FBI Seizes Electronic Devices from Eric Swalwell's Home, As Part of Investigation Into Alleged Sexual Assaults

This guy.

And if it just so happens they discover information about his choice to accept sketchy donations from Chinese government agents, that's how it goes.

Bill Melugin
@BillMelugin_
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BREAKING: Per sources familiar to me & colleague @davidspunt, as part of an ongoing federal probe, the FBI seized former Congressman Eric Swalwell's electronics at his home in DC on Sunday. Nobody was home.
We are also told the FBI seized his electronics from him at San Francisco airport (SFO) on Saturday.
Swalwell was not detained or placed under arrest.
We are told this probe is in relation to the sexual misconduct allegations against Swalwell.
FBI is not commenting.
@FoxNews has reached out to Swalwell's attorney for comment.

CNN adds a little background.

Swalwell resigned from Congress in April after reporting from CNN and the San Francisco Chronicle detailed allegations of sexual misconduct.
The Manhattan District Attorney's Office and the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department opened criminal investigations into Swalwell in the wake of the reporting. The raids this weekend are part of a federal investigation connected to the claims of sexual assault, the sources told CNN.
Three women who have spoken publicly about sexual misconduct allegations against Swalwell also told CNN they spoke with the FBI.
This story was updated to reflect that three women say they have been contacted by the FBI.

Boy lawfare was sure fun.... until it wasn't, huh?

I hope they also turn up information about Rep. Gomez and Reuben Gallego, Swalwell's fellow "Cool Club Clique" adulterers and assaulters.

BREAKING: The FBI has seized former Rep. Eric Swalwell's electronic devices as part of a federal investigation involving sexual assault allegations against him.

Federal agents took the devices from Swalwell Saturday at the San Francisco airport and Sunday from his Washington,… pic.twitter.com/Mp6SxRDzRt
— Fox News (@FoxNews) August 20, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:15 PM

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1 The walls are falling off. Hopefully.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2026 01:15 PM (ExV1e)

2 I have alerted the others.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2026 01:16 PM (ExV1e)

3 #MeToo

Posted by: ballistic at August 20, 2026 01:16 PM (oqH4h)

4 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 20, 2026 01:17 PM (ccf/V)

5 Sexual Misconduct?

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 20, 2026 01:17 PM (fgbQO)

6 MR. SWALWELL!!!!!!!!

Is Chinese pussy worth getting investigated and your career completely destroyed?

BWWWWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 20, 2026 01:18 PM (ccf/V)

7 I posted about my State Farm.dividend check and rate.reduction.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 20, 2026 01:18 PM (bX16E)

8 A perv and stupid. Bad combination.

Posted by: huerfano at August 20, 2026 01:18 PM (2Xqig)

9 Why isn't he being investigated for national security violations?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 20, 2026 01:18 PM (RIvkX)

10 After I quit Nationwide my rate halved.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 20, 2026 01:19 PM (fgbQO)

11 DC has been so corrupt for so long that asshats like this guy get elected without any real vetting. And the media lies through its ass.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 20, 2026 01:19 PM (2WIwB)

12 Too bad they're not going after him for corruption and taking $$$$ from China while sitting on intelligence committees.

So, I guess my first comment is irrelevant. Oh well.

So I'll have to be happy with his embarrassment and shame. If he were able......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 20, 2026 01:19 PM (ccf/V)

13 1 The walls are falling off. Hopefully.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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With Swallwell, his pants are falling off is the better metaphor.

Posted by: whig at August 20, 2026 01:20 PM (E4rtv)

14 You'd think that a guy that clearly got honeypotted by a Panda Express 4 would have enough of a sense of shame to just fade into the background, but nope. Swalwell is too retarded to disappear.

Posted by: ballistic at August 20, 2026 01:20 PM (oqH4h)

15 Waiting for Background Check.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 20, 2026 01:20 PM (fgbQO)

16 So, what?
Will anything happen?
Because I have it on good authority that...

Posted by: Nothing Will Happen at August 20, 2026 01:20 PM (2Ez/1)

17 >>> "the bold one's often have an Achilles heel."
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Yes, they are human. We all have an Achilles heel.

"you can grab 'em by..."

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 20, 2026 01:21 PM (JS6jE)

18 So, I guess my first comment is irrelevant. Oh well.

His career *is* over. He thought he was going to glide into Gavin Newsom's chair but the DNC swooped in and said "not a crippled blind black lesbian, REJECT!".

Posted by: Ian S. at August 20, 2026 01:21 PM (2ocoG)

19
The FBI investigating sexual misconduct? Was he trafficking women or across state lines or holding child pr0n, wtf?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia, tidying up at August 20, 2026 01:21 PM (XJ22o)

20 Regarding policy concerns, potential cancellation, etc: Call your local agent. He wants those sweet renewal commissions and offer to email him personally the pictures/evidence, etc.

And call 2 other insurance companies just for a backup plan.

Posted by: Crusader at August 20, 2026 01:21 PM (TN0g+)

21 I posted about my State Farm.dividend check and rate.reduction.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 20, 2026 01:18 PM (bX16E)

Perfect time to gloat, when someone is about to lose their home because they got their entire policy cancelled for seemingly horseshit reasons.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 20, 2026 01:21 PM (ccf/V)

22 And, just so we don't forget:

The Washington Post Fact Checker awarded "Four Pinocchios" to then-House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy in 2023 for making unsubstantiated claims and suggesting Eric Swalwell engaged in inappropriate behavior with a suspected Chinese intelligence operative (Christine Fang), noting that Swalwell had cooperated with authorities and cut off contact.

The Washington Post found no evidence of illegal activity or sexual/improper impropriety by Swalwell, reporting that U.S. officials indicated Swalwell cut ties as soon as the FBI provided a defensive briefing.

(Let's see how this holds up)

Posted by: Orson at August 20, 2026 01:21 PM (dIske)

23 They took my phoooooone,
In San Franciscooooo....

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 20, 2026 01:21 PM (wtvvX)

24 I guess they'll also find out what onlyfans accounts he subscribes to.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 20, 2026 01:22 PM (lByKA)

25 Why isn't he being investigated for national security violations?
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Because, that just isn't done, dear boy. That just isn't done.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 20, 2026 01:22 PM (O0G1y)

26 O/T (but on topic with last thread)

"Polymarket
@Polymarket
49m
BREAKING: James Talarico now favored to flip Texas’ U.S. Senate seat blue for the first time since 1988.

52% chance"

hmm, keep waiting for the day of to vote TX, that'll do her !

Posted by: runner at August 20, 2026 01:22 PM (g47mK)

27 2026 just isn't turning out to be Swalwell's year.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 20, 2026 01:22 PM (Riz8t)

28 I think at least a cursory rummaging through his wife's underwear drawer is in order.

Posted by: mc at August 20, 2026 01:22 PM (C3K2d)

29 Whatever the CCP is paying Fang Fang it wasn't enough.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 20, 2026 01:23 PM (2ocoG)

30 Howdy guys. Anyone want to go to a Talarico bbq?

Posted by: Johns Cornyns at August 20, 2026 01:23 PM (ATSTk)

31 Pepperoni makes a fine snack food.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 20, 2026 01:23 PM (fgbQO)

32 DC has been so corrupt for so long that asshats like this guy get elected without any real vetting.
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It's baked in the cake. Simply by winning an election one has been "deemed" to have passed a background or security agency check.

