The Deuce: Also red states set to lose hundreds of billions

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

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

The eugenecist NYT source is mad that the betting markets shrugged their shoulders at his smear - ATL Today, 8:18:05
- I had no idea that Adam’s was still running. I blame Franker for not keeping us updated* - shua Today, 10:38:07
You know, when I did the 250, there was nothing I could do. It was 250. It was 250. - VIV Yesterday, 22:22:23
- Who's Johnny? - Sounder Today, 1:10:47
  - Johnny Baby, the bald Italian* - ATL Today, 6:47:18
- Amazing stuff - illini21 Yesterday, 22:34:20
Trump refers to bankers as ‘shylocks’ - ATL Yesterday, 19:56:14
- Antisemitism on college campuses strikes again* - Herman Blume Yesterday, 23:55:47
- says he's going to host a UFC fight at the White House* - ECEIllinois Yesterday, 22:37:58
  - Jon Jones comes back for one more fight vs Trump. * - VIV Yesterday, 22:40:38
- Some of them are very fine people, some of them are n-words. Some are white trash. - PapaDels Yesterday, 20:34:39
  - I don’t use the R word. People with mental disabilities deserve compassion and dignity. - doubledown Yesterday, 21:03:46
    - And I’m starting to think you shouldn’t let them elect the bus driver. - PapaDels Yesterday, 21:07:19
- I’ve been watching the entire speech. Quite deranged* - illini21 Yesterday, 20:11:39
  - If Biden did this, it would be news for a week - UofIL6 Yesterday, 20:41:40
    - pudding-brained near octogenarian. Magas will say it’s nothing. * - VIV Yesterday, 21:06:23
      - The Corporate media will not cover it* - ATL Today, 8:14:03
    - You can’t expect him to nail every detail. That’s why he surrounds himself with experts. - doubledown Yesterday, 21:06:11
  - New bill saved “2 billion” family farms in the state of Iowa alone* - OB25 Yesterday, 20:16:10
    - How much are they getting in bailouts this time - VIV Yesterday, 20:25:35
    - He’s going to let the Farmers “vouch” for their illegal immigrant employees* - illini21 Yesterday, 20:17:54
      - welcome back, sharecropping - RVA Yesterday, 22:33:13
    - because of ethanol subsidies, right?* - ECEIllinois Yesterday, 20:16:57
  - Age is clearly catching up to Dear Leader. * - VIV Yesterday, 20:13:51
    - Not nearly quickly enough * - PapaDels Yesterday, 20:27:42
- Live signing of the bill tomorrow with a bunch of military jets flying over the site as he signs it. - OB25 Yesterday, 20:05:41
  - *paging DOGE** - VIV Yesterday, 20:06:41
- that would've been enough to get an international student locked up by ICE* - ECEIllinois Yesterday, 20:04:59
- Percentage of Jewish maga that will call this out? - VIV Yesterday, 20:02:57
  - I’m curious about the ADL* - ATL Yesterday, 20:27:46
  - Not only will they not call it out. They will effusively defend it. * - doubledown Yesterday, 20:16:51
    - I don’t think even the pretzeliest maga could defend it. - VIV Yesterday, 20:23:00
Boxer Julio Caesar Chavez Jr. detained by ICE and being processed for expedited deportation - OB25 Yesterday, 18:43:04
- That dude actually seems to legitimately be connected to cartels* - ATL Yesterday, 18:44:10
NY Times posts a passive aggressive hit piece about mamdani sourced from a known eugenecist - ATL Yesterday, 17:54:33
- His dad was a prof and he marked his app as black and he still was rejected? woof* - CanHartlebHireSnider Yesterday, 18:11:25
  - um professor's kids definitely do not get admission advantages. No siree* - ECEIllinois Yesterday, 19:02:22
  - African American (and Asian American, he ticked both boxes)* - ATL Yesterday, 18:13:32
    - canceled each other out* - ECEIllinois Yesterday, 19:01:36
      - And had the added benefit of being literally true despite apparently being unintelligible to some - ATL Yesterday, 19:12:21
        
