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Exceptional article!!

And Thank you for The Atlantic link......long read but worth it.

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Great writing as usual. ❤️.

What I’m seeing, anecdotally, like at the gym, are young men ‘for’ Trump who don’t want to go thru ‘all that hassle’ to vote because ‘there’s gonna be a civil war anyway if he loses’ so win-win.

They’re young, white, males.

The world is their oyster.

Meanwhile, their wives, girlfriends, moms and sisters are just like: “It’s pretty cold out there but the line for voting is only about two miles long or so. You can listen to the game on this windup solar radio.”

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"Meanwhile, their wives, girlfriends, moms and sisters are just like: 'It's pretty cold out there but the line for voting is only about two miles long or so. You can listen to the game on this windup solar radio.'"

Kinda points their privilege in a nutshell doesn't it? "Let me make it less of a hassle for you to go do something terrible."

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Fucking brilliant!

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Fuck Turnip

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This is so richly detailed shouting in all its glory of a fucked up campaign and even more fucked up homo sapiens masquerading as human. Best substack ever.

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I find TFN to be an indispensable resource. Not only does it help considerably in keeping my sanity in place, the writing is excellent, plus I get important insight on issues that few, if any are covering (e.g. National "Prayer" Breakfast evil doings). Well done as always, Jonathan!

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I love you guys. This is the irreverent - and honest - take we all need. Proud to be a Newsfucker!

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Just figured out what’s so weird to me about magat insults. Their top-tier one is cuck, right? Short for cuckold, traditionally a man who’s been misled by his wife? and then there’s beta, and all that shit. Why are all their favorite insults keyed around sexuality and/or women holding power? That’s the worst they’ve got. Seems like not even the usual ‘commie’ is as hated. It’s all sex. And they don’t seem to understand the rest of us don’t care about whatever they’re referencing. It’s like if I called them, I dunno, accountants. Weird!

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If the goal is to replace democracy with theocracy, winning without dismantling the current system could be considered a loss. If Trump wins, where’s the civil war they need to shut down democracy with presidential emergency power crap? Trump said he shouldn’t have left in 2020–and I think he’s regretting not having that home court advantage when he loses. It feels like he knows he’s going to lose. So he’s gotta push really hard on the ‘civil war’ triggers.

Arguing with myself, I say ‘if Trump loses he goes to prison and has all those legal woes so I don’t see him wanting to lose’ but…I just don’t feel he’s running this show anymore. He’s like the bull you let in the china shop because you want the china shop to lose its lease because it’s the perfect spot for a mega church.

I guess I’m just a glass half empty, half laced with rohypol kinda gal.

Go Team!

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"I just don’t feel he’s running this show anymore. He’s like the bull you let in the china shop because you want the china shop to lose its lease because it’s the perfect spot for a mega church."

I. Love. This.

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Nov 4Liked by Jonathan Larsen

Whew!

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