While an archeologist/museum curator fighting Nazis to recover stolen art and cultural works is not an original concept, I would be on board for this one.
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A lot of art in the White House is on loan from Smithsonians and other museums, and they collect them at the end of a term unless the incoming President wants to keep it
A lot of art in the White House is on loan from Smithsonians and other museums, and they collect them at the end of a term unless the incoming President wants to keep it
Biden, probably: "Take everything back. Thoroughly clean it, examine it for any damage, then I'll consider bringing back what I want."
could have had one commissioned or gifted to them while in office
who knows? is kind of the point of "don't jump to conclusions based off a hastily snapped and tweeted photo"
For example, RandoMcTweeter says a lot of White House decor is on loan and gets returned between administrations; an unsourced claim which probably deserves as much weight as my layman's interpretation of that image.
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A lot of art in the White House is on loan from Smithsonians and other museums, and they collect them at the end of a term unless the incoming President wants to keep it
Biden, probably: "Take everything back. Thoroughly clean it, examine it for any damage, then I'll consider bringing back what I want."
Presumably, they will also check for bugs.
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A lot of art in the White House is on loan from Smithsonians and other museums, and they collect them at the end of a term unless the incoming President wants to keep it
Biden, probably: "Take everything back. Thoroughly clean it, examine it for any damage, then I'll consider bringing back what I want."
Presumably, they will also check for bugs.
surveillance devices as well, I would hope.
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Let's play Mario Kart or something...
Also, isn’t is a whole thing about incoming presidents changing out decor? Aside from the cleaning and the bug sweeping and things going back to their original museums or whatever, some of it might just be going back to a warehouse for storage until the next president/admin asks for it.
Could be that Biden or someone else making those calls wants other items in place, temporarily or permanently. Obviously they aren’t going to tear down to base building like an office renovation between tenants, but clearing out some of the shit that is recognizably prominent during this admin might hold appeal as well.
At least until they’re sure it’s free of viruses and bugs (or all sorts).
First they came for the Muslims, and we said NOT TODAY, MOTHERFUCKER!
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ChanusHarbinger of the Spicy Rooster ApocalypseThe Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered Userregular
look Biden needed room for the Margaritaville margarita mixer and it just happened to be the same size as that Lincoln bust
Speculation about biden having it removed seem... foolish. Trump might leave the place empty to spite him but I would be surprised, given everything else, that they would have acquiesced to any request from the Bidens
I don’t think a semi-sane candidate gets through their primary; they had many such options in 2016 and chose none of them, and I doubt their inclinations have improved.
Pence might think he can win it but that dude makes white bread look interesting
That's what struck me as so comical when Ted Cruz started positioning himself to grab Trump's crazies. Come on Ted, you're a walking bag of sad, there's no way you could entertain those people like Donald does. They're not interested in a bunch of your poe-faced, overly sentimental, empty speeches on patriotism.
I don’t think a semi-sane candidate gets through their primary; they had many such options in 2016 and chose none of them, and I doubt their inclinations have improved.
Pence might think he can win it but that dude makes white bread look interesting
That's what struck me as so comical when Ted Cruz started positioning himself to grab Trump's crazies. Come on Ted, you're a walking bag of sad, there's no way you could entertain those people like Donald does. They're not interested in a bunch of your poe-faced, overly sentimental, empty speeches on patriotism.
It's gonna be hilarious when all these far right Republican members of congress remain loyal Trumpists for the next 4 years, hoping to be the one to inherit his supporters and run in 2024, only for some WWE wrestler, country singer or twitch streamer to swoop in an take over because Trumpism is about entertainment, not politics.
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ChanusHarbinger of the Spicy Rooster ApocalypseThe Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered Userregular
I don’t think a semi-sane candidate gets through their primary; they had many such options in 2016 and chose none of them, and I doubt their inclinations have improved.
Pence might think he can win it but that dude makes white bread look interesting
That's what struck me as so comical when Ted Cruz started positioning himself to grab Trump's crazies. Come on Ted, you're a walking bag of sad, there's no way you could entertain those people like Donald does. They're not interested in a bunch of your poe-faced, overly sentimental, empty speeches on patriotism.
Remember when the deal with Cruz was his dad was an evangelical sect leader who believed there are figures appointed by God to go out and secure treasures for the faithful, and just so coincidentally Ted Cruz was just one of those anointed?
