Wednesday Morning Rant

For Thee, Not Me

One of the ~~hallmarks~~ earmarks of entitled, aristocratic rule is the great and powerful exemption. The rulers impose - as the name implies - rules, but the rules do not apply to the rulers themselves. Rules are for the subjects, not the rulers. The rulers get the authority to make and enforce rules, and - thanks to their royal prerogatives, Party privileges or whatever nomenclature is popular in the style of the time - get to ignore them.

The notion of "rule of apply" does not exist to Party Men or other aristocrats. They live by exemption, as is fitting their stations. They used to at least pretend that this is not how it worked, but the mask is slipping off. While in the old days, they would pass laws and then ignore them without consequence, that is old-fashioned. The new way is to formally exempt themselves, like it was in the good old days when kings reigned and peasants served. The only thing that can stop them is a modicum of shame from within their own clique.

So it was in Virginia. Since the Democrats took over in January, Virginia has been passing new gun control laws. There is HB-217, which bans "assault weapons" and magazines over 15 rounds. This one has plenty of exemptions, mostly for cops and soldiers and some grandfather clauses. Another bill, however, was different and got much less publicity. That one had a straight-up exemption for Virginia's new rulers. That was HB-110.

HB-110 is a bill that imposes new penalties on leaving guns in cars. When the bill was introduced by the Virginia House, it was fairly simple:

No person shall leave, place, or store any handgun, as defined in § 18.2-307.1, in any unattended motor vehicle when such handgun is visible to any person who is outside such unattended motor vehicle

The bill itself was half a page long and contained only four points. One defined what an "unattended motor vehicle" is, the second is quoted above, the third describes the penalty for violation ($500) and the fourth declared that any vehicle association with a violation of the new law is legally considered to be "illegally parked" and subject to tow. That's it. Start to finish, it was 23 lines long including preamble.

Good law or bad, it was at least simple and internally consistent. Then the amendments got underway. After a couple of months had passed, the bill quadrupled in length. They added boats to the definition of "motor vehicle." They added differing rules for requirements that any handgun left in a vehicle must not only be "out of sight" as it was in the original bill, but also locked in a rigid box. They added exemptions, of course, for cops and the like - including off-duty and retired cops. But there was another very special exemption slipped in through the amendment process:

The provisions of this section shall not apply to any member of the General Assembly who leaves a handgun in an unattended motor vehicle pursuant to § 18.2-308.7:1 when such vehicle is parked in any parking structure reserved for members of the General Assembly under § 2.2-1172.

Ah, how nice for them. They get to bring their guns to work and leave them in the car when they park - but you can't. They're better than you, you see. They're Assemblymen. They simply can't abide by the rules they lay down for mere peasants. It wouldn't be right.

The only thing that stopped them was a Senator. In that chamber, senator Richard Stuart - a Republican, took them to task for this carve-out. He was somewhat successful. While the Virginia Senate did eventually pass a version of the bill along party lines, it was much more similar to the original House bill. The Senate version is fairly similar to the original House version, with some changes. Most of the additions were removed, including the special exemption for Virginia's munificent and honorable leaders. The House then passed it largely along party lines.

The special exemption for Virginia Assemblymen failed, but that the House thought it appropriate is telling. That the only reason that exemption wasn't in the final bill likely comes down a Senator dressing them down in a public forum for considering it is hardly comforting. This is not a shining example of the system working. This is a shining example of the arrogance and entitlement of a ruling class with unmasked and unbridled contempt for those they consider to be their subjects.

It took a while, but royalty and aristocracy are thoroughly back in fashion.

Posted by: Joe Mannix at 11:00 AM

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1 Monkey!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 18, 2026 11:01 AM (ExV1e)

2 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 11:02 AM (QX6xo)

3 I swear I posted something.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 18, 2026 11:02 AM (XHO5P)

4 *waits patiently for MAE to start the jazzy music*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 11:02 AM (QX6xo)

5 Our political betters have been giving themselves a pass on any legislation they'd rather not be held to for generations.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 18, 2026 11:04 AM (AkEZC)

6 The ruling class ALWAYS thinks the rules it passes should not apply to them.

They are special.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at March 18, 2026 11:04 AM (XHO5P)

7 FIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRSSSSSSST! … What — no … ? Damn.

Posted by: Dr_No at March 18, 2026 11:04 AM (ayRl+)

8 One of the ~~hallmarks~~ earmarks of entitled, aristocratic rule is the great and powerful exemption. The rulers impose - as the name implies - rules, but the rules do not apply to the rulers themselves.

No one can own a gun in Virginia.

*Does not apply to Virginia legislature.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2026 11:04 AM (IBsfd)

9 Minkey!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 18, 2026 11:05 AM (bFu5X)

10 unmasked and unbridled contempt

There is iron in your words

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 18, 2026 11:05 AM (Kt19C)

11 The rulers impose - as the name implies - rules, but the rules do not apply to the rulers themselves. Rules are for the subjects, not the rulers. The rulers get the authority to make and enforce rules, and - thanks to their royal prerogatives, Party privileges or whatever nomenclature is popular in the style of the time - get to ignore them.

Just go back and look at all the EO exemptions Owebama illegally did to Owebamacare after it passed.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 11:05 AM (QX6xo)

12 I know many here think all Feds are evil parasites, but some of us actually worked for a living. Anyway, I remember when we used to go on travel for conferences, by which I mean REAL conferences with our peers, not the disguised vacations politicians go on.

Anyway, we flew steerage, and had to stay in what were often pretty horrible hotels far from the site, which then necessitated renting a car, with all the attendant waste of time. We had to fly connecting flights through lesser airports, etc. So what, you say?

Do you think for even a second that the people who made those rules abided by them? If so, I have a bridge for sale.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 18, 2026 11:05 AM (Riz8t)

13 It took a while, but royalty and aristocracy are thoroughly back in fashion.

Most people, given a bit of power, want more. Given a bit of power for a limited amount of time, they want the time extended.

Only by regular removal of elected, or appointed, officials and by refusing to vote for their progeny, can aristocracy be halted.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 18, 2026 11:06 AM (ExV1e)

14 Our political betters have been giving themselves a pass on any legislation they'd rather not be held to for generations.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 18, 2026 11:04 AM (AkEZC)

They have a rape room slush fund, after all........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 11:06 AM (QX6xo)

15 But our elected officials Care So Hard about us. Forcing them to follow the rules is going to make things tough for them.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 18, 2026 11:06 AM (BpO1e)

16 Confused. "Aristocratic" and "Royal" are not synonymous. In fact, throughout history, aristocracies and monarchies have been at one another's throats. This gets missed in our history classes all too often, but it's a commonplace of world history.

Posted by: Eeyore at March 18, 2026 11:06 AM (AlhUl)

17 At least politicians are banned from insider trading allowing them to make fortunes while in office.

Posted by: Heroq at March 18, 2026 11:07 AM (RD49f)

18 It took a while, but royalty and aristocracy are thoroughly back in fashion - from and on the LEFT!

Posted by: Skier at March 18, 2026 11:07 AM (0Ctrb)

19 Virginia has been passing new gun control laws.

We have to first weaken the host thru subterfuge so that they are no threat to us parasites as we approach. Once we grab hold, it becomes no problem from there on out.

Posted by: Virginia Assemblymen at March 18, 2026 11:07 AM (E/qck)

20
Do you think for even a second that the people who made those rules abided by them? If so, I have a bridge for sale.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 18, 2026 11:05 AM (Riz8t)

"Let 'em eat cake!!!"

- - - -- - - Nancy Pelosi, Boarding an Air Force Transport, Liquor Cabinet In Tow

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 11:08 AM (QX6xo)

21 There's more lampposts the closer you get to DC.

Posted by: Hemp Promotion Board For Growth at March 18, 2026 11:09 AM (oftw2)

22 What was the point of the original bill anyway? Were people leaving guns in cars in plain sight? I find it hard to believe that a conservative gun owner would leave a (valuable) gun on the passenger seat in his car. It would be like leaving any valuable visible in the car. Why tempt thieves?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 18, 2026 11:09 AM (iFTx/)

23 102° forecast for van nuys today.
Fuuuuuuk

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 18, 2026 11:10 AM (Kt19C)

24 The special exemption for Virginia Assemblymen failed, but that the House thought it appropriate is telling.

That the only reason that exemption wasn't in the final bill likely comes down

to constituents heating up tar.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2026 11:10 AM (IBsfd)

25 I worked for a company once that had a corporate jet. The ceo used it like Uber.

Meanwhile for the plebes travel policy was coach for any domestic flights, international could be business if the flight was 10 hours or longer.

Posted by: Heroq at March 18, 2026 11:10 AM (RD49f)

26 Similar, NYT wonders why so many mass shootings and refers to the tranny shooters as "women."

https://is.gd/xQKb22

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 18, 2026 11:10 AM (ndZc7)

27 We used to be a thing.

Posted by: Gun racks in pickup trucks at March 18, 2026 11:11 AM (2Ez/1)

28 There's more lampposts the closer you get to DC.
Posted by: Hemp Promotion Board For Growth at March 18, 2026 11:09 AM (oftw2)

No exemptions there.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 18, 2026 11:11 AM (2WIwB)

29 Proposed Amendment:

Any law, passed to constrain the freedoms of the affected, must apply to Congress, only and without change, for two years. Then it must apply to all government persons, only and without change, for two years. Then it may be applied to the populace.

Any law, passed to increase the freedoms of the affected, must apply to the populace first for two years without change, then the government, excluding Congress, for two years without change, then Congress.

If a bill is passed which purports to increase freedoms when it, in fact, curtails them, shall be classified as treason and all members of Congress who voted for the Act shall be put to death. As painfully as possible.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 18, 2026 11:11 AM (ExV1e)

30 It was all bound to happen, especially when lawmakers and courts started disregarding the US Constitution .

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 18, 2026 11:11 AM (g8Ew8)

31 What was the point of the original bill anyway? Were people leaving guns in cars in plain sight? I find it hard to believe that a conservative gun owner would leave a (valuable) gun on the passenger seat in his car. It would be like leaving any valuable visible in the car. Why tempt thieves?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 18, 2026 11:09 AM (iFTx/)

I'd suggest the point of the bill wasn't the original bill at all - it was the amendments.

They draft a perfectly reasonable - but entirely unnecessary - bill. There's no freakout because who would object to something so 'reasonable?'

Then, with a not-divisive bill in play, they amend the crap out of it in order to insert the things they really want - the things which ARE objectionable.

The original is just the vehicle by which they get what they want: Virginia conservatives one step closer to dead.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at March 18, 2026 11:12 AM (G1ktt)

32 We used to be a thing.
Posted by: Gun racks in pickup trucks at March 18, 2026 11:11 AM (2Ez/1)

When I was in high school, dudes would have their rifles in the window rack, then go deer hunting right after class let out for the day.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 11:12 AM (QX6xo)

33 Where'd all the white college kids that used to come here for Spring Break go?

Posted by: City of Daytona Beach at March 18, 2026 11:13 AM (Y1sOo)

34 Only by regular removal of elected, or appointed, officials and by refusing to vote for their progeny, can aristocracy be halted.

When you find one, remember that it's tweezers first, Bic lighter second.

Posted by: t-bird at March 18, 2026 11:13 AM (E24OL)

35 Everyone knows it's not 'just' gun laws. Many of the laws that never made it on the books, like some of the early legislation about EV's and the mandates that followed, were not applied to Congress.

Taxes are another issue. So's land ownership.

The list of exceptions to laws for politicians is as long as the list of laws that apply to us.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 18, 2026 11:13 AM (AkEZC)

36 We used to be a thing.
Posted by: Gun racks in pickup trucks at March 18, 2026 11:11 AM (2Ez/1)

I recall that just about every pickup at my high school had a gun rack with a bird gun in it. Never had any shootings, though, for some reason.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 18, 2026 11:14 AM (ExV1e)

37 This is the penny-ante version of the insider-trading carveout that provides so very much of the enormous rakeoff federal Congressman take.

Nancy Pelosi and her financier husband can accrue nine digit sums over the course of decades, doing something very publicly that you'd get locked up for if you were caught even once.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 18, 2026 11:14 AM (BI5O2)

38 Who could resist a plea like this?

Kathy Hochul making a weak plea for wealthy people who have left New York (to red states like Florida) to come back to pay their high taxes to fund failing (unaccountable) social programs:

“I need people who are high net worth to support the generous social programs we have in [New York]."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 18, 2026 11:14 AM (ndZc7)

39 When I was in high school, dudes would have their rifles in the window rack, then go deer hunting right after class let out for the day.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 11:12 AM

We used to be a proper country.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 18, 2026 11:14 AM (bFu5X)

40 Similar, NYT wonders why so many mass shootings and refers to the tranny shooters as "women."

https://is.gd/xQKb22
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 18, 2026 11:10 AM (ndZc7)
______

There's another potential tranny murder, but it's a weird one that smells like a domestic dispute gone bad. A transgender woman dressed up like a Blues Brother (!) allegedly murdered a millionaire developer in his Los Angeles home before having an hours-long standoff with a SWAT team.

https://tinyurl.com/ywv2je3v

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 18, 2026 11:14 AM (iFTx/)

41 I love that they always name the law something totally cute and misleading.

The FREE Act! For the people!!! it's about FREEDOM!!!

