The Deuce: I'm talking about his first term. Q2 GDP was 3%, let it rip!*

Thread for all the dumb political shit this week, July 28th. - doubledown July 28, 2025, 7:31:05

Oopsy, Trump ruined the economy in a nation where Trump branded textiles are manufactured. - complainant Today, 5:09:58
Sounds like Trump & Rubio got a triple murderer freed from a Venezuelan prison - ATL Yesterday, 19:41:12
Someone in the DOL is gonna get fired over these numbers - timmer Yesterday, 13:23:06
- Trump’s former head of BLS calls the firing dangerous - ATL Today, 6:07:06
  - David Frum has thoughts, as well. - complainant Today, 7:09:38
- New acting commissioner at DOL…. - timmer Yesterday, 15:11:03
  - If everyone is unemployed, no need for a Department of Labor. Efficiency!* - DT Yesterday, 15:29:24
- I feel like this is headed toward another 1987 crash - Stu Yesterday, 14:47:46
  - You certainly look like one. - complainant Yesterday, 15:02:27
  - Will there be enough independent sources to report out on accurate info? - UofIL6 Yesterday, 15:01:36
    - Based on a talking head at CNBC, his thought is yes (and ignore anything coming from WH)* - UofIL6 Yesterday, 15:14:11
- The economy is so bad Trump is going to release the Epstein files as a distraction* - Sounder Yesterday, 13:28:17
- Trump apparently just said the person in charge of them faked them and is getting fired. - SurfTheBoneyard Yesterday, 13:24:36
  - ooo - opey8 Yesterday, 14:20:03
  - I’m not sure what you’d do differently if you were trying to tank long term confidence in the - John Coctostan Yesterday, 14:04:52
    - Also the DOL was just celebrating the numbers with that stupid post! Also also - John Coctostan Yesterday, 14:14:17
  - The truth is a doozie - Sounder Yesterday, 13:25:00
    - Man is he a loser. Always someone else fault.* - Mrap24 Yesterday, 13:35:15
      - Hung like a pimple* - WhitmansFolly Yesterday, 14:06:29
- Nah. Just fire anyone who won’t be a puppet and hire someone who will be* - Mrap24 Yesterday, 13:24:30
Right on cue - Mrap24 Yesterday, 13:21:42
- "they can't be manipulated for political purposes" - VIV Yesterday, 15:47:31
- The oddest thing there is that he did sneer quotes for his own freaking name* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes Yesterday, 13:44:48
Maxwell moved to a minimum security prison* - AintHatin Yesterday, 12:49:25
- Does this make it easier for her to be kil... - illinijohn Yesterday, 14:36:17
- Republicans: Soft on Pedophiles* - ATL Yesterday, 13:57:15
  - Hard on kids.* - DT Yesterday, 14:57:40
  - After years of us Dems being called "Groomers"...*chefs kiss* - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 14:06:23
- Can't wait to hear her completely honest testimony that Trump wasn't involved* - UofIL6 Yesterday, 12:51:01
Someone in the GOP is intentionally fucking with them on these things right? There’s no possible - John Coctostan Yesterday, 12:40:12
Effective tariff rate is 18.3%, which is the highest since….anyone….anyone…. - timmer Yesterday, 12:18:23
- It did not work, and the United States sank deeper into the Great Depression.* - Orangeillini Yesterday, 12:49:08
- That was only on choppers, hogs and trikes though.* - complainant Yesterday, 12:32:51
WTF are nukes? - timmer Yesterday, 12:08:29
- Good. Nobody treats Lady G like a bitch. - Chuck Woodaby Yesterday, 13:28:19
- One ping only please* - Sounder Yesterday, 12:22:57
Russia seems to be more aggressive in bombing civilian buildings. * - MC Yesterday, 11:58:48
- there's been a major uptick in the last 4-6 weeks of them targeting civilian targets - illiniranger Yesterday, 12:14:03
  - What do you know about Chasiv Yar and its apparent close downfall. Seems it would be bad for UKR* - MC Yesterday, 12:41:53
