RINOs in Retreat: Conservatives Take Lead for Cornyn's, McConnell's Seats

Ken Paxton has moved ahead of lifetime liberal and backstabber John Cornyn for Senator from Texas.

Patrick Svitek
@PatrickSvitek
New #TXSEN poll from @HobbySchoolUH:
Paxton 38
Cornyn 31
Hunt 17
Crockett 47
Talarico 39
(Jan. 20-31; each primary sample 550 LVs and +/-4.18%)

LOL, Jasmine Ratchet is leading too.

Paxton dominates on favorability inside the Republican electorate. Seventy-two percent of likely GOP primary voters say they view him favorably, compared to 22 percent unfavorable -- a margin that reflects his strong standing with the party's grassroots base.
Hunt also posts solid personal numbers, with 70 percent favorable and just 10 percent unfavorable.
Cornyn, however, lags well behind both challengers.
Only 61 percent of respondents say they hold a favorable view of the incumbent senator, while 30 percent view him unfavorably -- a dangerous position in a primary environment that has grown increasingly hostile to long-tenured Senate leadership.
The poll surveyed 550 likely Republican primary voters and 550 likely Democrat primary voters between January 20 and January 31, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.53 percentage points.
Paxton seized on the results Monday, framing them as a referendum on Cornyn's weakening grip on the base.

With McConnell retiring, we might finally have an actual conservative elected senator from Kentucky. (I don't consider Rand Paul a conservative and he self-defines as a not-conservative as well.)

TPUSA and Elon Musk have both endorsed Nate Morris. He's not exactly winning, but he's in the hunt. Kentucky AG Daniel Cameron is winning in one poll, and a Google AI search for "conservative or not" claims he's also a MAGA, "Trump-aligned," America First conservative.

But I'll just be honest with you guys, if either of these fellows turned out to be a Circus Bear wearing a Human Suit I wouldn't be over-surprised, because I just heard of them five minutes ago.

Andrew Surabian
@Surabees
NEW: KY Senate Poll from Tony Fabrizio shows Charlie Kirk & @elonmusk backed @NateMorris surging DOUBLE DIGITS and more than tripling his position on the ballot
3 way ballot:
Cameron 31
Barr 24
Morris 21
With voters who have an opinion of all 3:
Morris 28
Cameron 26
Barr 25

A new survey shows Nate Morris gaining ground rapidly in the Republican Senate primary as voters learn who he is and where he stands, while his two better-known opponents -- both closely tied to McConnell's political network -- show signs of stalling.

Is that true? I don't know. Again, if you told me he was actually a Circus Bear, I'd say "Neat, that will attract moderates. Does he have any military experience?"

The poll, conducted by Fabrizio Lee & Associates, finds former Attorney General Daniel Cameron leading the full three-way ballot with 31 percent, followed by Rep. Andy Barr at 24 percent and Morris at 21 percent.
But the topline numbers don't tell the real story of the race.
Among Republican primary voters who say they have an opinion of all three candidates -- a far more meaningful universe -- Morris moves into first place with 28 percent, edging Cameron at 26 percent and Barr at 25 percent. As voters get past name recognition and begin making an actual choice, support consolidates around Morris.

I just want McConnell out. He is a sinister Satanic figure. He has fought conservatives for 40 years and won most of those battles. He has recruited and funded most of the other Democrat-aligned "Republican" Senators who plague us.

How bad is the Luciferian McConnell? The Federalist reports he's scheming to block the SAVE Act from a vote to get vengeance on Trump.

As Sen. Mitch McConnell prepares to ride off into the congressional sunset, the Kentucky Republican is said to be sticking it to President Donald Trump one more time. And the sticking this time, not surprisingly, involves one of Trump's most urgent concerns: election integrity.
"Oh, yeah, that's what McConnell is doing. Personally speaking, I think it still stems from Jan. 6 (2021 Capitol riots)," a top congressional aide told The Federalist on Thursday afternoon, as the battle over the SAVE Act ground down to trench warfare.
"Of course, Trump hasn't had nice things to say about McConnell, and vice versa, but I think it's personal, no matter what (McConnell) says," the aide added.
The 83-year-old former Majority Leader's latest trip to the hospital this week for "flu-like" symptoms has slowed the pace even more so on whatever version of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE Act) the listless GOP majority believes can squeak through. But McConnell's intransigence on a bill that humbly asks for proof of U.S. citizenship to vote in U.S. elections has been felt over the nearly 300 days since the Republican-controlled House passed the measure.
To say House Republicans have had it, doesn't quite say enough.
"I just sent a letter to Mitch McConnell asking his committee to stop stalling the SAVE Act," Texas Rep. Brandon Gill wrote on X earlier this week. "The House did its job. The Senate needs to do theirs."

Meanwhile, the Democrat Party in Virginia is so pro-democracy and so pro-"representation" that they are passing a new gerrymandered congressional map that will make a state that went Democrat by only 53-47 send a single Republican to Congress, along with ten Democrats.

After weeks of buildup and a missed self-imposed Jan. 30 deadline, Virginia Democrats on Thursday evening finally released their long-awaited revised congressional map, proposing an aggressive 10--1 configuration that would tilt 10 of the state's 11 U.S. House districts toward their party.
The proposed congressional map leaves several of Virginia's largest districts visually intact while concentrating most of its changes in Northern and central Virginia.

Look at the proposed, soon-to-be-passed, 7th district.

Why is it shaped so strangely? Because they took a chunk of highly-populated, ultra-left-wing northern DC-suburb Virginia and are using all of those AWFULs to overwhelm the conservative voters in more central, rural parts of the state.

The pink color is appropriate:

House Speaker Don Scott, D-Portsmouth, echoed that message, saying the General Assembly has been working for weeks to prepare the maps for public release. "Virginia to the rescue," he said.
A 10--1 map "levels the playing field, and we're ready to move forward," Scott said. "We'll get those maps released and put them out in the open and allow them to be debated the way they should be in a democracy."
Republican leaders denounced the plan Thursday morning and said their counterparts aren't concentrating on solutions to the financial strain many Virginians are facing.
"Democrats are focused on political gerrymandering instead of focusing on affordability," said Senate Minority Leader Ryan McDougle, R-Hanover.
"The bills they are moving through the legislature are going to cost Virginians more money. It is taking money out of their pocket. But they're more worried about political gerrymandering games and not Virginians, not the struggles that they are going through."

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:30 PM

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1 Talarico. That some kind of hot sauce or something? Is it better than Cholula?

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at February 10, 2026 05:32 PM (0aYVJ)

2 I still say if Cornyn makes the runoff then Democrats will cross over and support him.

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at February 10, 2026 05:32 PM (GD2xa)

3 Accidental first. I make it a point to never be first, but there I was.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at February 10, 2026 05:34 PM (0aYVJ)

4 If you got bad news
You wanna kick them blues
Cocaine
When your day is done
And you wanna run (run)
Cocaine
She don't lie, she don't lie, she don't lie
Cocaine

Posted by: Mitch the Bitch MCcdonalds at February 10, 2026 05:34 PM (NtVYv)

5 Affordability? They just outlawed looking at a crooked election you retards.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 10, 2026 05:34 PM (zZu0s)

6 Say what you want about Entropy, but the bitch is undefeated.

Posted by: sifty boones at February 10, 2026 05:34 PM (MgVzy)

7 Meanwhile, the Democrat Party in Virginia is so pro-democracy and so pro-"representation" that they are passing a new gerrymandered congressional map that will make a state that went Democrat by only 53-47 send a single Republican to Congress, along with ten Democrats.
________
Fortunately, Republicans in state legislatures are above such evil tactics.

I wonder if they WANT to follow the British Tories into oblivion.

