The Deuce: Looks at Chicago, Baltimore, and Philly mayor.

This is the politics thread for the week of December 29. - ATL December 29, 2025, 13:17:48

maybe grok isn't all bad - ECEIllinois Today, 12:55:22
- Presumably, it's still okay to ask Grok for AI videos of Kirk and Vance fucking. - complainant Today, 15:02:01
  - related - complainant Today, 15:03:39
So good, let's run it back! Crime is down! - KingTalkyTiki Today, 11:22:23
- I saw that Baltimore had gotten theirs down similarly, what are the theories on why it’s happening?* - OB25 Today, 12:57:20
  - Philadelphia too.* - ATL Today, 12:58:58
    - The fact that it seems to be a widespread trend makes me think it’s a broader societal shift - DT Today, 16:27:16
      - My general guess is since the 1990s we’ve had like 30 years or re-urbanization… - haighter Today, 21:12:45
      - There was a spike of crime around Covid. Things are going back to normal. That’s all it is.* - ATL Today, 16:28:06
        
        If I recall, the covid spike was largely domestic violence* - RVA Today, 17:30:19
        
        The numbers are down relative to time periods way before Covid. Going back decades, not years* - OB25 Today, 16:30:38
        
        one theory is the country is just aging out of crime, with the COVID spike being an outlier* - ECEIllinois Today, 17:02:16
    - Looks at Chicago, Baltimore, and Philly mayor. - KingTalkyTiki Today, 13:08:16
- Numbers are low bc Donnie sent help. Dur* - Mrap24 Today, 12:07:37
  - oOo - KingTalkyTiki Today, 12:50:04
  - Today's news cycle is about Mamdani, I expect Trump to be extra unhinged* - Sounder Today, 12:08:32
- When the numbers don't match their fee-fees, it's because the numbers are fudged. - Sammich Today, 11:29:02
  - Chicago cops are just fudging the numbers!!!!! - KingTalkyTiki Today, 11:30:28
Marble and Onyx - Sounder Today, 11:12:49
- this is just hideous. how does somebody so obsessed with design have such shitty taste? - ECEIllinois Today, 15:17:09
  - Similar to his immigration policies, he seems to prefer white* - Sounder Today, 17:20:04
- it's probably best for the country that he's focused on interior decorations than any real issues* - ECEIllinois Today, 12:54:39
- let boys be boys, atl* - Sammich Today, 11:27:47
- They were my favorite WWE female tag team champs.* - DT Today, 11:25:41
  - my favorite Henley/Nicks duet* - Sammich Today, 11:30:09
    - My favorite nicknames for my balls* - Herman Blume Today, 13:33:49
- The 'at his own expense' is cute. After he's grifted billions, he'll use a sliver for the tacky - UofIL6 Today, 11:19:39
  - Still gonna need to see a receipt.* - SurfTheBoneyard Today, 13:02:44
- This place is going to be tackier than a 1980s south side Chicago banquet hall... - KingTalkyTiki Today, 11:17:03
  - Condesa Del Mar, represent* - AintHatin Today, 16:45:48
  - He should have used the laser background for his presidential portrait.* - DT Today, 11:26:27
  - thankfully it'll never actually get built* - shua Today, 11:18:55
How is today Friday and not Monday?* - Sounder Today, 9:23:22
- Yesterday was Thursday and not Sunday. Hope that helps. * - VIV Today, 9:24:56
  - But the day before that was Saturday. * - doubledown Today, 10:08:43
    - 2025 lasted ten years but December only lasted a week* - Sounder Today, 10:20:16
Mamdani already kicking criminals out of NYC - ATL Today, 8:32:54
- How many of those replies are "This isn't a train station ..." ? * - doubledown Today, 8:48:45
Things are going great over on X - biclops Yesterday, 21:48:43
- But the "make your own child porn" tech is at the heart of Ari's booming market - RVA Today, 7:03:52
