Phender, The Political Science Duck
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Forklift certified political scientist. Video gamer (mostly), bad writer (always), and sometimes I cook things and will definitely brag about them (always).
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Breakfast for dinner. You know what's up.
December 21, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Breakfast for dinner. You know what's up.
This is actually incredibly insane for the government to say. Anyone expressing hostility towards "traditional views on family, religion, morality" may trigger a federal investigation?
The Trump admin can piss off with this
The Trump admin can piss off with this
December 19, 2025 at 4:27 PM
This is actually incredibly insane for the government to say. Anyone expressing hostility towards "traditional views on family, religion, morality" may trigger a federal investigation?
The Trump admin can piss off with this
The Trump admin can piss off with this
Part of Trump's "energy domination" plan is to just steal it from South American countries.
December 18, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Part of Trump's "energy domination" plan is to just steal it from South American countries.
Oh look a tyrannical executive committing acts of war and our current House is not doing a damn thing to stop him
December 17, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Oh look a tyrannical executive committing acts of war and our current House is not doing a damn thing to stop him
Believing ANTIFA is an actual organization is actually a pretty good political litmus test.
People who do believe that are idiots and their opinions are worthless.
People who do believe that are idiots and their opinions are worthless.
December 11, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Believing ANTIFA is an actual organization is actually a pretty good political litmus test.
People who do believe that are idiots and their opinions are worthless.
People who do believe that are idiots and their opinions are worthless.
Eric Adams doing everything he can to be a weirdo
December 11, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Eric Adams doing everything he can to be a weirdo
The new US foreign policy is apparently murder and piracy
December 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM
The new US foreign policy is apparently murder and piracy
Everyone who has hiked has eventually died. Therefore, it is dangerous to go hiking.
December 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Everyone who has hiked has eventually died. Therefore, it is dangerous to go hiking.
Listen, if there was a giant batch of files that would prove, without a doubt, that I did not do the thing everyone is accusing me of, I would shove them down everyone's throat. I wouldn't stop talking about it. I would want everyone to see these files.
Trump isn't doing any of that.
Trump isn't doing any of that.
December 10, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Listen, if there was a giant batch of files that would prove, without a doubt, that I did not do the thing everyone is accusing me of, I would shove them down everyone's throat. I wouldn't stop talking about it. I would want everyone to see these files.
Trump isn't doing any of that.
Trump isn't doing any of that.
Typical MAGAT, Trump's violent rhetoric didn't matter until it affected her.
Greene: “[Trump] called me a traitor, and because of his words, he brought serious threats against myself and my family.”
Brown: “Can you tell us a little bit more about what h reaction was to these threats?”
Greene: “I won't repeat what he said, but it was extremely unkind. No sympathy. No care."
Brown: “Can you tell us a little bit more about what h reaction was to these threats?”
Greene: “I won't repeat what he said, but it was extremely unkind. No sympathy. No care."
December 9, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Typical MAGAT, Trump's violent rhetoric didn't matter until it affected her.
I farted at work and it ruined everyone's day
December 9, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I farted at work and it ruined everyone's day
Trump is so stupid and its hurting Americans
December 9, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Trump is so stupid and its hurting Americans
Turns out the thing that was driving up costs was inside the House the entire time.
December 9, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Turns out the thing that was driving up costs was inside the House the entire time.
Tom Cotton is complicit in the murder of innocent people
WELKER: Is there any hard evidence showing this particular boat was headed to the US?
TOM COTTON: That didn't come up in my briefing
WELKER: Are you comfortable having the US target a boat that you're not sure is heading to the US?
COTTON: I'm not just comfortable with it -- I want to continue it
TOM COTTON: That didn't come up in my briefing
WELKER: Are you comfortable having the US target a boat that you're not sure is heading to the US?
COTTON: I'm not just comfortable with it -- I want to continue it
December 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Tom Cotton is complicit in the murder of innocent people
Dear Every Company on Earth, stop integrating AI into your products. They are not needed. They are not wanted. My dishwasher does not need AI. My car doesn't need AI.
No one wants this shit.
NO ONE.
No one wants this shit.
NO ONE.
December 6, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Dear Every Company on Earth, stop integrating AI into your products. They are not needed. They are not wanted. My dishwasher does not need AI. My car doesn't need AI.
No one wants this shit.
NO ONE.
No one wants this shit.
NO ONE.
"I need to save lives" is just code for "I need to kill brown people to save white people"
December 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
"I need to save lives" is just code for "I need to kill brown people to save white people"
He's taking credit for winning the totally fake "war on christmas" that was invented by religious fanatics who don't want to acknowledge other holidays.
December 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
He's taking credit for winning the totally fake "war on christmas" that was invented by religious fanatics who don't want to acknowledge other holidays.
Onions are actually really good
December 6, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Onions are actually really good
This is an insane thing to think and then say out loud
Q: What did you see in the second strike?
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
December 4, 2025 at 11:57 PM
This is an insane thing to think and then say out loud
It was 100% his brain and he 100% knows why and it's probably really bad.
Reporter: Governor Walz called for the release of your MRI results
Trump: They were perfect like my phone call where I got impeached.
Reporter: Can you tell us what they were looking at?
Trump: I have no idea. It was just an MRI. It wasn’t the brain because I took a cognitive test and aced it.
Trump: They were perfect like my phone call where I got impeached.
Reporter: Can you tell us what they were looking at?
Trump: I have no idea. It was just an MRI. It wasn’t the brain because I took a cognitive test and aced it.
December 1, 2025 at 4:14 PM
It was 100% his brain and he 100% knows why and it's probably really bad.
Shutting down a sovereign nation's airspace is an act of war
November 29, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Shutting down a sovereign nation's airspace is an act of war
@profanity.accountant tell me that I can do better
November 29, 2025 at 2:50 AM
@profanity.accountant tell me that I can do better
Trump does not have the authority to do this. He is mentally unwell.
November 28, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Trump does not have the authority to do this. He is mentally unwell.
They don't know anything about American history
November 28, 2025 at 2:24 AM
They don't know anything about American history