Political thread for the week of February 9
Posted by KCWildcat
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Hegseth making.China happy. Never seen a bigger group of snowflakes in my life…
Posted by LeatherneckIllini
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Saw that this morning. Just the dumbest fucking timeline.
Posted by KingTalkyTiki We will get the downfall we deserve. *If we get another fairly elected president
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Amazing the Venn overlap between things the Trump admin is going…
Posted by DT
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American fucking hero
Posted by ATL
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I dreamed of setting it on fire with a drone
Posted by TarheelIllini
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And I-64 Virginia please.*
Posted by LeatherneckIllini
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Interesting post from Thomas Massie
Posted by ATL
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Did he delete it?*
Posted by gullit
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It's in Replies. Here's a link.
Posted by complainant
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When are we going to get to Epstein being killed in prison under Trump 1.0?
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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He’s alive now.
Posted by digs
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With Ken Lay, no doubt.*
Posted by complainant
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Going to be sad to watch him and Khanna devolve into Bongino and Kash.
Posted by Chuck Woodaby
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4 men who have never been in Epstein's kitchen:
Posted by Chuck Woodaby
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Yeah I actually thought this dude was probably intelligent
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider
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Transparency is a grift now?*
Posted by complainant
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Going on the house floor and accusing 4 (probably 6) innocent men of "raping underage girls" is
Posted by Chuck Woodaby
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Gee, Chuck, I thought you were a stickler for "facts."
Posted by complainant
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Gross
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider
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Wow.
Posted by complainant
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You would have thought Massie would have been smart enough to not go outside after this and hold a
Posted by Chuck Woodaby
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You know how they could avoid these mistakes?
Posted by complainant
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They got access to unredacted files and made this mistake. Other than that, great point.*
Posted by Chuck Woodaby
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No, Chuck, they received access to an unredacted file.
Posted by complainant
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The only names that were redacted and then unredacted were Ben Sulayem and Wexner
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider
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Why would you say something so easily disproven?
Posted by complainant
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Why would you?
Posted by Chuck Woodaby
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Yes, we can all do that. But it's not the file at issue.
Posted by complainant
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How much of a moron do you have to be to see that unredacted list and then be dumb enough
Posted by Chuck Woodaby
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Why did you lie?
Posted by complainant
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Why are you defending a politician accusing 4 innocent men of being child rapists?
Posted by Chuck Woodaby
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I don't have a response. I just want to preserve this diatribe in case you think better of it in the
Posted by Chuck Woodaby
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Brilliant.*
Posted by complainant
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I'm shocked it is still on his youtube. The grift that keeps on grifting.*
Posted by Chuck Woodaby
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no mention of the security of any of his windows*
Posted by assassin
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Too Russian.*
Posted by SurfTheBoneyard “Surf is just a national treasure.” — Jackie
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president threatens voter ID, Congress or no Congress.
Posted by assassin
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Cool. Colorado has universal mail-in voting and has no plans to change that for this dumbfuck. *
Posted by doubledown
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That’s Trump didn’t invite Polis to breakfast! Or was it lunch.*
Posted by ATL
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Love mail-in ballots. Gives me more time to research all the down ballot races*
Posted by ECEIllinois
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are the approved exceptions supposed to mail in their IDs with their ballots, or...?*
Posted by Sammich
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I would normally ask “him and what army?” would enforce this nonsense…
Posted by SurfTheBoneyard “Surf is just a national treasure.” — Jackie
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Is it DHS?*
Posted by ATL
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"i have searched the depths of legal arguments not yet articulated or vetted on this subject, and"
Posted by ECEIllinois
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I'm going to guess the near future = 2 weeks (as always)*
Posted by UofIL6
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Nm*
Posted by SurfTheBoneyard “Surf is just a national treasure.” — Jackie
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Danny Spud supports ice, takes a punch to the potato sack
Posted by Sounder Today, students at my high school in Chicago held an Anti-ICE protest.
