The Deuce: I remind myself of that daily.

Week of 6/2 Politics Thread - assassin June 2, 2025, 17:05:15

Donnie is Americas biggest coward. What a loser* - Mrap24 June 9, 2025, 22:23:09
- Brad is Americas biggest coward. What a loser* - HamptonSki June 9, 2025, 22:48:00
Missoula goes rogue - Stu June 9, 2025, 16:20:07
- Good.* - KingTalkyTiki June 9, 2025, 16:30:00
  - Nm - jjlocke923 June 9, 2025, 22:20:28
- Surprised he didn’t body slam the reporter he was so mad. Also forgot to ask to not include that.* - Toonces June 9, 2025, 16:28:14
The Onion nails it, per usual - RVA June 9, 2025, 15:33:37
- Lmao.* - Warrin'_Illini June 9, 2025, 15:35:22
  - You laugh your ass off so much, it's surprising you have an ass left* - Stu June 9, 2025, 16:32:15
    - I've got ass for years, homeboy. Juicy and luxurious.* - Warrin'_Illini June 9, 2025, 16:38:24
      - spectacular, and real* - memyselfandillini June 9, 2025, 16:39:58
500 Marines getting prepped for deployment to LA, per CNN. - OB25 June 9, 2025, 15:08:42
- Hope they've got a lot more Waymo's.* - Warrin'_Illini June 9, 2025, 15:34:49
I sense that the first 3rd Amendment litigation in recent history is going to start in about 3 weeks - ATL June 9, 2025, 14:43:33
- Yup, soldiers are only good to use for political optics and fascist parades. - KingTalkyTiki June 9, 2025, 16:45:03
  - What would you know about being a soldier Bowe Bergdahl?* - HamptonSki June 9, 2025, 22:44:48
- THE ARMY. CAN'T LIVE. IN YOUR HOUSE. - GMAW June 9, 2025, 15:25:32
  - ooo - SurfTheBoneyard June 9, 2025, 15:29:09
  - IT DOESN'T SAY THE ARMY CAN'T TAKE A SHIT IN YOUR HOUSE!* - ATL June 9, 2025, 15:26:28
- shit, that 3rd amendment guy is probably going nuts digging up his old content* - torinese June 9, 2025, 15:22:11
Wrong spot - JeffFrank June 9, 2025, 14:39:47
- No. * - assassin June 9, 2025, 14:42:07
Vote Waino? - CanHartlebHireSnider June 9, 2025, 14:16:11
- He's no Waingro but I like Waino.* - Warrin'_Illini June 9, 2025, 14:18:56
Next weekend may not a great time to do touristy stuff in DC, huh?* - VIV June 9, 2025, 11:10:21
- I wonder what sort of “attack” Trump will miraculously survive this time. * - doubledown June 9, 2025, 14:19:36
  - heart* - memyselfandillini June 9, 2025, 16:25:26
  - the stairs will be the most likely culprit* - assassin June 9, 2025, 15:31:11
  - Heat stroke* - timmer June 9, 2025, 14:30:02
    - how would anyone be able to tell?* - RVA June 9, 2025, 14:36:43
- Yes, avoid. - timmer June 9, 2025, 13:55:26
- That depends, are you a 6 (or 78) year-old who likes to look at tanks?* - OB25 June 9, 2025, 13:18:04
- I hear there's going to be a big parade. Bring your jackboots!* - Warrin'_Illini June 9, 2025, 11:30:32
  - ooo - JeffFrank June 9, 2025, 14:40:32
  - I can't believe they're letting this mother fucker get away with throwing a parade on his birthday - Sounder June 9, 2025, 12:55:09
    - The birthday parade? That’s the thing you can’t believe they’re letting him get away with? * - doubledown June 9, 2025, 14:13:25
    - "can't believe" - KingTalkyTiki June 9, 2025, 13:29:07
  - thankfully i will not be there for that* - VIV June 9, 2025, 11:34:02
I feel like Saturday has potential to be exceptionally bad - opey8 June 9, 2025, 10:47:13
- I mean, it did kind of work at Kent State; the kids didn’t really riot after that - bbonb June 9, 2025, 11:19:27
- What's Saturday?* - gullit June 9, 2025, 11:18:59
  - No Kings* - Sounder June 9, 2025, 12:55:54
    - we're allowed to have one - RVA June 9, 2025, 13:27:24
  - it's a day of the week that occurs between Friday and Sunday, but that's not important right now - IlliniSax05 June 9, 2025, 11:33:15
- The Chicago Pope is speaking at Cominsky Park at the same time. Wish he was in person.* - Warrin'_Illini June 9, 2025, 11:09:10
- The optics alone are going to be brutal. - KingTalkyTiki June 9, 2025, 10:57:17
  - It’s not a party until someone gets shot!* - memyselfandillini June 9, 2025, 11:09:02
Protesters calling waymos in to light them on fire? lol* - gvibes June 8, 2025, 23:30:53
- I don't understand why they're lighting them on fire and not simply using them as shields - ATL June 9, 2025, 8:51:19
  - Because they want to lose the support of the median voter - CanHartlebHireSnider June 9, 2025, 12:11:01
    - Riots are never good but I think the George Floyd stuff hurt Trump a lot. He's - Warrin'_Illini June 9, 2025, 13:23:38
  - They should light them on fire *and* use them as shields.* - Warrin'_Illini June 9, 2025, 9:00:47
  - Speaking as a child of the '60s, it's pretty fucking obvious* - Stu June 9, 2025, 8:59:06
    - I don't remember *anyone* ordering Waymo in the 60s.* - complainant June 9, 2025, 9:23:10
      - They might have ordered waymo LSD than appropriate* - ATL June 9, 2025, 9:27:47
- It was only a matter of (short) time before people found ways to abuse self-driving cars* - Stu June 9, 2025, 7:22:54
- Honestly delightful.* - Toonces June 9, 2025, 6:12:20
  - How is this delightful or lol worthy?* - jjlocke923 June 9, 2025, 7:47:16
    - Fuck off loser.* - Toonces June 9, 2025, 7:51:16
      - I’m just saying that it’s weird to celebrate the destruction of private property. - jjlocke923 June 9, 2025, 8:01:27
        
