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Beth Croucher's avatar

Oh geez, can't stop laughing!

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Ruth Coleman's avatar

Problem is, on one level it’s very funny, on a very real level it’s not - sadly too true. I’m torn between laughing and just being depressed.

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Beth Croucher's avatar

I've decided to enjoy what makes me happy for the next 63 days. Doesn't mean I'm not paying attention. But I'm not letting an unknown future hijack my present. I'm choosing laughter when laughter is available.

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michellefromchicago's avatar

Amen!

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Holly Berkley Fletcher's avatar

I'm sorry :(

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Fran B.'s avatar

Absolutely superb, Holly.

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Kate Fall's avatar

"Also, I really did want Mike Pence hanged."

We have ignored the voters in favor of hanging Mike Pence for too long! Don't condescend to them; that's how you get Mike Pence in the first place, ironically. The Hang Mike Pence voters deserve to be heard!

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Tai's avatar

I am afraid the average low information voters are even less cogent than the ones presented here. We are so so so screwed.

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Debbie Anderson's avatar

I choose Trump Voter #3. I think he's the real Trump Voter. My favorite reason is: "Matt Gaetz is actually a lawyer. I don’t think the Justice Department should have any of those. On the other hand, he’s done so many sexual assaults. This one is a mixed bag for me."

PS - I know this is satire but the humor part really helped me manage to take a decent nap today.

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Kim M Murphy's avatar

Without recognizing the writer, I’d still be Googling the letter for authenticity.

Because we Christians* really, really like eggs.

*I’m really Jewish and there is nothing about this thing that stands up and salutes as fiction.

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Holly Berkley Fletcher's avatar

It is hard to tell these days.

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Linda S Clare's avatar

You have nailed the pretzel-twisted White Xian voter that the Bad Liars interview outside tRump's rallies! So funny and so not funny. As a polio survivor I can tell you that if you get rid of that particular vaccine, you're gonna need a lot of crutches and wheelchairs and yes, those iron lungs really do suck down the electrical grid. Why do these disabled people keep demanding to breathe anyway? Thanks for the laugh (limping away to the unworthy corner).

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Holly Berkley Fletcher's avatar

I'm sure RFK is extra enraging for you. Ugh.

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Linda S Clare's avatar

Indeed. But if we open Pandora's box (as Maga Mike wants to keep shut tight) you'll uncover many layers of repugnant immorality.

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michellefromchicago's avatar

This is brilliant! You are giving Alexandra Petri a run for her money.

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Holly Berkley Fletcher's avatar

Honestly, I want her job. I have considered having her kidnapped (KIDDING, kidding. she's great. But yes I want her job).

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michellefromchicago's avatar

I think she has an excellent job, indeed, but I don’t think I could do what she does as often as she does or as well as she does – – so I guess it’s just as well!

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Merrie Soltis's avatar

Well, that pretty much sums up my whole social media feed. Well done!

On a totally related note, my deacon insists on wearing his MAGA hat to church every week. If I punch him in the face, I'm I going directly to hell? Or is there some sort of loophole here?

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Holly Berkley Fletcher's avatar

um, wow. Maybe finding a new church before it comes to that?

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julie elder's avatar

I love your brain! Lol

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Holly Berkley Fletcher's avatar

Aw thanks, you can have it after I'm done with it.

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Bonnie Sommer's avatar

Excellent satire.

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Andrew Michael's avatar

I find the framing and tone regarding Gaza in this piece a bit frustrating. I’m not sure if you are tapped into the ongoing reality of the offensive, so I just wanted to leave some info here.

-The conservative figures for death toll of Palestinians is 44k, including 16k children. On 10/7, 1.1k Israelis perished. 300 were soldiers and a large portion of those civilians were directed to be killed by Israeli forces during the back and forth under the Hannibal Directive to establish that they aren’t taken hostage and leveraged. Hamas is absolutely to blame for 10/7, no debating that. https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-army-widely-employed-hannibal-directive-target-its-citizens-7-october

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/longform/2023/10/9/israel-hamas-war-in-maps-and-charts-live-tracker

-Israeli solders are brutally r*ping Palestinian prisoners, and are even being heralded for doing so on television shows right now.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/9/everything-is-legitimate-israeli-leaders-defend-soldiers-accused-of-rape

https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2024/8/13/israeli-protesters-rally-for-the-right-to-rape-prisoners

-Israel, from the start, has made public their plans to annex Gaza and the West Bank. Currently, they have already begun the annex of Northern Gaza.

