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Democrat Michigan Senator Elissa Slotkin: We Must Relentlessly Prosecute Trump Personnel So That Young People Are Too Scared to Join the Conservative Movement

As with many bloodthirsty leftist authoritarian operatives lately, she says the quiet part out loud.

She's another degenerate CIA authoritarian now attempting a color revolution in the US.

Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin publicly called on Democrats to intimidate young conservatives who want to work for the Trump administration by prosecuting the president's staffers.

Slotkin (D-Mich.), a former CIA analyst, contended that Democrats must "go after" and make examples out of officials in President Trump's orbit who engage in corruption to send a message to young people who may want to join the administration.

"I want young people coming out of school to say, 'Should I go work for the Trump administration? That sounds fun, I might get an opportunity,'" Slotkin mused at a University of Chicago event last week that has since gone viral.

"I want them to be like, 'Lord, that might be buying myself a ton of problems I don't want, and so let me avoid participating in that,'" the senator went on. "I want that deterrence message sent."

...

Slotkin reflected that despite her voting to impeach Trump twice, he's still in the White House and seemingly alluded to how he survived the four criminal cases against him.

"The people around Donald Trump who are doing his bidding and enabling this have no such immunity. They have no immunity the way the president does," she added.

"And to me, he couldn't do any of this stuff without all of those people saluting and supporting it. So you go after the people who do his bidding."

Slotkin's remarks ignited a firestorm on social media from conservatives.

"Sen. Slotkin, a self-avowed 'defender of democracy,' told me and other conservative students that we should live in fear of political persecution if we dare serve our country in the Trump administration," University of Chicago student Michael Bicksel posted on X.

"Sadly for her, we will never be intimidated by her Bolshevik-style tactics."

...

Last week, Trump openly mused about going on a massive pardon spree, including a self-pardon near the end of his time in the White House.

"I don't want to see people that work for me go through years of nonsense, hire lawyers and everything else, all for nothing," the president told Newsmax host Rob Finnerty.

I'll take a pardon, if he's handing them out.

Miranda Divine: This CIA communist whore is another fake "moderate."


Elissa Slotkin was elected to the Senate in 2024 as a supposed "moderate."

But of course we know that, apart from Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman, that species of Democratic politician doesn't exist in Congress anymore.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for Slotkin, a former CIA analyst who served under John Brennan, to show her true colors.

The Michigan senator told students at the University of Chicago last week how she plans to use the power that will come to Democrats if they win Senate control in the midterms next month.

...


Slotkin pretends she is a stickler for "defending democracy." But this is how the Bolshevik left who control today's Democratic Party play the game, even as they cloak themselves in conservative disguises, as intelligence professionals, soldiers, astronauts or doctors.

Slotkin, who fancies herself as a future president, used that same term "signature cases" in a chilling speech to the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in September when she named Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro and then-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem as the Trump officials she would target for political prosecutions that would see them jailed for 20 years.

She likened her planned revenge campaign against Trump officials to Poland's "Iron Broom" cleanup, in which Democrats would create "a list of signature cases that go after some of the most obvious and harmful abuses of taxpayer dollars."

"We need to hold accountable the people and institutions who stole billions of our taxpayer dollars and weaponized the government against its people," she said.

"In Poland, they called this plan the Iron Broom -- cleaning the place up."

Slotkin's threats are especially disturbing when you consider the body count of administration officials and Trump allies from the president's first term who were attacked by Joe Biden's weaponized Justice Department.

It's one aspect of the psychological warfare she learned in her former intelligence career.

Last year, Slotkin and five other "national security" Democrats launched a sly propaganda video implying that Trump was giving "illegal orders" to the military.






Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:20 PM




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1 primo

Posted by: runner at October 19, 2026 01:21 PM (AKptf)

2 wasn't ocasio-crackpot saying the same thing a couple of years ago?

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 19, 2026 01:21 PM (CWTWj)

3 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 19, 2026 01:21 PM (NcvvS)

4 she dumb

Posted by: runner at October 19, 2026 01:21 PM (AKptf)

5 People's Tribunals Comrade?

Death to tyrants.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 01:21 PM (Ns3kx)

6 Let's just have a split already.

Posted by: Martin Tell at October 19, 2026 01:22 PM (QJwZd)

7 "Oh, no! I'll sit this out!"
-squishy GOP kid who would have made Mitch look like Clarence Thomas

"Fuck you. I'm ready for this fight."
-Genghis Khan

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 01:22 PM (+B3Bm)

8
Another worthless piece of shit.

Posted by: four seasons at October 19, 2026 01:22 PM (/QHx4)

9 A throaty fuck you to Elissa Slotkin. Come at me, fatty. See if you can reweaponize the government to come and get us, because it sure won’t be your flabby, cottage cheese ass, fat face doing it. You’re doing nothing but motivating people, especially young men to oppose the Democrats and side with individual liberty. You motherfuckers used the government to come after everyone last time you were in power without cause. You jailed a bunch of people for nothing but disagreeing with your party. Blow me. Second thought. No thanks, balloon face.

Posted by: Vengeance at October 19, 2026 01:22 PM (oSFyF)

10 Harris/Slotkin 2028!!!! - The Spew.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 01:23 PM (Ns3kx)

11 See this is where Trump won't go far enough because we do need to do this to the left.

One thing I am keeping in mind for the '28 election which of the Republican contenders is most likely to fully engage in the same kind of lawfare the Dems have perfected?

Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 01:23 PM (sKqQm)

12 Fetterman is no moderate. He just happens to be the only dem left that isn’t openly anti-Semitic.

Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 01:23 PM (2UJ+q)

13 former CIA analyst"

That says so much about the state of our government...

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 01:23 PM (pfXMo)

14 I am amused that every "moderate" Democrat the media pumps up is a fascist at heart...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 01:24 PM (sKqQm)

15 I think it was Don Jr. who noted that the political assassination bullets are only flying in one direction.

That's a shame.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 19, 2026 01:24 PM (Sco7b)

16 "I'll take a pardon, if he's handing them out."

I'll also take a young Dolly Parton. I'll rock that Parton long and rough. Oh wait, you're talking about a presidential pardon?

Carry on.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 01:24 PM (iFTx/)

17 we will pine for the day when the role of the CIA in international politics was focused on what was good for the Dulles brothers' stock portfolios.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 01:24 PM (rbvCR)

18 She said [sub]the quiet part[/sub] OUT LOUD.

Posted by: zombie at October 19, 2026 01:24 PM (HD2n/)

19 >>Posted by: Vengeance at October 19, 2026 01:22 PM (oSFyF)

That's practically Hugo the Chavez level invective!

Posted by: Nazdar at October 19, 2026 01:24 PM (NcvvS)

20 To expand on the DNC-DSA op, I was saying in the previous thread the shape of the op isn't totally clear yet but will be.

One of the pieces has already come to light. Look at the sudden "youth" protests.

And who is it we have been told is powering the DSA? "Youth"

Gee what a coincidence wouldn't you say.

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 01:25 PM (C/YEn)

21 Vile shrew.

And she isn’t even ashamed, she laughed off responses on X.

This is the person who easily throws people in camps. Rock solid belief she is superior, and others deserve punishment for simply disagreeing.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 19, 2026 01:25 PM (4KUe5)

22 The left then: Come on people if we don't do something about the CIA they'll take down our reformist president and govern with shadowy cut outs that don't allow free and fair elections!

The left now: Come on people we need to help the CIA take down our reformist president and govern with shadowy cut outs that don't allow free and fair elections!

Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 01:25 PM (sKqQm)

23 Willowed: Slotkin looks like she's ODing on the product her family founded, Ballpark Franks

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 19, 2026 01:25 PM (vJPf4)

24 Hateful vengeance. I'd take them at their word. The did this exact thing while *biden was in office. Every J6'er can relate to how they operate.

See, the thing is, they've never really had any sort of push back until now. And even the little bit they're getting is pissing them off to no end.

Fuck 'em all to hell.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 19, 2026 01:25 PM (RORbl)

25 People better wake the fuck up. Democrats are absolutely serious about what they are saying.

BTW they want to immediately roll back all the Second Amendment gains. Anti gun groups are funding the key 8 house races. If they win one of the first things they promised is to pass a bill reinstalling the NFA tax at $4,900. They then plan to attach it to a must pass bill like defense spending.

Posted by: Vengeance at October 19, 2026 01:25 PM (oSFyF)

26 I see many Ruby Ridges in our future.

Posted by: zombie at October 19, 2026 01:26 PM (HD2n/)

27 This is what politics is going to be until the cold war goes hot. And liberal judges will allow dems to indulge in it.

Posted by: Leupold at October 19, 2026 01:26 PM (Htjsj)

28 Even more frightening than what she said was her follow-up.

Not just doubling-down but emphasizing that she sees no political, moral or social downside to her bloodlust of mindless retribution.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 19, 2026 01:26 PM (3cUTc)

29 Let's just have a split already.
Posted by: Martin Tell at October 19, 2026 01:22 PM (QJwZd)
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Has the left ever honored any partition? There will be no split, it is all or nothing.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 01:26 PM (ZOv7s)

30 I agree with the many wise and forethoughtful people saying
"buy guns and ammo"

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 19, 2026 01:26 PM (VyBeY)

31 It's time we had a national conversation on common sense Karen control.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 19, 2026 01:26 PM (qAkyd)

32 Even more frightening than what she said was her follow-up.

Not just doubling-down but emphasizing that she sees no political, moral or social downside to her bloodlust of mindless retribution.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

==

Women really are more blood thirsty than men

Posted by: Leupold at October 19, 2026 01:27 PM (Htjsj)

33 I think it was Don Jr. who noted that the political assassination bullets are only flying in one direction.

That's a shame.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 19, 2026 01:24 PM (Sco7b)

Their bullets are speech. His pointing out the trajectory of the bullets is violence.

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 01:27 PM (C/YEn)

34 (… - @datarepublican is posting details on color revolution types plotting how to implement the reconfiguring of the US . Someone shared zoom calls, etc. with her.

They are far along in planning.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 19, 2026 01:27 PM (4KUe5)

35 If Slotkin wants to impress me she should try portion control. But that will never happen.

Posted by: Vengeance at October 19, 2026 01:27 PM (oSFyF)

36 >>> 21 Vile shrew.

And she isn’t even ashamed, she laughed off responses on X.

This is the person who easily throws people in camps. Rock solid belief she is superior, and others deserve punishment for simply disagreeing.
Posted by: Lizzy at October 19, 2026 01:25 PM (4KUe5)

And the cvnt will snivel like the pathetic worm she is, just like Che, when she gets what's coming.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 19, 2026 01:27 PM (jb8Ss)

37 Even more frightening than what she said was her follow-up.

Not just doubling-down but emphasizing that she sees no political, moral or social downside to her bloodlust of mindless retribution.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 19, 2026 01:26 PM (3cUTc)
---
I'm glad she is being open about it. It shows you just how stupid she is. All these airhead operatives with their cool maps and charts and slideshows about how they will wield unlimited power without the first idea of what ultimately must underpin it.

Franco smiles.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 01:27 PM (ZOv7s)

38 Let's just have a split already.
Posted by: Martin Tell at October 19, 2026 01:22 PM (QJwZd)

They'll get nothing and like it.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 19, 2026 01:27 PM (qAkyd)

39 Fetterman is no moderate. He just happens to be the only dem left that isn’t openly anti-Semitic.
Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 01:23 PM (2UJ+q)


In a world where "leopards eating people's faces" is the stated goal of both parties asking for my vote, I will consider supporting the candidates that are not Pantera pardus-centered.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 01:28 PM (rbvCR)

40 Our universities are pumping out complete rubbish.

HTF do you feel comfortable saying such a thing?

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 01:28 PM (iOpI2)

41 Who?

Translation: "I'm running for president in 2028 and want to start getting my name out there so maybe someone outside my small circle of CIA paper-pushers, hot sexy pool boys, and degenerate Democrap sex pests recognizes my fat ass"

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 01:28 PM (iFTx/)

42 Any student of history can see what is coming, the question is when, not if.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at October 19, 2026 01:28 PM (0U5gm)

43 People who can be made to believe absurdities can be made to commit atrocities.

Posted by: Trannies for Gaza and Stopping Climate Change at October 19, 2026 01:29 PM (Ovx+P)

44 >>Slotkin, who fancies herself as a future president


Bring it on.

