The Deuce: That’s the desk of a man who does nothing. *

11/10 weekly politics thread - VIV November 10, 2025, 8:39:25

Now Trump is saying he wants the Epstein files released - Sounder Yesterday, 20:58:19
- He knows the vote in the House is long gone... - SurfTheBoneyard Yesterday, 21:07:25
  - But why would Trump want Epstein kil... Ohhh.* - complainant Yesterday, 23:19:27
  - Yeah, he knows he's losing the vote, so he needs to try to change the rhetoric* - UofIL6 Yesterday, 21:10:52
- Yeah right. * - doubledown Yesterday, 21:06:01
Freedom fighters in Charlotte protect local business owner from attack by masked thugs - ATL Yesterday, 19:53:14
The KY Secretary of State has a rush lyric on the official website. - ATL Yesterday, 19:10:47
- Is Peter Klaven the KY SoS??* - Herman Blume Yesterday, 19:45:17
- Better than: - SurfTheBoneyard Yesterday, 19:22:15
What are your favorite surroundings for your Thanksgiving dinner? - SurfTheBoneyard Yesterday, 18:53:49
- He saw that one Walmart meal being 25% cheaper (because it’s cheaper shit and less of it) - VIV Yesterday, 18:55:06
  - Textbook emperor has no clothes situation. No one will tell him he’s wrong * - assassin Yesterday, 20:39:56
    - I will. Here’s what he’s charging for breakfast in America - memyselfandillini Yesterday, 20:49:30
  - ABC got Hassett’s ass this morning since they are so predictable. - SurfTheBoneyard Yesterday, 19:06:01
Ok, Megyn R. Kelly made me chuckle * - PapaDels Yesterday, 18:03:21
NYT longs for the halcyon days when billionaires could molest children in their brownstones without - ATL Yesterday, 14:46:31
remember that helicopter supported raid on the Chicago apartment building? - assassin Yesterday, 13:56:40
- I think most Americans are OK with this. - Sammich Yesterday, 14:06:30
  - most americans were ok with mass deportation signs, and mass deportation rhetoric - snipes824 Yesterday, 14:11:03
    - I think most Americans think anyone who is undocumented should never have been here… - haighter Yesterday, 14:59:46
      - I think americans would provide a variety of answers, some of them contradictory, based on how these - snipes824 Yesterday, 15:54:55
      - I think that’s demonstrably incorrect given the polling on immigration - ATL Yesterday, 15:10:28
        
        I think the answer is somewhere in between - Sounder Yesterday, 15:16:10
        
        I don’t even think it needs to be that personal for people to realize it. - ATL Yesterday, 15:22:16
        
        I don’t think you’re correct here - John Coctostan Yesterday, 15:33:39
        
        What if you asked if someone overstayed their visa, got a job, paid taxes and has been here for 20 - ATL Yesterday, 15:35:39
        
        I’m telling you, first hand knowledge, most people would say they don’t think those - John Coctostan Yesterday, 15:38:10
        
        I can’t speak to the people who you grew up with but their views are not consistent with polling - ATL Yesterday, 15:44:29
        
        I think the binary nature of the question is a little misleading - Sounder Yesterday, 15:48:43
        
        Except that some of the polls in the article offered multiple choices. Deport them all was a loser - ATL Yesterday, 15:50:37
        
        Also, the ‘don’t get the immigration system’ is exactly where the dems lose the plot - John Coctostan Yesterday, 15:40:05
        
        It is ignorance. Luckily most people don’t think that way.* - ATL Yesterday, 15:45:30
        
        Why is the position i described ignorance?* - John Coctostan Yesterday, 15:52:00
        
        Because when you explain to them that there is almost no legal pathway to immigration - ATL Yesterday, 16:05:40
        
        But they committed a crime. They didn’t follow the rules when they had the chance - John Coctostan Yesterday, 16:44:39
        
        Being here illegally is not a crime * - ATL Yesterday, 17:58:41
        
        I completely disagree. Most people do not favor deportation of productive members od society - PapaDels Yesterday, 17:54:21
        
        We are a nation of immigrants - Sounder Yesterday, 15:26:01
MTG apologizing for her previous contributions to toxic politics on CNN is quite the heel turn. - voiceofreason Yesterday, 12:50:49
- MTG call me* - Stu Yesterday, 13:27:35
- This whole thing smacks my gob* - PapaDels Yesterday, 13:07:20
- it's a face turn when you go the other way * - assassin Yesterday, 13:05:44
  - Not sure I’ve ever heard of a face turn, but I’m here for it.* - voiceofreason Yesterday, 13:32:35
    - It's like when Roddy Piper saved all those kids from the burning bus - Stu Yesterday, 13:34:57
      - IRL hulk hogan did a heel turn while the iron sheik did a face turn.* - ATL Yesterday, 13:40:57
Trumps gonna fracture the party* - KCWildcat Yesterday, 12:08:45
- Already did that in June. Now it's just a matter of sitting back and watching it fall apart - Chuck Woodaby Yesterday, 14:15:01
The internet is now telling me that Bubba is a horse - BradUnderwoodforprez November 15, 2025, 21:17:07
Marjorie Taylor Brown - Sounder November 15, 2025, 9:10:06
- You can bend the knee to the guy for as long as you want, but it almost always ends like this… - OB25 November 15, 2025, 11:37:14
  - I think his grip on the party is, for the first time, starting to loosen. - opossum jenkins November 15, 2025, 11:42:18
    - He seems terrified. * - doubledown November 15, 2025, 11:44:15
      - Honestly though, why would he be? - OB25 November 15, 2025, 11:51:29
        
        Yeah, at this point it’s hard for me to imagine anything that might shake his base - DT November 15, 2025, 14:15:45
        
        Sucking Bill Clinton's dick might put them over edge - Sounder November 15, 2025, 14:42:07
        
        It’s not about losing his office. It’s about his legacy. - opossum jenkins November 15, 2025, 11:55:39
        
        Bill Cosby was America's dad for 30-40 years.* - complainant November 15, 2025, 14:53:50
        
        I think everyone but him knows that his legacy is already crushed* - Sounder November 15, 2025, 12:03:52
      - It's like the scene in the movie when the criminal knows he's finished - Sounder November 15, 2025, 11:45:35
        
