The Morning Report

The Morning Report — 7/ 7 /26

Good morning kids. So a couple of big stories are shaking up the domestic political scene this morning. First and least surprising are the latest in a series of revelations about Democrat Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner:

Jenny Racicot, 41, told Politico that while she and Platner had been involved in an “on-and-off relationship,” in 2021 he allegedly “entered her rural Maine home uninvited one night” while intoxicated. Platner allegedly “forced himself on her while she repeatedly told him to stop.” “I remember him grabbing my pelvis and being really forceful of me,” Racicot explained to the outlet. “I remember the specific moment where I thought to myself, like, ‘This is no longer my choice.'”

So, a Nazi-loving Jew-hating rapist. As America's 250th birthday gradually recedes in the distance, I can honestly say I can't think of a more ideal presidential candidate . . . for the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Khamenei Funeral: Loyalists Call for Killing of Trump, Vance, and Conservative Influencers “As they passed under a bridge, mourners hurled stones at a billboard hung from above showing U.S. President Donald Trump with a bullet aimed at his head.”

If you didn't have the context, you'd swear that was a typical social media post from almost any leftist pol, media personality or average lefty wine mom.

Meh, Graham cracka Platner is just another cardboard cutout Democrat ~~Socialist~~, er Socialite. Shove his ass in a Cutlass Supreme and sink it off off the coast of Chappaquidick to see if he floats.

I guess I'm kind of shocked that the Democrats are not circling the wagons, given their propensity to reflexively do so every time one of their own are caught up in this kind of scandal, and sadly 99% of the time come out mostly unscathed.

“Graham Platner needs to immediately withdraw as the Democrat nominee for Senate and allow Maine Democrats the opportunity to choose a new candidate who can defeat Susan Collins,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Democrat Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) Chair Sen. Kristin Gillibrand of New York said in a statement. “The DSCC will not invest in the Maine Senate race if Platner remains on the ballot.” Democrat Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren also joined the pile-on, saying in a statement that “the best path forward is for Graham Platner to step aside,” while Democratic Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker wrote on X that Platner “must drop out” and that the party “should continue to stand with all survivors of sexual assault.”

Given this story and the rise of the DSA to preeminence in the Dem party, I can't understand how they are now seeing Platner as toxic waste.

A new YouGov survey found Democrats are more likely to view the Black Lives Matter flag positively than the American flag, with 74 percent expressing a very or somewhat positive opinion of the BLM flag compared with 72 percent for the U.S. flag. The poll also found ten percent of Democrats held a negative view of the American flag. Among Republicans, just ten percent said they viewed the BLM flag positively. The survey also measured reactions to other flags and symbols, finding only three percent of Democrats had a positive view of flags associated with President Donald J. Trump, while nine percent viewed the Confederate flag positively and 27 percent viewed the Palestinian flag favorably. The findings were released shortly after a Marist poll reported that fewer than half of Democrats said they were proud to be Americans, compared with 93 percent of Republicans. A 2025 Gallup poll similarly found a sharp partisan divide in national pride. YouGov surveyed 1,088 U.S. adults online between June 30 and July 2.

Elsewhere we have news that Mitch McConnell is unwell, or perhaps fast approaching room temperature.

Before politics enters the room, prayers should. I can't read about a possible heart crisis or stroke without thinking of my father, who lived through a heart attack, suffered a stroke, and endured hard months before he died.
Families live inside those hours; they're not campaign props.
But McConnell isn't only a husband, father, and grandfather. He is Kentucky's senior senator, holding one of 100 seats in a chamber where every vote cast decides war powers, judges, spending, taxes, and the president's agenda. If he's recovering, Kentucky deserves to know enough to trust that recovery. If he's gravely ill, Kentucky deserves honesty without cruelty.
Conservative activist Laura Loomer and journalist Desiree Townsend claimed Monday that McConnell has been declared “brain dead,” citing unnamed sources. McConnell's office hasn't confirmed or denied that claim.

Mitch McConnell's record has to say the least been spotty at best when it comes to advancing an America first constitutional agenda and opposing the Democrat traitors who have run wild especially since the coming of Obama and well before that. McConnell and all the other elderly doddering career politicians on both sides of the aisle who enrich themselves via elective office are why we desperately need term limits, as well as the severest of penalties for graft. Public flogging perhaps.

As if to underscore that, we have McConnell's wife.

Former U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao traveled to Beijing just three days after her husband, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), was rushed to the hospital following an apparent heart attack that required CPR.

Nope, not a smidgen of a hint of corruption at all, eh? This would be the same China that's doing this... Between Chao, Swalwell, the late Feinstein whose lifelong chauffeur was a Chi-Com spy and how many others nationally and locally who are the same, as well as all the spies in our academic institutions and the private sector, it's a race o see who finishes us off first, them or the Muslims...

The Congressional Research Service (CRS) has tracked Chinese nuclear and missile proliferation concerns across multiple decades and report iterations. The six editions examined here span the period from May 2021 through May 2026. Taken together, they reveal a consistent underlying pattern—Chinese government-level transfers have largely ended, but a persistent, arguably worsening problem of Chinese entity-level proliferation continues unabated—while the diplomatic and rhetorical framing around that problem has shifted considerably over time.
These transfers undermine the official Chinese position—namely, that China firmly opposes the proliferation of nuclear weapons, missiles, and related technologies/means of delivery and commits to rigorous export controls while balancing nonproliferation with the peaceful uses of dual-use technologies, especially for developing countries (see “China's Non-Proliferation Policy and Measures").

Have a good day,

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

“I remember him grabbing my pelvis and being really forceful of me,” Racicot explained to the outlet. “I remember the specific moment where I thought to myself, like, ‘This is no longer my choice.'” (Dear Iran, I think we've found your ideal next president! - JJS)
Report: Graham Platner Accused of Breaking into Woman's House, Sexually Assaulting Her
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is 84, hospitalized, and surrounded by more rumor than fact.
If McConnell Is Gravely Ill, Kentucky Deserves Clarity

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

Our ‘theater-kid occupied government’ routinely attains to new heights of absurdity, as shown in Ketanji Brown Jackson’s antiracist screed.
KBJ’s Critical-Theory Defense Of Magic-Dirt Citizenship Erases Legitimacy Of Judicial Supremacy
THE IRAN CONFLICT, "PEACE DEAL" (aftermath??)
The elder Khamenei, who brutalized his citizens for decades as dictator, was eliminated in an American military action on February 28, as announced by President Donald Trump. The Iranian terror regime waited until the weekend of July 4, which marked the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States, to organize massive nationwide events of forced mourning for the bloodthirsty ruler.
Iran ‘Supreme Leader’ Skips His Dad Ayatollah Khamenei’s Funeral
“As they passed under a bridge, mourners hurled stones at a billboard hung from above showing U.S. President Donald Trump with a bullet aimed at his head.”
Khamenei Funeral: Loyalists Call for Killing of Trump, Vance, and Conservative Influencers
Can the Islamic Republic of Iran be trusted to abide by any deal it makes?
‘He Who Has No Taqiyya Has No Religion’
ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH . . . AND LEFTISTS. . . The U.N... AND HISTORY
Can you guess who's lying?
There Never Was ‘Starvation’ in Gaza
The UNITED STATES of AMERICA AT 250
Victor Davis Hanson: Mamdani’s Independence Day message says more about his own politics than the country that gave his family extraordinary opportunity.
Mamdani’s Embittered Fourth of July Rant to America
It matters what story we tell each other about ourselves and our nation.
A tale of two speeches: Trump's America at 250 v Mamdani's
CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
“Paying reparations is an admission of the crime. But it’s not an admission of the crime of a handful of bad apples or a few years of bad policy. It is the crime of the entire existence of the United States,” Hannah-Jones said.
1619 Project’s Nikole Hannah-Jones: ‘Entire Existence of the United States’ Is a ‘Crime’
The findings underscore the growing cultural and political divides in the U.S., particularly as the Democratic Party faces an internal transformation, with far-left socialist candidates gaining traction. The poll also coincides with broader trends showing declining patriotism among Democrats, as highlighted by a Marist survey indicating less than half of Democrats are proud to be Americans.
Poll: Democrats Say BLM Flag Better Than USA.
The nation's largest teachers union has unveiled their wish list of new business items
Teachers Union Calls For Trump’s Removal, Reparations, And ICE ‘Red Cards’
The Left's ferocious hatred of women who marry conservative men.
The Feminist Fashionistas Uncork Ugliness Against Usha
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
In one ruling, SCOTUS affirmed the president’s power to fire independent agency officials. On the same day, it invented a fourth branch of government to protect the Fed.
John Roberts Again Undermines SCOTUS Legitimacy With Irreconcilable Slaughter And Cook Opinions
Congress should pass it. Trump’s already bailed farmers out once since December 2025. He shouldn’t have to do it again just because Congress can’t get a tax bill across the finish line. Give farmers a customer instead of a check, feed America with American grown agriculture and create a whole new incentive structure that allows American family farms to thrive year after year.
There’s a Bill in Congress That Could End the Farm Bailout Cycle.
Or at least that's the impression I got from a Monday morning New York Post exclusive detailing the showdown between Gracie Mansion and local retailers threatened by Mamdani's campaign promise to build and operate city-run grocery stores.
New York Bodega Owners to City: Drop Dead!
Inspector General says 96 percent of audited transactions should not have been approved
Audit of Minority Business Development Agency Finds Mass Oversight Failure
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
Police say Sheikh Haque, 33, of Buffalo, burst into the Muslim Center of New York
Mosque Scare Turns Political Firestorm After Dems Leave Out One Key Detail
On July 3, French Jews visiting Barcelona, Spain, left a synagogue after Shabbat services and dinner, identifiable by the kippahs on their heads. I recently wrote about a video showing passersby unleashing rage on a journalist holding an Israeli flag on the streets of Barcelona. What happened to two of the French Jews on their walk back to their hotel shows that the kippah can trigger similar unhinged responses.
Barcelona Horror: Mob Chases French Jews Through City Streets
Now why, oh why, would he want to do that?
Muslim Police Officer in UK Wants to End Use of ‘Jihadist’ and ‘Islamist’ (Just say Muslim - jjs)
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY, PLUS VARIOUS & SUNDRY GODLESS HEATHENS
It never had their backs in the first place.
The Democrat Party Didn’t Abandon the Jews
The political question on the Left has quickly become whether to be an active driver of antisemitism or a passive enabler.
Antisemitism Is Not A Fringe Position In The Democrat Party
Janeese Lewis George made the comments as she courted an endorsement from the Democratic Socialists of America
Socialist Poised To Be DC's Next Mayor Says She Now Regrets Backing Resolution Condemning Antisemitism, Unearthed DSA Recording Shows
J-6 FBI/PELOSI-ENGINEERED FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH,
The release of this footage is expected to provide a more comprehensive understanding of the events of January 6, potentially influencing public opinion and ongoing legal proceedings.
BREAKING: Over 1000 More Hours of J6 Body Cam Footage Have Been Released.
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
Solar-powered black boxes have been installed in communities across the U.S. under the
guise of “public safety.” Yet, in true American
fashion, resistance is rising against what can only be described as the arrival of a full-fledged
surveillance state.
Flock Safety cameras, the most prominent brand in this AI surveillance space, are automated license plate readers (ALPRs) that
capture high-resolution images of every
passing vehicle. Flock and similar systems
now operate in thousands of communities,
with over 110,000 cameras mapped
nationwide, according to DeFlock, an
open-source project mapping license plate
readers.
Surveillance State Has Arrived, And Masked Heroes Are Already Fighting Back
America can't win the AI race, rebuild manufacturing, or strengthen national security without abundant, reliable nuclear power—and SMRs offer the fastest path forward.
Act Now to Solve the Data Center Power Problem
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
“Pro-worker conservatives need not listen to corporate America and its media allies’ lectures.”
Restoring the American Worker’s Agency
Multimillionaire politicians denounce billionaires as the source of all evil, to the applause of college graduates pretending to be working class. It’s a dangerous farce.
Trillionaires Like Elon Musk Aren’t A Problem For America, Envious Leftists Are
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
My forecast calls for sensible precautions and a healthy dose of skepticism toward overheated rhetoric.
Separating Weather from Hysteria: The ‘Double Heat Dome’ Story
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
I am sick and tired of being sick and tired of these people living and sh*tting on our streets, and you probably are too. It’s going to take some harsh measures to deal with the problem, but it’s a problem that has a solution, if only we had the political will to implement it.
Outlaw Homelessness and Make Workhouses & Asylums Great Again
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
Facing declining public school enrollment, the unions are litigating against SUNY to block a charter school.
New York Teachers’ Unions Latest Lawsuit to Limit School Choice
In 503 schools, majority of students failed both math and reading
Close to Half of New York City Schools Are Failing, New Report Says
Now the American government will have no part in propping up degree programs that may not even lead to a livable wage. A provision of the Big Beautiful Bill cuts them off from federal aid access if they can’t break the non-grad salary baseline.
The government is pulling student loan money from worthless college degree programs — and it’s about time
SECOND AMENDMENT
The right of self-defense shouldn't stop at the border, especially for Americans who have already proven themselves to be law-abiding.
Crossing a State Line Shouldn’t Cost You Your Right to Self-Defense
THE 2020 AND OTHER ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
Johnson announced his plan to include the SAVE America Act in a budget reconciliation package alongside $350 billion for the Pentagon and other spending priorities. This move would be difficult to achieve since it would aim to bypass the Senate filibuster and require support from House Republican holdouts.
Mike Johnson Has Plan To Pass Save America Act, But It Will Face Several Tripwires Along The Way
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY
Democrats who had previously pledged support for Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner have begun pulling their endorsements of the candidate following a new report of sexual assault from Politico.
Democrats Stick The Knife In Graham Platner