Firearms
Removed
Everyone
Everywhere

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 11:14 AM (QX6xo)

42 38 Who could resist a plea like this?

Kathy Hochul making a weak plea for wealthy people who have left New York (to red states like Florida) to come back to pay their high taxes to fund failing (unaccountable) social programs:

“I need people who are high net worth to support the generous social programs we have in [New York]."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 18, 2026 11:14 AM (ndZc7)

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Have the CA legislators pushing for the wealth tax tried this?

It seems super effective!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 11:15 AM (hAotW)

43 22 What was the point of the original bill anyway? Were people leaving guns in cars in plain sight? I find it hard to believe that a conservative gun owner would leave a (valuable) gun on the passenger seat in his car. It would be like leaving any valuable visible in the car. Why tempt thieves?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 18, 2026 11:09 AM (iFTx/)
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wEre DoIng SomEthIng

Posted by: ballistic at March 18, 2026 11:15 AM (3BwY8)

44 We used to be a proper country.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 18, 2026 11:14 AM (bFu5X)

It all went away shortly after Columbine.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 11:15 AM (QX6xo)

45 43 wEre DoIng SomEthIng

Posted by: ballistic at March 18, 2026 11:15 AM (3BwY

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This has morphed from "ineffectual legislation that doesn't actually address the stated problem" to "giant slush fund that doesn't even pretend to be policy."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 11:16 AM (hAotW)

46 It all went away shortly after Columbine.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 11:15 AM

Ayuh.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 18, 2026 11:16 AM (bFu5X)

47 “I need people who are high net worth to support the generous social programs we have in [New York]."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 18, 2026 11:14 AM (ndZc7)

With leftists, "please come give us your money" is always (always) a precursor to "give us your money or face the consequences."

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at March 18, 2026 11:16 AM (G1ktt)

48 25 I worked for a company once that had a corporate jet. The ceo used it like Uber.

Meanwhile for the plebes travel policy was coach for any domestic flights, international could be business if the flight was 10 hours or longer.
Posted by: Heroq at March 18, 2026 11:10 AM

That is pretty standard for larger companies. We had limits on how many execs could be on the same flight, which is really macabre if you think about it. J’s company is the same, except their execs can fly the equivalent of Delta comfort on any flight, business/ first over 10 hours or international. I got to fly on the corporate jet twice. It was nice, I could get used to that, lol.

Posted by: Piper at March 18, 2026 11:16 AM (Wmg4n)

49 My, how times have changed. (am I getting old?) I remember a time when you could carry a hand gun, long rifle, or automatic weapon into the work environment and service it in the shop.

And this was in California. Leave the ammo in the vehicle.

Then when the shift ended, we'd all go down to the range that was ran by off-duty LEOs.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at March 18, 2026 11:17 AM (M9gjJ)

50 Who could resist a plea like this?

Kathy Hochul making a weak plea for wealthy people who have left New York (to red states like Florida) to come back to pay their high taxes to fund failing (unaccountable) social programs:

“I need people who are high net worth to support the generous social programs we have in [New York]."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 18, 2026 11:14 AM (ndZc7)

Cali billionaires are feeling to FL too. On Reddit they are celebrating. They truly believe when a guy worth $100B leaves your state, your state is better off. In their mind billionaires pay no taxes and oppress workers. So Florida can have them all.

Posted by: Heroq at March 18, 2026 11:17 AM (RD49f)

51 17
‘ At least politicians are banned from insider trading allowing them to make fortunes while in office.’

Yeah. Now they’ll have to find some different way to make their fortunes while in office.
Like giving a pile of government money to an NGO and then having that NGO give it to them.
Wow. That was hard.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 18, 2026 11:18 AM (jbnUc)

52
Cali billionaires are feeling to FL too. On Reddit they are celebrating. They truly believe when a guy worth $100B leaves your state, your state is better off. In their mind billionaires pay no taxes and oppress workers. So Florida can have them all.
Posted by: Heroq at March 18, 2026 11:17 AM (RD49f)

Florida and Texas have MUCH higher taxes on the middle and lower class than California!!!! Come Live a better life!!!

Posted by: Gavin Newsom at March 18, 2026 11:19 AM (QX6xo)

53 I think Covid and Climate Change are two other great examples.

Us peons needed to be locked away in the house while Pelosi is out getting her hair done.

And flying to conferences in private jets is perfectly acceptable when you're trying to save the planet. The world would die without a speech from Trudeau imparting his wisdom.

Posted by: Stateless at March 18, 2026 11:19 AM (Sco7b)

54 wEre DoIng SomEthIng

Exactly. Some people refuse to accept “something bad happened and it’s already illegal”. It’s often but not exclusively women. That’s pretty much the entire backstory of the Brady anti-gun lobbying group.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 18, 2026 11:20 AM (3cXfB)

55 Kathy Hochul making a weak plea for wealthy people who have left New York (to red states like Florida) to come back to pay their high taxes to fund failing (unaccountable) social programs:

“I need people who are high net worth to support the generous social programs we have in [New York]."

I also have a plea. It is that you jump immediately up my ass. After that, I'll consider your request. You first.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 18, 2026 11:20 AM (Riz8t)

56 When I was in high school, dudes would have their rifles in the window rack, then go deer hunting right after class let out for the day.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Army Corps of Engineers land on the north end of Lewisville Lake right off the long concrete bridge on 380. Duck, dove, squirrel and rabbit.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2026 11:20 AM (IBsfd)

57
No Kings!

also

It's good to be the King!

Posted by: The Left at March 18, 2026 11:20 AM (Dv3i1)

58 Nancy Pelosi and her financier husband can accrue nine digit sums over the course of decades, doing something very publicly that you'd get locked up for if you were caught even once.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 18, 2026 11:14 AM (BI5O2)
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Shit, man...I used to work in a US Senate office. Way back when they were ostensibly thinking about passing some kind of weak ass control over congressfaggots trading stocks, my boss said with his own mouth "Eh, once someone tells any of us some information, it's no longer insider information"

Posted by: ballistic at March 18, 2026 11:20 AM (3BwY8)

59 Oh look, a transgender "youth advocate" was just charged with raping a BABY GIRL

https://is.gd/psZmVN

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Yeah? Well, probably deserved it. I wonder what the baby was wearing.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 18, 2026 11:20 AM (ndZc7)

60 People would exploit the 10 hour thing. You could fly to London direct in 9 hours for example.
Or you could fly 10 hrs to I dunno Paris and then connect back to London. That way you could book business since one of the legs was over 10 hours. I never flew international while working there but I heard stories of people doing that and nobody asking questions.

Posted by: Heroq at March 18, 2026 11:21 AM (RD49f)

61 Army Corps of Engineers land on the north end of Lewisville Lake right off the long concrete bridge on 380. Duck, dove, squirrel and rabbit.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2026 11:20 AM (IBsfd)

I believe SpongeBro used to go there.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 11:21 AM (QX6xo)

62 Tyranny is not marked out by its severity but rather by its capriciousness. When there is one law for some, and a different law for others, you live under a tyranny.

We live under tyranny.

Posted by: toby928(c) reminds you at March 18, 2026 11:21 AM (4NO2D)

63 When their security is unarmed, we can discuss us being unarmed. Sounds fair to me.

Posted by: NR Pax at March 18, 2026 11:21 AM (BpO1e)

64 59 Oh look, a transgender "youth advocate" was just charged with raping a BABY GIRL

https://is.gd/psZmVN

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Yeah? Well, probably deserved it. I wonder what the baby was wearing.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 18, 2026 11:20 AM (ndZc7)

I saw this and vacillate between never wanting to read things like this because it really affects me, to not wanting to have my head in the sand about these monsters. It’s really hard, though, because a wood chipper is too kind.

Posted by: Piper at March 18, 2026 11:22 AM (Wmg4n)

65 Florida and Texas have MUCH higher taxes on the middle and lower class than California!!!! Come Live a better life!!!

Posted by: Gavin Newsom

Let's see, whose financial advice should I consider? The people who earned multiple billions of dollars and decided to leave, or the guy who ran what was one of the most affluent states in the union into the ground. It's a real puzzler, it is.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 18, 2026 11:23 AM (Riz8t)

66 Virginia HD-98 had a special election. It is a deep red district which the Republican Barry Knight won last year, 56.6%. Last month Knight keeled over so they had to have that new election.
Andrew Rice ran for the district NOT being an incumbent. He won by a 62% blowout.
That's a big boost, especially for a noob. I gather that the Dems have badly overreached in this state.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 18, 2026 11:23 AM (tL5sl)

67 I saw this and vacillate between never wanting to read things like this because it really affects me, to not wanting to have my head in the sand about these monsters. It’s really hard, though, because a wood chipper is too kind.

Right there with you.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 18, 2026 11:23 AM (Riz8t)

68 66 Virginia HD-98 had a special election. It is a deep red district which the Republican Barry Knight won last year, 56.6%. Last month Knight keeled over so they had to have that new election.
Andrew Rice ran for the district NOT being an incumbent. He won by a 62% blowout.
That's a big boost, especially for a noob. I gather that the Dems have badly overreached in this state.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 18, 2026 11:23 AM (tL5sl)

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False.

Republicans don't turn out in special elections, and all Republican losses in special elections are predictive of doom.

This special election did not happen.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 11:24 AM (hAotW)

69 22 What was the point of the original bill anyway?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 18, 2026 11:09 AM (iFTx/)

Racial supremacy. In order to avoid holding blacks accountable for shooting people, they must hold whites accountable for being stolen from.

Posted by: SciVo at March 18, 2026 11:24 AM (Sy6m/)

70 That's a big boost, especially for a noob. I gather that the Dems have badly overreached in this state.

It has never been about this STATE. It's about a few locations within the state, and no, they haven't rethought their lunacy.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 18, 2026 11:24 AM (Riz8t)

71 It's good to be the king - Mel Brooks who thought he was doing satire...

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 18, 2026 11:25 AM (xT8gx)

72 “I need people who are high net worth to support the generous social programs we have in [New York]."

In theory, but you'll make do with raising the taxes on everyone else, won't you?

Posted by: t-bird at March 18, 2026 11:25 AM (E24OL)

73 I believe SpongeBro used to go there.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

It was a really nice area. And back then, it was a true drainage system. You had to walk a mile to get to the lake. That was before the ACoE really watched the lake levels. Hell, you could fish right at the spillway back in high school. Then they closed it off.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2026 11:25 AM (IBsfd)

74 64 It’s really hard, though, because a wood chipper is too kind.
Posted by: Piper

"Officer it was horrible! This pedo tied his hands behind his back and jumped into this noose that was hanging from the lamppost."

Posted by: NR Pax at March 18, 2026 11:26 AM (BpO1e)

75 72 “I need people who are high net worth to support the generous social programs we have in [New York]."

In theory, but you'll make do with raising the taxes on everyone else, won't you?

Posted by: t-bird at March 18, 2026 11:25 AM (E24OL)

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I wonder if they could find the funds if they cracked down on fraud in their current welfare systems?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 11:26 AM (hAotW)

76 False.

Republicans don't turn out in special elections, and all Republican losses in special elections are predictive of doom.

This special election did not happen.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 11:24 AM (hAotW)

I don't get it...

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 18, 2026 11:26 AM (xT8gx)

77 I was in high school a few miles up the road when Columbine happened. It didn't seem important me then, or since. Druggie dorks freaked out and shot a bunch of kids. It was horrible, but it was truly a local crime story. Even with my proximity, I didn't know anyone who was shot at, let alone shot. I knew a couple rugby guys who were on the premises that day, and that's just because of intramural sports.

We had another school shooting later, at the school I ended up graduating from, but shortly after I did. I did know the families of the kids killed/raped there. I still didn't consider it a national story, and it wasn't. Nobody outside of that community cared about it at all - even 35 minutes away at Columbine.

There was something about that particular shooting that resonated with people in a way they never did before or after.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 18, 2026 11:27 AM (BI5O2)

78 False.

Republicans don't turn out in special elections, and all Republican losses in special elections are predictive of doom.