        It ends with his death - TarheelIllini November 15, 2025, 16:03:17
- I literally laughed out loud when he said she turned left* - lcubed November 15, 2025, 10:23:38
- Got her ass.* - Toonces November 15, 2025, 9:33:07
  - Usually when you have to explain a joke, it's not that good of a joke* - Sounder November 15, 2025, 9:34:51
    - How it started, how it's going - Sounder November 15, 2025, 11:43:09
- It really is amazing that a majority of voters choose that imbecile to be POTUS* - UofIL6 November 15, 2025, 9:21:25
  - I will die not understanding it* - Sounder November 15, 2025, 9:35:05
It’s tough to top killing a pope but give JD credit for trying. - ATL November 15, 2025, 7:53:19
Eh, China doesn’t really feel like buying our soybeans any more* - Stu November 15, 2025, 4:04:32
- Biclops? * - Tuscy November 15, 2025, 7:27:29
  - OOO - Stu November 15, 2025, 7:43:13
    - Seems like US soybean producers need to find something else to grow - DT November 15, 2025, 9:14:02
      - Let them grow data* - Sammich November 15, 2025, 10:34:24
- XI YOU PROMISED!* - ATL November 15, 2025, 7:24:20
Even Cernovich is talking about blatant corruption in the Federal agencies - ECEIllinois November 14, 2025, 22:00:06
- To be fair, Dems spent four years doing fuck all about an attempt to steal the 2020 election - doubledown November 14, 2025, 22:46:36
  - There’s reporting in this book about how Garland’s DOJ basically delayed any investigation of Jan 6 - ATL November 15, 2025, 9:45:17
    - He was an absolutely catastrophic choice for that job* - Sounder November 15, 2025, 10:43:40
  - Unfortunate truth.* - Toonces November 15, 2025, 8:59:56
  - I don’t think the D’s locate their balls until tcg dies - TarheelIllini November 15, 2025, 7:19:42
  - Even with a Dem president it will take years to reshape DOJ and get rid of the MAGA - Orangeillini November 14, 2025, 22:54:37
Trump dumps MTG - Sounder November 14, 2025, 20:06:22
- Thank you for your attention to this matter* - CWR10 November 15, 2025, 7:53:19
- His use of “HOTTEST country” is such an obvious tell* - PapaDels November 14, 2025, 22:08:50
- Whatever is in those files must be absolutely ruinous. * - doubledown November 14, 2025, 20:16:48
  - Trump fucked a bunch of tweens.* - complainant November 14, 2025, 21:05:34
    - Trump blew Bill Cllinton and also fucked a bunch of tweens* - Sounder November 14, 2025, 21:12:23
      - Whilest giving a hand job to a marmoset* - Stu November 14, 2025, 21:22:41
        
        South Park is gonna be so lit* - Sounder November 14, 2025, 21:35:19
- “And an otherwise normal life to live” LOL about that and so much more.* - DocWalk20 November 14, 2025, 20:14:50
- She suddenly seems more attractive* - Stu November 14, 2025, 20:11:27
  - More?* - opossum jenkins November 15, 2025, 7:25:33
- Another conflict with a (former) supporter huh * - MC November 14, 2025, 20:11:18
kristi noem's been funnelling taxpayer dollars at DHS - assassin November 14, 2025, 18:10:51
- the chief DHS spokesperson should be fired immediately. That is the standard. - memyselfandillini November 14, 2025, 19:57:19
- No way, she's such a dirty dog* - Sounder November 14, 2025, 18:19:05
  - Still would* - TarheelIllini November 14, 2025, 19:19:42
    - and wake up next to a dead dog. * - memyselfandillini November 14, 2025, 19:58:04
      - Well, maybe there would be dog poop there* - Stu November 14, 2025, 20:15:13
        
        Or a melted face* - WhitmansFolly November 14, 2025, 22:51:57
Trump attempting to free a state convict from state custody by faking a transfer to federal custody. - doubledown November 14, 2025, 16:13:18
- I can't wait to see how Gorsuch threads this needle.* - complainant November 14, 2025, 16:39:14
I'm just glad the weaponization of the DOJ ended with the Biden administration* - illini222 November 14, 2025, 16:05:51
- dotz - Sounder November 14, 2025, 16:12:47
seems like a good point - ECEIllinois November 14, 2025, 15:43:40
amount of weird shit that's happened today alone: - assassin November 14, 2025, 15:43:34
- Also, apparently Trump blew Bill Clinton* - Sounder November 14, 2025, 17:37:14
  - Ooo - PapaDels November 14, 2025, 18:02:31
    - amazing* - Sounder November 14, 2025, 18:25:54
- The insanity of the Trump news cycle has been totally normalized - Sounder November 14, 2025, 16:07:15
  - Which Republican facilitator will get Mussolini'ed by his own constituents? - complainant November 14, 2025, 16:20:26
    - The metaphor of building a ballroom while denying SNAP benefits is impossible to ignore* - Sounder November 14, 2025, 16:23:39
- [Operation Southern Spear] *kicks pebbles* [/OSS]* - Chuck Woodaby November 14, 2025, 15:49:00
  - oh man, what's that? the drug boats?* - assassin November 14, 2025, 15:50:26
    - Yeah, I think just an excuse to be able to send more money there. For "drug" boats.* - Chuck Woodaby November 14, 2025, 15:53:03
Indiana Redistricting… - tvillini November 14, 2025, 13:59:43
Ooo - DocWalk20 November 14, 2025, 11:28:15
Saw a Facebook post from someone complaining how much their insurance exchange costs were increasing - DT November 14, 2025, 10:53:50
- Was this someone you know personally? The volume of bots and astroturf content has - doubledown November 14, 2025, 13:43:43
  - Yeah, it was a real person. Former school parent acquaintance.* - DT November 14, 2025, 14:44:49
- There are plenty of people who are against Obamacare - Sounder November 14, 2025, 11:06:01
  - I think they recognized this was an Obamacare plan. But somehow the cost increase was his fault. - DT November 14, 2025, 11:45:23
    - Had to pay Obama his royalties somehow * - PapaDels November 14, 2025, 13:37:27
      - Trump pulls a two and a half year old article off of a website called Dunning Kruger* - Sounder November 14, 2025, 14:58:37
        
