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Jun 19Liked by Nina Burleigh

Would you excuse me while I throw up? I can hardly believe I live in what this country has become?

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Jun 19Liked by Nina Burleigh

“He shared a chart on MSNBC…showing that just one percent of the $3 billion in investments…came from foreign sources.”

Shouldn’t this be non-foreign sources? Typo?

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yes thank yoU!

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Wonderful. I'm stealing Yacht People. Brilliant.

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Go ahead! Great writers steal. I stole it from Paula Froehlich.

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Jun 19Liked by Nina Burleigh

Among a host of things he's not, one is obviously an electrician.

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Jun 19Liked by Nina Burleigh

TYPO: one percent came from non- foreign sources

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thanks! corrected

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Jun 20Liked by Nina Burleigh

WOW, this has to be read by one and all, not just in the US. Great but sad.

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thanks Joe

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Jun 20Liked by Nina Burleigh

Hillary probably lost the 2016 election because of her “basket of deplorables” comment, no? So, tell me, if we can (reasonably, I think) assume that most if not all of the people HRC was referring to are STILL in the MAGA camp eight years later, then what else would you call them? Enlightened? Intelligent? Analytical? Soul-searching?

I’m a humanist and egalitarian-minded at heart. When I found out that a close friend—now definitely a never-Trumper—had voted for Trump in 2016, I blurted out, “How could you do that to all of us?” And that’s to an otherwise-intelligent but, at the time, woefully misguided guy. What do you call someone who’s still in the MAGA camp today?

Nobody likes being insulted or humiliated; that much is universally true. I hate to say it, but Hillary was right. Maybe instead of “deplorables” she could’ve used a word they wouldn’t recognize and would’ve simply ignored. Odious? Execrable? Ignominious?

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I dont think that's why she lost. A confluence of factors ... that might have been one

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Perfect article and understanding of who Trump is and the domestic and foreign influence behind him. I personally believe Biden will win the election with greater number than he did in 2020. Hopefully any cheating Trump and the GOP have planned, the White House and Democrat network of Attorneys will be ready for…

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He needs his millions to build hotel resorts and golf courses once Gaza if finally cleared.

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IS not if. Netanyahu and the Saudi’s may be business partners.

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I need to do a Kushner part 2 about the role of the Abraham Accords in destroying whatever support the Palestinians might have had with powerful Gulf Arabs. who are standing by idly watching this horror show.

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You've done it again! Yacht People vs Civilians says it all. And yes, please, I agree that investigating The Kush is vital...much like the sensitive docs stored in the bathroom, there's much too much laxity surrounding the real Crime Family. As usual the magas want to focus on anything and anyone other themselves and their actions. We need to stop falling for that. And it would be nice if drama and politics had a high hedge between them...this is embarrassingly soap opera-esque.

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