The Deuce: You know what's really good? A hot dog with a slice of American cheese, some taco meat, and ketchup.

Political thread for the week of July 21, 2025 - doubledown July 21, 2025, 8:02:34

Every time I think twitter and grok is completely cooked, we get some gold - John Coctostan Yesterday, 19:29:50
ooo - DocWalk20 Yesterday, 14:45:15
- The Craig T Nelson* - Sammich Yesterday, 16:06:16
  - LOL, didn't know about this one. People just be sayin' shit. - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 16:10:58
- What exactly is government cheese? - timmer Yesterday, 15:42:39
  - ooo - SurfTheBoneyard Yesterday, 19:32:53
  - It’s a block of American processed cheese - Sounder Yesterday, 15:48:47
Trump bans homelessness - complainant Yesterday, 4:04:52
- Soylent Green time baby* - assassin Yesterday, 12:14:38
  - I was ok with cane sugar Soylent Yellow* - Stu Yesterday, 19:33:42
- Bought some GEO and CoreCivic stock this morning - OrangeSox Yesterday, 11:50:06
- Which means when they get arrested and put into camps paid by tax dollars. - timmer Yesterday, 9:49:49
- Reading through this, it appears to actually do nothing. * - doubledown Yesterday, 9:27:39
  - Opens the door to allocate money for funding of institutions - OrangeSox Yesterday, 9:49:05
- So noble* - CWR10 Yesterday, 9:19:27
- i'm all for fewer homeless, but is this just rounding them up and moving them elsewhere? - VIV Yesterday, 8:41:40
  - Trump is absolutely the wrong guy to do it with any nuance - CWR10 Yesterday, 9:21:33
    - It’s hard to imagine a solution that doesn’t involve some form of involuntary commitment* - Herman Blume Yesterday, 9:44:43
      - Which for a significant number of homeless isn't something that should be too far fetched... - haighter Yesterday, 11:41:29
  - Yes, to jail * - ATL Yesterday, 8:42:34
    - going to need to build a ton of prisons - VIV Yesterday, 8:54:39
      - That’s what El Salvador is for VIV, duh* - Carl Spackler Yesterday, 9:31:41
      - That's exactly the point. Private prison money hits different* - OrangeSox Yesterday, 9:17:00
      - Good news for the private prison industry I guess * - ATL Yesterday, 8:55:13
        
        And the slave labor that comes with it* - PapaDels Yesterday, 14:32:02
- That should solve things. * - MC Yesterday, 8:20:21
  - he should ban cancer next* - VIV Yesterday, 8:41:58
This must have been a hell of a night. - Toonces July 24, 2025, 20:26:16
- They felt good?* - JeffFrank Yesterday, 8:42:18
- Get up offa that thang!* - SurfTheBoneyard July 24, 2025, 20:56:11
Chuck Schumer calls her "Jizz Lane." - complainant July 24, 2025, 18:34:17
- *nods approvingly* * - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 8:37:01
- He's a increasingly enfeebled old man. He aint trolling anyone. * - IlliniRunner July 24, 2025, 19:25:30
  - Isn’t that how it’s pronounced? She is one dirty Jizz Lane.* - Toonces July 24, 2025, 19:29:56
    - Pretty sure it is Ghee-len.* - SurfTheBoneyard July 24, 2025, 21:01:07
      - Yes.* - complainant July 24, 2025, 21:24:18
        
        Just this one time only, I'm going to hand it to Chuck Schumer.* - Toonces July 24, 2025, 21:55:00
        
        You gotta.* - complainant July 24, 2025, 22:33:39
TikTok rumor says guy who went to Russia to escape wokeness killed in Ukraine* - Stu July 24, 2025, 17:39:06
- Oh no! Anyway…* - DT July 24, 2025, 19:15:51
- That’s a shame. * - doubledown July 24, 2025, 18:57:46
- There's video. Fuck that guy. Got what he deserved.* - LeatherneckIllini July 24, 2025, 18:34:00
- If true, my question would be by whom?* - SurfTheBoneyard July 24, 2025, 18:30:05
  - I have the same question about this guy. - complainant July 24, 2025, 19:25:43
  - DEI* - Stu July 24, 2025, 18:44:55
  - Hitlary - ATL July 24, 2025, 18:31:17
- I give his widow 1 week to file to come home - TarheelIllini July 24, 2025, 18:29:13
- Everybody wins * - complainant July 24, 2025, 18:25:28
Shocking: FCC approves Skydance/Paramount merger. Bribe is effective* - UofIL6 July 24, 2025, 17:13:29
- They don’t even feel the need to pretend they’re not related anymore* - snipes824 July 24, 2025, 17:20:48
*opens theead to see some political updates. sees ketchup on hot dog talk. closes thread* - lcubed July 24, 2025, 16:59:48
- I like it (the subthread, ketchup on a hot dog is gross), need more reshuffled partisans* - RVA July 24, 2025, 19:04:31
This is good content - OB25 July 24, 2025, 15:31:25
- What was the actual 3.1 billion supposed to represent?* - Blazer July 24, 2025, 16:24:55
  - He’s accusing Powell of extravagant building and improvement costs… - SurfTheBoneyard July 24, 2025, 16:29:40
- That fvcking guy* - UofIL6 July 24, 2025, 16:17:59
- Utterly amazing. What a fucking idiot* - Mrap24 July 24, 2025, 16:12:04
- I love Powell. #POWELLSTRONG - timmer July 24, 2025, 15:44:18
  - Send. It. In. J.* - Warrin'_Illini July 24, 2025, 16:13:47
    - He has no fucks to give… - SurfTheBoneyard July 24, 2025, 17:26:45
Sen. Mullin- you weren’t supposed to say that part out loud. - VIV July 24, 2025, 13:11:59
- He’s in the running for dumbest guy ever elected to any office anywhere* - Herman Blume Yesterday, 9:27:33
- Your 49th ranked education system at work.... - KingTalkyTiki July 24, 2025, 14:34:06
- I think he realized what he said about 0.5s after the word "cover" left his mouth - ATL July 24, 2025, 13:22:51
Obama with the proper opinion of ketchup - Sounder July 24, 2025, 13:04:26
- Just had two dogs from Byrons. They would have been Obama approved.* - KingTalkyTiki July 24, 2025, 14:37:02
- no* - VIV July 24, 2025, 13:12:26
  - I'm not anti ketchup, but ketchup on a hot dog should be a capital crime* - Sounder July 24, 2025, 13:14:41
    - Yet adult men wearing ball caps backwards shouldn’t be judged?* - HeatMizer July 24, 2025, 21:08:37
    - I'm sort of anti-ketchup, and a hot dog is one of few justifiable uses for ketchup.* - EffinIllini July 24, 2025, 15:36:22
      - I pretty much only use ketchup for burgers and french fries - Sounder July 24, 2025, 16:51:57
        
