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Political Thread for the week of March 23

Posted by timmer <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=timmer' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 6:46:17

Can we get back to talking about the Epstein files?

(for rent)

Prices falling

Posted by Stu <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Stu' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 29, 2026, 18:16:57, in reply to "Political Thread for the week of March 23"

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1842758474/100pc-trump-i-did-that-sticker

Lindsey Graham blowing off steam at Disney, maybe has a secret family*

Posted by KCWildcat <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=KCWildcat' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 29, 2026, 17:14:30, in reply to "Political Thread for the week of March 23"

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What a fun, sexy time for off steam*

Posted by Sammich <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sammich' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 29, 2026, 21:24:42, in reply to "Lindsey Graham blowing off steam at Disney, maybe has a secret family*"

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

Israel stops Catholic Cardinal from going to Palm Sunday Mass.

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 29, 2026, 12:31:23, in reply to "Political Thread for the week of March 23"

Trying to get back at them for 2,000 years of antisemitic oppression?

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/church-holy-sepulchre-jerusalem-cardinal-pizzaballa-israel-catholic/

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

Don’t mess with Pizzaballa.*

Posted by SurfTheBoneyard <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=SurfTheBoneyard' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 29, 2026, 12:34:14, in reply to "Israel stops Catholic Cardinal from going to Palm Sunday Mass. "

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Trying to get back at them for 2,000 years of antisemitic oppression?

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/church-holy-sepulchre-jerusalem-cardinal-pizzaballa-israel-catholic/

Sky Marshal of the Luftwaffle

“Surf is just a national treasure.” — Jackie

Gotta give credit where it’s due

Posted by Tortillini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Tortillini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 28, 2026, 12:40:09, in reply to "Political Thread for the week of March 23"

Bondi absolutely nailed that top.

Does it mean she’s a power bottom?*

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 28, 2026, 13:08:05, in reply to "Gotta give credit where it’s due"

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Bondi absolutely nailed that top.

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

Why can’t UNCLOS just create Oman-hugging shipping lanes?

Posted by timmer <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=timmer' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 28, 2026, 12:32:01, in reply to "Political Thread for the week of March 23"

It’s not like the SoH is as narrow as the Panama Canal. Just hug the southern part of the strait. It’s deep enough.

Easy peasy.

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We bombed a university?? That seems bad and dumb

Posted by John Coctostan <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=John+Coctostan' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 28, 2026, 11:51:55, in reply to "Political Thread for the week of March 23"

https://x.com/ajenews/status/2037716051337547878?s=46&t=z69_YQQOuxclWLApk9FmHQ

Well, we already kneecapped our own Universities, so why not theirs?*

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 28, 2026, 13:32:44, in reply to "We bombed a university?? That seems bad and dumb"

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

EYE FOR AN EYE!!! WOKE IRANIANS YOURE NEXT*

Posted by memyselfandillini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=memyselfandillini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 28, 2026, 18:23:27, in reply to "Well, we already kneecapped our own Universities, so why not theirs?*"

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Taking our domestic policy abroad*

Posted by Stu <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Stu' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 28, 2026, 12:42:38, in reply to "We bombed a university?? That seems bad and dumb"

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Only thing surprising about that is it wasn’t one of ours*

Posted by Herman Blume <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Herman+Blume' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 28, 2026, 12:34:00, in reply to "We bombed a university?? That seems bad and dumb"

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I bet the Iranian students had anti-Israel protests, too.*

Posted by DT <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=DT' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 28, 2026, 12:42:40, in reply to "Only thing surprising about that is it wasn’t one of ours*"

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Yep, this tracks

Posted by UofIL6 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=UofIL6' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 27, 2026, 20:58:52, in reply to "Political Thread for the week of March 23"

https://x.com/Acyn/status/2037662805558517844

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It’s too bad this guy can’t just own the Jets or something.*

Posted by Toonces <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Toonces' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 28, 2026, 8:56:57, in reply to "Yep, this tracks"

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I’m ugly.

What an incredibly embarrassing thing to admit*

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It’s the most honest Trumpian thing he’s ever said

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 28, 2026, 8:25:59, in reply to "What an incredibly embarrassing thing to admit*"

It certainly explains his cabinet. Also, he clearly has no filter and dementia.

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Desperately trying to tell us how unwell he is, and we just titter at kooky ol' Don.

Posted by Sammich <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sammich' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 27, 2026, 22:15:21, in reply to "Yep, this tracks"

he's the Kassandra of cluster B personality disorders.

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

Running out of cruise missiles.

Posted by gullit <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=gullit' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 27, 2026, 20:01:26, in reply to "Political Thread for the week of March 23"

Pentagon chiefs have expressed alarm at the rate the US is burning through its stockpiles of Tomahawk missiles just four weeks into the war with Iran. The US has already launched 850 Tomahawks, each costing between $2 million and $3.6 million depending on the variant, and prized because they allow the Navy to strike targets up to 1,000 miles away without risking pilots.

Concerns about the stockpiles are now being whispered within Pentagon walls due to the difficulty in manufacturing the cruise missiles. One official told the Washington Post the stockpile was 'alarmingly low.' Another said the Tomahawk supply is close to 'Winchester,' military slang for out of ammunition. Though the total Pentagon's stockpile of the munitions is a closely guarded secret, only a few hundred Tomahawks are made each year. Only 57 were purchased last year, according to the defense budget.

Now, officials are urgently discussing whether Tomahawk missiles in other theaters, like the Indo-Pacific, may need to be shipped to the Middle East as the US continues its offensive against the Islamic Republic.

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Well when you have a bunch of clueless dumbfucks in charge, they do dumb shit*

Posted by opey8 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=opey8' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 27, 2026, 20:33:22, in reply to "Running out of cruise missiles. "

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ooo

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 27, 2026, 22:51:17, in reply to "Well when you have a bunch of clueless dumbfucks in charge, they do dumb shit*"

https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/msg/1774383975.html

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

Chi-na smiling ear to ear*

Posted by Carl Spackler <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Carl+Spackler' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 27, 2026, 20:03:14, in reply to "Running out of cruise missiles. "

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Iran hit an AFB in Saudi Arabia, a few serious American injuries

Posted by assassin <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=assassin' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 27, 2026, 17:31:20, in reply to "Political Thread for the week of March 23"

Jennifer Jacobs‬
‪@jenniferjjacobs.bsky.social‬
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BREAKING via
@cbsnews.com
: About a dozen U.S. service members were injured in an attack on Prince Sultan airbase in Saudi Arabia, according to multiple U.S. officials. A small number sustained very serious injuries; others were considered seriously injured. @JimLaPorta @ellee_watson and me.

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

*Trump Sticker “I did this!” **

Posted by shua <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=shua' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 27, 2026, 19:15:17, in reply to "Iran hit an AFB in Saudi Arabia, a few serious American injuries"

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House rejects Senate approved DHS bill

Posted by DocWalk20 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=DocWalk20' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 27, 2026, 13:49:38, in reply to "Political Thread for the week of March 23"

https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/27/politics/live-news/trump-administration

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This would be different if the Democrats didn’t help Matt Gaetz sack Kevin McCarthy*

Posted by JeffFrank <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=JeffFrank' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 27, 2026, 19:56:59, in reply to "House rejects Senate approved DHS bill"

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Get fucked loser*

Posted by JacobRDaugherty <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=JacobRDaugherty' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 28, 2026, 2:00:32, in reply to "This would be different if the Democrats didn’t help Matt Gaetz sack Kevin McCarthy*"

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McCarthy’s crime was working with the Democrats to fund the government*

Posted by JeffFrank <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=JeffFrank' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 28, 2026, 16:14:58, in reply to "Get fucked loser*"

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ooo

https://time.com/6320202/house-democrats-refused-save-kevin-mccarthy/

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He did!

Posted by complainant <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=complainant' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 28, 2026, 3:42:59, in reply to "Get fucked loser*"

For six weeks!

lol - Trump undercuts that vote and signs EO to pay tsa agents

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 27, 2026, 14:34:45, in reply to "House rejects Senate approved DHS bill"

https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/breaking-trump-signs-executive-order-to-pay-tsa-agents/

On Friday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to pay TSA agents all current and back pay amidst the ongoing partial government shutdown.

The news comes just after the GOP-led House rejected the Senate-approved measure to fund all of the Department of Homeland Security — except ICE and Border Patrol — through the end of the fiscal year.

Per Fox News’ Jacqui Heinrich, there is “still not a lot of clarity” on how exactly the Trump administration will make the payments — “what mechanism it will happen through.”

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

While also saying the Senate bill was bad. Wants his cake and to eat it too!*

Posted by DocWalk20 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=DocWalk20' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 27, 2026, 16:24:52, in reply to "lol - Trump undercuts that vote and signs EO to pay tsa agents "

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so much for that pesky constitution*

Posted by assassin <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=assassin' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 27, 2026, 14:36:45, in reply to "lol - Trump undercuts that vote and signs EO to pay tsa agents "

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

So the Senate Dems semi-caved, Senate passes bill with DHS funding, minus ICE, but no reforms

Posted by IlliniRunner <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=IlliniRunner' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 27, 2026, 13:49:25, in reply to "Political Thread for the week of March 23"

like getting rid of masks, requiring them to display warrants, etc.

And then the House Republicans voted it down.

Just astounding nihilism and arrogance. They just don't think they'll have to answer to the voters. At all.

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CPACLOL

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 27, 2026, 13:28:27, in reply to "Political Thread for the week of March 23"

https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mi2jraxpzk2f

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

Why are there more CPACs than there are country music award shows?

Posted by Sammich <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sammich' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 27, 2026, 14:37:36, in reply to "CPACLOL"

Every week there's a new fucking CPAC.

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

the grift never sleeps. *

Posted by assassin <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=assassin' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 27, 2026, 17:38:05, in reply to "Why are there more CPACs than there are country music award shows?"

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Every week there's a new fucking CPAC.

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

$900 to $1500 for tickets. They'll have as many as the market supports.

Posted by complainant <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=complainant' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 27, 2026, 22:22:03, in reply to "the grift never sleeps. * "

How many desperate Shelley Levene and Willy Loman types are willing to pay their last savings in hopes of making connections?

How many incels?

Presumably the gambit worked for a lot of them in recent years. One assumes the Trump Administration is jam packed with incompetents found at CPAC conventions.

Was that the pillow guy? What a bunch of weird losers. *

Posted by doubledown <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=doubledown' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 27, 2026, 13:40:21, in reply to "CPACLOL"

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Pillow guy was in there but that was Matt "I'm a closeted ghey, not that there's anything wrong with

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 27, 2026, 13:42:37, in reply to "Was that the pillow guy? What a bunch of weird losers. *"

that" Schlapp.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/08/politics/matt-schlapp-accuser-identity

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

The AI trade is unwinding and not many are noticing

Posted by jfinsocal <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=jfinsocal' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 27, 2026, 12:48:02, in reply to "Political Thread for the week of March 23"

Hyperscalers (MSFT/ORCL), data centers (CRWV), credit (OWL), chips (AVGO) all down much more than you'd expect from the Iran war. There have been unfulfilled redemptions in private credit/equity. 2-10 down nearly 30 basis points since February.

