Politics thread Week of December 1st*
Posted by JacobRDaugherty
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on December 1, 2025, 7:23:08lol.
Posted by tvillini
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trump's blanket 1/6 pardon seems expansive enough to cover the pipe bomber, no?*
Posted by ECEIllinois
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Previous Messagehe pardoned all other individuals "convicted" of offenses - this person hasn't been convicted yet
Posted by Orangeillini
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He allegedly set up us the bomb on January 5, so I don't think so?*
Posted by gvibes
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the language of the pardon seems pretty broad: ""related to events that occurred ...
Posted by ECEIllinois
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Leopards are coming for Sen. Cassidy's face, except it's Hep B and
Posted by assassin
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getting rid of seed oils and chemical dyes is worth a few thousand Hep B-infected babies
Posted by Sammich
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Listen, those babies should take more responsibility. They knew what they were getting into
Posted by IlliniRunner
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Evidence shmevidence*
Posted by Herman Blume
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totally unforeseeable*
Posted by John Coctostan
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Trump wants to allow tiny cars here. I want more trains/HSR but I'll take it.*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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Easier for his tiny hands*
Posted by WhitmansFolly
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are tiny cars not allowed here?
Posted by Sammich
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I think it's about allowing kei cars and kei trucks*
Posted by IlliniOllie
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I was thinking more about the tiny trucks they have in Japan. I think they might
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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I know a guy that imports the mini trucks from Japan and sells them to dealers….
Posted by harb
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Just close the SUV loopholes. *
Posted by doubledown
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Please elaborate *
Posted by TarheelIllini
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Fuel efficiency standards and tax code classify large SUVs in a way that incentivizes manufacturers
Posted by doubledown
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^^^^ this ^^^^*
Posted by ATL
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Alrighty then
Posted by Tortillini
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NOne of that matters
Posted by ISeeDeadHawkeyes
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There is a secret Muslim in government and it’s a Republican congressman*
Posted by ECEIllinois
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Sweaty Randy Fine.*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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good times never seemed so good*
Posted by Sammich
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oOo
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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Until we found out his full name is Randall HUSSEIN Fine :-O.*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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Mary Miller?*
Posted by illini222
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'There is no Mamdani Effect'
Posted by ATL
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Who could of seen that coming?
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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grand jury rejects another attempt to indict letitia james*
Posted by ECEIllinois
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I legit thought it was basically impossible to get no billed in front of a grand jury*
Posted by gvibes
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When your case is worse than the classic case against a ham sandwich*
Posted by Desert
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When your case is worse than the classic case against a ham sandwich*
Posted by Desert
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I assume under a normal DOJ they would not bring charges that had no chance of sticking*
Posted by ECEIllinois
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Well if you have any sense it is.
Posted by SurfTheBoneyard “Surf is just a national treasure.” — Jackie
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Oh look, the Pentagon is going to funnel $620M to Don Jr.
Posted by complainant This is a million times worse than anything Hunter Biden was accused of doing in even the most fevered right-wing conspiracy dream https://t.co/cTtAIZi3UA
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Atleast Hunter was accused of receiving foreign money and not our tax dollars*
Posted by shua
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Shocking that Trump's SCOTUS allows him to use the new Texas maps despite prior court ruling*
Posted by UofIL6
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Tom Cotton asked for a copy of the Boat Strike video so he could take it home & masturbate.
Posted by complainant
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This Manhattan Institute survey of "Current GOP" is fascinating. More than 1/3 are holocaust deniers
Posted by ATL
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Sure but have you considered that you might save a couple hundred bucks in taxes*
Posted by Herman Blume
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Fascinating, frightening. Tomato, tomahto.*
Posted by DocWalk20
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Some of those questions are just way too wordy or complex for a survey.*
Posted by SurfTheBoneyard “Surf is just a national treasure.” — Jackie
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For today's GOP to comprehend.*
Posted by Phytynlini
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A lot of conservatives think that Democrats are condescending
Posted by Sounder
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Bob Newhart was awesome.*
Posted by complainant
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We will get the downfall we deserve.*
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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Bongino oddly silent
Posted by ATL
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Iwona B Horyn
Posted by Sammich
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She looks a little like Dave Roever.
