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And Now For Some Good News (Honest!)...

Trump cannot get the media to tell the story he wants, and while it might not seem like much, it is incredibly important.

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Oct 12, 2020
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by Justin Rosario

It’s hard to look around at 2020 and not see unrelenting horror in every corner. 

The police are still killing and abusing unarmed black people, even pregnant women, while protests are still going on. Right wing terrorists are oozing out of the woodwork, emboldened by Donald Trump. QAnon is spreading like a cancer and promises to bring us horror. The economy is on the brink of collapse with millions of people facing evictions and hunger while Republicans turn their backs on them. The Gulf Coast is drowning while the West Coast is being consumed by a gigafire.

What the hell even is a gigafire?

Oh, and in less than 4 weeks, Republicans are either going to try to use the courts to steal the election or stage a violent coup.

And Now For Some Good News!

We have a couple of things going for us and while they may not seem to amount to much, they’re actually kind of important.

The first is that although Trump can still distract the press with shiny objects, that’s not the same as c…

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