The Deuce: Iran just isn't playing fair.

Political Thread for the week of March 16 - ATL March 16, 2026, 6:23:56

Markwayne claims to have been involved in a double secret classified mission in 2015/16 that - ATL Today, 15:18:54
- I'm starting to think he's not very smart* - Sounder Today, 15:22:56
Iran sending ballistic missiles at Riyadh. probably bad* - John Coctostan Today, 13:03:46
- Since there's no link, I opted to search Twitter for "Riyadh." - complainant Today, 15:53:40
- Here's hoping that cancels Wrestlemania next year in Saudi* - DanSaint Today, 14:51:01
  - "I wish there were fewer major sporting events in the Middle East" *monkey's paw curls** - ECEIllinois Today, 15:15:16
  - you're always focused on the big issues* - VIV Today, 14:59:38
- Qatar too and hit a LNG site - CanHartlebHireSnider Today, 14:11:34
  - seems like this is pretty bad?* - ECEIllinois Today, 15:04:06
    - I'm no expert, but it still seems crazy to me how relatively little oil and gas prices have gone up - John Coctostan Today, 15:25:20
      - I put some fun money on some oil ETFs. Good so far.* - Carl Spackler Today, 16:57:33
      - I think the markets are doing a circular argument where they don’t expect this to go on much longer - meanjeans Today, 15:42:43
        
        I agree, we're lingering in TACO territory - Sounder Today, 15:44:18
      - an export ban on domestic oil doesn't seem too farfetched these days - ECEIllinois Today, 15:37:40
        
        That seems like the sort of thing that Trump wanted all along* - Sounder Today, 15:39:45
      - What do you consider a little vs a lot? Going up $1 in a month seems like a lot - MC Today, 15:32:59
      - Give it time, I think there's still a lag in supply chain - Sounder Today, 15:31:53
    - a widening conflict in a powder keg of a region full of long-held sectarian disputes - VIV Today, 15:22:35
      - Epic Fury = Epstein Files* - Sounder Today, 15:28:28
    - 2026 is really starting to feel a like like 2020 - Sounder Today, 15:12:02
      - I long for the day that he gets a grabber on camera - TarheelIllini Today, 15:22:08
        
        I really hope it happens on camera - Sounder Today, 15:24:21
  - Really, really cool* - Stu Today, 14:44:58
  - I understand the take in that article. but think it's very very short sighted on Iran's - John Coctostan Today, 14:43:18
    - Yeah, it seems like you could have written the same article at the end of the 12 day war. - gvibes Today, 15:02:31
    - as long as they have working drones, they can terrorize the strait of hormuz* - VIV Today, 14:58:10
- oh, that thing is still going on? I thought Trump got bored of that one, too* - shua Today, 13:27:53
- and Lindsey Graham smiles* - VIV Today, 13:21:45
God Bless Afroman - ATL Today, 12:41:25
- Video - TarheelIllini Today, 15:08:21
- If he loses it will be a travesty. * - doubledown Today, 13:17:54
NYT has an article with claims that Cesar Chavez was a child molestor - CanHartlebHireSnider Today, 11:46:34
- two wrongs don’t make it right* - memyselfandillini Today, 13:42:04
Rand Paul brings receipts - Sounder Today, 10:58:56
- This is as performative as it gets. - Sammich Today, 11:34:23
  - Unfortunately we don't get to find out because of Fetterman. Sad.* - Chuck Woodaby Today, 11:46:05
    - I'm starting to think that guy might have something wrong with his brain* - Sounder Today, 12:07:38
      - the worm has turned. and migrated - memyselfandillini Today, 13:47:08
        
        There is no way he survives a primary* - Sounder Today, 14:06:31
  - I agree, but the fact that Mullin won't (or can't) just apologize - Sounder Today, 11:36:25
6th Circuit fines two attorneys a truckload of cash for using AI. - complainant Yesterday, 23:35:39
- That seems like some pretty bad lawyering. * - doubledown Today, 8:34:55
  - Fooling around in the courtroom, bad language, smoking grass...* - Sammich Today, 11:31:28
    - Bad lawyering and I can't deny; Bad lawyering 'til the day I die, oh* - ATL Today, 11:54:03
- Unsurprisingly, one of the sanctioned attorneys is a "legal expert" for Fox News - ATL Today, 8:07:09
  - He should let ChatGPT take a crack at spicing up that bio. * - doubledown Today, 8:37:19
IL Primary... - SurfTheBoneyard Yesterday, 20:20:28
- The hot and crazy influencer chick lost?* - Sounder Today, 11:30:25
  - Kind of wild that it was as close as it was IMO* - gvibes Today, 12:17:08
    - if Fine doesn’t run Biss wins like 90% of her votes - CanHartlebHireSnider Today, 12:31:46
- Happy Strattonmentum kept propelling. Wish I could have voted for Kat in 09. - Warrin'_Illini Today, 8:32:39
  - did you wish you could shag her too?* - Poldark Today, 10:23:50
    - It is kind of her funny how her entire base of support was men 18-45 - CanHartlebHireSnider Today, 10:26:28
      - is it too late for her to move to another district to run this year? - Poldark Today, 10:30:10
- I really wish Bean would have lost* - JacobRDaugherty Yesterday, 22:21:10
  - Why?* - JeffFrank Today, 5:31:01
    - Why would I want the candidate bought and paid for by AI, Crypto and AIPAC to lose? - JacobRDaugherty Today, 7:41:12
      - tough for a progressive muslim in that district* - torinese Today, 10:23:21
- AP calls IL 9 for Biss* - CanHartlebHireSnider Yesterday, 21:44:17
- Shocked by the Kaegi result and the margin of victory for Prewinckle.* - gullit Yesterday, 21:35:16
  - Not shocked at the former considering his opponent's name and party endorsement.* - SurfTheBoneyard Yesterday, 21:42:00
    - Haynes was endorsed by the Democratic party?* - gullit Today, 9:24:44
      - Kaegi pissed off much of the machine with his independence. So they got Hynes to run against him* - CanHartlebHireSnider Today, 10:13:09
        