Saw a pretty good one yesterday referring to AirForce One as the Panda Express... - haighter Yesterday, 11:13:52
- There’s a PE by my office. I go there 1-2x a week - timmer Yesterday, 11:16:41
  - Pei Wei > Panda Express - Sounder Yesterday, 11:21:59
    - I think this was true 10 years ago - Blazer Yesterday, 14:29:47
      - correct.* - Ari Gold Yesterday, 18:14:32
    - Other than by DuPont Circle, there are no Pei Wei inside the beltway - timmer Yesterday, 11:31:34
      - Delete* - VIV Yesterday, 11:52:53
      - Delete* - Sounder Yesterday, 11:45:57
      - Delete* - Sounder Yesterday, 11:45:57
      - Chipotle used to have an Asian test concept in Dupont Circle - Sounder Yesterday, 11:45:57
Another honest mistake, I’m sure - Mrap24 Yesterday, 10:24:58
- Maybe I’m being naive, but I’d bet these are honest mistakes - DT Yesterday, 11:28:16
  - Missing by 1400%? - Sounder Yesterday, 11:48:42
Honest mistake I’m sure - Mrap24 Yesterday, 10:13:45
Fragile, fragile tough guy - Mrap24 July 31, 2025, 20:43:30
- Rewriting history... - KingTalkyTiki July 31, 2025, 23:14:58
  - If he was smart (he's not), he'd own getting twice impeached as a badge of honor* - Sounder Yesterday, 10:56:53
Trump puts HHH in charge of NIL - Sounder July 31, 2025, 17:03:34
- Comparing this to regime to Idiocracy is too mean to Idiocracy.* - KingTalkyTiki July 31, 2025, 23:16:14
- Couple things - opey8 July 31, 2025, 21:05:38
  - What’s bad is the new system gives leverage to employees to capture more of the profits - DT Yesterday, 5:18:46
    - This is maybe the most obvious and indisputable fact that voters can’t seem to grasp. - Herman Blume Yesterday, 10:26:32
      - Heard an interview on NPR yesterday with a 50 something daycare business owner - opey8 Yesterday, 10:40:56
- It’s time to play the game* - lcubed July 31, 2025, 18:25:13
- Not the onion* - VIV July 31, 2025, 18:22:29
- Teaming up with sex offenders seems like a good move right about now - UofIL6 July 31, 2025, 18:06:21
- Trump nails Tua's last name - Sounder July 31, 2025, 17:04:34
Another game of “Who do you believe?” - Mrap24 July 31, 2025, 16:42:50
- You know who I don't believe? - Sounder July 31, 2025, 16:44:29
Tacky fascist pedophile building tacky-ass ballroom - KingTalkyTiki July 31, 2025, 14:33:47
- I think I went to a wedding reception in that room in South Jersey in 1996* - Sounder July 31, 2025, 16:26:21
  - I mean that's what it looks like...a banquet hall in Burbank, IL that's TRYING to be fancy. - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 12:25:23
- at least Melania now has an excuse to never be there* - assassin July 31, 2025, 15:29:42
  - She refuses to go anywhere near Trump's balls. * - doubledown July 31, 2025, 15:56:57
    - Temu Versailles* - Sounder July 31, 2025, 16:29:13
- Let them eat hamberders. - tvillini July 31, 2025, 15:12:10
  - One of my favorite Trump stories was that he got an extra scoop of ice cream at formal dinners* - Sounder July 31, 2025, 16:35:35
- Nice to see acknowledgement that Trump's term does indeed end. * - doubledown July 31, 2025, 15:08:32
  - Because he left so graciously last time. - KingTalkyTiki July 31, 2025, 15:19:08
    - Part of me wants them to actually arrest Obama - Sounder July 31, 2025, 16:45:41
- voting for the first candidate that promises to take a wrecking ball to it on day 1* - ECEIllinois July 31, 2025, 15:00:24
  - Literally paved paradise and put up a parking lot - KingTalkyTiki July 31, 2025, 15:04:23
    - wtf. - EffinIllini July 31, 2025, 15:06:33
      - The whole family is trash with no taste. * - doubledown July 31, 2025, 15:09:25
        
