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This is the politics thread for the week of December 29.

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 29, 2025, 13:17:48

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

Reading up more on the Venezuela thing, I’m sure Trump has totally corrupt intent, but he’s

Posted by doubledown <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=doubledown' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 4, 2026, 20:34:20, in reply to "This is the politics thread for the week of December 29."

probably the only POTUS who could get away with taking out Maduro, and it absolutely needed to be done. That dude fist fucked his country’s economy, and then basically turned the place into a nation scale drug gang.

Also gave our military a little practice removing an illegitimate totalitarian dictator from office, so hopefully they remember how to do that in a few years.

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Largest generator/purveyor of CSAM dines with Pedophile in Chief

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 4, 2026, 18:03:16, in reply to "This is the politics thread for the week of December 29."

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

So the DOJ missed another Epstein deadline? And nothing will happen*

Posted by shua <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=shua' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 4, 2026, 16:42:18, in reply to "This is the politics thread for the week of December 29."

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Tail wagging the dog right now*

Posted by TarheelIllini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=TarheelIllini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 4, 2026, 18:22:41, in reply to "So the DOJ missed another Epstein deadline? And nothing will happen*"

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Recrudescence

Interesting take (from fb)

Posted by TarheelIllini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=TarheelIllini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 4, 2026, 15:39:25, in reply to "This is the politics thread for the week of December 29."

https://www.facebook.com/share/1Cip3zSD1x/?mibextid=WC7FNe

Recrudescence

Didn't read the whole thing, but there's evidently 2019 transcripts going around that suggested

Posted by UofIL6 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=UofIL6' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 4, 2026, 16:11:19, in reply to "Interesting take (from fb)"

Trump/Putin agreed back then to 'trade' Venezuela for Ukraine, so we may just be seeing this all start to come to fruition

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https://www.facebook.com/share/1Cip3zSD1x/?mibextid=WC7FNe

I don’t see how grok editing photos into sexualized content doesn’t end super fucking badly *

Posted by MC <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=MC' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 4, 2026, 14:32:55, in reply to "This is the politics thread for the week of December 29."

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

Yet another opportunity to take a stand for women and children that Republicans will shrug away

Posted by RVA <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=RVA' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 4, 2026, 16:32:28, in reply to "I don’t see how grok editing photos into sexualized content doesn’t end super fucking badly *"

Pieces of shit, every last one of them. So obsessed with their transphobia for the sake of being cruel that they've entirely lost the plot.

Need some judgments against them to make them take it seriously?

Posted by SurfTheBoneyard <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=SurfTheBoneyard' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 4, 2026, 16:12:36, in reply to "I don’t see how grok editing photos into sexualized content doesn’t end super fucking badly *"

Section 230 is out the window because the offending images are literally being created with a feature provided by the site.

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Sky Marshal of the Luftwaffle

“Surf is just a national treasure.” — Jackie

I was scrolling Twitter this week for the first time in awhile

Posted by Blazer <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Blazer' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 4, 2026, 15:46:51, in reply to "I don’t see how grok editing photos into sexualized content doesn’t end super fucking badly *"

Has there always been this much porn?

I know it there was before, but you had to seek it out. Now it's just showing up on my timeline (which is 95% Illini sports).

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Probably telling on yourself a little bit here.

Posted by Chuck Woodaby <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Chuck+Woodaby' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 4, 2026, 16:39:33, in reply to "I was scrolling Twitter this week for the first time in awhile"

Sinner

The party in control of all branches of government has proven to be super cool with this type

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 4, 2026, 15:42:55, in reply to "I don’t see how grok editing photos into sexualized content doesn’t end super fucking badly *"

of thing though.

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

You don't say?*

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 4, 2026, 14:35:01, in reply to "I don’t see how grok editing photos into sexualized content doesn’t end super fucking badly *"

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Shocked that such a commendable person like Musk could be involved in this. *

Posted by MC <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=MC' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 4, 2026, 14:42:07, in reply to "You don't say?*"

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

Completely unrestricted free speech is a terrible idea*

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 4, 2026, 16:02:59, in reply to "Shocked that such a commendable person like Musk could be involved in this. * "

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Nm *

Posted by MC <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=MC' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 4, 2026, 14:32:54, in reply to "This is the politics thread for the week of December 29."

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

The worst people…and their spouses…

Posted by timmer <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=timmer' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 4, 2026, 12:23:05, in reply to "This is the politics thread for the week of December 29."

https://x.com/katiemiller/status/2007541679293944266?s=46

(for rent)

If we can buy it, count me in*

Posted by TarheelIllini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=TarheelIllini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 4, 2026, 15:40:11, in reply to "The worst people…and their spouses…"

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https://x.com/katiemiller/status/2007541679293944266?s=46

Recrudescence

I don't know how much Greenland and Denmark can be clear that it really fucking isn't.

Posted by KingTalkyTiki <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=KingTalkyTiki' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 4, 2026, 18:10:58, in reply to "If we can buy it, count me in*"

So GTFO with this bullshit.

"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."

...because we, as a country, are so flush with cash?

Posted by IlliniSax05 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=IlliniSax05' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 4, 2026, 15:55:56, in reply to "If we can buy it, count me in*"

Or because the people of Greenland seem so excited at the prospect of being taken over by us?

Why do you hate me, Sammich?

MAJOR UPDATE: "Maybe you're not such a bad egg, Lisle-y"
-Sammich, 1/15/2011

Dotz

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 4, 2026, 10:41:04, in reply to "This is the politics thread for the week of December 29."

https://x.com/adgirlmm/status/2007673047478665524?s=46&t=lDVcHsc1kFZVprHvpzacAQ

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Obama for making fun of Trump at the Correspondents Dinner*

Posted by timmer <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=timmer' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 4, 2026, 10:45:08, in reply to "Dotz"

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https://x.com/adgirlmm/status/2007673047478665524?s=46&t=lDVcHsc1kFZVprHvpzacAQ

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(for rent)

Mark Burnett for creating the myth of Trump business genius*

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 4, 2026, 10:47:33, in reply to "Obama for making fun of Trump at the Correspondents Dinner*"

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https://x.com/adgirlmm/status/2007673047478665524?s=46&t=lDVcHsc1kFZVprHvpzacAQ

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Biden for fecklessly ignoring potential abuses of power and doing just enough of his own…

Posted by DT <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=DT' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 4, 2026, 12:30:45, in reply to "Mark Burnett for creating the myth of Trump business genius*"

…to justify the rampant assaults of the constitutional order by Trump.

He had 4 years to tackle what were obviously critical vulnerabilities in government and took the very worst possible approach to the issue.

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https://x.com/adgirlmm/status/2007673047478665524?s=46&t=lDVcHsc1kFZVprHvpzacAQ

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RBG*

Posted by Tuscy <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Tuscy' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 4, 2026, 12:48:59, in reply to "Biden for fecklessly ignoring potential abuses of power and doing just enough of his own…"

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https://x.com/adgirlmm/status/2007673047478665524?s=46&t=lDVcHsc1kFZVprHvpzacAQ

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"I wouldn't mind the DP here." - jumpingdan

Still too soon to talk about that collossal blunder*

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 4, 2026, 12:52:15, in reply to "RBG*"

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https://x.com/adgirlmm/status/2007673047478665524?s=46&t=lDVcHsc1kFZVprHvpzacAQ

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Nah. Her trying to be a hero and symbol was a costly error. But hey

Posted by Mrap24 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Mrap24' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 4, 2026, 13:41:35, in reply to "Still too soon to talk about that collossal blunder*"

At least she fooled people into liking her.

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https://x.com/adgirlmm/status/2007673047478665524?s=46&t=lDVcHsc1kFZVprHvpzacAQ

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I completely understand her desire to retire under the first female President

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 4, 2026, 14:19:28, in reply to "Nah. Her trying to be a hero and symbol was a costly error. But hey "

but man she fucked everything up.

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At least she fooled people into liking her.

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https://x.com/adgirlmm/status/2007673047478665524?s=46&t=lDVcHsc1kFZVprHvpzacAQ

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I don't understand that desire at all. it's completely meaningless and self-congratulatory

Posted by snipes824 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=snipes824' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 4, 2026, 14:22:43, in reply to "I completely understand her desire to retire under the first female President"

and this court will be her legacy.

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but man she fucked everything up.

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At least she fooled people into liking her.

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https://x.com/adgirlmm/status/2007673047478665524?s=46&t=lDVcHsc1kFZVprHvpzacAQ

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You think the first female President is meaningless to RBG?

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 4, 2026, 14:28:14, in reply to "I don't understand that desire at all. it's completely meaningless and self-congratulatory"

Then you don't understand anything about her.

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and this court will be her legacy.

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but man she fucked everything up.

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At least she fooled people into liking her.

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https://x.com/adgirlmm/status/2007673047478665524?s=46&t=lDVcHsc1kFZVprHvpzacAQ

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We used to pretend we weren't just regime changing for oil (see Iran 1953). He just admit it*

Posted by gvibes <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=gvibes' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 22:01:55, in reply to "This is the politics thread for the week of December 29."

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I miss the good old days when the regime actually changed.

Posted by Chuck Woodaby <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Chuck+Woodaby' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 23:20:33, in reply to "We used to pretend we weren't just regime changing for oil (see Iran 1953). He just admit it*"

This new era of same regime with more grudges can't possibly end poorly.

what fraction of the credit for Gaddafi goes to the US?*

Posted by Potomac <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Potomac' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 4, 2026, 5:54:30, in reply to "I miss the good old days when the regime actually changed."

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This new era of same regime with more grudges can't possibly end poorly.

We came,.We saw. He died.

Posted by Chuck Woodaby <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Chuck+Woodaby' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 4, 2026, 12:56:12, in reply to "what fraction of the credit for Gaddafi goes to the US?*"

And you spelled shame wrong.

Trump says there is a plan but I don’t think there is an actual plan.

Posted by MC <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=MC' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 18:40:40, in reply to "This is the politics thread for the week of December 29."

I still question how to force any kind of regime change without boots on the ground. VP was picked by Maduro, seems like more of the same.

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

They may have cut a deal with the VP*

Posted by gvibes <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=gvibes' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 20:57:05, in reply to "Trump says there is a plan but I don’t think there is an actual plan. "

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I still question how to force any kind of regime change without boots on the ground. VP was picked by Maduro, seems like more of the same.

She’s a nobody*

Posted by Stu <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Stu' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 21:04:42, in reply to "They may have cut a deal with the VP*"

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I still question how to force any kind of regime change without boots on the ground. VP was picked by Maduro, seems like more of the same.

She was a nobody.

Hopefully she's not salty about her dad getting tortured to death.

The plan is to take their oil.*

Posted by Toonces <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Toonces' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 20:47:37, in reply to "Trump says there is a plan but I don’t think there is an actual plan. "

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I still question how to force any kind of regime change without boots on the ground. VP was picked by Maduro, seems like more of the same.

Legitimately bronchial.