Posted by complainant
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Avril Lavigne after a few rounds*
Posted by IlliniRunner
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I saw somebody say she looks like somebody tried to draw Kirsten Dunst from memory*
Posted by Sammich
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it's like an Annoying Orange/Conan'O Brien skit where you overlay a real face onto a picture*
Posted by assassin
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It's Kirsten Dunst's face overlayed with Jesse Plemmons*
Posted by Sounder
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LOL*
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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Lol*
Posted by CoronaTheirAss
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Buzz.....your girlfriend....*
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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Assuming we escape this nightmare, can we vacate Trump's presidencies ala Reggie Bush's Heisman?*
Posted by mrkoolaid
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It will always bother me that no matter what happens next
Posted by Sounder
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I hate Trump as much as the next guy, but we've got far more shameful shit in our past*
Posted by Sammich
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dotz
Posted by Sounder
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Sounds like the Armed Svcs Cmte Chair thinks that Hegseth has war crimed
Posted by ATL
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I’ve interacted a fair amount with Rep Turner.
Posted by opossum jenkins
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more like Pete Hagueseth, amirite*
Posted by Sammich
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Funny DT*
Posted by LWillhite
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also found to have violated protocols in 'Signalgate'
Posted by assassin
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Hegseth Vibez
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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He is going down*
Posted by Sounder
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I'M YELLING TIMBER!*
Posted by shua
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From what I've seen, he's entirely loyal to Trump which means he'll be fine.*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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Trump's wake is littered with the bodies of loyal people who became inconvenient to keep around. *
Posted by doubledown
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Because a lot of them probably didn't want to go as far as Trump. Hegseth seems like
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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I somehow had never even thought about that angle.
Posted by OB25
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The people killed in the initial strike are collateral damage. The two killed hanging
Posted by JacobRDaugherty
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Well...if you are to believe the new narrative...the two survivors climbed aboard their flaming...
Posted by haighter
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members of Congress are being shown the video right now, so that's not gonna last long*
Posted by assassin
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Let’s not forget Mike Turner used to be Chairman of the HPSCI. He was ousted.
Posted by opossum jenkins
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depends on discrimination, necessity, and proportionality
Posted by illiniranger
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FBI finally makes arrest on January 6th pipe bomber.
Posted by LeatherneckIllini
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Was it Jared?*
Posted by ATL
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Yoyo hasn't posted since the arrest. Hmm....*
Posted by Stu
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Trump waiting to hear if he’s MAGA so he knows whether to pardon him
Posted by GMAW
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You mean replace Hegseth with him*
Posted by Herman Blume
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Funny, my first reaction was…
Posted by SurfTheBoneyard “Surf is just a national treasure.” — Jackie
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Layoffs at highest levels since .... the last Trump administration
Posted by ATL
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…during the Pandemic. This time the disease is rot from within*
Posted by memyselfandillini
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Interesting article on the "Mississippi miracle" in education (it's probably just selection bias)
Posted by gvibes
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So they're basically not testing the bad readers until a year later, and test scores increased?
Posted by doubledown
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"Unexpectedly"
Posted by doubledown
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No upset in TN special congressional election...
Posted by SurfTheBoneyard “Surf is just a national treasure.” — Jackie
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Trump’s approval rating down to 36%*
Posted by Stu
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What is the absolute lowest it could get?