It may bounce back some but the bubble appears to be popping. Vamos a ver.

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A lot of them are starting to look attractive, imo*

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Yeah. Microsoft at 22x? Goog at 25… how is Apple holding in the 30s…?*

Posted by cpsteine <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=cpsteine' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 28, 2026, 13:42:47, in reply to "A lot of them are starting to look attractive, imo*"

Adobe at 13x… I’d much rather own that than salesforce at 22*

Posted by cpsteine <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=cpsteine' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 28, 2026, 13:45:34, in reply to "Yeah. Microsoft at 22x? Goog at 25… how is Apple holding in the 30s…?*"

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I remember similar celebrations when Netflix bombed for a bit*

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Netflix has a profitable business model at least

Posted by jfinsocal <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=jfinsocal' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 27, 2026, 13:40:37, in reply to "I remember similar celebrations when Netflix bombed for a bit*"

The stock price might have gotten ahead of itself but AI businesses don't even sniff profits (except for hardware which is a viable business); they have negative gross margins with no realistic path getting there in the foreseeable future.

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TBF the streaming boom of 2019-21 has indeed busted more or less *

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 27, 2026, 13:27:22, in reply to "I remember similar celebrations when Netflix bombed for a bit*"

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

I found this article on adaptation to drone warfare fascinating.

Posted by Carl Spackler <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Carl+Spackler' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 27, 2026, 12:14:43, in reply to "Political Thread for the week of March 23"

Particularly the lack of adaptation from the German arms CEO, who is belittling drones as some potato gun device when they’re taking out his expensive machinery on the battlefield.

https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/03/who-needs-tanks-age-drones/686540/?gift=LivJp9jeC48-qOGKO37Rj_4OCslA8jIppGTHDmWISxY

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the article takes it as an assumption that drones are decisive by themselves

Posted by illiniranger <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=illiniranger' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 27, 2026, 14:30:23, in reply to "I found this article on adaptation to drone warfare fascinating. "

not sure i buy that. Ukraine fought the Russians to a stand still from 2014-2022, and then did so through the first 18-24 months post invasion before drones were used en masse. When the Ukrainians talk about their biggest need, it is always that they need more and better trained infantry soldiers to take and hold terrain.

drones will be important in any conflict in the future, they are not in of themselves decisive. one reason the Russians are not having success is they do not mass their forces and converge protection effects around them. they penny packet troops in very small numbers across the entire front, rarely do they move forward in something larger than a tank company team. this allows UKR to mass drones on small elements and destroy them. the Russians do not maintain tempo. tempo is hard, it requires good staff work. if the Russians were more capable of planning and attacking at a decisive point with mass, i think they would be more successful despite drone proliferation. there is a narrative that the Russians throw a lot of mass at the Ukrainians. they really don't do that. they throw away a lot of platoons and companies one rifle squad at a time. that's not mass as understood as a principle of war.

there will always be a need for mobile protected firepower (a tank. but 3000 years ago it was a chariot. then 2300 years ago a Macedonian phalanx. then 1000 years ago a knight on horseback. And so on.) but a tank, or a chariot, or a knight, or whatever it has to be protected through layers of different assets, this was true before 2022, and the Ukrainians and Russians are both bad at this from a tactical and technical proficiency standpoint.

There were a lot of predictions about how warfare had irrevocably changed during WWI. Then WWII looked very little like WWI. i think the war in Ukraine is like that. drones will always be used going forward, but it's just another tool. the nature of war will remain unchanged.

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Makes sense and thanks for chiming in.

Posted by Carl Spackler <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Carl+Spackler' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 27, 2026, 21:58:15, in reply to "the article takes it as an assumption that drones are decisive by themselves"

I was just surprised to see the weapons CEO not say some version of "We're working on that" when it came to drone protection.

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The M1 Abrams tank is being redesigned due to lessons learned in Ukraine

Posted by illiniranger <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=illiniranger' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 27, 2026, 23:29:44, in reply to "Makes sense and thanks for chiming in."

Getting lighter, lower profile, adding an electronic warfare suite to it.

There’s a media narrative about drones in Ukraine akin to Moneyball. “Watch these nerds TOTALLY HACK the nature of warfare!” Thats not going to happen anymore than the As won a World Series.

I think the media generally loves the “nerds overcome jocks with math” narrative on virtually any topic and all I can say is mass kicks ass.

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I was just surprised to see the weapons CEO not say some version of "We're working on that" when it came to drone protection.

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This is an article from the NYtimes from last year about the impact of drones on warfare in Ukraine

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It's a whole new world, man.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/03/world/europe/ukraine-ru

Kash Hacked

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https://www.reuters.com/world/us/iran-linked-hackers-claim-breach-of-fbi-directors-personal-email-doj-official-2026-03-27/

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

I’m sure he’s smarter than to use his personal email account for anything sensitive, so this

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is probably no big deal.

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Another good day on the market ffs.*

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You cannot lose games in the NFL and still win.

The drone swarm over Barksdale AFB seems pretty concerning.

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https://asiatimes.com/2026/03/sophisticated-drones-attacked-louisianas-barksdale-bomber-base/

this surprised me

Posted by Gene Parmesan <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Gene+Parmesan' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 27, 2026, 10:27:33, in reply to "The drone swarm over Barksdale AFB seems pretty concerning."

Barksdale AFB does not have air defenses, nor does it have fighter jets that can take down drones.

I get the second part, but you'd think that everywhere would have at least some defenses.

Our arrogance remains our biggest weakness*

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Barksdale AFB does not have air defenses, nor does it have fighter jets that can take down drones.

I get the second part, but you'd think that everywhere would have at least some defenses.

Trump pushed back Iran bombing deadline day 10 days to April 6. #TACO*

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He’s still bombing Iran. He just keeps pushing back his threat to bomb their energy sites*

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We know*

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What an amazing coincidence for the people who made those bets! *

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He warmongers like such a pussy.*

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You cannot lose games in the NFL and still win.

Because he’s an incredible pussy*

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I have schweppervessence and wessonality.
Too sweet to be sour, too nice to be mean.

it's not war mongering. it's war profiteering*

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so he can count his trump-signed$100 bills*

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Got through security in about 2 min today at ORD. I suspect spring break Saturday AM will be diff*

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At the ATL airport. Saw my first ICE guy. Neck tattoo and the look of a guy who couldn’t hold

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down a job in the private sector.

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

Major update: they have ice agents taking IDs and boarding passes now. Worked out fine.

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Money better spent than what they were doing in Chicago and Minneapolis.

Still had to spend 45 minutes in line for pre check, which is unheard of.

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

I'm sure there's no bad blood with the TSA agents that aren't getting paid*

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Money better spent than what they were doing in Chicago and Minneapolis.

Still had to spend 45 minutes in line for pre check, which is unheard of.

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They seemed to get along but I'm not sure what the ICE dudes needed with their flak jackets in there

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seemed like they were the ones most likely to shoot some shit up

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Money better spent than what they were doing in Chicago and Minneapolis.

Still had to spend 45 minutes in line for pre check, which is unheard of.

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down a job in the private sector.

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

Helps cover up the micropenises they are overcompensating for.*

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seemed like they were the ones most likely to shoot some shit up

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Money better spent than what they were doing in Chicago and Minneapolis.

Still had to spend 45 minutes in line for pre check, which is unheard of.

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down a job in the private sector.

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

At the KC Airport. Saw a private company Indian-American with a red dot

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Pulling many commuters through security at break neck speed. I asked her where Yoyo was?

Because all of them know each other HAHAHAHAHAHA! *

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Pulling many commuters through security at break neck speed. I asked her where Yoyo was?

I have schweppervessence and wessonality.
Too sweet to be sour, too nice to be mean.

no you didn't*

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Pulling many commuters through security at break neck speed. I asked her where Yoyo was?

"the alchemy of the tartar sauce and cheese with the fish combined with the buttery steamed bun is so good." - Sounder re: a Filet O Fish

Don’t be so sure. Immigrants work harder and smarter than native borns.*

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Pulling many commuters through security at break neck speed. I asked her where Yoyo was?

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

Iran again tells Trump to get bent*

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i thought we already won the war?*

Posted by VIV <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=VIV' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 26, 2026, 9:50:27, in reply to "Iran again tells Trump to get bent*"

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"the alchemy of the tartar sauce and cheese with the fish combined with the buttery steamed bun is so good." - Sounder re: a Filet O Fish

It’s not a war!*

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It's just a little detour*

Posted by Stu <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Stu' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 26, 2026, 14:11:17, in reply to "It’s not a war!*"

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The war starts each Friday after the closing bell, and miraculously ends early Monday morning*

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We did, then it restarted 5 minutes later.*

Posted by Stu <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Stu' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 26, 2026, 9:55:36, in reply to "i thought we already won the war?*"

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All just part of The Art of the Deal. He's got them right where he wants them.

Posted by doubledown <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=doubledown' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 26, 2026, 9:13:26, in reply to "Iran again tells Trump to get bent*"

Up until we declare bankruptcy.

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Me watching the news on Trump being briefed by video while the war turns into a quagmire….

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and mull over working at the local airport 3 miles away so I can get free flights….

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Donnie just dominating awards season

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https://x.com/calltoactivism/status/2036955472238928083?s=46&t=BiSCeWNnfeeYMXAZqAhMUw

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America First! (while he continues to invade other countries, spending billions daily)*

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I heard TLC is about to bestow the Trading Spaces Lifetime Achievement Award for Bad Room Design. *

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Totally legit, I'm sure. Michael Flynn sues DOJ and DOJ settles with him for undisclosed amount

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https://x.com/JeremiahDJohns/status/2036944334310736085

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This makes me rationally angry. *

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Evidently, $1.25M of taxpayer funds to Flynn. Awesome*

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Honestly shocked it’s not more*

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Same. This isn’t in top 1000 most corrupt things Trump has done

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Might not even be top 20 for yesterday.

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“I tested the system and the system failed,” says man facing a 6 year sentence after being convicted

Posted by doubledown <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=doubledown' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 20:57:13, in reply to "Political Thread for the week of March 23"

of voter fraud for committing voter fraud to demonstrate how easy it is to get away with voter fraud.

Not the brightest bulb.

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now he can sue the DOJ and settle for millions*

Posted by assassin <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=assassin' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 21:03:08, in reply to "“I tested the system and the system failed,” says man facing a 6 year sentence after being convicted"

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of voter fraud for committing voter fraud to demonstrate how easy it is to get away with voter fraud.

Not the brightest bulb.

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

People keep complaining about all the tasteless and gaudy things that Trump is doing to the White Ho

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use.

But I don't think it matters much.

After 12 years of Trump and Biden in there, they're pretty much just gonna have to burn the whole thing down to get the smell out, aren't they?

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I mean he's made a laughing stock of the office

Posted by KingTalkyTiki <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=KingTalkyTiki' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 18:13:22, in reply to "People keep complaining about all the tasteless and gaudy things that Trump is doing to the White Ho"

Why shouldn't the building reflect that?

