The Deuce: Usually it's Dow causing the cancer. *

Political thread for week of May 25th - TarheelIllini May 25, 2026, 13:49:39

Literally, quite literally a cult… - LeatherneckIllini Today, 8:01:30
- Won't be ready on time and will actually be a $1000 bill. * - doubledown Today, 8:11:30
- why did they give him bed head? - Sammich Today, 8:05:10
Trump's personal attorney opens revenge investigation into the woman Trump sexually assaulted. - doubledown Today, 6:37:32
Hey we are bombing Iran again - Stu Yesterday, 20:34:55
- Bomb-bomb-bomb bomb-bomb Iran* - illini21 Today, 7:14:53
Cold-blooded stuff here - take their scholarship and bash then in your acceptance speech. - OB25 Yesterday, 19:37:44
- That is pretty fantastic* - UofIL6 Yesterday, 23:09:50
So Trump threatened to blow up Oman today - Stu Yesterday, 18:39:00
- It would be a shame if one of these countries assassinated him* - Sounder Yesterday, 18:45:27
  - He looks worse than most nursing home residents - Stu Yesterday, 19:20:14
    - Oh, for sure, he looks awful - Sounder Yesterday, 19:30:54
Board of Peace has no money - ATL Yesterday, 17:30:12
Pam Bondi has thyroid cancer, but it's ok... - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 14:47:59
- Usually it's Dow causing the cancer. * - VIV Yesterday, 15:29:19
- Or vice versa.* - SurfTheBoneyard Yesterday, 15:26:03
- Hey me too! And they can't find where it metastasized to! But I'm happy because NVIDIA* - Stu Yesterday, 14:57:53
  - Damn good luck * - MC Yesterday, 16:45:51
  - Dude! - TarheelIllini Yesterday, 15:47:53
- LOL* - KCWildcat Yesterday, 14:50:22
Your biannual dose of Texas Democratic hopium. This hopium feels a bit stronger than recent past? - Carl Spackler Yesterday, 13:26:25
- slightly better than mopium. “prepare for the nut punch”* - memyselfandillini Yesterday, 18:33:42
- 42% Talarico* - Stu Yesterday, 17:56:28
- After the "Harris is leading in Iowa" thing in '24, I will never trust a poll. - tvillini Yesterday, 15:33:07
- makes no difference - Sammich Yesterday, 15:13:54
- I know it feels like fool's gold, - Sounder Yesterday, 14:51:11
  - this is still texas, right?* - VIV Yesterday, 15:06:56
    - Cruz only beat Beto 50.9% to 48.3% in 2018 - Sounder Yesterday, 15:12:21
      - Yeah, results should be interesting. The economy was good and gas was cheap in 2018. - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 15:36:37
        
        Historicaly, Presidents take too much credit - Sounder Yesterday, 15:39:40
      - Beto was supposed to be the golden boy and Ted Cruz is as unlikeable as Ted Cruz - VIV Yesterday, 15:24:19
        
        Paxton was impeached by his own party* - Sounder Yesterday, 15:37:45
        
        Beto wore a dress.* - complainant Today, 0:38:57
- I don't trust Texans. - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 14:14:52
- Upgraded from impossible to improbable. * - assassin Yesterday, 13:58:06
- i'll believe it when i see it. it's still texas* - VIV Yesterday, 13:38:24
  - Same. Although it really does seem like many Texas Republicans don't like Paxton. - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 14:43:26
    - My brother-in-law is a Christian Republican who is all-in on Talarico. - JacobRDaugherty Yesterday, 15:15:07
      - I'm a raging atheist, so take my thoughts with a grain of salt - Sounder Yesterday, 15:20:30
        
