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Political thread - week of December 22 *

Posted by larue33 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=larue33' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 22, 2025, 6:38:59

This feels normal

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 25, 2025, 20:10:32, in reply to "Political thread - week of December 22 *"

https://x.com/ronfilipkowski/status/2004344710970880494?s=46&t=lDVcHsc1kFZVprHvpzacAQ

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Sadly, it does seem normal now.*

Posted by voiceofreason <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=voiceofreason' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 25, 2025, 20:44:20, in reply to "This feels normal"

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https://x.com/ronfilipkowski/status/2004344710970880494?s=46&t=lDVcHsc1kFZVprHvpzacAQ

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Indiana state senator (R) posts AI pics of him beating up Santa for some reason

Posted by ECEIllinois <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ECEIllinois' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 25, 2025, 14:12:46, in reply to "Political thread - week of December 22 *"

https://x.com/Sen_ChrisGarten/status/2004154818143674423

Senate Majority Leader.*

Posted by SurfTheBoneyard <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=SurfTheBoneyard' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 25, 2025, 15:52:20, in reply to "Indiana state senator (R) posts AI pics of him beating up Santa for some reason"

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https://x.com/Sen_ChrisGarten/status/2004154818143674423

Sky Marshal of the Luftwaffle

“Surf is just a national treasure.” — Jackie

The Right’s perpetual War on Christmas. *

Posted by VIV <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=VIV' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 25, 2025, 14:53:49, in reply to "Indiana state senator (R) posts AI pics of him beating up Santa for some reason"

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https://x.com/Sen_ChrisGarten/status/2004154818143674423

"the sum value of my outfit will always be higher than yours."

Remember when they got mad when we said they were weird?*

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 25, 2025, 15:06:59, in reply to "The Right’s perpetual War on Christmas. *"

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https://x.com/Sen_ChrisGarten/status/2004154818143674423

This seems like a good microcosm of the Trump admin

Posted by DT <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=DT' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 25, 2025, 6:26:37, in reply to "Political thread - week of December 22 *"

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/21/cisa-acting-director-madhu-gottumukkala-polygraph-investigation-00701996

Unqualified Acting Director of key security agency wants to be macho and pushes for access to sensitive intel he doesn’t actually need. Career staff try to dissuade him, but he won’t be denied. He then fails the polygraph needed to be read in, and promptly blames senior career staff and puts them on admin leave, presumably in preparation for firing them.

All of this against a backdrop of the Agency being gutted by staffing cuts and diversions away from the actual critical cybersecurity mission and towards immigration.

It’s truly astonishing how fecklessly destructive the Trump admin has been. It would be hard to imagine a course of action that could have done more damage (near term and long term) to the security and capability of the country.

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ooo

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 25, 2025, 6:39:22, in reply to "This seems like a good microcosm of the Trump admin"

https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/msg/1766533840.html

I guess low taxes are worth it

“We are old and tired and just want to be taken care of.” - Republican voter, Dec. 2024.

Trump loser sgain

Posted by Stu <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Stu' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 24, 2025, 18:45:52, in reply to "Political thread - week of December 22 *"

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/arts/christmas-eve-jazz-concert-at-ke

Merry Christmas to the haters

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 24, 2025, 18:25:15, in reply to "Political thread - week of December 22 *"

https://x.com/atrupar/status/2003980122832228434?s=20

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Ah playing all the hits*

Posted by Mrap24 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Mrap24' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 24, 2025, 20:55:12, in reply to "Merry Christmas to the haters"

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https://x.com/atrupar/status/2003980122832228434?s=20

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SCOTUS tells trump Illinois National Guard (hi ranger!) can’t be deployed Chicago…

Posted by LeatherneckIllini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=LeatherneckIllini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 23, 2025, 14:54:51, in reply to "Political thread - week of December 22 *"

6-3. but can presumably stay federalized per the stay in effect.