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https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2026/07/06/photo-democrat-senator-mark-kelly-torched-for-wearing-mexico-jersey-to-watch-world-cup-fking-clown/
PHOTO — Democrat Senator Mark Kelly Torched for Wearing Mexico Jersey to Watch World Cup: ‘F**king Clown’
Chao, a former transportation secretary, met with Chinese Vice President Han Zheng on June 17. There are images published by Chinese outlets showing the two seated together during talks ostensibly focused on relations between Washington and Beijing.
McConnell’s China-Connected Wife Met with China’s VP in Beijing 3 Days After Her Husband Was Rushed to Hospital
The House passed Republican Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie’s resolution on June 30 that directed the OCWR and House Ethics Committee to release a list of congressional members subject to sexual misconduct investigations and disclose cases that resulted in taxpayer-funded monetary settlements.
Congressional Office Silent For Now On Taxpayer Funds Doled Out For Lawmakers’ Sexual Misconduct Settlements
POLITICS
UPDATE: In response to the claims, a spokesperson for McConnell said the senator continues to improve in the hospital and is working closely with his staff on “Kentucky and Senate matters while the Senate is out of session.”
Laura Loomer, Reporter Claim Hospitalized Mitch McConnell Is ‘Brain Dead’
Democratic Socialists are their Marxist intentions.
The Taqiyya Communists
Today's socialists aren't reviving Marx—they're replacing faith with politics and promising comfort instead of freedom.
The New Socialists and What They Say about America
Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow’s abrupt exit from the race is being portrayed as a move by establishment Democrats to block El-Sayed from winning the primary.
Democrat Drops Out of Michigan Senate Primary in Bid to Stop Abdul El-Sayed
Glenn H. Reynolds: Kiros benefited from the DSA’s strategy of targeting low-turnout primary and local races to pick up seats using a disciplined voter-engagement machine.
Socialists prey on Americans’ apathy — even in places you’d never expect
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
Two explosions were reported Tuesday in Syria’s capital, Damascus, near a hotel where French President Emmanuel Macron was staying as part of his visit to the war-torn country.
Explosions heard in Damascus during French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit: reports (early Bastille Day festivities? - jjs)
The verdict will have significant implications for France’s political landscape, as the RN under either Le Pen or Bardella is currently leading French presidential polling by a significant margin. The attempt to ban Le Pen from standing is widely viewed as an attempt to prevent her from winning via legalistic rather than democratic means, similar to the efforts to bar Donald J. Trump from ballots or imprison him prior to the 2024 election in the U.S., and growing efforts to penalize Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage for a range of supposed administrative missteps in the United Kingdom.
French Courts Set to Rule on Le Pen’s Appeal Against Election Ban.
“You lost!"
French Far-Left Celebrates the Demographic Decline of the Indigenous French
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
For five years, Congressional reports have documented a troubling reality: Chinese entities continue supplying America's most dangerous adversaries.
Chinese Nuclear and Missile Proliferation
Sebastian Gorka unveils the threats facing America - and what the U.S. is doing about them.
PragerU Video: US Counterterrorism Strategy
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
Healthcare costs, including premiums, out-of-pocket costs, and drug prices, remain high, giving many far-left Democrats more reason to rally behind single-payer health care.
Socialist Democrat Surge Breathes Life into Medicare for All
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
Euclid is exactly the kind of space telescope the astronomy community should be building, in huge numbers, rather than whining about those satellite constellations blocking its big ground-based telescopes.
Europe’s Euclid optical space telescope discovers 31 new quasars in the very early universe
Or to put it even more bluntly, no matter how much lipstick the solar scientist community has tried to put on this pig, it remains a pig.
Sunspot update: The ramp down to solar minimum continued to stall in June
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
Kimberly Polk’s lawyers say the school district is making her mouth wrong-sex pronouns and hide from parents that their children are transitioning genders in school—in violation of her free exercise and free speech rights.
Maryland Teacher Takes Gender Policy Challenge to Supreme Court
When leftist delusions meet harsh realities.
Patti LuPone ‘Shocked’ That LGBTQ+ Cruise She Was Set to Perform on Was Banned From Traveling Through Turkey
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
Christian Toto: Late Rob Reiner stars in skit attacking President Trump with Fake News
Larry David’s ‘Life’ Shows Trump Derangement’s Cruel Side
Everything Obama Touches Turns to shit!
Director Jeff Schaffer Says Rob Reiner’s Final Role as George Washington in Larry David’s Obama-Produced HBO Show Is Reiner’s ‘Last Laugh’ Against Trump
“This ideological capture has moved the Museum’s mission away from straightforward historical education and scholarship toward an extreme political activism that seeks to transform our country,” the report states.
Smithsonian Leadership is ‘Extremist’ Says White House.
“Warning: The exhibits in this museum were prepared by people who don’t want you to love your country.” That’s a disclaimer every entrance to the National Museum of American History ought to display, according to a new White House report excoriating the Smithsonian Institution and its flagship museum.
Free the Smithsonian — and our history — from America-hating elites
Let’s stop letting perpetually miserable people define the moral terms of our lives. It’s time to make generational ambition honorable again.
Democratic Socialists Who Failed At Life Are Weaponizing Envy To Destroy American Families
HITHER & YON
An Independence Day movie depicts a young man learning to carry the weight of destiny.
‘Young Washington’: The Forging of a Hero

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1 Happy Tuesday

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 07, 2026 07:30 AM (/+uur)

2 Good morning, Horde!

Posted by: NR Pax at July 07, 2026 07:30 AM (/k3in)

3 st?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 07, 2026 07:31 AM (3Ope8)

4 And I'm still at home because the contract hasn't been finalized yet. Day drinking is on the schedule, pants are optional.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 07, 2026 07:31 AM (/k3in)

5 Nooded. Mornin', Horde.

Posted by: Nazdar at July 07, 2026 07:31 AM (NcvvS)

6 Damn! Missed it by >

Good morning!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 07, 2026 07:32 AM (3Ope8)

7 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at July 07, 2026 07:32 AM (u8Jvs)

8 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 07, 2026 07:32 AM (u82oZ)

9 Good morning dear morons and happy birthday JJ

Platner is finished because Ro Khanna is not going to pay for his campaign any longer.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 07, 2026 07:35 AM (RIvkX)

10 Good morning JJ and horde

Posted by: Skip at July 07, 2026 07:35 AM (sgkY8)

11 Welp. I watched the FIFA match between USA and Belgium last night at a friends house.

What a patriotic crowd. In Seattle, no less. Alas, that energy did not translate to play on the field.

Now I can ignore soccer again. I reclaim my Man Card.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 07, 2026 07:35 AM (u82oZ)

12 As demonstrators set fire ⁠to U.S. and British flags, women in black chadors held aloft red placards with the English words “KILL TRUMP” in black letters.

Others held aloft posters with the faces of Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth or Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, each depicted in the crosshairs of a gunsight, with the words “There will be blood”.

So a DNC Rally.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 07, 2026 07:36 AM (/+uur)

13 San Franpsycho

How is your wife? Home?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 07, 2026 07:38 AM (u82oZ)

14 Willowed:
The spectacle in Tehran is infuriating. I'm so troubled by how this all went down. It's 1975 all over again. They won by losing.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 07, 2026 07:22 AM (RIvkX)

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

15 Thank you, JJ!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 07, 2026 07:38 AM (VyBeY)

16 Sunny Hostin Says She Feels That Any Community with American Flags Is Automatically Racist

… that’s called bigotry, Sunny

Posted by: SMOD at July 07, 2026 07:38 AM (IrKJc)

17 Thanks Salty for asking. No not yet, hoping for discharge today. They still need culture results before they can stop the IV antibiotics.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 07, 2026 07:39 AM (RIvkX)

18 San Franpsycho

Let them rage against our might. We steam ahead, and Iran is a dingy spinning in the Euphrates. Until after midterms.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 07, 2026 07:40 AM (u82oZ)

19 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at July 07, 2026 07:40 AM (zim0n)

20 SanFranpsycho, follow the money always tell the story. FEC filings reports are informative.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 07, 2026 07:40 AM (afJtY)

21 Jasmine Crockett is still fuming about her Senate primary loss:

“It was a racist race."

"But we live in America and y'all are celebrating 250, ok? We know what this country is."

Her own party didn’t want her to win. Attacks America anyway.

Posted by: SMOD at July 07, 2026 07:40 AM (IrKJc)

22 Cocaine Mitch just needs a little bump, he'll be right as rain.

Posted by: davidt at July 07, 2026 07:40 AM (Q+gd/)

23 Maine is a state populated with perverts and Kentucky won't stop beating a dead horse. Same as it ever was.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 07, 2026 07:42 AM (fkjGs)

24 Good lord, the links today are horrifying. There is some very scary stuff bubbling up quickly to the surface with the Democrat party. Not only here, but leftists all over the world have become openly and proudly violent in words and deeds. There is no putting the toothpaste back in its tube anymore. Unhinged madness.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 07, 2026 07:42 AM (qBdHI)

25 Islam has a problem with Gays, Jews, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists, Hindus, women, non-Muslims, atheists apostates, beer, wine, bacon & dogs
but if I have a problem with Islam,
I'm the bigot & Islamophobic?
Can you see how ridiculous it is?

Occidentalphobia at it’s best

Posted by: SMOD at July 07, 2026 07:42 AM (IrKJc)

26 The spectacle in Tehran is infuriating. I'm so troubled by how this all went down. It's 1975 all over again. They won by losing.

There's a couple of generations there that are steeped anti-American vitriol. Much like Gaza. It's gonna take something akin to complete destruction, followed by complete removal of anything Islam to reconcile that.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 07, 2026 07:43 AM (3Ope8)

27 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 07, 2026 07:43 AM (jehhT)

28 29 There's a couple of generations there that are steeped anti-American vitriol. Much like Gaza. It's gonna take something akin to complete destruction, followed by complete removal of anything Islam to reconcile that.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 07, 2026 07:43 AM (3Ope

Ditto the anti-American Left and Democrats.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 07, 2026 07:44 AM (x0n13)

29 The Biden Regime gave roughly 4,000,000 illegal aliens Social Security.
Last month, the Trump Administration said they took 300,000 illegal aliens off of Social Security.
Does this mean 3,700,000 illegal aliens are still getting Social Security?

Don’t ever tell me the Republicans are destroying Social Security

Posted by: SMOD at July 07, 2026 07:45 AM (IrKJc)

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

Time of a crop report. Winter wheat harvest in Kansas is almost over. Amount harvested is way down.

Drought in Western Kansas is sending a lot of calves to market, as there is no fodder. Given the three years from calf to market lag, beef will remain expensive.

Local corn is looking excellent, as Eastern Kansas had just enough rain. But corn should be grown in wetter states, like Iowa.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 07, 2026 07:45 AM (u82oZ)

31 Who gave Elaine Chao permission to act on America's behalf with the Chinese while her husband was in the hospital dying?

Posted by: Jaimo at July 07, 2026 07:45 AM (2noDb)

32 In b4 the flood. May the angels carry Mitch away soon to his rewards, and may Kentucky elect a much better man to replace him.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at July 07, 2026 07:45 AM (JNTt1)

33 The audit found that $15.4 billion of the $16 billion in transactions reviewed were "duplicate transactions, transactions with missing or inadequate documentation, and transactions that MBDA should not have approved based on the underlying activity."

I worked with the Aleutian Companies for about 8 or 9 years. They would fail on contract after contract but then always would get a bailout to cover their mistakes.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 07, 2026 07:45 AM (/+uur)

34 Congressional Office Silent For Now On Taxpayer Funds Doled Out For Lawmakers’ Sexual Misconduct Settlements

==

It absolutely infuriates me that the American taxpayers should be on the hook for these Congress slimeballs. It's unbelievable such a "fund" was ever created. Each individual pig in Congress that has to settle a sexual misconduct suit should be forced to do so out of their own freaking pocket. Not mine!

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 07, 2026 07:47 AM (qBdHI)

35 Posted by: J.J. Sefton at July 07, 2026 07:44 AM (x0n13)

Lincoln should have outlawed the Democratic party as a function of the Confederacy's surrender.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 07, 2026 07:47 AM (3Ope8)

36 So Mitch is dead (or about to be) so Chow flies to China to make sure the grift still flows.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 07, 2026 07:47 AM (/+uur)

37 Word on the street is that McConnell's essentially brain dead after a massive heart attack. His wife reportedly is, or was, in China when this went down.

McCain's funeral is probably officially over so the turtle can take his place.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 07, 2026 07:47 AM (jehhT)

38 I've enjoyed watching Democrats trying to thread the needle on Graham Platner.

Being shameless and amoral, Democrats are incapable of seeing their own hypocrisy about him.

Fvcking hypocrites.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 07, 2026 07:48 AM (RIvkX)

39 > I remember him grabbing my pelvis...

Pelvis is the new Pussy

Posted by: Community Notes at July 07, 2026 07:48 AM (U4c/V)

40 >They would fail on contract after contract but then always would get a bailout to cover their mistakes.
Posted by: rhennigantx at July 07, 2026 07:45 AM
+++

It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.

Posted by: Kramer at July 07, 2026 07:48 AM (2Ez/1)

41 Grocery stores and bodegas in NYC are flipping over Mamdami's plans to open city-owned competition.

Ironically, Western Beef is the best chain serving NYC's poorer neighborhoods. It's the opposite of Whole Foods. Good stuff at great prices, without pretension.

