North Carolina Enacts New Congressional Districting Map Which Will Likely Add One More Republican to the House of Representatives

Nay -- it's gritty.

The North Carolina Senate approved a new congressional map aimed at helping Republicans eke out an additional GOP seat to help shore up the party's majority in the US House after next year's midterm elections.
The vote came one day after Republican lawmakers who control North Carolina's legislature formally opened debate on the map. It targets a House district currently represented by Democratic Rep. Don Davis -- one of three Black members of Congress from the state. The new district lines aim to give Republicans the advantage for 11 out of 14 US House seats from North Carolina.
The GOP currently controls 10 seats under the map used in last year's elections.

Now for the schmoll news I know many of you are going to gripe at, forcing me to hide schmolling news in deceptively-headlined posts like a dirty secret Brian Stelter hides in his orthopedic sock drawer.

We can win the Virginia governor's race.

A new poll shows Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Winsome Earle-Sears trailing Democratic hopeful Abigail Spanberger by 5 points.

Polls are inaccurate, and favor Democrats by 3 points or more (often more), so this race is a jump-ball.

The 2025 Virginia governor's race is emerging as a key indicator of national political trends ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
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In the co/efficient poll released on Friday, Earle-Sears is down 5 points, with 44 percent of the vote compared to Spanberger's 49 percent. Six percent remain undecided, the poll shows.
The survey polled 937 likely voters from October 15 to October 17 and has a 3.19 percent margin of error.

And of course last week's Trafalgar poll but the race within the margin of error:

In another poll taken last week, Earle-Sears was also behind Spanberger but within the margin of error. The poll by The Trafalgar Group showed Spanberger had 47.5 percent of the vote compared to Earle-Sears' 45.3 percent.

The Democrats are worried enough about Abigail Spanberger that they're sending their highest-ranking homosexuals. First Obama, and now Pete!

HUGE shoutout to @PeteButtigieg, who joined volunteers and many of our incredible House of Delegates candidates for a canvass launch in Fredericksburg this afternoon! pic.twitter.com/svbanUKjVV
— Team Spanberger (@TeamSpanberger) October 21, 2025

Now I don't want to say the AG's race -- between actual prosecutor Jason Miyares and lunatic partisan child-murder-fantasist Jay Jones -- is in the bag, so I'll post this without comment:

In New Jersey, where Republicans have gained a lot of voters through registration drives, Jack Ciattarelli is also supposedly five points behind lifelong cheater/congressional grifter Mikie Sherril.

But this same schmollster missed Ciattarelli's support by 5.2 points in 2021.

Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
🚨 JUST IN: NEW JERSEY governor poll
🔵 Mikie Sherrill: 50% (+5)
🔴 Jack Ciattarelli: 45%
Same pollster in 2021:
🔵 Murphy+8
🟡 Result: Murphy+2.8
🟥 Error: Missed Ciattarelli by 5.2
GOP should be ready to STORM the polls on Saturday...
Rutgers Eagleton | 10/3-17 | N=795LV

Sometimes the question "who do you expect to win" can be a better measure of the final vote than schmolling questions about who the respondent intends to vote for. On that measure, the race is a toss-up. 43% expect the corrupt cheating grifter Democrat to win, 42% expect Ciattarelli.

Ciatterelli might be getting the endorsement of the Vaad, an organization which represents orthodox Jews in New Jersey (and also controls the Kessel Trade Routes). I've heard their numbers estimated around 100,000 voters.

Ciattarelli only lost by 92,000 in 2021. The Vaad didn't endorse him in 2021.

And he's got another big endorsement. Trump says: Back Jack!

In the national race for the House of Representatives, Democrats hold a bare +1.8% advantage in RCP's schmolling average. This means, of course, that they have no advantage, as schmollsters always over-estimate Democrat support by around 3%.

The last time the Democrats shut down the government, during Trump's first term, Trump lost support with the public.

Now he's gaining support -- very slightly.

🚨 HOLY CRAP! CNN reveals the devastating news that the Schumer federal shutdown not only HASN'T HARMED President Trump's public support...

...his approval rating has INCREASED!

"In the 2018/2019 [shutdown], Trump's approval rating was down 3 points! THIS shutdown hasn't eaten… pic.twitter.com/5FvYON8Jqn
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) October 20, 2025

Posted by: Ace at 01:18 PM

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1 SPONGE!

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 22, 2025 01:19 PM (xcxpd)

2 And moar local lawfare!

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 22, 2025 01:19 PM (xcxpd)

3 "Why can't Republicans be all non-partisan in their drawing of maps like New England?"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 22, 2025 01:19 PM (GBKbO)

4 And our NC gov is super sad

Posted by: NCKate at October 22, 2025 01:20 PM (4bYb7)

5 We can win the Virginia governor's race.

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I doubt it.

But it would entertain me.

Let it be so.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 22, 2025 01:20 PM (GBKbO)

6 Oh, and part of the NC story.

The governor cannot veto legislative originating congressional maps. It's in the NC constitution.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 22, 2025 01:21 PM (GBKbO)

7 Why am I not up by 50 points!!????!!!

Posted by: Abigail Rodham Spanberger at October 22, 2025 01:21 PM (qUkBO)

8 Until the SouthEast and MidWest are as heavily gerrymandered as New England we aren't done.

Presuming the VRA goes I want to see a slew of 60-40 red states with *0* Donks, just like New England in reverse.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 22, 2025 01:21 PM (sKqQm)

9 Trump has gotten the GOP faggots off their asses

Posted by: melodicmetal1 at October 22, 2025 01:21 PM (XLfSN)

10 It may come down to who hustles and gets out there in front of the real voters.

Or it will be more fake ballots and corruption that win. The Washington way!

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 22, 2025 01:21 PM (xcxpd)

11 Meanwhile, the Indiana GOP is dithering.

Posted by: Ann at October 22, 2025 01:21 PM (DukxQ)

12 9 Trump has gotten the GOP faggots off their asses
Posted by: melodicmetal1 at October 22, 2025 01:21 PM (XLfSN)

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Replacing men of steel (who hated us and wanted us to lose) with spineless losers in Congressional leadership is a huge improvement.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 22, 2025 01:22 PM (GBKbO)

13 Obama has a billion bucks and he is spending it Soros style training foreign yutes in the art of color revolutions. He's actually over there preaching to his choirs.

Posted by: torabora at October 22, 2025 01:22 PM (KtOUo)

14 Has the hawaiin judge ruled this unconstitutional yet?

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 22, 2025 01:22 PM (0N4FZ)

15 It is interesting that NJ has been trending rightward in recent years. It had long been deep blue but it seems its voters are waking up.

Any answers as to why?

Posted by: 18-1 at October 22, 2025 01:22 PM (sKqQm)

16 "The last time the Democrats shut down the government, during Trump's first term, Trump lost support with the public. Now he's gaining support -- very slightly."

Polls are for strippers and for perverted faggots to ram up their bungus

I think Trump gained more support from the shutdown -- and the Dums lost more -- than these assfag polls are showing. If ever there was a poll to rig against Trump, it would be a poll on his support for a shutdown.

The fact that even rigged polls show a slight increase in support is very revealing. Trump is winning this showdown. Bigly.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 22, 2025 01:23 PM (iFTx/)

17 Yeah, the media says these 2 races, in blue States by the way, will reveal the "mood" of the Country....I guess if the Republicans manage to pull off a win it would be something but it should be noted as I said these are blue States...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 22, 2025 01:23 PM (VE6XX)

18 "CNN's collective vagina is sandy."

Has AO-Sandy-Clam Cortez weighed in yet?

And I mean WEIGHED in.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider - Preparing for the reckoning at October 22, 2025 01:23 PM (oSeBJ)

19 The current shutdown is over free healthcare for illegals.

Trump couldn't have picked a better issue to fight on

Posted by: 18-1 at October 22, 2025 01:24 PM (sKqQm)

20 Schmolls are for renobs.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at October 22, 2025 01:24 PM (9FEtL)

21 16 I think Trump gained more support from the shutdown -- and the Dums lost more -- than these assfag polls are showing. If ever there was a poll to rig against Trump, it would be a poll on his support for a shutdown.

The fact that even rigged polls show a slight increase in support is very revealing. Trump is winning this showdown. Bigly.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 22, 2025 01:23 PM (iFTx/)

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I think this shutdown is being viewed as inside the beltway drama, and you might as well poll on hearings from the House Transportation Committee.

Which is...interesting because the media is really trying to make it more.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 22, 2025 01:24 PM (GBKbO)

22 "Why can't Republicans be all non-partisan in their drawing of maps like New England?"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 22, 2025 01:19 PM (GBKbO)

The very first gerrymander was in New England, courtesy of your namesake's VP.

(By the way, he pronounced his surname with a hard "g," not the soft one we use in pronouncing "gerrymander."

Posted by: Bulg at October 22, 2025 01:24 PM (77rzZ)

23 Never underestimate the Republican ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

Posted by: torabora at October 22, 2025 01:24 PM (KtOUo)

24 The AARP line in that chart of polls is hilarious.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 22, 2025 01:24 PM (3nLb4)

25 > And he's got another big endorsement. Trump says: Back Jack!

It's a double-edged sword here in The People's Republic of New Jersey. Will be a real test of how much has (or has not) changed.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at October 22, 2025 01:24 PM (1Nv0l)

26 >>>CNN's collective vagina is sandy.

>>>Nay -- it's gritty.

And musty.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 22, 2025 01:25 PM (i24o9)

27 I don't think Winsome is going to pull it off, but God Almighty I still pray she does.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at October 22, 2025 01:25 PM (wtvvX)

28 Spanberger already has the white Karen vote. Mayo Pete does not expand her tent. Could reduce her chances with certain ethnic groups...

Posted by: Grayman 27 at October 22, 2025 01:25 PM (pgwxJ)

29 Yeah, the media says these 2 races, in blue States by the way, will reveal the "mood" of the Country....I guess if the Republicans manage to pull off a win it would be something but it should be noted as I said these are blue States...

Odd year elections in light blue states should not be taken as the mood of the country, but I would take "narrow dem win in both" as status quo. If the R's win either one it makes '26 look pretty damn good.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 22, 2025 01:26 PM (sKqQm)

30 >>>Now for the schmoll news I know many of you are going to gripe at, forcing me to hide schmolling news in deceptively-headlined posts like a dirty secret Brian Stelter hides in his orthopedic sock drawer.

A potato ricer?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 22, 2025 01:26 PM (i24o9)

31 26 >>>CNN's collective vagina is sandy.

>>>Nay -- it's gritty.

And musty.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 22, 2025 01:25 PM (i24o9)

Vagina???

More like cloaca...

Posted by: Tex Lovera at October 22, 2025 01:26 PM (wtvvX)

32 "Polls are inaccurate, and favor Democrats by 3 points or more (often more), so this race [VA Gov] is a jump-ball."

Maybe on the merits; however, I EXPECT Spanberger to win. DC's bubble is too big. I'm going to vote my ass off and am scheduled to volunteer as a poll watcher at my polling place, but if Spanberger is anywhere up to and including four points behind in the polls, I expect her to win with NoVA turnout.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider - Preparing for the reckoning at October 22, 2025 01:26 PM (oSeBJ)

33 sending their highest-ranking homosexuals.

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The No Kings/ICE protests are really putting a strain on Rainbow/LGBTQ supplies.

