The Deuce: Too bad Vanilla ICE already taken*

Politics thread for the week of August 4: Trump criticizes God over his anti pedo position - ATL August 4, 2025, 7:13:51

RFK Jr shutting down a bunch of mRNA vaccine research. Literally just killing people* - gvibes Yesterday, 22:29:37
- this admin is just killing out scientific research capabilities for a long time - ECEIllinois Yesterday, 23:19:11
  - TBH, when did a guy working an oil rig ever benefit from scientific research?* - ATL Yesterday, 23:53:35
According to a poll, AOC is more popular than Trump. Lol.* - Stu Yesterday, 20:34:46
Howard Stern canceled - KCWildcat Yesterday, 20:29:38
This admin picking a fight with South Park has been about the only enjoyable thing they've done. - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 17:24:34
- Doing that before the episode? - SurfTheBoneyard Yesterday, 22:08:40
The Benghazi Hearings are back! - complainant Yesterday, 16:26:06
- "Don't be distracted -- focus on what Hillary Clinton did in 2016"* - ECEIllinois Yesterday, 16:47:14
- Republicans really need to write some new songs. * - doubledown Yesterday, 16:39:33
- They're gonna throw Obummer in the clink too. Wish they'd go after Merrick Garland.* - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 16:37:05
  - Garland was on the subpoena list* - Sammich Yesterday, 16:41:43
    - Nice.* - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 16:47:34
Massachusetts started an extra tax on people making more than $1 million. People threatened to move - ATL Yesterday, 13:13:50
- I hate when people threaten to move and then don't follow through on it * - jjlocke923 Yesterday, 13:27:48
  - I know. The worst* - timmer Yesterday, 13:29:41
- It turns out that if you're a millionaire, you probably dont' want to move - Sounder Yesterday, 13:18:09
  - Sorry if you're a millionaire in NYC or Boston... - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 16:35:10
  - Unless you're a shitty comedian* - KCWildcat Yesterday, 13:38:19
    - In his case, it was all bluster and bravado - Sounder Yesterday, 13:44:37
      - Like this? - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 16:39:24
Name This Band - Sounder Yesterday, 12:37:02
- The Fascist Cunts - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 16:45:02
  - Or The Trump Whores, then* - Stu Yesterday, 16:52:18
    - Also acceptable.* - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 17:11:13
- Women with Work* - EffinIllini Yesterday, 16:30:10
- De La Ghoul* - memyselfandillini Yesterday, 16:19:20
- False Flag* - memyselfandillini Yesterday, 16:00:33
- The Pretenders* - memyselfandillini Yesterday, 15:58:54
- The Plastic Population* - ATL Yesterday, 15:33:12
- Chat GPT answer - Stu Yesterday, 15:31:15
  - 1 outta 10 isn’t bad * - jjlocke923 Yesterday, 16:33:22
  - That gives me faith that AI won’t control humanity* - Sounder Yesterday, 16:13:15
  - those are the 10 worst ideas* - memyselfandillini Yesterday, 15:47:21
- Too bad Vanilla ICE already taken* - John Coctostan Yesterday, 15:30:32
- The Spite Girls* - Stu Yesterday, 15:25:41
- The Putinelles* - Stu Yesterday, 15:20:43
- Savage Pardon* - Sounder Yesterday, 14:49:02
- The Patriettes* - bjl63 Yesterday, 14:33:45
- I can fix them all* - Sammich Yesterday, 14:32:08
- Hannity's Child* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes Yesterday, 14:22:08
  - Chortle* - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 14:41:33
- The Pointless Sisters. The Wrongettes* - LWillhite Yesterday, 14:18:59
- The Goebbels Girls.* - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 13:40:29
- The Liberty Belles * - jjlocke923 Yesterday, 13:32:37
- The ICE Girls* - Sounder Yesterday, 13:08:00
- Four Non Souls* - timmer Yesterday, 12:43:08
  - The Sisters of No Mercy, The Killers, The Strangles, The Struggles, The Cult** - Sounder Yesterday, 12:47:57
    - The Blackhearts* - timmer Yesterday, 12:55:23
      - That may be my new favorite* - Sounder Yesterday, 12:57:50
Nothing to see here, just the President strolling on the roof of the White House - ATL Yesterday, 10:07:34
- Motherfucker is in the wandering stage of dementia* - KCWildcat Yesterday, 11:09:19
  - Look, I think it's funny as Hell that he's up there, but it seems obvious - Sounder Yesterday, 11:13:06
    - At first all of Trump's changed irritated me...but the more I think about it... - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 11:43:46
      - Don't besmirch Costco's good name* - gvibes Yesterday, 12:41:14
      - Do we know it's spray painted gold or he simply raided the cave underneath Mt. Rushmore?* - timmer Yesterday, 12:01:30
      - He is tacky AF* - Sounder Yesterday, 11:48:26
    - Anything to keep the focus off Epstein and Jizz Lane.* - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 11:18:39
- Looking for roofies* - Herman Blume Yesterday, 10:55:18
- Best response in the comments - "Diddler on the Roof"* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes Yesterday, 10:47:05
  - LMFCO* - Jackie Yesterday, 11:46:03
  - Lock it up, Brum* - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 11:27:56
- Wondered what that silver alert I got was about.* - DT Yesterday, 10:33:34
- ooo - timmer Yesterday, 10:10:04
- Jump!* - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 10:08:46
Alan Dershowitz with a PhD in semantics - Sounder August 4, 2025, 17:44:28
- I’m old enough to remember when Glenn Beck deeply cared about the Epstein case. - VIV August 4, 2025, 20:07:57
- ooo - Sammich August 4, 2025, 19:54:14
- ooo - biclops August 4, 2025, 18:08:41
- Also, PhD in looking like a pedo* - ATL August 4, 2025, 17:51:22
  - ...and that's before he started talking.* - uofi1998 August 4, 2025, 17:57:27
  - I thought he explained the difference* - Sounder August 4, 2025, 17:52:32
$15k bond to enter US oughta help the struggling tourism industry - complainant August 4, 2025, 15:59:31
- At least it will keep out the poors* - DocWalk20 August 4, 2025, 17:35:33
Former Tennessee FB coach Derek Dooley announces Senate candidacy for Georgia* - ECEIllinois August 4, 2025, 15:45:24
- The Georgia Senate Republican candidates are the gift that keeps on giving* - shua August 4, 2025, 15:51:46
Trump boys starting a SPAC to buy a company that can benefit from federal grants - gvibes August 4, 2025, 14:09:10
- After the next President takes office, the IRS needs to as loudly as possible wreck this whole - doubledown August 4, 2025, 20:54:16
  - I think the best approach would be for the next Democratic President to use all the same powers - DT Yesterday, 6:13:15
    - take the gloves fully off and expand the Supreme Court* - Sounder Yesterday, 11:27:06
- but Hunter Biden* - ECEIllinois August 4, 2025, 15:45:41
Someone should challenge Trump to a televised golf event - Sounder August 4, 2025, 12:07:11
- Who gives a fuck. Golf sucks and people who obsess about Trumps golf game suck. Fuck golf. * - haighter August 4, 2025, 19:35:08
  - Agree, fuck golf!* - Toonces Yesterday, 9:25:06
    - Tri-fuck!* - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 11:28:24
- Last year: - Chuck Woodaby August 4, 2025, 12:14:00
  - I presume he was talking about something with actual rules being applied and the like. - gvibes August 4, 2025, 16:46:29
    - Correct, I want to see exactly how good he really is - Sounder August 4, 2025, 17:13:38
      - how could you possibly give a shit?* - VIV Yesterday, 9:22:42
        
