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Was this the straw that broke the MAGAs’ back? Trump calls Desantis “Desanctimonious” Twitter ^ Posted on 11/5/2022, 8:02:45 PM by bigdaddy45 Trump at a rally tonight (11/5) sums up his competition, and refers to Ron Desantis as “Desanctimonious” 1...
by Tommy T
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on Tue Nov 08, 2022 at 04:54 AM PST
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Well, it took them long enough. I was wondering if posts about Hawley had been deleted by moderators — then this happened: Jan 6 video shows josh hawley running from senate chambers The Kansas City star news ^ | July 22, 2022 | Daniel desrochers Posted...
by Tommy T
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on Mon Jul 25, 2022 at 07:57 AM PDT
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Freepers react to TFG's Musk attack - "mad cow disease", "moron", "childishness", "senseless" "Dumb" Well, well, well – this is interesting. I wonder how the “Always Trumpers” will view this little screed from their infallible hero? Trump slams Elon Musk Twitter – Breaking 911 ^ | July 12th, 2022 | Donald J. Trump Posted on 7/12/2022, 10:46:21 PM by...
by Tommy T
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on Mon Jul 18, 2022 at 04:37 AM PDT
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Well, well, well – looks like the eternal Freeper clown slap fight has turned into a clown gunfight. Let’s take a peek at the two responses to this piece of news (dumb, and dumber) : GOP Senate candidate releases ‘RINO hunting’ ad aimed at fellow...
by Tommy T
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on Mon Jun 27, 2022 at 04:33 AM PDT
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The civil war over at Free Republic between the moderately sane ones and the Putin-humpers continues Looks like the Putin-lovers and the non-Putin lovers are still duking it out over at Freeperville : The situation in Mariupol Vineyard of the Saker ^ Posted on 4/22/2022, 11:20:52 PM by ganeemead Mariupol basically liberated, couple of thousand...
by Tommy T
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on Mon Apr 25, 2022 at 05:09 AM PDT
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(for some reason, the blockquote feature that makes it easy to tell the Freeper quotes from my replies isn’t working. For an easier-to-read version, please wander over to First Draft. ) . Well, well, well. It’s certainly encouraging to see the Freepers...
by Tommy T
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on Mon Apr 18, 2022 at 02:38 PM PDT
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People, I’ve got to say – I have always taken happiness in seeing the Freeperati go at each other, especially post-Darnold, where the True Believers and the pragmatists get their circular firing squad on, but this? This is something completely...
by Tommy T
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on Mon Feb 28, 2022 at 04:50 AM PST
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Circular firing squad intensifies at Free Republic over Ted Cruz et.al- and it's wonderful to watch. (note – Cruz groveled to Carlson after I wrote this, but I took a look over at Freeperville afterwards, and they’re not buying it. The play stands as called.) Jeez – I used to liken Freeperville to a toxic waste dump, but these days it’s a circular...
by Tommy T
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on Mon Jan 10, 2022 at 04:46 AM PST
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People, I’ve been covering the right-wing cesspool that is Free Republic for over 15 years, and I have never — NEVER — seen them turn on one of their heroes like they have just turned on The Darnold (otherwise known as “TFG”). Not Dubya , Romney, their...
by Tommy T
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on Mon Dec 27, 2021 at 04:38 AM PST
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The stupid — it burns, with the white-hot intensity of a thousand suns, brought to you by the horsepaste connoisseurs at Free Republic Dotcom: I hope the teachers resigning because of COVID insanity and CRT stuff are aware of their ABSURD market value....
by aarrgghh
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on Tue Sep 14, 2021 at 06:14 AM PDT
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Recently, I’ve been focusing on the circular firing squad Free Republic has become, but lately it appears they have started running out of ammo and are ready to turn the guns on themselves : Senate OKs Dems’ $3.5T budget in latest win for Biden The...
by Tommy T
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on Mon Aug 16, 2021 at 04:51 AM PDT
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(Originally posted 7/22 as “Against Solid Reality: Orwell Visits Freeperville”, now updated by this week’s sad yet unsurprising epilogue.) To paraphrase Orwell: soft-headed beliefs (and disinformation) can be held indefinitely—that is, until they smash...
by aarrgghh
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on Sun Aug 08, 2021 at 01:37 PM PDT
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To paraphrase Orwell: soft-headed beliefs (and disinformation) can be held indefinitely—that is, until they smash against hard reality, usually on a battlefield ... or a hospital bed. Case in point, snippets from a lengthy thread via wingnut groupthink...
by aarrgghh
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on Thu Jul 22, 2021 at 03:42 PM PDT
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Yeah, I know I said I was going to take a week off, but this was too good to ignore : Taking a cue from ShowerCap, feel free to see the original (with pics I can’t imbed here) at First Draft. Trump Says He ‘Didn’t Win’ The 2020 Election And Wants Biden...
by Tommy T
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on Mon Jun 21, 2021 at 08:00 AM PDT
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The thread starts off normally — a Freeper posting about the Vice channel “Q” documentary… FANATICS: THE DEEP END (Guess who the fanatics are) Vice TV ^ | 5/29/2021 | ViceTV Posted on 5/28/2021, 7:36:34 PM by Oshkalaboomboom Alice Hines goes all in on...
by Tommy T
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on Mon May 31, 2021 at 05:00 AM PDT
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You’ve heard the one from Lin Wood that The Darnold has a secret backchannel to order nuclear strikes, but have you heard this one? “C210N” at Free Republic does the Big Reveal : That’s not really Joe Biden in the White House – IT’S AN ACTOR!!!! No,...
by Tommy T
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on Mon May 17, 2021 at 04:31 AM PDT
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Who trashed the Capitol? It was Auntie Fa / False flag agents / Madonna / CNBC / the one-armed man! (this post with pictures included is here at First Draft — and the pics alone are worth the click) Yeah – yeah. I know I was going to take a short break...
by Tommy T
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on Mon Feb 01, 2021 at 07:02 AM PST
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over at america’s favorite armed compound in the woods, as the lights flicker out on donald trump’s chances to overturn the election, the septic tanks are overflowing with maga tears. high melodrama and maudlin conceit has long been the...
by aarrgghh
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on Mon Dec 14, 2020 at 04:31 PM PST
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america’s favorite wingnut watering hole, free republic dotcom, defenders of trump, guns, god & country—and in exactly that order—is not a monolithic entity. in my years of lurking at the enemy’s, i’ve found many to be sane and reasonable on...
by aarrgghh
142 comments
on Fri Sep 04, 2020 at 11:27 AM PDT
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Well, so much for a mental health week. I’d hoped that the DNC convention week would give me a respite from Freeperville, but NOOOOOOOOO… Well, let’s get suited up and into the airlock. The warning buzzers and overload sirens are getting on my...
by Tommy T
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on Mon Aug 24, 2020 at 09:00 AM PDT
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