I don’t think a semi-sane candidate gets through their primary; they had many such options in 2016 and chose none of them, and I doubt their inclinations have improved.
Pence might think he can win it but that dude makes white bread look interesting
That's what struck me as so comical when Ted Cruz started positioning himself to grab Trump's crazies. Come on Ted, you're a walking bag of sad, there's no way you could entertain those people like Donald does. They're not interested in a bunch of your poe-faced, overly sentimental, empty speeches on patriotism.
It's gonna be hilarious when all these far right Republican members of congress remain loyal Trumpists for the next 4 years, hoping to be the one to inherit his supporters and run in 2024, only for some WWE wrestler, country singer or twitch streamer to swoop in an take over because Trumpism is about entertainment, not politics.
yeah... hilarious.
right up to election night.
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How about we don't put people up for election that are interested in burning this whole teetering edifice down and installing themselves as dictator for life
How about we don't put people up for election that are interested in burning this whole teetering edifice down and installing themselves as dictator for life
I don’t think a semi-sane candidate gets through their primary; they had many such options in 2016 and chose none of them, and I doubt their inclinations have improved.
Pence might think he can win it but that dude makes white bread look interesting
That's what struck me as so comical when Ted Cruz started positioning himself to grab Trump's crazies. Come on Ted, you're a walking bag of sad, there's no way you could entertain those people like Donald does. They're not interested in a bunch of your poe-faced, overly sentimental, empty speeches on patriotism.
A lot of art in the White House is on loan from Smithsonians and other museums, and they collect them at the end of a term unless the incoming President wants to keep it
Biden, probably: "Take everything back. Thoroughly clean it, examine it for any damage hidden listening devices, then I'll consider bringing back what I want."
i'm not saying anything i just was unaware that lincoln busts were in such abundance that we could have this discussion.
this country is frankly lousy with them
I have a tiny lincoln bust on my desk at home. Got it during the field trip to Springfield in highschool or middleschool, I forget which. But I am an Illinoisan.
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ChanusHarbinger of the Spicy Rooster ApocalypseThe Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered Userregular
i'm not saying anything i just was unaware that lincoln busts were in such abundance that we could have this discussion.
this country is frankly lousy with them
I have a tiny lincoln bust on my desk at home. Got it during the field trip to Springfield in highschool or middleschool, I forget which. But I am an Illinoisan.
my dad had a bookend that was a lincoln bust when i was a kid
I don’t think a semi-sane candidate gets through their primary; they had many such options in 2016 and chose none of them, and I doubt their inclinations have improved.
Pence might think he can win it but that dude makes white bread look interesting
That's what struck me as so comical when Ted Cruz started positioning himself to grab Trump's crazies. Come on Ted, you're a walking bag of sad, there's no way you could entertain those people like Donald does. They're not interested in a bunch of your poe-faced, overly sentimental, empty speeches on patriotism.
Remember when the deal with Cruz was his dad was an evangelical sect leader who believed there are figures appointed by God to go out and secure treasures for the faithful, and just so coincidentally Ted Cruz was just one of those anointed?
I remember. Out of all the Republican hopefuls, Cruz was the one I feared the most, more than Trump even.
Trump might through incompetence destroy the world. Cruz would work towards that goal for the explicit purpose of bringing about literal armageddon.
I don’t think a semi-sane candidate gets through their primary; they had many such options in 2016 and chose none of them, and I doubt their inclinations have improved.
Pence might think he can win it but that dude makes white bread look interesting
Frankly I'm not even sure that's true.
The closest to a "normal" republican I can remember was Jeb Bush and it felt like he didn't even want to be running from day one.
I remember the rest of them being "jesus-tap-dancing-christ" levels of terrible.
I don’t think a semi-sane candidate gets through their primary; they had many such options in 2016 and chose none of them, and I doubt their inclinations have improved.
Pence might think he can win it but that dude makes white bread look interesting
Frankly I'm not even sure that's true.
The closest to a "normal" republican I can remember was Jeb Bush and it felt like he didn't even want to be running from day one.
I remember the rest of them being "jesus-tap-dancing-christ" levels of terrible.
I dunno, Marco Rubio feels like a classic Republican. That might just be compared to like, Trump and Cruz and Christie, though.
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I don’t think a semi-sane candidate gets through their primary; they had many such options in 2016 and chose none of them, and I doubt their inclinations have improved.
