Week of July 13th Current Events Thread
Posted by TarheelIllini
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Dupe*
Posted by ATL
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Heh (fire smoke in Chicago)
Posted by ATL
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Piece of shit ICE agent who murdered unarmed immigrant trying to become American "the right way"
Posted by KingTalkyTiki Fuck ICE.
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Sounds like he was a DEI hire*
Posted by ATL
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Sounds like the speech was an absolute zero that contained nothing close to what was promised*
Posted by OB25
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hey, he released documents proving foreign interference in the 2020 election.
Posted by gvibes
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it's a predicate to declare a national emergency to send lock down purple state elections
Posted by Stu
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There’s simply no mechanism for it. At best they can try to fuck with seating senators,
Posted by doubledown
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You need to research this better.
Posted by Stu
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Teleprompter guy gets his revenge. *
Posted by illini
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FOX News even instantly pivoted to Iran coverage in their postgame*
Posted by OB25
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Fox News before starting their post-speech coverage:
Posted by SurfTheBoneyard “Surf is just a national treasure.” — Jackie
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translation: "we don't want to get sued again for peddling this bullshit"*
Posted by Gene Parmesan
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Truth Social selling Wall Street priority access to Trump tweets
Posted by assassin
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I kind of appreciate the attempt to look like this isn't just monetizing insider trading. *
Posted by doubledown
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on the same day his teleprompter operator was popped for it. *
Posted by assassin
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Ah, so that's why he sounds so out of it*
Posted by RVA
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Nobody can ever say trump isn’t an innovator. In corruption schemes but still*
Posted by John Coctostan
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Trump's speech tonight is shaping up to be a real doozie*
Posted by Sounder
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I can’t wait until he plays the call with Raffesberger*
Posted by PapaDels
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Imagine if guys like this ever had to deal with any actual real oppression
Posted by OB25
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I also suggest he not stand in front of a moving train. How dare I!*
Posted by memyselfandillini
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My man, no one is stopping you from going out and running a marathon in this smoke
Posted by IlliniRunner
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The whole Low T deal with Hegseth is so bizarre to me*
Posted by Sounder
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You’ve seen him try to lift weights, right? *
Posted by doubledown
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I just can't believe a grown ass man cares about shit like that*
Posted by Sounder
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Shit like what? Low testosterone? *
Posted by haighter
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"I can do whatever I want." His hair stylist hears that every few weeks. *
Posted by doubledown
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Apparently the AQI was mid 400s overnight in twin cities MN. Was 385 when I woke up and looked
Posted by MC
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My town now says 700+? It’s awful.*
Posted by Carl Spackler
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Duluth is like 500+*
Posted by Carl Spackler
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This smoke is so damn horrible. Can't escape it even indoors.*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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Hey chorizo, the air quality in Minnesota is bad today
Posted by IlliniOllie
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But whatever you do, DON'T wear a mask.
Posted by complainant
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It will come as a surprise to absolutely nobody that Brendan Carr
Posted by doubledown
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Our problem is we spent our whole life thinking there are rules. There aren’t.
Posted by Sammich
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There are rules. We will find out what they are in a few years. *
Posted by doubledown
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At the risk of channeling a 1970s anarchist, it's becoming pretty clear that all of our norms, rules
Posted by ATL As soon as it started becoming clear that you could use those rules to help people out of power gain power, the billionaires decided to burn it all down.
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Hegseth is going to get people killed.
Posted by LeatherneckIllini
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What a fucking tool he is*
Posted by PapaDels
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Again, knew a few junior officers of his type when I was in.
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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That flyover in Pensacola looked hella not safe
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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Why else would the Dept. of War exist?*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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to spend billions of dollars, kill a bunch of people, hurt our standing as the preeminent superpower
Posted by VIV
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*ding ding ding**
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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That is correct.*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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his cosplaying would be hilarious if there weren't any actual consequences of his buffoonery*
Posted by VIV
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1) "is going to"?
