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Kurt Andersen

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Just re-read Marie Brenner’s great 1990 @vanityfair piece about Trump. With his admission of keeping a book by Hitler. And quotes his lawyer saying Trump’s “a believer in the big-lie theory.” The unconnected dots: “big lie” was a concept and term Hitler introduced in Mein Kampf.

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Grudgie the Whale's avatar Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social
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Some classic Trump lying in there calling the gift from Jew when it wasn’t to dodge the obvious conclusions

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It wouldn't surprise me if he has a plaque on his nightstand reminding him to Always Be Lying!

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Kurt Andersen's avatar Kurt Andersen @kurtandersen.bsky.social
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archive.vanityfair.com/article/shar...

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John DeCock's avatar John DeCock @jdecock.bsky.social
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Outstanding.

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Steve M.'s avatar Steve M. @stevemnomoremister.bsky.social
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It's still hard to believe Trump has ever voluntarily opened a book, unless his name was in it.

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Adam J.B. Lane's avatar Adam J.B. Lane @ajbl.bsky.social
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Back in the good ol' days when you and the fine folks at Spy were calling him a "short fingered vulgarian" and inducing him to cash miniscule checks - i.e. when he was a figure of fun - could you have ever predicted that there was this sinister side to him?

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Buck Sinclair 🇨🇦's avatar Buck Sinclair 🇨🇦 @nowsentient.bsky.social
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All the unconnected dots seem to be lining up, connecting and yet- here we are still suffering this gaping asshole

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🎸Paul🎹's avatar 🎸Paul🎹 @paul.bsky.social
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I like how when they confronted Trump about being a believer in the Big Lie Theory, Trump was more concerned about retribution against the person leaking his secret(s), than actually addressing the issue directly. It tracks SO HARD for him.

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Becca's Mullet's avatar Becca's Mullet @beccasmullet.bsky.social
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Color me unsurprised that his relationship to Mein Kampf was so close.

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Dr. Sweetie (she/her)'s avatar Dr. Sweetie (she/her) @drsweetie.bsky.social
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Liking Hitler is not German heritage. It's Nazi heritage. I'm not sure who's equating the two here (Brenner or Trump), but it's important to make that distinction.

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Ed Burmila's avatar Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social
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I believe Trump never read it inasmuch as I believe he has never read any book.

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reye🪻's avatar reye🪻 @eyreyereye.bsky.social
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wish his followers cared... but alas the only people whom this would concern already hate him

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scale free's avatar scale free @scalefree.bsky.social
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Yah but it's Trump. Why would he ever read a book not about him?

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Julia's avatar Julia @sdrose.bsky.social
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Jesus

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Tim Morton's avatar Tim Morton @timmorton2.bsky.social
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when people tell you who they are, believe them

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