The Deuce: I mean...no one that voted for Rand Paul is going to vote for her. I think it was a fine answer...

Week of 6/30 politics- any updates on the Idaho shooter?*

- VIV June 30, 2025, 7:18:33

donuts - VIV Today, 9:37:06
The commitment to the alternate reality they’ve created for themselves is honestly impressive - OB25 Today, 9:02:56
- Pretty sure it's still Let's Go Brandon's economy.* - Warrin'_Illini Today, 9:15:40
Thune gave Alaskans a better deal than he could get for South Dakotans - memyselfandillini Today, 8:03:37
if ICE were an independent military, they would now have the 4th largest budget in the world. - VIV Yesterday, 23:11:06
- Well fiscally conservative Christians who actually care about other people are unicorns - opey8 Yesterday, 23:20:35
  - Let’s ponder what Jesus would think about branded Prison Merch * - assassin Yesterday, 23:28:40
    - He’s made billions selling merch about his own execution.* - DT Today, 6:56:21
      - I prefer the guillotine necklace. - complainant Today, 7:15:55
        
        The guillotine is so hot right now. * - doubledown Today, 8:04:51
        
        ooo - Sammich Today, 9:32:40
pro poker player thinks this bill will kill professional gambling in the US - assassin Yesterday, 20:57:43
- Trump does have extensive experience bankrupting casinos. Although I think this is more accidental - Warrin'_Illini Today, 9:05:35
- Yeah this just makes any form of gambling allowed 100% predatory vs 95% predatory.* - Carl Spackler Today, 8:50:24
- We’re all talking about this like it’s a bad thing. Put gambling back underground.* - Toonces Today, 3:18:43
  - Yeah I'll do it either way *shrug** - illini21 Today, 7:42:04
    - You'll still be required to pay tax on it* - CanHartlebHireSnider Today, 9:13:30
- Well they were bound to accidently stumble into something good. * - ijustkrushalot Yesterday, 21:17:30
- Which douchebag put that in the bill?* - PapaDels Yesterday, 21:13:51
- Writing off expenses related to gambling is fucking asinine anyway. - longsnapper Yesterday, 21:07:09
  - Taxing gambling winnings is asinine* - JeffFrank Yesterday, 21:17:39
    - It's almost like it is income, or something. - SurfTheBoneyard Yesterday, 22:17:41
    - Taxing somebody who is a net loser (like you) is even more asinine.* - Chuck Woodaby Yesterday, 21:56:33
    - Dagger. * - doubledown Yesterday, 21:28:57
  - It's losses* - Chuck Woodaby Yesterday, 21:09:04
    - It is both, section 165(d).* - longsnapper Yesterday, 21:46:53
- It’s pretty terrible for gambling (obviously not the most important) - CanHartlebHireSnider Yesterday, 20:59:55
seems a bit fascist-y - ECEIllinois Yesterday, 16:56:05
- threating to sue CNN over a report on an app is VERY fascist-y - assassin Yesterday, 21:34:37
  - he knows media companies will settle no matter how frivolous the case just to retain access - ECEIllinois Yesterday, 23:24:00
    - speaking of, Paramount just settled Trump's 60 Minutes lawsuit - ECEIllinois Yesterday, 23:34:57
      - Hell yeah Mafia State * - assassin Today, 0:39:37
- Full on fascisty. - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 17:02:56
- nm - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 17:02:53
- History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes* - Sounder Yesterday, 16:59:06
Happy Canada Day, ya Hosers!* - Sounder Yesterday, 16:20:26
It is wild how unpopular this bill is and yet the GOP is moving forward - Carl Spackler Yesterday, 16:05:16
- most senators (of either party) don't really give a shit and will pass whatever their party wants* - ECEIllinois Yesterday, 17:01:05
  - Tacotits said jump…* - PapaDels Yesterday, 21:14:58
  - But to state the obvious, only one party is stripping healthcare from millions - IlliniRunner Yesterday, 17:44:29
    - and making it easier to buy silencers! and encouraging SNAP fraud! - assassin Yesterday, 18:20:13
- Individually, they can all mostly keep their jobs by going along with it by lying and shifting blame - doubledown Yesterday, 16:46:21
  - The Senate Map doesn't look good for 2026 - Sounder Yesterday, 16:58:21
    - correct.* - Ari Gold Yesterday, 19:33:55
    - And they've moving to only count citizens rather than residents for representation in the Census. * - haighter Yesterday, 17:10:23
      - "No taxation without representation" has been Lionel Hutz'd * - Sammich Yesterday, 17:54:42
- It's almost like they're banking on corrupt elections and don't care about popular opinion* - OrangeSox Yesterday, 16:24:00
  - I think it's more that they are banking on people's willful ignorance* - Sounder Yesterday, 16:25:40
    - Yeah, Trump supporters on Medicaid aren't going to blame him. But that's ok, he's going - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 16:40:28
- It’s just plain sad the country we have become* - timmer Yesterday, 16:16:53
  - Ridiculous, we are about to witness a mass bootstrap-pullup that will ignite the economy and - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 16:27:37
- I think the Medicaid cuts don't start until after the midterms, but if I relied on it for anything - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 16:15:13
- This is how most people are going to see it - Sounder Yesterday, 16:12:20
- If politicians are anything they are soulless cowards* - Mrap24 Yesterday, 16:08:43
Sharks with fricking laser beams, his brain is mashed potatoes - Sounder Yesterday, 13:37:43
- He's definitely seen, first hand, a lot of criminality* - ATL Yesterday, 14:59:13
- you have got to stop taking the cheese on bullshit that doesn't matter. this is distraction.* - VIV Yesterday, 14:55:00
  - Distraction from what? - Sammich Yesterday, 15:20:47
    - specifically to get people to not talk about the bill. * - VIV Yesterday, 15:23:38
      - As Sammich said, everyone is talking about the bill* - Sounder Yesterday, 15:26:42
        
