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Pisces

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28. You obviously didn't read #23

Reply to Prairie Gates (Reply #26)

Tue Jun 9, 2026, 11:43 PM

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Jake Tapper is doing a brutal report on the Trump family corruption. The same Tapper people claim is a Repub hack. [View all] Pisces Jun 9 OP

I don't think Jake Tapper is a GOP hack, I think Tapper is a Tapper hack, definitely high on his own supply. FascismIsDeath Jun 9 #1

Don't you find that is a fairly common characteristic in TV pundits? mr715 Jun 9 #9

I think you have to have a bit of ego/oversized self esteem to do that kind of job but there are levels to these things. FascismIsDeath Jun 9 #15

Agree nt mr715 Jun 9 #16

Thank You! Cha Jun 10 #38

here is the winner : tapper IS a hack. rampartd Jun 10 #37

He smells opportunity, know that bucolic_frolic Jun 9 #2

I'd be willing to bet even Tapper regrets his Biden book--not the reporting, but the decimation. hlthe2b Jun 9 #3

Ellison will be having a talk with Jake very soon durablend Jun 9 #4

He's a clock is right twice a day hack AStern Jun 9 #5

I'm glad that he is doing a good story today senseandsensibility Jun 9 #6

Sure. MorbidButterflyTat Jun 9 #7

when will the book be coming out? Skittles Jun 9 #8

I Was About To Ask The Same. ColoringFool Jun 10 #32

See you meanies, CivicGrief Jun 9 #10

FYI SocialDemocrat61 Jun 9 #11

Just calling balls and strikes. Pisces Jun 9 #12

If you say so SocialDemocrat61 Jun 9 #13

Another rich white man? Abolishinist Jun 10 #31

Rich enough to be friends with a SocialDemocrat61 Jun 10 #35

I see. Abolishinist Jun 10 #42

40 year old pic of Ossie Davis and Sidney Poitier? SocialDemocrat61 Jun 10 #43

Years of hackness erased... lame54 Jun 9 #14

Changes have to be made after Trump D_Master81 Jun 9 #17

Good start. BannonsLiver Jun 9 #18

those sheep have been so well trained with repeated lies.... RT Atlanta Jun 9 #19

Haven't watched a moment of Tapper since his Biden fiasco. n/t Totally Tunsie Jun 9 #20

Yet he wrote a book about Biden being old mzmolly Jun 9 #21

Opportunist? He doesn't need the money, so... MerryBlooms Jun 9 #22

Tapper was one of the original journalists at Salon when it started Deminpenn Jun 9 #23

His main contribution to Salon was smearing Al Gore's wardrobe (earth tones) Prairie Gates Jun 9 #29

So "hack". With blood on his Cha Jun 10 #39

That was thirty years ago. niyad Jun 10 #34

I dislike him because he/s VERY arrogant and he's such a martyr. Maru Kitteh Jun 9 #24

Even a blind pig will find an acorn every now and then. ornotna Jun 9 #25

Jake Tapper is a Republican hack Prairie Gates Jun 9 #26

You obviously didn't read #23 Pisces Jun 9 #28

I'm perfectly aware of Jake Tapper's long history of anti-Dem reporting, even at Salon Prairie Gates Jun 9 #30

He is a self-righteous hack. Is he Repug? Ask him. Some Repugs dislike Trump, in case you are unaware. RockRaven Jun 9 #27

Let Me Know When His Tome On Trump's Dementia Is Published. ColoringFool Jun 10 #33

I guess you missed his foaming at the mouth rant against Biden when he was reporting on lostincalifornia Jun 10 #36

I don't think Tapper is a Republican hack. Tommy Carcetti Jun 10 #40

Tapper is part of a broken media themaguffin Jun 10 #41