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DBoon

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27. Do the eyes appear to follow you?

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Feb 19, 2026, 08:12 PM

23 hrs ago

On each landing, opposite the lift-shaft, the poster with the enormous face gazed from the wall. It was one of those pictures which are so contrived that the eyes follow you about when you move. BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU, the caption beneath it ran.

— George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Part I, Chapter I

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Giant banner of Donald Trump hung at Justice Department headquarters [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday OP

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss twodogsbarking Yesterday #1

I knew he is the ... reincarnation... Justice matters. 17 hrs ago #44

Now he's the 'hunter' ---- back shooter. Norrrm Yesterday #2

Mango Mussolini Kid Berwyn Yesterday #3

Needs a flaming arrow in his nose! N/T tonekat Yesterday #4

First thing... 2naSalit Yesterday #7

Only unhinged autocrats hang banners of themselves on public buildings. sop Yesterday #5

Lipstick on a pig and vice versa /nt bucolic_frolic Yesterday #6

looks like... GiqueCee Yesterday #8

;-{)..... Goonch Yesterday #9

Vomit inducing. SamKnause Yesterday #10

and is that his famous mug shot? Kali Yesterday #11

Indeed, it is. Wednesdays Yesterday #12

Fuck this piece of shit! I do not want to live in North Korea! Initech Yesterday #13

Shithole country indeed. mtngirl47 Yesterday #21

Yup. Initech 22 hrs ago #35

North Korea? Norrrm 22 hrs ago #33

North Korea 2 Norrrm 22 hrs ago #34

How "Hitler" of him FakeNoose Yesterday #14

Someone needs to project BaronChocula Yesterday #15

That's certainly yack worthy Bayard Yesterday #16

Here's hoping the banner is ripped or burned down sakabatou Yesterday #17

This is sickening to the highest degree! oasis Yesterday #18

Sick fuck. SunSeeker Yesterday #19

Dictators on buildings. LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday #20

Some day those first three words will be gone Orrex Yesterday #22

It usually ends this way... Dem4life1970 Yesterday #23

Look, not trying to be funny angrychair 23 hrs ago #24

My goodness! You're Right! tonekat 22 hrs ago #30

OTOH - let him be the face of that chaotic, unpopular mess of Justice Dept. Marie Marie 23 hrs ago #25

Fitting orangecrush 23 hrs ago #26

Do the eyes appear to follow you? DBoon 23 hrs ago #27

Look at me Daddy! chouchou 23 hrs ago #28

It's obvious MW67 23 hrs ago #29

Utterly disgusting. mdbl 22 hrs ago #31

Too bad it's out of spit/piss range. Talitha 22 hrs ago #32

Wow! That's got to be... regnaD kciN 22 hrs ago #36

I was hoping to challenge your grammar, but I see it's correct ... eppur_se_muova 21 hrs ago #37

Someday this will be taught in schools as the attempted fascist takeover of the United States. Martin68 21 hrs ago #38

At least back then they didn't posterize a contemporaneous fascist. Marcuse 21 hrs ago #39

or sadaam hussein. pansypoo53219 21 hrs ago #40

Flaming arrows pfitz59 20 hrs ago #41

History is "rhyming". LudwigPastorius 20 hrs ago #42

It's getting so any place you are in DC he's staring at you. Figarosmom 19 hrs ago #43

This reminds me of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi. Lionel Mandrake 17 hrs ago #45

Someone needs to hang a WANTED sign under it. N/T S/V Loner 13 hrs ago #46

This Is A Great Sign MissouriDem47 12 hrs ago #47

Donald Trump hung at Justice Department headquarters twodogsbarking 9 hrs ago #48

Will be one on the Supreme Court by end of the weekend. travelingthrulife 1 hr ago #49