The Deuce: I think Leon Panetta got caught for something similar and got more of a slap on the wrist

Week of June 22. Maybe it will happen this week. *

- doubledown June 22, 2026, 7:31:29

I guess Trump doesn't know that a US passport is not a US visa - ECEIllinois Yesterday, 18:42:58
- Fuck me - TarheelIllini Yesterday, 21:02:50
  - Unless you’re getting it in person in DC you’re fine * - assassin Yesterday, 22:03:30
    - Whew* - TarheelIllini Today, 5:38:24
The Zohran's old online username was leaked. - gvibes Yesterday, 16:05:18
- quite the contrast with Platner. A rent freeze is still idiotic though* - ECEIllinois Yesterday, 17:18:31
- meanwhile, someone else filed a fake CPS claim against Mayor Pete - assassin Yesterday, 16:07:37
  - I realize CPS has to lean toward viewing allegations as credible, - larue33 Yesterday, 17:24:28
    - big difference in credibility between anon reports, i'd wager* - assassin Yesterday, 17:28:57
A visibly melting president is asleep again - assassin Yesterday, 14:59:46
- One day he won’t wake up and they’ll ’Weekend at Bernie’s’ him/us* - TarheelIllini Yesterday, 21:07:36
- Count Orlock looks pretty drowsy, too. - complainant Yesterday, 19:39:18
- I’m not sure whether to laugh or cry. Maybe both?… - DocWalk20 Yesterday, 16:30:28
- (autocomplete)* - illinibone Yesterday, 15:40:37
Trump’s H1B visa crackdown is hurting the Dallas housing market - ATL Yesterday, 12:07:00
- It’s almost as if actions have (likely unintended and completely unconsidered) consequences* - DocWalk20 Yesterday, 12:41:20
  - Actually isn't this one of the GOP's stated reasons for getting rid of immigrants? - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 13:52:56
    - That was their supposed reason for getting rid of *illegal* immigrants. - MojoJojo Yesterday, 13:54:13
      - Yea...but hard pressed to find a ton of folks lining up to defend the way H1B has been exploited... - haighter Yesterday, 14:28:36
        
        It’s bad for the immigrant as much ans anybody else. * - ATL Yesterday, 14:29:50
        
        I'd say even worse. You basically have someone here with indentured servitude. * - haighter Yesterday, 16:24:30
        
        Yes And there’s also employer fraud where lawyers craft job descriptions to ensure only - ATL Yesterday, 16:39:44
        
        I just know at Oracle (some 15-20 years ago)....whenever we'd get large implementation projects... - haighter Yesterday, 16:47:47
        
        And Larry Ellison is first in line to exploit the antipathy towards H1B workers.* - ATL Yesterday, 16:50:20
- well, that was the plan. it made the houses cheaper!* - assassin Yesterday, 12:07:54
Must be close to the weekend. War’s about to be back on - John Coctostan Yesterday, 11:33:09
- reports of explosions in Southern Iran - assassin Yesterday, 15:21:17
  - Centcom issued a statement saying "We opened a can of whoopass. We think this intimidates them"* - Stu Yesterday, 15:42:57
  - Neato* - Stu Yesterday, 15:38:43
Ukraine really ramping up drone attacks. Seems to be targeting Crimea + oil production specifically. - Carl Spackler Yesterday, 9:54:00
Yet another Trump advisor pleads guilty to a crime - ATL Yesterday, 8:13:55
- I'm in favor of normalizing people going to jail for retaining classified materials. - doubledown Yesterday, 8:42:38
  - I'd be interested to see comps for this particular infraction. - Sammich Yesterday, 9:12:28
    - I think Leon Panetta got caught for something similar and got more of a slap on the wrist - DT Yesterday, 9:59:18
  - Same* - ATL Yesterday, 8:59:05
- I dunno, maybe just do something at the time, instead of saving it for a book* - RVA Yesterday, 8:26:57
LOL they have a TEMU version of Trump's proposed arch at that State Fair thing they're putting on - ECEIllinois June 25, 2026, 18:07:43
- Man that’s so bad I wouldn’t have put it up at all * - illini June 25, 2026, 20:07:59
  - Is it too late to organize a troupe of dwarves?* - complainant June 25, 2026, 23:14:32
    - Markwayne, Marco and Kash are already there * - ATL Yesterday, 7:59:04
    - Too little, too late.* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes Yesterday, 7:55:48
- ooo - KingTalkyTiki June 25, 2026, 20:00:54
- STONEHENGE!* - SurfTheBoneyard June 25, 2026, 19:14:59
  - IN THE TIME OF THE ANCIENT DRUIDS * - memyselfandillini Yesterday, 9:43:38
  - 18”* - ATL June 25, 2026, 23:47:41
- and WTF is this? - ECEIllinois June 25, 2026, 18:31:01
  - the Angel Captain America of Liberty* - assassin June 25, 2026, 18:38:34
    - 3d printed AI slop* - memyselfandillini Yesterday, 9:44:39
- Trump wanted to add his fist to the arch - Sounder June 25, 2026, 18:25:58
JD Vance now bravely Pro-Nixon - assassin June 25, 2026, 16:52:50
- P diddy too* - John Coctostan June 25, 2026, 18:11:00
DC peeps, did you see the B2 flyover Wednesday around 7PM - memyselfandillini June 25, 2026, 16:08:52
- Didn't know about it; did see the shuttle / 747 combo in 2012* - Potomac June 25, 2026, 18:22:15
- Yes, right over my yard.* - Tortillini June 25, 2026, 18:20:08
- I saw something before the Nats game at around 635 - timmer June 25, 2026, 18:14:37
These are the same people that ridicule the Texas candidate for not being masculine enough. - OB25 June 25, 2026, 14:48:32
- If you put glasses on Talarico - Sounder June 25, 2026, 15:53:30
I'd never seen this quote by Ben Franklin on the great threat of immigrants - ATL June 25, 2026, 14:19:38
- germans kind of got the last laugh there* - torinese June 25, 2026, 14:55:49
  - Yep. Their buggies are snarling traffic all over South Central PA* - ATL June 25, 2026, 15:11:38
- "We have always been at war with Fremd High School"* - shua June 25, 2026, 14:38:58
- palatine is occupied by unwashed masses. Mt Prospect is well refined in comparison* - Phytynlini June 25, 2026, 14:21:58
  - I dated a girl from Palatine at UIUC and I can't say I disagree* - ATL June 25, 2026, 14:22:37
    - Did you wear deoderent?* - Stu June 25, 2026, 15:44:23
      - Yes. And I can even spell it correctly.* - ATL June 25, 2026, 16:56:24
        