It's been run by the Gambino family for decades. It got a shout-out on The Sopranos.

Posted by: Ignoramus at July 07, 2026 07:49 AM (dtajH)

42 40 - I think Chao went to China 3 days after he entered the hospital. Not before.

Posted by: Jaimo at July 07, 2026 07:50 AM (2noDb)

43 "But we live in America and y'all are celebrating 250, ok? We know what this country is."

Then leave. There are so many countries where blacks are the majority and you can live in a racism free world. You won't be missed. Hell, most of us would chip in for the plane ticket.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 07, 2026 07:50 AM (/k3in)

44 Someone explain to me why some senator's wife is meeting the HMFIC of China. Everything and everyone that backstabbing POS is associated with should be investigated.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at July 07, 2026 07:50 AM (3Ope8)

45 {{{Lady in Black}}}

This instability has precedence from the 1880s forward to 1914. Revolutionaries wanted the overthrow of society norms then, using the Word and the Deed.
Killed a number of leaders, and helped led to the big civilizational error of World War I.

Can we escape doom? I think so. There are positive trends under the surface as well.

We don't really need Elon and his baby mammas on Mars to save humanity.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 07, 2026 07:51 AM (u82oZ)

46 Elaine Chow?
We'll add it to the lineup.

Posted by: Purina, Inc. at July 07, 2026 07:52 AM (2Ez/1)

47 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 07, 2026 07:53 AM (ExV1e)

48 I don't know if it was covered but big news out of INEL:
30 MW nuclear reactors were turned on and produced electricity.
Just about an hour before Trump's July 4th deadline.

If I understand correctly, these are the shipping container sized reactors that can be transported by airplane.
They have zero risk of meltdown and are expected to be deployed in 2027 in full operation.

So you can see why China is so desperate to get the public against data centers now before they become self-powered.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 07, 2026 07:53 AM (3cUTc)

49 Khanna and Gallego withdraw Platner endorsements
Rep. Ro Khanna called for Graham Platner to drop out of the Maine Senate race following a POLITICO report about an allegation of sexual assault.

Posted by: SMOD at July 07, 2026 07:54 AM (IrKJc)

50 Judge Says Alleged Jan 6 Pipe Bomber Brian Cole Not Covered by Trump’s Sweeping J6 Pardons

Posted by: SMOD at July 07, 2026 07:55 AM (IrKJc)

51 So Mitch is dead (or about to be) so Chow flies to China to make sure the grift still flows.
Posted by: rhennigantx

Get out of the country so she isn't extradited.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 07, 2026 07:55 AM (zim0n)

52 I used to have a different nic

Any modesty left after the urology nurses?

I know that for you, with a Fleet sailor past, pants are removable around young ladies without an issue.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 07, 2026 07:55 AM (u82oZ)

53 Khamenei Funeral: Loyalists Call for Killing of Trump, Vance, and Conservative Influencers
“As they passed under a bridge, mourners hurled stones at a billboard hung from above showing U.S. President Donald Trump with a bullet aimed at his head.”

… it’s not Islamophobia when they actually want you dead

Posted by: SMOD at July 07, 2026 07:57 AM (IrKJc)

54 America can't win the AI race, rebuild manufacturing, or strengthen national security without abundant, reliable nuclear power—and SMRs offer the fastest path forward.

Our Navy operates around 100 Nukes. We should be the experts in SMRs. We need a Henry Ford that can produce one or 2 every month and then get to 1 a week.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 07, 2026 07:57 AM (/+uur)

55 57 Khamenei Funeral: Loyalists Call for Killing of Trump, Vance, and Conservative Influencers
“As they passed under a bridge, mourners hurled stones at a billboard hung from above showing U.S. President Donald Trump with a bullet aimed at his head.”

… it’s not Islamophobia when they actually want you dead
Posted by: SMOD at July 07, 2026 07:57 AM (IrKJc)

I got a rock!

Posted by: Mohemmed C Brown at July 07, 2026 07:58 AM (/+uur)

56 The Expert Class Created a Perfect System: They Accuse, They Censor, and They Never Have to Prove a Damn Thing

Posted by: SMOD at July 07, 2026 07:59 AM (IrKJc)

57 Deserve's got nothing to do with it.

Posted by: William Munny at July 07, 2026 07:59 AM (QaH55)

58 Judge Says Alleged Jan 6 Pipe Bomber Brian Cole Not Covered by Trump’s Sweeping J6 Pardons

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Then Biden's sweeping pardons are not covered. Fair is fair.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 07, 2026 07:59 AM (qBdHI)

59 37> Congressional Office Silent For Now On Taxpayer Funds Doled Out For Lawmakers’ Sexual Misconduct Settlements

Now I see why Platner is being denied. The Congressional Office ran a risk profile on him and saw that his conduct would likely bankrupt the Hush Money Fund.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 07, 2026 08:00 AM (nCgQz)

60 rhennigantx

The real issue is not building the reactors, but in training operators and maintainers.

SMR reactor design can be improved for land operation. No need for very quiet operation and small sizes. Inherently safe reactors should be built for land operation.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 07, 2026 08:00 AM (u82oZ)

61 Tulsi Gabbard Exposed the Permanent Government’s Favorite Trick: Let America Vote, Then Decide What the President Is Allowed to Know

Posted by: SMOD at July 07, 2026 08:00 AM (IrKJc)

62 Congress should pass it. Trump’s already bailed farmers out once since December 2025. He shouldn’t have to do it again just because Congress can’t get a tax bill across the finish line. Give farmers a customer instead of a check, feed America with American grown agriculture and create a whole new incentive structure that allows American family farms to thrive year after year.

https://youtu.be/db1ggULaK8I

22 minute video on how Jeremy Clarkson is revitalizing British farming - without using the government to do it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 07, 2026 08:01 AM (ExV1e)

63 58> We need a Henry Ford that can produce one or 2 every month and then get to 1 a week.

Musk is the Rubio of "We need to do this..."

Posted by: Community Notes at July 07, 2026 08:02 AM (nCgQz)

64 The new Golden Age of America will include:
- nuclear powered manufacturing that no cheap foreign labor can compete with
- nuclear powered desalination and pumping stations with canal and aquaducts bringing water to every corner of America
- nuclear power for homes and businesses it'll almost seem free
- nuclear powered AI and data

It will be an age of prosperity, peace and wonder never before seen.

And now you know why the orcs, trolls and communists are going to stop at nothing to win this year and 2028:
Men don't need their small, petty, corrupt system of greed, envy and theft when they are prosperous.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 07, 2026 08:02 AM (3cUTc)

65 We need a Henry Ford that can produce one or 2 every month and then get to 1 a week.

And we need thousands of trained techs ready to work. This could be one hell of an opportunity even if the Left will argue that "only a few people will have the jobs" and "they won't be paid a living wage."

Posted by: NR Pax at July 07, 2026 08:03 AM (/k3in)

66 Tulsi Gabbard:

And so I was waiting, time was 9.15, 9.30, I gotta go, I didn't have what I needed. And long story
short, the president needed to push the meeting back an hour, which saved me, because this guy
who was responsible for printing refused to print it because he disagreed with what was on the
paper. And turns out he actually did print it, but then he locked it in his desk and refused to open
his desk.
My chief of staff went down and said, the director needs to present this to the president. We need
this. And he said, no, I refuse.
And so my chief brought down my head of a general counsel who said, the director needs this for the president. I refuse. And he would not do this until his boss back at his home agency said it
was okay to do it.
Ridiculous. There are other examples that are far more serious and grave that would make you
concerned for the integrity and future of our republic as I am. We must remain vigilant.
This isn't a Democrat or Republican issue. These people have been doing this across
administrations for decades and longer. They thrive in the gaps between elections.

Posted by: SMOD at July 07, 2026 08:04 AM (IrKJc)

67 And he would not do this until his boss back at his home agency said it was okay to do it.

Five minutes with a baseball bat can solve the problem.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 07, 2026 08:05 AM (/k3in)

68 I'll do a check of Platner lawn signs on my way to my lunch spot 4 miles from my house later today.

As of this weekend, there were 13 Platner signs in a 4 mile stretch between my house and town.

I'm willing to bet they're all still there.

Posted by: Defenestratus at July 07, 2026 08:07 AM (WYStd)

69 I always had the impression the turtle’s marriage was one of convenience not love… but she could have better taste than to hustle to China with her husband in the hospital

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 07, 2026 08:08 AM (hxAVk)

70 NR Pax

We need more homeschooled kids for operators. Under our current educational system, we lack the mass of educated people that can be trusted with reactor safety. Math skills and common sense are both needed.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 07, 2026 08:08 AM (u82oZ)

71 62> Judge Says Alleged Jan 6 Pipe Bomber Brian Cole Not Covered by Trump’s Sweeping J6 Pardons

Judges now assume Art. II, § 2, cl. 1 power.

Can we get a ~~Hawaiian~~ Texas judge to use his/her new judicial powers to strip Dr Death Fauci of his Double-O license to kill?

Posted by: Community Notes at July 07, 2026 08:09 AM (pUU4E)

72 Term limits and other fixes (like campaign finance) will never ever fix the problem:
The size, scope and reach of the federal government.

Until that is fixed, like water flowing downhill, corruption, graft and theft will find a way in and take control.

And even then, it only works if the people are moral, practicing Christians.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 07, 2026 08:10 AM (3cUTc)

73 Who gave Elaine Chao permission to act on America's behalf with the Chinese while her husband was in the hospital dying?
Posted by: Jaimo at July 07, 2026 07:45 AM (2noDb)

A spokesperson stated the travel was a long-planned trip to support family philanthropic endeavors, but her office has not commented on her specific return date.

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

Don't allow hyperventilating pundits, out to make you emotional on an issue by providing you a false narrative, to control your life.

She is 73. He is 84. They're both politicians and have no children.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 07, 2026 08:10 AM (ExV1e)

74 Ciao Chao Chow.

Posted by: Purina VP of Marketing at July 07, 2026 08:11 AM (2Ez/1)

75 Brian Cole isn't a J6er, he is a plant to frame J6ers

Posted by: Skip at July 07, 2026 08:12 AM (sgkY8)

76 70 We need more homeschooled kids for operators.

Agreed 100%. I also think Navy folks with nuke training at the end of their contract get some very tempting offers to stay in the field.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 07, 2026 08:12 AM (/k3in)

77 It absolutely infuriates me that the American taxpayers should be on the hook for these Congress slimeballs. It's unbelievable such a "fund" was ever created. Each individual pig in Congress that has to settle a sexual misconduct suit should be forced to do so out of their own freaking pocket. Not mine!
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 07, 2026 07:47 AM (qBdHI)

It infuriates me more that the details of the payouts should be permitted to be secret. Fine, keep the payee's name out of the news but we deserve to know who's antics our tax dollars are paying for.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 07, 2026 08:12 AM (ExV1e)

78 huh, howboutthat ... re a link up above

I strongly recommend that everyone visit deflock.org and take a look at the automated license plate reader cameras in your area.

even out here among the cows and corn there are a few on the major roads.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 07, 2026 08:13 AM (VyBeY)

79 But we need the page views!

Posted by: Hyperventilating pundits at July 07, 2026 08:13 AM (2Ez/1)

80 66> These people have been doing this across
administrations for decades and longer

Tulsi should have sent down some Guido looking character to use the guy's face to open the locked desk drawer.

Leave the door open so others can hear the process in all of its glory.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 07, 2026 08:13 AM (pUU4E)

81 I remember when Elaine Caio become Transportation Sec under Trump's first go around. Was supposed to be 4D chess, master stroke (heh heh heh) to keep Ole Mitch in line with MAGA.

Yeah.

Posted by: GigantorX at July 07, 2026 08:14 AM (V+1T5)

82 Did Platner break in or had she previously given him a key?

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 07, 2026 08:14 AM (wVcYX)

83 > but she could have better taste than to hustle to China with her husband in the hospital
----

'in sickness, and in health...'

or, whatever's convenient

Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2026 08:14 AM (ZxPkt)

84 60 rhennigantx

The real issue is not building the reactors, but in training operators and maintainers.

SMR reactor design can be improved for land operation. No need for very quiet operation and small sizes. Inherently safe reactors should be built for land operation.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 07, 2026 08:00 AM (u82oZ)

I would bet there are 1000s of Sailors that could be trained.

Posted by: Mohemmed C Brown at July 07, 2026 08:14 AM (/+uur)

85 off sox

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 07, 2026 08:14 AM (/+uur)

86 Any modesty left after the urology nurses?

Sadly... my underwear stayed in place and they covered the area with a cloth so, yes, my modesty is intact.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 07, 2026 08:15 AM (ExV1e)

87 They're trying to get rid of Platner for the other non-woman stuff.

I mean he's a pedo and a Nazi. They just want to shake him off and make people think he's just another Frat Boy Gone Wild.

Posted by: ... at July 07, 2026 08:15 AM (pcDUa)

88 Then Biden's sweeping pardons are not covered. Fair is fair.
Posted by: Lady in Black at July 07, 2026 07:59 AM (qBdHI)

Brian Cole was never jailed as part of J6. He's the black guy who planted the 'bombs' at the RNC and DNC.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 07, 2026 08:16 AM (ExV1e)

89 "he locked it in his desk and refused to open
his desk"

"I have a crowbar, and there are two ways I could use it. Choose wisely." Then fire his fucking treasonous ass.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at July 07, 2026 08:16 AM (cJcas)

90 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at July 07, 2026 08:16 AM (53oGX)

91 I strongly recommend that everyone visit deflock.org and take a look at the automated license plate reader cameras in your area.