Plan will be released the week after Infastructure Week*

Posted by illini222 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=illini222' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 19:12:09, in reply to "Trump says there is a plan but I don’t think there is an actual plan. "

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I still question how to force any kind of regime change without boots on the ground. VP was picked by Maduro, seems like more of the same.

Drink Everytime Brad Underwood says "Elite" in a press conference.

Alongside healthcare plan*

Posted by memyselfandillini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=memyselfandillini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 4, 2026, 7:33:21, in reply to "Plan will be released the week after Infastructure Week*"

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I still question how to force any kind of regime change without boots on the ground. VP was picked by Maduro, seems like more of the same.

I’m sure they have concepts of a plan?*

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 18:46:27, in reply to "Trump says there is a plan but I don’t think there is an actual plan. "

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I still question how to force any kind of regime change without boots on the ground. VP was picked by Maduro, seems like more of the same.

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

I think his plan is thinking that they are intimidated

Posted by Stu <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Stu' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 18:43:24, in reply to "Trump says there is a plan but I don’t think there is an actual plan. "

And will willingly surrender power to the opposition, who will give away all their oil

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I still question how to force any kind of regime change without boots on the ground. VP was picked by Maduro, seems like more of the same.

Let's just hope they don't have any international allies, such as Russia or China.

Posted by complainant <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=complainant' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 20:31:23, in reply to "I think his plan is thinking that they are intimidated"

Apparently Trump said today that the opposition party is not worthy of power

Posted by MC <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=MC' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 18:59:40, in reply to "I think his plan is thinking that they are intimidated"

Guessing that means they haven’t bent the knee to Trump.

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

She stole his Nobel Peace Prize right under his nose*

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 19:12:17, in reply to "Apparently Trump said today that the opposition party is not worthy of power "

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Guessing that means they haven’t bent the knee to Trump.

CBS News has been taken over by Pete Hegseth*

Posted by Stu <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Stu' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 17:57:21, in reply to "This is the politics thread for the week of December 29."

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CBS is effectively Fox News now*

Posted by UofIL6 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=UofIL6' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 18:15:22, in reply to "CBS News has been taken over by Pete Hegseth*"

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I mean, the entire half hour was a Hegseth monologue*

Posted by Stu <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Stu' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 18:21:29, in reply to "CBS is effectively Fox News now*"

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It won’t work*

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 18:16:32, in reply to "CBS is effectively Fox News now*"

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In what way? It’s backed by unlimited money. *

Posted by assassin <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=assassin' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 18:49:25, in reply to "It won’t work*"

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Brandon Schrock of Laredo, Texas, told the federal government that his employer was “poop,” and his occupation was “pooper.”

The conservatives will continue to just watch Fox News

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 18:50:05, in reply to "In what way? It’s backed by unlimited money. *"

and they will turn off everyone else.

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but what’s the definition of success?

Merely being another weapon in the culture war feels like a win for them

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and they will turn off everyone else.

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Brandon Schrock of Laredo, Texas, told the federal government that his employer was “poop,” and his occupation was “pooper.”

I think viewership is the measure of success*

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 19:17:13, in reply to "but what’s the definition of success? "

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Merely being another weapon in the culture war feels like a win for them

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and they will turn off everyone else.

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Only if the steps they’re taking are for viewership purposes. *

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Merely being another weapon in the culture war feels like a win for them

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and they will turn off everyone else.

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Brandon Schrock of Laredo, Texas, told the federal government that his employer was “poop,” and his occupation was “pooper.”

Maybe Maduro will be found not guilty

Posted by Stu <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Stu' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 16:36:54, in reply to "This is the politics thread for the week of December 29."

Wouldn’t that be a kick in the ass

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Maybe the Canadians will kidnap Trump and run things here*

Posted by memyselfandillini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=memyselfandillini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 17:36:02, in reply to "Maybe Maduro will be found not guilty "

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Wouldn’t that be a kick in the ass

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If he can pull together some drug money, he can get himself a Trump pardon! …

Posted by shua <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=shua' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 16:58:54, in reply to "Maybe Maduro will be found not guilty "

Give it a few months and Trump won’t remember who he is.

He just needs to funnel Junior some cocaine*

Posted by Stu <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Stu' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 17:00:32, in reply to "If he can pull together some drug money, he can get himself a Trump pardon! …"

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Give it a few months and Trump won’t remember who he is.

A brand new account made a ton of money betting on maduro’s capture

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 14:53:19, in reply to "This is the politics thread for the week of December 29."

https://www.theverge.com/news/853765/someone-made-a-ton-of-money-betting-on-maduros-capture

“Shortly before the US military launched an attack on Venezuela and captured President Nicolás Maduro, an account on Polymarket made some very suspiciously timed investments. The prediction market had been running bets on when or if Maduro would be removed from power, with prices for “out by January 31, 2026” as low as $0.07 late Friday evening. But within 24 hours of the military action, a newly created account invested tens of thousands of dollars, racking up several hundred thousand in profits.
The account was created less than a week ago, and invested over $30,000 the day before the assault, turning a profit of over $408,000. The activity was flagged on social media, with people speculating that the person placing the bet was acting on inside information and perhaps even worked at the Pentagon. Joe Pompliano, an investor and podcaster, quickly pointed out on X that “Insider trading is not only allowed on prediction markets; it’s encouraged.” ”

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“Someone made a ton of money betting on Maduro’s capture”
Terrence O’Brien
The Verge
https://apple.news/AH3YIgkHQSkmkiyFZAVqHAg
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“We are old and tired and just want to be taken care of.” - Republican voter, Dec. 2024.

I'm disgusted. I would hate to think someone profited $400K off of this special military operation.*

Posted by Chuck Woodaby <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Chuck+Woodaby' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 15:55:00, in reply to "A brand new account made a ton of money betting on maduro’s capture"

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Ironically ..

Posted by complainant <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=complainant' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 17:50:22, in reply to "I'm disgusted. I would hate to think someone profited $400K off of this special military operation.*"

Mearsheimer is an egotistical grifter. I worked at U of Chicago, his townhouse was a block away from me. He knows hes full of shit, but hes retiring & made more money in 4 years than his whole career combined. His wife Pamela is a fame-obsessed wannabe financial advisor on TikTok pic.twitter.com/9bFhbzfs6N
— Donbas Samizdat (Донбасс Самиздат (@DonbasDIY) January 3, 2026

Funny thing is, I just came here to say Mearsheimer is getting pilloried all over social media.

But since that particular tweet was so relevant to the moment, I couldn't resist.

Pilloried by who?

Posted by Chuck Woodaby <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Chuck+Woodaby' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 23:22:39, in reply to "Funny thing is, I just came here to say Mearsheimer is getting pilloried all over social media."

The dumbest fucks on bluesky?

Mission accomplished I guess.

"whom"

Posted by complainant <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=complainant' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 4, 2026, 12:16:09, in reply to "Pilloried by who?"

But you absolutely should continue insulting the intelligence of others. It is, genuinely, your best argument.

After royally humiliating himself on every aspect of Mideast policy analysis, beyond what I ever knew possible, here’s Professor John Mearsheimer extending the humiliation to his Venezuela analysis. Listen, it is so funny. pic.twitter.com/N0U8HiZdmh
— Max Abrahms (@MaxAbrahms) January 3, 2026

I was really hoping you were going to post that Noam Dworman clip but then you one upped yourself

By posting the lies from Abrahms. Notice he didn't provide any clips supporting his claims of things Mearsheimer said on the middle east. Because he's lying. And who called him out on that in the past? Noam Dworman:

https://x.com/noam_dworman/status/2005444365179871327

And as for Venezuela, what exactly did he say in that clip that was incorrect (other than who he predicted Trump would cut a deal with)?

"But even if you get Maduro, where does that lead?"

It's still a good question.

Sure, you can fudge what "significant military" action means. The difficulty of extracting Meduro

on the other hand, might prove trickier to explain away.

I'm sure buying off everybody was very difficult.*

Posted by Chuck Woodaby <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Chuck+Woodaby' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 4, 2026, 14:12:24, in reply to "Sure, you can fudge what "significant military" action means. The difficulty of extracting Meduro"

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on the other hand, might prove trickier to explain away.

Perhaps, but Mearsheimer wasn't, which is the point.

I also recommend that you continue with misdirection, as it's your second-best argument.

The point is you got duped by someone on twitter. Again.

Posted by Chuck Woodaby <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Chuck+Woodaby' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 4, 2026, 14:43:40, in reply to "Perhaps, but Mearsheimer wasn't, which is the point."

Sad

Doh*

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 4, 2026, 11:39:47, in reply to "Pilloried by who?"

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The dumbest fucks on bluesky?

Mission accomplished I guess.

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

The whole point of being in Washington is to profit from insider trading. *

Posted by VIV <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=VIV' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 17:34:28, in reply to "I'm disgusted. I would hate to think someone profited $400K off of this special military operation.*"

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

Go to jail. Go directly to jail. 100*

Posted by LeatherneckIllini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=LeatherneckIllini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 16:19:08, in reply to "I'm disgusted. I would hate to think someone profited $400K off of this special military operation.*"

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That would require an investigation and charges filed. Not happening. *

Posted by larue33 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=larue33' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 17:15:11, in reply to "Go to jail. Go directly to jail. 100*"

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I hope it can be traced back to the account holder*

Posted by timmer <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=timmer' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 14:57:18, in reply to "A brand new account made a ton of money betting on maduro’s capture"

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(for rent)

'72 Dolphins

Posted by Chuck Woodaby <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Chuck+Woodaby' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 13:36:36, in reply to "This is the politics thread for the week of December 29."

But more contemptible.

Perfect. No notes

Posted by John Coctostan <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=John+Coctostan' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 11:18:07, in reply to "This is the politics thread for the week of December 29."

https://x.com/osinttechnical/status/2007501517306343657?s=46&t=z69_YQQOuxclWLApk9FmHQ

Rubio looks miserable*

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 11:37:27, in reply to "Perfect. No notes"

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https://x.com/osinttechnical/status/2007501517306343657?s=46&t=z69_YQQOuxclWLApk9FmHQ

He’s got resting “can someone please help me bring my wife to orgasm” face. *

Posted by doubledown <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=doubledown' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 14:53:42, in reply to "Rubio looks miserable*"

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https://x.com/osinttechnical/status/2007501517306343657?s=46&t=z69_YQQOuxclWLApk9FmHQ

^^still the funniest post of 26*

Posted by opossum jenkins <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=opossum+jenkins' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 4, 2026, 14:18:08, in reply to "He’s got resting “can someone please help me bring my wife to orgasm” face. *"

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https://x.com/osinttechnical/status/2007501517306343657?s=46&t=z69_YQQOuxclWLApk9FmHQ

Because he's been up choke jerking all night.*

Posted by Chuck Woodaby <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Chuck+Woodaby' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 13:42:44, in reply to "Rubio looks miserable*"

Trump did a lot of really long blinking during this press conference

Posted by VIV <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=VIV' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 13:19:50, in reply to "Rubio looks miserable*"

Can’t even stay awake for this, Don?