        Most of the time, anyhow.* - complainant June 25, 2026, 18:30:59
        
        I was making a comment about the drying out of the Oder river * - ATL June 25, 2026, 20:25:44
    - I met a girl from Palatine on the slopes of Devils Head. #playadays* - Phytynlini June 25, 2026, 14:24:03
- Seems like he just didn’t care for Germans* - DocWalk20 June 25, 2026, 14:21:17
Iran attacked a random cargo ship. Yay!* - Stu June 25, 2026, 14:09:20
Disturbing sexual harassment headline on cnbc - Stu June 25, 2026, 12:07:48
- When you're a star, they let you do it* - UofIL6 June 25, 2026, 12:11:20
They got another person to perform at the Freedom concert: Alexis Wilkins! Who is she you ask? - KingTalkyTiki June 24, 2026, 16:26:41
- Maybe they can get Lara to croak out I Won't Back Down. * - doubledown June 24, 2026, 16:49:21
Toddler in chief appears to be refusing to sign the bipartisan housing bill just passed - ATL June 24, 2026, 9:36:13
- I mean it’s his one chance to get some credit for doing something that actually might be good. - Herman Blume June 24, 2026, 10:10:21
- Good. He doesn’t do anything and it becomes law in a week* - LeatherneckIllini June 24, 2026, 9:59:10
- “It’s an emergency” has been the excuse for every fucking lawless thing this regime has shit out - Jackie June 24, 2026, 9:50:32
  - You want an emergency? I’ll give you an emergency! - Tortillini June 24, 2026, 9:54:27
    - Emergency! was my favorite TV show when I was 4 or 5. We even had the board game.* - DT June 24, 2026, 9:58:54
      - Same, and I’m pretty sure we did too* - TarheelIllini June 25, 2026, 13:33:49
      - *points and fingers* - Tuscy June 24, 2026, 14:30:45
- Not worth helping the country if you can't remove some voting rights at the same time* - UofIL6 June 24, 2026, 9:47:48
Looks like the Hegseth's battle against inoculations is going as well as Trumnp's war on Iran - ATL June 24, 2026, 7:38:07
- I mean this was just so incredibly stupid from the jump. - KingTalkyTiki June 24, 2026, 15:01:49
- Seems like an American warrior entrusted to defend this nation shouldn’t be scared of a needle* - Herman Blume June 24, 2026, 10:07:42
The Chevalier lady seems really terrible* - ECEIllinois June 23, 2026, 22:26:43
- Ugh* - reggiedunlop June 23, 2026, 23:41:30
- Mamdani and DSA doing work. Love it* - HeatMizer June 23, 2026, 22:59:26
NY12 - AP declares Micah Lasher the winner. Kennedy scion and Republican George Conway each earned - complainant June 23, 2026, 21:21:11
NY10 - Dan Goldman - OUT, Brad Lander - IN - complainant June 23, 2026, 20:29:21
Welcome to Walmart Nuclear Energy Corp - Stu June 23, 2026, 17:55:41
Trump still confuses political asylum with mental asylums. - ATL June 23, 2026, 17:07:27
Jesus Christ this guy, this might be the best sir story of all time - Sounder June 23, 2026, 15:49:56
- he's at least bi-curious* - ECEIllinois June 23, 2026, 23:36:26
- If he was funny (generally he not so much), he should have gone into comedy - TarheelIllini June 23, 2026, 16:01:14
  - You can't be a comedian with zero self awareness* - Sounder June 23, 2026, 17:15:27
While everybody's distracted by the gross reflecting pool, we should be reminded DJT is a pedophile - ATL June 23, 2026, 13:39:42
- We know all of these things, we can hold two thoughts at the same time - Sounder June 23, 2026, 13:43:33
  - Not his 30%* - TarheelIllini June 23, 2026, 16:01:41
No one actually believe this happened, do they? - Sounder June 23, 2026, 10:47:28
- Pay no mind to my entourage driving SUVs over the fresh paint before we refilled it* - PapaDels June 23, 2026, 22:34:44
