The Morning Report — 5/ 27/26

Good morning kids. Well we certainly had a bit of good news out of Texas last night as RINO sellout John Cornyn was at long last kicked to the curb. Chip Roy was also sent to the showers. While in my view, certainly not as overtly odious a RINO as Cornyn, his record in advancing the conservative cause to be charitable was spotty at best, so as the late great NY Mets broadcaster Bob Murphy, would say "Here's the happy recap!"

Texas Republicans delivered major victories for conservatives Tuesday night, as state Sen. Mayes Middleton defeated Rep. Chip Roy in the Republican runoff for attorney general while Attorney General Ken Paxton ousted longtime Sen. John Cornyn in a closely watched Senate primary.

. . .Roy’s defeat marked a significant setback for Washington Republicans who had rallied behind the four-term congressman. Roy had built a national profile as a hardline conservative in Congress and received endorsements from figures including Ted Cruz and members of the House Freedom Caucus.

...Cornyn’s loss represented one of the most significant defeats for a sitting Republican senator in recent years and underscored Trump’s dominance over GOP primary voters.

Well, as I stated in contrast to the author of this piece, Roy's record despite the labels and endorsements has been spotty at best. I'll leave it to all our Texas commenters to weigh in as to whether I'm off base or not. Be that as it may, Look at who Ken Paxton is facing off against:

The Texas church where Democrat James Talarico has delivered his radical sermons is pushing radical gender ideology on children, featuring books filled with sexually explicit content and transgender ideology.

Talarico, the Democrat nominee for the crucial Senate election in November, attends St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Austin. There, children have access to a library stocked with “banned books” that promote ideas rejected by most Christians, including books that contain descriptions of anal rape, incest, and oral sex, according to a Daily Wire review of its offerings.

Oh yes indeed, all you John Cornyn fans, here's your golden opportunity to get on board the Talarico train.

I want to thank Senator John Cornyn for his years representing our state.  We don’t agree on everything, but we both still believe in public service. To Senator Cornyn’s supporters: you have a place in our campaign.

When I said train, I meant in cattle cars on your way to a gulag to get forcibly sterilized.
I would think Talarico doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell, certainly not with this background. And yes Texas is indeed a deep if not the deepest of red red states. But with the nation now really on a knife edge we can no longer tolerate the business as usual of go-along-to-get-along RINO grifters because since the ascendancy of Obama, the Democrat Party is now openly out to seize absolute power by any and every means necessary. The Trump miracle put the brakes on that and so the freak flags are flying in the breeze as the stolen election of 2020, the political persecutions, assassination attempts, riots, judicial coup, bureaucratic insubrdination, censorship and political violence against any and all voices of opposition have amply demonstrated.

Shifting gears now, as CBD and I discussed, that is yammered incessantly about, on the latest episode of the podcast, linked here and in the sidebar as well as on the popular platforms listed below, AI is becoming more and more prevalent. But like every other invention nnd technological development, from the wheel and fire all the way up to nuclear science, it can be used for good or for evil.

And speaking of which:

...Wynton Hall, author of Code Red: The Left, the Right, China, and the Race to Control AI talked about OpenAI. Hall said, “OpenAI has now contracted with 400,000 members of teachers’ unions to start to bake into the curriculum…all their tools.”

Letting Teachers' unions control AI is like allowing Iran to have nuclear weapons. Which, surprise surprise, we also discussed.

The news that President Trump has taken the unusual step of calling a full Cabinet meeting Wednesday suggests that, among other things, he’s exploring ways to jump-start the maddeningly slow talks with Iran.
The brainstorming is necessary because it is crystal clear that Trump gave peace a chance, a very good chance, but the mullahs aren’t willing to meet his generous terms.
The big question now is whether there is anything more within reason he can do to sweeten the offer, or whether Iran simply has no intention of ever getting to yes.
No doubt there also will be a political dimension to the conversations, in that the war is unpopular at home and growing more so the longer it goes on.
Its effect on rising energy prices and inflation are a major part of the GOP worry that Trump’s party could lose control of both chambers of Congress in November...
Moreover, the stakes in Iran are growing again because even the tenuous cease-fire is coming under severe stress.
The US conducted what it called “self-defense” airstrikes late Monday against two Iranian ships it said were laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz.
The US also said it took out a surface-to-air missile site based at Iran’s primary naval station that was targeting our warplanes.
In response, Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei threatened to strike American military bases elsewhere in the region.
The skirmishing is the latest sign that the mullahs have no intention of voluntarily meeting Trump’s top demand for peace.
For more than a decade, he has been saying the same thing: that Iran will never be allowed to have a nuclear weapon on his watch.

Of course the problem is Trump's watch will come to an end at noon on January 21 2029. Was the era of Donald Trump a one-off, a speed bump on the road to hell that our nation had or has been on for decades or has President Trump not only slammed on the brakes but has he succeeded in throwing us into reverse and putting America back on track towards sanity? The removal of saboteurs and fools like Massie and now Cornyn is a good sign, but the GOP must be utterly purged as we can see from this abomination of a back-stabbing out of South Carolina.

Only time will tell.

Have a great day,

AMERICA & ISRAEL STRIKE IRAN!
• The big question now is whether there is anything more within reason he can do to sweeten the offer, or whether Iran simply has no intention of ever getting to yes.
  Michael Goodwin: Trump gave Iran a chance at peace — but the president cannot trust the mullahs
  
• In a written message marking the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, Khamenei described Israel as a “cancerous tumor,” echoed his father’s prediction that the Jewish state would not survive another 25 years from a decade ago — effectively placing Israel’s destruction within roughly 15 years — and warned that regional nations would no longer serve as “shields” for American military bases.
  ‘Death to America’: Iran’s Supreme Leader Warns U.S. Will Have ‘No Safe Haven’ — Vows Israel’s Annihilation

  CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION

• A new DOJ lawsuit represents a vital step toward ending an un-American war on disfavored attorneys and defenders of disfavored causes — a war that would do irrevocable damage to our justice system and republic.
  DOJ Takes On Leftist Attempt To Punish Any Lawyer Who Disagrees With Democrats
  
• Supporters of the measures say the laws are needed as churches and synagogues remain on heightened alert following years of violence and politically charged confrontations targeting religious institutions. They say existing trespassing laws are insufficient to deter increasingly aggressive protests.
  States Toughen Penalties for Disrupting Religious Services

  "DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY

• Clarence Thomas writes blistering dissent: "An illegal alien who cannot read English road signs cannot drive an 80,000-pound tractor-trailer."
  Supreme Court Rejects Lawsuit Against Blue States Over Illegal Immigrant Truck Drivers
  
• The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously sided with the Trump administration on Tuesday in a dispute involving its policy regulating immigration judges’ “work-related speech.”
  Trump Scores SCOTUS Win In Battle Over Immigration Judges’ ‘Work-Related Speech’
  
• Roughly 125 protesters gathered outside the facility on Monday, including New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill (D), Sen. Andy Kim (D), and some other lawmakers, supposedly responding to a hunger strike organized by inmates. Leftists claim that detainees are living in inhumane conditions.
  Protesters Clash with ICE Outside New Jersey Detention Center; Democrat Senator Claims Pepper-Spray Injury
  
• Clarence Thomas writes blistering dissent: "An illegal alien who cannot read English road signs cannot drive an 80,000-pound tractor-trailer."
  Supreme Court Rejects Lawsuit Against Blue States Over Illegal Immigrant Truck Drivers
  
• The 52-year-old businessman and one-time Fox News host is running on a number of populist issues including lower taxes, less government spending, and immigration.
  GOP CA Governor Hopeful Steve Hilton Says He Won’t Freeze Out ICE

  THE GREAT SOMALIAN SIMOLEON SWINDLE

• “I’m particularly gratified here that this is not a partisan effort. I believe we have a couple of representatives from the attorney generals in Connecticut and Oregon, and as I’ve said repeatedly… this should not be a partisan effort,” he said.
  Vance Hosts State Attorneys General at Anti-Fraud Task Force Roundtable
  
• Ohio’s top fiscal officers are joining a national coalition to root out waste, fraud, and abuse after The Daily Wire exposed a Medicaid scandal.
  Ohio’s Fraud Crackdown Is Getting Real — And The Watchdogs Are Coming Out Swinging

  DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE

• As responders in Garden Grove monitor tank of methyl methacrylate, Los Angeles County firefighters were battling a large fire at a tire and automotive part facility.
  President Trump Approves Emergency Declaration for Orange County Chemical Leak

• A federal panel on Tuesday blocked Alabama Republicans’ House map, ruling that the Supreme Court’s recent landmark decision limiting the Voting Rights Act does not affect their conclusion that the map was intentionally discriminatory against black voters. . .
  After the Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act decision in April 2026, Alabama moved to reinstate a 2023 congressional map — containing just one Democratic-leaning district — that had previously been struck down in court, Politico reported. 
  Federal Judges Try Keeping Race-Based Congressional Maps Alive Despite Supreme Court Ruling (What does the word SUPREME mean assholes?! - jjs)
  
• “When necessary we will take aggressive legal action to remove negligent owners and property managers.”
  Mamdani Wants To Decide Who Deserves To Keep Their Property
  
• According to the shocking report, the program distributed tablet computers to nearly all California prisoners by mid-2023.
  House Oversight Committee Launches Probe into California’s $189 Million ‘Porn For Prisoners’ Tablet Program

  WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM

• Dr. Jacob Agronin, a cardiology fellow at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, says that antisemitism is pervasive in U.S. healthcare and medical unions. Agronin is one of the 37,000 resident and fellow physicians represented by the Committee of Interns and Residents (CIR), which is as obsessed with Israel as any teachers union in America. Consider the CIR’s “Housestaff Against Apartheid” resolution, passed in May 2024, which declares that Israel is committing genocide and maintains “an apartheid occupation against the Palestinian people.” 
  Is It Time for Jewish Patients in America to Start Worrying?
  
