Totally Normal Heterosexual Christian James Talarico Wants You to Know He Has a Favorite Drag Queen and He'd Like to Know Your Favorite Too

Not only does he have a favorite drag queen at the ready when asked, but "she" is quite the beaut.

Talarico's favorite drag queen specifically targets children.

Of course "she" does.

🚨 WATCH

James Talarico says his “favorite drag queen” is Alyssa Edwards — who has described himself as "a drag performer that works with children." pic.twitter.com/u5HNKh4CQt
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) September 14, 2026

Matt Margolis writes about Talarico's favorite drag queen and "her" interest in children.

Alyssa Edwards is the stage name of Justin Dwayne Lee Johnson, a performer who has described himself as "a drag performer that works with children," and who has spent years advocating for youth drag shows. Johnson has openly discussed sharing the stage with the young dancers he trains himself. "I remember being at World Pride in New York a few years back and sharing the stage with my dance students, one of the most powerful moments of my life," he told Out magazine.
In fact, the 2018 Netflix docuseries Dancing Queen featured Johnson's work with those young dancers. The Dallas Observer reported that Johnson called one 10-year-old male student his "mini-me," and that the child dressed as Johnson's drag alter ego during an episode of the show.

Remember when Talarico professed his love for "trans children?" Do you think it's just a coincidence that his favorite drag queen is one known for working with minors?
Nor is this the first time Talarico's affinity for kids in drag has surfaced.
Last month, we reported that Talarico headlined a 2021 Pride Month festival in Taylor, Texas, that featured an 11-year-old boy performing as a drag queen. The event also featured pro-LGBTQ speakers, live music, a children's "drag story hour," and adult drag performers. Talarico was there, too, mingling with the crowd as if nothing depraved and predatory was going on.
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Photos from the event show Talarico chatting and posing for pictures while the boy performed a routine organizers billed as part of a "Youth Drag Show." One attendee even posted video of the child doing the splits on stage, being sexualized for the crowd.

Talarico is doing the Yasser Arafat messaging strategy of telling two completely different stories to two different audiences. For the left, he loves drag and has a favorite drag performer who targets children. But when it's time to pitch himself to moderates, he claims his prior statements were "cringey" and "missed the mark."

Of course he's lying about disavowing his past statements.

His own lesbian pastor says so. (And of course he has a lesbian pastor.)

She reassured voters who are worried about Talarico's "moderate" messaging, telling them not to worry, Talarico is just pretending to be "moderate" "for the next 50 days," and the moment he wins, the real Talarico will be back and ready to rock out with his cock out.

An undercover journalist for the Daily Wire caught Rev. Babs Miller, a "minister" at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Austin, Talarico's longtime "church," on hidden camera discussing exactly what we've suspected all along.
Talarico has drawn Republican criticism for his professed love for "trans children," claiming that there are seven genders, and that "God is non-binary."
Miller knows who Talarico is, and isn't buying his attempt to rebrand himself.
"He's getting some advice that I don't think he should be following." She predicted he'd drop the act the moment he's safely in office, telling the undercover journalist, "I can guarantee you that once he gets elected, he'll change his tune back to where he was."
That's the whole scam, according to the guy's own "minister."
When the undercover journalist suggested Talarico simply "has to play this game" to win, Miller agreed, saying, "That's what his campaign has convinced him of." She added that the Democrat Party broadly is softening its posture on transgender issues, saying "his staff is encouraging him to kind of do the same thing, just for the next 50... days."

She continued, "I think it's bad advice personally, but if it helps him win, okay..."
Because it's okay to lie if it means you get elected.

🚨WATCH

James Talarico's Minister admits Talarico is COVERING UP his Left-wing views to trick Texans into voting for him:

"I can guarantee you that once he gets elected, he'll change his tune back to where he was."pic.twitter.com/NzjGjC54ep
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) September 16, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:18 PM

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1 Good afternoon Ace and everyone

Posted by: Skip at September 17, 2026 12:19 PM (IfYAC)

2 They know.

Posted by: ... at September 17, 2026 12:19 PM (kM43H)

3 This is the man to turn Texas blue because he says he's a Christian which will fool all the white exurban Texans because they are dumb.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 17, 2026 12:20 PM (RtL9D)

4 That "leak" is pure GOTV for Democrat lunatics BIRM

Posted by: ... at September 17, 2026 12:20 PM (kM43H)

5 This weirdo is exceptionally creepy. It belongs in a box, buried somewhere deep.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 17, 2026 12:20 PM (2Cry5)

6 As Vance said, I don't want to see Talarico's browser history.

The guy is a creepy pedo android.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 17, 2026 12:21 PM (3cUTc)

7
Talarico is the worst candidate. He could lose worse than Colin Allred

Posted by: Frank Barone at September 17, 2026 12:21 PM (OkYzo)

8 Elections are a smoke screen for their agenda

Posted by: Skip at September 17, 2026 12:21 PM (IfYAC)

9 Non binary? What do they have against base two?

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 17, 2026 12:21 PM (2OBCo)

10 Oopsie

Posted by: Okjohn at September 17, 2026 12:21 PM (YoM3O)

11 Other than Tim Curry, I couldn't name a drag queen.

Posted by: huerfano at September 17, 2026 12:22 PM (2Xqig)

12 Having a favorite drag queen, or even knowing the name of a drag queen (other than Ru Paul, maybe), should be an instant dequalification for any public office on any level.

Posted by: Bulg at September 17, 2026 12:22 PM (77rzZ)

13 Talarico is doing the Yasser Arafat messaging strategy of telling two completely different stories to two different audiences. For the left, he loves drag and has a favorite drag performer who targets children. But when it's time to pitch himself to moderates, he claims his prior statements were "cringey" and "missed the mark."

Of course he's lying about disavowing his past statements.

They WHY would you say something so gobsmackingly stupid as to praise a drag queen for children? Did he think it wouldn't get out? This is just political malpractice.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 17, 2026 12:22 PM (Riz8t)

14 Not only does he have a favorite drag queen at the ready when asked, but "she" is quite the beaut.

Close. He was asked who is his favorite drag queen IN TEXAS. Not nationally, or among celebrities, but he's expected to have a detailed enough knowledge of drag culture to know what states they're from.

And he had an immediate answer, because he DOES follow it that closely.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 17, 2026 12:22 PM (t19vo)

15 This weirdo is exceptionally creepy. It belongs in a box, buried somewhere deep.

Posted by: Martini Farmer

...with a stake driven through heart, cold iron and silver implements driven through as well, holy wafers in mouth and holy water poured upon.

Posted by: Brother Tim is tired at September 17, 2026 12:22 PM (OUMaO)

16 I'm telling you, he's a demon. He proves it almost every time he opens his mouth.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at September 17, 2026 12:22 PM (ZgwKJ)

17 *fap fap fap fap fap*

Oh my multigendered God I love trans children so much, so much, SOOOOOO MUUUUCH NNNNNNNGGGGG!!!!

Posted by: James Talarico at September 17, 2026 12:22 PM (TbWk/)

18 Sounded like he said Melissa Etheridge was his favorite drag queen?

Posted by: Rex B at September 17, 2026 12:22 PM (R0XxO)

19 My favorite Drag Queen is Michelle Obama.

Posted by: zombie at September 17, 2026 12:22 PM (Av6i5)

20 4 That "leak" is pure GOTV for Democrat lunatics BIRM

Posted by: ... at September 17, 2026 12:20 PM (kM43H)

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There are not nearly enough Democrats in Texas to undo the damage it'll do with Republicans.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 17, 2026 12:22 PM (RtL9D)

21 As Vance said, I don't want to see Talarico's browser history.

The guy is a creepy pedo android.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 17, 2026 12:21 PM (3cUTc)
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*nods*

He so needs to repent and truly have Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 17, 2026 12:23 PM (DBEh4)

22 11 Other than Tim Curry, I couldn't name a drag queen.
Posted by: huerfano

Ru Paul, right? The main national drag celebrity?

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at September 17, 2026 12:23 PM (t19vo)

23 She continued, "I think it's bad advice personally, but if it helps him win, okay..."

Because it's okay to lie if it means you get elected.
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Dems live and breathe "By Any Means Necessary."

They mean it 110%.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 17, 2026 12:23 PM (FZ29D)

24 Must be lucrative ."Alyssa" AKA justin is estimated to be worth 3 million dollars

Posted by: It's me donna at September 17, 2026 12:23 PM (+gK6I)

25 13 They WHY would you say something so gobsmackingly stupid as to praise a drag queen for children? Did he think it wouldn't get out? This is just political malpractice.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 17, 2026 12:22 PM (Riz8t)

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Getting elected in Austin is not the same thing as getting elected across all of Texas.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 17, 2026 12:23 PM (RtL9D)

26 Everything is fake and gay.

Posted by: Bosk at September 17, 2026 12:23 PM (VMFAF)

27 How the fuck did we get here?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 17, 2026 12:23 PM (Y/06r)

28 My minister often advises me that it's God's will for me to lie to large swathes of the electorate. It's in the Bible.

Posted by: ... at September 17, 2026 12:24 PM (kM43H)

29 He's the new normal.

Posted by: fd at September 17, 2026 12:24 PM (0fRvS)

30 They WHY would you say something so gobsmackingly stupid as to praise a drag queen for children? Did he think it wouldn't get out? This is just political malpractice.

If nothing else, it indicates a complete lack of boundaries and self-discipline. He makes Anthony Weiner look like Marcus Aurelius.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 17, 2026 12:24 PM (Riz8t)

31 Everything is fake and gay.
Posted by: Bosk at September 17, 2026 12:23 PM (VMFAF)
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Who knew evil was so gay and retarded.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 17, 2026 12:24 PM (DBEh4)

32 There is absolutely zero chance he will win in Texas and any effort to deny that fact is part of the op to divert resources from other races.

Like NH and Michigan where republicans are now pulling ahead.

Posted by: Vengeance at September 17, 2026 12:24 PM (EWq0C)

33 How the fuck did we get here?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 17, 2026 12:23 PM (Y/06r)

Both Bushes contributed more than you might surmise.

Posted by: ... at September 17, 2026 12:24 PM (kM43H)

34 "Pastor" Babs must be the last person nicknamed Babs in the country. What is this, 1959 at the Malt Shoppe?

Posted by: Peg Bracken at September 17, 2026 12:24 PM (Fn+3X)

35 My favorite drag queen? Mooshell Obama, of course.

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at September 17, 2026 12:24 PM (Zzk8n)

36 My minister often advises me that it's God's will for me to lie to large swathes of the electorate. It's in the Bible.
Posted by: ... at September 17, 2026 12:24 PM (kM43H)
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lol

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 17, 2026 12:25 PM (DBEh4)

37 How the fuck did we get here?

Posted by: Aetius451AD

Send the T-800 back to deal with RuPaul.

