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Prepare for a Non-Shock: Staffer for Rejected Liberal RINO John Cornyn Joins James Talarico Campaign
James Talarico Poaches Cornyn StafferPoaches? I suspect this traitor went running to his real political allies.
Cross-party hires are rare, but the move could show the Senate Democratic campaign is hoping to reach out to Republicans in reliably red Texas.
Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico's campaign hired a staffer from Republican Sen. John Cornyn, NOTUS has learned. Jacob Smith, who worked for Cornyn for five years as a deputy legislative director and policy adviser, is taking on the role of deputy policy director for Talarico's campaign. "I've worked for Republicans like Senator Cornyn my entire career, but this year I'm proud to be joining James Talarico's campaign," Smith confirmed in a statement through the Talarico campaign. "Instead of playing partisan politics, Talarico speaks to the needs of everyday people who day in and day out work too hard for too little. In the Senate, James will fight to lower costs for all 31 million Texans, whether they're Republicans, Democrats, or independents, so that Texans of all ages have a fighting chance at the American Dream of starting a family, owning a home, and leaving a little behind for their children." Smith also took aim at the GOP nominee, adding, "Ken Paxton is the most corrupt, self-dealing politician in Texas who would sell their futures to the highest contributor just to hold onto power. I'm encouraging all my fellow Republicans who know Ken Paxton is unfit to serve in the Senate to finally hold him accountable at the ballot box." Smith previously worked on the House Science Committee for Rep. Frank Lucas (R-Oklahoma) and was a legislative aide for Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi). When contacted for comment, a Cornyn spokesperson directed NOTUS to remarks the senator has made repeatedly in recent months where he's said he will "support the Republican ticket" in the fall.
Sure, sure. Thanks to Buck Throckmorton. Update:
So conservative.
Townhall.com
@townhallcom JAMES TALARICO: "With the SAVE Act, they are trying to rob our neighbors, strictly our black neighbors, of those God given rights."
The Deputy Legislative Director of soon-to-be-former senator John Cornyn has been hired to work in the Talarico senate campaign as xis Deputy Policy Director. The most shocking thing is that no one is shocked. @AceofSpadesHQ https://t.co/SUAUYd0CMP
— Buck Throckmorton (@BuckThrockmort) August 17, 2026
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I'm not shocked.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 01:33 PM (ExV1e)
2
Nooded.
Posted by: Nazdar at August 18, 2026 01:34 PM (NcvvS)
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I haz nooded.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 01:34 PM (ExV1e)
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I wonder if Cornyn gave him a reference.
Posted by: huerfano at August 18, 2026 01:34 PM (2Xqig)
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Knock me over with a bulldozer!
Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 01:34 PM (Fi81e)
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"Poaches." Is that what they're call it these days?
Posted by: Chris Hansen at August 18, 2026 01:35 PM (wGerL)
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Naturally. Birds of a feather and all like that.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2026 01:35 PM (wVcYX)
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Cross-party hires are rare, but the move could show the Senate Democratic campaign is hoping to reach out to Republicans in reliably red Texas.
But only the sort of Republican whose been rejected by Republicans in reliably red Texas.
But only the sort of Republican whose been rejected by Republicans in reliably red Texas.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 01:35 PM (ExV1e)
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*** scrambles around for not-shocked face ***
*** scrambles around for not-shocked face ***
Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 01:35 PM (Fi81e)
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yup, non-shocking to the max.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 18, 2026 01:36 PM (VyBeY)
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The only reasons Cornyn was in office as long as he was is because
a) The Democrat opponent was always way worse;
b) The Texas GOP made dang sure that Cornyn never had a serious primary contender.
But the Texas GOP was unable to keep Paxton off the ballot, so Cornyn lost the primary. And he is still pissed about that.
a) The Democrat opponent was always way worse;
b) The Texas GOP made dang sure that Cornyn never had a serious primary contender.
But the Texas GOP was unable to keep Paxton off the ballot, so Cornyn lost the primary. And he is still pissed about that.
Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at August 18, 2026 01:36 PM (bufu1)
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These staffers are whores anyway. Lacking any morals or principles, they'll attach themselves like a remora to any passing shark.
These staffers are whores anyway. Lacking any morals or principles, they'll attach themselves like a remora to any passing shark.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 01:36 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Nazdar at August 18, 2026 01:36 PM (NcvvS)
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So.....
All according to Cornyn's inner circle, the things Paxton voters said about Cornyn and his inner circle are.... true.
All according to Cornyn's inner circle, the things Paxton voters said about Cornyn and his inner circle are.... true.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 18, 2026 01:36 PM (PGK1w)
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He just discovered he's gay.
He just discovered he's gay.
Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 01:36 PM (Fi81e)
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FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 01:37 PM (2YhKe)
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I always love the perpetual refrain of the politician during election season.
"I'm fighting for lower costs!"
Okay; so how come we're here now, with costs and expenses as they are and yet, costs are still going up? What is it you'd say you've been doing so far?
"I'm fighting for lower costs!"
Okay; so how come we're here now, with costs and expenses as they are and yet, costs are still going up? What is it you'd say you've been doing so far?
Posted by: Gaff at August 18, 2026 01:37 PM (EqzMw)
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Any bets on whether Cornyn will also jump parties after the election?
Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at August 18, 2026 01:37 PM (bufu1)
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Is Talarico going to win?
Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 01:37 PM (g47mK)
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Talarico has pedo eyes. And secret sex lips.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 18, 2026 01:37 PM (amcLV)
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Smith also took aim at the GOP nominee, adding, "Ken Paxton is the most corrupt, self-dealing politician in Texas who would sell their futures to the highest contributor just to hold onto power. I'm encouraging all my fellow Republicans who know Ken Paxton is unfit to serve in the Senate to finally hold him accountable at the ballot box."
How much money did John Cornyn spend to try and hold on to power? And how much time did he spend trying to get SAVE passed, which would have allowed him to hold on to power?
How much money did John Cornyn spend to try and hold on to power? And how much time did he spend trying to get SAVE passed, which would have allowed him to hold on to power?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 01:37 PM (ExV1e)
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Uniparty gonna uniparty
Posted by: Bete at August 18, 2026 01:37 PM (LX4y3)
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Cross-party hires are rare, but the move could show the Senate Democratic campaign is hoping to reach out to Republicans in reliably red Texas.
RINO ass fired by electorate.
RINO ass staffer jumps to Dem party.
Dem party thinks electorate will switch, following RINO ass.
Um.......yeah, about that.
Cross-party hires are rare, but the move could show the Senate Democratic campaign is hoping to reach out to Republicans in reliably red Texas.
RINO ass fired by electorate.
RINO ass staffer jumps to Dem party.
Dem party thinks electorate will switch, following RINO ass.
Um.......yeah, about that.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 01:38 PM (2YhKe)
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" I'm encouraging all my fellow Republicans who know Ken Paxton is unfit to serve in the Senate to finally hold him accountable at the ballot box."
Good luck with that, as Paxton's won state office several times even with all the nonsense thrown at him.
Good luck with that, as Paxton's won state office several times even with all the nonsense thrown at him.
Posted by: Thrawn at August 18, 2026 01:38 PM (lNxD2)
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I heard that the staffer also took with him the gun grabbing legislation draft he wrote for Cornyn that cost him his seat.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 18, 2026 01:38 PM (hnUsy)
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Man, he feels like a woman.
Man, he feels like a woman.
Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 01:38 PM (Fi81e)
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Is Talarico going to win?
Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 01:37 PM (g47mK)
Only if R's do R things and stay the f*ck home on election day.
Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 01:37 PM (g47mK)
Only if R's do R things and stay the f*ck home on election day.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 01:38 PM (2YhKe)
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"I'm encouraging all my fellow Republicans who know Ken Paxton is unfit to serve in the Senate to finally hold him accountable at the ballot box." - Jacob Smith
Sport, youze ain't my fellow Republican.
My inner Yosemite Sam says, "You ornery, flea-bitten sidewinder! If you don’t skedaddle, I’ll blast ya to smithereens!"
Sport, youze ain't my fellow Republican.
My inner Yosemite Sam says, "You ornery, flea-bitten sidewinder! If you don’t skedaddle, I’ll blast ya to smithereens!"
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2026 01:39 PM (wVcYX)
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Eh. Jacob Smith is just a whore who goes wherever the money is. Cornyn is a dead end. So Smith's gotta make his filthy lucre somewhere.
If someone else paid more for his "services" than this weirdo freakazoid, Smith woulda gone there.
I'm sure Smith's policy positions suck balls too. But then that's good for us. Let him go "help" this weirdo lose the election badly.
If someone else paid more for his "services" than this weirdo freakazoid, Smith woulda gone there.
I'm sure Smith's policy positions suck balls too. But then that's good for us. Let him go "help" this weirdo lose the election badly.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 01:39 PM (iFTx/)
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Why do I suspect that the policies Smith advocates for will be very similar to those he advocated for with Cornyn? How many other "R" senators and congresscritters have crypto-leftists advising them on policy?
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 18, 2026 01:39 PM (lFFaq)
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Sounds like a guy (?) who knows he can't make it in the private sector, so like a remora, he just swaps hosts. It's a living, I guess.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2026 01:39 PM (1z8ji)
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Cross-party hires are rare, but the move could show the Senate Democratic campaign is hoping to reach out to Republicans in reliably red Texas.
I was watching either a Bulwark podcast or Pod Save America....no difference, because it was people from both shows (former Bush and Obama staffers) talking, and the Bush staffers very much sounded like they didn't like (or care about) conservative policy goals...it was just a job, trying to help a client (Bush) win. In a way, it was nice because it sounded very mercenary/mafia (nothing personal, just business), but ultimately I think you expose yourself to risk, especially in the future, if you hire people to help discuss critical strategy stuff that don't believe it, and could jump ship to the enemy later.
I was watching either a Bulwark podcast or Pod Save America....no difference, because it was people from both shows (former Bush and Obama staffers) talking, and the Bush staffers very much sounded like they didn't like (or care about) conservative policy goals...it was just a job, trying to help a client (Bush) win. In a way, it was nice because it sounded very mercenary/mafia (nothing personal, just business), but ultimately I think you expose yourself to risk, especially in the future, if you hire people to help discuss critical strategy stuff that don't believe it, and could jump ship to the enemy later.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 18, 2026 01:39 PM (THJS/)
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Paxton is so bad that he beat Cornyn statewide in the largest Republican primary win in Texas for decades.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 18, 2026 01:40 PM (hnUsy)
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Thanks for confirming what we knew about Cornyn all along. This is the standard playbook for frauds who were kicked out of office by the voters. Wear the Democrat nominee like a skin suit, and make sure everyone “knows” that beating the Republican pretender at the ballot box is a futile endeavor.
Except this time, Paxton is going to win and Cornyn will be shitting his prime rib in a diaper by next fall.
Except this time, Paxton is going to win and Cornyn will be shitting his prime rib in a diaper by next fall.
Posted by: Vengeance at August 18, 2026 01:40 PM (+ffGB)
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If Texas elects Talarico, I vote that we let them secede and be an independent nation again, because they would be unwanted as a state in our union. Get out. Govern yourselves the way you want. Maybe Mexico would admit you as Chihuahua Norte.
Posted by: zombie at August 18, 2026 01:40 PM (Av6i5)
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"Ken Paxton is the most corrupt, self-dealing politician in Texas who would sell their futures to the highest contributor just to hold onto power."
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That's how you know the most trustworthy people in DC. The staffers of long-time con artists tell you they are the "most corrupt" or "dangerous".
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That's how you know the most trustworthy people in DC. The staffers of long-time con artists tell you they are the "most corrupt" or "dangerous".
Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 01:40 PM (Fi81e)
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Texas never stopped being a republic.
Posted by: Vengeance at August 18, 2026 01:41 PM (+ffGB)
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Hey, his Republican principles demanded he find work.
Hey, his Republican principles demanded he find work.
Posted by: Auspex at August 18, 2026 01:41 PM (Y8DZL)
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Is Talarico going to win?
Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 01:37 PM (g47mK)
Well, plenty of Texans have said, repeatedly, that he won't but folks keep up with the but, but, but, so... yes. Democrats will sweep every contest in November and, in fact, will never lose another electoral contest until the heat death of the universe.
Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 01:37 PM (g47mK)
Well, plenty of Texans have said, repeatedly, that he won't but folks keep up with the but, but, but, so... yes. Democrats will sweep every contest in November and, in fact, will never lose another electoral contest until the heat death of the universe.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 18, 2026 01:41 PM (ExV1e)
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28 Count, you left out “galoot.”
Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 01:41 PM (77rzZ)
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Smith previously worked on the House Science Committee for Rep. Frank Lucas (R-Oklahoma) and was a legislative aide for Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi).
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Who?
Who?
Who?
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Who?
Who?
Who?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 18, 2026 01:41 PM (JvZF+)
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Smith also took aim at the GOP nominee, adding, "Ken Paxton is the most corrupt, self-dealing politician in Texas who would sell their futures to the highest contributor just to hold onto power. I'm encouraging all my fellow Republicans who know Ken Paxton is unfit to serve in the Senate to finally hold him accountable at the ballot box."
Paxton should sue the f*ck out of him. RIGHT now.
Paxton should sue the f*ck out of him. RIGHT now.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 01:41 PM (2YhKe)
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I Googled Smith. He looks like you'd expect, powered by soy
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 01:41 PM (rp63B)
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My inner Yosemite Sam says, "You ornery, flea-bitten sidewinder! If you don’t skedaddle, I’ll blast ya to smithereens!"
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2026 01:39 PM (wVcYX)
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No hornswogglin', sidewindin', bushwhackin' cracker croaker is gonna rouin me bishencutter!
Rerrit!
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2026 01:39 PM (wVcYX)
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No hornswogglin', sidewindin', bushwhackin' cracker croaker is gonna rouin me bishencutter!
Rerrit!
Posted by: Gabby Johnson at August 18, 2026 01:41 PM (amcLV)
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Whose jobs are up for grabs?
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 18, 2026 01:42 PM (wxsGM)
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Texas used to have Democrat Democrats and Republican Democrats.
Now we have Republican Republicans and Democrat Republicans.
Saves on election costs!!
Now we have Republican Republicans and Democrat Republicans.
Saves on election costs!!
Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 18, 2026 01:42 PM (wtvvX)
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>> Paxton is so bad that he beat Cornyn statewide in the largest Republican primary win in Texas for decades.
Yeah I don’t understand all the polls showing Talarico ahead. Who are they polling, newts?
Yeah I don’t understand all the polls showing Talarico ahead. Who are they polling, newts?
Posted by: Vengeance at August 18, 2026 01:42 PM (+ffGB)
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Jacob Smith, who worked for Cornyn for five years as a deputy legislative director and policy adviser, is taking on the role of deputy policy director for Talarico's campaign.
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What policies would those be? Drag queens in elementary schools? Witchcraft? Open borders again?
Anyway, it's not just that Smith is an amoral weasel who needs a job. He has GOPe support for working against Paxton.
Jacob Smith, who worked for Cornyn for five years as a deputy legislative director and policy adviser, is taking on the role of deputy policy director for Talarico's campaign.
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What policies would those be? Drag queens in elementary schools? Witchcraft? Open borders again?
