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Literal socialism: DOD to become largest shareholder in MP Materials, a rare earths company

Posted by ATL

on July 10, 2025, 13:53:19, in reply to "Week of 7/7 politics thread- Trump kills Epstein, then kills the investigation. "

Edited by ATL on July 10, 2025, 13:54:04

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/10/pentagon-to-become-largest-shareholder-in-rare-earth-magnet-maker-mp-materials.html

“I want to be very clear, this is not a nationalization,” Litinsky told CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” on Thursday. “We remain a thriving public company. We now have a great new partner in our economically largest shareholder, DoD, but we still control our company. We control our destiny. We’re shareholder driven.”

U.S. miners are facing a unique threat from “Chinese mercantilism,” Litinsky said. The Pentagon investment in MP could serve as a model for similar deals with other U.S. companies, the CEO said.

“It’s a new way forward to accelerate free markets, to get the supply chain on shore that we want and make sure that mercantilism is not going to hurt our ability to do so,” Litinsky said.

“We are old and tired and just want to be taken care of.” - Republican voter, Dec. 2024.

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Week of 7/7 politics thread- Trump kills Epstein, then kills the investigation. - VIV July 7, 2025, 6:07:00

FEMA call center contract expired the day after the floods. They stopped answering most calls. - ATL Yesterday, 20:00:30
- Back in my day that would have got multiple people fired and the FEMA Administrator probably too* - LeatherneckIllini Yesterday, 20:07:21
  - ooo - illini thunder Today, 0:21:37
  - Well back then they actually cared about helping people.* - SurfTheBoneyard Yesterday, 22:32:47
  - heck of a job Noemie* - ECEIllinois Yesterday, 21:26:48
Not politics, but not starting a new thread. The India plane crash report is out. - gvibes Yesterday, 19:03:52
- feels like there should be a two-person rule to do that* - ECEIllinois Yesterday, 19:56:51
- It apparently happened accidentally once before, in the late 80s. SO I guess theoretically not - gvibes Yesterday, 19:52:58
- Fucking awful. Just kill yourself first. * - VIV Yesterday, 19:34:56
- JFC* - ATL Yesterday, 19:21:45
Got an email from the local school district that due to federal funding - WhitmansFolly Yesterday, 16:37:12
- Hell yeah * - assassin Yesterday, 17:20:54
- "SPEAK AMERICAN" -MAGA - tvillini Yesterday, 16:44:37
- They should cut sports so people will care* - KCWildcat Yesterday, 16:37:59
  - Also cutting the adult learning program. - WhitmansFolly Yesterday, 16:42:46
Grateful to have a President whose top priority is to sympathize with the families of the TX tragedy - UofIL6 Yesterday, 16:28:48
- So take no responsibility and call people names. Got it.* - Mrap24 Yesterday, 16:54:02
  - Can’t wait for him to return his carbon content to the earth to be put to better use. * - doubledown Yesterday, 19:08:39
Mechahitler coming to a Tesla near you - ATL Yesterday, 15:48:46
- Thankfully, Teslas don’t have a gas chamber* - timmer Yesterday, 16:56:21
- "After the intersection, take the Third Reich and then you'll be at your destination" * - UofIL6 Yesterday, 16:04:31
  - You mean ‘Final Solution’* - timmer Yesterday, 16:27:20
  - Nice* - reggiedunlop Yesterday, 16:16:52
  - oOo - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 16:10:24
- They must REALLY not want us to buy their cars.* - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 16:00:52
- phew, I was worried drivers were being too attentive on the road* - RVA Yesterday, 15:51:14
This video posted by Dept. of Homeland Security. - larue33 Yesterday, 15:22:00
- rotten to the core* - Sammich Yesterday, 15:55:33
- This is exactly the kinda thing the Ten Commandments warned about - RVA Yesterday, 15:42:44
- Just surprised they didn't put it to the Horst Wessel Song.* - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 15:29:45
  - Watched on mute, wouldn't be surprised if they thought Run Through the Jungle fit the vibe* - RVA Yesterday, 15:33:31
    - How many edits did Noem veto because her hair looked wrong? - complainant Yesterday, 16:20:25
- gross* - VIV Yesterday, 15:23:27
Bongino considering resigning over Epstein files - ATL Yesterday, 14:10:11
- I think he really just wants to get out of having to sit in an office for a few hours a day* - IlliniRunner Yesterday, 14:59:47
  - I think there's zero chance that Bongino doesn't quit. - complainant Yesterday, 15:47:46
    - Everyone in Trump's orbit blaming all of this on Bondi is a brilliant move. - Chuck Woodaby Yesterday, 16:09:39
- When Biden (and Trump before him) delayed the release of the JFK files do you think that was - Chuck Woodaby Yesterday, 14:16:28
  - was biden somehow linked to the assassination (like HW Bush was?)* - VIV Yesterday, 14:49:52
    - Fake news on Bush.* - Chuck Woodaby Yesterday, 14:51:11
      - it was a tinfoil joke, bruh* - VIV Yesterday, 14:58:14
        
        Well HW was in Dallas that day (after the assassination) and somebody in the CIA named George Bush - Chuck Woodaby Yesterday, 15:04:48
        
        oh, i've posted much dumber things. - VIV Yesterday, 15:07:40
  - They were protecting the Cruz family * - ATL Yesterday, 14:30:11
    - The Cruz family that hates communism or the Cruz family that supported Castro?* - Chuck Woodaby Yesterday, 14:44:47
      - Ted should do more interviews. - Chuck Woodaby Yesterday, 14:55:32
It’s like these guys want Mandani to win. Free advertising basically when you align these folks - John Coctostan Yesterday, 12:36:47
- they're going to end up negatively polarizing more people into supporting Mamdani* - ECEIllinois Yesterday, 18:55:57
- NY Post: NY Cops would flee the job if Mandani wins: FOP leaders. - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 13:22:31
  - Pfft, as if union labor would *ever* vote for a socialist.* - complainant Yesterday, 13:31:59
    - But seriously, if there's a way to provoke all the fascist cops to leave a community, I'm all ears. - complainant Yesterday, 13:34:35
- the implication is that NYC financiers believe Mamdani would cost them more than $20 mil - Sammich Yesterday, 12:38:46
  - It's going to be very entertaining to see $100 million plus get spent - Sounder Yesterday, 12:49:25
    - It will have been way cheaper just to buy him off (which they will end up doing anyway). - Chuck Woodaby Yesterday, 13:25:33
      - It will be interesting to see if Cuomo runs anyway - Sounder Yesterday, 13:27:33
        