What could possibly go wrong??

Posted by: Common Tater at August 20, 2026 01:23 PM (O0G1y)

33

Too many of our elected officials are cozy with the CCP. Treason charges are what this guy needs, but if a sexual assault conviction incarcerates him, so be it.

Posted by: Ann at August 20, 2026 01:23 PM (SHHm+)

34 BREAKING: James Talarico now favored to flip Texas’ U.S. Senate seat blue for the first time since 1988.

This on the heels of reports that polls in July/August always glaze Democrats to the tune of 7-10% and then back off closer to the election (but still glaze the Democrats even day-of).

Posted by: Ian S. at August 20, 2026 01:24 PM (2ocoG)

35 11 DC has been so corrupt for so long that asshats like this guy get elected without any real vetting. And the media lies through its ass.
Posted by: Diogenes
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It appears to be the same with our generals as well. As these officers playing footsie with Chicoms have come to light. Military is equally infected with rot as are our bureaucrats.

A rotten society ruled by sociopaths generates these outcomes.

Troubled times. Like those in the book of Jonah. It is going to take our entire society to repent from the bottom up from wickedness before things get better.

Posted by: whig at August 20, 2026 01:24 PM (E4rtv)

36
Point of vocabulary.

The term is HONEYTRAP, not HONEYPOT.

Honeypot is still a term of endearment.

Honeytrap is much more evocative and specific, anyway. Better word all around. Use it!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia, tidying up at August 20, 2026 01:24 PM (XJ22o)

37 Polymarket
@Polymarket
49m
BREAKING: James Talarico now favored to flip Texas’ U.S. Senate seat blue for the first time since 1988.

Polls are for strippers. Polymarket is for 400 pound strippers missing half their teeth.

Still... I suppose I can set my hair on fire and run around screaming if it'll make you feel better.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2026 01:24 PM (ExV1e)

38 . . . and this electronic, wi-fi, bluetooth, USB rechargeable vacuum erection device?

Swalwell: That's not mine.

It's engraved with the initials E S?

Posted by: FBI Agent Johnson at August 20, 2026 01:25 PM (wVcYX)

39 Abbot should stand for a Senate seat.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 20, 2026 01:25 PM (fgbQO)

40 Polymarket is not science, I know. I know. But whites are a minority in TX, and Talarico is inspiring Hispanics and Black Texans to get out and vote for him.

Posted by: runner at August 20, 2026 01:25 PM (g47mK)

41 I'm just amazed that one of the few prominent Democrat man who likes women is now accused of sex crimes, and here I thought he was just another traitor.

Do they have no one who lives a non-criminal existence over there?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 20, 2026 01:25 PM (nyjNu)

42 Why isn't he being investigated for national security violations?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 20, 2026 01:18 PM (RIvkX)

Have you ever wondered why so many defendants who are involved in serious money laundering and security violation issues seem to only get tagged for sexual or minor criminal convictions?

Posted by: Kindltot at August 20, 2026 01:25 PM (rbvCR)

43 Talarico is inspiring Hispanics and Black Texans to get out and vote for him.
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If this is true I'll be shocked.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 20, 2026 01:26 PM (nyjNu)

44 ***I hope they also turn up information about Rep. Gomez and Reuben Gallego, Swalwell's fellow "Cool Club Clique" adulterers and assaulters.
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The one you did on Xavier Becerra using his office to traffic young women and girls into slavery should honor you a Pulitzer.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 20, 2026 01:26 PM (JS6jE)

45 Talarico is inspiring Hispanics and Black Texans to get out and vote for him.

According to whom?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2026 01:26 PM (ExV1e)

46 Hey Swallwell. Call me. I have lots of free time now. Maybe we can grab a twofer. Just make sure one’s a boy.

Posted by: Johns Cornyns at August 20, 2026 01:26 PM (ATSTk)

47 Swalwell resigned from Congress in April after reporting from CNN and the San Francisco Chronicle detailed allegations of sexual misconduct[/]
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We have CNN and the San Francisco Chronicle to thank for Swalwell's resignation? Are they high?

Posted by: Darth Randall at August 20, 2026 01:27 PM (mseD3)

48 Yes, they are human. We all have an Achilles heel.

"you can grab 'em by..."

Posted by: Braenyard

But the bold ones pay for it, squishes slither out of it in this life being neither hot nor cold. No controlling authority or I was just following orders/society/my betters bullshit.

That does create a problem with the Lord in the hereafter though.

Posted by: whig at August 20, 2026 01:27 PM (E4rtv)

49 I don't know about the Senate, but at one time there was a final check in the House. In theory anyhow. It wasn't enough to merely win an election, the House members voted on your suitability to that August body.

Naturally, this was ruled Unconstitutional by some legal jiggery-pokery quackery. Suitably employed (which is saying a lot, but) I think it could have prevented many problems we are enjoying so very much today.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 20, 2026 01:27 PM (O0G1y)

50 Yeah. Ok. Talarico is inspiring Texans. I laughed so hard I puked.

Posted by: Johns Cornyns at August 20, 2026 01:27 PM (ATSTk)

51
Talarico is inspiring Hispanics and Black Texans to get out and vote against him.

Ratshit's bit to the ghetto vote didn't fair well.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 20, 2026 01:27 PM (JS6jE)

52 > Why isn't he being investigated for national security violations?
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I'd bet for certain politicos of a particular party, there's no such thing as a "national security violation."

The judiciary would have to agree that this is a crime. The same judiciary that's squarely aligned with the left. Had this been someone previously associated with the Republicans or Trump, they'd already be on their way to prison.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 20, 2026 01:28 PM (2Cry5)

53 Swallowell is small fry. Lets see them go after Schiff.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 20, 2026 01:28 PM (nyjNu)

54 Talarico is inspiring Hispanics and Black Texans to get out and vote for him.
Posted by: runner at August 20, 2026 01:25 PM

Dude, whatever bet you lost, it's not worth *this* kind of humiliation.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 20, 2026 01:28 PM (2ocoG)

55 >> According to whom?

The jackass who is constantly posting shit here.

Posted by: Johns Cornyns at August 20, 2026 01:28 PM (ATSTk)

56 .
Did the FBI, (AKA FIB,) put in the effort to examine SwallowWellz wife's panties?

Posted by: Marooned at August 20, 2026 01:28 PM (kt8QE)

57 Yeah. Ok. Talarico is inspiring Texans. I laughed so hard I puked.
Posted by: Johns Cornyns at August 20, 2026 01:27 PM (ATSTk)

No, its true, man. He heard it on YouTube. We should all give up.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 20, 2026 01:29 PM (rbvCR)

58 Talarico couldn’t inspire an erection in a dick after 20 Viagra.

Posted by: Johns Cornyns at August 20, 2026 01:30 PM (ATSTk)

59 40 Polymarket is not science, I know. I know. But whites are a minority in TX, and Talarico is inspiring Hispanics and Black Texans to get out and vote for him.
Posted by: runner

Polymarket and other idiotic predictive markets are thinly traded and easy to put a whopping big informal donation by betting on something. It has been proven to be so in the past. They are as fake and gay as a second order derivative can be--first is actual votes, the first derivative is some flawed poll, and the prediction market is a second derivative with people using polling to place a bet at best, or intentional warping of the market at worst by placing a losing bet on purpose to try to make fetch happen.

