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He's the Muslim man version of Elizabeth Warren. No Pocahontas controversy but unfortunately

Posted by Warrin'_Illini

on August 12, 2026, 13:06:30, in reply to "Policy wise, I like him more than the NYC mayor"

is also a Michigan grad, but that skeleton is already out of the closet.

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He’s more a regulated capitalist than a democratic socialist

Forget about it cuh

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Week of August 10 Current Events Thread. Strait’s closed. Moose out front shoulda toldya. - ATL August 10, 2026, 05:50:44

Good fucking riddance Karoline, you horrible bitch. - Stu Yesterday, 17:21:01
- Truth* - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 19:07:30
So US sailors are trying to jump off a carrier that won't make a port call? - RVA Yesterday, 17:00:01
- As someone on the bsky noted, we haven’t had a Secretary of Defense fragged by his own troops yet - IlliniRunner Yesterday, 17:47:45
- Navy says it won’t acknowledge increase in suicide attempts - Stu Yesterday, 17:22:51
Maybe we now know why they wheeled the android out a couple days ago. KKKaroline stepping down. - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 16:51:09
Good to see Fox News is trying to help sufferers of an epidemic.... - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 16:22:09
Let's talk about Standing - complainant Yesterday, 13:18:01
- A better demonstration of actual harm would probably be the counterparty to any trade made with - doubledown Yesterday, 13:31:55
- in the place where we live?* - assassin Yesterday, 13:19:01
  - Now face north.* - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 13:20:46
    - That might be more interesting than determining whether a media organization - complainant Yesterday, 13:28:09
    - if you are confused - Sammich Yesterday, 13:27:05
      - Similarly - complainant Yesterday, 13:55:33
I’m not a democratic socialist but I like this ad for the Michigan guy - ATL Yesterday, 12:27:33
- Great ad* - UofIL6 Yesterday, 14:25:05
- This, however, is not it - ECEIllinois Yesterday, 14:05:26
  - Maybe Senate seats should be awarded via Oklahoma drill.* - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 14:25:13
  - Why? I think it's exactly the right tone to take with a bully.* - ATL Yesterday, 14:18:54
  - eh...you apparently haven't met the mouth breathers that think bravado shows - Nobster Yesterday, 14:18:53
    - El Sayed was the captain of his HS football, wrestling and lacrosse teams. - ATL Yesterday, 14:20:56
- I'm DSA-curious and I too like that ad.* - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 13:28:48
- I have more confidence in him than the average DSA candidate* - ECEIllinois Yesterday, 13:16:24
  - Everyone in MI, WI and MN seem to be playing nice. Just Jasmine Crockett as the outlier. - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 13:33:29
- Policy wise, I like him more than the NYC mayor - TarheelIllini Yesterday, 13:02:07
  - Which policies? * - doubledown Yesterday, 13:07:34
  - He's the Muslim man version of Elizabeth Warren. No Pocahontas controversy but unfortunately - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 13:06:30
- I’m not a democratic socialist but I like this tweet from the Michigan guy - ATL Yesterday, 12:31:24
  - TIL: El-Sayed is also not a DSA member* - ATL Yesterday, 12:52:05
    - lol...i thought it was a bit.* - Nobster Yesterday, 14:08:51
    - Nit: he probably is, he's just politically savvy enough to realize that it's not good - Sounder Yesterday, 13:13:12