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25a443_ba7d.pdf

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You're going to be shocked by this, but Doge lied about all those savings and cuts

Posted by reggiedunlop <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=reggiedunlop' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 23, 2025, 14:46:10, in reply to "Political thread - week of December 22 *"

I guess we didn't actually save 50 million on condoms for Gaza.

NYT article

Anyone who believed that, or parroted that, is a fucking moron*

Posted by longsnapper <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=longsnapper' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 23, 2025, 15:01:28, in reply to "You're going to be shocked by this, but Doge lied about all those savings and cuts"

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I guess we didn't actually save 50 million on condoms for Gaza.

NYT article

Lots of puns, no real answers

Lotta fucking morons in this country*

Posted by Mrap24 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Mrap24' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 23, 2025, 17:50:40, in reply to "Anyone who believed that, or parroted that, is a fucking moron*"

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I guess we didn't actually save 50 million on condoms for Gaza.

NYT article

About a third. *

Posted by doubledown <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=doubledown' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 23, 2025, 19:16:19, in reply to "Lotta fucking morons in this country*"

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I guess we didn't actually save 50 million on condoms for Gaza.

NYT article

So 2/3 are non-fucking morons?*

Posted by DocWalk20 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=DocWalk20' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 24, 2025, 10:00:02, in reply to "About a third. *"

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I guess we didn't actually save 50 million on condoms for Gaza.

NYT article

1/3 are so dunb it’s amazing they function as normal members of every day society*

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 24, 2025, 11:21:05, in reply to "So 2/3 are non-fucking morons?*"

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I guess we didn't actually save 50 million on condoms for Gaza.

NYT article

Spell check is *most* important when insulting the intelligence of others.*

Posted by complainant <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=complainant' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 24, 2025, 19:46:41, in reply to "1/3 are so dunb it’s amazing they function as normal members of every day society*"

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I guess we didn't actually save 50 million on condoms for Gaza.

NYT article

and yet here we are*

Posted by bucktownillini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=bucktownillini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 23, 2025, 15:24:19, in reply to "Anyone who believed that, or parroted that, is a fucking moron*"

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I guess we didn't actually save 50 million on condoms for Gaza.

NYT article

Christian and TPUSA speaker Russell Brand charged with additional rape counts

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 23, 2025, 13:41:28, in reply to "Political thread - week of December 22 *"

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/arts/russell-brand-charges-rape-sexual-assault.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-08.4hfh.1awWn-5-Lgtr&smid=url-share

“We are old and tired and just want to be taken care of.” - Republican voter, Dec. 2024.

Another great Christian persecuted by the deranged leftist establishment*

Posted by CWR10 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=CWR10' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 24, 2025, 10:13:25, in reply to "Christian and TPUSA speaker Russell Brand charged with additional rape counts"

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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/arts/russell-brand-charges-rape-sexual-assault.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-08.4hfh.1awWn-5-Lgtr&smid=url-share

Interesting file from 2020

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 23, 2025, 13:21:02, in reply to "Political thread - week of December 22 *"

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%208/EFTA00025010.pdf

“We are old and tired and just want to be taken care of.” - Republican voter, Dec. 2024.

Probably the same guy who neutralized Epstein, right?

Posted by complainant <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=complainant' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 23, 2025, 19:00:58, in reply to "Interesting file from 2020"

No, of course not. The gap in the video is just a bizarre coincidence.

Who is going to watch 2 hours of Trump honors Stallone tonight?*

Posted by Stu <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Stu' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 23, 2025, 11:00:27, in reply to "Political thread - week of December 22 *"

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Ratings down 35% from last year*

Posted by Mrap24 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Mrap24' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 24, 2025, 17:00:55, in reply to "Who is going to watch 2 hours of Trump honors Stallone tonight?*"

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MAGA and olds that forget to change the channel after Entertainment Tonight*

Posted by timmer <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=timmer' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 23, 2025, 13:16:47, in reply to "Who is going to watch 2 hours of Trump honors Stallone tonight?*"

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(for rent)

No one*

Posted by Mrap24 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Mrap24' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 23, 2025, 12:30:02, in reply to "Who is going to watch 2 hours of Trump honors Stallone tonight?*"

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It's just gonna be him slouching up there and grieving all the hits, right?