Posted by Sammich
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You mean SecWar
Posted by Stu
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first day the hazy air is really noticeable in the western suburbs*
Posted by Gene Parmesan
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I'm in Southern Ontario this week. As of around 1pm yesterday it's real bad. Extremely hazy and
Posted by John Coctostan
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yeah, it looks like the whole neighborhood is burning something out here*
Posted by Sammich
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So it looks like the time shift law is DOA in the senate*
Posted by bucktownillini
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And that makes 3. *
Posted by doubledown
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too soon*
Posted by opey8
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Remind me, why does Todd Blanche want to pay Antifa $1.7 billion?
Posted by complainant
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Trump wants to pay his supporters, convicted terrorists, lots of money by pretending
Posted by doubledown
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No, I got that part.
Posted by complainant
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I had forgotten the whole Jan 6 was an antifa/false flag operation bit*
Posted by gvibes
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They gave up on that when they pardoned everybody. *
Posted by doubledown
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I love how we are now minting a $1 Trump coin
Posted by timmer
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"Technically that's illegal" is the strongest condemnation they can muster
Posted by RVA
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Trump could do the funniest thing!!*
Posted by shua
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Who's Jeanna?*
Posted by complainant
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she said, and smiled in her special way*
Posted by Sammich
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Isn’t his signature going on some bill?*
Posted by TarheelIllini
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Everytime I think this is the dumbest fucking timeline, the bar drops. Testosterone for troops!
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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Didn't the Nazis try this? *
Posted by DanSaint
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That's how we got Max Zorin.
Posted by complainant
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hell, we probably did it too
Posted by Sammich
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They used to kind of do the opposite
Posted by Stu
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We were compelled to drink Gatorade in basic training.
Posted by opossum jenkins
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It really does demonstrate the failure of our institutions across the board
Posted by RVA
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Hegseth admitting he's on testosterone is ... well .... expected. *
Posted by doubledown
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BREAKING: Secretary of War discloses own gender-affirming procedure*
Posted by Sammich
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Could you not get this before if you were hypo-gonadal?*
Posted by gvibes
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Certainly looks like we've got horrible air quality conditions on our way again.
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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blame canada*
Posted by torinese
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It's like Mordor here
Posted by Stu
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View from the water tower cam in Minocqua
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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It pisses me off so much. This happened to me while I was living in LA as well.
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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Hey, how's Kirk's brewery?*
Posted by MojoJojo
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typical hypocritical progressive
Posted by Poldark "The corruption cry seems autofill but it’s really just coming from the Euros."
Link: turd
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I'm paying property taxes in two locations to support , among other things...
Posted by KingTalkyTiki ...and instead of whining like a little bitch about it like folks like you Reek and your simp friend osklister, all I ask if for you to get this tax-paying progressive a beer, and please make it cold this time.
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You should ask him yourself.
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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Nm
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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So we're all gonna get diarrhea, huh
Posted by RVA
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A recurring joke on a podcast I listen to is that nobody took a solid shit before the 1900s
Posted by ijustkrushalot
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In the history of mankind, more people have died of diarrhoea
Posted by TarheelIllini
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In the history of mankind, more people have been to Berlin than I have*
Posted by Sammich
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Monkey's paw situation for WWII-era American white supremacists:
Posted by Sammich
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It is really odd that some of our biggest nazis are turning out to be jewish people*
Posted by ATL
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don't worry, they've kept a handful of women out of sports and...
Posted by shua
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Oh, they're not going to stop with just a few women in sports. They want all women out of sports
Posted by IlliniRunner
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To wit:
Posted by IlliniRunner
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States with Democratic senators closed until further notice….
Posted by memyselfandillini
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I'm sure that will make purple Georgia happy. can we also stop bailing out the non-donor states?*
Posted by shua
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Link?*
Posted by ISeeDeadHawkeyes
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No idea.
Posted by Kajagoogoo
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I know nothing about this candidate but we need more people with old time-y cartoon voices
Posted by OB25
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Trying out the new lyrics for Mambo No. 6?*
Posted by illini222
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if you want special interest money out of politics, she is the wrong choice
Posted by Nobster
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100% perfect. No notes: Ohio Boomer just trying to get some trim. He can't. Why?
Posted by KingTalkyTiki Trump Derangement Syndrome getting in the way of my love life ...and yes he looks just like you think he does.