Anyway, it's not just that Smith is an amoral weasel who needs a job. He has GOPe support for working against Paxton.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 18, 2026 01:42 PM (azNOR)
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Jacob Smith, who worked for Cornyn for five years as a deputy legislative director and policy adviser, is taking on the role of deputy policy director for Talarico's campaign.
One thing to notice here, this isn't an administrative or even GOTV staffer this is a policy staffer.
If you believe the claims made by Coryn he's mostly aligned with Paxton on policy. Talarico is an extreme leftist, so the only way this works is if...
CORYN WAS LYING
I know, I know we are all shocked
One thing to notice here, this isn't an administrative or even GOTV staffer this is a policy staffer.
If you believe the claims made by Coryn he's mostly aligned with Paxton on policy. Talarico is an extreme leftist, so the only way this works is if...
CORYN WAS LYING
I know, I know we are all shocked
Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 01:42 PM (sKqQm)
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Paxton was tried.
The lawyers for the prosecution interviewed the FBI on their investigation and they said they came up with NO EVIDENCE OF WRONGDOING WHATSOEVER.
The case was overwhelmingly NOT GUILTY. Acquitted. 100%.
They're f*cking lying about him.
He needs to sue. SUE LIKE THE WIND.
The lawyers for the prosecution interviewed the FBI on their investigation and they said they came up with NO EVIDENCE OF WRONGDOING WHATSOEVER.
The case was overwhelmingly NOT GUILTY. Acquitted. 100%.
They're f*cking lying about him.
He needs to sue. SUE LIKE THE WIND.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 01:42 PM (2YhKe)
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Cross-party hires are rare, but the move could show the Senate Democratic campaign is hoping to reach out to Republicans in reliably red Texas.
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Because politics these days, as I observe it, is all about true-believism.
You can't be okay with the other side. I happen not to be, because the other side is so fucked in the head. But, potentially I can be civil with politics that conflict with mine--just not a power structure that wants me to lose.
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Because politics these days, as I observe it, is all about true-believism.
You can't be okay with the other side. I happen not to be, because the other side is so fucked in the head. But, potentially I can be civil with politics that conflict with mine--just not a power structure that wants me to lose.
Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 01:42 PM (Fi81e)
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DC is an incestuous cesspool.
Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 01:42 PM (MWfyi)
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Now that Jason Arday has gone to Carousel, who's next in line? We need to force every fraudulent academic into suicide. It's the most humane way.
Posted by: zombie at August 18, 2026 01:43 PM (Av6i5)
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2026 01:43 PM (wVcYX)
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So, blacks only vote fraudulently? None of their votes are real.
Now I could be convinced that many of the votes cast in those districts are fraudulent, since they are run by DNC lackeys who have had machines to encourage or generate turnout when needed.
Now I could be convinced that many of the votes cast in those districts are fraudulent, since they are run by DNC lackeys who have had machines to encourage or generate turnout when needed.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 01:43 PM (uhVAy)
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The lawyers for the prosecution interviewed the FBI on their investigation and they said they came up with NO EVIDENCE OF WRONGDOING WHATSOEVER.
The case was overwhelmingly NOT GUILTY. Acquitted. 100%.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 01:42 PM (2YhKe)
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Sounds like Trump.
He shouldn't visit New York.
The case was overwhelmingly NOT GUILTY. Acquitted. 100%.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 01:42 PM (2YhKe)
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Sounds like Trump.
He shouldn't visit New York.
Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 01:43 PM (Fi81e)
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>>I heard that the staffer also took with him the gun grabbing legislation draft he wrote for Cornyn that cost him his seat.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 18, 2026 01:38 PM
Probably the path to citizenship stuff, too.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 18, 2026 01:38 PM
Probably the path to citizenship stuff, too.
Posted by: huerfano at August 18, 2026 01:43 PM (2Xqig)
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Yeah I don’t understand all the polls showing Talarico ahead. Who are they polling, newts?
Posted by: Vengeance at August 18, 2026 01:42 PM (+ffGB)
Those exiting construction zone port-a-potties.
Yeah I don’t understand all the polls showing Talarico ahead. Who are they polling, newts?
Posted by: Vengeance at August 18, 2026 01:42 PM (+ffGB)
Those exiting construction zone port-a-potties.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 01:43 PM (2YhKe)
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Jacob Smith may be less masculine than James Talarico if that is possible.
https://tinyurl.com/3vhh9yv8
https://tinyurl.com/3vhh9yv8
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 18, 2026 01:44 PM (wGerL)
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Or I should say, politics is an incestuous cesspool.
Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 01:44 PM (MWfyi)
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Hilarious to see the left squawk about the Epstein files and corruption WITHOUT EVIDENCE!!!!
Hilarious to see the left squawk about the Epstein files and corruption WITHOUT EVIDENCE!!!!
Posted by: Auspex at August 18, 2026 01:44 PM (Y8DZL)
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This is the kind of stuff the True Cons said Trump would do.
I know Trump doesn't read "super trustworthy" (maybe his most endearing quality as a nominal GOP, oddly enough). But instead he put it all on the line for a decade to try and stop the inexorable march of communism that had arrived within our shores.
I know Trump doesn't read "super trustworthy" (maybe his most endearing quality as a nominal GOP, oddly enough). But instead he put it all on the line for a decade to try and stop the inexorable march of communism that had arrived within our shores.
Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 01:44 PM (+rw6l)
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I don't care what any of these people say, if you're going to fart, fart, you'll feel better.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 18, 2026 01:44 PM (tvdD1)
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OT: DJT posts a Truth labeling the Strait of Hormuz a 'NEW U.S. Territory.
I didn't believe it, but here's his Truth:
https://tinyurl.com/3r48cjpp
I oppose this idea.
I didn't believe it, but here's his Truth:
https://tinyurl.com/3r48cjpp
I oppose this idea.
Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 01:44 PM (Jr5Lq)
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Whose jobs are up for grabs?
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 18, 2026 01:42 PM (wxsGM)
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*raises hand*
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 18, 2026 01:42 PM (wxsGM)
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*raises hand*
Posted by: Kamala at August 18, 2026 01:44 PM (Fi81e)
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43 I Googled Smith. He looks like you'd expect, powered by soy
Posted by: Smell the Glove
"Soy". Riiiiight. That's what he's been injected with that made him such a bottom bitch...
Posted by: Smell the Glove
"Soy". Riiiiight. That's what he's been injected with that made him such a bottom bitch...
Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at August 18, 2026 01:44 PM (THJS/)
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>> Paxton is so bad that he beat Cornyn statewide in the largest Republican primary win in Texas for decades.
Yeah I don’t understand all the polls showing Talarico ahead. Who are they polling, newts?
Posted by: Vengeance at August 18, 2026 01:42 PM (+ffGB)
Great horny toads. And jackalopes.
Yeah I don’t understand all the polls showing Talarico ahead. Who are they polling, newts?
Posted by: Vengeance at August 18, 2026 01:42 PM (+ffGB)
Great horny toads. And jackalopes.
Posted by: Yosemite Sam at August 18, 2026 01:44 PM (wVcYX)
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I Googled Smith. He looks like you'd expect, powered by soy
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 01:41 PM (rp63B)
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So, not exactly Pecos Bill, eh?
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 01:41 PM (rp63B)
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So, not exactly Pecos Bill, eh?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 18, 2026 01:44 PM (FZ29D)
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WHAT A SHOCK!
I once served as a delegate for the Republican Convention back in Virginia.
Shortly afterward, I started getting LOTS of fundraising requests from Democrat campaigns.
My first thought was "these idiots, I worked for the other side!"
It was only after further reflection that I realized they probably get better than 50% response from targeting "Republican" delegates. I was the idiot who didn't realize how infiltrated the GOP was.
I once served as a delegate for the Republican Convention back in Virginia.
Shortly afterward, I started getting LOTS of fundraising requests from Democrat campaigns.
My first thought was "these idiots, I worked for the other side!"
It was only after further reflection that I realized they probably get better than 50% response from targeting "Republican" delegates. I was the idiot who didn't realize how infiltrated the GOP was.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2026 01:45 PM (N1DT3)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2026 01:45 PM (O0L8i)
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Cross-party hires are rare, but the move could show the Senate Democratic campaign is hoping to reach out to Republicans in reliably red Texas.
---
Because politics these days, as I observe it, is all about true-believism.
You can't be okay with the other side. I happen not to be, because the other side is so fucked in the head. But, potentially I can be civil with politics that conflict with mine--just not a power structure that wants me to lose.
Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 01:42 PM (Fi81e)
This is impossible in the current climate. Said GOP hire would have to toe the line on so many issues to remain in good graces that the utility of his views would vanish.
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Because politics these days, as I observe it, is all about true-believism.
You can't be okay with the other side. I happen not to be, because the other side is so fucked in the head. But, potentially I can be civil with politics that conflict with mine--just not a power structure that wants me to lose.
Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 01:42 PM (Fi81e)
This is impossible in the current climate. Said GOP hire would have to toe the line on so many issues to remain in good graces that the utility of his views would vanish.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 01:45 PM (uhVAy)
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I'm pleased to announce that Jacob "Scapegoat" Smith will be joining my election campaign staff.
Posted by: James Talarico at August 18, 2026 01:45 PM (i8+2Q)
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Now that Jason Arday has gone to Carousel, who's next in line? We need to force every fraudulent academic into suicide. It's the most humane way.
Posted by: zombie
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Ooh, glad you asked again! Don't know if you saw my answer below-thread:
zombie, it's been a while since we've enjoyed your activism. Are you interested in things like plagiarism sniffing and cv investigation? If one dedicated individual simply starts the most cursory look at the top Black scholars in _____ Studies departments at top universities, armies of fraudsters will be found overnight.
Now that Jason Arday has gone to Carousel, who's next in line? We need to force every fraudulent academic into suicide. It's the most humane way.
Posted by: zombie
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Ooh, glad you asked again! Don't know if you saw my answer below-thread:
zombie, it's been a while since we've enjoyed your activism. Are you interested in things like plagiarism sniffing and cv investigation? If one dedicated individual simply starts the most cursory look at the top Black scholars in _____ Studies departments at top universities, armies of fraudsters will be found overnight.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 01:46 PM (XJ22o)
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My only salve with where I can see things clearly heading for 2027 is Trump knows exactly what this DNC-DSA op is, and where it's headed, likely well beyond what I can see.
And he is not going to let them ride roughshod over us and everything civilized people built for 250 years, or to take advantage of what he seemingly dismantled.
How any successor actually fights this snaky two pronged pincer attack from the Democrat Party is going to be something, but he is going to have to be made of twisted metal.
And he is not going to let them ride roughshod over us and everything civilized people built for 250 years, or to take advantage of what he seemingly dismantled.
How any successor actually fights this snaky two pronged pincer attack from the Democrat Party is going to be something, but he is going to have to be made of twisted metal.
Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 01:46 PM (+rw6l)
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Paxton hopefully takes this as a sign when he wins. Bring all your OWN staffers. Do NOT retain ANYTHING involving that shitbag Cornyn.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 01:46 PM (2YhKe)
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30 Why do I suspect that the policies Smith advocates for will be very similar to those he advocated for with Cornyn? How many other "R" senators and congresscritters have crypto-leftists advising them on policy?
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette
Thune for one. Basically staffers are there to exercise power and/or to get rich from teh K Street banditos. Senate legislative assistants, in particular, spend a lot of time with their Dem counterparts liaising with donor groups drafting uniparty legislation.
They have the faithfulness of a whore and I think this guy jumped because he wasn't going to retain his cushy job with Cornyn, is likely to get paid well by Talarico's campaign, and then will probably try to land in some lobbying firm for an interest group.
The good news is he is now toxic to the GOP officeholders being able to openly hire him as an aide , the bad news is there are bunch just like him as senior staffers for other aging toads sitting as GOP senators.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette
Thune for one. Basically staffers are there to exercise power and/or to get rich from teh K Street banditos. Senate legislative assistants, in particular, spend a lot of time with their Dem counterparts liaising with donor groups drafting uniparty legislation.
They have the faithfulness of a whore and I think this guy jumped because he wasn't going to retain his cushy job with Cornyn, is likely to get paid well by Talarico's campaign, and then will probably try to land in some lobbying firm for an interest group.
The good news is he is now toxic to the GOP officeholders being able to openly hire him as an aide , the bad news is there are bunch just like him as senior staffers for other aging toads sitting as GOP senators.
Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 01:46 PM (E4rtv)
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Cross-party hires are rare
Except when the UniParty needs to say they hired cross-party to "reach out" to the other side.
Except when the UniParty needs to say they hired cross-party to "reach out" to the other side.
Posted by: t-bird at August 18, 2026 01:47 PM (Cuw0G)
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JAMES TALARICO: "With the SAVE Act, they are trying to rob our neighbors, strictly our black neighbors, of those God given rights."
Do you think he means God or god?
Do you think he means God or god?
Posted by: Inogame at August 18, 2026 01:47 PM (53oGX)
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>> Paxton is so bad that he beat Cornyn statewide in the largest Republican primary win in Texas for decades.
Yeah I don’t understand all the polls showing Talarico ahead. Who are they polling, newts?
Posted by: Vengeance at August 18, 2026 01:42 PM (+ffGB)
Great horny toads. And jackalopes.
Posted by: Yosemite Sam at August 18, 2026 01:44 PM (wVcYX)
Well the most recent polls in WI had Chong or whoever up 20+ points and she lost.
It seems like the last 2 candidates they have run for Senate are there just to skim donations across the country into TX. They aren't to appeal to actual Txans, or win.
Yeah I don’t understand all the polls showing Talarico ahead. Who are they polling, newts?
Posted by: Vengeance at August 18, 2026 01:42 PM (+ffGB)
Great horny toads. And jackalopes.
Posted by: Yosemite Sam at August 18, 2026 01:44 PM (wVcYX)
Well the most recent polls in WI had Chong or whoever up 20+ points and she lost.
It seems like the last 2 candidates they have run for Senate are there just to skim donations across the country into TX. They aren't to appeal to actual Txans, or win.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 01:47 PM (uhVAy)
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I've said it before, but there are no elected Republicans in DC that read conservative media anywhere close to this site.
More of them will say David French represents the conservative view than this site.
And a lot of them still think National Review represents the thought leaders of the the base.
And that watching CNN and Fox News will give you both sides of the story.
More of them will say David French represents the conservative view than this site.
And a lot of them still think National Review represents the thought leaders of the the base.
And that watching CNN and Fox News will give you both sides of the story.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 18, 2026 01:48 PM (3cUTc)
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Yeah I don’t understand all the polls showing Talarico ahead. Who are they polling, newts?
Posted by: Vengeance at August 18, 2026 01:42 PM (+ffGB)
Great horny toads. And jackalopes.
Posted by: Yosemite Sam at August 18, 2026 01:44 PM (wVcYX)
I just came out that pollsters in California were running an 'experiment' on the Bass mayoral race and released a completely fake poll, just to see the reaction.
Yeah.....they've been doing that shit for DECADES, just didn't tell anyone.
Posted by: Vengeance at August 18, 2026 01:42 PM (+ffGB)
Great horny toads. And jackalopes.
