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I’m almost positive we’ll see similar actions taken by the current US administration as we get closer to November. Basically shut everything but Fox/OANN down, so they can be the single source of “truth” and declare victory. Ready for your downvotes.

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I am confident this won't happen, and would be willing to wager with you on this

Deal. Circle back in November!

Not that it will matter by then. The effects of your spreading FUD about imaginary realities aren't going to just be reversed by you acknowledging you were wrong in a couple months.

You are actively detracting from real issues today by posting this nonsense.

Happy to oblige with the downvote. The US isn't Belarus, even if Trump thinks it is. Shutting down everyone but Fox/OANN is beyond his power and authority, whether he knows it or not, and whether he likes it or not.

An attempt to shut down CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, and AP would result in an immediate court order prohibiting the shutdown.

He has enough key people in every single government institution that are very happy to ignore the courts. And I agree that the US isn't Belarus - but the people in power are working very hard to make it more like Belarus every single day.

The government here simply doesn’t have the power to shut down the media/internet unless it wants to impose martial law and/or forcibly nationalize massive corporations like Comcast.

It's so weird to see people imagining bad things for Trump to do, then acting as if he actually did them.

Trump is annoying enough, you don't have to make up imaginary things about him.

TDS Sufferer: "Trump is a dictator!" [1]

Trump lets the States exercise their Constitutional authority[2]

TDS Sufferer: "Trump is a disappointingly-WEAK dictator!"[3]

It really is bizarre. As you say, there are things he's legitimately punting into the stands, such as his ham-fisted counter to the rise of China (great concept, abysmal execution).[4]

[1]https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-covid-19-coronavirus-di...

[2]https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/03/31/commentary/w...

[3]https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/06/yet-anothe...

[4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhMAt3BluAU

This would be more believable, but when Trump can’t do something simple like repeal DACA. How do you think he could shutdown the internet?

They don't want to be the single source of truth. Russian propaganda ( which resembles Trumps) acknowledges that it's almost impossible.

They want to politice the "truth": https://youtu.be/nknYtlOvaQ0

Look, the term Trump Derangement Syndrome is often used to dismiss the many, and mounting, valid critiques of the administration.

But it clearly exists. This is an insane thing to think. It's so far out beyond anything that could happen, that deranged is a reasonable word for it.

Log off, buddy. Take a walk, heck take a day. The Internet will still be there when you get back.

not a logical thing to happen no matter how dumb things get here

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