There’s a reason they think all the Democrat protesters are paid. *

Posted by doubledown on May 10, 2026, 19:55:21, in reply to "Iowa lobbyist caught paying people to attend Vance rally"

Previous Message https://iowastartingline.com/news/politics/paid-attendees-nunn-jd-vance-rally-des-moines/ Just hours before Vice President JD Vance took the stage in Des Moines, an ethanol lobbyist with deep connections in the Reynolds administration offered money to contacts willing to attend the rally. “Gentlemen, Jake Swanson here,” he wrote in a text message. “I wanted to invite you to join me in seeing Vice President JD Vance this afternoon in Des Moines. I do some work for an ethanol company and so if you’re able to join, I will give you $100, and for anyone that you recruit, an additional $25.” Maybe this guy? https://www.linkedin.com/in/jdswanson?utm_source=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=member_ios

Re: lol

Posted by Sammich on May 10, 2026, 19:42:23, in reply to "lol "

Serious constitutional scholars would, at worst, describe it as Hot Pink *

Posted by complainant on May 10, 2026, 19:39:45, in reply to "lol "

Previous Message

Counterpoint - putting safe districts in reach

Posted by complainant on May 10, 2026, 14:11:47, in reply to "Cook Political moves 11 house races toward GOP after redistrict shuffle"

It is not and will never be a problem. At least nowhere near things like golf courses

Posted by gvibes on May 10, 2026, 13:00:18, in reply to "Maybe I’m a pessimist but I don’t see how the data center water usage doesn’t become a problem "

and irrigating deserts to grow almonds and pistachios. Previous Message https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/08/georgia-data-centers-water-00909988

Another great example of this board not knowing anything

Posted by illiniranger on May 10, 2026, 12:32:19, in reply to "Maybe I’m a pessimist but I don’t see how the data center water usage doesn’t become a problem "

And believing the latest ginned up catastrophism http://x.com/andymasley/status/2053296197679374365?s=46 Previous Message https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/08/georgia-data-centers-water-00909988

So, I know next to nothing about these things, but is it true that the water consumption in this

Posted by voiceofreason on May 10, 2026, 11:59:23, in reply to "Maybe I’m a pessimist but I don’t see how the data center water usage doesn’t become a problem "

case is due to the construction process and not what the consumption rate will be long term? Previous Message https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/08/georgia-data-centers-water-00909988

Of course it’s a total disaster

Posted by Sounder on May 10, 2026, 9:27:02, in reply to "Maybe I’m a pessimist but I don’t see how the data center water usage doesn’t become a problem "

We stopped caring about the environment during Covid and it’s going to keep getting worse. Previous Message https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/08/georgia-data-centers-water-00909988

wut?*

Posted by Ari Gold on May 10, 2026, 13:36:38, in reply to "Gerrymandering solution"

Previous Message The simple, clear solution is in the hands of a select few. They would have to make a collective sacrifice for maybe a couple years, but it would be worth it if they practiced solidarity. All black athletes ban any school in gerrymandered southern states. No fb or bb players would go to UGA, Bama, LSU, UT, Texas, etc. The South couldn’t stomach that and would pressure a change back

HERPA DERP BUT NEW ENGLAND DERP*

Posted by assassin on May 9, 2026, 20:08:53, in reply to "Political cartoon in the Chattanooga paper "

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

Reasonable people need to overwhelm the ballot boxes, then show up with paint scrapers.

Posted by doubledown on May 9, 2026, 18:32:42, in reply to "The redistricting stuff has just finally gotten me to a point of despair."

Republicans have to be shown how dumb they were to hitch their trailer to this guy, and then never be allowed to forget it. Previous Message I woke up in the middle of the night, somehow my brain went there, and I couldn't get back to sleep. I don't know how we get back from all of this. Decades of progress wiped away. Millions disenfranchised. Truly shameful stuff, and will blacks in the south see representation in politics again during my lifetime? I don't think they will. Anyways. Good thing I didn't sleep much before I hop on an international flight.

