Supreme Court Refuses to Allow Trump to Procede with Post Office Scanning of Mail-In Ballots, Claiming (Say It With Me) It's Now Too Late to Implement This Rule and It Would "Cause Chaos"

They did exactly what I said they'd do -- Democrats launched lawsuits to delay things and then the courts slow-played it so they could just say, "Whoops, there wouldn't be enough time to implement these changes now that we've dicked around for weeks and weeks, you lose."

This is intolerable.

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the Trump administration's emergency bid to enforce new U.S. Postal Service (USPS) restrictions on mail-in ballots ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, leaving a lower court's nationwide block in place.
In a brief order, the court said the government was "unlikely to succeed on the merits" for purposes of obtaining emergency relief and had not shown that the legal and practical considerations warranted a stay.
The rules would require federal ballot mail to be sent in envelopes bearing an election-mail logo, capable of being scanned by high-speed equipment and carrying a barcode unique to each voter.
State and local election officials would also be required to submit envelope designs to the Postal Service for review and upload basic voter information to an online USPS portal.
Under the USPS rule, mailings that failed to comply would not be accepted and would instead be returned to election officials to correct and resubmit.
A federal judge previously blocked the USPS from implementing the rules, including the online portal that could be used to track millions of mail ballots.
Justice Brett Kavanaugh agreed with the Supreme Court's decision but indicated the USPS may ultimately have the authority to impose the requirements.

"In my view, based on the briefing the Court has received at this interim stage, there is at least a fair prospect that the final rule falls within the Postal Service's statutory authority," Kavanaugh wrote.
However, he said attempting to apply the rules during the 2026 elections would be "arbitrary and capricious" under the Administrative Procedure Act because state and local election officials do not have enough time to reasonably implement them.

Justice Samuel Alito dissented from the decision, joined by Justice Clarence Thomas.
Alito argued that some of the plaintiffs lacked legal standing and that the remaining challengers were pursuing what the court has previously called a "Hail Mary pass" that "rarely succeeds."
"The Government has made the showings necessary for a stay, so I respectfully dissent," Alito wrote.
Alito said the USPS has broad authority to regulate the collection, handling, transportation and delivery of mail. He also argued that the government would suffer irreparable harm because any reversal of the lower court's injunction would come too late for the midterms.
New York Attorney General Letitia James, whose office helped lead the legal challenge, celebrated the decision as a victory for voters.
"Today, the Supreme Court protected one of our most fundamental, inalienable rights -- the right to make your voice heard at the ballot box," James said. "This last-minute change could have thrown our elections into chaos, and I am truly relieved the Court granted this reprieve."

See, we delayed and delayed until we could claim that implementing the order would come too late and cause "chaos" so we win, you lose.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:20 PM

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1 FIRST

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 15, 2026 01:23 PM (iFTx/)

2 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at September 15, 2026 01:24 PM (NcvvS)

3 Ads got me
G'mornin all y'all

Posted by: Okjohn at September 15, 2026 01:24 PM (lBsZb)

4 i nooded

Posted by: Gref at September 15, 2026 01:24 PM (5rh/l)

5 yeah and somehow PA has unmonitored drop boxes again

rrrrrrrrrr

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at September 15, 2026 01:25 PM (j+aD2)

6 I just like to point out that the real target for all of these changes is 2028.

2028 is the important election.

He who wins 2028 controls the 2030 census.

If Vance controls the 2030 census, he can ensure that the count is done right and shift the House 20-30 seats to the right by simply counting things right instead of estimating and modeling like the last census did.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 15, 2026 01:25 PM (o87sR)

7 And this is the "conservative" supreme court. 6-3 lololol

What would a 9-0 court even look like? Would we "win" about half the time?

Posted by: ... at September 15, 2026 01:25 PM (ejmxE)

8 Doesn’t mean the Post Office can’t gather evidence of cheating.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at September 15, 2026 01:25 PM (/ARKv)

9 yup, you were right.

America as it once was is over. We had a good run.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 15, 2026 01:26 PM (VyBeY)

10 9 yup, you were right.

America as it once was is over. We had a good run.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 15, 2026 01:26 PM (VyBeY)

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Trump will never win in 2024 with this in place.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 15, 2026 01:26 PM (o87sR)

11 Its always something.

Always a reason why we can't fix the problem.

Posted by: Shucks whatever shall be do? at September 15, 2026 01:27 PM (jvkDG)

12 8, lol, like they would.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 15, 2026 01:27 PM (VyBeY)

13 Even Kavanaugh said in concurrence the action by Trump is probably legal, but the timing was too close to the election.

Whatever happened to justice delayed is justice denied?

How many times do these assholes fall for the same delaying tactic?

And you know what? I bet that same group will vote on the merits on the future case and vote the same way. The courts suck.

Posted by: That Guy at September 15, 2026 01:27 PM (aZ9eR)

14 Put flock cameras on the drop boxes.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at September 15, 2026 01:27 PM (/ARKv)

15 "This is intolerable."

What can be done about it?

Posted by: gp at September 15, 2026 01:28 PM (Jr5Lq)

16

Im thinking GW Bush did plan 9/11.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at September 15, 2026 01:28 PM (och2J)

17 The powers that be conspiracy theory would indicate that it's all to keep the my turn your turn uniparty rigged election system intact.

I can't disagree.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at September 15, 2026 01:28 PM (n5tGW)

18 See, we delayed and delayed until we could claim that implementing the order would come too late and cause "chaos" so we win, you lose.
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When it actually matters, the SC will always side with the kingdom of darkness.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at September 15, 2026 01:28 PM (vSvIl)

19 Trump will never win in 2024 with this in place.
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Lest you forget - His senile opponent dropped out at the last freaking minute in favor of a stupid drunken whore, that nobody liked. Hillary II electric boogaloo.

Its possible that same stoopid drunken whore will return, so you might still have a point...

Posted by: Shucks whatever shall be do? at September 15, 2026 01:29 PM (jvkDG)

20 Didn't Kagan drag her heels on releasing a dissent on a previous case to give the left time to do whatever it was they were trying to do, illegally, as usual?

I forget the particulars.

But her efforts were clearly meant to aid the left. This is no different. SCOTUS is clearly captured by the left. At a minimum, the majority is.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 15, 2026 01:29 PM (2Cry5)

21 eh, it comes easy to say that, but our chances of holding the midterms have ... diminished.

lose just a couple seats in either house and it's all over.

two years of impeachment drama, leading to a demonrat in 2028.

they will end us.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 15, 2026 01:30 PM (VyBeY)

22 Almost every election case that has gotten to the Supreme Court ends up with the people taking it in the ass.

Posted by: That Guy at September 15, 2026 01:30 PM (aZ9eR)

23 You guys keep thinking that Scrotus always gets things right. I don’t see how you got that idea.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at September 15, 2026 01:30 PM (/ARKv)

24 If Vance controls the 2030 census, he can ensure that the count is done right and shift the House 20-30 seats to the right by simply counting things right instead of estimating and modeling like the last census did.
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Like the courts are going to allow that.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at September 15, 2026 01:30 PM (vSvIl)

25 19 Trump will never win in 2024 with this in place.
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Lest you forget - His senile opponent dropped out at the last freaking minute in favor of a stupid drunken whore, that nobody liked. Hillary II electric boogaloo.

Its possible that same stoopid drunken whore will return, so you might still have a point...