        I'm going to guess that his personal statement almost certainly talks about his background* - ECEIllinois Yesterday, 19:15:55
Trump with brilliant political analysis - Sounder Yesterday, 16:45:57
Nothing to see here..... - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 16:11:01
- Top line is equally as appalling.* - gullit Yesterday, 17:00:27
  - Well now that we've alienated all our allies, probably more necessary than ever.* - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 17:14:22
Right wing influencer with a big scoop - Lady Gaga supports the LGBTQ community - OB25 Yesterday, 15:35:52
- Miss Lippys car is GREEN. * - haighter Yesterday, 16:33:41
- Seems like a guy that loved Rage until they became political * - opey8 Yesterday, 15:47:21
Lol, I get paid even more just for being old. Will the delight ever end?* - Stu Yesterday, 14:26:53
One upside, it's going to be a bumper crop of schadenfreude for the foreseeable future - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 14:17:32
The overtime one kinda surprises me...seems like a massive handout to union workers.. - haighter Yesterday, 13:58:07
- Watch the current workers overtime go down, and new, lower paying posit - TarheelIllini Yesterday, 14:22:05
  - But it wouldn't matter to the employer would it? * - haighter Yesterday, 14:25:41
    - They’d pay more benefit costs, but it could be a wash on their bottom line - TarheelIllini Yesterday, 14:35:22
- unpossible. the whole bill just goes to the ultra wealthy.* - Ari Gold Yesterday, 14:13:38
  - You’re actually defending this thing? Lol* - cpsteine Today, 10:02:33
So we can reduce our tips back to 15%, right?* - Stu Yesterday, 13:35:10
- Fuck it, we're going to 10* - Sounder Yesterday, 13:38:15
  - Absolutely where I’m at * - illini thunder Yesterday, 18:02:17
- I don’t see why not - timmer Yesterday, 13:37:47
- except for those that delivery groceries. what a beautiful word that is...groceries* - lcubed Yesterday, 13:37:23
  - Say that again - timmer Yesterday, 13:38:08
Mike Johnson rejoices that bellhops will be able to keep their tips now! Fuck yeah * - MC Yesterday, 13:31:33
- No word on milk men or the guy who drops off the big block of ice for your ice box. * - MC Yesterday, 13:32:09
  - ooo - timmer Yesterday, 13:39:13
Bill passes with 2 gop nos and 1 gop not voting looks like* - CanHartlebHireSnider Yesterday, 13:26:11
- a sad, cruel, stupid nation continues its decades long assault on the lower class - assassin Yesterday, 13:30:34
  - The lower class is complicit in the assault on itself. I’m over it. - Carl Spackler Yesterday, 16:57:43
    - Amen. It really needs to get bad* - John Coctostan Yesterday, 18:21:57
  - can’t wait for the maga folks to start crying when this hurts them. - Mrap24 Yesterday, 14:09:07
    - They’ll blame brown people and immigrants. * - IlliniRunner Yesterday, 19:56:05
    - Most of these cuts don't phase in until after mid-terms right? Just in time to blame... - haighter Yesterday, 14:10:15
  - meanwhile, Nancy Mace announces she has not read or does not understand the - assassin Yesterday, 13:32:10
    - The dumbest f*cking people* - Desert Yesterday, 13:42:26
    - lol* - CanHartlebHireSnider Yesterday, 13:39:23
    - dat ass in pajamas, though, amirite?* - Sounder Yesterday, 13:39:12
000 - timmer Yesterday, 13:04:58
oh hey, here's a GOP rep dumping a Medicare Exchange company stock before it crashes - assassin Yesterday, 12:55:41
If Scott Bessant's Aunt had balls she'd be his Uncle. - ATL Yesterday, 12:39:17
Aftermath video of mass shooting in Chicago yesterday that killed 4. - gullit Yesterday, 12:14:06
- Walk by that place to get to work. Been a problem spot for years.. - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 12:27:24
estimation the USAID cuts will kill 14 million or so people in the next five years - assassin Yesterday, 12:04:46
- Just lIke the Constitution* - illini222 Yesterday, 14:14:02
- Also red states set to lose hundreds of billions - Herman Blume Yesterday, 12:57:42
- Furthermore, evangelical Republicans wholeheartedly believe most of them deserve to burn in hell - RVA Yesterday, 12:14:19
- ...and opening the door to China to step in and take our place in some strategic countries.. - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 12:09:33
Jeffries still got 2+ hours if he wants to break the magic minute record* - CanHartlebHireSnider Yesterday, 10:18:54
- Well he did it* - CanHartlebHireSnider Yesterday, 12:26:15
- I’m sure he is well aware. It is all about him. - jjlocke923 Yesterday, 10:28:58
  - So what aspects of this bill do you like? - RVA Yesterday, 11:57:45
    - Don’t pretend like you care what I think about anything. I know better, and - jjlocke923 Yesterday, 13:41:15
      - So you're just here to shit the place up from time to time and tweak a few noses? - haighter Yesterday, 14:03:22
        