• “That is what they want — a world caliphate. And I am not going to apologize.”
  Anti-Islamization Party Tops Polls in Australia

  FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH

• Even his old Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of the Darfur genocide was tainted by his anti-Israel bias.
  Nicholas Kristof’s “Journalism” Went to the Dogs Long Ago
  
• Some of the most virulently anti-Israel voices in the media establishment, including Harvard commencement speaker Maria Ressa and biotech heiress Nika Soon-Shiong, occupy prestigious board positions
  Committee to Protect Journalists, Key Source for Kristof's 'Rape' Claims, Has Board Stacked With Anti-Israel Figures Who Accused Israel of 'Apocalyptic' Destruction, 'Genocide,' 'Apartheid'
  * * * * *

• Microsoft’s grip on Washington survived cyber failures, China ties, and the revolving door—but national security may finally force a reckoning.
  Microsoft Tries to Hide Its Risks, and Anti-Trump Bias, from the Government
  
• “There is nothing accidental about this reversal of means and ends.”
  The Thinker Who Foresaw Pope Leo’s Critique of AI
  
• ...“OpenAI has now contracted with 400,000 members of teachers’ unions to start to bake into the curriculum…all their tools.”
  Already Left-Leaning OpenAI Partnering with Teachers Union

  THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• Midterm season intensifies with the very survival of America's first-world nationhood on the line.
  Trump's Doing Great Things for the Economy. Why Won't GOPers Say So?
  
• Trump is, of course, being maligned … again. What he said was that the cost of gasoline “is peanuts” next to what would happen if Iran got a nuclear weapon. He’s certainly right about that.
  Yes, Today’s Gas Prices Are ‘Peanuts’

  RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS,

• A review of the numbers shows that heat-related deaths across the continent exceed the number of gun deaths in the U.S.
  When Data Disrupts Narratives: Europe’s Heat Deaths in Focus

  CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY

• Shining a bright light on the Fairfax Commonwealth’s Attorney’s dim record on public safety
  Steve Descano’s Record Can’t Hide in the Dark Anymore

  EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT

• Students quickly organized petitions calling the policy "racist."
  Harvard slashes 'A' grades but the truth is students haven't been earning them
  
• 'Community Voices for Public Education, led by far-left activist and Houston teacher Ruth Kravetz, says it works to create 'equitable public schools' focused on 'restorative practices (More Gladys less Ruth - jjs)
  Meet the Left-Wing Group Fighting To Eliminate Standardized Test Requirements in Houston
  
• Expanding access to state-level data will give parents and the public a better read on what works in education policy.
  The Nation’s Report Card Just Got More Informative
  
• “Segregating Jewish students” who call out hatred.
  Jewish Students Penalized for Reporting Antisemitism at School
  
• 'Nakba Filmworks' director, professor at Hamas-linked university invited to 'bring Gaza’s … struggles' to campus
  Harvard Gives $90,000-a-Year Fellowships to Four Anti-Israel Activists

  SECOND AMENDMENT

• Governor Wes Moore (D) signed legislation Tuesday banning the sale Glocks and Glock-clones into law, making Maryland the second state to enact such a ban.
  Maryland Gov. Wes Moore Signs Glock Ban Into Law

  THE 2020 AND 2022 ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH

• Elections officials will be required to use jury duty records to identify and remove noncitizens from the voter rolls.
  GOP Secures Agreement From North Carolina Election Officials To Clean Up Voter Rolls

  DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY

• The vote effectively ends any chance of 7-0 GOP map being enacted ahead of the 2026 midterms.
  RINO scum Revolt And Hand Dems Stunning Win Against Trump’s Redistricting Push
  
• In complete defiance of their voters’ wishes, a cabal of Republican state senators sided with Democrats on Tuesday in tanking a proposal that sought to redistrict South Carolina’s lone Democrat congressional seat ahead of the 2026 midterms. The Democrat seat is currently held by longtime Rep. Jim Clyburn, a former member of the U.S. House Democrats’ leadership team.
  By Sabotaging Redistricting, South Carolina Republicans Beg Voters To Hand Them The Pink Slip

  POLITICS

• Texas Republicans delivered major victories for conservatives Tuesday nigh
  Sen. John Cornyn, Rep. Chip Roy Defeated in Texas Election

• Talarico, the far-left state legislator who beat U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett (R-TX) in the Democrat primary, immediately took to X to make a bid to Cornyn’s voters . .
  Talarico Courts Cornyn Voters: ‘You Have a Place in Our Campaign’

• The GOP is Trump’s Kingdom — but the heirs are restless.
  King Trump and the Looming MAGA Challenge
  
• For instance, while the establishment media and Democrats have continued to mock President Trump for stressing the need for a complex added to the White House – namely, a secure ballroom which now has more additions underground – 59 percent of respondents agreed that Congress has an obligation to fund it.
  Exclusive Poll: Broad Support for Trump’s Agenda Ahead of Midterms

• A mush-brained leftist.
  New Hampshire’s Heath Howard is as Close to a Communist as Anyone Now Running for Office in the U.S.

  BIDEN CRIME FAMILY REVELATIONS

• What else is left?
  Hunter Biden Claims He Was Framed by Israel

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• Meeting with Rubio in New Delhi on Tuesday were Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu, and Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong.
  Marco Rubio Leads Quad Security Meeting in India for Plans to Counter China
  
• A slight softening toward China is detected.
  Nuances on China in USIC’s 2026 Threat Assessment

  ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH . . . AND LEFTISTS. . . AND HISTORY

• The escalation has heightened tensions in the Middle East, with the U.S. having also launched strikes against Iran overnight amid crunch peace talks. Over 3,180 Lebanese fatalities have been reported since March, though these figures do not differentiate between civilians and combatants. Critics argue that Israel’s actions could undermine peace efforts aimed at dismantling Iran’s nuclear program, a longstanding concern for Israel and the U.S.
  Netanyahu Escalates Lebanon Strikes Despite Ceasefire.

  THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"

• U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke while aboard Air Force Three during his official visit to India, laying out details of a call he’d received from Moscow’s Sergey Lavrov on Monday in which the top Russian diplomat is said to have complained about European involvement in the war on Kyiv’s behalf, and advised America to withdraw its personnel from the city.
  Russia Warns U.S. to Evacuate Ukraine Embassy Before ‘Systematic’ Strikes Against Kyiv

  DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS

• Piker’s comments come as he is facing a subpoena for a recent trip he made to Cuba, where he produced content sympathetic to the communist regime that may have violated U.S. sanctions. Piker has a long history of public controversies, including stating that “America deserved 9/11,” instructing his followers to “make f***ing suicide drones,” and appearing to suggest that former Florida governor Rick Scott should be “killed.”
  Hasan Piker Exposes Pro-CCP Tycoon Singham’s Funding of ‘Political Movements.’

  HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE

• Americans overwhelmingly support commonsense work requirements for able-bodied adults receiving Medicaid benefits, not policies that are easily gamed.
  Medicaid Work Requirements Need Real Enforcement
  
• A decades-long decline in the fertility rate that hit new lows in 2025 is sparking concerns among health experts of a larger fertility crisis that could impact the economy and national security.
  Declining Fertility Rate Becoming ‘Existential Crisis’

  ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

• NASA officials today outlined its new reshaped program of unmanned missions to Moon, designed it says to lay the first groundwork for the manned lunar base to follow.
  NASA outlines new program of unmanned missions to Moon
  
• Cool image time...The science team labels the image a “dune field.” What struck me immediately however was the vast range of colors, something that is usually not seen on Mars. Within a very short distance we go from bright orange to dark blue, with the change sometimes exceedingly sharp.
  Colorful Martian dunes

  FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY

• Texas Democrat James Talarico also believes "God is nonbinary" and that Jesus Christ was a "radical feminist."
  ‘God Is Queer’: See The Sexually Explicit Books James Talarico’s Church Gives Kids
  
• Incumbent Rep. Dan Goldman and former city Comptroller Brad Lander have reportedly expressed support for throwing federal funds at the program, the New York Post reported Tuesday...
  Report: Two New York Democrat Candidates Want Federal Funds for Childrens’ ‘Drag Story Hour’ Program
  
• “When you understand the vulnerability, the stress, the danger of being a trans kid”
  California Dem Gov. Candidate Tom Steyer Defends High School Trans Athletes

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• Christian Toto:Josh Johnson's rationalization smacks of excusing assassination attempts
  ‘Daily Show’ Host Justifies Violence Against Trump?
  
• The Act “would change the current Oregon animal cruelty laws, which currently protect pets such as dogs and cats, and would expand coverage to wild animals, livestock and animals used in research.”
  Oregon Ballot Initiative to Ban Hunting, Fishing Unofficially Achieves Signature Threshold
  
• The revelations raise concerns about religious and ideological discrimination within professional sports, invasive surveillance of fans, and the politicization of baseball.
  Washington Nationals Director Admits Team Blacklisted Christian Player, Spies on Fans.
  
• Glenn Reynolds: At Bolt, Breslow said, the HR team “was creating problems that didn’t exist,” as part of “a culture of not getting things done and complaining a lot.”  “The problems disappeared when I let them go.” Cubicle-dwellers across corporate America rejoiced.
  Bye-bye, HR — Let’s hope Bolt Financial CEO Ryan Breslow starts a trend
  
• Woke is dying about as fast as Mr. Orange in Reservoir Dogs, but the writing is on the wall, and the final thrusts of the pugios are coming from the people who put Democrats in charge.
  Even the Big, Blue Towns Are Sick of the Democrat Freak-Show

  HITHER & YON

• The Harlem native and Grammy winner known for his virtuoso playing of the tenor saxophone collaborated with Thelonious Monk, Babs Gonzales, J.J. Johnson, Bud Powell and Miles Davis — all before he was 20 years old.
  Jazz Great Sonny Rollins Dead at 95

  FINALLY . . .

• A doctor in Ontario, Canada, allegedly evaluated a man for assisted death outside a Tim Hortons and, months later, drove him to the building where he died.
  Canadian Man Allegedly Put To Death After Fast Food Parking Lot Bowel Assessment

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1 Greetings and good morning, one and all. We're almost at the end of the rains that have been drenching the area and will be resuming our normal weather program. Cornyn's defeat was a nice start to the news feed and I'm hoping more of the establishment are being told "Thank you but your services are no longer required."

Posted by: NR Pax at May 27, 2026 07:36 AM (OPGS/)

2 Whiskey Wednesday

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 27, 2026 07:36 AM (/+uur)

3 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 27, 2026 07:36 AM (ExV1e)

4 John Thune says the voters must pay for their sins. No more good stuff for us!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 27, 2026 07:37 AM (I9lAP)

5 ‘Death to America’: Iran’s Supreme Leader Warns U.S. Will Have ‘No Safe Haven’ — Vows Israel’s Annihilation

"Oh that's just Khamenni being silly. You Rethuglikkans are taking things soooo seriously. They just want to live in peace with all of us!"

