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Thank you for this. He won in 2016 mainly because the media diverted so much attention to him in order to garner ratings because of his outrageous behavior and the way he bullied other candidates. For him, the world divides only God, the major networks did not air his announcement to run in 2024 and others quickly moved on . Except for his cult following, I think the country really wants to move on from him no matter what side they sit on politically.

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Well said. Might we also not use his name again, in whatever we write? I like tfg. But whatever works, so that we aren't contributing to his name being repeated. After all, why would we help the Biggest Loser?

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Oh my gosh I AGREE!!! We need to stop paying attention to him. I got a notification from Local Fox 2 News Detroit that he was making his announcement, and I actually tried to watch it for 10 minutes or so before I just couldn't take it anymore... He's just so full of it, and I told myself that I would just ignore him this time around. I do feel traumatized by his time in the news media cycle, so much so that I've tuned out most news now no matter who it's coming from because I'm just so SICK of everything. If we stop giving fuel to the fire (as you're stated), hopefully he'll go away. :)

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Agreed! Said this all throughout 2016 and 3020.

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The Biggest Loser is the train wreck that just keeps crashing. Twitter follows and reports every Truth Social utterance (how can we miss you if you won’t go away?) and the MSM keeps giving oxygen to this attention whore who sucks all the oxygen (and intelligence) out of every space. Undoubtedly if he is ignored, he will become even more unhinged and outrageous, like a toddler who tantrums until he wears himself out. But like the proverbial tree falling in the forest, no one should stick around to hear it.

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Well said and enough said! I agree with Rupert Murdock about “That man from Florida” Humpty-Dumpty had a great fall! Let’s hope that “all the king’s horsemen and all the king’s men can’t...”

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As usual Abdul is spot on here. Let me share an example that is key to turning Trump off is to see that when he makes his appearance in the Fox News world that despite what Murdoch has recently stated his platforms will if Trump is for good ratings they will be behind Humpty Dumpty again.

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Whoops, some of my comment came out a bit weird. I meant to say for him the world divides people into winners and losers and thank God the major networks did not air his announcement to run in 2024 and others quickly moved on. Chrome book acted up.

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I was going to share this to Facebook, but then that picture came up and I can't I won't. If you could rewrite this and avoid his name and picture I would share again and again

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Yes! He should be starved of oxygen

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Agree with you, Abdul!

We need FCC actions that look at tech as corporations with Responsibilities. The former President and big tech emerged simultaneously. Divisiveness sells. It limits our ability to think deeply and relate to each other with civility; essential for democratic institutions to function.

The EU has done a lot to regulate the big tech companies. China is controlling what young folks encounter on their phones. There are brilliant people in the Senate and the Biden administration that can roll out solutions. Biden should take adminsistrative action on big tech. If legislation is not possible in the lame duck.

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