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The Morning Report — 2/25/26

Good morning kids. In the lead this morning, of course, is the State of the Union. No, I don't mean President Trump's SOTU speech from last night but the actual state of our union which, were it not for this president's mere presence in the Oval Office would be hurtling at light speed straight off of a cliff.

The speech itself was yet another solid performance and demonstration of this President's ability to communicate and connect with the American people, which is due in no small part to his delivering on policy success after success both at home and abroad in this his second term — And that dovetails perfectly with my initial assertion, insofar as the disastrous state of our Union. That is solely because of the demonic, diseased, deviant diabolical Democrat Party and everything it stands for. Or as in the case of last night everything and everyone it refused to stand for.

During President Trump’s State of the Union Address, Democrats refused to stand for Anna Zarutska, the mother of Iryna Zarutska – signaling the moral state of the American Left.

As a refresher, a subhuman degenerate beast named Decarlos Brown (another potential Barack Obama mythical son if he had one)

Slaughtered Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska looked up at her killer with terror in her eyes after he repeatedly stabbed her with a pocket knife, as no light-rail passengers came immediately to her aid, according to disturbing, newly released surveillance footage.
The new extended clip from the Aug. 22 attack on the Lynx Blue Line train in Charlotte, North Carolina, shows the 23-year-old cowering in fear and covering her face with her hands after the shocking, unprovoked attack, allegedly carried out by homeless repeat felon Decarlos Brown Jr.
Zarutska, who had come to the US in 2022 seeking safety after Russia invaded her country, pulls up her legs, which can be seen spattered with blood in the video.

When the Democrats, especially the foreign Muslim contingent like Rep. Ilhan Omar and Rep. Rashida Tlaib, weren’t screeching their heads off, they were sitting it out.
They didn’t stand for the U.S. hockey team. They refused to stand for the idea that the duty of the United States government is “to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens.”

The anti-American Left and its epicenter in the Democrat Party have spent the better part of 200 years attempting to seize absolute power by tearing this country and our society apart by any and every means at their disposal. They are the moral (amoral) equivalent of so-called "generation ships" of science fiction sailing off into deep space towards some distant galaxy. As the crew die off one by one, their progeny take over the mission and sail off into the unknown. Meh, perhaps that's too romantic an analogy but they must be stopped before it's too late, unless we've already passed the point of no return and we just don't realize it, MAGA and Donald Trump being mere speed bumps on the road to hell.

Or perhaps not. Perhaps there has been a sea change in our societal/political trajectory back towards sanity and we won't see it for years or depending on how old you are in our lifetimes.

But for anyone with eyes to see and a functioning brain to process the words and optics of last night, the Democrat forces of darkness and evil did themselves no favors last night. And then there's Eddie Munster's Woof-Woof doppelgänger Al Green:

Video footage shows the moment the Democrat was walked out of the room and again held up the sign that read, “Black People Aren’t Apes!”
Attendees continued applauding in response to the president’s address as Green made his way toward the exit. When he held up the sign a second time, it was pulled down:

Zaius be his lucky day. Or, while we have that movie in mind, in the words of astronaut Taylor, my feelings for his party "God Damn You all to Hell!"

We'll never have a moment's peace or any semblance of normalcy unless and until the Left is completely removed from any position of power and influence. They must be utterly defeated for all time. We cannot rest, we cannot falter and we cannot fail in that holy cause, or it will be our undoing.

Have a great day.

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2026 TRUMP STATE of the UNION ADDRESS

The first State of the Union address of 'what should be' the president's third term went as expected: Trump honored great Americans, and Bro-Fo Omar made a scene
Pride and Petulance: Trump Touts American Triumph as Democrats Seethe
President Donald Trump gave one of the best — and most strident — speeches of his career on Tuesday when he delivered the first State of the Union of his second term. Trump always excels in these set-piece performances. He knows how to use the whole room as an instrument — even the halls behind the chamber, where troops returning home sometimes wait to surprise tearful spouses.
Trump’s most partisan State of the Union ever still appeals to unity
"One of the great things about the State of the Union is how it gives Americans the chance to see clearly what their representatives really believe," Trump said. "So, tonight, I'm inviting every legislator to join with my administration in reaffirming a fundamental principle. If you agree with this statement, then stand up and show your support. The first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens." Republicans exploded. They stood, clapped, and whistled for a solid two minutes. It was the kind of raw, spontaneous reaction you can't manufacture. Democrats didn't move.
This Moment of the State of the Union Just Lost the Democrats the Midterms
Not for Team USA, for murder victims or American citizens.
Democrats ‘Sit Out’ the State of the Union Address
Trump: "How do you not stand?"
Video: Democrats Refuse to Stand for Anna Zarutska, the Mother of Iryna Zarutska
The president credited his tariffs with bringing America’s economic “turnaround” and blamed Democrats for having “caused” the affordability crisis.
Trump plays economic cheerleader-in-chief at State of the Union — using hockey champs to show USA ‘winning’
Virginia governor cites the walkouts, which have led to suspensions in Virginia and which a Marxist group has helped organize in Georgia, as an example of 'determination'
‘Moderate’ Abigail Spanberger Endorses Anti-ICE School Walkouts in Otherwise Dull SOTU Rebuttal
Sen. Padilla’s address was one of two official responses to the State of the Union on Tuesday, alongside that of Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger. While Padilla’s was intended to be the Spanish-language response, he veered into English on several occasions and used strange grammatical constructions in others, attempting to identify with his audience by referencing Puerto Rican musician Bad Bunny and “faith” and church.
Sen. Alex Padilla’s Unhinged SOTU Response en Español: Trump Will Use ICE to ‘Steal the Midterm Elections’
Video footage shows the moment the Democrat was walked out of the room and again held up the sign that read, “Black People Aren’t Apes!” (Dr. Zaius betray us! - jjs)
WATCH: Democrat Rep. Al Green Removed for Protest Sign During Trump’s SOTU

CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION

Thankfully no one was hurt! (but at least there would've been an ambulance present?!/sarc - jjs)
Idaho Woman Arrested for Allegedly Stealing Ambulance to Torch DHS Building
The Party for Socialism and Liberation held a webinar for Georgia high school students, offering to connect those arrested with bail funds
Marxist-Leninist Group That Organized Anti-Israel Encampments Now Teaches High School Students To Walk Out of Class To Protest ICE
Bondi: “States may not deliberately interfere with our efforts to remove illegal aliens and arrest criminals — New Jersey’s sanctuary policies will not stand.”
DOJ Sues New Jersey Over Order That Limits ICE Cooperation

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Christopher F. Rufo: The Left is moving from culture to economics.
Class Warfare Returns

"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
Legal immigration under Trump is plunging, net migration turns negative, and America’s workforce could shrink—reversing decades of mass immigration.
The Great Immigration Reversal: Trump’s Real Progress in Tackling Legal Immigration
The influx of Haitian labor has driven down wages, increased housing costs, and placed strain on welfare systems in Springfield, Ohio. (Mike DeSwine)
textGOP Governor Breaks With Trump on Deportations, Defends Cheap Haitian Labor.
On February 23, 2026, President Donald J. Trump signed a proclamation designating this date as National Angel Family Day, honoring the families of those slain by illegal immigrants.
The Tragedy of National Angel Family Day
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
From Jefferson to Lincoln, Nixon to Bush, no president’s agenda has been so thoroughly undercut by the Supreme Court.
Trump’s Tariff Loss Is the Worst Judicial Defeat in Presidential History
President Donald Trump just picked up two significant federal appellate vacancies, and the legal world knows exactly what that means.
Another Turning Point in Trump’s Federal Court Strategy
Illinois is facing a bleak outlook as state policies stagnate the economy and drive residents to leave en masse. Pritzker’s budget address neither sheds light on the crisis nor offers any solution.
JB Pritzker’s Budget Gamesmanship
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
A Disney parody imagines the coming Islamic state.
Under a British Caliphate
“This is part of why Israel became their primary target...Instead of reading the works of Mao and Che, they read Milestones and studied the Koran.”
How the Revolutionary Left Embraced Radical Islam
The suspect was arrested, and the area was secured for investigation.
‘Allahu Akbar!’ — Afghan Knifeman Attacks Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Did the victim's kippah have something to do with it?
Paris: Five Assailants Trip, Punch, Rob Jewish Boy, Hold a Knife to His Neck
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
The improvement was driven by younger Americans. Confidence rose for consumers under age 35 and Generation Z while falling for older respondents. The under-35 group “continued to be the most optimistic,” the Conference Board said, with Gen Z confidence rising on a six-month moving average basis while all other generations declined.
Consumer Confidence Rises As More Americans See Plentiful Jobs
The deceleration represents a sharp reversal from the Biden-era inflationary housing price surge, when annual price gains regularly exceeded 10 percent in 2021 and 2022. The 2025 increase is also well below the 6.6 percent average annual gain recorded over the prior decade.
Homes See Smallest Annual Price Hike Since 2009
To be honest, we must acknowledge that the importer pays all the costs of an importation.
Who Really Pays Import Tariffs?
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
The Utah County Attorney’s Office will continue to prosecute the case against Tyler Robinson.
Judge REJECTS Motion to Disqualify Prosecutors in Charlie Kirk Assassination Case.

FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
A haunting glimpse into a heart of darkness.
What Does Tucker Carlson Want From the Jews?
Christian Toto: British government proposes law aimed at U.S.-based streamers in chilling update
More Censorship May be Heading Our Way (Does Hollywood Care?)
Just as much as it loves the mullahs today.
The New York Times Loved the Islamic Revolution in Iran

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AI is not merely another technological leap—it may be the moment machines begin to eclipse the very human talents that built our world.
Even the Best AI Scenario is the End of Everything We’ve Ever Been
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS,
As with Winter Storm Fern, the Iron Law of Electricity will win again as Northeast is slammed with massive blizzard.
‘Snow Hurricane’ Energy Reality Check: You Can’t Heat Homes With NetZero Promises
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
Chromebooks don't teach kids how to be anything but good button pushers.
Chromebooks are expensive and destructive: Get them out of schools
ABORTION
The FDA appears to be slow-walking its mifepristone review, frustrating Trump allies in both Congress and pro-life states.
Despite Promise To Be Pro-Life ‘Ally,’ Trump Admin Won’t Regulate Abortion Drug Endangering Women
L'AFFAIRE EPSTEIN
Khanna has made a series of blunders in his quest to out 'the Epstein class'
Ro Khanna Claimed Epstein Visited 'CIA Headquarters.' It Was Almost Certainly An Hermès Design Studio.
Former Norwegian Prime Minister, head of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, and Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjørn Jagland was hospitalized by an apparent suicide attempt following charges of corruption linked to Jeffrey Epstein.
Former World Leader Attempts Epstein-Linked Suicide.
Renewed scrutiny on Jeffrey Epstein’s death, as questions about the circumstances surrounding his 2019 demise in a New York prison remain.
Epstein’s Brother Claims New Report Proves Murder, Not Suicide.
Daniel Richman is the Columbia Law School professor who leaked anti-Trump news stories on behalf of disgraced FBI Director James Comey to trigger a special counsel investigation.
The Deep State Strikes Back: James Comey’s Leaker Claims ‘The Epstein Files Shouldn't Have Been Released’
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY
After stealing $750,000 in campaign funds to buy Michael Jackson memorabilia, he’s back.
Jesse Jackson’s Criminal Son Wants Back in Congress

POLITICS
"It seems to me that Gavin Newsom is flailing a little bit at least compared to where he was prior."
They’ve Lost CNN: Chief Data Guru Says 2028 Democrat Bench Is A ‘Total Clown Car’
Newsom and his communications team see the form: Trump insults people and he’s rude, so he won the presidency, so being rude and insulting wins the presidency.
Gavin Newsom Is Playing A ‘Trump’ Character He Doesn’t Understand
“less prone to spending a disproportionate amount of time on pronouns, identity, politics, more focused on tabletop issues”
Gavin Newsom Says Democrats Need to be More ‘Culturally Normal’ to Win (As Newsom's chances circle the drain - jjs)
IRAN ON the BRINK?!
What America has to do if it truly wants to free Iran.
A Counter-Insurgency Strategy for Iran
Netanyahu's message to the mullahs.
Bibi’s Warning
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
“Despite its claims to the contrary, China has deliberately and without constraint, massively expanded its nuclear arsenal without transparency or any indication of China’s intent or end point,” Yeaw told the conference. (Truman should've nuked Beijing when the PLA crossed over the Yalu while we had the chance - jjs)
U.S. Warns China Is Rapidly Expanding Nuclear Arsenal, Conducted Secret Test
President Donald Trump has made fighting the inflow of illegal drugs into America a top priority, and Mexico’s takedown of the world’s most powerful drug kingpin is just his latest success.
The takedown of El Mencho is a win for Mexicans, Americans — and Trump
France summoned U.S. Ambassador Charles Kushner over comments made by the Trump administration regarding the murder of conservative Catholic student Quentin Déranque, which France found objectionable. Kushner did not attend the meeting, and his government access has now been restricted... Kushner’s access to French officials has been suspended until he complies with the summons.
France Denies U.S. Ambassador Government Access Following Summons No-Show.
Voter disillusionment, high-profile defections, and a credible alternative in Reform UK are creating an existential risk for the Tories.
Britain’s Conservative Party Is Dying
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
The incident highlights vulnerabilities in U.S. AI export controls and raises concerns over China leveraging stolen AI capabilities for military and surveillance purposes.
Top AI Firm Says Chinese Labs Stole U.S. Tech Using 24,000 Fake Accounts.
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
Glyphosate, Food Security, and the Unsettled Science Behind America’s Dinner Table.
White House Prioritizes Domestic Phosphorus, Glyphosate Production for Food Security
Everyone in the UK receives free health care, assuming you can get to the hospital.
Waiting 10 Days For An Ambulance — The Dark Side Of ‘Free’ Health Care
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
The $93 billion Artemis program has been a case study in bureaucratic bumbling.
Is It Time To Permanently Ground NASA?
…Webb’s data confirm that Uranus’s upper atmosphere is still cooling, extending a trend that began in the early 1990s. The team measured an average temperature of around 426 kelvins (about 150 degrees Celsius), lower than values recorded by ground-based telescopes or previous spacecraft.
Webb tracks Uranus’ atmosphere over 15 hours (Klingons still yet to be detected - jjs)
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
Blair, who is now reunited with her parents and attending Liberty University, will be joined by her mom, Michele, a White House official shared with the Caller. The president plans on telling Blair’s story Tuesday during his State of the Union address where he will also call on states to ban sex transitioning operations for minors.
EXCLUSIVE: Trump Invites Girl Taken From Parents After Secret Gender Transition
: Sainte was arrested and is being held on a $1,650 bond at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.
Trans Porn Model Arrested for Stabbing Man Who Declined Sex.

CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
Evie, founded by husband-and-wife Brittany and Gabriel Hugoboom, deliberately pivoted away from the dominant narrative peddled by left-leaning women’s podcasts and magazines, which have long monopolized the discourse on sexuality, often glorifying premarital sex and one-night stands as empowering milestones of liberation. Instead, they chose to promote profound, fulfilling dimensions of sex within marriage.
Conservative Women’s Mag Talks About Sex And The World Loses It’s Mind
Brian's Song was a positive movie that took place during a time when Jim Crow was receding, and black and white people could indeed find not just racial tolerance, but go well beyond it.
Promises of Brian’s Song Hijacked by Progressive Racialists
HITHER & YON
The exterior of the Basílica de la Sagrada Família in Barcelona, Spain, was finally completed this week, 144 years after construction began on architect Antoni Gaudí’s greatest creation.
The exterior of Gaudí’s church masterpiece now complete after 144 years of construction

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1 FLURST

Posted by: GigantorX at February 25, 2026 07:04 AM (x8k2o)

2 Moronin', Hourde!

Posted by: Hans O'Lo at February 25, 2026 07:06 AM (RiKhU)

3 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 25, 2026 07:08 AM (jtM2q)

4 If only there were genuine, legitimate press organizations in this country.

Elected and appointed officials - “lawmakers”, their first and foremost duty is to the constitution, and citizens. So very many have rejected this. They should be hounded on this every time they try to speak. Corrupt bastards.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 25, 2026 07:08 AM (sEgd8)

5 G-D Bless President Trump and his love for Americs.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 25, 2026 07:13 AM (+nEug)

6 I called 'em.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 25, 2026 07:15 AM (O7YUW)

7 Mooornin!

Posted by: Hawkpilot at February 25, 2026 07:17 AM (ewuvP)

8

Oooooh... Top of my Hatefeed this morning...

NPR: "Annotated Fact Check of Trump's SotU Speech," with a scary picture of Trump appearing to be ranting insanely.

The Hill: "End, Don't Mend, Primetime SotU Addresses," arguing that Congress move the address to midday so that people won't see so much of the evil Trump.

The speech has definitely touched a nerve. Damage control time.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 25, 2026 07:18 AM (BI5O2)

9 The exterior of Gaudí’s church masterpiece now complete after 144 years of construction

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Aaaaaand... it's a mosque now!

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 25, 2026 07:19 AM (BI5O2)

10 The interwebs are filled this morning with the usual outrage about the Democrat antics, and how this will be used in ads, and they'll never get elected again. Nah. Not one vote will be changed from last night. The lines have been drawn. Ain't nothing going to redraw them in a civil society. An uncivil one... Well, we'll see.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at February 25, 2026 07:20 AM (MZ+PY)

11 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

In honor of Trump's speech last night: Here is a fanfare for the morning: https://youtu.be/5LoUm_r7It8
John Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine – BBC Proms 2014

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 25, 2026 07:20 AM (u82oZ)

12 "How do you not stand?"

TDS paralyzed their legs. And heads.

Posted by: fd - I'm Ok, You're Ok, They Are Not Ok at February 25, 2026 07:20 AM (vFG9F)

13 Good morning, one and all. Looking like a long day today. More coffee shall be required.

And it is kind of disappointing that the Democrats couldn't even pretend to like this country. I guess it's different when they aren't running things.

Posted by: NR Pax at February 25, 2026 07:21 AM (svLOV)

14 Willowed, but relevant.
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The front page of The Hill has some wrap-up of the SOTU.
https://thehill.com
Posted by: m at February 25, 2026 05:55 AM (+YA9H)
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That first article has a real doozy in it.
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D), delivering her party’s response, framed her argument around three questions.

“Is the president working to make life more affordable for you and your family? Is the president working to keep Americans safe, both at home and abroad? Is the president working for you?.” she asked rhetorically.

LOL. Tell me you're counting on my not having watched the speech, without actually telling me.

Trump *hammered* the reductions in inflation and increases in affordability, especially on food, energy and rent.

He *hammered* on plummeting crime at home and exceptional military competence in limited engagements.

He *hammered* on the role of government being working for Americans and Americans *only*, not illegals - a point for which her Party's *entire* caucus (except Fetterman, IIRC) refused to stand.

