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Trump supporters indicted for "standing by" to kidnap and kill Michigan governor - RL - 10/9/2020 1:59:28 AM
- Prepare for more terrorism from the party of "law and order" - RL - 10/10/2020 4:17:07 PM
  - The best people - podrock - 10/10/2020 5:36:20 PM
- "Will anyone rid me of this troublesome priest?" - ER - 10/9/2020 5:57:26 PM
  - Re: "Will anyone rid me of this troublesome priest?" - podrock - 10/9/2020 6:33:34 PM
- This is all boogalloo stuff. - ER - 10/9/2020 3:41:09 AM

Trump's COVID Case could be Entering a Crucial Stage . . . - DanS - 10/10/2020 5:25:10 PM

Stephen Miller has tested positive - RL - 10/6/2020 10:56:29 PM
- The Masque of the Orange Death - ER - 10/7/2020 12:38:02 AM
- I'm going to fly like an eagle... - ER - 10/6/2020 11:58:05 PM
- I'm having an ethical dilemma with feelings of schadenfreude. - podrock - 10/6/2020 11:41:10 PM
  - There's nothing ethically wrong with "wishing" evil on someone. - ER - 10/7/2020 1:16:21 PM
    - Wishing verses celebrating. - podrock - 10/8/2020 4:47:45 AM
      - They understand very well how serious this is. - ER - 10/8/2020 12:02:53 PM
  - Remember, the October surprise they have been telegraphing has yet to drop.... - RL - 10/7/2020 12:47:27 AM
    - And now it looks like the Durham report was a bust... - RL - 10/10/2020 2:08:24 AM
      - MIA - podrock - 10/10/2020 3:28:41 AM
  - You are a better man than I... - RL - 10/7/2020 12:10:32 AM
    - A guy who uses spray on hair always deserves derision. - podrock - 10/8/2020 4:31:31 AM
  - Karmically en pointe - Robert - 10/6/2020 11:54:27 PM
    - A persuasive argument. - podrock - 10/8/2020 4:25:19 AM

I.C.E. Breaker - RL - 10/9/2020 11:35:56 PM

“If you fuck around with us, if you do something bad to us, we are gonna do things to you that have never been done before.”-President of the United States - RL - 10/9/2020 8:03:27 PM
- He is such a tough giy. - ER - 10/9/2020 11:35:55 PM

I am starting to think Trump gave it to Hope Hicks... - RL - 10/6/2020 1:23:11 AM
- So... it looks like they simply were not testing him.... - RL - 10/9/2020 1:22:23 AM
- Oh, he's got it - podrock - 10/6/2020 2:10:12 AM

25th - podrock - 10/8/2020 9:20:12 PM

Dental Intelligence Agency - ER - 10/8/2020 7:10:15 PM

In the future, debate moderators should be armed... (n/t) - RL - 10/8/2020 2:23:28 AM
- "thank-you, thank-you.....thank-you...." - podrock - 10/8/2020 2:42:02 AM
  - Funny . . . - DanS - 10/8/2020 4:00:24 PM
  - Conservatives are already talking about the promising political future of the fly... - RL - 10/8/2020 2:57:48 AM
    - But now it has to isolate for two weeks. - podrock - 10/8/2020 3:10:58 AM

I'm unsure how to feel about this - Vitruvius - 10/2/2020 9:20:21 AM
- Trump just over a week ago: COVID "affects virtually nobody." - RL - 10/4/2020 4:57:28 AM
- The next two weeks are going to be interesting - podrock - 10/2/2020 6:37:28 PM
  - Ripples - podrock - 10/3/2020 2:52:47 AM
    - I wish your family the best, Pod... - RL - 10/4/2020 2:59:25 AM
      - Many thanks, old friend - podrock - 10/4/2020 5:48:58 AM
    - Sorry about your relatives, Pod. - ER - 10/3/2020 12:40:48 PM
      - Thanks, mate. - podrock - 10/3/2020 4:27:49 PM
    - Not Pelosi... - Vitruvius - 10/3/2020 8:24:25 AM
      - Do you honestly believe Pelosi would be worse than Trump? - RL - 10/4/2020 1:42:12 AM
      - Thanks, V. - podrock - 10/3/2020 4:28:25 PM
      - Why not? - ER - 10/3/2020 1:08:04 PM
        
