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It's more than that! We have lost the truth tellers in our mass media! Here is a quote from "John Kass" a truth teller that was erased from the Chicago Tribune! I could not say it better! Fear rules in the Media as well as medicine!

Quote: "The old journalism business model has collapsed. The new greasy journalism model is here. A new crop of new editors shake like reeds at the march of the newspaper union Bolsheviks–for example, my old Tribune– in league with the cadre of hard left politicos determined to see Chicago and other big cities fall and leaving victims of violent crime without a voice. A few decent journalists remain, but most anyone with any credibility has left corporate legacy journalism in Chicago to the harpies that despoil it."

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Yes, the old journalism has collapsed. It's debatable how much of that was caused by bad journalism and how much by advances in competing technologies. Some of each in my opinion.

Our elected leaders are trying to save the old journalism through government subsidies. I expect that from the Democrats. It's infuriating to me the Republicans are willing to go along. Exhibit A is my senator, Senator Cruz. He had the subsidy amendment bottled up in committee, but relented to Senator Klobuchar. The feel-good reason is it's "saving" local, small town newspapers (which are all owned by newspaper conglomerates).

Do these morons never learn? That makes the local newspapers beholden to government. Another incremental expansion in government control of our lives.

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"(which are all owned by newspaper conglomerates)."And there you have your answer. lack of competition or anti trust laws not being used to break up monopolies. Clinton legalized this by the telecommunications act in the mid 90's which rolled back the laws that were written because of the Rockefeller collusion and monopoly's. When you allow consolidation of media you are allowing it to be controlled by those who want to control to gain profit.

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Bad journalism was on the rise long before those competitive sources arrived on the scene

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I remember in the 1980's Conrad Black was buying up newspapers in Canada and around the world. After purchase he sent in his henchman to walk through the newsroom and fire every other reporter. Blacks goal was to fill the spaces between ads with cheap news stories. Wire services did well, investigative journalism did not. He lobbied Buckingham palace for a knighthood and was later stripped of it after being convicted of defrauding company shareholders of $6m dollars. That is the history in a nutshell of the third largest MSM company in the world in the 90's

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Going back to William Randall Hearst.

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Democrat "senator" Amy Klobuchar is a CFR member-as is Diane Feinstein, Jack Reed, Mark R. Warner and Sheldon Whitehouse. Republican CFR "senators" include Susan Collins, Dan Sullivan and Lamar Alexander.

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Cruz needs close monitoring. So does Lee. Both talk a good game...

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Talking a good game is synonomous with talking out your ass.

That fake governor of Texas has purposefully ignored the nonstop pleas for help of any kind against the border invasion. The mayors have been documented with their cries for help against the bloodshed, the violence, and drug cartel overtaking small towns along the border, yet No one in MSM prints a word about it. This would reflect poorly against their handlers in charge, and resident Biteme, and Cameltoe Harris.

Fallen upon deaf ears, while the little prick remains protected in his governors mansion, as he doesn't see the thousands raped, dying at the hands of the cartel, the runners, the complicit media. No looking through fortified retreats windows long enough to hear the desperate cries for help, but talks the tough guy routine on camera.

Pontification, with willful ignorance, is a common trait among those in charge, and with no one willing to expose them for what they are, it will continue unabated.

Cruz and the wheelchair bound are close companions, no doubt

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Everyone is frustrated with that situation. I remember when Tucker was lambasting Abbott about the border. Without an impenetrable wall, what can one do. Even though it is an invasion, guard or military can't line up and shoot the invaders. How do you stop them?

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Mayorkas needs to be impeached and removed. DPS is now letting the hoard come in through ports of entry.

https://www.theblaze.com/op-ed/horowitz-as-biden-admin-undermines-texas-border-security-states-should-fight-back

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He went to harvard. That always bugs me

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Now, on Cruz:

1/7/21 “The attack at the Capitol was a despicable act of terrorism and a shocking assault on our democratic system. The Department of Justice should vigorously prosecute everyone who was involved in these brazen acts of violence. I thank the brave men and women of the U.S. Capitol Police and all other law enforcement agencies who responded to restore peace.”

5/28/21

“The January 6 terrorist attack on the Capitol was a dark moment in our nation’s history, and I fully support the ongoing law enforcement investigations into anyone involved. Everyone who attacked the Capitol must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law and brought to justice.”

1/5/22

“We are approaching a solemn anniversary this week, and it is an anniversary of a violent terrorist attack on the Capitol.”

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Shelley, I knew all this about Cruz. It's giving me heartburn all over again to be reminded. :-/

These quotes show he's more connected to DC insiders than to his constituents in TX. If he can't do something to help the Jan 6 political prisoners, I'll probably never vote for him again.

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Like so many senators, he is beholden to Turtle for campaign funds and thus some strings are attached. Turtle wasted no time giving his own terrorist remarks prior to Ted's. People will vote for him because no one will run against him on the R primary ballot and God forbid a dem wins..

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Sen Hawley went to Yale and Stanford. However, he was Associate Professor of Law at the University of Missouri School of Law and he served as one of the lead attorneys in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby. As counsel to the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Hawley worked as part of Hobby Lobby’s legal team for years leading up to the case against the Department of Health and Human Services. He was then elected MO's AG where he joined many state lawsuits against the fed. I moved back to MO just in time to donate to his run for Senator. He was the first Senator to say he would challenge the certification of Joe Biden’s win.

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As a Chicagoan, in its a bit better days, Kass was (and still is) one of my favorites.

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What about Royko???

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Yes! Him too. It may be a matter of which paper I was reading at the time. Very limited re the Trib.

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He was the best. Forever missed! BILLY goat...

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Honest man. I loved his post in 2020 about his wife conversing on the phone with suburban Democratic women. He said he never thought he would see the day they would be discussing what kind of handgun they should buy.

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Hi Ana - check your spam box. Also check to make sure your server isn't just throwing them in the trash. If you have a second email address, you might try getting it sent to that email instead.

Just saying - I have yet to find that not getting email notices is a Substack issue. Every time so far, it is the email server.

I am not sure when you first posed the question.

If you send something to my personal email address, I literally get so many emails - it is almost impossible for me to find anything.

I hope this helps.

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I have had this problem once or twice.

Click on the red dot in the upper right hand corner, then "manage subscriptions," then near he bottom, click on "If you're having email delivery issues, click here." It should ping you w/ an email.

This should as a minimum give you a hint of what the problem might be.

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