Posted by: Brother Tim is tired at September 17, 2026 12:25 PM (OUMaO)

38
So if you can't abort 'em or strangle 'em, there's at least big money terrifying them?

Posted by: Auspex at September 17, 2026 12:25 PM (Y8DZL)

39 27 How the fuck did we get here?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 17, 2026 12:23 PM

Gradually at first...

Posted by: Then suddenly at September 17, 2026 12:25 PM (2Ez/1)

40 Getting elected in Austin is not the same thing as getting elected across all of Texas.

And when Austin conducts an Anschluss on the rest of Texas, it's a sound strategy. When.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 17, 2026 12:25 PM (Riz8t)

41 Throws down a prophet token. I see Talarico getting 22% to Paxton's 78%

Posted by: Ben Had at September 17, 2026 12:25 PM (+fpfy)

42 >>Talarico is the worst candidate. He could lose worse than Colin Allred

Posted by: Frank Barone at September 17, 2026 12:21 PM

Fingers crossed. Paxton has a lot of baggage that the left keeps dragging out, but I swore that I would never vote for Cornyn again. He's a worm.

Posted by: huerfano at September 17, 2026 12:25 PM (2Xqig)

43 Human trash.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 17, 2026 12:26 PM (zWqu+)

44 rock out with his cock out.

Sounds bullish to me!

Posted by: David F. at September 17, 2026 12:26 PM (0sNs1)

45 31 Everything is fake and gay.
Posted by: Bosk at September 17, 2026 12:23 PM (VMFAF)
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Who knew evil was so gay and retarded.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 17, 2026 12:24 PM (DBEh4)

And yet so popular at the same time.

Posted by: Trendy and trending at September 17, 2026 12:26 PM (TbWk/)

46 There are not nearly enough Democrats in Texas to undo the damage it'll do with Republicans.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 17, 2026 12:22 PM (RtL9D)

Any Republicans it would do damage to are too stupid to breathe let alone vote.

Posted by: ... at September 17, 2026 12:26 PM (kM43H)

47 Fingers crossed. Paxton has a lot of baggage that the left keeps dragging out, but I swore that I would never vote for Cornyn again. He's a worm.
Posted by: huerfano at September 17, 2026 12:25 PM (2Xqig)

And he's been proving it everyday since he lost

Posted by: It's me donna at September 17, 2026 12:27 PM (+gK6I)

48 40 Getting elected in Austin is not the same thing as getting elected across all of Texas.

And when Austin conducts an Anschluss on the rest of Texas, it's a sound strategy. When.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 17, 2026 12:25 PM (Riz8t)

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I make fun, but Crockett would probably perform better against Paxton than Talarico.

Talarico is fake and creepy and pissed off the black vote.

Crockett was genuine and real and the white progressives would have fallen in line, while pissing off Christians less.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 17, 2026 12:27 PM (RtL9D)

49 Note Talafreako has a favorite drag queen not a girlfriend...

Posted by: 18-1 at September 17, 2026 12:27 PM (sKqQm)

50 41 Throws down a prophet token. I see Talarico getting 22% to Paxton's 78%

Posted by: Ben Had at September 17, 2026 12:25 PM (+fpfy)

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45-55 or so.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 17, 2026 12:27 PM (RtL9D)

51 No different than taqiyya

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 17, 2026 12:27 PM (zWqu+)

52 "Pastor" Babs must be the last person nicknamed Babs in the country. What is this, 1959 at the Malt Shoppe?
Posted by: Peg Bracken at September 17, 2026 12:24 PM (Fn+3X)

Babs Jansen ended up as a Hollywood tour guide at Universal Studios.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 17, 2026 12:28 PM (ExV1e)

53 huerfano, if that baggage was going to have any traction it would have kept him from winning the primary.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 17, 2026 12:28 PM (+fpfy)

54 I can't imagine that even a single person in Texas actually believes his fake "moderation." Everyone knows he's an extreme lefty, and everyone knows that Democrat politicians veer left in the primaries to get their party's nomination, then veer right in the general to appeal to the average voter. That's the Dem standard operating practice for the last 60 years.And then once in power, they vote in a lockstep commie block. Every time.

Who is fooled? No one is fooled. I thi k he has a 1% chance of winning, but if he does win, its because Texas's demographics have changed and it has been "Ccalifornicated" and been overrun with liberal douchebags.

Posted by: zombie at September 17, 2026 12:28 PM (Av6i5)

55 >>Ru Paul, right? The main national drag celebrity?

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at September 17, 2026 12:23 PM

I've heard the name. He's black, right?

Posted by: huerfano at September 17, 2026 12:28 PM (2Xqig)

56 22 11 Other than Tim Curry, I couldn't name a drag queen.
Posted by: huerfano

Ru Paul, right? The main national drag celebrity?
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at September 17, 2026 12:23 PM (t19vo)

There is a certain tenor to this that may be splitting hairs.

I never got rocky horror. The whole deal seemed silly, gay and just ... disturbing. I get making fun of movies ala Rifftrax, but the thing with Rocky Horror seemed to be a separate thing.

My point being, back in the day trannies seemed to be disturbed dudes who mostly were gay. But it was always an adult activity. Ru Paul was a good example of this. More... crossdresser than transsexual.

These days, there seems to be far more of these trannies who ONLY, desperately want access to kids.

The one aberration seems different than the other. One can be tolerated in a strong culture, the other must be ruthlessly suppressed because it is a contagious cancer.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 17, 2026 12:28 PM (Y/06r)

57 How the fuck did we get here?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 17, 2026 12:23 PM (Y/06r)

Both Bushes contributed more than you might surmise.
Posted by: ... at September 17, 2026 12:24 PM

We're right here, you know.

Posted by: Jeb! (pronounced Heb!) & Karl Rove at September 17, 2026 12:28 PM (0sNs1)

58 Fingers crossed. Paxton has a lot of baggage that the left keeps dragging out, but I swore that I would never vote for Cornyn again. He's a worm.

It never fails to amaze me that a right leaning candidate having an affair is a serious risk to their election but a left leaning candidate molesting his daughter or sexually harrassing his underlings doesn't matter.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 17, 2026 12:28 PM (sKqQm)

59 Who was filming that? The guy who said "That's why I come to this church?"

And even if you were gung ho on trans, why would you support saying one thing to get votes and then change back?. Even his pastor think that's a bad idea.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 17, 2026 12:29 PM (JrHfD)

60 My minister often advises me that it's God's will for me to lie to large swathes of the electorate. It's in the Bible.
Posted by: ... at September 17, 2026 12:24 PM (kM43H)

Well... some religious text, anyway.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 17, 2026 12:29 PM (ExV1e)

61 Getting elected in Austin is not the same thing as getting elected across all of Texas.
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People were calling Austin "Moscow on the Brazos" 20 years ago because it was so blue.
University of Texas is in Austin.
The UT student body is farther left than Austin.

Used to be, you could insult Austin (and UT, specifically) by calling them "teasippers."
'Cause they'd rather sip their tea with their pinkies out than fight for Texas in the Civil War.
So yeah, that's how long the people of Texas have distained Austinites.

LOL

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 17, 2026 12:29 PM (3cUTc)

62 Talashe-male will be too close for comfort. And by that I mean less than eleven or so states away from you.

Posted by: ... at September 17, 2026 12:29 PM (kM43H)

63
The Rev. Babs Miller is going to be transitioning to unemployment.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 17, 2026 12:29 PM (XJ22o)

64 58 Fingers crossed. Paxton has a lot of baggage that the left keeps dragging out, but I swore that I would never vote for Cornyn again. He's a worm.

It never fails to amaze me that a right leaning candidate having an affair is a serious risk to their election but a left leaning candidate molesting his daughter or sexually harrassing his underlings doesn't matter.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 17, 2026 12:28 PM (sKqQm)

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All of the worst stuff about Paxton was out and state-level news before his last re-election which he won by 10 points.

The impeachment circus was ramping up, and the election was in the middle of that.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 17, 2026 12:29 PM (RtL9D)

65 Well... some religious text, anyway.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 17, 2026 12:29 PM (ExV1e)
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Heh.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 17, 2026 12:30 PM (DBEh4)

66 Bush got 11% of the 2004, black vote in Texas.
Paxton go 13% in this year's run off.
Talarico will not get more than 9%.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 17, 2026 12:30 PM (iLKq8)

67 I've heard the name. He's black, right?
Posted by: huerfano at September 17, 2026 12:28 PM (2Xqig)

Giant crossdresser back in the day. I do not think he ever claimed to actually BE a woman though. Just gay.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 17, 2026 12:30 PM (Y/06r)

68 I never got rocky horror. The whole deal seemed silly, gay and just ... disturbing. I get making fun of movies ala Rifftrax, but the thing with Rocky Horror seemed to be a separate thing.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 17, 2026 12:28 PM

Madness takes its toll.

Posted by: Riff Raff at September 17, 2026 12:30 PM (0sNs1)

69 I've seen maybe two dozen fundraising ads for Talarico over the last few days. They might as well set fire to the pile of cash and send smoke signals.

Think of the writhing pile of fraud that is the Dem Party. Now put their operatives in charge of huge piles of campaign cash. That can't be immune from the grift. The line item spending must be glorious.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at September 17, 2026 12:30 PM (r7+Q7)

70 Crockett was genuine and real and the white progressives would have fallen in line, while pissing off Christians less.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Yeah, that ghetto girl patois was really authentic.

Posted by: Auspex at September 17, 2026 12:30 PM (Y8DZL)

71 Out on the streets, that's where we'll meet. You make the night, I always cross the line.

Posted by: Uncle Miltie in drag at September 17, 2026 12:30 PM (7Q0e+)

72 Rocky Horror was just an odd odd movie and thing...

Why would you want to watch a movie about transexual aliens (that's the plot right?) unless you are gay to begin with?

Posted by: 18-1 at September 17, 2026 12:31 PM (sKqQm)

73 Texas loves the gays. The little fudge packer just might take the crown.

Posted by: Milk milk lemonade... at September 17, 2026 12:31 PM (ZjqVo)

74 If he was anti-trans that would be way worse for him. Look at what happened with Gavin Newsom

If one answer would turn you from Talerico back to that savage Paxton, then just go with Paxton because you don't deserve anybody as good as Talarico. This is why people stop caring about Texas and Florida

He's definitely going to hurt trans people, doesn't support abolishing ice, will try as hard as possible to snatch guns. I'm so disappointed.

Newsweek: James Talarico Leads Ken Paxton With Every Pollster for First Time

Yeah, we've all seen this before -- A democrat leading the polls in a red state right up to election day, then suddenly the GOP candidate wins by thousands of votes. Democrat voters don't need to just win, they need to win so convincingly that the GOP can't plausibly tamper with the vote counts.

Especially in Texas, they are removing voter registrations and closing polling places at alarming rates simply to fuck with democratic voters.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 17, 2026 12:31 PM (t19vo)

75 Paxton has a lot of baggage that the left keeps dragging out, but I swore that I would never vote for Cornyn again.

I, personally, haven't seen anything about Paxton that we didn't know when he was last elected AG other than that most of the shit they've said about him through the years was utter bullshit. We found that out during the impeachment trial.

