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Election Night ONT
Howdy Hordelings! Welcome to the Election Night ONT. Appreciate you stopping by. Election discussion continues. Also - Open thread, as always. Anything else on YOUR mind tonight?
Some stuff to read while you await final(?) results Election Technology Through the Years (from 2023) The History of Voting Technology Voting Equipment A Brief Illustrated History of Voting
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How about a different type of old school voting tech? Remember when the MLB All-Star voting took place mostly(?) by fans on paper ballots? Go to a big league game in the early months of the season, and they'd hand out punch card style ballots.
In later years, the ballots had cool cover art
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From our friend scampydog
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Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: NCKate at November 03, 2026 10:01 PM (enNUy)
Posted by: Tonypete at November 03, 2026 10:01 PM (iqv62)
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It occurred to me that back in 2016 every one of us was all DOOM and GLOOM because everyone *KNEW* Hillary Clinton was going to win.
And yet...that didn't happen.
It ain't over 'til it's over. Keep the faith.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 03, 2026 10:02 PM (s2iZv)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 03, 2026 10:02 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 03, 2026 10:02 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: NCKate
Getting out of bed today was a struggle. I felt like someone beat me with a shovel during the night.
What the hell?
Posted by: Tonypete at November 03, 2026 10:03 PM (iqv62)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 03, 2026 10:02 PM (s2iZv)
Polls just closed here. Don't know the outcome of anything yet.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 03, 2026 10:03 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at November 03, 2026 10:03 PM (+9wcF)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 03, 2026 10:03 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 03, 2026 10:03 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at November 03, 2026 10:04 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 03, 2026 10:04 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at November 03, 2026 10:04 PM (wcyKn)
Posted by: Joemarine at November 03, 2026 10:04 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 03, 2026 10:02 PM (2GVsD)
Nah.... we KNOW the results, even though they will count 'votes' for a few weeks.
Posted by: Romeo13 at November 03, 2026 10:04 PM (mP0Kj)
Also, I got a sticker today.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at November 03, 2026 10:03 PM (+9wcF)
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Did you get the usual "I voted" sticker with the checkmark?
Or did you get the NEW AND IMPROVED "America 250 - 1776-2026 - I VOTED" sticker?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 03, 2026 10:04 PM (s2iZv)
Why do I get the feeling the enemy press is trying to claim victory for evil?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 03, 2026 10:05 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: garrett at November 03, 2026 10:05 PM (/izzV)
Posted by: Thomas Bender
I may move from Rye to Scotch and ditch the ice cube.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at November 03, 2026 10:05 PM (wcyKn)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 03, 2026 10:05 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 03, 2026 10:06 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Eromero at November 03, 2026 10:06 PM (LHPAg)
Their next album, Moving Pictures wasn't too shabby either.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 03, 2026 10:06 PM (XV/Pl)
Thanks for the ONT.
Posted by: scampydog at November 03, 2026 10:06 PM (41CYW)
And yet...that didn't happen.
It ain't over 'til it's over. Keep the faith.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 03, 2026 10:02 PM (s2iZv)
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I woke up around 2:00 a.m. and decided to check the (no doubt dispiriting) results. Couldn't believe Trump beat the steal! Did the secret bro nod to fellow cryptofascists at work the next morning.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 03, 2026 10:06 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Flounder at November 03, 2026 10:07 PM (vBZcw)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 03, 2026 10:05 PM (1Ff7Z)
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It's what they do.
They *want* us to go to bed dispirited and distraught.
Here's the thing they don't understand.
Most of us are going to get up tomorrow and go about our lives with a smile on our face and a song in our hearts. We are still alive and we can all show God's love to our fellow man.
They are incapable of thinking this way.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 03, 2026 10:07 PM (s2iZv)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 03, 2026 10:07 PM (RIvkX)
We've had worse elections.
Trump is still president.
The House can't do anything about Ilhan's impending ouster.
We may recover half a trillion dollars from fraudulent programs.
We have two years to try to get some integrity in our voting.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 03, 2026 10:07 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: JackStraw"
It will outlast PDT. He's going to make some more waves and will be done. I have no optimism for the future of the USA. You are crazy if you think Rubio can overcome a insane corrupt majority populace.
Posted by: fd at November 03, 2026 10:07 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing for The Reckoning at November 03, 2026 10:07 PM (F+ElR)
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Not everyone perfessor but then I am a bit of a Cassandra. I have stopped making electoral predictions though because it's too hard. I staked my sterling reputation on one thing this year, that Sayed will get in or be got in. Guess we'll see.
Posted by: ... at November 03, 2026 10:07 PM (vE0+H)
There are currently 8, may get whittled down to 3 after the counting is done.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 03, 2026 10:07 PM (XV/Pl)
I said in the last thread I'd love if the lefty media wishcasts for a blue Texas, it actually goes red because the rural voters hate communism more than diesel prices, and then the lefty media cries foul that there is election fraud.
Posted by: LizLem at November 03, 2026 10:08 PM (Toos7)
Posted by: you really don't want to know at November 03, 2026 10:08 PM (mtytl)
Thanks for the ONT.
Posted by: scampydog at November 03, 2026 10:06 PM (41CYW)
I remember using my dad's keys to punch out the little chads
Posted by: doof at November 03, 2026 10:08 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 03, 2026 10:08 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 03, 2026 10:06 PM (kpS4V)
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That's exactly what I did that night.
Imagine my surprise to find out Hillary LOST.
God's got this. Don't give up hope just yet.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 03, 2026 10:08 PM (s2iZv)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 03, 2026 10:02 PM (s2iZv)
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Not my recollection of 2016. I was confident of a Trump victory, based in part on polling.
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at November 03, 2026 10:09 PM (jIGh3)
Apparently Texas is going big-time Democrat. Even Katy Stout is ahead by like 30 points somehow.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 03, 2026 10:09 PM (tUj8P)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at November 03, 2026 10:02 PM
This is from NBCNews website:
About the Remaining Vote
Ken Paxton would need to win 61.1% of the remaining vote to catch or overtake James Talarico, who leads.
They are showing 55% counted and Talarico leads by about 1.1 million votes.
They are estimating 4.657 million votes left to count.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 03, 2026 10:09 PM (P5BPp)
The Rides
I Need Your Lovin'
https://youtu.be/2wwovj_J_Yg
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at November 03, 2026 10:09 PM (wcyKn)
My rejoinder:
Hey, maybe you haven't been keeping up on current events, but we just got our asses kicked, pal!"
I am not some troll who just showed up here tonight. I dare say I have been posting here longer than almost every one of you. I used to post here when it was on BLOGSPOT. And if you don't know what blogspot is well get off my lawn.
We made it through the Obama years without going to the camps.
The Slotkin years will be still be bad.
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at November 03, 2026 10:10 PM (NlEaG)
Nothing new, but good stuff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErbGd1hiKUs
Posted by: Piercello at November 03, 2026 10:10 PM (Ht/sz)
Posted by: fd at November 03, 2026 10:10 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Ian S. at November 03, 2026 10:09 PM (tUj8P)
I thought Herrera was dumb to be posting signs "stop reckless data centers".
Now I'm wondering if he was desperate.
Posted by: 88C+u at November 03, 2026 10:11 PM (88C+u)
I hope you have visited Cooperstown.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 03, 2026 10:07 PM (RIvkX)
Twice. 1983 when Brooks Robinson was inducted. In 2016 when my son played in the 12U tournament at Cooperstown Dreams Park.
Posted by: doof at November 03, 2026 10:11 PM (QMAsf)
Nah.... we KNOW the results, even though they will count 'votes' for a few weeks.
Posted by: Romeo13
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have you taken a side on Thing One or Thing Two in Los Angeles? I've decided I want Nithya Raman to lose.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 03, 2026 10:11 PM (mmrXZ)
>>Trump now has two months to take care of Iran. I think he's up for it.
He's going to cut bait and skeddadle more than likely, he's not going to get any more funding and they way he's conducted the war, there is no end game at play, it's just become a grind.
It's stinks but he allowed himself to be suckered into one of the three great blunders.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 03, 2026 10:11 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at November 03, 2026 10:12 PM (wcyKn)
Or did you get the NEW AND IMPROVED "America 250 - 1776-2026 - I VOTED" sticker?
Same old lame old. We're a more rural county. We'll get the America 250 stickers the next election.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at November 03, 2026 10:12 PM (+9wcF)
Posted by: Crusader at November 03, 2026 10:12 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: davidt at November 03, 2026 10:12 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions
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That was to be expected. No surprise.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 03, 2026 10:13 PM (vOxCS)
It's stinks but he allowed himself to be suckered into one of the three great blunders.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 03, 2026 10:11 PM (XV/Pl)
Eh. Trump wasn't suckered he has agency. He made the call.
But I bet Hegseth is gone by end of the week.
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at November 03, 2026 10:13 PM (NlEaG)
Posted by: you really don't want to know at November 03, 2026 10:13 PM (mtytl)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia"
Well don't expect anything from the GOP.
Posted by: fd at November 03, 2026 10:13 PM (MWfyi)
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Well, SC people here kept saying they will not vote for Graham, because reasons. Now they will have a solid Dem for 6 years.
Posted by: runner at November 03, 2026 10:13 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: 88C+u at November 03, 2026 10:13 PM (88C+u)
I'll take that action. I've got $500 says you are wrong.
Posted by: garrett at November 03, 2026 10:14 PM (/izzV)
That final graphic is rather touching, no? Well done, sir!
(I'm trying hard to not be whelmed by election coverage until things have settled down a bit...)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 03, 2026 10:14 PM (D/6p1)
Oh wait, that sounds too sensible. So carry on with hair alight.
Nyah.
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 03, 2026 10:14 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at November 03, 2026 10:14 PM (ZKtCv)
Posted by: NCKate at November 03, 2026 10:15 PM (enNUy)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
I am hoping they tie and have to resort to Russian Roulette on live TV to sort it out.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at November 03, 2026 10:15 PM (wcyKn)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at November 03, 2026 10:04 PM (0aYVJ)
If I remember right, a separate poster featuring just the panty-flashing babe was available.
I'm almost sure I saw that at some point.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 03, 2026 10:15 PM (qlLNh)
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That damned coyote was a time traveler.
Posted by: scampydog at November 03, 2026 10:15 PM (41CYW)
They are incapable of thinking this way.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 03, 2026 10:07 PM (s2iZv)
I feel this deeply, perfessor. Partly because politics aren't my identify. I feel my political beliefs deeply, but they are separate from who I am.
For the left, it feels like their political beliefs are their identity. So if you disagree with them, it's not just a difference of opinion, you're attacking them. Their sense of self is totally tied to if the country votes red or blue. That is an incredibly unhealthy way to live.
Posted by: LizLem at November 03, 2026 10:15 PM (Toos7)
Posted by: McLurkerson at November 03, 2026 10:16 PM (AZDyS)
Posted by: Going deep. Out. at November 03, 2026 10:16 PM (FIXtj)
I'll take that action. I've got $500 says you are wrong.
Posted by: garrett at November 03, 2026 10:14 PM (/izzV)
Screenshot it. Too rich for my blood. But feel free to tapdance on my posts if you win.
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at November 03, 2026 10:16 PM (NlEaG)
It's stinks but he allowed himself to be suckered into one of the three great blunders.
I'm gonna disagree on this: the Venezuela then Iran strategy to box in the CCP is actually working (you'll notice Xi's been pretty docile lately).
But I bet Hegseth is gone by end of the week.
*That* would be a blunder. Without Hegseth the Pentagon stands ready to execute Soros's coup plan and they'd oust Trump and the Constitution.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 03, 2026 10:16 PM (tUj8P)
I suspect the SAVE Act was our one chance for that.
Posted by: davidt at November 03, 2026 10:16 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: 88C+u at November 03, 2026 10:16 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 03, 2026 10:17 PM (8B4gm)
Posted by: runner
Likely 36 years. ugh.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at November 03, 2026 10:17 PM (wcyKn)
Entitlement to elective office because named Graham did not sit well at all.
