TWEETER: I’d never heard of you, but okay. Saw your Book TV interview. Not quite sure what your complaint was: that while in office, President Obama didn’t get as much “shade” from comics, b/c he wasn’t as ignorant, petty, sexist, racist, misogynistic and criminal as trump??
ME: As I recount in my book, THAT JOKE ISN'T FUNNY ANYMORE: President Obama spied on Americans, prosecuted whistleblowers, and assassinated at least one US citizen. There was also Operation Fast and Furious and Obama continued US involvement in Libya without congressional approval.
I highly recommend the read. I even narrate the audiobook.
TWEETER: Operative word: “continued”. Good men w/perceived power are often thwarted from doing what they intended when they first began. This aged one has learned to ask, “In what context?”, “By whom?”before passing judgment. Not acknowledging that ...
ME: "I’d never heard of you, but okay."
I only get comments like ...
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Devon and I talk tech bros, space flight, gold bullets, the problem with Audible, and of course his new novel Theft of Fire.
Available here: https://devoneriksen.com/novels
Wil and I decolonize… talk hate-crime hoaxes, Black Egyptians, prey morality, Hamas, and his new book Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me. https://substack.com/home/post/p-145983440