The Deuce: They don’t have time to wait Trump out. They need to make as much money as they can before the

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

Import tariffs aren't enough, we are also imposing export tariffs. Nvidia and AMD - gvibes August 10, 2025, 21:35:35
- Amazing that CEOs would rather be sodomized by Republicans than pay workers more money.* - ATL August 11, 2025, 6:06:20
- First time in US History companies have agreed to be shaken down for export licenses. ^ - assassin August 10, 2025, 21:42:03
  - If only there was a provision of the constitution on point* - gvibes August 11, 2025, 0:01:20
  - They don’t have time to wait Trump out. They need to make as much money as they can before the - doubledown August 10, 2025, 22:50:26
US military preparing to deploy hundreds of National Guard troops to DC, for reasons unknown. - OB25 August 10, 2025, 20:54:44
- Under Biden DC violent crime hit a 30 year low. Trump apparently brought it back with him.* - ATL August 11, 2025, 8:20:31
- They’ll stay for a few months…sleep on the floor of federal buildings…cost 130 million dollars… - haighter August 11, 2025, 7:50:50
- because some youts mugged bigballs* - memyselfandillini August 11, 2025, 6:01:25
- Manufacturing popular support for the idea of federalizing blue cities. They’ll lie about the - doubledown August 10, 2025, 22:53:18
- The complete discontinuity in this country between crime and perceived crime is driving - John Coctostan August 10, 2025, 21:13:59
- But Trump is openly inviting international organized crime, do there’s that* - Stu August 10, 2025, 21:04:29
- Stop car jackers. No more big balls type beatings* - JeffFrank August 10, 2025, 21:03:13
  - This will be like when trump sent the feds to Chicago and they all got their cars stolen.* - Toonces August 11, 2025, 7:46:02
  - Are you a lizard brained moron? - doubledown August 10, 2025, 22:54:47
    - You dispute that is why it is being done?* - JeffFrank August 11, 2025, 8:43:33
      - Why not just drop a bomb on DC? That might actually do something about car jackings.* - Warrin'_Illini August 11, 2025, 8:45:14
        