Posted by: Minor Miklosian Miklosplaining at November 03, 2026 10:17 PM (FUMQC)
Posted by: Sharpie at November 03, 2026 10:15 PM (OJl7B)
The new Senate doesn't take office until January.
Expect a huge slug of lame-duck legislation to be jammed into the time between now and then.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 03, 2026 10:17 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at November 03, 2026 10:17 PM (wcyKn)
Predated him.
We've always been a deeply divided country since that unfortunate business in the south.
Historically, the party out of power wins. It's not unusual, it's the norm. When a party in power achieves what they said they would do their supporters become complacent and the party out of power gets energized. Human nature.
What is really concerning is Paxton just lost. I was really hoping Texas would hold the line.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 03, 2026 10:17 PM (viF8m)
The whole Darline mess stuck in a lot people's craws. It did mine too, but I held my nose and voted for her.
But it looks like a lot our side just didn't vote for her. Wilson has pulled it out, barely, and that shows the difference.
And then get 6 years of an absolute leftwing lunatic for it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 03, 2026 10:17 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Ian S. at November 03, 2026 10:09 PM
~300-500,000 Muslims + 700,000 Asian Indians in Texas, majority due to H-1B Visas, and those blocs voting for Democrats the same as Blacks vote for Democrats and there you go.
Demographics is destiny. Texas is 37-39% White, 40-41% Hispanic, 13-14% Black, 6-7% Asian.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 03, 2026 10:18 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: you really don't want to know at November 03, 2026 10:18 PM (mtytl)
Posted by: runner
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I was pissed about the Darline pick (Miklos' Darleen would've been better), but I took my sorry ass to the polls and voted for her anyway.
Posted by: screaming in digital at November 03, 2026 10:18 PM (lOlUK)
Posted by: LizLem at November 03, 2026 10:18 PM (Toos7)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at November 03, 2026 10:18 PM (SRRAx)
All I can assume is he had a good reason. Finally we get a leader who doesn't just stick his finger in the wind to make decisions and people can't take it.
So it's back to 30 years of GOPe since they're doing such a bang up job taking us on, I mean taking on the commies.
Posted by: ... at November 03, 2026 10:19 PM (vE0+H)
Texas is a myth that Texans tell themselves.
Posted by: garrett at November 03, 2026 10:19 PM (/izzV)
Posted by: Sharpie at November 03, 2026 10:15 PM (OJl7B)
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Point of order: How many posts like this does he need to have before he's correctly labelled a troll?
Because between this thread and the previous one he's at atleast a dozen.
Posted by: Crusader at November 03, 2026 10:19 PM (Cjcf6)
Hinson (R) in Iowa has cut the lead down to 12.16% with 34% of the vote in. Hopefully, she'll win but she has a considerable hole to climb out of.
Nebraska, we're down 11.13% with 37% of the vote in. A repeat of Iowa.
Not looking good in Kansas. May have an outside chance in South Carolina (down 4.12% with 87% reporting) but doesn't look good right now.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at November 03, 2026 10:19 PM (QXsxd)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 03, 2026 10:07 PM (mmrXZ)'
You will get few charges and fewer convictions out of any fraud heavy jurisdiction, and the GOP will move heaven and earth to block meaningful reform. They WANT to larp as an opposition while hoovering up money and and doing whatever they do in their little snobby little circle jerks.
Posted by: heya at November 03, 2026 10:19 PM (G5zYf)
Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 03, 2026 10:19 PM (vSvIl)
Waffle House Black Belt
Posted by: but Miklos went unheeded at November 03, 2026 10:19 PM (FUMQC)
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at November 03, 2026 10:19 PM (GMWTj)
Hopefully I'll be dead soon.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 03, 2026 10:20 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 03, 2026 10:20 PM (8Csz2)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at November 03, 2026 10:20 PM (ZKtCv)
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at November 03, 2026 10:20 PM (QXsxd)
Posted by: fd at November 03, 2026 10:20 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 03, 2026 10:17 PM (qlLNh)
Not good shit though. GOP doesn't play that.
Don't want to appear racist or upset the normies.
Posted by: ... at November 03, 2026 10:20 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: JackStraw at November 03, 2026 10:20 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Josephistan at November 03, 2026 10:20 PM (3VqYK)
Posted by: NCKate at November 03, 2026 10:20 PM (enNUy)
Posted by: runner
The SC GOPe strikes again. Complete fuckstains.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 03, 2026 10:21 PM (8B4gm)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 03, 2026 10:21 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 03, 2026 10:21 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: McLurkerson at November 03, 2026 10:21 PM (AZDyS)
Posted by: 88C+u at November 03, 2026 10:13 PM (88C+u)
That isn't up to them.
It's up to Him.
Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 03, 2026 10:21 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing for The Reckoning at November 03, 2026 10:22 PM (F+ElR)
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at November 03, 2026 10:22 PM (QXsxd)
I think were tired of not being tired of winning. The Left has a dispiriting grip on the levers of power even in the minority.
Not one Russiagater paid a price. Those 2 FBI twerps? Judge just dismissed the case. Just like that.
We have these troons videoing themselves damaging the reflecting pool and they can't catch a case.
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at November 03, 2026 10:22 PM (NlEaG)
Posted by: WilliamShatnersPants at November 03, 2026 10:23 PM (ar+II)
My view now is that God is working in this country, and how He is working is not something I can grasp. He spared Trump from an assassin's bullet. A great deal of evil and corruption has been exposed. Young leaders have emerged in the conservative ranks.
2020 and 2024 made me view my own opinions of how this country should be saved very differently. As much as I would like us to simply vote our way out of this, politics alone will not save this country, and God is working towards a spiritual solution. I believe that Trump is part of that, but I don't know the playbook.
If it wasn't for God's hand so clearly moving as shown in 2020 and 2024, and Trump's narrow escape, I would be much more discouraged by the apparent future of the US.
Posted by: There are some who call me ... Tim at November 03, 2026 10:23 PM (UMEOI)
God's got this. Don't give up hope just yet.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 03, 2026 10:08 PM (s2iZv)
True. But, is this going to happen - I haven't read further than this comment of yours, Perf and I haven't read results - because we need more chastisement? I don't know. But, Trump was defeated and came back again, so if it happens against our wishes, maybe there's a big slap in the face coming to the Ds in '28?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 03, 2026 10:23 PM (1Ff7Z)
It has nothing to do with politicians. They don't vote for themselves.
Texans vote for Texas politicians. And they just elected a pro-child mutilating, communist.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 03, 2026 10:23 PM (viF8m)
Not a great day for you, not a pleasant day, eh?
Posted by: Anonymous Moron at November 03, 2026 10:23 PM (yo+XF)
2006: Why do you reichwingers think a vote for gay marriage is a slippery slope that will lead to pedophila
2026: The first openly pedophile Senator has won a seat in TX tonight
Posted by: 18-1 at November 03, 2026 10:24 PM (sKqQm)
So many fucking Eeyores on Twatter.
Also, the YouTube app was updated to make it shittier. Stop making things so shitty, Google!
Posted by: Robert at November 03, 2026 10:24 PM (cJwDx)
I think were tired of not being tired of winning. The Left has a dispiriting grip on the levers of power even in the minority.
Not one Russiagater paid a price. Those 2 FBI twerps? Judge just dismissed the case. Just like that.
We have these troons videoing themselves damaging the reflecting pool and they can't catch a case.
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at November 03, 2026 10:22 PM (NlEaG)
Post-mortem can wait until we've actually got numbers.
We don't know who turned out and who didn't yet. Georgia is a relatively easy story that has been trending for years, everything else is kind of contradictory rather than in one direction so far.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 03, 2026 10:24 PM (okun6)
Posted by: Duncan at November 03, 2026 10:24 PM (hlxNh)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 03, 2026 10:24 PM (qlLNh)
Or the "most extensive election cheating apparatus in history" (tm Joe Biden) finally got a second outing.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 03, 2026 10:24 PM (tUj8P)
Welp, we're about to have a State Income Tax in Texas... can't fuckin wait...
Posted by: tryhardneckbeard
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Honest to God, Texans won't be a little regretful?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 03, 2026 10:25 PM (mmrXZ)
If you all want to blame someone, it's not Trump. We had the House and the Senate too. It was a chance to turn this country around from the disaster inflicted by Obama and Biden. Trump did everything he could and more through executive orders . He fulfilled just about every promise.
What did the RINOs do? The Senate sat on every damn bill the House sent and refused to codify Trump's EOs. And they refused to pass the SAVE America Act. They blocked him at every turn. That's who deserves your ire, not Trump.
And whining about the "war" in Iran doesn't cut it. Iran needed to be destroyed and Trump was the only one with the guts to do it. They've been murdering us for nearly 5 decades. Trump took them out without even putting forces on the ground. God bless him.
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at November 03, 2026 10:25 PM (3ImbR)
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at November 03, 2026 10:19 PM (GMWTj)
That, and being under/unemployed. If cash flow is low, we can get by with low gas prices. If we got good jobs, gas prices... whatever.
But if, like me, we're on a shoestring; those are vacations we don't take.
This is where I parted ways with TheJamesMadison "tmj". He didn't think the visa issue mattered. Maybe "tmj" should have listened to the trolls.
Posted by: 88C+u at November 03, 2026 10:25 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: JackStraw at November 03, 2026 10:23 PM (viF8m)
Well at least we've got that going for us.
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at November 03, 2026 10:25 PM (NlEaG)
Posted by: fd at November 03, 2026 10:25 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: you really don't want to know at November 03, 2026 10:25 PM (mtytl)
Posted by: 88C+u at November 03, 2026 10:26 PM (88C+u)
Trump solved inflation.
From 25% under Biden to 3% now.
The problem is he didn't, and couldn't, bring prices back to before Biden.
Posted by: 18-1 at November 03, 2026 10:26 PM (sKqQm)
Jasmine Crockett is throwing some wigs and eyelash glue tonight.
And beto's father in law is extra disappointed the more masculine of the two TX power bottom white beta males won a blue political seat, and not his dumb son in law.
Posted by: LizLem at November 03, 2026 10:26 PM (Toos7)
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 03, 2026 10:26 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: you really don't want to know at November 03, 2026 10:27 PM (mtytl)
Posted by: runner at November 03, 2026 10:27 PM (AKptf)
We had the Presidency, the House and the Senate, and the GOP only worked to block Trump.
That's "our" party.
Posted by: Sam Adams at November 03, 2026 10:27 PM (X+xvk)
Candidate Party - Votes - PCT
No - - NPA - - 8,975,542 - 60%
Yes - NPA - - 5,979,880 - 40%
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 03, 2026 10:27 PM (vOxCS)
This. Well, at least most of it. The part about Iran is debatable by reasonable people.
But the fact of the matter is, we had congress. The president can only do so much, and our congress fucked us.
Posted by: McLurkerson at November 03, 2026 10:27 PM (AZDyS)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
*raises hand*
A submarine armed with nuclear ballistic missiles, Sir?
Posted by: Miklos needs that Community Collidge diploma at November 03, 2026 10:27 PM (FUMQC)
Posted by: Duncan
Over Red states with a hawkeye DOJ on every major city.
Sure, Jan.
Posted by: 88C+u at November 03, 2026 10:27 PM (88C+u)
But that seems to be the state of our country. So Many are completely brainwashed/overcome by leftist media, and "educated" by leftist teachers. Sad ... but apparently true.
Perhaps the next more brutal faze will wake some up? idk, hope springs eternal, but the globalist fight is ongoing, and the preferred outcome is not guaranteed (except in the Christian view of a more perfect eventual outcome in that great and notable day).
Posted by: illiniwek at November 03, 2026 10:28 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: JackStraw at November 03, 2026 10:17 PM (viF8m)
You said he was gonna win, didn't you? Are all the votes counted? Goodness, the polls have barely closed in most places. Where's the JackStraw of a couple of days ago?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 03, 2026 10:28 PM (1Ff7Z)
All kinds of cleaning up of voter rolls, redistricting on Republican favor in a number of states, probably cyberwarfare regarding electronic voting machines. Are they really going to let the Dems steal Congress, when Trump only has two years left to do what he has to do?