Pence might think he can win it but that dude makes white bread look interesting
Frankly I'm not even sure that's true.
The closest to a "normal" republican I can remember was Jeb Bush and it felt like he didn't even want to be running from day one.
I remember the rest of them being "jesus-tap-dancing-christ" levels of terrible.
I dunno, Marco Rubio feels like a classic Republican. That might just be compared to like, Trump and Cruz and Christie, though.
Marco Rubio is just a younger Lindsey Graham
he has absolutely no principles and will say whatever he thinks is the popular thing in the moment, lacking a single shred of courage to defend his statements once the winds change
i guess it all depends on your definition of classic Republican, but he doesn't embody anything at all except clumsy attempts at opportunism
I don’t think a semi-sane candidate gets through their primary; they had many such options in 2016 and chose none of them, and I doubt their inclinations have improved.
Pence might think he can win it but that dude makes white bread look interesting
Frankly I'm not even sure that's true.
The closest to a "normal" republican I can remember was Jeb Bush and it felt like he didn't even want to be running from day one.
I remember the rest of them being "jesus-tap-dancing-christ" levels of terrible.
I dunno, Marco Rubio feels like a classic Republican. That might just be compared to like, Trump and Cruz and Christie, though.
Marco Rubio is just a younger Lindsey Graham
he has absolutely no principles and will say whatever he thinks is the popular thing in the moment, lacking a single shred of courage to defend his statements once the winds change
i guess it all depends on your definition of classic Republican, but he doesn't embody anything at all except clumsy attempts at opportunism
Isn't that what a Republican is? I don't remember them being anything other than that.
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ChanusHarbinger of the Spicy Rooster ApocalypseThe Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered Userregular
I don’t think a semi-sane candidate gets through their primary; they had many such options in 2016 and chose none of them, and I doubt their inclinations have improved.
Pence might think he can win it but that dude makes white bread look interesting
Frankly I'm not even sure that's true.
The closest to a "normal" republican I can remember was Jeb Bush and it felt like he didn't even want to be running from day one.
I remember the rest of them being "jesus-tap-dancing-christ" levels of terrible.
I dunno, Marco Rubio feels like a classic Republican. That might just be compared to like, Trump and Cruz and Christie, though.
Marco Rubio is just a younger Lindsey Graham
he has absolutely no principles and will say whatever he thinks is the popular thing in the moment, lacking a single shred of courage to defend his statements once the winds change
i guess it all depends on your definition of classic Republican, but he doesn't embody anything at all except clumsy attempts at opportunism
Isn't that what a Republican is? I don't remember them being anything other than that.
i wouldn't say so in any more than a flippant way
Allegedly a voice of reason.
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I don’t think a semi-sane candidate gets through their primary; they had many such options in 2016 and chose none of them, and I doubt their inclinations have improved.
Pence might think he can win it but that dude makes white bread look interesting
Frankly I'm not even sure that's true.
The closest to a "normal" republican I can remember was Jeb Bush and it felt like he didn't even want to be running from day one.
I remember the rest of them being "jesus-tap-dancing-christ" levels of terrible.
I dunno, Marco Rubio feels like a classic Republican. That might just be compared to like, Trump and Cruz and Christie, though.
Marco Rubio is just a younger Lindsey Graham
he has absolutely no principles and will say whatever he thinks is the popular thing in the moment, lacking a single shred of courage to defend his statements once the winds change
i guess it all depends on your definition of classic Republican, but he doesn't embody anything at all except clumsy attempts at opportunism
He's been essentially aiding COVID the entire time, decrying lockdowns, promoting herd immunity, pushing to reopen everything, and generally being a piece of shit. No different than any other Republican? Maybe. But still ghoulish and awful.
I don’t think a semi-sane candidate gets through their primary; they had many such options in 2016 and chose none of them, and I doubt their inclinations have improved.
Pence might think he can win it but that dude makes white bread look interesting
Frankly I'm not even sure that's true.
The closest to a "normal" republican I can remember was Jeb Bush and it felt like he didn't even want to be running from day one.
I remember the rest of them being "jesus-tap-dancing-christ" levels of terrible.
I dunno, Marco Rubio feels like a classic Republican. That might just be compared to like, Trump and Cruz and Christie, though.