        do you not understand what "distraction" means?* - VIV Yesterday, 16:03:07
  - a dog kennel for immigrants surrounded by aligators might be a distraction - Sounder Yesterday, 15:12:44
    - It’s not a distraction. It’s a concentration camp. This should be a bright line. * - doubledown Yesterday, 15:24:04
      - People detained and thrown into unmarked vans, due mainly to their skin-color and ethnicity... - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 17:01:45
      - lol - no - jjlocke923 Yesterday, 16:03:33
        
        shut up Donny* - memyselfandillini Yesterday, 21:41:00
        
        Your veil is slipping.* - WhitmansFolly Yesterday, 20:43:04
        
        Lol-yes - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 16:58:31
      - literal chain link cages* - Sounder Yesterday, 15:31:38
Did we at least get the SALT cap lifted?* - ATL Yesterday, 13:10:59
- Finally, high income earners get a break* - longsnapper Yesterday, 14:08:04
  - Yes! more money for I Fund donations * - Poldark Yesterday, 14:12:26
    - Let me know what you're going to bump your contribution to.* - longsnapper Yesterday, 14:17:31
- Sorta...for 5 years it goes up to 40K and then we'll redo this again. * - haighter Yesterday, 13:13:32
  - with income limits.* - Ari Gold Yesterday, 13:38:08
    - Well yes...anyone here making more than 500K a year is out. Sorry ya'll. * - haighter Yesterday, 13:45:29
      - Doesn’t phase out only begin at $500k? * - FidelGoodell Yesterday, 14:42:14
        
        I got an answer to my question* - ATL Yesterday, 14:58:28
If it’s any consolation, Murkowski “agonized” over the decision to vote for the bill* - OB25 Yesterday, 12:55:19
- But not enough to care about the American people. Nice try lisa, you coward* - Mrap24 Yesterday, 16:09:59
- Ah, attended the Susan Collins' School of Acting Like You Have A Conscience - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 15:09:55
- she can rot* - memyselfandillini Yesterday, 14:57:05
Still talking about groceries - Sounder Yesterday, 12:25:44
- He should be talking about *my groceries* and how they're still too expensive.* - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 12:57:14
  - such an old fashioned word, groceries* - Sounder Yesterday, 12:58:47
Once again, as always, fuck the GOP* - reggiedunlop Yesterday, 12:25:21
- With you always.* - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 12:44:13
This is glorious - Sounder Yesterday, 12:22:47
- At least she admits her state is a welfare queen. * - doubledown Yesterday, 14:46:46
- I mean she’s probably the best or at least one of the best at fighting for her states interest - CanHartlebHireSnider Yesterday, 12:26:51
  - That’s the houses job, not the senates* - TarheelIllini Yesterday, 14:54:03
    - House people fight for their district. not their state. what are you talking about* - assassin Yesterday, 14:54:54
      - And the Alaska rep fights for the District of Alaska - complainant Yesterday, 15:14:48
        