        Great so let's bring back the old corrupt Berrios disciple back.* - gullit Today, 12:49:14
- Stratton will very likely win. Still up 5 with 63% in. - SurfTheBoneyard Yesterday, 21:16:20
  - Do we like Stratton? I literally only saw ads for Raja* - gvibes Yesterday, 21:24:16
    - i don't like raja, that's for sure* - torinese Today, 10:19:47
    - in STL i only saw ads for Stratton. this thread is the first time i'm hearing of Raja* - VIV Today, 8:35:02
    - I'm not sure she's as progressive as some Dems would like - Taz Yesterday, 22:38:07
    - She’s JB’s vessel. Maybe slightly more prog but nothing that would go against JB* - CanHartlebHireSnider Yesterday, 21:39:09
    - I personally like Raja better but she'll be fine. - SurfTheBoneyard Yesterday, 21:26:16
      - A progressive takeover of the Democratic Party is the only way the GOP can survive Trump. - complainant Yesterday, 22:13:33
        
        I think the primary message for Dems should be Fuck the Billionaires. - larue33 Today, 8:33:20
        
        But what if billionaire JB mounts a serious campaign?* - Potomac Today, 8:37:20
        
        He should stick to the message. * - larue33 Today, 8:40:52
        
        a federal wealth tax is likely unconstitutional - agree?* - Potomac Today, 10:22:02
        
        Probably is. * - larue33 Today, 10:44:52
        
        I’m shocked there are still centrist democrats* - HeatMizer Yesterday, 22:35:22
        
        What are the top issues for a Centrist Dem nowadays * - MC Today, 8:23:11
        
        Well, the GOP obviously doesn't want us anymore. Socialist Workers or Green seems like a better fit - complainant Yesterday, 22:47:46
      - And Trump is REALLY gonna hate her* - Herman Blume Yesterday, 21:42:32
  - I do hate she has ties to some of the ICE facility builders* - DanSaint Yesterday, 21:17:56
    - Didn't they say that about Raja too? Campaigns just throw everything out there to stick.* - gullit Yesterday, 21:40:13
      - To be fair I only saw Raja ads. * - DanSaint Yesterday, 22:14:07
- Didn’t realize our very long term state rep in Macomb might get primaried by some nutcase…. - LeatherneckIllini Yesterday, 20:57:30
  - Why does the name Brad Beekman sound familiar? - Jersey Yesterday, 21:25:18
    - Not that race. Norrine was great when I came to Rich when she was his chief of staff… - LeatherneckIllini Yesterday, 22:08:14
      - Good news though Joe Moon won sheriff* - LeatherneckIllini Yesterday, 22:12:43
  - Why are you saying he is a nutcase?* - Chuck Woodaby Yesterday, 21:25:01
    - Watching the. Facebook fights gave me some insight into the local politics… - LeatherneckIllini Yesterday, 22:07:16
      - Judges will also accept: he got drunked up, beat up his old lady and got arrested. - Chuck Woodaby Yesterday, 22:12:46
        