        oh jeez don't do that* - Tortillini August 11, 2025, 8:53:38
        
        We need to STOP crime, Tort. Sorry but this is the only way.* - Warrin'_Illini August 11, 2025, 8:57:34
  - Big Balls was conceived on the day OSU ruined the perfect Illini season. - complainant August 10, 2025, 21:17:31
  - My point exactly^^^. Morons who don’t understand what statistics are* - John Coctostan August 10, 2025, 21:14:59
Truly an all time ‘imagine if Obama did it’ thing - John Coctostan August 10, 2025, 20:26:17
- The messaging is really a problem. This article isn't perfect, but lays out why Dems need better - UofIL6 August 10, 2025, 20:41:58
Laura Loomer doing the impossible and uniting veterans of all political spectrums against her… - LeatherneckIllini August 9, 2025, 16:53:51
- Credit where credit is due, she pivoted from mediocrity to unfuckable Nazi pick me girl and - doubledown August 9, 2025, 19:23:50
Sounds like yesterday’s shooting at the CDC was right wing domestic terrorism. - ATL August 9, 2025, 15:35:42
Leopards love burgers - ATL August 8, 2025, 14:49:34
- I can definitely get behind Trump evicting the dumbest members of his base.* - Warrin'_Illini August 8, 2025, 15:45:07
- I guess that is cheaper for Trump than sending a cease and desist.* - Chuck Woodaby August 8, 2025, 15:21:07
  - he already did a few months back. No one gets to make money off of his name w/o giving him a taste* - ECEIllinois August 8, 2025, 16:30:39
    - I guess he needed to send a Cease or ICE.* - Chuck Woodaby August 8, 2025, 16:46:17
      - I would have gone with ICE or Desist - ATL August 8, 2025, 16:46:58
  - It’s his lawyers after all * - ATL August 8, 2025, 15:41:36
Trump firing the head of the IRS (who he appointed) - ATL August 8, 2025, 14:47:36
- Is a transfer the same as being fired?* - Stu August 8, 2025, 17:27:19
- Now do HHS (pleaze?!?)* - memyselfandillini August 8, 2025, 15:58:08
  - it'll only be someone dumber or more evil in replacement* - assassin August 8, 2025, 16:16:32
Watching my soon to be former boss engage in a grade school pissing match with South Park… - LeatherneckIllini August 8, 2025, 14:46:30
- The F1 pit stop noises as they fixed her face were great.* - SurfTheBoneyard August 8, 2025, 15:57:18
- Should have hypno-toad eyes* - timmer August 8, 2025, 14:49:14
even Trump doesn't buy what Netenyahu's selling - ECEIllinois August 8, 2025, 13:18:55
- Starvation is old news. I like Bibi's new "We didn't blow up the buildings in Gaza - Chuck Woodaby August 8, 2025, 13:27:37
  - Did someone say chutzpah?" - Sounder August 8, 2025, 14:57:55
  - ooo - ATL August 8, 2025, 13:32:41
The shuffled pic for my phone wallpaper nailed it this morning... - KingTalkyTiki August 8, 2025, 12:21:40
- You look to have very small hands * - jjlocke923 August 8, 2025, 14:21:06
Today in: I’m sure things won’t get worse for Palestinians under Trump than under Biden - Carl Spackler August 8, 2025, 6:59:54
- Meanwhile some good news, Israel weakened Hezbollah so much, Lebanon is finally standing up to them. - LeatherneckIllini August 8, 2025, 8:59:18
  - Ignoring everything else (which is impossible, I know), Israel's war has had a lot of positive - reggiedunlop August 8, 2025, 9:04:50
    - Sure, if you are a defense contractor. - Chuck Woodaby August 8, 2025, 9:48:53
    - But other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?* - Sounder August 8, 2025, 9:08:32
      - Fair response* - reggiedunlop August 8, 2025, 10:32:17
      - Great, I had the whole evening to myself* - KCWildcat August 8, 2025, 9:14:27
    - You could probably trace some back to Ukraine as well* - reggiedunlop August 8, 2025, 9:05:22
  - “The Aristocrats”* - Sounder August 8, 2025, 9:01:34
- doing right as the huge congressional delegation was over there is truly diabolical* - John Coctostan August 8, 2025, 8:57:19
  - It’s not like we don’t know Mike Huckabee’s policy position* - Sounder August 8, 2025, 9:20:48
    - "Bring on the red heifers?"* - complainant August 8, 2025, 9:31:03
      - “throw the Jew down the well”?* - memyselfandillini August 8, 2025, 16:09:36
- I believe the argument was “how could they get worse?” - GMAW August 8, 2025, 8:52:34
  - And now we know - Sounder August 8, 2025, 8:55:57
- Will always be the worst galaxy brain political opinion* - reggiedunlop August 8, 2025, 7:41:21
  - I don’t think that’s an accurate representation of the argument - DT August 8, 2025, 8:55:48
    - The end result for Palestine was going to be the same either way - OrangeSox August 8, 2025, 9:13:27
      - I don’t think this is true. Especially with how Israel has basically starved Gaza for weeks.* - Carl Spackler August 8, 2025, 9:26:29
        
        Weeks? - Chuck Woodaby August 8, 2025, 9:38:33
        
        I must have switched weeks and months a couple times, then said “hey weeks covers months”* - Carl Spackler August 8, 2025, 9:40:29
        
        Hey look an article from last September - OrangeSox August 8, 2025, 9:50:40
        
        Glad to know we wasted $300 million on that pier when Israel wasn't even restricting aid. - Chuck Woodaby August 8, 2025, 10:00:47
        
        They not like us* - Sounder August 8, 2025, 9:34:19
    - I don't think it was ever that Trump would be better. I think it was if Dems don't do more, it's - CoronaTheirAss August 8, 2025, 9:03:15
    - I think that's in the 99th percentile of positive reframing of the opinion* - reggiedunlop August 8, 2025, 8:58:59
    - If any of that is remotely true - Sounder August 8, 2025, 8:58:05
      - The Dem argument here is basically “Don’t blame me, I voted for Kodos!”* - DT August 8, 2025, 9:01:49
        