Good grief.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 25, 2026 07:22 AM (3OtAS)

15 Good morning again dear horde and happy birthday JJ

What a magnificent speech.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 25, 2026 07:23 AM (RIvkX)

16 "too much freedom" is why school lunches suck, according to a high school student that can "fix my own lunch cheaper and it's better"

From the Chiquita Krusvhev thread at the democratic underground

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at February 25, 2026 07:23 AM (LOZbR)

17 The Dems did not cover themselves with glory last night.

They covered themselves with... well, let's just say that "joyriding behind a big manure spreader with the top down" adequately describes it.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at February 25, 2026 07:24 AM (O7YUW)

18 The speech itself was yet another solid performance and demonstration of this President's ability to communicate and connect with the American people, which is due in no small part to his delivering on policy success after success both at home and abroad in this his second term.
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Respectfully, JJ, I think this is underselling it. It was not a "solid performance." It was a tour de force. Probably his best address. Not the most fun (that would be the Al-Baghdadi speech), but probably the best.

He opened swinging with accomplishments during peak viewership, humiliated the Dems at every opportunity, leading them into obvious traps, the heartstrings parts were all brilliantly done and the wrap-up was sensational.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 25, 2026 07:24 AM (3OtAS)

19 Joe Mannix, thank you for doing an excellent recap.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 25, 2026 07:25 AM (+nEug)

20 Video footage shows the moment the Democrat was walked out of the room and again held up the sign that read, “Black People Aren’t Apes!”
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Newsom is going to run. When he does, Green has a chance to win a moment of begrudging acknowledgement from me. All Green has to do is go to a Newsom rally and hold up a sign that reads, "Black People Aren't Retards!"

That actually happened, for one thing. It would show consistency, for another.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 25, 2026 07:26 AM (3OtAS)

21 Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 25, 2026 07:24 AM (3OtAS)

Yup, I routinely deride the SotU as a useless nothingburger and waste of time.

This was... not that. An absolute humiliation for Democrats. They are all reaching for their butthole salve this morning, even though they didn't have any hot dates with hammer hobos last night.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 25, 2026 07:28 AM (BI5O2)

22 Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

Great executive summary. Thanks.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 25, 2026 07:28 AM (u82oZ)

23 Trump *hammered* ...
He *hammered* ...
He *hammered* ...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

Cheers, Joe Mannix, because it's 8am somewhere, right?

Posted by: Nanshy Peloshi *hammered* at February 25, 2026 07:29 AM (tSQLt)

24 {{{Ben Had}}}
🎼 ♭ 5/4 ♫♫ ♫♫ Good morning! ♬♬ ♩ ♪

I hope some hearts were changed on the Left, but I doubt it. They seem impervious to external reality.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 25, 2026 07:29 AM (u82oZ)

25 Baby's up!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 25, 2026 07:30 AM (iMotb)

26 I would encourage any that didn't watch it to do so.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 25, 2026 07:30 AM (+nEug)

27 This was... not that. An absolute humiliation for Democrats. They are all reaching for their butthole salve this morning, even though they didn't have any hot dates with hammer hobos last night.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 25, 2026 07:28 AM (BI5O2)
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Well, some of them probably did. Many of the Dems decided to not attend. Probably because of those hot dates with hammer hobos.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 25, 2026 07:31 AM (4S2yc)

28 I got spittle on my whittle weenie.

Posted by: AliasDumbAss at February 25, 2026 07:31 AM (vFG9F)

29 NaCly, I expect no change in the Dems but I do hope some Republicans can brush off their patriotism and put it to work.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 25, 2026 07:32 AM (+nEug)

30 Great executive summary. Thanks.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 25, 2026 07:28 AM (u82oZ)
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Seriously, if anyone missed it (and I am sure many did - it was late and it was long and I am *almost* regretting having stayed up for it), at least watch the last five or ten minutes. His wrap-up was killer and he needs to give his speechwriter (it was clearly a carefully-prepared part of the address) a raise.

It was a brief history lesson on American bad-assery - throwing off the shackles of empire, conquering a continent, building an industrial juggernaut, exhibiting world-beating military power, inventing the future, etc. - followed by an old-fashioned "G-d-and-Glory" finish.

"When G-d needs a nation to work His miracles, He knows exactly who to ask." is not something *any* Democrat - or most Republicans - would dare to say anymore.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 25, 2026 07:32 AM (3OtAS)

31 “And it is kind of disappointing that the Democrats couldn't even pretend to like this country”

What does that really mean, though? It isn’t as if they hate the dirt, or the buildings, or the roadway; they don’t hate America, they hate you. Never forget that.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 25, 2026 07:33 AM (sDaxV)

32 President Trump's laser-like focus on domestic issues was 100% correct thing to do in a mid-term election year.

People appreciate his international achievements, but they FEEL his domestic achievements so much before because of the tangible, immediate effects he's been able to accomplish that make peoples' lives better.

None of the Democrats can run on any of that.

Now it's up to the Republicans to capitalize on President Trump's achievements and ride to victory in November. Of course, the GOPe will attempt to throw several spanners into the works...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 25, 2026 07:33 AM (4S2yc)

33 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

I will follow Ben Had's advice and watch the speech.
But got some chores to do first.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 25, 2026 07:34 AM (u82oZ)

34 Huh. Bill Gates admitted having affairs with two Russian women.

Posted by: fd - My best is good enough for me at February 25, 2026 07:34 AM (vFG9F)

35 Those poor women.

Posted by: fd - My best is good enough for me at February 25, 2026 07:34 AM (vFG9F)

36 The speech gave Mrs. F. two crying jags and that is a lot.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 25, 2026 07:36 AM (RIvkX)

37 NaCly, I expect no change in the Dems but I do hope some Republicans can brush off their patriotism and put it to work.
Posted by: Ben Had at February 25, 2026 07:32 AM (+nEug)
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Oh, expect some Dems to do, too.

Perhaps the most interesting part of last night was seeing a real-time "over-the-air" update go out to human endpoints.

The Dems who showed up sat there and refused to stand for obvious applause lines. Then Trump baited them.

He *invited* them to stand in support of the idea that the government should work for American citizens, not illegal aliens. They remained seated.

A bit later, he *invited* them to remain seated if they supported grooming and forcibly transing youth. They remained seated.

Shortly after that, several of them glanced at their phones or watches. Then they started standing for some of the applause lines and special guests. The panic update went out from Party HQ, and they immediately changed behavior.

Incredible to see unfold so obviously on live TV.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 25, 2026 07:36 AM (3OtAS)

38 Al Green (7

(spit) got redistricted out of his current seat. He's gone from that district (TX-9th) come the end of this Congress' term.

Howsoever, he's running in the March Primary for the TX-18 seat against 2 other Dems. Currently, Green is polling at 28% of likely Dem primary voters to the fill-in incumbent's 52%.

TX-18 is the safe Dem seat long warmed by SJL (died in office) and then Fmr Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner (also died in office at just about 2 months into his 2-year term). Turner's death left the seat vacant for the remainder of the term's 1st year, with a special election for the open seat occurring in Nov 2025 and then a runoff election in Jan 2026.

The TX-18 fill-in incumbent is Chris Menefee, a Dem machine pol and recent County Attorney for Harris County. Menefee won the special election and runoff.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 25, 2026 07:37 AM (wVcYX)

39 Ben Had

Yes. The do nothing RINOs, just by being less awful that Democrats, expect to be rewarded.

If they supported the American People with policies scribed into law from the Trump Team, they would help keep Civil War II, the gulag, and American Progress undiminished. Right now they are not moving while a large boulder is swiftly approaching.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 25, 2026 07:37 AM (u82oZ)

40 SanFranpsycho, she is not alone. The presentations of the Medal oh Honor and Purple Hearts brought me to tears.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 25, 2026 07:38 AM (+nEug)

41 Al Green is not an ape. He's more of a werewolf.

Posted by: fd - My best is good enough for me at February 25, 2026 07:38 AM (vFG9F)

42 Heh, JJ's graphic went up at the same time as my comment.

Posted by: fd - My best is good enough for me at February 25, 2026 07:38 AM (vFG9F)

43 Hmm.

The usual "trumpbadstupid" doesn't lead a number of morning newz sites. It's as if the talking points haven't gone out, or that the planned responses aren't polling well...

Interesting.

Posted by: man at February 25, 2026 07:39 AM (cGjQu)

44 Incredible to see unfold so obviously on live TV.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 25, 2026 07:36 AM (3OtAS)
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It couldn't have been more obvious.

Like that meme with the chip being switched out inside the head of an NPC.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 25, 2026 07:39 AM (RIvkX)

45

Remembering Rush Limbaugh receiving the Medal of Freedom from PDT!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 25, 2026 07:39 AM (x0n13)

46 Have a great day, everyone.

Let us bask in the afterglow of a masterful summation of what makes a civilized America great.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at February 25, 2026 07:40 AM (u82oZ)

47 Nixon sent written state of the union letters to congress filled with data and detailed proposals. The world did not end.

Getting this annual farce off television would deprive the DSA of their opportunity.

Added advantage would be the inter web oracles would have nothing to talk about because they don’t read anything.

Ayn Rand was right.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at February 25, 2026 07:40 AM (XqFM2)

48 Now it's up to the Republicans to capitalize on President Trump's achievements and ride to victory in November.

Riding to victory either on his coattails or hiding behind them. Like warriors!

Posted by: GOPe at February 25, 2026 07:41 AM (tSQLt)

49 The panic update went out from Party HQ, and they immediately changed behavior."

That seems to be the case on the morning newz...

It's funny. And a bit sad, really

Posted by: man at February 25, 2026 07:41 AM (cGjQu)

50 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Baby watch is still in effect... the Mrs. is health but getting frustrated.

Posted by: Inogame at February 25, 2026 07:41 AM (53oGX)

51 Morning Horde, thx JJ.
The usual shrieking leftists I keep an eye on on Facebook (some are friends) are losing their minds this morning over the SOTU.
It's a good day, though it's snowing here

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 25, 2026 07:42 AM (/PQmQ)

52 Legal immigration under Trump is plunging,

We need to send the H1Bs home.

Problem is, even as temporary immigrants, they can secure thirty year mortgages through Fannie/Freddie.

So as an H1B, bring in the spouse, have her produce litters of anchor babies while you get up to your ears in long term debt.

Now the local tax collectors, teacher unions, auto, real estate and banking industry in addition to whatever industry is sponsoring you in the first place for cheap labor are lobbying for you to stay and become permanent.

Doesn't matter if AI replaces the need for college grads and H1s, the Immigrant Industrial Complex demand their continued presence.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 25, 2026 07:42 AM (a4flb)

53 Riding to victory either on his coattails or hiding behind them. Like warriors!
Posted by: GOPe"

Hey, we're used to being told how special we are our entire lives!

/GOPSpecial

Posted by: man at February 25, 2026 07:43 AM (cGjQu)

54 So what possibly could the Dems say to explain why they couldn’t stand to honor the young women stabbed to death on the train??? How to explain the fundamental lack of humanity? It boggles my mind…. Politics is one thing but that

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 25, 2026 07:43 AM (xT8gx)

55 There many more important moments in the address, but my personal favorite was watching that ghoul Omar seethe with barely contained rage as Trump mercilessly ran down Somalis for being obligate pirates both at home and here.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 25, 2026 07:43 AM (BI5O2)

56 Dems say to explain why they couldn’t stand to honor the young women stabbed to death on the train"

Don't be the first to stop clapping, tvarish!

Posted by: man at February 25, 2026 07:44 AM (cGjQu)

57 YD , that was a thing of beauty.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 25, 2026 07:46 AM (+nEug)

58 Wurst!

Posted by: Braunschweiger at February 25, 2026 07:46 AM (F/X0l)

59 Huh. Bill Gates admitted having affairs with two Russian women.

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If Bill Gates wasn't one of the richest men in the world, he wouldn't have ever had the chance to have 2 affairs with Russian women because, well, he's dorky, unattractive and gross.

Seems I missed quite the SOTU last night, but I was too tired to stay up. It was brilliant on his part to give the D's an opportunity to show exactly what they're about. And they played into his hand like the anti-American chumps they are.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 25, 2026 07:47 AM (qBdHI)

60 The Democrats just don't get it. This response should be absolute outrage, she is too calm. This speech should be demanding the Epstein files. Over and over and over. People want their feelings validated and mirrored. Dems should be fiery.

I wouldn't let Trump talk at all until they ejected me and Id make them carry my ass out. The time for any decorum utterly gone!

Trump is killing our economy. Statistically we’re worse off today economically than we were 1 year ago. He destroyed the slowly mending economy Biden had and replaced it with a slowly spiraling economy that has quickly growing inflation and a dollar that is losing its value.

He is also blatantly illegally defying the Supreme Court ruling that his tariffs were illegal by Illegally imposing new tariffs under a new guise. He has no idea how they work or that they're a large part of why things are so bad. Completely unfit.

30% will sacrifice their first born to defend him. As much as I'm tired of Trump, it's his sycophant cult members who live in an alternative reality and at this point I'm more angry at them than Trump/Republicans.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 25, 2026 07:48 AM (ycI94)

61 The US has already run off the cliff.

Just waiting for the crash.

Posted by: The National Debt, Corrupt Judges and Muslim Invaders at February 25, 2026 07:49 AM (hXJe5)

62 Good morning! Now day 3 of my crappy cold, ugh.

>>Zaius be his lucky day. Or, while we have that movie in mind, in the words of astronaut Taylor, my feelings for his party "God Damn You all to Hell!"

Ha! Old enough to get the reference.
Dicks out for Haramabe!

Posted by: Lizzy at February 25, 2026 07:49 AM (tj6OY)

63 Baby watch is still in effect... the Mrs. is health but getting frustrated.
Posted by: Inogame at February 25, 2026 07:41 AM (53oGX)
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We had to wait until after the Niner game before Mrs. F. let them induce our second kid.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 25, 2026 07:49 AM (RIvkX)

64 The time for any decorum utterly gone!
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I couldn't agree more.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 25, 2026 07:50 AM (RIvkX)

65 Huh. Bill Gates admitted having affairs with two Russian women

Almost seems quaint and old-fashioned these days, doesn't it?

Posted by: t-bird at February 25, 2026 07:51 AM (/JEfq)

66 >>Huh. Bill Gates admitted having affairs with two Russian women.

Just like that, after this country - and our POTUS - was dragged through the mud at being falsely accused of having sex w/Russian whores.

Sure, Bill. F$#@ off.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 25, 2026 07:51 AM (tj6OY)

67 It's a fine line between having sex with two Russian women and having sex with two Russian hookers . Right Bill Gates?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 25, 2026 07:52 AM (/PQmQ)

68
Shortly after that, several of them glanced at their phones or watches. Then they started standing for some of the applause lines and special guests. The panic update went out from Party HQ, and they immediately changed behavior.

Incredible to see unfold so obviously on live TV.

The Left, because they are demon possessed have no empathy and while demons are not of the Imago Dei, don't have basic humanity. Therefore they must rely on mimicking the behavior of others they are told to trust. This is why they have live focus groups of human beings sitting in the room literally dialing in their emotional reactions to the speech providing dynamic response that is to be interpreted by psychologists and public relations experts who then send DMs to the vessels of evil spirits to direct them how to lie through their actions.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 25, 2026 07:52 AM (a4flb)

69 Unfortunately I slept through the middle of it, but caught some more when they replayed it on Fox in the middle of the night. I thought it was great and yes, they be crazy on the left.

Posted by: Jaimo at February 25, 2026 07:52 AM (BCuCF)

70 Bill Gates admitted having affairs with two Russian women"

Amend by "women" the story means.... "real women" or...?

Posted by: man at February 25, 2026 07:53 AM (cGjQu)

71 We have nickname for Bill, "Micro-soft".

Posted by: A Russian woman at February 25, 2026 07:53 AM (vFG9F)

72 >>There many more important moments in the address, but my personal favorite was watching that ghoul Omar seethe with barely contained rage as Trump mercilessly ran down Somalis for being obligate pirates both at home and here.

She really needs to be held accountable for her immigration fraud and likely financial fraud.
It is an important symbol that the era of rolling out the welcome mat for people who wish to rob us of everything is OVER.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 25, 2026 07:54 AM (tj6OY)

73 Great speech, but where will be in two weeks when the dust settles?

The abominations of the democrats are not being reported widely or shockingly enough. This may sound like an absurd claim after last night's broadsides by Trump, but I think too many on the political Right take it on faith that the American people see it all and understand and that's good enough.

Posted by: Ordinary American at February 25, 2026 07:54 AM (t+TFX)

74 >>Huh. Bill Gates admitted having affairs with two Russian women.

Humble brag. Because he could/would/did and you can't/won't.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 25, 2026 07:54 AM (wVcYX)

75 The US has already run off the cliff.

Just waiting for the crash.

Agreed. but nothing says we can't party right up until impact.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 25, 2026 07:54 AM (a4flb)

76 Oh, the State of the Union speech was last night?

That's nice, but what's the latest news on Nancy Guthrie and Punch the Monkey?

~ Most of America

Posted by: one hour sober at February 25, 2026 07:54 AM (Y1sOo)

77 I didn't watch/listen to the SoTU address.* I was in pain and tired. It had been a long day. When I got up and looked at some of the snippets about it I got the feeling it was a good address, and the nominal right probably liked it, approved of it.

But the left will never approve of anything Trump, or the nominal right does. They've been conditioned, like rats, to violently oppose anything and everything the right embraces.

Everything. And with Trump right there in their face, it makes them do really stupid stuff.

* I'll watch a replay later

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 25, 2026 07:54 AM (jtM2q)

78 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 25, 2026 07:55 AM (ExV1e)

79 The Great Immigration Reversal: Trump’s Real Progress in Tackling Legal Immigration

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What's been on my mind a lot lately is the impression I'm getting that Islam is swarming into America and creating large population pockets in not only MN, but TX, FL, OH, and places soon to be overrun, like NYC. Are all of these 10s of 1000s of useless, dangerous, blood-sucking, taxpayer-fleecing muslims here legally or illegally? Why does it seem like their numbers are increasing exponentially? I doubt it will happen, but it is imperative that this type of immigration must stop for national security reasons above all else. If I want any focus on tackling legal immigration, I want the focus to be on eradicating the influx of muslims.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 25, 2026 07:56 AM (qBdHI)

80 That's nice, but what's the latest news on Nancy Guthrie and Punch the Monkey?

~ Most of America"

And that's ok. People shouldn't have to be so impacted by the fedgov in every aspect of every day life.

Posted by: man at February 25, 2026 07:56 AM (cGjQu)

81 Al Green smells. I just know it.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 25, 2026 07:56 AM (qBdHI)

82 CNN: something about a scandal with a Texas congressman who had an affair with an aide who killer xerself.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 25, 2026 07:57 AM (RIvkX)

83 Al Green smells. I just know it.
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 25, 2026 07:56 AM (qBdHI)

He's not an Old Spice man. Or a Dapper Dan man, even.

