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The Week In Woke

#Accurate:

Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei

@MKhamenei_ir
The process of the US's collapse has accelerated.

Feminists exult: "Abortion is so back, baby!"

That's a direct threat to the babies they intend to kill.

Speaking of mass abortions, hag-faced whore Jennifer Welch giggles over the murder of Charlie Kirk.

Democrats celebrate "the gayest Congress in American history."

"The American people have made their voices heard," the Equality Caucus said on social media, Thursday, with a photo of a rainbow behind the U.S. Capitol Dome.
"The 120th Congress will officially be the GAYEST Congress in history! (that we know of)," it announced.
"Let's get to work ️‍️‍⚧️," the leftists added, adding emojis of the American flag, LGBT flag, and transgender flag.
This coincides with excitement from Queer News Tonight, which predicted that the first act of a Democrat-controlled Congress would be changing the rules so a biological man who believes he is a woman -- Rep. Sarah McBride (D-DE), formerly known as Tim -- can use the women's restrooms in the halls of Congress.

This may shock you, but the thing they said would never happen is not only happening but it is happening with the encouragement of the Democrat political establishment.

Mark Hemingway
@Heminator
Every critic of gay marriage said this was the logical outcome; virtually every mainstream proponent of gay marriage assured us it would never happen.
And here we are.

California city allows throuples and polyamorous gangbang cells to register as domestic partners.

Throuples, foursomes and other multi-partner relationships can now register as domestic partners in a Los Angeles County city after its city council unanimously approved new legal protections for polyamorous couples.
West Hollywood passed the ordinance Tuesday after it was introduced by Mayor John Heilman.
The measure allows people in relationships involving multiple partners to officially register with the city, granting them certain rights, including hospital visitation and additional tenant protections.
...
These barriers, they say, often arise in housing, healthcare, education and other services, where existing policies largely cater to two-person partnerships or traditional family households.
Christina Fialho, an attorney and founder of the bisexual media representation advocacy group Rewrite the BiLine, first proposed the idea of polyamory protections to West Hollywood Councilmember Chelsea Lee Byers in early 2025.
Fialho told the Los Angeles Times that "this law is just the beginning."
"I think it makes it possible for people to dream about a future they once thought was out of reach," she said.

They're totally focused on affordability.

Well, I guess they're all done lying about this never happening now.

At Reduxx:

A teenage girl who was raped by a trans-identified male former police officer in Germany faced questioning from his lawyer after "accidentally misgendering" him in court. The disturbing new detail emerges just weeks after Maja Schmid, a 55-year-old former federal officer from Rosenheim, was sentenced for the heinous crime.
As previously reported by Reduxx, Schmid was sentenced to three years and three months at the Traunstein Regional Court earlier in October after a three day trial. Schmid was found guilty of raping the girl when she was just 15 years old. He was also found guilty of possessing child sexual abuse materials.
During the trial, it was learned that the crime occurred in August of 2025 during a roadtrip between Schmid and the young girl, who was the daughter of one of Schmid's friends. After stopping at a roadside restaurant, Schmid approached the girl in the women's toilets, pushed her against a wall, and raped her. According to reports, the teenage victim was in shock after the assault, unable to respond until Schmid left the area, at which point the girl had a "serious anxiety attack" in the bathroom.
It was also learned that at the time of the assault, Schmid was already under investigation by cybercrime specialists for possessing extreme pornography on his phone. After seizing his devices during the course of the investigation, police found thousands of child sex abuse images, some of which depicting toddlers, along with a video of Schmid sexually abusing a dog. The bestiality media was not taken into consideration in the verdict. According to the presiding judge, bestiality pornography is punishable in Germany only if it is intended for distribution.

Earlier this month, Schmid was sentenced to 3 years and 3 months in prison for his crimes. In explaining the verdict, the presiding judge took into account a letter of apology Schmid had written and his commitment to pay the victim 11,000 [euros] in compensation.

Rape a teenage girl, pay a little fine.

I wonder if Russell Brand will just pay a little fine...?

In his sentencing remarks, Judge Andreas Bartschmid oddly declared that despite his rape of a child and extremely large collection of child pornography, Schmid was "not a pedophile."

He has "thousands" of child porn photos on his computer, including with toddlers, and raped a child.

But the judge wants you to know he's definitely NOT a pedophile. That could be used as an accurate statement in political writings made by Racists.

His gender transition was "not a fetish," Bartschmid added, but simply "rotted in an inner inclination within the defendant." He also said that his teenage victim had suffered "no long lasting effects" from the attack at the motorway service station, only physical pain during it.

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This is not the first child he has sexually assaulted, either.

...
In 2024, Schmid had invited the teenage victim to his home to use his installed whirlpool system. According to the girl, Schmid gave her alcohol, but after five minutes felt dizzy and then immediately lost consciousness. She then awoke hours later when it was dark on Schmid's sofa, wearing a t-shirt without her bathing suit on. Schmid claimed she was at risk of drowning and changed her out of her bathing suit to ensure his couch stayed dry. The prosecution determined there was not enough evidence to charge Schmid for this incident, and most concerningly, Judge Bartschmid in the sentencing remarks further claimed that the minor "shared responsibility" for what happened because she had consumed alcohol.
However, even more disturbing new details from the case emerged this week and sent a furor through German social media.
According to Die Welt, before the trial finished, Schmid's lawyer, Peter Durr, sent an official letter from his office questioning the teenage rape victim over her usage of male pronouns for her rapist during her testimony. Durr said he was looking to "politely inquire whether it is correct that you referred to Ms. Schmid as 'he' on the last day of proceedings."

Germany has a law that imposes a fine of up to 10,000 Euros for misgendering a tranny. Which is, you will note, a mere 10% less than the fine the tranny rapist has to pay his victim for raping her.

For some reason, Racists in Germany took this as an attempt to intimidate the 15-year-old rape victim.

...
Outraged at the new revelation, a number of German women's rights campaigners began a digital chain with the message: "We live in a country where a raped girl is issued a cease-and-desist order if she refers to her rapist as a man. I despise everyone who enacted this humiliating, misogynistic law."
German media reports throughout the trial had often described Schmid as a "police woman," or "female police officer," with Suddeutsche Zeitung even giving the case as an example of "female" sex crimes.

NY Post: Ilhan Nur Said Elmi has two "secret siblings" in London, who I imagine she's keeping secret so that her very sketchy family background can be concealed.

Ilhan Omar has been hiding links to two of her siblings in London in an alleged bid to create further distance between her and rumored brother Ahmed Nur Said Elmi -- whom she married in 2009.
Multiple sources told The Post that Mohamed Nur Said Elmi, a political activist for the Puntland cause in Somalia, and Leila Nur Said Elmi, 53, are Omar's siblings who live in London.
Ahmed Elmi, 41 -- to whom Omar was married for eight years, and who described himself as "a gay man" in a recent academic paper -- is also believed to have lived with Leila while growing up.
The congresswoman, 44, arrived in the US as a refugee from Somalia in 1995, while the other branch of her family made their way to London via Ukraine.
"They are all one family," a friend of the Omar family claimed in an interview with The Post. "The siblings have the same mum and the same dad and within the Somali community acknowledge each other as brothers and sisters.
"But they keep it quiet to the rest of the world because Ilhan is now in politics. They do not want people to find the link between her and Ahmed [Elmi]."
The family spent four years in a Kenyan refugee camp after fleeing Somalia when war broke out.
But the family, which originally had the surname Elmi, made the decision to seek safety abroad as soon as they could, according to a family friend in Minnesota.
"It's what people in the community did when they were desperate," the source told The Post. "There was obviously a lot of danger and once people knew they could get into another country, they'd help take on as many others as possible to keep them safe."
Omar, her sister Sahra and late father Nur Omar Mohamed first settled in Arlington, Virginia, before making their way to Minnesota.
Her alleged brother, Mohamed, now appears to be heavily involved in Puntland politics, regularly traveling to the region from London, according to his posts on social media.
He and his sister Leila have ties with war criminal Mohamed Said Hersi "Morgan" who led a brutal state-sponsored massacre against the Isaaq clan in 1988 under dictator Siad Barre.
As a picture obtained by The Post shows, the pair proudly smiled alongside the warlord for a picture in January 2024. Mohamed also paid tribute to him on social media after he died a year later, noting that their families shared a bond of friendship and that Gen. Morgan was close with their father.
Gen. Morgan, known as the "butcher of Hargeisa," orchestrated a campaign that saw cities flattened due to aerial bombardment, wells poisoned and up to 200,000 civilians killed in what many scholars refer to as a genocide.
Omar's late father also went by the name Nur Said Elmi and was also a prominent military commander in the Somali dictatorship, which millions fled from.
Leila, Mohamed and Sahra are all linked on Facebook, proudly leaving "hearts" on each other's photos and all are friends with alleged father Nur, who went by Nur Said, which means "light of happiness" in Arabic, which Omar has previously claimed is just a nickname for her father, although Somali sources dispute this.
Omar, Sahra, Leila, Mohamed and Elmi did not respond to The Post's requests for comment.
Omar's alleged sister Leila married a Somali man 11 years her senior in 1997 in Camden, London. The British marriage certificate, obtained by the Post, lists her father as Nur Said Elmi, a military officer from Somalia.
Multiple sources have claimed the person listed on the British legal document is Nur, Omar's father, and that all of the siblings in the US and UK also share the same mother -- Fadhuma Abukar Haji Hussein, who the Congresswoman says died when she was around two years old.
"We are a small community, and everybody talks, nothing is hidden," a friend of the Omar family told The Post.

BREAKING: Judge Molina-Gonzalez (D) wins 71% of the vote in Cook County
She's the one who freed Lawrence Reed in Chicago after 72 prior arrests before he lit Bethany McGee on fire https://t.co/6InHtoHMa8
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) November 5, 2026

Black women will be 87.5% of Georgia's top executive officers in 2027
"Diversity" just means no white men https://t.co/WkNgFQ29Sm
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) November 5, 2026

They vote. https://t.co/9EhVGDnDCC
— Rita Panahi (@RitaPanahi) November 5, 2026

Overton
@overton_news
Well, that was unexpected.
Kid Rock won over Bill Maher's audience with an epic monologue about the degradation of the modern-day Democrat Party and how progressive politics are teaching kids to hate America.
The moment the audience heard his final line, they erupted into applause.
ROCK: "A Democrat's never scared me being in office until just recently when all this crazy stuff has popped up."
"I think Bill Clinton loves the country. I believed Obama loved our country."
"Now these whack jobs are coming in here and I'm like, wait a minute... even if they don't hate the country as a whole they hate a big portion of it, and they're spewing this."
"And I believe our teachers have been a big problem, you know indoctrinating these kids for a long time now."
"We're starting to see the fruition, they're starting to raise up, I'm a victim and everything's bad and America is just a big racist piece of sh*t country."
"Bad, bad America and we're not celebrating what makes us great, which all of us being different and being together."
"Being the greatest country in the world!"
It's pretty seldom that a Republican gets cheers and applause from a liberal crowd with such an unapologetically patriotic message.
This was a great moment.

Well, that was unexpected.
Kid Rock won over Bill Maher�s audience with an epic monologue about the degradation of the modern-day Democrat Party and how progressive politics are teaching kids to hate America.
The moment the audience heard his final line, they erupted into applause.
ROCK: �A Democrat�s never scared me being in office until just recently when all this crazy stuff has popped up.�
�I think Bill Clinton loves the country. I believed Obama loved our country.�
�Now these whack jobs are coming in here and I�m like, wait a minute� even if they don�t hate the country as a whole they hate a big portion of it, and they�re spewing this.�
�And I believe our teachers have been a big problem, you know indoctrinating these kids for a long time now.�
�We�re starting to see the fruition, they�re starting to raise up, I�m a victim and everything�s bad and America is just a big racist piece of sh*t country.�
�Bad, bad America and we�re not celebrating what makes us great, which all of us being different and being together.�
�Being the greatest country in the world!�
It�s pretty seldom that a Republican gets cheers and applause from a liberal crowd with such an unapologetically patriotic message.
This was a great moment.
— Overton (@overton_news) October 31, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:30 PM

Comments

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1 SUCKERS !!!!!!!!!!!!!

$300K in College Debt for a Degree in Hamster Reproduction Habits from Haaaaaaaarvard and all you can get is a minimum wage job at Micky Dee's.....

But..... But ...... But .... The Comiecrat Blue Tsunami was going to solve this....

A Shitbag in the Government is still a Shitbag in the Real world....

Learn to CODE .................. I want my MOMMY !!!!!!

Posted by: Mike Hunt at November 06, 2026 04:31 PM (WpgHK)

2 for my friends everything, for my enemies the law....

//the left

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 04:34 PM (Int1s)

3 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at November 06, 2026 04:34 PM (NcvvS)

4 I do not care, the chick who released Mister Funny face to light the Ginger on Fire is doing what she was put there to do....and women keep voting for her.

Have fun ladies.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 04:35 PM (Int1s)

5 Throuples, foursomes and other multi-partner relationships can now register as domestic partners in a Los Angeles County city after its city council unanimously approved new legal protections for polyamorous couples.

Praise be to Allah!

Guess who is going to use this?

Posted by: You-Know-Who! at November 06, 2026 04:36 PM (aD4fx)

6 I can't think of anything Kid Rock ever did in music. Why is this guy famous?

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 04:37 PM (Riz8t)

7 The Catch and Release All-Stars if the election was legit people would rather be dead than vote red.....

You have Larry the Lighter Reed....Decarlos Man Made Materials Brown and and Darrell the Driver Brooks.....Robyn to the Virtue Signal!

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 04:37 PM (Int1s)

8 His gender transition was "not a fetish," Bartschmid added, but simply "rotted in an inner inclination within the defendant."

An inadvertent yet appropriate typo, ja?

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 04:37 PM (4NO2D)

9 From WaPo Sob Story:

68 "In fact , if what I think happens in the next 60 days will happen, Ds will collapse in a pile of sad, stinky goo."

I'll go a little further, just so they can be seated and go full Crazy Town for a bit.
Posted by: 6-bird at November 06, 2026 04:06 PM (73EQ0)

I'll go even further. The number I already had in my head was that the public will have lost patience with their antics by the middle of next year. That's taking into account the Activist Media running cover as much as possible. Their pre-frontal cortices are completely fried after a decade of TDS and they just. Won't. Stop.

Posted by: SciVo at November 06, 2026 04:38 PM (ke3zm)

10 What should be done to that German Troon pales in comparison to what should be done to that German Judge.

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 04:39 PM (/izzV)

11 Throuples, foursomes and other multi-partner relationships can now register as domestic partners in a Los Angeles County city after its city council unanimously approved new legal protections for polyamorous couples

And then there will be gnashing of teeth when more jobs leave because this wrecks havoc with benefits. Or, companies will continue the trend of providing benefits to the employee only, not family. Cheese and crackers these people are disgusting and dumb.

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 04:39 PM (ZdaMQ)

12 And, I'm not sparing the Glowing Red Rod when it comes to solving the problem of that German Troon Rapist.

But, the Judge deserves all that and more.

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 04:40 PM (/izzV)

13 In his sentencing remarks, Judge Andreas Bartschmid oddly declared that despite his rape of a child and extremely large collection of child pornography, Schmid was "not a pedophile."

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That is pretty much my definition of a pedophile

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at November 06, 2026 04:40 PM (tB7nu)

14 Praise be to Allah!

A friend of mine was living in Mali doing some sort of foreign aid gig, and married another American there.

Their Malian marriage certificate had two blank lines, so the additional wives could be included on the certificate.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 06, 2026 04:40 PM (aD4fx)

15 Earlier post-what would my confusing "fighter pilot" with a "bomber" pilot have to do with my smoking pot? I did smoke a very little pot when I was a teen- a very long time ago.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 04:41 PM (JrHfD)

16 His gender transition was "not a fetish," Bartschmid added, but simply "rotted in an inner inclination within the defendant." He also said that his teenage victim had suffered "no long lasting effects" from the attack at the motorway service station, only physical pain during it.

Judges are out of control.
The judge is as sick as the rapist.

At least we aren’t Germany, yet.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 04:41 PM (6ydKt)

17
Feminists exult: "Abortion is so back, baby!"

Did it ever really go away?

Posted by: Big Boy at November 06, 2026 04:41 PM (Cqx++)

18
Mark Hemingway @Heminator
Every critic of gay marriage said this was the logical outcome; virtually every mainstream proponent of gay marriage assured us it would never happen.

And here we are.

koff koff *Gabe* koff koff

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 06, 2026 04:41 PM (y9nCu)

19 Speaking of which how is Mabriel Galor these days?

Mabriel we were correct you fop.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 04:41 PM (Int1s)

20 T.S. Elliot said: "This is the way the world ends / Not with a bang but a whimper."

I now think it will end with a "Duh!!!"

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 04:41 PM (Riz8t)

21 The funniest part of the Kid Rock/Maher appearance was Kid Rock telling the story of him playing golf with Trump. Emmanuel Macron calls Trump's cell and Donald just hands the phone off to Kid Rock and goes to hit his next couple of golf shots. Fucking hilarious.

Posted by: ballistic at November 06, 2026 04:41 PM (oqH4h)

22 6 I can't think of anything Kid Rock ever did in music. Why is this guy famous?
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 04:37

Been living my life in a slow hell
Different girl every night at the hotel…

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 04:42 PM (ZdaMQ)

23 "California city allows throuples and polyamorous gangbang cells to register as domestic partners."

Database managers hardest hit. Try to find the third normal form way to represent daily changing gender definitions. Ugh. It was so much easier when the gender field was just a binary.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 04:42 PM (Jr5Lq)

24 This bitch, Ilhan, gets her butt saved by making it on to our shores and what does she do? Goes on a jihad against it. F her.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 04:42 PM (n5tGW)

25 Their pre-frontal cortices are completely fried after a decade of TDS and they just. Won't. Stop.

That is what gives me hope for 2028 - the D's will be revealed to be a screaming pack of infighting loons.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 06, 2026 04:42 PM (aD4fx)

26 15 Earlier post-what would my confusing "fighter pilot" with a "bomber" pilot have to do with my smoking pot? I did smoke a very little pot when I was a teen- a very long time ago.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 04:41 PM (JrHfD)
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On a scale of 1-Cheech and Chong how high would you say you are right now?

Posted by: ballistic at November 06, 2026 04:42 PM (oqH4h)

27 This explains why I get all these Emails wanting me to apply for jobs.

I have been retired for 10 years and have no Resumes posted on the internet, but I continuously receive emails asking to apply for jobs???

I am heavy STEM with BS Electrical Engineering, MS Program Management, Associates in Satellite Ops and Associates in Orbital Mechanics.

I keep telling them I am not interested....

I guess the quality of College Grads today must really suck !!!!!!

Posted by: Jackson K. at November 06, 2026 04:43 PM (/uEuX)

28
Speaking of which how is Mabriel Galor these days?

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 04:41 PM (Int1s)

Who cares?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 06, 2026 04:44 PM (y9nCu)

29 I had to stop reading. Unbelievable nightmare. I mean I always said "evil is real" mostly because it sounded cool, but now here is proof that it's true.

Posted by: Max Power at November 06, 2026 04:44 PM (SwyyQ)

30 Saw this posted elsewhere and has probably been noted here as well. How come when the D's are winning they announce the winner immediately, but when a R is leading, it talks days, weeks, or months most of the time?

Posted by: Mick at November 06, 2026 04:44 PM (HFx9z)

31 Who exactly is saying 3 unrelated people can't live together anyway? We used to call these... roommates.

Sounds like more made up victimology.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 04:44 PM (n5tGW)

32 6 I can't think of anything Kid Rock ever did in music. Why is this guy famous?
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 04:37 PM (Riz8t)
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I'm not trying to be a jerkoff but were you in a coma during the late 90's and early 00's? He was kind of a thing.

Posted by: ballistic at November 06, 2026 04:44 PM (oqH4h)

33 27 Posted by: Jackson K. at November 06, 2026 04:43 PM (/uEuX)

they have been indoctrinated in negative reason, when gen X leaves the whole thing will collapse....

funny really.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 04:45 PM (Int1s)

34 jeez. *takes

Posted by: Mick at November 06, 2026 04:45 PM (HFx9z)

35 Saw this posted elsewhere and has probably been noted here as well. How come when the D's are winning they announce the winner immediately, but when a R is leading, it talks days, weeks, or months most of the time?

I asked that question on Wednesday morning. I have yet to see an answer.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 04:45 PM (Riz8t)

36 30 Posted by: Mick at November 06, 2026 04:44 PM (HFx9z)

ask CAC he is read in on it....I suppose so we don't riot you know totally not because of trunk votes.....

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 04:46 PM (Int1s)

37 End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
Black women will be 87.5% of Georgia's top executive officers in 2027
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A "fundamentally non-serious" series of selections.

Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 04:46 PM (TN0g+)

38 This throuple BS is all about insurance and benefits; now they can extend their benefits to their fake "partners". Medical insurance that sort of thing.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 04:46 PM (AKptf)

39 My answer to this is violence. But that is not who we are.

Posted by: Darth Randall at November 06, 2026 04:47 PM (mseD3)

40 31 Who exactly is saying 3 unrelated people can't live together anyway? We used to call these... roommates.

Sounds like more made up victimology.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 04

This is recognizing the relationship as if it were a marriage. Not roommates. They are all together and now legally recognized as such, which has pretty big implications.

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 04:47 PM (ZdaMQ)

41 I can't think of anything Kid Rock ever did in music. Why is this guy famous?
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 04:37 PM (Riz8t)
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I'm not trying to be a jerkoff but were you in a coma during the late 90's and early 00's? He was kind of a thing.

I wasn't in a coma, but admittedly I stopped listening to pop music long before then. That doesn't mean you aren't a jerkoff, though.
*just kidding*

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 04:48 PM (Riz8t)

42 Posted by: ballistic at November 06, 2026 04:42 PM (oqH4h)

Not at all, unless you count as "high" having a Diet Pepsi . Paul the troll may be on something though.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 04:48 PM (JrHfD)

43 Feminists exult: "Abortion is so back, baby!"

Not in Idaho, you cannibalistic ghouls.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 06, 2026 04:48 PM (vJrRc)

44 "Charlie has effectively cut the country in two. It's a big shit sandwich, and we're all gonna have to take a bite."

Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 04:48 PM (ZxPkt)

45 Kid Rock was wrong about Obama loving this country... just say'in

Posted by: Inogame at November 06, 2026 04:48 PM (53oGX)

46 37 Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 04:46 PM (TN0g+)

Eh I do not think so actually, but I also hate Georgia and no longer care. I suspect strongly the mail in ballot harvesting was 2020 level and that a lot of democrat voters never touched their ballot. I also think we are past elections mattering.

13% of the nation will be the face of the pilots grinning ramming the learing center jet into WTC 1 as it were.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 04:48 PM (Int1s)

47 Earlier post-what would my confusing "fighter pilot" with a "bomber" pilot have to do with my smoking pot? I did smoke a very little pot when I was a teen- a very long time ago.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Did you come here for logic and rational argument? Huh.

Posted by: Kratwurst at November 06, 2026 04:49 PM (36bTp)

48 He also said that his teenage victim had suffered "no long lasting effects" from the attack at the motorway service station, only physical pain during it.

types deletes

>>> Right there with you, Ace.

Posted by: pookysgirl, typing and deleting whole paragraphs at November 06, 2026 04:49 PM (Wt5PA)

49 Kid Rock was wrong about Obama loving this country... just say'in

Agree. He couldn't have been more wrong.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 04:49 PM (Riz8t)

50 They are all together and now legally recognized as such, which has pretty big implications.
Posted by: Piper

I hope against hope that it means the anyone involved in such a relationship is now ineligible for single-parent welfare.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 06, 2026 04:49 PM (vJrRc)

51 > "We live in a country where a raped girl is issued a cease-and-desist order if she refers to her rapist as a man. I despise everyone who enacted this humiliating, misogynistic law."

I can't even imagine how awful that must be. The rape itself is monstrous. Then the entire weight of the state is imposed against you to force you to say you were raped by a woman.

Can you imagine being placed under oath to tell the truth with the possibility of penalties or even the exoneration of your rapist, and you have to describe such a horrific violation and FORCED to LIE in front of everyone and say it was done to you by a woman? Possibly even to be forced to describe the "woman's" penis?

It's evil.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 06, 2026 04:49 PM (mkw2N)

52 End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
Black women will be 87.5% of Georgia's top executive officers in 2027
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Going by the leftist logic of "Only those in power can be racist" it is clear that only black people in Georgia are racist.

Posted by: Darth Randall at November 06, 2026 04:50 PM (mseD3)

53 >>>I can't think of anything Kid Rock ever did in music. Why is this guy famous?
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 04:37 PM (Riz8t)
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He's no musical genius but he has like two or three serious bangers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OrNS2zbTZg

Posted by: Max Power at November 06, 2026 04:50 PM (SwyyQ)

54 45 Kid Rock was wrong about Obama loving this country... just say'in
Posted by: Inogame at November 06, 2026 04:48 PM (53oGX)
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Kid Rock is coopting Michael Jordan's sage advice: Republicans buy sneakers too.

He's in a hostile environment and threw out a sop to the audience. I don't blame him.

Posted by: ballistic at November 06, 2026 04:50 PM (oqH4h)

55 40 Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 04:47 PM (ZdaMQ)

Just Mexifornia trying to tail that wags the dog the rest of the nation to Sharia again....which "okay"....

the winning play may be to embrace it....if the future is red green and your are a SoCon go green and practice your true faith in private the green tends to end the red on a timeline.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 04:50 PM (Int1s)

56 I can't think of anything Kid Rock ever did in music. Why is this guy famous?
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If you're not into his harder-edge material, check out the more musical duet he did with Sheryl Crow:

https://tinyurl.com/Kid-Rock-Sheryl-Crow

Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 04:50 PM (TN0g+)

57 Well yeah, but for now it's only one city, so it doesn't really extend. It will eventually of course, because we are on the fast part of slippery slope degeneracy.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 04:51 PM (n5tGW)

58 He also said that his teenage victim had suffered "no long lasting effects" from the attack at the motorway service station, only physical pain during it.Cantonese?

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Thank God it wasn't serious.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 04:51 PM (ndZc7)

59 Damn, "Bawitdaba" still hits hard!!!

Listening as I type...

Posted by: Max Power at November 06, 2026 04:52 PM (SwyyQ)

60 From the Spectator. Written by another AsAJew.

Stephen Miller as chief of staff reveals Trump’s bunker mentality
Jacob Heilbrunn

If further testimony was required that Donald Trump doesn’t back down from a fight, then his ouster on Friday of Susie Wiles and appointment of Stephen Miller as his White House chief of staff is it. Wiles is a savvy pol who helped steer Trump to victory in 2024 but hardly an ideological MAGA bedmate. By contrast, Miller is an alter Kämpfer, or old fighter, in the movement. His motto isn’t America but Trump First.

Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 04:52 PM (kX27y)

61 Kid Rock is coopting Michael Jordan's sage advice: Republicans buy sneakers too.

He's in a hostile environment and threw out a sop to the audience. I don't blame him.

He's 55 and his last hit was in 2008. Will it really matter?

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 04:52 PM (Riz8t)

62 Kid Rock did a great song of "Let's Go Brandon". Still cracks me up even to this day.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 04:52 PM (n5tGW)

63 51 Posted by: bonhomme at November 06, 2026 04:49 PM (mkw2N)

I personally agree it is evil.

Convince white women who have been to college it is.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 04:52 PM (Int1s)

64 Not at all, unless you count as "high" having a Diet Pepsi . Paul the troll may be on something though.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 04:48 PM (JrHfD)
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Juuuust bustin' chops here, Fen. It's Friday and it's been a long week.

Cheers.

Posted by: ballistic at November 06, 2026 04:52 PM (oqH4h)

65 > Not in Idaho, you cannibalistic ghouls.

The LDS Church has a lot to do with that win. The polling showed significant support. The LDS Church spend a lot of money and even directed a letter be read over the pulpit to inform members about the bill and to be sure to vote. The LDS members appear to have turned the tide against the bill.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 06, 2026 04:52 PM (mkw2N)

66 50 They are all together and now legally recognized as such, which has pretty big implications.
Posted by: Piper

I hope against hope that it means the anyone involved in such a relationship is now ineligible for single-parent welfare.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 06, 2026 04:49 PM (vJrRc)

I have bad news for you- it means they can now claim a bigger family number for more money.

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 04:52 PM (ZdaMQ)

67 Why did John Thune and the GOP refuse to support Voter ID laws?

Because accommodating fraud and throwing the election to the Democrats was the fastest, surest way of stopping Donald Trump.

Posted by: Sam Adams at November 06, 2026 04:52 PM (X+xvk)

68 The reason LA and others will pass that polygamy law is a-ok is not for swingers and gheys at all...it's for pisslam. Bank on it.

I saw the dum-dum video of the two college girls above earlier but couldn't post it, Ace.

The white girl maybe has an IQ of 70 and is majoring in a worthless degree like studying women's douche products: worse or bad in summer months is the thesis. She's a melon head thudder if I ever saw one in the way she talks and looks. Then her hand heart sealed it for wanting to mate (I guess) with convicts. Yehaw!

Harlequin Romance: Britney Spears with Kong on cover.
"How My Convict Won My Heart" and caused major surgery in the process to my nethers.

The second chicka who favors gangs story: "I Rode the Train on Fentanyl and Ketamine." A dead starlet on the cover next to the entire CECOT prisoners. A romance novel written by a girl from a tent on a LA sidewalk.

This is possibly the only way they can get a date? It's the only rational thing I can figure out.

"How you say cucumber in English?" Hilarious Baldwin.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 04:52 PM (hzuYO)

69 How voters shifted from 2024 to 2026

Top 3 right wing shifts:
🔴 Jewish
🔴 Age 65+
🔴 White evangelical

Top 3 left wing shifts:
🔵 Ages 18-29
🔵 Asian
🔵 Latino
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It's going to be hilarious watching it dawn on those last 3 groups about June of next year that they ain't in the club, never were, just a "used condom" as some old crank once said.

Just as pure speculation, which will the Democrats shut the government down over:
- Restoring DEI and re-hiring all those fired
- "affordability" (whatever the F that bill will look like)(which was the top issue of 57% of Latinos)

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 04:53 PM (Aug7T)

70 60 Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 04:52 PM (kX27y)

How is the storm comrade?

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 04:53 PM (Int1s)

71 41 I can't think of anything Kid Rock ever did in music. Why is this guy famous?
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 04:37 PM (Riz8t)
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I don't know his accomplishments either. And, it somewhat annoys me that he inserts himself into the "speaking voice" of conservatives. I'm not annoyed at him, personally. I'm annoyed that it implies that his persona is the best that we can do in that regard. Just looking at the image he projects, I wouldn't buy a used car off of him.

Posted by: Orson at November 06, 2026 04:53 PM (dIske)

72 This is recognizing the relationship as if it were a marriage. Not roommates. They are all together and now legally recognized as such, which has pretty big implications.
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 04:47 PM (ZdaMQ)

It will be especially useful for say, Muhammed bin Muhammed to be able to have rights with his harem of three wives who he won’t marry because they all get separate welfare benefits for their ten kids.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 04:53 PM (6ydKt)

73 He's 55 and his last hit was in 2008. Will it really matter?
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 04:52 PM (Riz8t)
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Who cares. I don't need my rock stars to be brutal truth-tellers on the fucking Bill Maher show. He placated everyone by doing the both-sides thing. Oh well.

Posted by: ballistic at November 06, 2026 04:53 PM (oqH4h)

74 >I can't think of anything Kid Rock ever did in music. Why is this guy famous?
Posted by: Archimedes

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well, he's friends with that Jesse James biker guy who was married briefly to Sandra Bullock who was in Miss Congeniality and that was a feel-good romp if ever there was one.

Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 04:54 PM (ZxPkt)

75 Kid Rock's statement was great, but he was incorrect that Obama loved America. Barky is the most malignant creature in the history of the country

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 06, 2026 04:54 PM (7XuqV)

76 They are all together and now legally recognized as such, which has pretty big implications.

So four people get together, only one works, the others are sponges. They stay together for 10 years then split up which means that they each qualify to enjoy full life time social security benefits of the sole partner who worked.

Posted by: Community Notes at November 06, 2026 04:55 PM (U4c/V)

77 He's 55 and his last hit was in 2008. Will it really matter?
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 04:52 PM (Riz8t)
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Who cares. I don't need my rock stars to be brutal truth-tellers on the fucking Bill Maher show. He placated everyone by doing the both-sides thing. Oh well.

Okay, I'm done having fun at his expense. It's clear some of you yoots like the guy, so I'll just head out now to the early bird special.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 04:55 PM (Riz8t)

78 T.S. Elliot said: "This is the way the world ends / Not with a bang but a ~~whimper~~ fraud."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 04:55 PM (ndZc7)

79 >>Black women will be 87.5% of Georgia's top executive officers in 2027

That might be blacker than the NBA

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 04:55 PM (/izzV)

80 Throuples, foursomes and other multi-partner relationships can now register as domestic partners in a Los Angeles County city after its city council unanimously approved new legal protections for polyamorous couples.

Praise be to Allah!

Guess who is going to use this?
Posted by: You-Know-Who! at November 06, 2026 04:36 PM (aD4fx)
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The next battlefield will be in our churches.

The Catholic response is a discussion of the Three Non-Negotiables.

Nicely summed up in this post-election homily:

LINK (YT): https://tinyurl.com/36x6ftam

Posted by: mrp at November 06, 2026 04:55 PM (rj6Yv)

81 > He's 55 and his last hit was in 2008. Will it really matter?

He's had two songs on the Billboard top 100 since then.

2015 First Kiss reached #66.
2026 Til You Can't reached #69.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 06, 2026 04:56 PM (mkw2N)

82 Black women will be 87.5% of Georgia's top executive officers in 2027

That might be blacker than the NBA

IIRC, Spanberger's cabinet is 7 out of 8 black as well.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 04:56 PM (Riz8t)

83 Yeah Kid Rock, that's embarrassing. Obama? LOL.

Besides which I don't care about the "love the country" part.

Clinton was uniformly a disastrous president who did great damage. Totally unfit.

But I know this "love the country" thing is big with the huge majority who will revert to any imaginable angle or topic to avoid engaging the only relevant ones, which are policies and results.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 04:56 PM (U/Byj)

84 72 Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 04:53 PM (6ydKt)

Muhammed Muhammed Muhammed controls his house with a sawed off broom handle and is happy to bend the law of infidels to maximize the bennies...when empowered if there is a civil issue they go to a Sharia judge in house....

wife's last gig dealt with o-9L types who had kin in Houston who played the game....

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 04:57 PM (Int1s)

85 polygamy crap is for the Muslims. yeah it's for the trooned out sodomites too, but mostly for the Muslims

Posted by: brak at November 06, 2026 04:57 PM (gw3RI)

86 Isn't the rightward shift of 65+ just the younger of us boomers continuing to get older and the oldest dying off?

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 04:57 PM (4NO2D)

87 I don't know his accomplishments either. And, it somewhat annoys me that he inserts himself into the "speaking voice" of conservatives. I'm not annoyed at him, personally. I'm annoyed that it implies that his persona is the best that we can do in that regard. Just looking at the image he projects, I wouldn't buy a used car off of him.
Posted by: Orson at November 06, 2026 04:53 PM (dIske)
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He's a redneck from Detroit that has never been shy about flying the flag and loving the USA. He's a rock n roll artist. I haven't ever seen him assuming to speak for conservatives. He's a musician who actually likes this country, so I'll take it as a win and nothing more.

Posted by: ballistic at November 06, 2026 04:57 PM (oqH4h)

88 Honestly, Germany needs a new Hitler. These girl bosses suck.

Posted by: Pudinhead at November 06, 2026 04:58 PM (Wp1X1)

89
19 Speaking of which how is Mabriel Galor these days?

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 04:41 PM

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He's a bitchy petty dishonest homosexual.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 06, 2026 04:58 PM (HLgI3)

90 @EndWokeness
Black women will be 87.5% of Georgia's top executive officers in 2027
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Indians are oft accused of only hiring Indians when they take control of a department.

However, black women perfected that practice a long time before.

But we're not supposed to talk about that.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 04:58 PM (Aug7T)

91 For those interested in the Brandon song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyFnLqJx-uU

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 04:58 PM (n5tGW)

92
LINK (YT): https://tinyurl.com/36x6ftam
Posted by: mrp at November 06, 2026 04:55 PM (rj6Yv)

*******
Thank you. I was putting on my hockey goalie uniform to go to war til I started watching and saw the comments. Lol.

I appear to be ready to rumble! Need wine from basement stat!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 04:58 PM (hzuYO)

93 88 Honestly, Germany needs a new Hitler. These girl bosses suck.

Tanned, rested, and ready!

Posted by: Elsa, She-Wolf of the SS at November 06, 2026 04:58 PM (Riz8t)

94
This throuple BS is all about insurance and benefits; now they can extend their benefits to their fake "partners". Medical insurance that sort of thing.
Posted by: runner

Medicare for all will fix that problem.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 06, 2026 04:59 PM (Cqx++)

95 80 Posted by: mrp at November 06, 2026 04:55 PM (rj6Yv)

Preserving the dignity of human life: Specifically opposing abortion.
Upholding the sanctity of marriage: Maintaining the definition of marriage as being between one man and one woman.
Preserving religious liberty: Ensuring the freedom to worship God always and everywhere.

Not a flame levied at you, sincerely...

BWAHAHAHAHAHA

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 04:59 PM (Int1s)

96 >>>6 I can't think of anything Kid Rock ever did in music. Why is this guy famous?

yeah I don't get it either. I think (?) he did some kind of Michigan country/hard rock/rap fusion. I've heard a couple of his songs, never liked them. Always wondered "why is this guy even a thing?"

I thought that about Limp Bizkit too but I did like "Break Stuff" from them. I can't think of a single Kid Rock song I like.

Posted by: ace at November 06, 2026 04:59 PM (1wjle)

97 Hell, in the future, every Georgian will be an obese black woman.

Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 04:59 PM (ZxPkt)

98 89 Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 06, 2026 04:58 PM (HLgI3)

So he and Drew merged into one being....I always knew where that was headed.....

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 05:00 PM (Int1s)

99 Top Democrat [Extreme Hakeem Jeffries] Says New Jewish Chief Of Staff Is "Malignant Tumor" To Be "Eradicated"

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So they're reaching out across the aisle.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 05:00 PM (ndZc7)

100 Basically, Kid Rock is a professional Kid Rock.

Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 05:00 PM (ZxPkt)

101 76 So four people get together, only one works, the others are sponges. They stay together for 10 years then split up which means that they each qualify to enjoy full life time social security benefits of the sole partner who worked.
Posted by: Community Notes at November

I am curious about this, because this is a city, so does the full faith and credit clause even apply? lex loci celebrationis A thing here? I would think no, because it’s not a statewide thing.

Lawyers amongst us?

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 05:01 PM (ZdaMQ)

102 Top Democrat [Extreme Hakeem Jeffries] Says New Jewish Chief Of Staff Is "Malignant Tumor" To Be "Eradicated"

Unbelievable. It's straight out of the Joseph Goebbels playbook. I guess he's going to try and keep his job as speaker, and this is how.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 05:01 PM (Riz8t)

103 The polling showed significant support. The LDS Church spend a lot of money and even directed a letter be read over the pulpit to inform members about the bill and to be sure to vote. The LDS members appear to have turned the tide against the bill.
Posted by: bonhomme

There were at least three different groups - including the Republican party and the local Reformed Evangelicals - campaigning against it, judging by the variety of "vote no" signs.

I'm glad the the LDS decided to oppose it as well.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 06, 2026 05:01 PM (vJrRc)

104 Black women will be running Georgia. Soon they'll be brawling like they're on a Carnival Cruise and pulling out each other's hair extensions

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 06, 2026 05:02 PM (7XuqV)

105 "the Three Non-Negotiables"

Sanctity of life, sanctity of traditional marriage, and freedom of worship.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 05:02 PM (Jr5Lq)

106 Kid Rock got popular again because he was one if the few celebrities who supported Trump and he’s somewhat conservative.

That’s about all there is to it,
He still has fans of his music but he’s mostly known for running his mouth these days.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 05:02 PM (6ydKt)

107 My current playlist is a pitched battle between Ennio Morricone and Link Wray.

Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 05:02 PM (ZxPkt)

108 He also said that his teenage victim had suffered "no long lasting effects" from the attack at the motorway service station, only physical pain during it
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Good to know... makes note for next time. Rape only causes a bit of physical pain during the act but no long lasting effects. I'm sure he victims will be happy to hear this. /////

Posted by: lin-duh at November 06, 2026 05:03 PM (VCgbV)

109 I haven't ever seen him assuming to speak for conservatives. He's a musician who actually likes this country, so I'll take it as a win and nothing more.
Posted by: ballistic at November 06, 2026 04:57 PM (oqH4h)
________________________

I could accept that at face value if he weren't headlining on a political talk show. Or, getting invited to the White House multiple times.

Posted by: Orson at November 06, 2026 05:03 PM (dIske)

110 I can't think of a single Kid Rock song I like.
Posted by: ace at November 06, 2026 04:59 PM (1wjle)

Ace, try this one:

https://tinyurl.com/Jackson-Miss

Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 05:03 PM (TN0g+)

WaPo Sob Story: DEI Layabouts Fired by the Federal Government Can't Get Hired by Other Corporations Because They Know They're DEI Layabouts

Sad!

Nightmare Vision
@GodCloseMyEyes
please read this piece, it was so good. it's about dei officers in the federal government being cleaned out and many being unable to find new jobs because they were put on "dei watchlists" that come up in google searches in the exact same way it did for right wingers who had their lives ruined by journalists. then he starts applying for dei jobs in the private sector but can't get one because no one wants to hire someone with dei shit all over their resume. then they find a conservative activist and ask him if he's happy with all of this and his response is "these people are all anti-white, of course I'm glad they can't find jobs."

This was published late last week but I couldn't find an archived copy until now. (It's paywalled.)

Trump fired him. The 'DEI Watchlist' shamed him. Then came 500 job rejections.

Efforts to purge the government of diversity, equity and inclusion programs have taken a major toll on Black workers who now struggle to find comparable jobs.

Because you produced nothing. You earn nothing, you just cost a company money to push for more DEI layabouts to be hired and cost the company more money.

It's absurd you even had this "dream job" in the first place.

On his 368th day without a job, Dia Harris woke at 8:30, slipped a coffee pod into his Keurig and checked his iPad to see how many more rejections had come in overnight.
There were two automated messages from "Meta Careers," thanking him for applying to be a program manager. "Our recruiting team will contact you if your qualifications are a strong match," Harris read. By his count, those were the 560th and 561st roles he'd sought since getting fired from the federal government.

What are your qualifications, Buddy?

After he showered, he found another message waiting: this one from the Trevor Project, a nonprofit organization that combats suicide among LGBTQ+ youth. Harris, 53, recalled thinking that the Trevor Project's "chief people officer" was the rare posting that felt like something he would be good at and actually wanted to do.
"While your qualifications and experience are truly impressive, they don't fully align ...," Harris read now, and he deleted the latest rejection unfinished.

Probably because they only hire gay people. Live by identity-based hiring, die by identity-based hiring.

He grabbed a bottle of frozen water and a zip-top bag of granola. He pulled on a maroon polo and matching baseball cap embroidered in white thread with the logo of the store where he worked part-time.

Wow, this pointless novelistic detail of the mundanities of simply getting dressed and eating really makes me identify with this unemployed grifter.

Sliding into his car, he drove in the opposite direction from the nation's capital and the limestone-and-brick federal building where he'd once found his purpose and had hoped to remain until he retired.
Since President Donald Trump returned to office, nearly 426,000 of the nation's 2.2 million civilian federal employees have left the government.

Beautiful.

....
Of the hundreds of thousands who left, 85 percent resigned or retired early through incentive programs offered by the Trump administration, a Washington Post analysis found. Thirty-two thousand full-time workers were fired. Harris was one of them.

You know that claim that government workers make when their unions press for even higher wages than the already-inflated wages they're currently receiving? That you have to pay them more because they can just walk out the door and get much higher rates of pay in the private sector?

Any thoughts about that perennial claims, WaPo?

Harris was the first chief equity officer for the Administration for Children and Families, or ACF, a large agency in the Department of Health and Human Services that helps vulnerable Americans with foster care, home energy needs and early education. He was among more than 200 employees targeted for dismissal by DOGE after Trump issued an order to rid the government of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, which he declared were divisive and destructive and "would have ruined our country."
Diversity programs and initiatives have been around for decades but became much more common after the 2020 murder of George Floyd. Businesses and federal and local governments adopted antibias trainings, employee resource groups and recruiting programs and created new jobs, including Harris's federal position.
The mass embrace of DEI programs felt to Harris like the capstone of his professional life, despite growing opposition from many on the political right who portrayed DEI efforts as reverse racism that disadvantaged White people.

I enjoy the fact that the WaPo treats this as some kind of conspiracy theory or contested claim, when in fact the entire point of DEI is to push for the hiring of non-whites, non-males, and non-straights only.

There is no "DEI for white people."

The president's order accelerated that opposition, triggering a rapid retreat from DEI policies throughout government and the corporate world -- and, Harris feared, devastating the field in which he built his career.

It's not a career, it's a make-work welfare program for people who are otherwise unemployalbe.

...

Harris's job search was made harder by his membership in an even smaller group: He'd been named, with 92 others -- two-thirds of them Black -- on a public website called the "DEI Watchlist." Run by a little-known conservative group with ties to the Heritage Foundation, the site claimed to expose "behind-the-scenes bureaucrats who push divisive DEI agendas that undermine merit, fairness, and accountability."

A full page devoted to Harris shared his federal salary and employment history alongside a smiling photo of him wearing a blue button-down.

Harris had been out of government for more than a year, but the site was still the first result when anyone Googled his name. One prospective employer confided to him that the watch list made him unhirable. Harris often checked with friends and colleagues also named on the list, and most of them were still out of work,

...

Harris received no severance. Now, his $16-an-hour paycheck was barely enough to cover utilities. It was supplemented by a second part-time job and help from his 71-year-old mother, who'd recently picked up extra hours at the Hallmark shop where she'd worked for the past two years. But he was also using his 401(k) to pay the mortgage and his credit card bills, and that would be empty by next year.

Pulling into a long, low strip mall, he parked and closed his eyes. He didn't have to clock in for another 15 minutes. He told himself to forget the Dia Harris who'd earned two degrees; the sought-after HR expert who'd drawn six-figure salaries from Fortune 500 companies; the little boy who grew up in North Philadelphia eating blocks of yellow cheese from the government and who swore he'd never work part-time jobs like his mother.

...

IN THE LAST DAYS OF 2024, as his colleagues swapped rumors that the incoming president was going to delete DEI from the government, Harris and his boss came up with a plan to save his job.

As chief equity officer, Harris was tasked with ensuring that the workforce of the ACF resembled the Americans it served. Before Trump's inauguration, he switched to become a "senior advisor" in the Office of Community Services, which distributes funds, diapers and legal services to the poor. He saw it as more or less the same worthy mission: bringing in good people and helping them help the neediest Americans. Who, he wondered, could find fault with that?

Obviously this is the same scam we've seen throughout government and universities where they just create a vague fake new title and assign that title to DEI officers, who continue doing DEI bullshit and getting paid six figures for it.

Then, a few hours after Trump was sworn in, Harris was scanning one of 26 first-day executive orders -- "Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing" -- when he noticed a date in the eighth paragraph. The president was ordering the termination of all DEI positions "in existence on November 4, 2024." Uh-oh, he thought.

Seems like Trump foresaw your next grifter maneuver and preemptively blocked it.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:30 PM

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1 Wrong hole

Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 03:49 PM (enNUy)

2 undernood?

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 06, 2026 03:49 PM (W2Pud)

3 Wrong hole

Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 03:49 PM (enNUy)

You know the rule

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 03:50 PM (MPtWl)

4 See, it's supposed to go there, not here.

Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 03:51 PM (enNUy)

5 I over nooded

Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 03:51 PM (enNUy)

6 First rule of Undernood is don't call it undernood.

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:52 PM (Fi81e)

7 What is the over/under on the Nood?

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:52 PM (Fi81e)

8 There was a guy we used to call "Wrong-hole Johnson"....

Posted by: Pappy at November 06, 2026 03:53 PM (Fi81e)

9 At least he can fallback on his savings for a bit.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 06, 2026 03:53 PM (Sco7b)

10 Most of the guys can't seem to find it

Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 03:53 PM (enNUy)

11 Wear a hijab so no one can tell.

Pokey’s Casa de Hijabs.
Lo siento, solo hablo ingles.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 06, 2026 03:53 PM (fntvd)

12 Oh, no!

Anyway....

Posted by: Dark Helmet at November 06, 2026 03:54 PM (V7nuf)

13 Most of the guys can't seem to find it

Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 03:53 PM (enNUy)

Not me. Any port in a storm.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 03:54 PM (MPtWl)

14 I still don't understand how capitalizing "Black" makes sense.

What's the difference between a black person and a Black person?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 03:54 PM (Aug7T)

15 Off, Spaceballs sock!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 06, 2026 03:54 PM (V7nuf)

16 whoops!

Posted by: ace at November 06, 2026 03:55 PM (1wjle)

17 I find the story hard to believe as I do not know that companies send out "rejections" any more.

They pretty much ghost you, as far as I have seen.

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:55 PM (Fi81e)

18 RMBS!

Happy Friday!

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 06, 2026 03:55 PM (W2Pud)

19 En fuego!

Posted by: That Guy who shouts "En fuego!" at November 06, 2026 03:56 PM (0sNs1)

20 Trump fired him. The 'DEI Watchlist' shamed him. Then came 500 job rejections.

Efforts to purge the government of diversity, equity and inclusion programs have taken a major toll on Black workers who now struggle to find comparable jobs.

==

Guys, next 2 years are going to be great! Y'all will laugh your asses off , watching D screw themselves !

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 03:56 PM (AKptf)

21 Did Lamont make a comeback?

Posted by: bonhomme at November 06, 2026 03:57 PM (mkw2N)

22 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 03:57 PM (2614e)

23 So, it's no longer under-nood, then......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 03:57 PM (2614e)

24 In fact , if what I think happens in the next 60 days will happen, Ds will collapse in a pile of sad, stinky goo.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 03:58 PM (AKptf)

25 He grabbed a bottle of frozen water and a zip-top bag of granola. He pulled on a maroon polo and matching baseball cap embroidered in white thread with the logo of the store where he worked part-time.

Wow, this pointless novelistic detail of the mundanities of simply getting dressed and eating really makes me identify with this unemployed grifter.

They are making a documentary in their head.
If you want the viewer (reader) to empathize with the protagonist you have to see them doing the same things you do every day.

They are just like you.
Isn’t it horrible what’s happening to them because of fascists?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 03:58 PM (6ydKt)

26 Are there no potato fields? No dignity canals?

Posted by: PabloD at November 06, 2026 03:58 PM (ucHTc)

27 So systematic, crude, stupid racism - DEI - is not, you know, "racism".

Just like having an actual border and entry controls, like 186 other countries on the planet, is a "populist" thing.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 03:59 PM (U/Byj)

28 Why only to November 24, 2024?

That's odd.

I mean, if Biden can issue a pardon for all crimes back to 2011, why could this not include all DEI back to 2016?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 03:59 PM (Aug7T)

29 “If the shoe fits, take it off.” Ralph Kramden

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 06, 2026 03:59 PM (fntvd)

30 Trump fired him. The 'DEI Watchlist' shamed him. Then came 500 job rejections.

-
Well, Trump started out working at McDonald's.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 03:59 PM (ndZc7)

31 HR Expert.

Amazing the Private Market didn't snap this guy right up and pay him 3x what he was getting from Federal Employment.

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 03:59 PM (/izzV)

32 BTW , I saw Trump board his jet to go out of town to FL. 3 people followed him - Miller (his new Chief of Staff) , Rubio (you know him) , and Natalie Harp.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 04:00 PM (AKptf)

33 Probably because they only hire gay people. Live by identity-based hiring, die by identity-based hiring.
^^from Ace commentary^^

He grabbed a bottle of frozen water and a zip-top bag of granola. He pulled on a maroon polo and matching baseball cap embroidered in white thread with the logo of the store where he worked part-time.
----

I don't know Ace, he sounds pretty gay to me!

Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 04:00 PM (TN0g+)

34 All crimes back to year zero just to be safe

Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 04:00 PM (enNUy)

35 There’s always Canada.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 06, 2026 04:00 PM (fntvd)

36 They pretty much ghost you, as far as I have seen.
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:55 PM (Fi81e)

Even internally, let alone outside jobs.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at November 06, 2026 04:00 PM (iIyc0)

37 Have a nephew--probably the sharpest of that generation (of the family)--my kids included. He interned for Amazon AWS, and he now works for Doordash.

But when he was interviewing for jobs--as sharp as that kid evidently is--he got no answers unless there was an offer.

But he's not the only one I have heard that from, as I have another nephew who was looking for jobs as well--only not in tech. It's just the sharp one served as an example to me.

That's why I kind of doubt the "rejections", and I've seen it myself last time I was in the market.

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 04:00 PM (Fi81e)

38 So Trump goes directly to the heart of the Young White Male employment problem by RIFing Dia Harris and the thanks he gets for it is the same people he helped voted to knee-cap him by hiring the very same people who gave Dia Harris and hundreds of thousands like him the opportunity to circular file their résumés.

I have zero pity for those whining about H1Bs taking their jobs. The culture of the Young White Male is as alien to my WASP culture as that of a woman from Bangalore.

Posted by: Community Notes at November 06, 2026 04:00 PM (+4Cf6)

39 runner, how with the Ds "collapse"? Not seeing it. And doesn't matter. The voters have mandated another gigantic dose of national decline. Within the mechanical limits set by WH power and veto, they'll be working hard for it.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 04:01 PM (U/Byj)

40 Most of the guys can't seem to find it
Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 03:53 PM

I don't have a map, and I won't stop to ask directions. What's the problem?

Posted by: J. Random 'Ron at November 06, 2026 04:01 PM (0sNs1)

41 This is funny. I was just watching a video about a woman who had a $25 an hour job at amazon and she was complaining that they actually wanted her to show up on time every day that she was scheduled to work. She was supposed to be a full time 40 hour a week employee but she was only getting paid 25-30 hours a week due to her attendance issues.

In retrospect I suspect this sort of thing goes a long way in explaining tuesday nights vote. Way more people are being promised all sorts of free $hit and they went to the polls to vote for it.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 06, 2026 04:01 PM (I43vL)

42 So why didn’t he look for other jobs within HR? If he had been in HR for this long, surely he touched other spaces within it- benefits? Talent acquisition? Compensation?

Or did he make himself a toxic character that every recruiter in a 60 mile radius understood he would become a very problematic employee? Hmmm….wonder, wonder.

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 04:01 PM (ZdaMQ)

43 Stephen Miller has replaced Wiles as WH Chief of staff.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 06, 2026 04:01 PM (8Uo7a)

44 Here one interesting bit, Katie Miller works for Elon Musk.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 04:01 PM (AKptf)

45 He told himself to forget the Dia Harris who'd earned two degrees; the sought-after HR expert who'd drawn six-figure salaries from Fortune 500 companies

Where’d all that money go if you’re single with no chikdren?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 04:01 PM (6ydKt)

46 The four lights flashed and my warm ticket to Toronto ejected.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 06, 2026 04:01 PM (fntvd)

47 Are there no potato fields? No dignity canals?

Posted by: PabloD at November 06, 2026 03:58 PM (ucHTc)
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Workhouses?

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 04:02 PM (Fi81e)

48
>>Then came 500 job rejections.

==================

How out of touch is this guy? He thinks 500 rejections is abnormal.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 04:02 PM (mmrXZ)

49 30 Trump fired him. The 'DEI Watchlist' shamed him. Then came 500 job rejections.

-
Well, Trump started out working at McDonald's.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 03:59 PM (ndZc7)

I think there are some college folks and white folks here who have gotten WAY more than 500 rejections...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 04:02 PM (Gb7+b)

50 What's the difference between a black person and a Black person?
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A sense of entitlement.

Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 04:02 PM (TN0g+)

51 Ace, this is an op. This DEI retard just filed a big flashy discrimination lawsuit. No way the timing of this boo-hoo article is coincidental.

https://tinyurl.com/223fb7b8

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 04:02 PM (iFTx/)

52 DEI Layabout interviewing for a job in private industry:

Interviewer: "So, tell me your accomplishments in your previous position."

DEI Layabout: "Well, I was at the DOT as you know. And, I was sooooo close to requiring the nation to rename "manholes." You see, it's very sexist to insist that sub-street level access is paternal. Plus, various LBQT... groups had trademarked the word "manhole" to refer to specific individuals they wanted to have sex with. I was working 3 hour days trying to get that through."

Posted by: Orson at November 06, 2026 04:02 PM (dIske)

53 runner, how with the Ds "collapse"? Not seeing it. And doesn't matter. The voters have mandated another gigantic dose of national decline. Within the mechanical limits set by WH power and veto, they'll be working hard for it.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 04:01 PM (U/Byj)

No, the voters mandated economic changes. THAT IS ALL. the D leadership knows this. Any em-peach BS, DSA party BS, and Trump, who still has a pen and phone, will put them in a perpetual shotdown.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 04:03 PM (AKptf)

54 >>Most of the guys can't seem to find it

Most guys are just going for AOE.

They know there's more than one hole in the vicinity and they are just spamming for coverage.

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 04:03 PM (/izzV)

55 I've not read the article, but does it break the bad news to him that, no none of these jobs are coming back in January 2027?

But I guess it does come down to this:

Will Trump hold firm on shutting down the government if Congress passes a budget mandating all these jobs be restored?
Will the Dems go to the mattress for DEI?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 04:03 PM (Aug7T)

56 Learn to dig ditches, faggot.

I don't care about these people any longer. Eat a mile of dicks and ask for seconds.

Posted by: ballistic at November 06, 2026 04:04 PM (oqH4h)

57 51 Ace, this is an op. This DEI retard just filed a big flashy discrimination lawsuit. No way the timing of this boo-hoo article is coincidental.

https://tinyurl.com/223fb7b8
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026

Well looky there! See my 42.

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 04:04 PM (ZdaMQ)

58 "If the shoe fits" ..." so does your hat" -- Cited by Johnny Carson as one of his favorite phrase completions by a child.

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 04:04 PM (Fi81e)

59 These people have no sympathy for the innocent lives lost to Plan B, Planned Parenthood and the rest of the abortuaries out there.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 06, 2026 04:05 PM (fntvd)

60 45 He told himself to forget the Dia Harris who'd earned two degrees; the sought-after HR expert who'd drawn six-figure salaries from Fortune 500 companies

Where’d all that money go if you’re single with no chikdren?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 04:01 PM (6ydKt)

I'm surprised he didn't take the early fed retirement which was allowed for age 50+ (exception to get folks out)...or maybe he did, and thus is working part time and screwing around to just pay for extras...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 04:05 PM (Gb7+b)

61 Community Notes, come on. It was obviously necessary to punish a president turning every lever that exists to unleash economic growth - the only answer to these people's problem - and hand power to a mob that hasn't pushed anything but opportunity-destroying policies for 2 generations. Makes perfect sense to me.

Because things haven't been fixed INSTANTLY.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 04:05 PM (U/Byj)

62 Here is more, any slowdown in the market, will hit these people hard. The rates will go up, unavoidable, companies will not spend during a slowdown. Tech will replace more people with AI. If US will not allow AI to expand , some other place will.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 04:05 PM (AKptf)

63 A sense of entitlement.

Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 04:02 PM (TN0g+)
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In a sense, the B's "entitled".

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 04:05 PM (Fi81e)

64 Piper knows how to read the Kale Leaves

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 04:05 PM (/izzV)

65 If I was a young white guy looking for a job now I'd just say I'm bisexual like all the white college girls do.

Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 04:06 PM (enNUy)

66 Thanks ace for posting some cheerful news!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 04:06 PM (X1r8S)

67 You know that claim that government workers make when their unions press for even higher wages than the already-inflated wages they're currently receiving? That you have to pay them more because they can just walk out the door and get much higher rates of pay in the private sector?

--------------

We all know that if that were true they would have left and got a job in a private company. In fact, that may have been true a few decades ago but today government pays more than any private enterprise can.

Posted by: Decaf at November 06, 2026 04:06 PM (uKqbA)

68 In fact , if what I think happens in the next 60 days will happen, Ds will collapse in a pile of sad, stinky goo.

I'll go a little further, just so they can be seated and go full Crazy Town for a bit.

Posted by: 6-bird at November 06, 2026 04:06 PM (73EQ0)

69
One prospective employer confided to him that the watch list made him unhirable.

=================

Who on earth was this prospective employer? I'm shocked these people aren't being recruited so hard their inboxes are broken.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 04:06 PM (mmrXZ)

70 What's the difference between a black person and a Black person?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 03:54 PM (Aug7T)

A Black person is one the Left can use to achieve its goals.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 04:06 PM (MPtWl)

71 Run by a little-known conservative group with ties to the Heritage Foundation, the site claimed to expose "behind-the-scenes bureaucrats who push divisive DEI agendas that undermine merit, fairness, and accountability."

That's some yeoman's work there, and underappreciated.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 04:07 PM (4NO2D)

72 “ Dia”??? Seriously?

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 04:07 PM (Gqar8)

73 67 You know that claim that government workers make when their unions press for even higher wages than the already-inflated wages they're currently receiving? That you have to pay them more because they can just walk out the door and get much higher rates of pay in the private sector?

--------------

We all know that if that were true they would have left and got a job in a private company. In fact, that may have been true a few decades ago but today government pays more than any private enterprise can.
Posted by: Decaf at November 06, 2026 04:06 PM (uKqbA)

This is why the lawyers are the ones resigning...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 04:07 PM (Gb7+b)

74 >>If I was a young white guy looking for a job now I'd just say I'm bisexual like all the white college girls do.

You DO know what else young college girls do to get the job...right?

I don't know many guys who are signing up for that.

I mean ... guys that aren't ace.

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 04:07 PM (/izzV)

75 64 Piper knows how to read the Kale Leaves
Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 04:05

It’s why I used to make the big bucks!

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 04:07 PM (ZdaMQ)

76 "Nearly 426,000 of the nation's 2.2 million civilian federal employees have left the government."
On the one hand, not nearly enough.
On the other, a good start.

Posted by: UncleJefe at November 06, 2026 04:07 PM (DzC+b)

77 Ace, this is an op. This DEI retard just filed a big flashy discrimination lawsuit. No way the timing of this boo-hoo article is coincidental.

https://tinyurl.com/223fb7b8
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026

Well looky there! See my 42.
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 04:04 PM (ZdaMQ)
_______

Yea. I also looked into this guy. He's had almost 15 (!) jobs since the late 1990s. He is only at each job for a few years. I very strongly suspect he sucked at every job he ever had, was quietly pushed out the door, but because he was black and DEI he always seemed to find another job. Until now.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 04:07 PM (iFTx/)

78 A sense of entitlement.

Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 04:02 PM (TN0g+)
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A CAPITAL idea!

Posted by: Thurston Howell III at November 06, 2026 04:07 PM (Fi81e)

79 Working for Uncle Sugar is the capstone of your life chief? Jeez, maybe aim a bit higher.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at November 06, 2026 04:08 PM (vr4To)

80 >>We all know that if that were true they would have left and got a job in a private company. In fact, that may have been true a few decades ago

No. It was never true.

The high paying Government gigs never had anything to do with qualifications.

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 04:08 PM (/izzV)

81 Ace, this is an op. This DEI retard just filed a big flashy discrimination lawsuit. No way the timing of this boo-hoo article is coincidental.

https://tinyurl.com/223fb7b8

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026
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That would go along with my skepticism that he's receiving a bunch of rejections.

Posted by: Thurston Howell III at November 06, 2026 04:09 PM (Fi81e)

82 Still waiting for the company email letting me know that they understand these are difficult times and offering services for helping employees who are feeling anxious or confused. Ya know like they sent out after the 24 election.....

Posted by: Mick at November 06, 2026 04:09 PM (HFx9z)

83 Probably because they only hire gay people. Live by identity-based hiring, die by identity-based hiring.
^^from Ace commentary^^

He grabbed a bottle of frozen water and a zip-top bag of granola. He pulled on a maroon polo and matching baseball cap embroidered in white thread with the logo of the store where he worked part-time.
----

I don't know Ace, he sounds pretty gay to me!
Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 04:00 PM (TN0g+)
______

I had the exact same thought ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 04:09 PM (iFTx/)

84
>>Harris was tasked with ensuring that the workforce of the ACF resembled the Americans it served.

================

Did you see that? ACF is an entitlement program ("a large agency in the Department of Health and Human Services that helps vulnerable Americans with foster care, home energy needs and early education") --
and most of its clients are Black.

Maybe there's an underlying problem here.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 04:10 PM (mmrXZ)

85 Mick, amazing isn't it?

Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 04:10 PM (enNUy)

86 I hope he doesn't spill granola on his blue button-down.

No, seriously.

Posted by: muldoon at November 06, 2026 04:10 PM (qgHp7)

87 Learn to pimp losers.

Posted by: Beyond Norman Parameters at November 06, 2026 04:10 PM (a6prX)

88 Why doesn't he just go to one of those federal job retraining centers and Learn To Code?

Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at November 06, 2026 04:11 PM (V362x)

89 Amazing the Private Market didn't snap this guy right up and pay him 3x what he was getting from Federal Employment.
---
Like the lady in DC earlier this year, was making 6 figures as a grant administrator at some NGO, forced to slum by applying for $15/hr job at Hobby Lobby or some such.

And there was a total disconnect in her mind why the market didn't value her years of management experience at $100k+/year.

This too is the story of your average socialist:
They all know someone, equal in their degrees, that got one of these 6-figure cush laptop jobs.
And bitter resentment they did not.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 04:11 PM (Aug7T)

90 You know that claim that government workers make when their unions press for even higher wages than the already-inflated wages they're currently receiving? That you have to pay them more because they can just walk out the door and get much higher rates of pay in the private sector?

--------------

We all know that if that were true they would have left and got a job in a private company. In fact, that may have been true a few decades ago but today government pays more than any private enterprise can.

Posted by: Decaf at November 06, 2026 04:06 PM

I don't know about state workers but federal unions can't negotiate anything to do with wages. My wife did the federal HR thing with union negotiations for almost 20 years. The only thing they can negotiate is working conditions, pay and benefits is off limits under federal civil service laws.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 06, 2026 04:11 PM (I43vL)

91 How many fucking agencies do we need to care of people's children for them?

Posted by: Ben Had at November 06, 2026 04:11 PM (8Uo7a)

92 the limestone-and-brick federal building where he’d once found his purpose and had hoped to remain until he retired.

Cheer up! Maybe you won't find another job and you were there until you retired.

Posted by: 6-bird at November 06, 2026 04:12 PM (73EQ0)

93 >>How many fucking agencies do we need to care of people's children for them?

Need ... or, Have?

Because, we have a LOT.

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 04:12 PM (/izzV)

94 I've been to 3 town halls for 3 different companies since the election with all chomping at the bit to get back to the way things used to be. Not even trying to hide shit.

Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 04:13 PM (enNUy)

95 Did any of the Dems run on a platform of hiring these workers back?

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 06, 2026 04:13 PM (JNr/z)

96 On his 368th day without a job, Dia Harris woke at 8:30, slipped a coffee pod into his Keurig and checked his iPad to see how many more rejections had come in overnight. There were two automated messages from "Meta Careers,"

--------------------

Seems to be doing alright. Let me know when he is drinking lukewarm Sanka and skimming the want ads in the actual physical newspaper.

Posted by: Master Blaster at November 06, 2026 04:13 PM (FEAjO)

97
I've got another tip for Dia Harris while he's waiting for his lawsuit money:

Keurig pods are a needless expense.

Get coffee by the can from Costco and a ten-dollar machine (or a cheaper machine at a thrift shop) that makes plain drip coffee.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 04:13 PM (mmrXZ)

98 "I've worked in the private sector, they expect results!"
- Ghostbusters

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 04:13 PM (n5tGW)

99 "He grabbed a bottle of frozen water and a zip-top bag of granola. ..."

... Wielding the frozen bottle like a mallet, he pulverized the granola, loaded it into a bong, torched it, and totally manned it up in two well-practiced giant huffs. Thus fortified with the gaseous essence of Pure Equity, he resolutely resumed his journey of blessed futility.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 04:13 PM (Jr5Lq)

100 He grabbed a bottle of frozen water and a zip-top bag of granola. He pulled on a maroon polo and matching baseball cap embroidered in white thread with the logo of the store where he worked part-time.

This guy is gayer than Ace on a Vespa wearing Crocs.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 04:13 PM (2ocoG)

101 BTW , I saw Trump board his jet to go out of town to FL. 3 people followed him - Miller (his new Chief of Staff) , Rubio (you know him) , and Natalie Harp.
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 04:00 PM (AKptf)

----------------

I would take that to mean that Natalie is now the new Press Secretary who is being tested before a public announcement. At least if she flames out she will not be embarrassed.

Posted by: Decaf at November 06, 2026 04:13 PM (uKqbA)

102 Speaking of white people supporting DEI, Oregon, which is 2% black, has at least 10x that amount of blacks in senior governmental positions and on advisory boards.

Portland (6% black) created the new job of city manager, and interviewed three finalists. All were black.

Multnomah County (5% black), which includes Portland, after this election will have a black majority on the county commission (3 of 5 seats).

Many, many, other examples.

It's interesting from an anthropological point of view.

If I were a laid-off DEI type, I'd be headed like a rocket for Oregon.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 06, 2026 04:14 PM (aD4fx)

103 I'm surprised he didn't take the early fed retirement which was allowed for age 50+ (exception to get folks out)...or maybe he did, and thus is working part time and screwing around to just pay for extras...
Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 04:05 PM (Gb7+b)

I’d have taken it in a heartbeat.
He has no other skills obviously.

Must’ve taken a lot of expensive vacations, bought BMWs. and a house that cost way too much to have gone through that much money.

Now he’s going to sue and get even more money from fed.gov.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 04:14 PM (6ydKt)

104 "I just graduated with a Masters in Universal Diversity Studies, and expected to get an entry level VP Directorship at 175k, and I did not ! Trump sux!"

--- 30 YO "youngster"

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 04:15 PM (AKptf)

105 >>This guy is gayer than Ace on a Vespa wearing Crocs.

Are you trying to infer that Messenger Bags are making some sort of Heterosexual Comeback?

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 04:15 PM (/izzV)

106 Reading Ace's post, I guiltily admit it warmed the cockles of my heart.

Does this make me a bad person?

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at November 06, 2026 04:15 PM (N39Ws)

107 94

I don't have my next one till near the end of the year and I expect people to be downright giddy, ugh.

Posted by: Mick at November 06, 2026 04:15 PM (HFx9z)

108 Here one interesting bit, Katie Miller works for Elon Musk.
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 04:01 PM (AKptf)

-----------------

My first thought was that she and Stephen have three small children, she could afford to stay home with them. But then political jobs are very precarious so maybe it's better to have a backup income if one suddenly gets canned.

Posted by: Decaf at November 06, 2026 04:16 PM (uKqbA)

109 Over 26 years, this guy had 15 jobs that averaged about 1.5 years per job, and there was one lengthy unemployment in the mix. His dream job, from whence he was fired, lasted about his average tenure for his past record.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 04:16 PM (Zypo6)

110 Here tangentially relevant and willowed.

Instapundit story from a bit back.
Video of South African train station decline in 10 years.
Damn. Decline is a choice.
https://x.gd/91fM1m

And tinyurl sucks now.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 06, 2026 04:16 PM (Sco7b)

111 94 I've been to 3 town halls for 3 different companies since the election with all chomping at the bit to get back to the way things used to be. Not even trying to hide shit.
Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 04:13 PM (enNUy)

Most of our major employers lived on government money since they got rid of customer service and wanting to rely on normal paying customers...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 04:16 PM (Gb7+b)

112 I think I read the Millers have four kids.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 04:17 PM (Zypo6)

113 " they find a conservative activist and ask him if he's happy with all of this and his response is 'these people are all anti-white, of course I'm glad they can't find jobs.'"

Little nit-pick. I read this last week when it came out and what he actually said was "Sounds like hiring managers are racist, that’s very disappointing." And frankly that's pretty hilarious, because they have to either print it or just outright lie about what he said.

Posted by: Rick C at November 06, 2026 04:17 PM (1zWbY)

114 So Trump goes directly to the heart of the Young White Male employment problem by RIFing Dia Harris and the thanks he gets for it is the same people he helped voted to knee-cap him by hiring the very same people who gave Dia Harris and hundreds of thousands like him the opportunity to circular file their résumés.

I have zero pity for those whining about H1Bs taking their jobs.
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I don't get it.
Are you saying that young, white men should have applied for those DEI vacancies?
Because firing DEI didn't open up a single job for any white man.

And the courts shut down Trump's too-little H1B reforms, the $100k fee.
That the courts did that, not Trump, is irrelevant to them, they never saw any H1Bs get fired.
The stories--and I know some personally--of white men putting out hundreds of applications and zero interviews, continues to pile up, even to today.

But sure, blame the voters.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 04:17 PM (Aug7T)

115 I would take that to mean that Natalie is now the new Press Secretary who is being tested before a public announcement. At least if she flames out she will not be embarrassed.
Posted by: Decaf at November 06, 2026 04:13 PM (uKqbA)

not necessarily; takes special skillz to be press secretary, did not see anything about Harp that suggests that she has them or served in that capacity in the past

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 04:17 PM (AKptf)

116 I've got another tip for Dia Harris while he's waiting for his lawsuit money:

Keurig pods are a needless expense.

Get coffee by the can from Costco and a ten-dollar machine (or a cheaper machine at a thrift shop) that makes plain drip coffee.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 04:13 PM (mmrXZ)
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Yea, this clown's food and other habits don't sound like he's got money troubles.

Something's off about the whole thing. It's an obvious op, as I point out above, but there's something more going on.

I suspect that if some looks into this, they'll find out his sob story is mostly made-up, and he's got no money worries at all.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 04:17 PM (iFTx/)

117 And yet Portland has treated every black police chief like shit.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 06, 2026 04:17 PM (JNr/z)

118 109 Over 26 years, this guy had 15 jobs that averaged about 1.5 years per job, and there was one lengthy unemployment in the mix. His dream job, from whence he was fired, lasted about his average tenure for his past record.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 04:16 PM (Zypo6)

Useless Eater?? He’ll have trouble, eventually, in the new USSA.

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 04:17 PM (Gqar8)

119 Multnomah County (5% black), which includes Portland, after this election will have a black majority on the county commission (3 of 5 seats).
Posted by: The ARC of History!

Weird how disparate impact only works in one direction. Weird~!

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 06, 2026 04:18 PM (nEUC6)

120 How out of touch is this guy? He thinks 500 rejections is abnormal.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 04:02 PM (mmrXZ)

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Now he knows how all the non-DEI guys felt during the Biden admin trying to get a job from people like him.

Posted by: Decaf at November 06, 2026 04:18 PM (uKqbA)

121
>>The president was ordering the termination of all DEI positions "in existence on November 4, 2024." Uh-oh, he thought.

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Would have been funny if trump was terminating all DEI HIRES and the guy's heart sank.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 04:18 PM (mmrXZ)

122 Yea, this clown's food and other habits don't sound like he's got money troubles.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 04:17 PM

His money all went toward his anal leakage problem.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 04:19 PM (4NO2D)

123 For those interested, Dia Harris was being paid $183,500 in his dream job doing bullshit, or so claims the website "DEI Bureaucrat Watchlist"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 04:19 PM (Y4nh3)

124 Newman meme: See? Nobody cares

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 06, 2026 04:19 PM (fntvd)

125 DEI-lectic

1. Racism is bad
2. Only white people can be racist
3. Discriminating against white people is good.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 06, 2026 04:20 PM (nEUC6)

126 And yet Portland has treated every black police chief like shit.
Posted by: Notsothoreau

That's fine. Better to be treated like shit from a commie than decently from a normie.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 04:20 PM (Ta4DE)

127 This was published late last week but I couldn't find an archived copy until now.

This is an unbelievably long article. They probably do that for everybody in the private sector, too.

Posted by: 6-bird at November 06, 2026 04:20 PM (73EQ0)

128 Saw a new book at the library about DOGE that started out whining about the head of something called 'Institute of Peace' getting fired, and I just couldn't muster a hot wet fart of sympathy for the guy. Put the book back on the shelf.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 04:20 PM (Jr5Lq)

129 Since President Donald Trump returned to office, nearly 426,000 of the nation's 2.2 million civilian federal employees have left the government.
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How can we possibly go on without you?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 04:20 PM (RIvkX)

130 Is my condition reversible surgically?

Call Dr. Pokey at the number on your screen

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 06, 2026 04:21 PM (fntvd)

131 holy crap, why do you have credit card debt when you made 183K per year? did you not think of savings, investments, budgets? Oh right, the govt job was forever.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 04:22 PM (n5tGW)

132 My favorite termination line is "Your destiny lies with our competitors."

That wouldn't work in this case.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 04:22 PM (RIvkX)

133 >>And yet Portland has treated every black police chief like shit.

I can only imagine the salary of the Portland CoP.

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 04:22 PM (/izzV)

134 I was fired once, back in HS when I was a lifeguard. For taking unauthorized leave when my parents told me I was going to my Grandparents 50th anniversary celebration. I told my boss I had to be off and he told me if I didn't come in I was fired. I told him I was still a minor and had to do what my parents ordered.

He was unpersuaded.

I liked that job.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 04:22 PM (4NO2D)

135 117 And yet Portland has treated every black police chief like shit.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 06, 2026 04:17 PM (JNr/z)

Yeah, but it’s Portland.
Which means every police chief is going to be treated like shit because they have to enforce the law occasionally.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 04:22 PM (6ydKt)

136 " I've been to 3 town halls for 3 different companies since the election with all chomping at the bit to get back to the way things used to be. Not even trying to hide shit."

In which specific ways? DEI is popular - as opposed to just shrugged at and infamously accepted - at the companies? Or something other than DEI?

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 04:23 PM (U/Byj)

137 $272k to answer my imaginary query.

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 04:23 PM (/izzV)

138 was fired once, back in HS when I was a lifeguard. For taking unauthorized leave when my parents told me I was going to my Grandparents 50th anniversary celebration. I told my boss I had to be off and he told me if I didn't come in I was fired. I told him I was still a minor and had to do what my parents ordered.

He was unpersuaded.

I liked that job.

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*sad trombone

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 04:23 PM (AKptf)

139 I will gladly let the City of Portland treat me like shit for a few years at $272k per year, plus benefits.

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 04:23 PM (/izzV)

140 The "Watchlist" that Harris claims has made him unemployable has a banner headline that says "See your name on this list and want to be removed? Click here."

Clicking there takes you to a web form for removal.

Harris could get himself off the list any time he wishes.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 04:23 PM (Y4nh3)

141 >Now he knows how all the non-DEI guys felt during the Biden admin trying to get a job from people like him.

Posted by: Decaf at November 06, 2026 04:18 PM (uKqbA)

10 years ago I took a severance package from a Fortune 20 company. A lot of 50 something white dudes were unceremoniously shown the door. It was a generous package, but I had to sign a non-litigation, non-compete, and non-solicitation letters in return. I was fortunate to find another gig fairly quickly. Many of my colleagues were not as fortunate and some were forced into a very early retirement.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at November 06, 2026 04:24 PM (vr4To)

142 "'While your qualifications and experience are truly impressive, they don't fully align ...,' Harris read now, and he deleted the latest rejection unfinished."

He's deleting rejection emails?

Very fishy, especially considering he's touting how many he received, and they might be helpful in his lawsuit.

I mean, who deletes evidence that they think helps them make out their sob story?

Answer: Nobody. This guy is making all this up.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 04:24 PM (iFTx/)

143 Off topic - "Paging Hezbollah", the movie had moved on. Went to see "Jimmy" instead about Jimmy Stewart being a fighter pilot in WWII and his difficulties adjusting after coming back and his doing, "It's a Wonderful Life" with Frank Capra. Really a terrific film with clips of Jimmy himself in various appearances during the credits. Angel Studios does some great films

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 04:24 PM (xz+xK)

144 weft-cut, nice

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 04:24 PM (U/Byj)

145 117 And yet Portland has treated every black police chief like shit.
Posted by: Notsothoreau

And Seattle treated it’s female black police chief like garbage too.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 04:24 PM (d68ec)

146 Portland CoP salary is $272k.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 04:25 PM (Ta4DE)

147 Did any of the Dems run on a platform of hiring these workers back?
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 06, 2026 04:13 PM (JNr/z)

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They usually don't announce their real intentions. No need to scare the horses, it's easier to rile them to vote left. Every Dem government in my lifetime lied about their true intentions.

Posted by: Decaf at November 06, 2026 04:25 PM (uKqbA)

148

Sure you did, thanks to your no ID requirement, same day registration and vouch up to 8 people systems........

Governor Tim Walz
@GovTimWalz
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21h
Minnesota led the nation in voter turnout.

When faced with threats and intimidation, we vote.

Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 04:26 PM (kX27y)

149
Yea. I also looked into this guy. He's had almost 15 (!) jobs since the late 1990s. He is only at each job for a few years. I very strongly suspect he sucked at every job he ever had, was quietly pushed out the door, but because he was black and DEI he always seemed to find another job. Until now.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 04:07 PM (iFTx/)

Reminds me of an ex-girlfriend I had about 15-20 yrs ago. Never stayed at a job or in an apartment for more than 2 years, kind of a flake who'd worked in the movie industry (stunt work, bit parts and film crew) before getting into regular corporate jobs.

Part of me was leery of her flakiness, but she'd also been a Playboy model (lingerie) in the early 90s, so being a Real Man, I forgave the flakiness.

Of course, she dumped me, I suspect because she thought (correctly) that I was kinda boring.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 06, 2026 04:27 PM (y9nCu)

150 Saw a funny meme about thick black smoke in LA from a car fire. The title was a new mayor of LA has been elected.

On the bright side I maybe won't have to see that weirdo Bass woman again.

Ace, your last sentence:
"Seems like Trump foresaw your next grifter maneuver and preemptively blocked it."

I might be the only honky cracka redneck woman to hope he foresaw cheating on Tuesday and has a plan.

It costs nothing to hope or pray.

Have a great weekend, Ace and everyone!

It will all be well.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 04:27 PM (hzuYO)

151 Answer: Nobody. This guy is making all this up.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November

And no rejection letter says “you are clearly going to make everything difficult, you will suck up time and resources that could be spent doing things our customers actually care about. Without an ounce of regret, we wouldn’t touch you with a 20 foot pole.”

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 04:28 PM (ZdaMQ)

152 Pretty soon, everybody will be gig workers.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 04:28 PM (Jr5Lq)

153 131 holy crap, why do you have credit card debt when you made 183K per year? did you not think of savings, investments, budgets? Oh right, the govt job was forever.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 04:22 PM (n5tGW)
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Now ask him why his smoke detectors always chirp

Posted by: ballistic at November 06, 2026 04:28 PM (oqH4h)

154 My daughter is a recent graduate of UC Davis with a dual major in math and economics.

She has applied to 500 jobs without an offer either.

So its sounds pretty standard.

Posted by: Harun at November 06, 2026 04:28 PM (IuIym)

155 >>Now ask him why his smoke detectors always chirp

God Damn

I'm dying over here.

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 04:29 PM (/izzV)

156 >>Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 04:02 PM (TN0g+)

Good to see you here; was worried you might have caught the banhammer.

Posted by: Nazdar at November 06, 2026 04:29 PM (NcvvS)

157 How did that go.... oh yes...

LEARN TO CODE!

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 06, 2026 04:29 PM (mP0Kj)

158 heh

"Mary Margaret Olohan
@MaryMargOlohan
·
2h
A source close to the White House tells me of @Stephen Miller: "He is a war time consigliere, and his hiring probably sends the best possible message to the base."

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 04:29 PM (AKptf)

159
Jimmy stewart was never a fighter pilot
He was a bomber pilot
Stop smoking pot

Posted by: Paul at November 06, 2026 04:29 PM (UkMc0)

160
Without an ounce of regret, we wouldn’t touch you with a 20 foot pole.”
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 04:28 PM (ZdaMQ)

Why so short a pole?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 06, 2026 04:30 PM (y9nCu)

161 yeah Fen, stop smoking pot. lol

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 04:30 PM (n5tGW)

162 152 Pretty soon, everybody will be gig workers.
Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 04:28 PM (Jr5Lq)

You’ll be chasing five-star ratings to get work for the rest of your life.

Live and die by your social credit score.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 04:31 PM (6ydKt)

163 154 My daughter is a recent graduate of UC Davis with a dual major in math and economics.

She has applied to 500 jobs without an offer either.

So its sounds pretty standard.
Posted by: Harun at November 06, 2026 04:28 PM (IuIym)

My suggestion - have her go back to her professors and see if they have leads for her (if her degrees are in nothing that friends and family can help secure employment with)...in AI land, personal contacts are about the only way to beat the system and get in and land a job...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 04:31 PM (Gb7+b)

164 Wa-Po Sob Story, more like Waaaah-Po sob story amirite?

Posted by: NJ Class Traitor at November 06, 2026 04:31 PM (6RyaQ)

165 Now ask him why his smoke detectors always chirp
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You ever notice that the pitch of the chirp from a smoke detector is the same pitch they used to alert the teacher that it was time to change the slide being shown to the class?

Posted by: Zombie Andy Rooney at November 06, 2026 04:31 PM (TN0g+)

166
Now ask him why his smoke detectors always chirp
Posted by: ballistic at November 06, 2026 04:28 PM (oqH4h)

Damned greedy smoke detector manufacturers, stuffing birds into their products. Those birds never hurt nobody.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 06, 2026 04:32 PM (y9nCu)

167 Answer: Nobody. This guy is making all this up.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November

And no rejection letter says “you are clearly going to make everything difficult, you will suck up time and resources that could be spent doing things our customers actually care about. Without an ounce of regret, we wouldn’t touch you with a 20 foot pole.”
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 04:28 PM (ZdaMQ)
________

Yea. And as he was being pushed out of each job he ever had (see my comment above) his old employer never badmouthed him because they wanted him to get another job and be someone else's problem. I suspect they even let him tell prospective employers that he quit.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 04:32 PM (iFTx/)

168 Sliding into his car, he drove in the opposite direction from the nation's capital

Sadly, Grok is unable to identify what make and model of car he drives.

Bets that it's an upscale luxury car?

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 06, 2026 04:32 PM (aD4fx)

169 Still buying expensive K-cups even though you’ve been laid off for a year? Not a smart use of dwindling funds, sparky.

Posted by: Dirac_Delta at November 06, 2026 04:33 PM (JUIuw)

170 Both the Roman Empire and the Soviet Union would intentionally promote incompetents into positions of power because people who owe their good life entirely to The System will fight to the death, betray their friends and family and turn violent if need be.

This is DEI. And this is why its beneficiaries will lie, cheat and even kill to keep it alive.

Posted by: 29Victor at November 06, 2026 04:33 PM (0MjtC)

171 Yea. And as he was being pushed out of each job he ever had (see my comment above) his old employer never badmouthed him because they wanted him to get another job and be someone else's problem. I suspect they even let him tell prospective employers that he quit.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026

No one is going to give anything but a neutral reference. You know this. 😉

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 04:34 PM (ZdaMQ)

172 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at November 06, 2026 04:34 PM (NcvvS)

173 Still buying expensive K-cups even though you’ve been laid off for a year? Not a smart use of dwindling funds, sparky.
Posted by: Dirac_Delta at November 06, 2026 04:33 PM

He needs to accept that suicide is a perfectly valid solution to his employment problem.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 04:34 PM (4NO2D)

174 She has applied to 500 jobs without an offer either.

So its sounds pretty standard.
Posted by: Harun

I truly am not trying to be an asshole but both Ingalls Shipbuilding and General Dynamics are trying to hire tens of thousands of brand new welders, electricians and pipefitters at all of their shipyards. They will train newbies and the pay is great. Not kidding. I didn't land a job in my field after college either but fell into a lucrative career nonetheless. One has to do what one has to do.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 06, 2026 04:34 PM (L/8vZ)

175 Bets that it's an upscale luxury car?
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 06, 2026 04:32 PM (aD4fx)

BMW, Audi, or Lexus.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 04:34 PM (6ydKt)

176 My town's police chief retired last year after 28 years on the force, at 50, and began receiving his pension of $150,000 per year (which rises with an inflation calculation in future years) right away. He went to work for a university, where he hopes to work until he qualifies under their rules (he began the job with credit for past years when he was a consultant) for a second pension.

Good gig.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 04:35 PM (6V1cC)

177 Bets that it's an upscale luxury car?
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 06, 2026 04:32 PM (aD4fx)

BMW, Audi, or Lexus.
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I'd guess a 3-series BMW.

Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 04:35 PM (TN0g+)

178
How many qualified white men did Dia Harris and his colleagues prevent from being hired because of the color of their skin? They weren't faced with loss of a federal job like he was, they simply didn't get one in the first place.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 06, 2026 04:37 PM (4Aqsh)

179 2h
A source close to the White House tells me of @Stephen Miller: "He is a war time consigliere, and his hiring probably sends the best possible message to the base."
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 04:29 PM (AKptf)

******
I especially love consiglieres. ALL FOR THIS!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 04:41 PM (hzuYO)

180 I especially love consiglieres.

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Are they like calzones?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 04:46 PM (ndZc7)

181 Dia Harris: Live by the DEI sword; die by it.

$183,500 per year with no value added. In fact, he probably subtracts value. No wonder he can't find a job in his "field."

Posted by: Ralph at November 06, 2026 04:58 PM (8WZD4)

Despite the Blue Wave, Blue States Voted to Restrict Girls' Sports for Girls
Plus: The Coming Democrat "Civil War"?

And the angry trans extremists are, get this, angry about it.

This is the NYT so prepare yourself for some grumbling.

In the same election that brought strong showings for Democratic candidates around the country, voters in three states chose to bar transgender athletes from competing on female sports teams.
The results, including in at least one state where Democrats are dominant, suggested that many voters do not view accommodations for trans athletes as part of a broad Democratic agenda. The results also appeared likely to inspire similar campaigns in future elections on an issue that has rarely been tested at the ballot box.
Since 2020, lawmakers in Republican-led states across the country have enacted laws limiting how transgender people can participate in public life. But this election was the first time voters were asked to consider new restrictions through statewide ballot measures, and they approved many of them. The margins were large in Arizona and Nebraska, and narrower in Washington, where Democrats dominate. In Colorado, votes were still being counted on Thursday in a ballot measure over the same issue.
Supporters of the initiatives said they hoped the sports issue would be put directly to voters in other Democrat-led states. The results could also mean that decisions around broader rights for transgender people will be put before voters, political strategists said.
"To every female athlete who wondered whether her voice mattered: tonight, Washington heard you,'' Brian Heywood, the Seattle-area hedge fund founder who financed the Washington initiative, said in a statement.
For supporters of the restrictions, the results felt like vindication.
Polls have shown that a solid majority of Americans, including roughly half of Democrats, think that transgender girls and women should not play on girls' and women's sports teams. Many believe that trans athletes hold a physical edge, and that their participation prevents others from having a fair chance to win, the polls indicate.
Over the past six years, 27 states enacted laws restricting the participation of transgender students in sports starting in kindergarten or middle school, extending in many cases to college. The Supreme Court upheld such laws last June.
But in nearly two dozen Democrat-led states, including Colorado and Washington, legislatures have taken no such action. That is why Erin Lee, executive director of Protect Kids Colorado, a parent advocacy group sponsoring the initiative, wanted to put the question on the ballot in Colorado.
By Thursday afternoon, with more than 80 percent of ballots counted, the vote in Colorado on a ban on trans athletes in girls sports was close, with about 53 percent of voters favoring the measure. A second Colorado ballot measure that would ban gender-transition-related surgeries for minors, was also close, with 52 percent of voters in favor as the vote counting continued.

"My hope is that we can be the example of a blue state where your legislature is not following the will of the people," she said. "Where we, the people, can do it ourselves, and hopefully encourage others to follow suit."

Despite the fact that this issue was put to the people and the people voted to keep girls' sports for actual girls, the incoming Democrat governor of Colorado says to hell with what the people voted for, Men In Girls' Changing Rooms is a Sacred Right.

Well, that didn't take long. Less than 24-hours after Colorado elected a new Democrat governor, he's already suggesting he wants to thumb his nose at the voters who passed several ballot initiatives progressives don't like.

...
[Incoming Democrat governor] Weiser said today that these initiatives will need a long, hard look once he takes office.

Prop 134 would bar young transgender athletes from participating on K-12 or collegiate sports teams that match their gender identities. And Prop 135 would bar people under 18 from receiving gender-affirming surgeries...
Weiser, who was elected Tuesday by a wide margin in the governor's race, said officials would need to work "to understand the will of the voters."

In other words, he tends to carefully scan the very clear statement of the people to conjure up ambiguities, and then claim those invented ambiguities render the people's judgement completely void.

"It's important that we recognize that sometimes, something is passed and it is incomplete. It is not administrable," Weiser said during a post-election news conference Wednesday at the Capitol in Denver. "... Anytime you have a ballot measure that is statutory, it is a natural and, I believe, appropriate role for the legislature to say, 'What are the adjustments that need to be added?' "
For the proposal to bar young people from playing on sports teams that don't match their biological sex, for example, Weiser said: "I don't believe it would be acceptable to Colorado to have every student athlete to have to go through full-body examinations or other invasions of privacy."

This is the standard lie pushed by Trans Extremists -- that there's no way we could possibly tell who is really a girl and who is really a boy unless we "force girls to drop their pants in front of state genital inspectors."

Except... there are paper records of children's sexes. Even if a student "really believes he's a girl," doctors still have to know if he's more likely to suffer from testicular cancer or ovarian cancer.

Or does cancer Respecc the Pronouns of Its Victims?

And, of course: The notion that transgenders' real sex cannot be determined by simply looking at them or hearing their voices is preposterous cope.

Below: Leftists complain about "girls having to show their genitals" and trans extremists whine about being "betrayed" by their leftwing allies.

Bonus: Democrats are headed for a "civil war."

America has elected a slew of local, state and federal officials more left-wing than ever before.
Jeffries's own caucus now contains at least eight members of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) -- an increase from two during the previous term. Among them is a woman who advocated for 'a world without prisons or police' and demanded the US 'literally, abolish the border.'
His colleague in the Senate -- fellow Brooklynite Chuck Schumer, the next Senate Majority Leader -- will have to contend with Abdul El-Sayed in his ranks, arguably among the most far-left Senators ever elected. And he almost had a fully-fledged member of the DSA by his side: Angie Nixon narrowly lost her Florida Senate race.
It is all music to Ashik Siddique's ears.
Siddique, the co-chair of the DSA's national political committee, told the Daily Mail that Tuesday's vote was just the beginning for his party. He pointed to the triumph of his rainbow-headed comrade Ashley Herrmann, 38, who even flipped a Republican-held state senate seat near Tampa, Florida.
'These results are not a flash in the pan,' he said, noting that DSA membership has surged from 6,000 in 2016 to 130,000 today. 'Democratic Socialists of America are building an enduring organization that can lead an enduring movement.
'We're now seeing DSA candidates win re-election to second or third terms across the country. We ran more candidates in this cycle than ever before. I think there were at least 200 candidates at many levels of government, from local up to Congress. So we're really leading the conversation and helping to shift public opinion on a wide range of issues.'
Siddique said that the DSA was pushing policies leftwards -- noting that on the eve of the election, even Donald Trump was discussing ending military aid to Israel.
'Nobody thought 10 years ago that abolishing ICE was a popular sentiment when we were saying it, but now it has popular support,' he said. 'When we said 'Free Palestine,' that was not a popular sentiment among Americans 10 years ago, but now it is, and majorities of Americans across parties support a full arms embargo against the state of Israel.'
DSA candidates largely ran on affordable housing, Medicare for All, childcare for all, moratoriums on AI data centers and abolishing ICE, Siddique said.
'These are very popular things, and when you look at the range of issues our candidates ran on, it's clear that we've been driving the conversation and the direction of the political left more broadly,' he added.
But what will happen when his candidates walk into the chamber in January and come face to face with the establishment? Is there a civil war brewing?
Siddique chuckled.

I don't know if there'll be a civil war. The Democrat Party is made up of two factions. No, not socialists and moderates. It's made up of Go-Slow Communists and Go-Fast Communists.

But they're all communists. They all know where they want to go. They just have different opinions on how hard they can charge to get there.

With the DSA temporarily holding the whip-hand, and proving that, at least for this moment, the public won't punish the Go-Fast Communists, the Go-Slow Communists will all fall in line and support the Go-Fast Communists. With reservations, but support them they will.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:30 PM

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1 dem judges to the rescue!

Posted by: gnats local 678 at November 06, 2026 02:31 PM (CWTWj)

2 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at November 06, 2026 02:31 PM (NcvvS)

3 Hi! Susie Wiles gone???

Posted by: Moonbeam at November 06, 2026 02:31 PM (Lzhdy)

4 re 3: twitchy said she's going to a different job for trump

Posted by: gnats local 678 at November 06, 2026 02:33 PM (CWTWj)

5 I was shocked Washington passed it.

But we know it’s all moot. A “judge” will quickly strike it down.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 02:34 PM (O3eDY)

6 They voted to restrict the trannies and three states voted to strengthen voter ID requirements.

If anybody says they know what happened and why on tuesday night they are either a liar or delusional. Something bizarre happened to swing Texas 25 points in two short years and it wasn't the gas prices.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 06, 2026 02:34 PM (I43vL)

7 >>'These results are not a flash in the pan,' he said, noting that DSA membership has surged from 6,000 in 2016 to 130,000 today.

...and they said that if we went to War in Iran there would be a Fertilizer Shortage.

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 02:34 PM (/izzV)

8 No doubt the cohorts they just put into power will do something about it.

I can't believe that Dems first thing was celebrating how abortion rights will now be "restored".

The only way that could be true is that it sounds like they are promising to load up the Court.

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 02:34 PM (Fi81e)

9 For anyone who spent any or all of the last three months sick over this election, my advice to you is please don't start making yourself sick over 2028 yet.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 02:34 PM (MPtWl)

10 y'all nooded...adios Wiles. best of luck Miller! He was with Trump since 2015!

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 02:34 PM (AKptf)

11 Voters: There.Are.Two.Sexes.Get.It!!!
Democrats: I.Here.There.Are.Infinity.Sexes!!

that's how it works, right?

Posted by: s_tenhoff at November 06, 2026 02:35 PM (2waQ7)

12 twitchy said she's going to a different job for trump

Posted by: gnats local 678 at November 06, 2026 02:33 PM (CWTWj)
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And we allll know that that means! Heh heh

Posted by: Ex-President William Jefferson Clinton at November 06, 2026 02:35 PM (Fi81e)

13 The conservative props passed because the fake ballots they stuffed in only had votes for legislators, and in some cases also governors.

It's too difficult to keep all the local offices and ballot props straight without totally giving the game away.

Same thing happened in 2020.

Posted by: heya at November 06, 2026 02:35 PM (G5zYf)

14 Over my big, veiny balls! Unconstitutional!

Posted by: Shemale Judge at November 06, 2026 02:35 PM (Ssbab)

15 It's going to be a replay of Prop 8 anywhere they can get away with it.

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at November 06, 2026 02:35 PM (yFLFB)

16 Can't wait to see Dem meeting separated by sex for the muslims while the troons wine about it outside.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 06, 2026 02:35 PM (nEUC6)

17 A lot of Hispanic and Muslim voters are solid NO’s on anything smelling of transgeder, as well as gay or lesbian.

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 02:35 PM (Gqar8)

18 Hi! Susie Wiles gone???
Posted by: Moonbeam

I'll repost what I posted last thread ...
She has gone full speed for almost 4 years for Trump and battled what she called the grueling reality of fighting breast cancer in 2026.
She deserves praise for her loyalty to Trump and a job well done and a long and healthy future.

Posted by: old chick at November 06, 2026 02:36 PM (F3Dlr)

19 Yep. In my state, the Left got pretty much everything they wanted, except this one thing. So....riots.

Posted by: 29Victor at November 06, 2026 02:37 PM (0MjtC)

20 ***Despite the Blue Wave, Blue States Voted to Restrict Girls' Sports for Girls
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Strange isn't it? It's almost as if a hidden hand had a specific focus and left the balance untouched.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 06, 2026 02:37 PM (EYrlY)

21 >>A lot of Hispanic and Muslim voters are solid NO’s on anything smelling of transgeder, as well as gay or lesbian.

You might want to look into the Muslims. They have a very ... conflicted(?) view of Trans issues.

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 02:37 PM (/izzV)

22 Willowed:
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I saw a video by Dave Rubin talking about the vote in Texas. He showed that since 2002, there have been 2.9 million new voters added to the rolls and apparently they did not have to show any proof of citizenship.

Posted by: Darth Randall at November 06, 2026 02:33 PM (mseD3)
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My wife told me there were like 2.5 million ballots found in Texas for El-Sayed.

Ready to be found in the trunk of cars, I guess.

Posted by: Ex-President William Jefferson Clinton at November 06, 2026 02:37 PM (Fi81e)

23 DSA candidates largely ran on affordable housing, Medicare for All, childcare for all, moratoriums on AI data centers and abolishing ICE, Siddique said.
====================
Until the 2028 election is decided every vote is performance art.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 02:37 PM (Y4nh3)

24 Colorado can fuck itself up the ass

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at November 06, 2026 02:38 PM (fapp/)

25 To take out their frustrations, they'll just shoot up a school or nightclub. Or beat a 90 year old to death with a bat.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 02:38 PM (Ta4DE)

26 "prepare yourself for some grumbling."

Ready. I could even do disgruntling. I'm chuffed. I'm jacked to the tits.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 02:38 PM (Jr5Lq)

27
Go to the doctor and show their private parts? Just give a saliva sample. Your male DNA is proclaimed in every cell of your body.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 02:38 PM (mmrXZ)

28 Colorado can fuck itself up the ass

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at November 06, 2026 02:38 PM (fapp/)
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And probably wants to.

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 02:38 PM (Fi81e)

29 and let's not buy the claim that most congressional dems will be moderate. these are the same people who vote to raise taxes at every opportunity, gave us the assault weapon ban and obamacare, and they'' try to get their green new deal one page at a time if they can. and a welcome mat on our side of the rio grande

Posted by: gnats local 678 at November 06, 2026 02:38 PM (CWTWj)

30 >>My wife told me there were like 2.5 million ballots found in Texas for El-Sayed.

That's a very unique way of winning in Michigan.

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 02:38 PM (/izzV)

31 21

You might want to look into the Muslims. They have a very ... conflicted(?) view of Trans issues.
Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 02:37 PM (/izzV)

Eh, maybe. Was thinking more of Ahmed at the 7-11.

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 02:39 PM (Gqar8)

32 "I don't believe it would be acceptable to Colorado to have every student athlete to have to go through full-body examinations or other invasions of privacy."
_________

It's very odd, then, that this was never ever an issue in the decades we had girls' sports before Big Tranny.

We never before knew how to tell Joe and Jane apart other than a deep body cavity search.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 02:39 PM (iFTx/)

33 For the proposal to bar young people from playing on sports teams that don't match their biological sex, for example, Weiser said: "I don't believe it would be acceptable to Colorado to have every student athlete to have to go through full-body examinations or other invasions of privacy."

Now do away with physicals for boys before playing football. Ya f'n dumbass.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 02:39 PM (zFF15)

34 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 02:39 PM (2614e)

35 >>Go to the doctor and show their private parts? Just give a saliva sample. Your male DNA is proclaimed in every cell of your body.

For 99.999% we can just look at them in their street clothes and know.

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 02:39 PM (/izzV)

36 >> For the proposal to bar young people from playing on sports teams that don't match their biological sex, for example, Weiser said: "I don't believe it would be acceptable to Colorado to have every student athlete to have to go through full-body examinations or other invasions of privacy."

Now do the Scoliosis Testing.

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 02:40 PM (/izzV)

37 I'd love to see how many of the ballots were filled out only voting for names and not referendums.

THAT would be a tell........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 02:40 PM (2614e)

38 How did we get an unprecedented blue wave with many entire states supposedly having every county move left but one other pet issues, mentally ill guys in women's sports going down in some of the bluest states?

Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 02:40 PM (viF8m)

39 I'll repost what I posted last thread ...
She has gone full speed for almost 4 years for Trump and battled what she called the grueling reality of fighting breast cancer in 2026.
She deserves praise for her loyalty to Trump and a job well done and a long and healthy future.

Posted by: old chick
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Nice.
And Steven Miller as replacement recalls the old song, 'Tighten Up'.

Anyway, best of all to Susie and for the gang around the Oval,
get ready. Maybe he'll kick the VP's butt along the way?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 06, 2026 02:41 PM (EYrlY)

40 >> mentally ill guys in women's sports going down in some of the bluest states

Careful.

That reads like a romance novel to the likes of Cory Booker and ace.

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 02:41 PM (/izzV)

41 38 How did we get an unprecedented blue wave with many entire states supposedly having every county move left but one other pet issues, mentally ill guys in women's sports going down in some of the bluest states?
Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 02:40 PM (viF8m)

Have you heard of any big vote fraud investigation initiatives?

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 02:41 PM (Gqar8)

42 Yep, just made up bullscat. Nothing in any of these measures says you must look in someone's pants. Big F'ing lie, and of course the media won't call them out.

Birth records are easy, and if there was someone who somehow nobody could tell (I can't even think of how) but a spit test dna would cover it.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 02:41 PM (n5tGW)

43 I didn't find much bitching about voting (they're still riding the Blue wave high), but this made me think of the GOPe.

Trans girls, have you ever experienced a situation where you felt physically weaker than cis girls?

70% of trans girls on HRT or blockers that I've known were damn near osteoporosis levels of fraility

I haven't even started hrt and I've met women stronger than me

I visited my hometown and saw one of my high school friends. She’s a construction worker and good GOD she could pick me up and snap me like a twig with just two fingers.

I literally am physically weaker than my wife, as far as I can tell. I'm at least on par with most cis girls, but if they work out at all, they've definitely got me beat.

I play roller derby, so I feel weaker than cis women all the time. I'm stronger than some other skaters, but every time I get knocked on my ass its a reminder that the bigots trying to keep me out of my sport don't know what they are talking about.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at November 06, 2026 02:42 PM (AF7Ff)

44 They cheated like hell. There were other factors, too.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 02:42 PM (Ta4DE)

45 twitchy:

Wiles, the first woman to hold the post and the person who ran Trump's 2024 campaign, is moving over to his political operation.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at November 06, 2026 02:42 PM (CWTWj)

46 The bollards are going up in London around the pedestrian streets for Christmas. Someone on X called them "Allahu Ackbarriers", which is a *fantastic* coinage.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 02:42 PM (ciXcx)

47 The donks that have been "elected" are lunatic wakadoodles, without any moderation or brakes.

This is not going to be a pleasant two years.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 06, 2026 02:42 PM (XV/Pl)

48 i added a bit about the coming Democrat "civil war" and the real division in the party, between Go-Slow Communists and Go-Fast Communists.

Posted by: ace at November 06, 2026 02:43 PM (1wjle)

49 >>Have you heard of any big vote fraud investigation initiatives?

No, lots of chatter but no announced investigations yet.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 02:43 PM (viF8m)

50 Something bizarre happened to swing Texas 25 points in two short years and it wasn't the gas prices.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 06, 2026 02:34 PM (I43vL)

—-

In 2008 Illinois voted for Obama 61-37.

In 2010 - people forget this happened but it did - Illinois elected a Republican, Mark Kirk, to the senate. He won 47-46. The governors race was also 47-46 but for the Dem.

A roughly 25% swing for both races in 2 short years.

Also in 2010 if you recall Scot Brown was elected in Massachusetts in the special election. He won by 5. That was only 13 months after Obama won Mass by 36.

This type of thing does happen.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 02:43 PM (O3eDY)

51 What percentage of transgender males are at risk for testicular cancer? Also what percentage of transgender women are at risk for ovarian cancer?

People need to start asking these questions because right now the risk to both of them are so great how come no one is thinking of the transgenders?

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 02:43 PM (9bpxs)

52 Instead of the greys and blues of the War of Unpleasantness in 1861, we shall have the wars of boas, pick sparkly drag queens vs black burkas and mo gowns on men. Either/or shall win as they implody all over Congress.

These are the radicals of the Dim party, and this party of buffoons should be so proud to where they've gone since the days of JFK.

I'd HOPED that Dims would see this coming, but, nooooooo they voted D anyway like retarded robots.

I shall go make dinner early so I can have white whine later as it is Friday, I think. I am not depressed as I have a rule, too, of not drinking while depressed.

I read an anthropology study today of a 30yr old womman (Dim fem) who hates her husband, her children, and her life and is becoming an alcoholic. Some advised AA. Most advised to divorce the misogynist. I didn't read it all but don't think they said to go Clancy.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 02:43 PM (hzuYO)

53 I'm against men in girls' sports. Except in the WNBA.

I would love to see that league flooded with men pretending to be women and just beat the shit outta every loathsome loudmouth lesbian on the court.

I'd love to see these losers try the violent shit they pull on those two white girls on some 6-8, 275-pound man.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 02:43 PM (iFTx/)

54 the "come home sane blue dogs" are about to be told to shut the fuck up phobes"

and fuck em....enjoy the female penis assholes....

this gun's retired.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 02:43 PM (Int1s)

55 Trannies are irrelevant. They've worked through all their utility.

"You are the weakest link. Goodbye."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 02:43 PM (BI5O2)

56 Except... there are paper records of children's sexes. Even if a student "really believes he's a girl," doctors still have to know if he's more likely to suffer from testicular cancer or ovarian cancer

I often thought of starting a non-profit to cure trannies with penises for ovarian cancer.

Don't donate. You're called bad names.
And I have Canadian human rights tribunals. There are 4 lights in the room I think.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 06, 2026 02:43 PM (Sco7b)

57 I'll say it again, race, ethnic, religious and cultural differences are all intraspecies variations.

This is not a general endorsement of taxonomy, but just a use of it as a model of category, but sexual differences on the same scale are supra-family, and supra-kingdom.

Sexual differences are something we owe for everybody than can participate in the discussion.

Pretending that "discrimination on the basis of [intraspecies differences--mere "accidents" of geography, mostly]" and "discrimination on the basis of an OBVIOUS FUNCTIONAL and PHYSICAL DIFFERENCE" are the "same thing" is a sign of our slide into Intentional Cretinism.

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 02:44 PM (Fi81e)

58 53 Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 02:43 PM (iFTx/)

I would drive across the country to watch Angel Reese get fucking power bombed through the hoop by Karl Malone in a fucking dress.....

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 02:44 PM (Int1s)

59 They have a very ... conflicted(?) view of Trans issues.
Posted by: garrett

What, that gay men who play the woman in bed should be surgically altered to better resemble women?

This, too, is the societal effect of allowing more than one concurrent wife per man: castration of the unmarried.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 06, 2026 02:44 PM (vJrRc)

60 "I literally am physically weaker than my wife, as far as I can tell. I'm at least on par with most cis girls, but if they work out at all, they've definitely got me beat."

A lie or one hell of an outlier soy boy.

Posted by: She Hobbit at November 06, 2026 02:45 PM (ftFVW)

61 Trannies are irrelevant. They've worked through all their utility.

"You are the weakest link. Goodbye."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Yep. Used and abused.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 02:45 PM (Ta4DE)

62 >>>
If anybody says they know what happened and why on tuesday night they are either a liar or delusional. Something bizarre happened to swing Texas 25 points in two short years and it wasn't the gas prices.

Posted by: Mister Scott
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I'm not delusional.

What happened? A coup was effectively initiated.
Why? Simple; China is at war with us.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 06, 2026 02:45 PM (EYrlY)

63 55 Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 02:43 PM (BI5O2)

Eh they are a self-licking ice cream cone programmed to the edge of homicidal certainty by the media....defusing that bomb on the left's part will be fun to watch.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 02:46 PM (Int1s)

64 My wife is pretty strong. I could beat her ass. It is what it is.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 02:46 PM (BI5O2)

65 Trans issues are bad for the Dem party. So, those behind the steal made the trans issues lose for the Party's own good. By taking it out of the hands of the politicians, they can't hurt themselves.

It's like not letting children play with knives.

Posted by: No Name Today at November 06, 2026 02:46 PM (8mulE)

66 [ Incoming Democrat governor] Weiser "I don't believe it would be acceptable to Colorado to have every student athlete to have to go through full-body examinations

...so they'll wait a year.

Posted by: t-bird at November 06, 2026 02:46 PM (oh+I7)

67 Well...if DSA (aka Commies) show up at my house, the civil war will get very uncivil very quickly.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 06, 2026 02:47 PM (2WIwB)

68 A universal truth is that Money Talks. Even DSA creatures can be bought off, and the Old Guard Communists have the means. We will see some “ moderation” in the coming months. Bank on it.

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 02:47 PM (Gqar8)

69 Trannies are so 2023. Muslims are the lefts hot ticket item now.

Posted by: brak at November 06, 2026 02:47 PM (kLVP9)

70 i added a bit about the coming Democrat "civil war" and the real division in the party, between Go-Slow Communists and Go-Fast Communists.
Posted by: ace

Wait until both sides meet the Head Chopper Party.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 02:47 PM (zFF15)

71 I saw Castration of the Unmarried open for
Motionless in White back in 1999 I think it was the amphitheater in Syracuse

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 02:47 PM (9bpxs)

72 'When we said 'Free Palestine,' that was not a popular sentiment among Americans 10 years ago, but now it is, and majorities of Americans across parties support a full arms embargo against the state of Israel.'

There is no such place.

I mean, Palestine, Texas is pretty free, for now.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 02:48 PM (2614e)

73 Aha! I have found the pinhole leak in the master bath ceiling. It was, of course, not that near where the drip emerged. I had to cut a series of holes following it back.

Have I mentioned that I hate plumbing?
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 02:46 PM

Posted by: toby928(c) repeats himself at November 06, 2026 02:48 PM (4NO2D)

74 How did we get an unprecedented blue wave with many entire states supposedly having every county move left but one other pet issues, mentally ill guys in women's sports going down in some of the bluest states?
Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 02:40 PM (viF8m)
_____

My theory?

I think most Dumocrap voters have no idea how radical their candidates or their party has become on trans issues. Or they refuse to believe it.

A significant percent of Democrap votes are also gimmedats, or who otherwise see a personal economic advantage in voting Democrap, but are otherwise culturally modeate.

So I don't think it's unusual for someone to vote Dem and also "no" on trans issues.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 02:48 PM (iFTx/)

75 The obvious solution is a "League of Their Own", but we all know that's not the issue; they want to force their way into girls' locker rooms and women's bathrooms.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 02:48 PM (l3cgK)

76 This sounds familiar, right?? Like, in 2020, when biden received a much greater vote count compared to all other democrat candidates and ballot items, right?? This smells like chicanery again. (or I'm just still in the denial phase)

Posted by: Cray Cray at November 06, 2026 02:48 PM (ZRkCF)

77 I think the DSA won't have any power. The dems won too many seats so don't even have to consider them. They will use them for the cameras but I don't see them having to roll over for them.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 02:48 PM (n5tGW)

78 46 The bollards are going up in London around the pedestrian streets for Christmas. Someone on X called them "Allahu Ackbarriers", which is a *fantastic* coinage.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 02:42 PM (ciXcx)

Yeah, that was Alister Hilton. He's good.

Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 02:48 PM (kX27y)

79 "Many believe that trans athletes hold a physical edge..."

Ya don't say.

Posted by: Biergood at November 06, 2026 02:49 PM (PwgSL)

80 69 Trannies are so 2023. Muslims are the lefts hot ticket item now.
Posted by: brak at November 06, 2026 02:47 PM (kLVP9)

Yep.

I saw an election night podcast where two democrats were on. They both said yeah we need to put the woke stuff behind us.

Hating Jews and AI is the not new thing.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 02:49 PM (O3eDY)

81 Now I am trying to decide whether to take out enough wall to replace the entire length of PEX pipe, or just slap a rubber patch and hose clamp on it to buy time for the coming complete replumb of the house.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 02:49 PM (4NO2D)

82 y'all nooded...adios Wiles. best of luck Miller! He was with Trump since 2015!

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 02:34 PM (AKptf)

---------------

Two years too late ... but I'll take it, if only for the exploding MDM-MSM Progda Enemedia heads.

Trump is the worst Sexist, Racist, and Anti-Semite evah ...

Posted by: ShainS at November 06, 2026 02:49 PM (YvRjL)

83 79 "Many believe that trans athletes hold a physical edge..."

Ya don't say.

Posted by: Biergood at November 06, 2026 02:49 PM (PwgSL)

Why don't we see more trans "males" compete in men's sports?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 02:50 PM (l3cgK)

84
My wife is pretty strong. I could beat her ass. It is what it is.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

==================

Not what we would call a verbatim translation of the relevant Quranic verse, but your understanding makes you an honorable member of ahl Qitab, yaa sadiq.

Posted by: Your New Muslim Overlords at November 06, 2026 02:50 PM (mmrXZ)

85 I keep saying wall when I mean ceiling, which is what makes this job even more annoying.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 02:50 PM (4NO2D)

86 79 "Many believe that trans athletes hold a physical edge..."

Ya don't say.
Posted by: Biergood at November 06, 2026 02:49 PM (PwgSL)

Yeah in women's sports of course but just how many trans men boys whatever have been successful playing in boys sports? I think the answer is zero although if they did play they would probably be a lot of injuries

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 02:51 PM (9bpxs)

87 The lefty focus on trannies is nothing short of bizarre. It's Exhibit A in their desire to make empathy for every mentally ill person a social cause akin to civil rights.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 02:51 PM (rnoq1)

88 53 I'm against men in girls' sports. Except in the WNBA.

I would love to see that league flooded with men pretending to be women and just beat the shit outta every loathsome loudmouth lesbian on the court.

I'd love to see these losers try the violent shit they pull on those two white girls on some 6-8, 275-pound man.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

And women’s soccer.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 02:51 PM (yVYSZ)

89 More, before you can play any High School or College sport, you need to get a Medical form signed by your Doctor.

The system already exists.

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 06, 2026 02:51 PM (mP0Kj)

90 Communism has a shelf life (sometimes long, granted), Islam does not. Something I think about.

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 02:51 PM (Gqar8)

91 I literally am physically weaker than my wife, as far as I can tell.

Boy, did she marry well!

Posted by: t-bird at November 06, 2026 02:51 PM (oh+I7)

92 Why don't we see more trans "males" compete in men's sports?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Shhhhh, you're not supposed to ask that question.

Posted by: She Hobbit at November 06, 2026 02:51 PM (ftFVW)

93 50 In 2008 Illinois voted for Obama 61-37.

In 2010 - people forget this happened but it did - Illinois elected a Republican, Mark Kirk, to the senate. He won 47-46. The governors race was also 47-46 but for the Dem.

A roughly 25% swing for both races in 2 short years.
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Yes, but IL had GOP governors in the 90s and a senator as recently as 2005. It wasn't unheard of like recent TX history.

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at November 06, 2026 02:51 PM (0bjKf)

94 Imagine a world without Israel. Finally peace. All should want that!

Posted by: Sid at November 06, 2026 02:52 PM (fE4hz)

95 Gad Saad has written a book on the subject, saying "empathy" has been elevated to a social virtue above all others and it's killing western civilization

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 02:52 PM (rnoq1)

96 i added a bit about the coming Democrat "civil war" and the real division in the party, between Go-Slow Communists and Go-Fast Communists.
Posted by: ace at November 06, 2026 02:43 PM (1wjle)
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A "democracy" implies a country or government structure to read in the people's votes.

Socialism + nation = fascism. You can add on the intentionality of "internationalism", but until internationalism is made manifest it is simply aspirational Marxism using the elements of fascism.

However the thing that makes fascism the ideology of fascism and not nearly a functional fascist-equivalent is the comfort with the inevitability of a government structure and a repurposing of the government toward "The Greatest Good" as the ~~people~~government construe it.

No communism, outside of the Khmer Rouge ever involved anything like "communes" (where they shot you, anyway). That's what a "rush to communism" would look like: we're going to take you all out into the woods and force you into farming communes, because the other indolent forms have procrastinated on that.

The goal of the pre-stage of communism is to remake man to live in free communes.

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 02:52 PM (Fi81e)

97 >>I literally am physically weaker than my wife, as far as I can tell.

That right there is a scissor that will never cut straight.

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 02:52 PM (/izzV)

98 I'm against men in girls' sports. Except in the WNBA.

I would love to see that league flooded with men pretending to be women and just beat the shit outta every loathsome loudmouth lesbian on the court.

I'd love to see these losers try the violent shit they pull on those two white girls on some 6-8, 275-pound man.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

And women’s soccer.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 02:51 PM (yVYSZ)
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Agree, that too. But at least we only have to hear about those loathsome loudmouth lesbians (3L?) every four years, and a lot less since the most loathsomely loudmouthed of all of them retired.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 02:52 PM (iFTx/)

99 How did we get an unprecedented blue wave with many entire states supposedly having every county move left but one other pet issues, mentally ill guys in women's sports going down in some of the bluest states?
Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 02:40 PM (viF8m)

I have a friend who is very left wing. We’ve been friends along time and we argue politics too. But he’s what I’d call a sane leftist. He believes in taxing evil billionaires and free everything from the govt. But he is opposed to trannies in girls sports. Also surprisingly not 100% opposed to guns.

He’s the type who would have voted straight D and voted against trannies.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 02:53 PM (O3eDY)

100 Note, they tried to force two Women through SEAL training again...

Neither completed the course.

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 06, 2026 02:53 PM (mP0Kj)

101 >>Gad Saad has written a book on the subject, saying "empathy" has been elevated to a social virtue above all others and it's killing western civilization

Tolerance.

Tolerance is an evil, not a good.

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 02:53 PM (/izzV)

102 I think, for accuracy's sake, a healthy number of the Olde Guard GOPe should be lumped in with the "go slow commies."

I mean, if the GOP was honestly motivated to champion the right, they'd have curb stomped the commies years ago. But... they're not motivated to do anything other than line their pockets and push those unwashed masses further up the road towards the camps.

They just smile whereas the left snarls.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 06, 2026 02:53 PM (RORbl)

103 What else should I be?
All apologies
What else could I say?
Everyone is gay
What else could I write?
I don't have the right
What else should I be?
All apologies

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 06, 2026 02:53 PM (NtVYv)

104 Hate to say it but what occurs in the anti Jewish bike ride in Philly will say a lot about the Dems direction. Allegedly there will be a lot of people to protect the Jewish businesses, but how crazy the anti semites act will show which way the Dem "civil war" will go

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 06, 2026 02:54 PM (7XuqV)

105 And of course, while the Left had a use for trannies, they manufactured a shitload of them. But now they've moved on.

It's like it's 2005 and they're a few million 56K modems. Except they no longer have any useful parts.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 02:54 PM (BI5O2)

106 Another black hole opens up in CA:

Bill Melugin
@BillMelugin_
·
2h
In case you’re wondering, the eligibility requirements for this do not include US citizenship or any legal status.

Just “proof of residency” in California for one year.

The Assembly
@InTheAssembly
·
13h
BREAKING: California voters just passed Prop 37. Buyers of newly built homes can now put down 3% instead of 20%.

How: the state lends you the other 17% as a second mortgage, funded by up to $25 billion in bonds.

Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 02:54 PM (kX27y)

107 "Democratic Socialists" are functional fascists.

Unless they engage in the act of "remaking man"--which they suggest they would never, ever do! Their push to a "streamlined" "responsive" government is inherently fascist.

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 02:54 PM (Fi81e)

108 Since when did they care about what people think? They just need some court, somewhere, to decide in their favor, like with gay marriage.

Posted by: PG at November 06, 2026 02:54 PM (uzvUr)

109 "I literally am physically weaker than my wife, as far as I can tell."
______

Bro is either lying or the saddest sack of simping soyboy shit that ever sadly sacked.

Yes yes yes, I know. The power of "and" and all that.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 02:54 PM (iFTx/)

110 This whole Strong kickass woman uber alles started with Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I blame Joss Whedon.

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 02:55 PM (Gqar8)

111 Not sure if it was mentioned but Susie Wiles it out of the White House...Stephen Miller will be replacing her as Chief of Staff...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 02:55 PM (Gb7+b)

112 Prediction: Lefty coaches, teachers, and admins will still place XY individuals in girls sports in the states where the trans enablers lost the ballot initiatives.

After all, what is the downside?

They can just say, "Can you prove that is a boy?", while working at the same time to postpone and equivocate any actual testing for proof until the season is over.

Since 90% of the school employees are Lefties, I am pretty sure that non-enforcement will defeat the actual ballot initiatives.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 06, 2026 02:55 PM (HlyYF)

113 No civil war on internal Democrat politics. This will be ironed out (aka as disemboweled) in the courtroom where referendums will be nulled. Such is the way of the tantrum class within the DNC.

Posted by: Orson at November 06, 2026 02:55 PM (dIske)

114 If you use obscure Linux distros, nota bene at Tom's Hardware:

"Combined flaws let anyone into Alpine Linux and other distros by typing anything over 256 characters as a password! emergency fixes for OpenSSH and musl-libc issued for millions of systems, patch immediately."

Stupidest vuln evah!!

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 02:56 PM (Jr5Lq)

115 A world without Israel would mean the Islamists have hit one of their goals...their final goal is complete control of the entire world, a world free of non-muzzies, gays, trannies, and any other belief or political system.

Only a fool would think otherwise.

https://youtu.be/Hvz0TOm0zgI

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 02:56 PM (l3cgK)

116 Yes, but IL had GOP governors in the 90s and a senator as recently as 2005. It wasn't unheard of like recent TX history.
Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at November 06, 2026 02:51 PM (0bjKf)

It was still a 25 point swing.

Which by the way swung right back the next election.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 02:56 PM (O3eDY)

117 Islam gives YOU three choices.

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 02:56 PM (Gqar8)

118 The Assembly
@InTheAssembly
·
13h
BREAKING: California voters just passed Prop 37. Buyers of newly built homes can now put down 3% instead of 20%.

How: the state lends you the other 17% as a second mortgage, funded by up to $25 billion in bonds.
Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 02:54 PM (kX27y)
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I predict the biggest users of this program will be members of the state legislature, government employees, and illegal aliens.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 02:57 PM (rnoq1)

119 Below: Leftists complain about "girls having to show their genitals" and trans extremists whine about being "betrayed" by their leftwing allies.

The especially stupid part about all of this is the WA state law (and I assume other laws that were just passed) simply requires a sports physical from the athlete's GP verifying the athlete's biological sex.

I predict that some activist doctors will advertise they'll sign anything put in front of them. You say you're a girl? Yep, you're a girl.

Requirement fulfilled. Now the tranny's a girl.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 06, 2026 02:57 PM (mkw2N)

120 Hate to say it but what occurs in the anti Jewish bike ride in Philly will say a lot about the Dems direction. Allegedly there will be a lot of people to protect the Jewish businesses, but how crazy the anti semites act will show which way the Dem "civil war" will go

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 06, 2026 02:54 PM (7XuqV)
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I think their rejection of God, opens them up to spirits which are inherently anti-Jew, as an expression.

I think the Lord has determined this to be a stripe of their color. The same way he knew that human's could not control themselves but to fulfil Zacharia's prophesy that Israel would be a "cup of trembling for the nations".

The Lord plays N-dimensional chess.

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 02:57 PM (Fi81e)

121 Yeah in women's sports of course but just how many trans men boys whatever have been successful playing in boys sports? I think the answer is zero although if they did play they would probably be a lot of injuries

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 02:51 PM (9bpxs)

There was that gal in Texas I think it was, that was pretending to be a boy. She was on the HS wrestling team and all loaded up on testosterone. She did pretty well on the mat, but there were some boys who refused to get out there with her.

I think she graduated. Not sure if she went on to wrestle at the college level.

Posted by: No Name Today at November 06, 2026 02:57 PM (8mulE)

122 Sid is the least convincing of our fake trolls, and in bad taste besides. Less convincing than that Vermont woman thing.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 02:57 PM (4NO2D)

123 Israel is a real country. They won't lose to Iran like our fake country.

Let 'em cook.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 02:57 PM (BI5O2)

124 >>He’s the type who would have voted straight D and voted against trannies.

I would suggest your friend is in the minority.

Democrats didn't just win a wave election, they added 20 million votes over the 2022 midterms while the Republican vote was flat over 2022 so these were mostly new voters.

That's a lot of votes.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 02:58 PM (viF8m)

125 Sid and his ilk don’t realize that killing the Jews is just step 1 for Muslims. Step 2 is killing every other non Muslim.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 02:58 PM (O3eDY)

126 117 Islam gives YOU three choices.

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 02:56 PM (Gqar

See Ref: Hobson's choice...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 02:58 PM (l3cgK)

127 Am I missing something? Will there be any professional or legal consequence to activist doctors affirming whatever sex the patient claims to be?

Posted by: bonhomme at November 06, 2026 02:58 PM (mkw2N)

128 Not to be a downer, but even with all the famous infighting on the soviet side- they still destroyed the right first and started purging the general populace BEFORE they killed each other off.

So, it is not a matter of them killing each other off and leaving us an opportunity- they can walk and chew gum at the same time.

We have to make our own opportunity.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 06, 2026 02:58 PM (QX8aE)

129 I don't know if there'll be a civil war. The Democrat Party is made up of two factions. No, not socialists and moderates. It's made up of Go-Slow Communists and Go-Fast Communists.
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They'll argue over how they want to be addressed "They/them" or being misgendered. Infact expect people to be punished for this crime against humanity.

Posted by: Frank Barone at November 06, 2026 02:59 PM (OkYzo)

130 94 Imagine a world without Israel. Finally peace. All should want that!

Posted by: Sid at November 06, 2026 02:52 PM

If the Jihadists murdered all of the Jews, they would then focus on murdering more of their fellow Muslims in the pursuit of more power for THEIR particular sect within the Muslim world.

Even while focused on the Jews, Muslims murder far more Muslims than all of the other groups of people in the world combined.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 06, 2026 02:59 PM (HlyYF)

131 Maybe these next two years can allow for a subset of the Republican Party to become like a Conservative DSA (minus the socialism of course goes without saying) and in those two years maybe flourish enough to overcome the incredibly toxic bullshit of today's left.

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 02:59 PM (9bpxs)

132 106 Another black hole opens up in CA:

Bill Melugin
@BillMelugin_
·
2h
In case you’re wondering, the eligibility requirements for this do not include US citizenship or any legal status.

Just “proof of residency” in California for one year.

·
Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 02:54 PM (kX27y)

Note, you can use a Post Office Box as your official address... and use a mail forwarding service (like I did for an out of State LLC many moons ago).

Worse, once you are on the voter rolls, you can stay there even if you are an Ex Patriot, and live outside the country.

They will literally mail your ballot to an overseas address.

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 06, 2026 02:59 PM (mP0Kj)

133 They changed the wifi at work. Dammit. Farewell, zZuos- you will be missed.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 06, 2026 02:59 PM (QX8aE)

134 How: the state lends you the other 17% as a second mortgage, funded by up to $25 billion in bonds.

Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 02:54 PM (kX27y)

So that's about 2500 homes?

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 06, 2026 02:59 PM (Sco7b)

135 The Assembly
@InTheAssembly
·
13h
BREAKING: California voters just passed Prop 37. Buyers of newly built homes can now put down 3% instead of 20%.

How: the state lends you the other 17% as a second mortgage, funded by up to $25 billion in bonds.
Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 02:54 PM (kX27y)
________________________

BUT, get out your checkbook, because FIRST you have to acquire a mandatory $45,000 soil sample test from the local government.

Posted by: Orson at November 06, 2026 03:00 PM (dIske)

136 My wife is pretty strong. I could beat her ass. It is what it is.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

I am pretty strong. With necessary exclusions for disabilities, there isn’t a man on this site that couldn’t beat my tail. And I don’t know any woman who wants a man physically weaker than they are. Crime against nature.

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 03:00 PM (ZdaMQ)

137 Sid is a troll.

All trolls are Average Joe.

Average Joe sucks cock by choice.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 03:00 PM (2614e)

138 Reminder:
There is no "safe state" any more.
The left can and will overwhelm your state if we don't win in 2028.
If you think your deep, deep red state is safe, and you don't have to worry, all you're doing is counting the days until the alligator eats you.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 03:00 PM (Aug7T)

139 If the Jihadists murdered all of the Jews, they would then focus on murdering more of their fellow Muslims in the pursuit of more power for THEIR particular sect within the Muslim world.

Even while focused on the Jews, Muslims murder far more Muslims than all of the other groups of people in the world combined.
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That's the way they've always done it. One way or the other, they stay busy.

Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 03:00 PM (TN0g+)

140 Time to form a new Party??? Well, someone had to say it !

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 03:00 PM (Gqar8)

141 I would suggest your friend is in the minority.

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He may well be. But only a minority is needed.

Say a state is 55-45 D/R.

If 45 of the Rs vote no on trannies, you only need 6/55 Ds to vote no and it’s no overall.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 03:00 PM (O3eDY)

142 I am pretty strong. With necessary exclusions for disabilities, there isn’t a man on this site that couldn’t beat my tail. And I don’t know any woman who wants a man physically weaker than they are. Crime against nature.
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 03:00 PM (ZdaMQ)

Look here, missy! You can just GFY with all that noise!!!

Posted by: David Hogg at November 06, 2026 03:01 PM (2614e)

143 129 I don't know if there'll be a civil war. The Democrat Party is made up of two factions. No, not socialists and moderates. It's made up of Go-Slow Communists and Go-Fast Communists.
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They'll argue over how they want to be addressed "They/them" or being misgendered. Infact expect people to be punished for this crime against humanity.

Posted by: Frank Barone at November 06, 2026 02:59 PM (OkYzo)

Trotskyites vs Leninists.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 03:01 PM (l3cgK)

144 If anybody thought Trump will be slowing down, the Miller appointment will disappoint them. He is architect of many winning Trump policies.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 03:02 PM (AKptf)

145
Communism has a shelf life (sometimes long, granted), Islam does not. Something I think about.
Posted by: tubal

==================

But another similarity is that believe it or not, true Islam has never been tried. Look under the hood, and everyone is whoring, drinking, and hating their overlords.

I'm not sure how we exploit this weakness, but it's there.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 03:02 PM (mmrXZ)

146 Zerohedge. Yeah. Just avoid the comment section.

The backlash against data centers across the West is particularly troubling given the Trump administration's plans to expand the US power grid, rebuild the industrial base, and accelerate economic growth to escape the country's debt trap. Yet the Democrats in the US, who have joined forces with socialists and socialist reformists, are attempting to derail the buildout and pop the investment cycle.

In Amsterdam, far-left activists had their list of causes, protesting both the environmental cost of data centers and Microsoft's ties to Israel. That raises a broader question: Who stands to benefit if the West fails to build data centers and power plants it needs to revitalize a hallowed-out industrial base?

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 06, 2026 03:02 PM (Sco7b)

147 I am pretty strong. With necessary exclusions for disabilities, there isn’t a man on this site that couldn’t beat my tail. And I don’t know any woman who wants a man physically weaker than they are. Crime against nature.

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 03:00 PM (ZdaMQ)
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There's no doubt, you have a rigor to you.

I bet you plank like nobody's business. (Which would be an odd business....)

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:02 PM (Fi81e)

148 Democrats will of course overreach, but we really can't just keep doing what we're doing and expect to be given the keys again.

Posted by: Leupold at November 06, 2026 03:03 PM (BotSl)

149 What would happen if girls invaded boy's locker rooms and openly laughed at the size of their appendages?

Would this reverse the crap of men pretending to be girls? There will be some tallywhacking going on if they try this with my granddaughters. I will hunt them down.

Of course, there's the trans wimps who can't win at sports competing with other males. Have to get their trophies beating girls at sports. They are probably used to being laughed at and it wouldn't solve the problem.

Riley Gaines is a heroine.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 03:03 PM (hzuYO)

150 144 If anybody thought Trump will be slowing down, the Miller appointment will disappoint them. He is architect of many winning Trump policies.
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 03:02 PM (AKptf)

Why in the world would he slow down? He is in deep YOLO country now, runner.

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 03:03 PM (Gqar8)

151 The culture hasn't changed, it's still making baby steps towards the right. Democrats don't understand this and it (might) be their undoing.

Posted by: Max Power at November 06, 2026 03:03 PM (SwyyQ)

152 @139 I think the more likely scenario is that Jews will murder all the Jihadis. Like they are doing in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 03:03 PM (AKptf)

153 100 Note, they tried to force two Women through SEAL training again...

Neither completed the course.

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 06, 2026 02:53 PM

Under the next Democrat administration, Greta Gerwig will become the judge for SEAL qualifying.

It will be amazing how many women then make it through under that new regime!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 06, 2026 03:03 PM (HlyYF)

154 That raises a broader question: Who stands to benefit if the West fails to build data centers and power plants it needs to revitalize a hallowed-out industrial base?

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A real mystery indeed.

Posted by: China at November 06, 2026 03:03 PM (O3eDY)

155 MN has lost its mind -

Jason Robertson
@JRobFromMN
·
6h
While everyone in Minnesota is still talking about the statewide races, look at who just flipped House District 14A in St. Cloud by 593 votes...

Abdi Daisane (DFL) won 9,163 to 8,570.

He owns Blooming Kids Child Care Center, which has collected over $7.29 Million in Taxpayer CCAP childcare subsidies since 2018,(plus another ~$598k in food program claims through Partners in Nutrition)

And the State has hit it with 16 DHS licensing violations since July 2024...unsupervised kids, infant sleep safety failures, prohibited discipline, unclean space, and a background study fine.

To be clear,(no criminal charges against him)...this is all LEGAL subsidy money and the State's own inspection reports.

Now he heads to St. Paul to vote on the budgets and oversight rules for the EXACT system paying his business.

What are we even doing here?

Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 03:03 PM (kX27y)

156 I have always loved Stephen Miller.

I hope he takes scalps.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 03:04 PM (hzuYO)

157 They're going to try to jail him. Fuck it.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 03:04 PM (Ta4DE)

158 There was that gal in Texas I think it was, that was pretending to be a boy. She was on the HS wrestling team and all loaded up on testosterone. She did pretty well on the mat, but there were some boys who refused to get out there with her.

I think she graduated. Not sure if she went on to wrestle at the college level.
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If she wrestled at all at college, it would have been a junior college or Division 3 equivalent of a school. Division one wrestling is a murderer's row of elite talent.

Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 03:04 PM (TN0g+)

159 Sorry. Headline.

Climate Rioters Storm Microsoft Data Center Site In Amsterdam, Chant "Free Palestine" & "F**k AI"

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 06, 2026 03:04 PM (Sco7b)

160 I have always loved Stephen Miller.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 03:04 PM (hzuYO)
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He's gonna Fly Like an Eagle.

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:04 PM (Fi81e)

161 145
Communism has a shelf life (sometimes long, granted), Islam does not. Something I think about.
Posted by: tubal

==================

But another similarity is that believe it or not, true Islam has never been tried. Look under the hood, and everyone is whoring, drinking, and hating their overlords.

I'm not sure how we exploit this weakness, but it's there.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 03:02 PM (mmrXZ)

are you talking about Mohammed's two final revelations regarding eating pork and drinking booze being a-okay?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 03:05 PM (l3cgK)

162 > My wife is pretty strong. I could beat her ass. It is what it is.

My wife is strong. She was a full scholarship college athlete. She competed in the heptathlon. There isn't a single feat of athleticism she could perform that I couldn't beat.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 06, 2026 03:05 PM (mkw2N)

163 If anybody says they know what happened and why on tuesday night they are either a liar or delusional. Something bizarre happened to swing Texas 25 points in two short years and it wasn't the gas prices.

Posted by: Mister Scott

Go look at the primary vote totals. It shifted in a few months, not two years.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at November 06, 2026 03:05 PM (0U5gm)

164 Where have you gone, General Fran-co-co?
Half the nation turns its lonely eyes to you

Posted by: Paul Simon at November 06, 2026 03:05 PM (3/XaG)

165 I think most Dumocrap voters have no idea how radical their candidates or their party has become on trans issues. Or they refuse to believe it.
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The Dem base doesn't care.
The 2024 Trump voters who voted D in 2026, didn't believe it; had no reason to believe it.
Who was the ones telling them about all the radical stuff the Dems believed?
The party that lied and lied and lied about all the things they would do the second they had Congress and the White House in 2024.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 03:05 PM (Aug7T)

166 >>If 45 of the Rs vote no on trannies, you only need 6/55 Ds to vote no and it’s no overall.

I get all that. Where did the 20 million new Democrat voters come from?

Again, the total Republican votes increased about 1 million from 2022 which is normal and doesn't suggest Republican voters were upset and flipped to Democrat. Somehow the Democrats found 20 million new votes across the country and it seems all of them are like your friend.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 03:06 PM (viF8m)

167 It's made up of Go-Slow Communists and Go-Fast Communists.
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No it's made up of Lie a Lot About Actually Wanting Communism and Lie Only a Little About Actually Wanting Communism.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 03:06 PM (MPtWl)

168
Hate to say it but what occurs in the anti Jewish bike ride in Philly will say a lot about the Dems direction. Allegedly there will be a lot of people to protect the Jewish businesses, but how crazy the anti semites act will show which way the Dem "civil war" will go

Posted by: Smell the Glove

==================

Let them do their worst. We need to see what it is.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 03:06 PM (mmrXZ)

169 Communism has a shelf life (sometimes long, granted), Islam does not. Something I think about.

Posted by: tubal
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I think the Ottoman Empire would like a word.

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:06 PM (Fi81e)

170 157 They're going to try to jail him. Fuck it.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 03:04 PM (Ta4DE)

I'm sure that's why Stephen Miller took the job - he has nothing to lose at this point...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 03:06 PM (Gb7+b)

171
So the question is, what can we as Morons do to stoke the fires of Donkey Civil War?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 06, 2026 03:06 PM (y9nCu)

172 Riley Gaines is a heroine.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 03:03 PM (hzuYO)
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Sometimes people step forward to lead, in the face of vicious opposition and at personal cost. She's one of those great people.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 03:07 PM (rnoq1)

173 153 100 Note, they tried to force two Women through SEAL training again...

Neither completed the course.

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 06, 2026 02:53 PM

Under the next Democrat administration, Greta Gerwig will become the judge for SEAL qualifying.

It will be amazing how many women then make it through under that new regime!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 06, 2026 03:03 PM (HlyYF)

At one point, Sandy Eggo Fire Dept lowered the weight requirements that a woman has to carry by something like 40 or 50 lbs...like being a woman magically makes someone she's carrying that much lighter...there was pushback, as I recall.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 03:07 PM (l3cgK)

174 I have always loved Stephen Miller.

I hope he takes scalps.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 03:04 PM (hzuYO)

He better take the money and run.

Posted by: dantesed at November 06, 2026 03:07 PM (Oy/m2)

175 Affordability!!

Posted by: Guy Who Shouts A Word at November 06, 2026 03:07 PM (Fi81e)

176 Holy shitballs that is some serious thunder and lighting.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 03:07 PM (viF8m)

177 This whole Strong kickass woman uber alles started with Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I blame Joss Whedon.
Posted by: tubal

She at least had an in-universe reason for being able to do it.

Everyone who copied Whedon didn't bother to try to justify the obvious oddity.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 06, 2026 03:07 PM (vJrRc)

178 45 days is even longer than two weeks

Posted by: azjaeger at November 06, 2026 03:08 PM (3/XaG)

179
Sorry. Headline.

Climate Rioters Storm Microsoft Data Center Site In Amsterdam, Chant "Free Palestine" & "F**k AI"
Posted by: Stateless

================

GOOD. Bill Gates Mao meets his Red Guard.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 03:08 PM (mmrXZ)

180 Yes, I'm sure. Absent Israel, the world will know peace as it did between 135-1948AD

This is known to historians as "The Golden Millennium," when man lived in brotherhood with man, no blood was drawn in wrath, and nobody knew the bitter taste of gefilte fish.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 03:08 PM (BI5O2)

181 The margins that were involved in the red states flipping were quite large. That is probably the only reason people weren't screaming " election fraud it was rigged"'
Hinojosa won election by 700000 votes

Texans hated Trump accept it.
And it will show in 2028. His stench will longer. Vance is already bailing and the proTrumpers like Ace will not accept that. Rubio? Too pro Iran war. The next candidate will have to be announced by the King
But that oil will be toxic
I took my 300$ predictit winnings and put it on Ossoff at 5 to 1

Posted by: Paul at November 06, 2026 03:08 PM (VJWY3)

182 So the question is, what can we as Morons do to stoke the fires of Donkey Civil War?
Posted by: IllTemperedCur

==

Ace has hinted at this before, but I almost if the realy key to all of this Republicans becoming registered Democrats and just making it some sort of centrist party.

I just have so little faith in the Republican Party holding the line

Posted by: Leupold at November 06, 2026 03:08 PM (BotSl)

183 I am pretty strong. With necessary exclusions for disabilities, there isn’t a man on this site that couldn’t beat my tail. And I don’t know any woman who wants a man physically weaker than they are. Crime against nature.

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 03:00 PM

True dat, Piper!

OTOH: God made man and woman, Samuel Colt made them equal.

There are a ton of 'ettes that when bearing the firearm of their choice, could defeat Antifa "males" against even 1:10 odds.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 06, 2026 03:08 PM (HlyYF)

184 159 Sorry. Headline.

Climate Rioters Storm Microsoft Data Center Site In Amsterdam, Chant "Free Palestine" & "F**k AI"

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 06, 2026 03:04 PM (Sco7b)

Maybe it should be "F**K Palestine, Free AI"?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 03:08 PM (l3cgK)

185 This whole Strong kickass woman uber alles started with Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I blame Joss Whedon.

Posted by: tubal
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This, too, is the story of anime.

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:08 PM (Fi81e)

186 Email I got from Kevin Kiley announcing his loss. He's right - if Prop 50 hadn't passed, he would have won.
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I’m proud of the race we ran. We had to fight back, and we did, harder than anyone expected, forcing our opponents to pull out all the stops in the final weeks. The support you provided every step of the way was nothing short of amazing and gave us a chance to defy the odds.

And we decisively won the areas I currently represent, those that are part of both the old and new district. Extrapolating those results, if there were no Prop. 50 we would likely have won and been the only non-Democrat in the country elected in a district that competitive.

I suppose it would be natural to feel bitterness about all of this. And if I’m being honest, I do to some extent. But mainly, what I feel is gratitude.

Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 03:09 PM (kX27y)

187 I have always loved Stephen Miller.

I hope he takes scalps.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 03:04 PM (hzuYO

This will be a Trump 3.0 - faster, stronger , more ruthless and effective Trump!

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 03:09 PM (AKptf)

188 Did none of these people not play interscholastic sports? You get examined and cleared to play by a physician before every season. There's literally a pants-down hernia check.

Posted by: Alec Leamas at November 06, 2026 03:09 PM (ssz2a)

189
Riley Gaines is a heroine.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 03:03 PM (hzuYO)
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Sometimes people step forward to lead, in the face of vicious opposition and at personal cost. She's one of those great people.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

==============

I'm not sure where she lives, but I bet she runs for office before long. (She does have a young kid and probably intends to have more, so I could be wrong.)

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 03:09 PM (mmrXZ)

190 This trans stuff is so out of hand.

It's mental illness, and we are bowing to it.

I'm not calling anyone any pronoun other than what I think they are. The pronoun crap was the start of this nonsense.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 06, 2026 03:09 PM (iOpI2)

191 162 > My wife is pretty strong. I could beat her ass. It is what it is.

My wife is strong. She was a full scholarship college athlete. She competed in the heptathlon. There isn't a single feat of athleticism she could perform that I couldn't beat.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 06, 2026 03:05 PM (mkw2N)

Popping out babies she could do better, and I consider that a form of athleticism...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 03:09 PM (l3cgK)

192 I bet you plank like nobody's business. (Which would be an odd business....)
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:02 PM (Fi81e

Ha! Well, it kind of is my actual business. There is a lot of planking in my world!

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 03:09 PM (ZdaMQ)

193 I just have so little faith in the Republican Party holding the line

Posted by: Leupold at November 06, 2026 03:08 PM (BotSl)
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I do not have enough faith to believe in the Republican Party as a thing.

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:09 PM (Fi81e)

194 Sorry for posts.

Instapundit.

SALON SINGS SWAN SONG: Goodbye from Salon.

We also want to thank our readers. You came to Salon for the journalism, the dialogue, the essays, the criticism, the unexpected discoveries and the sense that there was a place on the internet where ideas mattered. You read, shared, challenged, subscribed, wrote to us and kept coming back. Your engagement made Salon a publication and a community, and it gave our work meaning. We are so grateful for the time you spent with us.

The business realities of independent digital journalism have changed profoundly over the years. After careful consideration, we have reached the difficult decision that our publishing model is no longer sustainable. We know this news will be deeply disappointing to many of you, and we share that sadness.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 06, 2026 03:10 PM (Sco7b)

195 The Assembly
@InTheAssembly
·
13h
BREAKING: California voters just passed Prop 37. Buyers of newly built homes can now put down 3% instead of 20%.

How: the state lends you the other 17% as a second mortgage, funded by up to $25 billion in bonds.
Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 02:54 PM (kX27y)

Oh great. Another government instigated real estate bubble.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at November 06, 2026 03:10 PM (9ZFZd)

196 Can someone spell out the 'high crimes and misdemeanors' that Hegseth is supposedly guilty of?

serious Q

please don't say too much hair gel or too many tattoos

Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 03:11 PM (ZxPkt)

197 Schumer loses a 2nd vote - via X...

"Maine Democrat Troy Jackson says he will not support Chuck Schumer as Majority Leader.

Q: “Would you support Chuck Schumer for Majority Leader?”

JACKSON: “I’m gonna support somebody else.”"

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 03:11 PM (Gb7+b)

198 Susie Wiles might be the first of many changes. You'd expect that after any midterm, and especially after an election pasting.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 03:11 PM (rnoq1)

199 These Steve Miller band references are really rockin' me baby

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 03:11 PM (9bpxs)

200 RNC Research posted the interview video...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 03:11 PM (Gb7+b)

201 196 Can someone spell out the 'high crimes and misdemeanors' that Hegseth is supposedly guilty of?

serious Q

please don't say too much hair gel or too many tattoos
Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 03:11 PM (ZxPkt)

He's a total dumbass "Bro", and drunk all the time. I know that because I've seen him on SNL.

Posted by: Idiot at November 06, 2026 03:12 PM (9ZFZd)

202 Instapundit.

SALON SINGS SWAN SONG: Goodbye from Salon.

We also want to thank our readers. You came to Salon for the journalism, the dialogue, the essays, the criticism, the unexpected discoveries and the sense that there was a place on the internet where ideas mattered. You read, shared, challenged, subscribed, wrote to us and kept coming back. Your engagement made Salon a publication and a community, and it gave our work meaning. We are so grateful for the time you spent with us.

The business realities of independent digital journalism have changed profoundly over the years. After careful consideration, we have reached the difficult decision that our publishing model is no longer sustainable. We know this news will be deeply disappointing to many of you, and we share that sadness.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 06, 2026 03:10 PM (Sco7b)
___________

I care so little about Salon that I don't even know what it was. A blog? Website? I'm pretty sure it was like Cuckland, full of cucks.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 03:12 PM (iFTx/)

203 196 Can someone spell out the 'high crimes and misdemeanors' that Hegseth is supposedly guilty of?

serious Q

please don't say too much hair gel or too many tattoos
Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 03:11 PM (ZxPkt)

Probably gonna be something to do with the money - $1T to $1.5T in one budget year - probably some misuse somewhere, and they'll claim he's the boss who approved it...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 03:12 PM (Gb7+b)

204 Miller time?

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 03:12 PM (AKptf)

205 Posted by: Paul at November 06, 2026 03:08 PM (VJWY3)

You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at November 06, 2026 03:12 PM (2614e)

206
Meh, I'll believe there's a Democrat civil war when the trannies start shooting up Democrat meetings or take out Dim pols.

And the Commies start murdering Democrat "slow commie" CEOs ala Luigi.

That's what they themselves said should how outraged and intent they were on having their way.

No, I don't support shooting or murdering people for their politics.

But, nor do I believe there's a serious Democrat split until we see them treat their opponents like they treat conservatives/Republicans. Their own rules, you know.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 06, 2026 03:12 PM (YSUhf)

207 It's mental illness, and we are bowing to it.

I'm not calling anyone any pronoun other than what I think they are. The pronoun crap was the start of this nonsense.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 06, 2026 03:09 PM (iOpI2)
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Jonathan Haidt, almost a decade ago, pointed out how modern politics is advocacy for a more neurotic point of view, such as being "triggered" by more things.

Rather than working toward less compulsion by outside forces and owning your own reactions, which is where responsible therapists try to move their clients.

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:12 PM (Fi81e)

208 Thanks autocorrect. S/B: Millennia, not Millenium

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 03:13 PM (BI5O2)

209 A smart left would let the more centrist part of the party control things for a while as the consolidate power.

Posted by: SH at November 06, 2026 03:13 PM (qCV5n)

210
should = show

Stupid fingers!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at November 06, 2026 03:13 PM (YSUhf)

211 El-Sayed said he was going to "mandate vaccines".

I'm not sure if that means anything the State calls "vaccines" is mandated...

But I'm scared he meant that.

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:13 PM (Fi81e)

212 211 El-Sayed said he was going to "mandate vaccines".

I'm not sure if that means anything the State calls "vaccines" is mandated...

But I'm scared he meant that.
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:13 PM (Fi81e)

Elf sez what?? Preening for the commies.

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 03:14 PM (Gqar8)

213 Stupid fingers!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at November 06, 2026 03:13 PM (YSUhf)
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Blame well placed!

Posted by: Benjamin Libet at November 06, 2026 03:14 PM (Fi81e)

214 Schumer needs 51 and he's already lost 2...I expect a preference cascade by the new Senator-elects keeps him out (aka, he can only be leader with R votes, and Rs won't help)...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 03:14 PM (Gb7+b)

215 why is it "girls having to show their genitals" Why not boys?

Posted by: susan harms at November 06, 2026 03:15 PM (Kkd7F)

216 199 These Steve Miller band references are really rockin' me baby

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 03:11 PM

For American patriots that love the eagle.

https://tinyurl.com/2n58cbs8

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 06, 2026 03:15 PM (HlyYF)

217 208 Thanks autocorrect. S/B: Millennia, not Millenium
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 03:13 PM (BI5O2)

METALLICA!!!!!!

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 03:15 PM (9bpxs)

218
God made man and woman, Samuel Colt made them equal.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot

===============

That would make the absolute coolest ad ever. And it's not illegal to advertise guns! But guess why you don't see it? Gutless networks and media services.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 03:15 PM (mmrXZ)

219 The left is going to lose their shit!

🤣🤣🤣🤣

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 03:15 PM (AKptf)

220 There are numerous different election machines our so I’m not exactly sure how they all work, but I assume many, if not most, have an option to vote a straight ticket for a party.

If a voter only votes straight ticket on a machine then I also have to assume ballot questions and referendum will not be automatically selected as there is no party involved.

So it stands to reason you will get a lot of ballots with those parts blank because the voter voted straight ticket and then skipped the rest of the ballot.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 03:15 PM (6ydKt)

221 These Steve Miller band references are really rockin' me baby
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 03:11 PM (9bpxs)
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That guys' a Joker!

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:16 PM (Fi81e)

222 These Steve Miller band references are really rockin' me baby
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They kind of reach out and grab ya...

Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 03:16 PM (TN0g+)

223 Speaking of civil war, what disturbs me is that so many Americans voted for people who campaigned on harassing, jailing, silencing, and killing other Americans.

It's demonic.

Posted by: Emmie at November 06, 2026 03:16 PM (4BPLk)

224 221 These Steve Miller band references are really rockin' me baby
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 03:11 PM (9bpxs)
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That guys' a Joker!
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:16 PM (Fi81e)

Yeah, but he took the money and ran.

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 03:16 PM (Gqar8)

225 And thus you a much more accurate reading on the electorate choices

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 03:17 PM (9bpxs)

226 If anybody thought Trump will be slowing down, the Miller appointment will disappoint them. He is architect of many winning Trump policies.
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Trump has had his best wins when he's had to only fight Dems.
And his losses have all come because he's been fighting Republicans.

And there are no Republicans left to fight ....

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 03:17 PM (Aug7T)

227 >>Can someone spell out the 'high crimes and misdemeanors' that Hegseth is supposedly guilty of?

Same thing they went after him on before, following illegal orders.

Mark Kelly, one the seditious 6, is saying that 6 of the 8 charges against Hegseth are following illegal orders. And who gave him those illegal orders? His boss. Donald Trump.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 03:17 PM (viF8m)

228 If she wrestled at all at college, it would have been a junior college or Division 3 equivalent of a school. Division one wrestling is a murderer's row of elite talent.
Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 03:04 PM (TN0g+)

It was Mack Beggs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mack_Beggs

He did not compete in the 2018–2019 collegiate wrestling season due to double mastectomy surgery.[

lol

Posted by: No Name Today at November 06, 2026 03:17 PM (8mulE)

229 I'm not calling anyone any pronoun other than what I think they are. The pronoun crap was the start of this nonsense.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 06, 2026 03:09 PM (iOpI2)
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I was at my former local haunt during the Texas/OU football game a couple weeks ago. The layout for the restrooms is a little odd, so dudes are occasionally heading towards the ladies rooms (there are 2 separate rooms with one seat each) instead of turning short and going into the men's.

One dude headed towards the ladies and I attempted to get their attention. I wasn't able to. When they came out, I pointed at the door and said "Men's room."

"I'M NOT A MAN!!!!"

"Woah......I'm sorry."

It went back to it's table and commenced to pissing about me calling her a man. The First Lady ended up interjecting their piss fest and said "It was an HONEST MISTAKE. He apologized. It's done!"

The 'lady' dressed, walked and presented 'herself' as a 16 year old boy with the dress, walk and almost flattop hair.

You present yourself to the world as a teenage boy, don't get pissed when the world looks and says "Look. There's a boy."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 03:17 PM (2614e)

230 These Steve Miller band references are really rockin' me baby
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They kind of reach out and grab ya...
Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 03:16 PM (TN0g+)
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* tries hard to think of a Swingtown reference ... *

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:17 PM (Fi81e)

231
The Steve Miller comments are Your Saving Grace for this thread.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 06, 2026 03:18 PM (YSUhf)

232 Oh, I have a ballot question in mind for States with citizen-reffered amendment initiatives.

It's a real doozy.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 03:18 PM (BI5O2)

233 Referred. FFS.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 03:18 PM (BI5O2)

234 He’s the type who would have voted straight D and voted against trannies.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez

The ARNP I support is just the same. And she did vote for the most liberal candidates and for the income tax. But against the trannys.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 03:18 PM (yVYSZ)

235 Come on you guys remember that Steve Miller song "And thus you get a much more accurate reading on electorate choices". Man it was a huge hit!

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 03:18 PM (9bpxs)

236 The Steve Miller comments are Your Saving Grace for this thread.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 06, 2026 03:18 PM (YSUhf)

Abracadabra!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 03:19 PM (2614e)

237 I once got into a friendly argument with a very athletic girl in the prime of her life. I'm considerably older than her.

She finally says "so you think if I got you in an arm lock, you could get free?" I said I'm sure I could.

So we test the theory. I gave her my arm to "lock" it. Ready? 1, 2, 3 ... and I pull free so easily it shocks her. We do it again, this time she's holding harder. Same result.

Then she proposes a headlock. Sure, why not. I think you know how this turns out. I twice easily escape. She's genuinely surprised. She really thought that her strength was comparable to mine.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 03:19 PM (iFTx/)

238 215 why is it "girls having to show their genitals" Why not boys?
Posted by: susan harms at November 06, 2026 03:15 PM (Kkd7F)

Neither should have to with DNA testing as widespread and easy go do today.

But the reason they are not mentioning boys is because this was about girl’s sports and there are very few female to male transgenders trying out for the boy’s teams because they are crazy, not stupid.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 03:19 PM (6ydKt)

239 I swear, my new phone's autocorrect couldn't be any worse if AI hallucinated the entire English language.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 03:20 PM (BI5O2)

240 Breaking News: With the Blue Wave, Robert Francis "Beto" O'Rourke announces he has not ruled out another run for office.

Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at November 06, 2026 03:21 PM (0sNs1)

241 Hey here's my cock. Now let me get back to my woman's volleyball game.

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 03:21 PM (9bpxs)

242 One good thing about the New Left taking leadership away from the Old Guard is, those were the ones who know the rules and procedure.

Which, used to matter.

But then I remember the Obamacare committee markup and "There are no rules here, we make it up as we go."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 03:21 PM (Aug7T)

243 Pedo adjacent Weiner won Pelosi's seat despite her stumping for his communist opponent.

Posted by: torabora at November 06, 2026 03:21 PM (rB4CC)

244 I'm not calling anyone any pronoun other than what I think they are. The pronoun crap was the start of this nonsense.
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Sexed pronouns exist not because we have endless "second names", but it seemed a minimal accommodation for the way that people wanted their sex acknowledged.

"Personal pronouns" is stupid. You share your sexed pronouns with ~4 billion people.

That ain't in no way "personal". It simply recognizes a difference society chose to recognize.

Nobody decided "I want my wealth recognized in pronouns" to get richhim/richher pronouns.

Second-name to remember, "personal pronouns" is not how pronoun references aren't meant to work.

They are shorthands.

That's my functional objection.

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:22 PM (Fi81e)

245 It looks like Colorado narrowly passed two ballot measures regarding transgender stuff. One would prohibit biologic males from participating in K-12 and collegiate girls' sports.

The other would ban surgeries on minors for altering gender characteristics.

I expect both will immediately be challenged in court.

Posted by: Isaiah 32:15-16 at November 06, 2026 03:22 PM (qgHp7)

246 Then she proposes a headlock. Sure, why not. I think you know how this turns out. I twice easily escape. She's genuinely surprised. She really thought that her strength was comparable to mine.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 03:19 PM

You didn't offer to trade leg scissors holds?

Missed opportunity.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 06, 2026 03:23 PM (0sNs1)

247 /off prophetic sock

Posted by: muldoon at November 06, 2026 03:23 PM (qgHp7)

248 The dems are overreaching, as they do.

This election was not a moratorium on social issues, or the trans kids in sports bills would have swept in blue states. It's not a moratorium on open borders are ok, because several states passed voter ID laws.

It was an election about refuting forever wars, or the ones they look to be like Iran and Ukraine. It was about our politicians (even Trump) not listening to their base, and hugely on economic issues.

But the dems are going to push for the social issues and open borders and health care. The old bugaboos. I wish them well in their folly and hope they achieve none of it, while getting slapped down by voters swinging back to the right in 2028.

Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 03:25 PM (Toos7)

249 /off prophetic sock
Posted by: muldoon at November 06, 2026 03:23 PM

Sometimes it's not that easy.

Posted by: Jonah at November 06, 2026 03:25 PM (0sNs1)

250 El-Sayed vaccine mandate excludes muzzies mandatory.
Just the rest of us.
He won't say it but that's what he wants.

Posted by: torabora at November 06, 2026 03:25 PM (rB4CC)

251 239 I swear, my new phone's autocorrect couldn't be any worse if AI hallucinated the entire English language.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 03:20 PM (BI5O2)

I turned it off on this iPad.

Which means I throw out a lot more typos but I’m also not fighting iOS on what word I am trying to spell.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 03:25 PM (6ydKt)

252 Remember the wall to wall coverage about Nolan Wells, the black teen who went missing during a 4th of July outing? Millions of people were absolutely convinced Wells' white friends had killed him for fun.

Has anyone heard about Austin Payne? He's a 15 year old white boy from Georgia who was shot by a group of four young black males and left to die. It appears to have been a robbery.

Payne called his mother, telling her he was shot and dying. She searched for him all night and found his body.

Has anyone heard a peep?

http://tiny.cc/x19d101

Posted by: bonhomme at November 06, 2026 03:26 PM (mkw2N)

253 Rumor is 30+ dems are considering running for pres in 2028...not a surprise...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 03:26 PM (Gb7+b)

254 215 why is it "girls having to show their genitals" Why not boys?
Posted by: susan harms at

It's all about the bone structure. -Trixie Delight

(What? It's just a twisted Paper Moon reference)

Posted by: Rex B at November 06, 2026 03:26 PM (T1oyy)

255 >>> 185 This whole Strong kickass woman uber alles started with Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I blame Joss Whedon.

Posted by: tubal

Hey! My eyes are up here!

Posted by: Wonder Woman at November 06, 2026 03:26 PM (Toos7)

256 Dallas FC U15 boys beat the brakes off the USWNT.

U15 = 13 and 14 year old boys.

Against grown ass stronk wymans.

So tell me again how its fair to have tranny dudes in girls sports?

Posted by: Heavy Meta at November 06, 2026 03:27 PM (vr4To)

257 LizLem,

I agree with you 100%

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 03:28 PM (yVYSZ)

258 To willow this one along.

NBC"News" reports 77% of its exit poll respondents in TX said immigration enforcement was major factor in their vote. Hispanic voters were I believe by far the largest segment of the new voter "wave" in TX.

Houston mayor gives executive order prohibiting HPD from contacting ICE in case of non-violent crimes.

There was a reason I was whiny and impatient about the enforcement operation. But I was counting on a 4 year timeline. Sickening and depressing.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 03:29 PM (U/Byj)

259
Schumer needs 51 and he's already lost 2...I expect a preference cascade by the new Senator-elects keeps him out (aka, he can only be leader with R votes, and Rs won't help)...
Posted by: Nova Local

I think i see the problem. There are enough traitorous surrender monkey GOOe assholes to make that happen.

Posted by: BifBewalski at November 06, 2026 03:29 PM (yf1gO)

260 The view that Iran is some sort of forever war in my opinion is stupid and retarded and totally leftist. It's stupid to think that because it's not like there are lines combat lines in Iran or boys are over there in trenches fuck that's ridiculous We have our Navy ships in the strait and other places and they're the ones who were going to conduct anything if another kinetic part of the war happens so this fucking forever war it's just bullshit

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 03:29 PM (9bpxs)

261 How: the state lends you the other 17% as a second mortgage, funded by up to $25 billion in bonds.
Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 02:54 PM (kX27y)

Oh great. Another government instigated real estate bubble.
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at November 06, 2026 03:10 PM (9ZFZd)
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Given the price of real estate, it's undercapitalized as well.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 06, 2026 03:30 PM (amcLV)

262 They are shorthands.

That's my functional objection.
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:22 PM (Fi81e)

It is the mentally ill forcing their delusions on others through societal and legal measures.

It is the Democrat party and the Marxists inverting reality through language and thought control as a means to divide and conquer.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 03:30 PM (6ydKt)

263 One of the biggest illustrations I saw of the difference between males and females came from a guy who looks like an 80-pound weakling.

I don't know who remembers "Not-gay Gerald" from Stephen Crowder's first gang, but when they were on CRTV with a stocky, athletic karate-practicing young lady named Courtney.

There is little doubt that she outweighed NGG. Crowder wanted to illustrate sex differences by having Courtney and NGG trade karate kicks (through a kick pad!).

NGG did not look like he worked out much. But every kick NGG delivered to Courtney required her at least a couple steps back, and she could barely get this guy who she outweighed to rock back on his heels.

And they traded several kicks. He could stagger her, and I think he took one step back through several of her strongest kicks.

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:31 PM (Fi81e)

264 SSBN 656 (G) all the "forever war" talk is nonsense with one exception, always has been. But Trump cultivated/exploited the mass delusion (which extends even into pointy-head Beltway think tank types) to some extent, so something about beds and lying in them.

But no data I've seen supports the idea that the idiotic foreign policy views of voters was a big factor - it was their other idiotic views.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 03:33 PM (U/Byj)

265 Hey! My eyes are up here!
Posted by: Wonder Woman at November 06, 2026 03:26 PM (Toos7)

Wonder Woman had a lot of assets, no doubt.

But her Achilles heel was that all you had to do was capture her and tie her up and she was helpless as a newborn kitten.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 03:33 PM (6ydKt)

266 And they traded several kicks. He could stagger her, and I think he took one step back through several of her strongest kicks.
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:31 PM (Fi81e)

I believe NGG is still a part of the show.

Crowder has gone through many a stage hand, however. 1/4 Black Garrett left a LONG time ago.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 03:34 PM (2614e)

267 The dems are overreaching, as they do.

Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 03:25 PM (Toos7)
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Look through history. They are the party of intemperates.

That's why they lynched. That's why the riot. That's why the burned crosses..., that's why the ran "carpetbaggers" out of town.

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:34 PM (Fi81e)

268 224 221 These Steve Miller band references are really rockin' me baby
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 03:11 PM (9bpxs)
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That guys' a Joker!
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:16 PM (Fi81e)

Yeah, but he took the money and ran.
Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 03:16 PM (Gqar

*********
Abracadabra, man.

Great, great band of fun times.

We've reached peak Jungle Love followed by Eye of the Tiger by Survivor.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 03:34 PM (hzuYO)

269 - it was their other idiotic views.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 03:33 PM (U/Byj)

Swing voters don't even vote their views because they don't have views or they wouldn't be swing voters. They vote feels. Whoever makes them feel smarter to vote for.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 03:35 PM (MPtWl)

270 Sorry, I'm being 'that guy', Axeman. it's Not-Gay-Jared.

Posted by: Cray Cray at November 06, 2026 03:35 PM (ZRkCF)

271 "..." yeah well there's that too.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 03:36 PM (U/Byj)

272 SwiftKey now owned by microshaft is very good at predicting and fixing based on how you type.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 03:36 PM (MPtWl)

273 267 The dems are overreaching, as they do.

Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 03:25 PM (Toos7)
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Look through history. They are the party of intemperates.

That's why they lynched. That's why the riot. That's why the burned crosses..., that's why the ran "carpetbaggers" out of town.
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:34 PM (Fi81e)

People with little to no impulse control demanding total control of civilizational structure that is dependent on self-control

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 03:37 PM (6ydKt)

274 So it turns out my dad told me not to beat up on girls, not because it was unseemly, but because it was just too damn easy.

Posted by: muldoon at November 06, 2026 03:37 PM (qgHp7)

275 I believe NGG is still a part of the show.

Crowder has gone through many a stage hand, however. 1/4 Black Garrett left a LONG time ago.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 03:34 PM (2614e)
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No, Gerald ??? is a former (college?) tight end athlete and producer and long time personality on his show.

NGG left with a pretty unsavory dispute with Crowder, as Dave Lambeau let on.

It basically amounts to NGG wanted allowances to spend more time with his wife and his newborn than Crowder was willing to accept.

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:38 PM (Fi81e)

276 Hey! My eyes are up here!
Posted by: Wonder Woman

*Peels off googly eyes and places one on each boob.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 03:38 PM (zFF15)

277 Remember the wall to wall coverage about Nolan Wells, the black teen who went missing during a 4th of July outing? Millions of people were absolutely convinced Wells' white friends had killed him for fun.

Has anyone heard about Austin Payne? He's a 15 year old white boy from Georgia who was shot by a group of four young black males and left to die. It appears to have been a robbery.

Payne called his mother, telling her he was shot and dying. She searched for him all night and found his body.

Has anyone heard a peep?

http://tiny.cc/x19d101
Posted by: bonhomme at November 06, 2026 03:26 PM (mkw2N)
_______

Are those real names?????

Jansquincey Donaldson
Adarious Wallace
Detravion Parker

Sounds like parody hoodrat names from a Wayan Bros skit

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 03:38 PM (iFTx/)

278 Then she proposes a headlock. Sure, why not. I think you know how this turns out. I twice easily escape. She's genuinely surprised. She really thought that her strength was comparable to mine.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 03:19 PM (iFTx/)

I hope you, you know, struggled for 20 or 30 seconds whilst enjoying the...ahhh...opportunity, before escaping.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 06, 2026 03:39 PM (2WIwB)

279 Sorry, I'm being 'that guy', Axeman. it's Not-Gay-Jared.
Posted by: Cray Cray at November 06, 2026 03:35 PM (ZRkCF)
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Nope. Needed correction. I had an inkling his name was different from Gerald's, but it wasn't enough to make me check it.

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:39 PM (Fi81e)

280 Except that it appears one kind of "swing" voter, some Hispanics, in fact do swing for specific reasons. Still stupid, and feellzzz, but specific. Immigration enforcement.

If the administration kicks off the long overdue effort to end the employment magnet (go after employers), continues its criminal deportations, and continues to squeeze from every side (welfare eligibility, etc), 2 more years might have some lasting impact. Deterring intending invaders via results is critical, and that relies on results.

Unless of course the country, as seems likely+, puts a Dem in the WH in '28. Then, fuggetaboutit, in general.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 03:40 PM (U/Byj)

281 > *Peels off googly eyes and places one on each boob.

Did you see the Citi Bank plaza shooter? Big old fat man boobs swinging in the breeze. Got shot like a dog by a sneaky security guard.

http://tiny.cc/i29d101

Posted by: bonhomme at November 06, 2026 03:40 PM (mkw2N)

282 *Peels off googly eyes and places one on each boob.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 03:38 PM

Given such things are called pasties, may I suggest using pastes, instead of places, in your statement?

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at November 06, 2026 03:40 PM (0sNs1)

283 It will be interesting to see if they can actually securitize those California mortgages under existing Fannie/Freddie/MBS rules. I believe Having the state put down part of the down payment places them in a different risk tranche (unless that consider it a gift and not repayable in any form). They also have to ensure that irrespective the mortgagee can actually afford the loan.

Posted by: Vengeance at November 06, 2026 03:41 PM (63An5)

284 The Dems will be drunk with power, overreach, fuck everyrhing they can up and then blame President Trump.

And the GOPe will refuse to defend the President and we will lose the White House too.

Because that was always the plan. Trump just got in the way for a few years.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 03:41 PM (yVYSZ)

285 Schmuckie Tumor emboldened the tent to allow Nazis so how is that going?

RNC Research
@RNCResearch
Maine Democrat Troy Jackson says he will not support Chuck Schumer as Majority Leader.
Q: “Would you support Chuck Schumer for Majority Leader?”
JACKSON: “I’m gonna support somebody else.”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 03:41 PM (ndZc7)

286 Jansquincey Donaldson
Adarious Wallace
Detravion Parker

Sounds like parody hoodrat names from a Wayan Bros skit

In the comments on police dashcam videos it's common to just call the perps "Felontavius", but it's honestly hard to keep parody ahead of reality in that field.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 03:42 PM (2ocoG)

287 Jansquincey Donaldson
Adarious Wallace
Detravion Parker

Sounds like parody hoodrat names from a Wayan Bros skit
Posted by: Elric The Blade

NY Jets starting secondary.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 03:42 PM (Ta4DE)

288 http://tiny.cc/i29d101

Posted by: bonhomme

Dayum.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 03:42 PM (zFF15)

289 And the State has hit it with 16 DHS licensing violations since July 2024...unsupervised kids, infant sleep safety failures, prohibited discipline, unclean space, and a background study fine.

Buried lede: the fraudulent daycare actually had clients.

Didn't this guy know you don't have to run a legitimate business (however badly) to scam money out of the government?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 06, 2026 03:42 PM (vJrRc)

290 258 To willow this one along.

NBC"News" reports 77% of its exit poll respondents in TX said immigration enforcement was major factor in their vote. Hispanic voters were I believe by far the largest segment of the new voter "wave" in TX.

Houston mayor gives executive order prohibiting HPD from contacting ICE in case of non-violent crimes.

There was a reason I was whiny and impatient about the enforcement operation. But I was counting on a 4 year timeline. Sickening and depressing.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 03:29 PM (U/Byj)

Puts us in a tough spot. If we don't enforce immigration law, we lose. And if we enforce it, we also lose.

Hopefully, there is some way to thread the needle. Could be that there is some percentage of the population that cannot countenance the kind of physical confrontations and shootings ICE has had with instigators. Not sure how best to handle that, if so.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 06, 2026 03:42 PM (HFrEr)

291 It's funny, but in the 80s I was reading how some academics wanted to recognize "conservatism" as some sort of mental issue.

I used to resist Michael Savage's expressed viewpoint that "Liberalism was a mental disease" for the sake of amity. Over the years, I've dropped more and more reservations about it.

False amity is false amity.

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:43 PM (Fi81e)

292 Given such things are called pasties, may I suggest using pastes, instead of places, in your statement?
Posted by: Wesley Crusher

😁😁😁

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 03:43 PM (zFF15)

293 Puts us in a tough spot. If we don't enforce immigration law, we lose. And if we enforce it, we also lose.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 06, 2026 03:42 PM

Uh oh, he's on to us.

Posted by: (D)emocrats & the MSM at November 06, 2026 03:44 PM (0sNs1)

294 Wow. So Latinos in Texas abandoned the republic because they don’t like enforcement of our immigration laws. Got it.

Posted by: Vengeance at November 06, 2026 03:44 PM (63An5)

295 emboldened

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Embiggened! Embiggened! Doesn't autocucumber know cromulent words?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 03:44 PM (ndZc7)

296 I think "over-reach" and paying a price therefor is mostly an outdated concept. Dems are simply the default party in power, their voting base has become utterly indifferent to policies or results, just a mix of robotic tribal voting, bigotries, resentments, deluded hate paroxysms, envy, etc.

Here and there an insanely radical move may be punished, but with zero effect on robotic Dem voter behavior in the future, in general.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 03:44 PM (U/Byj)

297 Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 03:40 PM (U/Byj)

I'm not sure I believe the explanation fully. This was the "issue" (feeling) that got Trump elected.

I just think it's convenient that the result of 10 years of Trump is that we have to be nice about illegals. Works for the GOP and no one else.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 03:44 PM (MPtWl)

298 And the GOPe will refuse to defend the President and we will lose the White House too.

Because that was always the plan. Trump just got in the way for a few years.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 03:41 PM (yVYSZ)
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I fear you are right.

Trump was never of the DC Body.

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:45 PM (Fi81e)

299 It basically amounts to NGG wanted allowances to spend more time with his wife and his newborn than Crowder was willing to accept.
Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:38 PM (Fi81e)

Oh. I'd watched something of SC not that long ago and he was still there. Maybe that footage was dated, then, I guess.

Sad.

Not Gay Jared (as pointed out above) Went to Notre Dame and played football, if I remember correctly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 03:45 PM (2614e)

300 Wait....I'm totally confused......

I'm thinking of the wrong guy on Crowder's show.

Never mind.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 03:46 PM (2614e)

301 Democrats are playing the strong horse. The party has fundamentally transformed (actually only rebranded) before your eyes. And left R's in the dust until something shifts again.

I detailed it here but I assumed they were just gearing up for "change" in 2028. Turns out no it was fully a 2026 operation.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 03:46 PM (MPtWl)

302 To willow this one along.

NBC"News" reports 77% of its exit poll respondents in TX said immigration enforcement was major factor in their vote. Hispanic voters were I believe by far the largest segment of the new voter "wave" in TX.

__________

This is an op, guys. Exit polls are complete garbage, just mostly made up.

There's no way legal citizens who can vote are upset that line-jumping illegals -- even of the same ethnicity --- are being deported.

Foreigners who jump through all the hoops for citizenship are some of the biggest proponents of strict enforcement of immigration law.

Know the op when you see it.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 03:47 PM (iFTx/)

303 I confused Jared with Gerald Morgan Jr. in my head.

Mistakes were made. I blame my parents.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 03:47 PM (2614e)

304 False amity is false amity.

*********

Oh, the Horror!

Posted by: muldoon at November 06, 2026 03:47 PM (qgHp7)

305 I'm thinking of the wrong guy on Crowder's show.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 03:46 PM

Just don't get us confused, m'kay?

Posted by: Whoopi, Trigglypuff, Stacey, and Lizzo at November 06, 2026 03:47 PM (0sNs1)

306 By the Numbers :

"OSZ
@OpenSourceZone
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How voters shifted from 2024 to 2026

Top 3 right wing shifts:
🔴 Jewish
🔴 Age 65+
🔴 White evangelical

Top 3 left wing shifts:
🔵 Ages 18-29
🔵 Asian
🔵 Latino

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 03:47 PM (AKptf)

307 Commies always split.

We just have to pray that the red/green coalition collapses before the Muslims take over.

Posted by: 29Victor at November 06, 2026 03:48 PM (0MjtC)

308 Instapundit story from a bit back.
Video of South African train station decline in 10 years.
Damn. Decline is a choice.
https://x.gd/91fM1m

And tinyurl sucks now.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 06, 2026 03:48 PM (Sco7b)

309 As the strong horse party expect D's to basically run the Maduro op on all of us and Trump's people every day for quite some time.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 03:48 PM (MPtWl)

310 Crowder sounds like Stern, kinda.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 03:48 PM (Ta4DE)

311 bear, and Vengeance, yep.

I see no way to finesse the perceptions of people so stupid and unworldly that a violent confrontation between LE and a suspect/fugitive/etc - which happens every day all over the country for a million reasons - is somehow evil and mean and scares the cute puppies if the perp is an illegal alien.

It's inexcusably stupid. And a disaster. I don't see any way to thread the needle but then again I'm not the one to ask, because I think every bit of progress on this vital issue in the last 2 years is ephemeral. A populace that is simply determined to be less prosperous, free, secure and just will get its way eventually.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 03:48 PM (U/Byj)

312 Under Nood

Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 03:49 PM (enNUy)

313 undernood

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 06, 2026 03:50 PM (W2Pud)

314 Not Gay Jared (as pointed out above) Went to Notre Dame and played football, if I remember correctly.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 03:45 PM (2614e)
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It's confusing--and I confused it more. Gerald Morgan (I had to look it up), went to ND, and played tightend, is a big guy and it wouldn't really have impressed me if he shrugged off some chicks kicks.

The common joke is about Gerald, being a little more "refined" is gay.

Totally a different guy from "Not-gay Jared" who was scrawny, with a relatively high voice and they had to specify was "Not Gay".

That was the guy who I was astounded was so little affected by Courtney's kicks.

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 03:50 PM (Fi81e)

315 How voters shifted from 2024 to 2026

Top 3 right wing shifts:
🔴 Jewish
🔴 Age 65+
🔴 White evangelical

Top 3 left wing shifts:
🔵 Ages 18-29
🔵 Asian
🔵 Latino

I'm keeping this for the next Boomer's Are The Worst post.

Posted by: Community Notes at November 06, 2026 03:50 PM (pUU4E)

316 Don’t see a nood.

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 03:51 PM (Gqar8)

317 Elric pretty sure you're wrong on this. The data is from pre-election surveys as well as exits, and tracks with the vote shifts/ethnic cohorts, as far as they can be descried.

Tom Servo had a valuable anecdote about established Mexican-American businessmen of his acquaintance who of course were appalled by all the bizarre social/cultural crap of the Dems very much were upset by "the fear" in their "communities" over immigration enforcement.

Doesn't matter now of course. Only option is to plow ahead and hope for a miracle in '28.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 03:52 PM (U/Byj)

318 Turns out Latinos wanted the border closed and massive deportations when they voted in 2024, but they actually meant they wanted to deport everybody who isn’t Latino, because things suddenly got real when ICE deported their cousin’s friend and his girlfriend when they pulled him over for drunk driving one night.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 03:52 PM (6ydKt)

319 Because it's under and Nood

Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 03:52 PM (enNUy)

320 319 Because it's under and Nood
Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 03:52 PM (enNUy)

Crap.This is like math.

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 03:53 PM (Gqar8)

321 @290...how many of these hispanic voters are here illegally?

I wanted everyone deported, even if here 30yrs and not a US citizen who can speak, read and write English and pass a citizenship test.

I'm a purist since my people have been here since the early 1700's. Poor and wealthy immigrants who became US citizens and learned English and fought in all wars and became AMERICANS.

If Abuela is speaking espanol in the grocery store, thinking in code when I can understand most of it, or trying to irritate me (she succeeds as I want to yell at her to speak English)...I figure she's not here legally. I could be wrong.

When I am in France I spoke and read enough French to get by vs being freaking rude as an American tourist. Now I reckon I'd have to learn Farsi.

I now hope, since the soft touch didn't work, we round 'em up and ship them off in cargo planes to which ever country would take them. I don't care!!!

I'd hoped the $3k to self deport would work. Then the fekin' mid terms will embolden their sorry arses.

Off to cook and make potato voodoo dolls...nah. I only did this once watching a college basketball game. It worked!!!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 03:54 PM (hzuYO)

322 Decline is a choice.

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In his book The Outline of History, H.G. Wells theorized that the reason the Roman Empire fell was the Romans didn't care enough to keep it going.

Same as it ever was.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 03:56 PM (ndZc7)

323 322 Decline is a choice.

-
In his book The Outline of History, H.G. Wells theorized that the reason the Roman Empire fell was the Romans didn't care enough to keep it going.

Same as it ever was.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 03:56 PM (ndZc7)

I learned that H G Wells was a woman. Learned that from Warehouse 13.

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 03:57 PM (Gqar8)

324 Off to cook and make potato voodoo dolls...
Posted by: ChristyBlinky

**********

What do you do? Poke toothpicks in their eyes?

Posted by: muldoon at November 06, 2026 03:59 PM (qgHp7)

325
BREAKING: California voters just passed Prop 37. Buyers of newly built homes can now put down 3% instead of 20%.

How: the state lends you the other 17% as a second mortgage, funded by up to $25 billion in bonds.
Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 02:54 PM (kX27y)

Oh great. Another government instigated real estate bubble.
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at November 06, 2026 03:10 PM (9ZFZd)

Ah yes. The Realtor Full Employment Act

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 06, 2026 03:59 PM (y9nCu)

326 @290...how many of these hispanic voters are here illegally?

I wanted everyone deported, even if here 30yrs and not a US citizen who can speak, read and write English and pass a citizenship test.

We got rid of the illegals. What's weird is. It pissed off the legal Hispanics. You know, the ones losing jobs to the illegals.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 04:01 PM (zFF15)

327 I'm not sure I believe the explanation fully. This was the "issue" (feeling) that got Trump elected.

I don't buy that. In 2024 there was significant data about Hispanic counties in Texas going hard for Trump because they didn't want illegals driving down their salaries and competing for housing. I don't think Latinos all became cucks in 2 years.

Also, the methodology probably matters. The claim that 65% of Jews loved El-Sayid eventually drilled down to "one poll of 35 likely voters" or something of that nature.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 04:09 PM (2ocoG)

328 So stealing go slow communist and go fast communist. I’ll try to remember who I stole it from.

Posted by: Goatweed at November 06, 2026 04:11 PM (jK3NL)

329 SUCKERS !!!!!!!!!!!!!

$300K in College Debt for a Degree in Hamster Reproduction Habits from Haaaaaaaarvard and all you can get is a minimum wage job at Micky Dee's.....

But..... But ...... But .... The Comiecrat Blue Tsunami was going to solve this....

A Shitbag in the Government is still a Shitbag in the Real world....

Learn to CODE .................. I want my MOMMY !!!!!!

Posted by: Mike Hunt at November 06, 2026 04:29 PM (WpgHK)

Sen. Harriet Hageman: With What Few Days We Have Left Being in Control of Congress, We Should Go Hog-Wild and Push the Republican Agenda to the Max

Well, sure, I'd like this.

She wants to use budget reconciliation to fund the priorities, like border security, that Democrats intend to defund.

But John Thune and his Confederacy of Cucks will not do that. It would upset their liberal sex-partners!

One of the few House Republicans to win a U.S. Senate seat in Tuesday's blue-wave election is urging her GOP colleagues to aggressively use the remaining days of the lame-duck Congress this year to pass multi-year budgets to protect agencies that Democrats want to defund and to codify President Donald Trump cuts to foreign aid that the left wants to restore.
Rep. Harriet Hageman, soon to be sworn in as Wyoming's next U.S. senator, told Just the News on Thursday night that she is urging fellow Republicans to replicate their last budget reconciliation law that funded Trump's Homeland Security agenda until the end of his presidency and codify other GOP priorities and foil Democrats' ambitions in the next Congress.
Such a move would require only 51 votes in the Senate, bypassing the blockade of a filibuster rule, then allow Trump to use his veto pen to thwart Democrat efforts in the next Congress to overturn his priorities, thus securing them through the 2028 election.
"I think we ought to do another reconciliation package and fund some of these programs and agencies that we know that the Democrats are going to target," Hageman said during a wide-ranging interview on the Just the News, No Noise television show.

And, just as importantly, she wants to defund by law the useless or anti-American bureaucrats and NGOs that the Democrats are determined to fund again.

Hageman suggested border and immigration budget items, the Justice Department and FBI priorities, and codifying the massive cuts to wasteful federal spending and the USAID foreign aid budget that Elon Musk's DOGE team implemented. Democrats have made clear they want to restore most of USAID's budget cuts.
"We need to make sure that the cutting of those programs stays permanent," she explained.

"Part of the reason we lost the majority is voters didn't think we worked that hard," [Congressman Randy Fine] also said. "They saw the Senate not even trying to pass the Save America Act, and they said, 'What's the point in having them?' Well, we've got two months left, and we should use every minute to the maximum advantage that we have."

Sounds good. Unfortunately, as Ron DeSantis points out, the current Cuck Class of Congress "men" have no desire to do anything that will make their liberal friends, wives, mistresses, and gay prostitutes angry at them.

...Well, here's the problem...If you're gonna do huge conservative things that are gonna reorient the country for a generation, fine.
BUT I SAW NO INDICATION THAT THE CURRENT GROUP OF REPUBLICAN SENATORS WERE INTERESTED IN DOING THAT TYPE OF BOLD, CONSERVATIVE CHANGE...

He also pointed out the necessary things Congress"men" should have done -- but refused to do.

Why haven't we done:
* immigration - shut off H1B visas
* codified Trump's immigration executive orders
* stripped immigration jurisdiction from the federal courts over deportation cases

Video at the link.

Boy I'm sure glad that John Thune respected the filibuster. Because Democrats are about to end it, just as they come into power.

That may not be true-- they might not do it now, because Trump still has a veto that can only be overcome with a two-thirds supermajority in both houses.

But they'll do it the moment they have Congress and the Presidency.

Boy oh boy, I sure wish we could have enacted our actual agenda when we had the Congress and the Presidency.

Thanks, Johnnyboy!

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:30 PM

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1 Yep

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 01:29 PM (Ta4DE)

2 This would be great. And also isn't going to happen.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 01:30 PM (okun6)

3 First?

Posted by: dantesed at November 06, 2026 01:30 PM (Oy/m2)

4 SPONGE

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at November 06, 2026 01:30 PM (s1VwS)

5 Hello

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 01:30 PM (Ta4DE)

6 Damnit!

Posted by: dantesed at November 06, 2026 01:31 PM (Oy/m2)

7 But that might show there is some worth to voting for them rather than the Democrats!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 01:31 PM (RIvkX)

8 Thune sux!

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 01:31 PM (AKptf)

9 "Why haven't we done:
* immigration - shut off H1B visas
* codified Trump's immigration executive orders
* stripped immigration jurisdiction from the federal courts over deportation cases"

Tragic.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 01:31 PM (Jr5Lq)

10 I hope REALLY bad things happen to John Thune. Yugely bad. Like the Trump Curse gives him Space Herpes or something.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at November 06, 2026 01:31 PM (s1VwS)

11 Do, please, go hog wild!!! I support this!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 01:31 PM (hzuYO)

12 I had a friend who used to screw his stripper girlfriend in the ass lots.

He said she would always yell out "Put it to the Hub Vern! Put it to the Hub!".

It's time for the republicants to put it to the Hub.

Posted by: Put It To The Hub at November 06, 2026 01:31 PM (Ssbab)

13 Send letters to your congress critters and burn up their phone lines. They may decide to do something just for the novelty

Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 06, 2026 01:31 PM (vJrRc)

14 and that is why we lose Thom fucking Tillis, John fucking Thune and people like her....

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 01:32 PM (Int1s)

15 *picks nose*

Posted by: John Thune, certified asshole at November 06, 2026 01:32 PM (Ta4DE)

16 The thought they had the congress in 2024. I think they understood they were not going to be able to steal the presidency, but they thought they had the congress. They were close, so they used "leverage" on the cucks to stop them from doing anything.

Then they went to their AI and tech labs, and gathered up their tribes, and planned to steal 2026. They did. Next stop is 2028.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at November 06, 2026 01:33 PM (LO74d)

17 From downstairs:

Wanted to know what San Franpsycho thought about Harmeet Dhillon leaving. Especially after this Substack post

https://tinyurl.com/5n97eda3
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 06, 2026 12:34 PM (JNr/z)
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I knew none of this but it provides the simplest explanation and can explain the ineffectiveness also of Jim Jordan, Chuck Grassley, James Comey, Steve Scalise, Darrell Issa, and all their stern letter-writing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 01:33 PM (RIvkX)

18 Tillis. Murkowski, Cornyn and maybe Rand Paul will vote everything down...

Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 01:33 PM (+gK6I)

19 To all the people making an excuse that Republican voters sat out (they did not) and seeing how it can be fixed: It was fraud. The Democrat cheated. 15% flip in every race targeted.

They are coming for a packed senate and will stack the judiciary. That is it. Game over at that point.

They are now after Pete Hegseth now because the troops will follow him.

This is a coup. Plain and simple.

Can anything be done about it?

Posted by: Ann at November 06, 2026 01:33 PM (SHHm+)

20 So, she proposes codifying all the things that we wanted to codify and that they didn't when they had the chance.

Yeah, Thune will get right on that.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 01:33 PM (4NO2D)

21 The time for Hageman to make this point was two years ago....

no enmity to her personally....just wow just wow.... "yeah we sucked at doing anything tangible for a term but now that we fucked the football I am certain Thune will do work!'

Right honey.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 01:34 PM (Int1s)

22 I hope REALLY bad things happen to John Thune. Yugely bad. Like the Trump Curse gives him Space Herpes or something.

If not him, it would just be somebody else. They're not an Opposition Party. How much more evidence does one need ?

That's a stupid question. Many are just addicted to the idea of Vote Republican. Its baked into their DNA.

Posted by: Howdy at November 06, 2026 01:34 PM (S2K0Y)

23 urging her GOP colleagues to aggressively...

Oh, no, I see a problem! And if they had wanted to do these things, they would have done these things.

Posted by: t-bird at November 06, 2026 01:34 PM (oh+I7)

24 The top prosecutor who was spearheading the Russiagate case against John Brennan – US Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Jason Quiñones – resigned.

US Attorney General Todd Blanche made the announcement on Friday.

Posted by: SMOD at November 06, 2026 01:34 PM (RHGPo)

25 Harriet is right they didn't work hard. They took what, 130 vacation days?

Mike Lee is right, cancel the rest of your holidays, you lazy bastards, and leave a legacy that won't make you look like the losers you are.

Is it true that in the Senate, there's precedent for JD to take over and allow all the recess appointments? Do that.

Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 01:35 PM (Toos7)

26 19 Posted by: Ann at November 06, 2026 01:33 PM (SHHm+)

Steiner will come....he is coming this time!

Look the last time people went down this rabbit hole I wound up sitting across from two federal agents for six hours talking them down from yanking an associates clearance.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 01:35 PM (Int1s)

27 Willowed:
I rolled my eyes at the Trump preserving the Oval Office news. Not the time.

But the house democrats say the first order of business they will do is vote to let trans women use the ladies rooms in congress.

Both parties are hitting on the important issues today!

Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 01:35 PM (Toos7)

28 Washington Generals say "we'll get 'em next time"

Posted by: brak at November 06, 2026 01:35 PM (gw3RI)

29 Uniparty delenda est.

Posted by: Gaff at November 06, 2026 01:36 PM (EqzMw)

30 I thought it was interesting that she resigns without notice and that article came out the next day. I think she was warned.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 06, 2026 01:36 PM (JNr/z)

31 'lame-duck Congress', They have been LAME for the entire 6 years of Trump's presidency.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 06, 2026 01:36 PM (NnhvP)

32 This should also be included in the shrink study of me.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 01:27 PM (hzuYO)

You may need more than one.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:36 PM (MPtWl)

33 I still try wrapping my head around the GOPe thought process. They appear to be trying to out wait Trump and think the Congress will go back to the good old days of the Uniparty.
They don't seem to realize that across the aisle aren't "good friends" but Marxist nutbags. They don't make nice, they crush opposition

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 06, 2026 01:36 PM (7XuqV)

34 What did Harmeet say ?

Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 01:36 PM (+gK6I)

35 Willowed

Hey, SMH! I was just gonna respond to your comment above:

God is still on His throne, you're among friends who love you, and Jesus loves you, best of all.
Posted by: SMH

At times like this, I recall that line from one of my favorite hymns, "This Is My Father's World."

"This is my father's world,
Oh let me ne'er forget
That though the wrong seems oft so strong,
God is the ruler yet."

Posted by: Bulg

Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 01:36 PM (77rzZ)

36 Love the fire, and would love to see this happen. But it's more likely that Thune gets elected minority leader than this happening.

The GOP were invertebrate cunting simps before the midterms. Think they'll have stronger spines after they got fisted on Tuesday?

I'd like to be proven wrong. I don't think I will be.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 01:37 PM (iFTx/)

37 24 The top prosecutor who was spearheading the Russiagate case against John Brennan – US Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Jason Quiñones – resigned.

US Attorney General Todd Blanche made the announcement on Friday.
Posted by: SMOD at November 06, 2026 01:34 PM (RHGPo)

Again, not a surprise. He's not paid enough to take the legal drubbing from Dems on this - Rs will not protect him, whereas he can drop back into the private legal field and make more money for way less risk in Florida...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 01:37 PM (Gb7+b)

38
Repeal the 19th Amendment!

No?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 01:37 PM (mmrXZ)

39 someone should give Hageman the phone numbers of Collins, Cornyn, and Tillis. Let us know how that works out. It wouldn't surprise me if Thune kept the Senate in session so no recess appointments. Then he can tweet something out about protecting the republican agenda.

Posted by: nooneyouknowyouknow at November 06, 2026 01:37 PM (Iwv3U)

40 AI sez: "Since the Tuesday election, President Trump has not made any claims of widespread voter fraud, choosing instead to explicitly accept the results."

If there was fraud, it's up to the base to demand its investigation, because DJT has apparently said nothing regarding it since Tue.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 01:37 PM (Jr5Lq)

41 8 Thune sux!

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 01:31 PM (AKptf)

Politicians are whores; it's just a matter of how much money they'll require for their services.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 01:37 PM (l3cgK)

42 Yeah, the same GOP Senators that keep gaveling in the pro-forma sessions are gonna get right on this.

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at November 06, 2026 01:37 PM (vqA1l)

43 Mike Lee is right, cancel the rest of your holidays, you lazy bastards, and leave a legacy that won't make you look like the losers you are.
-------

Yeah, about that.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:38 PM (MPtWl)

44 "Part of the reason we lost the majority is voters didn't think we worked that hard," [Congressman Randy Fine] also said.

Oh, they worked very hard. For Democraps.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 01:38 PM (iFTx/)

45 The question is, where to move to?

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at November 06, 2026 01:38 PM (0U5gm)

46
What did Harmeet say ?
Posted by: It's me donna

================

Reportedly (I get literally all my news here now), she had made the decision before the election, and Susie Wiles asked her to hold off on making the announcement until after.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 01:38 PM (mmrXZ)

47 Also looks like the administration is hoping to get $ for military operations via reconciliation (the only actual bill that gets passed now).

Trump got the BBB once, theoretically should be able to again. But ace as you point out, this is one of the last chances for the GOP Congress to undercut Trump and his agenda, so who knows.

And the bit about limiting jurisdiction in immigration cases is cute. Such statutory exclusions have long been in existence for certain elements of immigration, and as you know have been routinely violated - with impunity - in the last 2 years.

