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A long awaited evisceration of trump and his foulness… thank you Kamala Harris. Thank you Mary Trump for your willingness to expose your personal life and extraordinary intelligence to alert us all to the danger that man poses to us all.

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He met a woman who can't be bullied and it was his undoing. He has avoided people with strength and conviction his entire life, surrounding himself with he flabby-spined yes-men and women.

He was so out of his league had it been anyone else I'd have felt bad for him, instead it was all joy and glee!

She scraped his ass bare and then when he sat he learned Taylor Swift had thrown salt on this chair!

What a delightful evening it was!

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What makes me smile even more is that she is a Black woman, the kind of person he most fears.

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He had a very bad night. It was marvelous

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It's the Black women of America who are saving us from Trump. They are leading the charge to make him accountable for his trespasses. Without them, we'd probably have no hope of avoiding a fascist, authoritarian state led by a traitorous criminal thug.

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I absolutely agree with you. I love the strength I've seen in so many Black women.

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For Sure!! Amen🛐

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He’s a good example of what he fears the most incompetent person on the job is like pouring money into the trash…

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He has proven that he is incompetent, and really good at pouring money in the trash. From what I understand, it's difficult to do that with a casino but he succeeded!

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best time i’ve had in a long time! go Kamala!

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Kamala Harris CRUSHED Donald Trump. He was out matched in every phase and on every question. The last time a guy performed this badly in a debate he left the race. Donald, we are waiting. 🤣

For me the moment Trump's entire persona as any sort of serious man collapsed when he started shrieking about pet eating people. It was utterly strident and completely unhinged. I wouldn't doubt that Trump actually believes that crap is true.

Reminder that Kamala actively WON last night. She did not have a millisecond of weakness that predator Trump could seize on.

Trumped wanted some camera time and he basically spit insults and conspiracy theories the entire evening. He NEVER once addressed a question in its context.

Literally, as this t-shirt says: "Kamala removed stubborn orange stains" last night 👇 🤣

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She crushed him when she walked over to shake hands. In doing so she made it clear that the kind of scare tactics he used on Hillary Clinton would get nowhere. with her Sometimes just being normal, acting normal is enough to do in a bully.

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It was very hard to watch and listen to him (something I avoid most of the time, as I’m sure most here do). His disgusting expressions as she talked! 🤢🤮 And I was screaming “RIGHT OHNNNN, Kamala!” at everything she said.

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He had on the "mugshot face," most of the time until he woke up when she said how boring his rallies are.

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Yes, that's what I've been saying, that he does his mugshot face. I'm sure that he thinks that it makes him look tough, but it's just plain pathetic, like the grouchy old man on your block yelling at kids to get off his lawn.

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His worshipers from his cult apparently love that defiant expression. Other than a few uncomfortable grins & grimaces, mostly towards the end, he held that mugshot face almost constantly. His lack of change of expression from that maniacal look made him appear psycho.

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I think he looks like a petulant child pouting in the corner with that look on his face. It looks anything but tough to me.

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I didn’t remember that face. Thank you.

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Frankly, I was quite amused with what he said. I found myself laughing numerous times at the absurdities coming through his mouth, as appalling as they were.

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Ordered that shirt, will be wearing when I vote early in Georgia!

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His excuse for shouting out that horrible story about the Haitians was that "well, it was on TV!!" Yeah, Donald, one day you'll see on TV that you are convicted to jail for a very, very long time! :)

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Now, that is exactly what a kindergarten bully would say.

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Carolyn such delightful metaphors, captured each delicious gotcha, from Kamala, we did savor. Mary our hearts and souls were filled the feminine strength & power of you and Kamala, stunning Uncle Clueless. Taylor, so thoughtful for your post Debate sharing you’ll be Voting for Kamala & Tim. Loved the sign off: Childless, Cat Lady! The two of you are Adorable! 🐈& Kali

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😄🤗💙🇺🇲🌊

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Ditto 😺

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OMG 🤣. The imagery is perfection!!! I can just hear him howling as he sits on that Swifty salted chair 😹. The walls are definitely going to be dripping with ketchup 😆

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The Swift endorsement was like sprinkles on my schadenfreude icecream!

