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Newsom suggests "staffer" that posted the racist tweet: "Otto Penn" (Original Post) usonian 19 hrs ago OP
his tweets are commands rampartd 19 hrs ago #1
Newsom's media team is good sakabatou 18 hrs ago #2
I think Trump posted it himself and is now blaming it on a staffer since there's been so much backlash. I had thought it Fil1957 16 hrs ago #3
They should fire the staffer, right? Who is it - what is their name? OAITW r.2.0 16 hrs ago #4
I'm guessing John Barron. usonian 14 hrs ago #5
Right fricking on. OAITW r.2.0 14 hrs ago #6
Seriously, who names their son for a newspaper? usonian 14 hrs ago #7
I'm thinking Barron is the future of Trump.gov. OAITW r.2.0 12 hrs ago #8
Looks too much like Eddie Munster. usonian 12 hrs ago #9
I feel bad for this guy. OAITW r.2.0 12 hrs ago #10
We are often very much like our parents ... usonian 11 hrs ago #11

Fil1957

(623 posts)
3. I think Trump posted it himself and is now blaming it on a staffer since there's been so much backlash. I had thought it
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 07:36 PM
16 hrs ago

was posted by Stephen Miller, but although Miller is evil, he's not stupid, and this was stupid.

OAITW r.2.0

(31,731 posts)
4. They should fire the staffer, right? Who is it - what is their name?
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 07:49 PM
16 hrs ago

We certainly deserve to know the name of the racist staffer that was brazen enough to post this trash on Donald Trump's personal website.

OAITW r.2.0

(31,731 posts)
8. I'm thinking Barron is the future of Trump.gov.
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 11:09 PM
12 hrs ago

Recently, I saw his latest makeover, Slicked back hair, weird hand communications with the audience, Gotta watch this guy. He's smart, into IT. He's not his Dad......yet.

OAITW r.2.0

(31,731 posts)
10. I feel bad for this guy.
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 12:03 AM
12 hrs ago

Lets say he has a moral compass. But your parents are Don and Mel. I would ask God why you did this to me.

usonian

(24,103 posts)
11. We are often very much like our parents ...
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 12:19 AM
11 hrs ago

and, at times, we desperately try to become the opposite.

I am thinking that we often get these both wrong.

Kid has examples. Namely "privilege", which I think roughly equates to "fundamental darkness" in Buddhism. It is the cause of most of the world's mess.

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