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Politics thread Week of December 1st* - JacobRDaugherty December 1, 2025, 7:23:08

trump's blanket 1/6 pardon seems expansive enough to cover the pipe bomber, no?* - ECEIllinois Today, 12:53:55
- He allegedly set up us the bomb on January 5, so I don't think so?* - gvibes Today, 13:08:24
  - the language of the pardon seems pretty broad: ""related to events that occurred ... - ECEIllinois Today, 13:13:14
Leopards are coming for Sen. Cassidy's face, except it's Hep B and - assassin Today, 11:35:16
- getting rid of seed oils and chemical dyes is worth a few thousand Hep B-infected babies - Sammich Today, 12:22:22
  - Listen, those babies should take more responsibility. They knew what they were getting into - IlliniRunner Today, 12:43:33
- Evidence shmevidence* - Herman Blume Today, 12:19:05
- totally unforeseeable* - John Coctostan Today, 11:45:08
Trump wants to allow tiny cars here. I want more trains/HSR but I'll take it.* - Warrin'_Illini Today, 11:19:58
- are tiny cars not allowed here? - Sammich Today, 11:27:25
  - I think it's about allowing kei cars and kei trucks* - IlliniOllie Today, 11:42:14
  - I was thinking more about the tiny trucks they have in Japan. I think they might - Warrin'_Illini Today, 11:35:30
    - I know a guy that imports the mini trucks from Japan and sells them to dealers…. - harb Today, 12:45:45
- Just close the SUV loopholes. * - doubledown Today, 11:24:44
  - Please elaborate * - TarheelIllini Today, 11:27:15
    - Fuel efficiency standards and tax code classify large SUVs in a way that incentivizes manufacturers - doubledown Today, 11:53:11
Alrighty then - Tortillini Today, 11:02:30
- NOne of that matters - ISeeDeadHawkeyes Today, 12:12:27
There is a secret Muslim in government and it’s a Republican congressman* - ECEIllinois Today, 10:20:09
- Sweaty Randy Fine.* - Warrin'_Illini Today, 10:33:29
  - good times never seemed so good* - Sammich Today, 10:36:41
    - oOo - KingTalkyTiki Today, 10:58:59
    - Until we found out his full name is Randall HUSSEIN Fine :-O.* - Warrin'_Illini Today, 10:48:51
- Mary Miller?* - illini222 Today, 10:30:11
'There is no Mamdani Effect' - ATL Today, 9:05:15
- Who could of seen that coming? - KingTalkyTiki Today, 10:20:34
grand jury rejects another attempt to indict letitia james* - ECEIllinois Yesterday, 18:37:07
- I legit thought it was basically impossible to get no billed in front of a grand jury* - gvibes Yesterday, 19:23:40
  - When your case is worse than the classic case against a ham sandwich* - Desert Today, 9:57:05
  - When your case is worse than the classic case against a ham sandwich* - Desert Today, 9:57:03
  - I assume under a normal DOJ they would not bring charges that had no chance of sticking* - ECEIllinois Yesterday, 23:48:25
  - Well if you have any sense it is. - SurfTheBoneyard Yesterday, 19:25:32
Oh look, the Pentagon is going to funnel $620M to Don Jr. - complainant Yesterday, 17:58:44
- Atleast Hunter was accused of receiving foreign money and not our tax dollars* - shua Yesterday, 18:39:49
Shocking that Trump's SCOTUS allows him to use the new Texas maps despite prior court ruling* - UofIL6 Yesterday, 17:14:01
Tom Cotton asked for a copy of the Boat Strike video so he could take it home & masturbate. - complainant Yesterday, 16:32:24
