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yep. i'd rather any effort towards accountability take a backseat to reforming

Posted by Nobster

on October 19, 2026, 13:43:41, in reply to "I don't think we should expect any kind of closure or satisfaction."

the systems...right-size supreme court, revise campaign finance, etc.

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At best, he'll croak soon after (or during) his failed coup attempt in early 2029. There will be a few more Manaforts, but I think that's as high as the consequences go. I'm pretty pessimistic on the idea of even Hegseth paying any significant price.

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Week of 10/19 Current Events Thread - ATL October 19, 2026, 09:00:38

Is Jen Psaki from Chicago? - TarheelIllini 50 minutes ago
- No. I'm sure it was a gift from JB. - KingTalkyTiki 42 minutes ago
JD wants to kick our ass - KingTalkyTiki 1 hour ago
- You take one look at a guy like JD Vance, and you know exactly how he sounds when he - doubledown 37 minutes ago
- Joe Burrow's reaction to the question about JD showing up to practice was pretty good - ATL 39 minutes ago
  - Burrow is not MAGA if I recall correctly * - MC 34 minutes ago
    - considering he dresses like a lesbian, I'm guessing he leans left* - Sounder 33 minutes ago
      - 1 point in his favor is he recognizes that dino fossils are from millions of years ago - ATL 32 minutes ago
        