This special election did not happen.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 11:24 AM (hAotW

It was clearly AI. 😂

Posted by: Piper at March 18, 2026 11:27 AM (Wmg4n)

79 And yet some will say there's no such thing as democracy in North Korea.

JUST IN: Kim Jong un has just "won" 99.93% of the vote in North Korea's parliamentary elections, achieving 687 of 687 seats

Wow! How did he manage to pull this off?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 18, 2026 11:27 AM (ndZc7)

80 I wonder if they could find the funds if they cracked down on fraud in their current welfare systems?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 11:26 AM (hAotW)
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Sounds a lot like work!

Posted by: Lazy Socialist Turd at March 18, 2026 11:27 AM (3BwY8)

81 80 Sounds a lot like work!

Posted by: Lazy Socialist Turd at March 18, 2026 11:27 AM (3BwY

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I found Bernie Sanders' nic!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 11:27 AM (hAotW)

82 Lol

'The Price is Right' .... a $4500, 7 foot tall Bigfoot statue.

That needs to go into Obama's Chicago Fortress of Doom.

Posted by: Stateless at March 18, 2026 11:28 AM (Sco7b)

83 I gather that the Dems have badly overreached in this state.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 18, 2026 11:23 AM (tL5sl)

I live in HD-64 and do not agree that the Dems have badly overreached. I think normal people live in Rice's district. Maybe - MAYBE - normal Americans will turn out in the midterms, maybe not.

Everything hinges on that, though. NoVa will absolutely put tens of thousands of lefty ballots in the box by any means necessary. Everyone else in all other districts will have to turn out to even make it close.

VA Dems know that. It doesn't matter what they do. There's no such thing as 'too far' for a Democrat. They have no limiting principles whatsoever. None.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at March 18, 2026 11:28 AM (G1ktt)

84 I saw this and vacillate between never wanting to read things like this because it really affects me, to not wanting to have my head in the sand about these monsters. It’s really hard, though, because a wood chipper is too kind.
_____

Just wait until the judge grants leniency due to the difficulty the defendent faces in life as a person of trans.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 18, 2026 11:28 AM (Dv3i1)

85 70 That's a big boost, especially for a noob. I gather that the Dems have badly overreached in this state.

It has never been about this STATE. It's about a few locations within the state, and no, they haven't rethought their lunacy.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 18, 2026 11:24 AM (Riz8t)

To be fair, the white people in Woodbridge did a few weeks ago- they stayed home to let an R win b/c of the absolute Islamist Dem running...granted the R was wildly against data centers which is a current huge issue here, so that probably also helped...

They wouldn't vote R still...but they didn't show up b/c that special's turnout was incredibly low, even for a special...

Posted by: Nova Local at March 18, 2026 11:29 AM (tOcjL)

86 That needs to go into Obama's Chicago Fortress of Doom.

Have they opened Mooch's Man Cave yet?

Posted by: Archimedes at March 18, 2026 11:29 AM (Riz8t)

87 When I was in high school, dudes would have their rifles in the window rack, then go deer hunting right after class let out for the day.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 11:12 AM (QX6xo)

On 4H gun safety and target-shooting day, we'd bring our rifles to school and store them in the cloak room. That was in the 6th grade.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 18, 2026 11:29 AM (g8Ew8)

88 I don't get it...
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 18, 2026 11:26 AM (xT8gx)
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TJM's new shtick is to sock blackpillers in a really dry, sarcastic manner.

Posted by: Lazy Socialist Turd at March 18, 2026 11:29 AM (3BwY8)

89 Nobody outside of that community cared about it at all - even 35 minutes away at Columbine.

There was something about that particular shooting that resonated with people in a way they never did before or after.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 18, 2026 11:27 AM (BI5O2)

I always thought one reason it resonated was the murderers dressed up like they were the "good guys" in the Matrix movie....

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 18, 2026 11:29 AM (xT8gx)

90 88 TJM's new shtick is to sock blackpillers in a really dry, sarcastic manner.

Posted by: Lazy Socialist Turd at March 18, 2026 11:29 AM (3BwY

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I have a shtick?!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 11:29 AM (hAotW)

91 Republicans don't turn out in special elections, and all Republican losses in special elections are predictive of doom.

I know this snark isn't aimed at me but I don't recall opining much on the topic when we did have the flamewar here, so I'll put down my marker:
Politics is local, and when local officials are obvious arrogant tyrants, Republicans do show up. Likewise when the Democrats can paint Trump as a tyrant (he's not), they can gin up the AWFLs to show up.
In this case it was damn hard for the Democrats to pretend Trump was the tyrant when they're letting illegals into schools to molest 13 year olds.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 18, 2026 11:30 AM (tL5sl)

92 “I need people who are high net worth to support the generous social programs we have in [New York].

——

You know, there is another solution to this problem. Maybe a little brainstorming session, white board it out.

Posted by: Piper at March 18, 2026 11:30 AM (Wmg4n)

93 There was something about that particular shooting that resonated with people in a way they never did before or after.

It was the first really well publicized school shooting, and for a lot of us the first one we'd ever heard of.

I think school shootings were a deliberate tactic the WEF switched on in the mid 90s to provide cover for gun bans. It worked in the UK and Australia but failed in the US.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 18, 2026 11:30 AM (2ocoG)

94 In this case it was damn hard for the Democrats to pretend Trump was the tyrant when they're letting illegals into schools to molest 13 year olds.
Posted by: gKWVE at March 18, 2026 11:30 AM (tL5sl)

Well, the Ds are opining that this isn't hard and shouldn't be political, and Trump made it political which is why it's so hard...yes, if you see that's circular reasoning, don't remind them...

Posted by: Nova Local at March 18, 2026 11:32 AM (tOcjL)

95 Newsom is lying but there’s a kernel of truth to what he says.

The migration out of Florida has been mainly at the top and bottom of the income scale. For Lower middle class workers it’s impossible to get ahead there so they’re leaving in droves. For the ultra rich the taxes are unbeatable so they’re leaving as well. But for the upper middle class, they’re not leaving for the most part. And those people are still moving TO California. Tech bros making $250k+ a year will put up with the filth because those jobs don’t exist anywhere else for that pay plus the potential to win the lottery with stock options. It’s worth staying staying for them. And the tech startup scene in the Bay Area simply doesn’t exist anywhere else at such scale.

Posted by: Heroq at March 18, 2026 11:32 AM (RD49f)

96 59 Oh look, a transgender "youth advocate" was just charged with raping a BABY GIRL

https://is.gd/psZmVN

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Yeah? Well, probably deserved it. I wonder what the baby was wearing.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 18, 2026 11:20 AM (ndZc7)

Huggies with those little floral print wetness indicators. I mean she was practically begging for it.

Posted by: That made me feel nauseous. at March 18, 2026 11:33 AM (TbWk/)

97 As written, isn't just that the weapon has to be stored out where it isn't visible?

Posted by: Aetius451AD, Papist Stooge at March 18, 2026 11:33 AM (bss/y)

98 91 Politics is local, and when local officials are obvious arrogant tyrants, Republicans do show up. Likewise when the Democrats can paint Trump as a tyrant (he's not), they can gin up the AWFLs to show up.
In this case it was damn hard for the Democrats to pretend Trump was the tyrant when they're letting illegals into schools to molest 13 year olds.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 18, 2026 11:30 AM (tL5sl)

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Oh, it wasn't directed at you. Just generic satirical intent.

Still, I'm just not seeing signs of some kind of Dem blowout brewing. Special elections aren't predictive (unless you really cherry pick the right ones, which is not how statistical analysis works), but that plus current polling environment (seeming to indicate D+3 or so when 2018 was indicating D+11 or so at the same point in the year, final result was D+9).

No idea what's gonna happen, but it seems assured that we're not looking at anything like a strong D majority even in just the House. I'd guess a small one that's all theater and unmanageable.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 11:33 AM (hAotW)

99 95 Newsom is lying but there’s a kernel of truth to what he says.

Screwtape's favorite tactic!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 18, 2026 11:34 AM (xT8gx)

100 Thx Joe.
The North Korean fat guy must have taken the swing states to have won by that margin. By the way . Who the hell was running against him ?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 18, 2026 11:34 AM (YsPj+)

101 Bowling for Columbine is what, IMO, made Columbine such a big international story.

The shooting was bad enough, but then it was glamorized and made into a cause celebre for the left and gun control.

All right at the time when social media and alternative news was becoming a thing. Had the shooting happened just 10 years earlier -- maybe even 5 -- it might have been much less infamous and influential.

Perfect storm. It's also interesting that most of what is told about Columbine is not true.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 18, 2026 11:34 AM (iFTx/)

102 84 Just wait until the judge grants leniency due to the difficulty the defendent faces in life as a person of trans.

transistor > trans sister

Posted by: anachronda at March 18, 2026 11:34 AM (v3pYe)

103 Migration out of California. Not Florida.

Posted by: Heroq at March 18, 2026 11:35 AM (RD49f)

104 Dem Sen Merkley on the SAVE America Act:

“This bill is about stopping groups from voting who tend to vote for Democrats."

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Zombie Americans deserve to vote, too!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 18, 2026 11:36 AM (ndZc7)

105 POKER MONKEY

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 18, 2026 11:36 AM (1rfYG)

106 104 Dem Sen Merkley on the SAVE America Act:

“This bill is about stopping groups from voting who tend to vote for Democrats."

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Zombie Americans deserve to vote, too!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 18, 2026 11:36 AM (ndZc7)

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The largest narrative around the SAVE Act's issues with people getting IDs is around married women who change their names.

Married women majority vote Republican.

Their arguments make no sense.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 11:36 AM (hAotW)

107 Dem Sen Merkley on the SAVE America Act:

“This bill is about stopping groups from voting who tend to vote for Democrats."

Well, yes. We don't want illegals voting in our elections. I thought that was understood.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 18, 2026 11:37 AM (Riz8t)

108 If you’re too retarded to figure out how to get voter ID, yeah I don’t want you voting.

Posted by: Heroq at March 18, 2026 11:37 AM (RD49f)

109 You know, there is another solution to this problem. Maybe a little brainstorming session, white board it out.
Posted by: Piper at March 18, 2026 11:30 AM (Wmg4n)

Get a tiger team together to really drill down into the fundamentals. Achieve synergies while thinking outside the box.

Posted by: *opens kimono* at March 18, 2026 11:38 AM (TbWk/)

110 The largest narrative around the SAVE Act's issues with people getting IDs is around married women who change their names.

Married women majority vote Republican.

Their arguments make no sense.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Not a good look Dems.

Dems: "We want a female president!"

Also Dems: "Women are too stupid to get ID".

Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2026 11:38 AM (IBsfd)

111 JUST IN: The US Navy is investigating whether sailors aboard the USS Gerald R. Ford deliberately set fire to their own ship to end the deployment.

Ya know what, that's fucking integrity and honor if they did. Takes a strong personal moral compass and beliefs tbh.

It's probably because it have been on the sea longer than the 6 months planned and not political. The sailors want to go home.

I wonder if anything political happened recently that caused their deployment to be extended? Surely it's not because of Trump's Operation Epstein Fury?

This excuse is less shameful than accepting that a small, backward country damaged their superior ship with inferior projectiles.

The US military has been ineffective against middle eastern goat herders since the 80s and I still endlessly hear, “hew hew hew, Iran ‘bout to find out why we don’t have free healthcare, hew hew hew”

Under normal conditions I would disapprove of mutiny like this, but this is not normal. You have a president acting like a dictator, and Congress won't rein him in. I don't mind if service members do it for them.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at March 18, 2026 11:39 AM (JCZqz)

112 Out: Blacks are too stupid to get ID
In: Women are too stupid to get ID

Posted by: Heroq at March 18, 2026 11:39 AM (RD49f)

113 TJM's new shtick is to sock blackpillers in a really dry, sarcastic manner.

Posted by: Lazy Socialist Turd

He speaks softly and carries a big shtick.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 18, 2026 11:39 AM (ndZc7)

114 110 Not a good look Dems.

Dems: "We want a female president!"

Also Dems: "Women are too stupid to get ID".

Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2026 11:38 AM (IBsfd)

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Let's be honest here.

Dem women: "He's right! Women are too stupid to get ID! I don't even know where my marriage certificate is and I have no intention of finding out!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 11:39 AM (hAotW)

115 Married women majority vote Republican.

Their arguments make no sense.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 11:36 AM (hAotW)

It's congress. Absolutely nothing needs to make sense there. And there's no one to blame but ourselves.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 18, 2026 11:40 AM (g8Ew8)

116 The largest narrative around the SAVE Act's issues with people getting IDs is around married women who change their names.

Married women majority vote Republican.

Their arguments make no sense.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 11:36 AM (hAotW)

It's a push to pick up more female voters. Make all Trump's female (and normally married picks) look incompetent so R men will spurn them (b/c they will) and make Trump's admin into all male. Then, when they pass SAVE, say now they are even disenfranchising you and making your life harder. Then say he only looks out for men, so why are you following them, squishy R female.

