The Deuce: This is what happens when you let so many Somalian immigrants into the DoD.*

Political thread of the week Dec. 8th-14th*

- JacobRDaugherty December 8, 2025, 7:13:28

so they released the person of interest in the Brown shooting* - ECEIllinois December 14, 2025, 23:31:33
ICE arrested a Pentecostal Christian singer and labeled him “the worst of the worst” - ATL December 14, 2025, 17:57:20
- I might be sympathetic to them in this instance. - complainant December 14, 2025, 18:00:13
  - I did consider whether he was the Latino William Hung* - ATL December 14, 2025, 18:02:51
The funniest thing of this political season - Stu December 14, 2025, 13:53:34
Thoughts and prayers for Brown University* - Stu December 13, 2025, 17:03:32
- Also for Bondi Beach in Australia - Stu December 14, 2025, 9:00:38
  - Assailants are father/son* - Sounder December 14, 2025, 14:32:30
  - Wisch... - illini21 December 14, 2025, 12:22:26
    - This has to be a running gag now - TarheelIllini December 14, 2025, 14:17:05
    - That might Mount Rushmore caliber* - OB25 December 14, 2025, 12:25:50
      - He's been there too.* - SurfTheBoneyard December 14, 2025, 13:28:00
  - They actually showed a video of an unarmed man tackling one of the gunmen in Sydney - ATL December 14, 2025, 9:15:27
    - I don’t understand why he let him just go back to the bridge? Dude ended up getting another gun and - John Coctostan December 14, 2025, 14:46:33
      - Because there was another guy on a bridge (higher position) shooting a gun. - ATL December 14, 2025, 17:13:03
        
        Sure. But he took the gun, stood there and held it at him and just let him walk away* - John Coctostan December 14, 2025, 17:43:47
        
        I had the same reaction as you but who knows what was going on or how I’d react * - ATL December 14, 2025, 17:54:36
    - Especially impressive what with not being able to wrap up* - Herman Blume December 14, 2025, 14:35:34
    - And the tackler is a Muslim* - Sammich December 14, 2025, 10:31:23
      - Apparently an aboslutely insane person* - gvibes December 14, 2025, 17:52:29
Dan Bernstein on Matt Shaw… - OB25 December 12, 2025, 19:14:20
- Never read the comments. - WhitmansFolly December 13, 2025, 5:21:01
  - Especially in that Nazi bar* - ATL December 13, 2025, 6:05:30
It’ll be interesting to find out how much in bribes he’s received for these pardons - ATL December 12, 2025, 18:25:35
CBS is going all in on Erika Kirk. - larue33 December 12, 2025, 18:14:42
- So is JD. *chort* * - SurfTheBoneyard December 14, 2025, 13:28:27
- This Bari Weiss has never done anything - Stu December 12, 2025, 18:17:16
  - She is a garbage person* - Sounder December 13, 2025, 0:22:10
    - I've been trying to figure out who Erika reminds me of, and I just realized - Stu December 13, 2025, 6:18:07
  - ooo - ATL December 12, 2025, 18:35:49
    - Tone deaf Katie Tur celebratedher husband's promotion to CBS Evening News anchor without mentioning - complainant December 12, 2025, 18:40:42
      - FWIW - Sounder December 13, 2025, 0:17:39
  - All the more reason why a Paramount acquisition of WBD would be awful* - UofIL6 December 12, 2025, 18:18:36
Trump is gonna crashout this weekend. Lost Indiana vote, lost Garcia case, lost house vote on his EO - MC December 12, 2025, 17:13:17
- As long as he gets to keep the bribes he was laundering through the ballroom fundraising.* - DT December 12, 2025, 18:57:36
- Also first D Miami mayor in 30 years* - Stu December 12, 2025, 17:20:40
DJT hitting new low* - Stu December 12, 2025, 17:09:13
- What now?* - Sounder December 12, 2025, 18:10:00
  - His meme stock symbol - Stu December 12, 2025, 18:15:52
I’ve been very critical of AI but you sometimes gotta hand it to AI - ATL December 12, 2025, 16:06:04
- Ooo - Sammich December 12, 2025, 17:00:02
Good thing we pulled all that funding for mRNA research! - Carl Spackler December 12, 2025, 14:04:50
I enjoyed this - TarheelIllini December 12, 2025, 7:38:30
Reading more about the tanker, why haven’t we been doing this for years? It was so - LeatherneckIllini December 12, 2025, 7:26:30
- Expend blood and treasure on this in service of what strategic goal?* - ATL December 12, 2025, 7:55:50
  - I see that "no new wars"' is yet another Trump lie* - Sounder December 12, 2025, 10:35:30
  - They are sanctioned for a reason. Those would be the reasons. If the Biden NSC wasn’t so feckless…. - LeatherneckIllini December 12, 2025, 8:48:28
    - Good run down here: - LeatherneckIllini December 12, 2025, 8:53:36
      - That’s a good goal but I guess I wonder whether Venezuela is really a significant threat to us - ATL December 12, 2025, 15:06:40
        
