Week of June 29 Current Events Thread
Posted by ATL
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Freedom 250 Chef’s Kiss
Posted by ATL
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Stubborn and ignorant is no way to go through life, son*
Posted by PapaDels
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The ironing is delicious.
Posted by SurfTheBoneyard “Surf is just a national treasure.” — Jackie
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Wouldn’t they be more comfortable in a trailer?*
Posted by ATL
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In this case I think they would agree.*
Posted by SurfTheBoneyard “Surf is just a national treasure.” — Jackie
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Breezy and light rain but it’ll clear up in 30-45min
Posted by timmer
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Well that's a shame
Posted by IlliniSax05 MAJOR UPDATE: "Maybe you're not such a bad egg, Lisle-y"
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America at 250…
Posted by OB25
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Is that real? That's amazing. And, how did she just sit there, if so?
Posted by UofIL6
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She's a black woman in America
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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When it's your first time using public transit
Posted by RVA
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I plan on being at the Metro tonight around 8pm
Posted by timmer
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Remember Timmer
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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Bassist with the Lisa Loeb glasses, call me*
Posted by timmer
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I'm sure the same bootlicking jagoffs who fellate a Prez that essentially said he wants to exile..
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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Five years ago they'd be mocking her as the only one masked*
Posted by RVA
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Just surreal*
Posted by Sounder
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Why we don’t have healthcare lol (this is for DC peeps)….
Posted by LeatherneckIllini
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what time does this small penis brigade start their festivities?*
Posted by memyselfandillini
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Don’t threaten me with a good time, Fox News
Posted by ATL
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May the Democrats actually be as cool as they are shown in the scare mailers I get every election*
Posted by RVA
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My oldest said “please let me live in the world they’re trying to scare us with”*
Posted by PapaDels
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OOO
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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That got me thinking, I do have to give Trump credit for an achievement
Posted by KingTalkyTiki All thanks to 6 years of Trump's fascist wannabe rule. So much for getting older and more conservative....
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Is McConnell dead yet *
Posted by assassin
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Would Andy B. choose a new Senator if he doesn't pull through?*
Posted by UofIL6
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oOo
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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80yo Trump out in scorching heat speaking for hours…the universe has the chance to do the funniest
Posted by Jackie
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William Harrison went for an hour 45, ought to be nothing to top that*
Posted by RVA
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OOO
Posted by Stu
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I'm going to assume there's an Advance Directive that will keep him technically
Posted by complainant
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They probably just want to keep him alive until July 4th*
Posted by Stu
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What is kensuckies rules about replacement?*
Posted by TarheelIllini
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Putin and Xi salivating as Bill Pulte is apparently firing our intelligence community
Posted by ATL
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Trump is also trying to get a master spy list.
Posted by larue33
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I mean they’re setting things up for a coup if they need one, right?*
Posted by Herman Blume
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Here is a current event unworthy of a separate thread
Posted by Stu
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My hubsam and I DIVORCED Y'all thought he was God as Moot DK?
Posted by complainant
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Guy in a hot dog suit meme
Posted by ATL
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Screw you, Glen. *
Posted by memyselfandillini
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Trump has grifted more every single day of his presidency than Hunter Biden has in his lifetime *
Posted by DT
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Does that mean the Kremlin is insolvent?
Posted by complainant
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Turns out that high egg prices from 2022-25 were a result of price fixing
Posted by ATL
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Paying a $3 million dollar fine to make an extra couple billion is a pretty good return. *
Posted by doubledown
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Businessmen know how to invest their money—spend it to make it
Posted by DT
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Trump about done bankrupting the American Farmer
Posted by Stu
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Florida woman claims cocaine found in her butt after arrest must’ve been from ‘intimate encounter’
Posted by ATL
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Illinibeef?*
Posted by illini222
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Call me*
Posted by TarheelIllini
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How romantic!
Posted by complainant
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I feel like this hooker didn’t know what to do with her blow*
Posted by ATL
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I can fix her*
Posted by Sammich
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Is your old man a television repair man?*
Posted by timmer
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Do it, Tucker
Posted by UofIL6
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Yes, yes, make it very long. As long as you want
Posted by timmer
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That late night fireworks show following the speech will reportedly consist of 850,000 shells
Posted by larue33
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and the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air
Posted by Sounder
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And I’ll have a 7th floor rooftop view for it all!
Posted by timmer
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it wouldn't surprise me in the least
Posted by Sounder
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Right place? Seems out of context *
Posted by TarheelIllini
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But 'splosions*
Posted by Herman Blume
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His idea of proving he can do anything is just talking for a long time? Amateur hour.