Posted by: The Glass Ceiling at October 19, 2026 01:29 PM (GkI/X)

45 Women really are more blood thirsty than men
Posted by: Leupold at October 19, 2026 01:27 PM (Htjsj)
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Always have been.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 01:29 PM (ZOv7s)

46 38 Let's just have a split already.
Posted by: Martin Tell at October 19, 2026 01:22 PM (QJwZd)


---------

You don't get it; they will never stop. Half won't be enough.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 01:29 PM (iOpI2)

47 That William Butler Yeats must have had a crystal ball or something:

"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
...
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity."

Yep.

Posted by: zombie at October 19, 2026 01:29 PM (HD2n/)

48 42 Any student of history can see what is coming, the question is when, not if.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at October 19, 2026 01:28 PM (0U5gm)

=======

Not every effort by communists ends up leading to communist victory.

The Red Brigade in Italy got outright terroristic in the 70s, going so far as to kidnap and murder the sitting Prime Minister of the nation.

The country did not go communist.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 01:29 PM (+B3Bm)

49 The left exists to loot the taxpayers.

Trump has put a small brake on that.

And they are out now calling for blood and trying to assassinate people they don't like.

So much for their criticism of capitalism for its "greed"

Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 01:29 PM (sKqQm)

50 I’ll say it again. White liberal women are destroying our country while their husbands are plowing the pool boy like a barren field in spring.

Posted by: Vengeance at October 19, 2026 01:29 PM (oSFyF)

51 datarepublican is posting details on color revolution types plotting how to implement the reconfiguring of the US . Someone shared zoom calls, etc. with her.

They are far along in planning.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 19, 2026 01:27 PM (4KUe5)

If you don't know the leftists in your area, I encourage you to find out.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 19, 2026 01:30 PM (qAkyd)

52 Translation: "I'm running for president in 2028 and want to start getting my name out there so maybe someone outside my small circle of CIA paper-pushers, hot sexy pool boys, and degenerate Democrap sex pests recognizes my fat ass"
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 01:28 PM (iFTx/)
---
She's running for president because she can't hold her senate seat. She knows the vote was juiced and that won't happen in 2028, so this is her backup plan to grift and stay relevant.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 01:30 PM (ZOv7s)

53 Posted by: Lizzy at October 19, 2026 01:25 PM (4KUe5)

Anyone with a D after their name is already telling you they would happily guard the Dachau gates. Most of the voters would too.

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 01:30 PM (C/YEn)

54 47 That William Butler Yeats must have had a crystal ball or something:

"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
...
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity."

Yep.
Posted by: zombie at October 19, 2026 01:29 PM (HD2n/)

*Heard in Ed Harris' voice*

"And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?".

Posted by: Thrawn at October 19, 2026 01:30 PM (oPFtC)

55 I posted this earlier: Slotkin knows exactly what she's doing. She establishing the Dems as the Strong Horse -- nobody wants the risk of being outside of the party that's willing to use violence to advance its program.

I observed this here in 2016 after that goofy MP was shot just prior to the Brexist vote. Some folks were worried that this would galvanize the Remain vote (most of us here were pro-Brexit). I correctly observed that in being seen as using violence, the Exit vote demonstrated raw political power which probably swung the vote toward Brexit (never to be implemented unfortunately).

Trump has gotten better at this in his second term but still has a long way to go toward Machiavellianism. He should never have tolerated Jack Smith continuing to live on this planet.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 19, 2026 01:30 PM (qwx/I)

56 So huge amounts of hate and punishment is being voiced by Demonrats. Especially Women. We should Never let them have any power. If they will do as they say to us, I pity the rest of the world.

Posted by: Kafiroon at October 19, 2026 01:30 PM (bXuWv)

57 52 She's running for president because she can't hold her senate seat. She knows the vote was juiced and that won't happen in 2028, so this is her backup plan to grift and stay relevant.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 01:30 PM (ZOv7s)

=========

She's up again in 2030, I believe.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 01:30 PM (+B3Bm)

58 Per capita, I thin Michigan has to have the vilest, most sub-human pieces of shit politicians in America.

Yeah, Newsome, Pelosi, Hochul.

But Whitmer, Slotkin, Benson, Abdul.
There 's a lot of sub-human crap that floated into office.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 19, 2026 01:30 PM (Sco7b)

59 If I had a magic wand I’d transport her back in time to Treblinka and trade her for a Hasidic woman who would now have 200+ great great grandchildren.
And I’d use her soap to clean my dogs ass

Posted by: Avi at October 19, 2026 01:31 PM (fBZro)

60 will pine for the day when the role of the CIA in international politics was focused on what was good for the Dulles brothers' stock portfolios."

Hey, let's get involved with the French in SE Asia!

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 01:31 PM (pfXMo)

61 Fetterman is no moderate. He just happens to be the only dem left that isn’t openly anti-Semitic.
Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 01:23 PM (2UJ+q)

In a world where "leopards eating people's faces" is the stated goal of both parties asking for my vote, I will consider supporting the candidates that are not Pantera pardus-centered.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 01:28 PM (rbvCR)
_____

"Thanks bro for the shout-out, but I think you mean panthera and not a rocking metal band."

-- Pantera

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 01:31 PM (iFTx/)

62 Kamala will certainly NOT be crazy enough for the dems. They want full socialist crazy.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 01:31 PM (iOpI2)

63 Not every effort by communists ends up leading to communist victory.

The Red Brigade in Italy got outright terroristic in the 70s, going so far as to kidnap and murder the sitting Prime Minister of the nation.

The country did not go communist.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison,



I'm not predicting a communist victory by any means, just the violence that will happen when they try.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at October 19, 2026 01:31 PM (0U5gm)

64 We've reached peak women talking shit without any apparent fear of physical harm coming to them.

That time has come to an end.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 19, 2026 01:31 PM (qwx/I)

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 01:31 PM (iFTx/)

66 Let's just have a split already.
Posted by: Martin Tell at October 19, 2026 01:22 PM (QJwZd)


the only splits that have been successful are the ones sponsored by a third, more powerful country.
China, Russia, maybe the Gulf states paying paying for mercs.

Which one do you suggest you want as an intimate neighbor?

Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 01:32 PM (rbvCR)

67 Slutkin and the other Libs believe the media and the "polls".. They think everyone in the US is with them.... I think they will be surprised...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 19, 2026 01:32 PM (+gK6I)

68 She's up again"

Wide load ahead...

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 01:32 PM (pfXMo)

69 America will never be free until the last Democrat has fled from our soil.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at October 19, 2026 01:32 PM (vSvIl)

70 That idiot Schoen wrote an article on Fox today about how Democrats are going to run the table on the House and Senate. Because Trump is a doodyhead and nobody likes him or something.

They’re once again trying to kill the movement by going after the leader.

Posted by: Vengeance at October 19, 2026 01:32 PM (oSFyF)

71 63
I'm not predicting a communist victory by any means, just the violence that will happen when they try.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at October 19, 2026 01:31 PM (0U5gm)

====

What if 2020 was the peak for American leftist agitation for the generation?

Like 1968 or so was the peak for a couple of generations ago?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 01:32 PM (+B3Bm)

72 29 Let's just have a split already.
Posted by: Martin Tell at October 19, 2026 01:22 PM (QJwZd)
---

Deal! [Smirks, points at guillotine.]

Posted by: Comrade Slotkin at October 19, 2026 01:32 PM (Ovx+P)

73 They were still planning on killing us even without a Trump. In fact they were planning on doing it faster.

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 01:32 PM (C/YEn)

74 The upcoming civil war isn't going to be nearly as much fun as they think it is.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 19, 2026 01:33 PM (aD4fx)

75 But Whitmer, Slotkin, Benson, Abdul.
There 's a lot of sub-human crap that floated into office.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 19, 2026 01:30 PM (Sco7b)
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Abdul hasn't been elected to anything yet. I'm told leading Dems are now urging leaving the Senate blank on their ballot.

Dem Sheriff of Saginaw County just switched parties becaue of El-Sayed. But sure, he's doing great.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 01:33 PM (ZOv7s)

76 One thing to note, Slotkin divorced her husband in 2023 to spend more time with her true love...Ball Park franks.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 01:33 PM (sKqQm)

77 These assholes probably don't even know who Stalin was, and yet they plan to enact Stalinesque policies like it's some brilliant new idea they came up with.

Where have you gone, Joe McCarthy-o?
A nation turns its lonely eyes to you.

Posted by: zombie at October 19, 2026 01:33 PM (HD2n/)

78 75 Abdul hasn't been elected to anything yet. I'm told leading Dems are now urging leaving the Senate blank on their ballot.

Dem Sheriff of Saginaw County just switched parties becaue of El-Sayed. But sure, he's doing great.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 01:33 PM (ZOv7s)

========

Talarico, El-Sayed, and Jackson (ME) losing against "sure thing" Republicans in key Senate races is going to have hilarious side-effects on the left.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 01:33 PM (+B3Bm)

79 "Slotkin, she doth maketh all women appear vile."

-- Lady MacBeth.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 01:33 PM (Ns3kx)

80 I'm too sexy for my cat
Too sexy for my cat
Poor pussy, poor pussycat

Posted by: Elissa Slotkin at October 19, 2026 01:34 PM (wVcYX)

81 Fascists gotta fascist. You have to kill democracy and destroy the Constitution to save it.

Posted by: Indian man in France at October 19, 2026 01:34 PM (l3cgK)

82 Eighteen Days since Ilhan "Omar" Nur was last seen in public.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 19, 2026 01:34 PM (aD4fx)

83 >>That idiot Schoen wrote an article on Fox today about how Democrats are going to run the table on the House and Senate.


Doug Shoen's claim to fame is that he was a Clinton Apparatchik/Pollster.

He's a clown.

Posted by: garrett at October 19, 2026 01:34 PM (GkI/X)

84 Yes, women and only women are saying and doing this stuff.

Y’all truly provide a level of entertainment to me that I honestly don’t think you mean to provide. But I appreciate you!

Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 01:34 PM (2UJ+q)

85 off dot sock

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 01:34 PM (l3cgK)

86 Fetterman is still a far leftwinger.

He's just a 2010 era far leftwinger which means he's moderate by current Dem standards.

This is very similiar to Rowlings being a doctrinaire third gen feminist who just refused to accept 4th generation feminism/trannyism

Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 01:34 PM (sKqQm)

87 Abdul hasn't been elected to anything yet. I'm told leading Dems are now urging leaving the Senate blank on their ballot.

Dem Sheriff of Saginaw County just switched parties becaue of El-Sayed. But sure, he's doing great.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 01:33 PM (ZOv7s)

Caught that late. Thanks.
But the point still stands.
Michigan Dems have some pretty vile, ugly 'things' out there.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 01:34 PM (Sco7b)

88 Not every effort by communists ends up leading to communist victory.
The Red Brigade in Italy got outright terroristic in the 70s, going so far as to kidnap and murder the sitting Prime Minister of the nation.
The country did not go communist.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,


Part of that apparently was ginned up by Italian military forces looking to expand the power of the Italian military in civil affairs under the pressure of "militant communist threats"
According to the people who write about Operation Gladio.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 01:34 PM (rbvCR)

89 We've reached peak stupid people talking shit without getting punched in the face. Hard.

FIFY

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 01:34 PM (pfXMo)

90 I see many Ruby Ridges in our future.
Posted by: zombie

Perhaps. But this time, I think folks in general are much more likely to push back.

To wit: This morning I was shopping downtown (city pop. 13,000). Two young men were walking around with their gf or wives - both were open carrying. No big deal. We 29 year olds generally are concealed around here.

Maybe nothing. Maybe everything.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 19, 2026 01:34 PM (V8Zwm)

91 One thing to note, Slotkin divorced her husband in 2023 to spend more time with her true love...Ball Park franks.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 01:33 PM (sKqQm)

And revolutionary larper fantasies, but mostly . . . .

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 19, 2026 01:34 PM (qAkyd)

92 With CIA analysts like the ones that have surfaced we should not wonder why their analysis has been so suspicious all these years.