        oOo - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 15:58:02
      - ok jumpingdan, you can follow up when they hand out the talking points* - RVA Yesterday, 14:03:01
  - Well the record is held by Kevin McCarthy with pubs nodding and cheering the background* - CanHartlebHireSnider Yesterday, 10:39:16
    - Good for him. It’s stupid no matter who does it. * - jjlocke923 Yesterday, 10:41:41
  - The President you support is the most "all about him" person to have walked the earth... - haighter Yesterday, 10:34:00
- The whole thing seems dumb* - UofIL6 Yesterday, 10:28:32
Italy needs immigrants, according to Meloni, who ran on an anti immigrant platform - ATL Yesterday, 9:52:14
- Key word being legal.* - gullit Yesterday, 10:04:32
  - Yes no doubt the anti-immigration movement is all about the legality of it* - Herman Blume Yesterday, 10:15:00
    - Laura Loomer wants to feed 65 million hispanics to the alligators* - Sounder Yesterday, 10:16:39
  - And "legal" really meaning non-poor, non-diverse* - Chilango Yesterday, 10:12:08
    - My guess is that in Italy's case, they'll be poorer - not sure about diversity* - ATL Yesterday, 10:13:58
      - My guess, they would be targeting the Balkan countries, Moldova and Ukraine - JacobRDaugherty Yesterday, 10:31:43
        
        There are a lot of Albanians everywhere.* - gullit Yesterday, 11:20:18
        
        My best friends as a child were Albanian. - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 11:29:00
        
        Ooo - Herman Blume Yesterday, 11:55:45
        
        Perfect.* - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 12:01:27
        
        What’s funny is that a lot of brown Britons favored Brexit because they resented Eastern European - ATL Yesterday, 10:47:55
  - Ok?* - ATL Yesterday, 10:05:08
147k Jobs added in June per link. I thought yesterday was a crappy jobs report? - EffinIllini Yesterday, 9:03:35
- Also, from further reading this may make Trump furious as it likely eliminates a July Fed rate cut. - EffinIllini Yesterday, 9:42:32
  - He's already berated Powell again on social media* - UofIL6 Yesterday, 9:45:35
    - and I'm sure Powell hasn't done or said a thing* - EffinIllini Yesterday, 9:56:35
      - well, that's the problem - why hasn't the fed invested in trumpcoin yet?* - ATL Yesterday, 10:06:01
- Yesterday was the ADP report which is just a subset of the jobs market - Stu Yesterday, 9:06:15
  - It’s also the one they can’t fudge the numbers on.* - SurfTheBoneyard Yesterday, 9:19:56
  - ICE agents?* - Sounder Yesterday, 9:13:20
    - Dunno, but State jobs are in there too so would need a breakdown* - Stu Yesterday, 9:20:08
- Seems the public sector was up, private down* - UofIL6 Yesterday, 9:06:14
  - kinda like the stonks - Sammich Yesterday, 9:16:27
If there is Dem follow through on this strategy over the next 18 months, I would be in favor of it - ATL Yesterday, 8:27:53
Looks like this shit sandwich is gonna pass* - Carl Spackler Yesterday, 6:44:39
- We’re all to blame* - timmer Yesterday, 7:36:11
  - But mostly it's Andrew Cuomo - ATL Yesterday, 8:48:46
    - Don't forget the 3 Dems that died in office. Too much to overcome even though - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 8:57:12
- Was there any doubt?* - GrandmotherPearlsJam Yesterday, 7:05:22
  - Yep. A lot of utterly empty posturing by Republicans followed by toeing the party line - DT Yesterday, 7:43:54
    - Speaking of empty posturing, Hakeem Jeffries is a joke. - jjlocke923 Yesterday, 8:04:33
      - I'm glad we have a reverse dagger back in our midst* - ATL Yesterday, 8:26:07
        
