Staaahp with the septuagenarian presidential candidates. Why the hell can’t they choose and mentor someone wko’s closer to the age of an actual CEO in this country?

He literally described himself as an Independent in that press release the other week saying that he was going to give a response to the SOTU in addition to the Democratic response.

And what MAGA dudes would know who he was in the first place?

I gave Jussie the benefit of the doubt at first, but thought there was something hinky about the “This is MAGA country!” line.  I mean, I’m not doubting that some Trump supporter somewhere would say it, but it sounds so... like what a script writer would make someone say in a movie rather than something someone would…

For as much as he talks about this monolithic The People, Bernie sure does seem to only view himself as the one who should lead it...

This is fine and way more about the future of the country than self-aggrandizement.

For as much as he talks about this monolithic The People, Bernie sure does seem to only view himself as the one who should lead it...

Also he’s 77. He would be 78 by the time he’s sworn in. Trump at 72 is the oldest president we’ve ever had, and I’d rather that trend die with him. 

Can we fucking not.

OH MY GOD WHY

Nope.

Oh god no. I love Bernie, wanted him to get on the ballot the first time around, but give it up, dude! He is too divisive to gamble on, and there’s so much more at stake this time around, now that we have an inkling of just how bad things can get. We need a candidate who can win over the Midwest, and people are too…

They also found that Smollett had removed phone calls to them when he provided his phone records to police.

I think it’s fair to withhold judgement a bit longer, but it’s definitely not looking good for him at this point. At the very least, it seems highly likely that the attack was orchestrated/coordinated by someone with involved with Empire.  I suppose there’s still a chance that person is not Jussie.

When it looked like this might be a hoax my first thought was that this type of shit is exactly what will get Trump re-elected. The MAGA folks aren’t going to stop and consider the actual stats about hate crimes. This is what they will see on Fox News for the next week, months maybe.

Yes, I get that these people were…

So it just really does not look good for Smollett. Ugh. What a mess 🙁 

The police arrested the two men because they tracked the rope to its purchase point. One of the men worked with Smollett- either on Empire or as a trainer or both. This is not going to end well. Smollett needs love and emotional help.

There are some outside chances it wasn’t staged, but there’s a 100% chance Smollett’s lying about what happened. He got caught because he provided bogus information to the police (he handed over his phone records, but removed any calls with the nigerian brothers; the police had already obtained another list directly…

So I’ve been following this - not super closely, but daily, anyway - and I still don’t know what to believe. Has it been 100% verified that he made it up? I don’t want to be mad at the guy until I know for sure I should be (meaning, of course, that I don’t like doubting victims). I'm so confused.

Goddamn it. I was defending this guy and really hoping this wasn’t a hoax. Now I don’t know. If it’s true he staged this, he’s given the MAGA crowd all the need to bellyache about unfair persecution and pretend like they’re the victims of liberal saboteurs. Sigh. That’s the last thing we needed. I’m sure Trump will…