watch malaise Sunday #10
Apparently it's likely a fake :-/ Pluvious Sunday #22
I suspected so malaise Sunday #27
Will's voice isn't right PJMcK Sunday #34
Ha malaise Sunday #37
Plus, george's chin is more rounded than pointed. niyad Sunday #41
That is a good suggestion. n/t rzemanfl Sunday #43
Fake Cirsium Sunday #11
This isn't George Will, but it would've been nice if it was. Uncle Joe Sunday #13
Please take down this AI slop: it diminishes the usefulness of DU as a reliable site for news and information. xocetaceans Sunday #15
Please explain how it's "apparent." 31st Street Bridge Sunday #19
Can't get more apparent Cirsium Sunday #24
Slop it might be, please read my reply #18. /nt dickthegrouch Sunday #20
I never thought I would see the day that I would say, "Right on George Will. You are a true patriot". flashman13 Sunday #16
What Murrow and Sevareid and Shirer and Cronkite would say today 31st Street Bridge Sunday #17
Doesn't really matter if George Will actually said all of that dickthegrouch Sunday #18
No Cirsium Sunday #25
Deceiving people to make money is called FRAUD ... William Seger Sunday #31
Why hasn't this post been removed? bif Sunday #26
AI FAKE PLEASE REMOVE orangecrush Sunday #28
If You See the "Altered or synthetic content" Flag on a YouTube Video, MineralMan Sunday #29
I knew it was going to be that AI slop channel as soon as I read your title William Seger Sunday #30
AI slop, please self-delete. (nt) Pinback Sunday #32
Delete this AI slop and then ask yourself why you need George Will to say anything you agree with WhiskeyGrinder Sunday #33
This is AI generated fucking slop. The MAGA fuckstains are now innundating us with the goddamn shit. Piss on those turds SoFlaBro Sunday #35
Please self delete. This is not a real video. chowder66 Sunday #36
Even the AI version of Will couldn't bring itself to criticize the Republican party for enabling Trump's fascism. sop Sunday #39
Good point. n/t rzemanfl Sunday #42
I saw this video just minutes after it was posted to YouTube rzemanfl Sunday #40
Okay, before I succumb to the screeching about AI slop, I have something to say. ariadne0614 Sunday #44
This message was self-deleted by its author Warpy Sunday #45
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