        Put BBQ sauce on a burger. Ketchup for grown-ups. - EffinIllini Yesterday, 11:47:41
        
        try a hot dog with tomato, ketchup, and onion and get back to me* - CoronaTheirAss July 24, 2025, 16:53:40
        
        ketchup on a hot dog is fucking gross - Sounder July 24, 2025, 16:55:04
        
        Ketchup with ground meat and bread = good - VIV July 24, 2025, 17:39:12
        
        What is it about a burger or fries that makes ketchup not gross to you? - IlliniSax05 July 24, 2025, 17:20:34
        
        can you read? try one with ketchup, tomato, and onion and get back to me* - CoronaTheirAss July 24, 2025, 17:00:50
      - Yeah - i feel the same. I don't even use it for french fries. Hot dogs and burgers are my choice - CoronaTheirAss July 24, 2025, 16:48:36
    - You know what's really good? A hot dog with a slice of American cheese, some taco meat, and ketchup. - Illiniphil July 24, 2025, 15:07:54
    - Fucking absurd, I’ll die on this hill* - Jackie July 24, 2025, 14:24:22
      - on which side?* - VIV July 24, 2025, 14:29:14
        
        The sane side where people can put whatever the hell they want on a hot dog - Jackie July 24, 2025, 15:03:51
    - It's a hot dog. They're for kids* - ECEIllinois July 24, 2025, 13:37:37
      - perhaps, but don't act like you don't get down on "kids" food sometimes - IlliniSax05 July 24, 2025, 13:47:26
        
        chicken nuggets and mac and cheese FTW* - Sounder July 24, 2025, 13:54:30
      - The $1.50 Costco hot dog is one of life's great pleasures* - Sounder July 24, 2025, 13:40:45
        
        You must lead a much less interesting life than I've assumed* - ECEIllinois July 24, 2025, 13:45:04
        
        My life is perfectly fine - Sounder July 24, 2025, 13:45:53
    - no.* - VIV July 24, 2025, 13:28:05
    - this is near the top of my list of stupid things that trigger me - IlliniSax05 July 24, 2025, 13:26:43
      - I know it's silly, but it really does drive me bananas - Sounder July 24, 2025, 13:30:15
        
        It's a dollar's worth of hog anus and intestines, not a waygu steak* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes July 24, 2025, 13:35:41
        
        funny side story - Sounder July 24, 2025, 13:38:48
        
        shove the "food science" up your ass. - VIV July 24, 2025, 13:34:48
        
        I care about what tastes good, not what food science says - IlliniSax05 July 24, 2025, 13:32:04
        
        yeah basically put whatever you want on it to cover up the taste of mystery organ parts* - ECEIllinois July 24, 2025, 13:38:50
        
        That's the thing - Sounder July 24, 2025, 13:35:21
    - it makes no sense. like choosing to sleep in the tub - memyselfandillini July 24, 2025, 13:25:47
    - ooo. - longsnapper July 24, 2025, 13:19:18
      - it's provincial and it's fun. ban the ketchup!* - cpsteine July 24, 2025, 13:42:17
      - LOL, i was just about to refer to this same post* - Gene Parmesan July 24, 2025, 13:24:04
        