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 22, 2025 01:26 PM (IifOV)

34 If the donks are crowing about abortion in Virginia in October in their television ads, then their internal polling is looking like shit for them.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at October 22, 2025 01:27 PM (k1E2D)

35 One of the most common memes I've seeing right now is "So the government that takes 40% of my income has been shut down for 3 weeks and I'm seeing absolutely no difference in my life" accompanied with a picture of a grumpy cat looking in the mirror

Posted by: 18-1 at October 22, 2025 01:27 PM (sKqQm)

36 Trump has gotten the GOP faggots off their asses
Posted by: melodicmetal1 at October 22, 2025 01:21 PM (XLfSN)
****
Has he managed to get the tops off the bottoms?
I know i know...it's just a rumor...

Posted by: torabora at October 22, 2025 01:27 PM (KtOUo)

37 And I mean WEIGHED in.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider - Preparing for the reckoning at October 22, 2025 01:23 PM

Torta Mode...activated!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 22, 2025 01:28 PM (ySpAZ)

38 Let’s go ahead and hold all the elections anyway, just because.

In TX news, the two week early voting period began Monday on its 17 Constitutional amendments. Among them is a Constitutional amendment restricting voting to U.S. citizens.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 22, 2025 01:28 PM (pNkJD)

39 I think this shutdown is being viewed as inside the beltway drama, and you might as well poll on hearings from the House Transportation Committee.

Which is...interesting because the media is really trying to make it more.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 22, 2025 01:24 PM (GBKbO)

out here in flyover country, I don't know of anyone who even knows or cares that it's happening - except for one relative who had a civilian job at an airbase, and is currently on furlow.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 22, 2025 01:28 PM (uWKK8)

40 Presuming the VRA goes I want to see a slew of 60-40 red states with *0* Donks, just like New England in reverse.
Posted by: 18-1

Little ol' Oklahoma has already done this. All our seats are red. In fact, no pedocrat has won even one county since I think 2004.

We did however send Washington one stinker of a weak senator who has dreams of leadership. He should go back to leading the Baptist summer camp.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 22, 2025 01:28 PM (yjljJ)

41 Gerrymandering is wrong no matter whom it benefits.

Not to be cliche, but it is literally an offense against electoral democracy.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 22, 2025 01:28 PM (9ipOP)

42 HUGE shoutout to @PeteButtigieg, who joined volunteers and many of our incredible House of Delegates candidates for a canvass launch in Fredericksburg this afternoon! pic.twitter.com/svbanUKjVV

— Team Spanberger (@TeamSpanberger) October 21, 2025

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It's hard to not note that the pictures of this huge turnout include...about 10 people.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 22, 2025 01:28 PM (GBKbO)

43 So, what does it look like if Spanberger wins the governorship, but Miyares holds on the AG spot?

Posted by: Bulg at October 22, 2025 01:28 PM (77rzZ)

44 and also controls the Kessel Trade Routes)

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12 Parsecs, chief !

Posted by: runner at October 22, 2025 01:29 PM (g47mK)

45 Well; I'll be storming the polls.

Not that it means a lot, but I see more Jack C. signs in my area than those of Mickie S. Having run before , Jack C. does have name recognition.

And on another note, Democrats in our area or their kids keep stealing school boards signs for the Republicans! So sophomoric

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 22, 2025 01:29 PM (Nx5jP)

46 I would love to see a Republican sweep in VA and NJ. Combine that with the Shutdown crap and the old time Dems would be toast. Please let it happen

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 22, 2025 01:29 PM (8RjCi)

47 >>>The Democrats are worried enough about Abigail Spanberger that they're sending their highest-ranking homosexuals. First Obama, and now Pete!

Admiral Fudgepacker and his butt-boy, Ensign Jism.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 22, 2025 01:29 PM (i24o9)

48 41 Gerrymandering is wrong no matter whom it benefits.

Not to be cliche, but it is literally an offense against electoral democracy.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 22, 2025 01:28 PM (9ipOP)

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Republicans not doing it while Democrats do it ceaselessly hasn't convinced Democrats to appeal to their better angels, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 22, 2025 01:29 PM (GBKbO)

49 Although I know that Trump has three more years left in office, I am already starting to mourn him one day no longer being POTUS.
He is funny and can bully the Democrats like nobody else. It's been amazing to watch and makes me hate myself for my votes for W, McCain, and Romney.

Posted by: jmel at October 22, 2025 01:29 PM (RWHIh)

50 I think Trump gained more support from the shutdown -- and the Dums lost more -- than these assfag polls are showing. If ever there was a poll to rig against Trump, it would be a poll on his support for a shutdown.

The fact that even rigged polls show a slight increase in support is very revealing. Trump is winning this showdown. Bigly.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 22, 2025 01:23 PM (iFTx/)

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I think this shutdown is being viewed as inside the beltway drama, and you might as well poll on hearings from the House Transportation Committee.

Which is...interesting because the media is really trying to make it more.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 22, 2025 01:24 PM (GBKbO)
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Most "normal" shutdown drama I would agree. But I think this one is different. The Democrap push to make this about healthcare for slimy illegals -- omg, they really thought that was a winning issue -- raised this shutdown drama in the eyes of the public, because it involves an issue (illegals) that the public cares deeply about.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 22, 2025 01:29 PM (iFTx/)

51 43 So, what does it look like if Spanberger wins the governorship, but Miyares holds on the AG spot?
Posted by: Bulg at October 22, 2025 01:28 PM (77rzZ)

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I think VA is one of those states with a weak governor, so it'd probably be more of the same.

Bigger question is the legislature makeup after the election, I believe.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 22, 2025 01:30 PM (GBKbO)

52 No flavored vapes.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 22, 2025 01:30 PM (sGHnN)

53 I don't think Winsome is going to pull it off, but God Almighty I still pray she does.

Agreed, but what we don't know is the impact that Jones' implosion will have on Dem voting rates overall. Perhaps the Dems will simply sit this one out. Perhaps.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 22, 2025 01:30 PM (Riz8t)

54 Spanberger already has the white Karen vote.
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We all need to quit kidding ourselves about this. Spanberger could unmask on public television and reveal herself to be a demonic spirit, and the only question then asked would be "You still support abortion, right?". And then the Dems and white women pretending to be Republicans would put her over the top.

Posted by: Crusader at October 22, 2025 01:30 PM (TN0g+)

55 Well; I'll be storming the polls.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 22, 2025 01:29 PM

Have fun stormin' the polls!

Posted by: Miracle max at October 22, 2025 01:30 PM (ySpAZ)

56 It is interesting that NJ has been trending rightward in recent years. It had long been deep blue but it seems its voters are waking up.

Any answers as to why?

Posted by: 18-1 at October 22, 2025 01:22 PM

The third highest property taxes in the country is one answer.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 22, 2025 01:30 PM (0N4FZ)

57 19 The current shutdown is over free healthcare for illegals.

Trump couldn't have picked a better issue to fight on
Posted by: 18-1 at October 22, 2025 01:24 PM (sKqQm)

Most don’t have health for which to care anyway.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 22, 2025 01:30 PM (pNkJD)

58 Just a reminder we can't have nice things, I do think Utah is being forced, in their own map gerrymandering redrawing, to make a permanent Democrat house seat in the SLC area. And because of demographics it will always be blue.

Sucks but it is what it is. I'm just glad the other states are making more red seats.

Posted by: LizLem at October 22, 2025 01:30 PM (gWBY1)

59 50 Most "normal" shutdown drama I would agree. But I think this one is different. The Democrap push to make this about healthcare for slimy illegals -- omg, they really thought that was a winning issue -- raised this shutdown drama in the eyes of the public, because it involves an issue (illegals) that the public cares deeply about.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 22, 2025 01:29 PM (iFTx/)

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That's why they've pivoted to the ACA COVID subsidies. But they've been beating that drum for like 2 weeks now.

And still...partisan blame like no one actually knows what's going on.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 22, 2025 01:31 PM (GBKbO)

60 Gerrymandering is wrong no matter whom it benefits.

Not to be cliche, but it is literally an offense against electoral democracy.

Not that you are wrong, but I reviewed some lefty threads taking up why heavily gerrymandered New England is that way. They all agreed it wasn't gerrymandering. So why is a 60-40% voting region 100-0 for them? Well their answers were mostly:

Because we are smart!
Its just random
Everyone hates Trump

Which should be read as...they don't care if it is or is not gerrymandering as long as they win.

Now, in light of this the only reasonable response is to use your enemy's strategy against them. Gerrymander red areas hard for a decade or so and then see if the left is willing to stop.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 22, 2025 01:31 PM (sKqQm)

61 I can't believe that Virginians would be so racist as to refuse to elect a black woman who would be the first female, black governor of their former slave-state.

They're like the Klan reborn.

Posted by: 29Victor at October 22, 2025 01:31 PM (0MjtC)

62 Gerrymandering is wrong no matter whom it benefits.

Not to be cliche, but it is literally an offense against electoral democracy.

I'm open to suggestions of how to avoid it. Every districting decision is made by somebody. If it's made algorithmically, then somebody devised the algorithm. See the problem?

Posted by: Oddbob at October 22, 2025 01:31 PM (3nLb4)

63 It is interesting that NJ has been trending rightward in recent years. It had long been deep blue but it seems its voters are waking up.

Any answers as to why?

Posted by: 18-1 at October 22, 2025 01:22 PM

The third highest property taxes in the country is one answer.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 22, 2025 01:30 PM

My mistake, they have the highest property taxes in the country. I was going on info based when we lived up there.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 22, 2025 01:32 PM (0N4FZ)

64 PeteButtigieg is the most feminine looking thing in those photos.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 22, 2025 01:32 PM (Q4IgG)

65 I'm not black so I don't know how they'd react..i thought Spanberger was very disrespectful in not even looking at Winsome. Sort of treated her like a non-person.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 22, 2025 01:32 PM (kUxzU)

66 CNN and their pack of Fake News Media were jerking each other off over the Gallup poll showing the Dems have increased their party affiliation recently.

LOL, tards.

1) Gallup has completely shit the bed as far as accuracy, IIRC. Like, I think they've quit doing any specific race polling, they're so bad.
2) "Imma R vs. Imma D" is barely predictive this far out.
3) What's voter registration changes look like?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 22, 2025 01:33 PM (BxFEL)

67 So, what does it look like if Spanberger wins the governorship, but Miyares holds on the AG spot?

I understand not voting for candidate A if candidate B is wildly different politically even if they are the same party, but I would love to hear from VA voters then would vote for Miyares and not Sears because politically they are very close as far as I can tell.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 22, 2025 01:33 PM (sKqQm)

68 Gerrymandering is wrong no matter whom it benefits.

Not to be cliche, but it is literally an offense against electoral democracy.
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Now do the 2020 Presidential election.

And the impeachments of Trump, and the criminal and civil charges brought against him.

And the attempt by the Biden cabal to literally destroy this nation in 4 short years, from the border to the economy to the government agencies.

I no longer care about playing "fair". We can't allow the Democrats to ever again hold power.

Posted by: Crusader at October 22, 2025 01:33 PM (TN0g+)

69 Slow getting to the blog today, I had to be out and about. Passage was hindered by the shut-down caused bodies littering the streets.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 22, 2025 01:33 PM (XeU6L)

70 Odd year elections in light blue states should not be taken as the mood of the country, but I would take "narrow dem win in both" as status quo. If the R's win either one it makes '26 look pretty damn good.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 22, 2025 01:26 PM (sKqQm)

Virginia has a long history of electing a Governor from the party not in the White House. Even when Reagan/Bush were in office and won Virginia easily, the Dems won 3 straight statewide sweeps in the off year elections.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at October 22, 2025 01:33 PM (k1E2D)

71 Mistakes in the 2020 Census cost the GOP several House seats.
This still needs to be resolved.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 22, 2025 01:33 PM (NpAcC)

72 It is interesting that NJ has been trending rightward in recent years. It had long been deep blue but it seems its voters are waking up.