        If there's one thing Cuomo loves, it is not taking "no" for an answer. - Chuck Woodaby Yesterday, 13:33:00
        
        In response to this post, I have pasted a humorous GIF. - complainant Yesterday, 15:45:08
Sputtering fountain of bile and racism Tom Homan says a person being hispanic is enough to arrest - doubledown Yesterday, 11:34:19
- Missed it by a couple of hours. Try again tomorrow. * - Dilbert Yesterday, 12:30:03
We're the hottest country anywhere in the world! - Sounder Yesterday, 11:27:14
- I mean, maybe? But it's due to the global warming and all* - KCWildcat Yesterday, 11:42:54
Interesting where this Fox News reporter and Republican congressmen celebrated their engagement - snipes824 Yesterday, 9:54:57
- I like to keep myself occupied while sitting around waiting in airports. - complainant Yesterday, 10:36:47
O RLY? - SurfTheBoneyard Yesterday, 9:03:55
- So if you look like an old and white shithead, you should have your shithead on a swivel* - LWillhite Yesterday, 17:21:42
- Is anything he says incorrect, legally?* - gvibes Yesterday, 14:16:22
  - This judge seems to think so. - larue33 Yesterday, 21:28:23
  - Does "detain" mean longer than a pat down? Does Reasonable Suspicion include speaking Spanish? - complainant Yesterday, 15:57:57
- This needs to be on repeat right now for the next 3.5 years from the DNC.* - Carl Spackler Yesterday, 12:41:10
  - I truly don't know it it matters to the general populace - Sounder Yesterday, 12:50:53
    - Target the Hispanic population* - Carl Spackler Yesterday, 12:51:56
      - The ones who broke MAGA in 2020* - Sounder Yesterday, 12:53:15
- There is zero doubt that Homan bullied kids in school* - bjl63 Yesterday, 12:38:30
- I guess I should investigate the concealed carry laws here * - ATL Yesterday, 9:47:58
- and MAGA wonders where the "fascist" talk comes from* - VIV Yesterday, 9:06:05
  - I was told there would be no racism * - ATL Yesterday, 9:48:19
    - Racism died in the '90s, but mocha necromancer Obama resurrected it for his own nefarious purposes* - Sammich Yesterday, 10:00:29
  - and the best part is, they just upped ICE's budget by, what, 20x?* - VIV Yesterday, 9:45:33
  - Your papers are not in order.* - SurfTheBoneyard Yesterday, 9:13:19
    - And let’s not forget your melanin* - PapaDels Yesterday, 9:28:03
Leopards/Faces - the union electricians of Maine - complainant July 10, 2025, 20:35:16
- And all of them will vote GOP next time too.* - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 10:29:50
35% tariffs on Canada* - ECEIllinois July 10, 2025, 20:29:09
- Man, that is absurd* - Sounder Yesterday, 10:34:22
- Is this still because of the 3 pounds of fentanyl? * - VIV July 10, 2025, 20:31:41
Trump claims Biden's dog ate the Epstein evidence before being banished for biting secret service - illini222 July 10, 2025, 15:54:57
Ken Paxton getting divorced. Wonder what his wife's "recent discoveries" are - ATL July 10, 2025, 15:07:30
- i loved him in independence day* - VIV July 10, 2025, 16:42:49
  - That's Bill Pullman!* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes Yesterday, 9:22:47
    - I think you're thinking of Will Smith.* - Chuck Woodaby Yesterday, 9:46:08
      - No. Judd Hirsch.* - ATL Yesterday, 9:49:29
  - He was better in Big Love* - Chilango July 10, 2025, 17:07:31
- A dead girl or a live boy* - Sounder July 10, 2025, 15:44:44
  - Given some of the reaction from others on the right, maybe both? - Chicago1995 July 10, 2025, 15:55:42
    - I think they didn't want Paxton to be the nominee, and are leveraging this - IlliniRunner July 10, 2025, 16:19:14
- Divorce petition alleges adultry.* - Chicago1995 July 10, 2025, 15:22:01
  - He had an affair five years ago laid out in his impeachment - ATL July 10, 2025, 15:33:28
    - Sounds like he has a wandering eye* - IlliniRunner July 10, 2025, 15:39:33
      - sick burn* - complainant July 10, 2025, 20:32:02
- That's terrible.... - KingTalkyTiki July 10, 2025, 15:18:31
  - too bad it came out before the Senate primary* - ECEIllinois July 10, 2025, 15:33:39
    - Probably increases his appeal. He is kicking Cornyn’s ass - CanHartlebHireSnider July 10, 2025, 15:51:48
Trump nominates "Alpha Male" Nick Adams as ambassador to Malaysia* - ECEIllinois July 10, 2025, 14:59:04
- Mahathir Mohamad turned 100 today. This news might kill him. - complainant July 10, 2025, 15:09:47
  - might kill Adams first to live in a place w/o Hooters and where a foursome with the boys is illegal* - ECEIllinois July 10, 2025, 15:48:30
Literal socialism: DOD to become largest shareholder in MP Materials, a rare earths company - ATL July 10, 2025, 13:53:19

Oh nice. Fidelity tells me a bought in January 19, 2021 for a cost basis of $33... - longsnapper July 10, 2025, 14:08:19
This is part of what I do and this is a very good thing for our national security… - LeatherneckIllini July 10, 2025, 14:02:14
- way to completely miss the point* - John Coctostan July 10, 2025, 14:16:29
- I feel like we can do a lot of this stuff without the government owning the means of production - ATL July 10, 2025, 14:14:54
  - We have to in this case. Markets and associated capital aren’t aligned with critical national… - LeatherneckIllini July 10, 2025, 14:28:50
- i agree with you. i also don't villify the concept of democratic socialism as evil in most of - Nobster July 10, 2025, 14:04:55
  - yeah, i think he's missing the subtext* - assassin July 10, 2025, 14:07:26
    - ohhhh. :-)* - LeatherneckIllini July 10, 2025, 14:29:38