        I’ll attempt to respond to this sincerely - Sounder August 8, 2025, 9:18:32
  - Any reasonable democratic candidate from an open primary - Sounder August 8, 2025, 8:52:51
    - Assuming it wasn’t rigged. * - doubledown August 8, 2025, 8:59:56
      - Even if it was - Sounder August 8, 2025, 9:03:06
How much will Trump cost Lockheed-Martin? - complainant August 7, 2025, 20:30:57
- *eyeball point* ....and can you blame them? - KingTalkyTiki August 8, 2025, 11:44:35
when these tariffs hit European cheese prices, shit is going to get real. - memyselfandillini August 7, 2025, 20:18:27
- I mean, I like a good brie or stilton (especially the one with mango in it), I'm happy - ATL August 8, 2025, 7:45:40
  - what about your wife and her friends. - memyselfandillini August 8, 2025, 16:11:04
  - American parmesan is trash* - Sounder August 8, 2025, 8:53:54
- Olive oil will hit a lot of people* - opey8 August 7, 2025, 20:19:54
  - Only I didn’t say fudge* - Jackie August 8, 2025, 7:33:14
first she claims she'll ban chemtrails, now she dresses down a female reporter - assassin August 7, 2025, 19:27:28
- I don’t agree with her politics, but she has a couple of things in her favor - bbonb August 11, 2025, 8:16:08
- I thought identity politics were bad?* - John Coctostan August 8, 2025, 8:58:41
- Jesus.* - cpsteine August 7, 2025, 22:49:56
- They’re emboldened - AintHatin August 7, 2025, 20:53:50
  - The idea this was a mandate is very stupid* - Sounder August 8, 2025, 8:54:52
    - We're not talking about the brightest bulbs here. * - doubledown August 8, 2025, 8:56:54
F*ck Trump, F*ck Musk, F*ck DOGE - EffinIllini August 7, 2025, 18:19:36
- Hard disagree that conservatives think it's worth protecting - RVA August 7, 2025, 19:32:50
  - I suppose the Teddy Roosevelts are long gone* - EffinIllini August 7, 2025, 22:09:40
    - Like Trump, he was never a conservative and the Republican establishment knew it. - complainant August 8, 2025, 8:56:16
- Shared sacrifice * - jjlocke923 August 7, 2025, 18:27:57
  - Care to defend the goals that the GOP is pursuing that require those sacrifices? - DT August 8, 2025, 8:49:48
  - That’s rich from the party that rejects the same premise when it comes to taxation * - PapaDels August 8, 2025, 7:24:37
  - I am surprised at the boldness and nature of your trolling sometimes. A bit reckless.* - cpsteine August 7, 2025, 22:45:40
    - Thanks I guess? I’m not sure I know what you mean * - jjlocke923 August 8, 2025, 9:41:34
      - You wouldn’t * - cpsteine August 8, 2025, 23:10:08
    - Psst, it’s because he’s massively disengenuous* - Sounder August 8, 2025, 9:06:35
  - Would love to know what you’ve ever sacrificed for someone else. * - doubledown August 7, 2025, 20:45:51
  - sacrilege* - memyselfandillini August 7, 2025, 20:15:21
  - Fuck you where you breathe* - MtHoodIllini August 7, 2025, 20:08:54
  - Impressive - digs August 7, 2025, 19:20:33
    - it's all a troll act anyway - assassin August 7, 2025, 19:25:14
      - In theory. Yes. - digs August 7, 2025, 21:06:43
  - I'm all for shared sacrificing this little bitch.* - KingTalkyTiki August 7, 2025, 19:07:53
  - Lol. * - Tuscy August 7, 2025, 19:06:09
  - meh. - EffinIllini August 7, 2025, 18:38:35
    - Meth* - Stu August 7, 2025, 20:00:32
    - The Art of the Deal* - Chicago1995 August 7, 2025, 19:21:12
    - The wood is the gold in Trumps eyes* - Drippy August 7, 2025, 18:49:36
      - That's what she said* - Sounder August 7, 2025, 19:39:47
Just wild, made up stuff regarding job numbers. These people are insane - Mrap24 August 7, 2025, 17:26:50
- Dereliction of duty by every media member present. - Sammich August 7, 2025, 18:45:39
  - To be fair, I don't think it's a dereliction of duty - Sounder August 7, 2025, 19:15:50
    - um, they could have asked the economist* - memyselfandillini August 7, 2025, 20:21:11
      - “The economist, LOL, that’s a good one* - Sounder August 8, 2025, 9:23:58
  - Who's in the pool? - complainant August 7, 2025, 19:15:14
- Oh,, great, apparently this clown has a econ degree from the beloved - Sounder August 7, 2025, 17:34:44
  - Wow, an alumnus somehow worse than Kelly Loeffler. - KingTalkyTiki August 7, 2025, 19:06:05
    - My graduate school alma mater features both Trump and Elon, so it could be worse* - Sounder August 7, 2025, 19:07:06
We've had a family WhatsApp thread for about 7-8 years, brother sent a political message today for - reggiedunlop August 7, 2025, 17:04:12
OOO - KingTalkyTiki August 7, 2025, 16:57:59
"medium income" - ATL August 7, 2025, 16:41:24
- I’d like a large instead… aw screw it, supersize my household income instead* - DocWalk20 August 7, 2025, 17:25:17
pointless cruelty, fuck yea - assassin August 7, 2025, 15:43:16
- lawsuit* - memyselfandillini August 7, 2025, 20:23:20
- While the athletic fairness angle was a debatable angle - snipes824 August 7, 2025, 19:21:46
  - They’re right about athletic fairness and we shouldn’t push against fixing that - GMAW August 8, 2025, 8:54:40
- Good thing my uncle transitioned after retirement* - ijustkrushalot August 7, 2025, 17:22:31
- They found a minority group that doesn't move the need vote-wise, so they can be relentessly cruel* - UofIL6 August 7, 2025, 15:59:43
- It's not gonna happen.* - complainant August 7, 2025, 15:58:40
  - doesn't really matter* - assassin August 7, 2025, 16:14:55
This Epstein meeting last night must've been a doozy* - Sounder August 7, 2025, 13:15:19
The Deuce Fun Pages: Spot the differences between these two pictures ROUND THREE: - KingTalkyTiki August 7, 2025, 12:20:32
- The guy on the bottom isn’t COMPLETELY shitty* - Stu August 7, 2025, 12:44:13
- the people's Hampton Inn - Sounder August 7, 2025, 12:29:22
- It's completely out of control - Sounder August 7, 2025, 12:23:34
  - ..but this is pretty much spot on. - KingTalkyTiki August 7, 2025, 12:31:43
I tell you what, this man REALLY loves pierogis! - KingTalkyTiki August 7, 2025, 12:00:48
- I tell you what: - Chuck Woodaby August 7, 2025, 12:14:26
  - I'll tell you what... - KingTalkyTiki August 7, 2025, 12:21:22
    - Somebody is begging for a long winded explanation from the Dersh - Chuck Woodaby August 7, 2025, 12:43:07
      - That's probably why he kept his underwear on.* - complainant August 7, 2025, 15:58:05
        