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More of Danny Spud’s work…
Posted by OB25
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should we know or even care who this is? Name doesn't ring a bell*
Posted by DanSaint
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No. But he got his yambag rung.*
Posted by SurfTheBoneyard “Surf is just a national treasure.” — Jackie
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"You're going to get in trouble for that."
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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...and "my high school in Chicago"?
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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Dude. Security was right there.*
Posted by SurfTheBoneyard “Surf is just a national treasure.” — Jackie
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You’d think that a guy who supports ICE wouldn’t complain about violence *
Posted by ATL
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LOL at this Kash Patelt story from 10 years ago
Posted by ECEIllinois
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I helped edit a press release defending him and rebuking the judge
Posted by ATL
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Worse than Supercuts?*
Posted by Illiniphil
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This is a thing that is real and exists....
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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Not a chance they see the irony of using that psalm, is there?*
Posted by Sammich
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that sounds like the name of a ghey pron*
Posted by Sounder
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Nice to know that Kristi Noem...
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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Tiki's blind link is not actually the WSJ. It's the pilot/blanket story, but no paywall.*
Posted by complainant
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Artificial hot only gets you so far*
Posted by RSMBob
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True that, and beauty is fleeting Kristi...
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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Good job, you race traitor libs! "White culture" has been erased to the point...
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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nm
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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I went to the store earlier to buy mayonnaise, and they don't even carry it any more.
Posted by doubledown
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It's to the point where they won't let a white man eat a mayo sandwich...
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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mayonaise sidejack
Posted by Sounder
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The only one for me*
Posted by TarheelIllini
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I always keep kewpie as well*
Posted by Sounder
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Why doesn't Trump ever talk about taking over the Panama Canal any more?
Posted by Stu
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that can wait until after we've secured Venezuela
Posted by Sammich
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which he also doesn't talk about anymore. Or whatever happened to Greenland?*
Posted by shua
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it's all a distraction*
Posted by Sounder
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The political side of his presidency is an attention Ponzi scheme.*
Posted by DT
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Flood the zone*
Posted by Sounder
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Yes, The Onion
Posted by complainant
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Not The Onion
Posted by complainant
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ooo
Posted by Sammich
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knew what it was before i opened it*
Posted by Gene Parmesan
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JFC
Posted by ECEIllinois
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The right really only cares about being anti-left. You are against Russia, so we are for them, etc.
Posted by Toonces
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and somehow it will work
Posted by Sammich
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All of a sudden MAGA will be pro bidet*
Posted by Sounder
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they're anti-bidet already because Mamdani asked to have one put into Gracie Mansion*
Posted by ECEIllinois
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Once they feel that sweet warm water shooting up their cornhole
Posted by Sounder
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Two-ply privilege.*
Posted by DT
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Yeah, need to give all views equal attention, time and respect.*
Posted by Toonces
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Oh good, they’ve found an even more vulnerable group of people to torment.*
Posted by OB25
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Obviously we know there's a crossover between MAGA and Putin worship, but do we know why?
Posted by complainant
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They admire Russia and wish to emulate it.
Posted by larue33
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Because Trump worships Putin. It's no deeper than that. *
Posted by doubledown
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Shocking that the DHS lied about ICE agents being attacked by Venezuelans
Posted by ECEIllinois UPDATE 👀: After detaining these men, generating national headlines about a broom/shovel attack, detaining one of the defendant's partners and separating them from their 1 year old son, the Trump admin drops the charges citing "newls discovered evidence." https://t.co/v570zdVNSr pic.twitter.com/98TbbwH6XK
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Drugs are bad….mmkay?