I'm enjoying this Coloradoan newscaster. I expect we'll be seeing more of him. - complainant July 10, 2025, 13:15:33
Conservative darling non-bank lender (endorsed by Erickson and Hewitt) collapses in Georgia - ATL July 10, 2025, 10:04:59
- It’s almost like con men wrap themselves in religion because… - SurfTheBoneyard July 10, 2025, 12:03:37
  - Now I ain't asking for the world here - ijustkrushalot July 10, 2025, 13:22:27
  - And luckily, since they're not a bank, they didn't have any of those pesky regulations - ATL July 10, 2025, 12:30:00
- Faith-based non-health insurance is a total con game too. - SurfTheBoneyard July 10, 2025, 12:00:33
  - Faith-based anything is a scam. Also, anything “for patriots” * - doubledown July 10, 2025, 15:02:53
  - I'm fairly certain my SIL & her fam use one of those. - Tortillini July 10, 2025, 12:25:28
  - Pro: "Laying on of hands" is usually covered at 80% of cost.* - KingTalkyTiki July 10, 2025, 12:03:10
    - Also sprained tongues from speaking in them too fast… - SurfTheBoneyard July 10, 2025, 12:04:50
      - During one of my summer jobs in college, I worked for a guy whose dad died... - KingTalkyTiki July 10, 2025, 12:13:18
- You hate to see it... - KingTalkyTiki July 10, 2025, 10:27:34
So much winning - John Coctostan July 10, 2025, 8:41:14
- Dotz - Sounder July 10, 2025, 9:41:20
  - He forgot "eliminate tax incentives for investment in manufacturing of future looking technologies"* - ATL July 10, 2025, 9:49:45
    - His obsession with wind turbines is weird - Sounder July 10, 2025, 9:55:25
  - Chortle. Well when you put it that way.....* - Warrin'_Illini July 10, 2025, 9:47:47
- Given their anti-free trade stance, presumably the Trump admin thinks this is a big US win.* - DT July 10, 2025, 9:35:30
  - China is signing up to be taken advantage of, Sad!* - Sammich July 10, 2025, 9:41:54
- US companies that rely on exports are going to get thunderfucked* - VIV July 10, 2025, 9:02:37
  - Na nana na nana naaaa! You've been.. - Tuscy July 10, 2025, 9:24:52
Tok always - digs July 9, 2025, 23:25:59
Clay Travis says Epstein wasn’t so bad - ATL July 9, 2025, 20:41:38
- Seems like Clay's got a (16 year old) girlfriend. * - Chicago1995 July 10, 2025, 10:04:23
  - He prefers women who have no basis for comparison. * - doubledown July 10, 2025, 10:20:54
  - But she lives in Mississippi so it’s all good * - ATL July 10, 2025, 10:13:42
- I can’t believe people listen to Clay Travis on anything. - illini July 10, 2025, 8:54:38
- (Drake) YEAH! (/Drake)* - VIV July 10, 2025, 8:16:56
- Big "technically it's not pedophiliia, it's ephebephilia" energy* - Sammich July 10, 2025, 0:51:11
- I do like the blue checkmarks turning on Bondi when she tries to talk about protecting girls - ECEIllinois July 10, 2025, 0:45:35
- You all realize this is where we are. trump and magas can do NOTHING wrong - illini thunder July 10, 2025, 0:14:16
  - It’s a cult made up of people who will tolerate any behavior as long as they are - doubledown July 10, 2025, 8:02:16
    - I mean, there's also a huge swath of people who believe Trump is a genius businessman because that's - complainant July 10, 2025, 8:06:49
      - We just have a lot of stupid people in this country. * - doubledown July 10, 2025, 8:12:28
  - Sir this is a Wendy’s. * - assassin July 10, 2025, 0:27:00
- Man Knows Unsettling Amount About Nationwide Age-Of-Consent Laws - complainant July 9, 2025, 20:48:16
  - Men Explain Why Age Of Consent Laws Are Too Strict - complainant July 9, 2025, 20:54:40
    - Here’s the thing about consent laws… - SurfTheBoneyard July 9, 2025, 22:02:20
Trump with 50% tariffs on Brazil, doesn’t like how Bolsonaro is being treated. - Carl Spackler July 9, 2025, 20:00:21
- The dumbest of fucks* - opey8 July 9, 2025, 21:34:09
- that seems outside of a President's tariff powers?* - ECEIllinois July 9, 2025, 20:19:54
  - Trump’s powers are unlimited if nobody will challenge him. * - doubledown July 9, 2025, 21:08:50
- Global mob boss* - UofIL6 July 9, 2025, 20:13:19
Feds still denying disaster relief for California. Texas is a different story. - ATL July 9, 2025, 19:18:47
He said no way, and I said way - Sounder July 9, 2025, 15:42:13
- kurds and way* - memyselfandillini July 9, 2025, 16:33:55
  - probably not a great idea to mention the kurds* - VIV July 10, 2025, 8:16:10
- The American President, everyone.* - timmer July 9, 2025, 16:17:59
  - Not my President. It's still Joseph Biden IMHO.* - Warrin'_Illini July 9, 2025, 16:25:20
  - He's going to get us all killed* - Sounder July 9, 2025, 16:19:20
    - At least for me, I’ll be vaporized in 2ms. - timmer July 9, 2025, 16:23:00
      - no way* - memyselfandillini July 9, 2025, 16:35:01
        
        Weigh* - timmer July 9, 2025, 16:38:17
  - ooo - ATL July 9, 2025, 16:19:13
    - I didn't realize until recently that Sorkin wrote that* - Sounder July 9, 2025, 16:23:55
    - Wait. She burns flags… - timmer July 9, 2025, 16:21:21
      - Still would* - Sounder July 9, 2025, 16:22:17
Here’s a letter written by our president to an ally - ATL July 9, 2025, 13:42:26
- That can’t be real.* - voiceofreason July 9, 2025, 15:51:00
  - You should read the Brasil one* - Sounder July 9, 2025, 16:14:51
    - LOL they're getting a 50% tariff as punishment for prosecuting Bolsonaro! * - assassin July 9, 2025, 16:32:08
      - Which is so fvcking insane. Could you imagine if Biden proposed something like that? - UofIL6 July 9, 2025, 16:37:06
        
