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(90,715 posts) Tue Feb 4, 2025, 08:33 PM 17 hrs ago

Chris Murphy: 'I have news for you - we aren't taking over Gaza.' [View all]

Chris Murphy 🟧@ChrisMurphyCT 30m
I have news for you - we aren’t taking over Gaza.

But the media and the chattering class will focus on it for a few days and Trump will have succeeded in distracting everyone from the real story - the billionaires seizing government to steal from regular people.

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Chris Murphy: 'I have news for you - we aren't taking over Gaza.' [View all] bigtree 17 hrs ago OP

Yup senseandsensibility 17 hrs ago #1

Trump's dementia is getting bad. gab13by13 17 hrs ago #2

Quite the opposite. This is exactly the kind of thinking Bluetus 14 hrs ago #21

Maybe he'll just fucking die already Orrex 14 hrs ago #24

It's been twelve fucking years since the golden escalator. Aristus 14 hrs ago #32

That's my fear, that he'll go the Kissinger route. Orrex 13 hrs ago #33

Also a distraction from the confirmation hearings of these unqualified horrendous nominees. nature-lover 17 hrs ago #3

That may be a good thing. Amaryllis 17 hrs ago #4

What a truly fine example of a human being and leader he is. Biophilic 17 hrs ago #5

Murphy would make a good president. gab13by13 17 hrs ago #6

Murphy is one of my favorite Senators. yellow dahlia 17 hrs ago #8

I just said the same thing. yellow dahlia 17 hrs ago #7

Yep leighbythesea2 16 hrs ago #9

Yes the FOCUS NEEDS TO BE ON WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR GOVERNMENT Meowmee 16 hrs ago #10

Absolutely! A very calculated distraction. summer_in_TX 15 hrs ago #16

Probably a just a distraction OrangeJoe 16 hrs ago #11

That's really all this shit is. Mr. Evil 16 hrs ago #12

Everything is... littlemissmartypants 16 hrs ago #13

The grocery and gas prices.... Klarkashton 15 hrs ago #14

Cadet Bonespur's fantasies Skittles 15 hrs ago #15

Heather Cox Richardson's Sunday video is a must-watch. summer_in_TX 15 hrs ago #17

Her video today was just as informative LittleGirl 15 hrs ago #18

Thank you! summer_in_TX 14 hrs ago #31

I'm sorry LittleGirl 15 hrs ago #19

Is there a single place in the world that he doesn't want to destroy and/or invade? Dave Bowman 14 hrs ago #20

The Arab World will be on fire.🔥 James48 14 hrs ago #22

Terrorists probably already moondust 14 hrs ago #27

TSF's son-in-law Jared "The Mannequin" Kushner Seinan Sensei 14 hrs ago #23

It's a textbook example of Steven Bannon's strategy to AdamGG 14 hrs ago #25

Upon formal annexation the people of Gaza would become subjects of the US LS0999 14 hrs ago #26

He didn't say anything about formal annexation, though he did say "own it" Renew Deal 14 hrs ago #28

Gaza, Greenland, Panama. It's always something. Sneederbunk 14 hrs ago #29

Look over there while I steal your wallet and watch. NoMoreRepugs 14 hrs ago #30