Politics - Phil's Homecoming week
Posted by complainant
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Trump claims he calls the shots, bibi can’t do anything. Bibi lobs more bombs at Iran just now
Posted by John Coctostan
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Pratt out of LA mayoral race
Posted by Stu
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add him to the list of things that would have floored me if you woke me from a 15 year coma
Posted by VIV
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Well, he in no way almost won. *
Posted by assassin
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that's a weird nit, but ok*
Posted by VIV
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I love the nut jobs complaining that they had never heard of LA city council member Nithya Raman
Posted by ATL
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She didn't have to campaign so that people nationally knew her...
Posted by SurfTheBoneyard “Surf is just a national treasure.” — Jackie
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how could he possibly lose? he was on all of my favorite right wing podcasts*
Posted by ECEIllinois
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pro-ece —>>
Posted by Nobster
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The Vallas Gambit?*
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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I continue to find the military tactics stuff coming out of the Ukraine war fascinating.
Posted by Carl Spackler
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Trump apparently stalling drone deal with Ukraine
Posted by larue33
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Not free article^^^*
Posted by TarheelIllini
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Here's a free one.
Posted by complainant
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Raving lunatic president has legit meltdown during interview.
Posted by assassin
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“Please sir, I travelled all the way to Wisconsin.”*
Posted by Nobster
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Sounds like something Hillary Clinton should've said in 2016*
Posted by OrangeSox
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Pokemon Go to a rust-belt state, for Pete's sake*
Posted by Sammich
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When you're sundowning 24/7..
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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Can you imagine telling that guy “dad, you forgot my allowance again”
Posted by memyselfandillini
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Grandpa gets cranky when he misses one of his nap times.*
Posted by DT
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Apparently in this case, the rain was making him mad. *
Posted by assassin
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Too bad he cancelled the concert for the act that "sings" about blaming it on the rain.*
Posted by SurfTheBoneyard “Surf is just a national treasure.” — Jackie
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And his raving lunatic following will applaud him for standing up to the crooked mainstream media.*
Posted by voiceofreason
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Welcome to [insert day here]*
Posted by bjl63
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, Holly*
Posted by timmer
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Utah senators not very happy the military classified Mormons as not Christians*
Posted by ECEIllinois
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Being targeted and marginalized for your beliefs is kind of a bitch, huh?*
Posted by Sounder
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Getting marginalized for who you are and what you believe kinda sucks, huh?*
Posted by Sounder
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Trinitarians have always regarded non-Trinitarians as not Christian.*
Posted by complainant
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But Jehovah's Witnesses and Christian Scientists are in, so that was not the deciding factor.
Posted by larue33
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Hegseth appeals to European leaders to take up the Nazis’ fight
Posted by ATL
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Bulgaria via the Black Sea?*
Posted by cpsteine
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Wait until he learns about all the non-white territorial troops that fought for England and France
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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Nonzero chance that Ken Griffin is history’s greatest mass murderer
Posted by ATL
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I mean I'm all for innocent until proven guilty, even for a jagoff like Kenny G.
Posted by KingTalkyTiki Everywhere he leaves....
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(no subject)
Posted by KCWildcat
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NM, didn't see post below. Long live Hunter Biden*
Posted by KCWildcat
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Sidejack……Anthony Scaramuci (sp) has really put on some weight
Posted by TarheelIllini
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The Much.*
Posted by SurfTheBoneyard “Surf is just a national treasure.” — Jackie
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Big fan of the Mooch*
Posted by Jackie
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Who would have thought that Hunter Biden is an elite twitter shitposter*
Posted by gvibes
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Is it that he's an elite shitposter, or that MAGAts are just fragile low IQ snowflakes? *
Posted by doubledown
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A little from column A, a little from column B*
Posted by DocWalk20
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Seems like he's kind of lived the life to be one, no?*
Posted by ATL
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was just about to say, the lived experience gives you a lot of ammo for shitposting*
Posted by Gene Parmesan
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Thanks for the heads up, really entertaining *
Posted by TarheelIllini
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It really has been entertaining so far.*
Posted by voiceofreason
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Here comes the promised Platner hit piece
Posted by gvibes
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He could easily be Defense Secretary*
Posted by Stu
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Kind of meh. Worst allegations are from a long time heritage foundation staffer*
Posted by gvibes
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I can't see this piece hurting him with burly Mainers. But maybe female voters will give the nod to
Posted by complainant
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Grampa fell asleep on the comfy chair again
Posted by ATL
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He’s nearly 80 years old…..this was my dad’s typical afternoon at that age
Posted by TarheelIllini
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you'd think he might take the opportunity to snooze in the background
Posted by Sammich
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He was up all night praying for our country, how dare you!*
Posted by RVA
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I love how attentive everyone else is and he's just conked out.*.
