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Old 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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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
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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Old 02-21-2019, 06:20 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").
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.
Roger Stone lightened the mood with his Joker schtick.
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Roger Stone lightened the mood with his Joker schtick.
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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Old 02-22-2019, 09:02 PM
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This:
https://crooksandliars.com/2019/02/f...-stories-about

And this:
https://crooksandliars.com/2019/02/l...uard-terrorist
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Old 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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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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Unexpected development, details to follow:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...ropped-n987446
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