Posted by: Shucks whatever shall be do? at September 15, 2026 01:29 PM (jvkDG)

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Democrats can steal anything no matter what opposition is offered them.

Which is why they intentionally lost 2024, a presidential election and the power of the imperial executive, to throw us off the scent and steal a midterm instead so that they could do pointless impeachment theater!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 15, 2026 01:31 PM (o87sR)

26 So can the administration tweak the rule and put in place shortly after November? Why not try again?

Posted by: InZona at September 15, 2026 01:32 PM (hepB0)

27 It's all just so disheartenting.

Russia and Covid stopped much of Trump's first term, judges are shutting down his 2nd term.

And most all of this we (technically) had a Republican Congress and Supreme Court.

Posted by: Leupold at September 15, 2026 01:32 PM (u9qNE)

28 24 If Vance controls the 2030 census, he can ensure that the count is done right and shift the House 20-30 seats to the right by simply counting things right instead of estimating and modeling like the last census did.
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Like the courts are going to allow that.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at September 15, 2026 01:30 PM (vSvIl)

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Even 2020 saw R states gain over D states.

And that was before the Great Migration within the US.

The Census Bureau admitted that it had miscounted in 2020 under Biden, that between 6-8 seats had been misappropriated.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 15, 2026 01:32 PM (o87sR)

29 We're going to find out how much Republican voters care.

Apathy and passivity - to any measurable degree - costs us the House.

I think we can gain up to 5 seats there if we show the fuck up. I think it was JackStraw who said, just this morning, 'the only thing the Dems have going for them is history.'

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 15, 2026 01:32 PM (gLYp7)

30 "Doesn’t mean the Post Office can’t gather evidence of cheating."

AI sez "Limited voter registration data from Workforce Politics estimates that about 61% of U.S. Postal Service workers lean Democratic, while 39% lean Republican." The USPS probably has little enthusiasm for the task.

Posted by: gp at September 15, 2026 01:32 PM (Jr5Lq)

31 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 01:32 PM (ccf/V)

32 But it's a conservative court, you guys.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 01:33 PM (ccf/V)

33 The real question is how did we ever lose to this bunch of
intellectual lightweights?
Oh, yeah... political lightweights... Republicans.

Posted by: MkY at September 15, 2026 01:33 PM (q6tQZ)

34 Do like me, send in your pets votes. They are more American than the illegal demo's voters. And there is no time to run it by the Courts according to them.

Posted by: Case at September 15, 2026 01:33 PM (xJpuh)

35 In my more uncharitable moments, it appears America died a long, long time ago.

They are just looting a corpse at this stage of the game.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 15, 2026 01:34 PM (ugvYV)

36 Omg we have people claiming Trump won by some kind of default in 2024? Holy cope we get it you wanted Ron. Who would have been demolished, probably by Biden nevermind Kamala.

I honestly don't know how some people get through life.

Posted by: ... at September 15, 2026 01:34 PM (ejmxE)

37 Thanks, James Madison, for your positive words against the constant doom and gloomers. Perhaps you can give a nod to a replacement when you're not able to post as much because of your new job. And congratulations on that as well!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 15, 2026 01:34 PM (JrHfD)

38 yeah and somehow PA has unmonitored drop boxes again

The Dems have sounded much more confident about the steal in the last week or two, so something was up even before this decision.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 15, 2026 01:35 PM (2ocoG)

39 Which is why they intentionally lost 2024, a presidential election and the power of the imperial executive, to throw us off the scent and steal a midterm instead so that they could do pointless impeachment theater!
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That's pretty funny. You should write a movie or something. Like wag the dog ish or something.

Seriously, if they weren't such an amazing collection of fuck ups we'd have no hope at all. They installed a dipshit who went senile on them, tried to cover it up, but he wouldn't cooperate with them, and fucked it up. THen they had no real fix - and swapped in a bimbo. None of it on purpose except for the baseline stupidity initially that brought them to that pass.

Posted by: Shucks whatever shall be done at September 15, 2026 01:35 PM (jvkDG)

40 >>>See, we delayed and delayed until we could claim that implementing the order would come too late and cause "chaos" so we win, you lose.

It is called "pretext" ace

Claiming one reason is the cause of doing something that you have to find an excuse to do because you know it is wrong.
I really hate this, it is corrosive to relationships since it is all based on lies and deception.

Posted by: Kindltot at September 15, 2026 01:35 PM (rbvCR)

41 The Supreme Court (by which I mean John Roberts and Amy barrett) want to keep pretending they are playing fair with the liberal judges in this country. It's sickening.

Its so obvious what is going on, but our side loves playing by the rules

Posted by: Leupold at September 15, 2026 01:35 PM (u9qNE)

42 We knew they would run out the clock. We either take back the country or let it burn down.

Posted by: Huxley Orwell at September 15, 2026 01:35 PM (j3Fsw)

43 The establishment will get what it wants.

Posted by: steevy at September 15, 2026 01:35 PM (YwEeS)

44 There will be chaos either way, because the Democrats will commit fraud by mail.

Posted by: PG at September 15, 2026 01:36 PM (IPn3P)

45 "29 We're going to find out how much Republican voters care.

Apathy and passivity - to any measurable degree - costs us the House.

I think we can gain up to 5 seats there if we show the fuck up. I think it was JackStraw who said, just this morning, 'the only thing the Dems have going for them is history.'

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 15, 2026 01:32 PM (gLYp7) "

repeated in full. at this point, turnout is our only hope.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at September 15, 2026 01:36 PM (VyBeY)

46 The whole point of this is to cheat and manipulate the vote totals. No voter ID, no tracking ballots. I really don't understand why people can't understand.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at September 15, 2026 01:36 PM (n5tGW)

47 At some point, Trump is going to have to cross the Rubicon and just defy the courts.

But, he's trying everything else first.

I pray we still have a republic by then ....

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at September 15, 2026 01:36 PM (3cUTc)

48 >>> Put flock cameras on the drop boxes.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at September 15, 2026 01:27 PM (/ARKv)

This amuses me.

Posted by: Max Power at September 15, 2026 01:36 PM (q177U)

49 New York Attorney General Letitia James, whose office helped lead the legal challenge, celebrated the decision as a victory for voters.

This right there tells you exactly how f*cked we really are.

ANYTHING that bitch celebrates is bad for America.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 01:36 PM (ccf/V)

50 Which is why they intentionally lost 2024, a presidential election and the power of the imperial executive, to throw us off the scent and steal a midterm instead so that they could do pointless impeachment theater!
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Hypothetical: Trump was allowed into office in 2024 because the uniparty congress and courts would ensure that he did no permanent damage, and he would serve to blow off some political steam. Not on the right (those of us complaining that he hasn't gone far enough on whatever topic), but for the dullard centrists, so that they can feel better about "not going too far right" and voting D next time.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at September 15, 2026 01:36 PM (vSvIl)

51 also:

When Republicans don't have a majority: they piss on our heads and call it rain

When Republicans have a majority: they piss on our heads and tell us to suck it up

Posted by: Kindltot at September 15, 2026 01:36 PM (rbvCR)

52

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) on Tuesday launched an effort to impeach Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, citing the Pentagon’s military actions against Iran.

Massie, a frequent critic of President Trump, accused Hegseth of launching an illegal war that was not approved by Congress. He introduced articles of impeachment on the House floor against Hegseth for “high crimes and misdemeanors.”

