Political thread for the week of March 2
Posted by KCWildcat
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Looks like the G7s are going release oil from their SPRs.*
Posted by Tooldresser
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It’s only a couple days worth of global consumption
Posted by TarheelIllini
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well ALL oil supply is not cut off, what about 20% though the strait?
Posted by Tooldresser
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I think people aren't talking enough about fertilizer production
Posted by Stu
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DHS detained a US citizen (and U of I grad) at O'Hare and sent her to an ICE facility
Posted by ECEIllinois
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U of I expelled her
Posted by Poldark "After Austin Peay, we deserved one of these"
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Heh. Hadn't heard that name in a while. She's an absolute psycho*
Posted by illini21
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This whole thing is salacious & fascinating. Is she also both Reddit users who purport to confirm
Posted by complainant
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Petry sued U of I in Court of Claims
Posted by Poldark "After Austin Peay, we deserved one of these"
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Wow! I hadn't realized it was possible to make ICE look sympathetic.
Posted by complainant
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Depends. She sounds hot.*
Posted by Stu
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I found a less terribly reported version of the story. Shame on WGN.
Posted by complainant
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I keep giggling because in my native language “sundas” is a colloquialism for “shit”*
Posted by ATL
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I assumed it meant "Secret" and Naqvi meant "Agent." Or alternatively "Germanwings" and "Pilot."
Posted by complainant
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Can one file a civil lawsuit against DHS for this? *
Posted by assassin
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Japanese Nikkei down 7%*
Posted by Carl Spackler
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I'm going to need some Nikka*
Posted by ECEIllinois
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Just finished a bottle of the coffee yesterday*
Posted by gvibes
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$119*
Posted by John Coctostan
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The draft dodger won’t rule out a draft, huh? *
Posted by doubledown
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Since trans people are banned from serving, there seems to be a pretty easy way to avoid serving*
Posted by ECEIllinois
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I sure exempting college students like his son...
Posted by SurfTheBoneyard “Surf is just a national treasure.” — Jackie
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snake draft*
Posted by memyselfandillini
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Unless they plan on launching draftees to intercept Iranian drones, it won’t help.
Posted by DT
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There's always money for war*
Posted by Taz Being an Illini fan is a goddamn curse.*
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maybe they’re for Cuba? And Portland?*
Posted by memyselfandillini
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Draft based on combine results *
Posted by digs
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So we’re going to send in special forces to find the uranium
Posted by Stu
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So maybe it’s a bit of an exaggeration
Posted by ATL
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My nephew turns 18 in less than 2 weeks
Posted by IlliniSax05 MAJOR UPDATE: "Maybe you're not such a bad egg, Lisle-y"
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Meet the new Ayatollah same as the old Ayatollah*
Posted by Stu
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Are Iranians still dancing in the streets?*
Posted by PapaDels
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I’m sure he won’t have any grudges *checks notes* at least he’s a nepobaby…
Posted by shua
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As expected, market futures is down bigly*
Posted by timmer
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Pam Bondi in wrong profession? She may have timed the market top with her 50k call*
Posted by UofIL6
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$110 oil will do that*
Posted by John Coctostan
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Great if you’re a Canadian oil sands producer.*
Posted by ATL
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I am.*
Posted by Stu
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Call me a dumb bleeding heart liberal, but i don’t think burning their oil and drinking water is a
Posted by John Coctostan
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Epstein Files: FBI met 4 times with a women who claims Trump raped her when she was 13.
Posted by VIV I’m old enough to remember when a sitting president being accused of raping a minor would be front page news everywhere.
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We landed on the moon!
Posted by Chuck Woodaby
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Because the claims are utter nonsense by a mentally unwell woman who’s had run ins with the law
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider
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You'd think that would be obvious in the first visit, maybe the second.
Posted by larue33
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I wonder how she became mentally unwell. Can't see why*
Posted by OrangeSox
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Maybe it had to do with growing up with her mothers legal issues
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider
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Her story didn’t line up with established facts and there was no corroboration
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider
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Seem it does line up with some known facts.
Posted by larue33
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? Unless I’m missing something
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider Edit: Oh they actually wrote in the article. I skipped the headers look for the corroborations “Of the details that The Post and Courier found supported by public records, none related directly to the alleged victim’s claims about Trump”
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Biden DOJ sat on Trump's role in Jan 6th, and we all watched that shit live on TV with our own eyes*
Posted by doubledown
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They literally indicted him
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider
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Are you unfamiliar with logical fallacies, or do you just think other people are? *
Posted by doubledown
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Ok man
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider
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Yeah—this might be a nothing burger but the Biden DoJ being feckless cowards proves nothing.*
Posted by DT
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Protein cold foam, protein sushi, protein doritos
Posted by RVA
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This sounds interesting. What's it about?*
Posted by complainant
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Gainsmaxxing mostly. *
Posted by assassin
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LOL, FoxNews using footage from Trump Term 1 Dignified Transfer
Posted by UofIL6
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Pathetic.*
Posted by gullit
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Somebody was asking about those Biden gas pump stickers
Posted by ATL
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Sure sounds like we are preparing to send ground troops in*
Posted by Stu
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Inconceivable!