Posted by: Count de Monet at February 25, 2026 07:58 AM (wVcYX)

84 is the impression I'm getting that Islam is swarming into America "

It's not, but the effects of 20 years + "showing them how nice we are" have damaged, and will continue to damage me than most can imagine. Bush was asshoe.

Posted by: man at February 25, 2026 08:00 AM (cGjQu)

85 Al Green was the guy worried about Guam tipping over, right? Thinking of that never fails to make me chuckle…

As for Bill Gates and affairs… why does he think we care? I assume with his morals and money he’s had umpteen affairs…. (where umpteen is a large number)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 25, 2026 08:00 AM (xT8gx)

86 damage me "

Damn autocucumber. Delete the "me"...

Posted by: man at February 25, 2026 08:01 AM (cGjQu)

87 Green is 78 and has been in Congress since 2005. Time to go Al

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 25, 2026 08:02 AM (/PQmQ)

88 President Trump delivered a hell of a flurry last night. Jabs, hooks, uppercuts, shots to the dick balls and general face area. Again showing hes still got it and ain't afraid to use it.

JD as Killer of Fraud is a great idea if it actually is meant to be a meaningful position that delivers results. Seeing Waltz and a bunch of NGO bastards + their MN government collaborators being marched to the gulags would be a good start and give JD a feather in his cap for 2028. Would also give him some juice and legitimacy as a carrier of the MAGA Flag. Just as important.

2026 is getting ever closer. Don't stop with the haymakers.

Posted by: GigantorX at February 25, 2026 08:02 AM (x8k2o)

89 >>Al Green was the guy worried about Guam tipping over, right?

Yes. YES! It was most definitely Al Green who said that.

Posted by: Rep. Hank Johnson at February 25, 2026 08:02 AM (Y1sOo)

90 The abominations of the democrats are not being reported widely or shockingly enough. This may sound like an absurd claim after last night's broadsides by Trump, but I think too many on the political Right take it on faith that the American people see it all and understand and that's good enough.

==

It's why the prognostications that the Dems have just lost the midterms leave the needle flat for me. If the American people as a whole did not hear, watch and see their awful behavior, it might as well not even have happened. Their very stark contrast to normal Americans could be made into some awesome commercials as we head into the midterms, but that would assume the GOP has the will and intelligence to use it against them. We certainly can't rely on the MFM to show them for what they are and how abhorrent their actions were.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 25, 2026 08:02 AM (qBdHI)

91 Mornin’, All. Happy post-colonoscopy Wednesday.

Posted by: Bulg at February 25, 2026 08:02 AM (77rzZ)

92 >>Al Green was the guy worried about Guam tipping over, right? Thinking of that never fails to make me chuckle…

Rep Hank Johnson

>>As for Bill Gates and affairs… why does he think we care? I assume with his morals and money he’s had umpteen affairs

He's trying to get ahead of more Epstein files stuff about him coming out.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 25, 2026 08:03 AM (tj6OY)

93 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at February 25, 2026 08:03 AM (qilzz)

94 @85 Guam tipper was Hank Johnson from Georgia another MENSA refugee

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 25, 2026 08:03 AM (/PQmQ)

95 The Democrats are demonically possessed. That is all.

Posted by: Bulg at February 25, 2026 08:03 AM (77rzZ)

96 >>> Video footage shows the moment the Democrat was walked out of the room and again held up the sign that read, “Black People Aren’t Apes!”

According to some memes, since Greene's hand was covering the A in "aren't", the sign actually reads "black people rent apes!"

The meme replacing Greene with Gavin Newsome and a sign about having dyslexia was also good.

Posted by: LizLem at February 25, 2026 08:03 AM (gWBY1)

97 After stealing $750,000 in campaign funds to buy Michael Jackson memorabilia, he’s back.

Jesse Jackson’s Criminal Son Wants Back in Congress

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He'd be a shoe-in and apropos Representative of ~~constituents~~ grifting donor frauds if he ran in Minnesomalia.

Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at February 25, 2026 08:05 AM (ZP7U0)

98 Happy post-colonoscopy Wednesday."

And? Clean as a whistle?

Posted by: man at February 25, 2026 08:05 AM (cGjQu)

99 CNN has Mike Pence's former chief of staff up first to analyze the SOTU.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 25, 2026 08:05 AM (RIvkX)

100 As for Bill Gates and affairs… why does he think we care? I assume with his morals and money he’s had umpteen affairs…. (where umpteen is a large number)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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Lawsuits from the women he screwed are probably inbound.

Posted by: whig at February 25, 2026 08:05 AM (E4rtv)

101 Andy Rooney noted, “the worst kind of censorship has always been the kind that newspaper people impose on themselves.”

Posted by: Common Tater at February 25, 2026 08:05 AM (D+1MQ)

102 Shortly after that, several of them glanced at their phones or watches. Then they started standing for some of the applause lines and special guests. The panic update went out from Party HQ, and they immediately changed behavior.

Incredible to see unfold so obviously on live TV.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 25, 2026 07:36 AM (3OtAS)
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We really do live in a different world where a certain subset of people are completely programmable. No different than a machine.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 25, 2026 08:06 AM (4S2yc)

103

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at February 25, 2026 08:06 AM (DDJSl)

104
J.J. JUST CHEER UP!

Posted by: Auspex at February 25, 2026 08:06 AM (Y8DZL)

105 Idaho Woman Arrested for Allegedly Stealing Ambulance to Torch DHS Building

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Was that chubbo in the painted-on jeans who was cauaght on camera quirting lighter fluid onto that building ever caught? I've heard nothing about her identification or capture.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 25, 2026 08:07 AM (qBdHI)

106 If the American people as a whole did not hear, watch and see their awful behavior, it might as well not even have happened.
Posted by: Lady in Black at February 25, 2026 08:02 AM (qBdHI)

Schrödinger's SOTU!!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 25, 2026 08:07 AM (xT8gx)

107 A cartoon showing Obama and Michelle as apes is completely out of bounds but the left creating memes which depict President Trump as a Nazi are bad.

Morning.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurkder in marginal standing at February 25, 2026 08:08 AM (UJMvS)

108 After stealing $750,000 in campaign funds to buy Michael Jackson memorabilia"

Singed jacket?

Posted by: man at February 25, 2026 08:08 AM (cGjQu)

109 98 A couple of polyps removed. I feel so Reaganesque.

Posted by: Bulg at February 25, 2026 08:08 AM (77rzZ)

110 What's been on my mind a lot lately is the impression I'm getting that Islam is swarming into America and creating large population pockets in not only MN, but TX, FL, OH, and places soon to be overrun, like NYC. Are all of these 10s of 1000s of useless, dangerous, blood-sucking, taxpayer-fleecing muslims here legally or illegally? Why does it seem like their numbers are increasing exponentially? I doubt it will happen, but it is imperative that this type of immigration must stop for national security reasons above all else. If I want any focus on tackling legal immigration, I want the focus to be on eradicating the influx of muslims.
Posted by: Lady in Black
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Immigration often centers on nodes where compatible friends, family, favorable political structures, etc. exist. So essentially TX, OH, FL, etc. are being targets of these nodes by Muslim oil oligarchs and charities in order to affect US politics is my guess.

Posted by: whig at February 25, 2026 08:08 AM (E4rtv)

111 Mornin’, All. Happy post-colonoscopy Wednesday.
Posted by: Bulg at February 25, 2026 08:02 AM (77rzZ)
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If you don't mind, I'll think of it as post-mac n cheese Wednesday.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 25, 2026 08:08 AM (RIvkX)

112 Mornin’, All. Happy post-colonoscopy Wednesday.

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In many ways, this too is the story of the cancerous Al Green and the SOTU.

Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at February 25, 2026 08:09 AM (ZP7U0)

113 Was that chubbo in the painted-on jeans who was cauaght on camera quirting lighter fluid onto that building "

Her. It.

Posted by: man at February 25, 2026 08:09 AM (cGjQu)

114 I didn't watch the SOTU, either, but I am impressed that Trump realized he didn't want the rebuttal to be seen, so he talked as long as he did, so the 11pm news would just start almost right after the talking heads had to cram their commentary into under 10 minutes.

THAT, was well done. Giving the speech with no D response and not letting them try to set up a darkhorse for next time (either Padilla or Spanberger).

Posted by: Nova Local at February 25, 2026 08:09 AM (tOcjL)

115 A couple of polyps removed. I feel so Reaganesque.

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I was in my very early 20s, but remember the breathless news reports on his polyps and expectations of a full recovery. I'd never even heard the word polyp until Reagan.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 25, 2026 08:10 AM (qBdHI)

116 > Shortly after that, several of them glanced at their phones or watches. Then they started standing for some of the applause lines and special guests. The panic update went out from Party HQ, and they immediately changed behavior.
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Like I said, they've been conditioned, trained, like rats. Not a single original thought among them.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 25, 2026 08:10 AM (jtM2q)

117 The whole Obama video Op annoys me, the video in question autoplayed after the video that Trump/Trumps team reposted, which was a video on the stolen 2020 election.

The other thing that annoys me is that I've run out of bagels. Which is a much larger problem at this moment.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 25, 2026 08:10 AM (XV/Pl)

118 --

If Bill Gates wasn't one of the richest men in the world, he wouldn't have ever had the chance to have 2 affairs with Russian women because, well, he's dorky, unattractive and gross.
...
Posted by: Lady in Black
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Bill is so selective one of them gave him syphilis.
And he tried to get his buddy , Epstein, to get him some meds that he could sneak into his wife's food.

Class act that guy, all round.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 25, 2026 08:10 AM (Edoh6)

119 A couple of polyps removed. I feel so Reaganesque."

Shot by a Jodie Foster stalker?

Posted by: man at February 25, 2026 08:10 AM (cGjQu)

120 Immigration often centers on nodes where compatible friends, family, favorable political structures, etc. exist. So essentially TX, OH, FL, etc. are being targets of these nodes by Muslim oil oligarchs and charities in order to affect US politics is my guess.

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My thoughts exactly, whig. And why it's so worrisome.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 25, 2026 08:11 AM (qBdHI)

121 117 The whole Obama video Op annoys me, the video in question autoplayed after the video that Trump/Trumps team reposted, which was a video on the stolen 2020 election.

The other thing that annoys me is that I've run out of bagels. Which is a much larger problem at this moment.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 25, 2026 08:10 AM (XV/Pl)

Use toasted bread?

Posted by: Nova Local at February 25, 2026 08:11 AM (tOcjL)

122 Idaho ambulance stealing whale has a name , Elizabeth harpooned by the LE thrown onto the beach of righteousness. Walmart video of chubbo buying the gas can etc. Who's crying now Lizzie?

Posted by: kingsman at February 25, 2026 08:12 AM (ehY6c)

123 Bill is so selective one of them gave him syphilis"

Hey, might have gone the other way....

Posted by: man at February 25, 2026 08:12 AM (cGjQu)

124 Colonoscopy's weren't so much a protocol before Reagan. The value became documented.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 25, 2026 08:13 AM (Edoh6)

125 I didn't hang for the whole thing... apparently I'll need to watch the rest of it. Did he announce that we were bombing Iran as someone yesterday in the comments stated their inside sources had told them?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 25, 2026 08:13 AM (ExV1e)

126 @121

>>Use toasted bread?

I mean, I could... but civilized people eat bagels.

Also cream cheese has too much gravitas for mere sliced bread.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 25, 2026 08:13 AM (XV/Pl)

127 Hank Johnson and Al Green are the products of a poor environment. There's nothing wrong with them, I can prove it.

Posted by: Randolph Duke at February 25, 2026 08:13 AM (hXJe5)

128 Today Is National Chocolate Covered Nut Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 25, 2026 08:14 AM (NpAcC)

129 Hank Johnson and Al Green are the products of a poor environment. There's nothing wrong with them, I can prove it.
Posted by: Randolph Duke"

Go chew on a lead painted windowsill..

Posted by: man at February 25, 2026 08:15 AM (cGjQu)

130 122 Idaho ambulance stealing whale has a name , Elizabeth harpooned by the LE thrown onto the beach of righteousness. Walmart video of chubbo buying the gas can etc. Who's crying now Lizzie?
Posted by: kingsman at February 25, 2026 08:12 AM (ehY6c)

They called her an "anti-ICE" mom but I can't find kids or spouse. With her appearance, I was betting she has a non-traditional relationship, if she has one at all.

Posted by: Nova Local at February 25, 2026 08:15 AM (tOcjL)

131

Leave Prince Andrew alone!

If you can't use an English Dukedom to traffic in privileged information for money, berate staff, and dally with dollies, what kind of world has this become?

Posted by: Auspex at February 25, 2026 08:15 AM (Y8DZL)

132 Today Is National Chocolate Covered Nut Day."

Uhmmmm. Kinky!

Posted by: man at February 25, 2026 08:15 AM (cGjQu)

133
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 25, 2026 08:15 AM (tljrc)

134 I doubt Gates only had affairs with Russians.

Posted by: fd - I Grow And Lean Every Day. at February 25, 2026 08:16 AM (vFG9F)

135
AVENGE ME!11!1!11!!

Posted by: al greens' eye bags at February 25, 2026 08:16 AM (DDJSl)

136 Muslim oil oligarchs and charities in order to affect US politics is my guess.

==

My thoughts exactly, whig. And why it's so worrisome.
Posted by: Lady in Black
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They want to kill us.
It's in the book.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 25, 2026 08:16 AM (Edoh6)

137 It's not, but the effects of 20 years + "showing them how nice we are" have damaged, and will continue to damage me than most can imagine. Bush was asshoe.
Posted by: man
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Bush was a fake oilman for the CIA and close confederates of the Rockefeller family. Shrub picked a lot of daddy's rolodex to populate his administration. Oil was at that time, a global enterprise as the US was figured to be played out and thus a critical component of the US economy depended on unfriendly Islamic regimes abroad. Became worse when we allowed Chavez to take power in Venezuela.

So Shrub proclaimed Islam as a religion of peace because to say otherwise meant no money and/or oil coming in. He also let out the rest of bin Ladin's extended family quietly right after 9/11, conspired with the Clintons to hide the fact that Saudi embassy officials were involved in care and feeding of the hijackers, and that the Saudi ambassador to US knew about the arrangements.

Posted by: whig at February 25, 2026 08:16 AM (E4rtv)

138 Nic fix

Posted by: fd - I Grow And Lear Every Day. at February 25, 2026 08:16 AM (vFG9F)

139 He *invited* them to stand in support of the idea that the government should work for American citizens, not illegal aliens. They remained seated.
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And they completely burned down the phony "triangulation" that Hillary and Obama tried to set up in Munich on immigration.

They were there to set up the fake "moderate" position of "maybe there was too much immigration (but Trump has gone too far)" kind of thing.

Ashes.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 25, 2026 08:17 AM (HXT0k)

140 111 And you would be wrong, SanF. I’ve got leftover mac n cheese for lunch. Nom nom.

Posted by: Bulg at February 25, 2026 08:17 AM (77rzZ)

141 They called her an "anti-ICE" mom but I can't find kids or spouse. With her appearance, I was betting she has a non-traditional relationship, if she has one at all./i]

With one of Al Green's rented apes?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 25, 2026 08:17 AM (NzX/y)

142 It's why the prognostications that the Dems have just lost the midterms leave the needle flat for me.

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Yeah, that's overstating things.

For most of their voters, their insane behavior is a plus - they hate America, and pretty young dead girls, and love drug trafficking, etc. At worst, these voters will say "well, yes, they behaved badly, but what can you expect in the coarsened Age of Trump?"

But, I am hoping that at least some Left-leaning centrists will have seen it and been appalled. It could move the needle, if only slightly. Sometimes that's all you need.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 25, 2026 08:18 AM (BI5O2)

143 It's quite important for anyone on the Left to believe that they're smarter than Trump, their leaders most of all. I'm looking at you '960' Gavin.

Silly rabbits ...

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 25, 2026 08:18 AM (9ok3v)

144 Horde — If you wouldn’t mind saying a prayer for me I’d certainly appreciate it. I had a health scare and it’s freaking me out a little (or maybe a lot). I’m almost certainly being totally irrational but… it’s hard to turn off the mind sometimes.

I had a real thing happen… docs gave me a clean bill of health going forward… but I have 2 more docs to follow up with and can’t stop irrationally worrying they’re gonna say bad stuff (when the real reason for these visits is to adjust medication levels)…. Sigh

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 25, 2026 08:19 AM (xT8gx)

145 This speech should be demanding the Epstein files.

You know. The ones we *know* exist. The ones with the film footage of Trump raping babies.

Hey, I'll admit that I believed Epstein was running a huge pedo ring but there just doesn't seem to be evidence that this is true. It's sad when people can't embrace the truth because it isn't what they want to hear.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 25, 2026 08:19 AM (ExV1e)

146 >>Today Is National Chocolate Covered Nut Day."

Uhmmmm. Kinky!

Do turtles count?

Posted by: Lizzy at February 25, 2026 08:20 AM (tj6OY)

147 There were so many great speeches it's hard to pick a favorite. But maybe the best thing Trump was to show Republicans that if they just fight back for issues their base wants they can win. The left has gotten used to Republicans rolling over and showing their bellies so the don't get called mean names. Punch them in the mouth and they fold.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 25, 2026 08:20 AM (viF8m)

148 Picture of shrub sitting on the W.H. balcony with the House of Saud, 'bout 24 hrs after the twin towers reduced to rubble. Cozy too. Hate the bushes. The late grifter Jesse said stay out the Bushes.

Posted by: kingsman at February 25, 2026 08:20 AM (ehY6c)

149 Oil was at that time, a global enterprise as the US was figured to be played out"

Indeed. Why so many bought into that idiot from Shell Oil's assessment on discovery and production is just... really strange. So many in industry and government took it as gospel.

Bizarre.

Posted by: man at February 25, 2026 08:20 AM (cGjQu)

150 Muslim oil oligarchs and charities in order to affect US politics is my guess.

==

My thoughts exactly, whig. And why it's so worrisome.
Posted by: Lady in Black
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They want to kill us.
It's in the book.

Posted by: Braenyard

So is "God Wins".

Posted by: rickb223 at February 25, 2026 08:20 AM (qilzz)

151 I loved Trump's SOTU speech last night. Best ever!

Posted by: redridinghood at February 25, 2026 08:21 AM (NpAcC)

152 LVP a prayer for peace in your house.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 25, 2026 08:21 AM (RIvkX)

153 ">>Today Is National Chocolate Covered Nut Day."

Uhmmmm. Kinky!

Do turtles count?
Posted by: Lizzy"

How about Tucker?

Posted by: fd - I Grow And Lear Every Day. at February 25, 2026 08:21 AM (vFG9F)

154 My thoughts exactly, whig. And why it's so worrisome.
Posted by: Lady in Black
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They want to kill us.
It's in the book.