One more - gigantic - implication of the disastrous votes of Americans this week: a judiciary that clearly/correctly already had no concerns about being disciplined or punished in any way for its outrageous lawless behavior (from the FISA mega-scandal to usurping executive authority to laughing at statutory restrictions on jurisdiction in immigration) will now be even further unleashed.

I'd be surprised, over the next 2 years to NOT see courts outdoing themselves in lawless vandalism against executive authority, even more than they have to date.

So we also have that going for us.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 01:38 PM (U/Byj)

48 You have to read the article. Harmeet seems to have been given evidence of cheating and used none of it in all those cases she filed. And so, the cases were dismissed.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 06, 2026 01:39 PM (JNr/z)

49 I thought it was interesting that she resigns without notice and that article came out the next day. I think she was warned.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 06, 2026 01:36 PM (JNr/z)
====

I had placed a lot of faith in her, I'm not the only one.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 01:39 PM (RIvkX)

50 For some reason I hear the voice of George Bush Sr. looking out at the Senate and saying “Nope wouldn’t be prudent at this juncture. Got to watch out for the vision thing; wouldn’t be prudent.”

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 01:39 PM (oH6g4)

51 38
Repeal the 19th Amendment!

No?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 01:37 PM (mmrXZ)

I'd rather see a repeal of the 16th and 17th amendments...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 01:39 PM (l3cgK)

52 I will have schadenfreude if Nancy worked hard to get her successor Hakeem anointed, and then the DSA dems clear him out of running the house.

Sayed is showing there's a power struggle at work for the old school boomer DNC and the new DSA DNC. Would be wild if both Hakeem and Schumer were ousted as majority leaders.

Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 01:40 PM (Toos7)

53 Has Joe Biden commented on the election results?

Posted by: Zombie Moe Howard at November 06, 2026 01:40 PM (Ssbab)

54 The argument then: We can't do conservative things because we might lose seats in congress

The argument now: We can't do conservative things because we do lose seats in congress

Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 01:40 PM (sKqQm)

Posted by: Mitch McConnell explains at November 06, 2026 01:41 PM (4NO2D)

56 My computer is not letting me click on links for some reason so that's why i asked what Harmeet said/ did....

Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 01:41 PM (+gK6I)

57 Actually, the Republican agenda should be to press gang all of those "lazy, shiftless, young White men" into the Army like the Ukrainians do so we can go and take Tehran.

We'll invade Iran and it'll be over in a week. We'll be greeted as liberators!

No more will we hear the chant "Death to America",.... well at least in Iran anyway.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at November 06, 2026 01:41 PM (qwx/I)

58 Stupid and futile gestures are the best. Thank you for your service, Senator.

Posted by: t-bird at November 06, 2026 01:42 PM (oh+I7)

59 56 My computer is not letting me click on links for some reason so that's why i asked what Harmeet said/ did....

Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 01:41 PM (+gK6I)

You can't do that, Donna.

Posted by: Microsoft AI at November 06, 2026 01:42 PM (l3cgK)

60 What do you want to bet they call a not recess recess and take the rest of the year off.

Add holes.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 01:42 PM (yVYSZ)

61 *assholes.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 01:43 PM (yVYSZ)

62 Going to be some real time until good judges will get approved after January.

Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at November 06, 2026 01:43 PM (wrEn7)

63 Or add holes.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 01:43 PM (EcZ7+)

64 61 *assholes.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 01:43 PM (yVYSZ)

Hahaha. I like the "add holes" better...let them go all trans.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 01:43 PM (l3cgK)

65 The question is, where to move to?
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at November 06, 2026 01:38 PM (0U5gm)

California? I here it's beautiful out there.

Posted by: idiot amercian democrat voter at November 06, 2026 01:43 PM (Ssbab)

66 Trump must have seen the internals and still did 30 rallies in 32 days, putting himself out front even if it came to pass.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:43 PM (MPtWl)

67 What do you want to bet they call a not recess recess and take the rest of the year off.

Add holes.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 01:42 PM

In fairness, a lot of them need the time to line up their villa rentals in Tuscany.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 01:44 PM (4NO2D)

68 GFY.

Posted by: J. Thune at November 06, 2026 01:44 PM (yKhjs)

69 I want things to go full throttle physical fighting in Congress from now til late January. I'm here for it. I shall pray for this very thing tonight as I think God waits to see what I add,as the ending of my prayers are spicy.

Thune has something wrong with his thyroid, by the way. I see it when I bother to look at his cowardly ugly face.

His hormones could be totally messed up. Instead of testosterone he's probably in full menopause. If you look at that last word it certainly describes him. His courage is certainly paused.

These dimwits and their everlasting need to be popular and reelected sell their souls in DC. Over and over. They then compromise themselves with mistresses or ghey boys, are filmed, and chained to the depths of hell forever.

Oddly, I don't see McConnell or Maxine with many films of sexual deviancy (as that would blind me); however, useful twats in spying or accepting bribes for inserting pork barrel spending for kick backs. I farht in their general direction.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 01:44 PM (hzuYO)

70 That's not who we are.

Posted by: Sen. John Thune at November 06, 2026 01:44 PM (MNCvZ)

71 Nothing will happen.

Posted by: The person who always says that at November 06, 2026 01:45 PM (2Ez/1)

72 One John Thune is a piece of shit and two is Harriet Hageman hot because after reading this I'm hot for her!

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 01:45 PM (9bpxs)

73 That may not be true-- they might not do it now, because Trump still has a veto that can only be overcome with a two-thirds supermajority in both houses.

They ran on punishing the GOP by any and all means. I think they nuke it on the first vote of next year. The Dems believe they are in charge of the country now and nothing will stop them.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 06, 2026 01:45 PM (nEUC6)

74 I read the post mortem JD Vance put on X today. I believed it was thoughtful, measured and sober.

I also read the comments and immediately remembered why I am not on that platform. It was irrational, unhinged, emotional and threatening.

There is an op to try and continue to divide us and in particular from JD. It’s interesting to see where that’s coming from, and if you don’t realize some of that is nefarious, you’re beyond help.

There is nothing wrong with airing and litigating our disagreements and arriving at a common point. But we should do that with legitimate people and factual conclusions.

Posted by: Marcus T at November 06, 2026 01:45 PM (qxjdH)

75 What did Harmeet say ?
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 01:36 PM (+gK6I)
=====

The problem is she has not said much.

And according to the article which appears thoroughly referenced, she sat on a lot of important evidence of ballot crimes.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 01:45 PM (RIvkX)

76 This is a coup. Plain and simple.

Can anything be done about it?

Posted by: Ann at November 06, 2026 01:33 PM (SHHm+)

Not that enough of us are willing to do.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 01:45 PM (yKhjs)

77 That Harmeet story is enraging. Backstabbers everywhere.

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at November 06, 2026 01:45 PM (vqA1l)

78 And since this was written by the person trying to help build the case, we have no way of knowing if she was feeding info to the Dems.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 06, 2026 01:45 PM (JNr/z)

79 Imagine a republican congress going hog wild at the start of their 2 years of power. Oh that’s right, most of them are actually democrats who are taking the slots away from actual conservatives.

Posted by: Cray Cray at November 06, 2026 01:45 PM (qMSw8)

80 "10 I hope REALLY bad things happen to John Thune. Yugely bad. Like the Trump Curse gives him Space Herpes or something.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at November 06, 2026 01:31 PM (s1VwS"

His type is always too dumb to escape on time. He may not be around when it happens, but if the GOP doesn't go balls to wall here before January, well ...a lot of the these country club dumbasses will end up ethnically cleansed by shrieking mobs or shot while trying to leave the country.

I really want to be wrong but if Thune hasn't found a pair of balls and a reason not to be a giant jackass yet, I doubt he ever will.

My family is old school GOP office holders. I have basically disowned most of them for their TDS. These people never represented you in the first place. It's the same level of disgust the upper class brits have for the working class, for those who get the comparison.

Guys like Reagan are really rare at the federal level.

Posted by: heya at November 06, 2026 01:46 PM (G5zYf)

81 66 Trump must have seen the internals and still did 30 rallies in 32 days, putting himself out front even if it came to pass.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:43 PM (MPtWl)

The internals for both sides likely didn't see this coming, hence all the hedging Ds were doing. They're always built on certain assumptions about turnout from different demographics and Hispanic turnout was off the charts.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 01:46 PM (okun6)

82 Reportedly (I get literally all my news here now), she had made the decision before the election, and Susie Wiles asked her to hold off on making the announcement until after.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 01:38 PM (mmrXZ)

She was told that Trump was not going to nominate her for Deputy AG and decided to resign soon after.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 01:47 PM (yKhjs)

83 "Boy oh boy, I sure wish we could have enacted our actual agenda when we had the Congress and the Presidency."

But then your Iran war happened.
Oh, we're not allowed to talk about that...

Ace, what's it like to be a crappy skid mark of Netanyahu?

Posted by: America First at November 06, 2026 01:47 PM (+/Zpf)

84 Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 01:45 PM (9bpxs)

Cross between Sydney Sweeny and Sitting Bull.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at November 06, 2026 01:47 PM (wGerL)

85 "I read the post mortem JD Vance put on X today."

Please post a link, thanks!

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 01:48 PM (Jr5Lq)

86 74 Posted by: Marcus T at November 06, 2026 01:45 PM (qxjdH)

I am and remain barely a Vance man....if he does not distance himself from Tuq'r I will not be by the end of this year.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 01:48 PM (Int1s)

87 Posted by: America First at November 06, 2026 01:47 PM

Boo! - The Jews

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 01:48 PM (4NO2D)

88 Nothing will happen.
STEINER WILL COME

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 06, 2026 01:48 PM (n3uHw)

89 And for the record, since I keep seeing stuff about Kansas, the major elections need to be audited before certified. And the Secretary of State is a Republican, just re-elected. That Dem that took the Senate seat? He was a Republican until recently. We aren't in terrible shape yet, although I would hate to lose Kobach

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 06, 2026 01:48 PM (JNr/z)

90 House and Senate GOP leadership elections are next Tuesday Nov. 10

Sadly it will probably be Scalise and Thune, because GOP is retarded.

Posted by: Commodore at November 06, 2026 01:48 PM (V6W16)

91 BTW it takes a lot of guts for Thune to stand up on the podium posing as a man, and a person who is truly interested in, and moreover, proven to work for the overall good of the party, when it’s pretty clear from your actions you’re a useless, defeatist, unreliable, mealy-mouthed, lying, slothful piece of refuse.

Posted by: Marcus T at November 06, 2026 01:49 PM (qxjdH)

92
And according to the article which appears thoroughly referenced, she sat on a lot of important evidence of ballot crimes.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

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FUCKing...

Who's going to replace her?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 01:49 PM (mmrXZ)

93 Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 01:45 PM (9bpxs)

Cross between Sydney Sweeny and Sitting Bull.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at November 06, 2026 01:47 PM (wGerL)

If it's Sweeney's body and Sitting Bull's face I could work with that because that's what paper bags are for.

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 01:49 PM (9bpxs)

94 32 This should also be included in the shrink study of me.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 01:27 PM (hzuYO)

You may need more than one.
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:36 PM (MPtWl)
*******
True. I don't care! Whee!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 01:50 PM (hzuYO)

95 BTW it takes a lot of guts for Thune to stand up on the podium posing as a man, and a person who is truly interested in, and moreover, proven to work for the overall good of the party, when it’s pretty clear from your actions you’re a useless, defeatist, unreliable, mealy-mouthed, lying, slothful piece of refuse.
Posted by: Marcus T

Almost like he's just a carbon copy of turtle.

Posted by: BruceWayne at November 06, 2026 01:50 PM (3woza)

96 House and Senate GOP leadership elections are next Tuesday Nov. 10

Sadly it will probably be Scalise and Thune, because GOP is retarded.
Posted by: Commodore at November 06, 2026 01:48 PM (V6W16)

So Turd and Polished Turd.

Posted by: Turd Polisher at November 06, 2026 01:50 PM (Ssbab)

97 People who work with Trump are being told that certain people know where their family members are at all times.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at November 06, 2026 01:50 PM (0U5gm)

98 Words of wisdom from El Rushbo, that are just as prescient today:

@philipakennedy
20 years ago, after Republicans suffered a blowout in the 2006 midterms, Rush Limbaugh shared a perspective many of us are feeling today:
Rush: “I feel liberated, and I’m going to tell you as plainly as I can why. I no longer am going to have to carry the water for people who I don’t think deserve having their water carried…
Now I’m liberated from having to constantly come in here every day and try to buck up a bunch of people who don’t deserve it, to try to carry the water and make excuses for people who don’t deserve it.”

He's not wrong! These elections made everyone show their real cards, throw them all down on the table. Now we know where everyone stands. And we don't have to support pseudo compatriots who actually despise us.

Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 01:51 PM (Toos7)

99 I think AOSHQ should invest into better banhammer action, and troll control. I mean, regulars are kinda getting sick of having to jump over their shit, you know ?

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 01:51 PM (AKptf)

100 93
‘ If it's Sweeney's body and Sitting Bull's face I could work with that because that's what paper bags are for.’

Ha!
My only laugh of the day.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at November 06, 2026 01:51 PM (fd80v)

101 It is now time for Godzilla in IMAX.

Posted by: BruceWayne at November 06, 2026 01:51 PM (3woza)

102 Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 01:40 PM (Toos7)

If you never believe anything else I say... the DSA vs DNC thing is an op. The DSA is what the DNC has always wanted to be but never could.

They will try and maintain some rhetorical distance but expect a lot of "whoops the DSA got what they wanted again guess our hands are tied!" on shit that matters. Sort of a reverse failure theater. And there will be things that they can't give the DSA "yet" but they will magically enter the national conversation.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:51 PM (MPtWl)

103 I bet 100 bucks they make Thune minority leader.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 06, 2026 01:52 PM (XV/Pl)

104 20 years ago, after Republicans suffered a blowout in the 2006 midterms, Rush Limbaugh shared a perspective many of us are feeling today:

==

that kinda tracks with how I feel!

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 01:52 PM (AKptf)

105 Good news, everybody!

Rosie O'Donnell considers return to America now that it voted its way out of fascism

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 01:52 PM (ndZc7)

106 ""I read the post mortem JD Vance put on X today."

Please post a link, thanks!"

I ask because I do not have an X acct, and AI sez Vance did not post anything like that on X today. Are you referring to his Wed X post?

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 01:53 PM (Jr5Lq)

107 House and Senate GOP leadership elections are next Tuesday Nov. 10

Can you imagine?

"All who want to captain the Washington Generals please step forward..."

Posted by: t-bird at November 06, 2026 01:53 PM (oh+I7)

108 If she wants to prepare for the witch hunts, perhaps the best use of time is to install waterfalls on every entrance to the hearing rooms. I'm not talking about a small, decorative one, but one that has at least a 1" thick wall of water.

Before entering any hearing, you must walk through the waterfall, with head held high, to prove you aren't a witch. If you melt, lose your wig, or look like your face is melting, you don't get to say a word. Oops, your mascara is running, Senator. You get to sit and look stupid. No words from you!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 06, 2026 01:54 PM (qx7Zg)

109 All who want to captain the Washington Generals please step forward..."

Posted by: t-bird at November 06, 2026 01:53 PM (oh+I7)

Jesus it's gonna be like Black Friday

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:55 PM (MPtWl)

110 I know there's not a lot to say about what happened Tuesday so I'll ask a sort of off topic question and that is I'm 29 and I find myself in a position where I want to choose I can choose where to live in this country i'm in upstate New York now So what are the hordes recommendations for a state that I should move to?

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 01:55 PM (9bpxs)

111 I read the measured JD Vance comment and it made me mad. Bad timing, dude. He can have his opinion and I have mine.

I am not a believer of crossing the damn aisle in politics except to cut them at their knees (non-violently, of course).

I am also not a believer of a VP crossing the President who chose you the day after a mid-term disaster. It makes you look like you think YOU and the talking bobble head of Tucker and Megan are superior as you stab your boss in the back.

Ah, nope. I am done with you. It could change, however, once I see a coward trying to please the mamby pamby pantywaisted whiners I don't forget.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 01:55 PM (hzuYO)

112 If it's Sweeney's body and Sitting Bull's face I could work with that because that's what paper bags are for.

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 01:49 PM (9bpxs)

We shall call her, Sweeney SittingFace

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:56 PM (MPtWl)

113 And according to the article which appears thoroughly referenced, she sat on a lot of important evidence of ballot crimes.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

=============

FUCKing...

Who's going to replace her?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 01:49 PM (mmrXZ)
______

That article is interesting because I thought -- or at least was led to believe -- that Harmeet was doing good work making elections more secure. That's what it looked like, right?

Some of my optimism for the midterms was based on the idea that it would be harder for Dums to cheat. Not impossible, but harder.

But ... what if all that was bullshit? What if Harmeet really was just another grifting hack, like that article says?

I don't know the answer to that. But it does make me worry that nothing has changed in terms of election security.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 01:56 PM (iFTx/)

114 "111 I read the measured JD Vance comment"

Can you post a link, please?

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 01:56 PM (Jr5Lq)

115 I’ve had a lot of leaders over the span of my career. People who I may not have agreed with, but who outranked me. In the end I respected them for what they did and how they showed it. The best ones made it clear that so long as your actions were honorable, they were on your side. Sometimes they didn’t even have to say it. They showed it with actions.

We have none of that with people like Thune.

Posted by: Marcus T at November 06, 2026 01:57 PM (qxjdH)

116 Move to Texas, they said

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 06, 2026 01:57 PM (xbqAo)

117 We shall call her, Sweeney SittingFace
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:56 PM (MPtWl)

🤣

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 01:58 PM (9bpxs)

118
The thought they had the congress in 2024. I think they understood they were not going to be able to steal the presidency, but they thought they had the congress. They were close, so they used "leverage" on the cucks to stop them from doing anything.

Then they went to their AI and tech labs, and gathered up their tribes, and planned to steal 2026. They did. Next stop is 2028.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at November 06, 2026 01:33 PM (LO74d)

Actually, I think that the Donkeys realized that they didn't have to go to all that trouble of stuffing ballot boxes, they just issued press releases "hey, we won! Yay!" and no one in the GOPe would question it.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 06, 2026 01:58 PM (y9nCu)

119 Susie Wiles is moving to the Trump political operation (?) , Steven Miller new chief of staff

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 06, 2026 01:58 PM (7XuqV)

120 I read the measured JD Vance comment and it made me mad. Bad timing, dude. He can have his opinion and I have mine.

I am not a believer of crossing the damn aisle in politics except to cut them at their knees (non-violently, of course).

I am also not a believer of a VP crossing the President who chose you the day after a mid-term disaster. It makes you look like you think YOU and the talking bobble head of Tucker and Megan are superior as you stab your boss in the back.

Ah, nope. I am done with you. It could change, however, once I see a coward trying to please the mamby pamby pantywaisted whiners I don't forget.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 01:55 PM (hzuYO)
___________

I agree. But I think the odds are low that this wasn't cleared with Trump first. If it wasn't, then I think almost certainly we would have seen Trump shit a brick.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 01:59 PM (iFTx/)

121 Move to Texas.. No.. Kansas.. No...Ohio ... No...Might as well move to CA.. At least you'll have nice weather...

Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 01:59 PM (+gK6I)

122 If you never believe anything else I say... the DSA vs DNC thing is an op.

-------------

Next you'll be telling me that the "distinctions" among Collectivist Authoritarian Totalitarian ideologies like Communism, Fascism, and Islamism has also been an op.

Oh, nevermind ...

Posted by: ShainS at November 06, 2026 01:59 PM (YvRjL)

123 >>If it's Sweeney's body and Sitting Bull's face I could work with that because that's what paper bags are for.

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 01:49 PM (9bpxs)

We shall call her, Sweeney SittingFace
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:56 PM (MPtWl)

Threadwinner, and probably Comment of the Week.

Posted by: Nazdar at November 06, 2026 01:59 PM (NcvvS)

124 They had 22 months to do this. Why does anyone think they’ll do it in months 23 and 24?

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 01:59 PM (O3eDY)

125 105 Good news, everybody!

Rosie O'Donnell considers return to America now that it voted its way out of fascism
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 01:52 PM (ndZc7)

*******
So brave and heroic as an ugly lesbo. Who cares? Ireland probably hates her more than we do and will throw a party.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 02:00 PM (hzuYO)

126 Move to Texas, they said

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 06, 2026 01:57 PM (xbqAo)

This is a micro-ish version of the macro idea that once America falls, there is nowhere else to go. We're it.

At some point, you have to defend what's yours, vice leaving it to go somewhere else. Evil will follow you to literally the ends of the Earth. It must be confronted. Directly. Maybe even violently.

Because if you don't, eventually there will be nowhere left to go.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 02:00 PM (yKhjs)

127 121 Move to Texas.. No.. Kansas.. No...Ohio ... No...Might as well move to CA.. At least you'll have nice weather...
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 01:59 PM (+gK6I)

Donna it makes me sad to think that you're probably right...

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 02:00 PM (9bpxs)

128 Looks like Mississippi is gonna get a Dem Senator..

Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 02:01 PM (+gK6I)

129 I thought Dhillon to be effective. Maybe not so much. What a shitshow.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 02:01 PM (Ta4DE)

130 OK, I got into X. Vance's latest post was Wednesday, not today.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 02:02 PM (Jr5Lq)

131
This reminds me of the time the Democrats stormed out of session in Wisconsin and the Republicans could have passed every conservative bill and state constitutional amendment in sight. I can't remember what the issue was.

And did the Republicans use that opportunity?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 02:02 PM (mmrXZ)

132 I really liked Dhillon... Guess I was wrong..

Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 02:02 PM (+gK6I)

133 Is this true??

DC_Draino
@DC_Draino
·
8h
I didn’t know this was possible.

President Trump can nominate a SCOTUS justice, get them confirmed by the GOP Senate within the next 2 months, then swap them in for any retiring Justice over the next 2 years.

Bypasses the Democrat-controlled Senate.

I hope he does it.
----------

Sarah Isgur
@whignewtons
·
Nov 5
Alito won't retire in the lame duck and he doesn't need to. Trump can nominate someone to the Supreme Court and the senate can confirm without a vacancy. Then Trump can wait to sign the commission any time in the next two years. The question isn't Alito, its Cornyn/Tillis/Thune.

Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 02:03 PM (kX27y)

134 105 Good news, everybody!

Rosie O'Donnell considers return to America now that it voted its way out of fascism

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 01:5

Pants off....

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 06, 2026 02:03 PM (Sco7b)

135 So they said they're gonna go after all staffers. That mean political staffers are fair game now, right?

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 02:03 PM (MPtWl)

136 114 "111 I read the measured JD Vance comment"

Can you post a link, please?
Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 01:56 PM (Jr5Lq)

*****
I think UK DM yesterday or this morning. Don't hold me to it as I read/scan like a lunatic on meth most days.

I don't have X. Will never have X as my footprint is tiny and I'm keeping it that way (my NSA guy just laughed and spilled his beer as I cause day drinking).

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 02:03 PM (hzuYO)

137 121 Move to Texas.. No.. Kansas.. No...Ohio ... No...Might as well move to CA.. At least you'll have nice weather...
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 01:59 PM

There are no more lifeboat states.

Posted by: Frank Barone at November 06, 2026 02:04 PM (OkYzo)

138
Might as well move to CA.. At least you'll have nice weather...
Posted by: It's me donna

===================

I said I'm getting all my news exclusively here, but I get this darned feed in Google on my phone -- I'm going to disable it.

Anyway, Bakaria has backed a mileage tax! I hope it happens.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 02:04 PM (mmrXZ)

139 What we need are conservative clubs. In every town, city, county and community. In every apartment building and block.

Clubs where we affirm allegiance to vote the party line even if we have to hold our noses.

The tribes we are up against register and vote EVERYONE. Many don't work, so they spend their time pressuring the entire community to hold together. muslims, indians, somalians, hatians, chinese, .... they are all tribes, and they vote as a unit. 90% participation and 90% party line.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at November 06, 2026 02:04 PM (LO74d)

140 Move to Texas.. No.. Kansas.. No...Ohio ... No...Might as well move to CA.. At least you'll have nice weather...
Posted by: It's me donna

66 and partly cloudy in San Gomorrah. Beautiful day it is.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at November 06, 2026 02:05 PM (Fv808)

141 Arizona will be a shitshow in 2028

NEW: Republican Jeff Dial, a former state senator, has called Democrat Sebastian Matta to concede the Maricopa County Clerk of Superior Court race, both candidates tell me. Matta, a 19-year-old ASU student, will lead the clerk's office in the nation's 4th-largest county. @abc15 https://t.co/hcUzaSZprl

— Ford Hatchett (@FordHatchett) November 5, 2026

Posted by: Commodore at November 06, 2026 02:05 PM (V6W16)

142 Gateway

WHAT GARBAGE – IN EVERY CALIFORNIA STATEWIDE RACE THE RESULTS ARE 53 TO 46 – EVERY SINGLE RACE!

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 06, 2026 02:05 PM (Sco7b)

143 So Wiles is out as Chief of staff and Miller is in...

Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 02:05 PM (+gK6I)

144 138
Might as well move to CA.. At least you'll have nice weather...
Posted by: It's me donna

===================

I said I'm getting all my news exclusively here, but I get this darned feed in Google on my phone -- I'm going to disable it.

Anyway, Bakaria has backed a mileage tax! I hope it happens.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 02:04 PM (mmrXZ)

Supposedly to tax e-cars for mileage, but affects all cars and to monitor mileage, Gov't puts boxes in your car to monitor you...and you thought Flock was bad...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 02:05 PM (l3cgK)

145 128 Looks like Mississippi is gonna get a Dem Senator..
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 02:01 PM (+gK6I)

*******
Yes. Totally sucks. However, demographics of the Delta probably did this as well as who knows.

She wasn't a strong person in general from what I can tell from a thousand miles away.

Jackson has been gone for decades. With two mayors who wanted to Afrikkanize during the Obungo Errors.

I know black people who don't agree or like this, either. For that that's worth.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 02:06 PM (hzuYO)

146 So they said they're gonna go after all staffers. That mean political staffers are fair game now, right?

Posted by: ...

Yes, that is the future. Look at Bolsonaro.

In fact, what is Bolsonaro going to do? He might get extradited back to Brazil.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at November 06, 2026 02:06 PM (0U5gm)

147 127 121 Move to Texas.. No.. Kansas.. No...Ohio ... No...Might as well move to CA.. At least you'll have nice weather...
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 01:59 PM (+gK6I)

Tags what I told my wife when I started seeing illegals move into our once nice small city. If we’re going to be surrounded by illegals might as well not have to deal with snow.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 02:06 PM (O3eDY)

148 So they said they're gonna go after all staffers. That mean political staffers are fair game now, right?
Posted by: ...

Looks that way.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 02:06 PM (Ta4DE)

149 That substack rant about Dhillon is pretty damning if substantiated.

Posted by: heya at November 06, 2026 02:06 PM (G5zYf)

150 Alito won't retire in the lame duck and he doesn't need to. Trump can nominate someone to the Supreme Court and the senate can confirm without a vacancy.

Yeah, they will jump right on that.

Posted by: t-bird at November 06, 2026 02:07 PM (oh+I7)

151 "I think UK DM yesterday"

Thanks! I figured it out. It was Vance's post from Wed. No posts today. I guess the Vance story on X today is a resurfaced Vance post from back when he was an out-and-out Never Trumper.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 02:07 PM (Jr5Lq)

152 Mississippi flipped thanks to the scotus ruling that allowed mail in ballots to arrive post Election Day.

Thanks Roberts.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 02:08 PM (O3eDY)

153 "This is my father's world,
Oh let me ne'er forget
That though the wrong seems oft so strong,
God is the ruler yet."

Posted by: Bulg
__

Amen : )

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 02:08 PM (qesug)

154 The 2006 midterms begat Obama
The 2026 midterms will begat Ossoff
So unsure why you would want to bring up that comparison

The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact
Only requires 4 or 5 more states to sign on after that the Electoral College will be nullified after the midterms there will be sufficient states with both majority Dem majorities in both the legislatures and governorships to sign on

Of course I expect morons to respect the sovereignty of states

Posted by: Paul at November 06, 2026 02:08 PM (Te58L)

155 Working on affordability.

The Assembly
@InTheAssembly
BREAKING: California voters just passed Prop 37. Buyers of newly built homes can now put down 3% instead of 20%.
How: the state lends you the other 17% as a second mortgage, funded by up to $25 billion in bonds.
On an $800,000 home that's $24,000 down instead of $160,000.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 02:09 PM (ndZc7)

156 "129 I thought Dhillon to be effective. Maybe not so much. What a shitshow.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 02:01 PM (Ta4DE)"

It was all noise and it seems she may have sabotaged a lot of filings

Posted by: heya at November 06, 2026 02:10 PM (G5zYf)

157 Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 02:06 PM (Ta4DE)

Everybody has staffers

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 02:10 PM (MPtWl)

158 Posted by: Paul at November 06, 2026 02:08 PM (Te58L)

Art 1, Sec 10 of the Constitution says states can't enter inter-state compacts.

Will Democrats respect the supremacy of the Constitution?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 02:11 PM (yKhjs)

159 So Wiles is out as Chief of staff and Miller is in...
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 02:05 PM

Some people call him the Space Cowboy. Some call him the Gangster of Love..

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 02:11 PM (4NO2D)

160 Of course I expect morons to respect the sovereignty of states
Posted by: Paul at November 06, 2026 02:08 PM (Te58L)

Too bad your momma's bull did not respect the sovereignty of your ass.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 02:11 PM (yky4J)

161 >>BREAKING: California voters just passed Prop 37. Buyers of newly built homes can now put down 3% instead of 20%.
How: the state lends you the other 17% as a second mortgage, funded by up to $25 billion in bonds.
On an $800,000 home that's $24,000 down instead of $160,000.

That is gonna be one hell of a Pump and Dump.

Their housing market is going to self-destruct.

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 02:11 PM (/izzV)

162 In hindsight Trump was just a speed
Bump on the road to the inevitable left wing takeover.

When you import 50M 3rd world people into a country it can’t not turn into a 3rd world country.

Prophetic this happened on the 250th anniversary of America. Nice bookend to history.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 02:11 PM (O3eDY)

163 Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 02:06 PM (Ta4DE)

Everybody has staffers
Posted by: ...

Exactly. It's all in play.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 02:12 PM (Ta4DE)

164 143 So Wiles is out as Chief of staff and Miller is in...
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 02:05 PM (+gK6I)

Her days were probably numbered after that Vanity Fair fiasco.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 06, 2026 02:12 PM (SQSrZ)

165 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 01:31 PM (hzuYO

Christy, I read your post below about being very sad and depressed: just a suggestion, while your Mother is still in good mental health, perhaps seeing her and focusing on her might help you move past your own grief. Sometimes, the grace of our Mother’s smile makes the world a better place. I so wish mine was here; miss her terribly.

Posted by: EveR at November 06, 2026 02:12 PM (rJD2P)

166 >>129 I thought Dhillon to be effective. Maybe not so much. What a shitshow.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 02:01 PM (Ta4DE)"

It was all noise and it seems she may have sabotaged a lot of filings
__
I f'ing told you so. She was on X - A LOT - and 90% of her posts were about how many steps she got in that day, her garden, her latest knitting project, and that she's an available seasoned woman. She was a poser.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at November 06, 2026 02:12 PM (bNf8H)

167 >>BREAKING: California voters just passed Prop 37. Buyers of newly built homes can now put down 3% instead of 20%.
How: the state lends you the other 17% as a second mortgage, funded by up to $25 billion in bonds.
On an $800,000 home that's $24,000 down instead of $160,000.

----------------

I see no possible way this could go wrong. Nope. No way.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 06, 2026 02:13 PM (2UnvF)

168 161 Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 02:11 PM (/izzV)

Add in they do not allow new construction and voila...

of course the real goal here may be bribes and "allowing" new construction with code inspectors slow walking into penury.....

We are partying like it is 1933.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 02:13 PM (Int1s)

169 "33 I still try wrapping my head around the GOPe thought process. They appear to be trying to out wait Trump and think the Congress will go back to the good old days of the Uniparty.
They don't seem to realize that across the aisle aren't "good friends" but Marxist nutbags. They don't make nice, they crush opposition
Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 06, 2026 01:36 PM (7XuqV)"

This is exactly it. I listened to an old GOPe pol in the family say that Obama seemed to be a nice young man. They just did not, and will not, get it. The bulk of the party apparatus is the personification of an ostrich with it's head in the sand, with many of the remainder being plants or simple charlatans.

This is why I disowned half my family.

Posted by: heya at November 06, 2026 02:13 PM (G5zYf)

170 It was all noise and it seems she may have sabotaged a lot of filings
Posted by: heya at November 06, 2026 02:10 PM (G5zYf)

"America First" probably believes that Mossad dentists sabotaged his fillings.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 02:13 PM (yky4J)

171 If Susie Wiles is out (I never liked her for reasons unknown), perhaps she's given crap advice?

I want to email every senator and congresscritter to

FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT

before they haul me off to the asylum or gulag.

I want physical fights vs the polite ones. Obungo said to do this would be my excuse.

Since the Dims invited Somolians in, might as well go full Mogadishu 2026. Hopefully with CSpan.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 02:13 PM (hzuYO)

172 CA Prop 37... Here comes floods of Foreclosures

Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 02:14 PM (+gK6I)

173 "Too bad your momma's bull did not respect the sovereignty of your ass."

Ha! 'Put it to the Hub Vern!'

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 02:14 PM (Jr5Lq)

174 167 Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 06, 2026 02:13 PM (2UnvF)

You are approaching this wrong, you are looking at it trying to find success California seeks idiotic failure with graft vectors.

This is perfect.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 02:14 PM (Int1s)

175
48 You have to read the article. Harmeet seems to have been given evidence of cheating and used none of it in all those cases she filed. And so, the cases were dismissed.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 06, 2026 01:39 PM

--------

If the article is correct, she is a useless lump and a fraud. And by extension, pretty mch all the rest of the people nominally on "our side."

Ms. Dillon is reportedly going to work for the Ron DeSantis presidential campaign. And she worked for his last one.

Aside from Trump, there don't seem to be very many people on our side for real.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 06, 2026 02:14 PM (ienUH)

176 Sometimes, the grace of our Mother’s smile makes the world a better place. I so wish mine was here; miss her terribly.
Posted by: EveR

What a beautiful sentiment. Thank you.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 02:14 PM (yVYSZ)

177 >>Add in they do not allow new construction and voila...

>>of course the real goal here may be bribes and "allowing" new construction with code inspectors slow walking into penury.....

There will be a huge boom...on paper.

Then, there will a slight lull while we wait for people to have their shiny new homes foreclosed on.

Then we will see a bust like none before.

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 02:15 PM (/izzV)

178 Now that they're getting booted out, they should do what we elected them to do two years ago? Great idea!

Posted by: Tinfoil Dispenser at November 06, 2026 02:15 PM (ERYKL)

179 LOL what are *those* bonds going to have to pay to sell? Will there be credit gateways on borrowers/new home buyers? Mortgage-backed securities always have various risk profiles, how will that be calculated on these I wonder.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 02:15 PM (U/Byj)

180 "California voters just passed Prop 37. Buyers of newly built homes can now put down 3% instead of 20%.
How: the state lends you the other 17% as a second mortgage, funded by up to $25 billion in bonds.
On an $800,000 home that's $24,000 down instead of $160,000.

That is gonna be one hell of a Pump and Dump.

Their housing market is going to self-destruct.

Posted by: garrett"

Schemes like this is what largely led to the housing collapse in 2007. Govt. forced banks to loans to people that did not qualify and could never make the payments. Then, unexpectedly, they stopped making payments. Weird.

Posted by: Ripley at November 06, 2026 02:15 PM (GUOwU)

181 Susie Wiles OUT as Trump Chief of Staff – Stephen Miller to Take on Role

Posted by: SMOD at November 06, 2026 02:15 PM (RHGPo)

182 "the state lends you the other 17% as a second mortgage"

This wildly reckless debt, from top to bottom of our society, scares the shit out of me.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 02:16 PM (Jr5Lq)

183 WOW, Harmeet sounds like another snake. Another of Trump's "hot woman" picks that have failed miserably ... or worse, have sabotaged us effectively.

Posted by: illiniwek at November 06, 2026 02:16 PM (vbXSk)

184 So Wiles is out as Chief of staff and Miller is in...
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 02:05 PM (+gK6I)

Her days were probably numbered after that Vanity Fair fiasco.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 06, 2026 02:12 PM (SQSrZ)
_________

Yea. Most of what she said was probably true, but it was idiotic to say them to a hostile source like VF.

Oddly enough -- or maybe not oddly at all -- is that what she said about JD is what a lot of ppl on our side are saying about him now.

But the VF thing was stupid. Which is too bad, because overall I thought she was smart and an effective CoS.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 02:17 PM (iFTx/)

185 Correct. It's time for the last remaining Americans in government to damage whatever mechanisms they can before they're forced out.

Every second counts, and I trust that at least some of them will drop their tools in the works.

But that's a two year plan. We need a ten year plan. And that plan is dissolving the Union.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 02:17 PM (BI5O2)

186 165 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 01:31 PM (hzuYO
Christy, I read your post below about being very sad and depressed: just a suggestion, while your Mother is still in good mental health, perhaps seeing her and focusing on her might help you move past your own grief. Sometimes, the grace of our Mother’s smile makes the world a better place. I so wish mine was here; miss her terribly.
Posted by: EveR at November 06, 2026 02:12 PM(rJD2P)
********
Kind of you to say this. However, she knows I am a germ factory from our little germy grandchildren and I don't fly this time of year. My brother and her both approve of me not coming to infect others or be a patient with a cold (I whine a lot with colds) there.

We've always been close and talk often. I have no guilt as we see her when we can (last June for a week). All is well, for now, at least.

She's getting great care, as my father did 20yrs ago, and that's my comfort and peace.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 02:17 PM (hzuYO)

187 91 BTW it takes a lot of guts for Thune to stand up on the podium posing as a man, and a person who is truly interested in, and moreover, proven to work for the overall good of the party, when it’s pretty clear from your actions you’re a useless, defeatist, unreliable, mealy-mouthed, lying, slothful piece of refuse.
Posted by: Marcus T at November 06, 2026 01:49 PM (qxjdH)

We could have had Rick Scott as Majority Leader, and instead the Republican Senators - in a secret ballot - got rid of him first, leaving them with either Thune or Cornyn as the finalists back in 2024.

Thune, only a couple of days after the '24 election results gave him the Leader's Chair, said that he wouldn't necessarily do what Trump wanted because 'independence'. Thune told you who he was right there.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 06, 2026 02:18 PM (SQSrZ)

188 Not to take away the sentiment as I'm a little jealous, but my mother's smile would usually precede 45 straight minutes of being kept in a room and yelled at.

Apparently BPD people love taking "hostages". Too bad I didn't know it back then!

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 02:18 PM (MPtWl)

189 If only. I'm pretty much convinced everyone in Washington is now breathing a sigh of relief.
They all have their little habits, their little rituals, probably revolving around prostitutes and/or drugs. Trump just didn't understand. Why did he have to be so pushy?

Posted by: PG at November 06, 2026 02:18 PM (uzvUr)

190 Schemes like this is what largely led to the housing collapse in 2007. Govt. forced banks to loans to people that did not qualify and could never make the payments. Then, unexpectedly, they stopped making payments. Weird.

Posted by: Ripley at November 06, 2026 02:15 PM (GUOwU)

VA Home Loans require $0 down at all. VA mortgages have a lower rate of delinquency and foreclosure.

If the ability to make a down payment is indicative of the likelihood of foreclosure, why aren't VA home loans leading the pack?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 02:18 PM (yKhjs)

191 But that's a two year plan. We need a ten year plan. And that plan is dissolving the Union.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 02:17 PM

Based on the last election, our part is now Rump America.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 02:18 PM (4NO2D)

192 "140 Move to Texas.. No.. Kansas.. No...Ohio ... No...Might as well move to CA.. At least you'll have nice weather...
Posted by: It's me donna"

I don't think anywhere outside of the deepest parts of appalachia or the ID-MT-WY corridor are looking all that hot.

Look around, take count of who you see and who they are, and consider your odds.

Posted by: heya at November 06, 2026 02:18 PM (G5zYf)

193 Thune would rather shoot Hageman than implement Republican anything.

Posted by: torabora at November 06, 2026 02:19 PM (rB4CC)

194 WOW, Harmeet sounds like another snake. Another of Trump's "hot woman" picks that have failed miserably ... or worse, have sabotaged us effectively.

Posted by: illiniwek at November 06, 2026 02:16 PM (vbXSk)

How DARE you imply that Pam Bondi is hot

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 02:19 PM (MPtWl)

195 Here comes the crisis parade.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 02:20 PM (Ta4DE)

196 Any time the govt subsidizes a thing that thing increases in price. Every California home owner just got a gift from tax payers.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 02:20 PM (O3eDY)

197 Miller will definitely be tougher...

Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 02:20 PM (+gK6I)

198 Move to Texas.. No.. Kansas.. No...Ohio ... No...Might as well move to CA.. At least you'll have nice weather...
Posted by: It's me donna
......

You can put the top down while paying your mileage tax.

Posted by: wth at November 06, 2026 02:20 PM (UjdFS)

199 CA Prop 37... Here comes floods of Foreclosures
Posted by: It's me donna

Not necessarily. Depends on the terms: length (more principal but lower monthly), whether any of the payment even goes to principal (but more interest), stuff like that. Given what monthly rents are, if you can swing two 40-year, interest-only loans, buying at 3% down is doable.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at November 06, 2026 02:20 PM (Fv808)

200 "the state lends you the other 17% as a second mortgage"

My guess is there'd be an immediate across-the-board rise in home prices, since there's so much easy OPM floating around.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 02:20 PM (Jr5Lq)

201 Nearsider I assume VA loans require all the conventional documentation of ability to afford the loan? That's more important than a down payment in predicting delinquency.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 02:20 PM (U/Byj)

202 BREAKING: California voters just passed Prop 37. Buyers of newly built homes can now put down 3% instead of 20%.

Check out the NO language on the ballot:
A NO vote on this measure means: The state would not be required to create a new homebuying assistance program.

Huh! Either way, they're doing it.

Posted by: t-bird at November 06, 2026 02:21 PM (oh+I7)

203 22 months late, Babe.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 06, 2026 02:21 PM (MnxJz)

204 There's still Oklahoma. I've seen nothing that indicates it has turned blue. Of course, they do have some awful politicians

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 06, 2026 02:21 PM (JNr/z)

205 "We are partying like it is 1933.
Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 02:13 PM (Int1s"

Sure, in Spain

Posted by: heya at November 06, 2026 02:22 PM (G5zYf)

206 "Check out the NO language on the ballot:
A NO vote on this measure means: The state would not be required to create a new homebuying assistance program."

Cripes.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 02:22 PM (Jr5Lq)

207 Nearsider I assume VA loans require all the conventional documentation of ability to afford the loan? That's more important than a down payment in predicting delinquency.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 02:20 PM (U/Byj)

Yeah. They basically look at your finances top to bottom and see if you can make the payment under your current (but changeable, obviously) conditions.

When I bought my first house, I didn't put anything down - I didn't have anything. I've since turned that into an upgrade on which I put down a significant amount garnered from the sale of my first, but starting out, I could never have gotten into the housing market without having served.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 02:22 PM (yKhjs)

208 thune, only a couple of days after the '24 election results gave him the Leader's Chair, said that he wouldn't necessarily do what Trump wanted because 'independence'. Thune told you who he was right there.

Posted by: Darrell Harris

Yeah, that's about right. Sorry about your race, Darrell. Their loss.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 02:22 PM (Riz8t)

209 Never trust anyone named Hardmeet

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 06, 2026 02:22 PM (NtVYv)

210 At least now we'll get a good long taste of the ol "fuck X country this is what they voted for".

Apparently this is what "we" voted for.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 02:22 PM (MPtWl)

211
CA Prop 37... Here comes floods of Foreclosures
Posted by: It's me donna

==================

No, no, you don't understand -- it's free housing.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 02:22 PM (mmrXZ)

212 "If the ability to make a down payment is indicative of the likelihood of foreclosure, why aren't VA home loans leading the pack?

Posted by: Washington Nearside"

Because the VA loans have/had strict income requirement and verification requirements, unlike the subprime loans the banks were pressured into making?

Just a theory.

Posted by: Ripley at November 06, 2026 02:23 PM (GUOwU)

213 191 But that's a two year plan. We need a ten year plan. And that plan is dissolving the Union.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 02:17 PM

Based on the last election, our part is now Rump America.
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 02:18 PM (4NO2D)

Because of our governmental system we do not have ten year plans, beyond a wish list sort of thing. Anything beyond four years is pretty much the same. Presidents and politicians, and their ideologies come and go. It has ever been thus.

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 02:23 PM (Gqar8)

214 >>Nearsider I assume VA loans require all the conventional documentation of ability to afford the loan? That's more important than a down payment in predicting delinquency.

Because there are layers of vetting involved therein that will absolutely not be involved in the CA Scheme.

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 02:23 PM (/izzV)

215 "Check out the NO language on the ballot:
A NO vote on this measure means: The state would not be required to create a new homebuying assistance program."

Cripes.
Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 02:22 PM (Jr5Lq)

This is a serious WTF

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 06, 2026 02:23 PM (NtVYv)

216 VA Home Loans require $0 down at all. VA mortgages have a lower rate of delinquency and foreclosure.

If the ability to make a down payment is indicative of the likelihood of foreclosure, why aren't VA home loans leading the pack?
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 02:18 PM (yKhjs)
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As someone who just recently went through the process of buying property via a VA loan, it is pretty exhaustive, and the appraisal process alone turns sellers off, so a lot of sellers will not accept a VA loan.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 02:24 PM (qesug)

217
155 Working on affordability.

The Assembly
@InTheAssembly
BREAKING: California voters just passed Prop 37. Buyers of newly built homes can now put down 3% instead of 20%.
How: the state lends you the other 17% as a second mortgage, funded by up to $25 billion in bonds.
On an $800,000 home that's $24,000 down instead of $160,000.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 02:09 PM

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This sounds like a part of the same plan that included letting half of LA burn and then preventing rebuilding.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 06, 2026 02:24 PM (ienUH)

218 I wouldn't condone this behavior from Democrats, so I blanch at the idea that it's perfectly okay for Republicans.

The country ought not be "ruled" in desperation.

However much desperation I predict the Democrats will almost certainly bring.

Putting Musk behind bars is going to do SO MUCH for AFFORDABILITY!!!

Prosecuting people for helping to fund and build a BALLROOM is going to do so much for the average pocket book!!

Everything I have heard about the victory lap that the American citizens have allowed the Democrats just drips of a more affordable America. </bullshit>

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 02:24 PM (Fi81e)

219 Thune can have a Vote a Rama. Get all the RINO's on the record even when we lose....some will be there next election cycle.

But he won't because he would vote no on any bill Republicans want.

Posted by: torabora at November 06, 2026 02:24 PM (rB4CC)

220 Based on the last election, our part is now Rump America.
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 02:18 PM (4NO2D)

Yes.

But what is greater America good for? How much wherewithal does it have?

Can it survive a group of States seceding?

What if they are scattered across a continent, and leave as one?

Can it fight along half a dozen fronts?

What is the extent of the Acela Corridor's actual power, outside of a phony-ass paper chase?

I have more questions, but those are my first few.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 02:24 PM (BI5O2)

221 Because the VA loans have/had strict income requirement and verification requirements, unlike the subprime loans the banks were pressured into making?

Just a theory.

Posted by: Ripley at November 06, 2026 02:23 PM (GUOwU)

I think there's truth to this. They went through my finances to a ridiculous degree. "Do you realize you're spending this much at Wawa every month?"

But having a giant pile of cash didn't have any bearing whatsoever on my ability to make my mortgage payment. It just meant the total amount financed was bigger.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 02:24 PM (yKhjs)

222 because overall I thought she was smart and an effective CoS.

I agree. She has gone full speed for almost 4 years for Trump and battled what she called the grueling reality of fighting breast cancer in 2026.
She deserves praise for her loyalty to Trump and a long and healthy future.

Posted by: old chick at November 06, 2026 02:25 PM (F3Dlr)

223 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 02:25 PM (2614e)

224 I will be shocked beyond measure if they DON'T do an Epstein "Investigation" of Trump and associates. I wonder what day they will announce it.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 02:26 PM (MPtWl)

225 Every election in the 21st century for
President where there was no incumbent president running, was won by the party that won the house the previous election.

2000 Bush won, gop won the house in 1998
2008 Obama, Dems won house 2006
2016 Trump, gop won house 2014
2024 Trump, gop won house in 2022

This does not bode well for 2028.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 02:26 PM (O3eDY)

226 Would it be great? Absolutely.

But do you have ANY idea how many parties the R's WOULDN'T get invited to were they to ACTUALLY do it?

So totally not worth it.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 02:26 PM (2614e)

227 But having a giant pile of cash didn't have any bearing whatsoever on my ability to make my mortgage payment. It just meant the total amount financed was bigger.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 02:24 PM (yKhjs)

Ugh. But not having a giant pile of cash didn't have any bearing whatsoever on my ability to make my mortgage payment. It just meant the total amount financed was bigger.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 02:27 PM (yKhjs)

228 The $800k homes in Cali where people put $24 k down will quickly be worth $200k , while needing $200k worth of work

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 06, 2026 02:27 PM (7XuqV)

229 Release ALL of the Epstein files. Verbatim. No redactions. No exclusions.

Release ALL of it. Damn the torpedoes. FULL SPEED AHEAD!!!!!

F*ck 'em where they live.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 02:28 PM (2614e)

230 OK, I have another idea for California. We could layer several different ratings of mortgages into one tradeable security and then...

Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 06, 2026 02:28 PM (2UnvF)

231 A $25 billion bond is only going to cover about 25000 homes at median rate thereabouts.
It will be gone in a couple months. And prices will GO UP since government is footing the bill.

California is just stupid.

Posted by: torabora at November 06, 2026 02:28 PM (rB4CC)

232 "What is the extent of the Acela Corridor's actual power, outside of a phony-ass paper chase?

I have more questions, but those are my first few.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 02:24 PM (BI5O2)"

There will be enough food in amy combo of red states after things shake out. What matters is where the refineries, pipelines, and oil/gas fields are.

Also gonna be lit watching millions tell their mortgage lenders in blue states to fuck off.

Posted by: heya at November 06, 2026 02:28 PM (G5zYf)

233 177 Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 02:15 PM (/izzV)

and we will need a bailout for Cali....and the beat goes on....

if a coven of globalists were working to bankrupt America into insolvency what would be different...?

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 02:28 PM (Int1s)

234 In Michigan, the official stance amounts to that they are allowed to lie to us on the ballot of Proposal #2.

It says public utility companies are not allowed to lobby for legislation.

But the actual full proposition does a lot more to restrict opposition to government courses of action for everybody.

Utility companies that already benefit from the government is just the bait.

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 02:29 PM (Fi81e)

235 They'll solve nothing, solidify their power and destroy any opposition. They're fucking pigs.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 02:29 PM (Ta4DE)

236 208 thune, only a couple of days after the '24 election results gave him the Leader's Chair, said that he wouldn't necessarily do what Trump wanted because 'independence'. Thune told you who he was right there.

Posted by: Darrell Harris

Yeah, that's about right. Sorry about your race, Darrell. Their loss.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 02:22 PM (Riz8t)

Thanks a lot. Turns out this may have been a blessing in disguise. The CT Senate has only 3 Republican seats out of 36 seats; the House has 35 Rs out of 151. If I won my election, I would get absolutely nothing done while in Hartford, making me a prime target in '28. This way, they can crash the state economy without me.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 06, 2026 02:30 PM (SQSrZ)

237 Prices won’t crash in Cali.

This is a version of college where the govt just subsidizes pricing. Prices will continue to increase the beneficiaries won’t be buyers of homes (students) it will be sellers of homes (colleges).

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 02:30 PM (O3eDY)

238 and we will need a bailout for Cali....and the beat goes on....

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 02:28 PM (Int1s)
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Once they get the proceeds from that highspeed rail they are "putting in", that will show you!

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 02:30 PM (Fi81e)

239 "I think there's truth to this. They went through my finances to a ridiculous degree. "Do you realize you're spending this much at Wawa every month?"

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing"

I bought a house during covid with aloane from my bank which I have along relationship with. They still put me through the ringer and required pages and pages of documents. Unlike the house I bought before the 2007 crisis, which I qualified for with one paycheck and a credit report. It was ridiculously easy.

Posted by: Ripley at November 06, 2026 02:30 PM (GUOwU)

240 I haven't kept up with all the Epstein files shit so my question is who have the had been the people that are supposedly being protected right now? it doesn't make any sense to me

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 02:30 PM (9bpxs)

241 Ugh. But not having a giant pile of cash didn't have any bearing whatsoever on my ability to make my mortgage payment. It just meant the total amount financed was bigger.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 02:27 PM (yKhjs)

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True, but a large down payment means equity and equity makes it harder to just walk away from a mortgage.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 06, 2026 02:30 PM (2UnvF)

242 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at November 06, 2026 02:30 PM (NcvvS)

243 Benson wants to build a "high speed rail" in Michigan.

Cha-CHING!

Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 02:31 PM (Fi81e)

244 Trump released the Epstein files the courts would allow.
Congresscritters have seen a lot of what we cannot.
I dont hear any Congresscritters coming out of the Epstein SCIF pulling a Schiff talking shiff about what nasty they saw in there.
In fact they are tight lipped.

Posted by: torabora at November 06, 2026 02:31 PM (rB4CC)

245 Unlike the house I bought before the 2007 crisis, which I qualified for with one paycheck and a credit report. It was ridiculously easy.

Posted by: Ripley at November 06, 2026 02:30 PM (GUOwU)

*blinks*

That's absolutely bonkers. I've only ever owned two houses, both purchased with VA loans.

I can't imagine loaning that kind of money on a single paycheck. No wonder things shook out like they did.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 02:32 PM (yKhjs)

246 Nood girl's sports

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 02:33 PM (yKhjs)

247 But ... what if all that was bullshit? What if Harmeet really was just another grifting hack, like that article says?

I don't know the answer to that. But it does make me worry that nothing has changed in terms of election security.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at
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I saw a video by Dave Rubin talking about the vote in Texas. He showed that since 2002, there have been 2.9 million new voters added to the rolls and apparently they did not have to show any proof of citizenship.

He also showed that Abbott got slightly more votes than his last election, but the democrat jumped from 3.5 million to 5.2 million. So all the new votes went to the dem as Abbotts' numbers stayed essentially the same.

I'm smelling fraud.

Posted by: Darth Randall at November 06, 2026 02:33 PM (mseD3)

248 For anyone who spent any or all of the last three months sick over this election, my advice to you is please don't start making yourself sick over 2028 yet.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 02:33 PM (MPtWl)

249 172 CA Prop 37... Here comes floods of Foreclosures
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 02:14 PM (+gK6I)
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Yep When the nest recession hits, it's going to be like a conga line into the bank, dropping off the keys.

On the other hand, since its a government loan...TADAA...you can't default on it.

Good luck CA.

Posted by: WisRich at November 06, 2026 02:34 PM (G0vdT)

250 238 Posted by: Axeman at November 06, 2026 02:30 PM (Fi81e)

Gavin 28! Let me put America on a high speed rail to tomorrow!

Like I said fuck this electorate.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 02:38 PM (Int1s)

251 155 Working on affordability.

The Assembly
@InTheAssembly
BREAKING: California voters just passed Prop 37. Buyers of newly built homes can now put down 3% instead of 20%.
How: the state lends you the other 17% as a second mortgage, funded by up to $25 billion in bonds.
On an $800,000 home that's $24,000 down instead of $160,000.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 02:09 PM (ndZc7)

Watch for the fraud. Oh, that's right this is California and they don't care about fraud and waste.

Posted by: Joemarine at November 06, 2026 02:39 PM (y171U)

252 OMG !! Such a tragedy

???,,wait
That will actually only affect an exceedingly few number of individuals do no big deal
Sightings of boys playing in girls sports sre fewer than the annual sightings of Big Foot in Central Park

Posted by: Paul at November 06, 2026 02:43 PM (l1aSU)

253 Aha! I have found the pinhole leak in the master bath ceiling. It was, of course, not that near where the drip emerged. I had to cut a series of holes following it back.

Have I mentioned that I hate plumbing?

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 02:46 PM (4NO2D)

254 You are 2 years too late

Posted by: chicagovota at November 06, 2026 02:50 PM (xTgJI)

255 188 Not to take away the sentiment as I'm a little jealous, but my mother's smile would usually precede 45 straight minutes of being kept in a room and yelled at.

Apparently BPD people love taking "hostages". Too bad I didn't know it back then!
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 02:18 PM (MPtWl)

**********
Wow. My parents were angels to put up with me and still love me. I was no angel, but not super bad as a teen.

I heard the smile in her voice yesterday as she was very happy to be home again after 3wks. I can't tell she's worse for it all mentally as she remains alert and was cracking jokes to me in rehab (glue repair of a fractured lumbar vertebra).

I told her we are going to have my brother help her with face time so she can see her crazy great-grands who love her a lot. One blessing I will never know as these kids are very young. I never met my great-grandparents.

She's wonderful, never complains, has deep faith in God and is carrying on with this change in her life. I saw labs of hers results are some of us would wish for. She's tough.

My prayer is that she passes to heaven in her own bedroom someday without pain, fear, or suffering. As my father did almost 20yrs ago.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 02:58 PM (hzuYO)

256 Thune can have a Vote a Rama. Get all the RINO's on the record even when we lose....some will be there next election cycle.

But he won't because he would vote no on any bill Republicans want.
Posted by: torabora at November 06, 2026 02:24 PM (rB4CC)

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We'll then they can all be primaried for 2028 election.

Posted by: Decaf at November 06, 2026 02:58 PM (uKqbA)

Now That Democrats Captured Texas, They Can Get Rid of the Electoral College By Passing a Law That Texas Will Vote for the "National Popular Vote Winner" No Matter Who Texans Actually Prefer

The National Popular Vote Compact is an effort to get rid of the electoral college without the hurdle of a constitutional amendment. Leftwing states have signed up for the compact, which says that when enough states join the compact to control a majority of the electoral votes, they are all obligated to cast their electoral college votes for the national popular vote winner, even if the voters in the state cast their votes decisively for the other candidate.

To be honest, I slept on this and didn't consider it a big risk because the leftwing states could not actually control a majority of the 540 electoral votes. So, I thought, this will never come to pass.

Except the left just captured Texas.

So now it's possible.

How about fundamentally changing the way we elect the president of the United States?
No constitutional amendment. No two-thirds vote in Congress. No ratification by three-fourths of the states. And certainly no meaningful national debate about whether Americans actually want to abandon the presidential election system we've used for more than two centuries.
They may be able to accomplish the whole thing with a handful of votes in several newly Democratic state legislatures.
And thanks to Tuesday's election results, they're closer than ever.
...
The compact doesn't take effect until participating states collectively control at least 270 electoral votes, the number required to elect a president.
As of today, 18 states and Washington, D.C., have signed on.
Together, they control 222 electoral votes.
They need just 48 more.
Tuesday's Elections May Have Given Democrats Everything They Need
This is where the results of the 2026 midterms become enormously consequential.
Democrats appear to have gained control of both legislative chambers and the governor's office in five important presidential battleground states.
And none of those states currently belongs to the compact.
Look at the electoral votes:
Pennsylvania: 19
Michigan: 15
Arizona: 11
Wisconsin: 10
Nevada: 6
That's 61 electoral votes.
Add those to the existing 222, and the compact would control 283 electoral votes.

Hi everybody. Happy Friday. I apologize for starting off with this bad news.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:15 PM

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:16 PM (2614e)

2 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at November 06, 2026 12:17 PM (NcvvS)

3 Oh FFS.......

I so hate the left.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:17 PM (2614e)

4 this stinks

Posted by: gnats local 678 at November 06, 2026 12:17 PM (CWTWj)

5 There's no way this is possible. Is it?

Posted by: CoryC at November 06, 2026 12:17 PM (D7nDQ)

6 CoryC.. There's no way Texas would turn blue yet here we are

Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 12:18 PM (+gK6I)

7 Right up the culo.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 12:18 PM (Ta4DE)

8 Hi everybody. Happy Friday. I apologize for starting off with this bad news.

I think we're going to have to get used to it for quite a while.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 12:18 PM (Riz8t)

9 The left needs a shotgun enema.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:18 PM (2614e)

10 guarantees large scale cheating in dem big cities

Posted by: gnats local 678 at November 06, 2026 12:18 PM (CWTWj)

11 The way I see it, America is FUBAR for the foreseeable future.

Certainly until after most of us 29-year-olds have bit the dust.

Maybe an American phoenix will rise from the ashes in the future.

But maybe not.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 06, 2026 12:19 PM (s2iZv)

12 guarantees large scale cheating in dem big cities

Yes, but we Repubs in the Senate got lots of nice vacations, so you take the good with the bad.

Posted by: John Thune at November 06, 2026 12:19 PM (Riz8t)

13 I've long said that without the Electoral College, we would've had five or six civil wars by now rather than just one.

Looks like we may get to test out my theory.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 06, 2026 12:20 PM (qlLNh)

14 I had the same thought yesterday.
We are truly and goodly fucked.
All over $1 increase in gas.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Cortez at November 06, 2026 12:20 PM (O3eDY)

15 The National Popular Vote Compact is an effort to get rid of the electoral college without the hurdle of a constitutional amendment.

===

Don't laff, but the Supreme Court of the US ? And, it will take longer than 2 years, and they don't have that long.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 12:20 PM (AKptf)

16 GOP still holds Texas senate (upper chamber) so can’t happen (yet)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 06, 2026 12:20 PM (LQ1/y)

17 This will only be possible if they succeed in packing the court. They'll need the White House and the senate to do so. 2028 is for all the marbles.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 06, 2026 12:20 PM (2UnvF)

18 Republicans have a 19-12 advantage in the TX senate.

And they are moving to strip the power of the lt. gov. to control the committees via simple majority vote.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 12:20 PM (Aug7T)

19 The National Popular Vote Compact is an affront to States' rights and will mean campaigning in the large Dem shithole cities only. Who cares about the feelings of the rubes in rural counties and States?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 12:20 PM (l3cgK)

20 Well, ace apologizes for starting with bad new so I'll balance it with some really good news, from Kevin Hassett: the best jobs report in many years, and in some ways, the best in decades

https://tinyurl.com/355ccwyx

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 12:20 PM (ET1ES)

21 And somebody asserted that TX could become a 'sanctuary state,' which might be even scarier, if true.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 12:20 PM (Jr5Lq)

22 They would need to capture 5 seats on the supreme court as well...which is possible, but will slow this down.

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 12:20 PM (Gb7+b)

23 v00t harder next time!

Posted by: what the cat drug in at November 06, 2026 12:20 PM (jrgJz)

24
I apologize for starting off with this bad news.

We're getting used to it.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 06, 2026 12:20 PM (Cqx++)

25 gnats local 678...

Just means the middle States will actually be fly over Country because the East and West Coast will determine the elections

Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 12:20 PM (+gK6I)

26 This can't possibly hold up in the Supreme Court. Until they pack the court I suppose.

Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at November 06, 2026 12:21 PM (V362x)

27 “ Now That Democrats Captured Texas, They Can Get Rid of the Electoral College …”

Yes. This is what democrats do when they when. They run roughshod over everyone else.
That’s why you do everything you can to prevent them being elected. At all costs.
You also don’t do anything that will help them be elected.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at November 06, 2026 12:21 PM (fd80v)

28 Republicans control the Texas legislature.

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at November 06, 2026 12:21 PM (GD2xa)

29 This will only be possible if they succeed in packing the court. They'll need the White House and the senate to do so. 2028 is for all the marbles.[/i

I'm getting really tired of feeling like the country is on the edge of a precipice. Trump was a brief respite, but damn this is getting old.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 12:21 PM (Riz8t)

30 >>GOP still holds Texas senate (upper chamber) so can’t happen (yet)

Texas wasn't on the list.

Posted by: Nazdar at November 06, 2026 12:22 PM (NcvvS)

31 Well, ace apologizes for starting with bad new so I'll balance it with some really good news, from Kevin Hassett: the best jobs report in many years, and in some ways, the best in decades

Good thing the Dems would never dream of claiming credit for it.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 12:22 PM (Riz8t)

32 I apologize for starting off with this bad news.

-------

My sphincter just had a reaction.

Holy shit. I need to disengage.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 06, 2026 12:22 PM (iOpI2)

33 But ace, as it appears TX is now at the very least likely to be in play on the presidential level, the compact thing is moot. No GOP prez while losing TX.

Aside from that I think the constitutionality problem would trip this thing up. It's so extreme, that even the farcical SCOTUS would probably feel obliged to do the obvious thing (if even grudgingly, and possibly for the last time).

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 12:22 PM (U/Byj)

34 "They would need to capture 5 seats on the supreme court as well...which is possible, but will slow this down."

They would need to expand the number of seats on the Supreme Court, which they can do.

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at November 06, 2026 12:22 PM (GMWTj)

35 "In October we saw 809K foreign-born workers added, the biggest increase since Jan 2025, while native-born workers dropped by 64K."

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 12:22 PM (Gb7+b)

36 > 26 This can't possibly hold up in the Supreme Court. Until they pack the court I suppose.
Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at November 06, 2026 12:21 PM (V362x)

"Justice Pakalolo Mahu and Justice (unpronounceable gender symbol) wrote the majority opinion for the court..."

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 06, 2026 12:22 PM (qlLNh)

37 Texas can’t possibly turn blue

Electoral college can’t possibly be…

Oh shit

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 12:22 PM (O3eDY)

38 I think Alito and Thomas should retire now, and we need 2 fresh young conservatives to replace them. We cannot risk this.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 12:22 PM (AKptf)

39 Urban political demands are literally unworkable.

-
The Vigilant Fox 🦊
@VigilantFox
DSA leader Megan Romer has NO answer when Fox News’s Martha MacCallum asks where the $49 TRILLION for her socialist agenda is coming from.

Romer calls the number “made-up.” Then MacCallum what HER number is, and it gets embarrassing fast.

MACCALLUM: “That’s $350,000 per household.

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Who hasn't got a.spare $350 K laying around?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Living the Dream at November 06, 2026 12:23 PM (qC/tp)

40 "Well, ace apologizes for starting with bad new so I'll balance it with some really good news, from Kevin Hassett: the best jobs report in many years, and in some ways, the best in decades

https://tinyurl.com/355ccwyx"

Unfortunately, ZH adds this: "The one blemish in the report was that after a year of declining foreign-born workers, in October we saw 809K foreign-born workers added, the biggest increase since Jan 2025, while native-born workers dropped by 64K."

https://tinyurl.com/3tfhfk47

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 12:23 PM (Jr5Lq)

41 The democrats have to f*cking cheat at EVERYTHING they do.

And yet, there's still 45% + of America that will vote for them no matter what.

Romney was correct.

This comes to pass, America is truly dead and we'll have to fight CWII to get it back.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:23 PM (2614e)

42 It's a bad week to give up injecting heroin into the eyeballs.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 12:23 PM (zFF15)

43 *REDDAWN!!!!*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:23 PM (2614e)

44 Texas will have to bend to federal law, that's the way it works.
Articles said TX senate is still super majority Republican. If they
are red Republicans, good luck passing any dumb legislation.

The biggest kink is the new blue Lt. Gov.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 06, 2026 12:23 PM (wljQY)

45 I think Alito and Thomas should retire now, and we need 2 fresh young conservatives to replace them. We cannot risk this.

I simply don't think it's possible to swear in two new justices between now and January. I mean, John Thune.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 12:23 PM (Riz8t)

46 Yes, they're all for the NPV - until it doesn't go their way. Trump won the popular vote.

Posted by: Halfhand at November 06, 2026 12:24 PM (OJ+ZP)

47 The Electoral Votes belong to the States. They can award them by flip of a coin, if they wish.

Such is a Republic. I've been for Secession since it was a banning word by Maet.

Posted by: Howdy at November 06, 2026 12:24 PM (S2K0Y)

48
Well, ace apologizes for starting with bad new so I'll balance it with some really good news, from Kevin Hassett: the best jobs report in many years, and in some ways, the best in decades

https://tinyurl.com/355ccwyx
Posted by: Huck Follywood

ZH: Foreign-born workers soar by 809K in October, the biggest monthly increase since Jan 2025
Native-born workers dropped by 64K

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 06, 2026 12:24 PM (Cqx++)

49 If the left truly has captured Texas in the sense that its voters now vote Democrap, they won't need to join any compact.

Democraps will just win Texas and all its EC votes will go to the Democrap candidate. Just like other big blue states like CA and NY.

But I don't believe this. I think we got fucked by a perfect storm of fucky-ness on Tuesday. There are a lot of reasons for that, but they are all fixable. We have two years to do it.

Will we do it? That's an entirely different question.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 12:24 PM (iFTx/)

50 809 Foreign born workers ? Oh shit... Pardon my French but WTF ?

Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 12:24 PM (+gK6I)

51
I think Alito and Thomas should retire now, and we need 2 fresh young conservatives to replace them. We cannot risk this.
Posted by: runner

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I've been saying that. I didn't think things could get worse until ace noticed this.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 12:24 PM (mmrXZ)

52 Seems to me that there's no way around the electoral college without an amendment. That was the whole point of the union, to avoid majority rule.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at November 06, 2026 12:25 PM (w6EFb)

53 Hi everybody. Happy Friday. I apologize for starting off with this bad news.
___

*smiles at ace*

Sometimes, you can be so sweet.

Hope you have a pleasant weekend.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 12:25 PM (qesug)

54 If the Left doesn't capture the Supreme Court, the argument against the Compact is pretty straightforward.

It goes against the spirit and the black letter of the law.

The Framers were certainly aware of how a popular vote worked - they could have put that into the Constitution but chose not to.

Problem is, the Left would be happy to put more legislators on the bench, rather than judges.

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at November 06, 2026 12:25 PM (GMWTj)

55 This comes to pass, America is truly dead and we'll have to fight CWII to get it back.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

I'm ready. But I can guarantee you that they are truly going to hate my ROE.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 12:25 PM (zFF15)

56 The migration plan was successful-

From X:
There was no increased crossover vote.

NBC exit polls showed 5% Republican crossover in 2024 and 6% in 2026.

Republicans stuck to their guns. They voted the same.

https://tinyurl.com/mz63tace

20 million new Democrat votes materialized.

That is the story

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:25 PM (ZdaMQ)

57 "I apologize for starting off with this bad news."

Please don't. One big lesson from the election results: stop ignoring bad news, on the assumption that it's all lies and ops.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 12:25 PM (Jr5Lq)

58 >>I think Alito and Thomas should retire now, and we need 2 fresh young conservatives to replace them. We cannot risk this.

How exactly do you believe 2 Young Conservatives would get approved by the Senate?

Posted by: garrett at November 06, 2026 12:25 PM (/izzV)

59 Everyone saying Texas still has a GOP senate, TX is not relevant here. They have 270 without Texas.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 12:25 PM (O3eDY)

60 I think Alito and Thomas should retire now, and we need 2 fresh young conservatives to replace them. We cannot risk this.

I simply don't think it's possible to swear in two new justices between now and January. I mean, John Thune.

Also, remember that Cornyn, Tillis, Collins, etc. are still in the Senate. It will be their last FY to Republican voters.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 12:26 PM (Riz8t)

61 Doof had something on the ONT that was surprising. Rs did not lose many votes, the Ds gained 20 million votes, and the gains were concentrated in red states (one would expect with a blue wave the blue states would have had even better D turnout vs their averages than in red states)

So I am left wondering. Did Soros capture the SecOfState offices in those red states? Is there at least one flipped to blue state where the state SoS and AG could investigate for vote fraud? Maybe the feds could help with investigating but politically I don't think the feds can initiate investigations.

Posted by: PaleRider at November 06, 2026 12:26 PM (PV+Zw)

62 The states can make any compact they wish and the national Constitution still rules. The Electoral College doesn't go away without an amendment.

This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 12:26 PM (zG53D)

63 What about my NORMZzz?!

Posted by: InZona at November 06, 2026 12:26 PM (ThKbm)

64 "I think Alito and Thomas should retire now, and we need 2 fresh young conservatives to replace them. We cannot risk this."

And they have to be confirmed and sworn in prior to the next Congress.

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at November 06, 2026 12:27 PM (GMWTj)

65 Really of more concern is taking TX out of the "safe" GOP states in presidential cycles. Not that that's a given, but looking at Tuesday, isn't it at least "a thing"?

People's Hippo's info is somewhat reassuring on the even more urgent matter. TX is by far the largest and most important border sector. And has been a solid and important non-"sanctuary" state.

Any of that changes, the effort to restore rule of law takes a big, big hit. But if the border county sheriffs are all good with their 287gs (guess they are?), that helps a lot. And if the GOP Senate there can block any change by the big metros towards "sanctuary", that would be a huge relief.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 12:27 PM (U/Byj)

66 It's a bad week to give up injecting heroin into the eyeballs.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 12:23 PM (zFF15)

Is there ever a GOOD week for that?

Ouch.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:27 PM (2614e)

67 If TX is now a blue state NPV is moot. No Republican can win an EV election without TX.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 12:27 PM (O3eDY)

68 If the Left doesn't capture the Supreme Court, the argument against the Compact is pretty straightforward. It goes against the spirit and the black letter of the law.

It does not. Frankly, it does not.

The EVs belong to the States individually. They can do Proportional. All or Nothing. Or this compact.

Posted by: Howdy at November 06, 2026 12:28 PM (S2K0Y)

69 The constitutional prohibition says "without consent of Congress". There's nothing in there about the executive branch, so this just needs a majority vote in the House, and to overcome the filibuster in the Senate -- and one of the Constitution blocks on this is removed.

Now we know why they will kill the filibuster even while Trump can veto legislation.

After Congress "consents", would the current SCOTUS block? If so...a well-aimed wacko giving them a fortuitous vacancy or two on SCOTUS, and then...

Posted by: DarkShowerThoughts at November 06, 2026 12:28 PM (Vw44x)

70 What if TX went with a "split" electoral vote system like Nebraska?

Would that get around Constitutionality problems?

Would that have an equivalent effect on the Electoral College if the now-blue states adopted a "split" system?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 06, 2026 12:28 PM (s2iZv)

71 Americans have voted to destroy the America that we have come to know.

Welcome to Panem

Posted by: Eric at November 06, 2026 12:28 PM (6VHHP)

72 That Romer DSA beast is the embodiment of commie politics. No common sense, reasoning, or analytical skills whatsoever. A higher Ed automaton.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 12:28 PM (Ta4DE)

73 Well, I don't want it done willy-nilly ! Get the individuals you need, get the Senate votes you need, and then do it. You got 60 days! That's 1440 hours....

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 12:28 PM (AKptf)

74 I guess we can get an answer on the constitutionality of this, which I question. The US Constitution requires a republican form of governance in the states. Article IV, Section 4. I don't see how my state giving it's EC votes to someone other than who the voters of this state select can pass this muster. It would essentially make every EC voter a "faithless voter".

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 12:28 PM (4NO2D)

75 Problem is, the Left would be happy to put more legislators on the bench, rather than judges.
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at November 06, 2026 12:25 PM (GMWTj)

Especially when they expand it to 15 justices in 2029.

Posted by: InZona at November 06, 2026 12:29 PM (ThKbm)

76 Also, with the capture of Texas, the once southern border is no longer. From the Pacific to the Gulf of America (soon to renamed Mexico again) will be a massive, un-monitored and secured border.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 06, 2026 12:29 PM (RORbl)

77 I can do all things through weapons and ammo, which blows out my eardrums.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at November 06, 2026 12:29 PM (qwx/I)

78 I think Alito and Thomas should retire now, and we need 2 fresh young conservatives to replace them. We cannot risk this.
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 12:22 PM (AKptf)
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It's a trap!

Posted by: Because John Thune will fail at November 06, 2026 12:30 PM (zG53D)

79 I guess we can get an answer on the constitutionality of this, which I question. The US Constitution requires a republican form of governance in the states. Article IV, Section 4. I don't see how my state giving it's EC votes to someone other than who the voters of this state select can pass this muster. It would essentially make every EC voter a "faithless voter".
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 12:28 PM

You think we take that seriously?

Posted by: The Uniparty at November 06, 2026 12:30 PM (V7nuf)

80 61 Doof had something on the ONT that was surprising. Rs did not lose many votes, the Ds gained 20 million votes, and the gains were concentrated in red states (one would expect with a blue wave the blue states would have had even better D turnout vs their averages than in red states)

So I am left wondering. Did Soros capture the SecOfState offices in those red states? Is there at least one flipped to blue state where the state SoS and AG could investigate for vote fraud? Maybe the feds could help with investigating but politically I don't think the feds can initiate investigations.

Posted by: PaleRider at November 06, 2026 12:26 PM (PV+Zw)

The surge is largely explained by Hispanics, who live more in the South. While some proportion scaling with the wave is no doubt fraud, in bulk it is the appearance of a new and real group of voters. We got surprised by them just as much as Democrats were surprised by Trump's new constituency in 2016.

Unlike 2020, where Biden's new voters were unexplained and disappeared like the morning dew, we have actual people here.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 12:30 PM (okun6)

81 Translation: there is nowhere safe to flee. We are stuck in California and my plans to retire elsewhere (or retire) are looking not so good.

Posted by: Max Power at November 06, 2026 12:30 PM (SwyyQ)

82 Pennsylvania: 19

Have I not beat that drum for ages?

WHYY, 'There are no more Republicans representing Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties in Pennsylvania’s legislature'
Democrats achieved their trifecta in Harrisburg thanks in part to a historic breakthrough in Philadelphia’s suburbs.

And the PA Governor has been proven to be a highly reliable socialist ally. (Not only our PA state socialists but see Newsmax, 'Josh Shapiro Backs El-Sayed in Michigan Race Despite Israel Criticism.')

I believe PA will gladly join to Save Democracy.

F us.

F them, too.

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 06, 2026 12:30 PM (NFX2v)

83 Americans have voted to destroy the America that we have come to know.

Welcome to Panem
Posted by: Eric at November 06, 2026 12:28 PM (6VHHP)
___

To be fair, many who voted have no concept of what it means to be an American.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 12:30 PM (qesug)

84 "I apologize for starting off with this bad news.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:15 PM"

What other kind is there?

Posted by: I gotta ask at November 06, 2026 12:31 PM (2Ez/1)

85 Doom.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 12:31 PM (4NO2D)

86 The border in California is secure now isn’t it? I think the fear of an open border in TX is a little overblown.

Sanctuary? Yeah that’ll happen. But the border itself I think is fine for the next 2 years anyway.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 12:31 PM (O3eDY)

87 This was the plan all along. Cheat to get the votes you need to bypass the constitution. And the demoncrats just did.

Posted by: Sandman arriveth at November 06, 2026 12:31 PM (ZAoYx)

88
So I am left wondering. Did Soros capture the SecOfState offices in those red states? Is there at least one flipped to blue state where the state SoS and AG could investigate for vote fraud? Maybe the feds could help with investigating but politically I don't think the feds can initiate investigations.
Posted by: PaleRider at November 06, 2026 12:26 PM (PV+Zw)

Texas alone registered 2 million new voters WITHOUT requiring proof of citizenship.

That alone tells you we never had a chance in the first place. Our side shoved it straight up our ass without lube.

How the f*ck is that even POSSIBLE?!?

We're the ONLY country on earth that allows stupid shit like that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:32 PM (2614e)

89 If any change is to be made to the electoral system, it should be granularized to the county level.

Posted by: Halfhand at November 06, 2026 12:32 PM (OJ+ZP)

90 Art I Sec 10

No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.

Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 12:32 PM (ZxPkt)

91 I'm glad to see the overstepping has begun. If it was an actual wave and not some AI sophisticated cheat that I cannot see, the people didn't vote for this. Does it really matter though once dems have all the levers of power? I don't know, we could be permanently f'd.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 12:32 PM (n5tGW)

92 It's not the "crossover" vote, it's the 2024 Trump switches. Hispanics, something like 17% (seems like that's actually higher in key places like TX/RGV), and young people a massive switch, 30%+.

If "crossover" simple means party ID voting for other party, it's indeed not the story.

The Hispanic switch, with some evidence it was due to immigration enforcement - yowzah.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 12:32 PM (U/Byj)

93 Hearkening back to the previous thread, there's this.

15 years after taking student loans, men have paid them down substantially compared to women who have barely made a dent.

https://tinyurl.com/4edr7kpz

Apparently it's NOT impossible for young people to pay off their debts.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 12:32 PM (Riz8t)

94 Jamie Raskin said in some interview that the first order of business in the Gayest Congress Evah! was to pass a universal gun registration bill.

Good luck with that.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 12:33 PM (qesug)

95 Except the left just captured Texas.

The GOP retains a strong majority in the TX senate. So, the left did not capture Texas and cannot pass this or anything else without GOP say so. I think we are safe on this one.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 06, 2026 12:33 PM (HFrEr)

96 Hi everybody. Happy Friday. I apologize for starting off with this bad news.

These days, is there any good news? All I hear is a lot of whistling past the graveyard.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 06, 2026 12:33 PM (qRla/)

97 > I don't see how my state giving it's EC votes to someone other than who the voters of this state select can pass this muster.

The thing is, nothing in the Constitution requires that the electoral votes be awarded on the basis of a popular vote.

In many states, and for many years, they were not. Typically the electoral votes were assigned by the state legislature.

Frankly, I'd like to see us go back to that, and also scrap the direct election of U.S. Senators.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 06, 2026 12:33 PM (qlLNh)

98 That alone tells you we never had a chance in the first place. Our side shoved it straight up our ass without lube.

Yeah. Even though over 3/4 of the country supported basic ID to vote.

I don't have any tears to shed for the GOP getting its ass kicked. That party has to die before another one can take its place.

Posted by: Howdy at November 06, 2026 12:33 PM (S2K0Y)

99 Americans have voted to destroy the America that we have come to know.

Welcome to Panem
Posted by: Eric

Whoa, thought it was a nightmare
Lord, it's all so true
They told me, don't go walking slow
The devil's on the loose

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Living the Dream at November 06, 2026 12:33 PM (qC/tp)

100 Fifty-six minutes of Louis Armstrong:
youtube.com/watch?v=bUfrP-IBrkI

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 12:33 PM (Jr5Lq)

101 38 I think Alito and Thomas should retire now, and we need 2 fresh young conservatives to replace them. We cannot risk this.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 12:22 PM (AKptf)

The eGOPers in the Senate will prevent anyone potentially conservative from replacing them. They'll enjoy twisting the knife a bit longer.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 12:33 PM (l3cgK)

102 The compliant Republican stooges in DC will go ahead and certify the stolen stuff and the rest is a given.

Posted by: Sandman arriveth at November 06, 2026 12:33 PM (ZAoYx)

103 I don't see how my state giving it's EC votes to someone other than who the voters of this state select can pass this muster. It would essentially make every EC voter a "faithless voter".
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 12:28 PM

To use a term they use against them:

Every voter becomes DISENFRANCHISED!!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:34 PM (2614e)

104 The migration plan was successful-

From X:
There was no increased crossover vote.

NBC exit polls showed 5% Republican crossover in 2024 and 6% in 2026.

Republicans stuck to their guns. They voted the same.

https://tinyurl.com/mz63tace

20 million new Democrat votes materialized.

That is the story
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:25 PM (ZdaMQ)
__________

That graph compares 2022 and 2026. What about 2024?

I'll bet GOP votes were much higher in 2024 because (i) it was presidential election and (ii) we won easily. I'll also bet that Democrap votes were similar in 2024 and 2026. No new votes "materialized."

I've been saying since Tuesday that we lost because we didn't show up. The Democraps did. We voted like it was a midterm, like in 2022. They voted like it was presidential election, like in 2024.

We can debate the reasons why we stayed home, but I don't think there's any doubt that we did stay home.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 12:34 PM (iFTx/)

105 That alone tells you we never had a chance in the first place. Our side shoved it straight up our ass without lube.

How the f*ck is that even POSSIBLE?!?

We're the ONLY country on earth that allows stupid shit like that.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:32 PM

I think I've spotted the problem.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 06, 2026 12:34 PM (V7nuf)

106 Wanted to know what San Franpsycho thought about Harmeet Dhillon leaving. Especially after this Substack post

https://tinyurl.com/5n97eda3

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 06, 2026 12:34 PM (JNr/z)

107 We'll see, I guess.

Nothing I can do myself but pray, so I will remain worry free like a bubble head.

I still stubbornly believe all will be well.

Sometimes good things arrive to the surprise of all...including dimwitted and demonic Dims.

We could riot, I guess?! This would deserve a good riot. However, we don't lower ourselves to the standards of mutated, kuru, thudding dumb melons.

I saw a "college" interview of two dimwitted coeds today who want all prisoners free to live among them. One defended gangs. One super dumb one (with adenoids that need removal) even did the heart sign with her hands. I have to assume this is the only way some would date or attract men. Then weep after rape and abuse of the cycle of dumbassery.

President Trump has two more years. He may have things up his cuffed sleeves we don't know about.

I will say the main change for me this week is now disliking JD Vance a whole lot. He's turned into Pence.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 12:34 PM (hzuYO)

108 I don’t buy the “it’s all fraud” Argument.

If The huge gains in (formerly) red states were due to fraud then it means Republicans in those states were in on the fraud. I honestly doubt Kansas or South Carolina Republicans who run the state hatched a plan to give a Democrat a senate seat.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 12:34 PM (O3eDY)

109 I remember friends mocking me about the potential catastrophic consequences of this Compact. Plenty of law review articles explaining how these compacts are authorized under the Constitution. Trouble indeed.

Posted by: Mr. Barky at November 06, 2026 12:35 PM (f/a5g)

110 This will be fun for Califonia. The whole country can watch for 4 weeks as they manufacture enough votes to tip the national popular vote to Democrats.

Posted by: Dave at November 06, 2026 12:35 PM (sbsMc)

111 Texas alone registered 2 million new voters WITHOUT requiring proof of citizenship.
___

{{{Sponge}}}

I remember when that news came out a while ago, and thought it didn't bode well at all.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 12:35 PM (qesug)

112 It’s getting better and better…

Abdul El-Sayed is now saying he won’t work with Democrats, he is starting his own party.

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:35 PM (ZdaMQ)

113 No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.

You're reaching. Badly.

States enter into agreements with other States as a matter of course. Such as which pro licenses are accepted and which are not.

If they want a Popular Vote Compact ? They'll get one.

Posted by: Howdy at November 06, 2026 12:36 PM (S2K0Y)

114 Abdul El-Sayed is now saying he won’t work with Democrats, he is starting his own party.
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:35 PM (ZdaMQ)

What???

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 12:36 PM (O3eDY)

115 Well, ace apologizes for starting with bad new so I'll balance it with some really good news, from Kevin Hassett: the best jobs report in many years, and in some ways, the best in decades

And just like the upcoming drop in gas prices, the left will take all the credit. And the dumbass lo-fo mofos who put them in power will happily agree.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 06, 2026 12:36 PM (qRla/)

116 I remember the good ol’ days around here when people barked at you for how stupid you for California. Yeah, true enough but now where the F do I go? My home state Nevada is blue. Tennessee is barely red and I promise with the amount of Californians I know are moving there they’ll turn it blue. So what, now I gotta pack my bags and go all the way to Florida? Up for some suggestions…..

Posted by: JROD at November 06, 2026 12:36 PM (WCRuE)

117 I read a couple of articles this morning on JD Vance's presumed presidential ambitions. TBH, I used to be a big fan, but if this latest is true, IF, I'd rather it be DeSantis or Rubio. Those of you who have been paying attention know that I'm not a big Rubio fan, but sheesh, sounds like JD has gone full Tucker.

https://tinyurl.com/5yyyjhvd
https://tinyurl.com/2p9tw4tc

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 12:36 PM (Riz8t)

118 51 I've been saying that. I didn't think things could get worse until ace noticed this.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 12:24 PM (mmrXZ)

I said that the day Trump 2 was sworn in. Look what happened to the left when RBG didn’t retire. I literally don’t know if they could cram them through in 2 months. I bet the left sure would find a way though.

Posted by: TxAnn at November 06, 2026 12:37 PM (itAg7)

119
For you movie types...Here's some good news!

B&N is having their 50% off Criterion Blu-rays, etc Sale starting today.

Just in time for your Christmas shopping!

Posted by: naturalfake at November 06, 2026 12:37 PM (YSUhf)

120 I'll also bet that Democrap votes were similar in 2024 and 2026. No new votes "materialized."

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 12:34 PM (iFTx/)

Democrats got a massive surge in the South, driven by Hispanics, largely in areas that don't have the urban machines that are key to fraud. While these are new voters, as far as I can tell they are largely real voters.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 12:37 PM (okun6)

121
We can debate the reasons why we stayed home, but I don't think there's any doubt that we did stay home.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November

Are you on x? There are 8 bajillion charts and graphs on this out there.

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:37 PM (ZdaMQ)

122 *living in California*

sorry I’m trying to work and comment at the same time

Posted by: JROD at November 06, 2026 12:37 PM (WCRuE)

123 IF this occurs, THEN the Supreme Court is going to.have one helluva case to resolve. Can perfectly legitimate legislative acts be used to undermine the clear intent of Constitutional structure?
On a nuts 'n bolts basis, sans a Constitutional Amendment, can a law nullify an entire Section of the Constitution. From a meta standpoint, can a legislative act turn the US from a Republic to a Democracy? From a "raw power" standpoint, can legislation remove a "check" to un"balance" the 3 branches?

I'll probably be dead by then, but if this occurs, can an SC decision prevent CW2?

Posted by: buddhaha at November 06, 2026 12:38 PM (ipWju)

124 Piper....Good.. The little midget believes the press about him... What an arrogant POS

Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 12:38 PM (+gK6I)

125 This is all just a distraction from the Epstein files.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 12:38 PM (yVYSZ)

126 I will say the main change for me this week is now disliking JD Vance a whole lot. He's turned into Pence.

His trying to do a cutesy two-step concerning Tucker Carlson was the first tipoff.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 06, 2026 12:38 PM (qRla/)

127 116 I remember the good ol’ days around here when people barked at you for how stupid you for California. Yeah, true enough but now where the F do I go? My home state Nevada is blue. Tennessee is barely red and I promise with the amount of Californians I know are moving there they’ll turn it blue. So what, now I gotta pack my bags and go all the way to Florida? Up for some suggestions…..

Posted by: JROD at November 06, 2026 12:36 PM (WCRuE)

At some point, it doesn't matter where you are.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 12:38 PM (l3cgK)

128 I still think it's possible, maybe probable, that the midterms were stolen. We were "told" by the various polls and polymarkets that the (D) was way, way up in the polls. Told. Shown their analysis. Which just as well could have been pure bullshit to cover for the coming fraud.

Tell the electorate what to expect, deliver on those expectations.

Wave it all away with "turnout." I'm not buying it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 06, 2026 12:38 PM (RORbl)

129 I bet the left sure would find a way though.
Posted by: TxAnn at November 06, 2026 12:37 PM

Yes. They'd tell the right to bend over and vote to confirm a communist. For comity 'n' shit. Of course, the GOPe doesn't actually need to be told to do that...

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 06, 2026 12:38 PM (V7nuf)

130 I read a couple of articles this morning on JD Vance's presumed presidential ambitions. TBH, I used to be a big fan, but if this latest is true, IF, I'd rather it be DeSantis or Rubio. Those of you who have been paying attention know that I'm not a big Rubio fan, but sheesh, sounds like JD has gone full Tucker.

https://tinyurl.com/5yyyjhvd
https://tinyurl.com/2p9tw4tc

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 12:36 PM (Riz8t)
_______

I'm staying out of the Rubio, JD, DeathSantis debate, but it's beyond obvious to me that DeathSantis sees a big opportunity that didn't exist on Monday and he's seizing the moment. He is 100% running for 2028. I don't think he was planning on doing that, but he clearly is now.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 12:38 PM (iFTx/)

131 38 I think Alito and Thomas should retire now, and we need 2 fresh young conservatives to replace them. We cannot risk this.

---

Lol.

Posted by: John Thune at November 06, 2026 12:39 PM (vqA1l)

132 WHICH IS A JOKE. SO DONT GET YOUR FEATHERS IN A RUFFLE

ITS A FREAKING JOKE

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 12:39 PM (yVYSZ)

133 Pulling this news over from last thread, good news from New York for once...

BUY from Sticker Mule! The owner, Anthony Constantino just won a NY house seat. In blue New York. The sticker quality from Sticker Mule is the best, and he is hated by the left.

So many of my art friends rebuke him and are boycotting him because he supported Trump. They have virtue signal contests of who can not buy from him harder. But nothing else has better quality.

Funniest headline about Constantino's win I've found, from the Times Union:

"Anthony Constsntino was a sore (and unhinged) winner." Boo hoo. That honestly describes the winners in the left perfectly as well.

Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 12:39 PM (Toos7)

134 Seems unconstitutional to me. Has it been challenged in court?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 12:39 PM (2SxyD)

135 JD Vance is BFFs with Tucker. Tucker’s kid works for JD.

How is anyone surprised who JD is?

There’s gambling in Casablanca guys. Shocking I know.

This is a symptom of how the right refuses to accept reality.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 12:39 PM (O3eDY)

136 Red Turban, looks like the GOP vote held steady while the Dem vote saw I think the greatest increase in history (lots of questions about that).

But the ominous part to me was the Hispanic 2024 Trump voters switching. Not just for TX, but nationally. Among his notable unique accomplishments, Trump's flipping the RGV (only GOP figure to do so ever) and generally garnering strong %s of the Hispanic vote is among the most important, electorally.

If that support was ephemeral, or merely based on Trump's unique appeal (social values, strong alpha, not a stiff white guy in a suit) ...... oh boy.

Thing is, legal immigrants and 2nd-generation immigrants typically oppose illegal migration with the fury of a thousand suns. But they've been bamboozled into thinking enforcement is "mean", like 12-yr old girls? Puzzling, at this point.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 12:39 PM (U/Byj)

137 it's beyond obvious to me that DeathSantis sees a big opportunity that didn't exist on Monday and he's seizing the moment. He is 100% running for 2028. I don't think he was planning on doing that, but he clearly is now.

I agree.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 12:39 PM (Riz8t)

138 "I still stubbornly believe all will be well."
___

Bible tells us not to fear many times. God wins in the end.

His will be done, our will is dumb.

That said, it's hard not to feel discouraged, and yes, a little fearful.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 12:40 PM (qesug)

139 WHICH IS A JOKE. SO DONT GET YOUR FEATHERS IN A RUFFLE

ITS A FREAKING JOKE
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 12:39 PM

Aw, come on! I didn't even get a chance to run with that line!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 06, 2026 12:40 PM (V7nuf)

140 At some point, it doesn't matter where you are.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

We're there.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 12:40 PM (Ta4DE)

141 An electoral vote 'compact' would be a Supremacy Clause violation, unless I'm wrong.

unrelated: having Thomas and Alito resign now in hopes 2 conservative judges could be seated in the interim would be trusting the Senate GOP to get it done in time,

Who thinks that is likely to happen?

Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 12:40 PM (ZxPkt)

142 Sometimes it actually pays to be overly pessimistic. I’m by far the dumbest person who posts here and I saw this coming a mile away.
I’ll continue to pray and I refuse to live the rest of my life in doom and gloom. It’s gonna suck but I don’t see anyone who can change this course except for God. Thanks GOP

Posted by: Billythesquid at November 06, 2026 12:41 PM (ZHSC2)

143 It will probably be fine.

Posted by: Guy who always says "It will probably be fine." at November 06, 2026 12:41 PM (MWfyi)

144 Abdul El-Sayed is now saying he won’t work with Democrats, he is starting his own party.
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:35 PM (ZdaMQ)

They already did that with the DSA. They SAID they weren't Democrats.

It's like even their side doesn't know to listen to when they tell you what they're going to do........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:41 PM (2614e)

145 How could this stand legally?
I would think it could be a massive class action waiting to happen.
Granted, the legal challenge would take forever to grind through, but how could it constitutionally prevail?

Posted by: barbarausa at November 06, 2026 12:41 PM (enw9G)

146 117 I read a couple of articles this morning on JD Vance's presumed presidential ambitions. TBH, I used to be a big fan, but if this latest is true, IF, I'd rather it be DeSantis or Rubio. Those of you who have been paying attention know that I'm not a big Rubio fan, but sheesh, sounds like JD has gone full Tucker.

https://tinyurl.com/5yyyjhvd
https://tinyurl.com/2p9tw4tc

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 12:36 PM (Riz8t)

Vance seems to have bought into the idea that the chronically online pseudoright is key to elections. I haven't seen any evidence that they swing anything, anywhere. There's a better case for the GOPe still having a small percentage of the base than these guys.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 12:41 PM (okun6)

147 "I still think it's possible, maybe probable, that the midterms were stolen."

Has DJT said anything about it? On the one hand, if he does, everybody will say 'oh he always says that.' OTOH, if he does not, fat chance the base alone can push the issue.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 12:41 PM (Jr5Lq)

148 What's to stop us from getting California?

If you want to win, you have to play the game in order to win.
Stop with the defeatist mindset and go after the Democrat strongholds such as California and New York as well other places. Do whatever you have to do to win.

Use their tactics against them.

Posted by: dantesed at November 06, 2026 12:42 PM (Oy/m2)

149
Who thinks that is likely to happen?

Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 12:40 PM (ZxPkt)

It will not. Those two men need to stay exactly where they are for the foreseeable future.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:42 PM (2614e)

150 That John Thune hasn't yet been told by the GOP to STFD and STFU tells me all I need to know.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 12:42 PM (Riz8t)

151 Under a popular vote compact would an Idaho voter have standing to challenge voter fraud in California? Question answers itself.

Posted by: Mr. Barky at November 06, 2026 12:42 PM (f/a5g)

152 It’s getting better and better…

Abdul El-Sayed is now saying he won’t work with Democrats, he is starting his own party.
Posted by: Piper

The Goat's Ass Party

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 12:42 PM (zFF15)

153 Did y'all hear about the AWFL in Arkansas who was changing bar scores to cause some people who had failed to pass and caused some people who had passed to fail?

Posted by: bonhomme at November 06, 2026 12:42 PM (mkw2N)

154 I would vote for a Rubio and Desantis ticket, they can choose the order.

I think JD has served well, but he's done. He has a beautiful family and found the American Dream. Working the rest of his life in other public roles to endure that dream for more poor Americans? Would be a life well served.

Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 12:42 PM (Toos7)

155 We'll see how the absentee votes break out, but the Alaska Senate seat is looking safer.

Right now it's:

Peltola, Mary (DEM) 48.2%
Sullivan, Dan S. (REP) 47.9%
Heikes, Gerald L. (REP) 2.3%
Sullivan, Daniel J. Jr. 1.7%

It seems unlikely that either Peltola or Real Sullivan will break 50% in the first round, though it could happen.

If it goes to a second round, I think Real Sullivan has it. You have to figure that almost all of the Heikes votes and at least some of the Fake Sullivan votes are going to have Real Sullivan as their second choice.

We won't know for a while, as Alaska is one of the few states that allows absentee ballots to be postmarked by election day, not received by election day. There are historical reasons for this... there were (and still are, to some extent) a lot of places here where the mail doesn't exactly move quickly or predictably.

The drop-dead deadline for receiving votes is November 18, even if they are postmarked by election day.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 06, 2026 12:42 PM (qlLNh)

156 Oh my that is not who we are.

Posted by: The GOP at November 06, 2026 12:42 PM (MWfyi)

157 148 What's to stop us from getting California?

If you want to win, you have to play the game in order to win.
Stop with the defeatist mindset and go after the Democrat strongholds such as California and New York as well other places. Do whatever you have to do to win.

Use their tactics against them.

Posted by: dantesed at November 06, 2026 12:42 PM (Oy/m2)

Marquess of Queensbury Rules do not survive a street fight.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 12:43 PM (l3cgK)

158 In addition to the strong payroll gains for October, prior months were revised up substantially: The August figure moved to 186,000, an upward revision of 53,000, while the September count shifted to 60,000 following an upward revision of 31,000.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 06, 2026 12:43 PM (/+uur)

159 I'll also bet that Democrap votes were similar in 2024 and 2026. No new votes "materialized."

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 12:34 PM (iFTx/)

Democrats got a massive surge in the South, driven by Hispanics, largely in areas that don't have the urban machines that are key to fraud. While these are new voters, as far as I can tell they are largely real voters.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 12:37 PM (okun6)
________

Kamala got 75 million votes in 2024. Trump got 77 million.

According to the chart Piper linked, Democraps got 70 million votes on Tuesday. That's less than they got in 2024.

But we got only 55 million. As I've been saying, we just stayed home. Had we showed up like we did in 2024 -- 77 million votes -- we would have won.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 12:44 PM (iFTx/)

160 142 Sometimes it actually pays to be overly pessimistic. I’m by far the dumbest person who posts here and I saw this coming a mile away.
I’ll continue to pray and I refuse to live the rest of my life in doom and gloom. It’s gonna suck but I don’t see anyone who can change this course except for God. Thanks GOP
Posted by: Billythesquid

It’s going to suck if you allow it to suck.

MAE had a great suggestion the other day. Make your world smaller. Affect the people around you positively. Remain loyal to your circle. If you can’t change it, don’t light your hair on fire.

Love where you live.

And be ready to defend yourself.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 12:44 PM (yVYSZ)

161
Democrats got a massive surge in the South, driven by Hispanics

Ah yes, those "natural conservatives."

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 06, 2026 12:44 PM (Cqx++)

162 >If they want a Popular Vote Compact ? They'll get one.

Posted by: Howdy
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You could not be more wrong. You could try, but you would not be successful.

Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 12:44 PM (ZxPkt)

163 Wanted to know what San Franpsycho thought about Harmeet Dhillon leaving. Especially after this Substack post

https://tinyurl.com/5n97eda3
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 06, 2026 12:34 PM (JNr/z)
====
On the bus at the moment but very interested. I inquired yesterday...

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 12:44 PM (2SxyD)

164 Nothing I can do myself but pray,

-
Revelation 12:14 is often interpreted to mean the Beast shall reign for 3 1/2 years. "Time times and half a time." So somewhere around June 2030 we ought to be OK.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Living the Dream at November 06, 2026 12:44 PM (qC/tp)

165 Those two gremlin women who on their podcast, wished they could dig Charlie Kirk back up to kill him again? Chewy is a sponsor. If you use Chewy, cancel and tell them why. Tell your friends to BOYCOTT them. Make the donors of these vile lefties feel the Bud Lite pain.

Those women shouldn't mind if sponsors drop them, as I'm sure they rail about capitalism on their show all the time.

Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 12:44 PM (Toos7)

166 enough rino types in the senate to go with dems this year, we need to work across the aisle so next year we still get some of the d.c payola

Posted by: gnats local 678 at November 06, 2026 12:45 PM (CWTWj)

167 But the ominous part to me was the Hispanic 2024 Trump voters switching. Not just for TX, but nationally. Among his notable unique accomplishments, Trump's flipping the RGV (only GOP figure to do so ever) and generally garnering strong %s of the Hispanic vote is among the most important, electorally.

If that support was ephemeral, or merely based on Trump's unique appeal (social values, strong alpha, not a stiff white guy in a suit) ...... oh boy.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 12:39 PM (U/Byj)

The biggest factor in the Hispanic swing is Hispanic voters who weren't voting before. Those ones didn't so much "switch" as show up for the first time.

Trump's personal machismo popularity probably accounts for a few percentage points but nothing dramatic.

Platform wise I'm not sure what killed us yet. It might have been ICE, or could just be 'affordability'. The case for it having been ICE is the idea the new voters were pissed about it, the case against is that it's been a strong platform so far and Rs polled well on immigration vs Ds.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 12:45 PM (okun6)

168 As of now, we are boned in 2028 without any changes. I think best chance is Rubio/DeSantis or flipped, but still it's gonna be a rough one. One of those is gonna have to move across the state line. Rubio has spanish identity so I would prefer him in one of the two spots.

So a long way to go here though, because of events and dems will cause some crazy events.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 12:45 PM (n5tGW)

169 Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 12:42 PM (zFF15)

Hopefully he'll say enough stupid stuff that the Democrats will abandon him completely.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 12:45 PM (JrHfD)

170 I never liked Vance. There's something about his face.

Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 12:45 PM (ZxPkt)

171 If that support was ephemeral, or merely based on Trump's unique appeal (social values, strong alpha, not a stiff white guy in a suit) ...... oh boy.

Thing is, legal immigrants and 2nd-generation immigrants typically oppose illegal migration with the fury of a thousand suns. But they've been bamboozled into thinking enforcement is "mean", like 12-yr old girls? Puzzling, at this point.
Posted by: rhomboid

That and the muy macho machismo Hispanics voted for a dick sucking twink that donks on the Virgin Mary.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 12:46 PM (zFF15)

172
MAE had a great suggestion the other day. Make your world smaller. Affect the people around you positively. Remain loyal to your circle. If you can’t change it, don’t light your hair on fire.

Love where you live.

And be ready to defend yourself.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 12:44 PM (yVYSZ)

We're getting there. I just hope that they don't f*ck things up for me enough where we can't get to were we want to be in a couple years.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:46 PM (2614e)

173 They stole the election by using the same AI they complain about. They've gamed this digital dogshite voting since day 1. In 2 years the Republic is lost, dead on the floor. I saw the interstate compact years ago. By stealing the larger states, the Dems got the answer they've wanted: rigged elections without a legal recourse, as if that matters by the way. Digital dogshite is their thing. God is digital to them. This here and now is all the left has. God is nowhere in their world except interpreted to be a big leftist. It's been a fun ride. I'm older so I can see not retiring peacefully. That won't be allowed.

Posted by: Sandman arriveth at November 06, 2026 12:46 PM (ZAoYx)

174 And on top of it, October hiring came in a smashing levels. All for naught though.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 12:46 PM (n5tGW)

175 If The huge gains in (formerly) red states were due to fraud then it means Republicans in those states were in on the fraud. I honestly doubt Kansas or South Carolina Republicans who run the state hatched a plan to give a Democrat a senate seat.

Ok, here is some gratuitous nightmare fuel:

Congress, being all insiders, are seeing the economic numbers that aren't released to the public. Its a variation of the "Lucifer's Hammer" passageway to a dystopia. You know that an extinction event is a few says away, so do you make it public and the world goes insane as they settle scores and engage in behavior they wouldn't do if there were consequences?

They see the multi-trillion dollar Sword of Damocles swinging over the economy and the horsehair is AI investment.

The exiting congress critters are Dionysius and the DSA types are Damocles.

Posted by: Community Notes at November 06, 2026 12:46 PM (/TiS1)

176 That John Thune hasn't yet been told by the GOP to STFD and STFU tells me all I need to know.
Posted by: Archimedes

Yep. Just go back to Sioux Falls and shut the fuck up.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 12:47 PM (Ta4DE)

177 Democracy = Dictatorship of the majority. And that is exactly what the dems will be...dictators.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 06, 2026 12:47 PM (2WIwB)

178 ITS A FREAKING JOKE
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 12:39 PM (yVYSZ)

Of course it is!

Too many people don't know that, though.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 06, 2026 12:47 PM (qRla/)

179 Test.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 06, 2026 12:47 PM (amcLV)

180 The people have spoken. They don't want Democracy.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 12:47 PM (MPtWl)

181
Kamala got 75 million votes in 2024. Trump got 77 million.

According to the chart Piper linked, Democraps got 70 million votes on Tuesday. That's less than they got in 2024.

But we got only 55 million. As I've been saying, we just stayed home. Had we showed up like we did in 2024 -- 77 million votes -- we would have won.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 12:44 PM (iFTx/)

Republicans had 54 million votes in 2022. Not meeting presidential year levels is normal. The dropoff has been a bit higher because our election year totals for 2016, 2020, and 2024 were including TrumpOnly voters (maybe about 10% of the R vote).

60 million would've been a fairly normalish turnout for Ds in 2026.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 12:47 PM (okun6)

182 Those two gremlin women who on their podcast, wished they could dig Charlie Kirk back up to kill him again? Chewy is a sponsor. If you use Chewy, cancel and tell them why. Tell your friends to BOYCOTT them. Make the donors of these vile lefties feel the Bud Lite pain.

Those women shouldn't mind if sponsors drop them, as I'm sure they rail about capitalism on their show all the time.
Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 12:44 PM (Toos7)

I stopped considering Chewy when they stopped carrying MyPillow products because of politics.

F*CK them. DIAF, libshit business.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:47 PM (2614e)

183 In other news, Tesla's killing the Cybertruck. Get yours before it's too late!

Posted by: far cry at November 06, 2026 12:47 PM (pBJ6M)

184 Abdul El-Sayed is now saying he won’t work with Democrats, he is starting his own party.
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:35 PM (ZdaMQ)

another dumbass arab who overestimates his smallish success; wait till they raid his house and find child pr0n...

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 12:47 PM (AKptf)

185 Congress, being all insiders, are seeing the economic numbers that aren't released to the public. Its a variation of the "Lucifer's Hammer" passageway to a dystopia. You know that an extinction event is a few says away, so do you make it public and the world goes insane as they settle scores and engage in behavior they wouldn't do if there were consequences?

They see the multi-trillion dollar Sword of Damocles swinging over the economy and the horsehair is AI investment.

The exiting congress critters are Dionysius and the DSA types are Damocles.

Wut?

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 12:48 PM (Riz8t)

186 Interstate compacts require Congressional approval.

So the way it should work is that Congress passes the compact, Trump vetoes it, and nothing happens.

Somehow I think that the Democrats aren't going to accept that.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 06, 2026 12:48 PM (aD4fx)

187 In other news, Tesla's killing the Cybertruck. Get yours before it's too late!
Posted by: far cry at November 06, 2026 12:47 PM (pBJ6M)

Shouldn't have built it to not withstand anything.

That thing was useless garbage from the start.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:49 PM (2614e)

188 I'm in CA so nothings changed for me.. Unfortunately Texans will now get a taste of what it's like to be me

Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 12:49 PM (+gK6I)

189 >>>This is a symptom of how the right refuses to accept reality.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 12:39 PM (O3eDY)
======

I think that's true of most people, myself included.

Posted by: Max Power at November 06, 2026 12:49 PM (SwyyQ)

190 I want to know how fraud occurred in hundreds of rural counties in Kansas and Texas. Because the only answer is very conservative people who run those counties decided to help out Democrats.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 12:49 PM (O3eDY)

191 Thing is, legal immigrants and 2nd-generation immigrants typically oppose illegal migration with the fury of a thousand suns. But they've been bamboozled into thinking enforcement is "mean", like 12-yr old girls? Puzzling, at this point.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 12:39 PM (U/Byj)

I believed this as well; but got various reasons I know and deal with a lot of these (fully legal) and I’ve been surprised to see that thanks in part to Spanish language media and also to some admittedly heavy handed enforcement, they as a group have come to feel completely terrorized over the last year. They may be legal, but every one of them has friend, cousins, spouses, co-workers and employees who are in at least the gray area of immigration. Not completely illegal, but more like trying to extend visas, work permits. These people are being told to live in fear every day, and it’s made the entire community, legal or not, angry and paranoid. That’s what came out in Texas on Tuesday.

It has been popular in our groups to say “too bad, deport them all” but when 55% of the state decides to go communist in response, that may not have been the right plan.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 12:49 PM (oH6g4)

192 The word 'democracy' does not appear in the Constitution or the Declaration Of Independence.

Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 12:49 PM (ZxPkt)

193 And this issue is pretty close to the bottom of things we should be worrying about.

You know what is right up at the top?

All the new Dem AGs.

Do not doubt for a second that they already have lawsuits and indictments for:
- former Trump admin officials
- ICE agents
- Musk and any tech bros they dislike

You know all that shit about how we couldn't get a single red state AG to bring murder or fraud charges against, say, Fauchi or his minions?
And the spineless pussies hemmed and hawed about who-the-fuck-knows?

That will sure as hell not stop them.

And after those arrests, you know who is next?
Red state Republicans politicians.
They are going to fake up criminal fraud charges that make Leticia, Alvin and Fanni look like sober jurists strictly adhering to the law.
And they'll bring those in deep, deep blue cities.

Buckle up.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 12:49 PM (Aug7T)

194 Texas is going to do a recount, right? Though if you had 2M new voters sign up without ID, you don't know on their ballots they're illegal. Their ballot is legit even if the person was not.

If it's true the legislature in TX currently has a super majority, pull an emergency session and hobble the Governor and Lt Gov as much as you can before they are sworn in. What else do you have to lose at this point?

Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 12:50 PM (Toos7)

195 "I think Alito and Thomas should retire now, and we need 2 fresh young conservatives to replace them. "

Indeed. Someone conservative like Amy Coney Barret, or David Souter, etc.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at November 06, 2026 12:50 PM (LOvBA)

196 But the ominous part to me was the Hispanic 2024 Trump voters switching. Not just for TX, but nationally. Among his notable unique accomplishments, Trump's flipping the RGV (only GOP figure to do so ever) and generally garnering strong %s of the Hispanic vote is among the most important, electorally.

==

yes, they did. but why? economics, almost 60% said it was economics, not ideology, religion, American Exceptionalism, or Iran (lol). The rent is too damn high!

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 12:50 PM (AKptf)

197 DeSantis nails Thune and the do-nothing corporatist Senate

https://tinyurl.com/4kwhvn8t

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 12:50 PM (EaqT1)

198 160
I’m already doing that Nurse. I’ve been doing it for a long time. I feel better after reading your words. You are one of my favorite people here

Posted by: Billythesquid at November 06, 2026 12:51 PM (ZHSC2)

199
Honestly not sure what concerns me more.

1. The number of Democrat voters who have no idea what they are

1. The number of Democrat voters who do

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 12:51 PM (MPtWl)

200 If that support was ephemeral, or merely based on Trump's unique appeal (social values, strong alpha, not a stiff white guy in a suit) ...... oh boy.

Thing is, legal immigrants and 2nd-generation immigrants typically oppose illegal migration with the fury of a thousand suns. But they've been bamboozled into thinking enforcement is "mean", like 12-yr old girls? Puzzling, at this point.
Posted by: rhomboid

That and the muy macho machismo Hispanics voted for a dick sucking twink that donks on the Virgin Mary.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 12:46 PM (zFF15)
______

I don't think there was any big swing. See my comment above. Dems got a little less votes on Tuesday than they did in 2024, but overall it was comparable (75M vs 70M).

The problem was that we got much much much less votes than in 2024 (77M vs 50M). We just stayed home.

My take is that Dems voted very similarly to how they voted in 2024. No great swings or migrations. It was us who voted drastically differently, by not showing up. If we got the 77M votes we got in 2024, we win.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 12:51 PM (iFTx/)

201 The 19th Amendment is what got us here.

Posted by: Grimy, Son of Gassex at November 06, 2026 12:51 PM (7Q0e+)

202 If it's true the legislature in TX currently has a super majority, pull an emergency session and hobble the Governor and Lt Gov as much as you can before they are sworn in. What else do you have to lose at this point?
Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 12:50 PM (Toos7)

They need to fix this non-citizen voter registration bullshit IMMEDIATELY. Law. Now.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:51 PM (2614e)

203 Bible tells us not to fear many times. God wins in the end.

His will be done, our will is dumb.

That said, it's hard not to feel discouraged, and yes, a little fearful.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 12:40 PM (qesug)
----
It's occurred to me more than once we are looking over HERE at what's going on and asking God, "What just happened?"

Meanwhile, God's plan is being put into action over THERE and we'll never, ever see it coming to fruition until it finally arrives on the scene.

And it will be glorious to behold.

He seems to like doing that to us.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 06, 2026 12:51 PM (s2iZv)

204 152 It’s getting better and better…

Abdul El-Sayed is now saying he won’t work with Democrats, he is starting his own party.
Posted by: Piper

The Goat's Ass Party
Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 12:42 PM (zFF15)
*******
I am looking forward to the Dim cage fighting of the gheys vs the pisslams in Congress.

Instead of silver tipped canes as in Madison's time, there will be machetes whipped out of burkas and turbans, vs powder puffs and rainbows and tippy toes.

This should show the dumbest of Dims what we're up against.

I guess the GOPers will be the show girls with the signs in their sequins. Or maybe they will join the gheys for full on slaughter.

McConnell will be on the sidelines as the cardboard cut out with his smiling chy knee spy wife.

Thune will be a referee and I hope they beat on him as well.

ICE will then arrest and deport everyone and my life will be complete with chakras aligned like Al Gore the Sex Poodle.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 12:51 PM (hzuYO)

205 Not over gasoline. Control

DEI, Green deals, trans (because they used that under the guise to bring lots of illegals into the country), No ICE & reducing the actual numbers of police in Police departments, return of USAID, greatly reduced National Defense spending and billets.

Let criminals out of prisons ASAP and get them onto the public dole, i.e., Medicaid, federal grants for opiate treatment, etc. (But IGNORE THAT FOR POLITICAL PROSECUTIONS.) Legalize prostitution - unionize where possible - keeping within certain age restrictions. (Ha)

Public schools: Universal educational standards for standard K-12. Reduce testing goals in general. Reduce in school time to 4 days a week, max. Reduce AP offerings for average school districts. Raise and re-raise administration and teaching pensions and benefits.

Community hubs. Control of services such as water. More court appointed guardians and conservators for certain elderly & special needs individuals.

Specific aid to 'working families" to keep them onboard.

Utopia

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 06, 2026 12:51 PM (NFX2v)

206 > 184 Abdul El-Sayed is now saying he won’t work with Democrats, he is starting his own party.
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:35 PM (ZdaMQ)

Something tells me he's going to regret stabbing Schumer in the back, after ChuckyBoy bent over and lubed up for him during the campaign.

Schumer and Pelosi are probably planning to "settle all the family business" as we speak.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 06, 2026 12:51 PM (qlLNh)

207 'I still stubbornly believe all will be well.'

"Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him."

1 John 2:15–17

Salvation comes when this world and its wicked nations pass away.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 12:52 PM (Jr5Lq)

208 It has been popular in our groups to say “too bad, deport them all” but when 55% of the state decides to go communist in response, that may not have been the right plan.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 12:49 PM (oH6g4)

It's probably b/c we didn't deport them all that we have issues...we deported many, but still a semi drop in the bucket...

Like Iran, we pussyfooted when it got bad press, pleasing no one...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 12:52 PM (Gb7+b)

209 It wasn't just Hispanics; it was younger people generally who have loans to pay off and don't get to work from home. They need gas to get to the job or at least to the interview.
Our Near East strategery of bombing whomever Israel tells us to bomb would appear to need rethinking.

Posted by: AoS Cope was right. at November 06, 2026 12:52 PM (dC6PZ)

210 I see Pelosi's replacement is the weird ass freak from SF .. Weiner

Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 12:53 PM (+gK6I)

211 It has been popular in our groups to say “too bad, deport them all” but when 55% of the state decides to go communist in response, that may not have been the right plan.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 12:49 PM (oH6g4)

When 25% of the 55% were illegals registered to vote, is that really a referendum?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:53 PM (2614e)

212 Specific aid to 'working families" to keep them onboard.

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 06, 2026 12:51 PM (NFX2v)

The phrase "working families" is a nearly sure-fire tell that whoever is using it is a communist.

Of course, none of them have families and very few of them have ever worked.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 06, 2026 12:53 PM (qlLNh)

213 188 I'm in CA so nothings changed for me.. Unfortunately Texans will now get a taste of what it's like to be me

Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 12:49 PM (+gK6I)

Well, other than we're gonna enter a slightly deeper level of hell in Kalifornia...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 12:53 PM (l3cgK)

214 accepting reality is often no fun at all. but "i'm still not dead" is some consolation. 2028 could see a turnaround

Posted by: gnats local 678 at November 06, 2026 12:53 PM (CWTWj)

215 195 "I think Alito and Thomas should retire now, and we need 2 fresh young conservatives to replace them. "

Indeed. Someone conservative like Amy Coney Barret, or David Souter, etc.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at November 06, 2026 12:50 PM (LOvBA)

Or John Roberts...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 12:54 PM (l3cgK)

216 If you like your Republic you can keep your Republic.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 12:54 PM (MPtWl)

217 Video of El-Sayed on 'delicious irony' of JD Vance having to swear him in.

My county has that, among others, up on Facebook.

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 06, 2026 12:54 PM (NFX2v)

218 jim... I'm numb to it now...

Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 12:54 PM (+gK6I)

219 As I've been saying, we just stayed home.

I don't think so based on the numbers. I think the votes just switched. A massive switch which boggles the mind as to if it was real or a cheat, but a switch none the less.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 12:54 PM (n5tGW)

220 harder times are coming aren't they? guess i'll have to get better at lifting

Posted by: Brometheus at November 06, 2026 12:54 PM (rOmMi)

221 The people have spoken. They don't want Democracy.
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 12:47 PM

"Evil will always triumph. Because Good is dumb."

Posted by: Dark Helmet at November 06, 2026 12:55 PM (V7nuf)

222 Kamala got 75 million votes in 2024. Trump got 77 million.

According to the chart Piper linked, Democraps got 70 million votes on Tuesday. That's less than they got in 2024.

But we got only 55 million. As I've been saying, we just stayed home. Had we showed up like we did in 2024 -- 77 million votes -- we would have won.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 12:44 PM (iFTx/)

Republicans had 54 million votes in 2022. Not meeting presidential year levels is normal. The dropoff has been a bit higher because our election year totals for 2016, 2020, and 2024 were including TrumpOnly voters (maybe about 10% of the R vote).

60 million would've been a fairly normalish turnout for Ds in 2026.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 12:47 PM (okun6)
_____

Well, yea. That's my point: Dems got their people to turn out like it was a presidential election year, by nationalizing the local elections. They showed up like Trump was on the ballot. Like in 2024.

We did not. We phoned in the normal mid-cycle turnout. Had we taken this election much more seriously, like we did in 2024, we would have gotten close to the 77M votes we did in 2024, and won.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 12:55 PM (iFTx/)

223 Schumer and Pelosi are probably planning to "settle all the family business" as we speak.

I don't see how. Pelosi and her acolyte Jeffries are dead speakers walking, and Schumer is a Schmuck who's about to be defenestrated.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 12:55 PM (Riz8t)

224 Mistakes were made.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 12:55 PM (Ta4DE)

225
"Evil will always triumph. Because Good is dumb."
Posted by: Dark Helmet at November 06, 2026 12:55 PM (V7nuf)

Truth.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:55 PM (2614e)

226 The surge is largely explained by Hispanics, who live more in the South. While some proportion scaling with the wave is no doubt fraud, in bulk it is the appearance of a new and real group of voters. We got surprised by them just as much as Democrats were surprised by Trump's new constituency in 2016.

Unlike 2020, where Biden's new voters were unexplained and disappeared like the morning dew, we have actual people here.

>>>>
So I am supposed to believe that all these 20 million hispanics who voted for Ds are actual hispanic citizens who are pissed that Trump is deporting the new Latin Americans who undercut their wages? Possibly plausible as a group that Hispancis were extra pissed by the high fuel prices and stupid enough to think voting D might lower those prices, but to the tune of 20 million votes? Pull the other finger.

Posted by: PaleRider at November 06, 2026 12:55 PM (PV+Zw)

227 That and the muy macho machismo Hispanics voted for a dick sucking twink that donks on the Virgin Mary.
--
The top issue for Hispanics was "affordability" by 57%.

Start with that as the headwind.

then add in that all the Rs were running on was "Dems are gonna trans your kids!!!"
And recall that, in 2024, voters flat refused to believe the crazy shit Kamala said--even when it was direct quotes.

So they're already against the R, and the R is blathering on something you don't really believe and nothing on what you're worried about = Guess I'll Vote Blue

Stop blaming the voters.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 12:55 PM (Aug7T)

228 The national popular vote compact is an unconstitutional interstate compact.

That's why it's the model for my unconstitutional interstate compact.

My idea is to pursue it in a much more resilient way. It's going to take awhile, just like NPV. But it will expand and deepen their approach, by attacking the problem in three tiers.

The NPV approach only goes at a mix of the second two parts of my strategy.

1.) States that allow Constitutional ballot initiatives

2.) States that allow legislative ballot initiatives

3.) States that have no initiative process

It will also focus the approach by not striving for a maximum bound but a minimum one. 10 States. I'm not constrained as much by population as geography. I want the most scattered group of States possible.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 12:56 PM (BI5O2)

229 BUY from Sticker Mule! The owner, Anthony Constantino just won a NY house seat. In blue New York. The sticker quality from Sticker Mule is the best, and he is hated by the left.

So many of my art friends rebuke him and are boycotting him because he supported Trump. They have virtue signal contests of who can not buy from him harder. But nothing else has better quality.

Funniest headline about Constantino's win I've found, from the Times Union:

"Anthony Constsntino was a sore (and unhinged) winner." Boo hoo. That honestly describes the winners in the left perfectly as well.
Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 12:39 PM (Toos7)

What am I supposed to do with stickers? He may be a real good guy, but he is selling a niche product that I simply have no use for.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 12:56 PM (yky4J)

230 "I'll bet GOP votes were much higher in 2024 because (i) it was presidential election and (ii) we won easily. I'll also bet that Democrap votes were similar in 2024 and 2026. No new votes "materialized.""

Nope. The phantom 20 million D votes for Biden in 2020 - which were NOT reflected in down ticket offices or ballot measures - now appeared in the midterms, but only for house and senate races... again, not for other offices or ballot measures.

We weren't born yeatsrday - this is total bullshit. Whoever did the deed for Biden refused to do it for Harris. I suspected at the time that this was because of shit they wanted to go down on Trump's watch.

Posted by: heya at November 06, 2026 12:56 PM (G5zYf)

231 DNC vs DSA is theater. Learn it, live it, love it.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 12:56 PM (MPtWl)

232 So will Roberts protect the Constitution against the end run?
After the Obamacare fiasco I don't think so.

Posted by: torabora at November 06, 2026 12:56 PM (OuaQy)

233 i wonder how far the dems will go. will they demand 15$ minimum wage in order to pass a debt ceiling increase? we shall see

Posted by: gnats local 678 at November 06, 2026 12:57 PM (CWTWj)

234 207 'I still stubbornly believe all will be well.'

"Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him."

1 John 2:15–17

Salvation comes when this world and its wicked nations pass away.
Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 12:52 PM (Jr5Lq)

*********
I fear nothing (but snakes) due to faith. Always have, always will (I hope).

I do fear for our sons and grandchildren's future and will fight accordingly for them only.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 12:57 PM (hzuYO)

235 But...but...I thought we blessed Israel? Aren't we supposed to be blessed now?

Posted by: wat at November 06, 2026 12:57 PM (8Pt4r)

236 Yes.

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Benny Johnson

@bennyjohnson
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3h
There were 20 Million new voter registrations between 2022 and 2024 in 37 states without proof of citizenship requirements

Republicans’ inability to get the SAVE America Act passed was an unforgivable betrayal that could cost us the country

Insane.

Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 12:57 PM (kX27y)

237 DeSantis nails Thune and the do-nothing corporatist Senate

-
The Bee explains it all.

Republicans Unsure Why Voters Are Mad At Them As They Literally Haven't Done Anything These Past Two Years

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Living the Dream at November 06, 2026 12:58 PM (qC/tp)

238 awwww

*kicks rock*

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 12:58 PM (yVYSZ)

239 In a lot of places, the cheat was going on.

In others, Dems were more determined to vote, and Republicans stayed home.

With mail-in ballots and early voting, we're never going to get an honest account of what really happened.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 12:58 PM (qesug)

240

Mark Ruffalo is promoting a petition urging House Democrats to reject Hakeem Jeffries as the next Speaker.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 06, 2026 12:58 PM (Cqx++)

241 221 The people have spoken. They don't want Democracy.
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 12:47 PM

"Evil will always triumph. Because Good is dumb."
Posted by: Dark Helmet at November 06, 2026 12:55 PM (V7nuf)

******
NO

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 12:58 PM (hzuYO)

242 > I don't see how. Pelosi and her acolyte Jeffries are dead speakers walking, and Schumer is a Schmuck who's about to be defenestrated.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 12:55 PM (Riz8t)

You might be surprised how much informal power gets acquired when you're in congress for that long, even if you're not "officially"

I wouldn't backstab either one of them and expect to come out the other side intact.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 06, 2026 12:58 PM (qlLNh)

243 >>> Abdul El-Sayed is now saying he won’t work with Democrats, he is starting his own party.
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:35 PM (ZdaMQ)

Did he get told by his betters in the DNC to shut up, after he announced he won't bow the knee to Schumer, the Jewish majority leader? And this is his temper tantrum, he's taking his balk and going home?

Also, I found it hilarious he wore a tight black tee on election night, showing off his guns and pecs, and his Muslim wife dressed like a burqua bag meets little house on the prairie. Liberal women, meet your official handmaid's tale outfit when the Muslims take over Michigan.

Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 12:59 PM (Toos7)

244 The 19th Amendment is what got us here.
Posted by: Grimy, Son of Gassex at November 06, 2026 12:51 PM (7Q0e+)

No.

Dropping property qualifications and enabling universal suffrage is what got us here.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 06, 2026 12:59 PM (qRla/)

245 All the Texans who voted for Democrats, we salute your superior intellect and ability to read the danger of casting a vote for tyranny.

Who’d a thunk that Texans would be the vote that ends constitutional order.

Posted by: That Guy at November 06, 2026 12:59 PM (jlI90)

246 Republicans didn't want to SAVE America

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 12:59 PM (MPtWl)

247 "Well, yea. That's my point: Dems got their people to turn out like it was a presidential election year, by nationalizing the local elections. They showed up like Trump was on the ballot. Like in 2024."

There is no way they got an extra 15-20 million to turn out without grousing about polls being overwhelmed and demanding they stay open later. Not one peep I've seen.

Posted by: heya at November 06, 2026 12:59 PM (G5zYf)

248 What's to stop us from getting California?
If you want to win, you have to play the game in order to win.
Use their tactics against them.
Posted by: dantesed

Unlikely. Take ballot harvesting, for example. Imagine the GOPe spends $100 million on it. The Dem have a lock on the election officials, most DAs and judges. Which means the officials can throw out ballots harvested by the GOP, and the DAs won't pursue charges, and judges will bounce most civil challenges. I'm not saying it's impossible to reverse, just that in states like CA & NY, the doors to their tactics are entirely in the Dems' hands.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 06, 2026 12:59 PM (nEUC6)

249 Supreme Court:

"no"

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at November 06, 2026 12:59 PM (TMNW7)

250 "You have nothing to fear from illegal voters."

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 12:59 PM (MPtWl)

251 212. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Right you are.

And/or joined the big 'multi-employer unions' (and their families by extension) that have often enjoyed bailouts under O & Joe.

While the order has changed, 'First They Came – by Pastor Martin Niemöller' will again prove to be relevant someday.

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 06, 2026 12:59 PM (NFX2v)

252 "I think Alito and Thomas should retire now, and we need 2 fresh young conservatives to replace them. "
--
So after the Rs doing nothing for voters for 2 years, the plan is to now engage in dirty tactics to hold power?

sure, that's a good plan. Voters will love it.
And everyone will forget about it in 2 years.

And that plan requires Thune, Cornyn, Cassidy, Collins, Earnst et al.?

We don't get to wishcast on ways to win without fighting.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 12:59 PM (Aug7T)

253 130 He is 100% running for 2028. I don't think he was planning on doing that, but he clearly is now.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 12:38 PM (iFTx/)

*******
DeSantis almost single=handedly got the Property Tax relief bill passed (Legislature did not want it) and, now, before he leaves office he is working on a Special Session to get a Tax Payer’s Bill of Rights passed to protect the Homestead Exemption from fees and extra charges to circumvent the Relief Bill. He actually does work for affordability.

Posted by: EveR at November 06, 2026 01:00 PM (rJD2P)

254 Thune has some at of balls. He wants to be the minority leader? The only response to that should be go fuck yourself, fag.

Posted by: That Guy at November 06, 2026 01:00 PM (jlI90)

255 You might be surprised how much informal power gets acquired when you're in congress for that long, even if you're not "officially"

I wouldn't backstab either one of them and expect to come out the other side intact.

If we know anything about the new crop of Dem politicians, it's that they have no sense of history, no sense of proportion, and are convinced they are selected by God (or whomever) to dramatically remake the nation. They are NOT scared of Pelosi and Jeffries.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 01:00 PM (Riz8t)

256 With mail-in ballots and early voting, we're never going to get an honest account of what really happened.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 12:58 PM (qesug)

There it is.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:00 PM (MPtWl)

257 So will Roberts protect the Constitution against the end run?
After the Obamacare fiasco I don't think so.
Posted by: torabora

You mean "Stonewall" Roberts?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Living the Dream at November 06, 2026 01:01 PM (qC/tp)

258 Republicans’ inability to get the SAVE America Act passed was an unforgivable betrayal that could cost us the country

Only if the Senate had a couple months to pass it now, wouldn't that be great? I guess we are out of time though, the Thune out front told me.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 01:01 PM (n5tGW)

259 Revelation 12:14 is often interpreted to mean the Beast shall reign for 3 1/2 years.

That is the Premillenial Dysfunctional understanding of that passage. John only saw the United States in the last days of its existence and no other body of people over the last two thousand years gained any benefit or edification from this passage.

The orthodox view is sees the wings of the Eagle and immediately recalls Exodus 19:4 "I bore you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself" very well understood by the Jews being ministered by John (completely unknown to Evangelicals today).

the "time, times and half-time" could have been stated "three and one-half years" if that is what was meant, but the symbology is obvious to those who know how to read apocalyptic prose.

The point is not that God's people escape all suffering, its that He delivers them from ultimate destruction. (Read Exodus for more details). The wilderness is simultaneously a place of hardship and divine provision

Posted by: Community Notes at November 06, 2026 01:01 PM (a3CJ+)

260 I do fear for our sons and grandchildren's future and will fight accordingly for them only.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 12:57 PM (hzuYO)
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God saw fit to position us close to our younger daughter and granddaughters by enabling us to buy some land and a house near them.

Oldest daughter in Texas is now making plans to move near us in Missouri within the next two years.

The enemy will have to come through us to get to them.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 01:01 PM (qesug)

261 It's blatantly unconstitutional on its face but unlikely to be blocked by the courts including the soon to be expanded Supreme Court. There's nothing democratic about substituting someone else's vote for your own just because everybody else agreed to it.

Posted by: crasey at November 06, 2026 01:02 PM (Hs4At)

262 Well, ace apologizes for starting with bad new so I'll balance it with some really good news, from Kevin Hassett: the best jobs report in many years, and in some ways, the best in decades

https://tinyurl.com/355ccwyx

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 12:20 PM (ET1ES)

Yes! And the Democrats will get credit for it! Because the voters are that stupid.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at November 06, 2026 01:02 PM (iSxqy)

263 I am really, really getting sick of the anti-semites on the right. Just come out and say it - you wish Hitler had finished the job.

Nickelfucking assholes.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 06, 2026 01:02 PM (qRla/)

264 We dislike Vance now?

Was it the post where he mentioned a pollster telling him voters cited wanting a changed relationship with Israel? Or did he actually propose something commenters are worried about? Honest question bc I feel like I missed something.

Posted by: brak at November 06, 2026 01:02 PM (gw3RI)

265 213 188 I'm in CA so nothings changed for me.. Unfortunately Texans will now get a taste of what it's like to be me

Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 12:49 PM (+gK6I)

Well, other than we're gonna enter a slightly deeper level of hell in Kalifornia...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

And we have a new state income tax and sales taxes in my area are going to be over 11%.

Yeeehaw! Gotta pay for all the tiny house neighborhoods for the druggies.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 01:02 PM (yVYSZ)

266 another dumbass arab who overestimates his smallish success; wait till they raid his house and find child pr0n...
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 12:47 PM (AKptf)

The politics of personal destruction. Trump's team needs to get on this. Put some dogged investigators on every one of the newly-elected Donks, and search for past crimes to charge them with. All on the QT, of course.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 01:03 PM (yky4J)

267 No unpacking the election from the MSM. That's funny. They do it in Republican waves.

Nothing. Uncurious.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 01:03 PM (Ta4DE)

268 You could not be more wrong. You could try, but you would not be successful.

Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 12:44 PM (ZxPkt)

Card Shark

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:03 PM (MPtWl)

269 When 25% of the 55% were illegals registered to vote, is that really a referendum?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:53 PM (2614e)

It’s looking like the great majority of these new registrations where what we call “anchor babies” coming of age. That may suck, but under the law they are full legal citizens with voting rights.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 01:03 PM (oH6g4)

270 Unconstitutional. States cannot enter into compacts that undermine the constitution.

Posted by: Minuteman at November 06, 2026 01:03 PM (ZC1Ng)

271 if you want to cheat to win:

- buy the voter rolls from blue states.
- steal the final copy of the ballots before it's published
- AI to scrub for all registered, unlikely voters
- Chinese printer to print and "robosign" with unique sigs on ballots for all those.
- flood the blue states with fake ballots during early voting

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 01:03 PM (Aug7T)

272 I stopped considering Chewy when they stopped carrying MyPillow products because of politics.

F*CK them. DIAF, libshit business.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:47 PM (2614e)

Just closed my account with them, cancelling the auto ship orders I had. Not that it'll make a difference to them. But I did leave a note that I will not do business with a company that supports podcasters who promote assassination.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at November 06, 2026 01:04 PM (N39Ws)

273 DeSantis has great policy instincts and he’s a great governor but … good God, 2024 proved he’s a horrible campaigner on the national stage. I don’t think he can get elected, alas…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 06, 2026 01:04 PM (LQ1/y)

274 We can't pass anything during the lame duck session. It would be unseemly.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:04 PM (MPtWl)

275 DeSantis has great policy instincts and he’s a great governor but … good God, 2024 proved he’s a horrible campaigner on the national stage. I don’t think he can get elected, alas…

Okay, then it's Rubio/Vance, I guess.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 01:04 PM (Riz8t)

276 You could not be more wrong. You could try, but you would not be successful.

Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 12:44 PM (ZxPkt)

Isn’t that what Ross said while arguing with Ross lookalike? Ha

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 06, 2026 01:05 PM (LQ1/y)

277 Subverting the electoral college will address the affordability issue. Trust us, and bend over.

Posted by: Democrats at November 06, 2026 01:05 PM (jlI90)

278 Quite, essentially those who flipped or sat this out killed the nation....

and "ok" the good news is enjoy the results comrades....

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 01:05 PM (Int1s)

279 >
Card Shark

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:03 PM (MPtWl)

----

I steal a lot of jokes

Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 01:05 PM (ZxPkt)

280 >>> The 19th Amendment is what got us here.
Posted by: Grimy, Son of Gassex at November 06, 2026 12:51 PM (7Q0e+)

No. Dropping property qualifications and enabling universal suffrage is what got us here.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 06, 2026 12:59 PM (qRla/)

I would argue that letting the Nazis and commies move their philosophies over to America after WW2, infecting education and entertainment permanently, also did its fair share of damage. We are reaping the whirlwind of red diaper babies going to college and learning woke commie nonsense. And Hollywood turning it into visual feel good propaganda.

Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 01:06 PM (Toos7)

281 I steal a lot of jokes

Posted by: Don Black at November 06, 2026 01:05 PM (ZxPkt)

It's homage.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:06 PM (MPtWl)

282 Apropos of nothing I've just discovered how to use voice to text inside Google Chrome I've always wondered how you guys managed to say so much in such a short period of time.

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 06, 2026 01:06 PM (9bpxs)

283 DeSantis has great policy instincts and he’s a great governor but … good God, 2024 proved he’s a horrible campaigner on the national stage. I don’t think he can get elected, alas…

I hate to say it, but I think a voice and speaking coach would do him a world of electability good. He needs to learn how to speak forcefully and succinctly, without becoming shrill.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 01:06 PM (Riz8t)

284 I apologize for starting off with this bad news.

Hard to have good news when there isn't any.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 06, 2026 01:06 PM (CHHv1)

285 sven!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 01:06 PM (qesug)

286 Now That Democrats ~~Captured~~ Stolen Texas

Posted by: wth at November 06, 2026 01:06 PM (UjdFS)

287 Large groups in Texas flipped especially voters under 30 and Latinos. You can thank them for the coming pain.

Posted by: Democrats at November 06, 2026 01:07 PM (jlI90)

288 275 Right now, I'd like a candidate who doesn't lie, gaslight, overpromise, and plan to use the office for self-enrichment. Are there any?

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 01:07 PM (Jr5Lq)

289 🚨TWO DIFFERENT SOURCES INSIDE THE ALZHEIMER’S UNIT AT THE SAN RECTO, CALIFORNIA ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY SAY MAXINE WATERS IS DEFINITELY THERE AND HAS REGRESSED TO THE POINT OF NOT RECOGNIZING HER OWN FAMILY!

Republicans are calling for her to be removed from the House Roll Call immediately, calling the continued exploitation of an 87-year-old woman “undignified at best.”

“Senator McConnell just made an appearance and cast a vote on the Senate floor. It’s time for the left’s missing Congresswoman to do the same.”

Waters’ office hasn’t returned our request for comment.

Share this everywhere so they stop the continued exploitation of an 87-year-old woman!

Posted by: SMOD at November 06, 2026 01:07 PM (RHGPo)

290 No. Dropping property qualifications and enabling universal suffrage is what got us here.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

Not to be pedantic, but property meant anything of value. A wagon, a work shed, a horse. Not the biggest thing to overcome.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 06, 2026 01:08 PM (nEUC6)

291 275 "DeSantis has great policy instincts and he’s a great governor but … good God, 2024 proved he’s a horrible campaigner on the national stage. I don’t think he can get elected, alas…"

Okay, then it's Rubio/Vance, I guess.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 01:04 PM (Riz8t)

Vance doesn't appear to have a unique constituency of meaningful size. Even something more random like Kennedy for the MAHA thing would be stronger. We'll see for sure in the primaries. 2028 is likely to be an uphill battle.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 01:08 PM (okun6)

292 I apologize for starting off with this bad news.

You're not required to bring us good news, Ace.

Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 01:08 PM (77rzZ)

293 I believe there's a clause in the us constitution that prohibits state compacts. Is this correct?
1:06 PM
You are correct. The provision you are thinking of is the Compact Clause, found in Article I, Section 10, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution.
It states:
"No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay."
The intent of the Framers was to ensure that the federal government retains oversight regarding agreements between states or with foreign powers, preventing states from forming political blocs or alliances that might undermine national sovereignty or central authority.
However, the Supreme Court has interpreted the scope of this clause narrowly in cases like Virginia v. Tennessee (1893). The Court held that the clause only applies to agreements that might encroach upon or interfere with the "just supremacy of the United States." Therefore, many administrative or cooperative agreements between states—such as those dealing wi

Posted by: CloseTheFed at November 06, 2026 01:08 PM (v1+7h)

294 Mark Ruffalo is promoting a petition urging House Democrats to reject Hakeem Jeffries as the next Speaker.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 06, 2026 12:58 PM (Cqx++)

Ruffalo is a fag who's shit's all retarded.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 01:08 PM (2614e)

295 with regional water rights, bridge maintenance, or minor border adjustments—do not strictly require congressional approval because they do not threaten federal supremacy or the balance of power within the Union.

Posted by: CloseTheFed at November 06, 2026 01:08 PM (v1+7h)

296 I'm convinced there was fraud in TX and in Iowa. And other red states, do you think anyone in the fed is looking at this??

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Wall Street Apes
@WallStreetApes
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Nov 4
HOLY CR*P 🚨 Official Election Administration and Voting Comprehensive Report buried all the way on page 193 of the document shows Texas processed 2,900,357 new valid voter registrations between 2022-2024 without proof of citizenship

Documented proof of citizenship like birth certificate, passport and naturalization papers is not required at the time of voter registration in Texas

56.5% of Texas voter registration were classified as “new valid registrations.”

This is extremely suspicious that 55% of Texas voter registrations were “new”

Posted by: beckster at November 06, 2026 01:09 PM (kX27y)

297 Hard to have good news when there isn't any.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 06, 2026 01:06 PM (CHHv1)
___

{{{BC}}}

Of course there's good news!

God is still on His throne, you're among friends who love you, and Jesus loves you, best of all.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 01:09 PM (qesug)

298 I'm in CA so nothings changed for me.. Unfortunately Texans will now get a taste of what it's like to be me

Posted by: It's me donna

Well, other than we're gonna enter a slightly deeper level of hell in Kalifornia...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
.......

Don't worry. Xavier Becerra's mileage tax will save us.

Posted by: wth at November 06, 2026 01:09 PM (UjdFS)

299 188 I'm in CA so nothings changed for me.. Unfortunately Texans will now get a taste of what it's like to be me
Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 12:49 PM (+gK6I)

I always felt sorry for native CAs who had lived under Reagan as gov and saw their beloved state turn to into a hellhole. And when I’d see a CA plate here, which is constant, I’d say they’re not welcome, here unless they’re conservative refugees. We also had a room at the inn for them. But here I am. Watching my beloved home state, the one my dad and his bro came to in 1947 after the war, turn into the gulag. I would be lying if I said I haven't cried for 3 days straight now.

Posted by: TxAnn at November 06, 2026 01:09 PM (itAg7)

300 TWO DIFFERENT SOURCES INSIDE THE ALZHEIMER’S UNIT AT THE SAN RECTO, CALIFORNIA ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY SAY MAXINE WATERS IS DEFINITELY THERE AND HAS REGRESSED TO THE POINT OF NOT RECOGNIZING HER OWN FAMILY!

MY FIELD OF FUCKS IS BARREN!

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 01:10 PM (Ta4DE)

301 Expect a lawsuit any time!

Posted by: CloseTheFed at November 06, 2026 01:10 PM (v1+7h)

302 Heya Bulg. : )

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 01:10 PM (qesug)

303 The enemy will have to come through us to get to them.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 01:01 PM (qesug)

*********
Same.

Politics is not my life. Not during the Obungo Error, and not now.

The Bible says 365 times not to be afraid. I ain't going to start now with ninny's like the Dims winning a midterm and things as they are. My life is fine.

It might go completely bad and horrific.

I will die fighting if it comes to it, but I know where I'm going and have no fear.

I absolutely do not want sons and grands to have to deal with this mess that I pray against.

People with faith are not weak, as some may see our prayers "not working." It is not a Magic 8 Ball when you pray and you don't get answers or what you pray for. Faith is not seen and I accept God's will.

This country with tik tok witches praying against Trump, supporting abortion, euthansia, pedophilia, etc is what I will continue to pray against. He hears our prayers.

Sometimes things are won by going through really, really bad times. We've been spoiled vs our ancestors who went through far worse. We'll see.

I will never give up or fear what is ahead.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 01:10 PM (hzuYO)

304 Red Turban dunno accuracy but there is polling data showing significant Hispanic Trump 2024 switches (along with dramatic young cohort switches). Not new voters.

Tom Servo no policy or official rhetoric has ever suggested deporting legal immigrants or visa holders. I guess not surprising but the brainwashing of these "communities" into thinking anyone who was not illegal was at risk still is stunning and appalling. The 80% Hispanic ICE personnel are coming to take you even though you violate no laws!!! Infantile to be taken in by that.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 01:10 PM (U/Byj)

305 Mark Ruffalo is promoting a petition urging House Democrats to reject Hakeem Jeffries as the next Speaker.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 06, 2026 12:58 PM (Cqx++)

Ruffalo is a fag who's shit's all retarded.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 01:08 PM (2614e)
_________

I despise that twat. He might not be wrong about this, though. I hope there's some nasty intramural fighting over the next speaker, especially if the Dems want to get rid of a black guy with a muslim name who was a perfect NPC for them as minority speaker.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 01:11 PM (iFTx/)

306 Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 01:05 PM (Int1s)

Except:
Flips were 6% from Trump 2024 to Dem candidates 2026;
3% from Harris to Rep candidates. Not insignificant but below expectations for mid-term in 2nd administration.
Turnout for Reps was strong, better than 2022 and 2018.
Dem turn out went up about 19 million votes from 2022 to 2026. Basically presidential year turn out. Simply amazing print out the vote effort.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at November 06, 2026 01:11 PM (wGerL)

307 I would be lying if I said I haven't cried for 3 days straight now.
Posted by: TxAnn at November 06, 2026 01:09 PM (itAg7)
___

My eldest has done the same thing.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 01:11 PM (qesug)

308 Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 01:10 PM (qesug)

*hugs*

was past due......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 01:11 PM (2614e)

309 56.5% of Texas voter registration were classified as “new valid registrations.”

This is extremely suspicious that 55% of Texas voter registrations were “new”
Posted by: beckster
......

*cough*bullshit*cough*

Posted by: wth at November 06, 2026 01:11 PM (UjdFS)

310 Hell,,,,,,are we there yet?

Posted by: Eromero at November 06, 2026 01:11 PM (BFNU4)

311 Not to be pedantic, but property meant anything of value. A wagon, a work shed, a horse. Not the biggest thing to overcome.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 06, 2026 01:08 PM (nEUC6)

I thought the term was "real property", i.e. land?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 01:12 PM (yky4J)

312 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 01:10 PM (hzuYO)

(posts pretend gif of Jack Nicholson nodding)

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:12 PM (MPtWl)

313 Sometimes things are won by going through really, really bad times. We've been spoiled vs our ancestors who went through far worse. We'll see.

I will never give up or fear what is ahead.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 01:10 PM (hzuYO)
___

Amen sister.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 01:12 PM (qesug)

314 >>> I did leave a note that I will not do business with a company that supports podcasters who promote assassination.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at November 06, 2026 01:04 PM (N39Ws)

Awesome of you to do that.

AOP, sticker mule sells far more than just stickers. Any merch you might need, they make in America vs China. And it's good stuff. I am on their mailing list, and wait for good promos to stick up. Packaging, apparel, buttons, shipping labels, magnets, etc.

They do face stickers now, I might make face stickers of our dog as Christmas presents to add to the holiday card envelopes.

https://www.stickermule.com

Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 01:12 PM (Toos7)

315 304 Red Turban dunno accuracy but there is polling data showing significant Hispanic Trump 2024 switches (along with dramatic young cohort switches). Not new voters.

Tom Servo no policy or official rhetoric has ever suggested deporting legal immigrants or visa holders. I guess not surprising but the brainwashing of these "communities" into thinking anyone who was not illegal was at risk still is stunning and appalling. The 80% Hispanic ICE personnel are coming to take you even though you violate no laws!!! Infantile to be taken in by that.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 01:10 PM (U/Byj)

I'm assuming the surveys you're talking about are aggregate surveys. As far as I know actual crossover voting was not that big.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 01:12 PM (okun6)

316 Eromero!

How are you doing?

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 01:12 PM (qesug)

317 "258 Republicans’ inability to get the SAVE America Act passed was an unforgivable betrayal that could cost us the country"

Inability my ass, they didn't want to do it. Remember that when shit kicks off.

There will be a fight, it's been a done deal that I have called out since June 2016 when the progs started allowing widespread open violence against conservatives. The exposure of Obama's last minute intelligence abuses and the russia scheme cemented it into place.

Look at which states required proof of citizenship to vote, even indirectly via enhanced IDs. Look at the early voting totals and new registrations. Look at why FL and TX were so different and why. Look at which states' "extra" dem house/senate votes didn't translate into prop. or lower office votes.

Near 20 million people did not only vote for federal house/senate, that's nonsense. "Gee, we just have to vote harder next time!". Yeah, no. You are not voting you way out of this.

Posted by: heya at November 06, 2026 01:13 PM (G5zYf)

318 I would be lying if I said I haven't cried for 3 days straight now.
Posted by: TxAnn at November 06, 2026 01:09 PM (itAg7)
___

My eldest has done the same thing.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 01:11 PM (qesug)

They need to steel their resolve and prepare to fight like hell.

Cowering in the corner isn't going to give any hope for getting America back.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 01:13 PM (2614e)

319 Not to be pedantic, but property meant anything of value. A wagon, a work shed, a horse. Not the biggest thing to overcome.

And the Left would sell square inch parcels of desert for $1 to certain arbitrary demographics known for reliable dependents of the Left and then subsidize the $1 with a $500 billion government aid package where NGOs would proliferate and be entitled to a substantial cut.

Posted by: Community Notes at November 06, 2026 01:13 PM (BvPIe)

320 Republicans’ inability to get the SAVE America Act passed was an unforgivable betrayal that could cost us the country

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That's a 10-4, good buddy!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Living the Dream at November 06, 2026 01:13 PM (qC/tp)

321 Speaking of vote harvesting, the California GOP congressional congregation is in the process of being wiped out.

We're down to 4 uncalled races where the GOP has only 1 almost outside the margin of fraud.

If this holds, the Donks will pick up 7 seats in Cali and the GOP will only have 1 congressional seat.

I mean, the GOP should just close up any remaining offices they have in that state.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 06, 2026 01:13 PM (XV/Pl)

322 I am really thinking now that the SAVE act would be the only thing to save us. Before I thought it was just and obvious right thing to do, but it appears it's existential.

Boned.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 01:14 PM (n5tGW)

323 Bible tells us not to fear many times. God wins in the end.

His will be done, our will is dumb.

That said, it's hard not to feel discouraged, and yes, a little fearful.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy

I don't know if I should say this, because it is a bit of discouraging.

While what you say is true, His will doesn't require the existence of any particular kingdom or polity.

He Himself has said that He could raise up a people for Himself from the rocks.

But we don't know if He's done with our nation, so we can't give up fighting against the evils in front of us.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 06, 2026 01:14 PM (vJrRc)

324 All rights are property rights. Socialism = no rights.

Posted by: Oglebay at November 06, 2026 01:14 PM (2ap+5)

325 It's OK. Maxine just needs a new wig.

Posted by: wth at November 06, 2026 01:14 PM (UjdFS)

326 I still don't know who is Mark Ruffalo? Actually, I don't care.

Posted by: dantesed at November 06, 2026 01:14 PM (Oy/m2)

327 DeSantis would be a great President.

I like him as a candidate personally, but he has trouble appealing to the average retarded swing voter.

His political instincts/analysis are good. He would make an excellent Chief of Staff if nothing else.

Posted by: Commodore at November 06, 2026 01:15 PM (V6W16)

328 Okay, then it's Rubio/Vance, I guess.
Posted by: Archimedes

Or, maybe an open primary in case there are one or more other competitive choices some of us would consider.

Posted by: old chick at November 06, 2026 01:15 PM (F3Dlr)

329 Guilty pleasure, Genevieve Artadi. Sam Wilkes is a monster on bass:
youtube.com/watch?v=Pz5ap1ZGZuI

Posted by: gp's Nood Summoning Comment at November 06, 2026 01:15 PM (Jr5Lq)

330 Also, remember that Cornyn, Tillis, Collins, etc. are still in the Senate. It will be their last FY to Republican voters.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 12:26 PM (Riz8t)

Speaking for myself, there are many more FUs to come.
--Lisa Murkowski

Posted by: No Name Today at November 06, 2026 01:15 PM (8mulE)

331 Vance is showing plenty of signs that he’s dropping out of political life in 2028 - Usha reportedly hates it, and he’s got a young family to raise. I’m not concerned with what Vance does or does not say, because I think he’s going to a one and done VP, like Dan Quayle.

I like both Rubio and DeSantis; I think Rubio will prove to be a much better campaigner. There’s no others with a realistic shot at the nomination.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 01:15 PM (oH6g4)

332 Simply amazing print out the vote effort.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at November 06, 2026 01:11 PM (wGerL)

I'm gonna steal that line.

Posted by: davidt at November 06, 2026 01:17 PM (Q+gd/)

333 Do not cry, we just had a good run and put a big monkey wrench in many plans. Trump still yo president for two more years. They wanted yesterday to happen in Butler PA and missed.

Remember their goal is to demoralize you first and foremost. Then to demoralize their own even worse.

Do not be demoralized. You have blessings the idiots commies can never take. I know it's cold comfort but Republicans hate you. Do not weep for them, they would sell your soul if they had the chance. That is not demoralizing. It's freeing when you realize it.

Politics beyond a certain level is a fight between scumbags and other scumbags. We will persevere. Maybe more clear eyed. Don't let the bastards get you down.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:17 PM (MPtWl)

334 Tom Servo no policy or official rhetoric has ever suggested deporting legal immigrants or visa holders. I guess not surprising but the brainwashing of these "communities" into thinking anyone who was not illegal was at risk still is stunning and appalling. The 80% Hispanic ICE personnel are coming to take you even though you violate no laws!!! Infantile to be taken in by that.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 01:10 PM (U/Byj)

Social media is making anyone who’s on it paranoid and schizophrenic. Wild stories spread like wildfire and no one questions them.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 01:18 PM (oH6g4)

335 306 Posted by: Ted Torgerson at November 06, 2026 01:11 PM (wGerL)

The GOP dominated TX for over 25 years if they could not stop this if it was organized theft they are stupid and if they were this outcheated they are useless.....

regardless I am in Louisiana we held the line.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 01:19 PM (Int1s)

336 I thought the term was "real property", i.e. land?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Even if current courts used that understanding, nothing stops an entrepreneurial Dem organization from selling 1" x 1" parcels of land in the boonies.
( In the 80's and 90' in the US there were dozens of property companies selling lots in the boonies, but none of them had access or water rights, making them effectively useless. )

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 06, 2026 01:19 PM (nEUC6)

337 If Maxine croaks she's gonna miss the big Peachment Foarty 7.

Posted by: wth at November 06, 2026 01:19 PM (UjdFS)

338 125 This is all just a distraction from the Epstein files.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 12:38 PM (yVYSZ)

Again with the Epstein files? Almost as bad as Ace and the crows....(laughing)

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at November 06, 2026 01:20 PM (QGaXH)

339 Just remember that there is a lot of ruin in a great nation, and a lot of loot to be acquired. Make sure you get it and not your enemies.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 01:20 PM (4NO2D)

340 331 I like both Rubio and DeSantis; I think Rubio will prove to be a much better campaigner. There’s no others with a realistic shot at the nomination.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 01:15 PM (oH6g4)

I think one of Rubio’s strongest points is that he can speak personally to Communism. I have several friends who escaped Communism to come here and their stories are chilling. But even having been taught about communism (like they used to do), I’ve never lived under it (fixing to find out soon). I don’t have that experience. Rubio does.

Posted by: TxAnn at November 06, 2026 01:20 PM (itAg7)

341 The Texas GOP was always fat, lazy, and controlled by the Bush/Cornyn types. Their response to this will probably be to run some Diwali ads for outreach.

Posted by: brak at November 06, 2026 01:20 PM (gw3RI)

342 326 Posted by: dantesed at November 06, 2026 01:14 PM (Oy/m2)

Bing his picture and understand he plays the Hulk on green screen....it makes a lot of things make sense

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 01:20 PM (Int1s)

343 So glad I have no social media in my life.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 01:21 PM (Ta4DE)

344 "This is extremely suspicious that 55% of Texas voter registrations were “new”".

Can't agree. Or disagree.

Until I see the long-term average for this figure. Yes I'm guessing it's much below 55%, but I don't know. Have no idea what the "churn" is for voter registration, anywhere.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 01:21 PM (U/Byj)

345 Russell Brand Convicted In UK Court On Charges Of Raping While Not Muslim

Posted by: SMOD at November 06, 2026 01:21 PM (RHGPo)

346 So glad I have no social media in my life.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 01:21 PM (Ta4DE)

So glad I have no social life.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:21 PM (MPtWl)

347 335
‘ regardless I am in Louisiana we held the line.’

Maybe so but you’re still just as screwed as the rest of us.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at November 06, 2026 01:22 PM (fd80v)

348 Afternoon Ace.
The agreement between states not authorized by the Congress would be unconstitutional . It would directly change the Constitution without an amendment. Of course Ketanji would apply the Good and Plenty clause

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 06, 2026 01:22 PM (7XuqV)

349 Except:
Flips were 6% from Trump 2024 to Dem candidates 2026;

I think you’re talking about national numbers. In Texas, the heavy majority Hispanic counties along the border (14 of them, I think) recorded a 38% flip. Massive.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 01:22 PM (oH6g4)

350 Was it the post where he mentioned a pollster telling him voters cited wanting a changed relationship with Israel? Or did he actually propose something commenters are worried about? Honest question bc I feel like I missed something.

I'm waiting for AIPAC to tell us what to believe.

</sarc>

Posted by: Community Notes at November 06, 2026 01:23 PM (BvPIe)

351 Now That Democrats Captured Stolen Texas

Only here. You don't "steal" a 100 Seat Majority in the House. You "take" a 100 Seat Majority in the House.

Lets play along. Lets say it was fraud. Then who cares ? If they can fraud a 100 Seat Majority. Then worrying about the poor ol' GOP is a waste of time.

Best them die quickly. So something can fill that void that will actually fight.

Posted by: Howdy at November 06, 2026 01:23 PM (S2K0Y)

352 "So glad I have no social life."

It's been pretty good so far, except I have nobody to help move heavy furniture, or to give me a ride to the colonoscopy (which the clinic requires.)

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 01:23 PM (Jr5Lq)

353 I realize there is probably something wrong with me in many ways. I should be studied by shrinks or scientists as a female who stands with a fist and her tear ducts don't work appropriately. Briefly with PMS at rare times, but that's all. My brothers, husband and sons have rarely seen me cry in grief as I do this in private. It rips out myself and then it's over as I would be their undoing if they saw me in the depths of grief. I stay stoic for them.

I cried more longer and daily (in private) for our last sweet doggie than I do for people I dearly love. Because I know where they are as Christians. I find thankfulness, after a time, in the way they died. God also says to be thankful daily and I try.

My tear ducts mainly produce in laughter or when God has blessed me, when I hear of a new grandchild tears spring to my eyes.

In the last month my mother, almost 96yrs, has had a health battle, is home now and mentally doing well. I felt sad but tears don't come (which would maybe make it easier vs chronic insomnia, but can't be forced). I yam who I yam.

Politics has never earned a tear from me. And it will not.

I will not submit.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 01:23 PM (hzuYO)

354 So the Hispanic were the difference in Texas ? The Alamo revisited....

Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 01:24 PM (+gK6I)

355 In other news, Trump's big move yesterday was to sign a proclamation that Dems cannot change anything he did to the Oval Office b/c it's now a National Monument...

I wish I was joking...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 01:24 PM (Gb7+b)

356 Even if current courts used that understanding, nothing stops an entrepreneurial Dem organization from selling 1" x 1" parcels of land in the boonies.
( In the 80's and 90' in the US there were dozens of property companies selling lots in the boonies, but none of them had access or water rights, making them effectively useless. )
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 06, 2026 01:19 PM (nEUC6)

I would argue that a square inch lot is not real property, but the very definition of fictitious.

In any case, I think the answer going forward is this: you don't get a vote unless you pay out more in taxes than you receive in government benefits, by a decent margin, too. Live as a parasite? No vote for you.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 01:24 PM (yky4J)

357 349 Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 01:22 PM (oH6g4)

Correct and if true and when not if the crime wave hit when and not if El Senora Governor opens the border....well package deal Texas I will enjoy the show do not want to hear it....and given you just elected soft on crime democrat judges to go with her into power enjoy them getting wrist slaps while you see self-defense outlawed......

I am looking forward to the fun amigos......Strong enough and vote blue no matter who.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 01:25 PM (Int1s)

358 "Social media is making anyone who’s on it paranoid and schizophrenic."

Slight amendment. "Anyone who's generally clueless, unworldly, not very bright in a practical sense, and who doesn't know how to check around to see if what they're told makes any sense."

Of course the % of such people in the Hispanic community* probably matches that in the population overall - that is to say, shockingly high.

*"Hispanic" is among the least useful catch-all terms in politics, of course, and "community" is an odious stupid term that almost never actually applies the way it's used in relation to politics

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 01:25 PM (U/Byj)

359 "Politics beyond a certain level is a fight between scumbags and other scumbags. We will persevere. Maybe more clear eyed. Don't let the bastards get you down."

Some of us will perservere in some places, but large chunks of the US will likely be lost due to tens of millions of foreign invaders already present. And my children will almost certainly live a much poorer life - than we had, or than they could have had. My hopes rest on a better life for my grandkids or great grandkids, assuming my kids even survive to have any.

It will be a total bloodbath in some areas. People don't really seem to understand the size of the cliff before us.

If you tried to explain to some peasant in the urals in 1910 what was going to happen, do you think they'd understand the horror of what was coming?

Posted by: heya at November 06, 2026 01:26 PM (G5zYf)

360 The mailman just dropped off a book, The Medieval Scriptorium: Making Books in the Middle Ages. I think I'll sign off for the day and read.

Hope you all have a lovely day.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 06, 2026 01:26 PM (qRla/)

361 I wonder what new horrors Ace is cooking up for us to discuss.

It is like ottoman man for the mind, post after post.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at November 06, 2026 01:26 PM (LO74d)

362 TxAnn, all the hugs are being sent your way. And brownies.

Utah got shellacked too. Some is the same "demographics are destiny" crap TX has: Utah let in too many Silicon Valley companies, importing their blue voters, and openly invited in every refugee and free handout minority they could. But it's also that Utahns didn't feel heard. Whether you were a rancher, Mormon housewife, Marxist, commie college kid, or a return missionary kid trying to build a future life with a wife and kids. None of them felt heard. Republicans have to choose better candidates and listen and keep fighting.

This is not the shellacking that Obama and Clinton got in their midterms. Not even close. Obama lost like 60 house seats. And the dems came back from it. It's a warning, but I think it can still be turned around. Keep having faith.

Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 01:26 PM (Toos7)

363 I like both Rubio and DeSantis; I think Rubio will prove to be a much better campaigner. There’s no others with a realistic shot at the nomination.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 01:15 PM (oH6g4)

I think Ted Cruz has a shot at the nomination, but he would be toast in the general.

Posted by: No Name Today at November 06, 2026 01:27 PM (8mulE)

364 354 Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 01:24 PM (+gK6I)

No it means as was warned here back when Bush got amnesty fever when the site was young....Hispanics will eventually make this South America north and look THAT is not the end of the world it is just not the land of my ancestors....and I owe it no depth of loyalty the USG got spoiled by and can live like a South American as well.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 01:27 PM (Int1s)

365 346 So glad I have no social media in my life.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 01:21 PM (Ta4DE)

So glad I have no social life.
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:21 PM (MPtWl)
******
Very, very true. I have never had it and look how sane and sarcastic I remain! Which is normal for me to mock. If I'm not mocking eegits I'm not normal.

Life goes on, no matter what is thrown at you.

I repeat, the Dims will overreach and Acme Wylie Coyote themselves.

You either deal with it or waste how ever many days you are gifted.

It is possible that my lifelong faith in God was also enhanced by Saturday cartoons. This should also be included in the shrink study of me.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 01:27 PM (hzuYO)

366 I haven’t been too upset about all this; not happy and I certainly have great sympathy for those who are.

But I find that I feel mostly like James Franco’s character in The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, standing on the gallows with rope around his neck, grinning while he looks at the young man crying next to him, and he says “First time, eh?”

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 01:28 PM (oH6g4)

367 362 Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 01:26 PM (Toos7)

Great, and Utah will learn as Arizona is learning that once Californicated you stay Californicated....don't care....

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 01:28 PM (Int1s)

368 Hey, SMH! I was just gonna respond to your comment above:

God is still on His throne, you're among friends who love you, and Jesus loves you, best of all.
Posted by: SMH

At times like this, I recall that line from one of my favorite hymns, "This Is My Father's World."

"This is my father's world,
Oh let me ne'er forget
That though the wrong seems oft so strong,
God is the ruler yet."

Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 01:28 PM (77rzZ)

369 Russell Brand Convicted In UK Court On Charges Of Raping While Not Muslim
Posted by: SMOD at November 06, 2026 01:21 PM (RHGPo)

You forgot attribution, again, dude - the Babylon Bee.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 01:28 PM (AKptf)

370 We all have lives beyond politics.. It just feels good to vent here...

Posted by: It's me donna at November 06, 2026 01:28 PM (+gK6I)

371 nood

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 01:29 PM (Jr5Lq)

372 You forgot attribution, again, dude - the Babylon Bee.
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 01:28 PM (AKptf)

Babylon Bee is doing straight reportage now?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 01:30 PM (yky4J)

373 Semi good news on the plumbing front, the leak does not appear to really be in the attic above the great room where I would have to work in cramped hot move around on joints space.

The bad news it looks like I will be cutting out lots of drywall in the master bath wall and ceiling.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 01:30 PM (4NO2D)

374 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at November 06, 2026 01:30 PM (NcvvS)

375 We all have lives beyond politics.. It just feels good to vent here...

Nope. Many of you simply choose to ignore Politics from time to time. Politics never ignores you.

There is no aspect of daily life not controlled by Politics. Including when, where, and if you can even freely assemble and associate.

Posted by: Howdy at November 06, 2026 01:30 PM (S2K0Y)

376 I rolled my eyes at the Trump preserving the Oval Office news. Not the time.

But the house democrats say the first order of business they will do is vote to let trans women use the ladies rooms in congress.

Both parties are hitting on the important issues today!

Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 01:30 PM (Toos7)

377 Posted by: heya at November 06, 2026 01:26 PM (G5zYf)

Unfortunarely all that was coming our way with or without the midterms. The commies don't stop and Republicans don't stop letting them.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:33 PM (MPtWl)

378
I am looking forward to the fun amigos......Strong enough and vote blue no matter who.
Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 01:25 PM (Int1s)

Like you, I can live South American style if I have to. I know enough men with connections to the younger Mexican community that we could put together a little self protection cartel if we had to. One thing about the Hispanic world - a whole lot more happens outside the law than happens inside it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 01:33 PM (oH6g4)

379 Sheer fuking arrogance got us where we are today.

Posted by: Joe at November 06, 2026 02:27 PM (Uy/WF)

380 There is a strong case for that law to be unconstitutional. Time to put it before the court now

Posted by: Chicago Vota at November 06, 2026 02:54 PM (xTgJI)

381 Unfortunately for Democrats, the Texas Senate is still controlled by Republicans.

Posted by: deadrody at November 06, 2026 02:58 PM (vgB0v)

382 The elimination of the Electoral College will require a Constitutional Amendment. Similarly, making DC a state will require a Constitutional Amendment. There is no such thing as a constitutional work-around of the US Constitution.
Republicans need to get off their lazy asses and stop trying to be bipartisan. I can guarantee you, with the exception of John Fetterman, no Democrat will try be bipartisan in the next two years.

Posted by: wferrin at November 06, 2026 03:16 PM (BC4Wk)

MORNING RANT - The Corporate Follies: Wing Stop Decided to Become “a Tech Company that also Sells Wings,” and Puzzlingly, It’s Now Struggling to Sell Wings

News that a quick-service restaurant chain is suffering from a persistent decline in sales is not necessarily a significant story. At any given time, some restaurant chains are growing, some are stable, and some are in decline. The headlines about Wing Stop’s struggles only caught my eye because there was one near a former office of mine. I liked Wing Stop’s food and I was a frequent customer when there was a convenient location. Now, reading about its current problems, I see that Wing Stop is yet another mismanaged company wishing to be something it’s not. In this case, it’s a fast-food restaurant chain trying to re-imagine itself in the spirit of Silicon Valley.

Quite simply, the wing joint adopted a “digital-first strategy” in 2021, but many customers refused to play along as Wing Stop strove to avoid human interaction with its patrons. As customers were repelled by gimmicks that made ordering food more difficult, Wing Stop’s executives doubled down on their vision of making Wing Stop a tech company. They continued to reject their legacy model of serving wings and fries to customers who simply walk up to the counter and place an order.

Wing Stop’s current predicament is that same-store sales have declined significantly for six quarters in a row, with a cumulative decline exceeding 30%. That is a catastrophic level of lost revenue.

Amidst this free fall, Wing Stop’s CEO, Michael Skipworth, remains hell-bent on remaking the company into a digital company that rejects cash and customer interactions. In an interview with Restaurant Business Online in April 2024, Skipworth called Wing Stop “a technology company that sells chicken wings.”

A 2024 article in Nation’s Restaurant News quoted Skipworth as remaining committed to completely eliminating customer interactions, stating that “The company has a goal of digitizing 100% of transactions.”

An article in Nation’s Restaurant News last month discussed how proud Mr. Skipworth is about making its kiosk ordering system slower than ordering at a counter. He boasted that customers don’t feel rushed at a kiosk, therefore they spend about 50% more time placing an order than it takes to order from a human at a counter, and that the prompts and slow ordering process can lead to incremental menu items being ordered via a kiosk.

Slowing down the ordering process for fast food seems like a rather bold strategy. But what about the customers who’d prefer to just walk up to the counter and quickly place their order with a live human? What about the people stuck waiting behind a slow person navigating the kiosk and all its upsells? What about the people with cash in their pockets but lacking a credit card? The decline in same-store sales almost certainly includes many patrons who now view the ordering process as a time-consuming hassle, and then never came back.

Even worse, the fact that Wing Stop’s CEO dismisses its core product as being an afterthought to tech is a reminder of the poisoned philosophy that has captured so many C-Suites. That mindset is:

• Products are interchangeable units. In too many CEO minds, there is no difference between a chicken wing or an airplane seat or an appliance. Those are all just generic products to which business school wizardry is applied.

• Customer service is not considered a part of the product being sold.

• Staffing to assist customers is considered an intolerable expense.

• Customers are seen as remitters of electronic payments rather than as valued patrons.

• Product quality is not a primary focus.

If I were on the Board of a company (let’s call it “Acme Widget” ) and I inquired of the CEO what the mission of the company is, the answer I would need to hear is something like “Acme delivers shareholder value by selling the best widgets available, while providing an excellent customer experience.” If the CEO replied that his vision is to pivot Acme into a technology company that just happens to sell widgets, I would seek to replace him.

It’s almost funny that concurrent with its plummeting revenue, Wing Stop is boasting that its Q3 2026 digital sales are up to a record 74%! Percentages are funny that way. By running off cash and counter-service customers, the percentage of digital customer sales necessarily had to increase, even if the actual dollar amount didn’t.

To be fair, ordering fast food via an app is quicker and easier for loyal customers than having to order at a counter every visit. There is a chain sandwich shop near my office from whom I routinely order my usual lunch in just a matter of seconds via an app. I appreciate the convenience, and it’s imperative that fast food joints have an app for their loyal customers. But I refuse to download an app and add payment info for every eatery that I occasionally visit, especially not on my first visit.

Wing Stop has chosen to run off all but its most frequent customers in an effort to become a tech company. That does not sound like a restaurant growth strategy, nor a way to attract new customers, but it does sound like a contagious business fad that can wreck a company.

[buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at 11:00 AM

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1 Hi

Posted by: Lizzy at November 06, 2026 11:00 AM (rOKnE)

2 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 11:01 AM (2614e)

3 Mornin' Buck.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 11:01 AM (2614e)

4 >>• Customers are seen as remitters of electronic payments rather than as valued patrons.

We are (revenue) farmed, not served.

Posted by: Lizzy at November 06, 2026 11:01 AM (rOKnE)

5 It doesn't help that Wing Stop's wings kinda suck.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 11:02 AM (2614e)

6 Methinks MBAs are not going to be popular in this thread.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 11:02 AM (Riz8t)

7 I'm not sure why he thinks digital interactions at a store are such a winner. I can get all the frustration and anger I want via my home computer.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 11:03 AM (Riz8t)

8 Old and busted: “a technology company that sells chicken wings.”

New hotness: A real estate holder that sells off its restaurant properties.

Posted by: Lizzy at November 06, 2026 11:04 AM (rOKnE)

9 I don't want to pay $18.00 for 12 wings. Is that wrong?

Posted by: Frank Barone at November 06, 2026 11:04 AM (OkYzo)

10 What I require of a fast food restaurant is a quick and seamless experience ordering food that arrives quickly and is as advertised.

As Buck points out; if I have to navigate some stupid ordering system that prolongs the irritation of being in the restaurant in the first place, I will not be a happy camper.

This is not rocket surgery!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 06, 2026 11:05 AM (k5CNB)

11 >>• Customer service is not considered a part of the product being sold.

Saw what you want about the owners, but customer interaction at Chik-fil-A is ALWAYS pleasant.

Posted by: Lizzy at November 06, 2026 11:06 AM (rOKnE)

12 9 I don't want to pay $18.00 for 12 wings. Is that wrong?

Oh? Would you rather pay $24, because that's what that attitude is going to get you, you whiner.

Posted by: Wing Stop CEO Michael Skipworth at November 06, 2026 11:06 AM (Riz8t)

13 If I go into a restaurant and must download an app in order to have a meal, I walk out and never return.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at November 06, 2026 11:06 AM (0U5gm)

14 Several years ago I ordered pizza from a local pizza joint. I ordered it online and had to jump through a number of hoops before I was able to get it done. Far more complicated than it needed to be.

It would have been far quicker and easier to order over the phone.

Which is what I'll probably do next time I order pizza from that location.

Most of the time I prefer to go there to eat, though.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 06, 2026 11:07 AM (s2iZv)

15 I never use a restaurant app - allergies can't. So, I hate them.

Funny enough, my non allergic kids hate them, too b/c they don't want any more sh&t clogging up their phones...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 11:07 AM (Gb7+b)

16 CEO's that know nothing about the industry they're getting to lead doesn't tend to work out very well.

This guy knows NOTHING about the fast food industry, obviously. He's destroying it.

Same as the asshole that tried to destroy Southwest Airlines.

Same as the buffoons leading Ford Motor Company right now.

It seems a Masters Degree in anything means you can take on any job you want because, well, MASTERS DEGREE!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 11:07 AM (2614e)

17
This story occurs again and again. A company that is managed by people who don't acknowledge that the purpose of a company is to make money.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 06, 2026 11:08 AM (ienUH)

18 Never had a Wing Stop wing. Don't care for that particular sort of food, anyway.

But the fact that the company is trying to eliminate as many humans as possible reminds me of something I was thinking about while trying to find a reason to get out of bed - a recurrent complaint from the 'young' is that life is too expensive; they can't afford a decent apartment, their wages are too low and forget about even trying to save a nest egg for a house. . .

Am I Grandpa Simpson for thinking that if these yutes want to save money, they should give up DoorDash, Uber, Tovala and every other form of 'convenience' that is only convenient to hoovering bux out of their pockets?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 06, 2026 11:08 AM (qRla/)

19 Skipworth called Wing Stop “a technology company that sells chicken wings.”

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You have to go to school for a lot of years to get that stupid.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 06, 2026 11:08 AM (2UnvF)

20 As Buck points out; if I have to navigate some stupid ordering system that prolongs the irritation of being in the restaurant in the first place, I will not be a happy camper.

This is not rocket surgery!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 06, 2026 11:05 AM (k5CNB)

Last time I stopped in a McDonald's and had to use their kiosk, it wasn't the most pleasurable experience, to say the least.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 11:09 AM (2614e)

21 That said, I will order online from a website if they have a place for changes and allergies. I will tip for takeout, and then I will verify the order at the restaurant at the pick up (I will never order for delivery). So, I will tech - just my way with no sh&t on my phone, either, and more room for text to be seen and read...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 11:09 AM (Gb7+b)

22 I spent a shitton of money on a college education. I'm smarter than you.

Give me all control......I will impose my brilliance upon the world.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 11:10 AM (2614e)

23 This story occurs again and again. A company that is managed by people who don't acknowledge that the purpose of a company is to make money.

Akshually, I think the problem is that far too often, they are willing to do absolutely anything for a short-term bump in profits, without considering whether they're destroying the attributes that made the company popular in the first place.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 11:10 AM (Riz8t)

24 >>Funny enough, my non allergic kids hate them, too b/c they don't want any more sh&t clogging up their phones...

Also more expensive in my experience, when it's a 3rd party app/website.

Posted by: Lizzy at November 06, 2026 11:10 AM (rOKnE)

25 Bummer. I actually liked Wingstop.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 06, 2026 11:10 AM (svLOV)

26 Skipworth called Wing Stop “a technology company that sells chicken wings.”

This tells me you don't give a flying f*ck about the people nor the food you produce.

Jackwagon.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 11:11 AM (2614e)

27 Last time I stopped in a McDonald's and had to use their kiosk, it wasn't the most pleasurable experience, to say the least.......

Every time I'm forced to use a kiosk, I can't help recalling all those stories about how public surface like gas pump handles are covered with fecal material and E. Coli. I'm sure those kiosks are no better.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 11:12 AM (Riz8t)

28 I'm old enough to remember when you could get 5 cent wings with good size and quality and customer service and cheap beer. Alas, those halycon days are long past.

Posted by: Any better, I'd be twins at November 06, 2026 11:13 AM (2CeDH)

29 a technology company that sells chicken wings.

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See it was cool to say that McDonald's was a real estate company that sold burgers. Makes MBA finance people sound smart.

Whether true or not, you still have to sell food to real customers.

Posted by: SH at November 06, 2026 11:13 AM (qCV5n)

30 Wings?? Luxury! If we were lucky we got the ankles!

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 11:14 AM (MWfyi)

31
Good morning, all.

My theory is that some CEOs don't want to be "caretakers" of the brand and merely let it continue to be profitable and familiar. They want to leave their mark. They want to be on the cover of Fortune. They want to be famous beyond the business world.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 11:15 AM (mmrXZ)

32 When making road trips, McDonalds was our usual stop for coffee and sometimes lunch. The kiosk ordering made it such a pain we no longer stop there.

About this: "In too many CEO minds, there is no difference between a chicken wing or an airplane seat or an appliance. "

Not a new phenomena. Way back at the end of the last century I moved to a new job with my company, doing sales support at an automotive customer. The two major divisions were called "Develop Product" and "Produce Product".

I wondered how many customers went to the car dealership and asked the salesman for a product.

Posted by: George V at November 06, 2026 11:15 AM (g6ahB)

33 I've noticed that both In & Out and CFA employ a lot of actual people, and both those stores have lines out the door. Amazingly enough, their employees are nice and seem to actually enjoy being there and servicing the customer.

In an AI world, this is the way forward.

Posted by: SH at November 06, 2026 11:15 AM (qCV5n)

34 If you haven't noticed, products and services suck nowadays.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 11:16 AM (MWfyi)

35 I'm old enough to remember when you could get 5 cent wings with good size and quality and customer service and cheap beer. Alas, those halycon days are long past.
Posted by: Any better, I'd be twins at November 06, 2026 11:13 AM (2CeDH)

People loved to dump on Hooters, but I found their wings to be some of the best on the market.

I love a good sized wing, breaded and tossed in whatever sauce I choose, dripping on the plate as I eat it. Hooters was really good at it.

That technique is lost nowadays.

They were on their way back to that when Hulk Hogan took over and was bringing it back to original, then he died and they're all closing down.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 11:16 AM (2614e)

36 I'll say this, Wingstop's ranch dressing is fantastic.

Posted by: SH at November 06, 2026 11:17 AM (qCV5n)

37 COVID did such a number on Mickey D's.
The customer at the counter is assiduously ignored.
All attention is given to The Great And Powerful Drive Thru.
The big kiosk is completely non-intuitve and frankly a bit intimidating.
And no more bright primary colors. Just blah grey and off white surfaces with the occasional brown laminate.
All housed within a personality-free utilitarian square box which can easily be converted into a Taco Bell in less than a week.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 06, 2026 11:17 AM (2Ez/1)

38 Lesbian Bars that go national !!! Maybe call them Last Ditch!!!

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 11:18 AM (Gqar8)

39 1990's Hooters would make absolute bank right now.

Posted by: SH at November 06, 2026 11:18 AM (qCV5n)

40 If you haven't noticed, products and services suck nowadays.

I think that's partially because lots of Americans, but especially MBAs and yoots, think producing a product that appeals to people is beneath them, and that the companies for which they work should just be grateful to have their services for awhile.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 11:18 AM (Riz8t)

41
I don't want to pay $18.00 for 12 wings.

You want wing affordability.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 06, 2026 11:19 AM (Cqx++)

42 Wings? I remember when the Menendez Brothers killed their parents and collected the payouts from the father's company, the first thing they wanted to do was buy their favorite chicken wings store in their former home in New Jersey. "Shoot Mom and Dad! For the wings!"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 11:19 AM (o2Pnv)

43 If you haven't noticed, products and services suck nowadays.
Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 11:16 AM (MWfyi)

Children have been raised by TV, the internet and video games. They have the social interaction skills of a sloth.

You can tell a well raised kid by how they interact in a customer service job. There are still good ones out there, but few and far between.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 11:20 AM (2614e)

44 My theory is that some CEOs don't want to be "caretakers" of the brand and merely let it continue to be profitable and familiar. They want to leave their mark. They want to be on the cover of Fortune. They want to be famous beyond the business world.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 11:15 AM (mmrXZ)

Exactly. They want to be ray Kroc, Dave Thomas or Harland Sanders. Nobody wants to be John Y Brown.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 06, 2026 11:20 AM (qRla/)

45 Skipworth called Wing Stop “a technology company that sells chicken wings.”

I'd rather go to a fast-food restaurant that sells military hardware.

Posted by: t-bird at November 06, 2026 11:21 AM (oh+I7)

46 Wings?? Luxury! If we were lucky we got the ankles!

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 11:14 AM (MWfyi)

You asked for it........ish....

https://youtu.be/pIshmVf-Tts

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 11:21 AM (2614e)

47
a technology company that sells chicken wings

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Once the management decides they're not fundamentally a company that sells a product, they can be anything: a technology company, a fort made of cardboard boxes that has a sign on it saying "No Heteros Allowed," anything. For a year or two, then they go bankrupt. .

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 06, 2026 11:22 AM (4Aqsh)

48 Thx Buck
Skipworth got paid $35.3m in 2025 . His BS is working for him

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 06, 2026 11:23 AM (7XuqV)

49 ZH: Foreign-born workers soar by 809K in October, the biggest monthly increase since Jan 2025
Native-born workers dropped by 64K

https://x.com/zerohedge/status/2118711025012756498

Now that's some intelligent President'in right there!

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at November 06, 2026 11:24 AM (qwx/I)

50 wingsoverusa.com

Bonham Menu

Walk in, walk to counter, talk to human, place order.

Easy peasy. Beats wing stop.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 11:24 AM (zFF15)

51 >>I've noticed that both In & Out and CFA employ a lot of actual people, and both those stores have lines out the door. Amazingly enough, their employees are nice and seem to actually enjoy being there and servicing the customer.

It's a good sign that the company treats they employees well, and in turn, they treat the customers well. Amazing how that works: valuing your employees and your customers!

Posted by: Lizzy at November 06, 2026 11:24 AM (rOKnE)

52 The oldest axiom in business is never piss off your customers. How many times a day is this violated? I've been in meetings where they literally discussed ways to make it harder for customers to be satisfied.

I work for a company now that prioritizes itinerant customers over long time ones. We were bought out about three years ago by a behemoth version of our company to become the largest in our industry. Our new masters have a different format to their primary product although it is much the same as ours. But their business model, at least to me, places the priority on short term gain over long term customers. Oh well. I'm just playing out the string now until something better comes along.

Posted by: Earl Schlobodowicz at November 06, 2026 11:25 AM (gynjj)

53 A few good chains out there still. Chick-fil-a, Culver’s, Olive Garden - - -

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 11:26 AM (Gqar8)

54 a technology company that sells chicken wings

In fairness, GM has been a finance company that sells cars as a sideline for years.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 11:26 AM (4NO2D)

55 They want to leave their mark. They want to be on the cover of Fortune. They want to be famous beyond the business world.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 11:15 AM

Tell me more...

Posted by: Elizabeth Holmes at November 06, 2026 11:26 AM (2Ez/1)

56 Had wing stop for a game a few weeks ago. Enjoyed the wings a lot. My wife does the ordering for these things since I have no patience and I believe she just called it in. I'll have to ask.

Posted by: Earl Schlobodowicz at November 06, 2026 11:26 AM (gynjj)

57 I went into a McDonald's for the first time in about 5 years and I completely understand why they are losing revenue. (And are going to flush 8 BILLION to figure out why.)

Their ordering kiosks are cumbersome and don't give a receipt or an order number. You could not order via a real person.

Downloading an app while there is bullshit.

The food was somewhat expensive for McD's and it took 8-10 minutes to deliver one egg and sausage breakfast sandwich (no meal).

Who made these retarded decisions?

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 06, 2026 11:27 AM (iOpI2)

58 Buffalo Wild Wings. Good, bad, Horde?

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 11:27 AM (Gqar8)

59
38 Lesbian Bars that go national !!! Maybe call them Last Ditch!!!
Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 11:18 AM

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"The Neglected Crevice."

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 06, 2026 11:28 AM (4Aqsh)

60 The food was somewhat expensive for McD's and it took 8-10 minutes to deliver one egg and sausage breakfast sandwich (no meal).

Who made these retarded decisions?

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I honestly think McDonald's should go back to the basics. Just offer burgers, fries and drinks (one size). Sort of an In & Out light.

Posted by: SH at November 06, 2026 11:28 AM (qCV5n)

61 About GM, I read something years ago that one of their executives described themselves (not happily) as a health care company that sells cars. Their union deal provides ridiculous health benefits to current and former employees and they have a huge division of the company that simply manages the health plan. Surprised they haven't folded yet.

Posted by: Earl Schlobodowicz at November 06, 2026 11:29 AM (gynjj)

62 "Wings?? Luxury! If we were lucky we got the ankles!

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 11:14 AM (MWfyi)

You asked for it........ish....

https://youtu.be/pIshmVf-Tts
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer"

My people use all parts of the chicken.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 11:29 AM (MWfyi)

63 Precisely the reason I hardly ever go to a McDonalds anymore. What with the damnfool ordering kiosks with their snot-covered touchscreens, and video screen menus that keep scrolling so quickly that one cannot make meaningful price comparisons between alternative choices, eating there is a PITA.

And I won't put anybody's app on my phone. Why let the cocksuckers track me and monitor my spending habits?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 11:29 AM (yky4J)

64 "If I were on the Board of a company ..."

... I'd definitely stay out of the restaurant business, the most treacherous of all.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 11:30 AM (Jr5Lq)

65 When I'm on a road trip I just look for a local barbeque joint.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 06, 2026 11:31 AM (2Ez/1)

66 Skipworth got paid $35.3m in 2025 . His BS is working for him
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Damn. 5% of the company's revenues going to the CEO and he runs that golden goose into the ground. Heckuva job, there, Sparky.

Posted by: t-bird at November 06, 2026 11:31 AM (oh+I7)

67 Generally a company can only do very few things well.

Sometimes someone like Amazon will hit lightning - from selling books to selling other people's stuff to AWS but most companies that diversify outside the areas they are good at fail.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:32 AM (sKqQm)

68 I honestly think McDonald's should go back to the basics. Just offer burgers, fries and drinks (one size).

Which is just how the McDonald brothers started out in San Berdoo all those years ago.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 06, 2026 11:32 AM (qRla/)

69 I used to be a thing.

Posted by: Boston Market at November 06, 2026 11:33 AM (2Ez/1)

70 Order wings from a kiosk or order wings from a Hooters waitress? Decisions, decisions.

Posted by: Cosda at November 06, 2026 11:33 AM (FVUW0)

71 Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 11:26

Was at Chik-Fil-A this morning with spouse. We had a chicken, bacon and waffle sandwich. I liked the fact they had real flowers on their tables, and as I was walking around waiting I saw a large table and said the table was made from wood from abandoned and forgotten houses made by people who once felt abandoned and forgotten . It is apparently a ministry: www.morethanatable.com. I am going to look it up. I also liked the fact that they had a table with those "shoebox Christmas boxes" you could fill and give to Samaritan's Purse to hand out.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 11:33 AM (JrHfD)

72 I pretty much never go to McDs. I could get a better burger from any of the local subshops and amazingly now usually for cheaper.

Of course I can make a better burger then them too assuming the weather lets me get the grill

Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:33 AM (sKqQm)

73
About GM, I read something years ago that one of their executives described themselves (not happily) as a health care company that sells cars. Their union deal provides ridiculous health benefits to current and former employees and they have a huge division of the company that simply manages the health plan. Surprised they haven't folded yet.
Posted by: Earl Schlobodowicz

Medicare for all will put an end to that.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 06, 2026 11:33 AM (Cqx++)

74 Do not get me started on industries that investment capital firms have bought.

Buy a company.
Make so many cuts it's impossible to make anything good.
Company loses revenue.
Investment company sells off property.
PROFIT!!! But this time they actually do.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 06, 2026 11:33 AM (iOpI2)

75 49 ZH: Foreign-born workers soar by 809K in October, the biggest monthly increase since Jan 2025
Native-born workers dropped by 64K

https://x.com/zerohedge/status/2118711025012756498

Now that's some intelligent President'in right there!
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at November 06, 2026 11:24 AM (qwx/I)

So job gains still didn't go to young white male dudes...tracks with their voting...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 11:34 AM (Gb7+b)

76 wingsoverusa.com

Bonham Menu

Walk in, walk to counter, talk to human, place order.

Easy peasy. Beats wing stop.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 11:24 AM (zFF15)

I don't see an option for breaded wings......

I gots ta have my breaded....holds the sauce so much better.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 11:34 AM (2614e)

77 The wing restaurant experiences I have had are sub-meh. Buffalo, Wings n Tings, a small local chain. Food ranged from pretty good to barely OK (none was better than what I make at home). Prices? Laughably outrageous. This goes back long before The Great Idiocy. Just part of an overall trend. We stopped eating out except for a handful of excellent places. The value proposition completely disappeared.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 11:34 AM (U/Byj)

78 For businesses using damn QR codes at point of sale or contact, please learn that not ALL customers have f'n smartphones.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 11:34 AM (Jr5Lq)

79 The oldest axiom in business is never piss off your customers. How many times a day is this violated? I've been in meetings where they literally discussed ways to make it harder for customers to be satisfied.

I work for a company now that prioritizes itinerant customers over long time ones. We were bought out about three years ago by a behemoth version of our company to become the largest in our industry. Our new masters have a different format to their primary product although it is much the same as ours. But their business model, at least to me, places the priority on short term gain over long term customers. Oh well. I'm just playing out the string now until something better comes along.
Posted by: Earl Schlobodowicz

Call my company's customer service line and you will get a US based human being 24/7/365 who has the authority to actually solve problems.

That's the one thing long term customers keep giving the thumbs up to in annual surveys.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 11:35 AM (zFF15)

80 When we go out to eat our hierarchy of demands on the place are food quality, price and service. In that order. Abject failure in any of those three will cause a cancellation. Two out of three being good will get us to return.

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 11:35 AM (Gqar8)

81 I honestly think McDonald's should go back to the basics. Just offer burgers, fries and drinks (one size). Sort of an In & Out light.
Posted by: SH at November 06, 2026 11:28 AM (qCV5n)

They've done that - there's no produce on their menu save apple slices. For food, they have done what you want.

Beverages are now the only place really complicated.

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 11:35 AM (Gb7+b)

82 It seems a Masters Degree in anything means you can take on any job you want because, well, MASTERS DEGREE!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November

If you really want to be humored by how meaningless this is, let me remind you that I have an MBA.

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 11:35 AM (ZdaMQ)

83 I don't see an option for breaded wings......

I gots ta have my breaded....holds the sauce so much better.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Boneless. Love 'em.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 11:35 AM (zFF15)

84 Order wings from a kiosk or order wings from a Hooters waitress? Decisions, decisions.

A while back they opened a Hooters in Boston. Some angry feminist fire bombed it

Now this was a generation of feminism ago and back then the idea men could pay to have good looking women in shorts pretend to like them was a bridge to far for feminists.

I can't imagine how a business like that would work since trannies were introduced. Hire one as a waiter and you'll be down to serving Talaricos and Barack Obamas. Don't hire one and you'll be sued into oblivion.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:35 AM (sKqQm)

85 "ZH: Foreign-born workers soar by 809K in October, the biggest monthly increase since Jan 2025
Native-born workers dropped by 64K "

Cripes.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 11:36 AM (Jr5Lq)

86 Depends on how high the required wage is.

I was in Silicon Valley a few years ago, and I ate at a fast-food place where you placed your order and paid via your phone or a kiosk, got a text when your order was ready, and grabbed your order.

Zero human interaction.

Fast food chains in California have to pay their workers $20 an hour, so it pencils out.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 06, 2026 11:37 AM (aD4fx)

87
It's a good sign that the company treats they employees well, and in turn, they treat the customers well. Amazing how that works: valuing your employees and your customers!
Posted by: Lizzy at November 06, 2026 11:24 AM (rOKnE)

Back in my business class day, we were taught their were 3 prongs that had to be balanced for a successful business - employees, customers, and owners (aka profit)...

In this day and age, most folks focus on the one, the profit to the exclusion of the other 2...and here we are, with AI being the newest way they screw the 2 prongs to just make more and more money.

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 11:37 AM (Gb7+b)

88 71 Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 11:26

Was at Chik-Fil-A this morning with spouse. We had a chicken, bacon and waffle sandwich. I liked the fact they had real flowers on their tables, and as I was walking around waiting I saw a large table and said the table was made from wood from abandoned and forgotten houses made by people who once felt abandoned and forgotten . It is apparently a ministry: www.morethanatable.com. I am going to look it up. I also liked the fact that they had a table with those "shoebox Christmas boxes" you could fill and give to Samaritan's Purse to hand out.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 11:33 AM (JrHfD)

Yes, they are a bright light in the food industry. And, I like the food, so that helps. Not an after church lunch option, though.😉

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 11:37 AM (Gqar8)

89 Buffalo Wild Wings. Good, bad, Horde?
Posted by: tubal

Good. Overpriced.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 11:37 AM (zFF15)

90 Foreign-born workers soar by 809K in October, the biggest monthly increase since Jan 2025
Native-born workers dropped by 64K

Trump somewhat improved things over Biden but I think there was a fair expectation he'd do much more then he did.

Of course, theoretically we held congress as well and they could also have done something...anything...with their time in office

Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:37 AM (sKqQm)

91
Tell me more...
Posted by: Elizabeth Holmes

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You and John DeLorean flashed through my mind, although you don't *quite* qualify. You guys didn't take a good company and sink it; you each simply founded a shipwreck. But same principle applied to an industry -- get insanely ambitious to make your mark on an existing industry when you are actually clueless in some crucial area.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 11:38 AM (mmrXZ)

92 The hand helds / iPads used to take an order at the table are a buzzkill too. I just want to place my order, not have to wait while they scroll through the menu to find the tater tot button.

Posted by: scampydog at November 06, 2026 11:38 AM (2bFN5)

93 Great point, great example, and well written.

This is some platinum level content.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at November 06, 2026 11:39 AM (LO74d)

94 I can't imagine how a business like that would work since trannies were introduced. Hire one as a waiter and you'll be down to serving Talaricos and Barack Obamas. Don't hire one and you'll be sued into oblivion.
Posted by: 18-1

Seems the American public likes Talafreako.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 11:39 AM (zFF15)

95 Imagine, for a moment, if America had been a zealous about protecting its tech industry from foreign encroachment all the way back to the 90s

Instead we gave it all away and most of those high paid American software engineers became moderately paid Indians...

Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:40 AM (sKqQm)

96 Am I Grandpa Simpson for thinking that if these yutes want to save money, they should give up DoorDash, Uber, Tovala and every other form of 'convenience' that is only convenient to hoovering bux out of their pockets?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

Not necessarily, but I think it would be a good idea to find out if the particular yute you are talking to does any of that, and then start with "Maybe we can look at your expenditures and see what' s going on?"

No faster way to be branded old and out of touch than hectoring before you understand the actual situation in front of you.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 06, 2026 11:40 AM (vJrRc)

97
And I won't put anybody's app on my phone. Why let the cocksuckers track me and monitor my spending habits?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November

This is going to make booking your workout at my studio problematic. 😊

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 11:40 AM (ZdaMQ)

98 I also liked the fact that they had a table with those "shoebox Christmas boxes" you could fill and give to Samaritan's Purse to hand out.
___

Operation Christmas Child.