        Yep, it was delightful * - PapaDels November 14, 2025, 15:10:33
  - LOL. #sadbuttrue* - DocWalk20 November 14, 2025, 11:07:21
    - It's crazy and sad* - Sounder November 14, 2025, 11:09:24
- I wouldn't be able to help myself. Republicans have had 2 trifectas since Obama left office.* - Toonces November 14, 2025, 11:00:49
Trump finally responds - Sounder November 14, 2025, 10:25:00
- i love the refrain of "bill clinton!" like it's an uno reverse card in this. - VIV November 14, 2025, 10:35:39
  - Arresting J.P. Morgan would be the real story, since he died in 1913* - IlliniOllie November 14, 2025, 11:24:47
    - and his loyal butler Chase* - memyselfandillini November 14, 2025, 14:14:31
    - Have you seen some of those pics he donated to the Met? - DT November 14, 2025, 11:47:24
    - death cannot save you from Pam Bondi* - Sammich November 14, 2025, 11:25:26
      - And she cannot save him from death* - memyselfandillini November 14, 2025, 14:15:27
  - He and other republicans don’t understand that if dems are in the files, other dems want them - Mrap24 November 14, 2025, 10:39:30
    - 100%. A letter after their name doesn't absolve them from being a reprehensible pedo... - KingTalkyTiki November 14, 2025, 12:57:33
    - Right. There aren’t any Democrats that have made being a fan of Bill Clinton their entire identity. - OB25 November 14, 2025, 10:56:35
      - Bob Menendez is in jail, George Santos is working for the DOJ - Sounder November 14, 2025, 11:14:04
    - 100%. all of these deviants need to be brought into the light. * - VIV November 14, 2025, 10:44:07
      - Don't worry, MTG is going to get all of their names from the victims and read them on the house - Chuck Woodaby November 14, 2025, 10:54:34
        
        the charlie day of congress* - VIV November 14, 2025, 10:58:14
  - amazing how many Trumpists can't conceive of a world - Sammich November 14, 2025, 10:38:44
    - Every election is a binary choice* - Sounder November 14, 2025, 10:47:16
      - unless they're genderfluid* - VIV November 14, 2025, 10:57:33
  - Sentence them to star in a remake of the TV show The Odd Couple. * - doubledown November 14, 2025, 10:38:36
    - but they're both named Feelix* - VIV November 14, 2025, 10:40:00
      - Unger deez nutz* - Sammich November 14, 2025, 10:40:50
  - "warlords!"* - ATL November 14, 2025, 10:36:48
- So it’s not a hoax? And it’s only democrats involved? Got it. - Mrap24 November 14, 2025, 10:32:35
  - No one is more tied to this than Trump - Sounder November 14, 2025, 10:44:48
- I assume this is a play to open back up the investigation, therefore making the files unreleasable?* - snipes824 November 14, 2025, 10:31:41
  - it's just flailing for his base to raise any margin of doubt - VIV November 14, 2025, 10:38:27
  - Gateway Pundit, et al will be getting their Phase II binders shortly* - Sammich November 14, 2025, 10:34:52
Prosecution-averse prosecutor appoints himself to not prosecute, or maybe prosecute Trump in Georgia - complainant November 14, 2025, 9:43:51
- it's so weird that 5 years later, with a recording of Trump asking... - shua November 14, 2025, 10:25:05
  - The last election was a referendum on whether or not Trump went to prison - Sounder November 14, 2025, 11:16:31
  - well, dumbass horny prosecutor decided to appoint her boy toy to run the case - ATL November 14, 2025, 10:38:08
- That's a blast from the past name. Skandalakis is pretty much exactly the kind of guy you'd think - ATL November 14, 2025, 9:49:07
  - is he related to Mitch? * - ghost_of_clt November 14, 2025, 11:06:08
  - And if he isn't able to do it, Jim Scammerific is waiting for a shot. * - doubledown November 14, 2025, 9:56:52
Trump going after another enemy over mortgage fraud. - doubledown November 14, 2025, 9:13:39
Reuters: Hamas reasserting control over Gaza - ATL November 14, 2025, 8:39:12
- Who else is even in position to mount a challenge? The whole country is displaced and rubble. * - assassin November 14, 2025, 10:04:17
  - What about the Trump Organization and Bill Ackman?* - ATL November 14, 2025, 10:43:55
- neverending clusterfuuuuuuuck - VIV November 14, 2025, 9:38:52
- I mean, Israel violated their own cease fire within the first hour. So I'm not sure what - doubledown November 14, 2025, 9:22:59
  - I thought after Israel spent months starving the population, utterly destroying their homes, and… - DT November 14, 2025, 9:59:44
- Water still wet* - Stu November 14, 2025, 9:16:08
"I have met some very bad people. None as bad as Trump. Not one decent cell in his body." - complainant November 13, 2025, 20:50:50
- That the world's most notorious pedophile had bad things to say about Trump isn't exactly a dunk - GMAW November 14, 2025, 9:20:31
  - Potentially second most. * - doubledown November 14, 2025, 9:23:36
- 10/10, no notes* - Sounder November 14, 2025, 2:56:59
Sheesh...Fetterman fell down and is in the hospital - ATL November 13, 2025, 15:05:13
- Maybe it will fix his brain.* - Warrin'_Illini November 13, 2025, 15:15:31
  - Are we just supposed to pretend that everything is totally fine with this guy?* - Sounder November 13, 2025, 16:46:15
    - Only on November 8th, 2022. And maybe again in 2028 depending on how the primary goes.* - Chuck Woodaby November 13, 2025, 17:07:00
      - I expect them to primary the fuck out of him - Sounder November 13, 2025, 17:13:37
        
        Yeah, I expect he'll go the Sienema route and lobby for some of the worst causes imaginable.* - Warrin'_Illini November 13, 2025, 17:31:18
        