        Not nearly as weird as using a fake persona to troll a message board and defend fascism - assassin June 9, 2025, 10:56:42
        
        Hey! It's perfectly normal behavior for some socially stunted 40-50 something year old man... - KingTalkyTiki June 9, 2025, 11:12:16
LA riot cop enjoys target practice on Australian news crew - complainant June 8, 2025, 22:30:11
- also this dude with a walker, other people point blank - assassin June 8, 2025, 23:46:43
  - The number of people that choose to insert themselves into situations like this and - jjlocke923 June 9, 2025, 7:35:16
    - Shut the fuck up!* - memyselfandillini June 9, 2025, 16:32:11
    - OOO - KingTalkyTiki June 9, 2025, 10:39:23
    - The “Don’t Tread on Me” crowd has been surprisingly silent what with all the government treading… - haighter June 9, 2025, 9:38:37
      - Yep* - cpsteine June 9, 2025, 17:00:39
      - oOo - KingTalkyTiki June 9, 2025, 10:43:15
    - the moral equivalent of "she was wearing a short skirt. she was asking for it."* - VIV June 9, 2025, 9:15:27
      - He's right about the guy with the walker, tho. Shoulda just dropped it and ran.* - complainant June 9, 2025, 9:18:36
        
        goldbricker* - memyselfandillini June 9, 2025, 16:33:20
    - People who are legally protesting or doing their jobs covering it should expect to be - Taz June 9, 2025, 8:46:31
    - I agree. If you join the gestapo, a skateboard to the face should be the pleasant greeting* - RVA June 9, 2025, 8:28:52
Miami Republican has face eaten - assassin June 8, 2025, 15:28:40
this is a bit rich coming from this administration - ECEIllinois June 7, 2025, 20:56:32
Trump nationalizing the California Guard. * - larue33 June 7, 2025, 20:09:50
- Just 3.5 more years of the most deranged “leadership” ever.* - Toonces June 8, 2025, 12:37:16
- When is Peter Thiel planning to launch Phrase 3? - complainant June 7, 2025, 20:52:26
- Ooo - KingTalkyTiki June 7, 2025, 20:38:21
  - This LA stuff seems bad * - MC June 8, 2025, 8:23:06
    - Speaking as a child of the ‘60s, sometimes that’s what it takes* - Stu June 8, 2025, 8:28:27
      - Something’s happening here, what it is not exactly clear* - Sounder June 8, 2025, 9:53:39
- ooo - timmer June 7, 2025, 20:26:56
As if three warships to the US / Mexico border wasn’t enough… - timmer June 7, 2025, 18:17:15
400%? Are people now getting paid to eat eggs? - Tortillini June 7, 2025, 17:34:25
- just in time for a multi-state Salmonella recall* - assassin June 9, 2025, 0:03:48
Musk and Bessent got into a physical fight per Bannon - ATL June 7, 2025, 14:06:54
- And here I thought Bessent was just a doorknob* - Stu June 7, 2025, 15:29:57
Rep Mary Miller flawlessly demonstrates how deeply stupid and hateful she is, all in just one tweet. - KingTalkyTiki June 6, 2025, 15:50:42
- lol at Harmeet Dhillon trying to point out he's a Sikh and getting nothing but hateful replies* - ECEIllinois June 6, 2025, 16:15:00
  - biclops - complainant June 6, 2025, 16:34:48
    - Just a little nibble Harmeet. Wait a few months for the devouring.* - ATL June 8, 2025, 15:37:20
- Aside from the ignorance/bigotry, the idea that we were founded as a Christian nation infuriates me - Desert June 6, 2025, 16:12:36
  - They should ask who financed this entire experiment at the start - CanHartlebHireSnider June 6, 2025, 17:08:23
  - Here's more ... - complainant June 6, 2025, 16:30:47
    - These fundie nitwits are dangerously stupid. * - doubledown June 6, 2025, 17:01:41
      - ooo - complainant June 6, 2025, 17:32:11
    - he controls the sun….with very special oven mitts.* - memyselfandillini June 6, 2025, 16:33:34
  - It’s dated “In the Year of Our Lord”* - Stu June 6, 2025, 16:18:35
  - "One Nation, Under God" was added in 1954 as a reaction to the Cold War* - Sounder June 6, 2025, 16:14:35
  - "One Nation, Under God" was added in 1954 as a reaction to the Cold War* - Sounder June 6, 2025, 16:14:33
  - and what about the Jewish people they all claim to be so worried about - memyselfandillini June 6, 2025, 16:14:08
- Show me where the founding documents mention Jesus. I’ll wait. * - doubledown June 6, 2025, 16:06:03
  - Feelings don't care about your facts.* - KingTalkyTiki June 6, 2025, 19:15:12
The guy from Maryland is being transported back to US from El Salvador, will be charged here* - OB25 June 6, 2025, 14:25:53
- Prosecutor resigns, apparently because of this indictment. - larue33 June 6, 2025, 16:28:32
  - I'm sure they're delighted with that collateral damage - RVA June 6, 2025, 17:35:33
- 0% chance he comes back with no MS13 tattoos forced upon him * - timmer June 6, 2025, 15:10:52
- Should have just done this months ago - CanHartlebHireSnider June 6, 2025, 14:53:45
  - Methinks his captors are worse actors, on balance, than he is * - ATL June 6, 2025, 15:12:34
- so a way to save face while finally obeying the courts* - ECEIllinois June 6, 2025, 14:30:24
- What are the charges?* - ATL June 6, 2025, 14:28:55
  - Looks like human trafficking is what they’ve come up with* - OB25 June 6, 2025, 14:30:00
    - He should sue the administration for human trafficking* - memyselfandillini June 6, 2025, 15:16:22
    - Is there a Rule 11 equivalent in the Criminal Procedure rules?* - ATL June 6, 2025, 14:32:52