What might they have up their sleeve? Prosecuting enough Dems - throwing them out of Congress - to restore the balance? Omar is only the first, I presume. There may be quite a few...
Posted by: MrExcitement at November 03, 2026 10:28 PM (ovdkm)
Posted by: Going deep. Out. at November 03, 2026 10:16 PM (FIXtj)"
That works when the GOPe doesn't reach at all. The Bulwark isn't an anomaly; I have listened to a solid decade of my GOP office holding family piss and moan about Trump. I would say they are not serious people, except they are so serious about their gravy trains and their outdated classist bullshit that they'd prefer to let the Dems burn it all down.
Posted by: heya at November 03, 2026 10:28 PM (G5zYf)
So, I guess the first order of business in January is going to be another impeachment.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm
================
I'm happy to say... Nothing Will Happen.
Unless both houses really really REALLY want President JD Vance.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 03, 2026 10:28 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: NCKate at November 03, 2026 10:28 PM (enNUy)
Trump has done more damage to the conservative movement in the last 12 months than 10 years of Democrat attacks.
Trump didn't lose Florida.
Texans own this not Trump.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 03, 2026 10:28 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Ian S. at November 03, 2026 10:29 PM (tUj8P)
Posted by: LizLem at November 03, 2026 10:26 PM (Toos7)
He's probably going to resume dropping hints that maybe Beatoff should go out and look for a job.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 03, 2026 10:29 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: garrett
They never had to worry about the cities. And now you got 4 very large cities. Might be tough to outvote them now. And they're getting larger by the week. See Atlanta for details.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 03, 2026 10:29 PM (8B4gm)
It looked like today they were believing the polls were completely wrong.
Second look at bonds I guess.
Posted by: 18-1 at November 03, 2026 10:29 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: fd at November 03, 2026 10:25 PM (MWfyi)
No no Georgia elected a Democrat Governor who is going to destroy the state to "send a message to Trump".
But mysteriously no one wanted to send this message in 2024 when he was the one on the ballot.
Posted by: ... at November 03, 2026 10:30 PM (vE0+H)
What did the RINOs do? The Senate sat on every damn bill the House sent and refused to codify Trump's EOs. And they refused to pass the SAVE America Act. They blocked him at every turn. That's who deserves your ire, not Trump.
And whining about the "war" in Iran doesn't cut it. Iran needed to be destroyed and Trump was the only one with the guts to do it. They've been murdering us for nearly 5 decades. Trump took them out without even putting forces on the ground. God bless him.
Posted by: IrishEi ?!
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 03, 2026 10:30 PM (vOxCS)
Texas has had 7 Republican Governors in its History.
Posted by: garrett at November 03, 2026 10:30 PM (/izzV)
Do you stay close to Trump policies, or find a way to separate from some of them? I don't want a mitt Romney squish clone to be the nominee in 28. We are so over that.
Posted by: LizLem at November 03, 2026 10:31 PM (Toos7)
>>The problem is he didn't, and couldn't, bring prices back to before Biden.
Well, instigating a war in the ME tends to inflate gas prices.
His conduct of the war has been stupid, even more stupid than Bush and Cheney, and that's saying something.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 03, 2026 10:31 PM (XV/Pl)
I did. Because I thought Texans were smarter than this. I was wrong.
Texas has been called for Talarico.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 03, 2026 10:31 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: garrett at November 03, 2026 10:19 PM (/izzV)
When the GOP establishment goes out of their way to fuck one on their own party's nominees what do you think is going to happen? You expect the sky to open up and Jesus to come down to personally give his blessings?
Posted by: Robert at November 03, 2026 10:31 PM (cJwDx)
Posted by: ... at November 03, 2026 10:30 PM (vE0+H)
Because Trump betrayed us. Is this really that hard for you to grasp?
Posted by: Anonymous Moron at November 03, 2026 10:31 PM (yo+XF)
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at November 03, 2026 10:31 PM (3ImbR)
Perhaps the next more brutal faze will wake some up? idk, hope springs eternal, but the globalist fight is ongoing, and the preferred outcome is not guaranteed (except in the Christian view of a more perfect eventual outcome in that great and notable day).
Posted by: illiniwek at November 03, 2026 10:28 PM (vbXSk)"
One of the big prog selling points is the chance to be the ones doing the brutal stuff in the brutal phase. Or at least to get to watch it happen to people you don't like. It won't convert any of them.
Posted by: heya at November 03, 2026 10:31 PM (G5zYf)
Posted by: tryhardneckbeard
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Honest to God, Texans won't be a little regretful?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 03, 2026 10:25 PM (mmrXZ)
We changed the Texas constitution so that a state income tax can't happen
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at November 03, 2026 10:31 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 03, 2026 10:31 PM (n5tGW)
Provided gay tank tops, but no dental plan it seems.
Great song though.
Thanks Doofster!
Posted by: Gunslinger at November 03, 2026 10:31 PM (N91F8)
Posted by: runner at November 03, 2026 10:32 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing for The Reckoning at November 03, 2026 10:32 PM (F+ElR)
This election should have been a no-brainer for a sane American populace.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 03, 2026 10:32 PM (MBf85)
No it apparently has everything to do with WHO votes. And the number of crazy irrational self destructive people who do vote is not going down. Throw in the need for continued crime, corruption, and general disorder and the USA will be like Islamic Europe soon enough. Maybe I'll be around but I hope I'm not.
Posted by: fd at November 03, 2026 10:32 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Robert at November 03, 2026 10:31 PM (cJwDx)
well, "JohnFNotKerry" is telling me that the Main Sequence of nuclear fusion progression isn't a thing, so why not.
Posted by: 88C+u at November 03, 2026 10:32 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: I gotta ask at November 03, 2026 10:32 PM (RDhJX)
Posted by: runner at November 03, 2026 10:32 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: Sam Adams at November 03, 2026 10:32 PM (X+xvk)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
NO, hair-on-fire time. Then we get fitted for our colander face masks.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 03, 2026 10:32 PM (C0Nlv)
Posted by: tryhardneckbeard
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Honest to God, Texans won't be a little regretful?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 03, 2026 10:25 PM (mmrXZ)
They'd have to amend the state's constitution twice before that happens. Don't feed the dumb fuck troll.
Posted by: Robert at November 03, 2026 10:33 PM (cJwDx)
Posted by: ... at November 03, 2026 10:33 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: gov't here to steal at November 03, 2026 10:33 PM (cqrFc)
I mean...if you are liquid.
It's going to be an immense buying opportunity in the next 48 hours.
Posted by: garrett at November 03, 2026 10:33 PM (/izzV)
Posted by: Crusader
----
But he can make faces.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 03, 2026 10:33 PM (vOxCS)
I might give up the internet for a while after that ...
Posted by: you really don't want to know at November 03, 2026 10:33 PM (mtytl)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 03, 2026 10:25 PM (mmrXZ)"
Do you mean Texans, or people geographically in Texas?
The demographic decline since I left there has been brutal but not obvious to those who haven't lived there.
Posted by: heya at November 03, 2026 10:34 PM (G5zYf)
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at November 03, 2026 10:34 PM (QXsxd)
This is the crux. The nation has been sorting itself along these lines for years. I watched this accelerate over the 10 years I lived in DT Seattle before escaping in 2017. The deeper sea change is the peeps in these cities skew to GenZ which skews to hard left progressive or straight up communist. My world has shuffled off, it is a whole new game now and I am not feeling good about what any of this means. It has never been more true but the times they are a changing.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at November 03, 2026 10:34 PM (wcyKn)
I don't know what he planned:
But this is a fucking disaster.
It couldn't have gone more wrong if he planned it that way.
YOU FUCKING LOST TEXAS
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 03, 2026 10:25 PM (3cUTc)
He's in cahoots with Hillary all along!!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 03, 2026 10:34 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: JackStraw at November 03, 2026 10:31 PM (viF8m)
Go back to your bong.
Posted by: Robert at November 03, 2026 10:35 PM (cJwDx)
Posted by: garrett at November 03, 2026 10:35 PM (/izzV)
There is not a prop 33. Do you mean prop 39, requiring voter ID? If so yes that is going down. Because if course it is.
Posted by: LizLem at November 03, 2026 10:35 PM (Toos7)
==
that's not good!
Posted by: runner at November 03, 2026 10:32 PM (AKptf)
That's communism. Same thing happened after Brazil election.
Posted by: you really don't want to know at November 03, 2026 10:35 PM (mtytl)
Posted by: Anonymous Moron at November 03, 2026 10:35 PM (yo+XF)
Honest to God, Texans won't be a little regretful?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Keep your powder dry.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 03, 2026 10:35 PM (vOxCS)
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at November 03, 2026 10:35 PM (QXsxd)
Posted by: JackStraw at November 03, 2026 10:35 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Locarno at November 03, 2026 10:36 PM (GjI0V)
You're blaming Trump? Are you high?
Posted by: Sam Adams at November 03, 2026 10:36 PM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at November 03, 2026 10:37 PM (wcyKn)
It's going to be an immense buying opportunity in the next 48 hours.
Posted by: garrett at November 03, 2026 10:33 PM (/izzV)
I absolutely agree with this.
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at November 03, 2026 10:37 PM (NlEaG)
Posted by: Moron Analyst at November 03, 2026 10:37 PM (t19vo)
He's a Babylon Bee satire but somehow won in a massive landslide.
Posted by: MJ at November 03, 2026 10:37 PM (XOmY9)
Posted by: gp at November 03, 2026 10:37 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing for The Reckoning at November 03, 2026 10:37 PM (F+ElR)
Welp, we're about to have a State Income Tax in Texas... can't fuckin wait...
Posted by: tryhardneckbeard
Honest to God, Texans won't be a little regretful?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 03, 2026 10:25 PM
The people that vote for things like this think it applies to the other guy, not them I suspect.
It's all so illogical even if you really did want to help other people with tax money that is the most inefficient way to achieve the goal.
I ask kids would you rather use the restroom at Disneyland or the public beach?
Posted by: CaliGirl at November 03, 2026 10:37 PM (yyxYU)
Posted by: runner at November 03, 2026 10:38 PM (AKptf)
Luckily I topped up my apocalypse supplies. 🧻
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 03, 2026 10:38 PM (kpS4V)
It looked like today they were believing the polls were completely wrong.
Second look at bonds I guess.
Posted by: 18-1 at November 03, 2026 10:29 PM
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Markets like resolution. They'll probably spike up. Enjoy it while it lasts, because wealth confiscation will be back on the menu.
Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at November 03, 2026 10:38 PM (NYInA)
Posted by: Crusader at November 03, 2026 10:38 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: JackStraw at November 03, 2026 10:35 PM (viF8m)
Bazinga!
Posted by: Robert at November 03, 2026 10:39 PM (cJwDx)
At every single turn, it was Republicans standing in the way.
Posted by: Sam Adams at November 03, 2026 10:39 PM (X+xvk)
Posted by: cheshirecat at November 03, 2026 10:39 PM (E4Afo)
Posted by: NCKate at November 03, 2026 10:39 PM (enNUy)
And for that the Bulwark Blowjob Crew and the rest of the phony GOP will never EVER forgive him.
Posted by: ... at November 03, 2026 10:39 PM (vE0+H)
Once they have a Dem Speaker and both Houses, they'll impeach and convict all the way down until the Speaker is Pres. Then the reeducation camps are open for business. SCOTUS packed. They've told you what they're going to do. Believe them.
Posted by: Racially Ambiguous Honky at November 03, 2026 10:39 PM (zdQuL)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at November 03, 2026 10:31 PM (SRRAx)
Oh, you won't have an income tax! You'll have a millionaire's tax...but there's no defined amount, and the legislature can change it at any time. So it starts with millionaires, goes down to anyone that makes $500K, then $250K, then everyone.
That's how the dems get around the laws.
WA state has a no income tax in its constitution. But they are voting on a millionaire tax, aka an income tax, tonight.
Posted by: LizLem at November 03, 2026 10:39 PM (Toos7)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions
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We need something similar to the Electoral College for individual states to balance out the vote.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 03, 2026 10:39 PM (vOxCS)
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God hasn't spelled out His plan for America, and folks want to argue over what the remaining Biblical prophecies say for the rest of the world.