You don't have to peel off a lot of voters to win a lot of close races.

This is an Op top to bottom - all of it. What Trump male cabinet member has the media or the paid Con Ops on our side tried to take down? If you say only RFK (b/c he also peels Ds) and Hegsgeth (b/c he actually matters), you'd be right...vs EVERY female top pick...heck, even against Erika, another now female leader...

Posted by: Nova Local at March 18, 2026 11:40 AM (tOcjL)

117
'The Price is Right' .... a $4500, 7 foot tall Bigfoot statue.

That needs to go into Obama's Chicago Fortress of Doom.
Posted by: Stateless at March 18, 2026 11:28 AM (Sco7b)

That needs to be out FRONT.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 11:41 AM (QX6xo)

118 I don't get it...
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TJM's new shtick is to sock blackpillers in a really dry, sarcastic manner.

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE TJM'S SHTICK USED TO BE PRETENDING NOT TO GET IT AND MINE USED TO BE EXPLAINING THE OBVIOUS.

Posted by: Ben Rothwhateverthefck at March 18, 2026 11:41 AM (H+hfs)

119 The North Korean fat guy must have taken the swing states to have won by that margin. By the way . Who the hell was running against him ?

The last guy who voted against him.

Posted by: t-bird at March 18, 2026 11:41 AM (E24OL)

120 TJM's new shtick is to sock blackpillers in a really dry, sarcastic manner.

Posted by: Lazy Socialist Turd

He speaks softly and carries a big shtick.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 18, 2026 11:39 AM (ndZc7)

I remember when TJM's schtick was to explain why he "would not bang" even the most beautiful/sexy of the Mannix girls. It was humorous...

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 18, 2026 11:41 AM (xT8gx)

121 Still, I'm just not seeing signs of some kind of Dem blowout brewing. Special elections aren't predictive (unless you really cherry pick the right ones, which is not how statistical analysis works), but that plus current polling environment (seeming to indicate D+3 or so when 2018 was indicating D+11 or so at the same point in the year, final result was D+9).

No idea what's gonna happen, but it seems assured that we're not looking at anything like a strong D majority even in just the House. I'd guess a small one that's all theater and unmanageable.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 11:33 AM (hAotW)

But, what do YOU know?

You talk about movies on the internet.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 11:42 AM (QX6xo)

122 121 But, what do YOU know?

You talk about movies on the internet.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 11:42 AM (QX6xo)

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I CAN'T EVEN READ!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 11:42 AM (hAotW)

123 When I married 27 years ago, some steps of the process were a pain to get done.
However, I have to believe post covid so many things are easier to handle. The difference in a couple of years when my parents passed to process paperwork was noticeable. So many forms I could download forms (death certificate etc) and it made things go so much more smoothly. Complaining about an ID when so many of the socialists will never ever marry is a nothingburger.

Posted by: Hyacinth at March 18, 2026 11:43 AM (/2pqF)

124 The largest narrative around the SAVE Act's issues with people getting IDs is around married women who change their names.

Married women majority vote Republican.

Their arguments make no sense.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

First it started with

Dems: "Them nigras is too stupid to get IDs so they're gonna be denied the right to vote!"

Black people: "Bro, that's racist as fuck. And completely wrong from a factual standpoint."

Dems: "Shit, they're on to us. New tack: married white women! Stupid traditionalist church-going types like marriage, right?"

Posted by: Grasping at straws at March 18, 2026 11:43 AM (TbWk/)

125 I'd be good if we start by nuking the assault weapons exceptions for Hollywood. Airsoft guns and CGI. If its good enough for Steven Seagal films, it's good enough for the big studios. Plus, you'd avoid stuff like Alec Baldwin killing people on set.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 18, 2026 11:43 AM (1rfYG)

126 You know, there is another solution to this problem. Maybe a little brainstorming session, white board it out.
Posted by: Piper at March 18, 2026 11:30 AM (Wmg4n)

Venn. Diagram.

*moist*

Posted by: Kamala Harris at March 18, 2026 11:43 AM (QX6xo)

127 Only thing I worry about right now are consumer prices. People notice that.

Posted by: tubal at March 18, 2026 11:43 AM (pDt9x)

128 Dem women: "He's right! Women are too stupid to get ID! I don't even know where my marriage certificate is and I have no intention of finding out!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Everyone on Fb that uses that argument IMMEDIATELY gets reamed by women saying how easy it was to get their documents.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2026 11:43 AM (IBsfd)

129 The point of gun control is NOT to take them away from elites - note that every gun control celeb/pol has armed security and many of them carry personally as well.

And the goal is not to take guns away from street thugs - you can read a minor news story in an blue district about a yute arrested on gun charges that has them reduced to nothing

The sole purpose of these laws is to take away guns from normies that might one day rise up - for all their blathering about J6 imagine if the protestors there that day had some armed and actually interesting in over throwing the government...

Posted by: 18-1 at March 18, 2026 11:44 AM (sKqQm)

130
I CAN'T EVEN READ!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 11:42 AM (hAotW)

You're Gavin Newsom?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 11:44 AM (QX6xo)

131 Married women were able to attract a man.

It doesn't mean one is necessarily smarter than a spinster, but the averages are what counts.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 18, 2026 11:44 AM (BI5O2)

132 Who the hell was running against him ?

What I meant to say was, the last guy convicted of voting against him.

Posted by: t-bird at March 18, 2026 11:44 AM (E24OL)

133 126 You know, there is another solution to this problem. Maybe a little brainstorming session, white board it out.
Posted by: Piper at March 18, 2026 11:30 AM (Wmg4n)

Did you say "white" board???

Posted by: HR DEI Hire who's getting ready to make bank at March 18, 2026 11:45 AM (PiwSw)

134 My wife has a mix of names on her documents. Some married some maiden. Our taxes are still in her maiden name somehow. Her passport is married name. It’s kind of a mess but she has a passport so can vote if save passes. It’s not the end of the fucking world.

Posted by: Heroq at March 18, 2026 11:45 AM (RD49f)

135 I saw someone ask the fundamental question: For the people that don't have ID to vote how the hell do you live your life?

And...its appropriate, I have to show ID on a regular basis for everything from buying cold medicine to getting in a government building.

You can make the argument we've gone way overboard on this but then start with cold medicine not the vote....

Posted by: 18-1 at March 18, 2026 11:45 AM (sKqQm)

136 Per Panam news, the new president of Chile has implemented a wide net to pick up offenders with open warrants, as the previous government of Gabriel Boric was too busy spending money to do it.

In three days, the government of José Antonio Kast apprehended 2,905 fugitives from justice through a nationwide operation carried out by the Carabineros and the Chilean national Investigative Police . The goal was to bring citizens wanted for homicide, violent robberies, and sex crimes into custody.

The figure includes the capture of 2,411 men and 494 women, 97% of whom had active warrants against them. In addition, both agencies also seized marijuana, ketamine, vehicles, and weapons.

It can be done, even in Chile.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 18, 2026 11:46 AM (rbvCR)

137 When I married 27 years ago, some steps of the process were a pain to get done.
However, I have to believe post covid so many things are easier to handle. The difference in a couple of years when my parents passed to process paperwork was noticeable. So many forms I could download forms (death certificate etc) and it made things go so much more smoothly. Complaining about an ID when so many of the socialists will never ever marry is a nothingburger.
Posted by: Hyacinth

Most, if not all documents, are available online. I live in Texas. Born in Missouri. Had to contact Jefferson City Mo to get a certified copy of my birth certificate for a passport. Did it online.

And that was 16 years ago.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2026 11:46 AM (IBsfd)

138 Dems: "We want a female president!"
Also Dems: "Women are too stupid to get ID".

People, we can have it all!

Posted by: Vagin Newsom at March 18, 2026 11:46 AM (LLQU7)

139 And another fundamental point in all this - if leftists didn't want to have to show ID to vote maybe they should stop stealing elections and encouraging illegals to vote?

Posted by: 18-1 at March 18, 2026 11:47 AM (sKqQm)

140 The rulers impose - as the name implies - rules, but the rules do not apply to the rulers themselves.

Also see: the practice of walking Congressmen up to the front of a multi-hour TSA line.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 18, 2026 11:47 AM (u6/wt)

141 My wife has a mix of names on her documents. Some married some maiden. Our taxes are still in her maiden name somehow. Her passport is married name. It’s kind of a mess but she has a passport so can vote if save passes. It’s not the end of the fucking world.
Posted by: Heroq at March 18, 2026 11:45 AM (RD49f)

My wife officially changed her name to use her maiden name her middle name. She wanted a "just in case" should there be questions of her herritage in land inheritance later on down the road.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 11:47 AM (QX6xo)

142 Dems: "We want a female president!"
Also Dems: "Women are too stupid to get ID".

Also:

The only reason young women end up with older men is that they are stupid and easy to trick

AND

Women are the future! We need to let our young women determine what policies and laws we need because they understand the world in a better way then men or old people.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 18, 2026 11:48 AM (sKqQm)

143 I saw someone ask the fundamental question: For the people that don't have ID to vote how the hell do you live your life?

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These people don’t exist by and large. Maybe you have homeless people without ID or other extreme circumstances like that. If it’s even 0.01% of adults I’d be surprised.

It’s a problem that simply doesn’t exist.

Posted by: Heroq at March 18, 2026 11:48 AM (RD49f)

144 What was the point of the original bill anyway?
_-_
The ONLY purpose of laws like this is to harass legal gun owners. The more unpleasant they can make it for you, the more likely you are to move out of the area. This strategy is working in Colorado. If they cared anything about stolen guns (they do NOT), they would be after the people stealing them.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 18, 2026 11:48 AM (eHBLK)

145 You know, there is another solution to this problem. Maybe a little brainstorming session, white board it out.
Posted by: Piper at March 18, 2026 11:30 AM (Wmg4n)

Did you say "white" board???
Posted by: HR DEI Hire

If we were still in grade school, it'd be the black board.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2026 11:48 AM (IBsfd)

146 AH I still remember when the DEI crowd found out about black holes and immediately decided they were racist.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 18, 2026 11:49 AM (sKqQm)

147 Invest in blackboard erasers.

Posted by: tubal at March 18, 2026 11:49 AM (pDt9x)

148 Dem Sen Merkley on the SAVE America Act:
“This bill is about stopping groups from voting who tend to vote for Democrats."
Well, yes. We don't want illegals voting in our elections. I thought that was understood.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 18, 2026 11:37 AM (Riz8t)

AND IT IS FUNNY BECAUSE IN OREGON IT CAN BE DIFFICULT TO EMPANEL A JURY BECAUSE OF ALL THE ILLEGAS THAT GET CALLED UP BY THE COUNTY FOR THE JURY POOL AND THEY USE BOTH DMV AND VOTER RECORDS

Posted by: BEN ROTHLESSBURGER at March 18, 2026 11:50 AM (rbvCR)

149 It can be done, even in Chile.

With a fraction of current budgets, America used to be much safer from crime.

Getting a safer country isn't a hard thing to do nor does it even require much spending...it requires will.

Hell, just be deporting one of two million illegals Trump immediately dropped the violent crime rate.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 18, 2026 11:51 AM (sKqQm)

150 This is partially because the argument of sovereignty, who gets to make the rules but not have them apply, has never been settled in the US. At this point the de facto sovereigns are the pols because the voters weren't paying attention when said pols first exempted themselves. Obviously, the voters do need to abide by laws, but the pols do too, so neither group is truly sovereign. I argue that the *Constitution* was intended to be The Sovereign with congress acting essentially as regents.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at March 18, 2026 11:51 AM (lFFaq)

151 148 Dem Sen Merkley on the SAVE America Act:
“This bill is about stopping groups from voting who tend to vote for Democrats."
Well, yes. We don't want illegals voting in our elections. I thought that was understood.
Posted by: Archimedes at March 18, 2026 11:37 AM (Riz8t)

AND IT IS FUNNY BECAUSE IN OREGON IT CAN BE DIFFICULT TO EMPANEL A JURY BECAUSE OF ALL THE ILLEGAS THAT GET CALLED UP BY THE COUNTY FOR THE JURY POOL AND THEY USE BOTH DMV AND VOTER RECORDS
Posted by: BEN ROTHLESSBURGER

Yeah, it's a REAL shame. Gotta let them go free. Darn.

Posted by: Activist Soros DA at March 18, 2026 11:51 AM (JCZqz)

152 149 Hell, just be deporting one of two million illegals Trump immediately dropped the violent crime rate.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 18, 2026 11:51 AM (sKqQm)

=====

Some admin official said it's 4 million gone in the first 14 months of Trump's second term.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 11:51 AM (hAotW)

153 Spend a little time on YouTube listening to AWFLs and college-age girls. Sometimes I think the dems might have a point about women being too stupid to get an ID.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 18, 2026 11:52 AM (g8Ew8)

154 It is funny how Dems acknowledge their voters are either stupid or lazy.

Posted by: Heroq at March 18, 2026 11:52 AM (RD49f)

155 149 It can be done, even in Chile.