        Part of being a middle aged person without any real problems - Sounder July 24, 2025, 13:31:29
        
        like kids knocking on your door?* - VIV July 24, 2025, 13:50:29
        
        Part of the problem with modern society - Sounder July 24, 2025, 13:56:13
        
        from me or from the 12 year olds?* - VIV July 24, 2025, 14:05:16
      - ooo - Sounder July 24, 2025, 13:21:59
I'm sure this Maxwell interview will be totally by the book* - Sounder July 24, 2025, 11:28:54
- I imagine she will have a fatal ‘heart attack’ during the interview* - Stu July 24, 2025, 11:55:25
- The pardon will just be a coincidence I’m sure. * - doubledown July 24, 2025, 11:54:00
  - Do you want a pardon? - Sounder July 24, 2025, 12:02:20
    - Why didn’t SDNY under Biden make a deal with her to spill?* - memyselfandillini July 24, 2025, 12:06:39
      - She maintained her innocence and didn't want a deal. - Chuck Woodaby July 24, 2025, 12:27:27
      - two reasons - VIV July 24, 2025, 12:15:46
When you've lost the Q-Anon Shaman... - Stu July 24, 2025, 10:06:59
When his base was turning on him last week I said I wondered what the distraction would be - OB25 July 24, 2025, 9:55:57
It's weird that no Republicans seem to remember who was President from Jan 2017- Jan 2021 - ATL July 24, 2025, 8:54:39
- CTE is a serious matter.* - KingTalkyTiki July 24, 2025, 11:25:07
- Yikes. "won't bring it down when the economy is thriving." That is totally how it works* - gvibes July 24, 2025, 9:11:15
  - ooo - ATL July 24, 2025, 10:47:07
- These people are all dumber than average, and average is already pretty dumb. * - doubledown July 24, 2025, 9:07:51
- What a couple of pathetic individuals* - Mrap24 July 24, 2025, 9:05:43
Must be a coincidence that there are 14 words - ECEIllinois July 23, 2025, 21:13:20
- Pretty much every US History teacher in the country uses this piece to analyze the idea of - Herman Blume July 24, 2025, 15:44:01
- Can you explain the number 14 comment? I’m not familiar * - TarheelIllini July 24, 2025, 9:22:14
  - Here you go - ISeeDeadHawkeyes July 24, 2025, 9:23:06
  - dots - gvibes July 24, 2025, 9:23:03
- all the highlights -deforestation, subjugation of nature, and Native Americans on the run* - memyselfandillini July 24, 2025, 9:12:41
- Look at the randomly capitalized words* - IlliniRunner July 23, 2025, 22:50:49
Face eating leopards - TarheelIllini July 23, 2025, 19:49:04
- Her response at the end is just priceless. Some people just can’t be helped.* - Carl Spackler July 23, 2025, 20:07:39
  - “Family values” was a code word. She hates the gays more than she loves her family. - doubledown July 24, 2025, 9:41:05
- I wish the faces would eat the leopards * - ATL July 23, 2025, 19:50:32
  - That happens in Russia a lot, as I understand it. * - Tuscy July 24, 2025, 13:52:15
115 aid groups describe situation in Gaza as Mass Starvation - assassin July 23, 2025, 18:20:25
- some of those kids might have talked to someone in hamas one time tho.I've been told here that's - John Coctostan July 24, 2025, 7:58:24
- This fat tub of shit has thoughts: - Chuck Woodaby July 23, 2025, 19:25:24
  - Kinda sums it all up, really. * - assassin July 23, 2025, 21:45:31
- Do we really need 115 aid grpups? - timmer July 23, 2025, 19:12:31
- Trump: Palestinians now hungry for solution* - memyselfandillini July 23, 2025, 18:47:17
WSJ: Justice Department Told Trump in May That His Name Is Among Many in the Epstein Files* - ECEIllinois July 23, 2025, 14:17:44
- Apparently it’s Kash as their source. Trump should have never hired 100% sycophants.* - Toonces July 23, 2025, 18:59:44
  - More importantly don’t hire someone with the crazy eyes - ATL July 23, 2025, 19:54:53
- Won’t matter for much of his base. If there’s one thing his culturally Christian fans will tolerate - doubledown July 23, 2025, 15:09:01
  - Unlike every other crappy thing Trump has done, I think this would matter - Stu July 23, 2025, 16:46:19
    - Serious question - Sounder July 23, 2025, 16:50:33
      - Well, if the files showed that Epstein arranged for him to have sex with 14 year olds multiple times - Stu July 23, 2025, 16:52:56
        
        Hypothetically, what if the girls were 17-19 instead of 14?* - Sounder July 23, 2025, 16:55:03
        
        Almost no reaction. Everyone knows how he is.* - Stu July 23, 2025, 16:57:21
        
        I am not an expert on sex trafficking - Sounder July 23, 2025, 17:06:16
        
        My understanding is that when he commented on her boobs, ivanka was 16 or 15.* - ATL July 23, 2025, 19:51:03
        
        commenting and fucking are two different things* - Sounder July 23, 2025, 19:54:07
- The Justice Department told the world that Trump's name was in the Epstein files 9 times in February - Chuck Woodaby July 23, 2025, 15:04:33
  - this is what happens when you prioritize loyalty over competence* - ECEIllinois July 23, 2025, 15:26:20
- I mean duh...why would Ted Cruz's dad and Obama have created them and not put his name in there?* - ATL July 23, 2025, 15:00:00
- Uhh, ya think* - Mrap24 July 23, 2025, 14:54:28
  - There are more pictures of Trump with Epstein than there are trans athletes - Sounder July 23, 2025, 14:56:01
- subpoenas never age* - Sounder July 23, 2025, 14:46:11
- Obvious lie. There are no Epstein files* - gvibes July 23, 2025, 14:43:13
  - I'm sure his lawyers are busy amending his complaint* - ECEIllinois July 23, 2025, 14:46:44
- I am Tiki's lack of surprise. - KingTalkyTiki July 23, 2025, 14:38:45
  - Alright, we get it. You don't need to bring him up constantly. He doesn't post here anymore. - longsnapper July 23, 2025, 15:47:54
    - The super-nice guy who took pics off my Facebook and posted them on the other board? - KingTalkyTiki July 23, 2025, 16:14:45
      - Yes, we've heard. Many times. I don't think we need to continue to hear it. - longsnapper July 23, 2025, 16:31:51
        