Posted by: Braenyard
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It is and it isn't. Unlike Europe, our numbers are probably manageable up to a point (unless the Democrats open the floodgates again) and we have far more immigration from Central and South America than we do from the Middle East. But it does mean that the periodic windup toys will go off but the peculiar behavior of domestic Muzzies after Gaza and then the Israeli ass whooping of Iran, Hezbollah, and Gaza did not provoke masses of terror attacks.

Instead, we got the sad trombone trannies as the most recent group of mass public killers. That in particular calls into question perhaps the Deep State's role in setting off these ticking timebombs to ensure crown jewels like FISA and other nasty surveillance programs continue to exist.

Posted by: whig at February 25, 2026 08:21 AM (E4rtv)

155 144.
Done

Posted by: man at February 25, 2026 08:21 AM (cGjQu)

156 Today Is National Chocolate Covered Nut Day.
________

Rachel Dolezal gets her own day?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 25, 2026 08:22 AM (XvL8K)

157 Do turtles count?
Posted by: Lizzy at February 25, 2026 08:20 AM (tj6OY)
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Do turtles even have nuts? I know they have to fertilize the eggs somehow, but I don't know the mechanism.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 25, 2026 08:22 AM (3OtAS)

158 "JD as Killer of Fraud is a great idea if it actually is meant to be a meaningful position that delivers results. "

I seem to recall about six months it was announced with some fanfare that JD and Bessant and Stephen Miller were task-forcing to trace the sources of Antifa and left-wing insurrectionist funding. Nothing since then.

Posted by: Ordinary American at February 25, 2026 08:23 AM (t+TFX)

159 The Democrats just don't get it. This response should be absolute outrage, she is too calm. This speech should be demanding the Epstein files. Over and over and over.
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Meaning, the phrase "Epstein Files" has nothing to do with the actual files.

It's just a catch-all for their hatred of everything Trump, their McGuffin.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 25, 2026 08:23 AM (HXT0k)

160 Turnout will decide November. Trump is already running likes he's on the ticket. His goal is to get high turnout from working people and their families.

This will be missed by all the MSM polls

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 25, 2026 08:23 AM (9ok3v)

161 >>Do turtles even have nuts? I know they have to fertilize the eggs somehow, but I don't know the mechanism.

Chocolate turtles - pecans, caramel, chocolate!!!

Posted by: Lizzy at February 25, 2026 08:23 AM (tj6OY)

162 144 Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 25, 2026 08:19 AM (xT8gx)

Mishabeirach coming your way!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 25, 2026 08:23 AM (x0n13)

163 more immigration from Central and South America than we do from the Middle East"

Yeah. And those groups do not get along well. At all.

Posted by: man at February 25, 2026 08:23 AM (cGjQu)

164 Here is another thing that annoys me, the thing about the Epstein files, what ever is in them or not in them, literally everything that may or may not be in them, occured before Trump was President, If Trump had any exposure in them, Obama's DOJ would have revealed it, or when Russia Op seized control of Trumps DOJ, it would have been used against him, and certainly when The Junta seized power in 2020 and were systematically going after Trump, they would have surely used it then.

There is simpy nothing there vis-a-vis Trump/Epstein.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 25, 2026 08:23 AM (XV/Pl)

165 Hey, I'll admit that I believed Epstein was running a huge pedo ring but there just doesn't seem to be evidence that this is true.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 25, 2026 08:19 AM (ExV1e)
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Mike Benz disagrees:

https://tinyurl.com/yc8ymhba

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 25, 2026 08:24 AM (7xyr6)

166 Today Is National Chocolate Covered Nut Day.

Rachel Dolezal gets her own day?

That's enough internet for me today. lol.

Posted by: Halfhand at February 25, 2026 08:24 AM (XUxhu)

167 The Muzzies “holy” book was written by Satan. Our holy book was written by God. So we know which one will win out in the end.

Posted by: Bulg at February 25, 2026 08:24 AM (77rzZ)

168 Will do, LinusVanPelt!

Posted by: Lizzy at February 25, 2026 08:24 AM (tj6OY)

169 Do turtles even have nuts? "

.....
...
.

/mitch McTurtle

Posted by: man at February 25, 2026 08:24 AM (cGjQu)

170 Guam tipper was Hank Johnson from Georgia another MENSA refugee
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 25, 2026 08:03 AM (/PQmQ)

I recall being told, shortly after that happened, that he was being treated for something and the drugs he was on could make a person 'confused'. No answer was ever given as to why a person who was so chemically confused that they thought an island could capsize should still be allowed to have a vote in Congress.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 25, 2026 08:25 AM (ExV1e)

171 Woo Hoo! Finally, JJS brings us Science News from Uranus! I knew this day would come. That Spud Webb Telescope is paying off big-time!

Posted by: Well Grounded at February 25, 2026 08:25 AM (oftw2)

172 @144 Linus, good luck and God bless
As the noted thinker Mickey Rivers once said
"Ain't no sense worrying about something you can't do anything about because if you can't do anything about it ain't no sense worrying
And ain't no sense worrying about something you can do something about because if you can do something about it ain't sense worrying"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 25, 2026 08:25 AM (/PQmQ)

173 Do turtles even have nuts? I know they have to fertilize the eggs somehow, but I don't know the mechanism.

Chocolate turtles - pecans, caramel, chocolate!!!
Posted by: Lizzy

*Drops nuts on top of house*

Posted by: Gamers at February 25, 2026 08:26 AM (BAWkL)

174 Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 25, 2026 08:19 AM (xT8gx)

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Sincere prayers to you LVP. I've been there. It's no fun dealing with health scares. Especially if you're like me, and have a mind that races to dark corners of the imagination. I'm sure you will be just fine and once the appt is over, you'll have a great night's sleep from the relief.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 25, 2026 08:26 AM (qBdHI)

175 >> If Trump had any exposure in them, Obama's DOJ would have revealed it, or when Russia Op seized control of Trumps DOJ, it would have been used against him, and certainly when The Junta seized power in 2020 and were systematically going after Trump, they would have surely used it then.

THIS!
They wouldn't have run with the vague NY and GA charges, nor the E. Jean Carroll "he raped me sometime in the past" nonsense.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 25, 2026 08:26 AM (tj6OY)

176 Rachel Dolezal is Spokane white bread; the unbearable whiteness of being. She hides in the snow.

Posted by: kingsman at February 25, 2026 08:26 AM (ehY6c)

177 Prayer up, Linus.

Posted by: Bulg at February 25, 2026 08:26 AM (77rzZ)

178 I didnlike that Trump personally called out that pathetic worm Thune and *demanded* that he get up off his well-worn ass and pass the voter integrity legislation.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 25, 2026 08:26 AM (BI5O2)

179 Indeed. Why so many bought into that idiot from Shell Oil's assessment on discovery and production is just... really strange. So many in industry and government took it as gospel.

Bizarre.
Posted by: man
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I think the gameplan of the WEF types/Rockefellers, etc. was to shift to 'clean' fuels and dominate those new industries by making oil expensive to pay for it. Expensive oil meant existing reserves were worth exponentially more for oil companies and at the same time allowed these big fossil fuel companies to presumably slide over to dominate the new EV, etc. industries.

You see the same behavior in food production--megacorps dominate one meat production market and then laterally expand by buying the other substitute product companies so that consumers get screwed by exhorbitant prices however they turn. The idea becomes perfect price discrimination where consumers in each country where these megacorps run the food industries are charged prices that maximize the revenue stream and are forestalled by switching to cheaper substitutes as the food companies dominate those prices as well.

Posted by: whig at February 25, 2026 08:27 AM (E4rtv)

180 Great news about the cathedral in Barcelona. Love that building.

Posted by: Bulg at February 25, 2026 08:27 AM (77rzZ)

181 The influx of Haitian labor has driven down wages, increased housing costs, and placed strain on welfare systems in Springfield, Ohio. (Mike DeSwine)
GOP Governor Breaks With Trump on Deportations, Defends Cheap Haitian Labor.
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Sigh. I think Rep voters in Ohio will be even more depressed voting for Vivek if he doesn't repudiate DeWine than even the last two times when DeWine was on the ticket. That might enough to mean Acton wins. Which would add yet another lefty Karen governor to the ones in VA, NJ, AZ, KS, WA and a multitude of others. Why is this happening?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 25, 2026 08:28 AM (Dv3i1)

182 Horde — If you wouldn’t mind saying a prayer for me I’d certainly appreciate it. I had a health scare and it’s freaking me out a little (or maybe a lot).

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 25, 2026 08:19 AM (xT8gx)
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Twenty questions.

I'll start.

Is it an STD?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 25, 2026 08:28 AM (7xyr6)

183 Belt to ass

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at February 25, 2026 08:28 AM (LOZbR)

184 "That might enough to mean Acton wins."

God help us.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at February 25, 2026 08:30 AM (DgMqy)

185 I don't think the Democrats have any clue at all of the massive, crushing wave of patriotism that's coming this summer.

No one they know celebrates Independence Day.
No one they know feels pride at seeing the U.S flag.
No one they know is proud to be an American.

Trump knows.
Trump hinted at it last night.
And it wasn't until the last of the speech, when the Dems were told to stand for Americans, that any Dems showed they were clued in.
Too late.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 25, 2026 08:30 AM (HXT0k)

186 Do turtles even have nuts?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 25, 2026 08:22 AM (3OtAS)
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What a silly question!

Of course they do!!!

In the shell.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 25, 2026 08:30 AM (7xyr6)

187 So disappointed that Bulg did not livestream his procedure.

Posted by: Katie Couric at February 25, 2026 08:30 AM (oftw2)

188 Hey, anyone watch Abigail Spanberger's rebuttal?
Did she say anything interesting?

Posted by: Lizzy at February 25, 2026 08:30 AM (tj6OY)

189 Here is another thing that annoys me, the thing about the Epstein files, what ever is in them or not in them, literally everything that may or may not be in them, occured before Trump was President, If Trump had any exposure in them, Obama's DOJ would have revealed it, or when Russia Op seized control of Trumps DOJ, it would have been used against him, and certainly when The Junta seized power in 2020 and were systematically going after Trump, they would have surely used it then.

There is simpy nothing there vis-a-vis Trump/Epstein.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 25, 2026 08:23 AM (XV/Pl)
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Yup. The *entire* IC/LE complex worldwide went after Trump with both barrels for a freaking *decade.* If there were any there there, they'd have used it ages ago and done damage-control on the overflow.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 25, 2026 08:30 AM (3OtAS)

190 I do not recall this amount of heckling in any previous SOTU. It's figured to be from classless members of congress

Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 25, 2026 08:31 AM (ME+91)

191 Why is this happening?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 25, 2026 08:28 AM (Dv3i1)

This is any easy one - GOP voters no longer exist in significant numbers. Only Trump voters do.

And that's the GOP's fault, and they have done absolutely nothing in this term to change that - and it's very likely they will shoot down SAVE precisely so they can lose even harder. This November is probably going to be rough for them.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 25, 2026 08:32 AM (BI5O2)

192 Expensive oil meant existing reserves were worth exponentially more for oil companies"

That's my take, and correlates with the first generation of alt energy garbage.
Well, that and exploration was getting expensive... and dangerous.

Posted by: man at February 25, 2026 08:32 AM (cGjQu)

193 Stomach-Turning: UK Officers Used Police Cars to Help Traffic Girls for Pakistani Rape Gang, According to Latest Report

Posted by: SMOD at February 25, 2026 08:32 AM (RHGPo)

194 Morning JJ and the Horde. Has anybody heard from Grammie Winger? Hope she is doing OK

Posted by: Jonah at February 25, 2026 08:32 AM (YCxFk)

195 Mike Benz disagrees:

https://tinyurl.com/yc8ymhba
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 25, 2026 08:24 AM (7xyr6)

Well, the write-up says that Epstein tried to cover potential dealings with the CIA. It doesn't say anything about a pedo connection. May I assume that he makes that claim in the video? And does he give justification for that, or does he just state it?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 25, 2026 08:32 AM (ExV1e)

196 >>>That in particular calls into question perhaps the Deep State's role in setting off these ticking timebombs to ensure crown jewels like FISA and other nasty surveillance programs continue to exist.
Posted by: whig
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It is in their book that we will either submit or die.
They are fervent faithful believers. Being polite or helpful or generous is all part of the subversive plan.
It's in the book.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 25, 2026 08:33 AM (Edoh6)

197 186...

Groans

Posted by: man at February 25, 2026 08:33 AM (cGjQu)

198 >>I do not recall this amount of heckling in any previous SOTU. It's figured to be from classless members of congress

Right?

Will they be punished like the Republican was years ago who shouted "You lie!" at Obama?

*Let the record show he was right - Obama was lying about illegals not getting free healthcare.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 25, 2026 08:33 AM (tj6OY)

199 Woke California college students turn down free New York Times subscriptions because it isn’t left-wing enough

Posted by: SMOD at February 25, 2026 08:33 AM (RHGPo)

200 You folks are great!! I sincerely thank you for all your prayers

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 25, 2026 08:33 AM (xT8gx)

201 Hey, anyone watch Abigail Spanberger's rebuttal?
Did she say anything interesting?"

No.

No.

Posted by: man at February 25, 2026 08:33 AM (cGjQu)

202 193. Saw that. Britain is finished. Visited twice, and so glad I did before it became a Marxist hole

Posted by: Jonah at February 25, 2026 08:34 AM (YCxFk)

203 Their, every one of them, end goal is our submission.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 25, 2026 08:34 AM (Edoh6)

204 Ya know that two seconds of "Lion Sleeps Tonight" parody that auto-played at the end of the election fraud message shared by Trump or his team? It was OBVIOUSLY inadvertent, but the Dems seized upon it and extracted as much outrage as they could muster.

Isn't there a name for that kind of weaponized offense-taking, where anything that can be twisted into an affront is hollered about at top volume? (Thankfully Trump ignores their fake indignation because it's impossible to avoid saying anything twist-able.) The left uses this strategy a lot, constantly claiming evil motivations for anything they can possibly pretend to interpret wrong. Meanwhile, if a lefty says something truly vile and it is pointed out, they claim their words were taken out of context.

What is this behavior/strategy called? It's a special type of hypocrisy. Hmmm.

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at February 25, 2026 08:34 AM (FMtrg)

205 A Maryland squatter posed online as a financial adviser, but was actually living off food stamps and sending her 16-year-old daughter out to work instead of school, while hiding out in a $2.3 million mansion, according to a report. Tameika Goode, 40, who recently returned to the ritzy, 7,500-square-foot home in the suburbs of Washington, DC, presented herself as a bankruptcy expert, flogging $800 courses online and sharing social media posts of her Porsche. In reality, however, she was a squatter, living on a total monthly income of $946, which included $538 in child support and $408 in food stamps.

Posted by: SMOD at February 25, 2026 08:35 AM (RHGPo)

206 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at February 25, 2026 08:35 AM (2Ez/1)

207 178 I didnlike that Trump personally called out that pathetic worm Thune and *demanded* that he get up off his well-worn ass and pass the voter integrity legislation.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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Tis not wise to point out useless GOP types and to some degree Thune is a symptom, not the primary reason. That is you have about 6-10 of McConnell's fake and gay posse in the GOP--Cassidy, Murcow, Collins, McConnell himself, Rand Paul, Thune, and some others on particular issues that take turns in buggering the conservatives on key votes. All it takes is four defectors (and some of those defectors just don't show up for the votes, etc.).

The resistance to the phoney modern filibuster by the GOPe is that if a talking filibuster shows that the phoney modern one is a sham, then these treacherous assholes will have their defections from the GOP on key issues noted by voters. They can't hide behind their Dem colleagues anymore. That is why you get the stall out while the GOP Senate caucus is probably hoping to lose the House to take them off the hook.

Posted by: whig at February 25, 2026 08:35 AM (E4rtv)

208 Daily Mail -
Barron Trump makes shocking fashion choice in appearance at SOTU
TodayBarron Trump made a shock appearance at his father's State of the Union address Tuesday. The President's youngest sported a blue tie instead of the traditional MAGA red worn by other members of the family.

HuffPost-
Tabloids Buzz Over Barron Trump's 'Eyebrow-Raising' Fashion ... - HuffPost
TodayBarron Trump stuck his neck out at President Donald Trump 's State of the Union address by wearing a blue tie, tabloids blared.

Hilarious. You know who else wore a blue tie?
JD Vance and Republicans.
A blue tie goes with everything.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 25, 2026 08:36 AM (NpAcC)

209 the party of liars and murderers - what more is there to say?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 25, 2026 08:36 AM (MIIRH)

210 Spanberger looked liked a unhinged Karen- Guidance Counselor.

Thankfully you can only serve one term in Va as Governor

Posted by: Jonah at February 25, 2026 08:36 AM (YCxFk)

211 A Disney parody imagines the coming Islamic state.
Under a British Caliphate
_____

Pretty good thoughtcrime. Good parody, hard hitting. Failed to mention female genital mutilation though.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 25, 2026 08:36 AM (Dv3i1)

212 NYPost: Mamdani hiding that he wants NYC to have top tax rate in the world

Posted by: SMOD at February 25, 2026 08:36 AM (RHGPo)

213 The SAVE act…. Another head scratcher how any pol but especially a republican could stand up with a straight face and recite any reason not to support

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 25, 2026 08:36 AM (xT8gx)

214 Stomach-Turning: UK Officers Used Police Cars to Help Traffic Girls for Pakistani Rape Gang, According to Latest Report

A Clockwork Orange 2: Dim And Georgie's Rape Gang Boogaloo.

Posted by: Malcolm McDowell at February 25, 2026 08:37 AM (hXJe5)

215 Lauren Chapin, who portrayed the precocious Kathy “Kitten” Anderson on the iconic 1950s TV series Father Knows Best, has died. She was 80.

Posted by: SMOD at February 25, 2026 08:37 AM (RHGPo)

216 Video footage shows the moment the Democrat was walked out of the room and again held up the sign that read, “Black People Aren’t Apes!”
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That kind of negative association thing; where--even fi you are making a good point--you avoid a negative association with yourself.
Because many minds are going to go "black people = apes"

See also, "I am not a crook."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 25, 2026 08:37 AM (HXT0k)

217 Who is the individual who sent the Dems the text to start standing?

Posted by: davidt at February 25, 2026 08:38 AM (Q+gd/)

218 Spamburger, I'd rather have a hamburger.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 25, 2026 08:38 AM (Edoh6)

219 It was a great speech, and I never think PDJT gives a great speech. He killed it. The moment when he asked Democrats to stand and support the idea the first duty of government is to protect the citizenry, and they sat on their hands was a huge moment. It'll be an election ad, all by itself.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 25, 2026 08:38 AM (r5gBF)

220 To continue,

I think that is why Trump is going to the campaign trail for the midterms, where he can pick out targets on the GOPe Senate and move the needle more to Trumpian candidates than the fake and gay Democrats and establishmentarians that often dominate GOP elections.