      - This is why Emil Bove got a judgeship.* - complainant June 6, 2025, 14:44:02
    - oh the irony* - ECEIllinois June 6, 2025, 14:31:42
Did not see this picture from back in March - timmer June 6, 2025, 11:48:46
- The black kid’s copying* - Herman Blume June 6, 2025, 14:24:35
  - from the jew* - torinese June 9, 2025, 9:37:35
- Put any possible test in front of them and he's not setting the curve* - RVA June 6, 2025, 13:10:05
  - person, woman, man, camera, tv* - Sounder June 6, 2025, 13:27:09
looks like the ketamine is wearing off - snipes824 June 5, 2025, 22:26:36
- Trump doesn't appear interested in reconciliation - illini21 June 6, 2025, 10:43:15
- The idea that Trump would consider him as anything but an enemy from this point forward is fantasy - OB25 June 6, 2025, 9:55:58
  - also, we've pretty much already done this before - Sammich June 6, 2025, 10:14:17
    - Yep. Pretty much all on Elon now - illini June 6, 2025, 10:23:11
  - It's always been a marriage of convenience. As noted below, these two have never liked each other. - Warrin'_Illini June 6, 2025, 10:13:30
  - Nah, Trump has a long history of letting people grovel their way back into his good graces* - Carl Spackler June 6, 2025, 10:06:28
  - don't forget the TACO factor - Sammich June 6, 2025, 10:05:28
    - Loan? You’re giving him too much credit.* - ATL June 6, 2025, 14:26:14
  - Not if Trump thinks Elon can help him grift a single extra cent. Trump's VP - longsnapper June 6, 2025, 10:00:31
- Dammit....that was the best 24 hours of the entire presidency so far. - Illiniphil June 6, 2025, 9:39:23
- Sucks* - Stu June 6, 2025, 9:08:54
- Dang* - illini21 June 6, 2025, 7:26:39
Ooo - Taz June 5, 2025, 19:04:47
Ooo - Taz June 5, 2025, 19:04:45
The pain in bondingo’s eyes - ATL June 5, 2025, 17:37:01
TSLA ended day down $47.35 and down almost another $8 after hours.* - SurfTheBoneyard June 5, 2025, 16:37:40
I’m going to so fucking die with laughter when Trump starts dropping DPA priority ratings and…. - LeatherneckIllini June 5, 2025, 16:12:53
Jack Posobiec is just out here celebrating pride - ATL June 5, 2025, 16:07:14
- this is absolutely the most stereotypically feminine slap-fight in history* - Sammich June 5, 2025, 16:14:25
  - and just like jlocke, jdgi* - ATL June 5, 2025, 16:17:46
Oh, now Steve Bannon says Musk should be investigated and simultaneously immediately deported - Stu June 5, 2025, 15:43:41
- Today can be summed up in three pictures - ATL June 5, 2025, 15:48:28
  - idgi * - jjlocke923 June 5, 2025, 16:09:01
    - IGI. I'sPF.* - complainant June 5, 2025, 20:12:14
- It's like that scene in Jurassic Park when the T Rex is fighting the raptors - Sounder June 5, 2025, 15:45:07
- DO IT TRUMP. He and the SA refugees directly to El Salvador.* - Warrin'_Illini June 5, 2025, 15:44:48
Stolen from Twitter: this is like kendrick vs drake but with two drakes* - Sounder June 5, 2025, 15:38:53
- only one confirmed to like em young so far - Sammich June 5, 2025, 15:42:18
TRUMP has ordered all South African refugees to be deported - timmer June 5, 2025, 15:34:52
I will never fully accept that good people voted for this* - reggiedunlop June 5, 2025, 15:34:13
- No good people did. It's a disqualifying event by default* - assassin June 5, 2025, 16:00:19
  - Yup. Totally accurate litmus test. - KingTalkyTiki June 5, 2025, 16:17:53
- Seriously, how can this go on for four years? It can't, right?* - Sounder June 5, 2025, 15:44:09
  - everyone is eating this the fuck up, including the two principals - Sammich June 5, 2025, 15:46:46
    - I'm happy they're fighting, but that's because them being at odds is better than working in lockstep - IlliniRunner June 5, 2025, 16:57:02
- I don't know any good people who did* - Stu June 5, 2025, 15:38:38
  - Or that* - reggiedunlop June 5, 2025, 15:40:30
- Many "good people" were never really "good people" - KingTalkyTiki June 5, 2025, 15:36:27
  - I don't accept that either* - reggiedunlop June 5, 2025, 15:40:17
    - You're a more optimistic guy than me. It's one of the the reasons you're a great dude. - KingTalkyTiki June 5, 2025, 15:45:14
      - Exactly, I have come to peace with how 2016 happened - Sounder June 5, 2025, 15:48:42
    - Again, there are three main kinds of Trump voters - Sounder June 5, 2025, 15:42:54
  - Tiresome, yes, but unnecessary. He doesn't even post here anymore* - longsnapper June 5, 2025, 15:37:35
    - I remind myself of that daily. - KingTalkyTiki June 5, 2025, 15:42:13
I feel good for our country and this is tremendous content (h/t scottlincicome)* - ECEIllinois June 5, 2025, 15:21:11
- He has been pretty enjoyable to read during this admin* - gvibes June 5, 2025, 15:46:34
- Alien vs. Predator* - Sounder June 5, 2025, 15:40:29
- Complete idiocracy and kakistocracy... - KingTalkyTiki June 5, 2025, 15:28:20
  - Is Brandon Johnson bright?* - Poldark June 5, 2025, 15:32:54
    - Pathetic shit* - John Coctostan June 5, 2025, 22:11:16
    - I believe the phrase you're looking for is "whatabout Brandon Johnson?"* - complainant June 5, 2025, 19:52:26
    - MURDERS are down, BJ is a genius! Let's go Brandon!!!* - Warrin'_Illini June 5, 2025, 15:41:38
      - car thefts aren't * - Poldark June 5, 2025, 15:48:06
        