Posted by: Eeyore at February 10, 2026 05:35 PM (AlhUl)

8 Cameron in Kentucky ran for Governor last time out. He's OK. Not too inspiring.

But then again he's better than Paul and McConnell.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 10, 2026 05:35 PM (zZu0s)

9 In all honesty, I would vote for a Panserbjørne if one were on the ballot.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 10, 2026 05:35 PM (jc0TO)

10 The VA map may just be a dummymander.

Posted by: BruceWayne at February 10, 2026 05:36 PM (MGB5H)

11 2 I still say if Cornyn makes the runoff then Democrats will cross over and support him.
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at February 10, 2026 05:32 PM (GD2xa)
_______
Only if it's on a different day than the primary for the beauteous Ms Crockett.

Posted by: Eeyore at February 10, 2026 05:36 PM (AlhUl)

12 1 Talarico. That some kind of hot sauce or something? Is it better than Cholula?
Posted by: Pug Mahon
=====
He is the white savior type that has a warped idea of Christianity and race. Crockett beating his ass would be most amusing. I prefer entertaining minority Dem candidates instead of their awful smarmy white passive aggressive white males left in their party. Tossof, Swallowell, Greasy Gavin, and Talarico are all examples of the New Left Man. Deballed, petty and malicious, traitorous and deceitful, and cowardly in the face of danger.

Walz is the perfect example of them. To quote John Randolph, "Never were abilities so much below mediocrity so well rewarded; no, not even when Caligula's horse was made Consul."

Posted by: whig at February 10, 2026 05:36 PM (2swu2)

13 Talarico - Tapatio 2026

Posted by: sifty boones at February 10, 2026 05:37 PM (MgVzy)

14 McConnell is still alive?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at February 10, 2026 05:37 PM (Nbak7)

Posted by: Mitch McConnell endorses Daniel Cameron at February 10, 2026 05:37 PM (jc0TO)

16 "highly-populated, ultra-left-wing northern DC-suburb Virginia"

Adjacent to super-ultra-left-wing DC, an irredeemable hive of scum villainy. (Which is why I wish DJT would stop redecorating it with arches and shit. An admittedly very minor quibble I have.)

Posted by: gp at February 10, 2026 05:38 PM (N8ZBc)

17 I'm not a yuge fan of Rand Paul, but at least he does seem to have some principles. That's better than Mitchie Mitch.

Posted by: Eeyore at February 10, 2026 05:38 PM (AlhUl)

18 "Does he have any military experience?"

That really doesn't tell us much anymore about where a candidate stands politically.

And, yes, I clicked on the link. It's about a bear.

Posted by: one hour sober at February 10, 2026 05:38 PM (Y1sOo)

19 Why is it shaped so strangely? Because they took a chunk of highly-populated, ultra-left-wing northern DC-suburb Virginia and are using all of those AWFULs to overwhelm the conservative voters in more central, rural parts of the state.
-
This is an excellent excuse to fire another quarter million federal employees and depopulate that area.

Posted by: Methos at February 10, 2026 05:38 PM (vSvIl)

20 Cornyn, however, lags well behind both challengers ...
a dangerous position in a primary environment that has grown increasingly hostile to long-tenured Senate leadership.

Fun Facts:

• Cornyn has been in Congress since 2003
• The National Debt has grown by $35T since 2003

We can't afford him.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 10, 2026 05:38 PM (xE0sV)

21 I'm surprised VA couldn't flag pole gerrymander to make it 11-0

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at February 10, 2026 05:38 PM (n5tGW)

22 Here's the "danger" I see in KY: every Kentuckian I've ever met, and there have been many, I was born there and still have family there, has been a purely mercenary pork-barrel voter.

Without the Senate's most powerful Democrat being a member of the KY GOP, they won't be able to deliver on that pork anymore. If Dems have half a brain, they'll tell the voters exactly that and say "if you elect Democrats we will deliver you a reduced pork pile, but still more than they can or will."

But it's still not exactly a "danger" because any junior Democrat who gets his seat will be far, far less powerful and destructive than McConnell.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 10, 2026 05:39 PM (OpG39)

23 Valentina > Cholula

Posted by: gp at February 10, 2026 05:39 PM (N8ZBc)

24 McConnell's power as leader was (comfortably) supported by the GOP caucus throughout his misrule. Like Mitch, most of them comfortably re-elected over and over by GOP voters. 2010 and Trump are phenomena that were/are always available to voters, who almost always choose another path.

Posted by: rhomboid at February 10, 2026 05:39 PM (U/Byj)

25 2 I still say if Cornyn makes the runoff then Democrats will cross over and support him.
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis

Some states do not permit that. You vote in one party primary then you canot vote in the other during a runoff. Texas is one of them.

From Ballotpedia,
"Congressional and state-level elections
In Texas, any registered voter can vote in the primary of their choice. They may not vote in more than one party's primary during a single voting year. Texas law requires voters to sign the following pledge before voting in a primary: "I am a (insert appropriate political party) and understand that I am ineligible to vote or participate in another political party's primary election or convention during this voting year."[1] In the case that no candidate receives a majority vote, the top two candidates proceed to a runoff election.[2]"

Posted by: whig at February 10, 2026 05:39 PM (2swu2)

26 Eh, if voting is real and not a figment of a bygone era, then this is what Virginia voted for.

The main problem is that I expect the Donks to convert more of their gerrymandered seats than the GOP.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 10, 2026 05:39 PM (XV/Pl)

27 "virginia to the rescue", eh?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 10, 2026 05:40 PM (Cjt/F)

28 Valentina > Cholula
Posted by: gp

This is known.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 10, 2026 05:40 PM (cYBz/)

29 There were bears with military experience. They used bears to test the egress systems on F111s. I bet it was a real treat recovering them after getting punched out at speed and altitude.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 10, 2026 05:40 PM (gm9Sb)

30 I've saud it before and I'll say it again: I think Talarivo might be a vessel for an actual demon. Vibes. Really bad vibes.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 10, 2026 05:41 PM (OpG39)

31 Rand Paul and the Paul Bearers.

Splitters!

Posted by: sifty boones at February 10, 2026 05:41 PM (MgVzy)

32 Ass cancer is too good for McConnell.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 10, 2026 05:41 PM (abIsI)

33

These old disgusting cunts are angry and wanting vengeance against what Trump represents.

They are everywhere.

Vile subhumans.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at February 10, 2026 05:41 PM (et1vG)

34 How bad is the Luciferian McConnell? The Federalist reports he's scheming to block the SAVE Act from a vote to get vengeance on Trump.

==

I think it is something else - the McConnell machine consists of many dead voters casting ballots for McConnell. That is how he was able to be so "successful "to the point of intransigence - "go ahead and run against me" kind of thing. He thought that even if he retired , he'd be able to manipulate Kentucky politics till the end. With the Save Act , death certificate IS NOT, I repeat IS NOT a valid for of ID. SO he is squirming.

Posted by: runner at February 10, 2026 05:42 PM (g47mK)

35 21 I'm surprised VA couldn't flag pole gerrymander to make it 11-0
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
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They are taking a big risk for 2026 as a 53-47 state with the Democrats already making themselves obnoxious on the state level after the election with taxes, and firearm laws, that trying to crack, pack, and stack that many districts means a lot of them are going to be diluted to the extent a wave election sweeps out a lot of those House members.

I think some of the party wants to run CIA Barbie on the national ticket in 2028 is why.

Posted by: whig at February 10, 2026 05:42 PM (2swu2)

36 Didn't every Army unit have a bear in the 1940s?
I was under the impression they were standard issue back then.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 10, 2026 05:42 PM (6ydKt)

37 32. Ass Cancer watches its diet so it doesn't catch Mitch McConnell.

Posted by: sifty boones at February 10, 2026 05:42 PM (MgVzy)

38 I still say if Cornyn makes the runoff then Democrats will cross over and support him.

Smart Demoniacs will cross over on Day 1 and vote for Cornhole so that there wouldn't be a run-off.

