The Deuce: So yesterday in a speech Trump claimed that he talked with his uncle,

Political thread for the week of July 14, 2025 - TarheelIllini July 14, 2025, 5:16:05

Coke moving to cane sugar in the US per Trump - ATL Today, 16:00:56
- Taking care of the big issues of today. - KingTalkyTiki Today, 16:21:07
Bill O'Reilly: Merrick Garland is culpable for the Epstein prosecution/suicide - complainant Today, 13:28:05
- Now that’s some gymnastics* - CWR10 Today, 13:58:07
  - Trump was complaining this morning about the appointment of Jerome Powell - Sounder Today, 14:01:35
    - Yes, i heard him say he thought Powell was incompetent when he was appointed - Stu Today, 16:19:25
WTF is this weird thing on his hand? - Sounder Today, 13:12:54
- IV bruise coverup.* - Chuck Woodaby Today, 13:16:00
  - from the edema in his cankles?* - Sounder Today, 13:21:46
    - could be any number of health conditions. he's almost 80 and eats like a tween* - VIV Today, 13:25:11
      - I only hope he treats advice from his Doctors like he treats all other expert opinions... - KingTalkyTiki Today, 13:30:28
      - His death will be a glorious celebration - Sounder Today, 13:30:03
        
        You're gonna be waiting at least a decade for that celebration day. * - IlliniRunner Today, 13:49:23
        
        If it's going to be slow, painful, and disfiguring, I can wait.* - KingTalkyTiki Today, 16:22:05
        
        dotz - Sounder Today, 13:54:19
Trump about to fire Powell? - larue33 Today, 10:30:46
- Concepts of a plan to fire him - ATL Today, 14:06:29
- ooo - assassin Today, 12:01:59
  - he'd be dumb to fire Powell before we see how Infrastucture Week plays out* - Sammich Today, 12:42:50
    - Not to mention all of the corrupt crypto stuff they need to sneak by* - Sounder Today, 13:49:08
- next level stuff - John Coctostan Today, 11:27:27
- There’s your Epstein files distraction* - Mrap24 Today, 10:46:54
  - No, this has been the plan all along. Devalue the dollar & raise inflation. Trump and cronies get - longsnapper Today, 11:28:43
  - The people feeling betrayed by the Epstein 180 are not the people interested in monetary policy * - ATL Today, 11:24:29
    - No but it fills their X / Truth Social feed. - EffinIllini Today, 11:26:35
      - Yeah, but he's also calling them stupid and former supporters and fake republicans in their twitter - ATL Today, 12:38:06
        
        I’ll take the under * - TarheelIllini Today, 12:47:59
  - Yep* - EffinIllini Today, 11:07:13
  - I'm still kind of wondering why they don't release an "Epstein Report" that is just old - Warrin'_Illini Today, 10:52:15
    - "Phase 1" - Chuck Woodaby Today, 10:57:12
      - Recall that pic, but who are those people?* - EffinIllini Today, 11:08:08
        
        DC Draino, Libs of TikTok, Liz Wheeler and Scott Presler* - Chuck Woodaby Today, 11:13:26
        
        I assume they all moved off that quite quickly.* - EffinIllini Today, 11:25:08
        
        They all figured out 15 minutes later that everything they were given was already public info - Chuck Woodaby Today, 11:27:48
        
        And now Trump is repeatedly calling them “dumb Republicans” who got fooled by Dems* - OB25 Today, 11:58:20
        
        "Stupid republicans" and "foolish republicans" and "they're stupid people" - Chuck Woodaby Today, 12:40:05
        
        Mike Flynn still begging for answers, because it's about the CHILDREN* - assassin Today, 13:00:10
        
        I’d feel a little better if LoTT stepped on a land mine tomorrow * - assassin Today, 11:21:43
        
        Could it be in the middle of an interview with Taylor Lorenz?* - Chuck Woodaby Today, 11:25:25
        