Posted by: NR Pax at May 27, 2026 07:38 AM (OPGS/)

6 buzz buzz

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 27, 2026 07:38 AM (CWTWj)

7 Good morning again dear morons and happy birthday JJ

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 27, 2026 07:38 AM (RIvkX)

8 Whiskey Wednesday
Posted by: r hennigantx

I have no whiskey in the house. I should address this.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 27, 2026 07:38 AM (OPGS/)

9 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 27, 2026 07:39 AM (jehhT)

10 ...children have access to a library stocked with “banned books” that promote ideas rejected by most Christians, including books that contain descriptions of anal rape, incest, and oral sex, according to a Daily Wire review of its offerings.

My daughters got me drunk! It was all a big misunderstanding!

Posted by: Lot at May 27, 2026 07:39 AM (ycI94)

11 so once again the republican base needs to be better educated about what in their best interests. phooey

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 27, 2026 07:39 AM (CWTWj)

12 There, children have access to a library stocked with “banned books” that promote ideas rejected by most Christians, including books that contain descriptions of anal rape, incest, and oral sex, according to a Daily Wire review of its offerings.

At any point in life does a Progressive wake up and think "why are they spending all this time talking about fucking the children"?

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 27, 2026 07:39 AM (/+uur)

13 Shifting gears now, as CBD and I discussed, that is yammered incessantly about, on the latest episode of the podcast, linked here and in the sidebar as well as on the popular platforms listed below
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While not eager to disagree with our esteemed host and birthday maven, the latest episode is a fine one. So don't listen to all this "yammering" talk, and check out the pod.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 27, 2026 07:41 AM (6txWC)

14 At any point in life does a Progressive wake up and think "why are they spending all this time talking about fucking the children"?

No because they want to do that as well. They want a world that is free from restrictions and consequences.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 27, 2026 07:41 AM (OPGS/)

15 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 27, 2026 07:41 AM (MtA6K)

16 Letting Teachers' unions control AI is like allowing Iran to have nuclear weapons.
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What a great idea!

Posted by: Zombie Albert Shanker at May 27, 2026 07:41 AM (RIvkX)

17 At any point in life does a Progressive wake up and think "why are they spending all this time talking about fucking the children"?
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 27, 2026 07:39 AM (/+uur)
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If Satan had a library, how would it be different than this description?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 27, 2026 07:42 AM (6txWC)

18 wsj this morning:

President Trump has cemented his grip on the GOP. But at what cost? In Texas, Ken Paxton clinched the Republican Senate nomination, ousting longtime Sen. John Cornyn after a last-minute Trump endorsement helped to lift the firebrand. Yet Paxton's win could hand Democrats a rare opening to flip the state.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 27, 2026 07:42 AM (CWTWj)

19 JJ, do you own stock in DailyWire?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 27, 2026 07:43 AM (ExV1e)

20 What will the Senators Paxton and Cruz dynamic be like?

Posted by: davidt at May 27, 2026 07:43 AM (Q+gd/)

21 The Australia anti-islamization link goes to here.

Posted by: Nazdar at May 27, 2026 07:43 AM (NcvvS)

22 My mother is demanding I stop sodomizing Nadler's colostomy bag.

Posted by: Paul at May 27, 2026 07:45 AM (Q0mPi)

23 I have no whiskey in the house. I should address this.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 27, 2026 07:38 AM (OPGS/)
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Dear Scotland,

Would you be so kind as to...

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 27, 2026 07:45 AM (MtA6K)

24 I have no whiskey in the house."

It appears to be in english, but I don't understand that statement...

Posted by: man at May 27, 2026 07:45 AM (XuXeR)

25
Difficult questions to ponder without a cup of coffee and Bloody Mary consumed.

Posted by: Auspex at May 27, 2026 07:45 AM (Y8DZL)

26 $640,000 for a light blue electric car? why ??

Posted by: runner at May 27, 2026 07:45 AM (GD0B3)

27 John Thune says the voters must pay for their sins. No more good stuff for us!
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 27, 2026 07:37 AM (I9lAP)

Did Thune actually say something following the runoff?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 27, 2026 07:46 AM (ExV1e)

28 26 $640,000 for a light blue electric car? why ??
Posted by: runner at May 27, 2026 07:45 AM (GD0B3)
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Exactly

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 27, 2026 07:47 AM (6txWC)

29 21 The Australia anti-islamization link goes to here.
Posted by: Nazdar at May 27, 2026 07:43 AM (NcvvS)


Should be fixed now, thanks!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 27, 2026 07:47 AM (x0n13)

30 Iran is demanding 24 billion with 50% up front

Posted by: Paul at May 27, 2026 07:45 AM (Q0mPi)
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Don't forget 10% for the Big Guy!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 27, 2026 07:48 AM (MtA6K)

31 Roughly 125 protesters gathered outside the facility on Memorial Day Monday, including New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill (D), Sen. Andy Kim (D), and some other lawmakers, supposedly responding to a hunger strike organized by inmates.

Tells you everything you need to know about EVIL.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 27, 2026 07:48 AM (/+uur)

32 Other than Cornyn's political career pining for the fjords, not much in the way of good news. The left is still advancing, the IGRC is still holding out as gas prices are obscuring all good economic news. RINOs and the left (BIRM) still throwing sand in the gears. Not the time for anyone who loves America to go wobbly.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 27, 2026 07:48 AM (Dv3i1)

33 $640,000 for a light blue electric car? why ??

Posted by: runner at May 27, 2026 07:45 AM (GD0B3)
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Seems appropriate. Sticker shock.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 27, 2026 07:48 AM (MtA6K)

34 Roughly 125 protesters"

So, 20? 30? 10?

Posted by: man at May 27, 2026 07:49 AM (XuXeR)

35 The second area of [ IRS ] focus concerns fiscal sponsorship, an arrangement through which a nonprofit “sponsor” houses a “project” group, providing it with administrative support and allowing it to make use of the sponsoring nonprofit’s tax-exempt status in exchange for a fee. Fiscal sponsorship has become increasingly common, and it offers legitimate benefits. However—intentionally or not—it can also conceal details about the sponsored projects from public scrutiny. Those sponsored projects do not file their own Form 990s, and the current version of the form does not require nonprofits to disclose their fiscal sponsorship activities; in practice, very few do.

Posted by: SMOD at May 27, 2026 07:49 AM (QqoO+)

36 Remain calm. All is well.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 27, 2026 07:49 AM (D1E+2)

37 Dear Scotland,

Would you be so kind as to...
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

Send Laphroaig by courier. Thanks!

Posted by: NR Pax at May 27, 2026 07:49 AM (OPGS/)

38 John Thune says the voters must pay for their sins. No more good stuff for us!
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 27, 2026 07:37 AM (I9lAP)

Did Thune actually say something following the runoff?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 27, 2026 07:46 AM (ExV1e)
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Not that I heard; I was referring to his his snit after PDJT endorsed Paxton, when the Senate GOPe not only refused to pass the Save America Act, but also refused to fund DHS and then gave Cornyn a standing ovation at their last (boisterous) meeting.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 27, 2026 07:50 AM (6txWC)

39 Paul-

Your mom is demanding a dime to blow me. I won't pay anything more than a nickel.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 27, 2026 07:50 AM (SdaQn)

40 I am a low functioning amoeba

Posted by: Paul at May 27, 2026 07:50 AM (Q0mPi)

41 Roughly 125 protesters gathered outside the facility on Memorial Day Monday, including New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill (D), Sen. Andy Kim (D), and some other lawmakers, supposedly responding to a hunger strike organized by inmates.

Tells you everything you need to know about EVIL.
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 27, 2026 07:48 AM (/+uur)
==

I've seen some film. There has to be a law against obscuring your identity in public. This masking b.s. has got to end.

Also they need to fire a lot more buckshot.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 27, 2026 07:51 AM (RIvkX)

42 $640,000 for a light blue electric car? why ??"

Why not? It's a nice golf cart...

/

Posted by: man at May 27, 2026 07:51 AM (XuXeR)

43 At any point in life does a Progressive wake up and think "why are they spending all this time talking about fucking the children"?
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 27, 2026 07:39 AM (/+uur)

1. Most Progressives don't think.
2. When Progressives do think, and think about their policies, it's always in air-brushed, watered down, non-specifics.

- Rethuglikkkans want to ban books they don't like.
-- Which books?
- Just stuff about sexuality.
-- Which books?
- I don't know the specifics but we shouldn't ban books. Except for Huckleberry Finn, that uses the 'N' word.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 27, 2026 07:51 AM (ExV1e)

44 According to Czech President Petr Pavel, a full half of the Kiev-supporting Western coalition has quietly abandoned Prague's flagship initiative to jointly procure artillery ammunition for Ukraine's military.

Pavel said that while 18 countries participated last year, only nine are still making financial contributions now.

Posted by: SMOD at May 27, 2026 07:52 AM (QqoO+)

45 53% of readers think Paul is full of shit on 86% of his statistics.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 27, 2026 07:52 AM (6txWC)

46 Wow a 25 point blowout for paxton. I did not expect that when we went and voted for him twice.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 27, 2026 07:53 AM (0N4FZ)

47 I worry Talerico's Christian identity will galvanize the White Nationalist Christians against him. They see him as more threatening than a secular liberal. His “woke” Christianity is seen as traitorous to the cause of White Nationalist Christians, and Turncoats stir more passionate opposition than other out group members.

His appeal isn’t supposed to be to them. His appeal is supposed to be two people that are more in the middle. The thought processes, they look at him and they see him as more similar to a Christian Neighbor, who isn’t too much of a zealot.

The hope is all other religious people will vote for Talarico because he is very faith based and they see similar values.
It will be interesting to see which faction wins. A lot of (liberal) people I know moved to Texas in the last 3-4 years so hoping that new younger populace will combine with them and push Talarico on top

IMO it will put an end to the lie that most of the "Christian" voters in the republican pay actually GAF about their faith. My experience had proven to me that morality and following Jesus's teachings do not play into their decisions. They forget Jesus died as a radical.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 27, 2026 07:53 AM (ycI94)

48 No real car enthusiast is going to buy an electric Ferrari.

Certainly not Jay Leno.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 27, 2026 07:53 AM (IULgb)

49 The German federal government and municipalities are the major fiscal losers of 2026. The partly dramatic collapse in tax revenues reveals two things: the transformation disaster is staggering toward its end, and citizens are being squeezed by the state like lemons until the very last moment.