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

Posted by KingTalkyTiki <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=KingTalkyTiki' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 18:13:21, in reply to "People keep complaining about all the tasteless and gaudy things that Trump is doing to the White Ho"

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

The White Ho. Melania?*

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use.

But I don't think it matters much.

After 12 years of Trump and Biden in there, they're pretty much just gonna have to burn the whole thing down to get the smell out, aren't they?

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Lil’ Marco. Or so he wishes.

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 17:26:59, in reply to "The White Ho. Melania?*"

He’ll always be Hispanic to actual white people though.

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use.

But I don't think it matters much.

After 12 years of Trump and Biden in there, they're pretty much just gonna have to burn the whole thing down to get the smell out, aren't they?

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

3000 MW of new nuclear power coming to North Alabama*

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I guess we didn’t get the Iranian bunker *

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

All at once, or for a sustained period of time?*

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5 600 MW SMRs at two sites; schedule TBD*

Posted by Stu <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Stu' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 17:20:44, in reply to "All at once, or for a sustained period of time?*"

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How long do you think it’ll be until one actually comes online (if ever)?

Posted by IlliniOllie <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=IlliniOllie' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 18:36:08, in reply to "5 600 MW SMRs at two sites; schedule TBD*"

There hasn’t been a commercial SMR actually built anywhere outside of that floating one on a barge in the Russian Arctic, has there?

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Mmm.... Seven years.

Posted by Stu <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Stu' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 18:42:42, in reply to "How long do you think it’ll be until one actually comes online (if ever)?"

One of the sites is an abandoned site previously under construction, so siting and electrical interconnection work has mostly been done. Anyways, climate change depends on this stuff getting done, so we can't afford to let it be an 'if'.

drone post

Posted by illiniranger <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=illiniranger' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 16:46:42, in reply to "Political Thread for the week of March 23"

drones are grouped 1-5. Group 1 are small quadcopters like the DJI Mavic First Person Viewer (FPV), Group 2 are large quadcopters and small fixed wing like the Shahed 101, Group 3 are medium fixed wing like the Shahed 136, Group 4 and 5 are large fixed wing like the MQ-9 Reaper.

US forces are very good at shooting down any of these in a static fixed site with a lot of radar coverage and electronic warfare (EW) jamming coverage; that's why we have not taken very many casualties to this point. it will be much more difficult to do that across the width and depth of a brigade or larger battle space with units needing to move frequently to conduct resupply, reposition, move on the attack, etc.

group 1s are the big killer in Ukraine. There is no easy technological solution to kill them given the large distances both the Russians and Ukrainians have to cover; the air defense bubble cannot be big enough. putting large-ish combat units on the ground inside the range of FPVs is going to be pretty sporty. it can be done for a short time in specific times and places, it will be hard to do at scale for any length of time.

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Two questions. Are we really using missiles to shoot down drones?

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Seems like a costly tradeoff.

Are the FPVs and other drones how Ukraine has made their war a stalemate bloodbath? Seems like losses have ramped up.

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

Yes to both, but it’s complicated.

Posted by illiniranger <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=illiniranger' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 18:11:14, in reply to "Two questions. Are we really using missiles to shoot down drones? "

Coyote missile costs 100k. It is a missile, but it is relatively cheap. APKWS is an even cheaper drone killer. That’s a 2.75” rocket with guidance. We have at least 100s of thousands of those rockets in the inventory. It’s a bad trade to shoot a Patriot Block 3 at a drone. I don’t know how much that happens. Lot of media reporting, but who knows.

UKR mostly kills with Group 1 and 2 quadcopters. So do the Russians. Both are very proficient. Easier to be the defender than the attacker, so RU casualties are sky high.

But that story is also one of neither side having the skill or training to do combined arms operations. So they stumble forward and get smoked.

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Seems like a costly tradeoff.

Are the FPVs and other drones how Ukraine has made their war a stalemate bloodbath? Seems like losses have ramped up.

I saw a guy on TikTok with a really advanced looking potato gun. Maybe the DoD should bring him in.*

Posted by doubledown <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=doubledown' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 17:53:31, in reply to "Two questions. Are we really using missiles to shoot down drones? "

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Seems like a costly tradeoff.

Are the FPVs and other drones how Ukraine has made their war a stalemate bloodbath? Seems like losses have ramped up.

Well trained soldier with a shotgun works pretty well. *

Posted by illiniranger <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=illiniranger' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 18:11:57, in reply to "I saw a guy on TikTok with a really advanced looking potato gun. Maybe the DoD should bring him in.*"

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Seems like a costly tradeoff.

Are the FPVs and other drones how Ukraine has made their war a stalemate bloodbath? Seems like losses have ramped up.

"Honey, you didn't mow the lawn...

Posted by KingTalkyTiki <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=KingTalkyTiki' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 14:39:32, in reply to "Political Thread for the week of March 23"

...and now it's infested with Bovinos!"

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

Deflection at its finest. Say this slowly…illegal Venezuelan immigrant killed a US Citizen. Slowly*

Posted by Mmancubfan <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Mmancubfan' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 14:49:16, in reply to ""Honey, you didn't mow the lawn..."

You don’t understand what deflection means*

Posted by PapaDels <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=PapaDels' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 19:44:29, in reply to "Deflection at its finest. Say this slowly…illegal Venezuelan immigrant killed a US Citizen. Slowly*"

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I have schweppervessence and wessonality.
Too sweet to be sour, too nice to be mean.

this may be the stupidest post of all time*

Posted by memyselfandillini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=memyselfandillini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 17:48:07, in reply to "Deflection at its finest. Say this slowly…illegal Venezuelan immigrant killed a US Citizen. Slowly*"

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I don't know. This one is actually somewhat coherent...

Posted by KingTalkyTiki <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=KingTalkyTiki' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 18:12:17, in reply to "this may be the stupidest post of all time*"

...and contain zero Bette Midler lyrics.

He's been somehow stupider, shocking I know

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

Sounds like you are really mad at the Trump admin for failing on their mandate.

Posted by MC <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=MC' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 17:45:37, in reply to "Deflection at its finest. Say this slowly…illegal Venezuelan immigrant killed a US Citizen. Slowly*"

ICE is still doing raids, why was this guy still here?

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

Sure they have as more money than the militaries of most countries

Posted by KingTalkyTiki <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=KingTalkyTiki' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 18:09:42, in reply to "Sounds like you are really mad at the Trump admin for failing on their mandate. "

...but that doesn't mean you can just expect them to be effective or even competent.

..but it didn't stop them from claiming "Midway Blitz" was a phenomenal success.
.

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

If only little Greggy and his Brownshirts had actually focused on catching undocumented criminals...

Posted by KingTalkyTiki <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=KingTalkyTiki' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 16:59:44, in reply to "Deflection at its finest. Say this slowly…illegal Venezuelan immigrant killed a US Citizen. Slowly*"

As you've demonstrated here on multiple occasions, the English language isn't your strong suit. Maybe you'd do better in German. Historically, race hatred like yours tends to lend itself well to that language.

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

But that's hard and dangerous and they are lazy and stupid.

Posted by doubledown <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=doubledown' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 17:18:17, in reply to "If only little Greggy and his Brownshirts had actually focused on catching undocumented criminals..."

Way easier to meet quota grabbing families picking kids up from school than going after criminals.

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...instead of driving around picking up the 98% of our immigrant neighbors that have been living here peacefully and contributing to our city...or abducting immigrants at court trying to enter the country the right way...maybe she'd still be alive today. Sad.

No wonder he's in the middle-of-nowhere California counting the days until retirement and doing photospreads for "Petite Fascist Monthly".

Did I say that slowly enough for you? As you've demonstrated here on multiple occasions, the English language isn't your strong suit. Maybe you'd do better in German. Historically, race hatred like yours tends to lend itself well to that language.

It's the Stephen Miller way!*

Posted by KingTalkyTiki <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=KingTalkyTiki' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 17:24:54, in reply to "But that's hard and dangerous and they are lazy and stupid. "

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Way easier to meet quota grabbing families picking kids up from school than going after criminals.

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

deflection inception!*

Posted by assassin <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=assassin' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 15:04:12, in reply to "Deflection at its finest. Say this slowly…illegal Venezuelan immigrant killed a US Citizen. Slowly*"

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

Do people usually need to say things to you slowly? *

Posted by doubledown <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=doubledown' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 15:01:48, in reply to "Deflection at its finest. Say this slowly…illegal Venezuelan immigrant killed a US Citizen. Slowly*"

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Stop being such a cuck, brah.

Posted by JFG <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=JFG' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 16:06:49, in reply to "Do people usually need to say things to you slowly? *"

Sorry…I just found out earlier today that people are still using “cuck” and got a little excited.

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Retro is very popular right now, so I can't really blame you. *

Posted by doubledown <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=doubledown' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 16:17:18, in reply to "Stop being such a cuck, brah."

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Sorry…I just found out earlier today that people are still using “cuck” and got a little excited.

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Iran rejects Trump peace plan, demands reparations instead

Posted by Stu <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Stu' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 13:33:02, in reply to "Political Thread for the week of March 23"

Really going according to plan

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Can we get back to talking about the Epstein files?

Seems like if current activity continues as is, Iran’s negotiating position will only get better

Posted by DT <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=DT' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 14:07:13, in reply to "Iran rejects Trump peace plan, demands reparations instead"

The US and Israel have presumably hit the high value targets that we have been able to locate, so the marginal impact of continued air strikes will get lower over time (assuming there isn’t a cumulative breaking point where the regime collapses, which seems unlikely.)

On the flip side, the closure of the straits of Hormuz will have an increasing impact over time, especially since the potential impacts of an extended choking of supply doesn’t seem to have been priced into markets yet.

Given how small a number of actual attacks it has taken to deter shipping traffic and disrupt the insurance market, it seems unlikely that air power will be able to degrade Iranian capability so much to re-open the straits.

So the status quo favors Iran over time. Israel tried to shift this with their attack on Iranian oil infrastructure, but their retaliation seemed to show they had escalation dominance in that arena and deterred any future such attacks.

I think this is why there’s discussion about the possibility of some sort of US “boots on the ground” as another attempt to try and change the course of tge war.

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Really going according to plan

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Can we get back to talking about the Epstein files?

Hopefully they are smart enough to take their win sooner rather than nuked.*

Posted by Chuck Woodaby <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Chuck+Woodaby' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 14:32:18, in reply to "Seems like if current activity continues as is, Iran’s negotiating position will only get better"

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Really going according to plan

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Can we get back to talking about the Epstein files?

zombie bibi's just looking for a reason*

Posted by VIV <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=VIV' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 14:48:24, in reply to "Hopefully they are smart enough to take their win sooner rather than nuked.*"

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Really going according to plan

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Can we get back to talking about the Epstein files?

"the alchemy of the tartar sauce and cheese with the fish combined with the buttery steamed bun is so good." - Sounder re: a Filet O Fish

grrrr weeks away from nuclear capabilityyyyyyy*

Posted by Sammich <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sammich' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 15:08:07, in reply to "zombie bibi's just looking for a reason*"

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Really going according to plan

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Can we get back to talking about the Epstein files?