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 15, 2026 01:36 PM (Cqx++)

53 We’ll make it up in volume.

Posted by: Dirac_Delta at September 15, 2026 01:37 PM (BuuhZ)

54 After the last couple weeks does anyone have any hair left to set on fire?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 15, 2026 01:37 PM (vJrRc)

55 Maxwell Smart did well against chaos

Posted by: Kittens! at September 15, 2026 01:37 PM (LOZbR)

56 I think the final USPS rule that was promulgated in August was too aggressive in what it required to have much of a chance to be upheld. I think this rule is playing for 2028 with the much bigger prize of the Presidency.

The final rules require:

1. Federal ballot mail be sent in envelopes with three special features: an election-mail logo, the ability to be scanned using high-speed processing equipment, and a specialized barcode unique to each voter.

2. States must design envelopes that adhere to these requirements and submit the designs to the Postal Service for review.

3. States must upload basic information about the voter to a Postal Service portal.

IIRC, only 12 states of the 50 said they could comply with this in time for November. There are certainly more than 12 red states. So even some red states didn't think it could be done.

This is a play for 2028. If it was truly for 2026, Trump would have announced these final rules much earlier than last month.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 15, 2026 01:37 PM (iFTx/)

57 The best time to start to go full Andrew Jackson and ignoring these illegal rulings was yesterday. The next best time is today.

Posted by: Cynical Stoic at September 15, 2026 01:38 PM (2r+jB)

58 50 Which is why they intentionally lost 2024, a presidential election and the power of the imperial executive, to throw us off the scent and steal a midterm instead so that they could do pointless impeachment theater!
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Hypothetical: Trump was allowed into office in 2024 because the uniparty congress and courts would ensure that he did no permanent damage, and he would serve to blow off some political steam. Not on the right (those of us complaining that he hasn't gone far enough on whatever topic), but for the dullard centrists, so that they can feel better about "not going too far right" and voting D next time.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at September 15, 2026 01:36 PM (vSvIl)

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Um...no. lol.

"We'll win by losing," is not something Democrats do. It's something Republicans do, but not Democrats.

They mail in ballot cheat for months and then stop counting in the middle of the night across six states because of a water leak in Atlanta to ballot box stuff like Tammany Hall to barely win in the Electoral College by any means necessary.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 15, 2026 01:38 PM (o87sR)

59 Remember the issues the left has fought the hardest on:

Deporting Illegals
Checking citizenship status of voters
Stopping fraud

It paints a very clear picture of what the left is doing in government:

Grifting off illegals and using their votes to win office

Posted by: 18-1 at September 15, 2026 01:39 PM (sKqQm)

60 52

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) on Tuesday launched an effort to impeach Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, citing the Pentagon’s military actions against Iran.

Massie, a frequent critic of President Trump, accused Hegseth of launching an illegal war that was not approved by Congress. He introduced articles of impeachment on the House floor against Hegseth for “high crimes and misdemeanors.”

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 15, 2026 01:36 PM (Cqx++)

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2001 AUMF against terrorism and War Powers Act, bitch.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 15, 2026 01:39 PM (o87sR)

61 these are bad people and bad things should happen to them

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at September 15, 2026 01:39 PM (xcxpd)

62 So, something went to the high court and that court decided that it didn't matter what the Constitution says or how you interpret it because you can't get it done in time.

Well, I insist that a whole and hearty F*CK YOU is in order here because THAT is not your f*cking job.

You apply the requested federal rule against the Constitution and see if it's legal for them to do it or not. NOT if they can 'get it done on time.'

FFS.......

This is why we can't have nice things.

This is no different than turncoat traitor John Roberts saying "we can't rule in favor because it might cause riots."

F*ck off.......

To bring back a term, WASTF, tho the originator, I think, has since been banished......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 01:40 PM (ccf/V)

63 Actually, kind of a surprise coming from Kavanaugh, in that his "textualism" does not go to the Constitution, but actually goes to legislation-enabling texts. That he admitted that the USPS actually has the authority to make its rule.....well, it's weird that Kavanaugh penned such a contrary note.

Proof positive that Leftist intimidation works. Kavanaugh caved, but he does have a legitimate fear for his life: he and his family have been directly threatened, and with no consequence to those who threatened him.

Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at September 15, 2026 01:40 PM (bufu1)

64 OK, so we don't get the tracking and pre-review of the lists ... but ultimately if these states want them delivered USPS has to get the names that can then be cross-checked in an after-action report, no? Of course damage will be done by then

Posted by: the dandy at September 15, 2026 01:40 PM (8l8nW)

65 Um...no. lol.

"We'll win by losing," is not something Democrats do. It's something Republicans do, but not Democrats.
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Agree x 2.

Thankfully, they are stupid. Arrogant and make horrible decisions, and by and large are repellant to most human beings who aren't stupid.

Posted by: Shucks whatever shall be done at September 15, 2026 01:40 PM (jvkDG)

66 Hypothetical: Trump was allowed into office in 2024 because the uniparty congress and courts would ensure that he did no permanent damage, and he would serve to blow off some political steam. Not on the right (those of us complaining that he hasn't gone far enough on whatever topic), but for the dullard centrists, so that they can feel better about "not going too far right" and voting D next time.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at September 15, 2026 01:36 PM (vSvIl)

If that's the theory, the modelers really fucked up.

Trump has completely realigned the international order. He's shrunk the government to 60-year lows, exponentially increased ICE/CBP funding/activity and deported so many illegals that America - for the first time in a bazillion years - had negative population growth.

The entire world has been shifted on its axis by the sheer force of will brought to bear by one man so dedicated to it that he literally took a bullet.

If the plan was to let Trump win and hope we get it out of our system, they REALLY fucked up.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 15, 2026 01:41 PM (gLYp7)

67 The whole point of this is to cheat and manipulate the vote totals. No voter ID, no tracking ballots. I really don't understand why people can't understand.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at September 15, 2026 01:36 PM (n5tGW)
*******
Because they are so blinded by Trump hate that their brain has no room for logic or critical thinking skills.

Posted by: redridinghood at September 15, 2026 01:41 PM (NpAcC)

68 66 If that's the theory, the modelers really fucked up.

Trump has completely realigned the international order. He's shrunk the government to 60-year lows, exponentially increased ICE/CBP funding/activity and deported so many illegals that America - for the first time in a bazillion years - had negative population growth.

The entire world has been shifted on its axis by the sheer force of will brought to bear by one man so dedicated to it that he literally took a bullet.

If the plan was to let Trump win and hope we get it out of our system, they REALLY fucked up.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 15, 2026 01:41 PM (gLYp7)

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"The guy who just survived an assassination attempt and blames us for it? Let's just give him the imperial presidency to work it out of his system."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 15, 2026 01:42 PM (o87sR)

69 This won't be a problem with President Kamala Harris.

Posted by: Pawl at September 15, 2026 01:42 PM (MWfyi)

70 8 Doesn’t mean the Post Office can’t gather evidence of cheating.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at September 15, 2026 01:25 PM (/ARKv)

I personally think the post office is in on the cheat in a lot of places.

Posted by: Reforger at September 15, 2026 01:42 PM (F9nWj)

71
SG: There's no time. Damn this shortened schedule!

PG: You can have more episodes...

SG: There just isn't time!!!!