Posted by Sammich <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sammich' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 23, 2025, 11:29:09, in reply to "Who is going to watch 2 hours of Trump honors Stallone tonight?*"

Maybe he'll point out the "honorees" in the audience at some point.

strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre contemplating a crime

Ben Sasse has advanced pancreatic cancer

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 23, 2025, 10:17:20, in reply to "Political thread - week of December 22 *"

https://x.com/bensasse/status/2003483746540965891?s=46&t=lDVcHsc1kFZVprHvpzacAQ

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there were some remarkable results in very early testing of an mRNA treatment

Posted by larue33 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=larue33' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 23, 2025, 12:44:40, in reply to "Ben Sasse has advanced pancreatic cancer"

for pancreatic cancer, but I guess that research will have to continue in some other country.

eff cancer*

Posted by memyselfandillini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=memyselfandillini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 23, 2025, 11:33:34, in reply to "Ben Sasse has advanced pancreatic cancer"

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https://x.com/bensasse/status/2003483746540965891?s=46&t=lDVcHsc1kFZVprHvpzacAQ

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Señor Sassy died with Phil Hartman*

Posted by Sammich <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sammich' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 23, 2025, 10:29:53, in reply to "Ben Sasse has advanced pancreatic cancer"

strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre contemplating a crime

Oh man. That sucks*

Posted by jjlocke923 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=jjlocke923' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 23, 2025, 10:29:18, in reply to "Ben Sasse has advanced pancreatic cancer"

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Proud Winner of the 2024 Deuce ROY Award

That is genuinely fucking awful.

Posted by tvillini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=tvillini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 23, 2025, 10:28:09, in reply to "Ben Sasse has advanced pancreatic cancer"

It’s not the kind of cancer you want to get*

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 23, 2025, 10:29:16, in reply to "That is genuinely fucking awful."

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My step-dad had Stage 2 and he was gone in about 5 months.

Posted by tvillini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=tvillini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 23, 2025, 10:34:06, in reply to "It’s not the kind of cancer you want to get*"

And you can try a a whipple, which seems completely fucking awful*

Posted by gvibes <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=gvibes' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 23, 2025, 11:33:02, in reply to "My step-dad had Stage 2 and he was gone in about 5 months."

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He never got that far. I'm very happy that Sounder's wife was so fortunate.

Posted by tvillini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=tvillini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 23, 2025, 15:02:16, in reply to "And you can try a a whipple, which seems completely fucking awful*"

As has been said by so many, it's usually a death sentance. My step-dad was looking ill in Sept/Oct of 2016. Offically diagnosed in November, right before Thanksgiving. Started him on chemo in the hope that they could get him to a Whipple in like 6mo. My Mom found him on the couch unresponsive in the middle of February 2017. They think the tumor had severed and artery and he bled out.

It's just... so evil.

My wife has it when she was a junior in college

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 23, 2025, 10:44:25, in reply to "My step-dad had Stage 2 and he was gone in about 5 months."

Was given about a 10% chance of survival.

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Young and nubile

Posted by UofIL6 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=UofIL6' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 23, 2025, 8:56:40, in reply to "Political thread - week of December 22 *"

https://x.com/TMZ/status/2003476966499098987

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That can't be real*

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https://x.com/TMZ/status/2003476966499098987

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Agreed. This one smells too on the nose. *

Posted by VIV <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=VIV' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 23, 2025, 15:30:47, in reply to "That can't be real*"

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https://x.com/TMZ/status/2003476966499098987

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"the sum value of my outfit will always be higher than yours."

Hilldawg doin WORK.

This also can’t be real

https://x.com/atrupar/status/2003483586801057993?s=46&t=lDVcHsc1kFZVprHvpzacAQ

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https://x.com/TMZ/status/2003476966499098987

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This, Paramount has no issues with airing*

Posted by UofIL6 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=UofIL6' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 23, 2025, 10:18:35, in reply to "This also can’t be real"

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https://x.com/atrupar/status/2003483586801057993?s=46&t=lDVcHsc1kFZVprHvpzacAQ

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https://x.com/TMZ/status/2003476966499098987

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It was in the files but who knows as to authenticity.

