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mac jordan 🇬🇧's avatar

That’s a terrific piece, Mary. Thank you for exposing the disgusting framing of this incident by the very top of the US government.

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Robert Machin's avatar

Simply, these people are scum.

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mac jordan 🇬🇧's avatar

I think that’s putting it mildly!

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David Olson's avatar

May she rest in peace. I share with others my deepest condolences to her family. Good summary. As to what comes next, who truly knows. But the dichotomy between truth and Trump et al is rupturing our country. The video is real and known. The LIE all too obvious.

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Barry's avatar

Vance, Levitt, Miller, Noam, Patel, Bondi, Kennedy are a few names of the evil cowards supporting Trump's fascist takeover. They lie with impunity and lack any sense of morality or conscience for killing innocent people and then smearing their names. If this were a movie or book, justice would be served. I am uncertain we will ever see justice, or democracy again in America. "Are we too far gone" is the question I can't escape in my mind.

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Sarah Quinn's avatar

This is an absolute outrage. They blatantly lie and twist the facts. Do they think we don't have eyes to see or brains to know the truth from the vile fiction that they spew. Minnesota law enforcement removed from any investigation into Renee's murder.! Justice is needed now... No justice, no peace. This has got to stop.... NOW

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Kathryn's avatar

I was glad to see that NYT and WaPo both admitted that witness video contradicts tge administration spin on Good’s murder. It’s too little, too late. These should have been bold headlines, not half-buried in my scroll. And both papers and the rest of msm should have been calling out for the past year rather than worrying about civil suits and paying ransom for the right to publish or air news. How do those editors and publishers sleep at night? How do administration “leaders” and staff sleep at night or face the mirror every morning?

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Beverley's avatar

does anyone think that Vance has a hope in heck of ever remaining as a respected figure when the end is in sight for this current so called government.....every man jack of them should be run out of town and when the voting rolls around again none of their names should be on the list, this is neither forgettable nor forgiveable.

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Cheryl Doran Girard's avatar

It seems to me that Vance is appearing more often in focus & at Trump’s shoulder in images and often as described in Mary’s essay as the “main” character in this press and other press/propaganda events and appearances. An effort to develop him as “successor” for the MAGA crowd perhaps? Chilling prospect. Thanks once again for a coherent, well-written report.

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nan  woodward's avatar

Thank you Mary for another wonderful piece informing us of this horrific briefing. JD's lies and threats are sickening to say the least. Mary what can you suggest that we can do to support the truth. Is there a way we can help? It is sad but clear she will not be the last one to die by ICE.

How do we best resist?

I am so grateful to you and Marz for keeping us going. I agree "it is a marvelous night for a moondance"!

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Bradley  K Monson's avatar

How in the world can we compete against such evil?

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Brian Young's avatar

Powerful! Thanks, Mary.

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Bill M's avatar

"This was a verdict, delivered loudly, repeatedly, and with theatrical indignation, paired with a demand that journalists stop “prejudging” the case."…somewhere amongst Vance’s possessions there must be a well worn copy of ‘Animal Farm’.

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1dEdited

Well said Mary

Say her name Renee Good 🕊️

Old enough to remember a Vanity Fair piece where the Chief of Staff Susie Wiles described good ole boy JD as his conversion from a “Never Trumper to MAGA acolyte”, she said, has been “sort of political.” In lay terms a chameleon as to change to fit in to attain what motivates to attain the highest possible rank within the MAGA sphere.

That this same guy who attained his Senate seat in Ohio by Peter Thiel’s generous donation to his campaign, she added, has been “a conspiracy theorist for a decade. Think as JD described Wiles in this same Vanity Fair article is taking on the same persona as Wiles. As he said, “her job is to actually facilitate his vision and to make his vision come to life.” Yes, JD you morph so well to make that Felon’s vision come to life. Or it just could be he’s as mentally unstable as Noem who shoots puppies, and his boss who is a convicted Felon, sexual assaulter and may possibly be a pedophile.

Or JD could be just what he readily admitted after that Vanity Fair piece. He came out and admitted that “he is a conspiracy theorist” and has a very formidable difficulty with truth telling. Seems those pets were safe in that town in Ohio after November 5th 2024… He even admitted he lied then what would change throughout this entire time to think he doesn’t continue to lie like his boss. It may be some challenge between them as to who lies the most and gets away with it by not being called out…

They are all putrid, malodorous creatures who lack any form of decency or humanity. Their odor of rot proceeds them when they even enter a town.

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Marsha Day's avatar

The incessant lies are really getting me down because I know there are millions of people who believe them. Trump, his vice president, his press secretary and most of his cabinet are just bald faced about gaslighting. I cannot imagine three more years of this.

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Geo Dailey's avatar

Thank you, Mary.

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Julie Bannerman's avatar

You serve us Americans and our nation far more than JD and his cohort of loathsome liars and inciters ever will. A toast to truth - and to the long game of eventual justice for the victims of this criminal regime.

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Gayle chapin's avatar

Thanks Mary.

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