Folks will say that he cheated on his wife but I'm not his wife.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 17, 2026 12:31 PM (ExV1e)

76
Why would you want to watch a movie about transexual aliens (that's the plot right?) unless you are gay to begin with?
Posted by: 18-1 at September 17, 2026 12:31 PM (sKqQm)

To watch Susan Sarandons humiliation for being in it..

Posted by: It's me donna at September 17, 2026 12:32 PM (+gK6I)

77 Ratt earworm.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 17, 2026 12:32 PM (zWqu+)

78 Rocky Horror was just an odd odd movie and thing...

Why would you want to watch a movie about transexual aliens (that's the plot right?) unless you are gay to begin with?
Posted by: 18-1 at September 17, 2026 12:31 PM (sKqQm)
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Never watched it.

Even as a kid, I had no interest in it.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 17, 2026 12:32 PM (DBEh4)

79 >>So yeah, that's how long the people of Texas have distained Austinites.

LOL

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 17, 2026 12:29 PM

My brother moved out to Hays County 20 or so years ago, so that is about right.

Posted by: huerfano at September 17, 2026 12:32 PM (2Xqig)

80 Excited rally goer: "Mr. Talarico, what's your favorite perversion?"

Talarico: "Pæde-..."

Chris Hansen" "Mr. Talarico, would you like to take a seat over here?"

Posted by: Minuteman at September 17, 2026 12:32 PM (47/pr)

81 Hilariously, Karl Rove is making a big deal of his intention to vote for a lefty Democrat. He published an op-ed in the WSJ, the spiritual home of the uniparty, advocating everyone join him in voting Democrat. Next up, he will finally admit that (like his father) he is gay.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 17, 2026 12:32 PM (vbMG5)

82 74 Yeah, we've all seen this before -- A democrat leading the polls in a red state right up to election day, then suddenly the GOP candidate wins by thousands of votes. Democrat voters don't need to just win, they need to win so convincingly that the GOP can't plausibly tamper with the vote counts.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at September 17, 2026 12:31 PM (t19vo)

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It's Texas.

Not thousands of votes.

Hundreds of thousands of votes. But donate today, and Texas will go blue for sure.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 17, 2026 12:32 PM (RtL9D)

83 Democrat voters don't need to just win, they need to win so convincingly that the GOP can't plausibly tamper with the vote counts.

Does this make our redditor here a Russian Bot? A Science Hating White Supremacist? A misinformation source?

Because remember we have the most secure elections in the world...

Posted by: 18-1 at September 17, 2026 12:33 PM (sKqQm)

84 I've heard the name. He's black, right?
Posted by: huerfano at September 17, 2026 12:28 PM (2Xqig)

Giant crossdresser back in the day. I do not think he ever claimed to actually BE a woman though. Just gay.

Posted by: Aetius451AD

Wound up with TV shows on a lot of those "lifestyle" cable channels all the AWFLs watch (RuPaul's Drag Race, etc.)

Thin end of the edge on "normalization".

Posted by: Brother Tim is tired at September 17, 2026 12:33 PM (OUMaO)

85
Talarico has nibbled often and at great length at many a buffet of dicks. He just cannot help wanting to tell us about every one.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at September 17, 2026 12:33 PM (ixS3i)

86
Newsweek: James Talarico Leads Ken Paxton With Every Pollster for First Time

Oh no..... Well, anyway

Posted by: It's me donna at September 17, 2026 12:33 PM (+gK6I)

87 Colin Allred, former NFL player, lost to Cruz by 8.5 points in 2024. Yeah, Paxton has his negatives, so did Cruz. This Talerico freak loses big regardless of what the polls may say.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 17, 2026 12:33 PM (2UnvF)

88 My favorite drag queen loves the interior of closets.

Posted by: Speller at September 17, 2026 12:33 PM (pSotA)

89 My favorite Drag Queen is Michelle Obama.
Posted by: zombie at September 17, 2026 12:22 PM

Early thread winner.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 17, 2026 12:34 PM (Rp9Oe)

90 Folks will say that he cheated on his wife but I'm not his wife.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

No big deal for Clenis, no big deal for Paxton.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 17, 2026 12:34 PM (zWqu+)

91 To watch Susan Sarandons humiliation for being in it..
Posted by: It's me donna at September 17, 2026 12:32 PM

C'mon, it wasn't that lopsided.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 17, 2026 12:34 PM (0sNs1)

92 75 Paxton has a lot of baggage that the left keeps dragging out, but I swore that I would never vote for Cornyn again.

I, personally, haven't seen anything about Paxton that we didn't know when he was last elected AG other than that most of the shit they've said about him through the years was utter bullshit. We found that out during the impeachment trial.

Folks will say that he cheated on his wife but I'm not his wife.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 17, 2026 12:31 PM (ExV1e)

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Most AGs are just generic party members to most of the voting public.

Paxton is probably not that. He's chased the limelight as AG for years. He was the central figure of wrath by the GOP establishment in the state to the point where they impeached him. And in the lead up to that impeachment, he won by 10 points.

The baggage against Paxton is old news and bringing it up will persuade no one.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 17, 2026 12:34 PM (RtL9D)

93 Chris Hansen" "Mr. Talarico, would you like to take a seat over here?"

Remember Hansen lost his show because he went after someone the elites didn't want him to go after...

Posted by: 18-1 at September 17, 2026 12:34 PM (sKqQm)

94 Leading right up to election day, then suddenly the GOP candidate wins by thousands of votes
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Right! Don't GOP know they're supposed to be trailing in the real count and not just polls up to a week AFTER election day, before snatching it away from the Democrat?

Posted by: ... at September 17, 2026 12:34 PM (kM43H)

95 "When the undercover journalist suggested Talarico simply "has to play this game" to win, Miller agreed, saying, "That's what his campaign has convinced him of." She added that the Democrat Party broadly is softening its posture on transgender issues, saying "his staff is encouraging him to kind of do the same thing, just for the next 50... days."

She continued, "I think it's bad advice personally, but if it helps him win, okay..."

Because it's okay to lie if it means you get elected."

Talarico isn't winning TX. Here's an indication - Bloomberg News was one of the first outlets to promote Talarico last year, before he had aspirations to run for Senate. He hasn't been asked back lately, even though the paid commenters still talk up his candidacy.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at September 17, 2026 12:34 PM (0CU3H)

96 When the rapture occurs and Babs Miller still remains, she'll be able to drop her current act and openly support the Antichrist.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at September 17, 2026 12:34 PM (E2K/A)

97 hobo ass is the best tasting ass

Posted by: Sid at September 17, 2026 12:35 PM (dxQ+x)

98 Oxiclean > Tristain > Distain

Posted by: gp at September 17, 2026 12:35 PM (Jr5Lq)

99 No Uncle Milty?

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 17, 2026 12:35 PM (J4E9T)

100 My favorite Drag Queen is Michelle Obama.

The left freaks out when people say things like this.

Then you ask them why...is it bad to be transexual/drag queen? and they can't really answer....

Posted by: 18-1 at September 17, 2026 12:35 PM (sKqQm)

101 Last month, we reported that Talarico headlined a 2021 Pride Month festival in Taylor, Texas, that featured an 11-year-old boy performing as a drag queen. The event also featured pro-LGBTQ speakers, live music, a children's "drag story hour," and adult drag performers. Talarico was there, too, mingling with the crowd as if nothing depraved and predatory was going on.

Of course. It's all about the grooming. These evil cocksuckers need millstones.

Posted by: I miss when degeneracy was shameful at September 17, 2026 12:35 PM (TbWk/)

102

I think my favorite Drag Queen must be James Talarico.

I'm pretty sure he qualifies.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 17, 2026 12:35 PM (iJfKG)

103 Texas conservatism was always a myth. Case in point the Bush clan.

Posted by: Milk milk lemonade... at September 17, 2026 12:35 PM (ZjqVo)

104 Apropos of nothing, I am sitting here eating a big salad my wife made for me.

Low have the mighty fallen.

At least it has ham and eggs in it.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 17, 2026 12:36 PM (4NO2D)

105
My favorite Drag Queen is Michelle Obama.
Posted by: zombie at September 17, 2026 12:22 PM

Only she's not very convincing.

Posted by: ... at September 17, 2026 12:36 PM (kM43H)

106 The only so called republicans peddling the Paxton crap are Bush and Rove penis sippers.

Posted by: Vengeance at September 17, 2026 12:36 PM (EWq0C)

107 I wish I knew the company that makes the "I'm A Moderate!" skin suits for Democrat politicians. I would invest every dollar I have. The company has to be shipping those skin suits as fast as it can make them. There is obviously so much demand the company has to be making astronomical profits.

Posted by: Gref at September 17, 2026 12:36 PM (5rh/l)

108 I never got rocky horror. The whole deal seemed silly, gay and just ... disturbing. I get making fun of movies ala Rifftrax, but the thing with Rocky Horror seemed to be a separate thing.

Lemme 'plain. Rocky Horror was not a good movie. I'm not saying that it was the single worst film ever made but if it were nominated for that award I wouldn't be surprised.

The point of Rocky Horror is to go to a midnight showing with friends, shitfaced drunk, and pick up some equally drunk chicks for a night of unmemorable, and likely unremembered, sex. That's why the audience does so much shit, to take away from the fact that paid admission to an awful movie.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 17, 2026 12:36 PM (ExV1e)

109 For cat fans, at Current Biology journal: "First discovery of a novel cat species in over a century: Leopardus tilcayo"

https://tinyurl.com/57nkc933

Posted by: gp at September 17, 2026 12:36 PM (Jr5Lq)

110 Sid, you ignorant slut.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 17, 2026 12:36 PM (2UnvF)

111 I can't imagine that even a single person in Texas actually believes his fake "moderation."
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I mentioned his ad I saw.
He's serving drinks and food at a diner.
So Texan; so humble; 'cause the tagline "I believe politicians should serve the people."
Get it?

It's just so fake and gay. Just like him.

But, you can tell who he thinks will swing the election:
Feather-brained women who want all the toddlers to get along and play nice.
And the last shreds of the "that Anderson Cooper is such a nice young man, I'd like to see him marry my granddaughter" deluded bints.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 17, 2026 12:37 PM (3cUTc)

112 Talarico's favorite drag queen specifically targets children.

How much more obvious do we have to make this op, Democrats nationwide? He's not that much further down the slippery slope than you are.

Posted by: The Clue Bat at September 17, 2026 12:37 PM (TTPRc)

113 featured an 11-year-old boy performing as a drag queen.
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I swear that's gotta be playing on a 4K loop with Dolbyvision Surround Sound during your Life Review With Satan.

Posted by: ... at September 17, 2026 12:37 PM (kM43H)

114 103 Texas conservatism was always a myth. Case in point the Bush clan.

Posted by: Milk milk lemonade... at September 17, 2026 12:35 PM (ZjqVo)

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The story of Texas is the story of the Democrat establishment from the 80s changing uniforms when the electorate under them went hard to the other side.