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Wow, that map is...saturated with these flock readers! Even in my rural, small town in upstate SC, there's a few right here.

Posted by: Lady in Black at July 07, 2026 08:17 AM (qBdHI)

92 73 - doesn't answer my question since it was said that she was there to see how they could have better relations with the US and China not her shipping company.

Posted by: Jaimo at July 07, 2026 08:18 AM (2noDb)

93 That double heat dome story? Take a look at that image and tell me that Miss USA hasn't hit puberty:

https://tinyurl.com/mryekuua

Posted by: George V at July 07, 2026 08:19 AM (HUbHH)

94 Democrats who had previously pledged support for Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner have begun pulling their endorsements of the candidate following a new report of sexual assault from Politico.
Democrats Stick The Knife In Graham Platner

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And now we are supposed to forget that the likes of Kahanna(D standard-bearer), Gillibrand (head of DCCC), Schumer (leader), Booker(another leader) supported this creep - after the nazi tattoo, after the smut, after woman coming out on record with assault story, after everything that was unearthed about this guy. Sure, good luck with that.

Posted by: runner at July 07, 2026 08:19 AM (GD0B3)

95 I know absolutely nothing about soccer and even I knew our guys sucked last night. I wonder if the involvement of Trump in getting the red card pulled had something to do with how crappy they played.

Posted by: Jaimo at July 07, 2026 08:19 AM (2noDb)

96 And so my chief brought down my head of a general counsel who said, the director needs this for the president. I refuse. And he would not do this until his boss back at his home agency said it
was okay to do it.

So this should have read...

And so my chief brought down my head of maintenance who used a crowbar to open the employee's desk drawer as he was being escorted from the building as having been fired for cause.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 07, 2026 08:19 AM (ExV1e)

97 1. Sign MOU with Iran agrees to keep the Strait of Hormuz open
2. Iran attacks tankers and charges ransoms
3. Winning!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 07, 2026 08:19 AM (RIvkX)

98 Lady in Black

Got some on the main roads near the town of Manhattan. The rural roads are free of them.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 07, 2026 08:21 AM (u82oZ)

99 afJtY)

22 Jasmine Crockett is still fuming about her Senate primary loss:

“It was a racist race."

"But we live in America and y'all are celebrating 250, ok? We know what this country is."

Her own party didn’t want her to win. Attacks America anyway.
Posted by: SMOD at July 07, 2026 07:40 AM (IrKJc)

Think about her target audience. She’s speaking to the black Texas voters who supported her. And she’s telling them “Talarico is part of the same racist system as all of them, don’t waste time or effort voting for him.”

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 07, 2026 08:21 AM (F297B)

100 I also think Navy folks with nuke training at the end of their contract get some very tempting offers to stay in the field.
Posted by: NR Pax at July 07, 2026 08:12 AM (/k3in)

Not as much as you might think. Way more operators getting out than plants which need them. At least back in the '90s.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 07, 2026 08:21 AM (ExV1e)

101 Good morning Horde thx JJ.
I would be willing to bet that the old time Dems forcing Platner out is there beginning of a fight back against the DSA types. The Republicans should do things to keep the old time Dems fighting the DSA. Of course the GOPe could screw it up

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 07, 2026 08:22 AM (20Ghg)

102 You should be concerned that Democrats will once again install a replacement, not elect one. They put absolutely no value in elections.

You should also be concerned that people like McConnell and his loathsome staff see a senate seat as their personal fiefdom to be held at all costs, rather than a representative position that ultimately belongs to the people.

Neither of those actions are worthy nor reflective of a democratic republic.

Posted by: Vengeance at July 07, 2026 08:23 AM (E24OL)

103 Not as much as you might think. Way more operators getting out than plants which need them. At least back in the '90s.
Posted by: I used to have a different nicp/i]

Sorry, I should have clarified that I was adding to what needs to happen if we build a lot of nuclear plants across this country.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 07, 2026 08:24 AM (/k3in)

104 And we also have to make sure the future operators and techs are American only.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 07, 2026 08:25 AM (/k3in)

105 >>>Before politics enters the room, prayers should.

F you. War!

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 07, 2026 08:26 AM (dK+Kv)

106 I guess I'm kind of shocked that the Democrats are not circling the wagons, given their propensity to reflexively do so every time one of their own are caught up in this kind of scandal, and sadly 99% of the time come out mostly unscathed.
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If he were ten points up on Collins, they would absolutely be circling the wagons. Democrats DGAF about rape, only power.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 07, 2026 08:26 AM (m2jvM)

107 You should be concerned that Democrats will once again install a replacement, not elect one. They put absolutely no value in elections.

You should also be concerned that people like McConnell and his loathsome staff see a senate seat as their personal fiefdom to be held at all costs, rather than a representative position that ultimately belongs to the people.

Neither of those actions are worthy nor reflective of a democratic republic.
Posted by: Vengeance at July 07, 2026 08:23 AM (E24OL)
=====

This guy gets it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 07, 2026 08:26 AM (RIvkX)

108 >I wonder if the involvement of Trump in getting the red card pulled had something to do with how crappy they played.

Posted by: Jaimo
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turns out, the Belgians are really good at soccer

Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2026 08:26 AM (ZxPkt)

109 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2026 08:26 AM (2YhKe)

110 Y'all missed me, didn't you........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2026 08:27 AM (2YhKe)

111 Conservative activist Laura Loomer and journalist Desiree Townsend both claimed Monday that Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has been declared “brain dead,” citing unnamed sources.

Maybe Mitch and the New Supreme Taco Leader of Iran can hold hands and cross the rainbow bridge.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 07, 2026 08:27 AM (/+uur)

112 Footage needs to be played over and over of Gillibrand and Warren's previous support for the rapist Nazi Jew hater........

"Fully vetted," they said.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2026 08:27 AM (2YhKe)

113 16 Sunny Hostin Says She Feels That Any Community with American Flags Is Automatically Racist

… that’s called bigotry, Sunny

Posted by: SMOD at July 07, 2026 07:38 AM (IrKJc)

It's propaganda intended to implant anti-American/White/etc. association with the US Flag into the mold-able minds of people who watch the View, along with those who watch clips of Sunny's BS on social media, MSLSD, and CNN.

Zombie Joseph Goebbels admires the View as a propaganda dissemination vehicle.

Posted by: Gref at July 07, 2026 08:28 AM (5rh/l)

114 Also, fvck Turkey and the Islamist Fascist Who Wears a Tie.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 07, 2026 08:28 AM (RIvkX)

115 I actually watched a bit of the US soccer game last night. The US defense blew chunks

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 07, 2026 08:28 AM (20Ghg)

116 Khanna and Gallego withdraw Platner endorsements
Rep. Ro Khanna called for Graham Platner to drop out of the Maine Senate race following a POLITICO report about an allegation of sexual assault.
Posted by: SMOD at July 07, 2026 07:54 AM (IrKJc)
********
The only reason why the Dems are pulling their endorsement is because Platner was starting to lose to Susan Collins in the polls. Everything else is BS from them.. if he were ahead in the polls, they would still be supporting him

Posted by: redridinghood at July 07, 2026 08:28 AM (NpAcC)

117 Sign MOU with Iran agrees to keep the Strait of Hormuz open
2. Iran attacks tankers and charges ransoms
3. Winning!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 07, 2026 08:19 AM (RIvkX)

This is a shocking development and how dare you.

Posted by: runner at July 07, 2026 08:29 AM (GD0B3)

118
https://tinyurl.com/mryekuua

Posted by: George V at July 07, 2026 08:19 AM (HUbHH)

So, it's a boob thread?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2026 08:29 AM (2YhKe)

119 Laura Looner also said Ron DeSantis's wife faked her cancer for sympathy. Screw her.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 07, 2026 08:30 AM (m2jvM)

120 Mornin’, All.

Posted by: Bulg at July 07, 2026 08:30 AM (77rzZ)

121 Footage needs to be played over and over of Gillibrand and Warren's previous support for the rapist Nazi Jew hater........

"Fully vetted," they said.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2026 08:27 AM (2YhKe)

He WAS fully vetted. They weren't lying. They all knew all of this.

And supported him anyway.

The only reason ANYONE is backing away is because now a leftist in good standing is accusing him. They were all totally okay with him assaulting non-leftists and/or children on Kik.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 07, 2026 08:30 AM (xA5g+)

122 @106 Platner also is raising no money. The Dems are broke and he's not helping. The Dems have outsourced fundraising but they're still on thin ice monetarily

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 07, 2026 08:30 AM (20Ghg)

123 95 I know absolutely nothing about soccer and even I knew our guys sucked last night. I wonder if the involvement of Trump in getting the red card pulled had something to do with how crappy they played.
Posted by: Jaimo at July 07, 2026 08:19 AM (2noDb)

I just happened upon an ABC (Australia) video and the comments were paused because - they were overwhelmingly pro-Belgium. Saying FIFA and the WC was saved because we lost and therefore Trump lost.

The world is insufferable. I fucking loathe soccer but from what I can tell, the "foul" was incidental and Trump merely asked FIFA to review it... NOT reverse it - which probably would have happened even if Trump hadn't picked up the phone.

Plus, apparently Starmer has done the same damn thing but nobody gave a f about that because Starmer is a limp wristed soyboy.

Posted by: Defenestratus at July 07, 2026 08:30 AM (WYStd)

124 I have no sympathy for McConnell. Let him die and decrease the surplus population.

Posted by: Bulg at July 07, 2026 08:32 AM (77rzZ)

125 Today Is National Macaroni Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 07, 2026 08:32 AM (NpAcC)

126 I actually watched a bit of the US soccer game last night. The US defense blew chunks
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 07, 2026 08:28 AM (20Ghg)

I saw only the 'high'lights. WTF was THAT?!?

Check their Draft Kings. They would've been beat by the women's team with that lackluster dogshit effort.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2026 08:32 AM (2YhKe)

127 It's propaganda intended to implant anti-American/White/etc. association with the US Flag into the mold-able minds of people who watch the View
——

Divide and conquer. Tribalism.

The one thread that has held America together, not perfectly though in an excellent manner, has been under attack for a few decades now. Mostly implied, no pretense at subtlety now. They have long wanted their race wars and open conflict.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 07, 2026 08:32 AM (EISkR)

128 McConnell and his bride/handler have raked off millions through "gifts" from her "family" in China, and that's just what we know about, since it's on the books. I guarantee there's an order of magnitude more stashed all over the globe. In addition to the decades of influence-peddling and intelligence work on behalf of the PRC, there is also going to be a shitload of kompromat on our loathsome Senators these two treacherous kleptocrats have been sitting on for personal use, which will no longer be needed.

It's time for the CCP to bring Elaine in from the cold, and whack up the take. This gander is dying, and the goose has flown home with the last payload of golden eggs.

The only thing I wonder about is now is whether the Ministry of State Security will risk sending her back into America for the nicety of attending the ridiculous funeral we'll put on for the traitor, or if she'll just blow it off.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 07, 2026 08:33 AM (BI5O2)

129
The only reason ANYONE is backing away is because now a leftist in good standing is accusing him. They were all totally okay with him assaulting non-leftists and/or children on Kik.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 07, 2026 08:30 AM (xA5g+)

Which is funny to me, especially because Tara Reade was a leftist in good standing when she credibly accused Biden of sexual assault.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2026 08:33 AM (2YhKe)

130 Today Is National Macaroni Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 07, 2026 08:32 AM (NpAcC)

Rattle can art FTW!

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 07, 2026 08:33 AM (wVcYX)

131
National Socialist - not a disqualifier
Islamo-Socialist - not a disqualifier

Great party you got there , Democrats.

Posted by: runner at July 07, 2026 08:34 AM (GD0B3)

132 McConnell and his bride/handler have raked off millions through "gifts" from her "family" in China, and that's just what we know about, since it's on the books.

Chao's family is from Taiwan, not the CCP.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 07, 2026 08:34 AM (ExV1e)

133 I have no sympathy for McConnell. Let him die and decrease the surplus population.
Posted by: Bulg at July 07, 2026 08:32 AM (77rzZ)

Why did his wife jet to Beijing shortly after he was hospitalized? Has she returned yet?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2026 08:34 AM (2YhKe)

134 >I actually watched a bit of the US soccer game last night. The US defense blew chunks

Posted by: Smell the Glove
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and the Belgians' defense kept the game in the US end of the field
hard to score when you can't get near the opponent's goal

Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2026 08:35 AM (ZxPkt)

135 132 - Sure she was born in Taiwan, but her parents were Chinese and fled China. She's Chinese.

Posted by: Jaimo at July 07, 2026 08:36 AM (2noDb)

136 OT

Nice story about veterans. From the "Sunny Skyz" site:

https://tinyurl.com/37srkz8d

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 07, 2026 08:36 AM (D+BhG)

137 Today Is National Macaroni Day

I noticed the bargain basement stuff really isn’t. Maybe they cheap out on the flour used to make it. If you’ve got a dish that needs more cooking, al-dente is the way to go, but the cheap macaroni won’t hold together.

I’ve a great recipe for Trailer Trash Goo-Lash that uses elbow macaroni. Great comfort food. Authentic to no known cuisine other than it tastes great

Posted by: Common Tater at July 07, 2026 08:36 AM (EISkR)

138 Common Tator, You should post that recipe for Trailer Trash Goo-Lash. I'm sure it would be a popular dish on this site.

Posted by: Jaimo at July 07, 2026 08:37 AM (2noDb)

139 Chao's family is from Taiwan, not the CCP.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 07, 2026 08:34 AM (ExV1e)
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Her father's links to the CCP are long-standing and well-documented.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 07, 2026 08:37 AM (RIvkX)

140
Chao's family is from Taiwan, not the CCP.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 07, 2026 08:34 AM (ExV1e

Yeah. And she's high-tailed it to Beijing, not Taipei - because all those lavish "gifts" didn't really come from her "family."