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 23, 2025, 9:36:32, in reply to "That can't be real*"

A thread: https://bsky.app/profile/jasonkoebler.bsky.social/post/3man5mf6vi22k

“We are old and tired and just want to be taken care of.” - Republican voter, Dec. 2024.

At least the orange oompa loompa did something i will nod about

Posted by DanSaint <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=DanSaint' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 23, 2025, 7:57:40, in reply to "Political thread - week of December 22 *"

Made the 24th and 26th of December Federal Holidays. To extend Christmas break.

Now as long as he doesn't try and name those days after himself... I'll at least give him credit for a logical decision.

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It's just for this year though, right? Because Christmas falls on a Thursday?

Posted by jjlocke923 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=jjlocke923' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 23, 2025, 8:04:07, in reply to "At least the orange oompa loompa did something i will nod about"

I'm not a fan.

Proud Winner of the 2024 Deuce ROY Award

Everyone is waiting for a soybean update

Posted by Stu <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Stu' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 22, 2025, 19:46:49, in reply to "Political thread - week of December 22 *"

But Trump says he gets along great with Xi so it’s all good

https://www.agriculture.com/partners-china-imports-no-u-s-soybeans-for

Trump class battleships

Posted by Stu <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Stu' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 22, 2025, 17:41:41, in reply to "Political thread - week of December 22 *"

https://apnews.com/article/trump-navy-golden-fleet-battleship-0940368b

2% chance even one gets built. More likely the USS Illinois to sail before one of these*

Posted by LeatherneckIllini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=LeatherneckIllini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 22, 2025, 18:28:45, in reply to "Trump class battleships"

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https://apnews.com/article/trump-navy-golden-fleet-battleship-0940368b

It has sails?

Posted by Stu <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Stu' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 23, 2025, 5:26:15, in reply to "2% chance even one gets built. More likely the USS Illinois to sail before one of these*"

Trump really wants to take us back.

He truly behaves like a 14 year old boy*

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 23, 2025, 0:19:30, in reply to "2% chance even one gets built. More likely the USS Illinois to sail before one of these*"

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https://apnews.com/article/trump-navy-golden-fleet-battleship-0940368b

Who would you rather guide your naval strategy: Line officers with decades of experience....

Posted by KingTalkyTiki <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=KingTalkyTiki' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 23, 2025, 9:48:49, in reply to "He truly behaves like a 14 year old boy*"

...and years at the US Naval War College?

OR

A dementia-addled narcissist who never served a day in his life in any military capacity?

Everything is fine.....

"You must own the honor of being the whitest, military vet, fat, multiple state property owner but most of all the one who hates their own country the most in our country."

Maybe if we outsource these to China, they’ll actually get built*

Posted by cpsteine <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=cpsteine' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 22, 2025, 18:25:07, in reply to "Trump class battleships"

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https://apnews.com/article/trump-navy-golden-fleet-battleship-0940368b

South Korea*

Posted by LeatherneckIllini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=LeatherneckIllini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 22, 2025, 18:27:43, in reply to "Maybe if we outsource these to China, they’ll actually get built*"

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https://apnews.com/article/trump-navy-golden-fleet-battleship-0940368b

Trump class: Battleships

Posted by memyselfandillini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=memyselfandillini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 22, 2025, 18:02:24, in reply to "Trump class battleships"

Note high production values
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=38NmxSCaelI

Again with this Greenland shit? *

Posted by MC <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=MC' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 22, 2025, 17:40:37, in reply to "Political thread - week of December 22 *"

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Hello, is this President Clinton? Good! I figured if anyone knew where to get some Tang, it'd be you.

I’m in favor of purchasing greenland*

Posted by TarheelIllini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=TarheelIllini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 22, 2025, 23:55:22, in reply to "Again with this Greenland shit? *"

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Recrudescence

I'm in favor of selling Florida.