        Because everything about him is a fraud - Sounder Yesterday, 11:24:43
  - yeah, i'm not sure why this doesn't at least help people understand the guy can play.* - Ari Gold August 4, 2025, 16:10:54
    - Yeah from everything I've heard he's a good amateur golfer for his age even w/o the cheating* - ECEIllinois August 4, 2025, 18:45:41
      - There is a bit of a delta between "good for his age" and "shoots 69 in competitive rounds"* - gvibes Yesterday, 14:23:29
    - Lol* - Herman Blume August 4, 2025, 17:42:41
    - There no fucking chance the guy is breaking 80 playing legit golf. - Mrap24 August 4, 2025, 16:43:46
    - He certainly gets enough practice, fool!* - Toonces August 4, 2025, 16:18:59
The Rose Garden renovation really does look awful - Sounder August 4, 2025, 11:31:30
- Congratulations, it now looks like a generic reception terrace at a hotel.* - SurfTheBoneyard August 4, 2025, 11:59:31
  - exactly his point. he wanted it to look like mar-a-lago - IlliniSax05 August 4, 2025, 12:09:09
    - ..but sure he's leaving in 3.5 years. - KingTalkyTiki August 4, 2025, 12:10:36
  - Throw a tent up and rent it out for wedding receptions - DT August 4, 2025, 12:03:15
    - Clarification: Just the bride* - timmer August 4, 2025, 13:10:06
    - I'm sure this ballroom will be even more tacky* - Sounder August 4, 2025, 12:05:17
    - Trump would even throw in prima nocta at no additional charge!* - opey8 August 4, 2025, 12:05:02
      - I just looked up what that is and wish that I hadn't* - Sounder August 4, 2025, 12:05:59
        