Predictive markets are bullshit and based on the idiocy of crowds, not smart money.

Posted by: whig at August 20, 2026 01:30 PM (E4rtv)

60 ---

We have CNN and the San Francisco Chronicle to thank for Swalwell's resignation? Are they high?

Posted by: Darth Randall
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He's their sacrificial beard.
_See, we do honest reporting.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 20, 2026 01:30 PM (JS6jE)

61 "I hope they also turn up information about Rep. Gomez and Reuben Gallego, Swalwell's fellow "Cool Club Clique" adulterers and assaulters."
___________

I think it's "Cool Kids Clique"

But regardless, it amazes me that these three creepy doofus losers are what passes for "cool" in DC. They'd all be getting rejected by prostitutes if they weren't holding the levers of power.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 20, 2026 01:30 PM (iFTx/)

62 Have you ever wondered why so many defendants who are involved in serious money laundering and security violation issues seem to only get tagged for sexual or minor criminal convictions? Posted by: Kindltot at August 20, 2026 01:25 PM (rbvCR)

Might get the classified evidence exposed in court. I can see that, to a point. Suppose there were an informant who had knowledge of CCP espionage activities in the US and reported on others besides Fang Fang. Better yet, suppose that informant was in China. I could see the DOJ not wanting to touch that one.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at August 20, 2026 01:30 PM (eStot)

63 39 Abbot should stand for a Senate seat.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 20, 2026 01:25 PM (fgbQO)

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 20, 2026 01:31 PM (wtvvX)

64 How do you know Polymarket isn't just a bunch of bots?

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 20, 2026 01:31 PM (2Ez/1)

65 Swalwell : that's not my penis pump
Feds: this ad says the penis pump is endorsed by Eric Swalwell
Feds: this book says The Penis Pump and Me by Eric Swalwell
Swalwell : mommy

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 20, 2026 01:31 PM (rp63B)

66 39 Abbot should stand for a Senate seat.

Posted by: Boss Moss at August 20, 2026 01:25 PM (fgbQO)

(golf clap)

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 20, 2026 01:31 PM (wtvvX)

67 Polymarket’s bets are largely moved by a few accounts. It’s completely manipulated. They try ton love closer to reality as the event approaches so as to keep the fraud going.

Posted by: Johns Cornyns at August 20, 2026 01:31 PM (ATSTk)

68 How do you know Polymarket isn't just a bunch of bots?
Posted by: I gotta ask

Or a bunch of intelligence contractors goosing things.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 20, 2026 01:32 PM (diia5)

69 After cops grab phones, are there still pay phones at the airport?

When we last flew almost everyone had their ticket on a phone, we were the exception..

Not a comment on Swalwell.

One could do a Tom Brady on one’s phone yearly.

Posted by: Goatweed at August 20, 2026 01:32 PM (jK3NL)

70 Show of hands. Do you think Eric took it in the can?

Posted by: Johns Cornyns at August 20, 2026 01:32 PM (ATSTk)

71 Talarico hates ranching, hates the oil business, wants to vastly increase the welfare state and blow the top off the budget, he worships Satan, he's gay, he loves drag shows, and he wants far more abortions. What part of that inspires Latino voters?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 20, 2026 01:32 PM (nyjNu)

72 Who thinks that Epstein files released is more important than this Dec scandal?

The files where Epstein said a lot of money could be made in causing a pandemic and then owning a vaccine? Where he then called Bill Gates? Who had a conference about a pandemic in 2019? That gave out plush toys shaped like the Covid virus?

Posted by: Ian S. at August 20, 2026 01:32 PM (2ocoG)

73
Honeytrap is much more evocative and specific, anyway. Better word all around. Use it!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia, tidying up at August 20, 2026 01:24 PM (XJ22o)

"I call 'em 'pussytraps.' Because they TRAP you, with the pussy."

- - - - - - - Eddie Murphy

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 20, 2026 01:33 PM (ccf/V)

74 Polymarket’s bets are largely moved by a few accounts. It’s completely manipulated. They try ton love closer to reality as the event approaches so as to keep the fraud going.
Posted by: Johns Cornyns at August 20, 2026 01:31 PM (ATSTk)

That's crazy. Who would risk $5 in order to give political operatives an opportunity to sway public opinion. It takes so long so save up for a burrito as it is.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2026 01:33 PM (ExV1e)

75 I can’t find a person in Texas who is saying they will vote for Talarico except one homeless guy in Houston who said he would vote for $20.

Posted by: Johns Cornyns at August 20, 2026 01:34 PM (ATSTk)

76 49 I don't know about the Senate, but at one time there was a final check in the House. In theory anyhow. It wasn't enough to merely win an election, the House members voted on your suitability to that August body.

Naturally, this was ruled Unconstitutional by some legal jiggery-pokery quackery. Suitably employed (which is saying a lot, but) I think it could have prevented many problems we are enjoying so very much today.
Posted by: Common Tater

Refusing to seat people was unconstitutional and it came about from the Reconstruction era where the House purposefully refused to accept the seating of elected officials from the South. Powell v. McCormick put an end to the practice.

The proper constitutional remedy is expulsion but as that requires 2/3rds of the House, was much harder to do. Again, the Founders had a blind spot regarding political parties as none of them professed liking of them based on their experiences with England (the pro king (Tories) versus the pro people parties (Whigs).

Both the House and Senate though have the constitutional power to determine contested elections by a majority vote.

Posted by: whig at August 20, 2026 01:34 PM (E4rtv)

77 Who thinks Paul is a reetard?

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 20, 2026 01:34 PM (zGwE2)

78 Did they bring a locksmith or just do the Swat breakdown the door thing?

Posted by: Goatweed at August 20, 2026 01:34 PM (jK3NL)

79 Sid wants more Epstein files. You go dude, so far the only people in trouble over Epstein are Democrats.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 20, 2026 01:34 PM (nyjNu)

80 Dude, whatever bet you lost, it's not worth *this* kind of humiliation.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 20, 2026 01:28 PM (2ocoG)

Keep your day job.

Posted by: runner at August 20, 2026 01:34 PM (g47mK)

81 Right now Talarico's running ads where he appears with his Pawpaw the Baptist preacher, and he says "loving your neighbor" is the government giving them free stuff, because presumably that's what Jesus would do.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at August 20, 2026 01:35 PM (eStot)

82 Talarico hates ranching, hates the oil business, wants to vastly increase the welfare state and blow the top off the budget, he worships Satan, he's gay, he loves drag shows, and he wants far more abortions. What part of that inspires Latino voters?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 20, 2026 01:32 PM (nyjNu)

He said. "Me encantan las mujeres gordas."

It's a lie, of course.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2026 01:35 PM (ExV1e)

83 Point of vocabulary.

The term is HONEYTRAP, not HONEYPOT.

Honeypot is still a term of endearment.

Honeytrap is much more evocative and specific, anyway. Better word all around. Use it!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia, tidying up at August 20, 2026 01:24 PM (XJ22o)
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Uh no lol. Calling a hot girl hitting on a schlub to pump him for intel has been called a honeypot since before the cold war.