OOO

Posted by Stu on May 9, 2026, 18:21:20, in reply to "The redistricting stuff has just finally gotten me to a point of despair."

Republicans are thinning their margins to achieve additional districts.

Posted by complainant on May 9, 2026, 13:07:47, in reply to "The redistricting stuff has just finally gotten me to a point of despair."

And all just so we can fund Trump's vanity projects, blow up school kids in the Middle East

Posted by RVA on May 9, 2026, 12:19:23, in reply to "The redistricting stuff has just finally gotten me to a point of despair."

Yes, it’s so awful*

Posted by cpsteine on May 9, 2026, 11:34:30, in reply to "The redistricting stuff has just finally gotten me to a point of despair."

Ukraine is turning the tide. Parade was pathetic. Love it*

Posted by LeatherneckIllini on May 9, 2026, 10:33:23, in reply to "Ceasefire!"

Previous Message For all of 72hrs between Ukraine and Russia Previous Message Epstein files!

Movies and tv has taught us that they can make it look like natural causes *

Posted by shua on May 9, 2026, 19:45:59, in reply to "We really need some people assassinated."

Previous Message Time for these fucks to be scared. . Previous Message Epstein files!

I’m not gonna do it, but much better people than I made a moral argument for it

Posted by Jackie on May 9, 2026, 17:16:12, in reply to "We really need some people assassinated."

and died for it Previous Message Time for these fucks to be scared. . Previous Message Epstein files!

Yeah I’m not there*

Posted by cpsteine on May 9, 2026, 16:00:22, in reply to "We really need some people assassinated."

Genuinely gross, dude. *

Posted by VIV on May 9, 2026, 14:43:32, in reply to "We really need some people assassinated."

Previous Message Time for these fucks to be scared. . Previous Message 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

Violence never solves anything.

Posted by doubledown on May 8, 2026, 20:53:20, in reply to "We really need some people assassinated."

Unless you look at history. Previous Message Time for these fucks to be scared. . Previous Message Epstein files!

Hard to overstate just how much worse it would make everything if that happened.*

Posted by OB25 on May 8, 2026, 20:51:41, in reply to "We really need some people assassinated."

Previous Message Time for these fucks to be scared. . Previous Message Epstein files! When something is happening, young people like to say it’s “lit.”

I was just having a similar discussion with a friend a few days ago

Posted by Sounder on May 8, 2026, 16:20:19, in reply to "We really need some people assassinated."

more along the lines of the need for escalation of protesting into actual violence. Previous Message Time for these fucks to be scared. . Previous Message Epstein files!

like Brandon Johnson?*

Posted by Poldark on May 8, 2026, 15:24:17, in reply to "We really need some people assassinated."

Previous Message Time for these fucks to be scared. . Previous Message Epstein files! Social Misfit who wants to coach Illinois women's basketball. "Friday tailgates suck. People have jobs and school."

Least surprising thing I’ve heard*

Posted by TarheelIllini on May 8, 2026, 18:14:23, in reply to "Alito's ruling in Callais used misleading and cherrypicked data analysis. "