        People forget/underestimate the effect of Jimmy Carter's evangelical Christianity on the '76 race. - complainant Today, 0:18:59
    - I don't see Republicans voting for Talarico, but I do see them choosing to stay home* - Sounder Yesterday, 14:51:59
  - *Lucy smirks and beckons to the football** - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 14:17:13
Sounds like Sleepy Joe might have bribed Todd Blanche - ATL Yesterday, 12:24:28
Maybe the only good thing about the Trump era is that American Christianity keeps making it obvious - reggiedunlop Yesterday, 11:23:39
An All-Star lineup - larue33 Yesterday, 10:11:13
- Young MC: I'm out! - KingTalkyTiki Today, 1:06:08
- So nobody who has cracked the top - memyselfandillini Yesterday, 18:38:23
- Morris Day and the Time are not performing, contrary to rumor - assassin Yesterday, 17:18:42
- You know it’s a big act when they have to specify their one song when listing them. - OB25 Yesterday, 12:43:53
- Well they are billing it as a state fair… - SurfTheBoneyard Yesterday, 10:47:43
  - lol state fairs have better acts than this* - ECEIllinois Yesterday, 12:36:52
  - Befitting the nation equivalent of a state fair act - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 11:08:06
  - which is also friggin dumb - Sammich Yesterday, 10:56:03
    - Imagine what this lineup would be with a non-toxic President in charge* - Sounder Yesterday, 15:23:28
- Perfect, just perfect.* - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 10:31:55
  - Can’t wait for the next time Pearl Jam is at Wrigley!* - memester Yesterday, 11:31:25
    - oOo - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 14:30:50
  - were kid rock and the nuge busy?* - VIV Yesterday, 10:44:34
    - Note the 4th isn't covered, they are the headliners* - Sounder Yesterday, 15:19:17
- that is a sad lineup* - VIV Yesterday, 10:31:34
- Would be funny if Vanilla Ice didn’t play Ice Ice Baby in his set - DT Yesterday, 10:21:27
- "pop duo Milli Vanilli" - Sammich Yesterday, 10:18:28
  - Yeah, Vanilli's been dead damn near 30 years. - complainant Yesterday, 12:48:07
Looks like the antisemitic republican running in the democratic primary in Texas lost - ATL Yesterday, 6:45:01
- But the antisemitic, racist candidate for Railroad Commissioner won the Republican primary, - larue33 Yesterday, 7:13:05
Al Greene goes down. One of the olds I wanted to win.* - Toonces May 26, 2026, 20:35:49
- How can you mend a broken electorate?* - Sounder Yesterday, 6:55:20
Paxton gonna blow out Cornyn in Texas* - Carl Spackler May 26, 2026, 19:58:03
- Nobody does dumb quite like Texas. * - doubledown Yesterday, 7:29:25
  - *Florida enters the chat. * - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 14:31:27
- What a cuck - RVA May 26, 2026, 20:41:12
  - Three months ago this spineless cuck told Paxton it’d be hard to run for Senate from prison - assassin May 26, 2026, 21:19:45
- I kind of love the name Talafrico. Glad he beat asshat Crockett.* - Toonces May 26, 2026, 20:26:18
  - he's a VEGAN!!!!!!!* - VIV Yesterday, 10:29:28
    - AND TRANSGENDERED.* - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 12:46:22
Trump publicly admits to studying the penises of children - ATL May 26, 2026, 18:58:08
- To be fair to Trump, RFKJ told him he could choose between hearing about circumcision or - doubledown May 26, 2026, 19:02:56
Israeli citizen arrested a second time for illegal biolabs and weapons seems the kinda person - assassin May 26, 2026, 15:20:16
SC Senate rejects gerrymandering proposal - ATL May 26, 2026, 13:16:14
- At this point it feels obvious that 2026 and 2028 will be coup attempts* - Sounder May 26, 2026, 13:29:23
  - Will never cease to be amazing to me that how many of my fellow white men... - KingTalkyTiki May 26, 2026, 14:05:37
    - dotz - Sounder May 26, 2026, 14:50:43
    - you don't know enough white men* - torinese May 26, 2026, 14:42:18
      - Nit: I think he chooses to not spend his time with white men who are huge pieces of shit* - Sounder May 26, 2026, 15:06:04
        
        Hell yeah, brother.* - KingTalkyTiki May 26, 2026, 15:18:21
      - Oh, I'm sure women and minorities are not surprised at all. - KingTalkyTiki May 26, 2026, 14:46:21
        
        It never ceases to amaze me how particularly shitty Trump always is to female persons of color - Sounder May 26, 2026, 14:51:25
        
        why should he have to now? it's not getting him canceled* - torinese May 26, 2026, 14:55:06
        
        I mean, in a better world, a basic level of human decency is required to be President* - Sounder May 26, 2026, 14:57:28
        
        NIT: In a better country. - KingTalkyTiki May 26, 2026, 15:04:50
    - Read these two tweets, they are on point and kind of depressing - Sounder May 26, 2026, 14:12:37
      - Please don't make me go to Twitter.* - KingTalkyTiki May 26, 2026, 14:21:50
        
        Here is a copy and paste - Sounder May 26, 2026, 14:30:43
        
        Thanks.* - KingTalkyTiki May 26, 2026, 15:07:17
  - He has virtually no support. And many of his proclaimed supporters would be thrilled to dump him.* - Stu May 26, 2026, 13:42:41
    - We shall see. Fool me twice.* - Sounder May 26, 2026, 13:48:38
Tastes like chicken. - complainant May 26, 2026, 10:01:11
- He clearly got bitten multiple times* - Sounder May 26, 2026, 11:20:39
  - Just pour some raw milk on it. * - doubledown May 26, 2026, 12:08:05
- This guy surviving to adulthood just proves that evolution no longer works on humans. * - doubledown May 26, 2026, 10:07:37
- is getting bitten by snakes part of MAHA?* - VIV May 26, 2026, 10:04:28
  - It's a cure for Ebola. Which reminds me ... - complainant May 26, 2026, 10:17:21
    - I don't subscribe to Forbes. Are we cooked, chat? - VIV May 26, 2026, 10:20:54
      - Make Congo Great Again truthers are burning down treatment centers.* - complainant May 26, 2026, 10:27:54
      - does Ebola still kill too quickly to effectively spread itself? - Sammich May 26, 2026, 10:26:02
        
