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Designer_Hotel_5210 t1_iu5jb5y wrote

It's to start fires in your fireplace or BBQ. That's why it's called the Flame.

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Evening_Tie_7751 t1_iu5liv3 wrote

I hope people in this state are smart enough to realize any news paper endorsing that loser Kent has no credibility whatsoever

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OnSandersFuckStick t1_iu5npe7 wrote

The right thrives on fear.

It’s their only hold over their constituents.

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SummitMyPeak t1_iu5qhmk wrote

Saw this at the IGA in Darrington, and a lot of the contributors appear to be up there. Not a fan personally, but important to know that these beliefs are bubbling up not too far from the city.

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liftnfish t1_iu5tzr7 wrote

Love it or hate it we are seeing this from both sides of the spectrum.

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[deleted] t1_iu5xavl wrote

The content might be garbage but the tactics are smart.

People do pick up and read things and it's a way of connecting with people.

If we want reasonable candidates to win then we need to push media that gives those candidates and stories a voice.

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[deleted] t1_iu5zaqz wrote

Replying to justynebean (#295,367)

I haven't read the paper to know whether or not it's deceptive, but I don't find political rags particularly cunning or scary.

Are there any liberal or progressive presses that you think should be highlighted or supported?

Edit: Uh... why would I be downvoted for asking about a liberal paper? Are you people insane? We will lose this election if we just try to silence anyone who points out the obvious. Man, this was happening with Hillary before Trump won. Watch out, people. Just trying to say "lalala they're so bad and we aren't" doesn't win elections. Smiley is out there in full force. Don't take anything for granted.

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DarkHelmet112 t1_iu5zrwl wrote

I wouldn't say garbage....definitely kindling.

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VariousHumanOrgans t1_iu608yl wrote

I got that too. Read it for a minute because I believe in knowing thine enemy. Went straight into the trash after.

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justynebean OP t1_iu610d3 wrote

Replying to VariousHumanOrgans (#295,715)

I read it because I was curious and realized immediately when I saw the red and blue pill image and the difference between dems/repubs line up and how it demonized dems and made republicans look like heaven sent angels it was trash.

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MTFlyfishingGUY t1_iu630iq wrote

I just feel bad for the trees that died to make that paper 😖

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Librekrieger t1_iu69q3t wrote

A significant portion of the state probably disagrees with you. I don't know if they read Reddit, but if any do, you just provided free advertising.

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No_Cold6069 t1_iu6a3cr wrote

Liberals are the problem in Washington state. Not republicans. Change my mind

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Turbulentlightning08 t1_iu6dh74 wrote

America First was the name of a US Nazi front during the WWII era. 'Nuff said.

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Hopeful-Ride7243 t1_iu6e20t wrote

You should be thankful for the free kindling it's getting cold out there.

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gillyyak t1_iu6fo87 wrote

Save it for the next great TP shortage!

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Troutmandoo t1_iu6gy9d wrote

Replying to Evening_Tie_7751 (#295,303)

As a resident of Chehalis, I concur.

I want with all my heart for Joe Kent to lose, but I honestly don't see it happening here. The hatred for Democrats is just too strong. They would elect this white nationalist, election denying, MTG wannabe over any democrat no matter how much damage their vote does, even how much it damages them personally.

I love living in Lewis County, but the political atmosphere here is tough to deal with.

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Moxie_Stardust t1_iu6hr39 wrote

I didn't know there was a newspaper, The Blaze was founded by good ol' Glenn Beck.

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pastelbutcherknife t1_iu6jwt5 wrote

The Flome? Wtf a Flome is? Oh, the Flame. I… think that word has some connotations the publishers might take umbrage with.

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Baiken31 t1_iu6kuu5 wrote

Freedom of the press.

Looks like someone wasted a lot of money exercising their freedom.

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pastelbutcherknife t1_iu6kxhe wrote

Ngl - went to the website. Am totally going to write batshit articles and get them published as a guest contributor. Really see how far I can take it - Rob DeSantis died in 2020 and was replaced by a look alike, Washington D.C. isn’t part of the United States legally so laws made there can’t be used to govern, the democrats are controlling peoples minds with the hormones they put in factory farmed meat.

