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barbtries

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15. he's a fucking nobody!

Reply to malaise (Reply #5)

Fri Sep 12, 2025, 08:39 AM

Sep 12

lying in state?! at the Capitol?!

i laughed. i really laughed. if I didn't I think I would have to cry.

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Melissa Hortman and John Hoffman were both shot [View all] SocialDemocrat61 Sep 12 OP

Not just the corporate media malaise Sep 12 #1

drives me apeshit. barbtries Sep 12 #3

They're falling over themselves malaise Sep 12 #4

Post removed Post removed Sep 12 #6

Okay Torchlight Sep 12 #8

I disagree about "shutting up" HariSeldon Sep 12 #18

actually I agree with you. barbtries Sep 12 #30

It gives me no pleasure to try to "defend" W Cosmocat Sep 12 #17

Yeah, but it's kinda hollow coming from him..... lastlib Sep 12 #21

can't do it. barbtries Sep 12 #2

Heard he'll be lying in state in the Capitol malaise Sep 12 #5

I thought they just took him home to Phoenix. Ilsa Sep 12 #7

Nancy Mace, of course snowybirdie Sep 12 #29

That would be insanity. Hope22 Sep 12 #10

they won't stop there. barbtries Sep 12 #16

he's a fucking nobody! barbtries Sep 12 #15

John Hoffman (and his wife Yvette) survived his attempted assassination muriel_volestrangler Sep 12 #9

Thanks SocialDemocrat61 Sep 12 #12

Judge Salas attack which ending up killing her son JI7 Sep 12 #11

Absolutely Takket Sep 12 #13

At the time, the coverage was nothing like this. Dark n Stormy Knight Sep 12 #31

The corporate media is owned by conservatives MadameButterfly Sep 12 #14

"Compare the coverage "Melissa Hortman" murder got to the coverage Charlie Kirk's murder is getting." pazzyanne Sep 12 #19

SocialDemocrat61, this says some_of_us_are_sane Sep 12 #20

Right Wing billionaires own the media Johnny2X2X Sep 12 #22

Another reason why capitalism is evil and should never involved in control of people Stargazer99 Sep 12 #23

Based on my research, I found only 1 sitting Republican Government official assassinated in the past 35+ years Wiz Imp Sep 12 #24

Fair and balanced coverage is a joke democrank Sep 12 #25

To be fair, Kirk was famous and the Hortmans Johonny Sep 12 #26

The amount of coverage may be justified by his fame, Dark n Stormy Knight Sep 12 #32

Obsequious behavior from the media is expected and normal in America. hay rick Sep 12 #27

It's sick. Kirk was a racist scumbag. BradBo Sep 12 #28