It's also still used in cybersecurity where someone sets up an easily-compromised system so that a hacker gets access and thinks he's really got something but you're monitoring what he's doing the entire time.

Posted by: ballistic at August 20, 2026 01:35 PM (oqH4h)

84 Check out all of the AWFLs supporting Lindsay Clancy.

http://tiny.cc/iwz8101

I think this is the natural end state of a crowd that's been indoctrinated since birth that abortion is necessary, correct, and good. They've been told their entire life that a woman's feelings about her developing child determines if it's human or not.

Clancy's feelings told her to kill her children, and they celebrate her.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 20, 2026 01:36 PM (mkw2N)

85 That's crazy. Who would risk $5 in order to give political operatives an opportunity to sway public opinion. It takes so long so save up for a burrito as it is.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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It is a form of political donations to the candidate. And the asshole donors doing that expect some play for their green from the candidate.

It is fake and gay only resembling real events at the very end where the truth becomes undeniable as you get losers dumping their bets.

Posted by: whig at August 20, 2026 01:36 PM (E4rtv)

86 Look at the polls from the summer to now. They are already closing the gap so they don’t completely lose any credibility they have. Listen to TJM. Let’s see where we are by the end of September. I bet Talarico will be at Chucky Cheese giving out free plastic queen crowns with his name on them.

Posted by: Johns Cornyns at August 20, 2026 01:36 PM (ATSTk)

87 Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 20, 2026 01:32 PM (nyjNu)

He hasn't actually said that he worships Satan, has he? He just worships a Jesus who not remotely like anything in the scriptures.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 20, 2026 01:37 PM (JrHfD)

88
Clancy's feelings told her to kill her children, and they celebrate her.
Posted by: bonhomme at August 20, 2026 01:36 PM (mkw2N)

Trial is revealing she was actually on a cornucopia of pharmaceuticals prescribed by her female doctor treating her postpartum depression.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 20, 2026 01:37 PM (ccf/V)

89 Under what circumstances would federal law enforcement have jurisdiction over sexual assault cases?

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 20, 2026 01:38 PM (/OKHJ)

90 @80; Huck, funny thing is a judge just signed off on releasing a lot of Epstein files that had been previously sealed by a Fed judge

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 20, 2026 01:38 PM (rp63B)

91 The walls are falling off. Hopefully.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2026 01:15 PM (ExV1e)
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Made of Chinesium.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 20, 2026 01:38 PM (FZ29D)

92 Cream floats to the top. So do scum and turds.

Posted by: It's a coprostocracy at August 20, 2026 01:38 PM (TbWk/)

93 I thought Talerico’s best quote was “ Me la dan por el culo”.

Posted by: Johns Cornyns at August 20, 2026 01:38 PM (ATSTk)

94 Under what circumstances would federal law enforcement have jurisdiction over sexual assault cases?

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 20, 2026 01:38 PM (/OKHJ)

When you're a federal employee committing said sexual assault?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 20, 2026 01:38 PM (ccf/V)

95 Both the House and Senate though have the constitutional power to determine contested elections by a majority vote
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?
Can you elaborate a bit on that

Posted by: Common Tater at August 20, 2026 01:38 PM (O0G1y)

96 Keep your day job.
Posted by: runner at August 20, 2026 01:34 PM (g47mK)

You need to work on your stinging argument ending come-backs. Seriously, they are like improv. You can't just gut them out, you need practice and polishing for the best impact.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 20, 2026 01:38 PM (rbvCR)

97 He hasn't actually said that he worships Satan, has he? He just worships a Jesus who not remotely like anything in the scriptures.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 20, 2026 01:37 PM (JrHfD)

He has said that he kneels for Jesús. The gay Mexicans think he's great.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2026 01:38 PM (ExV1e)

98 What part of that inspires Latino voters? Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 20, 2026 01:32 PM (nyjNu)

Well, none of it, but I could imagine a very low-information voter who sees that his name ends in a vowel, so he must be one of us.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at August 20, 2026 01:39 PM (eStot)

99 @90 if they occurred on Federal land or in Federal buildings

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 20, 2026 01:39 PM (rp63B)

100 I hope they also turn up information about Rep. Gomez and Reuben Gallego, Swalwell's fellow "Cool Club Clique" adulterers and assaulters.
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We need Hobbs to lose and then hold this info until after January--so she can't appoint his replacement.

IIRC, she's stuck in the mid-40s--as the incumbent.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 20, 2026 01:39 PM (3cUTc)

101 Texas are going to be complacent, not vote and Talarico will win.

Bet a beer on it.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 20, 2026 01:39 PM (W2Pud)

102 89
Clancy's feelings told her to kill her children, and they celebrate her.
Posted by: bonhomme at August 20, 2026 01:36 PM (mkw2N)

Trial is revealing she was actually on a cornucopia of pharmaceuticals prescribed by her female doctor treating her postpartum depression.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 20, 2026 01:37 PM (ccf/V)
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Her feelings were affirmed!

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 20, 2026 01:39 PM (vvnUP)

103 91 @80; Huck, funny thing is a judge just signed off on releasing a lot of Epstein files that had been previously sealed by a Fed judge
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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Eh, my guess in the files, financiers are the ones that are most at risk for being sued.

Most politicians have their own harem of lobbyists and employees to seek solace from. Some like Spitzer simply hire whores.

Posted by: whig at August 20, 2026 01:40 PM (E4rtv)

104 Texas are going to be complacent, not vote and Talarico will win.

Bet a beer on it.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 20, 2026 01:39 PM (W2Pud)

They weren't complacent getting Cornyn's ass out of there, why would they sit back and watch a freak win?

And I already give you beer........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 20, 2026 01:40 PM (ccf/V)

105 IIRC some of the purported allegations against Swalwell devolve into the Rape Nazi territory in terms of depravity. Dude is one sick puppy.

His own party ratted him out. That should tell you a lot about how dirty he is.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 20, 2026 01:40 PM (2Cry5)

106 It's not a political party. It's a crime syndicate.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 20, 2026 01:41 PM (HinvH)

107 Talarico won his primary with the help of Latino voters. March, 2026 : "In five different rural majority-Latino counties, more votes were cast in Tuesday’s Democratic primary than for Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election...In counties that are majority-Latino, Talarico won by roughly 22 points" They like him.

Posted by: runner at August 20, 2026 01:41 PM (g47mK)

108 Under what circumstances would federal law enforcement have jurisdiction over sexual assault cases? Posted by: Mark1971 at August 20, 2026 01:38 PM (/OKHJ)

On federal property and/or involving federal employees at work at their federal "jobs."

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at August 20, 2026 01:41 PM (eStot)

109 Honeytrap is much more evocative and specific, anyway. Better word all around. Use it!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia, tidying up at August 20, 2026 01:24 PM (XJ22o)

"I call 'em 'pussytraps.' Because they TRAP you, with the pussy."

- - - - - - - Eddie Murphy
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 20, 2026 01:33 PM (ccf/V)

With Chinese agent girls, they are like finger trap novelties. The more you try to pull out, the tighter the trap squeezes.

Posted by: FBI Agent Johnson at August 20, 2026 01:41 PM (wVcYX)

110 Most politicians have their own harem of lobbyists and employees to seek solace from. Some like Spitzer simply hire whores.
Posted by: whig at August 20, 2026 01:40 PM (E4rtv)

IIRC Spitzer was doing legal cover for the prostitution rings and taking part of his fees in trade. Am I confusing this with another NY politician?