It has taken decades to weed out the Republican establishment of that influence, but the Paxton impeachment failing and the Speaker of the House losing his primary in response is the beginning of the end of the shift of the politics of the TX establishment towards something more like conservatism.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 17, 2026 12:37 PM (RtL9D)

115 99 No Uncle Milty?
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 17, 2026 12:35 PM (J4E9T)

Mentioned above. Also... the other guy. Pinky ring. Notorious spendthrift. Dammit. Brain no work. Clarinet. Black servant. Ascot.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 17, 2026 12:37 PM (Y/06r)

116 ========

All of the worst stuff about Paxton was out and state-level news before his last re-election which he won by 10 points.

The impeachment circus was ramping up, and the election was in the middle of that.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films
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Everything that could be pulled on Paxton so many times that repeating it would be beating a dead horse.
HOWEVER, don't be surprised if they come up with some new outlandish lie to grab some headlines.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 17, 2026 12:38 PM (iLKq8)

117 He's serving drinks and food at a diner.
So Texan; so humble; 'cause the tagline "I believe politicians should serve the people."
Get it?

We approve of this message!

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118 Posted by: Sid at September 17, 2026 12:35 PM (dxQ+x)

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Will you kill yourself when you realize that the polling industry lied to you again?

Or, will you be right despite being extremely wrong?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 17, 2026 12:38 PM (RtL9D)

119 I would have said Devine except for that eating dried up dog turds thing.

Posted by: Freako Talarico at September 17, 2026 12:39 PM (47/pr)

120 Last month, we reported that Talarico headlined a 2021 Pride Month festival in Taylor, Texas, that featured an 11-year-old boy performing as a drag queen. The event also featured pro-LGBTQ speakers, live music, a children's "drag story hour," and adult drag performers. Talarico was there, too, mingling with the crowd as if nothing depraved and predatory was going on.

At one point the left's response to people pointing out all their gay grooming was "but people take their kids to Hooters!" and you know I do think it is kind of weird to take a kid to Hooters (also don't suggest going to your GF/Wife don't ask how I know).

But the women at Hooters aren't actually twerking in your face or singing about sex or any of that crap. They are just wearing shorts and t-shirts and serving you mediocre wings

Posted by: 18-1 at September 17, 2026 12:39 PM (sKqQm)

121
Why did Texas Dems pick this guy? It makes me think they're confident of victory tbh. Like, we're gonna beat Paxton so let's not miss this chance to get a batshit crazy youngun in there?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 17, 2026 12:39 PM (XJ22o)

122 He's serving drinks and food at a diner.
So Texan; so humble; 'cause the tagline "I believe politicians should serve the people."
Get it?

We approve of this message!
Posted by: Sponsored by The Soylent Corporation at September 17, 2026 12:38 PM

To serve Man.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 17, 2026 12:39 PM (4NO2D)

123 So many people do not understand. Assume everything you say is being recorded!

Posted by: GWB at September 17, 2026 12:39 PM (kU0PQ)

124 Someone tell SIDS's mother to get some stronger exercise bands.

Posted by: ... at September 17, 2026 12:39 PM (kM43H)

125 Imma laugh my ass off when Talarico wins in Texas.

Y’all better get your shit together and motivate people to vote. I don’t see much out there.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 17, 2026 12:40 PM (W2Pud)

126 ... who has described himself as "a drag performer that works with children."

More likely this freak works ON children.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 17, 2026 12:40 PM (2WIwB)

127 Someone tell SIDS's mother to get some stronger exercise bands.

I think the problem may be she used them for less time then Killer Clancy would recommend...

Posted by: 18-1 at September 17, 2026 12:40 PM (sKqQm)

128 HOWEVER, don't be surprised if they come up with some new outlandish lie to grab some headlines.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 17, 2026 12:38 PM

We would NEVER do that!

Posted by: zombie Harry Reid at September 17, 2026 12:41 PM (0sNs1)

129
121
Why did Texas Dems pick this guy? It makes me think they're confident of victory tbh. Like, we're gonna beat Paxton so let's not miss this chance to get a batshit crazy youngun in there?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 17, 2026 12:39 PM (XJ22o)

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Austin progressives are just racist against strong, black women.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 17, 2026 12:41 PM (RtL9D)

130 Didn't the TX Freak say transkids were his favorite thing?

Posted by: 18-1 at September 17, 2026 12:41 PM (sKqQm)

131 66 Bush got 11% of the 2004, black vote in Texas.
Paxton go 13% in this year's run off.
Talarico will not get more than 9%.

Posted by: Braenyard
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Wait, I think that's wrong. Talarico will get more than that because Democrat; But he will receive a much lower % than traditional Democrat loser.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 17, 2026 12:41 PM (iLKq8)

132 Someone get a warrant for his hard drives.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 17, 2026 12:41 PM (P6lWH)

133 Colin Allred, former NFL player, lost to Cruz by 8.5 points in 2024. Yeah, Paxton has his negatives, so did Cruz. This Talerico freak loses big regardless of what the polls may say.
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What is funny is watching the left ret-con Cruz as some sort of campaigning juggernaut; "so of course Allred lost."

Because they were trying to give traction to Cornyn's lie about how Paxton was lazy.

But good lord, echoing above, Cornyn has gone 10X on proving every single accusation against him was true since he lost--he hate, hate, hates conservatives.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 17, 2026 12:41 PM (3cUTc)

134 Why did Texas Dems pick this guy? It makes me think they're confident of victory tbh. Like, we're gonna beat Paxton so let's not miss this chance to get a batshit crazy youngun in there?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 17, 2026 12:39 PM (XJ22o)

To stick it to normies. The race is considered a lost cause. If they win, great! If they los, at least they got to plague and insult God and Christianity along the way.

Posted by: ... at September 17, 2026 12:42 PM (kM43H)

135 >>>He's serving drinks and food at a diner.
So Texan; so humble; 'cause the tagline "I believe politicians should serve the people."
Get it?

That is about the lamest political ad I've ever seen.

Posted by: Gref at September 17, 2026 12:42 PM (5rh/l)

136 No Uncle Milty?
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at September 17, 2026 12:35 PM (J4E9T)

Mentioned above. Also... the other guy. Pinky ring. Notorious spendthrift. Dammit. Brain no work. Clarinet. Black servant. Ascot.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 17, 2026 12:37 PM (Y/06r)

Jack Benny. But it was a violin. (Benny Goodman was a clarinetist.)
And the black butler was "Rochester."

Posted by: GWB at September 17, 2026 12:42 PM (kU0PQ)

137 >>Imma laugh my ass off when Talarico wins in Texas.

Texas is a myth that Texans tell themselves.

Still, Talarico has no chance.

Posted by: garrett at September 17, 2026 12:42 PM (modDY)

138 Isn't SIDS a syndrome that kills kids?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 17, 2026 12:42 PM (nyjNu)

139 A little surprising that women aren't offended at these cross-dressing freaks. They portray the most garish, silly, vapid female stereotypes. Worser than blackface.

Posted by: Discerning Chap at September 17, 2026 12:42 PM (Fn+3X)

140 Someone tell SIDS's mother to get some stronger exercise bands.
Posted by: ... at September 17, 2026 12:39 PM (kM43H)

***

Another line I am stealing.
The Horde has been productive this week!

Posted by: Diogenes at September 17, 2026 12:43 PM (2WIwB)

141 Paxton needs ads defining what a freak Talarico is.
I don't think your average voter realizes how horrible Talarico.
Many people look at his face and think he's harmless.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 17, 2026 12:43 PM (NpAcC)

142 I don't know what to do if I end up with two jobs.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 17, 2026 12:43 PM (2OBCo)

143 Talarico headlined a 2021 Pride Month festival in Taylor, Texas, that featured an 11-year-old boy performing as a drag queen.

I hope this poor kid grows up to strangle his mother with an exercise band. Even though she's a superior being.

Posted by: It's ok when women trick out their kids at September 17, 2026 12:43 PM (TbWk/)

144 Again, who was filming that exchange? The guy who said "That's why I came to this church?"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 17, 2026 12:43 PM (JrHfD)

145 The story of Texas is the story of the Democrat establishment from the 80s changing uniforms when the electorate under them went hard to the other side.

It has taken decades to weed out the Republican establishment of that influence, but the Paxton impeachment failing and the Speaker of the House losing his primary in response is the beginning of the end of the shift of the politics of the TX establishment towards something more like conservatism.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 17, 2026 12:37 PM (RtL9D)
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That and the outsized presence of Corporate Republicans due to the vast amounts of money washing around Houston and Dallas from the petroleum industry.

Posted by: ballistic at September 17, 2026 12:43 PM (oqH4h)

146 Good afternoon Ace.
Does Topps do a trading card set of famous drag queens? Asking for Talarico

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 17, 2026 12:43 PM (oUMhY)

147 Cornyn can share that rancid old bag of dicks with Sid.

Posted by: 88C+u at September 17, 2026 12:43 PM (88C+u)

148 Why did Texas Dems pick this guy?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 17, 2026 12:39 PM (XJ22o)

'Cause they're racist, natch. Or, so says Jasmine.

Posted by: GWB at September 17, 2026 12:44 PM (kU0PQ)

149 141 Paxton needs ads defining what a freak Talarico is.
I don't think your average voter realizes how horrible Talarico.
Many people look at his face and think he's harmless.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 17, 2026 12:43 PM (NpAcC)

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I've seen a few.

That's exactly what the ads are doing.

This isn't the GOP of 2005 that would faint at the idea of using an opponent's own words against them. This is Trump's party.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 17, 2026 12:44 PM (RtL9D)

150 I hope someone checks his crawl space and hard drive.
He gives off major creep vibes and I don't see how anyone could vote for him.

Posted by: CaliGirl at September 17, 2026 12:44 PM (tof11)

151 I think the trolls should organize and demand proper compensation from the rich fat cats who are splitting up millions while the trolls do the real work for hundreds.

You shouldn't stand for that. Now is the time, you'll never have more leverage than right now. Go demand double your current pay. They have private jet money, they have enough money to pay you.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at September 17, 2026 12:44 PM (r7+Q7)

152 Does Topps do a trading card set of famous drag queens? Asking for Talarico

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 17, 2026 12:43 PM (oUMhY)

Yes. It's called Bottoms.

Posted by: ... at September 17, 2026 12:44 PM (kM43H)

153 Almost every model I’ve seen is estimating Dem wins based on turnout. The Foxnews poll released today showed Dem 71%, Republicans 65% when asked if they were certain to vote.

Posted by: Vengeance at September 17, 2026 12:44 PM (EWq0C)

154 A little surprising that women aren't offended at these cross-dressing freaks. They portray the most garish, silly, vapid female stereotypes. Worser than blackface.

Because the FNM tells them they are supposed to like it.

It really is that simple.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 17, 2026 12:44 PM (sKqQm)

155 Worth noting that Collin Allred endorsed Crockett in the primary and has refused to endorse Talarico in the general election.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 17, 2026 12:44 PM (nyjNu)

156 Isn't SIDS a syndrome that kills kids?

And it's a mystery.

