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The_jackalope

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25. Andy Borowitz reports:
Tue Sep 12, 2017, 09:29 PM
Sep 2017
Porn Industry Irrevocably Damaged by Association with Ted Cruz

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—The pornography industry has likely suffered permanent damage as a result of its unfortunate association with the Texas senator Ted Cruz, industry sources said on Tuesday.

“For porn producers, this is a crisis with no simple solution,” Harland Dorrinson, an industry insider, said. “If you warn viewers not to think about Ted Cruz, there’s a real danger that that’s all they’ll think about.”

In the hours since porn first became associated with the Texas senator, traffic to porn sites has plummeted in what industry sources are ruefully calling “the Cruz effect.”

“I’ve enjoyed porn for years and never dreamed that anything could ruin the experience for me,” Davis Logsdon, a porn user from Minnesota, said. “Thanks a lot, Ted Cruz.”

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lol Matthew28 Sep 2017 #1
My bet is a staffer or a hacker DFW Sep 2017 #2
I imagine that will be the excuse tomorrow JonLP24 Sep 2017 #3
True enough. Whether or not it was Cruz, now that it's in the open, it won't have been DFW Sep 2017 #5
Maybe he forgot he was in his main acct True_Blue Sep 2017 #21
In this case DFW Sep 2017 #22
I can imagine it being in his feed and him hitting it accidentally... JHB Sep 2017 #7
He was up late drunk and screwed up. It had to be him. Dustlawyer Sep 2017 #8
That would be the best-case scenario (for us) DFW Sep 2017 #10
Cruz sees that image as Adam and Eve frolicking in the wilderness. KY_EnviroGuy Sep 2017 #4
ROFL mdbl Sep 2017 #11
"Cruz sees that image as Adam and Eve frolicking in the wilderness." LudwigPastorius Sep 2017 #17
This is Latest Breaking News? Really? milestogo Sep 2017 #6
It was the #1 trending topic by the time I posted JonLP24 Sep 2017 #23
probably by accident itsrobert Sep 2017 #9
I didn't know Twitter permitted porn Renew Deal Sep 2017 #13
Several porn sites have social media christx30 Sep 2017 #15
You may remember that a similar thing happened with Anthony Weiner Renew Deal Sep 2017 #12
It allows all sorts of obscene material Julian Englis Sep 2017 #14
He was just doing some research dalton99a Sep 2017 #16
republican christian "family values" is such a crock of propaganda horseshit Achilleaze Sep 2017 #18
"did the deed"! George II Sep 2017 #19
From his college roommate's twitter feed this morning ehrnst Sep 2017 #20
OK, now I am OFFICIALLY Grossed Out! Marie Marie Sep 2017 #24
Andy Borowitz reports: The_jackalope Sep 2017 #25
Lol PoorMonger Sep 2017 #26
A lot of people noticed this last night JonLP24 Sep 2017 #27
If Masturbation... Linc13 Sep 2017 #28
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