Whoever wins the GOP primary wins the General.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 10, 2026 05:43 PM (xE0sV)

39 *for = form

Posted by: runner at February 10, 2026 05:43 PM (g47mK)

40 Valentina > Cholula
Posted by: gp

This is known.
Posted by: Tonypete at February 10, 2026 05:40 PM (cYBz/)

Thanks. I will look for it. I love a good hot sauce.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at February 10, 2026 05:43 PM (0aYVJ)

41 Collins (ME) is running for a sixth term. The last time I saw her on video she was shaking like the paint mixer down at Ace Hardware. What is wrong with these people?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 10, 2026 05:43 PM (abIsI)

42 Only if it's on a different day than the primary for the beauteous Ms Crockett.
Posted by: Eeyore at February 10, 2026 05:36 PM (AlhUl)

Democrat (2 way for Senate) and Republican (3 way for Senate) primaries will be on the same day. Since it's a 2 way the Democrats will not have a runoff.

If one of the 3 Republicans doesn't win a majority, then it goes to a 2 way runoff on another day, and Democrats will have nothing to do that day but cross over and vote Republican.

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at February 10, 2026 05:43 PM (GD2xa)

43 My friend had a Maserati Talarico for a while. It spent more time in the shop than on the road.

Posted by: far cry at February 10, 2026 05:43 PM (1mJ/e)

44 These gerrymandered maps, with the ex-burbs reaching into the urban areas to grab some leftwing voters remind me of Chinese around a buffet dish full of chicken wings.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 10, 2026 05:44 PM (mymNa)

45 If VA is 53-47 aren't they in danger of turning a bunch of those seats R if the Republicans do better in '26 then they did in '24?

Posted by: 18-1 at February 10, 2026 05:44 PM (sKqQm)

46 'Didn't every Army unit have a bear in the 1940s?'

"Inglourius Basterds" (2009).

Posted by: gp at February 10, 2026 05:44 PM (N8ZBc)

47 I don’t believe these new maps in heavily blue states.

If they could have gerrymandered that many blue seats, they would have done it already. The idea that these fuckface scumbags suddenly realized after TX redistricted that “hey, we can add some more of our own seats,” seems … wrong.

Democrats have been playing hardball to win on districting for decades. Sadly, the GOP has been playing to get their perfumed asses fucked deep.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at February 10, 2026 05:44 PM (ZmaZ9)

48 How bad is the Luciferian McConnell? The Federalist reports he's scheming to block the SAVE Act from a vote to get vengeance on Trump.

Ahh, the McCain Maneuver.
I suppose that means he'll give a thumbs down on SAVE, and die a few months later with his funeral ending sometime in 2029?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 10, 2026 05:45 PM (6ydKt)

49 As a Senator, McConnell has always been shifty, grifty, backstabbing, lying etc., etc. Now, had he not been a Senator he would have been the all time great parliamentarian. Crooked bastard does know his stuff in that regard.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 10, 2026 05:45 PM (gm9Sb)

50 I expect personal tragedies in many of these cases causing candidates to withdraw.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at February 10, 2026 05:45 PM (xcxpd)

51 I actually appreciated the link about the bear. Seems preferable to many animals in government. .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 10, 2026 05:45 PM (rZCVI)

52 That bear is a Jew!

Posted by: Ich bin Uberman at February 10, 2026 05:45 PM (jc0TO)

53 If VA is 53-47 aren't they in danger of turning a bunch of those seats R if the Republicans do better in '26 then they did in '24?
Posted by: 18-1 at February 10, 2026 05:44 PM (sKqQm)

They know they'll cheat.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 10, 2026 05:47 PM (zZu0s)

54 McConnell is probably in bed with the CCP.

Like his wife and her father.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 10, 2026 05:47 PM (RIvkX)

55 I've saud it before and I'll say it again: I think Talarivo might be a vessel for an actual demon. Vibes. Really bad vibes.

I know you don't care for the NT, but the Apostle Peter wrote about Talarivo in his second letter, second chapter.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 10, 2026 05:47 PM (nCgQz)

56 A 10--1 map "levels the playing field, and we're ready to move forward," Scott said.

Dumbass has never used a level in his life.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 10, 2026 05:48 PM (6ydKt)

57
Collins (ME) is running for a sixth term. The last time I saw her on video she was shaking like the paint mixer down at Ace Hardware. What is wrong with these people?
Posted by: Maj. Healey

Maybe she has an internally useable Sybian? Because no one sane would fuck that, even with Fetterlump's dick.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at February 10, 2026 05:49 PM (QVmho)

58 24 McConnell's power as leader was (comfortably) supported by the GOP caucus throughout his misrule. Like Mitch, most of them comfortably re-elected over and over by GOP voters. 2010 and Trump are phenomena that were/are always available to voters, who almost always choose another path.
Posted by: rhomboid

McConnell got greedy and by 2020, his time as GOP senate leader was fading. He did too many shitty things during the Trump years and his craven behavior cost a lot of his Bush era cronies their seats. The main thing keeping him as majority leader and being punished for his interference in GOP state primaries for his cronies came from campaign funding from the Senate Campaign Fund. That led few to want to challenge him and his flunkies for the job.

Rick Scott's leadership challenge, though abortive, started the end of McConnell and his glitches sealed it. He is a flaccid bitter old fart that will probably die soon after he leaves office as I suspect, like Grassley, the office is the only thing keeping them alive at this point. Like Thurmond at the end, they run because they cannot conceive of quitting and their hideous staffs egg them on for employment stability.

Posted by: whig at February 10, 2026 05:50 PM (2swu2)

59 If only Mitch had been out driving with his sister-in-law the night she drove her Tesla into the pond.

Posted by: Turtles Can Swim Though at February 10, 2026 05:50 PM (oftw2)

60 McConnell has 1000 +1 reasons not to want any kind of quality controls for voting.

Posted by: runner at February 10, 2026 05:50 PM (g47mK)

61 Haven't heard a summary of where we stand on the redistricting wars in a while. Seems like, with CA and VA plus a few other blue states, the Dems will actually gain more seats than Reps unless FL comes through (and I'm sensing they won't). And it seems that Dems are gerrymandering everything up the wazoo, while the Grand Old Pussies are settling for half measures.

Posted by: Indiana GOP Sucks Balls at February 10, 2026 05:50 PM (qUkBO)

62 Democrats have been playing hardball to win on districting for decades. Sadly, the GOP has been playing to get their perfumed asses fucked deep.

New England is 21-0 Donk even though it is around a 60-40 region.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 10, 2026 05:50 PM (sKqQm)

63 McConnell has always had a lot of horse racing/breeding money behind him. If you don't think that's a big deal in Kentucky, you've never been to Louisville.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 10, 2026 05:50 PM (gm9Sb)

64 57. Anyone spelunking in that is committing a war crime.

Posted by: sifty boones at February 10, 2026 05:50 PM (pJRUM)

65 >>> I'm not a yuge fan of Rand Paul, but at least he does seem to have some principles. That's better than Mitchie Mitch.
Posted by: Eeyore at February 10, 2026 05:38 PM (AlhUl)

Mavericks** like Rand or Massie in the house are probably even better for graft. Because they can always pull for some oddball thing that only one money man wants and people will chock it up to a maverick maverickin'.

**(T)(C) McCain

Posted by: banana Dream at February 10, 2026 05:51 PM (3uBP9)

66
She don't lie
She don't lie
She don't lie
It's clap

Posted by: Marian Berry at February 10, 2026 05:51 PM (VV2ns)

67 45 If VA is 53-47 aren't they in danger of turning a bunch of those seats R if the Republicans do better in '26 then they did in '24?
Posted by: 18-1
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Yes. And the sheer magnitude of it may cause issues, the redistricting plan has to be approved like California's by a popular referendum as it changes constitutional law on the topic.

Posted by: whig at February 10, 2026 05:51 PM (2swu2)

68 McConnell has always had a lot of horse racing/breeding money behind him. If you don't think that's a big deal in Kentucky, you've never been to Louisville.

===

equine drug testing!

Posted by: runner at February 10, 2026 05:52 PM (g47mK)

69 McConnel voted for FACE

He's always been an asshole

Posted by: 18-1 at February 10, 2026 05:52 PM (sKqQm)

70 Hmmm. Not sure what to make of the discord story. Could be good as I have heard there is a lot of shady shit there. But they are also just essentially bending everyone over and plowing in.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 10, 2026 05:52 PM (zZu0s)

71 66. I hear Epstein can get you something for that so the wife won't even know.

