The Deuce: I mean you just care about excessive governmental prosecution...*

Political Thread for Week of May 18 - assassin May 18, 2026, 16:35:22

Judge dismisses criminal case against Abrego Garcia as vindictive prosecution. * - larue33 Today, 16:03:01
- Can he get the $1.7B and be done with all that?* - timmer Today, 16:19:16
  - that fund is only for people who have been subject to malicious prosecution* - Sammich Today, 16:23:08
Raul Castro indicted. Are we really going to invade Cuba to arrest a 94 year old?* - gvibes Today, 14:29:45
- And we're going after him for massacring innocents at sea? - Stu Today, 14:57:57
- These countries aren't going to invade themselves, and the headlines around Iran are likely boring - UofIL6 Today, 14:44:33
LOL Trump isn't going to attend Don Jr's wedding* - ATL Today, 14:00:02
- OOO - Stu Today, 14:17:02
- He's going to call one of his sons "retarded" by the end of his term.* - Warrin'_Illini Today, 14:08:58
  - ...and it would be the first time I've ever agreed with him on anything.* - KingTalkyTiki Today, 14:12:20
    - Just one? I don't think you agree with that.* - Stu Today, 14:17:40
      - LOL.* - KingTalkyTiki Today, 14:26:55
    - Normally it would be very funny but he'll do it in a pandering way. - Warrin'_Illini Today, 14:17:06
Tulsi out (resigned? due to husband cancer) * - MC Today, 13:15:56
- Replacement named - KingTalkyTiki Today, 14:26:21
- Ketogenic diet and ivermectin should take care of that* - illini222 Today, 13:29:40
- Soon to be single, blonblon* - Stu Today, 13:26:55
DNC has to fire this clown of a chairman, right? What even is this report? LOL. * - doubledown Today, 11:24:29
- It's what you get when you can't talk about Israel/Gaza, - larue33 Today, 11:28:38
  - nm - shua Today, 13:22:18
  - nm - shua Today, 13:21:42
FoxNews/Republicans now in favor of masking up! - UofIL6 Today, 11:08:07
- It’s a shadow. I don’t use the word “retarded” any more, but … * - doubledown Today, 11:23:31
What a lovely new world, where the executive can self-appropriate unlimited amounts of money. - gvibes Today, 10:57:54
- Not to mention "ORANGE HORSESHOE LOVES ANACOTT STEEL" * - Jersey Today, 11:07:33
Trump goes golfing every weekend but apparently will be too busy to go to Jr.'s wedding. - Warrin'_Illini Today, 10:33:34
- Is Kimberly Guilfoyle allowed to return from exile to attend? - KingTalkyTiki Today, 12:29:50
  - I'm sure Kim is doing just fine in Greece but imagine dating this guy for years and this happens.* - gullit Today, 13:26:22
    - Attending the openings of McDonaldses - KingTalkyTiki Today, 14:10:47
- Probably doesn't approve of the marriage.* - gullit Today, 10:39:38
  - It's clearly a concept he takes very seriously.* - Warrin'_Illini Today, 10:42:55
Here’s something - ATL Yesterday, 20:27:05
- Fun fact. I was an ARDC hearing board member for 9 years in IL... - SurfTheBoneyard Yesterday, 21:39:33
  - Disciplinary proceedings are an underrated source of amusement. - complainant Yesterday, 22:07:06
- "/15 Yes I missed /13. Because you touch yourself at night." - complainant Yesterday, 21:14:30
- I pressed Post just once* - Stu Yesterday, 20:37:47
  - It’s worth posting multiple times* - HeatMizer Yesterday, 21:00:25
  - Me too * - ATL Yesterday, 20:58:03
Here’s something - Stu Yesterday, 20:23:58
Here’s something - Stu Yesterday, 20:23:55
Here’s something - Stu Yesterday, 20:23:51
Here’s something - Stu Yesterday, 20:23:48
Here’s something - Stu Yesterday, 20:23:22
The pedophile fund appears to have broken the Republican Party. - ATL Yesterday, 20:23:02
- Mike Lindell was expecting to receive $400m, according to Nicolle Wallace. - complainant Yesterday, 20:56:03
  - So what you're telling me is he's back on the crack?* - ATL Today, 9:24:47
Here’s something - Stu Yesterday, 20:22:42
Well what do you know, all charges dropped against the four remaining Broadview protestors - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 14:03:17
- now we just need to make them whole financially - Sammich Yesterday, 14:04:19
  - I mean you just care about excessive governmental prosecution...* - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 15:56:13
wtf? Guess I missed this...Trump Interstate - EffinIllini Yesterday, 13:04:14
- Local pols should propose all their infrastructure projects this way. - complainant Yesterday, 18:47:24
- *facepalm** - DocWalk20 Yesterday, 13:07:36
I demand reparations for getting unfairly branded on social media as the guy who stole the lectern. - OB25 Yesterday, 12:28:04
- there's no way any of that money goes to anyone other than Trump and his cronies* - shua Yesterday, 12:40:37
  - Feels weird to say but i'd rather it go to them rather than the J6ers* - illini21 Yesterday, 13:11:34
    - Yeah all these people getting excited and then getting peanuts would be pretty amusing.* - OB25 Yesterday, 13:17:05
      - …and entirely on brand* - DocWalk20 Yesterday, 13:21:09
- Everybody knows it was Biden who stole the lectern in 2020.* - DT Yesterday, 12:30:54
  - All part of Nancy's Pelosi's plan.* - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 13:03:35
China says Trump lied about trade deals with them - Stu Yesterday, 11:45:08
- I’m shocked* - Mrap24 Yesterday, 13:09:50
I always made fun of the woke term “pregnant person” until Donald Trump’s admin showed me my error - ATL Yesterday, 11:32:56
- Dude should get his umbilical hernia repaired.* - DocWalk20 Yesterday, 13:16:00
What an awesome country we live in - RVA Yesterday, 8:12:30
- How many SWAT teams does this country need? - complainant Yesterday, 8:28:56
No peace deal with Iran any time soon, per Supreme Leader. Now what?* - Stu Yesterday, 5:40:21
- Weekly market manipulation?* - Mrap24 Yesterday, 13:09:24
- doesn’t matter, we’ve already won. one of the best wins anyone has ever seen* - lcubed Yesterday, 7:11:40
Theldon Whitehouth ith on MEthNow, and hith microphone ith ekthtra buhthy. - complainant May 20, 2026, 20:21:23
- Too rich. The all-white country club thing would destroy him. * - assassin May 20, 2026, 20:35:25
  - I suppose the American electorate does hate wealthy New Englanders, traditionally. - complainant May 20, 2026, 20:54:49
    - Doesn’t have to be real* - assassin May 20, 2026, 21:01:45
NAACP calling on black athletes to reconsider attending schools with voting rights rollbacks - ATL May 20, 2026, 9:39:03
- good luck with that.* - Ari Gold May 20, 2026, 13:52:38
- I'm sure it will take everyone a while to fully process this new information - Sammich May 20, 2026, 10:15:08
  - There’s been a reverse Great Migration going on for awhile - illiniranger May 20, 2026, 10:48:24
    - Couple other factors - illiniranger May 20, 2026, 10:50:49
      - Having spent a lot of time there, Chicago could learn a lot from Atlanta in terns of fostering... - KingTalkyTiki May 20, 2026, 11:02:58
        
