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Martha's avatar

And this is why I follow independent journalists on Substack. Then again, most people don’t know how to source, so we are still left with a shit show.

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Linda Roberta Hibbs's avatar

That,is why, I am, considering, leaving, substack.

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Linda Roberta Hibbs's avatar

Perhaps, a, year, they give, him. According, to the nurse, who, whispered, in my, ear. I am taking, a vacation, in six, to 7 weeks, from, now, I truly, need, this.

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Linda Roberta Hibbs's avatar

Thank, You, for the article, talk , soon., I am, exhausted. Too many, concerns, in my, own, life. My cousin is , dying, in, Oregon. Northern, part, of, it. She, refused , the Covid vaccine. She is in congestive, heart ❤️, failure, and her, brain, function, is,very, bad.As, for, Ron, he is on his journey, home, to, be with, God!

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Linda Roberta Hibbs's avatar

Oh, by the, way, the , doctor, thanked, me, for the, kind, words, I used, to,keep, her employee.

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Linda Roberta Hibbs's avatar

People, shout, at times , about, fentanyl, use, or something, else is wrong. I am, usually, quiet, and, more, observant.

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Linda Roberta Hibbs's avatar

I, have, been, going to, civics, meetings, the , main, problem, her, in , Coffeyville, Kansas, the houses , are, in bad, shape, some maybe 🤔, have, to be , torn, down. They , find , drugs, using, fentanyl, and other drugs. I know, I can’t fix everything in life.

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Linda Roberta Hibbs's avatar

My, voice, is, not , silenced, at all , infact, I was , polite, when, the, eye, doctor, well they wanted, her to, 🔥, someone, who , has different, than myself, as she, is a lesbian.

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Linda Roberta Hibbs's avatar

Yes,like,what , I am, reading 📖. ? when, I first, came to. Substack, Neo,Nazi, was, trolling, the former Vice President. That’s, why, I shut her, down, as I was afraid, for, her, and, her, family members.

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Nazi Election Rigging: This Is A Must See Please Watch

Marc Elias at Democracy Docket in this video shows how the Nazi power takeover threatens our ability to vote https://bit.ly/4gtmAwR good summary and what to do last 7min

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Jane in NC's avatar

From the initial blame casting from the White House through the unverified and false WSJ story, there has been a dangerous bandwagon effect across the non-indie media. Even normally left-leaning outfits like The Daily Beast and The Guardian forgot their journalistic standards in the rush to get the next 'scoop.'

As a result, the lie about who's to blame for Kirk's death and why has spread far and wide, and sunk deep into fertile MAGA soil which has been heavily fertilized with conspiracy theories for years. The result is what we're seeing now: anyone who dares to portray Kirk as he actually was in life, using his actual words, or condemns the right for its morally bankrupt grifting off his death [including Kirk's own wife] are getting fired from their jobs - across the spectrum up to and including Jimmy Kimmel, the latest scapegoat in the Kirk Legend Project™️. That project is the pretext Trump, his administration, and his media pals are using to do what they've been longing to do since he took office in 2017: get rid of anyone who criticizes him or anyone who supports him. That project even has tentacles in the legal filings in Utah County which [conveniently] include edited text chains between the shooter and his roommate while [inconveniently] not including time stamps and meta data.

Independent media like Lincoln Square needs to stand strong in these times, because I suspect the Kirk Legend Project™️ is just getting started. Thank you for clear voice and moral clarity.

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MPT's avatar

The right wing nutjob news media equation: The Murdochs + fox + Megan Kelly + WSJ = TRASH. No longer a theory, but a provable fact.

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James McConnel's avatar

Mainstream medias’ conversion to a tool to sane wash the insane, to capitulate to the words and behavior of Trump, MAGA, and the Right is complete: obedience is now a reflex - throw the dogs a bone. Obeisance to the King and his court is the now the rule. You can smell the fear in the Mainstream media camp. Truth can be the first causality even when there is no war. Enjoy your pennies mainstream media.

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Jane in NC's avatar

My working theory is that most of what used to be the 'mainstream' media outlets from broadcast to cable to print to socials are owned by billionaires who've never recovered from high school where they spent years having their lunch money stolen and getting stuffed into lockers. You'd think their money would buy them independence. After all, who's better equipped to defend themselves and their organizations than people with billions to throw at the best legal teams in the business? But nah. They're still the same nerds at heart with the same willingness to cave to a bully who barks at them and makes threats.

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Carol Gamm's avatar

It’s sad to see how many in the media are quick to throw truth and our democracy under the bus. Their only concern is their own short term profits. Good night and good luck to the rest of us.

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Maxine Hunter's avatar

The rush to "storytelling" without the facts stirred up the hornets' nest. It's hard to get the hornets back in the nest once they are stirred up and mad. Or think of it this way: Once you squeeze toothpaste out of the tube, it's hard to put it back in the tube. Good words of advice concerning journalism as well as our own human frailty of jumping to conclusions. Thanks, Jennifer. Take care.

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