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In response to "These charges drops are like sporting events online. The chatter, trying to be first to read and analyze the docs, hot takes, memes... -- nm" by colin

We used to have fairly boring politics, because after Nixon, politicians were pretty careful to not be the story. If these indictments look like

Posted by mara 🍂 (aka mara) Aug 1 '23, 16:20

sporting events, it's because Trump isn't a real politician. He's a showman. Everything about his political activity is going to be a show.

That's not the fault of the media or the spectators.

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recently. US politics in the 1700s/1800s were absolutely buck wild -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 1, 16:23 1
- Well, yeah. :-) Maybe because journalism actually adapted some ethical guidelines, I'm not sure, but things did get more real in the 20th century. -- nm - mara 🍂 Aug 1, 16:26

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We used to have fairly boring politics, because after Nixon, politicians were pretty careful to not be the story. If these indictments look like

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