But if Israel is finally at the point where it can be militarily self sufficient, maybe the USA isn't necessary any more.
We certainly haven't been doing anything to reflect well on His reputation and the purpose we claimed to be founded for, for a very long time.
Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 03, 2026 10:39 PM (vSvIl)
It's going to be an immense buying opportunity in the next 48 hours.
Posted by: garrett at November 03, 2026 10:33 PM (/izzV)
I absolutely agree with this.
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat
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Yep.
Posted by: scampydog at November 03, 2026 10:40 PM (41CYW)
And yet, every two years, like clockwork we are told "We are in the most important election in our lifetime! You must vote Red Team!"
Finally some people decided to stop voting for the GOPe and so-called right wingers lose their minds..
Posted by: Anonymous Moron at November 03, 2026 10:40 PM (yo+XF)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 03, 2026 10:40 PM (8B4gm)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 03, 2026 10:40 PM (Cqx++)
The real takeaway is that we should have taken the Democrats seriously when they said they were going to turn TX blue. It's not like Beto was losing by a lot.
Curse the Bushes.
Posted by: McLurkerson at November 03, 2026 10:40 PM (AZDyS)
The polling was right.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing for The Reckoning at November 03, 2026 10:37 PM (F+ElR)
If it was right that's only because it favored Democrats. Otherwise it's "unexpected"!
Posted by: ... at November 03, 2026 10:40 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Moron Analyst at November 03, 2026 10:37 PM (t19vo)
******
In addition, Trump needs to have the DoJ push hard for the prosecution of Elias and the other 20 or so people who were served letters announcing that a criminal investigation has started regarding what they did in Alaska. Make the Democrat operatives fear future prosecution by seeing this one through, with as severe consequences as possible meted out to these 20 people.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at November 03, 2026 10:40 PM (QXsxd)
Err, no? I am already prepped!
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at November 03, 2026 10:40 PM (NlEaG)
@JoelWBerry
·
7m
My prediction is that neocons will blame the paleocons and the paleocons will blame the neocons.
But the real story is that a sophisticated foreign demoralization campaign led by the likes of Jack Poso, Bannon, Dugin, Candace, and Tucker viciously cracked up the only coalition that has been preventing total electoral collapse for decades: conservative Evangelicals."
Posted by: runner at November 03, 2026 10:40 PM (AKptf)
>At every single turn, it was Republicans standing in the way.
Indeed.
If you are going to hang this around anyone's neck, it's John Fucking Thune.
Posted by: garrett at November 03, 2026 10:40 PM (/izzV)
Posted by: ...
Our wives were so upset, they didn't have our bull over for almost a month!!!
Posted by: The Bulwark at November 03, 2026 10:40 PM (t19vo)
What the hell happened to quality control around here?
Posted by: Crusader at November 03, 2026 10:38 PM (Cjcf6)
Alas, Decision Desk has called it for Talarico.
Posted by: Robert at November 03, 2026 10:41 PM (cJwDx)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 03, 2026 10:41 PM (n5tGW)
Posted by: Seamus at November 03, 2026 10:41 PM (QcKmL)
Talacrackio is not going to change it.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 03, 2026 10:41 PM (vOxCS)
But the real story is that a sophisticated foreign demoralization campaign led by the likes of Jack Poso, Bannon, Dugin, Candace, and Tucker viciously cracked up the only coalition that has been preventing total electoral collapse for decades: conservative Evangelicals."
Posted by: runner at November 03, 2026 10:40 PM (AKptf)[/]
That's certainly a take.
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at November 03, 2026 10:41 PM (NlEaG)
>>I'm glad my optimism was only tentative. Not that far to fall.
I can only vote in Jersey so my optimism is always a figment bourn on gossamer wings.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 03, 2026 10:41 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: fd at November 03, 2026 10:42 PM (MWfyi)
Texas has been called for Talarico.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 03, 2026 10:31 PM (viF8m)
I believed you. I believed no one could be so stupid as to believe a word the democrats said. They even said they were lying. It just goes to show you, every time we get ahead, something happens to take it away from us. If it starts going from bad to worse, maybe I'll relocate to Mindanao.
But then, all the votes aren't counted yet. Maybe there's still a surprise coming? Just think, if only the plane headed toward the capitol wasn't downed....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 03, 2026 10:42 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Hair on Fire at November 03, 2026 10:42 PM (5B1WP)
At this point, I have to say it:
Trump has done more damage to the conservative movement in the last 12 months than 10 years of Democrat attacks.
===============
The opposite. I always saw the silver lining in Romney's loss as the damage he would have done to the conservative movement.
LizLem, we don't know if Trump was on the ballot in Texas, Georgia, and SC tonight. Those voters might actually want boys in girls' locker rooms and DEI and a wave of illegals -- or they might be too indifferent to cast a vote. I think JD Vance and Rubio will stick hard to patriotic principles. Of course the press will insert Trump into every question, but they're smart enough to provide an answer about America.
The one big issue that honestly scares me: "free" healthcare for all. If Trump could only do something about medical costs.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 03, 2026 10:42 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: garrett
Thune is the Todd of the Senate
Posted by: Miklos is no friend of either at November 03, 2026 10:43 PM (FUMQC)
Posted by: runner at N
Karl Rove is happy tonight The rest if us, not so much
Posted by: LASue at November 03, 2026 10:43 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 03, 2026 10:43 PM (Cqx++)
Err, no? I am already prepped!
Posted by
As long as my unarmed Lefty neighbors are prepared, so am I.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at November 03, 2026 10:44 PM (t19vo)
Posted by: fd at November 03, 2026 10:25 PM (MWfyi)
Personally, I hope he's forming death squads.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 03, 2026 10:44 PM (vzuC7)
WA state has a no income tax in its constitution. But they are voting on a millionaire tax, aka an income tax, tonight.
Posted by: LizLem at November 03, 2026 10:39 PM (Toos7)
I will give the leftists this, they are relentless and you're exactly correct.
Posted by: CaliGirl at November 03, 2026 10:45 PM (yyxYU)
After reading the tagline, now I think is a Democrat candidate for dogcatcher.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 03, 2026 10:45 PM (qx7Zg)
Regrettably, so will the rest of us.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at November 03, 2026 10:45 PM (QXsxd)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at November 03, 2026 10:37 PM (wcyKn)
I could do that, but it'd take half of my 401k. Retired now, so I'd hesitate to do that. Starting to decline, so I don't think I could work anymore.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 03, 2026 10:45 PM (1Ff7Z)
They Voted against a Fascist.
Time to give them one.
Posted by: garrett at November 03, 2026 10:45 PM (/izzV)
Posted by: Miklos is no friend of either at November 03, 2026 10:43 PM (FUMQC)
Thune is the Mitch McConnell of John Boehners.
Posted by: Anonymous Moron at November 03, 2026 10:45 PM (yo+XF)
Posted by: LizLem
As I understand this law the Ds can lower the threshold as low as they want. It is a million now because reasons but long term there are other reasons that matter more.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at November 03, 2026 10:46 PM (wcyKn)
Regrettably, so will the rest of us.
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they will love the electric car mandates!
Posted by: runner at November 03, 2026 10:46 PM (AKptf)
I'm not sure this is them. The last actual Bush to run for anything lost bigly.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 03, 2026 10:46 PM (tUj8P)
Posted by: Crusader at November 03, 2026 10:46 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: Anonymous Moron at November 03, 2026 10:45 PM (yo+XF)
Threadwinner!
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at November 03, 2026 10:46 PM (NlEaG)
Posted by: 496 at November 03, 2026 10:46 PM (AmJ7e)
As a Texan, Crowder will give Talarico merry hell for 6 years (hopefully only 6.)
I'm trying to remember how the rest of the dudebro podcasters were voting. Joe Rogan and the rest of them that suddenly were anti Trump this year over the war, after helping him win in 2024. Rogan is in TX, he gets to deal with the silliness and consequences of Talarico as his senator.
Posted by: LizLem at November 03, 2026 10:47 PM (Toos7)
California gas prices, coming soon to everywhere.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 03, 2026 10:47 PM (tUj8P)
>What the hell happened to quality control around here?
>>Talarico turns Texas blue in historic win for Democrats
https://tinyurl.com/4fhz4e83
Posted by: JackStraw at November 03, 2026 10:47 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: NCKate at November 03, 2026 10:39 PM (enNUy)
I can't be sure, are they in hiding? Home Depot, Lowe's, and the large nursery companies around here no longer have anyone hanging around looking for work. I know one town doesn't mean much, but how's it in your area?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 03, 2026 10:48 PM (1Ff7Z)
Buy All Dips? The markets always go up, eventually.
Well, the game plan does seem to be to inflate our way out. Not sure that really works, but maybe. Much of the world is playing that game. Inflate, INFLate, INFLATE.
Maybe after a 50% retracement, there might be a buying opportunity, but at the moment, it (imo) would be just buying into the (inflation) bubble. But I'm only small in gold mining, and mostly cash. And I've been wrong mostly, since the dotcom bubble. heh
Posted by: illiniwek at November 03, 2026 10:48 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: Mark1971 at November 03, 2026 10:13 PM (/OKHJ)
AND...this is the American psyche 2026. We be in BIG TROUBLE, I know it's sarcasm but..Sheesh...sarc doesn't work unless part of it rings true.
Posted by: Giles Overreach at November 03, 2026 10:48 PM (cOor7)
I called this as early as February 2024 and narrated every part of it here. I saw it playing out here actually. I was pretty sure Trump cut the legs out from under it enough to crush it.
Tucker and Megyn and their likes were always waiting in the wings and the fulcrum was planned to be Epstein. Then Iran came along and they got a second wind from it.
BUT - do I think that's why we're losing tonight? No.
Posted by: ... at November 03, 2026 10:48 PM (vE0+H)
For Democrats to romp in places they haven't romped in a very long time, something spectacularly disastrous had to occur and that is gas being north of 4 dollars a gallon which basically make the price of everything remain high even as overall inflation has crept down, coupled with, let's face it, the democrats going full blown marxist, which has provided a bloodlust and an energy to their retarded voters.
The next two years is just going to be a grind.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 03, 2026 10:48 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: FeatherBlade
Oooh. Look at the bougie road warrior with a colander that fits!
Posted by: mikeski, typing blind at November 03, 2026 10:48 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: sven at November 03, 2026 10:48 PM (Int1s)
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The new governor will make Texas a sanctuary state, and after that, there's no path to the presidency on the right.
Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 03, 2026 10:49 PM (vSvIl)
Time to give them one.
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I've said it before. The Constitution, as amended, says there's a 2-term limit. Since none of Trumps opponents have any sincere belief in the Constitution, Trump should simply announce he's running for a 3rd term.
Posted by: Crusader at November 03, 2026 10:49 PM (Cjcf6)
However, Sherrod Brown...really, Ohio, haven't you learned your lesson after 50 years of him? It's still pretty neck and neck though, but it shouldn't be. It really shouldn't be.
Posted by: cheshirecat at November 03, 2026 10:49 PM (E4Afo)
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at November 03, 2026 10:49 PM (9ZFZd)
Posted by: steevy at November 03, 2026 10:49 PM (KDeM8)
Posted by: runner at November 03, 2026 10:49 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: garrett at November 03, 2026 10:33 PM (/izzV)
I absolutely agree with this.
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat
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Yep.
Posted by: scampydog at November 03, 2026 10:40 PM (41CYW)
You're telling me!
Posted by: J.P. Morgan, after the crash at November 03, 2026 10:49 PM (1Ff7Z)
Gas ain't north of 4 bucks a gallon in Texas, and I am there three times a week some weeks.
If Texas wants to be as fucked up as Colorado get to it.