Posted by: Kindltot at August 20, 2026 01:42 PM (rbvCR)

111 Swalwell : that's not my penis pump
Feds: this ad says the penis pump is endorsed by Eric Swalwell
Feds: this book says The Penis Pump and Me by Eric Swalwell
Swalwell : mommy
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 20, 2026 01:31 PM (rp63B)
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Also made of Chinesium.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 20, 2026 01:42 PM (FZ29D)

112 They like him. Posted by: runner at August 20, 2026 01:41 PM (g47mK)

Or they dislike Jasmine Crockett. She certainly stimulated black turnout in Harris County. No question about it.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at August 20, 2026 01:42 PM (eStot)

113
Going after demoscum after they've left office is okay. I'd much rather they concentrate on Illhan Omar, AOC, and other CURRENT dem office holders.

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 20, 2026 01:42 PM (OkYzo)

114
Y'all laughed at Hunter when he demanded "No Yellow!", but you still got the last laugh, 'cause, Hunter.

Posted by: Auspex at August 20, 2026 01:43 PM (Y8DZL)

115
Clancy's feelings told her to kill her children, and they celebrate her.
Posted by: bonhomme

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Celebrated?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 20, 2026 01:43 PM (XJ22o)

116 Talarico won his primary with the help of Latino voters. March, 2026 : "In five different rural majority-Latino counties, more votes were cast in Tuesday’s Democratic primary than for Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election...In counties that are majority-Latino, Talarico won by roughly 22 points" They like him.
Posted by: runner at August 20, 2026 01:41 PM (g47mK)

They like him more than a black woman. Crockett - black woman. Harris - 'black' woman. Talarico - white man.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2026 01:43 PM (ExV1e)

117 I suspect the CCP intel arm has thoroughly infiltrated the California political, business, and academic venues, and have for years. Just read where a Stanford academic and aeronautical engineer (F-22 and 35 experience) spent a lot of time in China sharing what he knows. An "academic" exchange.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 20, 2026 01:43 PM (2WIwB)

118 I would not wait till September to find out there are holes in support for Paxton. If he runs like he is behind now, maybe he'll be in good shape. Is he running like he is behind and this will not be handed to him?

Posted by: runner at August 20, 2026 01:43 PM (g47mK)

119 He said. "Me encantan las mujeres gordas."

It's a lie, of course.

Yeah, he actually said "Me mucho gusto el pene".

Posted by: Ian S. at August 20, 2026 01:43 PM (2ocoG)

120 Common Tater,

Article I, Section 5

Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members. . . .

Not justiciable. Last time the House overrode a state was in the 1980's over an Indiana seat. Democrats stole it.

Section Five also has this,

"Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings, punish its Members for disorderly Behaviour, and, with the Concurrence of two thirds, expel a Member."

Again, like impeachment, held to be non justiciable in the federal courts (goes to political question doctrine).

Posted by: whig at August 20, 2026 01:43 PM (E4rtv)

121 With Chinese agent girls, they are like finger trap novelties. The more you try to pull out, the tighter the trap squeezes. Posted by: FBI Agent Johnson at August 20, 2026 01:41 PM (wVcYX)

I thought that was what happened when they spread their legs?

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at August 20, 2026 01:44 PM (eStot)

122 > Trial is revealing she was actually on a cornucopia of pharmaceuticals prescribed by her female doctor treating her postpartum depression.

That's one disturbing aspect of the case. Despite all of the help she was getting, she still did one of the most monstrous things possible.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 20, 2026 01:44 PM (mkw2N)

123 I'm worried abou the coming years. It seems like the left is going to conduct their blitzkrieg to take over with stolen elections and jail/wipe us out. Every political leftist has committed a crime, time to impose legal justice.

Posted by: Cray Cray at August 20, 2026 01:44 PM (CYBB0)

124 Clancy's feelings told her to kill her children, and they celebrate her.

And they were making choking hand signals. The fuck.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 20, 2026 01:44 PM (2ocoG)

125 ...because we like porn!

Posted by: FBI at August 20, 2026 01:45 PM (VnVVA)

126 OT: I finally found the Body Cam Watch video of a direct descendant of this morning's Art Thread mysterious and haughty woman.

https://youtu.be/lgM3Bllh8WQ

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 20, 2026 01:45 PM (wVcYX)

127 > Celebrated?

See the video I posted upthread. They're applauding for her.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 20, 2026 01:45 PM (mkw2N)

128 Trial is revealing she was actually on a cornucopia of pharmaceuticals prescribed by her female doctor treating her postpartum depression.

As Brandon Herrera said about Mary Trump, "check out the SSR-eyes!"

Posted by: Ian S. at August 20, 2026 01:45 PM (2ocoG)

129 Swalwells devices may have some interesting information about his buddy Gallego.

Posted by: runner at August 20, 2026 01:45 PM (g47mK)

130 IIRC, she's stuck in the mid-40s--as the incumbent.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
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She is under criminal investigation for quid pro quo with a business. Ironically not as yet for her stealing the 2020 and 2022 elections for the Dems.

Posted by: whig at August 20, 2026 01:45 PM (E4rtv)

131 Didn't Polymarket have Hong at an 82% chance to win the WI race?

It's just basically whales stealing from idiots.

And, IIRC, whole lot of Kalama bets cashed out on the news of that fake IA poll.
Millions of dollars worth.
But, I'm sure that had nothing to do with buying that pollster off ....

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 20, 2026 01:46 PM (3cUTc)

132 @Polymarket
49m
BREAKING: James Talarico now favored to flip Texas’ U.S. Senate seat blue for the first time since 1988.

52% chance"

In a week where it's admitted that polls are fake and gay, a pollster comes out with THIS shit........

Read the room, dumbass.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 20, 2026 01:46 PM (ccf/V)

133 Talarico is inspiring Hispanics and Black Texans "

Cause they get along so well...

Posted by: man at August 20, 2026 01:46 PM (XuXeR)

134 We are very much in the part of the election season known as Operation Demoralize.

Posted by: steevy at August 20, 2026 01:47 PM (YwEeS)

135 cornucopia of pharmaceuticals prescribed by her female doctor"

Hmmm.

Posted by: man at August 20, 2026 01:47 PM (XuXeR)

136 OT:
Thanks for replying, Blonde Mortitia,

Yes, they kept asking for photos which they seem to think do not show that the trees were ($7200 worth of arbortists' opinions) cut off the area of the house. But they REFUSE to send an adjuster to check it. I fucking cannot figure out how to get them to do that!

Posted by: Brunnhilde at August 20, 2026 01:47 PM (3AwA+)

137 We are very much in the part of the election season known as Operation Demoralize.
Posted by: steevy at August 20, 2026 01:47 PM (YwEeS)

That can't be true, all my feed on YouTube is full of how the Democrats and DSA are going to win. They can't be ALL wrong!

