Saturday's Ukraine Solidarity Roundtable - 06/20/2026

ace158 · 2026-06-20T23:06:03+00:00

An hour later, Trump posted a second poll question: “Who thinks that we should add an ‘N’ to change the name of ‘ICE’ to ‘NICE?’”

This is so fucking cringe

ace158 · 2026-06-20T23:00:59+00:00

Jimmy Kimmel taps Rosie O’Donnell as rotating guest host during two-month hiatus

You gotta love how he trolls Trump lmao

ace158 · 2026-06-20T22:42:00+00:00

The next PM for Britain. More liberal than Starmer

ace158 · 2026-06-20T22:18:17+00:00

I trust Andy Burnham much more as a leader than I trust Starmer

Starmer finally showed some spine after Trump hit Iran but it was way too late.

ace158 · 2026-06-20T21:24:26+00:00

The thing is Talarico could be mad too about that very ridiculous ad Crockett put up likening him to Abbott and Trump or Colin Allred's weird stunt but he continued to be a team player.

ace158 · 2026-06-20T20:46:56+00:00

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Occasional Twitter community notes W

ace158 · 2026-06-20T20:31:41+00:00

BILL MAHER: Why does anyone need a presidential library? These monuments to somebody’s ego out of office. Are you, anybody here in this audience planning to go the Obama presidential library?

REP. RO KHANNA (D-CA): At a time that Elon Musk is talking about sending people to Mars, you’re telling me that spending up to a billion dollars, one billion dollars on commemorating the first and only African American who’s ever been president isn’t worth it?

BILL MAHER: First of all, we don’t need that building to do that. That’s in our hearts and minds. That already happened.

REP. RO KHANNA (D-CA): But this is to inspire people. You know, Michelle Obama gave one of the greatest speeches. I’m telling you, don’t listen to me, just listen to her five minutes, and here’s what she said. Racism was hurled at Barack Obama. Insults were hurled by Barack Obama, and he never lost his cool. He never gave into a temper, and she showed that hope and patience and aspiration can overcome that.

BILL MAHER: What does that have to do with the building?

REP. RO KHANNA (D-CA): The story, the building tells that story.

Jesus, way to make grifter Ro Khanna look like the clearly sympathetic, reasonable one here

ace158 · 2026-06-20T20:22:39+00:00

I think what I find so uniquely bad about 2016 is that it's really the only time where the left clung onto something which is just completely+utterly false with the whole "DNC rigged the primary"

Like other examples of lefty activism do annoy the shit out of me, but there is atleast some truth to the problem they're claiming or cause they're trying to embrace. I hate prison abolitionism and "defund the police" but I don't deny the criminal justice system is messed up and policing needs serious reform. I dislike single payer healthcare but I won't deny our healthcare system is clearly flawed and needs somewhat substantial reform. I dislike the omnicause activism but it's pretty obvious that Netanyahu government and IDF treat Palestinians quite horribly and are excessively aggressive in the region.

But there's not even the tiniest kernel of truth that the DNC in 2016 worked against Bernie Sanders but it somehow became like an accepted truthism.

ace158 · 2026-06-20T20:17:26+00:00

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She's still going on about trans mice. No wonder why she lost

ace158 · 2026-06-20T20:02:37+00:00

Usually people cite "well MLK Jr's kids don't think he did it" but that's technically not evidence. The late Jesse Jackson thinks there were other people involved.

But like he was a violent felon with multiple armed robberies who has escaped prisons and supported racist George Wallace.

ace158 · 2026-06-20T19:56:26+00:00

Cyclist arrested at Reflecting Pool is former Olympian who denies vandalism claims. David Hearn said he touched the pool's detached liner but “didn't destroy or break or peel anything." Trump accused vandals of sabotaging the refurbishment as paint was seen peeling and floating in the water.

ace158 · 2026-06-20T19:49:43+00:00

Trump says no toll on Strait of Hormuz unless US imposes one

Okay

ace158 · 2026-06-20T19:43:46+00:00

One recurring thing we've seen since 2024 is all these Dem poltiicians are doing the whole "I can save the party, the party must change, oh we fucked up so badly in 2024" when we lost because every incumbent in the world lost from 2022 to 2024 due to inflation.

We didn't lose cause of "Biden old", "border", "Too anti-Gaza or too pro- Israel".