Posted by: Reforger at October 19, 2026 01:35 PM (Ae6Br)

93 88
Part of that apparently was ginned up by Italian military forces looking to expand the power of the Italian military in civil affairs under the pressure of "militant communist threats"
According to the people who write about Operation Gladio.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 01:34 PM (rbvCR)

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No such parallels in America!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 01:35 PM (+B3Bm)

94 >>> 82 Eighteen Days since Ilhan "Omar" Nur was last seen in public.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 19, 2026 01:34 PM (aD4fx)

She has a cold!

Posted by: James Talarico, manly Texas man at October 19, 2026 01:35 PM (jb8Ss)

95 I'm still thinking about Jack Smith keeping records of who bought Trump or MAGA paraphernalia.

Holy fucking shit.

I don't think our "youth" have any idea about how egregious that is.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 01:35 PM (iOpI2)

96 Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 01:30 PM (C/YEn)

Not necessarily . Some people are DINOs but haven't voted for them for at least a decade or more. They just never got around to changing their party registration because they were not running for office.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 19, 2026 01:35 PM (JrHfD)

97
Six ways from sunday

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at October 19, 2026 01:35 PM (mmrXZ)

98 11 See this is where Trump won't go far enough because we do need to do this to the left.

One thing I am keeping in mind for the '28 election which of the Republican contenders is most likely to fully engage in the same kind of lawfare the Dems have perfected?
Posted by: 18-1

Court system and selection effects on lawyers are a barrier to doing what the Dems do. GOP judges are not that ideological and tend toward GOPe behavior on the bench. Lawyers, ditto. And the Senate GOPe dominance there constrains who presidents can appoint to the bench.

So we have a rachet.

Best way to fight then is to defund the left and we can do that albeit a lot of people here will be moaning and groaning about it. Destroy the ngos, eliminate tax deductions for any political organization and policy organization, and so on.

Lot less casualties fighting an economic war to destroy the left like defunding graduate education and allowing unis to import students from abroad than street battles.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 01:36 PM (E4rtv)

99 What if 2020 was the peak for American leftist agitation for the generation?

Like 1968 or so was the peak for a couple of generations ago?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison,



I wish it were true, but just listening to them proudly talk about what they want to do to anyone who disagrees leads me to believe they are not done yet.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at October 19, 2026 01:36 PM (0U5gm)

100
I'm not predicting a communist victory by any means, just the violence that will happen when they try.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at October 19, 2026 01:31 PM (0U5gm)
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Counterpoint: Slotkin is talking big because she has nothing else. Her attempt to foment a mutiny fizzled badly, and Trump is now hosing out the officer corps, many of whom self-identified as traitors.

So now she's doing naked threats because threats work on her. She's a very fearful person. Highly insecure. She knows what she's done. And so she things conservatives are just as fearful. But they aren't, and that scares her.

Notice how quickly the Tesla attacks stopped. The left has no stomach for a fight.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 01:36 PM (ZOv7s)

101 89 We've reached peak stupid people talking shit without getting punched in the face. Hard.

FIFY

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 01:34 PM (pfXMo)

Stupidity has no bottom. It's like warp speed hitting infinite (everywhere simultaneously) at Warp 10 on Star Trek later series.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 01:36 PM (l3cgK)

102 Dem Sheriff of Saginaw County just switched parties becaue of El-Sayed. But sure, he's doing great.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 01:33 PM (ZOv7s)

It's not who votes that counts....

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 01:37 PM (C/YEn)

103 Last week, Trump openly mused about going on a massive pardon spree, including a self-pardon near the end of his time in the White House.

"I don't want to see people that work for me go through years of nonsense, hire lawyers and everything else, all for nothing," the president told Newsmax host Rob Finnerty.
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Unfortunately, I don't think waving a pardon around is going to stop the Democrats once they get rolling in their persecutions and prosecutions...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 01:37 PM (FZ29D)

104 Perhaps. But this time, I think folks in general are much more likely to push back.

To wit: This morning I was shopping downtown (city pop. 13,000). Two young men were walking around with their gf or wives - both were open carrying. No big deal. We 29 year olds generally are concealed around here.

Maybe nothing. Maybe everything.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 19, 2026 01:34 PM (V8Zwm)

Big gay fed oppression fun house is closed. Covid moose out front shoulda told ya.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 19, 2026 01:37 PM (qAkyd)

105 Slutkin needs to hurry up with the fatal heart attack or stroke and stop poisoning the minds of the weak.
IMHO Susan Rice is guilty of straight up treason. Fuck her with a roll of rusty barbed wire.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at October 19, 2026 01:37 PM (JNTt1)

106 99 I wish it were true, but just listening to them proudly talk about what they want to do to anyone who disagrees leads me to believe they are not done yet.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at October 19, 2026 01:36 PM (0U5gm)

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The time to have riots is when your opposition is in power.

That's why the left orchestrated the BLM riots in 2020. To paint a picture of chaos that only Democrats could fix. Trump was the source of the problems.

And yet, this year, nothing. Just No Kings protests that are pathetic and small.

The left doing rhetoric is not the same thing as the left sending its footsoldiers to burn down cities with impunity.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 01:37 PM (+B3Bm)

107 He's a clown."

Big feet or Pagliacci?

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 01:37 PM (pfXMo)

108
One thing I am keeping in mind for the '28 election which of the Republican contenders is most likely to fully engage in the same kind of lawfare the Dems have perfected?
Posted by: 18-1

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Start narrowing them down because JD told the new york post that he might step back in 2028 with his four little kids

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at October 19, 2026 01:38 PM (mmrXZ)

109 91 One thing to note, Slotkin divorced her husband in 2023 to spend more time with her true love...Ball Park franks.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 01:33 PM (sKqQm)

And revolutionary larper fantasies, but mostly . . . .

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 19, 2026 01:34 PM (qAkyd)

Ew. Do those hot dogs smell like fish now?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 01:38 PM (l3cgK)

110 The Democrat-Communists will kill millions. So it is written.

Posted by: Full Socialist Jacket at October 19, 2026 01:38 PM (Ovx+P)

111 The Dem Party is now openly embracing their Lindsay Clancy tendencies.

Posted by: Wally at October 19, 2026 01:38 PM (65cLN)

112 Standard procedure.

Dox and character assassination on the Clancy hold-out juror.

Over charge and fabricate charges on Jan. 6th protestors.

(the list is endless).

Intimidation used to influence behavior is a calling card of Progressives. Always has been. Always will be.

Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 01:38 PM (dIske)

113 The US had serious revolutionary crap going on in the late 60s early 70s with bombings and the killing of police. That died out even though the economy sucked under Carter. The US right has gotten more heavily armed and wiser since then. EU should worry, don't think it will be that bad here

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 19, 2026 01:38 PM (vJPf4)

114 Susan Rice kinda looks like Snoopy

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at October 19, 2026 01:39 PM (NtVYv)

115 Purge the Slot

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 19, 2026 01:39 PM (s1VwS)

116 Caught that late. Thanks.
But the point still stands.
Michigan Dems have some pretty vile, ugly 'things' out there.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 01:34 PM (Sco7b)
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Michigan's elections were stolen in 2020 and 2022, and that put a lot of slime balls in power who figured that they could stay there indefinitely.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 01:39 PM (ZOv7s)

117 107 He's a clown."

Big feet or Pagliacci?

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 01:37 PM (pfXMo)

Power of AND

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 01:39 PM (l3cgK)

118 67 Slutkin and the other Libs believe the media and the "polls".. They think everyone in the US is with them.... I think they will be surprised...
Posted by: It's me donna at October 19, 2026 01:32 PM (+gK6I)

The Venn diagram of my interpretation of reality and MSNow's view of reality don't even touch.

Mighty blue wave people. Mighty blue wave...

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 01:39 PM (Sco7b)

119 Not necessarily . Some people are DINOs but haven't voted for them for at least a decade or more. They just never got around to changing their party registration because they were not running for office.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 19, 2026 01:35 PM (JrHfD)

I separated out elected people with a D and the people who vote for them. Your group seems to be neither...

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 01:39 PM (C/YEn)

120 Slutkin is smart enough to know exactly what she is proposing. So take her at her words, and accept no "nuance" or "additional context" from the Propaganda Press. She wants to persecute and imprison Trump supporters, and Rice wants to destroy their economic life.

Together, these people are just a beat short of calling for rounding up the kulaks and opening camps.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 19, 2026 01:39 PM (Lhncr)

121 Start narrowing them down because JD told the new york post that he might step back in 2028 with his four little kids
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone

==

I dont think he runs and truthfully, someone like Rubio would be better imo.

Posted by: Leupold at October 19, 2026 01:40 PM (Htjsj)

122 Slotkin and her acolytes in the CIA certainly have a plan. It'll go off about as well as any of their other color revolutions. Nowhere have they been able to take over and run with any sort of stable government. It most always devolves into civil war or chaos with neither they, nor the public in charge of anything.

Once the public at large writes off the judiciary as just another arm of the left, things will get spicy.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 19, 2026 01:40 PM (RORbl)

123 Michigan's elections were stolen in 2020 and 2022, and that put a lot of slime balls in power who figured that they could stay there indefinitely.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

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If i was going to guess which race will be the biggest diappointment, it will probably be Michigan

Posted by: Leupold at October 19, 2026 01:40 PM (Htjsj)

124 Hurry up bitch, I got a pie in the oven.

Posted by: James Talarico, manly Texas man at October 19, 2026 01:40 PM (jb8Ss)

125 If Jack Smith had done to the Dems what he did -- or attempted to do -- to Trump and MAGA-- Smith would have charged , tried , convicted and doing hard time in Supermax within 6 months. Or less.

Therein is the lesson for the day.
Serve them their just rewards or suffer , GREATLY, for your missed opportunities .
Thank you Susie and Pam and now Todd -- you barely swung ( being gracious here) and you missed. 638 days of Trump II and not one major conspirator , seditionist or traitor charged and convicted.
Now comes pure hell.

Posted by: Beyond Norman Parameters at October 19, 2026 01:41 PM (kQgz5)

126 Off twinkie sock!!!!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 19, 2026 01:41 PM (jb8Ss)

127 120 Slutkin is smart enough to know exactly what she is proposing. So take her at her words, and accept no "nuance" or "additional context" from the Propaganda Press. She wants to persecute and imprison Trump supporters, and Rice wants to destroy their economic life.

Together, these people are just a beat short of calling for rounding up the kulaks and opening camps.
Posted by: Huck Follywood
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I want them to keep talking. Makes target id easier if the balloon goes up. Convicted by their own words.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 01:41 PM (E4rtv)

128 What if 2020 was the peak for American leftist agitation for the generation?
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Why would it be?

They still haven't faced any real consequences for their evil ways.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at October 19, 2026 01:41 PM (vSvIl)

129 I dont think he runs and truthfully, someone like Rubio would be better imo.
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These boots were made for walkin'...

Posted by: Ronnie D at October 19, 2026 01:41 PM (anL5R)

130 122 Slotkin and her acolytes in the CIA certainly have a plan. It'll go off about as well as any of their other color revolutions. Nowhere have they been able to take over and run with any sort of stable government. It most always devolves into civil war or chaos with neither they, nor the public in charge of anything.

Once the public at large writes off the judiciary as just another arm of the left, things will get spicy.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 19, 2026 01:40 PM (RORbl)

The judiciary try to be the prick of the Left, trying to screw over everybody with their unconstitutional judicial edicts...one day they'll find out their the equivalent of the "Team America" asshole.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 01:42 PM (l3cgK)

131
Eighteen Days since Ilhan "Omar" Nur was last seen in public.
Posted by: The ARC of History!

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I saw someone on social media asking who tipped her off about the raid. Reports differ as to whether she and hubby were at home.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at October 19, 2026 01:42 PM (mmrXZ)

132 A lot of people have gotten things wrong over the years, but no one was ever wronger than Francis Fukuyama. He declared that with the fall of the Soviet Union, communism was officially dead, and "liberal democracies" and global peace would become universal henceforth.

Little could he have imagined -- the exact opposite happened. The Soviet Union, it turned out, was (by existing as a negative example) retarding the growth of communist ideation in The West. Now communism is sporeading everywhere, because young people don't see a blatant current example of just how catastrophic it is.