        haha fair* - assassin Yesterday, 15:16:14
        
        7 states have more Senators than Representatives* - Sounder Yesterday, 15:28:54
  - Only through the lens of being a zero sum, short term game.* - longsnapper Yesterday, 14:14:31
  - correct.* - Ari Gold Yesterday, 13:36:54
    - oOo - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 14:08:24
  - Fucking over millions of people to get a carveout for your state - Sounder Yesterday, 12:38:26
    - A somehow bigger cunt than jjlocke.* - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 14:07:52
    - She’s looking out for her voters which is her duty - CanHartlebHireSnider Yesterday, 12:59:08
      - LOL. * - assassin Yesterday, 13:10:52
      - Or she could vote against the bill because it's a bad bill, and bad for America - IlliniRunner Yesterday, 13:08:46
    - I mean...no one that voted for Rand Paul is going to vote for her. I think it was a fine answer... - haighter Yesterday, 12:46:19
What does he think she asked him? - Sounder Yesterday, 12:17:38
Trump's really feeling it at the opening of the concentration camp in Florida - ATL Yesterday, 11:50:51
- Really hope the one I'm put in is in a more temperate climate. - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 13:29:37
  - Do you realize that every time you make comparisons to Hitler or Auschwitz, it is - jjlocke923 Yesterday, 13:46:14
    - otoh, thank you again for cutting back on the personal name calling. It has not gone unnoticed* - jjlocke923 Yesterday, 13:49:29
      - *yawn** - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 14:09:33
      - OOH - Sounder Yesterday, 13:56:39
        
        ^^^ nsfw ^^^ * - jjlocke923 Yesterday, 13:59:32
- he's been using every opportunity to tell us all of those things since the election - Sammich Yesterday, 12:05:12
51-50 - Ari Gold Yesterday, 11:26:43
- Huge win for you. Raise your own taxes and kick millions off health care - VIV Yesterday, 12:11:17
  - If Ari pops in here, you know some Americans just got fucked over. - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 12:49:16
- only kicking 17 million off healthcare. really feels like the Rs coulda done better there - John Coctostan Yesterday, 12:06:48
  - Rome wasn't burned in a day - Sammich Yesterday, 12:07:40
- Fuck Collins and Murkowski* - Sounder Yesterday, 11:34:10
  - Is Josh Hawley crying on tv again? No heath care or FEMA for red states is ok by me.* - Toonces Yesterday, 11:52:27
    - He got a carve out for Missouri for a few years so he's able to play both sides with his fist in the - illini222 Yesterday, 13:09:16
    - Hawley! You promised! - ghost_of_clt Yesterday, 12:23:33
    - FAFO is moving along quite nicely* - Sounder Yesterday, 12:00:08
  - Collins voted 'no', but point still stands* - UofIL6 Yesterday, 11:35:30
    - Now she can go back to Maine and tell everyone she voted against it - Sounder Yesterday, 11:38:53
Hadn't followed the Mamdani race that closely, but he seems like a pretty impressive speaker - UofIL6 Yesterday, 10:20:28
- He won for a reason, he is very charismatic and ran a great campaign - Sounder Yesterday, 10:22:28
I would have loved to be in the pitch meeting for "Aligator Alcatraz" - Sounder Yesterday, 10:18:54
So the AI regulation moratorium was stripped 99-1…begs the question, why was it there… - haighter Yesterday, 8:09:44
- It will most likely be brought up in a separate bill later* - CanHartlebHireSnider Yesterday, 8:43:03
- And why was Tillis the only one that voted to keep it?* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes Yesterday, 8:32:09
  - ooo - doubledown Yesterday, 11:24:54
    - The folks I know here involved in AI even think the regulation ban was crazy. * - haighter Yesterday, 12:41:46
California just approved a huge YIMBY reform bill that will make infill housing more accessible - ATL June 30, 2025, 20:03:12
Trump admin to free actual gangster in exchange for perjury against pretend gangster Abrego Garcia. - complainant June 30, 2025, 19:31:31
MAHA - dad in TX gets a measles vaccine for his kid. Bill = $1,400 - complainant June 30, 2025, 19:15:01
Trump Fragrance - Sounder June 30, 2025, 18:51:17
- It's all a grift.* - KingTalkyTiki June 30, 2025, 21:29:48
- Because you just know he smells great.* - SurfTheBoneyard June 30, 2025, 18:55:24
Elmo speaks - ATL June 30, 2025, 15:55:58
- ...and we will still hate you, fascist.* - KingTalkyTiki June 30, 2025, 21:30:58
- Kanye. Elon. Trump. * - assassin June 30, 2025, 18:29:32
- Thom Tillis stood up and is now resigning. It's crazy they're going to jam this big turd through.* - Warrin'_Illini June 30, 2025, 16:05:26
  - I doubt that he would resign. We have a democratic governor North Carolina. - TarheelIllini June 30, 2025, 16:21:27
    - He is required by law to appoint someone of the same party* - CanHartlebHireSnider June 30, 2025, 18:36:26
      - Just get a Dem to register as a republican before the appointment - ATL June 30, 2025, 20:04:23
        