-GOT Season 8 Pitch Meeting

Posted by: ... at September 15, 2026 01:42 PM (ejmxE)

72
Massie, a frequent critic of President Trump, accused Hegseth of launching an illegal war that was not approved by Congress. He introduced articles of impeachment on the House floor against Hegseth for “high crimes and misdemeanors.”
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 15, 2026 01:36 PM (Cqx++)

When was the last official WAR that was approved by congress? I mean, Vietnam wasn't an official war. Korea, was it an official declared war? Iraq? Afghanistan?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 01:43 PM (ccf/V)

73 Of course my comments are sarcasm. But are they really? It's the politicians and the courts that have mocked our elections. They are the ones that don't give a damn. It should not be that hard to have clean honest elections.

Posted by: Case at September 15, 2026 01:43 PM (xJpuh)

74 Plan B!

Posted by: runner at September 15, 2026 01:44 PM (AKptf)

75
Nobody planned to "let Trump win".

What they planned missed by half an inch.

It was supposed to be Kamala vs Nikki in a walkover.

Posted by: ... at September 15, 2026 01:44 PM (ejmxE)

76 72 When was the last official WAR that was approved by congress? I mean, Vietnam wasn't an official war. Korea, was it an official declared war? Iraq? Afghanistan?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 01:43 PM (ccf/V)

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Jefferson didn't get a declaration of war against the Barbary Pirates and should have been impeached.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 15, 2026 01:44 PM (o87sR)

77 I will say though, there's no way it could have been figured out in like 6 weeks. But obviously this was because of the liberal courts.

I just think the post office needs to be ordered to stop picking up the ballots altogther.

There's all sorts of rules about what they can and cant pick up, just make voting ballots part of that.

Posted by: Leupold at September 15, 2026 01:44 PM (u9qNE)

78 When was the last official WAR that was approved by congress?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 01:43 PM (ccf/V)

The war on women. Slush fund, hey-ooooo

Posted by: ... at September 15, 2026 01:45 PM (ejmxE)

79 If the plan was to let Trump win and hope we get it out of our system, they REALLY fucked up.
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They really fucked up - but that fuck up was when they installed a dipshit who went senile on them, tried to cover it up, but the dipshit wouldn't cooperate, then had to sub in stoopid unlikeable whore at the last minute.

They didn't let him win, they got stuck with a total loser, and it was all their fault. It was almost act of God level theater.

Except Trump successfully goaded the dipshit into a public debate. Trump. Mr no planning shoots from the lip. Nasty tweets.

Posted by: Shucks whatever shall be done at September 15, 2026 01:45 PM (jvkDG)

80
This feels astonishingly like Lindsay Clancy Juror Logic.

We're all Clancy's now.

Posted by: ... at September 15, 2026 01:45 PM (ejmxE)

81
Proof positive that Leftist intimidation works. Kavanaugh caved, but he does have a legitimate fear for his life: he and his family have been directly threatened, and with no consequence to those who threatened him.
Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at September 15, 2026 01:40 PM (bufu1)

My view on this is, you know that the left is batshit cray and will attempt to make your family's lives miserable.

You accepted the f*cking nomination.

Buck the f*ck up and do your goddamn job.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 01:46 PM (ccf/V)

82 79 They really fucked up - but that fuck up was when they installed a dipshit who went senile on them, tried to cover it up, but the dipshit wouldn't cooperate, then had to sub in stoopid unlikeable whore at the last minute.

They didn't let him win, they got stuck with a total loser, and it was all their fault. It was almost act of God level theater.

Except Trump successfully goaded the dipshit into a public debate. Trump. Mr no planning shoots from the lip. Nasty tweets.

Posted by: Shucks whatever shall be done at September 15, 2026 01:45 PM (jvkDG)

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The fuckup was not treating Trump like a boring Republican.

Give him his infrastructure bill, do the normal controversy stuff, and fight on next time.

Instead, they turned Trump into an apocalyptic event, and everything has stemmed from that.

Seriously, Democrats, it's okay if people think Obama was a bad president and Hillary unlikeable.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 15, 2026 01:46 PM (o87sR)

83 Those idiots mandated the post office treat ballots the same as junk mail.

Posted by: Reforger at September 15, 2026 01:47 PM (F9nWj)

84 Perfectly cromulent 62-Sponge.
Same people that re-defined the thousand year old word marriage but won't clearly define woman. SCOTUS stopped constitutionalizing many years ago.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at September 15, 2026 01:47 PM (n5tGW)

85 The entire world has been shifted on its axis by the sheer force of will brought to bear by one man so dedicated to it that he literally took a bullet.

If the plan was to let Trump win and hope we get it out of our system, they REALLY fucked up.

Agreed, but based on Trump's first term I've been surprised by just how much he's been able to do. And I have a better imagination than our alleged elite class.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 15, 2026 01:47 PM (2ocoG)

86 Perhaps packing the court is a good idea after all.

Posted by: Piper at September 15, 2026 01:47 PM (ZdaMQ)

87 Doesn’t mean the Post Office can’t gather evidence of cheating.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at September 15, 2026 01:25 PM (/ARKv)

I personally think the post office is in on the cheat in a lot of places.
Posted by: Reforger at September 15, 2026 01:42 PM (F9nWj)
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If not in actual, then in spirit. The USPS -- like all federal agencies -- thrives on taxpayer money and the more the merrier.

Which party do federal workers think is more likely to fatten their wallets?

Main reason why NOVA is deep blue now. Federal workers and their remoras took over the place.

Same thing in big cities with armies of civil workers. Who do you think the bus drivers are voting for?

People will vote in their economic interests most of the time.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 15, 2026 01:48 PM (iFTx/)

88 Um...no. lol.

"We'll win by losing," is not something Democrats do. It's something Republicans do, but not Democrats.

They mail in ballot cheat for months and then stop counting in the middle of the night across six states because of a water leak in Atlanta to ballot box stuff like Tammany Hall to barely win in the Electoral College by any means necessary.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 15, 2026 01:38 PM (o87sR)

The the Right let them get away with it too. A literal coup via fraud and nobody did shit.

They do it because it works.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at September 15, 2026 01:48 PM (xcxpd)

89 85 Agreed, but based on Trump's first term I've been surprised by just how much he's been able to do. And I have a better imagination than our alleged elite class.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 15, 2026 01:47 PM (2ocoG)

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He went into his second administration with a plan and a core of loyalists he put into key positions.

And a bag of grudges.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 15, 2026 01:48 PM (o87sR)

90 Do these fools not know what happens when you can't vote yourself out of a bad government?

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 15, 2026 01:49 PM (zjgNU)

91 "The guy who just survived an assassination attempt and blames us for it? Let's just give him the imperial presidency to work it out of his system."
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How many of them have been put to the sword?

You don't even believe that what he's done is enough to fix the 2026 elections, so I don't know why you'd expect any longer term benefits to materialize.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at September 15, 2026 01:49 PM (vSvIl)

92 They had no choice but to treat Trump the way they did. Trump gave them no choice. He took the office by sheer force of will and had every intention of fighting *for* America and it's people. They could not abide good things for America or it's people, so they had to go Code Red. Despite all the Trump Experts who say he was desperate to work with them and be taken in like a loser, the truth is they were either gonna help achieve his goals or be left in the dust. So they chose direct opposition.