        It's definitely why she dropped her lawsuit and said she may have made a mistake - Chuck Woodaby August 7, 2025, 16:04:37
        
        That's *certainly* why he kept his underwear on.* - complainant August 7, 2025, 16:27:25
        
        ...while arousedly eating perogis.* - KingTalkyTiki August 7, 2025, 16:37:26
for decades, Rs have been claiming with 0 proof that the FBI was tracking/surveilling them - John Coctostan August 7, 2025, 10:19:50
Trump "orders" new census. - doubledown August 7, 2025, 8:56:21
- Damn, that's even more shrewd than i imagined - OrangeSox August 7, 2025, 9:10:29
- Will Blacks count as more or less than 3/5ths?* - GMAW August 7, 2025, 9:08:21
  - South of the Mason Dixon, 3/5 if they’re lucky. - uofi1998 August 7, 2025, 9:10:24
The Deuce Fun Pages: Spot the differences between these two pictures ROUND TWO: - KingTalkyTiki August 6, 2025, 21:35:46
- Because even with all the extra money no one wants to join ICE. They will take anyone at this point* - LeatherneckIllini August 7, 2025, 7:20:37
  - after 18 months of onboarding they will be lucky to - memyselfandillini August 8, 2025, 16:13:32
  - Which is kinda funny since even before all of this ICE had much lower standards than other fed LE - ATL August 7, 2025, 11:05:10
  - Yup. Turns out not as many Americans... - KingTalkyTiki August 7, 2025, 11:00:10
  - Either you just watched South Park, or your timing is spectacular* - uofi1998 August 7, 2025, 10:44:46
    - If you need a job, it's a job to have* - Sounder August 7, 2025, 11:03:52
      - I've got a big nut, m'k?* - uofi1998 August 7, 2025, 11:06:12
        