        Well..... And he won. I just want normies. It's literally my only ask of any party at this point* - LeatherneckIllini Today, 8:10:57
- Goober wins. - SurfTheBoneyard Yesterday, 20:45:38
- What’s the score in IL-09?* - Toonces Yesterday, 20:40:03
  - Biss by about 5 points and 5K votes. 72% counted.* - SurfTheBoneyard Yesterday, 20:44:25
    - NYT has 82% in and Biss up 4.4 - CanHartlebHireSnider Yesterday, 20:48:23
Fuck you, John Roberts - larue33 Yesterday, 19:15:53
- typical Republican. Fine with other people getting fucked over, but once its directed at them - IlliniRunner Yesterday, 20:05:14
  - Roberts never read the seminal Supreme Court decision Leopards v Your Face - ATL Yesterday, 20:16:44
- He will be remembered as one of the main villains of this stage of American history - DT Yesterday, 19:41:45
  - Zombie Mitch is #1* - TarheelIllini Yesterday, 19:46:01
    - Correct. Between the Obama shenanigans and reversal on Jan 6, he’s the worst.* - ATL Yesterday, 19:56:55
      - I genuinely hope he has the most painful death - Sounder Today, 15:18:50
- Did they keep those two towheaded kids? - complainant Yesterday, 19:38:30
  - part of the trade in for Thomas’ RV* - memyselfandillini Yesterday, 21:08:36
No matter how annoyed I get at my homeland, at least they dragged Laura Loomer - ATL Yesterday, 11:23:45
- Matt Van Swol* - Sammich Yesterday, 11:35:26
- I saw that, quite funny….why was she there? - TarheelIllini Yesterday, 11:33:16
  - The President cares. Just ask the former Director of National Counterterrorism Center* - Chuck Woodaby Yesterday, 11:39:19
Hassett: Consumers are the last of our concerns right now - UofIL6 Yesterday, 11:14:08
- What a dumb mother fucker* - Sounder Yesterday, 15:51:03
  - His mother wants none of that, I assure you. * - memyselfandillini Yesterday, 16:17:07
- we should do another Amazon blackout day - Sammich Yesterday, 11:29:51
- It's amazing how they're so comfortable saying these things. - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 11:29:01
Director of National Counterterrorism Center quits over the war… - LeatherneckIllini Yesterday, 8:55:36
- new job for Rubio* - memyselfandillini Yesterday, 16:18:27
- Trump hardly new him and "always thought he was weak on security" - Chuck Woodaby Yesterday, 14:33:49
- Joe Kent is a nazi that lost two house elections in deep red part of Washington to a dem - CanHartlebHireSnider Yesterday, 9:24:02
- Surprising. I'm sure Tulsi will be right behind him.* - Chuck Woodaby Yesterday, 9:03:24
  - Tulsi would like you to know whatever Trump says goes - assassin Yesterday, 14:49:58
    - In honor of the 40th anniversay of Back to School - Chuck Woodaby Yesterday, 15:07:52
- Kent is a fucking Nazi, I think the Israel part of that statement is the reason he's quitting. * - larue33 Yesterday, 9:03:12
  - After the working class granting billionaires virtually unlimited economic/political power, the - ATL Yesterday, 9:05:32
- we've still got Tulsi and that 12-year-old with a terminal case of Dreamworks Face - Sammich Yesterday, 9:01:51
Who could have known that SBF had the ultimate helicopter parents? - ATL Yesterday, 8:36:04
- A law professor who doesn't actually know how to be a real attorney? Sounds about right* - LeatherneckIllini Yesterday, 8:39:16
  - I'm sympathetic to this view, but I also think dementia is likely involved. She's 74. - complainant Yesterday, 16:10:15
Iran just isn't playing fair. - larue33 Yesterday, 8:27:18

Give him a break. He’s not familiar with asymmetric warfare. Having missed Vietnam and everything. * - doubledown Yesterday, 9:45:41
Boots on an island isn't boots on the ground, you know! - ATL Yesterday, 8:31:17
- Boots On the Island is the next Kenny Chesney song* - KCWildcat Yesterday, 8:36:47
  - Some people say that there’s a mullah to blame…* - DT Yesterday, 9:51:06

ah yes, holding HIV aid hostage over mineral rights. fun. good. - assassin March 16, 2026, 14:16:34
- next they’ll be curlttingnoff the Ivermectin* - memyselfandillini Yesterday, 16:24:24
ooo - ATL March 16, 2026, 13:44:23
- I can't believe all our closest allies don't want to pitch in. Traders!* - Warrin'_Illini March 16, 2026, 14:42:18
  - I can't believe this is not butter. Safeway!* - timmer March 16, 2026, 14:45:02
Susie Wiles absolutely despises Trump* - Sounder March 16, 2026, 12:35:01
- Based on what?* - gullit March 16, 2026, 14:41:19
  - Him publicly announcing that she has breast cancer, causing everyone to look at her breasts* - Stu Yesterday, 8:57:25
  - Her face* - Sounder March 16, 2026, 15:15:28
"he would be dead by June" - Sounder March 16, 2026, 12:11:18
- JFC, what an asshole* - UofIL6 March 16, 2026, 13:05:02
Trump is doing a press conference on the Kennedy Center - Sounder March 16, 2026, 11:48:07
- The odor has to be unfathomable. * - doubledown March 16, 2026, 11:49:00
  - Plus, she has breast cancer. And he's probably wearing his butt plug. - complainant March 16, 2026, 11:52:35
They’re shutting down DC federal offices due to possible severe storms later - timmer March 16, 2026, 11:34:24
- If they had stuck around the office til normal time, super easy commute* - Potomac Today, 8:39:00
- NC schools from Raleigh to the coast closed for it - TarheelIllini March 16, 2026, 12:38:51
  - APS was closed and it was a bit breezy but other than that, all we got was heavy rain - ATL March 16, 2026, 12:39:43
    - I have a conspiracy theory about wake county schools - TarheelIllini Yesterday, 8:38:30
I love the conspiracy theories that Netanyahu is dead* - KCWildcat March 16, 2026, 7:18:53
- Definitive proof - larue33 Yesterday, 16:19:27
- I'd love if it wasn't a theory. * - doubledown March 16, 2026, 9:09:49

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