Posted by ATL
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well, to be honest, who among us hasn't snorted cocaine from a toilet seat
Posted by TarheelIllini
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Boy do I have some stories*
Posted by illini21
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I don’t think I’ve been there before but I get it*
Posted by illini21
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How is this fucking guy a cabinet member?*
Posted by Sounder
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Because he threatened to shave votes off Trump.*
Posted by SurfTheBoneyard “Surf is just a national treasure.” — Jackie
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He approached Harris first and they rejected him*
Posted by Stu
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Did she tell him she doesn't negotiate with terrorists?*
Posted by Sounder
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Because mediocre white people felt threatened *
Posted by ATL
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Dow is under 50k, so time to start caring about the Epstein files again*
Posted by ECEIllinois
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dotz
Posted by Sounder
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Looks like the fascists have lost the battle of Minnesota. Put up a monument to the martyrs Pretti
Posted by ATL
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Put Stancil’s Honda Fit in the Smithsonian*
Posted by ECEIllinois
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I'm sure they're destined to be in Seattle eventually
Posted by Sounder
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I look forward to welcoming them back to Chicago.*
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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Crypto lender suspends account withdrawals
Posted by ATL
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my favorite thing about a "currency" is not being able to use it. *
Posted by ijustkrushalot
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Herewego.gif *
Posted by doubledown
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More on the airspace thing - of course it was dhs doing the fuck up
Posted by John Coctostan
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What? A dumb Pete Hegseth decision?
Posted by illini222
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I think it’s actually DHS that did this not DoD*
Posted by ATL
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DoD technology loaned to inexperinced handlers at DHS. No other instances of DHS not being trained
Posted by illini222
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It’s a good day for DHS and the country when they only thing they shot was a balloon*
Posted by DT
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Lazlo Hollyfeld warned us about this weapon.*
Posted by complainant
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POPCORN!*
Posted by LeatherneckIllini
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Hey Tiki
Posted by Sounder “Cunt” is a really nasty word and I reserve it for only the most deserving men and women…
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Sames.
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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This place has dramatically improved since his exit*
Posted by Sounder
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it's also a great bit by Christopher Titus...although that is mainly about his ex wife*
Posted by DanSaint
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This is very messed up
Posted by Sounder
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This is incredible, Trump never disappoints in his petiness
Posted by Sounder Trump: The RINO Governor of the Great State of Oklahoma, incorrectly stated my position on the very exclusive Governors Annual Dinner
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Swiss Army knifes Palantir
Posted by complainant
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I wonder if there was something that could have forecasted that Palantir
Posted by ijustkrushalot
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Palantir has been more or less booted from Europe
Posted by Stu
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When this is all over, it's gonna be a very long time before people let weird nerds be in charge of
Posted by doubledown
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There's always Anduril*
Posted by Stu
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I'm excited for Luckey's new drone themed Gameboy clone. *
Posted by doubledown
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Yeah. Reported nearly two months ago*
Posted by timmer
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I needed time to craft a punchy headline.
Posted by complainant
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Sounds like Bondi is having a great day *
Posted by MC
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Bondi gets savaged
Posted by Sounder Moskowitz: Flip to the Jared Moskowitz section of the binder. I'm interested to see what staff provided on me. And because we're in the olympics, I'm going to give it a grade.
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Actually, mocking the Bible is super funny to a lot of people. Not sure where she heard it's not. *
Posted by doubledown
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Buybull *
Posted by memyselfandillini
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Why did Jesus die on the cross?
Posted by Sounder
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Like Monty Python made a whole damn movie about it...*
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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All kidding aside, it honestly was the most ridiculous and embarassing
Posted by Sounder
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I expect her to serve time. She had the same mission as Gaetz, and she's seeing it through.*
Posted by complainant
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Honestly she seems inept so staying as AG is good? *
Posted by MC
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Someone has to get fired eventually, right?
Posted by Sounder
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she constantly acts like a misbehaved child*
Posted by shua
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So what passes for "presidential" in today's America.*
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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Trump: "I have black friends"
Posted by Sounder BREAKING: Trump just posted this video.
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his montage doesn't even prove he has black friends
Posted by Sammich
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I don't think Trump is racist...
