The Deuce: Get ready for a lot of “Freedom has a price”*

Political Thread for the week of 4/27. Melania big mad about Jimmy Kimmel's monologue - ATL April 27, 2026, 10:34:01

Ok Janet Mills, let's get you into that retirement home now....* - Warrin'_Illini Today, 9:03:36
If only there was some sort of agreement in place that could have kneecapped Iran's nuclear ambition - VIV Today, 8:57:47
ooo - complainant Yesterday, 23:58:47
This seems to be real - larue33 Yesterday, 19:54:34
- Indeed it is* - Sounder Today, 6:54:54
Do you like polls? Do you believe in polls? Here’s a poll - Stu Yesterday, 19:47:17
- I like that poll. If either Texas or Alaska elect a D senator, I think it’s a - TarheelIllini Today, 6:48:19
  - I think Peltola is going to get elected and annoy liberals. She is a great candidate for Alaska* - JacobRDaugherty Today, 7:30:34
Interesting thing I just learned about the recent VA election…. - LeatherneckIllini Yesterday, 18:33:50
- when part of the defense is that the will of the voter should overrule errors, you may be in trouble - Potomac Today, 8:35:51
- I’m glad. Might wake up Chuck Schumer.* - Toonces Yesterday, 18:37:23
Seems gas prices are finally about to reflect reality and go wild - John Coctostan Yesterday, 17:52:30
- $4.49/gal in Peoria today* - PapaDels Today, 8:13:39
  - Same in C-U* - illini21 Today, 8:15:46
- The C-U white trash peeps on FB are now blaming the gas prices on Pritzker* - illini21 Today, 7:09:04
- They jumped $0.30 down here last week* - TarheelIllini Today, 6:49:24
- more - assassin Yesterday, 18:33:11
- Get ready for a lot of “Freedom has a price”* - OB25 Yesterday, 18:18:02
- Enjoy your Super Duties!* - ATL Yesterday, 18:04:41
- they made a huge jump yesterday after slightly going down* - assassin Yesterday, 17:53:51
NDILL prosecutors dropped the bullshit charges against the Broadview protesters* - gvibes Yesterday, 16:41:00
- ooo - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 17:30:28
- this seems sketch..."By dropping the conspiracy count, the feds avoided having to share those - lcubed Yesterday, 16:52:57
Are the rigged elections just gerrymandering because that’s where we seem to be heading * - MC Yesterday, 14:38:46
- It is difficult to make anti partisan gerrymandering rules that would withstand scrutiny - Potomac Yesterday, 16:22:24
  - I think it's actually pretty simple to do using math - Quiz Yesterday, 16:49:23
    - yes, I have read about certain proposed algorithms, but the Court can't demand one or the other* - Potomac Today, 7:26:10
  - its by definition a wicked problem - ijustkrushalot Yesterday, 16:34:26
    - I think you can do a pretty good job with the House as is with a few simple rules - reggiedunlop Yesterday, 17:08:23
- i absolutely hate it. * - VIV Yesterday, 14:44:37
  - when she frowwwwwwwwwwns* - Sammich Yesterday, 15:03:22
  - If only there were warning signs that Trump was going to try to destroy democracy* - Sounder Yesterday, 14:52:03
    - any replacement republican would be doing this, in this case* - assassin Yesterday, 16:20:53
Elon having a day. Day 2 of testimony in the OpenAI case and now this - ATL Yesterday, 14:10:48
- Feels like a headline that doesn't tell the whole story. - tvillini Yesterday, 14:36:58
  - The headline is good news for Elon. He also appears to be getting yucks from the court - ATL Yesterday, 14:51:30
  - "Revenue tripled, customers quadrupled." doesn't quite get the hate shares.* - Chuck Woodaby Yesterday, 14:43:33
This guy thinks running a country solely involves building a ballroom - ATL Yesterday, 13:28:43
- He wants the bunker underneath. - WhitmansFolly Yesterday, 16:05:24
  - bagels - chorizo Yesterday, 16:37:18
  - He wants it because he's a demented old fool whose brain has fixated on this as it turns to mush - IlliniRunner Yesterday, 16:31:02
    - and branding - Sammich Yesterday, 16:37:57
      - Good point * - IlliniRunner Yesterday, 19:42:47
      - He's gonna put a TRUMP sign on the ballroom isn't he * - meanjeans Yesterday, 17:15:13
  - That's why he was inspecting it back in 2020 - Sammich Yesterday, 16:21:23
  - What's better, leaving office and moving on or trying to do some Hitler cosplay shit? - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 16:15:26
  - That's what's so funny, there's no chance it's finished by the time he leaves office - Sounder Yesterday, 16:11:47
  - Not unlikely* - TarheelIllini Yesterday, 16:09:51
- The actually running of the country holds no interest for him. - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 13:47:55
  - The real work of governing is hard, and not only is he not really up to it, he doesn't - doubledown Yesterday, 14:16:29
    - Russ Vought and Project 2025 are the real enemy. And they are really real - memyselfandillini Today, 6:37:34
    - Preach brother preach* - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 15:23:24
- He is the dumbest motherfucker alive - Sounder Yesterday, 13:37:13
  - you are in the running.* - illinibone Yesterday, 15:22:18
    - lulz* - chorizo Yesterday, 16:02:24
      - because I made a joke about his daughter getting boned* - Sounder Yesterday, 16:18:02
        