        Without researching the statute, I'm just gonna go ahead and assume they foresaw this ruse. - complainant June 30, 2025, 21:42:00
        
        Yes the governor chooses from a list of 3 provided by the state party* - CanHartlebHireSnider June 30, 2025, 22:16:41
        
        Crullers, for preference.* - complainant Yesterday, 0:02:35
        
        Fine. Then pick the most batshit of the people to kneecap the incumbent party - ATL Yesterday, 11:41:32
  - Not resigning but not seeking re-election.* - Warrin'_Illini June 30, 2025, 16:12:49
    - Maybe Elmo can convince him to run!* - ATL June 30, 2025, 16:13:46
- As for the last sentence… why not both?* - SurfTheBoneyard June 30, 2025, 15:58:05
  - TBF he promised actual full self driving by the end of 2018* - ATL June 30, 2025, 16:00:42
DOJ moving forward with denaturalization at its discretion - ATL June 30, 2025, 13:42:31
- Please fix your post. I can’t read it and the suspense is killing me* - jjlocke923 June 30, 2025, 13:56:58
  - Here you go - illini222 June 30, 2025, 14:38:53
RICE! - Sounder June 30, 2025, 13:34:08
- the convenient forgetfulness that a trade war has two sides. * - VIV June 30, 2025, 13:50:03
  - He is the most grievance filled person on the planet* - Sounder June 30, 2025, 13:56:41
I just now discovered that this Alligator Alcatraz thing isn’t just a joke on the internet?* - OB25 June 30, 2025, 13:19:17
- Trump is going to travel down to Florida for the opening - Sounder June 30, 2025, 13:34:45
  - Even Hitler thought showing up for a grand opening for Auschwitz was a bit too evil.* - KingTalkyTiki June 30, 2025, 15:06:45
    - with merchandise no less* - Sounder Yesterday, 16:04:45
  - Hopefully he gets eaten by one of the alligators. * - doubledown June 30, 2025, 14:07:04
    - I would not wish that on an alligator.* - KingTalkyTiki June 30, 2025, 15:07:11
    - It would probably take two or three* - Herman Blume June 30, 2025, 14:34:23
- Your tax dollars at work, advancing the GOP platform of cruelty for cruelty’s sake. * - assassin June 30, 2025, 13:20:59
20 year old white guy apparently* - John Coctostan June 30, 2025, 12:02:49
- If only he had chosen to lure and kill ICE agents instead. Or maybe an insurance CEO or two. - jjlocke923 June 30, 2025, 12:54:44
  - just a good faith discussion here, of course!* - cpsteine June 30, 2025, 16:02:39
  - THERE'S the classic subject change * - VIV June 30, 2025, 13:48:06
    - The 30 minutes when people spread rumors that the MN guy was a lefty was a fun and sexy time for jj* - ATL June 30, 2025, 13:52:18
      - dotz - Sounder June 30, 2025, 14:00:41
  - Well, the guy who killed the insurance CEO was a right winger too, so....* - ATL June 30, 2025, 12:57:08
    - Mangione? No he wasn't. He was anti-system* - VIV June 30, 2025, 14:03:00
      - Probably fair. He was both anti-woke and anti-corporate.* - ATL June 30, 2025, 15:10:07
    - I'd like to hear about these heroes who have merc'd some ICE Agents. Does anyone have a link?* - Warrin'_Illini June 30, 2025, 13:18:32
      - When masked terrorists kidnap people off the streets, it’s only natural to exercise - assassin June 30, 2025, 13:29:35
    - “too”? I haven’t heard any details about the Idaho guy* - jjlocke923 June 30, 2025, 13:07:39
Well, they’ve found the bottom of the barrel on Mamdani and are still scraping - ATL June 30, 2025, 9:53:54
- great example of why politics is 99% narcissists and sociopaths. - VIV June 30, 2025, 14:17:34
  - Exactly. I have an Illini friend who has done extremely well. Moved to Florida and has a very....... - MtHoodIllini Yesterday, 21:34:37
- not the old dorm table snatch and sneak?! Egads!* - memyselfandillini June 30, 2025, 11:23:46
- i don't know why they don't attack his populism by going after his privileged background. or maybe i - torinese June 30, 2025, 11:19:24
Iranian American here since for 40 years and who sought protection from Islamists detained - ATL June 30, 2025, 9:40:58
- There is often more to the story. I’ll be anxious to hear if that’s the case on this one. - jjlocke923 June 30, 2025, 9:49:05
  - let us know what your research turns up. I'm sure there's a GREAT reason* - cpsteine June 30, 2025, 12:27:10
  - Because they’re cowards and she won’t put up a fight. It’s an easy stat. * - doubledown June 30, 2025, 10:50:12
    - Yep* - Herman Blume June 30, 2025, 11:37:15
  - LOL* - VIV June 30, 2025, 9:56:12
    - I really don’t know, what does it take for someone who came to this country on a student visa, - jjlocke923 June 30, 2025, 10:14:31
      - I hate to say this, but I’m sort of on your side. My wife is from Czech - TarheelIllini June 30, 2025, 12:22:11
        