        Unlike Sounder, I don't think Little Bitch is Bopper.... - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 11:17:43
    - nearly all of them were whining that the spending cuts were not big enough* - CanHartlebHireSnider Yesterday, 7:58:36
      - Can’t believe I forgot to include deficits on my list of things Republicans pretend to care about - DT Yesterday, 8:17:24
  - it must depend upon what channel you watch.* - Ari Gold Yesterday, 7:18:05
    - I don't watch any channels. That shit will rot your brain. - GrandmotherPearlsJam Yesterday, 8:03:38
Some drama over whether the rule will pass to consider the senate version - CanHartlebHireSnider July 2, 2025, 21:11:10
Ah there it is. This is the good stuff - John Coctostan July 2, 2025, 16:49:28
- Amazing amazing stuff - John Coctostan Yesterday, 6:09:54
  - I enjoyed the headline: - ghost_of_clt Yesterday, 6:15:21
- The beatings will continue while morale improves… - LeatherneckIllini July 2, 2025, 17:53:35
- Shocker* - cpsteine July 2, 2025, 17:30:02
Laura Loomer saying there are roughly 65 million hispanic people in the US - ATL July 2, 2025, 13:35:29
- She's the female version of Steven Miller * - WhitmansFolly July 2, 2025, 20:11:50
- What’s with MAGA women looking like someone drew a caricature of Cher on a latex party ballon? - doubledown July 2, 2025, 16:48:05
  - somebody once called her a sleep paralysis demon which seems pretty accurate* - ECEIllinois July 2, 2025, 17:40:21
- How did the internet go so quickly from funny memes to mediocre halfwits monetizing genocide? * - doubledown July 2, 2025, 15:10:45
  - Facebook tweaked their algorithm in 2018* - Sounder July 2, 2025, 15:27:11
  - a worldwide marketplace based solely on engagement self-selects for the worst of us - Sammich July 2, 2025, 15:17:01
- ‘At least’ - timmer July 2, 2025, 14:54:33
- that's only if one person is one meal though. * - assassin July 2, 2025, 13:45:20
Trump announces trade deal with Vietnam, 20% tariff on Vietnamese goods. - Carl Spackler July 2, 2025, 11:24:11
- So, Americans pay 20% more on Viet goods. and American companies get access to the very wealthy - assassin July 2, 2025, 12:07:34
  - Gotta correct those trade deficits! “Losing” so much money to Vietnam!* - Carl Spackler July 2, 2025, 12:13:24
  - I love that he specifically mentioned SUV's* - Sounder July 2, 2025, 12:11:08
    - Escalades finna be all over Ho Chi Minh City.* - ATL July 2, 2025, 12:20:48
      - I've seen a surprising number of VinFast SUVs here in California* - ECEIllinois July 2, 2025, 12:36:49
        
        CA and Cary, NC are the only current locations selling them - TarheelIllini July 2, 2025, 12:54:39
        
        Incorrect. There's a dealer in Lisle. They're supposedly really really terrible cars.* - Herman Blume July 2, 2025, 12:57:01
        
        Oh, you guys want Vinfast content, do you? - ATL July 2, 2025, 13:36:28
        
        That guy VASTLY underestimates the value of my time. - complainant July 2, 2025, 13:48:47
        
        They have another channel where they drive cars across the country and that is my background video - ATL July 2, 2025, 13:50:04
        
