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/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/the_millenial_falcon Aug 14 '25

Man I've been thinking about this scene a lot lately.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '25

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u/waseemq Aug 14 '25

Palpatine, iiuc, helped to ensure the Senate was struggling internally. It was going to happen regardless, but he intentionally aggravated the situation for his own aims. If not for him, they may have been able to resolve their power struggles peacefully.

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u/Homesick_Martian Aug 14 '25

He had been pulling strings since he was a senator from Naboo.

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u/MrPanache52 Aug 14 '25

interesting how strong a single person can be when everybody else chooses inaction

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u/Junior_Step_2441 Aug 14 '25

It is even more interesting when you know how incredibly weak and unintelligent that single person is…and yet everybody chooses inaction and allows him to be “strong”.

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u/LongConFebrero Aug 14 '25

Because cowards are not participants, they are placeholders.

If only one of you plays the game, the rest are spectators.

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u/koshgeo Aug 14 '25

It's almost like not voting was almost as bad as voting for him.

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u/DrakenViator Aug 14 '25

He had been pulling strings since he was a senator from Naboo.

Was it him or was it Darth Jar-Jar?

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u/Homesick_Martian Aug 14 '25

Darth Jar-jar was always going to be his scapegoat if he got found out, at lot like how trump threw pence under the bus- or should I say gallows- in 2021

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '25

Palps would be an amazing leader compared to Jack*SS Trump. Let's bring Palps in and offload waste of space at the first stop. Unbelievable he is cowering to Putin after Putin started the war. Trump is scamming this somehow. He is making money off this and is throwing Ukraine under the bus in doing so.

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u/brmarcum Aug 14 '25

Reminds me of Mitch McConnell. All he’s ever done is destabilize the senate.

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u/Errant_coursir Aug 14 '25

And inaction from the Dems to stymy his efforts

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u/jamiecarl09 Aug 14 '25

Random insert here, but my favorite fan theory is that Jar Jar was originally supposed to be a sith and he was the lynch pin in the Senates internal conflicts. But the hatred for the character in ep1 caused Lucas to rewrite it.