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

Braaaains we have a right to exist... on braains!*

Posted by Chuck Woodaby <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Chuck+Woodaby' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 15:10:45, in reply to "grrrr weeks away from nuclear capabilityyyyyyy*"

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Really going according to plan

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Can we get back to talking about the Epstein files?

we've now got insider trading on the war.

Posted by VIV <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=VIV' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 13:41:27, in reply to "Iran rejects Trump peace plan, demands reparations instead"

multiple new users just put a couple million on polymarket betting the parlay of:

-No ceasefire by March 31
-No US entry into Iran by March 31
-US forces enter Iran by April 30.

what a wonderful world.

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Really going according to plan

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Can we get back to talking about the Epstein files?

"the alchemy of the tartar sauce and cheese with the fish combined with the buttery steamed bun is so good." - Sounder re: a Filet O Fish

Trump today said the war is over, then he said it will last four to six more weeks

Posted by Stu <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Stu' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 14:32:10, in reply to "we've now got insider trading on the war. "

My head is spinning

If nothing else he is consistent with his inconsistent / mixed messaging.*

Posted by DocWalk20 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=DocWalk20' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 16:19:34, in reply to "Trump today said the war is over, then he said it will last four to six more weeks"

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My head is spinning

if you're betting on a futures market and not an insider, I kinda think you deserve what you get*

Posted by ghost_of_clt <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ghost_of_clt' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 14:29:22, in reply to "we've now got insider trading on the war. "

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Really going according to plan

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Can we get back to talking about the Epstein files?

N U D E S I N B I O

This sounds ripe for definitional type of disputes*

Posted by Stu <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Stu' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 13:52:28, in reply to "we've now got insider trading on the war. "

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Really going according to plan

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Can we get back to talking about the Epstein files?

I should tail them.*

Posted by Warrin'_Illini $<iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Warrin\'_Illini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'>$ on March 25, 2026, 13:49:11, in reply to "we've now got insider trading on the war. "

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Really going according to plan

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Can we get back to talking about the Epstein files?

You cannot lose games in the NFL and still win.

“Close spiritual advisor to Hegseth” wants James Talarico to die and be crucified

Posted by VIV <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=VIV' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 13:28:06, in reply to "Political Thread for the week of March 23"

Like, literally.

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5800122-james-talarico-pete-hegseth-death-comments/amp/

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Can we get back to talking about the Epstein files?

"the alchemy of the tartar sauce and cheese with the fish combined with the buttery steamed bun is so good." - Sounder re: a Filet O Fish

Talarico handled it perfectly.*

Posted by KingTalkyTiki <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=KingTalkyTiki' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 13:36:52, in reply to "“Close spiritual advisor to Hegseth” wants James Talarico to die and be crucified "

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Like, literally.

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5800122-james-talarico-pete-hegseth-death-comments/amp/

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Can we get back to talking about the Epstein files?

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

You really are my hero…

Posted by Mmancubfan <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Mmancubfan' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 14:11:02, in reply to "Talarico handled it perfectly.*"

“Did you ever know that you're my hero?
And everything I would like to be
I can fly higher than an eagle
For you are the wind beneath my wings”

You are such a cuck. So when are any of you panzies going to mention the murder on the lakefront? You know, the one involving a Venezuelan illegal immigrant who should have been vacated from our country in 2023.

Put this in your sig fat ass….

Your ideas are intriguing to me, and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

Posted by KingTalkyTiki <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=KingTalkyTiki' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 17:20:34, in reply to "You really are my hero…"

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

I didn't know people still use the word "cuck." Hmmm. The more you know...*

Posted by JFG <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=JFG' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 14:29:12, in reply to "You really are my hero…"

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Sounds like 2025 or 2026 would have worked as well.*

Posted by Warrin'_Illini $<iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Warrin\'_Illini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'>$ on March 25, 2026, 14:17:31, in reply to "You really are my hero…"

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You cannot lose games in the NFL and still win.

^^MAGA moron acting like Internet tough guy. Film at 11 -- if Brendan Cuck (Carr) allows it.

Posted by Kajagoogoo <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Kajagoogoo' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 14:16:14, in reply to "You really are my hero…"

Probably has a double first name*

Posted by WhitmansFolly <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=WhitmansFolly' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 16:09:28, in reply to "^^MAGA moron acting like Internet tough guy. Film at 11 -- if Brendan Cuck (Carr) allows it."

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And….the internet warriors show up to defend their leader…illegal Venezuelan immigrant….*

Posted by Mmancubfan <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Mmancubfan' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 14:27:41, in reply to "^^MAGA moron acting like Internet tough guy. Film at 11 -- if Brendan Cuck (Carr) allows it."

I'm their leader! GET OUT!

Posted by KingTalkyTiki <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=KingTalkyTiki' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 17:24:19, in reply to "And….the internet warriors show up to defend their leader…illegal Venezuelan immigrant….*"

Guys! I mean, I'm like crazy flattered. You're making me blush...

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

Why didn't Trump's ICE take care of this guy? Too busy harassing the general public and

Posted by Warrin'_Illini $<iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Warrin\'_Illini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'>$ on March 25, 2026, 14:30:07, in reply to "And….the internet warriors show up to defend their leader…illegal Venezuelan immigrant….*"

scared to go after the actual bad guys?

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You cannot lose games in the NFL and still win.

AND GET THIS! The Illegal Immigrant? Has active TB! The flock here must be in shambles.*

Posted by Mmancubfan <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Mmancubfan' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 14:38:03, in reply to "Why didn't Trump's ICE take care of this guy? Too busy harassing the general public and"

They say the plural of anecdote isn’t data. But you don’t even have multiple anecdotes.

Posted by DT <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=DT' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 14:56:35, in reply to "AND GET THIS! The Illegal Immigrant? Has active TB! The flock here must be in shambles.*"

As far as I know, nobody on any side has ever claimed that no illegal immigrant has ever committed a crime, so it’s not clear what you think is so devastating to liberal opinions in this single incident.

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I've always wondered, do people keep a cross tabbed database

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 15:10:10, in reply to "They say the plural of anecdote isn’t data. But you don’t even have multiple anecdotes."

so they can reference specific grievances. Trans athlete, immigrant, raped and murdered someone.

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Conservatives just have overactive amygdalas. *

Posted by doubledown <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=doubledown' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 15:12:41, in reply to "I've always wondered, do people keep a cross tabbed database"

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so they can reference specific grievances. Trans athlete, immigrant, raped and murdered someone.

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^^MAGA moron can't answer simple questions. Might be time for him to discover Gemini or something.

he's a Grok guy*

Posted by assassin <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=assassin' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 14:54:06, in reply to "^^MAGA moron can't answer simple questions. Might be time for him to discover Gemini or something."

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

They were occupied with killing US Citizens*

Posted by IlliniRunner <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=IlliniRunner' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 14:34:59, in reply to "Why didn't Trump's ICE take care of this guy? Too busy harassing the general public and"

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scared to go after the actual bad guys?

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Someone made a 1.5 billion dollar oil play.

Posted by assassin <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=assassin' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 11:14:10, in reply to "Political Thread for the week of March 23"

https://x.com/ChrisMurphyCT/status/2036277990489764135?s=20

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Can we get back to talking about the Epstein files?

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

This should be a massive scandal (it won’t be)

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 10:48:22, in reply to "Political Thread for the week of March 23"

https://x.com/housejudiciary/status/2036796539373240632?s=46&t=lDVcHsc1kFZVprHvpzacAQ

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Can we get back to talking about the Epstein files?

FYI, if you were on the fence about buying a new router, hurry up.

Posted by doubledown <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=doubledown' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 9:20:31, in reply to "Political Thread for the week of March 23"

It will soon only be legal to sell routers made in the US. Which is basically none of them.

https://mashable.com/article/us-fcc-foreign-router-ban

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Can we get back to talking about the Epstein files?

I'm just glad all the companies involved are so happy about it.

Posted by Sammich <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sammich' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 9:35:21, in reply to "FYI, if you were on the fence about buying a new router, hurry up."

Except for Asus. We haven't yet gotten a harrumph outta that guy.

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

I use Asus, am I screwed?*

Posted by TarheelIllini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=TarheelIllini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 11:28:09, in reply to "I'm just glad all the companies involved are so happy about it."

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Except for Asus. We haven't yet gotten a harrumph outta that guy.

Recrudescence

PROTECT YOUR ASUS*

Posted by VIV <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=VIV' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 13:41:56, in reply to "I use Asus, am I screwed?*"

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Except for Asus. We haven't yet gotten a harrumph outta that guy.

"the alchemy of the tartar sauce and cheese with the fish combined with the buttery steamed bun is so good." - Sounder re: a Filet O Fish

Your Asus... prepare it*

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Except for Asus. We haven't yet gotten a harrumph outta that guy.

We're all screwed, but your Asus router is fine*

Posted by OrangeSox <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=OrangeSox' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 11:38:41, in reply to "I use Asus, am I screwed?*"

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Except for Asus. We haven't yet gotten a harrumph outta that guy.

This feels like North Korean policy*

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It will soon only be legal to sell routers made in the US. Which is basically none of them.

https://mashable.com/article/us-fcc-foreign-router-ban

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we are dealing with a somewhat similar issue on drones and using them in research right now*

Posted by lcubed <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=lcubed' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 9:23:15, in reply to "FYI, if you were on the fence about buying a new router, hurry up."

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It will soon only be legal to sell routers made in the US. Which is basically none of them.

https://mashable.com/article/us-fcc-foreign-router-ban

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So how soon is Don Jr’s router company announced to go with his drone company?*

Posted by DocWalk20 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=DocWalk20' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 11:52:19, in reply to "we are dealing with a somewhat similar issue on drones and using them in research right now*"

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It will soon only be legal to sell routers made in the US. Which is basically none of them.

https://mashable.com/article/us-fcc-foreign-router-ban

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On its face it seems hyperbolic to call trading on insider information "treason," but

Posted by doubledown <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=doubledown' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 9:07:06, in reply to "Political Thread for the week of March 23"

is there a better word for "sharing state secrets with the enemy for personal gain"?

https://fortune.com/2026/03/24/paul-krugman-treason-oil-futures-trading-trump-white-house/

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If Iran really wanted to give America a present, they'd ice this goof. *

Posted by doubledown <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=doubledown' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 8:32:10, in reply to "Political Thread for the week of March 23"

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nice.*

Posted by Ari Gold <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Ari+Gold' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 16:12:34, in reply to "If Iran really wanted to give America a present, they'd ice this goof. *"

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that would almost certainly cause wide scale outright warfare.

Posted by VIV <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=VIV' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 8:44:13, in reply to "If Iran really wanted to give America a present, they'd ice this goof. *"

and would make him a martyr.

let the mcdonald's run its course.

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"the alchemy of the tartar sauce and cheese with the fish combined with the buttery steamed bun is so good." - Sounder re: a Filet O Fish

I assume they would do it with a McDonald's. *

Posted by doubledown <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=doubledown' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 9:00:59, in reply to "that would almost certainly cause wide scale outright warfare. "

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and would make him a martyr.

let the mcdonald's run its course.

