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11. for me it was an interview with Karl Rove,

Tue Jan 14, 2025, 08:59 AM

Jan 2025

I think it may have been in Vanity Fair, about that time.

He basically said out loud we create our own reality. I'm sure he's reveling today.

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Experts, education, science have no value in America's new fascist regime. [View all] Irish_Dem Jan 2025 OP

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And perhaps, most egregiously, LOGIC/CRITICAL THINKING has no place in no_hypocrisy Jan 2025 #2

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for me it was an interview with Karl Rove, barbtries Jan 2025 #11

That was a turning point. Thanks Evolve Dammit Jan 2025 #16

This is the Vietnam story as well. Simeon Salus Jan 2025 #4

Uneducated are easily controlled. Blue Full Moon Jan 2025 #5

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I drove across Ohio two years ago ... Charging Triceratops Jan 2025 #28

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And to know how our system works .. LSparkle Jan 2025 #19

it's true. barbtries Jan 2025 #12

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The "Know Nothing" party in the 1800's lives on? Evolve Dammit Jan 2025 #18

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I agree. Irish_Dem Jan 2025 #32

Here is part of the issue as I see it. OldBaldy1701E Jan 2025 #26

Getting an education now is about making the billionaires richer. Irish_Dem Jan 2025 #30

Exactly! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Jan 2025 #31

That's why the student loans Blue Full Moon Jan 2025 #35

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Koch's were the ones that fought Biden Blue Full Moon Jan 2025 #38

Americans are victims of ongoing scams designed to make the rich richer. Irish_Dem Jan 2025 #41

Very true. OldBaldy1701E Jan 2025 #42

"Outcome-Based Education" us an example of this. John1956PA Jan 2025 #39

Play dumb and get to work bucolic_frolic Jan 2025 #34

The billionaire scams and corruption of US politicians and judges will cause a collapse eventually? Irish_Dem Jan 2025 #37

Sure, they are going to arrest themselves. Blue Full Moon Jan 2025 #40

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We're in a post-truth, post-fact society Blue_Tires Jan 2025 #45

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