Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social)
I’m sure renaming one of the Cabinet positions to Department of WAR is just what the Nobel Peace Prize committee is looking for.
Accountant by day, stoner and awful sports takes by night. Illini/Arsenal/Packers/Cardinals fan, so I’m used to being disappointed. Star Wars > Star Trek, pineapple does not belong on pizza, and leave the NCAA Tournament ALONE!
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I’m sure renaming one of the Cabinet positions to Department of WAR is just what the Nobel Peace Prize committee is looking for.
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Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social)
Not sure I’ve ever seen a football coach less interested in coaching football than Bill Belichick.
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Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social)
Government by Constanza
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Love seeing Illinois being tidy and prepared while other teams like Bama looked like Illinois used to look
Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social) reply parent
They should’ve split every 2. Go big or go home.
Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social)
Here is a scientific fact that courts need to reckon with: If you ask Drew Ensign a question, and his response is “yes”, you can believe it. If his response is “that’s what I’ve been told”, it’s a complete lie.
Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social)
That’s pretty embarrassing for City. 🤣🤣
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I think it’s important to keep repeating that Trump is not doing anything unique or original. Like J.B. said, he’s simply following in the footsteps of dictators before him. It’s effective messaging, because it will get under Trump’s skin. A lot.
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GET HIM, J.B.!!!
Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s pretty ugly when the reporter/interviewer is trying to get the guest to agree with her on how great Trump is, while the guest has to fact check her wild claims.
Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social) reply parent
They can trot out any statistics they dream up, but nothing will change that fact that Big Balls got carjacked and beat up by a teenage girl. Also, release the Epstein files.
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Guarantee his campaign manager wrote this tweet.
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Their opponent today
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Beat The Hell Out of UTSA
Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social) reply parent
Is…is that hashtag what I think it is? And this is the official campus POLICE account?
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This meme is going to be used more than the Michigan guy.
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The part where he explicitly states that the supervisor was wearing sunglasses. And the fact that it apparently needed an exclamation point. 🤣🤣💀💀😵🔫
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The part where he explicitly states that the supervisor was wearing sunglasses…WITH AN EXCLAMATION POINT…is just the cherry on top.
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“I’ve fixed seven gashes so far, and three more I’m not counting.”
Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social) reply parent
Will Mike Locksley be the first coach ever to be fired during his Game 1 halftime interview?
Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social) reply parent
“That’s just superfluous” “He’s a former President, Tom. Are you saying he’s not delicious?”
Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social) reply parent
I did not have Dean Cain goes from “ICE Poster Boy” to “Bilking the Government for workers comp” in less than two weeks on my 2025 Bingo card.
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Only one way to find out…
Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social) reply parent
This would be my annual pilgrimage. I’d walk through hurricanes and blizzards to contribute.
Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social) reply parent
I always said that if this country wanted to raise billions to pay for whatever, just bury Trump (alive or dead, idgaf) and charge people $10 to piss on his grave.
Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social) reply parent
Depends. (See what I did there?)
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Natty
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Monday, you can hold my head Tuesday, Wednesday, stay in bed Thursday, watch the walls instead It’s Friday, I’m in love Great choice!
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This sounds like a…😎 Meta lawsuit. I’ll see myself out.
Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social) reply parent
This is a lie. Because it would mean the McDonald’s soft serve machine was working.
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James Austin Johnson has a job for at least the next three years.
Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social) reply parent
Including himself
Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s actually fascinating, because they explicitly said a month ago that Trump cannot fire Fed Governors. They were extremely clear on that. This case is likely going to get back to SCOTUS, and they are going to have to decide to either stand up to Trump and uphold their ruling or go back on it.
Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social) reply parent
I’ll allow that. Remove him. 🎉🎉
Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social) reply parent
She’s not “wrongfully there”. She was appointed and confirmed. Just because the President doesn’t want her there doesn’t make it “wrong”.
Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social) reply parent
“You can’t look at things we don’t want you to look at”
Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social) reply parent
That’s exactly what pretext is, stupid. President wants an opening, so he finds some reason and calls it “for cause”. That’s literally pre-textual.
Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social) reply parent
Jesus Christ, here we go again. “Judges can’t review what Trump is doing”. Take it to SCOTUS, Roth. They’ve already said Trump can’t fire Fed Governors. You go tell them that they have no right to review it.
Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social) reply parent
There you go! That’s what we want to see!
Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social) reply parent
I’m no lawyer, but I feel like this attorney is woefully underprepared to answer any questions today.
Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social) reply parent
SCOTUS has already ruled that Trump can’t fire anyone from the Board of Governors. They explicitly said this. How is this not front and center in Lowell’s answers?
Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social) reply parent
Even if you believe him that it’s mental health, they still aren’t doing anything to help with the mental health side.
Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social) reply parent
Ok, great! You’ve identified one (of many) of the problems with school shootings. So…WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO TO HELP THIS MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEM?
Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social)
Countries can do that?!?
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Macomb? It’s in Mapocket. I’ll see myself out…
Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s not over until Mario Cristobal takes a knee.
Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social) reply parent
Better to have a few MAGA jurors out of 12 than one MAGA judge out of one.
Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social) reply parent
So, it won’t save Medicare any money, because the money that would help patients and go to doctors/hospitals, will now go to AI companies, who will just deny everything to maximize profits AND scrape all the confidential/medical data they can find. Bang up job.
Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social)
I don’t mind the Cowboys picking at #32 for the next two seasons.
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The Cowboys can pick at 32 for the next two years.
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Screenshots needed.
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Of course. Now that they actually see which way the winds are blowing, they don’t want to be caught pissing the wrong way.
Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social) reply parent
Same with the Remove Subscription button requirement. They spent time building that button on the backend, and there’s no harm in leaving it. It’s simple the greed of “if we make it more difficult, maybe some people will give up and keep the sub going”. Whatever happened to serving the customer?
Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social)
It really shouldn’t come as a surprise anymore, but sometimes, corporate greed/callousness can still be shocking. Taking away an earned benefit, simply because it’s no longer legally required, is awful. Companies demand that employees go above and beyond, but the company could never do that.
Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social)
I can’t believe that Florida residents are not up in arms over how much was spent on this, and demanding DeSantis resign… …then I remember it’s Florida, which is redneck Trumpsters in the north (who travelled to the camp like it was the Hajj), and a bunch of retired Republicans in the south.
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Only in her mind.
Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social) reply parent
I like how the lower courts are now using “based on the Supreme Court’s own ruling” as their justification. Makes it clear that opposing the decision is directly opposing SCOTUS, and also challenges SCOTUS to either negate their previous ruling or rule against Trump, per their prior precedent.
Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social)
Dems had a winning message when this guy was out and about, calling out Trump and his cronies for what they are: weird. People were responding, numbers were rising, money was flowing…and then, they cut his legs out from under him, and we’re left with *gestures wildly* all of this bullshit.
Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s good that you specified what he was discussing. Unfortunately, that sentence can mean many different things with President Child Rapist.
Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social) reply parent
Senator, hold him accountable! It does zero good to bring him in to testify and “give answers” if he is not charged for the lies he tells under oath! If he lies, arrest him immediately for perjury! (Yes, we all know Pres Shithead will pardon him, but MAKE HIM DO IT AND OWN THE CONSEQUENCES!)
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Missing a weeknight trip to Kazakhstan is disappointing.
Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social) reply parent
“Yo dawg, I heard you just got bonus tender to spend. So we put some mounts with other mounts so you can have no more tender while mounting your new mounts.”
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Even the correct team.
Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social) reply parent
Tariffs really have no effect on corporations. Yeah, they have to pay attention to them, but only long enough to bump their prices to cover them. No one in corporate America is concerned about tariffs beyond “someone needs to figure out the price adjustments to offset them”.
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They like what he’s doing for them. More bank fees, tougher to cancel subscriptions, all regulatory bodies are either deleted or don’t have enough for a quorum. All of these are corporation wet dreams. It all goes back to Citizens United. That ruling is the biggest reason we are where we are.
