| Political shit for the week of July 27th and August or whatever. *
Posted by doubledown
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on July 27, 2026, 7:57:47| this thread isn't too long - can we just change the title and make it cover this week too*
Posted by Orangeillini
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Previous Message| The lengths of the political threads has shortened a lot. It could go back to monthly.*
Posted by Stu
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| Trump shoots a two-under "70," wins Club Championship at Trump National, again.
Posted by complainant
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| He’s never won at a club he doesn’t own. Go look up his scores the one time he played in Tahoe
Posted by Mrap24
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| so 20 years ago he was a bogey golfer. which isn't horrible for an everyday person that's 60...
Posted by shua
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| Correct but even at 60 he was telling people he was shooting 69-75
Posted by Mrap24
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| I'm trying to understand Trump's level of narcissism
Posted by Sounder
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| He believe everyone else cheats just as much as he does, so his cheating doesn't really affect
Posted by doubledown
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| I think that is probably true
Posted by Sounder
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| It's probably just muscle memory at this point. His brain is 2-week old pea soup.*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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| The funnier part of that story is that is also when he met and banged Stormy Daniels*
Posted by Sounder
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| I legit wonder how good of a golfer he actually is
Posted by Sounder
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| he's quite good for the general public. there's also no way an 80 year old is winning
Posted by John Coctostan
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| Here's the thing
Posted by Sounder
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| he seemed to golf pretty well with brycen on one of those 59 videos.*
Posted by Ari Gold
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| There's this
Posted by Sounder
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| My bet is he’s never been better than mid 80s. *
Posted by doubledown
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| Kim Jong Un type shit*
Posted by VIV
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| It's like Judge Smails
Posted by UofIL6
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| someone needs to yell at him "Hey Whitey, where's your hat?!"*
Posted by DanSaint
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| How bad must he be that cheating can only get him a 70*
Posted by KCWildcat
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| I was thinking 59 sounded about right.
Posted by complainant
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| Apparently, the way he rationalizes this shit is pretty nuts.
Posted by doubledown
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| Funny how he only "competes" at his clubs.*
Posted by SurfTheBoneyard “Surf is just a national treasure.” — Jackie
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| ooo
Posted by Mrap24
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| Trump likes BBC.
Posted by SurfTheBoneyard “Surf is just a national treasure.” — Jackie
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| ooo
Posted by ATL
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| So this OH thing with Max Miller and Bernie Moreno blew up today.
Posted by SurfTheBoneyard “Surf is just a national treasure.” — Jackie
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| Downright presidential*
Posted by RVA
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| Also bizarre timing. 8/5 deadline to replace Miller on the ballot.
Posted by Carl Spackler
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| Very weird that this only came to a head on moreno’s part now. His daughter has allegedly been being
Posted by ATL
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| The rumor is that Moreno has a gay online profile
Posted by Sounder
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| That would track for a republican elected official *
Posted by ATL
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| Steven Crowder: “Fascism is pretty cool, you guys.”
Posted by VIV
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| “That’s just a fact” is a very popular conservative follow on to a statement that is made up. *
Posted by doubledown
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| *That smug feeling of knowing you were right the entire time**
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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| "So a few communists took a helicopter ride...okay!"
Posted by KingTalkyTiki So he's saying fascism is OK just so long as people economically benefit. Did we know Ari is Steven Crowder?
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| We are the frog in the boiling water*
Posted by Sounder
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| In 2018 he was all like “don’t call me a fascist. I’m not a fascist!” Always takes conservatives a
Posted by ATL
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| Why do all these guys sound like this? *
Posted by haighter
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| It’s in the conservative “comedian” starter kit. *
Posted by VIV
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| LMFCO
Posted by Jackie
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| Trump’s bank accounts were closed due to money laundering
Posted by ATL
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| and only when he came back into power did he sue the banks for it
Posted by memyselfandillini
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| Todd Blanche trying to figure out how to omit the box labeled "definitely don't look in this box"
Posted by ghost_of_clt
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| ooo
Posted by ATL
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| Have we talked about the 60,000 Moroccans that swam to Spain this week?
