Jon Stewart perfectly sums up the Administration's lies after the shooting of Alex Pretti

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Stewart called the administration’s attempt to claim Pretti was a threat despite all the footage showing otherwise to be “the denial of the reality that we all witnessed.”

“They’re lying,” Stewart said. “We saw it. And that’s how brazen they lie when they know we’ve seen the truth. That’s how they lie when they know we know. Imagine how they lie when there’s no evidence to contradict them.”

Pretti did have a weapon in his hand after all ― one the government might fear more than any gun.

“A handheld aluminum, 1080p, 60 FPS weapon of mass illumination,” Stewart said, describing Pretti’s cellphone. “Because there is nothing more dangerous to a regime predicated on lies than witnesses who capture the truth.”

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jon-stewart-trump-minneapolis_n_69784afbe4b01628ac432632

[SocialDemocrat61]

1. F**k Jon Stewart

Maybe if he had spent 24 trashed Joe Biden whenever he could, we wouldn't be in this mess now.

[Hope22]

3. I stopped by to say the same!

Jon is a big part of the reason we are here. Both sides do it and all!

[Lemon Lyman]

4. THIS!

Remember - regardless of who would go on to win the election in November 2024, we'd be alright as a country.

[PJMcK]

8. Needless vitriol at this point

Perhaps you could reconsider your view since that problem is past and the present is much more dangerous. I don’t disagree with your premise but the new threats need to be focused on. Clearly, the MSM won’t do that.

[SocialDemocrat61]

10. F**k Jon Stewart

and George Clooney too.

[PJMcK]

11. Thanks for your thoughtful reply

I was civil.

[SocialDemocrat61]

14. You're very welcome

Have a nice day!

[PJMcK]

16. Out of curiosity

How do you feel about Liz Cheney, Adam Kinzinger, John Bolton, Mike Pence, Mark Esper, Stephanie Grisham, Anthony Scaramucci, William Webster et al.? They’re all Republicans who opposed Trump’s reelection.

None are my heroes but they oppose Trump. In a time of trouble, any enemy of my enemy is an ally. Your mileage may vary. At this time of ultimate peril, should we reject any aides-de-camp?

I, too, am a New York City resident.

[SocialDemocrat61]

17. Good for them

But doing the most basic decent thing doesn’t score a lot of points with me.

[Roy Rolling]

26. "Most basic decent thing"

Here’s where the logic goes from empirical to metaphysical.

Fill in the blanks for most basic decent thing and maybe a discussion can be held. Until then, the acerbic comment is noted for its lack of specificity—which leads to unsubstantiated opinions and circular reasoning—which is a MAGA media technique. Don’t do it here, please.

[SocialDemocrat61]

39. So opposing Trump isn't a decent thing?

Sorry but I consider opposition to Trump not only decent but the most basic decent thing.

[GiqueCee]

32. What none of those...

... who condemn people that – mistakenly, I agree – believed Biden's cheese was slippin' off his cracker, fail to take into account was the despicable refusal of people who knew the truth, but chose not to accurately report the truth.
Prior to the debate with the Orange Shitstain, Biden was on a whirlwind world tour. He fell ill and had a fever. So how would you fare if you had terminal jet lag and a fever, plus serious fatigue from lack of sleep, and insufficient prep time for a critical TV appearance, NONE of which was reported in toto so that people could logically connect those dots? The ever-present "consultants" – whose batting averages are nothing to write home about – told him, and/or his "team" not to postpone the debate. WHY is a question that will be chopped into chum for years to come, but I, for one, have no confidence in the consultants that "advised" Biden, or, for that matter, any of them presently whispering in the ears of our current party leaders.
Read the room, guys, and give the boot to those who tell you they – not YOU – know best how to cope with complex situations when they have no skin in the game.

[JokeHer]

33. What?!?!

Are you serious?!

[SocialDemocrat61]

40. Yes.

[BComplex]

36. My sentiments exactly. Both spending lots of dollars to make elected democrats

act like semi-sane republicans.

Both of these people pushed and pushed, and used their fame and money to get Joe Biden to drop out of the election just weeks before the election.

I was formerly a big fan of both, and now, neither. Show me your true colors once....

[themaguffin]

24. Agreed. It's unfortunate to see such juvenile and even toxic comments.

[muriel_volestrangler]

18. Really? You think that Stewart was chiefly responsible for Democrats running with Kamala instead

and that Biden would have beaten Trump, if there hadn't been a one-night-a-week basic cable comedy show that sometimes said Joe Biden was old?