No matter how you spin it, the tax party of Germany’s welfare-state engineers is over. In the first four months of the year, Germany’s total tax intake developed into a fiscal catastrophe. During that period, the federal government, states, and municipalities collected 2% less revenue than a year earlier.

Posted by: SMOD at May 27, 2026 07:53 AM (QqoO+)

50 44 According to Czech President Petr Pavel, a full half of the Kiev-supporting Western coalition has quietly abandoned Prague's flagship initiative to jointly procure artillery ammunition for Ukraine's military.

Pavel said that while 18 countries participated last year, only nine are still making financial contributions now.
Posted by: SMOD at May 27, 2026 07:52 AM (QqoO+)


Ship all Antifa to Prague to make molotov cocktails....

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 27, 2026 07:53 AM (x0n13)

51 President Trump has cemented his grip on the GOP. But at what cost? In Texas, Ken Paxton clinched the Republican Senate nomination, ousting longtime Sen. John Cornyn after a last-minute Trump endorsement helped to lift the firebrand. Yet Paxton's win could hand Democrats a rare opening to flip the state.
Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 27, 2026 07:42 AM (CWTWj)

Paxton, who, unlike Talarico, holds a statewide office? That Paxton? The Paxton who cost a dozen or so legislators their jobs over the impeachment bullshit? That Paxton?

So the WSJ says you either have to elect a hidden Democrat or a lunatic Democrat? Fuck them.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 27, 2026 07:55 AM (ExV1e)

52 I'm waiting for the inevitable "revenge tours" the likes of Cornyn and Massie will go on later this year.

Expect both to be booked on "The View" and show up periodically on CNN to bash Trump and his base.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 27, 2026 07:55 AM (jehhT)

53 A lot of (liberal) people I know moved to Texas in the last 3-4 years"

Ok, that's funny right there...

Posted by: man at May 27, 2026 07:55 AM (XuXeR)

54 In chemistry, there’s a concept known as “thermal runaway reactions. And those are really hard to control,” Picazo said.

You must be a g d genius.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 27, 2026 07:56 AM (/+uur)

55 "We have received reports that some citizens have been hospitalized due to bacteria in the water. This is a serious public health concern that deserves immediate attention," she wrote. "If your water looks discolored, contains sediment, has a strong odor, or you have experienced related health issues, please send us a message. We are gathering information and reporting findings to the state."

In what could be seen as a brazen move against free speech, Jennifer Combs was arrested on May 8.

Posted by: SMOD at May 27, 2026 07:56 AM (QqoO+)

56 What will the Senators Paxton and Cruz dynamic be like?
Posted by: davidt at May 27, 2026 07:43 AM (Q+gd/)

People keep asking that. Does it matter?

Paxton works for Texas, not Cruz. Cruz works for Texas, not Paxton. As long as they do their jobs, who cares how they feel about each other?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 27, 2026 07:56 AM (ExV1e)

57
The Rev. Jim Talarico Jones makes Beto look conservative.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 27, 2026 07:57 AM (HdYcL)

58 Heritage Foundation Senior Policy Analyst Emma Waters explained that while many factors may be contributing to the declining birth rate, three reasons that stand out include, social media and smartphones, the role of abortion and birth control, and a drop in marriage rates.
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How about encouraging young women to value motherhood?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 27, 2026 07:57 AM (6txWC)

59 Europe is finding out war funding is expensive when uncle sugar isn’t footing the bills.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 27, 2026 07:57 AM (IULgb)

60 I have no whiskey in the house. I should address this.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 27, 2026 07:38 AM (OPGS/)
-

Dear Scotland,

Would you be so kind as to...
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 27, 2026 07:45 AM (MtA6K)

Texas has a fine whiskey industry.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 27, 2026 07:57 AM (ExV1e)

61 Paul-

Your mom is demanding a dime to blow me. I won't pay anything more than a nickel.

The extra nickel is to make sure she leaves.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 27, 2026 07:58 AM (qRla/)

62 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 27, 2026 07:58 AM (Zz0t1)

63 Texas has a fine whiskey industry.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 27, 2026 07:57 AM (ExV1e)

Ive got a bottle of Fire Oak in the cabinet.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 27, 2026 07:58 AM (/+uur)

64 JUST IN: Iran declares it will not charge tolls in the Strait of Hormuz, will instead charge “environmental protection fees”

… Iran turned into California so slow …

Posted by: SMOD at May 27, 2026 07:58 AM (QqoO+)

65 Yay Texas!


Nicely done. Not done yet, however.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 27, 2026 07:58 AM (Zz0t1)

66
A state's two senators - even from the same party - hating each other's guts has a very long history.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 27, 2026 07:59 AM (HdYcL)

67 Paxton v. Cornyn is the purest expression of MAGA v. Gay Race Communism in this entire cycle. The results will be interesting.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 27, 2026 07:59 AM (2FNrA)

68 Morning JJ and the Horde. Extra gravy with Al Green losing also

Posted by: Jonah at May 27, 2026 07:59 AM (YCxFk)

69 could hand Democrats a rare opening to flip the state."

And I "could" be a starting NBA center...

Posted by: man at May 27, 2026 08:00 AM (XuXeR)

70 Massie filed over the weekend to run in the 2028 Congressional election, hoping to win back his seat in Congress (if he doesn't get the nomination for President first).

That's how fucking nuts he is.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 27, 2026 08:00 AM (6txWC)

71 “For buildings that have suffered chronic neglect, we will work to transfer ownership to responsible stewards. Stewards that include community land trusts, non-profits, or even the tenants themselves,” Mamdani said.

Kulaks and Hoarders are shaking in their boots.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 27, 2026 08:00 AM (/+uur)

72 Other than Cornyn's political career pining for the fjords, not much in the way of good news. The left is still advancing, the IGRC is still holding out as gas prices are obscuring all good economic news. RINOs and the left (BIRM) still throwing sand in the gears. Not the time for anyone who loves America to go wobbly.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 27, 2026 07:48 AM (Dv3i1)

The price of Brent Crude has dropped almost $25 per barrel over the past month. The start of summer always sees gas prices go up. Part of that is because we have to import gasoline as we lack the refinery capacity to meet domestic need.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 27, 2026 08:00 AM (ExV1e)

73 John Cornhole is 74 years old. He needs to shuffle off into retirement, swallowing his viagra with a glass of metamucil so he can completely evacuate his bowels while jerking it.

Hopefully he croaks soon.

Posted by: Good Riddance at May 27, 2026 08:00 AM (hONXd)

74 Supreme Court Rejects Lawsuit Against Blue States Over Illegal Immigrant Truck Drivers

Cowabunga it is, then. Why is it that our nation is the only one in the world that is not allowed to deal with illegal immigrants?

That being said, go after the companies with the full power of the state. Make it impossible for them to do business and things will come around.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 27, 2026 08:00 AM (OPGS/)

75 I'm surprised somebody hasn't given Hunter a fatal dose of fentanyl yet. Maybe the Israelis can handle that.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 27, 2026 08:00 AM (D1E+2)

76 That's how fucking nuts he is.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 27, 2026 08:00 AM (6txWC)

It is to keep his money. He get to keep spending all his donations.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 27, 2026 08:01 AM (/+uur)

77 Send Laphroaig by courier. Thanks!
Posted by: NR Pax at May 27, 2026 07:49 AM (OPGS/)

A man of distinction.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 27, 2026 08:01 AM (ExV1e)

78 Paul-

Your mom is demanding a dime to blow me. I won't pay anything more than a nickel.

The extra nickel is to make sure she leaves.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 27, 2026 07:58 AM (qRla/)
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No doubt, VDH will be golf clapping over the extra large cruelty serving today.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 27, 2026 08:01 AM (6txWC)

79 the declining birth rate"

Oh noes. Another thingy to kill us all.

Say, how's that global cooling doing? Japanese buying up America?
Beuller?

Posted by: man at May 27, 2026 08:01 AM (XuXeR)

80 67 Paxton v. Cornyn is the purest expression of MAGA v. Gay Race Communism in this entire cycle. The results will be interesting.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo

Is Paxton vs Talerico the purest expression of MAGA vs blasphemous "Christian" communism?

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 27, 2026 08:01 AM (ycI94)

81 At any point in life does a Progressive wake up and think "why are they spending all this time talking about fucking the children"?
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To a Progressive, love is love. Only a few of them will admit it, but most of them are pretty sympathetic to the NAMBLA perspective.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 27, 2026 08:02 AM (2FNrA)

82 So where is Elon Musk on all this? Does he support Paxton? Hope so, because his pocket change can fund his whole campaign

Posted by: Jonah at May 27, 2026 08:02 AM (YCxFk)

83 According to Czech President Petr Pavel, a full half of the Kiev-supporting Western coalition has quietly abandoned Prague's flagship initiative to jointly procure artillery ammunition for Ukraine's military.

Pavel said that while 18 countries participated last year, only nine are still making financial contributions now.
Posted by: SMOD at May 27, 2026 07:52 AM (QqoO+)

What if the entire point to prolonging the Ukraine conflict was to kill off a significant portion of the native male population?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 27, 2026 08:03 AM (ExV1e)

84 John Cornhole is 74 years old. He needs to shuffle off into retirement, swallowing his viagra with a glass of metamucil so he can completely evacuate his bowels while jerking it.
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Tell me more....

Posted by: Senator Graham Platner at May 27, 2026 08:03 AM (6txWC)

85 after a last-minute Trump endorsement helped to lift the firebrand. Yet Paxton's win could hand Democrats a rare opening to flip the state.
Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 27, 2026 07:42 AM (CWTWj)

Standard elitist media over-analytical idiocy and wishful BS. "...lift the firebrand"? Paxton is an incorruptible and unrelenting common-sense conservative in a world gone mad. Translation: he's a "firebrand!!!!" Hide your children! And "Yet [his victory] could hand Democrats a rare opening..." Yes, and yet, an asteroid could strike your house tomorrow, you over-educated dumbf*ck. Every action has the potential to serve as a qualifying "yet," but what does that even mean in this case? That the freak he's running against has a greater chance against Paxton than Cornyn? By that logic, we should never run our most committed and strongest candidates, right? Oh, I see -- that's the logic. We perpetually run RINO patsies for our own good. Got it.