        jokes are supposed to be funny. you're just a pervert and closet pedophile - illinibone Yesterday, 17:43:10
        
        WTF?* - memyselfandillini Yesterday, 22:03:14
        
        Maybe lighten the fuck up a little bit? - Sounder Yesterday, 18:15:57
        
        how are the kids that were ringing your doorbell doing? have you groomed them yet?* - illinibone Yesterday, 18:23:17
        
        It's going great, I like to sit on my front porch and watch them leave school* - Sounder Yesterday, 18:37:50
        
        when is their next sleepover? did you get their favorite toys?* - illinibone Yesterday, 18:40:44
        
        I think it's next week, they're really into soccer* - Sounder Yesterday, 18:49:00
        
        ah is that what the pedos call it these days?* - illinibone Yesterday, 18:57:57
        
        dizzy drunk and fightin - memyselfandillini Yesterday, 22:10:15
        
        Well that escalated quickly...* - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 17:50:40
        
        yada yada the father was the boner* - chorizo Yesterday, 16:38:59
  - Remember... - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 13:54:35
"Ma'am, what do you mean your drink tastes weird and you're suddenly really sleepy...." - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 11:38:55
- I think they mostly just jerk off together. * - memyselfandillini Yesterday, 22:13:35
- Bleccchh. Who are the dorks flanking Kushner?* - Jackie Yesterday, 12:24:56
  - Who is that sexy beast on the far left what a panty dropper* - Sounder Yesterday, 12:35:32
  - The one on the right is Tiffany Trump’s husband Michael Boulos I believe* - CanHartlebHireSnider Yesterday, 12:29:47
    - Left I think is maybe Dan Scavino but I thought he was fatter* - CanHartlebHireSnider Yesterday, 12:33:33
      - He probably was, all these effers on Ozempic now* - Jackie Yesterday, 12:37:56
        
        or, as Trump calls it, "the fat drug"* - Sounder Yesterday, 12:38:50
NYT reports that the Supreme Court kicked the VRA while it's down again. - ATL Yesterday, 9:38:32
- lets gerrymander blacks out of existence baby* - assassin Yesterday, 12:27:27
- Based on the traffic, estimating a 10-seat Blue-to-Red flip. If/when Dems take back control - UofIL6 Yesterday, 9:53:43
  - We need California, Illinois, et all to follow suit. I want to see ridiculous gerrymanders. - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 10:31:52
    - Illinois is fairly cooked already* - cpsteine Yesterday, 12:15:18
      - She's only medium well. - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 13:53:52
        
        If the red states do, there's no reason for blue states to take the high road - UofIL6 Yesterday, 13:55:14
        
        Sadly, this is the truth. - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 14:03:48
  - Forced turnover, additional seats….and the House needs more seats too* - TarheelIllini Yesterday, 9:55:25
  - Kalshi has Dems taking House at 85%. Senate even.* - Stu Yesterday, 9:55:23
    - If they manage to squeeze out the Senate, it's gonna be a fun coupla years* - Sounder Yesterday, 10:24:48
Tone down the rhetoric - Sounder Yesterday, 8:44:03
- If he’s any character from MIB, it’s edgar the bug, inside Vincent D’Onofrio* - memyselfandillini Yesterday, 14:49:16
- Posted at 4am ET* - IlliniRunner Yesterday, 10:49:09
- Those are all schools being blown up in the background.* - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 8:57:51
Where the fuck does the NYT find these fucking people? - ATL Yesterday, 8:17:41
- Fool them twice?* - memyselfandillini Yesterday, 14:51:11
  - cant git fooled agin* - Sammich Yesterday, 15:04:02
- This idea that Kamala would have been an utter disaster—I hear it all the time. But these people - cpsteine Yesterday, 9:31:16
  - If Kamala was President, we'd have no idea just how bad things can possibly get, - doubledown Yesterday, 11:29:43
  - We are experiencing the utter disaster* - Sounder Yesterday, 10:25:23
- So much crap comes out of Trump's mouth during campaign season, he's bound to say something - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 9:04:38
- That’s probably 20% of Americans - snipes824 Yesterday, 8:53:48
  - that didn't seem to work last few presidential elections* - torinese Yesterday, 8:54:42
    - Too female* - Sounder Yesterday, 9:02:15
      - It's a lot more than that. The Dems have earned every bit of their 18% approval rate. - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 9:15:11
        