Our church participates in that every year.

One of my boxes went to a little girl in Chad.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 11:40 AM (qesug)

99 Great point, great example, and well written.

This is some platinum level content.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus)

And we get it for free!

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 11:40 AM (zFF15)

100 93 Great point, great example, and well written.

This is some platinum level content.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at November 06, 2026 11:39 AM (LO74d)

Buck’s posts are always worth a read.

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 11:40 AM (Gqar8)

101 We stopped eating out except for a handful of excellent places. The value proposition completely disappeared.

I rarely eat out anymore, because the food generally isn't as good as I make at home, and I detest the fad of making them deliberately noisy, because this somehow conveys popularity.

I can afford good restaurants, so I reserve my trips for such places. My kids tease me for insisting on a tablecloth as the minimum test for a decent place.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 11:40 AM (Riz8t)

102 Wing Stop pitching itself as a "technology company" had nothing to do with the service of its food.

It wasn't about making the service better or worse or even any different at all.

The "we are a technology company" was a naked pitch to the stock market at a time when tech was the hot ticket in stocks. "Invest in us! We don't sell cheap chicken wings, we're a technology company."

You know what? It worked. Big time. The company's stock went up 400% after launching this stunt. It eventually came back down to earth, as actual earnings declined. But you can be sure all the executives and big investors made a pile of money on this stunt.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 11:40 AM (iFTx/)

103 98 I also liked the fact that they had a table with those "shoebox Christmas boxes" you could fill and give to Samaritan's Purse to hand out.
___

Operation Christmas Child.

Our church participates in that every year.

One of my boxes went to a little girl in Chad.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 11:40 AM (qesug)

We just got ours filled/done. Fantastic ministry.

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 11:41 AM (Gqar8)

104 For businesses using damn QR codes at point of sale or contact, please learn that not ALL customers have f'n smartphones.
Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 11:34 AM (Jr5Lq)

I don't know if my phone will even read a QR code. And I don't have mobile data enabled, so it's probably moot.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 11:41 AM (yky4J)

105 Oh FFS! We just had one open in the Township.

AI Overview: The Ridley Township location—alongside thousands of others—runs on an AI-powered system. It uses an AI forecasting engine that predicts order demand every 15 minutes by tracking local weather, school calendars, and events.

They completely eliminated paper order tickets. Kitchen crew members use digitized, gamified touchscreens and readiness displays to cut down average ticket wait times.

So, while they don't sell tech, they use advanced automation under the hood to fry and outpace traditional fast-food kitchens."

Our Commissioners, for a dollar...

When it fails, we'll likely learn it had been granted a 10-year tax abatement 'gift,' like new empty warehouses.

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 06, 2026 11:41 AM (NFX2v)

106 Yes it is, tubal.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 11:41 AM (qesug)

107 There is a national chain sandwich shop near my house. They have more people working the app orders than they do walk-ins.
As I stand in line I laugh at the people who ordered on line who still have to wait. The place has much whelm and cannot handle the overflow.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 06, 2026 11:41 AM (2WIwB)

108 When we go out to eat our hierarchy of demands on the place are food quality, price and service. In that order. Abject failure in any of those three will cause a cancellation. Two out of three being good will get us to return.

**************

Last night I went to a pizza joint on Perdido Key to catch a couple of friends on stage who are part of the Frank Brown International Songwriters Festival.

I had a small pizza (10") with three toppings and one Jack and Coke. The bill, not including the tip, came to $38.

Never again. I'll just stay home and open a can of soup.

Posted by: one hour sober at November 06, 2026 11:41 AM (J4Dwc)

109 Yes, they are a bright light in the food industry. And, I like the food, so that helps. Not an after church lunch option, though.😉

Sorry, but I can't get past their CEO saying that whites should shine blacks' shoes. CfA has been on my shit list ever since.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 06, 2026 11:41 AM (qRla/)

110 Ok, consumer news update.
I recently learned a neat trick you can do with the WallyMart phone app.
It will help you find a specific product by telling you the aisle and even the section. But sometimes even that isn't enough such as the densely packed vitamins or supplements area.
So you can take it to The Next Level.
The app will allow you to find the specific spot for your organic gluten free fair trade free range rose hips by FLASHING THE SHELF TAG LIGHT FOR TEN SECONDS.
Is this a great country, or what?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 06, 2026 11:41 AM (2Ez/1)

111 I have met Nevergiveup a few times at a local Applebees, and the wings were excellent, the beer was cold, and the bartender paid attention.

And not a kiosk to be found in the entire place!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 06, 2026 11:41 AM (k5CNB)

112 Am I Grandpa Simpson for thinking that if these yutes want to save money, they should give up DoorDash, Uber, Tovala and every other form of 'convenience' that is only convenient to hoovering bux out of their pockets?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

Not necessarily, but I think it would be a good idea to find out if the particular yute you are talking to does any of that, and then start with "Maybe we can look at your expenditures and see what' s going on?"

No faster way to be branded old and out of touch than hectoring before you understand the actual situation in front of you.
Posted by: FeatherBlade

"I can't afford a house yet I only eat out 15 times a week!"

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 11:41 AM (zFF15)

113 How did the foreign-born/native-born employment trend invert so radically? It's been dramatically in favor of natives for over a year I think.

And "smart Presidentin'" is securing the border, creating a self-deportation climate, substantially amending the H1-B process (making it much more expensive and difficult), and beginning to look at OPT and other stupid programs that are contrary to their actual intent.

But like the millions and millions of idiots who just handed the country over to an alien and stupid party with zero substance to offer (and which literally offered nothing), it's important these days to demand instant magical results.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 11:42 AM (U/Byj)

114 When one of my daughters was about 10, someone's brother owned a Hooters in the town where we were having a tournament.

They set up a number of tables for us on the patio and we had a great time. No one cared that the ladies serving had nice boobs and short shorts. Prices were good and everyone liked the food.

The girls on the team could have cared less. Now this was about 25 years ago, before everyone became ultra sensitive to everything. It might be different now.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 06, 2026 11:42 AM (iOpI2)

115 If you really want to be humored by how meaningless this is, let me remind you that I have an MBA.

Posted by: Piper

You hang out here, and that's a much better indicator of a brain than an MBA.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 11:42 AM (Riz8t)

116 I have met Nevergiveup a few times at a local Applebees, and the wings were excellent, the beer was cold, and the bartender paid attention.

And not a kiosk to be found in the entire place!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

I miss the Commodore.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 11:42 AM (zFF15)

117 Seems the American public likes Talafreako.

Looking at the election results my first though was, ok, they printed 20M votes like in 2020. But...that would mean they did it under the noses of a bunch of red state vote counters. Possible? Well maybe, but it does look like a bunch of LIVs voted D.

And why? Their issues are affordibility right and the price of gas right? Why would you vote for the people that doubled costs under Biden and also had $4 gas just a couple of years ago.

That leaves us with...they already forgot anything before 2 years ago, they didn't read any election coverage outside of an FNM headline, and still went and voted straight D...

Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:43 AM (sKqQm)

118 "I rarely eat out anymore" For chains, if I get a good discount coupon, I go. Otherwise, nope.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 11:43 AM (Jr5Lq)

119 40 If you haven't noticed, products and services suck nowadays.

I think that's partially because lots of Americans, but especially MBAs and yoots, think producing a product that appeals to people is beneath them, and that the companies for which they work should just be grateful to have their services for awhile.

Posted by: Archimedes

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And primarily because we flooded the country with 3rd worlders who have no discernment because 1st world quality is new to them. Yes, they are a minority but they are the margins and companies always chase the margins.

I am in Japan and I can think of ZERO products that turned to shit with bad quality, fake oils, fake sugar, or chemicals. ZERO. (the do keep getting smaller though.)

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at November 06, 2026 11:43 AM (LO74d)

120 Am I Grandpa Simpson for thinking that if these yutes want to save money, they should give up DoorDash, Uber, Tovala and every other form of 'convenience' that is only convenient to hoovering bux out of their pockets?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

Listen here ya stoopid boomer. Even if I gave up my $100 a day DoorDash habit I still could afford a house because a house costs more than $100.

Now where is my free health care and $100k remote,4 day a week job Democrats promised me?

Posted by: Gen Z at November 06, 2026 11:43 AM (O3eDY)

121
Wing Stop “a technology company that sells chicken wings.”

In that case, WingStop should be putting tiny traceable GPS chips in their wings, that implant in the gut lining when eaten, so-

they can know the whereabouts of their customers at all time,

And sell the info to Our Democrat Overlords.

Win-win.

Call me WingStop for other Helpful Tyrannical Ideas!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at November 06, 2026 11:44 AM (YSUhf)

122 116 I have met Nevergiveup a few times at a local Applebees, and the wings were excellent, the beer was cold, and the bartender paid attention.

And not a kiosk to be found in the entire place!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

I miss the Commodore.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 11:42 AM (zFF15)

Well, at the risk of being mocked, I have never had a bad experience dining at Applebee’s.

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 11:44 AM (Gqar8)

123 Sorry, but I can't get past their CEO saying that whites should shine blacks' shoes. CfA has been on my shit list ever since.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 06, 2026 11:41 AM (qRla/)

CFA is a franchise, each place is independently owned. They have to follow the franchise rules, but is not a chain like an Olive Garden.

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 11:45 AM (ZdaMQ)

124
They set up a number of tables for us on the patio and we had a great time. No one cared that the ladies serving had nice boobs and short shorts. Prices were good and everyone liked the food.

The same people that tell me that having a toddler watch a man in a miniskirt twerk in their face is fine and dandy also argue if you take a kid to hooters you are sexualizing them.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:45 AM (sKqQm)

125
And why? Their issues are affordibility right and the price of gas right? Why would you vote for the people that doubled costs under Biden and also had $4 gas just a couple of years ago.

Because they're stupid and can't connect actions to consequences?

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 11:45 AM (Riz8t)

126 You and John DeLorean flashed through my mind, although you don't *quite* qualify. You guys didn't take a good company and sink it; you each simply founded a shipwreck. But same principle applied to an industry -- get insanely ambitious to make your mark on an existing industry when you are actually clueless in some crucial area.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 11:38 AM (mmrXZ)

DeLorean actually made and sold cars, and people bought them. But his financing was hinky.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 11:45 AM (yky4J)

127 "I don't know if my phone will even read a QR code. And I don't have mobile data enabled, so it's probably moot."

I tried to set up an account at ID.me. First they tried to get me to read a QR code. When that didn't work, they wanted me to turn on my cam and do an interview. I don't have a damn cam. F them.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 11:45 AM (Jr5Lq)

128 Sorry, but I can't get past their CEO saying that whites should shine blacks' shoes. CfA has been on my shit list ever since.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 06, 2026 11:41 AM (qRla/)

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Really?? I'm out then.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 06, 2026 11:45 AM (iOpI2)

129 This is just one small example of the very large picture of the addiction to tech, AI and data centers. Many companies are pivoting because leaders have been convinced by other leaders this is the future and if you are not pivoting you are losing out... and yet. Check out the pivot for Google, Amazon, Meta, Oracle, Microsoft, Adobe (Add any other big tech company.) you can think of) Which one of these, or your own example, has so willingly and quickly abandoned it's core products for these new untested, wet behind the ear, over hyped, and clearly unprofitable products. I would challenge anyone to point out a tech company which still has a robust core product the company is protecting and promoting while also carefully experimenting, testing, evaluating as an enhancement to the core product, and implementing in a responsible business model with a risk assessment which will allow the company to survive.

Posted by: The Party of Hell No! at November 06, 2026 11:45 AM (wnlwW)

130 I'm not going to get involved in another generational squabble, but the idea of looking at expenditures and delaying gratification are never bad ideas.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 11:46 AM (Riz8t)

131 Wing Stop has chosen to run off all but its most frequent customers in an effort to become a tech company. That does not sound like a restaurant growth strategy, nor a way to attract new customers, but it does sound like a contagious business fad that can wreck a company.

Some companies should act as a warning for others. In this case Wing Stop has stepped forward and demonstrated that when people go out for food, its not purely about the food, its about the social engagement - for all the anti-social troglodytes, there is DoorDash.

Posted by: Community Notes at November 06, 2026 11:46 AM (a6PrB)

132 125
And why? Their issues are affordibility right and the price of gas right? Why would you vote for the people that doubled costs under Biden and also had $4 gas just a couple of years ago.

Because they're stupid and can't connect actions to consequences?
Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 11:45 AM (Riz8t)

And b/c they lost their Covid era health insurance bump and looked at their electricity bill on top of food and gas prices and said no more...Trump did manage over the former 2...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 11:47 AM (Gb7+b)

133 This is going to make booking your workout at my studio problematic. 😊
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 11:40 AM (ZdaMQ)

Can't do workouts anyway. Too busy carrying this bull around.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 11:47 AM (yky4J)

134 I'm not going to get involved in another generational squabble, but ~~the idea of~~ looking at expenditures and delaying gratification are never bad ideas.

FIFM

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 11:47 AM (Riz8t)

135 Last time I stopped in a McDonald's and had to use their kiosk, it wasn't the most pleasurable experience, to say the least.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
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It's designed by people who live in their phones.
If you don't live in your phone that kiosk is a mystery.
Also their offerings have the highest carbohydrate to
protein ratio of any local fast burger places in town. No
longer a patron, I am.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 06, 2026 11:47 AM (wljQY)

136 The Chick - fil - a CEO statement dovetails very nicely with the post. I won’t stop going to a restaurant I love to get back at a guy as remote as the man on the moon.

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 11:47 AM (Gqar8)

137 The same people that tell me that having a toddler watch a man in a miniskirt twerk in their face is fine and dandy also argue if you take a kid to hooters you are sexualizing them.
Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:45 AM (sKqQm)

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I think drag shows should be outlawed. It's a fetish.

I said GIRLS team on purpose, because it was.

I didn't say the girls on the team were wearing tank tops and short shorts it was the waitresses. Which, by the way, is less than what you see at the beach.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 06, 2026 11:48 AM (iOpI2)

138 "I have never had a bad experience dining at Applebee’s."

Me neither, but it's been maybe 25 years since I've been there. Culver's has reliable quality, but no discount coupons I've found so far.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 11:48 AM (Jr5Lq)

139 Well, at the risk of being mocked, I have never had a bad experience dining at Applebee’s.

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 11:44 AM (Gqar

It provides the advertised experience at a reasonable price. I have no problem with the place, and will return.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 06, 2026 11:48 AM (k5CNB)

140 Had a similar thing at a local restaurant this summer. Bill came and it was a QR code. I told my waiter I don’t want to download an app to pay. He said no problem we can run a credit card the “old way” lol. I’m like dude the “old way” was the “new way” like 7 minutes ago.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 11:48 AM (O3eDY)

141 I love this subject. I think the thread is so topical.

The idea that Corporations exist to generate profit for Shareholders, via the sale of a Product the masses want and can afford, just isn't how most Corporations work now.

And hasn't been for a while.

Go read into the 60s and muscle-cars. And how two of the Big Three just wanted none of it, regardless of how the cars sold. Because, boiled down, those in Authority thought "it just wasn't right".

And on and on and on through the decades. The Old School Republican view of Corporations in a generally positive light is past its expiration date.

I'd vote for curtailing some Corporate Protections in the legal code.

Posted by: Howdy at November 06, 2026 11:49 AM (S2K0Y)

142 I don't mind the McD's kiosks anymore, becaise NO customer service has become better than customer service.

Posted by: t-bird at November 06, 2026 11:49 AM (oh+I7)

143 "112 Am I Grandpa Simpson for thinking that if these yutes want to save money, they should give up DoorDash, Uber, Tovala and every other form of 'convenience' that is only convenient to hoovering bux out of their pockets?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing"

Tell them the TVs in their house would have cost thousands of dollars. If they had been available. What would a real 75" TV cost in 1990? 5k? more?

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at November 06, 2026 11:49 AM (r7+Q7)

144 Think I've only eaten wings at bars. I like that because 1) beer and 2) quality control vis necessary.
Years ago I had Hooters wings , but breaded wings aren't right in my view

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 06, 2026 11:50 AM (7XuqV)

145 Quite simply, the wing joint adopted a “digital-first strategy” in 2021, but many customers refused to play along as Wing Stop strove to avoid human interaction with its patrons. As customers were repelled by gimmicks that made ordering food more difficult, Wing Stop’s executives doubled down on their vision of making Wing Stop a tech company. They continued to reject their legacy model of serving wings and fries to customers who simply walk up to the counter and place an order.

Yes, I want grabbing wings to be just like submitting a ticket to a help desk in India.

C'mon, executives.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 06, 2026 11:50 AM (HFrEr)

146 Well, at the risk of being mocked, I have never had a bad experience dining at Applebee’s.
Posted by: tubal
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Yep. Beer is always cold, staff is well trained, and their food is consistent.

Posted by: scampydog at November 06, 2026 11:50 AM (2bFN5)

147 It doesn't help that Wing Stop's wings kinda suck.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 11:02 AM (2614e)

They're not terrible but they're not very good.

Ok for a last second drop-in before watching a football game before grabbing some beer.

They could easily cut the price of their wings by 50% and still make a handsome profit.

Their wings aren't worth the current cost anyway. The New Upcoming Democrat Turbo-Inflation will probably kill their business.

Is Troy Aikman still involved with the WingStop Corp? I think he was an original investor.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 06, 2026 11:50 AM (YSUhf)

148 OK, past 100...after six weeks I'm getting discharged from the hospital today, to a shelter in Huntsville, AL. I have reason to believe this relocation to the Rocket City may enable an improvement in my fortunes, and frankly I've wanted out of Montgomery for years, so, for the best.

Time for a new chapter.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez at November 06, 2026 11:50 AM (hmH3B)

149 McD's has nothing worth the price they charge. This is what minimum wage laws have wrought.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 11:50 AM (Jr5Lq)

150 I have a friend who does DoorDash here and there. He’s told me the vast majority of orders he does is fast food deliveries to people in shitty apartments. With delivery fees and tip these people are spending $30 for a Big Mac meal.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 11:51 AM (O3eDY)

151 Prayers for you, BrotherTim.

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 11:51 AM (ZdaMQ)

152 Years ago I had Hooters wings , but breaded wings aren't right in my view
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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*fistbump*

Posted by: scampydog at November 06, 2026 11:51 AM (2bFN5)

153 I think drag shows should be outlawed. It's a fetish.

My take is treat it like any other fetish, what you do at home with a willing partner I don't care. But doing sexual things in public shouldn't be allowed.

I didn't say the girls on the team were wearing tank tops and short shorts it was the waitresses. Which, by the way, is less than what you see at the beach.

That is the other funny part of this. I see women wearing equivalent outfits out and about normally, not even counting beachware. I remember a few years ago having to do some HR training and the woman running the training wore a see thru shirt (with a bra) and a pair of pants so tight you could see her thong.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:51 AM (sKqQm)

154 148 OK, past 100...after six weeks I'm getting discharged from the hospital today, to a shelter in Huntsville, AL. I have reason to believe this relocation to the Rocket City may enable an improvement in my fortunes, and frankly I've wanted out of Montgomery for years, so, for the best.

Time for a new chapter.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez at November 06, 2026 11:50 AM (hmH3B)

God be with you, Brother Tim.

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 11:51 AM (Gqar8)

155 You and John DeLorean flashed through my mind, although you don't *quite* qualify. You guys didn't take a good company and sink it; you each simply founded a shipwreck. But same principle applied to an industry -- get insanely ambitious to make your mark on an existing industry when you are actually clueless in some crucial area.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 11:38 AM (mmrXZ)

DeLorean actually made and sold cars, and people bought them. But his financing was hinky.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 11:45 AM (yky4J)
________

John DeLorean getting arrested for cocaine trafficking wasn't the greatest marketing for the car, either.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 11:51 AM (iFTx/)

156 And so it begins.

I love that just two days after winning an election by promising to focus on affordability, Democrats immediately pivoted to putting dicks in chicks’ bathrooms.

https://tinyurl.com/kuffeyvz

Posted by: That guy who always says it's just beginning at November 06, 2026 11:52 AM (Riz8t)

157 You have to be 17 to go to an R rated movie. But a 5 years is allowed to see a drag show. Or get a sex change for that matter.

America in 2026

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 11:53 AM (O3eDY)

158 In my old town, we had an Applebee's and I always enjoyed it.

We used to have a Gator's that had a bottomless conch chowder and salad that was a really good price.

Oh, the good ol' days. I'm older than shit.

Pretty soon I'll be talking about how I paid $1.50 for gas in the old days.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 06, 2026 11:53 AM (iOpI2)

159 148 OK, past 100...after six weeks I'm getting discharged from the hospital today, to a shelter in Huntsville, AL. I have reason to believe this relocation to the Rocket City may enable an improvement in my fortunes, and frankly I've wanted out of Montgomery for years, so, for the best.

Time for a new chapter.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez at November 06, 2026 11:50 AM (hmH3B)

If you are ready for a job, remember to post what skills you have and what you're looking for here b/c contacts are key in the AI job hiring environment...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 11:53 AM (Gb7+b)

160 You and John DeLorean flashed through my mind, although you don't *quite* qualify. You guys didn't take a good company and sink it; you each simply founded a shipwreck. But same principle applied to an industry -- get insanely ambitious to make your mark on an existing industry when you are actually clueless in some crucial area.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

DeLorean actually made and sold cars, and people bought them. But his financing was hinky.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

It was the booger beer that sank him.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 11:53 AM (zFF15)

161
DeLorean actually made and sold cars, and people bought them. But his financing was hinky.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

=============

Exactly what I meant. Lacking in some crucial aspect -- more than one in his case, because don't forget, his cars were shyte.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 11:53 AM (mmrXZ)

162 Saw a video last night of a guy interviewing a blue haired young woman who admitted she didn't know how to cook and ordered out for every meal.

She had a job making $60k/year so she could afford doing this but it basically meant she had little left for savings or other things.

Her argument was this wasn't fair, since she had a job she should be able to order out for all her food and have plenty left over for savings and other luxuries.

The interviewer pushed her for what she wanted and the answer was...a cash subsidy.

I think this is part of the problem in this last election, people making decent money that watch media and assume everyone else is rich from inheriting money and needs to "share" with them so they can afford "the basics" like...restaurant food every meal

Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:54 AM (sKqQm)

163 Hi welcome to Wings, did you place your order 3 hours ago on our buggy app?

//Smart Six figure CEO

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 11:54 AM (Int1s)

164 Prayers up, Brother Tim.

May God bless you.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 11:55 AM (qesug)

165 I’ve never had Wing Stop… guess I never will

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 06, 2026 11:55 AM (LQ1/y)

166 Trump raised electricity prices? AFAIK every single thing done with any connection to this would, of course, lead to the opposite. Younger people naturally have usually lacked worldliness and understanding of many basic things, and they still marinate in an orwellian make-believe world of media, but voting Dem because of electricity prices? So absurd it's funny.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 11:55 AM (U/Byj)

167 Chili's Applebees , olive Graden etc are fine for what they are. The funny thing is the people who look down their noses at those restaurants, and the people who go there, don’t know that the $40 burger they’re getting at their gastro pub comes from the same Sysco truck as the $17 burger at Applebees.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 11:55 AM (O3eDY)

168 "I have a friend who does DoorDash here and there. He’s told me the vast majority of orders he does is fast food deliveries to people in shitty apartments."

This tracks 100% with what my new Section 8 neighbors do.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 11:56 AM (Jr5Lq)

169 I’ve never had Wing Stop… guess I never will
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

You're not missing much.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 11:56 AM (Ta4DE)

170 167 Chili's Applebees , olive Graden etc are fine for what they are. The funny thing is the people who look down their noses at those restaurants, and the people who go there, don’t know that the $40 burger they’re getting at their gastro pub comes from the same Sysco truck as the $17 burger at Applebees.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 11:55 AM (O3eDY)

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Yes.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 06, 2026 11:56 AM (iOpI2)

171 Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 11:55 AM (qesug)

Amen!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 11:57 AM (JrHfD)

172
Time for a new chapter.
Posted by: Brother Tim sez at November 06, 2026 11:50 AM (hmH3B)

God be with you, Brother Tim.
Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 11:51 AM

Every bit of this right here.

Prayers up, man. Godspeed. May your troubles soon be in your rearview.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 11:57 AM (2614e)

173 Now where is my free health care and $100k remote,4 day a week job Democrats promised me?

I'm reminded of the series of videos showing how big projects were made. The Panama Canal, railroads through the mountains of Ecuador or through Russian perma-frost. The building of bridges, the deep silver minds of Mexico, clearing a forest and planting row crops without modern machinery. The commercial seafood farming of south east Asia is some of the most inhumane conditions that make antebellum Southern Slavery look like a week at Club Med.

Death, disease, long hours and drab conditions were the norm. Hundreds of thousands of people, either Coolies, war prisoners or people down on their luck all recruited, didn't have families, didn't have a future and died ether on the job or within a few years due to wear and tear on the body.

And then we have Gen-Z with their gripes - not knowing how humans worked all around the world for all of human history.

Posted by: Community Notes at November 06, 2026 11:57 AM (xE0sV)

174 DeLorean at GM and Iacocca and Ford were the two cats I was thinking of above.

And both had to fight the Corporate Brass every step of the way to make their Corporations money by making cars the public obviously wanted at the time.

Again, the High School Junior Achievement indoctrination of how Corporations work is just wrong. Has been wrong our entire lives.

Posted by: Howdy at November 06, 2026 11:57 AM (S2K0Y)

175 162 Saw a video last night of a guy interviewing a blue haired young woman who admitted she didn't know how to cook and ordered out for every meal.

She had a job making $60k/year so she could afford doing this but it basically meant she had little left for savings or other things.

Her argument was this wasn't fair, since she had a job she should be able to order out for all her food and have plenty left over for savings and other luxuries.

The interviewer pushed her for what she wanted and the answer was...a cash subsidy.

I think this is part of the problem in this last election, people making decent money that watch media and assume everyone else is rich from inheriting money and needs to "share" with them so they can afford "the basics" like...restaurant food every meal

Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:54 AM (sKqQm)

Urban political demands are literally unworkable. It's not even that they demand things that are long run dysfunctional, it's not possible to meet their demands.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 11:57 AM (okun6)

176 170 167 Chili's Applebees , olive Graden etc are fine for what they are. The funny thing is the people who look down their noses at those restaurants, and the people who go there, don’t know that the $40 burger they’re getting at their gastro pub comes from the same Sysco truck as the $17 burger at Applebees.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 11:55 AM (O3eDY)

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Yes.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 06, 2026 11:56 AM (iOpI2)

But they smear something something aioli on it - for the low low upcharge of 23$!,,

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 11:57 AM (Gqar8)

177 Everyone enjoying the corporate town halls that started on Wednesday and just happened to include cheering the election results? We are in for a cascade of shit.

Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 11:58 AM (enNUy)

178 I really thought the 2024 election killed the tranny trend for good. How stupid am I? Sigh

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 06, 2026 11:58 AM (LQ1/y)

179 DeLorean actually made and sold cars, and people bought them. But his financing was hinky.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

She don't lie
She don't lie
She don't lie

.........Cocaine.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 11:58 AM (2614e)

180 John DeLorean getting arrested for cocaine trafficking wasn't the greatest marketing for the car, either.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 11:51 AM (iFTx/)

Well, that is part of what I meant by hinky financing. Also the crappy P-R-V V6 in what was purported to be a super car was dumb. He should have bought the Rover V8 from Leyland.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 11:58 AM (yky4J)

181 And then we have Gen-Z with their gripes - not knowing how humans worked all around the world for all of human history.

Flip side of the coin. The perverse pride certain folks have in suffering for the virtue of suffering.

Posted by: Howdy at November 06, 2026 11:59 AM (S2K0Y)

182 Seems like so many companies, falling into the traps of socialism, have forgotten the basics of capitalism: offer something the consumers want at a price/quality/service level that is better than competitors.
The Gov't sees us as sheep to be shorn, and so do so many companies (especially those that "sell" us the privilege of using their products, as we buy something we don't technically/legally own--Yeah, I'm talking to you, LG, who "own the glass" of every TV a customer buys)...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 11:59 AM (l3cgK)

183 Just what the Royal Family needs.

FBI arrests Meghan Markle's dad at Florida retirement home for "troves" of child porn found at properties in the Philippines, Mexico, and LA

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Living the Dream at November 06, 2026 11:59 AM (qC/tp)

184 167 Chili's Applebees , olive Graden etc are fine for what they are. The funny thing is the people who look down their noses at those restaurants, and the people who go there, don’t know that the $40 burger they’re getting at their gastro pub comes from the same Sysco truck as the $17 burger at Applebees.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026

I am a restaurant snob, this is no secret. I luckily live in a place where I can be a restaurant snob, and can avoid Sysco food. Big enough for really decent food, small enough that you know most of the owners / chefs and where the food is coming from.

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:00 PM (ZdaMQ)

185 A company in the food industry that doesn't concentrate on the food first and foremost will die a miserable death, as they should.

Seems very common sense to me.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:00 PM (2614e)

186 DeLorean actually made and sold cars, and people bought them. But his financing was hinky.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
----
I was holding out until the Flux Capacitor became a standard option.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 06, 2026 12:00 PM (s2iZv)

187
FBI arrests Meghan Markle's dad at Florida retirement home for "troves" of child porn found at properties in the Philippines, Mexico, and LA
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Living the Dream at November 06, 2026 11:59 AM (qC/tp)

Tell me Meghan was molested as a child without telling me she was molested as a child.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:01 PM (2614e)

188 181 And then we have Gen-Z with their gripes - not knowing how humans worked all around the world for all of human history.

Flip side of the coin. The perverse pride certain folks have in suffering for the virtue of suffering.

Posted by: Howdy at November 06, 2026 11:59 AM (S2K0Y)

Self-flagellation for the non-religious...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 12:01 PM (l3cgK)

189 Ate wings Wednesday at a little bar and restaurant in rural PA coal country, that looked like it could have been used as a set for Justified. They were excellent and I paid cash , although they took credit cards but added 3%.

Posted by: Cosda at November 06, 2026 12:01 PM (FVUW0)

190
Flip side of the coin. The perverse pride certain folks have in suffering for the virtue of suffering.

You call that suffering? When we were young...

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 12:01 PM (Riz8t)

191
Urban political demands are literally unworkable. It's not even that they demand things that are long run dysfunctional, it's not possible to meet their demands.

Indeed, the reason people mostly make their own food is the cost would be too high otherwise.

Now you can work around that with military mess hall type deals but that mostly removes choice, timing, and good luck with boutique allergies/restrictions. Oh and you'd have to go get it.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 12:02 PM (sKqQm)

192 Some guy put together an album of unreleased McCartney tracks. I post the link only as proof it was actually done, but def not for listening:
youtube.com/watch?v=B5htJYuaIJo

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 12:02 PM (Jr5Lq)

193 I eschew companies which aim to separate me from 1) printed menus and 2) human beings.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at November 06, 2026 12:02 PM (w6EFb)

194 133 This is going to make booking your workout at my studio problematic. 😊
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 11:40 AM (ZdaMQ)

Can't do workouts anyway. Too busy carrying this bull around.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 11:47 AM (yky4J)

Why are you carrying a bull around when you probably have welding to do? That hair isn't gonna light itself on fire, you know.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at November 06, 2026 12:03 PM (QGaXH)

195 187
FBI arrests Meghan Markle's dad at Florida retirement home for "troves" of child porn found at properties in the Philippines, Mexico, and LA
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Living the Dream at November 06, 2026 11:59 AM (qC/tp)

Tell me Meghan was molested as a child without telling me she was molested as a child.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:01 PM (2614e)

This was my thought...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 12:03 PM (l3cgK)

196 148 Posted by: Brother Tim sez at November 06, 2026 11:50 AM (hmH3B)

Good luck Tim.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 12:03 PM (Int1s)

197 And then we have Gen-Z with their gripes - not knowing how humans worked all around the world for all of human history.

Flip side of the coin. The perverse pride certain folks have in suffering for the virtue of suffering.

Posted by: Howdy at November 06, 2026 11:59 AM (S2K0Y)

Self-flagellation for the non-religious...

True wisdom resides in being able to deny yourselves the things you don't need, and paying properly for the things you do need, without confusing one for the other. Or something.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 12:03 PM (Riz8t)

198 178 I really thought the 2024 election killed the tranny trend for good. How stupid am I? Sigh
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 06, 2026 11:58 AM (LQ1/y)

I think conservatives lost this issue when they lost (conceded to some extent) on gay marriage. Gay culture has always been very transgressive, contemptuous of normality. That's now codified into society in various ways. Conservatives (whatever that term means these days) may succeed around the edges, like getting the weirdos to stop transitioning kids etc., but we lost the culture completely to Gay Inc. and there's no putting that faggy genie back in the bottle.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 06, 2026 12:03 PM (HFrEr)

199 And Meghan's mother left her daughter with a known pervert?

Posted by: NCKate at November 06, 2026 12:04 PM (enNUy)

200 192 Some guy put together an album of unreleased McCartney tracks. I post the link only as proof it was actually done, but def not for listening:
youtube.com/watch?v=B5htJYuaIJo

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 12:02 PM (Jr5Lq)

Can't be as bad as Yoko screeching out another of her hits...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 12:04 PM (l3cgK)

201 I’ve always liked Applebee’s (Chili’s, Olive Garden etc)… the only negative experience I’ve ever had at an Applebee’s… and it was only mildly negative: Around last Christmas I’m in a midwestern town that’s sorta dying… there’s an Applebee’s right next to the mall and the mall is dying; at least half the stores are now closed.

Anyway, went to Applebee’s for lunch and the food was good… but between the near deserted mall and Applebee’s itself being mostly empty, the atmosphere was depressing. Dying midwestern towns are depressing; that’s where I grew up

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 06, 2026 12:04 PM (LQ1/y)

202 187
FBI arrests Meghan Markle's dad at Florida retirement home for "troves" of child porn found at properties in the Philippines, Mexico, and LA
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Living the Dream at November 06, 2026 11:59 AM (qC/tp)

Tell me Meghan was molested as a child without telling me she was molested as a child.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November

In other news, it looks like it may be her step brothers and he set his father up. What a flipping trashy family.

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:04 PM (ZdaMQ)

203 I was holding out until the Flux Capacitor became a standard option.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 06, 2026 12:00 PM (s2iZv)

DeLoreans looked real cool, and that will sell a mediocre car for a while. They still attract a crowd at car shows.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 12:04 PM (yky4J)

204 If you want to take a Deep Dive into the world of chicken wings, a YouTuber named Sam Reid has produced a series of videos where he seeks to find the best wings in the country.
He visits Buffalo, NY last. Very entertaining and well produced.
Channel is called The Studio Revue.

https://tinyurl.com/ymvprcjz

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 06, 2026 12:05 PM (2Ez/1)

205 166 Trump raised electricity prices? AFAIK every single thing done with any connection to this would, of course, lead to the opposite. Younger people naturally have usually lacked worldliness and understanding of many basic things, and they still marinate in an orwellian make-believe world of media, but voting Dem because of electricity prices? So absurd it's funny.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 11:55 AM (U/Byj)

No, he was president when they went up, way up...and he encouraged and praised AI and data centers, which were some of the drivers of those price raises.

It doesn't matter if he could have stopped the prices...it matters to voters that he seemed to verbally support them.

Don't blame the messenger, but under 65 folks are getting killed with insurances, power bills, water bills, food, gas, etc...see why Hispanics said the economy and not ICE as their prime vote driver...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 12:05 PM (Gb7+b)

206 193 I eschew companies which aim to separate me from 1) printed menus and 2) human beings.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at November 06, 2026 12:02 PM (w6EFb)

Yes, this. I hate going into a place and being told to scan the QR code for the friggin' menu.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 12:05 PM (l3cgK)

207 Life is so good for people in this country, they have to invent problems. Which is how you get the tranny shit, all the perceived racism, etc.

And even though life has never been better they’ve been convinced by the mss/Dem compels that it’s never been worse.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026 12:05 PM (O3eDY)

208
Posted by: Brother Tim sez at November 06, 2026 11:50 AM (hmH3B)

=================

Godspeed, Brother Tim!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 12:06 PM (mmrXZ)

209 I think this is part of the problem in this last election, people making decent money that watch media and assume everyone else is rich from inheriting money and needs to "share" with them so they can afford "the basics" like...restaurant food every meal

Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:54 AM (sKqQm)
________

This is a yuge problem that goes beyond politics. We have nearly an entire generation (or generations, plural) who think the world owes them a living. That they should get everything they want without having to work for it.

And probably most problematically, they think that everyone who has the things they want got those things just handed to them. That the guy with the house and car they want didn't work for that. No, he just woke up one morning and found out he owned a house and car.

There will always be the very lucky nepo babies, born into great wealth. Twas ever thus. But the vast majority of successful people were self-made. They built that themselves.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 12:06 PM (iFTx/)

210 We are going out to dinner tonight. Which means I get to wear real clothes and shoes for a change!

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:06 PM (ZdaMQ)

211 202 Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:04 PM (ZdaMQ)

Our moral betters, she feels she should guide us all.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 12:06 PM (Int1s)

212 Anyway, went to Applebee’s for lunch and the food was good… but between the near deserted mall and Applebee’s itself being mostly empty, the atmosphere was depressing. Dying midwestern towns are depressing; that’s where I grew up
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 06, 2026 12:04 PM (LQ1/y)

Thanks for the jobs round eye.

Posted by: Chinese Workers at November 06, 2026 12:07 PM (O3eDY)

213 Wing stop takes a long time to get food out for a fast food type place. I've always been able to order from a human at the counter but the dine in experience is meh. 🫤 I don't go often, maybe a few times a year.

Posted by: lin-duh at November 06, 2026 12:08 PM (f9RL7)

214 211 202 Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:04 PM (ZdaMQ)

Our moral betters, she feels she should guide us all.
Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 12:06 PM (Int1s)

She doesn’t know the difference between a stamped napkin and an embroidered one. Harry needs to run.

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:08 PM (ZdaMQ)

215 I hardly eat at restaurants (or order from them) these days. Went to Denny's to meet BILs the other day, one dish was $18...at Denny's...
WTH?
At least the $15 burrito I ordered at the Mexican place was 4" diameter and 10" long...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 12:08 PM (l3cgK)

216 210 We are going out to dinner tonight. Which means I get to wear real clothes and shoes for a change!
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:06 PM (ZdaMQ)

Applebee’s??? JK.

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 12:08 PM (Gqar8)

217 "Don't blame the messenger, but under 65 folks are getting killed with insurances, power bills, water bills, food, gas"

Yes. When people say things are too expensive, not all of them are lying. The walls of our conservative info silo are a little too thick.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 12:08 PM (Jr5Lq)

218 This is a yuge problem that goes beyond politics. We have nearly an entire generation (or generations, plural) who think the world owes them a living. That they should get everything they want without having to work for it.

Every generation thinks like that. Including the oldest one - who just assumed growth would always happen because growth always happened.

Everybody has had a hand in this.

Posted by: Howdy at November 06, 2026 12:08 PM (S2K0Y)

219 214 211 202 Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:04 PM (ZdaMQ)

Our moral betters, she feels she should guide us all.
Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 12:06 PM (Int1s)

She doesn’t know the difference between a stamped napkin and an embroidered one. Harry needs to run.

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:08 PM (ZdaMQ)

Who would embroider a paper napkin?...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 12:09 PM (l3cgK)

220 At least the $15 burrito I ordered at the Mexican place was 4" diameter and 10" long...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

The Paolo.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 12:10 PM (Ta4DE)

221 Yes, this. I hate going into a place and being told to scan the QR code for the friggin' menu.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 12:05 PM (l3cgK)

Have not encountered this yet. If I do, I will walk right out again. And if I order off the menu, and get presented a QR code for the tab, the waiter is going to have to bring me the menu, and I will use the calculator on my phone to total the bill, and pay him in cash. And no tip.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 12:10 PM (yky4J)

222 Urban political demands are literally unworkable.

-
The Vigilant Fox 🦊
@VigilantFox
DSA leader Megan Romer has NO answer when Fox News’s Martha MacCallum asks where the $49 TRILLION for her socialist agenda is coming from.

Romer calls the number “made-up.” Then MacCallum what HER number is, and it gets embarrassing fast.

MACCALLUM: “That’s $350,000 per household.

-
Who hasn't got a.spare $350 K laying around?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Living the Dream at November 06, 2026 12:10 PM (qC/tp)

223 Who would embroider a paper napkin?...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 12:09 PM (l3cgK)

If she were still around ? My grand-mother. That chic would embroider a running bull if she could.

Posted by: Howdy at November 06, 2026 12:10 PM (S2K0Y)

224
No, he was president when they went up, way up...and he encouraged and praised AI and data centers, which were some of the drivers of those price raises.

It doesn't matter if he could have stopped the prices...it matters to voters that he seemed to verbally support them.

Don't blame the messenger, but under 65 folks are getting killed with insurances, power bills, water bills, food, gas, etc...see why Hispanics said the economy and not ICE as their prime vote driver...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 12:05 PM (Gb7+b)

AI is probably a drag, both directly as a platform position and indirectly as a driver of inflation.

I don't see much reason to promote AI as it is likely to get overbuilt anyways and any competition with China is irrelevant without an accompanying reindustrialization and naval rebuild.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 12:11 PM (okun6)

225 221 Yes, this. I hate going into a place and being told to scan the QR code for the friggin' menu.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 12:05 PM (l3cgK)

Have not encountered this yet. If I do, I will walk right out again. And if I order off the menu, and get presented a QR code for the tab, the waiter is going to have to bring me the menu, and I will use the calculator on my phone to total the bill, and pay him in cash. And no tip.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 12:10 PM (yky4J)

Yes, another thing I hate: pre-calculated tips based not on the food total, but the food + tax total. Why should I tip on Gov't coerced tax on top of everything else?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 12:12 PM (l3cgK)

226 Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 12:05 PM (l3cgK)

Yes; I don't like that myself . I tell them "I'm an old person. Could you just me an actual menu?" Last place I asked about that with QR code ( which was about four years ago) they did have an actual menu to give me.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 12:12 PM (JrHfD)

227 Don't blame the messenger, but under 65 folks are getting killed with insurances, power bills, water bills, food, gas, etc...see why Hispanics said the economy and not ICE as their prime vote driver...
Posted by: Nova Local at November

Most Hispanics who came here legally do not support illegal immigration. You are in a very blue area, your messaging is very different than what I hear.

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:12 PM (ZdaMQ)

228 If she were still around ? My grand-mother. That chic would embroider a running bull if she could.
Posted by: Howdy

Worked with a guy that drank so much coffee that he could thread a running sewing machine.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 12:13 PM (zFF15)

229 Chili's Applebees , olive Graden etc are fine for what they are. The funny thing is the people who look down their noses at those restaurants, and the people who go there, don’t know that the $40 burger they’re getting at their gastro pub comes from the same Sysco truck as the $17 burger at Applebees.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 06, 2026

I am a restaurant snob, this is no secret. I luckily live in a place where I can be a restaurant snob, and can avoid Sysco food. Big enough for really decent food, small enough that you know most of the owners / chefs and where the food is coming from.
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:00 PM (ZdaMQ)
_______

You probably woulda loved the event last night then. Food prepared by Daniel Boulud. He was there too. He's a little dude!

Also Macallan 18 and Opus One.

It was all free and I drank way too much Mac 18.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 12:13 PM (iFTx/)

230 One thing about foreign opposition to America - all they have to do is wait us out. It is baked in our cake.

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 12:13 PM (Gqar8)

231 Yes, this. I hate going into a place and being told to scan the QR code for the friggin' menu.

Ok, I scanned it (i.e., with my eyes) Now where's the menu?

Posted by: t-bird at November 06, 2026 12:14 PM (oh+I7)

232 216 210 We are going out to dinner tonight. Which means I get to wear real clothes and shoes for a change!
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:06 PM (ZdaMQ)

Applebee’s??? JK.
Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 12

Ha!

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:15 PM (ZdaMQ)

233 That Romer interview might be the last from any DSA member on Fox.

Questions be hard, yo.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 12:15 PM (Ta4DE)

234 Most Hispanics who came here legally do not support illegal immigration. You are in a very blue area, your messaging is very different than what I hear.
Posted by: Piper

Yeah. They do. The RGV, Rio Grande Valley, went Hinojosa Tuesday. Main complaint? ICE.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 12:15 PM (zFF15)

235 227 Don't blame the messenger, but under 65 folks are getting killed with insurances, power bills, water bills, food, gas, etc...see why Hispanics said the economy and not ICE as their prime vote driver...
Posted by: Nova Local at November

Most Hispanics who came here legally do not support illegal immigration. You are in a very blue area, your messaging is very different than what I hear.
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:12 PM (ZdaMQ)

That was National Hispanics...they cited the economy as the #1 driver of their vote.

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 12:15 PM (Gb7+b)

236 230 One thing about foreign opposition to America - all they have to do is wait us out. It is baked in our cake.

Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 12:13 PM (Gqar

Oh, and "Bake the Cake, H8ters!"...--Same folks allied with the Left

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 12:15 PM (l3cgK)

237 Don't blame the messenger, but under 65 folks are getting killed with insurances, power bills, water bills, food, gas, etc...see why Hispanics said the economy and not ICE as their prime vote driver...
Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 12:05 PM (Gb7+b)

I find it annoying because their expectations are out of whack… way out. My parents raised 6 kids, always paid their bills, no welfare of any kind (they’d die first)…. We always ate extremely well (mom’s a great cook) and had a wonderful childhood (well clothed and sheltered). Oh you know what? My dad’s salary never exceeded $30K per year as was often well below that. They were savers and budgeted and they did this during Carter inflation. So I’ve no patience for hearing how people are getting killed now. People are spoiled

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 06, 2026 12:15 PM (LQ1/y)

238 218 This is a yuge problem that goes beyond politics. We have nearly an entire generation (or generations, plural) who think the world owes them a living. That they should get everything they want without having to work for it.

Every generation thinks like that. Including the oldest one - who just assumed growth would always happen because growth always happened.

Everybody has had a hand in this.
Posted by: Howdy at November 06, 2026 12:08 PM (S2K0Y)

I think we (29 year olds) have a tendency to see some particularly stupid young person on the internet (who is being presented as clickbait) and extrapolate that to all young people and conclude the youngsters are all risible fools and pinkos.

It's not very constructive. Sort of the mirror image of the "okay, boomer" stuff.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 06, 2026 12:15 PM (HFrEr)

239 She doesn’t know the difference between a stamped napkin and an embroidered one. Harry needs to run.

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:08 PM (ZdaMQ)

Who would embroider a paper napkin?...

You're not going to attract the best clientele with that attitude.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 06, 2026 12:15 PM (Riz8t)

240 I'm having a flashback to the classic SNL skit with the Sodom Chamber of Commerce having an argument over whether to rebrand Sodom as a family-friendly destination. "But Sodom MEANS sodomy!" "Yes, but we don't have to emphasize it. If they want it, the sodomy will still be here."

Heh.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 06, 2026 12:15 PM (qlLNh)

241 Yes, another thing I hate: pre-calculated tips based not on the food total, but the food + tax total. Why should I tip on Gov't coerced tax on top of everything else?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 12:12 PM (l3cgK)

I usually tip pretty well, but always based on the pre-tax total.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 12:15 PM (yky4J)

242 One thing about foreign opposition to America - all they have to do is wait us out. It is baked in our cake.

Yep. I wish some would remember that the next time this or that President talks long term military action.

We CAN'T do long term military action. Elections every two years guarantee that.

Maybe that's a feature and not a bug. It's certainly a fact.

Posted by: Howdy at November 06, 2026 12:15 PM (S2K0Y)

243 232 216 210 We are going out to dinner tonight. Which means I get to wear real clothes and shoes for a change!
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:06 PM (ZdaMQ)

Applebee’s??? JK.
Posted by: tubal at November 06, 2026 12

Ha!

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:15 PM (ZdaMQ)

Even pants, like for the book thread?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 12:16 PM (l3cgK)

244 Huh. By pure coincidence I just realized that I'm currently working on a course shell for a course on customer focus and satisfaction.

Haven't worked with the instructor much, but he seems pretty gung-ho about offering a positive customer experience for clientele.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 06, 2026 12:16 PM (s2iZv)

245 We are going out to dinner tonight. Which means I get to wear real clothes and shoes for a change!

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:06 PM (ZdaMQ)

Notice:

She didn't mention pants, specifically.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:16 PM (2614e)

246 It was all free and I drank way too much Mac 18.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

I. Hate. You.

😂😂😂

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 12:16 PM (zFF15)

247 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at November 06, 2026 12:16 PM (NcvvS)

248 You probably woulda loved the event last night then. Food prepared by Daniel Boulud. He was there too. He's a little dude!

Also Macallan 18 and Opus One.

It was all free and I drank way too much Mac 18.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November

Well he is French, we aren’t known for our height. 😂

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:16 PM (ZdaMQ)

249 Federal jobs report released this morning beat expectations.

"Experts" declare it to be a "great" report.

Posted by: mrp at November 06, 2026 12:16 PM (rj6Yv)

250 232 216 210 We are going out to dinner tonight. Which means I get to wear real clothes and shoes for a change!
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:06 PM (ZdaMQ)

Applebee’s??? JK.
Posted by: tubal

Ronald and Grimace aren't judgy.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 12:16 PM (Ta4DE)

251 John DeLorean getting arrested for cocaine trafficking wasn't the greatest marketing for the car, either.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 11:51 AM (iFTx/)

Well, that is part of what I meant by hinky financing. Also the crappy P-R-V V6 in what was purported to be a super car was dumb. He should have bought the Rover V8 from Leyland.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 11:58 AM (yky4J)
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Kinda innovative financing, though. "I need money, fast. How do I do that? [Turns on episode of Miami Vice] I've got an idea!"

(Yes, I know MV wasn't on TV then.)

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 12:17 PM (iFTx/)

252 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 12:17 PM (2614e)

253 Take 100 random 27 year olds.
Go to their apartment.
Take a look at their stoves
I’d bet60 of those stoves have never been used

But bro Trump makes life too expensive.

Posted by: Chinese Workers at November 06, 2026 12:17 PM (O3eDY)

254 234 Most Hispanics who came here legally do not support illegal immigration. You are in a very blue area, your messaging is very different than what I hear.
Posted by: Piper

Yeah. They do. The RGV, Rio Grande Valley, went Hinojosa Tuesday. Main complaint? ICE.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 12:15 PM (zFF15)

Yes, ICE only was the biggest Hispanic driver in SW TX...overall, it was the economy (although in that area, ICE may have been ruining the economy b/c if business owners are deported and workers aren't, or too many workers are deported so business have to close, there are no more businesses, and remaining employees are jobless, and folks feel that effect, so it's intertwined)...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 12:17 PM (Gb7+b)

255 "I usually tip pretty well" ... because food service workers have one of the shittiest jobs there is. I do it out of pity.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 12:17 PM (Jr5Lq)

256 I'm having a flashback to the classic SNL skit with the Sodom Chamber of Commerce having an argument over whether to rebrand Sodom as a family-friendly destination. "But Sodom MEANS sodomy!" "Yes, but we don't have to emphasize it. If they want it, the sodomy will still be here."

Heh.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Almost sounds like a Monty Python skit.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 12:18 PM (zFF15)

257 Hispanics polled before voting put ICE/deportations far above economic concerns (40% to 26%). This is one of the most ominous data points of Tuesday (and it's backed up by the amazing switch of 2024 Trump Hispanics to Dems).

Electricity prices have *already* been driven up by data centers (= new demand)? Really, where? The prices aren't 95% driven by lack of capacity, "investment" in fake/wildly cost-inefficient "green" capacity? Things that have been going on for years. The table was set by the usual idiots, the price/capacity issues go back years.

Insurance? That's not driven by state-level misregulation? What's the federal share of blame there? Apart from "health" "insurance", which the party just handed the keys massively (further) f***ed up in recent years?

But of course I'm ignoring that the Dems have all sorts of fixes on offer for all these things, so of course they'll get the nod. Oh, wait. No, in fact they are neck-deep in every single self-inflicted problem, and have literally zero ideas or proposals to address any of them.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 12:18 PM (U/Byj)

258 You probably woulda loved the event last night then. Food prepared by Daniel Boulud. He was there too. He's a little dude!

Also Macallan 18 and Opus One.

It was all free and I drank way too much Mac 18.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November

Well he is French, we aren’t known for our height. 😂
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:16 PM (ZdaMQ)
_____

His business partner was there too. Pretty sure he's french too, but he's tall. Like 6-4.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 06, 2026 12:19 PM (iFTx/)

259 175 162 Saw a video last night of a guy interviewing a blue haired young woman who admitted she didn't know how to cook and ordered out for every meal.

She had a job making $60k/year so she could afford doing this but it basically meant she had little left for savings or other things.

Her argument was this wasn't fair, since she had a job she should be able to order out for all her food and have plenty left over for savings and other luxuries.

------

This is what I call "a complete idiot."

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 06, 2026 12:19 PM (iOpI2)

260 This post's timing is perfect, I have some buycott news.

First, those two gremlin women who on their podcast, wished they could dig Charlie Kirk back up to kill him again? Chewy is a sponsor. If you use Chewy, cancel and tell them why. Tell your friends to BOYCOTT them. Make the donors of these vile lefties feel the Bud Lite pain. Make these podcasters lose money, since they hate capitalism.

Second, BUY from Sticker Mule! The owner, Anthony Constantino just won a house seat. In blue New York. The stickers are the best, and he is hated by the left. So many of my art friends rebuke him and are boycotting him because he supported Trump.

Funniest headline about Constantino's win I've found, from the Times Union:

"Anthony Constsntino was a sore (and unhinged) winner." Boo hoo. That describes the winners in the left perfectly as well.

Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 12:20 PM (Toos7)

261 We rarely eat at chains anymore.

There's some good mom and pop operations in my AO, and the food is good and won't break the bank.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 06, 2026 12:21 PM (qesug)

262
It seems a Masters Degree in anything means you can take on any job you want because, well, MASTERS DEGREE!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 11:07 AM (2614e)
----

Reminds me of the scene from "Back to School" starring Rodney Dangerfield. He's a wealthy construction business owner in a business class with his son and the teacher is talking about things you will need to consider when starting a business. Rodney says "Don't forget all the graft and kickbacks to union bosses and government bureaucracrats" and the teacher says stuff like that doesn't happen in the real world he's a teacher with no real world experience.

Posted by: Darth Randall at November 06, 2026 12:21 PM (iRQm6)

263 I’d bet60 of those stoves have never been used

The microwave was wildly popular in the 70s as well. Hence the Microwave Stand.

Today's 27 year olds weren't buying them then. Mostly because they weren't alive.

Women that are over 70 now, however ? Buying them as soon as Hubs worked enough overtime to afford one. Damn Millennials.

Posted by: Howdy at November 06, 2026 12:21 PM (S2K0Y)

264 Torchys Tacos did the same. Dont know what their results are $wise.

Posted by: susan harms at November 06, 2026 12:23 PM (Kkd7F)

265 217 Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 12:08 PM (Jr5Lq)

I have a 26 year old son I ordered to live at home as he is single....he makes over 50 a year....

I know the numbers...they were programmed their whole lives to be socialists....this IS socialism comrade.

Fuck em, they want "help" help costs.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 12:31 PM (Int1s)

266 Crumbl is an Utah company, I enjoyed watching their rise during the pandemic. Who knew lazy people would pay for comfort food delivered to their door they can make for pennies? You can during a pandemic! Pots they tapped into social media and TikTok.

They are closing stores like mad now. Why? A natural overreach as they tap out the national market. Over complicating what they sell, way too many items now. A bad economy. Bad press from a shake that has more calories than you should consume in a day. Not making their staples, the pink cookie and the chocolate chip, always on menu. And apparently they have lowered the quality of their ingredients, and don't make everything in house anymore, which is the kiss of death.

Krispy Kreme did the same thing, don't make their donuts in store fresh, it's trucked in from another site. And Panera bread stopped making artisan bread in house, chains that did took over. Kissed of death.

The food industry rises and falls are fascinating.

Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 12:32 PM (Toos7)

267 260 Posted by: LizLem at November 06, 2026 12:20 PM (Toos7)

eh maybe....or do what goof did....after her cancer she can't have soy period....turns out Starfucks aside from shitting on soldiers under Bush the younger loves soy....

she decided to master home brewing....and she makes better coffees at 1/10th the cost....

the young and their 6.60 a cup habit is part of why they are fucked....the generation that taught me to be a worker bitched about 35 cent a cup coffee that base purchasing power adjustment and one sugar would cost about 90 cents now....

they are spoiled rotten.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 12:34 PM (Int1s)

268 254 Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 12:17 PM (Gb7+b)

Well look NOVA great new the southern border in Texas is about to be wide open....

so our little amigos will be tres happy ole....and with all the new donk judges springing the criminals I do not want to hear a peep about crime.... you wanted it enjoy it omae.

Package deal ese.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 12:36 PM (Int1s)

269 259 Posted by: Seems Legit at November 06, 2026 12:19 PM (iOpI2)

Kind of but not really, what they are doing is demanding the American people make the USG their absent provider husband from the 70s.

Someone else alluded to the 70s microwaves, and i remember the story of our family's first color TV.....the kids do not understand how much hustle the 70s involved.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 12:38 PM (Int1s)

270 They could have just asked Panera customers about ordering from a kiosk. They hated it and many never went back.

Posted by: Ronzoni at November 06, 2026 12:40 PM (9rPbL)

271 270 Posted by: Ronzoni at November 06, 2026 12:40 PM (9rPbL)

Take garbage cans in front of establishments...they removed them because of hobos....

there is this place called wing stop at the crumbl in Alexandria I walked in to order and threw away a coke from my car....got a two minute lecture from a shithead 24 year old looking asshole manager.....

looked him in the eye winked and said I could walk from Ft Polk escaping a hurricane, you could be the only food in a hundred miles and I would walk on by......

went next door bought the Fed Ex cookies and tipped them 20 bucks and will never buy from wing stop again.......all because no one will confront the homeless.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 12:44 PM (Int1s)

272 In other news, it looks like it may be her step brothers and he set his father up. What a flipping trashy family.
Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:04 PM (ZdaMQ)

****
The sub reddit mocking her, Hazbeen, and her entire family is my guilty pleasure. I call it an anthropology study.

In reality the commenters often make me laugh out loud. When she has videos of her as never crap it is hysterical.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 12:44 PM (hzuYO)

273 272 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 12:44 PM (hzuYO)

If you are ever really bored deep dive into the depravities of the Borgias....I sometimes go back and reread antiquity to remind myself as I remind others there is little new under the sun....Me-again Murkle is just Obama with an actual vagina and less brains which is just beautiful.....

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 12:48 PM (Int1s)

274 Eh the TX Senate will stop it....for now I suspect.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 12:59 PM (Int1s)

275
Products are interchangeable units. In too many CEO minds, there is no difference between a chicken wing or an airplane seat or an appliance. Those are all just generic products to which business school wizardry is applied.

I'm young enough at 29 to remember when Bush the Elder had hired some idiot economist who confidently asserted "potato chips, computer chips, what’s the difference?" HW got raked over the coals for that one, with good reason.

Don't tell me that the Bushite GOPe is full of wicked smahrt people. Don't you dare.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 06, 2026 01:13 PM (y9nCu)

276 Teddy: When you look at me, what do you see.
Robert McCall: [chuckles, shifts in his seat]
Teddy: The answer's nothing. I have no feeling about you one way or the other. You're like... like lint or a bottle cap. You're just a thing to remove.

Posted by: SMOD at November 06, 2026 01:24 PM (RHGPo)

277 I went to Wingstop a few weeks ago. I didn't see an ordering kiosk, just someone from the back came to the front and took my order. However, their soda machine wasn't working.

Posted by: MikeN at November 06, 2026 01:46 PM (jCYLE)

278 There is a dream in Silicon Valley - they all want to be Musk. He became the richest of them all, by positioning all his companies as tech companies.

tesla builds cars, sure, but they also run services stations, insurance, software, Energy storage, and soon AI and space.

I idea that wing stop could become the next Tesla is idiotic, but most people in Silicon Valley are ambitious idiots.

Posted by: notalawyer at November 06, 2026 02:04 PM (lR2Tk)

279 It's amazing - companies that hyperfocus on doing one thing well, chick fil e, In and out, etc., have been very successful.

But sure, let's focus on kiosks, because everyone loves a good kiosk.

Posted by: notalawyer at November 06, 2026 02:07 PM (lR2Tk)

280 The problem with kiosks is very simple - the people designing the software receive their primary input not from the customer, but from the marketing department, and the kitchen staff. Guess what? It ends up sucking. Works great for them. not for us.

Posted by: notalawyer at November 06, 2026 02:09 PM (lR2Tk)

281 Quick thought - no I don't want your shitty ordering app on my fucking phone.

Because, fuck you, that's why.

Also, I have zero trust you won't sell some or all my data to the first person who asks.

Posted by: notalawyer at November 06, 2026 02:11 PM (lR2Tk)

Mid-Morning Art Thread

The Cliff at Etretat after the Storm
Gustave Courbet

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

Comments

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 09:30 AM (2614e)

2 Alternate title:

Where some are standing after Tuesday......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 09:30 AM (2614e)

3 Very nice. I like it, CBD. Thanks!

Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 09:31 AM (77rzZ)

4 Good job, Sponge.

Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 09:31 AM (77rzZ)

5 Hotel room art, but soothing.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 09:31 AM (4NO2D)

6 Meh. Very two dimensional.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 09:31 AM (yEz+x)

7 No boobs. No dog. Not art.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 06, 2026 09:32 AM (YSM/8)

8 One boat didn't make it.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 09:32 AM (Ta4DE)

9 One boat didn't make it.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

SS Minnow

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 09:33 AM (zFF15)

10 The most interesting part to me is the doorway in the rock. Was this a cave that was walled up? or is this the crumbling base of some castle?

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 09:33 AM (4NO2D)

11 The most interesting part to me is the doorway in the rock. Was this a cave that was walled up? or is this the crumbling base of some castle?
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 09:33 AM (4NO2D)
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Whatever it is, it ain't the safest place to store pirate treasure, me hearties!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 06, 2026 09:34 AM (s2iZv)

12 The most interesting part to me is the doorway in the rock. Was this a cave that was walled up? or is this the crumbling base of some castle?
Posted by: toby928(c)
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Same here regarding the door. I was more wondering about high tide and how big the sump pump is.

Posted by: scampydog at November 06, 2026 09:35 AM (2bFN5)

13 I'm standing just out of frame in a logoed windbreaker with a producer, camera guy, hair stylist, sound tech, and makeup artist.
We're on a mandatory union break.

Posted by: Jim Cantore at November 06, 2026 09:35 AM (2Ez/1)

14 100 comment rule. [CBD]

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 06, 2026 09:35 AM (YSM/8)

15 I like the cliff's natural flying buttress.

Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 09:35 AM (77rzZ)

16 I'd rather be there than Texas right now...

I do like the painting though. Interesting that there is a door in the rock. I wonder if there was an existing cave they created a home in.

Posted by: lin-duh at November 06, 2026 09:36 AM (9U6Wl)

17 I like these clouds better than the ones earlier in the week.

Posted by: She Hobbit at November 06, 2026 09:36 AM (ftFVW)

18 I like these clouds better than the ones earlier in the week.
Posted by: She Hobbit

Cirrusly?

Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 09:37 AM (77rzZ)

19 Thanks CBD! Morning Horde. Hey Bulg.

Posted by: Buck (Ofama) at November 06, 2026 09:37 AM (z6ONu)

20 Hey, Buck.

Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 09:37 AM (77rzZ)

21 Bro painted this at same time in same location:

https://tinyurl.com/mtsvjxkh

Posted by: Elric the Blade at November 06, 2026 09:38 AM (reaaR)

22 Sorry if too soon but my similar cliff painting. See nic.

Posted by: polynikes at November 06, 2026 09:38 AM (2gbgu)

23 Beautiful!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 09:38 AM (xz+xK)

24 Bro painted this at same time in same location:

https://tinyurl.com/mtsvjxkh
Posted by: Elric the Blade at November 06, 2026 09:38 AM

The sea was angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 09:39 AM (4NO2D)

25 Does Courbet rhyme with sorbet?

Posted by: Limerick Lover at November 06, 2026 09:39 AM (2Ez/1)

26 Cliff painting is nice, but I want to see a Norm painting.

Posted by: Roy at November 06, 2026 09:39 AM (qwype)

27 Sorry if too soon but my similar cliff painting. See nic.
Posted by: polynikes at November 06, 2026 09:38 AM

Nice.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 09:40 AM (4NO2D)

28 13 Why does Cantore need a hair stylist?

Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 09:40 AM (77rzZ)

29 I like it.

Looks like a pretty place to walk the dog!

Posted by: Lizzy at November 06, 2026 09:40 AM (rOKnE)

30 Alternate title:

"The Beach Where Thune Ashamed of His Part in Destroying America, Walked Into the Sea and Was Never Seen Again"

Posted by: naturalfake at November 06, 2026 09:40 AM (YSUhf)

31 28 13 Why does Cantore need a hair stylist?
Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 09:40 AM

It's in the contract. Look it up.

Posted by: Union thug at November 06, 2026 09:41 AM (2Ez/1)

32 Nice scenic rendering, though I'm not finding any men in the boats.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 06, 2026 09:42 AM (wVcYX)

33 Alternate title:

"Archeologists Discover the Flintstone's Beach House"

Posted by: naturalfake at November 06, 2026 09:42 AM (YSUhf)

34 "The Beach Where Thune Ashamed of His Part in Destroying America, Walked Into the Sea and Was Never Seen Again"

Posted by: naturalfake

We're not that lucky.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 09:42 AM (Ta4DE)

35 >>I like the cliff's natural flying buttress.

It's gorge-ous!!

Posted by: Lizzy at November 06, 2026 09:42 AM (rOKnE)

36 Oh.... spaceballs!

Posted by: man at November 06, 2026 09:42 AM (pfXMo)

37 Etretat Cliffs are a real thing and judging by the google pics, quite spectacular. I’d like to see them one day.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at November 06, 2026 09:43 AM (reaaR)

38 Apres nous, le deluge.

Posted by: Delurker at November 06, 2026 09:43 AM (2Drhq)

39 36 Oh.... spaceballs!
Posted by: man at November 06, 2026 09:42 AM (pfXMo)

Oh, shit. There goes the planet

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at November 06, 2026 09:44 AM (N39Ws)

40 though I'm not finding any men in the boats.

Uh, ...

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 06, 2026 09:44 AM (Dqgxg)

41 I like this painting's colors and light/shadows. Would hang.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 06, 2026 09:44 AM (wVcYX)

42 Why aren't those boats in the water? We need some fish!

Posted by: Gorton's Management Team at November 06, 2026 09:44 AM (2Ez/1)

43 It reminds me if Wave Race 64.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 09:44 AM (BI5O2)

44 The Cliff at Etretat?

I've viewed this painting over and over
And the vegetation looks like wild clover
But the cliffs look like a man
set for a prostate exam

Which made me wonder if it could have been Dover....

Posted by: muldoon at November 06, 2026 09:45 AM (qgHp7)

45 Sorry if too soon but my similar cliff painting.
Is there a sad clown in it?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 06, 2026 09:45 AM (Dqgxg)

46 37 Etretat Cliffs are a real thing and judging by the google pics, quite spectacular. I’d like to see them one day.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at November 06, 2026 09:43 AM

So you're saying they're real and they're spectacular?

Posted by: Jerry at November 06, 2026 09:46 AM (2Ez/1)

47 I've viewed this painting over and over
And the vegetation looks like wild clover
But the cliffs look like a man
set for a prostate exam

Which made me wonder if it could have been Dover....
Posted by: muldoon

*Grabs guitar*

Posted by: Eric Johnson at November 06, 2026 09:46 AM (Ta4DE)

48 Apres bobsled, de luge

Posted by: muldoon at November 06, 2026 09:46 AM (qgHp7)

49 Very nice. Just looked at the same spot on Google street view. Lovely area.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 06, 2026 09:47 AM (ctC8W)

50 Etretat Cliffs are a real thing and judging by the google pics, quite spectacular. I’d like to see them one day.
Posted by: Elric the Blade
----------
Looks like a golf course atop the cliffs. A few holes right along the edge.

Posted by: scampydog at November 06, 2026 09:47 AM (2bFN5)

51 Apres bobsled, de luge
Posted by: muldoon at November 06, 2026 09:46 AM

*applaudissements lents*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 06, 2026 09:48 AM (ctC8W)

52 I like this. There was a storm, the seas are still choppy. But the sky is blue and the cliffs remain strong.

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 09:48 AM (ZdaMQ)

53 Subject matter: Apropos

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 09:48 AM (RIvkX)

54 LOL.
Bravo, muldoon!

Posted by: Limerick Lover at November 06, 2026 09:49 AM (2Ez/1)

55 Good job, Sponge.

Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 09:31 AM (77rzZ)

I gave a valium effort!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 09:49 AM (2614e)

56 Those clouds are cirrusly well painted.

Posted by: Delurker at November 06, 2026 09:49 AM (2Drhq)

57 32 well, they're little.

Posted by: cmeat at November 06, 2026 09:50 AM (Bep7s)

58 Needs mermaids, but I still like the sparse seascape.
Would hang
Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 06, 2026 09:51 AM (7XuqV)

59 >>A few holes right along the edge.

Meh

Posted by: Torrey Pines South Hole No. 4 at November 06, 2026 09:51 AM (J4Dwc)

60 56 Those clouds are cirrusly well painted.
Posted by: Delurker at November 06, 2026 09:49 AM

But a little under the weather.

Posted by: Oh, no... at November 06, 2026 09:51 AM (2Ez/1)

61 those sea shells seem to spell something.

Posted by: cmeat at November 06, 2026 09:51 AM (Bep7s)

62 61 those sea shells seem to spell something.

Drink. Your. Ovaltine.

Posted by: Delurker at November 06, 2026 09:52 AM (2Drhq)

63 100 comment rule. [CBD]

Posted by: red speck at November 06, 2026 09:52 AM (Ve/HL)

64 those sea shells seem to spell something.
Posted by: cmeat

Drink your Ovaltine.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 09:52 AM (Ta4DE)

65 The sea was marginally irritated that day, my friends.

Posted by: red speck at November 06, 2026 09:53 AM (Ve/HL)

66 those sea shells seem to spell something.

Posted by: cmeat at November 06, 2026 09:51 AM (Bep7s)

86 250

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 09:53 AM (2614e)

67 Damn.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 09:53 AM (Ta4DE)

68 those sea shells seem to spell something.

Burma Shave, of course.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 09:53 AM (2ocoG)

69 A few holes right along the edge.
Posted by: scampydog at November 06, 2026 09:47 AM

Sorry.

Posted by: Eisenhower at November 06, 2026 09:53 AM (ctC8W)

70 100 comment rule. [CBD]

It's hard to beat a good 'ol Viking Funeral....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 09:53 AM (2614e)

71 56 Those clouds are cirrusly well painted.
+++

I've looked at them from both sides now.

Posted by: Joni Mitchell at November 06, 2026 09:54 AM (2Ez/1)

72 A delightful image of the sea shore after a storm. The wet rocks and sand now drying, the gentle blue of the sky, and the sharp shadows of the returned sun. The rocks that have withstood the water's attacks for millennia are weathered but still solid, adding to the sense of relief in the painting. The door in the rocks and the impression of an entrance on the lower left I can't explain but it is intriguing.

Courbet belonged to the Realism school of French art, where they paint only what they see. Courbet took that approach and still managed to add layers of meaning and emotion very effectively.

BTW, check out Courbet's Wiki page. It includes the range of subjects he covered: seascapes, nudes (yay!), and some gorgeous still life paintings. Worth the time.

Posted by: JTB at November 06, 2026 09:54 AM (yTvNw)

73 Verynice painting. It's wall hanger!

Posted by: A random guy on the net at November 06, 2026 09:54 AM (5Op5D)

74 Painting: At the base of the cliff, investigators discovered the artist's palette knife.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 09:54 AM (Jr5Lq)

75 Is that the door to Yogurt's dwelling?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 09:54 AM (2614e)

76 That's a teeny, tiny "cliff"

Posted by: Oglebay at November 06, 2026 09:54 AM (2ap+5)

77 Those clouds are cirrusly well painted.
Posted by: Delurke

**********

This was painted at a time when having clouds in your painting were something of a stratus symbol.

Posted by: muldoon at November 06, 2026 09:54 AM (qgHp7)

78 It's hard to beat a good 'ol Viking Funeral....
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 09:53 AM

Old ways are best ways.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 06, 2026 09:54 AM (ctC8W)

79 71 56 Those clouds are cirrusly well painted.
+++

I've looked at them from both sides now.
Posted by: Joni Mitchell at November 06, 2026 09:54 AM

I've seen them in my coffee.

Posted by: Carly Simon at November 06, 2026 09:56 AM (2Ez/1)

80 That's a teeny, tiny "cliff"

It's in the pool! Err, ocean!

Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 09:56 AM (2ocoG)

81
*operetta music*

*sings*

We sail the ocean blue, and our saucy ship's a beauty;
We're sober men and true, and attentive to our duty.
Our saucy ship's a beauty, we're attentive to our duty;
We're sober men and true, we sail the ocean blue.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 06, 2026 09:57 AM (YSUhf)

82 Don’t jump!

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 09:57 AM (V65Dk)

83 The Cliff at Etretat after the Storm
Gustave Courbet

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

----

1) Not much of a storm, what with the boats being all neat and tidy and not dashed upon the rocks.
B) The little door has Billy Crystal behind it, waiting to tell you to have fun storming the castle.
III) I don't see the sniper anywh

Posted by: OneEyedJack at November 06, 2026 09:57 AM (zafwz)

84 *sings*

We sail the ocean blue, and our saucy ship's a beauty;
We're sober men and true, and attentive to our duty.
Our saucy ship's a beauty, we're attentive to our duty;
We're sober men and true, we sail the ocean blue.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 06, 2026 09:57 AM (YSUhf)

Rrrrruummm!!!!! RUM till we PUKE!!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 09:58 AM (2614e)

85 Sorry, CBD. Guess the storm's not yet over in my head. Apologies.

Posted by: red speck at November 06, 2026 09:58 AM (Ve/HL)

86 Don’t jump!

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 09:57 AM (V65Dk)

Mr. Mixx'll make ya...JUMP JUMP!!!

Posted by: Kris Kross at November 06, 2026 09:59 AM (2614e)

87 77 Those clouds are cirrusly well painted.
Posted by: Delurke

**********

This was painted at a time when having clouds in your painting were something of a stratus symbol.
Posted by: muldoon at November 06, 2026 09:54 AM

And considered to be mist-terious.

Posted by: Groan ... at November 06, 2026 09:59 AM (2Ez/1)

88 Is that the door to Yogurt's dwelling?

It's the quarry boss' beach house for when he wants to get far away from Barney and Fred.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 09:59 AM (2ocoG)

89 Looks hopeless and desolate.

Pretty fitting given the events this week.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at November 06, 2026 09:59 AM (qwx/I)

90 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. I like the painting but I can already feel the sand in my shorts.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 06, 2026 10:01 AM (2WIwB)

91 23 ... Fenelon,

CBD used a painting by Jules Breton earlier this week, "End of the Working Day". I thought it was something you would enjoy. Breton's Wiki page includes the painting if you want to see it. He also did "The Song of the Lark", which is so poignant.

Posted by: JTB at November 06, 2026 10:01 AM (yTvNw)

92 Those clouds are cirrusly well painted.
Posted by: Delurke

It's a nice painting. And valuable. Owning it is a stratus symbol.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 06, 2026 10:03 AM (2WIwB)

93 Alternate title:

"After Catching the Magic Flounder, Fishy Joe Abandoned His Fishing Boats, And Left to Become Emperor, Just Like His Wife Wanted, And They Lived Happily Ever After"

Posted by: naturalfake at November 06, 2026 10:03 AM (YSUhf)

94 You can't trust clouds. They're known to be thunder-handed.

Posted by: Make it stop! at November 06, 2026 10:04 AM (2Ez/1)

95 "throw your rubbers overboard
there's no one here but men"

Posted by: cmeat at November 06, 2026 10:05 AM (Bep7s)

96 "Damn....It smells like a hooker convention around here....."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:05 AM (2614e)

97 "throw your rubbers overboard
there's no one here but men"

Posted by: cmeat at November 06, 2026 10:05 AM (Bep7s)

That's hot!

Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at November 06, 2026 10:06 AM (2614e)

98 87 "no mystique,
big mistake"

Posted by: cmeat at November 06, 2026 10:06 AM (Bep7s)

99 No Jim Cantore.

Wasn't a real storm.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:06 AM (2614e)

100 100

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:07 AM (2614e)

101 Sixty-six minutes of NOFX, for those still sleepy:
youtube.com/watch?v=_-7Bmu1GJO8

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 10:08 AM (Jr5Lq)

102
The wonderful Song of the Lark
Is airy, light and not dark
It goes, "Scooby dooby doo
a flippity flappity poo
Oh Zippitty Zappitty Zark!"

Posted by: naturalfake at November 06, 2026 10:08 AM (YSUhf)

103 100 100
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:07 AM

FESTIVAL!!

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 10:08 AM (4NO2D)

104 On my 2nd cup of coffee.

*That's funny. Sponge NEVER has a second cup at home*

Oh wait.....this IS my home now......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:08 AM (2614e)

105 99 No Jim Cantore.

Wasn't a real storm.
Posted by: Sponge at November 06, 2026 10:06 AM

It probably wasn't even named.

Posted by: CNN, desperate for viewers at November 06, 2026 10:09 AM (2Ez/1)

106 100
Posted by: Sponge

1 AND 100. You are on fire today.

Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 10:09 AM (77rzZ)

107
FESTIVAL!!
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 10:08 AM (4NO2D)

FUN! you stupid...idiot!

Posted by: Anthrax - I'm the Man at November 06, 2026 10:09 AM (2614e)

108 Pure fucking evil.

https://tinyurl.com/mp66pbfu

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:09 AM (ndZc7)

109 "there's butch and spike and mike and ike
and one guy we call sally
at night we sleep in separate bunks
and blow each other kisses:"

Posted by: cmeat at November 06, 2026 10:09 AM (Bep7s)

110
1 AND 100. You are on fire today.
Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 10:09 AM (77rzZ)

I guess THAT'S what the burning sensation is.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:09 AM (2614e)

111 Pure fucking evil.

https://tinyurl.com/mp66pbfu
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:09 AM (ndZc7)

But WE'RE the Nazis........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:10 AM (2614e)

112 On my 2nd cup of coffee.

*That's funny. Sponge NEVER has a second cup at home*

Oh wait.....this IS my home now......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

*Outdoor wood fire. Enamel coffee pot hanging over fire. Home on the Range playing in the background.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 10:10 AM (zFF15)

113 "The Beach Where Thune Ashamed of His Part in Destroying America, Walked Into the Sea and Was Never Seen Again"

Posted by: naturalfake

We're not that lucky.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

Plus, Thune has no shame.

Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 10:10 AM (77rzZ)

114 And awaaaay we go...

"Democrats are preparing to drag Donald Trump’s private chatbot habit with Elon Musk into a congressional hearing room.

House Democrats are laying the groundwork to investigate how the president leaned on Musk’s Grok before American forces snatched Nicolás Maduro out of Caracas, according to the Washington Post.

The Post reported that Trump’s use of the AI chatbot to plan the military operation is one of the earliest targets on the list, according to two people familiar with the plans."

Posted by: one hour sober at November 06, 2026 10:10 AM (J4Dwc)

115 I guess THAT'S what the burning sensation is.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:09 AM

There's a balm for that.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 10:11 AM (4NO2D)

116 No reason to be hopeless, there is life everlasting after this life. That IS the future.

Posted by: Eromero at November 06, 2026 10:11 AM (LHPAg)

117 At least we haven't gone completely crazy.

Nike Slapped With Islamic “Fatwa” Because Name Honors a Greek Goddess

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:11 AM (ndZc7)

118
*Outdoor wood fire. Enamel coffee pot hanging over fire. Home on the Range playing in the background.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 10:10 AM (zFF15)

Someday.......soon.......maybe.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:12 AM (2614e)

119 At least we haven't gone completely crazy.

Nike Slapped With Islamic “Fatwa” Because Name Honors a Greek Goddess
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:11 AM (ndZc7)

I'm so glad that we imported Middle East bullshit into Our Country,

especially after 9/11.

That was genius!

Posted by: naturalfake at November 06, 2026 10:13 AM (YSUhf)

120 These boats brought another load of third-worlders to France.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at November 06, 2026 10:13 AM (QaH55)

121 1 AND 100. You are on fire today.
Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 10:09 AM (77rzZ)

I guess THAT'S what the burning sensation is.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Not touching that. Wouldn't be prudent.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 10:13 AM (zFF15)

122 At least five days of fair weather forecast for N IL. Hello, sunshine!

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 10:14 AM (Jr5Lq)

123
Nike Slapped With Islamic “Fatwa” Because Name Honors a Greek Goddess
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:11 AM (ndZc7)

Welcome to the islhamic states of America.

and....BWWWAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:14 AM (2614e)

124
Not touching that. Wouldn't be prudent.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 10:13 AM (zFF15)

Unfortunately, she won't either.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:15 AM (2614e)

125 Nike Slapped With Islamic “Fatwa” Because Name Honors a Greek Goddess
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

It's the Greek word for "victory," actually. Tell the muzzies that it refers to the victory of jihad over the Dar al-Harb.

Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 10:15 AM (77rzZ)

126 I guess he's a glass half full guy.

Michael Dorstewitz: Tuesday Wasn’t the GOP’s End; It Was a New Beginning

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:15 AM (ndZc7)

127 At least five days of fair weather forecast for N IL. Hello, sunshine!
Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 10:14 AM (Jr5Lq)

What part?

Not sure if I've asked that before, but my brain sucks, so......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:15 AM (2614e)

128 I'm so glad that we imported Middle East bullshit into Our Country,

especially after 9/11.

That was genius!
---
It's called being a compassionate conservative.
You'd know if you were a Christian.
/s/ George W. Bush, David French et al.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 10:15 AM (Aug7T)

129 No reason to be hopeless, there is life everlasting after this life. That IS the future.
Posted by: Eromero at November 06, 2026 10:11 AM (LHPAg)

Bears repeating.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 06, 2026 10:16 AM (wVcYX)

130 Michael Dorstewitz: Tuesday Wasn’t the GOP’s End; It Was a New Beginning
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:15 AM

As unfalsifiable headline as there ever was.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 10:16 AM (4NO2D)

131 "What part?"

Rockford IL, Screw City.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 10:16 AM (Jr5Lq)

132 I guess he's a glass half full guy.

Michael Dorstewitz: Tuesday Wasn’t the GOP’s End; It Was a New Beginning
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:15 AM (ndZc7)

Democrats have been rebuilding into out and out communists.

It's only right for the Republicans to rebuild too.

Hopefully, they choose hard core conservatism, but..........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:16 AM (2614e)

133
Rockford IL, Screw City.
Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 10:16 AM (Jr5Lq)

Ah...where there's a nuke plant.

I spent some time in Hoffman Estates, then moved further north as a yute.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:17 AM (2614e)

134 At least five days of fair weather forecast for N IL. Hello, sunshine!

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 10:14 AM (Jr5Lq)

*Broadway hippie music*

*sings*

Good morning, Starshine
The Earth says hello!

Posted by: naturalfake at November 06, 2026 10:18 AM (YSUhf)

135 And now the head-shaking cases start to surface. In IA, a state legislative candidate with serious health problems dropped out in September. He was comfortably elected in a GOP-leaning district, anyway. In a state-level TX race, a woman candidate who was convicted of a felony and suspended her campaign was elected.

In the 2010 wave election (I believe bigger in scope than even this cycle, down to county level), a deceased CA incumbent was re-elected. And not a single incumbent was defeated (IIRC), illustrating the total death of competitive politics in CA (this was 16 years ago).

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 10:18 AM (U/Byj)

136 AI has refuted the Exponential Time Hypothesis (ETH), a core conjecture in computational complexity theory. Caveat: AFAIK, the paper has not been published yet.

AI sez: "Many theoretical computer scientists have noted that vast swaths of recent complexity research are now effectively obsolete or need to be completely rewritten"

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 10:18 AM (Jr5Lq)

137 91-I did see that painting the other day , JTB. Lovely light in it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 10:19 AM (JrHfD)

138 "Attorneys representing the family of Learjet co-pilot Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras are scheduled to hold a news conference Friday in Coral Gables."

Oh, okay. But...why?

Posted by: one hour sober at November 06, 2026 10:19 AM (J4Dwc)

139 Yay.....It's annual training renewal time.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:19 AM (2614e)

140 So, I hear Mis Hum has quit the blog. Why?

Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 10:20 AM (77rzZ)

141 Don't worry. They're moderates.

Dems’ 181-Page Hit List: Democrats Plotting to Target Corporate America — Not Just Trump

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:20 AM (ndZc7)

142 133 that's near beloit, the town that was named by flipping a nickel into a toilet.

Posted by: cmeat at November 06, 2026 10:20 AM (Bep7s)

143 Oh, okay. But...why?

Posted by: one hour sober at November 06, 2026 10:19 AM (J4Dwc)

Lawsuit against the charter company, Learjet, and the family of the pilot.

That's my guess.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 06, 2026 10:21 AM (k5CNB)

144 142 Ha, yes!

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 10:21 AM (Jr5Lq)

145 But WE'RE the Nazis........

The new memes about how George Lucas predicted modern liberalism 20 years early are pretty interesting.

Anakin's mom was raped and murdered by sand people, and then the diverse Jedi Council tells him that's the price we pay for good take-out, effectively.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 10:22 AM (2ocoG)

146 Pure fucking evil.

https://tinyurl.com/mp66pbfu
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:09 AM (ndZc7)

***

Would not be surprised to see an uptick in violence against conservatives.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 06, 2026 10:22 AM (2WIwB)

147 "Attorneys representing the family of Learjet co-pilot Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras are scheduled to hold a news conference Friday in Coral Gables."

Oh, okay. But...why?
Posted by: one hour sober
----
$$$

Posted by: lin-duh at November 06, 2026 10:22 AM (9AdGW)

148 "Attorneys representing the family of Learjet co-pilot Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras are scheduled to hold a news conference Friday in Coral Gables."

Oh, okay. But...why?
Posted by: one hour sober at November 06, 2026 10:19 AM (J4Dwc)

My guess...They're suing Learjet.

Otherwise the only thing they could say is:

"Yep, in our legal opinion- they crashed and died.

Now, who's up for martinis?"

Posted by: naturalfake at November 06, 2026 10:22 AM (YSUhf)

149 "Attorneys representing the family of Learjet co-pilot Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras are scheduled to hold a news conference Friday in Coral Gables."

Oh, okay. But...why?
Posted by: one hour sober

There's evidence the plane came apart in the air so sue Lear?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:22 AM (ndZc7)

150 The Post reported that Trump’s use of the AI chatbot to plan the military operation is one of the earliest targets on the list, according to two people familiar with the plans."

Posted by: one hour sober at November 06, 2026 10:10 AM (J4Dwc)

LOL I've been saying D's used AI to help plan whatever they accomplished last Tuesday.

Now I'm fucking certain.

I also said the investigations are going to get super weird super fast and here we are.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 10:23 AM (MPtWl)

151 So, I hear Mis Hum has quit the blog. Why?
Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 10:20 AM (77rzZ)

He said nothing was wrong, just time to move on.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:23 AM (2614e)

152 Kind of a dead cat bounce in the tech market, but I don't expect it to last. Nothing has fundamentally changed since yesterday.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 10:23 AM (4NO2D)

153 144 kids summer camped in oregon for years. have you seen where the kids wrote "in love" on the "falling rocks" sign?

Posted by: cmeat at November 06, 2026 10:23 AM (Bep7s)

154 5 The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful.

6 For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

Posted by: Isaiah 32:5-6 at November 06, 2026 10:24 AM (qgHp7)

155 He said nothing was wrong, just time to move on.
Posted by: Sponge

OK. Good to hear that nothing is wrong.

Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 10:24 AM (77rzZ)

156 15 Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.

16 Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.

Posted by: Isaiah 32:15-16 at November 06, 2026 10:24 AM (qgHp7)

157 My guess...They're suing Learjet.

Otherwise the only thing they could say is:

"Yep, in our legal opinion- they crashed and died.

Now, who's up for martinis?"

Not sure how Learjet was at fault. They were deliberately flying through bad weather to get to the Bahamas faster, reportedly at the urging of the passenger family.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 10:24 AM (2ocoG)

158 Our white knight is coming to save us!

Not Again: Chris Christie Threatens to Run for President

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:25 AM (ndZc7)

159 Have to check with a friend who's quite expert and dig into the job numbers, but as I've noted for a few days, about all of the key macro numbers/trends are positive, some markedly so, and all directly attributable to Trump policies that are working (they're all pretty obvious familiar common sense policies, but his administration actually implements them).

The economic agony is unbearable, of course, because that's what I'm told (even though it is multiples better on every score than 2-3 years ago, when economic pain wasn't even a topic). But it was important to elect masses of Dems who've offered literally not a single actual policy idea (they have none) to "improve" a rapidly improving situation.

Pathetic and disastrous.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 10:25 AM (U/Byj)

160 Pathetic and disastrous.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 10:25 AM

But effective, from their point of view. In January, the word shall issue forth from Yegg Central that all is improving, thanks to the Bolsheviks.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 10:26 AM (4NO2D)

161
OK. Good to hear that nothing is wrong.
Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 10:24 AM (77rzZ)

He was a temp fill in from the start. Temp must've become too permanent feeling, I guess.

Hope he comes back and comments on occasion.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:26 AM (2614e)

162 Pure fucking evil.

https://tinyurl.com/mp66pbfu
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:09 AM (ndZc7)

But WE'RE the Nazis........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:10 AM (2614e)

I am increasingly convinced that the problem is that we're not Nazis.

D-LAMP was a prophet without honor.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 06, 2026 10:27 AM (qRla/)

163 Our white knight is coming to save us!

Not Again: Chris Christie Threatens to Run for President

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:25 AM (ndZc7)

You misspelled "white whale."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:27 AM (2614e)

164 Deputy carries baby through floodwaters. He says caring for people was a group effort. "Sunny Skyz" site:

https://tinyurl.com/3rv9vctw

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 10:28 AM (JrHfD)

165 But it was important to elect masses of Dems who've offered literally not a single actual policy idea (they have none) to "improve" a rapidly improving situation.

Also the data on the election is getting shadier by the hour. The election results are basically mathematically impossible. Not to say the GOP doesn't deserve a good whipping over the results, but there was definitely "fortification", especially in Texas.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 10:28 AM (2ocoG)

166 Chris Christie Threatens to Run for President

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:25 AM (ndZc7)

Boy oh boy not even waiting until the GOP body is cold. Is that real?

Gotta love it. Bet some of these fellas blaming Trump can't wait to vote for Chris Christie. That will show those mean Trumpers! A new America dawns!!!

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 10:28 AM (MPtWl)

167 >"Attorneys representing the family of Learjet co-pilot Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras are scheduled to hold a news conference Friday in Coral Gables."

Curious choice of conference. Coral Gables is 70 miles south of crash site.

Posted by: mr tmz at November 06, 2026 10:28 AM (rJ48h)

168 I am increasingly convinced that the problem is that we're not Nazis.

D-LAMP was a prophet without honor.

Same. We're firmly parked in Weimar now, just waiting for a failed painter to emerge.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 10:29 AM (2ocoG)

169 Not Again: Chris Christie Threatens to Run for President
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:25 AM

Bullshit. Waddle, maybe. Run? 🤣🤣🤣

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 06, 2026 10:29 AM (9YDB8)

170 OK. Good to hear that nothing is wrong.
Posted by: Bulg

He was a temp fill in from the start. Temp must've become too permanent feeling, I guess.

Hope he comes back and comments on occasion.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Temps never get medical, dental, vision, 401(k), etc.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 10:30 AM (zFF15)

171 Pathetic and disastrous.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 10:25 AM

But effective, from their point of view. In January, the word shall issue forth from Yegg Central that all is improving, thanks to the Bolsheviks.
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 10:26 AM (4NO2D)

Good news, everyone!

The price of eggs has decreased from $3.99 a dozen to $9.95 a dozen!

Affordability wins, the Joooooooos lose!

Posted by: naturalfake at November 06, 2026 10:30 AM (YSUhf)

172 >>Curious choice of conference. Coral Gables is 70 miles south of crash site.

The co-pilot's father retained a Coral Gables law firm who filed a suit yesterday on his behalf.

Posted by: one hour sober at November 06, 2026 10:31 AM (J4Dwc)

173 "We're firmly parked in Weimar now" Buy option calls in cabaret sector.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 10:31 AM (Jr5Lq)

174 Good news, everyone!

TheLastRefuge
@TheLastRefuge2
OUTCOMES:

(1) Gasoline prices, specifically diesel fuel prices, will likely drop very fast; election objective fulfilled.

Under $3/gal mid-December.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:32 AM (ndZc7)

175 Not to say the GOP doesn't deserve a good whipping over the results, but there was definitely "fortification", especially in Texas.

-----------------

If only the GOP (nationally and in Texas) had done some things to further secure our elections.

Posted by: SH at November 06, 2026 10:33 AM (qCV5n)

176 Under $3/gal mid-December.

----------------

"You're welcome! Biggest diesal dropoff ever. Historic!"

- DJT

Posted by: SH at November 06, 2026 10:34 AM (qCV5n)

177 The economic agony is unbearable, of course, because that's what I'm told (even though it is multiples better on every score than 2-3 years ago, when economic pain wasn't even a topic). But it was important to elect masses of Dems who've offered literally not a single actual policy idea (they have none) to "improve" a rapidly improving situation.
---
Trump gambled those numbers would show up well before election day.
And it wasn't a bad bet.
He just underestimated how big a headwind the "do-nothing" Republicans were and how dedicated the Dems were to preventing any good economic news.

The challenge now, as those numbers start to show up, is a coherent message that resonates giving him credit and preventing the Dems from stealing credit.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 10:34 AM (Aug7T)

178 Out-bred, out-voted, cheated, and betrayed. And this is just the beginning

Posted by: Eromero at November 06, 2026 10:34 AM (BFNU4)

179 "the beautiful rock river, where the women love their dixon"

Posted by: cmeat at November 06, 2026 10:34 AM (Bep7s)

180
If only the GOP (nationally and in Texas) had done some things to further secure our elections.
Posted by: SH at November 06, 2026 10:33 AM (qCV5n)

This.

2m voters were registered in Texas alone with NO PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP required.

How the f*ck does that happen in the US, much less Texas.

FFS.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:35 AM (2614e)

181 Can we just block the Aos cope jack***? He contributes nothing but to troll in a creepy manner?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 10:35 AM (JrHfD)

182 Posted by: AOS cope at November 06, 2026 10:34 AM (XlXOq)

You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at November 06, 2026 10:35 AM (2614e)

183 And the rally is ending. I couldn't resist grabbing a piece. +0.75% But now I have to go into the attic over the great room.

Pray for me.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 10:36 AM (4NO2D)

184 If only the GOP (nationally and in Texas) had done some things to further secure our elections.

They actually did, but they were chasing the wrong kind of insecurity. Illegals voting aren't what fortified it this time, it was fat black women counting votes plus a likely significant dose of AI-assisted cyber intrusion. Ubuntu, the largest and wokest Linux distribution, sat on a bunch of security problems everyone else had already patched until after the election.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 10:36 AM (2ocoG)

185 Can we just block the Aos cope jack***? He contributes nothing but to troll in a creepy manner?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 10:35 AM (JrHfD)

VPN's make that extremely difficult.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:36 AM (2614e)

186 If only the GOP (nationally and in Texas) had done some things to further secure our elections.

It's the biggest message they could have sent: "Umm, guys, we're part of the system, too"

Posted by: t-bird at November 06, 2026 10:36 AM (oh+I7)

187 Can we just block the Aos cope jack***? He contributes nothing but to troll in a creepy manner?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 10:35 AM

In fairness, Average Joe has no life. He'll keep shitting here because, well, what else will he do?

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 10:37 AM (4NO2D)

188 All trolls are Average Joe.

And everyone knows Average Joe sucks cock by choice.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:37 AM (2614e)

189 The future is now (2028 anyway) with cutting edge high tech!

Reuters
@Reuters
US FAA says it will phase out floppy disks from air traffic control by 2028

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:38 AM (ndZc7)

190 Just ignore him. His comments are written on water.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 10:38 AM (4NO2D)

191 US FAA says it will phase out floppy disks from air traffic control by 2028

-----------

Does that mean they will be moving to the 3.5" discs now?

Posted by: SH at November 06, 2026 10:38 AM (qCV5n)

192 "Allan Filgueiras, the father of Nathalia Gadelha Filgueiras, has retained the Coral Gables law firm Grossman, Yaffa & Cohen to represent him in connection with the Nov. 1 crash that killed all nine people aboard the Learjet 60.

The firm filed a lawsuit on the father’s behalf Thursday and plans to address the family’s efforts to obtain ~~answers~~ a shit ton of money any way they can get it during a news conference Friday."

Posted by: one hour sober at November 06, 2026 10:39 AM (J4Dwc)

193 Diesel prices should be expected to drop, because of specific moves and normal market dynamics, after the disruptions of the Ukraine war and the Iran war, and still will be a bit hampered by structural problems and bottlenecks in refining capacity. This has been happening or taking shape for months.

Just as a terrific jobs report drops today. Confirming the fundamental good news that's been there for a while (need to see "quality" of job adds but the trend has been improving for a while, i.e. manufacturing + as a % thereof).

None of this makes any difference politically. The famous delusional whining in '92 over the economy was just a hint of where we've ended up.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 06, 2026 10:39 AM (U/Byj)

194 Chris Hayes
@chrislhayes
I’ve come to think @elonmusk ended up doing Dems and progressives a huge favor by turning this place [X] into a fetid swamp of feral right wing freaks where the most prominent members of their coalition post like cartoon movie villains and think it makes them look cool.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:40 AM (ndZc7)

195 Pray for me.
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 10:36 AM (4NO2D)
====
Have I told you about the last time I tried to repair plumbing on my own? Not fun. Never again.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 10:40 AM (RIvkX)

196 193 same water he washes down the hobo flavored cocoa pebbles?

Posted by: cmeat at November 06, 2026 10:41 AM (Bep7s)

197 Why do we still have a troll???

Posted by: lin-duh at November 06, 2026 10:41 AM (9U6Wl)

198 Have I told you about the last time I tried to repair plumbing on my own? Not fun. Never again.

Sounds like Ace trying to hang shelves.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 10:41 AM (2ocoG)

199 NOFX makes me want to ram my head through drywall and taste gypsum again, but I'm too old for that now, and besides, these walls are paneled over.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 10:42 AM (Jr5Lq)

200 Nice painting.

Posted by: dantesed at November 06, 2026 10:42 AM (Oy/m2)

201 They had a plan. Perfefected over a period of many years. We didn’t.

Posted by: Eromero at November 06, 2026 10:42 AM (BFNU4)

202 Average Joe sucks cock by choice.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:37 AM (2614e)

Is there any other way?

Posted by: Talafreako at November 06, 2026 10:42 AM (MPtWl)

203 VPN's make that extremely difficult.

There's no VPN involved, the troll's had the same hash on every comment.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 10:42 AM (2ocoG)

204 Does anyone know any Paki insults the troll can read? Something about eating with his left hand would be good.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 10:43 AM (RIvkX)

205 Feel the love.

Tolerant liberal explains how xe/xer wants to "gut" Republicans "from groin to chin"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:43 AM (ndZc7)

206 He was a temp fill in from the start.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:26 AM (2614e)

Huh?

He took over the ONTs and did yeomen's work for years. That wasn't temporary. It just wasn't a lifetime appointment.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 06, 2026 10:43 AM (k5CNB)

207 "hobo flavored cocoa pebbles?"

Lol.

Gross. They're all just gross.

Posted by: Lady Who Lurks at November 06, 2026 10:44 AM (JCLJi)

208
There's no VPN involved, the troll's had the same hash on every comment.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 10:42 AM (2ocoG)

Then our COB's are falling down on the job! Dock their pay!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:44 AM (2614e)

209 You're my hero!

@ AOS Cope...

Posted by: Ann Selzer at November 06, 2026 10:44 AM (/kPV5)

210 They had a plan. Perfefected over a period of many years. We didn’t.

Alex Soros isn't as dumb as he acts.

Also I enjoy that El-Sayed said his first focus is getting rid of Chuck Schumer because he's a Jew. Gonna need the big box of popcorn for that.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 10:44 AM (2ocoG)

211 Sounds like Ace trying to hang shelves.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 10:41 AM (2ocoG)
===

Yada yada yada 30 years later Mrs. F. and Boris the plumber are on a first name basis. He lives in the neighborhood. Has a nicer house than me.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 10:44 AM (RIvkX)

212
He took over the ONTs and did yeomen's work for years. That wasn't temporary. It just wasn't a lifetime appointment.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 06, 2026 10:43 AM (k5CNB)

His final thread implied that he was only a temp.

I guess I misunderstood.

Apologies. Yes. He did tremendous work and will be missed.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:45 AM (2614e)

213 @chrislhayes
I’ve come to think @elonmusk ended up doing Dems and progressives a huge favor by turning this place [X] into a fetid swamp of feral right wing freaks where the most prominent members of their coalition post like cartoon movie villains and think it makes them look cool.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:40 AM (ndZc7)

I've come to think that Chris Hayes is the poster child for the ill effects of man swallowing man juice........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:46 AM (2614e)

214 Why do we still have a troll???

Posted by: lin-duh at November 06, 2026 10:41 AM (9U6Wl)

Do you want an honest and informed answer?

We have a troll problem because of the commenters who have the self-control of toddlers, who can't resist engaging with them, thereby giving the trolls exactly what they want.

A better troll mitigation plan would probably be to ban the people who engage with them.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 06, 2026 10:46 AM (k5CNB)

215 @Reuters
US FAA says it will phase out floppy disks from air traffic control by 2028

It's about time! Zip disks are the future...

Posted by: t-bird at November 06, 2026 10:47 AM (oh+I7)

216 There is very little sadder than having fakey internet enemies, trying desperately to count coup on people you will never meet.

Posted by: toby928(c) reminds you at November 06, 2026 10:47 AM (4NO2D)

217 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:43 AM (ndZc7)

This kind of comment makes we glad I do not have an X account and only occasionally see things posted on here.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 10:47 AM (JrHfD)

218 It's about time! Zip disks are the future...
Posted by: t-bird at November 06, 2026 10:47 AM (oh+I7)

Damn. And I JUST threw away all my zip drives.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:48 AM (2614e)

219 It's about time! Zip disks are the future...

Remember the like 18 months in the 90s when magneto-optical discs were the future? Japan especially was hit hard by that idea, which is why they're a plot point in the first Resident Evil game.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 06, 2026 10:48 AM (2ocoG)

220 We have a troll problem because of the commenters who have the self-control of toddlers, who can't resist engaging with them, thereby giving the trolls exactly what they want.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 06, 2026 10:46 AM

*nods*

Joe's Law: Trolls believe none of the things they post.

Joe's Corollary: Your disgust is their oxygen.

Joe's Conjecture: All trolls are Average Joe.

Joe's Tautology: Average Joe sucks cock by choice.

Posted by: toby928(c) reminds you at November 06, 2026 10:49 AM (4NO2D)

221 Hell, I even just tossed a Jaz drive......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:49 AM (2614e)

222 "This kind of comment makes we glad I do not have an X account and only occasionally see things posted on here."

I dropped my X account a year ago. Too rage-inducing. I'm weary of raging.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 10:49 AM (Jr5Lq)

223 The left even thinks they won X.......It's going to be a long 2 years......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:50 AM (2614e)

224 "Hell, I even just tossed a Jaz drive......"

Your Jaz drive just said 'click click.'
Your files are gone.
Ooopsie.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 10:50 AM (Jr5Lq)

225 Does anyone know any Paki insults the troll can read? Something about eating with his left hand would be good.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 10:43 AM

You goat-loving son of a mother!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 06, 2026 10:51 AM (V7nuf)

226 Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 10:49 AM

Good for you!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 10:51 AM (JrHfD)

227 Hell, I even just tossed a Jaz drive......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:49 AM

Is that what the kids are calling it these days?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 06, 2026 10:51 AM (V7nuf)

228
Your Jaz drive just said 'click click.'
Your files are gone.
Ooopsie.
Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 10:50 AM (Jr5Lq)

Anything whose interface was the parallel port and not a printer wasn't long for this world.

Saving file............

*20 minutes later*

Saving file............

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:52 AM (2614e)

229 Back when I was in what was then called junior high, one day we had a substitute German teacher. Being younger teenage assholes, we made a bunch of all Germans are Nazis jokes. The substitute flipped shit and began screaming at us, "Don't think it can't happen here!" We thought he was crazy but, looking back, I may have to revise my opinion.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:52 AM (ndZc7)

230
Is that what the kids are calling it these days?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 06, 2026 10:51 AM (V7nuf)

Not sure. The last one I heard my daughter use was "we're going for ice cream."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:53 AM (2614e)

231 So Texas which is controlled by the gop assisted in the fraud? Same in Kansas? Same in SC? Same in MS? Same in Ohio?

I saw those tweets showing counties that shifted left. It’s not unexpected that in a wave election counties will shift. Even all counties in some states.

2020 to 2024 thousands of counties all over the country shifted. Included deep blue counties that shifted towards Trump . It’s how change elections work.

Posted by: Data at November 06, 2026 10:54 AM (O3eDY)

232 Tolerant liberal explains how xe/xer wants to "gut" Republicans "from groin to chin"

Or, as they like to call it, "gender confirmation surgery".

Posted by: t-bird at November 06, 2026 10:54 AM (oh+I7)

233 cobs get paid?

Posted by: I forgot what nick I was using at November 06, 2026 10:54 AM (5Op5D)

234 cobs get paid?

Posted by: I forgot what nick I was using at November 06, 2026 10:54 AM (5Op5D)

6 month memberships to the Jelly of the Month Club.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:56 AM (2614e)

235 "Saving file............

*20 minutes later*

Saving file............"

Ha! Earlier this week I mounted an old WD ISA hard disk to see if there was anything on there worth keeping. Man I forgot how slow those things were.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 10:56 AM (Jr5Lq)

236 It’s how change elections work.

Posted by: Data at November 06, 2026 10:54 AM

If you believe in representative self government, the voters should get what they vote for, sometimes good and harder.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 10:56 AM (4NO2D)

237 Ha! Earlier this week I mounted an old WD ISA hard disk to see if there was anything on there worth keeping. Man I forgot how slow those things were.
Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 10:56 AM (Jr5Lq)

I think I might still have an old Maxtor IDE hard drive.......500 MB maybe.....had a 9ms seek time. Talk about high cotton back in the day......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:57 AM (2614e)

238 6 month memberships to the Jelly of the Month Club.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:56 AM (2614e)

I think when you add in dental plan, that should be enough for any cob!

Posted by: I forgot what nick I was using at November 06, 2026 10:57 AM (5Op5D)

239 Mrs928 is making breakfast so I found a way to put off going into the attic for a few minutes more. I doubt the pot catching the drip will overflow.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 10:57 AM (4NO2D)

240 >>Tolerant liberal explains how xe/xer wants to "gut" Republicans "from groin to chin"

They are crazy.
And they are capable of acting on it, as Andy Ngo has been diligently documenting (and warning).

Posted by: Lizzy at November 06, 2026 10:58 AM (rOKnE)

241 Well, you can't say it's not appropriate.

Iowa Capitol to host another Satanic display just before Democrat becomes governor

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:58 AM (ndZc7)

242 f you believe in representative self government, the voters should get what they vote for, sometimes good and harder.
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 10:56 AM (4NO2D)

Voters are often retarded.

Posted by: Data at November 06, 2026 10:58 AM (O3eDY)

243 6 month memberships to the Jelly of the Month Club.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 10:56 AM

Shitter's full, Clark.

Posted by: Cousin Eddie at November 06, 2026 10:59 AM (2Ez/1)

244
Through the Obama years, through the Biden years, I did very little to oppose their project, i.e. the looting and ultimate destruction of the United States. I voted, donated some money, did my job, paid my taxes. It appears that the Left is winning.

I haven't really made any trouble for them. My vote is meaningless, my taxes pay for them and their friends. If I can believe what they say, they're coming for me.

Maybe it's time for a new approach.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 06, 2026 10:59 AM (ienUH)

245 Yes, IDE not ISA. Tech so old, I forgot the acronym. So many to remember.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 10:59 AM (Jr5Lq)

246 Voters are often retarded.
Posted by: Data at November 06, 2026 10:58 AM

Mostly retarded. But, denying the voters their right to be "wrong" is the whole basis of the Progressive movement.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 10:59 AM (4NO2D)

247 Posted by: t-bird at November 06, 2026 10:47 AM (oh+I7)

They are acquiring 20 million cd-rom burners for $35,000 each.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at November 06, 2026 11:01 AM (wGerL)

248 Tolerant liberal explains how xe/xer wants to "gut" Republicans "from groin to chin"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:43 AM (ndZc7)

I'm already missing two feet of intestine.

ie Come Get Some

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 11:01 AM (MPtWl)

249 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 11:01 AM (2614e)

250 U nas yest' NOOD.

Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 11:01 AM (77rzZ)

251 Is that the natural arch that collapsed when a nitwit American was taking selfies on it this past summer? Haven't read upthread.

It could be another natural arch in Europe.

I love Impressionism, however, he was a realist and painted what he saw in later fashion.

I think I first related to Monet and others in college (I'd check out art books to look at paintings on Sundays). This was my day of ironing nursing school uniforms, writing papers, and studying like crazy. Those art books were my one hour break of not reading a single word.

I love to read and rarely read for fun for those 2.5yrs of hard labor and stuffing my brain with stuff to be a good nurse and pass state boards.

Monet was myopic and then had cataracts as he got older, which is why his paintings were so soft with no edges.

I was terribly myopic from age 10yrs, after measles at 8yrs. My brother and I both did this with parents never needing glasses, and baby brother who had the MMR vaccine as a baby.

Monet's paintings were how I saw the world before I put on my glasses or contact lenses. Cataract surgery gave me 20/20 vision again and I love it!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 11:05 AM (hzuYO)

252 Late, late, late.

This painting, 'The Cliff at Etretat after the Storm' & The Morning Report's Wise Words From Rush Limbaugh: ‘It’s Never Time to Panic.’

I'm going to take all as we're still standing, even pretty solidly given all we've been through. Hang tough.

Good thoughts. Give it to God.

Good weekend, kids.

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 06, 2026 12:12 PM (NFX2v)

253 Wikipedia

Étretat is ... in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of Northwestern France

Beautiful!

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 01:09 PM (odBC9)

The Morning Report — 11/6/26

Good morning kids. Three days later and my anxiousness about the future has not subsided. In fact, given who has now secured a majority in Congress and in many state houses across the country, including places I had thought were relatively if not absolutely safe from the mass wave of insanity that has swept across the land, this item does not exactly fill me with strength and confidence.

A despicable Nov. 8 protest against Jewish-owned restaurants in Philadelphia proves that the alleged bright line between antizionism and antisemitism is a dirty lie.
Philly bicycle activism group On Your Left is launching a bike-by protest in support of Boycott CookNSolo drive to shut down six restaurants in the tony Rittenhouse Square neighborhood, all owned by Jews.
“These Zionist establishments must go! Not in our city!” On Your Left demands.
These eateries, it says, must “die,” along with the “political ideology of Zionism.”
Zionists? Of the four restaurant owners called out by name for death or expulsion, one is Israeli-American; the other three are American Jews, but that’s all boycotters need to know.
One target, Marti Lieberman, who runs a popular mac’n’cheese spot, explains that her business has nothing to do with Jews, Israel or Zionism — except that she sometimes
So, for the boycotters, simply being Jews is enough to make these people “disgusting humans” who should be driven out of business.
More damning still: The protest date, Nov. 8, coincides closely with the 88th anniversary of Kristallnacht — the “Night of Broken Glass,” when Nazi thugs burned more than 1,400 synagogues and destroyed thousands of Jewish businesses.
The organizers admit they knew this, but excuse themselves their event is the day before Kristallnacht.
They even have the gall to call their critics “cynical” for conflating antizionism and antisemitism — even as they’re treating all Jews as Zionists and therefore subhuman.
And on the eve of the blackest days in the history of pogroms: They’re barely even pretending not to be Nazis anymore.

So yes this is an absolutely horrific story but what does this have to do with last Tuesday and what can it portend for the average American?

Well you can bet your ass that every one of these bastards on wheels is a Democrat Socialist and for the past three years have been cheering and ululating with glee at the video footage of Jewish babies roasted alive in front of their gang-raped parents before they too were butchered . . . pausing only to cheer on Luigi Mangione before pissing on the grave of Charlie Kirk.

And now come January we have this coming up...

Last night, Americans made a clear call for accountability and affordability. A body politic cannot recover until its harms have been treated and its wounds have been healed. Crimes against our people and our Constitution must be answered for. The historic abuses of the last two years must be prevented from happening again. …
Additional examples include Sen. Chuck Schumer stating, “You have to go after the corruption” and that Democrats would “launch investigations, take him to court and entangle him in legislative razor wire.” Sen. Ed Markey posted on X, “They are going to need to plant new forests for all of the subpoenas we’ll be printing.” Celebrity and longtime Trump hater Rosie O’Donnell crowed, “The Trump regime is over… Let the investigations begin, people. This is a glorious day… We’ve had enough.”... The post-Trump era begins now.
Crimes against our people and our Constitution must be answered for. What she means is, Trump and MAGA Americans have been an unforgiveable obstacle not only to a Hillary presidency – for which she will never forgive us – but also to permanent, one-party Democrat power, and they must be punished. (The “Constitution” part of her statement is purely for show, to maintain the illusion that Democrats respect the Constitution. In actuality, they see it as a “living document” which should be modified or rolled back as needed to accommodate the Left’s lust for power.)...This is the party, you will remember, that has vowed to defund the police and abolish ICE. It is the party that throws open the prisons to release felons of color back on the streets. The party that threw open the border to millions of illegal aliens to change voter demographics. The party that fights tooth and nail to make voter ID unnecessary, if not forbidden, at the polls. The party that defends looting as reparations and rioting as the “language of the unheard.” The party that gleefully celebrates the murder of Charlie Kirk and made a folk hero out of the assassin of healthcare CEO Brian Johnson. This is the party that voted into the Senate a Muslim Brotherhood operative, that covers for a Muslim Congresswoman guilty of immigration fraud, that welcomes America-hating socialists into its “big tent.” The party that physically assaults conservative students on campus. That carries out obvious widespread voter fraud but accuses Trump of wanting to eliminate or rig elections.

Yes they are going to go after President Trump and his entire cabinet, advisers, allies and staff. And as we had discussed at length over the last few weeks the disgusting remarks and intentions of this Elissa Slutnik SLotktn whatever in doing everything in her power to discourage any young person from seeking a job in the remaining two years of the Trump administration but more crucially in even thinking about being aligned with the MAGA movement and conservatism.

So Psaki-Psircling back to what happened in Philadelphia, all of the above takes on particularly sinister undertones and even overtones insofar as the real "enablers" of the evil DOnald Trump are not his advisers and Cabinet but all of us who voted to put him in office not once but three times in a row 2020 turning out the way it did.

So, if you want to take Hillary's, Wyden's, Schumer's and all the rest of their blather to the logical conclusion, if you want to prevent another Donald Trump from ever appearing again, the only solution for the Democrat Left is to do what their predecessors and kindred political spirits in Germany did 80 years ago, that is have a FINAL solution for all of us who voted for Trump and against them.

Given what the Democrat/Leftists have unleashed on America since Trump descended the golden Trump Tower escalator 11 years ago and really since their accursed party came into existence, there really is nothing to stop them, or is there?

Democrat Richard Ojeda, who defeated Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC), chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), in Tuesday’s midterm elections, expressed a willingness to physically assault President Donald Trump’s deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, saying he would be happy to go to jail for doing so. “Stephen Miller needs to be thumped. That guy’s a friggin’ worm,” Ojeda said. “I would be willing to go to jail for. I mean, how much would I get for just cracking him a couple times?”

Meh, given who takes control come January, and perhaps in 2029, this goon needn't lose a wink of sleep. Just freaking wow...

On Thursday, November 5, Newsom announced that he would commute the death sentences of all 548 inmates on California's death row to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. The sweeping decision, made during his final months in office, affects some of the state's most notorious convicted murderers and has sparked outrage among the public, the victims' families, and prosecutors.
For families who spent years seeking justice, the horrible decision raises a troubling question: Should one governor's personal opposition to the death penalty outweigh the sentences handed down by juries, reviewed by the courts, and a death penalty system that California voters chose to retain in 2016? I do not think so at all.

And look what else they have up their sleeves!

After all New York candidates endorsed by the far-left Democratic Socialists of America were elected during the midterms, Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is likely to face renewed pressure to adopt a more hard-left law and order strategy.

Well, ICE is already in their crosshairs. Not just the persecution of ICE officers for the crimes against humanity of securing our borders and deporting illegal alien invaders but now the actual wholesale abolition and dismantling of the agency itself.Yeah that's the ticket!

Convicted Death Squad Leader Ashrafuzzaman Khan Sighting in Texas
Will the U.S. pursue justice for Khan’s victims, or will it continue to serve as his safe haven?

\Well if the Leftists lose this fiend, there are plenty of Luigi Mangiones, Antifarians and BLMsters around to pick up the slack.

And by the way, Mangione's cousin won an election on Tuesday. Meh, it's Baltimore so shithole's gonna shitole. But still, doesn't that just put the cherry on the parfait.

With all of that and all the rest of the nightmare links in the wake of the midterms and before, I nevertheless hope you all have a great weekend!

God bless America and give us the strength and wisdom to carry on.

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

This is what more than half of Americans voters want, a lawmaker who thinks it is funny to send her opponents to the gas chamber, merely because they disagree. Either that, or those voters are unwilling to do the very essential due diligence required of every citizen before voting.
An example of what Americans voted for this week
Democrat Richard Ojeda, who defeated Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC), chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), in Tuesday’s midterm elections, expressed a willingness to physically assault President Donald Trump’s deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, saying he would be happy to go to jail for doing so.
Democrat Richard Ojeda Said He Would Be ‘Happy to Go to Jail’ for Beating Up Stephen Miller
It was a double-negative election, two messages about negating and impugning.
After Deeply Unpleasant Campaign Season, Dems Promise To Soothe Economically Anxious Americans With Screeching Lawfare Jihad
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“Although they ran on affordability, it is clear the main focus of their new majority will be retribution and unleashing countless witch hunts under the guise of ‘oversight.'”
Scalise Urges House GOP Chairmen to Prepare for Democrat ‘Witch Hunts’
The midterm “mandate” is all about revenge.
The Coming Persecution
"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
Thompson is demanding written assurances that DHS records are preserved while outlining plans to investigate ICE, Tom Homan, and Stephen Miller when Democrats take control of the House.
Bennie Thompson Warns DHS to Preserve Records as Democrats Prepare Investigations
Will the U.S. pursue justice for Khan’s victims, or will it continue to serve as his safe haven?
Convicted Death Squad Leader Ashrafuzzaman Khan Sighting in Texas
If the price of a vote is agreeing not to enforce America’s borders or laws, it’s a price Republicans should refuse to pay.
Turns Out, Dangling Amnesty In Front Of Illegals Won’t Win Over Minorities To The Republican Party
ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH . . . AND LEFTISTS. . . The U.N... AND HISTORY
Bush, who was voted out of Congress in 2024 and told a pro-Israel group she was ‘coming to tear your kingdom down,’ recently visited the West Bank and complained about ‘Jim Crow’ treatment
‘Squad’ Alum Cori Bush Registers as Paid Foreign Agent, Will Lead Anti-Israel Propaganda Tours of West Bank for Shadowy NGO (I assume the Mossad can deal with this shit-whore - jjs)
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
NBC exit polling puts Muslims at just 1 percent of overall voters, but they swung overwhelmingly Democrat (86 percent).
Muslim Candidates Ride Democrats’ ‘Blue Tsunami’ Into Power As The Red-Green Alliance Rises
Shameless, but unsurprising.
Flying the Hamas Flag in Oslo
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY, PLUS VARIOUS & SUNDRY GODLESS HEATHENS
“TPhilly bicycle activism group On Your Left is launching a bike-by protest in support of Boycott CookNSolo drive to shut down six restaurants in the tony Rittenhouse Square neighborhood, all owned by Jews. hese Zionist establishments must go! Not in our city!” On Your Left demands.
Philly’s Nazi-laden boycott proves it was never actually about "Palestine" — just the Jews
The Democrat mayor addressed the planned Sunday anti-Israel protest in the city’s ritzy Rittenhouse Square neighborhood in a scathing statement on X Thursday.
(A bit ike Nazia objecting to Kristallnacht until the Jews were forced to pay for the cleanup - jjs)
Philadelphia mayor slams ‘unacceptable’ protest against Jewish-owned shops on Nazi terror anniversary
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
Originally founded in November 1995, the long-running left-wing digital magazine has called it quits.
Bye-Bye, Salon: Ranking The 10 Most Deranged Articles Of The 30 Year Run

* * * * *
China may have been the biggest winner November 3rd.
Voters Pull the Plug on Big Tech’s AI Data Center Boom
Soenke Ziesche, who advises member states on AI policy and served as the United Nations' top representative to Libya during the 2011 civil war—in which forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi allegedly committed mass rape—wrote this year that the "non-consensual" copying of an AI system was akin to sexual violence and ought to be regulated as such.
'Digital Rape': Meet the Senior UN Officials Who Want To Give AI Human Rights
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Markets always go up after midterm elections.
Did Stock Market Surge Mean Investors Love Dems And Socialism? No, But They Love Gridlock
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
Deb Haaland faced congressional and watchdog investigations over a move banning oil drilling across hundreds of thousands of acres in New Mexico
Biden's Interior Secretary, Who Invoked 'Indigenous Knowledge' To Ban Oil Drilling, Wins Governor's Race in New Mexico, America's Second-Biggest Oil Producer
The NYU initiative, which was funded by billionaire climate activist Michael Bloomberg, faced congressional and legal scrutiny
Back From the Dead: Shuttered, Bloomberg-Backed Climate Project That Paid Salaries of Government Lawyers Quietly Reappears in Vermont
Some Democrats say the administration’s latest court filings are a reason to abandon permitting reform. They’re actually another reason to pass it.
Taking the Wrong Lesson from Trump’s Offshore-Wind Fight
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
On November. 8, 2016, Californians voted NO on Proposition 62, which would have abolished the death penalty and replaced existing death sentences with life imprisonment without parole. Ten years later, Gov. Gavin Newsom has decided to take matters into his own hands... For families who spent years seeking justice, the horrible decision raises a troubling question: Should one governor's personal opposition to the death penalty outweigh the sentences handed down by juries, reviewed by the courts, and a death penalty system that California voters chose to retain in 2016? I do not think so at all.
Newsom Commutes Death Sentences of All 548 California Death Row Inmates
One of your favorite lawyers in the Trump administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ), even if you don’t know her name, resigned on Thursday in the wake of the midterm elections. However, Harmeet Dhillon told Fox News Digital, “I wasn't asked to resign," adding that she’s leaving on her own terms, proud of her work and that of the Trump administration.
DOJ’s Harmeet Dhillon Decides to Leave Washington and Return to Private Practice
After all New York candidates endorsed by the far-left Democratic Socialists of America were elected during the midterms, Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is likely to face renewed pressure to adopt a more hard-left law and order strategy.
DSA Pushes Mamdani to Defund NYPD After Candidates Sweep Midterms in New York.
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
“shared the post a day after the third anniversary of the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks that saw the murder of over 1,200 people, including American citizens”
Elite NYC High School Under Fire for Student Group Backing ‘Intifada Until Victory’
‘Given the progress that the United States has made toward remediating illegal discrimination in K–12 education, it may prove difficult for a voluntary desegregation plan today to establish the factual predicates needed to survive strict scrutiny,’ the opinion states.
Exclusive: DOJ Stops Race-Based Funding For Federal Student Aid
THE 2020 AND OTHER ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
Nothing to see here, I’m sure. Just record turnout numbers.
Minnesota and Maine: The 2 States w/Highest Turnout are Somali States
POLITICS
Alaska won’t begin its ranked-choice tabulation until November 18, potentially leaving the Senate race undecided for weeks. (so as to allow the Dems to steal it - jjs)
Alaska Senate Race Too Close to Call as Spoilers Draw Over 8,400 Votes
This defeat was self-inflicted.
The American people v. the GOP
A group of allies supporting Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) has formed a committee to encourage the California Democrat to seek the presidency in 2028, according to an exclusive report from NBC News on Thursday.
Report: Ro Khanna Allies Launch 2028 Presidential Draft Campaign
. It is his Republican cousin, Nino, who defied a nationwide Democratic election sweep and won re-election to the Baltimore County Council on Tuesday.
CEO Killer Luigi Mangione’s Cousin Nino Wins Baltimore Council Seat on Law and Order Platform
He argued that some registered sex offenders should not be barred from holding public office.
Malig-Nancy Pelosi’s Hand-Picked Successor Loses To Dem Who Wanted To Protect Sex Offenders
Pelosi is at least nominally Catholic — no wonder she didn't want Weiner winning her seat. But neither Pelosi's money nor influence were up to the task of saving San Francisco voters from themselves.
This Is How Pelosi Ends: Not With a Bang But With a Weirdo
The top US diplomat and national security adviser dismissed reports by multiple outlets Thursday indicating he is eyeing an exit from the Trump administration – to potentially prepare to launch a presidential bid – in the wake of the brutal…
Staying put Marco Rubio insists he won’t quit Trump admin — but demurs on growing 2028 buzz

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Exit polling showing that 74 percent of voters considered Iran a crucial or major factor in the midterms. Meanwhile, immigration enforcement remained one of the few issues on which Republicans retained an advantage over Democrats.
DATA: Iran Cost the Republicans Congress, Immigration Was Their Main Strength.
Fred Fleitz: Donald Trump’s America First approach to government, which prioritizes the interests of the American people over the liberal elite and the globalists, remains an approach most Americans support.
Tough Love for President Trump: Reclaiming America First After the Midterms
Conservative ballot measures on protecting girls' sports and voter ID won big Tuesday.
Republicans May Have Lost, But Conservative Policies Won All Across The Country
Progressives swept into statewide office on Tuesday will find it harder than expected to fulfill their agenda. (assuming they follow the law - jjs)
The Red-State Model Will Endure in Texas
The electoral map is not static.
The Six Senate Seats That Could Spoil The Dem Honeymoon

FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
PM Netanyahu slammed Eisenkot bloc for joining forces with terrorism-supporting Arab parties.
Israel Election: Eisenkot Edges Toward Majority as Arab Parties Offer Support
"The Marxist regime in Havana relies on a web of state-owned enterprises, joint ventures, and offshore intermediaries to keep this system running."
Rubio announces further sanctions on Cuban regime, foreign military support
...after the Paraguayan legislature began impeachment proceedings against him for his alleged role in the seizure of one of the largest banks in the country, which left millions unable to access their own money.
Conservative President Santiago Peña of Paraguay Resigns over Bank Crisis Leaving Millions Without Access to Funds
The US consulate in Hong Kong said in a statement that it “strongly condemns” the sentence of Wong.
Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong sentenced to 10 years in prison for alleged violation of China's 'National Security Law'

HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
The damage legalized marijuana has inflicted on today’s youth cannot be instantly undone by alterations or label redesigns.
Legalizing Weed Created A Health Disaster That’s Only Going To Get Worse
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
Hera’s mission is to characterize more precisely these changes. During its stay Hera will also release two cubesats designed to look at Dimorphos in both radar and spectroscopy.
Scientists release Hera’s first close-up images of Didymos and Dimorphos
The image reveals almost 63,000 radio sources, such as active galactic nuclei and star-forming galaxies, across a patch of sky about twenty-five times the area of the full Moon. …
Longest and deepest radio image ever of a single 2.5-square-degree patch of sky
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
Three LGBTQ members are leaving Congress, but at least six are coming in, making the total 17.
Rainbow Wave: We Now Have The Gayest Congress In History
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
“There will never be walking away. There will never be abandoning the country — and there sure as hell not gonna be me telling you to.”
Wise Words From Rush Limbaugh: ‘It’s Never Time to Panic’
What will you do for woke 2.0?
The Nightmare Sequel To The Blue Blowout
Christian Toto: The shows in question? The usual late-night suspects—Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and NBC’s The Tonight Show and Late Night with Seth Meyers. Thankfully, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert didn’t survive long enough...
Late-Night Comedy or DNC Propaganda
Toto Too: Comic brought pol's insane catalytic converter views to public's attention
Adam Carolla Tried to Warn Us About Nithya Raman
Millionaire socialists lose millions denouncing millionaires.
Hollywood Digs its Own Grave

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1 Good morning.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 06, 2026 07:02 AM (vTZFs)

2 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 06, 2026 07:05 AM (u82oZ)

3 Someone's up early!

What to make of this:
"James Talarico's early votes alone were enough to beat Ken Paxton's entire total in the Texas Senate race. The Austin state representative received nearly 4.4 million early votes and another million on Election Day. His Republican opponent finished with about 4.2 million overall. Democrats swept the statewide races and flipped the Texas House."

Posted by: Ignoramus at November 06, 2026 07:05 AM (dtajH)

4 "We Now Have The Gayest Congress In History"

Fake and gay. That's the way. The country is doomed, doomed. Doomed as doomed can be, ya know.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 07:06 AM (MWfyi)

5 Speaking of movies, I am hoping to go with spouse ( who is off work today) for a showing of "Paging Hezbollah" later today. I'm sure it will be vastly superior to "Digger". Spouse liked "Digger" slightly better than son did.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 07:07 AM (JrHfD)

6 it's sad but laughable that no one uses scare quotes around the word "election".

what we saw was the operating of the perfected vote-steal machine the demonrats have set up.

we, the nation and its people, are finished.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 06, 2026 07:07 AM (VyBeY)

7 This week hit me hard. Daily I find myself pausing in wonder at how far our country has fallen and how horrible it has become, and yet we're only now beginning the slide over the edge of the cliff.

Posted by: Biergood at November 06, 2026 07:09 AM (PwgSL)

8 "This defeat was self-inflicted."

This crap about blaming the Republican's defeat on PDT, the war, etc, is BS. They did it to themselves.

Without Trump they have nothing. If PDT never showed up we would have had 8 years of Hillary. The electorate is a bunch of ungrateful retards.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 07:11 AM (MWfyi)

9 Can't stay around for the "It's all over! America is finished" crowd today.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 07:12 AM (JrHfD)

10 Ironically, I expect our economy to be doing well in two years. The groundwork has been set. Most of the rest of the world sucks more than we do. Practical AI applications will be kicking in.

Posted by: Ignoramus at November 06, 2026 07:13 AM (dtajH)

11 At least this guy seems happy...

(link in nic)

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 07:13 AM (MWfyi)

12 sorry, FS, have a great day!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 06, 2026 07:13 AM (VyBeY)

13 FenelonSpoke

Have a wonderful day. Enjoy nature with FenelonSpouse.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 06, 2026 07:13 AM (u82oZ)

14 A lot of the analysis post-election seems to ignore diesel prices and Ukraine. While the voters might not associate the two, the actual cause of the majority of the diesel price increases is damage to Russian refining capacity. Russia was the world's second largest diesel export and went to a full export ban. Diesel prices are way more elevated than gasoline, and driving far more of inflationary pressure.

US refineries are shifting from gasoline to diesel which will balance things out a bit, but there doesn't seem to be much reason to believe the Ukraine war will be resolved shortly.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 07:15 AM (okun6)

15 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 07:15 AM (zFF15)

16 Three days later and my anxiousness about the future has not subsided.

===

It will be fine, JJ. Better than you think.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 07:15 AM (AKptf)

17 The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it
-- Omar Khayyam

On to the next challenge.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 06, 2026 07:16 AM (u82oZ)

18 Happy Friday

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 06, 2026 07:17 AM (/+uur)

19 Red Turban Someguy

I posted on the ONT how diesel prices hurts farmers and ranchers. And how the Admin tried.

Ukraine War is looking very WWI-like in the impact on existing regimes.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 06, 2026 07:18 AM (u82oZ)

20 Until a few years ago, Zionist was a word only used in the darkest filthy corners of the internet. Once these mental patients started using it, it was like saying "we don't have a problem with the blacks, just the n's".

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 07:19 AM (MPtWl)

21 "Three days later and my anxiousness about the future has not subsided."

The more I think about what's coming, the worse it looks.

Posted by: davidt at November 06, 2026 07:20 AM (Q+gd/)

22 AI in a nutshell:

Linkedin - marketing email received.

"Hi Rick. Do you know Rick B?"

You fucking idiots. It's me. But AI is too stupid to know that.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 07:20 AM (zFF15)

23 Come to the Philadelphia anti-n rally.

All are welcome.

Except n's.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 07:21 AM (MPtWl)

24 3 Someone's up early!

What to make of this:
"James Talarico's early votes alone were enough to beat Ken Paxton's entire total in the Texas Senate race. The Austin state representative received nearly 4.4 million early votes and another million on Election Day. His Republican opponent finished with about 4.2 million overall. Democrats swept the statewide races and flipped the Texas House."
Posted by: Ignoramus at November 06, 2026 07:05 AM (dtajH)

That Dems got their voters out early (and possibly often)...everyone knew early voting was their strength...it gives them days and days to pull people out from everywhere to vote.

You saw that early voting strength everywhere.

Did they raid nursing homes and hospitals and homeless for less than fully aware votes - sure, they always do.

But they also got regular folks.

While I'm VA, I early voted...and I told the husband it wasn't a great sign that I didn't see anyone else I'd consider an R (it helped them all had D voting sheets) voting when I did...by the numbers, you'd see a few.

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 07:21 AM (Gb7+b)

25 Trying to get some perspective.

There are many flying mishaps. But we keep flying. We shore up the weak areas, and train harder. We improve designs. We build better.

Thinking about Constitution 2.0.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 06, 2026 07:21 AM (u82oZ)

26 them = they (where's my coffee)...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 07:21 AM (Gb7+b)

27 PS - And Ted Cruz knew those votes b/c he sent the panicked text...so he had intel how that early voting ended...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 07:22 AM (Gb7+b)

28 Good morning again dear morons and happy birthday JJ

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 07:22 AM (RIvkX)

29 Greetings and good morning. I've been seeing posts from various liberal types that we are to be brought to heel now that the dems have won. One person I know personally said we are to be "rehabilitated."

What they don't understand is that their only options for that are persuasion and force. And we're not inclined to fall in line with persuasion.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 06, 2026 07:22 AM (svLOV)

30 Can't stay around for the "It's all over! America is finished" crowd today.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 07:12 AM (JrHfD)

Can I get a few in before you go?

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 07:23 AM (MPtWl)

31 I am hearing a lot of sturm und drang from people on site about this Jew hate parade in Philadelphia scheduled this weekend. If the city lets it happen, there will likely be violence.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 06:47 AM (RIvkX)

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 07:24 AM (RIvkX)

32 I would be embarrassed to admit I voted democrat in the last election. Anybody who does is to be avoided.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 07:24 AM (MWfyi)

33 A convicted felon was elected to the Texas House. They are still working on trying to get her seated.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 06, 2026 07:24 AM (8Uo7a)

34 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at November 06, 2026 07:24 AM (2Ez/1)

35 Woke up and immediately started thinking of the implications of the next two years (and beyond). Wish I was younger so I could do some of the things the majority of people are too frightened and/or comfortable to do.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 06, 2026 07:24 AM (g8Ew8)

36
That Dems got their voters out early (and possibly often)...everyone knew early voting was their strength...it gives them days and days to pull people out from everywhere to vote.

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 07:21 AM (Gb7+b)

If this trend stays in place that's a pretty big structural advantage to Democrats. Mainstream media is most impactful on people not paying much attention to politics, and who historically had lower voter participation. There's a reason Democrats have long wanted to make voting mandatory.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 07:25 AM (okun6)

37 Trying to find a silver lining… maybe the only one is the Dems will go so crazy with impeachments and witch hunts that they’ll shock and turn off all the normie idiots who voted for them… leading to a big reversal and election of Rubio in 28. Could happen….

And speaking of 28, I think I’m done with Vance. Tucker Carlson stench seems to be rubbing off onto him…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 06, 2026 07:26 AM (LQ1/y)

38 It's amusing to note that the liberal types who insist that they have a mandate (Not the Barney Frank kind) didn't show us the same deference when we had the majority.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 06, 2026 07:26 AM (svLOV)

39 The Republicans could do the same with early voting but the party is a steaming pile.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 07:27 AM (MWfyi)

40 From fednewsnetwork...

"Hegseth, who is also reportedly considering a run for president in 2028, vowed to finish what the Defense Department has started under his watch."

So, Hegsgeth is gonna run...and he will lose...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 07:27 AM (Gb7+b)

41 Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons

First, we get a special AI, name it Mike.

We organize cells of three. The only point of contact outside the cells is to Mike going up, and one person going down.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 06, 2026 07:27 AM (u82oZ)

42 And speaking of 28, I think I’m done with Vance.

I think Vance will not run. He has small children and the dems would think nothing of targeting them for a late term abortion.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 06, 2026 07:27 AM (svLOV)

43 The more I think about it, the exact moment Trump lost the midterms was when he picked a fight with Musk over DOGE.

Instead of defending Musk and the young men who risked their entire lives to help America, Trump got in a pissing match--defending the Swamp.
Defending them for a second time, the first over the Epstein files.

He should have picked a fight with Congress--not the people who put their lives and careers on hold to help him.

That was a massive betrayal not just of them but all the young men who came out for Trump in 2024.

The Iran war just cemented that young men are unwanted, and disposable to both parties:
They were sent over there to risk their lives to protect America and get repaid with nothing but whining about gas prices.
And no victory, just another endless war ....

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 07:29 AM (Aug7T)

44 I would not be surprised to see the New Democrat majorities latch onto Salazar’s amnesty plan, and I would not be surprised to see them gather enough support to override a presidential veto.

Harsh to face, but I now think an amnesty plan is coming. I don’t believe we can stop it any more.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 07:29 AM (oH6g4)

45 fd

The GOP is not serious about gaining power, holding power, and exists only for the donor class. Except Trump and a few others.

This election was a desired goal of the GOPe insiders and whomever is holding the leashes.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 06, 2026 07:29 AM (u82oZ)

46
#USExit

If not now, when?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 07:29 AM (BI5O2)

47 The Chinese Communists are saying this vote shows that the world is tired of Western style Democracy.

At the drop of a hat

Posted by: Kittens! at November 06, 2026 07:29 AM (LOZbR)

48 39 The Republicans could do the same with early voting but the party is a steaming pile.
Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 07:27 AM (MWfyi)

Yes, they need to spend the voting identifying all their voters and going door to door driving folks to the polls or giving them a mail in ballot application (and then going again the pick it up and drop it off for them). Dems have acres of 18-24 and 65+ volunteers and min wage hourly crew who do this for them.

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 07:29 AM (Gb7+b)

49 #USExit

If not now, when?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 07:29 AM (BI5O2)

I would imagine that url was taken in 1995

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 07:30 AM (MPtWl)

50 For families who spent years seeking justice, the horrible decision raises a troubling question: Should one governor's personal opposition to the death penalty outweigh the sentences handed down by juries, reviewed by the courts, and a death penalty system that California voters chose to retain in 2016? I do not think so at all.
=====

He has always substituted his own whims for the hard work of building consensus and legislation.

One day in 2004 he simply ordered the county clerk to start accepting same sex marriage license applications.

Purely an authoritarian.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 07:30 AM (RIvkX)

51 Two years ago I said a lot can happen in two years, and for a year I've been saying that 2028 presidential race is wide open. And of course some short sighted individuals kept shushing me and blabbering about Vance. LOL. Don't doubt me, a lot can happen in two years, a lot of good for us, and 2028 , as all see now , is wide open.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 07:31 AM (AKptf)

52 The Chinese Communists are saying this vote shows that the world is tired of Western style Democracy.
-------

They may not be wrong

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 07:31 AM (MPtWl)

53 Please define 'endless war'.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 06, 2026 07:32 AM (8Uo7a)

54 "Yes, they need to spend the voting identifying all their voters and going door to door driving folks to the polls or giving them a mail in ballot application "

They also need to lie about their intentions and cheat every way they can if they expect to compete with the professionals.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 07:32 AM (MWfyi)

55 43 The more I think about it, the exact moment Trump lost the midterms was when he picked a fight with Musk over DOGE.

Instead of defending Musk and the young men who risked their entire lives to help America, Trump got in a pissing match--defending the Swamp.
Defending them for a second time, the first over the Epstein files.

He should have picked a fight with Congress--not the people who put their lives and careers on hold to help him.

That was a massive betrayal not just of them but all the young men who came out for Trump in 2024.

The Iran war just cemented that young men are unwanted, and disposable to both parties:
They were sent over there to risk their lives to protect America and get repaid with nothing but whining about gas prices.
And no victory, just another endless war ....
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 07:29 AM (Aug7T)

There were so many moments when Trump's mouth was a turning point - but I agree this one was also big b/c those folks were believers and/or the money folks, and he lost both...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 07:33 AM (Gb7+b)

56 I would imagine that url was taken in 1995
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 07:30 AM (MPtWl)

It can be had for a price. If the illegitimate American regime can, anything can!

Besides, I've already got a whole series of funny, highly sexualized ads storyboarded, based on this play on words.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 07:33 AM (BI5O2)

57 Vance will not run, because he kept backstabbing Trump for a year , trying to appeal to a small sect of online idiots, and instead of defending Trump and working with Congress to make Trump's agenda happen, he was seeking a political carveout for himself. Trump is not stupid, he is done with Vance. Has been for a while, and Vance knows it.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 07:34 AM (AKptf)

58 Can someone explain what corruption all of these lunatics are talking about that they are going to go after?

Is it along the lines of selling bad paintings for hundreds of dollars?

Or how about your entire family getting millions of dollars wired into shell accounts?

Something like that?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 06, 2026 07:34 AM (XV/Pl)

59 Nova Local

The T.EA. Party was the answer to the indoctrinated. That would have supplied all the volunteers needed. However, the GOPe ended that movement.
Win with the T.EA. Party, and their policy requests, or chose donors and nothing for the base.

The GOPe chose the donors. They chose ... poorly..

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 06, 2026 07:34 AM (u82oZ)

60 We sent Trump to DC in 2016 to drain the swamp.

And we gave him a second chance in 2024; maybe the Republicans sabotaged him, maybe the Dems were too strong, and all the fake scandals were too much.

If you look at every failure, every self-inflicted wound, every betrayal and broken campaign promise of the last 2 years, there is one, common thread:
Trump defending or acquiescing to the swamp over his voters.

The Machine won.
Don't blame the voters.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 07:36 AM (Aug7T)

61 57. Vance is Tucker's poodle

Posted by: night lifted at November 06, 2026 07:36 AM (kJmLc)

62 54 "Yes, they need to spend the voting identifying all their voters and going door to door driving folks to the polls or giving them a mail in ballot application "

They also need to lie about their intentions and cheat every way they can if they expect to compete with the professionals.
Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 07:32 AM (MWfyi)

Nah, payment would work, but we know that's illegal...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 07:36 AM (Gb7+b)

63 They may not be wrong

Xi was not happy that the USA couldn't "force" everyone to take the clot shot and the whole coup fell apart at the hands of honest freedom

Round 2 coming up. We must be crushed.

Posted by: Kittens! at November 06, 2026 07:36 AM (LOZbR)

64 What's more than obvious is the Dems seem to have avoided any backlash over their explicit fondness for murdering anyone who disagrees. They got away with the baseball field and allll the others up to and beyond Kirk. And pay no electoral price. This isn't policy or anything complicated. This is planning threatening and reveling in murder.

Still trying to figure out how, but the media and their internet nfluence operations are clearly wayyyy too powerful. Or Republicans really are that useless. Or there was some kind of cheat which can't be ruled out.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 07:37 AM (MPtWl)

65 "Endless war " and "neocons" are archaisms, and are as relevant today as calling someone "whig".

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 07:37 AM (AKptf)

66 “Persuasion” hasn’t worked for roughly 25 years and running. Since the advent of the Internet, World Wide Web, discussion forums. The illusion of participatory democracy, that worked well for so many decades after WWII, no longer operative. Hence the ever increasing violence.

Posted by: Common Tater at November 06, 2026 07:37 AM (o9GMr)

67 We conducted months of surveillance that shows why "home care aide" is now the *most common job* in states like NY, CA, MN, and PA: Because a large part of those jobs are unambiguous Medicaid fraud.

Thanks to home care, Bhutanese refugees now make more money than actual PA families. The state doesn't just look the other way, but helps them get away with it. Converting federal health dollars into a universal basic income for certain communities relieves the financial burden they place on the state.

Posted by: SMOD at November 06, 2026 07:37 AM (HxhkO)

68 The Chinese Communists are saying this vote shows that the world is tired of Western style Democracy.
Posted by: ...

As bad as it is here, I would not trade my life here with any Chinese one.
I am not seeing a smooth transition of power, at all, when Xi dies.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 06, 2026 07:37 AM (u82oZ)

69 Rainbow Wave: We Now Have The Gayest Congress In History

For people that insist that their private lives are no one's business but theirs, they really insist on us knowing things like this.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 06, 2026 07:37 AM (svLOV)

70 There were so many moments when Trump's mouth was a turning point - but I agree this one was also big b/c those folks were believers and/or the money folks, and he lost both...
Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 07:33 AM (Gb7+b)

This is just wrong. Did Trump’s mouth just somehow magically appear in early 2026?? My God, the mouth is part of the whole package that’s been around for a decade plus now and he’s been the most successful politician by far in that timeframe. He’s not perfect (who is??) but this election was primarily about a dogshit GOP and let’s face it an ignorant and fickle electorate. I’m a little tired of the blame Trump parade…. The guy literally got shot and stayed in the fight.

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 06, 2026 07:38 AM (LQ1/y)

71 Just looking at the numbers, GOP candidates for normal vote totals for mid-term elections, the donks got presidential level and beyond vote totals.

So figure out how a dude who says G-d is non-binary and his biggest concern is trans kids got nearly 2m more votes than his opponent and you will has cracked the nut.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 06, 2026 07:38 AM (XV/Pl)

72
Still trying to figure out how, but the media and their internet nfluence operations are clearly wayyyy too powerful. Or Republicans really are that useless. Or there was some kind of cheat which can't be ruled out.
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 07:37 AM (MPtWl)

The Dems are currently ruling the social media universe b/c they pay and Rs don't...we lost half our R influencers to better pay from China/the Ds...which split the party...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 07:39 AM (Gb7+b)

73 Posted this yesterday, but it bears repeating:

We now have nearly 300 muslims serving in elected office in the U.S., and 8 transgender (fake) women.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at November 06, 2026 07:39 AM (3ImbR)

74 LinusVanPeit, Hear Hear !!!

Posted by: Ben Had at November 06, 2026 07:39 AM (8Uo7a)

75 Trump's mouth is baked in to the electorate. DOGE and the rest didn't cause 2 million unexplained people to vote for a commie Texas governor.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 07:39 AM (MPtWl)

76 Please define 'endless war'.
Posted by: Ben Had at November 06, 2026 07:32 AM (8Uo7a)
=====

An endless war is one that goes even one day beyond what was necessary to achieve victory.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 07:41 AM (RIvkX)

77
55 43 The more I think about it, the exact moment Trump lost the midterms was when he picked a fight with Musk over DOGE.”

I agree. Trump’s term began with a fantastic move against mass fraud and illegitimate spending. It needed to continue and grow. Instead, grifting Senators complained and Trump decided to appease them and grew bored with DOGE. Who can say why, probably because it had been more than 30 days and Trump won’t focus on anything for more than that. After that, Trump sold out to the Deep State and let it be business as usual.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 07:41 AM (oH6g4)

78 The Machine won.
Don't blame the voters.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 07:36 AM (Aug7T

But - if we don't blame voters, we might have to examine what's wrong with the GOP.

And if we examine what's wrong with the GOP, we might find it reveals what's wrong with the entire political system.

And then we'd have to stop saluting that flag. And that flag is the most important thing in G-d's creation, so we better just blame voters.

Much less dangerous than the truth. And most importantly, it's much less gauche.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 07:42 AM (BI5O2)

79 Trump can do anything right now, whatever held him back from doing proper deportations, shoring up the southern border, removing criminals off the streets, making peace in Europe, putting all the judges he needs on the bench and changing regime in Iran is gone. And sending Murkowoski to jail. And in spite of my enormous respect for Alito and Thomas, they need to retire now, and Trump needs to move two solid, young conservatives to the bench. This is a long term move.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 07:42 AM (AKptf)

80 70 There were so many moments when Trump's mouth was a turning point - but I agree this one was also big b/c those folks were believers and/or the money folks, and he lost both...
Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 07:33 AM (Gb7+b)

This is just wrong. Did Trump’s mouth just somehow magically appear in early 2026?? My God, the mouth is part of the whole package that’s been around for a decade plus now and he’s been the most successful politician by far in that timeframe. He’s not perfect (who is??) but this election was primarily about a dogshit GOP and let’s face it an ignorant and fickle electorate. I’m a little tired of the blame Trump parade…. The guy literally got shot and stayed in the fight.
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 06, 2026 07:38 AM (LQ1/y)

Yes, but his mouth went after his allies and not his enemies...and it could not make a message or stay on message.

Trump has slipped from being able to sell. Now, he can be a comedian/showman, but with nothing behind the tent...

Name one message he sold coherently to the American public this year - Iran, inflation, DC improvements, safety, ICE, etc. What did he sell vs someone like Homan, or Rubio, or Miller?

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 07:42 AM (Gb7+b)

81 Trying to get some perspective.

There are many flying mishaps. But we keep flying. We shore up the weak areas, and train harder. We improve designs. We build better.

But at least everyone is in agreement that flying is good and crashing is bad. That doesn't seem to be the case for America.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 06, 2026 07:42 AM (vTZFs)

82 Leading up to the election I had volunteer Democrat activists knock on my door multiple times. Zero Republican.

Posted by: davidt at November 06, 2026 07:42 AM (Q+gd/)

83 All I know is this was done with a lot of "extra" voters. I don't think Trump Bad is enough to figure out how that happened.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 07:43 AM (MPtWl)

84 People are not turning out or failing to do so due to DOGE for either Republicans or Democrats.

Particularly not the massive new Hispanic swing vote, which is probably heavily ESL.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 07:44 AM (okun6)

85 Yes, the GOP is shit. I for one intend to work harder at making it better.

If all one does is bitch about and nothing else, you are not part of the solution.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 06, 2026 07:45 AM (8Uo7a)

86 Leading up to the election I had volunteer Democrat activists knock on my door multiple times. Zero Republican.
Posted by: davidt at November 06, 2026 07:42 AM (Q+gd/)

but let's not talk about it, let's talk about "cheating"1!!11

Seriously, Must needs to do a forensic investigation of how his 450 million was spent. I also wonder why DeSantis fired Wiles way back when.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 07:45 AM (AKptf)

87
Name one message he sold coherently to the American public this year - Iran, inflation, DC improvements, safety, ICE, etc. What did he sell vs someone like Homan, or Rubio, or Miller?

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 07:42 AM (Gb7+b)

What message did he sell when he won in 2020?

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 07:45 AM (MPtWl)

88 *Musk not *Must; they bamboozled his money. Hope Trump send those clowns to jail.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 07:46 AM (AKptf)

89 A question:

Do we become more ungovernable? Try to jam the gears, or retreat into the hinterlands?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 06, 2026 07:46 AM (u82oZ)

90 “ I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked people, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false.”

Revelation 2:2

Posted by: Marcus T at November 06, 2026 07:47 AM (HsXHq)

91 An endless war is one that goes even one day beyond what was necessary to achieve victory.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 07:41 AM (RIvkX)

Go back to Sun Tzu: “There has never been a protracted war from which a country has benefited… What is essential in war is victory, not prolonged operations.”

In Iran, we had 40 days of actual war, which was very successful, followed by 210 days of posturing and dithering with no attempt to explain why it was being allowed to drag on through the mid term elections. A classic and catastrophic blunder, beginning with the disastrous MOU fiasco.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 07:47 AM (oH6g4)

92 86 Leading up to the election I had volunteer Democrat activists knock on my door multiple times. Zero Republican.
Posted by: davidt at November 06, 2026 07:42 AM (Q+gd/)

but let's not talk about it, let's talk about "cheating"1!!11

Seriously, Must needs to do a forensic investigation of how his 450 million was spent. I also wonder why DeSantis fired Wiles way back when.
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 07:45 AM (AKptf)

The only contact I got from R priorities was a personal postcard from the Catholic Church asking me to vote no on amendments 1 and 2. And that helped b/c VA should have been 9-2 with 2025 results, but we ended 8-3...so the Church got some of western VA out to shore up those 3 seats...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 07:47 AM (Gb7+b)

93 Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 07:45 AM (AKptf)

Yeah let's restrict talk to what you want even though you liiterally just bitched about stuff you said being "shushed".

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 07:48 AM (MPtWl)

94 Nothing to see here, I’m sure. Just record turnout numbers.
Minnesota and Maine: The 2 States w/Highest Turnout are Somali States

I'd expect the Somalis to turn out.
Not only do they vote as a block to begin with vbut with all the heat they've been getting over the fraud I have no doubt they stopped scamming long enough to go vote for the Democrats who will protect them.

They're also watching the Trump admin go after their Pirate Queen to possibly de-naturalize and deport her so there's even more incentive to go vote.

We're they all legal votes, I have no clue, but I'm sure the Somalis got the vote out in high numbers this year.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 07:48 AM (6ydKt)

95 87
Name one message he sold coherently to the American public this year - Iran, inflation, DC improvements, safety, ICE, etc. What did he sell vs someone like Homan, or Rubio, or Miller?

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 07:42 AM (Gb7+b)

What message did he sell when he won in 2020?
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 07:45 AM (MPtWl)

In 2016 - Make American Great Again

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 07:48 AM (Gb7+b)

96 I am enjoying the democrat victory in the midterms. Hopefully when they get seated the new congress will implement medicare for all, open the borders, sell nukes to Iran, open Learing Centers in all 52 states and force the NFL to have transsexual players and even an Oriental or two. Then have a US version of MAID so anyone who wants a quick exit can do so without bothering anyone else.

Happy days are here again!

Posted by: Karen Muddlumps, democrat scold and busybody at November 06, 2026 07:48 AM (Ssbab)

97 Good morning Hordelings!

Posted by: Doof at November 06, 2026 07:48 AM (QMAsf)

98 After Trump shut down DOGE, he--and all Republicans--did nothing to end the fraud and abuse.

Some kid with a cell phone did more to expose fraud in a 40-minute video than Trump and the Republicans did in the last 2 years.

And there sits the conservative voter, everywhere we turn, we see every one else getting endless money, benefits and jobs from the government.
And even when they are caught openly and blatantly stealing it ... nothing happens to them.

But if you wanted a little help, a little relief, what did you get?
Told you'd better vote for the Republican or the Dems will trans your kid.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 07:48 AM (Aug7T)

99 We have enough good, clear heads in the GOP. DC circus is not them. But there is DeSantis of course, and Sarah Sanders, and Blackburn in Tennessee, and Gill in Texas.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 07:48 AM (AKptf)

100 For all the talk of Republicans under performing in the midterms the numbers tell a different story.

Republicans got slightly more votes in the '26 midterms than they did in the '22 midterms. Democrats got 20 million more votes in '26 than they did in '22. That's basically a presidential year turnout for Democrats in a midterm.

Virtually every county in Texas moved blue, not a single one moved redder. Hinojosa didn't crush Abbott because of Johnson and the damn war in Vietnam. It was like this virtually every state. Even though Rs won in Florida races were a lot closer there than they should have been.

We got a lot of what we asked for. Not everything but a lot more than usual in 2 years. USAID might be gone but the NGO army is still largely intact and being funded by deep pockets around the world. Look at Europe. Those aren't organic riots. I wouldn't have been surprised with losing some seats but that was a blowout and it was totally organic either.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 07:49 AM (viF8m)

101 Trump has consistently sold, immigration, deregulation, bringing manufacturing back to America, voter integrity, how we are constantly being ripped of by NATO.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 06, 2026 07:49 AM (8Uo7a)

102 The question is, where to move to?

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at November 06, 2026 07:49 AM (0U5gm)

103 If all one does is bitch about and nothing else, you are not part of the solution.

Agreed. Sure is a lot of finger pointing going on.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 06, 2026 07:50 AM (ceJ0R)

104 In 2016 - Make American Great Again

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 07:48 AM (Gb7+b)

And then four years of a lot of failing to drain the swamp.

Two years of Trump is not enough to explain what happened here. No way. It's just not. If R's had dropped in a significant way, maybe. But most people simply do not pay attention to anything except what the Left shows them.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 07:50 AM (MPtWl)

105 Do we become more ungovernable? Try to jam the gears, or retreat into the hinterlands?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 06, 2026 07:46 AM (u82oZ)

Malicious compliance is a closely related option

Posted by: Doof at November 06, 2026 07:50 AM (QMAsf)

106 Florida cleaned up the illegals that Biden had registered to vote, which is why they are the outlier.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at November 06, 2026 07:51 AM (0U5gm)

107 The DOGE problem was the fuckwits in Congress, not PDT.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 06, 2026 07:52 AM (8Uo7a)

108 101 Trump has consistently sold, immigration, deregulation, bringing manufacturing back to America, voter integrity, how we are constantly being ripped of by NATO.
Posted by: Ben Had at November 06, 2026 07:49 AM (8Uo7a)

No he hasn't...his people have. If you ask folks who have talked to them about safety and immigration, it's Homan and Miller. Foreign policy wins, it's Rubio. Economy, it's Bessent. And Trump foot in mouth moment excuses, it's Vance (and maybe that was without approval)...Trump hasn't been selling anything in 2026. He's been a comedy and showman routine.

Just go back and see who we linked here all year...when it was Trump, it was just for cutting one liners...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 07:53 AM (Gb7+b)

109 Trump has consistently sold, immigration, deregulation, bringing manufacturing back to America, voter integrity, how we are constantly being ripped of by NATO.

==

I am hearing none of it made it into the campaign, that the campaign started after Labor Day, while Ds were working round the clock, that the House and Senate were on constant vacation, and no one did shit in the summer 2026 , save a few like Cotton, who is still a Senator and won his third term. The only people surprised were the ones who were not listening and seeing what many were.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 07:53 AM (AKptf)

110 NaCly, I have no retreat in me. Freedom isn't free.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 06, 2026 07:53 AM (8Uo7a)

111 89 A question:

Do we become more ungovernable? Try to jam the gears, or retreat into the hinterlands?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 06, 2026 07:46 AM

Imma stop washing my garbage before it goes into the recycling bin.
So, there.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 06, 2026 07:53 AM (2Ez/1)

112 Malicious compliance is a closely related option
Posted by: Doof

My approach will simply be saying "No."

Posted by: NR Pax at November 06, 2026 07:54 AM (svLOV)

113
What they don't understand is that their only options for that are persuasion and force. And we're not inclined to fall in line with persuasion.
Posted by: NR Pax

100% concur, sir. It shall take force and force only with me.

Buy ammo, refresh yourself with your own locale's application of the Castle Defense. Live your life the way you want, and keep your head on a swivel. As NaCly says....paraphrased smile and make those motherfuckers fear you.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at November 06, 2026 07:54 AM (QVmho)

114 A lot of people are going to be surprised at there being no Republican who can rise above the noise and media operations of the Left.

As I said in early 2016, Trump makes it look easy.

The only person who got many of our "issues" out front of the electorate, and accomplished them.... and then people kept voting for him.

Trump's fault does NOT explain Tuesday's insanity.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 07:54 AM (MPtWl)

115 Did Republicans have a turnout problem? No, other than the same dropoff that occurred in 2018 and 2022 when Trump wasn't on the ballot. This is the OnlyTrump voter white, working class, union/ex-union types. Republicans never won them at any other time so there's little reason to believe they'll suddenly start doing so.

The voter pool demographically has moved solidly against Republicans over the last decade(really last several decades). The new voters need to be won over.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 07:55 AM (okun6)

116 “So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong. For who is able to govern this great people of yours?”

1 Kings 3:9

Posted by: Marcus T at November 06, 2026 07:55 AM (HsXHq)

117 Vashta Nerada

If the US goes full evil, no where is safe.

If you are high skill, Singapore. Low skill, parts of Central America. Or rural areas in America.

The Romanian Parliamentarian I met at the Salina Rally said a Trump America 'Is the Hope of the World."

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 06, 2026 07:56 AM (u82oZ)

118 Nova Local, those are all his policies. I am taking you to mean that he should not rely on the people he put in those positions. Does the CEO of a company keep watch on the janitor?

Posted by: Ben Had at November 06, 2026 07:56 AM (8Uo7a)

119 Here’s a little microcosm to explain why this midterm was not about Trump but was about an ignorant and fickle electorate and a worthless GOP. Collin County, Texas… I used to live there. Extremely red county. This past election, Keresa Richardson barely (and I mean barely… by 134 votes) won re-election to the Texas statehouse in District 61. She’s a solid conservative who a few cycles ago beat a GOPe dude who’d voted to impeach Paxton in the primary. He was a Bushie… so he turned around this year and ran against her in the primary again.. and lost. Then she barely survives in the general on Tuesday when in that district she should win by double digits.

WTF does that contest have to do with Trump??? Answer: nothing whatsoever…. That was all about a disgruntled sore loser (twice!) Bushie and chamber of commerce voters acting stupid…. I’d bet dollars to donuts this happened all over Texas…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 06, 2026 07:56 AM (LQ1/y)

120 Do we become more ungovernable? Try to jam the gears, or retreat into the hinterlands?
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Malicious compliance is a closely related option
Posted by: Doof

Malicious compliance is required.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 07:57 AM (zFF15)

121 I would say the bottom line to why we lost the country is simple, democrat/leftist hate and blood lust won the day.

The donks were motivated by hate and a twisted sense of getting revenge.

Which is ludicrous, revenge from what?

Also, with the exception of Florida apparently, voting systems and processes in this country are f**** ridiuclous.

We don't have election day we have election season, with unmanaged voter registration, ballots coming in from all kinds of sources, zero accountability, zero tracking, zero chain of custody, RCV, jungle primaries, etc.

I wouldn't even call that system banana republic, it's even stupider and corrupt than that.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 06, 2026 07:57 AM (XV/Pl)

122 100% concur, sir. It shall take force and force only with me.

Posted by: BifBewalsk

And they will do it while insisting that we are the Nazis.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 06, 2026 07:57 AM (svLOV)

123 Which is ludicrous, revenge from what?

Defeating Hillary for starters.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 06, 2026 07:58 AM (svLOV)

124 The only person who got many of our "issues" out front of the electorate, and accomplished them.... and then people kept voting for him.

Trump's fault does NOT explain Tuesday's insanity.
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 07:54 AM (MPtWl)
==========================
Just as easily could be the exact opposite conclusion- the losses are not Trump's fault, but instead the fault of the completely supine GOPe. He is energetic and they are not. You might then conclude the voters gave the GOPe a cattle prod to the nuts.

Meh, who knows.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 07:58 AM (gYIcH)

125 >>Florida cleaned up the illegals that Biden had registered to vote, which is why they are the outlier.

A lot of blue states fought the DOJ over turning over their voter rolls and stalled long enough to get through the election. I'm sure that played a part.

But again the idea Republican enthusiasm was down is belied by the vote totals. Trump barnstormed the country with dozens of enthusiastic, overflowing rallies.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 07:58 AM (viF8m)

126 {{{Ben Had}}}

I will do what I can to assist you. I will always guard your back.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 06, 2026 07:59 AM (u82oZ)

127 There is a very strong message that should encourage conservatives out of the midterm:

Conservative ballot measures won.
Conservatives who delivered, eg. FL, won.

Ten Republican Senators in DC chose to throw the country into the hell of tyranny over their personal dislike of Trump.
Because they didn't want him having credit for the policies they ran on their entire career.

There are 19 Republican state senators in Texas that are the last line to saving Texas.
And the nation.

If they can hold the line, give conservative voters a reason to vote in 2028, we can take back Texas.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 07:59 AM (Aug7T)

128 A classic and catastrophic blunder, beginning with the disastrous MOU fiasco.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 07:47 AM (oH6g4)

Trump's avoidance of explaining himself clearly to the American people was a big liability this year.

He did his best explaining the traiffs at some point last year, but he never really gave a detailed speech or interview explaining carefully in detail (not one of his off the cuff comments to reporters) what he was trying to accomplish, and why, in Iran.

Allowing the Strait of Hormuz to be a problem for as long as they did was also a mistake. They should have had the "Blockade" answer earlier or another alternative to end, or get around, the problem.

They appeared to have counted on prolonged air strikes followed by a Kurdish rebellion to end the regime, as far as I can tell, and when the Kurds fell through on their end, the admin was blindsided on what to do next.

That appears to be what happened, but again, MysteryMaker Trump hasn't explained anything, and since Iran must still be dealt with, I don't expect to get an explanation anytime soon.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 07:59 AM (6ydKt)

129 >>>And speaking of 28, I think I’m done with Vance.
~~~~~

Vance's X diatribe was troubling, but more so was Don Jr.'s response of, "Every word of this 100 100 100"

But I mentioned to JackStraw recently that I saw Vance in an interview say that he's a terrible procrastinator (just ask his wife, he said!) and that he doesn't make important decisions until the very last minute. That's just the way he does things. He said this in response to a question of whether or not he plans to run in '28.

I can understand his not wanting to reveal his intentions, but I found the procrastination bit very troubling. He was adamant about it.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at November 06, 2026 08:00 AM (3ImbR)

130 Something like that?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 06, 2026 07:34 AM (XV/Pl)
=====

A lib friend informs me that the president, his family, and his cabinet are all consumed with enriching themselves illegally.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 08:00 AM (RIvkX)

131 118 Nova Local, those are all his policies. I am taking you to mean that he should not rely on the people he put in those positions. Does the CEO of a company keep watch on the janitor?
Posted by: Ben Had at November 06, 2026 07:56 AM (8Uo7a)

No, but there's a reason presidents themselves put out coherent and constant refrains of what they are doing and why they are doing it.

He has his personal social media and his bully pulpit. He did not use it to convince anyone that 2026 was a good idea, for anything. And instead, he seemed petty and out of touch and out of the loop (see Iran's peace and no peace weekly posts) at best.

This was the big change from 2025 to 2026.

Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 08:00 AM (Gb7+b)

132 Trump's fault does NOT explain Tuesday's insanity.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 07:54 AM (MPtWl)

Trump's fault explains Tuesday's insanity.

Posted by: Don't Blame Me! at November 06, 2026 08:01 AM (sxRFd)

133 Who can lead the party into 2028 is now a much tougher problem than it was a week ago. Losing control of so many states revealed a deeper rot than I ever imagined, and gives the Demons a distinct advantage for the next go-round.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 08:01 AM (gYIcH)

134 In Texas in the first few days of early voting, every statewide democrat candidate got 4 million votes, which is higher than presidential level turnout.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at November 06, 2026 08:01 AM (0U5gm)

135 Turning on Trump now strikes me as the same fair weather mess we dealt with in 2020 despite it being obvious to everyone the fix had occurred.

Anyone who wants to can forget that Trump was castigated pretty thoroughly from 2021 to 2024, with some fair stuff but a lot of unfair stuff. And then he turned around and explicitly proved it was bullshit by running and winning.

Throughout that time when we had a lot of "Trump abandoned J6" I said he knew the only way to get them out was not to talk, but to run and win. Talking was a risk due to the prosecutions. I said he would be the only R to have the balls to release them outright and he would do it on his first day, but he had to win first.

There were even people (including most here) who didn't want him debating Biden. FFS. People are not just divided on him they love being catastrophically wrong about him. And here we are again.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 08:01 AM (MPtWl)

136 The question is, where to move to?
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at November 06, 2026 07:49 AM (0U5gm)

I hear tell California is very nice. Get away from the cities and into the hills of Hollywood or L.A. and it's paradise, so beautiful, so lovely. I am thinking of moving there and getting a nice 4/3 in the hills while I work at Costco as a greeter part time.

Posted by: Texas democrat voter at November 06, 2026 08:02 AM (Ssbab)

137 The Republicans could do the same with early voting but the party is a steaming pile.
Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 07:27 AM (MWfyi)

If you really think that then you're part of the problem. There should only be election DAY, not days. Early voting and mail-in ballots encourage and enable so much more fraud. Enough fraud to drastically swing elections.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 06, 2026 08:02 AM (g8Ew8)

138 Nova Local, yeah, I saw alot of that with Biden, Obama and Bush.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 06, 2026 08:02 AM (8Uo7a)

139 hahaha!

Fruck you!

Posted by: Chairman Xi at November 06, 2026 08:02 AM (Ta4DE)

140 America is still center right. The people voted 70% or more to require a voter ID in Alaska. 3 ballot measures, against trans surgeries, boys in girls' sports and another one passed in fkng Colorado.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 08:03 AM (AKptf)

141 102 The question is, where to move to?

In my case, being in northern Commierado, the sensible answer is Wyoming. Probably in the next year.

Posted by: Delurker at November 06, 2026 08:03 AM (2Drhq)

142 *launches into Leftist sing-song chant*

From the mountains to the sea
Make this nation free
Of Socialist scum.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 06, 2026 08:03 AM (2GVsD)

143 Which is ludicrous, revenge from what?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 06, 2026 07:57 AM (XV/Pl)

There are few dedicated leftists who don't get absolutely apoplectic knowing there's a Republican in office somewhere.
The more Republicans in office, the crazier they get.
When the president is a Republican they start foaming at he mouth while screaming "Hitler!" every five minutes.

They are a power-hungry team of tribalist fanatics without morals or brakes.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 08:04 AM (6ydKt)

144 Nearly Half Of Poles Demand PM Tusk's Resignation After Dramatic Takeover Of Constitutional Court

Tusk claims his seizure of power is necessary to restore the court's "legitimacy" after years of PiS influence and accused Nawrocki and the conservatives of blocking judicial reforms

Posted by: SMOD at November 06, 2026 08:04 AM (RHGPo)

145 133 Who can lead the party into 2028 is now a much tougher problem than it was a week ago. Losing control of so many states revealed a deeper rot than I ever imagined, and gives the Demons a distinct advantage for the next go-round.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 08:01 AM (gYIcH)

2028 is probably a loss where the Rs try to figure out a competitive coalition. It would require serious fuckups for the Ds to lose given they can shift blame as they don't hold the presidency.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 08:04 AM (okun6)

146 Trump had a metric fuckton of flaws. Things I personally really hate about him. They and the Iran war are not what did us in on Tuesday.

Not in a world where 40% or more of women are physically angry about trying to prosecute a woman for systematically murdering three toddlers.

We need clear eyes to understand what is going on.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 08:06 AM (MPtWl)

147 Tusk claims his seizure of power is necessary to restore the court's "legitimacy"

"We must destroy the village to save the village."

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 06, 2026 08:06 AM (2GVsD)

148 I will not dismiss the foreign op, black pilling campaign led by the likes of Cucker and his flying monkeys. Useful idiots for overseas psyops. It worked.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 08:07 AM (AKptf)

149 My county in Texas was one of the few that didn't have more dem votes. I have a solid base to stand on.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 06, 2026 08:07 AM (8Uo7a)

150 140 America is still center right. The people voted 70% or more to require a voter ID in Alaska. 3 ballot measures, against trans surgeries, boys in girls' sports and another one passed in fkng Colorado.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 08:03 AM (AKptf)

The country is arguably socially conservative. Muslim and Hispanic Catholic immigration don't really change that.

The country is not fiscally conservative and won't take a turn that way until a crisis occurs.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 08:07 AM (okun6)

151 "War Of Attrition": Barclays Reveals The Scariest Chart For The AI Buildout

"The AI race shifts from a prisoner's dilemma to a war of attrition: scarce power favors the biggest balance sheets..."

Posted by: SMOD at November 06, 2026 08:07 AM (RHGPo)

152 Wow

I just saw on YouTube an ad by some group called Brave USA calling Trump a traitor for selling out to Putin.

The evil never stops.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 06, 2026 08:08 AM (2GVsD)

153 150 3 ballot measures, against trans surgeries, boys in girls' sports and another one passed in fkng Colorado.

The new CO commie governor has already decreed that he's going to overturn the will of the voters on those amendments.

But, No Kings, right?

Posted by: Delurker at November 06, 2026 08:08 AM (2Drhq)

154 Remember in every war there are many battles.

With the end of each conflict, the next battlefield is set.

Two years ago, we won a great battle, not the war.

Battles are ephemeral. Wars are enduring.

It’s the same mindset we face from the citizenry when we engage in kinetic action.

Now is a time for reflection. A time to review your lessons learned and prepare for the next battlefield.

In the meantime, let the enemy gloat and revel in his victory.

It will be short lived. We aren’t going anywhere. Nor will we yield to their advances, coercion, aggression and division.

“Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted; propose your plan, but it will not stand, for God is with us.”

-Isaiah 8:10.

Posted by: Marcus T at November 06, 2026 08:08 AM (HsXHq)

155 The country is not fiscally conservative and won't take a turn that way until a crisis occurs.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 08:07 AM (okun6)

The increase in those numbers of people will coincide with the increase in kulaks, wreckers, monsters and demons.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 08:08 AM (MPtWl)

156 The country is arguably socially conservative. Muslim and Hispanic Catholic immigration don't really change that.

The country is not fiscally conservative and won't take a turn that way until a crisis occurs.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 08:07 AM (okun6)

You know who else is Catholic..?? Being Catholic don't make you conservative. More Catholics went for Ds this cycle than for Rs. And Evangelicals sat out.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 08:09 AM (AKptf)

157 Despots are not kings.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 06, 2026 08:09 AM (2GVsD)

158 National Association for Gun Rights
@gunrights

🚨 BREAKING: Incoming House Judiciary Chair Jamie Raskin promised in an interview that UNIVERSAL GUN REGISTRATION would be one of the Democrats’ top priorities in the upcoming Congress.

It’s barely been 36 hours. They aren’t waiting. They’re coming after your guns.

Posted by: SMOD at November 06, 2026 08:09 AM (RHGPo)

159 After really looking at the numbers, I'm not convinced that this was necessarily a repudiation of the GOP and Trump.

The sheer numbers of people who voted donk do not make sense, we're talking millions of more people than a normal election cycle.

And in states that allow unmanaged registrations, early voting and basically have election seasons.

The donks have taxpayer funded machines to do all of this underhanded/cheating bullsh*t.

The GOP doesn't have a teachers union or service workers unions that would do anything to keep their gravy train running.

You throw in the Soros's and other evil billionair f**kheads that fund these dirty operations and you get the disgusting, corrupt racist Keeysha Lance Bottoms as the Governore elect of Georgia and literal anti-semites and nazi lovers elected.

The people were sending the GOP and Trump a message by putting anit-semites and nazi's in congress?

I don't think so.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 06, 2026 08:09 AM (XV/Pl)

160 Dig a little bit and you'll find that this whole alleged Kristallnacht thing against the Jewish owned restaurants in Philly is because of A FLYER POSTED ON INSTAGRAM.

https://tinyurl.com/5982thzw

Sigh. Really, people?
You can't find a single named individual associated with this bike riding advocacy group anywhere.
It's the modern day equivalent of Rush's A Person With A Logo And A Fax Machine.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 06, 2026 08:09 AM (2Ez/1)

161 In my case, being in northern Commierado, the sensible answer is Wyoming. Probably in the next year.
Posted by: Delurker at November 06, 2026 08:03 AM (2Drhq)

Given the current state of affairs in CA, I don't see that inexhaustible tidal wave of Communists fleeing Communism so they can impose Communism wherever they go to abate any time soon... Wyoming is especially sparsely populated, so I think it will be one of the next dominos to fall.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 08:09 AM (BI5O2)

162 Which is ludicrous, revenge from what?

Defeating Hillary for starters.
Posted by: NR Pax

Gutting USAID for another.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 08:09 AM (zFF15)

163 OK, better news that's not politics related.

My dog Domo turned eight on the 3rd. He spent it running around in the backyard, barking at his sister and having some doggy ice cream and cookies.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 06, 2026 08:09 AM (svLOV)

164 The new CO commie governor has already decreed that he's going to overturn the will of the voters on those amendments.

But, No Kings, right?
Posted by: Delurker at November 06, 2026 08:08 AM (2Drhq)

that only means that the next R candidate for Gov will have something to run on

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 08:10 AM (AKptf)

165 The stuff that worries me is are they gonna use Talabitcho's "Christianity" to convince Christians that the demons are the ones who disagree with communism.

This is the kind of stuff that keeps me up at night.

And that people laugh at me for until it starts happening.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 08:10 AM (MPtWl)

166 Trump had a metric fuckton of flaws. Things I personally really hate about him. They and the Iran war are not what did us in on Tuesday.

Not in a world where 40% or more of women are physically angry about trying to prosecute a woman for systematically murdering three toddlers.

We need clear eyes to understand what is going on.
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 08:06 AM (MPtWl)

THIS! Plus an extremely compromised public "education" system and an unabashedly corrupt news and entertainment media. And a sleeping populace.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 06, 2026 08:11 AM (g8Ew8)

167 156 The country is arguably socially conservative. Muslim and Hispanic Catholic immigration don't really change that.

The country is not fiscally conservative and won't take a turn that way until a crisis occurs.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 08:07 AM (okun6)

You know who else is Catholic..?? Being Catholic don't make you conservative. More Catholics went for Ds this cycle than for Rs. And Evangelicals sat out.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 08:09 AM (AKptf)

It tends to make one socially conservative. That's what drives the inconsistency, voting for big social spending but against trannies.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 08:11 AM (okun6)

168 Do you renounce the democrat?
Yes, I renounce him.
Do you renounce all his works?
Yes, I renounce them.
Do you renounce all his ways?
Yes, I renounce them.

Posted by: Democrat, raping and mutilating the children they do not kill at November 06, 2026 08:11 AM (QB6+C)

169 If there's one thing we conservatives do excel at, it's infighting. SMH.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 06, 2026 08:11 AM (ceJ0R)

170 Moving to the first state that voted for secession

Posted by: Kittens! at November 06, 2026 08:11 AM (LOZbR)

171 I am calling for the immediate execution of Scott Galloway.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 08:12 AM (RIvkX)

172 And then for some reason, the GOP has to run perfect candidates and the donks get to run anti-semites, nazi's and people who think assassinating Charlie Kirk was just peachy.

F*** that.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 06, 2026 08:12 AM (XV/Pl)

173 >>In Texas in the first few days of early voting, every statewide democrat candidate got 4 million votes, which is higher than presidential level turnout.

Those are the kind things I'm talking about. Early voting is a vector for cheating.

I've heard a lot of people talk about how bad a campaigner Paxton. Compared to whom, Talarico? He's a freak show. He might have appeal in San Francisco some other bastion of liberalism but statewide in Texas? To trans kids?

In the 2022 US Senate race in Texas Cruz got 4.4 million votes, Sadler got 3.1 million.

In 2026 Paxton got 4.2 million and Talarico got 5.4 million.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 08:12 AM (viF8m)

174
DeSantis is right:*

https://tinyurl.com/2huev424

Spoiler: The Republicans left everything on the table. Thune establishes new wing of the party
Kamala Republicns.

Sad.

Via Insty.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 06, 2026 08:12 AM (YSUhf)

175 sigh

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 08:13 AM (Ta4DE)

176 Morning, all. Coming straight to the comments again. I can't read the links. Just can't. I've been thinking a lot since Tuesday. So many feelings. I despair for what awaits us. I despair for what Tuesday portends for the remainder of this country before we descend into madness and irretrievable recovery. I listen to the crazy already coming out of the D-Communist politicians, I listen to their supporters. I remember the woman who wanted Trump's supporters put in concentration camp ovens who -- shockingly -- won her election. I see constant violence. I see a future with millions more illegals committing crimes and driving up costs beyond the breaking point. I see each election cycle elect more and more radical islamists. I see a D-Communist party that stops at nothing to win. And I see a GOP that stops at nothing to thwart Trump and help the communists win. Pretty bleak. My only savior is in my Savior. It's the place where my peace lies. That's the greatest takeaway of all.

Posted by: Lady in Black at November 06, 2026 08:13 AM (qBdHI)

177 It tends to make one socially conservative. That's what drives the inconsistency, voting for big social spending but against trannies.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 08:11 AM (okun6)

this isn't new! Blue Dog Democrats of the South, who had a substantial core int the House were all like that. They disappeared after Obamacare, which basically killed them electorally, and some transitioned to R. But the likes of MTG are Southern Dems - conservative on social issue , big libs on economics.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 08:14 AM (AKptf)

178 150 3 ballot measures, against trans surgeries, boys in girls' sports and another one passed in fkng Colorado.
The new CO commie governor has already decreed that he's going to overturn the will of the voters on those amendments.
But, No Kings, right?
Posted by: Delurker at November 06, 2026 08:08 AM (2Drhq)

Right!

Posted by: Chief Judge James Boasberg, King Asswipe at November 06, 2026 08:15 AM (Ssbab)

179 Chief Judge James Boasberg

==

If Trump does not send this creep to jail in the next two years...I will be very dissapoint!

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 08:16 AM (AKptf)

180 177 It tends to make one socially conservative. That's what drives the inconsistency, voting for big social spending but against trannies.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 08:11 AM (okun6)

this isn't new! Blue Dog Democrats of the South, who had a substantial core int the House were all like that. They disappeared after Obamacare, which basically killed them electorally, and some transitioned to R. But the likes of MTG are Southern Dems - conservative on social issue , big libs on economics.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 08:14 AM (AKptf)

All I'm saying is social conservatism is still dominant and likely to remain that way while fiscal conservatism has weakened significantly. That leaves the country center-right only as regards to social conservatism.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 08:17 AM (okun6)

181 They appeared to have counted on prolonged air strikes followed by a Kurdish rebellion to end the regime, as far as I can tell, and when the Kurds fell through on their end, the admin was blindsided on what to do next.”

I agree, that appears to have been the original plan. But the idea that the “Kurds fell through” is just a weak cover story. From statements made by Trump himself at the Ankara Summit, it’s clear that when Erdogan got wind of this, he threatened to mobilize the Turkish Army and send them into the fight on the side of Iran. The US bowed to Erdogan’s wishes and scrapped all plans to arm and mobilize the Kurds. And worse yet, that part of the plan was replaced with …. Nothing. We just went ahead and hoped it would still work just because we wanted it to.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 08:17 AM (oH6g4)

182 Trump's fault explains Tuesday's insanity.

Yeah, the guy who ended multiple wars, brought back energy, industry, reduced crime, fraud and illegal aliens. The guy who did more for America in two years than 250 years of any other politician. He is the problem

Not the hostile GOP, not the shit judges, the Demonic Party, the Fifth Column, none of that.

You have at least three generations of utterly retarded children occupying adult bodies. They have no morals, no character, no faith, no purpose.

Fuse together Jewish and Protestant Christian creeds and you get the purpose of man:
"The purpose of man is to live in a right relationship with God, reflecting His character in the world through obedience, love, and worship."

The population does none of that. They want bondage and to worship demons because that is what the algorithms tell them they desire.

The Election is a reflection of that godless, faithless, nihilism.

Posted by: Community Notes at November 06, 2026 08:17 AM (NzX/y)

183 Good morning. I'm content to lurk for now.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 06, 2026 08:17 AM (wVcYX)

184 BREAKING: Incoming House Judiciary Chair Jamie Raskin promised in an interview that UNIVERSAL GUN REGISTRATION would be one of the Democrats’ top priorities in the upcoming Congress.

No surprise. The big question is whether Trump will sign it in an attempt to buy favor with the Ds. His 2A support -- which TBF has been admirable this term -- has never been from first principles.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 06, 2026 08:17 AM (vTZFs)

185 153 150 3 ballot measures, against trans surgeries, boys in girls' sports and another one passed in fkng Colorado.

The new CO commie governor has already decreed that he's going to overturn the will of the voters on those amendments.

But, No Kings, right?
Posted by: Delurker at November 06, 2026 08:08 AM (2Drhq)

Standard practice for Calirado.

In the cycle directly after Colorado fell to California, the Communists floated a ballot measure to shut down the oil & gas industry. It failed in a 70/30 split.

The legislature's first order of business once it was seated was to pass it through legislation - a wide-ranging bill, hundreds of pages long.

Thanks to the Sunshine Law, all bills required public reading. Too pesky for Calirado Communists. Too much effort, too much time for debate.

So they broke the pre-written bill into five pieces, and had five computers speed-read their sections simultaneously in an unintelligible cacophony in the committee room, and then passed it.

That's Calirado for ya.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 08:17 AM (BI5O2)

186 The stuff that worries me is are they gonna use Talabitcho's "Christianity" to convince Christians that the demons are the ones who disagree with communism.

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Christians who are strong in their faith and really know Biblical teaching won't be able to be convinced by this heathen. We're taught to be on the lookout for people just like him. His sacrilege is bright and burning for all who really know of Christ. JMO

Posted by: Lady in Black at November 06, 2026 08:18 AM (qBdHI)

187 After really looking at the numbers, I'm not convinced that this was necessarily a repudiation of the GOP and Trump.

The sheer numbers of people who voted donk do not make sense, we're talking millions of more people than a normal election cycle.

And in states that allow unmanaged registrations, early voting and basically have election seasons.

The donks have taxpayer funded machines to do all of this underhanded/cheating bullsh*t.

The GOP doesn't have a teachers union or service workers unions that would do anything to keep their gravy train running.

You throw in the Soros's and other evil billionair f**kheads that fund these dirty operations and you get the disgusting, corrupt racist Keeysha Lance Bottoms as the Governore elect of Georgia and literal anti-semites and nazi lovers elected.

The people were sending the GOP and Trump a message by putting anit-semites and nazi's in congress?

I don't think so.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 06, 2026 08:09 AM (XV/Pl)

Also my thoughts. Agree 100%.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 06, 2026 08:18 AM (g8Ew8)

188 You were unfortunately right JJ, Trump was merely a speed bump. I said it when Biden won we are post politics. Thinking we’re going to vote/follow the law in ousting the left is a fools errand. I’ll continue the farce of voting but until we become lawless as the left is/does we”ll just be spinning our wheels. Wake me when the shooting starts. As is often said it’s the only way we’re getting out of this.

Posted by: JROD at November 06, 2026 08:18 AM (WCRuE)

189 Florida Panhandle saved the day for the Rs. Not the first time.

Early voting totals showed the races as being very tight. In fact, Jolly was leading Donalds. Then, at 8 p.m., the Panhandle votes started coming in and...BOOM!...as John Madden liked to say.

You're welcome.

Posted by: one hour sober at November 06, 2026 08:19 AM (J4Dwc)

190 Conservative ballot measures on protecting girls' sports and voter ID won big Tuesday.
Republicans May Have Lost, But Conservative Policies Won All Across The Country
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Ohio has a statute requiring voter ID but decided to make that even stricter, passing a Constitutional amendment with two thirds support.

If the Senate had passed the SAVE Act, this might have been a different election.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 08:19 AM (pSHyr)

191 On Trump: I didn't vote for Trump to "fix it". That ship sail over one hundred years ago.

No one man is going to "fix this". Especially not Ron Paul.

The guy is just too nice. Confronted with a Shrub 3.0 or Hitlery in 2016. Anything was better than that.

I voted for Trump to have his way with all three holes of Watchingtown and leave panties in the Chandelier on his way out of town.

I am getting my monies worth

The Dims went full commie. The Rinos are exposed

The hall is rented. The orchestra engaged

Time to Dance!

Posted by: Kittens! at November 06, 2026 08:19 AM (LOZbR)

192 {{{Lady in Black}}}

May your close surroundings give you joy.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 06, 2026 08:20 AM (u82oZ)

193 Spoiler: The Republicans left everything on the table. Thune establishes new wing of the party
Kamala Republicns.

I didn't leave the republican party. The republican party left me.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 08:20 AM (zFF15)

194 The sheer numbers of people who voted donk do not make sense, we're talking millions of more people than a normal election cycle.

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It is very strange indeed. I'm not saying every race flipped blue was swamped with fraud. But the numbers I'm seeing are just unfathomable and highly suspect in certain states. But again, big yawn. Nothing will come of it. We've been here before.

Posted by: Lady in Black at November 06, 2026 08:21 AM (qBdHI)

195 Incoming House Judiciary Chair Jamie Raskin promised in an interview that UNIVERSAL GUN REGISTRATION would be one of the Democrats’ top priorities in the upcoming Congress.

A Jew supporting a Nazi like policy. Let me guess; he'll be one of the kapos.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 06, 2026 08:23 AM (svLOV)

196 Posted by: Lady in Black at November 06, 2026 08:18 AM (qBdHI)

You are correct. But if they can convince barrels of *women* that murdering *children* is fine, it's something to keep our head on a swivel for.

The human mind is corruptible. Christians might be the toughest victims but it doesn't mean a good portion can't fall for damn good propaganda. Clever inversions that claim evil good and good evil.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 08:23 AM (MPtWl)

197 Two words; Florida and Tennessee.
Safer harbor in the Communist onslaught.

Posted by: Voter theater. at November 06, 2026 08:24 AM (FCPbW)

198 There are still 135 Trump nominees to be confirmed by the senate. They should stay in session until the last one is confirmed.

John Thune had done zero to ensure they will be confirmed before the new Congress is seated.

He wants to remain senate leader for the Republicans. The answer should be hell no.

John Thune is the enemy.

Posted by: Vengeance at November 06, 2026 08:24 AM (TmQh+)

199 The people were sending the GOP and Trump a message by putting anit-semites and nazi's in congress?

I don't think so.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 06, 2026 08:09 AM (XV/Pl)

You put too much faith in the intelligence of millions of people who walk into a voting booth and vote straight ticket Democrat.

They don't have to think about anything.
All the have to do is pick a team and vote.

The people who did listen didn't hear:
"We are Nazi, Communist, Islamist, Anit-Semite".

They heard:
"TrumpHitler!!, FREE STUFF, FREE, TrumpHitler!!, FREE, BAD Israel/GOOD Palestine, Trump Hates ____ people!, FREE, GOP = Sexist, Racists, Islamophobic Homophobes, FREE STUFF!" TrumpHitler!!, ICE BAD/Maryland Man GOOD, TrupHiter, FREE STUFF!"

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 08:24 AM (6ydKt)

200 In the 2022 US Senate race in Texas Cruz got 4.4 million votes, Sadler got 3.1 million.

In 2026 Paxton got 4.2 million and Talarico got 5.4 million.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 08:12 AM (viF8m)

I won’t belabor the point, but the numbers say it was massive Hispanic turnout for Ginojoza, which carried all of her political allies. A movement long theorized but never seen in Texas before this week.

Many are flaming this is evidence of vote fraud, but…. Counties do their own counting before sending it to the state. This effect was apparent in all 254 counties, meaning that for it to have been fraud (rather than a seismic shift) it would have required 254 different coordinated fraud operations, including in the most conservative counties in the State. That’s not a logical assumption. A straight reading is that the Hispanic voting block became massively motivated and just took over the state government.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 08:24 AM (oH6g4)

201 Posted by: Community Notes at November 06, 2026 08:17 AM (NzX/y)

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Another excellent post, CM. I could not agree more.

Posted by: Lady in Black at November 06, 2026 08:24 AM (qBdHI)

202 The guy who did more for America in two years than 250 years of any other politician. He is the problem

Posted by: Community Notes at November 06, 2026 08:17 AM (NzX/y)

Yeah, he is, and this cult of personality around him can get lost. This "Donald Trump is the messiah, and it's every other American alive who is evil and betrayed him" shit would be laughable if we didn't just lose 9 Senate seats.

Also, Trump apparently did more than George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Ronald Reagan.

Posted by: Don't Blame Me! at November 06, 2026 08:25 AM (7J78R)

203 Lady in Black

Wish we had a plucky group of ex-Special Forces guys, wrongfully convicted, armed with a Space-Based AI and better firearms training.

Public airing of grievances, IMHO, will not work. Proof of cheating will not work.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 06, 2026 08:25 AM (u82oZ)

204 My new Congressman, Adam Hawamy, was a character witness for the Blind Sheik in his trial after trying to blow up the World Trade Center. Local Democrats, the usual big tent of academics, gays, and other assorted blindly liberal dweebs, sent a literal terrorist to Washington.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 08:26 AM (pSHyr)

205 May your close surroundings give you joy.

==

{{{Salty}}}

They do. It's where I'm finding my respite in all this madness.

Posted by: Lady in Black at November 06, 2026 08:26 AM (qBdHI)

206
Soooo, soldiers in high heels again?

Beardoes, weirdoes, and land whales equal our finest?

Trump will prevent most of that, but after 2028 it's gonna be Turbo-Biden if the Democrats win.

We'll be getting the Turbo-Biden treatment in Texas as the Democrats wreck our economy, so pay attention.

Thune & Co have already shown us what they're made of: cat shit, clay, and treachery.

Two years is a short time to rebuild, so we're gonna need the Democrats help, and I think we'll get it with their insanity on display.

But, we'll we have the leaders we need?

We'll see.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 06, 2026 08:26 AM (YSUhf)

207 >>>Counties do their own counting before sending it to the state. This effect was apparent in all 254 counties, meaning that for it to have been fraud (rather than a seismic shift) it would have required 254 different coordinated fraud operations, including in the most conservative counties in the State. That’s not a logical assumption.
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Or just a single fraud operation done electronically.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at November 06, 2026 08:27 AM (3ImbR)

208 @194

>>It is very strange indeed. I'm not saying every race flipped blue was swamped with fraud.

The numbers were so gargantuan that we didn't get the usual days and days of counting nonsense.

Basically, every race was called the second the polls closed.

There is still counting going on in some races, but the size of the donks votes was a tsunami.

Oh, and the GOP representatives in California are being wiped out.

Down to 1 rep from 8 with a good shot of winning their race.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 06, 2026 08:27 AM (XV/Pl)

209 A straight reading is that the Hispanic voting block became massively motivated and just took over the state government.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 08:24 AM (oH6g4)

And the puzzle that needs to be figured out is whether this was due to immigration enforcement, free shit, or high diesel or gas prices. Could also be AI impact on job markets but seems a lot less likely.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 08:27 AM (okun6)

210 We live in interesting times.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 08:28 AM (4NO2D)

211 Today Is National Nacho Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at November 06, 2026 08:29 AM (wzaBj)

212 Yeah, he is, and this cult of personality around him can get lost.
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There is no "cult of personality" around Trump except on the left. The left, like you for example, are obsessed with him personally. Republicans who support his policies has all along taken issue with one thing or another about him, by contrast. Just in this thread are criticisms galore, of his communication skills, his Iran decisions, his policies etc.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 08:29 AM (pSHyr)

213 14 A lot of the analysis post-election seems to ignore diesel prices and Ukraine. While the voters might not associate the two, the actual cause of the majority of the diesel price increases is damage to Russian refining capacity. Russia was the world's second largest diesel export and went to a full export ban. Diesel prices are way more elevated than gasoline, and driving far more of inflationary pressure.

US refineries are shifting from gasoline to diesel which will balance things out a bit, but there doesn't seem to be much reason to believe the Ukraine war will be resolved shortly.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 07:15 AM (okun6)

FYI, AAA national average prices today vs a month ago:

Regular Gas
Today:........$4.0688
Month ago: $4.3685
I assume some of the reduction is due to shifting production to winter blend

Diesel
Today:........$6.2305
Month ago: $6.3151

Posted by: Gref at November 06, 2026 08:29 AM (5rh/l)

214 >>I won’t belabor the point, but the numbers say it was massive Hispanic turnout for Ginojoza, which carried all of her political allies. A movement long theorized but never seen in Texas before this week.

Again, I don't doubt there was some shift in voting. It's the norm for the party out of power to lose some because they are more motivated. But this same stuff happened in states around the country not just Texas.

I suspect there was more at play than just a typical off year election. If your explanation was correct why did Democrats need to cheat so openly in Alaska? Republican turnout was up. Democrat turnout went to Mars.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 08:30 AM (viF8m)

215 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 08:30 AM (2614e)

216 And as Republicans go back to the political wilderness they thrive in and practically beg for, we will have 20 years of imbeciles like "don't blame me" saying this is how badly Trump tarnished the amazing Republican brand.

I can give you what your opinion will be 2, 6 and 10 years from now if you like.

Spoiler: You will NEVER see what is before youe eyes because people so much stupider than you betrayed the true king Ron DeSantis.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 08:30 AM (MPtWl)

217 This seems a thing.......

https://shorturl.fm/npBpu

Are we the ONLY country on the planet that allows for voter registration without proof of citizenship?

They did it again and the R's did NOTHING to stop them.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 08:31 AM (2614e)

218 Who cares?

1.) They cheated, and nobody will do shit about it.

2.) They didn't cheat.

Either way, none of these states ever gets an honest election again. The whole election system gets buttoned up. It's how they do things.

And... what if the Republicans had won both houses? Well, we'd have gotten 2 more years of stonewalling til the GOP could be rid of Trump forever, and then an immediate reversion to the Uniparty mean.

No matter how you cut it, elections are not a viable mechanism for influencing the American federal government.

We've been doing this pointless faggy dance since 2010. No matter how many elections we "won" on a reform platform, no meaningful reforms were ever executed, and everything moved inexorably to the Left - because the system is rigged up nice and tight.

How long are we going to keep letting this government turn our democratic principles against us? How long do we keep stepping on this rake?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 08:31 AM (BI5O2)

219 Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 08:27 AM (okun6)

Which one of those involves the most feels. Because the answer is feels. It's not policy or even broadly the issues because the issue voters are reasonably baked in. The movement comes from feels.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 08:32 AM (MPtWl)

220 Responsible fiscal policy is about making choices. Nobody in Washington wants to tell people what the choices are. For example you could posit- “people, you can have social security or fiscally irresponsible social programs to feed your vote machine”. But nobody will tell people about the coming disaster. They just sit idly by and pretend there is endless taxpayer money to fund every handout they can think of. Meanwhile the. The national debt is at an all time high, headed for disaster. Republicans passed a budget, and even with billions, probably a trillion on fraud that went out the door increased the baseline. Let that sink in. You don’t have to be a math wizz to understand that billions in phony spending went out the door, you discovered it, and you didn’t cut a dime from money that wasn’t real spending. It’s why Washington equally hated DOGE. Congress is responsible for spending and they’ve left the barn door open for decades.

Posted by: Vengeance at November 06, 2026 08:32 AM (TmQh+)

221 One target, Marti Lieberman, who runs a popular mac’n’cheese spot, explains that her business has nothing to do with Jews, Israel or Zionism — except that she sometimes

She sometimes WHAT?!? I'm on pins and needles here!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 08:32 AM (2614e)

222 24 3 Someone's up early!

What to make of this...That Dems got their voters out early (and possibly often)...everyone knew early voting was their strength...it gives them days and days to pull people out from everywhere to vote.

You saw that early voting strength everywhere.

Did they raid nursing homes and hospitals and homeless for less than fully aware votes - sure, they always do.

But they also got regular folks.

While I'm VA, I early voted...and I told the husband it wasn't a great sign that I didn't see anyone else I'd consider an R (it helped them all had D voting sheets) voting when I did...by the numbers, you'd see a few.
Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 07:21 AM (Gb7+b)

Early voting killed my campaign. You couldn't ask for better news for my race after Anne Hughes' sign scandal, but she banked so many votes before ED that my big surge wasn't enough. Anne even gloated about it to a friend of hers that I heard about later.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 06, 2026 08:32 AM (Ied+6)

223 Anecdotally, I filled up for $3.27/gal in central Georgia yesterday right before I crossed into Alabama.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 08:32 AM (4NO2D)

224 There is no "cult of personality" around Trump except on the left...

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 08:29 AM (pSHyr)

There is a cult of personality around Trump on the right. It's obviously not every rightist (and hopefully very few after Tuesday), but it's a pathetic lie to say that there isn't a contingent of people who treats him like he's Christ.

Posted by: Don't Blame Me! at November 06, 2026 08:32 AM (7J78R)

225 214 >>I won’t belabor the point, but the numbers say it was massive Hispanic turnout for Ginojoza, which carried all of her political allies. A movement long theorized but never seen in Texas before this week.

Again, I don't doubt there was some shift in voting. It's the norm for the party out of power to lose some because they are more motivated. But this same stuff happened in states around the country not just Texas.

I suspect there was more at play than just a typical off year election. If your explanation was correct why did Democrats need to cheat so openly in Alaska? Republican turnout was up. Democrat turnout went to Mars.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 08:30 AM (viF8m)

Alaska doesn't have nearly as many Hispanics. Not sure I follow the logic here.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 08:32 AM (okun6)

226 How long do we keep stepping on this rake?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 08:31 AM (BI5O2)

How long you got

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 08:32 AM (MPtWl)

227 BREAKING: Incoming House Judiciary Chair Jamie Raskin promised in an interview that UNIVERSAL GUN REGISTRATION would be one of the Democrats’ top priorities in the upcoming Congress.

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There are few so repugnant and repulsive to me as Jamie Ratface.

Posted by: Lady in Black at November 06, 2026 08:33 AM (qBdHI)

228
"Justin Hart
@justin_hart
·
13h
Who were the Republicans who voted Democratic this time?

Not MAGA. About 9 in 10 of them don't call themselves MAGA. Only 1% of MAGA Republicans crossed over, against 15% of other Republicans.

The voters Trump won over in 2024 left fastest: 18% of his voters under 30 and 13% of his Latino voters backed Democrats.

The Latino crossovers' top issue: the cost of living (57%). The Iran war: 2%.

Related, of course, but not interchangeable data points."

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 08:34 AM (AKptf)

229 Tom Servo, what do you make of the fact that the TX SoS was not publishing any vote results from 8pm until almost 3am?

Posted by: Ben Had at November 06, 2026 08:34 AM (8Uo7a)

230 BREAKING: Incoming House Judiciary Chair Jamie Raskin promised in an interview that UNIVERSAL GUN REGISTRATION would be one of the Democrats’ top priorities in the upcoming Congress.

Another head scratcher. Anyone who owns firearms knows the democrats live to take them away and yet...all those John Wick wannabes running around doing their timing drills yet never having shot someone or been shot at should have spent more time getting the vote out and or voting against the dems.

Posted by: Daisy at November 06, 2026 08:34 AM (Ssbab)

231 A candidate is claiming that at least 300,000 illegal voters cast votes in Harris County (Houston)

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at November 06, 2026 08:34 AM (0U5gm)

232 Democrats have their eye on the prize. They figure with Texas shifting they can grab the presidency. They only have to keep a lid on their worst instincts and plan until they have all three branches. They are also moving resources to Florida in order to figure out how to grab that state too.

Republicans? They are sitting around on their asses.

Posted by: Vengeance at November 06, 2026 08:35 AM (TmQh+)

233 One target, Marti Lieberman, who runs a popular mac’n’cheese spot, explains that her business has nothing to do with Jews, Israel or Zionism — except that she sometimes

She sometimes WHAT?!? I'm on pins and needles here!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 08:32 AM

Yeah, I had to go to the article since that left me hanging. It was not 'adds the blood of Christian babies to the Mac&Cheese'. It was 'wears a Star of David necklace'.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 08:35 AM (4NO2D)

234 228
"Justin Hart
@justin_hart
·
13h
Who were the Republicans who voted Democratic this time?

Not MAGA. About 9 in 10 of them don't call themselves MAGA. Only 1% of MAGA Republicans crossed over, against 15% of other Republicans.

The voters Trump won over in 2024 left fastest: 18% of his voters under 30 and 13% of his Latino voters backed Democrats.

The Latino crossovers' top issue: the cost of living (57%). The Iran war: 2%.

Related, of course, but not interchangeable data points."

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 08:34 AM (AKptf)

Trump also had saving TikTok to run off of for the youth vote in 2024.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 08:35 AM (okun6)

235 Now Thune is setting a trap for the Supreme Court, saying he would gladly confirm a SCOTUS nominee. It's bullshit. He is hoping to entice Alito or Thomas to leave, allowing the Democrats to blockade a replacement until the 2028 election.

Nothing in the Constitution requires a retirement before nomination. If Thune is serious, test him with a nominee pending a resignation, and see if he can get a confirmation before the retirement actually happens. I believe Thune will fail. As he does.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 08:35 AM (o2Pnv)

236 Pardon me, please, because I may have missed the discussion, but were the Republican losses RINOs who may have been sent packing for being too squishy or were very many of them MAGA?

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at November 06, 2026 08:36 AM (OlzlW)

237 There is still counting going on in some races, but the size of the donks votes was a tsunami.

Oh, and the GOP representatives in California are being wiped out.

Down to 1 rep from 8 with a good shot of winning their race.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 06, 2026 08:27 AM (XV/Pl)

I'm CT, there are 36 Senate seats available. Republicans now have only 3. There are 151 House seats, and Republicans now have only 34 or so. In a way, I'm glad I lost. If get nothing done in Hartford in this environment. As Ed Koch said, people will need to suffer before votes get changed. I'm running again in '28, so I'm banking on that.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 06, 2026 08:36 AM (Ied+6)

238 221 One target, Marti Lieberman, who runs a popular mac’n’cheese spot, explains that her business has nothing to do with Jews, Israel or Zionism — except that she sometimes

She sometimes WHAT?!? I'm on pins and needles here!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 08:32 AM

Only her hairdresser knows for sure.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 06, 2026 08:37 AM (2Ez/1)

239 I wouldn’t trust Thune to walk my dog.

Posted by: Vengeance at November 06, 2026 08:37 AM (TmQh+)

240 השם ירחם

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 06, 2026 08:37 AM (y1wyK)

241 >>Alaska doesn't have nearly as many Hispanics. Not sure I follow the logic here.

Neither do many states but many of them supposedly moved hard left.

>>@Joeoltmann
·
12h
>>Every County Shifted Blue. Every Single One.

>>Not most. Not the cities. Every county in Colorado moved toward Democrats on Tuesday, including the small, deeply conservative rural counties where nobody believes that happens.

>>And Colorado wasn’t alone. Reports show every county shifting blue in Texas and Kansas too.

The point is Democrats cheat. They always have and we all know it. They've been plotting a color revolution behind the scenes and it's been well documented. Among the first targets they talked about was Hegseth. Guess who is now being targeted for impeachment?

Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 08:37 AM (viF8m)

242 Trump also had saving TikTok to run off of for the youth vote in 2024.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 08:35 AM (okun6)

I want to know how a 30 year old is a "youth" . This fucking delayed adulthood and 25 yo infancy is driving me bonkers!

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 08:38 AM (AKptf)

243 236 Spoiler: You will NEVER see what is before youe eyes because people so much stupider than you betrayed the true king Ron DeSantis.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 08:30 AM (MPtWl)

You won't see what's before your eyes because for years you treated Trump as the One True Savior who will rescue the country, then he got back into office and screwed up beyond measure. You don't have the mental fortitude to admit you were wrong about something, so you have to block out the obvious conclusion: That making Donald Trump leader of the Republican Party was a mistake.

Posted by: Don't Blame Me! at November 06, 2026 08:36 AM (pVklW)

Look at the Michigan 2014 Senate election. Compare it to 2026.

Trump was the only candidate who could win Michigan. He has not been a drag on the ticket. He brought a specific demographic to the Republicans, which is well-studied at this point, but they only turned out when he was on the ballot.

Look at the actual numbers. Stop relying on your emotions.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 08:38 AM (okun6)

244 She sometimes WHAT?!? I'm on pins and needles here!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 08:32 AM (2614e)
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She sometimes complains her son never calls.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 08:38 AM (RIvkX)

245 Either way, none of these states ever gets an honest election again. The whole election system gets buttoned up. It's how they do things.

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This is the key takeaway, the most salient and disastrous point from Tuesday. Watch TX. Watch OH. The modern D-Communist MO is to use the governorship to enact sweeping and profound changes to voter security. Once they are California-ized, it's over. Once voter ID at election time is strictly forbidden, TX, crawling with illegals and more caravans gassing up to arrive, there's just no way to claw that back. This is the reality I don't think a lot of people (outside of places like here) understand. This is what has settled over me like the black plague.

Posted by: Lady in Black at November 06, 2026 08:39 AM (qBdHI)

246 Good morning JJ and horde
TGIF
In Lancaster

Posted by: Skip at November 06, 2026 08:39 AM (NZf+I)

247 I'm running again in '28, so I'm banking on that.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 06, 2026 08:36 AM (Ied+6)
~~~~~

That's good to hear!