        You might enjoy Norwegian Slow TV. - complainant July 2, 2025, 14:39:07
        
        Here's a very non-Norweigian looking guy named Bjorn who does EV tests in Norway - ATL July 2, 2025, 14:46:52
  - The art of the deal…(autofill)* - DocWalk20 July 2, 2025, 12:09:11
- I can make an argument for either side: that this is a big win or a big loss. - complainant July 2, 2025, 11:34:34
I want Elmo to go scorched Earth* - KCWildcat July 2, 2025, 11:22:26
- Not a good sign for ol' Elmo that he thought Trump cared about the deficit in the first place. - Warrin'_Illini July 2, 2025, 12:10:24
  - He was never under that impression. He thought he was "cool" enough for him - longsnapper July 2, 2025, 12:23:58
    - and hating on trans people* - ECEIllinois July 2, 2025, 12:37:33
    - There is definitely some of that, but he seems legitimately disappointed about this bill - Warrin'_Illini July 2, 2025, 12:30:31
      - What in the bill has changed? Why do we think Elon gives one tiny fuck - longsnapper July 2, 2025, 12:57:28
      - when you're the richest man in the world, who also believes you're the smartest - assassin July 2, 2025, 12:55:32
      - also when Trump nixed his handpicked nominee to run NASA* - ECEIllinois July 2, 2025, 12:38:28
- Me too - TarheelIllini July 2, 2025, 11:35:43
  - I'm not sure I want to know what a GOP primary challenger would look like - Sammich July 2, 2025, 11:50:12
    - Huh? We already have a picture of them. - complainant July 2, 2025, 13:42:04
    - exactly* - VIV July 2, 2025, 12:30:21
truly hilarious to watch all these 'deficit hawks' in the house say loudly they don't like the bill - John Coctostan July 2, 2025, 11:16:31
- this sums it up - Sounder July 2, 2025, 11:24:59
- Oh, they'll add to the deficit in vain attempt to briefly protect their district from the bill - RVA July 2, 2025, 11:22:35
Chuck Schumer making a big deal on twitter about removing the BBB name from Trump's bill. - Warrin'_Illini July 2, 2025, 11:00:41
- he's just waiting for the approval ratings to dip a *little* lower, then he'll pounce* - Sammich July 2, 2025, 11:51:56
- The Democratic Old Guard need to get the eff out of the way.* - KingTalkyTiki July 2, 2025, 11:08:39
- Schumer is so shitty, I sometimes wonder if he's a double agent. * - VIV July 2, 2025, 11:06:20
  - He is the poster child for the ineffectiveness of the party* - Sounder July 2, 2025, 11:09:20
    - Agreed* - VIV July 2, 2025, 11:18:38
    - Make no mistake!* - complainant July 2, 2025, 11:16:29
- He's a feckless clown* - Herman Blume July 2, 2025, 11:06:05
- smash the gerentocracy* - ATL July 2, 2025, 11:03:59
UPenn bent the knee on Lia Thomas and got their funding back* - UofIL6 July 2, 2025, 10:58:33
- It was time* - Dikta July 2, 2025, 11:58:55
- Congrats to Riley Gaines on sole possession of fifth place - RVA July 2, 2025, 11:09:59
- Congrats to Riley Gaines! - KingTalkyTiki July 2, 2025, 11:09:57
  - Lia Thomas was wrong one to make face of the cause* - JeffFrank July 2, 2025, 12:11:04
  - I may have lost by seconds - RVA July 2, 2025, 11:14:43
- s not like there was a real choice in the matter* - Sounder July 2, 2025, 11:04:26
  - Of course there is/was. Penn just caved.* - ATL July 2, 2025, 11:06:11
    - How much money do you think we're talking about here? - Sounder July 2, 2025, 11:07:24
      - Harvard and others are suing. * - ATL July 2, 2025, 11:16:19
        
        Harvard has more money than God* - Sounder July 2, 2025, 11:30:39
Pretty awful jobs report. - Mrap24 July 2, 2025, 9:54:22
- and yet stocks are basically flat - John Coctostan July 2, 2025, 11:17:39
  - seems bubblicious. * - VIV July 2, 2025, 11:19:39
- TRUMP SAYS IT'S FINE! - Sounder July 2, 2025, 10:43:48
- tax cuts for billionaires at the expense of poor and rural kids couldn't have come soon enough!* - ATL July 2, 2025, 10:15:19
- but, hey, at least inflation is up, personal income and personal spending is down!* - VIV July 2, 2025, 10:11:02
donuts - VIV July 2, 2025, 9:37:06
- My favorite current MAGA conspiracy is that IT IS SO WEIRD AND SUSPICIOUS - GMAW July 2, 2025, 9:45:20
  - see also Epstein report?* - lcubed July 2, 2025, 10:01:54
    - this says it all - VIV July 2, 2025, 11:08:37
- I truly don’t undersrand the scorekeeping - Sounder July 2, 2025, 9:39:28
  - It is a vehicle to drive narratives. And an easy triggering for the masses.* - voiceofreason July 2, 2025, 9:42:45
    - Here’s a narrative - Sounder July 2, 2025, 9:47:28
The commitment to the alternate reality they’ve created for themselves is honestly impressive - OB25 July 2, 2025, 9:02:56
- Pretty sure it's still Let's Go Brandon's economy.* - Warrin'_Illini July 2, 2025, 9:15:40
Thune gave Alaskans a better deal than he could get for South Dakotans - memyselfandillini July 2, 2025, 8:03:37
if ICE were an independent military, they would now have the 4th largest budget in the world. - VIV July 1, 2025, 23:11:06
- The horror that awaits - not good. * - MC July 2, 2025, 10:30:26
- Well fiscally conservative Christians who actually care about other people are unicorns - opey8 July 1, 2025, 23:20:35
  - Let’s ponder what Jesus would think about branded Prison Merch * - assassin July 1, 2025, 23:28:40
    - He’s made billions selling merch about his own execution.* - DT July 2, 2025, 6:56:21
      - I prefer the guillotine necklace. - complainant July 2, 2025, 7:15:55
        