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windwaterwavessand t1_iu6l0hs wrote

I have seen multiple of these, it’s there new way to reach out to older people that read them

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Zarkxac t1_iu6ln76 wrote

Republicans seem to be obsessed with turning this state red, even though it's not going to happen.

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KBAR1942 t1_iu6lvyk wrote

Replying to Troutmandoo (#298,617)

SW Washington is a strange place politically. Parts of it a try deep red, but the influx of people moving in from Oregon, California, and elsewhere, changing the voters. It is a competitive district.

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ahaadonut t1_iu6m36w wrote

Why does anyone bother reading any flyers or propaganda put out by any party? They're designed to either make the opponent look bad or themselves look great. Are there that many voters who just don't bother to think for themselves or do any independent research on all sides?

Haven't seen this particular "paper" but on the ones that have been delivered first thing I looked for is if it was a true free paper or sponsored. Sponsored, so right in the recycle bin.

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justynebean OP t1_iu6m7wf wrote

Replying to ahaadonut (#299,514)

I thought it was a grocery ad or something. I just glanced over it and then I wanted to see the level of batshit crazy our state has. Let’s keep it blue! Vote vote vote.

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justynebean OP t1_iu6mch4 wrote

Replying to Zarkxac (#299,418)

People just gotta get out and vote! Make sure smiley doesn’t win. Or Sutherland. Or any of the other extremists. We need to get it together. Get some friends and head out to vote and then go for drinks and apps! Make a day of it if you don’t vote by mail.

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Replying to Troutmandoo (#298,617)

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Yeah, my parents live in Pahrump, NV, about an hour outside of Vegas. A few years back they actually elected a dead republican brothel owner over a live democrat. It's fucking insane.

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letscott t1_iu6qgqd wrote

Yoooo looks like good toilet paper to me!

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idontlikeseaweed t1_iu6s9v3 wrote

I follow this sub although I don’t live in Washington, and they’ve been doing it here in IL too for months. I usually just use it in the fire pit.

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skihikeexploreyvr t1_iu6uycb wrote

My favourite part is the “stand with my pillow” ad at the end, encouraging you to buy pillows to help mike with his lawsuit

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mookyno t1_iu6w0bh wrote

We get them in Miami, same trash different party ..

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Sadspacekitty t1_iu6y03k wrote

Replying to No_Cold6069 (#297,485)

Considering Democrats have had control for decades and in that time we've become on of the most economically productive states with a very high standard of living even in more rural areas I don't think they are the problem....

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foreverhalcyon8 t1_iu72s3h wrote

Port angeles has one: community news. Volume1: Issue 1.

Its really disengenuous to make a “periodical” that is literal propaganda. Fuck this shit tactic.

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tortaiactaest t1_iu75cxk wrote

u/justynebean, curious whereabouts did you pick that up? County? Was it in a grocery store, being handed out at a school board meeting, a church? Sorry if you said and I missed.

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Delusional_01 t1_iu77r3w wrote

Replying to Petya2022 (#299,516)

Why you think Dems don’t care about inflation? They also pay the same price. Crime is also another priority, so is homelessness. On the other hand Republicans create new issue, abortion shouldn’t even be an issue, but they created it and I bet you they won’t do anything about the other issues either if Dems say they care about them as well.

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justynebean OP t1_iu7d733 wrote

Replying to tortaiactaest (#304,328)

Yeah. I thought the same thing when I realized what it is. I’m honestly not happy whatsoever to get this garbage in my mail box. Too bad there’s nothing I can do about it except burn the fickin thing.

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H2Bro_69 t1_iu7djv5 wrote

It’s called The Flame, because that’s where you’re supposed to throw it. Burn on sight.

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No_Cold6069 t1_iu7jg08 wrote

Replying to Sadspacekitty (#301,729)

Did you really just say that Washington has a very high standard of living? Seattle which is one of the main attractions in this state is ranked number 3 in the country for amount of homeless, and have you seen the state of Tacoma? And what about the massive increase in violence in all democratic cities which has repeatedly been ignored as an issue. The facts are clear and concise you just choose to ignore them.

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RichardCalvin t1_iu7kc1x wrote

Imagine how many dollars they got for Covid?

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justanotherlimpclit t1_iu7n7v2 wrote

Replying to Hopeful-Ride7243 (#298,159)

All the unsold Seattle Times make a perfect fresh salmon wrap at the world famous Pike Place Market, bumping elbows with the homeless on the way back to the car. Crossing fingers that the windows aren't broken out. Defund the police you say ?