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https://x.com/osinttechnical/status/2007501517306343657?s=46&t=z69_YQQOuxclWLApk9FmHQ

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

I doubt he is, though. He wants this.*

Posted by Toonces <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Toonces' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 12:32:19, in reply to "Rubio looks miserable*"

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https://x.com/osinttechnical/status/2007501517306343657?s=46&t=z69_YQQOuxclWLApk9FmHQ

Legitimately bronchial.

so we're not doing regime change but just arresting Maduro?

Posted by ECEIllinois <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ECEIllinois' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 11:12:16, in reply to "This is the politics thread for the week of December 29."

unless we've made a secret deal with the regime to give us oil or something I'm not sure I see the point.

We’re back, baby!!!*

Posted by VIV <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=VIV' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 11:55:30, in reply to "so we're not doing regime change but just arresting Maduro?"

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unless we've made a secret deal with the regime to give us oil or something I'm not sure I see the point.

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

What was Hegseth's smug line about no more foreign entanglements?*

Posted by gvibes <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=gvibes' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 13:23:42, in reply to "We’re back, baby!!!*"

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unless we've made a secret deal with the regime to give us oil or something I'm not sure I see the point.

There’s always an asterisk if there’s oil to secure. *

Posted by VIV <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=VIV' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 14:15:00, in reply to "What was Hegseth's smug line about no more foreign entanglements?*"

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unless we've made a secret deal with the regime to give us oil or something I'm not sure I see the point.

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

No, more wars!*

Posted by KingTalkyTiki <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=KingTalkyTiki' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 12:58:55, in reply to "We’re back, baby!!!*"

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unless we've made a secret deal with the regime to give us oil or something I'm not sure I see the point.

"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."

The Maduro, the*

Posted by Sammich <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sammich' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 13:09:23, in reply to "No, more wars!*"

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unless we've made a secret deal with the regime to give us oil or something I'm not sure I see the point.

I want to break it up
I want to smash it up
I want to #### it up
I want to watch it come down

Also, is invading a country to “secure” its natural resources legal? I can’t remember. *

Posted by VIV <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=VIV' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 12:02:17, in reply to "We’re back, baby!!!*"

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unless we've made a secret deal with the regime to give us oil or something I'm not sure I see the point.

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

Greenland is so freaked out right now*

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 12:10:30, in reply to "Also, is invading a country to “secure” its natural resources legal? I can’t remember. *"

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unless we've made a secret deal with the regime to give us oil or something I'm not sure I see the point.

Taiwan and Ukraine should be the ones freaked out. *

Posted by VIV <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=VIV' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 12:45:10, in reply to "Greenland is so freaked out right now*"

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unless we've made a secret deal with the regime to give us oil or something I'm not sure I see the point.

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

This administration doesn’t care about Taiwan*

Posted by opossum jenkins <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=opossum+jenkins' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 16:55:17, in reply to "Taiwan and Ukraine should be the ones freaked out. *"

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unless we've made a secret deal with the regime to give us oil or something I'm not sure I see the point.

I'm pretty sure they've been freaked out for a while*

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 12:49:12, in reply to "Taiwan and Ukraine should be the ones freaked out. *"

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unless we've made a secret deal with the regime to give us oil or something I'm not sure I see the point.

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED *

Posted by shua <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=shua' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 11:38:38, in reply to "so we're not doing regime change but just arresting Maduro?"

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unless we've made a secret deal with the regime to give us oil or something I'm not sure I see the point.

We are going to "run" the country until a "transition" takes place, per Trump. Regime change-ey*

Posted by gvibes <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=gvibes' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 11:24:22, in reply to "so we're not doing regime change but just arresting Maduro?"

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unless we've made a secret deal with the regime to give us oil or something I'm not sure I see the point.

What could go wrong?

Posted by KingTalkyTiki <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=KingTalkyTiki' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 14:32:45, in reply to "We are going to "run" the country until a "transition" takes place, per Trump. Regime change-ey*"

What a stupidly short sighted and cruel county we are...

"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."

Good to see they have a plan*

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unless we've made a secret deal with the regime to give us oil or something I'm not sure I see the point.

Regime elimination-y*

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 11:33:02, in reply to "We are going to "run" the country until a "transition" takes place, per Trump. Regime change-ey*"

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unless we've made a secret deal with the regime to give us oil or something I'm not sure I see the point.

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

We’re running the country now per trump*

Posted by John Coctostan <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=John+Coctostan' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 11:14:44, in reply to "so we're not doing regime change but just arresting Maduro?"

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unless we've made a secret deal with the regime to give us oil or something I'm not sure I see the point.

Dotz

https://x.com/patrickwebb/status/2007386691670356449?s=46&t=lDVcHsc1kFZVprHvpzacAQ

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unless we've made a secret deal with the regime to give us oil or something I'm not sure I see the point.

Really leaning into the Dictator role now*

Posted by UofIL6 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=UofIL6' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 10:48:28, in reply to "This is the politics thread for the week of December 29."

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The fact his presser is at Mar-A-Lago is insane to me*

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 10:52:06, in reply to "Really leaning into the Dictator role now*"

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A few years back the idea of the “Thucydides trap” was a topic of debate.

Posted by DT <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=DT' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 10:34:28, in reply to "This is the politics thread for the week of December 29."

But I don’t think anyone thought it would be a good idea for the US to imitate the conduct of the Athenians as a basic strategy. But here we are with the full Peloponnesian bingo card: fractious internal politics with leaders putting their own interests ahead of the state, embrace of demagogues , strategic overreach, and a tyrannical foreign policy based on the principle that might makes right.

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Well we dodged (for now) the biggest bullet Athens faced. A pandemic.*

Posted by LeatherneckIllini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=LeatherneckIllini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 10:41:31, in reply to "A few years back the idea of the “Thucydides trap” was a topic of debate."

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Looks like we're at the stage of fascism where broadcast media is mostly showing

Venezuelans celebrating in the streets.

Jesus Christ.

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absolutely terrifying and pathetic. *

Posted by memyselfandillini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=memyselfandillini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 15:59:38, in reply to "Looks like we're at the stage of fascism where broadcast media is mostly showing "

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Venezuelans celebrating in the streets.

Jesus Christ.

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Reuters: Maduro's heavy-handed rule is finally ended by Trump

Posted by RVA <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=RVA' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 10:26:49, in reply to "Looks like we're at the stage of fascism where broadcast media is mostly showing "

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/newsmaker-nicolas-maduros-heavy-handed-rule-venezuela-is-finally-ended-by-trump-2026-01-03/

Can’t wait to see how we react when china uses this as justification to invade Taiwan*

Posted by John Coctostan <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=John+Coctostan' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 10:17:52, in reply to "This is the politics thread for the week of December 29."

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lol if you think this has one ounce of impact on that. Xi made that decision years ago…

Posted by LeatherneckIllini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=LeatherneckIllini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 10:26:04, in reply to "Can’t wait to see how we react when china uses this as justification to invade Taiwan*"

it’s just a matter if we can deter him from using force to do it (and then expand out from there). China doesn’t give two shits about international law or norms. Only how it benefits them. Just google their fishing fleets.

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Everything you just typed could be applied to this situation too. Kinda amazing you seem

Posted by John Coctostan <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=John+Coctostan' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 10:28:50, in reply to "lol if you think this has one ounce of impact on that. Xi made that decision years ago…"

incapable of seeing things outside of a us military perspective

The U.S. doesn't give two shits about international law or norms*

Posted by RVA <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=RVA' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 10:28:23, in reply to "lol if you think this has one ounce of impact on that. Xi made that decision years ago…"

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Trump admin notwithstanding, that's patently untrue. Now whether this admin is temporary...

Posted by LeatherneckIllini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=LeatherneckIllini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 10:43:55, in reply to "The U.S. doesn't give two shits about international law or norms*"

departure or not remains to be seen.

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*Spitake*

Posted by KingTalkyTiki <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=KingTalkyTiki' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 13:02:22, in reply to "Trump admin notwithstanding, that's patently untrue. Now whether this admin is temporary..."

I mean I guess if you just ignore our entire foreign policy in the western hemisphere since the Monroe Doctrine and our foreign policy in the Middle East since 2001...

"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."

Are you fucking kidding me?! A century of regime changes says you’re full of shit. *

Posted by VIV <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=VIV' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 11:57:17, in reply to "Trump admin notwithstanding, that's patently untrue. Now whether this admin is temporary..."

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departure or not remains to be seen.

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

"setting aside the current government, that's untrue." Come on. We are literally sanctioning

Posted by gvibes <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=gvibes' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 11:28:22, in reply to "Trump admin notwithstanding, that's patently untrue. Now whether this admin is temporary..."

International Criminal Court judges.

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departure or not remains to be seen.

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My bad, I forgot to account for "nuh uh, that doesn't count"*

Posted by RVA <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=RVA' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 11:21:51, in reply to "Trump admin notwithstanding, that's patently untrue. Now whether this admin is temporary..."

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departure or not remains to be seen.

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Xi would just need to buy a few billion of Trump’s crypto and he’d go along with it.*

Posted by DT <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=DT' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 10:23:46, in reply to "Can’t wait to see how we react when china uses this as justification to invade Taiwan*"

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Potentially next on the dance card, a country that in 5 years has lost more people than Ireland…

Posted by LeatherneckIllini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=LeatherneckIllini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 10:17:46, in reply to "This is the politics thread for the week of December 29."

during the great potato famine, by percentage of population.

I’m talking about you Cuba.

https://en.cibercuba.com/noticias/2025-12-30-u2-e2-s27061-nid317552-emigracion-cubana-2025-redistribucion-global-exodo

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what would the point be? strategic location?*

Posted by memyselfandillini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=memyselfandillini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 17:37:10, in reply to "Potentially next on the dance card, a country that in 5 years has lost more people than Ireland…"

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I’m sure toppling the government with no plan will improve stability and decrease immigration

Posted by DT <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=DT' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 10:20:00, in reply to "Potentially next on the dance card, a country that in 5 years has lost more people than Ireland…"

It worked beautifully in Iraq, Libya, and Syria, which is why Europe has no migrant or refugee problems.

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hearts and mines I mean minds*

Posted by memyselfandillini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=memyselfandillini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 17:38:10, in reply to "I’m sure toppling the government with no plan will improve stability and decrease immigration "

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It worked beautifully in Iraq, Libya, and Syria, which is why Europe has no migrant or refugee problems.

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He just used the same playbook as the East Wing!*

Posted by shua <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=shua' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 11:37:21, in reply to "I’m sure toppling the government with no plan will improve stability and decrease immigration "

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It worked beautifully in Iraq, Libya, and Syria, which is why Europe has no migrant or refugee problems.

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This is where I’m at. I don’t really care about going in and taking a shitbag out of power.