        If it's brown, it goes down* - Sounder August 7, 2025, 11:18:14
  - And what they will get… - SurfTheBoneyard August 7, 2025, 7:39:53
  - Maybe they could get some immigrants to do the jobs Americans don’t want to do.* - DT August 7, 2025, 7:34:08
- Unless your son is a cross dresser of course. * - memyselfandillini August 7, 2025, 4:55:06
- I thought it said "No Age Gap," and I thought they were going in a Chuck Tingle direction - Sammich August 6, 2025, 23:32:40
- The guys on the bottom are better human beings* - Stu August 6, 2025, 21:37:28
  - Well, let's just say they weren't given a choice* - uofi1998 August 7, 2025, 10:44:17
    - I'm currently reading "They Thought They Were Free, The Germans 1933-45" - KingTalkyTiki August 7, 2025, 11:03:25
      - Oh, and if you hoped MAGA would just snap out of it, he interviews like 10 former Nazis post war... - KingTalkyTiki August 7, 2025, 11:51:11
      - Trump just made himself Chairman of the LA Olympic Task Force - Sounder August 7, 2025, 11:12:15
      - I'm not going down the hole of acting like covid was some kind of black op... - uofi1998 August 7, 2025, 11:05:29
        
        If you look at how young men 18 to 25 are voting - Sounder August 7, 2025, 11:13:30
        
        I can't put myself in those shoes, but I certainly remember being impressionable... - uofi1998 August 7, 2025, 11:15:24
        
        I'm not justifying it, but I relate for sure* - Sounder August 7, 2025, 11:20:13
        
        It was a perfect storm in a lot of ways.* - uofi1998 August 7, 2025, 11:22:41
        
        ..but let's also not act like we, my fellow white Americans in particular... - KingTalkyTiki August 7, 2025, 11:46:40
        
