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Explain Like I'm Five

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As an American can someone explain to me what the hell is going on with this administration (i use that loosely)? Every day it's something new that contradicts the day before . What is going on? (lemmy.world)
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Please break it down like I am literally a child.

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[–] WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 0 points 3 days ago (2 children)

How did you avoid mentioning trying desperately to distract from the Epstein files by doing shit like starting wars?

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Distracting from the Epstein files is only part of it. There an intentional flood of chaos and outrage to distract from each and every violation that’s going on. How can we focus on a secret international cabal of human traffickers and pedophiles when there are illegitimate wars and support for genocide, corruption on never before seen scales, personal enrichment from the government, human rights abuses, and a general cult of supporting some of the most immoral people to have served in government.

[–] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

So we have rogue agencies all competing amongst themselves to make a big splash in the news so that they can please Trump, the head of the cult of personality, while doing what they can to consolidate power.

How could you avoid talking about ICE continuing to murder people in the streets?

OP specifically asked about conflicting messaging and I summed it up without getting into every scandal and atrocity. Maybe write something up yourself next time if you think you can do it better?