        There’s a natural limit to growth in the Sun Belt that they approaching. - illiniranger May 20, 2026, 11:16:23
        
        More are moving to suburban Cook, Will and NWI. - KingTalkyTiki May 20, 2026, 12:26:14
        
        Concur. They’re not all moving to the Sunbelt. - illiniranger May 20, 2026, 13:00:06
        
        nm - IlliniRunner May 20, 2026, 14:14:32
        
        Wonder if this trend will continue as southern states try to dismantle civil rights gains - IlliniRunner May 20, 2026, 14:13:29
        
        some people, but not really enough people* - torinese May 20, 2026, 14:15:02
        
        Just look at Raleigh - TarheelIllini May 20, 2026, 13:33:41
        
        No doubt. No argument there. - KingTalkyTiki May 20, 2026, 13:14:03
        
        Having lived in VERY rural South Carolina for seven years. - Stu May 20, 2026, 14:19:57
        
        Black guy walking down the street: - illiniranger May 20, 2026, 14:24:23
        
        You live in rural southern Illinois, right? Because that's not "the Midwest." That's Dixie. - complainant May 20, 2026, 19:23:10
        
        It’s a secret third thing. Midwest appalachia - illiniranger Yesterday, 6:13:49
        
        No, I don’t agree - illiniranger May 20, 2026, 14:10:30
        
        You know where I lived for nearly four years, right? - KingTalkyTiki May 20, 2026, 23:20:12
        
        there are a decent amount of people that prefer the "southern" racism over the "northern" racism. - torinese May 20, 2026, 14:26:16
        
