The Alt Media says Ford's Theatre report is apparently real
Political newsletter written by Adam Parkhomenko and Sam Youngman
“That Ford's Theatre thing is apparently real. We're fine with it as long as they put his name on a shitter in the basement.”
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Adam Parkhomenko and Sam Youngman wrote that the Ford's Theatre report was apparently real, then used a sarcastic condition to reject putting Trump's name on the theater.
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The authors introduced the Ford's Theatre item after a joke that their newsletter had never tried to put its name on the theater.
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They cited the MS NOW report and continued their broader political roundup.
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Case context: Did Trump Aides Discuss Putting His Name on Ford's Theatre?
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Relative to the reported discussion of attaching Trump's name to Ford's Theatre, the authors treated the report as credible and used sarcasm to reject the idea.
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