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BadgerMom

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19. This whole thing feels so off.

Reply to NRaleighLiberal (Original post)

Tue Jun 12, 2018, 01:51 AM

Jun 2018

A year ago Trump and Kim were exchanging insults on Twitter. Otto Warmbier was on his deathbed. At the Winter Olympics Pence snubbed the North Korean reps. Now we’re best buddies. It feels so contrived. I know it sounds like I’m some nutball conspiracy theorist, but it feels like there’s a master puppeteer. Putin, anyone?

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anyone else having issues processing what is going on? And I am not watching... [View all] NRaleighLiberal Jun 2018 OP

I can't stand it either-- dawg day Jun 2018 #1

Same here question everything Jun 2018 #2

Yep. I'm with you. This is ridiculous. skylucy Jun 2018 #3

I will admit that I'm probably not as fully up to date PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2018 #4

no TV here in 10 years, so I am with you! NRaleighLiberal Jun 2018 #8

No tv for 16 years. Cha Jun 2018 #16

No TV here, either. leftyladyfrommo Jun 2018 #26

I know.. I'm glued to my laptop Cha Jun 2018 #27

I don't have a laptop or a computer. leftyladyfrommo Jun 2018 #28

Good! Yeah, I noticed I'm very old school. lol Cha Jun 2018 #31

That was outstanding! Pretty much. babylonsister Jun 2018 #5

Spanky prefers dictators like Kim, Xi, Putin and Duterte... greatauntoftriplets Jun 2018 #6

He seems to prefer the thug life Grammy23 Jun 2018 #7

Since he has no decency 2naSalit Jun 2018 #9

Damn near everyone who is at all sane is having issues w/ it. n/t CousinIT Jun 2018 #10

They were practically kissing Trump's ass n MSNBC triron Jun 2018 #11

That wouldn't be the people I usually watch: they make no bones about the hideousness of Trump Hekate Jun 2018 #21

I decided ... JeaneRaye Jun 2018 #12

The media can do all the marveling it likes murielm99 Jun 2018 #13

DEAD ON, NRaleightLiberal! Cha Jun 2018 #14

NR, you forgot: GOP Congress allows all this sharedvalues Jun 2018 #15

John Oliver explained on Sunday SCVDem Jun 2018 #17

I kept hoping a news anchor would come onto the screen with "breaking news" that kag Jun 2018 #18

That would have been outstanding. nt leftyladyfrommo Jun 2018 #30

This whole thing feels so off. BadgerMom Jun 2018 #19

"We" are not best buddies. We are trapped in a nightmare inside a reality tv star's head... Hekate Jun 2018 #22

I can't take it any more Hekate Jun 2018 #20

Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2018 #23

MSNBC's showing it live, I usually watch the repeat of Lawrence O'Donnell, etc. Rhiannon12866 Jun 2018 #24

You left out the part about GOP complicity. Other than that, spot on. Amaryllis Jun 2018 #25

I feel the same... ButSeeYa Jun 2018 #29

Not paying attention but expecting a bump in approval rating Awsi Dooger Jun 2018 #32