        Let's Go Brando just needs to get them out of the city. I want this place to be as walkable as - Warrin'_Illini June 5, 2025, 15:49:29
      - Psst. - KingTalkyTiki June 5, 2025, 15:42:51
    - Oh yeah, you voted for this too,Reek. - KingTalkyTiki June 5, 2025, 15:35:13
      - solid edit Teek* - Poldark June 5, 2025, 15:37:18
        
        Again, when all you got is "Uh, you edited!", Reek...it ain't going well for you.* - KingTalkyTiki June 5, 2025, 15:38:52
        
        ok Mr. Mike Madigan apologist* - Poldark June 5, 2025, 15:48:57
        
        Keep grasping for those straws, Reek - KingTalkyTiki June 5, 2025, 15:52:08
        
        I wish i understood the Reek thing* - illini21 June 5, 2025, 15:57:34
        
        It’s a white trash thing. - HamptonSki June 5, 2025, 20:03:06
        
        It's a GOT reference - Sounder June 5, 2025, 16:08:34
        
        Ah okay, I didn’t watch thrones* - illini21 June 5, 2025, 17:16:36
        
        not exactly complementary. though leaves hope for redemption* - memyselfandillini June 5, 2025, 16:26:30
        
        There's a irl backstory that goes with it. - KingTalkyTiki June 5, 2025, 16:21:14
- Lol, this definitely made me think of that Rovel tweet* - IlliniRunner June 5, 2025, 15:24:53
Trump threatening to terminate all of Musk's government contracts* - Stu June 5, 2025, 15:03:06
- Naw, that would be actual savings.* - SurfTheBoneyard June 5, 2025, 16:35:59
- Oh, now Musk says Trump's tariffs are going to cause a recession.* - Stu June 5, 2025, 15:31:17
  - Welcome to early 2024, "tech genius". - KingTalkyTiki June 5, 2025, 15:38:13
- Oh now Musk says Trump should be impeached* - Stu June 5, 2025, 15:14:53
- two tarantulas in a bowl* - Sounder June 5, 2025, 15:13:36
- Oh now Musk says he will immediately decommission Dragon spacecraft* - Stu June 5, 2025, 15:12:15
  - relevant commentary on this - ATL June 5, 2025, 15:42:48
This is incredible * - MC June 5, 2025, 14:52:50
Lmao Elon - snipes824 June 5, 2025, 14:17:56
- Hopefully Elon has more dirt on Trump than just this. Everyone knows Trump and Epstein were rape - Warrin'_Illini June 5, 2025, 15:03:03
- HERE WE GO... - cpsteine June 5, 2025, 14:57:12
- Letthemfight.gif* - IlliniRunner June 5, 2025, 14:41:34
  - I hope Elon grabs Trump by his weave.* - KingTalkyTiki June 5, 2025, 14:51:16
    - Grab him by the pussy* - bjl63 June 5, 2025, 14:58:59
  - ooo - ATL June 5, 2025, 14:42:18
- Stock down 13%. 110-120B or so?* - gvibes June 5, 2025, 14:38:06
  - It was down ~16%, I can't believe people are buying in the midst of this. * - ghost_of_clt June 5, 2025, 14:42:15
    - There's gotta be programmatic buying, no?* - ATL June 5, 2025, 14:50:27
      - Cathie Wood has to run out of money at some point * - ghost_of_clt June 5, 2025, 15:02:09
        