Posted by timmer
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Of course we are. When Trump said he wouldn't rule it out, that meant it was already the plan.
Posted by doubledown
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A coworker of my wife got deployed yesterday*
Posted by Sounder
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Great stays happening in El Paso
Posted by MC
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No lie is too big for Trump
Posted by Sounder Reporter: What would it mean to you if Russia were sharing with targeting information with Iran?
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Oh, just a foreign intelligence agency prepping Trump's inner circle on how to manipulate
Posted by gvibes
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J6 pardon recipient gets life in prison for.....you guessed it....
Posted by UofIL6
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Basket of deplorables was likely an understatement *
Posted by ATL
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If you were, say, driving to Shutters for Sunset Hour this afternoon, and wondered about that big
Posted by complainant
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Trump has a solution for the most intractable problem of our day
Posted by ATL
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I love his solution is just let things go back to the way they used to be*
Posted by Sounder
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It worked for grocery prices and ending the war in Ukraine.*
Posted by complainant
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I wonder if the bundlers got to him*
Posted by cpsteine
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he means segregation -*
Posted by memyselfandillini
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Hell of a week, Ari
Posted by TarheelIllini
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the s&p being down 1.28%? lol.*
Posted by Ari Gold
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$20 says this war gets out of hand this weekend or Trump calls it off with a framework of a cease…
Posted by timmer
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If this is still going by Memorial Day GOP is screwed*
Posted by memyselfandillini
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Good thing the country doesn't wildly overreact to changes in gas prices.
Posted by gvibes
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We could only be so lucky.*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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Yeah, I think he's doubling down. He missed his window last weekend.*
Posted by Chuck Woodaby
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Chuck Schumer called him TACO Trump too many times. No more.
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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There’s rumors of 82nd Airborne getting called in*
Posted by Sounder
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elements of a cease fire?*
Posted by ATL
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Concepts of a cease fire?*
Posted by DocWalk20
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it'll be agreed to in 2 weeks*
Posted by assassin
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Iran agreed before we even sent it. fire totally ceased*
Posted by memyselfandillini
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There will be many machinations and promises, and Iran will come out of this still enriching U
Posted by Stu
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Seems plausible except for the idea that Iran would be willing to negotiate*
Posted by DT
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They would fake negotiate, stall for time, suppress their people, knowing that Trump will be gone*
Posted by Stu
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Qatar and Kuwait to slow or stop oil production, depending on who you listen to. Really, really cool
Posted by Stu
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WTI highest weekly increase EVER
Posted by Stu
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So much winning*
Posted by Sounder
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fill up your tanks today. we're over $90/barrel. *
Posted by VIV
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good timing with all the return to office mandates*
Posted by torinese
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Then you'll refill sooner when it's much higher.*
Posted by Stu
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hey, do what you want. *
Posted by VIV
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Thanks*
Posted by Stu
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Still $0.022/KWh here*
Posted by ATL
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Damn. I’m apparently being gouged with my $0.068/KWh (off peak, which is when I charge) rate*
Posted by DocWalk20
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I have time based rates too. So I charge overnight. Plus we got two new reactors on line down here!
Posted by ATL
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Yeah, I’m going to miss having solar panels.
Posted by DocWalk20
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Yep. It was the same in cloudy Pittsburgh. My electricity bill over my last year was $23.
Posted by ATL
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shut up, atl.*
Posted by VIV
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WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE*
Posted by VIV
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when do the trump "i did that" stickers show up in purple state gas stations?*
Posted by assassin
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OOO
Posted by Stu
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hope everyone's booked their flights for summer travel already
Posted by ECEIllinois
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I booked one today I’d been putting off for a bit. Still wasn’t too bad… yet*
Posted by DocWalk20
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I don't have any domestic flights booked. Here's what I find for my international flights ...
Posted by complainant
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LAM!*
Posted by VIV
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I'm perfectly happy to fly economy for the short haul.
Posted by complainant
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i did today for that reason. been dragging my feet
Posted by illiniranger
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WaPo says Russia is assisting Iran with intelligence for attacks. CNN says
Posted by MC
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I think Russia has also been helping Iran penetrate our air defenses
Posted by Stu
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Tariffs ought to fix this*
Posted by memyselfandillini
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Stop poking bears!! Too much winning!!*
Posted by shua
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At least we all stop worrying about AI and robots taking out humanity.