Posted by: zombie at October 19, 2026 01:43 PM (HD2n/)

133 I want them to keep talking. Makes target id easier if the balloon goes up. Convicted by their own words.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 01:41 PM (E4rtv)

And with each ratchet, more people see their true nature and potentially wake up.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 19, 2026 01:43 PM (qAkyd)

134 Eighteen Days since Ilhan "Omar" Nur was last seen in public.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 19, 2026 01:34 PM (aD4fx)
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Has anyone checked the crawlspaces under her houses?

Maybe she'd hiding in a spider-hole like Saddam Hussein.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 01:43 PM (FZ29D)

135 128 What if 2020 was the peak for American leftist agitation for the generation?
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Why would it be?

They still haven't faced any real consequences for their evil ways.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at October 19, 2026 01:41 PM (vSvIl)

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Well, an antifa cell in Texas was indicted, charged, convicted, and sentenced for terrorism with the minimum sentence being 30 years and most of them being over 50 years in federal court.

The fed grant machine seems to have been what funded the 2020 violence, and that's been cut off.

Why hasn't the left risen up in America with riots again this year? To convince the public that Trump is the source of chaos and that Democrats need to be in office to restore order like they did in 2020?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 01:43 PM (+B3Bm)

136 Eighteen Days since Ilhan "Omar" Nur was last seen in public.
Posted by: The ARC of History!

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I saw someone on social media asking who tipped her off about the raid. Reports differ as to whether she and hubby were at home.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone

==

I hope she flees, gives the story legs and hurts Dems across the country.

Its not like that woman will ever go to any real prison.

Posted by: Leupold at October 19, 2026 01:43 PM (Htjsj)

137 95 I'm still thinking about Jack Smith keeping records of who bought Trump or MAGA paraphernalia.


part of me thinks people have already been acting on this information

I think what that CIA stooge was saying is already being done, where possible

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 19, 2026 01:43 PM (qBivk)

138 they're not their...sheesh. My grammar is going the way of my gramma...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 01:43 PM (l3cgK)

139 So did Fast Talking Shorty denounce the Muslim Brotherhood yet?

Posted by: wth at October 19, 2026 01:44 PM (UjdFS)

140
Slotkin gave a commencement address at a MSU graduation some years ago that was so delusional and narcisstic that a stranger seated next to me asked if it was a joke.

She's on Ozempic so actually she's less swine alike than a year ago.

Posted by: Auspex at October 19, 2026 01:44 PM (Y8DZL)

141 Once the public at large writes off the judiciary as just another arm of the left, things will get spicy.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 19, 2026 01:40 PM (RORbl)
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Yes, they don't understand that "frontier justice" can become a thing again.

Something I like to remind people of is that when Michigan was groaning under the lockdown, almost all the cops refused to enforce it. County sheriffs of both parties said "fuck you" to the AG. The reason why the state police had to arrest that barber in Owosso was that the county and city cops said "Hell no."

There's a reason not a single Dem governor has actually deployed the National Guard against the feds. They know the next thing that would happen is their arrest by those same troops after they are federalized.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 01:44 PM (ZOv7s)

142 123 Michigan's elections were stolen in 2020 and 2022, and that put a lot of slime balls in power who figured that they could stay there indefinitely.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

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If i was going to guess which race will be the biggest diappointment, it will probably be Michigan
Posted by: Leupold at October 19, 2026 01:40 PM (Htjsj)

I'm hoping President Trump - battle-hardened version - has put enough pressure, roadblocks, taken away dollars and applied enough pressure other-wise that Detroit's vote totals may be a paltry 99% or so.

We'll see.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 01:44 PM (Sco7b)

143 Ilhan Omar is hiking the Appalachian Trail.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 19, 2026 01:44 PM (jb8Ss)

144 This Slotkunt woman intrigues me.

Posted by: Zombie Josef Stalin at October 19, 2026 01:44 PM (TezPK)

145 The left has no stomach for a fight

It is not the stomach, it is the money I think. And right now the money is focused on Europe.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 01:44 PM (rbvCR)

146 The best thing happening in Michigan is that Dems are revolting against al-Sayed. The black community aren't supporting him and an editorial in the Detroit Free Press by Dem big wigs advised Dems to leave the Senate vote blank in their ballots . Of course the SoS could try and fill in the blanks

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 19, 2026 01:44 PM (vJPf4)

147 I really hate the days when I can see the appeal of the Left's desire to ... forcibly remove... from life... certain government apparatchiks.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 19, 2026 01:44 PM (vJrRc)

148 139 So did Fast Talking Shorty denounce the Muslim Brotherhood yet?
Posted by: wth at October 19, 2026 01:44 PM (UjdFS)

Latest is his SIL was on Obama's terrorist watch list

Posted by: It's me donna at October 19, 2026 01:44 PM (+gK6I)

149 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 01:37 PM (+B3Bm)

Well for one this is not a presidential election year. For two they are way way ahead here. Their plan may not be to duplicate 2020 but to totally out-fag it. Whatever you think the Left has coming it is generally worse. And you don't get to know when until they do it.

I would not put much stock in "well there's no riots this year" as any sort of salve. Also there is riots, they are replaying 2020 as we speak, just not here.

There is much more going on, including the supposed rise of the DSA. Never deal with what you can see the Left doing or not doing. It won't get you far. For all anyone knows it may be as simple as they are concerned Trump has a plan to deal with a repeat of 2020.

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 01:45 PM (C/YEn)

150 132 A lot of people have gotten things wrong over the years, but no one was ever wronger than Francis Fukuyama. He declared that with the fall of the Soviet Union, communism was officially dead, and "liberal democracies" and global peace would become universal henceforth.

Little could he have imagined -- the exact opposite happened. The Soviet Union, it turned out, was (by existing as a negative example) retarding the growth of communist ideation in The West. Now communism is sporeading everywhere, because young people don't see a blatant current example of just how catastrophic it is.

Posted by: zombie at October 19, 2026 01:43 PM (HD2n/)

I disagree, North Korea, Cuba, and Venezuela are still around.

The expansion of communist thought seems to have more to do with the greater availability of college education. Whereas previously communist thought largely existed within elite and aristocratic groups, it is now part of the upbringing of the middle class.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at October 19, 2026 01:45 PM (okun6)

151 144 This Slotkunt woman intrigues me.
Posted by: Zombie Josef Stalin at October 19, 2026 01:44 PM (TezPK)

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lol

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 01:45 PM (iOpI2)

152 There is only one way to deal with people like this and Mencken said it best.

Posted by: Huxley Orwell at October 19, 2026 01:45 PM (j3Fsw)

153 Any Republican not telling you to vote a straight Republican ticket is in agreement with her:

They want you thrown in jail and are happy to help the Democrats do it.

This is not "heated rhetoric."

This is, "the only problem with the J6 prosecutions is we didn't arrest all Republicans."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 19, 2026 01:46 PM (3cUTc)

154 129 I dont think he runs and truthfully, someone like Rubio would be better imo.
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These boots were made for walkin'...
Posted by: Ronnie D

I have DeSantis tabbed as a more likely Cromwell than Rubio. And I am wondering if the sobering reality is why Vance spoke out this week about not necessarily running in 2028.

The info of the globo homo conspiracy being laid bare that Vance is seeing in government may be so bad that he realizes he doesn't have the drive nor stomach for what needs to be done in the short run.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 01:46 PM (E4rtv)

155 146 The best thing happening in Michigan is that Dems are revolting against al-Sayed. The black community aren't supporting him and an editorial in the Detroit Free Press by Dem big wigs advised Dems to leave the Senate vote blank in their ballots . Of course the SoS could try and fill in the blanks
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 19, 2026 01:44 PM (vJPf4)

That is EXACTLY what they'll do...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 19, 2026 01:46 PM (tOcjL)

156 What if 2020 was the peak for American leftist agitation for the generation?
-
Why would it be?

They still haven't faced any real consequences for their evil ways.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at October 19, 2026 01:41 PM (vSvIl)

========

Well, an antifa cell in Texas was indicted, charged, convicted, and sentenced for terrorism with the minimum sentence being 30 years and most of them being over 50 years in federal court.

The fed grant machine seems to have been what funded the 2020 violence, and that's been cut off.

Why hasn't the left risen up in America with riots again this year? To convince the public that Trump is the source of chaos and that Democrats need to be in office to restore order like they did in 2020?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 01:43 PM (+B3Bm)
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"The Feds didn't get me, ha ha!"

-- Flamingly Gay Sandwich-Throwing Creep

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 01:46 PM (iFTx/)

157 Ilhan Omar is hiking the Appalachian Trail.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 19, 2026 01:44 PM (jb8Ss)


If there ever was a time for AI videos of Ilhan Omar screaming like a fishwife and siccing her security on a random reporter in Mombasa, it is now.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 01:47 PM (rbvCR)

158 an editorial in the Detroit Free Press by Dem big wigs advised Dems to leave the Senate vote blank in their ballots . Of course the SoS could try and fill in the blanks

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 19, 2026 01:44 PM (vJPf4)

Yeah a blank ballot in MI is a vote for Sayed. Why not send a message by voting for the other guy? 🤔

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 01:47 PM (C/YEn)

159 I have DeSantis tabbed as a more likely Cromwell than Rubio. And I am wondering if the sobering reality is why Vance spoke out this week about not necessarily running in 2028.


agree whig

no way vance makes that statement if he intends to run. it will be Rubio ... or ... maybe DeSantis gets a role in the admin after his term and he is the chosen one.

either would be fantastic and I think would have the required balls.

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 19, 2026 01:48 PM (qBivk)

160 >>> 137 95 I'm still thinking about Jack Smith keeping records of who bought Trump or MAGA paraphernalia.
==

part of me thinks people have already been acting on this information

I think what that CIA stooge was saying is already being done, where possible
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 19, 2026 01:43 PM (qBivk)

Probably. What's that saying about three felonies a day? or maybe, the IRS audits certain people... or the EPA inspects certain properties for "wetlands"...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 19, 2026 01:48 PM (jb8Ss)

161 146 The best thing happening in Michigan is that Dems are revolting against al-Sayed. The black community aren't supporting him and an editorial in the Detroit Free Press by Dem big wigs advised Dems to leave the Senate vote blank in their ballots . Of course the SoS could try and fill in the blanks

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 19, 2026 01:44 PM (vJPf4)

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Black turnout in key states like MI and OH is noticeably down. It looks like it's already down in TX after half a day (Southern Dallas is very low, especially compared to Northern Dallas).

GA and NC look better for Democrats, but they did just start and both states only had Dem heavy precincts open over the weekend. So, we'll see if they follow similar patterns as OH where Dem turnout seems really good early and dies out faster than the last couple of cycles.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 01:48 PM (+B3Bm)

162 BREAKING: Chris Murphy is also talking about his "2027 Punishment List" once Dems get power...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 19, 2026 01:48 PM (tOcjL)

163 146 The best thing happening in Michigan is that Dems are revolting against al-Sayed. The black community aren't supporting him and an editorial in the Detroit Free Press by Dem big wigs advised Dems to leave the Senate vote blank in their ballots . Of course the SoS could try and fill in the blanks
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 19, 2026 01:44 PM (vJPf4)

We got this.

Posted by: Dominion Voting Systems at October 19, 2026 01:48 PM (N39Ws)

164 Eighteen Days since Ilhan "Omar" Nur was last seen in public.
Posted by: The ARC of History!
.......

There is only 12 days until Halloween.

Posted by: wth at October 19, 2026 01:48 PM (UjdFS)

165 59 If I had a magic wand I’d transport her back in time to Treblinka and trade her for a Hasidic woman who would now have 200+ great great grandchildren.
And I’d use her soap to clean my dogs ass
Posted by: Avi at October 19, 2026 01:31 PM (fBZro)
Perchance do you have a news letter to which I may subscribe?
Shalom, Achi

Posted by: Bonecrusher at October 19, 2026 01:48 PM (JNTt1)

166 Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 01:46 PM (E4rtv)

If you're Vance and running why the HELL would you announce it before its time? Why give the enemy info?