- What a dope* - assassin Yesterday, 21:55:56
Something I find interesting. 40 people die in Switzerland. Front page. 100k or more in Sudan.... - LeatherneckIllini Yesterday, 20:26:31
- So many things…* - cpsteine Today, 16:48:40
- This doesn’t actually surprise you, does it? * - haighter Today, 9:58:20
  - Black Lives (Don't) Matter* - Sounder Today, 11:30:46
- "Real genocide, unlike Gaza" - Chuck Woodaby Today, 9:48:12
- not nothing, but not front page either - TarheelIllini Today, 9:17:58
- In one day?* - assassin Yesterday, 21:41:47
  - The massacre in Fasher was Babi Yar like stuff - illiniranger Today, 9:24:36
    - To clarify, I should’ve said visible with the cheap available satellite imagery available to civilia - illiniranger Today, 9:28:09
  - seems its over 1.5 years* - TarheelIllini Today, 9:19:09
Mamdani puts together two pro housing/anti red tape task forces - ATL Yesterday, 19:02:07
- It was a reasonably big party for how cold it was. * - JacobRDaugherty Yesterday, 21:30:19
  - I also went to a NYE party thrown by a desi guy who was raised in Africa - ATL Yesterday, 21:33:56
atherosclerosis update - complainant Yesterday, 18:48:32
Somewhere in a suburban cal-de-sac, osklister weeps - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 17:30:15
- Paul Vallas is probably legitimately mourning Charlie Kirk atm. - Toonces Yesterday, 18:50:26
  - Wait ... whose ass?* - complainant Yesterday, 19:07:56
  - While lining up his next rental apartment in the city for residency. - SurfTheBoneyard Yesterday, 18:52:51
- Maybe he will make up more entertaining nicknames for amputees - Stu Yesterday, 18:48:23
- I’m sure Trump will take credit* - shua Yesterday, 17:30:54
  - I give him some credit. - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 17:35:45
NM* - Carl Spackler December 31, 2025, 23:10:10
- AZ* - timmer December 31, 2025, 23:12:37
Likely not a surprise Jack Smith interview was dropped on NYE when all the attention is elsewhere - UofIL6 December 31, 2025, 17:25:30
- dotz - Sounder December 31, 2025, 17:33:34
Very cool for the Department of Homeland Security to post this - ECEIllinois December 31, 2025, 17:00:10
- Even their aspirational state, Saudi Arabia, lets foreigners come work there.* - DT Yesterday, 17:36:42
- Big, gas guzzling cars free to roam a Bahamian or Baja California beach - timmer December 31, 2025, 18:08:48
- Despicable people...and mathematical idiots* - UofIL6 December 31, 2025, 17:02:41
  - I'm not sure the math is wrong. - larue33 December 31, 2025, 17:14:37
    - Yep, this isn’t “deport all the illegal immigrants”. It’s “eliminate all the non-white people* - IlliniRunner December 31, 2025, 17:55:51
      - Kill the White People! - Sounder December 31, 2025, 18:41:49
        
        C-I-L-L my l a n l o r d* - timmer December 31, 2025, 23:13:43
    - I was reading it as a congrats they deported 100M....I guess it could just be a target* - UofIL6 December 31, 2025, 17:44:55
Why do conservatives always want to get uncomfortably close to other peoples' kids? - ATL December 31, 2025, 14:14:48
- That’s rich coming from you. Projection! * - jjlocke923 December 31, 2025, 16:07:10
  - I’d like to see your receipts buddy* - ATL December 31, 2025, 17:31:59
  - Get fucked Bootlicker* - JacobRDaugherty December 31, 2025, 16:28:41
    - Woah. What’s that all about? * - jjlocke923 December 31, 2025, 16:30:56
      - Can we PLEASE agree to keep fake whiny pussy pearl clutching out of the politics thread?* - JFG Yesterday, 18:49:22
      - Doesn't this get exhausting? - Sounder December 31, 2025, 17:34:20
        