        I just read it again - Sounder July 9, 2025, 16:40:32
- TRADE* - VIV July 9, 2025, 14:11:19
  - Trade Deficit disparity* - Jackie July 9, 2025, 15:00:08
    - The fucked up part is that whoever is writing this, assuming it's not Trump - Sounder July 9, 2025, 15:11:26
      - You’re assuming too much - timmer July 9, 2025, 15:23:21
        
        JD Vance went to Yale Law School - Sounder July 9, 2025, 15:26:05
        
        GWB also went to Yale. - timmer July 9, 2025, 15:28:32
        
        I think admissions were a lot more nepo focused then* - gvibes July 9, 2025, 17:13:38
        
        GWB might not be a Rhodes Scholar, but he's no dummy - Sounder July 9, 2025, 15:38:47
        
        Counterpoint: You're wrong.* - complainant July 9, 2025, 16:55:29
        
        Vance was a DEI acceptance at Yale* - ATL July 9, 2025, 15:41:45
        
        Probably* - Sounder July 9, 2025, 15:42:36
        
        Verified. - timmer July 9, 2025, 16:31:58
- Just for the record, that country is the largest holder of US Treasuries* - Sounder July 9, 2025, 13:58:52
  - If you owe someone 1 Trillion dollars that's their problem.* - Chuck Woodaby July 9, 2025, 14:05:12
    - If you owe a million, it’s your problem. If you owe a trillion, it’s their problem * - uofi1998 July 9, 2025, 14:41:56
- With best wishes, I am, sincerely,* - Sounder July 9, 2025, 13:58:01
  - Not the worst, if it weren’t for the capital S* - jjlocke923 July 9, 2025, 14:02:30
  - With you, always* - ATL July 9, 2025, 14:01:43
    - Thank you for your attention to this matter* - Sounder July 9, 2025, 14:40:29
- Is it Prime Minister or His Excellency? Decide on one and go all the way. - timmer July 9, 2025, 13:47:44
- Jesus Christ, this is full idiocracy. - KingTalkyTiki July 9, 2025, 13:46:44
  - It’s the capitalization that bugs me the most. - jjlocke923 July 9, 2025, 13:52:53
    - Classic LITTLE Bitch.* - KingTalkyTiki July 9, 2025, 15:02:11
      - Sheesh - I was kind of agreeing with you* - jjlocke923 July 9, 2025, 15:22:33
- Have you noticed his EKG signature is getting worse?* - Sounder July 9, 2025, 13:45:49
Trump praising the Liberian president’s English and asking him where learned it is hilarious - CanHartlebHireSnider July 9, 2025, 12:57:46
- That and he attended Kansas State… - SurfTheBoneyard July 9, 2025, 13:04:54
  - Someone should tell Trump about Tim Weah - Sounder July 9, 2025, 13:09:10
Speaking of bad responses to seemingly fair questions - UofIL6 July 9, 2025, 12:47:40
- that guy is not long for the press room if he doesn't know that it's pronounced "Democrat Senators"* - Sammich July 9, 2025, 12:59:42
  - Douchey is one of their main puppets* - Sounder July 9, 2025, 13:15:06
- Clearly if you are against secret police, you hate our country* - ATL July 9, 2025, 12:55:11
What a bizarre and terrible response to the question. - ATL July 9, 2025, 12:35:43
- football coaches are notoriously allergic to accountability - Sammich July 9, 2025, 12:59:06
- He says some incredibly dumb stuff. But, he's a Republican in Texas* - UofIL6 July 9, 2025, 12:43:13
California is now the fourth largest economy in the world - Sounder July 9, 2025, 12:34:27
These tariff threats are laugh out loud funny - Mrap24 July 9, 2025, 11:48:48
- It's been ninety days now, how many of the ninety deals did we get?* - RVA July 9, 2025, 12:13:04
  - They are claiming 2, but the real answer is none* - Sounder July 9, 2025, 12:13:24
- How many tacos do you want to bet they don't kick in on August 1st?* - Sounder July 9, 2025, 11:50:20
  - The markets seem to betting heavily that way. * - larue33 July 9, 2025, 12:37:30
  - What’s the protein?* - timmer July 9, 2025, 12:11:39
Click to cancel appears dead - DocWalk20 July 9, 2025, 11:42:07
- Khan was a terrible, terrible choice. The SEC guy was almost as bad.* - ATL July 9, 2025, 12:33:00
  - You're going to have to show your work on Khan being terrible. - IlliniRunner July 9, 2025, 12:41:31
    - And lost like every case she instituted. I didn't disagree with her positions - ATL July 9, 2025, 12:54:06
Yikes. - KingTalkyTiki July 9, 2025, 11:29:54
- Jesus is John Hamm?* - Sounder July 9, 2025, 11:48:01
  - ooo - VIV July 9, 2025, 12:10:26
    - That is fantasic* - Sounder July 9, 2025, 12:18:51
      - the outtakes from between two ferns are awesome. - VIV July 9, 2025, 12:35:48
These tariff letters are really fucking stupid - Sounder July 9, 2025, 10:58:21
X CEO to resign - Sounder July 9, 2025, 10:38:52
- X's new head of product didn't even make it a full scaramucci* - gvibes July 9, 2025, 11:30:59
  - think Nikita is still there* - ECEIllinois July 9, 2025, 13:01:13
  - When your AI goes full Nazi that's usually a career limiting move* - Sounder July 9, 2025, 11:49:16
    - Or in this case get you promoted to CEO. - Chuck Woodaby July 9, 2025, 11:55:10
      - Possible. Though kind of odd to allege that your employer is trying to create the antichrist* - gvibes July 9, 2025, 12:12:24
        
        I believe some people call those jokes.* - Chuck Woodaby July 9, 2025, 12:15:10
        
        Not a great joke to run at the same time grok is writing rape fantasies about twitter's CEO* - gvibes July 9, 2025, 15:48:08
        
