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27. Do the eyes appear to follow you?

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Feb 19, 2026, 08:12 PM

Feb 19

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 Feb 19 OP

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss twodogsbarking Feb 19 #1

I knew he is the ... reincarnation... Justice matters. Feb 20 #44

Now he's the 'hunter' ---- back shooter. Norrrm Feb 19 #2

Mango Mussolini Kid Berwyn Feb 19 #3

Needs a flaming arrow in his nose! N/T tonekat Feb 19 #4

First thing... 2naSalit Feb 19 #7

Only unhinged autocrats hang banners of themselves on public buildings. sop Feb 19 #5

Lipstick on a pig and vice versa /nt bucolic_frolic Feb 19 #6

looks like... GiqueCee Feb 19 #8

;-{)..... Goonch Feb 19 #9

Vomit inducing. SamKnause Feb 19 #10

and is that his famous mug shot? Kali Feb 19 #11

Indeed, it is. Wednesdays Feb 19 #12

Fuck this piece of shit! I do not want to live in North Korea! Initech Feb 19 #13

Shithole country indeed. mtngirl47 Feb 19 #21

Yup. Initech Feb 19 #35

North Korea? Norrrm Feb 19 #33

North Korea 2 Norrrm Feb 19 #34

How "Hitler" of him FakeNoose Feb 19 #14

Someone needs to project BaronChocula Feb 19 #15

That's certainly yack worthy Bayard Feb 19 #16

Here's hoping the banner is ripped or burned down sakabatou Feb 19 #17

This is sickening to the highest degree! oasis Feb 19 #18

Sick fuck. SunSeeker Feb 19 #19

Dictators on buildings. LetMyPeopleVote Feb 19 #20

Some day those first three words will be gone Orrex Feb 19 #22

It usually ends this way... Dem4life1970 Feb 19 #23

Look, not trying to be funny angrychair Feb 19 #24

My goodness! You're Right! tonekat Feb 19 #30

OTOH - let him be the face of that chaotic, unpopular mess of Justice Dept. Marie Marie Feb 19 #25

Fitting orangecrush Feb 19 #26

Do the eyes appear to follow you? DBoon Feb 19 #27

Look at me Daddy! chouchou Feb 19 #28

It's Stunning Just How Much of Trump's Life Comes Down to Trying in Vain To Please His Father DrFunkenstein Feb 22 #53

Your words are quite true. chouchou Feb 22 #55

It's obvious MW67 Feb 19 #29

Utterly disgusting. mdbl Feb 19 #31

Too bad it's out of spit/piss range. Talitha Feb 19 #32

Wow! That's got to be... regnaD kciN Feb 19 #36

I was hoping to challenge your grammar, but I see it's correct ... eppur_se_muova Feb 19 #37

Someday this will be taught in schools as the attempted fascist takeover of the United States. Martin68 Feb 19 #38

At least back then they didn't posterize a contemporaneous fascist. Marcuse Feb 19 #39

or sadaam hussein. pansypoo53219 Feb 19 #40

Flaming arrows pfitz59 Feb 19 #41

History is "rhyming". LudwigPastorius Feb 19 #42

It's getting so any place you are in DC he's staring at you. Figarosmom Feb 20 #43

This reminds me of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi. Lionel Mandrake Feb 20 #45

Someone needs to hang a WANTED sign under it. N/T S/V Loner Feb 20 #46

This Is A Great Sign MissouriDem47 Feb 20 #47

Donald Trump hung at Justice Department headquarters twodogsbarking Feb 20 #48

Will be one on the Supreme Court by end of the weekend. travelingthrulife Feb 20 #49

"Hanging that banner should put to rest any doubt that Donald Trump has hijacked the independence of the Justice Dept." mahatmakanejeeves Feb 21 #50

MaddowBlog-The inadvertent truth exposed by the Justice Department's new Trump banner LetMyPeopleVote Feb 21 #51

This is disgusting Blue_Roses Feb 21 #52

If Ever There Was a Need For a Light Projection Activist DrFunkenstein Feb 22 #54