# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 4) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 22, 2025, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678 "2025-02-22T21:08:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 205
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2026, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4081 "2026-04-17T15:45:56Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > That’s the goal, not unintended consequences. I am shocked to learn that they might have been less than truthful!!! ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2026, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4082 "2026-04-17T16:15:45Z")
> [@Fugazi](#): > > > [@DesertDog](#): > > > > they’ll get ringside seats looking down into the pit where the rest of us are being tortured > > To me, watching other people being tortured would be hell Then as they lean over the railing for a better look, Jesus gives Peter the sign, Peter nods at Gabriel and Michael and they pull the trapdoor. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2026, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4083 "2026-04-18T19:19:12Z")
Stephen “Sonderkommando” Miller just barely stops himself from saying Trump is seeking a Final Solution in Iran. > **[Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)](https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mjlabgeacz2e)** > > Stephen Miller almost says that Trump is seeking a "final solution" in Iran but then catches himself ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2026, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4084 "2026-04-18T20:57:10Z")
Doug Burgum says he has a secret plan to induct Teddy Roosevelt into the NFL Hall of Fame. > **[Trump official baffles by bragging about 'secret' initiative to honor former...](https://www.rawstory.com/doug-burgum-2676762268/)** > > One of President Donald Trump's cabinet members baffled political analysts and observers on Saturday after reportedly bragging about a new "secret" initiative at a recent event. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum predicted during an event at the National... ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2026, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4085 "2026-04-19T22:47:22Z")
Palantir wants to bring back the draft. > **[US draft update: Major tech company urges universal national service](https://www.newsweek.com/us-draft-update-major-tech-company-urges-universal-national-service-11850885)** > > The company has won major Pentagon contracts, including work on Project Maven, an AI‑driven targeting and surveillance program. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2026, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4086 "2026-04-19T23:29:45Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Cut 20,000 and hire 22,000. Another fine example of GOP math. It makes perfect sense. Just purging people was never the point. It was purging specifically the efficient people. Now they need to replace them with good inefficient bootlickers. DOGE was always about seeking out and eliminating efficiency. Remember, one of the first things they did was to establish hotlines where folks could report their co-workers for actually doing work. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4087 "2026-04-20T09:54:33Z")
I will never stop thinking of this every time I hear his name. > [@Smapti](#): > > Doug Burgum [![](https://media.tenor.com/7Rtp1_KhNqUAAAAM/frontier-gibberish.gif) ](https://media.tenor.com/7Rtp1_KhNqUAAAAM/frontier-gibberish.gif) DOUG BURGUM!!! ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4088 "2026-04-20T13:47:26Z")
Authentic frontier gibberish. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4089 "2026-04-20T14:33:24Z")
What did he say? The sheriff is nearer? ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4090 "2026-04-20T21:40:11Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Palantir wants to bring back the draft. I’m right with them. The problem with an all-volunteer force is that it is much easier to send them off to war on a whim. If your drafted kid is at risk, then it becomes more necessary to actually build some sort of national consensus. And of course, it is easy for an old guy to say that, but I was saying back when my three sons were prime draft age. I do think the random number generator should be weighted somehow so that [fortunate children](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWijx_AgPiA) are more likely to selectively server. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4091 "2026-04-20T22:16:27Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > The problem with an all-volunteer force is that it is much easier to send them off to war on a whim. If your drafted kid is at risk, then it becomes more necessary to actually build some sort of national consensus. Or you could have a bloodthirsty autocrat throw a million young men into a woodchipper like Putin has been doing the past four years. But hey, it’s not like we’d ever have a president that power-hungry and stupid around here, right? …right? ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4092 "2026-04-21T00:47:09Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Congressman Rich McCormick (R-GA) says America won the Vietnam War. And here I am embarrassed that I said that… in a high school history report. My excuse - we didn’t get to the 20th century in class. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4093 "2026-04-21T00:50:49Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > My excuse - we didn’t get to the 20th century in class. When I took AP US History in 11th grade, in 2000-2001, it was a big deal that it was the first year the curriculum was going to include Watergate. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4094 "2026-04-21T02:34:48Z")
Chip Roy says “Bill of attainder? What’s that?” > **[What is the "Mamdani Act"? GOP bill would ban socialists, Marxists from US](https://www.newsweek.com/what-is-the-mamdani-act-gop-bill-banning-socialists-marxists-from-us-11855151)** > > Chip Roy's "Mamdani Act" would make socialists, Marxists and Islamists deportable and inadmissible to the United States. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4095 "2026-04-21T03:27:24Z")
Yeah all those god-awful immediately identifiable fucking socialists and marxists. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4096 "2026-04-21T03:29:09Z")
That bill is based on so many lies, it’s pathetic. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4097 "2026-04-21T15:27:08Z")
Well, I donated to a firefighters fund once. The fire department is very much a socialist institution. Guess that makes me a socialist and probably a Marxist too. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4098 "2026-04-21T22:09:53Z")
Steak & Shake has hired a “Chief MAHA Officer” to make sure its food is made with “real ingredients”, which I assume means whale heads and raccoon penises. > ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4099 "2026-04-21T22:24:37Z")
Is Steak N Shake trying to kiss trumps ass because he made them a promise or are they trying to kiss his ass because they need his (legal) help? ETA, looks like this is nothing new for them and they’re sucking up to RFK Jr, not Trump. From wiki > ### MAGA affiliation > > After a lackluster financial performance in 2024, Steak 'n Shake started marketing heavily to [conservatives](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservatism_in_the_United_States) in the [MAGA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_America_Great_Again) movement.[[133]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steak_'n_Shake#cite_note-133) Posts on the company’s social media aligned the brand with [Tesla](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla,_Inc.) and [Robert F. Kennedy Jr.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_Jr.), while the CEO appeared on Fox News to promote the beef tallow fries.[ [https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2025/03/13/steak-shake-maga-beef-tallow/](https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2025/03/13/steak-shake-maga-beef-tallow/) ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4100 "2026-04-21T23:10:49Z")
John “Leghorn” Kennedy says he hasn’t read the report about Kash Patel’s drinking problem because the Atlantic has a paywall. > **[GOP senator worth an estimated $20M complains he can't get past The...](https://www.rawstory.com/kennedy-patel-the-atlantic/)** > > Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) made a surprising remark on Tuesday during a CNN live broadcast about how he couldn't access an explosive report about FBI Director Kash Patel in The Atlantic, complaining about the publisher's paywall. CNN anchor Kasie Hunt... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=204) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=206)