Posted by voiceofreason <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=voiceofreason' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 10:42:36, in reply to "I’m sure toppling the government with no plan will improve stability and decrease immigration "

But if there’s no plan to stabilize the situation in Venezuela and make things better for the people…yeah.

I fear that we are just going to hide behind the drug trade messaging here. Is there a plan for what happens next and who takes over?

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It worked beautifully in Iraq, Libya, and Syria, which is why Europe has no migrant or refugee problems.

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This is just revenge for Venezuela fixing the 2020 election (Trump might actually think this)*

Posted by gvibes <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=gvibes' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 10:58:32, in reply to "This is where I’m at. I don’t really care about going in and taking a shitbag out of power."

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It worked beautifully in Iraq, Libya, and Syria, which is why Europe has no migrant or refugee problems.

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Certainly a non -zero chance.*

Posted by voiceofreason <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=voiceofreason' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 11:30:12, in reply to "This is just revenge for Venezuela fixing the 2020 election (Trump might actually think this)*"

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It worked beautifully in Iraq, Libya, and Syria, which is why Europe has no migrant or refugee problems.

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Surprise, buttsecks! We're going to run it!

Posted by Jersey <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Jersey' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 10:54:07, in reply to "This is where I’m at. I don’t really care about going in and taking a shitbag out of power."

https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mbjubjzn5h2q

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It worked beautifully in Iraq, Libya, and Syria, which is why Europe has no migrant or refugee problems.

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Yeah…so there is no plan.*

Posted by voiceofreason <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=voiceofreason' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 11:29:37, in reply to "Surprise, buttsecks! We're going to run it!"

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https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mbjubjzn5h2q

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It worked beautifully in Iraq, Libya, and Syria, which is why Europe has no migrant or refugee problems.

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Welcome new Venezuelan president Erika Kirk!*

Posted by Herman Blume <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Herman+Blume' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 11:00:14, in reply to "Surprise, buttsecks! We're going to run it!"

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https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mbjubjzn5h2q

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It worked beautifully in Iraq, Libya, and Syria, which is why Europe has no migrant or refugee problems.

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oh fudge.*

Posted by LeatherneckIllini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=LeatherneckIllini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 10:57:11, in reply to "Surprise, buttsecks! We're going to run it!"

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https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mbjubjzn5h2q

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It worked beautifully in Iraq, Libya, and Syria, which is why Europe has no migrant or refugee problems.

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We’re like 6 months away from you posting about how even though we’ve spent billions and the country

is in disarray that it was still worth it

Leather with a mouth full of Trump and loving it*

Posted by Drippy <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Drippy' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 11:43:59, in reply to "We’re like 6 months away from you posting about how even though we’ve spent billions and the country"

Which is why one potential outcome is Syria in the jungle. None of us know how this will…

Posted by LeatherneckIllini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=LeatherneckIllini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 10:23:32, in reply to "I’m sure toppling the government with no plan will improve stability and decrease immigration "

turn out. As you point out, it could end up worse than having him there. Our recent track record isn’t too good.

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It worked beautifully in Iraq, Libya, and Syria, which is why Europe has no migrant or refugee problems.

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I was actually responding to your point about Bay of Pigs 2:Electric Trumpaloo.

Posted by DT <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=DT' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 10:25:14, in reply to "Which is why one potential outcome is Syria in the jungle. None of us know how this will…"

But yeah, the same point applies to Venezuela as well.

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turn out. As you point out, it could end up worse than having him there. Our recent track record isn’t too good.

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It worked beautifully in Iraq, Libya, and Syria, which is why Europe has no migrant or refugee problems.

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Well thanks to the 160 and Delta there will be no Bay of Pigs. But what comes next…*

Posted by LeatherneckIllini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=LeatherneckIllini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 10:27:05, in reply to "I was actually responding to your point about Bay of Pigs 2:Electric Trumpaloo."

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But yeah, the same point applies to Venezuela as well.

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turn out. As you point out, it could end up worse than having him there. Our recent track record isn’t too good.

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It worked beautifully in Iraq, Libya, and Syria, which is why Europe has no migrant or refugee problems.

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Another flawless delta force joint*

Posted by gvibes <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=gvibes' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 10:53:56, in reply to "Well thanks to the 160 and Delta there will be no Bay of Pigs. But what comes next…*"

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But yeah, the same point applies to Venezuela as well.

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turn out. As you point out, it could end up worse than having him there. Our recent track record isn’t too good.

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It worked beautifully in Iraq, Libya, and Syria, which is why Europe has no migrant or refugee problems.

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Any other countries you've been wanting to war-game?*

Posted by RVA <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=RVA' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 10:29:17, in reply to "Well thanks to the 160 and Delta there will be no Bay of Pigs. But what comes next…*"

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But yeah, the same point applies to Venezuela as well.

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turn out. As you point out, it could end up worse than having him there. Our recent track record isn’t too good.

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It worked beautifully in Iraq, Libya, and Syria, which is why Europe has no migrant or refugee problems.

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Well it would be nice for Iran to overthrow the mullahs. And I've always wanted to visit Cuba...

Posted by LeatherneckIllini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=LeatherneckIllini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 10:45:14, in reply to "Any other countries you've been wanting to war-game?*"

NK is hopeless unfortunately.

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But yeah, the same point applies to Venezuela as well.

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turn out. As you point out, it could end up worse than having him there. Our recent track record isn’t too good.

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It worked beautifully in Iraq, Libya, and Syria, which is why Europe has no migrant or refugee problems.

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And we are indicting him on (fake) drug charges*

Posted by Mrap24 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Mrap24' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 10:10:28, in reply to "This is the politics thread for the week of December 29."

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I have no idea if the charges are valid or not. But they clearly are a justification not a reason

Posted by DT <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=DT' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 10:15:45, in reply to "And we are indicting him on (fake) drug charges*"

Trump’s pardon of the Honduran president convicted on drug charges proves that they don’t actually care about that in any principled way.

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They aren’t fake. You can disagree with the decision but another branch of government…

Posted by LeatherneckIllini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=LeatherneckIllini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 10:14:33, in reply to "And we are indicting him on (fake) drug charges*"

did approve his indictments. Maduro is a bad dude. As was Chavez.

Also just read Cuba has lost 24% of its population. Worse than Ireland during the great potato famine.

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This has absolutely nothing to do with him being a 'bad dude' and you know it. *

Posted by larue33 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=larue33' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 10:19:14, in reply to "They aren’t fake. You can disagree with the decision but another branch of government…"

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did approve his indictments. Maduro is a bad dude. As was Chavez.

Also just read Cuba has lost 24% of its population. Worse than Ireland during the great potato famine.

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Two things can be true. Maduro is a bad dude that’s helped destroy his country and…

Posted by LeatherneckIllini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=LeatherneckIllini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 10:21:47, in reply to "This has absolutely nothing to do with him being a 'bad dude' and you know it. *"

removing him could potentially be worse (or better).

But disagreeing with Trump’s policy here doesn’t change the fact Maduro is an awful dude.

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did approve his indictments. Maduro is a bad dude. As was Chavez.

Also just read Cuba has lost 24% of its population. Worse than Ireland during the great potato famine.

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Saddam was a bad dude too. Doesn't make regime change good policy*

Posted by gvibes <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=gvibes' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 10:38:09, in reply to "Two things can be true. Maduro is a bad dude that’s helped destroy his country and…"

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removing him could potentially be worse (or better).

But disagreeing with Trump’s policy here doesn’t change the fact Maduro is an awful dude.

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did approve his indictments. Maduro is a bad dude. As was Chavez.

Also just read Cuba has lost 24% of its population. Worse than Ireland during the great potato famine.

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Yep. Pottery Barn rule in full effect.*

Posted by LeatherneckIllini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=LeatherneckIllini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 10:46:11, in reply to "Saddam was a bad dude too. Doesn't make regime change good policy*"

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removing him could potentially be worse (or better).

But disagreeing with Trump’s policy here doesn’t change the fact Maduro is an awful dude.

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did approve his indictments. Maduro is a bad dude. As was Chavez.

Also just read Cuba has lost 24% of its population. Worse than Ireland during the great potato famine.

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Saddam was a bad dude too. Doesn't make regime change good policy*

Posted by gvibes <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=gvibes' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 10:38:04, in reply to "Two things can be true. Maduro is a bad dude that’s helped destroy his country and…"

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removing him could potentially be worse (or better).

But disagreeing with Trump’s policy here doesn’t change the fact Maduro is an awful dude.

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did approve his indictments. Maduro is a bad dude. As was Chavez.

Also just read Cuba has lost 24% of its population. Worse than Ireland during the great potato famine.

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So now we care about “bad foreign dudes?” We just release one a month ago*

Posted by Mrap24 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Mrap24' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 10:16:24, in reply to "They aren’t fake. You can disagree with the decision but another branch of government…"

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did approve his indictments. Maduro is a bad dude. As was Chavez.

Also just read Cuba has lost 24% of its population. Worse than Ireland during the great potato famine.

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Yes, it’s frustrating*

Posted by LeatherneckIllini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=LeatherneckIllini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 10:19:42, in reply to "So now we care about “bad foreign dudes?” We just release one a month ago*"

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did approve his indictments. Maduro is a bad dude. As was Chavez.

Also just read Cuba has lost 24% of its population. Worse than Ireland during the great potato famine.

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he was indicted in March 2020*

Posted by Poldark <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Poldark' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 10:12:44, in reply to "And we are indicting him on (fake) drug charges*"

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Social Misfit who wants to coach Illinois women's basketball.

"Props to Bruce Rauner."

After an investigation led by Bove and Houle. lol.*

Posted by Herman Blume <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Herman+Blume' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 10:55:14, in reply to "he was indicted in March 2020*"

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Maybe on something, but this indictment is new*

Posted by gvibes <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=gvibes' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 10:14:58, in reply to "he was indicted in March 2020*"

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Does Trump get the CONMEBOL Peace Prize now?*

Posted by shua <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=shua' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 9:14:26, in reply to "This is the politics thread for the week of December 29."

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Oh, all that sweet, sweet oil we now are in control of

Posted by timmer <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=timmer' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 8:58:10, in reply to "This is the politics thread for the week of December 29."

Hello $0.99/gal gas

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(for rent)

Out of left field theory, Venezuela party opposition says Maduro capture was a negotiated deal

Posted by MC <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=MC' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 8:54:06, in reply to "This is the politics thread for the week of December 29."

And the bombs was for show.

I don’t know the original source of this info

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

Misinformation by Opposition party to make it easier for people to change sides*

Posted by LeatherneckIllini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=LeatherneckIllini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 10:10:14, in reply to "Out of left field theory, Venezuela party opposition says Maduro capture was a negotiated deal "

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And the bombs was for show.

I don’t know the original source of this info

USA! USA! USA! *

Posted by MC <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=MC' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 8:49:30, in reply to "This is the politics thread for the week of December 29."

People need to go prison immediately.

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

So I guess we invaded Venezuela and arrested Maduro.