- More people have been arrested for allegedly messing with the reflecting pool - GrandmotherPearlsJam June 23, 2026, 17:45:56
- I can almost understand the opportunists who don't care that he lies with every breath... - KingTalkyTiki June 23, 2026, 13:23:02
- The media should just start every report with ‘the president, who has lied - TarheelIllini June 23, 2026, 12:09:38
- There is a small group of people who actually do - biclops June 23, 2026, 11:57:26
- of course they do* - OrangeSox June 23, 2026, 11:12:28
- This time they actually do want Four Seasons Total Landscaping* - RVA June 23, 2026, 10:57:12
- Unfortunately about 30% of the US pop.* - Warrin'_Illini June 23, 2026, 10:52:47
- that area is under 24/7 surveillance. should be pretty easy to show this, right?* - VIV June 23, 2026, 10:52:20
  - Profoundly* - opossum jenkins June 23, 2026, 13:40:33
- Donald Trump is a huge gash. * - doubledown June 23, 2026, 10:50:01
  - very underrated slang term* - Sounder June 23, 2026, 13:28:51
Trump might be taking retatrutide under the compassionate use exception? - ECEIllinois June 23, 2026, 10:38:13
- So it doesn't work? * - doubledown June 23, 2026, 10:49:07
- I call it "the fat drug"* - Sounder June 23, 2026, 10:48:20
BOA says inflation deteriorating, forecasts three interest rate increase in 2026 - Stu June 22, 2026, 19:17:20
- Moar inflation? Isn't Trump's guy now the Fed chair? He will do as he is told.* - Warrin'_Illini June 23, 2026, 10:41:54
- This is my shocked face* - timmer June 22, 2026, 19:50:55
We really need two new senators from New York - larue33 June 22, 2026, 17:20:11
- God she is a piece of shit* - cpsteine Yesterday, 1:45:44
- Yep, she’s awful.* - Toonces June 22, 2026, 18:03:28
  - hi jeff!* - Ari Gold June 22, 2026, 18:18:09
Trump: The Strait is Totally Open - ATL June 22, 2026, 15:10:38
- Do you think Trump is familiar with the Boy Who Cried Wolf? - Sounder June 22, 2026, 15:17:05
  - I think he is familiar with how stupid and/or compliant Republicans are. * - doubledown June 22, 2026, 15:18:50
    - At this point, why wouldn’t you take advantage of people this stupid?* - shua June 22, 2026, 17:51:41
Video of a shooting with a camouflaged gunman in downtown Montreal… - OB25 June 22, 2026, 14:53:25
- She sure did - illini21 June 22, 2026, 15:03:35
  - Why did they get the dumbest English speaker in Quebec to narrate the action? - complainant June 22, 2026, 15:25:02
    - EDIT: Report is 2 dead + gunman - ijustkrushalot June 22, 2026, 16:04:10
it's now legal for us companies to import iranian oil and pay iran in dollars - John Coctostan June 22, 2026, 13:01:06
- We're probably only a few days away from Trump giving Iran a nuclear weapon in exchange - doubledown June 22, 2026, 13:08:30
Other countries finally respect us again - RVA June 22, 2026, 9:40:06
Trump now draining the reflecting pool for repairs. Damage was totally caused by vandals. - gvibes June 22, 2026, 8:49:51
- This article is a perfect example of how the media has completely failed in properly covering Trump* - biclops June 22, 2026, 15:16:59
  - I agree - Sammich June 22, 2026, 15:45:36
- the "vandals" bit explains why they sent national guard to the pool - VIV June 22, 2026, 9:07:23
- One vandal in particular. * - doubledown June 22, 2026, 8:51:43
The Iran War makes a very clean bookend with the first Gulf War - DT June 22, 2026, 8:43:06
Where in the world is Stu Pediego? - Stu June 22, 2026, 8:32:08

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