        If you think about it, everything about Trump is stuck in the late 80's and early 90's - Sounder July 31, 2025, 16:34:51
        
        Seldom has a gif been more appropos... - KingTalkyTiki July 31, 2025, 15:17:41
- “The People’s House”* - SurfTheBoneyard July 31, 2025, 14:41:15
  - Now the Wannabe Monarch's House. - KingTalkyTiki July 31, 2025, 14:42:43
    - Those flags are tacky AF, and whoever wants to get rid of them - Sounder July 31, 2025, 16:29:49
Epstein Island underwear'd massagee sues farmer's market - ATL July 31, 2025, 11:00:21
- Dude REALLY loves perogies.... - KingTalkyTiki July 31, 2025, 13:25:23
- as if gradually becoming a Picasso wasn't enough adversity for the poor guy* - Sammich July 31, 2025, 11:35:19
  - I enjoyed the frisson of "getting" this intellectually humorous allusion.* - complainant July 31, 2025, 13:18:13
- What the fuck kind of world are we living in? - uofi1998 July 31, 2025, 11:28:56
  - The kind where normal Rs look the other way for a decade while shit like this takes over - John Coctostan July 31, 2025, 20:54:53
  - One where a shithead thinks that being a shithead is a protected class. - tvillini July 31, 2025, 14:57:03
  - This town needs an enema. - complainant July 31, 2025, 13:25:44
Trump pulls a TACO on Mexico* - Stu July 31, 2025, 10:32:53
Props when due: Hawley is helping a new push on stock trading bans - ghost_of_clt July 31, 2025, 9:33:36
- No chance* - Stu July 31, 2025, 13:58:31
- the stock trading ban should be the biggest no brainer in the history of earth - VIV July 31, 2025, 10:47:01
- Who would ever forget his vote against the BBB that had the Medicaid cuts he was so against - ATL July 31, 2025, 9:39:10
When it comes to "dumb political shit" this Sydney Sweeney thing takes the cake. - ATL July 31, 2025, 9:26:38
- maybe not the best environment for an ad campaign about "good genes" - Sammich July 31, 2025, 9:41:20
  - What is the specific product she is selling in the ad?* - GMAW July 31, 2025, 13:44:31
    - jeans - IlliniSax05 July 31, 2025, 14:11:47
  - when was the last time anyone thought about american eagle? - VIV July 31, 2025, 10:45:25
    - before today? 1982 when they came to Marketplace* - memyselfandillini July 31, 2025, 15:40:00
    - Abercrombie, Hollister, and AE have been regaining popularity the last few years... - longsnapper July 31, 2025, 13:53:12
      - There will be no celebrating from me until County Seat comes back. - Kajagoogoo July 31, 2025, 13:57:11
        
        chess king or GTFO* - Phytynlini July 31, 2025, 14:38:38
        
        Silvermans, you pauper.* - Illiniphil July 31, 2025, 15:01:22
        
        Bachrach's, Structure, United Colors of Benetton* - Sounder July 31, 2025, 16:38:42
    - I buy jeans from there. - EffinIllini July 31, 2025, 11:46:22
    - Poppin’ collars* - Sounder July 31, 2025, 10:46:12
  - Good lord* - illini21 July 31, 2025, 10:05:44
    - ^^^ lacks media literacy ^^^ * - jjlocke923 July 31, 2025, 10:20:09
  - You really think they were anticipating this controversy and didn’t simply pick a popular attractive - jjlocke923 July 31, 2025, 9:59:40
    - you really think that marketing companies don't consider how they can generate earned media? - Nobster July 31, 2025, 10:26:46
      - I would have assumed that wordplay about having a thin waist and gigantic funbags was the point* - ATL July 31, 2025, 10:50:03
    - you're just restating option 1* - Sammich July 31, 2025, 10:01:07
  - that last option - Nobster July 31, 2025, 9:49:13
  - That's her own dog* - CanHartlebHireSnider July 31, 2025, 9:45:04
    - it's gotta be your bull* - VIV July 31, 2025, 11:06:54
    - she's got a pittie, too - Sammich July 31, 2025, 9:56:32
    - did someone use a whistle to call it? - Nobster July 31, 2025, 9:50:12
    - Oh, so you're saying she IS a Nazi?!?!?!? - ATL July 31, 2025, 9:48:10
- What is the controversy? She apparently has good genes and is wearing jeans* - timmer July 31, 2025, 9:33:47
- I literally turned on NBC News midday yesterday and I heard someone say it was hinting at eugenics - CanHartlebHireSnider July 31, 2025, 9:28:17
  - this is not eugenics. Public figures and ads routinely say such-and-such - memyselfandillini July 31, 2025, 15:45:02
  - So NBC dug up some professor at Williams College who wants to make a name for theirself - ATL July 31, 2025, 9:37:37
    - I never said it will be a cause celebre but it exists and it's pretty stupid - CanHartlebHireSnider July 31, 2025, 9:39:29
      - My point is that it's a far left talking point at best. Not a position of the Democratic Party - ATL July 31, 2025, 9:52:41
        