        The crazy is strong in that one* - Sounder Today, 13:56:39
        
        it sure could* - assassin Today, 11:55:49
        
        all maga grifters, i'm guessing. liz wheeler is the blonde. * - VIV Today, 11:09:54
    - They did that already in March or April* - gvibes Today, 10:55:31
    - I thought that’s what they did with the influencers - CanHartlebHireSnider Today, 10:55:24
      - Yeah, that should have been the end of it. It's out, we released it! - Warrin'_Illini Today, 10:59:53
- "Trump and other White House figures have launched a multi-pronged attack on Powell - Sammich Today, 10:39:36
  - also it’s just one giant prong* - memyselfandillini Today, 10:45:46
    - That's what he said* - Taz Today, 10:54:27
- Very cool* - Stu Today, 10:36:06
- This is fine* - Tortillini Today, 10:36:03
- And, the market reacts* - UofIL6 Today, 10:34:08
Wait, Trump really did keep the CWC trophy for himself? - ATL Today, 9:34:36
- is it really likely to end up in the National Archives?* - Gene Parmesan Today, 9:41:14
  - Nicolas Cage’s phone blowing up* - memyselfandillini Today, 10:38:58
    - Side note: The Fountain of Youth was basically a National Treasure sequel* - Sounder Today, 11:01:52
      - Figured that from the trailer* - TarheelIllini Today, 12:49:20
  - It’s likely to end up in a Mar-A-Lago bathroom* - Sounder Today, 9:45:23
    - I once got busy in one of those* - Sammich Today, 9:46:15
      - I'm guessing Trump grabbed a lot of biscuits in those crappers. - KingTalkyTiki Today, 10:33:14
        
        Taste the biscuit - Sounder Today, 10:34:45
  - I'm sure two of the most corrupt administrations in human history will find a way to prevent that* - Sammich Today, 9:42:34
    - Clarification: is Trump also the second administration?* - Sounder Today, 9:46:31
      - I meant the Trump admin and FIFA* - Sammich Today, 9:47:17
        
        OIC* - Sounder Today, 9:48:59
- he Putin'd it* - Sammich Today, 9:40:34
- Dotz - Sounder Today, 9:35:51
He’s losing it - Sounder Today, 9:16:33
It’s now “The Jeffrey Epstein Hoax”. Cool* - John Coctostan Today, 9:13:15
- To whatever degree there is actual strategy behind what he’s doing… - OB25 Today, 10:31:03
  - I think he's just building up to shooting somebody in the middle of 5th Avenue. - Chuck Woodaby Today, 10:35:46
- I mean he’s obv all over the list and whatever else they have regarding it. - Mrap24 Today, 10:22:23
- It's not like he and his party has been talking about this non-stop for 5+ years now.* - Warrin'_Illini Today, 9:21:12
  - Exactly. Hell I used to not give a shit about it, it's like he WANTS me to. It's literally: - KingTalkyTiki Today, 10:29:55
- This isn’t going to go away - Sounder Today, 9:19:18
- Better than the Trump Files* - Sounder Today, 9:15:05
This sums it up - Sounder Today, 9:07:38
Nick Offerman on Trump gutting the National Park Service - ATL Today, 8:38:54
- I need to watch this later. Also, I bought this Book by Offerman... - EffinIllini Today, 11:42:16
- Our finest living alumnus. - KingTalkyTiki Today, 10:42:20
- When you’re lost Ron Swanson* - Sounder Today, 8:48:48
So yesterday in a speech Trump claimed that he talked with his uncle, - larue33 Today, 8:13:40

I'm sure his brain is mush, but he can also lucidly say whatever he wants and no one will ever - GrandmotherPearlsJam Today, 8:38:08
- ...and "Sleepy Don" fell asleep in a meeting yesterday. - KingTalkyTiki Today, 10:28:19
- He's always had a complete disregard for the truth and said things to inflate - larue33 Today, 8:46:08
  - If Trump has dementia, how would we know? (Thanks Lawrence O'Donnell).* - Warrin'_Illini Today, 8:49:32