Any answers as to why?
Posted by: 18-1

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NJ is schizophrenic. Down south they're pretty Republican. Up here in North NJ it's very very blue, but it's the corrupt Democrat machine-type, "sinecures for the idiot sons and daughters of the middle-class"-type blue.

So, not so much ideologically blue.

There are a lot of wealthy Dems up here who hate the DEI shite almost as much as we do (well -- at least they don't love it), and who live in daily fear of the Newark hordes invading their bucolic suburban neighborhoods, so they're really not on board with the whole Saint Floyd of Fentanyl, defund the police crap.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at October 22, 2025 01:33 PM (1Nv0l)

73 If true, is there any way this could sink his chances to run for president? Like if he's indicted? And at what points do democrats finally say, I'm wealthy beyond my wildest dreams. Maybe I don't need to steal a billion extra in taxpayer money. When?

Wall Street Apes
@WallStreetApes
•
7h
Gavin Newsom caught in a massive federal money laundering scam
‌
Newsom increased ambulance costs 300%, then requested reimbursements from the federal government, but it was fake
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He’d then pay a different company a fraction of the cost and pocket the rest. Stealing billions

Posted by: LizLem at October 22, 2025 01:34 PM (gWBY1)

74 Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 22, 2025 01:32 PM (kUxzU)

I agree. It was both disrespectful and also dumb. I think she was coached to do that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 22, 2025 01:34 PM (Nx5jP)

75 Not to be cliche, but it is literally an offense against electoral democracy.
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Morality in politics?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 22, 2025 01:34 PM (tdL6y)

76 66 3) What's voter registration changes look like?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 22, 2025 01:33 PM (BxFEL)

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Actual voter registration changes from September 2025:

GOP +50,000
DNC -30,000

Lib Boomers who have nothing better to do are running to their phones to answer pollsters.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 22, 2025 01:34 PM (GBKbO)

77 The current shutdown is over free healthcare for illegals.

Moar Sombreros and mariachis!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 22, 2025 01:34 PM (7HnhV)

78 The fact that Spanberger is ex-CIA disturbs me more than anything else. How many other ex-spooks is she going to have running things in the Commonwealth?

Posted by: Bulg at October 22, 2025 01:34 PM (77rzZ)

79 One of the most common memes I've seeing right now is "So the government that takes 40% of my income has been shut down for 3 weeks and I'm seeing absolutely no difference in my life" accompanied with a picture of a grumpy cat looking in the mirror
Posted by: 18-1 at October 22, 2025 01:27 PM (sKqQm)

Is the government still taking money from your paycheck? Yes? Then the government is not shut down.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 22, 2025 01:34 PM (2J/Lj)

80 The current shutdown is over free healthcare for illegals. Trump couldn't have picked a better issue to fight on.

Also, although it requires a working memory, this shutdown also shows just how hard Democrat presidents worked to make shutdowns hurt people who it doesn’t need to hurt. Trump is showing that, hey, shutdowns don’t need to be as punitive as Obama and others made them.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 22, 2025 01:34 PM (EXyHK)

81 Ciatterelli's already a 2-time loser. He's the Kari Lake of NJ.

Up, my hopes are not.

Posted by: Delurker at October 22, 2025 01:34 PM (NhiOW)

82 I understand not voting for candidate A if candidate B is wildly different politically even if they are the same party, but I would love to hear from VA voters then would vote for Miyares and not Sears because politically they are very close as far as I can tell.

As I mentioned above, I think the likelier effect would be that some Dems and Independents (snort) stay home out of disgust with a party that backs Jones.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 22, 2025 01:35 PM (Riz8t)

83 Now, in light of this the only reasonable response is to use your enemy's strategy against them. Gerrymander red areas hard for a decade or so and then see if the left is willing to stop.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 22, 2025 01:31 PM (sKqQm)

Doesn't game theory say that tit for tat is the only winning strategy?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 22, 2025 01:35 PM (8zz6B)

84 and now, Frasier !

"Actor and producer Kelsey Grammer, a New Jersey native, is lending his voice to Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli in a new campaign video released Monday, calling for “honest leadership” and a return to “pride in our state” as the race against Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) narrows in its final stretch."

Posted by: runner at October 22, 2025 01:35 PM (g47mK)

85
Most "normal" shutdown drama I would agree. But I think this one is different. The Democrap push to make this about healthcare for slimy illegals -- omg, they really thought that was a winning issue -- raised this shutdown drama in the eyes of the public, because it involves an issue (illegals) that the public cares deeply about.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 22, 2025

That and their very recent rhetoric against shutdowns is hard to ignore. But, because Dems are just not bright, this is truly shining a huge light on the fact the ACA is anything by affordable and it’s a cluster. You would think they would want to avoid this peep under the door. The tweets about early retirees having to pay out the nose is not resonating well, either. Why should we subsidize someone who retired at 50?

Posted by: Piper at October 22, 2025 01:35 PM (OoFl2)

86 Mamdani’s margin for error is YUGE! I'm not worried, though. This time he'll try real communism!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at October 22, 2025 01:35 PM (L/fGl)

87 Imagine where we’d be if we didn’t have to count non-citizens (illegal and legal aliens) in the census, giving several more seats and electoral votes to the Democrats.

Imagine if the GOP had the balls to repeal the parts of the Voting Rights Act which establish permanent Democrat seats.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at October 22, 2025 01:35 PM (l3YAf)

88 Why is it "gubernatorial candidate" vs "Democratic hopeful"?

I swear" only liars and fiction writers obsess over word choice like these charlatants.

Posted by: ... at October 22, 2025 01:35 PM (lonsH)

89 *though he is not a NJ native, he is from St.Thomas VI...

Posted by: runner at October 22, 2025 01:35 PM (g47mK)

90 PeteButtigieg is the most feminine looking thing in those photos.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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Really...let's play 'Pick The Ghey'. Gee, I don't know...it's a real poser.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 22, 2025 01:35 PM (XeU6L)

91 “ Highest ranking Homosexuals”…. comedy gold Ace… please never change.

Posted by: tubal at October 22, 2025 01:35 PM (PCK5/)

92 "Actor and producer Kelsey Grammer, a New Jersey native, is lending his voice to Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli in a new campaign video released Monday, calling for “honest leadership” and a return to “pride in our state” as the race against Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) narrows in its final stretch."
Posted by: runner at October 22, 2025 01:35 PM (g47mK)

Good for him...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 22, 2025 01:35 PM (VE6XX)

93 He’d then pay a different company a fraction of the cost and pocket the rest. Stealing billions
Posted by: LizLem at October 22, 2025 01:34 PM (gWBY1)
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If provable, I believe that is a felony, of the criminal variety.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 22, 2025 01:36 PM (tdL6y)

94 Doesn't game theory say that tit for tat is the only winning strategy?

Yep.

Start off cooperating then for every betrayal, betray back for twice as long.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 22, 2025 01:36 PM (sKqQm)

95 Don't forget that the shutdown is also about big bucks to NPR/PBS

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 22, 2025 01:36 PM (kUxzU)

96 46 I would love to see a Republican sweep in VA and NJ. Combine that with the Shutdown crap and the old time Dems would be toast. Please let it happen
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Dem base will be out for blood. Maybe even literally.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 22, 2025 01:36 PM (Dv3i1)

97 Speaking of theft, their losing the EBT cards and they're not happy.

https://is.gd/Fzp8BRF

Possibly the best reaction.

https://is.gd/aJGQ1t

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at October 22, 2025 01:36 PM (L/fGl)

98 And hopefully if it's close in favor of Dems, Jack C will be up on the cheating that will have been attempted.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 22, 2025 01:36 PM (Nx5jP)

99 And so it begins.

Posted by: That guy who always thinks it's beginning at October 22, 2025 01:37 PM (yy9ow)

100 "Mistakes" in the 2020 Census cost the GOP several House seats.
This still needs to be resolved.

FIFY

Posted by: Archimedes at October 22, 2025 01:37 PM (Riz8t)

101 calling for “honest leadership” and a return to “pride in our state” as the race against Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) narrows in its final stretch."
Posted by: runner at October 22, 2025 01:35 PM (g47mK)
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I'd settle for lower taxes and utility costs.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 22, 2025 01:37 PM (tdL6y)

102 Until CNN can explain how Massachusetts has 9/9 districts Democrat? They can FOAD on the topic.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at October 22, 2025 01:37 PM (PGEno)

103 "Actor and producer Kelsey Grammer, a New Jersey native, is lending his voice to Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli...
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Good for him...

Presumably, he doesn't need to work in Hollywood again for the rest of his life.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 22, 2025 01:37 PM (3nLb4)

104 87 Imagine where we’d be if we didn’t have to count non-citizens (illegal and legal aliens) in the census, giving several more seats and electoral votes to the Democrats.

Imagine if the GOP had the balls to repeal the parts of the Voting Rights Act which establish permanent Democrat seats.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at October 22, 2025 01:35 PM (l3YAf)

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Repealing Section 2 would require 60 votes to get past cloture while burning a lot of political capital. Better to just let SCOTUS do it, which they're about to.

The mid-decade census is going to accomplish that count. Plus, after more than a year of federal agents very publicly throwing people out of the country and census counters, like all federal employees, being deputized to enforce immigration law (change at the start of Trump 2.0) is going to actively encourage illegals back into the shadows and outright out of the country.

Fed employees going door to door across the entire US asking if people are illegal immigrants?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 22, 2025 01:37 PM (GBKbO)

105 "Actor and producer Kelsey Grammer, a New Jersey native, is lending his voice to Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli in a new campaign video
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Dems will get Lilith to campaign for Sherrill.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 22, 2025 01:38 PM (Dv3i1)

106 We can win, but can we beat the cheat?

Posted by: Eromero at October 22, 2025 01:38 PM (jgmnb)

107 > The fact that Spanberger is ex-CIA disturbs me more than anything else. How many other ex-spooks is she going to have running things in the Commonwealth?
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More to the point; why does the CIA want Spudbanger to govern VA?

Regime change starts at home....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 22, 2025 01:38 PM (Q4IgG)

108 Posted by: It's me donna at October 22, 2025 01:35 PM (VE6XX)

I didn't know that he was a NJ native or favored Republicans.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 22, 2025 01:38 PM (Nx5jP)

109 It is interesting that NJ has been trending rightward in recent years. It had long been deep blue but it seems its voters are waking up.

Any answers as to why?

Posted by: 18-1 at October 22, 2025 01:22 PM
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1. NJ wasn't that deep a shade of blue. It had GOP governors not long ago.

The cities are festoons of gimmedats and layabouts who slavishly vote Dum (or allow their votes to be harvested by Dums), but there are a lot of suburban and rural areas that trend red-ish. My NJ house is in one.

2. Better voting integrity. NJ is behind the curve in this regard compared to OH, FL, and even PA, but it's moving in the right direction.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 22, 2025 01:38 PM (iFTx/)

110 I'm open to suggestions of how to avoid it. Every districting decision is made by somebody. If it's made algorithmically, then somebody devised the algorithm. See the problem?
Posted by: Oddbob at October 22, 2025 01:31 PM (3nLb4)

I would favor a system where a computer model - same for all 50 states - used an algorithm designed only to put equivalent amounts of voters in as concisely drawn borders as possible - only 4 straight lines allowed for any district.