      - In the Midwest they yearn for data centers, flock cameras and private equity.* - Toonces Yesterday, 13:19:05
I have a question about this whole Air Force One decoy situation - Jackie Yesterday, 11:58:01
- Poor Marco got left on the decoy plane. - SurfTheBoneyard Yesterday, 13:41:44
  - I'm just surprised he didn't have Lil' Marco dress as a body double. - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 14:12:20
- ooo - Taz Yesterday, 13:01:51
- I didn’t think I needed to clarify this, but obviously Trump could give zero shits about anyone but - Jackie Yesterday, 12:56:50
  - Likely not his decision, but it has been reported that when Clinton had a similar - larue33 Yesterday, 13:28:53
    - Also it was made clear that Clinton was not on the plane; he didn’t sneak off of it* - Herman Blume Yesterday, 18:02:43
  - I would assume you are largely correct - CanHartlebHireSnider Yesterday, 13:10:21
  - I’d guess you are correct, that threat assessment was the Secret Service - DT Yesterday, 13:02:46
- He could have, y'know done something to get everyone but the pilots off the plane as well. * - IlliniRunner Yesterday, 12:55:35
- Answer: he ate 5 chocolate pudding cups while aboard the kitchen car thingy* - memyselfandillini Yesterday, 12:25:44
  - Who could blame him for that?* - ATL Yesterday, 12:33:47
  - And then talked about how Bill Cosby was unfairly shunned* - Carl Spackler Yesterday, 12:28:35
- It was all Trump's call - especially when you saw who made the cut - Jersey Yesterday, 12:18:01
- It's just as interesting who he brought with him in the catering cart and who he left behind - UofIL6 Yesterday, 12:16:27
  - poor Stephen Miller and little Marco* - shua Yesterday, 12:49:21
    - I'm surprised Marco wasn't spooning him in there* - ATL Yesterday, 12:51:24
- also feels more like a precursor to nuke or send in group troops - VIV Yesterday, 12:00:33
- If a planeful of staff and press was shot down by Iran, Trump's only thought would be - doubledown Yesterday, 11:59:59
  - Yep. It's OK to Trump and his administration because they're all terrible people.* - ATL Yesterday, 12:08:15
You guys aren't gonna believe this. Mike Pillow says it's rigged. - doubledown Yesterday, 08:45:29
- When no one else loves you Mike. Crack. Crack always loves you.* - SurfTheBoneyard Yesterday, 13:40:32
- *chef's kiss** - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 10:19:28
- he's down double digits. come the fuck on. - VIV Yesterday, 09:41:24
  - When people rig elections, they rig them bigly* - Stu Yesterday, 10:07:40
  - counterpoint: it's the pillow guy* - ATL Yesterday, 09:59:04
    - those aren’t pillows* - memyselfandillini Yesterday, 10:33:22
  - The irregularity is that he paid for 175K. * - doubledown Yesterday, 09:46:19
- Sounds like Trump is going to declare an emergency a la Michael Scott when - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 08:56:57
AP calls Wisconsin for Crowley over Hong - complainant Yesterday, 03:18:45
- Oh kalshi - ATL Yesterday, 09:29:43
  - That downplays how volatile it was last night.* - Carl Spackler Yesterday, 09:44:43
- It’s almost like moderates win in purple places while leftists win in more liberal places * - ATL Yesterday, 05:24:21
  - It's more like - CanHartlebHireSnider Yesterday, 08:59:15
    - How do you apply that lens to NYC? It has all of those people in spades.* - ATL Yesterday, 09:29:09
      - And SF. We’re younger, more educated, more white…and continue our steady creep to the middle. * - haighter Yesterday, 10:01:08
        