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We have been held hostage by this putrid, weak disgusting excuse for a man. I was jumping up and down with joy, gloating, giddy and screaming throughout the debate and it started from the moment she strode over and made him shake her hand. Total glee!!! Finally, a glimpse of freedom from this demented monster.

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I don't believe I've ever gotten so much pleasure out of any type of debate. I was so full of pride and pleasure I thought I might pop! And I'm sure everyone knows he thinks he won last night!😩😆

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He knows he lost. Deep down, he knows. Bullies always know when they’ve been beaten.

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I don't know about that. He is in a delusional echo chamber. He has completely lost touch with reality. Narcissists cannot tolerate defeat, and they will do everything they can to protect themselves from getting in touch with their fragile inner core of self-loathing. And he's not your garden-variety narcissist. He clearly has worsening dementia, which further impairs his ability to see things clearly.

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Oh, he knows he lost. Just like he knows he lost the 2020 race. But his narcissism prevents him from admitting it, & he will endlessly insist he won that debate despite the indisputable evidence he lost.

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Of course he does, although he's so detached from reality I'm not so sure anymore. When he loses the election, it will be a repeat of 2020 with him relentlessly whining that it was "stollen". And he will again incite a MAGA uprising. President Biden needs to take that possibility seriously and pro-actively federalize the National Guard and put them on standby.

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I hope he has to spend time in jail for 34 felonies in NY. Right through January 6th 2025 would be perfect!

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Now he has no excuse for mispronouncing her name.

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I've heard Republicans deliberately mispronounce her name. It's racist and childish to insult her that way, but she is wise in not allowing them to bait her. It's so much easier and more effective than showing the other side that you're thin skinned.

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Oh, he did mispronounce it after the debate (I was watching Brian Tyler Cohen showing bits of Trumputin’s talk on Fox).

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Of course, he did! But now we know without a doubt it's intentional.

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Of course he does. She's an uppity Black woman who has the effrontery to call his rallies boring and to run1 against him when he so obviously deserves to be president again (according to him.)

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Couldn't have said it better! My thanks to the two of them also!

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dreams can come true, occasionally.

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Our biggest dream (regarding the 2024 election, anyway) must come true this November. Powerful fascists from Musk, Murdoch & many other sadonarcissistic billionaires, to Republicans in Congress, state governments & the judiciary system, to Putin & other tyrannical pals of Trump, will do everything they can to rig this election for Trump, so we have to vote in overwhelming numbers for Harris/Waltz & other Democrats downballot.

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They need to go in such a major way! I’m a Republican who will be voting for Kamala Harris. I just wrote an article on that very topic. I think you would really enjoy. It’s only a seven minute read if you find the time. Here is the link. https://open.substack.com/pub/donovanwashere/p/why-its-time-to-stop-hitting-snooze?r=13lrsx&utm_medium=ios

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Thank you for both of the articles; fascinating and helpful to understand the big picture.

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Thanks! I did enjoy it.

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Thank you, Mary, for again saying what so many of us feel today. Your words resonated deeply for me - " For over nine years, this country has been in thrall to a cruel and deranged man who cares only about himself. His constant war on truth and basic human decency has worn us down, demoralizing those of us who care about other people, who want a better world, and who crave a leader who exhibits empathy and understanding."

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Yes. Have been ANGRY for

9 YEARS.😡

Feel as though I can finally breathe a little.

Wasn't sure if I wanted to see DUM DUM at all, but it was a pleasure to see Kamala as warrior for us all. 🗽🇺🇲🇺🇦

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💯🇺🇸🇺🇦

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Mary's words resonated with me, as well. I've noticed changes in myself over the last nine years, and they have not been positive. I wondered a few times about different causes and thought it might be the constant presence of the menace, but I never settled on an answer. It is crystal clear to me now that my challenge is to get myself back to living my life with joy and purpose. I still feel tentative, wondering if the future holds more torture mentally or if I will step out and be confronted by his supporters. I am not by any means shut in, I am just missing too large of a part of myself. And I am a proud childless cat lady!