Trumps appointed “COO” for NIH escorted out, fired for…. - memyselfandillini Today, 8:00:19
- I thought grift was encouraged* - gvibes Today, 8:34:09
  - yeah, this guy's gotta be wondering what happened to the overall ethos* - Sammich Today, 8:46:22
    - *cue Big Lebowski quote** - ATL Today, 9:53:14
      - We got help chopperin' in!* - Warrin'_Illini Today, 9:54:13
This really happened. - complainant Yesterday, 20:46:07
- Grok misfiring as much as every other Musk creation of recent vintage* - OrangeSox Yesterday, 21:34:36
  - Tread carefully while using Grok, your computer may burst into flames* - illini222 Yesterday, 22:04:15
- Speaking of which, the beat/instrumentals on this new Bieber song are so catchy - OB25 Yesterday, 21:15:15
- The human camel.* - Toonces Yesterday, 21:08:31
Hilights for Deucers! Find the differences between these two pics! - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 17:27:55
- Seems Greg GUTFELD! solved it first. - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 17:30:15
  - when your politics are drawing obvious comparisons to early Nazi Germany - RVA Today, 8:23:01
    - Ding. - KingTalkyTiki Today, 8:28:55
  - You understand that he is making fun of liberals that overuse the word? He isn’t - jjlocke923 Yesterday, 21:02:47
    - Classic Little Fascist Bitch. - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 21:51:59
    - stop posting and quit while you’re a Nazi, I mean ahead. * - memyselfandillini Yesterday, 21:26:39
    - do you expect everyone else here has a double digit IQ too and missed that? - VIV Yesterday, 21:21:49
      - Not everyone * - jjlocke923 Yesterday, 22:14:40
  - ……wow* - VIV Yesterday, 20:35:05
    - Embracing Nazism to own the libs - opey8 Yesterday, 20:38:04
      - His point is flawed but I don’t think he’s “embracing Nazism”* - GMAW Today, 8:15:38
  - It’s insane what these people have turned into* - snipes824 Yesterday, 20:04:08
    - It's going to age very very poorly* - Sounder Yesterday, 20:06:23
  - He’s supposedly one of the funny ones? - doubledown Yesterday, 19:32:04
    - His bio says “comedian.” That’s very helpful, because i wouldn’t have known otherwise. * - VIV Yesterday, 20:36:09
  - Holy shit* - Sounder Yesterday, 17:49:38
    - I encourage them to go around saying "Hey Nazi" to greet each other. - SurfTheBoneyard Yesterday, 19:27:00
      - Bordering on a scene from Kentucky Fried Movie I think* - opey8 Yesterday, 19:28:07
        
        United Appeal For the Dead* - DanSaint Yesterday, 19:40:16
    - TIL Greg GUTFELD! Is 5'5". - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 18:57:57
      - At least he's confident enough in his masculinity to drink out of a straw* - Sounder Yesterday, 19:06:54
        
        A milkshake though? * - doubledown Yesterday, 19:32:42
        
        that's just crazy talk* - Sounder Yesterday, 19:36:10
Trump going all in and directly saying that Obama, Biden, and Comey made up the Epstein files* - OB25 Yesterday, 13:06:28
- I believe him.* - Toonces Yesterday, 18:53:27
- The more he talks the more I think the Epstein files implicate him or someone close to him* - ECEIllinois Yesterday, 18:53:05
  - Ya think? Also, there is no one close to him. At least no one that he wouldn't willingly throw - Taz Yesterday, 19:11:01
- I believe Mr. Kotter started an extensive dossier on Epstein back in the 70s* - memyselfandillini Yesterday, 15:58:19
  - They just need to supply a note. - SurfTheBoneyard Yesterday, 17:41:35
    - nice* - memyselfandillini Yesterday, 21:28:34
- Lulz - ATL Yesterday, 13:59:23
- I'm exhausted just thinking about the mental gymnastics his followers will go through* - illini21 Yesterday, 13:27:55
  - It's a cult* - Sounder Yesterday, 13:29:17
- Well neither Comey or Obama have held office since 2017… - SurfTheBoneyard Yesterday, 13:25:28
- there must be some really nasty shit about him in those files. * - VIV Yesterday, 13:19:49
  - Dotz - Sounder Yesterday, 13:23:31
    - 4:25 - VIV Yesterday, 14:57:06
      - I recognize that Michael Wolff is a tabloid writer - Sounder Yesterday, 14:59:43
        
        trump's actions have indicated he's likely highly compromised in all of this - VIV Yesterday, 15:18:20
        