        DINGDINGDING....Was saying this to LBK JUST THIS WEEK while watching the documentary I posted - KingTalkyTiki May 20, 2026, 23:22:43
        
        …or even Georgia outside Atlanta South. - DocWalk20 May 20, 2026, 13:41:55
        
        I lived in South Georgia, not like this at all. - illiniranger May 20, 2026, 14:15:01
        
        Could it also be that your perception of the racism is different - IlliniRunner May 20, 2026, 14:39:25
        
        No - illiniranger May 20, 2026, 14:59:38
        
        no one who has been around diverse populations thinks that racism is a one way street* - torinese May 20, 2026, 16:13:58
        
        Yeah, no shit - illiniranger May 20, 2026, 18:53:34
        
        the smug cloud eminating from you would make George Clooney jealous* - assassin May 20, 2026, 18:55:30
        
        Shack * - illiniranger May 20, 2026, 18:57:48
        
        lulz* - chorizo May 20, 2026, 15:12:14
        
        Fair enough. Just relaying one couples’ experience that was shared with me. - DocWalk20 May 20, 2026, 14:32:22
        
        i don't think chicago has done much intentional. there has been black migration from the city to the - torinese May 20, 2026, 12:04:09
        
        Slightly off topic, but one of the most striking parts of The Warmth of Other Suns… - DT May 20, 2026, 12:47:23
  - Seems like the perfect time for a remake of Amazing Grace and Chuck.* - Chuck Woodaby May 20, 2026, 10:21:12
  - In another 400 years or so, we should catch on.* - KingTalkyTiki May 20, 2026, 10:20:43
- Congrats to Tarbiz for getting a job at the NAACP!* - Chuck Woodaby May 20, 2026, 9:51:22
  - Please identify me as TarheelIllini, Showbiz doesn’t post here anymore - TarheelIllini May 20, 2026, 11:52:56
    - ok, tarbiz* - VIV May 20, 2026, 15:00:55
- Love it, but money talks.* - voiceofreason May 20, 2026, 9:43:49
  - This. All sounds great in principle, but when that specific athlete gets offered 70% more by said - UofIL6 May 20, 2026, 9:45:51
  - This. I'd love to pretend this would have an impact... - KingTalkyTiki May 20, 2026, 9:45:49
Barney Frank=Ed Martin* - Gene Parmesan May 20, 2026, 9:10:54
- Interesting interview with him last week in the NYT about his take on the current dem party: - Herman Blume May 20, 2026, 10:52:10
Let's go, Hawaii! - ghost_of_clt May 20, 2026, 8:39:12
- That article didn’t give much detail, so it’s hard to know what exactly is being done - DT May 20, 2026, 9:23:13
  - Anything is something and more than nothing :shrug - ghost_of_clt May 20, 2026, 10:10:02
Bye, bye Massie.* - gullit May 19, 2026, 21:11:28
- Meh. I remember his Christmas card. Good riddance. * - doubledown May 20, 2026, 8:23:24
  - It wasn't his Christmas card. Just an ill-advised tweet.* - Chuck Woodaby May 20, 2026, 8:51:36
  - The guy who won is much worse.* - Warrin'_Illini May 20, 2026, 8:31:05
- lost his job because he demanded the epstein files be released. what a world* - VIV May 20, 2026, 7:48:43
  - Do you also think Cori Bush and Jamaal Bowman lost their seats because of the Epstein files?* - Chuck Woodaby May 20, 2026, 9:26:59
    - I think Cori Bush wins the primary * - JacobRDaugherty May 20, 2026, 12:15:28
    - no* - VIV May 20, 2026, 9:42:51
      - Hmm... because they are black? - Chuck Woodaby May 20, 2026, 9:49:47
        