        I used to like him, his brain is cooked* - Sounder November 14, 2025, 2:57:45
- be a damn shame if Shapiro had to replace him (I have no clue what the process is)* - shua November 13, 2025, 15:14:31
- “V-fib flare up”. I’m I’ve had v-fib and nearly died. It’s pretty serious* - Mrap24 November 13, 2025, 15:13:11
  - Just realized you said v-fib not a-fib. Different game for sure* - PapaDels November 13, 2025, 15:59:40
  - Nm* - PapaDels November 13, 2025, 15:58:16
- Likely pushed down by a democrat. * - doubledown November 13, 2025, 15:09:26
  - No, a Democrat would have missed* - KCWildcat November 13, 2025, 15:10:22
Trump administration suing to block California from redistricting. - Mrap24 November 13, 2025, 14:37:52
- "as long as it's in my favor" is the pure distillation of Trumpism* - Sammich November 13, 2025, 15:03:59
  - Lucky for him, the SupCt already decided it oversees state elections.* - complainant November 13, 2025, 15:16:57
- Duh.* - Chicago1995 November 13, 2025, 14:54:03
Oh no, he’s losing Sorbo - OB25 November 13, 2025, 13:36:37
- really takes a herculean effort to come to that conclusion at this point* - lcubed November 13, 2025, 14:21:31
  - he really seems to be laboring under the weight of this revelation* - VIV November 13, 2025, 14:30:40
    - that's a bunch of horseshit* - Sammich November 13, 2025, 15:00:33
      - you ain't lion* - VIV November 13, 2025, 15:04:09
- One might say that he's - IlliniRunner November 13, 2025, 13:48:50
Megyn Kelly, mother of a 14 year old girl, "Akshully, Jeffrey Epstein wasn't really a pedophile". - ATL November 13, 2025, 13:05:59
- Backstage. Underage. Adolescent. - Sounder November 13, 2025, 15:33:47
  - it's pretty wild how many similar lines and songs there are in popular music* - Sammich November 13, 2025, 15:35:47
    - She's only 17, her daddy says she's too young but she's old enough for me* - Sounder November 13, 2025, 15:57:02
    - "Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen's 18th birthday on June 13 was accompanied by no less than seven Web - Chuck Woodaby November 13, 2025, 15:44:04
      - the young lady who bore her bosoms in the Godfather was 16... - uofi1998 November 13, 2025, 16:01:27
        
        17. - VIV November 14, 2025, 10:31:48
        
        The Blue Lagoon* - Sounder November 13, 2025, 16:03:30
- So she’d be ok having her 15 year go over and hang out with Epstein and Donnie?* - Mrap24 November 13, 2025, 14:51:38
  - hers? of course not. but some other 15 year, maybe poor or from a bad background and - John Coctostan November 13, 2025, 15:17:13
- Formal usage is pre-pubescent, but it's still a very dumb thing to say - Potomac November 13, 2025, 13:35:49
  - you know why* - VIV November 13, 2025, 14:08:00
    - Is she getting pedophile mixed up with pedant?* - ATL November 13, 2025, 14:57:33
      - What's a pederast, Walter?* - uofi1998 November 13, 2025, 16:01:59
- Also, a 15 year old is not "barely legal". They are in fact legally a minor* - IlliniRunner November 13, 2025, 13:24:06
- Holy hell* - reggiedunlop November 13, 2025, 13:18:00
  - You want to see a real holy hell? Let's cut to this excerpt from the Gaetz article. - ATL November 13, 2025, 13:26:47
- if Megyyyyn is "well akshully"ing- i'm guessing there's a prominent person linked with a 15-16 y/o - VIV November 13, 2025, 13:15:42
- it's a favorite factoid among channers and redditors - Sammich November 13, 2025, 13:12:03
- I think the world she was looking for was “almost,” not “barely.” Big difference* - OB25 November 13, 2025, 13:09:57
This interview is so cringe - Sounder November 13, 2025, 11:00:05
- Someone please stop this man before he designs again. * - doubledown November 13, 2025, 11:07:06
  - He has absolutely terrible tastes* - Sounder November 13, 2025, 11:11:11
- cheugy asf* - Sammich November 13, 2025, 11:04:23
Dems clearly the reason Trump will NEVER publish (shitty) data - UofIL6 November 13, 2025, 9:49:14
- Um, what?* - Mrap24 November 13, 2025, 10:20:29
  - anything bad = democrats. anything good = trump. * - VIV November 13, 2025, 10:27:39
    - This* - UofIL6 November 13, 2025, 10:38:43
This is a bizarre story that’s resurfacing about Bannon. - doubledown November 13, 2025, 9:34:02
- fucking Pinkman can't even get the right plastic tub* - Sammich November 13, 2025, 10:17:56
More on "that dog that hasn't barked is Trump". Here is the lawyer for the victim referenced in - Chuck Woodaby November 12, 2025, 23:27:54
- if all of this is true, that epstein was just a horribly misguided guy in trump's outer circle - VIV November 13, 2025, 9:57:22
  - These people are all huge liars, and it’s a problem - Jackie November 13, 2025, 10:29:08
    - If you get bored read Giuffre's deposition in her lawsuit against Ghislane Maxwell. - Chuck Woodaby November 13, 2025, 10:43:31
  - Trump and Epstein were friends. And then they had a falling out in 2004. - Chuck Woodaby November 13, 2025, 10:16:38
    - i see what you did there! - VIV November 13, 2025, 10:27:04
      - What awful shit do you think Trump was doing prior to 2004? - Chuck Woodaby November 13, 2025, 10:38:02
        
        what a fucking stupid question. * - VIV November 13, 2025, 10:39:04
        
        Only to somebody that doesn't have the first fucking clue what is going on.* - Chuck Woodaby November 13, 2025, 10:45:43
        
        "what do i think happened?" - VIV November 13, 2025, 10:49:02
        
        I know this is difficult for you to consider but maybe there are bigger things in those files than - Chuck Woodaby November 13, 2025, 10:53:26
        