Posted by: ... at September 15, 2026 01:49 PM (ejmxE)

93 The fuckup was not treating Trump like a boring Republican.

Give him his infrastructure bill, do the normal controversy stuff, and fight on next time.

Instead, they turned Trump into an apocalyptic event, and everything has stemmed from that.

Seriously, Democrats, it's okay if people think Obama was a bad president and Hillary unlikeable.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 15, 2026 01:46 PM (o87sR)

All they had to do was play nice for a few months. They would have gotten like 48% of what they wanted while Trump played Deal Maker with the presidency.

Instead they shot him in the face and went after his family.

So now this is happening.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 15, 2026 01:49 PM (gLYp7)

94 88 The the Right let them get away with it too. A literal coup via fraud and nobody did shit.

They do it because it works.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at September 15, 2026 01:48 PM (xcxpd)

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GOP establishment rolled over in 2018 and 2020.

Trump took control of the RNC in early 2024, and suddenly the RNC fights back against cheating.

Weird. Probably a coincidence and evidence that absolutely nothing was done in 2024 and nothing has changed from 2020.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 15, 2026 01:49 PM (o87sR)

95 Thank you autocorrect for telling me I mean "it is" all the time.

Posted by: ... at September 15, 2026 01:50 PM (ejmxE)

96 And I know for a fact the post office will not deliver to non-existent addresses. I worked at one for 6 years. How are these ballots getting delivered to empty lots?

Posted by: Reforger at September 15, 2026 01:50 PM (F9nWj)

97 Instead, they turned Trump into an apocalyptic event, and everything has stemmed from that.

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TBF that is their playbook since like Nixon. All republican presidential candidates, presidents are one form or another of hitler. Burning effigies the whole nine yards. Their voters are hysterics.

Posted by: Shucks whatever shall be done at September 15, 2026 01:50 PM (jvkDG)

98 "We'll win by losing," is not something Democrats do. It's something Republicans do, but not Democrats.
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Agree x 2.

Thankfully, they are stupid. Arrogant and make horrible decisions, and by and large are repellant to most human beings who aren't stupid.
Posted by: Shucks whatever shall be done at September 15, 2026 01:40 PM (jvkDG)

I see a flaw...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at September 15, 2026 01:50 PM (xcxpd)

99 Do these fools not know what happens when you can't vote yourself out of a bad government?
Posted by: Formerly Virginian

They've made a risk calculation and are going for it.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 15, 2026 01:51 PM (+YoHw)

100 If someone asks me to "show your work" they can refer to comment 79 that someone else typed up. Because that is what the progressive sodomites came up with.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at September 15, 2026 01:51 PM (wxsGM)

101 Traitors and cowards.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 15, 2026 01:51 PM (+m/so)

102 They did exactly what I said they'd do -- Democrats launched lawsuits to delay things and then the courts slow-played it so they could just say, "Whoops, there wouldn't be enough time to implement these changes now that we've dicked around for weeks and weeks, you lose."

Now do Missouri redistricting...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 15, 2026 01:51 PM (l3cgK)

103 Do these fools not know what happens when you can't vote yourself out of a bad government?

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at September 15, 2026 01:49 PM (zjgNU)

Cambodia? China? The Soviet Union?

Posted by: ... at September 15, 2026 01:51 PM (ejmxE)

104 91 How many of them have been put to the sword?

You don't even believe that what he's done is enough to fix the 2026 elections, so I don't know why you'd expect any longer term benefits to materialize.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at September 15, 2026 01:49 PM (vSvIl)

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Turnout differentials are a thing and have been forever in American politics.

The out of party power just performs better. Not even Obama's team could figure out how to reverse it, having two of the worst midterms of a president in history in 2010 and 2014. Remember the Democrat worry of the "only Obama" voter? I do.

So, will history continue with the out of power party having a good year in a midterm? Seems likely.

That's not just "Democrats cheat". American politics still operates on normal shifts underneath the cheat.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 15, 2026 01:51 PM (o87sR)

105 GOP establishment rolled over in 2018 and 2020.

Trump took control of the RNC in early 2024, and suddenly the RNC fights back against cheating.

Weird. Probably a coincidence and evidence that absolutely nothing was done in 2024 and nothing has changed from 2020.
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The Uniparty is so real.

Posted by: Shucks whatever shall be done at September 15, 2026 01:51 PM (jvkDG)

106 Are mail-in ballots required to be mailed only by USPS, or can a voter send them in by FedEx, UPS, or courier as well?

Posted by: gp at September 15, 2026 01:51 PM (Jr5Lq)

107 GOP establishment rolled over in 2018 and 2020.

Trump took control of the RNC in early 2024, and suddenly the RNC fights back against cheating.

Weird. Probably a coincidence and evidence that absolutely nothing was done in 2024 and nothing has changed from 2020.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 15, 2026 01:49 PM (o87sR)

Hell, the GOP rolled over in 2012 too. I'm convinced Mittens won that race, for better or for worse.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at September 15, 2026 01:52 PM (xcxpd)

108 I have an idea...how 'bout we just do away with fucking mail-in ballots. Except for the military and people in the hospital or on business. Kinda' like we did for the past couple hundred fucking years.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at September 15, 2026 01:52 PM (vR0VG)

109 97 Instead, they turned Trump into an apocalyptic event, and everything has stemmed from that.

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TBF that is their playbook since like Nixon. All republican presidential candidates, presidents are one form or another of hitler. Burning effigies the whole nine yards. Their voters are hysterics.

Posted by: Shucks whatever shall be done at September 15, 2026 01:50 PM (jvkDG)

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W wasn't Putin's cockholster and a Russian agent.

He wasn't a literal traitor. He was stupid and corrupt and a warmonger, all bad things but not quite the emotional blackmail as agent of a foreign power who rapes women.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 15, 2026 01:53 PM (o87sR)

110 Give me a break, humans have enough ingenuity to get things done when they need to like marking a fucking ballot and tracking it. This could be done in a week, media companies do it all the time. But that's still irrelevant to the job of scotus, they are not the executive branch; is it constitutional or not? is their job.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at September 15, 2026 01:53 PM (n5tGW)

111 Posted by: Shucks whatever shall be done at September 15, 2026 01:50 PM (jvkDG)

The Democrat Congress owned Bush post 2006 and "worked" with him plenty despite rhetoric. They even "worked" with Reagan on amnesty. You have zero clue about anything.

Posted by: ... at September 15, 2026 01:53 PM (ejmxE)

112 The mail-in fraud will be off the charts this time as the commies know it's now or never.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 15, 2026 01:53 PM (4NO2D)

113 So, will history continue with the out of power party having a good year in a midterm? Seems likely.
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Complacency is human nature.

The out of power party voters are more motivated to turn out, than the complacent winners. Repeats are hard, Threepeats are even harder.

Posted by: Shucks whatever shall be done at September 15, 2026 01:54 PM (jvkDG)

114 TBF that is their playbook since like Nixon. All republican presidential candidates, presidents are one form or another of hitler. Burning effigies the whole nine yards. Their voters are hysterics.