Posted by KingTalkyTiki <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=KingTalkyTiki' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 23, 2025, 9:58:02, in reply to "I’m in favor of purchasing greenland*"

Oh, they don't want to be sold. Welp. Nevermind.

See how that fucking works?

"You must own the honor of being the whitest, military vet, fat, multiple state property owner but most of all the one who hates their own country the most in our country."

You know, right, Trump is trying to find a pretext to invade it?*

Posted by Stu <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Stu' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 23, 2025, 5:26:59, in reply to "I’m in favor of purchasing greenland*"

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It’s not for sale*

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 23, 2025, 0:20:46, in reply to "I’m in favor of purchasing greenland*"

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spiked 60 minute story was accidentally posted on Canadian TV website

Posted by ECEIllinois <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ECEIllinois' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 22, 2025, 17:29:07, in reply to "Political thread - week of December 22 *"

and now available for download

https://bsky.app/profile/marisakabas.bsky.social/post/3mamcha3al22d

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Here's another (better?) grab of the spiked 60 Minutes story

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 23, 2025, 12:29:35, in reply to "spiked 60 minute story was accidentally posted on Canadian TV website"

https://archive.org/details/60minutes-cecotsegment

“We are old and tired and just want to be taken care of.” - Republican voter, Dec. 2024.

The Weissand effect.*

Posted by Toonces <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Toonces' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 22, 2025, 17:43:41, in reply to "spiked 60 minute story was accidentally posted on Canadian TV website"

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and now available for download

https://bsky.app/profile/marisakabas.bsky.social/post/3mamcha3al22d

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Legitimately bronchial.

Bill Clinton asks DOJ to release everything in the Epstein files that mentions him

Posted by ECEIllinois <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ECEIllinois' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 22, 2025, 15:32:39, in reply to "Political thread - week of December 22 *"

If I’m going down I’m taking everyone with me. Respect.*

Posted by Toonces <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Toonces' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 22, 2025, 16:59:36, in reply to "Bill Clinton asks DOJ to release everything in the Epstein files that mentions him"

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Legitimately bronchial.

Jim Beam hurting. Pausing operations for 2026 at its biggest plant.

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 22, 2025, 13:15:36, in reply to "Political thread - week of December 22 *"

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/dining/jim-beam-production-pause-whiskey-bourbon.html?utm_social_post_id=630770047&smtyp=cur&smid=bsky-nytimes&utm_social_handle_id=did%3Aplc%3Aeclio37ymobqex2ncko63h4r

In a statement, Jim Beam said that the pause would begin on Jan. 1 and last the entire year. The facility produces about a third of the company’s annual output of approximately 26.5 million gallons.

It also said it would continue production at its two other distilleries in Kentucky and would keep its bottling facility and visitor center open at the Clermont site. It did not say whether the workers at the distillery would be furloughed or moved to other facilities.

Both the Clermont distillery and another, larger facility, located in nearby Boston, Ky., produce most of Jim Beam’s subsidiary brands, including Knob Creek, Booker’s and Basil Hayden. The third, much smaller distillery, also located in Clermont, is for experimental and limited-edition brands.

...

It was likely, industry experts say, that a correction was in order as retailers and consumers, flush with inventory, slowed down their purchases and the market returned to normal after the pandemic buying spree.

Analysts also cite recent economic challenges related to President Trump’s tariffs. A backlash from Canadian consumers and provinces, which control alcohol sales, has virtually stopped the sale of American whiskey in what was once among the industry’s biggest export markets.

Overall, exports of American whiskey are down about 9 percent from 2024, according to the Distilled Spirits Council.

At the same time, the president’s unpredictable approach to tariff policy has made it difficult to expand into new markets, especially South Asia, sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia, three regions that major American whiskey distillers had once hoped to turn into reliable destinations for millions of bottles a year.

“We are old and tired and just want to be taken care of.” - Republican voter, Dec. 2024.