Posted by Sounder
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he’s already got Satan and Saddams votes
Posted by memyselfandillini
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Unless the economy disintegrates, I think we’re there
Posted by Stu
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narrator voice...*
Posted by Sounder
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And, perhaps not so ironically, those are the people whose lives most deserve destruction.*
Posted by ATL
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0%
Posted by ATL
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I think that there could be photos of him getting peed on
Posted by Sounder
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This might be new favorite Trump moment
Posted by OrangeSox
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For me, he'll never top telling people to ingest bleach
Posted by Sounder
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Don't forget the press conference at the Four Seasons*
Posted by RSMBob
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An amazing event, for sure, but Trump wasn't actually there*
Posted by Sounder
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white house now beefing with sabrina carpenter*
Posted by ECEIllinois
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Both the Pope and Sabrina Carpenter have condemned Trump today*
Posted by Sounder
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I thought they liked little people?*
Posted by ATL
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Especially short, pre-pubescent sized blondes.
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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Kash clarifies he was looking for a Youth Large FBI raid jacket, not a Women's Medium*
Posted by ECEIllinois
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Has he tried Bovino's line of Federal Workwear...
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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You can't just show up in Valhalla in ill-fitting clothing.*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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I don't think people who look like Kash are allowed into Valhalla*
Posted by ECEIllinois
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Valhalla needs elves too everyone *
Posted by ATL
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Trump truths 150 times in two hours
Posted by Sounder
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up all night truthing, now falling asleep at the cabinet meeting. *
Posted by assassin
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he sounds like a drunk racist dude at the bar ranting about Somalians*
Posted by ECEIllinois
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Who do think internally is making the decision to focus the ire at Somalians?
Posted by Sounder
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most likely, but they all hate ilhan omar so who knows*
Posted by ECEIllinois
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Falling asleep while a room full of people jack you off?
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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These cabinet meetings are so bizarre*
Posted by Sounder
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The Emperor's New Clothes is a documentary*
Posted by gvibes
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Not really...
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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My apologies..
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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Nm
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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I don't think there is a single reporter from a credible news organization in the room*
Posted by Sounder
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Wha?! and be held accountable for his actions and answer to the public's concerns?
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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Affordability is both a lie, and also the fault of 20 million illegals buying homes somehow.
Posted by assassin
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hundreds of millions of lives saved by blowing up cocaine!
Posted by assassin
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"fentanyl". Or something. Cocaine isn't bad, or Trump wouldn't be pardoning a guy linked
Posted by ghost_of_clt
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No no, she said Cocaine.
Posted by assassin
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if he stayed awake, it might give them the wrong idea*
Posted by Sammich
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The look on Marco Rubio's face is priceless
Posted by Sounder
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He's probably just thinking about how cool it is to be Sec of State. Also how delicious
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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marathon dump sesh?
Posted by Sammich
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The man's STAMINA is INCREDIBLE! :-O*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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Costco suing over tariffs
Posted by assassin
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lets see if any conservative Costco members are willing to boycott them*
Posted by ECEIllinois
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Feels like an easy which button to push meme *
Posted by assassin
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WH and Hegseth throw the Admiral under the boat
Posted by assassin
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This is the war crime version of an athletic director giving his coach a vote of confidence.
Posted by OB25
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Let the record reflect that he composed that Tweet after hours of broadcast criticism from Congress
Posted by complainant
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Bradley will take the fall in exchange for a promised pardon probably*
Posted by ECEIllinois
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Can you be pardoned of war crimes?*
Posted by gvibes
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The US Senate never ratified our commitment to the Rome Convention, and the Bush Administration
Posted by complainant
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Regardless of what did or didn’t happen here, a good example of why you don’t follow illegal orders
Posted by OB25
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Inside baseball. the combatant command leader resigned. Normally….
Posted by LeatherneckIllini
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Best bit going. Indefatigable*
Posted by Dikta
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That was valuable info*
Posted by JacobRDaugherty
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Pete is a couple of jack and gingers away from saying You're God Damn Right I Ordered the Code Red*
Posted by Sounder
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Can Trump pardon war crimes?*
Posted by UofIL6
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When has the thought of what he can or can’t do actually crossed his mind?*
Posted by DocWalk20
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Right after he pardons El Chapo*
Posted by Stu
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You have failed me for the last time, Admiral*
Posted by Stu
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If he pardoned the guy who slit the throat of a POW and restored his Trident...