        I can't picture Trump inside a strip club. Too germy.* - Warrin'_Illini November 13, 2025, 10:54:51
        
        no shit? - VIV November 13, 2025, 10:54:40
  - ooo (yt) - Jersey November 13, 2025, 10:09:08
Dirty Donald - UofIL6 November 12, 2025, 19:53:33
- You know you're a scumbag when Jeffrey Epstein thinks you're a scumbag* - Sounder November 12, 2025, 20:07:13
  - MAGA fans won't care. Laker fans never stopped loving Kobe.* - Warrin'_Illini November 13, 2025, 10:51:10
House votes to end shutdown. Hopefully Trump can get off TruthSocial for five min to sign it - timmer November 12, 2025, 19:21:58
- Until we do it all over again on Feb 1* - DocWalk20 November 12, 2025, 20:54:21
U.S. Catholic bishops nearly unanimously approve a rebuke to the administration’s deportation pogrom - ATL November 12, 2025, 17:53:13
- and yet they remain weirdly silent on the Epstein files* - Sounder November 12, 2025, 18:15:18
  - they do? I'm not stumping for them, but doesn't seem like they should check in on EVERYTHING...* - cpsteine November 13, 2025, 11:03:39
Detention of Preschool teacher abducted by ICE fascists ruled unlawful - KingTalkyTiki November 12, 2025, 16:40:46
WH: DoorDash report says inflation has been tamed. DoorDash: WTF you talkin' about? - ATL November 12, 2025, 15:28:26
- National Security report due out from Grubhub tomorrow* - UofIL6 November 12, 2025, 15:33:26
  - Netflix readying unemployment figures. * - doubledown November 12, 2025, 16:16:07
  - I laughed out loud* - opossum jenkins November 12, 2025, 15:53:08
Trump on college sports...I feel dirty that I agree with him on a lot of it - RSMBob November 12, 2025, 13:15:49
I guess we're not getting an October job report* - ECEIllinois November 12, 2025, 12:48:24
- Shocking development* - Sounder November 12, 2025, 13:11:55
- I'm hearing unemployment decreased by 400%* - Herman Blume November 12, 2025, 12:50:57
  - How else would Dear Leader get a 92% approval rate?* - KingTalkyTiki November 12, 2025, 14:02:42
  - Everybody has 4 jobs to support themseleves. - Warrin'_Illini November 12, 2025, 12:56:45
    - as soon as my 9-5 is done, I play the Mina Kimes Solitaire game in between Doordash deliveries* - Sammich November 12, 2025, 12:59:01
seems hardcore maga are super pissed that the trump admin is ok with legal immigration. shocking* - John Coctostan November 12, 2025, 12:39:08
- the Chinese student discussion with Ingraham was interesting* - Sounder November 12, 2025, 13:13:02
- Americans are dumb and have no talent or work ethic. Gotta agree with Trump here. - Warrin'_Illini November 12, 2025, 13:01:16
If this is legit….. holy shit. - VIV November 12, 2025, 11:45:49
- current US ambassador to Turkey - ATL November 12, 2025, 16:11:47
- Here's another....check the date - UofIL6 November 12, 2025, 14:14:55
  - in fairness, that could be any trump* - VIV November 12, 2025, 15:05:29
    - Is it confirmed that it was Donald?* - Chuck Woodaby November 12, 2025, 15:07:54
- House Pubs apparently just released "thousands" of Epstein estate docs* - Gene Parmesan November 12, 2025, 12:28:09
- Related - Trump is individually calling House Pubs to get them to change their vote on Epstein files - OB25 November 12, 2025, 12:15:38
  - Behavior of an innocent person. It’s all a hoax* - Mrap24 November 12, 2025, 13:23:36
  - if there's anything items he is concerned about, why wouldn't he just have them delete them?... - shua November 12, 2025, 13:07:12
  - totally normal rational behavior* - John Coctostan November 12, 2025, 12:24:49
    - He doesn’t want to be impeached a third time * - TarheelIllini November 12, 2025, 12:46:57
      - He can break another of his own records in his second term* - Sounder November 12, 2025, 13:14:11
        
        And, just wait until that 3rd term....* - UofIL6 November 12, 2025, 13:56:28
        
        Karoline Leavitt's press conference today was quite something* - Sounder November 12, 2025, 14:26:36
- Who is the police chief? He's 75% where?* - Sammich November 12, 2025, 12:11:28
  - This guy: - Chuck Woodaby November 12, 2025, 12:19:27
- Seems like this is also being spun as exonerating Trump in certain circles. - OB25 November 12, 2025, 11:51:08
  - Two SA supervillains talking about how the POTUS spent hours with one of their victims - VIV November 12, 2025, 11:56:11
    - I’m sure Trump and the victim were just discussing their shared love of the works of Pablo Neruda* - IlliniRunner November 12, 2025, 11:59:32
      - Trump has been working as an undercover agent trying to take down Epstein, so - doubledown November 12, 2025, 12:10:41
        
        Okay, Pete Townshend* - TarheelIllini November 12, 2025, 12:45:40
- What is the holy shit?* - Chuck Woodaby November 12, 2025, 11:49:29
  - what about it is not? i'd love to hear the counter. * - VIV November 12, 2025, 11:51:43
    - Virginia Roberts Giuffre is the redacted name. She wrote a book (2 actually). - Chuck Woodaby November 12, 2025, 12:08:32
      - is it confirmed that she's the redacted name? * - VIV November 12, 2025, 12:44:57
        
        Article I read today specifies that they tried but failed to confirm the ID *shrug* * - Jackie November 12, 2025, 14:29:06
        
        Yes. - Chuck Woodaby November 12, 2025, 12:50:06
        
        i see Leavitt saying that. is it coming from anywhere else? (she's also a serial liar)* - VIV November 12, 2025, 12:52:47
        
        Were there any other victims talking to the press in April 2011? - Chuck Woodaby November 12, 2025, 12:59:46
        
        was "talking to the press" in a different email? i assumed this was talking to authorities* - VIV November 12, 2025, 15:12:37
        
        More e-mails from around that time: - Chuck Woodaby November 12, 2025, 15:26:37
        
        He had already plead guilty and served his jail sentence 4 years prior to this e-mail. - Chuck Woodaby November 12, 2025, 15:17:44
        