        It's something that online left has pushed and it's now gotten to critical mass - CanHartlebHireSnider July 31, 2025, 9:56:59
        
        Who are the high profile online leftists who have pushed this? - larue33 July 31, 2025, 10:20:24
        
        Well I just saw a bunch of clips last night of Marc Lamont Hill calling it racist - CanHartlebHireSnider July 31, 2025, 10:30:02
        
        IDKWTI* - ATL July 31, 2025, 10:49:12
So the DC plane crash wasn’t caused by DEI after all - Stu July 31, 2025, 5:05:48
P&G announce they are raising prices bc of tariffs* - Mrap24 July 30, 2025, 21:32:23
- It’ll be fine. Warren isn’t worried. * - doubledown July 30, 2025, 21:35:37
  - Correct, I don't think Jerome and 25 bps is holding the economy together.* - Warrin'_Illini July 31, 2025, 8:29:38
    - OOO - Stu July 31, 2025, 8:51:12
      - Leave it to the board's experts* - CoronaTheirAss July 31, 2025, 9:21:14
        
        Doesn't take an expert to beat back Idiocy. Just a modicum of sense.* - Stu July 31, 2025, 9:24:05
        
        God forbid someone share an opinion!* - CoronaTheirAss July 31, 2025, 9:31:47
        
        You're really on tilt about this. Strong economy, bust it open Jerome!* - Warrin'_Illini July 31, 2025, 9:30:35
        
        More inflationary pressure won't yield a strong economy * - opey8 July 31, 2025, 10:35:01
Multiple outlets reporting Trump has reached out to Diddy's legal team about possible pardon - opey8 July 30, 2025, 20:10:23
- When you’re famous they let you do it* - CWR10 July 31, 2025, 8:32:57
- I don't want to live in a world where I can't pay male prostitutes to cross state lines - Chuck Woodaby July 30, 2025, 20:40:10
- Well that should distract from any talk of sex trafficking.* - SurfTheBoneyard July 30, 2025, 20:11:31
Government estimating inflation data at an alarming rate vs collecting data - VIV July 30, 2025, 16:42:29
- Might also be coincidental timing due to firing all the people who collect and analyze the data - DT July 30, 2025, 18:26:29
  - It’s absurdly corrupt of course but something you can’t hide. Everyone feels the pain of inflation, - Toonces July 30, 2025, 20:18:04
    - trump says it isn't happening, and prices are down. do you think MAGAs will question that? i don't.* - VIV July 31, 2025, 8:52:09
      - Unreasonable people (aka fanatical supporters) will never question him. People who care about - Toonces July 31, 2025, 9:29:29
  - Oh, for sure. * - VIV July 30, 2025, 18:28:15
- Seems legit* - Mrap24 July 30, 2025, 18:07:18
- That checks out* - Sounder July 30, 2025, 17:17:28
Musk’s political party was just a way to blow off steam about the BBB - ATL July 30, 2025, 16:29:55
- why couldn't he have discovered ketamine when he got the paypal cheese? - Sammich July 30, 2025, 16:56:29
De minimus exemption to be repealed on August 29 - ATL July 30, 2025, 15:55:20
- For the record, I think this is a good thing* - JacobRDaugherty July 31, 2025, 8:15:02
  - why? now I have to pay an extra 15% tax on my coffee* - ECEIllinois July 31, 2025, 9:19:14
Brazil executive order out for 50% tariffs, but excludes major Brazilian exports* - Carl Spackler July 30, 2025, 15:09:19
Trump and the EU have completely different takes on the recently announced trade 'deal'. - larue33 July 30, 2025, 14:46:52
- I know that much of what the EU agreed to was already in the works - Stu July 30, 2025, 15:04:59
Well, Trump did something good in terms of the India tariffs - Stu July 30, 2025, 14:37:11
to no surprise, fed leaves rates unchanged* - assassin July 30, 2025, 13:04:09
- Powell just clowned the Fox Business guy (no idea who he is) - Stu July 30, 2025, 14:03:13
  - I like S.I.I. Jerome (of course) but I'm aligned with Trump here. Cut those rates!* - Warrin'_Illini July 30, 2025, 14:05:44
    - lol * - ATL July 30, 2025, 14:13:29
    - No. Do you know that cutting rates with inflation on the horizon will drive rates far higher? - Stu July 30, 2025, 14:07:54
      - I'm not worried about inflation, his tariffs last time around didn't cause it. - Warrin'_Illini July 30, 2025, 14:13:32
        