Posted by doubledown
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How many future terrorists were created in the past week?*
Posted by Sounder
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Feb jobs report: down 92,000. was expected to be up 50,000. *
Posted by VIV
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Noem more job losses!*
Posted by memyselfandillini
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Some downwards revisions on prior months too*
Posted by gvibes
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I wonder what the real number is. *
Posted by doubledown
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At least double*
Posted by TarheelIllini
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Trump needs a refresh of that department*
Posted by KCWildcat
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Kalshi and Polymarket are both totally legitimate businesses
Posted by ATL
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seems pretty clear we hit the school in Iran on purpose but didn't know it was a school
Posted by John Coctostan
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Are we sure we even got the right country?*
Posted by memyselfandillini
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Winning over the Iranian people*
Posted by timmer
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Sounds pretty politically correct. Homey don't play dat anymore.*
Posted by Toonces
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I know people die in war, but can't imagine the collective grief of the parents
Posted by UofIL6
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It’s what fuels extremism*
Posted by CWR10
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Dotz
Posted by Sounder
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arewethebaddies.gif *
Posted by doubledown
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Trump is just a more evil version of the Ayatollah*
Posted by Stu
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AI hallucination, it happens*
Posted by Tortillini
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There’s nothing we can do to prevent school shootings.*
Posted by DT
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Bomb the schools first.*
Posted by KCWildcat
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I think and pray, and hope for more Good Guys with Guns
Posted by Stu
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Credit markets under stress
Posted by jfinsocal
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BDCs are always like the canary in the coal mine*
Posted by Stu
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Duh. The most liquid asset that holds the riskiest corporate credit?
Posted by Chilango
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So we went to war without refilling the strategic petroleum reserve or enough money to….
Posted by LeatherneckIllini
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no need for public buy-in in an authoritarian government. this administration has no intent on
Posted by Orangeillini
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The American people decided they wanted to try Dinner for Schmucks as a leadership strategy.
Posted by doubledown
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you can't yada yada munitions*
Posted by lcubed
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Not asking the Ukrainians "Hey, how do you do modern warfare vs. drones?" was certainly a choice.*
Posted by Carl Spackler
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that's an uninformed narrative
Posted by illiniranger
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I’m not sure the expected but the actual hit rate doesn’t seem that high?
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider
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it's greater than 10 or 11, but the success rate of a Shahed hitting it's target is maybe 5%
Posted by illiniranger
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we have a lot of munitions. we (maybe) have a shortage of interceptors
Posted by illiniranger
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Exactly. They don’t grow on trees*
Posted by LeatherneckIllini
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Meanwhile we're using them up on unarmed Iranian ships apparently
Posted by Jersey
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Why are republican presidents so shit at the economy?*
Posted by ATL
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Going to be another rough market open*
Posted by UofIL6
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Trump had completely killed the momentum of people actually returning to the workforce
Posted by John Coctostan
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I'm 52 years old and every Republican president since I could vote has shivved the economy
Posted by ATL
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Cut taxes on the wealthy |Cut benefits|start military conflicts
Posted by TarheelIllini
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Total job creation negative since liberation day. Good job guys
Posted by John Coctostan
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Don't worry, the bankers are just happy they can say 'pussy' and 'retard' again
Posted by ATL
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big miss on jobs*
Posted by John Coctostan
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Hassett says pretty soon everyone will have a job screwing in the little screws on iPhones
Posted by Stu
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We are #1!!! (in how much the state taxes us)
Posted by Tooldresser
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the classic GOP response line: If you don’t like it, move. *
Posted by memyselfandillini
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i'm not saying IL would fare much better, but these need to look at total tax burdens, not just...
Posted by torinese
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It has real estate, local, and sales tax lower/down the article.
Posted by ghost_of_clt
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for high earners, IL not that bad; state income tax is modest and on a flat schedule*
Posted by cpsteine
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Per their calculations California is better than Georgia and I have a hard time believing that *
Posted by ATL
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california is not really that bad for middle/upper middle
Posted by snipes824
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There’s lies, dam lies, and statistics*
Posted by DocWalk20
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Hegseth: "No more politically correct wars". What a moron*
Posted by UofIL6
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If that’s true I think the operations should have much more racist names.*
Posted by Toonces
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operation tranny tuck*
Posted by Sounder
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Operation Obama Ape*
Posted by Stu
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Task Force Articulate*
Posted by ATL
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Get Outta My Bathroom*
Posted by memyselfandillini
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Essentially we have Stan Gable as our SecDef*
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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Make Scouting Great Again*
Posted by WhitmansFolly
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Stan Gable could probably do a pull-up. *
Posted by doubledown
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I think that I had forgotten that Ted McGinley was in Revenge of the Nerds*
Posted by Sounder
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Sounds like he’s admitting that we bombed the schoolschool on purpose.
Posted by ATL
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Easy there, being against slaughtering children sounds pretty woke*
Posted by Herman Blume
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get in loser, we're doin a war crime*
Posted by assassin
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I hear The Hague is lovely this time of year.
Posted by SurfTheBoneyard “Surf is just a national treasure.” — Jackie
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LOL....."It's sad, but she was untrainable and he had to put her down."
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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Money quote:
Posted by SurfTheBoneyard “Surf is just a national treasure.” — Jackie
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Just because he lacks law enforcement experience, military experience, executive branch experience
Posted by complainant
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OMG Cricket…..
Posted by LeatherneckIllini
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Fantastic*
Posted by UofIL6
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LOL
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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After a jump of 40% in fertilizer prices, wholesalers are talking about not being able to supply
Posted by Stu
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also gas prices going up and up*
Posted by ECEIllinois
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Mostly an aside, but I love that there were wars over uninhabited islands covered in bird shit.
