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

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

It’s like these guys want Mandani to win. Free advertising basically when you align these folks - John Coctostan Today, 12:36:47
- the implication is that NYC financiers believe Mamdani would cost them more than $20 mil - Sammich Today, 12:38:46
  - It's going to be very entertaining to see $100 million plus get spent - Sounder Today, 12:49:25
Sputtering fountain of bile and racism Tom Homan says a person being hispanic is enough to arrest - doubledown Today, 11:34:19
- Missed it by a couple of hours. Try again tomorrow. * - Dilbert Today, 12:30:03
We're the hottest country anywhere in the world! - Sounder Today, 11:27:14
- I mean, maybe? But it's due to the global warming and all* - KCWildcat Today, 11:42:54
Interesting where this Fox News reporter and Republican congressmen celebrated their engagement - snipes824 Today, 9:54:57
- I like to keep myself occupied while sitting around waiting in airports. - complainant Today, 10:36:47
O RLY? - SurfTheBoneyard Today, 9:03:55
- This needs to be on repeat right now for the next 3.5 years from the DNC.* - Carl Spackler Today, 12:41:10
  - I truly don't know it it matters to the general populace - Sounder Today, 12:50:53
    - Target the Hispanic population* - Carl Spackler Today, 12:51:56
      - The ones who broke MAGA in 2020* - Sounder Today, 12:53:15
- There is zero doubt that Homan bullied kids in school* - bjl63 Today, 12:38:30
- I guess I should investigate the concealed carry laws here * - ATL Today, 9:47:58
- and MAGA wonders where the "fascist" talk comes from* - VIV Today, 9:06:05
  - I was told there would be no racism * - ATL Today, 9:48:19
    - Racism died in the '90s, but mocha necromancer Obama resurrected it for his own nefarious purposes* - Sammich Today, 10:00:29
  - and the best part is, they just upped ICE's budget by, what, 20x?* - VIV Today, 9:45:33
  - Your papers are not in order.* - SurfTheBoneyard Today, 9:13:19
    - And let’s not forget your melanin* - PapaDels Today, 9:28:03
Leopards/Faces - the union electricians of Maine - complainant Yesterday, 20:35:16
- And all of them will vote GOP next time too.* - Warrin'_Illini Today, 10:29:50
35% tariffs on Canada* - ECEIllinois Yesterday, 20:29:09
- Man, that is absurd* - Sounder Today, 10:34:22
- Is this still because of the 3 pounds of fentanyl? * - VIV Yesterday, 20:31:41
Trump claims Biden's dog ate the Epstein evidence before being banished for biting secret service - illini222 Yesterday, 15:54:57
Ken Paxton getting divorced. Wonder what his wife's "recent discoveries" are - ATL Yesterday, 15:07:30
- i loved him in independence day* - VIV Yesterday, 16:42:49
  - That's Bill Pullman!* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes Today, 9:22:47
    - I think you're thinking of Will Smith.* - Chuck Woodaby Today, 9:46:08
      - No. Judd Hirsch.* - ATL Today, 9:49:29
  - He was better in Big Love* - Chilango Yesterday, 17:07:31
- A dead girl or a live boy* - Sounder Yesterday, 15:44:44
  - Given some of the reaction from others on the right, maybe both? - Chicago1995 Yesterday, 15:55:42
    - I think they didn't want Paxton to be the nominee, and are leveraging this - IlliniRunner Yesterday, 16:19:14
- Divorce petition alleges adultry.* - Chicago1995 Yesterday, 15:22:01
  - He had an affair five years ago laid out in his impeachment - ATL Yesterday, 15:33:28
    - Sounds like he has a wandering eye* - IlliniRunner Yesterday, 15:39:33
      - sick burn* - complainant Yesterday, 20:32:02
- That's terrible.... - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 15:18:31
  - too bad it came out before the Senate primary* - ECEIllinois Yesterday, 15:33:39
    - Probably increases his appeal. He is kicking Cornyn’s ass - CanHartlebHireSnider Yesterday, 15:51:48
Trump nominates "Alpha Male" Nick Adams as ambassador to Malaysia* - ECEIllinois Yesterday, 14:59:04
- Mahathir Mohamad turned 100 today. This news might kill him. - complainant Yesterday, 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 Yesterday, 15:48:30
Literal socialism: DOD to become largest shareholder in MP Materials, a rare earths company - ATL Yesterday, 13:53:19

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

I'm enjoying this Coloradoan newscaster. I expect we'll be seeing more of him. - complainant Yesterday, 13:15:33
Conservative darling non-bank lender (endorsed by Erickson and Hewitt) collapses in Georgia - ATL Yesterday, 10:04:59
- It’s almost like con men wrap themselves in religion because… - SurfTheBoneyard Yesterday, 12:03:37
  - Now I ain't asking for the world here - ijustkrushalot Yesterday, 13:22:27
  - And luckily, since they're not a bank, they didn't have any of those pesky regulations - ATL Yesterday, 12:30:00
- Faith-based non-health insurance is a total con game too. - SurfTheBoneyard Yesterday, 12:00:33
  - Faith-based anything is a scam. Also, anything “for patriots” * - doubledown Yesterday, 15:02:53
  - I'm fairly certain my SIL & her fam use one of those. - Tortillini Yesterday, 12:25:28
  - Pro: "Laying on of hands" is usually covered at 80% of cost.* - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 12:03:10
    - Also sprained tongues from speaking in them too fast… - SurfTheBoneyard Yesterday, 12:04:50
      - During one of my summer jobs in college, I worked for a guy whose dad died... - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 12:13:18
- You hate to see it... - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 10:27:34
So much winning - John Coctostan Yesterday, 8:41:14
- Dotz - Sounder Yesterday, 9:41:20
  - He forgot "eliminate tax incentives for investment in manufacturing of future looking technologies"* - ATL Yesterday, 9:49:45
    - His obsession with wind turbines is weird - Sounder Yesterday, 9:55:25
  - Chortle. Well when you put it that way.....* - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 9:47:47
- Given their anti-free trade stance, presumably the Trump admin thinks this is a big US win.* - DT Yesterday, 9:35:30
  - China is signing up to be taken advantage of, Sad!* - Sammich Yesterday, 9:41:54
- US companies that rely on exports are going to get thunderfucked* - VIV Yesterday, 9:02:37
  - Na nana na nana naaaa! You've been.. - Tuscy Yesterday, 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 Yesterday, 10:04:23
  - He prefers women who have no basis for comparison. * - doubledown Yesterday, 10:20:54
  - But she lives in Mississippi so it’s all good * - ATL Yesterday, 10:13:42
- I can’t believe people listen to Clay Travis on anything. - illini Yesterday, 8:54:38
- (Drake) YEAH! (/Drake)* - VIV Yesterday, 8:16:56
- Big "technically it's not pedophiliia, it's ephebephilia" energy* - Sammich Yesterday, 0:51:11
- I do like the blue checkmarks turning on Bondi when she tries to talk about protecting girls - ECEIllinois Yesterday, 0:45:35
- You all realize this is where we are. trump and magas can do NOTHING wrong - illini thunder Yesterday, 0:14:16
  - It’s a cult made up of people who will tolerate any behavior as long as they are - doubledown Yesterday, 8:02:16
    - I mean, there's also a huge swath of people who believe Trump is a genius businessman because that's - complainant Yesterday, 8:06:49
      - We just have a lot of stupid people in this country. * - doubledown Yesterday, 8:12:28
  - Sir this is a Wendy’s. * - assassin Yesterday, 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 Yesterday, 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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