Posted by: Yosemite Sam at August 18, 2026 01:44 PM (wVcYX)
I just came out that pollsters in California were running an 'experiment' on the Bass mayoral race and released a completely fake poll, just to see the reaction.
Yeah.....they've been doing that shit for DECADES, just didn't tell anyone.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 01:48 PM (2YhKe)
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"Polling Company Collapses After Giving Francesca Hong a 23-Point Lead in a Race She Lost, Admits to ‘Bogus’ Data on LA Mayor Karen Bass"
Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 01:48 PM (MWfyi)
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"I'm fighting for lower costs!"
Uh-huh. "More money to secure our border!"
They are truly professionals when it applies to acting like they are merely powerless spectators in these atrocities.
Uh-huh. "More money to secure our border!"
They are truly professionals when it applies to acting like they are merely powerless spectators in these atrocities.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 01:48 PM (Ewmxj)
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JAMES TALARICO: "With the SAVE Act, they are trying to rob our neighbors, strictly our black neighbors, of those God given rights."
Do you think he means God or god?
Posted by: Inogame at August 18, 2026 01:47 PM (53oGX)
Texas already REQUIRES ID to vote in federal elections, if not ALL elections.
I show ID everytime, regardless.
Do you think he means God or god?
Posted by: Inogame at August 18, 2026 01:47 PM (53oGX)
Texas already REQUIRES ID to vote in federal elections, if not ALL elections.
I show ID everytime, regardless.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 01:49 PM (2YhKe)
85
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 18, 2026 01:45 PM (N1DT3)
I was a alternate delegate for our district convention in CO for 2008. Made me realize *I* was the RINO because I actually believed in the planks of the platform.
I was a alternate delegate for our district convention in CO for 2008. Made me realize *I* was the RINO because I actually believed in the planks of the platform.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 18, 2026 01:49 PM (lFFaq)
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"A major polling scandal rocks the Los Angeles mayoral race after a firm admits to fabricating poll results. Median Strategies created a fake poll showing Karen Bass leading. "
Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 01:49 PM (MWfyi)
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Paxton hopefully takes this as a sign when he wins. Bring all your OWN staffers. Do NOT retain ANYTHING involving that shitbag Cornyn.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 01:46 PM (2YhKe)
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Like the Lord told the Israelites.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 01:46 PM (2YhKe)
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Like the Lord told the Israelites.
Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 01:49 PM (Fi81e)
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With the SAVE Act, they are trying to rob our neighbors, strictly our black neighbors, of those God given rights."
God wants neighbors to vote without ID.? Blacks are too stupid to get ID? How patronizing!
God wants neighbors to vote without ID.? Blacks are too stupid to get ID? How patronizing!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2026 01:50 PM (+hwtP)
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Uhhh, it's not black people who are afraid of ICE showing up at polling stations. Just saying.
Posted by: pookysgirl, pointing out the obvious at August 18, 2026 01:50 PM (Wt5PA)
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An experiment to see if they can cheat even more blatantly.
Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 01:50 PM (MWfyi)
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Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 01:46 PM (XJ22o)
Ha and speaking of something you apparently asked me yesterday, the DNC may give up some longtime members to "DSA" but they don't actually care. The tippy top of the Left has no friends, just conveniences. Everyone is expendable.
Think about it. Even in losing longtime members, what are they really giving up as a party if it allows them to amass more power? Or to pretend to suddenly be responsive to "young people" and "working people" instead of the elite? Big picture it and you can't miss it.
Ha and speaking of something you apparently asked me yesterday, the DNC may give up some longtime members to "DSA" but they don't actually care. The tippy top of the Left has no friends, just conveniences. Everyone is expendable.
Think about it. Even in losing longtime members, what are they really giving up as a party if it allows them to amass more power? Or to pretend to suddenly be responsive to "young people" and "working people" instead of the elite? Big picture it and you can't miss it.
Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 01:50 PM (+rw6l)
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>>Jacob Smith, who worked for Cornyn for five years as a deputy legislative director and policy adviser, is taking on the role of deputy policy director for Talarico's campaign.
"I've worked for Republicans like Senator Cornyn my entire career, but this year I'm proud to be joining James Talarico's campaign," Smith confirmed
IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE THIS EXPLAINS WHY CORNRYN SUCKED AS A REPUBLICAN - HIS STAFFERS ARE DEMOCRATS.
"I've worked for Republicans like Senator Cornyn my entire career, but this year I'm proud to be joining James Talarico's campaign," Smith confirmed
IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE THIS EXPLAINS WHY CORNRYN SUCKED AS A REPUBLICAN - HIS STAFFERS ARE DEMOCRATS.
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at August 18, 2026 01:50 PM (X8xt3)
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Uhhh, it's not black people who are afraid of ICE showing up at polling stations. Just saying.
Posted by: pookysgirl, pointing out the obvious at August 18, 2026 01:50 PM (Wt5PA)
Only those that SHOULD fear ICE should be afraid.
Posted by: pookysgirl, pointing out the obvious at August 18, 2026 01:50 PM (Wt5PA)
Only those that SHOULD fear ICE should be afraid.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 01:50 PM (2YhKe)
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Both Talarico & Cornyn aid Smith share their love of Semen.
Both Talarico & Cornyn aid Smith share their love of Semen.
Posted by: Frank Barone at August 18, 2026 01:51 PM (OkYzo)
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A name like Jacob ‘Big Jake’ Smith might inject some testerone into Telarico. Who knows?
Posted by: Eromero at August 18, 2026 01:51 PM (LHPAg)
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And he is not going to let them ride roughshod over us and everything civilized people built for 250 years, or to take advantage of what he seemingly dismantled.
How any successor actually fights this snaky two pronged pincer attack from the Democrat Party is going to be something, but he is going to have to be made of twisted metal.
Posted by: ...
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Watch for a possible national emergency declared before the elections start. Foreign interference in US elections and fraudulent voters on the lists in mostly blue states. I think that is Trump's Rubicon ripping the masks off of everyone including the courts.
How any successor actually fights this snaky two pronged pincer attack from the Democrat Party is going to be something, but he is going to have to be made of twisted metal.
Posted by: ...
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Watch for a possible national emergency declared before the elections start. Foreign interference in US elections and fraudulent voters on the lists in mostly blue states. I think that is Trump's Rubicon ripping the masks off of everyone including the courts.
Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 01:51 PM (E4rtv)
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White people are robbing our black neighbors is certain a take.
Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 01:51 PM (+rw6l)
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OT: DJT posts a Truth labeling the Strait of Hormuz a 'NEW U.S. Territory.
I didn't believe it, but here's his Truth:
https://tinyurl.com/3r48cjpp
I oppose this idea.
Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 01:44 PM (Jr5Lq)
Might as well call a spade a spade. Given the fecklessness of the rest of the world to patrolling the area it will be on our plate for a long time. Perhaps some day the day to day patrols can be taken over by Gulf state boats but the big stick will be ours.
I didn't believe it, but here's his Truth:
https://tinyurl.com/3r48cjpp
I oppose this idea.
Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 01:44 PM (Jr5Lq)
Might as well call a spade a spade. Given the fecklessness of the rest of the world to patrolling the area it will be on our plate for a long time. Perhaps some day the day to day patrols can be taken over by Gulf state boats but the big stick will be ours.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 01:51 PM (uhVAy)
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How long has Jacob Smith been transitioning?
Posted by: Axeman at August 18, 2026 01:51 PM (Fi81e)
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>>Uhhh, it's not black people who are afraid of ICE showing up at polling stations. Just saying.
*eyes dart in all directions*
*eyes dart in all directions*
Posted by: Somalis at August 18, 2026 01:51 PM (X8xt3)
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I brought up the Sienna poll claiming Talarico is ahead, key points:
"Voters Favor Paxton on Border; Favor Talarico on Affordability, Iran, Water, Safety"
In the notes they say they contacted 619 likely TX voters in EN and ES and had 453 complete the entire survey. They claim their MOE is 5.5%
Interestingly Sienna did not poll the R primary.
"Voters Favor Paxton on Border; Favor Talarico on Affordability, Iran, Water, Safety"
In the notes they say they contacted 619 likely TX voters in EN and ES and had 453 complete the entire survey. They claim their MOE is 5.5%
Interestingly Sienna did not poll the R primary.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 01:51 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 01:51 PM (2YhKe)
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Talarico is a serpent.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 18, 2026 01:52 PM (dWlcQ)
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Watch for a possible national emergency declared before the elections start. Foreign interference in US elections and fraudulent voters on the lists in mostly blue states. I think that is Trump's Rubicon ripping the masks off of everyone including the courts.
Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 01:51 PM (E4rtv)
I think he will have a ton of poll inspectors in those key blue areas
Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 01:51 PM (E4rtv)
I think he will have a ton of poll inspectors in those key blue areas
Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 01:52 PM (uhVAy)
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Cross party hires wasn't ever all that rare. Staffers and staff asses would work for whoever would pay them. Politics didn't matter. You care about the policy, you run for the office, you wear the moc pin. Staffers just do their job.
Then "Woke" happened and the cutthroat amoral bastards got replaced with cultists.
Then "Woke" happened and the cutthroat amoral bastards got replaced with cultists.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 18, 2026 01:53 PM (Ot/FD)
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I get "Television Sheister Preacher" vibes off of Talarico every time he opens his mouth. Or, maybe Nick Fuetes with a new hairstyle.
Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2026 01:53 PM (dIske)
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82 "Polling Company Collapses After Giving Francesca Hong a 23-Point Lead in a Race She Lost, Admits to ‘Bogus’ Data on LA Mayor Karen Bass"
Posted by: fd
Morons. You only sellout with a big fake poll when you're ready to retire.
Posted by: fd
Morons. You only sellout with a big fake poll when you're ready to retire.
Posted by: Ann Selzer at August 18, 2026 01:53 PM (THJS/)
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"Polling Company Collapses"
Like, collapses-collapses?
Like those DIY home stripper poles that aren't secured, collapses?
Or like illegal immigrant trucking companies that change some letters around and re-incorporate, collapses?
(You've got three guesses, and the first two don't count)
Like, collapses-collapses?
Like those DIY home stripper poles that aren't secured, collapses?
Or like illegal immigrant trucking companies that change some letters around and re-incorporate, collapses?
(You've got three guesses, and the first two don't count)
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 18, 2026 01:54 PM (aJQbY)
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But the poll that 60% of young people are socialists. Totes not fabricated!
Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 01:54 PM (+rw6l)
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IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE THIS EXPLAINS WHY CORNRYN SUCKED AS A REPUBLICAN - HIS STAFFERS ARE DEMOCRATS.
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at August 18, 2026 01:50
This.
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at August 18, 2026 01:50
This.
Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2026 01:54 PM (ZdaMQ)
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86 "A major polling scandal rocks the Los Angeles mayoral race after a firm admits to fabricating poll results. Median Strategies created a fake poll showing Karen Bass leading. "
Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 01:49 PM
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A revised truthful poll indicates that Bass is a cabbage-headed dumbass with a strange offensive body odor.
86 "A major polling scandal rocks the Los Angeles mayoral race after a firm admits to fabricating poll results. Median Strategies created a fake poll showing Karen Bass leading. "
Posted by: fd at August 18, 2026 01:49 PM
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A revised truthful poll indicates that Bass is a cabbage-headed dumbass with a strange offensive body odor.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 18, 2026 01:54 PM (azNOR)
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One other point on polling, RCP said that Talarico would mean Coryn as well from when they were polling that as a possibility.
Which puts to bed the question of "But Paxton is too mean, conservative, blah"
Either people in TX wants a guy that loves transkids (and probably has physically done so) or the polling is wrong.
Which puts to bed the question of "But Paxton is too mean, conservative, blah"
Either people in TX wants a guy that loves transkids (and probably has physically done so) or the polling is wrong.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 01:55 PM (sKqQm)
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27 Is Talarico going to win?
Posted by: runner
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If Talrico wins take it as a sign that it's time to get right with Jesus.
Posted by: runner
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If Talrico wins take it as a sign that it's time to get right with Jesus.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 01:56 PM (Cq/ve)
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"Smith also took aim at the GOP nominee, adding, "Ken Paxton is the most corrupt, self-dealing politician in Texas who would sell their futures to the highest contributor just to hold onto power."
Smith mis-spoke. He meant say former GOP nominee John Cornyn.
Smith mis-spoke. He meant say former GOP nominee John Cornyn.
Posted by: Gref at August 18, 2026 01:56 PM (5rh/l)
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It will not work. We already hate Cornyn.
Posted by: Rotkappchen at August 18, 2026 01:56 PM (j3Fsw)
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It's actually hilarious that they whine that Paxton will 'sell their futures to the highest contributor just to hold onto power'
after Cornyn pissed away ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS losing the primary TWICE.
after Cornyn pissed away ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS losing the primary TWICE.
Posted by: DudeAbiding at August 18, 2026 01:56 PM (setIA)
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osted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 01:46 PM (XJ22o)
Ha and speaking of something you apparently asked me yesterday, the DNC may give up some longtime members to "DSA" but they don't actually care. The tippy top of the Left has no friends, just conveniences. Everyone is expendable.
Think about it. Even in losing longtime members, what are they really giving up as a party if it allows them to amass more power? Or to pretend to suddenly be responsive to "young people" and "working people" instead of the elite? Big picture it and you can't miss it.
Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 01:50 PM (+rw6l)
They care because the DSA is taking power away from them, or threatening to, and their misrule makes it hard for them to pretend to be a normal alternative patriotic party. The DNC already has an issue of a weak bench because the geriatric leadership has frozen their next generation out too long...if the few that are left are usurped by overt socialists or commies ...
Ha and speaking of something you apparently asked me yesterday, the DNC may give up some longtime members to "DSA" but they don't actually care. The tippy top of the Left has no friends, just conveniences. Everyone is expendable.
Think about it. Even in losing longtime members, what are they really giving up as a party if it allows them to amass more power? Or to pretend to suddenly be responsive to "young people" and "working people" instead of the elite? Big picture it and you can't miss it.
Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 01:50 PM (+rw6l)
They care because the DSA is taking power away from them, or threatening to, and their misrule makes it hard for them to pretend to be a normal alternative patriotic party. The DNC already has an issue of a weak bench because the geriatric leadership has frozen their next generation out too long...if the few that are left are usurped by overt socialists or commies ...
Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 01:56 PM (uhVAy)
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In the notes they say they contacted 619 likely TX voters in EN and ES and had 453 complete the entire survey. They claim their MOE is 5.5%
Is this the poll where Talarico is up by 1 ? If so the MOE of 5.5% nullifies it...
In the notes they say they contacted 619 likely TX voters in EN and ES and had 453 complete the entire survey. They claim their MOE is 5.5%
Is this the poll where Talarico is up by 1 ? If so the MOE of 5.5% nullifies it...
Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2026 01:57 PM (726Da)
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Townhall.com
@townhallcom
JAMES TALARICO: "With the SAVE Act, they are trying to rob our neighbors, strictly our black neighbors, of those God given rights."
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That's essentially what NC governor Josh Stein blathered to the press when he vetoed an election reform bill yesterday passed by the NC Senate and General Assembly.
@townhallcom
JAMES TALARICO: "With the SAVE Act, they are trying to rob our neighbors, strictly our black neighbors, of those God given rights."
