Discussion: Hannity Shrugs At NYT Report That Trump Wanted To Use DOJ As Personal Enforcer

Hannity is corpulent in body and mind.

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“Does that sound like breaking news to you? Because, it isn’t, it shouldn’t,” Hannity said Tuesday night.

That actually should describe the response to the news that Hannity has no ethical or professional standards. As he said in a different context > “We know how he feels about [being ethical; he doesn’t care,]”

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Hannity - “Yeah … so? Trump is a wannabe tyrannical despot … nobody knew that?”

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You could dismiss him with contempt if he weren’t listened to by millions of people. As it is, this is propaganda that undermines our way of life. Have to give CNN credit for making it clear this morning in an analysis piece by Stephen Collinson that not using the justice system against your political rivals is one bulwark of our peaceful transitions of power. His tribalist nonsense is a threat to that. Not sure what to do about it but hope his playing footsie with Trump brings about his downfall.

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After we win the second civil war, let’s learn from history and make sure none of those traitor pricks get a damned statue.

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And yet, when the IRS wouldn’t give clearly political entities tax-exempt status, Obama was a despot after his enemies. IOKIYAT

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Good. The next Democratic president should have Hannity investigated and prosecuted by the DoJ on, well, whatever they find. Does anyone really think there’s no tax invasion, no insider trading, no campaign corruption, no conspiracy with hostile foreign governments to commit electoral fraud, in Hannity’s background?

If the GOP wants to make partisan-based investigation & prosecution regular order for the DoJ, then … we know which side engages in criminal activity as standard operating procedure, and it’s not going to go well for Republicans, Fox News, Murdoch’s media empire, James O’Keefe’s fraudulent ‘investigations’, conservative terrorists like the Klan and the Proud Boys, or the rest of the right-wing criminal syndicates and propaganda outlets.

Frankly, the GOP and it’s right-wing criminal & propaganda networks should be investigated and prosecuted for their multitude of crimes anyway - with or without partisan intent.

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Am I the only one who doesn’t give two flying shits what Sean Hannity thinks?

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It’s like sports talk radio for the Trump sycophants. It tells them what to think about sports or in this case politics They need to hear something that sounds informed.
Then they repeat it to their family and friends to make themselves sound smart. Basically it’s what sports talk radio is.

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I believe Hannity’s head to neck to body ratio makes shrugging an impossible physical act.

To paraphrase Hannity, “Does anyone think anything Hannity says sounds like breaking news to you- because it shouldn’t.”

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and smeared his two fellow cable networks, CNN and MSNBC, tut-tutting that they would have known about Trump’s authoritarian instinct if they’d just covered his rallies.

Funny, I must have been dreaming during the 2016 campaign, when CNN and MSNBC (and Fox) broadcast every Trump rally; even broadcast the empty Trump podium pre-rally for 45 minutes so Trump could get free advertising.

If I am dreaming, Katy Tur must be having nightmares about being escorted out of Trump rallies by the secret service for her protection.

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I disagree. He’s mentally anorexic.

If their side does it, whatever it is, it’s OK. Period. Stop.

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In the Fox propaganda-sphere, Hannity is right. This isn’t news, because this is how the fascists expect Trump to be using his DOJ, and they would be disappointed and angry if he was not.

They can also justify it by claiming that Obama and Clinton used their DOJs in the exact same way. This will be a lie, but again, that does matter in the right-wing bizarro world.

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I can sympathize, but we should care what he thinks, as what he thinks is what millions of Americans that vote will also think. It’s not about Hannity the man, it’s about Hannity as a conduit of fascists propaganda. We need to be aware of what is being pumped into the brains of Republicans so we can be ready to fight back.

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The meme of “Mainstream Media didn’t cover the Trump rallies” is part of the larger propaganda message that the only reason Trump isn’t more popular is because the MSM lies about him and refuses to show all the good things he does.

Of course, it’s a lie on multiple levels. But its targets are the same people that still believe Acosta assaulted a White House intern.

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This is a wonderful analogy. I’d also guess that there’s a large crossover between sports talk radio listeners and dittoheads. (I also frequent some sports boards, and exactly as you describe, it’s fascinating to see these meatheads obviously repeating verbatim – or at least attempting to – what they heard from the yelly guy on the radio about their favorite sports team.)

I would like to see some flesh eating bacteria settle into Hannity’s face.

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It’s finishing with his brain at the moment.

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