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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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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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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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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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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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Just a taste, because I’d just as soon not load up my profile with all the graphics in this morning’s First Draft post First up – No recom-Pence! Katie Miller, Vice President Mike Pence’s Press Secretary, Tests Positive For Coronavirus Deadline ^ | May...
by Tommy T
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on Mon May 11, 2020 at 04:51 AM PDT
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Morning, all! Still not up to the 3+ hours it takes to crank out a standard 5 or 6-thread “Obsession” post just yet, but if it had to be just one, let it be this one: Fox Business Benches Trish Regan After Outcry Over Coronavirus Comments nytimes ^ |...
by Tommy T
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on Mon Mar 30, 2020 at 11:36 AM PDT
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(since pics in the original post won’t imbed, you might want to go to First Draft and read the whole thing there) Good morning people! You’ve watched the Freeperati lower and lower and lower the bar on acceptable behaviour until someone in China...
by Tommy T
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on Mon Dec 09, 2019 at 04:23 AM PST
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Well, this was an extremely interesting week over at Free Republic, I must say. Let’s get right to it, shall we? (composite thread) REPORT: Turkish War Planes Strike Kurdish Targets in Northern Syria GP ^ | 10/07/2019 | Cristina Laila Posted on...
by Tommy T
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on Mon Oct 14, 2019 at 04:43 AM PDT
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Let’s go back and look at an older thread, shall we? For anyone wondering what the Freeper reaction to the shooting massacre du jour was – I present – Code Toady! Active shooter reported in Odessa, Texas Newswest 9 ^ | August 31, 2019 | Victor Blanco...
by Tommy T
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on Mon Sep 09, 2019 at 04:43 AM PDT
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Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – My citizenship is sinking edition
Morning, all! Only one thing on the Obsession agenda this week – LOSING!!!
Trump drops executive action on U.S. Census, will seek citizenship survey...
by Tommy T
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on Mon Jul 15, 2019 at 04:35 AM PDT
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as reported earlier today:
Coast Guard officer charged with plotting mass murder of Democrats, journalists
Coast Guard Lt. Christopher Paul Hasson was arrested last week in Maryland on drug charges and that investigation spiraled, revealing...
by aarrgghh
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on Wed Feb 20, 2019 at 06:04 PM PST
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Hmmmm…
Creepy Colorado GOP Voice Message 25 October 2018 | CodeToad
Posted on 10/25/2018, 7:24:56 PM by CodeToad
I received this voicemail today in Colorado.
I think the GOP claiming to ...
by Tommy T
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on Fri Oct 26, 2018 at 03:56 AM PDT
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Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – 19th nervous breakdown edition
Greetings, good people! The Darnold’s Very Bad Week is now extending its tour for a second week, due to high ticket sales :
Bob Woodward’s New Book...
by Tommy T
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on Mon Sep 10, 2018 at 04:32 AM PDT
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Well, that’s just great.
I’m sound asleep in a NyQuil-induced coma, and suddenly there’s a huge BANG!
Once I make sure that an airplane didn’t hit the house, I go running down to the ISO chamber, and the damned airlock door is hanging by one...
by Tommy T
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on Mon Jan 08, 2018 at 06:35 AM PST
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It’s splitsville, baby!
Flynn Splits from Trump Lawyers
NY times ^ | November 23, 2017
Posted on 11/23/2017, 4:49:06 PM by Heff
A Split From Trump Indicates That Flynn Is Moving to Cooperate With Mueller
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Any thoughts on...
by Tommy T
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on Mon Nov 27, 2017 at 05:37 AM PST
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Short one this week, guys, because I was a lazy bastard. We’ve all been there.
So – here we go with – those lazy bastards!
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Trump slams Puerto Rico: ‘They want everything to be done for them’
The Hill / MSN ^ | September 30, 2017
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by Tommy T
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on Mon Oct 02, 2017 at 03:15 AM PDT
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You know it was going to be bad, didn’t you?
You just didn’t know it was going to be this bad :
Trump Tells Aides He Has Decided to Remove Stephen Bannon
New York Times ^ | August 18, 2017 | MAGGIE HABERMAN
Posted on 8/18/2017, 11:46:56 AM...
by Tommy T
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on Mon Aug 21, 2017 at 04:06 AM PDT
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In case you didn’t know, the non-stop Freepathon (less than three weeks between each quarter now) is starting to piss some of the Freeperati off a tad.
Apparently you CAN’T fool all of the people all of the time.
And yet another underground...
by Tommy T
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on Mon Jul 24, 2017 at 04:13 AM PDT
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We all marvel at the idiocy of Trump’s tweets. Naturally, you’d imagine that the denizens of Free Republic fawn over them like they were written by Shakespeare. Not the case, actually. Let’s look at the response to this recent tweet:
Crooked H...
by The Red Pen
7 comments
on Fri Jun 16, 2017 at 09:10 AM PDT
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