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Dr. Bandy Lee is on YouTube, she's doing a series of addressing the issue of healing our collective health, from having to endure the nightmare of Trump for so long. She's one of the psychiatrists who tried to warn the county about Trump. She was a co-writer of the book "The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump" along with other psychiatrists and mental health professionals. It's a good book and her video talks are very helpful.

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I read the book, which is fantastic. Written by psychiatrists and psychologists (I'm a psychologist). Published in 2017, and I believe that the authors appeared before a closed session with legislators to express their concerns. I'm glad to know that she is on YouTube. Another of the authors appears regularly on the David Pakman show. I believe that it is John Gartner, but don't know if I have the correct name. He speaks a lot about the signs of Trump's dementia.

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Yes it is John Gartner. He and a fellow doctor are on YouTube, Fridays they drop.new shows.," Shrinking Trump "

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It's a good start. We still have a ways to go.

Would t it be fun if all the oilygarchs neicies were as honest as Mary...

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I am also spending too much time following politics because of the existential threat to democracy & the environment that Trump, Republicans, Musk, Murdoch, Putin & other billionaires & fascists around the world pose. I have vowed to myself that regardless of the results, I will turn away from involvement in politics after this election.

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Well, we can at least take a wee break for a while. Breathe, relax, and try to heal. But, we have to keep on top of things because the Maga cult members and fascists aren't going to just disappear, they'll surely be gearing up for the next round. Don't forget, they play the long game. 😉

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💙🤗🇺🇲

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forever remember his enablers, they are the ones who did this to us, they, including the media, had many many opportunities and failed each & every time 😡

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That is the part keeping me up at night since 2016. The lack of meaningful guardrails once a malignant person wins the Presidency. So many amoral enablers.

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Don't forget Mary had to put up with this Narcissist her entire life along with her Grandfather. Congratulations to Mary's vindication!

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Thank you for standing up to your monster of an uncle Mary. What bravery both you & our future Madam President show us!🫶🏼🇺🇸💙🌊💙🇺🇸

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Call me crazy, but today, watching DonOld interact with Harris at the 9/11 memorial, I could swear he seemed enamored of her. Maybe he liked being spanked by a strong woman. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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trump fears Kamala now which is a sociopath's version of "respect."

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I also think he’s dying to grab her and rape her. Coupled with the fear.

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It's not productive to perpetuate & trigger people with the sick thoughts in his head.

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He’s a sick man, riddled with mental disorders, a ragged soul trapped in a deeply empty sack of skin. I don’t think he’s capable of feeling anything but anger & hate.

Someone on his team may have warned him to not fck this up b/c of 9/11 - a bridge too far to denigrate- & maybe he listened this time after having his leathered ass handed to him last night.

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empty sack of skin--priceless.

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I like the term "waste of human skin."

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He’s not sick. He’s a world class asshole.

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He’s both.

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He is sick too... suffering from Narcissistic Personality Disorder.

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he’s sick AND a world class asshole both!!!

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They’re not mutually exclusive.

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And he's a demented, deluded sociopath. I'm no psychologist but it seems obviously apparent that he also has an inferiority complex and its related defense mechanism, a superiority complex. The following extracts from Wikipedia under ‘Inferiority Complex’: “Additionally, inferiority complexes show small, negative relationships with conscientiousness, agreeableness, and extraversion, but are positively related to Machiavellianism and narcissism.” and Machiavellianism: “[It] is the name of a personality trait construct characterized by interpersonal manipulation, indifference to morality, lack of empathy, and a calculated focus on self-interest.”) describe him to a ‘t’.

Please excuse my language but he's s**t, a s**t and thick as s**t. What made Kamala's dismantling all the more satisfying was that he's frequently referred to her as a “very low IQ person”. So in his eyes he's been humiliated by a low IQ person which must make him an incredibly low IQ person. Hoist by his own petard 😂.