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That's essentially what NC governor Josh Stein blathered to the press when he vetoed an election reform bill yesterday passed by the NC Senate and General Assembly.
Posted by: mrp at August 18, 2026 01:57 PM (rj6Yv)
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>> Or, maybe Nick Fuetes with a new hairstyle.
I remember being told not to long ago that we were screwed because Nick Fuentes wasn't on our side.
Haven't heard a peep from the pint sized Nazi in months.
I remember being told not to long ago that we were screwed because Nick Fuentes wasn't on our side.
Haven't heard a peep from the pint sized Nazi in months.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2026 01:57 PM (viF8m)
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But, but, the (stripper) polls??!!! Paxton will lose! We are doomed! Doomed I tell you! Doomed! I am so concerned!
Posted by: Concern Troll at August 18, 2026 01:57 PM (sFNX2)
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>>Cross-party hires are rare
Except when the UniParty needs to say they hired cross-party to "reach out" to the other side.
- - - -
From what I've read, staffer on the Hill are not Republican, they are a permanent power class (similar to federal agency leadership) who believe they know what's best, using their position to shape their current elected Senator's/Congressman's agenda.
A while there was a story on X about how Thune inherited McConnell's staff, which is common when one takes over leadership, and they were active in kneecapping Trump and MAGA. Not that Thune didn't play a part, but it explains why his Senate leadership is pretty much the same as McConnell's - it is the same crew!
Except when the UniParty needs to say they hired cross-party to "reach out" to the other side.
- - - -
From what I've read, staffer on the Hill are not Republican, they are a permanent power class (similar to federal agency leadership) who believe they know what's best, using their position to shape their current elected Senator's/Congressman's agenda.
A while there was a story on X about how Thune inherited McConnell's staff, which is common when one takes over leadership, and they were active in kneecapping Trump and MAGA. Not that Thune didn't play a part, but it explains why his Senate leadership is pretty much the same as McConnell's - it is the same crew!
Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2026 01:57 PM (X8xt3)
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There is a chart that shows the R turnover since Trump took office. There's been a bunch that are gone:
1) depressing how far left the R majority used to be
2) encouraging how much work we have already done
3) confirms that, right now, there are basically 10 R Senators that oppose Trump on most everything.
But we are winning. A slow grind, but we are.
The real tell on when we've won is, the R Senator assigned to gavel-in/out the pro forma session, alerts Trump only and then does a no show-no call.
And Trump recess appoints his entire slate.
1) depressing how far left the R majority used to be
2) encouraging how much work we have already done
3) confirms that, right now, there are basically 10 R Senators that oppose Trump on most everything.
But we are winning. A slow grind, but we are.
The real tell on when we've won is, the R Senator assigned to gavel-in/out the pro forma session, alerts Trump only and then does a no show-no call.
And Trump recess appoints his entire slate.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 18, 2026 01:58 PM (3cUTc)
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In a strange way the fake polling is incredibly reflective of our fake voting.
Maybe fudging the polls to get a desired result should therefore be considered highly accurate? These people are living in the year 3000.
Maybe fudging the polls to get a desired result should therefore be considered highly accurate? These people are living in the year 3000.
Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 01:58 PM (+rw6l)
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Either people in TX wants a guy that loves transkids (and probably has physically done so) or the polling is wrong.
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the polling, expecially now, could be wrong (crazy!), so we have to look at to other factors, like ...advertising, donations, who is supporting whomst
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the polling, expecially now, could be wrong (crazy!), so we have to look at to other factors, like ...advertising, donations, who is supporting whomst
Posted by: runner at August 18, 2026 01:58 PM (g47mK)
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@104 the DoJ is going to have 1500+ poll watchers. "Voter suppression" will be the lefts mantra
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 01:58 PM (rp63B)
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"Smith also took aim at the GOP nominee, adding, "Ken Paxton is the most corrupt, self-dealing politician in Texas who would sell their futures to the highest contributor just to hold onto power."
Smith mis-spoke. He meant say former GOP nominee John Cornyn.
Posted by: Gref at August 18, 2026 01:56 PM (5rh/l)
yeah, pretty dumb take. A non incumbent is by definition not 'trying to hold onto power' but to get it.
Smith mis-spoke. He meant say former GOP nominee John Cornyn.
Posted by: Gref at August 18, 2026 01:56 PM (5rh/l)
yeah, pretty dumb take. A non incumbent is by definition not 'trying to hold onto power' but to get it.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 01:58 PM (uhVAy)
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@104 the DoJ is going to have 1500+ poll watchers. "Voter suppression" will be the lefts mantra
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 01:58 PM (rp63B)
I want to suppress illegal votes. and 'legal' votes of illegals.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 01:58 PM (rp63B)
I want to suppress illegal votes. and 'legal' votes of illegals.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 01:59 PM (uhVAy)
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Only those that SHOULD fear ICE should be afraid.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
But they're abducting and murdering innocent white people too! Remember Renee Good and that angry soy nurse guy!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
But they're abducting and murdering innocent white people too! Remember Renee Good and that angry soy nurse guy!!!
Posted by: TDS AWFLs at August 18, 2026 01:59 PM (THJS/)
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>>A revised truthful poll indicates that Bass is a cabbage-headed dumbass with a strange offensive body odor.
She looks like a muppet.
She looks like a muppet.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2026 01:59 PM (X8xt3)
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In the notes they say they contacted 619 likely TX voters in EN and ES and had 453 complete the entire survey. They claim their MOE is 5.5%
Interestingly Sienna did not poll the R primary.
Posted by: 18-1
Bullshit poll. For a state like Texas, you need about 900-1000 sample size at a minimum and I would have to see their screening questions as to likely voters. Apparently this polling season has a problem with overenthusiastic DSA response and lackluster response to polling by normal Democrats. That is what is causing for example the wide disparities in WI, MI, and other contested primaries between actual results and the poll forecasts. The other problem is you have key demographics that need to be oversampled and 400 is not enough to get that. Blacks for example, Hispanics for another. Get a bunch of White Bread DSA types in the poll but it will not reflect whether minority groups turn out or not. Talarico has to have blacks and Hispanics for a shot at winning. AWFLs and soyboys are not enough.
And the Interactive polling is crap by the way--always has a serious problem with selection bias when you ask by email or by text for a response.
Interestingly Sienna did not poll the R primary.
Posted by: 18-1
Bullshit poll. For a state like Texas, you need about 900-1000 sample size at a minimum and I would have to see their screening questions as to likely voters. Apparently this polling season has a problem with overenthusiastic DSA response and lackluster response to polling by normal Democrats. That is what is causing for example the wide disparities in WI, MI, and other contested primaries between actual results and the poll forecasts. The other problem is you have key demographics that need to be oversampled and 400 is not enough to get that. Blacks for example, Hispanics for another. Get a bunch of White Bread DSA types in the poll but it will not reflect whether minority groups turn out or not. Talarico has to have blacks and Hispanics for a shot at winning. AWFLs and soyboys are not enough.
And the Interactive polling is crap by the way--always has a serious problem with selection bias when you ask by email or by text for a response.
Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 01:59 PM (E4rtv)
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"...campaign as xis Deputy Policy Director."
What Does "xis" mean?
Is that an abbreviation for "executive?"
What Does "xis" mean?
Is that an abbreviation for "executive?"
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 18, 2026 01:59 PM (2Ez/1)
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Meh, probably something as simple as Cornyn no longer has access to primo blow.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 18, 2026 02:00 PM (DZ9Lv)
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We're the original poll watchers, motherfucka.
Posted by: Thugs With Nightsticks at August 18, 2026 02:00 PM (+rw6l)
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I wonder if anyone has ever taken an actual poll of strippers.
Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 02:01 PM (77rzZ)
136
>>The DNC already has an issue of a weak bench because the geriatric leadership has frozen their next generation out too long
Oldcat, this goes back to Obama's mal-rule, when the state legislatures lost hundreds of Democrat seats over the course of eight years. There is a huge gap in age & experience between the 'geriatric leadership' and the ambitious next generation - except it's really two generations apart.
Oldcat, this goes back to Obama's mal-rule, when the state legislatures lost hundreds of Democrat seats over the course of eight years. There is a huge gap in age & experience between the 'geriatric leadership' and the ambitious next generation - except it's really two generations apart.
Posted by: Nazdar at August 18, 2026 02:01 PM (NcvvS)
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Morons. You only sellout with a big fake poll when you're ready to retire.
Posted by: Ann Selzer at August 18, 2026 01:53 PM (THJS/)
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LOL
Posted by: Ann Selzer at August 18, 2026 01:53 PM (THJS/)
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LOL
Posted by: olddog in mo at August 18, 2026 02:01 PM (SkjRZ)
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This is where liberals get their news.
The Mirror US •
US News • 20 seconds ago
Natalie Harp's 'ambitious' plan to steal spotlight from Trump exposed in unearthed clip
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The Mirror US •
US News • 20 seconds ago
Natalie Harp's 'ambitious' plan to steal spotlight from Trump exposed in unearthed clip
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Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 02:02 PM (Cq/ve)
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>> Or, maybe Nick Fuetes with a new hairstyle.
I remember being told not to long ago that we were screwed because Nick Fuentes wasn't on our side.
Haven't heard a peep from the pint sized Nazi in months.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2026 01:57 PM (viF8m)
The few clips I have seen are him wincing at how dopey Tucker and Candace are being. His grift seems comfortable while the 'conservative oppo' seem frantic.
I remember being told not to long ago that we were screwed because Nick Fuentes wasn't on our side.
Haven't heard a peep from the pint sized Nazi in months.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2026 01:57 PM (viF8m)
The few clips I have seen are him wincing at how dopey Tucker and Candace are being. His grift seems comfortable while the 'conservative oppo' seem frantic.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:02 PM (uhVAy)
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the polling, expecially now, could be wrong (crazy!), so we have to look at to other factors, like ...advertising, donations, who is supporting whomst
Posted by: runner
Polling usually sucks before they get serious about just before early voting starts. Once early voting starts, you can take turnout in certain districts as a corrective to the likely voting models, especially for Dems. But we have not seen the deluge of ads yet as Trump and the RNC are about to open the floodgates, they always launch right around Labor Day for the GOP and indys. More bang per buck on ads. Summer ads fade into the mist by that time.
Posted by: runner
Polling usually sucks before they get serious about just before early voting starts. Once early voting starts, you can take turnout in certain districts as a corrective to the likely voting models, especially for Dems. But we have not seen the deluge of ads yet as Trump and the RNC are about to open the floodgates, they always launch right around Labor Day for the GOP and indys. More bang per buck on ads. Summer ads fade into the mist by that time.
Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 02:02 PM (E4rtv)
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"Polls consistently show a wide majority of Americans are in favor of reptile bestiality up until the 12th Trimester".
They just make shit up, and then cite it as Gospel on the "news" and what passes for academia these days. They then feed the same results back to each other, a round robin back and forth citing each other's nonsense as legitimate and authoritative.
They just make shit up, and then cite it as Gospel on the "news" and what passes for academia these days. They then feed the same results back to each other, a round robin back and forth citing each other's nonsense as legitimate and authoritative.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 18, 2026 02:02 PM (Ewmxj)
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>>In a strange way the fake polling is incredibly reflective of our fake voting.
They do this so that when they steal an election it doesn't raise any red flags.
Legitimate polls + fraud results triggers doubt.
Fake polls that are designed to mirror fraud results make it easier to steal.
They do this so that when they steal an election it doesn't raise any red flags.
Legitimate polls + fraud results triggers doubt.
Fake polls that are designed to mirror fraud results make it easier to steal.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2026 02:03 PM (X8xt3)
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"We have already identified what you are; now we are merely negotiating on the price."
-Stuff Winston Churchill is said to have said
Safe bet that this dude has all of the Cornyn database information and will be using it to contact all of Cornyn us former voters.
Guess we're getting ready to get a barrage of attack ads 🙄🙄🙄
-Stuff Winston Churchill is said to have said
Safe bet that this dude has all of the Cornyn database information and will be using it to contact all of Cornyn us former voters.
Guess we're getting ready to get a barrage of attack ads 🙄🙄🙄
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 18, 2026 02:03 PM (SRRAx)
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...corrupt, self-dealing politician...
Posted by: Dept. of Redundancy Dept. at August 18, 2026 02:03 PM (w9Wax)
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A while there was a story on X about how Thune inherited McConnell's staff, which is common when one takes over leadership, and they were active in kneecapping Trump and MAGA. Not that Thune didn't play a part, but it explains why his Senate leadership is pretty much the same as McConnell's - it is the same crew!
Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2026 01:57 PM (X8xt3)
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Most important of all, Thune inherited McConnell's campaign donor list and the campaign finance distribution authority. That's the REAL power behind the Senate Majority Leader.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2026 01:57 PM (X8xt3)
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Most important of all, Thune inherited McConnell's campaign donor list and the campaign finance distribution authority. That's the REAL power behind the Senate Majority Leader.
Posted by: mrp at August 18, 2026 02:04 PM (rj6Yv)
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136 >>The DNC already has an issue of a weak bench because the geriatric leadership has frozen their next generation out too long
Oldcat, this goes back to Obama's mal-rule, when the state legislatures lost hundreds of Democrat seats over the course of eight years. There is a huge gap in age & experience between the 'geriatric leadership' and the ambitious next generation - except it's really two generations apart.
Posted by: Nazdar at August 18, 2026 02:01 PM (NcvvS)
So what? I won.
Oldcat, this goes back to Obama's mal-rule, when the state legislatures lost hundreds of Democrat seats over the course of eight years. There is a huge gap in age & experience between the 'geriatric leadership' and the ambitious next generation - except it's really two generations apart.
Posted by: Nazdar at August 18, 2026 02:01 PM (NcvvS)
So what? I won.
Posted by: B. Obama, Narcissist at August 18, 2026 02:04 PM (5rh/l)
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Either people in TX wants a guy that loves transkids (and probably has physically done so) or the polling is wrong.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 01:55 PM (sKqQm)
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I have no doubt polling was done in Austin or Houston.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 01:55 PM (sKqQm)
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I have no doubt polling was done in Austin or Houston.
Posted by: Darth Randall at August 18, 2026 02:04 PM (fA/Hs)
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"...campaign as xis Deputy Policy Director."
What Does "xis" mean?
Is that an abbreviation for "executive?"
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 18, 2026 01:59 PM (2Ez/1)
X is deviant for h in a gender world . His is 'regressive' Xis is super progressive.
What Does "xis" mean?
Is that an abbreviation for "executive?"
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 18, 2026 01:59 PM (2Ez/1)
X is deviant for h in a gender world . His is 'regressive' Xis is super progressive.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:04 PM (uhVAy)
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109 But the poll that 60% of young people are socialists. Totes not fabricated!
Posted by: ...
Sometimes the crazy poll results don't seem too crazy...
Around 28–31% of young (Gen Z) women in the U.S. identify as LGBTQ+, according to Gallup polling (the most commonly cited large-scale source).
Posted by: ...
Sometimes the crazy poll results don't seem too crazy...
Around 28–31% of young (Gen Z) women in the U.S. identify as LGBTQ+, according to Gallup polling (the most commonly cited large-scale source).
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 18, 2026 02:04 PM (THJS/)
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>>And Trump recess appoints his entire slate.