        Thank you for your insights. * - doubledown July 30, 2025, 14:33:33
        
        The tariffs last time were limited and just on China. This is everything and all countries. - VIV July 30, 2025, 14:28:16
        
        Not worried. Unemployment is low, good job and wage growth. Let's give everyone a break - Warrin'_Illini July 30, 2025, 14:45:40
        
        You don't understand this.* - Stu July 30, 2025, 14:54:52
        
        No. I don't think you understand any of this. Take a break, dude. - Stu July 30, 2025, 14:20:35
        
        You take a break. I want MY money!* - Warrin'_Illini July 30, 2025, 14:22:53
        
        I give up. What was your degree in, Warrin?* - Stu July 30, 2025, 14:34:08
        
        His tariffs mostly haven’t taken effect yet or are just taking effect * - ATL July 30, 2025, 14:16:55
        
        I'm talking about his first term. Q2 GDP was 3%, let it rip!* - Warrin'_Illini July 30, 2025, 14:21:20
        
        What was GDP growth in Q1?* - longsnapper July 30, 2025, 14:46:00
- The fight over whether “because POTUS is mad” amounts to cause for removal of the Fed chair - doubledown July 30, 2025, 13:46:07
  - By the way, I hadn't realized what a fucking joke the Supreme Court's attempt to carve out the Fed - gvibes July 30, 2025, 13:54:29
    - Do you ever listen to the 5-4 podcast? It’s about how much the Supreme Court sucks* - Jackie July 30, 2025, 15:32:09
    - Never, ever assume a conservative is acting in good faith * - ATL July 30, 2025, 14:18:46
    - FedSoc originalism nerds itching to overturn McCulloch v. Maryland* - complainant July 30, 2025, 14:02:45
  - Turns out Jerome Powell’s name is all over the Epstein files.* - DT July 30, 2025, 13:51:06
    - Nah. They need to keep him around until the economy collapses. He'll be the scapegoat.* - complainant July 30, 2025, 14:04:55
Saw this pop up on my feed and thought it was from a far right wing influencer or something similar - OB25 July 30, 2025, 11:07:22
- Half this country is pure trash. * - doubledown July 30, 2025, 13:41:50
  - Percentage is going up with every deportation.* - DT July 30, 2025, 13:56:00
- Related - they’re offering student loan forgiveness if you sign up to be an ICE agent.* - OB25 July 30, 2025, 11:40:58
  - You also need no educational requirements for those roles. - WhitmansFolly July 30, 2025, 14:58:45
  - Better than anything Kamala offered.* - Warrin'_Illini July 30, 2025, 11:49:33
  - they're about to have a higher budget than almost every armed force in the world - Sammich July 30, 2025, 11:48:42
  - Jackbooted fascism pays well.* - KingTalkyTiki July 30, 2025, 11:43:55
- Greatest country on earth.* - KingTalkyTiki July 30, 2025, 11:14:44
Judge Bove. FFS.* - Tortillini July 29, 2025, 20:49:43
- I’m sure he’ll be understanding when people defy his orders* - Herman Blume July 30, 2025, 10:23:04
- It's a cult* - UofIL6 July 29, 2025, 21:03:44
Trump tells reporters today that Epstein 'stole' Virginia Giuffre from him - larue33 July 29, 2025, 20:22:34
- Welp if he's saying it, there is a 100% chance that isn't true. - Chuck Woodaby July 29, 2025, 21:22:35
- I mean, there's no doubt he's neck deep in all this Epstein stuff. Only question will be on if his - UofIL6 July 29, 2025, 20:38:23