Posted by: sven at November 03, 2026 10:50 PM (Int1s)
Posted by: Ghost of John Thune at November 03, 2026 10:50 PM (Yb5Oz)
Posted by: Seamus at November 03, 2026 10:50 PM (QcKmL)
Posted by: runner at November 03, 2026 10:50 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 03, 2026 10:50 PM (9bpxs)
Posted by: ... at November 03, 2026 10:50 PM (vE0+H)
Ultimate blame is the GOPe, especially in the Senate.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 03, 2026 10:50 PM (tUj8P)
Posted by: mikeski, typing blind
Just because it's a post-apocalyptic hellscape, doesn't mean one shouldn't be properly dressed *sniffs haughtily*
Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 03, 2026 10:51 PM (C0Nlv)
https://youtu.be/o1xMzpiUpfo
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 03, 2026 10:51 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: runner at November 03, 2026 10:40 PM (AKptf)
Don't be silly. We didn't listen to them. We voted for them to immanentize the eschaton! We're not going to be here soon!
Posted by: A certain subset of ConEv at November 03, 2026 10:52 PM (1Ff7Z)
We've had worse elections.
Trump is still president.
The House can't do anything about Ilhan's impending ouster.
We may recover half a trillion dollars from fraudulent programs.
We have two years to try to get some integrity in our voting.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 03, 2026 10:07 PM (mmrXZ)
Yes, and the first order of business is to primary John Thune. Unless he somehow gets the Senate to pass the SAVE act in the final days of 2026. Remember, the House passed it, and Thune never allowed a vote to come to the Senate floor.
There is no way I will be watching the national news for the next 2 years, because the press is 98% Democrat activists. Trump still has power but the progress the nation made in the last 2 years is over. Now it's 2 years of Veto Trump, and the nonsense of failed mass impeachment of anyone that ever met Trump. In other words, a Clown Show.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at November 03, 2026 10:52 PM (Uvvcx)
I know I've already seconded a similar comment, but this really can't be stressed enough.
Posted by: McLurkerson at November 03, 2026 10:52 PM (AZDyS)
It is going to be great!
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at November 03, 2026 10:53 PM (wcyKn)
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at November 03, 2026 10:53 PM (NlEaG)
We got rid of Tillis, which almost makes it worth it...if we had also lost Liza Murkakowski it would have been.
Posted by: sven at November 03, 2026 10:53 PM (Int1s)
Posted by: Miklos Bud-Costello at November 03, 2026 10:53 PM (FUMQC)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 03, 2026 10:53 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: McLurkerson at November 03, 2026 10:54 PM (AZDyS)
Posted by: Robert at November 03, 2026 10:41 PM (cJwDx)
They took over the fifty Secretary of State's jobs?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 03, 2026 10:54 PM (1Ff7Z)
Yep, the "America First" crowd that's been screeching all over social media in ever-increasing volume.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 03, 2026 10:54 PM (ceJ0R)
Look it is Cousin Oliver.
Posted by: sven at November 03, 2026 10:54 PM (Int1s)
Absolutely and if you are too stupid to realize why ask someone smarter than you to explain it to you.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 03, 2026 10:54 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Crusader at November 03, 2026 10:54 PM (Cjcf6)
https://youtu.be/o1xMzpiUpfo
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
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No. But I suspect I can burn the Uncle Buck pancakes like all the rest.
Posted by: scampydog at November 03, 2026 10:55 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: I gotta ask at November 03, 2026 10:55 PM (RDhJX)
>>Gas ain't north of 4 bucks a gallon in Texas, and I am there three times a week some weeks.
The average price of gas is 4.15, the average price of diesel is 6.30.
The price of gas does not affect me, generally, as for the most part, I'm in rental cars with fuel paid for by the projects I work on.
But it affects most people in a profound way as it affects the economy in a profound way.
Again, Texas went blue, for that to happen, the electorate has to be pretty angry at something.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 03, 2026 10:55 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 03, 2026 10:55 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Piper at November 03, 2026 10:55 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: sven at November 03, 2026 10:55 PM (Int1s)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 03, 2026 10:31 PM (XV/Pl)
=='
Nah - maybe could have got to the choke point a bit earlier. It's cost almost nothing and been very very light on casualties. No troops on the ground.
People get lazy - and perhaps we need to accept that within the GOP tent the GOPe is still a force to be reckoned with. Because there were crossovers in Texas, the turnout was where it needed to be. But they defected.
Posted by: Black JEM at November 03, 2026 10:55 PM (8uHt+)
The Democrat Party
The Republican Party
Communist China
Iran
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 03, 2026 10:55 PM (CHHv1)
The obama years directly created Trump as a candidate. We can't see mini trumps or Reagans or Rush Limbaughs or Charlie Kirks on the horizon. They are coming of age now or in a decade. But they are there. I have faith in them.
Charlie Kirk inspired a ton of young kids that are growing up now, in believing in conservative principles, and that they should have a voice and a say too, not just their violent, noisy woke peers. I hope they grow up strong and can fight their green/red loser peers.
Any politicians on the bench for the GOP that are more MAGA than milquetoast? That you feel are promising?
Posted by: LizLem at November 03, 2026 10:55 PM (Toos7)
Posted by: steevy at November 03, 2026 10:56 PM (KDeM8)
Posted by: I gotta ask at November 03, 2026 10:55 PM (RDhJX)
On Sunday, January 3, 2027, at 12:00 Washington time, the term of the new Congress will begin
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at November 03, 2026 10:56 PM (NlEaG)
Posted by: Give the Retarded Kid Some Pie
It will be once the government is overthrow. And hopefully Israel gets the hint that their ability to rely on the US for support is coming to an end and they completely wipe out the Palestinians and take all the land. Two problems solved.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at November 03, 2026 10:56 PM (t19vo)
278 Thanks to whoever relieved us from reading any more of that Hippo codswallop....
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G)
Moo Deng?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 03, 2026 10:56 PM (Cqx++)
Talarico has some Bidenesque disaster in the wings. The man wandered off the campaign trail for 11 days. He's not going to make it for six years without an incident.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 03, 2026 10:56 PM (mmrXZ)
I lost.
Weston: Hughes 2733 Harris 1903
Redding: Hughes 2726 Harris 1773
Easton: Hughes 896 Harris 994
Totals: Hughes 6355 Harris 4670
I actually did very well in same-day voting. I was able to make up the Early Voting deficit I had in Easton to win here, but Weston and Redding were just too much. If the Anne Hughes news came out a week earlier, I would have definitely won. There were several people that said if they knew who Hughes really was, they would have changed their votes to me. These were hardcore Dems talking.
Two possible bright spots: CT may take a hard look at Early Voting. Two weeks before ED is way too much. Second, Hughes is highly damaged goods. I don't expect her to stay there for long. I think the Dems may find a way to underbus her - she really made them look bad.
I'm going to run again. My family wants me to do it, and I want to do it too. Thanks, Morons, for supporting me.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 03, 2026 10:56 PM (FGq/M)
Posted by: Black JEM at November 03, 2026 10:56 PM (8uHt+)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 03, 2026 10:55 PM (XV/Pl)
______
Or the Donks' long game and hundreds of millions paid off.
Or both.
Posted by: McLurkerson at November 03, 2026 10:57 PM (AZDyS)
Posted by: steevy at November 03, 2026 10:57 PM (KDeM8)
They killed Charlie Kirk and Elissa Slotkin has plans for those young kids.
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at November 03, 2026 10:57 PM (NlEaG)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 03, 2026 10:57 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 03, 2026 10:57 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: steevy at November 03, 2026 10:57 PM (KDeM8)
Gavin doesn't have a chance against her.
God help the USA.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at November 03, 2026 10:58 PM (Uvvcx)
The only place where gasoline in Texas is north of 4 bucks across the board that I have seen is Austin....what does Austin have that the rest of the state does not....again I could not possibly give less a fuck.
It is like my home state of Ohio possibly electing Doctor She-Covid over Vivek....hey if those retards think the answer to high prices is to re-elect the CUOMO19 Kweek have the fuck at thee knaves....
one nice thing about the wife and my situation is we can literally just leave the country and sit on our asses and stare at the water.....
fuck these retards, if they think the answer to high cost and price is importing the whole third world and handouts I can go to the third world and ignore the handouts.
Posted by: sven at November 03, 2026 10:58 PM (Int1s)
Posted by: Thomas Bender"
Free shit. The government will make everything better. This is what the electorate believes. There is no way to go back without a cataclysmic change.
Posted by: fd at November 03, 2026 10:58 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: ... at November 03, 2026 10:58 PM (vE0+H)
Maybe after a 50% retracement, there might be a buying opportunity, but at the moment, it (imo) would be just buying into the (inflation) bubble. But I'm only small in gold mining, and mostly cash. And I've been wrong mostly, since the dotcom bubble. heh
Posted by: illiniwek at November 03, 2026 10:48 PM (vbXSk)
Here's one approach: 21 stocks, in equal dollar amounts, a bit shy of 5% each. Seven stocks in cybersecurity, seven in semiconductors/Big Tech (Amazon, Apple, Google, etc), and seven energy stocks (LNG is nice). Any stock gets to 10%, rebalance. Follow them all and weed the garden as necessary. Reinvest as you go into new positions at 5% of current portfolio value.
Over the med to long term, keep a solid hold of your liquidity needs, and things will be ok.
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at November 03, 2026 10:58 PM (r7+Q7)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 03, 2026 10:55 PM (XV/Pl)
They were mad at 3.20/gal... wait till they see 6/gal. Americans are economically Illiterate until they are not. Then they are again.
Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 03, 2026 10:58 PM (8Csz2)
Posted by: steevy at November 03, 2026 10:58 PM (KDeM8)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 03, 2026 10:59 PM (kpS4V)
Not the prices per se, but the increase. Ah well. That was super stupid...
Guess what? The sun comes up tomorrow, and that's all that matters.
And gonna try to hit the range tomorrow...
Posted by: man at November 03, 2026 10:59 PM (pfXMo)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at November 03, 2026 10:59 PM (t19vo)
Fuck Texas.
Posted by: sven at November 03, 2026 10:48 PM (Int1s)
Talarico raised a bunch of money and campaigned hard. Paxton, meanwhile, got reamed by Thune, Cornyn and the NRSC who only gave him money when it was too late to matter.
There are still other races that haven't been called.
Posted by: Robert at November 03, 2026 10:59 PM (cJwDx)
Posted by: sven at November 03, 2026 10:48 PM (Int1s)
Well, to be fair, it's all been downhill for Texas once all my relatives left.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 03, 2026 10:59 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at November 03, 2026 10:59 PM (wcyKn)
"enator John Cornyn
Senate Republicans
@JohnCornyn
The voters have spoken, and I want to extend my congratulations to James Talarico on his election to the U.S. Senate. I look forward to meeting him and offering my assistance with his transition as he prepares to serve Texans in the U.S. Senate."
Posted by: runner at November 03, 2026 10:59 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg
Dear Lord, is the terrorist actually winning?
Posted by: MaureenTheTemp at November 03, 2026 11:00 PM (rx4MS)
Posted by: steevy at November 03, 2026 11:00 PM (KDeM8)
Posted by: gp at November 03, 2026 11:00 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: man at November 03, 2026 11:01 PM (pfXMo)
Posted by: steevy at November 03, 2026 10:58 PM (KDeM
That's the best case scenario.
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at November 03, 2026 11:01 PM (NlEaG)
Again, Texas went blue, for that to happen, the electorate has to be pretty angry at something.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 03, 2026 10:55 PM (XV/Pl)
Cruz's margin over Beto was not particularly large. Again, we'll need to see final numbers and who turned out to evaluate what's going on.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 03, 2026 11:01 PM (okun6)
Election Failures Across America
– Polling Sites Shuttered, Scanners Jammed,
Voters Left Confused and Decoy Dan Ballots
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 03, 2026 11:01 PM (vOxCS)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 03, 2026 10:56 PM (FGq/M)
Thanks for running! The experience you've gained will just make you stronger for next time.
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at November 03, 2026 11:01 PM (9ZFZd)
Don't think it will be all rosy with Dems. Biden et al were responsible for shutting down a number of refineries - those that refine diesel, which is why it's so much more expensive than even gasoline. Did you think their Green New Deal was going to lower energy costs? Pull the other one, it jingles.
Even if we ended Iran right now (win or withdraw), the refinery problem still exists.
Just like the beef shortage problem still exists, and will still exists in 2027.
