The Deuce: Agreed. This one smells too on the nose. *

Political thread - week of December 22 *

- larue33 December 22, 2025, 6:38:59

Indiana state senator (R) posts AI pics of him beating up Santa for some reason - ECEIllinois Today, 14:12:46
- Senate Majority Leader.* - SurfTheBoneyard Today, 15:52:20
- The Right’s perpetual War on Christmas. * - VIV Today, 14:53:49
  - Remember when they got mad when we said they were weird?* - Sounder Today, 15:06:59
This seems like a good microcosm of the Trump admin - DT Today, 6:26:37
- ooo - ATL Today, 6:39:22
Trump loser sgain - Stu Yesterday, 18:45:52
Merry Christmas to the haters - Sounder Yesterday, 18:25:15
- Ah playing all the hits* - Mrap24 Yesterday, 20:55:12
SCOTUS tells trump Illinois National Guard (hi ranger!) can’t be deployed Chicago… - LeatherneckIllini December 23, 2025, 14:54:51
You're going to be shocked by this, but Doge lied about all those savings and cuts - reggiedunlop December 23, 2025, 14:46:10
- Anyone who believed that, or parroted that, is a fucking moron* - longsnapper December 23, 2025, 15:01:28
  - Lotta fucking morons in this country* - Mrap24 December 23, 2025, 17:50:40
    - About a third. * - doubledown December 23, 2025, 19:16:19
      - So 2/3 are non-fucking morons?* - DocWalk20 Yesterday, 10:00:02
        
        1/3 are so dunb it’s amazing they function as normal members of every day society* - Sounder Yesterday, 11:21:05
        
        Spell check is *most* important when insulting the intelligence of others.* - complainant Yesterday, 19:46:41
  - and yet here we are* - bucktownillini December 23, 2025, 15:24:19
Christian and TPUSA speaker Russell Brand charged with additional rape counts - ATL December 23, 2025, 13:41:28
- Another great Christian persecuted by the deranged leftist establishment* - CWR10 Yesterday, 10:13:25
Interesting file from 2020 - ATL December 23, 2025, 13:21:02
- Probably the same guy who neutralized Epstein, right? - complainant December 23, 2025, 19:00:58
Who is going to watch 2 hours of Trump honors Stallone tonight?* - Stu December 23, 2025, 11:00:27
- Ratings down 35% from last year* - Mrap24 Yesterday, 17:00:55
- MAGA and olds that forget to change the channel after Entertainment Tonight* - timmer December 23, 2025, 13:16:47
- No one* - Mrap24 December 23, 2025, 12:30:02
- It's just gonna be him slouching up there and grieving all the hits, right? - Sammich December 23, 2025, 11:29:09
Ben Sasse has advanced pancreatic cancer - Sounder December 23, 2025, 10:17:20
- there were some remarkable results in very early testing of an mRNA treatment - larue33 December 23, 2025, 12:44:40
- eff cancer* - memyselfandillini December 23, 2025, 11:33:34
- Señor Sassy died with Phil Hartman* - Sammich December 23, 2025, 10:29:53
- Oh man. That sucks* - jjlocke923 December 23, 2025, 10:29:18
- That is genuinely fucking awful. - tvillini December 23, 2025, 10:28:09
  - It’s not the kind of cancer you want to get* - Sounder December 23, 2025, 10:29:16
    - My step-dad had Stage 2 and he was gone in about 5 months. - tvillini December 23, 2025, 10:34:06
      - And you can try a a whipple, which seems completely fucking awful* - gvibes December 23, 2025, 11:33:02
        