Posted by: The Childhood Vaccination Schedule at September 17, 2026 12:44 PM (TTPRc)

157 Texas conservatism was always a myth. Case in point the Bush clan.
Posted by: Milk milk lemonade... at September 17, 2026 12:35 PM (ZjqVo)

Thanks, Mr? Expert. W's election as Governor was the start of the state turning red. It's still turning. Democrats used to be able to get elected in Texas because the party wasn't utterly beholden to the freak squad and the lack of the internet meant that they could hide.

Still, feel free to tell us all about your deep and extensive knowledge of Texas.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 17, 2026 12:44 PM (ExV1e)

158 >>>He's serving drinks and food at a diner.
So Texan; so humble; 'cause the tagline "I believe politicians should serve the people."
Get it?

That is about the lamest political ad I've ever seen.
Posted by: Gref at September 17, 2026 12:42 PM

As a Moron noted, it's the perfect ad for Socialism. Nobody paid, they didn't get a choice of food, and some people didn't get any food.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 17, 2026 12:45 PM (4NO2D)

159 They WHY would you say something so gobsmackingly stupid as to praise a drag queen for children? Did he think it wouldn't get out? This is just political malpractice.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 17, 2026 12:22 PM (Riz8t)

Not to Dems it isn't.

This is what every one of his advisors is telling him to say.

Recall that Kamala's campaign did not have any straight, white men under 40 on it. Not one. They have NO IDEA what normal men are like because they've spent a generation or two completely writing them off.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 17, 2026 12:45 PM (gLYp7)

160 129
121
Why did Texas Dems pick this guy? It makes me think they're confident of victory tbh. Like, we're gonna beat Paxton so let's not miss this chance to get a batshit crazy youngun in there?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Either the whole of the Texas Democrat party is demon possessed or it's an op that none of us has figured out.
(forgetting not that there are pot fulls of money being passed around)

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 17, 2026 12:45 PM (iLKq8)

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148 Why did Texas Dems pick this guy?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 17, 2026 12:39 PM (XJ22o)

'Cause they're racist, natch. Or, so says Jasmine.

Posted by: GWB at September 17, 2026 12:44 PM (kU0PQ)

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"I love Jasmine. She's so great, but we need someone electable, so I voted for the twink who says he loves trans-kids, says he hates Christianity, has a favorite drag queen, and says that Islam taught him more about religion positively than Christianity...who also looks like some sort of physical deformity."
-paraphrased woman on the street interview from primary election day

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 17, 2026 12:45 PM (RtL9D)

162 > Paxton needs ads defining what a freak Talarico is.
I don't think your average voter realizes how horrible Talarico.
Many people look at his face and think he's harmless.
Posted by: redridinghood
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His face creeps the shit out of me. I'd probably take a ball bat to his head just out of caution.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 17, 2026 12:45 PM (2Cry5)

163 James Talarico's Minister admits Talarico is COVERING UP his Left-wing views to trick Texans into voting for him:

Under proper HQ usage, "minister" should be in scare quotes, shouldn't it?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 17, 2026 12:46 PM (guGkK)

164 >> Almost every model I’ve seen is estimating Dem wins based on turnout.

I am predicting that ALL Football Teams who Outscore their opponents will be victorious this weekend.

Posted by: garrett at September 17, 2026 12:46 PM (modDY)

165 Many people look at his face and think he's harmless.
Posted by: redridinghood at September 17, 2026 12:43 PM (NpAcC)
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I look at his face and think he looks like a retard. Seriously, everyone, especially Dems with kids, needs to hold their noses and vote for the morally compromised Paxton. Just too bad there's not a better candidate but that's the reality.

Posted by: beckster at September 17, 2026 12:46 PM (kX27y)

166 154 A little surprising that women aren't offended at these cross-dressing freaks. They portray the most garish, silly, vapid female stereotypes. Worser than blackface.

They're too busy attacking Sydney Sweeny

Posted by: It's me donna at September 17, 2026 12:46 PM (+gK6I)

167 Jack Benny. But it was a violin. (Benny Goodman was a clarinetist.)
And the black butler was "Rochester."
Posted by: GWB at September 17, 2026 12:42 PM (kU0PQ)

THANK YOU. That explains why my random search string on bing returned nothing but woody allen (the fuck?)

Heh. I searched through celebrity roasts and could name everyone 'Don rickles, milton berle, foster brooks...' etc and never saw Benny. Drove me nuts.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 17, 2026 12:46 PM (Y/06r)

168 153 Almost every model I’ve seen is estimating Dem wins based on turnout. The Foxnews poll released today showed Dem 71%, Republicans 65% when asked if they were certain to vote.

Posted by: Vengeance at September 17, 2026 12:44 PM (EWq0C)

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Likely voter screens have been failing for years.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 17, 2026 12:46 PM (RtL9D)

169 Talarico headlined a 2021 Pride Month festival in Taylor, Texas, that featured an 11-year-old boy performing as a drag queen.
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Ohferpetessakes. A 2-bit phony preacher and obscure politician partying with dancing catamites.

He's hewn of Senatorial wood, if we're being honest.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 17, 2026 12:46 PM (BI5O2)

170 Vengeance, the modeling for poll was ? Dem + 15.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 17, 2026 12:46 PM (+fpfy)

171
Talarico's nose won't help him being a drag queen. It's too bulbous.

Posted by: Frank Barone at September 17, 2026 12:47 PM (OkYzo)

172 Cornyn has gone 10X on proving every single accusation against him was true since he lost--he hate, hate, hates conservatives.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 17, 2026 12:41 PM (3cUTc)

Look how easily Cornyn slipped into Biden's old smears against "MAGA".
That said, at least he's not an outright crook like Joni Ernst. Now that she's resigned, she's doing everything she can to slip pro-China "save our bacon" crap into legislation. She almost broke the farm bill yesterday to get that in there. (She failed.)

Posted by: 88C+u at September 17, 2026 12:47 PM (88C+u)

173 >>So Texan; so humble; 'cause the tagline "I believe politicians should serve the people."

If he wanted to be genuine, he'd serve the customers a steak and then sit down at their table and eat it in front of them.

That's a lot more accurate.

Posted by: garrett at September 17, 2026 12:47 PM (modDY)

174 Why did Texas Dems pick this guy? It makes me think they're confident of victory tbh. Like, we're gonna beat Paxton so let's not miss this chance to get a batshit crazy youngun in there?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 17, 2026 12:39 PM (XJ22o)

They picked him for the same reason they picked Bobby O'Rourke. Dem wimmins think he's just the kind of dreamy man they can peg all night long.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 17, 2026 12:47 PM (ExV1e)

175 I don't see the deal with drags. Watching fat guys in clown whore make up lip synching to terrible disco songs? How TAF is that supposed to be entertaining?

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at September 17, 2026 12:48 PM (tQ6h4)

176 168 153 Almost every model I’ve seen is estimating Dem wins based on turnout. The Foxnews poll released today showed Dem 71%, Republicans 65% when asked if they were certain to vote.

Posted by: Vengeance at September 17, 2026 12:44 PM (EWq0C)

FOX has the absolute worst pollsters...

Posted by: It's me donna at September 17, 2026 12:48 PM (+gK6I)

177 Talerico's church *has* to be PCUSA, otherwise my brother (PCA church administrator) would be driving down there to Bible-thump some sense into the "pastor."

Posted by: pookysgirl's family takes its church duties seriously at September 17, 2026 12:48 PM (Wt5PA)

178 Why did Texas Dems pick this guy? It makes me think they're confident of victory tbh. Like, we're gonna beat Paxton so let's not miss this chance to get a batshit crazy youngun in there?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 17, 2026 12:39 PM (XJ22o)

1. It was him versus Jasmine Crockett.

2. Texas Democrats are 4 factions: 1. Hispanics who have been Democrats for generations -- neighborhoods with precinct chairs that are well-organized to turn out the vote, etc. -- although they're losing men to Republicans at the ballot box; 2. Blacks (again, losing some men at the ballot box); 3. Public sector employees and their unions. Talarico is acceptable to all of those as a compromise, even if they're not enthusiastic about him. Who loves him is faction 4: Austin weirdos. He has represented an Austin district with a high weirdo percentage and has never run statewide. The Talarico act does not play well in Wichita Falls and Tyler and Brady and Conroe.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at September 17, 2026 12:48 PM (eStot)

179 For cat fans, at Current Biology journal: "First discovery of a novel cat species in over a century: Leopardus tilcayo"

https://tinyurl.com/57nkc933
Posted by: gp

Thanks for this. I collect articles and news stories about the discovery of new species.

Posted by: Bulg at September 17, 2026 12:48 PM (77rzZ)

180 I am predicting that ALL Football Teams who Outscore their opponents will be victorious this weekend.
Posted by: garrett at September 17, 2026 12:46 PM

Thank you, John Madden.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 17, 2026 12:48 PM (4NO2D)

181 I am predicting that ALL Football Teams who Outscore their opponents will be victorious this weekend.
Posted by: garrett at September 17, 2026 12:46 PM (modDY)
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haha, well, maybe not ALL

Posted by: Western Michigan and the MAC at September 17, 2026 12:48 PM (nyjNu)

182 Yeah I think it’s bullshit. Fox has been giving it to people in the ass for years. But it also shows the importance of turnout. People need to show up. If they do Republicans win. I think they even keep the House.

Posted by: Vengeance at September 17, 2026 12:49 PM (EWq0C)

183 Some in the know, such as Smug and Halperin, believe a lot more is going to come out about Talarico.

Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at September 17, 2026 12:49 PM (wrEn7)

184 This guy sets off more alarm bells than Tim Walz.

I know polling data is suspect, but the fact this guy is leading is troubling.

Is Paxton really that bad?

Posted by: Leupold at September 17, 2026 12:49 PM (+8UYc)

185
They picked him for the same reason they picked Bobby O'Rourke. Dem wimmins think he's just the kind of dreamy man they can peg all night long.

I don't think that's quite right.

I think the Karen Koven saw Beat-off as the bad boy that would give them the weinering their husbands don't. The TX Freak instead is half "good Christian preacher" and half gay bestie.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 17, 2026 12:49 PM (sKqQm)

186 >>Thank you, John Madden.

He could have been an amazing Pollster!

Posted by: garrett at September 17, 2026 12:49 PM (modDY)

187 I've seen a few.

That's exactly what the ads are doing.

This isn't the GOP of 2005 that would faint at the idea of using an opponent's own words against them. This is Trump's party.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 17, 2026 12:44 PM (RtL9D)
*********
Those are internet ads. I haven't seen any local television ads showing what a freak he is. Lots of Talarico ads.
The 2 Paxton television ads I've seen were about Talarico voting for China to be able to buy up land and Paxton putting sex traffickers in prison.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 17, 2026 12:50 PM (NpAcC)

188 A little surprising that women aren't offended at these cross-dressing freaks. They portray the most garish, silly, vapid female stereotypes. Worser than blackface.