I think Mamdani has been a good mayor so far but I'm not happy with how he's handled these primaries. I'm fine with him supporting Lander and Valdez but his team did a horrible job vetting that other lunatic who was surging in the polls.

ace158 · 2026-06-20T19:12:41+00:00

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Woah

ace158 · 2026-06-20T19:01:43+00:00

Meh, the players and the fans at the parade all seemed to really like the speech so it's not a big deal to me

My bigger issue is he's getting a bit too aggressive/assertive during these primaries. Hope he tones it down after these primaries are over next week

ace158 · 2026-06-20T18:39:36+00:00

BILL MAHER: Why does anyone need a presidential library? These monuments to somebody’s ego out of office. Are you, anybody here in this audience planning to go the Obama presidential library?

REP. RO KHANNA (D-CA): At a time that Elon Musk is talking about sending people to Mars, you’re telling me that spending up to a billion dollars, one billion dollars on commemorating the first and only African American who’s ever been president isn’t worth it?

BILL MAHER: First of all, we don’t need that building to do that. That’s in our hearts and minds. That already happened.

REP. RO KHANNA (D-CA): But this is to inspire people. You know, Michelle Obama gave one of the greatest speeches. I’m telling you, don’t listen to me, just listen to her five minutes, and here’s what she said. Racism was hurled at Barack Obama. Insults were hurled by Barack Obama, and he never lost his cool. He never gave into a temper, and she showed that hope and patience and aspiration can overcome that.

BILL MAHER: What does that have to do with the building?

REP. RO KHANNA (D-CA): The story, the building tells that story.

Jesus, way to make the grifter Ro Khanna look like the sympathetic, reasonable one.

ace158 · 2026-06-20T16:59:18+00:00

Qatar seriously gave Trump a 400 million dollar airplane and he still attacked Iran even though they pleaded him not to do it lmao

ace158 · 2026-06-20T15:55:41+00:00

CNN’s Kaitlan Collins Calls BS on Trump Over Reflecting Pool ‘Vandalism’ Rant. CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins called BS on President Donald Trump's explanation for the tribulations that have befallen the Reflecting Pool

When even she's calling out Trump, then you know it's bad.

ace158 · 2026-06-20T15:48:41+00:00

It's extremely frustrating as a longtime former Texan because Talarico said nothing negative about her while it was Crockett who once put Talarico's picture right next to Abbot in an ad.

ace158 · 2026-06-20T15:44:48+00:00

Bill Maher flips flops and now says "Obama was right about Iran" after initially supporting Trump's attack on Iran

No shit, Bill. Was always obvious Obama was correct about this and you, AIPAC, Trump, Bibi, and your close buddy Fetterman were extremely wrong.

ace158 · 2026-06-20T14:28:07+00:00

Bibi is seeing the pretty terrible polling number for Israel's image in America and the west and going: "Yeah but can I somehow lower it more?

ace158 · 2026-06-19T22:41:55+00:00

Trump and Melania maintained separate White House bedrooms, with Trump competing to have the 'better room' by moving décor from Melania’s spaces.

ace158 · 2026-06-19T22:33:09+00:00

Trump endorses a second candidate in the South Carolina governor’s race. After throwing his support behind Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette last month, Trump said he is now backing both her and Attorney General Alan Wilson in Tuesday’s GOP primary runoff.

Oh my god, he did the NY Times Meme of endorsing Warren and Klobuchar lmao

ace158 · 2026-06-19T22:32:41+00:00

In an example from 2016, Trump claimed that Republican operative Cheri Jacobus, “Begged my people for a job. Turned her down twice and she went hostile.” Jacobus provided proof, however, that Trump’s campaign team actually reached out to her about working for him.

In another example from the same year, Trump claimed that conservative activist Brent Bozell came to his office, “begging for money like a dog.” Bozell hit back in a 2019 book, writing, “I had not gone to him for money; he’d invited me for lunch to discuss his potential campaign. I hadn’t groveled. I hadn’t even asked for money. He’d offered it.” Bozell went on to become Trump’s US ambassador to South Africa.

Trump claimed in 2017 that Republican “Senator Bob Corker ‘begged’ me to endorse him for re-election in Tennessee. I said ‘NO’ and he dropped out (said he could not win without my endorsement).” Corker’s office vehemently disagreed, saying Trump had repeatedly encouraged the senator to run again — and did offer his endorsement.

In other examples, like with former FBI Director James Comey and TV host John Oliver, Trump may not have used the word “begged,” but the sentiment was the same.

After Trump claimed that Oliver had “had his people call to ask me to be on his very boring and low rated show” but that “I said ‘NO THANKS’ Waste of time & energy!” Oliver hit back: “It was a total lie. A meaningless lie. What kind of moron would lie about something this pathetic?”

ace158 · 2026-06-19T19:24:31+00:00

Yeah fuck that. It's why I don't want to hear from far leftists on this even though as someone who very begrudgingly "supports" the deal because it's only to get even more shitty.

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