Posted by: sifty boones at February 10, 2026 05:52 PM (pJRUM)

72 Willowed: Ohio candidate

A former write-in GOP gubernatorial candidate with ties to the Ohio Republican party allegedly attempted to raise a "posse" to kidnap Gov. Mike DeWine (R), try him over his decision to implement pandemic-related health restrictions, and sentence him to either exile or death, the Ohio Capital Journal reported. Renea Turner's alleged plan was discovered after one of the people she reportedly contacted to join the posse notified law enforcement.

I know I'm supposed to this is wrong...but I like where her thinking is going. No politician has paid for the pain, suffering, and destruction of our constitutional rights that Americans went through during Covid.

Posted by: LizLem at February 10, 2026 05:53 PM (gWBY1)

73 Murk from Alaska is a no vote on SAVE. Obviously I'm shocked, but even if Mitch took the dirt nap she'd still wouldn't go against him

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 10, 2026 05:53 PM (yI5mB)

74 Collins (ME) is running for a sixth term.
___

I just heard a debate snippet from the 90s, when Collins was first running for the Senate, and, in response to a question about term limits, she committed to only serving two terms.

Posted by: Her Vergina Done Dried Right Up, Closed Like at February 10, 2026 05:53 PM (qUkBO)

75 It could be worse, and I am hoping things get worse with the gerrymandering.

Theoretically, a fully gerrymandered state would have all districts for the majority party, no matter how small the margin is. (A requirement for districts to be contiguous might pose a problem in some states though.)

That is the endpoint that gerrymandering ultimately leads to. This is of course contrary to our Republic system of government and organization, but it is only obvious with extreme gerrymandering.

The solution is districts based on fixed, existing, geographic entities, like counties. This violates "equal representation" according to Reynolds v. Simms, which was a very bad SCOTUS ruling. The way to walk back from that is to push it to the extreme, admit that the founders never intended a pure democracy, so the solution must be fixed districts of unequal population -- just like the states and how they vote on the federal level.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 10, 2026 05:54 PM (mymNa)

76 At some point the Dems will just send loudmouths to Washington without election for "fairness" or something. I'm starting to enjoy it.

Posted by: Editor at February 10, 2026 05:54 PM (bbqkM)

77 If someone is trying to kidnap and execute cucks, she's got my vote.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 10, 2026 05:55 PM (OpG39)

78 72, they can say anything. me believe it? not so much.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 10, 2026 05:55 PM (Cjt/F)

79
Does McConnell actually do anything, or is it just his staff claiming he's doing things, while he lives in a mindless senile haze?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 10, 2026 05:56 PM (HLgI3)

80 Yes. And the sheer magnitude of it may cause issues, the redistricting plan has to be approved like California's by a popular referendum as it changes constitutional law on the topic.
Posted by: whig at February 10, 2026 05:51 PM (2swu2)

Again, they plan to cheat. They just blatantly got away with it by Spanburger. They managed to get a guy who wanted to torture little kids elected. Then they outlawed examining an election. No one did a thing.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 10, 2026 05:56 PM (zZu0s)

81 As a Senator, McConnell has always been shifty, grifty, backstabbing, lying etc., etc. Now, had he not been a Senator he would have been the all time great parliamentarian. Crooked bastard does know his stuff in that regard.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 10, 2026 05:45 PM (gm9Sb)
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Rules Lawyering is apparently how things *actually* get done in the Senate. The best Rules Lawyer wins.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 10, 2026 05:57 PM (ESVrU)

82 Ass cancer is too good for McConnell.
Posted by: Maj. Healey

Thank you.

Posted by: ass cancer at February 10, 2026 05:57 PM (VHUov)

83 74 Collins (ME) is running for a sixth term.
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I just heard a debate snippet from the 90s, when Collins was first running for the Senate, and, in response to a question about term limits, she committed to only serving two terms.

Posted by: Her Vergina Done Dried Right Up, Closed Like at February 10, 2026 05:53 PM (qUkBO)

Political power is a highly addictive drug.

Posted by: Gref at February 10, 2026 05:57 PM (5rh/l)

84 It would be both hilarious & awesome if someone being charged for a murder plot against an establishment Republican won the GOP nomination as a write-in.

Make it happen, Ohio!

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 10, 2026 05:57 PM (OpG39)

85 34 How bad is the Luciferian McConnell? The Federalist reports he's scheming to block the SAVE Act from a vote to get vengeance on Trump.
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Vengeance on Trump? How petty, if true. Trump will be fine either way.

It's actually vengeance on Trump's voters, and the other non-Trump voters who together make up the estimated 80% of the country that want it.

Why does McConnell hate 80% of the country?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 10, 2026 05:57 PM (Dv3i1)

86 Nate Morris has released a barrage of ads here in KY. The dude has a freakishly huge head. Really strange looking.

I've seen a few Barr ads. None for Cameron.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at February 10, 2026 05:58 PM (XvL8K)

87 crockett is going to win the dem primary for the senate seat. She will not win the general.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 10, 2026 05:58 PM (0N4FZ)

88 74 Collins (ME) is running for a sixth term.
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I just heard a debate snippet from the 90s, when Collins was first running for the Senate, and, in response to a question about term limits, she committed to only serving two terms.
Posted by: Her Vergina Done Dried Right Up, Closed Like

Yup. She's a g*d damn liar and a generally disgusting person.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 10, 2026 05:58 PM (abIsI)

89 The same people that were fine with attacking conservative utahs trying to collect signatures to keep our districting maps as they are--the people who claim those maps are gerrymandered--will be fine with the blatantly gerrymandered new map.

Rural Virginia hates the city Virginians, and especially the DC Virginians. The DC Virginians act like the capitol in hunger games, and rural VA is district 12. They are like two different species.

Posted by: LizLem at February 10, 2026 05:59 PM (gWBY1)

90 Exile?

How?

Where?

Send him to Australia?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 10, 2026 05:59 PM (zZu0s)

91 Hello Indiana Republicans. Glad you elected such a slate of pussies.

Posted by: Crusader at February 10, 2026 05:59 PM (TN0g+)

92 85.

I've been convinced for years that GOP politicians hate conservatives more than Democrats hate us.

Posted by: sifty boones at February 10, 2026 06:00 PM (pJRUM)

93 McConnell - the one thing he has done right in years was on judges. Everything else he has been too eager to please the Ds.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at February 10, 2026 06:00 PM (tV890)

94 I think some of the party wants to run CIA Barbie on the national ticket in 2028 is why.
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She, as far as I can tell, is a younger version of Hillary.

I also like the retort to "how could she put forth all these insane bills, she campaigned as a moderate!"

She is the moderate Democrat.

Think about that nasty cow that is the VA senate leader?
Republicans in VA have been making deals with her vile bitch ass for how F'ing long?
They know damned good and well who they've been selling out to; I'll take none of their complaints on how suddenly radical the Dems are seriously.

Let them all be wiped out.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 10, 2026 06:00 PM (HXT0k)

95

But can the Circus Bear "FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT" [TM] and yet achieve nothing of value?

--RINO squish

Posted by: imp at February 10, 2026 06:01 PM (g6TN6)

96 77 If someone is trying to kidnap and execute cucks, she's got my vote.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Me too. I would consider gifting her an 8K video camera to record the events.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 10, 2026 06:01 PM (abIsI)

97 "91 Hello Indiana Republicans. Glad you elected such a slate of pussies.

Posted by: Crusader at February 10, 2026 05:59 PM (TN0g+) "

they elected turncoat pence; kinda says it all right there.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 10, 2026 06:01 PM (Cjt/F)

98 >>> The solution is districts based on fixed, existing, geographic entities, like counties. This violates "equal representation" according to Reynolds v. Simms, which was a very bad SCOTUS ruling. The way to walk back from that is to push it to the extreme, admit that the founders never intended a pure democracy, so the solution must be fixed districts of unequal population -- just like the states and how they vote on the federal level.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 10, 2026 05:54 PM (mymNa)

Has the, "we'll let them win so bad it will shame everyone!" technique ever worked for any of us in your lifetime?

