• Risk@feddit.uk
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    10 months ago

    The year is 2024. The Onion is no longer parody news. It’s just news.

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        10 months ago

        Nah, it was during the Tea Party era that made Republicans go crazy. Trump just actually managed to capitalize on something for once.

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            10 months ago

            It was far more than that. The Tea Party signified when psychotic Christians took over the ideology, which regardless of Obama, opened the door for charlatans like Trump.

            The racists were already on board with Republicans.

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      Harmabe’s death created an alternate timeline in which reality start to out-Onion the Onion.