        Look, now you've angered Darren Bailey.* - KingTalkyTiki 18 minutes ago
- it's almost time for more political violence - Sammich 55 minutes ago
- I'd love to see a debate between him and Ossoff!* - shua 1 hour ago
  - You’re into animal cruelty?* - TarheelIllini 56 minutes ago
Vivek Ramaswany's closing campaign message in my favorite meme format - Warrin'_Illini 2 hours ago
- unsurprisingly, oatmeal brain is very PRO ad - assassin 2 hours ago
  - Oatmeal brain probably likes his year-round school idea as well. Will cut child care costs!* - Warrin'_Illini 1 hour ago
    - why are we giving freeloading teachers three months off every year??* - Sammich 1 hour ago
      - On the one hand, free child care. On the other hand, imagine how many more forced sex changes - doubledown 1 hour ago
This is fine… - DocWalk20 2 hours ago
- can someone do the work for me and tell me how prior years compare?* - lcubed 1 hour ago
- Part of their strategy is to destroy trust - Sammich 2 hours ago
OK, I liked this quote post - ATL 2 hours ago
Apparently there is a big ass cyber attack underway?* - CWR10 4 hours ago
- against who/what? everyone? The US? Meta? - assassin 3 hours ago
  - The lack of link is somewhat intentional. This is a space where I have idea what’s legit or not - CWR10 3 hours ago
    - i was just hoping it was Elon* - assassin 3 hours ago
  - Biclops may not survive this week at the rate we’re going here* - OB25 3 hours ago
    - The rest of us might not be far behind biclops.* - DocWalk20 3 hours ago
Virginia state senator Louise Lucas and family members arrested on corruption, drug charges - ATL 6 hours ago
- This shows a secondary fallout of the Trump admin’s politicization of the DoJ - DT 4 hours ago
- Can't wait for Republicans to come out breathlessly condemning public corruption. * - doubledown 6 hours ago
- her weed store is on High Street, the local NBC affiliate is WAVY - Sammich 6 hours ago
Albertan separatists: rejected - complainant Today, 00:55:44
- Silent majority! - KingTalkyTiki 6 hours ago
  - It's wierd how it's the exact same archtype everywhere these characters show up. * - doubledown 6 hours ago
    - This time just with a "Letterkenny" accent* - KingTalkyTiki 5 hours ago
I wish Lady G was still alive for this: - Chuck Woodaby Yesterday, 22:49:16
- So yeah it ended up being Graham* - CanHartlebHireSnider 6 hours ago
  - *audible gasp* * - VIV 5 hours ago
  - We landed on the moon!* - Chuck Woodaby 6 hours ago
  - What's the opposite of a bombshell? Dud feels like an understatement.* - doubledown 6 hours ago
- If it's Graham, they should just scrap it. Not interesting. * - doubledown 7 hours ago
- some day one of these bombshells will be an actual bombshell* - shua Today, 07:27:39
  - The fact that it’s all the usual Dem social media ops pushing it with “subscribe to my channels” - CanHartlebHireSnider Today, 07:34:58
- love the part where J.D.shows up to the hotel roo - memyselfandillini Today, 06:16:44
- Obviously Susan Collins - ATL Today, 05:01:36
  - The doctor is the mother. * - doubledown 7 hours ago
- Tim Scott is the obvious choice. I'm rooting for Josh Hawley.* - complainant Yesterday, 23:06:37
  - A breathing US Senator (or Mitch) would actually be interesting. Cenk doesn't do interesting* - Chuck Woodaby Yesterday, 23:12:27
    - The GOP plants a patsy to dish about Lindsey, then angle for a book deal - complainant Today, 00:45:01
      - I assume they'll start with Hunter Biden describing the closetocracy. They'll interview a couple - Chuck Woodaby Today, 01:46:49
