Jeff Sharlet over at The Revealer has been doing a series (1, 2, 3)of comments on LGF (if you know, you know why I’m not linking. If you don’t know, you’re a better person for it.) Jeff’s latest post really does highlight why this is a major story, and it needs to get picked up after the election cycle.
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