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RandySF

(58,823 posts) Wed Apr 15, 2020, 12:24 PM Apr 2020

Our New 'Five O'Clock Follies'

As bizarre as President Trump’s daily briefings on the coronavirus pandemic have become, they’re not a new idea.

Reporters were regularly subjected to what became known as the “five o’clock follies” during the Vietnam war.

https://politicalwire.com/2020/04/15/our-new-five-oclock-follies/

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Our New 'Five O'Clock Follies' (Original Post) RandySF Apr 2020 OP

At least they actually started at five o'clock Walleye Apr 2020 #1

Walleye

(31,022 posts)

1. At least they actually started at five o'clock

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Wed Apr 15, 2020, 12:49 PM

Apr 2020

Remember, Never believe anything until it’s been officially denied by the Pentagon

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