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Christ, what an insufferable rube. *
Posted by doubledown
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Heh...just saw an Ossoff ad with a former vice cop saying that his opponent voted against releasing
Posted by ATL
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This is pretty good, and feels so true from the outside
Posted by snipes824
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McCarthyism 2.0 led by this little dweeb is gonna be a trip.
Posted by KingTalkyTiki Hey, Mikey, you know why Democratic Socialists are becoming so popular? Because you and the ghoul whose boots you lick on the daily suck so much at your jobs. If you were....I don't know....achieving any of the promises he made (lowering gas prices, making things more affordable, dealing with the housing crisis, implementing the "concepts of a plan" to deal with healthcare) then this wouldn't be an issue.
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Kevin McCarthy would be better. Own goal by Democrats being Gaetz’s foot soldiers*
Posted by JeffFrank
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Only has 6 more months left, thankfully*
Posted by Carl Spackler
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Hopefully, but you just know Trump is going to throw all the crazy shit out there to stay in power*
Posted by UofIL6
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our rights are granted by our creator
Posted by Sammich
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The fact that the stopped using the word socialism
Posted by Sounder
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Any of the osklisterian dumbazz mouth breathers that would put any value in what he says...
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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nm
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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nm
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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China just doesn't play the bogeyman role as well as the Russkies did
Posted by Sammich
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He is out of his mind, I literally think he has mad king's disease
Posted by Sounder Two golden seals have been added to the Oval Office's fireplace in recent months.
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He is the Joker. The vast majority of Americans are Batman.
Posted by Sammich
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It's ultimately not important but it just looks like shit.
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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Goodness that looks like ass*
Posted by EffinIllini
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It is literally what a stupid, poor person thinks is elegant. *
Posted by ATL
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*Ding**
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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Or a stupid person who was deeply in debt and is now very rich from selling out his country. *
Posted by doubledown
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It looks like it was designed by AI. *
Posted by doubledown
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Agreed, it's so dumb,
Posted by Sounder
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The lower one looks slightly tilted*
Posted by timmer
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Trump is totally not going to charge a Hormuz toll now
Posted by ATL
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I'm starting to think he might be the dumbest person ever to hold public office. *
Posted by doubledown
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I envy those who've successfully expunged Sarah Palin from memory.*
Posted by complainant
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You’re just now starting to think that?
Posted by timmer
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Someone really needs to invent a sarcasm font*
Posted by Sounder
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Really? /s*
Posted by TarheelIllini
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History will not know how to properly cover the absurdity of it all*
Posted by Sounder
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TACO TUESDAY
Posted by Sounder
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This Ice shooting in Maine seems to be an afterthought *
Posted by MC
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Well this is America and the last two victims slaughtered had brown skin so...
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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Trump is going to try to invalidate two standing Senators in two days
Posted by Sounder
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...in a state that is fully operated by Republicans. They might want to look at the losers...
Posted by shua
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Trump is in full blown panic mode. Someone should write a story about
Posted by doubledown
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Larry David's new show is generally terrible
Posted by Sounder
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it's not terrible. some skits have been better than others but I've enjoyed it so far
Posted by IlliniSax05 MAJOR UPDATE: "Maybe you're not such a bad egg, Lisle-y"
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It's hit and miss, like most sketch shows
Posted by Sounder
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Guess he really wants to make one of them the 28 nominee for Dems *
Posted by MC
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Oh, he's terrified of Ossoff
Posted by Sounder
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After two murders in one week, looks like they’re being ordered to cease vehicle stops
Posted by assassin
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Where was the other murder? I must've missed that one*
Posted by Sounder
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Yet I bet you know exactly who Alex Pretti and Renee Good are.
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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FWIW, the people of Maine are definitely paying attention
Posted by Sounder
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Of course, they're white*
Posted by Sounder
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Houston*
Posted by assassin
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We have a problem*
Posted by Sounder
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Ken Griffin is fixin’ to buy himself a dinosaur today
Posted by OB25
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Old news, he does that every election*
Posted by RVA
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Well played.*
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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ooo
Posted by Sammich
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...but don't you dare raise the taxes on his umpteenth home in NYC!
Posted by KingTalkyTiki HOW?!? If you don't quit it, you'll make him move.....again.