        The guillotine is so hot right now. * - doubledown July 2, 2025, 8:04:51
        
        ooo - Sammich July 2, 2025, 9:32:40
pro poker player thinks this bill will kill professional gambling in the US - assassin July 1, 2025, 20:57:43
- Just to be clear, are we supposed to be outraged on behalf of, checks notes, - Sounder July 2, 2025, 10:45:16
  - I’m not outraged in the least. Merely disclosing information. * - assassin July 2, 2025, 11:07:16
- Trump does have extensive experience bankrupting casinos. Although I think this is more accidental - Warrin'_Illini July 2, 2025, 9:05:35
- Yeah this just makes any form of gambling allowed 100% predatory vs 95% predatory.* - Carl Spackler July 2, 2025, 8:50:24
- We’re all talking about this like it’s a bad thing. Put gambling back underground.* - Toonces July 2, 2025, 3:18:43
  - Yeah I'll do it either way *shrug** - illini21 July 2, 2025, 7:42:04
    - You'll still be required to pay tax on it* - CanHartlebHireSnider July 2, 2025, 9:13:30
      - I’m just going to go back to using the local bookie - illini21 July 2, 2025, 9:44:40
        
        Yes but you’re still required to pay tax on it* - CanHartlebHireSnider July 2, 2025, 10:09:07
        
        Fair enough* - illini21 July 2, 2025, 10:16:04
- Well they were bound to accidently stumble into something good. * - ijustkrushalot July 1, 2025, 21:17:30
- Which douchebag put that in the bill?* - PapaDels July 1, 2025, 21:13:51
- Writing off expenses related to gambling is fucking asinine anyway. - longsnapper July 1, 2025, 21:07:09
  - Taxing gambling winnings is asinine* - JeffFrank July 1, 2025, 21:17:39
    - It's almost like it is income, or something. - SurfTheBoneyard July 1, 2025, 22:17:41
    - Taxing somebody who is a net loser (like you) is even more asinine.* - Chuck Woodaby July 1, 2025, 21:56:33
    - Dagger. * - doubledown July 1, 2025, 21:28:57
  - It's losses* - Chuck Woodaby July 1, 2025, 21:09:04
    - It is both, section 165(d).* - longsnapper July 1, 2025, 21:46:53
- It’s pretty terrible for gambling (obviously not the most important) - CanHartlebHireSnider July 1, 2025, 20:59:55
seems a bit fascist-y - ECEIllinois July 1, 2025, 16:56:05
- threating to sue CNN over a report on an app is VERY fascist-y - assassin July 1, 2025, 21:34:37
  - he knows media companies will settle no matter how frivolous the case just to retain access - ECEIllinois July 1, 2025, 23:24:00
    - speaking of, Paramount just settled Trump's 60 Minutes lawsuit - ECEIllinois July 1, 2025, 23:34:57
      - Hell yeah Mafia State * - assassin July 2, 2025, 0:39:37
- Full on fascisty. - KingTalkyTiki July 1, 2025, 17:02:56
- nm - KingTalkyTiki July 1, 2025, 17:02:53
- History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes* - Sounder July 1, 2025, 16:59:06
Happy Canada Day, ya Hosers!* - Sounder July 1, 2025, 16:20:26
It is wild how unpopular this bill is and yet the GOP is moving forward - Carl Spackler July 1, 2025, 16:05:16
- most senators (of either party) don't really give a shit and will pass whatever their party wants* - ECEIllinois July 1, 2025, 17:01:05
  - Tacotits said jump…* - PapaDels July 1, 2025, 21:14:58
  - But to state the obvious, only one party is stripping healthcare from millions - IlliniRunner July 1, 2025, 17:44:29
    - and making it easier to buy silencers! and encouraging SNAP fraud! - assassin July 1, 2025, 18:20:13
- Individually, they can all mostly keep their jobs by going along with it by lying and shifting blame - doubledown July 1, 2025, 16:46:21
  - The Senate Map doesn't look good for 2026 - Sounder July 1, 2025, 16:58:21
    - correct.* - Ari Gold July 1, 2025, 19:33:55
    - And they've moving to only count citizens rather than residents for representation in the Census. * - haighter July 1, 2025, 17:10:23
      - "No taxation without representation" has been Lionel Hutz'd * - Sammich July 1, 2025, 17:54:42
- It's almost like they're banking on corrupt elections and don't care about popular opinion* - OrangeSox July 1, 2025, 16:24:00
  - I think it's more that they are banking on people's willful ignorance* - Sounder July 1, 2025, 16:25:40
    - Yeah, Trump supporters on Medicaid aren't going to blame him. But that's ok, he's going - Warrin'_Illini July 1, 2025, 16:40:28
- It’s just plain sad the country we have become* - timmer July 1, 2025, 16:16:53
  - Ridiculous, we are about to witness a mass bootstrap-pullup that will ignite the economy and - Warrin'_Illini July 1, 2025, 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 July 1, 2025, 16:15:13
- This is how most people are going to see it - Sounder July 1, 2025, 16:12:20
- If politicians are anything they are soulless cowards* - Mrap24 July 1, 2025, 16:08:43
Sharks with fricking laser beams, his brain is mashed potatoes - Sounder July 1, 2025, 13:37:43
- He's definitely seen, first hand, a lot of criminality* - ATL July 1, 2025, 14:59:13
- you have got to stop taking the cheese on bullshit that doesn't matter. this is distraction.* - VIV July 1, 2025, 14:55:00
  - Distraction from what? - Sammich July 1, 2025, 15:20:47
    - specifically to get people to not talk about the bill. * - VIV July 1, 2025, 15:23:38
      - As Sammich said, everyone is talking about the bill* - Sounder July 1, 2025, 15:26:42
        