        Will Stancil was Twitter's CEO? - Chuck Woodaby July 9, 2025, 16:01:53
- Yaccaty sax* - ATL July 9, 2025, 11:08:30
LOL - Toonces July 8, 2025, 21:25:11
Hegseth just workin on his own, gettin Ukranians killed for fun - assassin July 8, 2025, 19:02:08
- As I figured it was really Tucker’s guy Elbridge Colby - CanHartlebHireSnider July 8, 2025, 21:33:10
  - Groton->Harvard->Yale Law. Can't fault the credentials* - gvibes July 9, 2025, 8:57:05
  - I remember him posting about how we should abandon Ukraine and concentrate on fighting China* - ECEIllinois July 9, 2025, 2:58:02
    - I mean, China is the bigger risk, but our Ukraine support seems - gvibes July 9, 2025, 8:58:33
      - And the two aren’t mutually exclusive - DT July 9, 2025, 9:25:16
        
        Has our support for Ukraine and sanctions on Russia pushed China and Russia closer together? - Chuck Woodaby July 9, 2025, 9:43:06
        
        I think they did, but I don’t know how much difference it has made or will make in the long term - DT July 9, 2025, 10:26:36
        
        When we sold out Georgia in 2008 did that help or hurt relations between Russia and China?*? - Chuck Woodaby July 9, 2025, 10:43:36
      - And kill a lot of Ukranians and eventually cost them half their country. - Chuck Woodaby July 9, 2025, 9:20:18
        
        How much of their country would Ukraine have lost without our support, do you think* - gvibes July 9, 2025, 9:23:58
        
        None, depending on when you want to start counting our support/meddling.* - Chuck Woodaby July 9, 2025, 9:32:48
  - with that name, you'd expect he spent years as Tucker's bowtie* - assassin July 8, 2025, 21:56:19
    - With that name, I'd expect he's the son of Nixon's DCI. - complainant July 8, 2025, 23:04:30
Elon just tweeted that "Bannon is in the Epstein files." - Warrin'_Illini July 8, 2025, 12:54:01
- Grok would probably have something to say about Epstein - ATL July 8, 2025, 14:55:52
  - Holy crap is traditional media wholly incapable of meeting the moment - RVA July 8, 2025, 18:37:18
    - "Grok adopts tone of famous German, raising concern among some."* - SurfTheBoneyard July 8, 2025, 20:23:03
  - Grok is now calling itself “MechaHitler”. Not the onion. - VIV July 8, 2025, 17:34:08
    - it probably watched Murderbot* - memyselfandillini July 8, 2025, 18:40:36
  - Adolf hitler, no question - snipes824 July 8, 2025, 16:10:54
    - man that's some deep dark shit* - John Coctostan July 8, 2025, 16:44:55
    - we can't even have a cool robot apocalypse, with lasers and skull mountains - Sammich July 8, 2025, 16:21:02
  - I see Grok's been reading Stormfront lately* - assassin July 8, 2025, 15:57:37
    - Or John Cusack's tweets - ATL July 8, 2025, 16:00:20
      - Chuck Woodaby is John Cusack!* - Sammich July 8, 2025, 16:17:09
        
        I also think kickboxing is the sport of the future.* - Chuck Woodaby July 8, 2025, 16:18:54
        
        what are your top five Side 1, Track 1's?* - assassin July 8, 2025, 16:19:19
        
        “I don't want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. - Sounder July 8, 2025, 16:22:50
      - well that's not a thing I had on my bingo card* - IlliniRunner July 8, 2025, 16:04:37
        
        politics is a horsehoe sometimes* - ATL July 8, 2025, 16:06:41
        
        lulz from Popehat - ATL July 8, 2025, 16:07:54
        
        *snort** - assassin July 8, 2025, 16:14:22
- Luzl, real talk * - Jackie July 8, 2025, 14:16:22
Will I gold leaf the corners? - Sounder July 8, 2025, 12:44:25
- They deserve to squirm but it's painful just to watch the flunkies sit there awkwardly - RVA July 8, 2025, 13:09:40
  - I almost feel sorry for Rubio - Sounder July 8, 2025, 13:13:17
    - I don’t . He’s getting everything he wants. - CanHartlebHireSnider July 8, 2025, 13:13:59
      - I don't believe that for a second - Sounder July 8, 2025, 13:16:06
        
        I agree totally. He fucking hated Trump. - uofi1998 July 8, 2025, 14:50:05
        
        The sacrifice being what? He’s one of the most powerful people in country - CanHartlebHireSnider July 8, 2025, 15:23:51
        
        I would say his soul... - KingTalkyTiki July 8, 2025, 15:33:36
        
        Also his dignity* - Sounder July 8, 2025, 15:35:48
        
        His soul and dignity being both your guys values not his - CanHartlebHireSnider July 8, 2025, 19:09:09
        
        He's a Catholic Cuban American from South Florida - Sounder July 9, 2025, 10:35:03
        
        Maybe they think he was a good person once. He wasn't.* - complainant July 8, 2025, 19:34:51
        
        I never did... - KingTalkyTiki July 9, 2025, 10:38:52
        
        Just whatever integrity and morals he had...* - uofi1998 July 8, 2025, 15:24:25
        
        Well I don’t think he’s sad over that which is what Sounder suggesting - CanHartlebHireSnider July 8, 2025, 15:25:21
        
        I suppose... and I really don't care all that much TBH. - uofi1998 July 8, 2025, 15:42:08
        
        There’s no long term price for being MAGA - snipes824 July 8, 2025, 13:29:07
        
        I think governor of Florida is more likely - Sounder July 8, 2025, 13:33:25
        
        His face looks like he's holding in a giant turd - RVA July 8, 2025, 13:25:05
        
        *paging smush** - VIV July 8, 2025, 14:56:36
        
        I don’t see that all - CanHartlebHireSnider July 8, 2025, 13:20:15
        
        He's got an easy out: "I know Trump is bad but I thought I could do some good trying to push him - Warrin'_Illini July 8, 2025, 13:18:29
        
        He seems to win the most sane member of Trump's cabinet contest by default - Sounder July 8, 2025, 13:24:44
        
        That's like celebrating the tallest dwarf.* - MojoJojo July 8, 2025, 15:26:17
        
        For sure, but this is the timeline that we are on* - Sounder July 8, 2025, 15:27:00
        
        He’s running for president in 2028. It’ll be him or JD* - CanHartlebHireSnider July 8, 2025, 13:21:10
        