        Then I would ignore my posts on the matter. - KingTalkyTiki July 23, 2025, 16:34:39
    - If he doesn't post here anymore, who cares? Throwsize I expected better of you!* - Warrin'_Illini July 23, 2025, 15:52:51
  - Throwsize! * - jjlocke923 July 23, 2025, 15:05:22
    - Little Bitch!* - KingTalkyTiki July 23, 2025, 15:21:50
- Hey he may be a pedo but he's still sharp as a tack mentally.* - Warrin'_Illini July 23, 2025, 14:20:37
Are his cankles due to CHF and not just venous insufficiency? If so, that'd be bad for him* - Dark Knight July 22, 2025, 21:17:09
- No worries. RFK Jr. will just tell him to eat more Big Macs* - Stu July 23, 2025, 8:28:28
  - 20CCs of beef tallow fries and Mexican Coke, STAT!* - KingTalkyTiki July 23, 2025, 11:05:42
- probably and yes. it would also explain the cath bags on his legs - VIV July 23, 2025, 8:26:56
  - I had seen literally nothing about this until your post. Searched for and found articles but this is - ATL July 23, 2025, 8:45:09
    - at least the msm hasn't been aggressively pushing back on it like grandpa joe's cognitive decline, - Ari Gold July 23, 2025, 10:20:03
      - You're calling this pushing back? - Chuck Woodaby July 23, 2025, 12:00:20
        
        then what happened?* - VIV July 23, 2025, 12:02:32
        
        He made them look like big dumb dipshits so they turned on him. - Chuck Woodaby July 23, 2025, 12:14:26
        
        yeah, there was initial gaslighting- especially by CNN (because CNN sucks). - VIV July 23, 2025, 12:27:51
        
        Initial gaslighting? - Chuck Woodaby July 23, 2025, 12:28:51
        
        eh... really like 2, but ok. then what happened?* - VIV July 23, 2025, 12:31:05
        
        The Catholic church covered up child rape for centuries. - Chuck Woodaby July 23, 2025, 12:50:41
        
        Talk about reducing to the absurd * - VIV July 23, 2025, 14:42:24
        
        So for 2 years the msm aggressively pushed back on his cognitive decline. - Chuck Woodaby July 23, 2025, 12:35:42
        
        ….then what happened?* - VIV July 23, 2025, 14:41:44
        
        nothing to see here and lol that it was primarily cnn. see morning joe.* - Ari Gold July 23, 2025, 14:04:18
      - Hi Ari, still think Trump is the 1st president in history to get 90% approval within his own party? - RVA July 23, 2025, 12:00:16
        
        no. just trying to explain what johnson was trying to say. just like the obama official.* - Ari Gold July 23, 2025, 15:02:29
        
        So when Johnson was saying the 90% approval was truly something unprecedented - RVA July 23, 2025, 21:40:16
        
        LOL - assassin July 23, 2025, 17:21:52
        
        *crickets** - KingTalkyTiki July 23, 2025, 14:36:53
      - Yeah, reports of his mental decline didn't impact his candidacy at all. - KingTalkyTiki July 23, 2025, 11:07:32
      - Yes, good point. The media never talked about Biden's age or cognitive fitness* - ATL July 23, 2025, 10:24:37
        
        yep. never, ever* - cpsteine July 23, 2025, 11:03:53
        
        Was absolutely NOT an issue in the 2024 election * - ATL July 23, 2025, 11:28:18
        
        in which, as we all know, only one of the prospective candidates had age-related cognitive decline* - Sammich July 23, 2025, 11:30:21
- oh no. * - doubledown July 23, 2025, 7:50:52
Some of these ICE videos are just brutal - UofIL6 July 22, 2025, 16:37:55
- Greatest Country in the World! - KingTalkyTiki July 22, 2025, 18:54:41
- Nm - KingTalkyTiki July 22, 2025, 18:54:34
- Just watched it but it seems like they agreed to let him drop off his kid - CoronaTheirAss July 22, 2025, 18:29:43
- Chickenshit asshole Nazis. The scarves are so their mothers don’t see them on TV - memyselfandillini July 22, 2025, 18:20:35
  - Disagree, their mama's would be proud. - opey8 July 22, 2025, 18:35:59
- the cruelty is the point* - Sounder July 22, 2025, 16:39:50
the absolute cowardice of house republicans to adjourn early to avoid a vote on epstein* - VIV July 22, 2025, 15:52:50
- What’s to stop the D’s from bringing this up in September?* - TarheelIllini July 23, 2025, 11:32:32
  - if they're smart, nothing. but "being smart" is a huge leap for the democratic party. - VIV July 23, 2025, 12:17:05
- I hope they call the same votes when the get back. Johnson is an absolute coward - Mrap24 July 22, 2025, 16:51:27
  - just following orders. - memyselfandillini July 22, 2025, 18:25:50
- These guys misplayed this so badly. Trump is surely gobsmacked that some of his base really does - Warrin'_Illini July 22, 2025, 16:24:46
  - Fwiw jjlocke doesn't care about his pedophilia learnings in the slightest* - Dark Knight July 22, 2025, 21:15:43
  - To be fair, I still don't think they care that he is a pedophile - Sounder July 22, 2025, 16:26:29
    - i think the most likely scenario - VIV July 22, 2025, 20:50:02
      - "financial"? - Chuck Woodaby July 22, 2025, 21:13:37
        
        certainly some of the thousands of wire transfers to epstein being from trump - VIV July 22, 2025, 21:19:01
        