Posted by gvibes
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I thought the war was over the desert that became the source after the bird shit ran out. *
Posted by larue33
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Bird shit was still involved. It’s why Bolivia has no coastline, but still possesses a navy*
Posted by cpsteine
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I'll never be over the desert that became the source after the bird shit ran out. *
Posted by Sammich
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Is there a single person in human history with a more mixed record than Fritz Haber?
Posted by IlliniRunner
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IDKWTI. My favorite multi-levle fuckup is the guy who invented(-ish) both CFCs and leaded gasoline*
Posted by gvibes
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He won the Nobel prize in chemistry for inventing a process for producing ammonia
Posted by IlliniRunner
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Philippe Petain is up there*
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider
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Aung San Suu Kyi, Yassir Arafat, Henry Kissinger, any pope ...*
Posted by complainant
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Guano!*
Posted by LeatherneckIllini
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meant to put this here from U of I…
Posted by LeatherneckIllini
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I support the development of alternative, eco-friendly farming techniques
Posted by DT
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Welp.*
Posted by LeatherneckIllini
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Noem apparently began a press conference but didn't know she was fired?
Posted by ATL
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I mean its kind of the way the pedo has always handled these things.
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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I love how he turns on everyone and no one ever sees it coming*
Posted by Sounder
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Sorry, Ari*
Posted by Stu
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nothing for yesterday?
Posted by Ari Gold
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Sorry, Ari*
Posted by Stu
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Trump coming out in support of sex change surgery for minors???
Posted by ECEIllinois
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WSJ says the HR Angel of Death is coming for Kristi
Posted by assassin
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Could be the same reason as Tuscy's other than the old man holds the trump card*
Posted by illini222
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does she get a pardon on the way out at least*
Posted by Orangeillini
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The first rule of the Art of the Deal is that you never prematurely sacrifice leverage. *
Posted by doubledown
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Make sure you change the sheets, Markwayne. *
Posted by doubledown
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Now he has to have sex with Corey
Posted by Stu
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Markwayne might be a downgrade. Dude's a grade A moron*
Posted by ECEIllinois
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I, for one, enthusiastically welcome Markwayne.
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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I love my Gov.
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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#OpenToWork. LOL*
Posted by DocWalk20
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I've been operating under the assumption that all his cronies are getting pardons, so I
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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so per reporting the final straw was her saying yesterday that Trump approved of her ad campaign
Posted by John Coctostan
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also damning that cheering the murder of citizens wasn't the issue. bad tv was*
Posted by John Coctostan
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she spent his money on herself without asking and lied about it.
Posted by assassin
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Does she gets to keep all her plastic surgery or was that government issued?
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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Welp!*
Posted by TarheelIllini
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Holy yikes!
Posted by Kajagoogoo
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Make sure she remembers to grab her blanket on the way out*
Posted by UofIL6
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Hmm, let's see if this works again. I hear that Trump is considering resigning
Posted by IlliniRunner
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I fear we missed out on a very funny situation whereby Trump absconds in the event he lost
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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Is there any chance he actually faces any sort of criminal punishment
Posted by Sounder
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Somehow they are replacing Noem with somebody even dumber than her*
Posted by ATL
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Wait… Is that Kimberly Guilfoyle’s music????*
Posted by Stu
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gone via truth social*
Posted by John Coctostan
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Markwayne "we're at war, but not a war" Mullins to now be in charge with war on Americans*
Posted by UofIL6
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Gives Tuberville a run for biggest dipshit in the Senate.
Posted by SurfTheBoneyard “Surf is just a national treasure.” — Jackie
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I don’t know how that happens without senate approval*
Posted by LeatherneckIllini
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update: Fetterman already said yes so guessing votes are there*
Posted by LeatherneckIllini
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"Rand Paul’s a freaking snake. And I understand completely why his neighbor did what he did.
Posted by Chuck Woodaby
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Took a pause from counting his AIPAC money?*
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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Markwayne "I know the smell of war despite never being in the military" Mullins?
Posted by KingTalkyTiki All hat, no cattle personified.
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He's confusing war with backed up plumbing*
Posted by WhitmansFolly
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dupe*
Posted by John Coctostan
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and sen mullin to replace*
Posted by John Coctostan
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and Markwayne in. jesus. *
Posted by assassin
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Markwayne Mullin can't even secure the border between his two names*
Posted by Sounder
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I've seen reports that Trump is considering Markwayne Mullin. So worse (at least dumber) it is!*
Posted by IlliniRunner
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"let's head out to the east wing gravel pit, madame secretary"*
Posted by Sammich
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Gotta give Rep. Moskowitz his props for wearing this yesterday....
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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2 weeks 4 weeks 8 weeks September
Posted by assassin
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Plenty of time for Barron to get through Basic and AIT, IIRC*
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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His arches are falling as we speak*
Posted by Stu
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Bone spurs ACTIVATE!*
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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It'll be the new nursey rhyme. Barron's arches falling down, falling down, falling down*
Posted by KCWildcat
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More like November *
Posted by doubledown
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The outside world is beginning to notice that the Trump Administration isn't all that bright.