And there was me thinking that social media was the modern influence. Turns out that there was a sleeping giant of cultural influence that had never been seen as the most important before, and everyone said was fading, and it Ruled America, with the Democratic Party paying attention to it, rather than ... something else (what, by the way, would have persuaded people that Biden was going to beat Trump?)

[SocialDemocrat61]

19. Chiefly? No

But he was just one who piled on. So I’ll add, f**k George Clooney. F**k Ezra Klein. F**k Jake Tapper. K**k The New York Times. And while we’re at it, f**k Susan Sarandon and Eddie Glaude too.

[muriel_volestrangler]

21. So, maybe if most people hadn't seen that Biden was fading fast, and had a disastrous debate

then many persuadable voters would have said "Joe Biden's got what it takes to run the country for another 4 years, but Kamala Harris hasn't?"

I cannot see how anyone can say "Biden would have been a stronger candidate than Harris".

[SocialDemocrat61]

22. And I forgot

F**k Jill Stein and Ralph Nader.

[Clouds Passing]

35. Claire McCaskill and Thom Hartmann too. They were on the hate Biden bandwagon right from the start.

[themaguffin]

25. good points

[underpants]

2. I haven't watched it yet.

I’m looking forward to it as always.

[SunSeeker]

5. Yeah, I remember when Jon Stewart first returned to his show he basically said Biden was bad as Trump.

Starts around 2:30: "These fucking guys"..."American deathmocracy"... "Indecision 2024"

Totally both sides-ing it. It wasn't funny then, and he was not helping.




Too little too late, Jon.

[orangecrush]

6. This doesn't sound like both siderism to me

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[hatrack]

12. This is now, both sides was "then" - "then", as in "before the election"

.

[orangecrush]

15. Ok

Thanks

[littlemissmartypants]

13. After you amass your fortune you can play all sides and the ceiling.

Like every other pundit/personality/influencer.

Repeatedly showing/reviewing the Alex murder video at this point is ABUSE.

JS doesn't care about us.

We need to stop allowing ourselves to be hypnotized by our screens.

And start...

turning them into tools to use as mirrors against fascism like Alex.

If Any of these Tee Vee Personalities thought about others and had any balls morals they would know that and say so.

In a world full of JSs...
Be an AP not a JS.

[SunSeeker]

27. Oh sure, NOW he's not both siding it. I would have appreciated that in 2024. nt

[Zackzzzz]

7. As far as voting for who you are choosing as president,

I remember the line, "Your not marrying him".

[Mosby]

9. It's not funny.

He really missed the mark here, I had to stop watching after 3 minutes or so.

[The Roux Comes First]

20. I Guess We Can't Even Mention Jon Anymore Here - Just Look at the Soiled Didies You Caused!

[SunSeeker]

29. Hyperbole much? Who is "soiling their didies" in this thread?

[BComplex]

37. "This thread" didn't start it. Shitting on the Biden administration did it.

We're living this hell.

[SunSeeker]

38. Totally agree. And Jon Stewart was part of the pile-on in 2024. nt

[themaguffin]

23. I'm not surprised to see the 'mUh fUcK mUh uM jOn..." FFS. Some people are lost in Internet score pointless points land

and old battles.. they have discard anyone who isn't pure enough or perfect enough. Oof.

[SunSeeker]

28. Nobody is discarding Jon Stewart. We're just pointing out his prior damaging both siding of Biden & Trump.

Hopefully he has learned his lesson and we can count on him to never do that again. Glad he is on board now.

[themaguffin]

30. ....riiiighht

[biocube]

31. Whenever someone says "Democrats need to be better so we can defeat fascism"

there's always someone that says "so you're saying there's no difference betweem Republicans and Democrats".

I swear some people get way to invested in rooting for the personalities in the Democratic party instead of the party itself and are completely blind to their faults. Biden's should've dropped out of the race way earlier than he did and his selfishness might've tilted the race to Grump.

[RVN VET71]

34. But here we are, aren't we? Currenly living in a genuine "shithole" country.

And if we choose to bicker about who among us is more to blame than others, we lose sight of the fact that the Fascists are all around us, destroying the very fabric of American democracy, eating our children's dreams.

Focus on the real enemy is what I'm trying to say.