        How is Iran a threat to us?* - Chuck Woodaby December 12, 2025, 15:11:29
        
        Fair. Retracted.* - ATL December 12, 2025, 17:27:38
        
        *taps map* - KingTalkyTiki December 12, 2025, 15:11:12
- If you’re enforcing sanctions, then say as much - TarheelIllini December 12, 2025, 7:42:49
  - Obviously it’s part of the recent shenanigans but my question is why weren’t we doing this - LeatherneckIllini December 12, 2025, 7:44:24
    - The fact that we weren’t makes me think that there are some concerns or downsides - DT December 12, 2025, 10:10:12
      - You mean its complicated and there is nuance and potential consequences to consider? - DocWalk20 December 12, 2025, 10:30:05
        
        It’s all flotsam - memyselfandillini December 12, 2025, 14:14:32
    - the question is why are we doing it now? - memyselfandillini December 12, 2025, 7:51:46
      - It seems fairly obvious that part of this is to force a regime change* - Sounder December 12, 2025, 10:45:26
        
        Shame on Maduro for having the largest oil reserves in the world.* - Chuck Woodaby December 12, 2025, 10:49:12
        
        exactly. We give a good goddamn about who is running Venezuala* - memyselfandillini December 12, 2025, 14:12:35
    - I agree that it should have been done sooner - TarheelIllini December 12, 2025, 7:47:10
- Now we do Pirate* - memyselfandillini December 12, 2025, 7:36:38
  - We did that off Somalia for a few years and very recently with the Houthis* - LeatherneckIllini December 12, 2025, 7:38:09
Opposing pitchers persecuted me for my faith - RVA December 12, 2025, 6:51:23
- I bet he has riveting things to say* - CWR10 December 12, 2025, 18:25:27
- Feels like as good of a place as any for my question on the OU student - ISeeDeadHawkeyes December 12, 2025, 10:57:12
  - Considering this is her mom... - KingTalkyTiki December 12, 2025, 14:32:41
  - I suppose it's possible it didn't start out that way, but now it is for sure* - Sammich December 12, 2025, 11:04:09
  - Turning manufactured outrage into grift and guest appearances is the conservative playbook - opey8 December 12, 2025, 11:03:47
- That is an extravaganza of punchable faces* - Sounder December 12, 2025, 10:47:15
- Come on Bregman* - Herman Blume December 12, 2025, 9:15:58
  - Bregman is a rarity, white baseballer lib. Ricketty would probably adopt Shaw than sign him.* - Warrin'_Illini December 12, 2025, 9:48:41
  - I'd rather not* - Sammich December 12, 2025, 9:17:23
    - A comma can be powerful thing* - Herman Blume December 12, 2025, 9:20:32
- Couldn’t care less of a player’s personal politics, but this is a level beyond that. - OB25 December 12, 2025, 9:11:12
- PHX residents should keep their underage children away from the area * - ATL December 12, 2025, 8:39:49
- So, does Riley Gaines talk about how women can’t compete with men while Danica Patrick nods along?* - Franklin December 12, 2025, 8:32:06
- I always like these because you can see how they rank themselves. You know everyone on the second… - LeatherneckIllini December 12, 2025, 7:18:20
  - It's ranked by batting average.* - KingTalkyTiki December 12, 2025, 9:44:07
    - the sabermetric revolution has yet to hit the America First crowd - Sammich December 12, 2025, 9:50:30
  - That flyer had to have been harder to put together than any wedding seating chart* - RVA December 12, 2025, 9:01:22
- Congrats to the Cubs for having active player representation at the event!* - OrangeSox December 12, 2025, 7:14:21
- A lot of "who the f are they?" and "makes total sense they are a Nazi"* - DanSaint December 12, 2025, 7:12:18
- I feel like this should have gotten the music festival poster treatment - DT December 12, 2025, 7:09:22
GA Republicans lose seat after they hastily call special election in Trump +12 state house district - ATL December 11, 2025, 20:05:24
RFK, Jr's sidepiece's book flopped - ATL December 11, 2025, 18:21:39
Probably apocryphal, but still worth a good chuckle. - complainant December 11, 2025, 17:44:14
- "That's not how Donald says it to me!" Lofl* - WhitmansFolly December 11, 2025, 22:21:26
- I pronounce it like that in my head often.* - Toonces December 11, 2025, 18:59:05
- is there a limit on how many times they can try to indict with the same charges? I assume no* - ECEIllinois December 11, 2025, 18:54:06