It's pretty clear where the business is actually being conducted at this point.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 07, 2026 08:37 AM (BI5O2)

141 You can call me unpatriotic of you wish, but I was glad the US team lost last night. Because I hate soccer; it’s a silly game and if we won that silly game would gain more prominence and attention. I don’t want that to happen. I’m a petty man….

BTW I haven’t watched a single second of WC but you can’t avoid the news about outcomes

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 07, 2026 08:38 AM (TCUO6)

142 Khamenei Funeral: Loyalists Call for Killing of Trump, Vance, and Conservative Influencers “As they passed under a bridge, mourners hurled stones at a billboard hung from above showing U.S. President Donald Trump with a bullet aimed at his head.”
If you didn't have the context, you'd swear that was a typical social media post from almost any leftist pol, media personality or average lefty wine mom.

Under the Biden Junta a retired vet made social media posts threatening Biden. The Junta sent an assault team and shot him with the FNM and media arguing anyone that makes a threat to harm the president deserves such a visit.

Now any time I go to a letwingers *routinely* post the same sort of threats on social media and I'm told that they have freedom of speech to call for this.

Note this isn't people saying they hate Trump, he should be impeached, he should be arrested, etc - these are flat out calls for murder/assassination

Posted by: 18-1 at July 07, 2026 08:39 AM (sKqQm)

143 My MiL who has never had a thought about soccer her entire life brought up the FIFA penalty at dinner last night. #OrangeManBad

If it is in the NYT it comes out her mouth.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 07, 2026 08:39 AM (RIvkX)

144 JJ's competition

@nypost
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38m
Coffee. Bagel. Morning Report. ✅ Subscribe now: https://trib.al/bH8XwEj

Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2026 08:39 AM (ZxPkt)

145 I haven't seen any chatter about Chao going to Beijing on lefty sites though they are all on board with "we should know if he is dead so the Dem governor can appoint a lefty senator"

Now the amusing part is if Chao went to say Russia in these circumstances that would be half of what they talked about here...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 07, 2026 08:40 AM (sKqQm)

146 From the overnight:

Harry Truman, for all his faults, had no hesitation whatsoever about dropping the bomb and often said so, repeatedly. I don’t know where this canard got started.

He generally lamented the great loss of life of the war in general. He was an old Artilleryman from World War First.

The thought process by many was while civilian casualties from any bombings conventional or otherwise were horrific the ultimate objective was to end the war as soon as possible, ultimately saving more lives in the long run. It was a difficult time for sure.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 07, 2026 08:40 AM (EISkR)

147 JJ's competition

@nypost
·
38m
Coffee. Bagel. Morning Report. ✅ Subscribe now: https://trib.al/bH8XwEj
Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2026 08:39 AM (ZxPkt)

JJ should sue.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2026 08:41 AM (2YhKe)

148 >>The only reason ANYONE is backing away is because now a leftist in good standing is accusing him. They were all totally okay with him assaulting non-leftists and/or children on Kik.

I think it's a bit more evil than that. It was Democrats who released this information not Republicans. Maine election law gives the nominee until July 13th to drop out and after that he stays on the ballot.

Platner has been falling rapidly in polling and Maine polling is notoriously weighted toward Democrats. He was going to lose and the Party knew it. So they knifed him and forced his hand.

The reason they are backing away is he was likely going to lose big and that is what the Party can't tolerate. Now they will force him to drop out and replace him. Probably still lose but at least they won't have to spend months battling these scandals instead of running a race. They don't give a damn about ethics, they care about winning.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 07, 2026 08:41 AM (viF8m)

149 Why did his wife jet to Beijing shortly after he was hospitalized? Has she returned yet?

My suspicion is that they’re afraid something prosecutable will come out when he’s formally declared dead and she wanted to be somewhere that isn’t extradition friendly when that happens. But we’ll see.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 07, 2026 08:41 AM (QZThv)

150 The best part about the USMNT Amber Heard'ing yesterday is that we can all go back to not giving a flying f*ck about soccer again.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2026 08:42 AM (2YhKe)

151 My MiL who has never had a thought about soccer her entire life brought up the FIFA penalty at dinner last night. #OrangeManBad

Lefties repeat narratives they don't think for themselves.

And the classic example of this is still in a live taping of the Colbert show he announced Trump had fired Comey and the crowd cheered - remember the FNM was telling people at the time Comey was a bad man for mentioned Hillary had committed felonies even if he wasn't going to prosecute her for it.

But then Colbert spent 5m browbeating and voxplaining to his audience and eventually they started booing the news instead.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 07, 2026 08:43 AM (sKqQm)

152 The reason they are backing away is he was likely going to lose big and that is what the Party can't tolerate. Now they will force him to drop out and replace him. Probably still lose but at least they won't have to spend months battling these scandals instead of running a race. They don't give a damn about ethics, they care about winning.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 07, 2026 08:41 AM (viF8m)
====

The Party Chooses.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 07, 2026 08:43 AM (RIvkX)

153 They are using the Frat Boy stuff to get rid of him but trust me he has way worse problems they already know about. Ones that might not be public yet.

Posted by: ... at July 07, 2026 08:43 AM (pcDUa)

154 Daniel Penny may sue Alvin Bragg for malicious prosecution. Good! I hope that he does:

https://tinyurl.com/35kmtefa

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 07, 2026 08:44 AM (D+BhG)

155
The reason they are backing away is he was likely going to lose big and that is what the Party can't tolerate. Now they will force him to drop out and replace him. Probably still lose but at least they won't have to spend months battling these scandals instead of running a race. They don't give a damn about ethics, they care about winning.
Posted by: JackStraw at July 07, 2026 08:41 AM (viF8m)

Then why front him in the first place? He's a nobody, he's done nothing, he's not likeable, has no credentials and brings absolutely nothing to the table but sexual assault and Naziism.

Seems a really f*cking stupid move, even for Democrats.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2026 08:44 AM (2YhKe)

156 "141 You can call me unpatriotic of you wish, but I was glad the US team lost last night. Because I hate soccer; it’s a silly game and if we won that silly game would gain more prominence and attention. I don’t want that to happen. I’m a petty man….

BTW I haven’t watched a single second of WC but you can’t avoid the news about outcomes"

Oh, good! I'm not the only one!

My dislike of soccer is greater than my love of America. Or I love America so much I don't want to see it poisoned further with this metric football nonsense.

Kickball. Bah.

Posted by: tsj017 at July 07, 2026 08:44 AM (xakWh)

157 The best part about the USMNT Amber Heard'ing yesterday is that we can all go back to not giving a flying f*ck about soccer again.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2026 08:42 AM (2YhKe)

[best Fonz voice] Exactamundo!!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 07, 2026 08:44 AM (TCUO6)

158 My suspicion is that they’re afraid something prosecutable will come out when he’s formally declared dead and she wanted to be somewhere that isn’t extradition friendly when that happens. But we’ll see.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 07, 2026 08:41 AM (QZThv)
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I had a similar suspicion.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 07, 2026 08:44 AM (FZ29D)

159 Its disappointing we can’t even beat the Eurofags at their stupid game.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 07, 2026 08:44 AM (QZThv)

160 soccer is terribly boring

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at July 07, 2026 08:44 AM (j+aD2)

161 Why did his wife jet to Beijing shortly after he was hospitalized? Has she returned yet?

I assume this is to coordinate strategy about announcing McConnell's death. Does Beijing want a short term Dem senator appointed by the Dem governor or would it be better to have McConnell's staff just pretend he is still alive and own the seat?

Posted by: 18-1 at July 07, 2026 08:45 AM (sKqQm)

162 Posted by: JackStraw at July 07, 2026 08:41 AM (viF8m)

I would guess they know about even more to uncover - like pedo stuff or more Nazi shit - so they want him out with things the public can swallow and forget more easily before they are stuck with him.

Posted by: ... at July 07, 2026 08:45 AM (pcDUa)

163 "...Way more operators getting out than plants which need them. At least back in the '90s.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 07, 2026 08:21 AM"

*checks calendar*

The '90s were 30 years ago.

Posted by: Person with a calendar at July 07, 2026 08:45 AM (2Ez/1)

164 BTW I haven’t watched a single second of WC but you can’t avoid the news about outcomes

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at July 07, 2026 08:38 AM (TCUO6)

Meh. It's endless gay flopping about.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at July 07, 2026 08:45 AM (dK+Kv)

165 Toyota to invest $3.6 billion to move Tacoma pickup truck production from Mexico to Texas.

Tacos should be made in Texas.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 07, 2026 08:46 AM (/+uur)

166 If they thought Platner could win, they would tell any lie, sacrifice any child, overlook any rape.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 07, 2026 08:46 AM (RIvkX)

167 I didn't care about metric kickball before, I don't now, and I never will.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 07, 2026 08:46 AM (m2jvM)

168 LOL

"Siraj Hashmi
@SirajAHashmi
15h
"I was okay with Graham Platner getting a Nazi Totenkopf tattoo, being physically abusive as a boyfriend, his racist & misogynistic comments on Reddit, sexting minors on Kik, wishing death on a fellow soldier, cranking hog in a porta-potty, lying about his reason for enlisting in the military for the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, leaving the military to work for Blackwater, and being a communist, but SEXUAL ASSAULT is where I DRAW THE LINE."

Posted by: runner at July 07, 2026 08:46 AM (GD0B3)

169 I remarked last night that Caepio and Crassus were austere patriots compared to our Senatorial class, and I don't think it's an exaggeration. These people are so nakedly corrupt it beggars belief.

Their Republic still collapsed under the weight of that ruling class's avarice and treachery. By the time of Crassus, the people of Rome were happy to see it go.

No system can bear the weight of leadership like this.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 07, 2026 08:46 AM (BI5O2)

170 Black Orchid

I recommend watching soccer intently if you have insomnia. It is a cure.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at July 07, 2026 08:46 AM (u82oZ)

171 Now any of the really bad shit that comes out will be accompanied by a "Remember Graham Platner?" and the public will be like "who?".

Posted by: ... at July 07, 2026 08:47 AM (pcDUa)

172 Oh, wait, they did.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 07, 2026 08:47 AM (RIvkX)

173 So is Men's Metric Kickball finished now?

Posted by: Don't really care at July 07, 2026 08:47 AM (2Ez/1)

174 My suspicion is that they’re afraid something prosecutable will come out when he’s formally declared dead and she wanted to be somewhere that isn’t extradition friendly when that happens. But we’ll see.
Posted by: Ian S. at July 07, 2026 08:41 AM (QZThv)

And the Chinese government was desperate to protect an old woman, with no children, whose link to power is dead or retiring?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 07, 2026 08:47 AM (ExV1e)

175 This is something I've mentioned before, but not long after 9/11 a whistleblower from the NSA came forward to say he was running a data analysis program that determined Mohammed Atta was in the US on an operation and his supervisor refused to investigate it.

It wasn't because the supervisor was in on 9/11 its because the whistleblower's program also showed a number of American politicians were being paid by China and THAT is what got his program shut down with the argument "China isn't our enemy and they are poor and insular why would they bribe our politicians?"

Posted by: 18-1 at July 07, 2026 08:47 AM (sKqQm)

176 Remember it's football. The NFL is gonna have to come up with a new name for their product. Why help them with the confusion? They fucking hate us.

Posted by: ... at July 07, 2026 08:48 AM (pcDUa)

177 I would guess they know about even more to uncover - like pedo stuff or more Nazi shit - so they want him out with things the public can swallow and forget more easily before they are stuck with him.

The DNC likely has a dossier on all of their own candidates to force them out when needed. Probably they had proof of something pedo with Biden, for instance.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 07, 2026 08:48 AM (QZThv)

178 Multimillionaire politicians denounce billionaires as the source of all evil, to the applause of college graduates pretending to be working class. It’s a dangerous farce.

The far left billionaire haters aren't envious. They need outlets for the poisonous bile that fills their souls. Stirring up her followers with insipid rage bait is the only way someone as bereft of charisma as Liz Warren can keep her disappointing visage in front of the public.

The left doesn't want possessions, they want to mock people they hate.

Posted by: Oglebay at July 07, 2026 08:48 AM (2ap+5)

179 And the Chinese government was desperate to protect an old woman, with no children, whose link to power is dead or retiring?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 07, 2026 08:47 AM (ExV1e)
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I wonder what point you are trying to make?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 07, 2026 08:49 AM (RIvkX)

180 From the article at the Federalist about the DSA:

Whenever a person achieves success, buys a home, or launches a business, the bitter arbiters of online misery waste no time throwing an insult disguised as an observation: “You’re just doing well because your parents had money to help you.”

The best answer to me is "No. I'm just superior to you. Blame your parents for raising a lesser child than what my parents made."

Posted by: NR Pax at July 07, 2026 08:49 AM (/k3in)

181 Fun game:

who among you hates soccer the most?

Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2026 08:49 AM (ZxPkt)

182 161> better to have McConnell's staff just pretend he is still alive

The administration should let the staffers and their handlers in China know that they can keep the ruse of McConnell being alive going for as long as "McConnell" votes for the SAVE America Act.

Posted by: Community Notes at July 07, 2026 08:49 AM (rgGn5)

183 Like I said yesterday, about half of reddit will be claiming today that they always knew Platner was a neo-NAZI republican plant.