Posted by: banana Dream - No it didn't work for them but it might for us at February 10, 2026 06:02 PM (3uBP9)

99 McConnell’s wife is not often mentioned. I have always viewed her with suspicion.

Posted by: tubal at February 10, 2026 06:02 PM (pDt9x)

100 95.

It has all become downright treygowdian.

Posted by: sifty boones at February 10, 2026 06:02 PM (pJRUM)

101 Are there any better Republican candidates for Senate in Maine than Collins? She's a RINO but the best you can get

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 10, 2026 06:02 PM (yI5mB)

102 87 crockett is going to win the dem primary for the senate seat. She will not win the general.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 10, 2026 05:58 PM (0N4FZ)

When she loses she'll denounce Hispanics as you-know-what. She'll also denounce black men, using TBD insulting term.

Posted by: Gref at February 10, 2026 06:02 PM (5rh/l)

103 People on the senate are saying McConnell is going to pull a McCain, shit on the floor and tank the SAVE Act. Because Trump.

Can someone please smother that guy with a pillow in the cloakroom. Thanks.

Posted by: Marcus T at February 10, 2026 06:03 PM (pkv3v)

104 Our goal is to become New Jersey.

Posted by: Virginia at February 10, 2026 06:03 PM (2Ez/1)

105 "How bad is the Luciferian McConnell? The Federalist reports he's scheming to block the SAVE Act from a vote to get vengeance on Trump."

He is acting no different than john "maverick" mccain when he blocked the repeal of obamacare. Anything to fvck over the Trump base.

mcconnel does deserve a small thumbs up for blocking merrick garland from SCOTUS. His refusal to bring him up for a vote has given SCOTUS at least a 10 year conservative majority.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 10, 2026 06:03 PM (0N4FZ)

106 Crockett is in it for the Benjamins, and also a recurring guest appearance on MSnow and CNN.

Posted by: tubal at February 10, 2026 06:04 PM (pDt9x)

107 Didn’t Cameron get creamed in the governors race or something?

Why do we keep running failed retreads?

Am I thinking of the right guy?

Posted by: Marcus T at February 10, 2026 06:04 PM (pkv3v)

108 19 Why is it shaped so strangely? Because they took a chunk of highly-populated, ultra-left-wing northern DC-suburb Virginia and are using all of those AWFULs to overwhelm the conservative voters in more central, rural parts of the state.
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This is an excellent excuse to fire another quarter million federal employees and depopulate that area.
Posted by: Methos at February 10, 2026 05:38 PM (vSvIl

^^^^^^
THIS!

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at February 10, 2026 06:04 PM (w3u3d)

109 I imagine the McConnell funeral will last at least four months longer than the McCain funeral and feature far more clowns.

Posted by: sifty boones at February 10, 2026 06:04 PM (pJRUM)

110 Blades of glory >> lgbt figure skater that hates America.

There is a history of pixie baby skaters somehow pulling it off and winning gold over the favorites. Tara lipinski did that against Michelle kwan. I'm really hoping somehow Gracie Gold snatches her namesake color as a prize, beating the skater that hates America. If you are putting in the USA uniform, the Stars and Stripes needs precedence in your heart over the rainbow.

Posted by: LizLem at February 10, 2026 06:05 PM (gWBY1)

111 I check Crockett 's fec filings every month and for her being the presumptive candidate there isn't a ton of money being dumped into her campaign yet.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 10, 2026 06:05 PM (0KSrI)

112 I don’t get this whole “I’m gonna die on the senate floor, but before I do I’m gonna stick it to the country for my petty personal battle” thing.

Posted by: Marcus T at February 10, 2026 06:06 PM (pkv3v)

113 111 I check Crockett 's fec filings every month and for her being the presumptive candidate there isn't a ton of money being dumped into her campaign yet.
Posted by: Ben Had at February 10, 2026 06:05 PM (0KSrI)

I think you ended with the pertinent word.

Posted by: tubal at February 10, 2026 06:06 PM (pDt9x)

114 Cute story about Wojciehowicz.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 10, 2026 06:07 PM (Cqx++)

115
Can McConnell even talk, in whole coherent sentences? When was the last he was recorded doing that?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 10, 2026 06:07 PM (HLgI3)

116 114.

I miss Max Gale

Posted by: sifty boones at February 10, 2026 06:08 PM (pJRUM)

117 tubal, true but the money she has on hand isn't going to go very far.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 10, 2026 06:08 PM (0KSrI)

118 Remember when “Independents” bought the whole “spambooger is a moderate” thing?

Don your gimp suits.

Posted by: Marcus T at February 10, 2026 06:08 PM (pkv3v)

119 Just search "Mitch McConnell's w..." and see what comes up

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 10, 2026 06:08 PM (RIvkX)

120 101 Are there any better Republican candidates for Senate in Maine than Collins? She's a RINO but the best you can get
Posted by: Smell the Glove

I'm convinced the voters in Maine eat so much shellfish and wood chips that their brains are rotted. Maine people are generally dumb, like the voters in Minnesota.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 10, 2026 06:08 PM (abIsI)

121 Has the, "we'll let them win so bad it will shame everyone!" technique ever worked for any of us in your lifetime?
Posted by: banana Dream -
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The majority of the country was against "deport them all" until Biden opened the border

I think you could make the same argument on gun control -- they got all the gun control they wanted in NE liberal states, and it didn't work, and now even inner city residents want guns for self defense.

The abortion at any age policies convinced a lot of people that maybe we needed some restrictions.

Drug policies are being tightened because even Dem cities understand that the libertarian ideal does not work.

CA pulled back on their "theft below $950 is legal" policies.

I think we even have a majority for voter ID, now that people understand how bad things got.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 10, 2026 06:08 PM (mymNa)

122 I grieve for the Virginia of my youth, when Northern Virginia was solid Republican. Yes, I'm more like 29 1/2.

Posted by: bluebell at February 10, 2026 06:09 PM (79pEw)

123 120 101 Are there any better Republican candidates for Senate in Maine than Collins? She's a RINO but the best you can get
Posted by: Smell the Glove

I'm convinced the voters in Maine eat so much shellfish and wood chips that their brains are rotted. Maine people are generally dumb, like the voters in Minnesota.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 10, 2026 06:08 PM (abIsI)

Now do Virginia and New York.

Posted by: tubal at February 10, 2026 06:09 PM (pDt9x)

124 104 Our goal is to become New Jersey.

Posted by: Virginia at February 10, 2026 06:03 PM (2Ez/1)

I hate to break it to you, but you already are.
The Northern part is hopelessly far-left while the rest of the state, outside of the cities, are left shaking their heads at what the idiots in the metro areas are doing to a once great state.

Just like NJ.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 10, 2026 06:09 PM (6ydKt)

125 Just search "Mitch McConnell's w..." and see what comes up
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 10, 2026 06:08 PM (RIvkX)
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Not gonna do it. I know your sense of humor.

Posted by: bluebell at February 10, 2026 06:10 PM (79pEw)

126 Cute story about Wojciehowicz.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Gesundheit.

Posted by: mikeski at February 10, 2026 06:10 PM (VHUov)

127 112 I don’t get this whole “I’m gonna die on the senate floor, but before I do I’m gonna stick it to the country for my petty personal battle” thing.
Posted by: Marcus T

Who said this - "the tea-party Hobbits could return to Middle Earth having defeated Mordor"

[ ] Saruman
[ ] John McCain

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 10, 2026 06:10 PM (Dv3i1)

128 I don’t get this whole “I’m gonna die on the senate floor, but before I do I’m gonna stick it to the country for my petty personal battle” thing.
Posted by: Marcus T at February 10, 2026 06:06 PM (pkv3v)
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It probably comes from the staff of the Senate Republicans.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 10, 2026 06:10 PM (RIvkX)

129 114 Cute story about Wojciehowicz.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot,

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And Barn, I didn't see the plane landing until I hit it!