        could be referring to another victim * - VIV November 12, 2025, 13:05:14
        
        That isn't mentioning trump when only 1 person was talking publicly about Epstein and Prince Andrew. - Chuck Woodaby November 12, 2025, 13:08:24
- This would end careers at any other time in history. * - doubledown November 12, 2025, 11:49:04
DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT - ATL November 12, 2025, 11:30:12
Trump pardons Grand Teton speed-runner Michelino Sunseri’s shortcutting offense - EffinIllini November 12, 2025, 10:52:35
- I'm glad we're all against government overreach in criminalizing civil offenses. - Sammich November 12, 2025, 11:03:47
  - Nicely done.* - complainant November 12, 2025, 17:28:57
  - (I think most of the Reason crowd is against those goons too) - ATL November 12, 2025, 12:13:57
- Good. What a stupid rule. * - doubledown November 12, 2025, 10:59:48
- couldn't possibly care* - VIV November 12, 2025, 10:56:59
- eh...seems like a good pardon - this is overreach by the NPS - ATL November 12, 2025, 10:55:41
  - Also, one of the runner's lawyers was named Poon* - ATL November 12, 2025, 10:57:15
Some Epstein emails released. - gullit November 12, 2025, 10:10:47
- So Michael Wolff is still a real piece of garbage. - Chuck Woodaby November 12, 2025, 10:45:32
I thought Kash Patel taking a PJ to the Boondoggle Ranch was a joke. - gvibes November 12, 2025, 9:36:51
Senate snuck in a rider that will ban "hemp-derived THC" nationwide - VIV November 12, 2025, 9:05:23
- So much for a "clean" CR. * - doubledown November 12, 2025, 9:06:23
You almost just have to tip your cap for the well-planned corruption - OB25 November 11, 2025, 22:12:02
- I'm a little confused on this - Sammich November 12, 2025, 10:39:32
  - Will no doubt be "settled" for the maximum possible amount. * - doubledown November 12, 2025, 11:01:01
- That kind of stuff has no business in a spending bill * - jjlocke923 November 12, 2025, 9:10:13
- Just one smash and grab after another. And the jjlockes are all fine with it. * - doubledown November 12, 2025, 9:05:04
  - It really doesn't get talked about enough that Trump is absolutely not a Republican* - Sounder November 15, 2025, 10:44:58
- patel taking his tax payer provided PJ to 'Boondoggle Ranch' is almost too on the nose* - John Coctostan November 12, 2025, 7:46:40
- It's actually really disgusting how blatantly corrupt they are, and also that nobody will do - UofIL6 November 11, 2025, 22:37:22
  - But the investigation into Jan 6 was the real tyranny and misuse of the DOJ!* - DT November 12, 2025, 4:41:06
  - Nm - DT November 12, 2025, 4:41:06
Russia's AI robot introduced, fall down & go boom - complainant November 11, 2025, 19:12:05
- Jesus Christ. We did a better job hanging TJ’s jersey than those guys did obscuring him* - opossum jenkins November 12, 2025, 7:53:44
- way too many examples of people falling out of windows in its training data* - ECEIllinois November 11, 2025, 20:19:03
- Nailed it. Such a lifelike Russian* - timmer November 11, 2025, 19:36:57
  - Yeltsinesque. I wonder where it got the vodka.* - complainant November 11, 2025, 19:40:31
Seattle is still counting ballots in the mayoral race - Sounder November 11, 2025, 12:10:39
Huge shock that Greggy B. and his fascist thugs are fleeing Chicago... - KingTalkyTiki November 11, 2025, 12:10:37
- ..and they already said they are planning on coming back in March. - KingTalkyTiki November 12, 2025, 10:10:23
- I can't imagine how many accidents they would have created driving on icy streets* - shua November 11, 2025, 14:35:48
  - opp - timmer November 11, 2025, 14:38:48
Things seem pretty bad on Chicago's "Miracle Mile" - Sounder November 11, 2025, 11:09:55
- Hey, it's not like he owns a building downtown... - KingTalkyTiki November 11, 2025, 12:04:47
  - Does he own the building? - TarheelIllini November 11, 2025, 14:38:37
    - he's on a 50 year mortgage!* - shua November 11, 2025, 14:40:41
- Mush brain is confusing Magnificent Mile with the Miracle Mile shopping district in Coral Gables - ATL November 11, 2025, 11:55:54
  - There is also a Miracle Mile in Vegas near his property there* - Sounder November 11, 2025, 11:56:49
    - He's right though. I walked from the Marriott on Michigan to the Whole Foods on E Grand last week - ATL November 11, 2025, 12:04:17
      - I'm sure sending armed military there will make people want to shop more* - Sounder November 11, 2025, 12:05:58
- did he mean Water Tower Place?* - VIV November 11, 2025, 11:35:57
  - It's provocative, no one knows what he means - Sounder November 11, 2025, 11:37:42
    - 50/50. A friend was on the NSC staff in his first term and… - LeatherneckIllini November 11, 2025, 11:40:35
      - The Oranges of the Typo Hoax. As retconned storylines go, it's not terrible. - complainant November 11, 2025, 11:59:56
        
        When was the last time he uttered a complete sentence?* - Sounder November 11, 2025, 12:00:33
      - None of that is remotely surprising to me* - Sounder November 11, 2025, 11:56:14
- Monroeville, PA wishes their mall has a 28% vacancy rate* - timmer November 11, 2025, 11:29:28
  - I don't believe that the Magnificent Mile has a 28% vacancy rate* - Sounder November 11, 2025, 11:34:35
    - Apparently it's correct, was as high as 34% - Sounder November 11, 2025, 11:36:36
      - Sure smash and grabs were one factor. - SurfTheBoneyard November 11, 2025, 12:20:06
        