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 01:49 PM (C/YEn)

167 Bring it, motherfuckers. Bring it now while I can still help.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 19, 2026 01:49 PM (AG5Uy)

168 i'll bet the repubs keep the senate, house of reps maybe (depends on who turns out more, us or the shit eating people)

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 19, 2026 01:49 PM (CWTWj)

169 166 Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 01:46 PM (E4rtv)

If you're Vance and running why the HELL would you announce it before its time? Why give the enemy info?

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 01:49 PM (C/YEn)

Misdirection?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 01:50 PM (l3cgK)

170 159 I have DeSantis tabbed as a more likely Cromwell than Rubio. And I am wondering if the sobering reality is why Vance spoke out this week about not necessarily running in 2028.

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Could you explain that a little more? What do you think is happening with the candidates?

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 01:50 PM (iOpI2)

171 Ilhan Omar is marching with the students in Paris.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 19, 2026 01:50 PM (jb8Ss)

172 Notice how they've gone from "persuade the young people" to "intimidate them."

Posted by: pookysgirl, wrestling Lil Pooky for the keyboard at October 19, 2026 01:50 PM (Wt5PA)

173 GA and NC look better for Democrats, but they did just start and both states only had Dem heavy precincts open over the weekend. So, we'll see if they follow similar patterns as OH where Dem turnout seems really good early and dies out faster than the last couple of cycles.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 01:48 PM (+B3Bm)

I see GA and NC as a loss and not too confident of Ohio.... I think the R's keep the Senate by 2 and lose the House by a few.. Of course I have absolutely no idea...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 19, 2026 01:50 PM (+gK6I)

174 171 Ilhan Omar is marching with the students in Paris.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 19, 2026 01:50 PM (jb8Ss)

She's seeing if she can remarry her brother and move to the UK...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 01:50 PM (l3cgK)

175 133 I want them to keep talking. Makes target id easier if the balloon goes up. Convicted by their own words.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 01:41 PM (E4rtv)

And with each ratchet, more people see their true nature and potentially wake up.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder

Easy to see the same runup in time in a radicalization spiral that happened in the 1850's before the ACW and again in the American Revolution or even the English Civil War.

Process took about a decade in each case to kick off.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 01:50 PM (E4rtv)

176 Misdirection?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 01:50 PM (l3cgK)

How would announcing you're running be misdirection if you're running?

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 01:50 PM (C/YEn)

177 176 Misdirection?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 01:50 PM (l3cgK)

How would announcing you're running be misdirection if you're running?

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 01:50 PM (C/YEn)

If you're not...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 01:51 PM (l3cgK)

178 168 i'll bet the repubs keep the senate, house of reps maybe (depends on who turns out more, us or the shit eating people)

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 19, 2026 01:49 PM (CWTWj)

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Dems would never win the Senate this year. Anyone telling you that they had a remote chance were smoking some serious shit.

They'd have to flip 3 senate seats in states that Trump won by double digits.

Do you know how often that happens? A senate seat flips in a state that voted for a presidential candidate of that party by double digits just 2 years before?

It's happened once this century. Tester in 2006 in MT.

Democrats were talking about doing it three times this election (TX, OH, and AK).

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 01:51 PM (+B3Bm)

179 162 BREAKING: Chris Murphy is also talking about his "2027 Punishment List" once Dems get power...
Posted by: Nova Local at October 19, 2026 01:48 PM (tOcjL)

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Normally I would say this is sarcasm, but a precedent has been made and I absolutely believe he would say that.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 01:51 PM (iOpI2)

180 Slotkin would be the She B1tch of Treblinka strutting inside the wire ready to beat anyone down with a riding crop.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 01:51 PM (Ns3kx)

181 139 So did Fast Talking Shorty denounce the Muslim Brotherhood yet?
Posted by: wth at October 19, 2026 01:44 PM (UjdFS)

Latest is his SIL was on Obama's terrorist watch list
Posted by: It's me donna
.......

AWKWARD

Posted by: wth at October 19, 2026 01:51 PM (UjdFS)

182 There is much more going on, including the supposed rise of the DSA.
Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 01:45 PM (C/YEn)
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That's very easy to explain. The Dem leadership is decrepit and has throttled the development and advance of new leadership, while also being transparently corrupt. Think of Bernie's three homes. At the same time, there is a huge cohort of college educated downwardly mobile young people who see no path to the good life they enjoyed growing up.

So this movement - which is not a majority - is winning open primaries with multiple candidates running. El-Sayed would have lost against a single frumpy woman, but two of them split the vote. This is happening all over the place.

Most indicators in Michigan are at variance with the polling. i'm seeing zero dem energy around me. Hardly any canvassers in the neighborhood, not a single yard sign for state legislative offices or even governor. It's very weird.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 01:52 PM (ZOv7s)

183 If you're not...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 01:51 PM (l3cg

"If you're Vance and running why the HELL would you announce it before its time? Why give the enemy info?"

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 01:52 PM (C/YEn)

184 No kings allowed but authoritarian bureaucrats are cool. My guess is Slotkin is only for a surveillance state as long as she’s at the helm. Her skewed view of history is totally predictable given the current state of our politics. Although, I’m unsure if our IC doesn’t create an environment where this kind of stuff is rewarded.

Posted by: Unkaren at October 19, 2026 01:52 PM (m6fGY)

185 Could you explain that a little more? What do you think is happening with the candidates?
Posted by: Seems Legit
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Vance gave an interview a couple of days ago and when asked directly about running in 2028, told the interviewee, anything could happen before then and that Usha was not that happy with the political world plus four young children to consider.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 01:52 PM (E4rtv)

186 Remember:

the ending of USAID didn't just cut of the Democrat Party money laundering, it cut off the CIA's untraceable slush fund to run these color revolutions.
To fund and control these types of elected officials.
Here and abroad.

If you don't think they're pissed and this cunt is serious, you need to check out now because you're not ready for what's coming.

They tried to assassinate Trump.
Multiple times now.
You won't even rate a vague mention in a footnote if they ever get back in power.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 19, 2026 01:52 PM (3cUTc)

187 134 Eighteen Days since Ilhan "Omar" Nur was last seen in public.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 19, 2026 01:34 PM (aD4fx)
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Has anyone checked the crawlspaces under her houses?

Maybe she'd hiding in a spider-hole like Saddam Hussein.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 01:43 PM (FZ29D)

It's Halloween season and I joked about it enough that I feel I should go upstairs and check my bedrooms under the beds.

Snowflake is up there.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 01:52 PM (Sco7b)

188 For my Breaking news on Murphy, see Twitchy - hard to link that here...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 19, 2026 01:53 PM (tOcjL)

189 183 If you're not...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 01:51 PM (l3cg

"If you're Vance and running why the HELL would you announce it before its time? Why give the enemy info?"

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 01:52 PM (C/YEn)

Maybe the assumption of the question is incorrect.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 01:53 PM (l3cgK)

190 I am sticking with my prediction that the Republicans, undeservedly, go +2 in the Senate and +8 in the House.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 19, 2026 01:53 PM (AG5Uy)

191 Sure, but fuck Cynical Publius. He blocked me on X for making a joke when he was crashing out about Big Law.

Posted by: DudeAbiding at October 19, 2026 01:53 PM (setIA)

192 Democrats were talking about doing it three times this election (TX, OH, and AK).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 01:51 PM (+B3Bm)
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I just got a text from Talerico's campaign asking for a dollar. Fantastic organization!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 01:53 PM (ZOv7s)

193
Benson as governor with a State house and Senate in control = Michifornia.

Whitmer is old school moderate by comparison.

Posted by: Auspex at October 19, 2026 01:53 PM (Y8DZL)

194 Oh Lord,

I humbly ask that all the wicked acts these Democrats wish upon their enemies instead fall upon their heads thrice fold.

Amen

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 01:54 PM (Ns3kx)

195 "IF the earth is flat, why does it appear like a ball from space?"

1. Assumption that it's flat is wrong
2. It's all big LIE man, propagated by Big Round Earth!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 01:54 PM (l3cgK)

196 if the dems do take the house, trump should be ready to do a biden and preemptively pardon anyone called before a dem controlled house committee

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 19, 2026 01:54 PM (CWTWj)

197 190 I am sticking with my prediction that the Republicans, undeservedly, go +2 in the Senate and +8 in the House.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 19, 2026 01:53 PM (AG5Uy)

========

Remember, in D+9 2018, Republicans positively netted 2 Senate seats.

Because contested Senate races drive turnout to PVI levels that more closely reflect presidential elections than lower turnout midterms.

Dems never had a chance to win the Senate this year, not with this map and recent electoral history.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 01:54 PM (+B3Bm)

198 Zerohedge has another France post.

Some lady jogging through the smoke.
Everyone acting as if it's normal.
Good luck with that.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 01:54 PM (Sco7b)

199 192 Democrats were talking about doing it three times this election (TX, OH, and AK).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 01:51 PM (+B3Bm)
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I just got a text from Talerico's campaign asking for a dollar. Fantastic organization!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 01:53 PM (ZOv7s)

It's so they can then launder foreign contributions through your info...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 19, 2026 01:54 PM (tOcjL)

200 Maybe the assumption of the question is incorrect.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 01:53 PM (l3cg

My point was his announcement that he might not run doesn't give any useful information because that is announcement one could legitimately make either way.

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 01:55 PM (C/YEn)

201 I have DeSantis tabbed as a more likely Cromwell than Rubio. And I am wondering if the sobering reality is why Vance spoke out this week about not necessarily running in 2028.


agree whig

no way vance makes that statement if he intends to run. it will be Rubio ... or ... maybe DeSantis gets a role in the admin after his term and he is the chosen one.

either would be fantastic and I think would have the required balls.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 19, 2026 01:48 PM (qBivk)
______

The entire video of what JD said in that interview is much vaguer than what is being reported.

He said "of course" there's a chance he won't run, with a smile as if there's always "a chance" of anything happening or not happening. "So you're telling me there's a chance ...."

It seems clear to me that JD was just trying to not sound too eager or arrogant that he will be the 2028 nominee.

I think 99.99% he will be the candidate. Nobody of his age and ambition ever walks away from a chance to be the most powerful and influential person on the planet.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 01:55 PM (iFTx/)

202 Vance gave an interview a couple of days ago and when asked directly about running in 2028, told the interviewee, anything could happen before then and that Usha was not that happy with the political world plus four young children to consider.
Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 01:52 PM (E4rtv)
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It is an honest answer, and while it's strange to us that politicians aren't always fanatically ambitious, it speaks well to his character.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 01:55 PM (ZOv7s)

203 What are the Democrats running on this midterm?

Same thing they have been running on for the last 10 years:
Hatred of Trump and any who voted for him.

And if they win either house of Congress, they will take one lesson:
Unlimited license for retribution, revenge and recriminations.

But sure, that's a small price to pay for a promise to look at ways to consider lowering the price of gasoline in 10 years.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 19, 2026 01:55 PM (3cUTc)

204 192 Democrats were talking about doing it three times this election (TX, OH, and AK).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 01:51 PM (+B3Bm)
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I just got a text from Talerico's campaign asking for a dollar. Fantastic organization!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 01:53 PM (ZOv7s)

=========

More than half of all of Talarico's spending has gone to fundraising. Something like $37 million out of $60 million. They've all but stopped TV ads in Texas because they can't afford it anymore.

So, yes, they send texts to people in MI or NY or CA for money while pretty much writing off the election as a loss.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 01:55 PM (+B3Bm)

205 or the EPA inspects certain properties for "wetlands"...
Posted by: Helena Handbasket


They should inspect themselves. The EPA is busily destroying a perfectly good wetland for their "Contaminated material" dump site up in the Silver Valley.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 19, 2026 01:55 PM (vJrRc)

206 I would be more worried about the goodies Trump is throwing the way to Communists like Putin and Xi than the commies like Slotkin.

But what do I know.

