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Friday Fun Thread for June 5, 2026

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New Timeline just dropped. Hunter Biden joined Twitter two weeks ago and amassed a lot of followers. He is kind of funny.

Is he the front runner for POTUS in 2028 election?

I think I might vote for him.

He needs to be harder on immigrants to get my vote. Just because I would never trust a Dem to not get run over by the NGOs and let in unlimited migrants.

I don’t think America ever wants to elect another Romney. We want entertained so go pick the most absurd populists you can find.

Edit will give links and takes:

https://x.com/hunterbiden/status/2062880174254010399?s=46

https://x.com/signulll/status/2062602162857779536?s=46 https://x.com/shagbark_hick/status/2062709558246584513?s=46

I find him a lot more relatable than anyone in Trump's orbit, that's for sure. Guessing he'd immediately relapse if he went anywhere near a tough job though

Come to think of it, I'm surprised politicians and other figures aren't caught doing crack with black prostitutes in DC constantly. They're away from their homes and families, stressed, and surrounded by poor black people.

He just did a long as hell Soft White Underbelly video too. (yes the channel which usually interviews prostitutes and child abuse victims and whatever). I watched the whole thing. He's kind of flat and creepy like a lot of recovered drug addicts. I'm surprised he's a democrat. His paintings are bad enough that they trigger a Harrison Bergeron response in my brain.

A lot of maga have like that cousin who’s a heroin addict. Relatable to many people.

His following probably stems from those who understood him as the First Crackhead. Now that Rob Ford has passed away, he’s the next best candidate to zero in on.

It's got that 2008 Cracked.com writing style.

Which is great the first time you see it. After the dozenth the time, eh.

Ride-along question on this: Mottizens, do you think this is actually Hunter Biden, or is it a brilliant publicist? My money's on the latter - it's too perfectly Online, and it doesn't read at all like any of the Hunter Biden writing/messages we've seen. Also insanely good at hitting as many DNC youth outreach talking points as possible. Or maybe Hunter secretly got Extremely Online? He was seeing some dirtbag left egirl for a while.

There is no way this isn't a publicist ghost writing for him. Everything is just a little too on the nose, like George Takei used to be.

Maybe it is George Takei.

If he went for his father’s 1990’s politics I think he could have a good chance. The big issue his dad had was it felt like he was captured by the modern Democratic machine. My gut says if he runs he would be better off doing it as an independent as it would ease a lot of fears he will be controlled like dad. I think he could even pick off the MAGA vote. Trump does have an issue now that it feels like he’s controlled by Israel. And Hunter does feel American. So he could pick off a lot of Dems dissatisfied with the far left too. And maga does like a FU candidate which he fits.

Or maybe Hunter secretly got Extremely Online? He was seeing some dirtbag left egirl for a while.

I think the market for his totally-not-cover-for-bribes paintings is done, so he might have some time on his hands to be Extremely Online.

I thought he got hacked, and his hacker was trolling us. Though publicist is a good theory too but boring. However I think that people forget that Biden senior was a pretty charismatic person, definitely high on the list of politicians I'd get an Ice Cream cone with.

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