This Manhattan Institute survey of "Current GOP" is fascinating. More than 1/3 are holocaust deniers - ATL Yesterday, 15:58:22
- Sure but have you considered that you might save a couple hundred bucks in taxes* - Herman Blume Yesterday, 17:08:14
- Fascinating, frightening. Tomato, tomahto.* - DocWalk20 Yesterday, 16:28:28
- Some of those questions are just way too wordy or complex for a survey.* - SurfTheBoneyard Yesterday, 16:04:10
  - For today's GOP to comprehend.* - Phytynlini Yesterday, 16:56:42
    - A lot of conservatives think that Democrats are condescending - Sounder Yesterday, 17:02:51
      - Bob Newhart was awesome.* - complainant Yesterday, 18:30:42
- We will get the downfall we deserve.* - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 16:03:58
Bongino oddly silent - ATL Yesterday, 13:54:56
Iwona B Horyn - Sammich Yesterday, 13:00:29
- She looks a little like Dave Roever. - complainant Yesterday, 15:16:40
  - Avril Lavigne after a few rounds* - IlliniRunner Yesterday, 15:54:59
  - I saw somebody say she looks like somebody tried to draw Kirsten Dunst from memory* - Sammich Yesterday, 15:24:00
    - it's like an Annoying Orange/Conan'O Brien skit where you overlay a real face onto a picture* - assassin Yesterday, 16:06:21
      - It's Kirsten Dunst's face overlayed with Jesse Plemmons* - Sounder Yesterday, 17:19:43
    - LOL* - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 15:25:15
    - Lol* - CoronaTheirAss Yesterday, 15:25:09
  - Buzz.....your girlfriend....* - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 15:18:50
Assuming we escape this nightmare, can we vacate Trump's presidencies ala Reggie Bush's Heisman?* - mrkoolaid Yesterday, 11:42:55
- It will always bother me that no matter what happens next - Sounder Yesterday, 15:20:18
  - I hate Trump as much as the next guy, but we've got far more shameful shit in our past* - Sammich Yesterday, 15:24:59
    - dotz - Sounder Yesterday, 15:34:54
Sounds like the Armed Svcs Cmte Chair thinks that Hegseth has war crimed - ATL Yesterday, 10:42:28
- I’ve interacted a fair amount with Rep Turner. - opossum jenkins Yesterday, 15:03:44
- more like Pete Hagueseth, amirite* - Sammich Yesterday, 12:29:09
  - Funny DT* - LWillhite Yesterday, 12:44:13
- also found to have violated protocols in 'Signalgate' - assassin Yesterday, 12:27:52
- Hegseth Vibez - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 12:25:49
- He is going down* - Sounder Yesterday, 11:07:51
  - I'M YELLING TIMBER!* - shua Yesterday, 12:24:37
  - From what I've seen, he's entirely loyal to Trump which means he'll be fine.* - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 11:12:27
    - Trump's wake is littered with the bodies of loyal people who became inconvenient to keep around. * - doubledown Yesterday, 11:34:28
      - Because a lot of them probably didn't want to go as far as Trump. Hegseth seems like - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 11:49:09
- I somehow had never even thought about that angle. - OB25 Yesterday, 11:01:31
  - The people killed in the initial strike are collateral damage. The two killed hanging - JacobRDaugherty Yesterday, 11:24:15
    - Well...if you are to believe the new narrative...the two survivors climbed aboard their flaming... - haighter Yesterday, 12:06:12
      - members of Congress are being shown the video right now, so that's not gonna last long* - assassin Yesterday, 12:09:24
        