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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thanks Champaign County Demorats
Posted by Poldark "Friday tailgates suck. People have jobs and school."
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Yet you’re conspicuously silent on this presidential administration’s rampant corruption
Posted by VIV
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Like a US President wields the power of a chief deputy circuit clerk...
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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you know things are going well for you personally and politically when you're posting
Posted by assassin
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this is the exact topic they'll talking about all around dinner tables tonight in NY, FL, TX, CA *
Posted by MC
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Seems to be some kind of controversy surrounding a member of the Ammons family all the time. *
Posted by illini21
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related to Carvell, I presume?*
Posted by Sammich
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U of Iowa started a fascism indoctrination course but few enrolled. Now they're making it mandatory.
Posted by ATL
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I ain't subscribing to the Carbuncle of Higher Education.
Posted by illinijohn
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at the Center for Intellectual Freedom, natch*
Posted by memyselfandillini
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as if I needed more reasons to exclude Iowa from my kids' future college search. officially out*
Posted by cpsteine
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yea, it's fucking stupid... free market clearly said nobody wants to take classes from that dept *
Posted by ijustkrushalot
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Needing a new asshole, Brooke Rollins visited Congress today.
Posted by complainant ANGIE CRAIG: I don't think you understand the difference between error rates and fraud rates. I honestly don't. SNAP has one of the lowest fraud rates of any program
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Rollins and Bessent both referenced Biden quite a bit today. Flailing *
Posted by MC
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she seems like a tool
Posted by memyselfandillini
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Help me make sense of this
Posted by Sounder The President of the United States has discovered that a pool can be longer than a skyscraper is tall.
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Don’t try. His brain is mush. *
Posted by doubledown
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Joe Rogan being considered for 60 Minutes
Posted by Sounder
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I'm Joe Rogan, I'm Tim Pool, I'm Pearl Davis, and I'm Eric Weinstein
Posted by Sammich
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fwiw, CBS disputes that*
Posted by assassin
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Of course he is. Bari Weiss out in front should have told ya.*
Posted by Chicago1995
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Joe Rogan is far less partisan than Bari Weiss*
Posted by GMAW
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Yeah, he mostly just agrees with anything his guests say. A cocksucker
Posted by ATL
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Tonight on 60 minutes, this person will eat goat balls*
Posted by KCWildcat
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Imagine having a time maching back to 2004
Posted by Sounder
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Please tell me this real estate clown isn't going to get confirmed for DNI*
Posted by Sounder
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Supposedly Thune has told Trump that he has no chance. *
Posted by larue33
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How about Todd Blanche, does he get confirmed?*
Posted by Sounder
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I don’t think so, at least according to the slush fund out front*
Posted by memyselfandillini
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No chance *
Posted by assassin
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I said the same thing about RFK, but I guess the line has to be somewhere*
Posted by Sounder
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GOP doesn’t care about healthcare, Mitch has already come out against it
Posted by assassin
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Mitch came out against Pulte?*
Posted by Sounder
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Yep*
Posted by assassin
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Now that he's not running for reelection, he's suddenly the resistance*
Posted by Sounder
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Sort of like Tillis*
Posted by TarheelIllini
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First they came for the BBQ, and I said nothing
Posted by Sounder Texas barbecue joints are closing due to skyrocketing beef prices, particularly brisket, which is a staple on the menus. Inflation, tariffs and labor shortages all play a role.
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I was talking to the guy who owns Allen's Meats at Homer the other day.
Posted by larue33
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My halfassed vegetarian tendencies find more reasons to go wholeass every day *
Posted by Jackie
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so the War on Protein is like the war with Iran
Posted by Sammich
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Ag Sec. Brooke Rollins, 6/2/26: There's no concern regarding the New World Screwworm.
Posted by complainant
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Excellent thread from May 2025 on this exact scenario
Posted by Jersey
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This is a textbook example of why government matters
Posted by Sounder
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Trump will fire useful people who don't cost much and then turn around and spend recklessly on
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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Where is the money for the UFC arena coming from?*
Posted by Sounder
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I’ll lay even money that he doesn’t take it right down.