With a fraction of current budgets, America used to be much safer from crime.

Getting a safer country isn't a hard thing to do nor does it even require much spending...it requires will.

Hell, just be deporting one of two million illegals Trump immediately dropped the violent crime rate.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 18, 2026 11:51 AM (sKqQm)

See : El Salvador.

Posted by: tubal at March 18, 2026 11:52 AM (pDt9x)

156 This is an Op top to bottom - all of it. What Trump male cabinet member has the media or the paid Con Ops on our side tried to take down? If you say only RFK (b/c he also peels Ds) and Hegsgeth (b/c he actually matters), you'd be right...vs EVERY female top pick...heck, even against Erika, another now female leader...

I'm not sure it's actually that complicated. I think it's more that the Democrats always make a big public show of punishing members of their client groups who escape the reservation. Same reason they go hard against Clarence Thomas.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 18, 2026 11:52 AM (2ocoG)

157 Dem Sen Merkley on the SAVE America Act:

“This bill is about stopping groups from voting who tend to vote for Democrats."

-
Zombie Americans deserve to vote, too!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at March 18, 2026 11:36 AM (ndZc7)

====

The largest narrative around the SAVE Act's issues with people getting IDs is around married women who change their names.

Married women majority vote Republican.

Their arguments make no sense.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 11:36 AM (hAotW)
________

It's just another proxy for the "war on women" narrative. That, plus: "Women are special and cannot be even minorly troubled by paperwork. It is beneath them. They are special. They vote Democrap."

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 18, 2026 11:52 AM (iFTx/)

158 “This bill is about stopping groups from voting who tend to vote for Democrats."
Well, yes. We don't want illegals voting in our elections. I thought that was understood.

Don't forget us! We are just as important a voting block for the Dems

Posted by: The metabolically challenged at March 18, 2026 11:52 AM (sKqQm)

159 Once more for emphasis, the Dems DO NOT CARE ABOUT CRIME.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 18, 2026 11:52 AM (eHBLK)

160 JUST IN: Kim Jong un has just "won" 99.93% of the vote in North Korea's parliamentary elections, achieving 687 of 687 seats
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks,

In unrelated news, 0.07% of North Korean voters did not show up for work today.

Or tomorrow.

Posted by: mikeski at March 18, 2026 11:53 AM (pAhcv)

161

It took a while, but royalty and aristocracy are thoroughly back in fashion.

Posted by: Joe Mannix at 11:00 AM

Once those are back in fashion, lampposts with attached neckties are never far behind.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 18, 2026 11:53 AM (Li94Y)

162 123
‘Complaining about an ID when so many of the socialists will never ever marry is a nothingburger.
’

None of the ‘Rats believe it. It’s a fig leaf for their stupid voters so they can openly support election fraud on Facebook.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 18, 2026 11:53 AM (jbnUc)

163 It can be done, even in Chile.

With a fraction of current budgets, America used to be much safer from crime.

Getting a safer country isn't a hard thing to do nor does it even require much spending...it requires will.

Hell, just be deporting one of two million illegals Trump immediately dropped the violent crime rate.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 18, 2026 11:51 AM (sKqQm)

See : El Salvador.
Posted by: tubal at March 18, 2026 11:52 AM (pDt9x)
_______

Odd that leftwing commies start losing elections the moment USAID is shut down. Odd. Very odd.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 18, 2026 11:53 AM (iFTx/)

164 My wife officially changed her name to use her maiden name her middle name. She wanted a "just in case" should there be questions of her herritage in land inheritance later on down the road.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 11:47 AM (QX6xo)

That is the traditional American way of handling it. My grandmothers and on up used that convention.
Laura Ingalls Wilder, for example was born Laura Ingalls, and married Alonzo Wilder.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 18, 2026 11:53 AM (rbvCR)

165 159 Once more for emphasis, the Dems DO NOT CARE ABOUT CRIME.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 18, 2026 11:52 AM (eHBLK)

===

All evidence to the contrary, of course.

They do care about crime.

They actively encourage it.

They pass laws to advance the Empire of Crime to make life miserable for the people.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 11:53 AM (hAotW)

166 99.93 is decent. I’ve seen better.
- Zombie Saddam

Posted by: Heroq at March 18, 2026 11:53 AM (RD49f)

167 Every Despotism needs their Washington Generals.

Posted by: tubal at March 18, 2026 11:53 AM (pDt9x)

168 Some admin official said it's 4 million gone in the first 14 months of Trump's second term.

Whether 1,2 or 4M its pretty obviously tied to what Trump is doing with deportations.

And the funniest part is the left will still REEE that immigrants commit fewer crimes, leveraging one part creative accounting and another part conflating legal and illegal immigrants.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 18, 2026 11:54 AM (sKqQm)

169 JUST IN: Kim Jong un has just "won" 99.93% of the vote in North Korea's parliamentary elections, achieving 687 of 687 seats

Also just in: the DNC is sending a group to find out how he runs his elections.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 18, 2026 11:54 AM (2ocoG)

170 We have all the paper documents to prove who we are. Birth certs, SS cards, marriage license, passports, etc.

Those, along with some other items like cash, gold, silver and a firearm with ammo reside in a locked, fireproof case that we can take on the run.

The tornado that hit us the other night sort of reinforce the need to keep "important" stuff... safe.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 18, 2026 11:54 AM (AkEZC)

171 162 123
‘Complaining about an ID when so many of the socialists will never ever marry is a nothingburger.
’

None of the ‘Rats believe it. It’s a fig leaf for their stupid voters so they can openly support election fraud on Facebook.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 18, 2026 11:53 AM (jbnUc)

=====

There's also the .1% of the population that have changed their names because they identify as another sex, or whatever.

We can't have secure elections because it will force these people to dead name themselves, which is a war crime.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 11:54 AM (hAotW)

172 Don't think of the Dems as soft on crime.

Think of them as the political wing of the cartels.

And then everything makes perfect sense.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 18, 2026 11:54 AM (sKqQm)

173 162 123
‘Complaining about an ID when so many of the socialists will never ever marry is a nothingburger.
’
None of the ‘Rats believe it. It’s a fig leaf for their stupid voters so they can openly support election fraud on Facebook.
Posted by: Dr. Claw

Getting married isn't the only time you need an ID change!!!

Posted by: Tranny Queerdoes who want to change sex and name because they hate dad, God, and themselves at March 18, 2026 11:55 AM (JCZqz)

174 Spend a little time on YouTube listening to AWFLs and college-age girls. Sometimes I think the dems might have a point about women being too stupid to get an ID.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at March 18, 2026 11:52 AM

I'll kill my brain cells my own way, thank you very much.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 11:55 AM (QX6xo)

175 Some admin official said it's 4 million gone in the first 14 months of Trump's second term.
_-_
And a kind thank you to all who helped make that happen. Now let's do more.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 18, 2026 11:55 AM (eHBLK)

176 I'm telling you, there needs to be a clause in some bill that states that any legislative critter who votes in favor of exemptions for government employees or elected officials shall be subject to summary execution on the legislature steps.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 18, 2026 11:55 AM (a+4eV)

177 In my area I have not seen any visible decrease in illegals. I also don’t seem them hiding “in the shadows”. They’re out and about doing their thing without a care in the world. Ice doesn’t seem to know we exist, lol.

Posted by: Heroq at March 18, 2026 11:56 AM (RD49f)

178 168 Some admin official said it's 4 million gone in the first 14 months of Trump's second term.

Whether 1,2 or 4M its pretty obviously tied to what Trump is doing with deportations.

And the funniest part is the left will still REEE that immigrants commit fewer crimes, leveraging one part creative accounting and another part conflating legal and illegal immigrants.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 18, 2026 11:54 AM (sKqQm)

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Just sayin'...

We were told that deportations at this level were literally impossible.

And the OBBB's increased funding for ICE started 2 months ago (and is appropriated through 202

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 11:56 AM (hAotW)

179 155
‘ See : El Salvador.’

And they didn’t have to deport away their criminals.
Just find a new house for them to live in.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 18, 2026 11:57 AM (jbnUc)

180 Health care is another one

Congress should have to suffer all with the rest of us with this horrible Obamacare bullshit

Posted by: melodicmetal at March 18, 2026 11:57 AM (45hZf)

181 The Iranian soccer ladies that were looking for asylum in Australia are rescinding their requests because their family members in Iran are disappearing...........

But Iran is a good country and should be left alone.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 11:57 AM (QX6xo)

182 175 Some admin official said it's 4 million gone in the first 14 months of Trump's second term.
_-_
And a kind thank you to all who helped make that happen. Now let's do more.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 18, 2026 11:55 AM (eHBLK)

=====

ICE is fully appropriated through 2028. Democrats taking the House won't change that.

And DOJ is still in Trump's hands. Democrats taking the House won't change that either.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 11:57 AM (hAotW)

183 In my area I have not seen any visible decrease in illegals. I also don’t seem them hiding “in the shadows”. They’re out and about doing their thing without a care in the world. Ice doesn’t seem to know we exist, lol.

Only a small fraction of illegals work - most are committing crimes and collecting welfare.

Since ICE is focusing primarily on the ones committing further crimes in the US beyond illegal entry I suspect the impact on working illegals is smaller then you would expect.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 18, 2026 11:58 AM (sKqQm)

184 In my area I have not seen any visible decrease in illegals. I also don’t seem them hiding “in the shadows”. They’re out and about doing their thing without a care in the world. Ice doesn’t seem to know we exist, lol.

Here in the Baltimore area the emergency rooms have significantly less traffic, and the patients that do show up speak English more often than not. Also have noticed sparser and less Hispanic crowds at stores.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 18, 2026 11:58 AM (2ocoG)

185 172 Don't think of the Dems as soft on crime.

Think of them as the political wing of the cartels.

And then everything makes perfect sense.
Posted by: 18-1

"~~war~~ Crime is merely the continuation of politics by other means."

Posted by: Zombie Carl von Clausewitz at March 18, 2026 11:59 AM (JCZqz)

186 184 Here in the Baltimore area the emergency rooms have significantly less traffic, and the patients that do show up speak English more often than not. Also have noticed sparser and less Hispanic crowds at stores.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 18, 2026 11:58 AM (2ocoG)

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That's only because America is a hunting ground for brown people by racist police. They're hiding to save their lives.

Also, all brown people should come to America.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 11:59 AM (hAotW)

187 I want to be very clear that I am absolutely serious about the black supremacy angle. I am not being sarcastic. The point of decarceration is not to empty the prisons in general; it is to empty them of non-whites in particular, and especially blacks.

But someone has to be held accountable for someone being shot. So if the trigger-puller can't be held accountable, because he's a black ubermensch, then a white untermensch must be found to hold to account -- such as the one whose gun, having been stolen from his vehicle, was ultimately used by an attempted murderer.

That's the real point. Democrats are *obsessed* with race. There is always a poorly-hidden angle.

Posted by: SciVo at March 18, 2026 11:59 AM (Sy6m/)

188 BTW

In 2022, James Talarico said it’s “existential” to reduce meat consumption to fight climate change.

I've seen bunches of comments talking about the vegan in Texas part, yet - perhaps I missed it - I haven't seen anyone comment about the use of “existential” when he evidently intended (or should have) essential. Idiot.
🤔

Posted by: mindful webworker - jus' sayin' at March 18, 2026 12:00 PM (ByrUz)

189 Bwahahahahahahaha!!!

Iranian citizen scares Basig patrol by blasting the high pitched drone sound from his balcony. They scattered like the cockroaches they are.

Bwahahahahahahaha!!!

Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2026 12:00 PM (IBsfd)

190 188 I've seen bunches of comments talking about the vegan in Texas part, yet - perhaps I missed it - I haven't seen anyone comment about the use of “existential” when he evidently intended (or should have) essential. Idiot.
🤔

Posted by: mindful webworker - jus' sayin' at March 18, 2026 12:00 PM (ByrUz)

=====

I suspect he meant existential.

As in, we have to stop eating meat or the world will end because of climate change.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 12:01 PM (hAotW)

191 I've seen bunches of comments talking about the vegan in Texas part, yet - perhaps I missed it - I haven't seen anyone comment about the use of “existential” when he evidently intended (or should have) essential. Idiot.
🤔
Posted by: mindful webworker - jus' sayin' at March 18, 2026 12:00 PM (ByrUz)

Wait until they label him the left's Charlie Kirk.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 12:01 PM (QX6xo)

192 Grok"

Reliable estimates from nonpartisan sources like Pew Research Center, Center for Migration Studies (CMS), and others indicate that a high fraction of this population is in the workforce, often higher than the native-born population due to demographics (they are disproportionately working-age adults, especially men).
Key recent data points include:

In 2022–2023 estimates (from Pew and related analyses), about 74–75% of unauthorized immigrants were employed.
For example, one detailed breakdown showed 74.1% employed, 3.1% unemployed (but seeking work), and 22.8% not in the labor force (e.g., students, caregivers, retirees, or disabled).

