The Deuce: The new line is that this is just temporary pain to lead us into a future of prosperity.

Political Thread for the Week of March 30 - ATL March 30, 2026, 12:03:28

Trump signing an EO about mail in voting idk who cares he signs a lot of EO that do nothing * - MC Yesterday, 17:03:42
- So are we letting states decide or not letting states decide?* - shua Yesterday, 18:56:15
  - Red states get to decide. * - doubledown Yesterday, 19:09:31
- Well, we knew he was going to use the USPS to fuck with elections. At least now we know how. * - doubledown Yesterday, 18:52:09
- Well, when you can’t pass any bills, you sign EO. Effective governing. Hes so bad* - Mrap24 Yesterday, 18:34:49
- This seems to be a pretty big violation though. I'm sure they'll get sued. Who knows how that - UofIL6 Yesterday, 17:11:44
  - Already filed in Washington apparently.* - SurfTheBoneyard Yesterday, 18:50:48
  - I mean he votes by mail, isn’t that enough of a statement. Ha-* - Mrap24 Yesterday, 18:35:28
Today was a good market day for a change. Indices up 2.5 - 3.8%. - timmer Yesterday, 15:10:30
- Stocks up, bonds up, metals up, crypto up AND oil up - jfinsocal Yesterday, 19:11:47
Vance releasing a book called Communion about his conversion to Catholicism. - SurfTheBoneyard Yesterday, 12:43:18
- Lulz...the church on the cover is a Methodist Church* - ATL Yesterday, 15:24:19
  - Inspired by Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’s use of a stand in Catholic church?* - DocWalk20 Yesterday, 17:00:27
- He apparently received extra training about UFOs and demons. Or maybe I missed it in CDC classes* - PapaDels Yesterday, 15:23:20
- You missed the obvious joke. - Illiniphil Yesterday, 14:38:13
  - And the accompanying rap album - ATL Yesterday, 14:41:50
Have we discussed Kristi Noem's husband? - ATL Yesterday, 12:11:56
- To give everyone an insight into Evangelical Land, this isn't a gotcha on them - RVA Yesterday, 15:27:10
- I have no problem with him doing this. - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 12:43:13
  - Oh I agree. But let’s check in on Nancy Mace’s tweets from today - ATL Yesterday, 14:35:44
    - *chef's kiss** - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 14:36:38
      - I feel like we should endeavor to make it 3 of 3 with respect to Kristi and Byron. - ATL Yesterday, 14:40:38
- Her performative husband that has stood by her side despite months of embarrassment about her affair - OrangeSox Yesterday, 12:38:23
- I couldn't give less of a wet fart about this. - Sammich Yesterday, 12:35:25
Iran says it’s ready to declare victory* - Stu Yesterday, 11:43:53
- Wall Street concurs* - timmer Yesterday, 14:31:15
- They are certainly ahead on points, if they can avoid a knockout.* - DT Yesterday, 11:56:22
NYT pointing out that Roberts only here legally because his grandpa got birthright citizenship - John Coctostan Yesterday, 11:07:25
- Times should chill. Trump will lose the case* - Potomac Yesterday, 11:47:16
  - that was a straight down the middle just the facts ma'am article. - John Coctostan Yesterday, 14:42:30
  - I don’t know why people are so confident about that. I bet it won’t be 9-0* - CoronaTheirAss Yesterday, 11:49:44
    - If anyone other than Alito and Thomas sides with the administration, I'll be shocked* - GMAW Yesterday, 14:37:01
      - Since it’s not about Native Americans (natch), Gorsuch might find some textualist reading - DT Yesterday, 17:04:07
      - I mean, most people didn't think the right wing justices would give POTUS carte blanche on - ATL Yesterday, 15:17:05
        
        I don't think those issues are remotely comparable* - GMAW Yesterday, 15:36:37
        
        Neither do I but you and I are reasonable people and not partisan hacks * - ATL Yesterday, 18:33:10
    - the bigger question is how broad or narrow the decision* - Potomac Yesterday, 12:16:30
    - Well, the people who are confident also thought Trump couldn’t be that bad - ATL Yesterday, 11:53:18
      - "judgment" - complainant Yesterday, 11:57:30
        