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 8:49:03, in reply to "This is the politics thread for the week of December 29."

If you believe Trump

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01/03/world/trump-united-states-strikes-venezuela

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

dawts…

Posted by LeatherneckIllini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=LeatherneckIllini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 10:12:17, in reply to "So I guess we invaded Venezuela and arrested Maduro."

https://x.com/WarPath2pt0/status/2007438499083854326?s=20

Delta and the night stalkers > anything involving SEALS

Now the really hard part, ensuring it doesn’t turn into Syria in the jungle.

With this and Iran someone said the CIA has a chance to go on a generational run. We shall see.

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If you believe Trump

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01/03/world/trump-united-states-strikes-venezuela

This is China’s in*

Posted by timmer <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=timmer' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 10:16:15, in reply to "dawts…"

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If you believe Trump

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01/03/world/trump-united-states-strikes-venezuela

(for rent)

Maduro: “I’ll go quietly, but do we, uh, really have to take the wife?”

Posted by bbonb <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=bbonb' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 9:09:32, in reply to "So I guess we invaded Venezuela and arrested Maduro."

“I mean, she has all her clothes here, friends, pickle ball”

So were the bad guys now.

Posted by TarheelIllini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=TarheelIllini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 8:52:19, in reply to "So I guess we invaded Venezuela and arrested Maduro."

This shite is so stupid

Recrudescence

Trump took Mamdani into custody

Posted by Stu <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Stu' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 8:48:46, in reply to "This is the politics thread for the week of December 29."

I mean Maduro

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maybe grok isn't all bad

Posted by ECEIllinois <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ECEIllinois' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 2, 2026, 12:55:22, in reply to "This is the politics thread for the week of December 29."

Presumably, it's still okay to ask Grok for AI videos of Kirk and Vance fucking.

Posted by complainant <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=complainant' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 2, 2026, 15:02:01, in reply to "maybe grok isn't all bad"

And then wait to see which Kirk Grok thinks you meant.

related

Erica Kirk is gonna bust out the T-shirt cannon of mourning https://t.co/0t3rCuhhA0
— Duncan Smith (@DuncanSmithNBA) January 2, 2026

So good, let's run it back! Crime is down!

Posted by KingTalkyTiki <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=KingTalkyTiki' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 2, 2026, 11:22:23, in reply to "This is the politics thread for the week of December 29."

Sorry Racist-ass Maga jagoffs. I know that not enough Chicagoans lying dead in our streets, too often predominantly poor and people or color, does nothing to drive your Anti-Chicago rhetoric.

Thoughts and prayers to osklister and the rest of y'all...

upload images with link options

"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."

I saw that Baltimore had gotten theirs down similarly, what are the theories on why it’s happening?*

Posted by OB25 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=OB25' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 2, 2026, 12:57:20, in reply to "So good, let's run it back! Crime is down!"

When something is happening, young people like to say it’s “lit.”

One is more localized policing in Baltimore

Posted by Potomac <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Potomac' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 3, 2026, 10:06:04, in reply to "I saw that Baltimore had gotten theirs down similarly, what are the theories on why it’s happening?*"

Focus efforts according to some variation of the 80-20 rule. The police don’t need to worry much about the neighborhood in south Baltimore where my daughter lives. But in the worst 20% or whatever, you can make a difference.

Declining % of young adults in the city helps, too. As birth rates stay low, expect lower crime stats.

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Philadelphia too.*

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 2, 2026, 12:58:58, in reply to "I saw that Baltimore had gotten theirs down similarly, what are the theories on why it’s happening?*"

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

The fact that it seems to be a widespread trend makes me think it’s a broader societal shift

Posted by DT <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=DT' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 2, 2026, 16:27:16, in reply to "Philadelphia too.*"

…as opposed to any specific successful anti-crime policies pursued by individual cities. Looking at the stats over time I wonder if the pandemic might have triggered a big burst in violent crime with a bunch of people losing jobs and everything being shut down so there were no outlets for energy or activity. And now that’s fading and things are relaxing back to the prior normal levels. But maybe that’s not the reason.

The same is true of the big drop in the 90’s across many cities. New York got a ton of credit for their broken windows policing, but other cities who weren’t doing that showed big drops in crime at the same time, which makes it likely that the New York policing strategies just happened to be implemented at the same time crime was dropping everywhere, as opposed to being a key driver.

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My general guess is since the 1990s we’ve had like 30 years or re-urbanization…

Posted by haighter <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=haighter' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 2, 2026, 21:12:45, in reply to "The fact that it seems to be a widespread trend makes me think it’s a broader societal shift"

Investment. Money. Upper middle class families. White people decided that they need not be afraid of living in the city proper and they drew massive investments in services and amenities.

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There was a spike of crime around Covid. Things are going back to normal. That’s all it is.*

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 2, 2026, 16:28:06, in reply to "The fact that it seems to be a widespread trend makes me think it’s a broader societal shift"

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

If I recall, the covid spike was largely domestic violence*

Posted by RVA <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=RVA' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 2, 2026, 17:30:19, in reply to "There was a spike of crime around Covid. Things are going back to normal. That’s all it is.*"

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The numbers are down relative to time periods way before Covid. Going back decades, not years*

Posted by OB25 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=OB25' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 2, 2026, 16:30:38, in reply to "There was a spike of crime around Covid. Things are going back to normal. That’s all it is.*"

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When something is happening, young people like to say it’s “lit.”

one theory is the country is just aging out of crime, with the COVID spike being an outlier*

Posted by ECEIllinois <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ECEIllinois' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 2, 2026, 17:02:16, in reply to "The numbers are down relative to time periods way before Covid. Going back decades, not years*"

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Looks at Chicago, Baltimore, and Philly mayor.

Posted by KingTalkyTiki <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=KingTalkyTiki' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 2, 2026, 13:08:16, in reply to "Philadelphia too.*"

Whatever do they have in common....*chin scratchy*

"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."

lol.*

Posted by Ari Gold <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Ari+Gold' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 2, 2026, 15:46:20, in reply to "Looks at Chicago, Baltimore, and Philly mayor."

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Whatever do they have in common....*chin scratchy*

I'm sure a white policy wonk from Palos would have been just as knowledgeable about issues...

...impacting the most devastated neighborhoods...and bonus, he'd have Catanzara on his side so he'd have that going for him.

Lol, indeed.

"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."

Numbers are low bc Donnie sent help. Dur*

Posted by Mrap24 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Mrap24' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 2, 2026, 12:07:37, in reply to "So good, let's run it back! Crime is down!"

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oOo

Posted by KingTalkyTiki <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=KingTalkyTiki' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 2, 2026, 12:50:04, in reply to "Numbers are low bc Donnie sent help. Dur*"

https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/msg/1767310545.html

"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."

Today's news cycle is about Mamdani, I expect Trump to be extra unhinged*

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 2, 2026, 12:08:32, in reply to "Numbers are low bc Donnie sent help. Dur*"

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When the numbers don't match their fee-fees, it's because the numbers are fudged.

Posted by Sammich <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sammich' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 2, 2026, 11:29:02, in reply to "So good, let's run it back! Crime is down!"

One of the many rhetorical devices the pandemic taught them.

I want to break it up
I want to smash it up
I want to #### it up
I want to watch it come down

Chicago cops are just fudging the numbers!!!!!

Posted by KingTalkyTiki <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=KingTalkyTiki' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 2, 2026, 11:30:28, in reply to "When the numbers don't match their fee-fees, it's because the numbers are fudged."

Y'know, despite the year over year trend going back into previous mayoral admins....

"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."

Marble and Onyx

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 2, 2026, 11:12:49, in reply to "This is the politics thread for the week of December 29."

https://x.com/ddiamond/status/2007105405701533821?s=20

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this is just hideous. how does somebody so obsessed with design have such shitty taste?

Similar to his immigration policies, he seems to prefer white*

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 2, 2026, 17:20:04, in reply to "this is just hideous. how does somebody so obsessed with design have such shitty taste?"

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it's probably best for the country that he's focused on interior decorations than any real issues*

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https://x.com/ddiamond/status/2007105405701533821?s=20

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let boys be boys, atl*

Posted by Sammich <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sammich' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 2, 2026, 11:27:47, in reply to "Marble and Onyx"

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https://x.com/ddiamond/status/2007105405701533821?s=20

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I want to break it up
I want to smash it up
I want to #### it up
I want to watch it come down

They were my favorite WWE female tag team champs.*

Posted by DT <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=DT' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 2, 2026, 11:25:41, in reply to "Marble and Onyx"

Alternative joke:American Gladiators.

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https://x.com/ddiamond/status/2007105405701533821?s=20

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my favorite Henley/Nicks duet*

Posted by Sammich <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sammich' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 2, 2026, 11:30:09, in reply to "They were my favorite WWE female tag team champs.*"

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Alternative joke:American Gladiators.

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https://x.com/ddiamond/status/2007105405701533821?s=20

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I want to break it up
I want to smash it up
I want to #### it up
I want to watch it come down

My favorite nicknames for my balls*

Posted by Herman Blume <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Herman+Blume' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 2, 2026, 13:33:49, in reply to "my favorite Henley/Nicks duet*"

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Alternative joke:American Gladiators.

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https://x.com/ddiamond/status/2007105405701533821?s=20

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The 'at his own expense' is cute. After he's grifted billions, he'll use a sliver for the tacky

Posted by UofIL6 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=UofIL6' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 2, 2026, 11:19:39, in reply to "Marble and Onyx"

ballroom finishes

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https://x.com/ddiamond/status/2007105405701533821?s=20

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Still gonna need to see a receipt.*

Posted by SurfTheBoneyard <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=SurfTheBoneyard' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 2, 2026, 13:02:44, in reply to "The 'at his own expense' is cute. After he's grifted billions, he'll use a sliver for the tacky "

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ballroom finishes

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https://x.com/ddiamond/status/2007105405701533821?s=20

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Sky Marshal of the Luftwaffle

“Surf is just a national treasure.” — Jackie

This place is going to be tackier than a 1980s south side Chicago banquet hall...

Y'know, where all my homecoming dances, family & friend's weddings, and any other major life events occurred.

...well that and renting out the hall at VFW Post 6863. RIP.

"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."

Condesa Del Mar, represent*

Posted by AintHatin <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=AintHatin' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 2, 2026, 16:45:48, in reply to "This place is going to be tackier than a 1980s south side Chicago banquet hall..."

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Y'know, where all my homecoming dances, family & friend's weddings, and any other major life events occurred.

...well that and renting out the hall at VFW Post 6863. RIP.

He should have used the laser background for his presidential portrait.*

Posted by DT <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=DT' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 2, 2026, 11:26:27, in reply to "This place is going to be tackier than a 1980s south side Chicago banquet hall..."

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Y'know, where all my homecoming dances, family & friend's weddings, and any other major life events occurred.