Posted by TarheelIllini
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it's so tacky*
Posted by Sounder
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if you'd like to tee another football up, Fox has Brown up 8 in Ohio
Posted by assassin
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This is setting up perfectly for a 50/50 split with platner blowing it because he appears to be
Posted by John Coctostan
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That sounds about right*
Posted by Sounder
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I guess atleast Brown has won that seat statewide multiple times before…
Posted by shua
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he's made the field goal before, just not from this distance...
Posted by assassin
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It doesn't make sense to me that Ohio would be a heavy lift in this current political climate.
Posted by complainant
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The business depends "partly on unproven orbital data center technology"
Posted by ATL
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The whole fucking thing is just securities fraud in plain view. *
Posted by doubledown
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House just passed their war powers resolution.*
Posted by LeatherneckIllini
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No more forever wars...
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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Colorado gubernatorial GOP primary… “Are you calling my dog a liar?” *camera cuts to dog*
Posted by doubledown
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Is he drunk or is that just how he talks?*
Posted by ATL
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That dude is cuckoo for cocoa puffs*
Posted by DocWalk20
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lol, George Santos in trouble for insider trading on Kalshi
Posted by assassin
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look at this dumb fuck
Posted by assassin
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Is it going to be finished and filled by July 4th?*
Posted by TarheelIllini
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also: that chart shrinks willis tower. Roof of willis is 200 feet taller than roof floor of empire.*
Posted by cpsteine
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*NathanFillion.gif**
Posted by ATL
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Verified…
Posted by timmer
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#lazytimmer*
Posted by DocWalk20
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My drive to work is longer than the Lincoln reflecting pool!*
Posted by shua
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what does he think any of this proves?*
Posted by VIV
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It proves the pool is not longer than the tallest building, which was his original claim. *
Posted by larue33
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full transition into Dr Evil's dad almost complete*
Posted by John Coctostan
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well, do you want facts or not? boggle*
Posted by memyselfandillini
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I like how the scale changes once it gets above 2000 feet
Posted by RVA
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I've never been to DC, is it really that long? If true, Trump learned me some new info today.*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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if you walk the length, nearly everyone thinks ‘jeez, I’d be atop the Empire State right now!”*
Posted by memyselfandillini
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I also never knew the Empire State Building is taller than Willis Tower*
Posted by CoronaTheirAss
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Forget just POTUS, is he the dumbest human to ever be elected to ANY office? *
Posted by doubledown
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he's smarter than Tuberville
Posted by assassin
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One of those three is hott*
Posted by TarheelIllini
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The California results so far are extremely black-pilling. Beccera just seems so thoroughly mediocr
Posted by Toonces
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Who did you think should have performed given available options? *
Posted by haighter
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Mahan. But he got saddled with being “pro business/Silicon Valley”
Posted by snipes824
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he got in WAY too late without much to differentiate himself*
Posted by assassin
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He puts off Mayor Pete vibes
Posted by Sounder
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I have never once gotten that vibe.
Posted by assassin
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I am having a busy workday so can't get sidetracked but Steyer seemed like a good option.
Posted by Toonces
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It's identity politics on steroids. Not a good sign imo.*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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He flooded the zone with really negative, untruthful adds against Becerra in the last few weeks…
Posted by haighter
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Steyer would have been great*
Posted by Sounder
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Katie Porter would have been a fantastic governor
Posted by Sounder
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mashed potatoes*
Posted by Poldark "Friday tailgates suck. People have jobs and school."
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California and Illinois should be prime territory for reasonable, centrist Republicans
Posted by ATL
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Tom Steyer is basically Mitt Romney*
Posted by Sounder
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Are the reasonable, centrist Republicans in the room with us right now? *
Posted by doubledown
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*waves handkerchief**
Posted by complainant
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I think the kind of status quo liberalism that is flourishing in California makes
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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Smells like I imagine he does
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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Rubio: I've never seen POTUS fall asleep in a meeting. Ted Lieu: *shows video of Trump asleep next
Posted by ATL
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I also like "North Korea style Cabinet meetings where you all kiss his ass." *
Posted by larue33
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What was the response?*
Posted by Mrap24
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"he's not sleeping" *
Posted by assassin
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Did the video show Rubio looking at the sleeping tRump?! If not, then case closed!*
Posted by DocWalk20
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WAR IS OVER, right? Someone tell Iran, because they bombed our bases in Kuwait and Bahrain.*
Posted by VIV
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It never was a war; otherwise it would’ve needed Congressional approval*
Posted by Stu
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Also hit the Kuwait Intl airport *
Posted by assassin
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Reports from the US last night were they missed their targets - is that wrong?*
Posted by ATL
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hard to say. iran says they did. CENTCOM says we stopped it. the airport in kuwait definitely got it
Posted by VIV
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Nothing Donnie or any of them say is true. It’s really amazing that 1) anyone believes them
Posted by Mrap24
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Supreme Court just making shit up on the fly to give Alabama more Republican districts
Posted by RVA
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Should they have let the lower court's decision from last week stand?
