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maxsolomon

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6. You know he didn't speak up earlier?

Reply to Ponietz (Reply #5)

Wed Jun 3, 2026, 12:31 PM

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You think an actor speaking against Trump at any time in the last 10 would have changed anything? Hundreds of celebrities more influential than Gere did and we still wound up in hell.

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