        Sadly we didn't learn anything from it - Sounder August 7, 2025, 11:25:39
Kristi machine gunning puppies on South Park is pretty rad* - Stu August 6, 2025, 21:13:16
- In fairness to Vance and Kirk, they did seem to take the whole thing in stride... - uofi1998 August 7, 2025, 11:07:48
  - When she mowed down the service dog at Dora was just amazing* - Sounder August 7, 2025, 11:15:14
    - There was so much in that ep I have to watch it again. - uofi1998 August 7, 2025, 11:16:32
- Would you like me to…. - uofi1998 August 7, 2025, 8:53:33
- I thought the episode was a weak but it apparently made an impression…. - timmer August 7, 2025, 4:19:56
  - Fka Dean Tanaka… - SurfTheBoneyard August 7, 2025, 6:35:14
    - ooo - KingTalkyTiki August 7, 2025, 12:38:58
    - If you can't beat 'em, join 'em!* - WhitmansFolly August 7, 2025, 11:59:51
Bad news in Virginia governor race - Stu August 6, 2025, 16:16:07
European Defense industry is gonna love a Trump Presidency. - KingTalkyTiki August 6, 2025, 15:44:04
- I hear the German defense industry is also ramping up* - ECEIllinois August 6, 2025, 16:39:41
- Sounds like somebody wants a color revolution.* - Chuck Woodaby August 6, 2025, 15:51:53
The Deuce Fun Pages: Spot the differences between these two pictures: - KingTalkyTiki August 6, 2025, 15:12:11
- They all live in a van, down by the river* - memyselfandillini August 7, 2025, 4:51:47
- All I see is two photos of Penske trucks hauling Nazis.* - ATL August 6, 2025, 16:53:25
- ...and Penske says, "WTF, man?!?" - KingTalkyTiki August 6, 2025, 15:48:48
  - A day after IndyCar (which Penske also owns) had to release a statement about "Speedway Slammer"* - ECEIllinois August 6, 2025, 16:41:00
  - That'll tell 'em!* - bjl63 August 6, 2025, 15:54:19
- Guns vs. no guns? * - jjlocke923 August 6, 2025, 15:28:06
- ah you see they were feds all along!* - ECEIllinois August 6, 2025, 15:13:12
  - Nah, just half of them* - Chuck Woodaby August 6, 2025, 15:25:28
so Ghislaine said Trump didn't do anything concerning and gets moved to Club Fed - ECEIllinois August 6, 2025, 14:44:50
- nm - KingTalkyTiki August 6, 2025, 15:11:04
- She participated in the pedo activities so you can be sure Trump will pardon her. - Warrin'_Illini August 6, 2025, 14:51:10
- I mean....nobody believes here right? RIGHT?* - ATL August 6, 2025, 14:46:50
  - No one with half a brain. There’s a reason they want to release the interview tapes - Mrap24 August 6, 2025, 15:18:40
  - I'm sure MAGA will, but anyone with common sense, knows it's complete BS* - UofIL6 August 6, 2025, 14:49:08
    - They know it too. But they’ll forgive just about anything in order to own the libs. * - doubledown August 6, 2025, 14:52:50
Kinda surprised that NASA's still allowed to sell this shirt, TBH - ATL August 6, 2025, 14:25:01
- Do your own research ATL!* - memyselfandillini August 7, 2025, 4:54:11
Because we can - UofIL6 August 6, 2025, 9:22:48
- I’m a bit curious why they think they can squeeze out more seats so soon - DT August 6, 2025, 9:41:44
  - Maybe im just wish casting, but it seems like drawing maps based on what happened in 2024 - John Coctostan August 6, 2025, 12:14:38
    - Yep. There's an argument that Texas Ds should soft advocate for this - illini August 6, 2025, 15:14:29
  - It looks like they did a bad job in 2021. - Chuck Woodaby August 6, 2025, 10:51:24
    - I guess I just assumed states would only be allowed to redraw districts once after each census* - ECEIllinois August 6, 2025, 15:09:25
    - Got to imagine some of the Representatives themselves aren't too eager for more competition - RVA August 6, 2025, 11:08:06
    - That makes sense. Thanks for the background.* - DT August 6, 2025, 11:00:11
  - I seriously hope their plan relies on maintaining Latino support.* - MojoJojo August 6, 2025, 10:37:02
  - The SC pretended to maintain oversight 5 years ago. Not so much now* - opey8 August 6, 2025, 10:06:33
    - In ye olden days flat out saying this was for political reasons would torpedo it.* - SurfTheBoneyard August 6, 2025, 12:52:34
- barely 30 years since the end of the cold war, and we've already forgotten about MAD* - Sammich August 6, 2025, 9:26:12