Labor force participation (employed or actively seeking work) is typically in the 75–78% range for the overall unauthorized population (ages 16+).
Among those in the labor force, the employment rate is very high (often 95%+ employed vs. unemployed), reflecting strong work attachment despite barriers like limited legal protections....These figures are higher than for the US-born population in many cases, particularly for prime-working-age men. Unauthorized immigrants are heavily concentrated in sectors like construction, agricultu

Posted by: Archimedes at March 18, 2026 12:01 PM (Riz8t)

193 171
‘ There's also the .1% of the population that have changed their names because they identify as another sex, or whatever.’

There you go with your proportionality. That’s like Kryptonite to leftists.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 18, 2026 12:01 PM (jbnUc)

194 In 2022, James Talarico said it’s “existential” to reduce meat consumption to fight climate change.

Things Talarico wants to stop people from putting in their mouths: Steaks, burgers, pork roast, etc

Things Talarico doesn't want to stop people from putting in their mouths: kids

Posted by: 18-1 at March 18, 2026 12:02 PM (sKqQm)

195 Spinster is the word for old cat ladies.

But spinsters start young, with cats. What's the word for them?

And young male spinsters are just called incels, but we don't have a word for old male spinsters except for "probable homo."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 18, 2026 12:02 PM (BI5O2)

196 Yet all are equal when facing the noose.

Posted by: Tim William McFall at March 18, 2026 12:02 PM (OXWQ1)

197 A claim on X:

BREAKING:
@AOC
was in Puerto Rico and just minutes ago at the airport she caused a huge scene because she wanted them to let her cut the TSA line. 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Agent 00Line tells me they had to restrain her because she was furious. She pointed out that she was a congresswoman and deserved special treatment. 🤣🔥

Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 18, 2026 12:02 PM (u6/wt)

198 Democrats, from their beginnings, have always been obsessed by race. How it has manifested over the centuries has varied; nevertheless their lens through which they view the world remains the same.

Posted by: tubal at March 18, 2026 12:02 PM (pDt9x)

199
Yeah, Kim couldn't do 100% 'cause he knew no one would believe it.

Posted by: Auspex at March 18, 2026 12:02 PM (Y8DZL)

200 The rulers impose - as the name implies - rules, but the rules do not apply to the rulers themselves.

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

* DogEater DeathCare has entered the post *

Posted by: ShainS at March 18, 2026 12:02 PM (v2nXy)

201 Rand Paul doesn't much like Markwayne Mullin, and Mullin thinks Paul is "a snake" (ie not trustworthy) and they both said their piece during the confirmation hearing today.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at March 18, 2026 12:03 PM (/zLl2)

202 As in, we have to stop eating meat or the world will end because of climate change.

Well, to be clear he means you people have to stop eating meat.

Irrespective of his own personal proclivities, under the Dems AoC or Kamala will still be able to scarf down all the meat they want.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 18, 2026 12:03 PM (sKqQm)

203 BREAKING:
@AOC
was in Puerto Rico and just minutes ago at the airport she caused a huge scene because she wanted them to let her cut the TSA line. 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Agent 00Line tells me they had to restrain her because she was furious. She pointed out that she was a congresswoman and deserved special treatment. 🤣🔥

Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 18, 2026 12:02 PM (u6/wt)

NO KINGS!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 12:03 PM (QX6xo)

204 Democrats, from their beginnings, have always been obsessed by race.

That's not true!

Posted by: PBS, where it's always 1965 at March 18, 2026 12:03 PM (Riz8t)

205 The largest narrative around the SAVE Act's issues with people getting IDs is around married women who change their names.

Married women majority vote Republican.

Their arguments make no sense.
---
There's some gal running for office in TX that claims that her "friend" got married and right after the marriage, her husband took the marriage license but didn't file it, he went to the Social Security office changed her name, they went on honeymoon where he beat her, she came back, got the marriage annulled but now she can't ever vote b/c her name change b/c she can't get the marriage license.

Actual lawyers are chiming in on how none of that could have happened.
-Marriage isn't legal (and can't be annulled) until the certificate is filed.
-SS office only accepts a filed and stamped copy of the certificate to change name.
-Any annulment would include a name reversion.
-Legal name change is simple in TX, even if not included in annulment.

She keeps doubling-down that the whole story is 100% true and real.
And you hate women for doubting her.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 18, 2026 12:04 PM (HXT0k)

206 The FREE Act! For the people!!! it's about FREEDOM!!!

Firearms
Removed
Everyone
Everywhere

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 11:14 AM (QX6xo

That's high comedy

Posted by: ... at March 18, 2026 12:04 PM (pDKBK)

207 Yeah, Kim couldn't do 100% 'cause he knew no one would believe it.
Posted by: Auspex at March 18, 2026 12:02 PM (Y8DZL)

That's how Saddam used to do it, tho.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 12:04 PM (QX6xo)

208 Rand Paul doesn't much like Markwayne Mullin, and Mullin thinks Paul is "a snake" (ie not trustworthy) and they both said their piece during the confirmation hearing today.

Didn't Rand screw us on something fairly recently? I definitely remember some "second look at Rand Paul's neighbor" comments.

Posted by: Ian S. at March 18, 2026 12:04 PM (2ocoG)

209 That's high comedy

Posted by: ... at March 18, 2026 12:04 PM (pDKBK)

But accurate.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 12:04 PM (QX6xo)

210 * DogEater DeathCare has entered the post *

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

Not to mention Juan McCain and Benedict Roberts' ~~thumbs~~ middle fingers ...

Posted by: ShainS at March 18, 2026 12:04 PM (Ijfd+)

211 187
‘ I want to be very clear that I am absolutely serious about the black supremacy angle’

You’re correct that they are trying to create a two tier justice system.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 18, 2026 12:05 PM (jbnUc)

212 Didn't Rand screw us on something fairly recently? I definitely remember some "second look at Rand Paul's neighbor" comments.
Posted by: Ian S. at March 18, 2026 12:04 PM (2ocoG)

I think that was after it was floated he's running for President in '28.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 12:05 PM (QX6xo)

213 I guess frigid is the word for young spinsters.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 18, 2026 12:05 PM (BI5O2)

214 And young male spinsters are just called incels, but we don't have a word for old male spinsters except for "probable homo."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Old male spinsters are called Paul Lynde.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2026 12:05 PM (IBsfd)

215 Agent 00Line tells me they had to restrain her because she was furious. She pointed out that she was a congresswoman and deserved special treatment.

And to think, this all could have been avoided if she's just taken off her shirt.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 18, 2026 12:05 PM (Riz8t)

216 Democrats' favorite thing is being the worst people in the world and then punishing everyone else for it later claiming it wasn't them because "the parties switched".

I'm sorry when did Republicans hate white people and want communism again?

Wait, don't answer that.

Posted by: ... at March 18, 2026 12:06 PM (pDKBK)

217

Details of a landmark WNBA collective bargaining agreement, per ESPN sources:

- New salary cap starting at $7 million, up from $1.5 million
- Average revenue share of nearly 20% across deal
- Supermax starting at $1.4M
- Average salary in range of $600K, minimum above $300K

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 18, 2026 12:06 PM (Cqx++)

218 Cat Ladies are starting their vocation so much younger now.

Posted by: tubal at March 18, 2026 12:06 PM (pDt9x)

219 There really needs to be video of AOC tits gone wild (they were NOT calm) having to stand with the peons in the TSA line.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 12:06 PM (QX6xo)

220
Remember that the Nork election is what "Our Democracy" looks like.

Posted by: Auspex at March 18, 2026 12:06 PM (Y8DZL)

221 197
‘ She pointed out that she was a congresswoman and deserved special treatment.’

Did she remember to tell them who she was?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at March 18, 2026 12:08 PM (jbnUc)

222 Details of a landmark WNBA collective bargaining agreement, per ESPN sources:

- Supermax starting at $1.4M

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

That's a bail money fund.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2026 12:08 PM (IBsfd)

223 Details of a landmark WNBA collective bargaining agreement, per ESPN sources:

- New salary cap starting at $7 million, up from $1.5 million
- Average revenue share of nearly 20% across deal
- Supermax starting at $1.4M
- Average salary in range of $600K, minimum above $300K
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 18, 2026 12:06 PM (Cqx++)

Revenue sharing......so they'll have to PAY to play in the league?

This deal will make the NBA go bankrupt. Heh.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 12:08 PM (QX6xo)

224 217

Details of a landmark WNBA collective bargaining agreement, per ESPN sources:

- New salary cap starting at $7 million, up from $1.5 million
- Average revenue share of nearly 20% across deal
- Supermax starting at $1.4M
- Average salary in range of $600K, minimum above $300K

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 18, 2026 12:06 PM (Cqx++)

====

News from tomorrow:

NBA faces labor fight as players are facing a reduction in salary caps.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 12:08 PM (hAotW)

225 177 In my area I have not seen any visible decrease in illegals. I also don’t seem them hiding “in the shadows”. They’re out and about doing their thing without a care in the world. Ice doesn’t seem to know we exist, lol.
Posted by: Heroq
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Look for the indirect measures, dropping enrollment at public schools, look at rental prices and vacancies, entry level job postings, jail populations declining, court actions for DUI, etc. that sort of thing.

The signal is there, it is just difficult to decipher from background noise and in blue states, they are dragging their feet more than the red states are in aiding ICE directly.

And that includes subsidizing the illegals using state or local money if they must to keep them here and not self deporting.

Posted by: whig at March 18, 2026 12:09 PM (E4rtv)

226 And that includes subsidizing the illegals using state or local money if they must to keep them here and not self deporting.
Posted by: whig at March 18, 2026 12:09 PM

*waves from Maura Healey's MA*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 18, 2026 12:10 PM (bFu5X)

227 Average salary in range of $600K, minimum above $300K

The highest paid player in the league made $86k a year.

Now they'll make over $300k?

Yeah, bankruptcy is in the near future for that shit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 12:10 PM (QX6xo)

228 This deal will make the NBA go bankrupt. Heh.
Posted by: Sponge
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Leftism is above all, parasitical, and so it would make sense that NBA woke leadership want to take from those with ability and give to those with needs. Just like Karl Marx would have wanted.

Posted by: whig at March 18, 2026 12:10 PM (E4rtv)

229 If Caitlin Clark is injured to a point where she can't return, the WNBA will die now matter what the contract says or who is backing it

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 18, 2026 12:11 PM (YsPj+)

230 222 Details of a landmark WNBA collective bargaining agreement, per ESPN sources:

- Supermax starting at $1.4M

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr

That reminds me. Great news!

PlutoTV has commercials with WHOOPI GOLDBERG advertising an all new all 'womens' sports channel. So 24-7 entertainment.

I'm not sure if we'll get a chance to watch guys beat the crap out of biological females.

Posted by: Stateless at March 18, 2026 12:11 PM (Sco7b)

231 The NBA makes more then enough money to cover the WNBA but...this is making leftwing rich people pay for things they claim to value.

So yeah the WNBA is doomed.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 18, 2026 12:12 PM (sKqQm)

232 229 If Caitlin Clark is injured to a point where she can't return, the WNBA will die now matter what the contract says or who is backing it
Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 18, 2026 12:11 PM
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What about us?

Posted by: Flying Green Dildos at March 18, 2026 12:12 PM (2Ez/1)

233 If Caitlin Clark is injured to a point where she can't return, the WNBA will die now matter what the contract says or who is backing it

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 18, 2026 12:11 PM (YsPj+)

Makes sense, especially since they're actively trying to kill her every time she takes the court.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 12:12 PM (QX6xo)

234 *waves from Maura Healey's MA*
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
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Expect Blue State economics in Sanctuary areas to get a lot worse because simply the illegals by and large consume more than they produce.

Posted by: whig at March 18, 2026 12:12 PM (E4rtv)

235 Caitlin Clark - now there’s a name I have not heard dredged up in a while. She still homely?

Posted by: tubal at March 18, 2026 12:12 PM (pDt9x)

236 I am watching "David Complains About the Oscars", and I have a question:

Has anyone here ever commented on how cool TJM's hair is?

I mean, clearly I'm not a gay, but damn that hair is awesome.

Posted by: Denny Crane - I May Have To Send Someone To Shave His Head, I Can't Have That Competition! at March 18, 2026 12:12 PM (dmDsy)

237
PlutoTV has commercials with WHOOPI GOLDBERG advertising an all new all 'womens' sports channel. So 24-7 entertainment.

