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12. Don't leave out the credit. The author is Amanda Marcotte

Wed Feb 4, 2026, 11:46 AM

Feb 4

Is it too much to ask to promote liberal authors and commenters?

If it were some damn NeverTrumper who spent their career building the road to Trump, someone like Rick Wilson or Charlie Sykes, you can bet that their name would be right in the subject line. But liberals who've been calling the shots accurately for years? Apparently they don't have names.

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This is🤣and spot on -Kennedy Center teaches MAGA a tough lesson [View all] sheshe2 Feb 4 OP

he picked bobby to smear the kennedy name. period. mopinko Feb 4 #1

If he tears it down, no way he rebuilds it. Johonny Feb 4 #2

His repuke congress will turn the other way and say nothing when he tears it down without their permission. kimbutgar Feb 4 #6

Hopefully, we'll have a Dem-led Congress a year from now lanlady Feb 5 #39

The White House isn't his either, FoxNewsSucks Feb 4 #9

i wonder what else he is going to destroy? MadameButterfly Feb 4 #15

I predict that soon to go (if not next) is... Shipwack Feb 4 #36

I don't know about objects being purloined from the East wing MadameButterfly Feb 5 #41

Conjecture, to be honest. However Shipwack Feb 5 #44

He might be ignorant enough to not understand the value MadameButterfly Sunday #45

Well, we have precedence - what did Congress do when he TBF Feb 4 #10

Hope the house changes hands in 2027. Johonny Feb 4 #22

When has that ever stopped him from doing any illegal thing he wants to do? efhmc Feb 4 #32

Absolutely spot on - thanks for the post. n/t iluvtennis Feb 4 #3

You have got to read the whole article. It's beautiful. Ray Bruns Feb 4 #4

Kinda like the white house mdbl Feb 4 #25

Yup. It goes back to NYC society snubbing him. He never got over it. Joinfortmill Feb 4 #5

Also here: https://www.salon.com/2026/02/04/kennedy-center-teaches-maga-a-tough-lesson/ the nelm Feb 4 #7

Thanks. Brilliant writer. Pinback Feb 5 #42

Perfect! mysteryowl Feb 4 #8

I read it and also picked out this part as absolutely crucial Prairie Gates Feb 4 #11

Anger that people won't laugh at fart jokes leftstreet Feb 4 #18

Don't leave out the credit. The author is Amanda Marcotte JHB Feb 4 #12

An aging, decrepit, demented senile fool......... AZ8theist Feb 4 #13

Kids have more sense. Woodwizard Feb 4 #14

But wait... THERE'S MORE!! QueerDuck Feb 4 #16

DURec leftstreet Feb 4 #17

ETTD. nt wiggs Feb 4 #19

Next the oaf will be dictating to restaurants that they can't serve foods of which he doesn't approve, Totally Tunsie Feb 4 #20

REPUBLICANS are obsessed with the Kennedys' greatness and live love laugh Feb 4 #21

Kennedy Center Withdrawals gfarber Feb 4 #23

I want to formulate a thoughtful reply. This is a good post as far as it goes, but here's the thing: PatrickforB Feb 4 #24

Bravo! Well written. padfun Feb 5 #37

Thank you, thank you, thank you EverHopeful Feb 5 #38

NAFTA OhioBack2Blue Feb 5 #40

Now, think that through for a minute. So you know I am a working economist specializing in economic trends PatrickforB Feb 5 #43

If only magats weren't incapable of (or is it indifferent to) Six117 Feb 4 #26

This is perfectly on target. love_katz Feb 4 #27

Where's the "lesson?" NM Grins Feb 4 #28

What's the "tough lesson?" Grins Feb 4 #29

And when some MAGA jerk "gets their ass handed to them," or if they they get "torn a new ass"... QueerDuck Feb 4 #30

maga wouldn't, couldn't, didn't learn anything ToxMarz Feb 4 #31

Brilliant, Comprehensive Diagnosis of the Sick Perverted PEDO Cha Feb 4 #33

Wow. Thank you, Jack Schlossberg. sheshe2 Feb 4 #34

I knew you would like it, she💙 Cha Feb 4 #35