        Big factor is large population of fairly conservative Chinese here. - ECEIllinois Yesterday, 13:15:37
      - NYC is much more educated. - CanHartlebHireSnider Yesterday, 09:48:14
        
        I think the last line is really important. Hong couldn't get endorsements from AOC, Bernie and other - ATL Yesterday, 09:53:49
  - I don't think you can, or should, make that argument for partisan primary elections. - complainant Yesterday, 05:58:34
- Think her inability to give a clean answer about her old thanksgiving tweet was what did it - ECEIllinois Yesterday, 03:44:16
  - Republicans sent Scott Walker to help. - complainant Yesterday, 03:56:42
If Democratic Socialists want to have any chance, they need better spokes people. - doubledown August 11, 2026, 18:44:09
- The gambit of these DSA types releasing tons of internal polls to try to flood discourse - CanHartlebHireSnider August 11, 2026, 21:02:17
  - Kalshi has the moderate favored right now* - Carl Spackler August 11, 2026, 21:15:09
    - Man this market is much more volatile than a typical election night. - Carl Spackler August 11, 2026, 21:35:41
      - One good thing about Kalshi et al… - DT Yesterday, 08:36:53
- Her solution for Ukraine was that we should stop supplying weapons and “send diplomats”* - Carl Spackler August 11, 2026, 19:30:27
- It feels a bit like the Libertarian party where you have normal people as part of it - reggiedunlop August 11, 2026, 19:23:55
  - What’s next? A license to make toast in your own damn toaster?* - ECEIllinois Yesterday, 03:45:37
  - LP hasn't had normal people as part of it in a very long time. * - doubledown August 11, 2026, 19:31:28
- Wish they could be all Mamdanis, but then you get a Hong* - reggiedunlop August 11, 2026, 19:22:38
- It's a weird situation. - larue33 August 11, 2026, 19:22:20
  - I'm glad she's leading the charge toward communism. It ensures that it'll never happen. - doubledown August 11, 2026, 19:30:32
- I'm convinced that Bluesky is a Russian psyop designed to make DSA look like ignorant teens. - complainant August 11, 2026, 19:07:58
- Turrible* - KingTalkyTiki August 11, 2026, 18:46:06
Speaking of Trump wanting a third term (hi tiki), Illinois Republicans are mad that Pritzker - Taz August 11, 2026, 18:07:25
- They're just mad that they're stuck with Downstate Darren again... - KingTalkyTiki August 11, 2026, 18:38:11
OK, this is the perfect name for the operation - ATL August 11, 2026, 16:15:56
- It’s great that the plane continued normally even though there was some credible threat… - shua August 11, 2026, 16:20:50
  - There was no threat. This was all made up. * - doubledown August 11, 2026, 16:25:36
    - Why would they make it up, it makes him look like a total pussy* - Sounder August 11, 2026, 17:30:05
      - What do you think all the other "assassination" attempts were? - Taz August 11, 2026, 18:09:04
        
        This one makes him look like a pussy - Sounder August 11, 2026, 18:13:41
        
        I think it's the wattle that makes him look like a pussy. * - doubledown August 11, 2026, 18:15:17
        
        10/10* - Sounder August 11, 2026, 18:23:56
        
        Kristi Noem has an extra vagina in her neck. - complainant August 11, 2026, 19:03:52
      - Trying to remake him into Taylor Swift? If he releases "Art of the Deal (Donald's Version)" - doubledown August 11, 2026, 17:31:54
    - Like the bullet in the ear that left zero scar level of "made up"?* - KingTalkyTiki August 11, 2026, 16:57:47
- ...and now I want Panda Express. - KingTalkyTiki August 11, 2026, 16:18:50
  - my 9 year olds favorite restaurant. he ranked in and out behind it after trying it the first time - lcubed August 11, 2026, 16:59:47
Biden has Stage 4 cancer. Trump is unimpressed. - ATL August 11, 2026, 15:38:11
- Imagine thinking Joe Biden is "vicious". Real alpha male stuff right there.* - Warrin'_Illini August 11, 2026, 16:28:54
  - Is he vicious or sleepy?!?* - shua August 11, 2026, 16:31:36
    - Trump? Both.* - KingTalkyTiki August 11, 2026, 16:40:07
    - Viciously sleepy or sleepily vicious?* - DocWalk20 August 11, 2026, 16:33:33
      - One of the lesser known Sex Pistols* - shua August 11, 2026, 18:16:59
- he's such a tremendous fuck. * - VIV August 11, 2026, 16:26:05
- "Why have relationships gotten so toxic around politics?!?" .... - KingTalkyTiki August 11, 2026, 16:09:47
- He is who we thought he was. If you want to crown him, crown his ass. - DT August 11, 2026, 16:01:10
  - Don’t forget the amount of people that will die because of the USAid rug pull* - Carl Spackler August 11, 2026, 17:00:25
  - #truth* - DocWalk20 August 11, 2026, 16:48:09
  - You have described Andrew Johnson.* - complainant August 11, 2026, 16:45:06
    - Answer in the form of a question - do you need to phone a friend?* - memyselfandillini Yesterday, 08:25:08
    - ...and to no one's surprise the current POS in the WH seems to admire that historical POS. - KingTalkyTiki August 11, 2026, 16:56:24
      - Andrew Johnson is different from Andrew Jackson.* - complainant August 11, 2026, 17:38:13
        