Of course the other half will still be arguing that women lie about rape all the time and obviously this is the Zionists that control the Dem party forcing out a populist reformer that would easily win the general election

Posted by: 18-1 at July 07, 2026 08:49 AM (sKqQm)

184 Elaine Chao will receive the Medal of the Republic from The People's Republic of China in a private ceremony.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 07, 2026 08:50 AM (wVcYX)

185 136 Nice story about veterans. From the "Sunny Skyz" site:
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Oh look! Toxic masculinity on display. -:-)

Seriously, it was a good article and proof that a kind word helps more than most people think.

Posted by: NR Pax at July 07, 2026 08:51 AM (/k3in)

186 So is Men's Metric Kickball finished now?

==

No. We now are rooting for Argentina (because Milei) and Norway (because Erling Haaland is very likely Hegseth's long lost cousin...)

Posted by: runner at July 07, 2026 08:51 AM (GD0B3)

187 The best thing to come out of the World Cup is the memes after Team USA embarrassed the shit out of themselves and the sport yesterday.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2026 08:51 AM (2YhKe)

188 181 Fun game:

who among you hates soccer the most?
Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2026 08:49 AM
*****
What is the unit of measure for Men's Metric Kickball hatred?

Posted by: I gotta ask at July 07, 2026 08:52 AM (2Ez/1)

189
No. We now are rooting for Argentina (because Milei) and Norway (because Erling Haaland is very likely Hegseth's long lost cousin...)
Posted by: runner at July 07, 2026 08:51 AM (GD0B3)

All host countries have been eliminated. Shut the stadiums down. The tournament is over.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2026 08:52 AM (2YhKe)

190 McConnell's chief of staff is now a US Senator

Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2026 08:52 AM (ZxPkt)

191 Then why front him in the first place?
---------------------------------

Democrat candidates are not people, they are narratives. Democrats loved Platner as a narrative. Masculine (to win back the chuds), "working class" (because he had business that harvested oysters from his rich friends private island and sold them to his mom's restaurant) but also an anti-Semitic communist who could win over the Somalians in Lewiston and Portland.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 07, 2026 08:52 AM (m2jvM)

192 And the Chinese government was desperate to protect an old woman, with no children, whose link to power is dead or retiring?

They still wouldn’t want her making a deal with Trump to give up what she knows about ongoing CCP operatives. Same as how Fang Fang never came back.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 07, 2026 08:52 AM (QZThv)

193 The far left billionaire haters aren't envious. They need outlets for the poisonous bile that fills their souls.

I've seen a few discussions were leftwingers were asked something to the effect of, wouldn't removing billionaires the way you are suggesting damage the economy and most of them deny it - the standard argument being rich people are ONLY rich because they steal their income.

But eventually you always get to the real answer of "even if it did make us poorer, even much poorer it is worth it because Musk and those like him must be destroyed"

Posted by: 18-1 at July 07, 2026 08:52 AM (sKqQm)

194 The left doesn't want possessions, they want to mock people they hate.
Posted by: Oglebay at July 07, 2026 08:48 AM (2ap+5)

Like French castle guards. Taunting, even.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 07, 2026 08:53 AM (wVcYX)

195 All host countries have been eliminated. Shut the stadiums down. The tournament is over.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2026 08:52 AM (2YhKe)

Quarter finals is when it becomes watchable.

Posted by: runner at July 07, 2026 08:53 AM (GD0B3)

196 That Fake Jake Tapper was the interviewer tells you the Democrats are behind the Platner Take Down. Obviously, the poobahs like the chance to choose their own candidate, skipping the primary process entirely, and so Platner must go.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 07, 2026 08:53 AM (U/Eoe)

197 I assume this is to coordinate strategy about announcing McConnell's death. Does Beijing want a short term Dem senator appointed by the Dem governor or would it be better to have McConnell's staff just pretend he is still alive and own the seat?
Posted by: 18-1 at July 07, 2026 08:45 AM (

Perhaps some if that is going on. But I assume this is a big, important debriefing, consolidation of accounts, and tying up of loose ends. The Chinese are having to wind down a thunderously successful intelligence operation on short notice, at an innopportune time. Dead men have no more influence to wield over the people who've protected them, and the President has an extremely hostile relationship with McConnell's cadre and the Chinese government.

It's time to roll everything up, and Miss Elaine doesn't have the luxury of being too subtle about it. So off she flew, back to the nest.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at July 07, 2026 08:53 AM (BI5O2)

198 187 The best thing to come out of the World Cup is the memes after Team USA embarrassed the shit out of themselves and the sport yesterday.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2026 08:51 AM (2YhKe)

It's probably better they lost because if they had won they would say it was an illegal win because Trump interfered... And I hate soccer

Posted by: It's me donna at July 07, 2026 08:53 AM (FtULh)

199 Seems a really f*cking stupid move, even for Democrats.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2026 08:44 AM

So now they’re going to draft some generic democrat that no one in Maine voted for and tell the activists in Maine that they should feel honored to be able to vote for him. Oh yeah that’ll work.

Susan Collins is no longer in trouble in Maine. Dems sank their own ship.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 07, 2026 08:53 AM (F297B)

200 >>Then why front him in the first place? He's a nobody, he's done nothing, he's not likeable, has no credentials and brings absolutely nothing to the table but sexual assault and Naziism.

We can all see that all of the energy in the Democrat Party is now with the communists. They are a lot more organized than they were even a few years ago and they discovered a real weakness in our electoral process and are exploiting it.

We, this group of morons, might be highly energized and involved and will go vote but overall the average voter is apathetic and doesn't bother no matter how much they talk. The communists are winning primaries by turning out. That's what happened in NY and that's what happened in Maine. Platner won his primary without the Party.

But it's been obvious for some time he was going to lose to Collins and rather than spend time and money supporting a rapist who was going to lose anyway they took him out. In the long run the communists are taking over the Democrat Party. It's not a joke and people on both sides of the aisle need to realize the fight is no longer R vs D, it's Freedom vs Tyranny.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 07, 2026 08:53 AM (viF8m)

201 And the Chinese government was desperate to protect an old woman, with no children, whose link to power is dead or retiring?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 07, 2026 08:47 AM (ExV1e)

How long has she been a part of McConnell's life? Or should we just overlook that because he's dying in a hospital and she fled to China shortly after he was admitted?

Nothing to see here, please disburse.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2026 08:54 AM (2YhKe)

202 But ist nein rape rape. Snoopy Goldberg

Posted by: little people at July 07, 2026 08:54 AM (ehY6c)

203 >>>I actually watched a bit of the US soccer game last night. The US defense blew chunks
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 07, 2026 08:28 AM (20Ghg)

I watched, too. My takeaway: The Belgian team was fully-grown, late-20s to mid-30s, vastly experienced in Euro competitive soccer, men. Playing against a USA team of younger, not as experienced, not as strong and tough, players. Belgium pushed the USA players around on offense and defense and the USA team could not equally or more push-around the Belgians on offense and defense.

I expect it will always be this way with USA-citizen teams. Unless skilled American soccer players (a small percentage to begin with of our top skill-player athletes) can make enough money to play until they match the experience and toughness of European and Central/South American national teams. How many American-born and bred soccer players are stars in the big pro leagues in Europe?

Posted by: Gref at July 07, 2026 08:54 AM (5rh/l)

204 *disperse

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2026 08:54 AM (2YhKe)

205 Today Is National Macaroni Day

I shall stick a feather in my cap.

Posted by: Delurker at July 07, 2026 08:54 AM (2Drhq)

206 >What is the unit of measure for Men's Metric Kickball hatred?

Posted by: I gotta ask
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actually, the competition is judged, like synchronized swimming or rhythmic gymnastics

Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2026 08:55 AM (ZxPkt)

207 I watched, too. My takeaway: The Belgian team was fully-grown, late-20s to mid-30s, vastly experienced in Euro competitive soccer, men. Playing against a USA team of younger, not as experienced, not as strong and tough, players. Belgium pushed the USA players around on offense and defense and the USA team could not equally or more push-around the Belgians on offense and defense.

I read somewhere this morning that Belgium didn't play their starters until the 2nd half and were already kicking the shit out of the Americans.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2026 08:55 AM (2YhKe)

208 It will be interesting to see how the Dems replace Platner with - if it is Mills or Gideon that would be a win for the Dem old guard - both of them are the platonic ideal of a Karen.

I think the problem is that it is also clear to the Dems either would lose.

Now if you wanted to placate the Platner boosters I assume you'd have to pick a Somali at this point.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 07, 2026 08:56 AM (sKqQm)

209 It's probably better they lost because if they had won they would say it was an illegal win because Trump interfered

I don’t get the Horde’s resistance to seeing Eurofags forced to cope and seethe. It would’ve been glorious.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 07, 2026 08:56 AM (QZThv)

210 Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2026 08:49 AM (ZxPkt)

LOL The people who said it's boring about 10 times? I am not a soccer fan ( in that I don't watch it ) but it's not a game of "kickball". I have never heard of a game of kickball in elementary or middle school that lasted up to two hours . I also think they are flopping because people are either stepping on their feet or they get run into or they trip over the ball, not because they're doing athletic histrionics Millions of people enjoy soccer. Millions of people don't. It's ok whatever their opinion. You are not automatically "anti American" because you enjoy it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 07, 2026 08:56 AM (D+BhG)

211 @NEWSMAX
·
25m
Sen. Mitch McConnell remains hospitalized nearly three weeks after a medical emergency, with his office saying he is improving but offering few details on his condition or return. MORE: https://bit.ly/3SHPFgl

seriously guys, he's okay!

Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2026 08:56 AM (ZxPkt)

212 US playing top Euro team (which Belgians are) is like the Lakers playing a basketball team from Estonia. No contest.

Posted by: runner at July 07, 2026 08:56 AM (GD0B3)

213
It's probably better they lost because if they had won they would say it was an illegal win because Trump interfered... And I hate soccer
Posted by: It's me donna at July 07, 2026 08:53 AM (FtULh)

They're going to blame Trump anyway, so I would've rather had them win to stick yet another finger in the air at Europe.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2026 08:56 AM (2YhKe)

214 @NEWSMAX
·
25m
Sen. Mitch McConnell remains hospitalized nearly three weeks after a medical emergency, with his office saying he is improving but offering few details on his condition or return. MORE: https://bit.ly/3SHPFgl

seriously guys, he's okay!
Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2026 08:56 AM (ZxPkt)

He's blasting the shit out of cardiac rehab.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 07, 2026 08:57 AM (wVcYX)

215 Ok, so now that the US is out of it, we can go back to not caring about soccer.

Posted by: Most people at July 07, 2026 08:57 AM (2Ez/1)

216
Quarter finals is when it becomes watchable.

Posted by: runner at July 07, 2026 08:53 AM (GD0B3)

I would argue soccer never becomes watchable.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2026 08:58 AM (2YhKe)

217 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. A cool 68 degrees here at Stately Poppins Manor. A soft rain falling right now and probably for the rest of the day.

Not hating on JJ, but the links this morning are so depressing and frustrating that I am going back to spend the day in 1922 Hollywood.

Thanks to those of you who've volunteered to read my new novel. I'll be sending it out on Saturday.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 07, 2026 08:58 AM (qRla/)

218 You have to love the fact that McConnell's "wife" did the dip out of the country.

That was a marriage of convenience.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 07, 2026 08:58 AM (XV/Pl)

219 It's been a while since an update on Generalissimo Francisco Franco.

Posted by: Oglebay at July 07, 2026 08:58 AM (2ap+5)

220 215 Ok, so now that the US is out of it, we can go back to not caring about soccer.
Posted by: Most people at July 07, 2026 08:57 AM (2Ez/1)

I like the responses from the foreigners about how wonderful America is.. It's refreshing to hear a counter to all the haters of the US... The Democrats

Posted by: It's me donna at July 07, 2026 08:59 AM (FtULh)

221 Chao married McConnell at the age of 40 which is fairly late in life though obviously not unheard of.

But I think the more interesting part is the time frame - 1993 shortly after the end of the cold war and likely around the time China started ramping up its influence peddling operations in the US.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 07, 2026 08:59 AM (sKqQm)

222 Still dead.

Posted by: Chevy Chase at July 07, 2026 08:59 AM (2Ez/1)

223 So now they’re going to draft some generic democrat that no one in Maine voted for and tell the activists in Maine that they should feel honored to be able to vote for him. Oh yeah that’ll work.

Never underestimate the power of TDS, especially in New England.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 07, 2026 08:59 AM (qRla/)

224 US playing top Euro team (which Belgians are) is like the Lakers playing a basketball team from Estonia. No contest.
Posted by: runner at July 07, 2026 08:56 AM (GD0B3)

However, the US played like they were throwing the match.

They were a shadow of the team that took the field in the last game.

What I saw in the highlights, Belgium had one goal that wasn't from an absolute Amber Heard by the US.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2026 09:00 AM (2YhKe)

225 Mitch is probably doing push-ups in the doctors' lounge right now

we just can't see
no cameras
hospital policy

Posted by: Don Black at July 07, 2026 09:00 AM (ZxPkt)

226 Any proof Mitch hasn't been brain dead for the last year?

Posted by: Skip at July 07, 2026 09:00 AM (sgkY8)

227 You gotta play to win, and no one in the US cares for soccer, and players soccer. Not on the scale the rest of the world does. Good thing, though, if we really wanted to, all of South America is big on soccer and two top teams are right next door. So if we ever needed coaches , we can buy a few.