Previous Message It should surprise no-one that Alito's backing for his ruling was fallacious. The claims Samuel Alito, a supreme court justice, made about voter turnout in Louisiana in a landmark Voting Rights Act case were based on a misleading data analysis, a Guardian review has found. In his opinion gutting section 2 of the Voting Rights Act last week, Alito said that Black voter turnout had exceeded white voter turnout in two of the five most recent presidential elections, both nationally and in Louisiana. Alito’s claim was copied almost verbatim from a friend-of-the-court brief filed by the justice department. It was a critical data point Alito used to make the argument that the kind of discrimination that once made the Voting Rights Act necessary no longer exists. ... But a review of turnout and racial data in Louisiana reveals that assertion relies on an unusual methodology. The justice department brief that Alito cited calculated Black and white voter turnout in Louisiana as a proportion of the total population of each racial group over the age of 18. Such an approach is not preferred by experts in calculating statewide turnout because the general over-18 population may include non-citizens, people with felony convictions and others who cannot legally vote. But it does yield Alito’s conclusion that Black voter turnout exceeded white voter turnout in the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections in Louisiana. The widely accepted approach is to consider voter turnout as a proportion of the citizen voting age population or the voter eligible population, the latter of which excludes non-citizens as well as people who cannot vote because of a felony conviction or because they have been deemed mentally incapacitated. When the Guardian analyzed turnout numbers in Louisiana using the citizen voting age population, it found that Black voter turnout in Louisiana only exceeded white voter turnout in the 2012 presidential election. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/08/supreme-court-voting-r Recrudescence

It's par for the course at this point.

Posted by Chicago1995 on May 8, 2026, 15:18:35, in reply to "Alito's ruling in Callais used misleading and cherrypicked data analysis. "

Dodds was based, in part, on incorrect history. Alito's mistated DOJ positions in dissents. It's all just making shit up to put a facade on results-based decision making. Wonder who spent 20 years decrying that? Not the saem Federalist Society bending a knee to Alito? Never! Previous Message It should surprise no-one that Alito's backing for his ruling was fallacious. The claims Samuel Alito, a supreme court justice, made about voter turnout in Louisiana in a landmark Voting Rights Act case were based on a misleading data analysis, a Guardian review has found. In his opinion gutting section 2 of the Voting Rights Act last week, Alito said that Black voter turnout had exceeded white voter turnout in two of the five most recent presidential elections, both nationally and in Louisiana. Alito’s claim was copied almost verbatim from a friend-of-the-court brief filed by the justice department. It was a critical data point Alito used to make the argument that the kind of discrimination that once made the Voting Rights Act necessary no longer exists. ... But a review of turnout and racial data in Louisiana reveals that assertion relies on an unusual methodology. The justice department brief that Alito cited calculated Black and white voter turnout in Louisiana as a proportion of the total population of each racial group over the age of 18. Such an approach is not preferred by experts in calculating statewide turnout because the general over-18 population may include non-citizens, people with felony convictions and others who cannot legally vote. But it does yield Alito’s conclusion that Black voter turnout exceeded white voter turnout in the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections in Louisiana. The widely accepted approach is to consider voter turnout as a proportion of the citizen voting age population or the voter eligible population, the latter of which excludes non-citizens as well as people who cannot vote because of a felony conviction or because they have been deemed mentally incapacitated. When the Guardian analyzed turnout numbers in Louisiana using the citizen voting age population, it found that Black voter turnout in Louisiana only exceeded white voter turnout in the 2012 presidential election. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/08/supreme-court-voting-r

I'm beginning to think this was all part of the plan when Reagan gave the States' Rights speech in

Posted by ATL on May 8, 2026, 15:11:11, in reply to "Alito's ruling in Callais used misleading and cherrypicked data analysis. "

Neshoba County, Mississippi Previous Message It should surprise no-one that Alito's backing for his ruling was fallacious. The claims Samuel Alito, a supreme court justice, made about voter turnout in Louisiana in a landmark Voting Rights Act case were based on a misleading data analysis, a Guardian review has found. In his opinion gutting section 2 of the Voting Rights Act last week, Alito said that Black voter turnout had exceeded white voter turnout in two of the five most recent presidential elections, both nationally and in Louisiana. Alito’s claim was copied almost verbatim from a friend-of-the-court brief filed by the justice department. It was a critical data point Alito used to make the argument that the kind of discrimination that once made the Voting Rights Act necessary no longer exists. ... But a review of turnout and racial data in Louisiana reveals that assertion relies on an unusual methodology. The justice department brief that Alito cited calculated Black and white voter turnout in Louisiana as a proportion of the total population of each racial group over the age of 18. Such an approach is not preferred by experts in calculating statewide turnout because the general over-18 population may include non-citizens, people with felony convictions and others who cannot legally vote. But it does yield Alito’s conclusion that Black voter turnout exceeded white voter turnout in the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections in Louisiana. The widely accepted approach is to consider voter turnout as a proportion of the citizen voting age population or the voter eligible population, the latter of which excludes non-citizens as well as people who cannot vote because of a felony conviction or because they have been deemed mentally incapacitated. When the Guardian analyzed turnout numbers in Louisiana using the citizen voting age population, it found that Black voter turnout in Louisiana only exceeded white voter turnout in the 2012 presidential election. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/08/supreme-court-voting-r “We are old and tired and just want to be taken care of.” - Republican voter, Dec. 2024.