...well that and renting out the hall at VFW Post 6863. RIP.

thankfully it'll never actually get built*

Posted by shua <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=shua' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 2, 2026, 11:18:55, in reply to "This place is going to be tackier than a 1980s south side Chicago banquet hall..."

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Y'know, where all my homecoming dances, family & friend's weddings, and any other major life events occurred.

...well that and renting out the hall at VFW Post 6863. RIP.

How is today Friday and not Monday?*

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 2, 2026, 9:23:22, in reply to "This is the politics thread for the week of December 29."

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Yesterday was Thursday and not Sunday. Hope that helps. *

Posted by VIV <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=VIV' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 2, 2026, 9:24:56, in reply to "How is today Friday and not Monday?*"

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

But the day before that was Saturday. *

Posted by doubledown <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=doubledown' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 2, 2026, 10:08:43, in reply to "Yesterday was Thursday and not Sunday. Hope that helps. *"

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2025 lasted ten years but December only lasted a week*

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 2, 2026, 10:20:16, in reply to "But the day before that was Saturday. *"

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Mamdani already kicking criminals out of NYC

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 2, 2026, 8:32:54, in reply to "This is the politics thread for the week of December 29."

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

How many of those replies are "This isn't a train station ..." ? *

Posted by doubledown <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=doubledown' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 2, 2026, 8:48:45, in reply to "Mamdani already kicking criminals out of NYC"

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Things are going great over on X

Posted by biclops <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=biclops' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 1, 2026, 21:48:43, in reply to "This is the politics thread for the week of December 29."

A disturbing and dangerous trend has surfaced on X, with users misusing the platform’s AI tool, Grok, to morph photographs of women and children into sexually compromising images. The development has triggered global outrage and renewed concerns over AI-enabled sexual abuse.

The trend began a couple of days ago and escalated on New Year’s Eve, spreading rapidly across the platform. Users were seen issuing direct prompts to Grok to digitally manipulate images of women and children, turning ordinary photographs into explicit and abusive content. These images were then circulated widely without consent, exposing victims to humiliation, harassment, and harm.

https://www.cnbctv18.com/technology/global-outrage-as-xs-grok-morphs-photos-of-women-children-into-explicit-content-19811130.htm

https://x.com/grok/status/2006525486021705785?s=46&t=Z2WDeGTY1oiKv3V21L4QWw

The way you are, it's not your fault, you knew that
The way we were, so young and caught up in it

But the "make your own child porn" tech is at the heart of Ari's booming market

Posted by RVA <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=RVA' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 2, 2026, 7:03:52, in reply to "Things are going great over on X"

Can't upset anything there so, as with school shootings, just pray it isn't your kid

What a dope*

Posted by assassin <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=assassin' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 1, 2026, 21:55:56, in reply to "Things are going great over on X"

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Brandon Schrock of Laredo, Texas, told the federal government that his employer was “poop,” and his occupation was “pooper.”

Something I find interesting. 40 people die in Switzerland. Front page. 100k or more in Sudan....

Posted by LeatherneckIllini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=LeatherneckIllini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 1, 2026, 20:26:31, in reply to "This is the politics thread for the week of December 29."

nothing.
Real genocide, unlike Gaza, but I guess no one cares about it.

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So many things…*

Posted by cpsteine <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=cpsteine' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 2, 2026, 16:48:40, in reply to "Something I find interesting. 40 people die in Switzerland. Front page. 100k or more in Sudan...."

This doesn’t actually surprise you, does it? *

Posted by haighter <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=haighter' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 2, 2026, 9:58:20, in reply to "Something I find interesting. 40 people die in Switzerland. Front page. 100k or more in Sudan...."

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nothing.
Real genocide, unlike Gaza, but I guess no one cares about it.

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Black Lives (Don't) Matter*

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 2, 2026, 11:30:46, in reply to "This doesn’t actually surprise you, does it? *"

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nothing.
Real genocide, unlike Gaza, but I guess no one cares about it.

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"Real genocide, unlike Gaza"

Posted by Chuck Woodaby <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Chuck+Woodaby' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 2, 2026, 9:48:12, in reply to "Something I find interesting. 40 people die in Switzerland. Front page. 100k or more in Sudan...."

Stay classy.

not nothing, but not front page either

Posted by TarheelIllini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=TarheelIllini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 2, 2026, 9:17:58, in reply to "Something I find interesting. 40 people die in Switzerland. Front page. 100k or more in Sudan...."

https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/30/world/sudan-massacres-rsf-rebels-darfur-intl

Recrudescence

In one day?*

Posted by assassin <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=assassin' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 1, 2026, 21:41:47, in reply to "Something I find interesting. 40 people die in Switzerland. Front page. 100k or more in Sudan...."

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nothing.
Real genocide, unlike Gaza, but I guess no one cares about it.

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Brandon Schrock of Laredo, Texas, told the federal government that his employer was “poop,” and his occupation was “pooper.”

The massacre in Fasher was Babi Yar like stuff

Posted by illiniranger <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=illiniranger' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 2, 2026, 9:24:36, in reply to "In one day?*"

thousands at a time. So many bodies it was visible from space.

I’d say 100,000 in the space of a week or two was feasible.

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nothing.
Real genocide, unlike Gaza, but I guess no one cares about it.

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To clarify, I should’ve said visible with the cheap available satellite imagery available to civilia

Very disturbing stuff.

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thousands at a time. So many bodies it was visible from space.

I’d say 100,000 in the space of a week or two was feasible.

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nothing.
Real genocide, unlike Gaza, but I guess no one cares about it.

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seems its over 1.5 years*

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nothing.
Real genocide, unlike Gaza, but I guess no one cares about it.

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Recrudescence

Mamdani puts together two pro housing/anti red tape task forces

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 1, 2026, 19:02:07, in reply to "This is the politics thread for the week of December 29."

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

It was a reasonably big party for how cold it was. *

Posted by JacobRDaugherty <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=JacobRDaugherty' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 1, 2026, 21:30:19, in reply to "Mamdani puts together two pro housing/anti red tape task forces "

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I also went to a NYE party thrown by a desi guy who was raised in Africa

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 1, 2026, 21:33:56, in reply to "It was a reasonably big party for how cold it was. *"

So it was totally the same thing

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

atherosclerosis update

Posted by complainant <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=complainant' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 1, 2026, 18:48:32, in reply to "This is the politics thread for the week of December 29."

WSJ: RNC Chair Joe Gruters said he was "shocked" to witness Trump eat french fries, a McDonald’s Quarter Pounder, a Big Mac, and a Filet-O-Fish in one sitting. pic.twitter.com/ZX8bju9PnJ
— Molly Ploofkins (@Mollyploofkins) January 1, 2026

Somewhere in a suburban cal-de-sac, osklister weeps

Posted by KingTalkyTiki <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=KingTalkyTiki' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 1, 2026, 17:30:15, in reply to "This is the politics thread for the week of December 29."

"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."

Paul Vallas is probably legitimately mourning Charlie Kirk atm.

Posted by Toonces <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Toonces' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 1, 2026, 18:50:26, in reply to "Somewhere in a suburban cal-de-sac, osklister weeps"

Like a gay.

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Legitimately bronchial.

Wait ... whose ass?*

Posted by complainant <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=complainant' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 1, 2026, 19:07:56, in reply to "Paul Vallas is probably legitimately mourning Charlie Kirk atm. "

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Like a gay.

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While lining up his next rental apartment in the city for residency.

Posted by SurfTheBoneyard <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=SurfTheBoneyard' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 1, 2026, 18:52:51, in reply to "Paul Vallas is probably legitimately mourning Charlie Kirk atm. "

Election in February 2027.

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Like a gay.

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Sky Marshal of the Luftwaffle

“Surf is just a national treasure.” — Jackie

Maybe he will make up more entertaining nicknames for amputees

Posted by Stu <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Stu' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 1, 2026, 18:48:23, in reply to "Somewhere in a suburban cal-de-sac, osklister weeps"

I mean, Stumpy will only get you so far

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I’m sure Trump will take credit*

Posted by shua <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=shua' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 1, 2026, 17:30:54, in reply to "Somewhere in a suburban cal-de-sac, osklister weeps"

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I give him some credit.

Posted by KingTalkyTiki <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=KingTalkyTiki' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 1, 2026, 17:35:45, in reply to "I’m sure Trump will take credit*"

Considering most Chicagoans have redirected our hatred at him rather than at each other.

..but the other 99% had been focusing resources on the most troubled areas of our city.

"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."

NM*

Posted by Carl Spackler <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Carl+Spackler' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 31, 2025, 23:10:10, in reply to "This is the politics thread for the week of December 29."

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AZ*

Posted by timmer <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=timmer' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 31, 2025, 23:12:37, in reply to "NM*"

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(for rent)

Likely not a surprise Jack Smith interview was dropped on NYE when all the attention is elsewhere

Posted by UofIL6 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=UofIL6' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 31, 2025, 17:25:30, in reply to "This is the politics thread for the week of December 29."

Seems the Cliffs Notes version is Trump's a criminal (not surprising)

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dotz

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 31, 2025, 17:33:34, in reply to "Likely not a surprise Jack Smith interview was dropped on NYE when all the attention is elsewhere"

https://x.com/RachelBitecofer/status/2006467841516859876?s=20

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Seems the Cliffs Notes version is Trump's a criminal (not surprising)

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Very cool for the Department of Homeland Security to post this

Posted by ECEIllinois <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ECEIllinois' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 31, 2025, 17:00:10, in reply to "This is the politics thread for the week of December 29."

https://x.com/DHSgov/status/2006472108222853298

Even their aspirational state, Saudi Arabia, lets foreigners come work there.*

Posted by DT <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=DT' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 1, 2026, 17:36:42, in reply to "Very cool for the Department of Homeland Security to post this"

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https://x.com/DHSgov/status/2006472108222853298

Big, gas guzzling cars free to roam a Bahamian or Baja California beach

Posted by timmer <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=timmer' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 31, 2025, 18:08:48, in reply to "Very cool for the Department of Homeland Security to post this"

I’ll take it!

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https://x.com/DHSgov/status/2006472108222853298

(for rent)

Despicable people...and mathematical idiots*

Posted by UofIL6 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=UofIL6' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 31, 2025, 17:02:41, in reply to "Very cool for the Department of Homeland Security to post this"

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https://x.com/DHSgov/status/2006472108222853298

I'm not sure the math is wrong.

Posted by larue33 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=larue33' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 31, 2025, 17:14:37, in reply to "Despicable people...and mathematical idiots*"

Combined Hispanic and African-American population is about 110 million. They're in the ballpark.

Yep, this isn’t “deport all the illegal immigrants”. It’s “eliminate all the non-white people*

Posted by IlliniRunner <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=IlliniRunner' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 31, 2025, 17:55:51, in reply to "I'm not sure the math is wrong. "

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Combined Hispanic and African-American population is about 110 million. They're in the ballpark.

Kill the White People!

