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Torchlight

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25. We're entering a political era where every setback is dismissed as unfair

Reply to WSHazel (Original post)

Wed Jul 8, 2026, 09:42 AM

Yesterday

a hit piece, a pile-on, cheating, the work of operatives, or outright fraud. It seems that once we make a poor choice, our first instinct is no longer to confront its consequences but to defend or rationalize our decision, even at the expense of acknowledging the reality it has cuased.

Sometimes I have to admit I made a poor choice and work forward from that.

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Lawrence is saying Platner is a nepo baby [View all] WSHazel Tuesday OP

I don't know about "nepo" but Platner's a rich kid. RandySF Tuesday #1

Went to Hotchkiss School - verrrrry Prep. . . DinahMoeHum Tuesday #2

When I pointed that particular fact out during the primary campaign, I niyad Tuesday #10

Lawrence is on it... 2naSalit Tuesday #5

Chris Hayes should also be embarrassed.He went all in on Platner. rogue emissary Yesterday #19

Well, he pushed the Tara "crotchless panties" Reade (who lives in Russia now) story against Biden. betsuni Yesterday #26

Yeap. That why I refuse to watch his program. rogue emissary Yesterday #31

A rich kid worth $300,000 including his home. AloeVera Tuesday #7

Father was a lawyer and Boo1 Yesterday #13

This message was self-deleted by its author AloeVera Yesterday #18

Lawrence and Wikipedia are hate groups? obamanut2012 Yesterday #28

True, those 2 points are verified. AloeVera Yesterday #30

How a Rich Kid Politician Was Spun as a Working Class 'Oysterman' sheshe2 Yesterday #14

Platner is a POS and has to go, BUT your reply article's author, Daniel Greenfield, is hardcore RWer, a Dem-basher, Celerity Yesterday #15

A nasty hit piece by a member of a hate group. AloeVera Yesterday #17

The line about Kerry was a giveaway. Ursus Rex Yesterday #33

And he sold his oysters to his mother's restaurants. kentuck Yesterday #24

Is there a law against that? AloeVera Yesterday #32

Lawrence showed how much of a fiction Platner's "everyman oysterman" persona happens to be... appmanga Tuesday #3

That was total exposure. Silver spoon guy! Nixie Tuesday #4

I respect LOD's consistency and rationality. He seems the real deal. Maru Kitteh Tuesday #6

Lawrence was amazing tonight LetMyPeopleVote Tuesday #8

Same here. That was a masterclass takedown. I took the Nixie Tuesday #12

That was Lawrence at his cold, steely, quiet fury best 3catwoman3 Tuesday #9

Lawrence is correct. ABC123Easy Tuesday #11

That info was there all along. Safe to finally type it out loud now. betsuni Yesterday #16

Not always Cirsium Yesterday #34

Many here had been pointing out these things, but without using the phrase "nepo baby"... QueerDuck Yesterday #20

He was a darling here with a lot of apologists MichMan Yesterday #21

Your first sentence? obamanut2012 Yesterday #29

Don't forget his work as a Merc under Blackwater successor - And Epstein bankroller - Apollo Global Management. Lancero Yesterday #22

Here is the clip from Lawrence last night LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday #23

We're entering a political era where every setback is dismissed as unfair Torchlight Yesterday #25

No, but he is like Kid Rock -- a well-heeled, privileged background they stuff behind a good ole boy exterior obamanut2012 Yesterday #27