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Nah, he’s good there. Lifetime appointment, in my opinion.
Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social) reply parent
I’m old enough to remember United fans laughing at Arsenal’s “fourth place trophy”. Bet they wish they could sniff anywhere near fourth place now.
Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social) reply parent
Plus, look at all the penalty experience Onana got! You’d think he would’ve stopped one by sheer luck, but the experience will pay off later!
Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social)
Double the embarrassment! Imagine not making it out of the second round of the League Cup as a Premier League team.
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If only there was a way for the Washington Post to make it clear that they are quoting someone. Maybe they should establish a way to mark when they start a quote, and when they end a quote.
Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social) reply parent
That’s because those are diametrically opposed positions. You can’t be a defender of trans “dignity”, if you are going to lock them out of certain activities. Replace “trans” with “black”. Do you think it’s credible to say “no blacks in sports, but I’m a huge defender of their dignity otherwise”?
Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social)
Even if they make the comeback and survive, how embarrassing to have to be playing League Cup games in the second round.
Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social)
Heartbreaking. We are failing our kids. No child should have to experience this. Ever. And this isn’t a natural disaster or some unforeseeable event. It’s completely preventable, but we just choose to sacrifice our children instead of confronting our problems.
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Yes, go after Soros with no evidence, while we had a billionaire literally promoting that he would pay people a million dollars for their vote and he’s cool.
Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social)
Every day, I hope for the ONE BIG THING that will blow down Trump’s little house of cards. Then I realize, nothing is going to be that OBT. With the fascist things he’s already done, is “taking over management of Union Station” really the straw that will break the camel’s back?
Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social)
Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social)
Even without the politics behind it, this is objectively hilarious and ridiculous. Dudes in camouflage, which is designed to hide you from peoples’ sight, wearing high-visibility orange vests so people can see them better.
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Is he the one who sent out the survey to see if voters want Trump to send troops to Chicago?
Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social) reply parent
First commercial will show Erinn sitting in their parents’ basement playing video games.
Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social) reply parent
Maybe Schumer and Jeffries are making galaxy brain plays. Standing back and waiting for Trump to do something that will get him eaten by his own MAGA monstrosity might be the most effective way. (It’s not, they suck. But I need hope today.)
Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social)
What? A bunch of snotty kids barely out of college, with no real life experience, led by such mature people as Biggus Dickus and Big Balls, were blasé with everyone’s PII? WHO COULD HAVE SEEN THIS COMING?
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But has your kid resumed wearing their watch?
Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social)
If the GOP is losing Republicans like this (and everyone cheering him on), then they are getting crushed next November. Of course, that’s why Trump is desperate for gerrymandering.
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That’s exactly why. If Dems flip both the House and Senate (and if Missouri Republicans are up in arms like this clip, it might just happen), then AT BEST, Trump will face stiff Congressional opposition at every turn. They should remove him, but Vance isn’t the answer, either.
Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social) reply parent
Just curious, since I wasn’t following closely: was 11 minutes necessary?
Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social)
How incompetent Donald Trump must be to make Brandon Johnson look like an effective and capable mayor.
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Didn’t want to lead with “we object”? You just want to tack it on at the end as everyone is trying to leave?
Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social) reply parent
In the morning? He will be moved tonight. Guaranteed.
Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social) reply parent
He will 100% relay that, and they will 100% ignore it and move him anyway. “BuT yOu DiDn’T gIvE a WrItTeN oRdEr”
Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social) reply parent
This could be a 10,000+ word deep dive, but it all basically boils down to: he has this energy because he’s always been surrounded by “yes” men/women. He simply lacks the fundamental understanding of what reality is, because he is only interested in the reality as he sees it.
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His only policy is getting a Nobel Peace Prize, because the black man got one.
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Look at all that crime that isn’t happening! What brave souls to be strolling the mean streets of D.C. with no aim or purpose at all.
Charlie Fillenwarth (@illinifan1280.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s official. I will be rooting for Europe this year, if only because Trump will be embarrassing and try to steal the Ryder Cup if the U.S. wins.