BTW, I'm seeing a lot of Schadenfreude around Trump's defeat. It's generally viewed as a negative emotion, although it's a little misunderstood. Literally translated it means ‘damage joy’; my dictionary defined it as ‘malicious joy; gloating’ but it also accurately defines slapstick humour. However, this is entirely the enjoyment/taking pleasure/satisfaction in another's embarrassment/pain/humiliation and is so thoroughly deserved. Malicious, apart from being an apt description of his character, is also the only type of ‘joy’ he's capable of. At long last he's on the receiving end, getting a generous dose of his own medicine. There's no point in arguing with him, he's impervious to reason, but mock him, laugh at him and pity him, that he can't bear, it eats him up from the inside and gnaws at his self-image. Oh, yes, and calling him weird. What a great call from Tim Walz, finally finding a label that hasn't slid off the Teflon Tramp, one that's stuck to him and his abhorrent, sorry excuse for a human being. Yet more evidence of his stupidity, choosing him as his running mate. It puts him in a real quandary: he would love to replace him with RFK Jr, (yet another despicable moron and addlepate¹. The Kennedys must be spinning in their graves) but that would be tantamount to admitting he's fallible, that he made a mistake and in his mind that would be a sign of weakness when it actually takes courage and humility. Both those are qualities he lacks in abundance, so no surprise there either.

¹ sorry, I just discovered this delicious word a couple of days ago when I was searching the thesaurus for synonyms for idiot. A few years ago some friends and I decided to create a scale of stupidity: fool, twit, idiot, imbecile, cretin, moron. A six-point scale is quite pleasing in many ways but I'm considering expanding it to eight or ten points.

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Can we help you 😊? How about CREEP.

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I think hes both

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He's deranged, depraved, perverted, sadonarcissistic -- all strong indications of major mental illness.

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I saw somewhere that he did a thumbs up with a big smile at that one, too, just like at Arlington. Disgusting. It shows how much he cared about the "hundreds of friends" he said he lost on 9/11

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empty words always without emotion.

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110% in Trump’s life is more important if he can have a picture taken?

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I hadn't thought about that, but I'm sure it's an ego booster for him.

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Yeah, hundreds of friends, but on the actual 9/11 he responded by mentioning how tall one of HIS buildings were. I’ll never forget that.

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I'd forgotten that. Thanks for the reminder, Carol.

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"...trapped in a...". RIGHT.

He needs a dog to bolster his rotted ego and s cat to teach him some manners. Or maybe a cheetah.

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No pets/companion animals for him! He’d hurt them, emotionally if not physically.

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Unfortunately, and as we all know, he’ll still get the votes of his huge cult.

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Yes. Debates weren’t for those cult folks. They are for the “undecideds” & independents - which how tf is anyone undecided at this point?? This election is about democracy, not the candidates. It’s Harris or never voting again. But don’t get me going on the f’ing undecideds… lol

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Doubt it.

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Only 2nd time he has ever been down there in 23 years.

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I think he is going to vote for her.

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Many in Trump’s family will be voting for Kalama! Melania may be one? The last thing she wants to do is move with him back to the White House! Also, she frowns on the Judge sentencing Donald to “house arrest.”

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Nah, Melania hates Don the Con, but she's in on the con.

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Their marriage is a “business deal” and contract!

Melania has gotten what she wants thru her attorney!

If she appears, payment made! She gets paid!

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ROTFLMAO

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😂😂😂💙

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Only towards seducing her into compliance. The Predator never stops

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You are so right about this; it further proves his stupidity.  It would be impossible for him, to seduce her into compliance.  He had better stick to seducing the most handsome man in the world, who he sees reflected in the mirror every morning - as he lovingly applies his orange makeup.

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i find it hard to believe that he can bear to view himself in a mirror.

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He sees something the rest of us do not see. I really love when he talks about his "beautiful body" and "beautiful hair". He does, after all, live in an alternate reality.

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I find it hard to believe he can find a mirror. it’s probably AI anyway.

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True. It is all so confusing for his little orange brain.

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She wouldn't give him a second look. She has a wonderful husband that's crazy about her and her him

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Did you see the reply from Musk to Taylor Swift's endorsement of Harris, signed "Childless Cat Lady" with a picture of her & her cat? He said he would come & make her a child. That set off an angry response from Swift's boyfriend threatening to twist Musk into a pretzel if he tried anything with her.