Thomas Dewey in 1948 was called literally Hitler by the Democrats. The actual Hitler was barely room temperature at that point.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 15, 2026 01:54 PM (2ocoG)

115 voting by mail is too hard...you have to sign the envelope, date the envelope, get it to a mailbox...
It's much easier to just show up and vote...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 15, 2026 01:54 PM (l3cgK)

116 107 Hell, the GOP rolled over in 2012 too. I'm convinced Mittens won that race, for better or for worse.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at September 15, 2026 01:52 PM (xcxpd)

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FL - definitely stolen. Broward County.
MI - how long has Detroit just made up numbers for ballot boxes no matter what's in them? We found out they do this in 2016, and I suspect it wasn't the first time.
NV - Harry Reid machine.

That's enough to flip the race to Obama right there.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 15, 2026 01:54 PM (o87sR)

117 He's shrunk the government to 60-year lows

If you're going by headcount, OK. On the other hand, that "small" government has spent some $6+T this year, $2T of which it didn't even have to spend.

Posted by: Oddbob at September 15, 2026 01:54 PM (vTZFs)

118 Shipwrecked crew actually called this one- I hate to say it. But he was right. I don’t want him to be right, but he was and here we are.

Posted by: Piper at September 15, 2026 01:54 PM (ZdaMQ)

119 They even "worked" with Reagan on amnesty. You have zero clue about anything.

Posted by: ... at September 15, 2026 01:53 PM (ejmxE)

More like, we worked OVER Reagan on amnesty!
- Tip O'Neil, who swore blind that he'd give border security in return for amnesty, then immediately crawfished.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 15, 2026 01:55 PM (gLYp7)

120 I missed it, what is TJM new job?

Congratulations !

Posted by: anon2020 at September 15, 2026 01:55 PM (RqMDa)

121 Interesting that Gorsuch sided with the commies; otherwise, the vote was completely predictable.

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at September 15, 2026 01:55 PM (o/vJD)

122 112 The mail-in fraud will be off the charts this time as the commies know it's now or never.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 15, 2026 01:53 PM (4NO2D)

https://youtu.be/Uwelrtb8Oho

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 15, 2026 01:55 PM (l3cgK)

123 W wasn't Putin's cockholster and a Russian agent.

Points where due - the face W made when he met Mamdami last Thursday was pretty good. Like he smelled the world's strongest fart.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 15, 2026 01:56 PM (2ocoG)

124 If you're going by headcount, OK. On the other hand, that "small" government has spent some $6+T this year, $2T of which it didn't even have to spend.

Posted by: Oddbob at September 15, 2026 01:54 PM (vTZFs)

No, you're right.

Saying 'we're finally moving in the right direction,' is exactly the same as saying 'there's nothing left to complain about.'

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 15, 2026 01:56 PM (gLYp7)

125 113 So, will history continue with the out of power party having a good year in a midterm? Seems likely.
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Complacency is human nature.

The out of power party voters are more motivated to turn out, than the complacent winners. Repeats are hard, Threepeats are even harder.

Posted by: Shucks whatever shall be done at September 15, 2026 01:54 PM (jvkDG)

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Which is why Trump is fighting so hard.

He's trying to reverse the trend.

Will it be enough? Will USAID's defunding have an effect? Will the Civil Rights Division of DOJ watching elections have an effect? Their efforts to clean up voter rolls?

There's a lot flying around, and their impacts are unclear, at best.

I'm cautiously optimistic, but it's hard to just dismiss historical trends out of hand.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 15, 2026 01:56 PM (o87sR)

126 Hell, the GOP rolled over in 2012 too. I'm convinced Mittens won that race, for better or for worse.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo
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Yes. Not that they weren't at work Obama's first go round but dead heads didn't know. Everyone knew the second go round. The number of black votes for him were skewed too.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 15, 2026 01:56 PM (VQ0bX)

127 The only thing I'm certain of in this election is them installing Sayed. I can't call anything else and of course hope I'm wrong.

Posted by: ... at September 15, 2026 01:56 PM (ejmxE)

128 The Democrat Congress owned Bush post 2006 and "worked" with him plenty despite rhetoric. They even "worked" with Reagan on amnesty. You have zero clue about anything.
==
I feel like the teaching profession is maybe not your calling.

Posted by: Shucks whatever shall be done at September 15, 2026 01:56 PM (jvkDG)

129 117 He's shrunk the government to 60-year lows

If you're going by headcount, OK. On the other hand, that "small" government has spent some $6+T this year, $2T of which it didn't even have to spend.

Posted by: Oddbob at September 15, 2026 01:54 PM (vTZFs)

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Government spending as a percentage of GDP is flat for the last year.

The reason the deficit isn't getting smaller is mostly because of interest payments, one of the biggest reasons Trump wants lower interest rates.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 15, 2026 01:57 PM (o87sR)

130 Points where due - the face W made when he met Mamdami last Thursday was pretty good. Like he smelled the world's strongest fart.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 15, 2026 01:56 PM (2ocoG)

You know who else is good at making funny faces?

Posted by: Tucker Snarlson at September 15, 2026 01:57 PM (ejmxE)

131 120 I missed it, what is TJM new job?

Congratulations !

Posted by: anon2020 at September 15, 2026 01:55 PM (RqMDa)

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Thanks!

Vampire liaison to the International Criminal Court.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 15, 2026 01:57 PM (o87sR)

132 Hell, the GOP rolled over in 2012 too. I'm convinced Mittens won that race, for better or for worse.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

==

I think there was just the usual fraud, but Obama still probably won. Mitt ran a shit campaign. I also think the Mormon thing hurt him, I saw some analysis that rural voters really had low turnout.

That race though was winnable.

Posted by: Leupold at September 15, 2026 01:57 PM (u9qNE)

133 I feel like the teaching profession is maybe not your calling.

Posted by: Shucks whatever shall be done at September 15, 2026 01:56 PM (jvkDG)

Thank you.

Posted by: ... at September 15, 2026 01:58 PM (ejmxE)

134 Massie, a frequent critic of President Trump, accused Hegseth of launching an illegal war that was not approved by Congress. He introduced articles of impeachment on the House floor against Hegseth for “high crimes and misdemeanors.”
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 15, 2026 01:36 PM (Cqx++)

When was the last official WAR that was approved by congress? I mean, Vietnam wasn't an official war. Korea, was it an official declared war? Iraq? Afghanistan?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 01:43 PM (ccf/V)
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Massie is a complete fraud. He might as well get a job at the Bulwark. Remember this from a few months ago where he was acting like he and Trump were aligned on most things?

https://tinyurl.com/36s5ee8x

Posted by: redridinghood at September 15, 2026 01:58 PM (NpAcC)

135 111 Posted by: Shucks whatever shall be done at September 15, 2026 01:50 PM (jvkDG)

The Democrat Congress owned Bush post 2006 and "worked" with him plenty despite rhetoric. They even "worked" with Reagan on amnesty. You have zero clue about anything.

Posted by: ... at September 15, 2026 01:53 PM (ejmxE)

I promise only the tip.

Posted by: Tip O'Neill at September 15, 2026 01:58 PM (l3cgK)

136 Proof positive that Leftist intimidation works. Kavanaugh caved, but he does have a legitimate fear for his life
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Politicas ain't beanbag. Women, Children, and Revenuers get outta the way!