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 31, 2025, 18:41:49, in reply to "Yep, this isn’t “deport all the illegal immigrants”. It’s “eliminate all the non-white people*"

https://rumble.com/embed/v3st077/

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Combined Hispanic and African-American population is about 110 million. They're in the ballpark.

C-I-L-L my l a n l o r d*

Posted by timmer <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=timmer' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 31, 2025, 23:13:43, in reply to "Kill the White People!"

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https://rumble.com/embed/v3st077/

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Combined Hispanic and African-American population is about 110 million. They're in the ballpark.

(for rent)

I was reading it as a congrats they deported 100M....I guess it could just be a target*

Posted by UofIL6 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=UofIL6' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 31, 2025, 17:44:55, in reply to "I'm not sure the math is wrong. "

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Combined Hispanic and African-American population is about 110 million. They're in the ballpark.

Why do conservatives always want to get uncomfortably close to other peoples' kids?

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 31, 2025, 14:14:48, in reply to "This is the politics thread for the week of December 29."

https://bsky.app/profile/thetnholler.bsky.social/post/3mbcl7pphe22z

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

That’s rich coming from you. Projection! *

Posted by jjlocke923 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=jjlocke923' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 31, 2025, 16:07:10, in reply to "Why do conservatives always want to get uncomfortably close to other peoples' kids?"

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https://bsky.app/profile/thetnholler.bsky.social/post/3mbcl7pphe22z

Proud Winner of the 2024 Deuce ROY Award

I’d like to see your receipts buddy*

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 31, 2025, 17:31:59, in reply to "That’s rich coming from you. Projection! *"

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https://bsky.app/profile/thetnholler.bsky.social/post/3mbcl7pphe22z

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

Get fucked Bootlicker*

Posted by JacobRDaugherty <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=JacobRDaugherty' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 31, 2025, 16:28:41, in reply to "That’s rich coming from you. Projection! *"

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https://bsky.app/profile/thetnholler.bsky.social/post/3mbcl7pphe22z

Woah. What’s that all about? *

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https://bsky.app/profile/thetnholler.bsky.social/post/3mbcl7pphe22z

Proud Winner of the 2024 Deuce ROY Award

Can we PLEASE agree to keep fake whiny pussy pearl clutching out of the politics thread?*

Posted by JFG <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=JFG' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 1, 2026, 18:49:22, in reply to "Woah. What’s that all about? *"

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https://bsky.app/profile/thetnholler.bsky.social/post/3mbcl7pphe22z

Doesn't this get exhausting?

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 31, 2025, 17:34:20, in reply to "Woah. What’s that all about? *"

Do you have some sort of humiliation kink?

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https://bsky.app/profile/thetnholler.bsky.social/post/3mbcl7pphe22z

Literally exact same question to you*

Posted by John Coctostan <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=John+Coctostan' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 31, 2025, 17:40:31, in reply to "Doesn't this get exhausting?"

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Do you have some sort of humiliation kink?

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https://bsky.app/profile/thetnholler.bsky.social/post/3mbcl7pphe22z

yes, it very much does*

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 31, 2025, 17:43:55, in reply to "Literally exact same question to you*"

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Do you have some sort of humiliation kink?

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https://bsky.app/profile/thetnholler.bsky.social/post/3mbcl7pphe22z

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 31, 2025, 16:41:45, in reply to "Woah. What’s that all about? *"

https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/msg/1764102693.html

a true sociopath

Posted by larue33 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=larue33' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 31, 2025, 8:40:10, in reply to "This is the politics thread for the week of December 29."

As the Kennedys mourned the untimely death of Tatiana Schlossberg — the daughter of Caroline Kennedy and granddaughter of President John F. Kennedy — Donald Trump took to social media to share posts mocking the famous family.

Tatiana, the middle child of Caroline Kennedy and her husband, Edwin Schlossberg, died on Tuesday, Dec. 30, at age 35, just over a month after publicly sharing that she had been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia.
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Trump did not directly mention Tatiana's death in his social media deluge following her death. Instead, he shared screenshots of MAGA supporters mocking the famous political family for their recent responses to his decision to add his name to the Kennedy Center, a historic performance venue in Washington, D.C., which was dedicated as a memorial to JFK following his assassination in Dallas, Texas, in 1963.

Fuck him

Sometimes I think he does it on purpose to distract

but then I remember that he truly is lacking in empathy in any way whatsoever.

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You're thinking of the traditional Republican Party. They pretended to care about abortion so an

Posted by complainant <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=complainant' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 31, 2025, 16:15:57, in reply to "Sometimes I think he does it on purpose to distract"

electoral majority would vote against its own interests.

It worked.

The receipts on why people celebrate his death could be a 3 book series *

Posted by MC <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=MC' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 31, 2025, 9:16:45, in reply to "a true sociopath "

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

Get ready to relearn what Damnatio memoriae means*

Posted by LeatherneckIllini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=LeatherneckIllini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 31, 2025, 11:33:04, in reply to "The receipts on why people celebrate his death could be a 3 book series *"

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I can’t wait to dance on his grave

Posted by TarheelIllini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=TarheelIllini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 31, 2025, 9:29:03, in reply to "The receipts on why people celebrate his death could be a 3 book series *"

It will be on his FLA property, so I won’t be able to literally, but you get the idea

Recrudescence

Gonna have to go full Pullman on his burial

Posted by KingTalkyTiki <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=KingTalkyTiki' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 31, 2025, 12:37:24, in reply to "I can’t wait to dance on his grave"

https://www.wttw.com/chicago-mysteries/mystery/is-george-pullman-buried-under-steel-and-concrete-in-graceland-cemetery

"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."

He will probly have his ashes scattered on Ivanka*

Posted by Stu <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Stu' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 31, 2025, 10:36:42, in reply to "I can’t wait to dance on his grave"

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It will be on his FLA property, so I won’t be able to literally, but you get the idea

He's way too vain to get cremated*

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 31, 2025, 10:40:05, in reply to "He will probly have his ashes scattered on Ivanka*"

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It will be on his FLA property, so I won’t be able to literally, but you get the idea

Imagine what his library will be like*

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 31, 2025, 9:26:04, in reply to "The receipts on why people celebrate his death could be a 3 book series *"

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I imagine the Adult section is going to be awesome tho

Posted by KingTalkyTiki <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=KingTalkyTiki' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 31, 2025, 12:25:05, in reply to "Imagine what his library will be like*"

Well besides the mountains of kiddie and Step-dad porn.

"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."

Especially since none of his brainwashed disciples can read. All video and AI *

Posted by DanSaint <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=DanSaint' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 31, 2025, 13:50:04, in reply to "I imagine the Adult section is going to be awesome tho"

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Well besides the mountains of kiddie and Step-dad porn.

uncomfortable seating and gold(-painted) leaf everywhere*

Posted by Sammich <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sammich' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 31, 2025, 11:59:08, in reply to "Imagine what his library will be like*"

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I want to break it up
I want to smash it up
I want to #### it up
I want to watch it come down

marble arm rests*

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 31, 2025, 12:08:01, in reply to "uncomfortable seating and gold(-painted) leaf everywhere*"

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Don't expect a lot of books. *

Posted by doubledown <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=doubledown' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 31, 2025, 11:16:34, in reply to "Imagine what his library will be like*"

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Just a million copies of Mein Kampf*

Posted by Stu <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Stu' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 31, 2025, 11:44:46, in reply to "Don't expect a lot of books. *"

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I've spent a lot of time thinking about whether or not Trump is...

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 31, 2025, 12:13:13, in reply to "Just a million copies of Mein Kampf*"

A) Truly a hardcore racist
B) Racist, but he doesn't actually realize that he's a racist, or
C) Just an opportunistic racist because he knows it plays to his base.

I honestly think it's a combination of all 3.

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he's '70s racist

Posted by Sammich <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sammich' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 31, 2025, 13:40:10, in reply to "I've spent a lot of time thinking about whether or not Trump is..."

he theoretically believes in equality, but he would be much happier if he never had to see a brown person or hear a non-English language

however, he's also a sociopath and an opportunist, so if he needs to ramp it up to "MLK was a bad person, actually" type racism, he'll do it without a second thought

I want to break it up
I want to smash it up
I want to #### it up
I want to watch it come down

That nails it*

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He doesn't employ Blacks or Hispanics so...*

Posted by Stu <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Stu' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 31, 2025, 12:45:20, in reply to "I've spent a lot of time thinking about whether or not Trump is..."

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That's more B than A, IMO*

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 31, 2025, 12:59:11, in reply to "He doesn't employ Blacks or Hispanics so...*"

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The dementia probably contributes a fair bit as well*

Posted by DT <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=DT' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 31, 2025, 12:32:32, in reply to "I've spent a lot of time thinking about whether or not Trump is..."

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Ha.*

Posted by gullit <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=gullit' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 31, 2025, 11:22:24, in reply to "Don't expect a lot of books. *"

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Just his book(s), all for sale*

Posted by timmer <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=timmer' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 31, 2025, 11:22:14, in reply to "Don't expect a lot of books. *"

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(for rent)

The Art of the Steal

Posted by DT <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=DT' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 31, 2025, 16:23:18, in reply to "Just his book(s), all for sale*"

One of the top 10 most corrupt public officials of the past 50 years. He’s no Mobutu, but is still elite, and far and away the most corrupt person in American history.

I don’t know enough history to know if he claims the prize for the entire developed world, but very possibly.

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I do expect a hall of tweets (or truths)*

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 31, 2025, 11:18:09, in reply to "Don't expect a lot of books. *"

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I'm starting to suspect there is something really wrong with him.*

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 31, 2025, 8:52:57, in reply to "a true sociopath "

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You cannot lose games in the NFL and still win.

What was your first hint?*

Posted by Stu <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Stu' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 31, 2025, 9:09:00, in reply to "I'm starting to suspect there is something really wrong with him.*"

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The cankles.*

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You cannot lose games in the NFL and still win.

An absolutely despicable human being*

Posted by UofIL6 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=UofIL6' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 31, 2025, 8:47:54, in reply to "a true sociopath "

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In a perfect world, the worst person on the planet

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 31, 2025, 9:25:03, in reply to "An absolutely despicable human being*"

And the president of the US are different people.

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WBD rejecting Paramount again*

Posted by Stu <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Stu' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 31, 2025, 6:33:24, in reply to "This is the politics thread for the week of December 29."

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Netflix is the lesser of two evils. But still not great*

Posted by DanSaint <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=DanSaint' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 31, 2025, 12:24:42, in reply to "WBD rejecting Paramount again*"

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Good*

Posted by UofIL6 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=UofIL6' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 31, 2025, 7:54:34, in reply to "WBD rejecting Paramount again*"

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Just here for the retribution, as always

Posted by UofIL6 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=UofIL6' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 30, 2025, 21:09:08, in reply to "This is the politics thread for the week of December 29."

https://bsky.app/profile/kylec.bsky.social/post/3mbamax6r2c24

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Love these heartwarming stories. Great work by all involved.*

Posted by Toonces <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Toonces' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 31, 2025, 7:21:39, in reply to "Just here for the retribution, as always"

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https://bsky.app/profile/kylec.bsky.social/post/3mbamax6r2c24

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Legitimately bronchial.

if it was unanimous, can't that override a veto?*

Posted by shua <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=shua' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 31, 2025, 6:39:30, in reply to "Just here for the retribution, as always"

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https://bsky.app/profile/kylec.bsky.social/post/3mbamax6r2c24

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They’ll have to vote on the override. Politics are different in the second vote. But I imagine

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 31, 2025, 7:02:47, in reply to "if it was unanimous, can't that override a veto?*"

it’ll carry.