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Did I hear right that a Dem may win the House seat that represents Mar-a-Lago area

Posted by timmer <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=timmer' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 24, 2026, 19:05:25, in reply to "Political Thread for the week of March 23"

That’s some trolling

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(for rent)

Trump-endorsed NC Republican Senate Leader lost his primary too

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 8:43:43, in reply to "Did I hear right that a Dem may win the House seat that represents Mar-a-Lago area"

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/north-carolina-senate-leader-conservative-201337380.html

North Carolina government’s most influential politician, Republican state Senate leader Phil Berger, conceded the primary race for his seat to Sam Page on Tuesday, shaking the power structure in the ninth-largest state and likely soon ending Berger's preeminence as the state’s top conservative architect.

Berger trailed Page, the Rockingham County sheriff, in their March 3 primary by only 23 votes. He has been Senate leader since 2011 when Republicans took full control over the General Assembly for the first time in 140 years. President Donald Trump had endorsed Berger for reelection, praising him for his policy accomplishments.

Trump’s endorsement came several weeks after the legislature redrew the state’s U.S. House district map in an attempt to flip a Democratic seat as part of the president’s redistricting campaign to retain GOP control of the U.S. House in this year’s midterm elections.

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

he's a huge asshole and wouldn't concede he lost

Posted by TarheelIllini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=TarheelIllini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 25, 2026, 9:09:14, in reply to "Trump-endorsed NC Republican Senate Leader lost his primary too"

he needed to go ASAP

Recrudescence

Dem victory confirmed*

Posted by Mrap24 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Mrap24' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 24, 2026, 19:06:06, in reply to "Did I hear right that a Dem may win the House seat that represents Mar-a-Lago area"

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And of course Congress goes on recess Friday

Posted by timmer <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=timmer' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 24, 2026, 19:19:11, in reply to "Dem victory confirmed*"

Any chance she gets sworn in by then?

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Yes, she will*

Posted by Stu <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Stu' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 24, 2026, 19:51:35, in reply to "And of course Congress goes on recess Friday"

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To her state rep seat?

Posted by Chuck Woodaby <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Chuck+Woodaby' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 24, 2026, 19:35:02, in reply to "And of course Congress goes on recess Friday"

Probably.

wut?*

Posted by Ari Gold <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Ari+Gold' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 24, 2026, 19:34:57, in reply to "And of course Congress goes on recess Friday"

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Sorry. Thought it was a congressional seat

Posted by timmer <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=timmer' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 24, 2026, 19:43:45, in reply to "wut?*"

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as long and as hard as is necessary

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 24, 2026, 15:31:19, in reply to "Political Thread for the week of March 23"

I’m begging you to watch the part where Pete puts his hand on the imaginary “throttle” and says “as long as it’s hard as is necessary” and watch Trump raise his eyebrows LMAO https://t.co/a3mHJcdZks
— Luxe (@luxeprogressive) March 24, 2026

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that was a "we're really blowing through naptime" jolt to stay awake*

Posted by VIV <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=VIV' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 24, 2026, 15:47:12, in reply to "as long and as hard as is necessary"

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I’m begging you to watch the part where Pete puts his hand on the imaginary “throttle” and says “as long as it’s hard as is necessary” and watch Trump raise his eyebrows LMAO https://t.co/a3mHJcdZks — Luxe (@luxeprogressive) March 24, 2026 .

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"the alchemy of the tartar sauce and cheese with the fish combined with the buttery steamed bun is so good." - Sounder re: a Filet O Fish

62! Getting close to W territory here.

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 24, 2026, 15:25:11, in reply to "Political Thread for the week of March 23"

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

oOo

Posted by KingTalkyTiki <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=KingTalkyTiki' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 24, 2026, 17:11:51, in reply to "62! Getting close to W territory here."

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

Was W really lower than that?

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 24, 2026, 15:28:27, in reply to "62! Getting close to W territory here."

I honestly can't imagine a president being more unpopular than Trump, but I'm probably discounting how polarized we have become.

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I believe he had a 30% approval rate at one point during the financial crisis*

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 24, 2026, 15:35:40, in reply to "Was W really lower than that?"

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I honestly can't imagine a president being more unpopular than Trump, but I'm probably discounting how polarized we have become.

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

25%*

Posted by Chuck Woodaby <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Chuck+Woodaby' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 24, 2026, 15:44:51, in reply to "I believe he had a 30% approval rate at one point during the financial crisis*"

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I honestly can't imagine a president being more unpopular than Trump, but I'm probably discounting how polarized we have become.

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People were bummed out over the financial collapse in addition to pointless wars in the middle east.

Posted by Chuck Woodaby <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Chuck+Woodaby' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 24, 2026, 15:35:37, in reply to "Was W really lower than that?"

Never underestimate Trump though. He can top that.

Trump hates windpower so much that he is willing to pay them $1 billion to not produce electricity

Posted by Stu <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Stu' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 24, 2026, 10:04:34, in reply to "Political Thread for the week of March 23"

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Maybe this happens after the war dies down, but how are democrats not screaming about renewables

Posted by snipes824 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=snipes824' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 24, 2026, 10:13:40, in reply to "Trump hates windpower so much that he is willing to pay them $1 billion to not produce electricity"

right now?

You can finally switch the entire transition thesis from climate change (not popular) to affordability and not having to rely on a strait controlled by an enemy 6,000 miles away (I would assume pretty popular).

Such an easy sell right now. Especially when combined with the data center shit.

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The irony is that Texas is far and away the leader in renewable energy in the US*

Posted by ECEIllinois <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ECEIllinois' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 24, 2026, 18:58:01, in reply to "Maybe this happens after the war dies down, but how are democrats not screaming about renewables"

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there is a shit ton of money to be made by new energy providers

Posted by memyselfandillini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=memyselfandillini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 24, 2026, 12:25:41, in reply to "Maybe this happens after the war dies down, but how are democrats not screaming about renewables"

why we want to follow
instead of lead is beyond comprehension

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Because we give an inordinate amount of political power to the most retrograde areas of the country?

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 24, 2026, 15:26:15, in reply to "there is a shit ton of money to be made by new energy providers "

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why we want to follow
instead of lead is beyond comprehension

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

I think DT is closer down below. The power is in the money of domestic and foreign oil*

Posted by memyselfandillini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=memyselfandillini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 24, 2026, 18:32:43, in reply to "Because we give an inordinate amount of political power to the most retrograde areas of the country?"

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why we want to follow
instead of lead is beyond comprehension

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12% of Americans live in California

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 24, 2026, 15:29:39, in reply to "Because we give an inordinate amount of political power to the most retrograde areas of the country?"

I'm positive the founding fathers didn't account for that.

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instead of lead is beyond comprehension

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It’s not where the votes are*

Posted by Stu <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Stu' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 24, 2026, 10:43:41, in reply to "Maybe this happens after the war dies down, but how are democrats not screaming about renewables"

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Nobody wants to admit it

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 24, 2026, 10:52:03, in reply to "It’s not where the votes are*"

but pretty much anyone Gen X and beyond doesn't really care about the environment, especially if it means being asked to make any sort of sacrifice. All people really care about is the economy. Everything else is secondary. People will switch to electric cars when it makes economic sense to do so.

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well the current price of gas is tilting the balance towards electrics*

Posted by memyselfandillini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=memyselfandillini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 24, 2026, 12:26:55, in reply to "Nobody wants to admit it"

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The positive side here is the country that matters the most, China, is all in on renewables

Posted by DT <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=DT' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 24, 2026, 12:06:59, in reply to "Nobody wants to admit it"

And they are developing and deploying, worldwide, staggering amounts of solar power generating capacity along with dirt cheap electric vehicles.

The US is still a significant carbon emitter, but we are long past the point where worldwide progress depends on US technology or leadership. We have completely ceded the field here, and the adults on the planet are going ahead working on the problem while we eat paste in the corner.

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Sadly, all of that is true, and Trump seems to have been the nail in the coffin

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 24, 2026, 12:13:39, in reply to "The positive side here is the country that matters the most, China, is all in on renewables"

I think that history will show that this was a really critical period in addressing the problem, and a really bad time to have Trump be President for 8 years.

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The problems in the US are more structural than Trump-specific

Posted by DT <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=DT' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 24, 2026, 12:20:38, in reply to "Sadly, all of that is true, and Trump seems to have been the nail in the coffin"

The Republican Party has been captured by anti-environmental business interests for 40+ years, and were able to largely prevent any significant action. Trump has just been louder and more obnoxious about it, but I don’t think he made a huge difference regarding any real actions, which were not there under any administration.

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I think that history will show that this was a really critical period in addressing the problem, and a really bad time to have Trump be President for 8 years.

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yep

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 24, 2026, 15:37:32, in reply to "The problems in the US are more structural than Trump-specific "

https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/msg/1774383975.html

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

You're taking a maximalist position. You can care about the environment...

Posted by haighter <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=haighter' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 24, 2026, 11:08:04, in reply to "Nobody wants to admit it"

...and still drive an internal combustion vehicle. There's tons of things you can do to contribute to the overall health of your environment.

Throwing your hands up and saying "no one cares" strikes me as lazy and defeatist.

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I think it's fair to say, given power dynamics in charge, sustainability has lost and it's over.

Posted by ijustkrushalot <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ijustkrushalot' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 24, 2026, 11:50:02, in reply to "You're taking a maximalist position. You can care about the environment..."

we are past the point where it matters, we're just gonna barrel ahead and deal with the consequences...

We decided instead of ample clean energy we were going to use every watt for AI and mining make believe currency. that's beyond settled at this point

I think what is a loser for the Trump administration is putting red tape up and killing energy projects at a time when energy demand is going through the fucking roof.

You know what I find absolutely terrifying?

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 24, 2026, 11:53:20, in reply to "I think it's fair to say, given power dynamics in charge, sustainability has lost and it's over."

Microplastics. Do some research on that and tell me it doesn't send a chill down your spine.

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Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 24, 2026, 11:15:34, in reply to "You're taking a maximalist position. You can care about the environment..."

Think about your life in SF and the lifestyle choices you make that contribute to helping the environment, and then go visit your parents in Central Illinois and tell me that you think that they care even a fraction as much as you do.

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I’m guessing his parents have smaller carbon footprint than he does. Only close b/c IL weather*

Posted by cpsteine <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=cpsteine' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 24, 2026, 22:36:08, in reply to "One more thing"

They don't at all...but their opinions and actions don't negate my choices. *

Posted by haighter <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=haighter' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 24, 2026, 11:27:00, in reply to "One more thing"

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your choices could be viewed as making up for theirs.

Posted by memyselfandillini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=memyselfandillini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 24, 2026, 18:33:35, in reply to "They don't at all...but their opinions and actions don't negate my choices. *"

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To be clear, I wasn't ragging on internal combustion engines

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 24, 2026, 11:12:33, in reply to "You're taking a maximalist position. You can care about the environment..."

and I wasn't saying that you can't care about the environment and drive a gas guzzling car. My personal conclusion, honestly, is that there is nothing that I can personally do that is going to move the needle on the environment when there are massive corporations that will continue to pollute. It's that that I no longer care about the environment, I very much still do, it's just that I've given up hope that there's anything that can be done that is going to make a meaningful difference, and relieving myself of that burden helps me sleep a little better at night.