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at November 06, 2026 08:40 AM (3ImbR)

248 Clinton didn't have a cult of personality?

He literally had women willing to blow him to keep abortion, "safe, legal, and rare."

Obama didn't have a cult of peronsality?

You had people getting boners over the creases of his pants.

Trump has literally been a media figure for going on 40 years.

He has his admirers and detractros.

If he has a cult of personality, it's no different than any other notorious figure.

I don't think this election was about Trump policies, it was simply driven by leftist/democrat hate.

Pure and simple.

See Jamie Raskin, first thing out of the gate, we're going to take people's guns.

First thing.

That's antagonistic and driven by hate of conservatives.

F**k these people.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 06, 2026 08:40 AM (XV/Pl)

249 Pardon me, please, because I may have missed the discussion, but were the Republican losses RINOs who may have been sent packing for being too squishy or were very many of them MAGA?
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at November 06, 2026 08:36 AM (OlzlW)

Let's see , "The lawmaker who led Republican efforts to keep the House loses his re-election bid". Should we cry over this one?

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 08:40 AM (AKptf)

250 matter how you cut it, elections are not a viable mechanism for influencing the American federal government.

We've been doing this pointless faggy dance since 2010. No matter how many elections we "won" on a reform platform, no meaningful reforms were ever executed, and everything moved inexorably to the Left - because the system is rigged up nice and tight.

How long are we going to keep letting this government turn our democratic principles against us? How long do we keep stepping on this rake?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 08:31 AM (BI5O2

This is a post many of us don’t want to write or think about.
But it’s the TRUTH.

Posted by: Voter theater. at November 06, 2026 08:40 AM (FCPbW)

251 Clown World. Seriously, Musk should ask for his 450M back!

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 08:40 AM (AKptf)

252 There is a cult of personality around Trump on the right. It's obviously not every rightist (and hopefully very few after Tuesday), but it's a pathetic lie to say that there isn't a contingent of people who treats him like he's Christ.
Posted by: Don't Blame Me! at November 06, 2026 08:32 AM (7J78R)
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Only an idiot keeps muttering the same words, thinking repetition counts as legitimate argument. Your inane focus on Trump as a person, as opposed to the policies he supports, belies your own words.

Trump has been the only source of real energy in the GOP for a decade, and now he is a lame duck, but his policies are still popular. Immigration control, for example is still widely popular. Voter ID we already talked about, and is popular. The tranny shit is another area where GOP policy ideas are widely supported.

So get over your fixation on Trump already.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 08:40 AM (56ehI)

253 - @176. Lady In Black

Whew. Was glad to see those last three sentences at the finish.
You hang onto that!!!
Everything that is happening has already been written.
And it is leading to, after a time of great suffering, a glorious ending.

Posted by: TeeJ at November 06, 2026 08:41 AM (/HR0+)

254 The cost of living has been improving since Trump regained office after a huge hit to prosperity in the Biden years. What is wrong with people? Or is there some expense the average American deals with that somehow doesn't affect me?

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at November 06, 2026 08:41 AM (OlzlW)

255 Every county in 21 states shifted to the left in this election by between 13 and 25 points.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at November 06, 2026 08:41 AM (0U5gm)

256 Keep election integrity safe, legal and rare.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 06, 2026 08:41 AM (2Ez/1)

257 Tangentially, are there really Mac&Cheese restaurants? Is there that much demand for it? I mean, my wife's baked M&C is pretty damn delicious but I don't think we could make a living on it in the South, where everyone knows how to do it.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 08:41 AM (4NO2D)

258 You don't have the mental fortitude to admit you were wrong about something, so you have to block out the obvious conclusion: That making Donald Trump leader of the Republican Party was a mistake.

Posted by: Don't Blame Me! at November 06, 2026 08:36 AM (pVklW)

Disagreeing with your retarded deceptive opinion is not the same as lacking mental fortitude, although it's interesting you think it is.

The people who backed Trump said he is our shot to fix this shit. People like you said he would LOSE badly.... not that he would win three times and then in 2026 eventually tarnish the precious Republican brand.

Enjoy your goalposts. If they ever get too heavy, you know where to find me.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 08:42 AM (MPtWl)

259 Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 06, 2026 07:05 AM

As always, NaCly, sage advice.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 06, 2026 08:42 AM (ctC8W)

260 You don't have the mental fortitude to admit you were wrong about something

And you don't have the mental capacity to be posting here. Just spare us all of the righteous pontification and go away.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 06, 2026 08:42 AM (ceJ0R)

261 OK you guys, big picture, silver lining time, if surgery had to happen, and if we had this coming for a while, it is a miracle it happened while Trump is still in charge, and that we have two years to fix this. Many got a massive warning not to take things for granted.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 08:43 AM (AKptf)

262
Alaska doesn't have nearly as many Hispanics. Not sure I follow the logic here.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 08:32 AM (okun6)

Don't attempt to debate. You'll only be wrong.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 08:43 AM (2614e)

263 I'm running again in '28, so I'm banking on that.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 06, 2026 08:36 AM (Ied+6)

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Darrell, you have my utmost respect. I wish I could've voted for you.

Posted by: Lady in Black at November 06, 2026 08:43 AM (qBdHI)

264 I wish Spencer Pratt some electoral success. He ran a great campaign in LA and he has a lot of strong opinions about how Republicans need to change in order to win elections. I hope he stays very active and gets more notice.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 08:43 AM (56ehI)

265 Are we the ONLY country on the planet that allows for voter registration without proof of citizenship?

They did it again and the R's did NOTHING to stop them.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 08:31 AM (2614e)

Thune and the rest of the GOPe in congress should be taken to the back of the barn and shown the error of their way in the harshest ways possible. They didn't even try. Very little of this was Trump's fault and I'm tired of seeing so many here blaming him. I'm out.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 06, 2026 08:43 AM (g8Ew8)

266 Not most. Not the cities. Every county in Colorado moved toward Democrats on Tuesday, including the small, deeply conservative rural counties where nobody believes that happens.

>>And Colorado wasn’t alone. Reports show every county shifting blue in Texas and Kansas too.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 08:37 AM (viF8m)

I don't think this shows cheating.

Your county was 16% Dem in 2024.
Your county was 17% Dem in 2026.

Your county moved toward Democrats. It counts in the 'every county shifted left' metric.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 08:44 AM (yKhjs)

267 You won't see what's before your eyes because for years you treated Trump as the One True Savior who will rescue the country, then he got back into office and screwed up beyond measure. You don't have the mental fortitude to admit you were wrong about something, so you have to block out the obvious conclusion: That making Donald Trump leader of the Republican Party was a mistake.

Posted by: Don't Blame Me! at November 06, 2026 08:36 AM (pVklW)
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"Don't Blame Me I Voted For McGovern"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 08:44 AM (RIvkX)

268 Texas is sui generis, incomparable to any other state. It’s been remarkable that it’s been able to hold on to conservative governance so long.

But by the numbers, from the US census bureau::

Hispanic/Latino : 40.7%
White (non Hispanic) : 37%
Black + Other: 23%

Before this week, Hispanic voters had the lowest voter turnout, on average, of any of these groups. On Tuesday it jumped to the highest.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 08:44 AM (oH6g4)

269 Let's see , "The lawmaker who led Republican efforts to keep the House loses his re-election bid". Should we cry over this one?
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 08:40 AM (AKptf)

Who is that?

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at November 06, 2026 08:45 AM (OlzlW)

270 You don't have the mental fortitude to admit you were wrong about something, so you have to block out the obvious conclusion: That making Donald Trump leader of the Republican Party was a mistake.

Posted by: Don't Blame Me! at November 06, 2026 08:36 AM (pVklW)

Trump has done amazing things, despite having very little backing from R's in congress. Sure he has made mistakes, but denying he's been a great president is really quite ignorant.

The mistake was trusting the R's to back him and see his agenda through. The deep state is DEEEEEP.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 08:45 AM (2614e)

271 Knock it off. Was George Bush an anchor in 2006 and 2008? He won in 2004, didn't he?
Posted by: Don't Blame Me! at November 06, 2026 08:43 AM (pVklW)
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George Bush? You've lost your mind.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 08:45 AM (56ehI)

272 How long are we going to keep letting this government turn our democratic principles against us? How long do we keep stepping on this rake?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 08:31 AM (BI5O2

This is a post many of us don’t want to write or think about.
But it’s the TRUTH.
Posted by: Voter theater. at November 06, 2026 08:40 AM

Yep. I have, as my more radical son calls it, 'Boomer Optimism'. Whatever I may grasp intellectually, deep down in my bones I still believe that the greatest political system ever devised can be saved. It can't, but that's really hard to accept. The 'citizens' have changed.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 08:46 AM (4NO2D)

273 I would really like to see some ' this is what we are going to do' in these discussions. The past is past and analysis is needed but forward is where we need to be headed.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 06, 2026 08:46 AM (8Uo7a)

274 I need to disagree with Matt Walsh's assessment that Trump is The Problem™ and by extension Super Intelligence™ should be rejected.

He wants a Constitutional Republic. What you want and what you have the ingredients to make are often wildly different things.

The ingredients that make a Constitutional Republic are long gone. It was a unique, once in a Creation opportunity and it has passed. So what is left? The usual track is tyrannical dictatorship, and there is an opportunity now to dodge it.

And Walsh doesn't want Trillionaire Tech Bros as our boss. But compared to tyrannical dictatorship by sadistic demons, we have an opportunity to live in The Matrix. Everyone really wants to live in the Matrix because they live like children under the roof of semi-protective parents. Follow a few basic rules and you will be fed, clothed and have a roof over your head. Just be home shortly after the street lights come on.

Posted by: Community Notes at November 06, 2026 08:47 AM (rgGn5)

275 What is wrong with people? Or is there some expense the average American deals with that somehow doesn't affect me?
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at November 06, 2026 08:41 AM (OlzlW)

Yes...vapes, monster drinks and video games are way overpriced! And my mom says no more weed from the dispensary as I am over my limit!

Mom!

Posted by: 30 year old man child at November 06, 2026 08:47 AM (Ssbab)

276 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at November 06, 2026 08:47 AM (53oGX)

277 Before this week, Hispanic voters had the lowest voter turnout, on average, of any of these groups. On Tuesday it jumped to the highest.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 08:44 AM (oH6g4)

Overall across the country ( and I've seen the numbers) the shift was net gain for Rs since 24, but! enough in many areas to move the needle. and what I put up , R Hispanics, who I imaging are small business owners, were voting on personal economic situation.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 08:47 AM (AKptf)

278 Keep out da Bushes!

Posted by: J. Jackson at November 06, 2026 08:47 AM (2Ez/1)

279 256 Every county in 21 states shifted to the left in this election by between 13 and 25 points.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at November 06, 2026 08:41 AM (0U5gm)

While looking for conspiracies, don't lose sight of what the GOP did not do for us. The conspiracy is that the GOP threw the race by their incompetence and inaction.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at November 06, 2026 08:48 AM (N39Ws)

280 Democrats turned out at near-presidential election levels.
Republicans turned out at normal midterm election levels.
Many 2024 Trump voters swung to the Dems.

And if you ask, "why would they vote for the party that is causing all the problems?"

Well, what other mechanism remains to express their anger?
They voted for Trump in 2016, 2020 and 2024.

And still the whole party won't listen.

I did not read Vance's post to be against Israel at all, and it's stupid to inveigh against it over just that.

But he gave a damned scary warning about what Republicans have planned:
Amnesty

So while they have us fighting over who to blame, that's what they have planned.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 08:48 AM (Aug7T)

281 Darrell, you have my utmost respect. I wish I could've voted for you.
Posted by: Lady in Black at November 06, 2026 08:43 AM (qBdHI)
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This. Thank you for stepping into the arena.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 08:48 AM (RIvkX)

282 Matt Walsh is a monosyllable moron, and a flying monkey.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 08:48 AM (AKptf)

283 264 Look at the actual numbers. Stop relying on your emotions.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 08:38 AM (okun6)

Look at the 2014 results in Mississippi, Texas, Iowa, South Carolina, Kansas, and compare to 2026.

Posted by: Don't Blame Me! at November 06, 2026 08:43 AM (pVklW)

Replacing George Bush wouldn't have done anything in 2006 or 2008. This is an argument from policy, NOT PERSONALITY. Bush wasn't a crass loudmouth.

You(and a lot of others) keep arguing the issue is Trump's personality. It isn't.

Texas, South Carolina are demographic and need to be a big focus. Kansas is probably diesel, needs examination. The blue states Trump was able to win are obviously just blue states.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 08:49 AM (okun6)

284 Posted by: Don't Blame Me! at November 06, 2026 08:45 AM (pVklW)

Keep waving those goalposts.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 08:49 AM (MPtWl)

285 I have, as my more radical son calls it, 'Boomer Optimism'. Whatever I may grasp intellectually, deep down in my bones I still believe that the greatest political system ever devised can be saved. It can't, but that's really hard to accept. The 'citizens' have changed.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 08:46 AM (4NO2D)

I'm not a boomer - I'm 46, unlike you young 29 year-olds.

My biggest takeaway from this election has been that my predicate assumptions about America are no longer operable.

And since those predicate assumptions have driven so much of what and how I think about the future, I have to completely start over with what reality actually looks like - not what I'd like it to look like.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 08:49 AM (yKhjs)

286 >>Your county moved toward Democrats. It counts in the 'every county shifted left' metric.

Every single county? In multiple states including Texas?

The country is not doing that bad. In a lot of ways doing really well and those of us who voted for Trump have gotten a lot of what we wanted. We wanted the border sealed. We wanted deportations. We wanted lower crime. We wanted our military to stop being a social experiment. We wanted DEI ended. And on and on.

And our people turned out. It's just that Democrats supposedly turned out in ways pretty much never seen in decades if ever.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 08:49 AM (viF8m)

287 I don't think this shows cheating.

Your county was 16% Dem in 2024.
Your county was 17% Dem in 2026.

Your county moved toward Democrats. It counts in the 'every county shifted left' metric.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 08:44 AM (yKhjs)

It's not the amount of shift that suggests cheating. It's the probability that every single county would shift the same direction.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at November 06, 2026 08:49 AM (OlzlW)

288 Have a good one (almost) everybody. Maybe see ya later this evening.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 06, 2026 08:49 AM (ceJ0R)

289 Thanks JJ. Morning Horde! Thanks to Marcus T, Ben Had, Anna Puma, NaCly Dog, and Doof. You all bring me joy and inspiration.

Posted by: Buck (Ofama) at November 06, 2026 08:49 AM (z6ONu)

290 Before this week, Hispanic voters had the lowest voter turnout, on average, of any of these groups. On Tuesday it jumped to the highest.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 08:44 AM (oH6g4)

Texas allowed over 2m voters register without proof of citizenship over the last 2 years. That has been the left's plan all along. Vote for them or they will replace you with those that will.

And they did.....,.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 08:50 AM (2614e)

291 284 George Bush? You've lost your mind.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 08:45 AM (56ehI)

You seem to have trouble understanding my point, so I'll spell it out.

Mentioning Bush was a way of saying, "Saying Trump isn't unpopular and wasn't why the GOP lost in 2026 is like saying George Bush wasn't unpopular and wasn't why the GOP lost in 2006."

"But Trump won in 2024." And Bush won in 2004.

Posted by: Don't Blame Me! at November 06, 2026 08:48 AM (pVklW)

Clearly this is because Bush was a lout and personally divisive. Nothing to do with actual policies. Bush just had a cult of personality that wouldn't accept how offputting his behavior was.

Or maybe it was just Bush was bad at campaigning. Didn't sell the message hard enough. Nothing to do with actual issues.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 08:50 AM (okun6)

292 Darrell, thank you for stepping up. I look forward to you running again. Maybe we can help with you campaign messaging.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 06, 2026 08:51 AM (8Uo7a)

293 If there is a cheat component to this election, I have a theory about the form of the cheat: There were votes counted from AI-generated "voters".

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at November 06, 2026 08:51 AM (OlzlW)

294 I do not know how we come back from this. I seriously don't. The Democrats will have 56 senate seats coming into the next election. We will have to defend 18 seats. Good luck with that. Just look at all the Republican states that elected Democrat governors and a Democrat senator.

Losing Texas we lost the electoral votes.

The Supreme Court will be quickly replaced and any rights we have that they want will be easily taken away from us. Even if we have some judges ruling in our favor, they will be able to take it to their Supreme Court and get the ruling they want. It just goes on and on about what a disaster this is.

Posted by: redridinghood at November 06, 2026 08:51 AM (wzaBj)

295 The dark grows but the light and truth is already here. And then ye shall return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serves God and him that serves him not.

Posted by: Kings man at November 06, 2026 08:51 AM (KVjz6)

296 Yes...vapes, monster drinks and video games are way overpriced! And my mom says no more weed from the dispensary as I am over my limit!

Mom!
Posted by: 30 year old man child at November 06, 2026 08:47 AM

It certainly does feel like we've become overly feminized and infantilized during my lifetime. And OMG are we fat.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 06, 2026 08:52 AM (2Ez/1)

297 I would really like to see some ' this is what we are going to do' in these discussions. The past is past and analysis is needed but forward is where we need to be headed.
Posted by: Ben Had at November 06, 2026 08:46 AM (8Uo7a)

It's going to take a couple weeks for the "I TOLD YOU SO" faction to wither and go away. We'll be able to have civilized discussions again likely sometime in December.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 08:52 AM (2614e)

298 Yea, the country is doing terrible.

>>@jsolomonReports
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1m
>>US economy added 165,000 jobs in October, unemployment rate dropped to 4.1%

Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 08:52 AM (viF8m)

299 On the good news front, the slate of college football games tomorrow is insanely good… Utah-BYU (holy war), Texas-Missouri, Alabama-LSU, Georgia-Ole Miss, Ohio State-Oregon and Miami-Notre Dame

That’s a quality slate of action… I can sit comatose in the couch for 10 hours with that entertainment!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 06, 2026 08:53 AM (LQ1/y)

300 I am thankful for reduced government regulation, for a smaller federal workforce, for sped-up federal permitting, for the industrial renaissance underway, for the rebuilding and once again proud military dedicated to winning wars (and not to trans soldiers), for the growing economy (in the face of a world economic mess), for demanding that allies spend more on defense, for treating the WHO and the UN in an uncompromising manner, for raising working family incomes in real terms for the first time in decades, for lowering taxes on tips and social security incomes, for bringing massive investment in new factories to American shores, and for much else.

Trump did all he could, in the face of a GOPe that moore concerned about doing nothing.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 08:53 AM (P1oRJ)

301 It certainly does feel like we've become overly feminized and infantilized during my lifetime. And OMG are we fat.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 06, 2026 08:52 AM (2Ez/1)

Who says short, fat and slow is bad?

Posted by: .45ACP at November 06, 2026 08:53 AM (N39Ws)

302 It's not the amount of shift that suggests cheating. It's the probability that every single county would shift the same direction.

Posted by: Emmie

In 21 states

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at November 06, 2026 08:53 AM (0U5gm)

303 Darrell, thank you for stepping up. I look forward to you running again. Maybe we can help with you campaign messaging.
Posted by: Ben Had at November 06, 2026 08:51 AM (8Uo7a)
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"Conan, What is best in life?"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 08:53 AM (RIvkX)

304 It's not the amount of shift that suggests cheating. It's the probability that every single county would shift the same direction.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at November 06, 2026 08:49 AM (OlzlW)

I hear you - and JackStraw - on this.

I have a hard time thinking a county would get redder in a midterm though. Presidential levels are going to be higher, particularly for the party in power.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 08:54 AM (yKhjs)

305 Who is that?
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at November 06, 2026 08:45 AM (OlzlW)

Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C., chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee. Emmie, if you look at this guy , you can tell he is very familiar with every high end steak joint in DC. MOFO.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 08:54 AM (AKptf)

306 What is this?

Posted by: Kings man at November 06, 2026 08:54 AM (KVjz6)

307 Tangentially, are there really Mac&Cheese restaurants? Is there that much demand for it? I mean, my wife's baked M&C is pretty damn delicious but I don't think we could make a living on it in the South, where everyone knows how to do it.
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 08:41 AM (4NO2D)

They're basically M&C with custom add-ins. That's the draw.

Not just the plain vanilla M&C.

At least, that's what I see here.

I like M&C. But, not a big fan. So, those restaurants aren't for me.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 06, 2026 08:54 AM (YSUhf)

308 Audit any 3 rural Kansas counties. You'll find the color revolution all over them.
The powers that be don't try in the big cities... they don't need to. But I'll bet the number of "phantom" ballots is virtually the same percentage-wise in each of those random counties.

Posted by: MkY at November 06, 2026 08:54 AM (NnxAa)

309 297 I would really like to see some ' this is what we are going to do' in these discussions. The past is past and analysis is needed but forward is where we need to be headed.
Posted by: Ben Had at November 06, 2026 08:46 AM (8Uo7a)

It's going to take a couple weeks for the "I TOLD YOU SO" faction to wither and go away. We'll be able to have civilized discussions again likely sometime in December.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 08:52 AM (2614e)

On the brighter side of things, look at the some of the squishes that are gone now. Susan Collins, Massie, etc.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at November 06, 2026 08:55 AM (N39Ws)

310 So "Yes" I think the election was stolen.

Posted by: MkY at November 06, 2026 08:55 AM (NnxAa)

311 >>@jsolomonReports
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1m
>>US economy added 165,000 jobs in October, unemployment rate dropped to 4.1%

Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 08:52 AM (viF8m)

WE SAVED YOU!!

Posted by: Democrats and their media arm at November 06, 2026 08:55 AM (yKhjs)

312 Re:237 -- did we lose RINO or MAGA candidates?

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at November 06, 2026 08:56 AM (OlzlW)

313 Mom!
Posted by: 30 year old man child at November 06, 2026 08:47 AM

It certainly does feel like we've become overly feminized and infantilized during my lifetime. And OMG are we fat.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 06, 2026 08:52 AM (2Ez/1)
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*looks forward to next gamergate or disney thread*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 08:56 AM (RIvkX)

314 307 Tangentially, are there really Mac&Cheese restaurants? Is there that much demand for it? I mean, my wife's baked M&C is pretty damn delicious but I don't think we could make a living on it in the South, where everyone knows how to do it.
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 08:41 AM (4NO2D)

They're basically M&C with custom add-ins. That's the draw.

Not just the plain vanilla M&C.

At least, that's what I see here.

I like M&C. But, not a big fan. So, those restaurants aren't for me.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 06, 2026 08:54 AM (YSUhf)

https://tinyurl.com/ytmam382

Mr Mac's in Manchester NH. Really, really good.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at November 06, 2026 08:56 AM (N39Ws)

315 Waving goalposts isn't a thing
---------

Maybe you'll be a trendsetter.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 08:56 AM (MPtWl)

316 That making Donald Trump leader of the Republican Party was a mistake.

From what pile of steaming shit did you emerge?

Let me guess. You are a Libertarian. Always complaining. Always saying that everyone is wrong but have no ideas of your own. Always bitter because the world doesn't orient itself perfectly to your fickle pleasures. Completely incapable of seeing the good in anything, but always the first to rush to an accusation so you can wrest it further to serve your vanity.

Go back to DemocratUnderground

Posted by: Community Notes at November 06, 2026 08:57 AM (+4Cf6)

317 273 I would really like to see some ' this is what we are going to do' in these discussions. The past is past and analysis is needed but forward is where we need to be headed.
Posted by: Ben Had at November 06, 2026 08:46 AM (8Uo7a)

Ben, I've been giving this some thought, and I'd love to write something about that. That stupid troll limited the length of posts these days, but we'll see. I'm already planning for the next cycle.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 06, 2026 08:57 AM (Ied+6)

318 It's not just Mac n' Cheese.....It's Mac 'n Cheese with add-ons.

Lobster, smoked brisket, pulled pork...and on and on.......

Plus, they've branched out and started using various cheeses. I mean, it's hard to beat a good smoked gouda mac n' cheese. Throw in smoked meat with it?

Heavenly......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 08:57 AM (2614e)

319 Trump did all he could, in the face of a GOPe that moore concerned about doing nothing.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 06, 2026 08:53 AM (P1oRJ)

I never wanted this for you. I work my whole life, I don't apologize, to take care of my country. And I refused to be a fool dancing on the strings held by all of those big deep staters. That's my life, I don't apologize for that. But I always thought that when it was our time, that we would be the one to hold the strings.
Well, there wasn't enough time, Huck. There just wasn't enough time.

Posted by: President Donald J. Trump at November 06, 2026 08:57 AM (Ssbab)

320 They're basically M&C with custom add-ins. That's the draw.

Not just the plain vanilla M&C.

At least, that's what I see here.

I like M&C. But, not a big fan. So, those restaurants aren't for me.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 06, 2026 08:54 AM (YSUhf)
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Anyone who adds broccoli to mac & cheese spends a night in the box.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 08:57 AM (RIvkX)

321 Waving goalposts? Sounds like something Tim "Calling a pick-6" Waltz would say.

Posted by: Delurker at November 06, 2026 08:58 AM (2Drhq)

322 oh yeah, almost forgot , TGIF!!

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 08:58 AM (AKptf)

323
On the brighter side of things, look at the some of the squishes that are gone now. Susan Collins, Massie, etc.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at November 06, 2026 08:55 AM (N39Ws)

I think this is the only bright spot.

The remaining congressional Republicans are - as a group - more dedicated than were the past congressional Republicans. Trimming deadwood is a good and necessary task.

It just blows that it came at the same time the DSA took over the left and is actively talking about literally exterminating us.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 08:58 AM (yKhjs)

324 Ben, I've been giving this some thought, and I'd love to write something about that. That stupid troll limited the length of posts these days, but we'll see. I'm already planning for the next cycle.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 06, 2026 08:57 AM (Ied+6)

Parse it into 2 paragraphs a post in continuation, OR, send your thoughts and musings to a COB and see if they'll give you a thread to throw it out on.

If TJM ever comes back, he might be your huckleberry.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 08:59 AM (2614e)

325 Mooney's in Corning, NY. Excellent mac n cheese.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 08:59 AM (Ta4DE)

326
You're a buffoon who suffers psychic damage whenever anyone criticizes a billionaire politician who doesn't know you exist. You are pathetic.
Posted by: Don't Blame Me! at November 06, 2026 08:58 AM (uvRyx)

Wow. Now THAT'S a winning argument right there........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 08:59 AM (2614e)

327 Without trying to step on the toes of Fenelon or Marcus T, don't lose sight that God created this day, a beautiful day. We all have much to give thanks for. We are heading into dark times, but keep your eyes towards the Light.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at November 06, 2026 09:00 AM (N39Ws)

328 The markets are attempting a bit of recovery in the pre-market trading. I don't think I am going to play in it today. I have no clear idea of what's happening. I don't think any recovery will hold but there is a saying; 'The Market can stay irrationally longer than you can stay solvent', so I can't bet against it yet.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 09:00 AM (4NO2D)

329 If TJM ever comes back, he might be your huckleberry.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 08:59 AM (2614e

TJM step away?

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at November 06, 2026 09:01 AM (N39Ws)

330 Anyone who adds broccoli to mac & cheese spends a night in the box.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 08:57 AM

https://youtu.be/77lScmonTaM

Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at November 06, 2026 09:01 AM (2Ez/1)

331 If TJM ever comes back, he might be your huckleberry.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 08:59 AM (2614e)
******
What happened to TJM?

Posted by: redridinghood at November 06, 2026 09:01 AM (wzaBj)

332 Rejoice not against me, O mine enemies. When I sit in darkness, The Lord shall be a light unto me.

Posted by: Delurker at November 06, 2026 09:01 AM (2Drhq)

333 R Hispanics, who I imaging are small business owners, were voting on personal economic situation.
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 08:47 AM (AKptf)

It’s even more of a machismo thing among Hispanic males. Ginojoza is cute, soft spoken, and made many Spanish language appeals to them personally (not part of our media so we didn’t see it)
I’ve said before, I know a Hispanic businessman, owns a couple convenience stores, a construction company, devout Catholic, is disgusted by trannies. I thought he’d gone nuts since he couldn’t stop talking about how great Ginojoza was compared to ugly old Abbott. Turned out I was the crazy one because he, and every Hispanic businessman just like him voted for her and all of her allies.

If conservatives want to win this population segment back, we’re going to have to develop some strong conservative Hispanic/Latino candidates.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 09:01 AM (oH6g4)

334 Posted by: Honest Cloud at November 06, 2026 09:00 AM (GVoQJ)

I appreciate the long callback on this fake troll. Only an old timer would get it.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 09:01 AM (4NO2D)

335 Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 08:54 AM (AKptf)

Thanks, Runner. I'm not immersed enough in politics to know everyone by their record or peccadillos.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at November 06, 2026 09:02 AM (OlzlW)

336 On the bright side, Republicans are back in the position they prefer most: powerless so they only need to point fingers and say "you're doing it wrong!"

They're like that yappy little dog who's all bravado as long as there's a fence protecting them.

But hey, we got a Gulf of America out of it, right? At least until 2029.

Posted by: Tinfoil Dispenser at November 06, 2026 09:02 AM (ERYKL)

337 Wasn’t Joey Tribiani the lead in a TV show called Mac ‘n Cheese?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 06, 2026 09:02 AM (LQ1/y)

338 I don't think some people realize how easy it is for computers to change/fabricate numbers. And who is going to correct them or alert us when they do? The criminals in charge? You can vote, but for someone to have faith in the black box is naive.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at November 06, 2026 09:03 AM (SBoRZ)

339 It’s even more of a machismo thing among Hispanic males. Ginojoza is cute, soft spoken, and made many Spanish language appeals to them personally (not part of our media so we didn’t see it)
I’ve said before, I know a Hispanic businessman, owns a couple convenience stores, a construction company, devout Catholic, is disgusted by trannies. I thought he’d gone nuts since he couldn’t stop talking about how great Ginojoza was compared to ugly old Abbott. Turned out I was the crazy one because he, and every Hispanic businessman just like him voted for her and all of her allies.

If conservatives want to win this population segment back, we’re going to have to develop some strong conservative Hispanic/Latino candidates.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 09:01 AM (oH6g4)

She must have run a good campaign.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 09:03 AM (AKptf)

340
TJM step away?
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at November 06, 2026 09:01 AM (N39Ws)

******
What happened to TJM?
Posted by: redridinghood at November 06, 2026 09:01 AM (wzaBj)

I don't know that anything happened to him, per se, but I haven't seen him in a couple days and when questioning, others said he prolly took some time away because this recent crop of 'perfect analysts' we've gained blamed HIM for Tuesday's bloodbath and he grew weary of it quickly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 09:04 AM (2614e)

341 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 08:59 AM (2614e)

At least somebody is enjoying this week.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 09:04 AM (MPtWl)

342 Veggies do not belong in mac n cheese. Like pineapple on pizza.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 09:04 AM (Ta4DE)

343 A candidate is claiming that at least 300,000 illegal voters cast votes in Harris County (Houston)

If he (or she) has actual evidence, now would be the time to show it.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 06, 2026 09:05 AM (vTZFs)

344 f TJM ever comes back, he might be your huckleberry.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 08:59 AM (2614e)
******
What happened to TJM?
Posted by: redridinghood

Kiln explosion.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 09:05 AM (zFF15)

345
She must have run a good campaign.
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 09:03 AM (AKptf)

She didn't really run one and no one knew who she was 2 weeks before early voting started.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 09:05 AM (2614e)

346 If conservatives want to win this population segment back, we’re going to have to develop some strong conservative Hispanic/Latino candidates.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 09:01 AM (oH6g4)

Conservative identity politics is a contradiction… not the way to go IMHO. Conservative to a large extent is appealing to rationality and intellect and policy positions. Ethnicity should not matter

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 06, 2026 09:05 AM (LQ1/y)

347 Veggies do not belong in mac n cheese. Like pineapple on pizza.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 09:04 AM (Ta4DE)

is jalapeño a veggie ? because it belongs in mac n cheese

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 09:05 AM (AKptf)

348 FWP, I have yet another plumbing leak that will have me up in the attic sectioning PEX pipe this morning as soon as I finish my mandatory 3rd mug of coffee.

Is it wrong that this vexes me more than the election right now?

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 09:05 AM (4NO2D)

349 >And who is going to correct them or alert us when they do? The criminals in charge? You can vote, but for someone to have faith in the black box is naive.
Posted by: Bad Andrew at November 06, 2026 09:03 AM

It doesn't matter who casts the votes.
It matters who COUNTS the votes.

Posted by: J. Stalin at November 06, 2026 09:06 AM (2Ez/1)

350 Losing Texas we lost the electoral votes.

Worse than that. With Texas, the Electoral College is over and the Popular Vote will determine elections.

Think about that. With all of the current states where Vote Fraud is at least 20% of the vote, after a Presidential Election, California, Illinois, New York, et al will be "counting ballots" until their candidate wins. We will know before the Election who wins, but the "official" ruling won't be made until enough ballots have been manufactured and tabulated to anoint their Chosen.

The Republic is over since Texas fell into the hands of the Devil. Its just a matter of time before Texas joins the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact and Game Over. One Party Rule.

Posted by: Community Notes at November 06, 2026 09:06 AM (+4Cf6)

351 If conservatives want to win this population segment back, we’re going to have to develop some strong conservative Hispanic/Latino candidates.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 09:01 AM (oH6g4)

This isn't something we do on the right.

The left judges people in bulk, based on your category.
The right judges people one at a time.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 09:07 AM (yKhjs)

352 A candidate is claiming that at least 300,000 illegal voters cast votes in Harris County (Houston)

If he (or she) has actual evidence, now would be the time to show it.
Posted by: Oddbob at November 06, 2026 09:05 AM (vTZFs)

Texas registered over 2 million voters without proof of citizenship over the last 2 years.

We're the stupid party for a reason. The fact that this was even POSSIBLE in the state of Texas means the corruption of government is deeper than most imagined..........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 09:07 AM (2614e)

353 Is it wrong that this vexes me more than the election right now?
Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 09:05 AM

All politics is local.

Posted by: T. O'Neill at November 06, 2026 09:07 AM (2Ez/1)

354 346 If conservatives want to win this population segment back, we’re going to have to develop some strong conservative Hispanic/Latino candidates.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 09:01 AM (oH6g4)

Conservative identity politics is a contradiction… not the way to go IMHO. Conservative to a large extent is appealing to rationality and intellect and policy positions. Ethnicity should not matter

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 06, 2026 09:05 AM (LQ1/y)

While this is ideally the case, it may not work in practice.

I'm not entirely sold on this since Latin America elects non-Hispanics from time to time but it certainly doesn't hurt to run Hispanics.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 06, 2026 09:08 AM (okun6)

355
302 It's not the amount of shift that suggests cheating. It's the probability that every single county would shift the same direction.

Posted by: Emmie

This ironically is the best evidence it was NOT cheating. Cheating, as in 2020, would look like anomalous results in major population cities which could be controlled, but not much effect in outlying rural counties. (Not enough impact there to make it worth setting up a fraud operation.

But a massive move in every single county says that this was a seismic shift in the general voting public, and it would be madness to deny it happened.

Personally I think we’re in an era where most voters will hate whoever’s in power, and we’re going to ping pong back and forth between the parties chaotically.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 09:08 AM (oH6g4)

356
Kiln explosion.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 09:05 AM (zFF15)

He was with Fawn Liebowitz?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 09:08 AM (2614e)

357 Mornin', All.

Posted by: Bulg at November 06, 2026 09:08 AM (77rzZ)

358 The Republic is over since Texas fell into the hands of the Devil. Its just a matter of time before Texas joins the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact and Game Over. One Party Rule.
Posted by: Community Notes at November 06, 2026 09:06 AM (+4Cf6)

I don’t think so.. if Texas is now reliably in the Dem column (I don’t think it is) then they have ZERO need to get rid of the EC. Republicans cannot with the presidency without Texas period

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 06, 2026 09:08 AM (LQ1/y)

359 Kiln explosion.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 09:05 AM (zFF15)

He was with Fawn Liebowitz?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

😂

Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 09:09 AM (zFF15)

360 are we not doing celebrity news anymore ??

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 09:09 AM (AKptf)

361 If conservatives want to win this population segment back, we’re going to have to develop some strong conservative Hispanic/Latino candidates.

That is overly simplistic.

The mine canary is the passage of SAVE America act in the lame duck Congress. Without it, the NPVIC will be an abomination to voting since the rules will be Whichever Party Stuffs the Most Ballots Wins.

And we already know that SAVE America is DOA.

Posted by: Community Notes at November 06, 2026 09:09 AM (+4Cf6)

362 At least somebody is enjoying this week.
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 09:04 AM (MPtWl)

I'm just trying to get moved in......I'm still exhausted, but the wife is getting happier, although she's sick of menopause and knee/back pain......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 09:10 AM (2614e)

363 Good morning, Horde. Nice write up this morning, JJ.

Posted by: scampydog at November 06, 2026 09:10 AM (2bFN5)

364 Saying the county shift shows cheating is - to me - like 9/11 truthers.

Too many people would have to be involved, in too many places, for it to work. Conservative counties with conservative election watchers are NOT going to participate in the cheat, but they shifted too. You can't explain that without a voter shift.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 09:10 AM (yKhjs)

365 are we not doing celebrity news anymore ??

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 09:09 AM (AKptf)

Ace posted about Russell Brand yesterday.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 09:10 AM (2614e)

366 Sen. Chuck Schumer stating, “You have to go after the corruption”

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Chuckie's plan to appease and enable the crocodiles so they'd eat him last doesn't seem to be working out too well.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 09:11 AM (ndZc7)

367 I see two years of government shutdowns. Nice!

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 09:11 AM (AKptf)

368 Kiln explosion.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 06, 2026 09:05 AM (zFF15)

He was with Fawn Liebowitz?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

I don't get it.

Posted by: In my best TJM voice at November 06, 2026 09:11 AM (2Ez/1)

369 Personally I think we’re in an era where most voters will hate whoever’s in power, and we’re going to ping pong back and forth between the parties chaotically.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 09:08 AM (oH6g4)

That is a highly optimistic take. The GOP must give people a choice not just the illusion of one.

My prediction? Pain

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 09:11 AM (MPtWl)

370 I don't think some people realize how easy it is for computers to change/fabricate numbers. And who is going to correct them or alert us when they do? The criminals in charge? You can vote, but for someone to have faith in the black box is naive.

--

Anything electronic can and will be hacked and abused. It's the perfect venue for D-Communists as a means to voter fraud. And they've harnessed that to their advantage. Anyone not understanding that is not looking.

Posted by: Lady in Black at November 06, 2026 09:11 AM (qBdHI)

371 If he (or she) has actual evidence, now would be the time to show it.
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Texas registered over 2 million voters without proof of citizenship over the last 2 years.

Not saying it isn't possible or even plausible. Or even likely for that matter. But I am saying that it will take more than a "claim" to change anything.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 06, 2026 09:11 AM (vTZFs)

372 Do any of the Mac & Cheese restaurants serve original Kraft Macaroni and Cheese?

If not, no thanks.

Posted by: Gref at November 06, 2026 09:12 AM (5rh/l)

373 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 09:10 AM (2614e)

I will say a prayer. You must be due for some relief!!!

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 09:12 AM (MPtWl)

374 The left judges people in bulk, based on your category.
The right judges people one at a time.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 09:07 AM (yKhjs)

Multi racial societies are tribal societies, whether they like it or not. I’ll leave for another day the thought that democracy is not a particularly good form of government for societies of this type.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 09:13 AM (oH6g4)

375 The GOP is lazy and worthless. Yes, the other side is evil but I need to see some serious effort. Meanwhile we get to bathe in the suck.
My faith is in God and I’m going to continue to do his work to the best of my abilities. Amen

Posted by: Billythesquid at November 06, 2026 09:13 AM (kAhD4)

376 Is it wrong that this vexes me more than the election right now?

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 09:05 AM (4NO2D)

No. I hate plumbing for the simple fact that water can destroy EVERYTHING if you don't do it right.

Home is where the heart is, so therefore it should be cared for with the utmost passion.

The rest of the world is put on pause.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 09:13 AM (2614e)

377 I don’t think so.. if Texas is now reliably in the Dem column (I don’t think it is) then they have ZERO need to get rid of the EC. Republicans cannot with the presidency without Texas period

Lets assume that Tom Servo's proposal bears fruit. With NPVIC, its pointless because the insurrecting states will stuff tens of millions of ballots to override whatever Latino crossover takes place.

Remember, under NPVIC, its the balance of total ballots. California alone can generate enough ballots to overwhelm any GOP rise in Texas.

NPVIC is THE end of a Constitutional Republic. SAVE America Act is the only solution in hand to counter what is otherwise inevitable One Party Permanent Rule.

Posted by: Community Notes at November 06, 2026 09:13 AM (+4Cf6)

378 Look at the bright side. Now is the time to get in on the ground floor of the yellow star market.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 09:14 AM (ndZc7)

379 I think the real plan here is not ultimately the supreme court - although that's something the lefties want of course - no, the real plan is to end the electoral college - that they can do as long as their cheat machine is not stopped - then its permanent rule by lefties forever without ever having to have that ugly color revolution to do the dirty work.

Posted by: Boswell at November 06, 2026 09:15 AM (j10i6)

380
I will say a prayer. You must be due for some relief!!!
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 09:12 AM (MPtWl)

I appreciate it. It's going to be a tough run for a while as I still have to return to the old stomping grounds for work likely each week for a while. That will be hard on both of us early on. I used to travel a lot, but that's been years ago. We've grown accustomed to being around each other on the daily.

There's a LOT of work that needs to be done around here.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 09:15 AM (2614e)

381 Can anybody make this make sense?

"Are There Any Honest Mathematicians in America Today? Latest Turnout Numbers from 2026 Midterms Look Suspicious and Frankly Impossible …More Updates"

https://shorturl.fm/GCJnA

(link goes to gateway pundit page)

Posted by: _Jim at November 06, 2026 09:15 AM (tTioD)

382 Do any of the Mac & Cheese restaurants serve original Kraft Macaroni and Cheese?

If not, no thanks.
Posted by: Gref at November 06, 2026 09:12 AM (5rh/l)

No one should be subject to eating powdered mac and cheese.......

Posted by: Michael 'Arugula' Owebama at November 06, 2026 09:16 AM (2614e)

383 I talk about the cheatcbecause I'm open to it not because I think it explains this.

I'm much more interested in the psychological operations and manipulations than anything else. I do think AI was a factor in the planning what just occurred.

General upset at Trump or even the GOP isn't enough to put the whole thing in a nutshell. Even midterm year isn't. Nothing is.

All I know is the DSA thing was a clear op from the moment it dropped, I have talked about it. I figured it was planned to usher in brave new world for 2028.

I didn't think it would move this quick but it has. Our brave new world has arrived. In that sense that's why I'm not bowled over by what happened, just trying to figure it out.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 09:17 AM (MPtWl)

384 My prediction? Pain
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 09:11 AM

+1

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 09:17 AM (4NO2D)

385 Ok, Texas has 17.5 million registered voters. A/O August 11, 2025 these are the breakdowns:

Likely Democratic: 8,133,683 (46.5%)
Likely Non-Partisan: 2,750,831 (15.7%)
Likely Republican: 6,001,190 (37.7%)

The fact that TX stayed R is a miracle, and this blue wave was coming.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 09:18 AM (AKptf)

386 President Trump just slashed over $100 billion from the deficit, from $136 billion to $29.4 billion. Lowest deficit in 20 years.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at November 06, 2026 09:18 AM (3ImbR)

387 *President Trump just slashed over $100 billion from the deficit*

Is that a lot?

Posted by: I gotta ask at November 06, 2026 09:19 AM (2Ez/1)

388 Those numbers I put up is why Ds were relentless in trying to turn TX blue. This was not a pipe dream on their part. They knew they had the numbers.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 09:20 AM (AKptf)

389
https://shorturl.fm/GCJnA

(link goes to gateway pundit page)
Posted by: _Jim at November 06, 2026 09:15 AM (tTioD)

Key statistic:

Republican votes stayed the same.

Democrats materialized 20 million new votes. https://t.co/tfPjqmh6uf

— Kevin Bass (@kevinnbass) November 5, 2026

Now, how many illegals did Biden import during his reign of error?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 09:20 AM (2614e)

390 Conservative Watchers would only be useful if they retained all the paper ballots and hand counted them. Once a voting machine has the count, all bets are off.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at November 06, 2026 09:20 AM (ddgvz)

391 But a massive move in every single county says that this was a seismic shift in the general voting public, and it would be madness to deny it happened.

Social Media has erased political boundaries. With algorithms, the message is directed to everyone who doesn't know what they desire and the Algorithm will tell them what they desire.

Right now, the algorithm has implanted the desire of the voting majority to embrace the Death Cult.

Mimetic Theory explains all of this perfectly. You don't need the Bogey Man of universal vote fraud.

Posted by: Community Notes at November 06, 2026 09:20 AM (pawvM)

392 As to the 2 million new voters registered in the last few years in Texas - it appears that many of these were so called “anchor babies” coming of age.
Under current US law, they are full US citizens with voting rights.

I see an analogy to the Learjet that crashed in Florida this week. Like the pilots of that flight, we waited until it was far too late to react to the situation.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 09:21 AM (oH6g4)

393 Useful idiots never see it coming.

Posted by: polynikes at November 06, 2026 09:21 AM (2gbgu)

394 Remember, under NPVIC, its the balance of total ballots. California alone can generate enough ballots to overwhelm any GOP rise in Texas.

NPVIC is THE end of a Constitutional Republic. SAVE America Act is the only solution in hand to counter what is otherwise inevitable One Party Permanent Rule.
Posted by: Community Notes at November 06, 2026 09:13 AM

This is a good point. The usual Dems win the popular vote, Reps win the EC is based the 4 million fake votes that come out of California every election. Hillary, for instance, won the PV on this. She basically won 5 states, you know which ones, to get the majority of votes.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 09:21 AM (4NO2D)

395 378 Look at the bright side. Now is the time to get in on the ground floor of the yellow star market.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 09:14 AM

We're making plans.

Posted by: Big Bob's Gulag Construction Company, Inc. at November 06, 2026 09:22 AM (2Ez/1)

396 Under current US law, they are full US citizens with voting rights.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 09:21 AM (oH6g4)

Every year, 1,000,000 more anchor babies turn 18, gaining the right to vote.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 09:22 AM (yKhjs)

397 name one policy or program proposed by Republicans over the last 10 years that exclusively benefited young men.

Everything is either women, seniors or minorities--they all need help.
Those young men are on their own--but paying for everyone else.

A million anchor babies become eligible voters every year.

What about the millions of young men who become eligible voters every year?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 09:23 AM (Aug7T)

398 Tom Sevo & Community Notes

I want to thank you both for your thoughtful posts.
We need to acknowledge the good here, as well.

Mis Hum walked away because ace never praised his great efforts. Not even a Christmas Card.

We need to reinforce strong voices. IMHO.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 06, 2026 09:23 AM (u82oZ)

399 A reminder, TX was Democrat State for a long long time. Some history, Democrats dominated all statewide offices till 1994. Rs only gained control of TX Senate in 1997, and the House in 2003 (!) for the first time since like 1870s.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 09:23 AM (AKptf)

400 Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 09:20 AM (AKptf)

Texas doesn't register people by Party. They get those figures by primary participation.

Posted by: polynikes at November 06, 2026 09:24 AM (2gbgu)

401 re: "Texas registered over 2 million voters without proof of citizenship over the last 2 years."
...
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 09:07 AM (2614e)
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Just a note, I JUST renewed my TX DL earlier this year - I WAS REQUIRED to have my Birth Cert, as I _tried_ RENEWING it w/o a Birth Cert the 1st time and was 'bounced out' of the place ... the "Real ID" (act) requires a birth cert (or valid passport) to renew. No other documentation was acceptable (I tried as I could not find my birth cert the 1st time, so I had to call my county of birth and get ANOTHER copy for my 2nd try at DL renewal. Even an _expired passport_ from 2008 was NOT acceptable.)

This was up here at the new super-center Garland, TX DMV/license center.

Posted by: _Jim at November 06, 2026 09:24 AM (tTioD)

402 What about the millions of young men who become eligible voters every year?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 09:23 AM

The Best People™ have assured us that The Future Is Female.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 06, 2026 09:25 AM (2Ez/1)

403 Mis Hum walked away because ace never praised his great efforts. Not even a Christmas Card.

We need to reinforce strong voices. IMHO.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 06, 2026 09:23 AM (u82oZ)

Wait, Mis Hum is gone?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 09:25 AM (2614e)

404 The voters Trump won over in 2024 left fastest: 18% of his voters under 30 and 13% of his Latino voters backed Democrats.
The Latino crossovers' top issue: the cost of living (57%). The Iran war: 2%.
--
We can win them back.
But it won't be with social issues or "look how bad the Dems are!"

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 09:26 AM (Aug7T)

405 If conservatives want to win this population segment back, we’re going to have to develop some strong conservative Hispanic/Latino candidates.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 09:01 AM (oH6g4)

Conservative identity politics is a contradiction… not the way to go IMHO. Conservative to a large extent is appealing to rationality and intellect and policy positions. Ethnicity should not matter
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 06, 2026 09:05 AM (LQ1/y)

This isn't something we do on the right.

The left judges people in bulk, based on your category.
The right judges people one at a time.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 09:07 AM (yKhjs)

Okay, so maybe this will offend some people but I think this is the way to say it.

Even back in the halcyon days of High-Trust, Judeo-Christian, white majority America, there were ethnic splits.

Look at the Kennedy Foofaraw with the shocking idea of a Catholic President who will let the Pope run America!!!!

Or, gee, if you live in an Italian area or Irish area are your reps Italian or Irish. I suspect they are.

So, if I wanted to appeal to voters in that area do i run a Chinese muslim?

Posted by: naturalfake at November 06, 2026 09:27 AM (YSUhf)

406
This was up here at the new super-center Garland, TX DMV/license center.
Posted by: _Jim at November 06, 2026 09:24 AM (tTioD)

I had to do the same. I had to go through the hell of Illinois bureaucracy over 2 months to get a copy of my BC to renew my license last year.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 09:27 AM (2614e)

407 I would really like to see some ' this is what we are going to do' in these discussions. The past is past and analysis is needed but forward is where we need to be headed.

------

Easy.

Leave the Union. It's not the best choice. It's the only choice left.

I've put years of thought into how this can be done. I have landed on what I think is the best approach. I'll be discussing bit more soon.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 06, 2026 09:27 AM (BI5O2)

408 Texas, since statehood had 40 (!!!!) Democrat governors, and ...6 Republican. Texas had fewer Republican governor than Illinois with 20 R and 18 Democrat ! meaning... Texas had more Democrat Governors than Illinois.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 09:28 AM (AKptf)

409 Sponge

He told a small group of us in the Texas MoMeet why. But yes, Misanthropic Humanitarian has walked away.

He has reasons.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 06, 2026 09:28 AM (u82oZ)

410 Living in Texas last few decades I haven't had to experience the Blue state catastrophes and commie actions up close and personal. I guess that's going to change now.

Posted by: polynikes at November 06, 2026 09:28 AM (2gbgu)

411 Numbers don't lie.

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 09:29 AM (AKptf)

412 So far Democrats plan to;
- Eliminate the electoral college
-Create a national gun register
- Reinstate the NFA tax at $5,000
- Impeach Trump and various cabinet members
- Go after DHS and ICE for doing their jobs
- Defund ICE and reinstate a budget for things like USAID

That’s just a partial list.

Hats off to people who voted Democrat. Things are about to become more unaffordable.

Posted by: That Guy. at November 06, 2026 09:29 AM (zvo7E)

413 403
Wait, Mis Hum is gone?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 09:25 AM (2614e)

Yeah. She bid farewell on the Prayer thread this past Saturday morning.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at November 06, 2026 09:29 AM (N39Ws)

414 396 Under current US law, they are full US citizens with voting rights.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 09:21 AM (oH6g4)

Every year, 1,000,000 more anchor babies turn 18, gaining the right to vote.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 06, 2026 09:22 AM (yKhjs)

Depressing. If one of their illegal alien parents is still in the country, you can bet your bottom peso none of them are going to vote for any candidate promising to do internal US enforcement of immigration laws.

Posted by: Gref at November 06, 2026 09:29 AM (5rh/l)

415 Soap box, ballot box,,,,,

Posted by: Eromero at November 06, 2026 09:29 AM (LHPAg)

416 re: "A reminder, TX was Democrat State for a long long time. Some history, Democrats dominated all statewide offices till 1994. Rs only gained control of TX Senate in 1997, and the House in 2003 (!) for the first time since like 1870s."

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 09:23 AM (AKptf)
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Yes ... remind that one white-haired Ann Richards, the 2nd woman TX governor was in office from 1991 to 1995. She lost to Clayton Williams who shot himself in the foot while on the campaign trail where it was raining and he used an unfortunate euphemism (involving rain and grape).

Posted by: _Jim at November 06, 2026 09:29 AM (tTioD)

417 Texas had more Democrat Governors than Illinois.
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 09:28 AM (AKptf)

Ann Richards was the last D governor in Texas. She lied her ass off and got fired for it. It's been R since. Now, illegals and anchor babies have made the future a bit more bleak.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 09:29 AM (2614e)

418 Pure fucking evil.

https://tinyurl.com/mp66pbfu

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 09:29 AM (ndZc7)

419 The democrats in Texas years ago were much more conservative than today's democrats.

Posted by: Buck (Ofama) at November 06, 2026 09:30 AM (z6ONu)

420 Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 09:28 AM (AKptf)

We've never had an American hating anti 2nd amendment communist as Governor.

Posted by: polynikes at November 06, 2026 09:30 AM (2gbgu)

421 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 09:31 AM (2614e)

422 >>Pure fucking evil.

https://tinyurl.com/mp66pbfu
- - - - -

They look possessed.
Certainly have no souls.

Posted by: Lizzy at November 06, 2026 09:31 AM (rOKnE)

423 They made like a Broadway play about Ann Richards. They are so fucking weird.

Trump is a dude you really COULD tell interesting true stories about, and even I don't want to hear that shit.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 09:31 AM (MPtWl)

424 Washington Nearsider

The schools deliberately did not inculcate the American virtues in the children in their care. Part of the plan.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 06, 2026 09:31 AM (u82oZ)

425 Democrats are already moving resources into Florida to see how they can takeover that state. Apparently Tennessee also.

Republicans are sitting around wondering why there is $5 on the nightstand and their ass hurts.

Posted by: That Guy. at November 06, 2026 09:31 AM (zvo7E)

426 >>Yeah. She bid farewell on the Prayer thread this past Saturday morning.

He?

Posted by: Lizzy at November 06, 2026 09:31 AM (rOKnE)

427 Numbers don't lie.
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 09:29 AM (AKpt

Statistics always lie.

Posted by: polynikes at November 06, 2026 09:32 AM (2gbgu)

428
Yeah. She bid farewell on the Prayer thread this past Saturday morning.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at November 06, 2026 09:29 AM (N39Ws)

He, but damn......That's depressing......

Just saw him at the TxMoMe........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 06, 2026 09:33 AM (2614e)

429 >>Mis Hum walked away because ace never praised his great efforts. Not even a Christmas Card.

We need to reinforce strong voices. IMHO.

Dang, Salty! I hadn't heard that.

Posted by: Lizzy at November 06, 2026 09:34 AM (rOKnE)

430 Lizzy

He did it all for us, the regulars.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 06, 2026 09:35 AM (u82oZ)

431 >>Republicans are sitting around wondering why there is $5 on the nightstand and their ass hurts.

. . . and if NOW their voters will finally STFU and let them return to the 200's style GOPe.

They have no idea what time it is - they think the Left only wants to kill Trump and Charlie Kirk?

Posted by: Lizzy at November 06, 2026 09:36 AM (rOKnE)

432
The thing that makes me wonder about Texas is the fact that DataRepublican found that 55% of the votes cast were registered after 2024. That's either terrifying or insane and I'm not sure it's not both.

Posted by: American Hawkman at November 06, 2026 09:37 AM (mttSW)

433 TX registered 2.9 million "new" voters between 2022 and 2024. No iD was required to register. Chew on that.

Posted by: Wormword at November 06, 2026 09:37 AM (yOcCL)

434 "397 name one policy or program proposed by Republicans over the last 10 years that exclusively benefited young men.

Everything is either women, seniors or minorities--they all need help. Those young men are on their own--but paying for everyone else.

A million anchor babies become eligible voters every year. What about the millions of young men who become eligible voters every year?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 06, 2026 09:23 AM (Aug7T)
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Crowder (I'm a fan of his fast-moving style, 'k?) hit on this point hard yesterday -

https://shorturl.fm/iPtXI (link to yesterdays show)

Posted by: _Jim at November 06, 2026 09:38 AM (tTioD)

435 Oops - Clayton Williams lost to Richards; Clayton shot himself in the foot while on the campaign trail ... he used an unfortunate euphemism (involving rain and ...).

Posted by: _Jim at November 06, 2026 09:40 AM (tTioD)

436 It’s almost laughable that some of you think we can move on from this. Texas is gone. Whether is was fraud that no one will address except decrying it online or the entire state embracing insanity, Texas as we have known it it over.

Posted by: AnnaS at November 06, 2026 09:47 AM (WdMlw)

437 re: "433 TX registered 2.9 million "new" voters between 2022 and 2024. No iD was required to register. Chew on that."

Posted by: Wormword at November 06, 2026 09:37 AM (yOcCL)
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Yet - YET I'm required to provide ID every time I vote.

Chew on that.

PS. I did find that even an expired TX DL was acceptable as ID to vote ... that was for a yr and half, maybe 2 yrs, I used my truly expired TX DL as ID. What can I say - I bicycled everywhere for a couple yrs here in town at 69 - 71 yrs old. I was motivated to renew so I could keep my MC (motorcycle endorsement) current. I didn't want repeat that exercise again.

Posted by: _Jim at November 06, 2026 09:47 AM (tTioD)

438 @392

The Lear jet analogy. Yup. Terrifying.

Posted by: Wormword at November 06, 2026 09:48 AM (yOcCL)

439 re: "The thing that makes me wonder about Texas is the fact that DataRepublican found that 55% of the votes cast were registered after 2024. That's either terrifying or insane and I'm not sure it's not both."

Posted by: American Hawkman at November 06, 2026 09:37 AM (mttSW) "
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ALSO - someone explain this? From the GWP page I linked earlier https://shorturl.fm/GCJnA -

"James Talarico received more mail-in and early votes than Ken Paxton received in the entire election!"

DO newly 'registered' young voters (anchor babies) use 1) early voting or 2) mail-in voting to 3) the exclusion of election-day voting?

I have no answers, only questions ...

Posted by: _Jim at November 06, 2026 09:54 AM (tTioD)

440 What is Thune getting blackmailed with?
A. dirty money
B. Something sexual
C. Both

Posted by: Truth at November 06, 2026 09:59 AM (guCKp)

441 "48 39 The Republicans could do the same with early voting but the party is a steaming pile.
Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 07:27 AM (MWfyi)

Yes, they need to spend the voting identifying all their voters and going door to door driving folks to the polls or giving them a mail in ballot application (and then going again the pick it up and drop it off for them). Dems have acres of 18-24 and 65+ volunteers and min wage hourly crew who do this for them.
Posted by: Nova Local at November 06, 2026 07:29 AM (Gb7+b)"

Doesn't matter if the dems can bullshit 20 million votes out of thin air after the polls close.

You are not voting your way out of this.

Posted by: heya at November 06, 2026 10:09 AM (G5zYf)

442 "Are There Any Honest Mathematicians in America Today?"

That's a hot one. For years it's all been blamed on English majors.
Now we're starting to realize just how easy it is to lie with numbers. Having salted the earth and left no stone on stone,
you've been had again.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at November 06, 2026 10:31 AM (zdLoL)

443 The Jews vote democrat right down the line. They get what they deserve.

Posted by: godhelpus at November 06, 2026 10:36 AM (tIMk5)

444 433 TX registered 2.9 million "new" voters between 2022 and 2024. No iD was required to register. Chew on that.

Posted by: Wormword at November 06, 2026 09:37 AM (yOcCL)
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Search result returns for the question: "Is ID required to register to vote in Texas?"

Ans: "Yes, Texas requires first-time voters to provide either a Texas driver's license number, a voter ID number, or the last four digits of a Social Security number when registering to vote."

Hmmmm ... I'm seeing where there may exist cracks in this procedure.

Posted by: _Jim at November 06, 2026 10:46 AM (tTioD)

445 Dems House totals keep going up
253 with ~ 25 seats to go

There is an excellent chance that the National Popular Interstate Popular Vote Compact will pass before the next POTUS.

ONLY 4 or 5 States All with Dem majority legislatures and governorships need to sign on
😁 Many citizens in both red and blue states will come out to vote if they feel their votes will really be counted

Posted by: Paul at November 06, 2026 10:48 AM (TGWo+)

446 I was unable to find any pics showing how large the OnThe were
I suspect really tiny those anti Jew rallies were
I suspect less than 2 dozen

Posted by: Paul at November 06, 2026 10:58 AM (TGWo+)

447 I see the next couple of years is going to be nothing but shitty news, badgering hate back and forth and BS just like before the elections just more of it now that the elections are over.

Posted by: Joe at November 06, 2026 11:12 AM (Uy/WF)

448 ' morning. Thanks, J.J.

That discriminatory, violent shithole Philly, yet my "ring county" is doing all it can to "become."

In Delaware County, Pennsylvania, both Swarthmore College & Haverford College have been at the center of major federal developments involving allegations of antisemitism:

U.S. Department of Education expanded a Title VI civil rights investigation into Swarthmore College. The escalation was triggered after an Instagram account for Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) shared a video depicting an effigy (mannequin) of an Israeli soldier dressed in a uniform being doused with gasoline and set on fire. The video also displayed the phrase "Long live Al-Aqsa Flood," which is the name Hamas used for the October 7, 2023, attacks. Swarthmore College officials condemned the video, noting that the college had permanently revoked the student group's official campus affiliation.

In a separate federal case, a tenured associate professor of religion at Haverford College, was arrested and charged with federal cyberstalking. Federal prosecutors and the FBI accused him of using multiple anonymous social media accounts to send roughly 50 highly aggressive, hateful,

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 06, 2026 11:25 AM (NFX2v)

449 and anti-Semitic threatening messages to a target. Following investigation, Haverford College's administration placed him on administrative leave and barred him from entering the campus.

It's terrible, not new.

>While the established Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations covers an extensive list of protected classes, the county's recently enacted ordinance explicitly includes healthcare as a specific, standalone domain of protected enforcement alongside housing, employment, and public accommodations.

>Philadelphia was a national pioneer for "Ban the Box" (the Fair Criminal Record Screening Standards), first introducing it in 2011 and progressively strengthening it. By integrating identical provisions directly into its comprehensive human relations ordinance, Delaware County deliberately aligned itself with Philadelphia's model.

"This ensures that individuals with past criminal convictions have a fair shot at employment across county lines by restricting how early in the application process an employer can inquire about criminal history."

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 06, 2026 11:25 AM (NFX2v)

450 One of Philly's Ban the Box recipients - holding a job with the city's water department - recently killed one young police officer and shot a second.

Under Philadelphia’s Fair Chance Hiring Law—commonly known as "Ban the Box"—municipal and private employers are restricted in how they review criminal records. When the killer was hired, the law barred the city from considering convictions older than seven years or any arrests that did not lead to a conviction.

He had been acquitted of a prior road rage murder charge in 2023. No conviction, no disqualifier for employment.
DA Krasner now states the 2023 acquittal occurred because the initial murder investigation was deeply compromised by police misconduct, meaning Lewis "should not have been out."

Be a small, medium sized employer & try to successfully operate within those "legally" extended confines.

Let the city & its ring counties be governed by law firms, non-profit hospitals, plethora of environmental groups, & boards of health ALL well paid so they can live in fine neighborhoods. Then factor in for profit emergency services of their associates that must now be utilized.

Community Hubs, slowly then fast.

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 06, 2026 11:25 AM (NFX2v)

451 What do I expect? The entire county was placed into a single congressional district alongside Southwest Philadelphia during the February 2018 court-ordered redistricting.

If not bad enough, every county town bordering and/or taking the industrial traffic volume from Philly port shipping areas & the local 'county port' suffers erosion of schools and housing values. (Good for housing the problems of Philly & illegals along the industrial highways.)

Republicans were culpable, too. They created White ghettos as barriers decades ago. Then they & the largely Democrat powerhouse towns legislated large housing lots for their towns, ringed by pleasant, open space for themselves.

Their iron-fisted, all for family & friends approach wore thin & got replaced more severely by the fancy Democrats who have always considered the occupants of the old mill towns undesirable/deplorable. (Hillary related it to MAGA, but it had encompassed some blue collar & all semi-government abled whites, blacks, biracial individuals of all races & many ethnicities for decades. Like O, she used words to separate us, with 'better educated' generations often buying it.)

The county just went D again.

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 06, 2026 11:25 AM (NFX2v)

Daily Tech News 6 November 2026

Top Story

Well, that's dumb: A configuration flaw in certainly flavours of Linux - most of them uncommon but the list includes OpenWRT and Alpine - allows anyone to log in using SSH to account that explicitly forbid logins. (Bleeping Computer)

You can disable logins in several ways, one of which is to replace the password hash on the account with * - an invalid hash that can never match any password.

A patch to OpenSSH in 2016 made it always try to hash the password even though it knew there was no way it could match, to prevent sidechain attacks.

And then it all went wrong:
The problem is that the musl C library's crypt() function also returns * when password hashing fails, including when a submitted password exceeds its 256-byte limit.
Because null is too hard.
This means an attacker can submit an oversized password and cause OpenSSH to compare the returned * against the account's stored *, resulting in a successful login.
Ouch.

It isn't open season; the bug is more specific than that. But the default AWS template for Alpine Linux is affected.

Tech News

Well, that's dumb, and worthy of dismissal for cause: Several staffers at the White House are using personal electronic devices with VPN exit nodes running on them. (Krebs on Security)

A lot of paid services block known VPNs, so VPNs pay users to host exit nodes on their residential devices that aren't blocked.

Bringing such a device to work when you work at the White House is beyond retarded.
Oops: Paraguay just went bankrupt. (AP)

Or at least its largest bank did, holding accounts for 60% of the country's adult population. The crisis has the Paraguayan president's fingerprints all over it, and he's unlikely to survive. And I don't just mean politically.
Well, that's dumb, but also expected: Congressthing Yassamin Ansari has called for a ban on artificial superintelligence, something that doesn't exist and isn't even defined. (Tom's Hardware)

Well, that was easy. Why don't you ban unicorns while you're at it?
NASA has announced its X-70 experimental aircraft. (NASA)

With a computer-generated image shrouded in computer-generated mist.
The X-70 Fractal has a takeoff weight of 10,000 pounds and is designed to cruise at Mach .75.
Smol.

Also, slo.
Claude has been tuned to be less obstreperous when tasked with helping to create a game that resembles another game in some respects. (Tom's Hardware)

Direct copying of copyrighted stuff is still out - Anthropic doesn't want to get sued... Again - but referencing an existing game in a spec no longer triggers the restriction.
SpaceX plans to build more datacenter capacity over the next 18 months than Google. (Tom's Hardware)

To be clear, more than Google has, ever.
Relativity: My order from the local hardware store arrived. On a pallet. Half a ton of it. About (let's see) one and a half cubic yards of pine bark mulch, plus ten big bags of potting mix for Australian native plants which don't like the regular stuff, and various other gardeny items.

My knees hurt already.

Anyway, total cost was about the same as a 2TB SSD these days.

Also the rest of the plants I ordered online showed up. Not as tall as the ones I got previously but intact and healthy. Pink and purple bottlebreesh included.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: One way ticket to a Mobius strip.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

Comments

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1 BOING!

Present!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 06, 2026 04:04 AM (lgmVC)

2 NEVER use password authentication in SSH. Use pre-generated keys.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at November 06, 2026 04:04 AM (O7YUW)

3 Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM
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YOU LIE!

slap-slap

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 06, 2026 04:05 AM (lgmVC)

4 Insomnia sucks.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 06, 2026 04:05 AM (s2iZv)

5 Insomnia sucks.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 06, 2026 04:05 AM (s2iZv)
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You should write a book about it. You've already given us the title.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 06, 2026 04:08 AM (lgmVC)

6 . A math professor from Florida reflects on Philippians 4:6-7 and A small act of kindness:

https://tinyurl.com/5yuhpex4

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 04:09 AM (JrHfD)

7 Saw a terrible but funny joke online...

Q: Why are there no Mexican Olympics?

A: Because everyone that can run, jump, or swim has already crossed the border.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 04:10 AM (l3cgK)

8 I took Millard, the kitten in to be neutered . I got a sheet of instructions, but he is not following them. He’s not supposed to go upstairs. He did. He's not supposed to be jumping up on things. He jumped on the sofa. He's supposed to have several days of rest. Nope, although he's taking more naps . This cat obviously has a problem with reading which was never diagnosed before😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 04:15 AM (JrHfD)

9 Further, here's some of my changes to OpenSSH's config file in /etc/ssh/sshd_config

PermitRootLogin no

(Don't want anyone able to directly shell into root via ssh.)

StrictModes yes

(Make sure the user hasn't done something stupid like leaving their ssh keys world writable)

PasswordAuthentication no

Password authentication is denied. You need a pre-generated public key in ~/.ssh/authorized_keys that matches the private key of the person trying to connect, or you can just pound salt, Skippy.

PermitEmptyPasswords no

Duh, of course.

ChallengeResponseAuthentication no

This is one sometimes missed. If the public key doesn't work for any reason, if this is turned on, if this is 'yes', SSH will fall through to asking for a password. NO!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at November 06, 2026 04:16 AM (O7YUW)

10 @8/FenelonSpoke: This cat obviously has a problem with reading which was never diagnosed before

*snorts*

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at November 06, 2026 04:17 AM (O7YUW)

11 Astronaut spent many days in space. What he saw pointed him back to God , the creator, and the Bible. Faithpot site:

https://tinyurl.com/aum32787

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 04:19 AM (JrHfD)

12 That SSH exploit requires password authentication to be enabled, hence why I'm real happy I got Draconian with my configuration files a long time ago.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at November 06, 2026 04:21 AM (O7YUW)

13 He shall not be afraid of evil tidings; his heart is fixed, trusting the the Lord.

Posted by: Kings man at November 06, 2026 04:22 AM (KVjz6)

14 Klein Bottle Neck would be a good name for a funk album.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 06, 2026 04:22 AM (aKiSo)

15 14 Klein Bottle Neck would be a good name for a funk album.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 06, 2026 04:22 AM (aKiSo)

A Klein Bottle would be terrible for drinking beer from...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 04:24 AM (l3cgK)

16 The best security is running an absolute potato with nothing of any value on it.

It's served me well all my life, at least.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 06, 2026 04:25 AM (aKiSo)

17 15 14 Klein Bottle Neck would be a good name for a funk album.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 06, 2026 04:22 AM (aKiSo)

A Klein Bottle would be terrible for drinking beer from...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 04:24 AM (l3cgK)

Great way to get non-orientable, though.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 06, 2026 04:28 AM (aKiSo)

18 @Pixy: "Anyway, total cost was about the same as a 2TB SSD these days."

So you're broke, massively in debt, and are now an indentured servant for the rest of your life.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at November 06, 2026 04:30 AM (O7YUW)

19 "How much have you had to drink tonight, sir?"

"Just one glass."

"How big was the glass?"

"I have to plead the fifth."

"You don't need to plead the fifth amendment, sir, this is just a traffic stop."

"No, not the fifth amendment. Chapter 5 of Burkhoff and MacLane."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 06, 2026 04:33 AM (aKiSo)

20 Posted by: Kings man at November 06, 2026 04:22 AM (KVjz6)

Thanks and may God bless you and all here. .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 04:34 AM (JrHfD)

21 There really is a kind of bell curve with regards to religiosity versus scientific expertise, isn't there?

If you know absolutely nothing about how the universe works, you naturally want to ascribe everything that happens to some kind of supernatural forces. If you know just a bit about it, you think "Look at me, I know things, I don't need stupid myths to explain the world".

Then if you really dig in and get to the nitty gritty of how the universe is built, you go right back to having to believe that nothing at all makes sense without some kind of divine power in play, because every discovery you make just pushes the question further back and muddles your perception of what the meaning of "is" even is.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 06, 2026 04:41 AM (aKiSo)

22 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 06, 2026 04:44 AM (byWhc)

23 There is a game idea I've been tossing around for many years. A favorite early 80s (same board as Pac-man) arcade machine from NAMCO that never got a sequel, Bosconian. For some reason, NAMCO hates this game and often pretends it never existed, leaving out of retro collections even though it is a tiny ROM using the same emulator as many other machines.

I've wanted to do a sequel that would add bosses to the game built from the existing battle stations. They'd join together to form much more formidable enemies, even taking on animalistic forms. This would mean adding scaling to the design, which would be easily enable by doing it in 3D with a flattened Z plane. (Kind of like how Futurama was made.) This would also open the possibility of reimagining the game in a full 3D setting.

I've gotten interested in possibly pursuing this again now that much or most of the heavy lifting can be automated. It doesn't have to be high quality code since it's expanding a 45 year old game on modern hardware.

Posted by: Epobirs at November 06, 2026 04:45 AM (/0z9K)

24 Well, that's dumb, and worthy of dismissal for cause: Several staffers at the White House are using personal electronic devices with VPN exit nodes running on them. (Krebs on Security)

A lot of paid services block known VPNs, so VPNs pay users to host exit nodes on their residential devices that aren't blocked.

Bringing such a device to work when you work at the White House is beyond retarded.

I don't use a VPN but if I did I'd turn that feature off no matter how much they paid me.

The last thing I want is my IP to show up on a list because some dickhead was using a VPN to surf child porn and my IP was the unlucky one that was his endpoint that day.

No way I'm allowing random people all over the world to use my IP.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 04:50 AM (6ydKt)

25 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at November 06, 2026 05:01 AM (Ia/+0)

26 How big does a black hole have to get for it to explode because that’s what they want us to believe. The pointy heads now think black holes evaporate over 10^100 years.

Posted by: Accomack at November 06, 2026 05:02 AM (Dpv2s)

27 Re Klein bottles and such. Of late, I've gotten into differential geometry mostly due to some GR/spacetime interests, and I began to appreciate topology and some things clicked in my brain that I hadn't realized before.

Topology is truly the supreme law of the land. There is great flexibility in the geometry of a manifold, but the topology puts fundamental constraints on it, and most importantly the very physics that can exist on that manifold, that space.

Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at November 06, 2026 05:02 AM (w6EFb)

28 Evening and morning, late toilers and early risers. It's Friday at last, the consummation devoutly to be wished!

Had a fairly lucid dream from the mid-'90s on how to get all the data from people applying to graduate school into digital format. In real life I did something like it, creating an Access database and typing in the *enrolled* students' data so we could produce pay forms for Payroll for them. This dream was more like, "The Grad School has already put these applicants into the mainframe. If I could search and pull up a link, the committee at my department should be able to click on that link." But in the dream, the search could not find not everybody they had entered. It looked like I'd have to photocopy all 620 (?) of our applications. Then I woke up.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 06, 2026 05:03 AM (56Qyq)

29 https://sshhole.com/

A really nice scrollable explanation of the SSH vulnerability, showing how the pieces of it were implemented over time, and how they came together to form the actual problem.

At the end is a "See for yourself" demonstration piece where you can paste in (or type in) passwords to see how the password hashing looks behind the scenes for both Debian and Alpine linux, and at 256 characters things still work, but type that last character in and go to 257, and... well...

Whoops. Whoopsie!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at November 06, 2026 05:05 AM (O7YUW)

30 66 F., humidity high of course, but wind very mild. Perfect workout conditions. If I go today I can skip tomorrow, or so I tell myself.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 06, 2026 05:06 AM (56Qyq)

31 Yesterday was Guy Fawkes Day. Anybody celebrate? "A penny for the Guy"?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 06, 2026 05:07 AM (56Qyq)

32 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at November 06, 2026 05:08 AM (Hbeqj)

33 w00t late

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 05:10 AM (odBC9)

34
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at November 06, 2026 05:11 AM (AMvSw)

35 >>>
Smol.
Also, slo.

Also, lo.

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 05:14 AM (odBC9)

36 >>>Pink and purple bottlebreesh

brush, breesh
tooth, teeth
whoosh, wheesh

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 05:16 AM (odBC9)

37 @33/m: "w00t late"

So was Pixy, by 4 minutes, but he hasn't admitted it yet.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at November 06, 2026 05:17 AM (O7YUW)

38 A lot of fun is being made on X about forcing Arabic numerals on our school children.

Some retards even take it seriously. But most are enjoying the joke.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at November 06, 2026 05:18 AM (LOvBA)

39 This cat obviously has a problem with reading which was never diagnosed before

Fen, just accept that Millard has his own way of doing things. Good luck.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 06, 2026 05:21 AM (svLOV)

40 80s Disco in Moscow:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoQ-4QdoKOE

Posted by: meh at November 06, 2026 05:22 AM (EkJwg)

41 37 @33/m: "w00t late"

So was Pixy, by 4 minutes, but he hasn't admitted it yet.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at November 06, 2026 05:17 AM (O7YUW)

The truth is here:

https://ai.mee.nu

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Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 05:24 AM (odBC9)

42 Coffee is not waking me up as it normally does. I shoulda gone back to sleep after my dream. An extra forty-five minutes would have been nice. Guess I'll catch up this p.m.

This morning Miss Linda wants to go to the nearby food bank/thrift store. I was *almost* hoping she'd want to go to one of those lunch/lectures today at my previous employer. Why? Because we could take the HOV lanes to the other side, and while there, visit the uptown location of the local pipe/cigar shop. With the bridge's roadwork (expected to take eighteen months) jamming traffic, there is no way I'm using that bridge at any time of the day.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 06, 2026 05:24 AM (56Qyq)

43 38 A lot of fun is being made on X about forcing Arabic numerals on our school children.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at November 06, 2026 05:18 AM (LOvBA)

; )

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 05:25 AM (odBC9)

44 I took Millard, the kitten in to be neutered . I got a sheet of instructions, but he is not following them. He’s not supposed to go upstairs. He did. He's not supposed to be jumping up on things. He jumped on the sofa. He's supposed to have several days of rest. Nope, although he's taking more naps . This cat obviously has a problem with reading which was never diagnosed before😉
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026

***
He's living his best furry thug life!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 06, 2026 05:26 AM (56Qyq)

45 Fen, was Millard able to come home the same day?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 06, 2026 05:29 AM (56Qyq)

46 36 >>>Pink and purple bottlebreesh

brush, breesh
tooth, teeth
whoosh, wheesh
Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 05:16 AM (odBC9)

shush, sheesh

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 05:29 AM (odBC9)

47 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 06, 2026 05:29 AM (56Qyq

Yes. We dropped him off at :8:00 at picked him up at 4:00.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 05:35 AM (JrHfD)

48 Re: my 42, looks like the HOV lanes are closed this weekend anyway.

A sensible city, when it must block an entire lane of a bridge used by tons of people every day, would turn the HOV lanes into a replacement city-bound-only lane for the duration of the work. Not that many people use the HOV lanes coming out of the city in the afternoons; few would be inconvenienced, whereas thousands are going to be stuck in traffic for an hour every day. But nooooo . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 06, 2026 05:39 AM (56Qyq)

49 “Digital lender”. I guess they aren’t called banks any longer. Depositors in Paraguay are (supposedly) insured up to $38,000. Maybe. We’ll see. Anything above and beyond that, well…
——
Sleep is funny. Sometimes I wake up feeling perfectly refreshed. Except, inconveniently enough it’s only 2:30 AM. Time to get up, since another few hours of sleep will have me feel like I had a stroke or something.

Posted by: Common Tater at November 06, 2026 05:39 AM (xtYJY)

50 Yes. We dropped him off at :8:00 at picked him up at 4:00.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026

***
He'll have forgotten the whole thing before long.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 06, 2026 05:40 AM (56Qyq)

51 Sleep is funny. Sometimes I wake up feeling perfectly refreshed. Except, inconveniently enough it’s only 2:30 AM. Time to get up, since another few hours of sleep will have me feel like I had a stroke or something.
Posted by: Common Tater at November 06, 2026

***
Yeah; sometimes five hours is all I need to feel a little wired (well, that and coffee), whereas six and a half may leave me feeling off.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 06, 2026 05:42 AM (56Qyq)

52 Cats don't take instructions well

Posted by: Skip at November 06, 2026 05:44 AM (Ia/+0)

53 The upsides are the bug didn't use 4 and it's only 10 years old.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at November 06, 2026 05:49 AM (SjUC4)

54 52 Cats don't take instructions well
Posted by: Skip at November 06, 2026 05:44 AM (Ia/+0)

They TAKE instructions ok. They just don't follow them.

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 05:55 AM (odBC9)

55 Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 05:55 AM (odBC9)

lol. That's true.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 06, 2026 05:59 AM (JrHfD)

56 Who wants the job of informing Congressidiot Yassamin Ansari (D-Ariz.) that Guam is at risk of tipping over and has been at risk since 2010?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at November 06, 2026 06:00 AM (SjUC4)

57 Cats have not proven useful for pulling sleds.

They should try the Iditarod with kitties! Make it interesting

Posted by: Common Tater at November 06, 2026 06:03 AM (xtYJY)

58 RCMP - “Sgt. Preston and his wonder cat Yukon Fluffy” just doesn’t have the same ring to it

Posted by: Common Tater at November 06, 2026 06:04 AM (xtYJY)

59 Cats don't take instruction, they take sausages from your plate when you're not looking, then growl at you from the corner of the room, while eating the sausage as fast as they can.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at November 06, 2026 06:04 AM (O7YUW)

60 58 RCMP - “Sgt. Preston and his wonder cat Yukon Fluffy” just doesn’t have the same ring to it
Posted by: Common Tater at November 06, 2026 06:04 AM (xtYJY)

h8er

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 06:05 AM (odBC9)

61 Looks like raiin for my little road trip

Posted by: Skip at November 06, 2026 06:06 AM (Ia/+0)

62 Sausage-snitching kitties are members of the E-4 mafia:

Strategically
Transfer
Eats to an
Alternate
Location

(hat-tip and apologies to The Fat Electrician)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at November 06, 2026 06:07 AM (O7YUW)

63 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 06:07 AM (RIvkX)

64 59 Cats don't take instruction, they take sausages from your plate
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at November 06, 2026 06:04 AM (O7YUW)

From whose plate??!!!

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 06:07 AM (odBC9)

65 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: I'd like two pickets to Tittsburgh, please.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 06, 2026 06:07 AM (amcLV)

66 60 58 RCMP - “Sgt. Preston and his wonder cat Yukon Fluffy” just doesn’t have the same ring to it
Posted by: Common Tater at November 06, 2026 06:04 AM (xtYJY)

h8er
Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 06:05 AM (odBC9)

h8er h8er Common Tater

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 06:08 AM (odBC9)

67 @64/m: "From whose plate??!!!"

Do you have sausages on your plate? Do you have a kitty in your house?

If you answered yes to both of these questions, you have your answer!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at November 06, 2026 06:09 AM (O7YUW)

68 Adam Carolla: "He's a pompous arrogant douche." "He is factory-made to piss me off."

To whom is Adam referring?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 06:11 AM (RIvkX)

69
This cat obviously has a problem with reading which was never diagnosed before

==============

Cat says "I got neutered, not tutored."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 06:11 AM (mmrXZ)

70 Au Contraire !!

Cats would have good utility in the Yukon, keeping cabins free from mice and other vermin. Them little bastiges can drive people crazy, I’m convinced.

Posted by: Common Tater at November 06, 2026 06:11 AM (xtYJY)

71 It's MINE now human, let me explain this to you:

https://youtu.be/cs3BqTHypDg

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at November 06, 2026 06:14 AM (O7YUW)

72 68 Adam Carolla: "He's a pompous arrogant douche." "He is factory-made to piss me off."

To whom is Adam referring?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 06:11 AM (RIvkX)

Macron?

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 06:14 AM (odBC9)

73 80s Disco in Moscow:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoQ-4QdoKOE
Posted by: meh at November 06, 2026 05:22 AM (EkJwg)
====

In 2014

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 06:15 AM (RIvkX)

74 Macron?
Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 06:14 AM (odBC9)
=====

No - think 'Senator-elect'

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 06:16 AM (RIvkX)

75 "Bringing such a device to work when you work at the White House is beyond retarded."

"The proxy tracking company Synthient said...the activity it saw coming from AS2650 was related to multiple Windows 11 installations of a service called Infatica... Infatica’s founder Vladimir Fomenko is a Russian man whose hosting firm King Servers was home to six of the eight internet addresses used by Russia’s state security services to compromise databases for election systems in Arizona and Illinois in 2016."

This should be good for about a year and a half of star chamber investigations by the incoming congressional communists.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at November 06, 2026 06:16 AM (SjUC4)

76 @68 he has to referring to Newsom
Morning Horde thx Pixy

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 06, 2026 06:17 AM (8VNAp)

77
The above comment about black hole "evaporation" via Hawking radiation nerd sniped me and I had to start reading on that for the last hour or so. I've always been bothered by that.

All I can say is it's complicated as hell. It "works" but in ways that are both right and wrong at the same time. It's called "Black Hole Complementarity". You can look that up. Two views that are mutually contradictory but yet are equivalent.....

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 06, 2026 06:17 AM (w6EFb)

78 76 @68 he has to referring to Newsom
Morning Horde thx Pixy
Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 06, 2026 06:17 AM (8VNAp)

74 No - think 'Senator-elect'
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 06:16 AM (RIvkX)

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 06:18 AM (odBC9)

79 Whenever Carolla refers to Newsom, he never fails to mention that Newsom is a "sociopath."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 06:19 AM (RIvkX)

80 You'll need a 1/6 scale A10 w/turbines and a thermal setup

Posted by: Kittens! at November 06, 2026 06:20 AM (LOZbR)

81 68 Adam Carolla: "He's a pompous arrogant douche." "He is factory-made to piss me off."

To whom is Adam referring?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 06:11 AM (RIvkX)

Senator-elect
male
pompous
arrogant
douche
factory-made to piss off Adam Carolla

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 06:20 AM (odBC9)

82 Hint: "from his bracelets to his tight black t-shirts..."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 06:20 AM (RIvkX)

83 Saw Adam at a comedy club few weeks ago

Posted by: Skip at November 06, 2026 06:21 AM (Ia/+0)

84 Scott Galloway is unAmerican.

He compares Elon Musk to Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. "We put them up against a wall."

No, dummy. They got the Chair.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 06:23 AM (RIvkX)

85 82 Hint: "from his bracelets to his tight black t-shirts..."
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 06:20 AM (RIvkX)\

.........

Guessing that Wiener dude

Posted by: Molly k. at November 06, 2026 06:24 AM (iL1eb)

86 Saw Adam at a comedy club few weeks ago
Posted by: Skip at November 06, 2026 06:21 AM (Ia/+0)
=====

I remembered but I didn't see any report!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 06:24 AM (RIvkX)

87 Oh wait he's not a senator

Posted by: Molly k. at November 06, 2026 06:25 AM (iL1eb)

88 Anthony Constantino (NY)

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 06:26 AM (odBC9)

89 The good news about the Paraguay Bank going belly up is that the currency there is the Guarani which are sort of like phoney pesos and are mostly worthless. The exchange rate is about 6180 to 1 USD.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at November 06, 2026 06:29 AM (SjUC4)

90 Anthony Constantino (NY)
Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 06:26 AM (odBC9)
=====

No way. Anthony for President!

Adam was referring to Elf Sayed.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 06:31 AM (RIvkX)

91 Anthony Constantino (NY)

@mtracey
This man just got elected to Elise Stefanik's seat in far Upstate NY

(𝕏 video on the Quick Hits thread yesterday)

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 06:33 AM (odBC9)

92 Constantino was featured on Gutfeld last night iirc

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 06:34 AM (RIvkX)

93 Adam carolla has to be referencing Senator-elect Suicide Vest. What did I win besides 72 used virgins?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at November 06, 2026 06:34 AM (SjUC4)

94 90 Anthony Constantino (NY)
Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 06:26 AM (odBC9)
=====

No way. Anthony for President!

Adam was referring to Elf Sayed.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 06:31 AM (RIvkX)

Well, that's good.

I got so bored with the 2:42 clip of AC rapping (posted on the Quick Hits thread yesterday) that I quit watching it at about 15 seconds in.

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 06:35 AM (odBC9)

95 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg gave some Uranium bomb secrets to the Russians, executed by electric chair.........and thevpatron saints of soviet era communism

t00t

Posted by: Kittens! at November 06, 2026 06:37 AM (LOZbR)

96 mornin yall. Best policy is to assume everyone is retarded unless they can demonstrate otherwise.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 06:38 AM (MWfyi)

97 72 used virgins........I'm sure there is a market for used real dolls

Posted by: Kittens! at November 06, 2026 06:38 AM (LOZbR)

98 https://pjmedia.com/why is a man accused of fraud in helping run election machines

Well we know why, and to me it's computer hacking that's the biggest threat.

Posted by: Skip at November 06, 2026 06:39 AM (Ia/+0)

99 mornin yall. Best policy is to assume everyone is retarded unless they can demonstrate otherwise.
Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 06:38 AM (MWfyi)
-----------
Retardation uber alles.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at November 06, 2026 06:39 AM (amcLV)

100 94 90 Anthony Constantino (NY)
Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 06:26 AM (odBC9)
=====

No way. Anthony for President!

Adam was referring to Elf Sayed.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 06:31 AM (RIvkX)

Well, that's good.

I got so bored with the 2:42 clip of AC rapping (posted on the Quick Hits thread yesterday) that I quit watching it at about 15 seconds in.
Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 06:35 AM (odBC9)

Ok, I just watched it all the way through.
Yowza.

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 06:39 AM (odBC9)

101 Adam carolla has to be referencing Senator-elect Suicide Vest. What did I win besides 72 used virgins?
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at November 06, 2026 06:34 AM (SjUC4)
=====

No winning in this situation.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 06:39 AM (RIvkX)

102 Elf Sayed

hahahahahaha

Uh-oh, can I say that?

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 06:40 AM (odBC9)

103 Elf Sayed and James Talarico walk into a room. ...
That room being the Senate chambers.

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 06:41 AM (odBC9)

104 *Talafreako

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 06:41 AM (odBC9)

105

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at November 06, 2026 06:44 AM (b22fE)

106 Hey, Hillary! from the Quick Hits:

Overton
@overton_news
This is embarrassing.

Failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is on CNN, complaining to Anderson Cooper about her 2016 debate against President Trump.

TEN YEARS LATER, she's still rehashing the debate and explaining what she wishes she had said to Trump.

CLINTON: "You know, one thing I thought about was just like, you know, turn on him really fast and say; 'back up, you creep! You're not going to intimidate me!'"

"I also thought that that would be perceived by people as, you know, me being angry, and Lord knows we don't want an angry woman."

"No, not that, under any circumstances...no matter for what cause."

This is the political equivalent of the guy at the bar still talking about the high school football game he lost, explaining everything he could have done differently.

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 06:47 AM (odBC9)

107 I am hearing a lot of sturm und drang from people on site about this Jew hate parade in Philadelphia scheduled this weekend. If the city lets it happen, there will likely be violence.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 06:47 AM (RIvkX)

108 The Soviets would have been able to develop an atomic bomb on their own.

But the spies at Los Alamos and the Rad Lab provided crucial, immeasurable info and design data and techniques that shaved off several years and saved millions of rubles. Similar with the “Super” or hydrogen weapon.

The Soviets had a serious espionage network starting in the 1920s. Their goal wasn’t just defense or military, anything and everything to do with technology, consumer goods, chemicals, manufacturing. They were thieves extraordinary.

During the war their nexus was the air force base Great Falls, Montana. They shipped out tons of documents, blueprints, via “diplomatic pouch” ha ha. Also brought in lots of spies there too.

Rosenburgs were given the DP for espionage, in hopes they would name names. They decided to become martyrs for the cause. Judge Kaufman was correct. Think of all those folks killed in South Korea during the war. Uncle Joe would not have green lighted that invasion without the bomb. Assholes.

Posted by: Common Tater at November 06, 2026 06:47 AM (f9G9D)

109 I don't understand people who look happy in their mug shots. Retarded, I guess.

Updated link in nic.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 06:49 AM (MWfyi)

110 This is the political equivalent of the guy at the bar still talking about the high school football game he lost, explaining everything he could have done differently.
Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 06:47 AM (odBC9)
=====

I enjoy when she wallows in her failure. It demonstrates that it still triggers her and this pleases me.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 06:49 AM (RIvkX)

111 Well, work beckons for another day. I'm off.

Try not to let the kitties steal your breakfast sausages, and if they do, at least try to capture a humorous video of it.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at November 06, 2026 06:49 AM (O7YUW)

112 Slow steady rain
Off to war, will try and pop in sometime
Haveca great day horde

Posted by: Skip at November 06, 2026 06:51 AM (Ia/+0)

113 111 Try not to let the kitties steal your breakfast sausages
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at November 06, 2026 06:49 AM (O7YUW)

*Whose* breakfast sausages???!!!??

--the kitties

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 06:52 AM (odBC9)

114 X-70 "rapidly reconfigurable flight-control technology that will allow NASA to explore aircraft maneuverability in ways never before demonstrated in crewed flight."

Apparently they've been trying it out in Florida thunderstorms.
That one sure reconfigured rapidly.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at November 06, 2026 06:54 AM (zdLoL)

115 I'm guessing that the dems are charging Elon with being rich and white without a license.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 06, 2026 06:54 AM (svLOV)

116 We were all looking forward to a huge beef brisket at a buddies house one time at a party. He had it done to perfection (I’m told) and resting on the kitchen counter.

His Brittany spaniel inhaled it. LOL

Posted by: Common Tater at November 06, 2026 06:56 AM (2Ra0c)

117 There is no room for someone like Elon in modern America. Atlas will shrug.

Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 06:57 AM (MWfyi)

118 116 We were all looking forward to a huge beef brisket at a buddies house one time at a party. He had it done to perfection (I’m told) and resting on the kitchen counter.

His Brittany spaniel inhaled it. LOL
Posted by: Common Tater at November 06, 2026 06:56 AM (2Ra0c)

oops

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 06:57 AM (odBC9)

119 115 I'm guessing that the dems are charging Elon with being rich and white without a license.
Posted by: NR Pax at November 06, 2026 06:54 AM (svLOV)

- happy
- manic
- insane

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 06:58 AM (odBC9)

120 *cut and paste fail!!!

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 06:59 AM (odBC9)

121 109 I don't understand people who look happy in their mug shots. Retarded, I guess.

Updated link in nic.
Posted by: fd at November 06, 2026 06:49 AM (MWfyi)

- happy
- manic
- insane

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 06:59 AM (odBC9)

122 This is the political equivalent of the guy at the bar still talking about the high school football game he lost, explaining everything he could have done differently.
Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 06:47 AM (odBC9)
=====

I enjoy when she wallows in her failure. It demonstrates that it still triggers her and this pleases me.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 06:49 AM (RIvkX

Al Bundy once scored 4 touchdowns in one game for Polk High!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 06, 2026 07:00 AM (LQ1/y)

123 117 There is no room for someone like Elon in modern America. Atlas will shrug.
Posted by: fd

“Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded — here and there, now and then — are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always opposed by all right-thinking people. Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty.

This is known as "bad luck.” - Robert Heinlein

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 06, 2026 07:01 AM (sAmhv)

124 Failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton

That will never fail to make me laugh.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 06, 2026 07:02 AM (svLOV)

125 124 Failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton

That will never fail to make me laugh.
Posted by: NR Pax at November 06, 2026 07:02 AM (svLOV)

Failed presidential candidate Hillary! Clinton

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 07:02 AM (odBC9)

126 BBC

Global tech stocks plunge as US AI slowdown fears spread to Asia and Europe markets

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 07:04 AM (odBC9)

127 125. I thought the only exclamation point after a name was Jeb!

Posted by: NR Pax at November 06, 2026 07:05 AM (svLOV)

128 127 125. I thought the only exclamation point after a name was Jeb!
Posted by: NR Pax at November 06, 2026 07:05 AM (svLOV)

We have to spread the love around.

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 07:05 AM (odBC9)

129 46 36 >>>Pink and purple bottlebreesh

brush, breesh
tooth, teeth
whoosh, wheesh
Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 05:16 AM (odBC9)

shush, sheesh
Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 05:29 AM (odBC9)

goose, geese
moose, meese

Posted by: m at November 06, 2026 07:11 AM (odBC9)

130 Nood JJS

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at November 06, 2026 07:18 AM (56Qyq)

131 Anto Patrex (r/aw)

@antopatrex1
officially moving our office out of downtown SF after 12 months on Market Street.

a space that incubated over 100 startups just a few years ago is down to fewer than 10 teams today.

the physical reality of working here took a heavy toll. getting chased down the sidewalk by an aggressive bulldog. a close friend rushed to urgent care with severe bite wounds after another attack. 20+ street dog encounters, shattered car glass on every block, and another friend struck in the head by a stranger while standing in line for dinner.

startups require total obsession with product and execution. a team cannot build the future when everyday survival consumes half their focus between the transit stop and the front door.

San Francisco is still home, and we are relocating to a neighborhood where people can walk to lunch without fearing for their physical safety.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 06, 2026 07:20 AM (RIvkX)

132 Congressthing Yassamin Ansari has called for a ban on artificial superintelligence

Democrats love to ban undefined things. (Eg: 'assault weapons') That way they can re-define what's banned at any point in the future without having to have a vote on it.

Posted by: Socratease at November 06, 2026 11:30 AM (ORSFN)

Thursday Overnight Open Thread - November 5, 2026

Howdy Hordelings, and welcome to the Thursday ONT! Open thread, as always. On time, as always. What's on YOUR mind tonight?

***

Post-election Mini-rant

🚨🚨🚨The 2026 midterms should NOT be certified!!!!
Audit of the vote!!!!
Forensic Audit the machines!!!
— Mike Engleman🇺🇲 (@RealHickory) November 5, 2026

Call me a conspiracy theorist and make fun of my tin foil hat. But I refuse to believe anything about the 2026 mid-term elections - except probably Florida - was anywhere close to what we've been told. The math just aint mathing, as the expression goes.

Absolutely no one believes this shit. Like, no one. https://t.co/6jqzrrTstT
— Gina Milan (@ginamilan_) November 5, 2026

There is 0% chance that every single county in Kansas shifted blue. ZERO PERCENT CHANCE https://t.co/xWs5aAa2a4
— MissNFL (@miss_nfl_) November 4, 2026

What are the chances of nearly every single county going more democrat in a state trump won by 14 points? https://t.co/7n3bdhx4N3
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) November 5, 2026

All 21 states. All 1,799 counties. Every one shifted blue. IMPOSSIBLE folks. https://t.co/wgAHMmF7iF
— Vitruvius Republic 🇺🇸 (@realMAG1775) November 5, 2026

Republican votes stayed the same.
Democrats materialized 20 million new votes. https://t.co/tfPjqmh6uf
— Kevin Bass (@kevinnbass) November 5, 2026

This is even more difficult to believe than Biden's 81 million votes. There is just no way. And with few exceptions, vote totals were determined on election night!

I truly hope the rumors of Trump having some master 8-D chess move up his sleeve are true. Something about Executive Orders and Hegseth mobilizing troops of some sort. Supposedly being intentionally quiet and vague but ready to unleash some kind of kraken. Maybe I spend too much time on X, and maybe I'm naive. Maybe this will turn out just like 2020 and "nothing will happen". Maybe. Probably. But I will hold out hope that SOMETHING will be done to expose the massive amount of election shenanigans that continue to occur cycle after cycle. This is 3rd world, banana republic stuff. It HAS to end some way, somehow.

They called it a wave. Waves have a shape. This has a signature.
25 points in Texas. 24 in Iowa. 22 in South Carolina. 21 in Kansas. The redder the state, the deeper the swing � while actual swing states barely moved.
That�s not how voters work. That�s the tell.
Buckle up. This is just getting started. 🔥 🇺🇸 🫡 #TRUMP2028
— Lunakye (@lunakye_world) November 4, 2026

Anyway - that's all I have for you tonight. Call me whatever you want. I refuse to accept the results as legitimate.

Mini-rant over.

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If only El Rushbo were still with us

It is never time to panic. It may be time to evaluate and strategize like never before, but it is not time to panic. https://t.co/XiP73udUBP
— Megan Basham (@megbasham) November 4, 2026

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DJ Doof - Random Stuff Edition

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1 1st?

Posted by: LRob in OK at November 05, 2026 10:01 PM (47diA)

2 Howdy

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 05, 2026 10:01 PM (yEz+x)

3 That is an exact representation of how the Ds want the flag.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 05, 2026 10:01 PM (1Ff7Z)

4 Know who won the election?
Do a comparative analysis of
the numbers back to ~2010.

Chairman Xi won the election.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 10:01 PM (6T7Go)

5 top 100?

Posted by: SturmToddler at November 05, 2026 10:02 PM (3PgqR)

6 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 05, 2026 10:04 PM (7EgNJ)

7 Know who won the election?
Do a comparative analysis of
the numbers back to ~2010.

Chairman Xi won the election.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 10:01 PM (6T7Go)

yep

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 05, 2026 10:04 PM (bFq8h)

8 Nooded. Read the content.

Thanks for the rant AND the ONT, Doof!

Posted by: LRob in OK at November 05, 2026 10:04 PM (47diA)

9 Doof Enterprises, LLC, most excellent presentation.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 10:05 PM (6T7Go)

10 Evenin' Doof. Howdy Horde!

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at November 05, 2026 10:06 PM (kOluj)

11 i'm not saying it's fraud, but if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's probably NOT a hippopotamus....

but it won't matter to the quislings in the GOP. they'll counsel PDJT to wait and it's not the time and we shouldn't do it and then join the commies to 'protect our precious democracy'....

Posted by: SturmToddler at November 05, 2026 10:06 PM (3PgqR)

12 Nah.

I hadn't focused on the fraud possibilities (outside the obvious usual suspects like Wayne County MI).

But I'd love to see a pattern analysis by a true election expert, especially comparisons to the past 5 "wave" elections and probably all elections for 40 years.

In WI, in 2020, a no-name political consultant, who'd done WI elections for years, pointed out the extreme anomalies in voting patterns. Obvious suspect reason for that. But that's what I'd like to see for this cycle, nationally.

Even I know it's highly, highly anomalous for "shift" patterns to look like this.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 05, 2026 10:06 PM (U/Byj)

13 Nooded. Read the content.

Thanks for the rant AND the ONT, Doof!
Posted by: LRob in OK at November 05, 2026 10:04 PM (47diA)

YW. Tin foil hats available while supplies last.

Posted by: Doof at November 05, 2026 10:06 PM (QMAsf)

14 Willowed from the previous thread :

121 Russell Brand error was he became conservative and a Christian.

Posted by: polynikes at November 05, 2026 09:39 PM (2gbgu)

No, Russell Brand's error is that he's an entitled scumbag who likes rape and thinks he can get away with it. Maybe he will wind up in prison, on the other end of the dick.

Posted by: a.moron at November 05, 2026 10:06 PM (X5Jzz)

15 Good evening morons И спасибо, Дуф.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 05, 2026 10:06 PM (RIvkX)

16 Maybe this will turn out just like 2020 and "nothing will happen".

Yeah. Nothing will happen.

Buy ammo. These motherfuckers are cumming for us.

(Deliberate mis-spelling)

Posted by: BifBewalski - at November 05, 2026 10:06 PM (QVmho)

17 The Federal Burro of Instigation

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 05, 2026 10:07 PM (Cqx++)

18 Yes - nice musical choice. I am told I attended a Yes concert at the old Richfield Coliseum. I was further told I had an excellent time.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 05, 2026 10:07 PM (7EgNJ)

19 Jesus Christ....

can we please stop with the Steiner will come shit?

The last time this came up even though no one in my famiy was no where near DC b/c someone in my circle has a TS and made a facebook post telling an Antifa person to go fuck themselves during the buildup to J6 and that Rittenhouse did nothing wrong we all got to play dreamdate with an interviewer for six hours each......

for the love of God.... the GOP cannot find its balls to tell Massie to go fuck himself how will they find their balls to explain that there are not really 20 million vote swings in mail ins all the time with forensic evidence?

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 10:07 PM (Int1s)

20 Howdy
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 05, 2026 10:01 PM (yEz+x)

Howdy to you too!

Posted by: Doof at November 05, 2026 10:07 PM (QMAsf)

21 Idaho stayed solid red everywhere save some Boise shit shows as expected.

Even blue island Moscow home of the communists at U of I went red first time.

Why were we spared the weirdness?

Solid voter eligibility measures? Yes?

Posted by: Derak at November 05, 2026 10:07 PM (HO+k7)

22 Did a quick check of Kansas voting this time. By no means did all the counties turn blue.

Posted by: LRob in OK at November 05, 2026 10:07 PM (47diA)

23 Went to the new Godzilla movie tonight. It was OK. As with most of the Japanese Big G movies, too much time was spent on meetings and speeches.
But I did see a trailer for a movie called Zero BC about Jesus. The trailer got somewhat explicit about Herod's murdering of Jewish infants. Democrats are already calling it "the feel-good scene of this holiday season."

Posted by: Wally at November 05, 2026 10:07 PM (CyHFo)

24 "Buckle up MAGA Patriots, this shit is just getting started."

Let's hope so.

Posted by: Rex B at November 05, 2026 10:08 PM (sdSI9)

25 But I'd love to see a pattern analysis by a true election expert, especially comparisons to the past 5 "wave" elections and probably all elections for 40 years.

Posted by: rhomboid

No matter the findings.. . . "No standing"

-- SCOTUS

Posted by: Tonypete at November 05, 2026 10:08 PM (7EgNJ)

26 Righteous rant, Disco. Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: scampydog at November 05, 2026 10:08 PM (sGzLm)

27 Sorry I'm late, I was trying to come up with a name for this horse I found wandering in the desert.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 05, 2026 10:08 PM (Hd1lH)

28 14 Posted by: a.moron at November 05, 2026 10:06 PM (X5Jzz)

Russel Brand's error is he is not "Asian."

Is he a scumball?

Yes, were it my daughter would I have tried to strangle him?

Also yes....

Is this because he went against Labour?

Also yes....

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 10:09 PM (Int1s)

29 We need proof if there was foul play.

Otherwise, we are being sore losers. The Republicans didn’t do shit for us with majorities. The Iran war. The Epstein files. High prices.

Even though Trump won on closing the border, we lost because it was framed as being “mean and heartless.” Not to mention racist.

HOW DID THEY CHEAT? Show me the forensic evidence. Otherwise we need to do better.

And if it WAS a cheat, wtf were we not prepared? Are the Dems that smart and sneaky? Do we not have techie guys smart enough to be looking for every manner of shit? Why did we not expect every manner of cheat? Did they invent some new technology?

Or did folks just get pissed. I’m pissed. I didn’t vote for democrats. But I’m pissed.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 05, 2026 10:09 PM (yEz+x)

30 Can someone tell me why Alaska is stuck at about 75% counting for a few days? Can't find anything online.

Posted by: LRob in OK at November 05, 2026 10:10 PM (47diA)

31 Unfortunately, there's no real way to prove the cheat other than statistical improbabilities.

In the meantime, we are proper f**ked for at least a decade, maybe more, as the whole we've been put in is vast.

And the counting isn't finished yet, we may lose a couple of more senators and perhaps a dozen more reps.

Pouring another bourbon and pondering the future.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 05, 2026 10:10 PM (XV/Pl)

32 Massive, massive + in Dem turnout, but only in red states?

Now, perhaps all GOTV was focused there, accounting for the discrepancy, or some of it.

But I doubt any midterm has seen a *40%* increase in votes for one party in consecutive mid-terms.

But all these numbers are available. Election nerds can do the historical numbers easily.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 05, 2026 10:10 PM (U/Byj)

33 Did a quick check of Kansas voting this time. By no means did all the counties turn blue.
Posted by: LRob in OK at November 05, 2026 10:07 PM (47diA)

It's not that they turned blue - it's that EVERY one tilted toward the Dems. In other words, Dem votes increased while Repub votes decreased. In EVERY county. In multiple states. MANY states.

RIIIIIGGGGGHHHHHT

Posted by: Doof at November 05, 2026 10:11 PM (QMAsf)

34 They're making an example of Brand.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 05, 2026 10:11 PM (bFq8h)

35 Even I know it's highly, highly anomalous for "shift" patterns to look like this.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 05, 2026 10:06 PM (U/Byj)
====

I also found it odd that Harmeet Dhillon would suddenly resign.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 05, 2026 10:13 PM (RIvkX)

36
Sorry I'm late, I was trying to come up with a name for this horse I found wandering in the desert.
Posted by: tankdemon

Were there plants and birds and rocks and things?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 05, 2026 10:13 PM (Cqx++)

37 12 Posted by: rhomboid at November 05, 2026 10:06 PM (U/Byj)

The donks are cheating, they have cheated my whole life they brag about cheating. I grew up in the ghetto well "suburban ghetto" but ghetto nonetheless, they played organizing games there even in the 80s....they marched us kids and used us as door hangers on state welfare money under Dick Dick Celeste in the 80s....that is Mayberry by modern standards.

Hell remember Joe the Plumber....that was down the road in Dayton where a Montgomery County Courts worker misused the system to drop dime on him.....they are "stopping Hitler" the courts including the conservative SCotUS people are allowing the antics for whatever reason.

None of this stops until the judges are cowed into calling balls and strikes or absent that the donks are forced into the batters box.

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 10:14 PM (Int1s)

38 Hahahaha!

Fruck you!

Posted by: Chairman Xi at November 05, 2026 10:14 PM (bFq8h)

39 Franpsycho I was wondering why she wouldn't make some statement on election monitoring. She I think was either head honcho or close on the federal monitoring effort, lots of words about this from her and others in the run-up to this week.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 05, 2026 10:15 PM (U/Byj)

40 One of the impacts to R/D voting in Oklahoma this year was the pitiful R governor candidate. He won but is not the finest human being they could have put up. Amongst friends, I predicted the margin of victory for him would be less than previous R winners. Could the D have won? Yes but there aren't enough Ds in OKC and Tulsa and the university towns.

Posted by: LRob in OK at November 05, 2026 10:15 PM (47diA)

41 I think our side lost. And lost big.

I think their side will fuck it up. Again. And we will regain some losses in 2028. But we lost this time.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 05, 2026 10:15 PM (yEz+x)

42 A fax to Jesus:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWqk-jcxGfw

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 10:16 PM (6T7Go)

43 Righteous rant, Disco. Thanks for the ONT.
Posted by: scampydog at November 05, 2026 10:08 PM (sGzLm)

Yo, Doggo! Thanks for stopping by

Posted by: Doof at November 05, 2026 10:16 PM (QMAsf)

44 Great. Get mad. But, do you really think the courts will allow anything to change?

No. No they will not. They would fear for their lives, if they overturned the election.

The Rs don't want to win. They just want to eat the slop at the trough.

Only Trump and a few others care about regular Americans. Most of the GOP do not.

We will have to eat what we're served for a time. Don't expect help from anyone but ourselves.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 05, 2026 10:16 PM (1Ff7Z)

45 Evenin' Doof. Howdy Horde!
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at November 05, 2026 10:06 PM (kOluj)

Howdy MKC

Posted by: Doof at November 05, 2026 10:17 PM (QMAsf)

46 but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

Posted by: Isaiah 40:31 at November 05, 2026 10:17 PM (4NO2D)

47 10 years. Feh.

This is it. It was going to happen in '28, anyway - we're running hot - but we don't turn this around. The young are now in charge of the country. By the time this shakes out, there isn't an America to make great again.

For better or worse, it'll be something new & different.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 05, 2026 10:17 PM (BI5O2)

48 About 43 above, I considered NOT filling in a block on the governor's race but squinted hard and did so anyway. That may make me like some D voter. Pathetic!

Posted by: LRob in OK at November 05, 2026 10:17 PM (47diA)

49 23 Did a quick check of Kansas voting this time. By no means did all the counties turn blue.
Posted by: LRob in OK at November 05, 2026 10:07 PM (47diA)

Not all counties went blue, but every outcome had a higher percentage of blue votes. Hypothetical e.g., a district that voted 60% republican in 2024 voted 55% republican in 2026. So the "blues" might have lost in some areas, but not by as much as they did before.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 05, 2026 10:18 PM (Hd1lH)

50 There are 3 governorships for grabs next year.

Posted by: GOP at November 05, 2026 10:18 PM (AKptf)

51 Maybe everyone got fooled by the immigration enforcement and deportations, and the new DOJ and talk of election monitors and all that, and thought fraud wouldn't be a thing this time. And then the narrative fed into how unpopular certain things were, and then voila, it all happened just like that, and everyone just said, yep, and shuffled away.

If the Democrats cheated before, didn't really get caught or punished, why would they stop? It's not the whole reason for the election results, but it was certainly part of it. And a part of the color revolution to come.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at November 05, 2026 10:18 PM (QaH55)

52 Thanks for the ONT, Sir Doof!

Interesting artwork up top. Unbeaten and unbowed.

The more I hear about skeezy vote totals and shifts, the more firmly I affix my tin foil hat. I truly hope that if shenanigans are found to have occurred, they will be punished swiftly and fully. No way those Texas numbers are real without illegals voting. No way.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at November 05, 2026 10:18 PM (D/6p1)

53 off/

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 10:18 PM (AKptf)

54 Whitesnake…now that I’m almost 29, I think they were overrated. But back when I was -18 or 20, they were the shit!
I like the legs in the video, but wanted more guitar with the violin bow.
I always thought that was pretty awesome.

Posted by: Gunslinger at November 05, 2026 10:18 PM (N91F8)

55 20 million new votes overall in 4 years is only 5 million a year.

How many of these voters are newly minted democrat socialist 18-22 year olds?
How many are pissed off voters who did not bother to vote in 2022?
How many are new illegals in deep blue states?

Posted by: Joemarine at November 05, 2026 10:19 PM (y171U)

56 46 Posted by: Doof at November 05, 2026 10:16 PM (QMAsf)

Nice ONT Doof, and nothing personal I understand the desire for a deus ex machina....

the Steiner will Come was on my old then Twitter now X feed....and Jesus....

the GOP is a a triple interlocking mutual con game it seems...and I am just about ready to be like Claudius during Caligula's reign and as often as possible to hide on my estate and feed the pigs.

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 10:19 PM (Int1s)

57 I saw Yes in Madison Sq Garden in '78? '79?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 05, 2026 10:20 PM (RIvkX)

58 58 Posted by: Joemarine at November 05, 2026 10:19 PM (y171U)

Democrats have people voting FOR registered democrats using mail in ballots the voters never even have to touch....I'd bet my life on it.

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 10:20 PM (Int1s)

59 The main thing that gives me hope for 2028 is that the Democrats want to kill or imprison their political opponents, and they are incapable of hiding that.

It's going to be witch-hunts all the way in Congress, and I don't think that gets them votes.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 05, 2026 10:20 PM (aD4fx)

60 But I'd love to see a pattern analysis by a true election expert, especially comparisons to the past 5 "wave" elections and probably all elections for 40 years.

In WI, in 2020, a no-name political consultant, who'd done WI elections for years, pointed out the extreme anomalies in voting patterns. Obvious suspect reason for that. But that's what I'd like to see for this cycle, nationally.

Even I know it's highly, highly anomalous for "shift" patterns to look like this.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 05, 2026 10:06 PM

Biden's Presidential win also broke every single pattern for the usual Republican/Democrat pendulum as regards bellwether counties, etc.

The extra 20,000,000 Democrat voters for the mid-terms coming out for to vote against high gas prices compared to their comparably lower turn-out when the "Orange Nazi" was on the ballot is also quite stinky.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 05, 2026 10:20 PM (HlyYF)

61 He too needs to be excommunicated and told to caucus with the Democrats. Fuck that worthless prick.
Posted by: Crusader at November 05, 2026 10:19 PM (Cjcf6)

Isn't he out of a job come January?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 05, 2026 10:21 PM (1Ff7Z)

62 I think our side lost. And lost big.

I think their side will fuck it up. Again. And we will regain some losses in 2028. But we lost this time.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 05, 2026 10:15 PM (yEz+x)

I truly don't think our side lost big. I think the evidence is there somewhere. But like this clip from Better Call Saul - "there's proving, and then there's knowing"

https://youtu.be/t6AnQueIDm8

Posted by: Doof at November 05, 2026 10:21 PM (QMAsf)

63 "I think their side will fuck it up."

Well not sure what that even means for Dems. Their "base" is enormous, nationally, and almost entirely robotic and tribal. Performance, personality, totally irrelevant (look at the outlandishly bad candidates who won, some massively, this week - it's jaw-dropping). Only party ID.

The Dems in Congress will be unable to do much of import, if anything, given Trump's veto pen. So no actual thing will have their name on it.

This will make precisely zero difference in 2 years in terms of Dem turnout. Simply irrelevant. Remember Trump is in the WH only because of "Trump only" voters, infrequent voters, who provided his margins in several places, including states where no GOP prez candidate has won in *40* years.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 05, 2026 10:21 PM (U/Byj)

64 60 Posted by: Crusader at November 05, 2026 10:19 PM (Cjcf6)

It all goes back to the Luap Nor cult and our refusing to fumigate the party then.....

and I wasted the best years of my life giving a shit when I could have been blowing that money on a spare house on the beach.

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 10:22 PM (Int1s)

65 23 Did a quick check of Kansas voting this time. By no means did all the counties turn blue.

Posted by: LRob in OK at November 05, 2026 10:07 PM

LRob, that stat is turned "bluer" than before, not flipped. (If that helps?)

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 05, 2026 10:22 PM (HlyYF)

66 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 05, 2026 10:22 PM (byWhc)

67 I saw Yes in Madison Sq Garden in '78? '79?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 05, 2026 10:20 PM

I saw them on that tour with the three headed turtle skeleton thing hanging overhead. Maybe 1975, or 4, somewhere around there. I was pretty baked so my memory of it is not the best.

Wait ... unless I'm thinking of ELP.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 05, 2026 10:22 PM (4NO2D)

68 I don't believe that shift blue chart. Now it's true more Democrats showed up to vote this election but that doesn't mean they shifted the states.
Alabama replaced a Republican US Senator with another Republican. Of the US House of Reps. Alabama has 7 Reps and 5 of the 7 are Republicans. Our retired Governor was replaced with a Republican. Not as many Republicans showed up to vote but enough did to keep our state in Republican hands. I know, I was one of them.🙂

Posted by: Case at November 05, 2026 10:22 PM (En+fz)

69 Yeah, I suspect this is a new steal by the DNC, they're a bit more subtle compared to 2020, they've adapted and found new ways to rig elections.

I don't see anyone contesting or suing or even shouting. Especially no one in the GOPe. So it seems like the Uniparty strikes again.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at November 05, 2026 10:22 PM (s1VwS)

70 Thank you Doof for excellent content, as always, but I hesitate to put much faith in the fraud angle. Maybe there is, maybe there isn't. If there is fraud someday they'll get overconfident and sloppy and expose it themselves. For now I rate its likelihood on par with stories of alien corpses on ice at Wright-Patterson or Area 51.

For myself and mine, I'm just glad Prop 40 seems to have failed, for now. Not that I'm some secret billionaire, I'm not. But there was provision in the fine print for the legislature to lower the threshold to whatever they wanted. Just like the income tax was only supposed to be a few percent levied only on the very rich. We see how that turned out....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at November 05, 2026 10:23 PM (QGaXH)

71 Yes, I understand what I missed on the Kansas deal. Thanks to all.

Posted by: LRob in OK at November 05, 2026 10:23 PM (47diA)

72 @50

>>This is it.

Yep, it's sort of when a person really comes to the realization that their time in this mortal coil is nearing an end.

To come back from what happened on Wednesday is going to be a generational effort.

And I don't have a generation left.

Which may be a the only positive to this whole bloody affair.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 05, 2026 10:23 PM (XV/Pl)

73 Speaking of former "conservatives":

Jonah Goldberg
@JonahDispatch
Thank God TPUSA mobilized the youth vote.
4:55 AM · Nov 4, 2026

Yeah, that was a highly successful political assassination, wasn't it, Jonah?

A-hole.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 05, 2026 10:23 PM (aD4fx)

74 39 Were there plants and birds and rocks and things?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 05, 2026 10:13 PM (Cqx++)

Maybe, I was too concerned with the gila monsters and tarantulas to notice.

Posted by: tankdemon at November 05, 2026 10:23 PM (Hd1lH)

75 Ok... just throwin this out there... but... one tactic used during a Color Revolution, is to create a bad election result... either through disputing it, like in Ukraine... or just stealing it like now happening down in South America.

Then, using lawfare to bring down the existing system... with the 'right' people in the Legal profession to 'create' the new system.

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 05, 2026 10:23 PM (mP0Kj)

76 57 Whitesnake…now that I’m almost 29, I think they were overrated. But back when I was -18 or 20, they were the shit!
I like the legs in the video, but wanted more guitar with the violin bow.
I always thought that was pretty awesome.
Posted by: Gunslinger at November 05, 2026 10:18 PM (N91F

Just the opposite for me, I appreciate Whitesnake more now than I did back in the day. I was bewitched by the sexy but musically...they're good.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at November 05, 2026 10:24 PM (s1VwS)

77 31 I posted this earlier today:

Since we have 2 years before the next elections, we should spend the 1st 6 months *purging* those who pretended to be on "our" side that weren't.

Let's start with Thune. I don't want him out of Republican leadership. I want him out of the Republican party. Let him caucus with the Dems--at least we'd all know where we stand.

Posted by: Crusader at November 05, 2026 10:09 PM (Cjcf6)

It is not your choice. The Republican senatorial caucus nominates the minority leader and they will chose Thune because he looks out for their interests, not ours.

Posted by: Joemarine at November 05, 2026 10:25 PM (y171U)

78 Evening.

Looking at the Twatter propaganda (and it is) they're kvetching that all those counties "shifted" (and that word is doing a lot of work) blue.

In Texas, Abbott still came out ahead in majority of counties except for the cities, Deep South Texas and a handful in West Texas. Looking at the image there you'd think all those counties voted majority blue. Pretty misleading.

Posted by: Robert at November 05, 2026 10:25 PM (XKC/U)

79 As bad as their candidates were, Ours were as bad or worse!

Paxton was an awuful candidate, ffs.

Abbott didn’t do shit.

The Dems put forth younger, fresher, energetic candidates. No one listened to their policies, but they were young and good looking and passionate.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 05, 2026 10:25 PM (WZxLz)

80 How many of these voters are newly minted democrat socialist 18-22 year olds?
How many are pissed off voters who did not bother to vote in 2022?
How many are new illegals in deep blue states?

Posted by: Joemarine
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They are all Chinese and they never left home.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 10:26 PM (6T7Go)

81 I also found it odd that Harmeet Dhillon would suddenly resign.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 05, 2026 10:13 PM

I read that as a "rats leaving the sinking ship" moment.

I assume she is abandoning MAGA to get on the DeSantis(?) bandwagon?

Even our "principled conservatives" seem to be mostly in it for themselves.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 05, 2026 10:26 PM (HlyYF)

82 Great ONT, Doof!

Random thoughts - I'm with you on the election fraud. I hope something can be done about it.

Also I listened to the first hour of Yessongs the other day. Yes was big for my older siblings growing up. Anyway, I did NOT enjoy that first hour. Everything seemed too disjointed. The second half looks like it'll be better.

Finally, the girl from Garbage was kind of cute.

That about covers it

Posted by: 496 at November 05, 2026 10:26 PM (2w7+a)

83 Actually, looking again, saying the Rio Grande Valley "shifted" blue is absurd. It's been blue for ages.

Posted by: Robert at November 05, 2026 10:27 PM (XKC/U)

84 I don't think a damn thing will come of this. Even with top notch data analysis, we are dealing with very nasty shit like heavily falsified or double-bookkept voter records. And the GOP clearly doesn't want to do anything.

Even if the GOP did want to do anything, the progs heavily invested in infesting the justice system and court rooms to stop attempts to hold anyone accountable

But it will definitley prompt a ton of people to pile up more arms. Been saying it since mid 2016, there is no voting your way out of this.

Posted by: heya at November 05, 2026 10:28 PM (G5zYf)

85
Took Diana and Dot up to Humble and got set up. There's only 4 or 5 hookups - first come, first served - and we were able to snag one. Beats dry camping for four days.

Having slept very badly the previous night, I came home, had something to drink, lay down and ended up sleeping for four hours. I may have been tired.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 05, 2026 10:28 PM (eRlcH)

86 It wasn't just the fraud, or just the GOPe, or just the Trump voters not voting for GOP, or this, or that, or the other thing.

It was all of the above.

Posted by: davidt at November 05, 2026 10:28 PM (Q+gd/)

87 So Dems massively cheated in 2020, not in 2022 or 2024, but did so again in 2026? What's the reason they don't massively cheat all the time?

What's the method? People say no way could every Texas county move toward Dems. Okay, but most of those counties are red and controlled by GOP officials. So how were they compromised?

Why was FL spared? What specifically did FL do there that disabled the cheat that beat TX?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 10:28 PM (HFrEr)

88 30: (everything Nurse posted is correct)

The results are the results. The magical unicorn isn't going to change them. The X posts, tip toeing through the field of conspiracies, won't change things either except get them there precious clicks.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 05, 2026 10:28 PM (byWhc)

89 Posted by: Case at November 05, 2026 10:22 PM (En+fz)

It's not won the county, it is the county had more Dem votes than before... that the percentage of Dem to Repub votes leaned more Dem.

That NO county voted more Repub as a percentage than the last election.

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 05, 2026 10:28 PM (mP0Kj)

90 I'm hearing that the chart with 100% of those counties going blue is not accurate, but there are still huge problems with the vote totals. GOP won some house seats in Louisiana for example, though maybe the chart means the shift was big toward Dems, even if the Dem lost, idk.

And yes, the extra 20M Dem votes seem to match the 20M (fake) Biden votes of 2020. These guys hid in their basements, or came out as terrorists or other deviants, yet we are to believe they got landslides even in red places? A good strategy to hide and hope Orange Man Bad carries them to victory I suppose, but numbers still don't work, imo.

How they did it? Postal workers , ballot stuffers, machine manipulation .... and more?

Posted by: illiniwek at November 05, 2026 10:28 PM (vbXSk)

91 "I also found it odd that Harmeet Dhillon would suddenly resign.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 05, 2026 10:13 PM"

Probably not interested in being compelled by the house as a fed employee.

Posted by: heya at November 05, 2026 10:29 PM (G5zYf)

92 I also have to believe in fraud - otherwise our fellow citizens really are that stupid and insane.

Posted by: Iris at November 05, 2026 10:29 PM (286+n)

93 Among the other odd anomalies, from Grok:

Oregon’s population has grown only modestly since 2020 (roughly +0.7–0.9%, or about 30,000–36,000 people), while voter registrations have increased more substantially (about +5%, or roughly 150,000+ active registrants).

All of Oregon's population growth came from international immigrants, which didn't stop voter registrations from increasing significantly.

Odd.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 05, 2026 10:29 PM (aD4fx)

94 What's the method? People say no way could every Texas county move toward Dems. Okay, but most of those counties are red and controlled by GOP officials. So how were they compromised?

Why was FL spared? What specifically did FL do there that disabled the cheat that beat TX?
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 10:28 PM (HFrEr)

Does Florida use the same Vote Tabulation machines as Texas? I really have no idea.... but...

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 05, 2026 10:30 PM (mP0Kj)

95 Why was FL spared? What specifically did FL do there that disabled the cheat that beat TX?
==

Voodoo, DeSantis found a Voodoo master

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 10:30 PM (AKptf)

96 We learned here in Washington state 20 years ago how easily it was for the dems to cheat in the governor's election. Interestingly, they guy overseeing that election went to LA where the same bullsh*t shows up, but that's another story.
The dems have taken it nationwide.
I don't believe it. Its complete bullshit.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 05, 2026 10:30 PM (2WIwB)

97 Does Florida use the same Vote Tabulation machines as Texas? I really have no idea.... but...
Posted by: Romeo13 at November 05, 2026 10:30 PM (mP0Kj)

it went back to hanging chads...

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 10:30 PM (AKptf)

98
What specifically did FL do there that disabled the cheat that beat TX?
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 10:28 PM (HFrEr)

FL reports their results very quickly.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 05, 2026 10:31 PM (eRlcH)

99 Thank you Doof for excellent content, as always, but I hesitate to put much faith in the fraud angle....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at November 05, 2026 10:23 PM (QGaXH)

Glad you enjoyed the content. Not sure how much faith I have in anything happening. But just like 2020, nothing will ever convince me this was legitimate

Posted by: Doof at November 05, 2026 10:31 PM (QMAsf)

100 I am laughing so hard, you guys...thanks!

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 10:31 PM (AKptf)

101 @85

>>I read that as a "rats leaving the sinking ship" moment.

Perhaps, I see it more as trying to get as quickly away and as far away from the blast area before the donks assume power and begin their revenge drive.

Trump is going to have to do what Biden did and hand out as many open ended pardons as possible.

Which, unlike Trump with Fauchi and the others Biden pardon, the donks will test those pardons in court.

Lawyer Up indeed.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 05, 2026 10:31 PM (XV/Pl)

102 What specifically did FL do there that disabled the cheat that beat TX?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 10:28 PM (
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I get the skepticism. It just feels so different from what I'd been hearing. And Texas choosing that freak makes zero sense.

If there wasn't wide-scale fraud I have a whole lot of assumptions that need to be completely retooled

Posted by: 496 at November 05, 2026 10:31 PM (0ewPF)

103 After Tuesday, I'm not sure I feel like finishing McCullough's "1776." All that work for nothing, it appears.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 05, 2026 10:32 PM (1Ff7Z)

104 Electoral map (TX now a battleground state?? GA now dark bluish-purple??), Senate map both very bad for 2028.

And no GOP figure alive seems like to be able to win MI and WI (possibly PA). Trump's unique political profile and traction with non-college whites doesn't seem present in any of them. Remember these states were the archstones of the "blue wall" that made a GOP candidate's hill so tough to climb for 4 decades.

Everyone seems to ignore that it's 2 years away, and that's 2 more years for Trump's major projects to begin bearing more fruit. All of them are working, but it takes time. The ridiculous hysteria about current conditions and trends is amazing but likely can't survive a clearly growing economy, energy prices returning to their earlier path (declining, thanks to production), even better employment numbers, and a secure border + 2 more years of deportations (and hopefully action against employers, where the effect will dwarf what we've seen).

So decent odds the atmosphere in 2028 will be quite good. All the other challenges nonetheless remain.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 05, 2026 10:32 PM (U/Byj)

105 87 Actually, looking again, saying the Rio Grande Valley "shifted" blue is absurd. It's been blue for ages.
Posted by: Robert at November 05, 2026 10:27 PM (XKC/U)

What the chart shows is... say the County was 55% blue before... but now it is 60% Blue...

But NO county is more Red? anywhere? Even where Red Congress critters are elected?

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 05, 2026 10:32 PM (mP0Kj)

106
In some apropos astronomical news, Uranus is near opposition, exact date Nov. 25. And it's been in retrograde apparent motion since Sept.

So, look up in the sky around midnight, and there's a giant bassackwards asshole up there shitting all over us.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 05, 2026 10:33 PM (w6EFb)

107 63 The main thing that gives me hope for 2028 is that the Democrats want to kill or imprison their political opponents, and they are incapable of hiding that.

It's going to be witch-hunts all the way in Congress, and I don't think that gets them votes.
Posted by: The ARC of History!

They could probably get away with witchhunts IF inflation drops dramatically and the overall economy gets better. The Democrats are now the Khmer Rouge so I don't expect any of that to happen.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 05, 2026 10:34 PM (byWhc)

108 Great ONT, Doof!

Random thoughts - I'm with you on the election fraud. I hope something can be done about it.

Also I listened to the first hour of Yessongs the other day. Yes was big for my older siblings growing up. Anyway, I did NOT enjoy that first hour. Everything seemed too disjointed. The second half looks like it'll be better.

Finally, the girl from Garbage was kind of cute.

That about covers it
Posted by: 496 at November 05, 2026 10:26 PM (2w7+a)

Thanks - glad you enjoyed the content.

I go in phases with Yes. I'll listen to a lot of their stuff in binge fashion then stay away for months.

Shirley Manson from Grabage used to be cute. USED to be. Plus she's a lunatic lefty. But I still really love their first 3-4 albums.

Posted by: Doof at November 05, 2026 10:34 PM (QMAsf)

109 As bad as their candidates were, Ours were as bad or worse!

Paxton was an awuful candidate, ffs.

Abbott didn’t do shit.

The Dems put forth younger, fresher, energetic candidates. No one listened to their policies, but they were young and good looking and passionate.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 05, 2026 10:25 PM (WZxLz)

You're pretty much correct, Republican complacency and magical thinking led to ruination. But...Aren't you from the PNW? You're way more upset about this than you should be. Take a breath, dear. Deep breaths. In through the nose, out through the nose. In through the nose...out through the nose...

Posted by: Robert at November 05, 2026 10:34 PM (XKC/U)

110 Over 100. time for some silliness.
Brisket is at 195. A bit to go.
Adult kids are both home, riffing on HS. What I've learned tonight: youngest got caught tp'ing. Oldest had a racket - charged $10 for an outline and $40 for a full paper (no in town jokes). Youngest turned the same paper in 4 times, switched papers with alassmate once, turned in older siblings once - all in the same class. Rec'd 100% each time.
Never been so proud!

Posted by: scampydog at November 05, 2026 10:34 PM (sGzLm)

111 You know when y'all were in college (back in the 19th century) and, like, went to class, and took notes and pulled an all nighter before an all important exam, and got an A, and then there was this friend who did not show up to class, looked at your notes once or twice, went to every frat party, got an F..and then could not understand why you got an A and he got an F ? yeah, like that

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 10:34 PM (AKptf)

112 *throws things*

Leaning blue doesn’t mean the majority voted blue.

It’s the same as decreasing the increasing of a budget equals a cut.

Yes! I believe fewer red votes and more blue votes, happened. But not all of those counties went blue. Jeepers. Read the small print.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 05, 2026 10:35 PM (WZxLz)

113 it went back to hanging chads...
Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 10:30 PM (AKptf)

should be hanging mohammeds.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 05, 2026 10:35 PM (j4Fxj)

114 Nervy approach there, Robert . . . . . . .

Posted by: LRob in OK at November 05, 2026 10:35 PM (47diA)

115 96 I also have to believe in fraud - otherwise our fellow citizens really are that stupid and insane.
Posted by: Iris at November 05, 2026 10:29 PM (286+n)

I believe in the latter, not the former.

Posted by: Joemarine at November 05, 2026 10:35 PM (y171U)

116 "How they did it? Postal workers , ballot stuffers, machine manipulation .... and more?
Posted by: illiniwek at November 05, 2026 10:28 PM (vbXSk)"

Well, looking back to 2020 and 2024....

ballot curing. pulling votes from prisons. usb chain of custody hijinks with fake vote dumps. dumps of fake physical ballots (on video from 2020). scanning stacks of ballots multiple times or fresh out of the chinese airmail package (both are on film from 2020)

A lot of this is facilitated by horrendously compromised voter registration. PA in 2020 had several hundred thousand fake voters on-roll, all registered in batches of 30-50k at the same dates spread across 30 years. They were all fake, and helped produce PA's hundreds of thousands of fake votes.

Posted by: heya at November 05, 2026 10:36 PM (G5zYf)

117 I believe an lazy GOP mofos who did not do shit for 2 years and then were not prepared. They had one job...

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 10:37 PM (AKptf)

118 TN was spared. Dems flipped one district, but Reps gerrymandered away the one they held before, so it's a wash.

Races were tighter than they should've been. But TN GOP held the line.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 05, 2026 10:37 PM (BI5O2)

119 >>In WI, in 2020, a no-name political consultant, who'd done WI elections for years, pointed out the extreme anomalies in voting patterns.

Well here's some food for thought for you:

My county, one of the least populated in the state, voted as always -- Republican.

The state map of voting looked fairly average, a few democrats, mostly Republican.

Corrupt Crowley, who had exited the race only to leap back in just before the primary, won by nearly ten points.

Obviously he won his home (Milwaukee) county. Also obviously he won Dane County which is the state's asshole (Wisconsin's Austin, TX).

His margin of victory was all Dane county.

Pull my other leg; it plays jingle bells.

P.S. Also was the case in 2020.

Posted by: lurk at November 05, 2026 10:37 PM (hXvZk)

120 Robert,

I’m only upset because our side won’t concede defeat. We got our asses handed to us. And now so many are screaming CHEATERS!

No. We lost. Bigly.

But my state had a couple wins. And I’m actually entertained by Texas freaking out. Not glad. But entertained.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 05, 2026 10:38 PM (WZxLz)

121 did I mention there are 3 governors races next year ?

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 10:39 PM (AKptf)

122 They could probably get away with witchhunts IF inflation drops dramatically and the overall economy gets better. The Democrats are now the Khmer Rouge so I don't expect any of that to happen.

They really are full Khmer Rouge now.

A staffer for an Oregon state legislator:

Starting my amb election night thread by just stating for the record i currently feel straight up drunk with righteous electoral bloodlust rn. Our enemies just be vanquished. May returns justify and expand this mood throughout the evening

tonight has the makings to be the best night on the internet since Trump got covid

He'll happily force political opponents into the cattle cars.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 05, 2026 10:39 PM (aD4fx)

123 Tough crowd here tonight.

I'll try to lighten things up. Our youngest pups just became first time parents with the birth of their daughter. All are doing well.

And now, back to our show, As the World Turns.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 10:39 PM (1x2K9)

124 Over 100. time for some silliness.
Brisket is at 195. A bit to go.
Adult kids are both home, riffing on HS. What I've learned tonight: youngest got caught tp'ing. Oldest had a racket - charged $10 for an outline and $40 for a full paper (no in town jokes). Youngest turned the same paper in 4 times, switched papers with alassmate once, turned in older siblings once - all in the same class. Rec'd 100% each time.
Never been so proud!
Posted by: scampydog at November 05, 2026 10:34 PM (sGzLm)

Good stuff!

Posted by: Doof at November 05, 2026 10:40 PM (QMAsf)

125 I'll try to lighten things up. Our youngest pups just became first time parents with the birth of their daughter. All are doing well.

And now, back to our show, As the World Turns.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs
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*doggo paw bump*

Posted by: scampydog at November 05, 2026 10:40 PM (sGzLm)

126 The stage is being set for a repeat of Election '08.

A constant vilification and demonization of the Republican President, the Democrat Propaganda Complex in a full and constant barrage, all to set-up the coronation of the Democrat.

But just as Obama swooped in to steal the set-up from Hillary, a relatively unknown DSA or Islamist will swoop in to steal it from the heir-apparent Newsum or Kamala or AOC.

Posted by: davidt at November 05, 2026 10:40 PM (Q+gd/)

127 nurse, I'm with you on this. I assume someone in the GOP is looking into whatever happened.

But the bigger R party needs to understand it's hard to win a war with "holding the line". You've got to shove the bad guys back!

Posted by: LRob in OK at November 05, 2026 10:40 PM (47diA)

128 109 ...And no GOP figure alive seems like to be able to win MI and WI (possibly PA). Trump's unique political profile and traction with non-college whites doesn't seem present in any of them. Remember these states were the archstones of the "blue wall" that made a GOP candidate's hill so tough to climb for 4 decades.

Everyone seems to ignore that it's 2 years away, and that's 2 more years for Trump's major projects to begin bearing more fruit. All of them are working, but it takes time. The ridiculous hysteria about current conditions and trends is amazing but likely can't survive a clearly growing economy, energy prices returning to their earlier path (declining, thanks to production), even better employment numbers, and a secure border + 2 more years of deportations (and hopefully action against employers, where the effect will dwarf what we've seen).

So decent odds the atmosphere in 2028 will be quite good. All the other challenges nonetheless remain.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 05, 2026 10:32 PM (U/Byj)

The 1982 midterms weren't great for Reagan either. Morning In America arrived in 1984.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 05, 2026 10:41 PM (RPj5E)

129 Tough crowd here tonight.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 10:39 PM (1x2K9)

Turns out they DO read the content!

Posted by: Doof at November 05, 2026 10:41 PM (QMAsf)

130 A constant vilification and demonization of the Republican President,

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when was this ever not the case ?

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 10:41 PM (AKptf)

131 128: Congrats!!

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 05, 2026 10:41 PM (byWhc)

132 "91 So Dems massively cheated in 2020, not in 2022 or 2024, but did so again in 2026? What's the reason they don't massively cheat all the time?"

There was moderate cheating in 2016 but the Dems phones it in out of complacency.

2018, 2022, and 2024 all featured blatant cheating as well.

Only in 2020 and 2026 did they pull the stops out. Cutting their corrupt NGO funding pipeline has made them desperate for 2026, and they thought they had the brass ring after 2020 but flubbed it hard in the 2024 general.

Posted by: heya at November 05, 2026 10:41 PM (G5zYf)

133 Turns out they DO read the content!
Posted by: Doof
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Lol.

Posted by: scampydog at November 05, 2026 10:41 PM (sGzLm)

134 I look all the way back to the 2020 Bush and Gore election, and the states that were magically "tied." Really?

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 05, 2026 10:41 PM (SRQM3)

135 Oh, and the new Democratic Governor of Texas has already indicated that she will take action against SpaceX's Starbase in Texas.

It would be interesting to find out what contingency planning Elon is doing if it all goes south in 2028.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 05, 2026 10:42 PM (aD4fx)

136 bear w/ asymmetrical balls has the right first-glance comparisons - why significant fraud in some places, but not others?

And the electorate definitely is the main problem, not fraud. And that problem will only get worse with time, as the full impact of collapsed education is felt.

But this + in Dem votes is probably historic and merits some analysis. Doubt such an increase has ever been seen, even in 2002 and 2010.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 05, 2026 10:43 PM (U/Byj)

137 they cheated in TX, but not in FL, they cheated in Mississippi, but not in Tennessee, they cheated in Kansas but not in Arkansas

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 10:44 PM (AKptf)

138 Paxton was an awuful candidate, ffs.

Abbott didn’t do shit.

People like to say such things, but Abbott''s numbers were basically just like prior years he won. Paxton's numbers were just like Cruz's during a difficult campaign that Cruz too won (in 201

. With the numbers Abbott and Paxton put up, they'd have won in any other midterm election other than this one. They were drowned in a blue wave, and there isn't really much of anything that they could have done to be competitive in this environment.

There's a lot of mythmaking when it comes to candidate quality and performance. Take Cruz. He took enormous shit for running a terrible campaign by squeaking by O'Rourke in the 2018 midterm by 2.5 points. Especially given that he crushed his opponent by almost 16 points in 2012. But in both elections, Cruz's vote total was near the same (4,440,137 in 2012 and 4,260,553 in 201

.

Our opponents get a say in elections too. Sometimes we do perfectly well and still lose.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 10:44 PM (HFrEr)

139 @93. I know what the chart is about and did not say anything about the counties. It's a chart about total state votes. I said the Republicans did not show up as much as the last election but that did not cost us in the Senate or House of Reps or our Governor. I am just referring to the state of Alabama.
What went on in other states may be a different story.

Posted by: Case at November 05, 2026 10:44 PM (En+fz)

140 The extra 20 mil votes was bullshit in 2020 and it's even more obvious bullshit in 2026.

Especially when you only see complaints about busted machines and long lines in red areas. The blue precincts with the extra votes didn't strain under the load becuse they load didn't exist.

Watch, you will see precincts with more votes than potential voters again, just like 2020.

Posted by: heya at November 05, 2026 10:45 PM (G5zYf)

141 So decent odds the atmosphere in 2028 will be quite good. All the other challenges nonetheless remain.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 05, 2026 10:32 PM (U/Byj)

Concur, and we have some excellent candidates to put forward.
But I will forever believe the fraud was more.extensive than the anger over...say...gas prices. And this corruption is driven by money. I don't think people have a clue just how much money is thrown at the 535 people who sit in the House and Senate, or at the deep staters who reside full time inside the Beltway. It is in the billions.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 05, 2026 10:45 PM (2WIwB)

142 109. Rhomboid here in Michigan, we keep putting candidates up who do not attract the college age young voters.We keep bringing out retreads who lost last time.Mike Rogers lost two years ago to Slotkin and now to Sayed.John James has lost a senate race and now a governor race. He won his congressional seat two years ago by running in a heavily red area. He could not win Detroit despite being black. Our candidates don’t bring forth ideas of what they will do, but spend most of their campaigns trying to highlight the other guys words from ten years ago.They don’t give young people something to vote for.

Posted by: Jen the original at November 05, 2026 10:45 PM (EiUt/)

143 39
Sorry I'm late, I was trying to come up with a name for this horse I found wandering in the desert.
Posted by: tankdemon

Were there plants and birds and rocks and things?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 05, 2026 10:13 PM (Cqx++)

I've been through the desert in an RV with no name....it felt good to be out of the rain....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at November 05, 2026 10:45 PM (QGaXH)

144 the only place that I can say with certainty was a cheat was Alaska

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 10:45 PM (AKptf)

145 Rhomboid here in Michigan, we keep putting candidates up who do not attract the college age young voters.We keep bringing out retreads who lost last time.Mike Rogers lost two years ago to Slotkin and now to Sayed.John James has lost a senate race and now a governor race.

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the good old boy networks

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 10:46 PM (AKptf)

146 California got to be California because of years and years of phony elections.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 05, 2026 10:46 PM (RIvkX)

147
I think the people are missing something here; the president (Obama) has put in place
an organization that contains the kind of database that no one has ever seen before in life. That’s going to be very very powerful and whoever, …

https://youtu.be/eIA1lQBqH1s?t=21

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 10:47 PM (6T7Go)

148 I'm not screaming that the dems cheated. But it has to be if my old world-view is going to hold.

Honestly, we've been hearing for a while that youngsters are sweet on communism. Maybe they really won and it will only get worse from here. Many of us are on oour way out. The youngsters are going to have to run things. We won't be the first "older generation" that thinks the young'uns are idiots and doing it all wrong, but they're going to lead one day and maybe it just happened before I was ready for t

Posted by: 496 at November 05, 2026 10:47 PM (0clOS)

149 Back to my question above. What's going on with the counting in Alaska. They are sitting at about 75% for a couple of days. I find nothing on the webs.

Posted by: LRob in OK at November 05, 2026 10:47 PM (47diA)

150 California got to be California because of years and years of phony elections.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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Truth.

Posted by: scampydog at November 05, 2026 10:48 PM (sGzLm)

151 As I recall the WI anomaly was that party margins across the state didn't match any pattern previously seen. Dem margins in a few places not replicated in others, that sort of thing. And all unprecedented, according to the consultant. He had the historical data to illustrate. Whatever. America's elections are scandalously insecure. Rank down with 3rd World countries. Easiest thing in the world to have highly secure elections, they're the norm around the globe.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 05, 2026 10:48 PM (U/Byj)

152 Sorry I'm late, I was trying to come up with a name for this horse I found wandering in the desert.
Posted by: tankdemon

I'd go with Sandy or Rocky, gender-dependent.

Posted by: mikeski at November 05, 2026 10:49 PM (VHUov)

153
Meanwhile Puff and Ruth enjoyed the day out in the kennel. I'm happy they're house dogs, but now with cooler weather now creeping in, it's good to have them spend the day out in God's good sunshine.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 05, 2026 10:49 PM (eRlcH)

154 And I’m actually entertained by Texas freaking out. Not glad. But entertained.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 05, 2026 10:38 PM (WZxLz)

I gotcha.

Personally, I'm not freaking out. I'm certainly not happy about it, but I've been philosophical about it all. Anyway, hope springs eternal, dontchaknow!

Posted by: Robert at November 05, 2026 10:49 PM (IWI6i)

155 Turns out they DO read the content!
Posted by: Doof at November 05, 2026 10:41 PM (QMAsf)
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You picked a scab.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 05, 2026 10:49 PM (RIvkX)

156 154. Alaska has remote areas that has possibly ten votes, according to a report I saw today. Every one of those areas has to have its ballots picked up by plane etc and flown in to be counted.

Posted by: Jen the original at November 05, 2026 10:50 PM (EiUt/)

157 2020 also had blatant discrepancies where the bulk of the 20 million phantom votes did not come in with votes for lower offices or ballot propositions.

Watch, mark my words; there will be nearly 20 million house rep votes also missing accompanying votes for state offices or ballot props.

There are already people calling this out.

Posted by: heya at November 05, 2026 10:50 PM (G5zYf)

158 Yeah, these 20 million New Democrat voters: these are just the guys who voted for Biden over Trump back in 2020. Wonder where they have been all this time? /sarc

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 05, 2026 10:50 PM (ZVgZ4)

159 Why was FL spared? What specifically did FL do there that disabled the cheat that beat TX?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls
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Close magic magician always leave contrails to confuse.
_Chairman Xi

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 10:50 PM (6T7Go)

160 It would be interesting to find out what contingency planning Elon is doing if it all goes south in 2028.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at

I was talking about this earlier. If he decides to build elsewhere, I pray it's not in my State, and I'll work to prevent it if it's proposed. Or any other SV firm.

I don't want big California companies with big California headcounts and big California slush funds coming in and cornholing this State like they did TX.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 05, 2026 10:50 PM (BI5O2)

161 No sooner does Linus release kernel 7.4-rc1, than OpenAI sez:

"We built a prototype to look for security flaws in the Linux kernel inside a controlled research environment. Our prototype identified and analyzed 2,308 candidate Linux kernel findings, dynamically reproduced 1,724 vulnerabilities, and produced 948 local privilege escalation (LPE) exploits that could allow an unprivileged local user to gain root access."

We ~~live~~ compute in interesting times.

Posted by: gp at November 05, 2026 10:51 PM (Jr5Lq)

162 110 87 Actually, looking again, saying the Rio Grande Valley "shifted" blue is absurd. It's been blue for ages.
Posted by: Robert at November 05, 2026 10:27 PM (XKC/U)

What the chart shows is... say the County was 55% blue before... but now it is 60% Blue...”

It was bigger than that.

What changed was turnout. Overall voter turnout in Texas was down somewhat from 2024. But…

“The biggest swings to Democrats came from majority-Hispanic counties in South Texas and along the border that went heavily for President Donald Trump in 2024, with Starr, Zapata, Maverick, Hidalgo and Webb counties each shifting upwards of 38 points toward Democrats.

Turnout surged by more than 8 percentage points in the state’s 16 border counties compared with the 2022 elections.”

The numbers say to me that spurred by immigration policies, the Hispanic/Latino voting block just woke up and took over the State Government.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 05, 2026 10:51 PM (oH6g4)

163 We keep bringing out retreads who lost last time.

Posted by: Jen the original at November 05, 2026 10:45 PM (EiUt/)

Same as my area. Losers keep running, and they keep losing. I wish they'd quit.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at November 05, 2026 10:51 PM (1Ff7Z)

164 Concur, and we have some excellent candidates to put forward.
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I will not seek nor will I accept the nomination of my party for another term as your President.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 05, 2026 10:52 PM (RIvkX)

165 Sorry I'm late, I was trying to come up with a name for this horse I found wandering in the desert.
Posted by: tankdemon

Avoid Wildfire.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 05, 2026 10:52 PM (2WIwB)

166 You picked a scab.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 05, 2026 10:49 PM (RIvkX)

Yeah, I kinda did.

Posted by: Doof at November 05, 2026 10:53 PM (QMAsf)

167 Evening, Horde. Been a couple of days since I made it to the ONT. Been subbing while I wait for feedback on Monday's interview.

I'm frustrated by our national events but glad my state only got a little worse (local representative got beat by a Dem and I think it was legit, a couple state questions that the outgoing idiots made sure were confusingly worded so they went down in flames... but at least the local tax increase failed, and *mostly* the rest of the races were tolerable. Judges almost never get voted out like they should.)

...

Now to read the content!

Posted by: RandomDave at November 05, 2026 10:53 PM (aJQbY)

168 Now to read the content!
Posted by: RandomDave at November 05, 2026 10:53 PM (aJQbY)

Might not be a good idea

Posted by: Doof at November 05, 2026 10:54 PM (QMAsf)

169 I was talking about this earlier. If he decides to build elsewhere, I pray it's not in my State, and I'll work to prevent it if it's proposed. Or any other SV firm.

If things really go south in 2028, Elon will have to flee the country, and I think he realizes that.

Singapore seems like the obvious place - the question is where new manufacturing facilities would go.

He already has Tesla manufacturing facilities in China and Germany.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 05, 2026 10:54 PM (aD4fx)

170 "my state only got a little worse"
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Yeah, Wyoming came out pretty much the same. Our new congressman is a bit of a loon but what are you going to do

Posted by: 496 at November 05, 2026 10:54 PM (/iG4J)

171
164 Why was FL spared? What specifically did FL do there that disabled the cheat that beat TX?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls
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I don’t know Florida well enough to be sure, but outside of Miami I don’t think they have a whole string of majority Hispanic counties.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 05, 2026 10:55 PM (oH6g4)

172 Jen I find it hard to believe the Dems up there offer much in the way of specifics or "ideas" that would have traction outside their dumbest base. But maybe I'm wrong. They certainly didn't elsewhere. So they have a mandate to make everything "affordable!". Hilarious. Yet probably taken seriously by the zillions of economically illiterate people plaguing the society.

This Muslim midget winning easily despite the unprecedented thumbs down from key constituencies is something.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 05, 2026 10:56 PM (U/Byj)

173 "The numbers say to me that spurred by immigration policies, the Hispanic/Latino voting block just woke up and took over the State Government.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 05, 2026 10:51 PM (oH6g4)"

I'm not buying a big latino shift to the dems after their big shifts to Trump in 2016 and 2024, and no evidence of any shift in 2020.

That makes zero sense, even discounting that every latino I know who is legal has a massive hateboner for illegal immigration.

The only chance of that being legit is if Biden brought in way more illegals than thought AND many of them got registered to vote.

Posted by: heya at November 05, 2026 10:57 PM (G5zYf)

174 Are you asserting the rest of us don't know how to read? There's not a chance in the world that in some of those small rural communities conversations that took place at the local grain Co-Op included assertions like "What this country needs is more transexuals and abortions". To pretend that ANY state had ALL of their counties *move* towards the left is retarded.
Posted by: Crusader

Of course not.

The conversations were more about “whatever happened to NO NEW WARS?”

Or. “Release the Epstein files!”

Or “can we get some
Relief at the grocery store?”

Ffs. Real people don’t obsess about abortion and trannys.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 05, 2026 10:58 PM (yEz+x)

175 Honey! I’m home!

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 10:58 PM (ZdaMQ)

176 I actually bothered to listen to what DeSantis was saying in the last 48 hours. He explained exactly how they kept FL red. I guess living in the hurricane state makes you a solid disaster prepper!

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 10:59 PM (AKptf)

177 I deeply regret my ill-informed statement/question on the "counties shifting blue" item. Started too much discord and we all belong to the same team. Sorry.

Posted by: LRob in OK at November 05, 2026 10:59 PM (47diA)

178 Democrats materialized 20 million new votes.
.......

It's magic.
Good thing they didn't go for 81 million cuz that would have looked suspicious.

Posted by: wth at November 05, 2026 10:59 PM (oq9dX)

179 The data is intriguing and I welcome its vigorous investigation, but I gently suggest that "Hegseth mobilizing troops" in response to merely suspected vote fraud would turn out badly.

Posted by: gp at November 05, 2026 11:00 PM (Jr5Lq)

180 One thing we can expect starting probably this weekend will be a bombardment of stories casting every Republican frontrunner in a negative light. Vance, Rubio, DeSantis. They propaganda agents will be crawling through the trash looking deor anything to "report." Or make up. It'll be a two year spectacle. The best part is each of these guys is smarter than anyone the dems can put up.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 05, 2026 11:00 PM (2WIwB)

181 That 38% (!!!) switch to D from R in TX border county Hispanics is incredible. And incredibly ominous. Suggests that if the effort to keep a secure border and restore rule of law in immigration is part of the next GOP candidate's schtick ..... TX is very much a "swing" state.

As I said above, electoral map (and Senate map, through 2030) is very challenging.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 05, 2026 11:00 PM (U/Byj)

182 I wish we could upvote comments here. There are many deserving ones tonight (every night, really)

Posted by: 496 at November 05, 2026 11:00 PM (IhYdB)

183 178. One of my distant neighbors is a stanch Democrat and is Jewish. Virtually no one in my rural area puts out political signs anymore but she is the exception. Proudly displayed her Abdul sign. It’s hard to imagine the lack of reason.

Posted by: Jen the original at November 05, 2026 11:01 PM (EiUt/)

184 Honey! I’m home!
Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 10:58 PM (ZdaMQ)

Did you bring snacks?

Posted by: Doof at November 05, 2026 11:02 PM (QMAsf)

185 It’s hard to imagine the lack of reason.

Posted by: Jen the original at November 05, 2026 11:01 PM (EiUt
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Gooder and harder.... gooder and harder

Posted by: 496 at November 05, 2026 11:02 PM (IhYdB)

186 That makes zero sense, even discounting that every latino I know who is legal has a massive hateboner for illegal immigration.

The only chance of that being legit is if Biden brought in way more illegals than thought AND many of them got registered to vote.
Posted by: heya at November 05, 2026 10:57 PM (G5zYf)

I have a Hispanic friend here, owns a couple convenience stores, a construction company, devout Catholic, hates the trans shit. Ginojoza was cute and and soft spoken, and like every Mexican male I know he was falling all over himself to vote for her. It’s tied in to that machismo thing , they’ll do anything for a cute chica if she smiles at them. And he voted for all her allies too.

Even when they have conservative opinions, Mexicans vote tribally when there’s a Mexican on the ticket.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 05, 2026 11:02 PM (oH6g4)

187 Right now Trump can do almost anything he wants. He looks relieved, actually.

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 11:03 PM (AKptf)

188 113....
Shirley Manson from Grabage used to be cute. USED to be. Plus she's a lunatic lefty. But I still really love their first 3-4 albums.
Posted by: Doof

Lunatic lefty but at least she condemned the murder of Charlie Kirk. Dedicated a song to him in Nashville that day. Her minute 45 second tribute starts about 52 seconds in...

https://youtu.be/2X59QVrLyH8?

Posted by: Rex B at November 05, 2026 11:03 PM (sdSI9)

189 The Demonrats cheated in 2020. We beat their cheat, by dint of effort, in 2024. They pulled out the stops for the recent midterms, and we didn’t stop the cheating this time. We not only have to get rid of the electronic voting machines with roots in communist Venezuela (name starts with a “D” ), but we should hang some of the people who enable this cheat, be they GOPe or Demonrats. Pour encourager les autres.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 05, 2026 11:03 PM (ZVgZ4)

190 Right now Trump can do almost anything he wants. He looks relieved, actually.
Posted by: runner
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I've been thinking about this too.

Posted by: scampydog at November 05, 2026 11:04 PM (sGzLm)

191 I have a Hispanic friend here, owns a couple convenience stores, a construction company, devout Catholic
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Sounds like a hoarder. Commies do bad things to wreckers and hoarders.

Gooder and harder

Posted by: 496 at November 05, 2026 11:04 PM (IhYdB)

192 Good night, horde. I think I'll take a few days off.

Posted by: LRob in OK at November 05, 2026 11:04 PM (47diA)

193 I wish we could upvote comments here. There are many deserving ones tonight (every night, really)
Posted by: 496

Even the CoBs only get to upvote ten-ish comments a week.

Posted by: mikeski at November 05, 2026 11:04 PM (VHUov)

194 Trannies are melting down on X over the vote in Washington State, but I found the least self-aware comment on X:

FWIW, the other parents at my daughter’s volleyball practice last night were very disappointed that I-638 passed. (These are people who don’t know I’m trans and brought up the topic unprompted) so I still have hope in some of Snohomish County

Yeah, I'm sure they don't have the slightest idea that you are "trans". /s

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 05, 2026 11:05 PM (aD4fx)

195 Apropos to this thread, I set my hair on fire today. Was doing some welding on the underside of a big riding mower. Lying on an old quilt spread on the ground. A hot spark landed on the quilt beneath the back of my head. "Hey! My brain is getting warm!" Get up, bat out the burning hair, blow out the fire in the quilt. I did not lose much hair; using two mirrors, I can barely make out a thin patch.

It gets better. Got the loose engine properly bolted down, fixed a couple of other things, fired up the mower, and went for a ride around the yard, so I could adjust the stop on the hydro drive lever so that goes straight ahead with both tillers pushed fully forward. Done! Drive back close to the shop. "Damn, that engine must be plum wore out. Smokin' like a mofo!" I was engulfed in blue smoke. Oh, wait! The engine is on fire. I grabbed an air hose and blowgun, and blew the fire out. A wad of oil-soaked grass clippings had lodged on one of the exhaust header pipes, and caught fire. No damage done. I sure didn't want to waste a fire extinguisher on such a tiny fire.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 05, 2026 11:05 PM (j4Fxj)

196 heya perhaps my favorite factoid from 2020 (of many, obviously) was the % of "president only" ballots in ..... GA?? Multiples of the historic average, big multiples. Ridiculously suspicious, under the circumstances. Oh well.

As I've noted many times, many US elections, if they were for example the first elections of a country emerging from civil war, would not be recognized as legit by the US, EU, or UN. The processes (especially considering the very high administrative capacity) are not even close to acceptable.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 05, 2026 11:05 PM (U/Byj)

197 By the way, for a couple of years you've been fixated on "the Epstein files"--is there an assertion you have in regard to them?
Posted by: Crusader

Apparently you know nothing of my posting history.

However, an increase in a minority vote blue does not equal LEANING BLUE. JESUS.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 05, 2026 11:06 PM (yEz+x)

198 I deeply regret my ill-informed statement/question on the "counties shifting blue" item. Started too much discord and we all belong to the same team. Sorry.
Posted by: LRob in OK at November 05, 2026 10:59 PM (47diA)

I misunderstood it too until Grok explained it to me. Nobody should be giving you grief.

Posted by: Doof at November 05, 2026 11:06 PM (QMAsf)

199 Right now Trump can do almost anything he wants. He looks relieved, actually.

As Bathhouse Barry put it after an equally crushing midterm loss, he still has a pen and a phone.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 05, 2026 11:06 PM (aD4fx)

200 No really, I am home. What a day! Taught four classes, got phase 1 of holiday retail out, and just got in.

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 11:06 PM (ZdaMQ)

201 Tough crowd here tonight.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 10:39 PM (1x2K9)
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Turns out they DO read the content!

Posted by: Doof at November 05, 2026 10:41 PM (QMAsf)
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Nah! We're just here to look at the pictures.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:07 PM (1x2K9)

202 As Bathhouse Barry put it after an equally crushing midterm loss, he still has a pen and a phone.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 05, 2026 11:06 PM (aD4fx)

Trump is really good with those.

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 11:08 PM (AKptf)

203 Good night, horde. I think I'll take a few days off.
Posted by: LRob
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G'night LRob.

Posted by: scampydog at November 05, 2026 11:08 PM (sGzLm)

204 Posted by: Crusader at November 05, 2026 11:03 PM (Cjcf6
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First of all, many many sheep believe what they hear instead of their own eyes. The news has been all about high prices and the constant drumbeat surely hit home for many LIV's

Secondly, Trump et. al. really screwed the pooch on the Epstein files. It was bullshit. They may have given us everything, but it still appears like they're hiding shit. I honestly hope the dems pass legislation requiring all documents be released. If Trump vetoes that, then the majority majority of Americans' suspicions will be vindicated.

Posted by: 496 at November 05, 2026 11:08 PM (hC2rJ)

205 Might not be a good idea
Posted by: Doof at November 05, 2026 10:54 PM (QMAsf)
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A little unusual for ONT to be so topical but I think you did a yeoman's job of it.

I think the California morons see the cheat as baked in the cake and has been.

The party doesn't want your vote. The party doesn't need your fvcking vote, proles.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 05, 2026 11:09 PM (RIvkX)

206 Georgia cheats. Specifically Atlanta. They have already been caught once. Of course when it's brought up they scream Racist! But that's bullshit, they were caught but four years after they did it.

Posted by: Case at November 05, 2026 11:09 PM (En+fz)

207 Turns out they DO read the content!
Posted by: Doof

Nah! We're just here to look at the pictures.
Posted by: Biden's Dog

A thousand words is worth a picture.

Posted by: mikeski at November 05, 2026 11:09 PM (VHUov)

208 local grain Co-Op included assertions like "What this country needs is more transexuals and abortions". To pretend that ANY state had ALL of their counties *move* towards the left is retarded.

Posted by: Crusader
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Right, it's not deep math.
All those Mexican in TX border counties just want some more of that deep homosexual, transsexual, satanic mutilation. Really turns them on and turned them out to Vote Blue.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 11:09 PM (6T7Go)

209 Abput Kansaws.

Hard to believe every county went bluer. I lost my election bid, but I expected that after the County Clerk did something.

A friend who I helped get a County Commissioner position 2 terms ago lost. Not by much, but he lost. He is very despondent. Lots of good conservative local politicians were turned out.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 05, 2026 11:10 PM (u82oZ)

210 I'll try to lighten things up. Our youngest pups just became first time parents with the birth of their daughter. All are doing well.

And now, back to our show, As the World Turns.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs
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*doggo paw bump*

Posted by: scampydog at November 05, 2026 10:40 PM (sGzLm)
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I will send them your... woof.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:10 PM (1x2K9)

211 LRob- don’t let the tension run you off. Everyone’s on edge, this is a difficult thing to process. We are going to be okay. Big hug your way.

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 11:10 PM (ZdaMQ)

212 About Kansas. "Sigh."

High diesel hits farmers and ranchers very hard. The Trump Administration knew that. They moved heaven, earth, and Russian diesel to get diesel to farmers.
At the Salina Rally, Trump and the Sec. of Ag both highlighted efforts. But there were fewer ranchers and farmers in the audience.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 05, 2026 11:11 PM (u82oZ)

213 Turns out they DO read the content!
Posted by: Doof

Nah! We're just here to look at the pictures.
Posted by: Biden's Dog

A thousand words is worth a picture.

Posted by: mikeski at November 05, 2026 11:09 PM (VHUov)
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/goes back to Learing Center to learn to count that high

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:11 PM (1x2K9)

214 Tonight's ONT brought to you by spelling lessons

or don't care...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 11:12 PM (l3cgK)

215 I have no problem with releasing the Epstein files, but its far far down on my priority list. They're bound to be more damaging to the Dems and their elite cronies than to DJT and Republicans.

Posted by: gp at November 05, 2026 11:12 PM (Jr5Lq)

216 NC had an interesting 2026 election result.

The General Assembly flipped to the Dems by a significant margin.

The State Senate remained firmly Republican, but lost its supermajority.

King Roy Cooper whipped Whatley quite easily.

But. All three state constitutional amendment proposals passed by a landslide - Tougher Voter ID - including a Voter ID requirement for submitting a mail-in ballot, a lower state income tax rate cap, and a property tax levy limit.

NC Dems fought hard for no vote for all three amendments and lost bigly.

So there's that.

Posted by: mrp at November 05, 2026 11:12 PM (rj6Yv)

217 Lots of good conservative local politicians were turned out.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 05, 2026 11:10 PM (u82oZ)
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See the 2nd half of ny comment at 153. It could be that the tide has just shifted before any of us were ready for it.

Sorry about your friend - he has good reason to be despondent

Posted by: 496 at November 05, 2026 11:12 PM (hC2rJ)

218 Before I heard any of the voting stats, I knew deep down there was massive fraud. And GOPe and Dems colluded. Has anyone connected the dots with this and why the fucking GOP refused to pass the SAVE Act?

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 05, 2026 11:13 PM (3P9YE)

219 In Kansas, the Dems declared victory, but 6 races are being recounted.
My incumbent Congressman won in the Big 1st District, so that's something.

2.8 million people in Kansas, but the rural population is only 20% of that. The 6 biggest population centers went DEM, or so we are told.
The 6 million cows, mostly Angus, got no vote.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 05, 2026 11:13 PM (u82oZ)

220 To pretend that ANY state had ALL of their counties *move* towards the left is retarded.

Posted by: Crusader at November 05, 2026 10:52 PM (Cjcf6)
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Just reminding us what we're up against.

Posted by: Crusader at November 05, 2026 11:09 PM (Cjcf6)
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You ~~will be~~ are being hunted.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:13 PM (1x2K9)

221 Tonight's ONT brought to you by spelling lessons

or don't care...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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Thankfelly it wasn't aboot graammer, punctuatshun, and run on centensez.

Posted by: scampydog at November 05, 2026 11:14 PM (sGzLm)

222 Aw, Biden's Dog- congratulations to all of you!
As we say down here- y'all kiss that baby for us.

Posted by: sal at November 05, 2026 11:14 PM (f+FmA)

223 Democrats cheat? No way!
Here in sunny CA we know better than that.
It's not called "cheat", it's called SOP.

Posted by: wth at November 05, 2026 11:14 PM (oq9dX)

224 Musk could move EVERYTHING THERE to Florida tomorrow. Why do even Texas democrats not understand basic economics?

Oh...wait a minute...its because even at the university level nobody *teaches* basic economics any longer.
Posted by: Crusader at November 05, 2026 10:58 PM (Cjcf6)

Elon Musk simply ought to buy Cuba. He has enough money. Just go have a sit-down with the remaining Commies, and make them an offer they can't refuse. Set up a puppet President, and an "advisory" Legislature, and run it like a fiefdom. Employ some of the locals in SpaceX ventures. Revitalize the sugar plantations. Sell little ranchos and beach homes to conservative Americans. I think he could make it into the jewel of the Caribbean, like it used to be. And the Cuban people would be vastly better off.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 05, 2026 11:14 PM (j4Fxj)

225 The 6 million cows, mostly Angus, got no vote.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 05, 2026 11:13 PM (u82oZ)
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Their voice is moot.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:14 PM (1x2K9)

226 Howdy, horde.

Thanks, Doof! Thought-provoking content tonight!

We mostly got left alone by the demonrats, although a few seats flipped in southern counties. Not enough to ruin the State Legislature, though.

I don't believe we had much, if any, fraud here. Idaho is just small potatoes after all.

Posted by: JQ at November 05, 2026 11:14 PM (rdVOm)

227
Good evening, horde. I'm glad the Rubio exit rumor was fake. He and Hegseth can go kick over Cuba now. They can probably have the whole island running a profit before the DOJ finishes all its filing for the future US Senator Ilhan prosecution.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at November 05, 2026 11:15 PM (mmrXZ)

228 182 Honey! I’m home!
Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 10:58 PM (ZdaMQ)

Great! How long 'til dinner?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at November 05, 2026 11:15 PM (QGaXH)

229 I'll try to lighten things up. Our youngest pups just became first time parents with the birth of their daughter. All are doing well.
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Mazel tov! Thanks for this great news

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 05, 2026 11:15 PM (RIvkX)

230 151 California got to be California because of years and years of phony elections.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 05, 2026 10:46 PM (RIvkX)

And kept that way by dem fortification by making cheating easier (mail-in ballots for everybody, ballot collection boxes, no voter ID, motor-voter--DMV registration, keeping voter rolls dirty, etc.). And do go around investigating voter fraud yourself...that's a potential jailable offense.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 11:16 PM (l3cgK)

231 It will be interesting to see if Lunakye's theories pan out.

Posted by: Emmie at November 05, 2026 11:16 PM (OlzlW)

232 If anyone needs me, I will be over here eating a veggie burger. 😊

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 11:17 PM (ZdaMQ)

233 Tonight's ONT brought to you by spelling lessons

or don't care...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 11:12 PM (l3cgK)
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I'm gonna bar row that!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:17 PM (1x2K9)

234 Howdy, horde.

Thanks, Doof! Thought-provoking content tonight!

Posted by: JQ at November 05, 2026 11:14 PM (rdVOm)

Got room for tin foil hats behind the bar at the Club??

Posted by: Doof at November 05, 2026 11:17 PM (QMAsf)

235 235 The 6 million cows, mostly Angus, got no vote.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 05, 2026 11:13 PM (u82oZ)
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Their voice is moot.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:14 PM (1x2K9)

Good one. Woulda been better as moooot or moooo-t...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 11:18 PM (l3cgK)

236 Just remember that our opponents are insane, and grow more insane with every passing year:

Humanities Ph.D. dissertations have declined 49% over the past decade. Meanwhile, one professor reports that dissertation acknowledgments now average 5.2 pages, with students thanking their therapists, pets and even themselves.

Bad time to pursue a humanities Ph.D. Great time to be a dog.

More than five pages of acknowledgments?

These people are not well.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 05, 2026 11:18 PM (aD4fx)

237 If anyone needs me, I will be over here eating a veggie burger. 😊

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 11:17 PM (ZdaMQ)
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You're going straight to kale.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:18 PM (1x2K9)

238 But. All three state constitutional amendment proposals passed by a landslide - Tougher Voter ID - including a Voter ID requirement for submitting a mail-in ballot, a lower state income tax rate cap, and a property tax levy limit.

NC Dems fought hard for no vote for all three amendments and lost bigly.

So there's that.

Posted by: mrp
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Confusing isn't it?
_Xi

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 11:19 PM (6T7Go)

239 Secondly, Trump et. al. really screwed the pooch on the Epstein files. It was bullshit. They may have given us everything, but it still appears like they're hiding shit. I honestly hope the dems pass legislation requiring all documents be released. If Trump vetoes that, then the majority majority of Americans' suspicions will be vindicated.
Posted by: 496 at November 05, 2026 11:08 PM (hC2rJ)

Trump should short-circuit that by releasing all the Epstein files now. Make sure the Democrats are clearly identified as such.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 05, 2026 11:19 PM (j4Fxj)

240 243 If anyone needs me, I will be over here eating a veggie burger. 😊

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 11:17 PM (ZdaMQ)

Was walking in the store with the younger one (who'll be 20 in a couple of months) and as we went through one section, they had "black bean 'burgers'"...neither one of us were impressed...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 11:20 PM (l3cgK)

241 Damned raccoons on trail cam. Notification went off and I was thinking BIG MOSSY. I am disappoint.

Posted by: scampydog at November 05, 2026 11:20 PM (sGzLm)

242
The Epstein Files are the 21st Century version of Al Capone's Vault. Change my mind.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 05, 2026 11:21 PM (eRlcH)

243 You're going straight to kale.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:18 PM (1x2K9)

Kale is just organic Kaboom. All the despair, none of the calories.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 05, 2026 11:21 PM (j4Fxj)

244 Woulda been better as moooot or moooo-t...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 11:18 PM (l3cgK)
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/disables spell checker

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:21 PM (1x2K9)

245 203 Apropos to this thread, I set my hair on fire today. Was doing some welding on the underside of a big riding mower....

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 05, 2026 11:05 PM (j4Fxj)

Why/how did I know the identity of the poster even before I got past the first two sentences of this post...?

Glad you're ok!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at November 05, 2026 11:22 PM (QGaXH)

246 The bitch here is what cheating mechanism could screw up the election shifts in all of those counties across the nation?

Posted by: MartynWW at November 05, 2026 11:22 PM (KfIEy)

247 255 You're going straight to kale.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:18 PM (1x2K9)

Kale is just organic Kaboom. All the despair, none of the calories.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 05, 2026 11:21 PM (j4Fxj)

The good news is it removes heavy metals from the fields...the bad news is it removes the heavy metals that you'll eat...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 11:23 PM (l3cgK)

248 About Kansas. "Sigh."

High diesel hits farmers and ranchers very hard. The Trump Administration knew that. They moved heaven, earth, and Russian diesel to get diesel to farmers.
At the Salina Rally, Trump and the Sec. of Ag both highlighted efforts. But there were fewer ranchers and farmers in the audience.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 05, 2026 11:11 PM (u82oZ)
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The Dems' war on fossil fuels was so intense that it has taken more than 2 years of DJT's second term to rebuild refining capacity for diesel and gasoline. Add in the elimination for renewable energy subsidies and the relaxation of CAFE standards and the resulting demand for ICE-powered vehicles. Then came the supply dislocation in the Persian Gulf.

Two years wasn't enough time to meet market stability.

Posted by: mrp at November 05, 2026 11:23 PM (rj6Yv)

249 The Epstein Files are the 21st Century version of Al Capone's Vault. Change my mind.

The Biden Administration had the files for four years and didn't release them.

I suspect WJC had something to do with that.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 05, 2026 11:23 PM (aD4fx)

250 You're going straight to kale.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November

Oh no! Lettuce pray! Quick!

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 11:23 PM (ZdaMQ)

251 Thanks, Doof! Thought-provoking content tonight!
Posted by: JQ

Got room for tin foil hats behind the bar at the Club??
Posted by: Doof

Moose Out Front didn't give you one?

Posted by: mikeski at November 05, 2026 11:23 PM (VHUov)

252 This thread needs a little pepping up. How about a lighthearted Johnny Cash tune?

youtu.be/k9IfHDi-2EA

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 05, 2026 11:24 PM (SRQM3)

253 260 About Kansas. "Sigh."

High diesel hits farmers and ranchers very hard. The Trump Administration knew that. They moved heaven, earth, and Russian diesel to get diesel to farmers.
At the Salina Rally, Trump and the Sec. of Ag both highlighted efforts. But there were fewer ranchers and farmers in the audience.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 05, 2026 11:11 PM (u82oZ)
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The Dems' war on fossil fuels was so intense that it has taken more than 2 years of DJT's second term to rebuild refining capacity for diesel and gasoline. Add in the elimination for renewable energy subsidies and the relaxation of CAFE standards and the resulting demand for ICE-powered vehicles. Then came the supply dislocation in the Persian Gulf.

Two years wasn't enough time to meet market stability.

Posted by: mrp at November 05, 2026 11:23 PM (rj6Yv)

It's all dust in the wind...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 11:24 PM (l3cgK)

254 Got room for tin foil hats behind the bar at the Club??

Posted by: Doof
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*plops "institutional size" roll of foil onto bar*

Clientele are welcome to make their own!

Posted by: JQ at November 05, 2026 11:24 PM (rdVOm)

255
Releasing files will never put the conspiracy talk to bed. Conspiracists will just say that there are more papers hidden somewhere that will prove their point. They're just like Villefort madly digging up his garden, "Oh, I will find it, ere I search forever!"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 05, 2026 11:25 PM (eRlcH)

256
214 To pretend that ANY state had ALL of their counties *move* towards the left is retarded.

Posted by: Crusader at November 05, 2026 10:52 PM (Cjcf6)

Ironically, in Texas at least, this is what proved the shift was real and was NOT fraud. Texas counties do their counting themselves, and send in the vote totals. For this to have been fraud would have required 254 separate but coordinated fraud operations, one in each county,even the most conservative ones.

Fraud would have looked like massive margins in the 5 high population counties, but the other 249 voting rather predictably. That’s not what happened.
For any who’ve forgotten - Hispanic/latino voters are 32% of total voters now, and I don’t think there’s a single county left without a significant number.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 05, 2026 11:25 PM (oH6g4)

257 I was an election inspector in Wisconsin on Tuesday. We handed out a record number of ballots, more than in the presidential election of 2024. Each one was handed to a person who presented a state-authorized photo ID. In our municipality, early voting was below 2024, but election-day voting was much higher. And the results, at least when I reviewed the tape at the poll I worked, were that we got killed, The few ballots I saw as we were shutting down confirmed that. Neighborhoods that went for Trump in 2024 went strongly D. This wasn't electronic fraud or foreign interference: it was the Democrats doing a hell of job on GOTV. Yes, the media coverage did a lot to set the tone for the election; but where I live, at least, we simply got outworked.

Posted by: Nemo at November 05, 2026 11:25 PM (4RPgu)

258 The good news is it removes heavy metals from the fields...the bad news is it removes the heavy metals that you'll eat...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 11:23 PM (l3cgK)
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That's explains the horrific sounds coming from some peoples stomachs.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:25 PM (1x2K9)

259 Honey! I’m home!
Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 10:58 PM (ZdaMQ)

Did you bring snacks?
Posted by: Doof at November 05, 2026 11:02 PM (QMAsf)

Did you bring a happy Saijo? I think some people need to hug a happy dog.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 05, 2026 11:26 PM (qx7Zg)

260 Alberta Oil Peon

Without a provocation that set off the Spanish Civil War, which in today's America would be the assassination of the President and Melania, we are swinging after the ball is in the catcher's mitt.

The GOP base was betrayed by the GOPe leadership and whoever holds their leash. Thune and others were the enablers.

A Civil War would be 40-50 million dead. Hair mussed. Like to avoid that.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 05, 2026 11:26 PM (u82oZ)

261 That's explains the horrific sounds coming from some peoples stomachs.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey
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That may not be their stomachs.

Posted by: scampydog at November 05, 2026 11:27 PM (sGzLm)

262 This is all just a distraction from the Epstein files.

I heard that and still do from my progtarded coworkers all the time. This, and the “No New Wars!” Dominates the reason Trump is the worst liar in history.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 05, 2026 11:27 PM (yEz+x)

263 I just can't figure out how it was done. Fake registrations the last two years followed by mail-in of those registrations? It's weird as hell I will say that.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 05, 2026 11:27 PM (n5tGW)

264 235 ...Their voice is moot.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:14 PM (1x2K9)

I'll bet you meant 'moooot'

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at November 05, 2026 11:27 PM (QGaXH)

265 Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026

Congratulations on the new grand baby! The biggest blessing.

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 11:28 PM (ZdaMQ)

266 277 235 ...Their voice is moot.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:14 PM (1x2K9)

I'll bet you meant 'moooot'

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at November 05, 2026 11:27 PM (QGaXH)

Well, steers don't have the balls to vote anyway.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 11:28 PM (l3cgK)

267 Got room for tin foil hats behind the bar at the Club??

Posted by: Doof
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*plops "institutional size" roll of foil onto bar*

Clientele are welcome to make their own!
Posted by: JQ at November 05, 2026 11:24 PM (rdVOm)

You brought tin foil? I was hoping for aluminum foil, but all I got was this rock. Rats!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 05, 2026 11:29 PM (qx7Zg)

268 You're going straight to kale.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November

Oh no! Lettuce pray! Quick!

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 11:23 PM (ZdaMQ)
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Yammer away!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:30 PM (1x2K9)

269 272 Honey! I’m home!
Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 10:58 PM (ZdaMQ)

Did you bring snacks?
Posted by: Doof at November 05, 2026 11:02 PM (QMAsf)

You don’t like my snacks.

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 11:30 PM (ZdaMQ)

270 Nemo

Thank you for your efforts and your analysis.
Tomorrow will be another day.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 05, 2026 11:30 PM (u82oZ)

271 It's all dust in the wind...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 11:24 PM (l3cgK)
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I'm more in the mood for Sabaton. I've been watching "Last Stand" reaction videos on YT for the past two days.

Posted by: mrp at November 05, 2026 11:30 PM (rj6Yv)

272 Yes, thanks Nemo!

Posted by: gp at November 05, 2026 11:31 PM (Jr5Lq)

273 Pun jokes are small potatoes

Posted by: 496 at November 05, 2026 11:31 PM (+6NfM)

274 You brought tin foil? I was hoping for aluminum foil, but all I got was this rock. Rats!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
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Lucky. All I have is that Christmas tinsel. Going to take all night to make that pirate hat.

Posted by: scampydog at November 05, 2026 11:31 PM (sGzLm)

275 280 Got room for tin foil hats behind the bar at the Club??

Posted by: Doof
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*plops "institutional size" roll of foil onto bar*

Clientele are welcome to make their own!
Posted by: JQ at November 05, 2026 11:24 PM (rdVOm)

You brought tin foil? I was hoping for aluminum foil, but all I got was this rock. Rats!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 05, 2026 11:29 PM (qx7Zg)

One company was selling metal fabric for electro-magnetic radiation amelioration purposes...was nice to the touch. The nickel-based one could cause allergic reactions, though...copper fabric too.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 11:32 PM (l3cgK)

276 272 Honey! I’m home!
Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 10:58 PM (ZdaMQ)

Did you bring a happy Saijo? I think some people need to hug a happy dog.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 05, 2026

I just had to go get Saijo because Sabi was hiding behind the stairs and pouncing at Saijo when he tried to go down the hallway. But yes, he is a happy doge, now that he is not being terrorized by the cat.

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 11:32 PM (ZdaMQ)

277 Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026

Congratulations on the new grand baby! The biggest blessing.

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 11:28 PM (ZdaMQ)
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Thanks.

Have good friends who just became first time great grandparents.

We're not there yet.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:32 PM (1x2K9)

278 Alberta Oil Peon

Without a provocation that set off the Spanish Civil War, which in today's America would be the assassination of the President and Melania, we are swinging after the ball is in the catcher's mitt.

The GOP base was betrayed by the GOPe leadership and whoever holds their leash. Thune and others were the enablers.

A Civil War would be 40-50 million dead. Hair mussed. Like to avoid that.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 05, 2026 11:26 PM (u82oZ)

This was in response to what?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 05, 2026 11:32 PM (j4Fxj)

279 286 Pun jokes are small potatoes

Posted by: 496 at November 05, 2026 11:31 PM (+6NfM)

If that's true, mixed ones are mashed potatoes...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 11:33 PM (l3cgK)

280 Nemo

Thank you for your efforts and your analysis.
Tomorrow will be another day.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 05, 2026 11:30 PM (u82oZ)
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What a Tarable thing to say!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:33 PM (1x2K9)

281 290 Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026

Congratulations on the new grand baby! The biggest blessing.

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 11:28 PM (ZdaMQ)
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Thanks.

Have good friends who just became first time great grandparents.

We're not there yet.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:32 PM (1x2K9)

I don't expect grandkids in my lifetime. My Dad didn't become a grandfather until he was nearly 70...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 11:35 PM (l3cgK)

282 Pun jokes are small potatoes

Posted by: 496 at November 05, 2026 11:31 PM (+6NfM)
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Nobody asked for your op onion.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:35 PM (1x2K9)

283 I don't expect grandkids in my lifetime. My Dad didn't become a grandfather until he was nearly 70...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 11:35 PM (l3cgK)
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Please hang in there.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:36 PM (1x2K9)

284 When Diesel hits $10/Gallon then who will they blame??

When the Commiecrats come with all these investigations I hope Trump just tells them "F**K Off and I will do want I want !!!!

Posted by: Jackson K. at November 05, 2026 11:37 PM (Gl62I)

285 I think you're lying. I've not heard of the "Epstein Files" in over 12 months.
Posted by: Crusader

Fuck you.

I am not a liar. I work in downtown Seattle. I hear this shit all the time.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 05, 2026 11:38 PM (yEz+x)

286 Reading through the comments….y’all just can’t beet the temptation to turnip the heat on people, can you?

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 11:38 PM (ZdaMQ)

287 I think you're lying. I've not heard of the "Epstein Files" in over 12 months.
Posted by: Crusader at November 05, 2026 11:34 PM (Cjcf6)

I heard Epstein! from a lefty acquaintance last month. She doesn't know I'm conservative, although she may start to suspect because I never share in her wild delusions.

Posted by: Emmie at November 05, 2026 11:38 PM (OlzlW)

288 m?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:38 PM (1x2K9)

289 My son asked me why beers stay in the hive all winter. I smiled and said "Swarm."

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 05, 2026 11:38 PM (qx7Zg)

290 Alberta Oil Peon

The Epstein File comment. No scandal, even revealed in detail, will stop what happened. The Insiders have decided, and the stenographers in the Media will see nothing happens.

A severe enough provocation to stop what is happening is not a good path, with big negative consequences.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 05, 2026 11:38 PM (u82oZ)

291 I work with youngsters (25 - 30) who are pretty right-wing, but not rabid like me. They do talk about how the release was botched and they think it's a sign that there's still a big coverup. One of them loves Massie because of his focus on them.

The release was BS and it looked like trump was not fully forthright. You can disagree and think he looked like an innocent choir boy throughout. That's fine. But good people with honest intentions can also think it looks fishy.

AOP - I like your idea. Trump should let it all go. All of it

Posted by: 496 at November 05, 2026 11:38 PM (+6NfM)

292 Reading through the comments….y’all just can’t beet the temptation to turnip the heat on people, can you?

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 11:38 PM (ZdaMQ)
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/comment rated parsley true

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:39 PM (1x2K9)

293 My son asked me why beers stay in the hive all winter. I smiled and said "Swarm."
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 05, 2026 11:38 PM (qx7Zg)

Not beers, but bees. Is it funnier with the typo?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 05, 2026 11:39 PM (qx7Zg)

294 Early to bed for me tonight. This time of year is a little difficult. Been feeling a little down as it's 10 years this month since mom and dad passed within a few weeks of each other, he on Oct 16 and she on Nov 12. They were both in their mid to late 90's.

I'll feel better soon. Need to find something new to occupy my days now that I don't have to work 70+ hours a week. Maybe start hiking again since we're blessed with year-round sunshine.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at November 05, 2026 11:40 PM (QGaXH)

295 My son asked me why beers stay in the hive all winter. I smiled and said "Swarm."

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 05, 2026 11:38 PM (qx7Zg)
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Freudian slip.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:40 PM (1x2K9)

296 32 Can someone tell me why Alaska is stuck at about 75% counting for a few days? Can't find anything online.
Posted by: LRob in OK at November 05, 2026 10:10 PM (47diA)

Because we are retarded.

Also, because an airplane has to fly to all the remote villages, which may have 10 or 12 votes each, to collect that ballots because nobody is going to pay to have a Dominion machine in those villages, and apparently it is too much trouble to either photocopy the ballots and send them electronically or total them up by hand and send in the results. Also, ranked choice voting, which is rank indeed. So, even once the votes are counted, they need to be ranked by the secret algorithm that determines whose spoiled vote goes to whom, and then the democrats all win.

Pretty much that.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2026 11:40 PM (5WPt1)

297 Reading through the comments….y’all just can’t beet the temptation to turnip the heat on people, can you?

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 11:38 PM (ZdaMQ)
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/comment rated parsley true
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:39 PM (1x2K9)

Rosemary, it may be thyme to put this to bed. You cumin?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 05, 2026 11:40 PM (qx7Zg)

298 JFC.

If you don’t get the mockery of the “this is all a distraction….”

I don’t know what to tell you. Jeebus.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 05, 2026 11:41 PM (yEz+x)

299
Is anyone watching arsenic and old lace on tcm?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at November 05, 2026 11:41 PM (mmrXZ)

300 My son asked me why beers stay in the hive all winter. I smiled and said "Swarm."
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

And they were holding a staff meading.

yeah, the only thing worse than a pun is a pun on a typo.