Find another line of work. Let's get people in there who are willing to fight.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 15, 2026 01:58 PM (ugvYV)

137 Push come to shove we replace the flash drives in the machines.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 15, 2026 01:58 PM (VQ0bX)

138 When was the last WAR that was declared by congress?
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1941

Posted by: Common Tater at September 15, 2026 02:00 PM (ugvYV)

139 I just hope the RNC makes an ad or two about Democrat states suing to keep foreign welfare recipients in America.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 15, 2026 02:00 PM (o87sR)

140 So, will history continue with the out of power party having a good year in a midterm? Seems likely.

That's not just "Democrats cheat". American politics still operates on normal shifts underneath the cheat.
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Yeah, "Centrists" live to betray. Which is why no one on the right can reasonably have long term plans to fix anything. Any gains have to be sharp and decisive and with irreversible consequences, or they will be undone and then some when centrists and the cheat give the commies their turn.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at September 15, 2026 02:00 PM (vSvIl)

141 138 When was the last WAR that was declared by congress?
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1941

Posted by: Common Tater at September 15, 2026 02:00 PM (ugvYV)

The others were "Kinetic Actions", "Peacekeeping Missions", etc

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 15, 2026 02:01 PM (l3cgK)

142 Why would I listen to Ted Lu about AI when he is wrong about everything else?

Posted by: fd at September 15, 2026 02:01 PM (MWfyi)

143 .
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The Supreme Cunts.

Posted by: Marooned at September 15, 2026 02:01 PM (W2rvL)

144 140 Yeah, "Centrists" live to betray. Which is why no one on the right can reasonably have long term plans to fix anything. Any gains have to be sharp and decisive and with irreversible consequences, or they will be undone and then some when centrists and the cheat give the commies their turn.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at September 15, 2026 02:00 PM (vSvIl)

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I maintain that the actual swing voter, the voter who actually does change one party to another from one election to another, is largely a myth.

They do exist in some small numbers, but they don't affect much.

It's just about turnout of your soft-partisans. The ones who vote 1 or 2 times every 4 elections who can make it a priority or not if they're in the mood.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 15, 2026 02:01 PM (o87sR)

145 I never have really understood the midterm phenomenon, but it's real.

If the same people that showed up for Trump in 2024 were there in 2026, we'd win everything and at way greater margins, but it just never happens.

Posted by: Leupold at September 15, 2026 02:01 PM (u9qNE)

146 Proof positive that Leftist intimidation works. Kavanaugh caved, but he does have a legitimate fear for his life
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Politicas ain't beanbag. Women, Children, and Revenuers get outta the way!

Find another line of work. Let's get people in there who are willing to fight.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 15, 2026 01:58 PM (ugvYV)

Exactly CT. Every conservative has a 'legitimate fear for his life'. Just ask Charlie Kirk's widow.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at September 15, 2026 02:02 PM (vR0VG)

147 143 .
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The Supreme Cunts.

Posted by: Marooned at September 15, 2026 02:01 PM (W2rvL)

I may have their greatest hits...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 15, 2026 02:02 PM (l3cgK)

148 Saying 'we're finally moving in the right direction,' is exactly the same as saying 'there's nothing left to complain about.'

Stop putting words in my mouth. That's not what I'm saying at all. What I am saying is that cheering a "reduction" in the size of the government while that government is spending record amounts of money with records deficits is whistling past the graveyard.

Posted by: Oddbob at September 15, 2026 02:02 PM (vTZFs)

149 OK, I scanned the entirety of the “birds” thread looking for mention of the CB radio jargon of the mid 1970s. Back then, truckers and wannabe redneck posers referred to young ladies as “beavers”.
What changed?
(Insert Beavis/Butthead “heh heh” here.)

Posted by: Fenderbender at September 15, 2026 02:02 PM (1FEc1)

150 "Computer glitch blamed on 5000 gallon diesel spill at data center"

Is this the start of AI trying to kill us?

Posted by: fd at September 15, 2026 02:02 PM (MWfyi)

151 145 I never have really understood the midterm phenomenon, but it's real.

If the same people that showed up for Trump in 2024 were there in 2026, we'd win everything and at way greater margins, but it just never happens.

Posted by: Leupold at September 15, 2026 02:01 PM (u9qNE)

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Obama's team, which was heralded as the best election machine in history for a while, couldn't figure out this question.

2010 and 2014 were two of the worst midterms for an incumbent president in American history.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 15, 2026 02:02 PM (o87sR)

152 145 I never have really understood the midterm phenomenon, but it's real.

If the same people that showed up for Trump in 2024 were there in 2026, we'd win everything and at way greater margins, but it just never happens.

Posted by: Leupold at September 15, 2026 02:01 PM (u9qNE)

Oh, they'd show up for Trump, but for the other guys? Not so much.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 15, 2026 02:02 PM (l3cgK)

153 I feel like the teaching profession is maybe not your calling.

Posted by: Shucks whatever shall be done at September 15, 2026 01:56 PM (jvkDG)

Thank you.
==
You are quite welcome!

Posted by: Shucks whatever shall be done at September 15, 2026 02:02 PM (jvkDG)

154 Why would I listen to Ted Lu about AI when he is wrong about everything else?

He's late, too. We knew an op was under way when Obama, Bernie, and Chief Cheekbones all abruptly made the same statement about AI.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 15, 2026 02:03 PM (2ocoG)

155 Maybe/maybe not an intent, but this decision is definitely a signal to the Leftists that the cheat is on big. Not that they don't always try, but they now know the scheme is easier.

My very cloudy almost opaque crystal ball says 50/50 senate, dem house by 10. We'll see, isn't life exciting?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at September 15, 2026 02:03 PM (n5tGW)

156 The Democrat Congress owned Bush post 2006 and "worked" with him plenty despite rhetoric. They even "worked" with Reagan on amnesty. You have zero clue about anything.

Posted by: ... at September 15, 2026 01:53 PM (ejmxE)

I promise only the tip.

Posted by: Tip O'Neill
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Hidden hand has been around a long time.
I wasn't you and me that killed the Kennedy's
And that wasn't the beginning.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 15, 2026 02:03 PM (VQ0bX)

157 150 "Computer glitch blamed on 5000 gallon diesel spill at data center"

Is this the start of AI trying to kill us?

Posted by: fd at September 15, 2026 02:02 PM (MWfyi)

Only if it was an attempted suicide...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 15, 2026 02:04 PM (l3cgK)

158 Thomas Dewey in 1948 was called literally Hitler by the Democrats.
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Technically speaking, it is highly suspicious that Democrats retained the White House. There is a natural ebb and flow to politics, and Democrats had held it since 1932. Just by the law of averages, the electorate likes to switch parties to the other guy after a decades long stint like that. It may not be rational even, but that's how it works. Always.

And yet .. an unpopular Democrat president against all odds wins against the Republican at the last minute. I'm sure everything was on the up and up.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 15, 2026 02:04 PM (ugvYV)

159 I just think the post office needs to be ordered to stop picking up the ballots altogther.

Yeah, I’ll trust the post office with ballots when my bank trusts it with cash withdrawals.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at September 15, 2026 02:04 PM (olroh)

160 If the same people that showed up for Trump in 2024 were there in 2026, we'd win everything and at way greater margins, but it just never happens.

Posted by: Leupold at September 15, 2026 02:01 PM (u9qNE)

You don't understand why people would show up to vote for a guy who put his life and family on the line and tried to stand by every promise, vs the people who betray and lie and insult and slither every chance they get and then do nothing but enrich themselves in the process?