Posted by: Kindltot at August 20, 2026 01:48 PM (rbvCR)

138 We are very much in the part of the election season known as Operation Demoralize.
Posted by: steevy at August 20, 2026 01:47 PM (YwEeS)

https://youtu.be/xtaA2SO_4oA

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2026 01:48 PM (ExV1e)

139
Posted by: ballistic at August 20, 2026 01:35 PM (oqH4h)

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Nope.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 20, 2026 01:48 PM (XJ22o)

140 I hope this scumbag Ardleys himself. F'n democrats.

Posted by: fd at August 20, 2026 01:48 PM (7l+6B)

141 As Brandon Herrera said about Mary Trump, "check out the SSR-eyes!"
Posted by: Ian S.

Is Mary Trump any relation to Pres. Trump? She was also mentioned in an earlier thread.

Posted by: Bulg at August 20, 2026 01:48 PM (77rzZ)

142 73 Who thinks that Epstein files released is more important than this Dec scandal?
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No one is ever going to know all of Epstein. He was an international Intelligence op. Your grandchildren won't know everything about Epstein.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 20, 2026 01:48 PM (JS6jE)

143 That's one disturbing aspect of the case. Despite all of the help she was getting, she still did one of the most monstrous things possible.

she only took the benzos

and she doctor-shopped

[she is a monster]

she had a NANNY

she strangled them all, in front of each other, in their lovely finished basement with resistance bands from the home gym

please don't with this woman

SHE IS A MONSTER

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 20, 2026 01:48 PM (j+aD2)

144 Read the room, dumbass.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 20, 2026 01:46 PM (ccf/V)

Who are you talking to ?

Posted by: runner at August 20, 2026 01:48 PM (g47mK)

145 Yes, they kept asking for photos which they seem to think do not show that the trees were ($7200 worth of arbortists' opinions) cut off the area of the house. But they REFUSE to send an adjuster to check it. I fucking cannot figure out how to get them to do that!
Posted by: Brunnhilde at August 20, 2026 01:47 PM (3AwA+)

File a claim?

Posted by: Kindltot at August 20, 2026 01:48 PM (rbvCR)

146 Clancy's feelings told her to kill her children, and they celebrate her."

All the women at the Bonnie and Clyde funerals wave...

Posted by: man at August 20, 2026 01:49 PM (XuXeR)

147 Pollsters work for $.
Who pays them?

Posted by: torabora at August 20, 2026 01:49 PM (Joe6B)

148 Trial is revealing she was actually on a cornucopia of pharmaceuticals prescribed by her female doctor treating her postpartum depression.

That's one disturbing aspect of the case. Despite all of the help she was getting, she still did one of the most monstrous things possible.
Posted by: bonhomme at August 20, 2026 01:44 PM (mkw2N)
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If you can call that "help." I don't even think it was a doctor prescribing all these drugs. The text messages with the NP about the drugs and her symptoms are insane.

The woman was clearly deeply mentally disturbed and repeatedly claimed to contemplate suicide. Ticking time bomb. She should have been committed or at least evaluated.

Instead, they just kept jacking her up on more drugs.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 20, 2026 01:49 PM (iFTx/)

149 Is Mary Trump any relation to Pres. Trump? She was also mentioned in an earlier thread.
Posted by: Bulg at August 20, 2026 01:48 PM (77rzZ)

She's the President's niece.

And of course since she hates The Don's guts, she's given plenty of free air-time to put out her grievances.

Posted by: Thrawn at August 20, 2026 01:49 PM (dz8eD)

150 Is Mary Trump any relation to Pres. Trump? She was also mentioned in an earlier thread.

Yes. She's hated him all her life, which was sufficient to make her a Democrat celebrity.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 20, 2026 01:49 PM (2ocoG)

151 That's why I can't understand why the courts got involved.

If the House says "Nah, we don't want this clown", they ought to be able to do that, rightly or wrongly, based upon their own rules. The courts shouldn't be able to restrict that.
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I wouldn't trust Swalwell just lookin' at him. There's just something that trips anyone's creep-o-meter, or should.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 20, 2026 01:50 PM (O0G1y)

152 Arday. Whatever.

Posted by: fd at August 20, 2026 01:50 PM (7l+6B)

153 Is Mary Trump any relation to Pres. Trump? She was also mentioned in an earlier thread.
Posted by: Bulg at August 20, 2026 01:48 PM (77rzZ)

Niece, I believe. Bad blood cuz her dad didn't get rich or something.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2026 01:50 PM (ExV1e)

154
But they REFUSE to send an adjuster to check it.
Posted by: Brunnhilde

================

Brilliant, you're guilty until proven innocent, but you need to hire your own experts to make your case -- except you've already done that and they still say guilty!

In my state we do have an insurance commissioner who supposedly rights these wrongs, but meanwhile, is there another insurer who could actually give you a better deal anyway?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 20, 2026 01:51 PM (XJ22o)

155 That can't be true, all my feed on YouTube is full of how the Democrats and DSA are going to win. They can't be ALL wrong!

Yeah, Francesca Hong is a sure thing. Heck, even Sefton thought so.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 20, 2026 01:51 PM (2ocoG)

156 Who are you talking to ?

Posted by: runner at August 20, 2026 01:48 PM (g47mK)

The pollsters...... Thought that was clear, but I guess I didn't read the room.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 20, 2026 01:51 PM (ccf/V)

157 Mary L. Trump
American psychologist and writer (born 1965)
Mary Lea Trump is an American psychologist, author, and political commentator. She is the niece of Donald Trump through his brother

In September 2020, [Mary] Trump filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump, her aunt Maryanne Trump Barry, and the estate of her late uncle Robert Trump, alleging that they had defrauded her of tens of millions of dollars related to her share of her grandfather Fred Trump's real estate holdings. The case was dismissed in November 2022.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 20, 2026 01:51 PM (JS6jE)

158 Pollsters work for $.
Who pays them?
Posted by: torabora at August 20, 2026 01:49 PM (Joe6B)

Of course they do. And Polymarket is not a poll, it's more of what people are exhibiting here, feeeeelings. But it is interesting where feelings are at this point in time.

Posted by: runner at August 20, 2026 01:51 PM (g47mK)

159 they just kept jacking her up on more drugs
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So, like Congress, then?

Posted by: Common Tater at August 20, 2026 01:51 PM (O0G1y)

160 The woman was clearly deeply mentally disturbed and repeatedly claimed to contemplate suicide. Ticking time bomb. She should have been committed or at least evaluated.

welp. I disagree.

I think she planned a Gone Girl scenario ahead of time with texts and emails and the doctor hopping. she is a psychopath, yes.

but this is not a Yates situation. do you know what happens when Andrea is eligible to leave her mental institution? she asks to stay. she does NOT want to live. never a normal life.

this bitch? she's BEEN living a nice happy little normal life (sans ability to walk from her ridiculous "suicide attempt") and getting babied etc. just like she wants.

she's the center of attention again! and she's happy.

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 20, 2026 01:52 PM (j+aD2)

161 Those of us who are 29 remember well Reagan's left wing kids being used against him.

Posted by: steevy at August 20, 2026 01:52 PM (YwEeS)

162 The pollsters...... Thought that was clear, but I guess I didn't read the room.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 20, 2026 01:51 PM (ccf/V)

Oh, ok. Polymarket is not poll poll. But it's kinda interesting.

Posted by: runner at August 20, 2026 01:52 PM (g47mK)

163 Nancy Pelosi may be a bitch, but she isn't dumb.

Which is why I wonder what motivated her to ever stick her neck out, in the slightest, for this turd. He was just one vote. She could have got others.