Posted by Potomac
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Always enlightening when our resident Supreme Court expert swoops in to defend a decision that goes
Posted by Herman Blume
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No, of course not. SCOTUS should let States do whatever they want when they repeatedly demonstrate
Posted by doubledown
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They're actually encouraging them to go crazy with it
Posted by RVA
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The next time D's are in control they better do SCOTUS reform. It's such a partisan joke now*
Posted by UofIL6
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CBS fires Scott Pelley*
Posted by AintHatin
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Hopefully Pelley sues if this is true. And I believe him before I believe Weiss and Bilton.
Posted by doubledown
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interesting to see when (and for whom) civility is demanded*
Posted by Sammich
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I’d be kinda shocked if the remaining good people stayed now. The shows gonna be a smoldering heap*
Posted by John Coctostan
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That has been the goal all along.*
Posted by voiceofreason
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Does one of the other networks scoop up that talent and launch a similar, competing show?*
Posted by UofIL6
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for a lot less money in a declining industry, doubtful*
Posted by Potomac
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Only if they want to be bought by Larry Ellison.
Posted by Chuck Woodaby
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Because
Posted by Stu
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I appreciate him not being willing to stand there and listen to their bullshit*
Posted by AintHatin
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J6 teen convict hired for national security position
Posted by complainant
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“Every single day.”
Posted by doubledown
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he just loves putting the triangle in the triangle shaped hole!*
Posted by assassin
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ooo
Posted by DocWalk20
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Heh I already knew what this was gonna be*
Posted by assassin
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Yup. *
Posted by doubledown
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it's so good*
Posted by Sounder
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he's dying
Posted by Sounder
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We all are, act accordingly.*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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He's going to be dead soon*
Posted by Sounder
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I hope so, but I just like that line from the Departed.*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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Are you saving your piss?*
Posted by Stu
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I'm afraid the line will be too long*
Posted by Sounder
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Aaron Lewis feels "duped" about Born in the USA. He fooled us all!
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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I feel duped by "It's Been Awhile"
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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how has it been awhile since you did what you always do, Aaron?
Posted by Sammich
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maybe he doesn't experience time linearly like the rest of us..*
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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Guy might just be a big dummy, which, to his credit, he concedes.*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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I'm very bad at detecting subtext, but even I eventually got it
Posted by Sammich
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"to go and kill the yellow man", "end up like a dog that's been beat too much"*
Posted by Sounder
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I think the main issue is that people only hear the words in the chorus.
Posted by Sammich
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Something's happening here, what it is, ain't exactly clear*
Posted by Sounder
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Not even really irony is it?
Posted by ATL
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Wisch sidejack
Posted by Sounder
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Is this about you or a Wisch quote?*
Posted by TarheelIllini
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It's about me, I'm saying it's something that Wisch would do, make it about himself*
Posted by Sounder
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I was thinking of the juxtaposition between the chorus and the verses
Posted by Sammich
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I have always been a lyrics person, and it constantly amazes me
Posted by Sounder
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Our high school graduation song was "Time of Your Life" by Green Day
Posted by ISeeDeadHawkeyes
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I want it that way by the Boys.*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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Back when Robert Wuhl still did standup, he had a bit about "Born to Run"
Posted by Sammich
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I think a lot these past few years about what George Carlin would think
Posted by Sounder
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He totally did predict the future *
Posted by TarheelIllini
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New Director of Intelligence ....Bill Pulte, real estate guy who tried to take down
Posted by UofIL6
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Seeing this buffoonery I wondered if they had filled the job they offered me last year…
Posted by LeatherneckIllini
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At least it's just a fluff agency where mismanagement can't lead to serious consequences...