  - I don't buy this "1000 FBI agents" combing through stuff story... - SurfTheBoneyard July 29, 2025, 20:42:58
- It also raises the question of if he knew what her "job" was with Epstein. - SurfTheBoneyard July 29, 2025, 20:29:12
Observation: Currently in Orange Beach, AL… - EffinIllini July 28, 2025, 22:51:08
- Probably all made in China* - gvibes July 29, 2025, 8:24:48
  - The fabric in the hats is likely from Indochina countries, while the hats are assembled in Tejas - Stu July 29, 2025, 9:02:47
  - or Mexico* - memyselfandillini July 29, 2025, 8:41:18
- Take that, Mexico* - CWR10 July 29, 2025, 8:15:24
  - Gulf of Mexico falls firmly in the anything that "owns the libs" category* - Sounder July 29, 2025, 11:55:13
    - The GOP tricking impoverished conservatives into blaming liberals for their shitty lives - doubledown July 29, 2025, 13:36:59
      - Ooo - Herman Blume July 30, 2025, 10:26:38
- It’s not the redneck riviera for nothing. * - CoronaTheirAss July 29, 2025, 7:31:49
- Stupid is as stupid does* - Sounder July 28, 2025, 23:30:41
Bad day to be a fat tub of shit: - Chuck Woodaby July 28, 2025, 21:21:40
- When even the boot is embarrassed by how hard you’re slurping it off.* - Toonces July 28, 2025, 21:28:28
Active Shooter in Midtown Manhattan* - Sounder July 28, 2025, 19:26:19
- I’m curious if this shooting has any effect on the mayoral race - CanHartlebHireSnider July 28, 2025, 21:47:32
  - Cuomo says it raises questions about non-Mayor Mamdani - ATL July 29, 2025, 22:28:30
  - Mentally ill man travels from Nevada with an assault rifle to shoot at the NFL - assassin July 29, 2025, 9:20:38
    - Especially with the amount of money at stake to make the CTE angle go away* - Sounder July 29, 2025, 12:18:23
  - Why would it?* - Sounder July 28, 2025, 23:31:07
    - High profile cop killing is not gonna be a plus for the defund the police candidate - CanHartlebHireSnider July 28, 2025, 23:51:40
      - The other two candidates are a dirty cop and a vigilante* - Sounder July 29, 2025, 1:52:47
        
        Glass Houses, my man. You might want to sit this one out. - complainant July 29, 2025, 2:10:38
        
        Serious question: do you think Sliwa has any appeal whatsoever in NYC - Sounder July 29, 2025, 11:54:10
        
        Remember when Brandon Johnson was going to defund the police in Chicago?!? - KingTalkyTiki July 29, 2025, 12:46:21
- 5 dead including the Gunman* - illini21 July 28, 2025, 19:50:41
- Active shooter = Ed Martin - illini21 July 28, 2025, 19:28:32
hang on, we have two OTHER air force ones coming from Boeing in 2027? - VIV July 28, 2025, 15:19:14
- Those are the original 2 from his first term that are 2 years late with no end in sight.* - illinibone July 28, 2025, 18:56:08
  - End appears to be 2027. - VIV July 28, 2025, 19:10:02
    - Imma guess 2029.* - illinibone July 29, 2025, 11:50:18
      - Maybe. None of us have any idea. - VIV July 29, 2025, 13:26:27
        
        Sure. The Qatari plane is definitely a gift from the Russ--er Qataris.* - illinibone July 29, 2025, 13:31:23
    - The Qatari plane is not for the US, it’s for Trump - snipes824 July 28, 2025, 19:11:38
      - Here is a crazy story - Sounder July 29, 2025, 12:02:28
        