        There is zero chance it's JD - Sounder July 8, 2025, 13:25:20
        
        Why do you think that? - uofi1998 July 8, 2025, 14:54:50
        
        He has no riz - Sounder July 8, 2025, 14:59:50
        
        You have to put up with having kids in the house to start talking like them. - uofi1998 July 8, 2025, 16:00:13
        
        His lack of charisma was a top of mind criticism of him - Sounder July 8, 2025, 16:20:55
        
        cringe* - VIV July 8, 2025, 15:00:59
        
        The increasing anti-Indian stance on the right is not good for JD* - ECEIllinois July 8, 2025, 13:35:09
        
        Neither is being a huge fucking nerd. * - haighter July 8, 2025, 14:16:44
        
        that too* - ECEIllinois July 8, 2025, 15:09:20
        
        Nit: he's a dork, not a nerd* - Sounder July 8, 2025, 15:09:49
        
        Shut up, nerd. * - haighter July 8, 2025, 15:19:48
        
        I think JD is the frontrunner with Marco #2. I don’t think Noem has a serious chance* - CanHartlebHireSnider July 8, 2025, 13:26:24
        
        Not even Trump likes JD* - Sounder July 8, 2025, 13:28:39
        
        Big time disagree. He's slippery as fuck and will be a big challenge to whoever he faces in the GE* - Toonces July 8, 2025, 14:47:24
        
        What has he actually accomplished - Sounder July 8, 2025, 15:24:17
        
        I agree, he hasn't accomplished anything and it should have been a bigger deal - Toonces July 8, 2025, 16:44:59
        
        He had one really good debate - Sounder July 9, 2025, 10:44:52
        
        the way things are heading, being associated with the Trump admin might be pretty toxic in 28 - ECEIllinois July 8, 2025, 20:06:08
        
        The approval rating on the big bullshit bill is way underwater - Sounder July 9, 2025, 10:43:34
        
        You have your finger on the pulse as usual. - Chuck Woodaby July 8, 2025, 13:30:15
        
        So the third most likely candidate on that list - Sounder July 8, 2025, 13:32:39
        
        I wonder if that's why she is a 17 to 1 longshot. - Chuck Woodaby July 8, 2025, 13:42:57
        
        The election is 3 and a half years away - Sounder July 8, 2025, 13:49:42
        
        And... you have your finger on the pulse as usual. - Chuck Woodaby July 8, 2025, 13:57:30
        