Posted by haighter
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That's fine, it just makes the coup a little bit more likely*
Posted by Sounder
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Not sure how I missed Trump putting his face on the National Parks pass*
Posted by CWR10
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Might still be able to purchase one without his mug?
Posted by EffinIllini
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I’m quite surprised there isn’t a drive to get him on a coin or a dollar bill?
Posted by timmer
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Well if you go by the law the person has to be dead first.*
Posted by SurfTheBoneyard “Surf is just a national treasure.” — Jackie
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Trump is famously restrained when it comes to "going by the law"*
Posted by Sounder
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dotz
Posted by Sounder
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You have to appreciate that he does stuff like this while simultaneously gutting their funding*
Posted by Sounder
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he 100% has had a proposal put together to see what it take to add his face to Mt Rushmore*
Posted by shua
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There is no doubt, and he also is going to try to build the Arc de Trump*
Posted by Sounder
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.. for me to poop on*
Posted by DanSaint
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Because he's a fucking psychopath*
Posted by Sounder
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I bought mine in June so didn't get that*
Posted by ATL
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The War on the Media
Posted by Sounder
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Governing by shitpost is an interesting strategy*
Posted by AintHatin
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And they're completely normalized it
Posted by Sounder
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Ha, what a thin skinned, small minded administration*
Posted by UofIL6
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The IPG-Omnicom merger hitting close to home
Posted by JacobRDaugherty Will add a non paywalled one https://www.adweek.com/agencies/omnicom-to-cut-4000-jobs-retire-fcb-ddb-and-mullenlowe/
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DT beat me to it*
Posted by Sammich
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worst covid variant ever*
Posted by John Coctostan
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Omnicom sounds likes the villain in a dystopian cyberpunk story.*
Posted by DT
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And Interpublic Group (IPG) sounds like a rebel army in Central Africa*
Posted by CWR10
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The agency I work with is being “retired”
Posted by CWR10
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Which one?*
Posted by JacobRDaugherty
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FCB*
Posted by CWR10
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Deleted*
Posted by JacobRDaugherty
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Kash...
Posted by AintHatin
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he's lost the New York Post
Posted by assassin
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What a fucking asshole*
Posted by Sounder
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The dress code for Valhalla is very strict *
Posted by ghost_of_clt
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Hopefully there isn't a minimum height for Viking warriors*
Posted by Sounder
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I definitely could see him, GUTFELD!, and Bovino representing The Lollipop Guild*
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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Tiny man in a little coat...*
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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3d Circuit US Ct of Appeals affirms Alina doesn’t Habba job as US Attorney.*
Posted by SurfTheBoneyard “Surf is just a national treasure.” — Jackie
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Does everything she prosecuted become void
Posted by Mrap24
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I don't think so, if there was someone else on it. This arose from one where they didn't
Posted by gvibes
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Looks like two W, one Biden appointee*
Posted by gvibes
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I'd love to get rid of the old guard.*
Posted by ISeeDeadHawkeyes
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We all would, but we first and foremost need to win elections
Posted by Sounder
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Who are the valuable ones going through messy primaries? When Connor Lamb primaries
Posted by JacobRDaugherty
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I assure you Fetterman is not one of the valuable ones
Posted by Sounder
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Which democrat is a valuable one going through a messy primary? Jeffries is going to walk*
Posted by JacobRDaugherty
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I don't know, my whole point is that it should be strategic
Posted by Sounder
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Ah, so no actual complaints. Just bitching about hypotheticals. Are you a Bill Maher fan?*
Posted by JacobRDaugherty
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Sorry your big boy pants are too tight, I'm not complaining, just being pragmatic
Posted by Sounder
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Me too, the progressive challenging Chi Ossé is really unimpressive and not the
Posted by JacobRDaugherty
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