        Pelosi is as trustworthy as Hillary or the Trump spawn - Vitruvius - 10/3/2020 9:32:19 PM
        
        Actually, I like Hillary. - ER - 10/3/2020 11:18:16 PM
        
        I don't - Vitruvius - 10/4/2020 7:58:00 AM
        
        Ten of millions of dollars - podrock - 10/4/2020 11:40:08 PM
        
        History, from Wikipedia - podrock - 10/5/2020 9:17:23 PM
        
        Health care is one of the biggest businesses in America. - ER - 10/5/2020 1:56:55 AM
        
        Yeah, that sounds like someone trying to rationalize the fact they made a REALLY stupid decision in 2016... - RL - 10/4/2020 4:25:00 PM
        
        Putin backed Trump, and he sabotaged Hillary. - ER - 10/4/2020 2:34:23 PM
- I'm not - Robert - 10/2/2020 6:06:22 PM
- I suppose now it might be considered illegal for him to go anywhere without a mask. - DanS - 10/2/2020 5:13:18 PM
  - Yeah, and he has been so concerned about staying on the right side of the law so far, hasn't he... - RL - 10/2/2020 7:13:13 PM
    - What did I tell you... his first act upon returning to the White house was to take off the mask and expose the staff... - RL - 10/7/2020 3:57:37 AM
- It is what it is... - RL - 10/2/2020 3:50:06 PM
  - A bad COVID outcome for Trump will bring out the sympathy vote. - ER - 10/3/2020 1:51:08 PM
- Relax, he may not even be positive. - ER - 10/2/2020 12:45:42 PM

Steroids are a hell of a drug. - podrock - 10/5/2020 10:30:39 PM
- Apparently they are driving him mad... "Trump cuts off stimulus relief talks until after election" - RL - 10/7/2020 1:36:13 AM
  - Judging by his twitter feed he was dosed about an hour ago... - RL - 10/7/2020 2:05:57 AM
    - 25 45 - podrock - 10/7/2020 2:27:50 AM
    - For example.... - RL - 10/7/2020 2:18:17 AM
      - yikes - podrock - 10/7/2020 2:28:45 AM
- How would we notice a difference? - RL - 10/5/2020 10:47:02 PM
  - It'll be more of the same - podrock - 10/5/2020 11:18:02 PM
    - Herman Cain's progression - podrock - 10/6/2020 12:02:52 AM
      - Dead, but still tweeting... - RL - 10/6/2020 1:23:58 AM
        
        weird - podrock - 10/6/2020 2:24:04 AM
    - Trump on steroids. - ER - 10/5/2020 11:57:06 PM

If Trump croaks, will they actually tell the public? - RL - 10/5/2020 2:21:15 AM
- Nah, if he dies we'll know soon enough. - ER - 10/5/2020 3:22:54 AM

Would a fascist do this? - RL - 10/5/2020 1:31:05 AM

Trump deserves the best medical care... - RL - 10/4/2020 4:03:00 PM

White House (and Trump) in panic - RL - 10/4/2020 3:14:47 AM
- Just had a thought... - Vitruvius - 10/4/2020 8:23:22 AM
  - See my post below "How much more ugly it could get" - RL - 10/4/2020 1:22:22 PM

The Masque of the Orange Death - ER - 10/3/2020 12:59:17 PM
- According to FOX News, about an hour ago, - ER - 10/3/2020 1:40:45 PM
  - What about Pence? - Vitruvius - 10/3/2020 9:27:05 PM
    - Pence is still healthy. - ER - 10/3/2020 11:56:21 PM

