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13. Distractify can bite my butt

Reply to YorkRd (Original post)

Mon Mar 24, 2025, 08:25 PM

Mar 24

Kat Abu is not a damned "influencer". She is a reporter who worked for years for Media Matters for America, covering the insanity of Fox News. After layoffs there she went independent. Her reporting is smart, well-informed and righteous as hell.

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influencer Kat Abu running for Congress [View all] YorkRd Mar 24 OP

How old is she? Polybius Mar 24 #1

26 Year old running against an 80 year old in Illinois 18th district YorkRd Mar 24 #5

At a glance, her message is on-point Torchlight Mar 24 #2

Boy if we did I'd be rich. We were doing stuff in the 70's that would make the JackAss crew scared back then lol n/t Cheezoholic Mar 24 #3

I dearly hope to live to see the day when "INFLUENCER' is never spoken, written, implied hlthe2b Mar 24 #4

Give her a chance on You Tube or Mother Jones YorkRd Mar 24 #6

Then let her define her experience, background, education in a manner that shows her hlthe2b Mar 24 #8

"Influencer"...... SergeStorms Mar 24 #9

I wish..... SergeStorms Mar 24 #7

"Billionaire" has caused far more damage ck4829 Mar 24 #10

I'd agree with THAT... hlthe2b Mar 24 #11

I agree Skittles Mar 24 #14

K&R red dog 1 Mar 24 #12

Distractify can bite my butt blogslug Mar 24 #13

Why I'm Running For Congress Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 28 #15