Posted by: mikeski at November 05, 2026 11:41 PM (VHUov)

301 Time to go. Maybe l8r at Pixy's.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:41 PM (1x2K9)

302 Crusader

Chill. Please.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 05, 2026 11:41 PM (u82oZ)

303 yeah, the only thing worse than a pun is a pun on a typo.

Posted by: mikeski at November 05, 2026 11:41 PM (VHUov)
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It depends. Sometimes that's the best typo pun

Posted by: 496 at November 05, 2026 11:42 PM (IrN75)

304 I think you're lying. I've not heard of the "Epstein Files" in over 12 months.
Posted by: Crusader at November 05, 2026 11:34 PM (Cjcf6)

And you are an ass. You don't live in Seattle, that hive of scum and villainy and commie supremacy.

If Nurse heard it, then she heard it.

And she shoots better than you do, so tread softly.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2026 11:43 PM (5WPt1)

305 No, you clearly have demonstrated that you don't know what to tell us.
Posted by: Crusader at November 05, 2026 11:42 PM (Cjcf6)

Just how far up your ass did you shove that bug, Sport?

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2026 11:44 PM (5WPt1)

306 Posted by: nurse ratched.
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I think you're lying. I've not heard of the "Epstein Files" in over 12 months.
Posted by: Crusader at November 05, 2026 11:34 PM (Cjcf6)

A)Good luck with that, dude.

B) Have you been reading many threads here? I'm pretty sure nurse has found a way to fit that "distraction from the Epstein files" schtick into at least one thread a day for a year and a half. Sarcastically. I think.

C)I see it come up elsewhere (youtube comments, particularly) pretty regularly. It's usually not a long conversation given the lack of new info, but it does come up

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 05, 2026 11:44 PM (vSvIl)

307 298 I don't expect grandkids in my lifetime. My Dad didn't become a grandfather until he was nearly 70...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 11:35 PM (l3cgK)
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Please hang in there.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:36 PM (1x2K9)

I seriously believe my kids won't have bio kids of their own. They have the same disease I have. Honestly, before I had them, had I known I had the disease I have, I wouldn't have had my kids...They grew up seeing me doing dialysis, getting a transplant, having all the "fun" this disease provides.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 11:45 PM (l3cgK)

308 Not beers, but bees. Is it funnier with the typo?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 05, 2026 11:39 PM (qx7Zg)

The beers around here are in the cooler, but they don't stay in the hive very long, as it turns out.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2026 11:45 PM (5WPt1)

309 Did you have a comment? Because I haven't read it?
Posted by: Crusader at November 05, 2026 11:45 PM (Cjcf6)

Do you have a clue? Because I haven't read it.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2026 11:46 PM (5WPt1)

310 Crusader,

I don’t give two shits about the Epstein files. But folks here do. And it is one of the points they make about why they hate the President. I mock them. Mercilessly.

Please. Let’s not fight. We are on the same team.

My world is vastly different than yours.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 05, 2026 11:47 PM (yEz+x)

311 Wow, I take too long to type.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 05, 2026 11:47 PM (vSvIl)

312 Crusader

Lets not insult, with venom, each other. YTou are doing that.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 05, 2026 11:47 PM (u82oZ)

313 Ooh, comment 312 went poof.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 11:48 PM (l3cgK)

314 317 Time to go. Maybe l8r at Pixy's.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:41 PM (1x2K

We'll be taking attendance.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 11:48 PM (HFrEr)

315 “Hey Macarena” .... 401k Down the Shitter....

Maybe you can retire when your 90 Y/o......

HOPE & CHANGE...... HOPE & CHANGE !!!!

Posted by: Jackson K. at November 05, 2026 11:48 PM (Gl62I)

316 ...and, ozone

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 05, 2026 11:48 PM (vSvIl)

317 Crusader, I understand you are frustrated and concerned. Right now you are lashing out at people who are on your side. Maybe just let it be, you’ve reached the point where nothing good is going to come of this.

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 11:48 PM (ZdaMQ)

318 What states use what electronic voting machines? I know what Georgia uses, and it’s easy to cheat with those. As I recall, the votes in 2020 were routed overseas for counting, or at least that was the contention. How do we know it was even Americans counting the vote? Does any state use real paper ballots. Georgia claims to, but it’s a lie: nothing on the ballot that you can read counts as your vote. The QR code has what you voted for, but you can’t read it. You can’t photograph your ballot either: it’s against the law. Somebody photographed it anyway in 2020, but still couldn’t read the QR code: it’s encrypted! Want to bet how often what you voted matches what’s in the QR code? You don’t know, and they don’t want you to know!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 05, 2026 11:48 PM (ZVgZ4)

319 275: This, and the “No New Wars!

Except it's not a 'New War'. Just a continuation of the one started in 1979.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 05, 2026 11:49 PM (byWhc)

320 Latest from Pilot Debrief ("Hoover") about N722BD crash:
youtube.com/watch?v=vQSz3PO-zA0

It would help if NTSB would publish a map of the locations where debris was found. The main question for me is whether the elevator failed first, causing the crash, or whether it was a stall and the elevator got ripped off during the dive.

Posted by: gp at November 05, 2026 11:49 PM (Jr5Lq)

321 >>the mockery of the “this is all a distraction….”
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I have heard that phrase: “this is all a distraction from the epstein files”-- as a dodge by leftist when faced with defending some BS from their side. Instead of actually, you know, *defending* their position.

So yeah, it's mock-worthy.

Posted by: JQ at November 05, 2026 11:49 PM (rdVOm)

322 You all have a good night...I'll go watch some cat videos or sumtin'.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 11:51 PM (l3cgK)

323 Ffs. Real people don’t obsess about abortion and trannys.
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Um. They most certainly do in my state and we fended off the baby killers by a serious margin. Prop 1 was buried.

And that measure alone created a midterm turnout at 77% in my county. Red all the way down ballot.
No cheat.

I'd say they "obsessed".

Posted by: Derak at November 05, 2026 11:51 PM (HO+k7)

324 I'm at the truck stop about to shower. Just finished shaving my head. Quick vote, should I shave my balls?

Posted by: Robert at November 05, 2026 11:51 PM (b4BHm)

325 What did the mother turkey say to her disobedient children?

If your father could see you now, he'd turn over in his gravy.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 05, 2026 11:51 PM (qx7Zg)

326 Working at Burger King for 50 years sound good to Gen Z I guess......

Enjoy No Retirement and Shitty Obamacare.

A Socialist paradise brought to you by the Democrats...

Posted by: Mike Hunt at November 05, 2026 11:52 PM (jGtoG)

327 Two top issues - economic hardship and corruption (people feel cheated, rich getting richer, poor getting poorer, that sort of thing) ..foreign policy - 3-4%...Iran ? only as much as people feel it affects gas prices, otherwise they would not give a flying hoot who is being bombed in the ME, and Rs still support US hitting Iran.

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 11:52 PM (AKptf)

328 I don't blame anyone for not trusting a politician. Or a federal judge for that matter. One of the reasons I like Trump is that he is not a professional politician. He is a business man who I believe loves our country. Politics is a dirty business, he knows that but at least he tries to do what's best for the country. The man does not have to do this, he could be enjoying life but feels like he should do what he can for his country. We are lucky to have someone who cares like he does.

Posted by: Case at November 05, 2026 11:52 PM (En+fz)

329 Maybe we just "got our asses kicked" but maybe not.

Grok looked at some of those numbers and said the odds were one in a trillion of that happening. Not that I've examined those statistics, but sure, it easier to just say "We lost, MAGA is dead, our hopes for America are over".

Just like in 2020, those that protested got charged with felony parading, or the like. We know they always cheat, and surely would cheat even more with illegals allowed to vote and every effort to stop that contested and protected by leftist activist judges (even the SCOTUS).

But take out the illegals and all the fraud, imo MAGA is still the winning ticket (with voters, not DC). Did they really convince that many "Hispanics" to go tribal and flip back from their distain for the cartels and drug/human trafficking? I don't think so, and some 50 pound heads need to look into the statistics.

Posted by: illiniwek at November 05, 2026 11:53 PM (vbXSk)

330 324 throw caution to the wind, Robert.

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 11:53 PM (ZdaMQ)

331
Well, she continued to herself, there used to be a fun X account caked TCM Party that was a sort of live blog for movies playing on TCM. It's been a while, so i just checked back there and find it was run by a lefty wacko who misses "the old freewheeling days of Twitter " so she decamped the whole account to bluesky.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at November 05, 2026 11:53 PM (mmrXZ)

332
called, not caked

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at November 05, 2026 11:54 PM (mmrXZ)

333 324 I'm at the truck stop about to shower. Just finished shaving my head. Quick vote, should I shave my balls?

Yes, and tell me what Truck Stop you're at so I can watch....

Posted by: James Talarico at November 05, 2026 11:54 PM (973Ju)

334 That's statistically and realistically impossible.
Posted by: Crusader at November 05, 2026 11:51 PM (Cjcf6)

Of course it's is impossible, but that doesn't give you leave to be nasty to Nurse. Do you not believe the rest of us are sufficiently angry about the voting fiasco as you are? Argue the points, but for heaven's sake, don't piss on the people who actually agree with you.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2026 11:54 PM (5WPt1)

335 324 I'm at the truck stop about to shower. Just finished shaving my head. Quick vote, should I shave my balls?
Posted by: Robert at November 05, 2026 11:51 PM (b4BHm)

Buzzcut.
Make them look like adorable little chia pets.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 11:54 PM (HFrEr)

336 imo, I'd be surprised if democrat voters know even 10% of any given democrat politician's platform.(ie Talarico)

People of all walks of life, even democrats, that work 8-10 hour days hear what they want to hear and disregard the rest. Not everyone spends their days consuming politics, but they still vote.
Just like most dem voters hate Trump but when asked why it's the generic he's a bully, rapist, etc.

Posted by: old chick at November 05, 2026 11:54 PM (F3Dlr)

337 324 I'm at the truck stop about to shower. Just finished shaving my head. Quick vote, should I shave my balls?
Posted by: Robert at November 05, 2026 11:51 PM (b4BHm)

Just for posting that here, please do, and use a really old rusty razor, will you please?

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2026 11:55 PM (5WPt1)

338 Why don’t ghosts like rain?
It dampens their spirits. 👻
Want another one?

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 11:55 PM (ZdaMQ)

339 People understand that it's not a new war, minimal casualties, not some kind of occupation project, but they link that engagement to the price at the pump, diesel prices. Now Trump has nothing to lose, he can do a massive regime change if he fkng wanted.

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 11:55 PM (AKptf)

340 320 Posted by: gp at November 05, 2026 11:49 PM (Jr5Lq)

The youtube wing walkers have been too busy virtue signaling that they love the copilot too much to reason through the probably aviation of it lawndarting like that....and no I am not flaming her or breaking out the reflexive DEI and i am not crowning her a heroine for her poise....

Aviation is a very serious business, and I have a young protege I was mentoring in informaton warfare who is trying to become an ATC I was a cargo handler with hazmat certs in the stone age a lifetime ago....

hooked him up with an ATC buddy of mine so he could get the straight dope on what the life is, only thing I asked him for was a solemn promise to treat the job with reverence and to remember it is literally life and death.

I am rolling my eyes at the whole Kabuki....

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 11:57 PM (Int1s)

341 That's statistically and realistically impossible.
Posted by: Crusader at November 05, 2026 11:51 PM (Cjcf6)

Of course it's is impossible, but that doesn't give you leave to be nasty to Nurse. Do you not believe the rest of us are sufficiently angry about the voting fiasco as you are? Argue the points, but for heaven's sake, don't piss on the people who actually agree with you.
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I wasn't "nasty". I simply challenged her public assertions. That's part of what we do here, right?

Posted by: Crusader at November 05, 2026 11:57 PM (Cjcf6)

342 Reading through the comments….y’all just can’t beet the temptation to turnip the heat on people, can you?

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 11:38 PM (ZdaMQ)
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/comment rated parsley true
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:39 PM (1x2K9)

Rosemary, it may be thyme to put this to bed. You cumin?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 05, 2026 11:40 PM (qx7Zg)

***

Keep these comments cumin!

Posted by: Diogenes at November 05, 2026 11:57 PM (2WIwB)

343 Wait. There's cat videos?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 05, 2026 11:57 PM (vBZcw)

344 Cheating No: voters went straight Democrat, down to the railroad commissioner

Cheating Yes: mail-in ballots, the thing that Jimmy Carter was against for foreign countries. But good for the USA.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at November 05, 2026 11:57 PM (PKL0q)

345 Buzzcut.
Make them look like adorable little chia pets.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 11:54 PM (HFrEr)

DH says two little Mohawks.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2026 11:58 PM (5WPt1)

346 Robert - raimondo's mom says YES.

Posted by: PabloD at November 05, 2026 11:58 PM (mXZsC)

347 Quick vote, should I shave my balls?
Posted by: Robert
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Just trim the hair. If you *shave* them you'll be... uh... extra itchy while the hair grows back. Not worth it!

Posted by: JQ at November 05, 2026 11:58 PM (rdVOm)

348 Why don’t ghosts like rain?
It dampens their spirits. 👻
Want another one?
Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 11:55 PM (ZdaMQ)

A ghost wearing silk stockings?

Haunted hose.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 05, 2026 11:59 PM (j4Fxj)

349 I wasn't "nasty". I simply challenged her public assertions. That's part of what we do here, right?
Posted by: Crusader at November 05, 2026 11:57 PM (Cjcf6)

You called her a liar. In my world, them's fightin' words.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2026 11:59 PM (5WPt1)

350 Quick vote, should I shave my balls?
Posted by: Robert

Wax them.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 05, 2026 11:59 PM (yEz+x)

351 340 Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at November 05, 2026 11:56 PM (Fy2U9)

It was mostly Labour, Globalists, and Donks with retard Tories and GOP the problem is the western intel business and Mossad were involved and some very serious people who *swearsies* are non-partisan all swear to Trump and others that full disclosure would destroy the security and law enforcement of the contributing nations so we cannot reveal it in detail.

I KNOW Trump is not in it or it would have leaked......I personally would have preferred full disclosure because I have turned on the Westphalian model and think it is the last hedge counter-intuitively against the globalists....

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 11:59 PM (Int1s)

352 Wax them.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 05, 2026 11:59 PM (yEz+x)

DH says that would only work with a happy ending.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 12:01 AM (5WPt1)

353 I wasn't "nasty". I simply challenged her public assertions. That's part of what we do here, right?
Posted by: Crusader at November 05, 2026 11:57 PM (Cjcf6)

Flat-out calling someone a liar is not exactly civil. In a bar, that would likely cost you some teeth.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 12:01 AM (j4Fxj)

354 Wax them.
Posted by: nurse ratched
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Oh, gawd!!! I let out a tiny yelp as I read that!

Posted by: JQ at November 06, 2026 12:01 AM (rdVOm)

355 Thank you tcn.

Crusader. I am not a liar. I report what I hear in one of the most progressive retarded cities in the country.

Which just voted to ban boys from girls’ sports.

It’s a step forward. I have hope.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 12:02 AM (yEz+x)

356 Crusader

You were nasty to nurse. Your behavior was uncalled for.

An apology, with contrition, would go down well right now.

We are all on edge, but nerves are raw, and we must acknowledge that. Usually disagreement here is funny or punny. Not what you did.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 06, 2026 12:03 AM (u82oZ)

357 What kind of mistakes do ghosts make?
Boo-boos

On that note, I need to hop in the shower and get to bed.

Be good to each other.

Posted by: Piper at November 06, 2026 12:03 AM (ZdaMQ)

358 Oh, gawd!!! I let out a tiny yelp as I read that!
Posted by: JQ at November 06, 2026 12:01 AM (rdVOm)

There's a "wax on, ..." joke in there for the taking.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 12:03 AM (j4Fxj)

359 Robert

Wax them.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 05, 2026 11:59 PM (yEz+x
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Jessica Yaniv has entered the chat

Posted by: 496 at November 06, 2026 12:04 AM (IhYdB)

360 319 Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 05, 2026 11:49 PM (byWhc)

They have been killing Americans since I was 7....I guess that was just "Monday" not a conflict....

I love how some people's internal monologues work in America....

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 12:04 AM (Int1s)

361 It would be interesting to find out what contingency planning Elon is doing if it all goes south in 2028.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 05, 2026 10:42 PM (aD4fx)

In a perfect world, with his money? Hire a guerilla force of S. African mercenaries and do some shit.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 06, 2026 12:05 AM (vzuC7)

362 Brisket is wrapped and resting. Also known as the drooling and waiting phase. And the self control challenge.

Posted by: scampydog at November 06, 2026 12:05 AM (sGzLm)

363 496

I had forgotten about that. Thanks, pal!

Proof that evolution works in mysterious ways.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 06, 2026 12:07 AM (u82oZ)

364
Get used to it. Television news is dead to me for the foreseeable future and I'm not even browsing YouTube for fear of the headlines I might see. So yer gonna get my idle thoughts on classic movies. Now up: Double Indemnity.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at November 06, 2026 12:07 AM (mmrXZ)

365 One of the reasons I like Trump is that he is not a professional politician. He is a business man who I believe loves our country.
Posted by: Case

There's a lot of truth to this. Who was the last great president? The guy who used to be an actor and loved our country.

Who f-cks things up all the time? The career politicians. Barky never held down a real job. Slow Joe held elected office since before I was born.

Posted by: mikeski at November 06, 2026 12:07 AM (VHUov)

366 "Jimmy"... Out in theaters tomorrow. Might be a nice break from the fallout this week. I only caught wind of this movie this morning catching some of the election breakdown on a Deace podcast.

Jimmy Stewart ditched Hollywood to fly bombers against fascism.

https://youtu.be/P4LCXku3Jbk?

Posted by: Rex B at November 06, 2026 12:07 AM (sdSI9)

367 Hey Blondie if you'll be around later I will drop you your answer in a bit

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 12:08 AM (vE0+H)

368 I was curious as to why the left has gotten hysterical over AI data centers this year.

Then I used AI to create news articles. Give it talking points and it creates something equal to or better than "journalists".

If the left wants their talking points published, they don't have to pay woke progtards to do what AI will do for free.

AI could also theoretically replace judges.

Posted by: kbdabear at November 06, 2026 12:08 AM (7I+3n)

369 It would be interesting to find out what contingency planning Elon is doing if it all goes south in 2028.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 05, 2026 10:42 PM (aD4fx)

In a perfect world, with his money? Hire a guerilla force of S. African mercenaries and do some shit.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 06, 2026 12:05 AM (vzuC7)

I just hope he has a better self-destruct code on SpaceX and Starlink than "123456".

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 06, 2026 12:08 AM (qx7Zg)

370 Elon Musk simply ought to buy Cuba. He has enough money. Just go have a ...
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Whoa, pawdna, Piper is starting a GoFundMe, the horde is going to buy Cuba. Probably do a lease back.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 06, 2026 12:10 AM (6T7Go)

371
Hey Blondie if you'll be around later I will drop you your answer in a bit
Posted by: ...

============

Whenever you're in the mood!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at November 06, 2026 12:10 AM (mmrXZ)

372 "Aviation is a very serious business"

I've only ever flown flight sims. I just have had a long interest in the details of aviation accidents; don't know why. I've monitored every kind of aviation comms (except for sat) as part of the radio hobby. Hoover seems pretty reliable among the podcasters.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 12:10 AM (Jr5Lq)

373 AI could also theoretically replace judges.
Posted by: kbdabear at November 06, 2026 12:08 AM (7I+3n)

Get back to me when it can remove judges.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 12:10 AM (j4Fxj)

374 Hour of the Wolf

The birthdates of all his kids?

That would be a long password.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 06, 2026 12:10 AM (u82oZ)

375 Whoa, pawdna, Piper is starting a GoFundMe, the horde is going to buy Cuba. Probably do a lease back.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 06, 2026 12:10 AM (6T7Go)

We could make Elon a member of the Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 12:11 AM (j4Fxj)

376 AI could also theoretically replace judges.
Posted by: kbdabear at November 06, 2026 12:08 AM (7I+3n)

Get back to me when it can remove judges.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 12:10 AM (j4Fxj)

Where are you, T-800?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 06, 2026 12:12 AM (qx7Zg)

377 Whoa, pawdna, Piper is starting a GoFundMe, the horde is going to buy Cuba. Probably do a lease back.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 06, 2026 12:10 AM (6T7Go)
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No gofundme needed. Just have some washed up Hollywood celeb sell them on the finer points of a reverse mortgage

Posted by: 496 at November 06, 2026 12:12 AM (mWrMy)

378 "idle thoughts on classic movies. Now up: Double Indemnity."

Recommended.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 12:12 AM (Jr5Lq)

379
The birthdates of all his kids?

That would be a long password.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

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He'd probably have to look them up every time anyway.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at November 06, 2026 12:12 AM (mmrXZ)

380 AI could also theoretically replace judges.

Posted by: kbdabear
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Hey, yo. dabear keeping links to himself.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 06, 2026 12:14 AM (6T7Go)

381
idle thoughts on classic movies. Now up: Double Indemnity."

Recommended.
Posted by: gp

=================

Whenever I sit and watch this movie attentively , I feel stressed throughout the whole thing. And whenever I feel like my life is going down the tubes , I reflect that at least i'm not a guy who just killed his adulterous murderous lover and got shot himself and is on his way to the electric chair.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at November 06, 2026 12:14 AM (mmrXZ)

382 Have a great night, everyone.

May you all find inner peace and wonderful dreams.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 06, 2026 12:14 AM (u82oZ)

383 374 Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 12:10 AM (Jr5Lq)

He is, most of them are just there is a lot of white knighting going on this month.

Same thing happened until the prelims came in on the chick who decided to ignore her instructor pilot in DC in the blackhawk then they shrugged at the DEI catcalling to a degree....in her case it was probably more warranted if regrettable.

Part of why I loathe identity politics is it demeans and undermines earned achievement and distorts positions for everyone.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 12:16 AM (Int1s)

384 kbdabear

Came back to say I miss your links and your wit.

Welcome back!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 06, 2026 12:16 AM (u82oZ)

385 Seems like midnight, but it's only 9:15 here. Oof.

Posted by: JQ at November 06, 2026 12:16 AM (rdVOm)

386 377 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 12:11 AM (j4Fxj)

Who is to say he is not one already....

"Martian Chronicles" or something?

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 12:17 AM (Int1s)

387 What I think happened with the Rpsrein files - everything of any interest was stripped out of them years ago. Remember how the FBI supposed retrieved hundreds of hours of video? It’s never been heard of again. Both parties had custody at various times, both parties stripped out anything incriminating.

BUT…. During the 2024 campaign, Trump sensed unease about the issue, and he started playing around with it, promising he’d release stuff. Of course he was just flapping his gums and scoring cheap points, and it never occurred to him that people would be pissed if they found out that he was just making up big blowhard stories for the campaign. I guess he thought it would all blow over pretty quickly - but it didn’t.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 12:17 AM (oH6g4)

388 It would be interesting to find out what contingency planning Elon is doing if it all goes south in 2028.
-
Someone has to be on the first manned flight to Mars.

Good luck with that prosecution, earthbound retards.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 06, 2026 12:19 AM (vSvIl)

389 Hey I'm good now Blondie. I don't know how much you know about bread or if you have access to a mature starter but it will make all the difference in the world and you will never want to buy white bread again IMO. Or maybe any bread. So everything is the same as what I said the other night (hopefully you saved a copy) except we change some of the ingredient amounts (water, flour, yeast) a little:

Ellipsis'ss Soft Sandwich Loaf (Sourdough Edition)
150g Mature Starter
350g All Purpose Flour (King Arthur preferred)
1 tbsp sugar
9.5 g salt
3/4 tsp diastatic malt powder (optional but will make a difference)
2.5 tbsp baking milk powder (highly recommended)
1 tsp yeast
205g water
1.2 oz baking oil (avocado is good)

If you have questions about making up a starter I can help. Your best bet is to just buy some dried starter then follow the instructions to wake it up. A strong starter takes two weeks to a month to make from scratch, and fully matures at 90 days. Buy it dried and you can have a fully mature starter within like 72 hours. It needs feeding regularly, but again, you can't really make the highest quality breads without it.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 12:20 AM (vE0+H)

390 "or if you have access to a mature starter"

Please don't take this the wrong way, I love the recipe, but I actually read that as "manure spreader." I'm going to go clean my reading glasses. BRB.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 12:27 AM (Jr5Lq)

391 LOL We have some manure spreaders right here.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 12:28 AM (vE0+H)

392 "or if you have access to a mature starter"

Please don't take this the wrong way, I love the recipe, but I actually read that as "manure spreader." I'm going to go clean my reading glasses. BRB.
Posted by: gp

I read "mature starter," but thought it was something AoP was trying to fix.

Posted by: mikeski at November 06, 2026 12:33 AM (VHUov)

393 Alberta, Brazil, Poland.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 06, 2026 12:34 AM (PgV1+)

394 I read "mature starter," but thought it was something AoP was trying to fix.
Posted by: mikeski at November 06, 2026 12:33 AM (VHUov)

Heh!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 12:36 AM (j4Fxj)

395 That's better. Speaking of nerds wearing greasy glasses, that's how Melissa charmed Bill Gates. Whenever she noticed accumulations of his grotty face gunk at the office, she'd delicately remove them (unbidden!), lovingly cleanse them, and gently replace them on his vaguely lifelike phiz. Every time I think of that, my heart goes pit-a-pat.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 12:38 AM (Jr5Lq)

396 Everyone keeps saying Paxton was an awful candidate (ffs you say). So how did he garner such a huge win in primary and just amazingly collapse in general?

Posted by: AnnaS at November 06, 2026 12:38 AM (c08g/)

397 394 LOL We have some manure spreaders right here.
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 12:28 AM (vE0+H)

On broadcast, as far as I can tell.

Best to stay out of that field for a bit.

Just sayin'.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 12:38 AM (5WPt1)

398 Every time I think of that, my heart goes pit-a-pat.
Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 12:38 AM (Jr5Lq)

I might have just thrown up a bit in my mouth.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 12:39 AM (5WPt1)

399 AI could also theoretically replace judges.
Posted by: kbdabear

Well, the current judges are GIGO, so nobody would notice if they got replaced by AI.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 06, 2026 12:39 AM (byWhc)

400 Some jackass didn't refill the turbo sized ice cube trays. Only one jackass uses them, me. Another life mystery.

Posted by: scampydog at November 06, 2026 12:39 AM (sGzLm)

401 Because John coryn was a never Trumper piece of shit.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 12:43 AM (lEaEN)

402 403 Some jackass didn't refill the turbo sized ice cube trays. Only one jackass uses them, me. Another life mystery.
Posted by: scampydog at November 06, 2026 12:39 AM (sGzLm)

I think that same jackass lurks around here. Didn't bother to replace the empty toilet roll last night. What the heck?

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 12:45 AM (5WPt1)

403 405 403 Some jackass didn't refill the turbo sized ice cube trays. Only one jackass uses them, me. Another life mystery.
Posted by: scampydog at November 06, 2026 12:39 AM (sGzLm)

I think that same jackass lurks around here. Didn't bother to replace the empty toilet roll last night. What the heck?
Posted by: tcn in AK

Pissed on the seat.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 12:49 AM (lEaEN)

404 I think that same jackass lurks around here. Didn't bother to replace the empty toilet roll last night. What the heck?
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 12:45 AM (5WPt1)

(Insert meme of toilet roll holder that looks like Clippy)

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 12:50 AM (j4Fxj)

405
399 Everyone keeps saying Paxton was an awful candidate (ffs you say). So how did he garner such a huge win in primary and just amazingly collapse in general?
Posted by: AnnaS at November 06, 2026 12:38 AM (c08g/)

I think we were all fooled into thinking it was the Talerico / Paxton race that was the important one in Texas, when in fact it was the Ginojoza/Abbot race that drove everything. She ran a stealth anti-ICE campaign that lit a fire underneath Hispanic voters. No one saw it coming, but they swarmed the polls to vote for her and wiped out almost the entire Republican ticket.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 12:52 AM (oH6g4)

406 There's probably an IoT toilet paper dispenser that texts your smartphone when it needs refill. It charts your sheet/dump stats, preorders new rolls, and routes copies of all the data packets to China. Black Friday is coming up! A great gift idea.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 12:53 AM (Jr5Lq)

407 Happy Thursday Horde!

Read the content and stopped right there, most excellent ONT Doof, thank you.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 06, 2026 12:56 AM (ibDUx)

408
Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 12:20 AM (vE0+H)

==================

Copied and pasted into a word doc. Thaaaanks!!!!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 12:57 AM (mmrXZ)

409 Fifty minutes of Milt Jackson et al:
youtube.com/watch?v=tisrgGRXj6s

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 12:57 AM (Jr5Lq)

410 Hi, Debby!

*pours Chivas for you*

It's been... interesting... here tonight!

Posted by: JQ at November 06, 2026 12:58 AM (rdVOm)

411 408 Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 12:52 AM (oH6g4)

They are going to open El Border, and border crime will sky rocket and I do not want to fucking hear about it from my border amigos they literally chose it and she told them she was doing it.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 01:00 AM (Int1s)

412 Posted by: Tom Servo at November 06, 2026 12:52 AM (oH6g4)

Most Hispanic Texans are for strong immigration enforcement. Maybe the anchor kids of illegals voted Dem because of ICE but again I don’t think native Hispanic Texans did.

Posted by: polynikes at November 06, 2026 01:01 AM (KC5Lt)

413 “I [Dhillon] resigned three weeks ago, and Susie asked me to please wait until after the midterms,” she said, referring to Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 06, 2026 01:03 AM (6T7Go)

414 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 12:57 AM (mmrXZ)

If you ever do make it, be sure and let me know how it turns out. Took me a while to develop that one. Cheers

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:03 AM (vE0+H)

415 415 Posted by: polynikes at November 06, 2026 01:01 AM (KC5Lt)

Eh maybe I go to Texas a lot, I hear it both ways face to face....the donks have decided their spin is the Hispanics
came home."

Like I said they "voted for this" so the waves are already coming....I will work with their new governor to applaud their cultural enlightenment....make Brownsville Juarez again.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 01:03 AM (Int1s)

416 And now, for something completely different...

https://youtu.be/ejQBbnzYIWg

Enjoy the Skywanker roast, you will.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 06, 2026 01:06 AM (qx7Zg)

417 399 Everyone keeps saying Paxton was an awful candidate (ffs you say). So how did he garner such a huge win in primary and just amazingly collapse in general?

Posted by: AnnaS
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"Everyone" is not paying attention to the obvious fact that
it was not the voters that were counted in the election.
It was Obama's spreadsheet in concert with the MB, spiced
by DeepState and orchestrated by Chairman Xi.

We did not have an election we had a coup.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 06, 2026 01:08 AM (6T7Go)

418 409 Sure enough, the Georgia Pacific 56782KB with the KOLO™ Smart Monitoring System is an IoT-enabled stainless steel dual roll dispenser. Let no call of nature ever go unmonitored again!

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 01:08 AM (Jr5Lq)

419
Re that Learjet crash, have they decided if the horizontal stabilizer came loose or was it still on? The last I saw, it could've been either way. The dashcam footage was so compressed and it was moving so fast, you couldn't really tell.

I saw someone had looked at a video that some news channel had acquired that wasn't as compressed (with these online copies, it gets compressed and recompressed six ways to Sunday, and things get all noisy and messed up), and there was apparently some fuzzy thing there that could have been the stabilizer still attached.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 06, 2026 01:08 AM (w6EFb)

420 422 Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 06, 2026 01:08 AM (w6EFb)

It can be attached and not providing stabilization if it loses rigidity....they will have to do a detailed failure analysis through reconstruction and microscopic viewing.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 01:10 AM (Int1s)

421 Some of these narratives seem awfully convenient, not for the Dems, but for the traitor rat GOP.

Hispanics got afraid of immigration enforcement and want compassion and open borders, Trump is too toxic for the voters....

So far not buying what I'm hearing.

Has the feel of "uh-huh".

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 01:10 AM (vE0+H)

422
And I think you can call the speed that thing plowed into the pavement as "over 600 mph". Someone had some radar data, and did a vector sum of ground speed plus vertical descent rate and came up with something around there. Also, someone knowing the length of the jet and the frame rate came up with 650 mph.

So, within the uncertainties of those, you can just say over 600 mph.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 06, 2026 01:11 AM (w6EFb)

423 422 Parts of left elevator found up to 3.8 miles from crash site.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 01:11 AM (Jr5Lq)

424 What bothers me most, is the left's psychopathic hatred of... us. Ordinary, everyday people what may have ever voted "R".

wtf?

Posted by: JQ at November 06, 2026 01:12 AM (rdVOm)

425 If you think the election was free and fair, you can make up any number of scenarios that could explain the results. I can’t believe 20 million new voters popped up out of thin air for the Demonrats, so I don’t believe the election was on the up and up. For me it doesn’t pass the smell test. And it’s easy to cheat with electronic voting and mail in ballots. I’m waiting and looking for patterns. I bet we’ll see what’s going on, sooner or later.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 06, 2026 01:12 AM (ZVgZ4)

426
If you ever do make it, be sure and let me know how it turns out. Took me a while to develop that one. Cheers
Posted by: ...

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Will do. It might be about 2 weeks because I'm leaving town to do some cat-sitting and I won't have all my utensils and stuff.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 01:12 AM (mmrXZ)

427 "And I think you can call the speed that thing plowed into the pavement as "over 600 mph""

From ADS-B, descent speed was over 50000 ft/min, but that is not as reliable as FDR data would be.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 01:13 AM (Jr5Lq)

428 sven, nice to see you back and commenting.
Also *big wave to DDS*

Posted by: scampydog at November 06, 2026 01:15 AM (sGzLm)

429
Because John coryn was a never Trumper piece of shit.

Reminds me of Richard Lugar

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 06, 2026 01:15 AM (Cqx++)

430
“I [Dhillon] resigned three weeks ago, and Susie asked me to please wait until after the midterms,” she said, referring to Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff.

Posted by: Braenyard

================

Is this standard "It's been a long two years and I've served my service" kind of thing? Seems to me there's a lot of work left to do. Maybe her office just doesn't have to tools to make the needed changes. She demanded data, the States or other institutions just said "Make me."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 01:15 AM (mmrXZ)

431 I might accept a close race loss in all the major Texas flips but they were 7-10 point losses . Incumbents who were responsible for Texas being one of the top states economically and low cost of living and people and companies from blue states fleeing here in droves.

Nothing like this has never ever happened . Not even close.

Posted by: polynikes at November 06, 2026 01:15 AM (KC5Lt)

432 I bet we’ll see what’s going on, sooner or later.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Yep. But, as always... nothing will happen.

Posted by: JQ at November 06, 2026 01:17 AM (rdVOm)

433
I see, so the question is now did the stabilizer come loose and cause the crash, or did it just get ripped off due to the overspeed forces during the death dive.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 06, 2026 01:18 AM (w6EFb)

434 431 Posted by: scampydog at November 06, 2026 01:15 AM (sGzLm)

Good to see everyone, let not your hearts be troubled and that is not me whistling polyanna...

it sucks this sucks etc etc it is bullshit and they are commie fuckers....but it all goes back to the communists we let indoctrinate the kids and the kids they started brainwashing under Chimpy McHaliburton "saving America from the Nazis"....it will only get worse so buckle up....we will look fondly on this as the good old days....

we should have destroyed the NEA in the 90s like I told people.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 01:18 AM (Int1s)

435 The election stats are very interesting. Looking forward to kearning more, though I have no hope of anything changing.

I thought I was going to get stuff done this evening but kid bedtimes took forevvaaarrrrr. I'm gonna read some. "The meaning of your life" by Arthur C Brooks. Good so far.

Posted by: Funsize at November 06, 2026 01:20 AM (3j87q)

436
What bothers me most, is the left's psychopathic hatred of... us. Ordinary, everyday people what may have ever voted "R".

wtf?
Posted by: JQ

===============

JQ, I'm sure someone has analyzed it, but it's still chilling to see the visceral hatred going on.

I have a younger relative who's like this, and she swears "it isn't politics"; and I think I know what's eating her, which is the way she was raised. She's loaded with anger about her abusive childhood and she's taking it out horrifically on people she thinks were even marginally responsible. She's running and rewriting scripts in her head in which she puts those people down back when she was 6, 9, 14. So I'm getting the impression these rage-nuts have something going on from their childhood. They need deep analysis and therapy for unrelated or imaginary problems that they're resolving by getting revenge on people they perceive as equivalent to the original offenders.

And note, in their case, I think some of their problems are IMAGINARY. They've been brainwashed to believe that they've been personally horribly injured by people like you and me.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 01:22 AM (mmrXZ)

437 "I see, so the question is now did the stabilizer come loose and cause the crash, or did it just get ripped off due to the overspeed forces during the death dive."

Exactly!

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 01:23 AM (Jr5Lq)

438 All the teeth gnawing and anger - i am normally in that boat. Certainly hate the results of Tuesday. Also got a jolt of reality Tuesday morning before results started coming in. A dear friend lost his 20 yr old son. Ripped me up - great kid, great family. Perspective i suppose.

Posted by: scampydog at November 06, 2026 01:24 AM (sGzLm)

439 Numbers don’t add up. Election stolen across America.

Posted by: thathalfrican at November 06, 2026 01:25 AM (YytD3)

440 441 Posted by: scampydog at November 06, 2026 01:24 AM (sGzLm)

Sorry for their loss, all sincerity...

I can't imagine...Lad is my only one if I lost him I would probably quit the game.

Posted by: sven at November 06, 2026 01:26 AM (Int1s)

441 But, as always... nothing will happen.

Posted by: JQ
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It's been building a long time. Obama's three terms put it on steroids. Trump's been doing a lot. Doing more than any natural man. Really thought God was going to push us over the line this time but that's not the way it appears to be going. These next years are going to be odd. Thought Trump would have blown up Iran by now.
Don't know what's up. Maybe the coup was more successful than apparent. Maybe Trump's got a trap for them.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 06, 2026 01:27 AM (6T7Go)

442 Maybe Trump's got a trap for them.

Posted by: Braenyard
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Been thinking about that. He does pack some surprises.

Posted by: scampydog at November 06, 2026 01:29 AM (sGzLm)

443 Aaaand I killed the thread.

Posted by: scampydog at November 06, 2026 01:38 AM (sGzLm)

444 Yep. But, as always... nothing will happen.
Posted by: JQ at November 06, 2026 01:17 AM (rdVOm)

They’re doing it again because we didn’t hang them the first time.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 06, 2026 01:39 AM (ZVgZ4)

445
scampydog, that's awful for the family. YES, perspective. Now I'm watching a Bernie Madoff docudrama and imagining being any of his victims, or being him. That French guy he deceived lost a thousand-year-old family fortune and those of a few others who trusted him to trust their thousand-year-old family fortunes to Bernie. He... did the honorable thing.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 01:41 AM (mmrXZ)

446 We don't need judges or jurys. We have me.

Posted by: Newsom at November 06, 2026 01:47 AM (bw7T+)

447 We will need a modern day robespierre to lead it.

Posted by: raimondo
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All well and good raimondo. But as Putin said. Check your history.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 06, 2026 01:50 AM (6T7Go)

448 We don't need judges or jurys. We have me.
Posted by: Newsom
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Objection. Excessive Pomade.

Posted by: scampydog at November 06, 2026 01:51 AM (sGzLm)

449 Today's "left" is certainly cult-like. Yes, while they project that very label onto us.

I wondered about Trumpka's many visits to the Zero whitehouse, but I figured it had plenty to do with D "branding" and opponent de-humanization campaigning, much like unions do to non-union workers.

🤷‍♀️

I spent many hours reading about cult methods at the Rick Ross Institute (name is different now) website. Fits the D's as well as the unions.

Posted by: JQ at November 06, 2026 01:55 AM (rdVOm)

450 Blondie, a thousand year fortune... that is a mind warp. I am not well read on Bernie. Will put that documentary on the list to watch.

Posted by: scampydog at November 06, 2026 01:55 AM (sGzLm)

451 scampy, prayers up for that young man and his family and friends.

Sweet dreams Horde, I'm tired.

Night JQ.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 06, 2026 01:55 AM (ibDUx)

452 Thanks DDS. Sleep well.

Posted by: scampydog at November 06, 2026 01:56 AM (sGzLm)

453 Rainman thinks he'll be a Shop Steward... LOL

Posted by: JQ at November 06, 2026 01:56 AM (rdVOm)

454 Night, Debby.

Posted by: JQ at November 06, 2026 01:58 AM (rdVOm)

455 *hands rainman a shovel*

"Thanks, useful idiot, for getting us into power! Now, DIG this canal like your life depends on it! Because IT DOES."

Posted by: JQ at November 06, 2026 02:00 AM (rdVOm)

456 At the moment I am not ruling out mass manipulation via the usual psy ops except this time with a big assist from AI which is good at consolidatng and coming up with strategies.

With the tech moving as fast as it has its plausible they couldn't do it as effectively two years ago or just that Trump himself was too forceful to overcome especially after the near miss and the fight fight fight.

But people saw and heard him directly back then (debate) whereas this year despite the rallies the media was able to influence how little or much people were exposed to. And who and when. They could have easily used AI for candidate templates with the best chance of winning in each place and against the stuffy out of touch GOP it would have been easy.
Plus regular fraud where needed.

And also to come up with the angles for any story and also what stories to promote and how.

It may not be as simple as the above but that type of thing could help explain a totally unprecedented result across the country. Recall they are already good at running psy ops. On other countries and ours. Covid was a massive one. And the media and a parade of influencers delivers one constant droning message.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 02:03 AM (vE0+H)

457 Well, 0100 here. Time for bed. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 02:05 AM (j4Fxj)

458 460 *hands rainman a shovel*

"Thanks, useful idiot, for getting us into power! Now, DIG this canal like your life depends on it! Because IT DOES."
Posted by: JQ at November 06, 2026 02:00 AM (rdVOm)

Dude couldn't dig a latrine trench without falling in.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 02:05 AM (5WPt1)

459 Hillary's weird left field claim of "mind control" the day of got my hackles up. They love to brag about what they are doing.

Remember the "vast right wing conspiracy" which of course was really a "vast left wing conspiracy" all along.

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 02:06 AM (vE0+H)

460 Open Source Intel @Osint613
1h

France has opened a probe into a November 2 cyberattack on blood plasma storage.

Hackers breached Coolworld, a third-party refrigeration supplier for the French Blood Establishment (EFS). Freezers at three regional EFS sites were pushed from about minus 30°C toward 110°C.
-

This makes my blood boil!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 06, 2026 02:08 AM (1x2K9)

461 Thanks election deniers you got everyone to vote you off the island with your non-stop lies and B.S.

Posted by: raimondo at November 06, 2026 01:58 AM (kqVy

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You realize you'll be dead meat when everyone spots you in the bread lines.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 06, 2026 02:10 AM (1x2K9)

462 >>>They love to brag about what they are doing.
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Exactly.

Posted by: JQ at November 06, 2026 02:10 AM (rdVOm)

463
Blondie, a thousand year fortune... that is a mind warp. I am not well read on Bernie. Will put that documentary on the list to watch.
Posted by: scampydog

===============

scamp, not literally a thousand, I meant as old as old money gets.

The family went back ages; the family château contained archives dating back to the year 1200. They got super rich in the 1600s, this guy's family in particular was so rich they lent money to Louis XIV.

They were in such bad shape after Bernie they were afraid they'd lose that chateau. I'm not sure if they did.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 06, 2026 02:12 AM (mmrXZ)

464 460 *hands rainman a shovel*
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Brain wandered to Christopher Walken in the Deer Hunter.

Posted by: scampydog at November 06, 2026 02:12 AM (sGzLm)

465 I'm not sure if they did.
Posted by: Blonde
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Damnit. It's usually publius that sends me on reading adventures. You're now on the naughty list.

Posted by: scampydog at November 06, 2026 02:16 AM (sGzLm)

466 Night, horde. Got stuff to do in the morning...

Posted by: JQ at November 06, 2026 02:20 AM (rdVOm)

467
We now have another mini-moon, 2026 QQ8. It's a little rock about 3' across, and it's now temporarily captured by Erf's gravity for the rest of this year.

I think it's a bit silly, really, the criteria for "temporary capture". It's not in a permanent orbit and will escape sometime next year, but it meets some criteria for being gravitational bound right now.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 06, 2026 02:24 AM (w6EFb)

468 One of my favorite things in life this weekend. Walking into the woods in the dark in the morning, sitting all day, walking out in the dark in the evening. Completely disconnected. Like a 7vyr old on Christmas Eve, I look forward to it.
Thanks for the homework, Blonde Morticia. G'night, Horde.

Posted by: scampydog at November 06, 2026 02:31 AM (sGzLm)

469 While I certainly wasn't pleased with the results I'm not going to go all doom and glom over it.

In 1994, after fifty years of Democrat control of the House, the Republican party finally took back total control of both houses.

Twelve years later the GOP lost it all again.
Two years later Obama came along and made it worse.
Two years after that the Dems once again lost control of Congress.

I don't need to remind anybody here of what came after Obama.

Things look bleak now but recent history suggests that things will continue to go back and forth over decades.

So to think this is generational loss and the FOP will never recover seems quite premature and overly pessimistic.

The Dems screw up everything they touch.
They are good at propaganda and turnout, and that's not always enough.
2016 and 2024 prove they are vulnerable, and they will continue to be.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 02:44 AM (6ydKt)

470 FOP = GOP.

It's early.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 02:46 AM (6ydKt)

471 In 1994, after fifty years of Democrat control of the House, the Republican party finally took back total control of both houses.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 06, 2026 02:46 AM (6ydKt)
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These are not your father's Demoncraps.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 06, 2026 03:02 AM (lgmVC)

472 So rural very red counties in Texas and Kansa were in on the cheat? Because that’s what these tweets are saying. And it makes zero sense.

In 2024 the NYT did a similar analysis on counties that shifted red to blue and blue to red between 2020 and 2024. The map was almost all red.

Posted by: Data at November 06, 2026 03:04 AM (AvAYQ)

473 Every election of the 21st century without an incumbent president running was run by the party that won the house the previous election.

2000 Bush won, GOP won house in ‘98
2008 Obama won Dems won house in ‘06
2016 Trump won, GOP won house in 2014
2024 Trunp won, GOP won house in 2022

This suggests a Dem will win in 2028.

Posted by: Data at November 06, 2026 03:08 AM (AvAYQ)

474 Mfing Microsoft Windows. I set the update to November 11th, but when I put my computer to sleep, upon wakeup, it started an update cycle that involved at least 3 restarts before the windows screen came up...and still says there are more updates...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 03:46 AM (l3cgK)

475 So what EXACTLY did MS update on my computer then?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 03:47 AM (l3cgK)

476 BTW, why is top pic named Bleeding_Kansas_flag-rev.jpg?...
It has 22 stars...flag had 34 for the adoption of Kansas as a state...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 03:51 AM (l3cgK)

477 .
NOOD

Pixy's here with the Tech News

NOOD!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at November 06, 2026 04:04 AM (O7YUW)

478 Yes, there was fraud.
But until you can explain who, how, and what percentage is provable fraud... calm down.

Posted by: John the River at November 06, 2026 08:38 AM (bK4Z7)

Sundown Cafe

Ben Wolf

Hero husky intercepts black bear that is charging at a six year old boy.

Nine month old horse visits the ocean for the first time.

Man refuses to be rescued from a major flood without his beloved dog.

Retired Canadian female photographer who spends her days making miniature sets she can photograph chipmunks in is either a genius or a lunatic. Probably both.

One week's worth of network TV promos from 1986. The first two and a half minutes are promos for TV movies of the week that you probably won't remember. The TV show promos don't fully begin until 3:15.

What TV is really like in the UK.

Stella the leaf-leaping dog hides in leaves like Rambo in Vietnam.

A kitten, a puppy, a chicken, and a bunny go to bed together. It's like Sunday at James Talarico's Confirmed Bachelor Pad.

Wolves employ pack tactics to deliver nose boops.

Wild rabbit befriends house cat who's missing her dog friend.

It's a family reunion pool party as a dog meets his mom and litter-mates.

Grieving pittie gets a new chihuahua puppy.

Pet giant bunny.

Pet pine marten is some kind of weasel.

Rescuing a mother elephant and her calf who have both gotten themselves hopelessly stuck in mud.

Piglet adopts a dog as its new mom.

Dancing Pumpkin Man in promotional videos for Tubi's Halloween movies.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:40 PM

Comments

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1 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at November 05, 2026 07:41 PM (Ia/+0)

2 Wait is Talarico into bestiality?

Posted by: H at November 05, 2026 07:44 PM (JSLNb)

3 Hero husky intercepts black bear that is charging at a six year old boy.

I saw a reel on facebook of a cat whacking the shit out of a black bear who got too close to a kid. Seems black bears are afraid of cats.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 07:45 PM (j8OG7)

4 Im no fan of all the dumb rules at beaches.

But "no animals that deposit 35 pounds of crap a day" seems like a reasonable one.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 05, 2026 07:51 PM (BI5O2)

5 Why do I like most animals over most people?

Takes a look around........Oh yeah.

Posted by: Case at November 05, 2026 07:52 PM (En+fz)

6 >>>2 Wait is Talarico into bestiality?

he's into "GROUP SEX" and "FETISHES" per his pervert sex app profile.

Posted by: ace at November 05, 2026 07:53 PM (1wjle)

7 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 05, 2026 07:53 PM (7EgNJ)

8
Captain's log. Residual mephiticism levels are still too high. Beep me up, Scottie.

Posted by: Cap'n Pike at November 05, 2026 07:54 PM (6ML9b)

9 >>>Seems black bears are afraid of cats.

There's no shame in it.

Posted by: Imhotep at November 05, 2026 07:54 PM (1wjle)

10 thx, Ace!

needed some dog vibes!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 05, 2026 07:54 PM (VyBeY)

11 Wait is Talarico into bestiality?

Posted by: ace

Yes, he's gone to the dogs.

Poor dogs.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 05, 2026 07:54 PM (7EgNJ)

12 Why do I like most animals over most people?

Takes a look around........Oh yeah.
Posted by: Case

*fistbump Yeah.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 07:54 PM (j8OG7)

13 Pine Martin looks cute until you wake up with half your face chewed off

Posted by: Skip at November 05, 2026 07:55 PM (Ia/+0)

14 Wait is Talarico into bestiality?
Posted by: H

That question implies there's a sexual kink he is not into. Which I doubt.

Posted by: mikeski at November 05, 2026 07:55 PM (VHUov)

15 Why do I like most animals over most people?

Takes a look around........Oh yeah.
Posted by: Case

I've never been cheated by an animal - I have to say that.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 05, 2026 07:56 PM (7EgNJ)

16 Bears remember ( kind of imprinted) of Sabre Tooth Tigers so think cats might have Freinds

Posted by: Skip at November 05, 2026 07:57 PM (Ia/+0)

17 Pet giant bunny.

AAAAAAAHHH!!!

Halloween was last week, man!

Posted by: zombie Jimmy Carter at November 05, 2026 07:58 PM (VHUov)

18

The giant jackrabbit

www.imdb.com/title/tt0522621

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 05, 2026 07:58 PM (Cqx++)

19 "A kitten, a puppy, a chicken, and a bunny go to bed together. It's like Sunday at James Talarico's Confirmed Bachelor Pad."

Sheesh, 10 minutes of that?! It really was kind of gay. And that music was making me feel violent.

Posted by: She Hobbit at November 05, 2026 07:58 PM (ftFVW)

20 In general, I hate people, and I love dogs. That's just a general rule, and I can be convinced otherwise on occasion. But yeah, I forget who said it, but the public is an ass.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2026 07:58 PM (5WPt1)

21 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042546/

Also giant rabbit, but more fun.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2026 08:00 PM (5WPt1)

22 >> Bears remember ( kind of imprinted) of Sabre Tooth Tigers so think cats might have Freinds

Like Dogs, Bears carry the majority of their delicate sensory equipment right up front on their faces.

They are very wary of animals that can damage that area. Be it a cat, for its speed ... or a porcupine, for its quills. They will respect them even if they outweigh them by order of magnitude.

Posted by: garrett at November 05, 2026 08:01 PM (/izzV)

23 I'd like to give a wolf a boop on the nose. I wonder how many fingers he'd let me keep.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at November 05, 2026 08:01 PM (syz1S)

24 23 I'd like to give a wolf a boop on the nose. I wonder how many fingers he'd let me keep.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at November 05, 2026 08:01 PM (syz1S)

Probably go for the throat, so pay attention.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2026 08:02 PM (5WPt1)

25 Listening to Joshua Tree (vinyl...natch) and the lyrics are hitting pretty hard.

Posted by: Funsize at November 05, 2026 08:03 PM (3j87q)

26 "Wait is Talarico into bestiality?"

I've said for years that people marrying their pets is coming. Mark my words. There is nothing out of bounds to these people. The emotional support animal is one of the manifestations of that. Furries are another. Love is love, ya know. Who are we to question their culture?

Posted by: fd at November 05, 2026 08:03 PM (MWfyi)

27 Had yet another mama moose come up to the front porch this afternoon. DH saw her, I was out with the dogs, thank heaven. The dogs usually lose their shit when a moose shows up. This one did not have a yearling with her, and she seems much older than the one we usually see, so I think she might be Grandma moose.

No noses were booped.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2026 08:04 PM (5WPt1)

28 Talarico will be found in the Senate cloakroom screwing a furry or the tranny congress person.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 05, 2026 08:05 PM (8Uo7a)

29 >>I'd like to give a wolf a boop on the nose. I wonder how many fingers he'd let me keep.

Friend of mine has had several wolf over the years. His biggest male could ragdoll me without even trying. He would put his head just below my hip and toss me in the air if he was feeling playful. No effort involved.
He also had a huge crush on my female lab and was an absolute simp for her.
He had no problem with a friendly nose boop.

Posted by: garrett at November 05, 2026 08:05 PM (/izzV)

30 Who are we to question their culture?
Posted by: fd at November 05, 2026 08:03 PM (MWfyi)

I have seen several new signs at Freddie's explaining to people that dogs don't belong in the grocery store. WTF? Leave your damned mutt in the car already.

However, there is fellow who breeds and trains shelties for service animals, and he often brings two or three in to Freddie's to test their training. He does get permission to do that in advance. They are the cutest darned dogs ever but of course they are working, so no touchee.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2026 08:06 PM (5WPt1)

31 Not to mention the goatfucking muzlims normalizing that behavior.

Posted by: fd at November 05, 2026 08:06 PM (MWfyi)

32 9 >>>Seems black bears are afraid of cats.

There's no shame in it.
..................

Not gonna lie, so am I. I have been bitten too many times by cats. Sadly I was bitten twice today by a dog. Once in right leg which drew blood and the other on the left knee. I love dogs so I didn't raise a fuss. On the bright side I used it as an excuse to not go to workout tonight.

Posted by: Molly k. at November 05, 2026 08:07 PM (iL1eb)

33 31 Not to mention the goatfucking muzlims normalizing that behavior.
Posted by: fd at November 05, 2026 08:06 PM (MWfyi)

I gotta say, they do take "sticking it into anything" to extremes. But at least it isn't a toaster or a couch, y'know?

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2026 08:08 PM (5WPt1)

34 and if the Husky had been an urbanite human, it would have taken it's cell phone and recorded the mauling of the child...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 08:08 PM (l3cgK)

35 Sadly I was bitten twice today by a dog. Once in right leg which drew blood and the other on the left knee. I love dogs so I didn't raise a fuss. On the bright side I used it as an excuse to not go to workout tonight.
Posted by: Molly k. at November 05, 2026 08:07 PM (iL1eb)

Do I assume you work at the vet, or what precipitated these attacks?

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2026 08:08 PM (5WPt1)

36
From the previous thread:

I don't remember the videos of her thinking she won... link?
Posted by: lin-duh

================

What I think OP was remembering was video after the second debate, which she was convinced she'd won. Bill and Chelsea ran up to her and Bill literally jumped up and down with excitement.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 05, 2026 08:09 PM (mmrXZ)

37 Not to mention the goatfucking muzlims normalizing that behavior.

Religion of Peace.

Posted by: Really at November 05, 2026 08:09 PM (siaA4)

38 I wish the GOPe would just leave me alone.

Posted by: The Chicken at November 05, 2026 08:10 PM (Q+gd/)

39 Guide dogs are fine. I'm talking about people dragging dogs around everywhere that should not be.

Posted by: fd at November 05, 2026 08:10 PM (MWfyi)

40 Florida narrowly avoided voting in sex fetish pest over Desantis.

Talarico put a lid on his campaign, and news about his own sex fetishes leaked, too late to affect the election.

Anyone smart will be digging into all of his past and giving him an enema. He cloaks himself in Christian language to the point of sacrilege. He called himself David fighting against Goliath and I bet church ladies think he's a nice boy. They need to expose what he really is, so that trails behind him in the open. No one is that smug unless they are hiding a live girl or dead boy, as they say.

Posted by: LizLem at November 05, 2026 08:11 PM (Toos7)

41 34 and if the Husky had been an urbanite human, it would have taken it's cell phone and recorded the mauling of the child...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 08:08 PM (l3cgK)

Having a couple of sled dogs, who are at least partly Husky, I can attest that critter chasing is inborn. Piper (the dog, not the commenter) collected a squirrel that was hiding in the wood pile on the front porch. It tried to run around the garage, but Piper corners at about 30 mph so it really had no chance. We had the garage painted this summer, and usually the squirrels just run across the wood siding, but it is apparently to slippery now, so the poor little thing was toast.

Ruby prefers mice or voles, but she's just as deadly.

And when a moose shows up? All hell breaks loose. We keep them inside for that nonsense. A moose could easily dispatch a dog, just like a wolf. Those hooves are deadly.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2026 08:12 PM (5WPt1)

42
Talarico will be found in the Senate cloakroom screwing a furry or the tranny congress person.
Posted by: Ben Had at November 05, 2026 08:05 PM (8Uo7a)

"Sure I let a furry bang me in the well of the Senate! But not to worry - the guy railing me in the keister with his marmot baculum was none other than American hero Tyler Robinson, just like Jesus would have wanted."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 05, 2026 08:12 PM (BI5O2)

43 Anyway, it's completely ridiculous that someone could legally marry their pet and that's why I totally expect it to happen.

Posted by: fd at November 05, 2026 08:12 PM (MWfyi)

44 Talarico will be found in the Senate cloakroom screwing a furry or the tranny congress person.

He's gonna' screw Texas. And, you know ? I think Texas has it coming.

Enjoy.

Posted by: Really at November 05, 2026 08:13 PM (siaA4)

45 Oh, and Nicki Minaj's tweets were fun. She is ready to fight. Second look at her as press secretary just to tick off the left?

Like Elon, she's a traitor to the woke DEI hivemind, so worse than Satan. She was the most talented of all the younger female rappers. She got redpilled by the black Christians dying in Africa and the left ignores it. Her betrayal to the cause lives rent free in her heads.

Posted by: LizLem at November 05, 2026 08:15 PM (Toos7)

46 44 Talarico will be found in the Senate cloakroom screwing a furry or the tranny congress person.

He's gonna' screw Texas. And, you know ? I think Texas has it coming.

Enjoy.
Posted by: Really at November 05, 2026 08:13 PM (siaA4)

I don't for one minute believe he legitimately won. The numbers don't math out. But since this is a no math blog, I will leave it to the experts elsewhere to find all of the shenanigans.

I expect lawsuits.

I probably won't get them, but still.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2026 08:15 PM (5WPt1)

47 Do I assume you work at the vet, or what precipitated these attacks?
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2026 08:08 PM (5WPt1)

........

Nope, I was dropping off a check to a farmer for some beef I had bought, had been there before and had met the dog. According to owner I "walked too fast and had something in my hand" which set the dog off. The owner said after she had hip surgery a few years ago the dog became over protective.

Posted by: Molly k. at November 05, 2026 08:15 PM (iL1eb)

48 In all my 70 years I have never been bitten by a dog. Unless we were playing and that wasn't a real bite. I really get along with animals pretty well. But I know which ones to stay away from.

Posted by: Case at November 05, 2026 08:16 PM (En+fz)

49 Fifty minute techy lecture on how internet security pros have stepped on their own dicks (re: SSL/TLS) repeatedly for three decades:
youtube.com/watch?v=-9KiLFr8_hI

Posted by: gp at November 05, 2026 08:17 PM (Jr5Lq)

50 That sweet baby girl that found her forever owner at dollar general makes my day. Pure sunshine.

Posted by: LizLem at November 05, 2026 08:18 PM (Toos7)

51 Had yet another mama moose come up to the front porch this afternoon. DH saw her, I was out with the dogs, thank heaven. The dogs usually lose their shit when a moose shows up. This one did not have a yearling with her, and she seems much older than the one we usually see, so I think she might be Grandma moose.

No noses were booped.
Posted by: tcn in AK

Too cool.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 08:19 PM (j8OG7)

52 >>I was dropping off a check to a farmer for some beef I had bought, had been there before and had met the dog. According to owner I "walked too fast and had something in my hand" which set the dog off. The owner said after she had hip surgery a few years ago the dog became over protective.

I fucking hate Ranch Dogs. Huge lover of all dogs in general...but, Ranch Dogs are almost always biters.

Posted by: garrett at November 05, 2026 08:19 PM (/izzV)

53 Mass had a issue this year where the State Auditor, who is a Dem, tried to audit the State Legislature.

MA courts and bureaucrats blocked her arguing that she didn't have the power to do so (note she CLEARLY did) and the only reason she was blocked is what she might find.

So...she worked with others to get a ballot initiative giving her office the power to audit the legislature. It won by a ridiculous margin.

This being MA though all the communist members of the legislature were re-elected as well. A reporter asked them today if they were going to go along with the audit now and the answer was something to the effect of, we'd love to because we want transparency but you know the ballot question just wasn't constitutionally right so...well...we have other things to focus on now

Massholes never learn. They'll re-elect the same communists 2 years from now after they block the audit the whole time as well...

Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 08:20 PM (sKqQm)

54 I am not allowed to visit the animal shelter website without adult supervision any more. That's how we ended up with Piper, who is actually Ruby's littermate, and how DH discovered that I can't say no to any dog.

I'm also not allowed to go into a used book store un-chaperoned. Same reason, but no dogs.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2026 08:20 PM (5WPt1)

55 I love ranch dogs. Best security system ever.

Sign on my gate says " My dog can reach the gate in .002 seconds, can you?

Posted by: Ben Had at November 05, 2026 08:21 PM (8Uo7a)

56 I fucking hate Ranch Dogs. Huge lover of all dogs in general...but, Ranch Dogs are almost always biters.
Posted by: garrett at November 05, 2026 08:19 PM (/izzV)

This has not been my experience. Ranch dogs are generally pretty good at herding, or at least fending off large animals, but for the most part, they like people. I suppose you had some bad experiences, but I have not.

Or maybe they know I'm a dog person. It does matter.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2026 08:23 PM (5WPt1)

57 After my first cat died, soon after my grandpa passed, it was like a giant cloud settled over me and refused to leave.

A few months later, decided to go to an adoption fair just to pet fur babies. There was a beautiful friendly sweet boy cat there with the same name as my grandpa.

Yeah, he came home with me! It was awesome.

Posted by: LizLem at November 05, 2026 08:23 PM (Toos7)

58 Sign on my gate says " My dog can reach the gate in .002 seconds, can you?
Posted by: Ben Had at November 05, 2026 08:21 PM (8Uo7a)

I would post that, but they would reach the gate, and then invite folks in!

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2026 08:24 PM (5WPt1)

59 Pine marten rip your face off. Uh uh. No way.

Posted by: Derak at November 05, 2026 08:25 PM (HO+k7)

60 "This has not been my experience. Ranch dogs are generally pretty good at herding, or at least fending off large animals, but for the most part, they like people."

People wearing backpacks get their attention. Happened to me a couple times while hiking.

Posted by: gp at November 05, 2026 08:25 PM (Jr5Lq)

61 If the owner introduces you to the dog it's all good. If you're a stranger entering the territory look out.

Posted by: davidt at November 05, 2026 08:25 PM (Q+gd/)

62 I'm convinced most extremely online socialist trolls working for Shareblue do what they do to "prove" that they are "solvent" after every pharmacist in town rejects their mother's stolen credit cards and cuts them off from their monkeypox salve.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 05, 2026 08:27 PM (BI5O2)

63 i walked to a farmer's house and was met by 2 Great Pyrenees. very glad the farmer was close. Super nice dogs as long as he or his wife were around

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 05, 2026 08:29 PM (bFq8h)

64 Help with the punchline, please.

Why is Talarico like a King?

Because he has a drag queen.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 05, 2026 08:31 PM (8Uo7a)

65 I refuse to go into an animal shelter. My heart would melt. I would want to take 'em all home with me. Dogs and cats are ment to be loved and cared for.

Posted by: Case at November 05, 2026 08:31 PM (En+fz)

66 28 Talarico will be found in the Senate cloakroom screwing a furry or the tranny congress person.
Posted by: Ben Had at November 05, 2026 08:05 PM (8Uo7a)

________________________

Not in a gay way. DOMINANCE!!!!

Posted by: Orson at November 05, 2026 08:32 PM (dIske)

67 I refuse to go into an animal shelter. My heart would melt. I would want to take 'em all home with me. Dogs and cats are ment to be loved and cared for.
Posted by: Case at November 05, 2026 08:31 PM (En+fz)
----
When I first got my cat Penny, I wanted to get her a companion cat.

I went to the Facebook page of the local animal shelter. Jasmine's picture came up and I said, "That's the one!"

Then I went over to pick her up. Yeah, it was difficult to leave all the other cats behind...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 05, 2026 08:35 PM (s2iZv)

68 44 Talarico will be found in the Senate cloakroom screwing a furry or the tranny congress person.

He's gonna' screw Texas. And, you know ? I think Texas has it coming.

Enjoy.
Posted by: Really at November 05, 2026 08:13 PM (siaA4)

I hope everyone who voted for winning Democrats gets a full measure of what they voted for. Which won't be what those candidates said they'd do. It is what they will do now that they are done needing to fool the rubes for a while.

Posted by: Gref at November 05, 2026 08:38 PM (5rh/l)

69 I refuse to go into an animal shelter. My heart would melt. I would want to take 'em all home with me. Dogs and cats are ment to be loved and cared for.
Posted by: Case at November 05, 2026 08:31 PM (En+fz)

Ditto.
'Ol Joe has been gone over a year now and I still miss him. I'd love another dog but at my age, it wouldn't be fair.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 05, 2026 08:41 PM (2WIwB)

70 All my cats I found on the street. If I needed to go to a shelter to get a cat, I'd tell them "Give me the one that nobody else wants. The one that's been here the longest."

Thirteen cats over 26 years. I'm too embarrassed to say what I spent taking care of them. I could sure use that money now.

Posted by: gp at November 05, 2026 08:41 PM (Jr5Lq)

71 While Big Penguin's actions have little to no effect on elections in the United States, and the truth as presented by Penguin Facts has a similar impact, we stand by our statements regarding Bruce Springsteen and Erik Erikson. No doubt their history of carnal relations with penguins will now lead to even more bold polymorphicaly perverse proclamations of the properness of penguin-human marriages.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at November 05, 2026 08:42 PM (MWfyi)

72 All my cats I found on the street. If I needed to go to a shelter to get a cat, I'd tell them "Give me the one that nobody else wants. The one that's been here the longest."

Thirteen cats over 26 years. I'm too embarrassed to say what I spent taking care of them. I could sure use that money now.
Posted by: gp

All my cats, (16), are found/dropped off. Yeah. Living in the country is nice, but assholes drive down the dirt road and dump their unwanteds.

Also, feeding about 11 raccoons. I can kill them or feed them and I'm tired of killing. I'll save that for the hogs.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 08:46 PM (j8OG7)

73 Two of our cats came from a machine shop.

Posted by: fd at November 05, 2026 08:48 PM (MWfyi)

74 39 Guide dogs are fine. I'm talking about people dragging dogs around everywhere that should not be.

Posted by: fd at November 05, 2026 08:10 PM (MWfyi)

I've seen several women in my subdivision over the years, driving with their small to medium size dog sitting crosswise on the driver's lap with its head outside the drivers window. Jeebus, talk about a recipe for not being able to quickly and adequately steer in an emergency, like a kid running into the street or popping out from behind a parked car! I hope the cops eventually spotted all those idiots before they caused mayhem. I hope each had to pay a big-big fine.

Posted by: Gref at November 05, 2026 08:50 PM (5rh/l)

75 "I've seen several women in my subdivision over the years, driving with their small to medium size dog sitting crosswise on the driver's lap with its head outside the drivers window. "

I see those people letting the dog drive too. If they get in an accident and the steering wheel airbag deploys it is not nice.

Posted by: fd at November 05, 2026 08:52 PM (MWfyi)

76 Love this positive news. Walt the Red Baron pizza guy is suspending his crowdfunding, hopes people keep giving to others in need. And he's staying in touch with the homeless vet that set up the fundraiser for him.

He could have milked the crowdfunding forever. Or built it into a brand, interviews, and celebrity. Instead he's going to keep his family's life private. LOVE. IT. Glad all this goodness came his way, he's a true mensch.

-----

Hello everyone,

Your kind words have meant the world to my family and I this past week. I still cannot believe how much you have all rallied behind us, and I can never thank you enough. I’ve been able to spend lots of extra time at home with my family this week...

If you have the means and would like to continue helping others, please consider supporting another fundraiser, a local charity, or a church helping families in need this holiday season.

This will be my last update as I focus on my family, and we enjoy the holidays together. Thank you for your kindness, your generosity, and for making my family feel so supported. We will never forget it.

Posted by: LizLem at November 05, 2026 08:54 PM (Toos7)

77 Russell Brand Convicted In UK Court On Charges Of Raping While Not Muslim

Posted by: SMOD at November 05, 2026 08:55 PM (gWCxi)

78 I was going to try to work in a joke about Michael Jackson blowing Bubbles but I'm stumped.

Posted by: fd at November 05, 2026 08:55 PM (MWfyi)

79 28 Talarico will be found in the Senate cloakroom screwing a furry or the tranny congress person.
Posted by: Ben Had

In a conference room at the US Capitol, like those two poofters, who videoed themselves humping each other, and then posted it. Because love is love. Talarico will be celebrated for it.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 05, 2026 08:57 PM (byWhc)

80 If y’all could spare a kind thought or prayer for LazyMessenger. He’s mostly a lurker but will occasionally post on the GT.

He helped his sweet Husky over the rainbow bridge this week.

Sweet sweet doggie. And very handsome.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 05, 2026 08:57 PM (yEz+x)

81 A lifetime of cats: Ninky, Monkeyface, Bobo, Morris, Princess, Radius, Tugboat, Star, Sunny, Buddy, Cheesehead, Marble, Mitten, Tom, Tiny, Flash. I've likely forgotten one or two.

Posted by: gp at November 05, 2026 08:57 PM (Jr5Lq)

82 "Talarico will be celebrated for it.
Posted by: Puddleglum"

They will put it on a t shirt.

Posted by: fd at November 05, 2026 08:58 PM (MWfyi)

83 Well, some good news. I was in the right half of the alphabet not to be requested for jury tomorrow, so I don't have to tell a cook county judge how little I care whether anyone follows democrat laws.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 05, 2026 08:58 PM (vSvIl)

84 >78 I was going to try to work in a joke about Michael Jackson blowing Bubbles but I'm stumped.

Posted by: fd at November 05, 2026 08:55 PM (MWfyi)

Hey - it was consensual!

Posted by: Bubbles the clown at November 05, 2026 08:59 PM (vr4To)

85 I hope everyone who voted for winning Democrats gets a full measure of what they voted for. Which won't be what those candidates said they'd do. It is what they will do now that they are done needing to fool the rubes for a while.
Posted by: Gref

Yep. I hope they get EVERYTHING they voted for. Good and Hard.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 05, 2026 09:00 PM (byWhc)

86 This will be my last update as I focus on my family, and we enjoy the holidays together. Thank you for your kindness, your generosity, and for making my family feel so supported. We will never forget it.
Posted by: LizLem at November 05, 2026 08:54 PM (Toos7)
=====

Sorry to say I'm unaware of this but wish to join the morons in prayer for you.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 05, 2026 09:00 PM (RIvkX)

87 "Hey - it was consensual!
Posted by: Bubbles the clown"

Maybe for you.

Posted by: Bubbles the chimp at November 05, 2026 09:01 PM (MWfyi)

88 Two of our cats came from a machine shop.
Posted by: fd

Robo kitties?

Posted by: Tonypete at November 05, 2026 09:02 PM (7EgNJ)

89 I think LizLem was quoting.

Posted by: fd at November 05, 2026 09:02 PM (MWfyi)

90 Sorry to say I'm unaware of this but wish to join the morons in prayer for you.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 05, 2026 09:00 PM (RIvkX)
====

Ahh, you were quoting someone else.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 05, 2026 09:02 PM (RIvkX)

91 Thanks fd

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 05, 2026 09:02 PM (RIvkX)

92 One of the things that sucks about growing old is the loss of physical strength.

Slinging around 80lb bags of concrete isn't as easy as it used to be.

I will ponder this over a nice bourbon and sour patch gummies.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 05, 2026 09:04 PM (XV/Pl)

93 Maybe for you.
Posted by: Bubbles the chimp

Rot in hell.

Posted by: Sheryl Crow at November 05, 2026 09:05 PM (bFq8h)

94 "Robo kitties?
Posted by: Tonypete"

Sisters. One is a healthy friendly calico. The other is a blind tortie. We didn't know that when we got them as kittens. You would swear she is looking at you but no she doesn't see anything.

Posted by: fd at November 05, 2026 09:06 PM (MWfyi)

95 >>> Sorry to say I'm unaware of this but wish to join the morons in prayer for you.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 05, 2026 09:00 PM (RIvkX)

Oh, it's not me!! You're stuck with me for a while.

It's Walt the pizza guy, the man that got harrassed by an influencer and broke down on camera. I wanted to cry hearing his agony. Red Baron pizza stood by him and has made him employee of the month, and he has enough money from kind people to spend tons of time with his kids. I couldn't be happier for him!

Posted by: LizLem at November 05, 2026 09:07 PM (Toos7)

96 Hah no worries San Franpsycho.

Posted by: LizLem at November 05, 2026 09:08 PM (Toos7)

97 https://www.gofundme.com/f/
support-a-harassed-red-baron-worker

Posted by: LizLem at November 05, 2026 09:10 PM (Toos7)

98 Anyone smart will be digging into all of his past and giving him an enema. He cloaks himself in Christian language to the point of sacrilege. He called himself David fighting against Goliath and I bet church ladies think he's a nice boy. They need to expose what he really is, so that trails behind him in the open. No one is that smug unless they are hiding a live girl or dead boy, as they say.
Posted by: LizLem at November 05, 2026 08:11 PM (Toos7)
=====

So was his g.f. by his side on victory night?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 05, 2026 09:11 PM (RIvkX)

99 According to author David Wigg, Queen singer Freddie Mercury grew frustrated trying to record a duet with Jackson, "There Must Be More to Life Than This", because of Jackson's insistence that Bubbles be in the studio. According to Wigg, "Michael made Bubbles sit between them and would turn to the chimp between takes and ask, 'Don't you think that was lovely?' Or, 'Do you think we should do that again?' After a few days of this, Freddie just exploded ... 'I'm not performing with a fucking chimp sitting next to me each night.'" Mercury left the project and released the song as a solo artist in 1985

Posted by: Bubbles Facts at November 05, 2026 09:12 PM (MWfyi)

100 So is POTUS going to play hardball with the new communist party? He had a red hat that said VETO on the Resolute Desk today.

Posted by: Jmel at November 05, 2026 09:15 PM (3TlS+)

101 I hope everyone who voted for winning Democrats gets a full measure of what they voted for. Which won't be what those candidates said they'd do. It is what they will do now that they are done needing to fool the rubes for a while.
Posted by: Gref

Yep. I hope they get EVERYTHING they voted for. Good and Hard.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 05, 2026 09:00 PM (byWhc)

Unlubed, even.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 05, 2026 09:15 PM (wVcYX)

102
99 According to author David Wigg, Queen singer Freddie Mercury grew frustrated trying to record a duet with Jackson, "There Must Be More to Life Than This", because of Jackson's insistence that Bubbles be in the studio.

According to Wigg, "Michael made Bubbles sit between them and would turn to the chimp between takes and ask, 'Don't you think that was lovely?' Or, 'Do you think we should do that again?'

------

What a homo. Jackson, I mean

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 05, 2026 09:17 PM (ienUH)

103 Chimps tear off genitals and eat faces and bite off fingers when they flip their lids. Demonstrably weird pop star: "Hang out with me and my chimp." Naw, it's a no for me, dawg.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 09:17 PM (HFrEr)

104 Creatine works wonders for old muscles

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 05, 2026 09:23 PM (JNr/z)

105 I bought Red Baron pizza today for the first time. If someone will stand up for an employee like that, then I will stand up for them.

Posted by: Wenda at November 05, 2026 09:25 PM (l03Py)

106 I hope everyone who voted for winning Democrats gets a full measure of what they voted for. Which won't be what those candidates said they'd do. It is what they will do now that they are done needing to fool the rubes for a while.
Posted by: Gref at November 05, 2026 08:38 PM (5rh/l)

The problem is the rich virtue-signallers, who are too rich to ever feel the pain. The limousine liberals. Jackasses in real life, but boy do they love lording it over everyone while saying they are so inclusive and accepting. The lawn sign pricks.

DH wouldn't let me post my yard sign. It said: In this house we believe that your yard sign proves you are an ignorant arrogant prick.

He said it might sow division. (I'm kidding, he laughed out loud, but was afraid the inclusive folks would Kristallnacht us.)

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2026 09:28 PM (5WPt1)

107 Don't want to raise an alarm, but I am seeing a shortage of a lot of long term storage food in #10 cans. Seems to be the case across manufacturers. Amazon could ship me a can of potato flakes November 20th. It's odd. And I know about those government warnings, which has lead to a lot of prep stories online.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 05, 2026 09:28 PM (JNr/z)

108 Best Cafe ever? I think yes.

Posted by: scampydog at November 05, 2026 09:29 PM (sGzLm)

109 WTF. Animal control couldn't come out to pick up a dog but when the person who found it decided he wanted to keep her , they took the dog away from him? Why were they even involved?

Posted by: polynikes at November 05, 2026 09:30 PM (2gbgu)

110 I like Red Baron Pizza. I buy Red Baron Pizza. I am happy for Red Baron Pizza guy.

Posted by: Good News at November 05, 2026 09:30 PM (Ssbab)

111 This crap that PDT has ruined the Republicans is BS. The GOP did it to themselves. And even if he did they needed ruining.

Posted by: fd at November 05, 2026 09:32 PM (MWfyi)

112 Notsothoreau, I appreciate creatine too!

Posted by: Funsize at November 05, 2026 09:32 PM (3j87q)

113 And I know about those government warnings, which has lead to a lot of prep stories online.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 05, 2026 09:28 PM (JNr/z)

I mostly prep out of my garden. I'm putting up Ham Bean Soup tomorrow, at least 15 jars at a time. I have dried potatoes, dried carrots, several kinds of herbs, dried red and green peppers, lots of good stuff.

I'll do beef veggie soup next week. Same dealio. Buy cheap beef, add veggies and broth and can it.

Good cheap meals, and easy once it's all done.

I also keep several pounds of rice, but I haven't figured out how to store flour very well long term. I think you need a bunch of those packets that keep stuff dry, and frankly, they give me the heebie jeebies. Made in China or something.

Of course the most important stash is the alcohol and beer. Can't run out of the staples, you know?

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2026 09:32 PM (5WPt1)

114 110 WTF. Animal control couldn't come out to pick up a dog but when the person who found it decided he wanted to keep her , they took the dog away from him? Why were they even involved?
Posted by: polynikes at November 05, 2026 09:30 PM (2gbgu)

WTF indeed. I don't think any animal control officer has the authority to come on my property and take my property, and I expect any effort in that direction would quickly turn... defensive.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2026 09:34 PM (5WPt1)

115 I hope Russell Brand ass raped Katy Perry when he was married to that fat, talentless whorebag.

Posted by: Assman at November 05, 2026 09:34 PM (Ssbab)

116 116 I hope Russell Brand ass raped Katy Perry when he was married to that fat, talentless whorebag.
Posted by: Assman at November 05, 2026 09:34 PM (Ssbab)

You seem nice.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2026 09:35 PM (5WPt1)

117 I have wheat and grain grinders. You can buy #10 cans of flour and that's in stock. I just bought some canned veggies to have them on hand. I prefer dehydrated, but it's good to have stuff that can be eaten cold.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at November 05, 2026 09:36 PM (JNr/z)

118 Who's the man who can lead the band like no other can?
John Thune, Big Thune.
Who's the man who stands alone and wrecks the plan like no other can?
Big Thune, John Thune
Who's the man that deserves the can like no other man?
John Thune, Sh*t Thune.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 09:37 PM (6T7Go)

119 It used to be that if you were a celebrity you would have groupies and that was that. Now you have groupies who will claim rape years later.

Posted by: polynikes at November 05, 2026 09:37 PM (2gbgu)

120 Russell Brand error was he became conservative and a Christian.

Posted by: polynikes at November 05, 2026 09:39 PM (2gbgu)

121 Posted by: Crusader at November 05, 2026 09:41 PM (Cjcf

Start with Ralph Norman who refused to endorse Graham.

Posted by: polynikes at November 05, 2026 09:43 PM (2gbgu)

122
Yep. I hope they get EVERYTHING they voted for. Good and Hard.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 05, 2026 09:00 PM (byWhc)

A lot of them voted for them to jail and preferably kill us. Just saying.

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 09:47 PM (vE0+H)

123 This crap that PDT has ruined the Republicans is BS. The GOP did it to themselves. And even if he did they needed ruining.

===

but....we did absolutely nothing!

Posted by: GOP at November 05, 2026 09:48 PM (AKptf)

124 >>>Let's start with Thune. I don't want him out of Republican leadership. I want him out of the Republican party. Let him caucus with the Dems--at least we'd all know where we stand.
...
Posted by: Crusader
---

Nancy Pelosi would beat him like a wet hen.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 09:49 PM (6T7Go)

125 ===

but....we did absolutely nothing!

Posted by: GOP
---

Push it just a little bit more.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 09:50 PM (6T7Go)

126 Darline was a terrible candidate. The SC GOPe fucked that up royally. Start with that do-nothing shitbag Henry McMaster.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 05, 2026 09:52 PM (bFq8h)

127 but I haven't figured out how to store flour very well long term.
---

I think double vacuum packaging has something to do with it.
And deep freezing it first. With not moisture, that's a good one.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 09:53 PM (6T7Go)

128 I know we don't always see eye to eye, but have you considered the fact that I have a very senatorial haircut?

Posted by: John Thune at November 05, 2026 09:53 PM (HFrEr)

129 Paging F5, F5 to the front desk.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 09:55 PM (6T7Go)

130
And let's get one of our seats back by completing the deportation of that somali bitch that has no place in our country.

She's not going anywhere.

Posted by: The guy who says she's not going anywhere at November 05, 2026 09:56 PM (Cqx++)

131 126:but....we did absolutely nothing!
Posted by: GOP

Then ran out of ideas.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 05, 2026 09:57 PM (byWhc)

132 124
Yep. I hope they get EVERYTHING they voted for. Good and Hard.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 05, 2026 09:00 PM (byWhc)

A lot of them voted for them to jail and preferably kill us. Just saying.

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 09:47 PM (vE0+H)

Yes, I know.

Posted by: Gref at November 05, 2026 09:57 PM (5rh/l)

133 Know who won the election?
Do a comparative analysis of
the numbers back to ~2010.

Chairman Xi won the election.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 09:57 PM (6T7Go)

134 That seat will be filled by a similar type. But still worth enforcing the law.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 05, 2026 09:58 PM (U/Byj)

135 Before concluding Russell Brand is really a Christian, please watch this two minute clip revealing his obvious unfamiliarity with Scripture:
youtube.com/shorts/TuE2WTFR020

Posted by: gp at November 05, 2026 09:58 PM (Jr5Lq)

136 There is a Tennessee rep contest where the Dem lost in 2024 by 43 points to the Rep incumbent but ran again in 2026 and beat the same Republican incumbent. And she didn't run any TV ads .

In the absence of a cheat, WTF is wrong with voters?

Posted by: polynikes at November 05, 2026 09:58 PM (2gbgu)

137 Perhaps so, but she was "our" candidate. Every single alleged "Republican" who didn't support her deserves to be cast aside.
Posted by: Crusader

i held my nose and voted for her. Not enough did. Now we got ball chopper Annie Andrews for 6 years.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 05, 2026 09:59 PM (bFq8h)

138 124
Yep. I hope they get EVERYTHING they voted for. Good and Hard.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 05, 2026 09:00 PM (byWhc)

A lot of them voted for them to jail and preferably kill us. Just saying.

Posted by: ...

Yea, and the unintentional consequences of that will be 'hilarious', in an Balkan CW way.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 05, 2026 09:59 PM (byWhc)

139 In the absence of a cheat, WTF is wrong with voters?

Posted by: polynikes
---

There you go deleting the obvious.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 10:01 PM (6T7Go)

140 121 Russell Brand error was he became conservative and a Christian.

Posted by: polynikes at November 05, 2026 09:39 PM (2gbgu)

No, Russell Brand's error is that he's an entitled scumbag who likes rape and thinks he can get away with it. Maybe he will wind up in prison, on the other end of the dick.

Posted by: a.moron at November 05, 2026 10:03 PM (X5Jzz)

141 ONT is up.

Posted by: LRob in OK at November 05, 2026 10:03 PM (47diA)

142 Posted by: gp at November 05, 2026 09:58 PM (Jr5Lq

Can you quote a verse from Isaiah from memory?

Posted by: polynikes at November 05, 2026 10:04 PM (2gbgu)

143 Posted by: a.moron at November 05, 2026 10:03 PM (X5J

So this is the time you believe all women. It all depends if you like the guy or not right ?

Posted by: polynikes at November 05, 2026 10:05 PM (2gbgu)

144 "Can you quote a verse from Isaiah from memory?"

I never said I could. I have no claim to defend. The man is obviously a poser.

Posted by: gp at November 05, 2026 10:06 PM (Jr5Lq)

145 Darline was a terrible candidate. The SC GOPe fucked that up royally. Start with that do-nothing shitbag Henry McMaster.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 05, 2026 09:52 PM

There was a primary. I blame the voters.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 05, 2026 10:12 PM (4NO2D)

146
but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

Posted by: Isaiah 40:31 at November 05, 2026 10:15 PM (4NO2D)

Unexpectedly, Stock Markets Crash After Communist Victory

Hey, remember when a 0.31% drop on the Friday before the election was claimed to be All Trump's Fault and a sign of apocalypse?

What's this, then?

Nick Sortor
@nicksortor
🚨 BREAKING: US stocks have just taken a HISTORIC nosedive after Democrats' blue wave this week, with TRILLIONS of dollars being incinerated in a single day
Democrats are already doing SEVERE damage to American retirement accounts.
Travel, tech, retail, energy, manufacturing stocks, and more: ALL SHARPLY down today
🔻 NASDAQ down over 5.5%
🔻 S&P 500 down 4.35%
🔻 DOW down almost 4.5%

A commenter -- maybe gp -- said that the tech sector has been a bubble for some time, due, I guess, to data centers and AI. He said that a correction was inevitable.

May be -- but certainly the reason for the puncturing of the bubble at this particular moment was the communist takeover.

Dow sheds more than 1,800 points as midterm results spur investor exodus from tech and AI

The stock market tanked on Thursday amid concerns that a shift in congressional political control following the U.S. midterm elections could slow the construction of data centers that power artificial intelligence services.
Stocks sank across the board, but technology companies with a hand in the AI sector were hit especially hard. The Nasdaq Composite Index tumbled 1,422 points, or 5.5%, to close at 24,315. The drop means the tech-heavy index is now in a "correction," or down more than 10% from its most recent all-time high, set in October.
The broader S&P 500 dropped 335 points, or 4.4%, to end at 7,354, while the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 1,833 points, or 3.4%. Investors were reacting to the growing "headline" risks around AI, according to Wall Street analyst Adam Crisafulli of Vital Knowledge.
The rout was violent enough that it could delay the highly anticipated initial public offering by Anthropic, a bellwether for the entire AI business, Crisafulli told investors in a research note. Before the turmoil in financial markets, the IPO had been expected to take place this month and to raise as much as $100 billion.
The sharp drop also marks a sharp reversal from Wednesday, when the Dow posted its biggest gain of the year.
...
Investors worry that the enormous investment in AI is creating a stock market bubble, which happens when sky-high valuations become detached from companies' underlying fundamentals.
...
In other financial markets, the initial reaction to the election results faded a bit. The price of a barrel of Brent crude oil rose 2.6% to $97.11 and recovered much of its nearly 9% drop from the day before. Uncertainty still reigns about what will happen in the war with Iran and when the global energy industry can return to normal.

🚨 BREAKING: US stocks have just taken a HISTORIC nosedive after Democrats' blue wave this week, with TRILLIONS of dollars being incinerated in a single day
Democrats are already doing SEVERE damage to American retirement accounts.
Travel, tech, retail, energy, manufacturing stocks, and more: ALL SHARPLY down today
🔻 NASDAQ down over 5.5%
🔻 S&P 500 down 4.35%
🔻 DOW down almost 4.5%
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) November 5, 2026

I don't know if you can see the "Community Note" appended here, but it says that $2.8 trillion in (paper) wealth was wiped out today. $3.5 trillion was wiped out in March 2020 -- when the Chinese bioweapon broke containment and infected the world.

I don't know if that is some leftwinger's attempt to downplay the losses or just someone offering fair comparison.

But this is huge. Democrats are 80% as bad for the market as a world-economy-shutting-down plague.

🚨 BIGGEST SINGLE-DAY WIPEOUT IN US STOCK MARKET HISTORY
$2.8 Trillion has been wiped out from the US stock market today so far, the largest one in history.
Previously, the largest single-day wipeout was of $2.69 Trillion during the Covid crash. https://t.co/zcDXUxyL2X
— The Macro Paper (@macropaperr) November 5, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:52 PM

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1 yep

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 05, 2026 06:54 PM (bFq8h)

2 Not a good day at all.

Posted by: Molly k. at November 05, 2026 06:55 PM (iL1eb)

3 "... but it says that $2 trillion in (paper) wealth was wiped out today..."

Is that a lot?

Posted by: I gotta ask at November 05, 2026 06:56 PM (2Ez/1)

4 Bonds and cash the smart play.

Posted by: tubal at November 05, 2026 06:56 PM (Gqar8)

5 Pelosi hardest hit!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 05, 2026 06:57 PM (NnhvP)

6 The people have spoken. They must be pundished.

Posted by: ED KOCH at November 05, 2026 06:57 PM (KVjz6)

7 It's great for me. I rolled out of a bunch of positions taking profits and hoarding cash over the last few months.

now I can roll back in on a discount. The cretins won't let things lay this low for too long.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 06:58 PM (aKiSo)

8 Is that a lot?
Posted by: I gotta ask at November 05, 2026 06:56 PM (2Ez/1)

...........

Compared to our debt.....no not really.

Posted by: Molly k. at November 05, 2026 06:58 PM (iL1eb)

9 Certainly took it in the shorts with my position in $MU.

I think all of it will rebound but who the fuck knows. Commies suck.

Posted by: ballistic at November 05, 2026 06:58 PM (oqH4h)

10 I laugh at the tech bros...

Hugged the left for so long, now out to dry.

Sucks, huh?

Posted by: man at November 05, 2026 06:58 PM (pfXMo)

11 Hey everyone with pensions, do you feel good about voting Dem tonight? I bet you don't

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 05, 2026 06:59 PM (8VNAp)

12 I do not question the timing.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at November 05, 2026 07:00 PM (HSFTJ)

13 do you feel good about voting Dem"

IMO, they just didn't vote...

Posted by: man at November 05, 2026 07:00 PM (pfXMo)

14 Let's pound the square peg through the round hole. It'll fit this time.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 05, 2026 07:00 PM (bFq8h)

15 This is impossible the Democrats were going to make everything better.

Posted by: fd at November 05, 2026 07:00 PM (MWfyi)

16 Yippee Ki Yi Yay! It's another glorious day in the Gulag.

Posted by: ALH, Sister Golden Hair at November 05, 2026 07:00 PM (jqoTQ)

17 Dang, I'm reading all the comments in the Salon post and Ace goes and puts up 2 more posts.

Posted by: Darth Randall at November 05, 2026 07:01 PM (mseD3)

18 Anyone want to wager what hurt the avg 401k D. Voter more...
Gas Prices over the last 4-5 months or the ding their portfolio took in the last 48 hours?

Posted by: garrett at November 05, 2026 07:01 PM (/izzV)

19 I won't have the courage to look at my 401k or my investment accounts for a long time. Guess I'll keep plugging along. Luckily I have a few years left in me to do that. I feel for the people who can't.

Posted by: Molly k. at November 05, 2026 07:02 PM (iL1eb)

20 >>This is impossible the Democrats were going to make everything better.

They promised to bring prices down...

and they did.

Posted by: garrett at November 05, 2026 07:02 PM (/izzV)

21 I'm reading all the comments in the Salon post and Ace goes and puts up 2 more posts."

Shh. Don't tell 'em about the content...

Posted by: man at November 05, 2026 07:02 PM (pfXMo)

22
The funny thing is that my retierement took a beating but I'm still in the black.

Posted by: YIKES! at November 05, 2026 07:02 PM (OgWfa)

23 Our Marxists have only barely talked about nationalizing companies, but you can bet its on their minds

Posted by: Skip at November 05, 2026 07:02 PM (Ia/+0)

24 I'll just re-use my comment from earlier today, about the Democrat Media being happy with yesterday's "surge" in the markets.

"Markets hate uncertainty."

So they "surged"-- well, popped up a bit--when the uncertainty of the election went away.

Then they realized what the "certainty" that replaced it was, and everyone shat their pants at once.

Posted by: mikeski at November 05, 2026 03:44 PM (VHUov)

Posted by: mikeski at November 05, 2026 07:03 PM (VHUov)

25 >>The funny thing is that my retierement took a beating but I'm still in the black.

Trust me when I say this ...

Posted by: Late 80s Ted Danson at November 05, 2026 07:03 PM (/izzV)

26 11 Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 05, 2026 06:59 PM (8VNAp)

The wife and I voted straight ticket GOP as we always do, and I feel the way about it I always do...and my state stayed red for the time being as it always has after that John Balls Edwards thing....

I strongly suggest people let their GOP reps know NO bailouts for the AI bubble.....period.

NONE....

It was cartel behavior that Trump and DOJ should have been pursuing and Congress should have been having hearings on....the price of consumer electronics tripled and the stuff being bought was laying fallow in warehouses being funded with debt.....fuck Sam Altman.

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 07:03 PM (Int1s)

27 This is when you get some of those unrealized gains they can tax.

Posted by: fd at November 05, 2026 07:04 PM (MWfyi)

28 *nods, while gazing contentedly at his collection of 8-track tapes*

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 05, 2026 07:04 PM (lbtIB)

29 *--- > puncturing of the bubble at this particular moment was the communist takeover.
---

Never doubt that those shits at Schwab, Fidelity et al voted for this.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 07:05 PM (vOxCS)

30 All the traders woke up after a two day coke fueled bender and said, "We voted for WHAT? FUUUUUUUUCK!"

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 07:05 PM (mISmA)

31 Boebert blown out. Good riddance.

Posted by: deepelemblues at November 05, 2026 07:05 PM (8MGOA)

32 sockOFF

Posted by: garrett at November 05, 2026 07:05 PM (/izzV)

33 All the co.panies that moved to Texas are now fucked, but they are celebrating right now.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 05, 2026 07:06 PM (lbtIB)

34 sockOFF
Posted by: garrett at November 05, 2026 07:05 PM (/izzV)

They say once you've gone blackface...

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 05, 2026 07:07 PM (lbtIB)

35 >>They say once you've gone blackface...

My first amp was a 64 Princeton Reverb. I still play it today.

Posted by: garrett at November 05, 2026 07:08 PM (/izzV)

36 Aetius451AD work phone

The Commies have a plan, but Business Texas has a reality for them. Union workers would be hardest hit, even wth Texas being a Right to Work state.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 05, 2026 07:08 PM (u82oZ)

37 I'm started to feel liberated. From caring, that is.

Posted by: fd at November 05, 2026 07:08 PM (MWfyi)

38 This has to be Trump's fault somehow.......

IMPEACH TRUMP NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!

Posted by: Jackson K. at November 05, 2026 07:09 PM (ENxVw)

39 Article at The Federalist how many Muslims were elected in offices around the country. And their rhetoric to take over

Posted by: Skip at November 05, 2026 07:09 PM (Ia/+0)

40 All the co.panies that moved to Texas are now fucked, but they are celebrating right now.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

F them. We told them not to vote lime they did back where they came from.

Hopefully they lose billions.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 07:09 PM (mISmA)

41 "A commenter -- maybe gp -- said that the tech sector has been a bubble for some time, due, I guess, to data centers and AI. He said that a correction was inevitable.

May be -- but certainly the reason for the puncturing of the bubble at this particular moment was the communist takeover."

The only bubble was the fear that there won't be buildings in which to put the chips. The Dems opposition to datacenters has been duly noted. The industry is still printing money at eyewatering levels. The confidence that they can perform on outyears of backlog is what took a hit.

As an example, Nvidia's last quarter was $96 Billion with 75% margins and 100% y/y growth. Those kinds of numbers are bananas. I'll keep my Nvidia stock and sell enough to rebalance when it gets too high. Again.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at November 05, 2026 07:09 PM (r7+Q7)

42 It's 3:45 AM in Tehran, looks like they can unpucker for another day.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 07:09 PM (vOxCS)

43 The Commies have a plan, but Business Texas has a reality for them. Union workers would be hardest hit, even wth Texas being a Right to Work state.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 05, 2026 07:08 PM (u82oZ)

Ill admit to caging a few of MP4s black jelly beans and point out California was once a strong business state. As was Washington, Colorado...

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 05, 2026 07:10 PM (lbtIB)

44 I have one question to these voters........

"Why are you Stupid" ???

Posted by: Jackson K. at November 05, 2026 07:10 PM (ENxVw)

45 They write it off, Jerry.

They write it off.

Posted by: Kramer, Student of Communism at November 05, 2026 07:11 PM (1wjle)

46 Aetius451AD work phone

Good counter point.

"They bought their tickets. Let them crash. "

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 05, 2026 07:11 PM (u82oZ)

47 39 Article at The Federalist how many Muslims were elected in offices around the country. And their rhetoric to take over
Posted by: Skip at November 05, 2026 07:09 PM
Market crash means nothing to islam, it just keeps focused on the task. Destruction of civilization.

Posted by: Eromero at November 05, 2026 07:11 PM (LHPAg)

48 So much for solving the.......

"AFFORDABILITY CRISIS" !!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Jackson K. at November 05, 2026 07:12 PM (ENxVw)

49 **** ...

Investors worry that the enormous investment in AI is creating a stock market bubble, which happens when sky-high valuations become detached from companies' underlying fundamentals.
---

Or, investors worry that Companies, because of Govt intervention, will not be able to fulfill build out plans.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 07:12 PM (vOxCS)

50 After the left has their way with the country there will be no business friendly states.

Posted by: fd at November 05, 2026 07:12 PM (MWfyi)

51 37 I'm started to feel liberated. From caring, that is.
Posted by: fd at November 05, 2026 07:08 PM (MWfyi)

I'm feeling strangely unconcerned, myself. Probably just in denial.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 05, 2026 07:13 PM (zYpTz)

52 Every word out oft he Ds mouth drives the stock market down. They want:

Higher taxes
More regulation
Nationalize industries
Pointless prosecutions of government officials
They don't give a shit about high oil prices.
Anti AI
Anti tariffs
Musk in jail
More unreliable green energy

Posted by: notalawyer at November 05, 2026 07:13 PM (fR677)

53 I'm not sure if AI is a bubble. I've been using it at work quite a bit and it's a significant help. It's possible it will live up the hype mostly. So maybe Democrats will kill off a major growth factor for our economy, and not just pop a bubble.

Posted by: Dave at November 05, 2026 07:13 PM (sbsMc)

54 41 Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at November 05, 2026 07:09 PM (r7+Q7)

There was a Chinese influence op on AI, and both parties nutjobs were against them. AI is a strategic necessity unfortunately and a functional America would require them period but we do not live in a functional America. Consequently we may wind up not having them.

The market is shitting the bed because it just realized that the democrats may well not allow them at all, even if they do allow them it will likely not ever allow new serious power generation, will absolutely not allow private construction of on site private generation, which means utilities skyrocket.....democrats legitimately hate Americans having cheap energy it is a sexual fetish.

Go long on Hobo Solar.

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 07:13 PM (Int1s)

55 fd

Go long for Singapore and Japan.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 05, 2026 07:13 PM (u82oZ)

56 Gotta love these 80 IQ Trolls

Posted by: garrett at November 05, 2026 07:13 PM (/izzV)

57 Boebert is a fine example of a GOP politician.

"Vote for me. I'm not as ugly as a toad's ass, and I love muh gunz just like you, fellow Conservatives! Pay no mind while I beat off this Democrat donor at a Beetlejuice musical with a bunch of families watching.

For America, of course."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 05, 2026 07:13 PM (BI5O2)

58 And S Korea.

Posted by: fd at November 05, 2026 07:14 PM (MWfyi)

59
Johnson blackface radio

https://t.ly/RxuGJ

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 05, 2026 07:14 PM (Cqx++)

60 Musk just got started on the physically biggest factory building in the world in Grimes county not far from College Station.
Will he move it?
If so, is it FL or LA?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 07:14 PM (vOxCS)

61 What do noted economic pundits Paul Krugman and Brian Stelter have to say about this?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 05, 2026 07:15 PM (0sNs1)

62 Dow down 220 from Monday

Posted by: NCKate at November 05, 2026 07:15 PM (enNUy)

63 sven

And yet...

China has even more problems than we do. I will laugh and laugh if all the Chinese AIs recommend ditching Chinese Communism for the US Constitution as written, with 10 Amendments.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 05, 2026 07:15 PM (u82oZ)

64 fd

Only is South Korea and Taiwan go nuclear.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 05, 2026 07:16 PM (u82oZ)

65 61 Musk just got started on the physically biggest factory building in the world in Grimes county not far from College Station.
Will he move it?
If so, is it FL or LA?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 07:14 PM (vOxCS)

If it wouldn't take too damn long to set up, he should fly from one site to the other in one of his Starships. Catch his own ass with his own chopsticks.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 07:16 PM (aKiSo)

66 Boebert is a fine example of a GOP politician.

"Vote for me. I'm not as ugly as a toad's ass, and I love muh gunz just like you, fellow Conservatives! Pay no mind while I beat off this Democrat donor at a Beetlejuice musical with a bunch of families watching.

For America, of course."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 05, 2026 07:13 PM

Could be much worse. She could have done at a screening of Prometheus.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 05, 2026 07:17 PM (0sNs1)

67 Thinking more about the bubble. AI might be a bubble, or might not. I'm almost positive that Tesla's full self driving cars are not a bubble. Democrats will do whatever they can to hurt Tesla, though, to get back at Musk. Clinton-type Democrats had some sense of what made the economy work. The DSA is Marxist--they will just destroy the economy if they can.

Posted by: Dave at November 05, 2026 07:17 PM (sbsMc)

68 My AO is a major high tech hub in the South.

FL is welcome to that stupid Gigafactory.

PLEASE KEEP YOUR CALIFORNIA BUTTFUCKERS OUTSIDE OF MY STATE, BRUH!!!!

I've seen what the tech bros have wrought in TX.

No. Thanks.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 05, 2026 07:17 PM (BI5O2)

69 Could be much worse. She could have done at a screening of Prometheus.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 05, 2026 07:17 PM (0sNs1)

"If I were watching this movie on an airplane while getting a handy-J, I'd still walk out."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 07:18 PM (aKiSo)

70 I want to muster a fuck but can't. I'm not in the market in any meaningful way anymore; that ended after the my career crashed and burned in the TARP era. I'm sure market misery trickles down to morlocks like me, but so does a ton of bad decision-making outside my control. And these companies all hate me anyway. So, good luck!

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 07:18 PM (HFrEr)

71 The Commies have a plan, but Business Texas has a reality for them. Union workers would be hardest hit, even wth Texas being a Right to Work state.

Posted by: NaCly Dog
---

On the state level it will be a hard pull for them.
On a Federal level, with that shitshow governor, who knows.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 07:19 PM (vOxCS)

72 64 Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 05, 2026 07:15 PM (u82oZ)

The one problem the Chinese have never had is a hatred of the Han Chinese by the Han Chinese wanting the Han Chinese wiped from the Earth.....

we kind of invented that I have seen no other super power ever with that and I have looked hard.

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 07:19 PM (Int1s)

73
Cue the bejabbering Bernie to begin blustering about "billionaires" paying their "fair share"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at November 05, 2026 07:19 PM (ixS3i)

74 I don't get what AI will do or not do to civilization
The Chinese seem too

Posted by: Skip at November 05, 2026 07:20 PM (Ia/+0)

75 ♪ Happy Days are Here Again...♫

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 07:20 PM (l3cgK)

76 The things that will certainly fix our economy, make things more affordable and soothe the stock market are lawmaker, prosecuting and taxing millionaires, seizing property, and impeachments!!!

Posted by: Dr. Commie has the cure for what ails you. I shit you negative! at November 05, 2026 07:20 PM (47/pr)

77 73 Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 07:18 PM (HFrEr)

I am past caring, I have enough money in a sock drawer if AMD free falls enough I'll buy....

I am out of the market entirely right now....fuck em...no bailouts....they chose this and the entire tech sector enabled the AI horseshit perpetual motion machine and willfully fucked over the consumer electronics sector....no mercy.

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 07:21 PM (Int1s)

78 Who wants to invest in a Communist country? Or even a Socialist country?

Posted by: Case at November 05, 2026 07:21 PM (En+fz)

79 Boebert is a fine example of a GOP politician.

"Vote for me. I'm not as ugly as a toad's ass, and I love muh gunz just like you, fellow Conservatives! Pay no mind while I beat off this Democrat donor at a Beetlejuice musical with a bunch of families watching.

For America, of course."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 05, 2026 07:13 PM

Your standards are too high. These days if the illicit sex is one-on-one and heterosexual, it's a win.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 07:21 PM (HFrEr)

80 Folks ... you don't talk to anyone under 30. Its obvious.

They are Militant about their Anti-Racism. They will embrace those fucks just out of principal.
=====

Wow I am learing so much about me from your comments.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 05, 2026 07:22 PM (RIvkX)

81 Robert Reich may finally have made a correct prediction.

In 2016, after Trump won, he said:

"If the question is when markets will recover, a first-pass answer is never."

Turns out that the homunculus may have been only off by 10 years!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 05, 2026 07:22 PM (HlyYF)

82 82 Who wants to invest in a Communist country? Or even a Socialist country?

Posted by: Case at November 05, 2026 07:21 PM (En+fz)

Especially when your assets become the Gov't's assets when the Gov't socializes them...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 07:22 PM (l3cgK)

83 Wow, copied/pasted a comment, commented on it, the comment numbers end up the same. LOL. Lots of Troll excrement removed, no doubt.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 07:23 PM (l3cgK)

84 I'll bet the Fed raises interest rates in the near future. Any takers?

Posted by: Orson at November 05, 2026 07:24 PM (dIske)

85 Boebert will have more time now to spend grabbing random hogs.

Posted by: NCKate at November 05, 2026 07:24 PM (enNUy)

86
10/27/26:

Elon Musk retweeted:

Mgoes (bio/acc 🤖💉@m_goes_distance
this might be my last normal tweet before biotech goes vertical
there is a massive shift happening in human biology right now.
it's sitting in press releases and almost nobody reads them
the last 6 months alone:

- a once-daily pill roughly doubled median survival in metastatic pancreatic cancer (13.2 vs 6.6 months)
- a one-time gene editing infusion cut hereditary angioedema attacks 87%, and 62% of patients stayed attack-free and off all other prevention for 6 months
- a one-time gene edit for cholesterol dropped LDL up to 62%, and it held for over a year
- a personalized mrna vaccine beat keytruda alone in a 1,137 patient melanoma phase 3
- retatrutide hit ~28% weight loss in a phase 3
- an ai-designed drug entered phase 3
- a pill that regrows hair passed its second phase 3
- an immunotherapy that could let some rectal cancer patients skip surgery, chemo and radiation just got fda approved
- a man lived 271 days off dialysis on a pig kidney

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 07:24 PM (vOxCS)

87 "I swear... I just beat off these Democrat money men. I only take their seed, not their money. Swearsies! For reels, fam!"

----- Lauren Boebert

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 05, 2026 07:24 PM (BI5O2)

88 84 I'll bet the Fed raises interest rates in the near future. Any takers?
Posted by: Orson at November 05, 2026 07:24 PM (dIske)

Nope - Dems already won, so their job is done...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 05, 2026 07:24 PM (Gb7+b)

89 82 Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 07:22 PM (l3cgK)

Poison the cattle, tear down your fences, burn down your barn, blow up your tractors....leave it like you found it.

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 07:25 PM (Int1s)

90 I don't get what AI will do or not do to civilization
The Chinese seem too
Posted by: Skip

Please. Let AI design their guns.

It'll be fun.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 07:25 PM (j8OG7)

91 87 "I swear... I just beat off these Democrat money men. I only take their seed, not their money. Swearsies! For reels, fam!"

----- Lauren Boebert

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 05, 2026 07:24 PM (BI5O2)

New meaning to seed capital...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 07:25 PM (l3cgK)

92 81 Robert Reich may finally have made a correct prediction.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 05, 2026 07:22 PM (HlyYF)

______________________

Robert Reich is fun to watch when he goes jogging around the neighborhood for a little exercise. He carries climbing equipment with him to scale the side walk curbs, and speed bumps.

Posted by: Orson at November 05, 2026 07:26 PM (dIske)

93 Data Centers will become shakedowns for the Left.

Corporate Commitments

OpenAI introduced a "Compute Campus Policy Blueprint" featuring tens of millions of dollars in commitments for schools, free school lunches, and first responders.

Meta and Amazon have committed multi-billion-dollar packages and local action grants for host communities.

Google pledged $1 billion toward local programs in data center communities through 2027.
----
Tech developers have pointed to examples like $50,000 teacher bonuses following Meta data center construction in Louisiana, alongside ongoing school grants and educational funding.

Yes, I can imagine the Public Service Employees of PA with hands out and leaving us with no decrease in school taxes.

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 05, 2026 07:26 PM (NFX2v)

94 >>- a man lived 271 days off dialysis on a pig kidney

That's not Kosher.

Posted by: garrett at November 05, 2026 07:27 PM (/izzV)

95 I don't get what AI will do or not do to civilization
The Chinese seem too
Posted by: Skip

Please. Let AI design their guns.
It'll be fun.
Posted by: rickb223

"Yes! You did tell me to make sure the safety would prevent the gun from firing! I ignored that suggestion in this design, and I'm very sorry for that."

Posted by: ChatGPT at November 05, 2026 07:27 PM (VHUov)

96 Who says the Democrats and the plague cannot work together? COVID 2027, soon in a theater near you?

Posted by: PG at November 05, 2026 07:27 PM (7cQi1)

97 Well, it's going to take a decade at least to undo what was done on Wednesday, at a bare minimum, if we can do it at all.

Oh, and they are still counting votes and we may lose a couple of more Senators and maybe 10 more congrescritters.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 05, 2026 07:28 PM (XV/Pl)

98 90 Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 07:25 PM (j8OG7)

I do work with AI for a contractor that works for a large organization....I left the job I was at and went to the acting side of the house but I had been working with AI while I recovered from my surgery and burn out....

I went back to the more sophisticated gig because they needed someone that understood narrative and to show how to use AI and write good prompts....

AI is very good at some things and a retard at others, people overstate and understate its impact what AI will never do is use judgement....of course a growing % of humans no longer do either.

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 07:28 PM (Int1s)

99 Knew I should have requested money from my investment advisor yesterday.

Oh well.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 05, 2026 07:29 PM (vJrRc)

100 What sven said (about AI, in case I'm late)

Posted by: RandomDave at November 05, 2026 07:29 PM (aJQbY)

101 I don't get what AI will do or not do to civilization
The Chinese seem too
Posted by: Skip

Please. Let AI design their guns.
It'll be fun.
Posted by: rickb223

"Yes! You did tell me to make sure the safety would prevent the gun from firing! I ignored that suggestion in this design, and I'm very sorry for that."
Posted by: ChatGPT

"Why can't we stack the rounds vertically in the magazine?"

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 07:29 PM (j8OG7)

102 Don't think for all their railing against AI that once they figure out like the Chinese it can track everyone they will be all for it.

Posted by: Skip at November 05, 2026 07:29 PM (Ia/+0)

103 Don't forget the loons have stated any company that helped the Trump admin is in the crisshaira.

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at November 05, 2026 07:30 PM (Bavix)

104 Please. Let AI design their guns.

It'll be fun.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 07:25 PM (j8OG7)

Why does it have fifty barrels and no trigger?

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 05, 2026 07:30 PM (vSvIl)

105 I'm always 'wait and see'. I moved fairly aggressively into bonds ahead of my retirement - specifically tax exempt munis. If I can bargain shop a bit I will. AI and chip stocks are frothy but like it or not - AI is not going away. I think the market has 2 years to make hay and if the D's have both houses and the presidency in 28, my concern will be how to preserve what I have.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at November 05, 2026 07:30 PM (vr4To)

106 96 Who says the Democrats and the plague cannot work together? COVID 2027, soon in a theater near you?
Posted by: PG at November 05, 2026 07:27 PM (7cQi1)

____________________

The next big medical experiment will be a crossover virus between humans and beef stock cattle. Destroy humanity's freedoms AND decimate the meat industry in one swoop.

Bill Gates is salivating at the potential.

Posted by: Orson at November 05, 2026 07:30 PM (dIske)

107 - a pill that regrows hair passed its second phase 3
----
Shut up and take my money!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 05, 2026 07:30 PM (s2iZv)

108 Between the rocket people and the Navy, Accomack county is very busy.

Posted by: Accomack at November 05, 2026 07:31 PM (Dpv2s)

109 a pill that regrows hair passed its second phase 3
----
Shut up and take my money!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

The catch is it only regrows it below the neck.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 05, 2026 07:32 PM (vJrRc)

110 "Perfessor" Squirrel

Listen, hippie. You should have no complaints.

You have a Pimp hat anyway.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 05, 2026 07:32 PM (u82oZ)

111 I'm always 'wait and see'. I moved fairly aggressively into bonds ahead of my retirement - specifically tax exempt munis. If I can bargain shop a bit I will. AI and chip stocks are frothy but like it or not - AI is not going away. I think the market has 2 years to make hay and if the D's have both houses and the presidency in 28, my concern will be how to preserve what I have.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at November 05, 2026 07:30 PM (vr4To)

Same here, I have been laddering munis as I approach retirement. I'm glad I already started that.

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 05, 2026 07:32 PM (NtVYv)

112 What's the phrase again.. Gooder and Harder America.

Posted by: Tuna at November 05, 2026 07:33 PM (lJ0H4)

113 Please. Let AI design their guns.
It'll be fun.
Posted by: rickb223

"Yes! You did tell me to make sure the safety would prevent the gun from firing! I ignored that suggestion in this design, and I'm very sorry for that."
Posted by: ChatGPT at November 05, 2026 07:27 PM (VHUov)

"Why rear sight on angle? That not funny!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 07:33 PM (aKiSo)

114 Yeah. Just what I need.

"Bring my buttfucking CA business to your state. We'll grease up all your crooked politicians but good. That may not work out so great for you - but don't fret!

We'll juice up your teachers unions like crazy, too. Those buttfucking pedophile Communist fanatics don't have nearly enough money or influence as it is.

So, it all works out. More graft for all the criminals who hate you. Plus lots of that buttfucking. We love that. By the way, it looks like I dropped my favorite check-writin' pen. Would you mind picking that up for me real quick?"

What a bargain.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 05, 2026 07:34 PM (BI5O2)

115 a pill that regrows hair passed its second phase 3
----
Shut up and take my money!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

The catch is it only regrows it below the neck.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 05, 2026 07:32 PM (vJrRc)
---
I'm OK with that. As a squirrel, our tails go bald too when we get older.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 05, 2026 07:34 PM (s2iZv)

116 86. Posted by: Braenyard

Wouldn't it all be wonderful?!

And that's why he's a continuing source of trouble to those who could lose great power and prestige.

Replacement theory? Nonsense!

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 05, 2026 07:34 PM (NFX2v)

117 Warai-otoko

For the urban Yutes whose health problems start with shooting with the gun held sideways,

"Weaver stance? WTH?"

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 05, 2026 07:35 PM (u82oZ)

118
Don't think for all their railing against AI that once they figure out like the Chinese it can track everyone they will be all for it.
Posted by: Skip

They can used it for a mass censorship machine.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 05, 2026 07:35 PM (Cqx++)

119 I don't get what AI will do or not do to civilization
The Chinese seem too
Posted by: Skip

I continue to be an AI skeptic. It's nowhere near as good as I am at my job, and it hallucinates like it's on DMT. Maybe it's better for more bounded tasks?

In any event, I don't really look to China for sober decision-making. Sham numbers in a corrupt economy; empty and unfinished city projects; has to steal all IP in reach; produces products known for their inferior quality; not enough women for the future due to centralized planning of reproduction; sabre rattling but no recent military experience of any note; uncertain line of succession after the current gerontocrat kicks it. These guys give me USSR vibes.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 07:36 PM (HFrEr)

120 Bertram Cabot, Jr.

IDing bad people.

No poster, no problem.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 05, 2026 07:36 PM (u82oZ)

121 97 Well, it's going to take a decade at least to undo what was done on Wednesday, at a bare minimum, if we can do it at all.

Oh, and they are still counting votes and we may lose a couple of more Senators and maybe 10 more congrescritters.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 05, 2026 07:28 PM
Diverse weights, and diverse measures, both of them alike abominations to the Lord.
Proverbs 20:10

Posted by: Eromero at November 05, 2026 07:37 PM (LHPAg)

122 AI can not do my job. Not everything is on the Internet.

Posted by: fd at November 05, 2026 07:37 PM (MWfyi)

123 AI is a strategic necessity unfortunately and a functional America would require them period but we do not live in a functional America. Consequently we may wind up not having them.

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 07:13 PM (Int1s)

I've been double willowed today asking, How do you run a Democratic Republic when more than half of the citizens live in a fictional online world rather than the Republic itself?

Nvidia is forecasting about $500 billion in profits next year. If we see rolling changes in forecasts across the industry, that'd prove Dems were serious. I will count on their corruption, and once they've extracted their vig, some state somewhere will build a fook ton of NG power plants and cookie cutter data centers.

If you want a canary in the coal mine, all roads for power generation lead to GE Vernova. If Libs are cancelling power production projects en masse, it will show up here.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at November 05, 2026 07:37 PM (r7+Q7)

124 Structurally, we can't take back the senate until 2033 at the earliest.

And that would take a similar Red Tsunmai in order to do it.

Basically, America f***** itself proper on Wednesday.

And just one aspect, the donks now have a majority of governorships, including Texas.

That alone is pretty much an atomic suplex off the top rope all by itself.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 05, 2026 07:38 PM (XV/Pl)

125 Please. Let AI design their guns.
It'll be fun.
Posted by: rickb223

Why does it have fifty barrels and no trigger?
Posted by: Methos

A belt-fed, bolt-action handgun? With a bayonet lug? Why not?

Posted by: also tacticool optics! at November 05, 2026 07:39 PM (VHUov)

126 94. That's not Kosher.
Posted by: garrett

Nor Halah.

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 05, 2026 07:39 PM (NFX2v)

127 Why does my pee smell like bacon?

Posted by: That guy at November 05, 2026 07:40 PM (MWfyi)

128 We shall all have fibre to the home speed internet
Progress
We do not need Data Centers
Progress
What does the High Speed Internet connect to
Moar Progress

Elon My High Speed Internet does not need wires or fibre
Hangings

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 05, 2026 07:40 PM (/+uur)

129 If you want a canary in the coal mine, all roads for power generation lead to GE Vernova. If Libs are cancelling power production projects en masse, it will show up here.
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd

Libs only know what they want. They have no idea how to get there.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 07:40 PM (j8OG7)

130 @107. Shut up and take the money!

And spend it fast, it will lose value every day.

Posted by: Case at November 05, 2026 07:41 PM (En+fz)

131 Got gloating txts from a relative after Tuesday. Practically giddy. How to ignore them at a thing I have to go to Saturday? I need practical strategies.

Posted by: H at November 05, 2026 07:41 PM (JSLNb)

132 Why does it have fifty barrels and no trigger?
Posted by: Methos

A belt-fed, bolt-action handgun? With a bayonet lug? Why not?
Posted by: also tacticool optics!

Why does my revolver only take one round?

Yes folks, I have seen these AI monstrosities that I speak of. The person trying to build the AI picture/story has no clue about firearms. Much like politicians.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 07:42 PM (j8OG7)

133 Not the first time I just got out of the shower and had to call nude

Le CAFE IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS

Posted by: Skip at November 05, 2026 07:42 PM (Ia/+0)

134 That alone is pretty much an atomic suplex off the top rope all by itself.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 05, 2026 07:38 PM (XV/Pl)

I'm afraid we as a country are fucked. Not fucked in the usual way. Not missionary position or even doggie style. No, this is tied upside down with leather straps and boned in the ass style.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at November 05, 2026 07:43 PM (QaH55)

135 How to ignore them at a thing I have to go to Saturday? I need practical strategies.
Posted by: H at November 05, 2026 07:41 PM (JSLNb)

Ignore her.

If she insists upon herself, tell her you don't care to talk about it.

If she continues to press, bite out a piece of her cheek.

You're welcome.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 05, 2026 07:43 PM (BI5O2)

136 Jamie Raskin promised in an interview that Democrats’ top priority in January will be Universal gun registration.

Yeah, good luck with that.

That's a red line for a whole lot of folks.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 05, 2026 07:43 PM (lBovM)

137 H

I am silent to those that mock me. For now.

Seriously, Get them to talk about what their new plans are now with their new power. Ask for predictions. Let them talk.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 05, 2026 07:43 PM (u82oZ)

138 "How to ignore them at a thing I have to go to Saturday? I need practical strategies.
Posted by: H"

Just smile and strike fear.

Posted by: fd at November 05, 2026 07:44 PM (MWfyi)

139 I use numerous AI everyday for work and for my own tools.

For instance, I created my own Plex replacement, my own YouTube replacement, account and password managers, games, utilities, etc.

Now I can program all of this manually without AI, but I would never be able to get the production just by myself.

I can pretty much build whatever I can think of.

In fact, you can now reverse engineer everything.

People have started making mashup games of say Minecraft with Fortnight.

That's the promise of AI, you can things that you actually own and control.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 05, 2026 07:44 PM (XV/Pl)

140 131 Got gloating txts from a relative after Tuesday. Practically giddy. How to ignore them at a thing I have to go to Saturday? I need practical strategies.
Posted by: H

Bourbon.
Or punch one in the mouth. The rest will get the idea.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 05, 2026 07:44 PM (FifQ2)

141 In any event, I don't really look to China for sober decision-making. Sham numbers in a corrupt economy; empty and unfinished city projects; has to steal all IP in reach; produces products known for their inferior quality; not enough women for the future due to centralized planning of reproduction; sabre rattling but no recent military experience of any note; uncertain line of succession after the current gerontocrat kicks it. These guys give me USSR vibes.

The weird thing to me is that companies continue to pour money into China. The product/QC is crap, there's almost no (percentage-wise at least) Chinese market for your goods, they're going to steal everything about your designs that they can and make a rip-off for 1/10th the price. *WHY?!* They were never that delusionally-investive with the USSR nor modern Russia?

Posted by: RandomDave at November 05, 2026 07:45 PM (aJQbY)

142 Nood

Posted by: NCKate at November 05, 2026 07:45 PM (enNUy)

143 119 Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 07:36 PM (HFrEr)

Eh, they are smarter than Ivan....

they accepted "just the tip" capitalism and found the worst of both worlds and also use the western left more effectively....

I hate them less than the Soviets, and more.

AI is good in its narrow lanes, it makes up things and if you give it the same parameters in a controlled data set of scenario 50 times you get hallucinatory patterns it makes stuff up that undermines its utility as a laboratory aid in scale simulations in a dynamic environment.

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 07:45 PM (Int1s)

144 131 Got gloating txts from a relative after Tuesday. Practically giddy. How to ignore them at a thing I have to go to Saturday? I need practical strategies.
Posted by: H

=========

Be polite.
Minimize contact.

Posted by: Dr. Laura Advice at November 05, 2026 07:46 PM (2Ez/1)

145 131 Got gloating txts from a relative after Tuesday. Practically giddy. How to ignore them at a thing I have to go to Saturday? I need practical strategies.
Posted by: H

=========

Be polite.
Minimize contact.

Posted by: Dr. Laura Advice at November 05, 2026 07:46 PM (2Ez/1)

146 How to ignore them at a thing I have to go to Saturday? I need practical strategies.
Posted by: H
---------
Make a bingo card. Every time they gloat pull it out of your pocket, mark a square, nod knowingly at them.

Posted by: scampydog at November 05, 2026 07:46 PM (sGzLm)

147 oops

Posted by: I gotta ask at November 05, 2026 07:46 PM (2Ez/1)

148 141 Posted by: RandomDave at November 05, 2026 07:45 PM (aJQbY)

China bribes the right people, offers intervention in your domestic politics absent the rage inducing stigma the Soviets incurred....as simple as that.

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 07:47 PM (Int1s)

149 Seriously, Get them to talk about what their new plans are now with their new power. Ask for predictions. Let them talk.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 05, 2026 07:43 PM (u82oZ)
___

While mentally keeping notes.

And don't forget to smile.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 05, 2026 07:47 PM (lBovM)

150 Unexpectedly!

Crude oil prices also dropped, as if by magic.

weird, innit?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at November 05, 2026 07:48 PM (VyBeY)

151 I can pretty much build whatever I can think of.

In fact, you can now reverse engineer everything.

You sound like one dangerous, bad ass man. As long as you can find a YouTube Video.

What a fucking loon.

Posted by: Really at November 05, 2026 08:02 PM (siaA4)

152 So, if I could REALLY BUILD WHATEVER I COULD THINK OF ?

I'd probably start with Priss.

Or at least Reverse Engineer her.

Posted by: Really at November 05, 2026 08:04 PM (siaA4)

153 Now, if you can show me how Alexa can walk me through building Priss ?

I'm all ears. Dumb Ass.

Posted by: Really at November 05, 2026 08:06 PM (siaA4)

154 i can't wait for the socialists.To put in price controls on gasoline, After all, they worked so well in the seventies.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at November 05, 2026 08:07 PM (PKL0q)

155 i can't wait for the socialists.To put in price controls on gasoline, After all, they worked so well in the seventies.

That sounds like Socialism. And we all know America just didn't tolerate that until the fuckin' Millennials.

Shame !!!

Posted by: Really at November 05, 2026 08:11 PM (siaA4)

156 I drove eight hours today and, as is my wont, I listened to NPR to "angry up the blood" and keep me from getting drowsy.

Apparently the stock market crashing and losing a couple of trillion dollars is actually a good thing.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 05, 2026 09:16 PM (4NO2D)

157 and least, that's the NPC programming from Yegg Central.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 05, 2026 09:17 PM (4NO2D)

158 I will note that I made 5.86% on my tech shorts today, as any good capitalist parasite should do.

Hey ... maybe all the NPR experts were shorting too and that's why it's a good thing!

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 05, 2026 09:19 PM (4NO2D)

159
Now, if you can show me how Alexa can walk me through building Priss ?
I'm all ears. Dumb Ass.
Posted by: Really

Mmmmmmm. Priss. I'll be in ma bunk.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at November 05, 2026 09:41 PM (QVmho)

Quick Hits

Rep. Ilhan Omar
@Ilhan
We're getting justice and accountability for every single Minnesotan who's suffered under Trump's terrorization of our state.
Our time is now.

Speaking of "Squad" members with tribal vengeance on their minds: Former congressperson and stone-cold racist Cori Bush has registered as a foreign agent for a foreign anti-Israel Dark Money group.

Chuck Ross:

'Squad' Alum Cori Bush Registers as Paid Foreign Agent, Will Lead Anti-Israel Propaganda Tours of West Bank for Shadowy NGO

Bush, who was voted out of Congress in 2024 and told a pro-Israel group she was 'coming to tear your kingdom down,' recently visited the West Bank and complained about 'Jim Crow' treatment
Former Rep. Cori Bush (D., Mo.) has registered as a foreign agent for a shadowy European NGO to lead "fact-finding" missions to the West Bank--part of a seemingly elaborate propaganda campaign against Israel.
The ex-Squad member, who once warned pro-Israel advocacy groups that she was coming to "tear your kingdom down," signed on as an independent contractor for the International Federation for Rights and Development (IFRD), a Brussels-based "human rights" nonprofit, according to disclosures she filed under the Foreign Agents Registration Act last week.
According to the contract, IFRD will pay $25,000 to Bush and her friend and campaign manager, Stephany Spaulding, for a project through January to "coordinate fact-finding delegations" to Gaza and the West Bank to elevate "the narratives of Palestinian farmers and residents with settlers in the West Bank and other occupied territories." The women's contract provides for $6,000 a month in compensation and another $7,000 for dealing with FARA compliance.
It is unclear who funds IFRD, which is led by Palestinian filmmaker Gamaal El Attar. The group does not disclose its backers, but claims it does not receive money from any foreign governments. Bush's foreign agent disclosure pulls back the curtain on its well-orchestrated PR campaign, the details of which have not been previously reported.
...
After the West Bank visit, Bush and Alkam appeared on fired MSNBC firebrand Joy Reid's podcast, where Bush claimed she felt Jim Crow-style treatment from the Israeli military during the trip....

There is good reason to question the rigor of the "fact-finding missions" given threats she has made against Israel and its supporters.
After losing her Democratic primary in 2024, Bush threatened AIPAC after the pro-Israel advocacy group spent heavily in support of her opponent, Rep. Wesley Bell.
"They're about to see this other Cori, this other side," she told supporters. "AIPAC, I'm coming to tear your kingdom down."
"All they did was radicalize me, so now they need to be afraid," said Bush. The Biden administration condemned those remarks.

David Strom on Queen of the Midwits Anne Applebaum.

Who exactly is Anne Applebaum? She is the Queen of the Midwits. Midwits are people with above-average intelligence, but not by nearly as much as they think.
I believe, contrary to what some argue, that of all the people in the world, they are by far the most likely to suffer from the so-called Dunning-Kruger Effect, a well-known intellectual defect in which people wrongly believe they are far more intelligent, competent, and able to see further into a problem than the people around them. They are smart enough to believe they understand something, and too dumb to realize they don't.
Most intellectuals and technocrats fit into this category. Rather than seeing that the systems they are playing with are too complex to control easily, they live under the illusion that they have enough insight to make them work properly. They usually wind up mucking things up horrifically. In many ways, they're the opposite of Javier Milei, who wants to get government out of the way because the market can't be tweaked into perfection; these people believe they can tweak the world and make it obey their fantasies.
Anne Applebaum is a perfect example.

Who wouldn't be impressed? She doesn't just parrot The Narrative(TM); she has been shaping it for decades.

Hillary Clinton was, NeverTrump and their liberal fuck-buddies assure us, more psychologically stable than Donald Trump.

Overton
@overton_news
This is embarrassing.
Failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is on CNN, complaining to Anderson Cooper about her 2016 debate against President Trump.
TEN YEARS LATER, she's still rehashing the debate and explaining what she wishes she had said to Trump.
CLINTON: "You know, one thing I thought about was just like, you know, turn on him really fast and say; 'back up, you creep! You're not going to intimidate me!'"
"I also thought that that would be perceived by people as, you know, me being angry, and Lord knows we don't want an angry woman."
"No, not that, under any circumstances...no matter for what cause."
This is the political equivalent of the guy at the bar still talking about the high school football game he lost, explaining everything he could have done differently.

Old liberal "man" with emotional instability assaults a TP USA worker who is merely voicing his opinions; is arrested for assault, but claims we didn't see the whole exchange. (Apparently this creaky emotionally-labile dicksucker thinks that "the whole exchange" would justify assault.)

I'm so surprised to see a leftwing "man" whose emotions are ungovernable as those of a tween girl with a pill addiction. That's just not the psychology I expect from them.

Well, we didn't lose every House seat:

This man just got elected to Elise Stefanik's seat in far Upstate NY https://t.co/sUXHxJ4CvG
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) November 4, 2026

BREAKING: Missouri State Rep. Anthony Ealy (D) ARRESTED on assauIt charge and disturbing the peace just hours after being reelected
He allegedly entered someone�s house and threatened to kiII them two nights in a row. https://t.co/TQ4YtEy8UJ
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) November 5, 2026

Trump says it�s �probably true� that Republicans lost because of higher gas prices due to the war:
�You have no choice. You have to do it. You can�t let Iran have a nuclear weapon or everything that you see here someday might not exist.� https://t.co/vGtZC6nLGE
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) November 4, 2026

Really bad that the new majority leader of the Texas House of Representatives says that he views himself as locked in struggle against white people.
— Drew Pavlou 🇦🇺🇺🇸🇫🇷🇺🇦🇹🇼 (@DrewPavlou) November 5, 2026

Whoops! I had meant to include the below in the post about Salon and Hasan Piker.

Hasan Piker is special in that he's a foreign thug who is too stupid to conceal his foreign schemes to dominate the west. In a resurfaced clip, the promises that he and his third-world friends will bring down the white race by impregnating white girls.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:40 PM

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1 First?

Posted by: sonofquakersam at November 05, 2026 05:50 PM (PxryL)

2

The New Left is so totally weird.

Member when they were sort of cool, back in the 70s and stuff.

They seem really demented now.

Maybe that's a way to defeat them.

Oh right, the GOP.

Nevermind.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at November 05, 2026 05:53 PM (VuTBl)

3 Piker's Turkish, ain't he?

Ain't Turks more or less white?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 05:54 PM (aKiSo)

4 Rep. Ilhan Omar @Ilhan

We're getting justice and accountability for every single Minnesotan who's suffered under Trump's terrorization of our state.
Our time is now.

Which is to say, for every illegal, criminal dem in Minnesota.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 05:55 PM (l3cgK)

5 Hippies were never cool.

Posted by: BruceWayne at November 05, 2026 05:55 PM (YZ0Fo)

6 3 Piker's Turkish, ain't he?

Ain't Turks more or less white?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 05:54 PM (aKiSo)

I never see them at the meetings.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 05:55 PM (HFrEr)

7 'Squad' Alum Cori Bush Registers as Paid Foreign Agent, Will Lead Anti-Israel Propaganda Tours of West Bank for Shadowy NGO

Sure she isn't related to the Texas Bushes?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 05:56 PM (l3cgK)

8 Flower Power Sucks!

Posted by: Guy who relates everything to a Zappa song at November 05, 2026 05:56 PM (MWfyi)

9 The left is composed of evil psychopaths and lunatics.

The next decade is not going to be good.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 05, 2026 05:57 PM (XV/Pl)

10 America will regret this.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 05, 2026 05:57 PM (bFq8h)

11 What kind of dork actually registers as a foreign agent?

You're not supposed to do that, silly.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 05:58 PM (aKiSo)

12 'Squad' Alum Cori Bush Registers as Paid Foreign Agent, Will Lead Anti-Israel Propaganda Tours of West Bank for Shadowy NGO
________________

Solid choice. There is less risk of rape with her.

Posted by: Orson at November 05, 2026 05:59 PM (dIske)

13 If brotherfucking motherfucker Omar isnt deported by the new year, i am going to call trump a name

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at November 05, 2026 05:59 PM (fapp/)

14 Some wag on twixxer posted that we didn't lose this election on Tuesday. We lost it the instant John Thune was put in charge of the Senate. That is EXACTLY correct.

Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at November 05, 2026 05:59 PM (V362x)

15 Hillary Clinton was, NeverTrump and their liberal fuck-buddies assure us, more psychologically stable than Donald Trump.

L'esprit de l'escalier sur l'autoroute de l'enfer

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 05:59 PM (l3cgK)

16 Imagine if Elon's $500 million had been spent on homeless people in LA. Perhaps there would be twice as many.

Posted by: PG at November 05, 2026 06:00 PM (7cQi1)

17 Omar only has to hold on for two years and she'll be scot free. Her lawyers can do that in their sleep.

Posted by: fd at November 05, 2026 06:01 PM (MWfyi)

18 9 The left is composed of evil psychopaths and lunatics.

The next decade is not going to be good.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 05, 2026 05:57 PM (XV/Pl)

It might wind up being kind of awesome. They really think they can let their freak flag fly now, but they haven't done the groundwork you really need to do to make a revolution work. The vast majority of the country is still paying next to zero attention to things. The lurch from "man, stuff is kind of expensive these days" to "we're rounding people up and taking away their guns" isn't going to pan out the way they expect it to.

You're supposed to take away their guns first while no one is paying attention, then slowly grind them into abject hopelessness, *then* you start rounding up the undesirables.

You can't just roll out your blessed Revolution because you did unexpectedly well in a fucking midterm election.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 06:01 PM (aKiSo)

19 America will regret this.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 05, 2026 05:57 PM (bFq8h)

As it should.

It should regret a lot of shit.

Like putting up with any if this as long as we have.

My hope is that the coming storm focuses a lot of minds and gets people to start openly discussing just how much they care to remain in this Union.

It's a suicide pact.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 05, 2026 06:01 PM (BI5O2)

20 Willard, of course, but evergreen:

222 Apropos of nothing, I shot a lot of .45 ACP yesterday.
Jacketed Semi Wadcutters. Made a very crisp and clean entry hole.
Posted by: RI Red at November 05, 2026 05:53 PM (zYph5)

Posted by: RI Red at November 05, 2026 06:02 PM (zYph5)

21 CLINTON: "You know, one thing I thought about was just like, you know, turn on him really fast and say; 'back up, you creep! You're not going to intimidate me!'"

__________________________

That sort of play acting worked just fine in NY against her opponent, Rick Lazio. Lazio is one of the most innocuous looking, non-intimidating people out there. The media grabbed onto it and Hillary rode that bit of drama into office.

Posted by: Orson at November 05, 2026 06:03 PM (dIske)

22 "The lurch from "man, stuff is kind of expensive these days" to "we're rounding people up and taking away their guns" isn't going to pan out the way they expect it to."

I aint going to no camp but there will be plenty who will. I didn't buy all this ammo for nothing.

Posted by: fd at November 05, 2026 06:03 PM (MWfyi)

23 Something tells me that some of these lunatics that have just been elected to the House aren't going to be too amenable to Ocasio-Cortez retaining her lofty position as Star of the Party.

Posted by: Moonbeam at November 05, 2026 06:03 PM (Lzhdy)

24 Regrets are something that people who have some primitive sense of cause and effect sometimes experience. Americans are not those people.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 06:03 PM (HFrEr)

25 They live and die by the cheat code. They don't even know what "earning it" looks like.

They will make a mess, and things will suck, of course, but they'll never actually *win*. They're too stupid, too impatient, and far too spoiled and delusional.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 06:04 PM (aKiSo)

26 16 Imagine if Elon's $500 million had been spent on homeless people in LA. Perhaps there would be twice as many.

Posted by: PG at November 05, 2026 06:00 PM (7cQi1)

You DO get more of what you pay for...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 06:04 PM (l3cgK)

27 *reads previous post*

So Vice will gain sex readers?

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 05, 2026 06:05 PM (2GVsD)

28 I have decided to assume a new name to adjust to the new Socialist Democrat Commie Party.

From this day on I will be addressed a Usama Bin Shallamer. I will also get Dreadlocks on what little hair I have left.

I have also changed my religion to Rastafarian to fit in with the Party ideals...

Jah and Smoke more Gunja Man..

Posted by: Cluck Schoemer at November 05, 2026 06:05 PM (mrJNc)

29 And another thing I should have said was, "You're just a bully. You're just a big mean bully, Donald. And, you know, stuff like that."

Posted by: Hillary Havisham at November 05, 2026 06:05 PM (KGrz7)

30 I aint going to no camp ...
Posted by: fd at November 05, 2026 06:03 PM (MWfyi)

Well, hold on, let's at least ask them if there's going to be canoeing and smores.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 06:05 PM (HFrEr)

31 John Kerry is 82 years old...time to add him to my dead pool for 2027?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 06:06 PM (l3cgK)

32 "I also thought that that would be perceived by people as, you know, me being angry, and Lord knows we don't want an angry woman."

"No, not that, under any circumstances...no matter for what cause."

Angry Hillary! = Arkancide

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 05, 2026 06:06 PM (0sNs1)

33 Elon might need to buy his on country to stay away from the grips of the Marxists around the world

Posted by: Skip at November 05, 2026 06:06 PM (Ia/+0)

34 29 And another thing I should have said was, "You're just a bully. You're just a big mean bully, Donald. And, you know, stuff like that."
Posted by: Hillary Havisham at November 05, 2026 06:05 PM (KGrz7)

A real poopyhead who is just plain not nice!

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 06:06 PM (HFrEr)

35 29 And another thing I should have said was, "You're just a bully. You're just a big mean bully, Donald. And, you know, stuff like that."
Posted by: Hillary Havisham at November 05, 2026 06:05 PM (KGrz7)

Fucking jerk store.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 06:06 PM (aKiSo)

36 32 "I also thought that that would be perceived by people as, you know, me being angry, and Lord knows we don't want an angry woman."

"No, not that, under any circumstances...no matter for what cause."

Angry Hillary! = Arkancide

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 05, 2026 06:06 PM (0sNs1)

Which is the same as Annoyed Hilary...
Which is the same as Happy Hilary...
Which is the same as...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 06:07 PM (l3cgK)

37 Anne Applebaum, how many milli-Kohns is she?

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 05, 2026 06:07 PM (2GVsD)

38 Jokes on him, white girls know how to get rid or unwanted pregnancies.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 05, 2026 06:07 PM (dHi1g)

39 35 29 And another thing I should have said was, "You're just a bully. You're just a big mean bully, Donald. And, you know, stuff like that."
Posted by: Hillary Havisham at November 05, 2026 06:05 PM (KGrz7)

Fucking jerk store.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 06:06 PM (aKiSo)

I am not familiar with that store...is it perhaps a massage parlor or brothel?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 06:08 PM (l3cgK)

40 Since we have 2 years before the next elections, we should spend the 1st 6 months *purging* those who pretended to be on "our" side that weren't.

Let's start with Thune. I don't want him out of Republican leadership. I want him out of the Republican party. Let him caucus with the Dems--at least we'd all know where we stand.

And there's about 100 more stops along the way until we wind up with all of the turncoats who "wrote in" Ralph Norman in South Carolina (whom Graham had beaten in the Republican primary). I don't care if it was only a couple of hundred write-in votes, or a couple of thousand, and I don't care if it wouldn't have changed the results. Those write-ins were a betrayal of the party, and the fact that any of us know about it means that perhaps other people stayed home rather than coming out to vote for the Republican candidate.

Posted by: Crusader at November 05, 2026 06:08 PM (Cjcf6)

41 I keep seeing more posts about how the election outcome was impossible. It does seem very unlikely, without even looking at the details. Solid red states just flipping to vote for radical leftists, flips of 20-30%.

Perhaps the cheat was so big that we just decided, "oh crap, must be real". It seems a lot like 2020 all over again, same scams. I hope some of the smart guys are still looking into it.

Posted by: illiniwek at November 05, 2026 06:08 PM (vbXSk)

42 John Kerry is 82 years old...time to add him to my dead pool for 2027?

Found in a vat of Heinz?

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 05, 2026 06:08 PM (2GVsD)

43
CLINTON: "You know, one thing I thought about was just like, you know, turn on him really fast and say; 'back up, you creep! You're not going to intimidate me!'"

================

OH.
MY.
GOD.

She's still saying those exact words???

I literally counted the number of times she said them to audiences and interviewers in 2017-2018 and it was... 8 times, 10 times? I collected them in a video somewhere.

That was how I knew she was clinically obsessed. I try to stop obsessing on things, rewriting scripts in my head, because I'm afraid that after I have my old-age brain-frying stroke I'll be sitting there in my chair all day saying them over and over like a ratchedy parrot. It's going to happen to her.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 05, 2026 06:08 PM (mmrXZ)

44 Trump actually accomplished regime change.
Just in DC instead of Tehran.

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at November 05, 2026 06:08 PM (MNCvZ)

45 33 Elon might need to buy his on country to stay away from the grips of the Marxists around the world

Posted by: Skip at November 05, 2026 06:06 PM (Ia/+0)

That won't work; they'll come to you...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 06:08 PM (l3cgK)

46 @18

>> You can't just roll out your blessed Revolution because you did unexpectedly well in a fucking midterm election.

It’s not the revolution stuff I’m worried about, it’s all the stupid evil sh*t they are going to do along the road to revolution.

And make no mistake, we are now in a tight spot as the gains the dems made are spectacular and will require massive GOP gains with no setbacks just to get back to equilibrium.

Yesterdays election was a pretty big f***** deal.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 05, 2026 06:08 PM (XV/Pl)

47 By the time we get to 28, democrats will believe Jews and Arabs were BFF until Trump and Bibi concocted 10/7.
Ossoff totally has a shot at the nomination. Would raving antisemites actually nominate a Semite?

Posted by: Accomack at November 05, 2026 06:09 PM (Dpv2s)

48 You can't just roll out your blessed Revolution because you did unexpectedly well in a fucking midterm election.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 06:01 PM

That may not have worked in the past, but that's because the right people weren't in charge.

Posted by: Democrat Socialists of America at November 05, 2026 06:09 PM (0sNs1)

49
Hillary Havisham

==============

Perfect.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 05, 2026 06:09 PM (mmrXZ)

50 " I hope some of the smart guys are still looking into it.
Posted by: illiniwek "

Based on past experience it will just be waved away. Voting is a farce.

Posted by: fd at November 05, 2026 06:09 PM (MWfyi)

51 Democrats don't have enough seats in Congress to impeach anyone.
They can't pass any laws without Trump's signature.
They are full of sound and fury, signifying nothing -- just like Republicans when they win Congress. Endless hearings, speeches, blah, blah, blah.
Divided government tends to spend less and screw with our lives less.

Posted by: 29Victor at November 05, 2026 06:10 PM (0MjtC)

52 Dhillon quit because she failed, fell on her sword so to speak.

Posted by: Accomack at November 05, 2026 06:10 PM (Dpv2s)

53 Sounds like Open Season been declared on certain demographic.

Posted by: tubal at November 05, 2026 06:11 PM (Gqar8)

54 "Democrats don't have enough seats in Congress to impeach anyone."

It's never stopped them before.

Posted by: fd at November 05, 2026 06:11 PM (MWfyi)

55 I would take any of the Mitford sisters over Hillary, even the one who married Oswald Mosley.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 05, 2026 06:11 PM (2GVsD)

56
We can't live with these people anymore -

Collin Rugg
@CollinRugg
·
55m
Podcasters Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan can't stop laughing at the thought of digging up Charlie Kirk's corpse and "doing it" again to him.

After laughing for 30 seconds straight, the women falsely claimed that Tyler Robinson was a 'MAGA person.'

They will celebrate your death, laugh uncontrollably, and still be fully convinced they're the "good guys."

Posted by: beckster at November 05, 2026 06:11 PM (kX27y)

57
The dog caught the car.

Too bad the dog is rabid, retarded, insane, loaded with parasites and STDs.

Now, maybe the dog can cause the car to crash.

But, if the dog goes all full-goose loony on the car, it's liable to get runover.

That's more or less where we are right now.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 05, 2026 06:11 PM (YSUhf)

58 37 Anne Applebaum, how many milli-Kohns is she?
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 05, 2026 06:07 PM (2GVsD)

It's kind of like Ohms and Henrys for resistance and inductance. Two different things.

The milliKohn measures raw ignorance, where the Applebaum is the SI unit for reactive obtuseness.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 06:11 PM (aKiSo)

59 Massie to try and bring Hegseth impeachment vote in the next couple weeks.

Posted by: BruceWayne at November 05, 2026 06:12 PM (YZ0Fo)

60 Fucking jerk store.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 06:06 PM (aKiSo)

I am not familiar with that store...is it perhaps a massage parlor or brothel?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 06:08 PM

It sells a type of Jamacian cuisine.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 05, 2026 06:12 PM (0sNs1)

61 Democrats don't have enough seats in Congress to impeach anyone.
They can't pass any laws without Trump's signature.
They are full of sound and fury, signifying nothing -- just like Republicans when they win Congress. Endless hearings, speeches, blah, blah, blah.
Divided government tends to spend less and screw with our lives less.
-
Congress isn't the problem.

The governors, and the Dem's street armies are.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 05, 2026 06:12 PM (vSvIl)

62 54 "Democrats don't have enough seats in Congress to impeach anyone."

It's never stopped them before.
Posted by: fd at November 05, 2026 06:11 PM (MWfyi)

Yeah, so they can have endless hearings and raise money -- just like Congressional Republicans.

At least it keeps them off the streets.

Posted by: 29Victor at November 05, 2026 06:13 PM (0MjtC)

63 "Fucking jerk store.

Posted by: Warai-otoko"

You'll be hearing from our lawyers.

Posted by: Bucky's at November 05, 2026 06:13 PM (MWfyi)

64
"I also thought that that would be perceived by people as, you know, me being angry, and Lord knows we don't want an angry woman."

"No, not that, under any circumstances...no matter for what cause."
--------

I agree with you, Hilary, and so did most of the country! We sure didn't want you, you angry woman. And like most bitter, angry women, you still haven't forgiven us.

Posted by: bluebell at November 05, 2026 06:13 PM (uyuYG)

65 "Fucking jerk store.

A Kamala Harris enterprise?

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 05, 2026 06:13 PM (2GVsD)

66 Why would you consider someone with resting witch face angry?

Posted by: fd at November 05, 2026 06:14 PM (MWfyi)

67 Ace probably realizes it , but this site will most likely be shut down in January unless the Democrats choose to keep it open to harvest scalps.

Posted by: Prytsh at November 05, 2026 06:14 PM (Pos+C)

68 You guys need to check out the Basic Logic channel on YouTube. The latest video is a real doozy.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 05, 2026 06:15 PM (dHi1g)

69
The governors, and the Dem's street armies are.
Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 05, 2026 06:12 PM (vSvIl)

They had the street armies before, now they have a president who will shut them down. And the governors? Like in Texas? It looks like the current Texas legislature might pass laws to keep them from doing too much harm and, even though they gained seats, Democrats don't have control of the Texas Legislature, so they can't pass any laws.

Posted by: 29Victor at November 05, 2026 06:15 PM (0MjtC)

70 Surprised the MN Morons didn't raise it to 17......

For most sixth-graders, school is a place to learn, make friends and enjoy being a kid. But for one 11-year-old Braham girl, it’s become a place of fear after months of alleged relentless bullying culminated in two attacks at her school bus stop, both captured on video.

Now, her mother is demanding answers from school officials and calling for changes to a Minnesota law passed in 2024 under the state’s DFL trifecta that raised the minimum age for juvenile delinquency proceedings from 10 to 13. The law took effect Aug. 1, 2026, just months before the attacks.

Shannon Kobinski told Alpha News her daughter has been repeatedly harassed and physically assaulted by the same student since last school year, despite multiple suspensions and other disciplinary measures by the Braham Public School District.

Posted by: beckster at November 05, 2026 06:15 PM (kX27y)

71 Tehran, it’s 2:45 AM and it’s still there.
So is Peking.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 06:15 PM (+iKN/)

72 *brushes up on Morse code*

Posted by: fd at November 05, 2026 06:15 PM (MWfyi)

73 (Pos+C)

Appropriate hash, couldn't spell it any clearer what you are.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 05, 2026 06:16 PM (2GVsD)

74 67 Ace probably realizes it , but this site will most likely be shut down in January unless the Democrats choose to keep it open to harvest scalps.

Posted by: Prytsh at November 05, 2026 06:14 PM (Pos+C)

The Dems in the US have say over the .nu web addresses?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 06:16 PM (l3cgK)

75 Why do all lib boomer "males" look like they've been sucking on lemons?

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at November 05, 2026 06:16 PM (lfNXu)

76 The routers can filter any site. Just like the Chinese.

Posted by: fd at November 05, 2026 06:17 PM (MWfyi)

77
I am not familiar with that store...is it perhaps a massage parlor or brothel?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 06:08 PM

++++

Seinfeld's George Costanza reference.

Posted by: washrivergal at November 05, 2026 06:17 PM (KGrz7)

78 71 Tehran, it’s 2:45 AM and it’s still there.
So is Peking.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 06:15 PM (+iKN/)

Peking Duck > Tehran Goat

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 06:17 PM (l3cgK)

79 Democrats choose to keep it open to harvest scalps.
Posted by: Prytsh at November 05, 2026 06:14 PM (Pos+C)

For that bald lady? You know, she’s an alpaca.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 05, 2026 06:17 PM (dHi1g)

80 We can just hang out in the PBS comments sections.

Posted by: fd at November 05, 2026 06:18 PM (MWfyi)

81 73 (Pos+C)

Appropriate hash, couldn't spell it any clearer what you are.
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 05, 2026 06:16 PM (2GVsD)

Positive for Hep C?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 06:18 PM (HFrEr)

82 I miss your fisks ace. The salon one was gold.

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 06:18 PM (vE0+H)

83 Great news every one! Texas's top executives will be middle aged women. Texas's top court also gets 4 leftist womyn. But don't worry, their feelings will rule everything. Remember, if womyn are in charge everything will be rainbows and unicorns!////

Posted by: lin-duh at November 05, 2026 06:18 PM (VCgbV)

84 The Dems in the US have say over the .nu web addresses?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 06:16 PM (l3cgK)

Yes! A simple majority in Congress gives them god-like powers over the entire world! The only solution is to be constantly terrified and to scare as many other people as possible.

Posted by: 29Victor at November 05, 2026 06:18 PM (0MjtC)

85 75 Why do all lib boomer "males" look like they've been sucking on lemons?

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at November 05, 2026 06:16 PM (lfNXu)

Because their libbie wives have vinegar tits?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 06:18 PM (l3cgK)

86 Socialists in their attempt to control the Internet will probably cause the central DNS servers to crash, thus wiping out the whole Internet.

I would be greatly amused.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 05, 2026 06:19 PM (2GVsD)

87 Not my issue, but Israel issuing permits to visit the West Bank seems improbable?

Posted by: Goatweed at November 05, 2026 06:19 PM (jK3NL)

88 *brushes up on Morse code*
Posted by: fd at November 05, 2026 06:15 PM

-... . / ... ..- .-. . / - --- / -.. .-. .. -. -.- / -.-- --- ..- .-. / --- ...- .- .-.. - .. -. .

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 05, 2026 06:19 PM (0sNs1)

89 Texas constitution was designed to thwart carpetbaggers so state wise not too much headway. But Fed control could make a mess

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 06:19 PM (+iKN/)

90 I get disagreeing about politics. But as you get more progressive, you get more emotional about it.

That has always been a huge turnoff for me - emotionally incontinent people screaming about dark money...

Posted by: notalawyer at November 05, 2026 06:20 PM (fR677)

91 Bear

I read it as Piece of Sh1t + Cvnt

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 05, 2026 06:20 PM (2GVsD)

92 Wanna hear something funny?

Seattle is sounding more sane than a lot of places.

I’ll stay right here, thank you very much.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 05, 2026 06:20 PM (U6vhD)

93 Shannon Kobinski told Alpha News her daughter has been repeatedly harassed and physically assaulted by the same student since last school year, despite multiple suspensions and other disciplinary measures by the Braham Public School District.

Posted by: beckster

democrat. probably voted for a Somali goatraper.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 05, 2026 06:20 PM (bFq8h)

94 75 Why do all lib boomer "males" look like they've been sucking on lemons?
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at November 05, 2026 06:16 PM (lfNXu)

A lifetime of Soyjakhood takes its toll.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 06:20 PM (HFrEr)

95 I need to download some books on skinning hogs and stuff before they take it down.

*rummages around on Gutenberg for blacksmithing books*

Posted by: fd at November 05, 2026 06:20 PM (MWfyi)

96 That guy who took Stefanik's old seat is actually very impressive. Self-made businessman and all-round smart and decent guy. Has a flair for the Trumpian media hit but dials it back considerably, which I think plays well. One to watch.

Posted by: Delurker at November 05, 2026 06:20 PM (2Drhq)

97 Hey Omar, or whatever the fu*k your real name is, if any of your fu*king muzzie thugs hurts a hair on the head of any family member of mine, I'll be getting justice too...swiftly.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 05, 2026 06:21 PM (2WIwB)

98 88 *brushes up on Morse code*
Posted by: fd at November 05, 2026 06:15 PM

-... . / ... ..- .-. . / - --- / -.. .-. .. -. -.- / -.-- --- ..- .-. / --- ...- .- .-.. - .. -. .

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 05, 2026 06:19 PM (0sNs1)

.. / -.- -. . .-- / .. - / .-- --- ..- .-.. -.. / -... . / - .... .. ... .-.-.-

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 06:21 PM (l3cgK)

99 I'm really sick of all this shit.
Can we just get this over with?

I'm outnumbered in my area of Canada but shit.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 05, 2026 06:22 PM (Sco7b)

100 I think the Left is best described as those people who start running from the police to avoid a small traffic fine. They want utopia, but just keep escalating the horrors trying to avoid admitting that they are on the wrong path.

Every action just makes things worse. Every second, it is obvious that the best time to stop and deal with the consequences was in the past, but the second best time is right now. They can't help themselves.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at November 05, 2026 06:22 PM (vgpe/)

101 I'd also say, more progressive is always coupled with three things

1) Confusion of the meaning of common words

2) completely historical ignorance. No, scratch that, a very poor and confused grasp of history while at the same time, thinking they have a very good understanding of history.

3) Thinking extremely complex problems are simple and easily solved.

Posted by: notalawyer at November 05, 2026 06:22 PM (fR677)

102 They have the choice of governing or boiling the rabbit
that is it
They will boil the rabbit
Maybe make hassenpfffer but most likely just boil the rabbit
If Trump can just shut the fuck up for 5 days out of 7 they will boil the rabbit.
Then on Sat and Sun say, we asked for affordability and they boiled the rabbit.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 05, 2026 06:22 PM (/+uur)

103 I need to download some books on skinning hogs and stuff before they take it down.

*rummages around on Gutenberg for blacksmithing books*
Posted by: fd at November 05, 2026 06:20 PM

When they outlaw trebuchets, only outlaws will have trebuchets.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 05, 2026 06:22 PM (0sNs1)

104 Shrimp Store!!!
--Hilary Rodham Costanza

Posted by: No Name Today at November 05, 2026 06:22 PM (8mulE)

105 They will celebrate your death, laugh uncontrollably, and still be fully convinced they're the "good guys."
Posted by: beckster at November 05, 2026 06:11 PM (kX27y)

Claiming to be the good guys and believing it are two different things. It turns out you can just say things.

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 06:22 PM (vE0+H)

106 99 I'm really sick of all this shit.
Can we just get this over with?

I'm outnumbered in my area of Canada but shit.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 05, 2026 06:22 PM (Sco7b)

Sandy Eggo used to be red...then it became purple. Not it's a shade of blue...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 06:22 PM (l3cgK)

107 Look on the bright side of life, Hillary will never be President.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 05, 2026 06:23 PM (2GVsD)

108 .-- . -. - -.-- / -... ..- -.-. -.- ... / ... .- -- . / .- ... / .. -. / - --- .-- -.

Ok. Now we have to settle on a frequency.

Posted by: fd at November 05, 2026 06:23 PM (MWfyi)

109 Hillary is saying things in response to f fake impression.
Rewatch that own hall debate, and you will realize Trump wasn't stalking her, he was returning to his podium.
We got the wrong idea because it was set up as a round theater, and the candidates were crisscrossing the stage.
I only noticed because i though Trump was reading Hillary's notes.

Posted by: MikeN at November 05, 2026 06:24 PM (vlMr0)

110 oops. "-"

Posted by: fd at November 05, 2026 06:25 PM (MWfyi)

111 107 Look on the bright side of life, Hillary will never be President.

Hillary never being POTUS is always a day-brightener!

Posted by: Delurker at November 05, 2026 06:25 PM (2Drhq)

112 .. / -.- -. . .-- / .. - / .-- --- ..- .-.. -.. / -... . / - .... .. ... .-.-.-
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 06:21 PM

.... --- .-. -.. . / - .-. .- -.. .. - .. --- -. ... / -- ..- ... - / -... . / .... --- -. --- .-. . -..

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 05, 2026 06:25 PM (0sNs1)

113 Look on the bright side of life, Hillary will never be President.
Posted by: Anna Puma
-- -
She may take another stab at it since Trump is not running...

Posted by: lin-duh at November 05, 2026 06:25 PM (VCgbV)

114 100 I think the Left is best described as those people who start running from the police to avoid a small traffic fine. They want utopia but just keep escalating the horrors trying to avoid admitting that they are on the wrong path.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at November 05, 2026 06:22 PM (vgpe/)

Dear lord, yes, this too. Just a constant doubling down on what didn't work. I characterized it as a poor grasp of history, but this is even better - taking extreme actions to avoid minor (and mostly imaginary) consequences. A great example was their "ideas" about how trump would arrest voters, or have ICE agents at the ballot box, or whatever. or their plans to prosecute people over what they "might" do.

Posted by: notalawyer at November 05, 2026 06:26 PM (fR677)

115 What's the frequency, Kenneth?

Posted by: D. Rather at November 05, 2026 06:26 PM (2Ez/1)

116 Look on the bright side of life, Hillary will never be President.
----

Whenever I need a good laugh I just recall her being chucked like a side of beef into that waiting van when her operating system crashed.

Posted by: Crusader at November 05, 2026 06:27 PM (Cjcf6)

117 Never mind. This hurts my eyes and my head.

Posted by: fd at November 05, 2026 06:27 PM (MWfyi)

118 @67 Prytsh-I sure AF hope they do try to harvest scalps! Please God let them get to it right away! I’ll be sure to post up my full name n address. An opportunity to apply THEIR rules on them. Sounds like a fantastic opportunity!

Posted by: JROD at November 05, 2026 06:27 PM (pj7Y8)

119 hassan pikker reminds me of bluto

Posted by: gnats local 678 at November 05, 2026 06:28 PM (CWTWj)

120 I can always rig up a broadband spark gap transmitter with a car coil.

Posted by: fd at November 05, 2026 06:28 PM (MWfyi)

121 90 I get disagreeing about politics. But as you get more progressive, you get more emotional about it.

That has always been a huge turnoff for me - emotionally incontinent people screaming about dark money...
Posted by: notalawyer at November 05, 2026 06:20 PM

I've never understood freaking out over it. It makes zero sense. Everything is a life or death emergency and I picture them setting up their camera and ring light and checking the lighting and then action. I bet they used the 100th take too.

Posted by: CaliGirl at November 05, 2026 06:28 PM (czPqD)

122 Whenever I need a good laugh I just recall her being chucked like a side of beef into that waiting van when her operating system crashed.
Posted by: Crusader

Yeah, something really bleached her server that day.

Posted by: She Hobbit at November 05, 2026 06:28 PM (ftFVW)

123 So my Medicare is about $500/mth
70 mil on Medicare and 350 M Americans
280,000,000*500*12=1.68 T per year.
In 2025, the federal government collected $2.66 trillion.
Taxes would go up 63% just to collect Medicare payments.
That does not cover the payouts.

Posted by: r hennigantx at November 05, 2026 06:29 PM (/+uur)

124 They're on instruments!

Posted by: Airplane! at November 05, 2026 06:29 PM (Cqx++)

125 119 hassan pikker reminds me of bluto
Posted by: gnats local 678 at November 05, 2026 06:28 PM (CWTWj)

Tough talking Badass, ain’t he??

Posted by: tubal at November 05, 2026 06:29 PM (Gqar8)

126
You really have to watch these 2 yukking it up. Sick.

https://tinyurl.com/39yz5zdr
Spencer Pratt
@spencerpratt
·
57m
The melting wax statue of Bill Nye with a blonde wig laughs uncontrollably over the thought of digging up Charlie Kirk and killing him twice.
These are not democrats. These are communists. And they are evil. We have a communist violence problem.

Posted by: beckster at November 05, 2026 06:29 PM (kX27y)

127 Appelbaum's husband is the Foreign Minister of Poland under Tusk. That woman huffs her own farts

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 05, 2026 06:30 PM (8VNAp)

128 So how will this end?

-- China starts war in Pacific. (Trust me, it won't just be Taiwan)
-- Dollar crashes. World wide depression
-- Germany and Russia sign "pact" to split Poland, and both invade
-- SI singularity makes all online systems unreliable and shuts down world economy
-- Islamic rioting erupts worldwide. Martial law, mass slaughter and starvation

Any more? Should we start a pool?

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at November 05, 2026 06:30 PM (vgpe/)

129 I'm on the 95% that American voters really are that stupid and 5% there was some massive hidden way they were able to cheat all across the country. It'd be bigger but I just can't see how they could do it other than the counting machines just were programmed to change votes, but that could be discovered. Mail-in ballots and no voter ID are the death of the GOP.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 05, 2026 06:30 PM (n5tGW)

130 Posted by: Crusader at November 05, 2026 06:27 PM (Cjcf6)

That's so funny because just last night I was watching a reaction video ("The Charasmatic Voice") of Weezer's all-time classic vid for "Buddy Holly," and when they got to the line in the song:

Oh, no, what do we do?
Don't look now, but I lost my shoe

I burst out laughing remembering Hillary getting carpet-rolled into that van and the camera shot of her shoe lying in the street! Good times.

Posted by: Delurker at November 05, 2026 06:31 PM (2Drhq)

131 I can always rig up a broadband spark gap transmitter with a car coil.
Posted by: fd at November 05, 2026 06:28 PM

In fairness, you wouldn't have to specify a frequency.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 05, 2026 06:31 PM (0sNs1)

132 >70 mil on Medicare and 350 M Americans
280,000,000*500*12=1.68 T per year.

It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.

Posted by: Kramer at November 05, 2026 06:31 PM (2Ez/1)

133 Shrimp Store!!!
--Hilary Rodham Costanza
Posted by: No Name Today

*Sigh* Yes, my Queen?

Posted by: George Stephanopoulos at November 05, 2026 06:31 PM (0+5z/)

134 Lol for the top photo.

I find myself locked in a situtation of crazy people going full kuru, like that Wu guy. But not blaming white people.

This is the only theory I have.

We are seeing the results of liberal cannibals from a decade ago. If you look up the symptoms, Hag Hillary has had them all on camera.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 05, 2026 06:31 PM (hzuYO)

135 re 128: bill leaves hillary for monica

Posted by: gnats local 678 at November 05, 2026 06:32 PM (CWTWj)

136
The melting wax statue of Bill Nye with a blonde wig laughs uncontrollably over the thought of digging up Charlie Kirk and killing him twice.
These are not democrats. These are communists. And they are evil. We have a communist violence problem.
Posted by: beckster at November 05, 2026 06:29 PM (kX27y)

Past really is prologue.

Posted by: CaliGirl at November 05, 2026 06:32 PM (czPqD)

137 Sandy Eggo used to be red...then it became purple. Not it's a shade of blue...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Mr Furley always voted republican.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 05, 2026 06:32 PM (bFq8h)

138
Omar only has to hold on for two years and she'll be scot free. Her lawyers can do that in their sleep.
Posted by: fd

==============

What scares me is, they say the investigation has "broadened." There are lots more people involved and lots more crimes. Which means the investigation will be "lengthened."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 05, 2026 06:33 PM (mmrXZ)

139 When I voted they asked me for my DL, checked front and back, checked voter roll book, asked me to state what my current address is. Then they handed me a paper ballot. Of course I am a white guy.

Posted by: tubal at November 05, 2026 06:33 PM (Gqar8)

140 The melting wax statue of Bill Nye with a blonde wig laughs uncontrollably over the thought of digging up Charlie Kirk and killing him twice.
---------

So I guess being gracious in victory is off the table...

The covid op and the ops before and after really helped spawn a whole bunch of psychos.

And they're planning on breeding more and more Hitler Jugend.

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 06:34 PM (vE0+H)

141 Mr Furley always voted republican.

They were all Republicans except for Janet. Fucking Janet.

Posted by: Delurker at November 05, 2026 06:34 PM (2Drhq)

142 Listening to Morse is certainly a lot easier than reading it.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 05, 2026 06:34 PM (Cqx++)

143 Any day now Hillary is going to say "Mr Demille, I'm ready for my close up " . The camera will then turn to Bubba floating in the pool, face down

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 05, 2026 06:34 PM (8VNAp)

144 and let's not forget this:

https://tinyurl.com/d2xkxbxn

(not safe for humans)

Posted by: gnats local 678 at November 05, 2026 06:34 PM (CWTWj)

145 43 That was how I knew she was clinically obsessed. I try to stop obsessing on things, rewriting scripts in my head, because I'm afraid that after I have my old-age brain-frying stroke I'll be sitting there in my chair all day saying them over and over like a ratchedy parrot. It's going to happen to her. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 05, 2026 06:08 PM (mmrXZ)

Imagine staying with Bill Clinton after he cheated on you, in front of the whole fucking world. And thinking, well your reward will be becoming the first female president. Then a guy like Trump of all people steals your crown. It's like someone told you if you ate a shit sandwich, you'd get to quarterback for the Steelers. You ate the shit sandwich and...? Instead of you they pulled Bret Farve out of retirement. And nobody cares you ate the shit sandwich. You can't even admit you ate it. But she knows she did.

Posted by: notalawyer at November 05, 2026 06:34 PM (fR677)

146 Apparently, after this election, we will have the gayest Congress in U.S. history.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 05, 2026 06:35 PM (0sNs1)

147 Whenever I need a good laugh I just recall her being chucked like a side of beef into that waiting van when her operating system crashed.
Posted by: Crusader

++++

My favorite remembrance was election night when she was told she won. Chelsea runs up to her and hugs her, Bill walking up behind her and beaming. They were all smiles. It was thrilling.
Poof, it was gone. Sad!

Posted by: washrivergal at November 05, 2026 06:35 PM (KGrz7)

148 Apparently, after this election, we will have the gayest Congress in U.S. history.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Every session adjourns with a musical number?

Posted by: She Hobbit at November 05, 2026 06:36 PM (ftFVW)

149 Fucking Janet.
Posted by: Delurker at November 05, 2026 06:34 PM

Dr. Furter got to long before I did. Sad!

Posted by: Brad Majors at November 05, 2026 06:36 PM (0sNs1)

150 So who to run against Kamala? Someone bland, or someone quirky? Hmmm.

Posted by: tubal at November 05, 2026 06:37 PM (Gqar8)

151 Apparently, after this election, we will have the gayest Congress in U.S. history.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 05, 2026 06:35 PM (0sNs1)
----
The Congressional Bath House is going to be a busy place!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 05, 2026 06:37 PM (s2iZv)

152 My two favorites also - her potato sack toss and her jumping up and down that she won.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 05, 2026 06:37 PM (n5tGW)

153 Gayest Congress ever. Great. It will be Dem controlled, now with more bitchiness

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 05, 2026 06:38 PM (8VNAp)

154 Well, that is an openly gay congress you mean. It's probably over 50% already.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 05, 2026 06:39 PM (n5tGW)

155 Every session adjourns with a musical number?
Posted by: She Hobbit at November 05, 2026 06:36 PM

Well, we won't adjourn as long as Mr. Trump is President.

Posted by: John Thune (Rino-SD) at November 05, 2026 06:39 PM (0sNs1)

156 Bring the piano to the House floor for Show Tunes

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 05, 2026 06:39 PM (bFq8h)

157 Sex, Power, and Money. Same as it ever was, Same as it ever was

Posted by: tubal at November 05, 2026 06:40 PM (Gqar8)

158 Every session adjourns with a musical number?
Posted by: She Hobbit

I seen that movie. Mr. Feeny was in it.

Posted by: BruceWayne at November 05, 2026 06:40 PM (YZ0Fo)

159 re 157: liberal fascism, no?

Posted by: gnats local 678 at November 05, 2026 06:41 PM (CWTWj)

160 Apparently, after this election, we will have the gayest Congress in U.S. history.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 05, 2026 06:35 PM (0sNs1)
----
The Congressional Bath House is going to be a busy place!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 05, 2026 06:37 PM (s2iZv)
******
Well we elected a tranny!
Neener neener!

Posted by: Alabama, The Tranny State at November 05, 2026 06:41 PM (f7yEO)

161 Apparently, after this election, we will have the gayest Congress in U.S. history.
--
If what James O'Keith says it true, I'd correct that to "openly gayest."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 05, 2026 06:41 PM (/Ki2A)

162 Breaking News: Queer News Tonight is predicting that one of the first acts of the Democrat-controlled Congress will be a rule change so transgender Rep. Sarah McBride (D-DE), a man who believes he is a woman, will be able to use the women’s bathroom in the halls of Congress.

Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at November 05, 2026 06:41 PM (0sNs1)

163 The President will enter to a Show Tune !!!

Posted by: tubal at November 05, 2026 06:42 PM (Gqar8)

164 I don't remember the videos of her thinking she won... link?

Posted by: lin-duh at November 05, 2026 06:42 PM (VCgbV)

165 Every congress session will adjourn with men's gay chorus faav. show tunes and group grope on their desks. Flame film at 11 o'clock.

Posted by: Fabulous at November 05, 2026 06:42 PM (KVjz6)

166 150 So who to run against Kamala? Someone bland, or someone quirky? Hmmm.
Posted by: tubal at November 05, 2026 06:37 PM

Jon Ossoff is the current favorite to win the democratic primary and the White House.

Posted by: Honest Cloud at November 05, 2026 06:43 PM (GVoQJ)

167
Apparently, after this election, we will have the gayest Congress in U.S. history.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Every session adjourns with a musical number?
Posted by: She Hobbit

The American Mistake

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 05, 2026 06:43 PM (Cqx++)

168 "It'd be bigger but I just can't see how they could do it other than the counting machines just were programmed to change votes, but that could be discovered. Mail-in ballots and no voter ID are the death of the GOP."

They have had years to perfect the steal, and we have had limited success at stopping them. computers apparently can still change vote totals remotely, and paper ballots don't get checked, observers kept away. Just takes a few big cities, but this seemed to be in every county. idk ... maybe they just put something in all the water, heh.

Posted by: illiniwek at November 05, 2026 06:43 PM (vbXSk)

169 Sarah McBride is better looking than Jennifer Welch.

Posted by: tubal at November 05, 2026 06:43 PM (Gqar8)

170 I don't remember the videos of her thinking she won... link?
Posted by: lin-duh at November 05, 2026 06:42 PM (VCgbV)
------/---

I don't remember that either. What I DO remember is Trump offering to buy all her celebratory balloons for pennies on the dollar.

Posted by: bluebell at November 05, 2026 06:44 PM (uyuYG)

171 163 Breaking News: Queer News Tonight is predicting that one of the first acts of the Democrat-controlled Congress will be a rule change so transgender Rep. Sarah McBride (D-DE), a man who believes he is a woman, will be able to use the women’s bathroom in the halls of Congress.
Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at November 05, 2026 06:41 PM (0sNs1)

Every single GOP man. Every one. Declare yourself a "woman" and go strip the very wallpaper off that bitch.

I will buy you all the burritos can colcannon you can eat. Just do your patriotic duty as an American entrusted with civic power, damn you.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 06:44 PM (aKiSo)

172 TIM McBride doesn't really think he's a woman. He's a man pretending to be a woman, flaunting his fetish in our faces and demanding we play along.

Posted by: Delurker at November 05, 2026 06:44 PM (2Drhq)

173 So who to run against Kamala? Someone bland, or someone quirky? Hmmm.
Posted by: tubal

Let's start with someone sober to show a contrast.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at November 05, 2026 06:44 PM (HSFTJ)

174 Balloons!!

Posted by: Hillary at November 05, 2026 06:45 PM (Q+gd/)

175 Like Hag Hil I often rewrite scenes in what is left of my mind of what I wish I'd said or done.

I don't, but maybe should start?

I remember laughing at that debate, Hagitha. Does this count? You are so big and bad now, you sow.

Remember when you fell (for reasons unknown or a fuse blew) and whacked your head? Then had to wear those wonky glasses at the Benghazi hearing? When you pounded the table that it didn't matter anymore about Benghazi?

Go fall again and maybe this time you can catch an edge of the furniture in your Chardonnay blackout rage.

Who is buried in your filled pool at Chappedick (this is how I will spell it forever as it reminds me of Bill)?

Who, who, who, who let the dogs out? The pool was filled around the time you were shredding documents with your housekeeper. Whom I always imagine as a female Manuel from Fawlty Towers. "Missy Hil? These papers?" Hillary slaps her or throws a lamp and screams, "YES, faster you water buffalo!"

Oh, wait, the brain dead water buffalo was Donna Brazile.

So much to remember, so little time.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 05, 2026 06:45 PM (hzuYO)

176 Apparently, after this election, we will have the gayest Congress in U.S. history.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 05, 2026 06:35 PM

And the fakest and lamest.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 05, 2026 06:45 PM (h+uWx)

177 Not the Bee headline: Gavin Newsom just cleared California's entire death row.

I can not describe how disappointed I was reading the article.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at November 05, 2026 06:45 PM (vgpe/)

178 re 167: i saw that somewhere

Posted by: gnats local 678 at November 05, 2026 06:45 PM (CWTWj)

179 >>>Seattle is sounding more sane than a lot of places.

What makes you feel more optimistic, nurse? I know it's been rough over there for a long, long time.

Posted by: LizLem at November 05, 2026 06:45 PM (Toos7)

180 170 Sarah McBride is better looking than Jennifer Welch.

Hmmm, very low bar though. That Welch creature is gut-turningly hideous.

Posted by: Delurker at November 05, 2026 06:46 PM (2Drhq)

181 You can't even admit you ate it. But she knows she did.
Posted by: notalawyer at November 05, 2026 06:34 PM (fR677)

-----

Imagine being a young girl just out of college who has to eat Hillary's rancid box all the time, and then she marries you off to a pedophile Congressmen in a power play, but the butt ugly creep accidentally torpedoes her Presidential campaign after the cops turn up all her illegal emails when they bust him for sexting middle schoolers on your laptop, so it was all for nothing, and then your consolation prize is that you remarry a retarded person whose father is a Nazi cryptkeeper.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 05, 2026 06:46 PM (BI5O2)

182
Texas is going to get it good and hard. Maybe that will encourage those that stayed home to vote next time.

Posted by: Frank Barone at November 05, 2026 06:47 PM (OkYzo)

183 165 I don't remember the videos of her thinking she won... link?

Posted by: lin-duh at November 05, 2026 06:42 PM (VCgbV)

++++

I think it may have been taken down. Someone just a day or so ago said that they tried to find it on YouTube and it was gone. I remember watching it over and over, but that was within the days after the election.

Posted by: washrivergal at November 05, 2026 06:47 PM (KGrz7)

184 There is always hope. Voters are feckless.

Posted by: tubal at November 05, 2026 06:47 PM (Gqar8)

185 How do you run a Democratic Republic when more than half of the citizens live in a fictional online world rather than the Republic itself?

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at November 05, 2026 06:47 PM (r7+Q7)

186 It's not over until it's over.

25,535 MORE BALLOTS THAN VOTERS IN GEORGIA: ELECTION FRAUD UNCOVERING

Cleta Mitchell the margin between Pres. Trump and Biden was 11, 779. Over 133,000 ballots images...deleted. Anomalies, markings, changed timestamps- deliberately deleted. That is JUST in the ABSENTEE ballots.

America's Voice News

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 06:47 PM (mISmA)

187 179 Not the Bee headline: Gavin Newsom just cleared California's entire death row.

I can not describe how disappointed I was reading the article.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at November 05, 2026 06:45 PM (vgpe/)

Ctrl-F "GAU-17A"....

Not one mention? Boooo.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 06:48 PM (aKiSo)

188 IFRD will pay $25,000 to Bush and her friend and campaign manager, Stephany Spaulding, for a project through January to "coordinate fact-finding delegations"

Spaulding is a public speaker, ordained reverend, founder of the Truth and Conciliation Commission, and a former political candidate herself (including runs for Congress in Colorado and Illinois).

Ballopedia, in part, Stephany Rose Spaulding (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Illinois' 1st Congressional District. She was disqualified from the Democratic primary on June 28, 2022 (for a signature challenge).

So Cori Bush is basically 'press' while the others named are more concerning.

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 05, 2026 06:48 PM (NFX2v)

189 Speaking of gay people, did not hear much from Scott Pressler this go round.

Posted by: tubal at November 05, 2026 06:50 PM (Gqar8)

190 They're all obsessed with executing us -

Gad Saad
@GadSaad
·
23h
This guy, @profgalloway is truly an execrable lobotomized demonic cretin. I loathe such individuals. They are the cause of the collapse of the West. Effeminate ladyboys deeply concerned about appearing progressively enlightened and yet wrong in every conceivable way on every conceivable issue.

ALX 🇺🇸

@alx
·
Nov 3
At an event with Kara Swisher, Scott Galloway called for the execution of Elon Musk for being a “traitor to the west” live on stage.

Posted by: beckster at November 05, 2026 06:50 PM (kX27y)

191 126
You really have to watch these 2 yukking it up. Sick.

https://tinyurl.com/39yz5zdr
Spencer Pratt
@spencerpratt
·
57m
The melting wax statue of Bill Nye with a blonde wig laughs uncontrollably over the thought of digging up Charlie Kirk and killing him twice.
These are not democrats. These are communists. And they are evil. We have a communist violence problem.

Posted by: beckster at November 05, 2026 06:29 PM (kX27y)

::: types, delete...retypes, deletes :::

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 06:50 PM (l3cgK)

192 184
Texas is going to get it good and hard. Maybe that will encourage those that stayed home to vote next time.

Posted by: Frank Barone at November 05, 2026 06:47 PM (OkYzo)

++++

I believe it turned out they did come out and vote. The numbers were the same. Something else happened, and I don't think it was legit.

Posted by: washrivergal at November 05, 2026 06:51 PM (KGrz7)

193 "Back during ObamaCare ? One of the first "fixes" was Mitch the Turtle figuring out how Congress really didn't have to go on ObamaCare."

iirc, each politician was designated a small business?

Posted by: davidt at November 05, 2026 06:51 PM (Q+gd/)

194 Can't wait until they play in that stupid softball game. Will send gift cards to Target so the most butch, bearded fuckers go into whatever passes for the Women's Locker Room in Congress.
Posted by: Delete Me Now Dildo at November 05, 2026 06:49 PM (k7sOO)

put empty glass bottle on their fingers so they can clank them while dragging a bat along the chain-link shouting "Deeeeeeemocrats! Come out and playyyy--eee-yyayyyyy!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 06:51 PM (aKiSo)

195 Texas neighbor stated that he just could not vote for that paxton fellow but made it okie dokie by not voting for Telefreak. I told him to put his children up for adoption so his kids would be spared his cowardice.

Posted by: Fabulous at November 05, 2026 06:52 PM (KVjz6)

196 >Texas is going to get it good and hard. Maybe that will encourage those that stayed home to vote next time.

Based on some of the data coming out it appears it wasn't so much a case of Republicans staying as it was Democrats vote total skyrocketing.

>>@kevinnbass

>>Republican votes stayed the same.

>>Democrats materialized 20 million new votes.

https://tinyurl.com/mryn4zrj

Posted by: JackStraw at November 05, 2026 06:52 PM (viF8m)

197

What makes you feel more optimistic, nurse? I know it's been rough over there for a long, long time.
Posted by: LizLem

Regular people are starting to voice concerns over the lack of accountability in several state agencies. Homelessness, schools and crime are being looked at with more and more skepticism. Folks are not convinced the answer is to keep throwing taxpayer dolllars at problems without seeing measurable improvement.

Nothing monumental. But people are noticing. And talking.

And wa state just kicked boys out of girls’ sports K-12.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 05, 2026 06:52 PM (W0Ks/)

198 Islamic rioting erupts worldwide"

Hispanics might not play nice...

Posted by: man at November 05, 2026 06:53 PM (pfXMo)

199 200

And wa state just kicked boys out of girls’ sports K-12.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 05, 2026 06:52 PM (W0Ks/)

Now That’s a Big Deal.

Posted by: tubal at November 05, 2026 06:53 PM (Gqar8)

200 201 Islamic rioting erupts worldwide"

Hispanics might not play nice...
Posted by: man at November 05, 2026 06:53 PM (pfXMo)

Go empty out Bukele's little prison down there and say to each of them "you bring me a hundred ears, I give you a green card. Get after it."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 06:54 PM (aKiSo)

201 nood

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 05, 2026 06:55 PM (bFq8h)

202 so much a case of Republicans staying as it was Democrats vote total skyrocketing."

The Texas population has skyrocketed. Trump/GOP types stayed home. Bigly.

Posted by: man at November 05, 2026 06:55 PM (pfXMo)

203 And wa state just kicked boys out of girls’ sports K-12.
Posted by: nurse ratched

That was a result that surprised me. Had to read it twice to make sure I wasn't going crazy.

Posted by: She Hobbit at November 05, 2026 06:55 PM (ftFVW)

204 It might wind up being kind of awesome. They really think they can let their freak flag fly now, but they haven't done the groundwork you really need to do to make a revolution work.
You can't just roll out your blessed Revolution because you did unexpectedly well in a fucking midterm election.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 06:01 PM (aKiSo)

I think the bigger problem is unfettered muslim immigration. Both because of fraud-is-our-birthright mentality, and large families creating more muslim voters. They'll take over in no time.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at November 05, 2026 06:57 PM (zYpTz)

205 >>I believe it turned out they did come out and vote. The numbers were the same. Something else happened, and I don't think it was legit.

Check out the vote total in the Texas governors race and compare it to 2022.

Abbott's vote was the same. Hinojosa got a bump from the Democrat vote in 2022 of around 1.7 million.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 05, 2026 06:57 PM (viF8m)

206 The melting wax statue of Bill Nye with a blonde wig laughs uncontrollably over the thought of digging up Charlie Kirk and killing him twice.
These are not democrats. These are communists. And they are evil. We have a communist violence problem.
Posted by: beckster at November 05, 2026 06:29 PM (kX27y)

Past really is prologue.
Posted by: CaliGirl at November 05, 2026 06:32 PM (czPqD)

Prolapsed

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 05, 2026 06:57 PM (NtVYv)

207 135 re 128: bill leaves hillary for monica

harmonica > for monica

Posted by: anachronda at November 05, 2026 06:58 PM (v3pYe)

208 Jamie Raskin promised in an interview that Democrats’ top priority in January will be Universal gun registration.

Yeah, good luck with that.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 05, 2026 07:00 PM (lBovM)

209 I believe it turned out they did come out and vote. The numbers were the same. Something else happened, and I don't think it was legit.
Posted by: washrivergal

No way did the muy macho Hispanics vote for a gay gringo who talks shit about the Virgin Mary, get more votes than Joe Biden.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 07:01 PM (mISmA)

210 bob (moron inbobnitus)

Poland can win vs both Germany and Russia invading at the same time. As long as Russia does not use nuclear weapons.

Look up their OOB.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at November 05, 2026 07:02 PM (u82oZ)

211 I want Hagitha to suffer some more and more staggering around her woods and scaring little girls. Popping out of the bushes like a corpse wearing a tattered and stinky mumu.

On the campaign trail I used to laugh at her outfits that never fit. She has no idea what she's doing on her own.

After the side of beef into the van deal, the popping out of Chelsea's house, refreshed with drugs, she appeared with a star somewhere.

Hil was wearing a strange mumu pants top of white wool and black swirly things on cloth and black piping on the front pockets and edges. Somehow thinking black/white plaid pants went with it. It was hideous and looked like an old oven mitt she found at Goodwill.

To complement this ensemble she wore black and white flats and I nearly fell off my chair laughing when the hostess first saw her. It might have been Cher? Some old and washed up star. It was Cher!

I FOUND IT!!! My favorite outfit!

https://tinyurl.com/5affsnf8

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 05, 2026 07:02 PM (hzuYO)

212 Donald J Trump. I never liked him but he grew on me like a somewhat cool shaped mole. Hillary will never get what she spent her life to obtain. I know it’s cruel to find happiness in her sorrow but it brings me great joy. As a lifelong Texan I need it right now. You got schlonged. You will die bitter.

Posted by: Billythesquid at November 05, 2026 07:04 PM (x4l2h)

213 Did anyone call a nood? Because there is a nood.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at November 05, 2026 07:08 PM (lbtIB)

214 Holy shit. Hillary Clinton is Uncle Rico!
"Napoleon, if I had just told him to back off, I could have been president."

Posted by: Unsportsmanlike Conduct is a Capital Crime to Me at November 05, 2026 08:29 PM (mj7xc)

215 How sweet: Ro Khanna, Gene.Wu, and Hasan Piket arguing to exclude whites from everything.

Incredible.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at November 05, 2026 08:49 PM (PKL0q)

216 Texans may get buyers remorse when Gina abolishes abortion laws and gun rights.

Posted by: AnnaS at November 05, 2026 11:08 PM (i5Vkf)

After 31 Years of Failure, Amateur Clickbait Hate-Site Salon Announces That They Are Shutting Down and Will Miss Their Six Readers

Oh no!

Anyway.

Goodbye from Salon

It has been an extraordinary privilege.

Yes, the privilege was entirely yours. That checks out.

Today, after 31 years, we are saddened to announce that Salon is ceasing publication.
It's difficult to find the right words for the end of something that has meant so much to so many people. Salon was never just a website. It was an idea about what journalism could be, born at a moment when the internet was still a largely unexplored frontier.

It was a toxic hate site and propaganda mill funded by left-wing partisans but not well-funded by left-wing partisans because left-wing partisans are greedy moneygrubbing cheapskates who obsess about other people's money and therefore will not part with their own. They do not donate to charities or causes they "support," and who "support" things by demanding the government fund their charitable causes rather than themselves.

That was never on the table, so eventually you ran out of other people's money.

And probably the shuttering of US AID and various other Deep State propaganda slush-funds didn't help.

...

Over three decades, Salon has brought together politics, culture, criticism and ideas in a way that was distinctly our own.

It brought together socialist agitation, Democrat conspiracy theories, and race- and gender-grifting.

You know -- like every other media outlet.

Our journalism examined power and politics, questioned assumptions, surfaced stories that deserved attention and made room for perspectives that were too often overlooked.

Which assumptions did you question? Would I be wrong to assume you exclusively questioned the assumptions of anyone on the right or in the middle -- that is, you, like all other fake leftwing intellectuals, examined everyone's assumptions except your own or your readers'?

To the founders who imagined it, the staff members who built it, the contributors who gave it their voices and the alumni who carried its spirit into the world: Thank you. Salon's legacy belongs to all of you.

It's a legacy of failure and nigh-constant bankruptcy crises and last-minute cash-grabs from leftwing lunatics. Telling people "This legacy belongs to you" is about as insulting a thing as one can say to one's readers, besides accusing them of being drug-addicted gay hustlers.

We also want to thank our readers. You came to Salon for the journalism, the dialogue, the essays, the criticism, the unexpected discoveries and the sense that there was a place on the internet where ideas mattered.

They came for the validation for their mental illnesses and scapegoats and all of their most cherished hatreds.

The business realities of independent digital journalism have changed profoundly over the years. After careful consideration, we have reached the difficult decision that our publishing model is no longer sustainable.

I mean, you wrote the same thing in like 2006. It hasn't been "sustainable" since about the time Pets.com filed for Chapter 11.

Thirty-one years is a remarkable run, but what matters most is what happened during those years: the journalism, the ideas, the voices, the conversations and the community that grew around them.

No one will remember you and your graves will all be unmarked and choked by the least-credible, least-talented weeds in the brokeass plot.

Hasan Piker is literally fantasizing about putting Trump and Elon Musk in prison, and his fans still call him 'anti-fascist.' You can't make this up. The modern left doesn't want democracy, they want political prisons for anyone who disagrees with them. https://t.co/9nfIKO0BFb
— Clown World � 🤡 (@ClownWorld) November 4, 2026

yeet
@Awk20000
Hasan warns Asmongold that his commentary could get him punished by Twitch now that the political pendulum has swung
"Put the pronouns in the bio B, you're going to prison..that's our first scalp..no more relaxation for you big dog..they gonna bury his a*s in WoW too..the streets are no longer safe..reactionaries are going to be persecuted every step of the way on the internet..we're flipping the f'in script"
"You will start seeing corporations like Amazon, HBO..start changing their tune..corporations are gonna swing back around. If I was in Asmon's shoes, I'd be very careful with my commentary bc Amazon and Twitch in particular didn't go after him as hard as they would have bc they were fearful of retribution"

The left truly has no theory of mind of Republicans https://t.co/uOmCUfH27K
— Reddit Lies (@reddit_lies) November 4, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:42 PM

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1 Bye Salon. We won't miss you.

Posted by: bluebell at November 05, 2026 04:43 PM (uyuYG)

2 Salon?? Who?

Posted by: dantesed at November 05, 2026 04:43 PM (Oy/m2)

3 So Brave. So Bold.

Posted by: garrett at November 05, 2026 04:44 PM (/izzV)

4 I'm not yelling, I promise.

Posted by: bluebell at November 05, 2026 04:44 PM (uyuYG)

5 Boldly going where Lamont has gone before

Posted by: Kratwurst at November 05, 2026 04:44 PM (36bTp)

6 Will this work?

Posted by: bluebell at November 05, 2026 04:44 PM (uyuYG)

7 Nope

Posted by: bluebell at November 05, 2026 04:45 PM (uyuYG)

8 Yes!

Posted by: bluebell at November 05, 2026 04:45 PM (uyuYG)

9 A bold statement! I like it.

Posted by: Zombie Breitbart at November 05, 2026 04:45 PM (GgaCi)

10 It worked!

Posted by: Kratwurst at November 05, 2026 04:45 PM (36bTp)

11 "Wierded out by how well the Republicans are taking the losses."

It's called having an adult's self-control over your emotions, hoss.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 05, 2026 04:45 PM (vJrRc)

12 What a bunch of fruitcakes.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 05, 2026 04:46 PM (8mR+H)

13 bluebell cuts boldly

Posted by: dantesed at November 05, 2026 04:46 PM (Oy/m2)

14 Oh, that is just great........

Now what am I going use to wipe my dog's ass ???

Posted by: Jackson K. at November 05, 2026 04:46 PM (jGtoG)

15 THE JEWS AND ISRAEL DID IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Jackson K. at November 05, 2026 04:46 PM (jGtoG)

16
Salon: by assholes, for assholes

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 05, 2026 04:47 PM (eRlcH)

17 I feel emboldened now, just like the commies and maoists in the new, gheyist congress evah.

Posted by: Thrawn at November 05, 2026 04:47 PM (oPFtC)

18
Shit, I didn't even know they were still around.

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 05, 2026 04:47 PM (NtVYv)

19 >> Hasan Piker is literally fantasizing about putting Trump and Elon Musk in prison, and his fans still call him 'anti-fascist.' You can't make this up.

Shout out to all the people who just voted for Democrats because they feel we need a change. There ya go. Change you can believe in, dunces.

Posted by: That Guy at November 05, 2026 04:48 PM (d3v2W)

20 If Israel is to blame for everything then I am holding Netanyahu responsible for Senator Talafreako.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 05, 2026 04:48 PM (8mR+H)

21 Personally, I think the first order of business for the new Congress Class will be something along the lines of the "Online Safety Act" that now exists in the UK. Rule #1 in controlling the opposition is always to keep them silent and isolated. They've skirted the edges of this approach with the "Misinformation" mantra and attempted to set up a government agency under the table which got exposed.

But, there's no reason to hide anymore (and quite a few republicans will go right along with it to protect their own wittle feelings from criticism).

Salon, on the other hand, should have just held out a little longer. I'm sure the media bail outs are already being discussed.

Posted by: Orson at November 05, 2026 04:48 PM (dIske)

22 There is a recent clip of Hasan running away, in a complete panic, from a DSA Event he was headlining.

All because there was a heckler.

Posted by: garrett at November 05, 2026 04:49 PM (/izzV)

23
I remember them running an article about people who didn't care or were happy about 9/11.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 05, 2026 04:49 PM (eRlcH)

24 Today, after 31 years, we are saddened to announce that Salon is ceasing publication.
---------
How will their readers manage!

Posted by: scampydog at November 05, 2026 04:49 PM (2bFN5)

25 The problem is the Dems will pressure the online sites to start censorship again like the ist Trump term and during the first two COVID years. They always gave the same playbook

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 05, 2026 04:50 PM (8VNAp)

26 >> The left truly has no theory of mind of Republicans

We are taking it well because it’s only one battle in the war. Also because we are armed.

Posted by: That Guy at November 05, 2026 04:51 PM (d3v2W)

27 "choked by the least-credible, least-talented weeds"

For good choking, you want talented, relentless weeds like kudzu and purslane.

Posted by: gp at November 05, 2026 04:51 PM (Jr5Lq)

28 23
I remember them running an article about people who didn't care or were happy about 9/11.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 05, 2026 04:49 PM

The only reason I'm aware of Salon and the other amateur webzine Slate, is from ace fisking their articles.

Posted by: CaliGirl at November 05, 2026 04:51 PM (czPqD)

29 The left lives in constant revenge fantasies.

When they lose an election they go into murderous rage.
When they win an election the go into murderous rage.

It's almost like all they live for is murderous rage against all of their many enemies (they keep lists).

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 05, 2026 04:52 PM (6ydKt)

30 >>>It's called having an adult's self-control over your emotions, hoss.

they do not understand most of the words in that sentence.

Posted by: ace at November 05, 2026 04:52 PM (1wjle)

31 26 >> The left truly has no theory of mind of Republicans

We are taking it well because it’s only one battle in the war. Also because we are armed.
Posted by: That Guy at November 05, 2026 04:51 PM (d3v2W)

I think it's we are more emotionally regulated than your average lefty. They expect the right to act like they do and have crying circles and pussy hats.

Posted by: CaliGirl at November 05, 2026 04:53 PM (czPqD)

32 16 Salon: by assholes, for assholes

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 05, 2026 04:47 PM

That actually sounds like a pretty viable business model.

How bad do you have to be at your job to screw THAT up?

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 05, 2026 04:53 PM (HlyYF)

33 auf Wiedersehen

Posted by: wth at November 05, 2026 04:53 PM (UjdFS)

34 11 "Wierded out by how well the Republicans are taking the losses."

It's called having an adult's self-control over your emotions, hoss.
___

Shameful meme of soyboy -

https://tinyurl.com/5ejec4my

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 05, 2026 04:53 PM (Dv3i1)

35 Goodbye...

Stop! Nailed it! We're cutting everything after that.

Posted by: The Editor at November 05, 2026 04:53 PM (PN8cR)

36 History is replete with example of what commies do when they take over. And one of the outcomes is they kill a lot of their own in purges.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 05, 2026 04:53 PM (n5tGW)

37 Democrats have already said they’re going to go after free speech on X.

I’m sure that’s going to help lower prices.

Posted by: That Guy at November 05, 2026 04:54 PM (d3v2W)

38 The problem is the Dems will pressure the online sites to start censorship again like the ist Trump term and during the first two COVID years. They always gave the same playbook

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 05, 2026 04:50 PM

The problem with that is that musk owns X (twitter), they can't control information like they did during covid.

Buying X was arguably the best thing that musk ever did for the country. As a bonus it really pi$$ed off the left who had 100% complete control of all social media up to that point.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 05, 2026 04:54 PM (I43vL)

39 Salon, on the other hand, should have just held out a little longer. I'm sure the media bail outs are already being discussed.
Posted by: Orson at November 05, 2026 04:48 PM

Get in line.

