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MLAA

(19,398 posts) Sat Dec 24, 2022, 11:06 AM Dec 2022

Excellent Olivia Nuzzi article (warning, put down your coffee first her descriptions of TFG are [View all]

hilarious)

I hope this isn’t behind a paywall, I was unable to test it before posting.

One of my favorite descriptions:

‘On the day he announced his candidacy this past November, the air was heavy with oleander and snipped greenery and sea mist colliding with mold and wood polish and hotel soap and the metallic vapor of Diet Coke and the alcoholic ferment of generations of cougars in Chanel No. 5. ‘

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/donald-trump-running-for-president-2024.html

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Excellent Olivia Nuzzi article (warning, put down your coffee first her descriptions of TFG are [View all] MLAA Dec 2022 OP

That was one ugly, depressing read. The F'n, murdering, orange TRAITOR** is niyad Dec 2022 #1

Hahaha! Just the excerpt is hilarious! AllyCat Dec 2022 #2

It's behind a paywall, unfortunately. Ocelot II Dec 2022 #3

I read it without a paywall malaise Dec 2022 #4

It limits how many articles you can read, and I'd already used mine jp. Ocelot II Dec 2022 #6

Possibly this link might work for you. area51 Dec 2022 #11

Thanks! Ocelot II Dec 2022 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author malaise Dec 2022 #5

No paywall for me teach1st Dec 2022 #7

Here's a free link, courtesy of another DUer Hekate Dec 2022 #16

Thanks! Ocelot II Dec 2022 #17

The Norma Desmond analogy is pure gold. badhair77 Dec 2022 #8

Total lack of self awareness! Perfect movie for him. MLAA Dec 2022 #10

Don't underestimate him Johnny2X2X Dec 2022 #9

From the article to back up your point.... ZonkerHarris Dec 2022 #14

another great paragraph about the people who may or may not work for him this time... ZonkerHarris Dec 2022 #13

So right on! The cowards! MLAA Dec 2022 #15

It is a brilliant piece of writing. I laughed in horror, then made my husband read it... Hekate Dec 2022 #18

And apparently TFG has watched it over and over and over! At least this should allow him to MLAA Dec 2022 #19

Kick dalton99a Dec 2022 #20