        You haven't seen Braveheart?* - Phytynlini August 4, 2025, 15:03:57
        
        I'm not a big rewatch movies person, and I see a lot of movies - Sounder August 4, 2025, 15:14:32
God help us, MTG is more of a voice of reason now* - KCWildcat August 4, 2025, 11:07:25
- Trump is going to withhold disaster relief to states and cities that boycott Israel. It would be - Toonces August 4, 2025, 15:01:54
- she's been on a hot streak for a couple of weeks...* - cpsteine August 4, 2025, 12:27:25
- MTG: Unlikely Voice of Reason. - KingTalkyTiki August 4, 2025, 12:12:12
- lol MTG is just finding her way around the horseshoe - CanHartlebHireSnider August 4, 2025, 11:20:28
link to the biggest story of the year... - uofi1998 August 4, 2025, 11:06:45
- Do we get tired of sniping with disengenuous dumbfuck trolling Repubicans? - Sounder August 4, 2025, 11:15:57
  - In general... this whole thing just smacks of boredom. - uofi1998 August 4, 2025, 11:20:09
    - There’s definitely single news cycle outrages of the day/week - DT August 4, 2025, 11:48:58
      - Not to mention dismantling federal agencies and programs that fund research, protect the environment - IlliniRunner August 4, 2025, 12:37:06
      - I vacillate between being concerned and the 'Just Don't Look' concept from the Simpsons... - uofi1998 August 4, 2025, 12:08:52
        
        There's a diff between rage bait and being aware of the significant damage these fucks are doing* - IlliniRunner August 4, 2025, 12:38:19
        
        it's also more than a little grating to tell people to just not worry about it for 3.5 years - John Coctostan August 4, 2025, 13:00:10
        
        The tariffs are going to slowly but surely ratfuck the economy* - Sounder August 4, 2025, 13:06:32
        
        The tariffs are minor compared to the destruction of federal research funding - IlliniRunner August 4, 2025, 13:35:45
        
        Eat Arby's* - Sounder August 4, 2025, 13:48:46
        
        I'm thinking you parents out there might want to encourage your kids to learn Manadarin. - KingTalkyTiki August 4, 2025, 13:39:36
    - There’s a reason my highest ish-posting days are my in-office day…* - haighter August 4, 2025, 11:34:06
    - Feel free to close the thead and spend more time on boring ass Illinois football threads - Sounder August 4, 2025, 11:21:57
      - Someone stole your log in and posted in an Illinois football thread 40 minutes after this post. - longsnapper August 4, 2025, 12:25:28
      - This is practically porn... - UofIL6 August 4, 2025, 11:23:24
        
        I promise I will be happy for everyone if this actually comes to be - Sounder August 4, 2025, 11:27:14
        
        Bro you need to hit the gym or something... like, everyday. - uofi1998 August 4, 2025, 11:28:20
        