Posted by: Ordinary American at May 27, 2026 08:03 AM (INQN/)

86 Joe Cunningham

No offense to Harvard - my safety school - but Democrats need to start speaking more like your high school football coach and less like an Ivy League professor.

… i didn’t go to an Ivy League school but I can say that none of my professors sounded like Maxine Waters or Al Green

Posted by: SMOD at May 27, 2026 08:03 AM (QqoO+)

87 Stewards that include community land trusts, non-profits, or even the tenants themselves,"

Yeah. Those tenants are just sooper handy w/tools, and can't wait to fix each other's problems...

/funny

Posted by: man at May 27, 2026 08:03 AM (XuXeR)

88 82 So where is Elon Musk on all this? Does he support Paxton? Hope so, because his pocket change can fund his whole campaign
Posted by: Jonah at May 27, 2026 08:02 AM (YCxFk)

Paxton shouldn't need the money - Elon should find the best 20 Rs for the House and fund them b/c we're gonna need the votes...

Posted by: Nova Local at May 27, 2026 08:04 AM (tOcjL)

89 >>Should be fixed now, thanks!

It is, and it's a good essay. Thank you!

Posted by: Nazdar at May 27, 2026 08:04 AM (NcvvS)

90 Forget controlling AI. Teacher's unions should not exist.

If you take a paycheck that comes courtesy of the taxpayer, your ability to organize a union should be DOA. Period. No teacher's unions, no firefighter's unions, no police unions, none of them.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 27, 2026 08:05 AM (T6aVk)

91 Texas Republicans delivered major victories for conservatives Tuesday night, as state Sen. Mayes Middleton defeated Rep. Chip Roy in the Republican runoff for attorney general while Attorney General Ken Paxton ousted longtime Sen. John Cornyn in a closely watched Senate primary.


I'm three for three. Paxton, Middleton & French.
If they shit the bed, I'll vote for new people the very next election.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 27, 2026 08:05 AM (TtKY7)

92 Heritage Foundation Senior Policy Analyst Emma Waters explained that while many factors may be contributing to the declining birth rate, three reasons that stand out include, social media and smartphones, the role of abortion and birth control, and a drop in marriage rates.
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A world with half as many people in it would be pretty awesome. That's how many people were around in the 1970s. We got along Okay.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 27, 2026 08:05 AM (2FNrA)

93 If you look at the heat death vs gun death chart in the link, it says 2 things (if I'm reading it right)

1) More total Europeans (not just %) die from heat than Americans die from guns. (60K vs 42K)
AND
2) More Europeans die from guns than Americans from heat. (7K vs 3K) (And we have Arizona and Nevada).

In essense, our populations are similar I think about 350M

Can that be right?

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at May 27, 2026 08:05 AM (BW+Gb)

94 I'm waiting for the inevitable "revenge tours" the likes of Cornyn and Massie will go on later this year.

Massie, maybe, but I think not Cornyn. He had outlived his time and was unable to see it but I don't think he's an actually terrible person.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 27, 2026 08:06 AM (ExV1e)

95 Massie filed over the weekend to run in the 2028 Congressional election, hoping to win back his seat in Congress (if he doesn't get the nomination for President first).

That's how fucking nuts he is.

==

hE haS a chaNce! UnlEss AIPAC stOpS hiM AgaIN!1!

Posted by: runner at May 27, 2026 08:07 AM (GD0B3)

96 Talarico - little "Jimmy The Creep" (h/t, Robert Pratt of Pratt On Texas) and his weird interpretation of Christianity among other things goes down well in TX HD 50.

The problem is that TX is NOT TX HD 50. It extends a bit beyond the confines of north Austin.

I like Paxton's chances. Cornyn HAD to go.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 27, 2026 08:07 AM (T6aVk)

97 'No offense to Harvard - my safety school - but Democrats need to start speaking more like your high school football coach and less like an Ivy League professor."

Jasmine Crockett and AOC do not sound like Ivy League Professors. Well, maybe gender and urban studies professors.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 27, 2026 08:07 AM (2FNrA)

98 "Christian Post" writes weighs in on being confused by the term "Christian Nationalism" and what he actually thinks it means:

https://tinyurl.com/2s4skx5b

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 27, 2026 08:07 AM (ix8EF)

99 could hand Democrats a rare opening to flip the state."

And I "could" be a starting NBA center...

Posted by: man at May 27, 2026 08:00 AM


The morning news out of dallas is screaming exactly that, paxton's win just handed the democrats what was a safe republican seat.


I call that wish casting.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 27, 2026 08:08 AM (0N4FZ)

100 Thank you JJ

I’m glad Cornyn is out

But I’m most exercised by Trump’s dithering on Iran (I never thought I could write that; dithering is not in his character)…. Stop trying to cut a deal for Pete’s sake! Anything short of ground troops… I’m ready for power plant day and yes destroy Kharg island facilities with air strikes. No more footsie please. And also how about some more decapitation strikes; keep killing their leaders until the next man up is sufficiently motivated to surrender. Honestly this is more important than the midterms so forget politics

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 27, 2026 08:08 AM (+gA9j)

101 Texas does show, if men show up, the MAGA Rs win...Paxton almost got as many votes yesterday (with votes still to be counted) as he did in May - so men reshowed up.

Men everywhere need to do that again in November. You need to vote in totals at least as high as women.

Posted by: Nova Local at May 27, 2026 08:08 AM (tOcjL)

102 In complete defiance of their voters’ wishes, a cabal of Republican state senators sided with Democrats on Tuesday in tanking a proposal that sought to redistrict South Carolina’s lone Democrat congressional seat ahead of the 2026 midterms.
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Ladies and gentlemen, I give you your.... Republican Party!

Posted by: Message sponsored by rope and tar manufacturers at May 27, 2026 08:09 AM (aq6QB)

103 What if the entire point to prolonging the Ukraine conflict

was to kill off a significant portion of the native male population?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic


There's vaccines for that.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 27, 2026 08:09 AM (TtKY7)

104 "The US also said it took out a surface-to-air missile site based at Iran’s primary naval station that was targeting our warplanes."

Great!

But I have to ask, how was that site at Bandar Abbas not on the target list for bombing in the very first wave during Epic Fury?

Posted by: one hour sober at May 27, 2026 08:10 AM (J4Dwc)

105 The only thing Talarico is going to win in Texas is a sheep shagging contest.

We are going to add house and senate seats

Posted by: Ben Had at May 27, 2026 08:10 AM (5P5DO)

106 "Christian Nationalism" is a phrase gay race communists made up so they could insult patriots and Christians at the same time.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 27, 2026 08:10 AM (2FNrA)

107 I'm three for three. Paxton, Middleton & French.
If they shit the bed, I'll vote for new people the very next election.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 27, 2026 08:05 AM (TtKY7)

Bo French will resign once he sees he will have to interact with lots of evil Muslims.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 27, 2026 08:11 AM (T6aVk)

108 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 27, 2026 07:57 AM (HdYcL)

Just as a technical note, James Talarico is not ordained. He attended a very progressive PCUSA seminary and was a youth pastor but that's it.

And no, I do not agree with his bizarre views.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 27, 2026 08:12 AM (ix8EF)

109 So where is Elon Musk on all this? Does he support Paxton? Hope so, because his pocket change can fund his whole campaign
Posted by: Jonah at May 27, 2026 08:02 AM (YCxFk)

I'd just as soon Paxton not become the Senator for SpaceX.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 27, 2026 08:12 AM (ExV1e)

110 "Christian Nationalism" is a phrase gay race communists made up so they could insult patriots and Christians at the same time.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 27, 2026 08:10 AM (2FNrA)
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VTK for the win!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 27, 2026 08:12 AM (tygaT)

111 But I’m most exercised by Trump’s dithering on Iran (I never thought I could write that; dithering is not in his character)…. Stop trying to cut a deal for Pete’s sake! Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 27, 2026 08:08 AM (+gA9j)

Another thing we may not understand about the Islamic, especially the Shiite, mentality is that the survival of any defeat against the infidel is considered a victory. Iran, or the mullahcracy, having survived our attacks, will feel empowered.

Posted by: Ordinary American at May 27, 2026 08:12 AM (INQN/)

112 "Stewards that include community land trusts, non-profits, or even the tenants themselves,"

Yeah. Those tenants are just sooper handy w/tools, and can't wait to fix each other's problems...

I have a weird premonition that NYC code enforcers won't be holding these "people owned" apartment buildings to the same standards as privately owned ones. At least not initially.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 27, 2026 08:12 AM (ycI94)

113 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at May 27, 2026 08:13 AM (53oGX)

114 Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 27, 2026 08:10 AM (2FNrA)

Yes, I'm sure it's that too. I found the article interesting, however.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 27, 2026 08:13 AM (ix8EF)

115 And no, I do not agree with his bizarre views.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 27, 2026 08:12 AM (ix8EF)
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You're probably just jealous of his handmade Moloch sculpture in his backyard.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 27, 2026 08:13 AM (tygaT)

116 A staggering 175,000 people die from heat-related causes every year in Europe and that figure is set to soar in line with our steadily warming planet.

About 4X gun deaths in the US.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 27, 2026 08:14 AM (/+uur)

117 I'm three for three. Paxton, Middleton & French.
If they shit the bed, I'll vote for new people the very next election.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 27, 2026 08:05 AM (TtKY7)

And Smith (endorsed by Paxton) beat Fox (the chick) for the 3rd Court of Appeals. So the wife and I went 4 for 4.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 27, 2026 08:14 AM (ExV1e)

118 I went 5 for 5 because the guy I voted for county judge won too.

Posted by: Ben Had at May 27, 2026 08:15 AM (5P5DO)

119 Nothing could be sweeter
Than to know Cornyn defeat
In the mor-ning!

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 27, 2026 08:15 AM (wVcYX)

120 101 Texas does show, if men show up, the MAGA Rs win...Paxton almost got as many votes yesterday (with votes still to be counted) as he did in May - so men reshowed up.

Men everywhere need to do that again in November. You need to vote in totals at least as high as women.
Posted by: Nova Local at May 27, 2026 08:08 AM (tOcjL)

A lot of guys with cattle operations around here are NOT going to put up with a guy representing them in the Senate who wants their business diminished, nor do they want to hear a Senate candidate tout the benefits of veganism. A lot of people in this state are not going to have the stomach for Jimmy the Creep's brand of Christianity. Paxton aligned PACs are already dropping adverts painting Jimmy the Creep as a weirdo using his own words.

I don't think Paxton touched very much of his war chest to secure the nomination either.