        Literally exact same question to you* - John Coctostan December 31, 2025, 17:40:31
        
        yes, it very much does* - Sounder December 31, 2025, 17:43:55
      - ooo - complainant December 31, 2025, 16:41:45
a true sociopath - larue33 December 31, 2025, 8:40:10
- Sometimes I think he does it on purpose to distract - Sounder December 31, 2025, 13:56:58
  - You're thinking of the traditional Republican Party. They pretended to care about abortion so an - complainant December 31, 2025, 16:15:57
- The receipts on why people celebrate his death could be a 3 book series * - MC December 31, 2025, 9:16:45
  - Get ready to relearn what Damnatio memoriae means* - LeatherneckIllini December 31, 2025, 11:33:04
  - I can’t wait to dance on his grave - TarheelIllini December 31, 2025, 9:29:03
    - Gonna have to go full Pullman on his burial - KingTalkyTiki December 31, 2025, 12:37:24
    - He will probly have his ashes scattered on Ivanka* - Stu December 31, 2025, 10:36:42
      - He's way too vain to get cremated* - Sounder December 31, 2025, 10:40:05
  - Imagine what his library will be like* - Sounder December 31, 2025, 9:26:04
    - I imagine the Adult section is going to be awesome tho - KingTalkyTiki December 31, 2025, 12:25:05
      - Especially since none of his brainwashed disciples can read. All video and AI * - DanSaint December 31, 2025, 13:50:04
    - uncomfortable seating and gold(-painted) leaf everywhere* - Sammich December 31, 2025, 11:59:08
      - marble arm rests* - Sounder December 31, 2025, 12:08:01
    - Don't expect a lot of books. * - doubledown December 31, 2025, 11:16:34
      - Just a million copies of Mein Kampf* - Stu December 31, 2025, 11:44:46
        
        I've spent a lot of time thinking about whether or not Trump is... - Sounder December 31, 2025, 12:13:13
        
        he's '70s racist - Sammich December 31, 2025, 13:40:10
        
        That nails it* - Sounder December 31, 2025, 13:44:56
        
        He doesn't employ Blacks or Hispanics so...* - Stu December 31, 2025, 12:45:20
        
        That's more B than A, IMO* - Sounder December 31, 2025, 12:59:11
        
        The dementia probably contributes a fair bit as well* - DT December 31, 2025, 12:32:32
      - Ha.* - gullit December 31, 2025, 11:22:24
      - Just his book(s), all for sale* - timmer December 31, 2025, 11:22:14
        