"We want the right people voting"

Posted by ATL on May 8, 2026, 15:14:08, in reply to "So, Virginia Supreme Court knocks down Dem redistrict, but red states do it freely"

are you disagreeing with the court's legal reasoning or more annoyed with the result?*

Posted by Potomac on May 8, 2026, 13:08:25, in reply to "So, Virginia Supreme Court knocks down Dem redistrict, but red states do it freely"

Previous Message https://bsky.app/profile/carlquintanilla.bsky.social/post/3mldwp7dcs226 Previous Message Epstein files!

Voting is bad, just do it is good*

Posted by Mrap24 on May 8, 2026, 11:06:48, in reply to "So, Virginia Supreme Court knocks down Dem redistrict, but red states do it freely"

Previous Message https://bsky.app/profile/carlquintanilla.bsky.social/post/3mldwp7dcs226 Previous Message Epstein files!

Per Cook Political, current redistricting scoreboard looks like GOP +6-13 seats

Posted by UofIL6 on May 8, 2026, 10:57:52, in reply to "So, Virginia Supreme Court knocks down Dem redistrict, but red states do it freely"

https://x.com/ercovey/status/2052778249659252960 Previous Message https://bsky.app/profile/carlquintanilla.bsky.social/post/3mldwp7dcs226 Previous Message Epstein files!

What a dumb country we got now. Feel free to use any year of preference for “now” *

Posted by MC on May 8, 2026, 10:47:51, in reply to "So, Virginia Supreme Court knocks down Dem redistrict, but red states do it freely"

Previous Message https://bsky.app/profile/carlquintanilla.bsky.social/post/3mldwp7dcs226 Previous Message Epstein files! Hello, is this President Clinton? Good! I figured if anyone knew where to get some Tang, it'd be you.

One of the justices is up for re-election in January. They better push the lobster thru for 2028.*

Posted by Toonces on May 8, 2026, 10:38:22, in reply to "So, Virginia Supreme Court knocks down Dem redistrict, but red states do it freely"

Previous Message https://bsky.app/profile/carlquintanilla.bsky.social/post/3mldwp7dcs226 Previous Message Epstein files! I’m ugly.

as i've been saying, the path of "gerrymander whenever" is how you seriously fuck this country

Posted by VIV on May 8, 2026, 10:07:59, in reply to "So, Virginia Supreme Court knocks down Dem redistrict, but red states do it freely"

a nation of Vivian Vances*

Posted by Sammich on May 8, 2026, 8:16:25, in reply to "Fred Mertz is really, really unpopular in Germany*"

Previous Message Previous Message 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

shoulda spiked it*

Posted by memyselfandillini on May 7, 2026, 21:34:27, in reply to "Little Marco gave the pope a crystal football?"

Previous Message https://bsky.app/profile/christopherjhale.bsky.social/post/3mlbniish5s2a

Let's do it, JB!

Posted by KingTalkyTiki on May 7, 2026, 16:33:29, in reply to "Tennessee Republicans vote to break up congressional district in Memphis"

"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."

wut?*

Posted by Ari Gold on May 7, 2026, 15:32:17, in reply to "Tennessee Republicans vote to break up congressional district in Memphis"

Previous Message eliminating the sole black/Democrat represented district in the state. John Roberts is the worst Chief Justice in the history of the Supreme Court, and a virulent racist piece of shit. Previous Message Epstein files!