Not much point now because I believe recess appointments terminate at the end of this session. In December.
Not much point now because I believe recess appointments terminate at the end of this session. In December.
Posted by: Nazdar at August 18, 2026 02:05 PM (NcvvS)
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>>The DNC already has an issue of a weak bench because the geriatric leadership has frozen their next generation out too long
Meanwhile, Obama and Sanders have been busy grooming the next generation of "Democrat" leaders -- El Sayed, Talerico,Mamdani, etc..
Meanwhile, Obama and Sanders have been busy grooming the next generation of "Democrat" leaders -- El Sayed, Talerico,Mamdani, etc..
Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2026 02:05 PM (X8xt3)
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"The DNC already has an issue of a weak bench because the geriatric leadership has frozen their next generation out too long"
I'm freezing the next generation right now!
- AOC
I'm freezing the next generation right now!
- AOC
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 18, 2026 02:05 PM (PGK1w)
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I have no doubt polling was done in Austin or Houston.
Posted by: Darth Randall at August 18, 2026 02:04 PM (fA/Hs)
or in somebody's computer in the polling company.
Posted by: Darth Randall at August 18, 2026 02:04 PM (fA/Hs)
or in somebody's computer in the polling company.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:05 PM (uhVAy)
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Nothing new under the sun.
Remember Schmidt for Brains ? Managed the McLame campaign ? 25 seconds after Obama won, he joined the Democrat media and made a career slandering Conservatives.
Remember Schmidt for Brains ? Managed the McLame campaign ? 25 seconds after Obama won, he joined the Democrat media and made a career slandering Conservatives.
Posted by: Going deep. Out. at August 18, 2026 02:06 PM (jt/rW)
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The reports on Smith are that he worked for Roger Wicker for a few years as an aid , then Cornyn since 2019. Typical governmentalist, no other career possibilities
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 02:06 PM (rp63B)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 02:06 PM (Cq/ve)
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*eyes dart in all directions*
Posted by: Somalis at August 18, 2026 01:51 PM (X8xt3)
From what I've seen, the Somalis in Minnesota aren't afraid of ICE since they've been here, legally, for over three decades. Heck, Ilhan Nur/Omar/Elmi/whatever she's claiming this week probably won't be deported even though she and her "father" committed citizenship fraud.
Posted by: Somalis at August 18, 2026 01:51 PM (X8xt3)
From what I've seen, the Somalis in Minnesota aren't afraid of ICE since they've been here, legally, for over three decades. Heck, Ilhan Nur/Omar/Elmi/whatever she's claiming this week probably won't be deported even though she and her "father" committed citizenship fraud.
Posted by: pookysgirl, unfortunately Minnesota-adjacent at August 18, 2026 02:06 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 18, 2026 02:07 PM (n5tGW)
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>>So what? I won.
Posted by: B. Obama, Narcissist at August 18, 2026 02:04 PM (5rh/l)
*golf clap*
Posted by: B. Obama, Narcissist at August 18, 2026 02:04 PM (5rh/l)
*golf clap*
Posted by: Nazdar at August 18, 2026 02:07 PM (NcvvS)
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135 I wonder if anyone has ever taken an actual poll of strippers.
Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 02:01 PM (77rzZ)
Not that we recall.
~ Diamond, Chanel, Krystal, Lexus and Mercedes
Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 02:01 PM (77rzZ)
Not that we recall.
~ Diamond, Chanel, Krystal, Lexus and Mercedes
Posted by: one hour sober at August 18, 2026 02:07 PM (J4Dwc)
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ON a different tack I'm seeing the Lindsay Clancy story everywhere now - she's the MA mother that confessed to killing her kids.
Matt Walsh opined she deserves no sympathy, you know because she killed her kids, and he's got legions of feminists responding "you are only saying that because you don't know what it is like to be a woman"
Matt Walsh opined she deserves no sympathy, you know because she killed her kids, and he's got legions of feminists responding "you are only saying that because you don't know what it is like to be a woman"
Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 02:07 PM (sKqQm)
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@154 Nicole Wallace worked with Schmidt and stabbed Palin in the back. Now she has her propaganda ministry position at MSNBC. Schmidt has always been scum
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 02:08 PM (rp63B)
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>>The DNC already has an issue of a weak bench because the geriatric leadership has frozen their next generation out too long
Meanwhile, Obama and Sanders have been busy grooming the next generation of "Democrat" leaders -- El Sayed, Talerico,Mamdani, etc..
Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2026 02:05 PM (X8xt3)
Unlike Obama, these dudes don't have the camo to hide what they are. They say they are socialists and act like socialists. Even if they get in, they will burn out their welcome pretty quick and until they can build walls to keep people they are in a bad position.
Meanwhile, Obama and Sanders have been busy grooming the next generation of "Democrat" leaders -- El Sayed, Talerico,Mamdani, etc..
Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2026 02:05 PM (X8xt3)
Unlike Obama, these dudes don't have the camo to hide what they are. They say they are socialists and act like socialists. Even if they get in, they will burn out their welcome pretty quick and until they can build walls to keep people they are in a bad position.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:08 PM (uhVAy)
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With China China, Russia Russia, and other nefarious foreign actors throwing money at our prim and proper MSM, I wouldn't use a single sheet of polling stats to wipe my BLANK BLANK BLANK.
Posted by: mrp at August 18, 2026 02:08 PM (rj6Yv)
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135 I wonder if anyone has ever taken an actual poll of strippers.
Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 02:01 PM (77rzZ)
Not that we recall.
~ Diamond, Chanel, Krystal, Lexus and Mercedes
Posted by: one hour sober at August 18, 2026 02:07 PM (J4Dwc)
*pouts*
Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 02:01 PM (77rzZ)
Not that we recall.
~ Diamond, Chanel, Krystal, Lexus and Mercedes
Posted by: one hour sober at August 18, 2026 02:07 PM (J4Dwc)
*pouts*
Posted by: Amber at August 18, 2026 02:08 PM (wVcYX)
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I wonder if anyone has ever taken an actual poll of strippers.
72.4% are PhD candidates in neurobiology or macroeconomics.
72.4% are PhD candidates in neurobiology or macroeconomics.
Posted by: Oddbob at August 18, 2026 02:09 PM (vTZFs)
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Maybe this dude was just insanely loyal to Cornyn and would do anything to get revenge for his primary defeat.
Posted by: Waylon Smithers at August 18, 2026 02:09 PM (wGerL)
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135 I wonder if anyone has ever taken an actual poll of strippers.
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I would think they would be super conservative. I've heard they work hard for the money, so hard for the money.
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I would think they would be super conservative. I've heard they work hard for the money, so hard for the money.
Posted by: Martin Tell at August 18, 2026 02:09 PM (sFNX2)
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zombie, it's been a while since we've enjoyed your activism. Are you interested in things like plagiarism sniffing and cv investigation? If one dedicated individual simply starts the most cursory look at the top Black scholars in _____ Studies departments at top universities, armies of fraudsters will be found overnight.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
I'd "love" to, but the problem is time. Everything takes time. Time time time. And there are so many things to do in life. If there were 72 hours a day, I might do it -- but with only 24, unfortunately, far too many things take higher priority. Debunking academics and proving plagiarism takes an immense amount of effort.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
I'd "love" to, but the problem is time. Everything takes time. Time time time. And there are so many things to do in life. If there were 72 hours a day, I might do it -- but with only 24, unfortunately, far too many things take higher priority. Debunking academics and proving plagiarism takes an immense amount of effort.
Posted by: zombie at August 18, 2026 02:09 PM (Av6i5)
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ON a different tack I'm seeing the Lindsay Clancy story everywhere now - she's the MA mother that confessed to killing her kids.
Matt Walsh opined she deserves no sympathy, you know because she killed her kids, and he's got legions of feminists responding "you are only saying that because you don't know what it is like to be a woman"
Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 02:07 PM (sKqQm)
Evolution says moms who kill their kids are bad. Dads who kill their kids are also bad, of course.
Matt Walsh opined she deserves no sympathy, you know because she killed her kids, and he's got legions of feminists responding "you are only saying that because you don't know what it is like to be a woman"
Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 02:07 PM (sKqQm)
Evolution says moms who kill their kids are bad. Dads who kill their kids are also bad, of course.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:10 PM (uhVAy)
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161 ON a different tack I'm seeing the Lindsay Clancy story everywhere now - she's the MA mother that confessed to killing her kids.
it's horrifying to see the posts defending her on X
I'm a little more of a misogynist than usually lately
combine that with the support for late abortions? I guess we ladies have the right to kill our children.
it's horrifying to see the posts defending her on X
I'm a little more of a misogynist than usually lately
combine that with the support for late abortions? I guess we ladies have the right to kill our children.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:10 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 02:10 PM (Cq/ve)
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Maybe this dude was just insanely loyal to Cornyn and would do anything to get revenge for his primary defeat.
Posted by: Waylon Smithers at August 18, 2026 02:09 PM (wGerL)
Not sure how this would help Cornyn even if he did topple the current candidate.
Posted by: Waylon Smithers at August 18, 2026 02:09 PM (wGerL)
Not sure how this would help Cornyn even if he did topple the current candidate.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:11 PM (uhVAy)
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Debunking academics and proving plagiarism takes an immense amount of effort.
plus they ALL plagiarize.
plus they ALL plagiarize.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:11 PM (j+aD2)
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Maybe there's something in the DC water that turns them faggy.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 18, 2026 02:11 PM (hzuYO)
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nd leaving a little behind for their children.
It's a nice sentiment, but I don't have children.
It's a nice sentiment, but I don't have children.
Posted by: Brie Larson at August 18, 2026 02:11 PM (0sNs1)
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I wonder if anyone has ever taken an actual poll of strippers.
Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 02:01 PM (77rzZ)
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There's been many of them. For "sex workers" too. It's mostly make-work to suck up taxpayer money and grants to "study" bullshit. Give me $300k and I'll ask a bunch of whores what they think about their healthcare too.
Posted by: Bulg at August 18, 2026 02:01 PM (77rzZ)
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There's been many of them. For "sex workers" too. It's mostly make-work to suck up taxpayer money and grants to "study" bullshit. Give me $300k and I'll ask a bunch of whores what they think about their healthcare too.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 02:12 PM (iFTx/)
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Heck, Ilhan Nur/Omar/Elmi/whatever she's claiming this week probably won't be deported even though she and her "father" committed citizenship fraud.
Posted by: pookysgirl, unfortunately Minnesota-adjacent
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Not scratching a scab.
It's an open wound that won't heal until she and her brother are back in Somali Land for good.
Posted by: pookysgirl, unfortunately Minnesota-adjacent
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Not scratching a scab.
It's an open wound that won't heal until she and her brother are back in Somali Land for good.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 02:12 PM (Cq/ve)
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135 I wonder if anyone has ever taken an actual poll of strippers.
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I would think they would be super conservative. I've heard they work hard for the money, so hard for the money.
Posted by: Martin Tell at August 18, 2026 02:09 PM (sFNX2)
The successful ones become quite skilled at sizing up marks, er ah customers, and resource extraction. A friend told me so.
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I would think they would be super conservative. I've heard they work hard for the money, so hard for the money.
Posted by: Martin Tell at August 18, 2026 02:09 PM (sFNX2)
The successful ones become quite skilled at sizing up marks, er ah customers, and resource extraction. A friend told me so.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2026 02:12 PM (wVcYX)
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122 >>Cross-party hires are rare
Except when the UniParty needs to say they hired cross-party to "reach out" to the other side.
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Not that rare... John McCain’s top 2008 campaign aides, Steve Schmidt and John Weaver not only removed themselves from the Republican party. They actively campaigned for Democrats (oh, and Started the Lincoln Project Wife Swapping Org.)
Except when the UniParty needs to say they hired cross-party to "reach out" to the other side.
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Not that rare... John McCain’s top 2008 campaign aides, Steve Schmidt and John Weaver not only removed themselves from the Republican party. They actively campaigned for Democrats (oh, and Started the Lincoln Project Wife Swapping Org.)
Posted by: Orson at August 18, 2026 02:12 PM (dIske)
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British Infanticide Act of 1938. Interesting and horrifying and according to Brit Lass extraordinarily permissive. Killing your baby under 12 months can lead to a charge of "infanticide" which also works as a defense and bypasses the mandatory life sentence for murder. Penalty is often medical or psychiatric in nature.
Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 02:12 PM (+rw6l)
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145 A while there was a story on X about how Thune inherited McConnell's staff, which is common when one takes over leadership, and they were active in kneecapping Trump and MAGA. Not that Thune didn't play a part, but it explains why his Senate leadership is pretty much the same as McConnell's - it is the same crew!
Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2026 01:57 PM (X8xt3)
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Most important of all, Thune inherited McConnell's campaign donor list and the campaign finance distribution authority. That's the REAL power behind the Senate Majority Leader.
Posted by: mrp at August 18, 2026 02:04 PM (rj6Yv)
This was the article from American Greatness that focused on the McConnell-to-Thune transition. Probably the most important article that Sefton linked to in the MoRe last week IMO.
https://tinyurl.com/4hp4mtu8
Posted by: Lizzy at August 18, 2026 01:57 PM (X8xt3)
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Most important of all, Thune inherited McConnell's campaign donor list and the campaign finance distribution authority. That's the REAL power behind the Senate Majority Leader.
Posted by: mrp at August 18, 2026 02:04 PM (rj6Yv)
This was the article from American Greatness that focused on the McConnell-to-Thune transition. Probably the most important article that Sefton linked to in the MoRe last week IMO.
https://tinyurl.com/4hp4mtu8
Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 18, 2026 02:12 PM (Sj6Ot)
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"Debunking academics and proving plagiarism takes an immense amount of effort."
All it takes is financing for an AI to look for ALL of it.
All it takes is financing for an AI to look for ALL of it.
Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 02:13 PM (Jr5Lq)
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Walsh also pointed out Clancy had health insurance, a nanny for God's sake, and an apparently supportive husband - Mrs Clancy tricked him to leave the house to run errands to give her time to kill the kids.
The feminist argument? She had postpartum depression so she's not to blame and it was probably the husband's fault for being mean to her or something I mean you men have no idea what it is like to have hormones!
The feminist argument? She had postpartum depression so she's not to blame and it was probably the husband's fault for being mean to her or something I mean you men have no idea what it is like to have hormones!
Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 02:13 PM (sKqQm)
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Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:11 PM (j+aD2)
Sorry to ask again but what was that insect bite stuff you were talking about? Because I forgot to get some.
Sorry to ask again but what was that insect bite stuff you were talking about? Because I forgot to get some.
Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 02:13 PM (+rw6l)
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Not sure how this would help Cornyn even if he did topple the current candidate.
It wouldn't actually help him but at least he would be able to say "I would have won." Of course that's unprovable but good enough for an ego stroke.
It wouldn't actually help him but at least he would be able to say "I would have won." Of course that's unprovable but good enough for an ego stroke.
Posted by: Oddbob at August 18, 2026 02:14 PM (vTZFs)
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ON a different tack I'm seeing the Lindsay Clancy story everywhere now - she's the MA mother that confessed to killing her kids.