        Ooh we can involve Russia in this!!! - Chuck Woodaby July 22, 2025, 21:27:35
        
        I mean - VIV July 23, 2025, 7:47:02
        
        Yes, and the logical conclusion from that is the transactions were obviously from Donald Trump's - Chuck Woodaby July 23, 2025, 8:57:30
        
        we'll see- or probably not. - VIV July 23, 2025, 9:15:03
        
        This isn't new information "dripping into the public in the last couple of months" - Chuck Woodaby July 23, 2025, 9:24:17
        
        i know that you know what "ongoing" means. - VIV July 23, 2025, 9:27:41
        
        Ask that to the guy suing the WSJ and Rupert Murdoch over it.* - Chuck Woodaby July 23, 2025, 9:40:56
        
        suing is so out of character for him* - VIV July 23, 2025, 9:43:53
        
        Rupert Murdoch.* - Chuck Woodaby July 23, 2025, 9:46:49
        
        heard you the first time. - VIV July 23, 2025, 9:54:04
    - As I've said before, they should have been ready with a "list". - Warrin'_Illini July 22, 2025, 16:33:34
      - I wonder when the WSJ asked for comment about the birthday card. - Chuck Woodaby July 22, 2025, 16:43:35
      - Grayson Moorhead - Sounder July 22, 2025, 16:38:26
- I mean Trump is on the list of the most repugnant people to ever walk the earth... - KingTalkyTiki July 22, 2025, 16:09:49
  - Exactly, Trump is who is he, he's just plainly out there in the open - Sounder July 22, 2025, 16:14:11
lulz - ATL July 22, 2025, 15:03:28
- The "laser focus" tag is a bit much. Reminds me of a newspaper political cartoon. - Sammich July 22, 2025, 15:36:39
  - How would we know it's not Cyclops? - illinijohn July 24, 2025, 11:20:42
  - Yeah They terped it there.* - ATL July 22, 2025, 19:22:42
  - We need to know they’re not trying to destroy the phone with the files* - assassin July 22, 2025, 15:56:18
    - Fair. Also without the label, I could easily mistake the lasers for strange strips of bacon. - DocWalk20 July 22, 2025, 16:09:24
Not an economics guy but that doesn’t seem like a great trade deal for Americans - Mrap24 July 22, 2025, 13:48:59
- I’m sure the Philippines can barely buy any of our shit - snipes824 July 22, 2025, 14:00:09
  - Luxury American SUV's all over Manila* - Sounder July 22, 2025, 14:01:35
Imagine if Obama did this - Sounder July 22, 2025, 13:07:35
- dots - jjlocke923 July 22, 2025, 13:13:08
  - You have zero credibility with me, you are a fucking piece of shit troll* - Sounder July 22, 2025, 13:17:06
    - Specifically, he’s a sea lion. * - doubledown July 22, 2025, 14:33:24
      - please do not trash pinnipeds thusly* - ATL July 22, 2025, 15:07:39
- The son of the Dictator is current President. - KingTalkyTiki July 22, 2025, 13:12:43
- I don't get it* - CoronaTheirAss July 22, 2025, 13:11:27
  - The guy he said he met with died in 1989 - Sounder July 22, 2025, 13:16:40
    - Keep trying* - jjlocke923 July 22, 2025, 13:20:17
    - The current president is Ferdinand Marcos Jr. - KingTalkyTiki July 22, 2025, 13:18:21
      - mea culpa, I saw the tweet and took it at face value - Sounder July 22, 2025, 13:38:49
        
