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tanyev

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4. This is why the media could stand up to him, if they wanted to.

Reply to newdeal2 (Reply #2)

Tue Jan 6, 2026, 01:06 PM

Jan 6

It would drive him CRAZY if they didn’t take his calls and refused to pass on the “scoops” he gives them. But they’re either fans, or gullible, or it makes them feel important—so they don’t.

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