They're too busy attacking Sydney Sweeny
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Fat liberal women like drag queens because their own looks benefit from the contrast. Sidney Sweeney has the opposite effect.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at September 17, 2026 12:50 PM (tQ6h4)

189 I don't see the deal with drags. Watching fat guys in clown whore make up lip synching to terrible disco songs? How TAF is that supposed to be entertaining?

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at September 17, 2026 12:48 PM (tQ6h4)

I think the word you are searching for is "arousing".

Posted by: ... at September 17, 2026 12:50 PM (kM43H)

190 Posted by: pookysgirl's family takes its church duties seriously at September 17, 2026 12:48 PM (Wt5PA)

Yes; It's the PCUSA.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 17, 2026 12:50 PM (JrHfD)

191 *nods*

He so needs to repent and truly have Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 17, 2026 12:23 PM (DBEh4)
---------------

Hiya, SMH.

Talarico is almost exactly what I think the false prophet will look like. Talarico gives creepy a bad name.

By the way, the "minister" is in for a terrible time if she doesn't repent because those who teach the Word are held to a stricter standard. Granted, she's not really teaching the Word, but, she claims to.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at September 17, 2026 12:50 PM (eGzf1)

192 The other Talarico ad is a PAC with the tagline, something like, "we don't need another politician in DC protecting pedophiles."

yeah, get it?

Trump is a pedo protector.
And, Ken Paxon's office* gave a plea deal** to a child molester.
Epstein Liiiiiist!!!!

* Not Paxton, the local assistant AG
** because the alleged victim refused to testify and there was no other proof of the crime.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 17, 2026 12:50 PM (3cUTc)

193 Paxton needs ads defining what a freak Talarico is.
I don't think your average voter realizes how horrible Talarico.
Many people look at his face and think he's harmless.
Posted by: redridinghood

John Wayne Gacy was a birthday party clown. BTK was a nondescript middle-aged deacon at church. Bundy was tall, good looking, and charming. Evil doesn't come with horns and tail and twirling a mustache.

Posted by: Evil often looks good at September 17, 2026 12:50 PM (TbWk/)

194 If he wanted to be genuine, he'd serve the customers a steak and then sit down at their table and eat it in front of them. That's a lot more accurate. Posted by: garrett at September 17, 2026 12:47 PM (modDY)

Well, except he's a vegan.

On a more serious note, many are calling his invocation of religion to justify taxing and spending "blasphemy."

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at September 17, 2026 12:50 PM (eStot)

195 Tijuana Donkey Show > James Talefreako

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 17, 2026 12:50 PM (p4w7z)

196 The key to winning is scoring more points than the other team.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 17, 2026 12:50 PM (2OBCo)

197 Remember Hansen lost his show because he went after someone the elites didn't want him to go after...
Posted by: 18-1

I thought someone he confronted committed suicide and the family sued the network? Ah, Grok says he was an assistant district attorney in Texas, so maybe a little of both reasons.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at September 17, 2026 12:51 PM (xDw5z)

198 I don't see the deal with drags. Watching fat guys in clown whore make up lip synching to terrible disco songs? How TAF is that supposed to be entertaining?

Have you considered that you can often see up their skirts?

I'll be...in my bunk

Posted by: David French at September 17, 2026 12:51 PM (sKqQm)

199 >>But it also shows the importance of turnout.

Yes. Those who receive the most Votes will win.

Posted by: garrett at September 17, 2026 12:51 PM (modDY)

200 Nick in T, that would not surprise me at all. I hope they release it right before early voting starts.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 17, 2026 12:51 PM (+fpfy)

201 A little surprising that women aren't offended at these cross-dressing freaks. They portray the most garish, silly, vapid female stereotypes. Worser than blackface.

Women love women who aren't good looking enough to threaten them. So from that POV you can see why they're very comfortable with drag queens and trannies.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 17, 2026 12:51 PM (4ObTi)

202 Pratt on Texas IIRC covered this about a month ago.

Sick.

And remember he was a MS teacher.

Posted by: Cow Demon at September 17, 2026 12:52 PM (WB/3O)

203
Jack Benny was a great straight man; his bits with Mel Blanc were awesome.

Posted by: Auspex at September 17, 2026 12:52 PM (Y8DZL)

204 Speaking of turnout, here's an interesting observation:

"@RealSKeshel
·
Sep 16
In 2018, there were 25 House seats that had been won by the GOP House nominee in 2016, but lost by Trump. 22 of them were lost.

In 2026, there are only 3 such seats.

Anyone comparing raw seat losses from 2018 to 2026 is missing a giant piece of the puzzle. Today’s newsletter focused on these swings and the importance of presidential margin in contested seats.

Linked in first comment below, “What Does 2018 Tell Us About 2026?”"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 17, 2026 12:52 PM (RtL9D)

205 Yes. Those who receive the most Votes will win.

Posted by: garrett at September 17, 2026 12:51 PM (modDY)

Ummm

Posted by: Election 2020 at September 17, 2026 12:52 PM (kM43H)

206 Jack Benny's character wasn't a spendthrift. He was a miser, the opposite of a spendthrift.

Posted by: Bulg at September 17, 2026 12:52 PM (77rzZ)

207 The key to winning is scoring more points than the other team.
Posted by: Boss Moss at September 17, 2026 12:50 PM

Ya gotta get a hat on a hat.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 17, 2026 12:52 PM (4NO2D)

208 Black Democrats aren't going to turn out for Talarico, and neither are latin Democrats. In fact, religious Democrats generally will not vote in big numbers for Talarico (imo).

Who, other than white college educated white suburban women, is going to turn out in big numbers for Talarico? TDS can only carry the party so far.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 17, 2026 12:53 PM (I9RuV)

209 Evil doesn't come with horns and tail and twirling a mustache.

"The banality of evil" is a thing for a reason.

In WW2, the Nazis required someone to fill out a form in triplicate to have a Jew killed. Someone could make one hell of an Office Space spoof out of that, but it would probably piss off too many sacred cows.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 17, 2026 12:53 PM (4ObTi)

210 Over 21, drag your skanky ass wherever. Involving children is way over the line.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 17, 2026 12:53 PM (+fpfy)

211 No, I think it’s math. Something like actual registered voters by party, plus independents looked at though the lens of a turnout model that considers a host of factors and historical data.

Actually, it may be trigonometry

Posted by: Vengeance at September 17, 2026 12:53 PM (EWq0C)

212 One other point on trannies...

The elites know that they'd turned western women into...a mess.

And since they practice de facto polygamy that means society has a shortage of available women, which almost always ends in violence against the governing elite.

So what better way to fix that then convincing a bunch of those single lonely men that they are actually women? Especially if you can get other men to go along with the lie and accept them as partners?

Posted by: 18-1 at September 17, 2026 12:53 PM (sKqQm)

213 A little surprising that women aren't offended at these cross-dressing freaks. They portray the most garish, silly, vapid female stereotypes.
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Explains why Crockashit doesn't offend them either.

Posted by: ... at September 17, 2026 12:53 PM (kM43H)

214
And speaking of old comedy stars, Flip Wilson's Geraldine was the best cross dresser over.

Posted by: Auspex at September 17, 2026 12:54 PM (Y8DZL)

215 That and the outsized presence of Corporate Republicans due to the vast amounts of money washing around Houston and Dallas from the petroleum industry.
---
Yup.
Chamber of Commerce Republicans.
They were all Democrats up to the 90s.

All taxes increases are good and all spending increases are good because all the money goes to their biggest members--commercial and infrastructure contractors.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 17, 2026 12:54 PM (3cUTc)

216 My favorite drag queen is still Jake Tapper.

Posted by: Vengeance at September 17, 2026 12:54 PM (EWq0C)

217 At least they aren't in our bathrooms.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 17, 2026 12:54 PM (2OBCo)

218 166 154 A little surprising that women aren't offended at these cross-dressing freaks. They portray the most garish, silly, vapid female stereotypes. Worser than blackface.

They're too busy attacking Sydney Sweeny
Posted by: It's me donna at September 17, 2026 12:46 PM (+gK6I)

I think you're on to something here. Drag queens aren't competition or threatening in any way, like the one fat homely chick prettier girls keep in their friend group.

Posted by: Cattiness all the way down at September 17, 2026 12:54 PM (TbWk/)

219 142 I don't know what to do if I end up with two jobs.
Posted by: Boss Moss at September 17, 2026 12:43 PM (2OBCo)

Reminds me of the old joke:
A true friend is one who goes to town and gets 2 BJs, comes back and gives you 1.

Posted by: RI Red at September 17, 2026 12:54 PM (Tw3Uc)

220 Yes. Those who receive the most Votes will win.

Posted by: garrett at September 17, 2026 12:51 PM (modDY)

What about the people who never got a single primary vote ever, bitches!! *hic*
- Kamala

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 17, 2026 12:54 PM (gLYp7)

221 A little surprising that women aren't offended at these cross-dressing freaks. They portray the most garish, silly, vapid female stereotypes. Worser than blackface.
Posted by: Discerning Chap at September 17, 2026 12:42 PM (Fn+3X)
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I'm not offended.

I'm insulted that these male headcases think that wearing clown makeup, dangerously high heels, and the ugliest wigs...ever...is what represents women.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 17, 2026 12:55 PM (DBEh4)

222 Seriously, everyone, especially Dems with kids, needs to hold their noses and vote for the morally compromised Paxton.

Seriously, everyone, if his policies are good for the country and his failings aren't illegal... who fucking cares? He's not running for Pope.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 17, 2026 12:55 PM (ExV1e)

223 I still find it hilarious Talarico says he believes in DEI yet ran against a Strong Black Woman and took her job.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at September 17, 2026 12:55 PM (eGzf1)

224 Worst cross dresser?

Michelle Obama?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 17, 2026 12:56 PM (p4w7z)

225 The guy is a creepy pedo android.

Bizarro World Richie Cunningham

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 17, 2026 12:56 PM (guGkK)

226 I think you're on to something here. Drag queens aren't competition or threatening in any way, like the one fat homely chick prettier girls keep in their friend group.
Posted by: Cattiness all the way down at September 17, 2026 12:54 PM (TbWk/)
__

Explains why I wasn't part of any female friend group.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 17, 2026 12:56 PM (DBEh4)

227 "Thanks for this. I collect articles and news stories about the discovery of new species."

You betcha! File this for future rare species news:

Feb 22, 2032: "Leopardus tilcayo, the adorable tiny leopard first discovered in 2026, now extinct in the wild due to exotic pet poachers."

Posted by: gp at September 17, 2026 12:56 PM (Jr5Lq)

228 222 Seriously, everyone, especially Dems with kids, needs to hold their noses and vote for the morally compromised Paxton.

Seriously, everyone, if his policies are good for the country and his failings aren't illegal... who fucking cares? He's not running for Pope.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 17, 2026 12:55 PM (ExV1e)

=======

Maybe after Trump, the Republican electorate's tolerance for morally compromised (especially on sex) candidates is less restrictive.