How much more ugly could it get? - RL - 10/3/2020 2:46:35 AM
- Oy Vey - podrock - 10/3/2020 3:24:04 AM

COVID in the inner circle. - podrock - 10/2/2020 1:16:17 AM
- Pretty sure Hope Hicks was known for being a 'super spreader' long before COVID came along.... - RL - 10/2/2020 11:09:20 PM
- POTUS headed for Walter Reed. - podrock - 10/2/2020 9:21:31 PM
- Conspiracy theories begin in 3..2..1... - RL - 10/2/2020 5:20:51 AM
  - here you go: - podrock - 10/2/2020 7:31:26 PM
- Supposedly he is positive - RL - 10/2/2020 5:11:04 AM
  - So how will it work if he dies before inauguration? - RL - 10/2/2020 5:16:42 AM
- I hope Trump didn't catch it.... - RL - 10/2/2020 3:13:32 AM
  - Quarantine - podrock - 10/2/2020 3:23:10 AM
    - Shove a UV light up his ass and inject him with bleach, and call him cured... - RL - 10/2/2020 3:58:13 PM
    - New meaning for the phrase "Hope and change" - RL - 10/2/2020 3:25:38 AM

Rick Santorum says asking Trump to condemn right-wing extremists is unfair because they're his base - RL - 10/2/2020 5:09:44 AM
- Rick Santorum always struck me as the kind of guy - ER - 10/2/2020 2:48:01 PM

NEW YORK TIMES OBTAINED TRUMP'S TAXES!!! - RL - 9/27/2020 10:10:51 PM
- No one is going to be too surprised by any of this. - ER - 9/27/2020 11:55:03 PM
  - Besides, who among us HASN'T spent $70,000 on their hair ? - RL - 9/29/2020 3:48:54 AM
    - I'm back to the ponytail. - podrock - 9/29/2020 3:53:18 AM
      - I've changed my hairstyle as well. - ER - 9/29/2020 1:06:21 PM
        
        As long as you're cool with the hippie jokes... - Vitruvius - 10/2/2020 9:21:25 AM
        
        I am proud of my hippie roots. - ER - 10/2/2020 2:07:21 PM
- Key findings - RL - 9/27/2020 11:46:22 PM

This timeline has really jumped the shark... - RL - 10/2/2020 6:35:55 AM

Internal document shows Trump officials were told to make comments sympathetic to Kyle Rittenhouse - RL - 10/2/2020 3:11:17 AM

Maybe Trump made an ass of himself in the debate. - ER - 10/1/2020 12:40:42 PM

Not sure I am ready for this debate - podrock - 9/30/2020 12:11:20 AM
- I decided to miss it. - ER - 9/30/2020 2:37:59 AM
  - It was a shit-show - RL - 9/30/2020 2:43:45 AM
    - "Stand back and stand by," - RL - 9/30/2020 5:31:33 PM
      - That line was clearly composed and rehearsed ahead of time. - ER - 9/30/2020 8:10:55 PM
        
        The neo-nazis were celebrating this as a public affirmation of them by the president... - RL - 10/1/2020 1:17:59 AM
  - An embarrassing god awful mess - podrock - 9/30/2020 2:43:21 AM
- I Wonder what stunt/s Trump will try to pull to divert the debate..... - RL - 9/30/2020 12:28:30 AM
  - Apparently his strategy is a constant stream of interruptions - RL - 9/30/2020 1:58:09 AM

So, will Trump show up to the debate? - RL - 9/23/2020 1:22:41 AM
- Trump declares war on Greenland, claims his wartime responsibilities prevent him from attending debate... - RL - 9/29/2020 3:26:57 AM
  - Biden takes off his mask, - podrock - 9/29/2020 3:35:35 AM
- I think its advantage Trump. - ER - 9/23/2020 11:50:11 AM
- Hard to say. - podrock - 9/23/2020 4:56:03 AM

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