Posted by: cheshirecat at November 03, 2026 11:01 PM (E4Afo)
Posted by: runner at November 03, 2026 10:50 PM (AKptf)
Let's ask him.
Hey Abbott!
Posted by: Costello at November 03, 2026 11:01 PM (1Ff7Z)
it affects most people in a profound way as it affects the economy in a profound way.
Posted by: Thomas Bender
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Gas prices are over $6 in California and the freeways are jammed with people driving, and everyone is voting for the party that closes refineries, raises gasoline taxes, and requires catalytic converter$ (stolen regularly) and fuel additives that rot your gas tank.
I'm not sure it affects people as much as the MSM says it does.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 03, 2026 11:02 PM (mmrXZ)
It's an oughtobiography.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
me too
It is a study in procrastinology
Posted by: University of Miklos at November 03, 2026 11:02 PM (FUMQC)
Or both.
Posted by: McLurkerson at November 03, 2026 10:57 PM (AZDyS)
I really didn't expect the Dems to do this well - I was with Ben Had all the way on this election.
That said, there may be more bad news coming. The Dems already have an advantage with the MFM doing a lot of the psyops heavy lifting. The temporary bright spot was the massive money advantage the GOP had. Once Anthropic goes public, there will be thousands of multimillionaires and billionaires who are aligned with the Left, and who will have the money to give to the DNC. Once OpenAI goes public in 2027, they can get even more money.
The good news for us? Biden was POTUS two years ago today, and there is not one non-moron (the bad kind) on the Left that can actually run things competently. These guys are like the dog that caught the car.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 03, 2026 11:02 PM (FGq/M)
Posted by: man at November 03, 2026 11:02 PM (pfXMo)
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From what I've read, diesel prices specifically have more to do with Ukraine's attacks on Russian oil than anything going on with Iran.
Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 03, 2026 11:02 PM (vSvIl)
Or both.
Posted by: McLurkerson
I've been more impressed by the incredibly fast and effective campaign to turn Israel toxic in the eyes of the vast majority of Americans, and make Palestinians at least somewhat rehabilitated as a poor oppressed minority. Whether it's middle Eastern money of Chinese psyops, the Dems are getting a lot of external help, and it's very effective.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at November 03, 2026 11:02 PM (t19vo)
>>I lost.
You tried in a deep blue area. You didn't lose. You fought.
Much respect and thanks.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 03, 2026 11:03 PM (viF8m)
Don't care, almost bought a hacienda in Palacios last year...thank fucking God I did not...the property taxes are insane and will only get more so with time.... TalaRICO....
GOP suburban Karen winemoms trying to show they are serious view shrews too are hilarious....
Posted by: sven at November 03, 2026 11:03 PM (Int1s)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 03, 2026 10:56
No, thank YOU for giving it your best shot. It's a lot more that most of us were willing to take on.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 03, 2026 11:03 PM (ceJ0R)
Posted by: runner at November 03, 2026 11:03 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: Maroon at November 03, 2026 10:57 PM (iZHgT)
He doesn't. Here is is latest Truth Social post:
Trump: "I wasn’t on the Ballot and if I was, we would have won IN A LANDSLIDE!"
Posted by: Mark1971 at November 03, 2026 10:59 PM (/OKHJ)
This was demonstrated in 2018 and 2022 with missing Trump voters. The Democrats had the same problem with Obama. It wouldn't be surprising at all for that to be a major driver here. Republicans can't run Trump again and don't have any comparably talented politicians as far as retail politics go, and appeal to the same specific set of voters is iffy.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 03, 2026 11:03 PM (okun6)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at November 03, 2026 11:03 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Darrell Harris
You have my complete and unconditional endorsement!
Posted by: President Miklos J. Trump at November 03, 2026 11:03 PM (FUMQC)
I warned each any every one of you that the Iran War was going to be absolute poison in November, but you didn't listen because you're stupid Neocons.
Posted by: cheshirecat
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I don't think I heard much about Iran during the campaign. It was all AFFORDABILITY YA YA YA.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 03, 2026 11:03 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Crusader at November 03, 2026 10:46 PM (Cjcf6)
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Dude, it's time to get real. He's got more than a million votes to make up and maybe a million or so left to count.
I get the swagger and the confidence, but far too many around here are generally too sure in their predictions.
Posted by: McLurkerson at November 03, 2026 11:03 PM (AZDyS)
Not necessarily. Texas has bad factors at play that weren't getting much attention:
1) Massive Islamic influx and Muslim-only cities under construction
2) Massive California influx from companies fleeing Gavin Newsom's disaster
Posted by: Ian S. at November 03, 2026 11:04 PM (tUj8P)
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at November 03, 2026 11:04 PM (NlEaG)
Posted by: noone at November 03, 2026 11:02 PM (biTAc)
FOAD, Nazi.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 03, 2026 11:04 PM (qlLNh)
True, but it gave a nice big target.
Much like "no new taxes"....
Posted by: man at November 03, 2026 11:04 PM (pfXMo)
I'm going to run again. My family wants me to do it, and I want to do it too. Thanks, Morons, for supporting me.
Posted by: Darrell Harris
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Go for it!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 03, 2026 11:04 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 03, 2026 11:04 PM (Cqx++)
Yes trump not ending Zelensky was a mistake...do recall I explained 1/2 pint needed sawed off back during the transition for campaigning for Biden....
Posted by: sven at November 03, 2026 11:04 PM (Int1s)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 03, 2026 11:04 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: runner at November 03, 2026 11:04 PM (AKptf)
They were mad at 3.20/gal... wait till they see 6/gal. Americans are economically Illiterate until they are not. Then they are again. Posted by: tryhardneckbeard
I would argue that there is a age shift that is starting to kick in and skews hard towards the progressive politics. The first time I experienced this was during the Wall Street protests, a pack of lunatics but they were hell bent on burning everything down. 15 years on they learned to shower and moderate weed smoking and are now gaining real political power. It still seems premature to say this but this feels like the first election where this demographic change is kicking in. Plus 40 million illegals.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at November 03, 2026 11:05 PM (wcyKn)
Posted by: LizLem at November 03, 2026 11:05 PM (Toos7)
I constantly see people complain about government policies then vote for the people that implement those policies.
This is the real problem with democracy - the system assumes people will research the candidates's stands and vote accordingly and in blue areas they refuse to.
Posted by: 18-1 at November 03, 2026 11:05 PM (sKqQm)
Same shit as Nashville and East TN....which started in the 90s with California money....
Jim Cornette is kind plaintiff's exhibit one....in a weird way.
Posted by: sven at November 03, 2026 11:05 PM (Int1s)
Posted by: I gotta ask at November 03, 2026 11:05 PM (RDhJX)
Posted by: gp at November 03, 2026 11:06 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: runner
Vivek is such a oily person that he would lose a race where he is running unopposed.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at November 03, 2026 11:06 PM (wcyKn)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 03, 2026 11:06 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Robert at November 03, 2026 11:06 PM (cJwDx)
Posted by: Republican Voter at November 03, 2026 11:06 PM (mv4tk)
FOAD, Nazi.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 03, 2026 11:06 PM (qlLNh)
Sure you fucking extra chromosome mongoloid retard, I am a Trump superfan....get Cenk Yogurt's syphilitic cock out of your 4th point of contact and go fuck yourself....
there are adults talking.
Posted by: sven at November 03, 2026 11:07 PM (Int1s)
Posted by: cheshirecat
===============
I don't think I heard much about Iran during the campaign. It was all AFFORDABILITY YA YA YA."
That's not my quote, I was quoting someone else.
Posted by: cheshirecat at November 03, 2026 11:07 PM (E4Afo)
Posted by: man at November 03, 2026 11:07 PM (pfXMo)
Yeah, that's the big problem the Republican party has - the OnlyTrump voter. Trump isn't exactly wrong on that.
Once he's gone, who's waiting in the wings? Vance? Not too impressed. Rubio looks better. Never thought I'd say that.
The Right desperately needs to solve the OnlyTrump vote.
Posted by: McLurkerson at November 03, 2026 11:07 PM (AZDyS)
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You can take a night off. Don't make it a habit.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 03, 2026 11:07 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: runner at November 03, 2026 11:07 PM (AKptf)
Elissa Slotkin has plans for those young kids.
Posted by: blaster
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I remember when Ana something-or-other -- she had three names -- said the same about her plans for Trump supporters on the eve of Hillary's "victory."
Didn't happen. And I bet her plans would be about as well met as DEI training is for working stiffs who just want to finish their TPS reports on deadline.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 03, 2026 11:07 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: 88C+u at November 03, 2026 11:07 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: cheshirecat
You, of course, have a link to these "warnings".
Right?
FOAD, Nazi.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 03, 2026 11:08 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 03, 2026 11:08 PM (Cqx++)
That's not my quote, I was quoting someone else.
Posted by: cheshirecat
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Oh, sorry. Anyway, the answer remains the same.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 03, 2026 11:08 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: gp at November 03, 2026 11:08 PM (Jr5Lq)
Assuming this was what gave the Dems the win you have to be amazed at the game here.
Under Biden the prices of everything doubled.
Under Trump inflation was down to 3%.
And the Dems parlayed this into a win on "affordability"?!?
Posted by: 18-1 at November 03, 2026 11:08 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at November 03, 2026 11:03 PM (QGaXH)
Correction - I was looking at the wrong time stamp.
Polls have just closed. If I had a subterranean lair I'd be in it right now.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at November 03, 2026 11:09 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Darrell Harris
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Go for it!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 03, 2026 11:04 PM (mmrXZ)
Have your photo taken with a broom, and proclaim that it's time to sweep the spiders out of office.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 03, 2026 11:09 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 03, 2026 10:55 PM (XV/Pl)
Bill O'Reilly says ths is exactly what happened, the electorate is angry.
Posted by: Joemarine at November 03, 2026 11:09 PM (y171U)
Posted by: noone at November 03, 2026 11:02 PM (biTAc)
The irony in this statement is that the Left's demonization of Israel has been cranked up to 11 since 10/7, and however much "Israel" is to blame it's because people like you bought into what the Left was selling.
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at November 03, 2026 11:09 PM (9ZFZd)
Posted by: fd at November 03, 2026 11:09 PM (MWfyi)
Yeah, that's the big problem the Republican party has - the OnlyTrump voter. Trump isn't exactly wrong on that.
Once he's gone, who's waiting in the wings? Vance? Not too impressed. Rubio looks better. Never thought I'd say that.
The Right desperately needs to solve the OnlyTrump vote.
Posted by: McLurkerson at November 03, 2026 11:07 PM (AZDyS)
It is possible, though I wouldn't bank on this, that the OnlyTrump voter is an OnlyPresidential election voter. Absent that being true it doesn't make sense to treat Michigan as being competitive.
Mathematically some sort of Hispanic appeal works more easily with the US South than recreating the broad working class appeal if the latter isn't possible.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 03, 2026 11:09 PM (okun6)
Posted by: runner
Vivek is such a oily person that he would lose a race where he is running unopposed."
I'm not upset, just...eh. Dewine was RINO in the first place (he's the one who had Acton as SurgGen during COVID). Perhaps Acton will bring back masking and closing down business and bring back all those lovely plexiglas screens to slow the spread.
We could have had Tressel as an R candidate...we coulda been a contender.
Posted by: cheshirecat at November 03, 2026 11:09 PM (E4Afo)
Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 03, 2026 10:58 PM (8Csz2)
So, if that happens, any real conservative type ought to be running ads the next two years reminding the voters that it's their fault and laughing at the end. Won't win an election that way, but rubbing the voters' faces in it might bring them to their senses. It wasn't the candidates they could have voted for, it's they themselves to blame.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 03, 2026 11:09 PM (1Ff7Z)
And if that isn't enough, they'll drag in illegals by the millions if given the opportunity to do so, which will make it more difficult for the working poor in this country.
They deserve to be given the blame for whatever happens to the economy, and it doesn't look good for the economy in the near future, with them having a say in how it is going to be run.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at November 03, 2026 11:09 PM (QXsxd)
>>I lost.