Patel/ Trump considering sending FBI to arrest TX Dems - opey8 August 6, 2025, 7:21:22
- Good luck with that.* - KingTalkyTiki August 6, 2025, 12:19:37
- So Mike Johnson can adjourn the House early to continue to cover up the epstein files - VIV August 6, 2025, 10:35:40
  - Pathetic puppets gonna pathetic puppet* - Mrap24 August 6, 2025, 11:08:36
  - hypocrisy is a virtue to fascists* - Sammich August 6, 2025, 10:37:34
- So I assume they are also ok with CA, IL and NY also gerrymandering?* - Mrap24 August 6, 2025, 7:57:15
  - nothing to see here.* - Ari Gold August 6, 2025, 8:29:06
    - So it’s only ok for 1 side to do it?* - Mrap24 August 6, 2025, 9:16:13
      - Ari has absolutely no idea what's going on. Ever. * - assassin August 6, 2025, 11:17:11
  - Of course not. The stated reason for TX is to gain pub seats - opey8 August 6, 2025, 7:58:49
    - Ah yes, criminals in plain sight.* - Mrap24 August 6, 2025, 8:03:38
- Illegally, of course.* - SurfTheBoneyard August 6, 2025, 7:54:02
RFK Jr shutting down a bunch of mRNA vaccine research. Literally just killing people* - gvibes August 5, 2025, 22:29:37
- These fucking guys. Fall for it every time - John Coctostan August 6, 2025, 19:54:24
- Couple this with the eventual 250% tariff on pharmaceuticals... - EffinIllini August 6, 2025, 9:44:05
  - I thought they had decreased drug prices by 1500%?????* - bjl63 August 6, 2025, 14:28:49
- reduce the population, reduce the chance of spread* - bbonb August 6, 2025, 7:42:38
- this admin is just killing out scientific research capabilities for a long time - ECEIllinois August 5, 2025, 23:19:11
  - I, for one, welcome our new Chinese overlords...* - KingTalkyTiki August 6, 2025, 12:15:45
  - Another 18 months of this and the brain drain will be real - memyselfandillini August 6, 2025, 8:13:19
    - Even if we get a Dem President in 2028, why would they trust we won't reverse course in 4 years?* - ECEIllinois August 6, 2025, 15:08:50
    - It's already real, it will just continue to become larger in scale* - opey8 August 6, 2025, 8:33:29
      - Agreed; it will really accelerate. * - memyselfandillini August 6, 2025, 12:03:33
  - It was already going to be an uphill battle competing with China - DT August 6, 2025, 6:06:06
    - It’s downright apocalyptic and so frustrating* - DocWalk20 August 6, 2025, 10:44:10
    - other than that though...* - John Coctostan August 6, 2025, 9:30:25
      - Dupe* - John Coctostan August 6, 2025, 12:17:03
      - Also why the attitude of ‘trump sucks but just bury your head until 28’ just won’t cut it - John Coctostan August 6, 2025, 12:16:29
    - This is the bleak shit. * - illini August 6, 2025, 8:15:39
  - TBH, when did a guy working an oil rig ever benefit from scientific research?* - ATL August 5, 2025, 23:53:35
    - Yeah! We want more jobs in factories!* - memyselfandillini August 6, 2025, 8:16:24
      - Making buggy whips!* - ATL August 6, 2025, 9:23:10
According to a poll, AOC is more popular than Trump. Lol.* - Stu August 5, 2025, 20:34:46
Howard Stern canceled - KCWildcat August 5, 2025, 20:29:38
This admin picking a fight with South Park has been about the only enjoyable thing they've done. - KingTalkyTiki August 5, 2025, 17:24:34
- Are ICE agents afraid of the 'Vid. - EffinIllini August 6, 2025, 9:49:24
- Doing that before the episode? - SurfTheBoneyard August 5, 2025, 22:08:40
The Benghazi Hearings are back! - complainant August 5, 2025, 16:26:06
- "Don't be distracted -- focus on what Hillary Clinton did in 2016"* - ECEIllinois August 5, 2025, 16:47:14
- Republicans really need to write some new songs. * - doubledown August 5, 2025, 16:39:33
- They're gonna throw Obummer in the clink too. Wish they'd go after Merrick Garland.* - Warrin'_Illini August 5, 2025, 16:37:05
  - Garland was on the subpoena list* - Sammich August 5, 2025, 16:41:43
    - Nice.* - Warrin'_Illini August 5, 2025, 16:47:34
Massachusetts started an extra tax on people making more than $1 million. People threatened to move - ATL August 5, 2025, 13:13:50
- I hate when people threaten to move and then don't follow through on it * - jjlocke923 August 5, 2025, 13:27:48
  - I know. The worst* - timmer August 5, 2025, 13:29:41