        Are there any differences between Iran and the Czech Republic? - complainant June 30, 2025, 13:07:54
        
        Of course there are, and maybe (I don’t know) Iran or the US doesn’t allow - TarheelIllini June 30, 2025, 14:04:58
        
        She couldn't have without permanent residence status* - ATL June 30, 2025, 15:17:42
        
        So her husband, a US citizen, could have sponsored her - TarheelIllini June 30, 2025, 16:15:40
        
        I don't know. But I'm not sure that failure is a reason for her to be kidnapped and sent to a - ATL Today, 8:11:14
        
        Are you telling him to czech his privilege?* - RVA June 30, 2025, 13:11:41
      - clearly an ISIS sleeper cell playing the really long game. - VIV June 30, 2025, 10:19:23
        
        More like a sleepy cell.* - SurfTheBoneyard June 30, 2025, 11:23:20
        
        Meh there's probably something suspect about it. Not saying it will validate what happened* - CoronaTheirAss June 30, 2025, 11:12:37
        
        It's in the AP article. She was denied asylum because of a purported sham marriage early on. - ATL June 30, 2025, 11:35:13
        
        That would track* - CoronaTheirAss June 30, 2025, 11:49:39
  - Because there’s not enough gang leaders, human traffickers and real bad dudes to get to… - haighter June 30, 2025, 9:54:39
  - You know what's more to the story? Why the fuck this is allowed to happen to anyone* - LWillhite June 30, 2025, 9:50:25
  - lol - ATL June 30, 2025, 9:50:13
- The blowback on these fascist thugs is gonna be intense. * - doubledown June 30, 2025, 9:46:06
  - that's pretty much what the administration is hoping for. - VIV June 30, 2025, 10:06:50
Trump letting MS13 leaders free in return for their promise to support Bukele in El Salvador - ATL June 30, 2025, 8:37:50
- Interesting the gang leaders are fighting being sent back* - CanHartlebHireSnider June 30, 2025, 8:50:27
- ok, that's fucking insane* - VIV June 30, 2025, 8:46:17
  - Don't know if I believe this but saw a couple of posts saying BBB has ICE's budget higher than the - ATL June 30, 2025, 8:54:01
    - That's really bad, but at least we've seen Tom Homan crying on fox news about threats against - Warrin'_Illini June 30, 2025, 9:00:26
      - I have here the world's smallest violin* - Stu June 30, 2025, 10:23:08
      - Nobody should be threatening his family. But he's probably lying about it. * - doubledown June 30, 2025, 9:24:34
        
        If ICE can disregard the law, then so can the Homan-haters. - Warrin'_Illini June 30, 2025, 9:30:10
Still dead. Thankfully.* - ATL June 30, 2025, 7:32:06
- Did Trump pardon him yet? - Stu June 30, 2025, 8:27:03
  - He's waiting to see if he was a Trump supporter* - GMAW June 30, 2025, 8:51:45
  - Too soon Stu. It is very disrespectful to make that joke :( * - jjlocke923 June 30, 2025, 8:33:36
    - Um, yeah.* - Stu June 30, 2025, 9:00:30
- If he’s middle eastern or Hispanic, this will be the story of the summer. - VIV June 30, 2025, 7:42:43
  - What a world we live in - illini21 June 30, 2025, 7:56:50
    - Truly the dumbest timeline. - VIV June 30, 2025, 8:08:29
      - Yep, I got you. It's absolutely disgusting what it's turned into* - illini21 June 30, 2025, 8:44:16
    - It's very dumb and there's so many it just moves. What's going on with Mohamed Soliman? - CanHartlebHireSnider June 30, 2025, 7:57:47
      - I guess he pled not guilty to the hate crime charges a few days ago. Which seems weird. - ATL June 30, 2025, 8:00:07
  - Did the assassinations in Minnesota even get a week?* - RVA June 30, 2025, 7:47:31

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