Posted by complainant
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When you've lost FT Commenter...*
Posted by Chuck Woodaby
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Bahrain says an Iranian missile hit a state-run oil refinery
Posted by ATL
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Tel Aviv under attack? sucks that there are so many fake videos on X it's hard to figure out what's
Posted by ECEIllinois
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Doesn’t seem like it. Seems like a bunch of prominent disinfo accounts posting year old vids*
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider
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Warning: Graphic. Tim Sheehy (R-Sen-Montana) breaks the arm of a protestor
Posted by IlliniRunner
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some of these headlines are wild
Posted by VIV
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That’s our left wing media for ya! Insane. *
Posted by IlliniRunner
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a marine, no less. That's assault, brother*
Posted by assassin
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acknowledged*
Posted by cpsteine
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It's battery, but your heart was in the right place.*
Posted by complainant
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that's battery brother isn't the quote. *
Posted by assassin
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All sorts of Colorado pols including a Republican prosecutor shitting on Polis today
Posted by ATL
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Rest in piss, Lou Holtz.
Posted by complainant
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My lovely wife says I shouldn't speak ill of the dead...
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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Bondi to be subpoena'd over Epstein. Any other wars we can start?*
Posted by UofIL6
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Trump may not have done anything wrong, but someone at DoJ seems to think he did.
Posted by doubledown
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would you accept the Ecuadorian Mafia/Cartels?
Posted by assassin
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I just hope Trump and Hegseth don't find out how many defenseless brown people there are in India.*
Posted by complainant
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JD’s wife will probably tell them *
Posted by ATL
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What a fucking headline
Posted by ATL
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Also the Bahrain and Saudi GPs are in five and six weeks, respectively. They won't need
Posted by ATL
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Damn. Anthropic CEO not holding back on the Trump administration
Posted by ECEIllinois
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oh good, someone straight asked Noem if she and Corey are fucking
Posted by assassin
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While her husband sits in his cuck chair behind her?*
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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She didn't recognize the bedroom in the plane
Posted by Sounder
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Ukraine sending anti-drone specialists to the gulf. Hope JD Vance says thank you*
Posted by ECEIllinois
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<Kofi Voice>Amaaaaaazing</Georgi voice> interview of a Dem who supports the war
Posted by ATL
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He is a very good politician. I think he knows his constituency very well*
Posted by JacobRDaugherty
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The interview made him look stupid *
Posted by ATL
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Fuck her shit up, Tim
Posted by ATL
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Never heard of this guy but he’s pretty good at this.
Posted by OB25
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I mean better than Jared Polis*
Posted by ECEIllinois
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He spoke at a Dan Goldman fundraiser I attended and was very impressive
Posted by JacobRDaugherty
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For the first year, I wanted him to run for president.
Posted by complainant
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Man it's almost like putting the former governor of a state..
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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I don’t think the problem is that she was governor of a small state
Posted by DT
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If she was going to be Secretary of Ag, I'd agree.
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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It's almost like letting the citizens of such states essentially run the country
Posted by ATL
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From Colorado, IIRC. Very sharp guy from what I've seen.*
Posted by ATL
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How completely deranged (and anti-democracy) is this?
Posted by Sounder lmao -- Trump says he's going to make an endorsement in the Texas Senate race and he expects "the candidate that I don’t Endorse to immediately DROP OUT OF THE RACE! Is that fair?" pic.twitter.com/yqcF8QplRT
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Quick convince him to endorse Talerico *
Posted by ATL
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Sure sounds like an imminent threat to me.
Posted by OB25
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The imminent threat was they couldn't prevent Bibi from attacking and Iran would have retaliated
Posted by ATL
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I know that's how the media jumped on Marco's remarks
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider
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I mean, here are Rubio's remarks
Posted by ATL
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Even assuming that’s what he meant
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider
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"at best he misspoke"? His explanation is consistent with the lack of evacuation orders, failure to
Posted by ATL
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I mean in January Bibi asked Trump to hold off because Israel defense wasn’t ready
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider
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Seems to be the default position for American politicians from both sides of the aisle.*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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The evidence: Jared said so.*
Posted by Chuck Woodaby
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he went to jared!*
Posted by lcubed
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That guy is so war thirsty*
Posted by UofIL6
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Tired: "They had WMDs." Wired: "They wouldn't say they didn't want WMDs." *
Posted by doubledown
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Dems should be running ad after ad on this. They don’t care about you…
Posted by LeatherneckIllini
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Saw a response from Grok that said that the advisor paid for jet himself*
Posted by ISeeDeadHawkeyes
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but isn't the airspace closed?*
Posted by ATL
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Nothing matters, and free elections are probably dunzo anyway *
Posted by meanjeans
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I don't see how we *could* hold elections following the impending, massive terrorist attack
Posted by complainant
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“Trump advisor and Tik Tok star”
Posted by DT
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overt extremist Christian rhetoric used to justify the war
Posted by ATL
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I wish they’d attach a name to who was saying that*
Posted by LeatherneckIllini
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No way.
Posted by illiniranger
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I saw t yesterday, but without names or even specific units, I noted it and moved on.*
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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There have been reports for a while that the USAF is full of fundamentalists
Posted by DT
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Oh a number of them are so very churchy….