Posted by: PBS & NPR at November 05, 2026 04:54 PM (ZA4gy)

40 Salon was garbage not worthy of lining a birdcage or wrapping fish.

It was entertaining to hate read for about a minute or so.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 05, 2026 04:54 PM (6rW2x)

41 We will always have Vanity Fair.

Posted by: wth at November 05, 2026 04:54 PM (UjdFS)

42 It's almost like all they live for is murderous rage against all of their many enemies (they keep lists).

Leftists commonly blame any failures in their lives on others, here theoretical Republicans.

And is follows then if they just got rid of those bad people they could have utopia. So...why wouldn't you?

Then transwoman really will be woman, and party time poetry writing will make you rich, and eating hohos all day won't make you fat, and so on

Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 04:54 PM (sKqQm)

43 "Drug assisted gay hustlers"

You say that like it's a bad thing ...

Posted by: Pleistocene Megafauna at November 05, 2026 04:55 PM (XbNmU)

44
The DeSalonization Speech

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 05, 2026 04:55 PM (eRlcH)

45 Hi Bluebell!

Posted by: Doof at November 05, 2026 04:56 PM (QMAsf)

46 >> History is replete with example of what commies do when they take over. And one of the outcomes is they kill a lot of their own in purges.

It is and this new generation of commies read these stories and think it really going to happen here. Oh, and someone else is going to do it.

They forgot the part about millions of gun owners, a lot of them bubbas looking for an excuse to try out new gear.

Posted by: That Guy at November 05, 2026 04:56 PM (d3v2W)

47 "No one will remember you and your graves will all be unmarked and choked by the least-credible, least-talented weeds in the brokeass plot."

^^Nominate this man for a Nobel Prize in Literature

Posted by: NJ Class Traitor at November 05, 2026 04:56 PM (6RyaQ)

48 41 We will always have Vanity Fair.

Posted by: wth at November 05, 2026 04:54 PM

"Well, Melania won't!"

-- People that think Big Mike and Ella Emhoff are hotties

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at November 05, 2026 04:57 PM (HlyYF)

49 i think they did a clickbait hate-piece about this site. I know the Village Voice did. I think Salon did too, but I'm not sure. I don't really remember because they're no-account nobodies.

Posted by: ace at November 05, 2026 04:57 PM (1wjle)

50 >>.^^Nominate this man for a Nobel Prize in Literature

thank you!

Posted by: ace at November 05, 2026 04:57 PM (1wjle)

51 Today, after 31 years, we are saddened to announce that Salon is ceasing publication.
---------
How will their readers manage!
Posted by: scampydog
......

Xanax and box wine.

Posted by: wth at November 05, 2026 04:57 PM (UjdFS)

52 "drug addicted" = "drug assited"

yeah, well, I guess so

Posted by: Pleistocene Megafauna at November 05, 2026 04:57 PM (XbNmU)

53 I'm looking forward to the CCTV footage that captures the "Censor Police" showing up at Ace's house and scrambling for cover when the crows attack.

One moment they'll be standing on the sidewalk staring at the tricked out Vespa questioning how this guy could be far right and own a Vespa. The next they will be diving under the "Slip N Slide" mat that hasn't been touched since Clinton was President.

Posted by: Orson at November 05, 2026 04:58 PM (dIske)

54 X continues to filet the MSM, who by the way is openly cheering and congratulating themselves for the Dem victory. They don’t even care about the appearance of partiality anymore.

Posted by: That Guy at November 05, 2026 04:58 PM (d3v2W)

55
How will their readers manage!
Posted by: scampydog

__________

By having another abortion.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 05, 2026 04:58 PM (eRlcH)

56 I used to read Salon, like 25 years ago. They used to have a round table discussion group discussing The Sopranos after every episode. Psychologists, lawyers, etc. They provided some interesting insights, at least at first.

Been quite a while, though.

Posted by: No Name Today at November 05, 2026 04:59 PM (8mulE)

57 They don't really appreciate that we generally hate the GOP as much as they do.

And ours is that deep, abiding hatred that can only come from long, weary proximity. Like siblings. Or a marriage. While they just drive by and sneer out the window and think that makes them relevant.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 04:59 PM (aKiSo)

58 Who you calling least-talented?

Posted by: the weeds at November 05, 2026 04:59 PM (ZA4gy)

59 This sounds like a desperate appeal for subsidies. Surely Newsom, Raman, or some left-wing billionaire will step up.

Posted by: PG at November 05, 2026 04:59 PM (7cQi1)

60 Say what you want about the Dems, but you can't say they don't act fast -

@libsoftiktok

BREAKING: Missouri State Rep. Anthony Ealy (D) ARRESTED on assault charge and disturbing the peace just hours after being reelected

He allegedly entered someone’s house and threatened to kill them two nights in a row.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 05, 2026 04:59 PM (Dv3i1)

61 So long, Salon

Posted by: Don Black at November 05, 2026 05:00 PM (ZxPkt)

62 The modern left doesn't want democracy, they want political prisons for anyone who disagrees with them.

Same can be said of the legacy left as well. It's why they worshipped Castro...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 05, 2026 05:00 PM (08OqX)

63 >> i think they did a clickbait hate-piece about this site. I know the Village Voice did. I think Salon did too, but I'm not sure. I don't really remember because they're no-account nobodies.

The Village Voice? Didn’t they all die of aids?

And maybe we can send Salon some botulism laced pate for their closing party.

Posted by: That Guy at November 05, 2026 05:00 PM (d3v2W)

64 I see the communists are off to a fast start tanking the stock market.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 05, 2026 05:00 PM (viF8m)

65
He allegedly entered someone’s house and threatened to kill them two nights in a row.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 05, 2026 04:59 PM (Dv3i1)

___________

He's DSA?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 05, 2026 05:00 PM (eRlcH)

66 I never really cared about Salon.
I could probably count on one hand the number of times I read anything there.

Now, Gawker, I was thrilled when they got bankrupted out of existence.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 05, 2026 05:00 PM (6ydKt)

67 There are lots of other Propaganda Ministry sites to follow, those 6 readers won't be sad

Posted by: Skip at November 05, 2026 05:00 PM (Ia/+0)

68 How do you say "Khmer Rouge" in Michigander?

Posted by: Pleistocene Megafauna at November 05, 2026 05:01 PM (XbNmU)

69 But who will write the hard-hitting clickbait articles like "50 things everybody does that are really racist?"

Posted by: Jimmy the Intern at November 05, 2026 05:01 PM (0MjtC)

70 50 >>.^^Nominate this man for a Nobel Prize in Literature

thank you!
Posted by: ace at November 05, 2026 04:57 PM (1wjle)

Thank YOU for still writing high-quality analysis and not outsourcing to ChatGPT like so many others =)

Posted by: NJ Class Traitor at November 05, 2026 05:01 PM (6RyaQ)

71 I can't recall ever reading a Salon article. I would assume it was about hair styles or something.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 05, 2026 05:01 PM (n5tGW)

72 >>>I used to read Salon, like 25 years ago. They used to have a round table discussion group discussing The Sopranos after every episode. Psychologists, lawyers, etc. They provided some interesting insights, at least at first.

GAY!!!

Posted by: Senor Chang at November 05, 2026 05:02 PM (1wjle)

73 bEaUTy ShOp > Salon

Posted by: wth at November 05, 2026 05:02 PM (UjdFS)

74 Salon is like progressive radio stations, politically too narrow and appealing only to the same people as too many other media outlets.

Posted by: Decaf at November 05, 2026 05:02 PM (uKqbA)

75 Or maybe it wasn't Salon, but Slate.

*shrugs*

Posted by: No Name Today at November 05, 2026 05:02 PM (8mulE)

76 “ The Lord will grant that the enemies who rise up against you will be defeated before you. They will come at you from one direction but flee from you in seven.”

Deutoronomy 28:7

Posted by: Marcus T at November 05, 2026 05:02 PM (jfnIf)

77 40 Salon was garbage not worthy of lining a birdcage or wrapping fish.

It was entertaining to hate read for about a minute or so.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 05, 2026 04:54 PM (6rW2x)

Is that Dan Savage paper in your area?.
Crap, ace already covered anal today.
I hope you're well nurse,

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 05, 2026 05:03 PM (Sco7b)

78 But who will write the hard-hitting clickbait articles like "50 things everybody does that are really racist?"

And #24 will leave you completely stunned.

Posted by: Community Notes at November 05, 2026 05:03 PM (+4Cf6)

79 We are taking it well because the election fraud was much subtler and more professionally rolled out.

Posted by: Max Power at November 05, 2026 05:03 PM (Hucnr)

80 I'm reminded of Stan's rejoinder to Jeffrey Coombs in Stan Against Evil.

"You're not going to stand there and watch me burn, are you?!"

"Nope, I'm going to go watch the end of Sports Center. All the best. (walks out)"

Apply that to Salon.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at November 05, 2026 05:03 PM (iIyc0)

81 I see the communists are off to a fast start tanking the stock market.
Posted by: JackStraw
.....

At some point the capitalist pigs have made enough money.

Posted by: wth at November 05, 2026 05:04 PM (UjdFS)

82 "Wierded out by how well the Republicans are taking the losses."
--
As someone pointed out, if Trump holds the line, none of what they want passes.

None of their funding comes back.
None of the deporations stop.
None of the DEI programs come back.

If Trump holds the line, all they will get is meaningless impeachment and hearing theater.

Rs have a 19-12 majority in the TX senate.
And every border sheriff has signed an agreement to work with ICE.
None of what the TX Dems promised is going to happen if they hold the line.

Having delivered nothing you promised for 2 years, we'll meet again in 2028.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 05, 2026 05:05 PM (/Ki2A)

83 I remember when Salon was still brand new. My literally retarded civics teacher told students to use it because it was the "most neutral" news source. I laughed at him and told the class that was bullshit.

Something like that would happen daily. He was so fucking stupid, and I had to correct him CONSTANTLY. It got to the point where he would say something retarded and everyone would just look at me and wait for the fireworks. He hated me so much.

He once told the class we had three houses of Congress. After a little Socratic inquiry, I sussed out that this dazzling Salon-reading urbanite thought the Federal Reserve was a house of Congress.

During our "mock stock portfolio" project, I had to tell everyone to ignore his hot tip about investing in Enron at the bottom. They had already arrested everyone and sealed up the building.

He once said Carter was our greatest President.

There's a reason I hate teachers.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 05, 2026 05:05 PM (BI5O2)

84
The business realities of independent digital journalism have changed profoundly over the years.

They really haven't. You have to appeal to enough readers to pay the bills by either subscription or ads. Seems pretty simple, and yet you failed miserably at it. Sucks to be you.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 05, 2026 05:05 PM (Riz8t)

85 Holy crap! That's still a thing? Or "was" a thing, I guess?

They had a decent discussion section back in the day, but (naturally) they woketarded it up and all the worthwhile commenters stopped using it.

It's always weird to learn that one of these internet zombies is still in operation.

See also: Wired magazine.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 05, 2026 05:06 PM (qlLNh)

86 From Gruesome Newsom thread:

186 California hasn't executed a prisoner since 2006.

I'm surprised they did it that recently.

Didn't they spare Charlie Manson?
Posted by: Bulg at November 05, 2026 04:13 PM (77rzZ)

Crazy Charlie and quite a few other vicious murderers from the '60's and before died of old age in prison because the Rose Bird court overturned ALL the death sentences at one point as 'unconstitutional'.

Rose and two of her cronies (Cruz Reynoso and someone else) were subsequently voted off the court back when we were a proper state.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at November 05, 2026 05:06 PM (QGaXH)

87 Stocks plunge as Dem midterm sweep fuels AI regulatory concerns..

Useful Idiots with a 401k that voted the Commie-Crats hit hardest......

Posted by: Jackson K. at November 05, 2026 05:06 PM (jGtoG)

88 I saw Virginia Creeper and the Bindweeds on the Born To Choke Tour at Mitchell Domes in Milwaukee.

Posted by: gp at November 05, 2026 05:07 PM (Jr5Lq)

89
Hope Jacobin is next on the chopping block. So to speak.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 05, 2026 05:07 PM (eRlcH)

90 After a "hard" day of "work," we like to put on the TV and watch Quantum Leap, IYKWIM.

Posted by: Salon Staffers at November 05, 2026 05:07 PM (1wjle)

91 I see the communists are off to a fast start tanking the stock market.
Posted by: JackStraw

When I asked about the big jump stocks took yesterday, I was told it was because inflation would make everyone put their money in stocks, which seems plausible. Yet here they are, plummeting back down.

I'm beginning to think nobody really knows why the market does what it does.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 05, 2026 05:07 PM (Riz8t)

92 Hasan warns Asmongold that his commentary could get him punished by Twitch now that the political pendulum has swung

"Put the pronouns in the bio B, you're going to prison..that's our first scalp..no more relaxation for you big dog..they gonna bury his a*s in WoW too..the streets are no longer safe..reactionaries are going to be persecuted every step of the way on the internet..we're flipping the f'in script"

Oh my, Hasan. You're just so butch.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 05, 2026 05:08 PM (Riz8t)

93 >>>It's always weird to learn that one of these internet zombies is still in operation.

the A/V Club

Posted by: ace at November 05, 2026 05:08 PM (1wjle)

94
and eating hohos all day won't make you fat

I first saw that as hobos.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 05, 2026 05:08 PM (Cqx++)

95 Yet the Melinda Gates-Epstein vanity project The Atlantic trudges on ....

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 05, 2026 05:08 PM (/Ki2A)

96 I hope when they inaugurate AOC or whomever in '29, Donald Trump is just absent for the ceremony.

That dude and his family better have a plan to bug the fuck outta here, and it better be a big surprise to *everyone.*

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 05, 2026 05:09 PM (BI5O2)

97 69 But who will write the hard-hitting clickbait articles like "50 things everybody does that are really racist?"

Posted by: Jimmy the Intern at November 05, 2026 05:01 PM (0MjtC)

Top 200 ways conservatives want socialists and communists to die?

I'd click.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 05, 2026 05:09 PM (Sco7b)

98 My brother showed me a few videos of liberal women in my beloved Texas celebrating Democrats win. They were wearing sundry cowboy attire and singing raucous, disgusting songs about abortion. There were another one or two about transing children and murdering Republicans.

Nice people that Democrats elected.

Posted by: Marcus T at November 05, 2026 05:09 PM (jfnIf)

99 Wait … WHAT!? 'Salon' was still a thing … ? I thought it died years 'n years ago. But, late's better than never, yes … ? Final words for its obit: "Don't let the door hit ya in the ass on the way out."

Posted by: Dr_No at November 05, 2026 05:09 PM (ayRl+)

100 > Top 200 ways conservatives want socialists and communists to die?

I'd click.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 05, 2026 05:09 PM (Sco7b)

Please tell me that #1 involves a helicopter.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 05, 2026 05:10 PM (qlLNh)

101 69 But who will write the hard-hitting clickbait articles like "50 things everybody does that are really racist?"

69 things that you think make a person gay, but really don't. Also, why gay is great!

Posted by: Archimedes at November 05, 2026 05:10 PM (Riz8t)

102 >>I'm beginning to think nobody really knows why the market does what it does.

Volume. They only care about the volume of trading.
That's why they feed it Panic.

Posted by: garrett at November 05, 2026 05:10 PM (/izzV)

103 Camille Paglia used to have an occasional piece up on Salon. Archive says nothing since 2016.

I knew they were good for something, if only rarely.

https://www.salon.com/writer/camille_paglia

Posted by: No Name Today at November 05, 2026 05:10 PM (8mulE)

104 Clown World ™ 🤡
@ClownWorld
·
Follow
Hasan Piker is literally fantasizing about putting Trump and Elon Musk in prison, and his fans still call him 'anti-fascist.' You can't make this up. The modern left doesn't want democracy, they want political prisons for anyone who disagrees with them.
=====

Enough with the ersatz surprise. No sht, Sherlock.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 05, 2026 05:11 PM (RIvkX)

105 The murders of Ashli Babbitt, Roseann Boyland, Kevin Greeson, and Benjamin Phillips will be avenged at some point.

Posted by: Eromero at November 05, 2026 05:11 PM (LHPAg)

106 Please tell me that #1 involves a helicopter.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 05, 2026 05:10 PM (qlLNh)

#2 is actually "out of a helicopter".

#1 is "#2 but the helicopter is flying upside-down"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 05:11 PM (aKiSo)

107
I'd also like to thank Salon's readers for typical leftist read mooching and no financial support so that Salon collapsed into bankrupt failure.

Well done Salon readers!

Posted by: naturalfake at November 05, 2026 05:11 PM (NGKo0)

108
Camille Paglia used to have an occasional piece up on Salon. Archive says nothing since 2016.

_________

I'm afraid I have no use for her. Says the occasionally sensible thing, then votes for Jill Stein.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 05, 2026 05:12 PM (eRlcH)

109 Volume. They only care about the volume of trading.
That's why they feed it Panic.
Posted by: garrett at November 05, 2026 05:10 PM (/izzV)

A pig can make plenty of money, when the pig owns the trough.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 05:12 PM (aKiSo)

110 Top 200 ways conservatives want socialists and communists to die?

I'd click.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 05, 2026 05:09 PM (Sco7b)

Please tell me that #1 involves a helicopter.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 05, 2026 05:10 PM

#167 will surprise you!

Posted by: Salon at November 05, 2026 05:12 PM (ctC8W)

111 We are armed.

Yes, but they are college educated and know everything and one day will find a job and one day they will be happy because the world will admire how smart and dedicated they are and will fall on their knees and worship their brilliants.

Posted by: Case at November 05, 2026 05:13 PM (En+fz)

112 Tried to look up the number of people who were laid off. No indication so I'm thinking +/-100

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 05, 2026 05:13 PM (8VNAp)

113 I'm already over all these stupid ass tweets.

"SHOCKING: Some Leftist says they're going to kill and enslave everyone!"

Yeah. No shit. It's called the internet. Ever heard of it? Well, go back and read literally anything from the last several years.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 05, 2026 05:14 PM (BI5O2)

114 The murders of Ashli Babbitt, Roseann Boyland, Kevin Greeson, and Benjamin Phillips will be avenged at some point.
Posted by: Eromero at November 05, 2026 05:11 PM

And there won't be any commutation of those sentences.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 05, 2026 05:14 PM (ctC8W)

115 >>When I asked about the big jump stocks took yesterday, I was told it was because inflation would make everyone put their money in stocks, which seems plausible. Yet here they are, plummeting back down.

A number of Democrats campaign on regulating or curbing the growth of AI. Tech stocks took in the shorts today.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 05, 2026 05:14 PM (viF8m)

116 You won't be all scary and "armed" long. The legislation is already being written.

Posted by: Sid at November 05, 2026 05:14 PM (fE4hz)

117 112 Tried to look up the number of people who were laid off. No indication so I'm thinking +/-100
Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 05, 2026 05:13 PM (8VNAp)

"I don't even really work here!"

"Well then what's in the briefcase?"

"Crackers."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 05:14 PM (aKiSo)

118 Ace, how long have you been doing the blog? Somehow, you seem to churn out quality content with a one man shop. Well, I suppose the COBs play a role, but personally, I think you overpay them.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 05, 2026 05:14 PM (Riz8t)

119 They are "weirded out" because when the positions are reversed, they feel justified burning the city down.

Posted by: notalawyer at November 05, 2026 05:15 PM (fR677)

120 That was funny sid or fake sid, like laws ever kept guns out of anybody's hands that wanted one.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 05, 2026 05:16 PM (n5tGW)

121 We are getting the extra fucking retarded trolls today.

Posted by: NCKate at November 05, 2026 05:16 PM (enNUy)

122

I first saw that as hobos.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Me as well.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at November 05, 2026 05:16 PM (QVmho)

123 My brother showed me a few videos of liberal women in my beloved Texas celebrating Democrats win. They were wearing sundry cowboy attire and singing raucous, disgusting songs about abortion. There were another one or two about transing children and murdering Republican
--
They are possessed by demons.
They'll be eating ashes soon enough.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 05, 2026 05:16 PM (/Ki2A)

124 Newsome commutes 500 death sentences to life? He just cleared appeal dockets. Let’s call it a lawyer layoff.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 05, 2026 05:16 PM (x6nW3)

125 There's a reason I hate teachers.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 05, 2026 05:05 PM (BI5O2)
=====

My geometry Regents exam was the day after Somoza fell. The history teacher interrupted my exam to hand me the front page of The Times.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 05, 2026 05:17 PM (RIvkX)

126 I often wonder - what exactly is the leftist theory on how when and why Musk or Trump would go to jail? Like, name the crimes, and reference the statutes you believe they have violated.

Otherwise shut the fuck up.

Posted by: notalawyer at November 05, 2026 05:17 PM (fR677)

127 118 Ace, how long have you been doing the blog? Somehow, you seem to churn out quality content with a one man shop. Well, I suppose the COBs play a role, but personally, I think you overpay them.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 05, 2026 05:14 PM (Riz8t)
___________________________

COB's aren't paid. He just rewards them by letting them out of the cages and into the yard for an 1hr of exercise, which usually includes raking leaves or hosing off the sidewalk.

Posted by: Orson at November 05, 2026 05:17 PM (dIske)

128 I often wonder - what exactly is the leftist theory on how when and why Musk or Trump would go to jail? Like, name the crimes, and reference the statutes you believe they have violated.

They really, really want it. QED.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 05, 2026 05:18 PM (Riz8t)

129 Sid is a silly little faggot.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 05, 2026 05:18 PM (bFq8h)

130 I just wish these internet tough guys would just go ahead and make the first move.

Posted by: McLurkerson at November 05, 2026 05:18 PM (AZDyS)

131
Lol Orson

Posted by: four seasons at November 05, 2026 05:18 PM (/QHx4)

132 COB's aren't paid. He just rewards them by letting them out of the cages and into the yard for an 1hr of exercise, which usually includes raking leaves or hosing off the sidewalk.

You're forgetting the pellets they get when they press the bar.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 05, 2026 05:19 PM (Riz8t)

133 Now, who was it who said "well, ya know, if you shoot a couple of these fools, the rest of them will just go home"?

Posted by: H8 Marxist Rat bastards & Salon sycophants at November 05, 2026 05:19 PM (5DfsO)

134 c9mmies and goatrapers with little impulse control. this should be fun

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 05, 2026 05:19 PM (bFq8h)

135 My geometry Regents exam was the day after Somoza fell. The history teacher interrupted my exam to hand me the front page of The Times.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 05, 2026 05:17 PM (RIvkX)

Ah, I remember the love all my teachers had for Danny Ortega, too. Gay love.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 05, 2026 05:20 PM (BI5O2)

136 133 Now, who was it who said "well, ya know, if you shoot a couple of these fools, the rest of them will just go home"?
Posted by: H8 Marxist Rat bastards & Salon sycophants at November 05, 2026 05:19 PM (5DfsO)

Eleanor Roosevelt?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 05:20 PM (aKiSo)

137
Newsome commutes 500 death sentences to life? He just cleared appeal dockets. Let’s call it a lawyer layoff.
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 05, 2026 05:16 PM (x6nW3)

_________

Frees up room on Death Row for Trump supporters.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 05, 2026 05:21 PM (eRlcH)

138 COB's aren't paid. He just rewards them by letting them out of the cages and into the yard for an 1hr of exercise, which usually includes raking leaves or hosing off the sidewalk.
Posted by: Orson at

And getting rid of the occasional hobo body.

Posted by: BruceWayne at November 05, 2026 05:21 PM (YZ0Fo)

139 You're forgetting the pellets they get when they press the bar.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 05, 2026 05:19 PM (Riz8t)

_________________________

BF Skinner's Positive Reinforcement experiments were an absolute scam. The pellets were alcohol based, which just made the rats addicts. Hmmmmm....Ok...yeah, I can see how that would work with COB's. Fair Point!!!!

Posted by: Orson at November 05, 2026 05:21 PM (dIske)

140 COB's aren't paid. He just rewards them by letting them out of the cages and into the yard for an 1hr of exercise, which usually includes raking leaves or hosing off the sidewalk.
Posted by: Orson at November 05, 2026 05:17 PM (dIske)

Bring out the gimp

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 05, 2026 05:21 PM (NtVYv)

141 130 I just wish these internet tough guys would just go ahead and make the first move.

Posted by: McLurkerson at November 05, 2026 05:18 PM (AZDyS)

>>>

Yep. Time to quit wasting resources, energy, sleep and time. We have known it's been coming for a long time. Time to get to it.

Posted by: H8 Marxist Rat bastards & Salon sycophants at November 05, 2026 05:21 PM (5DfsO)

142 COB's are paid by basking in the glow of our adulation.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 05, 2026 05:22 PM (8VNAp)

143 Asmongold should quit cursing God.
We should bomb Iran Now
Fuck China

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 05:22 PM (+iKN/)

144 Frees up room on Death Row for Trump supporters.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 05, 2026 05:21 PM (eRlcH)
---
Well, at least we can take comfort in the fact we won't be spending 30+ years on Death Row with endless appeals.

We'll be in and out in a week at most.

Just long enough for them to clean the gas chambers...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 05, 2026 05:22 PM (s2iZv)

145 Is Salon the one where Ana Marie Cox would rhapsodize about ass sex all the time, or am I thinking of Hustler?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 05:23 PM (HFrEr)

146 > the A/V Club
Posted by: ace at November 05, 2026 05:08 PM (1wjle)

Yep, that's another one.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 05, 2026 05:23 PM (qlLNh)

147
Sid is a silly little faggot
His mother was a donkey show harlot
Once after one show
Her butt started to glow
And Sid fell out into the toilet.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 05, 2026 05:23 PM (YSUhf)

148 They are possessed by demons.
They'll be eating ashes soon enough.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 05, 2026 05:16 PM (/Ki2A)

Awesome

Posted by: Rustee Brand at November 05, 2026 05:23 PM (NtVYv)

149 Now, who was it who said "well, ya know, if you shoot a couple of these fools, the rest of them will just go home"?
Posted by: H8 Marxist Rat bastards & Salon sycophants at November 05, 2026 05:19 PM (5DfsO)

Fred Rogers

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 05, 2026 05:24 PM (bFq8h)

150
When wackos in blue-state cities start burning and looting, Trump should respond by strongly.... doing nothing. Sorry, no funds available for repairs.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 05, 2026 05:24 PM (eRlcH)

151 When wackos in blue-state cities start burning and looting, Trump should respond by strongly.... doing nothing. Sorry, no funds available for repairs.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 05, 2026 05:24 PM (eRlcH)

Send in the National Guard.

To all the surrounding townships.

To contain the spread of their bullshittery.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 05:25 PM (aKiSo)

152
COB's are paid by basking in the glow of our adulation.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 05, 2026 05:22 PM (8VNAp)

_________

Not even a laurel and hearty handshake?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 05, 2026 05:25 PM (eRlcH)

153 Ossoff has surged to the lead as the ‘28 Dem
Nominee. Easiest bet ever taking the no. The Democrat party of el Sayed is not nominating a Jew.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 05:26 PM (VYGAQ)

154
I just wish these internet tough guys would just go ahead and make the first move.
Posted by: McLurkerson

============

What's funny is, it's another royal case of projection of the insanity and horror they impute to us (The Handmaid's Tale, ICE hunting brown people). Except we never wanted those things, while this is something they ACTUALLY say out loud and truly want.

Wait, I started out saying "What's funny." It's not all that funny, but let's say there's no way they're gonna see their dreams come true. I went to DC on January 6 and I'll answer the next call, whatever it is.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 05, 2026 05:26 PM (mmrXZ)

155 Quality fisking Ace

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at November 05, 2026 05:26 PM (s1VwS)

156 Yannow, if Trump were one-tenth the authoritarian they think, why do they think he will stand still to be persecuted? These retards have seriously damaged the peaceful transfer of power.

Posted by: Butch at November 05, 2026 05:27 PM (98xTj)

157 "your graves will all be unmarked and choked by the least-credible, least-talented weeds in the brokeass plot"

This was really choice

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at November 05, 2026 05:27 PM (s1VwS)

158 I see the communists are off to a fast start tanking the stock market.
Posted by: JackStraw

When I asked about the big jump stocks took yesterday, I was told it was because inflation would make everyone put their money in stocks, which seems plausible. Yet here they are, plummeting back down.

I'm beginning to think nobody really knows why the market does what it does.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 05, 2026 05:07 PM

I know exactly what happened with the stock market after tuesday.

A whole $hit load of people got drunk over the democrat landslide victory over Trump and said "oh hell yes" and went online and tossed a ton of money into the market. Once they sobered up they said "oh hell no" and pulled everything back.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 05, 2026 05:28 PM (I43vL)

159 Just took a walk through Instagram. Never seen so many left wing social media personalities making threats of every kind. They’re pretty whipped up to eliminate anyone that is or was MAGA. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised none of their reels/posts are being taken down.

Posted by: JROD at November 05, 2026 05:28 PM (pj7Y8)

160 Ossoff has surged to the lead as the ‘28 Dem
Nominee. Easiest bet ever taking the no. The Democrat party of el Sayed is not nominating a Jew.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 05:26 PM (VYGAQ

Jack Ossof ?

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 05, 2026 05:28 PM (NtVYv)

161 Ossoff has surged to the lead as the ‘28 Dem
Nominee. Easiest bet ever taking the no. The Democrat party of el Sayed is not nominating a Jew.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 05:26 PM (VYGAQ)

LOL.

Of course not. They were never gonna have a male or - heaven forfend - a grabbling Jew.

Their base would go on a violent rampage if they put a Jew on the ticket.

This has to be a joke.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 05, 2026 05:28 PM (BI5O2)

162
The Democrat party of el Sayed is not nominating a Jew.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez

==============

Who even knows he's Jewish? White libs, Hispanics, and blacks don't care what you are.

Rubio vs Ossoff. Get ready.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 05, 2026 05:29 PM (mmrXZ)

163 159 Just took a walk through Instagram. Never seen so many left wing social media personalities making threats of every kind. They’re pretty whipped up to eliminate anyone that is or was MAGA. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised none of their reels/posts are being taken down.
Posted by: JROD at November 05, 2026 05:28 PM (pj7Y

Swapped to 230 gr JHP and I sleep easy

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at November 05, 2026 05:30 PM (s1VwS)

164
Salon headline: Should You Feel Guilty About Rooting Against the US in the World Cup?

I always root against the US Women's Team.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 05, 2026 05:30 PM (eRlcH)

165 The mutant that will be their nominee in '28 has not yet materialized out of the ooze yet.

Look for some nobody state rep with a hajji i-keel-you beard and no discernable paper trail beyond a birth certificate with "certificate" misspelled.

That's your fellow.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 05:30 PM (aKiSo)

166
Jack Ossof ?
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway

====================

God DAMN, comment of the week nominee!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 05, 2026 05:30 PM (mmrXZ)

167
There's a reason I hate teachers.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 05, 2026 05:05 PM

You guys are all so young and lol.

Posted by: CaliGirl at November 05, 2026 05:31 PM (czPqD)

168
A whole $hit load of people got drunk over the democrat landslide victory over Trump and said "oh hell yes" and went online and tossed a ton of money into the market. Once they sobered up they said "oh hell no" and pulled everything back.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 05, 2026 05:28 PM (I43vL)

__________

More like the traders took it all away from them.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 05, 2026 05:31 PM (eRlcH)

169 I thought a Salon was where gay guys worked.

Posted by: fd at November 05, 2026 05:31 PM (MWfyi)

170 We think "I wish we could just kill them all" when we lose.

They think "I wish we could just kill them all" when they win.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 05:31 PM (aKiSo)

171 Y'all are going to put us back in chains!

Wait...did i get that right?

Posted by: Joe Biden at November 05, 2026 05:32 PM (S+el1)

172
Before a Jew is the Democrat nominee, you'll see Trump give a speech where he anoints Mojtaba Khamenei as his successor.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 05, 2026 05:32 PM (BI5O2)

173 Cursing God is never a winning thought.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 05:32 PM (+iKN/)

174 159 Just took a walk through Instagram. Never seen so many left wing social media personalities making threats of every kind. They’re pretty whipped up to eliminate anyone that is or was MAGA. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised none of their reels/posts are being taken down.
Posted by: JROD at November 05, 2026 05:28 PM (pj7Y

I figure we are all on some list and I'm glad they're letting us all know what they really think so we can prepare accordingly.

Posted by: CaliGirl at November 05, 2026 05:33 PM (czPqD)

175 Knowing this country That rootlipped little commie will probably win too.

Posted by: fd at November 05, 2026 05:33 PM (MWfyi)

176 You're forgetting the pellets they get when they press the bar.

They don't have to do puzzles like crows?

Posted by: Community Notes at November 05, 2026 05:33 PM (9s47C)

177 176 You're forgetting the pellets they get when they press the bar.

They don't have to do puzzles like crows?
Posted by: Community Notes at November 05, 2026 05:33 PM (9s47C)

Poor dears would starve if they did.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 05:34 PM (aKiSo)

178 It’s funny how the left demands all these things, yet nobody can make a decent living providing them.

It’s that damn capitalism, I’m sure of it.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 05, 2026 05:34 PM (dHi1g)

179 Romper Room

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 05:34 PM (+iKN/)

180
They don't have to do puzzles like crows?
Posted by: Community Notes at November 05, 2026 05:33 PM (9s47C)

_________

Not smart enough.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 05, 2026 05:34 PM (eRlcH)

181 "Romper Room
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others"

They can see you thru that creepy mirror.

Posted by: fd at November 05, 2026 05:35 PM (MWfyi)

182 110 Top 200 ways conservatives want socialists and communists to die?

I'd click.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 05, 2026 05:09 PM (Sco7b)

Please tell me that #1 involves a helicopter.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 05, 2026 05:10 PM

#167 will surprise you!

Posted by: Salon at November 05, 2026 05:12 PM (ctC8W)

Oh wait.
I was thinking of my death.
5 hot Japanese women in schoolgirl outfits and things kind of go bad.

But I'm kind of alright about it.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 05, 2026 05:36 PM (Sco7b)

183 Evening everyone.

Posted by: thathalfrican at November 05, 2026 05:36 PM (YytD3)

184 > These retards have seriously damaged the peaceful transfer of power.
Posted by: Butch at November 05, 2026 05:27 PM (98xTj)

Most of us probably recall that the proximate cause of Julius Caesar becoming the sole ruler of Rome was the fact that the Senate was planning to prosecute the shit out of him once he left office.

Julie was all "I don't think so, scooter."

The Roman Republic was never restored.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 05, 2026 05:37 PM (qlLNh)

185 others"

They can see you thru that creepy mirror.
Posted by: fd
—-

Vonnegut, is that you?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 05:38 PM (+iKN/)

186 Not even a laurel and hearty handshake?"

Stand back while I whip this out...

Posted by: man at November 05, 2026 05:38 PM (pfXMo)

187 PDT should give everyone 48 hours to get out of DC before he nukes the place from Mara Lago.

Posted by: fd at November 05, 2026 05:39 PM (MWfyi)

188 @174 CaliGirl-my son and two daughters are fantastic shooters rifle/pistol. Know how to reload on Dillon progressives. I really don’t want them to have to put those skills to the test.

Posted by: JROD at November 05, 2026 05:39 PM (pj7Y8)

189 It's the only way to be sure.

Posted by: fd at November 05, 2026 05:39 PM (MWfyi)

190 > 5 hot Japanese women in schoolgirl outfits and things kind of go bad.

But I'm kind of alright about it.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 05, 2026 05:36 PM (Sco7b)

WWII had the best enemies.

We got grown Japanese women wearing schoolgirl uniforms and buxom German lasses with super-low-cut dresses and pitchers of beer out of that one.

Wars after that have pretty much sucked from the horndog POV.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 05, 2026 05:39 PM (qlLNh)

191 Rodrigo, bout to ready accept that as a go.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 05:39 PM (+iKN/)

192 "I often wonder - what exactly is the leftist theory on how when and why Musk or Trump would go to jail? Like, name the crimes, and reference the statutes you believe they have violated."
That's not how people's tribunals work. You get interrogated until you confess all your crimes. Then you implicate others.

Posted by: PG at November 05, 2026 05:39 PM (7cQi1)

193 Stock market crashing ... er "correcting"

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at November 05, 2026 05:40 PM (5Ty2s)

194 First Newsweek and now this...

Is Playgirl still available?

Posted by: James Talafreako, closeted homosexual at November 05, 2026 05:40 PM (D5ixm)

195
My geometry Regents exam was the day after Somoza fell. The history teacher interrupted my exam to hand me the front page of The Times.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

==============

And you were supposed to leap up in a Lear-like rage and declare that during this storm all prisoners shall be released, thief and judge are interchangeable, animals are just as adulterous as humans, RAGE RAGE RAGE etc?

Yeah, back to calculating the square of the hypotenuse if I can remember where I was.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 05, 2026 05:40 PM (mmrXZ)

196 PDT should give everyone 48 hours to get out of DC before he nukes the place from Mara Lago.
Posted by: fd
......

That would solve most of our problems and pump up his approval rating.

Posted by: wth at November 05, 2026 05:41 PM (UjdFS)

197 Wars after that have pretty much sucked from the horndog POV.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 05, 2026 05:39 PM (qlLNh)

I don't know, Vietnamese chicks can be hot AF, especially the mixed ones.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at November 05, 2026 05:41 PM (s1VwS)

198 126 I often wonder - what exactly is the leftist theory on how when and why Musk or Trump would go to jail? Like, name the crimes, and reference the statutes you believe they have violated.

Otherwise shut the fuck up.
Posted by: notalawyer

They have several to recycle. (The left is huge on recycling.)

If 1st you don't succeed, try, try again.

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 05, 2026 05:42 PM (NFX2v)

199 "Meltdown 10 at Byron Dragway brought together more than 500 authentic 1966-and-earlier race cars for one of the biggest and most exciting vintage drag racing events in the country."

Non-stop drag racing. No annoying millennial commentary. Just racing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a92BT_cWipA

Posted by: 13times at November 05, 2026 05:42 PM (6iKlf)

200 The market was up % yesterday. Is down 3% today.

Posted by: tubal at November 05, 2026 05:42 PM (Gqar8)

201
I often wonder - what exactly is the leftist theory on how when and why Musk or Trump would go to jail? Like, name the crimes, and reference the statutes you believe they have violated.

Posted by: notalawyer

==================

Don't laugh it off. Look what's happening in the UK. Anything that can be contrived as bigoted, unequal justice, slander, etc. will be attempted. And the judges we have? They'll overturn any reasonable jury.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 05, 2026 05:42 PM (mmrXZ)

202 Most of us probably recall that the proximate cause of Julius Caesar becoming the sole ruler of Rome was the fact that the Senate was planning to prosecute the shit out of him once he left office.

So the DSA has already come out being totally comfortable with overthrowing the Constitutional Republic and replacing it with some sort of fucked up Politiburo.

And America agreed with that and said "Lets get it on"

So since the US Constitution is up for grabs, Trump could do a Julius Caesar and no one should scream "Constitutional Crisis"!!! right?

Posted by: Community Notes at November 05, 2026 05:42 PM (xE0sV)

203 184 > These retards have seriously damaged the peaceful transfer of power.
Posted by: Butch at November 05, 2026 05:27 PM (98xTj)

Most of us probably recall that the proximate cause of Julius Caesar becoming the sole ruler of Rome was the fact that the Senate was planning to prosecute the shit out of him once he left office.

Julie was all "I don't think so, scooter."

The Roman Republic was never restored.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 05, 2026 05:37 PM (qlLNh)

Yup. Though Sulla popped the Republic's cherry a generation back. In several senses of the phrase...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at November 05, 2026 05:43 PM (s1VwS)

204 Posted by: JROD at November 05, 2

I don't either but I see the all of the things they're saying, publicly, it tells me to be prepared.

They don't want that either but they don't seem to think past step one.

Posted by: CaliGirl at November 05, 2026 05:43 PM (czPqD)

205 So I'm scanning the headline and I see "after 31 years of failure" and I'm thinking please be Jerry Jones is retiring please please. Then I read the rest of it and now I'm sad. Not about Salon. Fuck them. I just really don't like Jerry.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 05, 2026 05:44 PM (2UnvF)

206 We got grown Japanese women wearing schoolgirl uniforms and buxom German lasses with super-low-cut dresses and pitchers of beer out of that one.

Wars after that have pretty much sucked from the horndog POV.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 05, 2026 05:39 PM (qlLNh)

In terms of the Japanese, a few nukes improved things.

I'm now hoping something for the West.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 05, 2026 05:44 PM (Sco7b)

207 don't either but I see the all of the things they're saying, publicly, it tells me to be prepared.

They don't want that either but they don't seem to think past step one.
Posted by: CaliGirl at November

They don't consider first order consequences, let alone second or tertiary.

Posted by: BruceWayne at November 05, 2026 05:44 PM (YZ0Fo)

208 DOW closed down 220 from Monday?

Posted by: NCKate at November 05, 2026 05:44 PM (enNUy)

209 159 Just took a walk through Instagram. Never seen so many left wing social media personalities making threats of every kind. They’re pretty whipped up to eliminate anyone that is or was MAGA. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised none of their reels/posts are being taken down.
Posted by: JROD at November 05, 2026 05:28 PM (pj7Y

Meh. Most of these chronically online near-retards are the housed equivalent of crazy hobos wandering the streets shouting curses and muttering imprecations at passersby. I applaud their little online performances. Like the guy who is twitching and screaming at the bus stop, they're letting all normal people know to steer clear.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 05:45 PM (HFrEr)

210 I'm scanning the headline and I see "after 31 years of failure" and I'm thinking please be Jerry Jones is retiring please please. Then I read the rest of it and now I'm sad. Not about Salon. Fuck them. I just really don't like Jerry.
Posted by: Duke Lowell

I love Jerry jones. Never fails to disappoint. The gift that keeps on giving.

Posted by: BruceWayne at November 05, 2026 05:45 PM (YZ0Fo)

211 Why did the Senate hate Caesar so much?

That's right... because he was a populist class-traitor.

Sound familiar?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 05, 2026 05:46 PM (BI5O2)

212 Salon had Michael Kinsley expressing ultimate liberalism
'I wonder what unknown unthinkable idea we will embrace in the future.'

They also had an article about the first lady's butt.

Posted by: MikeN at November 05, 2026 05:46 PM (heq8K)

213
Speaking of a Constitutional crisis, what's going on in Poland right now?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 05, 2026 05:46 PM (eRlcH)

214 "That would solve most of our problems and pump up his approval rating.
Posted by: wth "

But does anybody ever ask me? Nooooo.

Posted by: fd at November 05, 2026 05:46 PM (MWfyi)

215
Just took a walk through Instagram. Never seen so many left wing social media personalities making threats of every kind. They’re pretty whipped up to eliminate anyone that is or was MAGA. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised none of their reels/posts are being taken down.
Posted by: JROD

=================

I know people who are that angry. One of them tried to hit me once. I won't be one bit surprised if she comes for me.

We've seen this rage before. Read about the fishwives in the days before Louis and Marie fled Versailles. Literally knives out.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 05, 2026 05:46 PM (mmrXZ)

216 I remember when Trump got reelected. The first thing I noticed was the media reaction being much more subdued than the first time.

The second was that the street-level Communists were frothing with rage in a way I'd never seen them before. Of course they're all baying for blood.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 05, 2026 05:49 PM (BI5O2)

217 "This legacy belongs to you" is about as insulting a thing as one can say to one's readers, besides accusing them of being drug-addicted gay hustlers.
------

Wait, since when is being a drug-addicted gay hustler an insult to any leftist?

Posted by: ballistic at November 05, 2026 05:50 PM (oqH4h)

218 don't either but I see the all of the things they're saying, publicly, it tells me to be prepared.

Expect the algorithms to push prepper products. (sigh)

Posted by: Community Notes at November 05, 2026 05:51 PM (xE0sV)

219 First Russell Brand, now Salon. Bad day for butthole fetishists.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at November 05, 2026 05:51 PM (mZkZ5)

220 @204 CaliGirl- agreed and at least they make themselves easy to identify.

Posted by: JROD at November 05, 2026 05:52 PM (pj7Y8)

221 I think that Salon farewell was written by AI. It doesn't have enough of their usual smugness.

Camille Paglia was the only person there worth reading, ever.

Posted by: LizLem at November 05, 2026 05:53 PM (Toos7)

222 Apropos of nothing, I shot a lot of .45 ACP yesterday.
Jacketed Semi Wadcutters. Made a very crisp and clean entry hole.

Posted by: RI Red at November 05, 2026 05:53 PM (zYph5)

223 Soooooo … we STILL haven't reached our 'WGAF?' moment … ? Pity.

Posted by: Dr_No at November 05, 2026 05:54 PM (ayRl+)

224 210 I'm scanning the headline and I see "after 31 years of failure" and I'm thinking please be Jerry Jones is retiring please please. Then I read the rest of it and now I'm sad. Not about Salon. Fuck them. I just really don't like Jerry.
Posted by: Duke Lowell

I love Jerry jones. Never fails to disappoint. The gift that keeps on giving.

Posted by: BruceWayne at November 05, 2026 05:45 PM (YZ0Fo)

Problem number one is reading the 'news.'

So much for my news updates.
Even in Canada, having beers today, mentally prepared for war.

I'm tired of this shit.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 05, 2026 05:54 PM (Sco7b)

225 "Matta, a 19-year-old Arizona State University student, will lead the county clerk's office in the nation's fourth-largest county"
---
We say something very similar in Hays county TX. The kid wound up getting removed from office.

Posted by: lin-duh at November 05, 2026 05:55 PM (VCgbV)

226 Saw not say

Posted by: lin-duh at November 05, 2026 05:56 PM (VCgbV)

227 Here’s something. Leftists, AWFLs, Communists, Muslims, politicians routinely call for violence against us. This includes rape and murder. Has become routine. Our side does nothing of the sort. They know nothing will happen to them for their threats.

Posted by: tubal at November 05, 2026 05:56 PM (Gqar8)

228 227 Here’s something. Leftists, AWFLs, Communists, Muslims, politicians routinely call for violence against us. This includes rape and murder. Has become routine. Our side does nothing of the sort. They know nothing will happen to them for their threats.

Posted by: tubal at November 05, 2026 05:56 PM (Gqar8

Yet..

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 05, 2026 05:58 PM (Sco7b)

229 Mississippi and Alaska senate seats stolen.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 05:58 PM (VYGAQ)

230 > Meh. Most of these chronically online near-retards are the housed equivalent of crazy hobos wandering the streets shouting curses and muttering imprecations at passersby. I applaud their little online performances. Like the guy who is twitching and screaming at the bus stop, they're letting all normal people know to steer clear.

Several current Democrat office holders are openly calling to start legal warfare against Trump, Musk, and every other Republican.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 05, 2026 05:59 PM (mkw2N)

231 It’s 2:30 AM in Tehran.
Is it a go ?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 05:59 PM (+iKN/)

232 219 First Russell Brand, now Salon. Bad day for butthole fetishists.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at November 05, 2026 05:51 PM (mZkZ5)
>>>

killin' me. props.

Posted by: H8 Marxist Rat bastards & Salon sycophants at November 05, 2026 06:00 PM (5DfsO)

233 >>> Salon had Michael Kinsley expressing ultimate liberalism
'I wonder what unknown unthinkable idea we will embrace in the future.'

They came up with a banger one: That to save America, we have kill her! And parade around her corpse as a threat to the other countries of how much we love her.

Posted by: LizLem at November 05, 2026 06:00 PM (Toos7)

234
If I get any triumphant snorts from anyone, I'm just going to shrug and say "Good. You've got your way. Now you can do what you want."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 05, 2026 06:01 PM (mmrXZ)

235 See. No one Noods.
Bad week.
I get that.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 05, 2026 06:02 PM (Sco7b)

236 Nood half hour ago

Posted by: NCKate at November 05, 2026 06:04 PM (enNUy)

237 Folks need to understand they were obliterated and destroyed by a more intelligent adversary. If they were more intelligent, they’d be helping to manipulate the winning team. Welp. See you in the void nothingness while you hope for clouds and harps. When it ends, the lights go out and you don’t exist in any type of realm. Bsst, like a bug zapper. Just like Trump will be in the electric chair in March. Remember the bug zapper noise as you clutch your barrel shaped chest when you see the Democrats chosen speaker of the house sworn in as potus in march

Posted by: Prytsh at November 05, 2026 06:45 PM (Pos+C)

238 > Alaska senate seats stolen.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 05:58 PM (VYGAQ)

Nonsense.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 05, 2026 07:42 PM (qlLNh)

239 about as insulting a thing as one can say to one's readers, besides accusing them of being drug-addicted gay hustlers.

What have you heard?!

Posted by: Andrew Gillum at November 05, 2026 10:05 PM (4NO2D)

240 Posted by: Prytsh at November 05, 2026 06:45 PM

If it be as you say, why care about anything? Especially politics. You are just a sack of dead meat that hasn't, as yet, begun to stink. Well, maybe not as yet in your case but you get my meaning.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 05, 2026 10:09 PM (4NO2D)

Greasy Governor Gavin Newsom Makes It Official: All 500+ Loathsome Murderers on California's Death Row Will be Spared the Death Penalty

He commuted their sentences.

California hasn't executed a prisoner since 2006.

On Jan. 17, 2006, the last death row prisoner from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation was executed, ending a century-long practice of capital punishment in the state.
From 1893 to 2006, the state of California executed 513 prisoners by use of hanging, lethal gas and lethal injection, according to CDCR records.
After 23 years and 1 month on death row, 76-year-old Clarence Ray Allen would become the final California death row prisoner to be executed by lethal injection at San Quentin State Prison.
Allen was sentenced to death on Dec. 2, 1982, after being convicted of three counts of first-degree murder with special circumstances and one count of conspiracy. He was charged in connection with the homicides of Bryon William Schletewitz, Douglas Scott White and Jospehine Linda Rocha.
But before he was put on death row, Allen had already been sentenced to life in 1978 for burglarizing a Fresno grocery store and ordering the murder of someone who knew about the crime.
While serving his sentence at Folsom State Prison he met Billie Ray Hamilton. With Hamilton's help, Allen plotted to kill the people who informed against him during his trial.

I bolded his crimes to illustrate that he was a conscienceless evil recidivist who didn't "merely" kill one or even two people, but murdered multiple people and then arranged for a hit man to kill one of the witnesses against him and then schemed to kill others while in prison.

This is not unusual. Everyone on California's death row had this kind of consistent, viciously evil drive to kill.

No one on California's death row had "merely" one "Ooopsie Poopsie I did a mistake-murder" killings. They are all multiple murders or murders with special circumstances, like murdering a child or being a rapist-murderer. The death penalty requires such "special circumstances." "Merely" taking another human being's life is not enough to get you the death penalty.

Democrats then placed a moratorium on further executions for loathsome murderers and rapist-murders and serial killers.

But they still had enough respect for the Normie Vote to avoid simply absolving the killers of the ultimate penalty. They had to pretend that, possibly one day, the moratorium would be lifted and men who deserve to die would be executed.

Flush with confidence from the Big Win for Communism, Greasy Gavin decided
that he no longer needed to pretend to care about the Normie Vote and commuted all the death sentences to life in prison.

Which, of course, doesn't mean life in prison.

Gov. Gavin Newsom dropped a bombshell move on Thursday to commute all 548 death-row inmates in California.
In a letter to Californians, Newsom said that he understood that victims are angry at the horrendousness of the inmates' crimes.
"But as Governor, I have concluded the state cannot morally kill them," he wrote. "We can now let these offenders die in obscurity while we forever remember and honor their victims."
"I take this action because I firmly believe that state-sanctioned killing is incompatible with California's values, undermines the foundations of our legal system, and diminishes each of us," Newsom explained.
"I know we cannot execute people in our imperfect legal system and remain true to our core values, first among them justice and human decency."
Newsom said the decision to mass commute was one of the "most difficult" in his career, and he said he's deeply aware how it will trigger unpleasant memories of victims' surviving family members.
"I deeply respect the views of those who will strongly disagree with my decision, including some families of victims who have suffered the worst possible loss," the Democratic governor said. "I hold this painful truth along with the belief that this is a righteous action."

So always remember this when Democrats claim they won't, for example, endorse gay marriage, endorse transitioning children, impose actual authoritarian communism, etc., etc., etc.

What they always mean is: "I will not do these things in the current month because public opinion is strongly against me. But the moment that opposition begins to waver, or we win enough seats to be able to lose seats for several elections and maintain a majority, Katy Bar the Door."

This is obvious, and proven repeatedly through the years, but do be on notice that you are a Racist Conspiracy Theorist Peddling Russian Disinformation if you point this out.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:34 PM

Comments

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1 The weekend is here

Posted by: Skip at November 05, 2026 03:34 PM (Ia/+0)

2 Why not just let them out with ankle monitors?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 05, 2026 03:34 PM (Cqx++)

3 THE BLADE BRINGS HOME A NICE CUT FOR THE WIN

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 05, 2026 03:34 PM (iFTx/)

4 ... OR NOT

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 05, 2026 03:35 PM (iFTx/)

5 Criminals are the new Marxists thugs
Let em them out why don't you Greusome?

Posted by: Skip at November 05, 2026 03:35 PM (Ia/+0)

6 Why not just let them out with ankle monitors?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 05, 2026 03:34 PM (Cqx++)
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Surely a "pinkie swear" to be on their best behavior is good enough.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 05, 2026 03:36 PM (s2iZv)

7 Putting people in cages is moral?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 05, 2026 03:36 PM (Cqx++)

8
Said it yesterday but saying it again today:

Vance and Thune get off your asses and call the Senate back into session. Collins and the others have nothing to lose voting right anyore.

Posted by: Auspex at November 05, 2026 03:36 PM (Y8DZL)

9 The weekend is here
Posted by: Skip

You off tomorrow, Skip? It's Thursday.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 05, 2026 03:36 PM (xz+xK)

10 Was a loved one murdered and the killer sentenced to death?
Fuck you!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 05, 2026 03:36 PM (XmK3B)

11 Now that you elected us back into power, Affordability is out the window and time to go after Trump.

The need for you USEFULL IDIOTS is over and F**k fixing Affordability...

SUCKERS................

Posted by: Chuck Shoemore at November 05, 2026 03:36 PM (mrJNc)

12 In communism common criminals aren't really seen as a problem, assuming they don't victimize members of the party.

And such is the case in California.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 03:36 PM (sKqQm)

13 But as Governor, I have concluded the state cannot morally kill them
------------
So this is what they mean when they say the speak for everyone.

Posted by: scampydog at November 05, 2026 03:37 PM (2bFN5)

14 criminals are victims of society, unless they're straight white guys

re 8: ha ha

Posted by: gnats local 678 at November 05, 2026 03:37 PM (CWTWj)

15 People in camps don't worry about affordability.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 05, 2026 03:37 PM (Cqx++)

16 Gotta make room on death row for undesirables -

@Awk20000
Hasan warns Asmongold that his commentary could get him punished by Twitch now that the political pendulum has swung

"Put the pronouns in the bio B, you're going to prison..that's our first scalp..no more relaxation for you big dog..they gonna bury his a*s in WoW too..the streets are no longer safe..reactionaries are going to be persecuted every step of the way on the internet..we're flipping the f'in script"

"You will start seeing corporations like Amazon, HBO..start changing their tune..corporations are gonna swing back around. If I was in Asmon's shoes, I'd be very careful with my commentary bc Amazon and Twitch in particular didn't go after him as hard as they would have bc they were fearful of retribution"

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 05, 2026 03:37 PM (Dv3i1)

17 So how are they gonna execute everyone in MAGA like they've been promising?

Posted by: Jim Rose at November 05, 2026 03:38 PM (miqrx)

18 Now that you elected us back into power, Affordability is out the window and time to go after Trump.

Moderate/soft Leftwing forums since the election: Yay costs will go down and we'll finally get prices back to pre-Biden levels!

Hard Leftwing forums: Prices? You plebes have too much already, but that problem we will fix. Now we will get Orangemanbad, Trans your kids, and import the rest of the third world

Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 03:38 PM (sKqQm)

19 What they always mean is: "I will not do these things in the current month"

Hmm. Read that as "mouth"...

Posted by: man at November 05, 2026 03:38 PM (pfXMo)

20 >>>Vance and Thune get off your asses and call the Senate back into session. Collins and the others have nothing to lose voting right anyore.

yes now they can vote left like they've always wanted

Posted by: brak at November 05, 2026 03:38 PM (gw3RI)

21 Well, even when we do decide to execute a criminal in 2026, they sometimes survive. So we might as well not try.

Posted by: mikeski at November 05, 2026 03:38 PM (VHUov)

22
"Life without the possibility of parole" does not mean what it says.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 05, 2026 03:38 PM (mmrXZ)

23
"Put the pronouns in the bio B, you're going to prison..that's our first scalp..no more relaxation for you big dog..they gonna bury his a*s in WoW too..the streets are no longer safe..reactionaries are going to be persecuted every step of the way on the internet..we're flipping the f'in script"

After the second assassination attempt on Trump I argued he need to roll up the orgs behind the assassins. He didn't.

Now we get this.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 03:39 PM (sKqQm)

24 I think Isa Casahuga is half right.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 05, 2026 03:39 PM (Sco7b)

25 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 03:39 PM (2614e)

26 Gone to.war, minatures that is in Lancaster

Posted by: Skip at November 05, 2026 03:39 PM (Ia/+0)

27 You know what, with death row endless appeals, good. Put them in gen pop. Let nature sort it out.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at November 05, 2026 03:39 PM (k8boH)

28 WOOT!

Posted by: Scott Peterson at November 05, 2026 03:40 PM (2614e)

29 "Life without the possibility of parole" does not mean what it says.

How cruel to let a man die alone and forgotten, locked in a cage!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 05, 2026 03:40 PM (Dv3i1)

30 They don't give a fuck. They need all the foot soldiers they can get.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 05, 2026 03:40 PM (X8vlu)

31 Vance and Thune get off your asses and call the Senate back into session. Collins and the others have nothing to lose voting right anyore.

Their clients aren't going to come through with those no show jobs they've been promised if Collins and co vote right in the lame duck session

Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 03:40 PM (sKqQm)

32 let's be honest, ev cars get electric for free from the sun and wind so there's affordability, you

Posted by: gnats local 678 at November 05, 2026 03:40 PM (CWTWj)

33 Also, fk JD

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at November 05, 2026 03:40 PM (k8boH)

34 Gavin stuck his finger in the wind yesterday and decided he was going to go all out DSA with the quickness.

Hair Gel is going to be running to the left of AOC in the primaries.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 05, 2026 03:40 PM (6ydKt)

35 Thune, do something!!
***laughs in Tillis***

Posted by: NCKate at November 05, 2026 03:41 PM (enNUy)

36 After the commutation, the murders over 65 or in "bad health ' will be released for "compassionate reasons".

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 05, 2026 03:41 PM (8VNAp)

37 This is a "meh" for me.

California was never ever ever gonna execute these cockroaches, no matter what. It's California. You might get run over and killed by a speeding drunk in his Lamborghini, but no criminal was ever gonna be put to death.

I mean, they can't even execute a demonic monster in red-blood Tennessee where they actually do execute people.

I feel bad for the Cali victims' families, but they were always gonna get screwed. At least now they have some closure instead of waiting around hoping that one day, some day, justice will be served.

Justice was never gonna be served, so might as well just end the charade.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 05, 2026 03:41 PM (iFTx/)

38 Remember when some elected Dem said normal people wanting to be safe from crime was White Supremacy?

Well folks they aren't just going to end White Supremacy they are going to end whiteness.

So hey, you care about crime? Too bad you voted for more of it.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 03:41 PM (sKqQm)

39 As I said in the last thread, if CA couldn't be arsed to execute anyone in the last 20 years, what does commutation change. Their death sentences were effectively already been commuted in an unacknowledged way. Is there some difference I'm missing?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 03:41 PM (HFrEr)

40 Collins and the others have nothing to lose voting right anyore.

Posted by: Auspex at November 05, 2026 03:36 PM (Y8DZL)

When you find out they never had any intention of voting Right, it was never about an election, or racism, or what someone thought, it's just they hate the Right... that is a dark day but a good one.

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 03:41 PM (pjdUv)

41 Yawn. Who cares? Don’t see how it affects me in the least.

But this?

Holy shit. This is gonna affect all of us. Quite significantly.

Mississippi’s Senate. Scott Colom (D) pulled further ahead of incumbent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) in a state that hasn’t elected a Black senator since Reconstruction,” the Washington Post reports.

“Colom was leading incumbent Hyde-Smith by 1,724 votes

Who ever could have imagined?

Posted by: Honest Cloud at November 05, 2026 03:41 PM (GVoQJ)

42 Since there's no more death sentence, there's no need for death row. You can put those inmates into GenPop.

Let the shenanigans begin.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 03:42 PM (mISmA)

43 Is there some difference I'm missing?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 03:41 PM (HFrEr)

It's a message.

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 03:42 PM (pjdUv)

44 As I said in the last thread, if CA couldn't be arsed to execute anyone in the last 20 years, what does commutation change. Their death sentences were effectively already been commuted in an unacknowledged way. Is there some difference I'm missing?
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls

See #42.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 03:42 PM (mISmA)

45 It will make good ads for Rpeublicans.

Posted by: Leupold at November 05, 2026 03:43 PM (6vImu)

46 Tje Bolsheviks did thid. Let criminals prey on citizens.
Many of the Bolsheviks were criminals.
Murderers, bank robbers, robbing the rich.

Posted by: Skip at November 05, 2026 03:43 PM (Ia/+0)

47 OT: LIV Golf is gone...I didn't watch it, but if you did...

From WTOP.com

"LIV Golf is shuttering after five years that fractured the sport’s landscape with promise of Saudi riches, announcing Thursday in bankruptcy court it plans to wind down operations instead of launching a new version because it didn’t have enough support.

“The debtors are not currently proceeding with the LIV 2.0 plan,” attorney Matthew Williams of Gibson Dunn said in a hearing in New Jersey. “Instead, the debtors are toggling to a value-maximizing wind-down in their business.”

Posted by: Nova Local at November 05, 2026 03:43 PM (Gb7+b)

48 He did it so Becerra doesn't have to...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 03:43 PM (l3cgK)

49 "But as Governor, I have concluded the state cannot morally kill them," he wrote.

But we are totally open with MAID.

Posted by: Community Notes at November 05, 2026 03:43 PM (+4Cf6)

50
So how are they gonna execute everyone in MAGA like they've been promising?
Posted by: Jim Rose

=================

Cf. the magistrate who let Irina Turetska's killer out.

Of course, they may also execute a few non-MAGAs at the same time, but a little cloud of generalized terror never hurts.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 05, 2026 03:43 PM (mmrXZ)

51 "I deeply respect the views of those who will strongly disagree with my decision, including some families of victims who have suffered the worst possible loss," the Democratic governor said. "I hold this painful truth along with the belief that this is a righteous action."

You know nothing of righteousness, asshole.

Even God knows some of his creation just need to die.

The Commandment is "Thou shall not commit murder." it says nothing of killing those that deserve it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 03:44 PM (2614e)

52 Look if it isn't clear yet, the window to vote our way out of gay communism ended on Tue.

Things are going to get very, very bad very quickly after the new communists are sworn in.

Does America have what it needs to take the next steps? Remembering COVID I say no.

Best you can do is get a place out in the sticks, bury some guns, and just enjoy the fact the people that voted for this are going to get it gooder, harder, and faster then you will.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 03:44 PM (sKqQm)

53 From the previous thread:

@WesternLensman
MSNOW's Stephanie Ruhle kicked off her 930am segment gloating about how the markets were surging because Democrats won.

"[Investors] made it abundantly clear that they welcome a massive check on presidential power."

The markets immediately tanked.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

"Markets hate uncertainty."

So they "surged"-- well, popped up a bit--when the uncertainty of the election went away.

Then they realized what the "certainty" that replaced it was, and everyone shat their pants at once.

Posted by: mikeski at November 05, 2026 03:44 PM (VHUov)

54 Whoever could imagine MS with a 40% black population?

Posted by: NCKate at November 05, 2026 03:44 PM (enNUy)

55 "But as Governor, I have concluded the state cannot morally kill them," he wrote.

From which demon does Newsome place moral authority to wink at heinous murders?

Posted by: Community Notes at November 05, 2026 03:45 PM (+4Cf6)

56 17 So how are they gonna execute everyone in MAGA like they've been promising?

Posted by: Jim Rose at November 05, 2026 03:38 PM (miqrx)

They'll naturally die in the prison camps...un-naturally.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 03:45 PM (l3cgK)

57 55 "But as Governor, I have concluded the state cannot morally kill them," he wrote.

From which demon does Newsome place moral authority to wink at heinous murders?

Posted by: Community Notes at November 05, 2026 03:45 PM (+4Cf6)

Moloch

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 03:45 PM (l3cgK)

58 Maybe clearing out jail cells for Conservatives

Posted by: Skip at November 05, 2026 03:45 PM (Ia/+0)

59 debtors are toggling to a value-maximizing wind-down"

English. Do they speak it?

Posted by: man at November 05, 2026 03:45 PM (pfXMo)

60 What he probably means is it's another step forward to letting most of them loose so the state is not specifically forced to absorb their medical services and other services.

Medicaid card handed over as they head out the door, 'government' pays. Transport them away from the finer areas.

NY State style, used the Pocono Mountains of PA.

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 05, 2026 03:46 PM (NFX2v)

61 So, mission complete?

@Salon 1h
Today, after 31 years, we are saddened to announce that Salon is ceasing publication. It has been an extraordinary privilege.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 05, 2026 03:46 PM (nEUC6)

62 Who better to be the arbiter of "California Values" than Gavin 'Masks for thee, but not for me' & 'lemme cheat with a friend's wife' Newsom?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 05, 2026 03:46 PM (0sNs1)

63 Well folks they aren't just going to end White Supremacy they are going to end whiteness.
____

The goal is to end Western Civilization. That might cause some to ask about step 2, what to replace it with, so they avoid saying that.

Instead they are having fun expressing their hate filled racism against whites so openly. No one is going to question the rightness of their cause.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 05, 2026 03:46 PM (Dv3i1)

64 John Thune wants to be the minority leader.

And I quote, "I’m here for the fight...”

Are you fucking kidding me??? I think there are drugs involved.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 03:46 PM (iOpI2)

65 49 "But as Governor, I have concluded the state cannot morally kill them," he wrote.

But we are totally open with MAID.

Posted by: Community Notes at November 05, 2026 03:43 PM (+4Cf6)

I suppose, as is usual with the Dems, this is all about "choice".
Everybody has a choice but the fetus and the murder victim.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 05, 2026 03:46 PM (6ydKt)

66 61 So, mission complete?

@Salon 1h
Today, after 31 years, we are saddened to announce that Salon is ceasing publication. It has been an extraordinary privilege.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 05, 2026 03:46 PM (nEUC6)

So they'll be back to $20, same as in town?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 03:46 PM (l3cgK)

67
He commuted their sentences.

California hasn't executed a prisoner since 2006.

Now set them free to kill all of the hard-working normies...for the children!

Yay!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at November 05, 2026 03:46 PM (YSUhf)

68 English. Do they speak it?
Posted by: man

Not professionally, no.

Posted by: mikeski at November 05, 2026 03:46 PM (VHUov)

69 What they always mean is: "I will not do these things in the current month because public opinion is strongly against me. But the moment that opposition begins to waver, or we win enough seats to be able to lose seats for several elections and maintain a majority, Katy Bar the Door."

This is why the right always loses in the long run. Most in power don't grasp the long game concept. Leftists ALWAYS play the long game.

It Can't Be Bargained With. It Can't Be Reasoned With... And It Absolutely Will Not Stop, Ever... Until You Are Dead!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 03:47 PM (2614e)

70 Don't worry - Gavin will have no problems executing his political opponents, when the time comes.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 05, 2026 03:47 PM (aD4fx)

71 "I’m here for the fight...”
-------

Never change, GOP.

Never change.

Oh that's right you won't fucking change.

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 03:47 PM (pjdUv)

72 that Salon is ceasing publication."

Well, bye.

Posted by: man at November 05, 2026 03:47 PM (pfXMo)

73 64 John Thune wants to be the minority leader.

And I quote, "I’m here for the fight...”

Are you fucking kidding me??? I think there are drugs involved.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 03:46 PM (iOpI2)

Not drugs, just money and privilege...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 03:47 PM (l3cgK)

74 The released murderers will be stormtroopers on the demonrat deathstar.

Posted by: Eromero at November 05, 2026 03:47 PM (LHPAg)

75 Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at November 05, 2026 03:47 PM (N1tpc)

76 The stock market is likely a pretty good investment choice. With hyperflation again a possibility stocks generally stay level with inflation (see the Biden years).

Personally I will laugh my ass off when LIVs ask why the price of food and housing...AND JEFF BEZOS's FORTUNE...are all twice what they are now in 2 years.

And in fairness to Penis Rocket man that doubled fortune will actually just be worth what his fortune was worth in 2026...

Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 03:47 PM (sKqQm)

77 17 So how are they gonna execute everyone in MAGA like they've been promising?
Posted by: Jim Rose

Doesn't need to be fast deaths. Usefulness is important.

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 05, 2026 03:47 PM (NFX2v)

78 59 debtors are toggling to a value-maximizing wind-down"

English. Do they speak it?
Posted by: man at November 05, 2026 03:45 PM (pfXMo)

It's a nice way to say "sell all the assets individually for as much as we can get and close"...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 05, 2026 03:48 PM (Gb7+b)

79 Holy shit, the new majority leader of the Texas House of Representatives says that he views himself as locked in struggle against white people.

It's all the different colors and the LGBT that are being oppressed by whites.

He actually said, once they all figure out we are being oppressed by the same people we will win.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 03:48 PM (iOpI2)

80
Mississippi’s Senate. Scott Colom (D) pulled further ahead of incumbent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) in a state that hasn’t elected a Black senator since Reconstruction,” the Washington Post reports.

The same with Alaska it looks like.. Anytime they keep counting we never win

Posted by: It's me donna at November 05, 2026 03:48 PM (4WM7K)

81 >>>John Thune wants to be the minority leader.

much easier to fundraise as a minority "fighter" than majority "expected to actually accomplish things"

Posted by: brak at November 05, 2026 03:49 PM (gw3RI)

82 But as Governor, I have concluded the state cannot morally kill them
==
So Governor Happy Pants is the opposite of Judge Dredd, although they both fancy themselves as "The Law".

Gruesome noisesome making moral judgements on behalf of all the people in his state raises the hairs on the back of my neck.

Posted by: Junkyard Dog at November 05, 2026 03:49 PM (anL5R)

83 62 Who better to be the arbiter of "California Values" than Gavin 'Masks for thee, but not for me' & 'lemme cheat with a friend's wife' Newsom?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 05, 2026 03:46 PM (0sNs1)

Gavin's values amount to whatever is valuable for advancing his political career at this point.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 05, 2026 03:49 PM (6ydKt)

84 Old and Busted: If it saves only one Child...

New and Hot: If it saves only one Child-Murderer...

Posted by: garrett at November 05, 2026 03:49 PM (/izzV)

85 This is why the right always loses in the long run. Most in power don't grasp the long game concept. Leftists ALWAYS play the long game.

There is one other part of this.

Leftists that lose office because they make a controversial vote have a bunch of NGO money and no show jobs to fall back on.

Amusingly so do left leaning Republicans (though less overall).

But lose office after making a tough right leaning vote? Your reward is at best unhireability, at worst jail time

Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 03:49 PM (sKqQm)

86 So brave, so stunning. Note he didn't do this moral thing on his first day in office, but on his last days in office.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 05, 2026 03:49 PM (n5tGW)

87 Is there some difference I'm missing?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 03:41 PM (HFrEr)

The 'feels.'

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 03:49 PM (2614e)

88 >>>The same with Alaska it looks like.. Anytime they keep counting we never win

running the other guy with the same name to steal votes was almost funny it's so over the top corrupt

Posted by: brak at November 05, 2026 03:50 PM (gw3RI)

89
John Thune wants to be the minority leader.

And I quote, "I’m here for the fight...”

Sir, there's no fighting for who will man the glory hole allowed in this bus station.

Just wait till your shift comes up.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 05, 2026 03:50 PM (YSUhf)

90
The same with Alaska it looks like.. Anytime they keep counting we never win
Posted by: It's me donna at November 05, 2026 03:48 PM (4WM7K)

*touches nose*

*points at donna*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 03:51 PM (2614e)

91 This is why the right always loses in the long run. Most in power don't grasp the long game concept. Leftists ALWAYS play the long game.

It Can't Be Bargained With. It Can't Be Reasoned With... And It Absolutely Will Not Stop, Ever... Until You Are Dead!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 03:47 PM (2614

One way ratchet: They do what they say and get voted out for it. Our side does nothing and gets voted out for it. Lather, rinse, repeat. The GOP is the party of managed decline.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 03:51 PM (HFrEr)

92 Holy shit, the new majority leader of the Texas House of Representatives says that he views himself as locked in struggle against white people.

Part of the success of the left is creating and sustaining tribalism. Remember Biden's argument you aren't actually a black person if you don't vote for him?

Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 03:51 PM (sKqQm)

93 California seems nice. I will move there and get a job at Ronnie's Car Wash and buy a house in the Hollywood Hills with my wife and 4 kids.

The American Dream!

Posted by: Texas democrat at November 05, 2026 03:51 PM (D5ixm)

94 New meme (link to X)-

https://tinyurl.com/3mtjjhsw

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 05, 2026 03:52 PM (Dv3i1)

95 >>running the other guy with the same name to steal votes was almost funny it's so over the top corrupt

It has been done a few times before...though, I think the Kennedys were the ones credited with employing the first time. At least, as I recall my electoral history.

Posted by: garrett at November 05, 2026 03:52 PM (/izzV)

96 If you ever have to kill someone, drag them to California and kill them. You might get off with a minor ticket.

Posted by: Skip at November 05, 2026 03:52 PM (Ia/+0)

97 He should be spared because they were "MOSTLY PEACEFUL" Murders he committed...

Posted by: Jackson K. at November 05, 2026 03:52 PM (PxgV0)

98 >>>Holy shit, the new majority leader of the Texas House of Representatives says that he views himself as locked in struggle against white people.

whites are the only demographic that is not purely tribal in politics

Posted by: brak at November 05, 2026 03:52 PM (gw3RI)

99
It's all the different colors and the LGBT that are being oppressed by whites.

He actually said, once they all figure out we are being oppressed by the same people we will win.
-----

I have been trying to warn and warn about this DSA op, and why it made my skin crawl the day it appeared.

I am telling you. Things are going to get.... weird.

I don't know if you remember every day Obama or one of his oifficals would say something awful. They sped up and spun the news cycle starting in Spring 2009.

This is gonna be that except country wide and not limited to just some officials. They are going to get even more brazen and ridiculous now. But not just once or twice a week, but every minute of every day.

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 03:53 PM (pjdUv)

100 I've been convinced. Executing these people is immoral, expensive, and wrong.

We need to sentence these people to life without parole.

Lock them in the cage and let them live the rest of their life with whatever they can find to survive in the cage.

Life without parole would be a LOT shorter than a death sentence.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at November 05, 2026 03:53 PM (N1tpc)

101 Six people died in a fire in NYC. Lilian bonsignore, the lesbian fire commissioner was at a political junket for NY pols in Puerto Rico. Fire commissioners don't usually go and a couple of pols said they never saw one there before. Mamdani signed off on it.
Not that her being in NYC would have changed the situation, but it shows that our betters haven't learned from Mayor Bass

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 05, 2026 03:53 PM (8VNAp)

102 Stock indexes are crashing across the board.

Posted by: Just reporting at November 05, 2026 03:53 PM (b/mwL)

103 whites are the only demographic that is not purely tribal in politics
____

I hate whiteness!

Posted by: White Lady at November 05, 2026 03:53 PM (Dv3i1)

104 "After 23 years and 1 month on death row..."

See, right there is the problem. Shit, if these guys weren't in prison, most of them would already be dead from one thing or another.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at November 05, 2026 03:53 PM (QaH55)

105 By the way notice the lack of violence or riots when we lose.....

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 03:54 PM (pjdUv)

106 whites are the only demographic that is not purely tribal in politics

Posted by: brak at November 05, 2026 03:52 PM (gw3RI)

We were well trained to be that way.

The younger white generation is tuning to tribalism because they feel they have to.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 05, 2026 03:54 PM (6ydKt)

107 , "I’m here for the fight...”

As a spectator

Posted by: Community Notes at November 05, 2026 03:54 PM (+4Cf6)

108 One way ratchet: They do what they say and get voted out for it. Our side does nothing and gets voted out for it. Lather, rinse, repeat. The GOP is the party of managed decline. /i]

Back in the Bush years I remember being shocked that every time the Republicans had an opportunity to actually DO one of the things they claimed to support they'd punt instead arguing it was too risky to have a controversial vote because they might lose elections.

Then of course they'd still lose elections because that's the nature of politics.

Later I got that this was indeed just a game to most of them and they were happy to play their part but back then..."Hey I'm a normal guy and I see this...you have expensive consultants and fancy degrees how are you not getting it?!?"

Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 03:54 PM (sKqQm)

109 He actually said, once they all figure out we are being oppressed by the same people we will win.
==
"Kill Whitey." Its the new "Kill the Jews."

L'Chaim.

Posted by: Junkyard Dog at November 05, 2026 03:54 PM (anL5R)

110 Guarantee you that there will be zero executions in Texas for the next 4 years and every death row prisoner will have their sentence commuted as well. The incoming governor has stated that she looks up to california as the state she wants Texas to look like.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 05, 2026 03:54 PM (I43vL)

111 Not that her being in NYC would have changed the situation, but it shows that our betters haven't learned from Mayor Bass

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 05, 2026 03:53 PM (8VNAp)

Friendly reminder:

They. Do. Not. Care.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 03:54 PM (2614e)

112 We have probably seen our last election (2024). There may be ‘elections’, but not many.

Posted by: Eromero at November 05, 2026 03:55 PM (LHPAg)

113 . The incoming governor has stated that she looks up to california as the state she wants Texas to look like.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 05, 2026 03:54 PM (I43vL)

Bankrupt ?

Posted by: It's me donna at November 05, 2026 03:55 PM (4WM7K)

114 ==
"Kill Whitey." Its the new "Kill the Jews."

L'Chaim.

Posted by: Junkyard Dog at November 05, 2026 03:54 PM (anL5R)

And it includes the Jews. Maybe even starts with them.

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 03:55 PM (pjdUv)

115 >>>The younger white generation is tuning to tribalism because they feel they have to.

yes, once whites are the minority they have to to survive

Posted by: brak at November 05, 2026 03:56 PM (gw3RI)

116 What is plain as day is that the election on Tuesday was stolen. Big time. The results were too perfect. So perfect that our nation now faces a tremendous overhaul, allowing God knows what to happen. Everything that Trump has accomplished will be eliminated, quashed. The upheaval will be staggering.

I do not for one moment believe that millions of Texans stampeded to the polls and voted for that mutton-headed creature Talarico twink. Did not happen. What pains me too, is the brains on this blog who, had predicted a different outcome,
came here a apologized for being incorrect. You were not wrong!

Posted by: washrivergal at November 05, 2026 03:56 PM (KGrz7)

117 . The incoming governor has stated that she looks up to california as the state she wants Texas to look like.

Its the Mexican model.

They have elections, but those elections don't really matter.

Real power is held by the people that own the elected officials.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 03:56 PM (sKqQm)

118 AFFORDABILITY SMORDABILITY............

F**k that SH*t.......

I do not give a Crap is Groceries and Gas high right now...

We have more important things to do then fix what you "USEFUL IDIOTS" want.

Posted by: Chuck Shoemore at November 05, 2026 03:56 PM (5U1m0)

119 Leftists that lose office because they make a controversial vote have a bunch of NGO money and no show jobs to fall back on.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 03:49 P

The money runs out.
I'm really hoping now throughout the west.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 05, 2026 03:56 PM (Sco7b)

120 98 >>>Holy shit, the new majority leader of the Texas House of Representatives says that he views himself as locked in struggle against white people.

And yet he won political office... Some oppression....

Posted by: It's me donna at November 05, 2026 03:56 PM (4WM7K)

121
Bankrupt ?
Posted by: It's me donna at November 05, 2026 03:55 PM (4WM7K)

A socialist leadership utopia. Continue robbing the taxpayer blind and face no accountability whatsoever.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 03:56 PM (2614e)

122 From the last thread: >>> Abdul El-Sayed wants Chuckles Shumer the Jew out of the Senate Leadership. To "get money out of politics".
AAAAHHH HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!! Eat a sack of shit Shumer.

Didn't Soros pay for most of these DSA candidates? Including Sayed abd Talafreako? There were pics of them in grip and grins.

They are all fendi purse socialists or champagne socialists.

Posted by: LizLem at November 05, 2026 03:56 PM (Toos7)

123 And it includes the Jews. Maybe even starts with them.
____

Hah, I'm safe!
- Nebbishy Jew - Board Chairman of Local CAIR Chapter

(supposedly this is true, if you can believe everything you read on X)

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 05, 2026 03:57 PM (Dv3i1)

124
Wow. They just won a complete victory and their first action is to foment racial hostility.

Did the Democrats run on trying to start a race war in Texas?

I missed that part.

Oh, well...I guess they mean well.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 05, 2026 03:57 PM (YSUhf)

125 Remember the left WANTS crime.

Why?

Because then it is easier to offer you "security for rights/money".

Now, even after they take your rights and wealth they still aren't going to do shit about crime. But in 2 years they'll make the same promises and people will vote the same way

Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 03:57 PM (sKqQm)

126 It Can't Be Bargained With. It Can't Be Reasoned With... And It Absolutely Will Not Stop, Ever... Until You Are Dead!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 03:47 PM

We realize you weren't talking about us, but we'll take the shout out anyway.

We've authorized the release of a tin of extra-oleaginous sardines to you.

Posted by: Big Penguin at November 05, 2026 03:58 PM (0sNs1)

127 Cultural Marxists are running the Democrats

Posted by: Skip at November 05, 2026 03:58 PM (Ia/+0)

128 whites are the only demographic that is not purely tribal in politics
___
I feel shame all the time. No its not because I'm tramp, had 3 abortions, two divorces and I am debt up to my eyeballs because I can't delay gratification at all and need immediate constant soothing by consumerism, its because I 'am a WHITE woman!

Posted by: Karen's Inner Monologue at November 05, 2026 03:58 PM (anL5R)

129 A socialist leadership utopia. Continue robbing the taxpayer blind and face no accountability whatsoever.

Texas has a Rainy Day Fund that they see as an uncashed lottery ticket.

Posted by: Community Notes at November 05, 2026 03:58 PM (+4Cf6)

130 Said it yesterday but saying it again today:

Vance and Thune get off your asses and call the Senate back into session. Collins and the others have nothing to lose voting right anyore.
Posted by: Auspex at November 05, 2026 03:36 PM (Y8DZL)

------------

Ha, ha! They now have even more contempt for Republican voters and Trump. There will not be any moves until January when they hand over the country to communists and islamists.

Posted by: Decaf at November 05, 2026 03:58 PM (uKqbA)

131 What pains me too, is the brains on this blog who, had predicted a different outcome,
came here a apologized for being incorrect. You were not wrong!

Posted by: washrivergal at November 05, 2026 03:56 PM (KGrz7)

Don't get pained. Some of them squashed people for talking about the possibility of another Cheat. "We're watching.... why didn't Kamala win...."

I always say the Right loves nothing more than the last war. The Left is always on to the next and I got shit on by some of them for saying that.

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 03:58 PM (pjdUv)

132 112 We have probably seen our last election (2024). There may be ‘elections’, but not many.

Posted by: Eromero at November 05, 2026 03:55 PM (LHPAg)

Not to be that guy but plenty of people were saying that after 2020.

Never underestimate the Democrat party's ability to overextend themselves and find out, once again, the entire country is not down with absolute crazy.

We are going to have two full years of watching them go nuts and showing everybody their inner asshole selves.
They can't stop. They have no brakes.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 05, 2026 03:59 PM (6ydKt)

133 100.

See history of Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia.

Quaker philosophy. Didn't work.

Hook em, book em, cook em. (Addams Family)

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 05, 2026 03:59 PM (NFX2v)

134 Not that her being in NYC would have changed the situation, but it shows that our betters haven't learned from Mayor Bass
Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 05, 2026 03:53 PM
Sure they learned something. They learned they could let innocent people burn to death and get away with.

Posted by: Eromero at November 05, 2026 03:59 PM (LHPAg)

135 The same with Alaska it looks like.. Anytime they keep counting we never win
Posted by: It's me donna at November 05, 2026 03:48 PM

There’s a damn good reason that that happens.

The short answer is most of the time the legally cast votes Republicans unsuccessfully try to get tossed out are ultimately counted.

And I thunk we all know what voters republicans challenge and it ain’t the republicans variety.

Posted by: Honest Cloud at November 05, 2026 03:59 PM (GVoQJ)

136 122 From the last thread: >>> Abdul El-Sayed wants Chuckles Shumer the Jew out of the Senate Leadership. To "get money out of politics".

AAAAHHH HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!! Eat a sack of shit Shumer and I will not cum in your JEW MOUTH .......

BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR CHUCKY.........
YOU MIGHT GET IT !!!!!!!!!!!!! SUCKER......

Posted by: Abdul El-Sayed Bin Laden at November 05, 2026 04:00 PM (5U1m0)

137 Spend 5 minutes on moderate/soft left forums, "Yay prices are going back to 2019 levels...damn that Trump for raising them!"

Then spend 5 minutes on hard left forums, "These idiots want the price of things to go down? They have way too much as it is. But we have more important things to do now anyway like importing the third world, throwing everyone we don't like in jail, and spinning up the printing presses

Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 04:00 PM (sKqQm)

138 And signs a 10 year contract for $770 Million for 3 high speed trains that have no tracks.

Locking the deal in with the sunk cost fallacy.

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 05, 2026 04:01 PM (mP0Kj)

139 98 >>>Holy shit, the new majority leader of the Texas House of Representatives says that he views himself as locked in struggle against white people.

whites are the only demographic that is not purely tribal in politics
Posted by: brak at November 05, 2026 03:52 PM (gw3RI)

Yet. Who know what a few years brings...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 05, 2026 04:01 PM (Gb7+b)

140 Posted by: Honest Cloud at November 05, 2026 03:59 PM (GVoQJ)

"Honest" in the nic? at least you thought about marketing

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 05, 2026 04:01 PM (Dv3i1)

141 We are going to have two full years of watching them go nuts and showing everybody their inner asshole selves.
They can't stop. They have no brakes.

No, that's not what's going to happen this time.

Oh yes they will go crazy. But this time they have a plan to deal with anyone that stands in their way.

Watch what happens on the internet/in the media when the new Dem governor arrests Elon Musk

Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 04:02 PM (sKqQm)

142 The total Judiciary will be Cultural Marxists after January, no new conservative Judges will get appointed

Posted by: Skip at November 05, 2026 04:02 PM (Ia/+0)

143 We are going to have two full years of watching them go nuts and showing everybody their inner asshole selves.
They can't stop. They have no brakes.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 05, 2026 03:59 PM (6ydKt)

Who is going to stop them. Trump can't run again and the GOP is in their element, fundraising and FIGHTIN

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 04:02 PM (pjdUv)

144 >>>The younger white generation is tuning to tribalism because they feel they have to.

yes, once whites are the minority they have to to survive
Posted by: brak

Sadly, "the younger white generation" doesn't view their own women as part of their tribe.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 05, 2026 04:02 PM (vJrRc)

145 Holy shit, the new majority leader of the Texas House of Representatives says that he views himself as locked in struggle against white people.

And yet he won political office... Some oppression....

Posted by: It's me donna at November 05, 2026 03:56 PM

The wife and I are making plans to move from Texas to Florida after tuesday nights results. Florida is about the only sane state left. Texas is about to get well and truly fvcked with a whole bunch of new taxes, increased existing taxes and new state fees.

While the Texas constitution prohibits an income tax it only takes a simple majority of voters to get rid of that, after the showing the democrats had tuesday, that is going to happen and we will have an income tax. The new governor voted over 40 times for a state income tax when she was a state representative.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 05, 2026 04:03 PM (I43vL)

146 130 Said it yesterday but saying it again today:

Vance and Thune get off your asses and call the Senate back into session. Collins and the others have nothing to lose voting right anyore.
Posted by: Auspex at November 05, 2026 03:36 PM (Y8DZL)

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Ha, ha! They now have even more contempt for Republican voters and Trump. There will not be any moves until January when they hand over the country to communists and islamists.
Posted by: Decaf at November 05, 2026 03:58 PM (uKqbA)

Dems will Nuke the Filibuster the first month they are in power in the Senate. I'll put money on it.

It's not law, it is only a rule that can be changed with a simple Majority vote.

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 05, 2026 04:03 PM (mP0Kj)

147 I can't believe we're getting hot air trolls from 2008. I'm not even kidding that's what this dude is.

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 04:03 PM (pjdUv)

148 I think we should set up Capitol Hill Organized Protest Zones (CHOP) to fight the Demo-COMMIES..

Let's see how they react to "CONSERVATIVE" CHOP ZONES that tell the Commiecrats to F**kOff...

Posted by: Jackson K. at November 05, 2026 04:04 PM (/uEuX)

149 The wife and I are making plans to move from Texas to Florida after tuesday nights results. Florida is about the only sane state left. Texas is about to get well and truly fvcked with a whole bunch of new taxes, increased existing taxes and new state fees.

While the Texas constitution prohibits an income tax it only takes a simple majority of voters to get rid of that, after the showing the democrats had tuesday, that is going to happen and we will have an income tax. The new governor voted over 40 times for a state income tax when she was a state representative.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 05, 2026 04:03 PM (I43vL)

You'd be better off in West Virginia. Too small a population that is too red to be the Dems next target...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 05, 2026 04:04 PM (Gb7+b)

150 136. It gets better

The Hill, El-Sayed says he’d back Van Hollen as majority leader over Schumer

Maryland Man's sponsor.

And El Sayed is not even sworn in yet. 😂

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 05, 2026 04:04 PM (NFX2v)

151 While the Texas constitution prohibits an income tax it only takes a simple majority of voters to get rid of that, after the showing the democrats had tuesday, that is going to happen and we will have an income tax. The new governor voted over 40 times for a state income tax when she was a state representative.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 05, 2026 04:03 PM (I43vL)

It takes 2/3 of the legislature first to bring it to the people for that vote.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 04:04 PM (2614e)

152 Let's see how they react to "CONSERVATIVE" CHOP ZONES that tell the Commiecrats to F**kOff...

You'd be beaten in the streets, then arrested, and get a long jail term.

The FNM would call you an insurrectionist, and your family would get visits from your local lefty activists while you were behind bars.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 04:05 PM (sKqQm)

153 Spend 5 minutes on moderate/soft left forums, "Yay prices are going back to 2019 levels...damn that Trump for raising them!"

Then spend 5 minutes on hard left forums, "These idiots want the price of things to go down? They have way too much as it is. But we have more important things to do now anyway like importing the third world, throwing everyone we don't like in jail, and spinning up the printing presses
Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 04:00 PM (sKqQm)

I'm sure those idiots still think that you can print as much money as you want with no effect on inflation.

Despite that being disproven in reality only a few years ago.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 05, 2026 04:05 PM (YSUhf)

154 I don't understand the point of the commutations. Blue states just don't execute. Hell, NY State hasn't executed anyone since when JFK was in office. And, they didn't ditch the death penalty until 2004. So, 1963 to 2004 the death penalty existed, but was never applied.

Posted by: Orson at November 05, 2026 04:05 PM (dIske)

155 That kalama didn’t win in 24 was a head fake. The evil bastards had SIX years to con 26.

Posted by: Eromero at November 05, 2026 04:05 PM (LHPAg)

156 I can't believe we're getting hot air trolls from 2008. I'm not even kidding that's what this dude is.
==
Honest Cloud is an old troll indeed. Memories, misty water colored memories . . .

Posted by: Karen's Inner Monologue at November 05, 2026 04:05 PM (anL5R)

157 >>> 120 98 >>>Holy shit, the new majority leader of the Texas House of Representatives says that he views himself as locked in struggle against white people.

The struggle is we refuse to just give up and drop dead. He's furious about it. Never mind the majority of white people are average jo middle class wage slaves propping up the whole system.

Posted by: LizLem at November 05, 2026 04:05 PM (Toos7)

158 You'd be better off in West Virginia. Too small a population that is too red to be the Dems next target...
Posted by: Nova Local

You only think it's too small.

You know perfectly well that Commies cannot tolerate anyone outside their power.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 05, 2026 04:06 PM (vJrRc)

159 4pm news updates.

Screw that.
France is burning. A lot of Europe
I kind of want the cleansing to begin.

"Don't become a monster like them!"
Even worse. For a while.
And go back to a normal life where I just wanted to be left alone.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 05, 2026 04:06 PM (Sco7b)

160 I'm sure those idiots still think that you can print as much money as you want with no effect on inflation.

The issue is inflation doesn't harm people with first access to the new dollars that much.

So if you are politically connected it really doesn't matter that the price of everything doubles...because you are getting much more then that anyway.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 04:07 PM (sKqQm)

161 158 You'd be better off in West Virginia. Too small a population that is too red to be the Dems next target...
Posted by: Nova Local

You only think it's too small.

You know perfectly well that Commies cannot tolerate anyone outside their power.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 05, 2026 04:06 PM (vJrRc)

But Florida will obviously be the next one, as they try to hold TX...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 05, 2026 04:07 PM (Gb7+b)

162 Any explosions in Iran yet ?????

Posted by: Jackson K. at November 05, 2026 04:07 PM (jGtoG)

163 I remember 4 and 5 well - psychopaths.

@EndWokeness
29m
Here is a sample of the 548 people that just had their death penalty commuted by Gov. Newsom:

1. Charles Ng
Brutally murdered 11 people, including men, women, and infants.

2. Randy Kraft
Brutally murdered at least 16 young men, torturing and dismembering victims.

3. Marcus Wesson
Brutally murdered 9 family members, his children & nieces.

4. Cary Stayner
Brutally murdered 4 women, including three sightseers near Yosemite, and beheaded a nature guide.

5. Richard Allen Davis
Brutally murdered 12-year-old Polly Klaas after kidnapping her from a sleepover.

6. Chester Turner
Brutally murdered 10 women in LA.

There are still 542 more.

Posted by: beckster at November 05, 2026 04:07 PM (kX27y)

164 After 1/1/27, there will be close to 300 muslims holding elected office in the United States.

And there will be eight transgender (read: "fake") women (that we know of.)

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at November 05, 2026 04:08 PM (3ImbR)

165 I've been convinced. Executing these people is immoral, expensive, and wrong.

We need to sentence these people to life without parole.

Lock them in the cage and let them live the rest of their life with whatever they can find to survive in the cage.

Life without parole would be a LOT shorter than a death sentence.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian

This is why I'm for the death penalty.
First, the sentence gets commuted to life without parole. Then, that's mean so they get life WITH the possibility of parole. THEN, They come up for parole and get released.

Yeah. Fuck that noise.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 04:08 PM (mISmA)

166 Look around. We had one single solitary public figure who set back the Left. A little. Because nobody else in a position of power has even a slight desire to do that.

He's done in two more years. There's nobody in politics to stop them now.

So this is it. Submit to socialism, or start talking seriously about other approaches to the problem.

Because this infantile "the socialists will be naughty and then people will be mad and the GOP will make the boo-boos better" stuff isn't going to cut it.

They won't be coming to help you.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 05, 2026 04:08 PM (BI5O2)

167
And there will be eight transgender (read: "fake") women (that we know of.)
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at November 05, 2026 04:08 PM (3ImbR)

If they haven't chopped off their genitals, they're crossdressers.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 04:09 PM (2614e)

168 Well I read the new Congress will be the gayest non- white in history.. Hurrah...

Posted by: It's me donna at November 05, 2026 04:10 PM (4WM7K)

169 164 After 1/1/27, there will be close to 300 muslims holding elected office in the United States.

And there will be eight transgender (read: "fake") women (that we know of.)
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at November 05, 2026 04:08 PM (3ImbR)

So, all men faking being women for the political cred...that tracks...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 05, 2026 04:10 PM (Gb7+b)

170 Can't kill a pre-human clump of cells, but have no compassion for full living beings? Quite the compassion! lol

Posted by: Sid at November 05, 2026 04:10 PM (2t+i2)

171 After 1/1/27, there will be close to 300 muslims holding elected office in the United States.

They did what they said they were going to do.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 04:10 PM (2614e)

172 I've been convinced. Executing these people is immoral, expensive, and wrong.

We need to sentence these people to life without parole.

Lock them in the cage and let them live the rest of their life with whatever they can find to survive in the cage.

Life without parole would be a LOT shorter than a death sentence.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian

This is why I'm for the death penalty.
First, the sentence gets commuted to life without parole. Then, that's mean so they get life WITH the possibility of parole. THEN, They come up for parole and get released.

Yeah. Fuck that noise.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 04:08 PM (mISmA)

Apparently I wasn't clear. Stick them in a cell for "Life without Parole" and don't feed them.

We didn't execute them, so we're morally superior.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at November 05, 2026 04:10 PM (N1tpc)

173 Because this infantile "the socialists will be naughty and then people will be mad and the GOP will make the boo-boos better" stuff isn't going to cut it.

In the generation since 2000, when the then grossly bloated budget was under $2T, we've had pretty close to an even split of the parties in DC.

In 2025 we spent $7T.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 04:10 PM (sKqQm)

174 F*ck off Sid, you mentally retarded buffoon.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 04:11 PM (2614e)

175 Yo! Youse guys from New Jersey have been awfully quiet. 🤔

Ahha.

Plastic surgeon and former U.S. Army combat surgeon Adam Hamawy was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for New Jersey's 12th Congressional District.

He is the first Muslim American and first Egyptian American elected to Congress from New Jersey.

Hamawy has a past connection to the 1993 World Trade Center events; as a medical student in his 20s, he accompanied Omar Abdel-Rahman (the "Blind Sheikh," who was convicted in connection with the 1993 WTC bombing) to a conference in Michigan and later testified as a defense witness at his trial.

Reportedly, Hamawy publicly condemned Abdel-Rahman's rhetoric and stated he testified out of civic duty.

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 05, 2026 04:11 PM (NFX2v)

176 But Florida will obviously be the next one, as they try to hold TX...
Posted by: Nova Local at November 05, 2026 04:07 PM
I should have built on my place in Florida while I had the opportunity.

Posted by: Eromero at November 05, 2026 04:11 PM (LHPAg)

177
This is why I'm for the death penalty.
First, the sentence gets commuted to life without parole. Then, that's mean so they get life WITH the possibility of parole. THEN, They come up for parole and get released.

Yeah. Fuck that noise.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 04:08 PM (mISmA)

++++

This is true and this has happened

Posted by: washrivergal at November 05, 2026 04:11 PM (KGrz7)

178 Watch what happens on the internet/in the media when the new Dem governor arrests Elon Musk

Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 04:02 PM (sKqQm)

What for?
Has Elon broken any laws in Texas that I missed?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 05, 2026 04:12 PM (6ydKt)

179
Yes, we shouldn't quibble about who killed who and all that. It's all good. They'll do better and contribute to society and all that good stuff.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 05, 2026 04:12 PM (w6EFb)

180 There are still 542 more.

Posted by: beckster at November 05, 2026 04:07 PM (kX27y)

I'm sorry for being evil today.
Murderers in California?
I see upsides.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 05, 2026 04:12 PM (Sco7b)

181 When a clump of cells rapes and murders a 12 year old, your mom can abort it. I will help.

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 04:12 PM (pjdUv)

182 But as Governor, I have concluded the state cannot morally kill them
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Taxpayers can get the bill for abortions, though.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 05, 2026 04:12 PM (vSvIl)

183 The death penalty is reserved for the enemies of the party not the people....

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 04:13 PM (Int1s)

184 One of the other problems that I haven't seen people talk about is that the debt bomb is now guaranteed to go off.

No, the GOPe wasn't serious about cutting spending, but maybe with a seriously pro-growth government we could have road it out.

Now? We will default in a few years.

And in the lead up you will see hyperflation that makes the Biden years look like a joke, and not just wealth taxes but the government seizing assets directly.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 04:13 PM (sKqQm)

185 The commutation is a signal that it's a Brave New World

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 04:13 PM (pjdUv)

186 California hasn't executed a prisoner since 2006.

I'm surprised they did it that recently.

Didn't they spare Charlie Manson?

Posted by: Bulg at November 05, 2026 04:13 PM (77rzZ)

187 Murderers in California?
I see upsides.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 05, 2026 04:12 PM (Sco7b)

Oh when they get around to releasing Simon Phoenix's gang from CA's prisons you can count on them being bussed to your little hamlet.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 05, 2026 04:13 PM (BI5O2)

188
What for?
Has Elon broken any laws in Texas that I missed?

What laws did Trump break in NYS?

Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 04:13 PM (sKqQm)

189 Dennis Prager use to say often , those who are kind to the cruel are cruel to the kind

Posted by: Skip at November 05, 2026 04:13 PM (Ia/+0)

190 12 In communism common criminals aren't really seen as a problem, assuming they don't victimize members of the party.
And such is the case in California.
Posted by: 18-1
And by members of the party you must mean the super rich super liberals in the entertainment industry. Those hypocrites who can afford bodyguards and private security on their homes. Of course, they're willing to subject the rest of us to criminal thugs. Governor Greasy Hair needs to show that he's a man of the people by getting rid of all if his own security. That would have the added benefit of saving the taxpayers money.

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 05, 2026 04:14 PM (0Htd1)

191 Nerdy! 😁

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 04:15 PM (pjdUv)

192 One of the other problems that I haven't seen people talk about is that the debt bomb is now guaranteed to go off.
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I wonder what could set it off

Posted by: the bottomless pit of AI datacenter "investing" at November 05, 2026 04:15 PM (vSvIl)

193
What for?
Has Elon broken any laws in Texas that I missed?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 05, 2026 04:12 PM (6ydKt)

I mean, you think that matters to democrats in power?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 04:15 PM (2614e)

194 170. I can have absolutely no compassion for a murderer of a young woman who had her throat cut on a bus, and I can also have no compassion for a murderer who set a woman on fire on the subway. For starters.

I'm a big tent believer under certain circumstances.

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 05, 2026 04:15 PM (NFX2v)

195
Ol' Siddypoo wants to murder innocent human beings at their most vulnerable stage of life,

yet wants to spare vile murderers who brutally killed and tortured their victims.

Some compassion, sidrek.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 05, 2026 04:15 PM (YSUhf)

196 Apparently I wasn't clear. Stick them in a cell for "Life without Parole" and don't feed them.

We didn't execute them, so we're morally superior.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian

Ahhhh. Sorry. I missed the don't feed part.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 04:16 PM (mISmA)

197
I'm surprised they did it that recently.

Didn't they spare Charlie Manson?
Posted by: Bulg at November 05, 2026 04:13 PM (77rzZ)

He died of natural causes while on death row.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 04:16 PM (2614e)

198 Governor Greasy Hair needs to show that he's a man of the people by getting rid of all if his own security. That would have the added benefit of saving the taxpayers money.

I've been down this route with leftists...

You say guns are bad and put you in more danger right? Then wouldn't it be better for [some Dem pol] to not have armed bodyguards?

Oh Gaia no! They need protection from reichwing terrorists that want to hurt them.

But your said guns put you in more danger then not having them?

Yes.

But...you are arguing the opposite here!!!

That's different.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 04:16 PM (sKqQm)

199 Dennis Prager use to say often , those who are kind to the cruel are cruel to the kind
Posted by: Skip

Hmmm. Gives me an idea.
-- Nick Lowe

Posted by: Bulg at November 05, 2026 04:16 PM (77rzZ)

200 168 Well I read the new Congress will be the gayest non- white in history.. Hurrah...
Posted by: It's me donna at November 05, 2026 04:10 PM
These mentally ill devil worshippers do NOT represent America in any way, not even symbolically. And they don’t rate any respect of ‘office’.

Posted by: Eromero at November 05, 2026 04:17 PM (LHPAg)

201 Well I read the new Congress will be the gayest non- white in history.. Hurrah...

Out: Congress will figuratively f*ck America on the House floor

In: Congress will literally f*ck America on the House floor

Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 04:17 PM (sKqQm)

202 Comedian Ron White
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgQRgT15f9U

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 05, 2026 04:17 PM (0Htd1)

203 He died of natural causes while on death row.
Posted by: Sponge

But I thought that CA Supreme Court decided that he couldn't be killed, and commuted his sentence to life in prison.

Posted by: Bulg at November 05, 2026 04:17 PM (77rzZ)

204 In the generation since 2000, when the then grossly bloated budget was under $2T, we've had pretty close to an even split of the parties in DC.

In 2025 we spent $7T.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 04:10 PM

We are still spending extra money every year from the stimulus package obama signed for the recovery summer ARRA bill in 2009. It's been baked into the CR's since then. Heck there is still covid emergency money being spent 6 years later.

I saw an estimate the other day that projected the federal debt will be over $100 TRILLION by 2040, less than 15 years from now.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 05, 2026 04:18 PM (I43vL)

205 I mean, you think that matters to democrats in power?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 04:15 PM (2614e)

So making shit up out of thin air to arrest people and then prosecute them is good for future election prospects?

How'd that work out for them when they did it to Trump?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 05, 2026 04:18 PM (6ydKt)

206 189 Dennis Prager use to say often , those who are kind to the cruel are cruel to the kind
Posted by: Skip at November 05, 2026 04:13 PM (Ia/+0)

Sparing the mountain lion sacrifices the calves or something like that.

Posted by: CaliGirl at November 05, 2026 04:18 PM (czPqD)

207 Out: Congress will figuratively f*ck America on the House floor

In: Congress will literally f*ck America on the House floor
Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 04:17 PM (sKqQm)
---
Every drag queen in America will be invited to President Trump's next SOTU speech.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 05, 2026 04:19 PM (s2iZv)

208
But I thought that CA Supreme Court decided that he couldn't be killed, and commuted his sentence to life in prison.
Posted by: Bulg at November 05, 2026 04:17 PM (77rzZ)

That, I do not know.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 04:19 PM (2614e)

209 And so it begins...

Posted by: The person who always thinks it's beginning at November 05, 2026 04:19 PM (ZA4gy)

210 Has Elon broken any laws in Texas that I missed?

Show me the man, I'll show you the crime.

Posted by: Andrey Vyshinsky, AG Texas at November 05, 2026 04:19 PM (nCgQz)

211 California hasn't executed a prisoner since 2006.

I'm surprised they did it that recently.

Didn't they spare Charlie Manson?
Posted by: Bulg

Yes. But Charlie didn't kill anyone.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 04:19 PM (mISmA)

212 Oh when they get around to releasing Simon Phoenix's gang from CA's prisons you can count on them being bussed to your little hamlet.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 05, 2026 04:13 PM (BI5O2

But they won't.
They'll be terrorizing people in Cali who haven't reached a breaking point.
Screw them.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 05, 2026 04:19 PM (Sco7b)

213
So making shit up out of thin air to arrest people and then prosecute them is good for future election prospects?

How'd that work out for them when they did it to Trump?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 05, 2026 04:18 PM (6ydKt)

Who didn't get re-elected in NY after that bullshit? Georgia?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 04:20 PM (2614e)

214 Women are talking about aborting only male babies to stop the patriarchy. Instead of the obvious answer, raise the little guy growing inside you, with his own chromosomes, heart, lungs, fingernails, toes, to be a good man.

Meanwhile they are fine with men who would rape them in two seconds, who failed the test of being a human being and instead are a monster in human form, not getting the death penalty. Not giving the mothers and sisters and wives of those raped and slain by these monsters justice.

I'm glad dealing justice in the afterlife is above my pay grade. Because sine days I think I'd be a bit ragey about dealing it out.

Posted by: LizLem at November 05, 2026 04:20 PM (Toos7)

215 I mean, you think that matters to democrats in power?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 04:15 PM (2614e)

So making shit up out of thin air to arrest people and then prosecute them is good for future election prospects?

How'd that work out for them when they did it to Trump?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 05, 2026 04:18 PM (6ydKt)

Are you suggesting progressive can learn from their mistakes?

'Real political persecutions and executions have never been tried before.'

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 05, 2026 04:20 PM (vSvIl)

216 Look at all those ruined socialist cities. Crime is lower than ever, because they define crimes out of existence, and refuse to report them.

That's the standard socialist play in a (so far) milder form, until they define it all away, except for the crime of ever mentioning problems.

Because crime, drugs, etc. are a capitalist thing. Socialism is crime free.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 05, 2026 04:21 PM (BI5O2)

217 Hair Gel is going to be running to the left of AOC in the primaries.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
.....

All she has to do to win is flash her tiddies.
Quick, before they go all Pelosi on you, honey.

Posted by: wth at November 05, 2026 04:21 PM (UjdFS)

218 He died of natural causes while on death row.
Posted by: Sponge
----

Police suspect fair play.

Posted by: The ghost of Dennis Miller at November 05, 2026 04:21 PM (ZA4gy)

219 Guess this is California's way of getting new people to flock to their state.
"Do the voices tell you that you have to kill people? Well come on to California! Land of plenty of opportunities!"
Really, there are women in New England with children that may find their kind of place to settle down.

Posted by: Case at November 05, 2026 04:21 PM (En+fz)

220 So one thing I am amazed by, if the reason for the results of this election are indeed the price of gas caused by the Iran war, voters were more angry about $4/gas then they were the death toll tickers of American troops in 2006.

Trump avoided the trap of sending 250k soldiers to Iran that Shrub fell into with Iraq but looks like there was a dumber trap awaiting him

Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 04:21 PM (sKqQm)

221 I saw an estimate the other day that projected the federal debt will be over $100 TRILLION by 2040, less than 15 years from now.

That will solve the Affordability™ Problem!

Posted by: Generation α at November 05, 2026 04:22 PM (nCgQz)

222 Because crime, drugs, etc. are a capitalist thing. Socialism is crime free.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 05, 2026 04:21 PM (BI5O2

See, we agree on a lot of things.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 05, 2026 04:22 PM (Sco7b)

223 Gasoline prices. Funny thing, never thought that would be the downfall of the Repubic.

Posted by: tubal at November 05, 2026 04:23 PM (Gqar8)

224 Forwarded by Kari Lake on X -

https://tinyurl.com/3mp4w9rp

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 05, 2026 04:23 PM (Dv3i1)

225 >over $100 TRILLION by 2040...

It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.

Posted by: Kramer at November 05, 2026 04:23 PM (ZA4gy)

226 >>> Hair Gel is going to be running to the left of AOC in the primaries.

He will win the AWFL vote. He looks like the kind of guy they have rape fantasies about. AOC looks like the cleaning lady they resent for being younger than they are.

Posted by: brak at November 05, 2026 04:23 PM (gw3RI)

227 California wants to release the Menendez Brothers. Two kids who used a shotgun to kill their mother . Reloaded it to shoot her more than once.

Posted by: polynikes at November 05, 2026 04:24 PM (2gbgu)

228 Guess this is California's way of getting new people to flock to their state.

Way to Go Texas!

If you are going to get ass raped in taxes and have to stare down massive regulatory hurdles, at least you can enjoy good weather!

Posted by: California Chamber of Commerce at November 05, 2026 04:24 PM (nCgQz)

229 196 Apparently I wasn't clear. Stick them in a cell for "Life without Parole" and don't feed them.

We didn't execute them, so we're morally superior.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian
Or, put a number of the most violent murderers in one small cell, and put something in there that they are guaranteed to fight over. Then send the prison guards on a doughnut break.

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 05, 2026 04:24 PM (0Htd1)

230 Look at all those ruined socialist cities. Crime is lower than ever, because they define crimes out of existence, and refuse to report them.

I saw someone arguing that if the Dems were going to improve your quality of life they would have already made the big blue cities paradise since they have complete control there.

The responses from the left where:

1) They are already paradise
2) Of course they are shitholes, because of racism

And yes the people making those arguments agreed with each other even though their arguments are logically opposed

Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 04:24 PM (sKqQm)

231 If and when Nidal Hasan is executed on Dec 3 (big if), wonder what the hue and cry is going to look like.

It's the ultimate insult, now that the AWFLs and CuckDads have deemed that Islamofascism is the way forward as a bulwark against the awful Christians...it violates intersectionality to have a Brown executed....even after 16 fucking years. Hey, Chief!

And just wait until Texas eliminates the death penalty and starts to go after gun rights, saar.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at November 05, 2026 04:24 PM (qwx/I)

232 Have pity on us.
We're orphans!

Posted by: The Menendez brothers at November 05, 2026 04:25 PM (ZA4gy)

233 Who didn't get re-elected in NY after that bullshit? Georgia?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 04:20 PM (2614e)

I'm talking about on a national level.

The people who voted for Trump in 2024 showed up.
The Democrats turned out more people than they did in 2024.
Millions of people staye4d home because they didn't think their vote mattered.

In a state like Texas if you have a rogue governor arresting the riches man in the world as a political vendetta I guarantee you more people will get off of their ass in 2028 and vote them all out again.

It will not turn out well for the Dems to start arresting Elon unless he really did do something criminal.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 05, 2026 04:25 PM (6ydKt)

234 216 Look at all those ruined socialist cities. Crime is lower than ever, because they define crimes out of existence, and refuse to report them

Actually more this.
Damn I'm pissed
Mom LOVED Detroit.
And I was nervous crossing the Ambassador Bridge.
Scary as helll.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 05, 2026 04:25 PM (Sco7b)

235 And just wait until Texas eliminates the death penalty and starts to go after gun rights, saar.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie

At that point, Ima start selling toe tags to police departments.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 04:26 PM (mISmA)

236 Damn, what a bloodbath today was. Anyone who bought into yesterday's rally got smoked. And it wasn't just tech stocks today. The selling was broad and it continues after hours. Tomorrow should be interesting.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 05, 2026 04:26 PM (2UnvF)

237 So one thing I am amazed by, if the reason for the results of this election are indeed the price of gas caused by the Iran war, voters were more angry about $4/gas then they were the death toll tickers of American troops in 2006.

Trump avoided the trap of sending 250k soldiers to Iran that Shrub fell into with Iraq but looks like there was a dumber trap awaiting him
Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 04:21 PM (sKqQm)

By the way, this means America can't engage in military action ever again in an election year, because regardless of where it is, Iran will always be able to toss a few grenades at oil tankers and turn our immature voters against it.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 05, 2026 04:26 PM (vSvIl)

238 236 Damn, what a bloodbath today was. Anyone who bought into yesterday's rally got smoked. And it wasn't just tech stocks today. The selling was broad and it continues after hours. Tomorrow should be interesting.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 05, 2026 04:26 PM (2UnvF)

Bonds with locked in rates.

Posted by: tubal at November 05, 2026 04:27 PM (Gqar8)

239

PARIS — Hundreds of thousands of people joined nationwide strikes and demonstrations in France on Thursday to demand higher wages and support the student protest movement, piling fresh pressure on the beleaguered government.

The Paris march began peacefully on Thursday afternoon at Place de la République. The large crowd included many students carrying signs reading, “Inequalities seriously jeopardize our future” and “We can’t spend our whole lives just trying to make a living.” They were joined by workers and retirees demanding higher wages and pensions.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 05, 2026 04:27 PM (Cqx++)

240 In: Congress will literally f*ck America on the House floor
Posted by: 18-1
I don't even want to know what will be going on in the cloakroom.

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 05, 2026 04:27 PM (0Htd1)

241 Death penalty cases are automatically appealable to the Cal. Supreme Court which takes up a lot of its time that could be better spent deciding important civil issues so I'm ok with that.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at November 05, 2026 04:28 PM (Fv808)

242 "...Hundreds of thousands of people joined nationwide strikes and demonstrations in France on Thursday..."

Is that a lot?

Posted by: I gotta ask at November 05, 2026 04:28 PM (ZA4gy)

243 Like every other leftist a-hole, our troll, "S," thinks it's A-okay to murder a totally innocent baby in the womb, but not okay to execute a brutal killer.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at November 05, 2026 04:28 PM (3ImbR)

244 You'd be better off in West Virginia. Too small a population that is too red to be the Dems next target...

I saw a funny thing on X today. The most popular fetish in Virginia is "Interrogation". In West Virginia it's "Big Boobs".

Wait'll Virginia residents find out the CIA's already there.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 04:29 PM (2ocoG)

245 Seeing just headline of a Winston Marshall video, wonder if now the likes of Antifa will calm down some or thinking they have momentum ratcheting up?

Posted by: Skip at November 05, 2026 04:29 PM (Ia/+0)

246 Over a thousand people in prison today for homicide who were previously in prison for homicide. That's at least a thousand people that would be alive if they had executed or kept those repeat offenders in prison.

Posted by: polynikes at November 05, 2026 04:29 PM (2gbgu)

247 White people acting tribal...that's a laugh. We eat our own.

I was explaining this to my kid -- family, school, military, professional life, it's always been white people who went out of their way to screw me over. I may have had blacks steal stuff out of my car, but I never had a black guy try to sabotage my career.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at November 05, 2026 04:29 PM (qwx/I)

248 Virginia soaks up the government bureaucracy

Posted by: Skip at November 05, 2026 04:30 PM (Ia/+0)

249 Seems only a few short decades ago we booted three 1970's Jerry Brown appointees from the state Supreme Court for being too liberal, including finding any excuse to overturn death penalty sentences....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at November 05, 2026 04:31 PM (QGaXH)

250 All she has to do to win is flash her tiddies.
Quick, before they go all Pelosi on you, honey.
Posted by: wth
That won't help her with the gay vote.

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 05, 2026 04:31 PM (0Htd1)

251 “We can’t spend our whole lives just trying to make a living.” They were joined by workers and retirees demanding higher wages and pensions.

These are the same people that know water originates from a faucet, electricity from an outlet, and food from the back of the store.

They are angry because someone is holding the multi-trillion euro money stash and won't share any of it.

Posted by: Community Notes at November 05, 2026 04:32 PM (a6PrB)

252 Yes. But Charlie didn't kill anyone.
Posted by: rickb223

The hell he didn't.

He didn't personally pull the triggers. And Hitler didn't personally gas any Jews.

Posted by: Bulg at November 05, 2026 04:32 PM (77rzZ)

253 214 Posted by: LizLem at November 05, 2026 04:20 PM (Toos7)

Women should understand men can run a counter 4b program or rather pogrom....

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 04:32 PM (Int1s)

254 The thing is, I try to warn friends & family about the insane Dem policies. They just don't believe me, tell me I'm either exaggerating or simple making it up. Then I show them this, and they're like, oh.

I give up.

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at November 05, 2026 04:32 PM (AFztM)

255 Damn, what a bloodbath today was. Anyone who bought into yesterday's rally got smoked. And it wasn't just tech stocks today. The selling was broad and it continues after hours. Tomorrow should be interesting.
Posted by: Duke Lowell

BUY, BUY, BUY !
er, wait...
SELL, SELL SELL !

Posted by: Jim Cramer - Investment Pro and Media Personality at November 05, 2026 04:33 PM (UjdFS)

256 White people acting tribal...that's a laugh.

------

Find a gaggle of wine soaked white women blowing through thousands of dollars at a Restoration Hardware.

Put someone of any race in a MAGA hat and have him walk up and ask for the time.

White people are tribal as a motherfucker. It's just not a racial thing.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 05, 2026 04:33 PM (BI5O2)

257
Good to be back home again. Home is where the wifi connects automagicly.

Wonder if CA would put a normie MAGA on death row, and actually carry out the execution. Just kidding. To ask is to get my answer. Of course they would.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at November 05, 2026 04:34 PM (QVmho)

258 These are the same people that know water originates from a faucet, electricity from an outlet, and food from the back of the store.

I've tried pointing out to LIVs that every good or service they want is ultimately provided by another person working - so the less people work the fewer goods and services that will be available.

And they don't quite get it..."but if people just don't want to work anymore why shouldn't they still be able to have food and housing?!?"

Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 04:34 PM (sKqQm)

259 Well, at least the dem lawyer firms will be making a shitton of taxpayer money to get them released. So we have that to look forward to. Oh, and awards for cruel and unusual punishment. Yippee.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 05, 2026 04:35 PM (nEUC6)

260 Bonds with locked in rates.
Posted by: tubal at November 05, 2026 04:27 PM (Gqar

I have been building a ladder recently. I am glad I started.

OOf

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at November 05, 2026 04:35 PM (NtVYv)

261 Sage Steele posts a vid of Van Jones saying El Sayed might be too cray cray on his positions regarding Israel.

Your DNC party let the rabid dogs into the tent. They won't just bite at republicans but will also maul you to death. He's your problem to clean up, Van.

@sagesteele
I get it if you don’t want to listen to republicans about @AbdulElSayed & what far left dems like him stand for. But please, for the love of God, listen to @VanJones68. And then buckle up, bc this is what you voted for.

https://x.com/sagesteele/status/
2118386333731135510?a=jNabiiagfA3bJOZYQtI&s=46

Posted by: LizLem at November 05, 2026 04:36 PM (Toos7)

262 The thing is, I try to warn friends & family about the insane Dem policies. They just don't believe me, tell me I'm either exaggerating or simple making it up. Then I show them this, and they're like, oh.

If you send them actual press releases by the Dem candidates they support they will not read them. If you force them somehow they'll argue its taken out of context. If you point out its an official press release you'll get "well its just a mistake or like he was just saying things for politics"

Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 04:36 PM (sKqQm)

263

Drew Pavlou
@DrewPavlou
Left wing influencer followed by Abdul El-Sayed calls for mass executions of Republicans. ''If Elon Musk is alive at Christmas, it has been a failure.''

https://t.ly/QQagk

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 05, 2026 04:37 PM (Cqx++)

264 IRGC Announce Chemical Weapons may be used against Israel....

MOSTLY PEACEFUL chemical weapons that only kill/infect a few million. Nothing really big...

Posted by: Jackson K. at November 05, 2026 04:37 PM (jGtoG)

265 2. Randy Kraft
Brutally murdered at least 16 young men, torturing and dismembering victims.

Well, he seems nice.

Posted by: dantesed at November 05, 2026 04:37 PM (Oy/m2)

266 White people are tribal as a motherfucker. It's just not a racial thing.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 05, 2026 04:33 PM (BI5O2)

You mean nepotism that is part of human nature.

Posted by: polynikes at November 05, 2026 04:37 PM (2gbgu)

267 Well, at least the dem lawyer firms will be making a shitton of taxpayer money to get them released....

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 05, 2026 04:35 PM

And going after Trump supporters

Posted by: Skip at November 05, 2026 04:38 PM (Ia/+0)

268 All of you grieving victims, families, and friends and anyone seeking justice including courts and juries? F*** all of you. I will spit on your memories and graves.

Posted by: Gavin Newsom at November 05, 2026 04:38 PM (oji8u)

269 They are angry because someone is holding the multi-trillion euro money stash and won't share any of it.

A non-trivial number of people believe there are a bunch of rich people that don't work and the reason they aren't rich is those people won't share.

If you ask for examples they'll point you to Elon who is rich as hell but also has a hell of a work ethic. If you push them further they'll either give you influencers or actual fictional characters.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 04:38 PM (sKqQm)

270 I think the big issue is free money reaching the end and socialist ideals.

I hope and pray we're done.
Let's get this on..

And the Slotkin bitch.
Right back at her.
Thanks for letting everyone know it's in the shooting phase.

Me in Canada.
Still hopium.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 05, 2026 04:38 PM (Sco7b)

271 That won't help her with the gay vote.
Posted by: nerdygirl

Nope. They're all mine.

Posted by: Nav Gewsom at November 05, 2026 04:39 PM (UjdFS)

272
This will free up room on Death Row for Trump supporters.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 05, 2026 04:39 PM (eRlcH)

273
*crosses legs*

Posted by: Nav Gewsom at November 05, 2026 04:39 PM (UjdFS)

274 Whyy,

There are no more Republicans representing Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties in Pennsylvania’s legislature
Democrats achieved their trifecta in Harrisburg thanks in part to a historic breakthrough in Philadelphia’s suburbs.
------
The bond for my local school district is failing, one above junk bond status. There is no Federal or State municipal bond bailout system so every year, taxes increase for this working class community.

County taxes have risen well over 50 percent in a few years. The county proposed a $120 million bond issue, always for their very nicest parks and water... or something. It passed. We all lost emergency services when they essentially ran a for-profit hospital into bankruptcy with Medicaid patients. Then they took $83 million from it to create a Foundation (and similar non-profits) that the Foundation manages.

There's an expensive Board of Health that was not needed. Various town groups now contract for profit emergency services, and each group pays via local taxes.

Our school district now has 28 plus percent special Ed students, 1.4 percent gifted. How is that possible?

This socialist movement strikes fast and hard.

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 05, 2026 04:39 PM (NFX2v)

275 And the Slotkin bitch.
Right back at her.
Thanks for letting everyone know it's in the shooting phase.

The left has been open about it being the shooting phase for a while.

And the only people being shot are right of center

Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 04:39 PM (sKqQm)

276
IRGC Announce Chemical Weapons may be used against Israel....
MOSTLY PEACEFUL chemical weapons that only kill/infect a few million. Nothing really big...
Posted by: Jackson K

They are that stupid. I hope Bibi nukes them afterwards and dares the Euroweenies to do anything about it.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at November 05, 2026 04:40 PM (QVmho)

277 270 I think the big issue is free money reaching the end and socialist ideals

Colliding

Proof reading is for pussies.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 05, 2026 04:40 PM (Sco7b)

278 Also, quite a few GOPe hacks are crowing, and the post-mortems always align with their pet cause. It was the tarriffs! It was ICE being too mean! It was the war! (my personal #1 explanation). But the funniest one is.....corruption!

Then explain what happened to Minnesota.

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at November 05, 2026 04:41 PM (AFztM)

279 Our school district now has 28 plus percent special Ed students, 1.4 percent gifted. How is that possible?

We give bennies for being SPED and you get more of what you pay for.

And at the same time far fewer normal heritage Americans having kids in their 20s so there really are more SPED kids.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 04:41 PM (sKqQm)

280 If I were a family member of a victim of a death row inmate I would now push for their release.

Posted by: polynikes at November 05, 2026 04:42 PM (2gbgu)

281 White people are tribal as a motherfucker. It's just not a racial thing.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 05, 2026 04:33 PM (BI5O2)

We are tribal, yes, but we are the only tribe being told not to be a tribe.

Because while America and Europe was getting rid of tribalism the rest of the world kept on trucking.

It was a necessity for a better government for our nations but it has proven to be a double-edge sword thanks to the Democrat party basing their entire political strategy on it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 05, 2026 04:42 PM (6ydKt)

282 IRGC Announce Chemical Weapons may be used against Israel....
......

Democrats everywhere rejoice.

Posted by: wth at November 05, 2026 04:42 PM (UjdFS)

283 Murder on the Orient Express analogy might make someone’s demise difficult to pin down!

Posted by: Goatweed at November 05, 2026 04:43 PM (jK3NL)

284
The left has been open about it being the shooting phase for a while.

And the only people being shot are right of center
Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 04:39 PM

I would be horrified if someone tried to hurt Obama or Hillary in the same ways they have murdered Charlie Kirk or tried to kill Trump. They would dance on all of our graves and actually enjoy the carnage. They want all of us dead and punished.
This is so far from normal I don't know what to say anymore.

Posted by: CaliGirl at November 05, 2026 04:43 PM (czPqD)

285 At end of Sister of War, based on true story of Australian nurcesand others captured by Japanese and held until end of war. Very good, on Tubi probably other movie outlets

Posted by: Skip at November 05, 2026 04:44 PM (Ia/+0)

286 I saw The Greasy Governors open for The Dictators at The Button South in Fort Lauderdale in 1985.

Posted by: Dan Sullivan at November 05, 2026 04:44 PM (D5ixm)

287 @201. Congress will literally fuck America on the House floor

Haven't they been doing that anyway?

Posted by: Case at November 05, 2026 04:44 PM (En+fz)

288 This is so far from normal I don't know what to say anymore.

This started with their arguments about how it was moral to punch NAZIs.

Then they just argued anyone they didn't like was a NAZI

Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 04:45 PM (sKqQm)

289 Nood Salon Failiure

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 05, 2026 04:45 PM (6ydKt)

290 American policy if you use chemicals against us we can nuke you.

Posted by: Goatweed at November 05, 2026 04:48 PM (jK3NL)

291 The people didn’t vote for islamofacism, the machines did. Ask yourself who runs the machines. Did you think the graft and corruption was over?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 05, 2026 04:49 PM (ZVgZ4)

292 Per commenter 18-1

Riffing off of 18-1: if a Democratic Party member is killed by a Saxon or Republican, then the nearest village of Republicans will all be killed righteously for sacrilege.

Posted by: Goatweed at November 05, 2026 04:58 PM (jK3NL)

293 500 votes

Posted by: burp at November 05, 2026 05:00 PM (+yda9)

294 278 Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at November 05, 2026 04:41 PM (AFztM)

The cucks can win without me...they can have Tuq'r.

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 05:40 PM (Int1s)

295 Eventually, the Normies will no longer vote and simply take matters into their own hands.

Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at November 05, 2026 06:09 PM (OGFx7)

296 I think they should let them all out but confine them to an underpass in LA for a month. The homeless will take care of them or they will take care of homelessness.

Posted by: Unsportsmanlike Conduct is a Capital Crime to Me at November 05, 2026 08:33 PM (mj7xc)

297 The way Newsome speaks of saving criminals on death row of actual death you would think he would be less likely to support abortion in the third trimester.

Posted by: Bang-a-gong at November 05, 2026 08:52 PM (mnFxU)

Incompetent, Uneducated Boob and Socialist Nithiya Raman Has been Elected the Final Mayor of the City Formerly Known as Los Angeles

Say Goodbye to Hollywood.

Democratic socialist Nithya Raman will defeat incumbent Karen Bass in the Los Angeles mayor's race, CNN's Decision Desk projects.
Raman, a city councilmember, overtook Republican Spencer Pratt in June's nonpartisan primary to set up what was arguably a tougher race for Bass, a Democratic former congresswoman. With Raman's victory, the nation's two largest cities -- New York and Los Angeles -- will be led by democratic socialists next year.
Raman has vowed to cut street homelessness in half before Los Angeles hosts the 2028 Olympics.

Um, she already promised to do that. Homelessness exploded.

Joel Pollak:

Nithya Raman's victory means four years of destructive chaos -- and her socialist revolution will leave LA in ruins

Nithya Raman's victory in the race for LA mayor has been compared to an earthquake. It could shake the foundations of politics in the city.
After all, Raman is a far-left socialist. She is a second-term City Council member with no executive experience. She only arrived in LA in 2013.

She worked in India during her 20s and 30s. She is a foreign carpetbagger.

Raman was on nobody's radar when she declared her candidacy -- after she had already endorsed incumbent mayor Karen Bass.
She had almost no support from organized labor, which holds many levers of power. One union leader called Raman a "political opportunist."
Well, she certainly made the most of her opportunity.
She was carried to victory by a nationwide "blue wave" -- but also by a "red" rebellion against the Democratic Party establishment.
With Raman's victory, socialists will control the two largest and most important cities in America.
...
It's likely that Raman will be seen as a weak mayor. There could be chaos at City Hall.
We could see members of the City Council stepping forward to flex their muscle. Special interest groups, city agencies, and big businesses could start jockeying for position.
But it's also possible that the center of power could shift -- from City Hall to the politburo or "Steering Committee" of the local Democratic Socialists of America chapter, which is largely an unknown entity.
...
One thing is clear: Karen Bass has been held accountable for her failures in dealing with the wildfires and homelessness.

Taking potshots from the outside is easy enough. Running a major city is a real responsibility.
If that happens, she will be remembered less as an earthquake, and more as an El Niño tidal wave wave -- making a huge impact for a short while, but then receding, leaving the wreckage behind.

Adam Carolla, a lifelong resident of LA, has been reporting on Nitwit Nithiya for years. There is an empidemic of street thieves stole expensive catalytic converters from cars -- with a repair costing thousands of dollars -- and actually murdering several car owners who came out to stop them.

She did not call for a crackdown on thieves, which would be Racist. Nor did she call for increased prison time, which would be Regressive.

She called for the punishment of car companies for not putting expensive car components inside of steel safe-like enclosures.

Some races are Designated Victims, which means Designated Heroes.

Other races -- or, mostly one race -- are Designated Villains. Any crime committed by the Designated Victims must be re-cast so that the Designated Villains are the Real Criminals Here.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:20 PM

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1 This was why it was important to steal the primary.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at November 05, 2026 02:20 PM (N1tpc)

2 beat bass? wow

Posted by: gnats local 678 at November 05, 2026 02:20 PM (CWTWj)

3 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 02:20 PM (mISmA)

4 The Dems knew a used paper towel would beat Bass.

So they had to make sure the people didn't have a choice.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at November 05, 2026 02:20 PM (N1tpc)

5 Meh. LA was lost years ago.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2026 02:21 PM (5WPt1)

6 Good, LA deserves it...and I feel grey.

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 02:21 PM (Int1s)

7 5 Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2026 02:21 PM (5WPt1)

This is not a loss, this is LA getting what it deserves....

it will fix homelessness.

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 02:22 PM (Int1s)

8 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:22 PM (2614e)

9 We're grays, man. We're greys.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:22 PM (2614e)

10 She called for the punishment of car companies for not putting expensive car components inside of steel safe-like enclosures.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:20 PM

This is like when thieves realized a flaw in a couple models of cars (Kia? I don't remember)

The Democrats response: Punish the car companies for making their cars too easy to steal.

Not the thieves. Of course not.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at November 05, 2026 02:23 PM (N1tpc)

11 NOOD'ed lum......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:23 PM (2614e)

12 and it only too like two days to call a winner? i bet there are cali congressional races that won't be called for at least a week

Posted by: gnats local 678 at November 05, 2026 02:23 PM (CWTWj)

13 Gray days again...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 02:23 PM (l3cgK)

14 The only positive thing about this story is that Bass who was absolutely incompetent about the fires is out. I feel sorry for the decent people like Spencer Pratt and others who live there , though.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 05, 2026 02:23 PM (JrHfD)

15 The LA Olympics are going to be LIT!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 05, 2026 02:24 PM (yKhjs)

16 Honestly, I'm glad. I dont want these people escaping their bad decisions

Posted by: Leupold at November 05, 2026 02:24 PM (qbrsB)

17 I don’t care.

Posted by: RI Red at November 05, 2026 02:24 PM (HdjQ+)

18 and it only too like two days to call a winner? i bet there are cali congressional races that won't be called for at least a week
Posted by: gnats local 678 at November 05, 2026 02:23 PM (CWTWj)

All of Florida is done be election night.

Just like the ENTIRE COUNTRY 20 years ago or longer.

But now that fraud is normalized, the peons need to be told that the blatant fraud happening in front of them is TOTALLY normal. Right PBS?

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at November 05, 2026 02:24 PM (N1tpc)

19
Shooting at Des Moines Iowa post office.

Posted by: four seasons at November 05, 2026 02:25 PM (/QHx4)

20 The Jews have got to the comments

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 02:25 PM (pjdUv)

21 If I don't get a comment into 'The Comments of the Week' on the worst week ever....

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 05, 2026 02:25 PM (Sco7b)

22 LA can’t die soon enough. When I was 5 it was paradise.

Posted by: Pudinhead at November 05, 2026 02:26 PM (Wp1X1)

23 cutting in half means it will only go up 50 percent instead of 75 percent, just like obamacare saved you 2500$ on your unexpectedly cancelled health care insurance

Posted by: gnats local 678 at November 05, 2026 02:27 PM (CWTWj)

24 Her election wasn't unexpected; she had cornered the Hobo vote, $20, same as in town.

Our newly elected Insurance Commissioner is also the worse of two weevils, having been a former SF supervisor and also supported by Bernie Sanders.

No Rep won election to any higher executive office (like the last election).

Most of the props I wanted to pass failed, most I wanted to fail passed. Voter ID? Lost 59/41...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 02:27 PM (l3cgK)

25 19
Shooting at Des Moines Iowa post office.

Posted by: four seasons at November 05, 2026 02:25 PM (/QHx4)

__________________________

"What do you mean you don't have Gus Hall stamps?"

Posted by: Orson at November 05, 2026 02:27 PM (dIske)

26 LA might be better off if Trump *had* let Iran nuke them.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki look pretty good, today.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 05, 2026 02:27 PM (vSvIl)

27
Pratt had no chance. It's a shame.

Posted by: Frank Barone at November 05, 2026 02:27 PM (OkYzo)

28 LA can’t die soon enough. When I was 5 it was paradise.

Posted by: Pudinhead at November 05, 2026 02:26 PM (Wp1X1)

When I was 5, the Garden of Eden was paradise.

Posted by: Taylor Lorenz at November 05, 2026 02:27 PM (pjdUv)

29 Raman moved to LA in 2013, immediately put together an organization to deal with homelessness, got tax payer money, wasted it as homlessness got worse, got on the city council, got more money to deal with homelessness, it was an abject failure as homeless encampments now stretch for miles, she somehow parlayed that record of failure into city hall, where she will have access to even more money, to fail at an even grander level.

The people of this country are just f***** ridiculous.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 05, 2026 02:28 PM (XV/Pl)

30 > When I was 5 it was paradise.

I heard good things about the roaring 20s.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 05, 2026 02:28 PM (mkw2N)

31 We stand between the candle and the star...

Posted by: Obligatory B5 reference at November 05, 2026 02:28 PM (brIJB)

32 Shooting at Des Moines Iowa post office.

Posted by: four seasons at November 05, 2026 02:25 PM (/QHx4)

Postal Worker Shoots Two Coworkers in Des Moines

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 05, 2026 02:28 PM (yKhjs)

33 *checks field of fucks*

Nothing.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 05, 2026 02:28 PM (X8vlu)

34 Raman has vowed to cut street homelessness in half before Los Angeles hosts the 2028 Olympics.

Um, she already promised to do that. Homelessness exploded.

Yeah. Buy giving them the bum's rush outta town.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 02:28 PM (mISmA)

35 The problem is easily solved. Just change the name from "Las Angeles" to "Los Diablos".

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 05, 2026 02:28 PM (ndZc7)

36 I believe this is called “late stage democracy”.

Posted by: RI Red at November 05, 2026 02:28 PM (HdjQ+)

37 22 LA can’t die soon enough. When I was 5 it was paradise.

Posted by: Pudinhead at November 05, 2026 02:26 PM (Wp1X1)

Socialism and Commyism put the "F" in food and freedom...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 02:28 PM (l3cgK)

38 The new mayor no doubt misses the giant slums of her native land, and will strive to bring that experience to the U.S.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at November 05, 2026 02:28 PM (CwhoI)

39 32 Shooting at Des Moines Iowa post office.

Posted by: four seasons at November 05, 2026 02:25 PM (/QHx4)

Postal Worker Shoots Two Coworkers in Des Moines
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 05, 2026 02:28 PM (yKhjs)

When the US Flag outside a post office is flying at half-mast, you know they are hiring.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at November 05, 2026 02:29 PM (N39Ws)

40 I remind myself that it is these politicians' intention to destroy the city that was dumb enough to elect them. There is almost* nothing they can do to jeopardize their re-election, nothing will stop the praise they receive from all the right people, nothing will stop the flow of money to them and their family and friends.

*I suppose Karen Bass did f*ck up somehow, but her goal to destroy LA will continue apace.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 05, 2026 02:29 PM (Dv3i1)

41 Karen Bass did this to herself. She was instrumental in cheating Pratt out of the race. She would have easily won against him.

Too bad so sad.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 02:29 PM (VYGAQ)

42 Yaaa, grey ! ! ! !

Posted by: Gray Man at November 05, 2026 02:29 PM (X5Jzz)

43 Noodles? That's your choice?

Okay, then.

Posted by: Zuul at November 05, 2026 02:29 PM (yFLFB)

44 “In Los Angeles all the loose objects in the country were collected, as if America had been tilted and everything that wasn't tightly screwed down had slid into Southern California.”
― Saul Bellow

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 05, 2026 02:29 PM (XeU6L)

45 White again.
The new office of DEI will be notified.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 05, 2026 02:29 PM (Sco7b)

46 36 I believe this is called “late stage democracy”.

Posted by: RI Red at November 05, 2026 02:28 PM (HdjQ+)

We were rotted from the inside and the outside...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 02:29 PM (l3cgK)

47
Nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

Posted by: Ripley at November 05, 2026 02:29 PM (OkYzo)

48 Mind-boggling that people can vote or cheat for such an idiot, but there ya go.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 05, 2026 02:30 PM (n5tGW)

49 Postal shooter is a woman.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 05, 2026 02:30 PM (yKhjs)

50 The Blade's comments:

1. How is this dangerously incompetent DEI commie gonna be any worse than the current dangerously incompetent DEI commie (Karen Bass)? LA traded one radical retard for another radical retard.

2. I find it curious that in a race that pitted a (fairly well entrenched) Democrap incumbent against a mostly no-name Democrap challenger, the challenger won.

I'd need to know the outcome of more of these types of races (where there?) to test my theory, but my theory is this:

Most voters in the entire country were pissed about whatever they were pissed about, and took out their anger on the incumbents, including Democrap versus Democrap.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 05, 2026 02:30 PM (iFTx/)

51 That engineer guy made boxes that glitter bombed thieves and San Francisco was told by authorities to stop it as that was dangerous to the thieves, plus he was entrapping them by leaving the box visible in a car.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:30 PM (2614e)

52
Incompetent boob = socialist

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 05, 2026 02:30 PM (V5k9K)

53 36 I believe this is called “late stage democracy”.

Posted by: RI Red at November 05, 2026 02:28 PM (HdjQ+)

We would if we still could.

Posted by: Iran at November 05, 2026 02:30 PM (l3cgK)

54 awww and I was having a grey old time.

Posted by: cajun carrot at November 05, 2026 02:30 PM (lLeLE)

55 I like cities...even some blue ones, but I can't think of a single good thing about Los Angeles except for a really good sushi restaurant called "Noshi Sushi."

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 05, 2026 02:31 PM (k5CNB)

56 re 29: but it's better because they sleep in tents instead of the subway, right? for all in tents and porpoises

Posted by: gnats local 678 at November 05, 2026 02:31 PM (CWTWj)

57 ***With Raman's victory, socialists will control the two largest and most important cities in America.
----

Talk about virtuous horse shit.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 02:31 PM (Cq/ve)

58 I love how people are declaring LA will get worse.

Its a 3rd world shithole NOW. Getting worse is of very little consequence at this point.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:31 PM (2614e)

59 Postal Worker Shoots Two Coworkers in Des Moines
Posted by: Washington Nearsider
-------

Just when 'Going Postal' had fallen from use.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 05, 2026 02:31 PM (XeU6L)

60 26 LA might be better off if Trump *had* let Iran nuke them.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki look pretty good, today.
Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 05, 2026 02:27 PM (vSvIl)

-----

Although in theory I'd like to see LA nooked. In reality, it would be a constant federal boondoggle. Trillions going in, nothing getting done.

It's odd no one in LA is asking where billions of dollars for a high speed rail system went. Literally nothing has been done. You would think someone would ask for an audit.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 02:31 PM (iOpI2)

61 Going Postal is back?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 05, 2026 02:31 PM (n5tGW)

62 39 Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at November 05, 2026 02:29 PM (N39Ws)

so a female shooter....female or "female"?

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 02:31 PM (Int1s)

63 51 That engineer guy made boxes that glitter bombed thieves and San Francisco was told by authorities to stop it as that was dangerous to the thieves, plus he was entrapping them by leaving the box visible in a car.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:30 PM (2614e)

Ahhhh I remember watching that... good times.

Posted by: cajun carrot at November 05, 2026 02:31 PM (lLeLE)

64 51 That engineer guy made boxes that glitter bombed thieves and San Francisco was told by authorities to stop it as that was dangerous to the thieves, plus he was entrapping them by leaving the box visible in a car.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:30 PM (2614e)

You mean you didn't know there is a right to steal stuff that's easily seen and accessible?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 02:32 PM (l3cgK)

65 51 That engineer guy made boxes that glitter bombed thieves and San Francisco was told by authorities to stop it as that was dangerous to the thieves, plus he was entrapping them by leaving the box visible in a car.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Thievery is an approved policy by the city.

Like I said, everything makes sense when you realize the purpose is to destroy.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 05, 2026 02:32 PM (Dv3i1)

66
The communist lost to the Marxist.

Escape from LA is going to look like a ferry tail. Even Snake Plisskin won't go in there in a year.

Posted by: Frank Barone at November 05, 2026 02:32 PM (OkYzo)

67
Postal Worker Shoots Two Coworkers in Des Moines

Posted by: Washington Nearsider

It was about those Sears Christmas catalogs, wasn't it?

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at November 05, 2026 02:32 PM (0U5gm)

68 Shooting at Des Moines Iowa post office.

Posted by: four seasons at November 05, 2026 02:25 PM (/QHx4)

Postal Worker Shoots Two Coworkers in Des Moines
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 05, 2026 02:28 PM (yKhjs)

"Going postal" is in again? Huh......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:32 PM (2614e)

69 I love how people are declaring LA will get worse.

Its a 3rd world shithole NOW. Getting worse is of very little consequence at this point.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:31 PM (2614e)

Worse?! How can things get any worse? Take a look around, Ellen. We're standing at the threshold of hell!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 05, 2026 02:32 PM (yKhjs)

70 Most voters in the entire country were pissed about whatever they were pissed about, and took out their anger on the incumbents, "

I'm agreeing with Elric twice in a day?

/

Posted by: man at November 05, 2026 02:33 PM (pfXMo)

71 LOL... The sooner LA burns to the ground the better.... Sorry if any Morons/ettes live there...

Posted by: It's me donna at November 05, 2026 02:33 PM (+gK6I)

72 58 I love how people are declaring LA will get worse.

Its a 3rd world shithole NOW. Getting worse is of very little consequence at this point.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:31 PM (2614e)

Worse is a relative thing; imagine spherical Socialists allowing an even GREATER spread of diseases and wildfires and hobos. Hobos vote very dem, it appears (especially when you pay them and fill out their ballots)...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 02:33 PM (l3cgK)

73 I'm gonna invoke 10 Mile Tomato's rule on this one.

Enjoy the squalor, L.A.
I have my own problems.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 02:33 PM (HFrEr)

74 19
Shooting at Des Moines Iowa post office.

Posted by: four seasons at November 05, 2026 02:25 PM (/QHx4)

Local Des Moines noon news said the shooter is a woman who worked at the PO. She's in custody, three people shot, all postal employees, none dead, none life threatening.

Posted by: Gray Man at November 05, 2026 02:33 PM (X5Jzz)

75 Cutting the homeless in half, I hope they have a good cleanup crew.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 05, 2026 02:33 PM (n5tGW)

76 re 46: we are at the stage according to spengler when faust is about to fall off the horse

Posted by: gnats local 678 at November 05, 2026 02:33 PM (CWTWj)

77
It's odd no one in LA is asking where billions of dollars for a high speed rail system went. Literally nothing has been done. You would think someone would ask for an audit.
Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 02:31 PM (iOpI2)

FAKE NEWS!!!!!!

They've built a mile of track.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:33 PM (2614e)

78
Joel Pollak:

Nithya Raman's victory means four years of destructive chaos -- and her socialist revolution will leave LA in ruins

So, no change. Just rearranging the garbage, overgrown crabgrass peeking up out of the sidewalks, graffiti, potholes and closed businesses.

I mean, Pollak lives here in Clownifornia. Is he blind?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 05, 2026 02:33 PM (y9nCu)

79 I look forward to her first appearance on Jimmy Kimmel's clapping seal show. She will be a fan favorite in no time.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at November 05, 2026 02:33 PM (Fi3Uq)

80 Postal Worker Shoots Two Coworkers in Des Moines
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing

Going postal? The classics never go out of style.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 05, 2026 02:34 PM (ndZc7)

81

"Nithya Raman's victory means four years of destructive chaos -- and her socialist revolution will leave LA in ruins"

LOL

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at November 05, 2026 02:34 PM (VuTBl)

82 > Postal shooter is a woman.

A woman or a "woman?"

Posted by: bonhomme at November 05, 2026 02:34 PM (mkw2N)

83 Postal shooter is a woman.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 05, 2026 02:30 PM (yKhjs)

Woman or "woman"?

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 05, 2026 02:34 PM (vSvIl)

84
Local Des Moines noon news said the shooter is a woman who worked at the PO. She's in custody, three people shot, all postal employees, none dead, none life threatening.

Posted by: Gray Man at November 05, 2026 02:33 PM (X5Jzz)

See ladies? It's important to attend your local shooting range. Get training. Practice what you learn.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:34 PM (2614e)

85 Most voters in the entire country were pissed about whatever they were pissed about, and took out their anger on the incumbents, "

I'm agreeing with Elric twice in a day?

/
Posted by: man at November 05, 2026 02:33 PM (pfXMo)
__________

And there's still a few hours to go ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 05, 2026 02:34 PM (iFTx/)

86 That engineer guy made boxes that glitter bombed thieves and San Francisco was told by authorities to stop it as that was dangerous to the thieves, plus he was entrapping them by leaving the box visible in a car.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:30 PM (2614e)
=======

I remember Solzhenitsyn writing about the labor camps where the professional criminals were given privileges denied to the political prisoners - better food, excused from hard labor work details, warmer barracks, etc. In return, the criminals were expected to brutally keep the political zheks in line. Didn't always work out that way.

Posted by: mrp at November 05, 2026 02:35 PM (rj6Yv)

87 There's a lot of ruin in a metropolis.

Posted by: LA at November 05, 2026 02:35 PM (rJ48h)

88 60 26 LA might be better off if Trump *had* let Iran nuke them.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki look pretty good, today.
Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 05, 2026 02:27 PM (vSvIl)

-----

Although in theory I'd like to see LA nooked. In reality, it would be a constant federal boondoggle. Trillions going in, nothing getting done.

It's odd no one in LA is asking where billions of dollars for a high speed rail system went. Literally nothing has been done. You would think someone would ask for an audit.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 02:31 PM (iOpI2)

And with the records all destroyed, you'll have an old woman being the mother of 500 illegals...like the chinese woman who was the "mother" of over 50 chinese men after the quake and fire in SF in 1906...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 02:35 PM (l3cgK)

89 I like boobs

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 05, 2026 02:35 PM (iFTx/)

90 Postal Worker Shoots Two Coworkers in Des Moines
____

She shot them in des moines? That's gotta hurt.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 05, 2026 02:35 PM (Dv3i1)

91 I was in LA this summer. The nice parts are still nice. A decent home still costs $3M in those nice parts of town. Restaurants were packed, as were stores. I really didn’t see much homelessness, since most of it is in the slum area of the city.

The “California is dead” stuff exaggerated a lot. Much how the msm would like you to believe everyone is about to go bankrupt over $4 gas.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 02:35 PM (VYGAQ)

92 Postal Worker Shoots Two Coworkers in Des Moines"

Is that like "in a leg"?

Posted by: man at November 05, 2026 02:35 PM (pfXMo)

93 Good, fuck 'em.

Posted by: ballistic at November 05, 2026 02:35 PM (oqH4h)

94 58 I love how people are declaring LA will get worse.

Its a 3rd world shithole NOW. Getting worse is of very little consequence at this point.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

All they did was swap out crazies.

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 02:35 PM (ZdaMQ)

95 66
The communist lost to the Marxist.

Escape from LA is going to look like a ferry tail. Even Snake Plisskin won't go in there in a year.

Posted by: Frank Barone at November 05, 2026 02:32 PM (OkYzo)

Yes, ferry tale...everybody want to catch the last boat out...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 02:36 PM (l3cgK)

96 Noodles and Becerra... Oh boy... CA. is f'ed

Posted by: It's me donna at November 05, 2026 02:36 PM (+gK6I)

97
It was about those Sears Christmas catalogs, wasn't it?
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at November 05, 2026 02:32 PM (0U5gm)

There wasn't enough tranny action in the Victoria Secret catalog......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:36 PM (2614e)

98 On the upside, Karen now has a lot more free time to spend on African junkets.

And watching blacks slowly be pushed out of leadership positions by other dusky hued peoples the racists of the Democrat party hate less is going to be something of a joy to behold.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 02:36 PM (HFrEr)

99 37 22 LA can’t die soon enough. When I was 5 it was paradise.

Posted by: Pudinhead at November 05, 2026 02:26 PM (Wp1X1)

Socialism and Commyism put the "F" in food and freedom...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 02:28 PM (l3cgK)

I mentioned it before but I think Instapundit had a link to a site with 10 year time videos of a South African train station.

My late Mom's childhood home with 6 kids in Detroit went from 1980's to Coleman Young white flight - rot in hell your entire bloodline asshole - to drug den and razed in 30 years.

Decline needs to be fought.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 05, 2026 02:36 PM (Sco7b)

100 I can't wait to bail out LA. This suicide pact we're in is freaking awesome.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 05, 2026 02:36 PM (BI5O2)

101 75 Cutting the homeless in half, I hope they have a good cleanup crew.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 05, 2026 02:33 PM (n5tGW)

Bisection hurts.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 02:36 PM (l3cgK)

102 75 Cutting the homeless in half, I hope they have a good cleanup crew.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 05, 2026 02:33 PM (n5tGW)

Listen, I dislike homeless bums as much as the next guy, but chopping them into pieces seems a little harsh, even to me.

Posted by: a.moron at November 05, 2026 02:36 PM (X5Jzz)

103 Randy Newman shifted from 'I Love LA' to:

"People think I'm crazy 'cause I worry all the time
If you paid attention, you'd be worried too
You better pay attention
Or this world we love so much might just kill you
I could be wrong now, but I don't think so
'Cause it's a jungle out there..."

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 05, 2026 02:36 PM (XeU6L)

104
All they did was swap out crazies.

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 02:35 PM (ZdaMQ)

Socialist dipshit

I guess?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:37 PM (2614e)

105
Raman spectroscopy >>> Nithiya Raman

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 05, 2026 02:37 PM (V5k9K)

106 The link I see for say goodbye to Hollywood is a hoot.

CNN summed it up with, "Raman, a city councilmember, overtook Republican Spencer Pratt in June’s nonpartisan primary to set up what was arguably a tougher race for Bass, a Democratic former congresswoman. With Raman’s victory, the nation’s two largest cities — New York and Los Angeles — will be led by democratic socialists next year.

Raman has vowed to cut street homelessness in half before Los Angeles hosts the 2028."

Well played. So that's what it took to get her there, and that's the promise she needs to fulfill to keep her there.

Ha, ha, ha!

If or once the cities are forced to surrender their water services for socialist control, they got themselves a nice operating budget.

For starters

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 05, 2026 02:37 PM (NFX2v)

107 74 Posted by: Gray Man at November 05, 2026 02:33 PM (X5Jzz)

Pity, the best outcome would have been at a minimum a dead shooter.

Again she or "she?"

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 02:38 PM (Int1s)

108 Noodles and Becerra... Oh boy... CA. is f'ed
Posted by: It's me donna at November 05, 2026 02:36 PM (+gK6I)

It's Bakaria. Word as a Brandon.

Posted by: Brandon at November 05, 2026 02:38 PM (BI5O2)

109 So, Raman beat Bass in the primary?

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 02:38 PM (iOpI2)

110 Listen, I dislike homeless bums as much as the next guy, but chopping them into pieces seems a little harsh, even to me.
_____

They are properly referred to as UNHOUSED bums!

Geez, next you'll be using the "R" word.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 05, 2026 02:38 PM (Dv3i1)

111 Obviously, competence and affordability doesn't matter to LA voters, because Ramen Noodles and Karen Bass, together, spent a half billion on "ending homelessness" and doubled it instead.

In fact, the "homeless problem" doesn't matter to LA voters either, given how it has ballooned under Democrats.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 05, 2026 02:39 PM (HSV4t)

112 Decline needs to be fought.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 05, 2026 02:36 PM (Sco7b)

one must constantly fight against entropy...civilization is such a fight, but in order to "fundamentally change" a society and civilization, you need to destroy it first...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 02:39 PM (l3cgK)

113 89

That’s cheating

Posted by: Kratwurst at November 05, 2026 02:39 PM (36bTp)

114
It was a question of which punishment I wanted to inflict on Los Angeles more. Boiled in oil, or burned at the stake?

For a while, I wanted Karen Bass to be the destroyer and show that Indian upstart who's got the zombie vote in this town.

But I'll settle for this result.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 05, 2026 02:39 PM (mmrXZ)

115 98 Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 02:36 PM (HFrEr)

The knife fights whether literal or figurative between Karen Winemom and Moesha X over the slots while Abdul and Juanita take the slots will be golden....I mean you have to have rage and pique to keep you warm in the camps and all....

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 02:39 PM (Int1s)

116 Listen, I dislike homeless bums as much as the next guy, but chopping them into pieces seems a little harsh, even to me.

You're never going to be able to keep them moist if you dice them.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 02:40 PM (HFrEr)

117 one must constantly fight against entropy...civilization is such a fight, but in order to "fundamentally change" a society and civilization, you need to destroy it first...
____

*nods*

Posted by: B. Hussein Obama, Usurper at November 05, 2026 02:40 PM (Dv3i1)

118 News headline: Noodles beats Fish.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 05, 2026 02:40 PM (n5tGW)

119 I was in LA this summer. The nice parts are still nice. A decent home still costs $3M in those nice parts of town. Restaurants were packed, as were stores. I really didn’t see much homelessness, since most of it is in the slum area of the city.

The “California is dead” stuff exaggerated a lot. Much how the msm would like you to believe everyone is about to go bankrupt over $4 gas.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 02:35 PM (VYGAQ)
__________

This. The "hollywood" part of LA is pretty nasty. It's basically a ghetto with some grimy faded hollywood glamour.

Nobody will be surprised that nobody with any money lives there, and it's overrun with tourists who also don't live there.

Once you're outside of hollywood, it gets much better, and when you get into the hills (where all the rich people live) it's beautiful.

Same as San Francisco. Was there last year for a race event at Sonoma raceway. Flew into SF and rented a car to drive to Sonoma. Once you're out of the "deep" parts of the city, it gets much nicer. Sonoma is beautiful.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 05, 2026 02:40 PM (iFTx/)

120 All they did was swap out crazies.

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 02:35 PM (ZdaMQ)

Socialist dipshit

I guess?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:37 PM (2614e)

Huh....learned a new Pixy banned character.......

I'll reverse it.

Communist dipshit > Socialist dipshit

I guess?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:40 PM (2614e)

121 With Raman’s victory, the nation’s two largest cities — New York and Los Angeles — will be led by democratic socialists next year.

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Led where?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 05, 2026 02:41 PM (ndZc7)

122 110 Listen, I dislike homeless bums as much as the next guy, but chopping them into pieces seems a little harsh, even to me.
_____

They are properly referred to as UNHOUSED bums!

Geez, next you'll be using the "R" word.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 05, 2026 02:38 PM (Dv3i1)

Unhoused Persons of Leisure

Posted by: a.moron at November 05, 2026 02:41 PM (X5Jzz)

123 109 So, Raman beat Bass in the primary?

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 02:38 PM (iOpI2)

No. All the Spencer Pratt voters voted to burn it down? ALL the Hobos voted for noodles?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 02:41 PM (l3cgK)

124 If you want to cut street homelessness, you have to be brutal about getting druggies into rehab, without their consent. Hasn't the ACLU lawfare made that impossible?

To fix the problem, tough decisions have to be made. A rational person could; these lefty freaks, I don't think so.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 02:41 PM (iOpI2)

125 Yep. Colman Young sucked. Remember to get out of 8 mile whitey.

Posted by: Pudinhead at November 05, 2026 02:42 PM (Wp1X1)

126
I don't agree with the cope that LA can't get any worse. It can get much worse. And it will.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 05, 2026 02:42 PM (azNOR)

127
I love how people are declaring LA will get worse.

Its a 3rd world shithole NOW. Getting worse is of very little consequence at this point.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:31 PM (2614e)

We need to look on the bright side. Blue city shitholes are asshole magnets. We'll always have bums, violent criminals and addicts. Consolidating them in blue city crab buckets keeps their population controlled in places where decent people live.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 05, 2026 02:42 PM (y9nCu)

128
Raman has vowed to cut street homelessness in half

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When a socialist says that, you have trouble.

Option 1: the number of homeless will in fact double

Option 2: they plan to execute the homeless

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 05, 2026 02:42 PM (BI5O2)

129 And if competence or intelligence mattered to California voters, they sure as hell wouldn't have elected Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Becerra as their next governor.

What matters to California voters? What do they think they voted for?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 05, 2026 02:43 PM (HSV4t)

130 DeSantis lets congress have it.
https://tinyurl.com/bn95rpas

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 05, 2026 02:43 PM (n5tGW)

131 I am happy the voters in L.A. voted in the mayor that they want.

Enjoy!

Posted by: Mr. Lebowski at November 05, 2026 02:43 PM (D5ixm)

132 124 If you want to cut street homelessness, you have to be brutal about getting druggies into rehab, without their consent. Hasn't the ACLU lawfare made that impossible?

To fix the problem, tough decisions have to be made. A rational person could; these lefty freaks, I don't think so.
Posted by: Seems Legit

Brutal with the homeless? No!
Brutal with subhuman MAGAats? .....we'll see

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 05, 2026 02:43 PM (Dv3i1)

133 99 Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 05, 2026 02:36 PM (Sco7b)

Yes the key here is to look at a geographical spot and because we are emotionally attached to "Los Angeles" on a map say "this this spot needs a blank check!" Sure, we could focus on fostering a working broad spectrum economy serviced by good schools teaching all phases of productive human endeavor, exploiting California's plentiful natural resources including abundant oil ashore and offshore, extracting the lithium from the Salton sea basin and as a byproduct cleaning up a superfund site and trying to reclaim the ship building and manufacturing capacity we shed by the late 80s let alone the early 2000s......but no what we really need is more porn studios and weed shops.

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 02:43 PM (Int1s)

134 128
Raman has vowed to cut street homelessness in half

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When a socialist says that, you have trouble.

Option 1: the number of homeless will in fact double

Option 2: they plan to execute the homeless

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 05, 2026 02:42 PM (BI5O2)

Redefine what being homeless is, in such a way that it also retains funding for the "homeless"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 02:43 PM (l3cgK)

135 131 Posted by: Mr. Lebowski at November 05, 2026 02:43 PM (D5ixm)

Quite....in all sincerity show us how it is done comrades.

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 02:44 PM (Int1s)

136 I have extra rooms.
Are there any hot, biologically female homeless I can help.

I'll want the California government to supply me the money for their drugs.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 05, 2026 02:44 PM (Sco7b)

137 LA could turn into Mumbai

Posted by: NCKate at November 05, 2026 02:44 PM (enNUy)

138 Raman has vowed to cut street homelessness in half before Los Angeles hosts the 2028."
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I suspect her plan is to shove all the homeless people into the half of the city that the visitors to the 2028 Olympic Games won't see during the event.

Problem solved.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 05, 2026 02:44 PM (s2iZv)

139 Local Des Moines noon news said the shooter is a woman who worked at the PO. She's in custody, three people shot, all postal employees, none dead, none life threatening.
==
9mm.

Posted by: that's when the fight started officer at November 05, 2026 02:45 PM (anL5R)

140 How is it that California keeps managing to find and elect commiefuckers even worse than the last commiefucker?

How deep does this rabbit hole go?

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at November 05, 2026 02:45 PM (fapp/)

141 To be fair to the LA voters, Karen Bass let their houses burn down while she fiddled on vacation...no one was voting for her in the general who didn't vote for her in the primaries, so she was gonna lose if any of Spencer's voters decided to vote...

Karen Bass probably helped precipitate the fraud that took Spencer off the ballot...so you know what they say about lying in the bed you made...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 05, 2026 02:45 PM (Gb7+b)

142 136 I have extra rooms.
Are there any hot, biologically female homeless I can help.

I'll want the California government to supply me the money for their drugs.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 05, 2026 02:44 PM (Sco7b)

Rule #34:
Most homeless women are off their meds, drug and alcohol abusers, or both...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 02:45 PM (l3cgK)

143 Never fear. The fucking 'movie industry' isn't going anywhere. They're gonna ride that horse 'til it dies. Wait. Don't those ones eat horse flesh? Hmm. Sucks to be a horse there, then.

Posted by: Dr_No at November 05, 2026 02:45 PM (ayRl+)

144 Persyn with housing insecurity while between jerbs.

Posted by: one hour sober at November 05, 2026 02:45 PM (J4Dwc)

145 'Unhoused'

Political correctness run amok.

How is the word "Homeless" any more, or less, offensive than the stupid sounding "Unhoused"?

Because it's another communist word takeover.
"Homeless" intimates that the person is without a home, and more than likely it's their own fault.

"Unhoused" intimates, that it's mine, yours, and everybody's fault these people are on the street, because society is unjust and unfair, and housing is a human right being denied to the vulnerable who have no responsibility for their situation in life.

Avoidance of responsibility is the the chief modus operandi of leftism. Which is why everybody who brings up responsibility is a right-wing nut-job, racist, sexist, fascist.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 05, 2026 02:46 PM (6ydKt)

146 Orange County by the ocean is also gorgeous. Also votes very blue (used to be Republican long ago).

Bay Area too. A lot of California is very wealthy, gorgeous and people there live great lives. And vote Democrat.

It’s not all Mad Max shit.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 02:46 PM (VYGAQ)

147 It can get much worse. And it will.
==
Let me assure you that indeed, things can always get worse.

Posted by: life at November 05, 2026 02:46 PM (anL5R)

148 143 Never fear. The fucking 'movie industry' isn't going anywhere. They're gonna ride that horse 'til it dies. Wait. Don't those ones eat horse flesh? Hmm. Sucks to be a horse there, then.

Posted by: Dr_No at November 05, 2026 02:45 PM (ayRl+)

By Kalifornia law (passed by proposition), horse meat for human consumption is illegal, but horse meat CAN be used for pet food.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 02:46 PM (l3cgK)

149 @DrewPavlou
Democrats elected a lady who once said that Trump supporters should be exterminated in concentration camps. North Carolina House

link to X-
https://tinyurl.com/jmxwvmat

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 05, 2026 02:46 PM (Dv3i1)

150 Nobody realizes just how bad the Indian problem is, unless you live in North Texas.

Posted by: Resist_we_much at November 05, 2026 02:47 PM (X6dRn)

151 I suspect her plan is to shove all the homeless people into the half of the city that the visitors to the 2028 Olympic Games won't see during the event.

Problem solved.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 05, 2026 02:44 PM (s2iZv)

That is the Maoist way, after all.

Posted by: Thrawn at November 05, 2026 02:47 PM (oPFtC)

152 Is California a strictly mail-in state? Like WA? They will never be right if that is the case.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 02:48 PM (iOpI2)

153 146 Orange County by the ocean is also gorgeous. Also votes very blue (used to be Republican long ago).

Bay Area too. A lot of California is very wealthy, gorgeous and people there live great lives. And vote Democrat.

It’s not all Mad Max shit.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 02:46 PM (VYGAQ)

Not Yet.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 02:48 PM (l3cgK)

154 124 If you want to cut street homelessness, you have to be brutal about getting druggies into rehab, without their consent. Hasn't the ACLU lawfare made that impossible?

To fix the problem, tough decisions have to be made. A rational person could; these lefty freaks, I don't think so.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 02:41 PM (iOpI2)

The overwhelming majority of chronic homeless persons are some combination of mentally ill or drug and/or alcohol addicted. Unless we're willing to face that reality, nothing will change.

Involuntary commitment and treatment of the crazys and incarceration and rehab for the druggies might work, at least it gets them off the street for a while. I have low expectations for rehab for chronic drug and alcohol addicts.

Posted by: a.moron at November 05, 2026 02:48 PM (X5Jzz)

155 I know math is verboten but this is more physics.

Utah man tells friend he can dodge a bullet. Friend pleads guilty to manslaughter.

In February 2025, after smoking weed and playing video games, Utah men Dylan Lee Treichel and Ashton Mann made the natural progression to the garage to play with real guns.

That's when Treichel made the claim that he was fast enough to dodge a real bullet like they show people doing in the movies.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 05, 2026 02:48 PM (ndZc7)

156
On the upside, Karen now has a lot more free time to spend on African junkets.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls

=================

I do wonder what her next act will be. Back to Congress in 2028? California legislature? She's angling for governor, so she'd better get something on her resume before 2032 when Bakaria's term is up.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 05, 2026 02:48 PM (mmrXZ)

157 Nobody realizes just how bad the Indian problem is, unless you live in North Texas.
Posted by: Resist_we_much at November 05, 2026 02:47 PM (X6dRn)

Plano, Texas. The epicenter of H-1B chaos........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:49 PM (2614e)

158 glipglib

Posted by: Sid...who enjoys the sexual affections of his hamster at November 05, 2026 02:49 PM (2t+i2)

159 How many Indians are in frisco, TX?

Posted by: NCKate at November 05, 2026 02:49 PM (enNUy)

160 152 Is California a strictly mail-in state? Like WA? They will never be right if that is the case.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 02:48 PM (iOpI2)

All ballots are mailed to registered voters. DMV will auto-register folks as voters (and supposedly NOT register ineligible voters).

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 02:49 PM (l3cgK)

161 Most voters in the entire country were pissed about whatever they were pissed about, and took out their anger on the incumbents, including Democrap versus Democrap.

While that's true, the LA mayor's primary was very special. Spencer Pratt won, then they kept finding votes for Bass a week later, and then suddenly this other nitwit's votes started appearing in an even greater mass.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 02:50 PM (2ocoG)

162 Orange County by the ocean is also gorgeous. Also votes very blue (used to be Republican long ago).

Bay Area too. A lot of California is very wealthy, gorgeous and people there live great lives. And vote Democrat.

It’s not all Mad Max shit.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 02:46 PM (VYGAQ)

The homeless will spread.......they will burn...they will occupy....they will squat.

Nowhere in Cali is safe from this disease of liberal shithole policies.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:50 PM (2614e)

163 136 I have extra rooms.
Are there any hot, biologically female homeless I can help.

I'll want the California government to supply me the money for their drugs.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 05, 2026 02:44 PM (Sco7b)

"I can fix her !"

Remember Rule #1, my friend.

Posted by: a.moron at November 05, 2026 02:50 PM (X5Jzz)

164 How many Indians are in frisco, TX?
Posted by: NCKate at November 05, 2026 02:49 PM (enNUy)

It is next to Plano, so probably a lot.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:50 PM (2614e)

165 84
Local Des Moines noon news said the shooter is a woman who worked at the PO. She's in custody, three people shot, all postal employees, none dead, none life threatening.

Posted by: Gray Man at November 05, 2026 02:33 PM (X5Jzz)

See ladies? It's important to attend your local shooting range. Get training. Practice what you learn.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:34 PM (2614e)

Puts me in mind of what Nurse asked DH at the MoMe a year ago: "What, exactly, are you aiming at?"

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2026 02:51 PM (5WPt1)

166 Plano, Texas. The epicenter of H-1B chaos........

Is that where there's a literal giant golden Hindu idol?

Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 02:51 PM (2ocoG)

167 @ 36 I believe this is called “late stage democracy”.
Posted by: RI Red at November 05, 2026 02:28 PM (HdjQ+)
__________________________

Close, but no cigar. It's 'END STAGE "democracy"'. We were founded as a Constitutional Republic, but even then people were too ig'nant to understand the differents. Everything old is new again, yes … ?

Posted by: Dr_No at November 05, 2026 02:51 PM (ayRl+)

168 Are we going to feign shock at a Democrat saying "hell yeah we're going to gas MAGA?"

When that harmless Christian nerd got shot in the neck by a crazed buttfucker in a fursuit, millions of their voters took to the internet to dance and sing and make many more death threats against his fans.

This is the platform. Buttfuckers in fursuits gassing you.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 05, 2026 02:52 PM (BI5O2)

169 148 143 Never fear. The fucking 'movie industry' isn't going anywhere. They're gonna ride that horse 'til it dies. Wait. Don't those ones eat horse flesh? Hmm. Sucks to be a horse there, then.

Posted by: Dr_No at November 05, 2026 02:45 PM (ayRl+)

By Kalifornia law (passed by proposition), horse meat for human consumption is illegal, but horse meat CAN be used for pet food.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 02:46 PM (l3cgK)

I presume CA law prohibits one from getting around this prohibition by declaring one's abductees to be pets.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 02:52 PM (HFrEr)

170 Nobody realizes just how bad the Indian problem is, unless you live in North Texas.
Posted by: Resist_we_much at November 05, 2026 02:47 PM (X6dRn)

About two years ago I flew through Dallas. I was shocked at how many Indians were there. Passengers as well as airport employees. I had not been to Dallas in maybe 10 years and was like what the fuck happened here!

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 02:52 PM (VYGAQ)

171
Puts me in mind of what Nurse asked DH at the MoMe a year ago: "What, exactly, are you aiming at?"
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2026 02:51 PM (5WPt1)

HA!

Subtlety is not her strong suit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:52 PM (2614e)

172 Sid, if you killed us all you'd have nobody left to tell you what a stupid mistake you're about to make.

If you leftists got your wish and the entire world turned communist there'd be a global nuclear war within a decade because you dumb fucks will have unleashed the largest and longest famine the world has ever seen.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 05, 2026 02:52 PM (6ydKt)

173 Oh, Momala!!

Kamala Harris endorses L.A. Mayor Karen Bass for reelection
May 4, 2026 — Former Vice President Kamala Harris endorsed Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass for reelection on Monday. The Democrats are longtime allies.

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 05, 2026 02:52 PM (NFX2v)

174 Are earthquakes not remembered for leaving wreckage behind?

Do people look at their ruined house after an earthquake and say "well at least nothing got wet"?

Totally unimportant for me to be harping on this, but... just... what?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 02:53 PM (aKiSo)

175 Alas Babylon.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 05, 2026 02:53 PM (7EgNJ)

176 The fucking 'movie industry' isn't going anywhere. They're gonna ride that horse 'til it dies.

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I've been through the desert on a horse with no shame.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 05, 2026 02:53 PM (ndZc7)

177 Puts me in mind of what Nurse asked DH at the MoMe a year ago: "What, exactly, are you aiming at?"
Posted by: tcn in AK

That is rough feedback.

Posted by: Kratwurst at November 05, 2026 02:53 PM (36bTp)

178 @ 159 How many Indians are in frisco, TX?
Posted by: NCKate at November 05, 2026 02:49 PM (enNUy)
_________________________________

REAL Indians, or Indian 'indians' … ? Enquiring Mines want to kneaugh …

Posted by: Dr_No at November 05, 2026 02:53 PM (ayRl+)

179 My fix for the hobo problem is give them unlimited drugs. All at once.

Posted by: NCKate at November 05, 2026 02:53 PM (enNUy)

180
Is that where there's a literal giant golden Hindu idol?
Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 02:51 PM (2ocoG)

That's Sugar Land, outside of Houston.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:53 PM (2614e)

181
Newsom spares everyone on Death Row as last act as governor

Posted by: four seasons at November 05, 2026 02:54 PM (/QHx4)

182 Hollywood is already dead. All production is now in Georgia, Vancouver and E. Europe.

A big reason why Georgia is now a deep blue state by the way.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 02:54 PM (VYGAQ)

183
REAL Indians, or Indian 'indians' … ? Enquiring Mines want to kneaugh …
Posted by: Dr_No at November 05, 2026 02:53 PM (ayRl+)

Dot, not feather.

7-Eleven, not casino.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:54 PM (2614e)

184 > How many Indians are in frisco, TX?

Fun fact, I just found out one of my high school friends is a leader in local government in Frisco, TX.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 05, 2026 02:54 PM (mkw2N)

185 Puts me in mind of what Nurse asked DH at the MoMe a year ago: "What, exactly, are you aiming at?"
Posted by: tcn in AK

LOL

Truth be told, as it is with all 'Ettes, Nurse meant it in a loving way.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 05, 2026 02:54 PM (7EgNJ)

186
Orange County by the ocean is also gorgeous. Also votes very blue (used to be Republican long ago).

Bay Area too. A lot of California is very wealthy, gorgeous and people there live great lives. And vote Democrat.

It’s not all Mad Max shit.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez

================

That's one of the problems. They can vote all the socialist nightmares for Those People Over There (my T-POT theory) while blithely continuing their own pristine existence with minor irritants such as $400 annual vehicle registration fees, high gas prices, and a Shocking! weekend when inner city youths stampeded the beach. But otherwise, they're feeling no pain, no consequences for their votes.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 05, 2026 02:54 PM (mmrXZ)

187 She's in custody, three people shot, all postal employees, none dead, none life threatening.

Posted by: Gray Man at November 05, 2026 02:33 PM (X5Jzz)

Well, clearly, chicks can't shoot.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 05, 2026 02:54 PM (k5CNB)

188
And if competence or intelligence mattered to California voters, they sure as hell wouldn't have elected Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Becerra as their next governor.

What matters to California voters? What do they think they voted for?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 05, 2026 02:43 PM (HSV4t)

Don't disrespect President Camacho by comparing him with that commie cocksucker fuckstick Becerra.

Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho is a GREAT AMERICAN HERO. Sure, he made OrangeManBad look like a sober, classy statesman, but he was also humble enough to recognize when his beloved nation had problems that he couldn't solve, so he brought in the Smartest Man In The World to fix everything. An elected official with that kind of humility is rare indeed. An honorable man.

He also put the fear of God into Congress with a M249 SAW, so he couldn't be all bad.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 05, 2026 02:55 PM (y9nCu)

189 The fucking 'movie industry' isn't going anywhere. They're gonna ride that horse 'til it dies.

Corporate offices will be there for the name recognition, but even now something like 75% of films and TV are not made in LA. Atlanta, Toronto, and Vancouver (BC, not WA) are the more likely spots.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 02:55 PM (2ocoG)

190 In fact, the "homeless problem" doesn't matter to LA voters either, given how it has ballooned under Democrats.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 05, 2026 02:39 PM (HSV4t)

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Great, so now even more Californians will move to Texas and keep it deep blue for evermore.

Posted by: Decaf at November 05, 2026 02:55 PM (uKqbA)

191 Angelinos have plates in their lips.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 05, 2026 02:55 PM (iELXO)

192 It's me donna: "Noodles and Becerra... Oh boy... CA. is f'ed"

To be fair, it already was.

I'm more concerned about the enf***ening of new territories we are about to witness.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at November 05, 2026 02:55 PM (oji8u)

193 I had not been to Dallas in maybe 10 years and was like what the fuck happened here!

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 02:52 PM (VYGAQ)

H1Bs and chain migration.
That's what happened.

The Indians all have lots of brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts, and cousins to bring in after their parents and grandparents.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 05, 2026 02:55 PM (6ydKt)

194 Here's the deal on the elections.

Nuke China and arrest its cohorts.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 02:55 PM (Cq/ve)

195 LOL... The sooner LA burns to the ground the better.... Sorry if any Morons/ettes live there...
Posted by: It's me donna

My brother lives down that way. He probably voted for her. We don't talk politics much.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at November 05, 2026 02:56 PM (Zor7P)

196 Involuntary commitment and treatment of the crazys and incarceration and rehab for the druggies might work, at least it gets them off the street for a while. I have low expectations for rehab for chronic drug and alcohol addicts.
Posted by: a.moron at November 05, 2026 02:48 PM (X5Jzz)

So when did we rescind the laws against illegal drug use and public drunkenness? FFS. Those laws are there for a reason.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2026 02:56 PM (5WPt1)

197 Worse?! How can things get any worse? Take a look around, Ellen. We're standing at the threshold of hell!
Posted by: Washington Nearsider

Fixed the newel post!

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 02:57 PM (mISmA)

198 Well, clearly, chicks can't shoot.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November

Hmmm.
You might be almost proficient with a pistol, but last I recall your long gun skills are lacking.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 05, 2026 02:57 PM (+QAIw)

199 I love how people are declaring LA will get worse.

Its a 3rd world shithole NOW. Getting worse is of very little consequence at this point.
--
There's a lot of ruin in a nation.

And the population of LA is bigger than a lot of countries when he wrote that.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 05, 2026 02:57 PM (/Ki2A)

200 158. Posted by: Sid

You're such a fool.

“Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves”

And, "Nothing is as easy as it looks."

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 05, 2026 02:57 PM (NFX2v)

201 Same as San Francisco. Was there last year for a race event at Sonoma raceway. Flew into SF and rented a car to drive to Sonoma. Once you're out of the "deep" parts of the city, it gets much nicer. Sonoma is beautiful.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

S.F isn't quite the shithole Franp and others make it out to be. Parts are; they don't dominate and we don't have a traditional downtown. Other parts have always been gritty. Most neighborhoods, mine included, are generally fine. Weather's gorgeous today.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at November 05, 2026 02:57 PM (Fv808)

202 Local Des Moines noon news said the shooter is a woman who worked at the PO.

Ahh, the literal "going postal".

Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 02:58 PM (2ocoG)

203
Hmmm.
You might be almost proficient with a pistol, but last I recall your long gun skills are lacking.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 05, 2026 02:57 PM (+QAIw)

Where's my gauntlet. I had it around here somewhere......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:58 PM (2614e)

204 The left thinks everyone in the south is a toothless cousin fucking retard.

The right’s version is California as a place where homeless gangs terrorize citizens on an hourly basis.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 02:58 PM (VYGAQ)

205 185 Puts me in mind of what Nurse asked DH at the MoMe a year ago: "What, exactly, are you aiming at?"
Posted by: tcn in AK

LOL

Truth be told, as it is with all 'Ettes, Nurse meant it in a loving way.
Posted by: Tonypete at November 05, 2026 02:54 PM (7EgNJ)

T'was a cross eye dominant issue. So she told him to shoot left handed. That seemed to fix the issue.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2026 02:58 PM (5WPt1)

206 Say, remember how MS fought Trump all the way to the Supreme Court for their right to count ballots received after Election Day?

Guess who is winning the Senate seat now on late-arriving ballots?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 05, 2026 02:59 PM (/Ki2A)

207 Hmmm.
You might be almost proficient with a pistol, but last I recall your long gun skills are lacking.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 05, 2026 02:57 PM (+QAIw)

That's when shotguns come in handy.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 05, 2026 02:59 PM (6ydKt)

208 The S&P 500 has now erased -$2.2 trillion over the last 55 minutes today.

Hardest hit ... tech stocks that support AI data centers (Broadcom, ARM, AMD, Meta, Cisco, Qualcomm, IBM, TXN, Micron Tech, Nvidia, ASML, TSMC) and SpaceX, Tesla, Citigroup

Posted by: SMOD at November 05, 2026 02:59 PM (RHGPo)

209 The left thinks everyone in the south is a toothless cousin fucking retard.

*********************

funny, my best friend is from Arkansas and thats my nickname for him

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at November 05, 2026 02:59 PM (fapp/)

210 Puts me in mind of what Nurse asked DH at the MoMe a year ago: "What, exactly, are you aiming at?"

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2026 02:51 PM (5WPt1)

Pooky would be mortified and you'd never see him again. Especially since he shot Marksman twice in the AF.

Posted by: pookysgirl needxs to work on her marksmanship at November 05, 2026 02:59 PM (Wt5PA)

211 After Mamdani won there was all this talk of people fleeing the city. Real estate prices were going to collapse.Everyone was moving to Florida.

None of it happened.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 03:00 PM (VYGAQ)

212
The left thinks everyone in the south is a toothless cousin fucking retard.

The right’s version is California as a place where homeless gangs terrorize citizens on an hourly basis.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 02:58 PM (VYGAQ)

Hey, cousin-humping is the best part about being a conservative.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 05, 2026 03:00 PM (y9nCu)

213 That's when shotguns come in handy.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 05, 2026 02:59 PM (6ydKt)

Not much good at 100 yards.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 03:00 PM (2614e)

214 The right’s version is California as a place where homeless gangs terrorize citizens on an hourly basis.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez

Steep hills kinda put a damper on that kind of enthusiasm.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at November 05, 2026 03:00 PM (Fv808)

215 Re: comment 166. No. I will have to disagree with Sponge. Plano is NOT the epicenter of H1Bs. That would be Frisco, home of the very gaudy Hanuman temple. There's another temple with golden spires in Allen that assaults my vision every day as I commute by it. Based on other conversations, Princeton (just east of McKinney) probably ranks second for density of H1Bs.

Posted by: Analytical lurker at November 05, 2026 03:01 PM (bUfoW)

216 "But"........always the but......

Gov. Gavin Newsom dropped a bombshell move on Thursday to commute all 548 death row inmates in California.

In a letter to Californians, Newsom said that he understood that victims are angry at the horrendousness of the inmate’s crimes.

“But as Governor, I have concluded the state cannot morally kill them,” he wrote. “We can now let these offenders die in obscurity while we forever remember and honor their victims.”

“I take this action because I firmly believe that state-sanctioned killing is incompatible with California’s values, undermines the foundations of our legal system, and diminishes each of us,” Newsom explained.

“I know we cannot execute people in our imperfect legal system and remain true to our core values, first among them justice and human decency.”

Posted by: beckster at November 05, 2026 03:01 PM (kX27y)

217 DeSantis lets congress have it.
https://tinyurl.com/bn95rpas
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 05, 2026 02:43 PM (n5tGW)

---------------

And he is right, Thune is to be blamed for Republican voters staying home. They figured why bother when their esteemed senators hate them.

Posted by: Decaf at November 05, 2026 03:01 PM (uKqbA)

218 glurglebleek

Posted by: Sid...who enjoys the sexual affections of his hamster at November 05, 2026 03:01 PM (2t+i2)

219 213 That's when shotguns come in handy.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 05, 2026 02:59 PM (6ydKt)

Not much good at 100 yards.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 03:00 PM (2614e)

No matter how much you choke it...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 03:01 PM (l3cgK)

220 LOL... The sooner LA burns to the ground the better.... Sorry if any Morons/ettes live there...
--
A few "accidents" and the whole city will be without water.

One episode of Perry Mason involved the building and routing of a new aqueduct.
That was back when California was a state that was functional.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 05, 2026 03:01 PM (/Ki2A)

221 Not much good at 100 yards.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 03:00 PM (2614e)

Slugs.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2026 03:02 PM (5WPt1)

222 Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves

-----

Socialists in charge of things let socialists who support them to do the killing and dying.

And socialists who support them are invariably pathetic, congenital fuckups who have nothing to lose, and a burning hatred of those who do.

The relationship works.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 05, 2026 03:02 PM (BI5O2)

223 California still has a death penalty?

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 03:02 PM (VYGAQ)

224 Same as San Francisco. Was there last year for a race event at Sonoma raceway. Flew into SF and rented a car to drive to Sonoma. Once you're out of the "deep" parts of the city, it gets much nicer. Sonoma is beautiful.

I work in tech so I've been out to Silicon Valley a fair amount, and I went to a conference at Moscone in SF in 2014. The valley was largely clean and safe. The area around Moscone was a bit sketchier but during the day it was fine.

My understanding is that SF threw out their mayor and prosecutor like 6 or 8 years ago and crime's improved significantly there (it mostly moved across the bay to Oakland, actually, but good enough).

Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 03:02 PM (2ocoG)

225 > S.F isn't quite the shithole Franp and others make it out to be. Parts are; they don't dominate and we don't have a traditional downtown. Other parts have always been gritty. Most neighborhoods, mine included, are generally fine.

You're not buried in poop? I don't believe you!

Posted by: bonhomme at November 05, 2026 03:02 PM (mkw2N)

226 After Mamdani won there was all this talk of people fleeing the city. Real estate prices were going to collapse.Everyone was moving to Florida.

None of it happened.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 03:00 PM (VYGAQ)

He hasn't signed one bill yet.........he has yet to enact many of his stated policies.

Give him time........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 03:02 PM (2614e)

227 223 California still has a death penalty?

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 03:02 PM (VYGAQ)

Is a death penalty a death penalty if nobody is ever executed?...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 03:02 PM (l3cgK)

228
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 05, 2026 02:40 PM (iFTx/)

===============

All this is true, but when you consider that the ruined glamour visible behind the bums, the graffitti, the dirt, once matched the society, the culture, and the general prosperity of the area, it's sad. The downtowns used to be a place where you could work and live, not just some place where you drive in if you absolutely must, pay $30/hr to park (and risk getting your windows broken anyway), and get out before 6:00 pm when everything closes up. No restaurants, bars, theaters, or other nightlife exists in those downtowns anymore. They're as ruined as Athens.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 05, 2026 03:03 PM (mmrXZ)

229 > it mostly moved across the bay to Oakland, actually

Oakland has always been terrible.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 05, 2026 03:03 PM (mkw2N)

230 187 She's in custody, three people shot, all postal employees, none dead, none life threatening.

Posted by: Gray Man at November 05, 2026 02:33 PM (X5Jzz)

Well, clearly, chicks can't shoot.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 05, 2026 02:54 PM (k5CNB)

Latest is that two people were shot and one person was injured after falling while running away from the shooting scene.

Which doesn't change your point, which I can't possibly comment on.

Posted by: a.moron at November 05, 2026 03:03 PM (X5Jzz)

231
Slugs.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2026 03:02 PM (5WPt1)

Hope you've got a strong shoulder.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 03:03 PM (2614e)

232 Sid is 1/2 right.

American AI is finished. Chinese AI will now dominate the world.

Good job Sid.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 03:03 PM (VYGAQ)

233 223 California still has a death penalty?

Yes, still on the books but there is a moratorium on executions......

Posted by: beckster at November 05, 2026 03:03 PM (kX27y)

234 Here. This just happened. Old 30 second video but just picture more leaves everywhere. I always watch for cars.

That cat loves me. And is here sleeping on the bed.
And I'm open to happy today.

https://me-l.co/ifg90s0n

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 05, 2026 03:03 PM (Sco7b)

235 The Indians all have lots of brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts, and cousins to bring in after their parents and grandparents"

Si.

Posted by: man at November 05, 2026 03:04 PM (pfXMo)

236 Colorado's newest commie governor has decreed that he will overturn the will of the people, who voted against men in women's sports and locker rooms in election amendments.

But, no Kings, right?

Posted by: Delurker at November 05, 2026 03:04 PM (2Drhq)

237 >>>>> With Raman’s victory, the nation’s two largest cities — New York and Los Angeles — will be led by democratic socialists next year.

-
Led where?
-----‐---
To Hell.

Posted by: Cosda at November 05, 2026 03:04 PM (tDnF6)

238 I said this earlier...

Ramalamadingdong winning over Karen Billy Bass is not a surprise. Not after Mamdami vs Cuomo.

New Yorkers voted out the mayor that sent their grannies back into Covid infected nursing homes to die. So now, LA voters voted out the mayor that burned up the palisades and let their neighbors die.

Better the unknown devil that might actually care, than the one you already doesn't.

And yes, if bass hadn't recruited Ramalamadingdong, she could have pulled off a ballot steal and ousted Pratt. Her loss.

Posted by: LizLem at November 05, 2026 03:04 PM (Toos7)

239 will they do for health care what they've done for the homeless?

wait........they already have!

ahaahahahahahha now go v00t harder next time around

Posted by: what the cat drug in at November 05, 2026 03:04 PM (jrgJz)

240 A few "accidents" and the whole city will be without water.

One episode of Perry Mason involved the building and routing of a new aqueduct.
That was back when California was a state that was functional.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 05, 2026 03:01 PM (/Ki2A)
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It's not going to take any "accidents."

Just bureaucratic incompetence.

When LA runs dry, everyone there is going to look around as they die of thirst, wondering how that happened.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 05, 2026 03:04 PM (s2iZv)

241 237 >>>>> With Raman’s victory, the nation’s two largest cities — New York and Los Angeles — will be led by democratic socialists next year.

-
Led where?
-----‐---
To Hell.

Posted by: Cosda at November 05, 2026 03:04 PM (tDnF6)

Yes, but which ring?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 03:04 PM (l3cgK)

242 223 California still has a death penalty?
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 03:02 PM (VYGAQ)

Voter approved years ago. In 2016 Californians not only stopped a Death Penalty repeal, but it was supposed to go to a fast track system.

Neither happened... because what do those silly voters know.

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 05, 2026 03:05 PM (mP0Kj)

243 Well, clearly, chicks can't shoot.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Hmmm.
You might be almost proficient with a pistol, but last I recall your long gun skills are lacking.
Posted by: nurse ratched

*Suddenly, the bar became silent. . . . *
*A lone dog barked once, far, far away.*
*A wisp of air blew through the saloon doors carried a bit of dust*

Posted by: Tonypete at November 05, 2026 03:05 PM (7EgNJ)

244 Isn't Chinese Ai just stolen American Ai?

Posted by: NCKate at November 05, 2026 03:05 PM (enNUy)

245 240 Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 05, 2026 03:04 PM (s2iZv)

Eh the people with cars will make it out....the real drama in the movie will be whether mayor Ramamlamadingdongette is smarter than Ray Nagin and uses the school buses and bottled water remaining to whisk the fuckers to portland and survival...?

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 03:06 PM (Int1s)

246 gleep

Posted by: Sid...who enjoys the sexual affections of his hamster at November 05, 2026 03:06 PM (2t+i2)

247 But it's also possible that the center of power could shift -- from City Hall to the politburo or "Steering Committee" of the local Democratic Socialists of America chapter, which is largely an unknown entity.

This is an example of the shadowy oligarchy that people like Bernie are always harping about while pointing in the wrong direction.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at November 05, 2026 03:06 PM (OlzlW)

248 And yes, if bass hadn't recruited Ramalamadingdong, she could have pulled off a ballot steal and ousted Pratt.

Yeah, it's an especially funny petard hoisting.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 03:06 PM (2ocoG)

249 196 Involuntary commitment and treatment of the crazys and incarceration and rehab for the druggies might work, at least it gets them off the street for a while. I have low expectations for rehab for chronic drug and alcohol addicts.
Posted by: a.moron at November 05, 2026 02:48 PM (X5Jzz)

So when did we rescind the laws against illegal drug use and public drunkenness? FFS. Those laws are there for a reason.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2026 02:56 PM (5WPt1)

I think some blue jurisdictions actually have repealed laws against drug use and public drunkenness, and many others simply don't enforce existing laws, and if the police do arrest someone, a liberal prosecutor declines to charge them or a liberal judge lets them go with no bail.

Posted by: a.moron at November 05, 2026 03:07 PM (X5Jzz)

250 Remember how Seattle and Portland were on fire every night during the blm days?

It was like 2 blocks in both cities. The rest of the cities were not affected.

That’s what LA is as well. More than 2 blocks but there are certain really shitty areas. Like you don’t go there ever for any reason. It’s a small portion of the city itself that is home to 10 million people.

Bit that’s not the city as a whole not even close. Yet that’s the vision many people have of LA.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 03:07 PM (VYGAQ)

251 That confirms it. Sid is a f*cking idiot. He actually thinks the Chinese government gives a flying f*ck about the 'welfare of it's people.'

BWWWAAAHAHAhAHAHAHAHA

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 03:07 PM (2614e)

252 > American AI is finished. Chinese AI will now dominate the world.

How so? Are you referring to Anthropic's stupid rules and nannying?

Claude is still amazing for coding tasks. Other AIs are behind, but that can change in weeks or months.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 05, 2026 03:07 PM (mkw2N)

253 Posted by: Sid at November 05, 2026 03:06 PM (2t+i2)

You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at November 05, 2026 03:07 PM (2614e)

254
When a socialist says that, you have trouble.

Option 1: the number of homeless will in fact double

Option 2: they plan to execute the homeless

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 05, 2026 02:42 PM (BI5O2)

Option 3: They plan to cut them in half

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 03:08 PM (pjdUv)

255 249 196 Involuntary commitment and treatment of the crazys and incarceration and rehab for the druggies might work, at least it gets them off the street for a while. I have low expectations for rehab for chronic drug and alcohol addicts.
Posted by: a.moron at November 05, 2026 02:48 PM (X5Jzz)

So when did we rescind the laws against illegal drug use and public drunkenness? FFS. Those laws are there for a reason.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 05, 2026 02:56 PM (5WPt1)

I think some blue jurisdictions actually have repealed laws against drug use and public drunkenness, and many others simply don't enforce existing laws, and if the police do arrest someone, a liberal prosecutor declines to charge them or a liberal judge lets them go with no bail.

Posted by: a.moron at November 05, 2026 03:07 PM (X5Jzz)

And if nobody is charged, the statistics for such crimes goes down. Win-Win!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 03:08 PM (l3cgK)

256 No progressive wants to be a pothole mayor.

Posted by: mr tmz at November 05, 2026 03:08 PM (rJ48h)

257 You're not buried in poop? I don't believe you!
Posted by: bonhomme

I have a cat, not a dog.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at November 05, 2026 03:08 PM (Fv808)

258 251 That confirms it. Sid is a f*cking idiot. He actually thinks the Chinese government gives a flying f*ck about the 'welfare of it's people.'

BWWWAAAHAHAhAHAHAHAHA

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 03:07 PM (2614e)

Yeah, that's especially we-todd-did...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 03:08 PM (l3cgK)

259 Better China than the US. Theirs won't be used for profit, but for the welfare of their people.
Posted by: Sid at November 05, 2026 03:06 PM (2t+i2)

lol. Good one.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 03:08 PM (VYGAQ)

260 Woman in NC who said Trump supporters should be in concentration camp- also, besides that sounds like a nutcase. She also compared herself to Jesus on the cross:

https://tinyurl.com/hmhwwn2t

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 05, 2026 03:09 PM (JrHfD)

261 Isn't Chinese Ai just stolen American Ai?

Yes, but unlike India where we're assured everyone there is super smart and should flood here on H1B to make everything wonderful, the Chinese largely actually are. Work ethic can be an issue in Chy-nuh, but there's no shortage of smart people there.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 03:09 PM (2ocoG)

262 204 The left thinks everyone in the south is a toothless cousin fucking retard.

The right’s version is California as a place where homeless gangs terrorize citizens on an hourly basis.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 02:58 PM (VYGAQ)

California has been on the news for thirty years in a downhill slide to a one-party socialist state with large cities with gang and crime problems. It's an overcrowded, overly expensive state to live in with a government that seems to determined to bleed it dry while running it into the ground at full speed.

No place is perfect, especially the south, but the scale of problems that the West Coast faces from the socialist takeover is a much more concerning affair to those of us watching it happen from afar, hoping to God it isn't coming here next.

Don't feel like the Lone Ranger, though, because we feel the same way about the Northeast, Midwest, Canada, and most of Europe.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 05, 2026 03:09 PM (6ydKt)

263 I like the phrase "urban camping" in reference to hobos.

Posted by: NCKate at November 05, 2026 03:10 PM (enNUy)

264 Hey, cousin-humping is the best part about being a conservative.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 05, 2026 03:00 PM (y9nCu)

Cousin humping? That's like doing a stranger

Posted by: Ilhan at November 05, 2026 03:10 PM (pjdUv)

265 I use a chinese local model for my AI, Im assuming its spying on me but as long as I dont run for office i think Im good

I named it Sum Ting Wong

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at November 05, 2026 03:10 PM (fapp/)

266 I said this earlier...

Ramalamadingdong winning over Karen Billy Bass is not a surprise. Not after Mamdami vs Cuomo.

New Yorkers voted out the mayor that sent their grannies back into Covid infected nursing homes to die. So now, LA voters voted out the mayor that burned up the palisades and let their neighbors die.

Better the unknown devil that might actually care, than the one you already doesn't.

And yes, if bass hadn't recruited Ramalamadingdong, she could have pulled off a ballot steal and ousted Pratt. Her loss.
Posted by: LizLem at November 05, 2026 03:04 PM (Toos7)
____________

And they fucked Pratt. Totally stole the election from him.