-This offensive would not have been possible without the Biden administration's facilitation and supply of weaponry. Moreover, the consent for this was manufactured by Biden and Harris publicly articulating falsehoods about beheaded babies and mass SA, which have been thoroughly debunked.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/27/biden-ignored-staff-warning-on-hamas-beheading-babies-claim-report

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/how-2-debunked-accounts-of-sexual-violence-on-oct-7-fueled-a-global-dispute-over-israel-hamas-war

-The wild thing is Trump's campaign went ahead and went to Michigan and presumably lied to Arab Americans about pursuing an end to the war on their terms. But the Democrats didn’t even throw this community a bone. They didn’t let a Palestinian speak at the DNC, and they sent Bill Clinton and Ricky Torres to tell the population that they were wrong to be upset. Harris’ famous “I’m Speaking” line comes from her kicking a protestor out of her event. Whether they did this over a conflict of interest or calculus over losing and gaining voters, it’s these types of calculations that reak of cowardice, which is the best possible option for why the admin let this offensive go on as it has.

-You mention Pete Hegseth excused war crimes. If that is wrong that is wrong, full stop. A FT editor said this and it stuck with me since, If you only care about war crimes when they are committed by your enemies, then you don’t care about war crimes.

I fear that often, liberals are throwing stones at a glass house when it comes to operating from low or poor info. I think we are all guilty in one way or another, so I'd rather just leave these articles here so folks can gain info to add to their perspective.

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Kim M Murphy's avatar

You need better sources than Al Jazeera, and to go lighter on the antisemitism.

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Andrew Michael's avatar

Hey, happy to provide different sources below, I'll even try and find Israel sources to replace. Can you be specific where there was antisemitism? FWIW, half of my closest friends are Jewish, the closest of which had a family member in 10/7. I grieve with them all. Moreover, they are for the most part of the same mindset as this post. But I am open to your feedback.

Hannibal Directive: https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-07-07/ty-article-magazine/.premium/idf-ordered-hannibal-directive-on-october-7-to-prevent-hamas-taking-soldiers-captive/00000190-89a2-d776-a3b1-fdbe45520000

Death toll: https://reuters.com/world/middle-east/gaza-death-toll-how-many-palestinians-has-israels-campaign-killed-2024-07-25/

Abuse of Prisoners: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-hamas-war-idf-palestinian-prisoner-alleged-rape-sde-teinman-abuse-protest/

Debunked 10/7 claims: https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-01-21/ty-article/.premium/army-officer-makes-incorrect-claims-on-oct-7-massacre-idf-well-set-record-straight/0000018d-2c67-daf5-a1bf-ac77f9b50000

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Holly Berkley Fletcher's avatar

Hey 👋 it’s satire. There’s a meaningful debate to be had on Gaza. Sadly it is now irrelevant.

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Andrew Michael's avatar

I understand it is satire, and I read that section as if it was satire; that was clear.

My comment was actually responding to the beliefs and understanding that I believe you intended to communicate.

I'm also not sure how that debate is now irrelevant, as there are still Palestinian people who are alive and living in Gaza, and the ethnic cleansing is continuing to be administered, empowered by our government.

While more authoritarian folks can express their support plainly, I believe liberals tend to obfuscate what is happening by exaggerating the complexity of the frank facts. Of course, anything this vast has inherent complexities. But the U.S. support of this atrocity would not have happened without tacit liberal support coded through complicating glaring injustice.

In the same way we judge others, we will be judged, and with the measure we use, it will be measured to us.

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Kim M Murphy's avatar

It’s irrelevant because the new ambassador to Israel says there is no such thing as a Palestinian and Trump will see that his pal Bibi will have what he needs to get rid of the rest of the 2.1 million Gazans (so 40K, approximately 20K of whom were Hamas, seems pretty trifling) so Jared can build beachfront condos. With Biden gone, harping on the Biden policies seems pretty irrelevant.

And “I have Jewish friends” is not the flex you think it is. I’d be interested in asking *them* about their view of the friendships. As a Jew, I couldn’t bear to have someone who believes as you do in my home.

BTW, Bibi is loathesome, so I’m not a cheerleader for Israel at present, but it remains the victim here.

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Andrew Michael's avatar

Thanks for sharing. What did I say tht was antisemitic?

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Kerry clawson's avatar

I could only read the beginning. It’s all too much.

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Charles Rowden's avatar

Outrageous!!

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Socratic Debate's avatar

This seems part of the Heritage Foundation’s conspiracy to commit mass murder of Americans. Just like the NAZIs, they believe people on Medicaid, Medicare and social security are a burden on the state. Instead of having the Reich soldiers shoot or gas them, they want to test the limits of Trump’s power to Starve them and let them die for lack of medical care. The Heritage folks are writing the EOs it appears- they are too arrogant and incompetent to remove the meta data from the Whitehouse postings.

Someone who knows how to, needs to sue the Heritage foundation on behalf of the American people for the apparent conspiracy to commit mass murder.

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Charles St-Onge's avatar

That was really great, sadly (let the reader understand). Even here in Canada, I'm shocked by the arguments people make about "why Trump will be good for..." Lots and lots and lots of projection and wishful thinking.

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