Posted by doubledown
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so, is Mitch still alive?*
Posted by shua
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he's going soon, it's just the announcement we're waiting on
Posted by TarheelIllini
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OOO
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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Let's put it this way, shoehorn
Posted by Stu
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Because Brexit worked out so well for the UK, I assume.
Posted by complainant
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Seems like not a huge deal. since the deal is still in force until 2036.
Posted by doubledown
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So, GOP is going to do a midterms convention to try to build voter energy*
Posted by UofIL6
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It does make sense, given the state of the party
Posted by RVA
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Why, when I can refute the whole thing with my grocery store receipt?*
Posted by memyselfandillini
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Good opportunity to fake another assassination. *
Posted by doubledown
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Lee Greenwood!
Posted by complainant
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Phrasing
Posted by ATL
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I was not aware the Iowa senate seat was in play.
Posted by assassin
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Ask farmers how tariffs and blocked trade waterways is working out for them*
Posted by Sounder
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That would be great, let’s do that!*
Posted by shua
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Georgia is very tired of doing all the heavy lifting. Get it done NC, OH, ME, AK, TX, IA*
Posted by shua
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NC will do the right thing and elect Roy Copper as Senator *
Posted by TarheelIllini
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** assuming a free and fair election, because the NCGOP will do anything to supress voters
Posted by GrandmotherPearlsJam
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They have two good candidates in iowa. Sen and gov. *
Posted by ATL
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Not sure why I did this to myself, but I read an interview by Ezra Klein of Christopher Rufo
Posted by larue33
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A lot of people don't know the really interesting twist to all of this.
Posted by complainant
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I wouldn't go that far, but
Posted by larue33
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Trump says he talks to Teddy Roosevelt
Posted by ATL
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He probably spent a Night at the Museum*
Posted by illinibone
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He talks to angels. They call him out by his name.*
Posted by PapaDels
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It's also possible one of his courtiers set him up in front of an iPad with an AI Teddy R*
Posted by IlliniRunner
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Teddy Roosevelt or Teddy Ruxpin? Would DJT even know the difference?*
Posted by DocWalk20
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Or Disney sent him one. *
Posted by doubledown
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"He'll sleep good tonight!"*
Posted by Sammich
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fwiggin BS*
Posted by Sammich
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How long until he does something to block all travel through the Panama Canal too?*
Posted by DocWalk20
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He's already kidnapped a sovereign nation's head of state
Posted by Sammich
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Welcome to The Roosevelt Corollary, Holly.
Posted by complainant
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So did Larry Daley*
Posted by timmer
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This administration never ceases to find it hard for federal employees to want to stay on the job
Posted by timmer
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Everybody knows this was happening but still jarring to read it.
Posted by EffinIllini In Q1 2026 Donald Trump executed 3,500 trades and made $1.5 billion dollars. We are going to track all of Trump’s trades. And get filthy rich. Follow along
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Details are staggering.
Posted by gullit
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And that's just the reported income. *
Posted by doubledown
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He’s also using NPS allotted funds to pay for his renovations
Posted by illini
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He's also laundering bribes as "licensing fees" *
Posted by doubledown
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And made $2B in crypto.
Posted by Herman Blume
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And around $2M per pardon*
Posted by UofIL6
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They are probably still milking room fees from the Secret Service at Mar-a-lago
Posted by DT I’d say it at least is keeping him occupied so he doesn’t do bigger damage, but that’s obviously not true. He can steal and attack Iran at the same time.
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Next Democrat president is gonna get impeached for a photo op at their favorite deli
Posted by RVA
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But he supposedly doesn’t take a salary! *
Posted by doubledown
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Kiros dub*
Posted by HeatMizer
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Did anyone see that Presidential challenge thing on CBS?
Posted by Stu
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What's a CBS?*
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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State Fair, Day 12
Posted by complainant
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At the Illinois booth.
Posted by Phytynlini
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If only there was an Illinois booth there. Also…
Posted by timmer
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Puppet Show and Spinal Tap*
Posted by Tortillini
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Doo-dah, doo-dah*
Posted by Sammich
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Now that I will attend!