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justanotherlimpclit t1_iu7nwke wrote

Replying to Baiken31 (#299,264)

The Seattle Times are a prime example. The job of journalists is to be a watch dog of government. Not a propagandist of the Democrat party. But unfortunately we live in a world of lies thanks to the Fake News.

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Upstairs_Size4757 t1_iu7osaw wrote

They were on the 88th st over pass a couple years ago having a rally and handing out those papers.

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Emu_Fast t1_iu7regv wrote

"The People's Representative" ... I think we are starting to see a major shift of the working class towards the GOP. To them Socialist = Woke, and those "Marxist CEOs" need to be run our of town and replaced with the "Independent Capitalist People's Army."

It's almost as if there was another period of history, I. Other countries, where a far right group started using socialist talking points and blaming 'the other' to rise to power, just to rip away all labor unions, public services and education, and dump all the budget into the military.

Just as a fun note, Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, The PRC, Venezuela, Pinchochet's Chile.... ALL banned labor unions, ALL of them eliminated opposition parties... ALL of them ruled/rule through terror and fervent nationalism.

Most people in this state don't even know about the Everett Massacre or the Technocracy movement. They just have strong opinions about the culture war.

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Sadspacekitty t1_iu7sgma wrote

Replying to No_Cold6069 (#305,409)

Lol? Those aren't quantitative measurements of standard of living. They are issues sure but overall our violent crime rate for the state is still significantly lower than the national average. Property crime and homelessness have increased in the majority if not all cities that have experienced similar growth and economic prosperity as Seattle. There's no mainstream party in the US that's been shown to effectively addresses the underlying causes of that...

Regardless of the issues that do exist it doesn't change that overall we do quite well compared to many of our peers especially being a smaller state.

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estefaniah t1_iu7tz40 wrote

Replying to KBAR1942 (#299,459)

It is very interesting, all my neighbors have either moved from Portland or from out of state. My neighbor has a sticker that says “I’ll tread where I want” with a mongoose eating a snake. So there is definitely a mix of folks from different backgrounds which I can truly appreciate especially being a minority. It’s a strange environment, there are parts of the county that I don’t even step foot in. If you drive to more rural areas (like where Kent resides), you’ll see the all black American flags flown. I have watched this area change the past few years I’ve been here and am hopeful that Marie will win (even though she is a bit too centrist for my liking).

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Emu_Fast t1_iu7vtnm wrote

Replying to cakeo48 (#306,986)

What does that even mean? Are you a bot?

I'm saying that Republicans voters are goddam sheep that think they are revolutionaries but really just crave to live under an authoritarian autocrat.

Dems are weak on most issues and are losing ground because they don't want to cut on education to pay for mass incarceration of the hundreds of thousands of drug addicts.

The GOP will get their way, and the Hegelian dialect tells us that eventually we get the American Night of the Long Knives, and neighborhood purges. It'll probably happen in the next five to ten years after the monetary system collapses.

The American Left doesn't really exist. It's dead and will be a other generation or more until it resurfaces. I think we'll probably get Ecofascism instead though.

Go read this book: https://www.versobooks.com/books/1847-four-futures

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cakeo48 t1_iu7z2v2 wrote

Replying to Emu_Fast (#307,402)

It means your general grasp of general themes is reasonable but the historical particulars are lacking and therefore you will miss how much more insidious and quiet the fall further into fascism will be in America.

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darlantan t1_iu7z4ns wrote

Replying to cakeo48 (#306,986)

I mean...everything they said was true. I'm not real sure what you think you're saying to people with that comment, but I don't believe you're accomplishing it.

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cakeo48 t1_iu7zrmg wrote

Replying to darlantan (#307,864)

Not really, they've made notable historical errors and mischaracterizations showing a underdeveloped understanding of fascism. I didn't want to say anything additionally because I see this type of comment daily.

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Joshuaedwardk t1_iu80d66 wrote

Replying to Petya2022 (#299,516)

As a Democrat and Veteran, I care about the crumbling of democracy in USA and holding every single home grown terrorist coward, that attended January 6 accountable. So no, it’s not all about reproduction rights.

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GucciSalad t1_iu82nhb wrote

Replying to justynebean (#294,683)

Could you post more of the articles? The ones in the picture just seem like election info. Nothing "QAnon" or "conspiracy filled" jumps out at me.

