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D'oh, you've given away the ending of Fried Green Tomatoes!

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I think we're on the first round of lies. Again.

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And women, the poor, Jews, Muslims, and old people. And children who have been born.

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At some point he’ll ask to see his birth certificate.

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This story rocketed past mere absurdity from day one with the "hey, your dad should make Assange an ambassador" thing. Did anybody think that was seriously a possibility, on either side?

These messages are too good to be real. Not saying they're necessarily fake - hopefully The Atlantic's done its due diligence. But the things they're saying just beggar belief... Line after line of "HEY DUDE WE SHOULD DO SOME HIGH CRIMES. SPECIFICALLY,..." Like a cross between broheim braggadocio and a Bond villain expounding at length on his evil plans while he warms up the laser cannon.

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I propose a choose your own adventure novel: YOU ARE DONALD TRUMP JR. Every ending is bad

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Pfft. You believe that Checkers “died?”

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I thought HIllz killed Checkers.

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Please, feel free. Be my guest.

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Junior certainly is a chip off the old dried turd. He thinks he can bullshit his way out of anything, just like the old man.

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I must say, it's fun to watch Rachel get really, really, really excited about this stuff when she's going over it.

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Gonna need dynamite to pry them out.

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He's another one running for the hills next year.

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Very apropos. Well done.

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Once the SCOTUS was packed sufficiently to the right, this issue would most likely just evaporate.

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Round here we call that a 'double.'

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