        Don't beat yourself up. It's an easy mistake to make* - jjlocke923 July 22, 2025, 13:40:25
      - Highly recommend this podcast... - KingTalkyTiki July 22, 2025, 13:22:55
    - No it's like saying you met with George Bush - CanHartlebHireSnider July 22, 2025, 13:18:11
      - or just go off grid entirely* - assassin July 22, 2025, 13:25:22
- Imagine if Obama called the President of the Philippines by his name?* - CanHartlebHireSnider July 22, 2025, 13:10:37
  - TBF it probably would begin months of oversight hearings and adverse WSJ editorials* - ATL July 22, 2025, 13:56:26
Just before rollout, Elmo claimed Tesla would sell 250K Cybertrucks a year. Q2 they sold 4.5K - ATL July 22, 2025, 12:59:05
- I’m baffled they still sold ~1000 more Cybertrucks than R1Ts in the quarter. - DocWalk20 July 22, 2025, 15:15:41
  - I just don’t understand why people would get a truck with a 4.5ft bed. * - haighter July 22, 2025, 16:53:30
  - Weird. I see way more R1Ts* - cpsteine July 22, 2025, 15:29:01
  - I think Rivian did an early model year change so they’re starting production of ’26 - ATL July 22, 2025, 15:27:43
- He should have made the sedan version. I'd get this for sure: - Warrin'_Illini July 22, 2025, 13:28:41
  - But that car has compound curves and is styled by somebody with eyesight - ATL July 22, 2025, 15:09:01
    - I saw one with even less curves than this and it looked sharp (pun intended). - Warrin'_Illini July 22, 2025, 16:06:52
  - Don't assume Elon changed. He's always been this person* - longsnapper July 22, 2025, 14:20:59
    - Probably, but he really went out of his way to make sure everyone knew.* - Warrin'_Illini July 22, 2025, 14:40:00
  - Hate to say it, but that actually looks cool* - TarheelIllini July 22, 2025, 13:33:46
    - There's usually a cybertruck parked outside my building in the morning, they are huge. - Warrin'_Illini July 22, 2025, 13:37:30
      - lol. That's funny. But I did see a passenger in one once. - EffinIllini July 22, 2025, 15:12:29
- That is some tasty, tasty schadenfreude* - KingTalkyTiki July 22, 2025, 13:00:37
  - That would make it one of the biggest product flops of all time - Sounder July 22, 2025, 13:01:41
    - Couldn't happen to a more deserving fascist.* - KingTalkyTiki July 22, 2025, 14:14:30
    - This century's Edsel.* - MojoJojo July 22, 2025, 13:30:26
      - They sold over 100K Edsels. * - doubledown July 22, 2025, 14:29:05
    - Ketamine is bad....mmmmkay* - ATL July 22, 2025, 13:17:39
There's something fucked up about that mother fucker - Sounder July 22, 2025, 11:42:04
- He talks just like a Deucer* - Stu July 22, 2025, 12:27:43
Have you ever been to a big city? - ATL July 22, 2025, 11:32:34
- Had LBK's Iowa Crew in Chicago this weekend. - KingTalkyTiki July 22, 2025, 12:21:32
  - What is the GOP doing to Iowa? - jjlocke923 July 22, 2025, 12:58:28
    - dear leader's tariff war is fucking over farmers. * - VIV July 22, 2025, 13:07:06
      - Maybe so, but I can’t imagine that is what’s driving people out of Iowa and into Chicago* - jjlocke923 July 22, 2025, 13:18:35
        
        the 6 week abortion ban probably has something to do with it - IlliniSax05 July 22, 2025, 13:30:28
        
        significantly fewer farms in chicago* - VIV July 22, 2025, 13:19:12
    - dotz - Sounder July 22, 2025, 13:04:43
    - I'm honestly curious about how you became such a little bitch.* - KingTalkyTiki July 22, 2025, 13:02:38
- dots - gvibes July 22, 2025, 11:54:21
  - Otherwise known as "putting on a good shirt" around here.* - EffinIllini July 22, 2025, 12:04:42
- Back under Reagan, our big cities were great!* - DT July 22, 2025, 11:41:31
  - "shining city on a hill" was inspired by NYC in the '70s* - Sammich July 22, 2025, 11:51:26
    - I thought it was Boston* - TarheelIllini July 22, 2025, 12:42:55
      - I had more than a feeling that it was * - ATL July 22, 2025, 12:46:43
- it's true. when i lived in chicago, i was murdered at least twice every month. - VIV July 22, 2025, 11:34:30
  - Crime is down! - KingTalkyTiki July 22, 2025, 12:50:24
  - Exceptional American and Deucer* - LWillhite July 22, 2025, 12:46:22
  - Be happy it was feces from rats. * - doubledown July 22, 2025, 11:41:35
    - Less feces, more fasces!* - DT July 22, 2025, 11:44:02
Trump really playing the greatest hits this morning - Sounder July 22, 2025, 11:16:01
- His obsession with using obamas middle name is weird. We should start calling him Donald Joke Trump* - Mrap24 July 22, 2025, 13:07:52
- So Obama couldn't rig the election well enough in 2016... when he was still President - VIV July 22, 2025, 11:30:13
Lol, DOJ to talk to Maxwell. Can only imagine that conversation - UofIL6 July 22, 2025, 8:38:32
- (through former Trump defense counsel Todd Blanche, IIRC)* - ATL July 22, 2025, 8:46:23
  - Yes, that’s what all the big, blaring headlines say* - Stu July 22, 2025, 11:15:55
    - Like all of these? - ATL July 22, 2025, 11:23:22
      - It's a tricky spot for them though...they can't pardon Maxwell without re-igniting the wrath... - haighter July 22, 2025, 11:32:23
        
        If you don't think Trump is crazy enough to pardon Maxwell - Sounder July 22, 2025, 11:45:16
        
        If he pardons the one pedo conviction of the Epstein saga, MAGA-world lights on fire... - haighter July 22, 2025, 11:49:19
        
        She only gets a pardon if she brings information that implicates democrats - ISeeDeadHawkeyes July 22, 2025, 11:53:11
        
        It can't just implicate. It has to result in arrests and public perp walks. It's not going to... - haighter July 22, 2025, 11:57:12
        
        Afraid we're just going to have to agree to disagree here.* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes July 22, 2025, 12:37:47
        
        I thought you said you gave up drugs and alcohol* - Sounder July 22, 2025, 11:58:25
        
        Take a trip over to Patriots.win to get the MAGA perspective on the topic... - haighter July 22, 2025, 11:59:37
        
        I don't know what that is - Sounder July 22, 2025, 12:00:42
        
        Yeah, the MAGA world has been super dogmatic when it comes to holding Trump accountable - Sounder July 22, 2025, 11:51:14
        
        THIS TOPIC is the only topic they've broken ranks with him on. The whole reason... - haighter July 22, 2025, 11:54:07
        