Of course this would wipe out every district with a black representative in the country, which is why no one will dare to do it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 22, 2025 01:38 PM (uWKK8)

111 Gerrymandering is wrong no matter whom it benefits.

Not to be cliche, but it is literally an offense against electoral democracy.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 22, 2025 01:28 PM (9ipOP)

This is war and the Democrats have used gerrymandering against us for decades. In ideal world, it wouldn’t exist, but in the real world we have to use every tool at our disposal to win. They want us dead.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at October 22, 2025 01:38 PM (l3YAf)

112 The tweets about early retirees having to pay out the nose is not resonating well, either. Why should we subsidize someone who retired at 50?

I'm really surprised Klobuchar did something so stupid. She isn't a complete idiot.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 22, 2025 01:38 PM (Riz8t)

113 >>> Mamdani’s margin for error is YUGE! I'm not worried, though. This time he'll try real communism!

His mom is director Mira Nair, so he understands using the camera and media. And his dad was a commie professor, so he gets how to finesse words.

When will democrats stop choosing the slick huckster with the best package, and not open the package up to see the turd inside?

Posted by: LizLem at October 22, 2025 01:38 PM (gWBY1)

114 Mamdani’s margin for error is YUGE! I'm not worried, though. This time he'll try real communism!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at October 22, 2025 01:35 PM (L/fGl)
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Staten Island will secede

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 22, 2025 01:39 PM (tdL6y)

115 When I saw the post about the VA GOV race, I was going to comment on the NJ race with almost exactly what you put. During the weekend I went to look up these polls and compared them to 2022, and Jack's deficit is exactly what the margin of error was in the final results of 2022. I think he'll get a late push like he did in 2022, hopefully keeping another awfl from getting in to office.

She's a great way to gauge liberals though, she's an awful candidate who has 0 accomplishments, is a carpetbagger, and used her office to enrich herself, but these idiots will still vote for her over a guy who probably won't be able to enact anything but truly centrist policies, since he'll be against a hard left legislator.

Posted by: Rbastid at October 22, 2025 01:39 PM (9IZTb)

116 DOJ Blondie has put out yet another sternly worded letter about the DC democrats new ICE doxing app. I'm sure they're shaking in their jackboots. Feh.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at October 22, 2025 01:39 PM (abIsI)

117 Madmani is jihadist first, everything else second including "communism". NYC ignores it at their and everyone else's peril. 24 years is all it took for the idiots to conquer themselves.

Posted by: ... at October 22, 2025 01:39 PM (lonsH)

118 Posted by: Oddbob at October 22, 2025 01:37 PM (3nLb4

Probably, but I don't think it would effect him so much unless he were loudly advocating for Trump in an election year.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 22, 2025 01:39 PM (Nx5jP)

119 When will democrats stop choosing the slick huckster with the best package, and not open the package up to see the turd inside?
Posted by: LizLem at October 22, 2025 01:38 PM (gWBY1)

And the Dems have Cuomo... Another turd

Posted by: It's me donna at October 22, 2025 01:40 PM (VE6XX)

120 108 Posted by: It's me donna at October 22, 2025 01:35 PM (VE6XX)

I didn't know that he was a NJ native or favored Republicans.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 22, 2025 01:38 PM (Nx5jP)

Very much so, and it has come with a professional
cost, doubtlessly.

Posted by: tubal at October 22, 2025 01:40 PM (PCK5/)

121 Doesn't game theory say that tit for tat is the only winning strategy?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

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Tit-for-two-tats dominates tit-for-tat. But they clearly didn't ask me. Two-tits dominates everything as far as I am concerned.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at October 22, 2025 01:40 PM (1Nv0l)

122 Oh, and part of the NC story.

The governor cannot veto legislative originating congressional maps. It's in the NC constitution.
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Thanks for that.
I'd seen it passed the NC senate 26-20 and mathed to less than 60%; short of veto override.

And now I know.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 22, 2025 01:40 PM (BxFEL)

123 In TX news, the two week early voting period began Monday on its 17 Constitutional amendments. Among them is a Constitutional amendment restricting voting to U.S. citizens.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 22, 2025 01:28 PM (pNkJD)

Fun fact: In the 149 years of the Texas Constitution, it has been amended 530 times by voters. Why, you might ask... cuz we don't trust our legislature.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 22, 2025 01:40 PM (ExV1e)

124 Turnout for the NKs marches looked pretty ho-hum, especially when including the local hires. So bad that the MSM had to misapply images from eight years ago to pump 'em up.

Not helpful for Dem candidates and elected officials held hostage by Marxist influencers and nitwit congresscritters.

Posted by: mrp at October 22, 2025 01:40 PM (rj6Yv)

125 ...incredible House of Delegates candidates for a canvass lunch...

canvas leads to denim leads to jeans leads to sydney sweeney!

Posted by: the wisdom of yoda at October 22, 2025 01:40 PM (sGtp+)

126 Possibly the best reaction.

https://is.gd/aJGQ1t

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at October 22, 2025 01:36 PM (L/fGl)

That HAS to be parody. It HAS to.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 22, 2025 01:40 PM (i24o9)

127 We Will Never Forget, my lily white ass.

Madmani's campaign slogan should be "We Forgot".

Posted by: ... at October 22, 2025 01:40 PM (lonsH)

128 >> 115 I think he'll get a late push like he did in 2022, hopefully keeping another awfl from getting in to office.

LOL

Posted by: The Cheat at October 22, 2025 01:41 PM (abIsI)

129 When will democrats stop choosing the slick huckster with the best package, and not open the package up to see the turd inside?

Posted by: LizLem at October 22, 2025 01:38 PM

Because it works.

Posted by: Barack Obama at October 22, 2025 01:41 PM (IifOV)

130 From the CNN article:

"A Democratic-controlled House could thwart Trump’s agenda and launch investigations during the final two years of his presidency into his actions and those of his administration."

Well, we wouldn't want that.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 22, 2025 01:41 PM (0sNs1)

131 Most "normal" shutdown drama I would agree. But I think this one is different. The Democrap push to make this about healthcare for slimy illegals -- omg, they really thought that was a winning issue -- raised this shutdown drama in the eyes of the public, because it involves an issue (illegals) that the public cares deeply about.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 22, 2025

That and their very recent rhetoric against shutdowns is hard to ignore. But, because Dems are just not bright, this is truly shining a huge light on the fact the ACA is anything by affordable and it’s a cluster. You would think they would want to avoid this peep under the door. The tweets about early retirees having to pay out the nose is not resonating well, either. Why should we subsidize someone who retired at 50?
Posted by: Piper at October 22, 2025 01:35 PM (OoFl2)
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I agree. I would add that Trump is much better at messaging than all the soyboy tools before him. And Trump 2.0 is even better at this than 1.0. I think the Dums expected TACO in the shutdown, but they got the fist.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 22, 2025 01:41 PM (iFTx/)

132
CNN's collective vagina is sandy.

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Wait, that's the Gwenyth Paltrow's schtick ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at October 22, 2025 01:41 PM (qwZT2)

133 131 I agree. I would add that Trump is much better at messaging than all the soyboy tools before him. And Trump 2.0 is even better at this than 1.0. I think the Dums expected TACO in the shutdown, but they got the fist.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 22, 2025 01:41 PM (iFTx/)

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Trump is just running out the clock as outlined in the Antideficiency Act.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 22, 2025 01:42 PM (GBKbO)

134 That HAS to be parody. It HAS to.

My own forays into leftwing forums say that it is almost impossible to distinguish genuine leftwingers from rightwing parodies of leftwingers anymore.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 22, 2025 01:42 PM (sKqQm)

135 Although I know that Trump has three more years left in office, I am already starting to mourn him one day no longer being POTUS.
He is funny and can bully the Democrats like nobody else. It's been amazing to watch and makes me hate myself for my votes for W, McCain, and Romney.
Posted by: jmel at October 22, 2025 01:29 PM (RWHIh)

JD has been known to dig in the spurs a time or two.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 22, 2025 01:42 PM (ExV1e)

136 >> Repealing Section 2 would require 60 votes to get past cloture while burning a lot of political capital.

They can just get rid of the filibuster. The Dems are going to do it the next time they control the Senate anyway. Might as well maintain escalation dominance.

The truth is, there aren’t enough votes in the GOP to get it done. Same as everything else in Trump 2.0 so far. The GOP is full of squishes who can’t pass a budget or codify Trump’s reforms into law.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at October 22, 2025 01:42 PM (l3YAf)

137 84 and now, Frasier !

"Actor and producer Kelsey Grammer, a New Jersey native, is lending his voice to Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli in a new campaign video released Monday, calling for “honest leadership” and a return to “pride in our state” as the race against Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) narrows in its final stretch."
Posted by: runner at October 22, 2025 01:35 PM (g47mK)

Does anyone remember the speech he gave for a candidate who supported "The Little People" ???

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 22, 2025 01:42 PM (uWKK8)

138 Pete? Pete Sodomite? That Pete?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 22, 2025 01:42 PM (YlWIZ)

139 The Democrats are worried enough about Abigail Spanberger that they're sending their highest-ranking homosexuals. First Obama, and now Pete!

>>

Delightfully cruel.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 22, 2025 01:43 PM (wVcYX)

140 Tit-for-two-tats dominates tit-for-tat. But they clearly didn't ask me. Two-tits dominates everything as far as I am concerned.
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at October 22, 2025 01:40 PM

You know what really sucks? Being the third triplet and being named Tat.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 22, 2025 01:43 PM (0sNs1)

141 136 They can just get rid of the filibuster. The Dems are going to do it the next time they control the Senate anyway. Might as well maintain escalation dominance.

The truth is, there aren’t enough votes in the GOP to get it done. Same as everything else in Trump 2.0 so far. The GOP is full of squishes who can’t pass a budget or codify Trump’s reforms into law.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at October 22, 2025 01:42 PM (l3YAf)

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Why didn't Democrats do it under Biden when they had the majority (50+VP)?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 22, 2025 01:43 PM (GBKbO)

142 CNN's collective vagina is sandy.

Expect pearls from it's clam.

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 22, 2025 01:43 PM (IifOV)

143 Willowed

Bulg, really interesting info on Charles Joseph Bonaparte in your comment from the last post.

Posted by: Paco at October 22, 2025 01:43 PM (mADJX)

144 From the CNN article:

"A Democratic-controlled House could thwart Trump’s agenda and launch investigations during the final two years of his presidency into his actions and those of his administration."

Well, we wouldn't want that.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 22, 2025 01:41 PM

Gee wouldn't that be like weaponizing congress to attack their political enemy?

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 22, 2025 01:43 PM (0N4FZ)

145
Madmani's campaign slogan should be "We Forgot".

He will likely win based on the foreign born vote.

It isn't "we forgot" its Veni, vidi, vici

Posted by: 18-1 at October 22, 2025 01:43 PM (sKqQm)

146 The way I look at is, if Youngkin can win than so can Sear.

As for NJ, if the 3am ballot dumps from Jersey City and Newark can be controlled, Jack got a shot.

A small shot but a shot none the less.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 22, 2025 01:44 PM (+t/xu)

147 Right, send a homosexual man to campaign in a state with a large Black population.

They are really counting on the Karen vote to carry Spanburglar to the Governor's mansion, aren't they?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 22, 2025 01:44 PM (tT6L1)

148 New Dem motto - Yes We Can’t

Posted by: tubal at October 22, 2025 01:44 PM (PCK5/)

149 Willowed

Bulg, really interesting info on Charles Joseph Bonaparte in your comment from the last post.
Posted by: Paco

Thanks. I think it's kind of appropriate that a Bonaparte founded the FBI.

