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Jun 2·edited Jun 2Liked by George Takei

I'd like to suggest another [possible🤞] win for the President this week: on Friday, while Trump giving his unhinged 'they set me up!!!' speech in front of Trump Tower, our President was busy doing the actual work of governing by announcing a 6-week ceasefire plan for the war in Gaza, which has the backing of Egypt, Qatar, and much of Netanyahu's government along with hundreds of thousands of Israelis, including the families of the hostages, who demonstrated in the streets in support of President Biden and his ceasefire plan.

Joe from Scranton has been a damned fine president - as he continues to demonstrate every day. FOUR MORE YEARS!!

Also, E Jean Carroll's twitter is 🔥 And I want VP Harris's jacket!

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That's a great win!

P.S. The jacket really is fabulous.

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My husband is a registered Independent voter. I asked him his take on “Poll: 49% of Independent voters think Trump should withdraw from the 2024 Election after the recent guilty verdict.” Husband said:

“Only 49%?” and:

“I think he should have withdrawn 8 years ago.”

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Interesting piece in the Seattle Times by Danny Westneat. There is an old law in the books that prohibits a convicted felon from running for office.

https://click.email.seattletimes.com/?qs=44e03825884226ab24ecd8b654f821b720441cb288703ec27c2d659131e6a09d063d69bf905f98c8bcb6b15b1313d99dfe3b01363d7577de

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Great article. Thanks for Sharing.

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Former Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) was on 'Real Time With Bill Maher' last night and, I don't know whether it's due to the right wing echo chamber or what, but even sot disant moderate Republicans like him are displaying selective amnesia and continue to push the notion that Former Presidnt Trump is being persecuted by the Left and that J6 was 'no big deal'! HE WAS THERE! He should know better! We must defeat Trump at the polls in November to convince the GOP, the Conservatives, and MAGA that WE DON'T WANT THE ORANGE TURD ANYMORE!!!!!

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Yay for the pandas!

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Still awaiting the (inevitable?) NYT spin on the tRump felony conviction, as in "How the tRump Felony Verdict Spells Trouble for Biden".

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What a wonderful summary of wins and positives. Thank you!

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It was an all-around good week punctuated by the Guilty Verdict heard ‘round the world.

Gleeful, in fact.

Now the world can catch its breath (there is air in the room again) and turn its attention to Things That Matter like, oh, I don’t know, war, famine, and death of the planet?

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Bravo!💙🇺🇸💙👍

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Thank you, Jay!

It’s still hard to believe that the polls are even close to accurate when they indicate that Biden is only a little ahead of Trump. Oh well, we’ll see on Guy Fawkes Day.

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Why isn't the access Hollywood video being shown to the American population? Come on!

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Wonderful, these are great wins, Thank you!

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I’m not believing your news !!!!!

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If presidential immunity is supported by some as a valid concept, does that mean its proponents support a president today using that power against their projected opponent in November?

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That is simply how tribalism works.

Cult leader replaces questions, isolation and doubts.

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Team Big Picture writer Jay Kuo wrote a fascinating piece about Trump as a cult leader last year. Check it out! https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/trumpism-maga-cult-deprogram-democracy

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It’d be interesting to see a comparison of TFG and, say Jim Jones. But those who drink the Kool Aid won’t ever see it…. Unless it were a TV ad?

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