Matt Walsh opined she deserves no sympathy, you know because she killed her kids, and he's got legions of feminists responding "you are only saying that because you don't know what it is like to be a woman"
Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 02:07 PM (sKqQm)
Evolution says moms who kill their kids are bad. Dads who kill their kids are also bad, of course.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:10 PM (uhVAy)
Your words are hurtful and cause me to have a sadz.
Matt Walsh opined she deserves no sympathy, you know because she killed her kids, and he's got legions of feminists responding "you are only saying that because you don't know what it is like to be a woman"
Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 02:07 PM (sKqQm)
Evolution says moms who kill their kids are bad. Dads who kill their kids are also bad, of course.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:10 PM (uhVAy)
Your words are hurtful and cause me to have a sadz.
Posted by: Andrea Yates at August 18, 2026 02:14 PM (wVcYX)
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Ilhan Omar, deported will turn the tide on this immigration go lightly crap. Illegals will understand; the time has come.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 02:14 PM (Cq/ve)
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it's horrifying to see the posts defending her on X
TBH at first I thought this was feminists just rage baiting normies and righties, but I've seen the same idea expressed in different ways by a myriad of feminists all over the place so they aren't copying a script from reddit or something. They really believe this crap.
it's horrifying to see the posts defending her on X
TBH at first I thought this was feminists just rage baiting normies and righties, but I've seen the same idea expressed in different ways by a myriad of feminists all over the place so they aren't copying a script from reddit or something. They really believe this crap.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 02:15 PM (sKqQm)
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184 Walsh also pointed out Clancy had health insurance, a nanny for God's sake, and an apparently supportive husband - Mrs Clancy tricked him to leave the house to run errands to give her time to kill the kids.
painful to think about, but she clearly killed them to PUNISH him
sick sick sick
painful to think about, but she clearly killed them to PUNISH him
sick sick sick
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:15 PM (j+aD2)
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ON a different tack I'm seeing the Lindsay Clancy story everywhere now - she's the MA mother that confessed to killing her kids.
it's horrifying to see the posts defending her on X
I'm a little more of a misogynist than usually lately
combine that with the support for late abortions? I guess we ladies have the right to kill our children.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:10 PM (j+aD2)
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100% pure tribalism. She's a woman who must be defended by other women (not all, of course, but many) no matter what.
She's guilty as sin. No doubt she did it. But she must be defended.
Some die-hard tribalists are even claiming the father is the real murderer. There's no evidence for that whatsoever, but that doesn't matter.
it's horrifying to see the posts defending her on X
I'm a little more of a misogynist than usually lately
combine that with the support for late abortions? I guess we ladies have the right to kill our children.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:10 PM (j+aD2)
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100% pure tribalism. She's a woman who must be defended by other women (not all, of course, but many) no matter what.
She's guilty as sin. No doubt she did it. But she must be defended.
Some die-hard tribalists are even claiming the father is the real murderer. There's no evidence for that whatsoever, but that doesn't matter.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 02:15 PM (iFTx/)
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135 I wonder if anyone has ever taken an actual poll of strippers.
Posted by: Bulg
100% of strippers performing lap dances report I'm special and not like their other clients.
Posted by: Bulg
100% of strippers performing lap dances report I'm special and not like their other clients.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 18, 2026 02:15 PM (THJS/)
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ON a different tack I'm seeing the Lindsay Clancy story everywhere now - she's the MA mother that confessed to killing her kids.
Matt Walsh opined she deserves no sympathy, you know because she killed her kids, and he's got legions of feminists responding "you are only saying that because you don't know what it is like to be a woman"
Posted by: 18-1
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Yeah, and unfortunately thanks in part to Matt, postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis have gotten muddled in this story. They're two different things.
ON a different tack I'm seeing the Lindsay Clancy story everywhere now - she's the MA mother that confessed to killing her kids.
Matt Walsh opined she deserves no sympathy, you know because she killed her kids, and he's got legions of feminists responding "you are only saying that because you don't know what it is like to be a woman"
Posted by: 18-1
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Yeah, and unfortunately thanks in part to Matt, postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis have gotten muddled in this story. They're two different things.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 02:15 PM (XJ22o)
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Questions nobody is asking:
Ossoff: ‘Zero interest’ in running for president in 2028
https://tinyurl.com/cfxdrn3f
Ossoff: ‘Zero interest’ in running for president in 2028
https://tinyurl.com/cfxdrn3f
Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 02:16 PM (Riz8t)
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More proof that if wymyn ruled the world, it'd be all peace, love, and understanding.
Senate Republicans
@NRSC
INSANE: Abdul El-Sayed’s mother worked for a TERROR GROUP that directly funded Osama bin Laden, the Taliban, and Hamas.
Senate Republicans
@NRSC
INSANE: Abdul El-Sayed’s mother worked for a TERROR GROUP that directly funded Osama bin Laden, the Taliban, and Hamas.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 18, 2026 02:16 PM (ndZc7)
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Sorry to ask again but what was that insect bite stuff you were talking about? Because I forgot to get some.
lol it's Magic Molecule. You can get it at Target.
it's basically hypochlorous acid
lol it's Magic Molecule. You can get it at Target.
it's basically hypochlorous acid
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:16 PM (j+aD2)
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@184 I've seen woman complaining about the lack of mental health treatment opportunities. Clancy had at least three different Drs and was pumped full of meds by each of them. Lack of treatment wasn't her problem
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 02:16 PM (rp63B)
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Ossoff: ‘Zero interest’ in running for president in 2028
derp. he's clearly running maybe as VP
AOC/Ossof ticket?
derp. he's clearly running maybe as VP
AOC/Ossof ticket?
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:16 PM (j+aD2)
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100% pure tribalism. She's a woman who must be defended by other women (not all, of course, but many) no matter what.
She's guilty as sin. No doubt she did it. But she must be defended.
Some die-hard tribalists are even claiming the father is the real murderer. There's no evidence for that whatsoever, but that doesn't matter.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 02:15 PM (iFTx/)
Note that tribalism only goes one way. The tribe does not support good mothers, just bad ones. They support the fake women invading women's sports and bathrooms, not actual women and girls who have to be exposed to them.
She's guilty as sin. No doubt she did it. But she must be defended.
Some die-hard tribalists are even claiming the father is the real murderer. There's no evidence for that whatsoever, but that doesn't matter.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 02:15 PM (iFTx/)
Note that tribalism only goes one way. The tribe does not support good mothers, just bad ones. They support the fake women invading women's sports and bathrooms, not actual women and girls who have to be exposed to them.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:17 PM (uhVAy)
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So what? I won.
Posted by: B. Obama
“I don’t regret that [lying about Romney on the Senate floor] at all… Romney didn’t win, did he?”
Posted by: B. Obama
“I don’t regret that [lying about Romney on the Senate floor] at all… Romney didn’t win, did he?”
Posted by: Zombie Harry Reid at August 18, 2026 02:17 PM (THJS/)
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I've seen woman complaining about the lack of mental health treatment opportunities. Clancy had at least three different Drs and was pumped full of meds by each of them. Lack of treatment wasn't her problem
One of the bigger problems in medicine is the number of drugs we proscribe that seem to not actually resolve the underlying issue.
And I guess here, you can't make a psychopath not a psychopath by giving them a pill
One of the bigger problems in medicine is the number of drugs we proscribe that seem to not actually resolve the underlying issue.
And I guess here, you can't make a psychopath not a psychopath by giving them a pill
Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 02:17 PM (sKqQm)
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100% of strippers performing lap dances report I'm special and not like their other clients.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 18, 2026 02:15 PM
I appreciate that you only have those eyes for me!
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 18, 2026 02:15 PM
I appreciate that you only have those eyes for me!
Posted by: Tiffini from Fort Worth at August 18, 2026 02:17 PM (0sNs1)
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The tribe does not support good mothers, just bad ones
what percentage of women have had abortions do you think? this is why.
they assuage their own guilt by supporting her
what percentage of women have had abortions do you think? this is why.
they assuage their own guilt by supporting her
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:18 PM (j+aD2)
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Debunking academics and proving plagiarism takes an immense amount of effort.
Posted by: zombie
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I do not doubt the great zombie, but but but, Jason Arday could have been undone with a cursory effort, no? I mean, those claims! Or do these professional debunkers simply make it look easy?
Debunking academics and proving plagiarism takes an immense amount of effort.
Posted by: zombie
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I do not doubt the great zombie, but but but, Jason Arday could have been undone with a cursory effort, no? I mean, those claims! Or do these professional debunkers simply make it look easy?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 02:19 PM (XJ22o)
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Jake Smith's pronouns are "masculine male."
If you are a masculine male you don't need to announce it. Or maybe you do. Back in recent normal years you did not have to put your pronouns on CV's, fakebook, or a site called legistorm where I saw his pronoun.
His face looks faggy to me. He's married.
I don't care.
If you are a masculine male you don't need to announce it. Or maybe you do. Back in recent normal years you did not have to put your pronouns on CV's, fakebook, or a site called legistorm where I saw his pronoun.
His face looks faggy to me. He's married.
I don't care.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 18, 2026 02:19 PM (hzuYO)
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Paxton should run ads where an "interviewer" approaches successful black men, shows them a poster of Talarico, and says: "This mincing fag says you are too stupid to get Texas ID to vote. How do you respond to that?"
"Too stupid? Fuck him, and the camel he rode in on. I have a Texas driver's license, a business licence, a license for my truck (points to van with sign promoting "Rudy's Roach Rousters"), and my pesticide applicator's licence, too."
"Too stupid? Fuck him, and the camel he rode in on. I have a Texas driver's license, a business licence, a license for my truck (points to van with sign promoting "Rudy's Roach Rousters"), and my pesticide applicator's licence, too."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2026 02:19 PM (1z8ji)
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I would like us legally implement capital punishment as you die by whatever method you murdered someone with. With Mrs Clancy I think it would by very, very appropriate.
Of course this is MA, she'll be on the street within 10 years best case.
Of course this is MA, she'll be on the street within 10 years best case.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 02:19 PM (sKqQm)
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The tribe does not support good mothers, just bad ones
what percentage of women have had abortions do you think? this is why.
they assuage their own guilt by supporting her
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:18 PM (j+aD2)
Yup, its the street gang initiation ceremony. Commit a crime, and the only place you can get absolution is inside the gang.
what percentage of women have had abortions do you think? this is why.
they assuage their own guilt by supporting her
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:18 PM (j+aD2)
Yup, its the street gang initiation ceremony. Commit a crime, and the only place you can get absolution is inside the gang.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:19 PM (uhVAy)
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100% pure tribalism. She's a woman who must be defended by other women (not all, of course, but many) no matter what.
She's guilty as sin. No doubt she did it. But she must be defended.
Some die-hard tribalists are even claiming the father is the real murderer. There's no evidence for that whatsoever, but that doesn't matter.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 02:15 PM (iFTx/)
Note that tribalism only goes one way. The tribe does not support good mothers, just bad ones. They support the fake women invading women's sports and bathrooms, not actual women and girls who have to be exposed to them.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:17 PM (uhVAy)
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Yes. Tribalism has a lot to do with politics. The "mothers murdering their kids in cold blood" demographic must be leftwing because they are always instantly and unconditionally supported by the tribalists, no matter what.
Same as when a man kills his kids. Nobody ever supports him, and rightfully so.
She's guilty as sin. No doubt she did it. But she must be defended.
Some die-hard tribalists are even claiming the father is the real murderer. There's no evidence for that whatsoever, but that doesn't matter.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 02:15 PM (iFTx/)
Note that tribalism only goes one way. The tribe does not support good mothers, just bad ones. They support the fake women invading women's sports and bathrooms, not actual women and girls who have to be exposed to them.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:17 PM (uhVAy)
________
Yes. Tribalism has a lot to do with politics. The "mothers murdering their kids in cold blood" demographic must be leftwing because they are always instantly and unconditionally supported by the tribalists, no matter what.
Same as when a man kills his kids. Nobody ever supports him, and rightfully so.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 02:19 PM (iFTx/)
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Around 28–31% of young (Gen Z) women in the U.S. identify as LGBTQ+, according to Gallup polling (the most commonly cited large-scale source).
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar
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Obsolete, that number has been trending downward for some time in polling as troon theater is just not that amusing anymore. And that cite to Gallup is wrong, it is 22.3 percent (dating from 2024). Just checked their website about the same in a separate 2025 survey. And the largest category is 'bisexual' which is most probably fake due to social pressures especially among women. 16.1 percent to be exact.
And it seems that the amount and frequency of sex for Gen Z is collapsing too. 30 percent of males are celibate (willing and unwilling), 24 percent have not had sex in a year as per NYT.
And this, "EduBirdie surveyed 2,000 Gen Z adults and found 67% would pick a solid night of sleep over sex. Career security came next at 64%, then personal success at 59%, friendships at 50%, and alone time at 46%. ". They date less, have sex less frequently, and plans for marriage and kids are in the toilet. Most likely due to perceived economic insecurity.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar
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Obsolete, that number has been trending downward for some time in polling as troon theater is just not that amusing anymore. And that cite to Gallup is wrong, it is 22.3 percent (dating from 2024). Just checked their website about the same in a separate 2025 survey. And the largest category is 'bisexual' which is most probably fake due to social pressures especially among women. 16.1 percent to be exact.
And it seems that the amount and frequency of sex for Gen Z is collapsing too. 30 percent of males are celibate (willing and unwilling), 24 percent have not had sex in a year as per NYT.
And this, "EduBirdie surveyed 2,000 Gen Z adults and found 67% would pick a solid night of sleep over sex. Career security came next at 64%, then personal success at 59%, friendships at 50%, and alone time at 46%. ". They date less, have sex less frequently, and plans for marriage and kids are in the toilet. Most likely due to perceived economic insecurity.
Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 02:19 PM (E4rtv)
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195 More proof that if wymyn ruled the world, it'd be all peace, love, and understanding.
Senate Republicans
@NRSC
INSANE: Abdul El-Sayed’s mother worked for a TERROR GROUP that directly funded Osama bin Laden, the Taliban, and Hamas.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One!
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Your mom doesn't know who your daddy is so there...
/S
LOL
Senate Republicans
@NRSC
INSANE: Abdul El-Sayed’s mother worked for a TERROR GROUP that directly funded Osama bin Laden, the Taliban, and Hamas.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One!
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Your mom doesn't know who your daddy is so there...
/S
LOL
Posted by: NALNAMSAM at August 18, 2026 02:20 PM (VkY89)
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Paxton should run ads where an "interviewer" approaches successful black men, shows them a poster of Talarico, and says: "This mincing fag says you are too stupid to get Texas ID to vote. How do you respond to that?"
I've seen plenty of man on the street interviews covering this topic and the black person being question always seems surprised to here that the D candidate says they don't know how to get ID and of course produces a driver's license.
I've seen plenty of man on the street interviews covering this topic and the black person being question always seems surprised to here that the D candidate says they don't know how to get ID and of course produces a driver's license.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 02:20 PM (sKqQm)
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conserving conservatism by voting for kamala. ok
Posted by: gnats local 678 at August 18, 2026 02:20 PM (CWTWj)
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My inner Yosemite Sam says, "You ornery, flea-bitten sidewinder! If you don’t skedaddle, I’ll blast ya to smithereens!"