People decided they don't want dementia. Film at 11.*

Posted by Stu <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Stu' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 22, 2025, 13:45:22, in reply to "Jim Beam hurting. Pausing operations for 2026 at its biggest plant."

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Dementia is like death:

Posted by Sammich <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sammich' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 22, 2025, 13:48:14, in reply to "People decided they don't want dementia. Film at 11.*"

It really only affects other people, so there's no reason to be afraid of it happening to you.

strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre contemplating a crime

Plus, whiskey tastes good and makes you feel all warm and fuzzy.

Posted by complainant <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=complainant' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 22, 2025, 18:19:35, in reply to "Dementia is like death:"

My dementia usually goes away by the next morning.

You know who doesn't drink? Demented Donald Trump.*

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 22, 2025, 13:46:42, in reply to "People decided they don't want dementia. Film at 11.*"

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“We are old and tired and just want to be taken care of.” - Republican voter, Dec. 2024.

The guy implementing the tariffs which are a big part of the problem*

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 22, 2025, 13:54:57, in reply to "You know who doesn't drink? Demented Donald Trump.*"

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Bari U is having a really hard time of it

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 22, 2025, 10:52:12, in reply to "Political thread - week of December 22 *"

https://www.chron.com/culture/article/university-of-austin-staff-exodus-21248040.php

But quietly, it appears that things in anti-woke paradise are not what they seem. According to an analysis from the Chronicle of Higher Education, many of the people who joined UATX at the beginning of the project have departed, either by choice or due to public disagreements with the school's trajectory. Among the group of nearly 20 university employees that have left UATX this year were individuals in vital roles including the president, the provost, the executive director of admissions, and operations staffers.

Some, like former senior vice president Mike Shires, told the Chronicle that they were simply ready to move on after launching the university. "My commitment to the university was that I’ll help you figure out how to build this thing," he told the outlet. Shires left UATX in May of this year.

But others exited over ideological disagreements with the school's direction. Ellie Avishai, the co-founder and director of the Mill Institute (an educational organization working with UATX), was asked to leave the university after posting an article about diversity initiatives on LinkedIn. In that post, Avishai wrote, "we can have criticisms of DEI without wanting to tear down the whole concept of diversity and inclusion." Avishai told The Canadian Jewish News that this content upset higher-ups at UATX.

“We are old and tired and just want to be taken care of.” - Republican voter, Dec. 2024.

ooo

Posted by complainant <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=complainant' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 25, 2025, 0:01:08, in reply to "Bari U is having a really hard time of it"

Just because it never fails to amuse here’s Bari Weiss’ bust that she had installed in tribute to herself by the front doors of her fake university. pic.twitter.com/nyazxOVTOx
— ✊its a kakistocracy, stupid✊ (@oldarenaghost) December 22, 2025

Mike Pence has launched a "principled conservative" alternative to Heritage and Heritage is bleeding

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 22, 2025, 10:47:34, in reply to "Political thread - week of December 22 *"

staffers.

https://www.nationalreview.com/news/exclusive-more-staffing-resignations-at-heritage-foundation-amid-continued-frustrations-with-organizations-leadership/amp/

Staffers in the Heritage Foundation’s economic, legal, and data centers resigned over the weekend to join a conservative advocacy group founded by former Vice President Mike Pence, National Review has learned, adding to the list of employees who have departed in recent weeks over disagreements with the conservative think tank’s leadership.

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A Heritage spokesman did not specify how many staffers resigned. Following National Review’s report on staff resignations in Heritage’s economic and legal centers, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday that more than a dozen of those staffers were leaving Heritage to join Advancing American Freedom, an advocacy group founded by former Vice President Mike Pence.

“We are old and tired and just want to be taken care of.” - Republican voter, Dec. 2024.