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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Ay Dios Mio
Posted by Sounder
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Ayo dos tres.*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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Ayo Dosunmo*
Posted by ATL
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New Director of Not Going Quietly Into the Night ....Bill Pullman*
Posted by VIV
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New Director of Declaring Games to be Over....Bill Paxton*
Posted by Sammich
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New Director of Got That Goin' For Him...Which is Nice...Bill Murray
Posted by IlliniSax05 MAJOR UPDATE: "Maybe you're not such a bad egg, Lisle-y"
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There is a new pickleball place in Seattle that is modeled after Caddyshack
Posted by Sounder
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DOODY!*
Posted by memyselfandillini
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New Director of Suspicious Mixology, Bill Cosby.*
Posted by SurfTheBoneyard “Surf is just a national treasure.” — Jackie
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he rapes, but he saves, he saves, but he rapes*
Posted by Sounder
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Nepobabies we make our dreams come true
Posted by ATL
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To be fair, he was unqualified for the other job he was doing part time as well. *
Posted by doubledown
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#consistency*
Posted by DocWalk20
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in addition to other stuff. national intelligence so important he can do it as a part-time role!*
Posted by John Coctostan
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The very fact that Trump thinks that you can do 2 or 3 of these very important jobs at once
Posted by Sounder
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if it's good enough for the presidency...*
Posted by Sammich
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white house resorting to South Park Saddam as policy
Posted by assassin
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"just sit back..." has a real "if it's inevitable just enjoy it" rapist vibe*
Posted by Nobster
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I mean Trump will die someday, so there’s a little truth to it*
Posted by PapaDels
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SpaceX IPO filings say they have a total addressable market roughly equal to US GDP
Posted by ATL
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Delusional. Anyone who buys in to this meme stock is a fool. *
Posted by doubledown
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which is why he's forcing it into our retirement accounts*
Posted by ghost_of_clt
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5% float forces ETFs to buy while also ensuring scarcity. 30% retail ensures a large pool of
Posted by doubledown
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Buy QQQI*
Posted by Stu
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Why? And shouldn't you be almost entirely in bonds by now? *
Posted by doubledown
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I don't think anybody should be almost entirely in bonds ever.
Posted by larue33
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If AI cures all diseases and old age you are going to have to be in stocks 300 years from now
Posted by Stu
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Because QQQI gives a juicy monthly dividend, even when its stocks go down
Posted by Stu
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I believe it isn't that useful in an IRA, aside from paying a dividend*
Posted by ghost_of_clt
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Depends on your age.*
Posted by ATL
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Not sure it belongs anywhere other than a tax-advantaged account*
Posted by Quiz
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Hmm. I may have the recharacterization effects incorrect*
Posted by ghost_of_clt
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I wet my beak a little. Gimmie those dividends.*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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I follow a Reddit thread r/dividends, where I learned a lot from peeps*
Posted by Stu
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It's currently yielding like 14%, which is cool.*
Posted by Stu
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in other words, it's going to be very successful*
Posted by Sammich
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yeah, prob. see: Tesla*
Posted by cpsteine
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Trump is dropping the 1776 reparations fund, because he's sick of getting beat up*
Posted by Stu
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Ooo
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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MAGAt celebration - Mike Flynn gets Hunter Biden's old job
Posted by complainant 🧵Mike Flynn @genflynn is officially a foreign agent of the Republic of Srpska, headed by Milorad Dodik, who is Putin's most vocal ally in the Balkans.
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The Onion
Posted by ATL
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Do we think Anthropic will lie to the public less, or more, after the IPO? *
Posted by doubledown
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Good news! Trump's going to ask Bibi what's going on with Lebanon.
Posted by complainant BREAKING: President Trump responds after Iran ends all negotiations with the US, per CNBC.
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Bibi: Flips DJT double Birds. Trump: I really don’t care*
Posted by memyselfandillini
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Beyond this totally self-inflicted quagmire, it is still crazy to hear him say stuff daily that
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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He already did. It was 15 second conversation.*
Posted by Stu
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The Tina Peters Grievance Tour is underway
Posted by complainant If anyone had doubts about whether Tina Peters learned anything from her imprisonment, she answered that question within hours of her release. She cannot get a cent from Trump's slush fund.
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Trump seems to be saying negotiations with Iran are over*
Posted by Stu
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Did we win?*
Posted by ATL
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He is a fucking idiot*
Posted by Sounder
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The amount of money you could have made fading these Iran deal rumors is mindblowing.
Posted by Carl Spackler
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