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Meh...you probably can't, personally, do anything about air pollution...

...on any meaningful level.

But think back to the 1980s. People still threw garbage out their windows in the car. Dumped motor-oil down the drain, etc.

All of those attitudes have changed. The environment is physically cleaner than it was 40 years ago.

I mean, you personally, probably have made food decisions (subconsciously or not) that are better for your environment and ecology.

We're not individually defeating big industry but small decisions matter at a more local level. They're not insignificant.

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I make plenty of lifestyle decisions every day that posititvely impact the environment

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 24, 2026, 11:51:06, in reply to "Meh...you probably can't, personally, do anything about air pollution..."

I have been walking to work. I recycle. I pick up trash when I see it on the street in my neighborhood. I'm just saying that at the end of the, none of it really matters in the grand scheme of things. I did an undergrad internship at the EPA my junior year. The guy I worked for was the senior scientist in charge of the implementation of the Clean Air Act. I was on the house floor when NAFTA was voted on, as we were in charge of making sure it had environmental regulations as a part of the process. I'm very much an environmentalist, I just think that at the end of the day, nothing I can do will make even a minor difference in the grand scheme of things.

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#eatatarbys

Posted by IlliniSax05 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=IlliniSax05' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 24, 2026, 11:54:52, in reply to "I make plenty of lifestyle decisions every day that posititvely impact the environment"

Why do you hate me, Sammich?

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

The fact that I have given myself permission to stop caring is self preservation*

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 24, 2026, 11:56:36, in reply to "#eatatarbys"

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I feel like the combination of Trump and the pandemic

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 24, 2026, 10:36:06, in reply to "Maybe this happens after the war dies down, but how are democrats not screaming about renewables"

made people stop caring about the environment as a top of mind issue. I think part of it is just pure exasperation, but of all the messed up things that Trump has done, ratfucking the future environment is very underrated on the list.

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because they are a) incompetent and b) know that they can win 2026 without taking a single position

Posted by John Coctostan <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=John+Coctostan' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 24, 2026, 10:15:03, in reply to "Maybe this happens after the war dies down, but how are democrats not screaming about renewables"

which is true. but will once again fuck them up in the long term

I think we’ve gone way past overboard with the Dem criticism. They’re hitting the right notes, IMO.

Posted by Carl Spackler <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Carl+Spackler' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 24, 2026, 10:43:41, in reply to "because they are a) incompetent and b) know that they can win 2026 without taking a single position"

“Your gas and your prices are going up because of the Iran War and it’s the Republican’s fault” is a simple message.

“Your gas and your prices are going up because the Trump administration is undercutting funding for IRA which is cutting the ability for renewables to balance out gas prices” is much more convoluted.

When a party is going to drown itself in bad policy, let it drown itself and point out at every turn that it’s drowning. Don’t try and explain that they’re not kicking their legs, breathing above water and moving their arms and therefore they’re drowning.

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which is true. but will once again fuck them up in the long term

I don’t think it’s either or

Posted by snipes824 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=snipes824' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 24, 2026, 10:55:41, in reply to "I think we’ve gone way past overboard with the Dem criticism. They’re hitting the right notes, IMO."

The first part is the core message, but you can say the second piece without the corporate speak of “undercutting funding for IRA.” You can just say “wouldn’t it be better if we had true energy independence here at home that’s not at the mercy of middle eastern chaos or the whims of middle eastern governments and wars?”

Not that exact quote maybe, but you don’t need to mention funding or previous legislation. Just sell the future. We’re beholden to a strait half way across the world that we don’t control, yet we could produce cheaper more consistent energy here at home. That’s not a convoluted message to me.

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which is true. but will once again fuck them up in the long term

I think it's the same trap they've fallen into consistently since 2015

Posted by John Coctostan <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=John+Coctostan' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 24, 2026, 10:47:15, in reply to "I think we’ve gone way past overboard with the Dem criticism. They’re hitting the right notes, IMO."

they don't consistently stand for things to actually make the country better. at least not in clear articulate ways. Agree they shouldn't flood the zone and make it convoluted. but the message snipes suggest above is clear - we stand for alt energy because it's going to make things cheaper.

my criticism is they will once again run on trump bad, we're not trump this year and through 28. and it'll probably be enough to win. and then they'll have rudderless vessels that under deliver

The Democrats are for they/them, Trump is for you*

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 24, 2026, 10:54:24, in reply to "I think it's the same trap they've fallen into consistently since 2015"

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ICE agents doing the hard work

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 24, 2026, 10:00:15, in reply to "Political Thread for the week of March 23"

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

Honestly better than most of the alternatives. *

Posted by doubledown <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=doubledown' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 24, 2026, 11:02:26, in reply to "ICE agents doing the hard work"

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ICE vs. NYCPD in Candy Crush would be a good battle. Your tax dollars at work.*

Posted by Warrin'_Illini $<iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Warrin\'_Illini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'>$ on March 24, 2026, 10:10:44, in reply to "ICE agents doing the hard work"

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You cannot lose games in the NFL and still win.

to be fair, what do you want him to do?

Posted by VIV <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=VIV' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 24, 2026, 10:07:14, in reply to "ICE agents doing the hard work"

he's not going to be screening passengers. there's nothing ICE can do to move the lines along faster. they're only there to give the appearance of order.

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"the alchemy of the tartar sauce and cheese with the fish combined with the buttery steamed bun is so good." - Sounder re: a Filet O Fish

they could have at least let the poor guy keep a skullcap or something

Posted by Sammich <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sammich' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 24, 2026, 10:02:32, in reply to "ICE agents doing the hard work"

wonder if the ICE bonus covers a trip to Turkey

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

Mail in voting is mail in cheating-Donald Trump

Posted by illini222 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=illini222' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 24, 2026, 8:58:18, in reply to "Political Thread for the week of March 23"

Also Donald Trump:

https://www.wbaltv.com/article/trump-mail-ballot-florida-save-act/70831841

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Can we get back to talking about the Epstein files?

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

how do you expect him to vote in person in Florida, when he is in DC all the time?!?!?

Posted by shua <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=shua' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 24, 2026, 9:00:13, in reply to "Mail in voting is mail in cheating-Donald Trump"

oh wait....

Well, there's a reason Trump doesn't want to make a deal to save TSA. Guess what? It's Project2025

Posted by VIV <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=VIV' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 24, 2026, 8:55:17, in reply to "Political Thread for the week of March 23"

https://static.heritage.org/project2025/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf
page 134: "The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) be privatized"

page 158-159" "TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (TSA)
The TSA model is costly and unwisely makes TSA both the regulator and the regulated organization responsible for screening operations. As part of an effort to shrink federal bureaucracies and bring private-sector know-how to government programs, TSA is ripe for reform... and its workforce should be deunionized immediately."

So:
*Defund TSA until enough of them quit.
*Call it a national emergency once an airport or two has to briefly close due to lack of TSA staffing.
*Have the closed airport(s) immediately bring in private security. (likely already lined up)
*De-unionize TSA by Executive Order.
*Have ICE agents there for the appearance of usefulness and justification for their increased budget.
*Lay off all existing TSA employees except for administrators.
*Hand out cushy crony government contracts to the private security companies now handling airport security.

Did I miss anything?

"the alchemy of the tartar sauce and cheese with the fish combined with the buttery steamed bun is so good." - Sounder re: a Filet O Fish

*adds von Mises to the Austrian time-machine murder list* *

Posted by Sammich <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sammich' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 24, 2026, 9:57:34, in reply to "Well, there's a reason Trump doesn't want to make a deal to save TSA. Guess what? It's Project2025"

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

Bibi made Trump his bitch and Trump done fucked up.

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 20:41:54, in reply to "Political Thread for the week of March 23"

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/23/mattis-ending-iran-war-now-cede-hormuz-00841109

The Trump administration ending its war against Iran now would essentially cede control of the key energy choke point of the Strait of Hormuz to Tehran, President Donald Trump’s former secretary of Defense said Monday.

The assessment from former Gen. Jim Mattis comes as President Donald Trump declared a five-day pause on military strikes against Iranian energy infrastructure after the U.S. and Israeli attack against Iran enters its fourth week. Iran’s retaliation has forced the de facto closure of the narrow passage, where 20 percent of the world’s oil and seaborne gas supplies move from the Middle East to the wider market.

“Iran right now, if we declared victory, they would now say they own the strait,” Mattis said during the CERAweek by S&P Global conference.

“You’d see a tax for every ship that goes through.”
“We’re in a tough spot, ladies and gentlemen,” Mattis said. “I can’t identify a lot of options.”

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

Some of the most naked insider trading you’ll ever see

Posted by VIV <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=VIV' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 17:54:11, in reply to "Political Thread for the week of March 23"

And it will go ignored

https://x.com/unusual_whales/status/2036145087894438153?s=46&t=XN05Y_2R7p9-W2usMd8FIg

“Just five minutes before Trump's announcement to halt the attacks on Iran, massive trades reportedly hit the market.

In one move, $1.5 billion in S&P 500 (ES) futures was bought while $192 million in oil (CL) futures was sold.

These orders were 4–6x larger than anything else at the time.

The trader seemingly made huge gains.”

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Can we get back to talking about the Epstein files?

"the alchemy of the tartar sauce and cheese with the fish combined with the buttery steamed bun is so good." - Sounder re: a Filet O Fish

I always assume whenever he makes an obvious market moving tweet, his family has already bought the

Posted by snipes824 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=snipes824' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 20:00:03, in reply to "Some of the most naked insider trading you’ll ever see"

positions.

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Can we get back to talking about the Epstein files?

Just sucking money out of the economy and we're all paying taxes to help fund it*

Posted by OrangeSox <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=OrangeSox' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 20:45:37, in reply to "I always assume whenever he makes an obvious market moving tweet, his family has already bought the"

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positions.

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Can we get back to talking about the Epstein files?

It's a small price to pay in order to make sure that marginalized people have to live in fear. *

Posted by doubledown <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=doubledown' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 24, 2026, 8:28:39, in reply to "Just sucking money out of the economy and we're all paying taxes to help fund it*"

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positions.

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Can we get back to talking about the Epstein files?

Of course *

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 20:44:37, in reply to "I always assume whenever he makes an obvious market moving tweet, his family has already bought the"

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positions.

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Can we get back to talking about the Epstein files?

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

Sen. Kennedy assigns blame for lack of TSA funding

Posted by UofIL6 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=UofIL6' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 16:42:07, in reply to "Political Thread for the week of March 23"

https://bsky.app/profile/wtfgop.bsky.social/post/3mhqy22skpc23

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So he wants to switch parties again. Okay, why not.*

Posted by complainant <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=complainant' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 17:06:55, in reply to "Sen. Kennedy assigns blame for lack of TSA funding"

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https://bsky.app/profile/wtfgop.bsky.social/post/3mhqy22skpc23

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I think they paraphrased that.....