Because when I think of athletic females.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 12:13 PM (QX6xo)

238 The highest paid player in the league made $86k a year.

Now they'll make over $300k?

Yeah, bankruptcy is in the near future for that shit.
Posted by: Sponge

They won't go bankrupt. But the will lose $75 million vs $50 million.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2026 12:13 PM (IBsfd)

239 235 Caitlin Clark - now there’s a name I have not heard dredged up in a while. She still homely?
Posted by: tubal at March 18, 2026 12:12 PM (pDt9x)

Homely? Really?

Posted by: Denny Crane - She Can Slam Dunk My Balls Anytime! at March 18, 2026 12:13 PM (dmDsy)

240 *waves from Maura Healey's MA*
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
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Expect Blue State economics in Sanctuary areas to get a lot worse because simply the illegals by and large consume more than they produce.
Posted by: whig at March 18, 2026 12:12 PM

*looks around at MA*

Math checks out.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 18, 2026 12:13 PM (bFu5X)

241 203 BREAKING:
@AOC
was in Puerto Rico and just minutes ago at the airport she caused a huge scene because she wanted them to let her cut the TSA line. 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Agent 00Line tells me they had to restrain her because she was furious. She pointed out that she was a congresswoman and deserved special treatment. 🤣🔥

Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 18, 2026 12:02 PM (u6/wt)

NO KINGS!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 12:03 PM (QX6xo)
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Word.

Posted by: WisRich at March 18, 2026 12:14 PM (G0vdT)

242 I guess frigid is the word for young spinsters.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Can people just not shame young women for not wanting to behave like whores?

"Celibate" is the word you're looking for.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 18, 2026 12:14 PM (a+4eV)

243 This deal will make the NBA go bankrupt. Heh.
Posted by: Sponge
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Leftism is above all, parasitical, and so it would make sense that NBA woke leadership want to take from those with ability and give to those with needs. Just like Karl Marx would have wanted.
Posted by: whig at March 18, 2026 12:10 PM (E4rtv)
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They will just raise the prices in the NBA to add more subsidy to the WNBA. Just like other forms of popular entertainment -- rock, country, and pop concerts -- have to subsidize those that aren't (classical, ballet, etc). That creep Timmy Chamalee got a lot of heat for his comments, but he was correct.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 18, 2026 12:14 PM (iFTx/)

244 Celibate. Is that a new diabetes drug?

Posted by: tubal at March 18, 2026 12:15 PM (pDt9x)

245 Can people just not shame young women for not wanting to behave like whores?

"Celibate" is the word you're looking for.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 18, 2026 12:14 PM (a+4eV)

Recognize the daddy issues, but don't treat them for it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 12:15 PM (QX6xo)

246 PlutoTV has commercials with WHOOPI GOLDBERG advertising an all new all 'womens' sports channel. So 24-7 entertainment.

I had a discussion with a LIV female friend a while back. She argued it wasn't fair that female athletes didn't get paid as much as men. I pointed out salaries ultimately come from fans watching and buying merch and then asked...how many female athletes do you watch and buy merch for?

The answer was none. So I asked how do you expect them to have high salaries if even you, a person concerned about it, won't spend money on them?

And the answer? But that's not fair!

Posted by: 18-1 at March 18, 2026 12:15 PM (sKqQm)

247 Details of a landmark WNBA collective bargaining agreement, per ESPN sources:

- New salary cap starting at $7 million, up from $1.5 million
- Average revenue share of nearly 20% across deal
- Supermax starting at $1.4M
- Average salary in range of $600K, minimum above $300K

But enough about us. Let's talk player salaries and the new Starbucks job-share program!

Posted by: WNBA Executive Suite at March 18, 2026 12:15 PM (LLQU7)

248 Didn't Rand screw us on something fairly recently? I definitely remember some "second look at Rand Paul's neighbor" comments.
Posted by: Ian S.
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Yep on the whole War Powers Act crap. Rand though, unlike mASSie only does it on unimportant legislation likely to pass anyway. He and Fetterman often exchange votes.

mASSie tries to shank his own party whenever he can and at key junctions when important legislation is going on like the BBB, the shutdown in fall, etc.

Posted by: whig at March 18, 2026 12:16 PM (E4rtv)

249 243 They will just raise the prices in the NBA to add more subsidy to the WNBA. Just like other forms of popular entertainment -- rock, country, and pop concerts -- have to subsidize those that aren't (classical, ballet, etc). That creep Timmy Chamalee got a lot of heat for his comments, but he was correct.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 18, 2026 12:14 PM (iFTx/)

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Specifically regarding the NBA, it was my impression that the league was in decline. Not, like, on its death bed, but receding rather than growing.

Could be wrong because I don't nearly care enough to look it up.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 12:16 PM (hAotW)

250 And the answer? But that's not fair!
Posted by: 18-1 at March 18, 2026 12:15 PM

There you go, using facts and logic.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 18, 2026 12:16 PM (bFu5X)

251 In yet another effort to drive away the fan base, a NASCAR Truck Series driver has been suspended indefinitely for using "gay voice" and saying so on his team radio, commenting about an IRL driver.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 12:16 PM (QX6xo)

252 Thomas Massie, fence straddling fraud. He has no party except his party of one.

Posted by: tubal at March 18, 2026 12:17 PM (pDt9x)

253 So...does the assassin's organization in John Wick only and exclusively exist to kill other assassins in the organization?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 12:17 PM (hAotW)

254
Specifically regarding the NBA, it was my impression that the league was in decline. Not, like, on its death bed, but receding rather than growing.

Could be wrong because I don't nearly care enough to look it up.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 12:16 PM (hAotW)

NBA Finals viewership has declined every year for the past several years.

King Flop is a main reason. The NBA is all about jacking up 3's and flopping like soccer stars.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 12:18 PM (QX6xo)

255 Do not take Celibate if you are allergic to Celibate.

Posted by: toby928(c) at March 18, 2026 12:18 PM (4NO2D)

256 And the answer? But that's not fair!
Posted by: 18-1
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And the brutal reality is that LIFE IS NOT FAIR and government nor corporations nor society cannot make it so.

Best you can expect government to be is a neutral arbiter in disputes. Worst, it makes things more unfair for the political disfavored and rewards its favored groups.

Posted by: whig at March 18, 2026 12:18 PM (E4rtv)

257 It is amusing that anyone watches the NBA. If I want to see some Kayfabe story line in a fixed sport I think I'd rather watch wrestling. At least there are pretty girls "wrestling" each other.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 18, 2026 12:18 PM (sKqQm)

258 Can people just not shame young women for not wanting to behave like whores?

"Celibate" is the word you're looking for.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 18, 2026 12:14 PM (a+4eV)

"Decent", and "Proper", and "Virtuous" also come to mind.

And when did a "Good Girl" go out of fashion?

Posted by: Denny Crane - I Respect All Women, Even Those That Choose Not To Sleep With Me. at March 18, 2026 12:18 PM (dmDsy)

259 They will just raise the prices in the NBA to add more subsidy to the WNBA. Just like other forms of popular entertainment -- rock, country, and pop concerts -- have to subsidize those that aren't (classical, ballet, etc). That creep Timmy Chamalee got a lot of heat for his comments, but he was correct.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 18, 2026 12:14 PM (iFTx/)

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Specifically regarding the NBA, it was my impression that the league was in decline. Not, like, on its death bed, but receding rather than growing.

Could be wrong because I don't nearly care enough to look it up.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 12:16 PM (hAotW)
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Could be. I think all sports are in decline in the USA, for a number of reasons, but are making up for it overseas. Or so I'm told.

In any event, the NBA is still multi-millionaires playing for multi-billionaires, so I assume they can find some spare change to pay ugly untalented lesbian ghetto trash to have dildos thrown at them.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 18, 2026 12:18 PM (iFTx/)

260 Can people just not shame young women for not wanting to behave like whores?

"Celibate" is the word you're looking for.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 18, 2026 12:14 PM (a+4eV)

Let's go a step further and admire them. Bring "chaste" as praise back!

Posted by: SciVo at March 18, 2026 12:19 PM (Sy6m/)

261 259 Could be. I think all sports are in decline in the USA, for a number of reasons, but are making up for it overseas. Or so I'm told.

In any event, the NBA is still multi-millionaires playing for multi-billionaires, so I assume they can find some spare change to pay ugly untalented lesbian ghetto trash to have dildos thrown at them.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 18, 2026 12:18 PM (iFTx/)

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I seem to remember that baseball is actually growing, and the NFL is just steady and dominant after the brief 2020 downturn.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 12:19 PM (hAotW)

262 Neo-Feudalism has always been the end goal, for The Elect.

Posted by: XTC at March 18, 2026 12:19 PM (wa/yD)

263 It's finally time that we had some common-sense assault-firearm NOTICING control.

/I don't know about you but every time I see a gun in public ... I shit my pants!

Posted by: ShainS at March 18, 2026 12:19 PM (Ijfd+)

264 188 I've seen bunches of comments talking about the vegan in Texas part, yet - perhaps I missed it - I haven't seen anyone comment about the use of “existential” when he evidently intended (or should have) essential. Idiot.

existential vegan is best vegan

Posted by: anachronda at March 18, 2026 12:19 PM (v3pYe)

265 It is amusing that anyone watches the NBA. If I want to see some Kayfabe story line in a fixed sport I think I'd rather watch wrestling. At least there are pretty girls "wrestling" each other.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 18, 2026 12:18 PM (sKqQm)

UFC women's fights are usually entertaining because they mostly fight like hell and bleed, a lot.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 12:19 PM (QX6xo)

266 262 Neo-Feudalism has always been the end goal, for The Elect.

Posted by: XTC at March 18, 2026 12:19 PM (wa/yD)

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"I'm in charge and everyone has to do what I say," has many masks.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 12:20 PM (hAotW)

267 I'm in charge and everyone has to do what I say," has many masks.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 12:20 PM (hAotW)

Including "covid" masks

Posted by: ... at March 18, 2026 12:20 PM (pDKBK)

268 The WNBA is the sports equivalent of trying to make "Fetch" happen. Fetch is not going to happen.

Posted by: Lazy Socialist Turd at March 18, 2026 12:20 PM (3BwY8)

269 "Decent", and "Proper", and "Virtuous" also come to mind.

And when did a "Good Girl" go out of fashion?
Posted by: Denny Crane - I Respect All Women, Even Those That Choose Not To Sleep With Me. at March 18, 2026 12:18 PM

Let's go a step further and admire them. Bring "chaste" as praise back!
Posted by: SciVo at March 18, 2026 12:19 PM

^^^ This.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 18, 2026 12:21 PM (bFu5X)

270 Thomas Massie, fence straddling fraud. He has no party except his party of one.
Posted by: tubal at March 18, 2026 12:17 PM (pDt9x)
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I would not be surprised if he runs as an Independent.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 18, 2026 12:21 PM (NpAcC)

271 John Wick 5 should be the middle managers having to rebuild the organization after Wick murdered 90% of its workforce.

Trying to fulfill contracts with newbies, or something.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 12:21 PM (hAotW)

272 UFC women's fights are usually entertaining because they mostly fight like hell and bleed, a lot.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 12:19 PM

White girl bleed a lot.

Posted by: Colin Flaherty at March 18, 2026 12:21 PM (4NO2D)

273 260 Let's go a step further and admire them. Bring "chaste" as praise back!

chaste > chased?

Posted by: anachronda at March 18, 2026 12:21 PM (v3pYe)

274 And the WBC final last night........Team USA looked COMPLETELY disinterested in that game. From the Anthem on, they were already at the after-party in South Beach.

They completely Amber Heard.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 12:21 PM (QX6xo)

275 270 I would not be surprised if he runs as an Independent.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 18, 2026 12:21 PM (NpAcC)

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Only if he drops out of his primary, which I think he can't do now.

KY has sore loser laws.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 12:21 PM (hAotW)

276 I would not be surprised if he runs as an Independent.

I'd be surprised if he didn't.

Posted by: Archimedes at March 18, 2026 12:21 PM (Riz8t)

277 271 John Wick 5 should be the middle managers having to rebuild the organization after Wick murdered 90% of its workforce.

Trying to fulfill contracts with newbies, or something.

teaching young'uns about those commodore 64s they were using to keep the books.

Posted by: anachronda at March 18, 2026 12:21 PM (v3pYe)

278 " We should never vote for any bill that gives us special privileges."

-----

That statement, though sincere from this man, demands a follow up video

https://tinyurl.com/3r6cnamt

Posted by: JM in Illinois at March 18, 2026 12:22 PM (PVx8n)

279 251 In yet another effort to drive away the fan base, a NASCAR Truck Series driver has been suspended indefinitely for using "gay voice" and saying so on his team radio, commenting about an IRL driver.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 12:16 PM (QX6xo)

The Indy Racing League hasn't been a thing since 2008.