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Love that response! Those vile men are disgusting and thrown on the dustheap of history.

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His interview on Jimmy Kimmel was great. Such honest admiration for his wife says a lot about a man.

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He behaves (somewhat) better toward beautiful women than homely or even average women. I know men like that and it's a disgusting character trait.

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He touches the women who work for him. Look up Hicks, he touches her in the small of her back and shoulders.

It is disgusting and disturbing.

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Ivanka too. Creepy.

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It's weird!

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I doubt if even a strong woman would want to spank those full diapers,

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Lmao

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I think someone should start hawking Donny Diapers with his picture on them. He would hate that.

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I wish someone would hawk diapers with picture of him . I have laughed so much reading these posts today. Thanks to all of you

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I think you’re right! I noticed that too. What a weirdo 🤣

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Next debate, Kamala will bring a rolled up Forbes magazine to do just that :p

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I've notice that the guys here are much harder on Don Old that the ladies. Good for you.

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What magazine did La Stormy use? Get one of those.

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Lol pretty sure it was a Forbes magazine when she did her tell all on Jimmy Kimmell in 2018

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And his net worth depends upon how he's feeling on any given day.

Talk about the Teflon Don. If any one else did any of the sh*t he has done much less all of it we'd have gone to Guantanamo w/o a trial.

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Another good one

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She's very pretty and he can't dominate her. It's like with Pelosi. He never really tears into Pelosi either. He's always about dominating someone.

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I think he actually admired her!

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he called her beautiful; I guess he likes to be punished.

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Next it might want to be urinated on. Yes I called him it.

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Lol

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He will need her someday…

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Michael Steele said it perfectly Tuesday night post debate: "she spanked ass !!"

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Yes, that's another reason why, as I stated earlier, I think he personally admires, or at least respects, Kamala, despite the nasty things he says about her (while never looking at her because he knows he's wrong).

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I’m trying not to cry. I was the 73rd person to like your post & all I could think about was Roe v. Wade, 1973.

I want my women’s rights back Mary. All the feels on your post. I hope you are dealing with today better than I am.

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Yes and with all the hoopla about the X’ being put in his place by a true leader… I cried at what she said about the mother who could not help her “ 12 year old daughter rape victim”!!

I think it might have been lost to some, but to bring that to our attention ( especially to us mothers) was a clear notice of an injustice!

I have been following Ms Harris for some time here in CA and will also remind those who “ don’t know” Kamala she was the one who asked the question “ is there a law about a man’s body part in the legal system that you know of to the powers that be”rule” us!

Look it up I’m sure it’s still available so you can “ know her “ focus on the truth

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It was during her interrogation of Brett Kavanaugh.

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That’s when I became a supporter.

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Yes, correct!!!

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Wasn’t it glorious to watch Kamala use her prosecutor’s skills to take down tRump?🤩🎇😂

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I am not a mother, but as a survivor of extensive sexual abuse as a child, I feel it, too.

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I’m so sorry that happened to you. 😭

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Thank you, Barbara. It took a lot of years of hard work, but I have come out the other side. In some ways the awfulness of my childhood enabled me to become a better person than I otherwise might have been.

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God bless you❣️

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That’s when I first took notice of her.

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It's on YOUTUBE, KAMALA IS QUESTIONING BRETT KAVANAUGH and his fumbling for answes is hilarious.

How did the last 3 get approved...oh that's right, they held the majority in the Senate.

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I believe Americans should never ask for their rights. They're guaranteed. All we need do is take our rights.

We are the People. Every member of our tri fecta governance is paid for by our tax dollars. They and their families are provided personal living conditions; housing, food, clothing, and travel. So, then, do you see why I say that we are their bosses, their owners actually?

It's our say against theirs and they have allowed the one percent to bully us into believing we are lesser than they when our tax dollars combined far outweigh all their money combined.

Thank you, Mary, for guiding us through the criminality of Donnie Boy. If he dares to force his way back into the Whitehouse we have the power to throw him out and every single one living off our taxes while working for Donald Trump as well. This is our country and our Democracy. They can't take it from us with Christian Nationalists being given the power to trash our Constitution and rewrite it to suit the fake Christians, the writers of 2025, and Donald and all of the Fascist leaders around the world.

