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Miles Archer

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4. You're right, and it saddens me that we are at a point where both could be true

Reply to yardwork (Reply #2)

Thu Apr 16, 2026, 01:11 PM

Apr 16

And as the eternal optimist, I'd prefer "Trump staged it," simply because that would mean that it wasn't an actual "heavily armed angry person who could do anything."

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STAGED by Trump, or NOT staged by Trump. You decide. (poll) [View all] Miles Archer Apr 16 OP

Like the bomb threat called in on Pope Leo's MAGAT brother? Hmmm... hlthe2b Apr 16 #1

Just because it could be staged doesn't mean it was. yardwork Apr 16 #2

I agree 👍 MustLoveBeagles Apr 16 #3

You're right, and it saddens me that we are at a point where both could be true Miles Archer Apr 16 #4

They're out there and they're not going away. yardwork Apr 16 #5

That is the aim in our post-truth reality misanthrope Apr 16 #7

He was promptly hired by ICE... purr-rat beauty Apr 16 #6

Gee MorbidButterflyTat Apr 16 #8