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02-21-2019, 01:52 PM
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The Smollet mess.
If it plays out as appears, a bewildering self-sabotaging disappointment all around and a betrayal of real victims of bigotry.
FWIW, his story was problematical from the beginning as having a "staged" feel, it did not ring true to me.
Jussie Smollett paid $3,500 to stage his attack, hoping to promote his career, Chicago police allege
https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/21/enter...day/index.html
The latest take from the LGBT viewpoint:
https://www.advocate.com/crime/2019/...-salary-issues
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02-21-2019, 02:40 PM
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Bizarre story with too much coverage IMO in light of all the other news of the day (e.g., the white-nationalist arrested yesterday with a huge cache of weapons and a hit list of Democratic politicians and journalists on the very day that Trump wailed about "the enemy of the state").
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Bizarre story with too much coverage IMO in light of all the other news of the day (e.g., the white-nationalist arrested yesterday with a huge cache of weapons and a hit list of Democratic politicians and journalists on the very day that Trump wailed about "the enemy of the state").
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Sounds like just another day in paradise Trumpistan, that is indeed the lead.
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Sounds like just another day in paradise Trumpistan, that is indeed the lead.
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Roger Stone lightened the mood with his Joker schtick.
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02-21-2019, 06:35 PM
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Roger Stone lightened the mood with his Joker schtick.
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Watching him get slapped down hard in an authority check while whineing about his self-inflicted problems was schadenfreud of the best sort.
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Hope he gets what coming to him!
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02-22-2019, 09:51 PM
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Trevor Noah's take:
Trevor Noah Amazingly Finds A Silver Lining In The Jussie Smollett Story
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trevo...b06cf6bb2529db
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02-22-2019, 10:28 PM
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And Whell was just whining about the order of stories on WaPo, lol. Faux "News" is a joke. WaPo is real journalism. Whell is an idiot.
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