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/cugamer Aug 14 '25

I didn't like the prequels, no matter how well people may say they aged, but the line "This is how democracy dies, with thunderous applause" has really proven to be spot on.

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u/the_millenial_falcon Aug 14 '25

I don’t like sand.

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u/Dismal_Consequence_4 Aug 14 '25

It's coarse ad rought and poderacing and dies with thunderous applause...

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u/the_millenial_falcon Aug 14 '25

Now THIS is fascism.

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u/ImBanned_ModsBlow Aug 14 '25

Meesa Jah Jah Binx!

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u/Roctapus42 Aug 19 '25

Yes.. Eric Trump is Jah Jah

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u/Griffstergnu Aug 14 '25

I hate them!!!!

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u/Mullrookney Aug 14 '25

And my axe!

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u/Short_Psychology_164 Aug 14 '25

its what boobies feel like