        do you not understand what "distraction" means?* - VIV July 1, 2025, 16:03:07
  - a dog kennel for immigrants surrounded by aligators might be a distraction - Sounder July 1, 2025, 15:12:44
    - It’s not a distraction. It’s a concentration camp. This should be a bright line. * - doubledown July 1, 2025, 15:24:04
      - People detained and thrown into unmarked vans, due mainly to their skin-color and ethnicity... - KingTalkyTiki July 1, 2025, 17:01:45
      - lol - no - jjlocke923 July 1, 2025, 16:03:33
        
        shut up Donny* - memyselfandillini July 1, 2025, 21:41:00
        
        Your veil is slipping.* - WhitmansFolly July 1, 2025, 20:43:04
        
        Lol-yes - KingTalkyTiki July 1, 2025, 16:58:31
      - literal chain link cages* - Sounder July 1, 2025, 15:31:38
Did we at least get the SALT cap lifted?* - ATL July 1, 2025, 13:10:59
- Finally, high income earners get a break* - longsnapper July 1, 2025, 14:08:04
  - Yes! more money for I Fund donations * - Poldark July 1, 2025, 14:12:26
    - Let me know what you're going to bump your contribution to.* - longsnapper July 1, 2025, 14:17:31
- Sorta...for 5 years it goes up to 40K and then we'll redo this again. * - haighter July 1, 2025, 13:13:32
  - with income limits.* - Ari Gold July 1, 2025, 13:38:08
    - Well yes...anyone here making more than 500K a year is out. Sorry ya'll. * - haighter July 1, 2025, 13:45:29
      - Doesn’t phase out only begin at $500k? * - FidelGoodell July 1, 2025, 14:42:14
        
        I got an answer to my question* - ATL July 1, 2025, 14:58:28
If it’s any consolation, Murkowski “agonized” over the decision to vote for the bill* - OB25 July 1, 2025, 12:55:19
- But not enough to care about the American people. Nice try lisa, you coward* - Mrap24 July 1, 2025, 16:09:59
- Ah, attended the Susan Collins' School of Acting Like You Have A Conscience - KingTalkyTiki July 1, 2025, 15:09:55
- she can rot* - memyselfandillini July 1, 2025, 14:57:05
Still talking about groceries - Sounder July 1, 2025, 12:25:44
- He should be talking about *my groceries* and how they're still too expensive.* - Warrin'_Illini July 1, 2025, 12:57:14
  - such an old fashioned word, groceries* - Sounder July 1, 2025, 12:58:47
Once again, as always, fuck the GOP* - reggiedunlop July 1, 2025, 12:25:21
- With you always.* - KingTalkyTiki July 1, 2025, 12:44:13
This is glorious - Sounder July 1, 2025, 12:22:47
- At least she admits her state is a welfare queen. * - doubledown July 1, 2025, 14:46:46
- I mean she’s probably the best or at least one of the best at fighting for her states interest - CanHartlebHireSnider July 1, 2025, 12:26:51
  - That’s the houses job, not the senates* - TarheelIllini July 1, 2025, 14:54:03
    - House people fight for their district. not their state. what are you talking about* - assassin July 1, 2025, 14:54:54
      - And the Alaska rep fights for the District of Alaska - complainant July 1, 2025, 15:14:48
        