We cannot call America the greatest nation on earth if we don't invite our many allies to join us in ending the warmakers' genocidal behavior, use the rules of the Geneva Conference and, unlike the ending of WWII, make absolutely certain that no man or woman in the world with dictatoriial intentions is allowed to rule any nation. The Oligarchs have created the horrors of the world because they prefer to attack weaker nations and take what they please rather than make trade deals and paying for what they want.

There's so much more we can do to bring about major changes but we might start by thinking about the people of North Korea and how miserable their lives are. Then realize that our lives will become the same under Donald Trump.

Richard La France

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I agree. We have been under the gun of these Fascists mentally, when all we need do is stand up and demand our rights.

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God bless you❣️

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Well said!

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Fascists don’t give up power when people ask for it. I’m hoping we can still regain our power with our votes, and we don’t have a civil war.

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Perfectly said 👍

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Yes. Have been angry for all of the girls/ women that have suffered/died since Roe was overturned.😡

Some relief, but know that until they hold SCOTUS 6 responsible, and REMOVE them, there will continue to be victims.

The women that MARCHED are now near 80 years old. Heartbreaking that for 50 years Roe was protecting girls/ women, and then Alito "decided" to change all of that. Alito made up "reasons" and people have not said "No, you can't do that."

Thanks to Kamala, Mary, and Taylor Swift (for bringing along her millions of followers)

for encouragement and hope.

🗽🇺🇲🇺🇦

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Yes to the “nearly 80.” And many of us marched when we were young, back in the late 1960s or early 1970s, for safe and legal abortions (I was one of those many). It’s infuriating that the fascists did away with legal abortions in so many states.

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Exactly

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Mary - Every word, true! Yes, it was definitely a feeling of catharsis and it has propelled me through today, reading every article and watching every clip in a tsunami of schadenfreude that I (and millions of others) so deserve, after having Trump's lies and warped ways shoved down our throats for the past 9 years. And, yes, Mueller was a huge disappointment, as was Merrick Garland, adding to our national feeling of hopelessness, so thanks for mentioning that. A big thank you to Kamala Harris for restoring our sense of hope, at long last! O, what a glorious feeling, to see him put in his place, for once.

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Please don’t forget James Comey. He cost Hillary the election when she HAD been ahead. So many people have failed us.

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That and 🍊💩’s own election interference! No doubt he is interfering in this election somehow.

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Oh, don't think he's not going to try something whether he's ahead or not. He knows it'll be close. My bet is if he wasn't plotting before (and I'm sure he was) he's plotting now. He's terrified! 💙

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James comey, I will never forget!!

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Yup and he said he wouldn’t change what he did. Shameful

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I’m sorry, and do apologize if my language offends, but the right question to me is where are the laws that regulate a man’s use of his penis and when and where he can ejaculate🤷🏻‍♂️???My wife, a Brooklyn native and retired Executive as well as two professional adult daughters ask this question all the time. Kamala is our Warrior Queen!!! Vote BLUE💙💙💙 up and down ballot in November.

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Calling him a disgrace was almost the 'Have you no decency' moment with NcCarthy

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Also, “disgrace” is the word Trump uses most often to describe his many enemies. Good to reflect that back on him.

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She used his own strategy there. It was beautiful.

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And that was pulling punches. She pulled back from nearly calling him out a well deserved explicative.

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I was trying to think of what it reminded me of. That was it! An awesome moment 🏆

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She filleted him with prosecutorial precision. Bravo!

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This idiot is insane and I'm glad VP Harris pointed this out through her evisceration of him in this so called debate. Hopefully enough people are now aware of this who don't normally follow politics. People easily forget the nightmare of the Felons presidency. The country is still recovering from that train wreck.

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I remember empty shelves in grocery stores, no toilet paper, no rubbing alcohol, no Lysol. I also remember refrigerated trucks used as morgues, and a million people dead of a virus that could have been better managed by anyone who cared about others.