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Raising Cane's guy is worth 22B? jesus*
Posted by gvibes
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Is that solely from Cane's? That's crazy if so
Posted by Sounder
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apparently he likes to collect things...and owns the hearse that transported MLK*
Posted by Gene Parmesan
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30 year treasury yield up to 5.1%. WHEEEEEEEEEE*
Posted by VIV
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Iran wants to make a deal very badly*
Posted by Stu
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Ron Johnson smells a rat
Posted by Stu
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ICE is a criminal gang
Posted by ATL
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remember, an indian woman once lied, so we have to believe ICE here*
Posted by torinese
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As said previously, I hope that not a single one of them has a moment of peace
Posted by Sounder
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LOL. Trump says US will take a 20% fee for all goods going through Strait of Hormuz*
Posted by Carl Spackler
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Inflation is up (thanks trump!)*
Posted by ATL
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...after we destroyed the status quo where no security was required*
Posted by IlliniRunner
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we've been getting ripped off for decades
Posted by Sammich
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Iran replied that they would charge a lot less, so we should choo-choo-choose them*
Posted by Stu
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Why do people run from them?
Posted by complainant
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So we've moved from tariff to straight up extortion?*
Posted by Sounder
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We're attacking Iran again/They want a deal very badly*
Posted by Stu
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Trump's speech on Thursday should be a fun sexy time
Posted by Sounder More from MS NOW: President Trump plans to deliver a Thursday evening speech addressing newly declassified intelligence reports that the White House asserts reveal plans by foreign nations to interfere in the 2020 election, according to two White House officials granted anonymity… https://t.co/CPb5fcWMLs
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Looks like McConnell really is dead
Posted by ATL
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do they have sisters to finish their terms?*
Posted by Sammich
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It's so fucking weird*
Posted by Sounder
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Hopefully Lady G can put in a good word for him, sooner rather than later*
Posted by shua
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Well, they interfered in the 2016 election and the 2024 election, so it's reasonable to assume
Posted by doubledown
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I’m sure it will be a “fair and balanced” / comprehensive overview*
Posted by DocWalk20
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Man just can't take an L......here we are 6 years later and he can't focus on anything else...
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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I think the whole point of kidnapping Maduro
Posted by Sounder
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Fantastic. Absolutely no reason to not believe everything that comes out of his mouth. So honest*
Posted by UofIL6
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TBF, it feels obvious that foreign governments have been interfering in our elections
Posted by Sounder
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Oh, he knows exactly how they interfered. It's why he's so obsessed with trying hang it on
Posted by doubledown
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Oil prices up 8%+ today.*
Posted by Carl Spackler
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Just in time for my roadtrip out East. Good thing I've got my siphoning tube.*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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#somuchwinning*
Posted by ATL
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Damn, the judge in the Trump 1.7B slush fund settlement case sanctioned Trump's attorneys.
Posted by gvibes
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Presumably the first time an AG nominee has faced disciplinary action as the Senate considers him. *
Posted by larue33
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This guy has a take on this MOU process
Posted by UofIL6
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Did everyone see the proof of life picture of Cocaine Mitch? Looks like he's on the mend.*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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Ron Johnson isn't buying it
Posted by ATL
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Did he get a facelift while he was there? He looks great!
Posted by VIV
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dotz
Posted by Sounder
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The weird thing to me about it was that I think he looks better in that pic
Posted by TarheelIllini
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It ain't real. That man is deader than a door nail.*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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He will be declared dead on August 4th
Posted by Sounder
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The Governor should just call a special election. This is completely ridiculous.*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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I think the point of yesterday's proof of life
Posted by Sounder
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Seems like the governor could wander down to the hospital to visit him!*
Posted by shua
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The top two candidates to replace Lady G are his sister and, checks notes, Trey Gowdy*
Posted by Sounder
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This is such weak shit; this guy wants to be President and he's getting punked. *
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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This! 1,000%*
Posted by TarheelIllini
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He's has four weeks of hospital rest
Posted by Sounder
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You couldn't find anything to get it started? *
Posted by doubledown
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Let's get it started
Posted by Sounder
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Sometimes less is more.*
Posted by Tortillini
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Starting the thread without posting anything is super freaking weird.*
Posted by ISeeDeadHawkeyes
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OOO
Posted by Stu
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