You tried in a deep blue area. You didn't lose. You fought.
Much respect and thanks.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Agreed. Thank you, Darrell Harris! You got out there and *tried*...
Wishing you a better result next time!
Posted by: JQ at November 03, 2026 11:10 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: I gotta ask at November 03, 2026 11:10 PM (RDhJX)
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Yes, the younger generations look to be the deeply evil sort described in Revelation.
Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 03, 2026 11:10 PM (vSvIl)
I liked Vivek for about 5 minutes but he rather quickly became the answer to the trivia question "Can someone be significantly worse at large-scale retail politics than Ron DeSantis?".
Posted by: Ian S. at November 03, 2026 11:10 PM (tUj8P)
Posted by: Mark1971 at November 03, 2026 11:06 PM (/OKHJ)
OY VEY!!!!
Yeah, now I'm getting angry.
Posted by: Robert at November 03, 2026 11:10 PM (cJwDx)
Yikes. I knew there was a reason I started frequenting this place less.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 03, 2026 11:10 PM (ceJ0R)
1) Massive Islamic influx and Muslim-only cities under construction
2) Massive California influx from companies fleeing Gavin Newsom's disaster
Posted by: Ian S. at November 03, 2026 11:04 PM
Massive influx of Hindu Indians, majority of them on H-1B work visas and then the others on the visas to bring over their families. Add in all the student visas for Hindu Indians (reference that University of Texas image posted on X of the majority of the fans in the stands in a certain section being all Indians).
Demographics is destiny.
Dr. Sydney Watson @SydneyLWatson
The only people who are surprised by what's happening in Texas are people who don't live in Texas.
We don't see Americans. Or hear English. Texans are nowhere to be found. Whole areas are ethnic enclaves. Democrats are everywhere. Shit loads of huge companies have come here and moved their entire third world/leftist workforces with them.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 03, 2026 11:10 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at November 03, 2026 11:10 PM (wcyKn)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at November 03, 2026 11:10 PM (Fv808)
Paxton had money from other sources. Texans fans had to watch his ads. It's not Thune's fault Paxton's campaign chose to spend the (mounds) of cash he had, on ineffective ads.
Posted by: 88C+u at November 03, 2026 11:10 PM (88C+u)
Or, it was massive 2020 style cheating on a state wide basis. They found 20,000 fake D ballots in Houston, do you think that was all they printed?
I can prove it was voter fraud: When Dems print up fake ballots they don't randomize down ticket votes. The same fraud that defeated Paxton also won the governor and Lt. Governor races as well as the Attorney general election. Nobody in the state was mad at any of those people, and the Dems were running a slate of loons.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at November 03, 2026 11:10 PM (WDknQ)
Posted by: runner at November 03, 2026 11:11 PM (AKptf)
Paxton did have some ads which were positive, playing up his record as AG. But then he ran the bad ads too.
Posted by: 88C+u at November 03, 2026 11:11 PM (88C+u)
I mean, I don't know. It's a least a third option if Vance or Rubio don't pan out.
Posted by: cheshirecat at November 03, 2026 11:11 PM (E4Afo)
Herr Doktor was constantly drunk on the trail....
Ohio wants insane asylum policies they will most ASSUREDLY get them.....
Posted by: sven at November 03, 2026 11:11 PM (Int1s)
Polls have just closed. If I had a subterranean lair I'd be in it right now.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
Why run away from the newly elected utopia makers?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 03, 2026 11:11 PM (Cqx++)
I liked Vivek for about 5 minutes but he rather quickly became the answer to the trivia question "Can someone be significantly worse at large-scale retail politics than Ron DeSantis?".
Posted by: Ian S.
Without the record of solid management sucesses
Posted by: imp at November 03, 2026 11:12 PM (fNmNr)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at November 03, 2026 11:10 PM (wcyKn)
Well good thing the Presidential elections aren't now!
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at November 03, 2026 11:12 PM (NlEaG)
Pensacola to points north is wildly affordable.
Posted by: sven at November 03, 2026 11:12 PM (Int1s)
Posted by: LizLem at November 03, 2026 10:55 PM (Toos7)
Saw a Turning Point USA tent at my polling place today. Young conservative adults. I waved hello to them.
Posted by: Joemarine at November 03, 2026 11:12 PM (y171U)
Ohio wants insane asylum policies they will most ASSUREDLY get them....."
Not certain. The Ohio House and Senate are supermajority R.
Posted by: cheshirecat at November 03, 2026 11:12 PM (E4Afo)
Will different sorts of people now think it's OK to move to Texas? More Cali-like, so now it's ok and profitable.
Will others decide that Texas was a surprising mistake, and head for Florida or Tennessee?
Posted by: The Inquiring Mind of Miklos at November 03, 2026 11:13 PM (FUMQC)
No that is my idea of talking to a retard wanting pie....
Posted by: sven at November 03, 2026 11:13 PM (Int1s)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 03, 2026 11:13 PM (vOxCS)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at November 03, 2026 11:13 PM (Fv808)
Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 03, 2026 11:13 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at November 03, 2026 11:13 PM (NlEaG)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at November 03, 2026 11:13 PM (wcyKn)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at November 03, 2026 11:02 PM (t19vo)
Well, my time is short.
Posted by: Guy with Pitchfork at November 03, 2026 11:13 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: JROD at November 03, 2026 11:14 PM (8ZJsx)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 03, 2026 11:14 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: steevy at November 03, 2026 10:56 PM (KDeM
You don't remember the end of Bush the First's term, when people were convinced we were in a depression?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 03, 2026 11:14 PM (VYHjw)
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Yes, the younger generations look to be the deeply evil sort described in Revelation.
Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 03, 2026 11:10 PM (vSvIl)
Yeah, and it hasn't been "since the Iran War started", nice attempt to pin it on that. They were out celebrating the Hamas attacks the day after.
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at November 03, 2026 11:14 PM (9ZFZd)
Posted by: Jen the original at November 03, 2026 11:15 PM (EiUt/)
Houston is a Star Wars Cantina and has been since the first Obama term.....
Bush the younger started it.
Posted by: sven at November 03, 2026 11:15 PM (Int1s)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 03, 2026 11:15 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: scampydog at November 03, 2026 11:15 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at November 03, 2026 11:15 PM (r7+Q7)
Greg Abbott just conceded.
Maybe they are angry at Texans.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 03, 2026 11:15 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 03, 2026 11:15 PM (ceJ0R)
Posted by: Jordan61 at November 03, 2026 11:16 PM (W+RIb)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 03, 2026 11:16 PM (vOxCS)
Posted by: Darrell Harris
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You're an honorable Moron. Go win the next one.
Posted by: scampydog at November 03, 2026 11:16 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
Our Utopia is made from Most Top Qualilty material and ingredients
Posted by: Democratic Socialst Mumbai Centre of Most Excellence at November 03, 2026 11:16 PM (FUMQC)
Posted by: man at November 03, 2026 11:16 PM (pfXMo)
Everything in Texas is bad.
Also, she's much worse than a land whale, she's a kindergarten teacher who took 5 year olds to drag shows.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 03, 2026 11:17 PM (tUj8P)
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at November 03, 2026 11:17 PM (QXsxd)
It was always going to get ugly but now the sky may be the limit. I'm expecting a lot of talk about how "influential" they were, and how "young people" are just angry and have spoken.
Dems are never content merely taking the win. They will milk and milk and milk and that means pretending we're all commies now.
Posted by: ... at November 03, 2026 11:17 PM (vE0+H)
Well, with Stout, you get the equivalent of 3 people in one body.
Posted by: cheshirecat at November 03, 2026 11:17 PM (E4Afo)
Bush the younger started it."
Harris county GOP still = the Bush machine.
Posted by: man at November 03, 2026 11:18 PM (pfXMo)
That would matter if their primary goal was not legalizing the illegals and immunizing themselves via fraud from corrective pain response via elections....
they will not be stopped by elections....and we are not ruthless enough to vote let alone do other things so they are going to curb stomp the right for 40-100 years.
Posted by: sven at November 03, 2026 11:18 PM (Int1s)
This is the real problem with democracy - the system assumes people will research the candidates's stands and vote accordingly and in blue areas they refuse to.
Posted by: 18-1
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I know someone who has relocated TWICE because her vote ruined the place she was living in. "I didn't vote for THAT," she said as she fled her newly unaffordable home (property and business taxes).
No. All she innocently did was vote D no matter who. If you were to ask her what was special about the D candidate, what they offered that the R didn't, she'd give you a blank stare.
btw, this is someone I know of, not directly know. If I directly knew her, there would be more to the story. Like How I Blasted The Shit Out Of An Alison.
(I'm coining "Alison" as an incurious, unreflecting, dopey always-Democrat female voter who has a successful husband who takes care of everything so she can go through life thinking that Mount Rushmore is a natural rock formation.)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 03, 2026 11:18 PM (mmrXZ)
>>Maybe they are angry at Texans.
As I said, I can only vote in NJ, and Booker and the donk who took over for Mikie Scherill romped.
I expected a better outcome from Texas, and quite frankly, most places.
I wasn't as pessimistic this time around as I thought the Donks going bat shit commie crazy would temper the voters anger at Trump and the GOP, but apparently crazy has won out.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 03, 2026 11:18 PM (XV/Pl)
We don't see Americans. Or hear English. Texans are nowhere to be found. Whole areas are ethnic enclaves. Democrats are everywhere. Shit loads of huge companies have come here and moved their entire third world/leftist workforces with them.
Oh bullshit. TX has 30,000,000 people, everything you cite is a tiny percentage of 30,000,000 people.
It was massive 2020 style voter fraud. State wide.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at November 03, 2026 11:18 PM (WDknQ)
You know, for the next four years, that sounds like a good idea to me...I've got a head start tonight.
Posted by: cheshirecat at November 03, 2026 11:18 PM (E4Afo)
Posted by: I gotta ask at November 03, 2026 11:18 PM (RDhJX)
Greg Abbott just conceded."
Well, bye.
Next time run an actual campaign, y'hear?
Posted by: man
Thought he was on a roll.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 03, 2026 11:18 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at November 03, 2026 11:18 PM (Uvvcx)
The Harris County GOP has not been effective in my lifetime other than as a kept pet of the democrats.
Posted by: sven at November 03, 2026 11:19 PM (Int1s)
Posted by: Jordan61
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Hey! Good to see you. Hope you are doing well.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 03, 2026 11:19 PM (vOxCS)
Posted by: scampydog at November 03, 2026 11:19 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 03, 2026 11:15 PM (ceJ0R)
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*increases tempo of soft shoe number*
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 03, 2026 11:19 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: runner at November 03, 2026 11:19 PM (AKptf)
The gas/ diesel issue was a complete clown show.
Darren Woods is thrilled...
Posted by: man at November 03, 2026 11:20 PM (pfXMo)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 03, 2026 11:20 PM (hzuYO)
I hope Asmongold tell him to go fuck himself tomorrow.
Posted by: cheshirecat at November 03, 2026 11:20 PM (E4Afo)
Posted by: Darrell Harris
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Darrell Harris wins in our hearts.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 03, 2026 11:20 PM (vOxCS)
It was me.
I voted Republican all the way down the ticket. I brought my curse down upon us all. For that I deeply apologize.
I promise next time to once again waste my vote on third party candidates.
Posted by: Robert at November 03, 2026 11:20 PM (NmZHO)
Hey if only Texas had had a GOP Bobsled course to have corrective measures in place against fraud eh?
You cannot stop fraud when the fraudsters control the machine.
Posted by: sven at November 03, 2026 11:20 PM (Int1s)
What if they hadn't kept the Senate in Session for 2 solid years in order to preclude Trump from having a chance to appoint anyone without their input?
Thune and the Republican Party did everything they could to hamstring MAGA.
And it cost them the only thing they truly care about, their seat at the table of Power.
Posted by: garrett at November 03, 2026 11:20 PM (/izzV)
Kansas hasn't elected a Democrat to the Senate in 88 years. Until tonight.
Sometimes, I guess there just aren't enough rocks
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at November 03, 2026 11:21 PM (NlEaG)
Dr. Sydney Watson @SydneyLWatson
The only people who are surprised by what's happening in Texas are people who don't live in Texas.
