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Sat Oct 26, 2024, 06:08 PM 13 hrs ago

WaPo: It has fallen to me, the humor columnist, to endorse Harris for president [View all]

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The case for Donald Trump is “I erroneously think the economy used to be better? I know that he has made many ominous-sounding threats about mass deportations, going after his political enemies, shutting down the speech of those who disagree with him (especially media outlets), and that he wants to make things worse for almost every category of person — people with wombs, immigrants, transgender people, journalists, protesters, people of color — but … maybe he’ll forget.”

“But maybe he’ll forget” is not enough to hang a country on!
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I’m just a humor columnist. I only know what’s happening because our actual journalists are out there reporting, knowing that their editors have their backs, that there’s no one too powerful to report on, that we would never pull a punch out of fear. That’s what our readers deserve and expect: that we are saying what we really think, reporting what we really see; that if we think Trump should not return to the White House and Harris would make a fine president, we’re going to be able to say so.

That’s why I, the humor columnist, am endorsing Kamala Harris by myself!
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Damn................... Lovie777 13 hrs ago #1
Beautiful eloquent column by Alexandra Petri, thanks for posting. enough 13 hrs ago #2
K&R uppityperson 13 hrs ago #3
Short usonian 12 hrs ago #4
thank you, usonian. "Democracy Dies in Cowardice" erronis 11 hrs ago #15
OOOOOooooooh! A new meme is born! calimary 10 hrs ago #17
Good column and thx for the link! Hekate 12 hrs ago #5
She's so much braver than Bezos Figarosmom 11 hrs ago #14
Alot of women are braver than some men Dem4life1234 9 hrs ago #21
Love this! calimary 10 hrs ago #18
Ah yes, my Gadsden Kittycats. I may eventually put in a whole line of them just to see if... Hekate 9 hrs ago #19
Gift link doesn't work for me BWdem4life 12 hrs ago #6
That was excellent. I hope Bezos and Lewis read the article and the comments. Lonestarblue 12 hrs ago #7
Good one Petri! roscoeroscoe 11 hrs ago #8
It is refreshing that someone at WaPo is not afraid of that orange, fat-fingered vulgarian. LoisB 11 hrs ago #9
Petri is great... so sad to see the WaPo get fucked over by Trump and Bezos LymphocyteLover 11 hrs ago #10
Lone humor reporter. During these times. Prairie_Seagull 11 hrs ago #11
TY & The Humor Columist for teh WaPo. Cha 11 hrs ago #12
Wow, I am impressed. malthaussen 11 hrs ago #13
I did it too ... SLClarke 10 hrs ago #16
This is wonderful PurgedVoter 9 hrs ago #20
Yes, a comedian, Zelensky, is leading Ukraine and saving it from Putin. SunSeeker 4 hrs ago #23
Priceless! pat_k 6 hrs ago #22
Even if he did forget due to dementia jfz9580m 44 min ago #24
k and r BoRaGard 42 min ago #25
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