  - Presumably the presiding magistrate judge will have some discretion right?* - ATL December 11, 2025, 20:07:17
- Imagine working for the President, and then after that you have to go work the fry trough at McDs - doubledown December 11, 2025, 18:50:20
Poor Vivek may not win in Ohio - Stu December 11, 2025, 17:30:44
- The Republicans seem particularly good at losing elections because of terrible candidates* - Sounder December 11, 2025, 17:55:23
  - except for the one, of course* - Sammich December 12, 2025, 8:39:23
  - Uh, there is plenty of that to go around* - memyselfandillini December 12, 2025, 7:41:36
    - Right?!?! Kamala Harris lost to Donald Trump like a year ago. * - haighter December 12, 2025, 8:37:38
Just 31% approve of Trump economy - Stu December 11, 2025, 17:01:28
Indiana Senate defies death threats and Trump's mafia threats, votes no on further Gerrymandering - assassin December 11, 2025, 15:44:08
- Indiana is a comfortably red state but shooting for 9-0 seems like a potential dummymander. - Warrin'_Illini December 11, 2025, 16:20:47
- And now we see he follows through with his promise to cut government funding to the state* - OB25 December 11, 2025, 16:15:05
  - The Indiana Senate has substantially more brain cells than the House. - tvillini December 11, 2025, 16:23:18
    - maybe, but they're still Republicans, who have not shown any previous desire - assassin December 11, 2025, 16:34:01
      - I still believe there are actually princpled politicians out there. - tvillini December 11, 2025, 17:14:10
- Good* - UofIL6 December 11, 2025, 16:05:55
Fetterman is lobbying to get Bibi a pardon - ATL December 11, 2025, 13:41:48
- Don’t understand that guy at all * - cpsteine December 11, 2025, 18:47:43
  - He had a tramautic brain injury* - Sounder December 11, 2025, 18:57:08
    - lol.* - Ari Gold December 11, 2025, 22:14:13
Boss, just so you know, I don't care if my asshole is full of genital warts - Sounder December 11, 2025, 11:22:11
MyPillow loon thinks he will be governor of Minnesota* - Stu December 11, 2025, 11:03:36
- Is he running as a Republican?* - Sounder December 11, 2025, 11:23:08
So, presumably because Nvidia bribed him, Trump is approving sales of their 2nd Gen chips to China - DT December 11, 2025, 7:19:27
- I'm looking forward to seeing who gives the biggest bribe to acquire Warner Brothers* - Sounder December 11, 2025, 11:07:06
- He will die one day - TarheelIllini December 11, 2025, 8:35:47
  - The Chinese AI Robot invasion of 2027 will take care of it - timmer December 11, 2025, 10:51:17
    - The invasion is already happening. It's just online. * - doubledown December 11, 2025, 12:04:46
- I can also see a scenario where he wasn’t directly bribed, but was made to understand that - doubledown December 11, 2025, 8:24:12
- I don’t know how much they paid him, but two things are true. He could have gotten more, - doubledown December 11, 2025, 8:09:56
So we’re apparently pirates now… - timmer December 10, 2025, 21:11:08
- This is what happens when you let so many Somalian immigrants into the DoD.* - DT December 11, 2025, 11:38:09
- #56 - KingTalkyTiki December 11, 2025, 10:47:14
Soybean farmers: Trump blows - Stu December 10, 2025, 17:30:46
- Welfare Kings better not be spending my tax dollars on potato chips and scratch offs. - KingTalkyTiki December 10, 2025, 18:04:44
- Do they know it’s Christmas time at all?* - ATL December 10, 2025, 17:36:28
The LA Times’ new AI tool to generate opposing views posts KKK-sympathetic views - ATL December 10, 2025, 16:10:52
- I’m confused - DT December 10, 2025, 16:32:03
  - Two things: first, I think a reasonably intelligent person could formulate an opposing view t - ATL December 10, 2025, 16:47:10
More rate cuts!!! - timmer December 10, 2025, 13:35:50
- Trump is angry* - Stu December 10, 2025, 14:46:19
- Rate cuts and no soccer fans? Golden Age confirmed.* - Warrin'_Illini December 10, 2025, 14:30:50
- In addition to rate cut, there's also a QE Lite component* - Stu December 10, 2025, 14:25:00
Let’s add completely tanking the tourism economy to the affordability agenda. - OB25 December 10, 2025, 11:48:34
- What did you post last week? - DT December 10, 2025, 13:57:28