Posted by: ... at September 15, 2026 02:05 PM (ejmxE)

161 152 Oh, they'd show up for Trump, but for the other guys? Not so much.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 15, 2026 02:02 PM (l3cgK)

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It's actually funny.

Trump had some of the best repeat voter percentages in 2018 over any president in decades.

Obama was something like 56%.

Trump was about 80%.

https://x.com/chriswithans/status/
2097805439652282594

The "Trump voter but not a midterm voter" is actually far more rare than the "Obama voter but not a midterm voter."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 15, 2026 02:05 PM (o87sR)

162 Here's the state of jernalism:

"Anderson Creek, a tributary of the Hackensack River, was polluted by the spill before officials said the fuel could reach the larger river"

Posted by: fd at September 15, 2026 02:05 PM (MWfyi)

163 When was the last WAR that was declared by congress?
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1941

Posted by: Common Tater at September 15, 2026 02:00 PM (ugvYV)

The others were "Kinetic Actions", "Peacekeeping Missions", etc
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 15, 2026 02:01 PM

The current war is properly a Punitive Expedition.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 15, 2026 02:05 PM (4NO2D)

164 155 Maybe/maybe not an intent, but this decision is definitely a signal to the Leftists that the cheat is on big. Not that they don't always try, but they now know the scheme is easier.
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Posted by: Guy Mohawk
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It's telling the Dems, when the election is contested
the ruling will be --- No Standing

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 15, 2026 02:06 PM (VQ0bX)

165 Vampire liaison to the International Criminal Court.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 15, 2026 01:57 PM (o87sR)
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Hope they have a good dental plan...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 15, 2026 02:06 PM (FZ29D)

166 165 Vampire liaison to the International Criminal Court.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 15, 2026 01:57 PM (o87sR)
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Hope they have a good dental plan...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 15, 2026 02:06 PM (FZ29D)

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Lisa does need braces.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 15, 2026 02:06 PM (o87sR)

167 131
Thanks!

Vampire liaison to the International Criminal Court.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 15
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Uhm, I don't think that is a thing

Posted by: anon2020 at September 15, 2026 02:06 PM (RqMDa)

168 Vampire liaison to the International Criminal Court.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at September 15, 2026 01:57 PM (o87sR)
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You're abandoning us, aren't you......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 02:06 PM (ccf/V)

169 162 Here's the state of jernalism:

"Anderson Creek, a tributary of the Hackensack River, was polluted by the spill before officials said the fuel could reach the larger river"

Posted by: fd at September 15, 2026 02:05 PM (MWfyi)

dammit, it didn't ask permission from the officials first! Fine that damn creek.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 15, 2026 02:07 PM (l3cgK)

170 "Computer Glitch Leads To Death Of Millions"

Posted by: Headlines we just might see at September 15, 2026 02:07 PM (MWfyi)

171 What I am saying is that cheering a "reduction" in the size of the government while that government is spending record amounts of money with records deficits is whistling past the graveyard.

Posted by: Oddbob at September 15, 2026 02:02 PM (vTZFs)

And what I'm saying is that baby wins are still wins. If you string enough of them together, things start to change.

I'm not going to condemn Trump for 'not doing enough,' when he's done more than any president, maybe ever, to reign in the obscenity that is the federal government.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 15, 2026 02:08 PM (gLYp7)

172 You're abandoning us, aren't you......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 02:06 PM

Vamps don't move among the Daywalkers.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 15, 2026 02:08 PM (4NO2D)

173 170 "Computer Glitch Leads To Death Of Millions"

Posted by: Headlines we just might see at September 15, 2026 02:07 PM (MWfyi)

China, from the 1950s thru the 1970s, had quite a few computer glitches...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 15, 2026 02:08 PM (l3cgK)

174 Al Greene is forcing the House to vote on an impeachment motion - soon.

This is helpful. His website sez the vote will be this afternoon and will be on C-Span

Posted by: mrp at September 15, 2026 02:08 PM (rj6Yv)

175 Course if the people who wanted to kill millions needed a good excuse, announcing over and over that AI "could" kill millions would make for a good cover story...

Posted by: ... at September 15, 2026 02:09 PM (ejmxE)

176 The usual is that the party out of power has a good midterm. This year the party out of power is literally at war with itself. The decision by the SC may help in blue states for the Dems but not necessarily in red or purple states. Add in the Republicans massive money advantage the Senate is a lock , the House could end up roughly the same

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 15, 2026 02:09 PM (N2HNb)

177 172 You're abandoning us, aren't you......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 15, 2026 02:06 PM

Vamps don't move among the Daywalkers.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 15, 2026 02:08 PM (4NO2D)

Blade can...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 15, 2026 02:09 PM (l3cgK)

178 2010 and 2014 were two of the worst midterms for an incumbent president in American history.

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In one or the other, I think he lost a whopping 63 seats.

Posted by: Lady in Black at September 15, 2026 02:09 PM (qBdHI)

179 Here's an idea. Let's let AI count the votes!

yes, just kidding, but the count would be just as transparent!

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at September 15, 2026 02:09 PM (n5tGW)

180 I think there was just the usual fraud, but Obama still probably won. Mitt ran a shit campaign. I also think the Mormon thing hurt him, I saw some analysis that rural voters really had low turnout.

That race though was winnable.
Posted by: Leupold at September 15, 2026 01:57 PM (u9qNE)

I was inbetween jerbs at that point and I did volunteer my services to the Romney campaign.

Know when they got back to me? The week after the election. Fucking ORCA.

Posted by: Thrawn at September 15, 2026 02:09 PM (oPFtC)

181 Vampires in the ICC?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 15, 2026 02:09 PM (J1liw)

182 Al Greene is forcing the House to vote on an impeachment motion - soon.
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Democrats just have to stay together.

Posted by: ... at September 15, 2026 02:09 PM (ejmxE)

183 It's telling the Dems, when the election is contested
the ruling will be --- No Standing

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 15, 2026 02:06 PM (VQ0bX)

The only thing supreme about the Supreme Court is their cowardice. The no-standing rulings in the 2020 election steal is a mark of shame that will forever stain them. IMO.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at September 15, 2026 02:10 PM (vR0VG)

184 In one or the other, I think he lost a whopping 63 seats.

Posted by: Lady in Black at September 15, 2026 02:09 PM (qBdHI)

During Obama's presidency, the Democrats lost more than 1,000 elected seats in the United States.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 15, 2026 02:10 PM (gLYp7)

185 I'm not going to condemn PDT for anything. They tried to kill him. I'd be pissed too. He can do whatever the fk he wants and we'll still be 100 times better off than with Camala as president.

Posted by: fd at September 15, 2026 02:10 PM (MWfyi)

186 one or the other, I think he lost a whopping 63 seats.

Posted by: Lady in Black at September 15, 2026 02:09 PM (qBdHI)

Filicide Mass elected a Republican.

Posted by: ... at September 15, 2026 02:10 PM (ejmxE)

187 Vampires in the ICC?
Posted by: Anna Puma at September 15, 2026 02:09 PM

It was the best of the franchise, IMO.

Posted by: toby928(c) at September 15, 2026 02:10 PM (4NO2D)

188 182 Al Greene is forcing the House to vote on an impeachment motion - soon.
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Democrats just have to stay together.

Posted by: ... at September 15, 2026 02:09 PM (ejmxE)

He shouda stuck with his singing gig.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 15, 2026 02:10 PM (l3cgK)

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