        We'll get him this time! I JUST KNOW IT!* - Sounder July 22, 2025, 11:57:16
        
        What? * - haighter July 22, 2025, 11:58:36
        
        Trump will do the bare minimum to weasel his way out of this - Sounder July 22, 2025, 12:25:29
        
        They'll just shift all blame to the dead guy (Epstein) and minimize her role* - UofIL6 July 22, 2025, 11:43:29
        
        Yeah. They’ll be threading a pretty fine needle. * - ATL July 22, 2025, 11:34:10
Trump’s tariffs slash GM profits by $1 billion - ATL July 22, 2025, 6:27:45
- aren't you happy about that? and doesn't that mean everything wasn't passed along to the consumer?* - Ari Gold July 22, 2025, 13:07:40
Who could have seen this coming - John Coctostan July 21, 2025, 20:20:59
- Cavalcade of morons* - memyselfandillini July 22, 2025, 11:56:56
- Pin a fell for it again award on this lady, again.* - Toonces July 22, 2025, 8:57:13
- How does my ass taste?* - Sounder July 21, 2025, 20:30:53
Dems have effectively stalled all legislation in the House - ATL July 21, 2025, 19:15:27
Wow. Head of FEMA’s Urban Search & Rescue System resigns. I was their attorney for years… - LeatherneckIllini July 21, 2025, 18:38:08
- If you want to know how amazing the people are in that program, read this… - LeatherneckIllini July 21, 2025, 18:51:47
- Hey man, wanna tell us how Mamdani and Fateh are weird?* - IlliniRunner July 21, 2025, 18:40:38
  - They are. Communism, bodegas and made up bios are weird. And because dems are so stupid… - LeatherneckIllini July 21, 2025, 18:45:09
    - Please define “communism” and “made up bio.”* - VIV July 21, 2025, 19:33:39
      - lol “african american” & cue pictures of Yeltsin perusing bodegas soon lol… - LeatherneckIllini July 21, 2025, 19:39:18
        
        You are an Al Franken reference away from being Jeff Frank.* - longsnapper July 21, 2025, 22:05:31
        
        I'll agree with Jeff that Franken was hard done by. And Gillibrand can get bent. - ATL July 22, 2025, 7:34:14
        
        There is a massive double standard in Republican vs. Democrat - Sounder July 22, 2025, 11:17:03
        
        Jeffries is an APAC shill. Fuck him* - HeatMizer July 21, 2025, 21:06:57
        
        This is some of the lowest information dumb shit possible. - VIV July 21, 2025, 20:05:34
        
        I think some forms still used “oriental” when I was younger and recall marking “other” - ATL July 21, 2025, 20:16:23
        
        That word drives me bonkers* - Sounder July 22, 2025, 11:26:35
        
        If anything, Neck is demonstrating how people can respond to this bad-faith bullshit - IlliniRunner July 21, 2025, 20:13:24
        
        He was born in Uganda to a father whose family has been living there for a century. - ATL July 21, 2025, 19:42:58
        
        lololololololololol. So you what do you call white afrikaaners living there for hundreds of years? - LeatherneckIllini July 21, 2025, 19:47:25
        
        I’d also call them African Americans. If you want to fit people into boxes do better at defining the - ATL July 21, 2025, 19:51:37
        
        Elon is African American? - CanHartlebHireSnider July 21, 2025, 19:55:38
        
        It’d be easier to not weaponize bad faith shit in the first place. * - assassin July 21, 2025, 20:49:40
        
        I think it’s perfectly acceptable for someone born in Africa to consider themselves African. - ATL July 21, 2025, 20:00:50
    - So your short answer is "no." And your long answer is - longsnapper July 21, 2025, 19:29:57
All crack, no brakes: - Chuck Woodaby July 21, 2025, 12:39:02
- I can't take a man in a flat-brimmed baseball cap seriously* - ATL July 21, 2025, 15:43:32
  - I celebrate bills of all denominations.* - KingTalkyTiki July 21, 2025, 21:14:42
    - i don't. why cover up this glorious head of hair that i have?* - VIV July 22, 2025, 10:18:50
      - Happy I don't have that problem. - KingTalkyTiki July 22, 2025, 12:51:18
  - Also fuckin' Hunter Biden for fuckin' President - ATL July 21, 2025, 15:46:13
    - fuck* - complainant July 21, 2025, 16:57:09
    - you tell em, cracky* - assassin July 21, 2025, 16:44:47
  - If you had to pick one, would you rather have to wear - Sounder July 21, 2025, 15:45:20
    - stickers. Flat brim look awful on me* - memyselfandillini July 22, 2025, 11:55:09
    - Flat Brim...but I mean, I'm already kinda there if I'm wearing a hat. * - haighter July 21, 2025, 15:50:40
      - I've seen your game, you're already wearing a flat brim* - Sounder July 21, 2025, 16:45:34
        
        You calling it “game” is cringy af* - HeatMizer July 21, 2025, 22:18:35
        
        What is it like to have that much of a stick up your ass? - Sounder July 22, 2025, 11:24:55
        