He might not be a racist. But he's definitely a coward. *

Posted by doubledown on May 7, 2026, 15:07:05, in reply to "Tennessee Republicans vote to break up congressional district in Memphis"

Previous Message eliminating the sole black/Democrat represented district in the state. John Roberts is the worst Chief Justice in the history of the Supreme Court, and a virulent racist piece of shit. Previous Message Epstein files!

I'm glad someone is finally standing up for Roger Taney.*

Posted by complainant on May 7, 2026, 15:04:15, in reply to "Tennessee Republicans vote to break up congressional district in Memphis"

Previous Message eliminating the sole black/Democrat represented district in the state. John Roberts is the worst Chief Justice in the history of the Supreme Court, and a virulent racist piece of shit. Previous Message Epstein files!

I've never felt like Roberts was anything other than ill-equipped for the job.

Posted by tvillini on May 7, 2026, 14:54:45, in reply to "Tennessee Republicans vote to break up congressional district in Memphis"

Trump saw the name and thought it was a woman*

Posted by Sammich on May 7, 2026, 13:25:37, in reply to "Trump is three hours late for an on-camera meeting with the President of Brazil"

Previous Message Trump was supposed to have an on camera event with the president of Brazil at 11:15am today. It is now nearly 2pm. The president of Brazil is at the White House. But nobody knows what's going on. https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mlbrtlsnac2r I want to break it up I want to smash it up I want to #### it up I want to watch it come down

dotz

Posted by Sounder on May 7, 2026, 13:25:25, in reply to "Trump is three hours late for an on-camera meeting with the President of Brazil"

https://x.com/atrupar/status/2052454081961021494?s=20 Previous Message Trump was supposed to have an on camera event with the president of Brazil at 11:15am today. It is now nearly 2pm. The president of Brazil is at the White House. But nobody knows what's going on. https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mlbrtlsnac2r

hmm, hopefully it's something serious!*

Posted by IlliniRunner on May 7, 2026, 13:21:42, in reply to "Trump is three hours late for an on-camera meeting with the President of Brazil"

Previous Message Trump was supposed to have an on camera event with the president of Brazil at 11:15am today. It is now nearly 2pm. The president of Brazil is at the White House. But nobody knows what's going on. https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mlbrtlsnac2r

"Cabinet secretary finally starts to understand how the real word works...

Posted by KingTalkyTiki on May 7, 2026, 11:17:36, in reply to "Sean Duffy turns into a Democrat over the course of this quote"

I’m not sure “interesting” is the best adjective he could have chosen*

Posted by DocWalk20 on May 7, 2026, 10:52:01, in reply to "Sean Duffy turns into a Democrat over the course of this quote"

Previous Message Sean Duffy: "It's interesting the way gas stations work. When prices go up per barrel, you see that the next day, the price at the pump goes up. And as prices go down, it takes a little longer to ricochet through lower prices at the pump."

Ricochet? *

Posted by doubledown on May 7, 2026, 10:51:13, in reply to "Sean Duffy turns into a Democrat over the course of this quote"

Previous Message Sean Duffy: "It's interesting the way gas stations work. When prices go up per barrel, you see that the next day, the price at the pump goes up. And as prices go down, it takes a little longer to ricochet through lower prices at the pump."

The gears in his head turning so slowly trying to comprehend the exploitation of citizens

Posted by OrangeSox on May 7, 2026, 10:49:36, in reply to "Sean Duffy turns into a Democrat over the course of this quote"

"Now, I'm just a simple country Cabinet Secretary, so maybe I don't understand...