More specialized targeting without telling the entire US electorate that the GOP weasels in the Senate are shit. That tends to make independents simply sit on their ass during midterms and the GOP base in specific states might not be able to overcome the fanatical kamikaze Democrats frantic to prevent a Trump Congress for the last two years of Trump's No F*cks Given presidency.

Posted by: whig at February 25, 2026 08:38 AM (E4rtv)

221 82 CNN: something about a scandal with a Texas congressman who had an affair with an aide who killer xerself.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 25, 2026 07:57 AM (RIvkX)

Bizarre case - Hispanic Democrat congressman apparently having affair with young good looking staffer, presumably he tried to end it, she went into her backyard, poured gasoline over herself and set herself on fire. Tragic.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 25, 2026 08:38 AM (k/Sbk)

222 I agree on Thune. He is good on Judges, but is too nice and still thinks its the 1950's, when you still had decent Dems in the Senate.

He wants to keep the tradition of the Filibuster, but we all know if Dems get the trifecta back, they will abolish it anyways

Posted by: Jonah at February 25, 2026 08:39 AM (YCxFk)

223 We really do live in a different world where a certain subset of people are completely programmable. No different than a machine.
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LLM Humans.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 25, 2026 08:39 AM (HXT0k)

224 >>The President's youngest sported a blue tie instead of the traditional MAGA red worn by other members of the family.

Wait -- whaaaat?

OMG, that is real wrath of God type stuff
Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies
Dogs and cats living together!!

Posted by: Lizzy at February 25, 2026 08:39 AM (tj6OY)

225 221. Tom is that TX Rep a Republican? Garcia

Posted by: Jonah at February 25, 2026 08:39 AM (YCxFk)

226 We were happy, warm, well-nourished. Until yesterday. The huge manatee!

Posted by: Bulg's Polyps at February 25, 2026 08:40 AM (oftw2)

227 Did Al Green lose his seat in the new Texas Map?

Posted by: Jonah at February 25, 2026 08:40 AM (YCxFk)

228 James Carville, 'fat, sorry, sack of s---', rants about President Trump pre-SOTU

Posted by: SMOD at February 25, 2026 08:40 AM (RHGPo)

229 Bizarre case - Hispanic Democrat congressman apparently having affair with young good looking staffer, presumably he tried to end it, she went into her backyard, poured gasoline over herself and set herself on fire. Tragic.
Posted by: Tom Servo at February 25, 2026 08:38 AM (k/Sbk)

Tony Gonzalez is a Republican.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 25, 2026 08:41 AM (ExV1e)

230 The heckling sounded like the British parliament. Only the Brits are usually much better with the English language than Omar or Jaypal

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 25, 2026 08:41 AM (/PQmQ)

231 Thune is a representative of the GOPe and it's wants, desires, and agenda, some of those may coincide with Trumps agenda, but make no mistake, Trumps agenda is not Thune's agenda.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 25, 2026 08:41 AM (XV/Pl)

232 🚨Cornel West Just Called Gavin Newsom a RACIST—And the Left Is Silent Because... Democrat Privilege?🔥

Cornel West just torched Gavin Newsom over his cringey SAT pandering in Atlanta, labeling it a straight-up "white supremacy mindset" that assumes Black folks are "less intelligent."

Don't vibe with West? Cool. But props—he's got the spine to call racism racism, even when it's coming from a blue-state golden boy.

Yet Newsom gets the ultimate pass from the media and much of the black community. Why? Because D after his name.

Reminder: The same party that championed slavery, founded the KKK, and enforced Jim Crow still wears the "anti-racist" crown like it's earned.

Hypocrisy on steroids. Double standards forever.

Who else is tired of the selective outrage?

Posted by: SMOD at February 25, 2026 08:41 AM (RHGPo)

233 Spanberger looked liked a unhinged Karen- Guidance Counselor.

Thankfully you can only serve one term in Va as Governor
Posted by: Jonah at February 25, 2026 08:36 AM (YCxFk)
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I watched some of it. Her facial gestures are as distracting as Gavin's idiosyncratic and spastic hand movements.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 25, 2026 08:41 AM (RIvkX)

234 Thune is not "nice." None of these worms are anything but worms, wriggling around on the rancid turd of American government.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 25, 2026 08:42 AM (BI5O2)

235 Early voting starting in the Texas primaries.

I expect the Senate race for Cornyn’s seat to end up being Ken Paxton vs Jasmine Crockett.

Could be a runoff on the Republican side, if Wes Hunt gets enough votes to deny a majority to anyone.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 25, 2026 08:42 AM (k/Sbk)

236 Scumbag grifter, Candace Owens is at it again.

Candace Owens Drops Trailer for New SERIES ‘Bride of Charlie’

https://tinyurl.com/yc8kbaaz

Posted by: redridinghood at February 25, 2026 08:42 AM (NpAcC)

237 >>Tony Gonzalez is a Republican.

And from what's been released of his texts to his staffer, a major scumbag.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 25, 2026 08:42 AM (tj6OY)

238 He wants to keep the tradition of the Filibuster, but we all know if Dems get the trifecta back, they will abolish it anyways
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GAAAHHH! The tradition of the filibuster is to 'debate' until every Senator that gets their time, then it's time to vote and 50 vote majority wins. The much more recent tradition of throwing up your hands because you can't get 60 votes to simply END DEBATE so you can move on to 50 votes to pass is bullcrap. This is actually NOT A FILIBUSTER but an excuse to not do anything.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 25, 2026 08:43 AM (Dv3i1)

239 Mike Davis says that Canadace owens makes a 100k a week grifting.

Posted by: Jonah at February 25, 2026 08:43 AM (YCxFk)

240 Hey, anyone watch Abigail Spanberger's rebuttal?
Did she say anything interesting?
Posted by: Lizzy at February 25, 2026 08:30 AM (tj6OY)
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Who could stay awake that long? But whatever she said it is the Democrats trial theme for the midterms, just like her Virginia election strategy is their national strategy for the fall.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 25, 2026 08:43 AM (bn3+m)

241 In the 1860s, the Copperheads, also known as Peace Democrats, were a faction of the Democratic Party in the Union who opposed the American Civil War and wanted an immediate peace settlement with the Confederates, even if that meant slavery continued.

Posted by: SMOD at February 25, 2026 08:43 AM (RHGPo)

242 In the world of Al Green’s… I’ll take the gospel singer the Reverend Al Green

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 25, 2026 08:43 AM (xT8gx)

243 238. Well Said Chuck

Posted by: Jonah at February 25, 2026 08:44 AM (YCxFk)

244 >>James Carville, 'fat, sorry, sack of s---', rants about President Trump pre-SOTU

IT'S FUNNY HOW MUCH I DON'T CARE WHAT THAT CRAZY CREEP SAYS.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at February 25, 2026 08:44 AM (tj6OY)

245 NYPost: Mamdani hiding that he wants NYC to have top tax rate in the world"

"Hiding"????

That's funny right there.

Posted by: man at February 25, 2026 08:44 AM (cGjQu)

246 213 The SAVE act…. Another head scratcher how any pol but especially a republican could stand up with a straight face and recite any reason not to support
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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You get kabuki bullshit. Paul, for example, attacks the SAVE act on state's rights bullshit (Congress in Article I and the later 15th Amendment are specifically given power to address federal elections as they should be). Murcow is essentially a Democrat that stays GOP for now because of her seniority and committee positions. Collins is in a tight race and Maine (and AK) use the idiotic and undemocratic ranked choice voting systems. McConnell and his awful staffers are butthurt about his loss of power as boss of the GOPe and don't want to help Trump do anything. And then there are the secret defectors that will pop up on any given issue and give stupid ad hoc reasons why the status quo should not be challenged.

Posted by: whig at February 25, 2026 08:44 AM (E4rtv)

247 I hope Erika has a big ol’ defamation lawsuit waiting to drop on Candace like an anvil on Wile E. Coyote.

Posted by: Bulg at February 25, 2026 08:45 AM (77rzZ)

248 Ironic. First time Thune ran in 2002 and lost to Tim Johnson, Illegal votes on the Indian Reservations did him in

Posted by: Jonah at February 25, 2026 08:45 AM (YCxFk)

249 but an excuse to not do anything."

Hey, I gots to get to fundrais'n!

Posted by: man at February 25, 2026 08:45 AM (cGjQu)

250 "We'll never have a moment's peace or any semblance of normalcy unless and until the Left is completely removed from any position of power and influence. They must be utterly defeated for all time. We cannot rest, we cannot falter and we cannot fail in that holy cause, or it will be our undoing.

I second that motion. I pray and talk the talk every night and day that we will succeed in this holy quest, especially in the mid-terms.

Posted by: sidney at February 25, 2026 08:45 AM (Uy/WF)

251 Oy vey. I'm sure Kirk just doesn't want to call attention to Owens, but it's probably time for her to file suit. This has to stop. It's pure defamation, and harassment at this point.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 25, 2026 08:45 AM (BI5O2)

252 Candace Owens Drops Trailer for New SERIES ‘Bride of Charlie’
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I have seen the trailer and saw the most base propaganda techniques, down to the weird jump cuts and creepy music.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 25, 2026 08:47 AM (RIvkX)

253 Sadly if Paxton wins primary, we will have months of bogus MSM polling saying he is gonna lose

Posted by: Jonah at February 25, 2026 08:47 AM (YCxFk)

254 Hey, anyone watch Abigail Spanberger's rebuttal?
Did she say anything interesting?
Posted by: Lizzy at February 25, 2026 08:30 AM (tj6OY)
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Snoozefest. Pack of lies.

She's a weird looking woman with zero charisma.

The only reason she's governor is because of Democrat election shenanigans.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 25, 2026 08:47 AM (4S2yc)

255 >>Well, the write-up says that Epstein tried to cover potential dealings with the CIA. It doesn't say anything about a pedo connection. May I assume that he makes that claim in the video? And does he give justification for that, or does he just state it?

Maxwell was convicted of sex trafficking. To Jeffrey Epstein and nobody else. That's not to say that others didn't take advantage of what Epstein was offering but that is a much smaller part of what he was doing.

When Trump kept saying the Epstein thing was a hoax it was because he knew that was what his enemies and the media, same thing, were going to push while ignoring the real issue that threatened way more damage to deep state pols in the US and around the world.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 25, 2026 08:47 AM (viF8m)

256 Tony Gonzalez is a Republican.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 25, 2026 08:41 AM (ExV1e)

Thanks, I missed that. Story really hasn’t received any media attention, which surprises me. Probably because it’s a telenovella storyline, love struck beautiful Latina willing to die if she can’t have her Man.

You just take it for granted that every Hispanic politician, here and everywhere else, keeps a girl or two on the side.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 25, 2026 08:47 AM (k/Sbk)

257 hey! good morning!

wow I could not sleep after that (I mean eventually I did but way late)

that was EPIC

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 25, 2026 08:47 AM (j+aD2)

258 if Paxton wins primary, we will have months of bogus MSM polling saying he is gonna lose"

Beto is a winner!

/ oh.

Posted by: man at February 25, 2026 08:48 AM (cGjQu)

259 Has the Macrons’ suit against CannedAss been resolved yet?

Posted by: Bulg at February 25, 2026 08:48 AM (77rzZ)

260 Thanks, I missed that. Story really hasn’t received any media attention, which surprises me. Probably because it’s a telenovella storyline, love struck beautiful Latina willing to die if she can’t have her Man.

or, leftists target his side piece to get him to leave politics, torch her and make it look like suicide.

that's a really odd way for a female to commit suicide. great way to hide any evidence tho

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 25, 2026 08:48 AM (j+aD2)

261 I like Don Huffines, running here in Texas for state comptroller. However it bothers me a tiny bit that he’s running an ad showing some video of Charlie Kirk endorsing him before he was murdered. I don’t know…. Just seems a little smarmy to appeal to assasination sorrow. But maybe I’m wrong just how it strikes me; I still plan to vote for him and he will win….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at February 25, 2026 08:48 AM (xT8gx)

262 GAAAHHH! The tradition of the filibuster is to 'debate' until every Senator that gets their time, then it's time to vote and 50 vote majority wins. The much more recent tradition of throwing up your hands because you can't get 60 votes to simply END DEBATE so you can move on to 50 votes to pass is bullcrap. This is actually NOT A FILIBUSTER but an excuse to not do anything.
Posted by: Chuck Martel
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You got it. The no senator shall speak twice on an issue regarding debate goes back to Thomas Jefferson era. Cloture aka the filibuster is a modern 20th Century invention after the Armed Ships Bill just before WWI was filibustered. Rules were changed for the first time to allow a motion to limit debate rather than rely on the old no senator shall speak twice issue. That lead to a cloture of 2/3rds but that still required talking and holding the floor. The modern filibuster was a Democrat 'reform' where it allowed the Senate to continue to act in other legislation without tying up the floor by simply refusing to limit debate and the threshold to limit debate was dropped to 60. But it did not eliminate the actual talking debate limits.

Posted by: whig at February 25, 2026 08:49 AM (E4rtv)

263 Story really hasn’t received any media attention, which surprises me. "

Really? It's everywhere. First word is "republican "

FWIW, the released messages don't actually show an affair... that's the "reports"

Posted by: man at February 25, 2026 08:50 AM (cGjQu)

264 THEY'RE ALL CRAZY!

- line of the night

and I thought of it all night

and then this morning when I saw the utter insanity my family members and friends posted

They. Are. Crazy.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 25, 2026 08:50 AM (j+aD2)

265 >>>And from what's been released of his texts to his staffer, a major scumbag.
Posted by: Lizzy
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She had crazy eyes. It would have been better if she killed him. With those texts she would have been a star.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 25, 2026 08:50 AM (Edoh6)

266 In other news, another W Bush US appeals court judge is retiring. 3rd this week. Tymovich on the 10th circuit in Denver. When they are confirmed, Trump will have appointed the second most appeals judges of all time, only short of Reagan.

Posted by: Jonah at February 25, 2026 08:51 AM (YCxFk)

267 >>The SAVE act…. Another head scratcher how any pol but especially a republican could stand up with a straight face and recite any reason not to support

A guess?
Enacting it will show that there have been tens of millions of fraudulent votes, or at minimum, that specific blue cities/counties, have been wildly overcounting votes (e.g. Detroit, Philadelphia) and then they will have to deal with it.

Who knows why RINOs don't want it - safe to assume that these people who have been in DC for decades are involved in things we have no insight into, resulting in allegiances and favors to people who don't want Voter ID. Heck, maybe they like knowing they can flip an election, or more particularly a primary, as needed using illegal means (like Murkowski winning the write-in vote after she was primaried).

Posted by: Lizzy at February 25, 2026 08:51 AM (tj6OY)

268 Spangenberg asking if Trump has made Americans safer at home and abroad the answer would be yes. It would be better if the Dems weren't insane

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 25, 2026 08:51 AM (/PQmQ)

269 Immolation is a tough way to make a point. And there's no follow-up.

Posted by: Don't Look, Ethyl! at February 25, 2026 08:51 AM (oftw2)

270 Yes, Spanberger does have the Bug eyes, like Whitmer in Michigan

Posted by: Jonah at February 25, 2026 08:51 AM (YCxFk)

271 Best moment:

*points finger*
These. People. Are. Crazy!
-Trump

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 25, 2026 08:52 AM (RIvkX)

272 Mike Davis says that Canadace owens makes a 100k a week grifting.

Posted by: Jonah at February 25, 2026 08:43 AM (YCxFk)
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If I read correctly, she now collects 100-120K monthly from Qatar.

If so, is she FARA registered?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 25, 2026 08:52 AM (7xyr6)

273 It would be better if the Dems weren't insane

yes but unfortunately that ship has sailed

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 25, 2026 08:52 AM (j+aD2)

274 And from what's been released of his texts to his staffer, a major scumbag."

Hang out with a group of older "Hispanic " males. Gets sporty, it does. Much machismo.

Posted by: man at February 25, 2026 08:52 AM (cGjQu)

275 Did Trump actually call the Dems crazy??? That is freaking awesome!!!

Posted by: Bulg at February 25, 2026 08:53 AM (77rzZ)

276 Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 25, 2026 08:50 AM (j+aD2)

*fistbump*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 25, 2026 08:53 AM (RIvkX)

277 btw rumors on X are that PDJT ad libbed the thing about "stand if you protect the citizens of the USA over illegal aliens"

pretty brilliant ad lib!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 25, 2026 08:53 AM (j+aD2)

278 253 Sadly if Paxton wins primary, we will have months of bogus MSM polling saying he is gonna lose
Posted by: Jonah at February 25, 2026 08:47 AM (YCxFk)

The funny part is that the higher levels of the Dem party realize Crockett is poison and are trying to back Talerico, but they’re failing.

Why are they scared of her? Because the Hispanic vote in Texas is absolutely essential for any Dem candidate to put on a credible showing, and there is no way Hispanic voters will ever go for Crazy Black Ghetto Girl. They see that type in real life far too often.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 25, 2026 08:53 AM (k/Sbk)

279 If so, is she FARA registered?"

AKC registered...

Posted by: man at February 25, 2026 08:54 AM (cGjQu)

280 You just take it for granted that every ~~Hispanic~~ politician, here and everywhere else, keeps a girl or two on the side.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 25, 2026 08:54 AM (ExV1e)

281 Did Trump actually call the Dems crazy??? That is freaking awesome!!!
Posted by: Bulg at February 25, 2026 08:53 AM (77rzZ)
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Oh, yes. More than once.

JD Vance lost his composure when President Trump said it. He was smiling ear to ear.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 25, 2026 08:54 AM (4S2yc)

282 275 Did Trump actually call the Dems crazy??? That is freaking awesome!!!

it was awesome!

I think that was definitely an ad lib. they were looking at their phones and scowling and seated when he introduced Irina's mom, who was bawling

he just glared at them and couldnt' take it anymore with them

I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND MR PRESIDENT

I have to live with these people!!!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 25, 2026 08:54 AM (j+aD2)

283 The SAVE act…. Another head scratcher how any pol but especially a republican could stand up with a straight face and recite any reason not to support
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The Democrats are not the only party that cheats.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 25, 2026 08:55 AM (jtM2q)

284 there is no way Hispanic voters will ever go for Crazy Black Ghetto Girl"

But they're all brown people!

/ our betters

Posted by: man at February 25, 2026 08:55 AM (cGjQu)

285 278 Why are they scared of her? Because the Hispanic vote in Texas is absolutely essential for any Dem candidate to put on a credible showing, and there is no way Hispanic voters will ever go for Crazy Black Ghetto Girl. They see that type in real life far too often.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 25, 2026 08:53 AM (k/Sbk)

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They wouldn't go for gay, fake Christian Talarico either.

