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d.c. cop "Michael Fanone's take on Lindsey Graham is one of the most powerful I've read:" (Original Post) orleans Yesterday OP
Bravo, Michael. Vinca Yesterday #1
bump RT Atlanta Yesterday #2
Preach it Michael!!! sdfernando Yesterday #3
Kick sheshe2 Yesterday #4
How did Mr. Fanone really feel, do you think? displacedvermoter Yesterday #5
I'm sure he's somewhere very warm... GiqueCee Yesterday #6
GRAHAM WAS TRUMP'S PUPPET Jimvanhise Yesterday #7
dupe LilElf70 Yesterday #8
Michael Fanone could scarcely be as impactful--had he not once been a R and thus ONCE of the ilk hlthe2b Yesterday #9
It's sad that it's come to this, but it has, and WE didn't start it. hamsterjill Yesterday #10
I don't take any pleasure in Graham's death LogDog75 Yesterday #11
you do you orleans Yesterday #13
I'm glad he speaks freely. Maru Kitteh Yesterday #12
K and fucking R Blue Owl 19 hrs ago #14
Kick. N/T Upthevibe 3 hrs ago #15
So he's being treated in death the same way he treated others in death Torchlight 2 hrs ago #16

GiqueCee

(5,260 posts)
6. I'm sure he's somewhere very warm...
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 01:35 PM
Yesterday

... and saving a seat for the orange-faced object of his worship. If Beelzebub would get off his ass and call his boy home, Lindsey's idol will be joining him soon. Today would be nice.
And if McTurtle is already there, it'll be "RUB-A-DUB-DUB, THREE MEN IN A TUB, the butcher, the faker, the dirty deal maker..." or finish this rhyme to your liking.

Jimvanhise

(622 posts)
7. GRAHAM WAS TRUMP'S PUPPET
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 01:47 PM
Yesterday

Originally Graham turned against Trump over January 6th but within days had changed his mind. It was suggested that it was well known that Graham was gay but that Trump (beginning in 2016) blackmailed Graham and threatened to out him to voters (the GOP knew but didn't care) if he went against Trump, but since Graham wanted to get re-elected he gave in to the blackmail. Trump is a thug and these are the kinds of things he does. I expect that soon this will all come out.

hlthe2b

(115,493 posts)
9. Michael Fanone could scarcely be as impactful--had he not once been a R and thus ONCE of the ilk
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 03:18 PM
Yesterday

that defended this horror. I am now and always will be so grateful for him speaking out and calling them on their bullshit. He and his other officers will be desperately needed to let us ensure the truth is remembered, despite Trump and his officially propagated lies.

As often is the case, even the Dems who have spoken out on Graham today have whitewashed everything. I get that he may not have been the worst of the worst among the Trumpists in Congress, but that is like differentiating between two evil clones. I credit Graham for ONCE having a functional moral core (as in his time with McCain), but boy did that disappear on January 6, 2021--or at least shortly thereafter. Afterward there is but ONE thing (important, yes) that I will credit him with. And that is holding the line against Putin in support of Zelensky and Ukraine. Beyond that, the scales of justice are most certainly anything BUT balanced. If there is a hell--perhaps of his own making--he has one hell of a lot to answer to.

For his continued counter to Trump's attempts to let Putin destroy Ukraine, I will give a nod and

For the rest... most certainly NOT. Graham, you destroyed what could have been a very positive legacy and to the Dems feeling the need to pretend as though he did not, your words are ill conceived and undeserved.

hamsterjill

(18,078 posts)
10. It's sad that it's come to this, but it has, and WE didn't start it.
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 03:28 PM
Yesterday

I don't like speaking ill of the dead. After all, they are not here to defend themselves any longer. But this is what it's come to. It is the reality of the world we are living in right now, and none of this was OUR choosing.

There was a time not too long ago when, if someone passed that you didn't like or had issues with, etc., you just didn't say anything. Those times are over because there's so much anger and angst and hurt and strife right now that people have to let their feelings out. They are being honest. There is nothing in Fanone's statement that is false. He has a right to say what he said.

The real issue has become that anyone who stays silent is deemed to be complicit, and that sure doesn't work in these times either.

I'm sure I'm not explaining myself very well here, but I hope you can understand. I will not condemn anyone for speaking the truth and for saying what they feel they need to say. But I long for a time (again) when we don't feel like we absolutely HAVE to say something negative when someone dies. We may never see that again. I don't know...

LogDog75

(1,505 posts)
11. I don't take any pleasure in Graham's death
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 03:59 PM
Yesterday

There would be very few people who I would rejoice in the death but that would be towards people like Putin. I didn't like Graham's politics or his sucking up to Trump. I would rather have seen him lose his Senate seat in an election than by dying.

Let's show some class concerning Graham's death and/or McConnell's should he die or be incapacitated. Anyone rejoicing in Graham's death or anyone else's death is only giving the republicans propaganda to be used against Democrats in the upcoming election.

I know there will be those who will say if it was a Democrat that died, the republicans would be celebrating. To that I say, we know who they are and we don't have to become like them. The republicans like to think of themselves as having a lock on morals but their actions contradicts their talk. We don't need to do that. We can be better than that.

orleans

(37,609 posts)
13. you do you
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 05:11 PM
Yesterday

i never heard about the grieving mother and what fucking graham said to her until i read the above post. i can't imagine some asshole saying that to me if my child had been murdered. i stand with her, not with that trump ass kisser

i personally don't think people need to ignore or shine on the wicked shit someone did just because their dead now.

but if someone doesn't want to speak the truth about the dead i hope they at least wouldn't lie

Torchlight

(7,427 posts)
16. So he's being treated in death the same way he treated others in death
Mon Jul 13, 2026, 02:52 PM
2 hrs ago

I suppose if anyone feels sanctimonious and pretends offense at the behavior being targeted at him ("'cause it makes us look bad!!!" ) , they can easily remedy that and simply "turn away and look at their phone"

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