        haha fair* - assassin July 1, 2025, 15:16:14
        
        7 states have more Senators than Representatives* - Sounder July 1, 2025, 15:28:54
  - Only through the lens of being a zero sum, short term game.* - longsnapper July 1, 2025, 14:14:31
  - correct.* - Ari Gold July 1, 2025, 13:36:54
    - oOo - KingTalkyTiki July 1, 2025, 14:08:24
  - Fucking over millions of people to get a carveout for your state - Sounder July 1, 2025, 12:38:26
    - A somehow bigger cunt than jjlocke.* - KingTalkyTiki July 1, 2025, 14:07:52
    - She’s looking out for her voters which is her duty - CanHartlebHireSnider July 1, 2025, 12:59:08
      - LOL. * - assassin July 1, 2025, 13:10:52
      - Or she could vote against the bill because it's a bad bill, and bad for America - IlliniRunner July 1, 2025, 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 July 1, 2025, 12:46:19
What does he think she asked him? - Sounder July 1, 2025, 12:17:38
Trump's really feeling it at the opening of the concentration camp in Florida - ATL July 1, 2025, 11:50:51
- Really hope the one I'm put in is in a more temperate climate. - KingTalkyTiki July 1, 2025, 13:29:37
  - Do you realize that every time you make comparisons to Hitler or Auschwitz, it is - jjlocke923 July 1, 2025, 13:46:14
    - otoh, thank you again for cutting back on the personal name calling. It has not gone unnoticed* - jjlocke923 July 1, 2025, 13:49:29
      - *yawn** - KingTalkyTiki July 1, 2025, 14:09:33
      - OOH - Sounder July 1, 2025, 13:56:39
        
        ^^^ nsfw ^^^ * - jjlocke923 July 1, 2025, 13:59:32
- he's been using every opportunity to tell us all of those things since the election - Sammich July 1, 2025, 12:05:12
51-50 - Ari Gold July 1, 2025, 11:26:43
- Huge win for you. Raise your own taxes and kick millions off health care - VIV July 1, 2025, 12:11:17
  - If Ari pops in here, you know some Americans just got fucked over. - KingTalkyTiki July 1, 2025, 12:49:16
- only kicking 17 million off healthcare. really feels like the Rs coulda done better there - John Coctostan July 1, 2025, 12:06:48
  - Rome wasn't burned in a day - Sammich July 1, 2025, 12:07:40
- Fuck Collins and Murkowski* - Sounder July 1, 2025, 11:34:10
  - Is Josh Hawley crying on tv again? No heath care or FEMA for red states is ok by me.* - Toonces July 1, 2025, 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 July 1, 2025, 13:09:16
    - Hawley! You promised! - ghost_of_clt July 1, 2025, 12:23:33
    - FAFO is moving along quite nicely* - Sounder July 1, 2025, 12:00:08
  - Collins voted 'no', but point still stands* - UofIL6 July 1, 2025, 11:35:30
    - Now she can go back to Maine and tell everyone she voted against it - Sounder July 1, 2025, 11:38:53
Hadn't followed the Mamdani race that closely, but he seems like a pretty impressive speaker - UofIL6 July 1, 2025, 10:20:28
- He won for a reason, he is very charismatic and ran a great campaign - Sounder July 1, 2025, 10:22:28
I would have loved to be in the pitch meeting for "Aligator Alcatraz" - Sounder July 1, 2025, 10:18:54
So the AI regulation moratorium was stripped 99-1…begs the question, why was it there… - haighter July 1, 2025, 8:09:44
- It will most likely be brought up in a separate bill later* - CanHartlebHireSnider July 1, 2025, 8:43:03
- And why was Tillis the only one that voted to keep it?* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes July 1, 2025, 8:32:09
  - ooo - doubledown July 1, 2025, 11:24:54
    - The folks I know here involved in AI even think the regulation ban was crazy. * - haighter July 1, 2025, 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 July 1, 2025, 0:02:35
        
        Fine. Then pick the most batshit of the people to kneecap the incumbent party - ATL July 1, 2025, 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 July 1, 2025, 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 July 1, 2025, 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 July 2, 2025, 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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