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5. Hell, it took a few days before ANYBODY in the news media started bringing up

Thu Feb 2, 2017, 06:33 PM

Feb 2017

the very recent outrage that Steve Bannon and Reince Priebus had been admitted to the inner sanctum of intelligence briefings, DISPLACING the Director of National Intelligence AND the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. That news broke over last weekend. Nobody even brought it up until various interview subjects started mentioning it - WHILE they were being interviewed about other topics, the following Monday. Could also have been because the protests at multiple airports around the country bigfooted the news. But it took at least two days before the story even got covered.

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GUYS: Here's PROOF that avalanching your reps with calls/emails/activism - WORKS. [View all] calimary Feb 2017 OP

K & R SammyWinstonJack Feb 2017 #1

Caveat. It works on representatives. ffr Feb 2017 #2

Well, in their case, you do it to make them uncomfortable. calimary Feb 2017 #4

If this is true, why isn't it in reliable mainstream news media? It would moonscape Feb 2017 #3

Hell, it took a few days before ANYBODY in the news media started bringing up calimary Feb 2017 #5

Surely hope it's true. That means with no Dem defections she's out. He'll moonscape Feb 2017 #6

heitkamp is a dem, so we still need one more GOP vote fishwax Feb 2017 #7

Ahhh - thanks! Without knowing I assumed she was Repub! n/t moonscape Feb 2017 #8

Mahalo, Mary! Cha Feb 2017 #9