It's just Indycar now since they re-unified in 2009.

Posted by: XTC at March 18, 2026 12:22 PM (wa/yD)

280 trying to make "Fetch" happen. Fetch is not going to happen.
Posted by: Lazy Socialist Turd at March 18, 2026 12:20 PM

Millennials have brought 'spikeball' and 'tag' to the table as sports.

Fetch is just part of the natural progression of lazy ass millennial shit sports.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 12:22 PM (QX6xo)

281 It is amusing that anyone watches the NBA. If I want to see some Kayfabe story line in a fixed sport I think I'd rather watch wrestling. At least there are pretty girls "wrestling" each other.
Posted by: 18-1 at March 18, 2026 12:18 PM (sKqQm)
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Wrestlers also know their primary job is to entertain the crowd.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 18, 2026 12:23 PM (ESVrU)

282 John Wick 5 should be the middle managers having to rebuild the organization after Wick murdered 90% of its workforce.

Trying to fulfill contracts with newbies, or something.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 12:21 PM (hAotW)
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When do all the nearly-identical heavily-tatted lesbians manning the phone lines and hit boards get their shots at shooting motherfuckers?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 18, 2026 12:23 PM (iFTx/)

283
The Indy Racing League hasn't been a thing since 2008.

It's just Indycar now since they re-unified in 2009.
Posted by: XTC at March 18, 2026 12:22 PM (wa/yD)

Well, you're welcome for me pre-proving your point.

No one cares.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 12:23 PM (QX6xo)

284 NBA Finals viewership has declined every year for the past several years.

King Flop is a main reason. The NBA is all about jacking up 3's and flopping like soccer stars.
Posted by: Sponge

Bring your passport and you too can travel from half court to the basket without dribbling!

Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2026 12:23 PM (IBsfd)

285 The NBA is a telenovela for black dudes and middle-aged wiggers.

Posted by: ballistic at March 18, 2026 12:24 PM (3BwY8)

286 Bring your passport and you too can travel from half court to the basket without dribbling!/i]

Pretty sure that's racist and sexist to restrict to only white men.

Posted by: The left at March 18, 2026 12:24 PM (sKqQm)

287 252 Thomas Massie, fence straddling fraud. He has no party except his party of one.
Posted by: tubal
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And ultimately why libertarians in office often turn left (Joe Kent is an example as well). Utopianism is not a substitute for history and reality. And most of libertarianism is utopian in outlook much like the left. There is a reason it never flourishes abroad or in history because its tenets are idealistic and it treats people as blank slate widgets, not as they are.

Founders were for ordered liberty which is far different than libertarianism in the modern sense. They expected societal pressures to keep the dysfunction to a minimum, not the government.

Posted by: whig at March 18, 2026 12:24 PM (E4rtv)

288 282 When do all the nearly-identical heavily-tatted lesbians manning the phone lines and hit boards get their shots at shooting motherfuckers?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at March 18, 2026 12:23 PM (iFTx/)

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They take over, and they make the organization completely woke.

They cry about their feelings in between scissor kicking 300 pound men into unconsciousness.

The movie ends with John Wick's retconned into existing son walking in and murdering everyone.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 12:25 PM (hAotW)

289
Bring your passport and you too can travel from half court to the basket without dribbling!
Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2026 12:23 PM (IBsfd)

It's called "the Eurostep" sir......because if you really want to succeed in sport, you need to adopt the European game.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 12:25 PM (QX6xo)

290 UFC women's fights are usually entertaining because they mostly fight like hell and bleed, a lot.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Model lingerie pillow fights would be even more interesting.

That said, it seems most strip clubs have closed down around here.

Posted by: Auspex at March 18, 2026 12:26 PM (Y8DZL)

291 Only if he drops out of his primary, which I think he can't do now.

KY has sore loser laws.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 12:21 PM (hAotW)
******
Great news! I hope the people in his district are sick of his shit and give him the boot.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 18, 2026 12:26 PM (NpAcC)

292 So did John Wick actually die?

Posted by: Denny Crane - I Was Really Drunk By The End Of The Movie. at March 18, 2026 12:26 PM (dmDsy)

293 271 John Wick 5 should be the middle managers having to rebuild the organization after Wick murdered 90% of its workforce.

Trying to fulfill contracts with newbies, or something.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 12:21 PM (hAotW)

Hidden prequel to The Professional?

Posted by: SciVo at March 18, 2026 12:26 PM (Sy6m/)

294
That said, it seems most strip clubs have closed down around here.
Posted by: Auspex at March 18, 2026 12:26 PM (Y8DZL)

Call of Duty is more important to today's yute.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 12:26 PM (QX6xo)

295 292 So did John Wick actually die?

Posted by: Denny Crane - I Was Really Drunk By The End Of The Movie. at March 18, 2026 12:26 PM (dmDsy)

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"He'll always be alive in our hearts."
-Lionsgate Executives

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 12:26 PM (hAotW)

296 So did John Wick actually die?
Posted by: Denny Crane - I Was Really Drunk By The End Of The Movie. at March 18, 2026 12:26 PM (dmDsy)

No

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 12:27 PM (QX6xo)

297 The same information that needs to be presented to verify citizenship is the same information that you need to get the Real ID. Hasn't everyone already done that? Should be no problem verifying citizenship with the Real ID Drivers License.

Posted by: Jaimo at March 18, 2026 12:27 PM (BCuCF)

298 289 It's called "the Eurostep" sir......because if you really want to succeed in sport, you need to adopt the European game.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at March 18, 2026 12:25 PM (QX6xo)

How to save the NBA :

Turn it into the TexBA. Every team will be in Texas. Every player gets a revolver, and is allowed to shoot another player (or the ref), but are limited to the six shots their revolver holds.

Posted by: XTC at March 18, 2026 12:27 PM (wa/yD)

299 275 270 I would not be surprised if he runs as an Independent.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 18, 2026 12:21 PM (NpAcC)

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Only if he drops out of his primary, which I think he can't do now.

KY has sore loser laws.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

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If he loses, more likely to run for President on the Libertarian ticket in 2028 and probably likely to get the nomination. I can easily see groypers flocking to that banner in 2028.

Posted by: whig at March 18, 2026 12:27 PM (E4rtv)

300 There is no way libertarianism can work as long as the welfare state exists.

Yes most elected libertarian types argue they can't wait for the welfare state to be removed to implement other libertarian goals.

So this leads to insanity like LPers bringing in immigrants to go straight on to welfare where they will vote for Democrats.

Posted by: The left at March 18, 2026 12:27 PM (sKqQm)

301 299 If he loses, more likely to run for President on the Libertarian ticket in 2028 and probably likely to get the nomination. I can easily see groypers flocking to that banner in 2028.

Posted by: whig at March 18, 2026 12:27 PM (E4rtv)

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Oh, for sure.

And the LP will once again get .9% of the vote.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 18, 2026 12:28 PM (hAotW)

302
Model lingerie pillow fights would be even more interesting.

That said, it seems most strip clubs have closed down around here.
Posted by: Auspex at March 18, 2026 12:26 PM (Y8DZL)

ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED!!????

Posted by: The Lingerie Football League at March 18, 2026 12:28 PM (QX6xo)

303 And ultimately why libertarians in office often turn left (Joe Kent is an example as well). Utopianism is not a substitute for history and reality. And most of libertarianism is utopian in outlook much like the left. There is a reason it never flourishes abroad or in history because its tenets are idealistic and it treats people as blank slate widgets, not as they are.

Founders were for ordered liberty which is far different than libertarianism in the modern sense. They expected societal pressures to keep the dysfunction to a minimum, not the government.
Posted by: whig at March 18, 2026 12:24 PM (E4rtv)

I believe I must inquire as to the location of your Newsletter!

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 18, 2026 12:28 PM (dmDsy)

304 nood

aoc

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at March 18, 2026 12:28 PM (578V/)

305 style politician

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at March 18, 2026 12:29 PM (578V/)

306 That said, it seems most strip clubs have closed down around here.

You can see a million nekkid women on the internet from your own home, why would you pay to go to some seedy dive to get a look see?

Posted by: 18-1 at March 18, 2026 12:29 PM (sKqQm)

307 That said, it seems most strip clubs have closed down around here.
Posted by: Auspex
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Online pron and OF is in the end probably cheaper for a lot of guys that would go to such a place nowadays.

Like Vegas, strippers are probably still in the major convention markets, but aiming at an upscale clientele compared with mass marketing to the plebes nowadays.

Posted by: whig at March 18, 2026 12:29 PM (E4rtv)

308 Noodism.

Posted by: Noodist at March 18, 2026 12:29 PM (2Ez/1)

309 How to save the NBA :

Turn it into the TexBA. Every team will be in Texas. Every player gets a revolver, and is allowed to shoot another player (or the ref), but are limited to the six shots their revolver holds.
Posted by: XTC

*Invokes Kobayashi Maru and carries a Tuarus Tracker 7 shot.

**if you ain't cheating, you ain't trying.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2026 12:30 PM (IBsfd)

310 271 John Wick 5 should be the middle managers having to rebuild the organization after Wick murdered 90% of its workforce.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

"OK, welcome to the orientation brief. This meeting will be quick and we'll get your benefits set up with HR. Notice this slide. Tell me what it says!"

"errr...don't shoot the dog?"

"EXACTLY! Any of you dumbasses kill a dog on your assignment, you will not have ANY support and we will throw you under the bus."

Posted by: NR Pax at March 18, 2026 12:32 PM (BpO1e)

311 309 *Invokes Kobayashi Maru and carries a Tuarus Tracker 7 shot.

**if you ain't cheating, you ain't trying.
Posted by: rickb223 at March 18, 2026 12:30 PM (IBsfd)

You will be stripped of whatever Military Honor you ever had, for your cheating.

Posted by: XTC at March 18, 2026 12:33 PM (wa/yD)

312 Did it all really change with Columbine or when we watched “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” and rid of mental institutions?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at March 18, 2026 12:33 PM (pLf8e)

313 I wonder what AOC was trying to sneak past TSA

Posted by: Kindltot at March 18, 2026 12:35 PM (rbvCR)

314 existential vegan is best vegan
Posted by: anachronda at March 18, 2026 12:19 PM (v3pYe)

The only meat that "Talarico" eats is found in his bull's shorts.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 18, 2026 12:36 PM (8zz6B)

315 Oh, for sure.

And the LP will once again get .9% of the vote.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

But mASSIE, like Loup Nor, is likely to use the run simply to maintain his ability to tap wallets or move to somewhere he can win a district somewhere. If you notice, these types rarely, if ever, run for an office where you have to be an executive and the hard choices of governance show up.

You occasionally get a washed up type like Bill Weld who was NOT a libertarian governor of MASS and in fact was a former prosecutor, who ran for Libertarian VP who upon losing promptly became GOP again, and you have former NM governor Gary Johnson as a hybrid type when he was NM governor.

Posted by: whig at March 18, 2026 12:37 PM (E4rtv)

316 And the funniest part is the left will still REEE that immigrants commit fewer crimes, leveraging one part creative accounting and another part conflating legal and illegal immigrants.

Posted by: 18-1 at March 18, 2026 11:54 AM (sKqQm)

They don't, though. Illegals don't commit fewer crimes than citizens. They commit crimes IN ADDITION to citizens.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at March 18, 2026 12:39 PM (G1ktt)

317 Posted by: The ARC of History! at March 18, 2026 12:02 PM (u6/wt)

I hope somebody got some video of AOC melting down saying that she deserved special treatment, and uses it in ads, because I don't think that would go over well with the electorate.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 18, 2026 12:41 PM (Nx5jP)

318 312 Did it all really change with Columbine or when we watched “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” and rid of mental institutions?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

My Brother Ron by Clayton Cramer answers all your questions but no. One Flew Over did not affect things nearly as much as court rulings and the massive increasing state costs of maintaining custodial care of mentally ill patients. Lawsuits and the threat of court actions led to sue and settle agreements in many states and the rest capitulated. All during the late sixties to seventies.

Made it easy for state legislators to push care off to neighborhood clinics and then simply not fund those neighborhood clinics and but also do a massive downsizing of the mental health hospitals with custodial care.

Essentially, this is the rise of the street people--mentally ill, substance abuse, and unwilling to behave in shelters. All due to a distorted idea of compliance with drug regimens by the mentally ill, shredding of social networks by behaviors of those with substance abuse and mental illness, and a tendency to self medicate.

Posted by: whig at March 18, 2026 12:47 PM (E4rtv)

319 /sock

Posted by: Oddbob at March 18, 2026 12:58 PM (Fs0KI)

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