        The Art of the Steal - DT December 31, 2025, 16:23:18
      - I do expect a hall of tweets (or truths)* - Sounder December 31, 2025, 11:18:09
- I'm starting to suspect there is something really wrong with him.* - Warrin'_Illini December 31, 2025, 8:52:57
  - What was your first hint?* - Stu December 31, 2025, 9:09:00
    - The cankles.* - Warrin'_Illini December 31, 2025, 9:13:56
- An absolutely despicable human being* - UofIL6 December 31, 2025, 8:47:54
  - In a perfect world, the worst person on the planet - Sounder December 31, 2025, 9:25:03
WBD rejecting Paramount again* - Stu December 31, 2025, 6:33:24
- Netflix is the lesser of two evils. But still not great* - DanSaint December 31, 2025, 12:24:42
- Good* - UofIL6 December 31, 2025, 7:54:34
Just here for the retribution, as always - UofIL6 December 30, 2025, 21:09:08
- Love these heartwarming stories. Great work by all involved.* - Toonces December 31, 2025, 7:21:39
- if it was unanimous, can't that override a veto?* - shua December 31, 2025, 6:39:30
  - They’ll have to vote on the override. Politics are different in the second vote. But I imagine - ATL December 31, 2025, 7:02:47
    - Johnson has to schedule it for a vote first. * - haighter December 31, 2025, 9:03:25
      - I wish some folks in Johnson’s district would start shit about Trump - memyselfandillini December 31, 2025, 9:53:44
- A lesser man than I might suggest that the voters there are getting exactly what they voted for. * - doubledown December 30, 2025, 21:16:49
Measles hit 30 year high - assassin December 30, 2025, 18:27:40
- thanks, biden!* - lcubed December 30, 2025, 20:32:47
- Just bad luck for RFK I guess* - Herman Blume December 30, 2025, 19:18:53
- I was sure banning red dye would prevent disease. - DT December 30, 2025, 19:16:39
I was going to attempt to watch the Somali Fraud video - Sounder December 30, 2025, 12:34:19
- They really do hate children - RVA December 30, 2025, 18:00:48
  - They really do love fraud* - jjlocke923 December 30, 2025, 18:41:51
    - if you said "they" about any other group, what would that make you?* - Nobster December 30, 2025, 19:49:15
    - Everyone Trump is pardoning for the very thing, damn right - RVA December 30, 2025, 18:44:11
- If they were white, Trump would pardon them all and endorse them for Congress.* - Toonces December 30, 2025, 16:31:55
  - I'm not convinced any crime was committed* - Sounder December 30, 2025, 16:34:34
    - from what I've read, the fraud is a known issue and is/was being investigated at the state level - Sammich December 30, 2025, 16:48:35
      - That all checks out* - Sounder December 31, 2025, 10:41:42
  - Only color that matters for pardons is green* - gvibes December 30, 2025, 16:34:27
    - Appparently the going rate is a million dollars* - Sounder December 30, 2025, 16:35:25
- Only persons like you* - TarheelIllini December 30, 2025, 12:34:53
  - I just said I made it less than a minute in - Sounder December 30, 2025, 12:35:37
    - I’m being snarky, but is it about tcg? - TarheelIllini December 30, 2025, 12:37:17
      - WTF is TCG? - Sounder December 30, 2025, 12:38:48
        
        The Current Guy - Sammich December 30, 2025, 13:16:41
        
        That seems dumb. How does saying his name "give him power"? * - jjlocke923 December 30, 2025, 13:58:22
        
        This Cunt, 'Gain?* - RVA December 30, 2025, 14:32:51
        
        *Makes first wish for 2026** - KingTalkyTiki December 30, 2025, 14:40:14
        
        Was it also your wish for 2025 and 2024? How'd that work out for you? ;) * - jjlocke923 December 30, 2025, 14:57:04
        
        Well, you *do* have a small tumor growing in your pancreas, now. - complainant December 30, 2025, 15:06:49
        
        This board has too much hatred (not just you). Do better in 2026* - jjlocke923 December 30, 2025, 15:17:14
        
        Again, don't go away mad - Sounder December 30, 2025, 15:59:54
        
        Please knock it off. We don’t need that here* - jjlocke923 December 30, 2025, 16:25:16
        
        Go the fuck away* - Sounder December 30, 2025, 16:26:42
        
        Please knock it off. And stop sending me hateful threatening PMs. That crosses the line* - jjlocke923 December 30, 2025, 16:34:38
        
        You sent a PM to me - Sounder December 30, 2025, 16:36:20
        
        Exactly * - TarheelIllini December 30, 2025, 13:46:26
        
        Stop trying to make fetch happen* - Sounder December 30, 2025, 13:17:32
      - It’s about Minnesota, right? - TarheelIllini December 30, 2025, 12:38:25
So I guess we struck inside Venezuela over the weekend - ATL December 30, 2025, 9:10:22
- Are we sure? Are we sure Trump is sure?* - reggiedunlop December 30, 2025, 12:27:32
  - Only thing Trump is sure of is - WhitmansFolly December 30, 2025, 20:35:30
- he's just doing this so that when we stop, he can say he ended another war* - VIV December 30, 2025, 9:16:40
  - If he's not careful, FIFA is going to take back that peace prize* - Sounder December 30, 2025, 12:20:40
It's the abominable Ho-man - KingTalkyTiki December 29, 2025, 16:25:54
LOL* - Chilango December 29, 2025, 16:15:37
There’s already a thread* - jjlocke923 December 29, 2025, 14:53:36

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