        Let’s not forget Mike Turner used to be Chairman of the HPSCI. He was ousted. - opossum jenkins Yesterday, 15:19:47
  - depends on discrimination, necessity, and proportionality - illiniranger Yesterday, 11:23:50
FBI finally makes arrest on January 6th pipe bomber. - LeatherneckIllini Yesterday, 8:26:57
- Was it Jared?* - ATL Yesterday, 9:01:42
  - Yoyo hasn't posted since the arrest. Hmm....* - Stu Yesterday, 9:31:20
- Trump waiting to hear if he’s MAGA so he knows whether to pardon him - GMAW Yesterday, 8:40:49
  - You mean replace Hegseth with him* - Herman Blume Yesterday, 14:08:13
  - Funny, my first reaction was… - SurfTheBoneyard Yesterday, 10:31:54
Layoffs at highest levels since .... the last Trump administration - ATL Yesterday, 7:47:49
- …during the Pandemic. This time the disease is rot from within* - memyselfandillini Yesterday, 8:07:38
Interesting article on the "Mississippi miracle" in education (it's probably just selection bias) - gvibes December 3, 2025, 9:58:35
- So they're basically not testing the bad readers until a year later, and test scores increased? - doubledown December 3, 2025, 10:09:30
"Unexpectedly" - doubledown December 3, 2025, 8:03:52
No upset in TN special congressional election... - SurfTheBoneyard December 2, 2025, 21:09:11
Trump’s approval rating down to 36%* - Stu December 2, 2025, 17:48:40
- What is the absolute lowest it could get? - Sounder December 2, 2025, 17:50:10
  - he’s already got Satan and Saddams votes - memyselfandillini December 3, 2025, 7:02:30
  - Unless the economy disintegrates, I think we’re there - Stu December 2, 2025, 17:55:59
    - narrator voice...* - Sounder December 2, 2025, 18:00:52
    - And, perhaps not so ironically, those are the people whose lives most deserve destruction.* - ATL December 2, 2025, 17:57:05
  - 0% - ATL December 2, 2025, 17:54:08
    - I think that there could be photos of him getting peed on - Sounder December 2, 2025, 17:55:20
This might be new favorite Trump moment - OrangeSox December 2, 2025, 17:41:57
- For me, he'll never top telling people to ingest bleach - Sounder December 2, 2025, 17:45:53
  - Don't forget the press conference at the Four Seasons* - RSMBob December 3, 2025, 11:03:02
    - An amazing event, for sure, but Trump wasn't actually there* - Sounder Yesterday, 15:30:49
white house now beefing with sabrina carpenter* - ECEIllinois December 2, 2025, 14:52:00
- Both the Pope and Sabrina Carpenter have condemned Trump today* - Sounder December 2, 2025, 17:43:49
- I thought they liked little people?* - ATL December 2, 2025, 16:57:03
  - Especially short, pre-pubescent sized blondes. - KingTalkyTiki December 2, 2025, 17:00:51
Kash clarifies he was looking for a Youth Large FBI raid jacket, not a Women's Medium* - ECEIllinois December 2, 2025, 12:43:33
- Has he tried Bovino's line of Federal Workwear... - KingTalkyTiki December 2, 2025, 13:16:05
- You can't just show up in Valhalla in ill-fitting clothing.* - Warrin'_Illini December 2, 2025, 12:57:03
  - I don't think people who look like Kash are allowed into Valhalla* - ECEIllinois December 2, 2025, 22:18:49
  - Valhalla needs elves too everyone * - ATL December 2, 2025, 13:26:17
Trump truths 150 times in two hours - Sounder December 2, 2025, 10:22:58
- up all night truthing, now falling asleep at the cabinet meeting. * - assassin December 2, 2025, 12:03:50
  - he sounds like a drunk racist dude at the bar ranting about Somalians* - ECEIllinois December 2, 2025, 16:55:29
    - Who do think internally is making the decision to focus the ire at Somalians? - Sounder December 2, 2025, 17:46:51
      - most likely, but they all hate ilhan omar so who knows* - ECEIllinois December 2, 2025, 18:16:41
  - Falling asleep while a room full of people jack you off? - KingTalkyTiki December 2, 2025, 12:21:14
    - These cabinet meetings are so bizarre* - Sounder December 2, 2025, 12:30:38
      - The Emperor's New Clothes is a documentary* - gvibes December 2, 2025, 13:31:30
      - Not really... - KingTalkyTiki December 2, 2025, 13:08:52
        
