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Ms. Toad

(35,798 posts)
5. Yup.
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 09:01 PM
Tuesday

I debunked it in the thread - and yes, the OP in that thread was apparently quoted outside DU. The OP edited their post, but I assume the edit was after it was picked up by outside reporters.

The chaos is intentional and, as near as I can tell, it is being made worse by people who are afraid to cross Trump - and who are interpreting his orders more broadly than they are written. Like shutting off portals to HUD and Medicaid. Then our side, rather than reporting the facts, say things like he's terminated SNAP. He ended HUD. He took the price cap off insulin. Etc.

It is going to take months to sort out and effectively challenge all of the stuff he is doing that he has no authority to do - without having to fight all of the petrifying disinformation being spread as the gospel truth because it confirms our biases.

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