- It's not like it's a drivers license or passport - RVA December 10, 2025, 13:37:39
- Trump keeping out soccer hooligans is a big win IMO.* - Warrin'_Illini December 10, 2025, 13:37:25
- Number 969 in the list of things Trump says he's going to do and never figures out how to do. - Illiniphil December 10, 2025, 12:28:32
- Why is he destroying America? - timmer December 10, 2025, 12:21:57
  - Because Fred Trump was a horrible man* - IlliniRunner December 10, 2025, 13:10:48
- "I'll take things Nazis would do, for $100..."* - shua December 10, 2025, 12:05:41
- Just wondering...in practice...how? If it's for everyone and not just for visa holders... - haighter December 10, 2025, 12:03:06
  - That’s part of why I can’t see there being any way this actually happens. - OB25 December 10, 2025, 12:28:03
  - At immigration but basically yes.* - ATL December 10, 2025, 12:18:18
- Maybe the silver lining here is that World Cup ticket prices will come down* - Sounder December 10, 2025, 11:58:36
Mods, please change the board font to something that isn't woke - RVA December 10, 2025, 7:16:09
- This seems like more of a Wingdings administration.* - DT December 10, 2025, 10:32:08
  - Comic sans * - ATL December 10, 2025, 11:05:56
- just as worthless and wasteful as a Congressional hearing on the CFP - Sammich December 10, 2025, 10:03:56
  - TBF, Calibri is a really gross looking font* - ATL December 10, 2025, 10:07:42
    - it was not and is not an aesthetic choice* - Sammich December 10, 2025, 10:11:09
      - Oh I know * - ATL December 10, 2025, 11:02:29
- It’s the intellectual equivalent of MAGA women disfiguring themselves to demonstrate loyalty. * - doubledown December 10, 2025, 9:21:40
  - Speaking of which I heard that Nancy Grace wrote a NYT oped about how she’s surprised that misogyny - ATL December 10, 2025, 11:04:50
  - Can't wait for the before/after shots of places that revise their entire brand to incorporate TNR* - RVA December 10, 2025, 9:42:53
- ooo - IlliniSax05 December 10, 2025, 7:57:01
- I doubt that anyone chose to adopt calibri. It is just the default font in Microsoft Word. - ATL December 10, 2025, 7:27:12
Miami elects first Dem mayor in 28 years over Desantis/Trump endorsed candidate - ATL December 10, 2025, 6:50:54
- Just wait til all the ex-New Yorkers resettle* - RVA December 10, 2025, 7:14:26
  - The bigbop effect is truly undefeated * - ATL December 10, 2025, 7:28:38
    - Oh dang, I forgot, this election already overcame the millions of Chicago transplants - RVA December 10, 2025, 7:36:42
      - When you can't even buy an election in Florida anymore... - KingTalkyTiki December 10, 2025, 10:29:39
Real estate sellers in the sunbelt giving up on the market - ATL December 10, 2025, 6:05:03
- is "refuge market" really the best term they can come up with? - Sammich December 10, 2025, 10:02:08
  - Did you mean "clapboard?" - complainant December 10, 2025, 21:10:34
  - rust belt is not woke enough* - torinese December 10, 2025, 12:13:53
    - What are people who move to refuge cities taking refuge from? Are they refugees? - ATL December 10, 2025, 12:20:11
      - they don't have to live like one, I know that much* - Sammich December 10, 2025, 12:30:48
- we've had no offers on a tiny starter home in rural illinois in two months - Nobster December 10, 2025, 6:17:18
Not even trying to hide it anymore - OB25 December 9, 2025, 22:07:22
- Because people from Norway and Sweden consider this to be a shithole, Don* - ATL December 10, 2025, 6:03:04
Every time I watch Dumb and Dumber, she's just peak early 90s alternative GF hott. - KingTalkyTiki December 9, 2025, 13:34:09
- You'd think that by now celebrities would realize that it's career suicide - Sounder December 9, 2025, 13:37:03
  - Paramount/CBS begs to differ.* - KingTalkyTiki December 9, 2025, 14:23:29
    - trump is basically a cbs sitcom dad...overweight buffoon that has a hott wife and despite being - Nobster December 10, 2025, 6:28:55
      - This reminds me of the Children's Nuclear Plant contest - Sounder December 10, 2025, 11:16:49
      - Kevin Queens and the Still Standing guy had good hearts - Sammich December 10, 2025, 10:09:44
  - He's been a politically vocal guy forever, so whatever. - Warrin'_Illini December 9, 2025, 13:43:11
    - yeah, that's what I can't really get past - Sounder December 9, 2025, 13:47:48