Posted by: Wojo at February 10, 2026 06:10 PM (mymNa)

130 Not gonna do it. I know your sense of humor.
Posted by: bluebell at February 10, 2026 06:10 PM (79pEw)

*busted*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 10, 2026 06:11 PM (RIvkX)

131 From Alexandria to Fair Oaks will be a journey 30 minutes or 5 congressional districts.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at February 10, 2026 06:11 PM (H4+uf)

132 Gemini sez "Protein bread generally offers 10–15g of protein per serving, roughly triple the 2–5g found in regular bread, by incorporating ingredients like soy, whey, seeds, or legumes."

Hmm, IDNKT. Well, I paid $2.99 for the loaf, so I guess I'll eat it anyway.

Posted by: gp at February 10, 2026 06:11 PM (N8ZBc)

133 Any very large concentration of people yields Leftists.

Posted by: tubal at February 10, 2026 06:11 PM (pDt9x)

134 mmm, Point Bock beer!

earlier today a 6er just happened to catch my eye at a KwikTrip a few counties closer to Stevens Point.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 10, 2026 06:11 PM (Cjt/F)

135 mcconnel does deserve a small thumbs up for blocking merrick garland from SCOTUS. His refusal to bring him up for a vote has given SCOTUS at least a 10 year conservative majority.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 10, 2026 06:03 PM

Or the weasel figured that Hillary would win, and either Garland or someone worse would be nominated. He gets to play hero for votes, then shrug when Hillary wins. Well...I tried...vote for me.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 10, 2026 06:11 PM (Wnv9h)

136 Dems rolled Byrd into the chamber in a hospital bed to make sure he voted.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 10, 2026 06:11 PM (0KSrI)

137 >>> I don’t get this whole “I’m gonna die on the senate floor, but before I do I’m gonna stick it to the country for my petty personal battle” thing.
Posted by: Marcus T at February 10, 2026 06:06 PM (pkv3v)

Malignant narcissists don't truly care if they are generating negative or positive feedback as long as the effects of their power are easily noticed. They want to see the force of their authority reflected back strongly for them to admire and enjoy.

Posted by: banana Dream at February 10, 2026 06:12 PM (3uBP9)

138 McConnell is just following orders, just as McCain did.

Posted by: davidt at February 10, 2026 06:12 PM (Q+gd/)

139 From Alexandria to Fair Oaks will be a journey 30 minutes or 5 congressional districts.
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at February 10, 2026 06:11 PM (H4+uf)
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*shuffles next to Jinx and weeps for our once-beautiful state*

Posted by: bluebell at February 10, 2026 06:13 PM (79pEw)

140 "I don’t get this whole “I’m gonna die on the senate floor..."

+++
It's really pretty simple...

Posted by: The ghost of Strom Thurmond at February 10, 2026 06:13 PM (2Ez/1)

141 136 Dems rolled Byrd into the chamber in a hospital bed to make sure he voted.
___

Grand Exalted Kleagle Robert Byrd of the KKK? That guy?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 10, 2026 06:13 PM (Dv3i1)

142 Cute story about Wojciehowicz.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot,

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

And Barn, I didn't see the plane landing until I hit it!
Posted by: Wojo at February 10, 2026 06:10 PM (mymNa)
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For some reason that even she cannot explain, my wife HATES Max Gail. I found him funny.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at February 10, 2026 06:13 PM (0aYVJ)

143 Who said this - "the tea-party Hobbits could return to Middle Earth having defeated Mordor"

[ ] Saruman
[ ] John McCain

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 10, 2026 06:10 PM (

Solzhenitzen

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 10, 2026 06:13 PM (Wnv9h)

144 From Ballotpedia,
"Congressional and state-level elections
In Texas, any registered voter can vote in the primary of their choice. They may not vote in more than one party's primary during a single voting year. Texas law requires voters to sign the following pledge before voting in a primary: "I am a (insert appropriate political party) and understand that I am ineligible to vote or participate in another political party's primary election or convention during this voting year."[1] In the case that no candidate receives a majority vote, the top two candidates proceed to a runoff election.[2]"
Posted by: whig at February 10, 2026 05:39 PM (2swu2)

Thanks for the info. Is that pledge enforced by the honor system or some other means?

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at February 10, 2026 06:13 PM (GD2xa)

145 138 McConnell is just following orders, just as McCain did.
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Orders from who? Stan?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 10, 2026 06:14 PM (Dv3i1)

146 My list above can be argued over, but the main point is that we need to undue Reynolds v. Simms, and I can't see any other way to do it.

I am not saying give up -- that battle is already lost as you can see above. I am just saying that having lost, it opens up an opportunity.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 10, 2026 06:14 PM (mymNa)

147 99 McConnell’s wife is not often mentioned. I have always viewed her with suspicion.

Posted by: tubal at February 10, 2026 06:02 PM (pDt9x)

You should have.

Only person I know who got cabinet jobs in multiple administrations just to bribe Mitch into doing his job.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 10, 2026 06:14 PM (6ydKt)

148 535 elected officials have voted us into 38 trillion dollars in debt. Fuck each and every one of them

Posted by: Ben Had at February 10, 2026 06:14 PM (0KSrI)

149 I check Crockett 's fec filings every month and for her being the presumptive candidate there isn't a ton of money being dumped into her campaign yet.
Posted by: Ben Had at February 10, 2026 06:05 PM

She won't start the big buck grifting until she wins the primary and then the $$$$ will flow into her campaign from all over the world.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 10, 2026 06:14 PM (0N4FZ)

150 John Mofo Wayne McCornholeyn

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 10, 2026 06:14 PM (gbOdA)

151 Solzhenitzen
Posted by: RedMindBlueStat

Correct!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 10, 2026 06:14 PM (Dv3i1)

152 136 Dems rolled Byrd into the chamber in a hospital bed to make sure he voted

They did the same for Kennedy and DiFi if memory serves.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 10, 2026 06:14 PM (abIsI)

153 Solzhenitsyn.

I can't spell.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 10, 2026 06:15 PM (Wnv9h)

154 Chuck Martel, that's the one.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 10, 2026 06:15 PM (0KSrI)

155 I dunno. If I’m that close to my appointment with God, I’m on my best behavior. I don’t want to cross over and the first thing I see is God with a Spock eyebrow.

Posted by: Marcus T at February 10, 2026 06:16 PM (pkv3v)

156

The whole point of Cocaine/CCP Mitch McConnell is obstruction. He insists upon himself in that way.

Posted by: imp at February 10, 2026 06:16 PM (g6TN6)

157 149 Go long on hair weave/wig/nail salons in Crockett's district. Don't leave out Nike stores and spinner rims shops.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at February 10, 2026 06:16 PM (gm9Sb)

158 Thanks for the info. Is that pledge enforced by the honor system or some other means?

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at February 10, 2026 06:13 PM

In Texas your vote is tracked from the minute they scan your DL when you come to vote so the tracking is pretty good. Austin and Houston are under the AG microscope so they can't get away with much cheating.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 10, 2026 06:16 PM (0N4FZ)

159 148 535 elected officials have voted us into 38 trillion dollars in debt. Fuck each and every one of them
Posted by: Ben Had at February 10, 2026 06:14 PM (0KSrI)

Tax Revenues are not the issue.
It is Spending.
Just go back to 2020 levels.

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 10, 2026 06:16 PM (gbOdA)

160 @107

>> Am I thinking of the right guy?

Yes.

But his story is strange, he was popular, he was able to get over 900k votes in an off year AG race but somehow couldn’t scrape together 700k votes in the Governors Race.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 10, 2026 06:16 PM (XV/Pl)

161 They did the same for Kennedy and DiFi if memory serves.
Posted by: Maj. Healey

"DiFi", "memory serves"? I applaud your cruelty.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 10, 2026 06:17 PM (Dv3i1)

162 99 McConnell’s wife is not often mentioned. I have always viewed her with suspicion.

