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In reply to the discussion: @DanRather The Rule of Trump: No matter how bad you think it is. It's worse. Much worse. [View all]llmart
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I'd go even further to say that our penchant for being obsessed with celebrities and their every utterance coupled with reality TV was the slippery slope to anti intellectualism.
I'm not ashamed to say that I have no idea who Nikki Minaj is even after reading some of the posts on DU referencing the name. I have no desire to know any more about her.
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@DanRather The Rule of Trump: No matter how bad you think it is. It's worse. Much worse. [View all]
riversedge
Sep 2021
OP
Good God. The last 5 years have not been a game. We have been lucky so far.
Evolve Dammit
Sep 2021
#37
I'm starting to be thankful COVID is killing off many who would elect Trump again.
Liberty Belle
Sep 2021
#8
I've never understood why so many voted for the most obnoxoius character alive.
NH Ethylene
Sep 2021
#18
Compared to the deranged and downright traitorous actions of his presidency, this is simply tacky.
argyl
Sep 2021
#29
For any political party to work so hard at duplicitous, anti-scientific appeal in the face of
lambchopp59
Sep 2021
#52