        Goddammit, got my genocidal asshole president mixed up with my ineffectual filler president... - KingTalkyTiki August 11, 2026, 17:45:05
      - that's Andrew Jackson* - assassin August 11, 2026, 17:37:05
  - Ari or Osklister could probably help you to understand how someone could.. - KingTalkyTiki August 11, 2026, 16:13:17
  - Trump's death will be Charlie Kirk times infinity - Sounder August 11, 2026, 16:03:48
    - Won't somebody(ies) text you and wake you up? - Taz August 11, 2026, 18:03:07
- $20 that if Joe dies while Trump remains the POTUS, he won’t give us DC feds the day off - timmer August 11, 2026, 15:42:03
  - No chance he would have the stones to show up the funeral, right?* - Sounder August 11, 2026, 16:04:56
    - He didn't even have the guts to show up for the inauguration in 2020... - KingTalkyTiki August 11, 2026, 16:15:07
      - But in the inauguration, he was the loser - Sounder August 11, 2026, 17:42:26
        
        I'm sure he'll be about as welcome there as he was at the opening of the Obama Library.* - KingTalkyTiki August 11, 2026, 17:46:10
        
        Like Trump would ever be caught dead somewhere that has books* - Sounder August 11, 2026, 18:26:37
"Woman Behind Trump at Vaccine Signing Sparks Robot Claims" - assassin August 11, 2026, 12:31:54
- Now I saw some call this "Megan 3.0" and I can't unsee it. - KingTalkyTiki August 11, 2026, 17:52:03
- It's like if you asked AI to create a 1970s stewardess with the lifelike motion... - KingTalkyTiki August 11, 2026, 13:15:24
  - She looks like Kimberly Guilfoyle before the Mar-A-Lago face* - Sounder August 11, 2026, 16:06:22
  - I imagine that when I finally get to fly to South America, all the LATAM stewardesses - ATL August 11, 2026, 13:17:01
- I don't know about that but she's easy on the eyes* - ATL August 11, 2026, 12:35:33
Tornado warning in Chicago. Every phone in the office just blew up.* - Warrin'_Illini August 11, 2026, 10:30:55
- That sounds like a fire hazard* - KCWildcat August 11, 2026, 12:29:02
  - effing Tim Cook* - ATL August 11, 2026, 12:29:23
    - effing Mossad* - Sammich August 11, 2026, 13:17:22
Brad Pitt is drinking again. I say good for him.* - Warrin'_Illini August 11, 2026, 09:46:39
- Why should I care? - TarheelIllini August 11, 2026, 11:40:04
  - You got a lot of nerve cocksucker!* - Warrin'_Illini August 11, 2026, 12:13:39
  - I thought it was Film at 11* - Tortillini August 11, 2026, 12:06:44
    - News of the Film at 11 - IlliniSax05 August 11, 2026, 12:07:39
- I've been drinking quite a bit more than I usually do. - doubledown August 11, 2026, 10:23:43
- Might as well. What else is there? - complainant August 11, 2026, 10:19:44
  - I mean he is still an A++ lister. Think it probably has more to do with his family - Warrin'_Illini August 11, 2026, 10:26:27
    - well, he's a massive piece of shit. there's a reason none of his kids want anything to do with him* - VIV Yesterday, 09:44:16
    - Shows what I know. Of course, I haven't been to the movies in over 20 years. - complainant August 11, 2026, 11:39:15
      - His latest movie preview ran before both Odyssey and Spider-Man when I saw them* - DocWalk20 August 11, 2026, 12:14:19
        
