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GoCubsGo

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8. Every damn thing they do is for the cameras.

Reply to senseandsensibility (Original post)

Sun Jun 8, 2025, 06:01 PM

Jun 8

This is no longer a government. It's a goddamn reality TV show. Why do you think his cabinet is mostly people he saw on TV, or they look like they're out of central casting?

This shit in L.A. is all about optics. He is trying to stage things so that his Gestapo looks like the victims of an angry mob, that is trying to burn things down. It's just another iteration of the bullshit he was trying to pull during the George Floyd protests. He's just itching for a massacre.

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So what exactly are the National Guard guarding or blocking? [View all] senseandsensibility Jun 8 OP

maybe the extras haven't arrived yet? stillcool Jun 8 #1

They are guarding t-rump's virility...which he never had, except maybe those five times...ewww... wcmagumba Jun 8 #2

Intimidation nt Javaman Jun 8 #3

It definitely is for the cameras. No one wants or needs their help. walkingman Jun 8 #4

I'm surprised no one has passed out from the heat with all that garb on. Quite the overkill for the cameras Deuxcents Jun 8 #5

steroids, speed, it's been a long stillcool Jun 8 #7

The Dotard's fascistic ambitions RockRaven Jun 8 #6

Every damn thing they do is for the cameras. GoCubsGo Jun 8 #8

Orange Man says they're "setting LA free." allegorical oracle Jun 8 #9

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