They're fighting over who gets to lose by 10 points. And they're spending tens of millions of dollars to do it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 25, 2026 08:55 AM (GBKbO)

286 btw rumors on X are that PDJT ad libbed the thing about "stand if you protect the citizens of the USA over illegal aliens"

pretty brilliant ad lib!
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 25, 2026 08:53 AM (j+aD2)\
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If true, then he seized that golden opportunity for all it was worth!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 25, 2026 08:55 AM (4S2yc)

287 You just take it for granted that every Hispanic politician, here and everywhere else, keeps a girl or two on the side"

Yep.

/Sinema

Posted by: man at February 25, 2026 08:56 AM (cGjQu)

288 When Trump kept saying the Epstein thing was a hoax it was because he knew that was what his enemies and the media, same thing, were going to push while ignoring the real issue that threatened way more damage to deep state pols in the US and around the world.
Posted by: JackStraw

Yep.

Posted by: whig at February 25, 2026 08:57 AM (E4rtv)

289 So Tom, you think Crockett is going to win the Dem Primary? That is amazing

Posted by: Jonah at February 25, 2026 08:57 AM (YCxFk)

290 from insty:

https://tinyurl.com/mufxuvjk

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 25, 2026 08:57 AM (j+aD2)

291 286 btw rumors on X are that PDJT ad libbed the thing about "stand if you protect the citizens of the USA over illegal aliens"

pretty brilliant ad lib!
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 25, 2026 08:53 AM (j+aD2)\
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If true, then he seized that golden opportunity for all it was worth!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 25, 2026 08:55 AM (4S2yc)

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The GOP should try to pierce the outer bubble of politically minded people with that.

It'll go together well with the "Democrats are the They/Them, Trump is for You," stuff that played so well in the 2024 race.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 25, 2026 08:57 AM (GBKbO)

292 So, now we know that when Queer Starmer was in charge of prosecutions in the UK, he ordered that over 13,000 mohammedan rapists were given warnings instead of prison time for their crimes.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 25, 2026 08:57 AM (0U5gm)

293 >> Rep. Ilhan Omar and Rep. Rashida Tlaib

Barking at the president like a junkyard dog, and showing complete disrespect for the office isn’t a good look. People such as these are an anathema to our republic. That’s not protest, it is a continuation of their subversive behavior. It is ultimately an attempt to tear down our society and remake it into something that it was never meant to be.

Posted by: Marcus T at February 25, 2026 08:57 AM (Jl/ju)

294 >>>that's a really odd way for a female to commit suicide. great way to hide any evidence tho
Posted by: BlackOrchid
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Yeah, not common at all. An article intimated that his texts were manipulative and pushy on a psychologically fragile person.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 25, 2026 08:57 AM (Edoh6)

295 >>Hang out with a group of older "Hispanic " males. Gets sporty, it does. Much machismo.

I believe you.

However, ALL of us have had to endure sexual harassment awareness training for decades thanks to Anita Hill.

We all had to deal with the "campus rape culture" hysteria (Obama's term) and the #MeToo hysteria (Trump's term) where every man was slandered as a predator until he proves otherwise. "Teach Men not to rape" blah blah blah.

Every place I've worked there has been at least one case where someone went to far, and was fired.

We've all been playing by the rules, so I have no patience for anyone who engages in sexual harassment today.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 25, 2026 08:57 AM (tj6OY)

296 289 So Tom, you think Crockett is going to win the Dem Primary? That is amazing

Posted by: Jonah at February 25, 2026 08:57 AM (YCxFk)

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Early voting tea leaves are:

She's stomping Talarico. Black voters are turning out. White voters are down. She racialized the race hard. Talarico did nothing to stop it. Democrat primary turnout is going to be roughly equal to 2008 and Obama.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 25, 2026 08:58 AM (GBKbO)

297 Robinson should take a tip from Paxton on dealing with scandals. Rather than deny, deny, deny, Paxton says “sure I did, that’s why I moved into her house! Watchya gonna do about it?”

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 25, 2026 08:58 AM (k/Sbk)

298 They wouldn't go for gay, fake Christian Talarico either.

They're fighting over who gets to lose by 10 points. And they're spending tens of millions of dollars to do it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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But I was assured on X by the People's Pollster Baris and others that the GOP is doomed by EV partisan turnout in Texas primaries.

Posted by: whig at February 25, 2026 08:58 AM (E4rtv)

299 I BURN FOR YOU, TONY!

Posted by: Crazy Sidepiece and Alternative Fuel Source at February 25, 2026 08:58 AM (zZ4br)

300 On California tovernor's race:
The Republican edge is, in large part, because the remaining nine Democrats are splitting the support.
After Swalwell, the next most-supported Democrats in the February poll from Emerson College were former Rep. Katie Porter, who received 10% support, and Tom Steyer, the billionaire and former presidential candidate, who received 9%. After that was a slew of Democrats, including former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, who received 3.5% support; San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, who received 3.4%; former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who received 3%; former State Controller Betty Yee and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond, who each received 2%; and former California Assembly Majority Leader Ian Calderon, who received 0.6%.
-SFGate

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 25, 2026 08:58 AM (RIvkX)

301 >>btw rumors on X are that PDJT ad libbed the thing about "stand if you protect the citizens of the USA over illegal aliens"

I expect that scene will be used in Republican midterm ads over and over.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 25, 2026 08:59 AM (viF8m)

302 Jack, ironic that the Brits are the only ones taking people down over Epstein, due to their laws. And actually nailed a lefty in Mandleson.

If Bill Gates and Reid Hoffman were brits, they would be busted too

Posted by: Jonah at February 25, 2026 08:59 AM (YCxFk)

303 Another question for the all-knowing Horde:

I'm trying to research the Arkansas candidates so I can vote wisely. I've checked ACU, Heritage Action, Club for Growth, and Citizens Alliance of America. There's no useful information there, except Congressman Steve Womack needs to be primaried and Tom Cotton's spine is disintegrating and he might need a challenger who's actually ready for prime time. I can't find any judicial people to vote against over the Bryan Malinowski killing. I'm relatively new to this state and the only Republican insiders I know are disgustingly squishy. The GOPe/RINO is strong here, but I think Sarah is a step in the right direction.

Anyone have any insights for me, please?

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at February 25, 2026 08:59 AM (FMtrg)

304 298 But I was assured on X by the People's Pollster Baris and others that the GOP is doomed by EV partisan turnout in Texas primaries.

Posted by: whig at February 25, 2026 08:58 AM (E4rtv)

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Baris might be retarded.

Talking polling every day is unhealthy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 25, 2026 08:59 AM (GBKbO)

305 I BURN FOR YOU, TONY!

Posted by: Crazy Sidepiece and Alternative Fuel Source at February 25, 2026 08:58 AM (zZ4br)
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So... hot Latina?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 25, 2026 08:59 AM (7xyr6)

306 Barking at the president like a junkyard dog, and showing complete disrespect for the office isn’t a good look. People such as these are an anathema to our republic. That’s not protest, it is a continuation of their subversive behavior. It is ultimately an attempt to tear down our society and remake it into something that it was never meant to be.
Posted by: Marcus T
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Some people never grew up after high school. And they get elected to high office nowadays based on their identity, not what they actually do in office.

Posted by: whig at February 25, 2026 09:00 AM (E4rtv)

307 Did Trump actually call the Dems crazy??? That is freaking awesome!!!
Posted by: Bulg at February 25, 2026 08:53 AM (77rzZ)
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he did

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 25, 2026 09:00 AM (oXDWE)

308 Cooling trend of Uranus atmosphere could mean a Space Station there within five years. Further probing should continue, of course. Use the red thermometer.

Posted by: Prudence Dictates at February 25, 2026 09:00 AM (oftw2)

309 yeah Baris is off his meds or something

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 25, 2026 09:01 AM (j+aD2)

310 Today Is National Chocolate Covered Nut Day.

Last night sure wasn't...

Posted by: Rep. Al Green at February 25, 2026 09:01 AM (/JEfq)

311 254 Hey, anyone watch Abigail Spanberger's rebuttal?
Did she say anything interesting?
Posted by: Lizzy at February 25, 2026 08:30 AM (tj6OY)
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Snoozefest. Pack of lies.

She's a weird looking woman with zero charisma.

The only reason she's governor is because of Democrat election shenanigans.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 25, 2026 08:47 AM (4S2yc)

I think the real reason she's VA Gov is she passed the audition before the Dem Gov primary campaign. By meeting criteria such as being a plain-looking white female mom this time around (to keep the AWFLs and Karens on-board). Along with promising to govern as a rabidly partisan far-left activist. The latter in return for promises of bigger and better-paying (IYKWIM) jobs in the future. Pretty much the same Dem Party deal with Kathy Hochul in New York Gov. They know they can't yet win the governorship or trust a commie like Letitia James /spit/. Except Hochul is somehow making her promised money now.

Posted by: Gref at February 25, 2026 09:02 AM (5rh/l)

312 The affordability gambit is going to be Democrats Achilles heel. Along with support for illegal immigration, and a lack of any single good idea on how to make things better for our citizens, you can already smell the desperation.

Right now Democrats and their Albino Geddy Lee lookalike that is running Virginia, are about to run it into the ground with a torrent of liberal wish lists that do everything from attacking parental rights, 2A, taxes and transgenderism.

Let’s see where we are by end of summer.

Posted by: Marcus T at February 25, 2026 09:02 AM (Jl/ju)

313 309 yeah Baris is off his meds or something

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 25, 2026 09:01 AM (j+aD2)

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I can buy trusting some specific pollsters months out from an election, but always with some kind of suspicion. Polling in general, though? A completely fucking waste of time outside of like 6 weeks from an election, and even then...suspicion.

Obsessing over them all the time?

There's a thing called response bias that really affects polling outside of the more concentrated periods right before an election that make polling essentially worthless unless actively worked against. Essentially, progressives like answering pollsters more than conservatives a year out from an election.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 25, 2026 09:03 AM (GBKbO)

314 >> Posted by: whig at February 25, 2026 09:00 AM (E4rtv)

They look unhinged and ultimately worried. They also could not make a cogent argument if their life depended on it.

Hope you are feeling better BTW. Get ready for a 5 mile ruck. lol.

Posted by: Marcus T at February 25, 2026 09:03 AM (Jl/ju)

315 Boeing has already left Virginia. NRA should be next.

Sadly the left will always have the Fed Gubmint Cheese workers, buying $10 Lattes in Fairfax

Posted by: Jonah at February 25, 2026 09:04 AM (YCxFk)

316 Baris might be retarded.

Talking polling every day is unhealthy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Something about X and social media in general brings out the worst aspects of people--grifting, look at me posts, the tawdry use of sex to try to grab attention by randos, fake self congratulatory crap by sitting politicians, slap fights among basement dwelling randos that have huge followings but few actual accomplishments in the real world.

I finally got an X account simply to finish reading whole posts cited in parts in a lot of commentary and news articles.

My summary is 10 percent useful, 90 percent crap.

Posted by: whig at February 25, 2026 09:04 AM (E4rtv)

317 btw rumors on X are that PDJT ad libbed the thing about "stand if you protect the citizens of the USA over illegal aliens"

No chance of leaks that way.

Posted by: t-bird at February 25, 2026 09:04 AM (jBtak)

318 Define affordability.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at February 25, 2026 09:05 AM (2Ez/1)

319 315 Boeing has already left Virginia. NRA should be next.

Sadly the left will always have the Fed Gubmint Cheese workers, buying $10 Lattes in Fairfax

Posted by: Jonah at February 25, 2026 09:04 AM (YCxFk)

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Lowest fed government employment numbers since the 60s.

The Q4 GDP was dragged down a full percent because government spending went full negative as a percentage of GDP.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 25, 2026 09:05 AM (GBKbO)

320 It’s breakfast of champions time — Triscuits with cottage cheese! Nom nom.

Posted by: Bulg at February 25, 2026 09:05 AM (77rzZ)

321 She's stomping Talarico. Black voters are turning out. White voters are down. She racialized the race hard. Talarico did nothing to stop it. Democrat primary turnout is going to be roughly equal to 2008 and Obama.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 25, 2026 08:58 AM (GBKbO)

To coin a well know phrase, Democrat’s chickens are coming home to roost.
White Dem politicians in Texas have spent the last 30 years sucking up to their black voting block, building up inner city voting machines in places like Dallas, Houston, and Austin, telling low income voters that the only way to keep the benefits coming was to vote like a block for them.

They never considered that a black political figure could show up and easily steal this entire grievance mechanism out from under them, but that’s exactly what Jasmine is doing.

And she can play the race baiting game far far better than any of them ever could.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 25, 2026 09:05 AM (k/Sbk)

322 I gave up on Barris, before the 2024 election. He was dooming Trump then. He was great in 2016 though.

He needs click bait

Posted by: Jonah at February 25, 2026 09:06 AM (YCxFk)

323 317 My summary is 10 percent useful, 90 percent crap.

Posted by: whig at February 25, 2026 09:04 AM (E4rtv)

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A follow recommendation:

@TonerousHyus

Retired nuclear scientist who occupies himself with modeling early voting. He's doing the Texas primary now.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 25, 2026 09:06 AM (GBKbO)

324 319. Good to hear James. Everybody have a good Day

Posted by: Jonah at February 25, 2026 09:07 AM (YCxFk)

325 But I was assured on X by the People's Pollster Baris and others that the GOP is doomed by EV partisan turnout in Texas primaries.

Posted by: whig at February 25, 2026 08:58 AM (E4rtv)

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Baris might be retarded.

Talking polling every day is unhealthy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 25, 2026 08:59 AM (GBKbO)
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i'm voting on Friday, but I have to admit I am nervous as usual because the enthusiasm and the energy seems to be on the Democrat side.

God help us if we lose a Texas Senate seat to the Democrats.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 25, 2026 09:07 AM (NpAcC)

326 They should completely eliminate the SOTU “rebuttal”. It was never meant to be a standing component of the SOTU process. It’s made for tv garbage.

Posted by: Marcus T at February 25, 2026 09:07 AM (Jl/ju)

327 321 To coin a well know phrase, Democrat’s chickens are coming home to roost.
White Dem politicians in Texas have spent the last 30 years sucking up to their black voting block, building up inner city voting machines in places like Dallas, Houston, and Austin, telling low income voters that the only way to keep the benefits coming was to vote like a block for them.

They never considered that a black political figure could show up and easily steal this entire grievance mechanism out from under them, but that’s exactly what Jasmine is doing.

And she can play the race baiting game far far better than any of them ever could.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 25, 2026 09:05 AM (k/Sbk)

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And blacks are only about 12 percent of the electorate in TX overall. They're about 23 percent of the Democrat electorate in TX.

And they're taking completely control because the white and Hispanic votes are more split.

When one racial group is large enough and votes as a block, they can dictate terms.

Surely this will have nothing to do with how things will play out in 2028, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 25, 2026 09:07 AM (GBKbO)

328 Britain’s Conservative Party Is Dying

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Murder or suicide?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 25, 2026 09:08 AM (FXNzP)

329 Hope you are feeling better BTW. Get ready for a 5 mile ruck. lol.
Posted by: Marcus T

Nerve pain from reawaking nerves is not fun in the short run but encouraging in the long. I had the surgery because I was losing control of hands and arms along with strength. The nerves were compressed enough before the surgery that pain had become something in the background. Now it is back but treatable with the right meds for the short run.

But, I was in the Air Force. We were civilized enough to use transport for hauling shit in the back of our sixpack pickups rather than on our backs.

Posted by: whig at February 25, 2026 09:08 AM (E4rtv)

330 325 i'm voting on Friday, but I have to admit I am nervous as usual because the enthusiasm and the energy seems to be on the Democrat side.

God help us if we lose a Texas Senate seat to the Democrats.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 25, 2026 09:07 AM (NpAcC)

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Senate races drive turnout to presidential levels, making them reflect overall PVI of the state more than anything.

No party registration in Texas, but recent elections suggest at least R+10. Maybe R+15.

Paxton will win by 10 against either candidate.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 25, 2026 09:08 AM (GBKbO)

331 320 It’s breakfast of champions time — Triscuits with cottage cheese! Nom nom.
Posted by: Bulg

Sounds like a recipe for more polyps to me. You need bacon, ham, good meaty breakfast. Not a girly breakfast.

Posted by: Protein, FTW! at February 25, 2026 09:09 AM (oftw2)

332 Sunak was a awful PM. He ruined the Tories, by going left on most issues

Posted by: Jonah at February 25, 2026 09:09 AM (YCxFk)

333 International Business Machines stock is getting slammed Monday, becoming the latest perceived victim of rapidly developing AI technology, after Anthropic said its Claude Code tool could be used to modernize legacy systems that run COBOL.

.. notice they didn't it would, but that it could

Posted by: SMOD at February 25, 2026 09:09 AM (RHGPo)

334 >>Jack, ironic that the Brits are the only ones taking people down over Epstein, due to their laws. And actually nailed a lefty in Mandleson.

And look at what is doing the most damage. It isn't just or sex or in some cases it doesn't appear to even be close to the central reason. It's divulging classified information.

Epstein was a fixer/deal maker for the rich and powerful working in the shadows. He had contacts with politicians, business tycoons, arms runners, shady financial institutions around the world and of course intel agencies. He lived like a god and yet much of his wealth is unexplained. If you needed sex Epstein could provide that. If you needed weapons for a war in some 3rd world shithole, Epstein was the guy. If you needed to move huge sums of money without raising eyebrows you called Epstein. And if you wanted to influence politics like fat Reid Hoffman call Epstein.

That's what they are really hiding.

Posted by: JackStraw at February 25, 2026 09:09 AM (viF8m)

335 277 btw rumors on X are that PDJT ad libbed the thing about "stand if you protect the citizens of the USA over illegal aliens"

pretty brilliant ad lib!
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 25, 2026 08:53 AM (j+aD2)

Oh, I absolutely think that was off the cuff. He'd had enough of their BS and challenged them.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at February 25, 2026 09:10 AM (zYpTz)

336 Good morning, all, and thanks, J.J.

From above, 'Sen. Alex Padilla’s Unhinged SOTU Response en Español: Trump Will Use ICE to ‘Steal the Midterm Elections’

This is the big progressive theory in SE PA, and has been for many months. Of late, it is alleged the specific claim was from Steve Bannon. "We're gonna have ICE surround the polls come November," originated with former Trump advisor Steve Bannon on his War Room podcast on February 3, 2026.

Asked Google's AI Overview: Trump will use ICE to steal mid-term elections began when and by whom? Who before Bannon because I've heard all of the local democratic representatives say that many months before?

In addition to the above, it followed with: (Re: Podcast on February 3, 2026.) Bannon stated this in the context of preventing the election from being "stolen again," a sentiment echoing Donald Trump's repeated, unproven claims of widespread voter fraud. (Refs - Democracy Docket, Truthout, and I've Had It Podcast)

Before Bannon's specific statement, general concerns and related actions by the Trump administration had been a topic of discussion among Democratic representatives and

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Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 25, 2026 09:10 AM (NFX2v)

337 and voting rights advocates for several months, suggesting a broader pattern of potential election interference: (Ref: The Guardian, 'Steve Bannon calls for immigration agents at polling sites during midterms' Ex-Trump adviser adds to elections officials’ concern about potential interference from Trump administration in voting).