        She's just a herd follower* - Stu June 5, 2025, 15:13:10
- LMAO Elmo Baby Mama - ATL June 5, 2025, 14:37:37
- I bet SpaceX contracts get scaled back post-haste* - Stu June 5, 2025, 14:28:10
  - Theres a non-zero chance he gets deported* - snipes824 June 5, 2025, 14:33:50
    - I just found out he holds dual citizenship in Canada* - Stu June 5, 2025, 14:38:43
- *Grabs popcorn** - illini21 June 5, 2025, 14:27:38
- Yeah, not really a surprise* - UofIL6 June 5, 2025, 14:26:38
- Everyone knows DJT is in the Epstein files. He's been in the public flight list for years* - gvibes June 5, 2025, 14:25:18
  - The fact he's a child diddler is the least shocking relevation ever - KingTalkyTiki June 5, 2025, 14:34:30
    - ooo - ATL June 5, 2025, 14:38:24
  - I believe his name is in there more than any other person* - Sounder June 5, 2025, 14:26:42
    - That is definitely not true. Pretty limited. Just one or two flights I think* - gvibes June 5, 2025, 14:29:04
- When you let a guy have unfettered access to government files, he's bound to find a little dirt* - ghost_of_clt June 5, 2025, 14:24:32
- It was obvious this would end poorly but I didn’t expect it to turn this quickly* - OB25 June 5, 2025, 14:24:19
  - They are both crazy, unlikeable, and transactional - Sounder June 5, 2025, 14:25:36
- All so stupid but enjoying watching it implode.* - DiamondDazzle June 5, 2025, 14:23:22
- I don’t think either of them can do little. Everything has to be taken to its maximalist position* - CanHartlebHireSnider June 5, 2025, 14:21:49
  - Yeah, very true* - snipes824 June 5, 2025, 14:22:45
- yeah I don't see how they can fix their relationship after this* - ECEIllinois June 5, 2025, 14:21:11
  - Nah, they are all totally shameless. It's fine. JD Vance compared Trump to Hitler* - gvibes June 5, 2025, 14:26:06
    - I don't think Elon has any use for Trump anymore, unlike Vance* - ECEIllinois June 5, 2025, 14:29:21
      - Well, other than Trump blowing up his government contracts* - IlliniRunner June 5, 2025, 14:44:32
      - Well, other than Trump blowing up his government contracts* - IlliniRunner June 5, 2025, 14:44:27
  - Normally a breakup this messy is on Bravo, not C Span* - Sounder June 5, 2025, 14:22:46
    - there's a straight line to be drawn between the two - Sammich June 5, 2025, 14:28:23
      - There is absolutely no way that Trump gets elected without the myth of the Apprentice* - Sounder June 5, 2025, 14:36:45
- I mean, duh. * - illini June 5, 2025, 14:20:55
- I love that this spat is taking place on separate platforms, of which each of them owns* - Sounder June 5, 2025, 14:19:06
- Simply amazing* - Sounder June 5, 2025, 14:18:43
A spat for the ages, who could have seen this coming? - Sounder June 5, 2025, 14:13:14
Tesla -45* - Stu June 5, 2025, 14:04:29
- -55* - Stu June 5, 2025, 14:19:50
  - savvy move to make non-MAGA hate you and boycott your product and then make MAGA hate you too* - Orangeillini June 5, 2025, 14:44:41
    - the rose garden is about to be turned into a Rivian showroom* - Sammich June 5, 2025, 14:58:02
      - RJ isn’t dumb* - DocWalk20 June 5, 2025, 15:21:33
just build the bananas in America! - assassin June 5, 2025, 13:37:59
- And everyone laughed when that guy paid all that money for that banana art - Stu June 5, 2025, 14:04:08
- Such cowardice. * - doubledown June 5, 2025, 14:02:16
- There's money in the banana stand* - UofIL6 June 5, 2025, 13:59:02
- love that the bananas discourse has gone mainstreeam* - ECEIllinois June 5, 2025, 13:53:12
  - especially ones from savannah* - torinese June 5, 2025, 13:56:23
- Oh man, he even went out of his way to get extra time to make that point.* - OB25 June 5, 2025, 13:46:22
  - He really thought he had something there. - KingTalkyTiki June 5, 2025, 14:37:26
  - he was beaming! smartest guy in the room! (except for the content of his argument)* - shua June 5, 2025, 14:04:36
Trump not gonna like this one… - OB25 June 5, 2025, 11:59:26
- Elon and Trump never liked each other - CanHartlebHireSnider June 5, 2025, 13:19:01
  - dots - Jersey June 5, 2025, 14:20:42
- World’s smartest man fails to read most transparent individual alive.* - Toonces June 5, 2025, 12:57:38
- Probably not the statement Tesla shareholders were hoping for* - longsnapper June 5, 2025, 12:14:43
  - Don't they want him out of the government/doge business? Seems like this is it. - Warrin'_Illini June 5, 2025, 12:32:04
    - Also, taking credit for installing this administration is, well, risky at best* - longsnapper June 5, 2025, 12:49:14
      - Well he threw 100% of himself into the endeavor. Everyone knew where he stood. - Warrin'_Illini June 5, 2025, 13:03:49
        