        And probably to feel the heat and pain first too.* - DocWalk20 Yesterday, 15:56:34
    - same guy that said trump was fucking nikki haley then ran away when confronted about it?* - VIV Yesterday, 14:04:48
- Flailing* - CWR10 Yesterday, 13:18:55
- I don't think this is going to go away* - Sounder Yesterday, 13:15:06
- What's Jizz Lane still doing in lockup then? Set her free!* - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 13:13:43
- The files...that don't exist. And they didn't use that info to kill his candidacy? Got it.* - MojoJojo Yesterday, 13:10:23
  - Let’s make up these terrible documents about Trump… - SurfTheBoneyard Yesterday, 14:42:38
    - The whole point of the doomsday machine is lost if you keep it a secret.* - DT Yesterday, 21:08:31
Inflation rose .3% last month.* - Mrap24 Yesterday, 9:12:43
- in line with expectations; core only .2 and lol at anybody concerned about a number like that - Ari Gold Yesterday, 15:29:45
  - What’s up my nazi!* - John Coctostan Yesterday, 21:04:01
- I am Tiki's lack of surprise - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 12:43:43
- My barber just increased the price of a haircut by $5. Golden Age my ass!* - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 9:40:55
  - earache my eye!* - Sammich Yesterday, 9:41:40
    - Who knew Born in East LA was gonna be so damn relevant... - haighter Yesterday, 10:11:09
      - Dave’s not here* - timmer Yesterday, 11:40:53
  - Just reduce your tip by $5.* - Tuscy Yesterday, 9:41:30
    - I'm considering it.* - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 9:45:03
    - word on the street is Sammich is an idiot* - Sammich Yesterday, 9:42:54
      - That saxy guy is a vicious rumor monger.* - Tuscy Yesterday, 9:44:10
        
        I speak the truth. it's not my fault that some people aren't prepared to hear it - IlliniSax05 Yesterday, 9:46:58
House Republicans block Dems attempt to release Epstein files* - UofIL6 Yesterday, 8:12:41
- How can they block the release of something that doesn't exist?* - ATL Yesterday, 8:33:07
  - “It’s a nothing burger.” - SurfTheBoneyard Yesterday, 8:55:15
    - Royale With Cheese* - memyselfandillini Yesterday, 11:31:23
    - "If Trump was on it, Biden would have released it"... - shua Yesterday, 10:13:16
      - it's mutually assured destruction, which means we all should absolutely see it - VIV Yesterday, 11:02:30
        
        Nor if you were a pedocon* - ATL Yesterday, 11:36:21
        
        party over country* - lcubed Yesterday, 11:26:03
- Just keep them under pressure.* - SurfTheBoneyard Yesterday, 8:20:04
  - ...pushing down on them - IlliniSax05 Yesterday, 8:20:46
    - no man asshole* - Sammich Yesterday, 8:26:25
Cuomo plans to run as an independent - Sounder July 14, 2025, 15:51:22
- Perfect, no notes - John Coctostan Yesterday, 9:52:39
- This is so dumb* - ECEIllinois July 14, 2025, 17:09:15
  - Maybe he has a thing for humiliation?* - SurfTheBoneyard July 14, 2025, 18:36:38
    - Those pierced nipples aren't for show.* - Chuck Woodaby July 14, 2025, 18:42:53
- Big Z just ratioed the shit out of him on twitter. - Warrin'_Illini July 14, 2025, 15:58:09
  - Carlos Zambrano?* - ab75 July 14, 2025, 21:53:23
  - He’s gonna win with like 37% of the vote* - CanHartlebHireSnider July 14, 2025, 16:40:58
    - The Republican candidate is a real character, too. I like his hat.* - Warrin'_Illini July 14, 2025, 16:54:22
      - There was a law and order episode based on him like 20 years ago* - CanHartlebHireSnider July 14, 2025, 17:05:24
        
        He does present as a tv character. Maybe not a mayor, but somebody for sure.* - Warrin'_Illini July 14, 2025, 17:13:39
        