Posted by timmer
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I've also played ska shows where the band outnumbers the crowd*
Posted by RVA
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Another opportunity
Posted by ATL
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*Chef's kiss*
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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*sigh* my first celebrity crush :’( *
Posted by Jackie
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the worst Jonathan Kent
Posted by Sammich
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Is he going to bring all those blurry people(?) with him?*
Posted by DocWalk20
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Why is Fox News showing so much of this?*
Posted by ATL
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I've been wondering the same thing. They clearly thought that there were going to be huge crowds
Posted by IlliniRunner
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But they can pivot. They have agency.*
Posted by ATL
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My serious guess is that it’s an ego project for Trump
Posted by DT
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naw, they're just gonna drive all the way to the Hamptons*
Posted by IlliniRunner
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I’m going to try and swing by there tomorrow morning
Posted by timmer
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there are more people on stage than on the grass
Posted by assassin
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And how many on the grass are there to see / record how few other people are there?*
Posted by DocWalk20
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also
Posted by complainant
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it's funny that all the "decorations" on the arch is just printed on the wallpaper*
Posted by shua
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Re: State Fair, Day 12
Posted by ATL
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Trump wants poor American children to remain poor
Posted by Stu
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A golden gift
Posted by Sounder
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gift from who? the US taxpayers?*
Posted by shua
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he thinks it's been there the full 250, doesn't he?*
Posted by Sammich
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Secretary of Interior was talking about George Washington being president in 1776
Posted by RVA
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11 stars for the 11 Confederate states?
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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Dan Sullivan will face Dan Sullivan in Alaska's senatorial election.
Posted by complainant A man with the same name as Alaska U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan is eligible for state’s primary ballot, judge rules, overturning a decision by state election officials. https://t.co/1Oq6juZSOo
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Vote Jeff Johnson: the name you know!*
Posted by Sammich
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I thought this had to be fake until I saw the followup video.
Posted by larue33
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All these kalshi and poly polymarket ads are freaking gross.*
Posted by ATL
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Like 90% of the ads I get in games are for online gambling.
Posted by DT
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Electric atmosphere
Posted by OB25
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Wonder what happened to Dean Cain?
Posted by illini
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ooo
Posted by Sammich
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They can't help themselves but constantly lie
Posted by RVA
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This doesn't look like a worthwhile use of $80 million. Also, is that guy dead? *
Posted by doubledown
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Just masturbating.
Posted by complainant MAGA Streamer Arrested at Trump’s Great American State Fair After Masturbating to Stage Performers
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Least surprising story of the entire event to be honest *
Posted by ATL
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ICE arrested a nun (the worst of the worst, I'm sure)
Posted by ATL
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The Save America Act has zero chance of passing, right?*
Posted by Sounder
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Fortunately for the Republicans. I bet it's roughly a 70/30 split of Dem/GOP who have a passport.*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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any update on the trajectory of gas prices? isn't it supposed to be getting much worse?*
Posted by Ari Gold
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Alan Ball flexing after knocking a wide receiver out of bounds after a 23 yard gain
Posted by RVA
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LOL.*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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you can just DM me, you don't have to subtweet like a bitch.
Posted by VIV
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Currently about $1.50 higher than what they were when he inherited
Posted by doubledown
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...and almost double what he promised he make them.
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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Biden, though he also did it for Obama as well*
Posted by IlliniRunner
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Yes. He's a human wrecking ball. *
Posted by doubledown
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Just be grateful we get an arch no one was asking for or wanted.*
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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I refuse to believe that is actually going to happen*
Posted by Sounder
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Chatrie is a good fourth amendment decision*
Posted by gvibes
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IU MAGA scrum
Posted by Stu
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Hoosiers gonna Hoosier.*
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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Hoozh*
Posted by Sammich
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Hapoy Taylor Swift royal wedding week!*
Posted by Sounder
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Or Taylor Swift public wedding reception week*
Posted by KCWildcat
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My money's on Taylor Swift Headfake Week.*
Posted by complainant
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But, rules in favor on Trump on Slaughter case. So, Trump will wipe out all Dems on
Posted by UofIL6
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Other than the obvious results-oriented reason, what's the difference btwn the Fed and the FCC?*
Posted by ATL
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Late arriving mail in ballots postmarked prior to election day are A-OK*
Posted by ATL
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5-4, with Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch and Kavanaugh favoring disenfranchisement.
Posted by complainant
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Poor Iran is getting nuked today*
Posted by KCWildcat
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Lisa Cook decision out; ruled against Trump*
Posted by Stu
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Kavanaugh ruled in favor of a PoC. Stunning.*
Posted by Stu
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Good job, ace*
Posted by Stu
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RIP*
Posted by ATL
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that's not real. no need to contrast anything to show what a dud this state fair is*
Posted by Nobster
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This is getting sad
Posted by Sounder
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