Effin’ Maiden, dudes. \m/ - Tortillini Yesterday, 22:18:57
- lol this is so british - Jackie Today, 07:08:08
  - Kinda love that its in the Telegraph* - ATL Today, 07:50:11
Vivek and JD Vance have even managed to stoop lower than Nancy Mace is willing to - OB25 Yesterday, 21:11:29
- Well, he didn’t really have to limbo at his height * - ATL Today, 05:03:08
- I mean, I didn't think it possible, but here we are.* - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 21:21:32
I’m canvassing in rural Michigan areas about 30 minutes outside of Ann Arbor now. - Nobster Yesterday, 20:42:53
- fuck all those people who were rude to you. They can all get well and truly bent* - IlliniRunner Today, 03:24:31
- So you met the guy I've been vocally worried about since McMorrow announced her withdrawal. - complainant Yesterday, 21:56:30
- I mean…I wouldn’t answer the door for you either. I actually disconnected my doorbell… - haighter Yesterday, 21:38:36
  - yeah, i don't answer the door, either. * - VIV 7 hours ago
  - I'll see your No Doorbell and raise you a Phone That Can't Ring. - complainant Yesterday, 21:50:25
    - I have that setting where it asks someone to leave a message before ringing through if it's unknown* - haighter Yesterday, 21:53:42
      - Please share, I want to update my settings* - TarheelIllini Today, 06:26:25
        
        iPhone settings —> Phone —> scroll to… - DocWalk20 4 hours ago
This Chris Hayes interview with Ilhan Omar makes me wonder if there are any good cops remaining. - complainant Yesterday, 19:24:33
- What could they even be looking for? * - doubledown Yesterday, 19:29:26
  - The paperwork that her dad signed, and gave to them, in 1995. - complainant Yesterday, 19:38:49
    - and this was in DC, not MN correct? I'm sure that's where she keeps all the damning evidence* - shua Today, 07:23:57
Not the Onion: CBS election night coverage will be branded as DraftKings - ATL Yesterday, 19:16:54
- The 2040 Presidential election, brought to you by DraftKings, Kalshi, Polymarket, and FanDuel - VIV 7 hours ago
  - *Laughs....pauses to think.....* Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck.* - KingTalkyTiki 5 hours ago
- What's a CBS?* - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 20:12:48
  - I'm still on MSNow, where Wes Moore just said "god's grace" is the answer to our problems. - complainant Yesterday, 20:21:52
- I thought Kalshi was the one paying off the Trumps?* - DT Yesterday, 19:50:47
  - both Kalshi and Polymarket...openly. * - assassin Yesterday, 20:04:02
- Jesus Basejumpng Christ. * - doubledown Yesterday, 19:25:15
Tesla revenue flat YoY and profit down 4% - ATL Yesterday, 15:42:12
- The fact anyone is still buying cars from a white supremacist.... - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 16:20:14
  - Nm* - OWWDig Yesterday, 17:06:19
    - You rang?* - KingTalkyTiki Yesterday, 19:41:05
- What's the statute of limitations on securities fraud? * - doubledown Yesterday, 15:47:15
  - Let's ask Jensen Huang - ATL Yesterday, 15:49:59
    - Sure would be bad for him if the US had a functioning anti-trust apparatus. * - doubledown Yesterday, 15:54:29
This pretty gross wrt to polling - CanHartlebHireSnider Yesterday, 07:25:43
- Check their betting accounts too* - RVA Yesterday, 08:40:40
- Mallory McMorrow had some things to say about it. - complainant Yesterday, 07:39:27
  - Would* - Sounder Yesterday, 11:21:13
    - God damn dude...* - haighter Yesterday, 11:29:54
      - I would too. Love those redheads.* - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 11:39:51
        
