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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

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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 Yesterday OP

Not just the corporate media malaise Yesterday #1

drives me apeshit. barbtries Yesterday #3

They're falling over themselves malaise Yesterday #4

Post removed Post removed Yesterday #6

Okay Torchlight Yesterday #8

I disagree about "shutting up" HariSeldon Yesterday #18

actually I agree with you. barbtries Yesterday #30

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

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

can't do it. barbtries Yesterday #2

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

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

Nancy Mace, of course snowybirdie Yesterday #29

That would be insanity. Hope22 Yesterday #10

they won't stop there. barbtries Yesterday #16

he's a fucking nobody! barbtries Yesterday #15

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

Thanks SocialDemocrat61 Yesterday #12

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

Absolutely Takket Yesterday #13

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

The corporate media is owned by conservatives MadameButterfly Yesterday #14

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

SocialDemocrat61, this says some_of_us_are_sane Yesterday #20

Right Wing billionaires own the media Johnny2X2X Yesterday #22

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

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

Fair and balanced coverage is a joke democrank Yesterday #25

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

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

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

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