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they're watching the local news, Fox News, or listening to their version of Dori Monson telling them to hate liberals. at best, they hear the national news break at the top of the hour.
NK is where the fear is, and fear sells. ACA repeal is abstract, hard to understand, and its impact isn't felt directly. like Climate Change.
human nature dooms us to distraction by shiny objects.
"Outlets That Scolded Sanders Over Deficits Uniformly Silent on $700B Pentagon Handout"
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