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 27, 2026 08:16 AM (T6aVk)

121 What if the entire point to prolonging the Ukraine conflict

was to kill off a significant portion of the native male population?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic


There's vaccines for that.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 27, 2026 08:09 AM (TtKY7)

More than one arrow in the quiver. -- WEF

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 27, 2026 08:16 AM (ExV1e)

122 But I’m most exercised by Trump’s dithering on Iran (I never thought I could write that; dithering is not in his character)…. Stop trying to cut a deal for Pete’s sake! Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 27, 2026 08:08 AM (+gA9j)
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Don't mistake patience for "dithering". Deals take time, and Iran has never made a deal it intends to abide by. They are new at this whole thing. He has to wait them out. Personally I would emphasize the goal with a lot more bombing, but, then again, I'm not President.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 27, 2026 08:16 AM (tygaT)

123 Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 27, 2026 08:13 AM (tygaT)

LOL. I hope to never go in James Talarico's backyard, not even for BBQ which I don't think he eats anyway because I think he's either a vegan or a vegetarian.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 27, 2026 08:16 AM (ix8EF)

124 WSJ is very upset their pal Cornyn was defeated. They say Texas, and now the senate is in play for Democrats. They also muse the GOP will now have to spend money to save Paxton, money that could be spent better in places like Michigan and Iowa. Democrats are also celebrating Paxton’s win. They think their left wing, higher taxes, Medicare for all, Jesus was for abortion clown will win Texas.

Me? I’m laughing my ass off. If they’re upset and Democrats are celebrating this will be a bigger win for Paxton than I thought.

That sound you hear are the RINO’s and other Republican phonies getting their asses kicked.

I can’t wait for November.

Posted by: Vengeance at May 27, 2026 08:16 AM (i14TE)

125 31 Tells you everything you need to know about EVIL.
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 27, 2026 07:48 AM (/+uur)

EVIL? Takaaki Watanabe? He just changed his ring name from "EVIL" to "Naraku".

Posted by: XTC at May 27, 2026 08:17 AM (iXqHn)

126 DMN and HouChron bothe have Paxton win down about middle of web site.

That means the WIN WAS REAL BIG

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 27, 2026 08:17 AM (/+uur)

127 Cook changed their prediction to “lean Republican”


Lololol.

Posted by: Vengeance at May 27, 2026 08:18 AM (i14TE)

128 Yeah. Those tenants are just sooper handy w/tools, and can't wait to fix each other's problems...

Thurgood Stubbs for the win!

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 27, 2026 08:19 AM (qRla/)

129 Both Cornyn and Chip made the fatal mistakes of denigrating President Trump and the MAGA movement during his first term and while he was out of office. Then when Trump won again, they put on their fake cowboy hats and acted like they were serious conservatives.

We, however, did not forget or forgive.

Posted by: Happy at May 27, 2026 08:19 AM (iiHzL)

130 I'd just as soon Paxton not become the Senator for SpaceX.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 27, 2026 08:12 AM (ExV1e)

Well...um...

There is a town called Starbase at the southern most extremity of the state...

Posted by: Cow Demon at May 27, 2026 08:19 AM (T6aVk)

131 I'm 8 for 9 on my runoff ballot. The county judge position went to the career pol with name recognition. Little matter, the Dems will get their career pol "elected".

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 27, 2026 08:20 AM (wVcYX)

132 .
Uhhh ... okay ... https://tinyurl.com/Iran-reSolution.

Posted by: Marooned at May 27, 2026 08:20 AM (kt8QE)

133 Students quickly organized petitions calling the policy "racist."

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Imagine how absolutely pathetic you are when you call anyone, any educational institution, racist because you can't earn an "A" on your own, without preferential treatment and a padding of the system. It's almost hilarious in its complete absurdity.

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 27, 2026 08:20 AM (qBdHI)

134 But I’m most exercised by Trump’s dithering on Iran (I never thought I could write that; dithering is not in his character)….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 27, 2026 08:08 AM (+gA9j)

Another thing -- it isn't dithering as Trump would see it, but deal-making in pursuit of peace. In the abstract, a noble pursuit. But this is where the Western mind falls shot in its imaginative scope. Against Islam, that mindset is absurd. When you have the enemy's neck under your boot, you twist it, you don't let it up.

"East is East and West is West..."

We should never have started this war if we weren't determined to finish it, that is, "finish it" in the only way they understand.

Posted by: Ordinary American at May 27, 2026 08:22 AM (INQN/)

135 WSJ is very upset their pal Cornyn was defeated. They say Texas, and now the senate is in play for Democrats.

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LOL, yes, they care sooo much about the viability of the Republican Party's chances in holding onto the Senate.

That, uh, doesn't quite pass the smell test.

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 27, 2026 08:22 AM (qBdHI)

136 Jacob Frey, Mayor of Minneapolis, was described by JJS as a piece of shit and by CBD as a Judenrat for his crime of "celebrating" Memorial Day with a cynical, poorly thought out statement about George Floyd. He deserves all that criticism and more, for disparaging the fallen soldiers who preserved his freedom with his loose talk. Asshoe.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 27, 2026 08:22 AM (YLfAR)

137 Uhhh ... okay ... https://tinyurl.com/Iran-reSolution.
Posted by: Marooned at May 27, 2026 08:20 AM (kt8QE)
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It's the solution suggested by a naif.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 27, 2026 08:23 AM (RIvkX)

138 Texas does show, if men show up, the MAGA Rs win...Paxton almost got as many votes yesterday (with votes still to be counted) as he did in May - so men reshowed up.

Men everywhere need to do that again in November. You need to vote in totals at least as high as women.
Posted by: Nova Local


I will crawl across broken glass while being sprayed with rubbing alcohol to vote in November.
Friday was the first time since I've been voting that I voted early. And that's because I wasn't sure I could get home in time to vote.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 27, 2026 08:23 AM (TtKY7)

139 I hope another writer tells Trump that the mullahs can't be trusted. Just in case Trump hasn't realized that in the 50 years he's been talking about Iran.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 27, 2026 08:24 AM (viF8m)

140 For the sake of clarity Judenrat means Jewish Council not rodent.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 27, 2026 08:25 AM (RIvkX)

141 That's how many people were around in the 1970s. We got along Okay."

bbbut who's gonna work to fund our "retirements"?

/our betters

Posted by: man at May 27, 2026 08:25 AM (XuXeR)

142 I hope another writer tells Trump that the mullahs can't be trusted. Just in case Trump hasn't realized that in the 50 years he's been talking about Iran.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 27, 2026 08:24 AM (viF8m)
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Then why negotiate at all?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 27, 2026 08:26 AM (RIvkX)

143 Had to look up the euro heat death thing because I couldn’t believe it.

Fun fact:

The average heat range across Europe in summertime is 72 - 86 degrees in Freedom Units.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 27, 2026 08:26 AM (DXPCg)

144 Those Republican state senators in SC who voted to ensure a "vibrant" Democrat Party know they're safe right now. I don't know how many are up for reelection, but our primaries are in 2 weeks and there will be no time for any serious challengers now to campaign against what they've just done.

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 27, 2026 08:26 AM (qBdHI)

145
The Dem platform needs to be more supportive of free-range street pooping, clean drug needle supply, the mostly peaceful killing of ICE agents and those standing in the way of gender affirming surgery for kids.

A float advocating these principles will be the high point of this year's Pride Parade.

Posted by: Auspex at May 27, 2026 08:27 AM (Y8DZL)

146 Huh. I guess the gold & silver spot price is disappointed in Texas. It's falling, again.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 27, 2026 08:27 AM (wVcYX)

147 We should never have started this war if we weren't determined to finish it, that is, "finish it" in the only way they understand.

Posted by: Ordinary American at May 27, 2026 08:22 AM (INQN/)

Well said. I agree totally

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 27, 2026 08:27 AM (+gA9j)

148 I don't think Paxton touched very much of his war chest to secure the nomination either.
Posted by: Cow Demon at May 27, 2026 08:16 AM (T6aVk)
********
Ken Paxton was outspent by a 9-to-1 margin.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 27, 2026 08:28 AM (NpAcC)

149 I see that Ms “castration and camps for zionists” Galindo lost her primary runoff yesterday. Sad though that she got more than 2 votes…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 27, 2026 08:29 AM (+gA9j)

150 For the sake of clarity Judenrat means Jewish Council not rodent.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 27, 2026 08:25 AM (RIvkX)
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True.

Unlike Democrat.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 27, 2026 08:29 AM (MtA6K)

151 free-range street pooping"

So, "parkour" is out?

Posted by: man at May 27, 2026 08:30 AM (XuXeR)

152 IMO it will put an end to the lie that most of the "Christian" voters in the republican pay actually GAF about their faith. My experience had proven to me that morality and following Jesus's teachings do not play into their decisions. They forget Jesus died as a radical.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 27, 2026 07:53 AM (ycI94)

No.

Jesus died as a criminal. Named so by the government who could not abide any opposition to its rule. He was killed. By the State. Voluntarily. To save us from our own shittiness.

The left will never understand this.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 27, 2026 08:30 AM (Kdi1r)

153 If only tRump had the clarity and understanding that people around here have. Paradise! I tellz ya. Paradise!!

Posted by: Will Robinson at May 27, 2026 08:30 AM (HIzgC)

154 Today Is World Otter Day. 🦦

Posted by: redridinghood at May 27, 2026 08:30 AM (NpAcC)

155 A federal judge has been disciplined for having sex in their chambers with a high-ranking law enforcement officer within earshot of staff, attending a partisan political event and for lying to superior judges who investigated the claims, a disciplinary committee revealed.

But the identity of the judge and the district court in which they sit is being kept private
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"Being kept private" won't last very long, obviously.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 27, 2026 08:30 AM (YLfAR)

156 wsj this morning:

President Trump has cemented his grip on the GOP. But at what cost? In Texas, Ken Paxton clinched the Republican Senate nomination, ousting longtime Sen. John Cornyn after a last-minute Trump endorsement helped to lift the firebrand. Yet Paxton's win could hand Democrats a rare opening to flip the state.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 27, 2026 07:42 AM (CWTWj)

I'm sorry, but Cornyn lost by 28 points, and the race could have called the second the polls closed. He was a goner way before the Trump endorsement, which was more of a cherry on top for Paxton, and Cornyn's camp knew it too.