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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It's consistent with how transactional he is*
Posted by Sounder
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Oprah really unleashed some monsters into the world*
Posted by Sounder
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Bondi doing great
Posted by Sounder I’ve watched a lot of congressional hearings over the last 40 years. This performance by Bondi is the single most unprofessional, non-responsive, reprehensible and obnoxious I have ever seen from any witness who has testified before any committee of either chamber.
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She sounds like she's about to cry every time she gets going.*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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Watching the MD state of the state address.
Posted by DT
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Has SCOTUS issued their ruling on Trump's illegal tariffs yet? *
Posted by doubledown
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No, but Congress just passed a resolution aking it easier to limit tariff powers*
Posted by Sounder
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Doesn’t help his case that tariffs are for national security
Posted by timmer
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neither that nor birthright citizenship*
Posted by Sammich
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That’s a tough one
Posted by DT
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Birthright citizenship is closer than you think.
Posted by gvibes
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Children of legal immigrants being citizens is settled though right?*
Posted by CoronaTheirAss
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nothing is settled if you can get the right 5 people to agree*
Posted by Sammich
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Yeah, decided might be the better word*
Posted by CoronaTheirAss
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The founders should have given SCOTUS control of one of the branches of the military. *
Posted by doubledown
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Fucking cowards. *
Posted by doubledown
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Though I have no strong feelings one way or another on the topic...
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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Trump making jobs and reducing the unemployment rate
Posted by timmer
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Delete *
Posted by Jersey
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What’s the possible reason to close an enormous city’s airspace for 10 days?*
Posted by John Coctostan
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A rogue party balloon
Posted by Jersey
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we're using state of the art tech to shoot down party balloons. cool
Posted by John Coctostan
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*closes browser* (nm)
Posted by opossum jenkins
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You need to accept that our current crop of feds doesn't care what it's shooting. Trigger-happiness
Posted by complainant
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It feels inevitable that they are going to eventually
Posted by Sounder
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Will DraftKings be allowed to give odds on the outcome?*
Posted by complainant
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dotz
Posted by Sounder Suggestion seems to be DoD was firing off lasers near the El Paso airport, maybe just for funsies, without properly coordinating with the FAA; FAA hit lockdown to prevent them from downing a civilian airliner. Cool! pic.twitter.com/FK3H6AQzUu
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idontknowthereforealiens.jpg*
Posted by VIV
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Sounds like it’s been lifted
Posted by ATL
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so cartel drones got near us airspace, the army reacted with countermeasures, which necessitated
Posted by John Coctostan
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Because the dumb guy from Road Rules is running the DOT*
Posted by ATL
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Delete*
Posted by KCWildcat
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Oh. We are going to going to bomb some cartels for that *
Posted by MC
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The cartels are located in Minneapolis, LA, Chicago, and New York*
Posted by KCWildcat
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Old El Paso is in fact
Posted by timmer
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Contain the outbreak. *
Posted by doubledown
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some reporting that it's due to increased activity at the air field there, possibly tied to
Posted by John Coctostan
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The Epstein files aren't closing themselves*
Posted by KCWildcat
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Roswell is only 200 miles away*
Posted by Stu
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That's crazy. And unprecedented.*
Posted by Illiniphil
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Initial guess is something to do with anti-cartels or aliens. Black Jack Pershing 2.0*
Posted by LeatherneckIllini
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Nothing good.
Posted by SurfTheBoneyard “Surf is just a national treasure.” — Jackie
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Only one reason:
Posted by timmer
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To get to the other side?*
Posted by complainant
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DC grand jury no bills attempted indictment of congresspeople who are against war crimes
Posted by ATL
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Your subject line writing needs work*
Posted by TarheelIllini
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I continue to be amazed at how well this whole jury system actually works*
Posted by gvibes
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Poor black people, wealthy black people, educated Democrats and overeducated Democrats.