Posted by LeatherneckIllini
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Nm*
Posted by DT
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Nm*
Posted by DT
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And apparently Hegseth is some kind of weird fundie, or at least fundie alined. Which is kind of a
Posted by doubledown
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Fundies and alcoholism go together like pb&j*
Posted by KCWildcat
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And don't forget the sexual infidelity! *
Posted by Tuscy
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No time for introspection when you're too busy judging everyone else's life choices.*
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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dupe*
Posted by ATL
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Sounds like we had a sub sink an Iranian frigate.*
Posted by LeatherneckIllini
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Official announcement and video of the sinking…
Posted by LeatherneckIllini
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Are we allowed to say we're at war yet or is this still just a limited tactical whatever*
Posted by RVA
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You’ll have to wait for a statement from the Department of Limited Tactical Whatever *
Posted by memyselfandillini
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At what point did we collectively decide war had to mean boots on the ground?
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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"Quiet Death"
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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Polis preps to bend the knee (why do we still do this)
Posted by UofIL6
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There are no good politicians. It’s is all one big game to everyone who participates in it
Posted by snipes824
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Returns starting to come in from primaries...
Posted by SurfTheBoneyard “Surf is just a national treasure.” — Jackie
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Dan Crenshaw going down*
Posted by assassin
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I assume anyone who loses a GOP primary is getting beat by a far crazier, more fascist candidate*
Posted by DT
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The base has hated Crenshaw for years. It's been a open secret
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider
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I can't believe Tony Gonzalez is still a thing. What a despicable human*
Posted by UofIL6
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Ooooo
Posted by KCWildcat
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Every expert I’m seeing is all but calling it for Talarico*
Posted by John Coctostan
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Likely the best option. Don't think Dems have a chance, but he likely has best odds at a
Posted by UofIL6
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I'm talking myself into him having a chance*
Posted by Sounder
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*THIS* year texas is gonna be blue!
Posted by VIV
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I think it could but Ken Paxton can just rig it for himself. He and hot wheels aren't going
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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Idk. Cornyn and Paxton have a 9-figure campaign fight coming up
Posted by ghost_of_clt
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Cornyn is the favorite if it wins. If Paxton wins it’s probably a toss up*
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider
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Party failure to not figure it out in one round*
Posted by RVA
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Agreed. Crockett didn't really campaign, and she is pretty brash.
Posted by SurfTheBoneyard “Surf is just a national treasure.” — Jackie
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voters have been disenfranchised *
Posted by Poldark "After Austin Peay, we deserved one of these"
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I like Crockett a lot, she is awesome, but I question her decision to run statewide
Posted by Sounder
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"generational talent"??*
Posted by VIV
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Four of the 6 dead soldiers identified. All are reservists from Iowa*
Posted by timmer
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Nobody should have to die for Trump’s insanity *
Posted by shua
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Here they are. RIP.
Posted by LeatherneckIllini
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Georgia school shooter’s dad found criminally responsible for the mass killing
Posted by ATL
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Good, though it seems weird for him to already be found guilty when his kid's guilt is yet to be
Posted by doubledown
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I’m wondering if the standard of proof for the underline crime was only preponderance of the evidenc
Posted by ATL
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dotz
Posted by Sounder
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CIA goin back to the classics
Posted by assassin
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Al-Qaida 2...Electric Boogaloo*
Posted by DanSaint
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Maybe "War" is at Third Base today
Posted by assassin
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ooo
Posted by Kajagoogoo
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Look, he just really really wants to look tough and play army
Posted by RVA
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President Hegseth?*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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President?*
Posted by Taz Being an Illini fan is a goddamn curse.*
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Just a profoundly stupid individual.
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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I mean, the guy has two first names smashed together*
Posted by Sounder
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Stop right there. Before we go any further will you war me, will you war me forever?*
Posted by DT
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I think we should war other people.
Posted by ijustkrushalot
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Target discovers that paying workers more improves results
Posted by ATL
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"tested higher payrolls" . It's good to know people's lives are just sliders...
Posted by shua
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You HOPE it's sawdust. *
Posted by doubledown
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Great cheese comes from happy cows*
Posted by assassin
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When Iran retaliates inside the US, will it be more like Oklahoma City or 9/11?
Posted by complainant
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All I can say is, Salman Rushdie better guard his other eye.*
Posted by Stu
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Trump says he's going to cut off all trade with Spain. Because he's mad at them.*
Posted by Stu
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unreported TACO coming later this week
Posted by Sammich
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I think it's a tortilla espanola*
Posted by Sounder
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TAPA*
Posted by Herman Blume
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Shamwow guy suing Texas GOP over rigged elections
Posted by ATL
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Is he saying that he doesn't want to be forced to use the name listed on his birth certificate? *
Posted by doubledown
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like... actual rhinos?*
Posted by VIV
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Right now the Dow is own over a thousand points
Posted by Sounder
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Have you also looked at the largest absolute one-day moves ever?