Posted by: Bulg at October 22, 2025 01:44 PM (77rzZ)

150 Has the hawaiin judge ruled this unconstitutional yet?
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I can't wait for the clown judge to rule that AZ can force the House to seat Tarantula Face's Daughter.

The Dems are all giddy over that.

"First we're gonna force the House to swear her in!
Then she's gonna vote to force the release of the Epstein Files!
Then Trump is gonna resign in disgrace!!
And then Kamala will be President!!!!
YEARRRRGGG!!!"

Real world?
Appeal Courts: "yeah, we ain't fucking touching that; have less than zero grounds to tell the House what to do."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 22, 2025 01:44 PM (BxFEL)

151 Redistricting is fascist!

Posted by: But only if Republicans do it at October 22, 2025 01:45 PM (TbWk/)

152 This is war . . . .

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at October 22, 2025 01:38 PM (l3YAf)

It is good to see more people wake up to this fact (no aspersions on you).

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 22, 2025 01:45 PM (i24o9)

153
https://is.gd/aJGQ1t

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at October 22, 2025 01:36 PM (L/fGl)

That HAS to be parody. It HAS to.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder

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It might be, but it's almost word-for-word the rant of other Dindoos on social media.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 22, 2025 01:45 PM (ldc7S)

154 63 It is interesting that NJ has been trending rightward in recent years. It had long been deep blue but it seems its voters are waking up.

Any answers as to why?

Posted by: 18-1 at October 22, 2025 01:22 PM

The third highest property taxes in the country is one answer.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 22, 2025 01:30 PM

My mistake, they have the highest property taxes in the country. I was going on info based when we lived up there.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 22, 2025 01:32 PM (0N4FZ)

And highest car insurance.

Posted by: Nova Local at October 22, 2025 01:45 PM (tOcjL)

155 1. NJ wasn't that deep a shade of blue. It had GOP governors not long ago.
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Christie? The same Christie endorsed by nearly every Democrat in the state? The same guy who hugged Obama and voted for Biden? That "Republican"?

Or maybe you are thinking of Christine Todd Whitman, who went in to run the EPA and endorsed Hillary Clinton for President?

Some Republicans. NJ is deep blue in the more populous north and red in the south, excepting urban areas. But it is also middle class enough in parts of the north to respond to PDJT, and the state 100% hates Phil Murphy. Sherrill is Phil Murphy.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 22, 2025 01:45 PM (NIXNg)

156 Mayo Pete does not expand her tent.

Phrasing

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 22, 2025 01:46 PM (IvmRU)

157 150 Real world?
Appeal Courts: "yeah, we ain't fucking touching that; have less than zero grounds to tell the House what to do."
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 22, 2025 01:44 PM (BxFEL)
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I only vaguely know of this case as a thing, but I get the impression it's because the House is in recess.

Right?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 22, 2025 01:46 PM (GBKbO)

158 Good to see Stinky Pete is getting OUT the black vote.

Pro Tip: don't shake his hand, you don't know where it has been.

Posted by: Dawn LeMawn at October 22, 2025 01:46 PM (TezPK)

159 which represents orthodox Jews in New Jersey (and also controls the Kessel Trade Routes)

So Jews In Space is for real~! Alert the Tucker-mobile!!!! Ack-Thipt~!

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 22, 2025 01:46 PM (mlg/3)

160 Spanberger and Sherrill are really bad candidates. There simply relying on the sheep to show up and vote, which I'm sure many will do. Would like to see an African American male category, because those two cannot be doing well with that group

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 22, 2025 01:46 PM (8RjCi)

161 Although I know that Trump has three more years left in office, I am already starting to mourn him one day no longer being POTUS.
He is funny and can bully the Democrats like nobody else. It's been amazing to watch and makes me hate myself for my votes for W, McCain, and Romney.
Posted by: jmel at October 22, 2025 01:29 PM (RWHIh)

JD has been known to dig in the spurs a time or two.

He's even Hitlerier than Orange Hitler!

Posted by: Jen Psaki, who is rapidly aging at October 22, 2025 01:46 PM (Riz8t)

162 Although I know that Trump has three more years left in office, I am already starting to mourn him one day no longer being POTUS.
He is funny and can bully the Democrats like nobody else. It's been amazing to watch and makes me hate myself for my votes for W, McCain, and Romney.
Posted by: jmel at October 22, 2025 01:29 PM (RWHIh)

Alas, I can relate to that. He is sui generis, and we'll never see his like again

Posted by: Paco at October 22, 2025 01:46 PM (mADJX)

163 Possibly the best reaction.

https://is.gd/aJGQ1t
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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I'm not sure which is worse, the attitude, or the posting of the vid. All part of the package, I suppose.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 22, 2025 01:46 PM (XeU6L)

164 Alberta Oil Peon

Tit for tat is not the best strategy, but very close to the top. Not always tit for tat and luck is the best.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 22, 2025 01:46 PM (u82oZ)

165 Yes, NJs problem is that it's under taxed and under feed.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 22, 2025 01:47 PM (+t/xu)

166 Possibly the best reaction.

https://is.gd/aJGQ1t
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There is no way this isn't parody. It's too perfect.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 22, 2025 01:47 PM (Dv3i1)

167 Why didn't Democrats do it under Biden when they had the majority (50+VP)?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 22, 2025 01:43 PM (GBKbO)

Because 2021 may as well have been a century ago. Our country has changed a lot since then and the Democrats are going full-bore in their war against us. Democrat Congressmen are openly threatening to imprison ICE officers when they regain power. You need to take note of what time it is.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at October 22, 2025 01:47 PM (l3YAf)

168 One of the most common memes I've seeing right now is "So the government that takes 40% of my income has been shut down for 3 weeks and I'm seeing absolutely no difference in my life" accompanied with a picture of a grumpy cat looking in the mirror
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I'd correct it to "that is still taking 40% of my income"

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 22, 2025 01:47 PM (BxFEL)

169 Re: NC Redistricting

Where is the response from blue states? California, Michigan, and NY talk about new maps, but they're barely moving. Meanwhile, Rs just steamroll redistricting in lockstep.

Blue states have laws against gerrymandering so they have to vote on it. They did the right and moral thing and it's coming back to bite us in the ass. Meanwhile, Red states are free to gerrymander unfettered.

Politics is a dirty game and the GOP is better at it. You can’t really fight fire with fire when your state constitution is designed around playing fair(er).

Shocker, folks who know they can't win on the strength of their ideas rig the system. Republicans can’t win without cheating.

Do people in the solid blue areas still have to pay state taxes since they are not represented? I'd love a case about disenfranchisement of the vote due to gerrymandering, rather than saying straight up lack of representation. about it being made mathematically impossible for a left leaning voter to have their voice heard. That’s specific disenfranchisement of people, imo. (any California or NY Morons have feelings about this going the other way?)

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 22, 2025 01:48 PM (JCZqz)

170 "a key indicator of national political trends ahead of the 2026 midterm elections."

Huh? State/local/special elections are often nothing of the sort. Far from a reliable "key indicator". After the catastrophic elevation of the affirmative action non-entity in the degrading 2008 election, VA elected GOP gov/AGs by actually historic (yuuuge) margins. Off-cycle election. All kinds of factors at play in different places/times/with different candidates.

I know just the usual vapid garbage/drama-food the "press" lives on, but still.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 22, 2025 01:48 PM (U/Byj)

171 Spanberger and Sherrill are really bad candidates.

The Dems haven't been focused on candidates with charisma that can reach centerist voters in a long, long time.

As Biden said, he doesn't need moderate voters.

But with Trump's DOJ we will see how well a strategy based on voter fraud and payoffs works for the Dems moving forward...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 22, 2025 01:48 PM (sKqQm)

172 and also controls the Kessel Trade Routes

*snort*

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 22, 2025 01:49 PM (jc0TO)

173 I'm loving the NC redistricting news. I live in the affected district, so I'll actually get an R congresscritter. (Which may or may not mean a decent one. But can't be much worse.)

Add in the fact that we're getting rid of Tillis, and that makes it good times.

Posted by: Eeyore (Is, Eum) at October 22, 2025 01:49 PM (s0JqF)

174 168 One of the most common memes I've seeing right now is "So the government that takes 40% of my income has been shut down for 3 weeks and I'm seeing absolutely no difference in my life" accompanied with a picture of a grumpy cat looking in the mirror
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I'd correct it to "that is still taking 40% of my income"

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 22, 2025 01:47 PM (BxFEL)

Well, it's also still paying out all the "gimme dats", so that's about right...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 22, 2025 01:49 PM (tOcjL)

175
Shocker, folks who know they can't win on the strength of their ideas rig the system. Republicans can’t win without cheating.

LOL

Posted by: It's me donna at October 22, 2025 01:49 PM (VE6XX)

176 a late push

Birthing hips.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 22, 2025 01:49 PM (0fIkm)

177 167 Why didn't Democrats do it under Biden when they had the majority (50+VP)?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 22, 2025 01:43 PM (GBKbO)

Because 2021 may as well have been a century ago. Our country has changed a lot since then and the Democrats are going full-bore in their war against us. Democrat Congressmen are openly threatening to imprison ICE officers when they regain power. You need to take note of what time it is.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at October 22, 2025 01:47 PM (l3YAf)

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Yeah, no.

This was the year that they were getting the DOJ to frame GOP senators and out in the open working with local DAs to come up with any reason to get Trump.

Acting like Democrats weren't rabid with a need to exercise power at all levels under Biden is silly.

Simply, too many on the cusp Senators like the filibuster. It gives them power in a close Senate that they otherwise wouldn't have.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 22, 2025 01:49 PM (GBKbO)

178 Possibly the best reaction.

https://is.gd/aJGQ1t

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at October 22, 2025 01:36 PM (L/fGl)

That HAS to be parody. It HAS to.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 22, 2025 01:40 PM (i24o9)
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There are a lot of people just like that guy. They feel they are entitled to live off the government teet.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 22, 2025 01:49 PM (NpAcC)

179 There is no way this isn't parody. It's too perfect.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 22, 2025 01:47 PM (Dv3i1)

Dude even had the just woke up at noon, Ace look going on.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 22, 2025 01:49 PM (i24o9)

180 Pansies for Spanberger!

Posted by: Eeyore (Is, Eum) at October 22, 2025 01:50 PM (s0JqF)

181 NJ is also corrupt AF. When trucker Ed Durr beat long-time Democrat President of the Senate -- Sweeney -- by a wide margin, Sweeney literally refused to concede saying "votes may still be found".

There was too much national attention on that race though, and the margin was too wide, so his corrupt friends in Trenton had to let him swing.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at October 22, 2025 01:50 PM (1Nv0l)

182 169 Blue states have laws against gerrymandering so they have to vote on it. They did the right and moral thing and it's coming back to bite us in the ass. Meanwhile, Red states are free to gerrymander unfettered.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 22, 2025 01:48 PM (JCZqz)

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They are surely talking about "independent commissions" that are always populated by out in the open Democrat partisans who draw deeply partisan Democrat maps.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 22, 2025 01:50 PM (GBKbO)

183 The Democrats are worried enough about Abigail Spanberger that they're sending their highest-ranking homosexuals. First Obama, and now Pete!

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Heard somewhere this morning that the Democrap Party or the DNC are parachuting in several million dollars to try and pull out the Virginia Governor's race -- but forget the actual amount.

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at October 22, 2025 01:50 PM (qwZT2)

184 170 "a key indicator of national political trends ahead of the 2026 midterm elections."

Huh? State/local/special elections are often nothing of the sort. Far from a reliable "key indicator". After the catastrophic elevation of the affirmative action non-entity in the degrading 2008 election, VA elected GOP gov/AGs by actually historic (yuuuge) margins. Off-cycle election. All kinds of factors at play in different places/times/with different candidates.