Just don't have audio of you screaming that some people need killin'. Not climbing out of that hole.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 17, 2026 12:56 PM (RtL9D)

229 I still find it hilarious Talarico says he believes in DEI yet ran against a Strong Black Woman and took her job.

Well, for the record, she wasn't going to there for our transkids. I love her as a person but...she's just not going to be there like I will.

Cheering them on...inspiring them...and playing with...uh...saying encouraging things.

I'll be in my bunk

Posted by: Talarico at September 17, 2026 12:56 PM (sKqQm)

230 Double serial killer middle names?
Double plus ungood.

Posted by: sal at September 17, 2026 12:56 PM (f+FmA)

231 121
Why did Texas Dems pick this guy? It makes me think they're confident of victory tbh. Like, we're gonna beat Paxton so let's not miss this chance to get a batshit crazy youngun in there?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Why did Michigan Dems pick Hasan Piker's best buddy? Maine Dems pick Platner? And so on. It's a consequence of Dems learning the way to get a Democrat nomination is to go far enough left in the primary to capture the base of crazies who will go vote come hell-or-high water. Democrats don't push their registered voters to make a big turn-out for primaries. Because the local Dem Party honchos didn't want their captured union and other small groups out-voted. But their captured groups keep going farther left each election cycle. Obviously a factor they believed they could harness and tame for primaries. The best laid plans...

Posted by: Gref at September 17, 2026 12:57 PM (5rh/l)

232 Bizarro World Richie Cunningham
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 17, 2026 12:56 PM (guGkK)

If he fell in a vat of holy water, he'd dissolve completely.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at September 17, 2026 12:57 PM (ZgwKJ)

233 From last night:

Your IP address is available to anyone who has the tools. And the government has those tools. Your cell phone pings constantly, even when you turn it off.

We might be somewhat anonymous to each other but if you think you are truly anonymous in this time from people who want to know who you are you are mistaken.

The internet sends you ads for the same stuff you searched on 10 minutes ago and you think the government doesn't have the same capability? They helped create the internet.

Posted by: JackStraw
---

I'm not worried about the government. I am insignificant to them and they know where I live. I'm concerned about the malevolent creeps that want my routing number or my credit card number -things like that.
The government used to go after people like that with a vengeance.
The government doesn't do jack about these crimes or the criminals that do them.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 17, 2026 12:57 PM (iLKq8)

234 Explains why I wasn't part of any female friend group.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 17, 2026 12:56 PM (DBEh4)

*Makes note that SMH is an absolute smokeshow, like all 'ettes.*

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 17, 2026 12:57 PM (gLYp7)

235 Ratt earworm.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 17, 2026 12:32 PM (zWqu+)

Ratt's manager was Milton Berle's nephew.

Posted by: Mark1971 at September 17, 2026 12:57 PM (/OKHJ)

236 @204 the Republicans in 2018 had a ton of cowards not run again to spend time with their families. They didn't like Trump is the real reason.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 17, 2026 12:58 PM (oUMhY)

237 Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 17, 2026 12:56 PM (DBEh4)

I never knew any pretty girl group who kept a less attractive one around. This sounds like something from "Mean Girls."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 17, 2026 12:58 PM (JrHfD)

238
Maybe after Trump, the Republican electorate's tolerance for morally compromised (especially on sex) candidates is less restrictive.

The way people should think about it. Its 1944 and you find out Patton cheated on his wife.

Do you replace him?

Posted by: 18-1 at September 17, 2026 12:59 PM (sKqQm)

239 What SMH said.

They got this warped and twisted vision of being female. It is a cheap caricature and how we get Dylan Mulvany prancing.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 17, 2026 12:59 PM (p4w7z)

240 *Makes note that SMH is an absolute smokeshow, like all 'ettes.*
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 17, 2026 12:57 PM (gLYp7)
__

No.

I was skinny, and I was a tomboy.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 17, 2026 12:59 PM (DBEh4)

241 'Cause they're racist says Jasmine.

Well if anyone knows a racist it would be Jasmine. She is one of the biggest racist in the country. That is all she talks about. How racist everyone else is. Both she and Talarico are losers.

Posted by: Case at September 17, 2026 12:59 PM (xJpuh)

242 223 I still find it hilarious Talarico says he believes in DEI yet ran against a Strong Black Woman and took her job.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at September 17, 2026 12:55 PM (eGzf1)

Unconscionable behavior!

Posted by: Debbie Wasserman-Schultz at September 17, 2026 12:59 PM (5rh/l)

243 I know polling data is suspect, but the fact this guy is leading is troubling.

Is Paxton really that bad?
Posted by: Leupold at September 17, 2026 12:49 PM (+8UYc)

AFAIK, every single moron actually from Texas is saying that Paxton will win and it won't be close. Pollsters and people who live thousands of miles away say otherwise.

Paxton was elected AG 3 times. Over a dozen members of the State House lost their seats when they impeached him. 3 members of the state Supreme Court lost their seats when they decided to weigh in against him.

Be chill.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 17, 2026 12:59 PM (ExV1e)

244 Texas State Fair coming up. Talafreako will be downing corn dogs by the dozen (whole).

Posted by: Fried Dough Concession, Here at September 17, 2026 12:59 PM (Fn+3X)

245 Bizarro World Richie Cunningham
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 17, 2026 12:56 PM (guGkK)

Wish he'd disappear like Chuck Cunningham.

Posted by: Bulg at September 17, 2026 12:59 PM (77rzZ)

246 I was skinny, and I was a tomboy.

"Skinny" in 2026 automatically put you in the top 50% of physical attractiveness you know...

Posted by: 18-1 at September 17, 2026 01:00 PM (sKqQm)

247 I don't have problem with non-binary if the argument is that we cannot comprehend God's essence, it being beyond time, space and materiality. But they're arguing a specific meaning for non-binary, ie, a gender freak as it is understood today.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 17, 2026 01:00 PM (XvL8K)

248 Talarico's favorite drag queen specifically targets children.

You say that like it's a bad thing.

Posted by: your average liberal at September 17, 2026 01:00 PM (0Htd1)

249 I never knew any pretty girl group who kept a less attractive one around. This sounds like something from "Mean Girls."
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 17, 2026 12:58 PM (JrHfD)
___

I saw it a lot when I was in high school back in the ancient times known as the 80s. Especially in Hawai'i.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 17, 2026 01:01 PM (DBEh4)

250 Did I mention I managed to button a pair of 30 30 s?

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 17, 2026 01:01 PM (2OBCo)

251 I was skinny, and I was a tomboy.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 17, 2026 12:59 PM

A Hawaiian tomboy, right?

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 17, 2026 01:01 PM (4NO2D)

252 243 AFAIK, every single moron actually from Texas is saying that Paxton will win and it won't be close. Pollsters and people who live thousands of miles away say otherwise.

Paxton was elected AG 3 times. Over a dozen members of the State House lost their seats when they impeached him. 3 members of the state Supreme Court lost their seats when they decided to weigh in against him.

Be chill.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 17, 2026 12:59 PM (ExV1e)

=======

Do people think that polling got better between 2024 and 2026?

Remember, don't compare the polls in late summer now to the final, late October polling from 2024.

Compare the polling now to the late summer polling from 2024. When Kamala was winning every national poll by 4-8.

Hell, Ann Selzer's final poll of Iowa was off by double digits, and Selzer was the "gold standard".

Raise of hands, who thinks polling firms decided that they were going to make things better AND actually made changes that improved things?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 17, 2026 01:01 PM (RtL9D)

253 *Makes note that SMH is an absolute smokeshow, like all 'ettes.*
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 17, 2026 12:57 PM (gLYp7)
__

No.

I was skinny, and I was a tomboy.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 17, 2026 12:59 PM (DBEh4)

AND humble!

.
.
.
.
Look, I can't speak to your peer group, but I was an 'enforced loner' too. What I DO know is that a woman who knows her own mind and won't be moved, hell or high water, is one of the sexiest creatures on God's green one.

That's all.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 17, 2026 01:02 PM (gLYp7)

254 I once lost a bet and had to wear only my AcU coat like a dress and a pair of underwear on my head while singing Gloria Gaynor’s I will survive.

I got booed and shit thrown at me. That was the end of my drag career.

Posted by: Marcus T at September 17, 2026 01:02 PM (IYMzU)

255 Wish he'd disappear like Chuck Cunningham.
Posted by: Bulg
One of the great mysteries of tvland.
The tv show "Unsolved Mysteries" should have dealt with that one.

Posted by: nerdygirl at September 17, 2026 01:03 PM (0Htd1)

256 Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 17, 2026 01:01 PM (DBEh4)

Well, I went to school before the abacus was invented 😉 and I had female friends but was I was never really part of a group.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 17, 2026 01:03 PM (JrHfD)

257 I shouldn't eat before bed. Appetite is gone all day.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 17, 2026 01:03 PM (2OBCo)

258 No.

I was skinny, and I was a tomboy.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 17, 2026 12:59 PM (DBEh4)

You have brains and personality so that's a high baseline hotness factor to me.

Posted by: ... at September 17, 2026 01:03 PM (kM43H)

259 I never knew any pretty girl group who kept a less attractive one around. This sounds like something from "Mean Girls."

TBH I don't know if this is really an intentional thing. If you gather any random group of women together some will be more physically attractive then others.

Of course in Mean Girls I believe all of the main characters had hollywood looks from before Hollywood decided female leads should be ugly...

Posted by: 18-1 at September 17, 2026 01:03 PM (sKqQm)

260 >>>surprising that women aren't offended at these cross-dressing freaks. They portray the most garish, silly, vapid female stereotypes. Worser than blackface.
Posted by: Discerning Chap
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Women aren't offended they just want them far away from their babies.
Dolly Parton, one time, said, I'm dressed like a drag queen at Christmas parade.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 17, 2026 01:04 PM (iLKq8)

261 Who is Chuck Cuningham?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 17, 2026 01:04 PM (p4w7z)

262 Counting the minutes until I can leave today

Posted by: Skip at September 17, 2026 01:04 PM (IfYAC)

263
Lesbian Minister.

There's 2 words that shouldn't be together.

Posted by: Frank Barone at September 17, 2026 01:04 PM (OkYzo)

264 251 I was skinny, and I was a tomboy.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 17, 2026 12:59 PM

A Hawaiian tomboy, right?
Posted by: toby928(c) at September 17, 2026 01:01 PM (4NO2D)

Hawaiian Tomboy sounds like an all-girl punk band.

Posted by: And I'd be all for it at September 17, 2026 01:04 PM (TbWk/)

265 Any woman who can operate a crew-served weapon is hot.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 17, 2026 01:04 PM (4NO2D)

266 Richie's older brother.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 17, 2026 01:05 PM (2OBCo)

267 >>Who is Chuck Cuningham?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 17, 2026 01:04 PM

Richie's older brother.