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2026 01:39 PM (
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"When I say whoa, I MEAN WHOA!"
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 18, 2026 01:39 PM (
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"When I say whoa, I MEAN WHOA!"
Posted by: 496 at August 18, 2026 02:20 PM (VXC2z)
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If your goal in life is to go into politics or politics related and spend your life in and around it, plain and simple, you're a garbage person who has zero marketable skills or anything worthwhile to provide society.
Posted by: Sua Sponte at August 18, 2026 02:21 PM (GTw+O)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 02:21 PM (2YhKe)
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Same as when a man kills his kids. Nobody ever supports him, and rightfully so.
I've seen some of the Clancy supporting feminists asked how they would have felt if Mr Clancy did it and the answer they get? "That would be different"
I've seen some of the Clancy supporting feminists asked how they would have felt if Mr Clancy did it and the answer they get? "That would be different"
Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 02:21 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 02:21 PM (+rw6l)
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Debunking academics and proving plagiarism takes an immense amount of effort.
Posted by: zombie
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I do not doubt the great zombie, but but but, Jason Arday could have been undone with a cursory effort, no? I mean, those claims! Or do these professional debunkers simply make it look easy?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 02:19 PM (XJ22o)
These days there's software to help that. But it's probably more fun just to mock the hell out of it, even if its original leftist nonsense going back to 1830s socialism rather than copied from another modern student directly its all rote recitation of the same few texts.
Posted by: zombie
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I do not doubt the great zombie, but but but, Jason Arday could have been undone with a cursory effort, no? I mean, those claims! Or do these professional debunkers simply make it look easy?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 02:19 PM (XJ22o)
These days there's software to help that. But it's probably more fun just to mock the hell out of it, even if its original leftist nonsense going back to 1830s socialism rather than copied from another modern student directly its all rote recitation of the same few texts.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:22 PM (uhVAy)
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>>The feminist argument? She had postpartum depression so she's not to blame and it was probably the husband's fault for being mean to her or something I mean you men have no idea what it is like to have hormones!
The case happened in my old backyard so I've followed it a bit. I'm not in any way defending her actions but the reason she's in a wheelchair is because after killing her kids she jumped out of a 2nd story window and now she's paralyzed from the waist down.
I think she clearly has mental issues or at least did at the time of the killing. By all accounts she had a happy young family and she was a delivery nurse of all things. I don't anything about postpartum depression but something seemed to have snapped in her.
The case happened in my old backyard so I've followed it a bit. I'm not in any way defending her actions but the reason she's in a wheelchair is because after killing her kids she jumped out of a 2nd story window and now she's paralyzed from the waist down.
I think she clearly has mental issues or at least did at the time of the killing. By all accounts she had a happy young family and she was a delivery nurse of all things. I don't anything about postpartum depression but something seemed to have snapped in her.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2026 02:22 PM (viF8m)
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Where is Chuy? A blog turns its lonely eyes to him.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2026 02:22 PM (0sNs1)
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Killing your baby under 12 months can lead to a charge of "infanticide" which also works as a defense and bypasses the mandatory life sentence for murder. Penalty is often medical or psychiatric in nature.
Posted by: ...
"Under 12 months"? I'd think more from 13 through 18.
Posted by: ...
"Under 12 months"? I'd think more from 13 through 18.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 18, 2026 02:22 PM (ndZc7)
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"With the SAVE Act, they are trying to rob our neighbors, strictly our black neighbors, of those God given rights."
He is trying to sound vaguely Christian, for the benefit of black democrats I would guess. Vaguely Biblical language. Probably he had some coaching.
He is trying to sound vaguely Christian, for the benefit of black democrats I would guess. Vaguely Biblical language. Probably he had some coaching.
Posted by: PG at August 18, 2026 02:22 PM (qln0f)
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"Too stupid? Fuck him, and the camel he rode in on. I have a Texas driver's license, a business licence, a license for my truck (points to van with sign promoting "Rudy's Roach Rousters"), and my pesticide applicator's licence, too."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2026 02:19 PM (1z8ji)
And have had to use it for the last 5 years to vote in the State of Texas.
"Too stupid? Fuck him, and the camel he rode in on. I have a Texas driver's license, a business licence, a license for my truck (points to van with sign promoting "Rudy's Roach Rousters"), and my pesticide applicator's licence, too."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2026 02:19 PM (1z8ji)
And have had to use it for the last 5 years to vote in the State of Texas.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 02:22 PM (2YhKe)
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201 I've seen woman complaining about the lack of mental health treatment opportunities. Clancy had at least three different Drs and was pumped full of meds by each of them. Lack of treatment wasn't her problem
One of the bigger problems in medicine is the number of drugs we proscribe that seem to not actually resolve the underlying issue.
And I guess here, you can't make a psychopath not a psychopath by giving them a pill
Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 02:17 PM (sKqQm)
But, you can create a psychopath with the right cocktail of pills...
I was on a cruise, so haven't followed this at all...but pumping a postpartum lady with meds does give me pause b/c some of the severe side effects of those usual meds are desire to homicide/suicide and psychosis...
One of the bigger problems in medicine is the number of drugs we proscribe that seem to not actually resolve the underlying issue.
And I guess here, you can't make a psychopath not a psychopath by giving them a pill
Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 02:17 PM (sKqQm)
But, you can create a psychopath with the right cocktail of pills...
I was on a cruise, so haven't followed this at all...but pumping a postpartum lady with meds does give me pause b/c some of the severe side effects of those usual meds are desire to homicide/suicide and psychosis...
Posted by: Nova Local at August 18, 2026 02:22 PM (tOcjL)
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59 Jacob Smith may be less masculine than James Talarico if that is possible.
https://tinyurl.com/3vhh9yv8
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 18, 2026 01:44 PM (wGerL)
That mouth Haas had a LOT of dicks in it....
Hello, Horde! 😊💕
https://tinyurl.com/3vhh9yv8
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 18, 2026 01:44 PM (wGerL)
That mouth Haas had a LOT of dicks in it....
Hello, Horde! 😊💕
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 18, 2026 02:22 PM (SRRAx)
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INSANE: Abdul El-Sayed’s mother worked for a TERROR GROUP that directly funded Osama bin Laden, the Taliban, and Hamas.
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She got better.
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She got better.
Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 02:22 PM (+rw6l)
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When was the last documented Mitch sighting?
Posted by: Mildly curious at August 18, 2026 02:22 PM (2Ez/1)
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derp. he's clearly running maybe as VP
AOC/Ossof ticket?
I kind of doubt it for two reasons:
1) Straight white male
2) He's smarter than she is, and he would make her look stupid.
AOC/Ossof ticket?
I kind of doubt it for two reasons:
1) Straight white male
2) He's smarter than she is, and he would make her look stupid.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 02:23 PM (Riz8t)
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The tribe does not support good mothers, just bad ones
what percentage of women have had abortions do you think? this is why.
they assuage their own guilt by supporting her
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:18 PM (j+aD2)
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Almost impossible to get hard data on that, for obvious reasons.
But I'll bet the percentage of women who have abortions is low. It's just those same women have them over and over.
Show me a woman who's had an abortion and I'll bet you even money it's not her first or won't be her last.
what percentage of women have had abortions do you think? this is why.
they assuage their own guilt by supporting her
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:18 PM (j+aD2)
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Almost impossible to get hard data on that, for obvious reasons.
But I'll bet the percentage of women who have abortions is low. It's just those same women have them over and over.
Show me a woman who's had an abortion and I'll bet you even money it's not her first or won't be her last.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 02:23 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 02:24 PM (Riz8t)
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1) Straight white male
2) He's smarter than she is, and he would make her look stupid.
honestly I'm starting to wonder about her
I think she might be smart, actually.
2) He's smarter than she is, and he would make her look stupid.
honestly I'm starting to wonder about her
I think she might be smart, actually.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:24 PM (j+aD2)
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204
Debunking academics and proving plagiarism takes an immense amount of effort.
Posted by: zombie
First step on plagiarism is to take the document and submit it to turnitin.com. Takes about a minute. AI models using agents can take that a step beyond by checking and summarizing cites from the various sources listed to seek if the lit review is a fair summary of prior research and this is where plagiarism often lurks. Last is where the data came from and was it public sourced or private. To disprove private data requires asking the researcher or perhaps reviewers for the data sample.
Debunking takes a lot more time because you a) really need to replicate the original study which in soft sciences is almost always poorly documented, b) to debunk stat models means you have to have familiarity with them. One can catch logic errors in a reading but data and results requires reverse engineering the original study.
Debunking academics and proving plagiarism takes an immense amount of effort.
Posted by: zombie
First step on plagiarism is to take the document and submit it to turnitin.com. Takes about a minute. AI models using agents can take that a step beyond by checking and summarizing cites from the various sources listed to seek if the lit review is a fair summary of prior research and this is where plagiarism often lurks. Last is where the data came from and was it public sourced or private. To disprove private data requires asking the researcher or perhaps reviewers for the data sample.
Debunking takes a lot more time because you a) really need to replicate the original study which in soft sciences is almost always poorly documented, b) to debunk stat models means you have to have familiarity with them. One can catch logic errors in a reading but data and results requires reverse engineering the original study.
Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 02:24 PM (E4rtv)
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it's basically hypochlorous acid
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:16 PM (j+aD2)
So, bleach. Sodium hypochlorite solution, which contains the hypochlorite ion.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:16 PM (j+aD2)
So, bleach. Sodium hypochlorite solution, which contains the hypochlorite ion.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2026 02:25 PM (1z8ji)
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The case happened in my old backyard so I've followed it a bit. I'm not in any way defending her actions but the reason she's in a wheelchair is because after killing her kids she jumped out of a 2nd story window and now she's paralyzed from the waist down.
Normally a second story fall is going to break some bones, not paralyze you
Crazy perhaps, or maybe a sympathy play so when the cops show up she has a busted ankle and bunch of bruises.
Normally a second story fall is going to break some bones, not paralyze you
Crazy perhaps, or maybe a sympathy play so when the cops show up she has a busted ankle and bunch of bruises.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 02:25 PM (sKqQm)
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Hey ... whatever happened to Talacreepo's fake girlfriend? The one who likes to dance at gay clubs?
Are they still fucking that pig, or did they realize the ruse was hopeless and give it up?
Are they still fucking that pig, or did they realize the ruse was hopeless and give it up?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 02:25 PM (iFTx/)
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Obsolete, that number has been trending downward for some time in polling as troon theater is just not that amusing anymore. And that cite to Gallup is wrong, it is 22.3 percent (dating from 2024). Just checked their website about the same in a separate 2025 survey. And the largest category is 'bisexual' which is most probably fake due to social pressures especially among women. 16.1 percent to be exact.
Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 02:19 PM (E4rtv)
I think a lot of that is just normal kids in the maelstrom of Woke schools just adopting protective coloration. Bisexual or Asexual are good ones for that, you can be Bi and part of the club and coincidentally only date the oppo gender. Few want to be the tall poppy and have their head cut off by the powers.
Once you get out of the schools, well a lot of the pressure drops in most fields.
Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 02:19 PM (E4rtv)
I think a lot of that is just normal kids in the maelstrom of Woke schools just adopting protective coloration. Bisexual or Asexual are good ones for that, you can be Bi and part of the club and coincidentally only date the oppo gender. Few want to be the tall poppy and have their head cut off by the powers.
Once you get out of the schools, well a lot of the pressure drops in most fields.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:25 PM (uhVAy)
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Yeah, and unfortunately thanks in part to Matt, postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis have gotten muddled in this story. They're two different things.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 02:15 PM (XJ22o)
Yeah, I've had post-partum depression and it's not as much like post-partum psychosis as the media is currently making it out to be. That first eight weeks when the babies aren't smiling yet are hard. And then they do start smiling, and giggling, and holding onto your finger with an iron grip and it's like the sun bursting through the clouds.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 02:15 PM (XJ22o)
Yeah, I've had post-partum depression and it's not as much like post-partum psychosis as the media is currently making it out to be. That first eight weeks when the babies aren't smiling yet are hard. And then they do start smiling, and giggling, and holding onto your finger with an iron grip and it's like the sun bursting through the clouds.
Posted by: pookysgirl wishes both of her little wigglers would take a nap at August 18, 2026 02:25 PM (Wt5PA)
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God created the Heavens. God created Earth.
God made Man in His own image.
He gave His one and only son.
But Jesus was non-binary and trans kids are the best kids........
Yeah, he's leading Paxton in the polls.
God made Man in His own image.
He gave His one and only son.
But Jesus was non-binary and trans kids are the best kids........
Yeah, he's leading Paxton in the polls.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 02:25 PM (2YhKe)
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235 The case happened in my old backyard so I've followed it a bit. I'm not in any way defending her actions but the reason she's in a wheelchair is because after killing her kids she jumped out of a 2nd story window and now she's paralyzed from the waist down.
Normally a second story fall is going to break some bones, not paralyze you
Crazy perhaps, or maybe a sympathy play so when the cops show up she has a busted ankle and bunch of bruises.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 02:25 PM (sKqQm)
Unless you dive head first...
Normally a second story fall is going to break some bones, not paralyze you
Crazy perhaps, or maybe a sympathy play so when the cops show up she has a busted ankle and bunch of bruises.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 02:25 PM (sKqQm)
Unless you dive head first...
Posted by: Nova Local at August 18, 2026 02:26 PM (tOcjL)
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"my pesticide applicator's licence, too."
I had a USDA-issued herbicide application supervisor license for a while. Easy paper and pencil test. I was killing brush in nature preserves. Brush is hard to kill.
I had a USDA-issued herbicide application supervisor license for a while. Easy paper and pencil test. I was killing brush in nature preserves. Brush is hard to kill.
Posted by: gp at August 18, 2026 02:26 PM (Jr5Lq)
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Inbreeding is a problem of politics, yes? Also, amoralism, but let’s not moralize.
Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 02:26 PM (Gqar8)
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Transgender defendant who sought to 'kill Scott Bessent' sentenced to more than 6 years in prison
_FOX
_FOX
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 02:26 PM (Cq/ve)
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Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:10 PM (j+aD2)
My suggestion? Hang out here where women I'm trusting think it was beyond horrible for her to kill her children
Also, consider taking a break from the internet even if it's only for the late afternoon and evening hours. Too much internet is not good for anyone.
My suggestion? Hang out here where women I'm trusting think it was beyond horrible for her to kill her children
Also, consider taking a break from the internet even if it's only for the late afternoon and evening hours. Too much internet is not good for anyone.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2026 02:27 PM (+hwtP)
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So, bleach. Sodium hypochlorite solution, which contains the hypochlorite ion.
not bleach.
I'm highly allergic to bleach and no reaction to this stuff.
there are other formulations that are not Magic Molecule but I think the MM brand works best/fastest and stays "functional" longer.
it does smell like the pool! if it loses the pool smell it's not going to work anymore. so that is bleach-adjacent
not bleach.
I'm highly allergic to bleach and no reaction to this stuff.
there are other formulations that are not Magic Molecule but I think the MM brand works best/fastest and stays "functional" longer.
it does smell like the pool! if it loses the pool smell it's not going to work anymore. so that is bleach-adjacent
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:27 PM (j+aD2)
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Transgender defendant who sought to 'kill Scott Bessent' sentenced to more than 6 years in prison
So he'll be able to try again near the end of President Vance's first term?
