Political thread for week of May 25th
Posted by TarheelIllini
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Pam Bondi has thyroid cancer, but it's ok...
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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Usually it's Dow causing the cancer. *
Posted by VIV
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Or vice versa.*
Posted by SurfTheBoneyard “Surf is just a national treasure.” — Jackie
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Hey me too! And they can't find where it metastasized to! But I'm happy because NVIDIA*
Posted by Stu
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LOL*
Posted by KCWildcat
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Your biannual dose of Texas Democratic hopium. This hopium feels a bit stronger than recent past?
Posted by Carl Spackler
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After the "Harris is leading in Iowa" thing in '24, I will never trust a poll.
Posted by tvillini
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makes no difference
Posted by Sammich
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I know it feels like fool's gold,
Posted by Sounder
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this is still texas, right?*
Posted by VIV
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Cruz only beat Beto 50.9% to 48.3% in 2018
Posted by Sounder
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Beto was supposed to be the golden boy and Ted Cruz is as unlikeable as Ted Cruz
Posted by VIV So, again, I'll believe it when I see it.
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I don't trust Texans.
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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Upgraded from impossible to improbable. *
Posted by assassin
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i'll believe it when i see it. it's still texas*
Posted by VIV
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Same. Although it really does seem like many Texas Republicans don't like Paxton.
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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My brother-in-law is a Christian Republican who is all-in on Talarico.
Posted by JacobRDaugherty
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I'm a raging atheist, so take my thoughts with a grain of salt
Posted by Sounder
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I don't see Republicans voting for Talarico, but I do see them choosing to stay home*
Posted by Sounder
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*Lucy smirks and beckons to the football**
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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Sounds like Sleepy Joe might have bribed Todd Blanche
Posted by ATL
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Maybe the only good thing about the Trump era is that American Christianity keeps making it obvious
Posted by reggiedunlop
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An All-Star lineup
Posted by larue33
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You know it’s a big act when they have to specify their one song when listing them.
Posted by OB25
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Well they are billing it as a state fair…
Posted by SurfTheBoneyard “Surf is just a national treasure.” — Jackie
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lol state fairs have better acts than this*
Posted by ECEIllinois
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Befitting the nation equivalent of a state fair act
Posted by KingTalkyTiki Now they just continue to play their hits in the hopes that their audience can reminisce back to a earlier time when they were still popular and influential, when deep down everyone knows they're just futilely milking the last bit out of a dying act. Eat Arby's.
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which is also friggin dumb
Posted by Sammich
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Imagine what this lineup would be with a non-toxic President in charge*
Posted by Sounder
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Perfect, just perfect.*
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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Can’t wait for the next time Pearl Jam is at Wrigley!*
Posted by memester
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oOo
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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were kid rock and the nuge busy?*
Posted by VIV
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Note the 4th isn't covered, they are the headliners*
Posted by Sounder
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that is a sad lineup*
Posted by VIV
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Would be funny if Vanilla Ice didn’t play Ice Ice Baby in his set
Posted by DT
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"pop duo Milli Vanilli"
Posted by Sammich
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Yeah, Vanilli's been dead damn near 30 years.
Posted by complainant
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Looks like the antisemitic republican running in the democratic primary in Texas lost
Posted by ATL
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But the antisemitic, racist candidate for Railroad Commissioner won the Republican primary,
Posted by larue33
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Al Greene goes down. One of the olds I wanted to win.*
Posted by Toonces
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How can you mend a broken electorate?*
Posted by Sounder
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Paxton gonna blow out Cornyn in Texas*
Posted by Carl Spackler
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Nobody does dumb quite like Texas. *
Posted by doubledown
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*Florida enters the chat. *
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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What a cuck
Posted by RVA
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Three months ago this spineless cuck told Paxton it’d be hard to run for Senate from prison
Posted by assassin
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I kind of love the name Talafrico. Glad he beat asshat Crockett.*
Posted by Toonces
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he's a VEGAN!!!!!!!*
Posted by VIV
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AND TRANSGENDERED.*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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Trump publicly admits to studying the penises of children
Posted by ATL
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To be fair to Trump, RFKJ told him he could choose between hearing about circumcision or
Posted by doubledown
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Israeli citizen arrested a second time for illegal biolabs and weapons seems the kinda person
Posted by assassin
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SC Senate rejects gerrymandering proposal
Posted by ATL
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At this point it feels obvious that 2026 and 2028 will be coup attempts*
Posted by Sounder
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Will never cease to be amazing to me that how many of my fellow white men...