        Correct, but if he can lie at every quarterly earnings report about robotaxi, fsd, everything else - longsnapper June 5, 2025, 13:43:17
    - Yeah but talking shit about Trump is going to get the administration to retaliate* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes June 5, 2025, 12:33:08
      - Yep. They wanted him to leave sans flamethrower.* - SurfTheBoneyard June 5, 2025, 13:55:52
      - For sure, took me a moment to realize.* - Warrin'_Illini June 5, 2025, 12:34:20
  - down 9% so far today* - ECEIllinois June 5, 2025, 12:30:20
- His handlers paused the crazy tariff stuff - jfinsocal June 5, 2025, 12:14:26
- Seems like a work to me.* - Chicago1995 June 5, 2025, 12:10:51
  - The thought crossed my mind but, yeah, nope.* - opossum jenkins June 5, 2025, 18:21:38
  - My antenna is up on that as well but I’m skeptical about giving Trump/Musk the 4D chess label* - OB25 June 5, 2025, 12:19:56
- Not sure about the Senate, but I can see the others* - UofIL6 June 5, 2025, 12:02:44
- The wave of articles calling him Trump’s useful idiot have struck a nerve* - assassin June 5, 2025, 12:00:27
  - I'm worried that it's going to make him even more bullheaded on tariffs* - Sounder June 5, 2025, 12:01:10
    - Not sure that’s possible. It’s been his obsession for decades. * - assassin June 5, 2025, 12:11:26
Now do Reagan - Herman Blume June 5, 2025, 11:56:19
- I support Trump normalizing Presidents ordering investigations of their predecessors. - doubledown June 5, 2025, 12:35:10
- Hell, do himself, we're watching his decline in real time* - Sounder June 5, 2025, 11:57:45
  - every accusation is a confession* - Sammich June 5, 2025, 11:58:14
    - We really need to raid the basements of pizza parlors in Red America* - ATL June 5, 2025, 12:03:34
    - in a debate with the human mind - Sounder June 5, 2025, 12:00:39
Trump's not mad, he's just disappointed in Elon - ATL June 5, 2025, 11:30:20
Try this in the right thread: After watching footage from San Diego and Minneapolis this week... - KingTalkyTiki June 5, 2025, 10:11:44
- This type of government overreach is what the Second Amendment was created for - ATL June 5, 2025, 11:57:10
  - As per the NRA: - KingTalkyTiki June 5, 2025, 12:09:39
- you're talking about the federal agents 'invading' latino neighborhoods, I surmise? I don't - cpsteine June 5, 2025, 10:55:14
  - Couldn’t get hired as cops, and too scared to join the military. So they play dress up. * - doubledown June 5, 2025, 12:57:48
  - *Ding*. Well when you leader is a fucking Cosplay enthusiast...* - KingTalkyTiki June 5, 2025, 12:04:35
  - All that bluster and they incorporate small town speed trap tactics to fill quotas * - Jersey June 5, 2025, 11:55:06
    - Oh yeah. Went from "We're primarily targeting criminals" - KingTalkyTiki June 5, 2025, 12:06:54
  - They wouldn’t have to dress like that if people would just let them do their job* - jjlocke923 June 5, 2025, 11:20:43
    - oOo - KingTalkyTiki June 5, 2025, 12:07:34
    - You wouldn't have to hide behind a username if you weren't such a cunt* - Herman Blume June 5, 2025, 11:54:11
      - Are you implying that Herman Blume is your real name?.* - jjlocke923 June 5, 2025, 12:26:49
      - Everyone knows who he is* - Sounder June 5, 2025, 11:57:08
        