Posted by: Howdy at August 20, 2026 01:52 PM (J3A4h)

164 123 > Trial is revealing she was actually on a cornucopia of pharmaceuticals prescribed by her female doctor treating her postpartum depression.

That's one disturbing aspect of the case. Despite all of the help she was getting, she still did one of the most monstrous things possible.
Posted by: bonhomme

Goes to mitigation of sentence not to an actual defense. Unless you claim insanity then she has to prove that--in most states, using the M'Naughton standard.

Kansas replaced that with a better version--guilty but mentally ill--sentence is served in a mental facility but not where the guilty can be treated briefly, 'cured', and then released as they do in Charlotte NC.

M'Naughton, who shot a bureaucrat was held not to be responsible for murder, but he spent the rest of his days in a mental asylum until he died.

Even mentally ill murderers should never walk the streets again as a free person, it should only be where they are incarcerated that should be at issue.

Posted by: whig at August 20, 2026 01:52 PM (E4rtv)

165 But it is interesting where feelings are at this point in time.

Is it, though? It's certainly interesting if it supports a position that you want to flog. That doesn't make it predictive.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 20, 2026 01:53 PM (ExV1e)

166
Oh, ok. Polymarket is not poll poll. But it's kinda interesting.
Posted by: runner at August 20, 2026 01:52 PM (g47mK)

Well, they released a poll, so I naturally equated them to pollsters. Which have been absolute dogshit, especially as of late, and one has admitted to being fake and gay this week.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 20, 2026 01:54 PM (ccf/V)

167 >>But they REFUSE to send an adjuster to check it.
Posted by: Brunnhilde
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As mentioned above, if you are not talking to your agent or his/her office, you're talking to the wrong people. The last thing your agent wants is for your policy to be cancelled and will likely move heaven and earth to stop that from happening - which would also cause reputational damage to the agency.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at August 20, 2026 01:54 PM (bNf8H)

168 134 Talarico is inspiring Hispanics and Black Texans "

Cause they get along so well...
Posted by: man at August 20, 2026 01:46 PM (XuXeR)
__________________________

Ask any Hispanic what their opinion on "transgenders" happens to be. Ask any Hispanic here legally and able to vote what their opinion on "illegal immigration" happens to be. I assure you that the vast majority don't line up with Talarico. Those are not fence sitting questions for Hispanics.

Additonally, Polymarket does their political predictions based on crowdsourcing. It's a crypto exchange (which right there limits the demographics of those participating). And, those wagers are largely based on bogus polls.

Posted by: Orson at August 20, 2026 01:54 PM (dIske)

169 M'Naughton, who shot a bureaucrat was held not to be responsible for murder, but he spent the rest of his days in a mental asylum until he died.

I guess I'm ok with her being in a nuthouse until she dies, but I don't believe that will happen.

she needs the chair.

look into the case. read transcripts of the trial. watch the video of her poor husband roaming the store talking to her while she's murdering those babies.

then get back to me

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 20, 2026 01:54 PM (j+aD2)

170 Instead, they just kept jacking her up on more drugs."

Some of you may die, but that's a risk we're willing to take...

Posted by: man at August 20, 2026 01:54 PM (XuXeR)

171
The woman was clearly deeply mentally disturbed and repeatedly claimed to contemplate suicide. Ticking time bomb. She should have been committed or at least evaluated.

Instead, they just kept jacking her up on more drugs.

Posted by: Elric The Blade

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Holy fvck. People who want to get a loved one involuntarily committed HOPE for that kind of evidence. It's perverse, but a threat of harm to oneself or others is often the only way you can get someone who's clearly off their rocker committed.

And there it was, and... who dropped the ball? Circular finger-pointing squad coming up, I guess.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 20, 2026 01:54 PM (XJ22o)

172 "I call 'em 'pussytraps.' Because they TRAP you, with the pussy."

- - - - - - - Eddie Murphy
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 20, 2026 01:33 PM (ccf/V)

When you trip the latch and the metal clamps down on your dick you're going nowhere.

Posted by: *snap* OW!!! at August 20, 2026 01:56 PM (TbWk/)

173 The voices told Decarlos brown to get that white girl on the Charlotte train fyi.

Posted by: nckate at August 20, 2026 01:56 PM (enNUy)

174 Every time I see that name my brain processes it as "Eric Swallows"

I know it's not nice but I believe it shows that I am contemptuous of this asshole

Posted by: what the cat drug in at August 20, 2026 01:56 PM (jrgJz)

175 She should have been committed or at least evaluated.

It's really REALLY hard to commit an adult who hasn't acted out in a violent way already. I've shared this before, but when I was in college, a guy briefly crashed at my apartment for a while. He was a friend of the family of the condo owner, whose son lived in the apartment.

Shortly after he left, he killed his mother and sister's best friend with a kitchen knife. They found him naked, covered in blood, wrapped in an American flag. He had a schizophrenic break. His parents had been trying for years to get him committed.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 20, 2026 01:57 PM (mkw2N)

176 Of course they do. And Polymarket is not a poll, it's more of what people are exhibiting here, feeeeelings. But it is interesting where feelings are at this point in time.
Posted by: runner

The original prediction markets did not permit large bets. I think the first was in Iowa and allowed only a nominal dollar bet. The newer ones are there to make money and generate hype--the larger the number of bets, the bigger the rakeoff. And so the limit on large bets is no longer there.

And the consequences of this shit are already apparent. A soldier involved in the Maduro operation placed a large bet on it using his insider info and made bank. Now facing military charges.

One of the White House tech staff, a guy that ran Trump's teleprompter, also placed a bet on the contents of the upcoming speech, and again, is under criminal investigation.

It is bad enough with the financial markets, the current bet on anything market means that it will be ridden with criminal intentions including trying to sway elections with it. We as a nation are better off without them.

Posted by: whig at August 20, 2026 01:57 PM (E4rtv)

177 Well, they released a poll, so I naturally equated them to pollsters. Which have been absolute dogshit, especially as of late, and one has admitted to being fake and gay this week.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 20, 2026 01:54 PM (ccf/V)

I was here during "unskew the polls" and remember how that turned out. Echo chambers work both ways.

That said I'm nor in Texas and can do nothing about the race there.

Posted by: Bete at August 20, 2026 01:57 PM (LX4y3)

178 Again:

Talarico will be lucky to hit 45% in the actual vote.

The only value to any poll showing him above that is for comedy.

Please stop thinking there's a chance he will win.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 20, 2026 01:58 PM (3cUTc)

179 Well, they released a poll, so I naturally equated them to pollsters. Which have been absolute dogshit, especially as of late, and one has admitted to being fake and gay this week.

Lets assume one is trying to do honest polling. Or even honest predicting. And I don't think such honesty exists in the field, not even by those who used to blog on it here for a bit, but lets pretend.

I can understand how you could "follow the math", at least as reported, and build in a certain number of points just based on the vote-rigging that always happens in blue cities. The over 100% turnout that predictably went on.

How do you sit there, with a straight face, and try to defend any such model developed over time - given the floodgates that were opened in 2020 ? Or try to project how the last couple years of real, tangible voter roll reform will play out ?

Makes as much sense to me as those still insisting on putting out Pre-Season College Football rankings. When every roster in the country has 1/3 to 1/2 turnover now.

