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Torchlight

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9. A shaky clip of fireworks behind the Space Needle became artillery fire

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Mon Sep 29, 2025, 04:14 PM

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a street mural was mistaken for a barricade, and a line outside a food truck registered as “troop movements.” And so the nation learns that national policy can be undone not by spies or satellites, but by whatever happened to autoplay on the hotel TV the day before.

Or (and I think this more likely), Mr. trump lied again.

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uh no RANDYWILDMAN Monday #7

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