Concerns over federal presence: Democrats had expressed alarm in recent months (prior to February 2026) that the Trump administration might deploy federal personnel or troops to polling places, which they viewed as a form of voter intimidation.

Trump's call to 'nationalize' elections: Just a day prior to Bannon's comments, on February 2, 2026, Donald Trump said the federal government should "nationalize the voting" and that Republicans should "take over" elections in several states.

ICE actions and voter data requests: In late January 2026, after federal agents were involved in incidents in Minneapolis, Attorney General Pam Bondi sent a letter to Minnesota's governor, a Democrat, demanding the state turn over its voter rolls in exchange for a potential withdrawal of ICE agents. This action was interpreted by

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Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 25, 2026 09:10 AM (NFX2v)

338 Anthropic: Chinese AI firms created 24,000 fraudulent accounts for 'distillation attacks'

Posted by: SMOD at February 25, 2026 09:10 AM (RHGPo)

339 critics as using ICE as leverage to gain access to sensitive election information and as a potential intimidation tactic.

FBI activity: Also around that time, FBI agents seized ballots from Fulton County, Georgia, a Democratic stronghold that had been a target of false fraud claims, raising further concerns among election experts and Democratic officials about interference. (NY Times, Politico, Common Dreams, MSNOW, Reuters)

So while the explicit phrase about ICE "surrounding the polls" came from Bannon, the broader fear of the Trump administration using federal resources, including ICE, to interfere with election administration and intimidate voters was a circulating concern and had been articulated by various Democratic officials prior to Bannon's specific threat. (Facebook Ed Markey, 'This is a red alert moment,' and Common Dreams)
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I'd say it did well gathering 'claim' sources.
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Wish you all a good day. 🤗

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 25, 2026 09:10 AM (NFX2v)

340 328 Britain’s Conservative Party Is Dying

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Murder or suicide?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks,
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False advertising for too long. Turns out that saying one thing to voters and doing another at the behest of donors and global oligarchic assholes is not exactly sustainable in the long term.

Posted by: whig at February 25, 2026 09:10 AM (E4rtv)

341 A lame duck Jon Cronyn worries me in the Senate though

Posted by: Jonah at February 25, 2026 09:10 AM (YCxFk)

342 As to Jasmine Crockett herself, I maintain that she is far more intelligent than the character she plays in public; that is a carefully calculated act. Does she know she’s going to lose? Of course she does.
She also knows that she was not born into any generational wealth, she was looking at having to work hard for most of her life, but now rich progressives around the country are going to let her put 20 or 30 million into her own personal bank account, and she can milk a lifetime out of playing the TV star / influencer game for years to come. She’s got it made no matter how the vote turns out.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 25, 2026 09:10 AM (k/Sbk)

343 Adolf Xitler, Winnie The Poo and CoronaXi are among hundreds of nicknames for Chinese leader Xi Jinping banned from a Chinese social media app, leaked censorship guidelines revealed.

Posted by: SMOD at February 25, 2026 09:11 AM (RHGPo)

344 278 253 Sadly if Paxton wins primary, we will have months of bogus MSM polling saying he is gonna lose
Posted by: Jonah
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Buddy sucks on polls tit too. But Paxton has fought them (DC and Bush money) off every time and won.
He will have solid base support.

Hunt is an unknown politician and we don't know what the hell he will do if he's elected. Voting for him is foolery. Work his way through the system.

Side money is supporting him to split the vote just like the Bush's put in Louie Gohmert in the last primary election to split the vote.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 25, 2026 09:11 AM (Edoh6)

345 We've all been playing by the rules,"

Yeah. "We" have. We're suckers in many eyes...

Posted by: man at February 25, 2026 09:11 AM (cGjQu)

346 JD as Killer of Fraud is a great idea if it actually is meant to be a meaningful position that delivers results.
Posted by: GigantorX at February 25, 2026 08:02 AM (x8k2o)
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It will be a great contrast to Border Tsar Kamala

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 25, 2026 09:11 AM (vDXKw)

347 Nancy Pelosi Sums Up Trump’s SOTU With Just 1 Word: Lazy. Has to be the greatest gesture in SOTU events- her ripping his speech in half when she was speaker.

It had a certain Saddam Hussein quality in his direct derision of Democrats. It also was heavy on the circus. performance aspect handing out medals and glorifying dead kids—“Cone on down,” culled from the Price Is Right. Charlie Kirk’s widow? Give me a break. That showed he has no real ideas for how fix his mess

"This is a MAGA variety show masquerading as a #SOTU using campaign rally rhetoric. It is a national embarrassment and the world sees it as such,"

"MAGA has become cringe. I'm not sure when it happened. But, as a movement, it has become cringe. It has become everything it poked fun at with progressives with they way they react to events and talk about society. They've even created their own vocabulary. It's fascinating,"

He's not imploding or exploding. He's not going off script. He's not obviously senile. WTF

Another SOTU with absolutely 0 Dem pressure or actions at all (except Al Green) Why even show up? Genuinely curious why Dems are so against a staged walkout?

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 25, 2026 09:11 AM (JCZqz)

348 347 It had a certain Saddam Hussein quality in his direct derision of Democrats. It also was heavy on the circus. performance aspect handing out medals and glorifying dead kids—“Cone on down,” culled from the Price Is Right. Charlie Kirk’s widow? Give me a break. That showed he has no real ideas for how fix his mess

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 25, 2026 09:11 AM (JCZqz)

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These people really have no memory at all of Biden doing the Philly speech in front of the red Independence Hall, do they?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 25, 2026 09:12 AM (GBKbO)

349 If I'm Trump, I'm on the phone with Thune right now, telling him the following.

"Know this, John: if I don't get my election legislation, I'm holding *you* personally accountable. I will treat your '28 campaign as no less important than the Presidential one, and my legendary electioneering apparatus will be lined up behind your primary opponent. I will personally campaign for him so aggressively you wouldn't even believe. And my rich friends and I - I have a lot of friends, John, but you know that - we will dump so much so filthy fuckin' lucre into his war chest that he'll be shitting in high cotton for the rest of his life after he ends your sorry career, ya understand? Now get out there and whip my votes, pig."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 25, 2026 09:12 AM (BI5O2)

350 347 Another SOTU with absolutely 0 Dem pressure or actions at all (except Al Green) Why even show up? Genuinely curious why Dems are so against a staged walkout?

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 25, 2026 09:11 AM (JCZqz)

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Not clapping for the American government being for Americans first and foremost was Democrats being Republican lackeys, I guess.

Well, now that I think about it...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 25, 2026 09:13 AM (GBKbO)

351 332 Sunak was a awful PM. He ruined the Tories, by going left on most issues
Posted by: Jonah
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May was the one with Net Zero idiocy on CO2 emissions, BoJo was the one that allowed illegals to flood in, and all of the Tories drug their feet on Brexit and telling the EU Court of Human Rights to f*ckoff. Party hierarchy was full of drones responding to donors and not to voters.

Posted by: whig at February 25, 2026 09:13 AM (E4rtv)

352 Morn' all.. I watched the SOTU and I'm glad I did.. Trump was excellent and the Dems were an embarrassment.. Spanberger was a snoozer...

Posted by: It's me donna at February 25, 2026 09:13 AM (qW/vZ)

353 btw rumors on X are that PDJT ad libbed the thing about "stand if you protect the citizens of the USA over illegal aliens"

pretty brilliant ad lib!
Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 25, 2026 08:53 AM (j+aD2)
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It wouldn't surprise me if so. It's his style and, though his speechwriters are clearly both skilled and on Team Trump, it is unlikely that *any* Party man - however corrupted by Americanism - would think to do it *or* take the risk that the Dems might rise to the occasion.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 25, 2026 09:13 AM (3OtAS)

354 342...

Nailed it

Posted by: man at February 25, 2026 09:13 AM (cGjQu)

355 A couple of polyps removed. I feel so Reaganesque.
Posted by: Bulg

**********

Polyp, polyp, fizz, fizz.
Oh what a relief it is!

Posted by: Alka Seltzer colon prep at February 25, 2026 09:14 AM (qgHp7)

356 "Who knows why RINOs don't want [the SAVE Act]?

They get a place at the trough.

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 25, 2026 09:14 AM (Rb1cd)

357 193 Stomach-Turning: UK Officers Used Police Cars to Help Traffic Girls for Pakistani Rape Gang, According to Latest Report
Posted by: SMOD at February 25, 2026 08:32 AM (RHGPo)

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It's horrific. Keir Starmer, as top prosecutor, sent warning letters to members of the grooming gangs rather than prosecute them. The man is evil.

https://tinyurl.com/3r7f839j

Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 25, 2026 09:14 AM (ME+91)

358 ... Another SOTU with absolutely 0 Dem pressure or actions at all (except Al Green) Why even show up? Genuinely curious why Dems are so against a staged walkout?
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at February 25, 2026 09:11 AM (JCZqz)
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Most of them *didn't* show up.

And those who did show up - except Fetterman - got their shit pushed in by Trump. Their strongest play would have been a total boycott. This "splitting the baby" tactic backfired.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 25, 2026 09:14 AM (3OtAS)

359 Wait... Does anyone really believe Jazz is gonna win the TX Senate seat ?

Posted by: It's me donna at February 25, 2026 09:15 AM (qW/vZ)

360 "Know this, John: if I don't get my election legislation, I'm holding *you* personally accountable. I will treat your '28 campaign as no less important than the Presidential one, and my legendary electioneering apparatus will be lined up behind your primary opponent. I will personally campaign for him so aggressively you wouldn't even believe. And my rich friends and I - I have a lot of friends, John, but you know that - we will dump so much so filthy fuckin' lucre into his war chest that he'll be shitting in high cotton for the rest of his life after he ends your sorry career, ya understand? Now get out there and whip my votes, pig."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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Rumor has it that Thune is planning to retire anyway, perhaps to run for SD governor. Wife reportedly hates DC (as I personally can understand) and want to return home to SD to be around family.

Posted by: whig at February 25, 2026 09:15 AM (E4rtv)

361 356 "Who knows why RINOs don't want [the SAVE Act]?

They get a place at the trough.

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 25, 2026 09:14 AM (Rb1cd)

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The bill has 50 co-sponsors, including Susan Collins, noted RINO.

All that's left are Murkowski, who outright won her last two elections by either fraud or a process that wouldn't be allowed under SAVE (RCV), Tillis, who is a lame duck asshole military industrial complex stooge, and Mitch, who personally hates Trump.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 25, 2026 09:15 AM (GBKbO)

362 JD as Killer of Fraud is a great idea if it actually is meant to be a meaningful position that delivers results.

Lets him get his feet wet and gives Marco Rubio time for his nine other jobs.

Posted by: t-bird at February 25, 2026 09:15 AM (jBtak)

363 would think to do it *or* take the risk that the Dems might rise to the occasion."

Know your opponent.

/stuff shih tzu said

Posted by: man at February 25, 2026 09:16 AM (cGjQu)

364 359 Wait... Does anyone really believe Jazz is gonna win the TX Senate seat ?
Posted by: It's me donna
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A concerted campaign of sorts is going on X by supposed MAGA types saying just that based on EV voting patterns in the TX primaries. Baris is one of them but there are some others.

Posted by: whig at February 25, 2026 09:16 AM (E4rtv)

365 359 Wait... Does anyone really believe Jazz is gonna win the TX Senate seat ?

Posted by: It's me donna at February 25, 2026 09:15 AM (qW/vZ)

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Black Girl Magic is going to drive up black turnout, but there simply aren't enough blacks in Texas to undo the PVI of the state.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 25, 2026 09:16 AM (GBKbO)

366
Not clapping for the American government being for Americans first and foremost was Democrats being Republican lackeys, I guess.

Well, now that I think about it...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 25, 2026 09:13 AM (GBKbO)

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Just another indicator of how far left the Democratic party has gone. If they ever retake power, there'll be no stopping them

Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 25, 2026 09:17 AM (ME+91)

367 ... JD as Killer of Fraud is a great idea if it actually is meant to be a meaningful position that delivers results. Seeing Waltz and a bunch of NGO bastards + their MN government collaborators being marched to the gulags would be a good start and give JD a feather in his cap for 2028. Would also give him some juice and legitimacy as a carrier of the MAGA Flag. Just as important. ...
Posted by: GigantorX at February 25, 2026 08:02 AM (x8k2o)
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That part of the speech might actually have been the single most important. As I put last night:

Trump just said that we'd have a balanced budget if we eliminated the fraud.

That is a HUGE statement. Seriously freaking HUGE. That is *not* what the government reports just last month said.

He is either being typically bombastic, or he just very deliberately leaked something seriously big.

I really hope that it's the latter, and this was the opening shot in a major new push that will air a LOT of dirty laundry and dirty money. If so, that was the most important line in this speech.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 25, 2026 09:17 AM (3OtAS)

368 JustTheNews: The Fani Files: Georgia prosecutor plotted Trump case closely with Biden DOJ, J6 Democrats: memos

The documents show a cozy relationship between the Biden administration and Willis' staff, one that included a meeting between her outside special prosecutor Nathan Wade and the Biden White House.

Wade, who admitted to a "personal relationship" with Willis outside the office, billed Fulton County $2,000 for an "interview with DC/White House" on Nov. 18, 2022, just as Willis' probe was accelerating, according to the new records Willis was forced to disclose.

Posted by: SMOD at February 25, 2026 09:17 AM (RHGPo)

369 346 JD as Killer of Fraud is a great idea if it actually is meant to be a meaningful position that delivers results.

It's definitely for real and he needs to kill it bc right now PDJT is thinking "Mario has really proved himself" - so now JD has to do so

also Baris is nuts, no one in TX should listen to that (possibly bought off) crank

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 25, 2026 09:17 AM (j+aD2)

370 I just read NPR's response to President Trump's SOTU.

They not coping well.

They said Trump didn't address the economic concerns of ordinary Americans, even though a huge portion of his speech was about that very subject.

They also said that the majority of illegal immigrants rounded up by President Trump had no criminal record. Which sounds like a lie since he seems to be focusing on the worst of the worst to get them out of the country.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 25, 2026 09:17 AM (4S2yc)

371 And those who did show up - except Fetterman - got their shit pushed in by Trump. Their strongest play would have been a total boycott. This "splitting the baby" tactic backfired.

Would have been a great time to call Congress to order and vote on a few bills, huh?

Posted by: t-bird at February 25, 2026 09:17 AM (jBtak)

372 366
Just another indicator of how far left the Democratic party has gone. If they ever retake power, there'll be no stopping them

Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 25, 2026 09:17 AM (ME+91)

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Partisanship makes you stupid.

"If Trump is for it. I'm again' it."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 25, 2026 09:18 AM (GBKbO)

373 Wonders what PVI stands for.
Doesn't look it up.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at February 25, 2026 09:18 AM (2Ez/1)

374 Ilhan Omar has a new look. (Or an old look.)

https://is.gd/lRMFXM

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 25, 2026 09:18 AM (FXNzP)

375 Right now Democrats and their Albino Geddy Lee lookalike that is running Virginia
___

But can she sing?

Posted by: G. Lee at February 25, 2026 09:18 AM (Dv3i1)

376 373 Wonders what PVI stands for.
Doesn't look it up.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at February 25, 2026 09:18 AM (2Ez/1)

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Partisan Voter Index.

It's the GOP vs Dem proportions of an electorate.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 25, 2026 09:18 AM (GBKbO)

377 375 Right now Democrats and their Albino Geddy Lee lookalike that is running Virginia
___

But can she sing?

Posted by: G. Lee at February 25, 2026 09:18 AM (Dv3i1)

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Dancing Hitlers wait outside! We're just seeing Singing Hitlers now!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 25, 2026 09:19 AM (GBKbO)

378 Dyslexics of the World Untie!

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 25, 2026 09:19 AM (4NO2D)

379 It has been known for years that Biden waived Trump's executive privilege for the congressional inquiry and the federal prosecution of Trump led by Special Counsel Jack Smith, but the Georgia memo appears to be the first document to show how Biden extended that waiver in coordination with a prosecution at the state level.

Posted by: SMOD at February 25, 2026 09:19 AM (RHGPo)

380 Does anyone really believe Jazz is gonna win the TX Senate seat ?"

Sure. Same as beto.

Posted by: man at February 25, 2026 09:19 AM (cGjQu)

381 AI is not merely another technological leap—it may be the moment machines begin to eclipse the very human talents that built our world.
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Nope. The human desire to create will never be surpassed. It can only be imprisoned by communists. AI ain't gonna do that. Humans will always find something better or different to create.

Posted by: ... at February 25, 2026 09:20 AM (tKWMU)

382 Yesterday I predicted that the Dems (except Fetterman) would remain seated for the US Hockey team gold medal acknowledgement. Did I win anything?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 25, 2026 09:20 AM (Dv3i1)

383 380 Does anyone really believe Jazz is gonna win the TX Senate seat ?"

Sure. Same as beto.

Posted by: man at February 25, 2026 09:19 AM (cGjQu)

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In the 8 years since Beto got weirdly close, more conservatives have moved to Texas and Texas actually tightened it's voting laws.

In response, the state has pushed very far hard to the right.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 25, 2026 09:20 AM (GBKbO)

384 I just read NPR's response to President Trump's SOTU.

They said Trump didn't address the economic concerns of ordinary Americans

.. of course, Trump didn't mention new funding for NPR

Posted by: SMOD at February 25, 2026 09:20 AM (RHGPo)

385 I just read NPR's response to President Trump's SOTU.

They not coping well.

They said Trump didn't address the economic concerns of ordinary Americans, even though a huge portion of his speech was about that very subject.

They also said that the majority of illegal immigrants rounded up by President Trump had no criminal record. Which sounds like a lie since he seems to be focusing on the worst of the worst to get them out of the country.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 25, 2026 09:17 AM (4S2yc)
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I think most of the responses - like CIA Barbie's rebuttal - were written in advance against set talking points with blanks to be filled in and they couldn't change it because they're not actually very good.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 25, 2026 09:21 AM (3OtAS)

386 Oh.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at February 25, 2026 09:21 AM (2Ez/1)

387 >>I think the real reason she's VA Gov is she passed the audition before the Dem Gov primary campaign.

She's CIA. The Deep State is getting their people into elective office, such as Spanberger and NH Rep Maggie Goodlander (married to Biden Nat Sec advisor Jake Sullivan).

