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Tommy Carcetti

(43,991 posts)
Mon Jun 16, 2025, 08:52 AM Jun 16

Ten years. This plague has been upon us for all of ten years.





And it damn well feels like a century or two.

Where we could have been at in an alternate timeline right now is a damn tragedy.
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Ten years. This plague has been upon us for all of ten years. (Original Post) Tommy Carcetti Jun 16 OP
The media has kept him front and center for ten years. PittBlue Jun 16 #1
And for decades before that SocialDemocrat61 Jun 16 #6
+1 dalton99a Jun 16 #7
Most of his media exposure 2020 to 2024 was for insurrection, court trials, indictments, rape and fraud cases, etc. Silent Type Jun 16 #9
Yep. tanyev Jun 16 #2
Great gif for... Tommy Carcetti Jun 16 #3
The Last Escalator Ride? tanyev Jun 16 #4
Great gif. And it is so true. One of my fears is that this chaos and fear will be with us for LiberalLoner Jun 16 #5
The piece of shit will be 80 next year dalton99a Jun 16 #8

PittBlue

(4,573 posts)
1. The media has kept him front and center for ten years.
Mon Jun 16, 2025, 09:00 AM
Jun 16

Even those 4 years he wasn’t squatting in the White House. He has stolen so much joy from all of us. It is amazing the amount of chaos he has caused.

SocialDemocrat61

(4,876 posts)
6. And for decades before that
Mon Jun 16, 2025, 09:51 AM
Jun 16

They built him into a genius businessman and very few disputed it over the years despite mountains of evidence that it was all a con.

Silent Type

(10,107 posts)
9. Most of his media exposure 2020 to 2024 was for insurrection, court trials, indictments, rape and fraud cases, etc.
Mon Jun 16, 2025, 10:40 AM
Jun 16

And the MFer still won.

LiberalLoner

(11,422 posts)
5. Great gif. And it is so true. One of my fears is that this chaos and fear will be with us for
Mon Jun 16, 2025, 09:17 AM
Jun 16

Another decade or longer, too.

I keep seeing small hopeful signs the tide is turning, but I am still afraid.

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