Posted by TarheelIllini
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| It’s a lot harder to get to mainland Spain from Ceuta than it is to get to Ceuta from Morocco.*
Posted by ATL
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| dots
Posted by complainant
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| It’s unfortunate how our education system is absolute shit when it comes to world geography *
Posted by ATL
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| Kayaker case dropped by the Feds. I swear if you are a lawyer with DOJ at this point
Posted by ATL
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| The Art of the Friday News Dump*
Posted by illini222
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| Didn’t realize it was TACO Tuesday *
Posted by PapaDels
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| box o' wine Friday*
Posted by assassin
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| Admitting “flawed installation.”
Posted by SurfTheBoneyard “Surf is just a national treasure.” — Jackie
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| Let's see....Friday afternoon, markets closed...this seems about right
Posted by UofIL6
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| Is "rescue" the right word here?
Posted by doubledown
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| Who is giving a 24-year old with FTX on his resume billions of dollars?*
Posted by ATL
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| People with more dollars than sense. *
Posted by doubledown
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| Social media just reminded me that today is the 6 year anniversary of
Posted by doubledown
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| IBM CEO says that in 3-4 years ‘unbreakable’ crypto codes will be broken
Posted by Stu
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| Is this a quantum computing thing? Because lol no*
Posted by gvibes
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| He is from UofI and a really nice person ;)*
Posted by Quiz
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| He's jealous of Anthropic and OpenAI threatening to destroy the world with AI.
Posted by doubledown
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| We can only hope. *
Posted by assassin
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| Want to learn how to cook that dead possum you found by the side of the road?
Posted by Stu
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| I'd take cooking advice from Jimothy the Raccoon before that jagoff.
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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| Leave Jimothy out of this*
Posted by Sounder
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| I heard that Jimothy is pro-Israel. *
Posted by doubledown
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| Jimothy and Ikea Monkey were in the closet making babies and I saw one of the babies
Posted by Sammich
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| I heard Jimothy is having an affair with Taylor Swift*
Posted by Stu
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| I heard Jimothy used AI to record a pro-Israel reggae song
Posted by Tortillini
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| This would be really bad for his music career if. *
Posted by doubledown
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| "You say genocide, I say war" is the worst call-and-response prompt I've ever heard of*
Posted by Sammich
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| ILL-INI kind of sucks, too
Posted by DT
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| AIPAC's reach is as long as Jimothy's spine is short*
Posted by Sammich
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| Jimothy also secretly tipped off ICE about half of Ballard's undocumented nannies. *
Posted by doubledown
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| Did the other half buy his silence?*
Posted by DocWalk20
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| He probably thinks cooking pork to 145 degrees causes autism.*
Posted by DT
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| I'll take that as a "No thank you."*
Posted by Stu
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| Chuck's favorite Kremlinologist is the top trend on Twitter.
Posted by complainant Tucker Carlson's favourite "political scientist", John Mearsheimer, and his ATROCIOUS predictions on the war in Ukraine:
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| If you're going to post slop from Ben Shapiro's lackey at least use the preferred nomenclature.
Posted by Chuck Woodaby
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| *i can’t believe we’re losing to these guys meme*
Posted by ATL
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| Maybe because your mom can afford a second home in NYC, nerd*
Posted by TarheelIllini
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| How many homes do you own?*
Posted by ISeeDeadHawkeyes
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| Even looking at the free part of the article I'm confused, is mom a resident of NYC or not?!*
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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| I just hope he is able to file the form to fix this in the next 3 weeks in between writing articles
Posted by Chuck Woodaby
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| it's because most elected Democrats are on the author's side*
Posted by Sammich
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| "I'm Ross Douthat. All that, and more, tonight on 60 Minutes."*
Posted by complainant
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| Douthat has described his views and conversion to Catholicism as being influenced by the writings of
Posted by Stu
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| 30 year yield highest since 2007, market plummeting at the close.*
Posted by Stu
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| So much winning*
Posted by timmer
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| Rick Santelli says the market is showing how much it loves Trump
Posted by Stu
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| well, hard to manipulate the markets without that love*
Posted by torinese
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| DOWn 1000*
Posted by Stu
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| Fed votes 9-3 to keep interest rates steady *
Posted by assassin
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| Guess Trump doesn’t have it rigged enough yet.*
Posted by SurfTheBoneyard “Surf is just a national treasure.” — Jackie
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| Warsh is about as unimpressive a speaker as I've ever seen*
Posted by Stu
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| Rand Paul is a feckless cunt. *
Posted by doubledown
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| Agreed. The man has zero feck.*
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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| unfeckable.. never do feck *
Posted by memyselfandillini
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| Feck-free, if you will. *
Posted by Tuscy
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| Feck around and find out*
Posted by bbonb
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| Feck the police*
Posted by ATL
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| In a clear sign that the economy is working for the people, Apple has introduced a leasing plan
Posted by ATL
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| As usual, the lease Apple can do.*
Posted by memyselfandillini
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| I’m not leasing a phone like it’s the fucking sixties. *
Posted by doubledown
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| Landline phones didn't really depreciate
Posted by jfinsocal
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| Common misperception. The 60s were pretty chaste.