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It was difficult for everyone around the world of course. But had he explained to the citizens of the USA why lockdowns and mask wearing were important ways to contain the virus, everyone would have been better off. And maybe all the anti maskers and anti vaxxers would have stayed in their holes.

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555,000 Americans died while he did NOTHING for 12 WEEKS.😢

(Brookings Institute)

He said the States could have PPE if they were "nice" to him. 😡Believe he SOLD the PPE to CHINA.😠

🗽🇺🇲🇺🇦

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And I remember his life being saved by an experimental Regeneron dr

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Sharon, I AM currently 54, and the ShopRite supermarket that my family grew up visiting for grocery shopping is the one I use a lot, although I alternate with ShopRite and Aldi. I had never seen empty supermarket shelves; the term I used with my life partner was "culture shock." It honestly never occurred to me that I would ever see that in New Jersey (I know it was everywhere, but I only live in New Jersey). It was surreal, and I cannot tell you how much of a relief it is to see lots of food, toiletries, etc., when I go grocery shopping.

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I’m 84, and I live in NJ too. I do appreciate the recovery led by Joe Biden, who has been so maligned for being old, but he is not incompetent like tfg.

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I think incompetent regarding the felonious thug is a gross understatement.

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I credit my then-governor Andrew Cuomo for fighting back then against Trump’s misinformation about COVID and reassuring so many of us. Cuomo was truly a beacon of light (along with the ever-heroic Dr. Fauci). I know Cuomo did bad things, but I still credit him a lot for his words and actions re the pandemic.

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Oh, don't forget his bleach cure for COVID! 😩😆 What made it so bad and scary is that he was totally serious! 😆

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Sharon C Storm, I remember too, I had trouble just getting some toilet paper.....then seeing the wingnuts out there with their pickup trucks filled with toilet paper....it was insanity and mass hysteria.

I also remember that over one million people in our country alone died needlessly from covid. How that orange asshat bungled the handling of the pandemic. It was disgraceful and disgusting. The misinformation is still being circulated. He made the nation go insane by degrees. 😞

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Indeed, I too remember all those horrible things and/or lack of some of them! And refrigerated trucks to hold the backload of bodies (someones' family member) and him throwing out rolls of paper towels!! Ridiculously too little too late!!

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Nurses ,Doctors and o ther hospitals workers having to reuse ppp ir use garbage bags for ppp because he closed the pandemic office. Then he has that fool Jared out looking for them 'but only for the red states'. Disgrace is the correct word for him.

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People aren't talking about how many Americans died from COVID under his 'watch'.

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Over one million people died in this country. Needlessly too. He bungled the handling of the pandemic from the start ..... it's shameful 😞

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Let’s not forget the denying pandemic related gear to the medical community in states that were blue.

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Right! Don Jr saying that maybe most of the blue state people would just die. That's a very warped individual to say that.

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He’s a maggot off his daddy’s corpse.

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Thank you! I’m in Brooklyn and forgot about that one. My friend in Jackson Heights, Queens, lives a block from Elmhurst Hospital, back then the epicenter of the virus. Fortunately, he’s okay.

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Yes, so very shameful

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I've always felt that's what opened the door for lots of what's happened since. But let him tell it he left us in the "greatest of shapes" the "best ever in the history of the world"😩😆💙

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It almost seemed as though Kamala Harris had been preparing all her life for that historic moment.

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Yes, and now she'll be shining in the next historic moment she's been preparing all her life for.

I cannot wait until she is elected President leaving Trump destroyed and sent waddling off to prison.

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I felt so in awe of Kamala's Presidential stature of appearance! Plus her ability to remain so extremely calm while calling him out on each lie or past lies in situations which weren't done properly within the law or in the best interest of the people!!!

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The best was her hilarious laughter on the split screen with his desperate and mad cry, “They’re eating, the pets!”

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I'm still blown away with how he is even allowed to run. He's a convicted felon and a convicted rapist. Republicans should be embarrassed that he's the best they can do. GEEZ

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Will never understand. I just read The Cult of Trump by Steven Hassan who was in a cult himself and I kind of get the cult mentality, but it's still puzzling.