        I can't get past the beret* - Sounder July 14, 2025, 19:07:13
  - IDKWTI?* - Sounder July 14, 2025, 15:59:12
    - Look at the replies to the tweet in your post. You'll notice one has 50x as - Warrin'_Illini July 14, 2025, 16:01:57
Supreme Court w/ 6-3 ruling w/ no explanation, allowing Trump to continue dismantling the Dept of Ed - IlliniRunner July 14, 2025, 14:53:26
- I don't understand their hard on for the Department of Education - Sounder July 14, 2025, 15:01:26
  - They want parents and local nutjobs deciding the curriculum.* - SurfTheBoneyard July 14, 2025, 18:37:28
  - ooo - assassin July 14, 2025, 15:10:09
    - Carlin was right about a lot of things. On this one, he's got his head firmly up his cynical ass. - doubledown July 14, 2025, 16:40:32
      - There are people that care, but are they the owners of the country?* - WhitmansFolly July 14, 2025, 16:59:43
        
        Which owners? The ones when he wrote the bit, or the ones now? A lot changed in 20 years. * - doubledown July 14, 2025, 17:12:08
        
        It hasn't changed since 1961 - Chuck Woodaby July 14, 2025, 17:49:53
        
        I love a simple conspiracy theory. * - doubledown July 14, 2025, 18:42:02
        
        We can add it to unborn babies and migrant caravans for things you don't think exist.* - Chuck Woodaby July 14, 2025, 18:59:32
        
        I know unborn babies exist. I just don’t think they’re people for as long as the people who - doubledown July 14, 2025, 19:10:03
        
        Lizard people don't age like we do. 20 years is just a blip.* - Sammich July 14, 2025, 17:26:14
  - Of course not. Especially if those better educated people are poor and minorities* - IlliniRunner July 14, 2025, 15:09:30
  - federal oversight of education is too similar to central planning - Sammich July 14, 2025, 15:09:03
    - How's that decentralization of FEMA going so far?* - Sounder July 14, 2025, 15:12:44
  - We do. They don't. Their strategy relies upon people being unable to think for themselves.* - MojoJojo July 14, 2025, 15:07:07
Ha these people are the biggest pussies on earth - John Coctostan July 14, 2025, 12:17:45
The US Economy, split in two - Sounder July 14, 2025, 11:28:33
First Time Homebuyers at Half the Historical Norm - VIV July 14, 2025, 9:03:59
- and I'm sure anything affordable is being bought up by private-equity firms* - shua July 14, 2025, 9:23:11
  - We’re a few years from the biggest leftward swing in this country since the 1930s* - opossum jenkins July 14, 2025, 15:13:44
    - My money is on BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street.* - Chuck Woodaby July 14, 2025, 18:10:09
- We need to keep this up to get those numbers down to rookie level.* - Warrin'_Illini July 14, 2025, 9:07:45
Had the misfortune of having Fox News in my line of sight at the pizza place I ate last night - RVA July 14, 2025, 9:00:38
- How could you eat pizza knowing what was happening in the basement? * - doubledown July 14, 2025, 9:03:01
  - I was finally able to end my long boycott thanks to the invalidation of the Epstein list - RVA July 14, 2025, 9:17:14
CNN headline: Trump’s Most Ardent Supporters are in Revolt - SurfTheBoneyard July 14, 2025, 8:54:42
- Not surprised by this reaction at all: - Warrin'_Illini July 14, 2025, 9:06:35
  - This country's real welfare queens are about to find out who they are. * - doubledown July 14, 2025, 9:15:57
- There was probably at least two meetings deciding which way to go with that. * - doubledown July 14, 2025, 8:55:39
I just saw a commercial for a local pool company: - VIV July 14, 2025, 7:27:35
- I'm looking at getting an e-bike and one of the brands I'm looking at has it in its - ATL July 14, 2025, 7:28:14
  - I'm selling my Rad Rover if you want to come get it. * - doubledown July 14, 2025, 8:56:58
    - I’m sure you’re only slightly kidding, but I don’t think I want to bike with such fat tires. - ATL July 14, 2025, 10:21:07
Wait, what? - ATL July 14, 2025, 6:46:01
- Well that shouldn’t hold up in court.* - SurfTheBoneyard July 14, 2025, 7:03:28
  - In reading the linked article it seems the Texas Supreme Court has it kinda cooked. * - haighter July 14, 2025, 7:22:47
    - Don’t understand * - TarheelIllini July 14, 2025, 9:05:29
      - Anywhere else, such a lame excuse wouldn’t stop a FOIA request… - SurfTheBoneyard July 14, 2025, 9:12:12

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