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Re:Waltz's team set up at least 20 Signal group chats for cr... by jfengel on Wednesday April 02, 2025 @07:13PM (#43562883)
What makes a statement "major" is the amount of attention it is given. That is out of your control.

Democrats are making many statements. If they are not "major", it is perhaps because nobody cares about statements. They care about the exercise of power, and Democrats have none. Any statement they make is easily dismissed as bluster.

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Re:Waltz's team set up at least 20 Signal group chats for cr... by mmooss on Thursday April 03, 2025 @05:28AM (#43567098)
> What makes a statement "major" is the amount of attention it is given. That is out of your control.

The first sentence is true, the second absolutely false. Public, political communication is all about that second issue - look how effective the GOP is. They can make absolute nonsense into a norm; they can shut down any speech they don't want.

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