Posted by: Vendette at May 27, 2026 08:30 AM (ABYRG)

157 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 27, 2026 08:32 AM (u82oZ)

158 For the sake of clarity Judenrat means Jewish Council not rodent.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 27, 2026 08:25 AM (RIvkX)
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True.

Unlike Democrat.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 27, 2026 08:29 AM (MtA6K)
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Somebody should let CBD know.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 27, 2026 08:32 AM (YLfAR)

159 156 I'm sorry, but Cornyn lost by 28 points, and the race could have called the second the polls closed. He was a goner way before the Trump endorsement, which was more of a cherry on top for Paxton, and Cornyn's camp knew it too.

Posted by: Vendette at May 27, 2026 08:30 AM (ABYRG)

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It was called the second the western time zone precincts closed.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 27, 2026 08:32 AM (pT0dx)

160 Somebody should let CBD know.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 27, 2026 08:32 AM (YLfAR)
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Meh, it's common usage, irregardless.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 27, 2026 08:33 AM (RIvkX)

161 President Trump has cemented his grip on the GOP. But at what cost? In Texas, Ken Paxton clinched the Republican Senate nomination, ousting longtime Sen. John Cornyn after a last-minute Trump endorsement helped to lift the firebrand

what BS
what a COPE

they really think things are going to go back to "normal"

hilarious

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 27, 2026 08:34 AM (j+aD2)

162 I feel like a Happy Dance is in my future with the Paxton win.

Here is a mellow introduction to the day.
This is the Stranglers Golden Brown with A/I use of David Brubeck's Take Five video and no funky harpsichord. https://youtu.be/2Qs1J612nZs

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 27, 2026 08:34 AM (u82oZ)

163 >>Then why negotiate at all?

First, because the people who keep advocating for blowing up Iran never seem to say what comes next. As we have seen over and over and over in the ME that is a very bad plan. Look what happened in Iraq. Look what happened in Libya. Look what happened in Syria. There will always be a day after the war and if the right steps aren't done to win the peace we will be stuck in another protracted war in the ME.

And if you look what Trump is doing he is demanding our "friends" in the ME like SA and Qatar join the Abraham Accords to unite the region in a common purpose that isn't killing infidels for a change. Let them help with the rebuild and keep a closer eye on Iran.

Finally, negotiations take time to get right. Lots of people whose biggest negotiation in life was buying a car keep insisting this go faster. Why? Time is on Trump's side not the mullahs. Trump's pressure is political. The mullahs is existence. The most pressure is on them and the longer they take the worse shape they are in.

Let Trump do his thing. Worst case the deal falls apart and then we bomb. But that is a break glass scenario not the first choice.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 27, 2026 08:35 AM (viF8m)

164 good morning guys and congrats to the Vegas Villains! great sweep of the Avs!

loving this! the right people are mad

plus I love Torts he's great. he was set up to fail here because we're weak ass losers

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 27, 2026 08:35 AM (j+aD2)

165 IMO it will put an end to the lie that most of the "Christian" voters in the republican pay actually GAF about their faith. My experience had proven to me that morality and following Jesus's teachings do not play into their decisions. They forget Jesus died as a radical.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 27, 2026 07:53 AM (ycI94)

This comment and the ones before it are a demonstration that Talerico is a poster child for the "Christianity" those posters and people like them are fans of, even though I would bet a good number of them never step foot in a church except for weddings and funerals.

Posted by: Vendette at May 27, 2026 08:36 AM (ABYRG)

166 It was called the second the western time zone precincts closed.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 27, 2026 08:32 AM (pT0dx)

Oh yeah, I forgot that part of Texas is in Mountain time. My bad.

Posted by: Vendette at May 27, 2026 08:37 AM (ABYRG)

167 thank you salty dog!!!

nice mix up

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 27, 2026 08:37 AM (j+aD2)

168 And yes Texas is indeed a deep if not the deepest of red red states.

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Yes, it's red, but by no means is it the most red - by virtue of its gigantism, it has a larger portion of Democrats than many other red states, and its Republicans are less right-wing than in other states.

Not that I'm calling it liberal by any means, but there's always room for improvement. And by "improvement," I mean "uncompromising, teeth-grinding revanchism."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 27, 2026 08:38 AM (BI5O2)

169 JackStraw, Hear Hear. PDT is negotiating for a total Middle East realignment .

Posted by: Ben Had at May 27, 2026 08:38 AM (5P5DO)

170 JackStraw

I agree. The strategic team led by Trump is aiming the entire Iranian smack-down at China. Others without domestic oil or nuclear (The EU minus France) are also in trouble.

The Trump team is getting the entire world, as a matter of self-interest, aligned to get Iran to negotiate peace.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 27, 2026 08:39 AM (u82oZ)

171
President Trump has cemented his grip on the GOP. But at what cost? In Texas, Ken Paxton clinched the Republican Senate nomination, ousting longtime Sen. John Cornyn after a last-minute Trump endorsement helped to lift the firebrand. Yet Paxton's win could hand Democrats a rare opening to flip the state.

This time for sure !

Posted by: Texas Democrats at May 27, 2026 08:40 AM (nq13e)

172 On a happy note, I finally got to see Triumph in Atlanta last night for the first time ever! What a great show. He never gets the credit deserved when great guitarists are tossed around, but Rik Emmett can hold his own against any of those who always rank near the top of the Guitar Charts. Guy's truly fantastic. And in his day, he was very easy on the eyes.

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 27, 2026 08:40 AM (qBdHI)

173 {{{Ben Had}}}
🎼 ♭ 5/4 ♫♫ ♫♫ Good morning! ♬♬ ♩ ♪

You see the issues clearly, and can analyze what the "news" is covering up.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 27, 2026 08:40 AM (u82oZ)

174 Piker’s comments are the first public acknowledgment from a figure within the far-left network that Singham’s nonprofits operate with a political agenda. Investigations have revealed that Singham funneled over $278 million into organizations promoting pro-China messaging and anti-U.S. protests. Groups like Code Pink and the Party for Socialism and Liberation, funded by Singham, have been involved in controversial activities, including protests against U.S. foreign policy.

We need to end all non-profit orgs. They do ZERO to make the USA a better place. Most are just a way to rich people to write checks for tax deductions.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 27, 2026 08:41 AM (/+uur)

175 168 Yes, it's red, but by no means is it the most red - by virtue of its gigantism, it has a larger portion of Democrats than many other red states, and its Republicans are less right-wing than in other states.

Not that I'm calling it liberal by any means, but there's always room for improvement. And by "improvement," I mean "uncompromising, teeth-grinding revanchism."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 27, 2026 08:38 AM (BI5O2)

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The past few years have cut out a large portion of establishment GOP power while seeing an influx of outsiders who, in the aggregate, want Texas to be as Texas as the rest of the country thinks Texas is. Yes, there are Austin progressives from LA, but they are obviously the tiny minority of the immigrants (re: all the statewide elections since 201.

Still, all state governments are more corrupt than we can imagine, and the state capitol building is probably more ugly people orgies and child sacrifice and boring real estate corruption than conservative governance, but at least they feel the need to hide it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 27, 2026 08:41 AM (pT0dx)

176 Not sure I care what happens next as long as the regime is eliminated. That is Reza Pahlavi's and the people's concern.

Asking KSA and Qatar to join Abraham Accords is a desperation move, not planned, not well-received, and not likely to succeed.

Time is fleeting and every day this drags out the likelihood of failure and defeat only grows. Kinetic action should not have stopped. No reason they cannot negotiate surrender during continuing hostilities.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 27, 2026 08:41 AM (RIvkX)

177 169 JackStraw, Hear Hear. PDT is negotiating for a total Middle East realignment .
Posted by: Ben Had at May 27, 2026 08:38 AM (5P5DO)


This....

Posted by: It's me donna at May 27, 2026 08:41 AM (nq13e)

178 JackStraw, Hear Hear. PDT is negotiating for a total Middle East realignment .
Posted by: Ben Had at May 27, 2026 08:38 AM (5P5DO)

Not just the Middle East.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 27, 2026 08:42 AM (ExV1e)

179 Fun fact:

The average heat range across Europe in summertime is 72 - 86 degrees in Freedom Units.
Posted by: Thomas Bender



Fun fact: that's the 6:00am temperature in Texas.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 27, 2026 08:42 AM (TtKY7)

180 >>JackStraw, Hear Hear. PDT is negotiating for a total Middle East realignment

And beyond Ben Had. It's not a coincidence that Trump took down Venezuela, took back control of the Panama Canal for the west, is squeezing Cuba into submission and now is taking down Iran as a threat and insuring another crucial waterway is not controlled by a hostile power.

All of it leads back to China.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 27, 2026 08:42 AM (viF8m)

181 Every single candidate I voted for in the runoff won, even the judges. Kind of reinforces my feeling that I am in tune with my fellow Texans.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 27, 2026 08:42 AM (0U5gm)

182 The Trump team is getting the entire world, as a matter of self-interest, aligned to get Iran to negotiate peace.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 27, 2026 08:39 AM (u82oZ)
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That relies on other countries considering their own self-interest before their hatred of President Trump.

As we can see in Europe, they really don't seem to care about their own survival re: Muslim invasion. Why should they care about cheap energy?

They also know President Trump will be gone in a couple of years, so like Iran, they just have to wait out the clock in hopes of a Dem US President in 2029.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 27, 2026 08:42 AM (gnNyN)

183 JackStraw

I agree. The strategic team led by Trump is aiming the entire Iranian smack-down at China. Others without domestic oil or nuclear (The EU minus France) are also in trouble.

The Trump team is getting the entire world, as a matter of self-interest, aligned to get Iran to negotiate peace.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 27, 2026 08:39 AM (u82oZ)

This. And for his next challenge, Trump will teach the world to sing in perfect harmony!

Posted by: Count de Monet, on a hilltop somewhere at May 27, 2026 08:42 AM (wVcYX)

184 Heritage Foundation Senior Policy Analyst Emma Waters explained that while many factors may be contributing to the declining birth rate, three reasons that stand out include, social media and smartphones, the role of abortion and birth control, and a drop in marriage rates.

I'll throw out a few more ideas:

1. Motherhood being seen as oppressive and a bad choice for stronk independent wamenz.

2. The difficulty of living on one income.

3. Lack of community support.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 27, 2026 08:42 AM (OPGS/)

185 is Chip Roy a loser today too? that guy annoys

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 27, 2026 08:43 AM (j+aD2)

186 PS
And Obama proved that the system is gamed by who and who does not get a non-profit.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 27, 2026 08:43 AM (/+uur)

187
28 pts.