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https://bsky.app/profile/kylec.bsky.social/post/3mbamax6r2c24

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

Johnson has to schedule it for a vote first. *

Posted by haighter <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=haighter' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 31, 2025, 9:03:25, in reply to "They’ll have to vote on the override. Politics are different in the second vote. But I imagine "

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it’ll carry.

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https://bsky.app/profile/kylec.bsky.social/post/3mbamax6r2c24

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I wish some folks in Johnson’s district would start shit about Trump

Posted by memyselfandillini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=memyselfandillini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 31, 2025, 9:53:44, in reply to "Johnson has to schedule it for a vote first. *"

And get Trump to retaliate.

So we can watch Johnson dissolve like white bread in sulfuric acid

A lesser man than I might suggest that the voters there are getting exactly what they voted for. *

Posted by doubledown <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=doubledown' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 30, 2025, 21:16:49, in reply to "Just here for the retribution, as always"

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https://bsky.app/profile/kylec.bsky.social/post/3mbamax6r2c24

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Measles hit 30 year high

Posted by assassin <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=assassin' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 30, 2025, 18:27:40, in reply to "This is the politics thread for the week of December 29."

https://x.com/axios/status/2006158376443519227?s=20

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Brandon Schrock of Laredo, Texas, told the federal government that his employer was “poop,” and his occupation was “pooper.”

thanks, biden!*

Posted by lcubed <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=lcubed' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 30, 2025, 20:32:47, in reply to "Measles hit 30 year high"

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https://x.com/axios/status/2006158376443519227?s=20

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Just bad luck for RFK I guess*

Posted by Herman Blume <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Herman+Blume' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 30, 2025, 19:18:53, in reply to "Measles hit 30 year high"

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https://x.com/axios/status/2006158376443519227?s=20

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I was sure banning red dye would prevent disease.

Posted by DT <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=DT' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 30, 2025, 19:16:39, in reply to "Measles hit 30 year high"

What else could we possibly do?

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https://x.com/axios/status/2006158376443519227?s=20

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I was going to attempt to watch the Somali Fraud video

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 30, 2025, 12:34:19, in reply to "This is the politics thread for the week of December 29."

and then I realized it's 45 minutes long. Do people really watch that whole thing?

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They really do hate children

Posted by RVA <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=RVA' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 30, 2025, 18:00:48, in reply to "I was going to attempt to watch the Somali Fraud video"

They really do love fraud*

Posted by jjlocke923 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=jjlocke923' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 30, 2025, 18:41:51, in reply to "They really do hate children"

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Proud Winner of the 2024 Deuce ROY Award

if you said "they" about any other group, what would that make you?*

Posted by Nobster <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Nobster' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 30, 2025, 19:49:15, in reply to "They really do love fraud*"

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Everyone Trump is pardoning for the very thing, damn right

Posted by RVA <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=RVA' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 30, 2025, 18:44:11, in reply to "They really do love fraud*"

Now fuck off

If they were white, Trump would pardon them all and endorse them for Congress.*

Posted by Toonces <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Toonces' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 30, 2025, 16:31:55, in reply to "I was going to attempt to watch the Somali Fraud video"

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and then I realized it's 45 minutes long. Do people really watch that whole thing?

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Legitimately bronchial.

I'm not convinced any crime was committed*

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 30, 2025, 16:34:34, in reply to "If they were white, Trump would pardon them all and endorse them for Congress.*"

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and then I realized it's 45 minutes long. Do people really watch that whole thing?

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from what I've read, the fraud is a known issue and is/was being investigated at the state level

Posted by Sammich <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sammich' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 30, 2025, 16:48:35, in reply to "I'm not convinced any crime was committed*"

I don't know if Somalis are more likely to be involved or not, but my guess is not, considering that bilking the government is generally popular across the color spectrum.

The spike in coverage of this lately reeks of astroturfing, and the ramped up federal involvement is quite obviously retaliation. I'm just surprised it took the administration this long to find a pretext.

I want to break it up
I want to smash it up
I want to #### it up
I want to watch it come down

That all checks out*

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 31, 2025, 10:41:42, in reply to "from what I've read, the fraud is a known issue and is/was being investigated at the state level"

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Only color that matters for pardons is green*

Posted by gvibes <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=gvibes' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 30, 2025, 16:34:27, in reply to "If they were white, Trump would pardon them all and endorse them for Congress.*"

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and then I realized it's 45 minutes long. Do people really watch that whole thing?

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Appparently the going rate is a million dollars*

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 30, 2025, 16:35:25, in reply to "Only color that matters for pardons is green*"

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and then I realized it's 45 minutes long. Do people really watch that whole thing?

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Only persons like you*

Posted by TarheelIllini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=TarheelIllini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 30, 2025, 12:34:53, in reply to "I was going to attempt to watch the Somali Fraud video"

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and then I realized it's 45 minutes long. Do people really watch that whole thing?

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Recrudescence

I just said I made it less than a minute in

so how is it people like me?

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and then I realized it's 45 minutes long. Do people really watch that whole thing?

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I’m being snarky, but is it about tcg?

Posted by TarheelIllini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=TarheelIllini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 30, 2025, 12:37:17, in reply to "I just said I made it less than a minute in"

Because you seem to consume everything you can about him

Recrudescence

WTF is TCG?

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 30, 2025, 12:38:48, in reply to "I’m being snarky, but is it about tcg?"

It's about allegations of government spending fraud in Minnesota surrounding the Somali community, which is currently the red meat du jour of the MAGA base.

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Because you seem to consume everything you can about him

The Current Guy

Posted by Sammich <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sammich' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 30, 2025, 13:16:41, in reply to "WTF is TCG?"

Some people started calling Trump The Former Guy (TFG for short) when he lost in 2020, so that they wouldn't have to say his name and thereby give him power. Then he won in 2024, but those people didn't want to abandon the naming convention, so they updated it.

I want to break it up
I want to smash it up
I want to #### it up
I want to watch it come down

That seems dumb. How does saying his name "give him power"? *

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Proud Winner of the 2024 Deuce ROY Award

This Cunt, 'Gain?*

Posted by RVA <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=RVA' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 30, 2025, 14:32:51, in reply to "That seems dumb. How does saying his name "give him power"? *"

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*Makes first wish for 2026**

Posted by KingTalkyTiki <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=KingTalkyTiki' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 30, 2025, 14:40:14, in reply to "This Cunt, 'Gain?*"

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"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."

Was it also your wish for 2025 and 2024? How'd that work out for you? ;) *

Posted by jjlocke923 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=jjlocke923' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 30, 2025, 14:57:04, in reply to "*Makes first wish for 2026**"

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Proud Winner of the 2024 Deuce ROY Award

Well, you *do* have a small tumor growing in your pancreas, now.

Posted by complainant <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=complainant' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 30, 2025, 15:06:49, in reply to "Was it also your wish for 2025 and 2024? How'd that work out for you? ;) *"

As far as you know.

This board has too much hatred (not just you). Do better in 2026*

Posted by jjlocke923 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=jjlocke923' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 30, 2025, 15:17:14, in reply to "Well, you *do* have a small tumor growing in your pancreas, now."

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As far as you know, you piece of shit.

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Again, don't go away mad

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 30, 2025, 15:59:54, in reply to "This board has too much hatred (not just you). Do better in 2026*"

just go the fuck away, cunt.

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As far as you know, you piece of shit.

Please knock it off. We don’t need that here*

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just go the fuck away, cunt.

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As far as you know, you piece of shit.

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Go the fuck away*

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 30, 2025, 16:26:42, in reply to "Please knock it off. We don’t need that here*"

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just go the fuck away, cunt.

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As far as you know, you piece of shit.

Please knock it off. And stop sending me hateful threatening PMs. That crosses the line*

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just go the fuck away, cunt.

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As far as you know, you piece of shit.

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You sent a PM to me

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 30, 2025, 16:36:20, in reply to "Please knock it off. And stop sending me hateful threatening PMs. That crosses the line*"

If you don't want hateful PM's, don't send messages to people you know don't want to talk to your cunt face.

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just go the fuck away, cunt.

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As far as you know, you piece of shit.

Exactly *

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Recrudescence

Stop trying to make fetch happen*

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It’s about Minnesota, right?

Posted by TarheelIllini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=TarheelIllini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 30, 2025, 12:38:25, in reply to "I’m being snarky, but is it about tcg?"

But I’m sure tcg will weigh in and call the governor corrupt and scum

Recrudescence

So I guess we struck inside Venezuela over the weekend

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 30, 2025, 9:10:22, in reply to "This is the politics thread for the week of December 29."

Looking forward to the land invasion

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/12/29/politics/cia-drone-strike-venezuela

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

Are we sure? Are we sure Trump is sure?*

Posted by reggiedunlop <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=reggiedunlop' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 30, 2025, 12:27:32, in reply to "So I guess we struck inside Venezuela over the weekend"

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Looking forward to the land invasion

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/12/29/politics/cia-drone-strike-venezuela

Only thing Trump is sure of is

Posted by WhitmansFolly <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=WhitmansFolly' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 30, 2025, 20:35:30, in reply to "Are we sure? Are we sure Trump is sure?*"

that he likes nubile young broads.

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Looking forward to the land invasion

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/12/29/politics/cia-drone-strike-venezuela

he's just doing this so that when we stop, he can say he ended another war*

Posted by VIV <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=VIV' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 30, 2025, 9:16:40, in reply to "So I guess we struck inside Venezuela over the weekend"

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Looking forward to the land invasion

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/12/29/politics/cia-drone-strike-venezuela

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

If he's not careful, FIFA is going to take back that peace prize*

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 30, 2025, 12:20:40, in reply to "he's just doing this so that when we stop, he can say he ended another war*"

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Looking forward to the land invasion

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/12/29/politics/cia-drone-strike-venezuela

It's the abominable Ho-man

Posted by KingTalkyTiki <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=KingTalkyTiki' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 29, 2025, 16:25:54, in reply to "This is the politics thread for the week of December 29."

Area Codes a vastly superior song.

"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."

LOL*

Posted by Chilango <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Chilango' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 29, 2025, 16:15:37, in reply to "This is the politics thread for the week of December 29."

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There’s already a thread*

Posted by jjlocke923 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=jjlocke923' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 29, 2025, 14:53:36, in reply to "This is the politics thread for the week of December 29."

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