Marco Rubio is just a younger Lindsey Graham
he has absolutely no principles and will say whatever he thinks is the popular thing in the moment, lacking a single shred of courage to defend his statements once the winds change
i guess it all depends on your definition of classic Republican, but he doesn't embody anything at all except clumsy attempts at opportunism
Isn't that what a Republican is? I don't remember them being anything other than that.
Maybe in the past it was. Not anymore. God, can you imagine how different the country would be if Republicans just always went with whatever was the most popular? They've been stonewalling shit that polls over like 80% approval for the last decade, for fuck's sake.
No. They only care about saying and doing whatever they think will make Democrats mad, regardless of whether it's a thing they themselves are doing or have in the past done.
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could have had one commissioned or gifted to them while in office
who knows? is kind of the point of "don't jump to conclusions based off a hastily snapped and tweeted photo"
Yes?
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Biden, probably: "Take everything back. Thoroughly clean it, examine it for any damage, then I'll consider bringing back what I want."
For example, RandoMcTweeter says a lot of White House decor is on loan and gets returned between administrations; an unsourced claim which probably deserves as much weight as my layman's interpretation of that image.
Presumably, they will also check for bugs.
surveillance devices as well, I would hope.
Let's play Mario Kart or something...
Let him have it it’s one of many desks and fairly far down the list in terms of significance
Alternatively: fuck him, give him nothing.
Could be that Biden or someone else making those calls wants other items in place, temporarily or permanently. Obviously they aren’t going to tear down to base building like an office renovation between tenants, but clearing out some of the shit that is recognizably prominent during this admin might hold appeal as well.
At least until they’re sure it’s free of viruses and bugs (or all sorts).
That's what struck me as so comical when Ted Cruz started positioning himself to grab Trump's crazies. Come on Ted, you're a walking bag of sad, there's no way you could entertain those people like Donald does. They're not interested in a bunch of your poe-faced, overly sentimental, empty speeches on patriotism.
It's gonna be hilarious when all these far right Republican members of congress remain loyal Trumpists for the next 4 years, hoping to be the one to inherit his supporters and run in 2024, only for some WWE wrestler, country singer or twitch streamer to swoop in an take over because Trumpism is about entertainment, not politics.
this country is frankly lousy with them
I believe in the white house there are at least 10 currently. And its a common bust for politicians to have.
pleasepaypreacher.net
Remember when the deal with Cruz was his dad was an evangelical sect leader who believed there are figures appointed by God to go out and secure treasures for the faithful, and just so coincidentally Ted Cruz was just one of those anointed?
yeah... hilarious.
right up to election night.
Hindsight is always... 2020.
They’re like a penny a dozen
foresight was available in 2016
Why is he so persecuted?
Thank you Sam Bee for bringing that to my attention.
I have a tiny lincoln bust on my desk at home. Got it during the field trip to Springfield in highschool or middleschool, I forget which. But I am an Illinoisan.
my dad had a bookend that was a lincoln bust when i was a kid
I remember. Out of all the Republican hopefuls, Cruz was the one I feared the most, more than Trump even.
Trump might through incompetence destroy the world. Cruz would work towards that goal for the explicit purpose of bringing about literal armageddon.
Or at least, those were my thoughts at the time.
Frankly I'm not even sure that's true.
The closest to a "normal" republican I can remember was Jeb Bush and it felt like he didn't even want to be running from day one.
I remember the rest of them being "jesus-tap-dancing-christ" levels of terrible.
I dunno, Marco Rubio feels like a classic Republican. That might just be compared to like, Trump and Cruz and Christie, though.
Marco Rubio is just a younger Lindsey Graham
he has absolutely no principles and will say whatever he thinks is the popular thing in the moment, lacking a single shred of courage to defend his statements once the winds change
i guess it all depends on your definition of classic Republican, but he doesn't embody anything at all except clumsy attempts at opportunism
Isn't that what a Republican is? I don't remember them being anything other than that.
i wouldn't say so in any more than a flippant way
He's been essentially aiding COVID the entire time, decrying lockdowns, promoting herd immunity, pushing to reopen everything, and generally being a piece of shit. No different than any other Republican? Maybe. But still ghoulish and awful.
I hate that mailbox head.
Maybe in the past it was. Not anymore. God, can you imagine how different the country would be if Republicans just always went with whatever was the most popular? They've been stonewalling shit that polls over like 80% approval for the last decade, for fuck's sake.
No. They only care about saying and doing whatever they think will make Democrats mad, regardless of whether it's a thing they themselves are doing or have in the past done.