Posted by Potomac
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You're kind of making my point for me
Posted by Sounder
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That’s kind of the point though. People are getting rich off of it.*
Posted by voiceofreason
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Right now the DOW is up over 650 points
Posted by timmer
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Dead cat bounce*
Posted by JeffFrank
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Was a good buying opportunity. Thanks Trump!*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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It's under 50,000 so I feel betrayed*
Posted by KCWildcat
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"The trade was not that you were getting exposed to geopolitics when moving to Dubai"
Posted by ATL
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Seems like the plan for Iran is very well thought out
Posted by Sounder Gee, I wonder why every administration for 50 years has avoided outright war with Iran and regime change. But sure, the Host of the Apprentice is the only person in history with a plan that will change everything in a matter of weeks. We live in the dumbest timeline ever. https://t.co/OdM688TKqj
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Perhaps the reason there isn't a plan for what happens after Iran, is that they don't think
Posted by doubledown
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I think their plan is really just to try to eliminate the missiles and nuke
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider
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To the extent there is a US plan, that’s probably right, although it’s more a hope than a plan
Posted by DT
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Yep. Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia and Sudan are success stories as far as they're concerned*
Posted by Chuck Woodaby
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Good news Gulf Arabs!*
Posted by ATL
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Kinda see that divergence in Trump’s comments
Posted by DT
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It’s Trump
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider
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Thom Tillis (R-NC) just eviscerated Kristi Noem in a public hearing
Posted by Sounder
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Thing is, she's gonna postmortem that interaction based on how good she looked on camera.
Posted by complainant
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He’s turned somewhat respectable
Posted by TarheelIllini
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oOo
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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he seems to be very pissed off about a lot of stuff today. went after hegseth on the anthropic shit*
Posted by John Coctostan
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Everyone hates her and Corey*
Posted by LeatherneckIllini
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Maybe they'll get a "blanket" pardon
Posted by Sounder
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And now the plane! I wish someone would ask what was in her bag. Just do it!!!
Posted by LeatherneckIllini
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I do not agree with that man on many things. But holy hell, that was fantastic*
Posted by PDO
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Literally, I hope *
Posted by ATL
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Bored of Iran. Leave them alone.*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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IYKYK
Posted by Sounder Doesn't anybody want to impress Jodie Foster anymore?
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Bombed the building where the assembly of experts were gathering to elect new supreme leader
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider
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Sorry your Imam blew up, Ricky *
Posted by ghost_of_clt
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Like any organization run by conservative Boomers they don’t allow telework.*
Posted by DT
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Where's the damn like button for this post.*
Posted by EffinIllini
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because Microsoft Teams is crap*
Posted by Tooldresser
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ayatollah, you're on mute*
Posted by Sounder
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I laffed*
Posted by illini21
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lol.*
Posted by DT
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Ok that’s funny. *
Posted by assassin
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Ironically, they were drinking from "this meeting could've been an email" mugs*
Posted by UofIL6
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Couple of DOJ items: (1) DOJ drops defense of law firms' lawsuit vs. Trump, (2) DOJ looking for the
Posted by ATL
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NOT SO FAST MY FRIEND
Posted by Chilango
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ooo
Posted by ATL
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They obviously recognize the difficulty in finding someone who supports Trump and who is smart *
Posted by DT
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The Venn diagram that never actually intersects*
Posted by UofIL6
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Loyalty to Trump is itself evidence of a mental defect*
Posted by GMAW
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Trip*
Posted by ATL
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Dupe*
Posted by ATL
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lol DOJ must’ve gotten a call from Trump
Posted by ATL
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Quite literally the stupid and industrious.*
Posted by LeatherneckIllini
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DOJ Attorney used to be a prestige position.
Posted by SurfTheBoneyard “Surf is just a national treasure.” — Jackie
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We have always been at war with Eurasia
Posted by ATL
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Apparently his wife's last name is Krivda, which is Russian for "untruth." *
Posted by doubledown
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Someone should ask him which other countries we're at war with. They might want to know."
Posted by complainant
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Sorry, Ari*
Posted by Stu
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oh the humanity. down roughly 1% today!*
Posted by Ari Gold
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I just don't understand his perspective. It's like he's putting out rakes just to step on them*
Posted by IlliniRunner
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No shite*
Posted by TarheelIllini
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Netanyahu on Hannity playing Trump like a fiddle.
Posted by OB25
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it was true 25 years ago and it is true today.
Posted by Chuck Woodaby
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U.S. embassy in Saudi Arabia apparently just got hit*
Posted by LeatherneckIllini
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I knew they shouldn’t have stored the Epstein files there :( *
Posted by shua
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This is exactly how things escalate out of control
Posted by John Coctostan
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Iran sure seems capable of penetrating our air defenses this go round
Posted by Stu
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Missiles being intercepted, Drones getting through *
Posted by assassin
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They were during the 12 days war too which is why it only lasted 12 days. How quickly we forget.*
Posted by Chuck Woodaby
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Nope, not to this extent*
Posted by Stu
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Saying it was empty
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider
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Erin Burnette looks like she’s on the verge of a nervous breakdown*
Posted by Stu
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OpenAI in damage control mode over its ‘victory’
Posted by Stu
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They’re all desperate
Posted by jfinsocal
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What the fuck did Trump just say?