I know just the usual vapid garbage/drama-food the "press" lives on, but still.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 22, 2025 01:48 PM (U/Byj)

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2010 predicted Obama winning in 2012.

Somehow.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 22, 2025 01:50 PM (GBKbO)

185 Biden didn't need to worry about filibusters. There were more then enough R senators willing to give him anything he wanted from them

Posted by: 18-1 at October 22, 2025 01:50 PM (sKqQm)

186 I still can't understand how the Day of Rage of the Aged, with extra showings of turkey necks and bat wing arms flapping to the beat of the music, didn't galvanize the country against Trump?

It was a perfect plan!
Couldn't fail!

Did they not read the signs? "NO KINGS!"

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 22, 2025 01:50 PM (BxFEL)

187 Possibly the best reaction.

https://is.gd/aJGQ1t
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There is no way this isn't parody. It's too perfect.
Posted by: Chuck Martel

Needs Dire Straits "Money For Nothing" playing as a soundtrack.

"I want my EBT"

Posted by: Joe Mama at October 22, 2025 01:51 PM (TezPK)

188 Odd year elections in light blue states should not be taken as the mood of the country, but I would take "narrow dem win in both" as status quo. If the R's win either one it makes '26 look pretty damn good.
Posted by: 18-1

I'd hold off on that prediction.

These two candidates are shitty candidates with a lot of national media on them. The fact they still poll ahead says a lot about the two states

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at October 22, 2025 01:51 PM (b8J4P)

189 Can you imagine having ANY business and having that guy in the video slouching in to “ work” his 20 hours to get his welfare continued??? The stuff that nightmares are made of.

Posted by: tubal at October 22, 2025 01:51 PM (PCK5/)

190 Texas Pussy

https://tinyurl.com/35vu5v4m

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 22, 2025 01:51 PM (jc0TO)

191 Possibly the best reaction.

https://is.gd/aJGQ1t
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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I'm not sure which is worse, the attitude, or the posting of the vid. All part of the package, I suppose.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 22, 2025 01:46 PM (XeU6L)
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I see, so, my white privilege, which includes going to work every day also included supporting this layabout?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at October 22, 2025 01:51 PM (tT6L1)

192 sound on

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 22, 2025 01:51 PM (jc0TO)

193 She's winsome!!

Posted by: Virginia voters at October 22, 2025 01:51 PM (yePES)

194 188 Odd year elections in light blue states should not be taken as the mood of the country, but I would take "narrow dem win in both" as status quo. If the R's win either one it makes '26 look pretty damn good.
Posted by: 18-1

I'd hold off on that prediction.

These two candidates are shitty candidates with a lot of national media on them. The fact they still poll ahead says a lot about the two states
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at October 22, 2025 01:51 PM (b8J4P)

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Bob McDonnell won the 2011 VA governor's election by a 28 point swing from Obama's win in VA in 2008.

Surely, there's no way Obama can win VA in 2012 after that.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 22, 2025 01:51 PM (GBKbO)

195 Add in the fact that we're getting rid of Tillis, and that makes it good times.
Posted by: Eeyore (Is, Eum) at October 22, 2025 01:49 PM (s0JqF)

McConnell's out as well, and with any luck John Cornyn will be gone. I would love it if Cassidy of La. gets primaried out, he's another snake in the grass.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 22, 2025 01:52 PM (uWKK8)

196 183 The Democrats are worried enough about Abigail Spanberger that they're sending their highest-ranking homosexuals. First Obama, and now Pete!

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Heard somewhere this morning that the Democrap Party or the DNC are parachuting in several million dollars to try and pull out the Virginia Governor's race -- but forget the actual amount.

Posted by: ShainS -- Bury My Heart At a Texas MoMe at October 22, 2025 01:50 PM (qwZT2)

The Ds were already outspending the Rs by a wide margin here. Interestingly, I saw a few commercials against Spanberger run by national PACs and not the Sears campaign, so it seems some folks are getting interested, even if not giving directly...

The one I saw involved the boys in girls locker rooms and gender mutilation of kids...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 22, 2025 01:53 PM (tOcjL)

197 Bob McDonnell won the 2011 VA governor's election by a 28 point swing from Obama's win in VA in 2008.

I wonder what VA politics would look like today if Obama hadn't taken McDonnell out.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 22, 2025 01:53 PM (sKqQm)

198 Texas Pussy

https://tinyurl.com/35vu5v4m

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 22, 2025 01:51 PM (jc0TO)

Hilarious.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 22, 2025 01:53 PM (i24o9)

199 The excitable Harry Enten is growing on me.

Posted by: Oglebay at October 22, 2025 01:53 PM (GPa4z)

200 190 Texas Pussy

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That was disappointing.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at October 22, 2025 01:53 PM (1Nv0l)

201 It is interesting that NJ has been trending rightward in recent years. It had long been deep blue but it seems its voters are waking up.

Any answers as to why?

Posted by: 18-1 at October 22, 2025 01:22 PM

Trump probably speaks to a lot of them. Discounting faggy cheating 2020, they have hovered right around 2.1 million votes for the Democrat going all the way back to 2008. But whereas McCain and Romney got 1.6 million, Trump increased that by about 25% in 2024.

What's fascinating more than the R increase is the absolute flatline for the D over 15 to 20 years. Trump has definitely made the Democrats less palatable to those who will listen.

Posted by: ... at October 22, 2025 01:53 PM (lonsH)

202 Spanberger and Sherrill give off major Karen vibes.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 22, 2025 01:54 PM (NpAcC)

203 201 What's fascinating more than the R increase is the absolute flatline for the D over 15 to 20 years. Trump has definitely made the Democrats less palatable to those who will listen.
Posted by: ... at October 22, 2025 01:53 PM (lonsH)

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If you went back in time and convincingly told the DNC in 2013 that open borders would lead them to needing to cheat like mad to barely win in blue strongholds...

They'd keep on with the open borders because they hate America.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 22, 2025 01:54 PM (GBKbO)

204 @182

>>They are surely talking about "independent commissions" that are always populated by out in the open Democrat partisans who draw deeply partisan Democrat maps.

Plus these commissions have been instituted long after they already gerrymandered away most GOP seats.

When Cali redistricts away the 9 remaining gop seats the map is going to look like a plate of spaghetti.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 22, 2025 01:54 PM (+t/xu)

205
If true, is there any way this could sink his chances to run for president? Like if he's indicted?

Posted by: LizLem

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It's up to the MSM, so...

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 22, 2025 01:54 PM (ldc7S)

206 Daffy Duck >>>> Donald Duck.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 22, 2025 01:55 PM (W2Pud)

207 Until 2020, we lived in Richmond, just a bit outside Spanberger's district. My wife still is in touch with some friends there. One is a pussy-hatted cat lady, with complete TDS. But to her credit, she hasn't cut ties with Mrs Eeyore.

She knows, and detests, Spanberger. Not clear what she'll do next month.

Posted by: Eeyore (Is, Eum) at October 22, 2025 01:55 PM (s0JqF)

208 Texas Pussy

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That was disappointing.
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at October 22, 2025 01:53 PM (1Nv0l)
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If the cat was really firing a shotgun, he'd more than likely be knocked hallway to the street.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 22, 2025 01:55 PM (yy9ow)

209 The shut down. .....

Here in South/Central Indiana there is a navy base. It's the biggest employer in the area. It has a Constitution Grove that provides white oak lumber for the USS Constitution.
Half of my family works on base, including my son. Most of the fam works for contractors. My son works for Dept of Defense. He's been putting in 12 hour days on salary to get contracts done. So far the base doesn't seem to be getting hit by the shutdown but who knows what will happen if it goes on long enough.

Although I don't want my kid to suffer, he has a baby and a new mortgage, this shutdown is just noise. It's a great light show at a mediocre concert.
The demoncrats have seriously misjudged this thing.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 22, 2025 01:55 PM (2J/Lj)

210 207 Until 2020, we lived in Richmond, just a bit outside Spanberger's district. My wife still is in touch with some friends there. One is a pussy-hatted cat lady, with complete TDS. But to her credit, she hasn't cut ties with Mrs Eeyore.

She knows, and detests, Spanberger. Not clear what she'll do next month.
Posted by: Eeyore (Is, Eum) at October 22, 2025 01:55 PM (s0JqF)

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"Better a white lady I hate than a black woman who wants my daughter to not see a man's penis in the public shower."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 22, 2025 01:56 PM (GBKbO)

211 "Their highest ranking homosexuals"? If I wasn't trying to rush through a sham marriage, I'd dispute your rankings.

Posted by: Senator Spartacus at October 22, 2025 01:56 PM (yBgPA)

212 I think the Dums expected TACO in the shutdown, but they got the fist.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 22, 2025 01:41 PM (iFTx/)

I guess they forgot that he ran a 30+ day shutdown against his own party the first time around. Keeping the government shutdown to harm the enemy? Yeah, he's never gonna fold.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 22, 2025 01:56 PM (ExV1e)

213 207 Until 2020, we lived in Richmond, just a bit outside Spanberger's district. My wife still is in touch with some friends there. One is a pussy-hatted cat lady, with complete TDS. But to her credit, she hasn't cut ties with Mrs Eeyore.

She knows, and detests, Spanberger. Not clear what she'll do next month.

Posted by: Eeyore (Is, Eum) at October 22, 2025 01:55 PM (s0JqF)

Have your wife encourage her to stay home in protest.

Posted by: Nova Local at October 22, 2025 01:56 PM (tOcjL)

214 199 The excitable Harry Enten is growing on me.
Posted by: Oglebay at October 22, 2025 01:53 PM (GPa4z)

better get that removed.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 22, 2025 01:56 PM (uWKK8)

215 The fact that it's even close in VA after all the federal cuts indicates how bad a candidate Spanberger is. Winsome ain't all that winsome either.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at October 22, 2025 01:56 PM (1Nv0l)

216 When Cali redistricts away the 9 remaining gop seats the map is going to look like a plate of spaghetti.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 22, 2025 01:54 PM (+t/xu)

all covered with cheese.
They lost the Gov. Meatball
when somebody sneezed.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 22, 2025 01:57 PM (wVcYX)

217 202 Spanberger and Sherrill give off major Karen vibes.
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Would be nice if the Political Karen genus were to go extinct.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 22, 2025 01:57 PM (Dv3i1)

218 206 Daffy Duck >>>> Donald Duck.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 22, 2025 01:55 PM (W2Pud)

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Yes x 100.

I think the Donald Duck fans read lots of comic books. As someone who only know Daffy and Donald from TeeVee, it's not close.

Posted by: Oglebay at October 22, 2025 01:57 PM (GPa4z)

219 207 I left in 2016.

Posted by: Boss Moss at October 22, 2025 01:57 PM (sGHnN)

220 >> Acting like Democrats weren't rabid with a need to exercise power at all levels under Biden is silly.

I never said that, but Biden was moderate compared to the Democrats today.

>> Simply, too many on the cusp Senators like the filibuster. It gives them power in a close Senate that they otherwise wouldn't have.

That has been the status quo, sure, but we are in different times now. The Dems already pulled the trigger first on nuking the filibuster for judicial nominees. They’ll likely be the first to bypass it for legislation and the GOPe will whine “Imagine if the roles were reversed!” as they always do.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at October 22, 2025 01:57 PM (l3YAf)

221 CA gerrymandering more is risky for them. They could end up just allowing the GOP to pick up a bunch of seats in a small red wave.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 22, 2025 01:57 PM (sKqQm)

222 Just think of all that free stuff New Yorkers are going to get.
Free this, Free that. A real free for all. They will live like....Kings! Should have gone Commie years ago.

