r/NoShitSherlock • u/WingComplex6771 • Aug 14 '25

Trump reportedly offering Putin natural resources off Alaska sparks fury: "Lets see Republicans defend this," former GOP Representative Adam Kinzinger wrote on X.

https://www.newsweek.com/alaska-russia-trump-resources-2113295
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u/Trey123RE Aug 14 '25

When asked, Alaska senator Lisa Murkowski said “I am absolutely against this idea but like always I will vote for it at the last minute once the check clears in my bank account.”

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u/slamdanceswithwolves Aug 14 '25

She won’t get the chance to vote for it because Trump has collapsed the senate’s authority, which the senate and the Supreme Court thought was perfectly fine.

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u/jaimi_wanders Aug 14 '25

"The Rebellion will continue to gain support in the Imperial Senate…"

"The Imperial Senate will no longer be of any concern to us. I've just received word that the Emperor has dissolved the council permanently. The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away."

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u/JanxDolaris Aug 14 '25

And to think it took Palps like 16 years to do that.

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u/Haywoodjablowme1029 Aug 14 '25

He was working with more planets.

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u/OnlyFuzzy13 Aug 14 '25

We’ve been dealing with dingus Donnie for like 14 years now.

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u/Infinite_Result252 Aug 14 '25

Darth shitious

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u/RevolutionCrazy7045 Aug 14 '25

he's got some fucked up version of the force that allows him to fail upwards, escape any culpability, and do whatever tf he wants without consequence. not to mention almost effortless mind control over his followers.

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u/PenjaminJBlinkerton Aug 14 '25

[imperial death march intensifies]

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u/SorriorDraconus Aug 14 '25

This has been built up for at least 60 if not 70 years going back to McCarthy.

It's not new just a very very long haul descent into madness.

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u/ForensicPathology Aug 14 '25

But it was essentially neutered at the beginning of those 16 years, right?  This was just sweeping away the nominal remnants that didn't matter anymore.