Posted by complainant
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Not limiting to DC. Same results in Chicago. And just from my experience generally*
Posted by gvibes
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Maybe Lindsey Halligan was wicked persuasive.*
Posted by complainant
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Actually trying to arrest people for speaking true words is the story here. Banana republic*
Posted by John Coctostan
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another bang up job by judge Jeanine*
Posted by ECEIllinois
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These people are all such an embarrassment. *
Posted by doubledown
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Ginned up charges *
Posted by ATL
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No need to wine about it*
Posted by Herman Blume
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ooo
Posted by complainant
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AIPAC done fucked up. Progressive primaries moderate Malinowski in Dem primary after AIPAC ran ads
Posted by ATL
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I live in that district. They wanted to make an example out of Malinkowski for
Posted by JacobRDaugherty
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AIPAC isn’t pro Israel anymore. They’re pro netenyahu/republica
Posted by ATL
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I agree. But they are not done breaking things yet.*
Posted by JacobRDaugherty
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Dupe*
Posted by ATL
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Another US Olympian speaks out
Posted by ECEIllinois
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Rich is a friend, good for him *
Posted by Sounder
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Looked up where he worked. His firm's ads were all over billboards, tv, and radio stations
Posted by ECEIllinois
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Rich is a friend, good for him *
Posted by Sounder
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DHS employee among 30 arrested in Minnesota sex trafficking sting
Posted by ATL
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Whatabout halftime pelvic thrusts and gyrations?+
Posted by memyselfandillini
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Why is that a disturbing arrest? Seems like exactly who you’d expect to be hired by DHS*
Posted by shua
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Yep. It’s why they’re worried about unmasking the goons.*
Posted by ATL
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This is the second DHS employee arrested in a MN sex trafficking ring since November
Posted by ATL
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I am heartened to see Gretchen Whit get piled on for suggesting olds should get a break
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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Terrible policy*
Posted by reggiedunlop
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soon enough childless W-2 employee renters will be the only ones paying any taxes*
Posted by ECEIllinois
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A house here, a house there, pretty soon those property taxes really start to add up. *
Posted by doubledown
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Vance tweets about visiting Armenian Genocide memorial then deletes the tweet for some reason*
Posted by ECEIllinois
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He’s very strong for standing up for Christians unless the oppressors have money *
Posted by ATL
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New favorite term for right wing Christians in US: Christianists*
Posted by Chilango
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Crucifictionists*
Posted by memyselfandillini
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Was his tweet an appreciation for Turkey’s rigorous deportation policy?*
Posted by DT
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got an angry text from Erdogan*
Posted by Sammich
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Ya see, genocide is good*
Posted by KCWildcat
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Panican says Wall Street needs to tamp down its expectations on job growth
Posted by ATL
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Are the illegals taking the jobs with them?
Posted by Sammich
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Should help unemployment numbers. But it will also eliminate jobs
Posted by DT
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Did America's teens rediscover a love for dishwashing?
Posted by complainant
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Yes, all those jobs going to “illegals” were definitely showing up in reported numbers.
Posted by doubledown
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Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) calls Kash a liar. Says he has the unredacted files.
Posted by VIV
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Ro Khanna says the six forbidden names in the well of Congress
Posted by ATL
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Scum Les Wexner was his enabler and has gotten a pass. Should be in jail along with Maxwell.*
Posted by gullit
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Yes. *
Posted by VIV
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Was that Victoria’s Secret?^
Posted by Sounder
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More on Wexner.
Posted by gullit
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Is this the guy that Wexner medical center at tOSU is named for?*
Posted by Stu
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Yes*
Posted by Sounder
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Jim Jordan didn't see a thing*
Posted by ATL
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I hope in 2029 he’s arrested and receives a fair trial.