        ooo - ATL Yesterday, 12:06:57
        
        Colourful orientating, counsellor. - complainant Yesterday, 18:47:51
- in-group whom the law protects but does not bind* - Sammich Yesterday, 11:15:31
TMZ doing the Lord's work and leaning into politics* - KCWildcat Yesterday, 10:02:45
- I appreciate their efforts, but I assume it's just because it gets the clicks* - shua Yesterday, 11:20:20
  - I'd rather they stalk elected officials than celebrities. They deserve all the heat.* - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 11:55:46
*spiderman meme* - ATL Yesterday, 9:45:48
- Hegseth said the same thing last week. - Sammich Yesterday, 9:48:29
why are we pissed at NATO for not helping? i thought the war was already won? - VIV Yesterday, 8:49:57
- *Board of Peace * - ATL Yesterday, 9:07:00
  - i know what i said* - VIV Yesterday, 9:18:33
Get your own oil! - UofIL6 Yesterday, 7:42:40
- the hard part is done, they're decapitated. they blew up a tanker in the strait just yesterday!* - John Coctostan Yesterday, 8:36:00
  - Trump thought they were vampires, and they would all vanish into dust once the leader died. - Sammich Yesterday, 9:45:20
- Trump treating failed military actions like a casino project gone wrong - OrangeSox Yesterday, 8:03:52
In case you were wondering what a Trump library will look like - Sounder Yesterday, 5:56:57
- Library holdings will be a shelf of paperbacks left by hotel guests* - DT Yesterday, 9:45:22
  - Yeah I always assumed it would be a Little Free Library at most * - PapaDels Yesterday, 10:07:04
  - none of that Gillian Flynn bullshit, either - Sammich Yesterday, 9:47:42
- That's insane it's such a prime piece of real estate. Like putting the Obama library in Navy Pier.* - gullit Yesterday, 7:18:46
  - Appropriately, Trumps policies will leave the property literally under water in 20 years.* - DT Yesterday, 9:46:52
- I didn’t know that Florida was a poor state* - timmer Yesterday, 6:26:50
Charles Barkley is correct - DocWalk20 March 30, 2026, 22:29:54
- I hope he thoroughly offended Bruce Pearl in that moment.* - ATL Yesterday, 6:08:29
In rational times, this is an immediate resignation. But Pete can do whatever he wants - John Coctostan March 30, 2026, 19:28:05
- You will not be surprised that the only reason this came out was because he is a fucking idiot. - gvibes March 30, 2026, 20:03:42
  - Going to be a real shame when Trump doesn't even know his name in 10 months.* - Chuck Woodaby March 30, 2026, 20:11:22
    - Given the advancing dementia, he might not know Don Jr’s name in 10 months.* - DT March 30, 2026, 20:19:52
      - I think the assumption is he pardons everybody. I'll take under 1.5* - Chuck Woodaby March 30, 2026, 20:24:27
WH contemplates ending Iran war without reopening Straits of Hormuz is a hell of a headline - ATL March 30, 2026, 16:45:57
- Might as well give them some weapons grade plutonium too* - Stu March 30, 2026, 20:11:24
  - If there's a way for Trump to profit off the deal, could happen* - ATL Yesterday, 7:49:42
- great job by all the Gulf nations sucking up to him* - ECEIllinois March 30, 2026, 18:44:54
- Art of the Deal! - doubledown March 30, 2026, 17:30:21
- Can't wait to hear about all the winning they've done leaving them in a worse position than pre-war* - UofIL6 March 30, 2026, 17:27:22
I cannot think of a bigger disaster than sending in troops on land. - MC March 30, 2026, 14:39:11
- Those who dont learn from history are doomed to repeat it: ala Napoleon & Mr. Silly Mustache man - DanSaint March 30, 2026, 14:54:14
  - neither one of those were in asia. - VIV March 30, 2026, 15:16:20
    - isn't Iran considered part of the Asian continent? I thought it was* - DanSaint March 30, 2026, 15:46:08
      - napoleon and the moustache guy both famously invaded russia as their major blunder - VIV Yesterday, 8:41:47
    - dots - Chuck Woodaby March 30, 2026, 15:27:53
Is it safe to say this is Trump’s economy now? - timmer March 30, 2026, 14:26:38
- Liberation day waa one year ago* - Sounder Yesterday, 5:56:02
- The new line is that this is just temporary pain to lead us into a future of prosperity. - KingTalkyTiki March 30, 2026, 14:40:29
- After Bondi called the Dow50K top, amazing that we're nearing a 44 handle on the Dow - UofIL6 March 30, 2026, 14:30:11
  - It was 43.5K on Biden's last day in office.* - Warrin'_Illini March 30, 2026, 14:32:03
Dems won 2 of 3 elections in Florida Republican districts in March - ATL March 30, 2026, 14:01:52
- Are we sure the SAVE ACT would actually help Rs? * - MC March 30, 2026, 15:22:10
Isn't today Deadline Day, where we are going to bomb all their power plants to... - Stu March 30, 2026, 13:46:09
- He extended the deadline. * - Tuscy March 30, 2026, 13:54:52
  - I assume he doesn't actually want to 'obliterate' them, but this seems to be his common negotiating - UofIL6 March 30, 2026, 14:01:49
    - I could see it actually being a war crime to do that and he might get charged - TarheelIllini March 30, 2026, 14:42:02
      - charged by whom? - Sammich March 30, 2026, 14:46:01
    - I assume he doesn't actually know what 'obliterate' means.* - DocWalk20 March 30, 2026, 14:19:17
      - he knows it will be on a level nobody has ever seen* - Sammich March 30, 2026, 14:21:19
    - At this point, no one takes his deadlines seriously. - Stu March 30, 2026, 14:06:33
      - except Billionaires* - ATL March 30, 2026, 14:09:13
- April 6 was the previous new deadline day but he moved it back again* - CanHartlebHireSnider March 30, 2026, 13:54:45
In case it was unclear, this administration wants a land war in Iran - VIV March 30, 2026, 13:32:01
- He's been saying take the oil since 1987! - CanHartlebHireSnider March 30, 2026, 13:57:02
I always assumed that the number of people who are legitimately stupid was fairly limited. - doubledown March 30, 2026, 12:20:21
- “The Alan Keyes Constant”… - DocWalk20 March 30, 2026, 13:48:29

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