Posted by: Case at October 22, 2025 01:58 PM (9HFDU)

223 CA gerrymandering more is risky for them. They could end up just allowing the GOP to pick up a bunch of seats in a small red wave.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 22, 2025 01:57 PM (sKqQm)
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They needed weeks of counting to make some districts go blue. They're on the cusp.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 22, 2025 01:58 PM (yy9ow)

224 Texas Pussy

https://tinyurl.com/35vu5v4m

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 22, 2025 01:51 PM

Cows with guns > Cats with guns

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 22, 2025 01:58 PM (ySpAZ)

225 209 "So, sailor, what ship did you serve on?"

[sailor stationed at Indiana Navy base] "Um...the USS...Indiana. Yeah, the USS Indiana. That's it."

Posted by: Bulg at October 22, 2025 01:58 PM (77rzZ)

226 >>Blue states have laws against gerrymandering so they have to vote on it. They did the right and moral thing and it's coming back to bite us in the ass. Meanwhile, Red states are free to gerrymander unfettered.

How is it even possible to spend so much time involved with politics and be so uniformed? I don't even think they are lying. I don't think they have a clue what's going on.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 22, 2025 01:59 PM (viF8m)

227 The Ds were already outspending the Rs by a wide margin here. Interestingly, I saw a few commercials against Spanberger run by national PACs and not the Sears campaign, so it seems some folks are getting interested, even if not giving directly...
Posted by: Nova Local

Thankfully, greatly outspending your opponent is a surefire way to overcome poor policy and candidate issues.

Posted by: President Kamala Harris at October 22, 2025 01:59 PM (JCZqz)

228 How is it even possible to spend so much time involved with politics and be so uniformed? I don't even think they are lying. I don't think they have a clue what's going on.

MA's governor threatened to gerrymander recently. Her state is already 9-0 donk.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 22, 2025 02:00 PM (sKqQm)

229 If the cat was really firing a shotgun, he'd more than likely be knocked hallway to the street.

Yeah. I wouldn't trust a cat with anything more than like a 9mm carbine.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 22, 2025 02:00 PM (3nLb4)

230 CA gerrymandering more is risky for them.
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Try too much of it and see the State of Jefferson movement pick up steam.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 22, 2025 02:00 PM (yy9ow)

231 Hairy Enten?
Come see us.

Posted by: Your local pharmacy at October 22, 2025 02:00 PM (yePES)

232 Squirrel with a gun > Cat with a shottie

Posted by: 18-1 at October 22, 2025 02:01 PM (sKqQm)

233 I did a bit on Donald Duck. Perhaps you've heard it?

Posted by: Zombie Robin Williams at October 22, 2025 02:01 PM (wVcYX)

234 Yeah. I wouldn't trust a cat with anything more than like a 9mm carbine.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 22, 2025 02:00 PM (3nLb4)
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Recoilless rifle might work.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 22, 2025 02:01 PM (yy9ow)

235 Is King Donald still building his new castle?

Posted by: wth at October 22, 2025 02:01 PM (v0R5T)

236 Laser weapons = no recoil

Posted by: 18-1 at October 22, 2025 02:01 PM (sKqQm)

237 Which Will Likely Add One More Republican to the House of Representatives

Ok, whose turn is it to play a Republican?

Posted by: The DNC at October 22, 2025 02:01 PM (upeQk)

238 >> If you went back in time and convincingly told the DNC in 2013 that open borders would lead them to needing to cheat like mad to barely win in blue strongholds...

Imagine going back to 2013 and telling conservatives that in 2025 we still have DACA and Obamacare, despite controlling all three branches for several years. And that we’d have GOP congresscritters trying to bailout Obamacare via subsidies.

The Democrats get their way, even when they lose elections.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at October 22, 2025 02:01 PM (l3YAf)

239 Dems behave like they've never done any gerrymandering, while at the same time doing more than gerrymandering to so-call counteract so-called Texas gerrymandering. Yeah, I'm talking about you, Newscum...
Obama's been doing commercials in support of Prop 50 here (the "lets take redistricting from the so-called independent commission and put it in the hands of the Dem supermajority Kali legislature act because...TEXAS! TRUMP!" prop).

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 22, 2025 02:02 PM (ynpvh)

240 Laser weapons = no recoil
Posted by: 18-1 at October 22, 2025 02:01 PM

But then the cat would be chasing the beam.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 22, 2025 02:02 PM (ySpAZ)

241 Oh, and tell those 2013 conservatives gay marriage is the law of the land and the GOP isn’t even seriously trying to reverse it.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at October 22, 2025 02:03 PM (l3YAf)

242 Blue states have laws against gerrymandering so they have to vote on it. They did the right and moral thing and it's coming back to bite us in the ass. Meanwhile, Red states are free to gerrymander unfettered.

Yeah, right. Explain for me why blue states like Kali and Maryland have much fewer repub reps in Congress than the proportion of repub voters...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 22, 2025 02:04 PM (ynpvh)

243 You want example of Democrat Gerrymandering?? I suggest looking at an Illinois Congressional map. Shameless, it is.

Posted by: tubal at October 22, 2025 02:04 PM (PCK5/)

244 Sand or grit would be an improvement over crushed flakes

Posted by: DaveA at October 22, 2025 02:04 PM (FhXTo)

245 Oh, and tell those 2013 conservatives gay marriage is the law of the land and the GOP isn’t even seriously trying to reverse it.

Leftwingers are the real homophobes!

Posted by: GOPers at October 22, 2025 02:04 PM (sKqQm)

246 243 You want example of Democrat Gerrymandering?? I suggest looking at an Illinois Congressional map. Shameless, it is.
Posted by: tubal at October 22, 2025 02:04 PM (PCK5/)

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The funniest thing about the NC map...the new districts look...normal.

Pretty much boxes.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 22, 2025 02:04 PM (GBKbO)

247 But then the cat would be chasing the beam.

IR frequency > Visual Light frequency

Posted by: 18-1 at October 22, 2025 02:04 PM (sKqQm)

248 But then the cat would be chasing the beam.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Pussies chase my, how you say, "beam" all the time.

Posted by: The Paolo at October 22, 2025 02:04 PM (77rzZ)

249 If gerrymandering didn't exist the fight would be to control the "independent commissions' tasked with drawing up the districts. Might as well stick with gerrymandering and forget the commission

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 22, 2025 02:06 PM (8RjCi)

250 so the California dems are going to build a website that doxes ICE by calling out their locations

I see a plan coming together...

Posted by: DanMan at October 22, 2025 02:06 PM (8uzBS)

251 California Prop 50 as it appears on the ballot:
"AUTHORIZES TEMPORARY CHANGES TO CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT MAPS IN RESPONSE TO TEXAS' PARTISAN REDISTRICTING..."

In essence, "What Texas is doing is morally reprehensible...so lets to worse!"

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 22, 2025 02:06 PM (ynpvh)

252 >>MA's governor threatened to gerrymander recently. Her state is already 9-0 donk.

Healey really is dumber than a bag of hammers.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 22, 2025 02:06 PM (viF8m)

253 IR frequency > Visual Light frequency
Posted by: 18-1

UV

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at October 22, 2025 02:06 PM (1Nv0l)

254 I only vaguely know of this case as a thing, but I get the impression it's because the House is in recess.

Right?
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Yup.
And the Speaker is mocking them on this.
They're holding these sad sack protests outside his office.
And he's like, "just doing what Pelosi did when she refused to seat our guy during a recess."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 22, 2025 02:06 PM (BxFEL)

255 MA's governor threatened to gerrymander recently. Her state is already 9-0 donk.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 22, 2025 02:00 PM (sKqQm)

The next logical step for MA is to ban the Republican Party altogether. Work towards depriving any GOP Presidential candidate of the “popular vote.”

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at October 22, 2025 02:07 PM (l3YAf)

256 The funniest thing about the NC map...the new districts look...normal.

Pretty much boxes.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

I would like to see districts that are composed of complete, already existing political entities -- entire counties, cities, townships, whatever. No more of this "following the interstate" crap in drawing district lines.

Posted by: Bulg at October 22, 2025 02:07 PM (77rzZ)

257 Leftwingers are the real homophobes!
Posted by: GOPers at October 22, 2025 02:04 PM (sKqQm)

If they liked gays for anything more than votes or fucking with Christianity they wouldn't support Islam.

Posted by: ... at October 22, 2025 02:07 PM (lonsH)

258 256 I would like to see districts that are composed of complete, already existing political entities -- entire counties, cities, townships, whatever. No more of this "following the interstate" crap in drawing district lines.
Posted by: Bulg at October 22, 2025 02:07 PM (77rzZ)

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The problem is that districts have to be roughly equal by population.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 22, 2025 02:08 PM (GBKbO)

259 If gerrymandering didn't exist the fight would be to control the "independent commissions' tasked with drawing up the districts. Might as well stick with gerrymandering and forget the commission
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 22, 2025 02:06 PM (8RjCi)

All politics is the spoils system. People deluded themselves into thinking “non-partisan, independent” government was a thing.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at October 22, 2025 02:08 PM (l3YAf)

260 IR frequency > Visual Light frequency
Posted by: 18-1 at October 22, 2025 02:04 PM

Problem solved.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 22, 2025 02:08 PM (ySpAZ)

261 And he's like, "just doing what Pelosi did when she refused to seat our guy during a recess."
___

The speaker is completely ignorant of the "it's different when we do it" reasoned judgements.
-Federal Court Judges

Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 22, 2025 02:09 PM (Dv3i1)

262 I would like to see districts that are composed of complete, already existing political entities -- entire counties, cities, townships, whatever. No more of this "following the interstate" crap in drawing district lines.
Posted by: Bulg at October 22, 2025 02:07 PM (77rzZ)
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This. Multnomah County in Oregon would be its own district, had they not split it in half to dominate purple/red counties to the east and west.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 22, 2025 02:09 PM (yy9ow)

263 >>> Do people in the solid blue areas still have to pay state taxes since they are not represented? I'd love a case about disenfranchisement of the vote due to gerrymandering, rather than saying straight up lack of representation.

Republicans in New England, with 40% of the cast votes but 0% representation, would like a word. It goes both ways!

Posted by: LizLem at October 22, 2025 02:09 PM (Eng1Z)

264 247 But then the cat would be chasing the beam.

IR frequency > Visual Light frequency

Posted by: 18-1 at October 22, 2025 02:04 PM (sKqQm)

Depends what frequencies are absorbed by the atmosphere, which frequencies are scattered by the atmosphere. IR is a wider frequency range than visible...

https://tinyurl.com/yacebf3y

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 22, 2025 02:10 PM (ynpvh)

265 Leftwingers are the real homophobes!
Posted by: GOPers at October 22, 2025 02:04 PM (sKqQm)

Democrats are the real furryphobes!

Posted by: GOP Slogan from 2030 at October 22, 2025 02:10 PM (l3YAf)

266 I would like to see districts that are composed of complete, already existing political entities -- entire counties, cities, townships, whatever. No more of this "following the interstate" crap in drawing district lines.

In a rational, objective world you'd have districts mostly divided by urban vs suburban vs rural. So a couple of dots in the city, rings in the suburbs and big squares in the rural areas.