I love how Republicans always find principle when they no longer have any power*

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 22, 2025, 12:06:13, in reply to "Mike Pence has launched a "principled conservative" alternative to Heritage and Heritage is bleeding"

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Don't really love Mike Pence but he actually held onto his principles when he had power

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 22, 2025, 13:48:00, in reply to "I love how Republicans always find principle when they no longer have any power*"

not sure why it took a conversation with Dan Quayle to do the right (AND only constitutionally correct) thing, but as I said earlier, you can always count on conservatives to do the right thing after trying everything else first.

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“We are old and tired and just want to be taken care of.” - Republican voter, Dec. 2024.

Fuck off with that shit, he did the barest of minimums*

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 22, 2025, 13:56:28, in reply to "Don't really love Mike Pence but he actually held onto his principles when he had power"

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Still probably did more than anyone in the current admin would do*

Posted by gvibes <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=gvibes' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 23, 2025, 0:53:30, in reply to "Fuck off with that shit, he did the barest of minimums*"

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It certainly would seem that the adults in the room are all gone*

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 23, 2025, 12:47:16, in reply to "Still probably did more than anyone in the current admin would do*"

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He worked for Drumpfhfhf so I've got no love for him, but on Jan. 6 he did do the right thing.

Posted by Warrin'_Illini $<iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Warrin\'_Illini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'>$ on December 22, 2025, 13:42:30, in reply to "I love how Republicans always find principle when they no longer have any power*"

Lowest of low bars to not engage in a coup, but here we are 5 years later and I'm sure there won't be any Mike Pences to stop the next one.

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I hate clankers.

There is no world where he doesn't vote to certify the election*

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 22, 2025, 13:56:52, in reply to "He worked for Drumpfhfhf so I've got no love for him, but on Jan. 6 he did do the right thing."

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Lowest of low bars to not engage in a coup, but here we are 5 years later and I'm sure there won't be any Mike Pences to stop the next one.

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Pence or Vance?*

Posted by Warrin'_Illini $<iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Warrin\'_Illini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'>$ on December 22, 2025, 14:00:38, in reply to "There is no world where he doesn't vote to certify the election*"

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Lowest of low bars to not engage in a coup, but here we are 5 years later and I'm sure there won't be any Mike Pences to stop the next one.

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I hate clankers.

Pence, Vance is a demon, there's no telling what he would do*

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Lowest of low bars to not engage in a coup, but here we are 5 years later and I'm sure there won't be any Mike Pences to stop the next one.

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Paramount really wants WBD - launching new bid *

Posted by MC <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=MC' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 22, 2025, 8:36:31, in reply to "Political thread - week of December 22 *"

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Hello, is this President Clinton? Good! I figured if anyone knew where to get some Tang, it'd be you.

If the Bari Weiss/60 mins taught us anything, it's how bad a Paramount takeover would be here*

Posted by UofIL6 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=UofIL6' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 22, 2025, 8:54:20, in reply to "Paramount really wants WBD - launching new bid *"

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Dinesh D'Souza's "Superman", coming 2028*

Posted by Sammich <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sammich' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 22, 2025, 9:08:59, in reply to "If the Bari Weiss/60 mins taught us anything, it's how bad a Paramount takeover would be here*"

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strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre contemplating a crime

Matt Walsh “what is a superhero?”*

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 22, 2025, 10:32:59, in reply to "Dinesh D'Souza's "Superman", coming 2028*"

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Am I a bad person to NOT want those $2K tariff checks to become a reality?

Posted by timmer <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=timmer' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 22, 2025, 6:54:33, in reply to "Political thread - week of December 22 *"

I’ll take the money but I’d rather have that go to paying down our deficit but we all know no politicians, left or right, would want to do the right thing

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(for rent)

Good news! You probably earn too much to qualify for the check*

Posted by bbonb <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=bbonb' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 22, 2025, 8:17:23, in reply to "Am I a bad person to NOT want those $2K tariff checks to become a reality?"