Posted by complainant
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| put it on layaway like it's the 80's!*
Posted by shua
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| Heh....it looks like they're turning Dulles into Hartsfield-Jackson.
Posted by ATL
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| End of the mobile lounge?!?*
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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| A sad day for Freedom Loving Americans Everywhere.*
Posted by ATL
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| I'd love to buy one of those and drive it around as a mobile party lounge!*
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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| Buy a few and turn them into an aviation themed restaurant *
Posted by ATL
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| hey what's the worst that could happen?
Posted by ijustkrushalot
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| THAAD was my favorite character on Blue Mountain State*
Posted by Sammich
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| Pride of Hoooopston.*
Posted by ATL
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| Trump has obviously been reading this board
Posted by Stu
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| He wants to launch a nuke so bad. *
Posted by doubledown
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| he's an expert at bombing
Posted by VIV
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| I heard it was bad, then I saw footage.
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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| Never a good sign when you need to keep asking, rhetorically, who wrote this bad material*
Posted by UofIL6
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| I don't think he wants to do anything except talk tough and be cheered*
Posted by Sammich
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| Pretty much been his M.O. for decades.*
Posted by DocWalk20
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| i thought we were ceasing operations?*
Posted by VIV
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| What happens when you assassinate the leader of a religious state?
Posted by Stu
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| were they not aware that we already won this war a bunch of times?*
Posted by VIV
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| Things seem be going great in the Senate
Posted by Sounder
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| What have you been up to, Fauci??*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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| What's it all about, Fauciiiiii?
Posted by Stu
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| I'm experiencing a sudden appreciation for both TikTok and AI.
Posted by complainant
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| Abdul El-Sayed
Posted by complainant
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| Best leader Syria's ever had*
Posted by Stu
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| better choice
Posted by Nobster
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| Would*
Posted by HeatMizer
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| Iran just launched a surprise attack on centcom
Posted by Stu
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| CFH in Doha?*
Posted by timmer
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| FIFA reported to be considering selling out to Jared Kushner’s brother
Posted by ATL
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| Ukraine hits Iranian ships carrying military aid to Russia
Posted by ATL
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| 55% of Independents and 23% of Trump voters want Bibi arrested
Posted by ATL
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| For what it's worth, I don't think he should be arrested. *
Posted by doubledown
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| 49% total. Rookie numbers.*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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| AJC: United approached Delta for a merger
Posted by ATL
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| that United thinks the DOJ would approve this is scary.*
Posted by cpsteine
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| Competition is so 20h century. Joining superteams is what stars do now*
Posted by Sammich
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| Trump with a mastery of the Spanish language
Posted by Sounder
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| Trump says he will ask Putin if Russia has been providing targeting data to Iran
Posted by Stu
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| Putin:
Posted by ijustkrushalot
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| Putin: Sure, we're helping Iran target and kill American soldiers. By the way...
Posted by Stu
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| Sun Tzu has nothing on the Artful Dealer.*
Posted by complainant
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| Where is doubledown? Market up huge, Spacex down. LOL*
Posted by Stu
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| It's a volatile stock, so I typically wait until later in the day. It's overvalued at any price. *
Posted by doubledown
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| Didn't realize Musk can't sell anything until June 2027*
Posted by Carl Spackler
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| I assume he's already taken out loans against his locked up shares. *
Posted by doubledown
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| I should have sold on Day 1. Now, I'll just hold on to that garbage forever.*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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| Hard to sell when everyone is frothing at the mouth over something
Posted by Stu
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| Disappointed in you, Stu. *
Posted by Tuscy
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| I can't wait to catch his AI-generated "historically accurate" Odessey.*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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| Monday morning pullback on war efforts sending oil lower and futures higher*
Posted by UofIL6
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| It’s really amazing how easy it is to manipulate the market.*
Posted by Mrap24
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| To quote Admiral James Stockdale:
Posted by Stu
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