But this will naturally work against Democrats since the Hive city districts will be 90-10 donk and the other district types will be less lopsided but favor the GOP

Posted by: 18-1 at October 22, 2025 02:10 PM (sKqQm)

267 The Democrats are worried enough about Abigail Spanberger that they're sending their highest-ranking homosexuals. First Obama, and now Pete!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bmbSC9c2ys

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 22, 2025 02:10 PM (XwyaG)

268 Nap time.

Posted by: Weasel at October 22, 2025 02:10 PM (EaUHc)

269 Republicans in New England, with 40% of the cast votes but 0% representation, would like a word.
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But that's completely different!
--DUmmy, probably

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 22, 2025 02:10 PM (yy9ow)

270 The problem is that districts have to be roughly equal by population.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Understood. But I'm sure you could do that by following existing political boundaries. Might be a little more difficult, but it seems like it could be done, except maybe in the biggest cities like New York or LA.

Posted by: Bulg at October 22, 2025 02:11 PM (77rzZ)

271 But that's completely different!
--DUmmy, probably

See above - its because "we're smart!"

Posted by: 18-1 at October 22, 2025 02:11 PM (sKqQm)

272 270 The problem is that districts have to be roughly equal by population.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Understood. But I'm sure you could do that by following existing political boundaries. Might be a little more difficult, but it seems like it could be done, except maybe in the biggest cities like New York or LA.

Posted by: Bulg at October 22, 2025 02:11 PM (77rzZ)

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Often cities represent like 40% of a state's entire population.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 22, 2025 02:11 PM (GBKbO)

273 Make all voting districts circular. Each one touching others but not overlapping. Anyone living in those little scraps of land that aren't in any district doesn't get to vote and doesn't have to pay any state or federal taxes, including property taxes.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 22, 2025 02:11 PM (2J/Lj)

274 259 If gerrymandering didn't exist the fight would be to control the "independent commissions' tasked with drawing up the districts. Might as well stick with gerrymandering and forget the commission
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 22, 2025 02:06 PM (8RjCi)

All politics is the spoils system. People deluded themselves into thinking “non-partisan, independent” government was a thing.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at October 22, 2025 02:08 PM (l3YAf)

IIRC, Kali's commission is weighted Dem...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 22, 2025 02:12 PM (ynpvh)

275 Eastern NC is pretty hard core Trump country. No big cities. No big university towns. So not many crazy Leftist enclaves. Local politics is more, well, local, and that seems to be reflected in the results of non-Presidential elections.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at October 22, 2025 02:12 PM (MZ+PY)

276 that tit for tat is the only winning strategy?

Actually in some tests. (and you Morons will love this) two tits for tat works best.

Posted by: DaveA at October 22, 2025 02:12 PM (FhXTo)

277 >> In a rational, objective world you'd have districts mostly divided by urban vs suburban vs rural.

In a rational, objective world the left wouldn’t exist.

In our imperfect world, they not only exist, they are engaged in violent insurrection against us, with few consequences for it.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at October 22, 2025 02:13 PM (l3YAf)

278 I would like to see districts that are composed of complete, already existing political entities -- entire counties, cities, townships, whatever. No more of this "following the interstate" crap in drawing district lines.

Don't know about where you live but in Texas, city limits do actually follow the interstates, especially smaller towns. If you look at a map, they all look like spiders.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 22, 2025 02:14 PM (3nLb4)

279 276 that tit for tat is the only winning strategy?

Actually in some tests. (and you Morons will love this) two tits for tat works best.

Posted by: DaveA at October 22, 2025 02:12 PM (FhXTo)

That taint nothin'.

Posted by: Petey Bootyjuice at October 22, 2025 02:14 PM (ynpvh)

280 This has already probably been mentioned. But here in California, Tom Steyer is really pushing Prop 50 (redistricting to help Dems) hard. And the entire argument is literally, "Stick it to Trump." It's all become so insulting.

Posted by: Darth Chipmunk at October 22, 2025 02:14 PM (m0WlR)

281 Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder

Don't you mean "western" NC?

Posted by: Bulg at October 22, 2025 02:14 PM (77rzZ)

282 Would maximizing the Republican results from creative drawing of congressional district lines be a linear programming problem? It would be a shame to lose some seats because we didn't want to do the math.

Posted by: Oglebay at October 22, 2025 02:14 PM (GPa4z)

283 Make all voting districts circular. Each one touching others but not overlapping. Anyone living in those little scraps of land that aren't in any district doesn't get to vote and doesn't have to pay any state or federal taxes, including property taxes.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 22, 2025 02:11 PM (2J/Lj)

Spherical Cows Now!

Posted by: Physicists Local 152 at October 22, 2025 02:14 PM (l3YAf)

284 281 Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder

Don't you mean "western" NC?
Posted by: Bulg at October 22, 2025 02:14 PM (77rzZ)

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New map affects only eastern NC. And the two new districts are Trump+12 or better.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 22, 2025 02:15 PM (GBKbO)

285 Actually in some tests. (and you Morons will love this) two tits for tat works best.
Posted by: DaveA at October 22, 2025 02:12 PM (FhXTo)

Two tits and a discrete, tasteful, and well rendered tat is perfection!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 22, 2025 02:16 PM (2J/Lj)

286 Don't know about where you live but in Texas, city limits do actually follow the interstates, especially smaller towns. If you look at a map, they all look like spiders.
Posted by: Oddbob

That's interesting, thanks. I'll have to check out a map for that.

I'm in Fairfax County, VA, by the way.

Posted by: Bulg at October 22, 2025 02:16 PM (77rzZ)

287 Line drawing tool

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kxJYFDgtkvU

Posted by: DaveA at October 22, 2025 02:16 PM (FhXTo)

288 280 This has already probably been mentioned. But here in California, Tom Steyer is really pushing Prop 50 (redistricting to help Dems) hard. And the entire argument is literally, "Stick it to Trump." It's all become so insulting.

Posted by: Darth Chipmunk at October 22, 2025 02:14 PM (m0WlR)

Commercials by the League of Women's Voters, Obama, and others.
Love this commercial..."Wanna Stick it to Trump?"...
https://youtu.be/weIk2GOKezs

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 22, 2025 02:16 PM (ynpvh)

289 Have you seen Barry's Prop 50 ad? He must hate being out in the cold.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 22, 2025 02:17 PM (YlWIZ)

290 Would maximizing the Republican results from creative drawing of congressional district lines be a linear programming problem? It would be a shame to lose some seats because we didn't want to do the math./i]

I suspect you'd write a program to look at say the last 10 house elections and have it run various iteration scenarios to maximize GOP office holders where the state wide trend is +0, +5, -5, etc...

But yes, math ultimately...and then how much risk you are willing to take - and this is CA's problem. They are already fairly safely gerrymandered, but if they do more and their is a +5 GOP wave over what they are expecting it could mean a couple dozen seats flipping if they are all estimated to give the Donks less then a +5 advantage.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 22, 2025 02:19 PM (sKqQm)

291 289 Have you seen Barry's Prop 50 ad? He must hate being out in the cold.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 22, 2025 02:17 PM (YlWIZ)

I have some javascript code that allows me to speed up all vids (including ads) on EweToob by as much as I want. I can't be too fast, or EweToob complains...a good 3x or 4x normally works...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 22, 2025 02:19 PM (ynpvh)

292
Commercials by the League of Women's Voters, Obama, and others.
Love this commercial..."Wanna Stick it to Trump?"...
https://youtu.be/weIk2GOKezs
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 22, 2025 02:16 PM (ynpvh)

We watch One America News and every commercial break is full of Yes on 50 Only occasionally is their an ad for No.. Thing is, what Lib is watching OAN ?

Posted by: It's me donna at October 22, 2025 02:19 PM (VE6XX)

293 The League of Karen Voters is still around? Haven't of them since the 80s?

Posted by: Bulg at October 22, 2025 02:20 PM (77rzZ)

294 Nood

Posted by: CaliGirl at October 22, 2025 02:20 PM (hs4ik)

295 258 256 I would like to see districts that are composed of complete, already existing political entities -- entire counties, cities, townships, whatever. No more of this "following the interstate" crap in drawing district lines.
Posted by: Bulg at October 22, 2025 02:07 PM (77rzZ)

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The problem is that districts have to be roughly equal by population.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 22, 2025 02:08 PM (GBKbO)

Make an Electoral College that's state-level

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 22, 2025 02:20 PM (xcxpd)

296 "I want my EBT"
Posted by: Joe Mama

Money for nothing and my chicks for free!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at October 22, 2025 02:21 PM (L/fGl)

297 290 Would maximizing the Republican results from creative drawing of congressional district lines be a linear programming problem? It would be a shame to lose some seats because we didn't want to do the math./i]

I suspect you'd write a program to look at say the last 10 house elections and have it run various iteration scenarios to maximize GOP office holders where the state wide trend is +0, +5, -5, etc...

But yes, math ultimately...and then how much risk you are willing to take - and this is CA's problem. They are already fairly safely gerrymandered, but if they do more and their is a +5 GOP wave over what they are expecting it could mean a couple dozen seats flipping if they are all estimated to give the Donks less then a +5 advantage.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 22, 2025 02:19 PM (sKqQm)

Due to overcounting and illegals being counted, Kali already has too many seats in the House...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 22, 2025 02:21 PM (ynpvh)

298 I haven't had a lot of experience, but I think you can load all the constraints on a linear programming model that you can think of and the math will spit out an optimal map, under those constraints.

Posted by: Oglebay at October 22, 2025 02:21 PM (GPa4z)

299 221 CA gerrymandering more is risky for them. They could end up just allowing the GOP to pick up a bunch of seats in a small red wave.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 22, 2025 01:57 PM (sKqQm)

#1 pitfall of extreme gerrymandering. The Dems did it throughout the south up until the 90's, and in 1994 when the GOP finally retook Congress, that was one of the reasons.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at October 22, 2025 02:21 PM (k1E2D)

300 Nood (female) Japanese PM.

Posted by: Grayman 27 at October 22, 2025 02:21 PM (pgwxJ)

301 That's interesting, thanks. I'll have to check out a map for that.

It's an artifact of the extraterritorial jurisdiction laws that allow a city to annex [ n ] miles in any direction (depending on population) but further along highways. I know of a few small towns with a couple thousand residents where you cross the city limits sign a good ten miles before seeing anything like a town.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 22, 2025 02:23 PM (3nLb4)

302 Then why are they hanging around Fredericksburg VA? It's a democratic stronghold.

It's just a fuc*ing photo op with Mayor Pete for the low info followers.

It's on the ropes.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at October 22, 2025 02:24 PM (NFX2v)

303 The League of Karen Voters is still around? Haven't of them since the 80s?

I had a friend who even in the '80s called them The League of Voters Who Dress Like Women.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 22, 2025 02:25 PM (3nLb4)

304 The current shutdown is over free healthcare for illegals.

Trump couldn't have picked a better issue to fight on

Yes and no. Mike Johnson's been pretty vocal that the Dems' real demand is that USAID be reinstated in full.

Not that I would think that's gonna poll any better.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 22, 2025 03:01 PM (2ocoG)

305 Lib Boomers who have nothing better to do are running to their phones to answer pollsters.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing dreamlike horrors with Mario Bava at October 22, 2025 01:34 PM (GBKbO)

Who the hell still has land lines that the pollsters can call? This 78 year old boomer doesn't, and hasn't for years. A few of my friends have VOIP, but have never been called by a polling organization. Who ARE these people?

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at October 22, 2025 03:22 PM (5xuJ/)

306 It is interesting that NJ has been trending rightward in recent years. It had long been deep blue but it seems its voters are waking up.

Any answers as to why?
Posted by: 18-1 at October 22, 2025 01:22 PM (sKqQm)

Many libs moving to NC.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at October 22, 2025 03:23 PM (5xuJ/)

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