Posted by: Ed Wells at October 19, 2026 01:55 PM (Kp4xx)

207 This Slotkin woman is a bit of a twat, isn't she?

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 01:56 PM (fOTAm)

208 I think 99.99% he will be the candidate. Nobody of his age and ambition ever walks away from a chance to be the most powerful and influential person on the planet.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 01:55 PM (iFTx/)


Agreed

Posted by: It's me donna at October 19, 2026 01:56 PM (+gK6I)

209 re 188: gotta subscribe to read it (vip)

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 19, 2026 01:56 PM (CWTWj)

210 If you're Vance and running why the HELL would you announce it before its time? Why give the enemy info?
Posted by: ...
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To allow others to start the long process in creating campaigns. Cruz is already openly considering running (may be his last chance realistically) and DeSantis is pretty clear about his presidential ambitions. So Vance, being a young guy and a young family may just have decided he doesn't want it right now.

Humans being humans. I certainly would not want to be president myself nor any other elected office. Disliked even being a manager way back. Running things is a lot more difficult than being a sidewalk supervisor and I prefer to run myself and my life over running organizations. Enough for me.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 01:56 PM (E4rtv)

211 They are running on "affordability". It won the focus groups.

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 01:57 PM (C/YEn)

212 I'll take a pardon, if he's handing them out.
---------
I'll take a pardon for a few youthful decisions. And for forgetting something really important on the home calendar that I'm sure I'll forget about at some point.

Posted by: scampydog at October 19, 2026 01:57 PM (2bFN5)

213 I just got a text from Talerico's campaign asking for a dollar. Fantastic organization!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 01:53 PM (ZOv7s)

I saw something on the Twatterverse last week that about half of the funds Talerico "raised" (about 30 million out of 60/70 million) was then used for further fundraising.

Either some campaign managers are making bank or that money's then going to other Dem senate, or other, campaigns.

Posted by: Thrawn at October 19, 2026 01:58 PM (oPFtC)

214 The upcoming civil war isn't going to be nearly as much fun as they think it is.
--
As I've long said:
The left isn't going to like this new paradise they think they are building at all.
And they'll still be blaming people like you and me even as they're being lined up against the wall.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 19, 2026 01:58 PM (3cUTc)

215 I just got a text from Talerico's campaign asking for a dollar. Fantastic organization!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

If you donate, your name and address are used by ActBlue to smurf donations in your name. That is the reason for the dollar donation crap. Plus you get eternal emails and other garbage from all Democrats until Jesus puts a stop to that in his return.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 01:58 PM (E4rtv)

216


That little porker is the heiress to the Ball Park Frank fortune.

Little miss rich girl.

Oh buy she was in Iraq or something.

LOL

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at October 19, 2026 01:58 PM (VuTBl)

217 211 They are running on "affordability". It won the focus groups.

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 01:57 PM (C/YEn)

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It won in focus groups because Democrats were suddenly allowed to notice that things had gotten massively expensive in the last few years and all decided to scream about it.

Polling (spit) shows that it's a driving factor for roughly 30% of the electorate.

You know, partisan Dems who need a reason to scream at Trump because groceries suddenly got more expensive from November 2024 to January 2025.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 01:59 PM (+B3Bm)

218 199 192 Democrats were talking about doing it three times this election (TX, OH, and AK).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 01:51 PM (+B3Bm)
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I just got a text from Talerico's campaign asking for a dollar. Fantastic organization!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 01:53 PM (ZOv7s)

It's so they can then launder foreign contributions through your info...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 19, 2026 01:54 PM (tOcjL)

https://tinyurl.com/4mnbtd2k

Have you contributed? Check the FEC website!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 01:59 PM (l3cgK)

219 I got a fundraising text message from the Talarico campaign - please please please donate.

It got its due attention, especially since I live in NH with a NH cellphone number.

Posted by: Dominion Voting Systems at October 19, 2026 01:59 PM (N39Ws)

220 It is an honest answer, and while it's strange to us that politicians aren't always fanatically ambitious, it speaks well to his character.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 01:55 PM (ZOv7s)

A honest answer from a politician? Don't think so.

Trump is the closest you will get to honesty and even he says most things for a reason. Vance has a reason for his answer.

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 01:59 PM (C/YEn)

221 I'm eager to vote, even though I live in a corrupt Demofascist state.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 19, 2026 01:59 PM (WG540)

222 This Slotkin woman is a bit of a twat, isn't she?
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 01:56 PM (fOTAm)
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That's understating it a bit.

If there were a "twatness" rating for politicians she'd clearly be a 9+...on a logarithmic scale.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 01:59 PM (FZ29D)

223 Black turnout in key states like MI and OH is noticeably down. It looks like it's already down in TX after half a day (Southern Dallas is very low, especially compared to Northern Dallas).

GA and NC look better for Democrats, but they did just start and both states only had Dem heavy precincts open over the weekend. So, we'll see if they follow similar patterns as OH where Dem turnout seems really good early and dies out faster than the last couple of cycles.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
==

You seem to be really optimistic, honestly asking, what are your predictions? Do you think we keep the House? The Senate?

I think both are probably gone, but I tend to be pessimistic.

Posted by: Leupold at October 19, 2026 01:59 PM (Htjsj)

224 Anyone see this last night? Harmeet vs Stahl on 60 Minutes:

https://tinyurl.com/mudf7wtf

Posted by: beckster at October 19, 2026 02:00 PM (kX27y)

225 More than half of all of Talarico's spending has gone to fundraising. Something like $37 million out of $60 million. They've all but stopped TV ads in Texas because they can't afford it anymore.
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But he has billboards up all over the place. I passed dozens on the way to the MoMe and back.

Posted by: lin-duh at October 19, 2026 02:00 PM (VCgbV)

226 213 Either some campaign managers are making bank or that money's then going to other Dem senate, or other, campaigns.

Posted by: Thrawn at October 19, 2026 01:58 PM (oPFtC)

========

Every Democrat Senate campaign in Texas is a money laundering scheme.

No one serious who works for these orgs think that Talarico has a chance, or Allred, or Beto, or whomever will be next.

But they also know that CA progressives will write six figure checks out of Hollywood on the dream that it'll happen.

Once that last part stops, then Blexas dies.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 02:00 PM (+B3Bm)

227 14 I am amused that every "moderate" Democrat the media pumps up is a fascist at heart...
Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 01:24 PM (sKqQm)
********
It's not funny anymore, it's frightening how radical these "so-called" moderates have become.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 19, 2026 02:00 PM (NpAcC)

228 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 01:59 PM (+B3Bm)

Democrats have no intention of making anything affordable ever again. But it sounds good.

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 02:00 PM (C/YEn)

229 Zerohedge has another France post.

Some lady jogging through the smoke.
Everyone acting as if it's normal.
Good luck with that.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 01:54 PM (Sco7b)

Normalcy bias is a powerful thing. Not just among commenters here, but remember when we invaded Iraq, and motorists would honk their horns at our tanks in Baghdad because they wanted to get to work?

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at October 19, 2026 02:00 PM (vSvIl)

230 Here’s why I think they ask for $1, and this is a guess: Act Blue has been caught laundering huge campaign donations, some from overseas. They break up these huge donors into small dollar donations placed across hundreds of other donors accounts. If you donate $1 then you have to create an Act Blue account, which they can then use to process many other donations in your name.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 19, 2026 02:01 PM (4KUe5)

231 They've all but stopped TV ads in Texas because they can't afford it anymore.

This does not match my experience. I see 5 pro-Talarico or anti-Paxton ads for every 1 pro-Paxton or anti-Talarico ad on TV in the Houston area.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 19, 2026 02:01 PM (xEhzD)

232 Watching a France 24 "debate" about the Communist/Islamic insurrection. The panel uniformly is seeing the insurrection as exuberant social unrest and a need for France to do better towards its "immigrants". Geezh.

JD Vance's European speech and Marco Rubio's Athens speech which outlined what is at stake for Western Civilization completely went over the heads of the Europeans. Perversely, it seems the enemies of Western Civilization got the message clearly and are using the content of those speeches as a how to guide to tear apart Europe.

Slotkin's call to remove all opponents of the Left from having a political voice echoes the the cancer that's currently consuming Europe.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My president has convictions. at October 19, 2026 02:01 PM (lQntB)

233 I see lots of people saying, "She's a big meanie," but no one saying, "Assassinate the bitch."

Posted by: Ken at October 19, 2026 02:02 PM (/EAfd)

234 I think 99.99% he will be the candidate. Nobody of his age and ambition ever walks away from a chance to be the most powerful and influential person on the planet.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 01:55 PM (iFTx/)


He is a team player, and loyal.
I could see him giving a sigh of relief and taking Secretary of War if there is a more certain candidate for example.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 02:02 PM (rbvCR)

235 You seem to be really optimistic, honestly asking, what are your predictions? Do you think we keep the House? The Senate?

I think both are probably gone, but I tend to be pessimistic.
Posted by: Leupold at October 19, 2026 01:59 PM (Htjsj)

Given the pickups due to red state redistricting I think we have a good shot.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 02:02 PM (uhVAy)

236 I think both are probably gone, but I tend to be pessimistic.
Posted by: Leupold at October 19, 2026 01:59 PM (Htjsj)
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How do they gain the Senate when they lose a seat in Michigan? Show me the math.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 02:02 PM (ZOv7s)

237 223 You seem to be really optimistic, honestly asking, what are your predictions? Do you think we keep the House? The Senate?

I think both are probably gone, but I tend to be pessimistic.

Posted by: Leupold at October 19, 2026 01:59 PM (Htjsj)

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I've said it more than once, but Dems barely take the House (majority of 5-10), and roughly an even break in the Senate (I have hope for Whatley in NC, but early voting doesn't look good, but El-Sayed should lose in MI).

Turnout differential favors out of power parties. Not even Obama's team, who were the best of the best, could reverse it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 02:02 PM (+B3Bm)

238 I would be more worried about the goodies Trump is throwing the way to Communists like Putin and Xi than the commies like Slotkin.

But what do I know.
Posted by: Ed Wells at October 19, 2026 01:55 PM (Kp4xx)

Neither Putin nor Xi are Communists, never before seen commenter.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 02:03 PM (wSl27)

239 I think 99.99% he will be the candidate. Nobody of his age and ambition ever walks away from a chance to be the most powerful and influential person on the planet.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

I think that reflects more on your take from your life experiences than him. Some people dream of power and glory or being rich. Others don't.

Until FDR, people abided by the voluntary two term limit and some like James K. Polk only ran for one term and left office after. Others declined to run for shoe in reelections as governors, senators, etc.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:03 PM (E4rtv)

240 im literally a fascist and dont realize it

Posted by: Paul at October 19, 2026 02:03 PM (lYfsf)

241 231 They've all but stopped TV ads in Texas because they can't afford it anymore.

This does not match my experience. I see 5 pro-Talarico or anti-Paxton ads for every 1 pro-Paxton or anti-Talarico ad on TV in the Houston area.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 19, 2026 02:01 PM (xEhzD)

========

Ads secured months ago in the bluest part of the state?

As opposed to trying to get Democrats in San Antonio out?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 02:03 PM (+B3Bm)

242 That's understating it a bit.

If there were a "twatness" rating for politicians she'd clearly be a 9+...on a logarithmic scale.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 01:59 PM (FZ29D)
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It's like the Richter Scale...but for twats!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 19, 2026 02:03 PM (amcLV)

243 re 226: gop establishment often makes me think that fundraising is more important than winning

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 19, 2026 02:04 PM (CWTWj)

244 Here’s why I think they ask for $1, and this is a guess: Act Blue has been caught laundering huge campaign donations, some from overseas. They break up these huge donors into small dollar donations placed across hundreds of other donors accounts. If you donate $1 then you have to create an Act Blue account, which they can then use to process many other donations in your name.
Posted by: Lizzy at October 19, 2026 02:01 PM (4KUe5)

Its a certainty. They need your name and info on the books for dumping funds. But also, the total amount of funds is also way down for them.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 02:04 PM (uhVAy)

245 If you donate, your name and address are used by ActBlue to smurf donations in your name. That is the reason for the dollar donation crap. Plus you get eternal emails and other garbage from all Democrats until Jesus puts a stop to that in his return.
Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 01:58 PM (E4rtv)


Whatever happened to the ActBlue investigation? They had record breaking "fundraising" last quarter. I thought they were under indictment for fraud?

