@Twig@chris@Bernard oh man, the literal McDonalds Trump made one and only one appearance, and it was in the frickin' Commonwealth. Of course it has to happen while I too am practicing the the supreme art of not giving a single fuck, and now I wish I almost cared. Guess I'll never know if he'd be willing to do that uniquely awesome autograph for his most loyal supporter among the, uh, Quakers.
@chris Nice stories like that keep people reading the mag and getting dosed with war propaganda when they turn page. I once read it more often too. Maybe it wasn't always so bad, or maybe I wasn't attune to its methods when I was younger.
@Bernard I'm only talking about the reputations and integrity of two of my favorite teenage-30s magazines! The New Yorker and The AtlanticI was even mentioned in it shamefully and terribly but I was fact checked!
@chris Anne Applebaum hasn't much good reputation to begin with. She is an overt empire mouthpiece. I read half of her book Twilight for Democracy to understand how vile she is in demonizing and disparaging those who support Trump. What disturbs me is people who actually look to The Atlantic or buy her books.
@Bernard With so much rhetorical hysteria, people are willing to sacrifice their entire reputation in the mad rush race to get Harris elected. The chips/cards will fall where they may and maybe the rewards of undermining your integrity to defame Trump will be rewarded—it's like the suicide vest of the elite: martyrdom with the reward of 72 somethings I guess. 72-millions?