Posted by KingTalkyTiki <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=KingTalkyTiki' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 17:04:05, in reply to "Sen. Kennedy assigns blame for lack of TSA funding"

"Now looka—I say, looka-here, son! Pay attention when I’m talkin’ to ya!

Those Democrats, they went and made an offer to open up the whole barnyard—everything, I tell ya—everything 'cept for that ICE outfit! Now, any bird with a lick of sense woulda said, "O-K! Let’s take the deal!" And that’s just what Senator Thune did, I say, he took that proposal right to the President’s nest.

Now, listen up boy, it’s his right—I say, it’s his constitutional prerogative—but Trump, he just shook his head and said, "No deals with the Dems! Not a one!"

It woulda worked, boy! It woulda worked like a greased pig at a county fair! We coulda had those TSA folks gettin’ paid—cash in hand, I say—by the end of the week! But the Big Man said no deal."

..or maybe that was a cartoon rooster. I get the two confused.

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

*golf clap* *

Posted by IlliniRunner <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=IlliniRunner' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 17:27:09, in reply to "I think they paraphrased that....."

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"The Dems have offered to open up everything but ICE. OK let’s accept their offer. Sen Thune

Posted by gvibes <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=gvibes' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 16:46:02, in reply to "Sen. Kennedy assigns blame for lack of TSA funding"

" submitted that to Trump. As is his right Trump said no deals with the Dems. It would have worked. We could have had TSA paid by the end of the week but the Pres said no deal"

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https://bsky.app/profile/wtfgop.bsky.social/post/3mhqy22skpc23

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what does it say?

Posted by VIV <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=VIV' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 16:43:13, in reply to "Sen. Kennedy assigns blame for lack of TSA funding"

i don't have bluski and you need to be signed in to see it.

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https://bsky.app/profile/wtfgop.bsky.social/post/3mhqy22skpc23

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Can we get back to talking about the Epstein files?

"the alchemy of the tartar sauce and cheese with the fish combined with the buttery steamed bun is so good." - Sounder re: a Filet O Fish

ooo

Posted by Kajagoogoo <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Kajagoogoo' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 16:45:54, in reply to "what does it say?"

Senator Kennedy just now:

The Dems have offered to open up everything but ICE. OK let’s accept their offer. Sen Thune submitted that to Trump. As is his right Trump said no deals with the Dems. It would have worked. We could have had TSA paid by the end of the week but the Pres said no deal

Has Trump ever compromised on anything in his life?

Posted by Stu <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Stu' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 16:59:06, in reply to "ooo"

I mean, i don't think you can really call Eric a compromise

Or stopped when he was told “no”?

Posted by WhitmansFolly <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=WhitmansFolly' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 20:05:50, in reply to "Has Trump ever compromised on anything in his life?"

The answer to both is no.

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I mean, i don't think you can really call Eric a compromise

when you're rich they let you do it*

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 24, 2026, 10:56:08, in reply to "Or stopped when he was told “no”?"

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The answer to both is no.

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I mean, i don't think you can really call Eric a compromise

The GOP: 100% committed to the whims of one very fancy, catty man from NYC.*

Posted by Toonces <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Toonces' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 17:02:26, in reply to "Has Trump ever compromised on anything in his life?"

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I mean, i don't think you can really call Eric a compromise

I’m ugly.

the dems took their senile octogenarian to a farm upstate,

Posted by VIV <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=VIV' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 17:16:29, in reply to "The GOP: 100% committed to the whims of one very fancy, catty man from NYC.*"

what's the rubicon for the GOP? is there one?

"the alchemy of the tartar sauce and cheese with the fish combined with the buttery steamed bun is so good." - Sounder re: a Filet O Fish

2024 told us that Americans have very short memories. Nobody is going to stop shit.*

Posted by Toonces <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Toonces' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 17:25:27, in reply to "the dems took their senile octogenarian to a farm upstate,"

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what's the rubicon for the GOP? is there one?

I’m ugly.

I continue to believe that there has to be some breaking point for Trump

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 24, 2026, 10:57:48, in reply to "2024 told us that Americans have very short memories. Nobody is going to stop shit.*"

where the GOP leadership just can't take it anymore, despite plenty of evidence to the contrary.

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what's the rubicon for the GOP? is there one?

well, he's not lying.*

Posted by VIV <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=VIV' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 16:56:42, in reply to "ooo"

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"the alchemy of the tartar sauce and cheese with the fish combined with the buttery steamed bun is so good." - Sounder re: a Filet O Fish

AI bots are now part of polling samples

Posted by snipes824 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=snipes824' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 15:57:54, in reply to "Political Thread for the week of March 23"

https://x.com/jacobrubashkin/status/2036183278227427489?s=46&t=qWbYzilv9wbGGv_awycNAg

Society is so cooked.

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Can we get back to talking about the Epstein files?

Tired: dead internet theory

Posted by Sammich <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sammich' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 16:11:25, in reply to "AI bots are now part of polling samples"

Wired: dead electorate theory

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

We should all point and laugh

Posted by Stu <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Stu' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 13:17:00, in reply to "Political Thread for the week of March 23"

https://www.thedailybeast.com/charlie-kirks-mentor-jeff-webb-dies-afte

A freak pickleball accident.

Posted by SurfTheBoneyard <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=SurfTheBoneyard' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 15:18:34, in reply to "We should all point and laugh"

Now the guy seemed like a dick but there’s no reason to call the whole sport freak pickleball just because he played it.

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/charlie-kirks-mentor-jeff-webb-dies-afte

Sky Marshal of the Luftwaffle

“Surf is just a national treasure.” — Jackie

Oh no!

Posted by KingTalkyTiki <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=KingTalkyTiki' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 13:30:29, in reply to "We should all point and laugh"

Anyways...

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

Sam Bankman-Fried's mom may be in even more trouble

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 12:48:19, in reply to "Political Thread for the week of March 23"

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

lol*

Posted by Poldark <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Poldark' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 13:22:40, in reply to "Sam Bankman-Fried's mom may be in even more trouble"

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

"After Austin Peay, we deserved one of these"

Lol sbf

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 19:53:23, in reply to "lol*"

His parents, however, live in Palo Alto.

The judge has now ordered SBF to file, under penalty of perjury, an affidavit stating whether previous and future filings were drafted or prepared by attorneys, and if so, who they were.

https://bsky.app/profile/molly.wiki/post/3mhre6cfkhs2l

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

I think this sending ICE to airports thing is wildly bad, politically

Posted by John Coctostan <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=John+Coctostan' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 10:21:31, in reply to "Political Thread for the week of March 23"

normies just going about their business travel or spring break seeing more armed agents in airports isn't going to go well. any little incident is going to blow up spectacularly

the idea that he is a Russian agent becomes more believable by the day*

Posted by cpsteine <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=cpsteine' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 18:22:17, in reply to "I think this sending ICE to airports thing is wildly bad, politically"

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normies just going about their business travel or spring break seeing more armed agents in airports isn't going to go well. any little incident is going to blow up spectacularly

What the heck, put them in the control tower too.

Posted by KingTalkyTiki <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=KingTalkyTiki' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 11:30:08, in reply to "I think this sending ICE to airports thing is wildly bad, politically"

They're doing all these other jobs they are poorly trained for, what's one more?

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

Why stop there? Flight attendants? They just deport anyone who elects to watch an Int'l movie?*

Posted by UofIL6 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=UofIL6' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 12:20:05, in reply to "What the heck, put them in the control tower too."

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They're doing all these other jobs they are poorly trained for, what's one more?

It’s a terrible idea. So far the pics just show them standing around. *

Posted by MC <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=MC' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 10:59:29, in reply to "I think this sending ICE to airports thing is wildly bad, politically"

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normies just going about their business travel or spring break seeing more armed agents in airports isn't going to go well. any little incident is going to blow up spectacularly

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

Was super glad to not see any of them on my flight this morning from SEA to DEN*

Posted by DocWalk20 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=DocWalk20' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 15:05:51, in reply to "It’s a terrible idea. So far the pics just show them standing around. *"

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normies just going about their business travel or spring break seeing more armed agents in airports isn't going to go well. any little incident is going to blow up spectacularly

I'm enjoying watching them try to evade cameramen because they weren't allowed to wear their masks

Posted by KingTalkyTiki <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=KingTalkyTiki' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 12:01:49, in reply to "It’s a terrible idea. So far the pics just show them standing around. *"

Nuremburg 2.0 is gonna be a hoot.

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

I guess the silver lining is that they're not out on the streets killing people*

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 11:00:50, in reply to "It’s a terrible idea. So far the pics just show them standing around. *"

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normies just going about their business travel or spring break seeing more armed agents in airports isn't going to go well. any little incident is going to blow up spectacularly

I'd rather see them on the streets, in Iran!*

Posted by shua <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=shua' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 11:15:16, in reply to "I guess the silver lining is that they're not out on the streets killing people*"

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normies just going about their business travel or spring break seeing more armed agents in airports isn't going to go well. any little incident is going to blow up spectacularly

Boots on the ground in Iran will absolutely tank the market

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 11:23:49, in reply to "I'd rather see them on the streets, in Iran!*"

and cause gas prices to skyrocket. It's a bad idea, even if they are ICE goons.

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normies just going about their business travel or spring break seeing more armed agents in airports isn't going to go well. any little incident is going to blow up spectacularly

You forgot the word MORE*

Posted by TarheelIllini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=TarheelIllini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 11:41:10, in reply to "Boots on the ground in Iran will absolutely tank the market"

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and cause gas prices to skyrocket. It's a bad idea, even if they are ICE goons.

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normies just going about their business travel or spring break seeing more armed agents in airports isn't going to go well. any little incident is going to blow up spectacularly

Recrudescence

sure, but if/when they decide, those folks should be at the front of the line*

Posted by shua <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=shua' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 11:40:19, in reply to "Boots on the ground in Iran will absolutely tank the market"

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and cause gas prices to skyrocket. It's a bad idea, even if they are ICE goons.

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normies just going about their business travel or spring break seeing more armed agents in airports isn't going to go well. any little incident is going to blow up spectacularly

At least the ATCs are working and these meatheads aren’t filling in for them.*

Posted by SurfTheBoneyard <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=SurfTheBoneyard' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 10:43:56, in reply to "I think this sending ICE to airports thing is wildly bad, politically"

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normies just going about their business travel or spring break seeing more armed agents in airports isn't going to go well. any little incident is going to blow up spectacularly

Sky Marshal of the Luftwaffle

“Surf is just a national treasure.” — Jackie

not the best timing for this after the collision yesterday at LGA*

Posted by VIV <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=VIV' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 10:45:29, in reply to "At least the ATCs are working and these meatheads aren’t filling in for them.*"

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normies just going about their business travel or spring break seeing more armed agents in airports isn't going to go well. any little incident is going to blow up spectacularly

"the alchemy of the tartar sauce and cheese with the fish combined with the buttery steamed bun is so good." - Sounder re: a Filet O Fish

Is it just me, or has that story not getting as much attention as you'd expect it to get?*

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 11:00:16, in reply to "not the best timing for this after the collision yesterday at LGA*"

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normies just going about their business travel or spring break seeing more armed agents in airports isn't going to go well. any little incident is going to blow up spectacularly

The video...ooof

Posted by KingTalkyTiki <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=KingTalkyTiki' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 12:11:41, in reply to "Is it just me, or has that story not getting as much attention as you'd expect it to get?*"

https://www.threads.com/@bnonews/post/DWO-Hq-ClMC?xmt=AQF0duZitIEpiOdoctmCBruFdVmJhtNW_maPlEzvaFVleHVVkHdgLM8CYT1ll3hek0s2Y-g&slof=1

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

seeing this and hearing the ATC voice recording, sounds like ATC and fire truck both at fault.