Posted by doubledown
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Seems like Boingoingoingo is the smarter of the two. He got back into the grifting game; Kash would
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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So Massie and Paul need to stop giving Johnson votes on procedural matters. They don't need to
Posted by ATL
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so, are there any potential consequences for patel and bondi?*
Posted by lcubed
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lol*
Posted by ISeeDeadHawkeyes
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Clean the ketchup off the White House walls*
Posted by memyselfandillini
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i think we all know the answer to that*
Posted by VIV
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Torture video?*
Posted by ATL
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Yes, somebody (Andrew Farkas) forwarded Epstein this ABC article on 4/24/09:
Posted by Chuck Woodaby
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hey, my mistake*
Posted by VIV
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uhhhh.... yeah. there is some absolutely repugnant shit that is in the files
Posted by VIV
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The few libertarians that are principled, I like them*
Posted by KCWildcat
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Can’t believe this is a real song
Posted by ECEIllinois
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Tokdots
Posted by digs
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Very few people in the world are genuinely stupid. But this song is 100% for them. *
Posted by doubledown
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Ooooo
Posted by VIV
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Did you notice that he didn’t mention just wanting to make music?
Posted by timmer
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Ghislaine Maxwell can clear Trump, but she needs him to do her a favor though.
Posted by complainant
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No she can’t. *
Posted by doubledown
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That doesn’t seem shady at all. *
Posted by VIV
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ICE is still terrorizing Minneapolis btw. Things havent really changed. *
Posted by MC
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I sincerely hope they go to Philadelphia*
Posted by Sounder
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or Texas or Florida....you know...where the majority of their constituants are
Posted by DanSaint
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This is truly one of the craziest things he's ever written
Posted by Sounder Trump: Prime Minister Carney wants to make a deal with China — which will eat Canada alive. We'll just get the leftovers! I don't think so. The first thing China will do is terminate ALL Ice Hockey being played in Canada, and permanently eliminate The Stanley Cup. https://t.co/WOyk31tXqS
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Head full of cold oatmeal. *
Posted by doubledown
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Is he wrong?*
Posted by bbonb
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Why would China cancel hockey?*
Posted by Sounder
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I don't think China will cancel hockey*
Posted by ECEIllinois
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wrong*
Posted by cpsteine
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I mean, for him, kind of funny*
Posted by cpsteine
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China will eat Canada alive. We'll just get the leftovers???*
Posted by ECEIllinois
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he admits we were also planning on eating Canada!
Posted by assassin
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At this point, can we just assume that Epstein used to eat babies?*
Posted by Sounder
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That tweet is completely unhinged*
Posted by Sounder
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The "China will eliminate hockey" bit made me think this was a bit.
Posted by gvibes
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It's not even the first time he's said it.
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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I had the same reaction, but yep, real*
Posted by Sounder
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The hits just keep coming for Toronto Maple Leaf fans*
Posted by timmer
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If anything it would give them cover for their futility*
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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Dear Mr. President, there are too many states nowadays, please eliminate three. I am not a crackpot*
Posted by assassin
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Give Delaware to Pennsylvania, give Rhode Island to MA
Posted by Sounder
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North and South Dakota should be combined. We don’t need a North Dakota*
Posted by Stu
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Merge the Dakotas, Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho into a single territory w/ no voting rights*
Posted by ECEIllinois
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Give Delaware to Pennsylvania, give Rhode Island to MA
Posted by Sounder
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White House: Whatver you do, don't panic!
Posted by ATL
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Don’t put in the article that I was mad *
Posted by MC
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The dam holding back reality is showing cracks.
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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Panican is almost as stupid at TDS*
Posted by Sounder
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RePanican and Republican't are both immeasurably better*
Posted by Sammich
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Do you have to be a republican to be a panican?*
Posted by Sounder
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This reminds me of the "I'm not mad. Whatever you do, don't write that I'm mad." dril tweet.*
Posted by ATL
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Union strong
Posted by TarheelIllini
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Does he not get all that sweet gofundme money?*
Posted by timmer
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what would a billionaire do?*
Posted by torinese
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huh....
Posted by ATL
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...and that was 2017.
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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There's too much noise around the fact that he smells really bad
Posted by Sounder
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ICE is forging signatures on peoples' deportation agreements.
Posted by ATL
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