- It turns out that if you're a millionaire, you probably dont' want to move - Sounder August 5, 2025, 13:18:09
  - Sorry if you're a millionaire in NYC or Boston... - KingTalkyTiki August 5, 2025, 16:35:10
  - Unless you're a shitty comedian* - KCWildcat August 5, 2025, 13:38:19
    - In his case, it was all bluster and bravado - Sounder August 5, 2025, 13:44:37
      - Like this? - KingTalkyTiki August 5, 2025, 16:39:24
Name This Band - Sounder August 5, 2025, 12:37:02
- The Fascist Cunts - KingTalkyTiki August 5, 2025, 16:45:02
  - Or The Trump Whores, then* - Stu August 5, 2025, 16:52:18
    - Also acceptable.* - KingTalkyTiki August 5, 2025, 17:11:13
- Women with Work* - EffinIllini August 5, 2025, 16:30:10
- De La Ghoul* - memyselfandillini August 5, 2025, 16:19:20
- False Flag* - memyselfandillini August 5, 2025, 16:00:33
- The Pretenders* - memyselfandillini August 5, 2025, 15:58:54
- The Plastic Population* - ATL August 5, 2025, 15:33:12
- Chat GPT answer - Stu August 5, 2025, 15:31:15
  - 1 outta 10 isn’t bad * - jjlocke923 August 5, 2025, 16:33:22
  - That gives me faith that AI won’t control humanity* - Sounder August 5, 2025, 16:13:15
  - those are the 10 worst ideas* - memyselfandillini August 5, 2025, 15:47:21
- Too bad Vanilla ICE already taken* - John Coctostan August 5, 2025, 15:30:32
- The Spite Girls* - Stu August 5, 2025, 15:25:41
- The Putinelles* - Stu August 5, 2025, 15:20:43
- Savage Pardon* - Sounder August 5, 2025, 14:49:02
- The Patriettes* - bjl63 August 5, 2025, 14:33:45
- I can fix them all* - Sammich August 5, 2025, 14:32:08
- Hannity's Child* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes August 5, 2025, 14:22:08
  - Chortle* - Warrin'_Illini August 5, 2025, 14:41:33
- The Pointless Sisters. The Wrongettes* - LWillhite August 5, 2025, 14:18:59
- The Goebbels Girls.* - Warrin'_Illini August 5, 2025, 13:40:29
- The Liberty Belles * - jjlocke923 August 5, 2025, 13:32:37
- The ICE Girls* - Sounder August 5, 2025, 13:08:00
- Four Non Souls* - timmer August 5, 2025, 12:43:08
  - The Sisters of No Mercy, The Killers, The Strangles, The Struggles, The Cult** - Sounder August 5, 2025, 12:47:57
    - The Blackhearts* - timmer August 5, 2025, 12:55:23
      - That may be my new favorite* - Sounder August 5, 2025, 12:57:50
Nothing to see here, just the President strolling on the roof of the White House - ATL August 5, 2025, 10:07:34
- Motherfucker is in the wandering stage of dementia* - KCWildcat August 5, 2025, 11:09:19
  - Look, I think it's funny as Hell that he's up there, but it seems obvious - Sounder August 5, 2025, 11:13:06
    - At first all of Trump's changed irritated me...but the more I think about it... - KingTalkyTiki August 5, 2025, 11:43:46
      - Don't besmirch Costco's good name* - gvibes August 5, 2025, 12:41:14
      - Do we know it's spray painted gold or he simply raided the cave underneath Mt. Rushmore?* - timmer August 5, 2025, 12:01:30
      - He is tacky AF* - Sounder August 5, 2025, 11:48:26
    - Anything to keep the focus off Epstein and Jizz Lane.* - Warrin'_Illini August 5, 2025, 11:18:39
- Looking for roofies* - Herman Blume August 5, 2025, 10:55:18
- Best response in the comments - "Diddler on the Roof"* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes August 5, 2025, 10:47:05
  - LMFCO* - Jackie August 5, 2025, 11:46:03
  - Lock it up, Brum* - KingTalkyTiki August 5, 2025, 11:27:56
- Wondered what that silver alert I got was about.* - DT August 5, 2025, 10:33:34
- ooo - timmer August 5, 2025, 10:10:04
- Jump!* - Warrin'_Illini August 5, 2025, 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 August 5, 2025, 6:13:15
    - take the gloves fully off and expand the Supreme Court* - Sounder August 5, 2025, 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 August 5, 2025, 9:25:06
    - Tri-fuck!* - KingTalkyTiki August 5, 2025, 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 August 5, 2025, 9:22:42
        
        Because everything about him is a fraud - Sounder August 5, 2025, 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 August 5, 2025, 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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