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Jan 6Liked by Matt Labash

Matt, I think you waste too much time trying to write a cogent argument to the Q Anon crowd.

I would just reply something "could you give some more on that, and some references, I'm trying to get some discernment on this?".

They love people trying to discern things.

And if they answer do it again.

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One has to wonder in bewilderment at the greater fools now rallying to Trump's latest cries of "Protest, Protest, Protest [to save me from going to prison]" after he let all of the J6 "protestors" go to prison and didn't lift a finger help them. As they rot in Gitmo-wannabe for a couple of years, the Great Pumpkin is dining on chocolate cake -- "the best chocolate cake ever" -- and an ice-cold Pepsi after a game of golf on a sunny day at Mar-a-Lago where his prison fools are decidedly not invited and never will be as he and his would consider them nothing but Riff-raff. In spite of his obvious disregard for those who rioted on his behalf, new fools are lining up to block the streets and riot again on his behalf. What a pack of idiots who will certainly deserve the additional arrests that come their way since they know that, once again, Trump will never lift a finger to help them because he is only about himself. You won't see any of his own funds going to their criminal defense. Biggest idiots I've ever seen.

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Three words..."current professional reptile."

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LOL I agree.

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Matt--I don't know if you read his newsletter, or not, but JVL was saying last week that Bon Jovi was the greatest rock band ever...Thoughts?

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Mar 12, 2023Liked by Matt Labash

Great writing. I still feel like s**t. Dinah Washington,also, does a fine version of‘Stormy Monday ‘.

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All I can really say is thanks for making my head hurt.

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Mar 11, 2023·edited Mar 11, 2023

If this doesn't speak to our conscience, we deserve what we get.

“Blood grows hot, and blood is spilled. Thought is forced from old channels into confusion. Deception breeds and thrives. Confidence dies, and universal suspicion reigns. Each man feels an impulse to kill his neighbor, lest he be first killed by him. Revenge and retaliation follow. And all this … may be among honest men only. But this is not all. Every foul bird comes abroad, and every dirty reptile rises up. These add crime to confusion.”

Abraham Lincoln,

letter to the Missouri abolitionist

Charles D. Drake, 1863

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Thank you once again, Matt, for making me chuckle while we work our way through this mess

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Bright (and musical) spot in a day of too much serious reading. Missed the Nobel, maybe there will be a Grammy nomination in the future.

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founding

Sigh, I can only sigh.

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Mar 11, 2023Liked by Matt Labash

Thanks buddy!

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Matt, when will you stop! This bullshit needs to stop! Was the riot wrong, yes! Was it the worst in our history, not even in the top 100!

Stop trying to make a bullshit non armed riot into a major league event! You need to search what an insurrection is, what the words you are using really mean and call it what it was a nothing burger! Slavery, Trail of tears, WW1 & 2, no stoping the Holocausts sooner, Jim Crow, etc, etc. etc. are just the tip of the iceberg of our failures not this bullshit Trump riot!

Our politicians suck, our media sucks, and you are starting to suck. Who the hell knows who to believe. Each side offers proof via videos and media reports that dispute each other. Can I get one son of a bitch to give me anything unbiased!

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I have watched hours of the terror that was Jan 6th. I am utterly certain that had the mob of terrorists found Pelosi or Pence they would not have survived. Trump viewed this rabble favorably because they were waving Trump flags, Maggat hats, and screaming, " stop the steal." as loud as possible. He would not call them off as long as they stood a chance. Now we see these same treasonous faces in prison garb "singing" the National Anthem with their treasonous leader voicing over the Pledge of Allegiance. I noticed he stumbled a bit at the word God, probably wanting to say Trump. If one needs more evidence of Trumps treason, this little video clip should do it. Do we even want to wake up?

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How many USD's would it take for you to sell out your country?

Don't ask Rupert Murdoch and his cadre of evening clowns for direction. They have no idea. They're making billions and they haven't stopped yet.

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Lying is the only art form the public sanctions but prefers, instinctively, to reality. This is a near quote by Jean Cocteau. There is so much truth in this statement, about the nature of man, it is nearly personally painful. Tucker Carlson, that odious pecksniff, attempting to overwrite the riot as a nice stroll by a crowd of enthusiasts for the process of election certification, should be tarred and feathered and made to read a series of truthful statements on the news.

I find the small, excessively noise, minority of Americans who are still defending Trump and his inmates, to be rather invigorating. They are getting down to numbers that can be easily entered into a database and tracked online. If you think the huge federal data centers, employing tens of thousands of people are not busy following the treasonous among us, I think you are delusional. And sooner or later treason will be a crime suddenly punished as in the olden days. This happens when political disagreement turns into Jan 6th. Keep it up Prison Chorus and Trump. Keep it up.

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