Posted by: runner at July 07, 2026 09:00 AM (GD0B3)

228 Stuck a feather in his cap and called it Macaroni”

In those days, if you called someone “Macaroni” it was a sort of slang term for a “dandy”, someone with annoying affectations or pretense or perhaps even … questionable sexual preferences.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 07, 2026 09:00 AM (EISkR)

229 Posted by: It's me donna at July 07, 2026 08:59 AM

I agree with you .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 07, 2026 09:01 AM (D+BhG)

230
I like the responses from the foreigners about how wonderful America is.. It's refreshing to hear a counter to all the haters of the US... The Democrats
Posted by: It's me donna at July 07, 2026 08:59 AM (FtULh)

It's funny how we've heard so much about Texas, Kansas City....even Philly and Boston, but not a whole lot about LA, San Fran, Seattle.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2026 09:01 AM (2YhKe)

231 oops

Posted by: Common Tater at July 07, 2026 09:01 AM (EISkR)

232 Watching golf is also a good cure for insomnia.

Posted by: Bulg at July 07, 2026 09:01 AM (77rzZ)

233 Want to see how lame fireworks in the fog looked here on July 4th?

https://tinyurl.com/46pyhupb

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 07, 2026 09:01 AM (RIvkX)

234
208 It will be interesting to see how the Dems replace Platner with - if it is Mills or Gideon that would be a win for the Dem old guard - both of them are the platonic ideal of a Karen.”

Janet Mills chances are wrecked; she ran in the primary and lost. So that would be the Dem Party saying “HA-ha! We know you already voted against her but we’re giving you the chance to repent of your error.”

Voters will just love that.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 07, 2026 09:01 AM (F297B)

235 From the Tech Thread:

90 The strange thing about the Platner revelation is that obviously plenty of Dems knew already; so why did they wait to spring it until Janet Mills chance was ruined?
Posted by: Tom Servo at July 07, 2026 07:23 AM (F297B)

I think the conventional wisdom was that she did not, in fact, have a chance; in a hypothetical contest between two bland old women, Collins was the more proven winner. So, 'They' weren't willing to prop her up, if she couldn't even win the primary on her own.

Following this logic, it stands to reason that Mills will not be the Party's choice, if they manage to pressure Platner into dropping out. I don't know who they would pick tho.

Posted by: SciVo at July 07, 2026 09:02 AM (Sy6m/)

236 we just can't see
no cameras
hospital policy

We just can't see it
It's hospital policy
No cameras there.

Posted by: Haiku Repairman at July 07, 2026 09:02 AM (2Drhq)

237 Super belated BOING!

This is what happens when dealing with Mrs. BD's share of the inheritance paperwork from multiple financial institutions several months after her mother's death.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2026 09:02 AM (lgmVC)

238 Laura Looner also said Ron DeSantis's wife faked her cancer for sympathy. Screw her.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 07, 2026 08:30 AM (m2jvM)
********
She seems to be bipolar. I really can't stand her.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 07, 2026 09:02 AM (NpAcC)

239 However, the US played like they were throwing the match.

They were a shadow of the team that took the field in the last game.

What I saw in the highlights, Belgium had one goal that wasn't from an absolute Amber Heard by the US.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2026 09:00 AM (2YhKe)

I can't speak to that, did not exactly watch what the US team did with other teams. You are saying that they intentionally threw the game ?

Posted by: runner at July 07, 2026 09:02 AM (GD0B3)

240 She seems to be bipolar. I really can't stand her.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 07, 2026 09:02 AM (NpAcC)

I call her Looney Loomer

Posted by: It's me donna at July 07, 2026 09:03 AM (FtULh)

241 US playing top Euro team (which Belgians are) is like the Lakers playing a basketball team from Estonia. No contest.
Posted by: runner at July 07, 2026 08:56 AM (GD0B3)

Yep, a physical style of play by the Belgies that the US team could not match. Like the Texas State Armadillos scrimmaging against the Texas State Penitentiary players in "Necessary Roughness."
https://youtu.be/THeTZgrWO_s

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 07, 2026 09:03 AM (wVcYX)

242 Susan Collins is no longer in trouble in Maine. Dems sank their own ship.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 07, 2026 08:53 AM (F297B)

Susan Collins was NEVER in trouble in Maine. She has always, always, always, polled horrendously, then won by like 20.

Her most recent election was her worst ever, where she only won by 8.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 07, 2026 09:03 AM (xA5g+)

243 Good lord, the links today are horrifying. There is some very scary stuff bubbling up quickly to the surface with the Democrat party. Not only here, but leftists all over the world have become openly and proudly violent in words and deeds. There is no putting the toothpaste back in its tube anymore. Unhinged madness.
---
Because if they lose now, they'll never get this close again for 100+ years.
Once they cracked open the Constitution with the income tax, it took them just over 100 years to get to this point:
45% of the people dependent upon the government, paid for by the other 55%.
That 45% will always vote for the Bigger Government Party.

They just need 5% more and they'll sweep away voting, the 1st and 2nd Amendments and lock in their power for the next 100 or more years.

America stands alone as the last and only thing in their way worldwide.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 07, 2026 09:04 AM (3cUTc)

244 " ...
And the Chinese government was desperate to protect an old woman, with no children, whose link to power is dead or retiring?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 07, 2026 08:47 AM (ExV1e) "

if she brought along the family fortune, maybe ... for a while, anyway ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at July 07, 2026 09:04 AM (VyBeY)

245 Platner does not seem to listen to demands that he pull out.

Posted by: Oglebay at July 07, 2026 09:05 AM (2ap+5)

246 I can't speak to that, did not exactly watch what the US team did with other teams. You are saying that they intentionally threw the game ?
Posted by: runner at July 07, 2026 09:02 AM (GD0B3)

Pure speculation on my part, but also not having watched anything but highlights and reading about matches the US played in this tournament, what took the field yesterday didn't have anywhere near the same talent, headiness or preparation than they did in their previous matches. I mean, WTF was that goalie THINKING?!?! And the 4th goal in the last minutes was just an absolute Heard.........

YMMV.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2026 09:05 AM (2YhKe)

247 Donny Deutsch is posting like a madman on Facebook. He posted a vid from the Hamptons where a Jewish owned restaurant was invaded by anti Israel protesters. Deutsch pointed out this wasn't the Israeli embassy, just a Jewish owned business. How long until Kristallnacht 2.0?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 07, 2026 09:05 AM (20Ghg)

248 245 Platner does not seem to listen to demands that he pull out.
Posted by: Oglebay at July 07, 2026 09:05 AM (2ap+5)

Literally

Posted by: It's me donna at July 07, 2026 09:05 AM (FtULh)

249 >>You gotta play to win, and no one in the US cares for soccer, and players soccer.

Not really true anymore. Our generation doesn't care that much but younger ones do. Youth soccer in the US is growing like a weed and far outpacing Little League and other traditional sports with the younger generations.

Soccer has been THE game around the world for generations. They traditionally have much bigger pipelines and the support is fanatical. We're catching up fast but the delta between the US team and the world's best teams is still wide. In time, the US team will be as competitive as any in the world.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 07, 2026 09:05 AM (viF8m)

250 233 Want to see how lame fireworks in the fog looked here on July 4th?

Posted by: San Franpsycho

Friends of mine went up there to see the fireworks with their son. Yep. Not impressive. Then again, I stayed home and didn't see anything so you're a step ahead. -:-)

Posted by: NR Pax at July 07, 2026 09:06 AM (/k3in)

251 Laura Looner also said Ron DeSantis's wife faked her cancer for sympathy. Screw her.

Psychics make all sort of predictions and if any one of them come true then argue that their abilities are great because hey they predicted that event even if their last 10 predictions were wrong.

I think some reporters work like this, take a bunch of unlikely to be true stories and push them and then if one does take off you can argue you were the reporter that broke story X...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 07, 2026 09:06 AM (sKqQm)

252 Pull out? Did Hitler pull out of the Sudetenland? Nein! NEIN!

Posted by: Maine Kampf at July 07, 2026 09:06 AM (2Drhq)

253 248 245 Platner does not seem to listen to demands that he pull out.
Posted by: Oglebay at July 07, 2026 09:05 AM (2ap+5)

Literally
Posted by: It's me donna at July 07, 2026 09:05 AM (FtULh)

King Arthur couldn't pull him out.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 07, 2026 09:07 AM (N39Ws)

254 However, the US played like they were throwing the match.

They were a shadow of the team that took the field in the last game.

What I saw in the highlights, Belgium had one goal that wasn't from an absolute Amber Heard by the US.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2026 09:00 AM (2YhKe)
*******
When half your country was rooting against you know wonder why they weren't so enthusiastic.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 07, 2026 09:07 AM (NpAcC)

255 Platner's Assaulted Nuts&ttrade;

Posted by: muldoon at July 07, 2026 09:08 AM (I0N4X)

256 Yep, a physical style of play by the Belgies that the US team could not match. Like the Texas State Armadillos scrimmaging against the Texas State Penitentiary players in "Necessary Roughness."
https://youtu.be/THeTZgrWO_s
Posted by: Count de Monet at July 07, 2026 09:03 AM (wVcYX)

HAHAHAH! "I feel a lot of love on this field today !"

Posted by: runner at July 07, 2026 09:09 AM (GD0B3)

257 Format fail.

Moar cawfee!

Posted by: muldoon at July 07, 2026 09:09 AM (I0N4X)

258 254 - Half the country is asshoe. I feel bad for our soccer guys if that is how they felt.

Posted by: Jaimo at July 07, 2026 09:09 AM (2noDb)

259 One of every 10 Food Stamp payments by the federal government is incorrect, usually more than it should be and occasionally a little less. Trump’s Ag Sec, Brooke Rollins, is implementing needed reforms.

The other 9 are sold for cash, Cokes, Nehi, and Snickers.

Posted by: rhennigantx at July 07, 2026 09:09 AM (/+uur)

260 Want to see how lame fireworks in the fog looked here on July 4th?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 07, 2026 09:01 AM (RIvkX)
-

What's important was that they were ~~environmentally~~ vegan friendly.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 07, 2026 09:10 AM (lgmVC)

261
HAHAHAH! "I feel a lot of love on this field today !"
Posted by: runner at July 07, 2026 09:09 AM (GD0B3)

"I don't feel so good. I think I swallowed a finger."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2026 09:11 AM (2YhKe)

262 *******
When half your country was rooting against you know wonder why they weren't so enthusiastic.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 07, 2026 09:07 AM (NpAcC)

That's the polar opposite of 'The American Way.'

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2026 09:11 AM (2YhKe)

263 Youth soccer in the US is growing like a weed and far outpacing Little League and other traditional sports with the younger generation.
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Thanks, anchor babies

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 07, 2026 09:12 AM (m2jvM)

264 Platner could always go the opposite direction. He could say "the old timee Dems are doing everything they can to fight the DSA and keep their power, all funded by the Israelis. False allegations won't force me or the DSA out. We're in this to win"
What would the Dems do then ?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 07, 2026 09:12 AM (20Ghg)

265 Good morning!

That's all I've got.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 07, 2026 09:12 AM (X8xt3)

266 When half your country was rooting against you know wonder why they weren't so enthusiastic.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 07, 2026 09:07 AM (NpAcC)

I don't like soccer but of course I was rooting for the Americans

Posted by: It's me donna at July 07, 2026 09:12 AM (FtULh)

267 I wonder what point you are trying to make?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 07, 2026 08:49 AM (RIvkX)

There is a particular subset of the commentariat here who will rush into any conspiracy theory - no matter how threadbare it may be. The instant that someone they don't like is implicated in absolutely anything, the two minute hate BS comes out and people start speculating on their treasonous behavior.

I see it as my duty to try and return things to this planet. Feel free to ignore me and continue dousing your hair with gasoline if it makes you feel better.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 07, 2026 09:12 AM (ExV1e)

268 Platner could always go the opposite direction. He could say "the old timee Dems are doing everything they can to fight the DSA and keep their power, all funded by the Israelis. False allegations won't force me or the DSA out. We're in this to win"
What would the Dems do then ?

Have him arrested for rape? Remember Mills is the governor.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 07, 2026 09:12 AM (sKqQm)

269 There might be private polling showing Platner was going to lose.

Posted by: Oglebay at July 07, 2026 09:13 AM (2ap+5)

270
Thanks, anchor babies
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at July 07, 2026 09:12 AM (m2jvM)

They play in the fields near my house and your observation is correct... There is an occasional white kid or two

Posted by: It's me donna at July 07, 2026 09:14 AM (FtULh)

271 My dislike of soccer is greater than my love of America. Or I love America so much I don't want to see it poisoned further with this metric football nonsense.

Kickball. Bah.
Posted by: tsj017 at July 07, 2026 08:44 AM (xakWh)

My wife, who is a sports medicine physician that takes care of the professional soccer players for our local team here - got very upset at me because I called soccer the sport you become a fan of if you want to be seen as educated, elite, global and generally better-than-thou.

Our local pro hockey team owner is also a minority owner in the local soccer team, and is jealous of all of the attention that the new soccer team is getting in town, so he hired the same marketing consulting company to analyze why the hockey team doesn't get as much attention in the same little market as the soccer team does. The fact that he doesn't know who his working class customers are for the hockey team versus the educated progressive wannabe worldly self-appointed elites of the soccer team, is concerning. Supposedly he's going to rename and rebrand the hockey team which would be absolutely devastating.

Posted by: Defenestratus at July 07, 2026 09:14 AM (WYStd)

272 >>The other 9 are sold for cash, Cokes, Nehi, and Snickers.

And used to buy stock for your corner immigrant-owned bodega, which is then used to buy food for your homeland-style restaurant. The really clever ones have the restaurant next to the bodega

Posted by: Lizzy at July 07, 2026 09:14 AM (X8xt3)

273 All things considered, we had a fantastic vacation. I wasn't too incredibly stressed and was able to relax. We got some good fishing in, made the necessary modifications to the existing 'barn' at our future home to fit the camper and will be having a wonderful fish fry later this evening.