TLDR - they're all bullshitting

Posted by: Howdy at August 20, 2026 01:58 PM (J3A4h)

180 Every time there's a crime related to drugs or something weird the leftists in my leftist county yell" there's not enough mental health treatment." Clancy got a lot of treatment, lot of good it did.
I've taken testimony of a lot of psychiatrists and psychologists and many are as crazy as their patients

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 20, 2026 01:59 PM (rp63B)

181
Pollsters work for $.
Who pays them?
Posted by: torabora

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People who publish the results, and people who want to know which way the wind is blowing so they can edit their platforms accordingly.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 20, 2026 02:00 PM (XJ22o)

182 Kinda disappointed... still no "anal intruder/220 volt" jokes about Swallowswell?

Posted by: man at August 20, 2026 02:00 PM (XuXeR)

183 kind of demonstrates that the f bee eye guys will do what they're told. if kamala were president they'd likely be going after trump's associates

Posted by: gnats local 678 at August 20, 2026 02:01 PM (CWTWj)

184 she strangled them all, in front of each other, in their lovely finished basement with resistance bands from the home gym

please don't with this woman

SHE IS A MONSTER
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 20, 2026 01:48 PM (j+aD2)

Fuck. And these dry vaginas bints fucking defend her?

Evidently I don't hate people enough.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 20, 2026 02:01 PM (zZu0s)

185 Let's all feel sorry for David crespi for killing his kids because he was on a bunch of psych drugs too. But he was facing the DP and took a plea of life no parole. 20 years in so far.

Posted by: nckate at August 20, 2026 02:02 PM (enNUy)

186 > I've taken testimony of a lot of psychiatrists and psychologists and many are as crazy as their patients

Many of them will openly tell you their interest in Psychiatry is driven by their desire to understand their own mental issues.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 20, 2026 02:02 PM (mkw2N)

187 Please stop thinking there's a chance he will win.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
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He's totally got the queer vote and the trans vote is sewed up.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 20, 2026 02:02 PM (JS6jE)

188 Check out all of the AWFLs supporting Lindsay Clancy.

http://tiny.cc/iwz8101

I think this is the natural end state of a crowd that's been indoctrinated since birth that abortion is necessary, correct, and good. They've been told their entire life that a woman's feelings about her developing child determines if it's human or not.

Clancy's feelings told her to kill her children, and they celebrate her.
Posted by: bonhomme at August 20, 2026 01:36 PM (mkw2N)

I agree. They hold sacred that the ultimate expression of stronk independent wymynhood is killing your own children. Been that way for a long time and this is of the same spirit, if not the same timing.

Posted by: YAAASS KWEEN SLAY - literally at August 20, 2026 02:02 PM (TbWk/)

189 IIRC, the last poll that showed Talarico winning was a whopping 600 participants.
In a state of some 20 million.

That's statistical noise.
Static.

You can make it say anything you want with such a small sample.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 20, 2026 02:03 PM (3cUTc)

190 Trial is revealing she was actually on a cornucopia of pharmaceuticals prescribed by her female doctor treating her postpartum depression.

Where would our ops be without therapists!

Posted by: The Left at August 20, 2026 02:03 PM (VnVVA)

191 there's not enough mental health treatment." Clancy got a lot of treatment, lot of good it did."

The fact remains that some humans need to be restrained and kept away from others. "Curing" or "rehabilitation" are meaningless in such cases.

Posted by: man at August 20, 2026 02:03 PM (XuXeR)

192 and the trans vote is sewed up."

Golf clap. And ewww

Posted by: man at August 20, 2026 02:04 PM (XuXeR)

193 Fuck. And these dry vaginas bints fucking defend her?

Were you not aware of the biggest Union on the planet ? The International Sisterhood of the Vagina, Local 001 ?

So that's written to be funny and sarcastic - but I'm not playing. Its a real thing. My wife is a card-carrying member. There is at least one poster here, well regarded, that I'm convinced is at least a Shop Steward.

If you don't understand a typical Woman's knee-jerk reaction to defend another Woman, regardless of facts ? You just don't understand Women.

Posted by: Howdy at August 20, 2026 02:04 PM (J3A4h)

194 I guess I'm ok with her being in a nuthouse until she dies, but I don't believe that will happen.

she needs the chair.

look into the case. read transcripts of the trial. watch the video of her poor husband roaming the store talking to her while she's murdering those babies.

then get back to me
Posted by: Black Orchid

On trials, I stay out of commenting on them until complete and sentencing begins. A lot of it depends on exactly what the jury is allowed to see and hear and whether the attorneys involved did a decent job on jury selection.

There are two types of defense attorneys--ones that aim to get you the best plea deal you can get and ones that fight the charges from start to finish but risk the client getting a trial penalty of a harsher sentence if they lose. Each will have a different strategy both legal and media. And the prosecutors have their own story to tell as well.

The plea bargain attorneys or the ones trying to save their client's life because the prosecutors can't or won't deal, will ramp up the sympathy instead of challenging the case. A defense attorney aiming to fight the charges usually goes to the Toddi or Soddi defenses in a serious crime.

Posted by: whig at August 20, 2026 02:04 PM (E4rtv)

195
That said I'm nor in Texas and can do nothing about the race there.
Posted by: Bete at August 20, 2026 01:57 PM (LX4y3)

I am. I've seen a handful of Talarico stickers or signs in this area (North of DFW).

Contrary to the 2 previous Beto candidacies. There were signs everywhere.

He got smoked.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 20, 2026 02:05 PM (ccf/V)

196 In a state of some 20 million."

Ahem.

Posted by: man at August 20, 2026 02:05 PM (XuXeR)

197 21 My point was last year Progressive canceled my homeowners because they were pulling out of my market. The year before they did that they doubled my rate. You can get auto insurance from Progressive dirt cheap because they're buy marketshare. Next year their rates will increase as customers lock in.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 20, 2026 02:06 PM (bX16E)

198 Only polls that have any validity are internal polls.
We don't see them.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 20, 2026 02:06 PM (JS6jE)

199 14 You'd think that a guy that clearly got honeypotted by a Panda Express 4 would have enough of a sense of shame to just fade into the background, but nope. Swalwell is too retarded to disappear.
Posted by: ballistic at August 20, 2026 01:20 PM (oqH4h)

Now you're just being mean. She's a solid 6, against the backdrop of the hard-living mestizos behind the counter.

Posted by: SciVo at August 20, 2026 02:07 PM (L3Npt)

200 she strangled them all, in front of each other, in their lovely finished basement with resistance bands from the home gym

please don't with this woman

SHE IS A MONSTER
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 20, 2026 01:48 PM (j+aD2)

Fuck. And these dry vaginas bints fucking defend her?

Evidently I don't hate people enough.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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agreed.
Someone pointed out, if her husband lost his job due to cancer, finds out she'd been cheating on him and she was taking the kids, and then he slapped her around a bit -- not one of these bitches would be "oh, he just was having a bad day."
But cold-blooded murder of 3 little babies?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 20, 2026 02:07 PM (3cUTc)

201 Check out all of the AWFLs supporting Lindsay Clancy.

http://tiny.cc/iwz8101"

Bbbut men are bad for not getting married. Or something

Posted by: man at August 20, 2026 02:07 PM (XuXeR)

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