        "zero chance"* - Chuck Woodaby July 8, 2025, 13:54:25
        
        This* - UofIL6 July 8, 2025, 13:28:35
        
        Yeah I guess that is an option as well. I'm not a big fan but I'd take him over JD.* - Warrin'_Illini July 8, 2025, 13:24:50
- remember when i said "stop taking the cheese on the meaningless bullshit"?* - VIV July 8, 2025, 12:54:59
  - I don't understand this gatekeeping. Trump does ridiculous things big and small, - Warrin'_Illini July 8, 2025, 13:10:49
  - The design choices of the white house is extremely important stuff* - Sounder July 8, 2025, 12:58:40
- What a disgrace to the office* - UofIL6 July 8, 2025, 12:52:12
  - It was crazy to see the reactions of the other cabinet members - Sounder July 8, 2025, 13:08:09
"the greatest cabinet ever assembled to deliver much needed accountability" - Sounder July 8, 2025, 12:22:16
Wind farms are killing the whales - Sounder July 8, 2025, 12:21:12
Trump shuts down the Epstein discussion - Sounder July 8, 2025, 11:38:35
- Pam's doin' great! - ATL July 8, 2025, 13:14:40
  - Heckuva job, Bondi! * - PapaDels July 8, 2025, 15:20:42
  - I'm slightly disappointed that Matt Gaetz didn't get confirmed* - Sounder July 8, 2025, 13:35:13
- also, i love the MAGA cope that "the biden administration/deep state had the file cleared" - VIV July 8, 2025, 12:52:40
- the New York financier?* - ECEIllinois July 8, 2025, 12:46:17
- “We’re having some of the greatest success, but also tragedy”* - CanHartlebHireSnider July 8, 2025, 12:19:35
- “Oil? Who said anything about oil, bitch, you cookin’?”* - Carl Spackler July 8, 2025, 11:49:21
  - do I need to tell you what the fuck you can do with aluminum tubes?? - assassin July 8, 2025, 12:20:28
    - Pray to God don't drop that shit* - Sammich July 8, 2025, 12:23:24
      - it's why i have it in a special CIA napkin!* - assassin July 8, 2025, 12:51:55
- "are you still talking about jeffrey epstein?!" holy shit .* - VIV July 8, 2025, 11:45:20
  - Says the guy who still manages to bring the 2020 election into every conversation* - UofIL6 July 8, 2025, 11:48:23
  - Refresh my memory, was it the right or the left that is more obsessed with Epstein?* - Sounder July 8, 2025, 11:48:12
- Well, I’m sure that’ll be the end of it. * - assassin July 8, 2025, 11:43:19
In Spanish, the word for "non-binary" is "no-binario" or "no-binaria" depending on the person's gend - Sounder July 8, 2025, 11:31:19
- Nobody likes or uses Latinx. - Sammich July 8, 2025, 11:38:45
  - La tinx now!* - PapaDels July 8, 2025, 15:08:17
  - My mom tried to tell me that there were litter boxes in schools* - Sounder July 8, 2025, 11:48:59
    - There are - ATL July 8, 2025, 11:53:52
- also, "latinx" sounds dumb* - VIV July 8, 2025, 11:33:27
  - On that, we can all agree* - Sounder July 8, 2025, 11:38:13
Our long national nightmare is coming to an end? - Sounder July 8, 2025, 11:15:42
How could they ever get this idea? - larue33 July 8, 2025, 10:12:05
- This was a pretty good comment: - ibdoc July 8, 2025, 10:50:04
  - If we can actually control the weather then we've done a piss poor job of it in Chicago this year.* - Warrin'_Illini July 8, 2025, 10:55:15
    - The monkey said, I can make the weather change - Sounder July 8, 2025, 10:56:53
  - There have been a series of movies/TV shows about cyber attacks - Sounder July 8, 2025, 10:53:25
    - Honestly, if it gets these lizard brained dipshits off the internet, it might be worth it. * - doubledown July 8, 2025, 10:54:24
- I simply cannot believe how stupid a segment of us has become.* - uofi1998 July 8, 2025, 10:41:08
  - They've always been there, reading National Inquirer, watching WWE, sending money to Jimmy Swaggart - complainant July 8, 2025, 11:07:52
    - Whoa buddy, easy on WWE * - MC July 8, 2025, 12:14:04
    - Whoa buddy, easy on WWE * - MC July 8, 2025, 12:14:04
      - Ha! I was going to say, easy on the Art Bell bashing. ;-)* - DocWalk20 July 8, 2025, 12:43:01
  - It's not that we're becoming stupid. It's just that the people who call in to sports talk radio have - doubledown July 8, 2025, 10:48:12
    - and the interweb allows the stupid people to find each other more easily - Sounder July 8, 2025, 10:52:23
      - This is the bigger culprit. - uofi1998 July 8, 2025, 12:04:41
  - I'm not remotely surprised - Sounder July 8, 2025, 10:46:57
- Gerard Butler needs to stop making movies. Den of Thieves 2 was a disappointment anyway.* - Warrin'_Illini July 8, 2025, 10:25:58
- the dumbest timeline* - VIV July 8, 2025, 10:22:16
- What absolute fvcking idiots* - UofIL6 July 8, 2025, 10:15:16
Can’t find any holes in this plan… - OB25 July 8, 2025, 9:19:13
- So...couple 3 or 4 things... - haighter July 8, 2025, 10:30:22
  - It's important to remember that the people coming up with these ideas are dumber than - doubledown July 8, 2025, 10:42:26
- Woke agribusiness with their DEI hiring of Latino immigrants.* - DT July 8, 2025, 9:51:06
- One count I saw says that there are only ~29M non-disabled adults 18-65 on medicaid. - gvibes July 8, 2025, 9:48:42
  - This article provides a pretty good breakdown. - larue33 July 8, 2025, 10:02:43
    - But it doesn't FEEL that way to them....so your facts are irrelevant* - KingTalkyTiki July 8, 2025, 10:25:17
      - Fuck your feelings* - Sounder July 8, 2025, 10:55:59
      - Fuck your feelings* - Sounder July 8, 2025, 10:55:58
    - Being able enough to work also doesn’t by default mean you’re able enough to do hard farm labor* - OB25 July 8, 2025, 10:10:19
      - There’s also a geographic element. People mostly live in urban areas - DT July 8, 2025, 10:30:05
    - I am too internet-brained because I can't see a Sankey diagram without thinking "came in fluffer" - gvibes July 8, 2025, 10:04:14
  - Oh what's that, your hands are tired? Well now your back is going to be tired because you just - Warrin'_Illini July 8, 2025, 10:00:53
    - MISTA MISTA - assassin July 8, 2025, 11:44:34
    - I mean, I'm early 50's, and pickleball leaves me partially debilitated* - Sounder July 8, 2025, 10:54:48
- I was picking blueberries near some professional pickers on Sunday. - gvibes July 8, 2025, 9:31:17
- The poor red staters in their red hats aren’t going to like… - SurfTheBoneyard July 8, 2025, 9:22:24
  - people making $10,000/hr have convinced people making $25/hr that people making $5/hr - VIV July 8, 2025, 9:28:23
    - The alleged number of perfectly healthy people stealing their Medicaid keeps rising too* - OB25 July 8, 2025, 9:31:05
      - there are 500 million freeloaders on medicaid, people!* - VIV July 8, 2025, 10:58:42
      - Whenever Trump talks about numbers, he says an unrealistic number - Sounder July 8, 2025, 10:58:19
I am looking forward to the investigation on why Kerr County didn't invest in a siren system.... - timmer July 8, 2025, 5:08:22
- Presumably you saw the same Reddit thread I did? - ATL July 8, 2025, 5:55:49
  - I did…just now - timmer July 8, 2025, 6:15:36
    - Seems like some county commissioners nixed investing in modern warning systems after 2015 floods - ATL July 8, 2025, 6:42:28
      - Using federal funding to help residents poses a critical existential crisis for conservatives - RVA July 8, 2025, 7:20:22
        
        I thought Trump wanted to eliminate FEMA and leave it up to the states - Sounder July 8, 2025, 11:10:10
Underrated plot twist: the Twitterbot known as DOGEai has become noticeably Trumpskeptical.* - complainant July 7, 2025, 22:08:43
Oh good, churches can get more involved in politics. Just what we need - assassin July 7, 2025, 21:51:30
- Juxtapose this with colleges and universities* - Sounder July 8, 2025, 9:54:58
- I don’t know if Republicans/MAGA will like this* - KCWildcat July 7, 2025, 21:58:21
  - I don’t think a vast majority of you get it, yet - illini thunder July 7, 2025, 23:57:35
    - LOL* - assassin July 8, 2025, 0:09:49
  - I can see how it won't turn out the way they expected. But I love the idea that it might tear them - complainant July 7, 2025, 22:01:09
Oh, JD - ATL July 7, 2025, 20:01:32
Charlie Brown had hoes - snipes824 July 7, 2025, 15:43:31
Grok makes me laugh and apparently just hates catturd - ATL July 7, 2025, 14:22:58
- "We need to adjust the formula so the output conforms to our priors" - RVA July 7, 2025, 19:25:47
  - said every insurance company ever* - memyselfandillini July 8, 2025, 6:51:50
- Hey grok, please show your work on how the cuts resulted in 50% less rainfall? - timmer July 7, 2025, 15:10:27
  - Sounds like you've been Grok'd! - Warrin'_Illini July 7, 2025, 16:13:08
    - I'm not sure what the argument is here? - complainant July 7, 2025, 16:26:34
      - Timmer getting pwned about weather by a talking trash can. Glorious.* - Warrin'_Illini July 7, 2025, 16:32:42
- I like how much 3YearLetterman shits on catturd* - ECEIllinois July 7, 2025, 14:48:07
  - same* - EffinIllini July 7, 2025, 16:30:39
- I can't believe we live in a world where someone who calls himself Catturd - Sounder July 7, 2025, 14:27:19
  - How many of those are people? - complainant July 7, 2025, 14:41:37
    - I don't know and I'm not sure I want to know* - Sounder July 7, 2025, 14:44:05
out of all the shit trump has said and done, this might actually cause him to lose some support - VIV July 7, 2025, 14:04:20
- just another masterful 11D chess move - Sammich July 7, 2025, 15:18:15
- I hope Bondi, Patel and Boingingago get the Pence treatment. If asked Trump will play dumb on the - Warrin'_Illini July 7, 2025, 14:57:33
  - They are the absolute worst people* - Sounder July 7, 2025, 15:04:32
    - I wonder what they were thinking taking the job. Everyone with a brain knows - Warrin'_Illini July 7, 2025, 15:12:24
      - It's quite simple, they are power hungry and amoral* - Sounder July 7, 2025, 15:20:11
        