Posted by Sounder Trump: "Finally, we honor one more American soldier, a fallen warria of world. Of wars. And really, terra.” pic.twitter.com/7Ih78Rwdcp
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Got gas this morning and on the way home it was 45 cents higher. Thanks Obama!*
Posted by shua
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Truly wild shit from Rubio. If only there was a way to prevent Israel from striking
Posted by John Coctostan
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There was reporting that the US wanted Israel to attack first
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider
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We went proactively, in a defensive way *
Posted by Sounder
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We proactively attacked them....in defense. What an idiot*
Posted by UofIL6
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This reasoning will not bolster R support for long*
Posted by John Coctostan
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Doesn't seem like there was much of a plan going in. At least W paraded Colin Powell around to lie
Posted by ATL
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Lack of a plan is still a plan.*
Posted by DocWalk20
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You mean we are going to see what happens?*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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Insurers not even adding war risk insurance to ships, just flat canceling…
Posted by LeatherneckIllini
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KIA count is up to 6. Lucky it’s not more considering Kuwait shot 3 of our planes down
Posted by assassin
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Ryan Zinke is thrilled to death about all of this
Posted by ATL
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Sure, but have you seen the plans for the most beautiful ballroom they died for?
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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good thing they knocked down the East Wing 4+ months ago...
Posted by shua
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The attention span of a goldfish....
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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Don't make Claude angry.*
Posted by Chuck Woodaby
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Congratulations to Don on his new hickey
Posted by ATL
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Inner rot reaching sub-cutaneous level*
Posted by MtHoodIllini
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dude needs some balm for that.
Posted by cpsteine
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The thing that gives me great satisfaction is that I will get to
Posted by TarheelIllini
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You'll have to go to Madison for that...
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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Done, it would be worth it*
Posted by TarheelIllini
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It's a reaction to a skin cream that they prescribed him *for no real reason*
Posted by Taz Being an Illini fan is a goddamn curse.*
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Just when you thought his appearance couldn't get any more grotesque.*
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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You can hardly tell that ear was surgically reconstructed.*
Posted by complainant
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he was bit by a zombie, and he's totally hiding it from the rest of the group*
Posted by shua
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He's Harkonnening before our very eyes*
Posted by Sammich
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sorry stu. i know how disappointing today must be for you
Posted by Ari Gold
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If it makes you feel any better, buddy, I am overweight in defense stocks
Posted by Stu
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I have no idea what way-to-early football spike this is supposed to be. *
Posted by IlliniRunner
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It's Ari, he keeps citing the untethered to reality metric as proof of Trump's greatness
Posted by RVA
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not true. i’ve been touting the market since all of the doomsdayers were predicted the big
Posted by Ari Gold
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He is saying that I am waiting for the market to plummet, and it hasn't yet
Posted by Stu
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Trump is absolutely going to have a little military uniform made for himself, right?
Posted by doubledown
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it wouldn't be a little uniform *
Posted by VIV
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and it will be so ill fitting and wrinkled*
Posted by shua
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Because he has pissed off all the gays*
Posted by Taz Being an Illini fan is a goddamn curse.*
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valid. *
Posted by doubledown
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Just a reminder that the Hedge Fund guys are dumber than you are
Posted by ATL
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If you manage billion dollar hedge funds and hadn't figured out China has been preparing....
Posted by LeatherneckIllini
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I don't think it's a big secret that a lot of these guys have either high risk tolerance or low
Posted by doubledown
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Giving a speech about dead soldiers, and still can't help making it all about him and his grievances
Posted by doubledown
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Lord Farquaad: "Some of you may die, but it's a sacrifice I'm willing to make"*
Posted by shua
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Netanyahu, protector of civilians
Posted by snipes824
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I can’t believe he wasn’t struck by lightning right there*
Posted by memyselfandillini
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This guy would sacrifice the world to keep himself from facing any consequences,
Posted by doubledown
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Somebody observed that Mar A Lago Face is just Drag Queen Face and I can’t unsee it.*
Posted by ATL
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I saw someone made up like that in real life and it was unsettling. *
Posted by doubledown
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So war with Iran; somebody give me the pros and cons.
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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I think where I've landed is The Onion's "Worlds Worst Person Makes a Good Point" meme.
Posted by tvillini
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I don't think many will say that these guys lives didn't all need to be expedited.
Posted by doubledown
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Con: RIP President Business Casual*
Posted by Tortillini
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Pro: may give "Tehran" series on AppleTV a boost*
Posted by Potomac
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Pro: super high gas prices. *
Posted by doubledown
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Yeah, that is decidedly not a pro.*
Posted by voiceofreason
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Disagree. Anything that makes life worse while Trump is POTUS is a pro. *
Posted by doubledown
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Ah, I see where you are coming from now. Agreed on that front.*
Posted by voiceofreason
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Those middle school girls shouldn't have been building nuclear weapons*
Posted by Stu
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I saw a supercut of Bibi saying Iran was "weeks" away from a nuke. I think the earliest clip was
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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Oh, they talk about it ...
Posted by complainant
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I suppose that is the risk you run when a deal like this doesn't go through Congress.
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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That supercut is pretty dumb.
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider
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I think it's good only certain countries can have nukes. North Korea was smart to get ahead
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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