        It depends on whether your relatives steal your infectious corpse from the CDC isolation tent. - complainant May 26, 2026, 10:29:58
This is so embarrassing. - doubledown May 26, 2026, 8:43:51
- The only way I would watch: - KingTalkyTiki May 26, 2026, 14:47:06
- I honestly thought this was a joke/trial balloon when it was first reported - TarheelIllini May 26, 2026, 14:34:32
- I've been wrong a lot. but this seems like something that will turn a lot of people off no? - John Coctostan May 26, 2026, 13:27:43
  - I'm legit not sure that the unwashed masses are even paying attention anymore - Sounder May 26, 2026, 13:36:19
  - possibly, but it might also get some people back into the fold* - Sammich May 26, 2026, 13:33:56
    - Honest question, how popular is MMA, I have absolutely no idea - Sounder May 26, 2026, 13:37:20
      - more popular than boxing, less popular than WWE* - Sammich May 26, 2026, 14:23:34
        
        How does to compare to NASCAR?* - Sounder May 26, 2026, 14:36:30
        
        Pretty sure NASCAR has plummeted in popularity. * - haighter May 26, 2026, 18:31:34
- oOo - KingTalkyTiki May 26, 2026, 11:27:20
- Thankfully this won’t encourage additional violence that aids his case for a ballroom….* - PapaDels May 26, 2026, 10:46:33
  - oh, we'll keep getting "attempts" as long as support is low for the ballroom - VIV Yesterday, 15:28:43
- Human cock fighting on the white house lawn on rhe president’s birthday* - Sounder May 26, 2026, 9:54:21
  - Honestly kind of fitting. This is even being helmed by non-political person Dana White so - Warrin'_Illini May 26, 2026, 10:30:05
    - it is refreshing that they chose to keep politics out of this White House spectacle* - Sammich May 26, 2026, 10:35:16
- Human cock fighting on the white house lawn on rhe president’s birthday* - Sounder May 26, 2026, 9:54:20
- Is this for the MMA thing?* - Warrin'_Illini May 26, 2026, 8:51:23
  - Or they’re turning it into a Six Flags. * - doubledown May 26, 2026, 9:07:14
    - I’ll pass on the Trump themed waterpark ride.* - DT May 26, 2026, 9:31:10
      - grab a tube and hop in the Yellow River* - Sammich May 26, 2026, 10:06:45
      - Definitely avoid that. You just keep sliding forever. - doubledown May 26, 2026, 9:59:52
    - Maybe they're making a mini-version of "The Machine" from Contact. - Warrin'_Illini May 26, 2026, 9:12:50
      - I'm sure nothing bad will happen if Trump travels through time and space - ijustkrushalot May 26, 2026, 9:16:25
        
        LOL.* - Warrin'_Illini May 26, 2026, 9:22:21
      - they should have sent a BJJ master* - Sammich May 26, 2026, 9:13:26
When you've lost Newsmax - ATL May 26, 2026, 8:36:11
- Quiet, Pigott* - VIV May 26, 2026, 9:20:07
  - It's unfortunate that he's so porcine in aspect. - complainant May 26, 2026, 9:46:28
- only Trump could hold all the cards and still fail to show a Strait flush* - Sammich May 26, 2026, 9:07:39
Oil down 5% on the headline of a proposed deal, even if it doesn't seem imminent* - UofIL6 May 25, 2026, 22:11:02
- Its really amazing how they’ve manipulated the market and the market keeps falling for it - Mrap24 May 25, 2026, 22:54:24
Hey we just attacked Iran again - Stu May 25, 2026, 20:17:04
- They must have sold stock first* - KCWildcat May 25, 2026, 20:59:26
- Reset the “excursion” clock! I wonder what we’ll call this one. * - VIV May 25, 2026, 20:57:53
- Another alpha move destined to get results * - assassin May 25, 2026, 20:30:41
Here's something - Stu May 25, 2026, 14:27:36
- They’ll still vote against their interests - TarheelIllini May 25, 2026, 15:05:59
  - Well as long as transsexuals can't play in women's sports..." - Stu May 25, 2026, 15:47:49
    - six genders* - Sounder May 25, 2026, 16:13:34
      - Cis-gingers* - WhitmansFolly May 25, 2026, 16:58:26
  - Maybe. But I also noted there was virtually no Trump stuff at the race yesterday. - tvillini May 25, 2026, 15:11:02

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