She was a VA Congressman first, and she beat the incumbent Republican via a "found" usb containing the winning votes after election day.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 25, 2026 09:21 AM (tj6OY)

388 Given the white Texas Dems in the last few years have run Beto, Abortion Barbie and Talarico, it's no shock that the African Americans are voting for Jasmine

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 25, 2026 09:21 AM (/PQmQ)

389 Rumor has it that Thune is planning to retire anyway, perhaps to run for SD governor. Wife reportedly hates DC (as I personally can understand) and want to return home to SD to be around family.
Posted by: whig at February 25, 2026 09:15 AM (E4rtv)

Then threaten to destroy his campaign for governor, in that case. Every one of these pigs has a trough he wants to snuffle around in, so fill it with broken glass and send him to the slaughterhouse. Enough of this. This is critical, desperately needed legislation, and he needs to be forced to play ball.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 25, 2026 09:21 AM (BI5O2)

390 included a meeting between her outside special prosecutor Nathan Wade and the Biden White House"

Oh, a sweet dick threesome?

Posted by: man at February 25, 2026 09:22 AM (cGjQu)

391 Right now Democrats and their Albino Geddy Lee lookalike that is running Virginia
___
But can she sing?
Posted by: G. Lee at February 25, 2026 09:18 AM (Dv3i1)
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Why does that matter? You can't, and it didn't stop you from fronting one of the greatest rock bands of all time...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 25, 2026 09:22 AM (3OtAS)

392 It's horrific. Keir Starmer, as top prosecutor, sent warning letters to members of the grooming gangs rather than prosecute them. The man is evil.

https://tinyurl.com/3r7f839j
Posted by: JM in Illinois
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And yet, the Labour Cabinet has more or less kept Starmer in power, at this point, I think sort of like Joe Biden was propped up in office. They can do what they like in the shadows while Starmer has to be spear catcher for all his past bad acts. Eventually, a year or so before the next general election, they will shove him aside and put someone new in, perhaps Angela Raymer as she is currently outside the government (got into a tax issue as Deputy PM early in the Starmer regime and was chucked out of it because of it.) No love lost between her and Starmer. But in the meantime, more illegals, more looting the public treasury, more taxes, and more crime and when the next general election rolls around--Labour will point and say Starmer did it and we got rid of him, now vote Labour please.

The Right in UK is now split between a dying Tory party, a Reform Party that cannot say what needs to be said--kick out the wogs and sink their boats, and a newest Restore Britain.

Posted by: whig at February 25, 2026 09:22 AM (E4rtv)

393 Is NPR still a thing?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at February 25, 2026 09:22 AM (2Ez/1)

394 Partisanship makes you stupid.

"If Trump is for it. I'm again' it."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 25, 2026 09:18 AM (GBKbO)

Except they really are against most of what Trump is for. They despise the Bill of Rights except when it suits them and that preceded Trump.

Posted by: ... at February 25, 2026 09:23 AM (tKWMU)

395 The AI Boom Is Powering A Nuclear Renaissance

For years, Silicon Valley took electricity for granted

... only goes to show that when the super rich need something, they will stop funding eco-crazies.

Posted by: SMOD at February 25, 2026 09:23 AM (RHGPo)

396 373 Wonders what PVI stands for.
Doesn't look it up.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

I've seen PIV used in radical feminist circles as shorthand for "penis in vagina", a sexual act they describe as inherently violent, harmful and rapey.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at February 25, 2026 09:23 AM (JCZqz)

397 A still from a social media video shows a Watts man feeding a wild hawk alcohol

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 25, 2026 09:23 AM (Kt19C)

398 They said Trump didn't address the economic concerns of ordinary Americans"

Oddly enough, noticing that beef retail prices seem to be.. improving...

Posted by: man at February 25, 2026 09:23 AM (cGjQu)

399 They also said that the majority of illegal immigrants rounded up by President Trump had no criminal record.
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LOL

Posted by: ... at February 25, 2026 09:24 AM (tKWMU)

400 yum yum shit
yummy shit pebbles
in my mouth

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at February 25, 2026 09:24 AM (ytA8j)

401 398 They said Trump didn't address the economic concerns of ordinary Americans"

Oddly enough, noticing that beef retail prices seem to be.. improving...

Posted by: man at February 25, 2026 09:23 AM (cGjQu)

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Largely tied to supply issues and decisions by the USAg three years ago. Those issues should be subsiding over time, but I believe Trump also negotiated beef importation from Argentina which probably helped.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 25, 2026 09:25 AM (GBKbO)

402 I wonder what percentage of the January 6 people "rounded up" had a "criminal record"?

Posted by: ... at February 25, 2026 09:25 AM (tKWMU)

403 @TonerousHyus

Thanks for that, I had not known of him before!

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 25, 2026 09:26 AM (k/Sbk)

404 Then threaten to destroy his campaign for governor, in that case. Every one of these pigs has a trough he wants to snuffle around in, so fill it with broken glass and send him to the slaughterhouse. Enough of this. This is critical, desperately needed legislation, and he needs to be forced to play ball.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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I agree but simply put, I ain't a senator. At a certain stage, you get dysfunctional politics like the dying Third Republic in France that simply could not reform itself despite everyone knowing of an impending demise from Germany.

We see that in other countries as well, the UK, France, Germany, etc. The fake and gay status quo crowd in power in the West simply will not and perhaps never wanted to fix issues, just ignore them. Chief among those is immigration and the idiotic quest to eliminate CO2.

Posted by: whig at February 25, 2026 09:26 AM (E4rtv)

405 >>That part of the speech might actually have been the single most important. As I put last night:

Trump just said that we'd have a balanced budget if we eliminated the fraud.

That is a HUGE statement. Seriously freaking HUGE. That is *not* what the government reports just last month said.

Yes. Huge.
Paradigm shift going on here.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 25, 2026 09:26 AM (tj6OY)

406 Sumbitch made Jalopy cry!

https://is.gd/ibQvuY

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 25, 2026 09:26 AM (FXNzP)

407 Damn. I need a drink.

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at February 25, 2026 09:26 AM (2Ez/1)

408 yum yum shit
yummy shit pebbles
in my mouth

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at February 25, 2026 09:26 AM (ytA8j)

409 Adolf Xitler, LOL. Wish I’d thought of that.

Posted by: Bulg at February 25, 2026 09:27 AM (77rzZ)

410 but I believe Trump also negotiated beef importation from Argentina which probably helped"

Indeed. That reduced price pressure. Lower transportation costs help as well... it's been amazing to buy diesel under $3/gallon...

Posted by: man at February 25, 2026 09:28 AM (cGjQu)

411 I've seen PIV used in radical feminist circles as shorthand for "penis in vagina", a sexual act they describe as inherently violent, harmful and rapey.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar

Giant size dildos are all good, though. Really good.

Posted by: Radical Feminist Circles at February 25, 2026 09:28 AM (Dv3i1)

412 I'm going on record to say that I love Geddy Lee's voice, especially early Geddy Lee. Resurrecting a deceased band with a new girl drummer, I am less in love with. Retirement and resting on one's laurels is not a bad thing.

Posted by: The Villages at February 25, 2026 09:29 AM (oftw2)

413 Giant size dildos are all good, though. Really good."

/WNBA perks up

Posted by: man at February 25, 2026 09:29 AM (cGjQu)

414 396 373 Wonders what PVI stands for.
Doesn't look it up.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

Cook's Partisan Voting Index. It is an application of the normal vote for a district or state. Basically the past influences the future. If a district voted for Trump by 18 percent for the last three elections, then the normal party index for that district would be R+18. Cook's Political Report is an inside the Beltway publication strictly for media and campaign types but it bleeds over into public debate now and again.

Posted by: whig at February 25, 2026 09:29 AM (E4rtv)

415 resting on one's laurels"

"laurels" = ass...

Posted by: man at February 25, 2026 09:30 AM (cGjQu)

416 Posted by: Bulg at February 25, 2026 09:27 AM (77rzZ)

I believe Hillary was known as Adolf Clitler

Posted by: ... at February 25, 2026 09:30 AM (tKWMU)

417 405 >>That part of the speech might actually have been the single most important. As I put last night:

Trump just said that we'd have a balanced budget if we eliminated the fraud.

That is a HUGE statement. Seriously freaking HUGE. That is *not* what the government reports just last month said.

Yes. Huge.
Paradigm shift going on here.
Posted by: Lizzy at February 25, 2026 09:26 AM (tj6OY)

By fraud you mean they rats nests of NGOs that receive all their money from Uncle Sam to perform giveaway programs that they could not pass through congress?

Need to do away with NGOs that receive more than 75% of funding from the G. They are just an end around by leftist pressure groups to bleed the treasury for leftist political gainz.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at February 25, 2026 09:31 AM (i0Hi3)

418 LinusVanPelt at February 25, 2026

Prayers up for anxiety.
I know how you feel. Take some deep breaths and just move forward one step at a time, one doctor at a time. It is totally normal to experience anxiety after an unexpected and unexplainable physical event. Also, it was a trauma to your body and it takes time for your body to recover from that as well.

This will pass. But it's tough to be where you are.
praying

Posted by: TecumsehTea at February 25, 2026 09:31 AM (nz1sK)

419 In the 8 years since Beto got weirdly close, more conservatives have moved to Texas and Texas actually tightened it's voting laws.

In response, the state has pushed very far hard to the right.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 25, 2026 09:20 AM (GBKbO)

That race still pisses me off. I knew a couple middle aged white supposedly “Republican” women that year who said they had to vote for Beto because he was just so dreamy, and Ted Cruz was mean and icky.

Now there’s an informed voter for ya.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 25, 2026 09:31 AM (k/Sbk)

420 Yesterday I predicted that the Dems (except Fetterman) would remain seated for the US Hockey team gold medal acknowledgement. Did I win anything?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 25, 2026 09:20 AM (Dv3i1)
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Looked to me to be about half standing and clapping, the rest seated and (mostly) clapping.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 25, 2026 09:31 AM (1+Dhc)

421 Thune is probably also getting a lot of pressure to not do the traditional filibuster from some of the senators on record as sponsors of the SAVE Act. They don't want it to actually pass.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 25, 2026 09:31 AM (Dv3i1)

422 419 That race still pisses me off. I knew a couple middle aged white supposedly “Republican” women that year who said they had to vote for Beto because he was just so dreamy, and Ted Cruz was mean and icky.

Now there’s an informed voter for ya.

Posted by: Tom Servo at February 25, 2026 09:31 AM (k/Sbk)

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"You should not be allowed to vote, your reasons are so mind-bogglingly stupid. Now, more sweet tea?"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 25, 2026 09:32 AM (GBKbO)

423 Looked to me to be about half standing and clapping, the rest seated and (mostly) clapping.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

Shoot. I never win anything.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 25, 2026 09:32 AM (Dv3i1)

424 Posted by: whig at February 25, 2026 09:26 AM (E4rtv)

Our elites have demonstrated time and again the issue is never the issue.

Most recently their strong support of the Big Emissions that will be required for their dream AI Surveillance State.

Posted by: ... at February 25, 2026 09:32 AM (tKWMU)

425 . I knew a couple middle aged white supposedly “Republican” women that year who said they had to vote for Beto because he was just so dreamy, and Ted Cruz was mean and icky."

Yep. Every beto stickered car seemed to be driven by a Wendy Davis voter type

Posted by: man at February 25, 2026 09:33 AM (cGjQu)

426 Need to do away with NGOs that receive more than 75% of funding from the G. They are just an end around by leftist pressure groups to bleed the treasury for leftist political gainz.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless

Need to do away with NGOs that receive a penny or more of funding from the G

(suggested edit)

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 25, 2026 09:33 AM (Dv3i1)

427 "You should not be allowed to vote, your reasons are so mind-bogglingly stupid. Now, more sweet tea?"

Heh.

Posted by: man at February 25, 2026 09:35 AM (cGjQu)

428 374 Ilhan Omar has a new look. (Or an old look.)

https://is.gd/lRMFXM
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 25, 2026 09:18 AM (FXNzP)

Is Omar's winery halal? Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Mo at February 25, 2026 09:36 AM (i0Hi3)

429
The Right in UK is now split between a dying Tory party, a Reform Party that cannot say what needs to be said--kick out the wogs and sink their boats, and a newest Restore Britain.
Posted by: whig at February 25, 2026 09:22 AM (E4rtv

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Rupert Lowe's Restore Britain may be the last hope for the UK. All that history, all the achievements, possibly sunk under Sharia Law...

Posted by: JM in Illinois at February 25, 2026 09:36 AM (ME+91)

430 He is either being typically bombastic, or he just very deliberately leaked something seriously big.

I really hope that it's the latter, and this was the opening shot in a major new push that will air a LOT of dirty laundry and dirty money. If so, that was the most important line in this speech.
Posted by: Joe Mannix
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Bessent put the fraud at at least 400-500 billion, Musk at 1.5 trillion. My guess is Musk is using the Fraud, Waste, and Abuse definition while Bessent is using the fraudulent as in prosecutable and illegal fraud. Not much the GOP Congress critters can say about Bessent's totals as they would be stupid to defend criminal fraud against the US government even by their ngo and corporate buddies, but the broader Waste and Abuse category of spending is likely to cause panic among the DC insider types. E.g. Defense contracting has become dominated by shitty oligopolistic corporations, NASA's Artemis was dominated by shitty ULA and Boeing, same thing with Big Medicine and states trying to legally screw Uncle Sam out of money by billing on Medicaid, Medicare, etc. DoE on student loans for useless degrees, etc. etc.

Posted by: whig at February 25, 2026 09:37 AM (E4rtv)

431 425 . I knew a couple middle aged white supposedly “Republican” women that year who said they had to vote for Beto because he was just so dreamy, and Ted Cruz was mean and icky."

Yep. Every beto stickered car seemed to be driven by a Wendy Davis voter type
Posted by: man at February 25, 2026 09:33 AM (cGjQu)

Stronk and empowered dont need no man.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at February 25, 2026 09:37 AM (i0Hi3)

432 213 The SAVE act…. Another head scratcher how any pol but especially a republican could stand up with a straight face and recite any reason not to support
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

Fox News, Republicans shred 'nonsense' Dem claims against Trump-backed voter ID bill

In part, "Along with requiring photo ID to vote, the bill would require proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections, mandate states to actively verify and remove noncitizens from voter rolls, expand information sharing with federal agencies, including DHS, to verify citizenship and create new criminal penalties for registering noncitizens to vote."
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Again, I can only say in PA, but some RINOs are whining maybe it should be for the states to decide how to counter voter fraud.

In order words, they're scared to death for their seats as few were able to hang on after redistricting.

Also this: The Hill, 'Key things to watch for in Pennsylvania, Maine special elections' 02/24/26

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 25, 2026 09:38 AM (NFX2v)

433 They said Trump didn't address the economic concerns of ordinary Americans"

Oddly enough, noticing that beef retail prices seem to be.. improving...
Posted by: man at February 25, 2026 09:23 AM (cGjQu)
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Odd they said that, given the main theme of the speech was cost reductions in energy, in mortgage and rents, in food (he recited specific reductions in items like milk, eggs, meat etc), and drugs. He had a woman in the audience who had been paying $4,000 for some drug and now gets it for $500.

Anyway, he went item by item, detailing cost improvements, and then he went through tax reductions affecting working people specifically, with his point being that overall incomes are up and costs are down. Working Americans are better off.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 25, 2026 09:39 AM (ooNHr)

434 "I'm going on record to say that I love Geddy Lee's voice, especially early Geddy Lee. Resurrecting a deceased band with a new girl drummer, I am less in love with. Retirement and resting on one's laurels is not a bad thing."

Ditto. I would be more OK with it, if Ged could still sing, but I think his voice is aged and burned out.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at February 25, 2026 09:40 AM (DgMqy)

435 Woman in burka asked the taxi driver to turn off the modern music because it is 'haram,' since 'it didn't exist in the time of Muhammad.'

He replied: 'Then get out of the taxi and go by camel. There were no cars in the time of Muhammad either.'

Posted by: SMOD at February 25, 2026 09:41 AM (RHGPo)

436 Apparently, Massie-hole's sitting with the Democrats didn't appear on anybody's top 10 for the SOTU

Posted by: SMOD at February 25, 2026 09:43 AM (RHGPo)

437 Rupert Lowe's Restore Britain may be the last hope for the UK. All that history, all the achievements, possibly sunk under Sharia Law...
Posted by: JM in Illinois
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But quite simply, if you don't have the candidates, you cannot win seats. Britain is a first past the post system so even the last election, Labour barely won about 34 percent of the electorate yet totally dominated the seats. Restore could get 20 percent but if not dispersed in the correct districts, end up with a few just like Reform did in the last election.

In a first past the post system, aka majority/plurality in single member districts, there will be only two major parties. To change that, it means one of the minor parties has to assassinate an existing party or take advantage when one falls apart. Reform was trying to do that with the Tories but since the Tories had a wider dispersion of votes among the seats, 23.7 percent of the vote meant 121 seats. Reform, despite getting 14 percent of the vote, only got 6 seats. Liberal Democrats, on the other hand, got 64 seats from 12.2 percent of the vote.

That is why Trump decided against running third party in 2024 early on and decided to fix the GOP.

Posted by: whig at February 25, 2026 09:47 AM (E4rtv)

438 436 Apparently, Massie-hole's sitting with the Democrats didn't appear on anybody's top 10 for the SOTU
Posted by: SMOD
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He has already been making noises about crossing the aisle. I think he realizes that he will lose his primary and at that point, my guess is he will try to go indy or Dem for the remainder of his term.

Posted by: whig at February 25, 2026 09:48 AM (E4rtv)

439 Again, I can only say in PA, but some RINOs are whining maybe it should be for the states to decide how to counter voter fraud.

In order words, they're scared to death for their seats as few were able to hang on after redistricting.

Also this: The Hill, 'Key things to watch for in Pennsylvania, Maine special elections' 02/24/26
Posted by: L
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I think for some time, the GOPe types have engaged in voter fraud either by importing Dem voters into their primaries or by direct means.

Posted by: whig at February 25, 2026 09:50 AM (E4rtv)

440 PA is fully corrupt

our voting makes other states blush

it's horrendous

Posted by: BlackOrchid at February 25, 2026 09:51 AM (j+aD2)

441 364 359 Wait... Does anyone really believe Jazz is gonna win the TX Senate seat ?
Posted by: It's me donna
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A concerted campaign of sorts is going on X by supposed MAGA types saying just that based on EV voting patterns in the TX primaries. Baris is one of them but there are some others.
Posted by: whig
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Lot of DC money coming to TX along with China and Arab. Don't forget the Bush's.
Whole lotta money.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at February 25, 2026 10:00 AM (Edoh6)

442 during the college football playoff game U Miami vs OSU Michael Irvin was there and ripped off his belt and started wailing away on the butt of some statue this was the imagery I thought of when I saw the SOTU last night

Posted by: paulnjax at February 25, 2026 10:02 AM (PPnyU)

443 twice the camera panned his way, and I thought Ro Khanna looked absolutely done last night. Lately, every cause he has adopted has blown up in his face, and his career looks like toast (at least from an east coast perspective). Last night he looked like he was unsure of even when to clap or not clap.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 25, 2026 10:08 AM (ZANBw)

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