      - everyone is scrambling to get what they can before the grift ends* - Nobster December 10, 2025, 6:29:49
  - Tim Allen disagrees* - assassin December 9, 2025, 13:39:44
    - I've attempted to watch his show several times - Sounder December 9, 2025, 13:40:42
I like how Trump keeps telling people he knows nothing/very little about the people he pardoned* - ECEIllinois December 9, 2025, 12:44:31
- I mean, it's true. All he knows is that they paid. * - doubledown December 9, 2025, 12:55:50
- It was always a witch hunt* - Sounder December 9, 2025, 12:46:55
Perfect. - KingTalkyTiki December 9, 2025, 12:33:44
Nick Fuentes being a virgin is a huge shocker* - AintHatin December 9, 2025, 12:18:17
- Having sex with women is gay* - Sammich December 9, 2025, 12:42:11
  - Even being attracted to women is gay* - ECEIllinois December 9, 2025, 14:43:23
- He's saving himself for someone he really loves. - doubledown December 9, 2025, 12:29:59
- Only if ghey xes doesn't count as xes* - ATL December 9, 2025, 12:24:14
- He is the literal hit you across the head stereotype of an incel* - Sounder December 9, 2025, 12:19:54
No Chicken for you, Lil' Greggy. - KingTalkyTiki December 9, 2025, 11:16:51
Crockett entering the TX Sen race and Allred dropping out. Not good. - ECEIllinois December 8, 2025, 19:02:53
- What about Switek and Zito?* - PapaDels December 9, 2025, 13:05:01
- State is rigged; they will toss as many ballots as necessary so whatevs. - Toonces December 8, 2025, 19:48:14
  - lol. - Ari Gold December 8, 2025, 19:58:28
    - Your ignorance of basic facts is probably the reason you find disenfranchisement funny. - complainant December 8, 2025, 23:06:16
  - I don't think she has the juice to win statewide (in Texas)* - Sounder December 8, 2025, 19:56:10
    - I don't know much about her politics or how progressive she is. Often times that is just code - Warrin'_Illini December 9, 2025, 8:43:38
      - I think Talerico would do better as governor than Senator * - JacobRDaugherty December 9, 2025, 11:33:56
    - Can Aikman run as a Dem? Might be the only hope* - reggiedunlop December 8, 2025, 22:07:48
    - Alfred seems like a perfectly nice guy who will get whalloped like that Air Force lady who - Toonces December 8, 2025, 20:11:40
      - however, his name is worth 1-2 points for republicans that don't pay close attention - Nobster December 9, 2025, 7:55:59
Amnesty International reporting on prisoners at the Alligator Alcatraz being subjected to torture: - IlliniRunner December 8, 2025, 16:32:10
- and the worst part about Abu Zubaydah - VIV December 8, 2025, 19:13:59
Trump getting ready to bailout the farmers again. Quelle surprise.* - Warrin'_Illini December 8, 2025, 13:28:54
- if only they hadn't got rid of USAID. that helped US farmers as much as foreign poverty... - shua December 8, 2025, 14:51:29
  - Soft power is for pussies. Glad Elon & Co. were allowed to destroy that with no questions asked. - Warrin'_Illini December 8, 2025, 15:23:02
- Internationally cresting a problem, then bailing out that problem - Mrap24 December 8, 2025, 14:13:49
- Just remember this isn't what a majority of farmers voted for. - KingTalkyTiki December 8, 2025, 13:49:45
- is it at least American farmers this time?* - Sammich December 8, 2025, 13:37:29
  - Russian potato farmers* - shua December 8, 2025, 13:38:02
October inflation report not being published* - Mrap24 December 8, 2025, 12:29:35
- oOo - KingTalkyTiki December 8, 2025, 13:50:57
- Will get bad come February. All of my wine I got in pre tariff is gone as of last week - JacobRDaugherty December 8, 2025, 12:37:13
  - Dont you work at a restaurant for rich people?* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes December 8, 2025, 16:04:38
    - I also broker in wine. Small part of my income. More to get a company to pay for my - JacobRDaugherty December 8, 2025, 21:16:18
- Biden's fault I'm sure* - WhitmansFolly December 8, 2025, 12:31:05
I just saw video of the shithead grabbing the "peace" prize himself and hanging it around his own - doubledown December 8, 2025, 8:03:40
- Side by side it with the Grinch.* - SurfTheBoneyard December 8, 2025, 9:08:31
  - Ooo - Sounder December 8, 2025, 14:28:36

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