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That is an outstanding and fascinating book. I listened to it on audiobook. Everyone should read it, because it's not just about Trump, it is about how groups of people can be brainwashed.

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It really taught me a lot about cults and the methods they use to brainwash.

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It's called "the mystery of iniquity."

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Republican politicians have all jumped on the fascist train. It seems that around 40% of Americans love the idea of having a convicted criminal as president. That is the greatest shame of America. "That" is the greatest shame in America. This is why in in many parts of Europe these people are known as the ugly Americans. Well no more. No more of that crap from this orange mafioso head monkey. We now have the opportunity to have a real leader of this country. The 60% of us left in the real moral majority will be able to celebrate fully and completely once we get the orange orangutang in jail after we elect Superwoman Harris.

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I think most of those 40% don’t realize they’re being scammed by billionaires. I’m a Republican who will be voting for Kamala Harris and I’m doing my best to inform my local community. So far, it’s going well. I just wrote this article that I think you would find interesting. It’s a quick seven minute read if you find the time. Hope you enjoy! https://open.substack.com/pub/donovanwashere/p/why-its-time-to-stop-hitting-snooze?r=13lrsx&utm_medium=ios

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Good article. It's always been curious to me how T praised & defended P. I just know money was exchanged, but almost impossible to prove. Wasn't there supposed to be a T Tower in Moscow??

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Thank you!! Yes, there were plans for a tower in moscow, but the plans fell through —or were put on delay for PR reasons... Money has for sure changed hands...I'm going to post a few more short deep dives into this topic next week. They are crazy! Hope you have a nice weekend!! :)

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Baffling.

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Agreed

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It feels as though it might be safe to come out now. Out of the depression, oppression, suppression that has choked out our basic sense of being, of belonging. Like we were just unwanted guests in what is our country too. Makes you want to throw back the curtains, open the windows and just fucking breathe.

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But remember, there is still a slippery mountain to climb.

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Well said!

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“But in the end, it’s only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something, even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn’t. They kept going, because they were holding on to something.” - Samwise

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Thank you God for the perfection of this Tolkien quotation in this particular circumstance!

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It’s been like a total eclipse

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Dear God bless you and your hope. I pray for your long life and good health 💓 Amen

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founding

We waited a painful long time.

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I'm reading through the transcript (I refuse to listen to him speak) and there are some gems I'm already seeing as memes.

Gaia bless the internet :)

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I’m sick hearing his voice too but it was so much fun watching video clips of portions of the debate and seeing 1) his facial expressions, trying to hold in his anger and not succeeding (red/orange face and downward facing eyes) and 2) Kamala’s condescending laugh and comments she mouthed. It’s worth having to hear him.

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I really relished the moment when she held her breath for just long enough to complete her thought… and not succumb to the temptation to call him something we all wanted to hear out loud…

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I muted him when he talked. Closed caption was perfect.

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Oh that’s a great idea- I wasn’t going to watch as the sound of his voice is unbearable to me - I may try this!

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Made the debate more bearable. I tried to watch unmuted, but it didn't work.

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That horrible voice just grates on my nerves - the tone, the boarishness, insult to my poor ears.

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I abhor hearing him speak, and cannot stand to look at him, but I feel that it is worth it to watch the debate to see and hear her. She was magnificent.

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My husband & I as well. We can't stomach listening to him. Had my friend who was watching text me updates😆

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I have to

Mute him.

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I thought about you and your brother last night while watching the debate. I think no one needed seeing DonOLD get owned more than you and your brother.

I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. The swift endorsement was just an added bonus but will have real results!

Let’s hope we get a round 2 on election night! We need more of it after this last decade.

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Yes we WERE worn down but not any more. KH infused even more life into us and this race. The exchange and KH’s response concerning abortion was very powerful. I’m not worried about cheetoskin’s increased speaking time. I just knew that the more he spewed his garbage the worse he looked. He hung himself. I am concerned that potential Harris/Walz voters will see the debate as a KH victory. As Hubble says we have reason to be hopeful but no reason to be complacent. I hope all dems remember that between now and 11/5.

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Definitely we cannot get complacent - keep the funding and volunteering going up to the last moment!!

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