10pts for Massie.

Know this, cucks: your time is over. You're never going to regain the upper hand. So put on your gimp suits and do as you're told from now on, or else.

I recommend pretending we're Democrats. It will help arouse your basic instinct to bow, scrape, and sniff the throne.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 27, 2026 08:43 AM (BI5O2)

188 The past few years have cut out a large portion of establishment GOP power while seeing an influx of outsiders who, in the aggregate, want Texas to be as Texas as the rest of the country thinks Texas is. Yes, there are Austin progressives from LA, but they are obviously the tiny minority of the immigrants (re: all the statewide elections since 2018.



I wish Americans loved America as much as Texans loved Texas.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 27, 2026 08:43 AM (TtKY7)

189 JUST IN: Iran declares it will not charge tolls in the Strait of Hormuz, will instead charge “environmental protection fees”

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Who are the biggest liars on earth, Democrats or Iranians?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 27, 2026 08:43 AM (ndZc7)

190 Cornyn's defeat was humiliating. I want it to send blood-curdling chills down every POS just like him. Now it's down to Paxton and the Degenerate Opie Fake Christian Dork. Choose wisely TX, and pray the cheat is low.

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 27, 2026 08:43 AM (qBdHI)

191 Christian Nationalism comes from the fear that people will read history books and learn how this nation was predominantly Christian despite the efforts of the historical revisionists.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 27, 2026 08:44 AM (OPGS/)

192 They also know President Trump will be gone in a couple of years, so like Iran, they just have to wait out the clock in hopes of a Dem US President in 2029.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 27, 2026 08:42 AM (gnNyN)

I read this a lot, and I understand it.

But I think Iran, in employing this strategy, runs the very real risk of going from President Trump to President Vance. Such an outcome would not improve their position.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 27, 2026 08:44 AM (Kdi1r)

193 Let Trump do his thing. Worst case the deal falls apart and then we bomb. But that is a break glass scenario not the first choice.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 27, 2026 08:35 AM (viF8m)
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*sits in corner alone, lights own hair on fire*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 27, 2026 08:44 AM (RIvkX)

194 189 JUST IN: Iran declares it will not charge tolls in the Strait of Hormuz, will instead charge “environmental protection fees

As they dump massive amounts of oil into the sea....

Posted by: It's me donna at May 27, 2026 08:45 AM (nq13e)

195 Paul A. Szypula
@Bubblebathgirl

Pam Bondi has been appointed to President Trump’s White House AI Panel, nearly two months after leaving the Justice Department.

At the same time, she has reportedly been quietly battling thyroid cancer over the past few weeks and is making strong progress in her fight.

Wishing her a full and speedy recovery as she continues to serve. Prayers up 🙏💛

Posted by: redridinghood at May 27, 2026 08:46 AM (NpAcC)

196 192 I read this a lot, and I understand it.

But I think Iran, in employing this strategy, runs the very real risk of going from President Trump to President Vance. Such an outcome would not improve their position.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 27, 2026 08:44 AM (Kdi1r)

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2 years of no imports or exports is a long time for a country that imports most of its food.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 27, 2026 08:46 AM (pT0dx)

197 Degenerate Opie Fake Christian Dork
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This is the best description I have heard yet.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 27, 2026 08:46 AM (RIvkX)

198 Today Is World Otter Day. 🦦
Posted by: redridinghood at May 27, 2026 08:30 AM (NpAcC)


Sea or River? That makes a difference, you know.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 27, 2026 08:46 AM (Zz0t1)

199 197 Degenerate Opie Fake Christian Dork
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This is the best description I have heard yet.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 27, 2026 08:46 AM (RIvkX)

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I prefer my "mask wearing, heretical gnome."

Just because gnome is a good word not used enough. And he looks like a gnome.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 27, 2026 08:47 AM (pT0dx)

200 Lisa Rinna says she doesn’t want to see a reality star like Spencer Pratt as the mayor of Los Angeles:

“I’m a reality person. You wouldn’t want me as mayor!”

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I don't listen to anyone who has lips that are so inflated they dwarf the Hindenburg before the fire.

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 27, 2026 08:47 AM (qBdHI)

201 Protection fees? Hey that's our thing.

Posted by: Sicilian Legitimate Businessmen's Club at May 27, 2026 08:47 AM (wVcYX)

202 198 Today Is World Otter Day. 🦦
Posted by: redridinghood at May 27, 2026 08:30 AM (NpAcC)


Sea or River? That makes a difference, you know.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 27, 2026 08:46 AM (Zz0t1)

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You a king or something?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 27, 2026 08:47 AM (pT0dx)

203 what BS
what a COPE

they really think things are going to go back to "normal"

hilarious
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 27, 2026 08:34 AM (j+aD2)
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WSJ does not understand the plain facts: "going back to normal" is exactly what we fight against. We want a new normal.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 27, 2026 08:47 AM (D1po+)

204 > Let Trump do his thing. Worst case the deal falls apart and then we bomb. But that is a break glass scenario not the first choice.
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If there was a mistake made, and I'm saying there was, but if there was one it was not prolonging the kinetic part of the "deal" a couple more weeks. Iran was pretty close to imploding, and then, not.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 27, 2026 08:47 AM (jehhT)

205 In stark contrast to the Biden-era approach, the state of Louisiana recognized the danger of self-attestation. Auditors found that 93 percent of sampled Medicaid enrollees in Louisiana were ineligible yet remained enrolled, in part, because the state allowed individuals to self-report changes in their wages.

You cheat
your out for the next fiscal year.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 27, 2026 08:47 AM (/+uur)

206 San Franpsycho

We don't seem to have Operation Jedburgh type units distributing weapons and ammo in rural areas. I can't imagine our OPSEC is good enough to cover that up. But this is a second path to ousting the IRCG.

Another path is to target, one by one, the Iranian power plants feeding Tehran. Every day they refuse to negotiate, a wave of drones knock a plant out.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 27, 2026 08:47 AM (u82oZ)

207 Wishing her a full and speedy recovery as she continues to serve. Prayers up 🙏💛
Posted by: redridinghood at May 27, 2026 08:46 AM (NpAcC)
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This.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 27, 2026 08:48 AM (RIvkX)

208 But I think Iran, in employing this strategy, runs the very real risk of going from President Trump to President Vance. Such an outcome would not improve their position.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 27, 2026 08:44 AM (Kdi1r)

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2 years of no imports or exports is a long time for a country that imports most of its food.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 27, 2026 08:46 AM (pT0dx)

And with a real risk of being in a worse position at the end of that two years...

Iran's position continues to weaken. Incrementally, yes. And concurrently with higher-than-we-like gas prices, yes. But taking Iran off the board is an earthshaking realignment.

Selling that realignment is Trump's job right now. Convince the voters this likely short-term gas-price-suckage is worth it to lance a 50-year boil.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 27, 2026 08:49 AM (Kdi1r)

209 2 years of no imports or exports is a long time for a country that imports most of its food.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 27, 2026 08:46 AM (pT0dx)
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They won't care. The famines that will begin in the future will be blamed on the Little and Great Satans, like every other problem facing Iran.

Death-cult mentality.

The people in charge will allow every man, woman, and child to be sacrificed before they bend a single inch.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 27, 2026 08:49 AM (gnNyN)

210 Another path is to target, one by one, the Iranian power plants feeding Tehran. Every day they refuse to negotiate, a wave of drones knock a plant out.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 27, 2026 08:47 AM (u82oZ)

Do the unholy city of Qom.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 27, 2026 08:49 AM (/+uur)

211 I prefer my "mask wearing, heretical gnome."

Just because gnome is a good word not used enough. And he looks like a gnome.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 27, 2026 08:47 AM (pT0dx)
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He bothers me because I bear guilt for picking on a kid like him when I was in Scouts.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 27, 2026 08:51 AM (RIvkX)

212
You a king or something?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 27, 2026 08:47 AM (pT0dx)


When nurse speaks, I listen.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at May 27, 2026 08:52 AM (Zz0t1)

213 "We don’t agree on everything, but we both still believe in public service"


Never trust politicians that call their jobs "public service"

Posted by: Ripley at May 27, 2026 08:52 AM (PTDkx)

214 208 And with a real risk of being in a worse position at the end of that two years...

Iran's position continues to weaken. Incrementally, yes. And concurrently with higher-than-we-like gas prices, yes. But taking Iran off the board is an earthshaking realignment.

Selling that realignment is Trump's job right now. Convince the voters this likely short-term gas-price-suckage is worth it to lance a 50-year boil.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 27, 2026 08:49 AM (Kdi1r)

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All while they lost the top 6000 people in its government, 90% of its missile stockpiles, and 90% of its military industrial capability.

But, sure, illiterate buffoons on weekend pleasure boats with motors firing AK-47s in the air at super tankers captained by retarded Indian captains who shit their pants at pops in the air means that they're more powerful than ever.

The $450 million they're losing every day from the blockade is totally made up by $2 million fees on the strait they're not collecting all while tankers turn off AIS, sail through the straight, and then turn them back on hundreds of miles away.

The blockade, the siege, is doing...a lot of damage to Iran.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 27, 2026 08:52 AM (pT0dx)

215 It's been hilarious watching Hollywood lift up rocks for any B to D list star to come out against Spencer Pratt. Meantime, the man does things like pressure washing political messages on dirty streets.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 27, 2026 08:52 AM (OPGS/)

216 210 Do the unholy city of Qom.
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 27, 2026 08:49 AM (/+uur)

Dabiq, Syria (The lynchpin site of Islamic Eschatology) must also be turned into a crater.

Posted by: XTC at May 27, 2026 08:52 AM (iXqHn)

217 Looking through the links, I see the Washington Nationals Director of Community Relations is quite the guy.

Posted by: Vendette at May 27, 2026 08:52 AM (ABYRG)

218 209 They won't care. The famines that will begin in the future will be blamed on the Little and Great Satans, like every other problem facing Iran.

Death-cult mentality.

The people in charge will allow every man, woman, and child to be sacrificed before they bend a single inch.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 27, 2026 08:49 AM (gnNyN)

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They can be a death cult as long as they still want to get paid.

The financial sanctions in Gulf States against Iranian actors is part of the blockade.

These people in nation aren't swimming in dollars. They can't pay their soldiers.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 27, 2026 08:53 AM (pT0dx)

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