In NYC, nothing needed to be done to steal the election from the GOP candidate, because that candidate was Curtis Sliwa, a perennial loser, political pest, and shameless grifter.

Adams would have probably won reelection if he hadn't had a few Unapproved Thoughts and been knifed in the back.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 05, 2026 03:10 PM (iFTx/)

267 244 Isn't Chinese Ai just stolen American Ai?
Posted by: NCKate at November 05, 2026 03:05 PM (enNUy)

Chinese AI is like they sent someone to America to ask a random American what AI looks like and then sailed back home and drew a picture for their manuscript of an "AI" face-on with a regular damn human nose.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 03:10 PM (aKiSo)

268 Option 3: They plan to cut them in half

That's probably the real plan.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 03:10 PM (2ocoG)

269 Commercial real estate tax receipts both for property and sales taxes are headed into the dumpster.....million$ and millions are already lost.
Layoffs are coming and pension plans are going to get it in the neck.

So Noodles Breccerra etc got handed a bag of poo. That $300 billion California state budget Newsom is so proud of is wildly out of whack. Illegal aliens eat $30 billion of it. They kite tax receipts. Free stuff is going to dry up.

Posted by: torabora at November 05, 2026 03:11 PM (Wt1Rs)

270 The votes received in Texas for the Democrats in this last off-year election rivaled the count from the 2020 Presidential election, and for the same reason. As for the vote in Georgia, as long as we use the voting machines Kemp forced on the state (name starts with a “D” ), we’ll never have a free and fair election. Those machines trace their ancestry back to Venezuela, and were designed to allow plausible cheating for whoever controlled them. It’s all fake and gay.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 05, 2026 03:11 PM (ZVgZ4)

271 240 A few "accidents" and the whole city will be without water.

One episode of Perry Mason involved the building and routing of a new aqueduct.
That was back when California was a state that was functional.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 05, 2026 03:01 PM (/Ki2A)
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It's not going to take any "accidents."

Just bureaucratic incompetence.

When LA runs dry, everyone there is going to look around as they die of thirst, wondering how that happened.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 05, 2026 03:04 PM (s2iZv)

See Republic of South Africa. They're a few decades ahead of LA on this path.

Posted by: a.moron at November 05, 2026 03:12 PM (X5Jzz)

272 The Chinese are releasing some of the best open source models in an effort to threaten the American market. And it's very good.

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 03:12 PM (pjdUv)

273 And they fucked Pratt. Totally stole the election from him.

It was darkly funny watching Bass steal it from Pratt, and then Raman steal it from Bass. Like that meme where everyone has a sniper behind them.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 03:12 PM (2ocoG)

274 Going postal had gone out of common usage. It's baaack

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 05, 2026 03:12 PM (8VNAp)

275 Option 1: the number of homeless will in fact double

Option 2: they plan to execute the homeless

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 05, 2026 02:42 PM (BI5O2)

Option 3: They plan to cut them in half
Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 03:08 PM (pjdUv)

1 + 2 = 3.

Heh.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 03:13 PM (aKiSo)

276
Gov. Gavin Newsom dropped a bombshell move on Thursday to commute all 548 death row inmates in California.

It's so cute that people think that the commie cocksuckers running Clownifornia won't have people on death row. They're just clearing out space for new residents, you know... Kulaks.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at November 05, 2026 03:13 PM (y9nCu)

277 If the State seized the healthcare system would anyone even care. The free market is in trouble and when it goes it will take food and shelter with it.

Posted by: Oglebay at November 05, 2026 03:13 PM (2ap+5)

278 Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 03:13 PM (aKiSo)

LOL I thought of that but couldn't fit both jokes in

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 03:13 PM (pjdUv)

279 The Chinese are releasing some of the best open source models in an effort to threaten the American market. And it's very good.

The Chinese open models are good, but the hottest new open source model is Ripple-65B, which is American. It outperforms Chinese models that are 4 times bigger and fits on a 64 GB Mac or DGX Spark.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 03:14 PM (2ocoG)

280 278 Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 03:13 PM (aKiSo)

LOL I thought of that but couldn't fit both jokes in
Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 03:13 PM (pjdUv)

Teamwork makes the dream work.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 03:14 PM (aKiSo)

281 It was darkly funny watching Bass steal it from Pratt, and then Raman steal it from Bass. Like that meme where everyone has a sniper behind them.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 03:12 PM (2ocoG)

It's like the multi-Spiderman meme, except all the Spidermans have guns.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 03:15 PM (2614e)

282 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 03:07 PM (2614e)

I am still unsure whether Sid is actually a stupid troll or someone making fun of them.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 05, 2026 03:15 PM (JrHfD)

283 I am still unsure whether Sid is actually a stupid troll or someone making fun of them.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 05, 2026 03:15 PM (JrHfD)

Yes

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 03:15 PM (pjdUv)

284 The Chinese are releasing some of the best open source models in an effort to threaten the American market. And it's very good.

********************

It annoys me that the only American open source AI alternative to CHYNNAAAA is Google's Gemma models, and it's complete ass shit

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at November 05, 2026 03:16 PM (fapp/)

285 I am still unsure whether Sid is actually a stupid troll or someone making fun of them.

Embrace the power of "AND".

Sometimes it's real Sid being stupid. Sometimes it's people socking him for hilarity.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 03:16 PM (2ocoG)

286 It annoys me that the only American open source AI alternative to CHYNNAAAA is Google's Gemma models, and it's complete ass shit

Meta's new open model is not terrible (not gonna threaten Opus 5.5, but also not total ass like Gemma), and I'm seeing a lot of hype around Ripple-65B like I mentioned upthread.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 03:17 PM (2ocoG)

287 Speaking of AI, did you guys see Anthropic bragging about how they no longer send the entire conversation history to each sub-agent every 30 seconds so it can give you a status update?

99% less cost per update!!

That's not an "improvement," it's a bug fix. Good job fixing a bug, but they're talking about it like they made an amazing breakthrough.

http://tiny.cc/i87d101

Posted by: bonhomme at November 05, 2026 03:18 PM (mkw2N)

288 281 It's like the multi-Spiderman meme, except all the Spidermans have guns.

hmm. not certain whether the plural of "spiderman" is "spidersman" or "spidermen".

Posted by: anachronda at November 05, 2026 03:18 PM (v3pYe)

289 Let's see....

Ramen Scattering....

Ramen Spectroscopy.....

Ramen Noodles......

Where the buffalo ramen....,

It's comedy gold, Jerry.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at November 05, 2026 03:19 PM (QGaXH)

290 none dead, none life threatening.

Posted by: Gray Man at November 05, 2026 02:33 PM (X5Jzz)
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Sounds like she didn't practice her fundamentals

Posted by: 496 at November 05, 2026 03:19 PM (L9C9L)

291 She's much worse than uneducated. She has an bachelor's from Harvard and a Masters from MIT.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at November 05, 2026 03:19 PM (wGerL)

292 Ripple-65B like I mentioned upthread

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I hope they come up with a 30B variant thats more optimized for Macs, I think this version is geared towards Nvidia hardware but still a step in right direction

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at November 05, 2026 03:19 PM (fapp/)

293 That's not an "improvement," it's a bug fix. Good job fixing a bug, but they're talking about it like they made an amazing breakthrough.

May be why multiple people have left Anthropic for OpenAI this week, including one of the major Claude Code guys.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 03:20 PM (2ocoG)

294 Lockheed Martin hit with $29.5 million dollar settlement fee for discriminating against white workers.

http://tiny.cc/k87d101

Posted by: bonhomme at November 05, 2026 03:22 PM (mkw2N)

295 May be why multiple people have left Anthropic for OpenAI this week, including one of the major Claude Code guys.

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I wonder if this is going to start enshittifying Claude Code now, of course just when ive really started to use it too

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at November 05, 2026 03:22 PM (fapp/)

296 Is California a strictly mail-in state? Like WA? They will never be right if that is the case.
Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 02:48 PM (iOpI2)

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Once you go all mail voting it is no longer a democracy, the fraud is far too easy.

Posted by: Decaf at November 05, 2026 03:22 PM (uKqbA)

297 The Chinese have been distilling U.S. AI models.
So yes, while some may be original models most of their advanced stuff is basically copies of OpenAI, Anthropic, or Muse.

IP theft, just like it's been since the 90s.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 05, 2026 03:23 PM (6ydKt)

298 California seems nice. I will move there and get a job at the InNOut burger place and live in Malibu with my wife a 4 kids.

like Brady Bunch only cooler

Posted by: Texas democrat at November 05, 2026 03:23 PM (D5ixm)

299 Muse = Meta.
oops.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 05, 2026 03:23 PM (6ydKt)

300 Truth from MS-NOW.

Western Lensman
@WesternLensman
MSNOW's Stephanie Ruhle kicked off her 930am segment gloating about how the markets were surging because Democrats won.

"[Investors] made it abundantly clear that they welcome a massive check on presidential power."

The markets immediately tanked.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 05, 2026 03:24 PM (ndZc7)

301 294 Lockheed Martin hit with $29.5 million dollar settlement fee for discriminating against white workers.
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Future Dem admin will sue them for discriminating against non-white workers. But won't settle for an amount less than twice what it cost them to discriminate against white workers. It's all about incentives.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 05, 2026 03:24 PM (Dv3i1)

302 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 03:07 PM (2614e)

I am still unsure whether Sid is actually a stupid troll or someone making fun of them.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 05, 2026 03:15 PM (JrHfD)
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There might be two Sids. A troll trolling a troll ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 05, 2026 03:25 PM (iFTx/)

303 211. After Mamdani won there was all this talk of people fleeing the city. Real estate prices were going to collapse.Everyone was moving to Florida.

None of it happened.

Sandy Cocazio Ortez

More intentional than fleeing but socialism creeped to the Philly area & now also to South Jersey.

The block across the street from me, seven houses of which two are owned by liberal New Yorkers.

Lots of Philly apartments ... New Yorkers. Spreading since C19, the local socialists are very attached to them. (See new US Rep. Chris Rabb of Philadelphia. Or Bob Brooks who won election Tuesday to the U.S. House of Representatives representing Pennsylvania's 7th Congressional District in Lehigh Valley. Both among Bernie's and Josh's people.).

There are many now.

Like California and liberal NW states, spreading from Coast to Coast, down from NY, and up & out from Virginia. And, yes, they bring the politics to which they're accustomed.

Fleeing with family is tough.

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 05, 2026 03:26 PM (NFX2v)

304 Eh, Bass going down is the silver lining to a string of unhappy defeats.

Posted by: 13times at November 05, 2026 03:26 PM (6iKlf)

305 Maybe God will have enough and finally order an 8.0 on LA because it has turned into Modern day ....

SODOM and GOMORRAH.......

Posted by: Jackson K. at November 05, 2026 03:26 PM (jGtoG)

306 The last time CA put someone to death was 2006.

Commutation makes no difference if the state won't enforce the sentence anyway.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 03:26 PM (HFrEr)

307 Plano, Texas. The epicenter of H-1B chaos........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:49 PM (2614e)

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You keep importing India and suddenly you live in India. It's not racism if you object to a culture and not the skin color.

Posted by: Decaf at November 05, 2026 03:26 PM (uKqbA)

308 From what little I have seen she is a deeply stupid and incompetent person. Which is a good fit for LA.

Posted by: notalawyer at November 05, 2026 03:26 PM (fR677)

309 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 05, 2026 03:24 PM (ndZc7)

Someone cleaned up between yesterday and today. Pump and dump

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 03:27 PM (pjdUv)

310 Someone cleaned up between yesterday and today. Pump and dump
Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 03:27 PM (pjdUv)

i thought we were done with the Russel Brand thread.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 03:27 PM (aKiSo)

311 Detective investing my assault case called to inform me he was taken off and assigned BLM riot duty. Fuck BLM.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 05, 2026 03:27 PM (XmK3B)

312 Sid is a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 03:28 PM (HFrEr)

313 Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 03:27 PM (aKiSo)

You're on fire

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 03:29 PM (pjdUv)

314 I gave up on LA in the 90s. Had some work there over the years but had enough of even that about 10 years ago.

Posted by: scampydog at November 05, 2026 03:29 PM (2bFN5)

315 Kind of sparse in here suddenly. Is this what the camps will be like?

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 03:29 PM (pjdUv)

316 I think President Trump was the only person standing in front a debt bomb wave that the world may deal with.

It sucks, but let's see how all the libs deal when utopia costs non-existent money. I'm kind of hoping for a reckoning now. When 'people' are shot at and my first thought is 'Are they on my side?'

Things went south.

And again. Not my cat, and I say I'm not a cat person,, but Snowflake just crossed the street and is sleeping on my bed.

That was cute. And you can use cute today.
https://me-l.co/ifg90s0n

Winter is coming so I'm keeping them indoors. My friends have newborns. They were always their outdoor cats.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 05, 2026 03:30 PM (Sco7b)

317 No more stand up Bass in the band.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 05, 2026 03:30 PM (Cqx++)

318 307 Plano, Texas. The epicenter of H-1B chaos........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:49 PM (2614e)

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You keep importing India and suddenly you live in India. It's not racism if you object to a culture and not the skin color.
Posted by: Decaf at November 05, 2026 03:26 PM (uKqbA)

The people in this equation who are very interested in skin color are the Indians.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 03:30 PM (HFrEr)

319 Sid is a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 03:28 PM (HFrEr)

so, you're saying Sid is a guy that would clone himself so he could watch himself watching his girl (or dude, more likely) get railed?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 03:30 PM (2614e)

320 RCMP Alberta
@RCMPAlberta
We are happy to report that missing person, Rayjay Strikeswithagun, has been located safe. Thank you for helping by sharing the message!

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His moma should've named him HikeswithGPS.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 05, 2026 03:30 PM (ndZc7)

321 It takes decades to build things. Fortunately for the socialist, it only takes 4 years to destroy them.

Posted by: notalawyer at November 05, 2026 03:31 PM (fR677)

322 https://me-l.co/ifg90s0n

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 05, 2026 03:30 PM (Sco7b)

Snowflake didn't look both ways before crossing the road!

Posted by: far cry at November 05, 2026 03:32 PM (+IsEU)

323 Bass will end up at UCLA lecturing on public policy.

Posted by: mr tmz at November 05, 2026 03:32 PM (rJ48h)

324 Bass failed to stop the fires - Raman will hand out matches.

Posted by: notalawyer at November 05, 2026 03:32 PM (fR677)

325 Western Lensman
@WesternLensman
MSNOW's Stephanie Ruhle kicked off her 930am segment gloating about how the markets were surging because Democrats won.

"[Investors] made it abundantly clear that they welcome a massive check on presidential power."

The markets immediately tanked.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Woke up from a two day vole fueled bender and said, " WE DID WHAT? Fuuuuuuuuck!"

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 03:32 PM (mISmA)

326 house the homeless in Sofi Stadium, went well in New Orleans...

Posted by: pahound at November 05, 2026 03:33 PM (bPSlQ)

327

I see your hair is burning
Hills are filled with fire

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 05, 2026 03:33 PM (Cqx++)

328 You keep importing India and suddenly you live in India. It's not racism if you object to a culture and not the skin color.

Posted by: Decaf at November 05, 2026 03:26 PM (uKqbA)

It's all good because the colonizers are being colonized.
They believe we have it coming because they've turned history into a tribal revenge fantasy.

The republic of the United States was created as an answer to tribalism and the political division that flows from that system.

The Democrat party, forever in a quest of power, has continuously used the systems created to prevent political and ideological division into a weapon to tribalize us all anyhow.

They need voters and they need a new proletariat for the revolution.
Because it's always about the revolution.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 05, 2026 03:34 PM (6ydKt)

329 THE BOSS HAS A NOOD

Posted by: Skip at November 05, 2026 03:34 PM (Ia/+0)

330 Raman has vowed to cut street homelessness in half before Los Angeles hosts the 2028 Olympics.

Um, she already promised to do that. Homelessness exploded.

This honestly is the primary means of Dem success. Every election they run on solving some problem or other with no specifics.

Then when they make it worse, they run again on fixing the issue blaming the nearest Republican and it is insane.

Blue governors and mayors argue all their voters problem are due to Republicans that have held power often in generations. And...it works.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 03:35 PM (sKqQm)

331 Now that you elected us back into power, Affordability is out the window and time to go after Trump.

The need for you USEFULL IDIOTS is over and F**k fixing Affordability...

SUCKERS.................

Posted by: Chuck Shoemore at November 05, 2026 03:35 PM (jGtoG)

332 Nithya is not incompetent. I know people, spanning from center right to hard right, who have interacted with her.

In person, she is VERY personable. And VERY smart and knowledgeable.

She knows what she is doing.

This is the same dismissive attitude the conservative hosts of The Five had toward Tarlov right up until Nov 3.

Many Democrat campaigns in many states had to meet their moment, and being Challengers in a medium where the media and cultural icons and algorithms kept emphasizing gas prices and Epstein and the like, too many who ARE apolitical bought the sale. Alex The Chick has this VERY right. And thus for many Dem challengers of GOP incumbents, they they DID meet said moment, they ran smart General Election campaigns while their oppoents repeatedly had no good message and more than once had foot in mouth syndrome which their intraparty rivals, not to mention the media, happily and readily amplified. No one on the Right is to blame WHOLLY and SINGULARLY.

We have two years to build SMART campaigns championed by GOOD candidates.

Let's get to it.

Posted by: Garfunkel's Sowed Oats at November 05, 2026 03:35 PM (V87Oy)

333
Bass will end up at UCLA lecturing on public policy.
Posted by: mr tmz

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Oh, good one. I just don't see a future for her in politics. She'll get a million-dollar advance for "her" "book," however.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at November 05, 2026 03:36 PM (mmrXZ)

334 Snowflake didn't look both ways before crossing the road!

Posted by: far cry at November 05, 2026 03:32 PM (+IsEU

Scares me all the time.
I'm in a quiet area but still.
And it happens even if I open the door and help Ralphy out.She comes over and rubs against him.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 05, 2026 03:37 PM (Sco7b)

335 Woke up from a two day vole fueled bender and said, " WE DID WHAT? Fuuuuuuuuck!"

That was supposed to be a coke fueled bender.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 03:37 PM (mISmA)

336 Abdul El-Sayed wants Chuckles Shumer the Jew out of the Senate Leadership. To "get money out of politics".
AAAAHHH HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!! Eat a sack of shit Shumer.

Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at November 05, 2026 03:38 PM (V362x)

337 Once you go all mail voting it is no longer a democracy, the fraud is far too easy.

More important, the Party no longer needs a particular demographic's vote.

There is no need to cater to unions, seniors, hispanics, etc. The fraud doesn't care who owns the ballot.

Posted by: Community Notes at November 05, 2026 03:38 PM (xE0sV)

338 Isn't Chinese Ai just stolen American Ai?
Posted by: NCKate at November 05, 2026 03:05 PM (enNUy)

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All technology in China, except noodles and gunpowder, has been stolen from the West.

Posted by: Decaf at November 05, 2026 03:40 PM (uKqbA)

339 If they say I never loved you
You know they are a liar

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at November 05, 2026 03:42 PM (wGerL)

340 332 Posted by: Garfunkel's Sowed Oats at November 05, 2026 03:35 PM (V87Oy)

Sure she will fix LA, LA spends 80,000 per head give or take a year on the homeless.

You can buy a tiny home for 35-50 grand....so public domain a mall and get to it comrade.

Except it will not happen because there is a homeless/NGO/democrat complex.....we can ride over on Gavin's choo choo to visit Hobo Acres....

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 04:08 PM (Int1s)

341 The death penalty is reserved for enemies of the party not the public....not the same thing.

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 04:12 PM (Int1s)

342 Remember the Paramount-HBO merger agreement?

One of the provisions was to use the lots in LA.

One of the conditions was that it be financially responsible.

With an extra exemption from any condition for force majeure, including riots and supply chain interruptions.

So much for having to use those lots!

Posted by: Sam at November 05, 2026 04:12 PM (7jMef)

343
This will free up room on Death Row for Trump supporters.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 05, 2026 04:36 PM (Om3Cn)

344 "With Raman's victory, the nation's two largest cities -- New York and Los Angeles -- will be led by democratic socialists next year."

Wait a minute! What do you call that whack job Brandon Johnson in Chicago? At least the three largest cities are run by Democratic Socialists or worse. Probably the hundred biggest cities in the country are run by some kind of Democrat whack jobs.

Posted by: Ralph at November 05, 2026 05:29 PM (8WZD4)

345 26 LA might be better off if Trump *had* let Iran nuke them.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki look pretty good, today.
Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 05, 2026 02:27 PM (vSvIl)
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki have intelligent, homogeneous populations. LA has mostly low-IQ Third-Worlders.

Posted by: Ralph at November 05, 2026 05:36 PM (8WZD4)

346 I would like her to cut the homeless in half; at the waist.

Posted by: Bang-a-gong at November 05, 2026 08:50 PM (mnFxU)

Russell Brand Found Guilty of One Count of Rape and Three Counts of Sexual Assault

Obnoxious, compulsive man plays with matches all of his life and gets singed.

I don't have to form a judgment about whether he is guilty of rape to know that, by his own admission, he was ruthless in the pursuit of a goal of having sex with 5,000 women.

Just as we say to women, "take prudent steps to minimize your risk of rape," we can also say to a man, "take prudent steps, such as not attempting to bang every young woman you meet, to minimize your chances of being convicted of rape."

Russell Brand is facing years in jail today after being found guilty of raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others to feed his 'voracious' and violent lust.
The comedian and actor, 51, closed his eyes as he was convicted of raping a 21-year-old fan he picked out of the crowd after one of his Hammersmith Apollo gigs in 2009.
Brand, then 33, pushed the woman face down into a pillow on his 'enormous' bed and removed his condom while raping her at his 2.3 million [pounds] Hampstead mansion, leaving her struggling to breathe.
She was left bleeding from her anus and afterwards said Brand ordered her to 'clean up the mess you've made' before switching on the TV to watch the science-fiction series Quantum Leap.

Huh.

The woman tried to clear up before being ushered out by a member of staff. A driver then handed her tissues as he took her home. Fearing she had contracted HIV, she underwent tests, which came back negative.
It can today be revealed that Brand has also been accused of raping two more women, including a 16-year-old schoolgirl, with the Crown Prosecution Service seeking to bring further charges.

He was cleared of three other charges, two of them rape, and one for sexual assault.

His victims told the court how Brand forced them into sexual activity, sometimes within seconds of first meeting them, while exploiting his fame in pursuit of a goal of sleeping with 5,000 women.
After eight-and-a-half hours of deliberations, jurors convicted him of the 2009 rape and sexually assaulting an MTV worker at a party in a Soho bar in 2004. But they cleared him of orally raping her in a toilet afterwards.
They also found Brand, a born-again Christian who said he wore the 'full armour of God' in court, guilty of sexually assaulting a Capital Radio worker after encountering her in a corridor in 2005.

I don't know if I buy his claim of being a Christian. He did a tour called "Messiah Complex," the main point of which was that he was a philosopher on par with the world's greatest thinkers and possibly the reincarnation of Jesus Himself.

It wasn't just a title. It was a mission statement.

I can't be 100% sure about that because I tried to watch it but had to turn it off after 20 minutes because it was nothing but the most obnoxious ravings of a certifiable narcissist with a lot of screaming fans enabling him in his delusions.

At the end of the show -- I fast forwarded through it -- he made some "joke" about him being the second coming but that was also a super-clever pun about him coming, sexually, for the second time and boy oh boy that's such a great joke I immediately wrote it down in my diary of Jokes That a Professional Comedian Should Not Be Proud He Wrote.

But boy did Russell Brand beam with pride and narcissism at his witty pun.

It's the kind of thing a guy on a barstool says and you fake-laugh. It should not be a closing line to a fully-written and lavishly produced comedy special.

And then he did a documentary called "The Second Coming." The full documentary is here, I think.

I suspect that Brand's interest in Christianity and his interest in appealing to the Manosphere closely track with the increasing scrutiny he was receiving from prosecutors for his past escapades.

So while I do admit, of course, that someone's heart can be changed by Jesus, you'll have to excuse me for doubting that this guy's heart has been changed by Jesus, aka Russell Brand himself.

That doesn't mean he's guilty.

But it also doesn't mean I'm required to fly to his defense, either.

Ms Gallacher cried and held hands with an aide in the public gallery. Before the jury returned its verdicts, Brand looked at his wife and said: 'Laura, I love you.'
He loudly replied: 'Yes, my Lord,' when he was remanded into custody. He will be sentenced on Monday at Southwark Crown Court after being denied the chance to say goodbye to his children and wife.

I don't know if the "my Lord" here is a term of respect for the judge or an indication that God just spoke to him.

...
The BBC had received more than a dozen sexual misconduct complaints concerning the Despicable Me star's time as a Radio 2 DJ from 2005 until 2008.
Brand preyed on women he encountered while becoming one of Britain's best-known stand-up comedians, a lauded TV and radio host, and a Hollywood movie star.
He was cleared of two rape charges and one charge of attempted indecent assault following the month-long trial.
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As part of his defence, his barrister had asked his accusers why they did not 'kick and scream' more.
Following the verdicts, the judge warned him that he faces prison.
Mr Justice Bennathan said: 'You've been convicted of a number of offences including rape.
'The consequence of that is inevitably a significant custodial term. My current view is that I therefore have to remand you into custody.'
...
Brand had got his big TV break in 2004 when he was chosen to host Big Brother's Big Mouth, and within a couple of months of the show starting he had sexually assaulted a woman in the Nordic bar in Soho, central London.
At a party of his former MTV colleagues, Brand grabbed the woman's breasts while they stood in the middle of the bar.
She accused him of dragging her to the men's toilets and orally raping her but the jury found Brand not guilty on that count.
The woman told the court the 'lad culture' of the time meant she did not report her interaction with Brand to police, telling the court: 'He was a celebrity and it would be his word against mine.
'I just thought the odds weren't in my favour.'
A worker at Capital Radio said Brand forced himself on her during a visit to the station in 2005, pinning her to a wall while he groped and 'sloppily' kissed her.
She told jurors members of Brand's entourage watched on as the attack happened, and did nothing but laugh as she looked over pleading for them to intervene.
A Brand superfan told the court how she willingly had a threesome with the comedian in 2009 after one of his shows at the Hammersmith Apollo.
Overawed by Brand's fame, the 21-year-old -- who was in a relationship at the time -- agreed to go to the star's 2.3million [pounds] Hampstead townhouse a few days later for sex.
But she said the encounter started with Brand unnervingly forcing her to strip, shower, and brush her teeth before they went to bed together.
She told jurors they had 'awkward' consensual sex, but Brand then raped her by forcing her into non-consensual anal sex and ignored her cries of pain.
Women were a 'disposable commodity' to Brand, said prosecutor Riel Karmy-Jones KC, who dubbed him a 'sexual predator'.
'They didn't matter to him. He didn't even need to know their names. They were just a means to an end.'
The fan who was raped at Brand's home later bumped into him at Edinburgh Festival, and said he apologised after she said he had treated her 'like an animal'.
In 2009, during a recording session at Channel 4, members of Brand's entourage, Jack Bayles and Gareth Roy, forced a young female staffer to give him a massage, the court heard.
When she had reluctantly agreed, Brand thrust his head into the woman's groin and only got up again when apparently insulted that she had commented on his 'bony' body.
'I was so repulsed by the situation,' she told the court, and said she complained afterwards to her Channel 4 bosses.
But Brand was cleared by the jury of raping a woman at the Labour Party conference in 1999, after meeting her at the end of one of his cabaret shows.
He was also cleared of trying to indecently assault an MTV worker after dragging her towards a toilet at her workplace.
Following his convictions, it can now be revealed that the Crown Prosecution Service is seeking to bring charges in relation to a 16-year-old girl Brand is accused of sexually assaulting after grooming the virgin when he was aged 30.
Known by a pseudonym in the Channel 4 Dispatches programme which first exposed Brand in 2023, 'Alice' claimed that a BBC car took her from school to the star's house where she was later abused.
During their three-month relationship Brand called her 'my little dolly' and she had to punch him to stop an oral rape, she said.
...
Brand is already facing civil claims in Britain and the US.
A High Court claim from a woman seeking 100,000 [pounds] in damages for alleged personal injury and sexual abuse has been placed on hold pending the conclusion of the criminal trial.
The woman, referred to only in legal papers as AGX, says she was 23 when Brand forced himself on her at his Los Angeles mansion in 2008.
She fled half-dressed in terror after he allegedly pushed her onto his bed and tried to perform sex acts against her will.
There is also a separate lawsuit in New York after Brand was accused by an extra in the 2011 romantic comedy Arthur of exposing himself to cast members before sexually assaulting her in a lavatory on set.
....
Brand claimed to have felt the 'presence of God' in the courtroom, on his Christian podcast which he continued to record while standing trial for rape and sexual assault.
He told reporters repeatedly that he was 'blessed' as he arrived at court each morning to face the charges.
He and his wife prayed for those involved in the case.
He carried symbols of his Christian faith: a Bible complete with dozens of colourful tabs and a silver cross clasped tightly in his hands during the prosecution's opening address.
...
Brand's own words from his 2007 book My Booky Wook also came back to haunt him, calling himself 'demonically sexy' and admitting he could be 'uneasy company' when in the pursuit of sex.
He wrote: 'If I want something -- whether it's a job or a woman -- I will determinedly, resolutely, remove anything that's in the way, until I possess the object of my desire.'

Good. Now do the "Asian" Rape Gangs.

Is the verdict just?

Charlie Kirk found this entire prosecution suspicious:

Charlie Kirk
@charliekirk11
Apr 4, 2025
Every single allegation against Russell Brand concerns events that took place twenty years ago or more. None of them existed while he was a famous actor or comedian. All of them emerged once he became a highly visible dissident on politics and Covid.
Brand has been forthright about his behavior as a young man, but the idea he was a serial rapist is absurd and, more importantly, completely unprovable.
This is a political prosecution, plain and simple.

Megyn Kelly claims that the woman accusing him of anal rape sure did consent to a lot of stuff before that:

Megyn Kelly
@megynkelly

She admitted that w/in moments of meeting RB backstage, she used her tongue on his anus (as another woman was fellating him). She hadn't even been introduced. Later she went to his place excited for sex (which they had). The two discussed anal sex b/4 hvg it - she said it was her 1st time. Her friend testified that the accuser admitted to her that she agreed to it (told RB "be gentle"). RB testified they watched tv together after.
When a reporter first contacted accuser about RB she said "I'm not sure my story has much in it; I was an idiot, young & stupid, probably as much to blame."

Michael Tracey
@mtracey
Here is one of the "rapes" that Russell Brand has just been convicted of. It allegedly occurred after what the woman says was a consensual threesome with Brand, followed by consensual vaginal sex. It was then, according to the woman, that Brand committed "anal rape" upon her...

Consent to the other things does not mean she consented to the anal sex, of course. But there is room for doubt that she refused consent.

Now, the below isn't evidence -- just hearsay and scuttlebutt -- but Konstantine Kisin (a based YouTuber and comedian) says that when he was on the comedy circuit, it was an open secret that Brand was a rapist.

Konstantin Kisin
@KonstantinKisin
Russell Brand has been found guilty of rape and sexual assault. I'm shocked because I was certain he would get away with his crimes.
The fact that Brand is a rapist was an open secret on the British comedy circuit. A friend of mine knows one of his victims.
One of the things I learned over the last few years is how many people in the entertainment industry are good, decent people and how many are compromised by their own desire for power, money and clicks.
Francis and I shared what we knew about Brand with people who were thinking of working with him and many of them immediately recognised we were telling the truth and stopped any association with him. Others, not so much.
This is even more true of his former employers like Channel 4 and the BBC. I am not saying everyone at those organisations knew but many people definitely did and they not only didn't say anything, some of them actively protected him.
I hope the verdict today brings closure and peace to his victims and serves as a reminder to powerful people who abuse their position to take advantage of others that they won't get away with it forever.

The first 2:45 of this is preparatory stuff. He makes a statement beginning at 2:45.

WARNING: SOME VIEWERS MAY FIND THIS DISTRESSING
Metropolitan Police release interviews with with Russell Brand between 2023 and 2025 released following guilty verdict https://t.co/s5jQUtwIS2
— GB News (@GBNEWS) November 5, 2026

He does seem to be a man who takes liberties and assume he can charm his way out of trouble:

Of course Russell Brand is guilty.
He's joking about it all here.
Narcissistic nonce. https://t.co/XjnawkK0h6
— funkybanana (@funkybananaskin) November 5, 2026

I don't know. I don't even hate the guy, despite him being a full-on deranged leftist before his Manosphere-friendly makeover. I liked him a lot in Forgetting Sarah Marshall and when he's not annoying the shit out of me with his hyperactive bad boy sexfiend persona, sometimes I can listen to him for 1-2 minutes.

I just know I don't want to hear this messiah-complexed obsessive-compulsive pervert talking about Jesus any more, but I'm very sure he's just getting started with that.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:10 PM

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1 Yep

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 05, 2026 01:11 PM (X8vlu)

2 Nood'd

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 05, 2026 01:13 PM (X8vlu)

3 He's been on Gutfeld a couple times.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 05, 2026 01:14 PM (Cqx++)

4 He didn't tow the commie line. So he goes to PMITA prison.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 05, 2026 01:14 PM (X8vlu)

5 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 01:14 PM (2614e)

6 Woah...that's a lot to take in.

Ace reviewing movies again?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 01:14 PM (2614e)

7 I'm not a fan of his, but I absolutely believe he has been railroaded.

Sorry women, but if you come out of the woodwork years or decades later, I dont believe you.

I'm sure he was a slimeball, but that's different than being a rapist.

Posted by: Leupold at November 05, 2026 01:15 PM (BotSl)

8 4 He didn't tow the commie line. So he goes to PMITA prison.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 05, 2026 01:14 PM (X8vlu)

I mean that's taking quite a long walk to get there, but... I approve.

Posted by: Hammurabi at November 05, 2026 01:15 PM (aKiSo)

9 Ziggy what are the chances of contracting an STD from anal sex?

Posted by: Quantum Leap at November 05, 2026 01:16 PM (FWvuS)

10 She was left bleeding from her anus and afterwards said
Just like a gladiator movies

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 05, 2026 01:16 PM (X8X+Z)

11 >>>9 Ziggy what are the chances of contracting an STD from anal sex?

I was going to make a Ziggy crack like that but I thought it might be inappropriate given that the subject is forced sodomy.

So Do Better, Quantum Leap.

#DoBetter.

Posted by: ace at November 05, 2026 01:17 PM (1wjle)

12 A worker at Capital Radio said Brand forced himself on her during a visit to the station in 2005, pinning her to a wall while he groped and 'sloppily' kissed her.

When Biden did this, not just with staffers but kids, they told me is was normal, he was just a touchy feely kind of guy

Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 01:17 PM (sKqQm)

13 356 How do you run a Democratic Republic when more than half of the citizens live in a fictional online world rather than the Republic itself?

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 01:17 PM (Cq/ve)

14 "anal sex" Yecccccchhh!

Posted by: gp at November 05, 2026 01:18 PM (Jr5Lq)

15 cornell girl said no to some things and guys obeyed, so it was reported

Posted by: gnats local 678 at November 05, 2026 01:18 PM (CWTWj)

16 The Right is just as guilty as the Left when it comes to Brand. The Left piles on because Brand speaks out opposite of their political dogma and medical "science."

The Right gives a washed up, no talent attention because he says a few things the Right believes.

He's no different from the asshole at me local hardware store who always wants to "impress" everyone with his divine importance while all I want is someone to operate the damn paint mixer.

I have no time for Brand or whatever he's been convicted of.

Posted by: Orson at November 05, 2026 01:19 PM (dIske)

17 Brand, like Milo, was one of those I didn't want on our side as "though leaders" no matter what they said.

Sure, it's fine they support conservative views.

But, they're still scorpions at the end of the day--sooner or later, their nature will come out.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 05, 2026 01:19 PM (/Ki2A)

18 One of the things I learned over the last few years is how many people in the entertainment industry are good, decent people and how many are compromised by their own desire for power, money and clicks.

I assume pretty much everyone in Hollywood is using their power to force women or boys to have sex with them because...they are.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 01:19 PM (sKqQm)

19 I think women throw themselves at famous, handsome men. I think those famous, handsome men begin to take advantage of this without thinking it could all come back to haunt them later in the form of accusations that may not be entirely true. I am sure Russell Brand got messy - he has said it himself. But this was a long time ago, and it is curious as to why it became a thing all of a sudden.

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 01:20 PM (ZdaMQ)

20 Two things:

I don't know.

I don't care.

Nothing anyone believes or doesn't believe about politics or society or life in general is contingent upon the level of consent involved in some comedian shoving his dick into a groupie twenty years ago.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 01:20 PM (aKiSo)

21 Do not weep for me.

Posted by: Katy Perry's Butthole at November 05, 2026 01:20 PM (1wjle)

22 That's a lot about Brand and anal.
But I'm done with media except here and reading content.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 05, 2026 01:20 PM (Sco7b)

23 A narcissist trying to glom onto anything that might get him out of a shit storm of his own making. Oopsie, never thought he was particularly entertaining anyway

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 05, 2026 01:20 PM (8VNAp)

24 >>> But this was a long time ago, and it is curious as to why it became a thing all of a sudden.

Posted by: ace at November 05, 2026 01:21 PM (1wjle)

25 I will say, the UK justice system has not been even remotely seeking justice these last few years.

See: Rape gangs.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 01:21 PM (iOpI2)

26 Here is one of the "rapes" that Russell Brand has just been convicted of. It allegedly occurred after what the woman says was a consensual threesome with Brand, followed by consensual vaginal sex. It was then, according to the woman, that Brand committed "anal rape" upon her...

In fairness you can consent to normal sex and not buttsechs, so presuming she told him no, it was rape.

But as often with these kind of things how do you prove it? If she agreed to have sex with him and confirmed that the question is did she say no when he moved on to Bootyjuicing her? Or it all happened and then later she decided she didn't like it?

Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 01:21 PM (sKqQm)

27 Women can kill children with impunity not fetuses, kids they can also retroactively withdraw consent....knowing that YOU as a celebretard helped usher in this brave new world you decide to start preaching against it and become a heretic....

while maintaining the perks....

The WWE had a character send up of him for a bit....look up Adam Rose on Goggle Tube....

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 01:21 PM (Int1s)

28 Is Katy Perry the one that was accused of sticking her naked no no bits in another woman's face? I assume that will not be prosecuted...

Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 01:22 PM (sKqQm)

29 "Michael Tracey @mtracey
Here is one of the "rapes" that Russell Brand has just been convicted of. It allegedly occurred after what the woman says was a consensual threesome with Brand, followed by consensual vaginal sex. It was then, according to the woman, that Brand committed "anal rape" upon her..."

The Southern Trespass. I can't believe his lawyer didn't claim Dyslexia as a defense.

Posted by: Butt Seriously Folks, at November 05, 2026 01:22 PM (r7+Q7)

30 You know what Russell Brand reminds me of? TARIFFS

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 01:22 PM (pjdUv)

31 Whither the Statute of Limitations?

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 05, 2026 01:22 PM (wVcYX)

32 >>> But this was a long time ago, and it is curious as to why it became a thing all of a sudden.

It could be that this was about covid and punishing wrongthink. It's also possible that, after the BBC covered up Jimmy Savil for decades, lefties wanted to avoid the next black eye so they dug up rumors about Brand. Or maybe exposing safely-white sexual predators became a hot story so people pursued it for reasons of pure careerist advantage.

I dunno.

Posted by: ace at November 05, 2026 01:22 PM (1wjle)

33 Obnoxious, compulsive man plays with matches all of his life and gets singed.

An 'sn' in place of the 'm' would work, also.

Posted by: J. Random 'Ron at November 05, 2026 01:23 PM (0sNs1)

34 Out: I think I should go...

In: Oops, wrong hole

Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 01:23 PM (sKqQm)

35 Blah blah blah, he said she said.

But I can tell you this: Russell Brand could go on a PCP-fueled, broad daylight, bare-assed rape rampage through quiet city London, and if he'd converted to Islam instead of Christianity, no Crown Prosecutor would have touched him.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 05, 2026 01:23 PM (BI5O2)

36 The only thing which points at his conversion to Christianity being sincere is that the obvious play if he was trying to insulate himself from the charges would have been to choose to be a Muslim.

Being a Christian only increases his chances of conviction.

Brand is a really smart guy. So is Milo. But intellect is not character, nor is it wisdom.

Posted by: Thatch at November 05, 2026 01:23 PM (82UEA)

37 The Blade's comments:

1. Brand was railroaded 20 years after these "rapes" allegedly occurred. Why? He had Unapproved Thoughts about Things You Can't Have Unapproved Thoughts About.

2. That being said, Brand all but begged for this. He was ruthlessly sexually aggressive, hard-fucked every THOT and whore he could find, and seemed to seek out toxic situations and relationships. The heavy drugs didn't help either. Play with fire, you'll eventually get burned.

3. What's with all this gross butt stuff? Is this guy really straight?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 05, 2026 01:23 PM (iFTx/)

38 Hey hey hey, now, I think we shouldn't be so mean to this guy.

He just didn't want her to be the only one in the bed who was fucking an asshole.

That's pure chivalry, right there.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 01:24 PM (aKiSo)

39 20 Two things:

I don't know.

I don't care.

Nothing anyone believes or doesn't believe about politics or society or life in general is contingent upon the level of consent involved in some comedian shoving his dick into a groupie twenty years ago.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 01:20 PM

Yep.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at November 05, 2026 01:24 PM (2Ez/1)

40 >>>But I can tell you this: Russell Brand could go on a PCP-fueled, broad daylight, bare-assed rape rampage through quiet city London, and if he'd converted to Islam instead of Christianity, no Crown Prosecutor would have touched him.

#True

Posted by: ace at November 05, 2026 01:24 PM (1wjle)

41 I.do H8 these cases brought up long ago

Posted by: Skip at November 05, 2026 01:24 PM (sgkY8)

42 I don't have a dog in this fight, but, for the time being, I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt, primarily because I have zero faith in and respect for the British justice system.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 05, 2026 01:24 PM (ndZc7)

43
He needs to take a shower using Lysol.

He is so gross looking.

Posted by: four seasons at November 05, 2026 01:25 PM (/QHx4)

44 I think the women who "came forward" were encouraged by the guy who did a documentary on Brand.

It's a hit job.

There is no question women throw themselves at celebrities.

Gross behavior but I don't think it's illegal behavior. Unless the justice department of the UK wants it to be. Much like in the lefty areas of the US.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 01:25 PM (iOpI2)

45 But as often with these kind of things how do you prove it? If she agreed to have sex with him and confirmed that the question is did she say no when he moved on to Bootyjuicing her? Or it all happened and then later she decided she didn't like it?

Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 01:21 PM (sKqQm)

I guess have three of her girlfriends in the room videoing.
But then that girl is probably fine with anal.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 05, 2026 01:25 PM (Sco7b)

46 >>>Nothing anyone believes or doesn't believe about politics or society or life in general is contingent upon the level of consent involved in some comedian shoving his dick into a groupie twenty years ago.

I think you're overlooking the main benefit of this story: It's a distraction from the horror we're still feeling.

Posted by: ace at November 05, 2026 01:25 PM (1wjle)

47 I think women throw themselves at famous, handsome men. I think those famous, handsome men begin to take advantage of this without thinking it could all come back to haunt them later in the form of accusations that may not be entirely true. I am sure Russell Brand got messy - he has said it himself. But this was a long time ago, and it is curious as to why it became a thing all of a sudden.

Posted by: Piper

====

I'm not excusing this behavior, but I also think when sometimes these celebrity types have women throwing themselves at men, it's like they can't read the room anymore.

And so things are looking like they are leading to sex (because they usually do) and then plans change.

I honestly dont know what happened, but when stuff gets trotted out from decades ago, my knee jerk is that its bullshit.

I also think people can and do genuinely convert to Christianity and make changes. I have a hard time believing this is all a grift, there's easier way to make a buck in the entertainment space than being an outspoken Christian.

Posted by: Leupold at November 05, 2026 01:25 PM (BotSl)

48 it was nothing but the most obnoxious ravings of a certifiable narcissist with a lot of screaming fans enabling him in his delusions.
--------

Wow... can you imagine that... ace?

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 01:25 PM (pjdUv)

49 7 Posted by: Leupold at November 05, 2026 01:15 PM (BotSl)

When he had the right positions he was safe, the wrong positions he was marked.

I have absolutely no use for the sexual subjugation or coercive use of any human being period....my version of the talk to my son aged 12 centered on cautioning about the shadow disparity and the building of the retroactive withdraw of consent trap they were building and the warning that "no means no" and that is he ever forced himself on a person and I knew inarguably it was true I would kill him for dishonoring my name.

I always chuckle when women explain that I support rape culture when they also praise sex work.

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 01:25 PM (Int1s)

50 I remember that young man, he fingerbanged me in a dressing room at Bergdorf's! Against my will, even!

Posted by: E. Jean Carroll at November 05, 2026 01:25 PM (Dv3i1)

51
He just didn't want her to be the only one in the bed who was fucking an asshole.

That's pure chivalry, right there.

The word play, it is, how you say...art!

Now the Paolo? He never has the problem of what hole to use because the Paolo? He's not the weird.

Posted by: The Paolo at November 05, 2026 01:25 PM (sKqQm)

52 Brand then raped her by forcing her into non-consensual anal sex and ignored her cries of pain.

En fuego!

Posted by: The starfish in question at November 05, 2026 01:25 PM (0sNs1)

53 Look, he admitted it himself in his book. It doesn't matter if he didn't think it was rape, but when you're a manwhore who literally says you had "uneasy sex" and who views women as objects who he will do anything to get and who jokes about his raping of women repeatedly...then, I don't feel bad for you if you get burned just like Cosby did. You thought money and rep would let you be at a minimum, a sexual assaulter (we can discuss later if "uneasy sex" rises to the level of rape, but he's on video harrassing women and groping them over and over...and they are themselves celebrity women)...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 05, 2026 01:25 PM (Gb7+b)

54 Left bleeding from anal sex. So, a Friday for Pete Buttgiggle

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 05, 2026 01:25 PM (8VNAp)

55 Imagine how many problems could be solved if people had the sex lives of, say, Ozzie and Harriet.*

It may be boring but it's not likely to send you to prison.

*(If Ozzie and Harriet did not, in fact, have a boring conventional sex life, don't tell me. I really don't want to know that.)

Posted by: Dr. T at November 05, 2026 01:26 PM (6ITkk)

56 Muslim group raping gangs

Free, 25 years of rap___ the children of Great Britain

Not so Great…

Posted by: Gonzotx at November 05, 2026 01:26 PM (nGraA)

57 I am free now. Free to be stuck into Ruby Rose's face.

Posted by: Katy Perry's Butthole at November 05, 2026 01:26 PM (1wjle)

58 If he's serious about finding Jesus, good for him. He will be judged, as we all will.

If he's full of it, He knows........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 01:27 PM (2614e)

59 How come it took so long for these cases to come to trial? I mean, the two mentioned (2005, 2009) were quite some time ago (21 and 17 years). AI said he was convicted for cases from 1999 through 2009, which for 1999 was 26 years ago...

The wheels of "Justice" must crawl even more slowly in the UK than over here for rape cases. Well, for the Mussie rape cases, they never end in conviction of anything or at most nothing with substantial consequences...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 01:27 PM (l3cgK)

60 He committed the sin of Raping While Not a Muslim. Book him, Blighty.

Posted by: Polka will never die at November 05, 2026 01:27 PM (zuZpx)

61 >>>Before the jury returned its verdicts, Brand looked at his wife and said: 'Laura, I love you.'

Ok, so it's a jury trial. His lawyers can contest it if he wants them to.

Posted by: m at November 05, 2026 01:27 PM (odBC9)

62 I think you're overlooking the main benefit of this story: It's a distraction from the horror we're still feeling.
Posted by: ace at November 05, 2026 01:25 PM (1wjle)

------

100%

More please.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 01:27 PM (iOpI2)

63 I think I am going to crowdsource the purchase of Cuba and start my own country. You in? 😂

Posted by: Piper
---

Just caught it. YES, absolutely. 🚢

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 01:27 PM (Cq/ve)

64 The stock market is completely tanking.

Turns out that the Democrats' threats to shut down AI and ban new data centers has real-world impacts.

Who knew?

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 05, 2026 01:27 PM (aD4fx)

65 There is no question women throw themselves at celebrities.
____

I'd let him grab me by the pussy!

As long as I can withdraw my consent, retroactively, no time limit.

Posted by: Groupie at November 05, 2026 01:27 PM (Dv3i1)

66 She admitted that w/in moments of meeting RB backstage, she used her tongue on his anus (as another woman was fellating him).

-
A double header?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 05, 2026 01:28 PM (ndZc7)

67 I never did like how Brand terminally contaminated Kristen Bell in Forgetting Sarah Marshall.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 05, 2026 01:28 PM (wVcYX)

68 >>He just didn't want her to be the only one in the bed who was fucking an asshole.

That joke is 1,000% more professional-level that Brand's stupid-ass "second coming" joke.

Posted by: ace at November 05, 2026 01:28 PM (1wjle)

69 I think you're overlooking the main benefit of this story: It's a distraction from the horror we're still feeling.
Posted by: ace at November 05, 2026 01:25 PM (1wjle)

That or an incredibly poignant metaphor....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 01:28 PM (aKiSo)

70 The first shocker is they actually convicted somebody of rape it the UK. I thought that was allowed under sharia.

I don't doubt he was a very bad guy in those years at all, but this one he was convicted of seems a little much. She agreed to all things sexual including the cornhole, but decided a decade later that was too much?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 05, 2026 01:28 PM (n5tGW)

71 I dunno.

Posted by: ace at November 05, 2026 01:22

Me either. As for his faith, I have no doubt he first came to it because you can’t live the life he was living and not have some feeling in the pit of your soul that your hedonism isn’t going to land you in a great place. He also seems like one of those people who is exhausting just to be around because everything they do is at Mach Crazy. His approach to religion is no different than how he has approached everything in his life, both good and bad.

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 01:28 PM (ZdaMQ)

72 Katy Perry is with Castro's son now , no?

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 01:28 PM (AKptf)

73 Turns out that the Democrats' threats to shut down AI and ban new data centers has real-world impacts.

Their plans to persecute any corporate executive who cooperated with Trump helped too.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 05, 2026 01:28 PM (aD4fx)

74 do H8 these cases brought up long ago

Posted by: Skip at November 05, 2026 01:24 PM (sgkY

By encouraging all their future party apparatchiks now in their free gay and trans abandon now, just imagine how much the Party will have on all of them come Piper Time.

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 01:29 PM (pjdUv)

75 I'm not excusing this behavior, but I also think when sometimes these celebrity types have women throwing themselves at men, it's like they can't read the room anymore.

When Mike Tyson was accused of raping a woman I remember his side leaked that she went to his hotel room at 3 AM.

And when a few people pointed out, "Hey maybe don't go to a stranger's room at 3AM by yourself" that was labelled misogyny.

What a stupid world we live in

Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 01:29 PM (sKqQm)

76 I've always found Brand to be an obnoxious, un-funny asshole. Katy Perry (not that she was ever respected) lost even more in my world when she was dating him.

He claims to have found God, became red pilled and was VERY open about it in the media.

Funny, none of these accusations came out prior to that moment, even in the era of #MeToo.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 01:29 PM (2614e)

77 I he had converted to Islam he would have been a sex influencer

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 05, 2026 01:29 PM (8VNAp)

78 62 I think you're overlooking the main benefit of this story: It's a distraction from the horror we're still feeling.
Posted by: ace at November 05, 2026 01:25 PM (1wjle

Thank you for this.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 05, 2026 01:29 PM (Sco7b)

79 I think you're overlooking the main benefit of this story: It's a distraction from the horror we're still feeling.
Posted by: ace at November 05, 2026 01:25 PM

*Everything* is a distraction from us.

Posted by: The Epstein and UAP Files at November 05, 2026 01:29 PM (0sNs1)

80 Brand should have converted to Islam.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at November 05, 2026 01:29 PM (r7+Q7)

81
Time for a boring old observation that you're generally better off on the straight and narrow, and that power and money are hazard multipliers.

Posted by: Hicks Who Voted No at November 05, 2026 01:29 PM (mmrXZ)

82 53 Posted by: Nova Local at November 05, 2026 01:25 PM (Gb7+b)

Schrodinger's woman... Stonk enough to run the world, and meek and weak enough all society needs to prevent her from throwing herself at people who literally advertise they are drug addled self-indulgent hedonistic scumballs.....

it is like "she chose the bear"....well yes honey so does Tim Treadwell.

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 01:29 PM (Int1s)

83 Imagine how many problems could be solved if people had the sex lives of, say, Ozzie and Harriet.
____

I always heard that Ozzie was a little rough on the beaver.

Posted by: Obligatory at November 05, 2026 01:30 PM (Dv3i1)

84 When he had the right positions he was safe, the wrong positions he was marked.

I have absolutely no use for the sexual subjugation or coercive use of any human being period....my version of the talk to my son aged 12 centered on cautioning about the shadow disparity and the building of the retroactive withdraw of consent trap they were building and the warning that "no means no" and that is he ever forced himself on a person and I knew inarguably it was true I would kill him for dishonoring my name.

I always chuckle when women explain that I support rape culture when they also praise sex work.
Posted by: sven

==

I just have a hard time believing in the modern age, a woman that is forcibly raped not immediately going to the police about it. Generations ago, it was a different story.

I just think these things start out as a shakedown with lawyers, basically pay me a few million for an NDA to go away.

I tell you, those old Biblical principles start to look really good about now.

Posted by: Leupold at November 05, 2026 01:30 PM (BotSl)

85 37 The Blade's comments:

3. What's with all this gross butt stuff? Is this guy really straight?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 05, 2026 01:23 PM (iFTx/)

Form of birth control.

Posted by: m at November 05, 2026 01:30 PM (odBC9)

86
When Mike Tyson was accused of raping a woman I remember his side leaked that she went to his hotel room at 3 AM.

And when a few people pointed out, "Hey maybe don't go to a stranger's room at 3AM by yourself" that was labelled misogyny.

What a stupid world we live in
Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 01:29 PM (sKqQm)

White girl came to my room after midnight. That SCREAMS anal, emirite?

Posted by: Zombie Kobe Bryant at November 05, 2026 01:30 PM (2614e)

87 Turns out that the Democrats' threats to shut down AI and ban new data centers has real-world impacts.

Stupid investors, the Dems are CLEARLY just asking for bigger bribes.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 01:30 PM (sKqQm)

88 I think you're overlooking the main benefit of this story: It's a distraction from the horror we're still feeling.
Posted by: ace at November 05, 2026 01:25 PM (1wjle)

Thank you.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 05, 2026 01:30 PM (wVcYX)

89 She tossed Brand's salad? There's a visual made for mind bleach.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 05, 2026 01:31 PM (X8vlu)

90 76 I've always found Brand to be an obnoxious, un-funny asshole. Katy Perry (not that she was ever respected) lost even more in my world when she was dating him.

He claims to have found God, became red pilled and was VERY open about it in the media.

Funny, none of these accusations came out prior to that moment, even in the era of #MeToo.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 01:29 PM (2614e)

Or they did...but it was Britain, not the US, and no one cared to listen til he went Christian. You can have committed crimes and no one cares til you betray party - ask some Dems about that...

Dude self-admitted his crimes b/c folks who write books and think they are untouchable are morons - we have a certain John Bolton who thought the same...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 05, 2026 01:31 PM (Gb7+b)

91 Trump should have left a few minor in-the-real-world things ride:

Independent: What Donald Trump said about Russell Brand after marriage to Katy Perry
The US president said Katy Perry ‘must have been drunk’ to marry the British comedian, Thursday, 05 November 2026
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NBA legend Wilt Chamberlain claimed to have slept with 20,000 different women in his 1991 autobiography, A View from Above.

Still beloved.

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 05, 2026 01:31 PM (NFX2v)

92 81 Posted by: Hicks Who Voted No at November 05, 2026 01:29 PM (mmrXZ)

and that if you do not want to get anally violated, ran over by a dildo throwing steam roller you probably should not hire on as a dildo steam roller guide working anal violation lane as well.....

people get what they move towards....

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 01:31 PM (Int1s)

93 I've been keeping an eye on Brand, Milo, JP, and others who have claimed to have converted to Christianity. I think it's wonderful if it's true. But so far, they give the impression that they were using a conversion story to buy some indulgences.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at November 05, 2026 01:31 PM (OlzlW)

94 The Bee explains it all.

Republicans Unsure Why Voters Are Mad At Them As They Literally Haven't Done Anything These Past Two Years

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 05, 2026 01:31 PM (ndZc7)

95 77 I he had converted to Islam he would have been a sex influencer

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 05, 2026 01:29 PM (8VNAp)

Maybe he wasn't into goats, sheep, camels, and little boys...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 01:31 PM (l3cgK)

96 68 >>He just didn't want her to be the only one in the bed who was fucking an asshole.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 01:24 PM (aKiSo)

That joke is 1,000% more professional-level that Brand's stupid-ass "second coming" joke.
Posted by: ace at November 05, 2026 01:28 PM (1wjle)

; )

Posted by: m at November 05, 2026 01:31 PM (odBC9)

97 before switching on the TV to watch the science-fiction series Quantum Leap.

That's a weird detail.

Posted by: far cry at November 05, 2026 01:31 PM (X+NGn)

98 3. What's with all this gross butt stuff? Is this guy really straight?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 05, 2026 01:23 PM (iFTx/)

Form of birth control.
Posted by: m at November 05, 2026 01:30 PM (odBC9)

Hells yeah!

Posted by: Roman Polanski at November 05, 2026 01:32 PM (2614e)

99 88 I think you're overlooking the main benefit of this story: It's a distraction from the horror we're still feeling.
Posted by: ace at November 05, 2026 01:25 PM (1wjle)

Thank you.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 05, 2026 01:30 PM (wVcYX

AND it's a story about unwanted, bloody anal.

So very appropriate.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 05, 2026 01:32 PM (Sco7b)

100 100

Posted by: m at November 05, 2026 01:33 PM (odBC9)

101 I've been keeping an eye on Brand, Milo, JP, and others who have claimed to have converted to Christianity. I think it's wonderful if it's true. But so far, they give the impression that they were using a conversion story to buy some indulgences.

With Milo its an act.

Brand? Hard to say. I assume part of it is he realized just how f*cked up of a life he lived, and unlike more religions Christianity is big on forgiveness.

Jordan Peterson? I'm pretty sure its real. He took a long time talking himself into it but you can see how he did it.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 01:33 PM (sKqQm)

102 I always heard that Ozzie was a little rough on the beaver.
Posted by: Obligatory at November 05, 2026 01:30 PM

According to Star Fleet archives, it was June Cleaver who said "Ward you were a little rough on The Beaver last night."

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at November 05, 2026 01:33 PM (0sNs1)

103 66 She admitted that w/in moments of meeting RB backstage, she used her tongue on his anus (as another woman was fellating him).

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This too is the story of Obama.

I don't know what I'm saying. Someone make that joke better.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 01:33 PM (iOpI2)

104 When Mike Tyson was accused of raping a woman I remember his side leaked that she went to his hotel room at 3 AM.

And when a few people pointed out, "Hey maybe don't go to a stranger's room at 3AM by yourself" that was labelled misogyny.

What a stupid world we live in
Posted by: 18-1

==
Exactly, and while that's not a green light, every other time that's where things led.

I have daughters and when topics like this come up, I tell them how to be the person that doesnt get in these situations.

Like I have a niece (their cousin) and she just started college and is basically the girl that gets black out drunk and dresses provactively. She's way more likely to be "raped".

Posted by: Leupold at November 05, 2026 01:33 PM (BotSl)

105 The Bee explains it all.

Republicans Unsure Why Voters Are Mad At Them As They Literally Haven't Done Anything These Past Two Years

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 05, 2026 01:31 PM (ndZc7)

It cuts like a knife.

Posted by: Mirror Universe Bryan Adams at November 05, 2026 01:33 PM (2614e)

106 Women were a 'disposable commodity' to Brand, said prosecutor Riel Karmy-Jones KC, who dubbed him a 'sexual predator'. 'They didn't matter to him. He didn't even need to know their names. They were just a means to an end.'

___________

All true. But these ladies accepted this arrangement because they wanted to be close to fame and fortune. Groupies and starfuckers have been a thing since Grog the caveman had a much nicer cave than the rest of his tribe.

I mean, this girl started licking his fucking asshole within a few seconds of meeting him, while some other girl was blowing him. There might as well have been "Disposable Commodity" tattooed on her back.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 05, 2026 01:33 PM (iFTx/)

107 >>>AND it's a story about unwanted, bloody anal.

which is better than the alternative stories.

Posted by: ace at November 05, 2026 01:33 PM (1wjle)

108 Damn, I should have said Michelle Obama.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 01:33 PM (iOpI2)

109
3. What's with all this gross butt stuff? Is this guy really straight?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 05, 2026 01:23 PM (iFTx/)

According to a commenter on the famous Memorial Day thread, it's a gratifying dominance move.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at November 05, 2026 01:34 PM (OlzlW)

110 84 Posted by: Leupold at November 05, 2026 01:30 PM (BotSl)

I am a clockwork deist not an evangelical, but I value the bible and evangelical zeal both because both are tribal survival gear....

mankind absent the faith and doctrine is a beast debauched in most cases....reason is a bad defense against appetite.

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 01:34 PM (Int1s)

111 I think you're overlooking the main benefit of this story: It's a distraction from the horror we're still feeling.

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at least were were not raped anally by Russell Brand !

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 01:35 PM (AKptf)

112 I'm not excusing this behavior, but I also think when sometimes these celebrity types have women throwing themselves at men, it's like they can't read the room anymore.

Posted by: Leupold
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So, brutally harming her is totally within the realm of reason.

It is reasonable, without knowing the end result, to not anticipate being physically brutalized to a bloody pulp. That's a whole nother level of advantage. It's savage.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 01:35 PM (Cq/ve)

113 This allegedly happened two decades ago.

There is a reason for statutes of limitations.

There’s no physical evidence and all your left with is accusations without the possibility of verification or defense.

Remember, Trump was said to have assaulted a women, in a Bergdorf Goodmans dressing room.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 05, 2026 01:35 PM (ahP4S)

114 I think you're overlooking the main benefit of this story: It's a distraction from the horror we're still feeling.
Posted by: ace

Well, look at the bright side. We don't have to clean the pudding off our balls.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 05, 2026 01:35 PM (ndZc7)

115 107 >>>AND it's a story about unwanted, bloody anal.

which is better than the alternative stories.

Posted by: ace at November 05, 2026 01:33 PM (1wjle)

And again.
Thank you.

I'm not even searching...

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 05, 2026 01:35 PM (Sco7b)

116 If he had converted to Islam he would have been a sex influencer

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 05, 2026 01:29 PM (8VNAp)

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And eventually become Mayor of London and the British Prime Minister.

Posted by: ShainS at November 05, 2026 01:36 PM (yncTj)

117 97 before switching on the TV to watch the science-fiction series Quantum Leap.

That's a weird detail.
Posted by: far cry at November 05, 2026 01:31 PM (X+NGn)

Might be the same story as this:

Megyn Kelly
@megynkelly

She admitted that w/in moments of meeting RB backstage, she used her tongue on his anus (as another woman was fellating him). She hadn't even been introduced. Later she went to his place excited for sex (which they had). The two discussed anal sex b/4 hvg it - she said it was her 1st time. Her friend testified that the accuser admitted to her that she agreed to it (told RB "be gentle"). RB testified they watched tv together after.

Posted by: m at November 05, 2026 01:36 PM (odBC9)

118 Form of birth control.

Posted by: m at November 05, 2026 01:30 PM (odBC9)

For some it's the face

Posted by: Lena Dunham at November 05, 2026 01:36 PM (pjdUv)

119 Lets start with this.

Hey women of hollywood.

Show of hands: Who HASN'T been raped since working in hollywood?

Now, ask the men.....

That'll narrow it down slightly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 01:36 PM (2614e)

120

Out of 5 thousand chicks, you're bound to stick your dick in crazy at least four thousand times, or more.

Or all.

"Stick your dick into crazy, you must not."

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at November 05, 2026 01:37 PM (VuTBl)

121 Well, since we can't arrest "asians" for rape we will throw you a bone and convict a heretic former liberal.

You're welcome England.

Posted by: The Caliphate of Britain at November 05, 2026 01:37 PM (mseD3)

122 It is reasonable, without knowing the end result, to not anticipate being physically brutalized to a bloody pulp. That's a whole nother level of advantage. It's savage.

Posted by: Braenyard

==

Says her.

Remind me what the crazy woman said about Trump in the changing room and she only decided to go forward like 30+ years later.

Nobody here is excusing rape.

Posted by: Leupold at November 05, 2026 01:37 PM (BotSl)

123 > Gross behavior but I don't think it's illegal behavior.

He held a young woman down in a way she couldn't breathe, took off the condom, and sodomized her until she bled. Unless she consented to the condom removal and violent anal (doubtful), that sounds like rape to me.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 05, 2026 01:37 PM (mkw2N)

124 You see it's funny because "the second coming" refers to the return of Jesus but it can also mean my dick spitting up some baby-butter for the second time in a night.

Posted by: Russll Brand, Professor of Comedy at November 05, 2026 01:37 PM (1wjle)

125 Schrodinger's woman... Stonk enough to run the world, and meek and weak enough all society needs to prevent her from throwing herself at people who literally advertise they are drug addled self-indulgent hedonistic scumballs.....

it is like "she chose the bear"....well yes honey so does Tim Treadwell.
Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026

I was trying to word this, but you did already. This is a truth.

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 01:37 PM (ZdaMQ)

126 There is a weird kind of parallel between the glass-snatched Ex Post Fucto everything is rape if I say it is weirdos, and Big Muzz.

They have this creepy, Freudian need to be the masters of their own sexual destiny. They demand fulfillment, and if they don't get it, they will destroy you.

The muzz just wants to nut where he's not allowed to. Slutty McDickschneef on the other hand wants her little Experience to be magical, and if it isn't, then heads will roll.

"Have your way with me! .... wait, no, not like that! In a pretty way that I can tell people about later!"

Rape really is always about power, not sex. Creeps.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 01:37 PM (aKiSo)

127
Well, look at the bright side. We don't have to clean the pudding off our balls.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 05, 2026 01:35 PM (ndZc7)

That's easy! Just shove them in her mouth!

Posted by: Russell Brand - Advice Giver at November 05, 2026 01:37 PM (2614e)

128 For some it's the face
Posted by: Lena Dunham at November 05, 2026 01:36 PM (pjdUv)

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hhahahhhaha

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 01:37 PM (iOpI2)

129 112 Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 01:35 PM (Cq/ve)

Like the Jihadis in Rotherham so long as he was politically useful he was protected....

it does not take 2 decades to know you were raped.

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 01:37 PM (Int1s)

130 Like I have a niece (their cousin) and she just started college and is basically the girl that gets black out drunk and dresses provactively. She's way more likely to be "raped".

I'm old enough that "if you regret sex later it was rape" was not yet a thing.

Plenty of my aquitances would get drunk and wind up having sex with each other. In none of these cases, as far as I know at least, was it a guy roofing the girl - they were both just drinking a lot.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 01:37 PM (sKqQm)

131 114 I think you're overlooking the main benefit of this story: It's a distraction from the horror we're still feeling.
Posted by: ace

Oh, I thought this was a relevant piece to current events... my bad.

Posted by: cajun carrot at November 05, 2026 01:38 PM (lLeLE)

132 I'd be shocked if Megyn Kelly's husband is not having an affair.

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 01:38 PM (AKptf)

133 at least were were not raped anally by Russell Brand !

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 01:35 PM (AKptf)

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#DrunkDonLeMon hardest hit ...

Posted by: ShainS at November 05, 2026 01:38 PM (yncTj)

134 Well, look at the bright side. We don't have to clean the pudding off our balls.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 05, 2026 01:35 PM (ndZc7)

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Heh, I had to read that a couple of times, I thought you were talking about Brand.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 01:38 PM (iOpI2)

135 I guess people like what they like, but man I do not get it, there's a perfectly wonderful place (or two!) to put it that doesn't have crap in it.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 05, 2026 01:38 PM (n5tGW)

136 Posted by: Wesley Crusher at November 05, 2026 01:33 PM (0sNs1)

I liked it better when beaver meant -you know- the furry animal that built dams and and not a joke about vaginal hair.-a joke that got redundantly boring about 30 years ago or more

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 05, 2026 01:38 PM (xz+xK)

137 Ok, a bit more clear, but whatevah~

@JKash000
(Harmeet Dhillon ) told Fox News Digital exclusively that she decided to leave around mid-October, informed White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, and was asked to stay until after the election. She stated: “I wasn’t asked to resign. I resigned three weeks ago, and Susie asked me to please wait until after the midterms,” and emphasized “My decision, my choice. It’s time.”

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 05, 2026 01:39 PM (nEUC6)

138 I'm not excusing this behavior, but I also think when sometimes these celebrity types have women throwing themselves at men, it's like they can't read the room anymore.

When Mike Tyson was accused of raping a woman I remember his side leaked that she went to his hotel room at 3 AM.

And when a few people pointed out, "Hey maybe don't go to a stranger's room at 3AM by yourself" that was labelled misogyny.

What a stupid world we live in
Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 01:29 PM (sKqQm)
________

The Tyson case was actually worse than that. There was no dispute that they were already half-naked in the limo that took both of them to the hotel.

Then, when they got to his hotel room, he ate her pussy.

Then they had sex.

But the jury never heard most of this story because the judge applied the "rape shield" law to preclude not only evidence of the lady's prior sexual history with other guys, but also the prior sexual history of the accused rapist that happened 30 seconds before the alleged rape.

Tyson was railroaded.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 05, 2026 01:39 PM (iFTx/)

139 Out of 5 thousand chicks, you're bound to stick your dick in crazy at least four thousand times, or more.

Or all.

"Stick your dick into crazy, you must not."
Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq

Never stick your D in crazy. But if you must, use Garrett's name.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 01:39 PM (mISmA)

140 >>>He held a young woman down in a way she couldn't breathe, took off the condom, and sodomized her until she bled. Unless she consented to the condom removal and violent anal (doubtful), that sounds like rape to me.

yes it's rape if what she's saying is true, but tbh, given that she immediately began tossing his salad in a fellatio/analingus three-way before she'd even told her her name, I think there's reasonable doubt about her narrative that she didn't grant consent.

She could be telling the truth. But she does seem to be what we used to call "A Dirty Hoor" and starfucker.

Posted by: ace at November 05, 2026 01:39 PM (1wjle)

141 AI Massacre: Stocks Plunge As Investors Dump Anything with Data Center Exposure

https://tinyurl.com/74njmj52

Speaking of unwanted anal....

Posted by: cajun carrot at November 05, 2026 01:39 PM (lLeLE)

142 The two discussed anal sex b/4 hvg it - she said it was her 1st time. Her friend testified that the accuser admitted to her that she agreed to it (told RB "be gentle"). RB testified they watched tv together after.

Posted by: m at November 05, 2026 01:36 PM (odBC9

And that's the appeal of anal.
You feel special....

Best tv sex life.
'Bewitched' - damn Elizabeth was hot.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 05, 2026 01:40 PM (Sco7b)

143 Man. A poorly groomed professional clown pounds you in the ass, and all you got was a lousy episode of Quantum Leap.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 05, 2026 01:40 PM (BI5O2)

144 For some it's the face
Posted by: Lena Dunham at November 05, 2026 01:36 PM (pjdUv)

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hhahahhhaha
Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 01:37 PM (iOpI2)

I have a coworker who has 5 kids. We were having a team meeting and we were razzing him about when basketball training begins.

At some point I said "Hey man, you know she has a face for a reason, right?"

Posted by: Russell Brand - Advice Giver at November 05, 2026 01:40 PM (2614e)

145 > given that she immediately began tossing his salad in a fellatio/analingus three-way before she'd even told her her name, I think there's reasonable doubt about her narrative that she didn't grant consent.

Fair enough.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 05, 2026 01:40 PM (mkw2N)

146 dadgumit.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 01:40 PM (2614e)

147 Then, when they got to his hotel room, he ate her pussy.

Unlike a lot of other guys, I like to eat puthhy.

Posted by: Mike Tyson at November 05, 2026 01:40 PM (sKqQm)

148 RB testified they watched tv together after.

Gutter Whores 5. If one misses parts 1-4, it doesn't matter.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 05, 2026 01:40 PM (X8vlu)

149 NBA legend Wilt Chamberlain claimed to have slept with 20,000 different women in his 1991 autobiography, A View from Above.
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And no one accused him of rape because when they said his first name, that was consent.

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 01:40 PM (pjdUv)

150 125 Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 01:37 PM (ZdaMQ)

Thanks, again...essentially western women are special pleading our civilization into oblivion....I am not trying to be a misogynistic asshole about it and all humans try to special plead.....

I don't have answers to it, western women were the actual iron spine of our recovery from the Crusades and guarantor of Xiandom to foster the enlightenment and I guess they have decided to embrace whatever the fuck globalism is bringing....in my darker hours I want to suckstart a 9mm metaphorically because it just looks like schizophrenia to me.

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 01:41 PM (Int1s)

151 Something tells me had Russel Brand decided to date this woman and called her the next day, it would have been a different narrative.

Its like that Cornell girl was uninvited to some frat party and then all hell breaks loose.

Posted by: Leupold at November 05, 2026 01:41 PM (BotSl)

152 Man. A poorly groomed professional clown pounds you in the ass, and all you got was a lousy episode of Quantum Leap.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 05, 2026 01:40 PM (BI5O2)

I wonder if she cowers in the fetal position when NCIS: New Orleans come on.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 01:41 PM (2614e)

153 >>>Man. A poorly groomed professional clown pounds you in the ass, and all you got was a lousy episode of Quantum Leap.

I'm the choice for entertainment following a pegging.

Posted by: Farscape at November 05, 2026 01:42 PM (1wjle)

154 > AI Massacre: Stocks Plunge As Investors Dump Anything with Data Center Exposure

Ya. My NVDA took a dump. I'm hoping it's just hysteria and cooler heads cause the stock to recover soonish.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 05, 2026 01:42 PM (mkw2N)

155 hat's with all this gross butt stuff? Is this guy really straight?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 05, 2026 01:23 PM (iFTx/)

Form of birth control.
Posted by: m at November 05, 2026 01:30 PM (odBC9)

Hells yeah!
Posted by: Roman Polanski at November 05, 2026 01:32 PM (2614e)
______

But Brand was also fucking them vaginally. So the butt stuff -- which included licking his ass -- was done for its own reward, not as birth control.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 05, 2026 01:42 PM (iFTx/)

156 Out of 5 thousand chicks, you're bound to stick your dick in crazy at least four thousand times, or more.

He figured since they were bisexual they probably weren't also bipolar.

That's one of the classic mistakes like a betting against a Sicilian when death is on the line

Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 01:42 PM (sKqQm)

157 'Bewitched' - damn Elizabeth was hot.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 05, 2026 01:40 PM (Sco7b)

She had really cute legs.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at November 05, 2026 01:43 PM (OlzlW)

158 Markets really are melting down.

The Karens that sit around all day and use AI aren't going to allow data centers to be built anywhere near them.

This was an election issue sleeper that Trump/GOP really wasn't well positioned with.

Amazed how many otherwise rational people really hate data centers.

Posted by: Leupold at November 05, 2026 01:44 PM (BotSl)

159 They have a really ugly statue of Elizabeth in Salem that has become a tourist attraction for some reason

Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 01:44 PM (sKqQm)

160 Well, he is British & the court UK. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Buzz Feed, Russell Brand Once Confessed To Repeatedly Luring His Pet Dog Up The Stairs “Before Cruelly Kicking Her Back Down To The Bottom Again,” And People Are Understandably Horrified
Russell once wrote in one of his memoirs: “If this is what I’m telling you, can you imagine what’s being left out?”
Published Oct. 2026

A sorry childhood and attention seeking personality, not a good mix for many. IDK. I don't care, either.

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 05, 2026 01:44 PM (NFX2v)

161 I wonder if he told her to call him "Scott Backulum."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 05, 2026 01:44 PM (BI5O2)

162 According to Kurt Vonnegut, 'beaver' was a signal among newsmen and news photographers that an accidental reveal was within visible range. E.g., when firemen are carrying a woman down a ladder in her nightclothes, and people on the ground can see her hoo-hah. 'Beaver!' they would exclaim.

Posted by: gp at November 05, 2026 01:44 PM (Jr5Lq)

163 Anal sex is not sex. It's something else entirely, I don't know what, and I don't care.
Disgusting.

Posted by: wth at November 05, 2026 01:45 PM (UjdFS)

164 Beaver
Muff
Beard or no beard
landing strip
in the zone
home run

Don't seem like negative euphemisms

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 01:45 PM (Cq/ve)

165 154 Posted by: bonhomme at November 05, 2026 01:42 PM (mkw2N)

TheTech sector formed a cartel and inflated RAM, SSD, and GPU prices to the point of insanity....fuck em no bailouts....

I think the donks will build the AI data centers no way in hell they will leave that surveillance tool on the ground.

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 01:45 PM (Int1s)

166 that's horrible, L.

Brand does seem to feel that, as a celebrity, he can do anything he wants and walk away from it without consequences.

Posted by: ace at November 05, 2026 01:45 PM (1wjle)

167 Speaking of Quantum Leap, words of wisdom from Al Calavicci.

“Women — you can’t trust ’em. They don’t understand the double standard.”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 05, 2026 01:45 PM (ndZc7)

168 Sheesh. I liked the world better before I knew butt munching was such an apparently common thing. Seems to keep popping up, and... just ewwww.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at November 05, 2026 01:45 PM (bmMEr)

169 Amazed how many otherwise rational people really hate data centers.
Posted by: Leupold at November 05, 2026 01:44 PM (BotSl)

-------

Much like wine moms on Martha's Vineyard with illegals, it's not that they don't like them, it's that they don't want them around their neighborhoods.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 01:46 PM (iOpI2)

170 Britain's best-known stand-up comedian, a lauded TV and radio host, and a Hollywood movie ~~star~~ dirtbag.

Posted by: wth at November 05, 2026 01:46 PM (UjdFS)

171 163 Anal sex is not sex. It's something else entirely, I don't know what, and I don't care.
Disgusting.

Posted by: wth at November 05, 2026 01:45 PM (UjdFS)

If you say anal and oral are not sex, then gay men can't rape anyone...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 01:46 PM (l3cgK)

172 Convicted in the UK of Talking While Not Leftist.

He was convicted of 'rape' for doing her in the ass after she had already licked his ass while another woman was blowing him and having a 3some with him.

One of the least credible accusations in existence.

Posted by: DudeAbiding at November 05, 2026 01:46 PM (setIA)

173 Market dive, Tech and Chip Selloff: Major semiconductor stocks and AI infrastructure names are driving the decline amid fears of a data-center buildout slowdown. Nvidia (NVDA), Micron (MU), and AMD (AMD) have experienced steep losses.

Of course it bleeds into other industries.

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 05, 2026 01:46 PM (NFX2v)

174 Brand does seem to feel that, as a celebrity, he can do anything he wants and walk away from it without consequences.
Posted by: ace at November 05, 2026 01:45 PM (1wjle)

90% of hollywood and NYC / Wall St.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 01:46 PM (2614e)

175 Beaver
Muff
Beard or no beard
landing strip
in the zone
home run

Don't seem like negative euphemisms
Posted by: Braenyard

What, no hair pie?

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at November 05, 2026 01:47 PM (bmMEr)

176 She had really cute legs.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at November 05, 2026 01:43 PM (OlzlW)

Very nice. Not prime Natalie Zea but then who is

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 01:47 PM (pjdUv)

177 158 Posted by: Leupold at November 05, 2026 01:44 PM (BotSl)

Both parties hated AI data centers, the Chinese ran a good op if that is what is was....

the AI data centers if there is really a unified American policy at the strategic level are getting built the ONLY questions are: 1) whose 2) how do we power them, and 3) how fucking leftoid will they be regulated into being biased....?

"happily" the democrats get to pick it seems

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 01:47 PM (Int1s)

178 I wonder if he told her to call him "Scott Backulum."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Dean Stickwell.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 05, 2026 01:47 PM (X8vlu)

179 Sheesh. I liked the world better before I knew butt munching was such an apparently common thing. Seems to keep popping up, and... just ewwww.
Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth)
.......

There's no accounting for TASTE.
tee hee

Posted by: wth at November 05, 2026 01:47 PM (UjdFS)

180 I think the donks will build the AI data centers no way in hell they will leave that surveillance tool on the ground.
Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 01:45 PM (Int1s)

They'll keep going up just as planned, and you won't see a single "NO DATA CENTERS" sign in a single front lawn anymore, and not one person will make a single peep about it in any township meetings.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 01:47 PM (aKiSo)

181 Sheesh. I liked the world better before I knew butt munching was such an apparently common thing. Seems to keep popping up, and... just ewwww.
Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at November 05, 2026 01:45 PM (bmMEr)

Don't knock it till you've tried it!

Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at November 05, 2026 01:48 PM (2614e)

182 Something tells me had Russel Brand decided to date this woman and called her the next day, it would have been a different narrative.

-
A Hallmark movie?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 05, 2026 01:48 PM (ndZc7)

183 Amazed how many otherwise rational people really hate data centers.

==

I think it's the wheeling and dealing and tax carveouts they get from politicians. Some dude in a 3 bedroom house ends up subsidizing real estate taxes for 10 years for a billion dollar tech company . People feel cheated.

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 01:48 PM (AKptf)

184 Amazed how many otherwise rational people really hate data centers.
Posted by: Leupold at November 05, 2026 01:44 PM (BotSl)
=====

The PRC loves them.

Posted by: mrp at November 05, 2026 01:48 PM (rj6Yv)

185 Brand should have converted to Islam. Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at November 05, 2026 01:29 PM (r7+Q7)

"His mama named him ~~Clay~~ Brand, Imma call him ~~Clay~~ Brand"

Posted by: Doof at November 05, 2026 01:48 PM (kuZER)

186 Market dive, Tech and Chip Selloff: Major semiconductor stocks and AI infrastructure names are driving the decline amid fears of a data-center buildout slowdown. Nvidia (NVDA), Micron (MU), and AMD (AMD) have experienced steep losses.

Of course it bleeds into other industries.
Posted by: L - No nic

==
Long term, I think the trend is still up.

Do you know how many companies would gladly pay big money to have AI services and cut workforce?

My guess is the buildout continues, it just won't be in gentrified areas.

Posted by: Leupold at November 05, 2026 01:48 PM (BotSl)

187 >>78 I wonder if he told her to call him "Scott Backulum."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
Dean Stickwell.

lol

Posted by: ace at November 05, 2026 01:48 PM (1wjle)

188 What, no hair pie?
Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at November 05, 2026 01:47 PM (bmMEr)

You should have socked Booger.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 05, 2026 01:48 PM (X8vlu)

189 Something something until you're married, kid.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 05, 2026 01:49 PM (nEUC6)

190 "Tech and Chip Selloff"

A bubble due for a blowoff, IMHO.

Posted by: gp at November 05, 2026 01:49 PM (Jr5Lq)

191 He didn't know her name but a few moments later she was tonguing his anus. Is this about Brand or the Cornell 7?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 05, 2026 01:49 PM (8VNAp)

192 The election is getting fishier by the minute.

*Every single county* in 21 states went Democrat.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 01:49 PM (2ocoG)

193 Brand does seem to feel that, as a celebrity, he can do anything he wants and walk away from it without consequences.
Posted by: ace at November 05, 2026 01:45 PM (1wjle)

90% of hollywood and NYC / Wall St.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

And Dem leadership. Anyone want a cheese pizza?

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 01:49 PM (mISmA)

194 See, you stop being a Democrat simp, you lose your legal protections.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at November 05, 2026 01:49 PM (s1VwS)

195 My NVDA took a dump. I'm hoping it's just hysteria and cooler heads cause the stock to recover soonish.

Posted by: bonhomme
---

Bloody Mary morning. Hopefully things will settle a bit.
Regarding Musk and FL. Curious about the 35K acres he bought
in LA. Was he hedging his bets?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 01:50 PM (Cq/ve)

196 I did not know that TX offered tax exemptions for data centers.

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 01:50 PM (AKptf)

197 Charlie Kirk
@charliekirk11
Apr 4, 2025

Kinda like how no one was interested in Bill Cosby's sex life until he told black kids to pull up their britches.

Guilt or innocence almost seems beside the point.

Foreign rape gangs do whatever they want. "Refugees" can bugger 10 year old boys at a pool due to "a sexual emergency." No one bats an eye.

But say something the regime doesn't care for and it'll put your prick under a microscope.

You can say, "Just be modest, decent," and you'll be fine. Tell that to the MIT cancer researcher who had his career destroyed for the sin of not immediately recognizing crazy and evil.

Hell, tell it to Kavanaugh. They just made it up out of whole cloth to get at him.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 01:50 PM (HFrEr)

198 The PRC loves them.
Posted by: mrp
==

The PRC is behind the hysteria imo.

Its like nuclear missiles, they want more than what we have.

See fracking for another example.

Posted by: Leupold at November 05, 2026 01:50 PM (BotSl)

199 See, you stop being a Democrat simp, you lose your legal protections.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at November 05, 2026 01:49 PM (s1VwS)

There's iron in this man's words........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 01:50 PM (2614e)

200 Google

Buzzfeed Russell Brand

They hate this guy.

Posted by: m at November 05, 2026 01:51 PM (odBC9)

201 Everyone see what’s happening in Alaska? The second Sullivan gambit worked. They stole it fair and square.

Mississippi will be as well.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 01:51 PM (VYGAQ)

202 > Amazed how many otherwise rational people really hate data centers.

They've been lied to about how much water data centers use. New data centers use closed loop systems, they're not drinking water.

They've been lied to about the land they're built on. They're told it's all going on usable farmland. That's false.

Then there's general, "AI's going to...(fill in the blank)" hysteria.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 05, 2026 01:51 PM (mkw2N)

203 Oy-

JOEL POLLAK
Nithya Raman’s victory means four years of destructive chaos — and her socialist revolution will leave LA in ruins

Posted by: beckster at November 05, 2026 01:52 PM (kX27y)

204 Do we even have 'celebrities' anymore?

With SO much content, there's not a lot of people most like. People know Taylor. I know Olivia Rodrigo and Kylie Cantrell. Even with millions of fans, most go 'Who?'

I miss Dolly.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 05, 2026 01:52 PM (Sco7b)

205 "Konstantine Kisin (a based YouTuber and comedian) says that when he was on the comedy circuit, it was an open secret that Brand was a rapist."

No idea if he's telling the truth, but the comedy circuit is nastier than two diseased warhogs fucking each other in the ass.

The comedians mostly hate each other. The competition for gigs is fierce, and there's a lot of jealousy, so they are constantly bad-mouthing and smearing each other to try to destroy each other's careers. There is a lot of perversion and homosexuality. And piles and piles of drugs.

So Kisin could be accurately reporting what he heard, but the reports were lies and smears to try to destroy a young and popular -- and rich -- comedian.

Mostly the entire American comedy scene was trying to destroy Dane Cook when he broke out. He was young and got rich and famous, and his fellow comics hated that.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 05, 2026 01:52 PM (iFTx/)

206 Can I get you a taxi home? Yeah I'm Russell Brand
When I come back here next year,
I wanna see you again

What was your name, little girl?
What's your name?
Shootin' you straight, little girl
Well, there ain't no shame.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 05, 2026 01:52 PM (wVcYX)

207 Long term, I think the trend is still up.

Do you know how many companies would gladly pay big money to have AI services and cut workforce?

DSA Democrats are saying they're gonna ban AI completely.

And workforce cuts will be balanced by workforce gains in other areas, like when coachbuilders transitioned from horse-drawn carriages to auto bodies in the early 1900s.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 01:52 PM (2ocoG)

208 Girls the TV show, of which Malia Obama was an intern at 16 years old, had a butt-munching scene.

I have never seen this show but was horrified when listening to the star on the receiving end talk about how, before the episode was filmed, she, her mom, and her dad were figuring out how to make it look real or props or something.

The dad was Brian Williams. Imagine hearing about and watching your daughter do that.

This is degeneracy.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 01:52 PM (iOpI2)

209 *Every single county* in 21 states went Democrat.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 01:49 PM

Is that a lot?

Posted by: I gotta ask at November 05, 2026 01:52 PM (TJf+N)

210 197 Charlie Kirk
@charliekirk11
Apr 4, 2025

Kinda like how no one was interested in Bill Cosby's sex life until he told black kids to pull up their britches.

Guilt or innocence almost seems beside the point.

Foreign rape gangs do whatever they want. "Refugees" can bugger 10 year old boys at a pool due to "a sexual emergency." No one bats an eye.

But say something the regime doesn't care for and it'll put your prick under a microscope.

You can say, "Just be modest, decent," and you'll be fine. Tell that to the MIT cancer researcher who had his career destroyed for the sin of not immediately recognizing crazy and evil.

Hell, tell it to Kavanaugh. They just made it up out of whole cloth to get at him.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 01:50 PM (HFrEr)

Which part of that is Charlie Kirk? And which part of that is bear with asymmetrical balls?

Posted by: m at November 05, 2026 01:52 PM (odBC9)

211 he was ruthless in the pursuit of a goal of having sex with 5,000 women.
*****
Here, hold my beer.

Posted by: Magic Johnson at November 05, 2026 01:53 PM (Wt1Rs)

212 Girls the TV show, of which Malia Obama was an intern at 16 years old, had a butt-munching scene.

I have never seen this show but was horrified when listening to the star on the receiving end talk about how, before the episode was filmed, she, her mom, and her dad were figuring out how to make it look real or props or something.

The dad was Brian Williams. Imagine hearing about and watching your daughter do that.

This is degeneracy.
Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 01:52 PM (iOpI2)
__________

Sex and the City had an entire show based on some dude who liked to eat ass. It was disgusting.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 05, 2026 01:53 PM (iFTx/)

213 Magic Johnson is a great porn name.

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 01:54 PM (AKptf)

214 Data center hysteria 2026 is like fracking in the 2010s.

Propaganda fueled hysterics based on nonsense. Data centers is Chinese propaganda fracking was Saudi. Exact same playbook though.

Worked both times.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 01:54 PM (VYGAQ)

215 180. They'll keep going up just as planned, and you won't see a single "NO DATA CENTERS" sign in a single front lawn anymore, and not one person will make a single peep about it in any township meetings.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Come to Pennsylvania, especially the southeast. Delaware, Chester counties and more.

Shapiro Executive Orders, after donations of course.

And how he & the new progressives flipped it around and beat the piss out of Garrity and all other Republican opponents.

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 05, 2026 01:54 PM (NFX2v)

216 What did the DSA use before quills and ink?

AI

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 01:54 PM (pjdUv)

217 You wanna bang a famous dirtbag but you want to be in control and not the dirtbag who is clearly stronger and richer and better connected than you.

You wanna go be in the protest but your rights are being violated the second a cop comes along and says "please don't throw that brick at that window".

You wanna be a famous mathematician too but you don't want to deal with all those boring letters and numbers so you just get an AI to shit out a thesis on "Post Colonial and Feminist Perspectives on the use of the letter Seven" and then demand your medal with a pout and a stamp.

So sick of all these fucking halfwits trying to cheat-code their way through life.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 01:54 PM (aKiSo)

218 Fucking pikers.

Posted by: Wilt Chamberlain at November 05, 2026 01:54 PM (X8vlu)

219 Data center hysteria 2026 is like fracking in the 2010s.

Identical playbook too: from "my tap water caught on fire" to "poor blacks have no tap water".

Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 01:55 PM (2ocoG)

220 They've been lied to about the land they're built on. They're told it's all going on usable farmland. That's false.

Posted by: bonhomme

Kinda like how they were lied to about Solar Farms being put on useable farmland.

Oh, wait.

You can see how they didn't believe them.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 01:55 PM (mISmA)

221 Bloody Mary morning. Hopefully things will settle a bit.
Regarding Musk and FL. Curious about the 35K acres he bought
in LA. Was he hedging his bets?

Posted by: Braenyard - some

J just came down here and told me he is now on Team Repeal the 19th as he just lost (insert crazy figure here). If I didn’t need him to survive, he might be in danger of disappearing.

Ps. He was kidding. I think.

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 01:55 PM (ZdaMQ)

222 fears of a data-center buildout slowdown. Nvidia (NVDA), Micron (MU), and AMD (AMD) have experienced steep losses.

Of course it bleeds into other industries.
Posted by: L - No nic
---

Buildout slow down?
Carpenters, plumbers, pipe fitters, equipment operators, electricians, welders, supply manufacturers for all the preceding, delivery trucking for all the preceding.
Yeah, Democrats can cut an artery.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 01:55 PM (Cq/ve)

223 Wasn't the butt muncher in that show the guy who killed his father Han Solo?
At least he didn't butt munch Lena

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 05, 2026 01:56 PM (8VNAp)

224
JOEL POLLAK
Nithya Raman’s victory means four years of destructive chaos — and her socialist revolution will leave LA in ruins
Posted by: beckster at November 05, 2026 01:52 PM (kX27y)

Um.......it's already in ruins.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 01:57 PM (2614e)

225 The election is getting fishier by the minute.

*Every single county* in 21 states went Democrat.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 01:49 PM (2ocoG)/i]

I saw a list of 20-some states where that same thing happened. What an incredible night for the Dems. They really must have a great message.
*insert eyeroll here*

Posted by: Doof at November 05, 2026 01:57 PM (kuZER)

226 Maybe the women were holding their fingers crossed when they agreed or when they got in the car or when they got in the car the second time or ...
Surely this makes it rape?

Posted by: PG at November 05, 2026 01:57 PM (7cQi1)

227 Chicoms sure took advantage of fear of AI. No doubt about it.

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 01:57 PM (AKptf)

228 Sex and the City had an entire show based on some dude who liked to eat ass. It was disgusting.
_____

Trying to make it cool for heteros to be gross like the gays, so they won't see gays as that far out of bounds with their grossness. Same reason as all the talk about buttsex between heteros. No, no, no, no. No.

That's my theory.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 05, 2026 01:57 PM (Dv3i1)

229 203 Oy-

JOEL POLLAK
Nithya Raman’s victory means four years of destructive chaos — and her socialist revolution will leave LA in ruins
Posted by: beckster at November 05, 2026 01:52 PM (kX27y)
_______________________

I hadn't seen the results of that one. That is VERY odd, but mostly ironic. They, quite obviously, used fraud to bump her up in the mail in votes of the primary. The numbers made no sense as she received a MASSIVE influx of mail-ins totally disproportionate to the regular vote. It was to knock out Spencer Pratt, and likely organized by supporters of Bass. THEN, the nutcase #1 surpasses nutcase #2 ....likely in the same fashion that got her in the run-off in the first place.

You can't write this shit. Too funny. Nice knowing you LA.

Posted by: Orson at November 05, 2026 01:57 PM (dIske)

230 All this Data Center talk.
I should get back to my project.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 05, 2026 01:58 PM (Sco7b)

231 SpaceX's datacenters in orbit suddenly looking not so strange anymore.

Posted by: far cry at November 05, 2026 01:58 PM (X+NGn)

232 196 I did not know that TX offered tax exemptions for data centers.
Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 01:50 PM (AKptf)

And now you know why

1) Republicans lost their ass in Texas
2) Stocks are crumbling
3) The winds are changing on Immigration (Business Coalitions are already calling for the Dems to push for Amnesty) Including the supposed (R) Rep w/ her Dignidad bill.

Posted by: cajun carrot at November 05, 2026 01:58 PM (lLeLE)

233
yeesh.

Does the market just hate me today or is it everyone?

Ackshewallee, I suppose it's just the market hating the Democrats winning.

Good job, everyone!

Posted by: naturalfake at November 05, 2026 01:58 PM (YSUhf)

234 >>>I liked him a lot in Forgetting Sarah Marshall and when he's not annoying the shit out of me with his hyperactive bad boy sexfiend persona, sometimes I can listen to him for 1-2 minutes.

Agreed. He plays that annoying guy very well. The thing is, I'm not a big fan of people who are annoying. I can take it for a limited amount of time when necessary to the plot, but they wear out their welcome very quickly. I can't think of anything else I enjoyed watching him in.

Might have something to do with why The Big Bang never caught on with me. Just a whole cast of annoying people.

Posted by: No Name Today at November 05, 2026 01:59 PM (8mulE)

235 202 > Amazed how many otherwise rational people really hate data centers.

They've been lied to about how much water data centers use. New data centers use closed loop systems, they're not drinking water.

They've been lied to about the land they're built on. They're told it's all going on usable farmland. That's false.

Then there's general, "AI's going to...(fill in the blank)" hysteria.
Posted by: bonhomme at November 05, 2026 01:51 PM (mkw2N)

I'm pretty indifferent on the subject.

I'm not surprised that others aren't though, even if some of their reasons are buggy. Every other day there's a new article about how AI is going to make everyone's jobs obsolete. I'm a doubter on that score. But I don't think you can reasonably expect people to be told "Tech bros are gonna replace you with servers; enjoy the dole and fentanyl, losers" and expect them to take that lying down.

Also, I do think the energy needs of data centers is something locals should clear up in advance.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 01:59 PM (HFrEr)

236
The dad was Brian Williams. Imagine hearing about and watching your daughter do that.

This is degeneracy.
Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 01:52 PM (iOpI2)

George Snuffalupagus talked about watching porn with his kids so they knew the difference between fantasy sex and reality sex.

The left is depraved........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 01:59 PM (2614e)

237 As I posted earlier LA will be Blade Runner without the replicants

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 05, 2026 01:59 PM (8VNAp)

238 214 Data center hysteria 2026 is like fracking in the 2010s.

Propaganda fueled hysterics based on nonsense. Data centers is Chinese propaganda fracking was Saudi. Exact same playbook though.

Worked both times.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez
---

One step further:
The Chinese won this election.
The Chinese rigged this election.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 01:59 PM (Cq/ve)

239 LA will be Detroit with palm trees.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 05, 2026 02:00 PM (X8vlu)

240 SpaceX's datacenters in orbit suddenly looking not so strange anymore.

Posted by: far cry at November 05, 2026 01:58 PM (X+NGn)

Cooling becomes an instant non-issue.

Transmitting the data, however.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:00 PM (2614e)

241 George Snuffalupagus talked about watching porn with his kids so they knew the difference between fantasy sex and reality sex.

The left is depraved........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 01:59 PM (2614e)

Sweet merciful Christ, what the hell did the perverted little microbastard do with them to show them "reality sex", then?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 02:01 PM (aKiSo)

242 Amazed how many otherwise rational people really hate data centers.

==

I think it's the wheeling and dealing and tax carveouts they get from politicians. Some dude in a 3 bedroom house ends up subsidizing real estate taxes for 10 years for a billion dollar tech company . People feel cheated.
Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 01:48 PM (AKptf)
___________

True. But that's (unfortunately) also true of almost all big business. The same people up in arms about their tax dollars being used to subsidize billion-dollar datacenters think nothing of the taxpayer-funded subsidies going to "their" billion-dollar sports teams.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 05, 2026 02:01 PM (iFTx/)

243 I too am having cognitive dissonance over the election. My brain can not grasp that level of socialism exists, although we saw the polls have how many young people think it's cool way before the election.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 05, 2026 02:01 PM (n5tGW)

244 225 The election is getting fishier by the minute.

*Every single county* in 21 states went Democrat.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 01:49 PM (2ocoG)/i]

I saw a list of 20-some states where that same thing happened. What an incredible night for the Dems. They really must have a great message.
*insert eyeroll here*

Posted by: Doof at November 05, 2026 01:57 PM (kuZER

I was going to politely shut up for 6 months with my current crazy conspiracy theory.

But yeah, Abdul. Michigan?
Really?

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 05, 2026 02:01 PM (Sco7b)

245 LA hosts the Summer Olympics in two years.

Posted by: mr tmz at November 05, 2026 02:02 PM (rJ48h)

246 Sweet merciful Christ, what the hell did the perverted little microbastard do with them to show them "reality sex", then?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 02:01 PM (aKiSo)

I do not know details......just the first part of the story gave me convulsions......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:02 PM (2614e)

247 Besides using a lot of power, do data centers use a lot of water?

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 02:02 PM (iOpI2)

248 Hate for Data Centers?

Here in Calif, the STATE limits how good of a computer I can have. It literally limits the size of the Power Supply, because I may use to much electricity I pay for...

Yet... DATA Centers AOK!

It's like going to electric cars, without putting in the money for infrastructure to actually support the increased Electric usage needed.... so the literally tell people during some summer months NOT TO CHARGE THEIR CARS?

I'm also concerned about the ongoing plant costs of these data centers... it's not just build it once, put in the computers, and that is it... Computers continue to get better... and all those computers will have to be replaced in a few years...

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 05, 2026 02:02 PM (mP0Kj)

249 I'm having a hard time accepting that MAGA was filled with pussies. LIke, did I wake up from some kind of dream or something?

Posted by: pawn at November 05, 2026 02:02 PM (3g9Kl)

250 Where's TJM, anyway?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:03 PM (2614e)

251 222. Buildout slow down?
Carpenters, plumbers, pipe fitters, equipment operators, electricians, welders, supply manufacturers for all the preceding, delivery trucking for all the preceding.
Yeah, Democrats can cut an artery.

Posted by: Braenyard

Sure. Why not? They bring you, you gotta dance with them.

The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), signed into law by President Joe Biden in March 2021, included approximately $86 billion to (often cited around $90 billion total) for a "union bailout" in the form of the Special Financial Assistance Program (incorporating the Butch Lewis Act).

Almost broke Federal Pensions and Benefits system for multi-employers, and we'll be paying for years.

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 05, 2026 02:03 PM (NFX2v)

252
Sure. Why not? They bring you, you gotta dance with them.

DIABEETUS!!!!

Posted by: Zombie Wilford Brimley at November 05, 2026 02:04 PM (2614e)

253 5000? Bill Cosby thinks that is an amateur number.

Or am I thinking of ? Wilt Chamberlain, who claimed to have sex with like a different woman every night for a couple decades?

Posted by: illiniwek at November 05, 2026 02:04 PM (vbXSk)

254 Sex and the City had an entire show based on some dude who liked to eat ass. It was disgusting.
_____

Trying to make it cool for heteros to be gross like the gays, so they won't see gays as that far out of bounds with their grossness. Same reason as all the talk about buttsex between heteros. No, no, no, no. No.

That's my theory.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 05, 2026 01:57 PM (Dv3i1)

It's not a big secret that Sex in the City was written, directed, produced by gays to portray the gay "sex" experience in NYC.

Buuuut, they changed the characters to women cuz nobody wants to see gay guys going at it.

Unfortunately, it seems to have sparked a massive cultural shift among the ladies...and here we are.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 05, 2026 02:04 PM (YSUhf)

255 Does LA have enough water to host an Olympic event?

Posted by: Pudinhead at November 05, 2026 02:04 PM (Wp1X1)

256 Your going to build a big factory (data center) are you going to buy expensive farm land or are you going to buy the cheapest land available?

Whatever land a factory builder buys; he's going to bulldoze it,
cover it with concrete and put a structure on it. The company is not going to buy the most expensive land he can find. He is not a real estate developer.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 02:05 PM (Cq/ve)

257
Or am I thinking of ? Wilt Chamberlain, who claimed to have sex with like a different woman every night for a couple decades?
Posted by: illiniwek at November 05, 2026 02:04 PM (vbXSk)

He declared 50,000 or some such in his autobiography.

Posted by: Zombie Wilford Brimley at November 05, 2026 02:05 PM (2614e)

258 FFS.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:05 PM (2614e)

259 If you say anal and oral are not sex, then gay men can't rape anyone...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

They aren't. In order for an interaction to be sexual intercourse the participants must be different sexes.

If you want to be really strict, its can't be sexual intercourse unless the action is one that can only be done with one participant of each sex.

Everything else is just fucking.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 05, 2026 02:05 PM (vJrRc)

260 Good job, everyone!
Posted by: naturalfake at November 05, 2026 01:58 PM (YSUhf)

Data Centers are super unpopular man. This is the one thing Republicans got very fuckin wrong and came across as super tone deaf when everyone was bitching about it.

Posted by: cajun carrot at November 05, 2026 02:05 PM (lLeLE)

261 The thing about entertainment, and especially corporate produced mass market entertaiment that isnt based on the talent of the creators, is that you have jobs that provide wealth and fame that a goodly amount of people could do. There are thousands and thousands of people good looking enough to be your average movie star or autotuned pop singer. So the people that end up getting them have to have done something to get the nod. And realize that they are easily replaceable and time (age) is working against them. Has to really warp them out and explains why they say what they are told or even what they think the power people want them to say. Horrible existence it must be.

Posted by: Azjaeger at November 05, 2026 02:05 PM (3/XaG)

262 I was going to politely shut up for 6 months with my current crazy conspiracy theory.

But yeah, Abdul. Michigan?
Really?
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 05, 2026 02:01 PM (Sco7b)

Yeah, I think Trump is smart not to talk about the election too much right now... lots of hinky shit went on BUT, if he said anything without definitive undeniable proof? Any actual evidence later would be tainted.

We saw the same gameplan with Covid... and the 2020 Election.

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 05, 2026 02:05 PM (mP0Kj)

263 Does LA have enough water to host an Olympic event?
Posted by: Pudinhead at November 05, 2026 02:04 PM (Wp1X1)

Now that every state not Florida is blue, they'll have whatever they want.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:05 PM (2614e)

264 197, 210

Which part of that is Charlie Kirk? And which part of that is bear with asymmetrical balls?
Posted by: m at November 05, 2026 01:52 PM (odBC9)

All of that is me but the italicized header, includes from the post only so people could follow what I was responding to/riffing on (Kirk's post). But apparently that did not work. Sorry for the confusion.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 02:06 PM (HFrEr)

265 And now you know why

1) Republicans lost their ass in Texas
2) Stocks are crumbling
3) The winds are changing on Immigration (Business Coalitions are already calling for the Dems to push for Amnesty) Including the supposed (R) Rep w/ her Dignidad bill.
Posted by: cajun carrot at November 05, 2026 01:58 PM (lLeLE)
TX did many things wrong. Hubris top to bottom. They were warned that Ds are outperforming Rs in registration and in early voting. This is from (highly respected) Dana Loesch (she in TX) last weeks of October
"Just got off the phone with Tarrant County election insiders who broke down what is becoming a five-alarm warning: Democrats are outvoting Republicans here.

For perspective, Tarrant is the last large red urban county in America. It is GROUND ZERO for flipping Texas. While Tarrant has more registered Republicans than Democrats, Ds have done a better job of turnout than Rs for the last several elections....
I am told that even though Ds typically outperform Rs in early voting, the reduced percentage of Rs early voting against Ds at this point signals a major warning.Texas will be lost if Republicans don’t vote."

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 02:06 PM (AKptf)

266 Snuffalufagus's dad was a Greek Orthodox priest. What a proud moment.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 05, 2026 02:06 PM (X8vlu)

267 Buuuut, they changed the characters to women cuz nobody wants to see gay guys going at it.

Unfortunately, it seems to have sparked a massive cultural shift among the ladies...and here we are.
Posted by: naturalfake

That's part of the reason why if you hear about some bizarre thing that women supposedly like about men or want men to be you have to ask "Is this actually about the gays?"

Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 05, 2026 02:06 PM (vJrRc)

268 _____

Trying to make it cool for heteros to be gross like the gays, so they won't see gays as that far out of bounds with their grossness. Same reason as all the talk about buttsex between heteros. No, no, no, no. No.

That's my theory.
Posted by: Chuck Martel
------

Brain washing or grooming?
Your call.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 02:07 PM (Cq/ve)

269 All the unions who voted Dem will lose hundreds of thousands of good high paying jobs building data centers.

Good

Hope you all starve.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 02:07 PM (VYGAQ)

270 no, it was not fraud or cheating, it was performance

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 02:07 PM (AKptf)

271 LA will be Detroit with palm trees.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

Don't worry, Xavier Becerra will save us!

Posted by: L.A.liens at November 05, 2026 02:07 PM (UjdFS)

272 255 Does LA have enough water to host an Olympic event?
Posted by: Pudinhead at November 05, 2026 02:04 PM (Wp1X1)

_________________________

I can see the state taxing the metal used to manufacture the Olympic Medals. Also, they'll get a bunch of homeless dudes to take a leak in the bin for the Steeple Chase. But, I think my favorite part of the next Summer Olympic games will be the Opening Ceremony which will be highly political, DEI, and "women power" hilarity. Isn't Kathleen Kennedy throwing it together?

Posted by: Orson at November 05, 2026 02:08 PM (dIske)

273 >>>Man. A poorly groomed professional clown pounds you in the ass, and all you got was a lousy episode of Quantum Leap.

Is there any other kind?

Posted by: Dr. T at November 05, 2026 02:09 PM (6ITkk)

274 no, it was not fraud or cheating, it was performance
Posted by: runner

Looks like both.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 05, 2026 02:09 PM (X8vlu)

275
Data Centers are super unpopular man. This is the one thing Republicans got very fuckin wrong and came across as super tone deaf when everyone was bitching about it.
Posted by: cajun carrot at November 05, 2026 02:05 PM (lLeLE)

The rampant fear of DC's is dictated by fake news coming directly from China. THEY have many ways outside of war to destroy America. They're rolling the playbook step by step.

And we're falling for it, allowing it, or SUPPORTING it.

Look at how many in positions of power are being busted lately.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:09 PM (2614e)

276 186. Long term, I think the trend is still up.

Do you know how many companies would gladly pay big money to have AI services and cut workforce?

My guess is the buildout continues, it just won't be in gentrified areas.
Posted by: Leupold

Sometimes they aren't or weren't real jobs but thanks to C19 & Joey's skill, there was proliferation.

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 05, 2026 02:09 PM (NFX2v)

277 But yeah, Abdul. Michigan?
Really?

That was what made me really suspicious about the election. Black and Jewish Democrat leaders in Michigan came out quite strongly against him but he magically won anyway?

Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 02:09 PM (2ocoG)

278 > Besides using a lot of power, do data centers use a lot of water?

The new data center builds I've seen are all closed loop water systems. They do not use a lot of water.

As to power, many states make it faster and easier for data center builders to get permission if the data center supplies its own power. The builders aren't stupid, and they know supplying their own power speeds the bureaucratic process up and eases the public's fear.

This varies by state, of course.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 05, 2026 02:09 PM (mkw2N)

279 The Dems won because All Of The Above.

Posted by: davidt at November 05, 2026 02:10 PM (Q+gd/)

280 Abbott increased his vote from the prior election, so I don't know. Could have just been from population increase but the talafreak got 2 million more than the prior guy.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 05, 2026 02:10 PM (n5tGW)

281 I mentioned it before but outside of AI subscriptions I did run scripts for 20 hours a day generating $300 AMERICAN 2026 VALUE DOLLARS to AI.

Profitability around the corner.

Skynet must have been well funded.
Or REALLY just wanted to get the Summer Glau model out.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 05, 2026 02:10 PM (Sco7b)

282
Where's TJM, anyway?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

================

Generally, he's either like 25% of all posts in a thread or ~0%. He may be doing some movie-related task or just not interested in this one.

He's been around, though, in sackcloth and ashes.

Posted by: Hicks Who Voted No at November 05, 2026 02:10 PM (mmrXZ)

283 And now for something completely different...

When 911 couldn't reach them, two teens help to rescue a family in Florida. Sunny Skyz site:

https://tinyurl.com/4j58z2xy

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 05, 2026 02:11 PM (JrHfD)

284 I am told that even though Ds typically outperform Rs in early voting, the reduced percentage of Rs early voting against Ds at this point signals a major warning.Texas will be lost if Republicans don’t vote."

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 02:06 PM (AKptf)

Why we're known as the stupid party.

It's f*cking incredibly stupid to NOT VOTE.

It's why we'll likely NEVER AGAIN have nice things.

F*cking jackasses.......

"Did you vote?"

"No."

*knuckle sandwich to the face*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:11 PM (2614e)

285 Posted by: cajun carrot at November 05, 2026 02:05 PM (lLeLE)

Someone we've never heard of wants us to know the CCP party line. Go figure.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 02:12 PM (2ocoG)

286 Now that every state not Florida is blue, they'll have whatever they want.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:05 PM (2614e)

________________________

If they get a placeholder Dem President in 2028 to go along with their majorities....the phrase of the day will be "print money for blue state bail out." That will be competing with "media company bailout".

Posted by: Orson at November 05, 2026 02:12 PM (dIske)

287 Whatever land a factory builder buys; he's going to bulldoze it,
cover it with concrete and put a structure on it. The company is not going to buy the most expensive land he can find. He is not a real estate developer.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 02:05 PM (Cq/ve)

So, Detroit?

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 05, 2026 02:12 PM (Sco7b)

288 The rampant fear of DC's is dictated by fake news coming directly from China.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:09 PM (2614e)

While that is also true, telling Residential Communities in court that they can "pound sand and you're Getting a Data Center right next to the quite suburb" isn't exactly a winning strat.

Posted by: cajun carrot at November 05, 2026 02:12 PM (lLeLE)

289 Yes, let's not have a data center on a brownfield area that can never have housing or schools or playgrounds. They'll sit and look at worthless dirt in the middle of nowhere until:

Oh, wait! We changed our minds. 1,500.condos are coming because realtor evaluation.

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 05, 2026 02:12 PM (NFX2v)

290 was what made me really suspicious about the election. Black and Jewish Democrat leaders in Michigan came out quite strongly against him but he magically won anyway?
Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 02:09 PM (2ocoG)

I saw a tweet yesterday that said Jewish voters went 2:1 Democrat based on exit polls.

Looks like nobody really pays attention to “leaders”.

And blacks like always vote 90%+ D.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 02:13 PM (VYGAQ)

291 But yeah, Abdul. Michigan?
Really?

That was what made me really suspicious about the election. Black and Jewish Democrat leaders in Michigan came out quite strongly against him but he magically won anyway?
Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 02:09 PM (2ocoG)
_______

Talk is cheap but when push comes to shove, blacks vote absolutely monolithically -- over 90% Democrap -- and Jews aren't far behind. I'm sure a lot of that is ballot harvesting, selling their ballots for cigarettes, etc.

Same thing in TX. Despite months of moaning by blacks over how pissed they were that Jizzmine got played, they still voted monolithically for the perverted gay imp.

Just pure monolithic voting, no matter what. Normal, rational thought never comes into it. This has been a yuge problem for the GOP for decades, and they've yet to solve the problem.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 05, 2026 02:14 PM (iFTx/)

292 So will data centers lick your ass and blow you too?

Posted by: Pudinhead at November 05, 2026 02:14 PM (Wp1X1)

293 Well, apparently this is a sex and entertainment decoy thread and we haven't had a movie thread in two weeks so . . .

Limetown is a 10 half hour episode syfy limited series on Prime. First, the good news. I pretty much liked it. Hundreds of the best and brightest scientists found the isolated utopian community of Limetown where they do neuroscience stuff. All is well and good for a while until a panic 911 call comes in. When the responders finally get there, there is not a soul in the place other than the body of their guru who has been chained to a pole and burned. Now it's 15 years later and nobody knows what happened or where the scientists are. APR (American Public Radio) reporter (and lesbian) girl boss whose beloved uncle is among the missing investigates. What follows is a good syfy mystery with an unexpected amount of real human emotion.
Now for the not so good. It's rather bloated. Instead of 10 half hour episodes, they could've made two or three hour episodes that would been much tighter. And it's woke. Hero is a girl boss lesbian and, as is usually case, the lezbo stuff is pointless virtue signaling. Girl boss is rather shockingly morally flexible and . .

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 05, 2026 02:14 PM (ndZc7)

294 All this talk of election fraud could have been avoided if the GOPe would have had the balls to pass the SAVE act. The Uniparty is the enemy.

Posted by: Archer at November 05, 2026 02:14 PM (aWPl9)

295
Black and Jewish Democrat leaders in Michigan came out quite strongly against him but he magically won anyway?
Posted by: Ian S.

===============

They're minorities? Maybe they'd better sit down with Republicans and figure out a way to get their patriotism on.

Posted by: Hicks Who Voted No at November 05, 2026 02:15 PM (mmrXZ)

296 Texas had Cornyn.

NC had Tillis and Burr.

Rs in name only.

Haven't heard much from Senator Budd. I hope he's okay.

Posted by: mrp at November 05, 2026 02:15 PM (rj6Yv)

297 Really can't recommend intra-marital sex at this point,.

Posted by: Oglebay at November 05, 2026 02:15 PM (2ap+5)

298
Where's TJM, anyway?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

He probably got tired of all the lame-ass blaming him for the loss and not being Nostradamus.

I didn't think he needed to apologize but he did and it should be over, but-

feewings wuh huht!!! So, folks were still complaining.

I'm sure he's using his free time to do movie stuff until things calm down a bit.

I mean, it's not like he was telling everyone how great "Prometheus" was! Sheesh.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 05, 2026 02:15 PM (YSUhf)

299 Looks like both.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 05, 2026 02:09 PM (X8vlu)

I am not into conspiracy theories.

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 02:15 PM (AKptf)

300 . . . leaves a trail of dead bodies in her wake as she pursues TRUTH.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 05, 2026 02:15 PM (ndZc7)

301 'Whatever land a factory builder buys; he's going to bulldoze it,
cover it with concrete and put a structure on it. The company is not going to buy the most expensive land he can find. He is not a real estate developer.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 02:05 PM (Cq/ve)

So, Detroit?'

There are plenty of big abandoned factory properties and brownfields here in Shithole and throughout the Rust Belt. AFAIK, DC's are not siting there. They go wherever they get the sweetest deals from the local pols and contractors.

Posted by: gp at November 05, 2026 02:16 PM (Jr5Lq)

302 All this talk of election fraud could have been avoided if the GOPe would have had the balls to pass the SAVE act. The Uniparty is the enemy.

I don't think the SAVE Act would've helped given the apparent systemic fraud that happened on the counting end. 21 states had zero counties vote red. That's statistically unlikely on the level of "Ace hanging shelves that stay up".

Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 02:16 PM (2ocoG)

303 TJM was an optimist.. We can use those... I was just as guilty.. I never believed in a 1000 years Texas would go blue...

Posted by: It's me donna at November 05, 2026 02:17 PM (+gK6I)

304 "Did you vote?"

"No."

*knuckle sandwich to the face*
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:11 PM (2614e)

I'm gonna keep beating my hobby horse to death, why not.

Someone doesn't vote... why? Because, at its core, they judged that they didn't have any reason to.

Go take time out of your day to pull a lever for some goon who either won't do any of the shit they say they will, they will but it won't matter, or they won't even win anyway? Why? I got shit to do. That's not laziness. And it's not their fault.

What's the answer? Fuck knows. But "vote for my guy or i'll punch you in the face" is Democrat vibes, man. That's browshirt shit. I know that's not what you mean, of course, but that's the road it leads down.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 02:17 PM (aKiSo)

305 The rampant fear of DC's is dictated by fake news coming directly from China. THEY have many ways outside of war to destroy America. They're rolling the playbook step by step.

And we're falling for it, allowing it, or SUPPORTING it.

Look at how many in positions of power are being busted lately.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
---

Thank you.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 02:17 PM (Cq/ve)

306 Save act wouldn’t have stopped fake Sullivan or the Weschester shenanigans or power outages in Maricopa county. Dems cheat 1000 different ways that you can’t legislate against.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 02:17 PM (VYGAQ)

307 285 Posted by: cajun carrot at November 05, 2026 02:05 PM (lLeLE)

Someone we've never heard of wants us to know the CCP party line. Go figure.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 02:12 PM (2ocoG)

People keep saying this like it is convincing. It's not. Yes, foreign governments are always running influence operations. But corporate interests do the same thing and call it public relations and marketing. Calling ordinary people fifth columnists or useful idiots because they aren't stoked about data centers sounds like an op itself. Every time it is said, I hear: "If we don't build the data centers, then the terrorists win."

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 02:17 PM (HFrEr)

308 There are plenty of big abandoned factory properties and brownfields here in Shithole and throughout the Rust Belt. AFAIK, DC's are not siting there. They go wherever they get the sweetest deals from the local pols and contractors.

Also Detroit has high odds of vandalism by yoots, and I sort of doubt their power grid's in wonderful shape.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 02:18 PM (2ocoG)

309 I hope Russell raped Katy Perry in the ass too.

Posted by: Assman at November 05, 2026 02:18 PM (D5ixm)

310 If he had not wanted to be charged, he would have converted to izzlamm

Posted by: JonnyJay at November 05, 2026 02:18 PM (5REmM)

311 He reminds me of someone, with a messiah complex (mocking God), who would be a great cult leader polygamist. Grooming master of the house.

In the distant past, regarding politics, I thought he was funny for a few seconds.

Some may be #MeToo's wanting $. However, he's very creepy and there's a pattern to his rape culture of groupies. Disgusting to read. Need a shower.

To have a goal of sex with 5k women is both ick and STD palooza.

He needs prison to humble himself before man and God.

I never found his conversion genuine,but only God knows at this point. Was this done to help him in future rape charges as a changed man? Possible.

His mocking of being the second coming of Christ is disgusting, foul and puts his soul in peril...he'd better ask for forgiveness from God quickly on this subject and many others.

I compare him to the vile and ghey Milo Yiannopoulos.Who used to pal around with Ann Coulter and be pro Trump. He's fake as well for clicks and probably a druggie from the looks of recent photos. He looks very ill.

Anything For Clicks should have a social media platform.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 05, 2026 02:18 PM (hzuYO)

312
He probably got tired of all the lame-ass blaming him for the loss and not being Nostradamus.

I didn't think he needed to apologize but he did and it should be over, but-

feewings wuh huht!!! So, folks were still complaining.

I'm sure he's using his free time to do movie stuff until things calm down a bit.

I mean, it's not like he was telling everyone how great "Prometheus" was! Sheesh.
Posted by: naturalfake at November 05, 2026 02:15 PM (YSUhf)

I've been mostly absent over the last few weeks. I'm sure he wasn't thrilled about the absolute ass reaming R's took like the rest of us.

BLAMING him is f*cking retarded. He had faith. He went with history. He got fooled.

Big f*cking deal. Some people just need to get a life.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:19 PM (2614e)

313 Just pure monolithic voting, no matter what. Normal, rational thought never comes into it. This has been a yuge problem for the GOP for decades, and they've yet to solve the problem.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 05, 2026 02:14 PM (iFTx/)
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It starts with education. Comparing the literacy and math comprehension stats of Chicago public school students to Chicago's public education budget makes one sick to the stomach.

Posted by: mrp at November 05, 2026 02:19 PM (rj6Yv)

314 TJM was an optimist.. We can use those... I was just as guilty.. I never believed in a 1000 years Texas would go blue...

Posted by: It's me donna at November 05, 2026 02:17 PM (+gK6I)

I was biblically wrong about this election. I still haven't decided what's next, but something is definitely next. I'm not making any large decisions for the next few weeks and then we'll see.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 05, 2026 02:19 PM (yKhjs)

315 It is a good thing being unfunny is not a crime.

Posted by: JonnyJay at November 05, 2026 02:19 PM (5REmM)

316 I am loving that Karen bass lost to the woman she helped beat Spencer Pratt.

I’ll take the small wins where I can.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 02:19 PM (VYGAQ)

317 On data centers; if you're against AI on principle, fine, I get it, but the data centers themselves are only a problem if you're living right next door to them.

The AI corps need to build data centers near large cities in every state. They are needed only so far as AI inference is done remotely. I'm not sure that all AI will be run remotely in the long term, and if they aren't and running locally becomes a thing in five or ten years due to model improvements and optimizations then all these huge data centers are going to be useless in the long term.
We may be fighting a battle that doesn't need to be fought.

As far as the neocloud data centers that are being built; electricity prices going up is the biggest problem.
If they get around that problem, and there are plenty of solutions, then they really shouldn't be that big of a problem.

They've been building data centers around the country, and the world, for twenty years, why it suddenly became such a problem is not entirely clear to me, other than people don't like AI, or are scared of the implications of AI.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 05, 2026 02:19 PM (6ydKt)

318 Calling ordinary people fifth columnists or useful idiots because they aren't stoked about data centers sounds like an op itself.

Depends who the "ordinary people" are. If it's TJM or Elric or Piper saying it, I assign it a lot more weight than someone we've never seen before.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 02:19 PM (2ocoG)

319 I enjoyed the Spanish language limited series on Netflix The Final Problem. It's murder mystery set on a Mediterranean island among the beautiful jet set people in the early '60s. The premises is that a fading actor famous for appearing as Sherlock Holmes in a series of movies is lured to the island in pursuit of a role. Once there, a series of murders breaks out and faux Sherlock Holmes is expected to solve them. It's not woke, I like the setting, and it's a pretty good story.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 05, 2026 02:19 PM (ndZc7)

320 So will data centers lick your ass and blow you too?
Posted by: Pudinhead at November 05, 2026 02:14 PM (Wp1X1)

I have a suggestion for GOP Get Out The Vote efforts. Hear me out . . . .

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 05, 2026 02:20 PM (wVcYX)

321
Eh, the Democrats will be against Data Centers until the bribes and graft flow into the right pockets then-

a turn on a dime policy change that all Democrats and all good and moral and smart people support.

Not like those stupid data-hating MAGotts!!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at November 05, 2026 02:20 PM (YSUhf)

322 Where's TJM, anyway?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

He probably got tired of all the lame-ass blaming him for the loss and not being Nostradamus.

I didn't think he needed to apologize but he did and it should be over, but-

feewings wuh huht!!! So, folks were still complaining.

I'm sure he's using his free time to do movie stuff until things calm down a bit.

I mean, it's not like he was telling everyone how great "Prometheus" was! Sheesh.
Posted by: naturalfake at November 05, 2026 02:15 PM (YSUhf)
_______

Some people on our side are too fragile and easily triggered. I'll add that I think that's another reason we got obliterated on Tuesday.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 05, 2026 02:21 PM (iFTx/)

323 302 All this talk of election fraud could have been avoided if the GOPe would have had the balls to pass the SAVE act. The Uniparty is the enemy.

I don't think the SAVE Act would've helped given the apparent systemic fraud that happened on the counting end. 21 states had zero counties vote red. That's statistically unlikely on the level of "Ace hanging shelves that stay up".

Posted by: Ian S.
---

The lopsided and totally illogical numbers prove that something very odd happened. It wasn't a one off it happened in every state.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 02:21 PM (Cq/ve)

324 Just pure monolithic voting, no matter what. Normal, rational thought never comes into it. This has been a yuge problem for the GOP for decades, and they've yet to solve the problem.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 05, 2026 02:14 PM (iFTx/)
=======

It starts with education. Comparing the literacy and math comprehension stats of Chicago public school students to Chicago's public education budget makes one sick to the stomach.
Posted by: mrp at November 05, 2026 02:19 PM (rj6Yv)

Upper Middle class well educated blacks also vote 90% Democrat.

White people are the only group that doesn’t vote as a monolith.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 02:21 PM (VYGAQ)

325 I've mentioned the series This Is Not a Murder Mystery, most recently when the Art Thread featured surrealist painter René Magritte who is a main character in this series. In fact, the series title is inspired by words written on one of his paintings, This Is Not a Pipe. The setting is a gathering of surrealists for a show in 1936 to introduce the world to surrealism and includes such guests as Salavador Dali, Max Ernst, Man Ray, Lee Miller et al. The plot (so far) resembles Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None except the murders are apparently inspired by the guests' surrealist art work. The series is over the top super woke to the extent that I am allowing myself to believe that this is satire. Anyway, if you're looking for something different, this different.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 05, 2026 02:22 PM (ndZc7)

326 So you don't think the SAVE act would have helped? That's looser thinking. It would have closed one avenue of fraud. We needed to start somewhere with election reform. That would have been a good place to start.

Posted by: Archer at November 05, 2026 02:22 PM (aWPl9)

327 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 02:22 PM (2614e)

328 He probably got tired of all the lame-ass blaming him for the loss and not being Nostradamus.

The trolls were ridiculous yesterday. Masturbatin' Pete was on every thread socking TJM and blaming him for the election. Less so today, thankfully.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 02:23 PM (2ocoG)

329 Nood LA.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 05, 2026 02:23 PM (yKhjs)

330 Calling ordinary people fifth columnists or useful idiots because they aren't stoked about data centers sounds like an op itself.

Depends who the "ordinary people" are. If it's TJM or Elric or Piper saying it, I assign it a lot more weight than someone we've never seen before.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 02:19 PM (2ocoG)
__________

[Fist bump. But in a manly way, like a viking. Not a gay way, like with crocs.]

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 05, 2026 02:23 PM (iFTx/)

331 There is being optimistic and then there is being optimistic, a dick to regulars, and wronger than Lena Dunham twerking.

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 02:23 PM (pjdUv)

332 "Some people on our side are too fragile and easily triggered."

Up until yesterday, there wan an omerta code here that discouraged criticism of DJT, the war, etc. The pushback against hearing bad news might be why some folks here were so shocked by the results.

Posted by: gp at November 05, 2026 02:23 PM (Jr5Lq)

333 Every time it is said, I hear: "If we don't build the data centers, then the terrorists win."

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls
---

If you regard China as a terrorist it is so.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 02:24 PM (Cq/ve)

334 Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 05, 2026 02:19 PM (6ydKt)

Ya I already run models locally, I saw the writing on the wall like 2 years ago and got a 5090 at $2k. Water block and pump was an extra $350 and the extra thermal controller, so fuckin worth.

Posted by: cajun carrot at November 05, 2026 02:24 PM (lLeLE)

335 TJM was an optimist.. We can use those... I was just as guilty.. I never believed in a 1000 years Texas would go blue...
Posted by: It's me donna at November 05, 2026 02:17 PM (+gK6I)
========

I was more optimistic than he was. Man, I had historical evidence and everything. And then I got a reminder that 90% of Americans hate politics. They open their wallets, they check the bank account and their 401Ks and if they're unhappy, they vote for the other guygal/trans.

At Insty, I saw a great reaction comment about the financial markets today:

Nov. 4 Yay! We stuck it to Trump

Nov. 5 The Democrats are in charge?

Posted by: mrp at November 05, 2026 02:25 PM (rj6Yv)

336 In my state, the electorate shifted between 5-7% on average to the left vs 2024. Everything from governor down to dog catcher. My county a VERY red county saw about an 8% shift.

It wasn’t fraud because republicans control everything in the state. My county is run by Republicans and I’m pretty sure they didn’t decide out of the blue to give Dems an extra 8% just because.

Was there some fraud? Of course there is always fraud. But to say the entire massive shift nationwide is due to fraud is refusing to accept reality.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 02:26 PM (VYGAQ)

337 The big lessons are just that the D party can act in lockstep even in the midst of their own factional civil war, and the GOP is Dogshit.

Cheating is peripheral. Demographics are peripheral. Everything besides those two major points is tangential to what's happening.

The GOP, as an entity, does not want to lead. Everything ties back to that fact.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 02:26 PM (aKiSo)

338 "TJM was an optimist"

He was great at instantaneously presenting facts and points to arguments. I don't know if he had an AI or a hyperolodex or what.

Posted by: gp at November 05, 2026 02:28 PM (Jr5Lq)

339 Talarico will never make it through six years without crashing and burning. There’s something seriously wrong with him. It’ll be like that dude in a dress nuclear energy secretary during the Biden administration. He’ll reveal himself to be deeply disturbed and incapable of fulfilling his senatorial duties.

Posted by: Unkaren at November 05, 2026 02:29 PM (TgU4U)

340 Posted by: Unkaren at November 05, 2026 02:29 PM (TgU4U)

DiFi was a corpse. McConnell would blank out for minutes on end. I don't think being incapable of fulfilling senatorial duties is any obstacle.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at November 05, 2026 02:33 PM (wGerL)

341 He was great at instantaneously presenting facts and points to arguments. I don't know if he had an AI or a hyperolodex or what.

Posted by: gp at November 05, 2026 02:28 PM (Jr5Lq)

I think he's just a nerd about elections.

It's like publius with the sky or AOP with anything with a motor.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 05, 2026 02:34 PM (yKhjs)

342 It used to be the cliche that being "in the wilderness" would tighten up your party and give them discipline and focus so they could come back and regain power again one day.

Now? This plastic dogshit excuse for a party actually *thrives* on being in the proverbial wilderness. Their entire business model is predicated on them not being in power. Not only was there no more credible opposition to the left to keep them from swerving off into abject futtbuckery and imperial delusions, there's not any credible opposition to the GOP, either, because the one man who built a bit of momentum to rebuild the dickheads into a legitimate political party gets ankle-bit to death every time he does something we the people actually want.

People can't have nice things because they don't want nice things. They want a nice story, instead.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 02:37 PM (aKiSo)

343 Gee, will Russell get the same treatment and " understanding "
as was given the Pakistani muslims ? Odds are that he won't, being a white male.

Posted by: Edward Lunny at November 05, 2026 04:40 PM (9gg3L)

344 Since Jian Ghomeshi I simply assume any woman accusing a celebrity of sexual assault is lying unless she has video evidence or four male witnesses.

Which, if you think about it, is how the law is mostly supposed to work anyway.

Posted by: Daniel Ream at November 05, 2026 05:12 PM (LgYtf)

345 Change his name to Yusuf Mohammed and he'll be free by the weekend.

Posted by: bittergeek at November 05, 2026 05:51 PM (NFXcl)

346 never heard of him.

Posted by: cmeat at November 06, 2026 12:20 PM (Bep7s)

Muslim Brotherhood Congratulates Abdulrhaman Mohamed El-Sayed for Working on Behalf of "the Islamic World" by Working Within "the [Infidel] Political System"

Huh! And I was told it was racist to say that Abdulrhaman Mohamed El-Sayed was working on behalf of the Muslim Brotherhood for international Islam.

Is it racist when the Muslim Brotherhood says it, or nah?

@DSA_Watch That�s weird. Why would the Muslim Brotherhood congratulate someone who doesn�t share any of their beliefs? Unless�
— Nachama Soloveichik (@nachamasol) November 4, 2026

True Colors
Megyn Kelly defending @AbdulElSayed says all you need to know about her.
She backs the Islamunist against a Republican because...Israel.
The sickness on the groyp-y Right is well...sickening https://t.co/GqUWBpcINQ
— Jim Hanson (@JimHansonDC) November 3, 2026

Plus: Ooof.

BREAKING: DOJ assistant AG for civil rights Harmeet Dhillon has resigned following Democrats' midterm sweep, according to Fox News.
The announcement comes as Secretary of State Marco Rubio is also considering resigning, according to The Independent.
"Former officials said the [DOJ] is bracing for multiple other top political appointees to exit in the lame duck period before the New Year," Bloomberg reports.
Up to five cabinet members are reportedly considering leaving the Trump administration.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) November 5, 2026

I don't know if that's true, obviously, and I don't know what the reasons for resignation would be.

Oh! I just figured it out. If Rubio and Dhillon planned on leaving anyway, it is critical they leave during the lameduck session of Congress when a Republican majority can still approve their successors.

Texas' new leftwing AG will definitely be attempting to bankrupt and imprison Elon Musk, so Ron DeSantis says the free state of Florida welcomes him.

🚨 BREAKING: Gov. Ron DeSantis says because Texas just got a Democrat Attorney General, THEY WILL TARGET ELON MUSK
Elon is welcome in Florida! ☀️
"I think about Elon Musk! I guarantee you they will do that."
"Having the Gigafactory there, it's gonna be problematic for him. The political hostility is VERY strong."
"It could have been nobody was left standing given how bad that election was. We're left standing and I know not only Byron, but James, and Blaise and Wilton...they've got a lot of responsibility to make sure that we're living up to the great success."
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 4, 2026

It's a bitter pill that people need to flee Texas.

We've got some work to do.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:08 PM

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 12:07 PM (2614e)

2 Boom goes the dynamite.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 12:07 PM (2614e)

3 Off to lum NOOD.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 12:08 PM (2614e)

4 Democrats win, terrorists celebrate and congratulate them.

Good job, asshole stupid f*ck voters.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 12:08 PM (2614e)

5 People there could probably start by having their lame duck state reps pass strong election reform and voter id laws.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 05, 2026 12:09 PM (vJrRc)

6 The Blue Tsunami stock market honeymoon sure lasted a long time, lol. S&P500 down over 3%.

Posted by: far cry at November 05, 2026 12:09 PM (X+NGn)

7 On the other hand... 😨😭

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 05, 2026 12:09 PM (NFX2v)

8 The reasons for Rubio and Harmeet resigning? Obvious.

Zero pay. Zero pay increase. Completely thankless jobs. And more money than God waiting for them in the private sector.

And Rubio will probably run...

It's amazing they stuck to Trump through midterms...we'll see if the Senate will confirm their replacement before Jan 3, or if they both stay with actings for the next 2 years b/c the D senate will approve no one...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 05, 2026 12:10 PM (Gb7+b)

9 True Colors

Megyn Kelly defending @AbdulElSayed says all you need to know about her.

As our own Berzerker so eloquently put the other day.......

Megyn Kelly can suck the fart out of my ass.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 12:10 PM (2614e)

10 Is Marco resigning because he wants to run in 2028?

Posted by: WisRich at November 05, 2026 12:10 PM (G0vdT)

11 At least NYC didn't elect an Islamist Mayor 25 years after 9/11.

Posted by: ShainS at November 05, 2026 12:10 PM (yncTj)

12 I don't know if that's true, obviously, and I don't know what the reasons for resignation would be.

But, if true, it looks like people are abandoning Trump.

Or, who knows, maybe there's an internal purge of people thought to have contributed to the loss.

In Rubio's case, I assume (assuming the report is true) he's distancing himself from Trump in preparation for a '28 presidential run. I have no idea why Dhillon might leave.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 05, 2026 12:10 PM (Riz8t)

13 >>>Is it racist when the Muslim Brotherhood says it, or nah?

No, it's like the N-word.

Posted by: m at November 05, 2026 12:11 PM (odBC9)

14 >>>At least NYC didn't elect an Islamist Mayor 25 years after 9/11.
Posted by: ShainS

No dark sarcasm in the classroom!

Posted by: The Wall at November 05, 2026 12:11 PM (1wjle)

15 We're pissed about gas prices so we're gonna vote for the guy who wants us all dead. Yay!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 05, 2026 12:11 PM (2UnvF)

16 Anybody at the DOJ looking into the honky shit? .Nobody? Dhillon? No?

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 05, 2026 12:11 PM (X8vlu)

17 If I was a Jew in America right now I would be taking every security precaution I could.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 05, 2026 12:12 PM (I43vL)

18 The Titanic is sinking and the lifeboat space is limited.

Posted by: Oglebay at November 05, 2026 12:12 PM (2ap+5)

19 Hinky shit. Damn

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 05, 2026 12:12 PM (X8vlu)

20 Megyn who??

Posted by: dantesed at November 05, 2026 12:12 PM (Oy/m2)

21 Off to lum NOOD.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 12:08 PM

Well, it's not the Book Thread, so...

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 05, 2026 12:13 PM (ctC8W)

22 >>>In Rubio's case, I assume (assuming the report is true) he's distancing himself from Trump in preparation for a '28 presidential run.

sure but it's not necessary to be unemployed during the early phases such a run. Usually being unemployed has been seen as a negative. With DeSantis, for example, the question has been "What will he be doing after he's governor?"

Posted by: ace at November 05, 2026 12:13 PM (1wjle)

23 Make sure you grab your pardons on the way out.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at November 05, 2026 12:13 PM (5J3aM)

24 I think I read about this situation in the Book of Judges. So let’s stay strong in prayer to God Almighty!

Posted by: Cray Cray at November 05, 2026 12:13 PM (CA8ZQ)

25 There's lots of speculation now that Vance might not be the lock everyone thought for '28, or that he might not even run, clearing the field for Rubio and DeSantis. Were I Vance, I suppose I could see it. He has a young family, and presidentin' is not conducive to involved parenting. Also, he may just figure a Trump follow-on isn't in the cards, so best to leave a hiatus between Trump and his own run.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 05, 2026 12:13 PM (Riz8t)

26 I am kind of glad Alabama keeps getting left off the list of places that stayed red.

Reminder! We have alligators, sharks, mosquitoes and we talk funny.

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 12:14 PM (ZdaMQ)

27 Marco distinguished himself in the last two years. There is no reason for him to stick around and risk having the Trump-is-a-loser stench stick to him.

Posted by: Oglebay at November 05, 2026 12:14 PM (2ap+5)

28 >>> Also, he may just figure a Trump follow-on isn't in the cards

yes, the Trump brand just took a big hit.

Posted by: ace at November 05, 2026 12:14 PM (1wjle)

29 Reposted this...

Used to live in Kansas (worked in the manufacturing hub). The rural areas are still pretty solid red but they are emptying out of population -- the population concentration is Johnson County and Wy County, near KC, (Overland Park Lenexa). That area has gotten very Democratic, like Cook County levels.
Plus Manhattan and Lawrence are where the unis are.

The rise of the college educated AWFL wine moms will not be stopped until they kill every fetus ever conceived. And then they will kill their children.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at November 05, 2026 12:14 PM (qwx/I)

30
Well, it's not the Book Thread, so...
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 05, 2026 12:13 PM (ctC8W)

IF that's the case, I will have to defer to rickb223 for NOODing duties, since he now has the lifetime pantsless pass.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 12:14 PM (2614e)

31 Thank you, Ace, for all you do.

Posted by: Cray Cray at November 05, 2026 12:14 PM (CA8ZQ)

32 25 Posted by: Archimedes at November 05, 2026 12:13 PM (Riz8t)

If this is the party of Dollar Bill, Fuentes, Tuq'r, and Me-Again I am not in it.

That is all.

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 12:14 PM (Int1s)

33 It's a new day. They won't honor pardons.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 05, 2026 12:15 PM (X8vlu)

34 @17 -- Dems 67%, GOP 32%

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at November 05, 2026 12:15 PM (qwx/I)

35 Fox News has it:

Harmeet Dhillon resigns as Justice Department's assistant attorney general

Posted by: m at November 05, 2026 12:15 PM (odBC9)

36 >>>31 Thank you, Ace, for all you do.

oh, thank you, cray cray.

Posted by: ace at November 05, 2026 12:15 PM (1wjle)

37 29 Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at November 05, 2026 12:14 PM (qwx/I)

We were up in KC this September...

KC is essentially North Austin these days.

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 12:15 PM (Int1s)

38 So DeSantis didn't learn a fucking thing from the shalacking...

Importing Tech Bro's is a political nono sir...

Posted by: cajun carrot at November 05, 2026 12:16 PM (lLeLE)

39
Well, if Musk abandons Texas for Florida.

A lot of the new Texas economy moves with him.

Apart from Toyota moving here, Musk is a big reason for the booming Texas economy.

Toyota had large coattails but Musk has larger coattails.

I assume oil and gas will also take it in the neck.

Oh, and kicking all white male workers out of their jobs for DEI.

Fortunately, the new children transing industry will take up the slack!

This New Texas Democrat Economy is gonna be great!!!!1111!!1111

Posted by: naturalfake at November 05, 2026 12:16 PM (YSUhf)

40 am kind of glad Alabama keeps getting left off the list of places that stayed red.

Reminder! We have alligators, sharks, mosquitoes and we talk funny.
Posted by: Piper at November

*nods and waves from Oklahoma*

Posted by: BruceWayne at November 05, 2026 12:16 PM (YZ0Fo)

41 33 Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 05, 2026 12:15 PM (X8vlu)

Quite, GOP legislation is not real legislation, GOP prosecutions are not real prosecutions....

etc etc.... we are third class residents not citizens.

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 12:16 PM (Int1s)

42 and as a senator he'll have access to classified info, no?

Posted by: gnats local 678 at November 05, 2026 12:17 PM (CWTWj)

43 27 Marco distinguished himself in the last two years. There is no reason for him to stick around and risk having the Trump-is-a-loser stench stick to him.
Posted by: Oglebay at November 05, 2026 12:14 PM (2ap+5)

My money is on he's pissed about the fact Cuba has come to nothing and fuckall.

Posted by: cajun carrot at November 05, 2026 12:17 PM (lLeLE)

44 IF that's the case, I will have to defer to rickb223 for NOODing duties, since he now has the lifetime pantsless pass.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

*snort

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 12:17 PM (mISmA)

45 Or, who knows, maybe there's an internal purge of people thought to have contributed to the loss.

Obviously we don't know what her conversations with the Pres were like, but she doesn't seem connected to the 'big' issues that were involved with the loss. Shot in the dark guess: she didn't feel like she was getting enough backing from the White House to carry out the anti-DEI agenda that she wanted.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 05, 2026 12:17 PM (nEUC6)

46 We'll know if Rubio resigns and then starts on a book while hanging about in Iowa diners for breakfast.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 05, 2026 12:17 PM (Riz8t)

47 I liked Dhillon.

Posted by: gp at November 05, 2026 12:17 PM (Jr5Lq)

48 We've got some work to do.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:08 PM

------------------

Joe Lange
@JoeLange

There’s a reason why Florida was the only state that went darker red.

Florida was the only state “immune” from the blue wave.

That’s not a coincidence.

They were the only state that fully cleansed their election system.

[more]

x.com/JoeLange/status/
2117979285864476777?
a=js58szGaqpdzRJXRAXw&s=19

Posted by: ShainS at November 05, 2026 12:17 PM (yncTj)

49 Harmeet Dhillon resigns as Justice Department's assistant attorney general
Posted by: m at November 05, 2026 12:15 PM (odBC9)

She has done some good work. Now replace her with some guy who has fire in his belly. Maybe Brandon Herrera?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 05, 2026 12:18 PM (j4Fxj)

50

Oh! I just figured it out. If Rubio and Dhillon planned on leaving anyway, it is critical they leave during the lameduck session of Congress when a Republican majority can still approve their successors.

Posted by: ace at November 05, 2026 12:18 PM (1wjle)

51 Rubio is a great choice for 2028, although I hope my wife will be convinced and we will not be eligible to vote in that election.

Posted by: Oglebay at November 05, 2026 12:18 PM (2ap+5)

52 Welp, time to get my Templar robes and get ready to work.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 05, 2026 12:19 PM (OPGS/)

53 It would be quite interesting if Rubio and AOC were the two noms - it would be an all-Hispanic race.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 05, 2026 12:20 PM (Riz8t)

54 Just steal another election. Fuck it.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 05, 2026 12:20 PM (X8vlu)

55 "It's a bitter pill that people need to flee Texas."
___

My eldest daughter from Texas called me yesterday in tears.

She was shocked at waking up and finding out that Texas is now blue.

She's making plans on moving to Missouri sometime in the next two years.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 05, 2026 12:20 PM (lBovM)

56 She has done some good work. Now replace her with some guy who has fire in his belly. Maybe Brandon Herrera?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 05, 2026 12:18 PM

Might be difficult. Herrera isn't an attorney.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 05, 2026 12:20 PM (h+uWx)

57 50 Oh! I just figured it out. If Rubio and Dhillon planned on leaving anyway, it is critical they leave during the lameduck session of Congress when a Republican majority can still approve their successors.
Posted by: ace at November 05, 2026 12:18 PM (1wjle)

huh

Posted by: m at November 05, 2026 12:20 PM (odBC9)

58 26 I am kind of glad Alabama keeps getting left off the list of places that stayed red.

Reminder! We have alligators, sharks, mosquitoes and we talk funny.

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 12:14 PM (ZdaMQ)

The better to avoid dangerous amounts of migration.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 05, 2026 12:21 PM (okun6)

59 53 It would be quite interesting if Rubio and AOC were the two noms - it would be an all-Hispanic race.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 05, 2026 12:20 PM (Riz8t)

RACIST

(kidding)

Posted by: m at November 05, 2026 12:21 PM (odBC9)

60 Thomas and Alito need to retire right now.

Posted by: Oglebay at November 05, 2026 12:21 PM (2ap+5)

61 Every time people celebrated a company moving from CA to TX they forgot that meant thousands of Democrat voters also moving from CA to TX.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 12:22 PM (VYGAQ)

62 It's a bitter pill that people need to flee Texas.

We've got some work to do.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:08 PM

Maybe, JUST MAYBE, people might figure out that the Republicans haven't been lying about what the Democrats want to do.

But I'm not hopeful about that.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at November 05, 2026 12:22 PM (N1tpc)

63 JD really needs to do something to eliminate the perception that he's Tucker-adjacent. It might not be fair, but from what I've read, that is the perception. Allying yourself with nutcases might work for Democrats, but it won't for Republicans.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 05, 2026 12:22 PM (Riz8t)

64 *snort
Posted by: rickb223

---------------

Looks like I picked the wrong wee to give up coke.
Pass the straw dude.

Posted by: Guy who never gives up at November 05, 2026 12:22 PM (LHn+s)

65 drank and jack off by myself

choosin' Texas, err Florida, I can tell....

Posted by: Ella Langley at November 05, 2026 12:22 PM (gw3RI)

66 >>I liked Dhillon.
__
Me as well. But she's a bit of a poser. I follow her on X and about 80% of her posts are about how many steps she gets in per day, her latest sweater that she knitted, and how she's available as a seasoned single.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at November 05, 2026 12:22 PM (bNf8H)

67 But would the idiot thune and company actually hurry up the confirmations?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 05, 2026 12:23 PM (n5tGW)

68 There should be a rule that you cannot run for a political office in the U.S. if you have ties to a terrorist organization.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 05, 2026 12:23 PM (JrHfD)

69 50 @ace you assume the lame duck congress will find time in their already announced vacations, because things are just going along swimmingly.

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 12:23 PM (ZdaMQ)

70 There should be a rule that you cannot run for a political office in the U.S. if you have ties to a terrorist organization.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Like the Democrat party

Posted by: BruceWayne at November 05, 2026 12:23 PM (YZ0Fo)

71 i expect enough repubs in the senate to stop any trump nominee to be confirmed this year. mccain reach across the aisle types

Posted by: gnats local 678 at November 05, 2026 12:24 PM (CWTWj)

72 Might be difficult. Herrera isn't an attorney.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 05, 2026 12:20 PM (h+uWx)

Isn't it more of a managerial position, anyway.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 05, 2026 12:24 PM (j4Fxj)

73 Oglebay. Tillis. Cornyn, Collins, and Murkowski won't vote for a Conservative Judge

Posted by: It's me donna at November 05, 2026 12:24 PM (+gK6I)

74 Oh! I just figured it out. If Rubio and Dhillon planned on leaving anyway, it is critical they leave during the lameduck session of Congress when a Republican majority can still approve their successors.
Posted by: ace at November 05, 2026 12:18 PM (1wjle)

I think this and all other takes so far mentioned are equally valid.

Leaving now to get what mileage we still can out of a GOP majority is the smart move, and hopefully this was being planned well in advance.

But I would go further and say that the Trump brand not only took a huge hit, it is effectively dead. On a lot of the Internet (surely others besides me have seen this), Trump is being personally blamed for Tuesday, by people who, to all appearances, have been fully on board with him since '15-'16. Not everyone, but it seems clear to me that he no longer dominates the conservative movement the way he did 72 hours ago.

Posted by: Dr. T at November 05, 2026 12:24 PM (lHPJf)

75 *k

my keyboard will skips letters when cold.

Posted by: Guy who never gives up at November 05, 2026 12:24 PM (LHn+s)

76 53 It would be quite interesting if Rubio and AOC were the two noms - it would be an all-Hispanic race.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 05, 2026 12:20 PM (Riz8t)

It makes sense in the context of the current and future electorate.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 05, 2026 12:24 PM (okun6)

77 She has done some good work. Now replace her with some guy who has fire in his belly. Maybe Brandon Herrera?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

He just won his first seat in Congress. He doesn't seem to be the ladder climber that would piss on the people who elected him to accept the position. Also, he does not have the CV for that position.

There was a Bush guy in the EEOC who got carried over into Obama I's staff and then quit. Anderson? JC Something?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 05, 2026 12:24 PM (nEUC6)

78 There's lots of speculation now that Vance might not be the lock everyone thought for '28, or that he might not even run, clearing the field for Rubio and DeSantis. Were I Vance, I suppose I could see it. He has a young family, and presidentin' is not conducive to involved parenting. Also, he may just figure a Trump follow-on isn't in the cards, so best to leave a hiatus between Trump and his own run.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 05, 2026 12:13 PM

We are going to need someone with zero Trump association to run in 2028. No need to give the democrats free attack ammo with Trump 2.0.

What happened Tuesday was a complete repudiation of what Trump was getting done in his second term and the do nothing gop in congress. We need to run someone in 2028 who had zero to do with his administration and the is desantis, the only big state to remain red.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 05, 2026 12:24 PM (I43vL)

79 WTF is under all those hijabs?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 05, 2026 12:25 PM (xbqAo)

80 Me as well. But she's a bit of a poser. I follow her on X and about 80% of her posts are about how many steps she gets in per day, her latest sweater that she knitted, and how she's available as a seasoned single.

agree with this. she's flaky. very online.

IDC if she leaves. Marco on the other hand! ugh

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at November 05, 2026 12:25 PM (qBivk)

81 There should be a rule that you cannot run for a political office in the U.S. if you have ties to a terrorist organization.

Given that the SPLC defines anyone to the right of Bill Ayres as a ultra-right terrorist, that wouldn't work.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 05, 2026 12:25 PM (Riz8t)

82 WTF is under all those hijabs?
Posted by: Hokey Pokey

Voldemort.

Posted by: BruceWayne at November 05, 2026 12:26 PM (YZ0Fo)

83 My eldest daughter from Texas called me yesterday in tears.

She was shocked at waking up and finding out that Texas is now blue.

She's making plans on moving to Missouri sometime in the next two years.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 05, 2026 12:20 PM (lBovM)

Errrr....she might want to pick a different state.

Hell, I'm contemplating moving back to Arkansas.

Posted by: Dr. T at November 05, 2026 12:26 PM (lHPJf)

84 She has done some good work. Now replace her with some guy who has fire in his belly. Maybe Brandon Herrera?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

He just won his first seat in Congress. He doesn't seem to be the ladder climber that would piss on the people who elected him to accept the position. Also, he does not have the CV for that position.

There was a Bush guy in the EEOC who got carried over into Obama I's staff and then quit. Anderson? JC Something?
Posted by: weft cut-loop

Brandon Herrera lost to Katy Padilla Stout.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 12:26 PM (mISmA)

85 It's a new day. They won't honor pardons.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 05, 2026 12:15 PM (X8vlu)

this will be the interesting bit. i wonder what they'll do if PDJT does issue everyone a pardon from everything beginning in 2015 through the end of their tenure with the us govt....

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at November 05, 2026 12:26 PM (nXhwP)

86 22 >>>In Rubio's case, I assume (assuming the report is true) he's distancing himself from Trump in preparation for a '28 presidential run.

sure but it's not necessary to be unemployed during the early phases such a run. Usually being unemployed has been seen as a negative. With DeSantis, for example, the question has been "What will he be doing after he's governor?"
Posted by: ace at November 05, 2026 12:13 PM (1wjle)

Listening tour...as will Rubio...obvious they both will spend 2 year unofficially and then officially running...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 05, 2026 12:26 PM (Gb7+b)

87 How can it be anything other than Trump who is to to blame? Is this really even up for debate?

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 12:27 PM (VYGAQ)

88 25 There's lots of speculation now that Vance might not be the lock everyone thought for '28, or that he might not even run, clearing the field for Rubio and DeSantis. Were I Vance, I suppose I could see it. He has a young family, and presidentin' is not conducive to involved parenting. Also, he may just figure a Trump follow-on isn't in the cards, so best to leave a hiatus between Trump and his own run.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 05, 2026 12:13 PM (Riz8t)

Vance can go back and run for OH Gov after his term...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 05, 2026 12:27 PM (Gb7+b)

89 But would the idiot thune and company actually hurry up the confirmations?
--------------------------
LOL. No. Trump can suck a fart out of my ass.

Posted by: John Thune at November 05, 2026 12:27 PM (V362x)

90 Errrr....she might want to pick a different state.

Hell, I'm contemplating moving back to Arkansas.
Posted by: Dr. T at November 05, 2026 12:26 PM (lHPJf)
___

I live in the Ozarks in SE MO.

My younger daughter and grandkids live a half mile away.

She'll be moving near family.

You do you.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 05, 2026 12:27 PM (lBovM)

91 He just won his first seat in Congress. He doesn't seem to be the ladder climber that would piss on the people who elected him to accept the position. Also, he does not have the CV for that position.

There was a Bush guy in the EEOC who got carried over into Obama I's staff and then quit. Anderson? JC Something?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 05, 2026 12:24 PM (nEUC6)

I thought he lost the election to the spherical Katy Stout?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 05, 2026 12:27 PM (j4Fxj)

92 I think people need to calm the fuck down with the "Trump is tainted" nonsense. Jesus Christmas this place.

OR it's trolls I dunno.

the poor man. you guys were just waiting for this huh. really ready to go on day one with the "Destroy Trump Brand" story?

interesting.

he was not on the ballot btw. I think the R brand in fact WAS. I think the useless Congress may as well be filled with psychos for all the good it does now. THEY. DO. NOTHING!

oh except grift! they do a lot of taking cash money.

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at November 05, 2026 12:27 PM (qBivk)

93 Rubio rumor was denied. too bad Harmeet resigned.

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 12:27 PM (AKptf)

94 EKR' five stage:
denial anger bargaining depression acceptance.

Republican election 5 stages:
1. The polls are fixed
2. where did those votes come from?
3. the world is insane and hates us
4. it's all Trump's fault
5. Oh shit, it was all fraud

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at November 05, 2026 12:28 PM (LHn+s)

95 Megyn Kelly defending @AbdulElSayed says all you need to know about her.

==

she is worthless clickbait whore ?

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 12:28 PM (AKptf)

96 We need to run someone in 2028 who had zero to do with his administration and the is desantis, the only big state to remain red.

As you may know, I've long been a DeSantis supporter. The question remains, though, if his charisma deficit can be overcome in a presidential campaign. It may be that people will be looking for less drama than with Trump, so his low key affect could even be a plus for him. IDK.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 05, 2026 12:28 PM (Riz8t)

97 >>>She's making plans on moving to Missouri sometime in the next two years.

I did that a few years back. Just stay away from the cities. Middle of the state still feels like America, though even here there's plenty of AWFls and "refugees"

Posted by: brak at November 05, 2026 12:28 PM (gw3RI)

98
This is the beginning of the end.

Posted by: Doom & Gloom guy at November 05, 2026 12:28 PM (OkYzo)

99 Oh! I just figured it out. If Rubio and Dhillon planned on leaving anyway, it is critical they leave during the lameduck session of Congress when a Republican majority can still approve their successors.
Posted by: ace

Yep. We'll get right on that. Now, watch this drive.

Posted by: John Thune at November 05, 2026 12:28 PM (5J3aM)

100 Dhillon has 2 x accounts, her personal one and her official one.

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 12:29 PM (ZdaMQ)

101 Those that resign now have no future in politics.

You bought your ticket on the Trump Train.

And now you want to stamp it with "Quit When the Going Got Tough?"
What a "sell" to voters in 2028.

Oh and pure delusion that this Senate--the one that blocked and drug their feet on all of Trump's nominees--will confirm replacements in a Dead Duck session.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 05, 2026 12:29 PM (/Ki2A)

102 When you know the DNC has intentionally ushered islamists into the our government the picture gets worse.

The phony "war" makes this somewhat palatable. Oh it's those DSA crazies what can you do.

Nope. It's intentional. And they are sexually in love with the destruction and terror their party and machinations will wreak.

It was VERY obvious to me the moment we saw him that he was headed into Congress and our lives forever.

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 12:29 PM (pjdUv)

103 90 Errrr....she might want to pick a different state.

Hell, I'm contemplating moving back to Arkansas.
Posted by: Dr. T at November 05, 2026 12:26 PM (lHPJf)
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I live in the Ozarks in SE MO.

My younger daughter and grandkids live a half mile away.

She'll be moving near family.

You do you.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 05, 2026 12:27 PM (lBovM)

I hope she can, SMH. How far from the Arkansas border are you, BTW?

Posted by: tubal at November 05, 2026 12:29 PM (Gqar8)

104 "a complete repudiation of what Trump was getting done in his second term"

Wow. But this is what the Dems will do, so some other approach must be identified.

I would welcome a return to economic stagnation, borderless insanity, high crime, racism as state policy, environmental vandalism and looting of the economy, feckless and limp foreign policy, on and on.

I mean, this is what the electorate just demanded, right?

Posted by: rhomboid at November 05, 2026 12:29 PM (U/Byj)

105 I liked Dhillon.
Posted by: gp at November 05, 2026 12:17 PM (Jr5Lq)

She did some good work, but still, Dillion Carter > Harmeet Dhillon.

(DO NOT GOOGLE! TOTALLY NSFW!)

Posted by: far cry at November 05, 2026 12:29 PM (X+NGn)

106 56 She has done some good work. Now replace her with some guy who has fire in his belly. Maybe Brandon Herrera?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 05, 2026 12:18 PM

Might be difficult. Herrera isn't an attorney.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 05, 2026 12:20 PM

This shellacking makes me also think what the incoming Congress **spit** is going to do regarding the NFA and silencers.

I do not expect to escape from New York until after August of next year.
One of my first purchases in Florida is going to a silencer.
Maybe should start looking at moving earlier.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at November 05, 2026 12:30 PM (4q/mG)

107 61 Every time people celebrated a company moving from CA to TX they forgot that meant thousands of Democrat voters also moving from CA to TX.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 12:22 PM (VYGAQ)

hmm

Posted by: m at November 05, 2026 12:30 PM (odBC9)

108 I did that a few years back. Just stay away from the cities. Middle of the state still feels like America, though even here there's plenty of AWFls and "refugees"
Posted by: brak at November 05, 2026 12:28 PM (gw3RI)
___

The nearest small town from where we live is over 30 minutes away.

Don't even have a Dollar Store nearby.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 05, 2026 12:30 PM (lBovM)

109 "We" have some work to do? Nuts to that! The so-called Republican party has some work to do.

Posted by: toddg at November 05, 2026 12:30 PM (KCFD3)

110 53 It would be quite interesting if Rubio and AOC were the two noms - it would be an all-Hispanic race.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 05, 2026 12:20 PM (Riz8t)

Hispanics are tribal not color - they vote for their countrymen only...they are disinterested in other Hispanics (Lee Manual Miranda learned this with his In the Heights musical - it was no Black Panther for Hispanic turnout)...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 05, 2026 12:30 PM (Gb7+b)

111 I'm pissed about the election but I'm not ready to throw Trump under the bus just yet...

Posted by: It's me donna at November 05, 2026 12:30 PM (+gK6I)

112
The next 2 years will be a long, strung out mess. I'm so tired.

Posted by: Frank Barone at November 05, 2026 12:30 PM (OkYzo)

113 Isn't it more of a managerial position, anyway.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 05, 2026 12:24 PM

Probably more managerial, but I'd be shocked if "be an attorney" isn't a required qualification. My position is more managerial these days, too, but being an attorney is still required.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 05, 2026 12:30 PM (h+uWx)

114 TX population increased by 2 million since 2022. The Dem freak got 2 million more votes than the 2022 dem.

I don't know, dem turnout and indies I guess?
Abbott actually increased his vote and still got hammered.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 05, 2026 12:30 PM (n5tGW)

115 Listening tour...as will Rubio...obvious they both will spend 2 year unofficially and then officially running...

Posted by: Nova Local

Yup. Another question is if Rubio will honor his pledge not to run if JD does. If JD demurs, then I think it's certain that Rubio will run.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 05, 2026 12:31 PM (Riz8t)

116 Well, the good news is Susan Collins is finally free to express her natural strong Conservative streak in the coming weeks, unrestrained from the more Liberal leanings of some in Maine.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at November 05, 2026 12:31 PM (r7+Q7)

117 87 How can it be anything other than Trump who is to to blame? Is this really even up for debate?
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05

Let me introduce you to John Thune.

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 12:31 PM (ZdaMQ)

118 Imagine if Cheney had run in 2008. That’s what Vance running in 2028 would be like. If he’s the nominee it’s a 400+ EV win for AOC/Newsom.

Only chance we have from preventing total annihilation of the country is a Republican not associated with Trump. Rubio leaving now gives him 2 years of breathing room, which may or may not be enough.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 12:31 PM (VYGAQ)

119 He did? Well, damn. Worse than I thought.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 05, 2026 12:31 PM (nEUC6)

120 I live in the Ozarks in SE MO.

My younger daughter and grandkids live a half mile away.

She'll be moving near family.

You do you.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 05, 2026 12:27 PM (lBovM)

So do I, and I'm glad you have your network. But I'm afraid we have become a RINO state; we'll vote for Republican officials, then turn around and vote for California policies.

I'm still beyond pissed about Amendment 3. Maybe I'll feel better about our state when the anger over that dies down, but it's gonna take a while.

Posted by: Dr. T at November 05, 2026 12:31 PM (lHPJf)

121 108 I did that a few years back. Just stay away from the cities. Middle of the state still feels like America, though even here there's plenty of AWFls and "refugees"
Posted by: brak at November 05, 2026 12:28 PM (gw3RI)
___

The nearest small town from where we live is over 30 minutes away.

Don't even have a Dollar Store nearby.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 05, 2026 12:30 PM (lBovM)

Know your general area well. Great place - unless you want Thai Food at 3am.

Posted by: tubal at November 05, 2026 12:32 PM (Gqar8)

122 Republican election 5 stages:
1. The polls are fixed
2. where did those votes come from?
3. the world is insane and hates us
4. it's all Trump's fault
5. Oh shit, it was all fraud

CORRECT.

also the admin just needs to keep calm and stay in charge and not go wacky

I'm talking to idiot fam/friend lefties and they are all expecting their goodies back now, yesterday. none of what they think is going to happen is going to happen.

one has been on SSDI (for obesity!) her whole entire life. she has never worked. she owns a shore house and travels frequently. the Trump admin cut her SSDI by two thirds. OH NO! she can't vacation as much now! she thinks she'll get her full amount THIS WEEK.

lol

they think they're getting their no-show jobs back, their grift, ballooning SSDI payments, free Ocare, the whole enchilada.

that just isn't going to happen and even if it might it will be a long time coming. they will be FED UP by then.

just hold steady and keep being freaking ADULTS and don't be reactionary. Like what I saw yesterday, it was good. Stay like that.

and YES there was massive fucking fraud dear sweet Lord how can you not see it?

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at November 05, 2026 12:32 PM (qBivk)

123 >>>The nearest small town from where we live is over 30 minutes away.

Sounds like you'll be safe from the madness

Posted by: brak at November 05, 2026 12:32 PM (gw3RI)

124 Afternoon Ace
Kelly manages to be a mean girl and grift off it. Embarrassed that I went to the same law school
Sucks about Dillon , she seemed to be doing a good job. Wonder if someone is taking scalps

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 05, 2026 12:32 PM (8VNAp)

125 Maybe, JUST MAYBE, people might figure out that the Republicans haven't been lying about what the Democrats want to do.

Dildojosa promised a slew of shit that these people should have already known ain't gonna happen. The only promise she is going to fulfill is opening the border back up which is gonna drive up all the costs again and piss everyone off... again.

But the voters bought into the free shit shtick again... because $3.30/gal was just too great a cost to bear.

Posted by: cajun carrot at November 05, 2026 12:32 PM (lLeLE)

126 Why didn't Trump (verbally) beat the sh*t out of Thune? Just a thought.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 05, 2026 12:32 PM (W1Z/l)

127 Posted by: Archimedes at November 05, 2026 12:28 PM (Riz8t)

Someone without Trump's fire - or more - will be destroyed by the New Democrat Party in a flash. There is no "waiting for a nice guy" or a "return to normal". This is normal. The electorate will not hear mushy DeSantis or anyone else. Trump won because he knew instinctively how to get above the noise.

Forget a dignified leader. The last guy shit his pants on every stage. The new ones will be talking "tough" from now to eternity.

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 12:32 PM (pjdUv)

128 How can it be anything other than Trump who is to to blame? Is this really even up for debate?
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05

Let me introduce you to John Thune.
Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 12:31 PM (ZdaMQ)

Come on really? You think the 20% flip in TX was because Thune?

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 12:33 PM (VYGAQ)

129 I am not giving up on Texas. We just moved to the country. We will be farming in the near future. I'm not going away quietly.

The reason blue shitholes get bluer and shittier is because the conservatives tend to tuck tail and run. I will not. I will fight for my state, at least electorally......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 12:33 PM (2614e)

130 I think people need to calm the f*** down with the "Trump is tainted" nonsense. Jesus Christmas this place.

OR it's trolls I dunno.

No troll, just spinning hypotheses.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 05, 2026 12:33 PM (Riz8t)

131 I think people need to calm the fuck down with the "Trump is tainted" nonsense. Jesus Christmas this place.

OR it's trolls I dunno.

the poor man. you guys were just waiting for this huh. really ready to go on day one with the "Destroy Trump Brand" story?

interesting.

he was not on the ballot btw. I think the R brand in fact WAS. I think the useless Congress may as well be filled with psychos for all the good it does now. THEY. DO. NOTHING!

oh except grift! they do a lot of taking cash money.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at November 05, 2026 12:27 PM (qBivk)

100% this… people seem to forget what Trump came back from after 2020 and 1/6/2021…. Those were much longer odds

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 05, 2026 12:33 PM (PYT6H)

132 31 Thank you, Ace, for all you do.
Posted by: Cray Cray at November 05, 2026 12:14 PM (CA8ZQ)

I think we need to focus more on the things ace doesn't do. He's not really carrying his weight around here. Even crows won't be his friends.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 12:33 PM (HFrEr)

133 >>>I'm still beyond pissed about Amendment 3. Maybe I'll feel better about our state when the anger over that dies down, but it's gonna take a while.

Right there with you. I was really disappointed by the number of "No on 3" signs here in my small town. And to top it off 6 passed to make sure they won't let something like 3 even get on the ballot again.

Posted by: brak at November 05, 2026 12:34 PM (gw3RI)

134 And anyone who isn't GOPe approved - so, not a communist - will be dead in the water, the way it was before Once in a Lifetime Trump appeared.

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 12:34 PM (pjdUv)

135 I am just not PT Barnum. I always underestimate how stupid people are. Democrats drove up prices, so elect them in 2026 because Trump didn't have deflation to return prices to 2020 levels? I cant imagine being dumb enough to think your life will be better with commies in charge.

I suppose some segment knows this but believes the commies will worsen 'those rich republicans' live's more so you'll have some sense of revenge.

And of course people 'distrust the media' in polls, and yet the majority still let the media influence them to vote for commies who want to mutilate their kids and to force everyone to ride a train for all travel. It does not help that most R candidates do not pound on these points.

Posted by: PaleRider at November 05, 2026 12:34 PM (PV+Zw)

136 I hope she can, SMH. How far from the Arkansas border are you, BTW?
Posted by: tubal at November 05, 2026 12:29 PM (Gqar

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Not all that close.

We live about 2 hrs south of St. Louis, but about an hour and a half from St. Genevieve.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 05, 2026 12:34 PM (lBovM)

137 I really don't like Islam. And I really don't like Muslims. It's a death cult, and it's sick. I don't think it aligns with Western values in any way. Maybe family oriented?

I am not going to insult your intelligence by saying the kiss ass bullshit that some muslims are great. They aren't.
Either you're here as a person who wants to adopt Western values or you're an invader.

I don't want to see you assholes on your prayer rugs in the street stopping traffic like NYC.

Oh, my point. No one should be defending, even a little bit, a muslim politician in America.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 12:34 PM (iOpI2)

138 118 Imagine if Cheney had run in 2008. That’s what Vance running in 2028 would be like. If he’s the nominee it’s a 400+ EV win for AOC/Newsom.

Only chance we have from preventing total annihilation of the country is a Republican not associated with Trump. Rubio leaving now gives him 2 years of breathing room, which may or may not be enough.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 12:31 PM (VYGAQ)

Vance isn't a great choice but the Trump thing is irrelevant.

People didn't show up against Trump when he was on the ballot, they're not the driving force when he's not on the ballot.

OnlyTrump voters are a good chunk of the R turnout in 2016, 2020, and 2024. That's not coming back.

The Ds just added massively with Hispanics. That's also the only major demographic that tends to swing massively between elections.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 05, 2026 12:34 PM (okun6)

139 I think people need to calm the fuck down with the "Trump is tainted" nonsense. Jesus Christmas this place.

OR it's trolls I dunno.

the poor man. you guys were just waiting for this huh. really ready to go on day one with the "Destroy Trump Brand" story?

interesting.

he was not on the ballot btw. I think the R brand in fact WAS. I think the useless Congress may as well be filled with psychos for all the good it does now. THEY. DO. NOTHING!

oh except grift! they do a lot of taking cash money.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at November 05, 2026 12:27 PM (qBivk)

Yeah, I agree.

All of the stuff the base hates about Trump basically can be laid at the feet of the Once Again Do-Nothing, Frustrate Trump Congress

Except for "mean tweets". But, grow a pair, Sally Ann.

Did Trump make some errors?...sure. We elected a president not a deity.

Why happens now in these last two years will actually define him. It's how he will be remembered.

Hopefully, Trump's up and ready for the fight and has a group of killers who will help him execute.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 05, 2026 12:34 PM (YSUhf)

140 THEY. DO. NOTHING!
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at November 05, 2026 12:27 PM

You have discovered the source of my prophetic ability young Padawan.

Posted by: That Guy who says "Nothng will happen" at November 05, 2026 12:35 PM (OIX9N)

141 "a complete repudiation of what Trump was getting done in his second term"

I give him all credit for stopping the southern border illegal invasion, the astonishing drop in US violent crime, and the deportations. I'd hate to see those babies thrown out with the bathwater.

There are things about DJT that are repellent, but voting against R's to spite a guy who wasn't on the ballot seems counterproductive.

Posted by: gp at November 05, 2026 12:35 PM (Jr5Lq)

142 93 Rubio rumor was denied. too bad Harmeet resigned.

excellent! good

didn't like Harmeet one little tiny bit

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at November 05, 2026 12:35 PM (qBivk)

143 I hope with all of my heart Secretary Rubio does not resign. We need him badly.

Decades ago I read Michelle Malkin daily. Even then she was warning about "creeping sharia." We are now have entered the bowels of the reeking pisslams and it is foul.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 05, 2026 12:35 PM (hzuYO)

144 Neoconism is dead.
End the war, keep the blockade.
Win/win

Posted by: BillC at November 05, 2026 12:35 PM (M2v/T)

145 Trump does need to apply pressure to the squishes in the Senate to pass the SAVE Act. Use Mafia-level pressure, if that is what it takes. After all, he has pardon powers...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 05, 2026 12:35 PM (j4Fxj)

146 Know your general area well. Great place - unless you want Thai Food at 3am.
Posted by: tubal at November 05, 2026 12:32 PM (Gqar

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I have a topo map of the AO, and I still remember my land nav training.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 05, 2026 12:35 PM (lBovM)

147 118 Imagine if Cheney had run in 2008. That’s what Vance running in 2028 would be like. If he’s the nominee it’s a 400+ EV win for AOC/Newsom.

Only chance we have from preventing total annihilation of the country is a Republican not associated with Trump. Rubio leaving now gives him 2 years of breathing room, which may or may not be enough.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 12:31 PM (VYGAQ)

Rubio was a Senator, not a Governor. And with foreign policy, he has ZERO populist wins. He won't win in 2028, even if he's our nominee. He's just more "pro war", which is unfair, but he'll be seen that way.

Posted by: Nova Local at November 05, 2026 12:35 PM (Gb7+b)

148 63 Posted by: Archimedes at November 05, 2026 12:22 PM (Riz8t)

I am a JD fan, he is from Middletown the buffer between Dayton and Cincy....

He is Tuq'r adjacent and thinks he can straddle "sell out who sucks Muslim dick and is anti-semitic" and "Pro-American."

He cannot, the reason JD seems team Tuq'r is by all appearances he is team Tuq'r.

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 12:35 PM (Int1s)

149 133 >>>I'm still beyond pissed about Amendment 3. Maybe I'll feel better about our state when the anger over that dies down, but it's gonna take a while.

Right there with you. I was really disappointed by the number of "No on 3" signs here in my small town. And to top it off 6 passed to make sure they won't let something like 3 even get on the ballot again.
Posted by: brak at November 05, 2026 12:34 PM (gw3RI)

We here in Mo have the same problem every place has - cities. For us, KC, St Louis, Columbia and Springfield. Look at our election map, explains it all.

Posted by: tubal at November 05, 2026 12:36 PM (Gqar8)

150 How can it be anything other than Trump who is to to blame? Is this really even up for debate?
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05

Let me introduce you to John Thune.
Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 12:31 PM (ZdaMQ)

Come on really? You think the 20% flip in TX was because Thune?

I doubt 5% of the electorate even knows who Thune is.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 05, 2026 12:36 PM (Riz8t)

151 Did you guys see Peter Baker of the NYT make an absolute baboon of himself?

He summarized a Trump strategists comment, "Do you want the white pill first, or the black pill first?" as talk of cyanide.

http://tiny.cc/q37d101

I get not knowing internet lingo, but why would he instantly think, "They're talking about cyanide?" Maybe do a quick Google before saying that's what they meant.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 05, 2026 12:36 PM (mkw2N)

152 Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at November 05, 2026 12:27 PM (qBivk)

Go look at Rogers who may have been cheated or maybe not.

He looks straight out of CIA Central Casting. Bush in a blond wig.

This is what was on offer from the GOP while Democrats brought strength, youth, energy and fire. All the things Kamala didn't have and they all mysteriously appeared in June with the sudden appearance of the DSA. I said it was an op, I told people what was going on, I just didn't think it was going to move as fast as it did. I thought they were clearing the deck for 2028. Well they were.

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 12:36 PM (pjdUv)

153 Reading through moderate/soft left forums:

"Yay costs are going down! Free shit!"

Reading through HIV lefty forums:

"We get to trans kids again"
"Import the Third world"
"Death to white people!"
"Time to jail everyone we don't like"

We have to do something about the information gap that 20% or so of the electorate has about what voting D means

Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 12:36 PM (sKqQm)

154 Come on really? You think the 20% flip in TX was because Thune?
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 12:33 PM (VYGAQ)

Well… just two years ago Trump +14 in Texas when he was on the ballot. This year when he was not on the ballot: GOP -10 (approximately, depending on the statewide candidate)…. So how exactly does that translate to “Trump’s fault”?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 05, 2026 12:37 PM (PYT6H)

155 "I think people need to calm the fuck down with the "Trump is tainted" nonsense. Jesus Christmas this place."

Yep it's kind of amazing.

Two more years to go, 100% of the important policies are entirely executive branch/EO-based. Congress can only vandalize around the edges.

Most of the policies are working, some take a long time to show results. Some of those results may be visible, even to the dumbed-down electorate marinating in media nonsense, by 2028.

Some of those results are already visible. Border/immigration. Crime. Inflation. Economic growth. Real wage increases.

"Distancing" from these policies? To get the GOP nomination? WTF?

Posted by: rhomboid at November 05, 2026 12:37 PM (U/Byj)

156 147 118 Imagine if Cheney had run in 2008. That’s what Vance running in 2028 would be like. If he’s the nominee it’s a 400+ EV win for AOC/Newsom.

Only chance we have from preventing total annihilation of the country is a Republican not associated with Trump. Rubio leaving now gives him 2 years of breathing room, which may or may not be enough.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 12:31 PM (VYGAQ)

Rubio was a Senator, not a Governor. And with foreign policy, he has ZERO populist wins. He won't win in 2028, even if he's our nominee. He's just more "pro war", which is unfair, but he'll be seen that way.
Posted by: Nova Local at November 05, 2026 12:35 PM (Gb7+b)

As you both have already seen the future, who wins in 2028?

Posted by: Cow Demon at November 05, 2026 12:37 PM (h3AaS)

157 >> Abdel Mawgoud al-Dardiri, a top leader, says his win is a model for Muslims working "from within the political system" on behalf of the "Islamic world"

Weird how they always tell you exactly what their expectations are. I thought his job was to represent all of the American people in his state. I was told the whole muslim line of questing was racist. Turns out that was just obfuscation.

I want to congratulate the people of Michigan who voted for this anti American piece of shit. I hope the cost of your gas goes up.

Posted by: Vengeance at November 05, 2026 12:38 PM (552ZK)

158 and YES there was massive fucking fraud dear sweet Lord how can you not see it?
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at November 05, 2026 12:32 PM (qBivk)

Yes, in the gimme-dats, there was. They lost them and got worked up to vote. Biden put so many on gimme-dats, and Trump took them off...

I mean see your friends/family - if you count, do you really end up with more R voters or D voters? And now imagine it's a D who is doing the same task - they will be 100% D up and down with friends and family...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 05, 2026 12:38 PM (Gb7+b)

159 How did Republicans lose to a Muslim? In Michigan?

Holy shit.

You’ve got to have a very special level of party toxicity to have that happen.

And for that we have Trump to thank.

Posted by: Honest Cloud at November 05, 2026 12:38 PM (GVoQJ)

160 129 I am not giving up on Texas. We just moved to the country. We will be farming in the near future. I'm not going away quietly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 12:33 PM (2614e)

Its just gonna be riding it out for four years I think.

Dildojosa and the gang can't deliver those jobs that came w/ the business implants. She she can't just raid the Rainy Day Fund cause "She says so." And she'll call everyone racists when she gets lashback for opening up the border.

Posted by: cajun carrot at November 05, 2026 12:38 PM (lLeLE)

161 Come on really? You think the 20% flip in TX was because Thune?

I doubt 5% of the electorate even knows who Thune is.
Posted by: Archimedes at November 05, 2026 12:36 PM (Riz8t)

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It doesn't matter who knows Thune, the point was that he got nothing important done.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 12:38 PM (iOpI2)

162 I am just not PT Barnum. I always underestimate how stupid people are. Democrats drove up prices, so elect them in 2026 because Trump didn't have deflation to return prices to 2020 levels? I cant imagine being dumb enough to think your life will be better with commies in charge.

I suppose some segment knows this but believes the commies will worsen 'those rich republicans' live's more so you'll have some sense of revenge.

And of course people 'distrust the media' in polls, and yet the majority still let the media influence them to vote for commies who want to mutilate their kids and to force everyone to ride a train for all travel. It does not help that most R candidates do not pound on these points.

Posted by: PaleRider at November 05, 2026 12:34 PM (PV+Zw)

Why, these pretzels are making me thirsty!

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 05, 2026 12:39 PM (wVcYX)

163 133 >>>I'm still beyond pissed about Amendment 3. Maybe I'll feel better about our state when the anger over that dies down, but it's gonna take a while.

Right there with you. I was really disappointed by the number of "No on 3" signs here in my small town. And to top it off 6 passed to make sure they won't let something like 3 even get on the ballot again.
Posted by: brak at November 05, 2026 12:34 PM (gw3RI)

Certain groups just love their ‘bortions. Their “ rights” and all. Right to commit - better stop right there, I guess. Would not want to piss anyone of the “ flexible” Horde off.

Posted by: tubal at November 05, 2026 12:39 PM (Gqar8)

164 >>>As you both have already seen the future, who wins in 2028?

without the Save America Act and a major ramp up in deportations, probably whoever baby killing, child mutilating, gay race communist jackass the dems run

Posted by: brak at November 05, 2026 12:39 PM (gw3RI)

165 J.D. Vance should not be the nominee - the last time a VP went straight from there to the Presidency was Bush in 1988. Before that…Van Buren. (Presidential deaths in office don’t count of course, I’m talking elections).

Posted by: Cow Demon at November 05, 2026 12:39 PM (h3AaS)

166 117 87 How can it be anything other than Trump who is to to blame? Is this really even up for debate?
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05

Let me introduce you to John Thune.
Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 12:31 PM

This times a 1000.

John Thune is a fucking traitor. Why are not all Trumps judges nominated?
Why the hell did Thune prevent President Trump making ANY recess appointments?

This piece of shit should resign and never let near any sort of power ever again.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at November 05, 2026 12:39 PM (4q/mG)

167 Can Elon just buy Texas?

Posted by: wth at November 05, 2026 12:40 PM (UjdFS)

168 I'm still beyond pissed about Amendment 3. Maybe I'll feel better about our state when the anger over that dies down, but it's gonna take a while.
Posted by: Dr. T at November 05, 2026 12:31 PM (lHPJf)
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Can't say I blame you. We voted Yes, and was disappointed that it crashed and burned.

We moved here from Illinois, so there's that little ray of sunshine.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 05, 2026 12:40 PM (lBovM)

169 Right there with you. I was really disappointed by the number of "No on 3" signs here in my small town. And to top it off 6 passed to make sure they won't let something like 3 even get on the ballot again.
Posted by: brak at November 05, 2026 12:34 PM (gw3RI)

Seems to me a referendum measure to bind future voters is unconstitutional on the face of it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 05, 2026 12:40 PM (j4Fxj)

170 People didn't realize Trump was icky in 2024 when he won the NPV and every swing state. Ok. I guess nobody told them. He hid it well and all the good press fooled them.

I exclude Hippo from this - the "I was right about Trump all along" people are transparent and retarded. You weren't. You already tried this game in 2020 and were proven irretrievably dumb and stupid and faggy.

Not everyone here has a day or month long memory.

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 12:40 PM (pjdUv)

171 Awfully strange results of a dem wave, but people voting against them on ballot issues, like girl sports and trannie kid surgeries and voter id. Really don't know about fraud etc., although you know there was at least some. I guess it was just a national election for party, because local gop got wiped out too. I just find it strange. Why vote for the people that hate the issues you care about?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 05, 2026 12:40 PM (n5tGW)

172 Don’t confuse the base hating Trump with the base being realistic about what caused the mid term calamity.

I like much of what Trump has done. But Epstein, Iran and things like Lake America and annexing Canada turned A LOT of people off. It’s OK to acknowledge this.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 12:40 PM (VYGAQ)

173 159 How did Republicans lose to a Muslim? In Michigan?

Holy shit.

You’ve got to have a very special level of party toxicity to have that happen.

And for that we have Trump to thank.

Posted by: Honest Cloud at November 05, 2026 12:38 PM (GVoQJ)

Michigan is a blue state. The belief that it is purple or winnable is due to Trump winning it. It is not purple.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 05, 2026 12:41 PM (okun6)

174
You’ve got to have a very special level of party toxicity to have that happen.

And for that we have Trump to thank.

Living in a blue area I know a lot of lefty LIVs. Every election cycle, from all the way back to when Trump was a Democrat, you can have a discussion with them like this:

Lefty LIV: Everything sucks, all the people in government suck, no one does what they promise, I hate politics.

Me: So you are going to vote for the challenger then?

Lefty LIV: The Republican? HELL NO THEY ARE NAZIs!

Me: So you are going to vote instead for the same corruption you were just complaining about?

Lefty LIV: No this time with be different the TV news told me so

Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 12:41 PM (sKqQm)

175 Hell, I'm contemplating moving back to Arkansas.
Posted by: Dr. T at November 05, 2026 12:26 PM (lHPJf)

Mr. Bassman is a realtor and a really nice, mellow guy. Plus, he's good with puns.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at November 05, 2026 12:41 PM (OlzlW)

176 Like in every election the past 20 years, I am convinced this is only a partial reflection on the actual mood of the country.

Yes, at the margins people are dissatisfied. Yes, the administration is to blame for bad optics, bad messaging, and bad results.

But I think mostly this is about who got voters to the polls. The Dems have a machine that turns tribes (muslims, indians, gays, young, trans, ....) into registrations, and registrations into votes. They are getting stronger at this and Rs are not.

The Left also live in a media bubble, also getting worse due to algorithms. The media were people get information is against the Right, and Trump especially. So they are fine turning the country into a shithole

This is not about migration, or corruption or even the war, it is about who can turn regs into votes. The Dems know that if you give them a dirty voter roll they can pump out as many votes as they need to win. They have honed that skill. They then produce polls to legitimatize the results

I don't know how to fix this as it is not exactly fraud. Some of it is, but mostly it is tribalism. These tribes have very high turnout and very strict adherence to the party.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at November 05, 2026 12:41 PM (LHn+s)

177
My fear is that now that the dems will have Trump on a leash, he'll go back to his New York roots of lets make a deal and give away the store to stay out of prison/bankruptcy. They're going to go after him forever.

Posted by: Frank Barone at November 05, 2026 12:41 PM (OkYzo)

178 159 How did Republicans lose to a Muslim? In Michigan?

Holy shit.

You’ve got to have a very special level of party toxicity to have that happen.

And for that we have Trump to thank.

Posted by: Honest Cloud at November 05, 2026 12:38 PM (GVoQJ)

Um, pray tell, when was the last time MI had a Republican Senator?

Posted by: Cow Demon at November 05, 2026 12:41 PM (h3AaS)

179 Come on really? You think the 20% flip in TX was because Thune?
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 12:33 PM

I think Texas has a lot of root causes, and none of it can be distilled down to 1. But the biggest issue is the Republican Party running the organization like the country club from 1962. When you refuse to change, you do things the way they have always been done, you go extinct. And yes, if you created a situation where it seems like it makes zero difference who you vote for, people say why bother. We gave the RNC a gift of the house, the senate and the presidency. Thune did absolutely nothing with it. In fact, he allowed no recess appointments and stalled everything we voted for. We have very smart people on this very site who were saying just this. Stubborn and misguided? Maybe. But here we are.

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 12:41 PM (ZdaMQ)

180 172 Don’t confuse the base hating Trump with the base being realistic about what caused the mid term calamity.

I like much of what Trump has done. But Epstein, Iran and things like Lake America and annexing Canada turned A LOT of people off. It’s OK to acknowledge this.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 12:40 PM (VYGAQ)

Hispanics don't care about Iran. Hell half of these new voters probably don't even speak English.

LIVs aren't plugged into political media let alone the rabbit hole stuff.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 05, 2026 12:42 PM (okun6)

181 I exclude Hippo from this - the "I was right about Trump all along" people are transparent and retarded. You weren't. You already tried this game in 2020 and were proven irretrievably dumb and stupid and faggy.

Not everyone here has a day or month long memory.

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 12:40 PM (pjdUv)

lol

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 05, 2026 12:42 PM (eUDuQ)

182 Horde, do not worry. The Democrats will overreach and it will swing back in 2028.

I'm trying to be optimistic here, okay? Stop looking at me like that.

Posted by: dantesed at November 05, 2026 12:42 PM (Oy/m2)

183 >>> How did Republicans lose to a Muslim? In Michigan?

voting is a demographic head count for everyone except whites. Michigan increasingly looks like Dearborn. The average Muslim woman has 6 kids. that's how

Posted by: brak at November 05, 2026 12:42 PM (gw3RI)

184 144 Neoconism is dead.
End the war, keep the blockade.
Win/win
Posted by: BillC at November 05, 2026 12:35 PM (M2v/T)

What does that even mean? A blockade is an act of war. What war is happening that isn't the blockade? Are we supposed to stop shooting at missile launchers? What are we doing right now that we wouldn't do under your scenario? I don't understand what you're proposing.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at November 05, 2026 12:42 PM (r7+Q7)

185 I think people need to calm the fuck down with the "Trump is tainted" nonsense. Jesus Christmas this place. Black Orchid

Thank you, my thoughts exactly. Of course I live in North Dakota and R's ran the board, again, as usual, so I agree that Trump/republicans aren't dead yet, but they need to get thru the stages of grief fast and like Ace says, be better.

Posted by: old chick at November 05, 2026 12:42 PM (F3Dlr)

186 Awfully strange results of a dem wave, but people voting against them on ballot issues, like girl sports and trannie kid surgeries and voter id.

IN a town near me the town elected officials decided to balance the bloated town budget by a 25% increase in taxes. Due to town rules though they had to put it to a vote.

So a woman in town organized a "stop the tax increase" effort and ran for town office.

The tax increase lost, but the people that wanted it in town government all got re-elected. How do you explain that? Well a town full of lefty LIVs.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 12:42 PM (sKqQm)

187 Dildojosa and the gang can't deliver those jobs that came w/ the business implants. She she can't just raid the Rainy Day Fund cause "She says so." And she'll call everyone racists when she gets lashback for opening up the border.
Posted by: cajun carrot

And I'm going to take a page from the Dem playbook and start riding asses the second that $1500 check doesn't show up.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 12:43 PM (mISmA)

188 We here in Mo have the same problem every place has - cities. For us, KC, St Louis, Columbia and Springfield. Look at our election map, explains it all.
Posted by: tubal at November 05, 2026 12:36 PM (Gqar

Cities are *part* of the problem. Yes, STL and KC have always been the millstones round our necks.

But support for 3 was weak even in a lot of rural and suburb/exurb areas. Same for the other conservative measures. And hell, Springfield normally votes on our side (if barely).

This is the real problem: Missourians let themselves get suckered by the "muh democracy!" rhetoric. Every single leftist measure got through on the claim that "DC politicians are trying to take away your vote!" And they fell for it, and kept falling for it.

I am a born-and-bred Missourian, but I have a lot of anger right now toward a state that refuses to understand how a representative republic works.

Posted by: Dr. T at November 05, 2026 12:43 PM (lHPJf)

189 If I were Rubio, I'd get the hell out of there.

I went in knowing Trump will leave office with approval ratings lower than Dubya Bush. But what other choice did we have?

Maybe all the impeachments will give Trump a fresh start and Dems overreach, but him coming out the next day and talking about his ballroom or saying had he been on the ballot, he would have won in a landslide tells me he doesnt think anything is wrong.

Posted by: Leupold at November 05, 2026 12:43 PM (BotSl)

190 Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 05, 2026 12:41 PM (okun6)

"Honest Cloud" seems to be a troll. He's was trolling yesterday He's thanking Trump for AES being elected?!! That's some strange take.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 05, 2026 12:44 PM (JrHfD)

191 If history repeats, next will come the Night of the Long Knives then Krystallnacht.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 05, 2026 12:44 PM (ndZc7)

192 As you both have already seen the future, who wins in 2028?
Posted by: Cow Demon at November 05, 2026 12:37 PM (h3AaS)

Depends if Dems overplay their hand and their candidate like they did after 2020 with the unfair arrests and prosecutions and then the shitty pres candidate. If they don't, they win. If they do, we do if we have a non-Trump admin tainted candidate. A populist is preferred b/c that's what we've been winning with...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 05, 2026 12:44 PM (Gb7+b)

193 If anything, a Muslim winning in MI is not at all surprising.

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 12:44 PM (AKptf)

194 and YES there was massive fucking fraud dear sweet Lord how can you not see it?
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at November 05, 2026 12:32 PM (qBivk)

I am not aware of any fraud. And apparently neither is Trump.

What evidence do you have?

Posted by: Honest Cloud at November 05, 2026 12:45 PM (GVoQJ)

195 I don't understand what you're proposing.
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at November 05, 2026 12:42 PM (r7+Q7)

He doesn't, either.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 05, 2026 12:45 PM (j4Fxj)

196 Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 12:33 PM

Did you really behave yourself and lay in wait just to do this fucking phony post-mortem shit in case it happened?

You already tried this shit in 2024. You trolled us with polls showing Trump losing. You were wrong. You *are* wrong. You are wasting people's time and need to be banned for the seventh time.

And I hate bans. But go the fuck away from this conversation control shit. You are wasting people's time when they are already down. Again.

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 12:45 PM (pjdUv)

197
Yep it's kind of amazing.

Two more years to go, 100% of the important policies are entirely executive branch/EO-based. Congress can only vandalize around the edges.

Most of the policies are working, some take a long time to show results. Some of those results may be visible, even to the dumbed-down electorate marinating in media nonsense, by 2028.

Some of those results are already visible. Border/immigration. Crime. Inflation. Economic growth. Real wage increases.

"Distancing" from these policies? To get the GOP nomination? WTF?
Posted by: rhomboid at November 05, 2026 12:37 PM (U/Byj)

Even if the results were the exact opposite on Election Day, this would still be a hive of defeatism. I’m not giving up on TX just yet. The Senate is still in good hands, and the new Lt Gov won’t be able to do anything about it. The Republicans there set the rules.

Posted by: Cow Demon at November 05, 2026 12:45 PM (h3AaS)

198 Hispanics don't care about Iran.
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Sigh.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 12:45 PM (VYGAQ)

199 Let me introduce you to John Thune.

Posted by: Piper
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Frustrating, isn't it?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 12:45 PM (Cq/ve)

200
And I'm going to take a page from the Dem playbook and start riding asses the second that $1500 check doesn't show up.

On moderate/soft left forums they are all crowing about how costs are going to go down now as soon as the new congress comes in.

On more politically aware forums they'll tell you "of course costs are going up, way up, because we can't fix things in two years"

Now, one would assume those moderate/soft voters will get a clue when they get nothing they were promised but...don't count on it

Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 12:45 PM (sKqQm)

201 Don’t confuse the base hating Trump with the base being realistic about what caused the mid term calamity.

Twas ever thus. I don't hate Trump. I've been very enthusiastic about almost everything he's done. That doesn't mean we don't look at the voting patterns and try to extrapolate. It's not personal, it's strictly business.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 05, 2026 12:45 PM (Riz8t)

202 Missouri also has an issue with its referendums being poorly worded. The pro abortion referendum that 3 was trying to overturn was a word salad that obscured its intent, by design.

Posted by: brak at November 05, 2026 12:45 PM (gw3RI)

203 I have a huge 29+ yo admiration for Harmeet Dhillon. She has done great work and I wish her the best. A real loss.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at November 05, 2026 12:45 PM (ruxTZ)

204 Why the hell did Thune prevent President Trump making ANY recess appointments?

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at November 05, 2026 12:39 PM (4q/mG)

Because Thune hates Trump and everyone who ever even considered voting for him.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, perparing at November 05, 2026 12:46 PM (yKhjs)

205 If anything, a Muslim winning in MI is not at all surprising.
Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 12:44 PM

Never mind we’ve never elected a Muslim Senator in over 250 years

Posted by: Honest Cloud at November 05, 2026 12:46 PM (GVoQJ)

206 Just listening to the news bites, they are already gearing up for:

1. Impeachment of Trump
2. Impeachment of Vance
3. Impeachment of Hegseth (Massie leading the charge)
4. Prosecution of ICE employees with jail time for participation.
5. Legislation to protect Sanctuary Cities
6. Defunding of all entities enforcing immigration law

Posted by: Orson at November 05, 2026 12:46 PM (dIske)

207 Why the hell did Thune prevent President Trump making ANY recess appointments?

The people that control Thune didn't want them.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 12:46 PM (sKqQm)

208 Honest Cloud was a troll from the HotAir days. Amazing how many people have just waited and waited for something bad to finally happen (again) to come "get" us.

Their way was Hillary for 8 and Kamala for 8. Which we would still be in the midst of were it not for Trump.

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 12:47 PM (pjdUv)

209 Depends if Dems overplay their hand and their candidate like they did after 2020 with the unfair arrests and prosecutions and then the shitty pres candidate. If they don't, they win. If they do, we do if we have a non-Trump admin tainted candidate. A populist is preferred b/c that's what we've been winning with...
Posted by: Nova Local at November 05, 2026 12:44 PM (Gb7+b)

So much verbiage. Let me save your time and energy: say “I don’t know.”

Posted by: Cow Demon at November 05, 2026 12:47 PM (h3AaS)

210 202 Missouri also has an issue with its referendums being poorly worded. The pro abortion referendum that 3 was trying to overturn was a word salad that obscured its intent, by design.
Posted by: brak at November 05, 2026 12:45 PM (gw3RI)

Yep. All of it arcane, obscure.

Posted by: tubal at November 05, 2026 12:47 PM (Gqar8)

211 Jeez, the nastiness on this thread!

Posted by: m at November 05, 2026 12:47 PM (odBC9)

212 Never mind we’ve never elected a Muslim Senator in over 250 years
Posted by: Honest Cloud at November 05, 2026 12:46 PM (GVoQJ)

MI is the place. What is your question?