Not disagreeing or anything, just never seen this and am curious.

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justynebean OP t1_iu8b13w wrote

Replying to GucciSalad (#308,365)

Unfortunately this sub only allows one photo and as much as I hate saying this, you could go to their website. I believe if you zoom in it’s on the bottom on the paper.

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veritasius t1_iu8di89 wrote

You think it’s bad in Washington, I live in Indiana and our attorney general just released a warning about fentanyl laced Halloween candy because Biden’s loose border has allowed cartels across (because giving away expensive drugs is profitable?). The made up non issues generated by the right is mind boggling.

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justynebean OP t1_iu8dqoz wrote

Replying to veritasius (#309,862)

Out by my location it’s pretty bad. I’m in western Wa but one of the reddest towns. Idiots walk around with blatantly racist shirts (things like a photo of native Americans and sayings underneath like “remember what happens with the government tries to take your guns”. We’re surrounded by idiots. Idiots as far as the eye can see. I can’t even imagine Indiana.

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arcanepsyche t1_iu8u109 wrote

Joe Kent, I'm so tired of his idiot face everywhere.

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mundane_prophet t1_iu8ux48 wrote

Replying to justanotherlimpclit (#306,122)

Those damn crazy liberals and their beliefs that the confederacy was just for states rights, slavery was okay because at least black people get to be in the US now, that COVID is no worse than the flu and was made in Faucis basement, that Donald Trump is a virtuous Christian Savior, that there is a Jewish cabal sacrificing babies, that it's better a 12 year old who was raped by her father have his baby (slut), that racism doesn't exist, but also liberals are the racist ones because they talk about it, that protest should be quiet and never causing and property damage, but also that Kaepernick should be considered a traitor for peacefully and respectfully protesting,

.....oh wait.

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CuriousPenguinSocks t1_iu97ru9 wrote

Replying to justynebean (#311,139)

I never thought I would live to see times like this. I'm also in Western WA, grew up in TX though so I'm used to the idiots I guess.

My spouse is from Indiana and has family still there, I feel for them, they are moderate Dems but they have open minds and love to have actual debates to learn.

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Emu_Fast t1_iu9as1x wrote

Replying to cakeo48 (#307,855)

Oh I get it. Voter suppression and election engineering is already in full swing in the southern states. Dems will never win again in states with a Republican Secretary of State.

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justynebean OP t1_iu9gmu9 wrote

Replying to CuriousPenguinSocks (#315,104)

Hey I grew up in Texas too! And yeah I guess I’m used to it as well but it’s still saddening to see in this day and age so much racism and blatant idiocy among people. It seems like an absolute choice to believe the lies rather than accept the reality. And in their denial they just make it worse for everyone else. It’s sad and incredibly frustrating.

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Affectionate-Winner7 t1_iu9h5h5 wrote

We just got one yesterday in our locked mailbox. No address label or "current resident."

Who in the USPO is distributing these? I have a mind to take it to the PO today and find out.

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Affectionate-Winner7 t1_iu9hp3f wrote

Replying to justynebean (#293,867)

Goebbels says repeat a lie often enough and people will believe it

May 15, 2020

As I follow the news on the so called "Obama gate" so called scandal, I am reminded of the famous statement by Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels that if you repeat a lie often enough it becomes the truth.

https://scholar.harvard.edu/skelman/blog/goebbels-says-repeat-lie-often-enough-and-people-will-believe-it

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Affectionate-Winner7 t1_iu9ink5 wrote

Replying to skihikeexploreyvr (#301,162)

The grift's just keep getting more absurd by the day. That's the problem with lies. You have to keep making them bigger and bigger to keep the illusion going. These suckers just keep throwing their $'s at them. Those doing it know it and are laughing all the way to their banks in islands.

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CuriousPenguinSocks t1_iu9j3c6 wrote

Replying to justynebean (#316,863)

I never realized how much racism I was exposed to till I left TX for Cali (went to school there). I realized how much racism I had, it was sobering to me. I thought I was so open minded but I guess I was, I just needed to learn.

The denial or really the outright gaslighting is what I can't stand. My parents did this to me, they were extremely abusive, and I'm still unpacking all the damage. I can't stand anyone who will gaslight.

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