Posted by: Ann at October 19, 2026 02:04 PM (SHHm+)

246 224 Anyone see this last night? Harmeet vs Stahl on 60 Minutes:

https://tinyurl.com/mudf7wtf

Posted by: beckster at October 19, 2026 02:00 PM (kX27y)

Stahl: "Some people say the whole point is to sow mistrust..."

Riiiight. Because actual citizens are afraid of being deported by ICE. And honest single-voting citizens are afraid of being caught voting multiple times in an election. Lying bitch.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 02:04 PM (l3cgK)

247 But what do I know.
Posted by: Ed Wells at October 19, 2026 01:55 PM (Kp4xx)

Not much.

Posted by: Ann at October 19, 2026 02:05 PM (SHHm+)

248
It's 25 years after 9/11. If you have doubts about voting for a Muslim whose immediate family has overtly supported the Muslim Brotherhood, you are a bigot.

The Muslim Challenge has lasted waayyyy longer than BLM. It's lasting longer than tranny rights.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 19, 2026 02:05 PM (mmrXZ)

249 Given the pickups due to red state redistricting I think we have a good shot.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 02:02 PM (uhVAy)
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Yes, that's a big deal, and so is candidate quality. They are trying to flip House districts with nitwits who live in their parents' basements. The weirdo running in my district is on tape bragging that "As bad as things are now, if I win, I promise you, I will make them much, much worse."

I don't see that appealing to swing voters.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 02:05 PM (ZOv7s)

250 Everyone knows if Vance runs he gets the nomination.
Why would he telegraph it so far in advance? It would be a,very dumb strategy to give them two full years to plan with any kind of certainty or to put an even bigger target on his head.

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 02:05 PM (C/YEn)

251 The Muslim Challenge has lasted waayyyy longer than BLM. It's lasting longer than tranny rights.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 19, 2026 02:05 PM (mmrXZ)
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I mean, it's been going on for almost 1,500 years.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 02:06 PM (ZOv7s)

252 The Ukes flew drones over Lithuania and Latvia and hit oil facilities outside St Petersburg over the weekend. Those two countries are in NATO and as far as I know didn't protest. The EU is really pushing for WWIII

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 19, 2026 02:06 PM (vJPf4)

253 At a certain point with this it will make sense for Trump not to leave the office at the expiration of his term. They're talking what they purport to dread into existence. Violence becomes inevitable.

Posted by: Alec Leamas at October 19, 2026 02:06 PM (ssz2a)

254 You want Right Wing Death Squads?

This is perfect formulation to create & empower them.

Posted by: CPT Charles at October 19, 2026 02:06 PM (XjTSo)

255 The Muslim Challenge has lasted waayyyy longer than BLM. It's lasting longer than tranny rights.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 19, 2026 02:05 PM (mmrXZ)
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Tide Pod Challenge >>> Muslim Challenge

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 19, 2026 02:07 PM (amcLV)

256 But he has billboards up all over the place. I passed dozens on the way to the MoMe and back.
Posted by: lin-duh
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Ad buys are generally done well in advance and probably done when the campaign was flush with cash. Like hotel reservations, ad rates soar as you get closer to the election and availability shrinks. Easier to do now to pivot to streaming channels rather than broadcast but it is still an issue.

One of the problems for a late starting campaign is ad placement is more restricted and more costly for a campaign that suddenly is in a competitive race.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:07 PM (E4rtv)

257 242 That's understating it a bit.

If there were a "twatness" rating for politicians she'd clearly be a 9+...on a logarithmic scale.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 01:59 PM (FZ29D)
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It's like the Richter Scale...but for twats!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 19, 2026 02:03 PM (amcLV)

Moment Magnitude. Get with the times!

Posted by: Katy Padilla at October 19, 2026 02:07 PM (l3cgK)

258 Whatever happened to the ActBlue investigation? They had record breaking "fundraising" last quarter. I thought they were under indictment for fraud?
Posted by: Ann at October 19, 2026 02:04 PM (SHHm+)
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I'm sure it is still ongoing and a lot of the money is being tracked.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 02:08 PM (ZOv7s)

259 Violence is always an option.

- Islam, BLM, Antifa

Posted by: Darth Randall at October 19, 2026 02:08 PM (gyXw2)

260 259 Violence is always an option.

- Islam, BLM, Antifa

Posted by: Darth Randall at October 19, 2026 02:08 PM (gyXw2)

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I was thinking that this post was about Vance before I got to the end.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 02:08 PM (+B3Bm)

261 Whatever happened to the ActBlue investigation? They had record breaking "fundraising" last quarter. I thought they were under indictment for fraud?
Posted by: Ann
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They are under investigation by multiple jurisdictions but as always, you have to prove it in a jurisdiction willing to convict Democrats.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:08 PM (E4rtv)

262 "Democrat Michigan Senator Elissa Slotkin: We Must Relentlessly Prosecute Trump Personnel So That Young People Are Too Scared to Join the Conservative Movement"


So basically she is rooting for a hitler youth movement in the schools.


Good to know.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 19, 2026 02:08 PM (I43vL)

263 252 The Ukes flew drones over Lithuania and Latvia and hit oil facilities outside St Petersburg over the weekend. Those two countries are in NATO and as far as I know didn't protest. The EU is really pushing for WWIII

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 19, 2026 02:06 PM (vJPf4)

World War One Hundred and Eleven?

Posted by: Ill-Han Omar at October 19, 2026 02:08 PM (l3cgK)

264 Stahl: "Some people say the whole point is to sow mistrust..."

Riiiight. Because actual citizens are afraid of being deported by ICE. And honest single-voting citizens are afraid of being caught voting multiple times in an election. Lying bitch.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 02:04 PM (l3cgK)

"Sow mistrust"?
We are way beyond that stupid.
This is the "Reaping the Harvest" phase.

Posted by: Reforger at October 19, 2026 02:08 PM (Ae6Br)

265 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 02:08 PM (ZOv7s)

I hope so.

Posted by: Ann at October 19, 2026 02:08 PM (SHHm+)

266 I think 99.99% he will be the candidate. Nobody of his age and ambition ever walks away from a chance to be the most powerful and influential person on the planet.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

I think that reflects more on your take from your life experiences than him. Some people dream of power and glory or being rich. Others don't.

Until FDR, people abided by the voluntary two term limit and some like James K. Polk only ran for one term and left office after. Others declined to run for shoe in reelections as governors, senators, etc.
Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:03 PM (E4rtv)
_______

So the guy makes piles of money, writes a book, runs for Senate, then VP, but somehow at the precipice of attaining the ultimate OG prize of all prizes, he suddenly decides that this life isn't for him?

Yea okay. You go ahead and bet that way. I'm taking the stone-cold lock that he's running in 2028.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 02:08 PM (iFTx/)

267 The Ukes flew drones over Lithuania and Latvia and hit oil facilities outside St Petersburg over the weekend. Those two countries are in NATO and as far as I know didn't protest. The EU is really pushing for WWIII
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 19, 2026 02:06 PM (vJPf4)

Do those countries have the capacity to interdict Uke drones, even assuming they wanted to?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 02:09 PM (wSl27)

268 But he has billboards up all over the place. I passed dozens on the way to the MoMe and back.
Posted by: lin-duh


I saw one coming into S Dallas from Corsicana.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 19, 2026 02:09 PM (cH+HD)

269 The Muslim Challenge has lasted waayyyy longer than BLM. It's lasting longer than tranny rights.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 19, 2026 02:05 PM (mmrXZ)
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Tide Pod Challenge >>> Muslim Challenge
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 19, 2026 02:07 PM (amcLV)
________

"What about meeeeeee?"

-- Door Kick Challenge

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 02:10 PM (iFTx/)

270 If Democrats take the House and GOP keeps the Senate, the Congress will do nothing at all. I sort of think many Americans on both sides of the political divide think that;s a great outcome. I, on the other hand, advocate voting straight GOP (even for suck-ass butt-wipe Republicans) because I want to empower Trump as much as is possible, to keep the border closed, to clean up government, to improve the military, and to renegotiate foreign relationships.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 19, 2026 02:10 PM (6kVJR)

271
That little porker is the heiress to the Ball Park Frank fortune.

That little porker got her own jet airplane.
That little porker is a millionaire.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 19, 2026 02:10 PM (Cqx++)

272 266 So the guy makes piles of money, writes a book, runs for Senate, then VP, but somehow at the precipice of attaining the ultimate OG prize of all prizes, he suddenly decides that this life isn't for him?

Yea okay. You go ahead and bet that way. I'm taking the stone-cold lock that he's running in 2028.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 02:08 PM (iFTx/)

=========

Just about the only person in the last generation who had a really serious shot at the presidency who didn't go for it was Biden in 2016.

"I just won't run for it," is very, very rare for established political names who get talked about for the nomination years ahead of time.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 02:10 PM (+B3Bm)

273 268 But he has billboards up all over the place. I passed dozens on the way to the MoMe and back.
Posted by: lin-duh


I saw one coming into S Dallas from Corsicana.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 19, 2026 02:09 PM (cH+HD)

Does Buc-ees have more billboards in Texas?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 02:10 PM (l3cgK)

274 267 The Ukes flew drones over Lithuania and Latvia and hit oil facilities outside St Petersburg over the weekend. Those two countries are in NATO and as far as I know didn't protest. The EU is really pushing for WWIII
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 19, 2026 02:06 PM (vJPf4)

Do those countries have the capacity to interdict Uke drones, even assuming they wanted to?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 02:09 PM (wSl27)

A protest over the use of their airspace would give them some plausible deniability.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at October 19, 2026 02:10 PM (okun6)

275 Yes, that's a big deal, and so is candidate quality. They are trying to flip House districts with nitwits who live in their parents' basements. The weirdo running in my district is on tape bragging that "As bad as things are now, if I win, I promise you, I will make them much, much worse."

I don't see that appealing to swing voters.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

That is the problem. Democrats tend to run everywhere and not be strategic candidates, GOP candidates have traditionally run when they have a good chance so the average GOP candidate usually has a better resume than a Democrat on average. Selection bias.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:10 PM (E4rtv)

276 268 But he has billboards up all over the place. I passed dozens on the way to the MoMe and back.
Posted by: lin-duh


I saw one coming into S Dallas from Corsicana.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 19, 2026 02:09 PM (cH+HD)

Is his picture on it because if so I think he's wasted his money

Posted by: It's me donna at October 19, 2026 02:10 PM (+gK6I)

277 There's an advantage to being untethered to OTA and cable TV.... none of the constant horseshit about Democrat gains in polling.

People keep thinking that everyone online is always telling the truth because their arguments are so... neatly encapsulated.

Being cynical isn't necessarily bad at, and during, elections.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 19, 2026 02:11 PM (RORbl)

278 274 267 The Ukes flew drones over Lithuania and Latvia and hit oil facilities outside St Petersburg over the weekend. Those two countries are in NATO and as far as I know didn't protest. The EU is really pushing for WWIII
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 19, 2026 02:06 PM (vJPf4)

Do those countries have the capacity to interdict Uke drones, even assuming they wanted to?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 02:09 PM (wSl27)

A protest over the use of their airspace would give them some plausible deniability.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at October 19, 2026 02:10 PM (okun6)

Write Ukraine a sternly worded letter.

Posted by: Hans Blix at October 19, 2026 02:11 PM (l3cgK)

279 Do unto others first, that they be too weak to do unto you.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 19, 2026 02:12 PM (88C+u)

280 270 If Democrats take the House and GOP keeps the Senate, the Congress will do nothing at all. I sort of think many Americans on both sides of the political divide think that;s a great outcome. I, on the other hand, advocate voting straight GOP (even for suck-ass butt-wipe Republicans) because I want to empower Trump as much as is possible, to keep the border closed, to clean up government, to improve the military, and to renegotiate foreign relationships.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 19, 2026 02:10 PM (6kVJR)

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OBBB fully funded and appropriated ICE and DHS through 2028.

The deportation machine will go through the end of Trump's term at least.

And the MIC isn't going to let a slim House Democrat majority threaten Lockheed Martin's stock price.

