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Maru Kitteh

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18. They also too often expect the media to fulfill a fantasy role.

Mon Feb 9, 2026, 03:08 PM

Feb 9

Not everyone who “fails” to scream at Donald Trump and call him a.fucking greasy pig to his face is a whore protecting their access for Fox News Lite. There’s work to be done, and part of that sometimes involves the simple art of standing to one side while watching him trip over his own lips on the way down the stairs.

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ATTN: all DU'ers who rec'd the OP about a Mamdani/kennedy interaction. [View all] niyad Feb 9 OP

DURec leftstreet Feb 9 #1

Thank you. niyad Feb 9 #3

Kick. MontanaMama Feb 9 #2

You are most welcome. Satire is one thing, fake news is deplorable. niyad Feb 9 #4

Would be nice if, as the community we long to be, Arthur_Frain Feb 9 #41

I don't really think a separate forum is necessary, just a healthy niyad Feb 9 #44

mom said this ," be careful of what you read, see. and or hear. AllaN01Bear Feb 9 #23

... Wednesdays Feb 9 #33

That one and its variants crack me up! niyad Feb 9 #36

I thought it sounded too dramatic to be true mcar Feb 9 #5

That, and the fact that there was no video, just for starters. niyad Feb 9 #6

Yeah, when have cable tv talking heads ever been at a loss for words? sop Feb 9 #9

A most excellent point!!! niyad Feb 9 #14

Yep, still up even after being asked by the admins to delete it MagickMuffin Feb 9 #7

From what I gather from several responses in that thread, this was not niyad Feb 9 #12

"It would have been a thing of beauty, had it been real." Which is why people fall for these things. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 9 #8

Call me cynical. .the better something appears, especially in these insane niyad Feb 9 #10

People want Democrats to be like TV show characters with perfect dialog and delivery, why they get so mad betsuni Feb 9 #11

I do not understand what your post has to do with a fake news post. niyad Feb 9 #13

It turned a Democrat into a fictional character. Fiction is not real, fake. OP is about fake news. betsuni Feb 9 #15

sighhhhnh niyad Feb 9 #17

They also too often expect the media to fulfill a fantasy role. Maru Kitteh Feb 9 #18

Absolutely! betsuni Feb 9 #20

Well, and it's not really their job to tell us what they think or worse yet, what Maru Kitteh Feb 9 #31

I didn't even click on that one but thanks for pointing out fakery. I've told Mr. Maru, Maru Kitteh Feb 9 #16

Being quite cynical, that is pretty much the way I try to do things. niyad Feb 9 #19

I guess it's kind of always been true, right? It's just things are faster now Maru Kitteh Feb 9 #21

You are quite correct. On the flip side, being able to find out the fakes niyad Feb 9 #22

mom said this ," be careful of what you read, see and or hear. AllaN01Bear Feb 9 #24

So very true! niyad Feb 9 #40

Thanks niyad nt💗 Hope22 Feb 9 #25

You are most welcome. niyad Feb 9 #39

Thank you for the fact check. I looked and couldn't find it surfered Feb 9 #26

It wasn't me. .other DU'ers found out very quickly, and kept posting niyad Feb 9 #32

It's hard to absolutely prove a fake, except lacking proof that it exists. surfered Feb 9 #34

Ad do I !!! niyad Feb 9 #35

It's been self-deleted. At long last /nt progree Feb 9 #27

Finally!!! niyad Feb 9 #29

And thank you very much for the persistent pressure on that person in that thread /nt progree Feb 10 #45

You are most welcome. A number of people in that thread tried. niyad Feb 10 #46

Thanks orangecrush Feb 9 #28

You are most welcome. Thank goodness we have so many alert, niyad Feb 9 #30

Ha! Conjuay Feb 9 #37

Now how could I possibly say that??? My beautiful Silver Girl would be niyad Feb 9 #38

😥 😥 😥 😥 😥 a kennedy Feb 9 #42

I think most people did. The fake good ole boy definitely needs niyad Feb 9 #43