        You guys suck. I mean, it's this corner of the internet so who really cares... - haighter Yesterday, 11:45:54
        
        C'mon man, lighten the fuck up - Sounder Yesterday, 13:06:54
        
        Eh, we've been discussing this race for months and this is the first time anyone - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 12:04:29
        
        That’s correct. Their response should have been ‘Wood’* - TarheelIllini Yesterday, 11:53:38
        
        Well fuck you too, “HungryButts”. * - haighter Yesterday, 11:59:22
        
        Be honest, did you know who this person was two days ago?* - Sounder Yesterday, 17:59:41
        
        I didn't know who she was before this subthread. Why does that matter? * - haighter Yesterday, 21:54:17
  - We got caught with our hand in the cookie jar so we claim - TarheelIllini Yesterday, 08:31:17
  - Their statement seems bogus. Solely to try to get ahead of the article I linked - CanHartlebHireSnider Yesterday, 07:44:33
    - I was about to say that I feel like this is old news - so it sounds like two different pollsters (at - ATL Yesterday, 08:01:13
      - Not to mention the 2016 Republican presidential nominee. - complainant Yesterday, 08:09:25
  - Not sure she would've won, but she was quite an impressive candidate, which is really unfortunate* - UofIL6 Yesterday, 07:43:53
    - Eh, she’s alright. Maybe we should just skip to President AES so she can be senator. - Toonces Yesterday, 07:58:16
      - He's a glimmer of hope in a depressing political landscape. The supposed Dem front runners for pres - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 08:27:58
    - The results in Michigan would likely have been different if a 3 way race to the end - CanHartlebHireSnider Yesterday, 07:48:45
I just learned that Richard Petty is alive. I would not have guessed that. - complainant October 20, 2026, 20:52:07
- Wheatley is shot, hired a convicted child abuser* - TarheelIllini Yesterday, 08:34:02
More marveling at men’s asses - OB25 October 20, 2026, 19:44:56
- Roy Cohn didn’t just mentor him on business* - Carl Spackler Yesterday, 07:20:26
- he can't keep saying "never" when he keeps doing it!* - shua Yesterday, 07:14:16
- Bi-curious Donnie.* - DT Yesterday, 07:07:24
- inevitable - complainant Yesterday, 06:55:31
- Maybe it’s not a golden shower tape. - TarheelIllini October 20, 2026, 22:17:26
- It’s pretty clearly his thing. * - doubledown October 20, 2026, 20:37:38
  - he marveled at arnold palmer's wang* - VIV Yesterday, 17:18:23
  - Donny, have you ever seen a grown man naked?* - memyselfandillini October 20, 2026, 21:09:06
- lol. Again!!?* - VIV October 20, 2026, 20:31:33
- Replace the E with a U, drop the B, because no one knows it's there - Sounder October 20, 2026, 20:23:14
  - Men's marbled asses?* - complainant October 20, 2026, 20:56:34
Tom Smykowski = Ed Martin - assassin October 20, 2026, 19:15:54
- I actually looked him up last week cause I thought he had already died. - Sammich October 20, 2026, 19:19:20
  - Don’t look me up* - TarheelIllini October 20, 2026, 20:07:18
NYT suggests a Venezualan billionaire paid Alina Habba $50 million - assassin October 20, 2026, 18:46:23
- Dershowitz would have done it for $250,000. - Chuck Woodaby October 20, 2026, 19:04:57
  - mmm you don't KNOW that second part. * - assassin October 20, 2026, 19:08:42
    - True but not for $250K. You have to pay a troll toll for the Dersh* - Chuck Woodaby October 20, 2026, 19:20:29
WSJ reporting Musk personally ordered the Starlink rug pull on Ukraine - assassin October 20, 2026, 16:10:54
- Dr. Evil in the flesh. So…much…flesh. * - memyselfandillini October 20, 2026, 21:10:57
- Twitter today became a cavalcade of optimistic Republican pollsters. - complainant October 20, 2026, 21:10:22
- Serbian war criminals spent an average of about 7 years in jail prior to conviction. - complainant October 20, 2026, 17:10:47