        And he was the star of a box office hit last summer (albeit not Odyssey level).* - ATL August 11, 2026, 12:25:29
Who am I rooting for in South Carolina's GOP primary for US Senate? - complainant August 11, 2026, 07:24:20
- Mark Sanford maybe the least crazy. Mistress trouble and all* - JacobRDaugherty August 11, 2026, 09:34:36
  - Did he stay with his wife or the mistress?* - TarheelIllini August 11, 2026, 11:32:26
    - Have you tried Ask Jeeves?* - complainant August 11, 2026, 11:36:17
- a hurricane* - Sounder August 11, 2026, 09:33:55
- Did Danny Ford even know his picture was being taken?* - DocWalk20 August 11, 2026, 09:32:55
- Duke. Republicans won't turn out for a Black guy* - Stu August 11, 2026, 08:16:39
Serious question: does Trump actually believe that kids are getting soda bottle sized - Sounder August 10, 2026, 20:39:34
- Actual photo: - Stu August 11, 2026, 05:27:10
- Maybe he thought one of those Ben Garrison cartoons was real life* - ECEIllinois August 10, 2026, 23:10:19
- He has no idea, but they’d what he was told, so yes* - Mrap24 August 10, 2026, 21:09:13
  - There is no way anyone told him that* - Sounder August 10, 2026, 21:09:46
    - I mean you see the morons he’s hired. - Mrap24 August 10, 2026, 21:11:12
      - Even RFK isn't stupid enough to think they are injecting a pint glass full of vaccine* - Sounder August 10, 2026, 22:01:16
        
        Sadly I think he is. - WhitmansFolly August 11, 2026, 07:46:14
        
        i think it's easier for people to believe they are dumb instead of incredibly dangerous. and they - torinese August 11, 2026, 07:04:17
        
        If this is true WRT RFK, what is the end game?* - Sounder August 11, 2026, 09:34:31
        