        Do you even lift, bro?* - Sounder August 4, 2025, 11:31:55
        
        First real poll is out... we are #12 in the coaches' poll. Hot damn!* - uofi1998 August 4, 2025, 11:24:38
Is Harris dumb enough to run for President again? - Sounder August 4, 2025, 10:53:14
- nah. chill out* - cpsteine August 4, 2025, 15:12:13
- Doubtful—very rare in the US for a losing general election candidate to run again - DT August 4, 2025, 11:19:45
  - McGovern lost in 72 and then ran again in 84* - CanHartlebHireSnider August 4, 2025, 11:36:26
    - Huh, I either never knew or forgot that he ran in 84.* - DT August 4, 2025, 11:41:59
  - Donald Trump is a losing nominee that ran again* - Sounder August 4, 2025, 11:22:59
    - you're comparing trump's vise-grip on the GOP to Kamala's status with Dem party?* - cpsteine August 4, 2025, 15:13:05
- didn't she recently say she was getting out of politics? - IlliniSax05 August 4, 2025, 10:55:22
  - Said she wasn't running for CA gov* - UofIL6 August 4, 2025, 10:58:02
Trump shuts down the research of the greatest living mathematician. - gvibes August 4, 2025, 10:48:04
- Just show Trump the Three-Body Problem - ghost_of_clt August 4, 2025, 13:56:53
- they knew what they were voting for* - torinese August 4, 2025, 12:48:11
- Do I think that MAGA voted for anti-intellectualism and an attack on higher education - Sounder August 4, 2025, 10:52:46
I love that Trump judges how he likes people on whether or not they voted for him - Sounder August 4, 2025, 10:46:38
They're now investigating Jack Smith - Sounder August 4, 2025, 10:34:39
- The discovery will be awesomely terrible for Donny* - Mrap24 August 4, 2025, 11:00:19
  - Apparently his name was redacted from 100,000 Epstein documents - Sounder August 4, 2025, 11:06:12
    - That is not what the article says. It says 100,000 Epstein documents were reviewed - CanHartlebHireSnider August 4, 2025, 11:09:40
- It's really gross but aligns with everything Trump stands for* - UofIL6 August 4, 2025, 10:43:52
  - dotz - Sounder August 4, 2025, 10:49:49
- not enough to be officially above the law; he's got to send a message, too - Sammich August 4, 2025, 10:40:44
  - Sometimes it amazes it me that they do these sorts of actions - Sounder August 4, 2025, 10:42:46
Trump Tha God kind of has a ring to it - Sounder August 4, 2025, 10:29:34
- I prefer Sammich Tha God* - Stu August 4, 2025, 10:47:54
  - I'm *a* god, not *tha* God* - Sammich August 4, 2025, 11:05:57
this is like a 3 levels deep inception of don't-give-a-shit* - VIV August 4, 2025, 9:20:45
I've never heard of Charlamage Tha God, and I probably wouldn't listen to him.... - Illiniphil August 4, 2025, 7:58:53
- Anything is better than " Lenard McKelvey".* - Warrin'_Illini August 4, 2025, 8:48:57
- He was being interviewed on Fox News, so must at least have some conservative street cred* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes August 4, 2025, 8:36:28
  - He was featured heavily (and favorably) in pro-Trump ads at least down here * - ATL August 4, 2025, 10:30:56
    - Uh, really? - Sounder August 4, 2025, 10:37:23
      - AFAIK, Trump neither ceased nor desisted - ATL August 4, 2025, 10:39:47
        
        So he wasn't pro Trump, he was used?* - Sounder August 4, 2025, 10:44:06
        
        Yes. I didn't say he was pro Trump. Just that he was featured heavily (and favorably) in Trump ads.* - ATL August 4, 2025, 10:45:04
        
        I know you didn't mean to be, but your post was misleading - Sounder August 4, 2025, 10:46:08
        
        Is it? ISDH said he must have conservative street cred and I said he was featured in a Trump ad - ATL August 4, 2025, 10:49:40
        
        I think he has conservative street cred in the same way that Bill Maher has conservative street cred - Sounder August 4, 2025, 10:51:18
  - he has that same tell it like it is gene as Kanye and Bill Maher* - Sounder August 4, 2025, 10:30:02
- Lenard tha Accused Rapist of a 15 Year Old doesn't quite have the same ring to it.* - Chuck Woodaby August 4, 2025, 8:15:06
  - even in the court of public opinion, Trump is entitled to a jury of his peers* - Sammich August 4, 2025, 8:15:52

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