        The summer of 2020 wasn't great - Sounder November 11, 2025, 12:53:54
- Damn, I wanted to cruise the Miracle Mile* - PapaDels November 11, 2025, 11:16:07
  - we're flat broke, but hey we do it in style* - VIV November 11, 2025, 11:17:35
  - the whitewalls still look nice, though* - Sammich November 11, 2025, 11:17:15
    - It doesn’t matter what they say in the papers* - memyselfandillini November 11, 2025, 11:18:47
    - True…just don’t get too sentimental* - PapaDels November 11, 2025, 11:18:04
- not just the miracle mile, but the miracle mile shopping center* - ECEIllinois November 11, 2025, 11:15:29
- "Just the News" - IlliniSax05 November 11, 2025, 11:13:34
  - What does that even mean?* - Sounder November 11, 2025, 11:15:11
    - It's what was left after they kicked out Huey Lewis - IlliniSax05 November 11, 2025, 11:18:58
      - LMFCO* - Jackie November 11, 2025, 14:43:31
      - Acknowledged* - Desert November 11, 2025, 12:15:53
      - nice* - VIV November 11, 2025, 11:25:36
      - *chort* * - Sammich November 11, 2025, 11:22:06
    - Played in reverse it says “Buy my Pee Tape, ninety nine ninety nine”* - memyselfandillini November 11, 2025, 11:17:58
      - six seven* - Sounder November 11, 2025, 11:20:37
    - brain-pudding version of "I'm just sayin'"* - Sammich November 11, 2025, 11:16:47
    - maybe he meant just the facts?* - ECEIllinois November 11, 2025, 11:16:38
Not sure if this belongs here, but just read about proposed 50 year mortgages & 180 month car loans. - EffinIllini November 11, 2025, 10:44:09
- Welcome! Now you get to rent your home from the bank! - KingTalkyTiki November 11, 2025, 11:53:21
- The car loan seems crazier than the mortgage idea. I hope people enjoy paying - Warrin'_Illini November 11, 2025, 11:49:17
  - I thought that as well. - EffinIllini November 11, 2025, 12:03:17
- Republicans read Death of a Salesman and the Jungle in High School and thought they were utopian* - DT November 11, 2025, 11:38:03
  - Utopian, dystopian. What’s the difference really?* - DocWalk20 November 11, 2025, 15:34:16
- I'm sure his banking buddies love these brilliant ideas* - Sounder November 11, 2025, 11:10:28
  - Sounds like they hate it actually. This is just one idiot (Pulte)* - gvibes November 11, 2025, 11:16:30
    - I use to like Pulte….now he’s just grifting* - TarheelIllini November 11, 2025, 11:39:11
    - Because it's a terrible idea?* - Sounder November 11, 2025, 11:21:45
- I welcome our neo-feudalist overlords. - Sammich November 11, 2025, 11:06:00
  - Serfin USA* - VIV November 11, 2025, 11:10:19
    - Make America Grovel Again* - memyselfandillini November 11, 2025, 11:13:38
- Buy your starter home at 25 and pay it off once you hit 75!* - UofIL6 November 11, 2025, 11:00:48
  - the median first-time home buyer right now is 40 - Sammich November 11, 2025, 11:08:09
- save $300/month on your mortgage for only an extra $600k in interest! - VIV November 11, 2025, 10:46:32
  - Not even. A hypothetical 50 year mortgage would carry .5% higher interest* - Stu November 11, 2025, 10:53:53
  - You will own nothing and be happy!* - Chuck Woodaby November 11, 2025, 10:47:55
So Mike Johnson is trying to stall until a TN special election completes? - WhitmansFolly November 11, 2025, 7:39:56
- I'm sure someone will flip their vote, so it's not released... - shua November 11, 2025, 8:12:51
- There’s no way that’s true. I mean….* - opossum jenkins November 11, 2025, 8:02:43
Kash's lady friend suing podcaster for $5 million for implying she's an Israeli honeypot. - Chuck Woodaby November 10, 2025, 18:40:54
- Kash plays in a local adult ice hockey league - timmer November 10, 2025, 21:41:49
- Man, I had forgotten about the book he wrote.* - Sammich November 10, 2025, 20:59:25
- I’ll believe it if she says out loud that she likes him without gagging on the words. * - doubledown November 10, 2025, 19:43:00
Bailey staying in IL Gov race to collect another loss. - SurfTheBoneyard November 10, 2025, 17:03:48
Jesus, what has he done to this office?! - doubledown November 10, 2025, 12:06:28
- Bordello* - MtHoodIllini November 10, 2025, 18:34:59
- Woof* - Jackie November 10, 2025, 14:29:22
- What is circled—what am I looking at? - Jackie November 10, 2025, 14:29:20
  - a $16,000 gold Presidential drink coaster* - Sounder November 10, 2025, 14:30:00
    - Also a giant gold Rolex desk clock given to him to try to get him to lift the Swiss tariffs. * - doubledown November 10, 2025, 15:42:34
- Maybe it’s me but if and when he is done there and a Dem POTUS is slated to take over… - timmer November 10, 2025, 13:48:45
  - Anything that is made of "gold" he can have* - Sounder November 10, 2025, 14:04:38
  - he currently has a "copy" of the Resolute desk on display at Mar-a-Lago* - ECEIllinois November 10, 2025, 13:55:46
- even Zach Snyder thinks the symbolism is a bit too obvious* - Sammich November 10, 2025, 13:23:38
  - Marie Antoinette got hanged for less oppulence* - Sounder November 10, 2025, 13:27:48
- Looks like shit.* - Warrin'_Illini November 10, 2025, 13:17:08
  - He clearly doesn’t understand less is more curation* - Sounder November 10, 2025, 13:22:01
- It's bonkers, the coasters coast $16,000 a piece* - Sounder November 10, 2025, 12:23:23
- Sometimes I forget about Markwayne Mullin for a while. *sigh"** - complainant November 10, 2025, 12:15:41
  - Oh hi and party on, Markwayne* - Sammich November 10, 2025, 13:14:28
  - Nobody remembers he was on the Dream Team.* - DT November 10, 2025, 13:03:49
  - he claims he was working with Trump throughout the weekend - ECEIllinois November 10, 2025, 12:24:56
    - That’s the desk of a man who does nothing. * - doubledown November 10, 2025, 12:26:23
  - What's with the name? His mom didn't want to let either of the potential fathers feel left out?* - ATL November 10, 2025, 12:20:29
    - And predictably, they're both his uncle.* - complainant November 10, 2025, 12:26:17
    - No. Named after two of his dad’s brothers. Oh, hold on. * - doubledown November 10, 2025, 12:25:24
      - So you’re both right* - Herman Blume November 10, 2025, 16:48:53
      - Well, you win on timing. I think execution was a draw.* - complainant November 10, 2025, 12:35:08
- Wait till you see his casket - TarheelIllini November 10, 2025, 12:11:13
  - The sooner we all see it, the better! - Kajagoogoo November 10, 2025, 14:48:21
  - Can’t wait. * - doubledown November 10, 2025, 12:14:01
    - Hopefully they make it urine resistant* - Sounder November 10, 2025, 12:24:24