- Evil gonna evil* - KingTalkyTiki October 20, 2026, 16:22:26
Dirty Tricks from Desperate GOP candidates - ECEIllinois October 20, 2026, 14:18:58
- National Review confirms Amy Acton's side of the story - ATL October 20, 2026, 14:57:55
- Vivek Ramaswany sucks and I hope the next Dem president deports him personally. - Warrin'_Illini October 20, 2026, 14:48:41
- from what I read, the Ramaswamy ad implies that she lied about the abuse - Sammich October 20, 2026, 14:47:59
- No bar too low. - KingTalkyTiki October 20, 2026, 14:36:11
- Amy Acton’s upbringing story is gut wrenching.* - Carl Spackler October 20, 2026, 14:21:53
Have no idea how this guy went bankrupt running casinos - ATL October 20, 2026, 13:53:09
Whistleblower referral program. How do I report the entire Trump administration and family members? - UofIL6 October 20, 2026, 13:19:03
- might want to sit on that a bit* - memyselfandillini October 20, 2026, 21:11:44
- That website is going to be flooded with a single name. * - doubledown October 20, 2026, 13:30:38
  - I learned it by watching you, Dad - Sounder October 20, 2026, 13:36:16
- Nick Shirley in the oval might be a new low* - Sounder October 20, 2026, 13:20:04
Christina Applegate announced she was misdiagnosed with MS for the past 5 plus years - Orangeillini October 20, 2026, 11:56:44
- Ooooo - DocWalk20 October 20, 2026, 13:44:06
- My wife was diagnosed with MS. Turned out to be lymphoma.* - Stu October 20, 2026, 13:21:37
- how do they know she doesn't? - Sammich October 20, 2026, 12:10:35
- i bet it's the covid vaccine* - lcubed October 20, 2026, 12:01:41
  - My hottest hot take is that Long Covid is a euphamism for hypochondria* - Sounder October 20, 2026, 12:18:08
The billionaire class deserve all of the baseball bats that will be aimed for their heads - ATL October 20, 2026, 11:44:25
- “Post not found, it may have been deleted”* - DocWalk20 October 20, 2026, 13:50:52
- "don't vote for people who lie," Donna says in the video - Sammich October 20, 2026, 12:15:13
- ^^^supposed to be a response to complainant's post below* - ATL October 20, 2026, 11:47:08
I don't understand the problem here. - complainant October 20, 2026, 09:56:14
- is Tammy Wynette gonna get pulled into political discourse again?!* - Sammich October 20, 2026, 10:27:02
  - is Tammy Wynette gonna have to choke a bitch?!* - VIV October 20, 2026, 12:51:08
    - Aw shit, it's Tammy Wynette, son!* - Sammich October 20, 2026, 13:44:14
- This is the problem - Stu October 20, 2026, 10:09:50
- Yeah this will hopefully backfire. A bad look for ramaswamy* - gvibes October 20, 2026, 10:09:44
when/how did elon get back in the good graces? or was that just another of of the - lcubed October 20, 2026, 08:34:33
- He was hired to help them try to steal the midterms. Why else?* - OrangeSox October 20, 2026, 10:00:42
- My guess? Money. The guy is basically bankrolling Ken Paxton's senate run, for example. - ATL October 20, 2026, 08:40:57
  - elon bought some company so that starlink can become a mobile service provider. - Nobster October 20, 2026, 12:25:48
    - Remember how in Austin Powers 2 - Sounder October 20, 2026, 12:28:56
  - Basically no one is giving money to Paxton except for Elon* - Sounder October 20, 2026, 11:59:30
- he's needed to help swing the midterms* - VIV October 20, 2026, 08:40:23
Hey complainant, you’re not going to believe this - ATL October 20, 2026, 05:40:28
- I don’t care which party he’s registered to, is he a citizen? - TarheelIllini October 20, 2026, 07:48:06
  - The party from which the fraud originates is kinda the crux of their argument. - Sammich October 20, 2026, 08:00:04
    - I disagree. The R's narrative is that non citizens vote - TarheelIllini October 20, 2026, 10:06:49
      - No, the narrative is that millions of illegals vote for Democrats. - Sammich October 20, 2026, 10:25:49
        