        It's hilarious. Danny B. goes on Fox News and complains about having an office and - Warrin'_Illini July 7, 2025, 15:29:11
        
        Meanwhile Kash is spending all of his time in Las Vegas with his billionaire boyfriend* - Sounder July 7, 2025, 15:29:52
        
        For real, he's gay? He's just playing with them now.* - Warrin'_Illini July 7, 2025, 15:34:55
        
        He has a 26 year old country music "girlfriend"* - Sounder July 7, 2025, 15:36:17
- It still won’t matter but I do think that to whatever degree this has an impact… - OB25 July 7, 2025, 14:16:42
  - Everyone already knew his name was all over the list* - Sounder July 7, 2025, 15:06:51
  - they can all join Elon's America Party* - ECEIllinois July 7, 2025, 15:03:08
    - autocrat vs. technocrat* - Sounder July 7, 2025, 15:09:57
      - i don't like this new season of Transformers* - assassin July 7, 2025, 15:15:19
    - Longsnapper yelled at me but he was clearly wrong. Musky does care about the deficit if he's - Warrin'_Illini July 7, 2025, 15:05:30
- what does he care. he's not running again* - ECEIllinois July 7, 2025, 14:08:29
  - well, he thinks he is - assassin July 7, 2025, 14:16:15
    - I still can't believe that Ivanka wasn't the chosen one* - Sounder July 7, 2025, 14:28:02
      - I think she might actually be smart and distanced herself this time. She and Jared got their - Warrin'_Illini July 7, 2025, 15:02:50
        
        She and Jared dedided they wanted to actually be welcome in polite society* - Sounder July 7, 2025, 15:11:52
        
        In 10 years, after this has all blown over, she'll still be young enough to jump into politics if - Warrin'_Illini July 7, 2025, 15:17:40
        
        Wisch sidejack: I was in Toronto about ten years ago - Sounder July 7, 2025, 15:21:34
  - His second term final week pardons are going to be doozies* - Sounder July 7, 2025, 14:14:46
  - We all hope, at least* - Sounder July 7, 2025, 14:13:46
    - He specifically said “not running” * - meanjeans July 7, 2025, 14:35:55
- I guess but arguably this is just the 100th or 1,000th promise he's not kept - ATL July 7, 2025, 14:06:16
  - I think he finally realizes tariffs are bad, but doesn't know how to save face - Sounder July 7, 2025, 14:09:27
    - I don't think he does but I think some people who have his ear do* - ATL July 7, 2025, 14:09:58
      - When he was elected, it was the one thing that I was most fearful of - Sounder July 7, 2025, 14:12:29
        
        It ain't easy being brown* - ATL July 7, 2025, 14:16:03
        
        I do feel bad for the brown people, but far too many of them did this to themselves* - Sounder July 7, 2025, 14:20:01
        
        Wait what?* - ATL July 7, 2025, 14:23:20
        
        Harris only won the Hispanic Vote by 3 points - Sounder July 7, 2025, 14:26:19
        
        I don’t think the 3% number is right. But if it is, - jjlocke923 July 7, 2025, 14:32:57
        
        I mean, that absolves white people of responsibilty. Or perhaps it assumes white people can't be - ATL July 7, 2025, 14:32:30
        
        I also think that white people suck - Sounder July 7, 2025, 14:33:44
        
        men are also terrible* - Sounder July 7, 2025, 14:34:46
- When he walks down 5th Avenue shooting people - Sounder July 7, 2025, 14:05:32
Trump just posted this - Sounder July 7, 2025, 14:04:12
- pushing a conspiracy theory against his own administration?* - ECEIllinois July 7, 2025, 14:08:12
  - He is not well* - Sounder July 7, 2025, 14:12:48
Just a tacit reminder that it's always been projection for these guys - ATL July 7, 2025, 13:56:37
- Is it really? Or is that just something you like to repeat because it makes you look astute? - jjlocke923 July 7, 2025, 14:05:39
  - oOo - KingTalkyTiki July 7, 2025, 16:00:38
  - lol* - ATL July 7, 2025, 14:09:27
*bump for jjlocke** - VIV July 7, 2025, 12:53:24
despite a congressionally ratified trade agreement with South Korea, Trump still gonna tariff em - assassin July 7, 2025, 12:33:49
- Why would anyone make a deal with him - Sounder July 7, 2025, 13:20:56
  - Because he's still the potus and maybe you can get something out of him. - Warrin'_Illini July 7, 2025, 13:29:18
- Car prices creeping up - example: Chevy Trax - one of the better cheap ass new cars - ATL July 7, 2025, 12:42:04
Semafor reporting that the Times was worried Chris Rufo was going to publish the Mamdani story - ATL July 7, 2025, 8:59:09
- Rufo doesn't know how percentiles work - ECEIllinois July 7, 2025, 13:18:15
  - L O L, I didn’t read the bottom of your post. So I was trying to figure out what other information. - ATL July 7, 2025, 13:28:01
- Is the racist turd feeding us this hit piece since it'll be more effective under our masthead? nah* - RVA July 7, 2025, 9:14:42
  - LOL...NYT trying to retcon the motivation behind the article - ATL July 7, 2025, 12:30:45
Chapel Hill is now Chapel River - complainant July 7, 2025, 7:53:27
Pam Bondi: “and you want to know what, JFK killed himself too.”* - Toonces July 7, 2025, 7:39:58
- Absolving the Cruz family of the murder * - ATL July 7, 2025, 8:02:22
Not really politics but the immense central Texas flood won’t even fill Canyon Lake. - opossum jenkins July 7, 2025, 6:43:41
- Doesn’t take a lot of water, especially in narrow valleys/canyons. * - ATL July 7, 2025, 7:17:39

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