Posted by: tubal

Chao was Secy of Transportation under Trump 1.0

Even with that, her decrepit and corrupt husband has it out for Trump. Truly scum of the Earth.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 10, 2026 06:17 PM (abIsI)

163

It was great when he stopped Garland, and frankly made almost all of this garbage we're going through now worthwhile. If Garland had gotten on the Supreme court, we would all be toast.

Posted by: imp at February 10, 2026 06:17 PM (g6TN6)

164 >>> Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 10, 2026 06:08 PM (mymNa)

That's a lot of things you'd like to happen, maybe hope will happen, all associated with a whole lot of concrete bad things that did actually happen.

Posted by: banana Dream at February 10, 2026 06:18 PM (3uBP9)

165 The turtle and Cornyn stabbed Joe Miller in Alaska senate race, allowing the murcow to win the seat as an independent. It ain't hate, it's loathing for these rumpswabs.

Posted by: kingsman at February 10, 2026 06:18 PM (ehY6c)

166 Always wondered if Mitch shivved Garland due to personal vendetta.

Posted by: tubal at February 10, 2026 06:18 PM (pDt9x)

167 Thanks for the info. Is that pledge enforced by the honor system or some other means?

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at February 10, 2026 06:13 PM (GD2xa)

SC is open primary, too, and I'm not entirely sure how its enforced here, either.

I think the parties themselves run the primaries here so maybe they have lists to check?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 10, 2026 06:18 PM (6ydKt)

168 Well a few billion went to theft and looting

Posted by: Skip at February 10, 2026 06:18 PM (Ia/+0)

169 "DiFi", "memory serves"? I applaud your cruelty.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 10, 2026 06:17 PM

Well, this is AoSHQ.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 10, 2026 06:19 PM (Wnv9h)

170 Tax Revenues are not the issue.
It is Spending.
Just go back to 2020 levels.
Posted by: r hennigantx

We couldn't possibly go back to 2020 levels. We have 50 million more illegals getting benefits than we did all the way back then. Think of the chaos.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 10, 2026 06:19 PM (Dv3i1)

171 McConnell torpedoed Garland because SCOTUS is the last line of defense for GOPe. SCOTUS isn't majority conservative, it's majority GOPe.

Posted by: davidt at February 10, 2026 06:19 PM (Q+gd/)

172 I can say this: Nate Morris' ads are so prevalent here I can see them in my dreams. I haven't seen a single one from Cameron.

Posted by: American Hawkman at February 10, 2026 06:20 PM (rM26B)

173 We have a fine old American tradition of funding our destructors.

Posted by: tubal at February 10, 2026 06:20 PM (pDt9x)

174 Chao was Secy of Transportation under Trump 1.0

Even with that, her decrepit and corrupt husband has it out for Trump. Truly scum of the Earth.
Posted by: Maj. Healey

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She is straight up CCP.

They denied this for a while, because she is from Taiwan and her family runs a Taiwanese shipping business. But there are a lot of CCP in Taiwan and no one runs ships to Chinese ports, and has a major Chinese shipping company without being hard core CCP.

So it's the power couple of traitors advancing CCP goals.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 10, 2026 06:20 PM (mymNa)

175 >>> >>> I don’t get this whole “I’m gonna die on the senate floor, but before I do I’m gonna stick it to the country for my petty personal battle” thing.
Posted by: Marcus T at February 10, 2026 06:06 PM (pkv3v)

McConnell is seeing how petty McCain was, and raising him. Meanwhile, they both throw these tantrums over signature Democrat legislation.

Screwing Americans by keeping Obamacare and voter fraud. Lincoln would slap them.

Posted by: LizLem at February 10, 2026 06:20 PM (gWBY1)

176 didn't you mean trillion, Skip?

a few billion is a years take from a single state ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 10, 2026 06:21 PM (Cjt/F)

177 r henningan, yes it is the spending and they voted to spend it.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 10, 2026 06:21 PM (0KSrI)

178 Meanwhile Indiana “Republicans” are holding each others dicks instead of creating their own gerrymandered seats.

Posted by: Really?? at February 10, 2026 06:21 PM (Eh6IB)

179 Well a few billion went to theft and looting
Posted by: Skip

The word begins with a "t".

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, diseased garbage human at February 10, 2026 06:21 PM (wOO3z)

180 Have you guys seen the latest James O'Keefe video?

Former Project Veritas Board Member Matthew Tyrmand Admits To Being An FBI/SDNY Informant Against Conservative Organizations, James O’Keefe, Threatens to Murder O'Keefe

http://tiny.cc/mwsy001

Posted by: bonhomme at February 10, 2026 06:22 PM (Yp6az)

181 The bitch, the bitch, the bitch is back
Bitch MCconnnel and his saggy sack.

I can bitch, I can bitch

Posted by: Mitch the Bitch MCcdonalds at February 10, 2026 06:22 PM (NtVYv)

182 For folx like me who've paid zero attention to the Guthrie story, Megyn sums it up in under 20 mins, with a f-bomb or two:
youtube.com/watch?v=TedR7YyfgTM

Posted by: gp at February 10, 2026 06:22 PM (N8ZBc)

183 178 Meanwhile Indiana “Republicans” are holding each others dicks instead of creating their own gerrymandered seats.
Posted by: Really?? at February 10, 2026 06:21 PM (Eh6IB)

They are the collegial Republican breed.

Posted by: tubal at February 10, 2026 06:22 PM (pDt9x)

184 170 Tax Revenues are not the issue.
It is Spending.
Just go back to 2020 levels.
Posted by: r hennigantx

We couldn't possibly go back to 2020 levels. We have 50 million more illegals getting benefits than we did all the way back then. Think of the chaos.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 10, 2026 06:19 PM (Dv3i1)

I would go back to at least 2019, anyhow.

Seems we spent a few extra trillion $ that year on fighting the CCP Flu and I'd hate to have that as the baseline.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 10, 2026 06:23 PM (6ydKt)

185 McConnell torpedoed Garland because SCOTUS is the last line of defense for GOPe. SCOTUS isn't majority conservative, it's majority GOPe.

Posted by: davidt at February 10, 2026 06:19 PM

If SCOTUS was gop(e) then they would not have over turned roe vs. wade or affirmed that the 2nd amendment is an individual right and ruled that an AR-15 is a sporting rifle and not a "weapon of war".

As it stands right now SCOTUS has a slim conservative majority.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 10, 2026 06:23 PM (0N4FZ)

186 "Tax Revenues are not the issue.
It is Spending.
Just go back to 2020 levels."

2000 levels. It was 9-11 that kicked off these decades of crazy overreaction to every crisis, with accompanying exigent and stupid spending. Eveything's an emergency now; there's no time for fiscal mgmt!

Posted by: gp at February 10, 2026 06:25 PM (N8ZBc)

187 150 John Mofo Wayne McCornholeyn

Posted by: r hennigantx at February 10, 2026 06:14 PM (gbOdA)

He magically appears on TV and radio every six years, for about ten months, January through November. He is seen and heard the most during January through early March during that period. Come early November of the year he appears, he magically vanishes for five years.

Posted by: Gref at February 10, 2026 06:25 PM (5rh/l)

188 As it stands right now SCOTUS has a slim conservative majority.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS)

Which can change with a pillow-smothering.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, diseased garbage human at February 10, 2026 06:25 PM (wOO3z)

189 Bush/Barky bailouts added a trillion to the baseline budget and Congress didn't do shit about changing that.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 10, 2026 06:26 PM (0KSrI)

190 Well, Trump and the GOP kind of opened this bag of worms on redistricting, it's not like we didn't know the Dems were going to respond in kind where they could, and they have.

Maybe this will entice some more GOP in states to go ahead and make some lopsided maps themselves.

If it's an arms race then actually race instead of standing on the side of the track debating the principles of racing.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 10, 2026 06:27 PM (6ydKt)

191 The Bitch didn’t torpedo Garland for as a conservative heroic move. He did it because he wanted to give Hillary the nomination. First woman appointed justice!!