        My apologies.. - KingTalkyTiki December 2, 2025, 13:34:49
        
        Nm - KingTalkyTiki December 2, 2025, 13:34:48
        
        I don't think there is a single reporter from a credible news organization in the room* - Sounder December 2, 2025, 13:19:55
        
        Wha?! and be held accountable for his actions and answer to the public's concerns? - KingTalkyTiki December 2, 2025, 13:21:56
    - Affordability is both a lie, and also the fault of 20 million illegals buying homes somehow. - assassin December 2, 2025, 12:23:54
      - hundreds of millions of lives saved by blowing up cocaine! - assassin December 2, 2025, 12:25:39
        
        "fentanyl". Or something. Cocaine isn't bad, or Trump wouldn't be pardoning a guy linked - ghost_of_clt December 2, 2025, 12:34:22
        
        No no, she said Cocaine. - assassin December 2, 2025, 12:46:03
    - if he stayed awake, it might give them the wrong idea* - Sammich December 2, 2025, 12:23:02
  - The look on Marco Rubio's face is priceless - Sounder December 2, 2025, 12:10:26
    - He's probably just thinking about how cool it is to be Sec of State. Also how delicious - Warrin'_Illini December 2, 2025, 12:14:10
- marathon dump sesh? - Sammich December 2, 2025, 11:31:42
- The man's STAMINA is INCREDIBLE! :-O* - Warrin'_Illini December 2, 2025, 10:24:19
Costco suing over tariffs - assassin December 1, 2025, 20:00:20
- lets see if any conservative Costco members are willing to boycott them* - ECEIllinois December 1, 2025, 20:04:35
  - Feels like an easy which button to push meme * - assassin December 1, 2025, 20:13:21
WH and Hegseth throw the Admiral under the boat - assassin December 1, 2025, 15:58:00
- This is the war crime version of an athletic director giving his coach a vote of confidence. - OB25 December 1, 2025, 18:50:04
  - Let the record reflect that he composed that Tweet after hours of broadcast criticism from Congress - complainant December 1, 2025, 20:51:14
  - Bradley will take the fall in exchange for a promised pardon probably* - ECEIllinois December 1, 2025, 20:05:21
    - Can you be pardoned of war crimes?* - gvibes December 1, 2025, 20:16:38
      - The US Senate never ratified our commitment to the Rome Convention, and the Bush Administration - complainant December 1, 2025, 20:47:51
- Regardless of what did or didn’t happen here, a good example of why you don’t follow illegal orders - OB25 December 1, 2025, 16:17:35
  - Inside baseball. the combatant command leader resigned. Normally…. - LeatherneckIllini December 1, 2025, 20:03:23
    - Best bit going. Indefatigable* - Dikta December 1, 2025, 20:06:53
      - That was valuable info* - JacobRDaugherty December 2, 2025, 10:47:51
  - Pete is a couple of jack and gingers away from saying You're God Damn Right I Ordered the Code Red* - Sounder December 1, 2025, 16:51:47
    - Can Trump pardon war crimes?* - UofIL6 December 1, 2025, 17:23:06
      - When has the thought of what he can or can’t do actually crossed his mind?* - DocWalk20 December 1, 2025, 17:31:52
      - Right after he pardons El Chapo* - Stu December 1, 2025, 17:24:14
- You have failed me for the last time, Admiral* - Stu December 1, 2025, 16:15:59
- If he pardoned the guy who slit the throat of a POW and restored his Trident... - haighter December 1, 2025, 16:06:26
- That's fine, it just makes the coup a little bit more likely* - Sounder December 1, 2025, 16:05:06
Not sure how I missed Trump putting his face on the National Parks pass* - CWR10 December 1, 2025, 15:16:44
- Might still be able to purchase one without his mug? - EffinIllini December 3, 2025, 10:54:04
- I’m quite surprised there isn’t a drive to get him on a coin or a dollar bill? - timmer December 1, 2025, 15:36:36
  - Well if you go by the law the person has to be dead first.* - SurfTheBoneyard December 1, 2025, 15:56:54