        It's literally that Dems allow illegals in to juice their share of the vote* - ATL October 20, 2026, 11:47:50
        
        What is a higher number, trans athletes or illegal immigrant voters?* - Sounder October 20, 2026, 12:02:03
        
        Not sure but one thing I'll say is both substantially fewer than child molesting Republicans.* - ATL October 20, 2026, 12:58:29
        
        Send your kid to school and they come back four days later a different gender? - Sounder October 20, 2026, 13:01:36
        
        Send your kid to school and they'll get diddled by their wrestling coach/future House speaker* - ATL October 20, 2026, 13:03:25
    - Ya got Tarheeled. * - doubledown October 20, 2026, 09:40:35
- Republicans cheat. That's why they're so convinced that Democrats cheat. * - doubledown October 20, 2026, 07:43:16
Why do you think Trump is such a cuck when it comes to Putin? - doubledown October 19, 2026, 23:01:20
- Kompromat of some kind* - VIV October 20, 2026, 08:15:20
  - At this point, there has to be something there - Sounder October 20, 2026, 12:13:06
- Putin and Xi both changed their nation's constitutions to allow themselves power for life. - complainant October 19, 2026, 23:52:42
- what does he care about? Money, his image, power, and leverage - memyselfandillini October 19, 2026, 23:40:09
  - He certainly seems to have some form of gay dementia* - Sounder October 20, 2026, 12:53:14
    - Verified by South Park* - memyselfandillini October 20, 2026, 12:59:21
      - You like that on your face?* - Sounder October 20, 2026, 13:59:53
So a couple days ago Trump walked right past his open car door and into a field - VIV October 19, 2026, 20:10:32
- Even the Biden accusations were admissions.* - ATL October 20, 2026, 05:26:31
- I thought the wave/salute thing has been a mainstay. - Carl Spackler October 19, 2026, 21:38:40
  - i've seen him do it getting off of AF1 when no crowd is there - VIV October 20, 2026, 08:16:32
- And this tonight: - SurfTheBoneyard October 19, 2026, 20:21:37
  - What law requires one to "go after" people who didn't pay you, and why haven't Trump's creditors - complainant October 19, 2026, 20:29:16
    - I can only assume he thinks it is some kind of health care provider fraud. - SurfTheBoneyard October 19, 2026, 20:31:26
      - Uh oh, you've fallen into the Rationalizing Trump Remarks trap - complainant October 19, 2026, 21:08:56
how would you fix money in politics? - Nobster October 19, 2026, 17:45:19
- This feels like a bad time to dismantle the Sierra Club and Environmental Defense Fund. - complainant October 19, 2026, 18:47:16
  - It legitimately feels to me like people just stopped caring about the environment - Sounder October 20, 2026, 12:39:57
We're back to "New Mexico should immediately change its name to New America" - VIV October 19, 2026, 15:23:38
- Increasing home values is the dumbest outcome. interest rates are 7% - memyselfandillini October 19, 2026, 19:08:21
- ...but Russia, frankly, has been fine on Ukraine. - KingTalkyTiki October 19, 2026, 16:34:32
SCOTUS agrees to hear case on local middle school magnet admissions - Potomac October 19, 2026, 15:21:02
- I wonder which side of this Bo French is going to come down on * - ATL October 19, 2026, 15:22:29
Trump sought $6B from overseas investor to put into Kennedy Center - UofIL6 October 19, 2026, 14:04:39
How much of the money Trump has stolen do you think will be able to be recovered? - doubledown October 19, 2026, 13:03:34
- None. - Chicago1995 October 19, 2026, 13:54:03
- I don't think we should expect any kind of closure or satisfaction. - Sammich October 19, 2026, 13:21:51
  - yep. i'd rather any effort towards accountability take a backseat to reforming - Nobster October 19, 2026, 13:43:41
  - Make Jack Smith the new AG - Sounder October 19, 2026, 13:42:58
Trump giving an update on the most important objective of his administration - ATL October 19, 2026, 12:05:43
- Seems like one of his least toxic hobbies* - CWR10 October 19, 2026, 14:52:28
- Ooo - KingTalkyTiki October 19, 2026, 13:14:05
  - Military-Ballroom Complex was inexplicably cut from Eisenhower's farewell speech - ATL October 19, 2026, 13:19:58
Just voted, 20 times, as Soros told us to. But damn some others we putting in 50+ ballots - MC October 19, 2026, 11:35:48
Any north shore folks with insight into what happened in the New Trier vs Evanston football game?* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes October 19, 2026, 11:25:13
- N-word, gay slur starting with F, spitting, as reported. Pretty shitty. These would be the kids - cpsteine October 20, 2026, 12:26:18
- My daughter is in the band, but was out of town at a hockey tournament. She'll get a download today. - cpsteine October 19, 2026, 14:22:08
- New trier kids allegedly made racist remarks to the Evanston band* - Mrap24 October 19, 2026, 13:43:49
  - according to this story they also told them to kill themselves and spit on them - IlliniSax05 October 19, 2026, 14:27:30
  - Yes, that was the already known part.* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes October 19, 2026, 14:26:41
BBC subpoenaed Jack Smith in its defamation case v. Trump. Trump's lawyers oppose the subpoena. - ATL October 19, 2026, 11:15:22
Looks like Europe is a mess. - doubledown October 19, 2026, 10:22:53
- Looks like not booking that trip to Paris for the Saints game was a good call* - KingTalkyTiki October 19, 2026, 11:14:32
  - glad our France trip was the last week of August/first week of September* - shua October 19, 2026, 11:24:40
IANAL, and the bluesky reports are a little sketchy, but sounds like the golf course hearing - larue33 October 19, 2026, 10:15:57
- It's mind boggling (not really) that this is something that Trump thinks... - shua October 19, 2026, 10:41:16
  - This is the only part of the job he actually cares about. - KingTalkyTiki October 19, 2026, 12:39:19
  - It's the gilded age all over again* - Sounder October 19, 2026, 11:41:31
Watching Pubs dust off the same economic playbook that didn’t work for the Dems is heartening* - Carl Spackler October 19, 2026, 09:03:32

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