Binders full of sofas.
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The dossier is probably just one of those binders full of upholstery samples.
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LOCK HIM UP!
The most shocking part about this is that Trump's team vetted JD Vance.
To be fair, compared to Trump, nobody looks that problematic.
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Has Politico published what is in it?
I want proof it was iran, headline said it was, but then first sentence says allegedly
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Iran, if you're listening.....
“Mr. Trump, the buttery males are coming from INSIDE the campaign!”
Not so funny when it’s you, is it
Come on let’s talk about how foreign nations shouldn’t be interfering in US elections
And about how the “Persians” chumped the Obama administration on the nuclear deal until you got the best of them and now they fear and respect you and only you
You nincompoops
Ironic, funny and juicy.
foreign sources hostile to the United States
Anybody who wants to stop Trump should at least be considered a temporary ally.
Yeah I’m having a hard time feeling negative about Iran doing this when we know what Russia is up to. At least it levels the playing field a bit. Feels icky though!
Obligatory VOTE
Amidst a sea of Russian bots and trolls shilling for Jill Stein at the hour of need an unlikely force stepped out to bat for democracy: Iran. Partly out of spite it seems - which given Trump is the target can only be described as poetic.
It would be sweet if Iran became cool again. Old Iran looked like a somewhat good time.
Don’t hold your breath. Their government is still as oppressive as ever.
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The real story is not that Trump had a novel length document of everything wrong with Vance (we know he's basically what you get if Oogy Boogy was filled with empty vapes and paternal disappointment instead of just bugs). No, the real story is that Trump picked him anyway.
Pretty sure a vetting document would have both negatives and positives, right?
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As others have noted Peter Thiel money might have influenced the choice. Given Vance's relationship to Project 2025 (he wrote the foreword to Kevin Roberts's book, remember^[1]) it's also possible he was a strongly pushed Heritage Foundation plant - put in place to ensure the flailing incoherent mess that is Trump's mind is actually implementing Project 2025 properly when elected.
Tbf all the other candidates are also republicans. I'd pay just to find out how big the dossier of the alternatives would get.
Was it just a copy of Hillbilly Elegy?
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They got it through a fucking phishing email
HAHAHAHAHA
Time to add another item to the vulnerabilities list
Vance clicked on a link for hot CILFs in his area.
JD Vance pays for pictures of dirty couches when craigslist exists smh
CILF omg that is delicioso
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This is what most hacking is.
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So now trump will dump Vance. Who’s next lol
Doubt it. Foreign countries having leverage over you is basically the hallmark of trumps presidential position.
While I won’t say he won’t dump him, it would definitely make him look weak. I mean, Trump picked him and he dumps him as soon as he has problems and he picked a bad candidate? That just screams poor leadership and weak. Plus the RNC already happened, and with as much as they bitched about switching the dem candidate… although Republicans aren’t exactly famous for doing as they say…
He’s damned if he does, damned if he doesn’t. He’s just done.
I mean, Trump picked him and he dumps him as soon as he has problems and he picked a bad candidate? That just screams poor leadership and weak.
That was the Trump administration in a nutshell. I wonder how many Scaramuccis Vance will last.
Yes, but Mooch and others like him weren’t the position of power that a dictator needs as a yes man. Which Vance has promised to be. That’s all Trump needs.
Idk, practically everything he's done for 8 years now has screamed poor leadership and weakness to me but his cult keeps eating it up ..
Yea, the Trump response is often to foolishly double-down, he did last week on Kamala turning Black. I don’t see him being able to admit he was wrong about Vance, he’ll probably double-down again.
I can see it now: The radical left is coming after JD Vance because they can’t choose their names like he did and they can’t fuck as many couches as he can. Or something like that.
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Can he though? Aren’t the ballots more or less fixed now? Didn’t he win the republican primary?
Oh, is it against the rules? Yeah, Trump probably won't try to do it then.
It’s against the rules, but the party can just change those. The issue is that the states won’t print new ballots. So, even if the VP nominee changes, the ballots will still say Vance.
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