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soandso

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31. Addiction is a bitch

Reply to applegrove (Reply #30)

Tue Dec 10, 2024, 01:04 AM

Dec 10

I'm married to an addict and have known many others, as well as I've been in intensive outpatient groups with my husband. Doesn't matter what the drug of choice is, it's non stop stories of chaos and ruin. Very hard to admit one has the problem.

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Inside the Republican false-flag effort to turn off Kamala Harris voters [View all] applegrove Dec 9 OP

Didn't take a rocket scientist to figure out where those ads came from tho ColinC Dec 9 #1

And who are the geniuses who take a commercial as gospel? July Dec 9 #5

I think many people who are low info but not necessarily Trumpies spooky3 Dec 9 #9

this was well known BEFORE the election. people were posting about it on DU Takket Dec 9 #2

So should we talk about it now so it becomes applegrove Dec 9 #4

Yes we should. Campaign veterans know rethugs are full of dirty tricks... brush Dec 9 #6

I saw the effects on friends and family Easterncedar Dec 9 #3

it pains me to see how easily manipulated people are Skittles Dec 9 #15

Elon Musk is a chaos agent and Putin asset. Initech Dec 9 #7

More important oldmanlynn Dec 9 #8

And people fell for it. Ug. SunSeeker Dec 9 #10

Well, here's what I have to say about this. Woodycall Dec 9 #11

welcome to DU Skittles Dec 9 #14

Thanks but, I was actually here a long, long time ago... Woodycall Dec 10 #17

oh I believe that Skittles Dec 10 #19

Welcome, and I totally agree. Buns_of_Fire Dec 10 #28

Just another fake American Buddyzbuddy Dec 9 #12

That fucker too! Woodycall Dec 9 #16

anyone who fell for that garbage IS A FUCKING STUPID POS Skittles Dec 9 #13

I never saw any of these ads in Michigan, but perhaps they only ran in Dearborn Jack Valentino Dec 10 #18

Some of the ads were texts to someone's phone. Microtargetting. applegrove Dec 10 #20

So we got owned by concentrating too much on MACRO-targeting.... Jack Valentino Dec 10 #21

We need to do all targetting. And I am curious applegrove Dec 10 #22

An alcoholic soandso Dec 10 #24

I am an alcoholic, Jack Valentino Dec 10 #26

And I don't think Pete soandso Dec 10 #29

Yup. applegrove Dec 10 #30

Addiction is a bitch soandso Dec 10 #31

We've heard more than enough about Pete already--- Jack Valentino Dec 10 #25

Other than the bigger and bigger money spent in campaigns soandso Dec 10 #23

The anti-trans ads flooded YouTube Kaleva Dec 10 #27