It just did go by very fast.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2026 09:15 AM (2YhKe)

274 271 - it doesn't help that hockey is an extremely expensive sport to start a kid in. A soccer ball is cheap as is a basketball.

Posted by: Jaimo at July 07, 2026 09:15 AM (2noDb)

275 >>Laura Looner also said Ron DeSantis's wife faked her cancer for sympathy. Screw her.

Guess we have more than one Candace Owens on "our side."

Posted by: Lizzy at July 07, 2026 09:15 AM (X8xt3)

276 News to me that Planned Parenthood was allowed to again tap into government Medicaid money as of July 4, when the suspension in the Big Beautiful Bill expired. The House passed a continuance but the Senate, of course, failed to act.

In fact "the Senate failed to act" is really "Republicans failed".

I saw Ted Cruz having lunch at a beach club on the 4th with friends (ie, donors). I should have thrown a hot dog bun at him.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 07, 2026 09:16 AM (U/Eoe)

277 Nothing in this world reeks as badly as hockey equipment.

Posted by: Oglebay at July 07, 2026 09:16 AM (2ap+5)

278 Supposedly he's going to rename and rebrand the hockey team which would be absolutely devastating.
Posted by: Defenestratus at July 07, 2026 09:14 AM (WYStd)

So, he'll rename it to "United FC!!!" to fit in with the Eurotrash?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2026 09:17 AM (2YhKe)

279 There might be private polling showing Platner was going to lose.
Posted by: Oglebay at July 07, 2026 09:13 AM (2ap+5)

yes, of course!

Posted by: runner at July 07, 2026 09:17 AM (GD0B3)

280 205 Today Is National Macaroni Day

I shall stick a feather in my cap.
Posted by: Delurker at July 07, 2026 08:54 AM (2Drhq)

Your feather remains a feather even if you call it macaroni.

Posted by: Transmacaroni? I think not at July 07, 2026 09:17 AM (TbWk/)

281 hockey is the shit though. Love hockey.

Posted by: Jaimo at July 07, 2026 09:17 AM (2noDb)

282 Or should we just overlook that because he's dying in a hospital and she fled to China shortly after he was admitted?

It's been reported that her 'fleeing' to China had been a long planned trip. It's also been reported, albeit not confirmed, that's she's already returned from her escape to a non-extradition country.

No. I think that she should be immediately executed for spying since reddit has determined that this is the case.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 07, 2026 09:17 AM (ExV1e)

283 271 - it doesn't help that hockey is an extremely expensive sport to start a kid in. A soccer ball is cheap as is a basketball.

Posted by: Jaimo at July 07, 2026 09:15 AM (2noDb)

I'm an ice hockey goalie in a men's league.

I just bought my last set of gear after my old stuff got too worn out. Stepping onto the ice cost me about $4,000, just in equipment.

For kids, who aren't goalies, you could get them dressed for about $500. Then you're paying for ice time.

Hockey is obscenely expensive.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 07, 2026 09:18 AM (xA5g+)

284 When half your country was rooting against you know wonder why they weren't so enthusiastic.
Posted by: redridinghood at July 07, 2026 09:07 AM (NpAcC)

Situational patriotism.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at July 07, 2026 09:18 AM (qRla/)

285 I think they say he was on a downward trajectory, but waited it that reversed before the deadline. It did not, it got worse.

Posted by: runner at July 07, 2026 09:18 AM (GD0B3)

286
I saw Ted Cruz having lunch at a beach club on the 4th with friends (ie, donors). I should have thrown a hot dog bun at him.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 07, 2026 09:16 AM (U/Eoe)

"PASS THE SAVE ACT, you shitstain!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2026 09:18 AM (2YhKe)

287 >>Chao married McConnell at the age of 40 which is fairly late in life though obviously not unheard of.

But I think the more interesting part is the time frame - 1993 shortly after the end of the cold war and likely around the time China started ramping up its influence peddling operations in the US.
- - -

Huh, did not know that.
It's been a long game China's been playing.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 07, 2026 09:19 AM (X8xt3)

288 The U.S. has better sports than the rest of the world.
For one simple reason: the possibility of the comeback.

And let's face it. The free market allows for advanced equipment, huge stadiums with clocks measuring the microseconds, jumbotrons the size of the Grand Canyon and 23 different camera views allowing us to see how many blades of grass touched the ball as the player broke the plane of the goal line.
Ain't bragging if you can do it.

Posted by: Change my mind at July 07, 2026 09:19 AM (2Ez/1)

289 I've seen a few discussions were leftwingers were asked something to the effect of, wouldn't removing billionaires the way you are suggesting damage the economy and most of them deny it
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If you removed the top 2%, everything in your life will get worse and the economy would collapse.

If you removed the bottom 2%, everything in your life will get better and the economy will boom.

Only one party wants to kill the top and grow the bottom--your death and misery are just a bonus.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at July 07, 2026 09:20 AM (3cUTc)

290 285 I think they say he was on a downward trajectory, but waited it that reversed before the deadline. It did not, it got worse.
Posted by: runner at July 07, 2026 09:18 AM (GD0B3)

=======

Credibility of allegations is inversely proportional to polling.

Posted by: Oglebay at July 07, 2026 09:20 AM (2ap+5)

291
Huh, did not know that.
It's been a long game China's been playing.
Posted by: Lizzy at July 07, 2026 09:19 AM (X8xt3)

As it's always been. The Democrat party doesn't play for the now, they play for the long term global domination. Just look how communism is spreading across the world ATM.

Sure, they cozy up to islham thinking they'll help in that goal, but I'll be first to admit I never saw the UK going into the absolute batshit cray direction they're going right now.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2026 09:20 AM (2YhKe)

292 Barcelona Horror: Mob Chases French Jews Through City Streets

If Haji and his buddies want to chase things through the streets, Pamplona is available.

Oy.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 07, 2026 09:22 AM (kgE5c)

293 The rest of the world, with a few exceptions, only has kickball. So it's all they can get passionate about.

The US has absolutely EVERYTHING, whatever you want to root for.

It's what makes us all around better than everyone else, whether we can kick their ass at it or not.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2026 09:22 AM (2YhKe)

294 Loomer hates, HATES DeSantis - for going against Trump in 24, for stymying her own Congressional campaign. She said that DeSantis' wife "exaggerated" her situation. Which was stupid. SHe is a lot like Trump in that regard, throws firebombs. But she does have exceptional sources, and Trump's ear. Because she delivers. SHe cleaned out a lot deep staters from his administration, and she always, always brings receipts.

Posted by: runner at July 07, 2026 09:23 AM (GD0B3)

295 68 I'll do a check of Platner lawn signs on my way to my lunch spot 4 miles from my house later today.
Posted by: Defenestratus at July 07, 2026 08:07 AM (WYStd)

If you swing by my second cousin’s house in Newcastle Maine, you’ll see a Collins sign. She’s voting for her but the sign is mainly to piss off the commie loons in the area.

Posted by: TxAnn at July 07, 2026 09:23 AM (SjAWL)

296 >>The fact that he doesn't know who his working class customers are for the hockey team versus the educated progressive wannabe worldly self-appointed elites of the soccer team, is concerning. Supposedly he's going to rename and rebrand the hockey team which would be absolutely devastating.

The reason soccer became so popular around the world is not because it is the sport of the elites. Just the opposite. It is the sport of even the poorest people because all you need is a ball.

Look at some of the biggest soccer stars in the world. They didn't come from the elite, they came from the barrios and slums of the world. Travel around the world and you will see young kids in the poorest neighborhoods playing soccer. I was in Brazil one time and woke up to headlines in the local media that a referee at a game between two Brazilian club teams was murdered and decapitated after the game for what was perceived as a bad call against the home team.

It's the same as basketball and why it's so popular with inner city kids. All you need is a ball and hoop.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 07, 2026 09:24 AM (viF8m)

297 Loomer hates, HATES DeSantis - for going against Trump in 24, for stymying her own Congressional campaign. She said that DeSantis' wife "exaggerated" her situation. Which was stupid. SHe is a lot like Trump in that regard, throws firebombs. But she does have exceptional sources, and Trump's ear. Because she delivers. SHe cleaned out a lot deep staters from his administration, and she always, always brings receipts.
Posted by: runner at July 07, 2026 09:23 AM (GD0B3)

Then keep your pissant petty jealousy locked in the closet where it belongs, FFS........

We're not in f*cking high school anymore.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2026 09:24 AM (2YhKe)

298 "Today Is National Macaroni Day.
Posted by: redridinghood"

*sticks a feather in his cap*

Posted by: Yankee Doodle at July 07, 2026 09:25 AM (MWfyi)

299 >>because I called soccer the sport you become a fan of if you want to be seen as educated, elite, global and generally better-than-thou.

Tried watching some of the World Cup, the American team matches. First, it is mostly decided by the officiating (strong Olympics biased judging vibes). Second, the fans are, in general, a$$holes. You've got the notorious European soccer hooligans, and then the team Mexico fans are known for making a racket against the other team's hotel so they can't sleep (music, fireworkes, etc.).

What's the appeal again?

Posted by: Lizzy at July 07, 2026 09:25 AM (X8xt3)

300 - Euclid - - 31 new quasars in the very early universe

"Galaxies must have started forming much earlier than we thought." Remember that response to the first images from the JWST?
Just replace galaxies with quasars and keep on (non) believing.

https://tinyurl.com/yt7yn475

Posted by: TeeJ at July 07, 2026 09:25 AM (dAv7M)

301 Loomer is correct more often than not. She's also crazy. Difficult person to have on your side

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 07, 2026 09:26 AM (20Ghg)

302 You've got the notorious European soccer hooligans, and then the team Mexico fans are known for making a racket against the other team's hotel so they can't sleep (music, fireworkes, etc.).

What's the appeal again?
Posted by: Lizzy at July 07, 2026 09:25 AM (X8xt3)

American sports fans of most sports do mostly the same things. From the college ranks all the way up.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2026 09:26 AM (2YhKe)

303 >> "Today Is National Macaroni Day.

I feel left out!

Posted by: CHEESE at July 07, 2026 09:26 AM (X8xt3)

304 What's the appeal again?
Posted by: Lizzy at July 07, 2026 09:25 AM

The opportunity for muldoon to use "vuvuzela" in a limerick?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 07, 2026 09:27 AM (kgE5c)

305 "Today Is National Macaroni Day.

I feel left out!
Posted by: CHEESE at July 07, 2026 09:26 AM (X8xt3)

The greatest side dish ever.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2026 09:27 AM (2YhKe)

306 301 Loomer is correct more often than not. She's also crazy. Difficult person to have on your side
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 07, 2026 09:26 AM (20Ghg)

Yes... She throws a bunch of stuff against the wall and sees what sticks

Posted by: It's me donna at July 07, 2026 09:27 AM (FtULh)

307 We lost? Oh, well.
Let's go get something to eat at Taco Bell.

Or, as FreddyLA7 from Germany calls it:

The Holy Land.

Posted by: Your average US soccer fan at July 07, 2026 09:28 AM (2Ez/1)

308 Loomer is correct more often than not. She's also crazy. Difficult person to have on your side
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 07, 2026 09:26 AM (20Ghg)

Yes... She throws a bunch of stuff against the wall and sees what sticks
Posted by: It's me donna at July 07, 2026 09:27 AM (FtULh)

The last thing you want to give off is a Candy Owens or MTG vibe if you wan't to be taken seriously.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2026 09:28 AM (2YhKe)

309 Hey ACE and COBs, I think one of your routine presentations, like the Daily Report, should always include a brief snippet from the Koran.
Include a warning, identifying whether the snippet is from the Meccan or Medinan verses.
Regular readers will soon recognize the difference.
The Meccan verses sometimes recapitulate Judeo-Christian stories ; the Medinan verses can be counted on to be hostile to Western Civilization.
P.S. Wikipedia has been goofy about their spelling choices of “Quran”,”Maccan”, “Mahdinan”, etc.

Posted by: Fenderbender at July 07, 2026 09:28 AM (1FEc1)

310 Then keep your pissant petty jealousy locked in the closet where it belongs, FFS........

We're not in f*cking high school anymore.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2026 09:24 AM (2YhKe)

It was a stupid thing to say. Maybe she regrets it, I don't know. I like DeSantis. I like what Loomer is doing for Trump and his administration. I like that she started a PAC with Ami Mek "Defeat Marxism and Sharia PAC". She is pretty fearless.

Posted by: runner at July 07, 2026 09:29 AM (GD0B3)

311 >>American sports fans of most sports do mostly the same things. From the college ranks all the way up.

Really, was this movie an exaggeration?
https://tinyurl.com/bdhnpfad

Posted by: CHEESE at July 07, 2026 09:29 AM (X8xt3)

312
It was a stupid thing to say. Maybe she regrets it, I don't know. I like DeSantis. I like what Loomer is doing for Trump and his administration. I like that she started a PAC with Ami Mek "Defeat Marxism and Sharia PAC". She is pretty fearless.
Posted by: runner at July 07, 2026 09:29 AM (GD0B3)

My point remains.........

Stop distracting with stupid petty shit and DO YOUR JOB.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2026 09:30 AM (2YhKe)

313 Posted by: Fenderbender at July 07, 2026 09:28 AM

It would certainly be cheaper than a commercial emetic.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 07, 2026 09:30 AM (kgE5c)

314 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 07, 2026 09:31 AM (2YhKe)

315 New Dart Napoleon

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at July 07, 2026 09:31 AM (xA5g+)

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