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 12:47 PM (AKptf)

213 I got a kick out of the retard students at U of M saying they were voting for the muslim because he wants healthcare for everyone.

Holy shit, I was a dumbass in college *cough* but even I wouldn't have said something so naive.

"I think everyone should have a house!"
"I think everyone should have a car!"
"I think college should be free!! Some scandi country with 8 million people have it so we should too!!

Hey, dumbfuck, check out "free" healthcare for all in Canada. Be sure to check out their population, taxes and their wait times too!! Oh and how MAID is going.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 12:47 PM (iOpI2)

214 WouldaCouldaShoulda. Oh well.

We'll try again with another lame effort in futility starting next January.

Posted by: GOPe Congress at November 05, 2026 12:48 PM (wVcYX)

215 Never mind we’ve never elected a Muslim Senator in over 250 years
Posted by: Honest Cloud at November 05, 2026 12:46 PM (GVoQJ)

When was the last time MI elected a Republican Senator?

Posted by: Cow Demon at November 05, 2026 12:48 PM (h3AaS)

216 Twas ever thus. I don't hate Trump. I've been very enthusiastic about almost everything he's done. That doesn't mean we don't look at the voting patterns and try to extrapolate. It's not personal, it's strictly business.
Posted by: Archimedes

===

Exactly, I mean do we do this again to just show our loyalty to Trump and have zero course correction?

The reality is, in 2 years, Trump is going to be about as relevant George W. Bush. We can't just keep thinking Republicans being extra loyal to Trump is some key to winning.

Posted by: Leupold at November 05, 2026 12:48 PM (BotSl)

217 My county legislature is now 20-3 Dem. Whe I was young the Republicans ran most of the towns , except Woodstock and New Paltz and my city was split. NYC transplants overran the place and now we've got homeless crisis, made worse by rent controls in my city and sanctuary policy.
A perfect example of lunacy is happening. A Hobby Lobby is going to into an empty store in the surrounding town. The left is out of their minds about that company of "bigots"
This is the attitude that beat the Republicans. It's insanity

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 05, 2026 12:48 PM (8VNAp)

218 Remember:
Every election is a "change or same" choice.

There is no third way.

No matter who the R is in 2028, Dems are going to be running against "change from Trump and Trump polices."
There is no "conservative but not Trump" policy or platform they can run on.

The dumbest doomed to fail part of Kamala's campaign was trying to brand herself as the "change" candidate. And she had the full support of the media.

Let's not think a R can thread that needle

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 05, 2026 12:48 PM (/Ki2A)

219
Frustrating, isn't it?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 12:45 PM (Cq/ve)

I think I am going to crowdsource the purchase of Cuba and start my own country. You in? 😂

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 12:48 PM (ZdaMQ)

220 I don't know how much of a role Thune's impotence played in the defeat, and I don't care. He needs to go, regardless.

Chances that he will? Probably very low. He's already said he's running for Minority Leader.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 05, 2026 12:49 PM (Riz8t)

221 Free healthcare is attractive. They are told that if Sweden can do it, we can do it!

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 12:49 PM (AKptf)

222 What happens in 2028? I assume a very bad replay of 2008. The Ds and all the phony R's got their wish.

They pulled the plug on Trump's valiant attempt at stopping the commie takeover that has been headed for us for 20 years.

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 12:49 PM (pjdUv)

223 Philistines upon you, America!

Unfortunately, I think it's too late.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 12:49 PM (1x2K9)

224 211 Jeez, the nastiness on this thread!
Posted by: m at November 05, 2026 12:47 PM (odBC9)

Well, not all of us. Trump has flaws but to think what we saw Tuesday can be laid at his feet mostly is just lazy thinking, based on maybe scapegoating or frustration. Maybe.

Posted by: tubal at November 05, 2026 12:49 PM (Gqar8)

225 I'm pissed about the election but I'm not ready to throw Trump under the bus just yet...
Posted by: It's me donna
---
Same. DJT picking Darline pissed me off, but that's not nearly enough to make me abandon him.

Posted by: screaming in digital at November 05, 2026 12:50 PM (lOlUK)

226 >>>Never mind we’ve never elected a Muslim Senator in over 250 years

well we haven't had Muslim mayors or sheriffs either but then there's Dearborn. Open borders have consequences

Posted by: brak at November 05, 2026 12:50 PM (gw3RI)

227 Don't think I caught this is the dismal day yesterday, but that rancid crazy woman in NC who gleefully took a smiling picture at a German concentration camp and said Trump supporters belonged in the ovens won her district race.

Posted by: Lady in Black at November 05, 2026 12:50 PM (qBdHI)

228 Free healthcare is attractive. They are told that if Sweden can do it, we can do it!

As is often the case the Republicans have no idea how to discuss such things.

It isn't "free" healthcare. It is "the government takes a bunch of your money then decides if it will spend some of it on whatever healthcare needs it thinks you should get addressed will using the rest on bribes, kick backs and graft"

Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 12:50 PM (sKqQm)

229 "I think college should be free!! Some scandi country with 8 million people have it so we should too!!

Hey, dumbfuck, check out "free" healthcare for all in Canada. Be sure to check out their population, taxes and their wait times too!! Oh and how MAID is going.
Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 12:47 PM (iOpI2)

College IS “free” in Scandinavia. How many foreign students go there? (Hint…very few.)

Posted by: Cow Demon at November 05, 2026 12:50 PM (h3AaS)

230 Never mind we’ve never elected a Muslim Senator in over 250 years
Posted by: Honest Cloud at November 05, 2026 12:46 PM (GVoQJ)

When was the last time MI elected a Republican Senator?
Posted by: Cow Demon

===

Any other election, Sayed would have lost.

Basically everyone with a D next to their name won.

In my state, some 19 year old Democrat college student ran as a joke for a somewhat powerful position in the court and won against an entrenched, respected incumbent Republican with zero campaign.

Its absolute madness and the reality is the bottom has fallen out for Trump and people are going out of their way to show their middle finger.

Posted by: Leupold at November 05, 2026 12:51 PM (BotSl)

231 Free healthcare is attractive. They are told that if Sweden can do it, we can do it!

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 12:49 PM (AKptf)

I don't think the Dems want to be an ethnically homogeneous, 95% white nation...

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 05, 2026 12:51 PM (yKhjs)

232 "I think college should be free!! Some scandi country with 8 million people have it so we should too!!

Posted by: Seems Legit

-----------------------------
Correction, 8 million scandis.

Same in UK with their national health -- it only barely worked because the English (et al) are civilized and now that they opened the doors they realize they are fucked. Same in Canada -- socialism looks great until you import people who see a bowl on the doorstep on Halloween and think they are being good peeps by leaving the doormat and porch light.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at November 05, 2026 12:51 PM (LHn+s)

233 Well, not all of us. Trump has flaws but to think what we saw Tuesday can be laid at his feet mostly is just lazy thinking, based on maybe scapegoating or frustration. Maybe.

Posted by: tubal at November 05, 2026 12:49 PM (Gqar

And some astroturfing for good measure.

Anything but blaming the GOP who OBVIOUSLY still despise us.

You know who that helps?

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 12:51 PM (pjdUv)

234 I have no idea why Dhillon might leave.

Probably because she knows all of the various cases which would be prosecuted under a nominal GOP congress are all going to be sidelined?

I still say Ilhan Brotherfucker has nothing to worry about. Her denaturalization and deportation are now, once again, fairly tales.

Hear me now and believe me later.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 05, 2026 12:51 PM (qRla/)

235 209 Depends if Dems overplay their hand and their candidate like they did after 2020 with the unfair arrests and prosecutions and then the shitty pres candidate. If they don't, they win. If they do, we do if we have a non-Trump admin tainted candidate. A populist is preferred b/c that's what we've been winning with...
Posted by: Nova Local at November 05, 2026 12:44 PM (Gb7+b)

So much verbiage. Let me save your time and energy: say “I don’t know.”

Posted by: Cow Demon at November 05, 2026 12:47 PM (h3AaS)

If one could accurately predict all the events over a 2 year period, they had Musk level wealth and power...one can suspect certain things will happen, but one can't know. I suspect Dems will overplay their hand, but I am WAY less certain who Repubs will actually nominate. So even if you know some things, that still doesn't help knowing an end result.

And this goes without saying if we have some major calamity on US soil happen...then everything is uncertain in all ways.

Posted by: Nova Local at November 05, 2026 12:51 PM (Gb7+b)

236 216 Twas ever thus. I don't hate Trump. I've been very enthusiastic about almost everything he's done. That doesn't mean we don't look at the voting patterns and try to extrapolate. It's not personal, it's strictly business.
Posted by: Archimedes

===

Exactly, I mean do we do this again to just show our loyalty to Trump and have zero course correction?

The reality is, in 2 years, Trump is going to be about as relevant George W. Bush. We can't just keep thinking Republicans being extra loyal to Trump is some key to winning.

Posted by: Leupold at November 05, 2026 12:48 PM (BotSl)

Do what again? Trump can't be run again. His specific addition to the coalition only showed up for him and never for mid-terms

-10% of existing R electorate vs 2024

How do you make up that ground? That's the question we're facing here. The Democrats have boosted their numbers significantly with a new wave of Hispanic voters. Hispanics swing wildly each election, that's the target demo.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 05, 2026 12:52 PM (okun6)

237 Nobody asked my opinion, and the beauty of AoSHQ is that you're gonna get it anyway!
JD Vance HAS to tie his future to the "fervent Christians" like Schmucker Quarrelsome whose Christianity boils down to hating the Jews ... because he has an enormous liability with stupid people because of his wife. Usha Vance is obviously a smart and attractive lady -- but she is, to use Nick Fuentes' word choice (to which Vance's dear friend Schmucker made no response), "a jeet." And not even a Christian convert like Dinesh d'Souza, either. So the poor boy who made good through the military, education, and hard work, and made a bundle in finance, has to double down on the hillbilly vibe and assure the losers that the clever, greedy Jews stole all their stuff. So there.

Posted by: werewife, princess of Delray Beach at November 05, 2026 12:52 PM (1tieC)

238 Good news, everyone!

LGBT Caucus Celebrates "Gayest Congress In American History"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 05, 2026 12:52 PM (ndZc7)

239 Don't think I caught this is the dismal day yesterday, but that rancid crazy woman in NC who gleefully took a smiling picture at a German concentration camp and said Trump supporters belonged in the ovens won her district race.

Remember when a Republican house candidate said a stupid thing about abortion and that was what the entire election was about?

The Dems had a dozen worse "gaffes" in this election and the Reps let each one fade from public memory.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 12:52 PM (sKqQm)

240 Good afternoon Ace and everyone

Posted by: Skip at November 05, 2026 12:52 PM (sgkY8)

241 I don't know how much of a role Thune's impotence played in the defeat, and I don't care. He needs to go, regardless.

Chances that he will? Probably very low. He's already said he's running for Minority Leader.
Posted by: Archimedes

===

Does anyone really believe that if the SAVE act had passed, election night would have gone differently?

I dont.

Im not a Thune fan, but this is all on Trump's shoulders. And its clear everyone around Trump including Vance, has figured that out.

Posted by: Leupold at November 05, 2026 12:52 PM (BotSl)

242 Some light here (Red Turban, "...."), but wow the make-believe is something.

Pre- and exit-polling shows nothing resembling the imaginary grievances driving votes. 40% Hispanics (and this is an ominous data point, and is due to Trump actually fulfilling a key campaign promise that got him elected) were most concerned about ICE/deportations. Economic concerns second. "War" nowhere on the list.

Too much silliness to address, but the notion that a DeSantis could win MI or WI - when only the unique figure that Trump is has done it, in decades - is close to far-fetched.

Didn't believe Rubio would be leaving - why would he? - and he's got a lot of work still to do. Cuba. Can't see him leaving while that white whale is visible and vulnerable. A lot of success in the hemisphere (another area of Trump success totally unappreciated by idiot voters and most commenters). Resigning now makes no sense.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 05, 2026 12:52 PM (U/Byj)

243 And with Democrats like Gene Wu in power in Texas, it's probably a good idea for Elon to leave.

https://tinyurl.com/upcy3xb5

Posted by: Random PJ at November 05, 2026 12:52 PM (+jscL)

244 Jeez, the nastiness on this thread!
Posted by: m at November 05, 2026 12:47 PM (odBC9)

The gottaberightis is STRONG today.

Whatever happened to 'the right to your opinion?'

Geez....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 12:52 PM (2614e)

245 It isn't "free" healthcare. It is "the government takes a bunch of your money then decides if it will spend some of it on whatever healthcare needs it thinks you should get addressed will using the rest on bribes, kick backs and graft"
Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 12:50 PM (sKqQm)

And it is used to control the population. It is a major reason why Canadians constantly acquiesce in the destruction of their liberty, and are unfit to be free. (H/t, TX Declaration of Independence, 1836). Canadians would be happy to see their country turn into the DPRK, so long as you told them the medical care is “free”.

Posted by: Cow Demon at November 05, 2026 12:53 PM (h3AaS)

246 Maybe Dhillon is preparing to run for office ?

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 12:53 PM (AKptf)

247 >>>It's a bitter pill that people need to flee Texas.

F that. They get nothing.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 05, 2026 12:53 PM (eUDuQ)

248 "I don't think the Dems want to be an ethnically homogeneous, 95% white nation..."

Except for the neighborhoods they themselves choose to live in.

Posted by: gp at November 05, 2026 12:53 PM (Jr5Lq)

249
Not quite sure why the trolls and mobys are rolling in.

I suppose to try and pound a stake into the heart of Trump and MAGA, but-

really your arguments are obvious and stupid to anyone with an IQ above their hat size.

Be better. Be funny. Or just leave.

You're boring.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 05, 2026 12:53 PM (YSUhf)

250 Well, to be honest, the young, more naive me did vote for John Anderson in 1980 because he promised cool things.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 05, 2026 12:53 PM (wVcYX)

251 I asked yesterday, what would the dems do in this situation? F the filibuster, allow all appointments, confirm anybody the prez nominates, pass a critical act (save, etc), all the way to the end of the year. That's what. But the gop doesn't vote as a bloc, because they're stupid and useless, and many on the other side.

But this is critical, Thune won't even try.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 05, 2026 12:53 PM (n5tGW)

252 The start of going down that rabbit hole Europe is in.
Thanks a lot Bush and Barky

Posted by: Skip at November 05, 2026 12:53 PM (sgkY8)

253 Didn't believe Rubio would be leaving - why would he? - and he's got a lot of work still to do. Cuba. Can't see him leaving while that white whale is visible and vulnerable. A lot of success in the hemisphere (another area of Trump success totally unappreciated by idiot voters and most commenters). Resigning now makes no sense.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 05, 2026 12:52 PM (U/Byj)

Only reason to resign would be to set up a presidential run. The race for 2028 has begun.

Posted by: Cow Demon at November 05, 2026 12:54 PM (h3AaS)

254 then there's Dearborn. Open borders have consequences
Posted by: brak at November 05, 2026 12:50 PM (gw3RI)

Dearborn is terrific.

Seriously, go check it out some time.

Posted by: Honest Cloud at November 05, 2026 12:54 PM (GVoQJ)

255 Good news, everyone!

LGBT Caucus Celebrates "Gayest Congress In American History"
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

I almost want to vote for the goatfuckers. It's going to be hilarious when the peterpuffers run up against the flight school trainers.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 12:54 PM (mISmA)

256 I'll say it, I love Trump; he has done some really good things. Closing the border and DOGE were the greatest to me. Has he made mistakes? Yes, but the alternatives to him would be cataclysmic.

As was this last election. Shit's going to go south. But the run we had with Trump was really good.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 12:54 PM (iOpI2)

257 My bet is the first legislative bill from the new Congress is going to be amnesty.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 05, 2026 12:54 PM (8Uo7a)

258 It would be nice to see people actually perform some analysis and make arguments, rather than insisting their own leanings were correct all along.

I'll use TX as an example because that's where I live. The GOP there had a good night for a midterm election. Paxton's vote total was essentially the same as Cruz's in 2018, when Cruz beat O'Rourke. The difference this time around was that Talarico's numbers looked more like senate votes totals in a presidential election year like 2024 (they were between Cruz's and Allred's vote totals for that year). You don't need to take my word for it; that data is all readily available on the internet.

So how did Dems do that?

There's multiple ways it could have happened, one of which is that Dems simply mobilized their base very well this year. If that's true, this wasn't a repudiation of Trump (or anyone else) in any real sense, as the Dem base is just made up of the opposition, which has always disapproved.

There are other possible explanations, of course. But we ought to be looking for data to see what is the best explanation. Because responding well requires us to first correctly identify the problem.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 12:54 PM (HFrEr)

259 Posted by: Leupold at November 05, 2026 12:52 PM (BotSl)

The SAVE act is just the most obvious example.

The GOP hates you and wants you dead. They don't even give a shit about our elections.

Why? They WANT the commies to take over so they can fundraiser and grift from the shadows. They're alright Jack. Trump put it on the line and TRIED to fight them all. Almost got killed for it. He probably will get killed for it. They won't. Not for another decade anyway.

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 12:55 PM (pjdUv)

260 Im not a Thune fan, but this is all on Trump's shoulders. And its clear everyone around Trump including Vance, has figured that out.
Posted by: Leupold at November 05, 2026 12:52 PM (BotSl)

TBF you don’t like…anybody.

Posted by: Cow Demon at November 05, 2026 12:55 PM (h3AaS)

261 The New Republic
Breaking New from Washington and beyond
Hafiz Rashid, November 5, 2026

Top Justice Department Official Resigns as Rats Begin Jumping
Harmeet Dhillon, who led some of Trump’s worst crusades at the Justice Department, quit after the Republicans wiped out this election
----
A-holes.

But because?

Major law firms and civil rights groups have been involved in combating antisemitism and helping to draft or support legislation designed to protect Jewish individuals and counter antisemitic discrimination.

Members of Congress also introduced measures aimed at strengthening federal efforts against hate crimes and protecting Jewish communities—such as the bipartisan Jewish American Security Act, which increases funding for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program, and bills targeting academic or economic boycotts like the Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act of 2026.

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 05, 2026 12:55 PM (NFX2v)

262 double down on the gladiator movie vibe and assure the losers that the clever, greedy old greek homos stole all their stuff. So there.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 05, 2026 12:56 PM (74D2J)

263
It isn't "free" healthcare. It is "the government takes a bunch of your money then decides if it will spend some of it on whatever healthcare needs it thinks you should get addressed will using the rest on bribes, kick backs and graft"
Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 12:50 PM (sKqQm)

Government is the most bloated, wasteful, incompetent body of people gathered together in every f*cking country on the planet.

Why the F*CK do people think granting them the power to control everything is a good thing?

Government run healthcare is shit the WORLD OVER. Yet, people continually run on and clamor for Government Run Heathcare.

It's f*cking mind boggling.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 12:56 PM (2614e)

264 195 I don't understand what you're proposing.
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at November 05, 2026 12:42 PM (r7+Q7)

He doesn't, either.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 05, 2026 12:45 PM (j4Fxj)

Yea, I'd love to hear a better solution. I can blame Trumps failure to explain to the public why we're doing it that way, especially after it wasn't over in a few weeks as was suggested, for a role in this mess. He also failed to connect with voters on fighting rising costs.

He did the things but he didn't sell it or the message didn't penetrate.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at November 05, 2026 12:56 PM (r7+Q7)

265 Good news, everyone!

LGBT Caucus Celebrates "Gayest Congress In American History"
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 05, 2026 12:52 PM (ndZc7)

Yay! We'll have a gay old time!

Posted by: Friends of Dorothy at November 05, 2026 12:56 PM (wVcYX)

266 Didn't believe Rubio would be leaving - why would he? - and he's got a lot of work still to do. Cuba. Can't see him leaving while that white whale is visible and vulnerable. A lot of success in the hemisphere (another area of Trump success totally unappreciated by idiot voters and most commenters). Resigning now makes no sense.
Posted by: rhomboid

===

He wants to be President.
The further he is from Trump, the better.

The reality, Trump isnt leaving office like Reagan did.

Id bet my 401k Trump leaves office more despised than George W. Bush.

Rubio is still held in high esteem by all wings of the party. Him leaving isnt going to make him toxic to MAGA.

Posted by: Leupold at November 05, 2026 12:56 PM (BotSl)

267
There are other possible explanations, of course. But we ought to be looking for data to see what is the best explanation. Because responding well requires us to first correctly identify the problem.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 12:54 PM (HFrEr)

Many of the voters are new voters. Specifically, they are Hispanic voters. Their listed issues are largely economic, the Democrat campaign on 'affordability' was a winner. In practice this means social spending.

Using LatAm as a reference, social spending and law and order tend to appeal to Hispanics.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 05, 2026 12:56 PM (okun6)

268 Ohferpetessakes. None of these people base any decisions on things like family obligations, policy differences, what's right for the country, or even their party.

It's only about them, and their future prospects. There's no need to overthink it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's3 Dice at November 05, 2026 12:56 PM (BI5O2)

269 It would be nice to see people actually perform some analysis and make arguments, rather than insisting their own leanings were correct all along.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls

You must be new here.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 05, 2026 12:56 PM (eUDuQ)

270 I'm pissed about the election but I'm not ready to throw Trump under the bus just yet...
Posted by: It's me donna

Clark Kent isn't available so I'll have to settle for Trump.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 05, 2026 12:56 PM (ndZc7)

271 Your last good day was YESTERDAY. Seemsayin' … ?

Posted by: Dr_No at November 05, 2026 12:57 PM (ayRl+)

272 The Left did some serious grass roots organizing. I know for a fact in MO. Pretty sure in KS too. Wouldn't be surprised if they did it in every red state.

We held onto the old model of "the polls are wrong" and [Insert State/District] went +X for Trump last time, so we're all good, and you're silly for even asking.

We have NEVER been good at organizing, and don't even have the infrastructure for it. It takes more than winning the argument, it takes work. And I don't know if any of these rich donors have made any strides on even laying the groundwork for organizing infrastructure.

Posted by: McLurkerson at November 05, 2026 12:57 PM (AZDyS)

273 258 There are other possible explanations, of course. But we ought to be looking for data to see what is the best explanation.

where's the fun in that?

Posted by: anachronda at November 05, 2026 12:57 PM (v3pYe)

274 Government run healthcare is shit the WORLD OVER. Yet, people continually run on and clamor for Government Run Heathcare.

It's f*cking mind boggling.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 12

We must never underestimate the power of stupid people in large numbers.

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 12:57 PM (ZdaMQ)

275 What is wrong with some of you people just rushing to shit on Trump?? How warped are you… the guy faced unfair impeachment, lawfare, they tried to bankrupt his companies… AND he took a bullet BTW and still stayed in the fight and accomplished a lot.

He’s not perfect, but he’s fantastic. Shame on you for shitting on him now and rushing to do it gleefully. Just step off

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 05, 2026 12:57 PM (PYT6H)

276 254 then there's Dearborn. Open borders have consequences
Posted by: brak at November 05, 2026 12:50 PM (gw3RI)

Dearborn is terrific.

Seriously, go check it out some time.
Posted by: Honest Cloud at November 05, 2026 12:54 PM (GVoQJ)

I remember Dearborn being talked about as heavily Arab and evil Muslim.

In the 1980s.

Posted by: Cow Demon at November 05, 2026 12:58 PM (h3AaS)

277 Awfully strange results of a dem wave, but people voting against them on ballot issues, like girl sports and trannie kid surgeries and voter id.
____

I think a lot of Dem voters think Dems are reasonable (just like themselves!) and don't want boys in girls sports, trans surgery on kids, and why wouldn't you want voter ID? I think a lot have absolutely no idea what Dems politicians actually want.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 05, 2026 12:58 PM (Dv3i1)

278 It looks like Dillon may have resigned because she found out she was not going to be nominated to the vacant Deputy AG spot.

If that's the case, this is a natural time for a clean break.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 05, 2026 12:59 PM (yKhjs)

279 I also think foreign countries should not be able to contribute to elections here . Obviously a lot of money for AES campaign come from the Mideast

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 05, 2026 12:59 PM (JrHfD)

280 So how did Dems do that?

There's multiple ways it could have happened, one of which is that Dems simply mobilized their base very well this year. If that's true, this wasn't a repudiation of Trump (or anyone else) in any real sense, as the Dem base is just made up of the opposition, which has always disapproved.

There are other possible explanations, of course. But we ought to be looking for data to see what is the best explanation. Because responding well requires us to first correctly identify the problem.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls

I find it hard to believe that the muy macho Hispanics voted for a flaming white gay guy that talks shit about The Virgin Mary.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 12:59 PM (mISmA)

281 We should take bets on the first investigation topic although I think they may all drop at once.

1. Epstein
2. Iran War
3. Good and Plenti Shootings

They're gonna do it all. There is much more where that came from and I think there's gonna be some weird out of left field made up stuff like parading Trump's child pedo ring victims from 50 years ago in front of Congress, or something Rubio said in a phone call.

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 12:59 PM (pjdUv)

282 I dont think Hispanics have much to do with the Election Night loss.

I think it's more of a class issue where they tend to be working class and they have only seen inflation slow down a bit. And now are being hit with high gas prices. So they're angry. Its not about immigration.

Middle class really is being squeezed and the bubbly stock market doesnt fix all that.

Posted by: Leupold at November 05, 2026 12:59 PM (BotSl)

283 We have NEVER been good at organizing, and don't even have the infrastructure for it. It takes more than winning the argument, it takes work. And I don't know if any of these rich donors have made any strides on even laying the groundwork for organizing infrastructure.
Posted by: McLurkerson at November 05, 2026 12:57 PM (AZDyS)

Youngkin was amazing at it for his run in VA...but he used his personal money to do it.

It's why he's my #2 darkhorse...but he's been out of politics all year and not a peep from him, so not sure he'd even want to be back in the game or put his own money up for 50 states.

Since he funded it, it was gone when he was not on the ballot...b/c the party didn't do it, the person did.

Posted by: Nova Local at November 05, 2026 01:00 PM (Gb7+b)

284 Rubio should just invade Cuba and set himself up as ruler.

Posted by: brak at November 05, 2026 01:00 PM (gw3RI)

285 The Hangover. What’s going on.

Posted by: tubal at November 05, 2026 01:00 PM (Gqar8)

286 277 Awfully strange results of a dem wave, but people voting against them on ballot issues, like girl sports and trannie kid surgeries and voter id.
____

I think a lot of Dem voters think Dems are reasonable (just like themselves!) and don't want boys in girls sports, trans surgery on kids, and why wouldn't you want voter ID? I think a lot have absolutely no idea what Dems politicians actually want.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 05, 2026 12:58 PM (Dv3i1)

Much of the Dem electorate is roughly socially conservative. This is however a fairly limited wedge issue. It's not worthless but it's not a game winner by itself.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 05, 2026 01:00 PM (okun6)

287 The defeat of Tejas now means that TENNESSEE has moved to the center of the target circle. Lucky fuckin' us. Oh yay. Buy ammo.

Posted by: Dr_No at November 05, 2026 01:00 PM (ayRl+)

288 Awfully strange results of a dem wave, but people voting against them on ballot issues, like girl sports and trannie kid surgeries and voter id.
____

I think a lot of Dem voters think Dems are reasonable (just like themselves!) and don't want boys in girls sports, trans surgery on kids, and why wouldn't you want voter ID? I think a lot have absolutely no idea what Dems politicians actually want.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 05, 2026 12:58 PM (Dv3i1)
_________

This ^^^

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 05, 2026 01:00 PM (iFTx/)

289 Dildojosa promised a slew of shit that these people should have already known ain't gonna happen. The only promise she is going to fulfill is opening the border back up which is gonna drive up all the costs again and piss everyone off... again.
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One of the few good things the TX Rs did last session was a bill to require/incentivize sheriffs to cooperate with ICE.

Almost all of the border sheriffs have signed 287(g) agreements.
And many of those endorsed Abbott and/or Paxton, even though they are Dems.
Only El Paso is the border sheriff who opposed the program. But he still applied.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 05, 2026 01:00 PM (/Ki2A)

290
He’s not perfect, but he’s fantastic. Shame on you for shitting on him now and rushing to do it gleefully. Just step off
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 05, 2026 12:57 PM (PYT6H)

Kneejerk reacting, pants shitting, hair on fire bedwetting is fun, you see.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 01:00 PM (2614e)

291 Wisconsin Dems sure didn't waste any time. From Townhall:

"Wisconsinites Are About to Get Affordability in the Form of a 15 Percent Utility Rate Hike"

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 05, 2026 01:01 PM (yKhjs)

292 Shame on you for shitting on him now and rushing to do it gleefully. Just step off

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 05, 2026 12:57 PM (PYT6H)

That's the spirit.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 05, 2026 01:01 PM (eUDuQ)

293 He’s not perfect, but he’s fantastic. Shame on you for shitting on him now and rushing to do it gleefully. Just step off
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 05, 2026 12:57 PM (PYT6H)

Same shit, different day. I heard it all in 2018 & 2020 as well. Completely typical. Anything but admit the GOP is a fag whose shit's all retarded.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 05, 2026 01:01 PM (BI5O2)

294 "I think a lot have absolutely no idea what Dems politicians actually want."

I have a hard time believing that people have forgotten Dem politicians kneeling in submission, wearing 'kente cloth,' while BLM burned the nation.

Posted by: gp at November 05, 2026 01:01 PM (Jr5Lq)

295 Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls

You must be new here.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 05, 2026 12:56 PM (eUDuQ)

No, he's been here a while.

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 01:01 PM (pjdUv)

296 Cut Ukraine loose and finish Iran. Let’s see how bad the new Congress wants to fund another war for the CIA.

Posted by: Pudinhead at November 05, 2026 01:01 PM (Wp1X1)

297 258 It would be nice to see people actually perform some analysis and make arguments, rather than insisting their own leanings were correct all along.

I'll use TX as an example because that's where I live.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 12:54 PM (HFrEr)

Nice!
Can you chime in on: Why, oh, why Talarico? Why oh why oh why.

Posted by: m at November 05, 2026 01:01 PM (odBC9)

298 bear@258, I would like to know why Texas Sec of State's office was not publishing vote totals from 8pm until 3 am in the morning.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 05, 2026 01:01 PM (8Uo7a)

299 Every election is a "change or same" choice.

There is no third way.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

This presupposes that the election is a clean one. The Dem fraud in 2028 is going to be 2020 on steroids, meth, and bath salts.

Posted by: John Thune at November 05, 2026 01:02 PM (5J3aM)

300 I knew the knives would come out here eventually. lol

Posted by: one hour sober at November 05, 2026 01:02 PM (J4Dwc)

301 Many of the voters are new voters. Specifically, they are Hispanic voters. Their listed issues are largely economic, the Democrat campaign on 'affordability' was a winner. In practice this means social spending.

Using LatAm as a reference, social spending and law and order tend to appeal to Hispanics.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy

So voting against ICE to keep illegals here that will undercut your paycheck and jerbs is the smart move?

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 01:02 PM (mISmA)

302 >>>I have a hard time believing that people have forgotten Dem politicians kneeling in submission, wearing 'kente cloth,' while BLM burned the nation.

the average person can't remember the Tik Toks they watched yesterday

Posted by: brak at November 05, 2026 01:02 PM (gw3RI)

303 282 I dont think Hispanics have much to do with the Election Night loss.

I think it's more of a class issue where they tend to be working class and they have only seen inflation slow down a bit. And now are being hit with high gas prices. So they're angry. Its not about immigration.

Middle class really is being squeezed and the bubbly stock market doesnt fix all that.

Posted by: Leupold at November 05, 2026 12:59 PM (BotSl)

Look at the numbers. Hispanics swung massively and turned out massively. The working class more broadly didn't really shift as much other than the ex-union Trump types not showing up for mid-terms as usual.

Immigration enforcement may have hurt. I don't have enough to go on to say. My guess is some are for and some against.

Democrats campaigning on affordability was a big success.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 05, 2026 01:02 PM (okun6)

304 301 Many of the voters are new voters. Specifically, they are Hispanic voters. Their listed issues are largely economic, the Democrat campaign on 'affordability' was a winner. In practice this means social spending.

Using LatAm as a reference, social spending and law and order tend to appeal to Hispanics.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy

So voting against ICE to keep illegals here that will undercut your paycheck and jerbs is the smart move?

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 01:02 PM (mISmA)

Law and order tends to be unstable as a platform because people stop voting for it as soon as crime recedes.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at November 05, 2026 01:03 PM (okun6)

305
Ben,

You are right about amnesty. Article on Breitbart.

Posted by: four seasons at November 05, 2026 01:03 PM (/QHx4)

306 Government run healthcare is shit the WORLD OVER. Yet, people continually run on and clamor for Government Run Heathcare.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 12:56 PM (2614e)

Whenever I make this argument to a universal healthcare proponent, they invariably assert that the quality of and access to healthcare in those other countries is superior to the US. When I mention the healthcare tourism from Canada, they say that's not happening. Argh.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at November 05, 2026 01:03 PM (OlzlW)

307 bear with assymetrical balls for the win. Each anomalous ("red" state going "blue") needs the same analysis. And remember all that has to be explained is whether, and why, a "normal" mid-term result for the Party in Power was exceeded, for the Dems.

Red Turban keeps pointing out the key electoral challenge for the GOP on the prez level: the Trump Only voting demo.

It's why he won MI and WI, and every swing state.

And the "Trump taint" forecast 2 years ahead is really something. What's going to be the inflation/GDP/employment picture in the summer of 2028? On current trends, it would be quite good. Manufacturing investment and employment? (headed same direction) Foreign policy *outcomes* - not idiotic current vibes (and they are mostly idiotic)?

Posted by: rhomboid at November 05, 2026 01:03 PM (U/Byj)

308 I have a hard time believing that people have forgotten Dem politicians kneeling in submission, wearing 'kente cloth,' while BLM burned the nation.

===

These are kinder , gentler, uniter and not a divider Democrats!

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 01:04 PM (AKptf)

309 Yea, I'd love to hear a better solution. I can blame Trumps failure to explain to the public why we're doing it that way, especially after it wasn't over in a few weeks as was suggested, for a role in this mess. He also failed to connect with voters on fighting rising costs.

He did the things but he didn't sell it or the message didn't penetrate.

Joel Pollack had what I think is the best take.

Trump was elected to do politically difficult but necessary things. Securing the border is ugly. Fighting Iran is costly. Taking on special interests upsets donors. Backing AI scares people. Tonight, Republicans paid the costs. The benefits will be with us for many generations.

https://x.com/joelpollak/status/2117845602763756017

That's why nobody else was willing to do them and Trump was.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 05, 2026 01:04 PM (Riz8t)

310 284 Rubio should just invade Cuba and set himself up as ruler.
Posted by: brak at November 05, 2026 01:00 PM (gw3RI)

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I'd move there.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 01:04 PM (iOpI2)

311 Same shit, different day. I heard it all in 2018 & 2020 as well. Completely typical. Anything but admit the GOP is a fag whose shit's all retarded.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 05, 2026 01:01 PM (BI5O2)

He didn't say the GOP. He was specifically talking about Trump.

EVERYONE knows the GOP is a soy-laden group of useless grifting assholes.

TRUMP has been TRYING to get them to man up and show balls.......he failed with that because they F*CKING SUCK.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 01:04 PM (2614e)

312 Nice to see the sane DeSantis supporters here haven't gone this idiot route given teh chance.

I mean you have to pretty dumb to have decided the commie takeover that Trump beat back for a decade is now his fault. I mean really really dumb. Even if he mismanaged the fight totally. He got in there and is the only R in our lifetime to put it on the line for what matters to us even when he got to the big chair and had the chance to really fuck us.

I don't know why I even care.

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 01:04 PM (pjdUv)

313 Begone Mitch McConnell's handpuppet sock.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at November 05, 2026 01:05 PM (5J3aM)

314 Stray thoughts:

-They probably really are going to try to "do it all", as fast as possible. Impeach all the things. Pass all the laws.
-They suck at life, they suck at everything they try to actually do, and they'll probably make a gigantic fiasco out of everything they try to set into motion.
-They don't actually have the balls to go full Terror to prop up their nonsense once it all becomes a shambles
-Nothing much will come of said nonsense except headlines and memes
-We'll probably have to pick between two absolute clowns in 2028, the gutless shitbag GOP will slither back into the legislature, and everything will be just a little bit shittier and stupider than it is today.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 01:05 PM (aKiSo)

315 I really hope Rubio doesn't resign. We need him!

Posted by: redridinghood at November 05, 2026 01:05 PM (wzaBj)

316
So voting against ICE to keep illegals here that will undercut your paycheck and jerbs is the smart move?
Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 01:02 PM

But the appeal to emotion versus facts is very effective, and even though most of what people claimed ICE was doing never happened, boy will you find people swearing it did.

We need to improve our messaging and sending out long numbered lists of accomplishments with pretty backgrounds ain’t it.

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 01:06 PM (ZdaMQ)

317 How corrupt is the fkng R side of the Senate that Thune still thinks he has a chance at leadership , after the fiasco of Tuesday ?

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 01:06 PM (AKptf)

318 This is the attitude that beat the Republicans. It's insanity
Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 05, 2026 12:48 PM (8VNAp)
==

The Hudson Valley is about 30-35% non-white. When you import the third world, you import their IQs as well. Those IQs vote.

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at November 05, 2026 01:06 PM (0bjKf)

319 197
Yep it's kind of amazing.

Two more years to go, 100% of the important policies are entirely executive branch/EO-based. Congress can only vandalize around the edges.

Most of the policies are working, some take a long time to show results. Some of those results may be visible, even to the dumbed-down electorate marinating in media nonsense, by 2028.

Some of those results are already visible. Border/immigration. Crime. Inflation. Economic growth. Real wage increases.

"Distancing" from these policies? To get the GOP nomination? WTF?
Posted by: rhomboid at November 05, 2026 12:37 PM (U/Byj)

Even if the results were the exact opposite on Election Day, this would still be a hive of defeatism. I’m not giving up on TX just yet. The Senate is still in good hands, and the new Lt Gov won’t be able to do anything about it. The Republicans there set the rules.

Posted by: Cow Demon
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Hair on fire, Rending of garments and the pathetics wonder why we lose. Sweet Jesus people, Nancy Pelosi would kick your ass.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 01:06 PM (Cq/ve)

320 Someone needs to explain the demographic makeup of the US and how it is that this "fractional minority" of Democrat Socialists and Islamists can run the table in a midterm election.

Unless this "minority" label is pure horseshit and the overwhelming majority of "Americans" want democratic socialism.

Because something's not adding up.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 05, 2026 01:06 PM (RORbl)

321 Wisconsinites Are About to Get Affordability in the Form of a 15 Percent Utility Rate Hike"
Posted by: Washington Nearsider,

NYS raised it's health care premiums 11% last week.

These fuckers will do nothing to fix anyone's problems.

Revolution always.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 05, 2026 01:06 PM (X8vlu)

322 It's ok to let people vent, we just got our butts kicked. We'll all have fun making fun of the midget muslim from munchkin land at a later time.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 05, 2026 01:06 PM (n5tGW)

323 Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 05, 2026 12:57 PM (PYT6H)

I agree with you. Trump is Trump . He is 80 years old. As a guy on the conservative NYC radio station said today "Trump thinks out loud ." So I find it not really helpful for me to get angry and speak against him at this point.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 05, 2026 01:06 PM (JrHfD)

324 Same shit, different day. I heard it all in 2018 & 2020 as well. Completely typical. Anything but admit the GOP is a fag whose shit's all retarded.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 05, 2026 01:01 PM (BI5O2)

-------

I like Trump, a lot. I hate the GOP. They are fags and their shit is all retarded.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 01:07 PM (iOpI2)

325 "Securing the border is ugly."

Nonsense. DJT did it in like two days. It was like flipping a light switch.

If there are no borders, there is no fricking nation.

Posted by: gp at November 05, 2026 01:07 PM (Jr5Lq)

326 Sorry to bring up Covid again, but a bunch of citizens lost their lives because of Medicaid and Medicare. Hospitals were told they would forfeit their Medic--- reimbursements unless they poisoned their patients with Remdesivir and restricted or forbade effective treatments. I lost a couple of friends that way.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at November 05, 2026 01:07 PM (OlzlW)

327 Youngkin was amazing at it for his run in VA...but he used his personal money to do it.

It's why he's my #2 darkhorse...but he's been out of politics all year and not a peep from him, so not sure he'd even want to be back in the game or put his own money up for 50 states.

We could do a lot worse, and probably will.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 05, 2026 01:07 PM (Riz8t)

328 People are too hard on John Thune.

He is a democrat. What is a democrat with ambition to do in South Dakota? Run as a Republican, of course.

To do this you need zero principles, but that is a given.
So for a Democrat, he has done very well for himself.

The problem is the fools who think he is on our side.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at November 05, 2026 01:07 PM (LHn+s)

329 291 Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 05, 2026 01:01 PM (yKhjs)

Yup...and the AI data centers they bitched about....competing directly for the unexpanded power grid go long on brownouts and favelas....

fuck em I do not care anymore.

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 01:07 PM (Int1s)

330 246 Maybe Dhillon is preparing to run for office ?

or working on a new line of dhill pickles.

Posted by: anachronda at November 05, 2026 01:07 PM (v3pYe)

331 I think a lot of Dem voters think Dems are reasonable (just like themselves!) and don't want boys in girls sports, trans surgery on kids, and why wouldn't you want voter ID? I think a lot have absolutely no idea what Dems politicians actually want.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 05, 2026 12:58 PM (Dv3i1)
____________________________

I believe a vast majority of Dem voters don't vote on the issues AND they don't vote for their own candidate. They vote MOSTLY against the other candidate. The DEM party no longer has universal issues. They have a hodge podge of niche groups with their own single issue (many of which are diametrically opposed to other niche groups in the DEM party), so they can't land on a solid platform.

As a result, the encourage animosity and falsehoods towards the challenger. That's how these hyperbolic labels get attached to the Right (Nazi, bigot, fascist). They have no other unifying platform.

Posted by: Orson at November 05, 2026 01:07 PM (dIske)

332 People's Hippo, important point about TX 287(g) arrangements (allows local LE to work with ICE, basically). That and the TX Senate.

TX is the largest most important southern border sector.

So TX shifting to any part of a "sanctuary" posture would be catastrophic for the overall border security/immigration picture. Despite the election, looks like the elements might be in place to hold the line.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 05, 2026 01:08 PM (U/Byj)

333 Does anyone really believe that if the SAVE act had passed, election night would have gone differently?

I dont.

Posted by: Leupold

Have a gander at Florida's results.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at November 05, 2026 01:08 PM (0U5gm)

334 317 How corrupt is the fkng R side of the Senate that Thune still thinks he has a chance at leadership , after the fiasco of Tuesday ?
Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 01:06 PM

Hang on to your hat…

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 01:08 PM (ZdaMQ)

335 40 am kind of glad Alabama keeps getting left off the list of places that stayed red.

Reminder! We have alligators, sharks, mosquitoes and we talk funny.
Posted by: Piper at November

*nods and waves from Oklahoma*
Posted by: BruceWayne at November 05, 2026 12:16 PM (YZ0Fo)

Kind of looking at Tennessee as a bug-out domicile. No property/income taxes? Need to escape California taxes for a few years.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at November 05, 2026 01:08 PM (QGaXH)

336 remember Dearborn being talked about as heavily Arab and evil Muslim.

In the 1980s.
Posted by: Cow Demon at November 05, 2026 12:58 PM (h3AaS)

I don’t recall the evil part but yes, Dearborn was heavily populated by Muslims back in the 80’s. I lived in the area back then and they made terrific neighbors.

Posted by: Honest Cloud at November 05, 2026 01:08 PM (GVoQJ)

337 Oh, and ICE & being so mean!

SNOPES, Fact Check, Feb. 9, 2026, 67 people died in ICE custody during Obama's presidency. That's not the full story
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is required by law to report whenever a detained person in its custody dies.
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Under the Joe Biden administration, approximately 105 individuals died in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody across its four-year term (2021–2024), according to tracking and reporting cited by organizations such as Democracy Now!. Other watchdog groups and reports (such as Prism Reports) have specifically documented individual cases and systemic concerns regarding medical neglect, solitary confinement, and inadequate facility care during that period.

Not counting the "kids in cages" under those U.S..Presidents.

Where have been the surrogates for this administration?!!

For heaven sakes, even Melania Trump is trying to negotiate Ukraine-Russian peace!

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 05, 2026 01:08 PM (NFX2v)

338 268 Ohferpetessakes. None of these people base any decisions on things like family obligations, policy differences, what's right for the country, or even their party.

It's only about them, and their future prospects. There's no need to overthink it.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's3 Dice at November 05, 2026 12:56 PM (BI5O2)

I wasn't following you, here. Do you mean "these people" as in Harmeet Dhillon?

Posted by: m at November 05, 2026 01:08 PM (odBC9)

339 DNC has intentionally ushered islamists"

FWIW, stock up on popcorn.

The "Muslim voting bloc" vs "Hispanic, esp. women" will be quite the row...

Posted by: man at November 05, 2026 01:08 PM (pfXMo)

340 284 Rubio should just invade Cuba and set himself up as ruler.
Posted by: brak

I was the lift the decades long cruel blockade of the poor downtrodden Cuban regime once I got in office, but I've decided against it now that Rubio is head of government there.
- Future Dem President

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 05, 2026 01:09 PM (Dv3i1)

341 320 Someone needs to explain the demographic makeup of the US and how it is that this "fractional minority" of Democrat Socialists and Islamists can run the table in a midterm election.

Unless this "minority" label is pure horseshit and the overwhelming majority of "Americans" want democratic socialism.

Because something's not adding up.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 05, 2026 01:06 PM (RORbl)

You already know why..."Vote blue no matter who" - the DSA probably came up with that...

They only needed 5-10% of Dem voters to get on the ballot...then it's just a matter of the slogan to the Dem LIVs...

We should probably come up with "Vote red or you'll wish you were dead"...or "Vote red or shit the bed" or "Vote red if you ever want to be fed"...nothing works quite as well...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 05, 2026 01:09 PM (Gb7+b)

342 326 Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at November 05, 2026 01:07 PM (OlzlW)

Ohio raged at the economic damage the DeWine admin did to their mortgages and small businesses under DeWine....they just elected Amy Acton the person who ran his policy with literal carte blanche and no input from him literally and I know because I know staffers....

fuck the voters and they deserve EVERYTHING that comes next.....

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 01:09 PM (Int1s)

343 I doubt Youngkin would have a prayer at the prez level, for many reasons. He's smart enough to know that too.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 05, 2026 01:09 PM (U/Byj)

344 That doesn't mean we don't look at the voting patterns and try to extrapolate. It's not personal, it's strictly business.

Posted by: Archimedes
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Referring to the logically and numerically inordinate turnout numbers across the board for totally inexplicable candidates I assume.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 01:10 PM (Cq/ve)

345 Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 05, 2026 01:06 PM (RORbl)

People vote feels. Democrats had a confluence of something and milked it. And most importantly the GOP *did not change or adapt*. They ran essentially all the same people they would have without Trump being born.

D's stole it from Pratt because Pratt could have put a monkey wrench in their plan. Same with Hong and Platner I am guessing. It was a very brisk psy op. Trump left openings and they stormed through them. But there is nothing he could really do about "affordability". Even without tariffs they did eggs forever. Then beef. Whatever they needed.

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 01:10 PM (pjdUv)

346 As I see it, our only hope is that they do try to eliminate the Senate, pack the court, etc.

Maybe that will wake up enough people for a Republican wave in 2 years.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at November 05, 2026 01:10 PM (LHn+s)

347 343 I find it hard to believe that the muy macho Hispanics voted for a flaming white gay guy that talks shit about The Virgin Mary.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 12:59 PM (mISmA)

Fraud is a possible explanation. I don't think it's the correct one this time. The TX wipeout is generally consistent with the GOP losing almost everywhere across the country, which would be a lot of fraud to pull off in an environment no more friendly to fraud than 2024, when we won. The races were even close in FL, where we did win, and FL has done lots of good work cleaning up its elections. And, specific to TX, the GOP lost the state's lower legislative chamber; those house seats are spread out; urban blue fraud cannot really account for the loss of the TX house, I don't think.

I remain open to the possibility. In 2020, we could point to specific badges of fraud though (simultaneous shutdown of vote counts in thr middle of the night, 81 million votes for Biden, which Dems have not been able to replicate) but I'm not seeing obvious signs here. Am I wrong?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 01:10 PM (HFrEr)

348 I mean, geez, it's been like 48 hours!

Hakeem Jeffries
@RepJeffries
·Why is Pete Hegseth still around?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 05, 2026 01:10 PM (ndZc7)

349 I find it hard to believe that the muy macho Hispanics voted for a flaming white gay guy that talks shit about The Virgin Mary.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 12:59 PM (mISmA)

Or maybe the Hispanic “natural conservative” myth from 20 years ago needs to finally die.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 01:10 PM (VYGAQ)

350 Jeez, some of you need to take a pill. Criticism of Trump or even just speculating what might have gone wrong does not equal being a retarded, ungrateful RINO.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 05, 2026 01:11 PM (Riz8t)

351 334 317 How corrupt is the fkng R side of the Senate that Thune still thinks he has a chance at leadership , after the fiasco of Tuesday ?
Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 01:06 PM

Hang on to your hat…
Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 01:08 PM (ZdaMQ)

There should be a social media campaign sent to every R senator saying they are next out if they keep Thune...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 05, 2026 01:12 PM (Gb7+b)

352 bear, read comment at 200

Posted by: Ben Had at November 05, 2026 01:12 PM (8Uo7a)

353 It will be fun to watch the muslims vs LGBTwhatever in the future.

Can they be compatible?

Who will ultimately win the power struggle?

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 01:12 PM (iOpI2)

354 >>>Or maybe the Hispanic “natural conservative” myth from 20 years ago needs to finally die.

they vote for free shit just like every other immigrant group

Posted by: brak at November 05, 2026 01:12 PM (gw3RI)

355 Nood

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 05, 2026 01:12 PM (X8vlu)

356 How do you run a Democratic Republic when more than half of the citizens live in a fictional online world rather than the Republic itself?

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at November 05, 2026 01:12 PM (r7+Q7)

357 348 I mean, geez, it's been like 48 hours!

Hakeem Jeffries
@RepJeffries
·Why is Pete Hegseth still around?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 05, 2026 01:10 PM (ndZc7)

Wow. Open threats against the safety of a cabinet secretary. Someone ought to move on that.

Oh, right, the GOP is dogshit and you can actually shoot directly at them and not face any pushback of any kind.

I forgot.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 01:12 PM (aKiSo)

358 334 317 How corrupt is the fkng R side of the Senate that Thune still thinks he has a chance at leadership , after the fiasco of Tuesday ?
Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 01:06 PM

Hang on to your hat…
Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 01:08 PM (ZdaMQ)

If Thune gets the minority leader position they will literally be the nail in the coffin for the party. Which is why they are going to do it.

Posted by: cajun carrot at November 05, 2026 01:12 PM (lLeLE)

359 Does anyone really believe that if the SAVE act had passed, election night would have gone differently?

I dont.

Posted by: Leupold

Have a gander at Florida's results.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada

===

A deep red state and squeaker elections.

Even in Florida, the blue wave hit, it just came a bit short.

I'm all for tighter voter laws, and there is real fraud, but if anyone is chalking up all of election night to voter fraud, you're delusional.

You could feel it, I saw so many real world anecdotes, and all the data was showing it, we just chose to cocoon ourselves in delusions and that a few random clickbait types that told us everyone was fine.

Posted by: Leupold at November 05, 2026 01:12 PM (BotSl)

360 didn't say the GOP. He was specifically talking about Trump.

EVERYONE knows the GOP is a soy-laden group of useless grifting assholes.
-------

You're misreading me.

I'm saying that everyone rushes to blame everything but the obvious actual problem, since doing so would bring up some seriously painful questions for them.

So they blame some given policy like Iran (in this case), or Trump, or voters (and especially those darn nonvoters!), or Mercury in retrograde, or anything besides the GOP.

Like clockwork.

Every time it fucks everyone over. No exceptions.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 05, 2026 01:13 PM (BI5O2)

361 It's a bitter pill that people need to flee Texas.

We've got some work to do.
=
As Churchill (may or may not have) put it: Americans can be relied upon to do the right thing...once every alternative has been tried.

Nothing will ever get better until we decide it's time to make the left, all of it, flee from us, and stop trying to preserve their system because reasons.

Or we can just keep submitting and all descend into madness and ruin, and ultimately Judgment, together.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at November 05, 2026 01:13 PM (vSvIl)

362 will be fun to watch the muslims vs LGBTwhatever in the future.

Can they be compatible?

Who will ultimately win the power struggle?
Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 01:12 PM (iOpI2)

Their common goal is the destruction of America and especially white males. They’ll work together for a while to do that.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 01:13 PM (VYGAQ)

363
(1) Poverty and child poverty are at an all time low.
(2) GDP per capita is at an all time high.
(3) The murder rate is lowest recorded.
(4) Real median income is up to an all-time high of $88,000.
(5) U.S. crude output is at an all time high. Natural gas production also at an all time high.
(6) The border is secure. Deportation of criminal illegal aliens is at an all time high.
(7) Inflation is at its lowest point since 2022
(

Lowest interest rates since 2020
(9) CPI at its lowest point since 2022
(10) take home wages are up and at their best point since 2021
(11) Trump has secured $22.5 trillion in new investments

Yeah, things are terrible. Let’s give the Democrats a chance to get their fraud back or something g.

Posted by: Vengeance at November 05, 2026 01:13 PM (8zDk6)

364 People vote feels. Democrats had a confluence of something

Posted by: ... a
----

Look at the numbers compare them to previous numbers.
They are totally implausible.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 05, 2026 01:13 PM (Cq/ve)

365
Or maybe the Hispanic “natural conservative” myth from 20 years ago needs to finally die.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 01:10 PM (VYGAQ)

Everyone is a natural conservative if they use common sense. The Hispanics are the kings of hypocrisy as they will have a tattoo of Jesus on the cross proudly displayed as they're disemboweling you for not paying your drug debts......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 01:13 PM (2614e)

366 You already know why..."Vote blue no matter who" - the DSA probably came up with that...

They only needed 5-10% of Dem voters to get on the ballot...then it's just a matter of the slogan to the Dem LIVs...

We should probably come up with "Vote red or you'll wish you were dead"...or "Vote red or shit the bed" or "Vote red if you ever want to be fed"...nothing works quite as well...
Posted by: Nova Local

Vote Red or your Family is Dead.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 01:14 PM (mISmA)

367 This is a total disaster. How will Trump accomplish anything for 2 whole years without being able to pass any bills?

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at November 05, 2026 01:14 PM (LHn+s)

368 Even without tariffs they did eggs forever. Then beef. Whatever they needed.
Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 01:10 PM (pjdUv)

And they wailed about the price of eggs as the price fell by two thirds. Insane that people responded to that.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at November 05, 2026 01:14 PM (OlzlW)

369 351 Posted by: Nova Local at November 05, 2026 01:12 PM (Gb7+b)

I am happy with Tuesday night....why?

Cornyn is fucking gone as is Collins as is Cassidy....and I will be just as happy to see almost all of the GOP Go Along gang gone in the Senate....so keep Thune.....see what happens.

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 01:14 PM (Int1s)

370 346 As I see it, our only hope is that they do try to eliminate the Senate, pack the court, etc.

Maybe that will wake up enough people for a Republican wave in 2 years.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus

A good thought BUT Barack Obama explicitly aligned himself with the philosophy of a "living Constitution," viewing it not as a static text but as a dynamic document that must be interpreted in the context of an ever-changing world.

And O is running the show.

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 05, 2026 01:14 PM (NFX2v)

371 Yep. People vote with their wallet. Any now they’ve given Democrats a chance to pickpocket them. Again. I have “Kick Me” signs for sale. Cheap.

Posted by: Vengeance at November 05, 2026 01:16 PM (8zDk6)

372 362 Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 01:13 PM (VYGAQ)

Beirut 83 took 12-15 years.... I figure the Red green Alliance having a bad day will be 25-32 years from now.....

I will be too old or dead to care too much.

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 01:16 PM (Int1s)

373 288 Awfully strange results of a dem wave, but people voting against them on ballot issues, like girl sports and trannie kid surgeries and voter id.
____

I think a lot of Dem voters think Dems are reasonable (just like themselves!) and don't want boys in girls sports, trans surgery on kids, and why wouldn't you want voter ID? I think a lot have absolutely no idea what Dems politicians actually want.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 05, 2026 12:58 PM (Dv3i1)
_________

This ^^^
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 05, 2026 01:00 PM (iFTx/)

Republican pollsters have expressed consternation that they cannot actually convince people that Dems hold some of the more outlandish positions that they do.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 01:17 PM (HFrEr)

374 Yeah, things are terrible. Let’s give the Democrats a chance to get their fraud back or something g.
Posted by: Vengeance at November 05, 2026 01:13 PM (8zDk6)

Nah, Republicans where too busy sniffing their own farts to run any reliable campaign other than mudslinging.

They are also too out of touch with the voters that are addicted to their phones and eat up all the garbage bullshit it spits out.

Instead they decided to piss millions away on annoying everyone while they are at work with a 2012 style text spamming campaign that no one asked for.

Posted by: cajun carrot at November 05, 2026 01:17 PM (lLeLE)

375 Wisconsinites Are About to Get Affordability in the Form of a 15 Percent Utility Rate Hike"
Posted by: Washington Nearsider,

NYS raised it's health care premiums 11% last week.

-
Freedom's just another word for nothin' but taxes, see?
Nothin' ain't worth nothin', but it's free

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 05, 2026 01:18 PM (ndZc7)

376 355 Nood
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 05, 2026 01:12 PM (X8vlu)

Posted by: m at November 05, 2026 01:18 PM (odBC9)

377 Oh and with the Senate going Socialists, no more conservatives judges. Probably the last ones this year.

Posted by: Skip at November 05, 2026 01:19 PM (sgkY8)

378 I think a lot have absolutely no idea what Dems politicians actually want.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 05, 2026 12:58 PM (Dv3i1)

They have a new crop of young ignorant kids that have melted their brains on tiktok propoganda to call upon every election. Why do you think they blew shit tons of money on "Influencers."

Brainwashing kids in school is no longer necessary (but an added plus), they can reach the kid directly through their phones now.

Posted by: cajun carrot at November 05, 2026 01:20 PM (lLeLE)

379 Re changing slogans

The color assignments were often reversed, but they actually rotated for decades depending on the television network. The permanent association of Red for Republicans and Blue for Democrats was cemented during the 2000 presidential election.

Because the election was unresolved on election night and the recount dragged on for five weeks, Americans stared at the exact same electoral maps on television and in print every single day. That year, major print outlets like The New York Times and USA Today, along with the broadcast networks, happened to universally use red for Bush (Republican) and blue for Gore (Democrat).

And maybe you can also remember the slogan Better Red than Dead during the Cold War era.

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 05, 2026 01:21 PM (NFX2v)

380 4 Democrats win, terrorists celebrate and congratulate them.

Good job, asshole stupid f*ck voters.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 12:08 PM (2614e)

Well, they did get that coveted IRGC endorsement.

Posted by: BuddyPC at November 05, 2026 01:25 PM (K8Pf1)

381 And maybe you can also remember the slogan Better Red than Dead during the Cold War era.
Posted by: L - No nic...

I think you have that reversed.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 05, 2026 01:29 PM (nEUC6)

382 298 bear@258, I would like to know why Texas Sec of State's office was not publishing vote totals from 8pm until 3 am in the morning.
Posted by: Ben Had at November 05, 2026 01:01 PM (8Uo7a)

I could be mistaken, but my past experience has been that SOS is pretty slow off the mark in terms of publishing results compared to the media. (Mostly based on my experience trying to get totals for intermediate appellate judgeships over the years.)

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 01:32 PM (HFrEr)

383 Republican pollsters have expressed consternation that they cannot actually convince people that Dems hold some of the more outlandish positions that they do.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 01:17 PM (HFrEr)

*******
Like toddlers, who are cute and adult idiots are not, normal Dims and the GOP who stayed home because of Trump hatred, have to experience hell before they believe it can happen.

Son #1 was a very, very smart little guy at age 3yrs. Advanced. He was told NOT to stuck anything into electrical outlets.

He decided one day to stick a key in one and the current blasted him backwards onto a guest bed. There was a large black smudge around the outlet. Baby bro (18mo) came running down the hall to us yelling, "Smoke and fire!"

We blame this incident on son losing some brain cells resulting in his college insanity of changing majors and wasting our money. He was an honors student and had AP credits before college. The brain cells apparently were the common sense ones that got fried.

Soon these pompous cretins will see what they voted for and have only themselves to blame vs Trump.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 05, 2026 01:58 PM (hzuYO)

The Morning Rant

For some unfathomable reason, President Trump announced on Tuesday that military aid to Israel would end this year. His explanation is a mess of the rational and the irrational.

Is it a good idea? Absolutely.

Was it announced without any thought and without any political advantage? Absolutely.

Here is the transcript of the interview, and here is the salient portion.

Why? Because they don't need it, Brian. I mean, I asked them, because they don't need it. And because why should we suffer the slings from lunatics like an El-Sayad when they don't need it? It's a bad -- it's a bad talking point because when you say, why don't we give everybody $4 billion? Israel's our number one; we give them more than anybody else and they no longer need it. We've been doing it for years, I've been doing it, but Israel is a very thriving country, they don't need it. If they did need it, I would say keep it going.

Regardless of whether the aid is a good idea, El-Sayad's comments should be refuted as contrary to the current law and policy of the United States government. Recognizing the political pitfalls of aid to Israel is reasonable, but changing that dynamic as an afterthought on election Tuesday, rather than using it to his and the Republican Party's political advantage is simply stupid.

As for the aid itself? Israel obviously requires a large and sophisticated military to counter the many threats against it, and since American weaponry is the best in the world, it is appropriate that it prioritize that technological advantage. But that aid has been a millstone around Israel's neck for a very long time. It has given the American president a huge amount of power over Israel's military decisions, and to a lesser extent its foreign policy. Most recently, Drooling Joe Biden (or someone in his administration) restricted shipments of certain weapons to Israel to control its military operations in Gaza. And before that, in 2014, the Obama administration restricted shipments of Hellfire missiles.

But the real control occurs behind the scenes. The threat is not that Israel will be unable to purchase American weaponry, but that there are strings attached to each purchase. And that is a caustic and dangerous situation, because Israel cannot always act in its own interests, but must defer to American foreign policy demands and the whims of the president, whoever he might be.

Those 2,000 and 500 pound bombs that Biden restricted? How many Israeli soldiers died because they had to go house-to-house (a brutal and dangerous tactic), rather than simply destroying the terrorist hives from the relative safety of the air? How many hostages were killed because the Biden administration slowed the Israeli military effort?

The military and technological relationship between Israel and America is strong. Civilian high-tech and military cooperation makes us both stronger. While the loss of four billion dollars in aid will hurt the Israeli military budget, the freedom to act independently is, in the long term, a far more valuable thing.

But the political calculation was ham-handed at best, and non-existent at worst. It did nothing for President Trump except buttress JD Vance's drift toward Tucker Carlson-style Jew-hate, and it may very well have injured Bibi Netanyahu's political machinations in Israel to create a strong coalition.

Was it off-the-cuff pontification, or was it planned? Who knows, but the result is a mess. I doubt that this announcement, had it been made at a politically opportune moment a few weeks or months ago would have prevented the ass-kicking of the mid-term elections, but it might have mitigated it somewhat.

Political capital is ephemeral, and whatever President Trump might have earned with this ill-timed announcement will be dissipated by the time he needs it.

And that is illustrative of the problem with the Trump administration!

[Crossposted at CutJibNewsletter and X/Twitter]. And if you folks who are on X/Twitter would follow me it would be much appreciated!

Posted by: CBD at 11:00 AM

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1 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 11:01 AM (mISmA)

2 Was it announced without any thought and without any political advantage? Absolutely."

Pretty much describes the Administration since February...

Sad, really.

Posted by: man at November 05, 2026 11:01 AM (pfXMo)

3 Pretty much describes the Administration since February...

Posted by: man at November 05, 2026 11:01 AM (pfXMo)

It's maddening!

A coherent and consistent explanation of what was going on would have been tremendously helpful.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 05, 2026 11:03 AM (k5CNB)

4 A coherent and consistent explanation of what was going on would have been tremendously helpful."

You have a talent for understatement.

/no, not sucking up, ok?

Posted by: man at November 05, 2026 11:05 AM (pfXMo)

5 I hope Israel will now take the gloves off and start smiting the goat humpers.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 11:05 AM (mISmA)

6 A coherent and consistent explanation of what was going on would have been tremendously helpful.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 05, 2026 11:03 AM

Coherence and consistency from Washington? The deuce, you say!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 05, 2026 11:05 AM (ctC8W)

7 American money comes with American strings.

Israel can do what it wants now, without our 'input,' which - given the elections - becomes much more salient to the Israeli government, I'm sure.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, perparing at November 05, 2026 11:05 AM (yKhjs)

8 We need a Doom Thread.

H/T Monty

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 05, 2026 11:06 AM (1bYJp)

9 Coherence and consistency from Washington? The deuce, you say!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 05, 2026 11:05 AM (ctC8W)

I know...I know. I am naive.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 05, 2026 11:07 AM (k5CNB)

10 Tbh we were just taken over by gay communists. Israel should be aware our ability to do anything positive will be very limited as soon as this congress is seated

Posted by: 18-1 at November 05, 2026 11:08 AM (UZr0D)

11 A coherent and consistent explanation

Neither are PDT's strong points and that's been mostly working until it didn't. Mostly because of BlockHeads.

Posted by: DaveA at November 05, 2026 11:08 AM (FhXTo)

12 Israel can do what it wants now, without our 'input,' which - given the elections - becomes much more salient to the Israeli government, I'm sure.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, perparing at November 05, 2026 11:05 AM (yKhjs)

I know this sounds hopelessly naive and optimistic, but it might strengthen the relationship.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 05, 2026 11:09 AM (k5CNB)

13 Good morning!

Without question, Trump is the most transformative leader of our lifetime. He is a man, however, and not a superhero. His weakness has always been communication- it’s just not good. Oh he has had some good, great even, moments. But it is not his strength. I have been smacked by some of y’all for saying it, I have been told some of you appreciate his roughness. But it is an issue and a hindrance. I would prefer this Trump to no Trump, but I also wish this could have been smoothed out.

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 11:10 AM (ZdaMQ)

14 Why not stop the assistance but keep your mouth shut about it?

Posted by: Discretion Is at November 05, 2026 11:10 AM (D5ixm)

15 A book titled Revelation.

Posted by: Eromero at November 05, 2026 11:10 AM (LHPAg)

16 This has nothing to do with Israel. Trump's weakness was that he thought he could make deals with muzzie radicals. I still give him kudos for having the courage to actually try to take away Iran's ability to cause chaos.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 05, 2026 11:10 AM (g8Ew8)

17 Ensuring Israel's security seems to me to be the moral responsibility of Germany and the contractual responsibility of England. Why would it be primarily ours?

Posted by: Oglebay at November 05, 2026 11:10 AM (2ap+5)

18 Israel can do what it wants now, without our 'input,' which - given the elections - becomes much more salient to the Israeli government, I'm sure.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, perparing at November 05, 2026 11:05 AM (yKhjs)

I know this sounds hopelessly naive and optimistic, but it might strengthen the relationship.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Until January 2027.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 11:10 AM (mISmA)

19 And that is illustrative of the problem with the Trump administration!"

Yeah. We have seen much good, but any other such victories and...

/yeah, misquote. sort of.

Posted by: man at November 05, 2026 11:11 AM (pfXMo)

20 Political capital is ephemeral, and whatever President Trump might have earned with this ill-timed announcement will be dissipated by the time he needs it.
----------
I don't know what the hell he is doing. Seems like this one should have been kept in the political bank. I mean sure, he knew the announcement would create friction - but to what short term gain given the timing with the election? Not everything is 4D chess. Sometimes a move is just a move - and with what we/I know currently, this is just a move.

Posted by: scampydog at November 05, 2026 11:13 AM (2bFN5)

21 Last week I de-risked most of my tech holdings. Yesterday I was wondering if I was a bit premature. Nope. Holy shit, Wall Street is a bloodbath today.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 05, 2026 11:13 AM (2UnvF)

22 Basically correct CBD. A very odd way to introduce the concept.

The issue of cutting the aid cord with the US has been an active one in Israel for decades, logically enough, though of course that is completely unknown to the airheads on this side who make the most noise on the subject.

Bibi addressed a joint session in the 90s and brought it up then.

An amusing parallel is the ignorant belief that the US has always been a big military partner of Israel. Israel won its largest conventional wars (against Arab states) while under a US arms embargo. The US-Israel alliance arose slowly out of - sit down for this ignoramuses - the developing parallel interests of combating (at the time) Soviet-influenced and supported Arab "nationalism", and then Islamic jihadism that threatened strategic interests (energy) the US had recognized as far back as FDR.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 05, 2026 11:13 AM (U/Byj)

23 Israelis won't bow to their executioners like Americans just did Tuesday.

Posted by: Eromero at November 05, 2026 11:14 AM (LHPAg)

24 Can we restock our own munition inventory first? That would be great.

Posted by: one hour sober at November 05, 2026 11:14 AM (J4Dwc)

25 Political capital is ephemeral"

True. Think of the beginning of this year...

then by July 4th, local WM didn't sell out of flags.

It was fast.

Posted by: man at November 05, 2026 11:14 AM (pfXMo)

26 I agree with this, and will add it's only the latest in a long line of bad calculations and missteps from Trump this year. It's uncharacteristic of him, but undeniable.

I can't say it bothered me that much at the time. But in the wake of the midterms, it becomes clearer how out of touch the white house seemed to the vast majority of voters.

Voters seemed genuinely upset at prices, inflation, medical insurance premiums, their lives and a host of other personal things. Whether they had reason to be upset at Trump for this is a different question, but for purposes of their thinking it doesn't matter.

In the face of all this, what does Trump do? Bungle the messaging (if not the strategy) on Iran, brag about vanity projects like the reflecting pool and ballroom, taunt Canada with silly threats and proposals, try to rename lakes, and tout esoteric economic indicators when it came time to address voter's concerns.

The really good stuff he did (immigration, prosecutions, lower crime, higher spending power, safer world, and lower prices compared to Biden) got lost in the mix.

Is it any big surprise that voters were pissed and took it out on the GOP in the midterms?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 05, 2026 11:15 AM (iFTx/)

27 Thx CBD
Coherent and consistent explanation. Trump constantly stopping and talking about "a deal" was incoherent and anybody advising him that a deal was possible should be fired.
The mullahs and IRGC are corrupt, apocalyptic lunatics who can't be bargained with. They'd see the entire Iranian population wiped out and still say it was "Allah's will".
I had no problem getting rid of their nuke abilities, but the whole "deal" crap was a waste of time and energy

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 05, 2026 11:15 AM (8VNAp)

28
Timing this year has been Trump's big problem.

Yes, the Israel announcement might've helped things if done say in August.

And the timing of the Iran Drubbing couldn't have been worse.

I still want to know if there was credible intelligence that action was necessary immediately or if the Drubbing was just nice to have.

I totally agree with the Iran takedown but couldn't have waited 8-12 months until the election ws over?

If not, so be it. But, if so, that's called stupidly poor planning for secondary efx.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 05, 2026 11:15 AM (YSUhf)

29 I hope Israel will now take the gloves off and start smiting the goat humpers.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 11:05 AM (mISmA)

The "genocide" of gaza has been shockingly ineffective.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 05, 2026 11:15 AM (j4Fxj)

30 I know this sounds hopelessly naive and optimistic, but it might strengthen the relationship.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 05, 2026 11:09 AM (k5CNB)

I honestly hope it frees Israel from having to consider 'What Will The Americans Say' ever again.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, perparing at November 05, 2026 11:16 AM (yKhjs)

31 Maybe Trump's focus on architectural projects in the wake of the mid-term results is his way of telling the right "GFY".

Posted by: Oglebay at November 05, 2026 11:16 AM (2ap+5)

32 Israeli here. Cutting the aid is a good thing overall. However, I would think it would have been preferable to cut a billion every year for 4 years.

Here's hoping we can take it. For starters, I can think of many ways that Israel's bloated big gubbernmint could chop away at itself Milei-style to reduce the annual budget by quite a bit.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:17 AM (D0X9e)

33 I think we need to remember we get things in return from Israel, technology is just one. If they no longer need our aid, great. That should be the reason. I am wondering, however, if it’s not just going to be a change in buckets- instead of direct aid, do we sell the newest version of laser sharks to them for $5, instead of $5billion? The last reason needs to be because it’s suddenly not problematic to side-eye anything Jewish. Because that should be very, very problematic on the national stage and right here on this site. If I were Empress, that would be the rule.

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 11:17 AM (ZdaMQ)

34 A little non dooming fun:
Did not assume Nicki Minaj would be ride or die with Trump, thought it was possibly just to get new citizenship, but there it is. More loyal than half the GOP at a very dangerous time for her to be so. Would never have guessed this if her 10-15 years ago. Cool to see.

If Trump wants to change the political convo pronto, he'd make her his new press secretary. Why not at this point. They going to attack a black woman?

(Barbz are her fan group, if you read the list and are confused. She does still live rent free in the heads of celebs that feel like by going MAGA, she betrayed the hive mind. Just like Elon does. And I think the thing that red pilled her is black Christians being slaughtered like sheep in Africa, and liberals saying nothing about it. She was raised very religious and seems to have returned to it.)

Posted by: LizLem at November 05, 2026 11:18 AM (Toos7)

35 21 Last week I de-risked most of my tech holdings. Yesterday I was wondering if I was a bit premature. Nope. Holy shit, Wall Street is a bloodbath today.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 05, 2026 11:13 AM (2UnvF)

Ya, everyone partied a little too hard yesterday thinking that Iran/US fight is over me thinks. Oil is correcting itself after that ridiculously large decrease in price. I think a few of the Spot Traders may have smoked some good shit at work yesterday.

Posted by: cajun carrot at November 05, 2026 11:18 AM (lLeLE)

36 On the subject of election cheating, I give you this map:

https://tinyurl.com/ynyen3df

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:18 AM (D0X9e)

37 Until January 2027.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 11:10 AM (mISmA)

I don't agree.

With Israel not getting any foreign aid from us, it doesn't matter a damn what we say anymore.

I think Trump KNEW he was going to get his shit pushed in during the election and did what he could to free the Israelis from whatever conditions and strings the incoming Antisemitic Congress might put on them.

"We're not taking anything from you. Fuck off all the way to fuck off mountain, we'll do what we want."

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, perparing at November 05, 2026 11:18 AM (yKhjs)

38 Netanyahu wast talking about reducing/eliminating US aid for a while. He said so during interview with Erin Molan on her show. In November 2015. He has been talking about it. I think it is the US establishment that wants Israel to be tied like that!

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 11:19 AM (AKptf)

39 *sorry NOvember 2025!

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 11:19 AM (AKptf)

40 Maybe Trump had to wait till after the Israel election sorted out...

Posted by: It's me donna at November 05, 2026 11:19 AM (4WM7K)

41 Germany has actually remained good about its perceived special obligation to Israeli security. Most recently they've been f***ing with the Qataris, whose sovereign wealth fund investment in an industrial company gave them a veto over partnering with an Israeli firm to produce military items. The Germans are playing games with ownership/different divisions of the company to circumvent the Qatari blocking attempts (last I heard).

It's not the US' obligation to ensure Israel's security, apart from our decision to do so. And we don't "ensure" it - it's a multi-faceted alliance that has yielded enormous practical benefits and which aligns completely with our interests and values. The "analysis" (actually uninformed sloppy polemics) applied to the US-Israel relationship is never used for other alliances, even though it would be equally off the mark there.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 05, 2026 11:19 AM (U/Byj)

42 Sometimes I think, if it weren’t for my grandkids and kids, I’d move to Israel, but they are having an Muslim
Problem within their own walls.
It’s true, when America is lost, the world is lost

No where to go

Posted by: Gonzotx at November 05, 2026 11:20 AM (nGraA)

43 I mea, if US military has to pay for what they we are getting for free, that would cost us 10 times as much.

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 11:20 AM (AKptf)

44 Last week I de-risked most of my tech holdings. Yesterday I was wondering if I was a bit premature. Nope. Holy shit, Wall Street is a bloodbath today.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 05, 2026 11:13 AM (2UnvF)
-

Why didn't you tell me!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:20 AM (D0X9e)

45 Crap, the full of the Nicki Minaj posts on X didn't copy. Here it is...

Nicki Minaj•
@NICKIMINAJ
Couple things:
1. Trump is STILL your PRESIDENT.
2. The QUEEN is STILL your OBSESSION.
3. Jesus is STILL LORD.
4. Great insight by the VICE PRESIDENT.
5. Knowledge is POWER. 6. Congratulations to all winners! Especially @RepLuna &
@ByronDonalds.
7. Blowing a billion on a losing campaign full of celebrities is STILL hurting them.
8. The BARBZ are STILL PRETTY!!!
9. I don't vote, I VETO
10. Stay tuned & STAY MAD.
11. Christians are STILL being killed.
12. Maybe now our people will WAKE UP.
13. Love you
14. Elon is STILL a trillionaire and you are STILL posting on his app. I’m sure the shareholders appreciate the dialogue.
15. #GrokBot is a phenomenal product that has significantly changed my life for the better. Thank you, @bot

Posted by: LizLem at November 05, 2026 11:20 AM (Toos7)

46 No where to go
Posted by: Gonzotx at November 05, 2026 11:20 AM (nGraA)

The wind *whispers* "Andorra"

Posted by: Oglebay at November 05, 2026 11:21 AM (2ap+5)

47 I don't think these loans were a philanthropic gesture at all.

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 11:21 AM (AKptf)

48 Political capital is ephemeral, and whatever President Trump might have earned with this ill-timed announcement will be dissipated by the time he needs it.
----------
I don't know what the hell he is doing. Seems like this one should have been kept in the political bank. I mean sure, he knew the announcement would create friction - but to what short term gain given the timing with the election? Not everything is 4D chess. Sometimes a move is just a move - and with what we/I know currently, this is just a move.
Posted by: scampydog

He's letting the left know the leash is off.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 11:22 AM (mISmA)

49 Posted by: Duke Lowell

https://tinyurl.com/y26euku6

"Trump has declined to rule out resuming strikes on Iran as the United States still has to "take care of" one or two more targets, including a suspected nuclear site."

Yeahhhh so that Iran thing ain't over like me and a lot of other people thought.

Posted by: cajun carrot at November 05, 2026 11:22 AM (lLeLE)

50 So it looks like Alaska is gone too...

Posted by: It's me donna at November 05, 2026 11:23 AM (4WM7K)

51 What a day.
First, agree totally w/our genial host, then second, agree 100 percent with Elric?

I need a drink...

Posted by: man at November 05, 2026 11:23 AM (pfXMo)

52 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 11:24 AM (2614e)

53 And the timing of the Iran Drubbing couldn't have been worse.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 05, 2026 11:15 AM (YSUhf)

Iran's stockpile of missiles was reaching the point that significant launches could overwhelm anti-missile systems across the region.

It was timed to end that threat.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 05, 2026 11:24 AM (k5CNB)

54 If Trump made a political decision because of something that buffoon Al-Sayad said during his campaign, the next 2 years are going to be really interesting.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 11:25 AM (2614e)

55 If Iran had wiped out NYC, we would have won the mid-terms.

Posted by: Oglebay at November 05, 2026 11:25 AM (2ap+5)

56 So it looks like Alaska is gone too...
Posted by: It's me donna at November 05, 2026 11:23 AM (4WM7K)

RCV for the communist takeover!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 11:26 AM (2614e)

57 Yesterday, someone mentioned the Iran war being over; I had no idea what they were talking about.

I'd like to "end" the war in Ukraine. Or at least our part. It's total money laundering bullshit.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 11:26 AM (iOpI2)

58
The wind *whispers* "Andorra"
Posted by: Oglebay at November 05, 2026 11:21 AM (2ap+5)

Wait.....what?

Posted by: Zombie Jimi Hendrix at November 05, 2026 11:26 AM (2614e)

59 No where to go
Posted by: Gonzotx at November 05, 2026 11:20 AM (nGraA)

The wind *whispers* "Andorra"

Posted by: Oglebay at November 05, 2026 11:21 AM (2ap+5)

First you'd have to make a $100,000 investment into Andorran assets. They don't just let people in all willy nilly higgledy piggledy nimbly bimbly meow.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, perparing at November 05, 2026 11:26 AM (yKhjs)

60 Last week I de-risked most of my tech holdings. Yesterday I was wondering if I was a bit premature. Nope. Holy shit, Wall Street is a bloodbath today.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 05, 2026 11:13 AM (2UnvF)

Yeah, I knew the market would fall on a Democrat win, and rocket on a Republican win.

Buuuuut, I thought the drop would be mitigated by Our Betters getting exactly what they wanted on Tuesday.

Apparently not, money still talks, politics bites cocks.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 05, 2026 11:27 AM (YSUhf)

61 First you'd have to make a $100,000 investment into Andorran assets. They don't just let people in all willy nilly higgledy piggledy nimbly bimbly meow.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, perparing at November 05, 2026 11:26 AM (yKhjs)

========

I think it's a million euros (whatever the F those are). But no airport, no rail? It's totally worth it. I am working on my Catalon right now.

Posted by: Oglebay at November 05, 2026 11:28 AM (2ap+5)

62 We've been quietly re-surging forces to the region, repositioning personnel, not sure how anyone could think the "Iran thing" was close to over.

But mostly because it won't be over until the regime is gone. Anything short of that is kicking the can down the road. They will (are) reconstituting, rebuilding on the nuke and missile fronts, and have only altered their very aggressive proxy activities due to $$ issues (appears shifting resources from Hezbollah to the Houthis).

There's an incredibly retarded and historically illiterate mindset to which the administration gives at least a superficial or implicit nod by never mentioning the need for regime removal - in place of that, we've had the eye-rolling nonsense from Trump about "deal making" (followed, hilariously and sometimes within hours, of frank descriptions of the regime as lunatics who never keep a deal).

But this is very highly electrified (and prevalent) third rail of foreign policy stupidity that is not worth engaging.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 05, 2026 11:29 AM (U/Byj)

63 We've got 2 months till the Communist takeover so ICE better pick up the pace...

Posted by: It's me donna at November 05, 2026 11:29 AM (4WM7K)

64 I think it's a million euros (whatever the F those are). But no airport, no rail? It's totally worth it. I am working on my Catalon right now.

Posted by: Oglebay at November 05, 2026 11:28 AM (2ap+5)

It is, in fact, $1,000,000 at the door.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, perparing at November 05, 2026 11:30 AM (yKhjs)

65 Four spam calls in two hours. What the actual heck is going on here.

Posted by: pookysgirl is close to disconnecting her phone at November 05, 2026 11:30 AM (Wt5PA)

66 What's going on with the stock market today?!

It's like getting whiplash from yesterday to today.

Posted by: dantesed at November 05, 2026 11:30 AM (Oy/m2)

67 We've got 2 months till the Communist takeover so ICE better pick up the pace...

Posted by: It's me donna at November 05, 2026 11:29 AM (4WM7K)

And we have two years until the Democrats erase Trump from history like the pharaohs did with the ones who came before. His name and actions will be stricken from all the records and they will try to make it as if he never even existed at all.

You have two years to prepare.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, perparing at November 05, 2026 11:31 AM (yKhjs)

68

They woke up from their stupor from yesterday realizing the Dems winning isn't a good thing ?

Posted by: It's me donna at November 05, 2026 11:31 AM (4WM7K)

69 "Is JD Vance's problem that he's part of the "Terminally Online Right," obsessed with viral trend issues that have traction on Twitter but not in the general populace?"

Ace asks in the side bar before posting the 50,000th time about Ilhan Omar being investigated.

Posted by: deepelemblues at November 05, 2026 11:31 AM (6F5Vo)

70 I had no problem getting rid of their nuke abilities, but the whole "deal" crap was a waste of time and energy
Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 05, 2026 11:15 AM (8VNAp)

--------

I get they had to attempt a diplomatic approach, even if they knew it was a waste of time. Usually it is.

They should have kept their traps shut and only made a big deal out of it if a verifiable deal was done. How many times did Trump say we may have a deal?

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 11:32 AM (iOpI2)

71 13 I have been told some of you appreciate his roughness. But it is an issue and a hindrance. I would prefer this Trump to no Trump, but I also wish this could have been smoothed out.
Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 11:10 AM (ZdaMQ)

I’ve told friends til I’m blue in the face “why can’t he be even a tiny bit presidential?” Some of the cringe worthy things he’s said were indefensible. Ex. When Rob Reiner was killed. I thought “please just don’t say anything”, but he couldn’t help himself. The juvenile name calling gets old. He had a once in a generation chance to stop the bleeding and sometime last year the wheels started coming off. What’s done is done but I’m literally sickened to see my beloved TX turn into CA. It’s not all on him, but he’s not blameless.

Posted by: TxAnn at November 05, 2026 11:33 AM (itAg7)

72 I'm beginning to think if Trump had pursued military action to bring about the end of the Iranian regime in April without pause, the election results would have been much better.

The pause unnecessarily elongated the intervention and hence the financial and political cost.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 05, 2026 11:33 AM (RIvkX)

73 So for $1 million or € million, I get to live in a mountain paradise with a maximum 10% marginal income tax rate and zero property tax? Count me in!

Posted by: Oglebay at November 05, 2026 11:33 AM (2ap+5)

74 The timing was also tied to assessments of Iranian progress on weaponization of a nuke. Given the progress and experience of the decades, several stages of the process (of course) no longer resemble what Los Alamos had to go through. The first counter-nuke strikes in June '25 included several against places conducting work on things like explosive dynamics and insensitive explosives.

And the whole idea of timing, intel assessments, and pre-emption is another area worth discussing but definitely not here as it would be an invidious taffy-yank. I came close to raising it back in March when posts unwittingly and amusingly retraced the logic of earlier US decisions in other conflicts, but nah.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 05, 2026 11:33 AM (U/Byj)

75 And the timing of the Iran Drubbing couldn't have been worse.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 05, 2026 11:15 AM (YSUhf)

Iran's stockpile of missiles was reaching the point that significant launches could overwhelm anti-missile systems across the region.

It was timed to end that threat.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 05, 2026 11:24 AM (k5CNB)

If that's the case then probably Trump did the right thing. If it was a couple of weeks or so away from happening.

In that case, you do what's right, and eat the negatives.

I just wish we didn't have to eat the negatives with him. Saving others has damaged the hell out of our country. Not optimal.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 05, 2026 11:34 AM (YSUhf)

76 I've never seen the stock market surge when the socialists gain a foothold. Yesterday was an obvious weird manipulation.

Traders know when shit is going to roll downhill.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 11:34 AM (iOpI2)

77 Last week I de-risked most of my tech holdings. Yesterday I was wondering if I was a bit premature. Nope. Holy shit, Wall Street is a bloodbath today.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at November 05, 2026 11:13 AM

Yeah, it's bad, but, to quote Mr. Dark 'We suck that misery and find it sweet.'.

Hit my investment goals for the year today. Drinks are on me.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 05, 2026 11:34 AM (1bYJp)

78 Ace asks in the side bar before posting the 50,000th time about Ilhan Omar being investigated.

Posted by: deepelemblues at November 05, 2026 11:31 AM (6F5Vo)

A sitting Congressman has a decent chance of being denaturalized and deported, and you don't think that's a big deal?

Posted by: pookysgirl has her priorities straight at November 05, 2026 11:36 AM (Wt5PA)

79 Hit my investment goals for the year today.

==

Can I borrow $15?? I missed my bus and lost my ticket home..

Posted by: First time commenter at November 05, 2026 11:36 AM (AKptf)

80 I get they had to attempt a diplomatic approach, even if they knew it was a waste of time. Usually it is.

They should have kept their traps shut and only made a big deal out of it if a verifiable deal was done. How many times did Trump say we may have a deal?
Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 11:32 AM (iOpI2)

Iran needs regime change. Bomb and missile campaign targeting all known homes and hangouts of regime members, right down to the block captains. All the mullahs and imams. Install the current Shah apparent as absolute dictator, and let him know, off the record, that whacking muslims is A-OK.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 05, 2026 11:36 AM (j4Fxj)

81 >>> Terminally Online Right," obsessed with viral trend issues that have traction on Twitter but not in the general populace

To be fair, we are now ruled by TikTok Karens and woke monsters and their doomscrolling mind rot. It's infected politics along with everything else. I think the Gen Z white men in TX that swung to the dems after voting for Trump in 2024 were affected. The dems hate them, they should not be voting dem, and yet they did.

We can ignore it, but it's certainly not ignoring us.

Posted by: LizLem at November 05, 2026 11:36 AM (Toos7)

82
A sitting Congressman has a decent chance of being denaturalized and deported, and you don't think that's a big deal?
Posted by: pookysgirl has her priorities straight at November 05, 2026 11:36 AM (Wt5PA)

Hehehehehe........

Posted by: Lord God King Boasberg at November 05, 2026 11:37 AM (2614e)

83 So for $1 million or € million, I get to live in a mountain paradise with a maximum 10% marginal income tax rate and zero property tax? Count me in!

Posted by: Oglebay at November 05, 2026 11:33 AM (2ap+5)

Dare to dream.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, perparing at November 05, 2026 11:37 AM (yKhjs)

84 Currently, we'd send Israel $Bs, and they would use that to buy military equipment. I suppose we could have just sent the $Bs from the treasury straight to the weapons manufacturers, perhaps we do. Going forward, Israel will ship the $Bs from the Israel treasury to the US manufacturers.

Friend was adamant that we attacked Iran because Israel demanded it. And that we need to stop all foreign aid to Israel because of it, he didn't want Israel owning the US. I explained that if Iran is off the table as an adversary, there would no longer be a need to pay to defend Israel, and that was one of the reasons why Trump did it, the ME would no longer be a dominant issue for the US. I told him this was genius. He was skeptical. He might have still stayed home on election day.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 05, 2026 11:37 AM (Dv3i1)

85 On the subject of election cheating, I give you this map:

https://tinyurl.com/ynyen3df
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:18 AM (D0X9e)

Check out the retarded 3rd comment. These people are fucked in the head.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at November 05, 2026 11:38 AM (hmYU4)

86 If that's the case then probably Trump did the right thing. If it was a couple of weeks or so away from happening.

In that case, you do what's right, and eat the negatives.

I just wish we didn't have to eat the negatives with him. Saving others has damaged the hell out of our country. Not optimal.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 05, 2026 11:34 AM

Trump has removed Israel as a talking point for the left. That's one less thing they can rally the troops around.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 05, 2026 11:38 AM (I43vL)

87 *pounds clenched fist into open palm*

Let Trump be Trump!!

Posted by: Opus from Bloom County at November 05, 2026 11:39 AM (2Ez/1)

88 Trump 2.0 has been an absolute train wreck abortion of squandering political capital.

- Bondi "he-he-he, it's on my desk" and not only did he not shitcan her right after that goofy-ass stunt, he burned massive political capital holding the files back--subjecting himself to the humiliation of Congress forcing him. And what did he get for lying to us about how he'd release them? Protected the Dems and gave them a campaign issue.

- Tariffs. Literally secured nothing for average Americans. No one can point to one thing a middle class person got in exchange but vague promises of "things will get better, you just watch." And up and down the courts, he got his ass handed to him. Again, nothing but a pile of burned political capital.

- Iran. It wasn't the war--it was yet another broken promise of "winning." What did we "win?" Higher gas prices and "trust me bro, their nuke program is done. Maybe. We gotta keep bombing. Or not. Or maybe. Ceasefire. No ceasefire." So a half-ass, half-hearted, who-knows for ... what? Nothing. Iran is still there, now stronger than before.

- Immigration. Early wins. Then bitch-slapped and curb-stomped by the courts all over the US. Loses BRC and pouts.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 05, 2026 11:39 AM (/Ki2A)

89 Commenting present

Posted by: Skip at November 05, 2026 11:39 AM (sgkY8)

90 I'm kind of thinking the day after a blood bath election taking a tour of the unfinished ball room wasn't a good look... Trump needs to fire that Wiles woman..

Posted by: It's me donna at November 05, 2026 11:39 AM (4WM7K)

91 >>> 73 So for $1 million or € million, I get to live in a mountain paradise with a maximum 10% marginal income tax rate and zero property tax? Count me in!
Posted by: Oglebay

Wait, where is this?

Morons could pool our money and build a retirement compound. It's TXMoMee every day!

Posted by: LizLem at November 05, 2026 11:39 AM (Toos7)

92 24 Can we restock our own munition inventory first? That would be great.
Posted by: one hour sober at November 05, 2026 11:14 AM (J4Dwc)

Not with a D congress - they are gonna take the $.5T ramp for DOW for the last 2 years (not a misprint) and allocate it to their fraud in the other departments and say the budget is still balanced. I'd be running from defense stocks right now, not just tech ones...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 05, 2026 11:39 AM (Gb7+b)

93 Friend was adamant that we attacked Iran because Israel demanded it. And that we need to stop all foreign aid to Israel because of it, he didn't want Israel owning the US.

===

Does your friend have any issues with $29B to NATO? $5.2B to Japan?? $3.3B to South Korea??? Are we owned by NATO or Japan ?

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 11:39 AM (AKptf)

94 You can have a return to rule of law in immigration, a secure border, a rational economic policy across the board that will almost surely lead to prosperity, policies that will result in repatriation of manufacturing (already are), the elimination of devastating and stupid "environmental" rules etc, the elimination of crude state-based racism in all aspects of life, a return to core functions and a reform of failed personnel policies in military leadership, a hemisphere purged of adversarial presence, and much more.

The only price you have to pay is to put up with/ignore the worst bleatings of a brash NYC real estate developer who gives no Fs.

Obviously an easy choice. But not for many Americans.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 05, 2026 11:40 AM (U/Byj)

95 So for $1 million or € million, I get to live in a mountain paradise with a maximum 10% marginal income tax rate and zero property tax? Count me in!
Posted by: Oglebay at November 05, 2026 11:33 AM (2ap+5)

You can live as a Pensionado in El Salvador if you have a fixed income of $1500 per month or better. And they don't tax foreign income. Crime rate now lower than USA.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 05, 2026 11:40 AM (j4Fxj)

96 CAIR just SUSPENDED all Florida operations after DeSantis hit them with a terrorist designation.

Their Tampa office has officially shut down. Florida is showing the rest of the nation how to lead.

---------^From X

This was ONE of DeSantis' goals. I don't know about Miami, but it's very Jewish, so CAIR is probably not big there. I don't know.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 11:41 AM (iOpI2)

97 >>>For some unfathomable reason, President Trump announced on Tuesday that military aid to Israel would end this year.

Maybe this as a fathomable reason: President Trump's announcement on Tuesday that military aid to Israel would end this year PREEMPTED the Dems from demanding that that happen. The Dems do not have this card to play.

Posted by: m at November 05, 2026 11:41 AM (odBC9)

98 Israelis won't bow to their executioners like Americans just did Tuesday.
Posted by: Eromero at November 05, 2026 11:14 AM (LHPAg)

100% truth.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 05, 2026 11:41 AM (g8Ew8)

99 Trump: But ten thousand people showed up at my rally!

Reality: And tens of millions voted against you and your polices.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 05, 2026 11:42 AM (/Ki2A)

100 100

Posted by: m at November 05, 2026 11:42 AM (odBC9)

101 Yes a big takeaway from yesterday is the right needs to do more for Israel. Absolutely.

Posted by: fox news boomers at November 05, 2026 11:42 AM (FWvuS)

102 Excellent rant.

Old and slow, unfortunately I've posted something late on the Art Thread that may have some relationship to an U.S.- Israel aid conversation.

The Left has come out of the woodwork after Schumer, Jeffries plus any & all who've 'taken money from AIPAC.'
Of course, a certain amount is showmanship & hostage taking.

But interesting and further AFWL reaching was a piece of a CNN interview on Facebook, where Manu Raju talked with Hakeem Jeffries. (Hakeem Jeffries is poised to become Speaker of the House, the first for a Black US Representative, while Representative Katherine Clark is set to become House Majority Leader.)

The topic of impeachment arose during the brief interview with Jeffries saying no one of his caucuses had brought it up but rather they were working on an aggressive agenda of affordability and fighting corruption.

Trump is a decent man in many ways. He certainly doesn't want those in his administration affected by what could come their way if not restrained by a few in Congress that can still exert some saner control.

They went for scalps for J-6; the House and Senate are a-changing come January 2027. Constraints will be necessary.

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 05, 2026 11:42 AM (NFX2v)

103 Just happy to know where I'm going to live after I die.

Posted by: Eromero at November 05, 2026 11:42 AM (LHPAg)

104 Is it any big surprise that voters were pissed and took it out on the GOP in the midterms?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 05, 2026 11:15 AM (iFTx/)

The GOP is a piece of shit. Look at the people they ran up and down the board. Blaming Trump is silly, this is the same old piece of crap GOP. Democrats had a "message", targeted to idiots, ie voters. And who knows what else they had.

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 11:42 AM (pjdUv)

105 CAIR just SUSPENDED all Florida operations after DeSantis hit them with a terrorist designation.

Their Tampa office has officially shut down. Florida is showing the rest of the nation how to lead.

---------^From X

Abbott declared them terrorists some time ago.

Posted by: Lord God King Boasberg at November 05, 2026 11:42 AM (2614e)

106 Shyte.

Posted by: s at November 05, 2026 11:42 AM (2614e)

107 twice

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 11:42 AM (2614e)

108 89 Commenting present

Posted by: Skip at November 05, 2026 11:39 AM (sgkY

Effort and attitude are what matters.

https://youtube.com/shorts/1iNWAbmh3pA

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 05, 2026 11:43 AM (RDiUV)

109 Trump's weakness was that he thought he could make deals with muzzie radicals. I still give him kudos for having the courage to actually try to take away Iran's ability to cause chaos.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons

I don't even think he was trying to make deals with them.

(and I will remind people that there was a certain amount of amusement in these quarters that he was using their negotiating tactic against them - yeah, it didn't pay well in Peoria, because Americans value people who aren't wishy-washy. But Iranians - Muslims - aren't American.)

I think he was trying to destroy their ability to cause trouble without harming their civilian population AND not make them so vulnerable that their neighbors would decide that they were ripe for conquest.

That's a fine needle to thread, and you really can't say it out loud (to explain it to your own people) without offending the people you're trying to keep from going conquesting. Because they also are Muslims.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 05, 2026 11:43 AM (vJrRc)

110 Does your friend have any issues with $29B to NATO? $5.2B to Japan?? $3.3B to South Korea??? Are we owned by NATO or Japan ?
____

He went down the Candy Owens rabbit trail re Kirk assassination. There was a lot of work to do.

Personally, I'm ready to pull the plug on NATO. Looks like the EU is getting ready to false flag Poland into a war with Russia.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 05, 2026 11:43 AM (Dv3i1)

111 99 Trump: But ten thousand people showed up at my rally!

Reality: And tens of millions voted against you and your polices.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 05, 2026 11:42 AM (/Ki2A)

MATH

Posted by: m at November 05, 2026 11:43 AM (odBC9)

112 Trump has removed Israel as a talking point for the left. That's one less thing they can rally the troops around.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 05, 2026 11:38 AM (I43vL)
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Not bloody likely.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 05, 2026 11:43 AM (RIvkX)

113 On the subject of election cheating, I give you this map:

https://tinyurl.com/ynyen3df

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 05, 2026 11:18 AM (D0X9e)

Check out the retarded 3rd comment. These people are fucked in the head.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at November 05, 2026 11:38 AM (hmYU4)

Third comment?! All three that are showing up for me are retarded.

Posted by: pookysgirl, apparently smarter than the average X user at November 05, 2026 11:44 AM (Wt5PA)

114 >>>JD Vance's drift toward Tucker Carlson-style Jew-hate,

Vance posts what a pollster told him they heard from voters and now he's a "drifting towards Tucker Carlson Jew hate?"

ok then

Posted by: brak at November 05, 2026 11:44 AM (gw3RI)

115 GP say Jayapal is gonna head the Immigration sub committee....

Posted by: It's me donna at November 05, 2026 11:45 AM (4WM7K)

116 CAIR just SUSPENDED all Florida operations after DeSantis hit them with a terrorist designation.

Their Tampa office has officially shut down. Florida is showing the rest of the nation how to lead.

---------^From X

This was ONE of DeSantis' goals. I don't know about Miami, but it's very Jewish, so CAIR is probably not big there. I don't know.
Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 11:41 AM (iOpI2)
_____________

You'd be surprised how many Jews are associated with and even managers at CAIR. One of the guys in my building was executive director at CAIR. Jewish guy.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 05, 2026 11:45 AM (iFTx/)

117 I'm kind of thinking the day after a blood bath election taking a tour of the unfinished ball room wasn't a good look... Trump needs to fire that Wiles woman.
Posted by: It's me donna

What, so now Trump is supposed to limp off with his tail between his legs and ignore one of his successes?

Posted by: Bulg at November 05, 2026 11:45 AM (77rzZ)

118 Effort and attitude are what matters.

https://youtube.com/shorts/1iNWAbmh3pA
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at November 05, 2026 11:43 AM (RDiUV)

Hysterical.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 11:45 AM (2614e)

119 A sitting Congressman has a decent chance of being denaturalized and deported, and you don't think that's a big deal?
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By "decent" you mean "zero"

Congress will pass a bill specifically granting her citizenship.
And every other Somali on TPS.

And then Trump may veto it, but he'll 100% drop the case.

Again: Zero political gain for burning political capital on that woman.
Zero.

But the Dems got a massive rally cry of "mean to immigrants, anti-muslim and racist."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 05, 2026 11:46 AM (/Ki2A)

120 There are two months left before the dumbasses in the Senate and House are replaced. How about getting some shit done??

Codify the DOGE cuts for a start.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 11:46 AM (iOpI2)

121 What, so now Trump is supposed to limp off with his tail between his legs and ignore one of his successes?
Posted by: Bulg at November 05, 2026 11:45 AM (77rzZ)

My opinion... I am allowed to have one here aren't I ?

Posted by: It's me donna at November 05, 2026 11:46 AM (4WM7K)

122 He went down the Candy Owens rabbit trail re Kirk assassination. There was a lot of work to do.

Personally, I'm ready to pull the plug on NATO. Looks like the EU is getting ready to false flag Poland into a war with Russia.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 05, 2026 11:43 AM (Dv3i1)

A male who listens to Crazy Covens ?? What is his age group ? Perhaps prayers for salvation of his soul are in order!

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 11:46 AM (AKptf)

123 Does your friend have any issues with $29B to NATO? $5.2B to Japan?? $3.3B to South Korea??? Are we owned by NATO or Japan ?
Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 11:39 AM (AKptf)
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Psst, it's not really about the money.
/whispers

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 05, 2026 11:47 AM (RIvkX)

124 There is the danger of standing out in El Salvador. In Andorra, everyone else who is there is playing the same game.

"The nail that sticks out is hammered down"

Posted by: Oglebay at November 05, 2026 11:47 AM (2ap+5)

125 So for $1 million or € million, I get to live in a mountain paradise with a maximum 10% marginal income tax rate and zero property tax? Count me in!
Posted by: Oglebay at November 05, 2026 11:33 AM (2ap+5)

You can live as a Pensionado in El Salvador if you have a fixed income of $1500 per month or better. And they don't tax foreign income. Crime rate now lower than USA.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 05, 2026 11:40 AM (j4Fxj)

But then, in the blink of an eye, there's a military coup and El Salvador becomes communist again. It seems to happen a lot in Central America. Then what?

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 05, 2026 11:47 AM (g8Ew8)

126 I was going to be a Big Thing.

Posted by: The Trump Arch at November 05, 2026 11:47 AM (2Ez/1)

127 The next time you're feeling down, remember it's all about perspective.
I've got a friend who reads 2-3 books a week, works out twice a day, has no financial worries, has people who want to have sex with him all the time & yet he constantly complains about how much he hates prison.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 11:47 AM (mISmA)

128 90 I'm kind of thinking the day after a blood bath election taking a tour of the unfinished ball room wasn't a good look... Trump needs to fire that Wiles woman..
Posted by: It's me donna at November 05, 2026 11:39 AM (4WM7K)

Or himself - b/c no one can stop Trump from doing what he wants to do. I'm SURE it was not her idea...b/c any idiot knew it was stupid. But she's not the president...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 05, 2026 11:47 AM (Gb7+b)

129
Personally, I'm ready to pull the plug on NATO. Looks like the EU is getting ready to false flag Poland into a war with Russia.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 05, 2026 11:43 AM (Dv3i1)

The EU wants one thing from Poland. ALL IT'S GOLD. Period.

They don't give a f*ck about the Polish people. They want the gold.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 11:47 AM (2614e)

130 You people are so ridiculously out-of-touch it’s unreal. I’ve been here for nearly 20 years and I’ve never seen coping this hard.

You just turned Texas blue and lost the Senate for 4-6 years and you’re still babbling about nonsense nobody in their right mind cares about.

I don’t know what happened to this place. It’s sad, really.

Posted by: lurker at November 05, 2026 11:47 AM (TepFm)

131 You'd be surprised how many Jews are associated with and even managers at CAIR. One of the guys in my building was executive director at CAIR. Jewish guy.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 05, 2026 11:45 AM (iFTx/)

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Can't explain crazy.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 11:47 AM (iOpI2)

132 You'd be surprised how many Jews are associated with and even managers at CAIR. One of the guys in my building was executive director at CAIR. Jewish guy.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 05, 2026 11:45 AM (iFTx/)

Pointing out for the umpteenth time that very existence of a "Council for American Islamic Relations" is a tacit acknowledgement that islam is un-American.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 05, 2026 11:47 AM (j4Fxj)

133 Any truth that 2.9 million new dem voters in TX were registered without ID? The same number of dems that Talafreako beat Paxton by?

I think a dem could have won there legitimately, demographics is destiny, but my brain also won't let go of neatly aligning patterns. It's mean that way.

Posted by: LizLem at November 05, 2026 11:47 AM (Toos7)

134 Is it any big surprise that voters were pissed and took it out on the GOP in the midterms?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 05, 2026 11:15 AM (iFTx/)

The GOP is a piece of shit. Look at the people they ran up and down the board. Blaming Trump is silly, this is the same old piece of crap GOP. Democrats had a "message", targeted to idiots, ie voters. And who knows what else they had.
Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 11:42 AM (pjdUv)
_________

GOP isn't a piece of shit. It's worse than a piece of shit. But Trump set the tone and the policies and controlled the narrative, and he dropped the ball big time.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 05, 2026 11:47 AM (iFTx/)

135 The next time you're feeling down, remember it's all about perspective.
I've got a friend who reads 2-3 books a week, works out twice a day, has no financial worries, has people who want to have sex with him all the time & yet he constantly complains about how much he hates prison.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 11:47 AM (mISmA)

HA!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 11:48 AM (2614e)

136 Lots of fantastic comments here on ending the MOU between the US and Israel. Count me on the side that supports ending the aid for both America First and pro-Israel reasons.

In addition to Netanyahu, lots of pro-Israel voices have been supporting this for a long time, like Nick Matau, whose YouTube debates are a lot of fun.

If you want more factual background on this, this article in Tablet makes the case really well (https://tinyurl.com/3d3vj4x6). The whole discussion on Tablet is here (https://tinyurl.com/ypdyzf69).

Posted by: Rofos at November 05, 2026 11:48 AM (ropxx)

137 My opinion... I am allowed to have one here aren't I ?
Posted by: It's me donna

Of course, Donna. As am I to disagree with it.

Posted by: Bulg at November 05, 2026 11:48 AM (77rzZ)

138 What, so now Trump is supposed to limp off with his tail between his legs and ignore one of his successes?

Posted by: Bulg at November 05, 2026 11:45 AM (77rzZ)

Pretty sad definition of "success." It's something almost nobody in the country will ever set foot in. Bragging about it when gas prices are sky-high is worse than useless. Like a parody of an Ancien Regime aristocracy.

Posted by: Don't Blame Me! at November 05, 2026 11:48 AM (pXX3N)

139 This isn't to say it has "nothing" to do with Trump. This is a GOP issue, they didn't deserve to keep congress I have been clear about that unfortunately. They blocked his ass every step of the way and made it clear they were waiting it out until the commies could stop him again.

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 11:48 AM (pjdUv)

140 The GOP is a piece of shit. Look at the people they ran up and down the board. Blaming Trump is silly, this is the same old piece of crap GOP. Democrats had a "message", targeted to idiots, ie voters. And who knows what else they had.

Posted by: ...

And the message was... *checks notes*

Elect us to fix the economy that we cratered in the first place, and that Trump was too slow to fix. We promise not to loot the treasury this time.

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at November 05, 2026 11:48 AM (yFLFB)

141 A male who listens to Crazy Covens ?? What is his age group ? Perhaps prayers for salvation of his soul are in order!
___

Everyone is susceptible to a blind spot, here or there.

For example, maybe I'm wrong on the purpose of the coup attempt in Poland.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 05, 2026 11:48 AM (Dv3i1)

142 I don’t know what happened to this place. It’s sad, really.
Posted by: lurker at November 05, 2026 11:47 AM (TepFm)

There is a vibrant and welcoming comments section at Hot Air.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 05, 2026 11:49 AM (j4Fxj)

143 Just happy to know where I'm going to live after I die.
Posted by: Eromero at November 05, 2026 11:42 AM

And how you'll vote!

Posted by: The DNC at November 05, 2026 11:49 AM (ctC8W)

144 The GOP is a piece of shit. Look at the people they ran up and down the board.
Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 11:42 AM (pjdUv)

Yeah, like that Paxton guy. Who was the fucking idiot who endorsed him, anyway?!

Posted by: Don't Blame Me! at November 05, 2026 11:49 AM (pXX3N)

145 127 The next time you're feeling down, remember it's all about perspective.
I've got a friend who reads 2-3 books a week, works out twice a day, has no financial worries, has people who want to have sex with him all the time & yet he constantly complains about how much he hates prison.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 11:47 AM (mISmA)

Aaaggghhh.
Thanks for the levity break, rickb223.

Posted by: m at November 05, 2026 11:49 AM (odBC9)

146 You know who has more gold reserves than China? Germany...hmmm

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 11:49 AM (AKptf)

147
I don’t know what happened to this place. It’s sad, really.
Posted by: lurker at November 05, 2026 11:47 AM (TepFm)

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Fair enough, but what exactly are we focusing on that nobody cares about?

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 11:49 AM (iOpI2)

148 There are two months left before the dumbasses in the Senate and House are replaced. How about getting some shit done??

Codify the DOGE cuts for a start.
Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 11:46 AM (iOpI2)

Pass the fucking SAVE Act!

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 05, 2026 11:50 AM (g8Ew8)

149 I don’t know what happened to this place. It’s sad, really.
Posted by: lurker at November 05, 2026 11:47 AM (TepFm)
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Are you sad, or

Sad!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 05, 2026 11:50 AM (RIvkX)

150 139 This isn't to say it has "nothing" to do with Trump. This is a GOP issue, they didn't deserve to keep congress I have been clear about that unfortunately. They blocked his ass every step of the way and made it clear they were waiting it out until the commies could stop him again.
Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 11:48 AM
Excellent summing up there.

Posted by: Eromero at November 05, 2026 11:50 AM (LHPAg)

151 >>>The GOP is a piece of shit

The party that blocked the President with pro forma sessions, blue slips, zombie filibusters, etc. Yeah, they were asking for it.

Posted by: brak at November 05, 2026 11:50 AM (gw3RI)

152 146 You know who has more gold reserves than China? Germany...hmmm
Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 11:49 AM (AKptf)

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Poland does too. Odd that the EU wants to get control of it.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 11:50 AM (iOpI2)

153 130 You people are so ridiculously out-of-touch it’s unreal. I’ve been here for nearly 20 years and I’ve never seen coping this hard.

You just turned Texas blue and lost the Senate for 4-6 years and you’re still babbling about nonsense nobody in their right mind cares about.

I don’t know what happened to this place. It’s sad, really.
Posted by: lurker at November 05, 2026 11:47 AM (TepFm)

Ok, I'll bit: name three nonsense-babbling topics we are on about.

Posted by: m at November 05, 2026 11:50 AM (odBC9)

154 What, so now Trump is supposed to limp off with his tail between his legs and ignore one of his successes?

Posted by: Bulg at November 05, 2026 11:45 AM (77rzZ)

No, but pimping what is generally seen as a vanity project the day after the United States registered for MAID seems crass. Aloof maybe. Let them eat cake-y.

If Trump wants to pimp a success the day after the election, he could be talking about how violent crime has fallen off a cliff. That's a real thing for real people and has a real impact.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, perparing at November 05, 2026 11:51 AM (yKhjs)

155 Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 05, 2026 11:47 AM (iFTx/)

I agree he fucked up a few things for sure. But the bloodbath is because the Democrats rebranded, the media did it's thing, and the GOP offered nothing and couldn't even do stuff 80% of the country voted for.

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 11:51 AM (pjdUv)

156 Pass the fucking SAVE Act!
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 05, 2026 11:50 AM (g8Ew

Tillis,Murkowski, and Cornyn are still there .. Not to mention Paul... Good luck with that

Posted by: It's me donna at November 05, 2026 11:51 AM (4WM7K)

157 Poland does too. Odd that the EU wants to get control of it.
Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 11:50 AM (iOpI2)

Poland is no7 after Japan, Germany is no2 , US is no1 (of course!)

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 11:51 AM (AKptf)

158 Trump's seemingly not-smart decisions since Feb...

The man is now old...older people lose patience and emotional stability. It's why they tend not to work 24 hour 7 day week jobs.

Maybe Trump may still have all his stamina. But he's lost other things instead.

Posted by: Nova Local at November 05, 2026 11:52 AM (Gb7+b)

159 his is a GOP issue, they didn't deserve to keep congress
____

True. I reasoned that the appropriate punishment for them was to keep them in the majority, they obviously hate that with a passion! Others preferred to reward them by making them a minority, I'm sure they thought they were punishing them though.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 05, 2026 11:52 AM (Dv3i1)

160 There is a vibrant and welcoming comments section at Hot Air.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 05, 2026 11:49 AM (j4Fxj)

You’re a foreigner, not an American.

Posted by: lurker at November 05, 2026 11:52 AM (TepFm)

161 *bite

Posted by: m at November 05, 2026 11:52 AM (odBC9)

162 Mike Lee had a good strategy: senate hurries and cuts all further vacations and just rams Trump's judicial appointments in and codifies things into law. I have a feeling it won't happen though. Thune did a good job of melding the roles of Judas, Brutus, and Gollum into one final boss.

Oh, and to the person complaining we are babbling about nonsense nobody cares about... have you never been here before? That's a feature not a bug!

Posted by: LizLem at November 05, 2026 11:52 AM (Toos7)

163 @120

>>Codify the DOGE cuts for a start.

Nothing is going to get done in a lame duck session except spending.

And probably not even that.

In fact, pork barrel spending is pretty much the only thing that's going to be done for the next 2 years at a minimum.

40 Trillion...

here. we. come.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 05, 2026 11:52 AM (XV/Pl)

164 Are you sad, or

Sad!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 05, 2026 11:50 AM

He isn't trying to hump TJM's leg like a rabid Chihuahua, so probably just sad.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 05, 2026 11:52 AM (ctC8W)

165 What’s done is done but I’m literally sickened to see my beloved TX turn into CA. It’s not all on him, but he’s not blameless.
--
We're not lost yet.
We have 19 Republicans in the TX senate who have the monumental, herculean near-impossible task of saving Texas.
And saving America.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 05, 2026 11:53 AM (/Ki2A)

166 I asked a lib friend yesterday if he was aware
1. The highest median household income
2. First real wage gains in years
3. Lowest violent crime ever
4. Lowest child poverty ever

Nope x4

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 05, 2026 11:53 AM (RIvkX)

167 There are two months left before the dumbasses in the Senate and House are replaced. How about getting some shit done??

Codify the DOGE cuts for a start.
Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 11:46 AM (iOpI2)

Pass the fucking SAVE Act!
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 05, 2026 11:50 AM (g8Ew

_______

Health insurance. It's a big hot-button issue that's been ignored. Can much be done given the state of Obamacare? Probably not. But at least put something together that might help some people.

All the other stuff is important in the long run, but it doesn't do anything personal for anyone now. Voters want something done now, something that benefits them directly.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 05, 2026 11:53 AM (iFTx/)

168 148 There are two months left before the dumbasses in the Senate and House are replaced. How about getting some shit done??

Codify the DOGE cuts for a start.
Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 11:46 AM (iOpI2)

Pass the fucking SAVE Act!
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 05, 2026 11:50 AM (g8Ew

Senate could do that - they still have the House bills.

Johnson is unlikely to get anything further done with his one vote majority, although a CR though the Sept 2027 should be his one and only try so it's done before Dems can balloon it and rip off DOW at the same time...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 05, 2026 11:53 AM (Gb7+b)

169 The West is finished, but what culture is ascendant?

Posted by: Oglebay at November 05, 2026 11:53 AM (2ap+5)

170 I don’t know what happened to this place. It’s sad, really.
Posted by: lurker at November 05, 2026 11:47 AM (TepFm)

My advice to you is to start drinking heavily.

Posted by: Bluto at November 05, 2026 11:54 AM (D5ixm)

171 There is a vibrant and welcoming comments section at Hot Air.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 05, 2026 11:49 AM (j4Fxj)

You’re a foreigner, not an American.
Posted by: lurker at November 05, 2026 11:52 AM (TepFm)

OK, as an American, there is a vibrant and welcoming comments section at Hot Air. Go there.

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 11:54 AM (AKptf)

172 >>>We have 19 Republicans in the TX senate who have the monumental, herculean near-impossible task of saving Texas.

I wish them luck, but demographics are destiny, and Texas is gone.

Posted by: brak at November 05, 2026 11:54 AM (gw3RI)

173 You’re a foreigner, not an American.
Posted by: lurker at November 05, 2026 11:52 AM (TepFm)
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I think you're from Pakistan.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 05, 2026 11:54 AM (RIvkX)

174 I don’t know what happened to this place. It’s sad, really.
Posted by: lurker at November 05, 2026 11:47 AM (TepFm)

Your concern has been noted.

Posted by: dantesed at November 05, 2026 11:54 AM (Oy/m2)

175 The ballroom is going to be Trump's final redoubt, from which he will direct Steiner to launch a counteroffensive.

I mean, it's not a great look for an 80 year old man to dodder about the White House after a party was elected to take power whose intention is to systematically peel off, prosecute, and/or kill various members of administration.

What about the military leadership, or rank and file? Will the threats of that pig Elissa Slotkunt have an effect on them? I mean, she was elected democratically, by which I mean she received 10,000 more magical votes in Michigan. And democracy is great.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at November 05, 2026 11:54 AM (qwx/I)

176 >BBC, Thousands of European troops to rehearse Ukraine deployment in event of peace, 3 days ago

>US Said to plan fresh NATO push for Ukraine arms delivery, Bloomberg, 2 days ago

>DW News, YouTube, 2 hours ago, Former top diplomat on the global risks and NATO after Trump’s midterm defeat

From Berlin to Brussels, many welcomed the Democratic victory in Congress as a setback for Donald Trump. The assumption was simple: less Trump means less disruption. But politics is rarely that straightforward. According to our guest – Germany's former ambassador to the US and outgoing Chairman of the Munich Security Conference, Wolfgang Ischinger – the relief many in Europe are feeling following Trump's midterm defeat could prove short-lived, and the real consequences may be far more complicated.

Damn that Zelensky. (Solely my opinion.)

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 05, 2026 11:55 AM (NFX2v)

177 The West is finished, but what culture is ascendant?
Posted by: Oglebay at November 05, 2026 11:53 AM (2ap+5)
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Harajuku!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 05, 2026 11:55 AM (RIvkX)

178 166 I asked a lib friend yesterday if he was aware
1. The highest median household income
2. First real wage gains in years
3. Lowest violent crime ever
4. Lowest child poverty ever

Nope x4
____

The media will trumpet these stats daily, but only after the new Dem majority is seated. Message: vote dems and your life instantly gets better!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 05, 2026 11:55 AM (Dv3i1)

179 Netanyahu announced the end of military aid about a week before PDT ever said anything.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 05, 2026 11:55 AM (8Uo7a)

180 Now that we're out of power, we can get back to doing what we do best: talking about what we're going to do once we're back in power.

Posted by: J. Thune at November 05, 2026 11:55 AM (2Ez/1)

181 There is a vibrant and welcoming comments section at Hot Air.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 05, 2026 11:49 AM (j4Fxj)

You’re a foreigner, not an American.
Posted by: lurker at November 05, 2026 11:52 AM

He's also one of us. So please note the vibrant and welcoming comment section at HotAir and fuck off in that direction.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 05, 2026 11:55 AM (ctC8W)

182
Poland does too. Odd that the EU wants to get control of it.
Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 11:50 AM (iOpI2)

I read earlier this week that Poland has the most reserves in Europe. THAT'S why the EU wants them to adopt the Euro and become full members. THAT'S why there's a coup going on there at the moment.

MONEY.......That's what they want.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 11:55 AM (2614e)

183 Any truth that 2.9 million new dem voters in TX were registered without ID? The same number of dems that Talafreako beat Paxton by?

Posted by: LizLem

Probably. According to the Texas SecState website they still allow people to vote if they show a utility bill.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 05, 2026 11:56 AM (vJrRc)

184 169 The West is finished, but what culture is ascendant?
Posted by: Oglebay at November 05, 2026 11:53 AM (2ap+5)

Islam

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at November 05, 2026 11:56 AM (N39Ws)

185 178 166 I asked a lib friend yesterday if he was aware
1. The highest median household income
2. First real wage gains in years
3. Lowest violent crime ever
4. Lowest child poverty ever

Nope x4
____

The media will trumpet these stats daily, but only after the new Dem majority is seated. Message: vote dems and your life instantly gets better!
Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 05, 2026 11:55 AM (Dv3i1)

It doesn't help if people don't feel it...see 2024...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 05, 2026 11:57 AM (Gb7+b)

186 Can the ascendant culture really be short and fat like Mexico and Central America?

Maybe Eastern Europe?

Posted by: Oglebay at November 05, 2026 11:57 AM (2ap+5)

187 >>> The West is finished, but what culture is ascendant?

A colony on the moon? But seeing as the liberals want to sack and pillage and kill the only man on earth making progress in that area, my hopes are low.

Posted by: LizLem at November 05, 2026 11:57 AM (Toos7)

188 That ballroom will look great when President Aoc turns it into an abortion clinic. Followed by president mandami turning it into a mosque. Then the burning times begin.

Posted by: it's over at November 05, 2026 11:57 AM (FWvuS)

189 You’re a foreigner, not an American.
Posted by: lurker at November 05, 2026 11:52 AM

He's also one of us. So please note the vibrant and welcoming comment section at HotAir and fuck off in that direction.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 05, 2026 11:55 AM (ctC8W)

Seems someone should go back to lurking.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 11:57 AM (2614e)

190 Now we're gonna get millions of young women who would love to be Beria's...because they're stupid, cruel and they have no honor.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at November 05, 2026 11:58 AM (qwx/I)

191 Just saw this on X. No verification:

🔥🚨 THIS WAS THE ULTIMATE SUPREME COURT BACKFIRE: DEMOCRATS JUST HANDED TRUMP THE ULTIMATE CONSTITUTIONAL WAR MACHINE! 🚨🔥
History is being rewritten in real-time, and legal experts are SCREAMING from the rooftops! Democrats thought they were playing 4D chess by dragging their desperate fight to the Supreme Court to block President Trump…
Instead, they triggered a CATASTROPHIC, NUCLEAR EXPLOSION OF PRESIDENTIAL POWER! 💥🇺🇸
🛑 WHAT JUST HAPPENED?
The Legal Trap Sprung: Trump previously wanted to use ICE agents and federal law enforcement, arguing he needed to call the National Guard. But under the statute, a president must first prove they are "unable to enforce the law with regular forces"—a crucial question the Supreme Court had never decided before!
The Supreme Court’s Shock Ruling: The Court ruled that "regular forces" means the President must try utilizing regular armed forces first before deploying the National Guard!
⚡ THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES ARE HERE:
Instead of clipping his wings, the Court has essentially invited President Trump to deploy heavy-duty military power directly into blue cities like Chicago and Los Angeles!
(Cont)

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 11:58 AM (mISmA)

192 STEP 1: THE HEAVY HITTERS. To protect federal buildings and shield ICE agents at all costs, Trump is now unlocked to deploy elite active-duty military forces—MARINES, the 82nd AIRBORNE, and the 101st AIRBORNE DIVISION—exactly like Eisenhower did after Brown v. Board of Education!
STEP 2: NATIONAL GUARD AS CHILD’S PLAY. Governors like JB Pritzker might be cheering this as a political "win" to curb executive power... but they just signed up for the hard way. The National Guard is now just child's play—only to be deployed if needed later down the line!
STEP 3: TOTAL FEDERAL DOMINATION. If blue cities and defiant states refuse to do their jobs, federal authority crashes in with REAL, UNFILTERED ENFORCEMENT. NO HOLDS BARRED.
🎯 THE BOTTOM LINE:
Democrats thought they were delivering a checkmate. Instead, they accidentally begged the Supreme Court to invite Trump to patrol American streets with the Marine Corps and the 82nd Airborne instead of local guardsmen!
🔥 MASSIVE. EPIC. BACKFIRE. 🔥
The Great Awakening is HERE.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 11:58 AM (mISmA)

193 Islam is magian - they hardened into a retarded husk millennia ago.

Posted by: Oglebay at November 05, 2026 11:58 AM (2ap+5)

194 Codify the DOGE cuts for a start.
Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 11:46 AM (iOpI2)

Pass the fucking SAVE Act!
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons

contact all the outgoing Congress-critters in your state and encourage them to pass bills to spite the people who frauded them out of office

Posted by: FeatherBlade at November 05, 2026 11:58 AM (vJrRc)

195 We have 19 Republicans in the TX senate who have the monumental, herculean near-impossible task of saving Texas.

+++
Good luck.
We're all counting on you.

Posted by: Leslie Nielsen at November 05, 2026 11:58 AM (2Ez/1)

196 Seems someone should go back to lurking.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 11:57 AM

Must be from those shadows of shame Weasel keeps talking about.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 05, 2026 11:58 AM (ctC8W)

197 Just saw this on X. No verification:

===

Pass...

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 11:58 AM (AKptf)

198 If that fucker, Thune, sends me marketing of any kind asking for money...Ho-lee-shit

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 11:58 AM (iOpI2)

199 Does Texas still use those electronic voting machines with the annoying dial? Or did they ever switch to paper ballots?

Posted by: brak at November 05, 2026 11:59 AM (gw3RI)

200 The Texas Sec of State's office was offline from before 8pm until around 3 am in the morning. They were unable to take elections results.

Leaking water pipes, anyone?

Posted by: Ben Had at November 05, 2026 12:00 PM (8Uo7a)

201 USA Facts, What states are people in California moving to and from? Updated May 2026

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 05, 2026 12:00 PM (NFX2v)

202 >>>THIS WAS THE ULTIMATE SUPREME COURT BACKFIRE: DEMOCRATS JUST HANDED TRUMP THE ULTIMATE CONSTITUTIONAL WAR MACHINE!

Trust the process!!!!

Posted by: Q-Anon is back at November 05, 2026 12:00 PM (gw3RI)

203 You'd be surprised how many Jews are associated with and even managers at CAIR. One of the guys in my building was executive director at CAIR. Jewish guy.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 05, 2026 11:45 AM (iFTx/)

------

Can't explain crazy.
Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 11:47 AM (iOpI2)
_____

Nope. Otherwise, he (Jacob) was a normal, nebbish, affluent Jewish guy with a Jewish wife and Jewish kid. You'd never notice anything particularly weird about him.

But he was literally a head honcho at an organization that makes little secret that they want to exterminate him and all his kind.

I didn't believe it. "That can't be," I thought. So I looke him up. Sure enough, his bio is on the CAIR website, along with a number of other names that are almost certainly Jewish. Incredible.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 05, 2026 12:01 PM (iFTx/)

204 I'm kind of thinking the day after a blood bath election taking a tour of the unfinished ball room wasn't a good look..
--
Or, "let them eat cake."

"I wasn't on the ballot, if I was, I would have won."

You were on the ballot, duffus--your policies, your agenda, your "wins."
And you got your ass handed to you.

"but look at this ballroom!"

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 05, 2026 12:01 PM (/Ki2A)

205 I think Trump KNEW he was going to get his shit pushed in during the election and did what he could to free the Israelis from whatever conditions and strings the incoming Antisemitic Congress might put on them.

Agreed 100%. The timing was weird, but actually cutting it off was fairly reasonable. Bibi's talked about getting rid of the strings of the US government's current fashions since the 90s.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 12:01 PM (2ocoG)

206 Check out the retarded 3rd comment. These people are fucked in the head.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at November 05, 2026 11:38 AM (hmYU4)

Third comment?! All three that are showing up for me are retarded.
Posted by: pookysgirl, apparently smarter than the average X user at November 05, 2026 11:44 AM (Wt5PA)

Absolutely. That's who we're up against.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at November 05, 2026 12:01 PM (hmYU4)

207 interesting..

"Patrick Ruffini
@PatrickRuffini
·
1h
Your personal pet issue - the war, data centers, tariffs - mattered, but they only mattered in how they laddered up to broader arguments about affordability and corruption.

The war = gas prices
Data centers = rising utility rates, corrupt deals
Tariffs = prices"

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 12:01 PM (AKptf)

208 Abbott had 12 years to clean up voting in Texas.
And they figured it out.

Posted by: torabora at November 05, 2026 12:01 PM (Wt1Rs)

209 Does Texas still use those electronic voting machines with the annoying dial? Or did they ever switch to paper ballots?
Posted by: brak

Touch screen & Paper. Load ballot. Go thru touch screen. Hit print. It prints. Take printout to counting machine. Feed it into the machine. Fini.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 12:01 PM (mISmA)

210 🔥 MASSIVE. EPIC. BACKFIRE. 🔥
The Great Awakening is HERE.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 11:58 AM

Cocaine's a helluva drug.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 05, 2026 12:02 PM (ctC8W)

211 201 USA Facts, What states are people in California moving to and from? Updated May 2026
Posted by: L - No nic... at November 05, 2026 12:00 PM (NFX2v)

A friend of mine's Daughter moved her Family to Texas from CA to get away from the Liberalism.. Very Conservative... Wonder if she's considering another move ?.

Posted by: It's me donna at November 05, 2026 12:02 PM (4WM7K)

212 Are Trump and Vance entering Adams and Jefferson territory? Hamilton and Burr territory?

Vance doesn't seem to have an apparatus to protect himself that Trump has.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at November 05, 2026 12:02 PM (qwx/I)

213 I'm kind of thinking the day after a blood bath election taking a tour of the unfinished ball room wasn't a good look..

I get saying that, but I think the media/Democrat hysteria over the ballroom, a ballroom that Clinton and Obama both made noises about constructing when they were in office, is extremely stupid.

Also, Trump is now off the hook for "good looks" until the end of his term. And given that Vance probably already has decided not to run and told Trump as much, that goes double.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 12:03 PM (2ocoG)

214 177 The West is finished, but what culture is ascendant?
Posted by: Oglebay at November 05, 2026 11:53 AM (2ap+5)
=======

Harajuku!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 05, 2026 11:55 AM (RIvkX)

Gesundheit.

Posted by: m at November 05, 2026 12:04 PM (odBC9)

215 "Is it any big surprise that voters were pissed and took it out on the GOP in the midterms?"

I'm not sure what the state levels of government in Texas had to do that.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at November 05, 2026 12:04 PM (au4et)

216 211. A friend of mine's Daughter moved her Family to Texas from CA to get away from the Liberalism.. Very Conservative... Wonder if she's considering another move ?.
Posted by: It's me donna

I can appreciate that. I have one that went to GA from my ultra-lib state.

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 05, 2026 12:04 PM (NFX2v)

217 >>>"Texas processed 2,900,357 new valid voter registrations between 2022-2024 without proof of citizenship
...
56.5% of Texas voter registration were classified as 'new valid registrations.'"

Posted by: nothing to see here at November 05, 2026 12:04 PM (gw3RI)

218 All well and good. Republicans will never win shit again if Trump puts the Marines on the streets of an American city.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 12:04 PM (2614e)

219 How good was TX Republican registration drives?

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 12:05 PM (AKptf)

220 Abbott had 12 years to clean up voting in Texas.

Abbott's top donor is a Pakistani Muslim, which honestly explains a lot.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 12:05 PM (2ocoG)

221 Hot Air comments section sucks. That's why I jumped ship to come here. In fairness, I haven't been in their comment section in a while (ya gotta buy a "VIP" membership), so maybe it's better.

But at the time, there was lotsa fucknugget crybabies, foreign trolls and bots, stalkers, spam, whores, and that insufferable twat Allahpundit.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 05, 2026 12:05 PM (iFTx/)

222 Is it at all possible that TX Rs slept, while TX Ds did not?

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 12:05 PM (AKptf)

223 Republican may never win again if Trump ramps things up?

Oh, no. Democracy is good. It's the goodest thing ever.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at November 05, 2026 12:06 PM (qwx/I)

224

What explains, Ohio, Kansas,and the other reddish States that went bluish ?

Posted by: It's me donna at November 05, 2026 12:06 PM (4WM7K)

225 They can't kill us all because they need much of the work ethics and money from us, the common savers.

But ever so slowly...

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 05, 2026 12:06 PM (NFX2v)

226 Harajuku!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 05, 2026 11:55 AM (RIvkX)

=======

You have my attention!

Posted by: Oglebay at November 05, 2026 12:06 PM (2ap+5)

227 Is it at all possible that TX Rs slept, while TX Ds did not?

Talarico got half a million more votes than Kamala did in 2024. That seems exceptionally unlikely unless a Buick with a really big trunk is in play.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 12:06 PM (2ocoG)

228 213 I'm kind of thinking the day after a blood bath election taking a tour of the unfinished ball room wasn't a good look..

I get saying that, but I think the media/Democrat hysteria over the ballroom, a ballroom that Clinton and Obama both made noises about constructing when they were in office, is extremely stupid.

Also, Trump is now off the hook for "good looks" until the end of his term. And given that Vance probably already has decided not to run and told Trump as much, that goes double.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 12:03 PM (2ocoG)

See, I don't think Vance said that...I think Trump is making it impossible for Vance to run. I don't want Vance, but you can't ignore how Trump is treating him vs others lately...

Posted by: Nova Local at November 05, 2026 12:07 PM (Gb7+b)

229 🔥 MASSIVE. EPIC. BACKFIRE. 🔥
The Great Awakening is HERE.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 11:58 AM

Cocaine's a helluva drug.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 05, 2026 12:02 PM (ctC8W)
________

"You should try railing K off some fratbro's dong!"

-- Cornell 7 hoe

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 05, 2026 12:07 PM (iFTx/)

230 What explains, Ohio, Kansas,and the other reddish States that went bluish ?

Blue cities, probably with Alex Soros money, perfected the cheat. Probably using AI to find the vulnerabilities.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 12:08 PM (2ocoG)

231 Apologies @ 200, not take results but report results.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 05, 2026 12:08 PM (8Uo7a)

232 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 12:08 PM (2614e)

233 191 Just saw this on X. No verification:

🔥🚨 THIS WAS THE ULTIMATE SUPREME COURT BACKFIRE: DEMOCRATS JUST HANDED TRUMP THE ULTIMATE CONSTITUTIONAL WAR MACHINE!

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 11:58 AM (mISmA)

Maybe when it's in all caps and has fiery emojis, just no.

Posted by: m at November 05, 2026 12:08 PM (odBC9)

234 In Ohio, the top of the ticket was horrible. Every time that retard Vivek opened his butter chicken hole, the more difficult the climb became for other Rs. I really liked Scott Adams, but he was no political genius, as evidenced by his weird predilection for Vivek.

Posted by: Oglebay at November 05, 2026 12:09 PM (2ap+5)

235 165 What’s done is done but I’m literally sickened to see my beloved TX turn into CA. It’s not all on him, but he’s not blameless.
--
We're not lost yet.
We have 19 Republicans in the TX senate who have the monumental, herculean near-impossible task of saving Texas.
And saving America.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 05, 2026 11:53 AM (/Ki2A)

There is iron in the words of People’s Hippo Voice for all men to hear. - Ten Bears
( and all those who would not surrender).

Posted by: Eromero at November 05, 2026 12:09 PM (LHPAg)

236 @224

>>What explains, Ohio, Kansas,and the other reddish States that went bluish ?

Preference cascade.

As said previously, the donks are the natural/default political party, and as much as we'd like to think they should be relegated to the trash heap for their sordid history/evil and out right lunacy, they seem to be forgiven for their tresspasses and returned to power.

They literally were party of slavery and yet black people love the democrat party. They are literally the party of internment and anti-semtitism, and yet asians and jews vote heavily for democrats.

Hell, they just elected a muslim brotherhood devotee to the Senate.

Can't explain, but here we are.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 05, 2026 12:11 PM (XV/Pl)

237 205 I think Trump KNEW he was going to get his shit pushed in during the election and did what he could to free the Israelis from whatever conditions and strings the incoming Antisemitic Congress might put on them.

Agreed 100%. The timing was weird, but actually cutting it off was fairly reasonable. Bibi's talked about getting rid of the strings of the US government's current fashions since the 90s.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 12:01 PM (2ocoG)

More, with the media taking Victory Laps for the dems, it really does not matter WHAT Trump actually said. It would be spun negative no matter what.

Next thing that happens though? The same Congresscritters that always shouted at him for supporting Israel, will suddenly decide it is ONLY up to Congress if foreign aid continues, and thus Trump can't cut the aid....

Because ANYTHING Trump does, must be fought against.

Posted by: Romeo13 at November 05, 2026 12:11 PM (mP0Kj)

238 I know some of you over 29ers may be disappointed in me, but we really, really need to be better in the social media space. Like it or not, this is where news is gotten. And we need to be all over it - Spencer Pratt is right, it’s the vibe and the brand. We need to play in this playground, and we need to do it quickly.

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 12:11 PM (ZdaMQ)

239 BREAKING: Russell Brand CONVICTED of rape and three sexual assaults in the UK!

Nearly 20 YEARS later, with no forensic evidence available?! Police say they interviewed over 100 witnesses, but I still have QUESTIONS! Especially given how things operate in the UK these days! Does this conviction raise red flags for anyone else?

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 12:11 PM (mISmA)

240 Is it at all possible that TX Rs slept, while TX Ds did not?
Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 12:05 PM (AKptf)
_____

That is my theory that explains the entire national debacle. We stayed home because the GOP gave us nothing to vote for. The GOP are useless shitheads no matter what, but from what I can tell, even the ones that actually might have fought for us ran terrible campaigns that offered little more than "I'm not that guy."

But ... if indeed it's true that Perverted Imp got more votes than anyone ever in TX history, that seems very suspicious to me. I'm sure there was quite a bit of vote fraud too.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 05, 2026 12:11 PM (iFTx/)

241 Just saw this on X. No verification:

🔥🚨 THIS WAS THE ULTIMATE SUPREME COURT BACKFIRE: DEMOCRATS JUST HANDED TRUMP THE ULTIMATE CONSTITUTIONAL WAR MACHINE!
---
X is full of dogshit like this to game views and engagement.
This the shit they were posting after the SCOTUS ruling months ago.

Trump will do F-All.
Trump is a spent force that has a 10 to 1 negative to positive ratio right now.
He's burned all his political capital and has nothing left to spend.

This is the conservative equivalent of buying a Powerball and dreaming on what you're going to do with all the money.
Delusional.
In what world, where Trump is so hated right now, does even 10% of America support this massive escalation using the military to shoot at Americans?
Or are we going to pretend these Marines are going to scare everyone off with mean looks on their faces?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 05, 2026 12:11 PM (/Ki2A)

242 @224 ... Used to live in Kansas (worked in the manufacturing hub). The rural areas are still pretty solid red but they are emptying out of population -- the population concentration is Johnson County and Wy County, near KC, (Overland Park Lenexa). That area has gotten very Democratic, like Cook County levels.
Plus Manhattan and Lawrence are where the unis are.

The rise of the college educated AWFL wine moms will not be stopped until they kill every fetus ever conceived. And then they will kill their children.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at November 05, 2026 12:12 PM (qwx/I)

243 I hear Paxton was not a great candidate, but you will never make me believe that Telerico got more votes than anyone, ever.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 12:13 PM (iOpI2)

244 BREAKING: Russell Brand CONVICTED of rape and three sexual assaults in the UK!

Nearly 20 YEARS later, with no forensic evidence available?! Police say they interviewed over 100 witnesses, but I still have QUESTIONS! Especially given how things operate in the UK these days! Does this conviction raise red flags for anyone else?
Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 12:11 PM (mISmA)
_________

Brand was railroaded for having Unapproved Thoughts.

He also didn't help himself by being admittedly aggressive, hyper-promiscuous, and almost deliberately seeking out drug-fueled toxic relationships.

He ignored the rule that no man should ignore.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 05, 2026 12:14 PM (iFTx/)

245 - Tariffs. Literally secured nothing for average Americans. No one can point to one thing a middle class person got in exchange but vague promises of "things will get better, you just watch." And up and down the courts, he got his ass handed to him. Again, nothing but a pile of burned political capital.

- Iran. It wasn't the war--it was yet another broken promise of "winning." What did we "win?" Higher gas prices and "trust me bro, their nuke program is done. Maybe. We gotta keep bombing. Or not. Or maybe. Ceasefire. No ceasefire." So a half-ass, half-hearted, who-knows for ... what? Nothing. Iran is still there, now stronger than before.

You effing idiot.

Tariffs were paid into the Treasury, in case you're mildly worried about the deficit. They also made is worthwhile to move manufacturing into the US versus out of the US.

If you think Iran is stronger now than before, you should consider offing yourself right now to improve your family's position. Since that's how you appear to think how such things work.

I'm going to time out from here until the firing squads run out of ammo. Maybe come back December 7th. See you then!

Posted by: Richard Cranium at November 05, 2026 12:17 PM (au4et)

246 Brand became a Christian and too openly told of his past. He was also a force in the podcast space and the scum who run the UK could not have that.

Meghan Kelly read the charges, and of course they are bullshit.

Get it straight: I am not pro rape but after 20-30 years, I don't give a shit about your made-up trauma and getting paid off to bring them up on a guy the establishment doesn't like.

See also: TRUMP

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 12:17 PM (iOpI2)

247 That is my theory that explains the entire national debacle. We stayed home because the GOP gave us nothing to vote for.
--
Texas Rs have been coasting to near 20 years on "R after name."
They've not had to run competitive campaigns.
Until now.
And got their asses handed to them.

Last session, we got school choice, property tax relief--but only for seniors--and a slap-fight over banning THC.

Or:
Fringe issue that matters to a tiny fraction of parents, yet another give-away to benefit only the wealthy*, and a meaningless sop to the fundie Christians.

Nothing but nothing for 90% of Republican voters.

* Yes, I know, "grandma's eating dog food 'cause she only has SS" but everyone else sees mansions on the golf course and grandpa touring around mid-day on his golf cart.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 05, 2026 12:21 PM (/Ki2A)

248 @247, even the dog food is gourmet nowadays so Grandma's eating top quality kibble.

Yeah, the Boomers have secured themselves rather well as we enter the Age of the Orc. As I said yesterday, we in Gen X are gonna catch hell. Already lost all of my gains from yesterday ... wheee!

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at November 05, 2026 12:23 PM (qwx/I)

249 Talarico got half a million more votes than Kamala did in 2024. That seems exceptionally unlikely unless a Buick with a really big trunk is in play.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 12:06 PM (2ocoG)

Unless Ds registered more people than Rs. See how that works ?

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 12:24 PM (AKptf)

250 He ignored the rule that no man should ignore.
Don't put yer dick in crazy?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 05, 2026 12:25 PM (O86Rb)

251 That is my theory that explains the entire national debacle. We stayed home because the GOP gave us nothing to vote for."

Sound, that theory is...

Posted by: man at November 05, 2026 12:54 PM (pfXMo)

252 I began my voting life in New Orleans at 18 'cos Mom worked at City Hall and said that, if y' ever need anything done and go there to talk with 'em about it, first thing they look at is the letter behind your last name. If it ain't a 'D', you're pissing in the wind. Okay. Years later, I moved to Jefferson Parish (then a 'R' area) and changed my registration. After GHWB (and his peon son GWB), I changed for the last time to Independent. Fuck 'em. After this election … ? Who knows? Is it even worth being registered and voting now palpable cheating taking place but no interest in 'catching' the cheaters? I'm about done with this shit. That's why Col. Colt is one of my bestest friends …

Posted by: Dr_No at November 05, 2026 02:00 PM (ayRl+)

Mid-Morning Art Thread

Vertical Mesquite
Tsuruoka Kakunen

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

Comments

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1 Yep

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 05, 2026 09:30 AM (X8vlu)

2 It’s dead, Jim

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 05, 2026 09:30 AM (yEz+x)

3 Looks like the Liberty Tree right now.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 05, 2026 09:31 AM (X8vlu)

4 Vertical Mesquite.... barely.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 05, 2026 09:32 AM (RORbl)

5 Needs BRAWNDO

Posted by: Don Black at November 05, 2026 09:33 AM (ZxPkt)

6
Thanks, CBD, just what I needed to cheer me up this morning.

Posted by: Auspex at November 05, 2026 09:33 AM (Y8DZL)

7 Sparse, but I like it.
Would hang.
Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 05, 2026 09:33 AM (8VNAp)

8 I'd say it's art.

It's an odd choice of subject, but it's art.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at November 05, 2026 09:34 AM (N1tpc)

9 November 2026 election as a painting?

Posted by: Read at November 05, 2026 09:34 AM (l3cgK)

10 Worst. Hanging Tree. Ever.

Posted by: tubal at November 05, 2026 09:34 AM (Gqar8)

11 Alternate title: America 2036, after 8 years of Democratic control of US government

Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 05, 2026 09:34 AM (Dv3i1)

12 the vertical mesquite has gone horizontal...

Posted by: Read at November 05, 2026 09:35 AM (l3cgK)

13 Alternate title:

"Rejected Roadrunner Cartoon Background"

Posted by: naturalfake at November 05, 2026 09:35 AM (YSUhf)

14 He mailed this one in

Posted by: Skip at November 05, 2026 09:35 AM (NdbDd)

15 No boobs. No dog. Not art.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 05, 2026 09:35 AM (iULbp)

16
Looking on the bright side, a decade's worth of BBQ smoking wood, just there for the taking.

Posted by: Auspex at November 05, 2026 09:35 AM (Y8DZL)

17 The mesquite was angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at November 05, 2026 09:36 AM (2Ez/1)

18 Damn, left over sock...
When I use quotes in a name, it comes back truncated...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 05, 2026 09:36 AM (l3cgK)

19 Looking on the bright side, a decade's worth of BBQ smoking wood, just there for the taking.
Posted by: Auspex

Not a fan of mesquite. Too "salty".

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 09:36 AM (mISmA)

20 That’s quite the moniker the artist has.

Posted by: Bulg at November 05, 2026 09:37 AM (77rzZ)

21
76% of all mesquite trees grow in Texas.

Political commentary?

Posted by: naturalfake at November 05, 2026 09:37 AM (YSUhf)

22 Title checks out.

Posted by: Person who checks out titles at November 05, 2026 09:37 AM (2Ez/1)

23 Alternate title: America 2036, after 8 years of Democratic control of US government
Posted by: Chuck Martel at November 05, 2026 09:34 AM (Dv3i1)
----
That's basically what I was thinking.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 05, 2026 09:37 AM (s2iZv)

24 Is there a horizontal mesquite painting?

Posted by: dantesed at November 05, 2026 09:37 AM (Oy/m2)

25 Poor little tree.

Posted by: Tuna at November 05, 2026 09:37 AM (lJ0H4)

26 This painting matches my mood today.

Posted by: Bulg at November 05, 2026 09:37 AM (77rzZ)

27 Not a fan of mesquite. Too "salty".

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 09:36 AM

Some parts are edible.

Posted by: Euell Gibbons at November 05, 2026 09:38 AM (2Ez/1)

28 Some decent detail in the tree for a watercolor.
It's a lot more interesting when you click on it and see the brush strokes.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at November 05, 2026 09:38 AM (6ydKt)

29 Nicely rendered sky and background. I like it. I wouldn't hang it, but I'd appreciate it for a bit in a gallery.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 05, 2026 09:38 AM (ctC8W)

30 Looks like a watercolor.

Posted by: Tuna at November 05, 2026 09:38 AM (lJ0H4)

31 That should be Dead Mostly Vertical Mesquite, shouldn't it?

Posted by: GWB at November 05, 2026 09:39 AM (kU0PQ)

32 24 Is there a horizontal mesquite painting?
Posted by: dantesed at November 05, 2026 09:37 AM (Oy/m2)

*rotates painting 90 degrees*

There.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 09:39 AM (aKiSo)

33 The Charlie Brown Christmas tree, Arizona edition.

Posted by: Schultz at November 05, 2026 09:40 AM (2Ez/1)

34 Needs watering …

Posted by: Dr_No at November 05, 2026 09:40 AM (ayRl+)

35 13 Alternate title:

"Rejected Roadrunner Cartoon Background"

Posted by: naturalfake at November 05, 2026 09:35 AM (YSUhf)

Sad meep.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 09:41 AM (aKiSo)

36 My hopes and dreams garden.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 05, 2026 09:41 AM (ndZc7)

37 Would hang. In the hallway leading to the restrooms of an Albuquerque lawn and garden center.

Posted by: Interior Design student at November 05, 2026 09:42 AM (2Ez/1)

38 Not a fan of mesquite. Too "salty".

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 09:36 AM (mISmA)

Agreed! It's okay with fatty meats, but there are better woods.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 05, 2026 09:43 AM (k5CNB)

39 Is it standing in a puddle? Sure looks like it.

Posted by: Bulg at November 05, 2026 09:44 AM (77rzZ)

40 Better than horizontal mesquite I suppose. Sums up the mood 'round here.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at November 05, 2026 09:44 AM (vr4To)

41 Artist was in an internment camp in Arizona during WW2.

Posted by: Tuna at November 05, 2026 09:44 AM (lJ0H4)

42 Got some virga extending down from the towering cumulonimbus. The Learjet should be spit out any second now.

Posted by: one hour sober at November 05, 2026 09:44 AM (J4Dwc)

43
Not a fan of mesquite. Too "salty".

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 09:36 AM

But, surely you catch the gentle wafting of springtime raspberry blossoms, the scent of snowfall in the Black Forest, the robust musk of wild horses running through desert sage?

Surely you must!!!

Give mesquite another chance to spice up your meal, like a lusty Valkerie spices up your nights!

Posted by: naturalfake, Food Critic at November 05, 2026 09:45 AM (YSUhf)

44 The spikes on its root system will play hell with the tyres on your riding lawnmower, too …

Posted by: Dr_No at November 05, 2026 09:47 AM (ayRl+)

45 I saw Vertical Mesquite open for Level 42 at the Arena in '92.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 05, 2026 09:48 AM (qRla/)

46 Lifeless. No color, no motion, nothing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 05, 2026 09:48 AM (RIvkX)

47 Despite its gnarled, twisted, bare, leafless branches, and its desiccated appearance, the mesquite tree is far and away the NOST vibrant thing in this landscape. Take that for what it's worth.

Posted by: muldoon at November 05, 2026 09:48 AM (qgHp7)

48 The Charlie Brown Christmas tree, Arizona edition.
Posted by: Schultz at November 05, 2026 09:40 AM (2Ez/1)
---
If there's a dog lurking in the background, it's Snoopy's brother Spike.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 05, 2026 09:48 AM (s2iZv)

49 Ah, so I see that the artistic theme is “Our hopes for the future”.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 05, 2026 09:49 AM (jOQad)

50 He mailed this one in
Posted by: Skip at November 05, 2026 09:35 AM (NdbDd)
---
Delivered by Pony Express.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 05, 2026 09:50 AM (s2iZv)

51 Ah, so I see that the artistic theme is “Our hopes for the future”.
Posted by: Tom Servo at November 05, 2026 09:49 AM

Careful...you might summon naked fat guy on an ottoman for tomorrow.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 05, 2026 09:50 AM (ctC8W)

52
No dog. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 05, 2026 09:50 AM (eRlcH)

53 >>It's okay with fatty meats, but there are better woods.

The Paolo has, how you say, experience paring his wood with fatty meat.

Posted by: The Paolo at November 05, 2026 09:51 AM (J4Dwc)

54 Alas, but I bring a warm, woodsy welcome for the cabin, or the backyard fire pit. A rich, hearty aroma with notes of toasted oak, sweet bacon, and a hint of campfire, like a well-worn flannel, a cast-iron skillet, and one more story before the night turns in.

Posted by: Hickory Wood Chips from LL Bean at November 05, 2026 09:52 AM (2Ez/1)

55 No dog. Not art.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 05, 2026 09:50 AM

Starving coyote just out of frame.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 05, 2026 09:52 AM (ctC8W)

56 Lots of paintings have a vanishing point based on distance or light. Here, I think the vanishing point is the subject itself which finally peaks and disappears at its brittle crumbling top.

Posted by: Oglebay at November 05, 2026 09:54 AM (2ap+5)

57 The Hanging Tree....unused for years, finally gives up the ghost.

Posted by: Oh Well at November 05, 2026 09:54 AM (D5ixm)

58

Kakunen, not Jorma Kaukonen...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 05, 2026 09:54 AM (x0n13)

59 The Paolo has, how you say, experience paring his wood with fatty meat.
Posted by: The Paolo at November 05, 2026 09:51 AM

The Paolo should enjoy the new representative from TX-23.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 05, 2026 09:54 AM (ctC8W)

60 Thanks CBD. Morning Horde. Pray, hope, don't worry and buy ammo.

Posted by: Buck (Ofama) at November 05, 2026 09:55 AM (z6ONu)

61 58

Kakunen, not Jorma Kaukonen...
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 05, 2026 09:54 AM (x0n13)

Embryonic Journey

Posted by: tubal at November 05, 2026 09:55 AM (Gqar8)

62 The Paolo has, how you say, experience paring his wood with fatty meat.
Posted by: The Paolo

Ah yes, closing time gambit.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at November 05, 2026 09:55 AM (bmMEr)

63 61 58

Kakunen, not Jorma Kaukonen...
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 05, 2026 09:54 AM (x0n13)

Embryonic Journey
Posted by: tubal at November 05, 2026 09:55 AM (Gqar

That is one of my favorite guitar instrumentals.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at November 05, 2026 09:56 AM (x0n13)

64 'Mesquite' is filed in my brain adjacent to 'mess kit'.
Like the WWII surplus mess kits that consisted of two halves, one that could serve as a frying pan and the other that was a divided plate. The handle of the pan folded over into the groove in the plate to clamp it closed. Inside were utensils: knife, fork, spoon. We used those on many a Boy Scout backpacking trip.

Virtual Mess Kit > Vertical Mesquite

Posted by: muldoon at November 05, 2026 09:58 AM (qgHp7)

65 Embryonic Journey
Posted by: tubal at November 05, 2026 09:55 AM (Gqar

That is one of my favorite guitar instrumentals.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton

Malagueña by Roy Clark.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 09:58 AM (mISmA)

66 I like the soft colors and the opalescent sky.

Posted by: Emmie at November 05, 2026 09:58 AM (OlzlW)

67 Careful...you might summon naked fat guy on an ottoman for tomorrow.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

My mood's already in the toilet. The fat guy would have no effect.

Posted by: Bulg at November 05, 2026 09:58 AM (77rzZ)

68 I've been through the desert on a horse with no name.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 05, 2026 09:58 AM (1bYJp)

69
Starving coyote just out of frame.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 05, 2026 09:52 AM (ctC8W)

___________

Roadrunner racing by too fast to be shown in painting.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 05, 2026 09:59 AM (eRlcH)

70 Opalescent might be a fun word for a limerick.

Posted by: Limerick Lover at November 05, 2026 09:59 AM (2Ez/1)

71 >>Ah yes, closing time gambit.

Even The Paolo needs, how you say, a slump-buster every great once in a while.

Posted by: The Paolo at November 05, 2026 09:59 AM (J4Dwc)

72 Hey Muldoon! I also spent a good bit of time as an adult leader in the scouts.

Posted by: Buck (Ofama) at November 05, 2026 10:01 AM (z6ONu)

73 71 >>Ah yes, closing time gambit.

Even The Paolo needs, how you say, a slump-buster every great once in a while.
Posted by: The Paolo at November 05, 2026 09:59 AM (J4Dwc)

It'd be like humping an exercise ball full of cold bacon grease and covered in cookie crumbs.

The hell is wrong with you people.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 10:01 AM (aKiSo)

74 Ya gotta use mesquite netting to keep those pesky things away at night.

Posted by: Bulg at November 05, 2026 10:01 AM (77rzZ)

75 Excellent painting, would hang.

Posted by: Frenchjeton at November 05, 2026 10:03 AM (j0T5y)

76 Posted by: muldoon at November 05, 2026 09:58 AM (qgHp7)

Sounds like you could make quite a mes.

Posted by: Bulg at November 05, 2026 10:03 AM (77rzZ)

77 Jorma has video lessons for that, and the “Water Song”, a better tune I think. Very fun to play.

Posted by: Common Tater at November 05, 2026 10:04 AM (55dRY)

78 Jorma has video lessons for that, and the “Water Song”, a better tune I think. Very fun to play.

Posted by: Common Tater at November 05, 2026 10:04 AM (55dRY)

79 As I think about it, this work reminds me of the abbey in the oakwood.

Posted by: Oglebay at November 05, 2026 10:04 AM (2ap+5)

80 Sure, it's maybe 60% vertical. But it's got that other 40% that's gone horizontal.

Posted by: No Name Today at November 05, 2026 10:04 AM (8mulE)

81 The Paolo always carries a bag of flour.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 05, 2026 10:04 AM (X8vlu)

82 Try our new bacon grease and cookie crumb scented votives!

Just in time for the Holidays.

Posted by: Yankee Candle at November 05, 2026 10:04 AM (2Ez/1)

83 A dead tree....

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 10:05 AM (Int1s)

84 I've been through the desert on a horse with no name.

Randy Newman snarked that the song was about a kid who thinks he's taken acid.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 05, 2026 10:05 AM (qRla/)

85 "This is technically savannah. And my name is Steve, you asshole. Thanks for asking."

-The Horse

Posted by: Warai-otoko at November 05, 2026 10:07 AM (aKiSo)

86 It'd be like humping an exercise ball full of cold bacon grease and covered in cookie crumbs.

The hell is wrong with you people.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Oddly specific.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 05, 2026 10:11 AM (IQpik)

87 He doesn't look like a happy little tree. He looks kind of gnarly. I like it.

It's a keeper.

Posted by: A random guy on the net at November 05, 2026 10:13 AM (5Op5D)

88 If you love your exercise ball very, very much....

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 05, 2026 10:13 AM (X8vlu)

89 This is an art thread I will ask a question and if the quorum answers in the affirmative I will discuss something here that is a rare ray of hope although once the USAID spigots are turned back on you will get to see that it *was* an organized leftist conspiracy.

Is the video game an art?

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 10:14 AM (Int1s)

90 Meh...

Posted by: It's me donna at November 05, 2026 10:14 AM (+gK6I)

91 You can eat bacon and cookies in my bed anytime.

Posted by: The grossly overweight Mandrell sister at November 05, 2026 10:15 AM (2Ez/1)

92 an exercise ball

Like one of them yoga ones, or a medicine ball?
Just trying to gauge how sore my dick is gonna be.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 05, 2026 10:16 AM (HFrEr)

93 *hits thread with cattle prod*

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 05, 2026 10:19 AM (X8vlu)

94 Owwww!

Posted by: The thread at November 05, 2026 10:20 AM (2Ez/1)

95 It's art but it's also kinda ugly.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at November 05, 2026 10:21 AM (s1VwS)

96 japanese watercolor... no goldfish, not art.

Posted by: cmeat at November 05, 2026 10:22 AM (Bep7s)

97 Trying go comment, but I gots nothing.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 10:23 AM (mISmA)

98 The dam is about to break

in 3...2...1...

Posted by: muldoon at November 05, 2026 10:25 AM (qgHp7)

99 Another from the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery

Painted during Tsuruoka's time as an inmate at the Poston incarceration camp during World War II, where gnarled, barren mesquite trees were a recurring subject in his work reflecting the isolation and landscape of the desert camp.

See Scholten Japanese Art,
Kakunen Tsuruoka, 1892-1977
untitled (vertical mesquite)
watercolor on paper, signed at lower right, Kakunen Tsuruoka, ca. 1944))

During his forced confinement at the Poston Incarceration Camp (specifically Camp III) in Arizona during World War II, Tokutaro "Kakunen" Tsuruoka’s artistic style underwent a drastic, profound shift. (Densho Encyclopedia)

Before the war, he was known for creating decorative, vibrant bird-and-flower paintings (kacho-ga) & picturesque California landscapes for art collectors. However, his camp watercolors discarded commercial appeal to capture the raw solitude, bleakness, and haunting beauty of the Arizona desert. (AZ Memory Project)

March 1943, Tsuruoka designed and curated the "Mojave Room" inside an empty barrack at Poston III. The installation featured 16 of his original paintings lining the walls.

An important lesson

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 05, 2026 10:25 AM (NFX2v)

100 I see this kind of art at sidewalk art shows. Not necessarily the same subject matter, but the same style. And I don't think this is done any better.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 10:26 AM (iOpI2)

101 Chuckie "Faustus" Schumer.

Mossadil Commentary
@MOSSADil
🚨 EL-SAYED REFUSES TO BACK SCHUMER FOR SENATE MAJORITY LEADER

Michigan Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed declined to endorse Chuck Schumer for Democratic Senate leader, despite Schumer’s support for his campaign.

“I do believe we need new leadership and I think people are hungry for it,” El-Sayed declared.

The outspoken Israel critic signals growing divisions within the Democratic Party over its leadership and direction.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 05, 2026 10:27 AM (ndZc7)

102 would not hang

Posted by: Gref at November 05, 2026 10:27 AM (5rh/l)

103 Embryonic Journey
Posted by: tubal

Wymyns cheering abortion until birth.

https://tinyurl.com/2695mwsr

Well, you can't have a good utopia without mass murder.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 05, 2026 10:27 AM (ndZc7)

104 And the cherry on top!

Democrats’ “Decoy Dan” Ballot Scheme in Alaska Appears to Be Working

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 05, 2026 10:28 AM (ndZc7)

105 Could be worse.
Could be Transing.

Posted by: Igor at November 05, 2026 10:28 AM (J0bEY)

106 Japan and its people are beautiful and made our trip there in the '90s lovely, but I would starve to death if I had to live there.

Posted by: Oglebay at November 05, 2026 10:29 AM (2ap+5)

107 Democrats spent the entire campaign talking about affordability, groceries and the cost of living. It took them less than an hour after winning Congress to drop every word of it and show the country what the campaign was actually about.

The new agenda is already being said out loud. Arrest the political opponents. Seize Elon Musk's factories. Nationalize SpaceX. The mask did not slip over weeks or months. It came off before the victory parties even ended.

Anyone paying attention could have seen this coming. The affordability language was the wrapper, and the wrapper was never the product. The product is power, and power aimed at everyone who stood in the way.

America now gets to watch the real Democrat Party govern with both chambers. The country will remember who warned them and who sold them the story.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 10:29 AM (mISmA)

108 Okay obviously the answer is shrug at best or "no"...

the art was taken over at the worst or heavily influenced at best by banks and the government it was fixed by DOGE for a bit and you will watch when the spigots get turned back on it snap back to the junk that was getting studios shut down like Bioware....

carry on....go paints I guess

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 10:29 AM (Int1s)

109 NOW HONDURAN CARAVAN ENTERING: just like many predicted, a Honduran caravan has left San Pedro Sula yesterday, now headed towards the US. This something we've been reporting on extensively, that if Democrats took control of Congress, Caravans would be heading toward the US. Per DHS sources we've spoken to, and whom we trust, 12 caravans totalling over 12,000 people are en route to the US southern border. The cloest will reach El Paso in 4 days with plans to storm the border.
@RealRawNews

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 10:29 AM (mISmA)

110 Treebeard entered a rapid decline after getting hooked on meth.

This shrub would be at its best as fuel for a meat smoker, not an artistic subject.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 05, 2026 10:29 AM (qlLNh)

111 EL-SAYED REFUSES TO BACK SCHUMER FOR SENATE MAJORITY LEADER

Sucks to be chuckie.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 10:30 AM (mISmA)

112 Bad news from the BNN (Boob News Network, AKA Me):

Based on recent photos, Billie Eilish is believed to have undergone breast-reduction surgery.

Posted by: Bulg at November 05, 2026 10:30 AM (77rzZ)

113 53 pairing?

Posted by: cmeat at November 05, 2026 10:31 AM (Bep7s)

114 Based on recent photos, Billie Eilish is believed to have undergone breast-reduction surgery.
Posted by: Bulg at November 05, 2026 10:30 AM (77rzZ)

-------

I think before-and-afters would be appropriate.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 10:31 AM (iOpI2)

115 I think before-and-afters would be appropriate.
Posted by: Seems Legit

There's an article linked at Instapundit that has 'em. Looks like she did to me.

Posted by: Bulg at November 05, 2026 10:32 AM (77rzZ)

116 Per Breitbart: Australia- Italian chef fired for refusing to put pineapple on pizza.

"An affront to my culture."

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 05, 2026 10:33 AM (X8vlu)

117 115 Posted by: Bulg at November 05, 2026 10:32 AM (77rzZ)

Billie or "William" as I and they prefer lost 15-20 pounds from appearances and could just be on vitamin H....

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 10:34 AM (Int1s)

118 Eilish is one of those women that I just find...repellent.

Not ugly in a conventional sense by any means, just creepy. She has an "avoid at all costs" aura about her.

Bitch be wrong, yo.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 05, 2026 10:34 AM (qlLNh)

119 Man, the markets are ... not happy. As a patriotic American, I am sorry but, I am sucking all the value out that I can. +4.12% in my trading account so far this morning continuing to short the techs.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 05, 2026 10:34 AM (1bYJp)

120 Markets yesterday: yay, Democrats are in charge!

Markets today: oh, wait...

Posted by: Vengeance at November 05, 2026 10:34 AM (wn0/z)

121 My summary of the election results:

Buy ammo.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 05, 2026 10:35 AM (qlLNh)

122 Michigan Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed declined to endorse Chuck Schumer for Democratic Senate leader, despite Schumer’s support for his campaign.

Oh, no!

Anyway....

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 05, 2026 10:35 AM (ctC8W)

123 It’s kind of funny that the new democrat socialists think they don’t have to wait their turn to become leaders.

The old democrats, are they going to just relinquish their power to the newbies?

*pops popcorn*

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 05, 2026 10:36 AM (H3kqf)

124 All the info on X coming about about Texas voting... but what can be done out it?

Anyone telling themselves Texas voted this way due to A, B, C should look at the "anomalies" in the "software errors."

And the shift to blue in EVERY COUNTY in 21 states (1799 counties)? Yeah that seems real.

Posted by: Ann at November 05, 2026 10:36 AM (SHHm+)

125 the art was taken over at the worst or heavily influenced at best by banks and the government it was fixed by DOGE for a bit and you will watch when the spigots get turned back on it snap back to the junk that was getting studios shut down like Bioware....

I've worked in AAA for over 30 years. USAID was not involved, all the bad decisions were made by dumbass MBAs who were cucked by HR.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 10:36 AM (2ocoG)

126 Democrats are foaming at the mouth to get their guillotine built.

Posted by: Vengeance at November 05, 2026 10:36 AM (wn0/z)

127 "The country will remember who warned them and who sold them the story."

I doubt it. A country so clueless that it can't remember back 18 months (when gas prices had declined rapidly), and of course seems to have no understanding of why or how anything works, cannot be expected to "learn".

Every day I am more amazed that the US even survived, much less developed into the greatest country in history, given how ignorant, selfish, and stupid such a large % of the populace is.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 05, 2026 10:38 AM (U/Byj)

128 A Hamas lover won’t support a Jew for senate leader?

Shocked I am!!

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 10:38 AM (VYGAQ)

129 Durka-Durka Mohammed Jihad may have to learn the same lesson that AOC learned when she disrespected Pelosi.

Something akin to a horse head in her bed, I believe.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 05, 2026 10:38 AM (qlLNh)

130 118 Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 05, 2026 10:34 AM (qlLNh)

William is very idealistic, "nobody is illegal on stolen land" it is why William gave the Arapazowie tribe their stolen mansion....

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 10:38 AM (Int1s)

131 101 Chuckie "Faustus" Schumer.

Mossadil Commentary
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🚨 EL-SAYED REFUSES TO BACK SCHUMER FOR SENATE MAJORITY LEADER

Michigan Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed declined to endorse Chuck Schumer for Democratic Senate leader, despite Schumer’s support for his campaign.

“I do believe we need new leadership and I think people are hungry for it,” El-Sayed declared.

The outspoken Israel critic signals growing divisions within the Democratic Party over its leadership and direction.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 05, 2026 10:27 AM (ndZc7)

I think he's simply going public with telling Schumer (and other Majority Leader candidates) that his (Abdul's) vote for Majority Leader must be purchased. The final price will be determined behind closed doors. For example, Abdul wants to be assigned to choice Senate committees. Foreign Affairs, Defense, Budget, and one or two others. Abdul will not stand quietly if he's assigned to the Agriculture Committee and the like.

Posted by: Gref at November 05, 2026 10:38 AM (5rh/l)

132 Based on recent photos, Billie Eilish is believed to have undergone breast-reduction surgery.
Posted by: Bulg at November 05, 2026 10:30 AM (77rzZ)

Katy Segal has always denied she got implants during the run of Married. . .With Children, but her appearance says otherwise. Dolly, on the other hand, freely admitted to augmenting her embonpoint over the years.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at November 05, 2026 10:38 AM (qRla/)

133 Yeah it looks like the muslims in Congress are anxious to kick off their jihad from the inside. You’ve got supporters of 9-11 terrorists and others who support terror groups. Big tent ya got there Democrats.

Posted by: Vengeance at November 05, 2026 10:38 AM (wn0/z)

134 127 Posted by: rhomboid at November 05, 2026 10:38 AM (U/Byj)

We live in a country that looked at 3 dead kids and decided Lindsay Clancy was a heroine and lions don't kill their cubs and the only member of the family provably not there probably did it....

go long on paste and door knobs.

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 10:39 AM (Int1s)

135 Where's the rope?

Posted by: Eromero at November 05, 2026 10:39 AM (LHPAg)

136 Schumer didn’t know get the Jews meant him too?

Huh.

Posted by: Vengeance at November 05, 2026 10:39 AM (wn0/z)

137 Something akin to a horse head in her bed, I believe.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

AOC has a donkey head in her bed every time she lies down in it.

Posted by: Bulg at November 05, 2026 10:39 AM (77rzZ)

138 > given how ignorant, selfish, and stupid such a large % of the populace is.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 05, 2026 10:38 AM (U/Byj)

The next republic (in the optimistic belief that there will be a next republic) needs to keep communists far, far, FAR away from the schools and universities.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 05, 2026 10:40 AM (qlLNh)

139 Chuck U Schumer might want to hire a food taster and someone to start his car.

Or not. I don't give a fuck.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 05, 2026 10:40 AM (X8vlu)

140 133 Posted by: Vengeance at November 05, 2026 10:38 AM (wn0/z)

I am not joining the MTGs and Tuq'rs in joining Abdul, I am also not getting between Durka Durka and the Donks who empowered them.

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 10:40 AM (Int1s)

141 Nice rendering of the clouds. I sense a theme? Or just nature is awesome any time.

Posted by: LizLem at November 05, 2026 10:41 AM (Toos7)

142 The next republic (in the optimistic belief that there will be a next republic) needs to keep communists far, far, FAR away from the schools and universities.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 05, 2026 10:40 AM (qlLNh)
----
I don't think any of us will be around to witness the rise of the New American Republic.

The lamp of freedom has been extinguished.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 05, 2026 10:41 AM (s2iZv)

143 @124

>>And the shift to blue in EVERY COUNTY in 21 states (1799 counties)? Yeah that seems real.

Political realignments happen.

People forget but the Democrats are the natural governing party of the US, they had a nearly 60 year run of both the house and Senate, only broken when the country realigned politically allowing the Republicans to take control of both the house and senate in 1995.

The GOP has largely been in charge of the house and Senate for the last 24 years and we've largely gotten wars and debt out of that.

So, the country may be aligning back to it's Democrat default.

Unfortunately.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 05, 2026 10:42 AM (XV/Pl)

144 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 10:42 AM (2614e)

145 Alternate title:

America in 2027

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 10:42 AM (2614e)

146 125 Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 10:36 AM (2ocoG)

USAID propped up some of the indies, they also worked with Canada to foster the SBI Extortion.....sorry "consulting" wing....

when the spigots, the Fed funding ESG to the 9s and everything turns back on the idiocy will resume full bore.....

Gotta love the Bioware hysteria.

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 10:42 AM (Int1s)

147 I doubt it. A country so clueless that it can't remember back 18 months (when gas prices had declined rapidly), and of course seems to have no understanding of why or how anything works, cannot be expected to "learn".
Every day I am more amazed that the US even survived, much less developed into the greatest country in history, given how ignorant, selfish, and stupid such a large % of the populace is.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 05, 2026 10:38 AM (U/Byj)

Agree. Not to mention the fat stoners and drunks and pill poppers running amok and queuing up for free handouts and gummies.

Posted by: Fat, Drunk and Stupid at November 05, 2026 10:42 AM (D5ixm)

148 all the bad decisions were made by dumbass MBAs who were cucked by HR.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 10:36 AM (2ocoG)

sadly, this is the story of most companies mid to large sized now....

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at November 05, 2026 10:43 AM (nXhwP)

149 > AOC has a donkey head in her bed every time she lies down in it.
Posted by: Bulg at November 05, 2026 10:39 AM (77rzZ)

Is she still "engaged" to that pudgy little Birkenstock-wearing manlet?

I confess to some curiosity about how she actually gets it off, given that neither she nor any other woman has ever gotten wet for that guy.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 05, 2026 10:43 AM (qlLNh)

150 We should be handing out axe handles with nails sticking out. Enjoy Democrats, those of you who voted for them.

BTW I see Temu Jefferies is saying Democrats won’t be doing investigations when every single potential chair and most members are saying the opposite.

Posted by: Vengeance at November 05, 2026 10:43 AM (wn0/z)

151 Has Whig weighed in on the midterms yet? I'd like to hear his analysis of what went wrong.

Posted by: Bulg at November 05, 2026 10:43 AM (77rzZ)

152 The DNC "infighting" is all WWE

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 10:44 AM (pjdUv)

153
Starving coyote just out of frame.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 05, 2026 09:52 AM (ctC8W)

Just before the empty Acme box goes blowing by.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 10:44 AM (2614e)

154
Diana and Dot are both in a tizzy. They see us going back and forth, carrying things outside and just know a car trip is in the offing. Their excitement will reach its peak when we get out travel collars for them.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 05, 2026 10:45 AM (eRlcH)

155 And the shift to blue in EVERY COUNTY in 21 states (1799 counties)? Yeah that seems real.

—

I can’t remember the exact numbers but something similar happened in 2024.thousands of counties even in blue states shifted from Biden to Trump.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 10:45 AM (VYGAQ)

156 > sadly, this is the story of most companies mid to large sized now....
Posted by: Sturmtoddler at November 05, 2026 10:43 AM (nXhwP)

"I've never met one of you people who didn't suck."

-- Steve Jobs to a candidate, when Apple first got big enough to need an HR department.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 05, 2026 10:45 AM (qlLNh)

157 I think a lot of people underestimated how pissed people were when they got the run around on the Epstein files.

Trump saying they are a scam and "are we still talking about that?" was actually retarded.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 10:47 AM (iOpI2)

158 People assume that Democrats are the party of 10 even years ago. Hint, they are not and the up and coming members get more radical by the day. These people want a complete destruction of the republic, a fixed judiciary that keeps them in office, election chaos that does the same, unimpeded illegal immigration with amnesty, and nothing on the way of their fiscal profligacy that finds the whole scheme.

I suppose some people will learn the hard way.

Posted by: Vengeance at November 05, 2026 10:47 AM (wn0/z)

159 Had my weekly conference call this morning. The Euros were closely watching the US Election this week. I'm sure they're ecstatic to see the Dems take congress back so USAID and all the buttf*cking of America will be back in fashion as Eurofags bleed us dry again.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 10:47 AM (2614e)

160
...America now gets to watch the real Democrat Party govern with both chambers. The country will remember who warned them and who sold them the story.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 10:29 AM (mISmA)

Yes! This is a great opportunity....if-

If the Republicans will use it, and shout the Dims lies and shortcomings loud nd long for the next two years, and, most important-

do not assist the Democrats in their rage and socialist fuckery at all.

Just keep the pressure on for two years every time they don't concentrate on "affordability", etc.

I know, i know I'm placing faith in a collection of complete poltroons and cowards.

But, hey, I'm White Pilling today!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at November 05, 2026 10:47 AM (YSUhf)

161 Say goodbye to yesterday’s market gains. lol.

Posted by: Vengeance at November 05, 2026 10:48 AM (wn0/z)

162
"I've never met one of you people who didn't suck."

-- Steve Jobs to a candidate, when Apple first got big enough to need an HR department.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 05, 2026 10:45 AM (qlLNh)

And yet he was a libtard and a supporter of the leftist commie regime.........

His widow is a HORRIBLE person.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 10:48 AM (2614e)

163 Today plus yesterday is definitely an official "correction"

NASDAQ Composite (^IXIC)
24,490.66 -1,245.85 (-4.84%)
As of 10:46:43 AM EST. Market Open.

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 05, 2026 10:49 AM (1bYJp)

164 It'd be like humping an exercise ball full of cold bacon grease and covered in cookie crumbs.
___

*considers*

Posted by: A Man at November 05, 2026 10:49 AM (Dv3i1)

165 > The lamp of freedom has been extinguished.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 05, 2026 10:41 AM (s2iZv)

I'm not giving up just yet.

After the British defeat at Saratoga in 1777, Sir John Sinclair was alarmed and wrote to Adam Smith that if things continued at that rate, “the nation must be ruined.”

Smith wrote back: “Be assured, my young friend, that there is a great deal of ruin in a nation.”

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 05, 2026 10:50 AM (qlLNh)

166 ___

*considers*
Posted by: A Man at November 05, 2026 10:49 AM (Dv3i1)

That seems more like something Florida Man would contemplate......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at November 05, 2026 10:50 AM (2614e)

167
"I've never met one of you people who didn't suck."

-- Steve Jobs to a candidate, when Apple first got big enough to need an HR department.

___________

He was your prototypical tech bro. A despicable human being.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 05, 2026 10:51 AM (eRlcH)

168 I think a lot of people underestimated how pissed people were when they got the run around on the Epstein files.

Trump saying they are a scam and "are we still talking about that?" was actually retarded.
Posted by: Seems Legit

Yep.

That and bombing Iran last summer was a 1-2 punch that turned a lot of people off a Trump.A lot of people also refuse to admit how much of a shit of Israel there has been in the country in the last 2 years.

The counter argument is but polls had Trump at 100% approval from maga. Yes but the size of maga shrank dramatically after those 2 events.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 10:51 AM (VYGAQ)

169 So, the country may be aligning back to it's Democrat default.

Unfortunately.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 05, 2026 10:42 AM (XV/Pl)

Unfortunately, this is not your father's Democrat party. Or the Democrat party of my youth, not all that long ago. This is now 100% tribal, and one tribe are the frigging Comanches.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at November 05, 2026 10:51 AM (QaH55)

170 167 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 05, 2026 10:51 AM (eRlcH)

An absolute asshole good at one thing, who was propped up by his mirror image who was better at business with businessmen.

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 10:52 AM (Int1s)

171 >>> 116 Per Breitbart: Australia- Italian chef fired for refusing to put pineapple on pizza.
"An affront to my culture."
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 05, 2026 10:33 AM (X8vlu)

I am the ultimate Heathen... my fave pizza is a supreme with pineapple on it!

But if your restaurant offers pineapple as a topping, you kind of have to use it if the customer wants it, no? Same if you are Muslim and you work at a pizza place. Customer wants ham, bacon, sausage... you gotta supply it.

Posted by: LizLem at November 05, 2026 10:52 AM (Toos7)

172 Michigan Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed declined to endorse Chuck Schumer for Democratic Senate leader, despite Schumer’s support for his campaign.

“I do believe we need new leadership and I think people are hungry for it,” El-Sayed declared.

The outspoken Israel critic signals growing divisions within the Democratic Party over its leadership and direction.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 05, 2026 10:27 AM (ndZc7)

I think he's simply going public with telling Schumer (and other Majority Leader candidates) that his (Abdul's) vote for Majority Leader must be purchased. The final price will be determined behind closed doors. For example, Abdul wants to be assigned to choice Senate committees. Foreign Affairs, Defense, Budget, and one or two others. Abdul will not stand quietly if he's assigned to the Agriculture Committee and the like.
Posted by: Gref

I bid four camels!

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 10:52 AM (mISmA)

173 *considers*
Posted by: A Man at November 05, 2026 10:49 AM (Dv3i1)

That seems more like something Florida Man would contemplate......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Bath salts would be involved.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 05, 2026 10:53 AM (X8vlu)

174 Per Breitbart: Australia- Italian chef fired for refusing to put pineapple on pizza.
"An affront to my culture."
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

Love pineapple and ham on pizza. The sweetness of the pineapple counteracts the acidity of the sauce.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 10:54 AM (mISmA)

175 > And yet he was a libtard and a supporter of the leftist commie regime.........

People assume that, but he really wasn't. He gave a total of $250K to the Democrats over the course of his life. Not much for a guy with $7 billion. His "support" was mostly lip service rather than tangible action.

His widow, though, is everything you say and more.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 05, 2026 10:54 AM (qlLNh)

176 Per Breitbart: Australia- Italian chef fired for refusing to put pineapple on pizza.
"An affront to my culture."

===

Stay strong!

Posted by: runner at November 05, 2026 10:54 AM (AKptf)

177 Big bye market gains. Did oil prices stay low (what a coincidence they were artificially propped up during the elections!), or did they go back up as well.

Posted by: LizLem at November 05, 2026 10:54 AM (Toos7)

178
“I do believe we need new leadership and I think people are hungry for it,” El-Sayed declared.

___________

"No dirty hook-nosed Yids," El-Sayed declared.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 05, 2026 10:55 AM (eRlcH)

179 Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 10:47 AM (iOpI2)

Trump said tying it to him was a hoax. And it clearly was.

Bondi - Strike 3 on AG - fucked him as her first act. Shocker.

Longtime political operative knows what "it's on my desk" means.

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 10:55 AM (pjdUv)

180 168 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 05, 2026 10:51 AM (eRlcH)

The Epstein files were democrats, congress critters, some republicans probably like the Keating five and likely a joint op by the DOJ and Mossad.....

Trump was absolutely not in the files or it would have been leaked and in all likelihood the civil service likely explained divulgence would have imploded the security state....which while *I* favor that outcome would destabilize "too much"....

anyway if America's last chance at stability was on the 1-2 punch of needing the Epstein files, and Iran being able to nuke Israel then we do not need to be stable and deserve what we get.

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 10:55 AM (Int1s)

181 @169

>>Unfortunately, this is not your father's Democrat party.

Yes, they're f**** lunatics but what are you going to do when the people want f**** lunatics?

Again, the LA mayor race is a perfect illustration of how f**** insane people in this country have become.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 05, 2026 10:55 AM (XV/Pl)

182 In the Steve Jobs vs. Bill Gates wrestling contest, I am 100% team Steve Jobs. Sure, he may have lifted an idea or two from Xerox or whomever, but a creative thought has never been welcome in Bill Gates's brain.

Posted by: Oglebay at November 05, 2026 10:56 AM (2ap+5)

183 There are 19 men and women in the TX senate to the 12 Dems.
They are all rated solid to strong conservatives.

It is up to them to save America by saving Texas.

They have to craft the perfect strategy--with no errors--of stopping and frustrating the Dems without being blamed.
While building an agenda of change, promises people believe.
A national agenda.

Maybe the smartest thing they can do is name Adam Hinojosa of Corpus Christi as the senate leader.
And have him everywhere--make him the shadow governor of Texas.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 05, 2026 10:56 AM (/Ki2A)

184 The lamp of freedom has been extinguished.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 05, 2026 10:41 AM
We will not see it lighted again in our time.

Posted by: Eromero at November 05, 2026 10:56 AM (LHPAg)

185 "Florida Man" comes from the fact that Florida has open books when it comes to arrests. You can go online and find the crazy that went on the night before.

Lots of states make it impossible to find this info.

Another win for Florida: act like an idiot, get idiot PR.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 10:56 AM (iOpI2)

186 Every day I am more amazed that the US even survived, much less developed into the greatest country in history, given how ignorant, selfish, and stupid such a large % of the populace is.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 05, 2026 10:38 AM (U/Byj)

Roughly, half of the population is below average intelligence.*

And that hasn't improved at all thanks to our new 3rd world neighbors.

*I know, I know, but I'm covered under the HQ's "No Math Clause".

Posted by: naturalfake at November 05, 2026 10:56 AM (YSUhf)

187 > tech bro.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 05, 2026 10:51 AM (eRlcH)

I don't even know what that means. Near as I can figure, it's like "fascist"... a semantically-null pejorative term for anyone you don't like.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 05, 2026 10:56 AM (qlLNh)

188 141 Nice rendering of the ~~clouds~~ other people's computers. I sense a theme? Or just nature is awesome any time.

fixt

Posted by: anachronda at November 05, 2026 10:57 AM (v3pYe)

189 Why do people freak out so much over day to day market fluctuations? Remember when stocks plummeted 10% after Tarriffs were announced? Only to recover and then go up 10% on top of the recovery within a month?

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 05, 2026 10:57 AM (VYGAQ)

190 Of course many things have already become more "affordable" in the last nearly 2 years. Rents are down in many areas. Overall inflation has declined significantly. Real wages have been increasing (last time was 2019, before that last time was 80s, for most income levels - gee class what do those periods have in common?). Unemployment is at/just below long term average (which is below level that economists historically considered full employment).

Needless to say the Dems have literally zero ideas or changes that would improve "affordability" apart from short-term giveaways and subsidies that will bolster inflation.

But to the pathetic American audience, chanting "affordability", just like "hope and change", actually constitutes a "pitch".

Posted by: rhomboid at November 05, 2026 10:58 AM (U/Byj)

191 187 Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 05, 2026 10:56 AM (qlLNh)

Tech Bros tend to be people skilled at tech or asset management ancillary to tech who consider themselves to be polymaths fit to with minimal scholarship be experts in multiple disciplines due to the money piles they have....see Gates, Bill the planet's most esteemed water purification expert AND epidemiologist....

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 10:58 AM (Int1s)

192 186 Roughly, half of the population is below average intelligence.

what a mean thing to say.

Posted by: anachronda at November 05, 2026 10:58 AM (v3pYe)

193 > Trump was absolutely not in the files or it would have been leaked

Believing that there is any negative information about Trump in the alleged "Epstein files" requires that one believe that Dopey Joe and the Ho sat on the information for four full years, even when the Ho was engaged in a contentious election with Trump.

It's sheer nonsense.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 05, 2026 10:59 AM (qlLNh)

194 179 Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 10:47 AM (iOpI2)

Trump said tying it to him was a hoax. And it clearly was.

Bondi - Strike 3 on AG - fucked him as her first act. Shocker.

Longtime political operative knows what "it's on my desk" means.
Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 10:55 AM (pjdUv)

-----

Yes, I agree. BUT HE DIDN'T release the files without redaction and that's on him. If it wasn't, he should have named names of those blocking him from doing so. It's ridiculous. People really care about those files and the depravity shown by many of our "elites and leaders."

I'm one of them.

Posted by: Seems Legit at November 05, 2026 10:59 AM (iOpI2)

195 Median can be less than the mean.

Posted by: Oglebay at November 05, 2026 10:59 AM (2ap+5)

196 And yet he was a libtard and a supporter of the leftist commie regime.........

Jobs told Obama that he's economically illiterate. He most likely wouldn't approve of how his wife's spending his money, but that's kind of the male experience.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 11:00 AM (2ocoG)

197
I don't even know what that means. Near as I can figure, it's like "fascist"... a semantically-null pejorative term for anyone you don't like.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 05, 2026 10:56 AM (qlLNh)

___________

What I mean is someone so puffed up on his genius that they forget little things like ethics or morals, who makes himself a god and the little people are his subjects.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 05, 2026 11:00 AM (eRlcH)

198 Warp speed!

Influencer followed by Abdul El-Sayed says Elon Musk should be executed by Christmas, calls on El-Sayed to slash the throat of Stephen Miller

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 05, 2026 11:00 AM (ndZc7)

199 >Tech Bros tend to be...

Ah. So people who have opinions about shit they don't understand?

We already had a word for that: "people".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 05, 2026 11:00 AM (qlLNh)

200 The new agenda is already being said out loud. Arrest the political opponents. Seize Elon Musk's factories. Nationalize SpaceX. The mask did not slip over weeks or months. It came off before the victory parties even ended.

Anyone paying attention could have seen this coming. The affordability language was the wrapper, and the wrapper was never the product. The product is power, and power aimed at everyone who stood in the way.

America now gets to watch the real Democrat Party govern with both chambers. The country will remember who warned them and who sold them the story.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 10:29 AM (mISmA)

Funny how a plot of a particular banned movie (in Europe, especially) is basically about a very rich man who finally takes revenge on power hungry government officials. Hmm.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at November 05, 2026 11:00 AM (hmYU4)

201 > What I mean is someone so puffed up on his genius that they forget little things like ethics or morals, who makes himself a god and the little people are his subjects.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 05, 2026 11:00 AM (eRlcH)

What does "tech" have to do with it?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 05, 2026 11:01 AM (qlLNh)

202 Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 05, 2026 10:59 AM (qlLNh)

That ain't gonna stop the Dems and a "Panel of Intelligence Officers" from cooking some shit up.

Fortunately the American People have seen enough of that bullshit to where only their lunatics will buy into it, again. And No one will give a shit cause Democrats decided to try and sell the public on the idea that they can shit "Affordability" out of their asses.

Posted by: tryhardneckbeard at November 05, 2026 11:01 AM (lLeLE)

203 Damnit, forgot I said I'd revert to my ancient name for this site.

Posted by: cajun carrot at November 05, 2026 11:01 AM (lLeLE)

204 Rant up

Posted by: rickb223 at November 05, 2026 11:01 AM (mISmA)

205
anyway if America's last chance at stability was on the 1-2 punch of needing the Epstein files, and Iran being able to nuke Israel then we do not need to be stable and deserve what we get.
Posted by: sven at November

100%. Hello, friend!

Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 11:02 AM (ZdaMQ)

206 Markets yesterday: yay, Democrats are in charge!

Markets today: oh, wait...
Posted by: Vengeance
---------
VIX (volatility index for you non-stock market people) up over 50%.

Posted by: scampydog at November 05, 2026 11:02 AM (2bFN5)

207 This nation has thoroughly fucked itself. And contrary to popular belief (even on this blog), it wasn't Trump's fault. What we're seeing is the younger generations educated in our public school system coming into voting age. The boomers can't be blamed for this massive fuckup. There's not enough of us left to cause this.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at November 05, 2026 11:02 AM (BeZSp)

208 anyway if America's last chance at stability was on the 1-2 punch of needing the Epstein files, and Iran being able to nuke Israel then we do not need to be stable and deserve what we get.

Iran had ICBMs that could hit London and Paris. I don't think their ambitions were limited to Israel.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 11:03 AM (2ocoG)

209 >>> Again, the LA mayor race is a perfect illustration of how f**** insane people in this country have become.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 05, 2026 10:55 AM (XV/Pl)

To be fair, I see it as equal to the Cuomo vs Mamdami race. People refused to vote for the LA mayor that willingly let their houses burn down, their neighbors burnt alive, same as they refused to vote for the NYC mayor that sent their grannies back to the infected nursing homes to be killed.

They would rather vote for an unknown evil than the known evil. I can't blame them for that.

But I still wish that Spencer had even a sliver of a fair election for the mayor's race. He is awesome. LA and Cali doesn't deserve having him or Hilton in their corner.

Posted by: LizLem at November 05, 2026 11:03 AM (Toos7)

210 202 Posted by: Piper at November 05, 2026 11:02 AM (ZdaMQ)

Madam.

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 11:03 AM (Int1s)

211 I am about to be out for the day as I can't stand any more winning.

NASDAQ Composite (^IXIC)
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Posted by: toby928(c) at November 05, 2026 11:03 AM (1bYJp)

212 Ah. So people who have opinions about shit they don't understand?

We already had a word for that: "people".
********************

See social media (and even the comment sections here) after every plane crash.

Posted by: one hour sober at November 05, 2026 11:04 AM (J4Dwc)

213
What does "tech" have to do with it?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 05, 2026 11:01 AM (qlLNh)

_________

I see I've touched a nerve. I hadn't intended to do so. But a world where megalomaniacs call the shots isn't one attractive to me.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 05, 2026 11:05 AM (eRlcH)

214 131. I think he's simply going public with telling Schumer (and other Majority Leader candidates) that his (Abdul's) vote for Majority Leader must be purchased.
Posted by: Gref

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The 50501 Movement
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Now that the election is over. Let's remove Schumer and Jeffries as Democratic leaders. They are traitors.
(Picture. TrackAIPAC com. Vote Out leaders who take pro-Israel lobby funds.)

Identical posting: The Blue Resistance; Democrats, Republicans and Independents for Democracy; RE-SISTERS; United for Bernie Sanders' Ideas, and more.

Abdul El-Sayed for Senate (Referencing MI Democrats) How to remove Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries as Democratic leaders
Next on the checklist... Remove Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jefferies! Each has taken over $170 million dollars from Israeli political pacs to fund genocide and influence OUR OWN legislators! yada, yada
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👉🏻CNN Facebook: After Democrats won the House and Senate, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer are planning an aggressive legislative and investigative agenda to take on President Donald Trump. CNN’s Manu Raju reports. 🎆

Posted by: L - No nic... at November 05, 2026 11:05 AM (NFX2v)

215 First order of business for the dems in 2027 will surely be to release the Epstein files, right? Since the dems control one whole branch of government?

Bueller?

What do you mean, no? It's all talk of revenge and subpoenas and impeachments, which the normie dems did NOT vote for. Who could have foreseen this, but everyone with any sense?

Posted by: LizLem at November 05, 2026 11:06 AM (Toos7)

216 anyway if America's last chance at stability was on the 1-2 punch of needing the Epstein files, and Iran being able to nuke Israel then we do not need to be stable and deserve what we get.
Posted by: sven at November

THERE IT IS

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 11:07 AM (pjdUv)

217 Influencer followed by Abdul El-Sayed says Elon Musk should be executed by Christmas, calls on El-Sayed to slash the throat of Stephen Miller
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 05, 2026 11:00 AM (ndZc7)

Maybe the richest man on the planet may decide to seek a little justice on his own. Just sayin'. I know damn well I would.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at November 05, 2026 11:07 AM (hmYU4)

218 By the way "there it is" is the highest praise I can give to a comment. I don't think I've ever done a fully uppercase there it is.

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 11:07 AM (pjdUv)

219 People forget but the Democrats are the natural governing party of the US, they had a nearly 60 year run of both the house and Senate...

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They're oldest and most powerful political party in the world.

You can't beat them in ten years, swinging around the flaccid remnant of the political party that last truly challenged them a hundred years ago.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's3 Dice at November 05, 2026 11:08 AM (BI5O2)

220 213 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 05, 2026 11:05 AM (eRlcH)

Yes Jack Dorsey and Bill Gates "having opinions" is JUST like Bob the Plumber noticing that the chick in DC ignoring the instructor and causing a crash in Jan of 25 was a lot of DEI coming home to roost....

the problem with "the tech elite" is the world is set up in such a way their genius can fuck shit up on a galactic scale....see Sam Altman and "your home PC having any ram is a waste....."

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 11:08 AM (Int1s)

221 Ah. So people who have opinions about shit they don't understand?

We already had a word for that: "people".

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As Stevie Wonder explained some decades ago . . .

When you believe in things that you don't understand
Then you suffer
~~Superstition~~ Socialism ain't the way

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 05, 2026 11:08 AM (ndZc7)

222 >>> They're oldest and most powerful political party in the world.

We just want our slaves back!

Posted by: The New Democrat party, same as the old party at November 05, 2026 11:11 AM (Toos7)

223 218 Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 11:07 AM (pjdUv)

Thanks, I went up to Missouri to look at the craftsmanship and maybe drop the hammer on a 110,000 buck house near New Madrid made of stone...we literally don't build them like it any more....

the realtor a hot Gilf type ran with "this is one of the safest spots in the country far from any riots and away from the coasts if things go sideways only thing to worry about is the river".... me being me and lord knows you all know me I replied.... "of course this is the New Madrid fault line and if you roll bad dice you can have a quake so bad it alters the ground table in 35 feet in real time, reverses the MS river for a month and makes the sky blood red.....so yeah safe as houses.....

I really am pondering South America.

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 11:12 AM (Int1s)

224 208 Posted by: Ian S. at November 05, 2026 11:03 AM (2ocoG)

London and Paris are at this point allied states...

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 11:13 AM (Int1s)

225 Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 11:12 AM (Int1s)

I am pondering just putting my head in the sand for all but me and mines.

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 11:16 AM (pjdUv)

226 Nice watercolor.

Posted by: Joe at November 05, 2026 11:24 AM (Uy/WF)

227 225 Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 11:16 AM (pjdUv)

Keep your head up, the American people as a whole are made of good stock...the wife's progenitor ancestor started off in Norway as a simple fisherman, looked around the Hanseatic league thought "the money is in Holland" taught himself Dutch moved to Amsterdam was a loadmaster eventually made in six years Captain of a Fluyt mastered two native languages Huron and Ottawa and was sent to work the New Amsterdam coast.... he died after his son married an English woman....

about 125 years later the English were running "New York" for England....and after than they were "Americans" the wheel keeps spinning....I think the mistake was the Westphalian nation state and the massive concentration of power on this scale....and it destroys me on a level to type that given I have dedicated my life to service to a Westphalian nation state.

Posted by: sven at November 05, 2026 11:24 AM (Int1s)

228 You're right, just a crappy week.

Posted by: ... at November 05, 2026 11:28 AM (pjdUv)

229 I'm sorry … recent developments (yes, political) have done caused my 'WGAF' button to cease working. You know what I mean, yes? I trust neither party now. Both suck. Communists suck more. Buy ammo.

Posted by: Dr_No at November 05, 2026 12:52 PM (ayRl+)

230 I’ve heard nothing but, if we don’t get voter id, the election will be stolen, yet I saw no one, not one journalist, influencer put any race no matter how far fetched and baffling under scrutiny for fraud, after non stop screaming about it, that’s way more than odd in my opinion, that’s flat out suspicious,

Posted by: Fire on the mountain at November 05, 2026 03:08 PM (Mc/Y6)

231 Trump is no different than Obama, both are just personalities designed to radicalize the others base and demoralize, prevent real opposition from their take over, we blew our only chance stopping this when he won the republican primary the first time

Posted by: Fire on the mountain at November 05, 2026 03:11 PM (Mc/Y6)

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