        I take the stickers and tags off though! * - haighter July 21, 2025, 17:17:23
    - stickers - less noticeable at a distance and could be mistaken for hat flair* - ATL July 21, 2025, 15:45:54
- you're telling me the "deep state" couldn't have given us a hunter OD?* - VIV July 21, 2025, 13:43:18
- hunter is a moron. film at 11* - cpsteine July 21, 2025, 13:32:59
  - Yale Law degree shoulda told ya* - ECEIllinois July 21, 2025, 15:08:08
  - But capable of making some great points... that he should probably keep to himself.** - Chuck Woodaby July 21, 2025, 13:42:57
- 3+ hour interview here: - Chuck Woodaby July 21, 2025, 13:00:46
  - Callaghan claims Clooney forced Jack Black to break up Tenacious D after the Trump quote - CanHartlebHireSnider July 21, 2025, 14:17:13
    - Justice for KG.* - Chuck Woodaby July 21, 2025, 14:41:05
    - Also Hunter sprays a lot in a lot of directions but some it hits the target hard lol* - CanHartlebHireSnider July 21, 2025, 14:23:00
  - Wow, the voters should remove him from office* - IlliniRunner July 21, 2025, 13:25:44
    - Maybe just beat him to the point of dying and hold off medical aid.* - Chuck Woodaby July 21, 2025, 13:29:44
Scott Bessent is a fucking moron - Sounder July 21, 2025, 12:32:34
- no he's not. he knows exactly what he has to say on tv to make sure he still has influence* - John Coctostan July 21, 2025, 12:45:31
  - Yes; he's just playing a role and quietly trying to inject stability behind the scenes* - Stu July 21, 2025, 14:07:45
  - Exactly. Calculated bootlicking of a fascist leader for his own personal gain =/= stupidity - KingTalkyTiki July 21, 2025, 12:55:31
Mamdani has these people on a string - ATL July 21, 2025, 9:56:57
- I guess I don't see where they took the bait? - CanHartlebHireSnider July 21, 2025, 10:08:44
  - His entire campaign is premised on getting exposure through his social media channels - ATL July 21, 2025, 10:12:22
    - He's basically the presumptive mayor of NYC. He's not really fighting an uphill battle here - CanHartlebHireSnider July 21, 2025, 10:15:44
      - They're going to spend $100 plus million to stop him - Sounder July 21, 2025, 11:05:04
        
        I don't think he wins by 20 points or comes close to it* - CanHartlebHireSnider July 21, 2025, 13:09:27
Now I really want BTC to tank. - timmer July 21, 2025, 8:58:39
- i wonder whose money he is laundering - memyselfandillini July 21, 2025, 14:39:04
Kinda crazy how Israel continuing to shoot civilians desperate for food is like a page 20 story now - John Coctostan July 21, 2025, 8:27:25
- Settlers murdered an American citizen last week. When do they get the terrorist distinction?* - assassin July 21, 2025, 10:40:20
  - Beat him to the point where he was dying, and then held off medical aid* - IlliniRunner July 21, 2025, 12:43:05
- OWWDig "their fault for being hungry... And Muslim"* - longsnapper July 21, 2025, 9:09:16
  - there's not way to know for sure they're not all hamas until they're all dead* - John Coctostan July 21, 2025, 11:14:45
Have they arrested Obama yet? Trump handing out fell for it again awards like candy.* - Toonces July 21, 2025, 8:18:07
- Republicans are the dumbest people on earth. Listen to this fucking moron - assassin July 21, 2025, 10:26:42
  - Trump 100% colluded with Russia. He talks about it too much for it to be otherwise. * - doubledown July 21, 2025, 11:05:50
- I will say that Trump trying to normalize arresting and prosecuting former presidents is - doubledown July 21, 2025, 8:40:31
  - I feel like we're entering the phase of Trump's presidency where it's no longer sustainable - Sounder July 21, 2025, 10:25:45
    - What makes you think any of this isn't sustainable? He's doing what his electorate... - haighter July 21, 2025, 10:41:21
      - What do you think he's doing that his electorate wanted him to do - Sounder July 21, 2025, 10:48:02
        
        Most of his base thinks he has been stacking wins since day one. Twitter isn’t the real world* - OB25 July 21, 2025, 10:54:22
        
        His base isn't the real world, either, and everything he does slices a tiny part off of it* - Sammich July 21, 2025, 11:13:28
        
        It's very telling that he says he has 90% approval - Sounder July 21, 2025, 11:15:44
        
        This is the biggest problem, they literally live in an alternate reality - Sounder July 21, 2025, 10:56:47
        
        He's not a Democrat and he's pugilistic toward them. End of story. That will sustain. * - haighter July 21, 2025, 10:49:19
        
        So you're just not going to answer the question - Sounder July 21, 2025, 10:50:03
        
        You think any of the things you listed are more important to his supporters than that? * - haighter July 21, 2025, 10:52:29
        
        I think the economy and inflation are more important yes - Sounder July 21, 2025, 10:55:32
        
        Any potential negative economic impacts haven’t really hit yet, at least not to a meaningful degree - OB25 July 21, 2025, 10:59:08
        
        The thing about the Epstein list - Sounder July 21, 2025, 11:00:53
        
        Which brings me back to my point...you think this is "unsustainable"? * - haighter July 21, 2025, 11:10:42
        
        yes, I think that the currently level of chaos that he has created over six months - Sounder July 21, 2025, 11:13:32
        
        No there doesn’t. Why do you keep saying that. * - assassin July 21, 2025, 10:56:17
    - So then it is sustainable. * - assassin July 21, 2025, 10:28:59
  - i'm all for it. Don't care who it is* - VIV July 21, 2025, 8:45:39

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