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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dotz
Posted by Sounder
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you don't know enough white men*
Posted by torinese
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Nit: I think he chooses to not spend his time with white men who are huge pieces of shit*
Posted by Sounder
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Hell yeah, brother.*
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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Oh, I'm sure women and minorities are not surprised at all.
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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It never ceases to amaze me how particularly shitty Trump always is to female persons of color
Posted by Sounder
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why should he have to now? it's not getting him canceled*
Posted by torinese
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I mean, in a better world, a basic level of human decency is required to be President*
Posted by Sounder
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NIT: In a better country.
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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Read these two tweets, they are on point and kind of depressing
Posted by Sounder
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Please don't make me go to Twitter.*
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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Here is a copy and paste
Posted by Sounder
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Thanks.*
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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He has virtually no support. And many of his proclaimed supporters would be thrilled to dump him.*
Posted by Stu
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We shall see. Fool me twice.*
Posted by Sounder
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Tastes like chicken.
Posted by complainant RFK Jr just caught dinner. pic.twitter.com/xZ8nmKrtPK
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He clearly got bitten multiple times*
Posted by Sounder
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Just pour some raw milk on it. *
Posted by doubledown
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This guy surviving to adulthood just proves that evolution no longer works on humans. *
Posted by doubledown
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is getting bitten by snakes part of MAHA?*
Posted by VIV
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It's a cure for Ebola. Which reminds me ...
Posted by complainant
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I don't subscribe to Forbes. Are we cooked, chat?
Posted by VIV
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Make Congo Great Again truthers are burning down treatment centers.*
Posted by complainant
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does Ebola still kill too quickly to effectively spread itself?
Posted by Sammich
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It depends on whether your relatives steal your infectious corpse from the CDC isolation tent.
Posted by complainant
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This is so embarrassing.
Posted by doubledown
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The only way I would watch:
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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I honestly thought this was a joke/trial balloon when it was first reported
Posted by TarheelIllini
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I've been wrong a lot. but this seems like something that will turn a lot of people off no?
Posted by John Coctostan
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I'm legit not sure that the unwashed masses are even paying attention anymore
Posted by Sounder
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possibly, but it might also get some people back into the fold*
Posted by Sammich
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Honest question, how popular is MMA, I have absolutely no idea
Posted by Sounder
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more popular than boxing, less popular than WWE*
Posted by Sammich
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How does to compare to NASCAR?*
Posted by Sounder
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Pretty sure NASCAR has plummeted in popularity. *
Posted by haighter
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oOo
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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Thankfully this won’t encourage additional violence that aids his case for a ballroom….*
Posted by PapaDels
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oh, we'll keep getting "attempts" as long as support is low for the ballroom
Posted by VIV
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Human cock fighting on the white house lawn on rhe president’s birthday*
Posted by Sounder
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Honestly kind of fitting. This is even being helmed by non-political person Dana White so
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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it is refreshing that they chose to keep politics out of this White House spectacle*
Posted by Sammich
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Human cock fighting on the white house lawn on rhe president’s birthday*
Posted by Sounder
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Is this for the MMA thing?*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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Or they’re turning it into a Six Flags. *
Posted by doubledown
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I’ll pass on the Trump themed waterpark ride.*
Posted by DT
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grab a tube and hop in the Yellow River*
Posted by Sammich
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Definitely avoid that. You just keep sliding forever.
Posted by doubledown
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Maybe they're making a mini-version of "The Machine" from Contact.
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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I'm sure nothing bad will happen if Trump travels through time and space
Posted by ijustkrushalot
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LOL.*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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they should have sent a BJJ master*
Posted by Sammich
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When you've lost Newsmax
Posted by ATL
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Quiet, Pigott*
Posted by VIV
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It's unfortunate that he's so porcine in aspect.
Posted by complainant
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only Trump could hold all the cards and still fail to show a Strait flush*
Posted by Sammich
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Oil down 5% on the headline of a proposed deal, even if it doesn't seem imminent*
Posted by UofIL6
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Its really amazing how they’ve manipulated the market and the market keeps falling for it
Posted by Mrap24
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Hey we just attacked Iran again
Posted by Stu
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They must have sold stock first*
Posted by KCWildcat
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Reset the “excursion” clock! I wonder what we’ll call this one. *
Posted by VIV
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Another alpha move destined to get results *
Posted by assassin
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Here's something
Posted by Stu
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They’ll still vote against their interests
Posted by TarheelIllini
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Well as long as transsexuals can't play in women's sports..."
Posted by Stu
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six genders*
Posted by Sounder
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Cis-gingers*
Posted by WhitmansFolly
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Maybe. But I also noted there was virtually no Trump stuff at the race yesterday.
Posted by tvillini
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