        who is he?* - VIV June 5, 2025, 13:22:40
        
        Bigbop* - Sounder June 5, 2025, 14:13:50
        
        (Delete)* - jjlocke923 June 5, 2025, 14:42:21
    - right. dressing like normal police officers rather than cosplaying as marines would totally subvert - cpsteine June 5, 2025, 11:46:45
    - lol* - ATL June 5, 2025, 11:29:05
  - also: they all seem to be covering their faces now. Good times.* - cpsteine June 5, 2025, 10:56:46
    - Florida state police join ICE raids at times and have been instructed to remove name tag, badges, - opey8 June 5, 2025, 11:30:21
      - law officers, weilding force, must be accountable for actions, good and bad. this is insane. to do - cpsteine June 5, 2025, 11:47:52
- No clue - Kajagoogoo June 5, 2025, 10:47:44
- Haha i was so confused when i saw this in the Cubs thread earlier.* - illini21 June 5, 2025, 10:37:18
  - I was surprised he was that worried about the White Sox series* - illini222 June 5, 2025, 12:33:02
  - I mean, I wasn't even drinking or anything last night. Just flat out seniility.* - KingTalkyTiki June 5, 2025, 12:09:12
Trump pulled a TACO and called Xi, begging for him to speak to him.* - Stu June 5, 2025, 9:03:52
- He should read Art of the Deal. * - doubledown June 5, 2025, 9:32:59
  - HE WROTE IT!!!! - ATL June 5, 2025, 9:38:32
Recent grad from UTSA is now in charge of national security's violent extremism hub - complainant June 5, 2025, 0:26:09
A new travel ban just dropped - OB25 June 4, 2025, 18:42:32
- To not upset the apple cart a bit, but because those countries more or less have failed government…. - LeatherneckIllini June 5, 2025, 8:54:59
- The daily dose of administrative cruelty* - UofIL6 June 4, 2025, 23:17:08
- Look over herrrrreeeeee!!! **rolls out another crypto coin** * - cpsteine June 4, 2025, 20:01:03
- Good. Fvck Chad - timmer June 4, 2025, 19:36:40
- partial restrictions for 7 more, including Cuba and Venezuela - assassin June 4, 2025, 18:44:24
  - Laos?* - Stu June 4, 2025, 21:10:43
Kind of wild that Karine Jean-Pierre wrote a book to announce she's leaving the dem party* - CanHartlebHireSnider June 4, 2025, 13:39:28
- Knives out - CanHartlebHireSnider June 4, 2025, 15:22:09
- I felt like she was miles away from Jen Psaki in competence. Just so bad at her job. - ATL June 4, 2025, 13:46:07
  - she was perfect for it.* - Ari Gold June 4, 2025, 20:03:28
  - Jen Psaki has been great on MSNBC* - Sounder June 4, 2025, 13:53:32
    - I had already formed a bad opinion of KJP based on her MSNBC appearances pre-2021. - complainant June 4, 2025, 14:57:58
  - She was awful, and let's be honest, they were afraid to replace her - Sounder June 4, 2025, 13:47:09
    - It's a tough job where it's really hard to not make an ass out of yourself* - ECEIllinois June 4, 2025, 13:55:23
      - It’s an impossible job. Amazing that Leavitt has done as incredibly as she has* - jjlocke923 June 4, 2025, 15:02:19
        
        Derp* - WhitmansFolly June 4, 2025, 18:26:06
        
        lololol* - UofIL6 June 4, 2025, 15:29:04
        
        oOo - KingTalkyTiki June 4, 2025, 15:17:36
        
        It’s an easier job when you’re completely unmoored from reality or accountability. * - doubledown June 4, 2025, 15:10:29
        
        Also not worried about making an ass of yourself, as ECE observed* - ATL June 4, 2025, 15:12:17
        
        she might lie more than Spicer and that's saying something* - Sounder June 4, 2025, 18:32:35
        
        Spicer knew he was lying. I think Leavitt is a true believer. - complainant June 4, 2025, 19:24:38
        
        lol* - ATL June 4, 2025, 15:03:50
    - DEI hire, in other words* - Stu June 4, 2025, 13:49:46
      - As much as it hurts me to say it, she's the very personification of a DEI triple threat - Sounder June 4, 2025, 13:52:13
        
        It shouldn't hurt you to say it. It's the truth. She wasn't hired because she was super competent. - Stu June 4, 2025, 13:54:17
        
        I dont think that's right - ISeeDeadHawkeyes June 4, 2025, 13:53:55
        
        True story, it doesn't one bit - Sounder June 4, 2025, 13:55:35
        
        Then why did you say it hurts you to say it?* - ATL June 4, 2025, 15:12:57
        
        because I hate that it's true - Sounder June 4, 2025, 18:30:52
        
        Holy shit, you are Jeff Frank. Just regurgitating everything that comes across your screen. - longsnapper June 4, 2025, 18:49:13
        
        Do you really not think that KJP was a DEI hire? - Sounder June 4, 2025, 18:52:41
        
        I had no idea who kjp was until this sub thread, so I don't have an opinion on it* - longsnapper June 4, 2025, 19:06:53
        
        If you don't even know who she is, maybe now would be a good time for you to shut the fuck up - Sounder June 4, 2025, 19:41:09
        
        I don't recall having an opinion whether or not she was qualified.* - longsnapper June 4, 2025, 19:59:13
        
        You seem to be buying into the racist Republican idea that DEI=incompetent - Taz June 4, 2025, 19:02:39
        
        I'm not saying that all miniority candidates are unqualified - Sounder June 5, 2025, 10:54:16
- Fuck her* - Sounder June 4, 2025, 13:44:12
Hamas agreed to surrender if Europe takes back Greta Thunberg - Sounder June 4, 2025, 13:14:48
- Now you're linking The Babylon Bee? - KingTalkyTiki June 4, 2025, 13:47:27
  - Full disclosure, I didn't even look at what the source was - Sounder June 4, 2025, 13:57:44
    - The Onion for trumpists.* - VIV June 4, 2025, 14:17:27
      - That doesn't make it less funny* - Sounder June 4, 2025, 14:18:28
        