        (1) he is. (2) he is also a liar.* - ATL August 11, 2026, 05:35:11
These people are so dumb. - OB25 August 10, 2026, 19:47:36
- Will he be draft eligible or not? If yes, why? If not, why not? - Potomac August 10, 2026, 19:58:21
  - There may eventually be a real situation that they need to adresss. But this isn’t that. - OB25 August 10, 2026, 20:19:36
    - There actually is reasonable nuance to the debate - Sounder August 10, 2026, 20:40:48
      - Debates have nuances, decisions often do not* - Potomac August 10, 2026, 20:41:59
    - You may be right; I think they are in the process of boxing themselves in... - Potomac August 10, 2026, 20:37:27
  - lol* - assassin August 10, 2026, 20:16:30
- “Or let him play” - snipes824 August 10, 2026, 19:58:04
- It's just sad that they take so much joy in trying to bring people down for the 0.0001% this - UofIL6 August 10, 2026, 19:56:36
LOL - ATL August 10, 2026, 18:44:16
- I was just at buc-ees on Friday and will be again on Wednesday - TarheelIllini August 10, 2026, 19:52:27
  - I think you're missing the joke.* - Illiniphil August 10, 2026, 20:41:32
    - Autophil?* - complainant August 11, 2026, 03:54:49
- Tony Dokupil?* - complainant August 10, 2026, 18:47:28
  - Probably - ATL August 10, 2026, 18:50:33
That is not Tony Dokupil* - ATL August 10, 2026, 16:26:27
- You're not Ron.* - Warrin'_Illini August 10, 2026, 17:15:17
- letting the days go by, letting the water hold me down* - Sammich August 10, 2026, 17:05:14
- Is it Tony Dokoupil?* - DocWalk20 August 10, 2026, 16:39:12
  - Is it Biclops?* - timmer August 10, 2026, 16:40:36
Gross, Pete. Really gross. - ATL August 10, 2026, 16:16:17
i hope bill cassidy never gets another good night's sleep again - assassin August 10, 2026, 15:45:55
- So many opportunities where one person could have made a stand / done the right thing and didn’t* - DocWalk20 August 10, 2026, 16:36:36
  - Someone really needs to write Profiles in Cowardice, guaranteed best seller* - Sounder August 10, 2026, 17:03:55
We’re just blowing through nap time aren’t we? - VIV August 10, 2026, 14:37:39
- He really could've used a fart to wake himself up - UofIL6 August 10, 2026, 22:23:07
Mass. wealth tax proves to be huge fiscal success & number of millionaires in state increases 38%. - ATL August 10, 2026, 11:42:34
- i think the hit to higher ed and bio tech hasn't been fully felt yet.* - torinese August 10, 2026, 14:42:50
- Sorry, but it’s an income tax surcharge not a wealth tax* - Potomac August 10, 2026, 12:00:05
  - OK* - ATL August 10, 2026, 12:19:23
Rather than hold oil the entire time, really wish I’d bought the dips around the BS admin optimism - Carl Spackler August 10, 2026, 10:28:03
we're essentially trying to slowly back out of the room and hope no one will notice. - VIV August 10, 2026, 09:48:43
- If you really think about it, Trump is simply too strong to surrender.* - Toonces August 10, 2026, 12:49:57
- The Strait is open, for target practice. * - memyselfandillini August 10, 2026, 10:20:40
  - What did Kegseth do with all our missiles? Trillion dollar defense budget apparently ain't enough.* - Warrin'_Illini August 10, 2026, 10:33:31
    - about 60% of the budget is operations, maintenance, and personnel (pay, benefits, and allowances) - illiniranger August 10, 2026, 13:32:53
    - They publicly announced last year that logistics are gay/woke and a thing of the past - RVA August 10, 2026, 12:37:20
      - I love how their new recruiting vid shows a guy coming out of a swamp like Rambo - Stu August 10, 2026, 14:19:15
    - Interesting factoid: - Stu August 10, 2026, 10:37:02
      - Is this a result of congressmen making sure their constituents get a piece of the pie?* - timmer August 10, 2026, 14:52:25
      - The path forward on weapons technology is going to be very interesting. - larue33 August 10, 2026, 11:46:59
      - Throwing another $58 Billion at Lockheed to make more should fix that. - Chuck Woodaby August 10, 2026, 11:07:11
      - Lotta mouths to feed. To streamline things, we just need to come up with a bomb - Warrin'_Illini August 10, 2026, 10:40:33
        
        Where's Edward Teller when you need him?* - IlliniOllie August 10, 2026, 11:04:01
        
        HE’S RIGHT BEHIND YOU!!!* - Stu August 10, 2026, 11:25:24
  - did anyone else read this as david caruso and then put on a pair of sunglasses or just me?* - lcubed August 10, 2026, 10:23:58
- Israel and Iran don't really seem to be doing anything to each other - CanHartlebHireSnider August 10, 2026, 10:17:49
  - Bibi said last week that they'll do it alone if need be. Also, Israel struck Iran in June* - VIV August 10, 2026, 10:35:32
He's pretty fortunate. He could say he had a dream about an open strait and oil drops 6% - UofIL6 August 10, 2026, 07:40:39
- we're currently in a vibes-based stock market. * - VIV August 10, 2026, 09:49:48
  - ooo - ATL August 10, 2026, 10:27:39
  - my 401k appreciates it, but it doesn't feel real* - shua August 10, 2026, 10:01:42
    - Definitely feels like there’s a significant market correction coming at some point soon - DT August 10, 2026, 11:04:20
      - Winter is Coming. * - doubledown August 10, 2026, 11:16:43
1/3 of the American public would believe TCG if he pissed in their ear and told them it was raining - TarheelIllini August 10, 2026, 06:14:07
- As if he has any control over when and where he pisses. * - doubledown August 10, 2026, 07:45:56

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