        If Biden would have decided to not run and they had a free and fair primary - Sounder Yesterday, 13:26:15
        
        i've come around to believing all these high minded discussions are so dumb - John Coctostan Yesterday, 9:51:50
        
        And she’s probably average, there are people more stupid that’s her* - TarheelIllini Yesterday, 10:24:27
        
        Kitty is the Gary Condit to Franceska's 9/11* - Sammich Yesterday, 10:04:55
        
        Franceska's explosive stupidity grabs attention from Kitty's conventional blunder?* - complainant Yesterday, 13:14:49
        
        That's fair. Trump did campaign mostly on kitchen table issues, which is hilarious - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 10:01:51
- I bet they were both offered a weekly OpEd slot* - Sammich Yesterday, 8:34:11
  - It's like The Onion's 'Man on the Street' interviews come to life* - ATL Yesterday, 8:46:18
    - wouldn't be surprised if they were every bit as invented - Sammich Yesterday, 9:12:39
      - Can you explain what you mean?* - Sounder Yesterday, 9:15:52
        
        half-joking that the NYT is making shit up to try to accelerate Downfall II* - Sammich Yesterday, 9:33:49
        
        meh* - cpsteine Yesterday, 9:38:51
- just remember, take the average person and 50% of the population is dumber than that!* - shua Yesterday, 8:28:15
- On any of like 6 out 10 streets in America?* - John Coctostan Yesterday, 8:20:11
  - ooo - ATL Yesterday, 8:32:33
I’m not saying the shooting was staged - digs Yesterday, 6:55:02
- Well, you shouldn't say it was staged, because DOJ will probly trump up some charges against you.* - Stu Yesterday, 9:00:13
  - They’re too busy politicizing seashells* - Sounder Yesterday, 9:10:33
- This can be easily explained by the Secret Service being as competent as the rest of his admin. * - doubledown Yesterday, 7:02:50
This fvckin guy... - UofIL6 April 28, 2026, 20:07:37
- Deleted?* - Phytynlini Yesterday, 8:05:05
  - It was this... - UofIL6 Yesterday, 8:55:20
    - It's so Trump* - Sounder Yesterday, 12:16:16
Like didn’t we fight a war not to have a king? - LeatherneckIllini April 28, 2026, 16:19:52
- Saw him referred to as the "The Cunt of Mostly Crisco"... - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 11:37:19
- Seriously, let's make him Duke. A kick-ass Duke! - Sammich April 28, 2026, 16:24:09
  - ooo - VIV Yesterday, 8:24:53
State department putting a photo of Trump on all passports. What a weak and fragile man* - Mrap24 April 28, 2026, 15:36:25
- not all. just in person in Washington DC. it's a "limited edition" - assassin April 28, 2026, 17:11:06
  - ooo - complainant April 28, 2026, 17:18:01
- Glad I just renewed mine. Eff that guy.* - SurfTheBoneyard April 28, 2026, 16:37:36
- Why not. He already illegally put his mug on the America the Beautiful National Parks Pass. - EffinIllini April 28, 2026, 15:59:33
- At least we can look forward to scraping his stupid name and face off everything in a few years. * - doubledown April 28, 2026, 15:41:32
Lawtalkers take a look at this motion filed by the DOJ. Incredible legal writing. - ECEIllinois April 28, 2026, 14:54:24
- Good God. An attorney actually signed that pleading, or his 8 year old son. Embarrassing* - bbonb April 28, 2026, 17:57:12
  - Major update: None of the 11 attorneys on the case was involved in the drafting. - complainant April 28, 2026, 18:00:16
- Wow! Thanks for posting. That is genuinely shocking. - complainant April 28, 2026, 16:38:09
- Either Todd also manages Trump's Truth Social account, or they had to figure out how to - doubledown April 28, 2026, 15:25:03
Comey indicted for a 2nd time* - Mrap24 April 28, 2026, 13:10:12
- LOL, Kashapp says the FBI has been investigating the seashell post for 11 months. - doubledown April 28, 2026, 17:28:10
- They've probably got, at best, a 50/50 shot of convicting Cole Allen. - doubledown April 28, 2026, 16:07:33
- this might be the stupidest thing in DOJ history* - assassin April 28, 2026, 16:05:53