        As with 99.9% of their content, it can't be less funny... - KingTalkyTiki June 4, 2025, 14:20:32
  - Some kids knocked on his door and now he’s got an acute case of early onset Republicanism. * - doubledown June 4, 2025, 13:53:40
    - An aggressive form, too. Metastasizing quickly.* - Sammich June 4, 2025, 14:20:01
      - I promise you I'm not going to become a Republican - Sounder June 4, 2025, 14:25:22
        
        Nobody decides to become a Republican. * - doubledown June 4, 2025, 14:53:17
- now that's comedy* - IlliniRunner June 4, 2025, 13:15:55
  - If there's one thing that the right and left can agree on, it's that she's the worst* - Sounder June 4, 2025, 13:17:17
    - I don't think the left thinks that, unless you're using the Fox News definition of left* - ECEIllinois June 4, 2025, 13:26:54
I will end the Ukraine/Russia war on Day 1! Or.... - UofIL6 June 4, 2025, 12:17:30
- Six's blind link is CNBC. In addition to Viglink, I got a tracker from Linkbucks. Now I'm trying - complainant June 4, 2025, 13:56:15
- He had a plan. It was the plan of a simpleton, but it was a plan. - VIV June 4, 2025, 13:18:26
  - I know he is very dumb, but I can't believe that he thought this was a real plan* - Sounder June 4, 2025, 13:25:39
    - He shares many Americans’ befuddlement that other countries have their own interests… - DT June 4, 2025, 13:41:04
- I guess the bombings of civilians previously was supposed to be ignored * - MC June 4, 2025, 13:07:17
If Elon continues flaming GOP and is *also* confirmed pounding Miller's wife, I will buy a Tesla. - cpsteine June 3, 2025, 18:08:30
- Why doesn't he like BBB?* - Taz June 4, 2025, 12:31:55
  - he thinks ladies (and Drake) should get thicc the old-fashioned way, via squats* - Sammich June 4, 2025, 12:56:36
  - It Bigly and Beautifully Blows up the deficit.* - Warrin'_Illini June 4, 2025, 12:51:01
  - It's kind of funny that both Biden's and Trump's big agenda reconciliation bills were BBB - CanHartlebHireSnider June 4, 2025, 12:51:00
  - Also, where does he stand on BBMDL?* - PapaDels June 4, 2025, 12:49:22
    - On their shoulders?* - DocWalk20 June 4, 2025, 13:07:17
      - Literal lol* - Taz June 4, 2025, 13:10:18
        
        Yes* - PapaDels June 4, 2025, 13:24:26
- It can’t all be an image / brand reclamation effort, can it?* - DocWalk20 June 3, 2025, 18:14:15
  - I think he did genuinely believe the GOP/Trump was interested in deficit reduction lol* - ECEIllinois June 3, 2025, 18:31:58
    - He’s a dumbass. But nobody’s that dumb.* - ATL June 3, 2025, 22:38:10
    - No fucking way. He just wanted to blow up the government and kneecap agencies - IlliniRunner June 3, 2025, 19:20:34
    - No he didn't. He needed to remove regulations & investigations. He underestimated - longsnapper June 3, 2025, 19:04:57
  - I think he just craves conflict. The bigger the better. He can’t through DOGE anymore. * - haighter June 3, 2025, 18:20:59
ProPublica investigative report: What happens when a town is forced to move due to climate change - complainant June 3, 2025, 14:56:26
ICE arrested CO terrorist's wife and kids* - CanHartlebHireSnider June 3, 2025, 14:42:55
- Eh, I may be okay with this* - KCWildcat June 3, 2025, 14:44:08
  - I'm generally against collective punishment, but that type of stuff is so passe* - ATL June 3, 2025, 14:45:44
I blame the Africans - timmer June 3, 2025, 12:57:00
Elon calls the Congressional budget bill pork-filled and a disgusting abomination* - ECEIllinois June 3, 2025, 12:54:08
- Is it maybe possible that Trump just does more illegal shit than anyone else? - Sounder June 3, 2025, 15:46:20
- The AI/Planatir stuff tucked in is very creepy and bad. Social credit scores, etc. - Warrin'_Illini June 3, 2025, 14:27:45
Greater than 100% of the net new jobs last year went to immigrants - Sounder June 3, 2025, 12:09:44
- A big, burly math teacher came up to me, tears in his eyes…* - DT June 3, 2025, 21:36:22
- He can't help but one-up whatever number he starts with - Sammich June 3, 2025, 14:11:27
Interesting article on the open source software Ukraine used to pilot the drones - ATL June 3, 2025, 10:02:38
- Better be careful about bragging - TarheelIllini June 3, 2025, 11:31:19
  - That's how she was a lottery pick* - ATL June 3, 2025, 11:49:14
  - I'm certain that Putin will respond in a disciplined and measured fashion - Sounder June 3, 2025, 11:34:56
Is all of Reuters paywalled now?* - ATL June 2, 2025, 17:42:02
- I didn’t get a paywall.* - DocWalk20 June 2, 2025, 17:50:38
  - I definitely do not pay for Reuters* - assassin June 2, 2025, 17:51:54

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