Since the current administration is actively hostile to federal employees and… - DT November 10, 2025, 10:23:16
- That sucks. And not surprising, given the hatchet man Trump brought in. - WhitmansFolly November 10, 2025, 18:12:00
  - Heh. My leaving actually has nothing to do with him. - DT November 10, 2025, 19:52:27
- I was in a meeting two weeks ago where not a single person knew what had gone on the last 2-3 year… - LeatherneckIllini November 10, 2025, 13:45:05
  - make sure to warn them about China!!!!!* - shua November 10, 2025, 13:47:20
- Sorry things got so shitty that it was untenable for you to stay, but glad you found something else - IlliniRunner November 10, 2025, 12:59:51
- I know they're also screwing with patent examiners at the USPTO. Idiotic when they're self-funded* - ECEIllinois November 10, 2025, 12:35:10
- Congrats!* - Carl Spackler November 10, 2025, 11:32:16
- Congrats and good luck* - VIV November 10, 2025, 11:22:31
- This feels helpful - Sounder November 10, 2025, 10:56:37
  - I AM NOT HAPPY WITH YOU.* - DiamondDazzle November 10, 2025, 12:21:47
  - This is Tower to Air Force One. Youre clear to land - memyselfandillini November 10, 2025, 12:15:45
  - He's such a loser. * - doubledown November 10, 2025, 11:00:09
    - He's a petulant child. - WhitmansFolly November 10, 2025, 18:14:42
    - The ALL CAPS and misused punctuation will never be normalized* - Sounder November 10, 2025, 11:02:55
- Congratulations, you should celebrate with some Arby’s* - Sounder November 10, 2025, 10:53:17
  - I am probably going to pour myself a scotch when I get home. - DT November 10, 2025, 11:15:02
- Damn dude. Well put, good luck with the new job* - Jackie November 10, 2025, 10:43:43
  - Thanks. To steal a line, I didn’t leave the federal government. The federal government left me.* - DT November 10, 2025, 11:16:32
- Congrats!* - snipes824 November 10, 2025, 10:43:42
- Mazel tov!* - ATL November 10, 2025, 10:40:37
- Congrats on the new job. Don't forget to leave a #TUPPERDECKER on your way out.* - Warrin'_Illini November 10, 2025, 10:38:53
- congrats and good luck!* - shua November 10, 2025, 10:28:23
There is a sell for folding that could work - snipes824 November 10, 2025, 10:07:12
- The sell is Republicans will take the blame for health care premiums skyrocketing - Blazer November 10, 2025, 14:06:31
- What a coward* - Mrap24 November 10, 2025, 11:17:47
- They’ve made an art form of stepping on their own dicks. JFC* - PapaDels November 10, 2025, 11:12:48
- lol christ, so pathetic* - reggiedunlop November 10, 2025, 11:03:32
- Fucking pathetic - Kajagoogoo November 10, 2025, 10:42:48
- LOL. * - VIV November 10, 2025, 10:13:27
Dots - TarheelIllini November 10, 2025, 10:05:55
My DC Insiders are telling me the Jizz Lane pardon will be happening soon.* - Warrin'_Illini November 10, 2025, 9:04:47
- Commutation or pardon? - gullit November 10, 2025, 10:50:30
- so are we at the stage where the MAGA folks will be convinced that... - shua November 10, 2025, 10:32:30
  - I'm not sure there's anything even in the non-redacted file that would justify the hype - Sammich November 10, 2025, 10:43:22
    - The people demanding the release of the files haven't read a page of the - Chuck Woodaby November 10, 2025, 10:57:23
- Jack Posobiec is ringmaster of the worldwide pedo organization, isn't he? What a brilliant ploy. - complainant November 10, 2025, 10:11:23
- ooo - ATL November 10, 2025, 10:05:09
- It's nuts how corrupt this administration is and the GOP is completely fine with it. * - doubledown November 10, 2025, 9:19:35
  - Indeed* - Sounder November 10, 2025, 9:22:10
- The election tampering oardons flew completely under the radar * - Sounder November 10, 2025, 9:18:28
  - I wonder if he gave them away for free. * - doubledown November 10, 2025, 9:35:17
    - I doubt very many of them have anything to offer at this point* - shua November 10, 2025, 9:51:27
      - "someday (and that day may never come) I may ask you for a favor in return..."* - Sammich November 10, 2025, 9:53:07
  - That they did.* - Warrin'_Illini November 10, 2025, 9:32:42
- That would be amazing, let it happen* - Sounder November 10, 2025, 9:16:59
- truly despicable * - VIV November 10, 2025, 9:06:20
Supreme Court declines to revisit same sex marriage precedent* - Mrap24 November 10, 2025, 8:57:53
- Good to know there is a line they won’t cross^ - Sounder November 10, 2025, 8:59:21
  - ...yet - IlliniSax05 November 10, 2025, 9:10:18
and, of course none of the 8 senators that caved are up for reelection next year - VIV November 10, 2025, 8:45:42
- I assume that was on purpose. those are not the ones that caved... - shua November 10, 2025, 9:49:58
- Good for them, putting country ahead of party politics* - jjlocke923 November 10, 2025, 8:58:33
- That might be the best play? - ghost_of_clt November 10, 2025, 8:54:49
  - Agreed. Dems should take credit for ending the GOP shutdown and talk - memyselfandillini November 10, 2025, 12:19:15
  - O - memyselfandillini November 10, 2025, 12:19:15
  - O - memyselfandillini November 10, 2025, 12:19:15
  - Dotz - Sounder November 10, 2025, 9:49:12
    - "no, this piece of dog shit i'm eating is actually a candy bar!"* - VIV November 10, 2025, 10:11:09
    - all of that was true on September 30 - Sammich November 10, 2025, 10:05:14
      - they just need to work on messaging. Peoples health insurance - memyselfandillini November 10, 2025, 12:25:11
      - Because they anctudlly did overestimate a ton of things. * - haighter November 10, 2025, 11:15:10
  - again, this is how it was always gonna go. pulling all this money is the stated goal of the GOP! - John Coctostan November 10, 2025, 9:17:43
  - you know none of this is going to stick to the GOP. * - VIV November 10, 2025, 9:05:56
    - Well it'll all likely happen again February 1, 2026. - ghost_of_clt November 10, 2025, 10:05:53
- Schumer's Goons: The Rotating Villains of the Washington Generals.* - Warrin'_Illini November 10, 2025, 8:49:49
  - it's a party that can't help but repeatedly cross its legs on its own balls * - VIV November 10, 2025, 8:50:59
    - I did see a few Dem Congresspeople on twitter calling for him to be replaced, but I'm guessing - Warrin'_Illini November 10, 2025, 8:52:29
      - Schumer?* - VIV November 10, 2025, 8:53:09
        
        Yeah, Ro Khanna and a couple other.* - Warrin'_Illini November 10, 2025, 8:56:51
        
        Schumer is a weak, old fool concerned only about holding on to the remaining power he has. - VIV November 10, 2025, 8:58:36

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