2026 is shockingly unimportant in recent American history, but keeping the Senate to keep appointees going (this Congress has approved more political appointees than any previous president for decades because of the bulk confirmation effort Thune put together) will be good.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 02:12 PM (+B3Bm)

281 Does Buc-ees have more billboards in Texas?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)


Yes. I passed two Buc-ee's with about five signs between them and one more advertising one I never got close to.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 19, 2026 02:12 PM (cH+HD)

282 Just about the only person in the last generation who had a really serious shot at the presidency who didn't go for it was Biden in 2016.

"I just won't run for it," is very, very rare for established political names who get talked about for the nomination years ahead of time.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Rare but does happen. And Biden did not run because Obama indicated he would support Hillary over him. That is the wild card floating around here and may also be part of Vance's thinking.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:13 PM (E4rtv)

283 That little porker is the heiress to the Ball Park Frank fortune.

That little porker got her own jet airplane.
That little porker is a millionaire.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
.......

How long do I have to stay married to her to take half her stuff?

Posted by: wth at October 19, 2026 02:13 PM (UjdFS)

284 I saw one coming into S Dallas from Corsicana.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 19, 2026 02:09 PM (cH+HD)

I saw one or two Talafreako ads on electronic billboards, but only ONE yard sign, in front of a run-down dump by the freeway overpass across from Buc-Ees in Ennis.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 02:13 PM (wSl27)

285 Is his picture on it because if so I think he's wasted his money
Posted by: It's me donna


Yes. And he definitely wasted it on that billboard in South Oak Cliff.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 19, 2026 02:13 PM (cH+HD)

286 So the guy makes piles of money, writes a book, runs for Senate, then VP, but somehow at the precipice of attaining the ultimate OG prize of all prizes, he suddenly decides that this life isn't for him?

Yea okay. You go ahead and bet that way. I'm taking the stone-cold lock that he's running in 2028.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 02:08 PM (iFTx/)

=========

Just about the only person in the last generation who had a really serious shot at the presidency who didn't go for it was Biden in 2016.

"I just won't run for it," is very, very rare for established political names who get talked about for the nomination years ahead of time.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 02:10 PM (+B3Bm)
________

Yup. And nobody including Obama wanted Biden to run. It was Hillary's "turn."

Plus, what is any chance that he's not running based on? Some offhand comment he made in an interview (see my comment above) that's been misleadingly reported? I mean, come on now.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 02:14 PM (iFTx/)

287 282 Rare but does happen. And Biden did not run because Obama indicated he would support Hillary over him. That is the wild card floating around here and may also be part of Vance's thinking.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:13 PM (E4rtv)

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99/100, you're going to be right saying, "This person who is an obvious front runner is going to run."

Could Vance be the 1/100? Sure.

Is he going to be? 99/100, no.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 02:14 PM (+B3Bm)

288 i would be ok with this: vance succeeds trump as pres, keeps marco as sec of state and has desantis as atty gen. marco succeeds vance as pres, keeps desantis as atty gen or maybe sec of war. good to have a line up for the future

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 19, 2026 02:14 PM (CWTWj)

289 That is the problem. Democrats tend to run everywhere and not be strategic candidates, GOP candidates have traditionally run when they have a good chance so the average GOP candidate usually has a better resume than a Democrat on average. Selection bias.
Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:10 PM (E4rtv)
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The Dems were very good at candidate selection in 2018, choosing lots of military veterans without any sort of voting record and winning swing districts. But they then voted like maniacs, and many got bounced.

Now the DSA has short-circuited the selection process, while the GOP has cleaned up its act. The first-wave MAGA types were often clownishly bad, and we suffered. The GOPe also worked to undermine them, but those guys are mostly gone now, and so we're getting better quality candidates.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 02:14 PM (ZOv7s)

290 241 231 They've all but stopped TV ads in Texas because they can't afford it anymore.

This does not match my experience. I see 5 pro-Talarico or anti-Paxton ads for every 1 pro-Paxton or anti-Talarico ad on TV in the Houston area.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 19, 2026 02:01 PM (xEhzD)

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Ads secured months ago in the bluest part of the state?

As opposed to trying to get Democrats in San Antonio out?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 02:03 PM (+B3Bm)

In 2024, Bexar County (San Antonio) was slightly bluer than Harris County (Houston) as between Trump and Harris.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 19, 2026 02:14 PM (xEhzD)

291 That little porker is the heiress to the Ball Park Frank fortune.

That little porker got her own jet airplane.
That little porker is a millionaire.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
.......

How long do I have to stay married to her to take half her stuff?
Posted by: wth


You married to her? Never.
Her married to you? Two days and she can relieve you of half your stuff.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 19, 2026 02:15 PM (cH+HD)

292 290
In 2024, Bexar County (San Antonio) was slightly bluer than Harris County (Houston) as between Trump and Harris.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 19, 2026 02:14 PM (xEhzD)

========

Talarico's base is Austin and Houston, not Bexar. That's where the donations in state are coming from.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 02:15 PM (+B3Bm)

293 so Slotkin is another new baby Communist.
Sure, she did the CIA thing, that’s original, but otherwise, how predictable.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 19, 2026 02:15 PM (4KUe5)

294 Just about the only person in the last generation who had a really serious shot at the presidency who didn't go for it was Biden in 2016.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 02:14 PM (iFTx/)
---
Colin Powell.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 02:15 PM (ZOv7s)

295 Slotkin is an evil CIA stooge. Knew her cousin who confirmed as much. Total POS

Posted by: Evilissa Slotkin is a golem at October 19, 2026 02:16 PM (nWpYW)

296
Just about the only person in the last generation who had a really serious shot at the presidency who didn't go for it was Biden in 2016.

"I just won't run for it," is very, very rare for established political names who get talked about for the nomination years ahead of time.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

====

He maybe wasn't interested in getting suicided

Posted by: 2009Refugee at October 19, 2026 02:16 PM (ogpy/)

297

Elon Musk on Monday announced he plans to give every child in America one share in his aerospace and AI company SpaceX next year, shortly after he criticized rival Anthropic’s plan to pledge 5% of its shares to a public benefit fund and urged the company to distribute its shares directly to the public.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 19, 2026 02:16 PM (Cqx++)

298 Mentioning Hillary always brings a smile to my face because I picture that bitch losing her mind on election night, screaming, "it was MY turn!!!."

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 02:16 PM (iOpI2)

299 someone should put talareeko billboards with a pic of alfred e newman

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 19, 2026 02:18 PM (CWTWj)

300 "BREAKING: Chris Murphy is also talking about his "2027 Punishment List" once Dems get power...
Posted by: Nova Local"


This is going to be the next "thing" Dem politicians are expected to do to satisfy their rabid base.

Posted by: Ripley at October 19, 2026 02:18 PM (GUOwU)

301
The best part of waking up... 🎵

Is Hillary lost to Trump.

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 02:19 PM (C/YEn)

302 Speaking of commies...

@rawsalerts 1h
🚨#BREAKING: Unconfirmed reports claim Kim Jong Un may have "secretly died" in China.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 19, 2026 02:19 PM (nEUC6)

303 254 You want Right Wing Death Squads?

This is perfect formulation to create & empower them.
Posted by: CPT Charles at October 19, 2026 02:06 PM (XjTSo)


I think in High school we watched the Jack Lemmon movie Missing where his son dissapears in Chile, I remember how outraged I was that the son was killed, THEN i got older and read about Chile and found out that the Son was a Commie went down there to help other commie's. Sorry he got what he deserved.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at October 19, 2026 02:19 PM (KuoIB)

304 re 298: and throwing wine bottles at bill

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 19, 2026 02:19 PM (CWTWj)

305 Now the DSA has short-circuited the selection process, while the GOP has cleaned up its act. The first-wave MAGA types were often clownishly bad, and we suffered. The GOPe also worked to undermine them, but those guys are mostly gone now, and so we're getting better quality candidates.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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I am talking beyond a particular election cycle. Used to do research on congressional primaries regarding candidate efficiency at converting resources into votes. Part of that was candidate quality which you used either the jacobson measure which was dichotomous and the Krasno Greene measure which had a ordinal point scale. The Jacobson measure is just whether they held prior political office or not. The Krasno Greene got into what type of office, etc.

Quality GOP candidates would also not run when the tide was against their party except in safe seats. Don't see the same behavior by Dems. In fact, I think some of the eternal Dem candidates rely on that for a 'job' and winning is just a bonus.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:19 PM (E4rtv)

306 "That little porker is the heiress to the Ball Park Frank fortune."

Well, I guess I won't be buying Ball Park franks again.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 19, 2026 02:19 PM (JrHfD)

307 Mentioning Hillary always brings a smile to my face because I picture that bitch losing her mind on election night, screaming, "it was MY turn!!!."
Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 02:16 PM (iOpI2)
________

And all her loathsome supporters who were dead-bang sure she would win.

If Trump never did anything else after that night that was worth a quirt of piss, I will forever be ecstatically grateful that he harpooned the harpy that night.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 02:19 PM (iFTx/)

308 The best part of waking up... 🎵

Is Hillary lost to Trump.
Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 02:19 PM (C/YEn)
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Certainly made my day.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 19, 2026 02:19 PM (amcLV)

309 Elon Musk on Monday announced he plans to give every child in America one share in his aerospace and AI company SpaceX next year, shortly after he criticized rival Anthropic’s plan to pledge 5% of its shares to a public benefit fund and urged the company to distribute its shares directly to the public.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 19, 2026 02:16 PM (Cqx++)
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This is the origin story of CHOAM isn't it? Elon's going to found the Navigators Guild too, isn't he?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 02:20 PM (ZOv7s)

310 302 Speaking of commies...

@rawsalerts 1h
🚨#BREAKING: Unconfirmed reports claim Kim Jong Un may have "secretly died" in China.
Posted by: weft cut-loop
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Xi wanted a change. We shall see if Sister Kim becomes head honcho.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:20 PM (E4rtv)

311 @298 I always picture Bubba trying to comfort Hildabeast on election night 2016. All the while trying not to laugh his ass off

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 19, 2026 02:20 PM (vJPf4)

312 Well, I guess I won't be buying Ball Park franks again.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 19, 2026 02:19 PM (JrHfD)
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That's OK. They suck, anyway.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 19, 2026 02:20 PM (amcLV)

313 Posted by: Lizzy at October 19, 2026 01:25 PM (4KUe5)

Anyone with a D after their name is already telling you they would happily guard the Dachau gates. Most of the voters would too.
Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 01:30 PM (C/YEn)

problem for them is they aren't qualified to do that job. They'd have to hire our side to do it for them.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 02:21 PM (uhVAy)

314 Xi wanted a change. We shall see if Sister Kim becomes head honcho.
Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:20 PM (E4rtv)

Probably be more of the same with her...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 19, 2026 02:21 PM (+gK6I)

315 Quality GOP candidates would also not run when the tide was against their party except in safe seats. Don't see the same behavior by Dems. In fact, I think some of the eternal Dem candidates rely on that for a 'job' and winning is just a bonus.
Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:19 PM (E4rtv)
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El-Sayed very much does not want to win. He has had many chances to tack to the center and build bridges in Detroit, and he won't. He's building a brand.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 02:21 PM (ZOv7s)

316 @rawsalerts 1h
🚨#BREAKING: Unconfirmed reports claim Kim Jong Un may have "secretly died" in China.

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Is this news? Should this be reported? Could be true.

Unconfirmed
claim
secretly died
in China

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 02:21 PM (iOpI2)

317 302 Speaking of commies...

@rawsalerts 1h
🚨#BREAKING: Unconfirmed reports claim Kim Jong Un may have "secretly died" in China.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 19, 2026 02:19 PM (nEUC6)

Wouldn't that mean his sister takes power?

Posted by: Thrawn at October 19, 2026 02:21 PM (oPFtC)

318 Interesting

X Money sent you $5 Oct 18

I guess I should thank my 3 followers.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 19, 2026 02:21 PM (AG5Uy)

319 @rawsalerts 1h
🚨#BREAKING: Unconfirmed reports claim Kim Jong Un may have "secretly died" in China.
Posted by: weft cut-loop
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Old and busted: public funeral

New hotness: secret death

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 19, 2026 02:22 PM (amcLV)

320 Nude Ilhan Omar

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 02:22 PM (iFTx/)

321 They aren't after me. They are after you.

I'm just standing in the way.

-Donald J. Trump

Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 02:22 PM (viF8m)

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