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I’ll take the money but I’d rather have that go to paying down our deficit but we all know no politicians, left or right, would want to do the right thing

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Isn't it just for billionaires?*

Posted by Stu <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Stu' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 22, 2025, 8:26:04, in reply to "Good news! You probably earn too much to qualify for the check*"

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I’ll take the money but I’d rather have that go to paying down our deficit but we all know no politicians, left or right, would want to do the right thing

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My conspiracy theory is that they’re trying to disburse money on the chance…

Posted by haighter <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=haighter' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 22, 2025, 8:09:40, in reply to "Am I a bad person to NOT want those $2K tariff checks to become a reality?"

…that the tariffs are deemed illegal. They can / will then claim it’s too complicated to reimburse those who’ve already liquidated payments.

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I’ll take the money but I’d rather have that go to paying down our deficit but we all know no politicians, left or right, would want to do the right thing

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It's not chance, the tariffs are almost certainly going to be deemed illegal

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 22, 2025, 12:07:01, in reply to "My conspiracy theory is that they’re trying to disburse money on the chance…"

because they are in fact illegal.

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…that the tariffs are deemed illegal. They can / will then claim it’s too complicated to reimburse those who’ve already liquidated payments.

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I’ll take the money but I’d rather have that go to paying down our deficit but we all know no politicians, left or right, would want to do the right thing

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It's not chance, the tariffs are almost certainly going to be deemed illegal

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 22, 2025, 12:06:59, in reply to "My conspiracy theory is that they’re trying to disburse money on the chance…"

because they are in fact illegal.

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…that the tariffs are deemed illegal. They can / will then claim it’s too complicated to reimburse those who’ve already liquidated payments.

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I’ll take the money but I’d rather have that go to paying down our deficit but we all know no politicians, left or right, would want to do the right thing

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It'll just be inflationary like the excessive COVID supplements were*

Posted by Stu <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Stu' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 22, 2025, 8:02:34, in reply to "Am I a bad person to NOT want those $2K tariff checks to become a reality?"

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I’ll take the money but I’d rather have that go to paying down our deficit but we all know no politicians, left or right, would want to do the right thing

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I don't think so *

Posted by ISeeDeadHawkeyes <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ISeeDeadHawkeyes' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 22, 2025, 7:47:43, in reply to "Am I a bad person to NOT want those $2K tariff checks to become a reality?"

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I’ll take the money but I’d rather have that go to paying down our deficit but we all know no politicians, left or right, would want to do the right thing

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Agreed, Georgia has done that a few times with "surplus"...

Posted by shua <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=shua' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 22, 2025, 7:36:18, in reply to "Am I a bad person to NOT want those $2K tariff checks to become a reality?"

and it's been like $500. I'd much rather you do a better job with the budget and not have such a large surplus and put that money in to roads/bridges or schools or whatever.

Logistically it sounds like a nightmare*

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 22, 2025, 6:57:28, in reply to "Am I a bad person to NOT want those $2K tariff checks to become a reality?"

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I’ll take the money but I’d rather have that go to paying down our deficit but we all know no politicians, left or right, would want to do the right thing

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Wasn't the claim that the Biden checks destroyed the economy?

Posted by RVA <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=RVA' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 22, 2025, 7:03:32, in reply to "Logistically it sounds like a nightmare*"

But when it's Trump I guess it's okay?

What Biden checks? The last check I got from the government

Posted by TarheelIllini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=TarheelIllini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 22, 2025, 7:56:03, in reply to "Wasn't the claim that the Biden checks destroyed the economy?"

Was $300 from Bush and I had to pay taxes on it

Recrudescence

I think the first COVID $1200 stimmy went to literally everyone.

Posted by Warrin'_Illini $<iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Warrin\'_Illini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'>$ on December 22, 2025, 8:49:24, in reply to "What Biden checks? The last check I got from the government "

You should take it up with Drumfph.

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Was $300 from Bush and I had to pay taxes on it

I hate clankers.

I didn’t qualify, just checked the requirement *

Posted by TarheelIllini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=TarheelIllini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 22, 2025, 12:46:18, in reply to "I think the first COVID $1200 stimmy went to literally everyone. "

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You should take it up with Drumfph.

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Was $300 from Bush and I had to pay taxes on it

Recrudescence

Didn’t Trump send the first round of checks?*