Posted by VIV <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=VIV' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 17:13:25, in reply to "The video...ooof"

Fire Truck asks for clearance of the runway, ATC provides it apparently without checking timing of the landing Air Canada flight.

ATC then focused first on getting a Frontier plane to hold its position on a taxiway (different than the plane in the accident) and notices the impending collision late and immediately after telling the Frontier plane to stop is then repeatedly telling the truck to stop.

I'm guessing the truck misses the repeated calls for "truck 1" to stop and thinks the calls are still for the Frontier plane and they roll right out in front of the landing Air Canada plane. Nothing those pilots can do at that speed.

"the alchemy of the tartar sauce and cheese with the fish combined with the buttery steamed bun is so good." - Sounder re: a Filet O Fish

I can't believe that the pilots died but the firemen survived

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 12:15:31, in reply to "The video...ooof"

Fire Trucks apparently are sturdy.

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https://www.threads.com/@bnonews/post/DWO-Hq-ClMC?xmt=AQF0duZitIEpiOdoctmCBruFdVmJhtNW_maPlEzvaFVleHVVkHdgLM8CYT1ll3hek0s2Y-g&slof=1

Honestly, the jet and the fire engine were probably about the same weight...

Posted by haighter <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=haighter' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 12:30:36, in reply to "I can't believe that the pilots died but the firemen survived"

...and from the looks of it, the cockpit of the jet just crumpled completely.

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Fire Trucks apparently are sturdy.

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https://www.threads.com/@bnonews/post/DWO-Hq-ClMC?xmt=AQF0duZitIEpiOdoctmCBruFdVmJhtNW_maPlEzvaFVleHVVkHdgLM8CYT1ll3hek0s2Y-g&slof=1

Cars/trucks have been extensively engineered to improve occupant survivability in crashes

Posted by DT <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=DT' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 13:21:14, in reply to "Honestly, the jet and the fire engine were probably about the same weight..."

It’s such a freak occurrence for an airplane to crash into something that I’d assume weight concerns trump any potential engineering of the plane body to handle crashes.

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...and from the looks of it, the cockpit of the jet just crumpled completely.

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Fire Trucks apparently are sturdy.

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https://www.threads.com/@bnonews/post/DWO-Hq-ClMC?xmt=AQF0duZitIEpiOdoctmCBruFdVmJhtNW_maPlEzvaFVleHVVkHdgLM8CYT1ll3hek0s2Y-g&slof=1

"ICE was my idea", like the paper clip

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 10:35:28, in reply to "I think this sending ICE to airports thing is wildly bad, politically"

https://x.com/HQNewsNow/status/2036089112512405872?s=20

"...he would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark."

Posted by IlliniSax05 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=IlliniSax05' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 12:16:36, in reply to ""ICE was my idea", like the paper clip"

Why do you hate me, Sammich?

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

Think maybe you linked the wrong tweet*

Posted by ISeeDeadHawkeyes <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ISeeDeadHawkeyes' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 10:37:16, in reply to ""ICE was my idea", like the paper clip"

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https://x.com/TBNewsFr/status/2036007497681502657?s=20

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normies just going about their business travel or spring break seeing more armed agents in airports isn't going to go well. any little incident is going to blow up spectacularly

D'oh! Fixed.*

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 10:45:14, in reply to "Think maybe you linked the wrong tweet*"

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https://x.com/TBNewsFr/status/2036007497681502657?s=20

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normies just going about their business travel or spring break seeing more armed agents in airports isn't going to go well. any little incident is going to blow up spectacularly

Don't forget, masked*

Posted by Stu <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Stu' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 10:34:41, in reply to "I think this sending ICE to airports thing is wildly bad, politically"

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normies just going about their business travel or spring break seeing more armed agents in airports isn't going to go well. any little incident is going to blow up spectacularly

It's giving hare-brained schemes a bad name.*

Posted by Warrin'_Illini $<iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Warrin\'_Illini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'>$ on March 23, 2026, 10:29:47, in reply to "I think this sending ICE to airports thing is wildly bad, politically"

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normies just going about their business travel or spring break seeing more armed agents in airports isn't going to go well. any little incident is going to blow up spectacularly

You cannot lose games in the NFL and still win.

Also, don't feel great about him using ICE for whatever he wants*

Posted by reggiedunlop <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=reggiedunlop' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 10:23:25, in reply to "I think this sending ICE to airports thing is wildly bad, politically"

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normies just going about their business travel or spring break seeing more armed agents in airports isn't going to go well. any little incident is going to blow up spectacularly

Surely he won't send ICE to polling places in November, that would be crazy*

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 10:36:11, in reply to "Also, don't feel great about him using ICE for whatever he wants*"

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normies just going about their business travel or spring break seeing more armed agents in airports isn't going to go well. any little incident is going to blow up spectacularly

Surely nothing bad happens when a national leader has his own personal domestic force?*

Posted by ghost_of_clt <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ghost_of_clt' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 10:33:24, in reply to "Also, don't feel great about him using ICE for whatever he wants*"

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normies just going about their business travel or spring break seeing more armed agents in airports isn't going to go well. any little incident is going to blow up spectacularly

N U D E S I N B I O

It's unfuckingbelievable

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 10:22:29, in reply to "I think this sending ICE to airports thing is wildly bad, politically"

He's totally ratfucked foreign tourism.

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normies just going about their business travel or spring break seeing more armed agents in airports isn't going to go well. any little incident is going to blow up spectacularly

Trump says he only gave Joe Kent a job because he lost his wife.

Posted by Stu <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Stu' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 8:56:11, in reply to "Political Thread for the week of March 23"

LOL

They still haven’t filled the job I turned down last summer. No one wants to work for them*

Posted by LeatherneckIllini <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=LeatherneckIllini' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 10:08:09, in reply to "Trump says he only gave Joe Kent a job because he lost his wife."

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LOL

I legit think trump just made up the talks. Iranians fully reject it, say they’ll continue

Posted by John Coctostan <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=John+Coctostan' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 7:09:16, in reply to "Political Thread for the week of March 23"

https://x.com/yarotrof/status/2036040507424493985?s=46&t=z69_YQQOuxclWLApk9FmHQ

It’s all to manipulate the market; and it works*

Posted by Mrap24 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Mrap24' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 10:15:19, in reply to "I legit think trump just made up the talks. Iranians fully reject it, say they’ll continue"

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https://x.com/yarotrof/status/2036040507424493985?s=46&t=z69_YQQOuxclWLApk9FmHQ

Who is he going to talk to, he says they killed everyone *

Posted by Sounder <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Sounder' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 9:53:18, in reply to "I legit think trump just made up the talks. Iranians fully reject it, say they’ll continue"

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https://x.com/yarotrof/status/2036040507424493985?s=46&t=z69_YQQOuxclWLApk9FmHQ

Trump said it's someone, and I quote, "highly respected". LOL*

Posted by Stu <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Stu' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 10:35:39, in reply to "Who is he going to talk to, he says they killed everyone *"

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https://x.com/yarotrof/status/2036040507424493985?s=46&t=z69_YQQOuxclWLApk9FmHQ

Reportedly the speaker of the Iranian parliament. Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf

Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=CanHartlebHireSnider' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 10:01:01, in reply to "Who is he going to talk to, he says they killed everyone *"

I guess he took over for Larijani in their triumvirate in the position of handling strategic matters.

This dude appears to be one of the most corrupt with naked presidential ambitions

Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=CanHartlebHireSnider' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 10:21:22, in reply to "Reportedly the speaker of the Iranian parliament. Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf"

Maybe they found the guy for my theory their plan to end the world. If they degraded missile/nuke abilities enough to start negotiating to end this thing.

https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/msg/1772561860.html

the dude who just said no negotiations have taken place?*

Posted by John Coctostan <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=John+Coctostan' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 11:10:49, in reply to "This dude appears to be one of the most corrupt with naked presidential ambitions"

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Possibly but the pause is in regards solely to his threat on Iranian power plants

Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=CanHartlebHireSnider' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 8:14:57, in reply to "I legit think trump just made up the talks. Iranians fully reject it, say they’ll continue"

He threatened to start bombing Iranian power plants if they didn't open Hormuz back up today.

I guess we'll see if the strait is opened.

Not pausing strikes in regards to end the war. He's still striking Iran.

TACO*

Posted by Stu <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Stu' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 8:17:42, in reply to "Possibly but this is in regards solely to his threat on Iranian power plants"

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He threatened to start bombing Iranian power plants if they didn't open Hormuz back up today.

I guess we'll see if the strait is opened.

Not in regards to end the war. He's still striking Iran.

ooo

Posted by ATL <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=ATL' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 8:19:40, in reply to "TACO*"

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

He's just trying to talk oil down. It's just amazing to me how markets react...

Posted by Stu <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Stu' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 8:12:50, in reply to "I legit think trump just made up the talks. Iranians fully reject it, say they’ll continue"

to anything he says, when every single person knows he's a habitual liar.

"WITCH (sic) WILL CONTINUE"*

Posted by VIV <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=VIV' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 8:08:54, in reply to "I legit think trump just made up the talks. Iranians fully reject it, say they’ll continue"

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https://x.com/yarotrof/status/2036040507424493985?s=46&t=z69_YQQOuxclWLApk9FmHQ

"the alchemy of the tartar sauce and cheese with the fish combined with the buttery steamed bun is so good." - Sounder re: a Filet O Fish

But yet that was enough to manipulate the market*

Posted by Mrap24 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=Mrap24' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 7:59:19, in reply to "I legit think trump just made up the talks. Iranians fully reject it, say they’ll continue"

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https://x.com/yarotrof/status/2036040507424493985?s=46&t=z69_YQQOuxclWLApk9FmHQ

Of course. There is no motivation for him like the stock market

Posted by UofIL6 <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=UofIL6' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 7:34:23, in reply to "I legit think trump just made up the talks. Iranians fully reject it, say they’ll continue"

It's why most really bad shit goes down on Friday and Saturday, and surprise, pretend talks on Monday morning to send futures up

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https://x.com/yarotrof/status/2036040507424493985?s=46&t=z69_YQQOuxclWLApk9FmHQ

And Israel is still striking

Posted by John Coctostan <iframe src='https://mb.boardhost.com/TheDeuce/info/user=John+Coctostan' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on March 23, 2026, 7:10:28, in reply to "I legit think trump just made up the talks. Iranians fully reject it, say they’ll continue"

https://x.com/osinttechnical/status/2036051242737095066?s=46&t=z69_YQQOuxclWLApk9FmHQ

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