He’s scum through and through. May he be ass raped by satan with barbed wire cock for all of eternity.

Posted by: Really?? at February 10, 2026 06:27 PM (Eh6IB)

192 Certainly in history a trillion easily walked out the door

Posted by: Skip at February 10, 2026 06:27 PM (Ia/+0)

193 165 The turtle and Cornyn stabbed Joe Miller in Alaska senate race, allowing the murcow to win the seat as an independent. It ain't hate, it's loathing for these rumpswabs.
Posted by: kingsman at February 10, 2026 06:18 PM (ehY6c)

Got a phone call that year wanting us to donate to Cornyn and the Senate Republican coffers.

Told them we would vote for the republican candidate in Texas in the general, but after their traitorous behavior with the Republican Senate candidate in Alaska, there was no way in Hell that they were going to receive one red cent from our house.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at February 10, 2026 06:27 PM (SRRAx)

194 Some states do not permit that. You vote in one party primary then you canot vote in the other during a runoff. Texas is one of them.

I’m pretty sure that there is one caveat to this: voters can vote in a runoff of their choice if they didn’t bother to vote in the primary—and didn’t sign any petitions for put a candidate on a particular primary ballot.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 10, 2026 06:28 PM (EXyHK)

195 As it stands right now SCOTUS has a slim conservative majority.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS)

It has a moderate majority of 4, and 2 conservatives

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 10, 2026 06:28 PM (mymNa)

196 O, I'm'a SO get more of this Point Bock this weekend.

old-school Wisconsin bock beer

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 10, 2026 06:28 PM (Cjt/F)

197 2000 levels. It was 9-11 that kicked off these decades of crazy overreaction to every crisis, with accompanying exigent and stupid spending. Eveything's an emergency now; there's no time for fiscal mgmt!

Posted by: gp at February 10, 2026 06:25 PM (N8ZBc)

Reinforced in 2008, when they started writing checks to cover Wall Street's exposed asses.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 10, 2026 06:29 PM (6ydKt)

198 195 As it stands right now SCOTUS has a slim conservative majority.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS)

It has a moderate majority of 4, and 2 conservatives
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus)

We only think it is conservative because it has been left leaning for so long. It is now moderate on most issues.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 10, 2026 06:30 PM (mymNa)

199 197 Exactly!

Posted by: gp at February 10, 2026 06:30 PM (N8ZBc)

200 Any day now I think we can expect to hear Miss Lindsey call for a national ban on abortion. Burps that out every couple of years before elections and then dies nothing in the interim

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 10, 2026 06:30 PM (yI5mB)

201
Have you guys seen the latest James O'Keefe video?

Former Project Veritas Board Member Matthew Tyrmand Admits To Being An FBI/SDNY Informant Against Conservative Organizations, James O’Keefe, Threatens to Murder O'Keefe

http://tiny.cc/mwsy001

Posted by: bonhomme at February 10, 2026 06:22 PM (Yp6az)

This is my surprised face.

Although it's pretty funny that Veritas forced O'Keefe out and then expected him to go quietly without running ops against them.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 10, 2026 06:31 PM (y9nCu)

202 So, based on all that I've been reading, it sounds like the SAVE Act, the thing the majority of the country wants, will not pass. I'm so comforted knowing these worthless pieces of garbage in Congress are representing the people who put them there.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 10, 2026 06:31 PM (qBdHI)

203 as Salvor Hardin (mayor of Terminus) said
(or was it Hober Mallow?)
i disremember ...

"It's a poor atom-blaster that won't point both ways."

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 10, 2026 06:32 PM (Cjt/F)

204 If it has legs, then it might make "RINO" a real thing.

I've long hated the term, because for at least the past decade or two, it's been made abundantly clear that it's inaccurate. What the base derisively calls "RINO" are in fact the essence of the Republican Party Man. Far from "in name only," the so-called RINOs are the Party ideal. They are not RINOs, but rather RIGS - Republicans In Good Standing." It's *you* - the rube in the base who doesn't dig the Party's ambitions, goals and desires - who are the RINO.

If enough old-guard RIGS fall to conservatives, then the party itself might show enough change that "RINO" *could* apply to the McConnells of the world.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 10, 2026 06:32 PM (ojr4c)

205 Nood. Epstein stuff.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at February 10, 2026 06:32 PM (ExV1e)

206 "exigent and stupid spending"

That was maybe Osama bin Laden's greatest victory from 9-11: sending us on a certain path to national bankruptcy.

Posted by: gp at February 10, 2026 06:32 PM (N8ZBc)

207 189 Bush/Barky bailouts added a trillion to the baseline budget and Congress didn't do shit about changing that.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 10, 2026 06:26 PM (0KSrI)

Amen. If you ever hear any House or Senate candidate campaign on ending Federal baseline budgeting, you'll know snow has started falling in Hell.

Posted by: Gref at February 10, 2026 06:32 PM (5rh/l)

208 No, McConnel nuked Garland as some red meat for the base during the election because he was CERTAIN Hillary would win - hence the bullshit "election year" reasoning he used for it.

That was the clear signal - "I need this right now, but you have a clear path through my cucks in a few months."

He never gave a crap about a """conservative""" SC.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 10, 2026 06:33 PM (BI5O2)

209 Boy oh boy I'm sure glad those Indiana so-called 'Republicans' didn't pass a gerrymander because they thought Trump was mean.

Posted by: DudeAbiding at February 10, 2026 06:33 PM (lCHt6)

210 If VA is 53-47 aren't they in danger of turning a bunch of those seats R if the Republicans do better in '26 then they did in '24?
Posted by: 18-1 at February 10, 2026 05:44 PM (sKqQm)

Yes, that is how the Dems flipped NC to GOP back in the 80s/90s. They wanted all black districts and gerrymandered the crap out the districts

Posted by: Oldcat at February 10, 2026 06:34 PM (8avO+)

211 122.

If you hooked Washington's bones to a dynamo you could power every data center on earth at this point.

Posted by: sifty boones at February 10, 2026 06:34 PM (AhDDR)

212 So, based on all that I've been reading, it sounds like the SAVE Act, the thing the majority of the country wants, will not pass. I'm so comforted knowing these worthless pieces of garbage in Congress are representing the people who put them there.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 10, 2026 06:31 PM

It can't be allowed to pass, it's as simple as that. Even if 95% of the country wanted it can't be passed because at this point in time only a few states control who wins the presidency. If the cheat is removed or severely reduced then democrats will never win another election for president.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at February 10, 2026 06:35 PM (0N4FZ)

213 Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., on Tuesday said he supported the SAVE America Act, but that there is not enough support in the Senate to change the filibuster and clear a path for the controversial bill.

Really? Name names.

I can guess a few right off the bat.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at February 10, 2026 06:35 PM (6ydKt)

214 163 It was great when he stopped Garland, and frankly made almost all of this garbage we're going through now worthwhile. If Garland had gotten on the Supreme court, we would all be toast.
Posted by: imp at February 10, 2026 06:17 PM (g6TN6)

To be honest, I don't think Mitch did it for the Republicans. He did it because he was PO'd at Shurmer for gutting the filibuster rule to force through DC Fed. court nominations, which took away some of his clout.

Mitch was showing him who was boss now.

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at February 10, 2026 06:38 PM (w3u3d)

215 May my State Rep, Ken King of Canadian (TX), be swept out in the primary.

Posted by: Cow Demon at February 10, 2026 06:38 PM (hJH5n)

216 Yeah sure im positive that cuck Thune toooootally supports it but you know, woe is he. Heavy is the head the head that wears the gimp mask.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 10, 2026 06:39 PM (BI5O2)

217 Elaine Chao also served as the 24th U.S. Secretary of Labor under President George W. Bush, 2001 to 2009.

But as the U.S. Secretary of Transportation under Trump, she resigned on January 7, 2021, following the Capitol 'riot,' citing it as a "traumatic and entirely avoidable event."

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 10, 2026 06:43 PM (NFX2v)

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