We don't see Americans. Or hear English. Texans are nowhere to be found. Whole areas are ethnic enclaves. Democrats are everywhere. Shit loads of huge companies have come here and moved their entire third world/leftist workforces with them.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at November 03, 2026 11:10 PM (P5BPp)
No, this makes no sense of this election.
Trump won TX by 14 two years ago.
Abbott won TX by 11 four years ago.
The demographics of TX have not swung that wildly in 2-4 years time. They just haven't.
So you have to come up with another explanation.
Either there is anger at/disaffection with the GOP. Or there was gargantuan urban fraud in TX.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 03, 2026 11:21 PM (HFrEr)
Posted by: ... at November 03, 2026 11:21 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg
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The Iranian military has probably more to do with tonight than anything. They built their entire military strategy around the midterms
Posted by: Cali at November 03, 2026 11:21 PM (CpW/a)
Don't laugh I did not donate the cycle as opposed to most because the one time I max donored Trump he lost the two times I have 200 bucks he won....
I understand your logic.
Posted by: sven at November 03, 2026 11:21 PM (Int1s)
Time for Trump to Decimate Iran because he has 2 months before the investigations and impeachment clown show starts again.
JUST F**KING LEVEL IRAN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Jackson K. at November 03, 2026 11:22 PM (jGtoG)
Posted by: Miklos is touched at November 03, 2026 11:22 PM (FUMQC)
California's voter ID initiative is only trailing by 0.8% with 4.7% in. Not sure what good it will do at this point.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal
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Why not?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 03, 2026 11:22 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Cali at November 03, 2026 11:21 PM (CpW/a)
It's a bold strategy Cotton
Posted by: ... at November 03, 2026 11:22 PM (vE0+H)
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I'll be honest, you're politically stupid.
Posted by: Crusader at November 03, 2026 11:22 PM (Cjcf6)
And it cost them the only thing they truly care about, their seat at the table of Power."
They still get to sit at the table...
Posted by: man at November 03, 2026 11:22 PM (pfXMo)
Posted by: Cali
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I agree. And beyond.
Posted by: scampydog at November 03, 2026 11:22 PM (41CYW)
Voters are angry and wanted to send a message.
Posted by: Cali at November 03, 2026 11:22 PM (CpW/a)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 03, 2026 11:19 PM (vOxCS)
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Hey back! Doing well. We finally hired another person and she started yesterday, so once she's trained up I'll hopefully have more time to hang out.
Posted by: Jordan61 at November 03, 2026 11:22 PM (W+RIb)
Posted by: JackStraw at November 03, 2026 11:23 PM (viF8m)
they will not be stopped by elections....and we are not ruthless enough to vote let alone do other things so they are going to curb stomp the right for 40-100 years.
Posted by: sven at November 03, 2026 11:18 PM (Int1s)
*********
That's true about the elections. What is likely is that they'll push idiotic energy policies that put the electrical grid at risk, and if (more likely, when) the grid fails, they'll be concentrated in urban areas, which will be a massive disadvantage for them.
I don't plan on being in those areas, being near retirement age and having the resources to locate to a remote area where the grid doesn't matter all that much. I've been in discussion with family and friends about this, and people like myself will simply relocate and watch the events unfold.
...
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at November 03, 2026 11:23 PM (QXsxd)
Correct Iran, Russia, the Ukraine, China, and India all engage in hybrid war as does the democrat party given it is defacto acting as a MIC color revolution piece....
they are engaged in political/economic warfare and influence ops.... Zelensky attacking the refineries was part of a plan.
Posted by: sven at November 03, 2026 11:23 PM (Int1s)
Greg Abbott just conceded."
Well, bye.
Next time run an actual campaign, y'hear?
Posted by: man
Thought he was on a roll.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
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So, it's baby killer Hinajosa. Mexicans
are going to love that when they see
what they've done.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 03, 2026 11:23 PM (vOxCS)
No. All she innocently did was vote D no matter who. If you were to ask her what was special about the D candidate, what they offered that the R didn't, she'd give you a blank stare.
My own personal experience is that if you point out whatever they are complaining about was a direct campaign promise of the candidate they boasted about voting for you get one of the following:
1) You are wrong, that isn't true, she never said or did that
2) No, its actually Trump's fault.
3) Its just bad luck no one could have seen it coming
Again for things the candidate they chose said she was going to do and then DID to fanfare in the local news.
Posted by: 18-1 at November 03, 2026 11:23 PM (sKqQm)
I hope I'm wrong and that we're able to vote our way out but like you've just said, this isn't likely and the ugly scenario that I've laid out is likely to occur.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at November 03, 2026 11:23 PM (QXsxd)
Embrace the "and"...
Posted by: man at November 03, 2026 11:23 PM (pfXMo)
Cali's billionaire tax is losing bigly. Could be a warning for taking it national, like Vermont's "free" healthcare attempt.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 03, 2026 11:24 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Jackson K. at November 03, 2026 11:24 PM (jGtoG)
Outstanding, we were just color revolutioned functionally....
fuck Obama.
Posted by: sven at November 03, 2026 11:24 PM (Int1s)
They get to sit at the kiddie table. No gavels for them.
Posted by: garrett at November 03, 2026 11:24 PM (/izzV)
Is that your explanation for how Biden won in 2020? Or do you admit that was fraud? They couldn't fraud in Kamala in 24 because it takes time to print up fake ballots for 50 states, and they didn't have enough time to pull that off.
They found 20,000 fraudulent ballots in Houston this election, do you think that is all the Dems printed?
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at November 03, 2026 11:24 PM (WDknQ)
And that message is: "Fuck me hard in the ass, forget the lube!"
Posted by: cheshirecat at November 03, 2026 11:24 PM (E4Afo)
My Sayed prediction isn't going to look like much now in the midst of a giant sweep but mark my words, the DNC-DSA op is *just* getting rolling.
Posted by: ... at November 03, 2026 11:24 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Crusader at November 03, 2026 11:22 PM (Cjcf6)
Confucius say, man who lose erection fail to penetrate wall
Posted by: 88C+u at November 03, 2026 11:24 PM (88C+u)
This was all about Trump and also...voters are stupid.
To throw the TX governorship to the Democrats over Iran is just so fucking stupid.
Posted by: Cali at November 03, 2026 11:24 PM (CpW/a)
I haven't been paying as much attention to election stuff. Deep blue WA will not change so there are no hopes to be gotten up I don't need to be depressed by this, my life has enough struggles already.
Posted by: Funsize at November 03, 2026 11:24 PM (3j87q)
Posted by: man at November 03, 2026 11:25 PM (pfXMo)
And America heard it loud and clear! Forward, proles!
Posted by: Zombie Chairman Mao at November 03, 2026 11:25 PM (ceJ0R)
Posted by: Jackson K. at November 03, 2026 11:24 PM (jGtoG)
I suppose. But look we all know Trump. Does that sound like something he would do?
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at November 03, 2026 11:25 PM (NlEaG)
Posted by: Jen the original at November 03, 2026 11:26 PM (EiUt/)
Posted by: Jordan61
Just looked up the results on Wa. ST. SOS web site.
The Millionaires tax is getting smoked 530K yes and 750K no. More importantly is is losing in King County (Seattle) with 66% no votes.
Trans ban bill is winning (no trans in girl's sports) with 801K yes and 601K no. King County is split evenly which is a huge boost for this bill.
Generally speaking how King County votes determines the outcome of a bill/race.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at November 03, 2026 11:26 PM (wcyKn)
Posted by: Jordan61 at November 03, 2026 11:26 PM (W+RIb)
Pretty much, yeah. Can't disagree...
Posted by: man at November 03, 2026 11:27 PM (pfXMo)
https://youtu.be/3fcaXmpZydI
Where's my earth shattering kaboom?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 03, 2026 11:27 PM (qx7Zg)
They worked hard to make sure to fuck Trump, and in fucking Trump they fucked the GOP....and in fucking the GOP they fucked America....and I am slowly past giving a fuck.
Posted by: sven at November 03, 2026 11:27 PM (Int1s)
Posted by: Robert at November 03, 2026 11:20 PM (NmZHO)
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Thank you for self-identifying that what you're looking for in the next election is a candidate who wants regulatory clarity on the legal definition of "organic" grass.
Posted by: Crusader at November 03, 2026 11:27 PM (Cjcf6)
Posted by: ... at November 03, 2026 11:27 PM (vE0+H)
Voters are angry and wanted to send a message.
Posted by: Cali at November 03, 2026 11:22 PM (CpW/a)
(shakes fists)
I'll cut my nose off, you stupid Rs!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 03, 2026 11:27 PM (1Ff7Z)
I know a bunch of top 10% income lefty LIV types that rant endlessly we need to tax the shit out of the rich because they personally can barely make ends meet.
By rich they mean Elon. Of course most Dem voters making middle class salaries also rant about taxing the rich and they mean...these same LIVs.
Posted by: 18-1 at November 03, 2026 11:27 PM (sKqQm)
>>They found 20,000 fraudulent ballots in Houston this election, do you think that is all the Dems printed?
Could be fraud, could also be angry voters, mixed in with apathetic voters mixed in with super angry retard communist out for blood.
Whatever it was, Trump and the GOP got smoked tonight and the next two years are going to suck donkey dick.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 03, 2026 11:27 PM (XV/Pl)
And it cost them the only thing they truly care about, their seat at the table of Power."
They still get to sit at the table...
Posted by: man
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I'm still having a problem with my sink drainage coming out under
the pantry tub. It's that 3/4" galvanized pipe just there leaking
and not doing its job. That's what it is.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 03, 2026 11:27 PM (vOxCS)
JUST F**KING LEVEL IRAN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Jackson K. at November 03, 2026 11:22 PM (jGtoG)
This dudes got a Hard On for War when it was the Milquetoast Bombing Campaign that just gave the Democrats the fuckin EZpass to levy all kinds of new taxes on us.
Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 03, 2026 11:27 PM (8Csz2)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 03, 2026 11:10 PM (ceJ0R)
I am not in OH, and can't stand that slick, incompetent mofo. So, indulge me.
Posted by: runner at November 03, 2026 11:28 PM (AKptf)
This is a 60/40 "pro-choice" country - yes, in Texas too. Even Nebraska was evenly split.
We're anti-Roe, sure (because that was a terrible decision); but grumbling "baby killer" at potential voters doesn't win elections.
Posted by: 88C+u at November 03, 2026 11:28 PM (88C+u)
My own personal experience is that if you point out whatever they are complaining about was a direct campaign promise of the candidate they boasted about voting for you get one of the following:
1) You are wrong, that isn't true, she never said or did that
2) No, its actually Trump's fault.
3) Its just bad luck no one could have seen it coming
Posted by: 18-1
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No, this is the Alison. She's a different doll. She never thought of these things. No one in her life ever asked her a followup question. She never wondered what the next step is, what the implication is, why a thing happened. She blinks a lot. If you disagree with her, she thinks you're mean. She goes to church and thinks it's important to be a good Christian.
She's a huge problem.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 03, 2026 11:28 PM (mmrXZ)
It wouldn’t be bad if Democrats were like Republicans and got absolutely nothing done when they control congress.
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at November 03, 2026 11:28 PM (NlEaG)
Posted by: Rep Waters at November 03, 2026 11:28 PM (Wt1Rs)
Posted by: man at November 03, 2026 11:28 PM (pfXMo)
All of these Red States that fell actually have pretty tight voting laws.
Posted by: Cali at November 03, 2026 11:28 PM (CpW/a)
There is something to say about a republican winning where it would make a difference. If Vivek in Ohio was going to flood the nation with foreigners the same way any Democrat would, there's not a lot of pluses to that. The Ohio legislature can remain Republican and stop the new governors worst impulses
Posted by: imp at November 03, 2026 11:28 PM (fNmNr)
Voters are angry and wanted to send a message.
Posted by: Cali at November 03, 2026 11:22 PM (CpW/a)
That's it exactly, voters are angry.
Posted by: Joemarine at November 03, 2026 11:29 PM (y171U)
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