        He never got that far. I'm very happy that Sounder's wife was so fortunate. - tvillini December 23, 2025, 15:02:16
      - My wife has it when she was a junior in college - Sounder December 23, 2025, 10:44:25
Young and nubile - UofIL6 December 23, 2025, 8:56:40
- That can't be real* - reggiedunlop December 23, 2025, 9:28:31
  - Agreed. This one smells too on the nose. * - VIV December 23, 2025, 15:30:47
  - Hilldawg doin WORK. - tvillini December 23, 2025, 10:27:16
  - This also can’t be real - Sounder December 23, 2025, 10:00:23
    - This, Paramount has no issues with airing* - UofIL6 December 23, 2025, 10:18:35
  - It was in the files but who knows as to authenticity. - ATL December 23, 2025, 9:36:32
At least the orange oompa loompa did something i will nod about - DanSaint December 23, 2025, 7:57:40
- It's just for this year though, right? Because Christmas falls on a Thursday? - jjlocke923 December 23, 2025, 8:04:07
Everyone is waiting for a soybean update - Stu December 22, 2025, 19:46:49
Trump class battleships - Stu December 22, 2025, 17:41:41
- 2% chance even one gets built. More likely the USS Illinois to sail before one of these* - LeatherneckIllini December 22, 2025, 18:28:45
  - It has sails? - Stu December 23, 2025, 5:26:15
  - He truly behaves like a 14 year old boy* - Sounder December 23, 2025, 0:19:30
    - Who would you rather guide your naval strategy: Line officers with decades of experience.... - KingTalkyTiki December 23, 2025, 9:48:49
- Maybe if we outsource these to China, they’ll actually get built* - cpsteine December 22, 2025, 18:25:07
  - South Korea* - LeatherneckIllini December 22, 2025, 18:27:43
- Trump class: Battleships - memyselfandillini December 22, 2025, 18:02:24
Again with this Greenland shit? * - MC December 22, 2025, 17:40:37
- I’m in favor of purchasing greenland* - TarheelIllini December 22, 2025, 23:55:22
  - I'm in favor of selling Florida. - KingTalkyTiki December 23, 2025, 9:58:02
  - You know, right, Trump is trying to find a pretext to invade it?* - Stu December 23, 2025, 5:26:59
  - It’s not for sale* - Sounder December 23, 2025, 0:20:46
spiked 60 minute story was accidentally posted on Canadian TV website - ECEIllinois December 22, 2025, 17:29:07
- Here's another (better?) grab of the spiked 60 Minutes story - ATL December 23, 2025, 12:29:35
- The Weissand effect.* - Toonces December 22, 2025, 17:43:41
Bill Clinton asks DOJ to release everything in the Epstein files that mentions him - ECEIllinois December 22, 2025, 15:32:39
- If I’m going down I’m taking everyone with me. Respect.* - Toonces December 22, 2025, 16:59:36
Jim Beam hurting. Pausing operations for 2026 at its biggest plant. - ATL December 22, 2025, 13:15:36
- People decided they don't want dementia. Film at 11.* - Stu December 22, 2025, 13:45:22
  - Dementia is like death: - Sammich December 22, 2025, 13:48:14
    - Plus, whiskey tastes good and makes you feel all warm and fuzzy. - complainant December 22, 2025, 18:19:35
  - You know who doesn't drink? Demented Donald Trump.* - ATL December 22, 2025, 13:46:42
    - The guy implementing the tariffs which are a big part of the problem* - Sounder December 22, 2025, 13:54:57
Bari U is having a really hard time of it - ATL December 22, 2025, 10:52:12
- ooo - complainant Today, 0:01:08
Mike Pence has launched a "principled conservative" alternative to Heritage and Heritage is bleeding - ATL December 22, 2025, 10:47:34
- I love how Republicans always find principle when they no longer have any power* - Sounder December 22, 2025, 12:06:13
  - Don't really love Mike Pence but he actually held onto his principles when he had power - ATL December 22, 2025, 13:48:00
    - Fuck off with that shit, he did the barest of minimums* - Sounder December 22, 2025, 13:56:28
      - Still probably did more than anyone in the current admin would do* - gvibes December 23, 2025, 0:53:30
        
        It certainly would seem that the adults in the room are all gone* - Sounder December 23, 2025, 12:47:16
  - He worked for Drumpfhfhf so I've got no love for him, but on Jan. 6 he did do the right thing. - Warrin'_Illini December 22, 2025, 13:42:30
    - There is no world where he doesn't vote to certify the election* - Sounder December 22, 2025, 13:56:52
      - Pence or Vance?* - Warrin'_Illini December 22, 2025, 14:00:38
        
        Pence, Vance is a demon, there's no telling what he would do* - Sounder December 22, 2025, 14:03:46
Paramount really wants WBD - launching new bid * - MC December 22, 2025, 8:36:31
- If the Bari Weiss/60 mins taught us anything, it's how bad a Paramount takeover would be here* - UofIL6 December 22, 2025, 8:54:20
  - Dinesh D'Souza's "Superman", coming 2028* - Sammich December 22, 2025, 9:08:59
    - Matt Walsh “what is a superhero?”* - Sounder December 22, 2025, 10:32:59
Am I a bad person to NOT want those $2K tariff checks to become a reality? - timmer December 22, 2025, 6:54:33
- Good news! You probably earn too much to qualify for the check* - bbonb December 22, 2025, 8:17:23
  - Isn't it just for billionaires?* - Stu December 22, 2025, 8:26:04
- My conspiracy theory is that they’re trying to disburse money on the chance… - haighter December 22, 2025, 8:09:40
  - It's not chance, the tariffs are almost certainly going to be deemed illegal - Sounder December 22, 2025, 12:07:01
  - It's not chance, the tariffs are almost certainly going to be deemed illegal - Sounder December 22, 2025, 12:06:59
- It'll just be inflationary like the excessive COVID supplements were* - Stu December 22, 2025, 8:02:34
- I don't think so * - ISeeDeadHawkeyes December 22, 2025, 7:47:43
- Agreed, Georgia has done that a few times with "surplus"... - shua December 22, 2025, 7:36:18
- Logistically it sounds like a nightmare* - Sounder December 22, 2025, 6:57:28
  - Wasn't the claim that the Biden checks destroyed the economy? - RVA December 22, 2025, 7:03:32
    - What Biden checks? The last check I got from the government - TarheelIllini December 22, 2025, 7:56:03
      - I think the first COVID $1200 stimmy went to literally everyone. - Warrin'_Illini December 22, 2025, 8:49:24
        
        I didn’t qualify, just checked the requirement * - TarheelIllini December 22, 2025, 12:46:18
    - Didn’t Trump send the first round of checks?* - ATL December 22, 2025, 7:04:44
      - Wirh his big ass signature prominently displayed* - Sounder December 22, 2025, 7:06:47

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