- oh look here lol… - LeatherneckIllini April 28, 2026, 14:20:33
- Ham sandwich!* - LeatherneckIllini April 28, 2026, 14:02:41
- LOL it's over the seashells.* - Warrin'_Illini April 28, 2026, 13:38:13
  - from Demolition Man?* - Sammich April 28, 2026, 15:05:41
    - LOL, I don't like Comey but both these things can be used to wipe your ass.* - Warrin'_Illini April 28, 2026, 15:11:09
  - ooo - UofIL6 April 28, 2026, 14:02:24
- Take THAT gas prices! Promises made/promises kept.* - complainant April 28, 2026, 13:31:18
DJT just posted that Iran informed him that they are in a ‘State of Collapse’ - timmer April 28, 2026, 8:53:45
- i had an iranian official tell me, sir, we are in a state of collapse. please don't destroy us* - lcubed April 28, 2026, 13:39:02
- Also, The Kinks are on line 2* - memyselfandillini April 28, 2026, 12:01:50
- Every accusation is a confession* - Sammich April 28, 2026, 9:04:30
- Sounds exactly like something the Iranian regime would say - UofIL6 April 28, 2026, 8:55:48
- "Privately tell your enemy about your weaknesses with tears in your eyes." - Sun Tzu * - doubledown April 28, 2026, 8:55:05
OPEC infighting - complainant April 28, 2026, 8:40:15
Wall Street Journal taking the incident very seriously - ATL April 27, 2026, 17:22:56
- Seconds Leavitt? I would have expected something ending in "y" * - doubledown April 28, 2026, 8:41:22
  - Maybe it was supposed to be a cuckold fantasy but her husband just couldn't resist* - ATL April 28, 2026, 9:19:36
  - -eigh* - Sammich April 28, 2026, 9:05:09
    - Good call.* - complainant April 28, 2026, 17:08:33
Republicans' mid-term closing message shows that they are very serious about governing - ATL April 27, 2026, 16:45:17
- I’m concerned that last nights event had 2600 attendees and Trumps ballroom… - shua April 27, 2026, 17:52:59
- Lindsey Graham announcing $400M legislation for the ballroom right now.* - OB25 April 27, 2026, 17:22:33
  - Trump's support has been weakening among the base. This is nothing more than an attempt to - doubledown April 28, 2026, 8:45:57
Very perfect and normal hands. Hands like nobody has ever seen before. - ATL April 27, 2026, 16:02:39
- Both hands look equally swollen. - Stu April 27, 2026, 17:08:28
- Charles smartly hiding his own ghoulish hands.* - Toonces April 27, 2026, 16:15:46
  - Oh really? Then how do you explain THIS? - complainant April 27, 2026, 20:28:54
- They just look like the hands of an 80 year old man who hasn't taken great care of himself. * - doubledown April 27, 2026, 16:08:51
Enough is enough - Sounder April 27, 2026, 13:42:22
- The just recourse is to be meaner to Republicans.* - Toonces April 27, 2026, 15:25:45
- If only we could get to the bottom of which powerful leader who constantly spouts.... - KingTalkyTiki April 27, 2026, 15:24:05
- He such a cowardly person. So mentally weak* - Mrap24 April 27, 2026, 15:23:38
- Blue tie. Interesting* - timmer April 27, 2026, 13:59:11
Things that never happened, Nick Shirley Edition - Sounder April 27, 2026, 13:26:01
- Is it Fetal Alcohol Syndrome? Is that what's wrong with him? * - doubledown April 27, 2026, 13:48:27
Trump takes issue with fake video - Sounder April 27, 2026, 13:14:15
Kettle, meet pot* - Mrap24 April 27, 2026, 12:54:05
Things that never happened - Sounder April 27, 2026, 12:47:04
- have they tried thoughts and prayers instead of building Trumps ballroom?* - shua April 27, 2026, 13:14:15
  - Maybe we should put ballrooms with underground bunkers in schools* - Sounder April 27, 2026, 13:26:39
    - oOo - KingTalkyTiki April 27, 2026, 15:34:15
- Funny thet he mentions October 7th and not December 7th* - timmer April 27, 2026, 13:13:53
Melania knew - Sounder April 27, 2026, 11:18:23
After watching it, what was so hateful and violent? - KingTalkyTiki April 27, 2026, 11:12:32
Whenever I look for hateful and violent rhetoric, Trump's Truth Social is a good place to start* - Sounder April 27, 2026, 10:52:51

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