    - Trump is famously restrained when it comes to "going by the law"* - Sounder December 1, 2025, 16:05:32
  - dotz - Sounder December 1, 2025, 15:46:50
- You have to appreciate that he does stuff like this while simultaneously gutting their funding* - Sounder December 1, 2025, 15:29:07
- he 100% has had a proposal put together to see what it take to add his face to Mt Rushmore* - shua December 1, 2025, 15:26:13
  - There is no doubt, and he also is going to try to build the Arc de Trump* - Sounder December 1, 2025, 15:34:37
    - .. for me to poop on* - DanSaint December 1, 2025, 15:43:50
- Because he's a fucking psychopath* - Sounder December 1, 2025, 15:24:50
- I bought mine in June so didn't get that* - ATL December 1, 2025, 15:20:15
The War on the Media - Sounder December 1, 2025, 11:14:27
- Governing by shitpost is an interesting strategy* - AintHatin December 1, 2025, 11:56:47
  - And they're completely normalized it - Sounder December 1, 2025, 12:57:33
- Ha, what a thin skinned, small minded administration* - UofIL6 December 1, 2025, 11:18:46
The IPG-Omnicom merger hitting close to home - JacobRDaugherty December 1, 2025, 10:09:27
- DT beat me to it* - Sammich December 1, 2025, 11:47:23
- worst covid variant ever* - John Coctostan December 1, 2025, 11:36:40
- Omnicom sounds likes the villain in a dystopian cyberpunk story.* - DT December 1, 2025, 11:01:10
  - And Interpublic Group (IPG) sounds like a rebel army in Central Africa* - CWR10 December 1, 2025, 11:08:53
- The agency I work with is being “retired” - CWR10 December 1, 2025, 10:14:07
  - Which one?* - JacobRDaugherty December 1, 2025, 10:21:02
    - FCB* - CWR10 December 1, 2025, 10:21:59
      - Deleted* - JacobRDaugherty December 1, 2025, 10:29:18
Kash... - AintHatin December 1, 2025, 10:05:47
- he's lost the New York Post - assassin December 1, 2025, 15:51:55
- What a fucking asshole* - Sounder December 1, 2025, 10:26:51
  - The dress code for Valhalla is very strict * - ghost_of_clt December 1, 2025, 11:07:22
    - Hopefully there isn't a minimum height for Viking warriors* - Sounder December 1, 2025, 11:10:28
      - I definitely could see him, GUTFELD!, and Bovino representing The Lollipop Guild* - KingTalkyTiki December 1, 2025, 11:24:31
- Tiny man in a little coat...* - KingTalkyTiki December 1, 2025, 10:16:25
3d Circuit US Ct of Appeals affirms Alina doesn’t Habba job as US Attorney.* - SurfTheBoneyard December 1, 2025, 9:02:22
- Does everything she prosecuted become void - Mrap24 December 1, 2025, 9:48:16
  - I don't think so, if there was someone else on it. This arose from one where they didn't - gvibes December 1, 2025, 10:02:44
- Looks like two W, one Biden appointee* - gvibes December 1, 2025, 9:13:14
I'd love to get rid of the old guard.* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes December 1, 2025, 7:49:39
- We all would, but we first and foremost need to win elections - Sounder December 1, 2025, 9:52:30
  - Who are the valuable ones going through messy primaries? When Connor Lamb primaries - JacobRDaugherty December 1, 2025, 10:00:41
    - I assure you Fetterman is not one of the valuable ones - Sounder December 1, 2025, 10:28:39
      - Which democrat is a valuable one going through a messy primary? Jeffries is going to walk* - JacobRDaugherty December 1, 2025, 10:32:36
        
        I don't know, my whole point is that it should be strategic - Sounder December 1, 2025, 10:36:50
        
        Ah, so no actual complaints. Just bitching about hypotheticals. Are you a Bill Maher fan?* - JacobRDaugherty December 1, 2025, 10:44:59
        
        Sorry your big boy pants are too tight, I'm not complaining, just being pragmatic - Sounder December 1, 2025, 10:47:15
- Me too, the progressive challenging Chi Ossé is really unimpressive and not the - JacobRDaugherty December 1, 2025, 8:28:25

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