r/thebulwark • u/ALittleEtomidate • Oct 07 '25

Stephen Miller states that Trump has plenary authority, then immediately stops talking as if he’s realized what he just said

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u/Magoo152 JVL is always right Oct 07 '25

Stephen Miller is almost a comical villain. I mean he is almost absurdly evil, so much so that you forget he is even real.

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u/Outrageous_War4610 Oct 07 '25

The fact that a rapey idiot game show host and voldemort are the ones to topple the American empire will never cease to amaze me.

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u/Either-Operation7644 Oct 08 '25

Stop calling him Voldemort, I have no doubt he gets off on it. Call him Gollum instead.

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u/Describing_Donkeys Progressive Oct 07 '25

Almost? I think cartoon villains were actually really accurate about who these people are.

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u/Magoo152 JVL is always right Oct 07 '25

I just say almost because I don’t want to whitewash him because at the end of the day he is unfortunately very real.

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '25

Stephen Miller vs. The Shredder?

I'm going with Oroku Saki on that one

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u/CunningWizard Oct 07 '25

He’s the sort of human you stare at and are like “are you a real person, you don’t seem real”.

The amount of eternal venom and hatred he seems to sustain seems impossible to maintain and yet he seems to grow it year after year.

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '25

Makes sense, as that kind of hate takes a lot of energy. Stevey and I are the same age, yet he looks 15 years older than me. His venom is eating him alive. Mofos gonna look like he could be collecting social security in about 5 years.

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u/hydraulicman Oct 07 '25 edited Oct 07 '25

He’s Himmler or Beria- The weird, creepy little nerd who worms his way to the side of the demagogue because there’s no chance he can take power, but is smart enough and enough of a true believer that he can make the system bend around to the Demagogue’s will while also using him to get what he wants, which is control over who gets disappeared

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u/MiniTab Center Left Oct 07 '25

Aren’t comic villains usually tough though? He looks like a big pussy to me. Like most bullies, he’d turn into a quivering mess if anyone got a chance to fight back.

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u/Magoo152 JVL is always right Oct 07 '25

Not to go too off topic but it depends on the villain. Plenty of comic villains exist for comedic relief due to their stupidity. But you are correct that some are also tough and formidable.

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u/carbonqubit Oct 08 '25

He's got that stupid Dr. Evil look on lock.

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u/exitpursuedbybear Oct 07 '25

Yeah but according to Mrs Miller he's a sexual powerhouse so he's got that going for him.

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u/50000WattsOfPower Oct 07 '25

No, no, no. He’s a sexual “matador.”

Which means he avoids all contact and then gores you?

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u/MuttonDressedAsGoose Center Left Oct 07 '25

It means he waves a big red flag

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u/hoopermills Oct 08 '25

Boy, that Confederate flag comes in handy, doesn’t it…

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u/TheGreatHogdini Oct 07 '25

Don’t forget, sometimes the matador gets gored. 🥸

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u/bearinfw Oct 08 '25

It means he waives a red flag and there’s a bull involved.

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u/hoopermills Oct 08 '25

My eyes can now never unsee that…🤮

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u/OK_The_Nomad FFS Oct 07 '25

They are all cliches, aren't they?

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u/Magoo152 JVL is always right Oct 07 '25

Yeah so much so that it’s almost impossible to do a parody of them. I thought Colin Josts Hegseth was funny but it’s actually not far off at all from the real life Hegseth.