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hamsterjill

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44. "Insidious fear is reaching through our schools, our businesses, our homes, and into our private thoughts."

Tue May 27, 2025, 10:04 AM

May 2025

He nailed it perfectly with this line.

So much of this is the overall, lingering FEAR of what in the hell is going to happen next. I think we are all, as humanity, having stress and turmoil and angst because of that FEAR.

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Scott Pelley just risked everything to make one thing clear: The attack on free speech isn't coming--it's already here. [View all] MayReasonRule May 2025 OP

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Scott's been the best journalist on CBS since Dan Rather Ritabert May 2025 #4

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