        no. - VIV May 20, 2026, 9:54:32
  - Entire party needs to be burnt to the ground* - reggiedunlop May 20, 2026, 9:21:34
    - It already has been. The issue is that the charred remains continue to be allowed to govern.* - Sammich May 20, 2026, 10:19:03
    - What this guy says.* - KingTalkyTiki May 20, 2026, 9:55:31
- Massie lost by 10,280 votes. His opponent got 10,854 mail in votes. - Mrap24 May 20, 2026, 7:43:46
- Great night to be a manufacturer of infant caskets. - Chuck Woodaby May 20, 2026, 0:27:39
- The new guy reminds me of a crazier Michael Flynn, so not really ideal.* - Toonces May 19, 2026, 22:37:46
- Now run as an independent * - assassin May 19, 2026, 21:47:10
  - Can't do it in Kentucky. - gullit May 20, 2026, 7:11:43
    - Too bad. * - assassin May 20, 2026, 11:10:34
Oh no Bari - Stu May 19, 2026, 20:24:12
Trump’s plan for Iran was to install President Business Casual after the war in Iran? - ATL May 19, 2026, 19:23:42
- Are they giving him the Lester Cowens treatment? - complainant May 20, 2026, 0:02:52
- oh.. ok apparently he wasn't killed? - ijustkrushalot May 19, 2026, 21:01:04
- There are so many crazy angles to this I don’t know where to begin.* - Toonces May 19, 2026, 20:52:55
- With the sleepy brown eyes, the butter pecan thighs, and the hairy butt? - KingTalkyTiki May 19, 2026, 20:48:09
  - Great skit.* - illiniranger May 19, 2026, 20:53:25
- I feel like the straight man partner in an 80’s comic action movie. - DT May 19, 2026, 20:24:37
Here’s something - Stu May 19, 2026, 17:48:36
FBI saying that the mosque shooters had been 'radicalized' - ATL May 19, 2026, 16:19:39
Here’s something - Stu May 19, 2026, 16:11:08
- Cooper will win, you can out serious money on it* - TarheelIllini May 19, 2026, 18:43:16
Even by JD Vance standards this is a crazy ass statement - Sounder May 19, 2026, 14:30:10
- Is it worse than him imploring people to "vote out the crazy leadership in DC"? - Warrin'_Illini May 19, 2026, 16:50:12
  - that guy is a smudge of turd on the lip of the toilet seat. - memyselfandillini May 19, 2026, 22:28:40
- He’s an unctuous little parasite. * - doubledown May 19, 2026, 15:13:11
- "protest"* - Herman Blume May 19, 2026, 14:31:09
lawtalkers...the anti-weaponization fund has a new document posted today - Nobster May 19, 2026, 11:53:23
- Media outlets credulously reporting on this bullshit is fucking infuriating. - doubledown May 19, 2026, 19:37:52
- and then there's this little tidbit - Sounder May 19, 2026, 14:12:58
  - yeah...that's what i posted. it was dated today and it is a blanket covering any tax crime* - Nobster May 19, 2026, 20:13:43
  - yeah...that's what i posted. it was dated today and it is a blanket covering any tax crime* - Nobster May 19, 2026, 20:13:40
  - Carries about the same legal weight as a letter to Santa Claus. * - doubledown May 19, 2026, 14:16:47
- Blanche loves to cuck. real DOJ would never - memyselfandillini May 19, 2026, 13:53:45
- Not a lawtalker, but administrations can't unilaterally bind future administrations. - doubledown May 19, 2026, 13:36:36
- The actions of Pam Bondi/Kash Patel/Todd Blanche juxtaposed with the creation of this fund - Sounder May 19, 2026, 13:28:46
lawtalkers...the anti-weaponization fund has a new document posted today - Nobster May 19, 2026, 11:53:15
LOL, Trump endorses John Paxton in TX Senate race. Excellent.* - Carl Spackler May 19, 2026, 11:46:07
- Please let him win* - Sounder May 19, 2026, 13:26:47
- Ken Cornyn will be sad* - assassin May 19, 2026, 12:19:09
  - Polymarkets now have Talarico favored to win* - Sounder May 19, 2026, 13:54:27
- Well Wennington is Canadian so he’s ineligible.* - SurfTheBoneyard May 19, 2026, 11:51:08
  - Explain Ted Cruz then.* - Warrin'_Illini May 19, 2026, 11:53:27
  - Same with Kukoc* - UofIL6 May 19, 2026, 11:51:56
Big day for Thomas Massie. Hopefully he can fend off Trump's handpicked AIPAC stooge.* - Warrin'_Illini May 19, 2026, 11:24:05
- I have some bad news….* - Toonces May 19, 2026, 19:01:06
No discussion of the mosque shooting? Once again a parent is responsible for not securing her weapon - ATL May 19, 2026, 11:21:35
- The video of the SD Mayor getting his ass publicly handed to him was *chef's kiss* - KingTalkyTiki May 19, 2026, 11:42:03
  - I've always found the San Diego Republican Military culture to be super weird* - Sounder May 19, 2026, 13:29:56
    - Well you got a lot of Marines who always tend to make it a bit weird - KingTalkyTiki May 19, 2026, 13:43:05
      - Don't get me started on military personnel who still support Trump* - Sounder May 19, 2026, 13:48:21
  - Didn’t see that. About what?* - ATL May 19, 2026, 12:38:03
    - Here - KingTalkyTiki May 19, 2026, 13:32:17
Ironic incompetence - larue33 May 19, 2026, 8:48:40
- If that was used as a counterexample in a security training class, it would be dismissed as - doubledown May 19, 2026, 10:35:41
- how does the author not reference DOGE directly?* - torinese May 19, 2026, 9:20:50
ATL, you're never going to believe this story. - complainant May 19, 2026, 7:52:28
- Those Republicans sure do love them kids! - KingTalkyTiki May 19, 2026, 8:48:04
- Oh boy, peds!!!* - Stu May 19, 2026, 8:04:19
30 year bond at highest since 1999* - Stu May 19, 2026, 4:26:11
- trump gonna get tamed by the bond market. bessent can't save him.* - cpsteine May 19, 2026, 11:34:13
- Every second it goes a little higher* - CoronaTheirAss May 19, 2026, 7:26:44
  - TWSS* - ATL May 19, 2026, 8:43:31
Nm* - Stu May 19, 2026, 4:25:54
Nm* - Stu May 19, 2026, 4:25:50
Nm* - Stu May 19, 2026, 4:25:44
Today’s hands - ATL May 18, 2026, 17:12:02
- Fucking ghoulish, the other hand is RFK* - Sounder May 18, 2026, 18:46:00
  - Or Red Skull.* - SurfTheBoneyard May 18, 2026, 19:35:58
Nationals ban the fan who unfurled the white supremacist banner - ATL May 18, 2026, 17:06:42
- I assume Trump will throw him some of the $1.7B for the horrible persecution * - DT May 18, 2026, 18:33:14
- doubtful it was a fan in the first place* - assassin May 18, 2026, 17:10:08
  - Yeah, MAGAts hate baseball. - complainant May 18, 2026, 17:29:58
    - I hold nothing personally against baseball - Sounder May 19, 2026, 14:25:35
    - MMA now America's Pastime - KingTalkyTiki May 18, 2026, 18:01:32
      - Rome’s downfall lasted centuries. We're speed running that mfer * - DT May 18, 2026, 18:34:01
        
