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Ursus Rex

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33. The line about Kerry was a giveaway.

Reply to AloeVera (Reply #17)

Wed Jul 8, 2026, 11:19 AM

6 hrs ago

It sounds like a real pro hitpiece, for sure.

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Lawrence is saying Platner is a nepo baby [View all] WSHazel 19 hrs ago OP

I don't know about "nepo" but Platner's a rich kid. RandySF 19 hrs ago #1

Went to Hotchkiss School - verrrrry Prep. . . DinahMoeHum 19 hrs ago #2

When I pointed that particular fact out during the primary campaign, I niyad 18 hrs ago #10

Lawrence is on it... 2naSalit 19 hrs ago #5

Chris Hayes should also be embarrassed.He went all in on Platner. rogue emissary 12 hrs ago #19

Well, he pushed the Tara "crotchless panties" Reade (who lives in Russia now) story against Biden. betsuni 8 hrs ago #26

Yeap. That why I refuse to watch his program. rogue emissary 7 hrs ago #31

A rich kid worth $300,000 including his home. AloeVera 18 hrs ago #7

Father was a lawyer and Boo1 17 hrs ago #13

This message was self-deleted by its author AloeVera 12 hrs ago #18

Lawrence and Wikipedia are hate groups? obamanut2012 7 hrs ago #28

True, those 2 points are verified. AloeVera 7 hrs ago #30

How a Rich Kid Politician Was Spun as a Working Class 'Oysterman' sheshe2 16 hrs ago #14

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

A nasty hit piece by a member of a hate group. AloeVera 12 hrs ago #17

The line about Kerry was a giveaway. Ursus Rex 6 hrs ago #33

And he sold his oysters to his mother's restaurants. kentuck 8 hrs ago #24

Is there a law against that? AloeVera 7 hrs ago #32

Lawrence showed how much of a fiction Platner's "everyman oysterman" persona happens to be... appmanga 19 hrs ago #3

That was total exposure. Silver spoon guy! Nixie 19 hrs ago #4

I respect LOD's consistency and rationality. He seems the real deal. Maru Kitteh 19 hrs ago #6

Lawrence was amazing tonight LetMyPeopleVote 18 hrs ago #8

Same here. That was a masterclass takedown. I took the Nixie 18 hrs ago #12

That was Lawrence at his cold, steely, quiet fury best 3catwoman3 18 hrs ago #9

Lawrence is correct. ABC123Easy 18 hrs ago #11

That info was there all along. Safe to finally type it out loud now. betsuni 13 hrs ago #16

Not always Cirsium 6 hrs ago #34

Many here had been pointing out these things, but without using the phrase "nepo baby"... QueerDuck 12 hrs ago #20

He was a darling here with a lot of apologists MichMan 9 hrs ago #21

Your first sentence? obamanut2012 7 hrs ago #29

Don't forget his work as a Merc under Blackwater successor - And Epstein bankroller - Apollo Global Management. Lancero 9 hrs ago #22

Here is the clip from Lawrence last night LetMyPeopleVote 8 hrs ago #23

We're entering a political era where every setback is dismissed as unfair Torchlight 8 hrs ago #25

No, but he is like Kid Rock -- a well-heeled, privileged background they stuff behind a good ole boy exterior obamanut2012 7 hrs ago #27