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“A self-interested, erratic megalomaniac has seized control of the US government.”

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[–] spit_evil_olive_tips@beehaw.org 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Both DOGE and Project 2025 where public knowledge when people voted.

The Truth Is Paywalled But The Lies Are Free

"journalism about such-and-such exists" is not the same as "such-and-such is common knowledge". the country is awash in propaganda.

[–] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 month ago

There's an ocean between me and Trump, the international coverage of the US campaign was miserable even by the mediocre standards of modern journalism, and somehow it was still clear enough to me. I have to assume that the only "excuse" an American citizen would have would be willful ignorance