Posted by Sammich on May 7, 2026, 10:47:47, in reply to "Sean Duffy turns into a Democrat over the course of this quote"

even back-doored Little Joe*

Posted by Sammich on May 7, 2026, 8:06:34, in reply to "Craps"

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

Clay is so dumb that even other dumb people think he’s dumb. *

Posted by doubledown on May 7, 2026, 9:06:42, in reply to "The price we should all play for our freedom is…not having phones anymore?"

Previous Message https://x.com/exposingclay/status/2052137349555835340?s=46

Are you telling me Kushner didn't get the agreements done? *

Posted by ghost_of_clt on May 7, 2026, 8:51:33, in reply to "Saudi's pulled the plug on Project Freedom?"

Previous Message President Donald Trump’s abrupt reversal on his plan to help ships go through the Strait of Hormuz came after a key Gulf ally suspended the U.S. military’s ability to use its bases and airspace to carry out the operation, according to two U.S. officials. Trump surprised Gulf allies by announcing “Project Freedom” on social media Sunday afternoon, the officials said, angering leadership in Saudi Arabia. In response, the Kingdom informed the U.S. it would not allow the U.S. military to fly aircraft from Prince Sultan Airbase southeast of Riyadh or fly through Saudi airspace to support the effort, the officials said. NBC N U D E S I N B I O

What a cuck *

Posted by assassin on May 7, 2026, 1:10:42, in reply to "Saudi's pulled the plug on Project Freedom?"

Previous Message President Donald Trump’s abrupt reversal on his plan to help ships go through the Strait of Hormuz came after a key Gulf ally suspended the U.S. military’s ability to use its bases and airspace to carry out the operation, according to two U.S. officials. Trump surprised Gulf allies by announcing “Project Freedom” on social media Sunday afternoon, the officials said, angering leadership in Saudi Arabia. In response, the Kingdom informed the U.S. it would not allow the U.S. military to fly aircraft from Prince Sultan Airbase southeast of Riyadh or fly through Saudi airspace to support the effort, the officials said. NBC Brandon Schrock of Laredo, Texas, told the federal government that his employer was “poop,” and his occupation was “pooper.”

In Erika’s coochie*

Posted by ATL on May 6, 2026, 19:41:58, in reply to "Where’s JD Vance these days?"

Previous Message Never mind. I don’t care. “We are old and tired and just want to be taken care of.” - Republican voter, Dec. 2024.

Gooning over the Ashley Furniture Memorial Day ads that just dropped. *

Posted by doubledown on May 6, 2026, 19:40:02, in reply to "Where’s JD Vance these days?"

Previous Message Never mind. I don’t care.

Kind of a whiny bitch for a rich guy. *

Posted by doubledown on May 6, 2026, 17:25:46, in reply to "At this rate,Ken Griffith running out of gonna run out of non-Florida states to throw tantrums about"

Previous Message Buh bye.

Another old rich guy says "tax the rich" is akin to hate speech or calling for genocide.

Posted by ATL on May 6, 2026, 16:31:02, in reply to "At this rate,Ken Griffith running out of gonna run out of non-Florida states to throw tantrums about"

This fucking guy*

Posted by Carl Spackler on May 6, 2026, 16:25:32, in reply to "At this rate,Ken Griffith running out of gonna run out of non-Florida states to throw tantrums about"

Previous Message Buh bye.

Thoughts on your mayor trying to block the Bears Arlington Park plans?*

Posted by JeffFrank on May 6, 2026, 16:23:04, in reply to "At this rate, Ken Griffith running out of gonna run out of non-Florida states to whine about"

Previous Message Buh bye.

She has hundreds of kids, father's nowhere in sight, and she does nothing but surf the web all day.

Posted by complainant on May 6, 2026, 16:16:49, in reply to "Kyle Rittenhouse hospitalized for being bitten by a Brown Recluse."

We’re talking about a spider, right?*

Posted by timmer on May 6, 2026, 15:45:17, in reply to "Kyle Rittenhouse hospitalized for being bitten by a Brown Recluse."