So he'll be able to try again near the end of President Vance's first term?
Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 02:27 PM (sKqQm)
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There's no evidence for that whatsoever, but that doesn't matter.
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So says the SCOTUS regarding E. Jean Carroll.
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So says the SCOTUS regarding E. Jean Carroll.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Oh yeah? Well, You're Another One! at August 18, 2026 02:27 PM (ndZc7)
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243 Transgender defendant who sought to 'kill Scott Bessent' sentenced to more than 6 years in prison
_FOX
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 02:26 PM (Cq/ve)
More than 6, but less than 7.
_FOX
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 02:26 PM (Cq/ve)
More than 6, but less than 7.
Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 02:27 PM (Gqar8)
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John Cornyn was in the Senate for a quarter century.
25 years of these guys. Even when we won, we lost. For a quarter of a century we were being represented by people who hated us.
25 years of these guys. Even when we won, we lost. For a quarter of a century we were being represented by people who hated us.
Posted by: 29Victor at August 18, 2026 02:28 PM (0MjtC)
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honestly I'm starting to wonder about her
I think she might be smart, actually.
I'm curious. Why?
I think she might be smart, actually.
I'm curious. Why?
Posted by: Archimedes at August 18, 2026 02:28 PM (Riz8t)
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The word they're looking for is transexual.
Gender refers to possessive pronouns.
Gender refers to possessive pronouns.
Posted by: Word nerd at August 18, 2026 02:28 PM (2Ez/1)
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Transgender defendant who sought to 'kill Scott Bessent' sentenced to more than 6 years in prison
In which prison will it serve it's term?
In which prison will it serve it's term?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 02:28 PM (2YhKe)
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The case happened in my old backyard so I've followed it a bit. I'm not in any way defending her actions but the reason she's in a wheelchair is because after killing her kids she jumped out of a 2nd story window and now she's paralyzed from the waist down.
I think she clearly has mental issues or at least did at the time of the killing. By all accounts she had a happy young family and she was a delivery nurse of all things. I don't anything about postpartum depression but something seemed to have snapped in her.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2026 02:22 PM (viF8m)
I'd be happy to fit wheels on the electric chair for her.
I think she clearly has mental issues or at least did at the time of the killing. By all accounts she had a happy young family and she was a delivery nurse of all things. I don't anything about postpartum depression but something seemed to have snapped in her.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 18, 2026 02:22 PM (viF8m)
I'd be happy to fit wheels on the electric chair for her.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2026 02:28 PM (1z8ji)
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I can hear AWFLs now "al-Sayed 's mother isn't running he is" . Trying to explain an Islamic takeover is a waste of time
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 18, 2026 02:29 PM (rp63B)
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18 Any bets on whether Cornyn will also jump parties after the election?
Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at August 18, 2026 01:37 PM (bufu1)
It’ll have the same huge impact, and be about as a big a surprise as when Bill Kristol switched.
18 Any bets on whether Cornyn will also jump parties after the election?
Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at August 18, 2026 01:37 PM (bufu1)
It’ll have the same huge impact, and be about as a big a surprise as when Bill Kristol switched.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 18, 2026 02:29 PM (52Iog)
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Matt Walsh opined she deserves no sympathy, you know because she killed her kids, and he's got legions of feminists responding "you are only saying that because you don't know what it is like to be a woman"
Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 02:07 PM (sKqQm
She deserves sympathy. But she also deserves jail time. When I had my second daughter, I heard voices coming out of her monitor, and they were not kind and loving. It was one of the scariest things I have been through. As real as they were, and they were real to me, I knew somewhere in the back of my mind they actually were not. Instead of harming my baby, I turned the monitor off, forced myself to say “this is not real, this is in your head”and cried. I was terrified to tell anyone while this was going on because I knew it was crazy. It was a horrible few months where the monitor was turned off, and I hoped the baby was okay when it was turned off. After 3 months, it was gone.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2026 02:07 PM (sKqQm
She deserves sympathy. But she also deserves jail time. When I had my second daughter, I heard voices coming out of her monitor, and they were not kind and loving. It was one of the scariest things I have been through. As real as they were, and they were real to me, I knew somewhere in the back of my mind they actually were not. Instead of harming my baby, I turned the monitor off, forced myself to say “this is not real, this is in your head”and cried. I was terrified to tell anyone while this was going on because I knew it was crazy. It was a horrible few months where the monitor was turned off, and I hoped the baby was okay when it was turned off. After 3 months, it was gone.
Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2026 02:29 PM (ZdaMQ)
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I was on a cruise, so haven't followed this at all...but pumping a postpartum lady with meds does give me pause b/c some of the severe side effects of those usual meds are desire to homicide/suicide and psychosis...
Posted by: Nova Local at August 18, 2026 02:22 PM (tOcjL)
She's already got her own body switching from baby producer to baby feeder mode, plus the physical stress of birth. I'd be pretty cautious about adding boutique drugs to all of that until things settle down.
Posted by: Nova Local at August 18, 2026 02:22 PM (tOcjL)
She's already got her own body switching from baby producer to baby feeder mode, plus the physical stress of birth. I'd be pretty cautious about adding boutique drugs to all of that until things settle down.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 18, 2026 02:29 PM (uhVAy)
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O/T but regarding the Zodiac codebreaker post on the sideabar:
"Hey they said they're "experts," they must know that they're talking about, right? I screwed up. It won't be the last time, I'm sure."
Ace, if I've learned anything from you in 15+ years it's that if they are A) self-proclaimed experts and B) online, 99/100 they are fake and/or gay.
Excluding of course your friendly local disinformation expert.
"Hey they said they're "experts," they must know that they're talking about, right? I screwed up. It won't be the last time, I'm sure."
Ace, if I've learned anything from you in 15+ years it's that if they are A) self-proclaimed experts and B) online, 99/100 they are fake and/or gay.
Excluding of course your friendly local disinformation expert.
Posted by: NJ Class Traitor at August 18, 2026 02:29 PM (6RyaQ)
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>>The feminist argument? She had postpartum depression so she's not to blame and it was probably the husband's fault
It could work as a legal defense, although if the allegation above is true that she deliberately lied to her husband to get him to leave so she could do it, it strongly indicates she knew it was wrong, which is generally the legal standard for whether an insanity plea will be accepted.
It could work as a legal defense, although if the allegation above is true that she deliberately lied to her husband to get him to leave so she could do it, it strongly indicates she knew it was wrong, which is generally the legal standard for whether an insanity plea will be accepted.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 18, 2026 02:29 PM (THJS/)
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For a quarter of a century we were being represented by people who hated us.
Posted by: 29Victor at August 18, 2026 02:28 PM (0MjtC)
And they keep going, and going, and going, and going......
Posted by: 29Victor at August 18, 2026 02:28 PM (0MjtC)
And they keep going, and going, and going, and going......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 02:29 PM (2YhKe)
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I think a lot of that is just normal kids in the maelstrom of Woke schools just adopting protective coloration. Bisexual or Asexual are good ones for that, you can be Bi and part of the club and coincidentally only date the oppo gender. Few want to be the tall poppy and have their head cut off by the powers.
Once you get out of the schools, well a lot of the pressure drops in most fields.
Posted by: Oldcat
Yep. The number that actually come out as lesbians, male homosexuals, or even trans are still well below 10 percent of the population. And with teh dominance of females in higher ed right now on attendance, at many schools 60-40 or worse even, makes it much more likely to claim a vague bisexual label as a female (where a guy would get the suck one dick and you are a homo not bisexual bit.) I Kissed a Girl went mainstream, you don't see popular male singers come out and sing I Kissed a Boy without being marked as gay.
Once you get out of the schools, well a lot of the pressure drops in most fields.
Posted by: Oldcat
Yep. The number that actually come out as lesbians, male homosexuals, or even trans are still well below 10 percent of the population. And with teh dominance of females in higher ed right now on attendance, at many schools 60-40 or worse even, makes it much more likely to claim a vague bisexual label as a female (where a guy would get the suck one dick and you are a homo not bisexual bit.) I Kissed a Girl went mainstream, you don't see popular male singers come out and sing I Kissed a Boy without being marked as gay.
Posted by: whig at August 18, 2026 02:30 PM (E4rtv)
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Isnt funny Democrats almost never have this happen where "suprise!" a key staff member for a Dem Senator was actually a closet conservative?
I know people like McCain it was like his entire staff was Democratic and actively torpedoed anything conservative.
I know people like McCain it was like his entire staff was Democratic and actively torpedoed anything conservative.
Posted by: Leupold at August 18, 2026 02:30 PM (eIzlH)
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252 Transgender defendant who sought to 'kill Scott Bessent' sentenced to more than 6 years in prison
In which prison will it serve it's term?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 02:28 PM (2YhKe)
The one where its feeling are not hurt and its pronouns are respected? Makes me sick to know this degenerate terminology.
In which prison will it serve it's term?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 18, 2026 02:28 PM (2YhKe)
The one where its feeling are not hurt and its pronouns are respected? Makes me sick to know this degenerate terminology.
Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 02:30 PM (Gqar8)
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The feminist argument? She had postpartum depression so she's not to blame and it was probably the husband's fault for being mean to her or something I mean you men have no idea what it is like to have hormones!
The case happened in my old backyard so I've followed it a bit. I'm not in any way defending her actions but the reason she's in a wheelchair is because after killing her kids she jumped out of a 2nd story window and now she's paralyzed from the waist down.
I think she clearly has mental issues or at least did at the time of the killing. By all accounts she had a happy young family and she was a delivery nurse of all things. I don't anything about postpartum depression but something seemed to have snapped in her.
Posted by: JackStraw
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And I have to repeat, Matt Walsh stupidly questioned postpartum depression, causing legions of women who have suffered it to rush to Clancy's defense, when hers is apparently a case of postpartum psychosis, which is an entirely different thing.
The feminist argument? She had postpartum depression so she's not to blame and it was probably the husband's fault for being mean to her or something I mean you men have no idea what it is like to have hormones!
The case happened in my old backyard so I've followed it a bit. I'm not in any way defending her actions but the reason she's in a wheelchair is because after killing her kids she jumped out of a 2nd story window and now she's paralyzed from the waist down.
I think she clearly has mental issues or at least did at the time of the killing. By all accounts she had a happy young family and she was a delivery nurse of all things. I don't anything about postpartum depression but something seemed to have snapped in her.
Posted by: JackStraw
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And I have to repeat, Matt Walsh stupidly questioned postpartum depression, causing legions of women who have suffered it to rush to Clancy's defense, when hers is apparently a case of postpartum psychosis, which is an entirely different thing.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 02:31 PM (XJ22o)
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I'm highly allergic to bleach and no reaction to this stuff.
there are other formulations that are not Magic Molecule but I think the MM brand works best/fastest and stays "functional" longer.
it does smell like the pool! if it loses the pool smell it's not going to work anymore. so that is bleach-adjacent
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:27 PM (j+aD2)
Commercial bleach contains other things beyond hypochlorite, but that's what does the heavy lifting.
there are other formulations that are not Magic Molecule but I think the MM brand works best/fastest and stays "functional" longer.
it does smell like the pool! if it loses the pool smell it's not going to work anymore. so that is bleach-adjacent
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:27 PM (j+aD2)
Commercial bleach contains other things beyond hypochlorite, but that's what does the heavy lifting.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2026 02:32 PM (1z8ji)
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AOC has good handlers and probably a lot of external help. It's not about smart or dumb, her people are crafty and know how to rabble rouse. She stands behind her bs and if you listen to any of her speeches we never hear she pulls that trick where a Democrat sounds like a cross between the America adoring passion of Betsy Ross and whoever invented baseball and apple pie. Often sounds like she wants to go down on the American Flag she loves America so much. They are truly sick people.
Posted by: ... at August 18, 2026 02:32 PM (+rw6l)
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Iran’s gutted ranks leave loyalists filling critical posts. All the young commanders have been killed. They are pulling in the old retired, whose commands stretch back to the 70s, to fill the slots.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 18, 2026 02:33 PM (Cq/ve)
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Steve Schmidt, McCain's campaign manager, made double-damn sure to tell the world after the election (and, I'm sure, after the checks cleared) that he didn't even vote for McCain in the general election.
Posted by: mrp at August 18, 2026 02:33 PM (rj6Yv)
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it does smell like the pool! if it loses the pool smell it's not going to work anymore. so that is bleach-adjacent
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:27 PM (j+aD2)
Does it cause shrinkage?
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:27 PM (j+aD2)
Does it cause shrinkage?
Posted by: George Costanza at August 18, 2026 02:33 PM (2Ez/1)
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And I have to repeat, Matt Walsh stupidly questioned postpartum depression, causing legions of women who have suffered it to rush to Clancy's defense, when hers is apparently a case of postpartum psychosis, which is an entirely different thing.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 02:31 PM (XJ22o)
Postpartum depression is real and can be extreme. I have witnessed its’ effects.
And I have to repeat, Matt Walsh stupidly questioned postpartum depression, causing legions of women who have suffered it to rush to Clancy's defense, when hers is apparently a case of postpartum psychosis, which is an entirely different thing.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 02:31 PM (XJ22o)
Postpartum depression is real and can be extreme. I have witnessed its’ effects.
Posted by: tubal at August 18, 2026 02:33 PM (Gqar8)
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Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2026 02:29 PM (ZdaMQ)
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Holy fuck, Piper. What an experience.
I wonder how that would have gone down if you were on a dozen mood-altering drugs?
Posted by: Piper at August 18, 2026 02:29 PM (ZdaMQ)
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Holy fuck, Piper. What an experience.
I wonder how that would have gone down if you were on a dozen mood-altering drugs?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 18, 2026 02:33 PM (XJ22o)
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Straight white male
2) He's smarter than she is, and he would make her look stupid.
honestly I'm starting to wonder about her
I think she might be smart, actually.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:24 PM (j+aD2)
_____
I don't think she's smart in terms of IQ or intelligence -- and she's ignorant as fuck -- but she's got some animal cunning and is very media savvy (at least in front of a friendly media).
She can give a pretty good canned speech. She's also passably attractive (albeit with The Wall waiting on standby), which in itself raises her perceived abilities given that most of her colleagues look like a bear shat in an Alpo can.
But if you watch her in interviews, she's a dullard who doesn't seem prepared for even the most obvious softballs.
2) He's smarter than she is, and he would make her look stupid.
honestly I'm starting to wonder about her
I think she might be smart, actually.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 18, 2026 02:24 PM (j+aD2)
_____
I don't think she's smart in terms of IQ or intelligence -- and she's ignorant as fuck -- but she's got some animal cunning and is very media savvy (at least in front of a friendly media).
She can give a pretty good canned speech. She's also passably attractive (albeit with The Wall waiting on standby), which in itself raises her perceived abilities given that most of her colleagues look like a bear shat in an Alpo can.
But if you watch her in interviews, she's a dullard who doesn't seem prepared for even the most obvious softballs.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 18, 2026 02:34 PM (iFTx/)
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New madness here in CA. CEC is outlawing 70% of the tires sold in this state. Check out the vid of Nancy Skinner, one of the 5 commissioners, yikes, this old hag is giddy about it all:
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