        when would you say it started? hanging chad day?* - memyselfandillini May 18, 2026, 19:20:55
        
        Citizens United. * - assassin May 18, 2026, 21:20:27
        
        plenty of warning signs and cracks, but I’d say the invasion of Iraq - DT May 18, 2026, 20:15:33
        
        the Bush Jr / Cheney / WMD one? We really didn’t know what we didn’t know* - memyselfandillini May 19, 2026, 7:36:51
        
        When the GOP conspired with the Iranian hostage takers, realizing that they could - doubledown May 18, 2026, 19:27:55
        
        oooh, good answer* - torinese May 19, 2026, 6:48:25
        
        In my mind, the chain of events began with the downfall of the Shah. - Stu May 18, 2026, 19:24:41
        
        please explain...the other responses i have good context on* - torinese May 19, 2026, 6:24:20
      - I almost feel bad for NASCAR as they pine for the attention MLB and NFL gain from White Nationalism. - complainant May 18, 2026, 18:13:47
        
        at this point Inthink they’d take LGbTQs attention. That era seems done* - memyselfandillini May 18, 2026, 19:22:06
So disgusting to hear him talk about insurrectionists like this - UofIL6 May 18, 2026, 16:57:39
- "I know very little about it" is the new "a lot of people are saying." It means he's the architect.* - complainant May 18, 2026, 18:31:53
- He's gotta send a message that people committing treason on his behalf will be compensated. * - doubledown May 18, 2026, 16:59:07
  - Exactly. If you commit crimes for me, you will be pardoned and paid* - snipes824 May 18, 2026, 17:13:53
  - ...and prime the pump for the coup in 2029 - KingTalkyTiki May 18, 2026, 17:04:28
major attack coming tomorrow - assassin May 18, 2026, 16:44:02
- On Minneapolis?* - ATL May 18, 2026, 17:02:17
- We need a name. Maybe "Operation Hot Mother"* - shua May 18, 2026, 16:50:56
  - Let's try to top that* - Sammich May 18, 2026, 17:12:50

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