Posted by: huerfano at September 17, 2026 01:05 PM (2Xqig)

268 Who is Chuck Cuningham?
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 17, 2026 01:04 PM

I think he shot a bunch of people from a clock tower.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 17, 2026 01:05 PM (4NO2D)

269 Basketball player.

Posted by: Boss Moss at September 17, 2026 01:06 PM (2OBCo)

270 Psychologically a group of even slightly above average looking women all look better for being part of the group. It's a known thing. I don't know if it helps hide grenades thought. You need booze for that.

Posted by: ... at September 17, 2026 01:06 PM (kM43H)

271 The younger generation of Leftists is entertaining as hell. They have no concept of sublety. They lack the understanding of omission. Instead, they are so narcicistic and situationally unaware, that they flat out tell you their farcical beliefs because (in their opinion) they couldn't possibly be wrong about anything.

This is being played out again, and again, and again.

Posted by: Orson at September 17, 2026 01:06 PM (dIske)

272 The guy's creepy and reprehensible, but let's not forget that he's an all-around far Leftist who wants to "dismantle" capitalism. I hope the R's in Texas aren't just focusing on this.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at September 17, 2026 01:07 PM (9ZFZd)

273 Open-borders Republicans are now saying that it's DEI for Americans to say "hey, maybe we should give preference in our universities to, IDK, American citizens?"

I think it was Beth Mandel (something Mandel) on X I saw saying basically, "Well, maybe if you lazy Americans studied harder and got better grades in school, you wouldn't lose a slot to Indians?"

Note well:
None of those attacking Bo French are claiming those students are conservatives or Republicans.
Because they're not either.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 17, 2026 01:07 PM (3cUTc)

274 Barney Miller's wife (Barbara Barrie) pretty much disappeared after Season 1. The show featured Barney's home life some the first year, but the viewers only liked that ugly green stationhouse for some reason.

Posted by: Abe Vigoda Lives! at September 17, 2026 01:07 PM (Fn+3X)

275 This is being played out again, and again, and again.
Posted by: Orson at September 17, 2026 01:06 PM (dIske)
___

And all in 4K.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 17, 2026 01:07 PM (DBEh4)

276 Who is Chuck Cuningham?
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 17, 2026 01:04 PM (p4w7z)
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Richie Cunningham's older brother in "Happy Days." At the end of the first season, he went upstairs and was never seen again.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 17, 2026 01:07 PM (amcLV)

277 Oh and any chick who laughs at my jokes is automatically ten times hotter.

Posted by: ... at September 17, 2026 01:07 PM (kM43H)

278 Neuralink is wild.

https://tinyurl.com/2rfk5j2j - goes to X

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 17, 2026 01:08 PM (ExV1e)

279 Chuck Cunningham transitioned into LaVerne De Fazio.

Posted by: davidt at September 17, 2026 01:08 PM (Q+gd/)

280 263
Lesbian Minister.

There's 2 words that shouldn't be together.
Posted by: Frank Barone at September 17, 2026 01:04 PM (OkYzo)

I disagree. I would volunteer to minister lesbians. At least the ones in the videos I don't watch.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at September 17, 2026 01:09 PM (9ZFZd)

281 Instead, they are so narcicistic and situationally unaware, that they flat out tell you their farcical beliefs because (in their opinion) they couldn't possibly be wrong about anything.

I made the mistake on pausing on the video of a Clancy girl who was arguing that Clancy was innocent because of her star sign. Note, this was not satire. There really are people like this.

Anyway her latest video was that the 2026 mid terms will be like the 2020 contested election because it has the same star energy or some shit.

Now the funny part I guarantee some of the 2026 election will be contested. Because Dems cheat. But she will take credit I am sure as predicting it via astrology

Posted by: 18-1 at September 17, 2026 01:09 PM (sKqQm)

282 Chuck got sacrificed to appease the house's god?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 17, 2026 01:10 PM (p4w7z)

283 >>>Paxton was elected AG 3 times. Over a dozen members of the State House lost their seats when they impeached him. 3 members of the state Supreme Court lost their seats when they decided to weigh in against him.

Be chill.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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Previous primary Paxton was up against George P. Bush, Bush money, D.C. money and stalking horse Louie Gomert, who gave up his house seat forever to stalk for the Bush's and Won.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 17, 2026 01:11 PM (iLKq8)

284 281 Anyway her latest video was that the 2026 mid terms will be like the 2020 contested election because it has the same star energy or some shit.

Now the funny part I guarantee some of the 2026 election will be contested. Because Dems cheat. But she will take credit I am sure as predicting it via astrology

Posted by: 18-1 at September 17, 2026 01:09 PM (sKqQm)

========

Months of mail in cheating wasn't enough, so they ballot box stuffed like Tammany Hall to barely get an electoral college victory for Biden.

Sure, 2026 can have the exact same energy as 2020.

I don't think it'll turn out the same, though. Because, you know, mail in voting has been massively curtailed almost everywhere and the Trump 2.0 DOJ is far more serious than the Trump 1.0 DOJ under Billy Barr or Jeff Sessions.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 17, 2026 01:11 PM (RtL9D)

285 Indians vote 60-30 D, so bad, but not the worst demographic.

I've known a few and their takes on American politics are interesting.

The upper class Karen cohort is as far left as people come. The average working guy much less so..

Posted by: 18-1 at September 17, 2026 01:11 PM (sKqQm)

286 Chuck Cunningham - Gavan O'Herlihy (1951 ‑ 2021)
Season 1 Episodes 1 - 10.

Went upstairs after dinner one evening. Never came back downstairs. No explanation. No mention. Nothing.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 17, 2026 01:12 PM (Za/mt)

287 Use the proper term for proper impact.

'Forensic' astrology.

Will they go full Heaven's Gate if they are blown out in November?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 17, 2026 01:12 PM (p4w7z)

288 Wonder what the Bush's had on Louie that caused him to give it all up.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 17, 2026 01:12 PM (iLKq8)

289 Republicans trying to curry favor with the Dot Indians is a losing strategy.

Posted by: Vivek Vindaloo at September 17, 2026 01:13 PM (Fn+3X)

290 Chuck Cunningham - Gavan O'Herlihy (1951 ‑ 2021)
Season 1 Episodes 1 - 10.

Went upstairs after dinner one evening. Never came back downstairs. No explanation. No mention. Nothing.

Chuck's room contained a portal to another dimension. The rest of the Cunninghams wouldn't even set foot in it for the rest of the series.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 17, 2026 01:14 PM (guGkK)

291 My favorite drag queen is Rupaul - used to work with him at the Red Zone in NYC late '80's. Nice guy.

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at September 17, 2026 01:14 PM (GMWTj)

292 Chuck Cunningham was the first Slider?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 17, 2026 01:15 PM (p4w7z)

293 The Clancy Star Experts also say Leo's don't murder.

Some famous Leos:

Hugo Chavez
Fidel Castro
Benito Mussolini

Posted by: ... at September 17, 2026 01:15 PM (kM43H)

294 293 The Clancy Star Experts also say Leo's don't murder.

Some famous Leos:

Hugo Chavez
Fidel Castro
Benito Mussolini

Posted by: ... at September 17, 2026 01:15 PM (kM43H)

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All humanitarian leftists who only wanted the best for the little guy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 17, 2026 01:16 PM (RtL9D)

295 All humanitarian leftists who only wanted the best for the little guy.

American mass media told me Mussolini was the top...

Posted by: 18-1 at September 17, 2026 01:16 PM (sKqQm)

296 Yeah Benito was the tops

Of a lamppost.

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 17, 2026 01:17 PM (p4w7z)

297 Use the proper term for proper impact.

'Forensic' astrology.

Will they go full Heaven's Gate if they are blown out in November?
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 17, 2026 01:12 PM (p4w7z)

One can only hope.

Posted by: I'll donate to the track suit fund at September 17, 2026 01:18 PM (TbWk/)

298 Went upstairs after dinner one evening. Never came back downstairs. No explanation. No mention. Nothing.

Hard to believe, isn't it.

Posted by: Opie Taylor's Mother at September 17, 2026 01:18 PM (guGkK)

299 You want to alienate Gen Z voters?

Lecture them that the mass immigration by Indians is ultimately their fault for not being good enough to beat their illegal, tribal hiring practices, and that college admissions is totally not rigged to prefer non- white over white, and foreign full tuition-paying over in-state applicants. Yeah, that and you should aspire to be a Panda Express manager!

Yeah, TOTALLY NOT the results of the years of open borders and H1-b, etc abuse! You’re crazy to notice intentional demographic replacement, you ‘lil bigots!

Gah! So tired of the alleged conservatives intentionally missing the point so they aren’t forced to say mean things.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 17, 2026 01:19 PM (4KUe5)

300 244 Texas State Fair coming up. Talafreako will be downing corn dogs by the dozen (whole).
Posted by: Fried Dough Concession, Here at September 17, 2026 12:59 PM (Fn+3X)

Haven't been able to go for a couple of years- miss it so much! I want to look at the crafts, check out the butter sculpture, make a pilgrimage to the Hall of State, eat Tornado Taters and buy useless crap and some chocolate walnut fudge.

Posted by: sal at September 17, 2026 01:19 PM (f+FmA)

301 So they call Pastor Babs "Past Her Boobs" right?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 17, 2026 01:19 PM (RIvkX)

302 "Chuck Cunningham - Gavan O'Herlihy (1951 ‑ 2021)
Season 1 Episodes 1 - 10.

Went upstairs after dinner one evening. Never came back downstairs. No explanation. No mention. Nothing."

Friend of mine once remarked that the show missed a great opportunity - at the end of the last show of the series, Chuck could have come down the stairs and said "What's for dinner?"

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at September 17, 2026 01:19 PM (GMWTj)

303 Went upstairs after dinner one evening. Never came back downstairs. No explanation. No mention. Nothing.

Hard to believe, isn't it.
Posted by: Opie Taylor's Mother

Who's the common denominator?

Posted by: rickb223 at September 17, 2026 01:19 PM (Za/mt)

304 Chuck Cunningham had a sex change and became Pinky Tuscadaro

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 17, 2026 01:19 PM (oUMhY)

305 Nood. Mike Rogers to Rigged Debate "Moderator:" Drop Dead

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 17, 2026 01:20 PM (ExV1e)

306 Went upstairs after dinner one evening. Never came back downstairs. No explanation. No mention. Nothing."

Friend of mine once remarked that the show missed a great opportunity - at the end of the last show of the series, Chuck could have come down the stairs and said "What's for dinner?"
Posted by: CTHillary

That would have been awesome.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 17, 2026 01:20 PM (Za/mt)

307 244 Texas State Fair coming up. Talafreako will be downing corn dogs by the dozen (whole).
Posted by: Fried Dough Concession, Here at September 17, 2026 12:59 PM (Fn+3X

____

Like in a corn dog gloryhole booth???

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at September 17, 2026 01:25 PM (c1cNY)

308 Drag queen?
Pretty much has to be the Force sisters, or Erica Enders, right?
I was pretty damned attached to Paula Murphy.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at September 17, 2026 01:29 PM (zdLoL)

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