        Literally linked like 3 posts up in the subthread. * - VIV July 29, 2025, 20:54:58
      - And there's no bugs. *wink* *wink* - illinibone July 29, 2025, 11:51:33
dems tumble in new poll - Ari Gold July 28, 2025, 13:33:07
- Propaganda works. * - doubledown July 28, 2025, 16:08:41
- Now the market is down, despite the huge, enormous, ironclad, perpetual EU trade agreement* - Stu July 28, 2025, 14:31:21
  - If I don't become rich during Trump 2.0., I will do a reverse J6 on his ass.* - Warrin'_Illini July 28, 2025, 14:35:56
    - Well, you may do it when you realize that his bill just made social security more bankrupt sooner* - Stu July 28, 2025, 15:25:51
- And yet… - Carl Spackler July 28, 2025, 13:56:48
  - ooo - Ari Gold July 29, 2025, 13:36:02
  - Yep. The low Dem approval rate as all because most people hate Trump - Stu July 28, 2025, 14:02:07
  - What, Ari neglected to point that out? - KingTalkyTiki July 28, 2025, 13:58:56
    - In fairness, it was toward the end of the article. It's hard to read that much all at once!* - Herman Blume July 28, 2025, 14:00:51
      - it wouldn't be ari talking politics if he didn't crush his own balls while crossing his legs* - VIV July 28, 2025, 15:12:18
- probably because the democratic party sucks. * - VIV July 28, 2025, 13:47:36
  - they're even worse than libertarians * - Poldark July 28, 2025, 14:11:12
    - Wild to me that changing your political views over a 25 year span is some sort of gotcha- FOR DETLEF - VIV July 29, 2025, 13:24:48
      - Silly VIV, growing up and changing your opinions based on your life experiences is for losers. - KingTalkyTiki July 30, 2025, 13:45:08
    - VIV is a one-issue voter: Age of Consent!* - Warrin'_Illini July 28, 2025, 14:16:32
    - burn on me for formerly voting libertarian?* - VIV July 28, 2025, 14:14:16
      - He's just brining his other board talking points over to this one. - KingTalkyTiki July 28, 2025, 14:23:33
        
        oh, i don't give a shit about that* - VIV July 28, 2025, 14:25:47
        
        every single time you or DD express an opinion he doesn't like, he just says that same thing. - assassin July 28, 2025, 14:31:39
        
        Vlasic detlef* - RVA July 28, 2025, 14:24:42
        
        You gonna eat that pickle?* - DocWalk20 July 28, 2025, 14:28:03
        
        i believe that's a claussen ad. no big dill, but accuracy matters, doc.* - Nobster July 29, 2025, 9:13:53
        
        I appreciate your depth of knowledge, but in this case you are in a pickle - Sounder July 29, 2025, 12:20:11
  - It does, but it'll feel like a dream compared to what's coming to these "real voters" via the Big - Warrin'_Illini July 28, 2025, 13:50:44
- meh, that's just because Dems are annoyed with them* - reggiedunlop July 28, 2025, 13:41:48
  - *Ding* Dems are pissed at the weak leadership and milquetoast response to Trump by old school dems - KingTalkyTiki July 28, 2025, 13:54:28
    - That’s not really what the cross tabs of the poll suggest - CanHartlebHireSnider July 28, 2025, 14:07:16
  - When you have no formal power to do anything, I can't imagine the rating being high - UofIL6 July 28, 2025, 13:45:26
Jay Leno told millions of Clinton jokes; not sure what he is talking about here.* - Toonces July 28, 2025, 11:12:26
- He probably just misses the thrill of pissing off the entire industry in one go.* - complainant July 28, 2025, 13:55:46
The Late Night host equivalent of a mayonnaise sandwich on wonder bread. - KingTalkyTiki July 28, 2025, 10:54:50
- Saw Leno at AH in 88 or 89 and he was hilarious - bjl63 July 28, 2025, 11:26:48
- Agree. I’ve never been a fan of Leno. Conan, on the other hand, rocks* - jjlocke923 July 28, 2025, 11:09:23
  - I am two degrees from Conan and Fallon* - JeffFrank July 28, 2025, 11:17:51
In normal times I would agree but Trump and his supporters should be mocked at every turn.* - Warrin'_Illini July 28, 2025, 8:48:47
Saw Jay in Champaign last year - illini222 July 28, 2025, 8:27:03
Our globalist president promi$e$ foreign aid/sticks his neck into myriad international conflicts. - complainant July 28, 2025, 8:26:31
"FOLKS!!"* - ArtVandelay July 28, 2025, 8:15:51
You’re both correct* - jjlocke923 July 28, 2025, 8:08:59

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