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1. DURec

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Mon Feb 9, 2026, 11:56 AM

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ATTN: all DU'ers who rec'd the OP about a Mamdani/kennedy interaction. [View all] niyad Feb 9 OP

DURec leftstreet Feb 9 #1

Thank you. niyad Feb 9 #3

Kick. MontanaMama Feb 9 #2

You are most welcome. Satire is one thing, fake news is deplorable. niyad Feb 9 #4

Would be nice if, as the community we long to be, Arthur_Frain Feb 9 #41

I don't really think a separate forum is necessary, just a healthy niyad Feb 9 #44

mom said this ," be careful of what you read, see. and or hear. AllaN01Bear Feb 9 #23

... Wednesdays Feb 9 #33

That one and its variants crack me up! niyad Feb 9 #36

I thought it sounded too dramatic to be true mcar Feb 9 #5

That, and the fact that there was no video, just for starters. niyad Feb 9 #6

Yeah, when have cable tv talking heads ever been at a loss for words? sop Feb 9 #9

A most excellent point!!! niyad Feb 9 #14

Yep, still up even after being asked by the admins to delete it MagickMuffin Feb 9 #7

From what I gather from several responses in that thread, this was not niyad Feb 9 #12

"It would have been a thing of beauty, had it been real." Which is why people fall for these things. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 9 #8

Call me cynical. .the better something appears, especially in these insane niyad Feb 9 #10

People want Democrats to be like TV show characters with perfect dialog and delivery, why they get so mad betsuni Feb 9 #11

I do not understand what your post has to do with a fake news post. niyad Feb 9 #13

It turned a Democrat into a fictional character. Fiction is not real, fake. OP is about fake news. betsuni Feb 9 #15

sighhhhnh niyad Feb 9 #17

They also too often expect the media to fulfill a fantasy role. Maru Kitteh Feb 9 #18

Absolutely! betsuni Feb 9 #20

Well, and it's not really their job to tell us what they think or worse yet, what Maru Kitteh Feb 9 #31

I didn't even click on that one but thanks for pointing out fakery. I've told Mr. Maru, Maru Kitteh Feb 9 #16

Being quite cynical, that is pretty much the way I try to do things. niyad Feb 9 #19

I guess it's kind of always been true, right? It's just things are faster now Maru Kitteh Feb 9 #21

You are quite correct. On the flip side, being able to find out the fakes niyad Feb 9 #22

mom said this ," be careful of what you read, see and or hear. AllaN01Bear Feb 9 #24

So very true! niyad Feb 9 #40

Thanks niyad nt💗 Hope22 Feb 9 #25

You are most welcome. niyad Feb 9 #39

Thank you for the fact check. I looked and couldn't find it surfered Feb 9 #26

It wasn't me. .other DU'ers found out very quickly, and kept posting niyad Feb 9 #32

It's hard to absolutely prove a fake, except lacking proof that it exists. surfered Feb 9 #34

Ad do I !!! niyad Feb 9 #35

It's been self-deleted. At long last /nt progree Feb 9 #27

Finally!!! niyad Feb 9 #29

And thank you very much for the persistent pressure on that person in that thread /nt progree Feb 9 #45

You are most welcome. A number of people in that thread tried. niyad Feb 9 #46

Thanks orangecrush Feb 9 #28

You are most welcome. Thank goodness we have so many alert, niyad Feb 9 #30

Ha! Conjuay Feb 9 #37

Now how could I possibly say that??? My beautiful Silver Girl would be niyad Feb 9 #38

😥 😥 😥 😥 😥 a kennedy Feb 9 #42

I think most people did. The fake good ole boy definitely needs niyad Feb 9 #43