THE MORNING RANT: Public Radio is Being Squeezed Thanks to Trump Defunding the Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Before Donald Trump defunded the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (“CPB” in July 2025, Republicans had long argued for doing just that. Most of them were lying to get our votes, of course, and given the chance to do so, they never did. Republican Representative Paul Ryan famously advocated for gutting CPB funding…until Ryan became Speaker of the House and had control of the purse strings. Suddenly he determined that defunding CPB represented only negligible federal spending, or that it would consume too much political capital, or some other lie as he rubbed his betrayal in our faces.

Defunding public broadcasting is yet another of the innumerable acts that Donald Trump did after decades of surrender-cons (e.g. the legacy GOP) claiming it couldn’t be done.

NPR has long argued that it only gets a nominal amount of its funding from taxpayers. In this NPR from April 2023, in which it was reporting on itself, NPR falsely claimed that less than 1% of its funding comes federal sources. But as The Hill reported in a piece a few weeks later, a great deal of NPR’s funding comes from local public stations, who historically received much of their funding from federal spending.

In other words, the money flow was: Taxpayers → Federal Government → CPB → local stations → NPR.

More specifically, the money that flows from local public radio stations to NPR buys ~~propaganda~~ programming such as “All Things Considered” and “Morning ~~Sedition~~ Edition.” In recent years, NPR has been collecting about $230 million per year from local stations.

Thanks to the defunding of CPB, local stations are staring at a budget crisis, and they are going to have start taking drastic actions to reduce expenses – actions such as terminating NPR programming. This following story about the public radio station in Chattanooga is not an isolated occurrence. WUTC lost $126k of annually recurring federal subsidization, which amounted to about 20% of its annual budget.

“WUTC hopes high-dollar donors will step forward to help close $89K shortfall” [Chattanooga Times Free Press – 10/15/2026]

Chattanooga’s public radio station is looking to make up an approximately $89,000 shortfall or it will have to potentially consider cutting programming or other services, according to station leadership.

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“I would say funding is what keeps me up at night,” general manager Susan Lazenby said Thursday. “I think we have a lot of positive things going on at the station, but without the federal support, it makes it really complicated to pay bills.”
The financial pressures date to July 2025, when Congress approved President Donald Trump’s request to cut $1.1 billion in previously approved funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which distributed federal funds to public radio and broadcasting stations nationwide.
For the local affiliate, this amounts to approximately $126,000 in annual revenue that is gone, Lazenby said, and it’s not clear if or when it’s coming back. That equates to 20% of the organization’s total annual budget, she said.

I am not going to do a grave dance, because I am still greatly saddened by the loss of what public radio once was in the days before it sold its soul (and much of its programming time) to NPR.

After I graduated from college in the 1980s, the local public radio station was probably my most-listened to station. It was a companion that provided locally-produced shows featuring music that none of the commercial stations played. There were local DJs who hosted eclectic shows full of new-to-me music, especially acoustic, folk, bluegrass, classical and blues. Some DJs would have music from all those genres in the same show! I was a loyal donor for many years, but the expanding NPR lineup and its left-wing programming was like a cancer chewing up the station’s airtime.

My last check payable to the local public radio station was in the late 1990s, shortly before my favorite Saturday morning acoustic music show was replaced by a smug, know-it-all, NPR show titled “Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me.” Around the same time, I tuned in one July 4th morning, only to hear NPR airing a show about how awful and racist the U.S. is, and how July 4 is such a difficult day for enlightened Americans.

I don’t know if public radio could have survived long-term in the internet era, but by attaching itself to the radical leftists at NPR, it certainly hastened its own demise.

Thanks again to Donald Trump and the current Republican Congress for defunding NPR by defunding the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

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My Appearance on American Spectator’s “Continuing Crisis” Podcast

A subject I have written about several times here at Ace of Spades HQ is how Democrat partisans are pumping money into prediction markets to produce more favorable published probabilities for their candidates. That money isn’t an investment – it’s a campaign contribution.

Melissa Mackenzie and Scott McKay kindly invited me to come on their podcast at The American Spectator to talk about this subject, as well as other topics related to next week’s elections. Here is a link to the podcast which went up yesterday. I’d be honored if you’d give it a listen.

It was a privilege joining Melissa Mackenzie & Scott McKay on The Continuing Crisis (American Spectator) podcast today. We discussed how prediction markets are being used to influence voter sentiment rather than to gauge it, along with other election-related topics. @MelissaTweets @TheHayride
— Buck Throckmorton (@BuckThrockmort) October 29, 2026

[buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at 11:00 AM

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 11:00 AM (ccf/V)

2 Bold, Buck. Very bold.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 11:00 AM (ccf/V)

3 Off to lum NOOD.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 11:00 AM (ccf/V)

4 While commenting, I also won a team-building virtual contest at work.

And it wasn't even close.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 11:00 AM (xjopy)

5 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 30, 2026 11:01 AM (NcvvS)

6 Buck, fresh off an Ace Training Course on HTML tags, attempted a thread post......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 11:02 AM (ccf/V)

7 Does this mean no more tote bags?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 30, 2026 11:02 AM (4Je4D)

8 You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door. There is a small mailbox here.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 30, 2026 11:02 AM (88C+u)

9 I'm going to boldly say, sell adds.

Posted by: Reforger at October 30, 2026 11:02 AM (Ae6Br)

10 Nooded.
Posted by: Nazdar at October 30, 2026 11:01 AM (NcvvS)

*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 11:02 AM (ccf/V)

11 I had it on good info, they didn't need the federal subsidies that much.

Instead PBS and NPR took all of our tax money to promote progressive worldview and politics.

Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 11:02 AM (Fi81e)

12 Bold no more. Sad.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 30, 2026 11:03 AM (RORbl)

13 won a team-building virtual contest at work.
And it wasn't even close.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 11:00 AM (xjopy)

Great. Now we can count on more angry trolls.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 30, 2026 11:03 AM (88C+u)

14 How will you knuckle-dragging half-wite peons in Flyover country know what to think unless I tell you???

Posted by: I'm Korva Coleman, and this is NPR News at October 30, 2026 11:03 AM (brIJB)

15 This is a lie. I was told NPR got practically none of their funding from the taxpayers.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now at October 30, 2026 11:03 AM (ndZc7)

16 13 won a team-building virtual contest at work.
And it wasn't even close.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 11:00 AM (xjopy)

Great. Now we can count on more angry trolls.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 30, 2026 11:03 AM (88C+u)

===

I've never denied the charge of being one myself.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 11:03 AM (xjopy)

17 Thank you Buck.

Making me sad about public radio. Very nice job.
Let's do the CBC next. Nah...

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 30, 2026 11:03 AM (Sco7b)

18 Ray Kroc's widow left their entire McDonald's fortune to NPR. They didn't even skip one fundraising season.

Make do with the pile of money you are sitting on, NPR!

Posted by: Lizzy at October 30, 2026 11:03 AM (rOKnE)

19 15 This is a lie. I was told NPR got practically none of their funding from the taxpayers.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now at October 30, 2026 11:03 AM (ndZc7)

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"Why do you even care about cutting the funding it won't do anything. Also, we will murder you if you try to cut the funding."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 11:04 AM (xjopy)

20 >>Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 11:02 AM (ccf/V)

*fistbump*

Posted by: Nazdar at October 30, 2026 11:04 AM (NcvvS)

21 “I would say funding is what keeps me up at night,” general manager Susan Lazenby said Thursday. “I think we have a lot of positive things going on at the station, but without the federal support, it makes it really complicated to pay bills.”

If the people won't directly fund you, you're likely not worth squat, so piss off.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 11:04 AM (ccf/V)

22 The shark should've killed this guy just for wearing Crocs.

https://x.com/Breaking911/status/2116182644035625124

Posted by: Mark1971 at October 30, 2026 11:04 AM (/OKHJ)

23 Just five dollars a day will keep Nina Totenberg on the air. Won't you please help?

Posted by: Sally Struthers at October 30, 2026 11:05 AM (4Je4D)

24 >>“I would say funding is what keeps me up at night,” general manager Susan Lazenby said Thursday. “I think we have a lot of positive things going on at the station, but without the federal support, it makes it really complicated to pay bills.”

Old and busted: You're silly to suggest defunding PBS/NPR, as federal funding is, like, 2% of it's budget!

New Hotness: We cannot survive without it!!

Posted by: Lizzy at October 30, 2026 11:05 AM (rOKnE)

25 We discussed how prediction markets are being used to influence voter sentiment rather than to gauge it
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Almost anybody could have felt that in the wind.

Progressives use words and communication to make you do something.

Others you words and communication to report state.

Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 11:05 AM (Fi81e)

26 All liberal radio fails. Always has. Always will.

Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 11:05 AM (Ti9vn)

27 Radio still exists?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 11:05 AM (iFTx/)

28 >>Democrat partisans are pumping money into prediction markets to produce more favorable published probabilities for their candidates. That money isn’t an investment – it’s a campaign contribution.

Exactly. It's campaign advertising in a different format.

Governments around the world have been using psyops for decades to influence outcomes. Because it works.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 11:06 AM (viF8m)

29 I'm feeling very, you know,......bold today.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 30, 2026 11:06 AM (g8Ew8)

30 Government radio and television was always a bullshit idea. The potential for abuse is inherent, as any idiot should know. Die, NPR, die, in fiery wreckage.

Posted by: tubal at October 30, 2026 11:07 AM (Gqar8)

31 27 Radio still exists?
Posted by: Elric The Blade

Touching from a distance, further all the time.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 30, 2026 11:07 AM (88C+u)

32 general manager Susan Lazenby"

No relation to George?...

Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 11:07 AM (ADOtk)

33 The shark should've killed this guy just for wearing Crocs.

https://x.com/Breaking911/status/2116182644035625124
Posted by: Mark1971 at October 30, 2026 11:04 AM (/OKHJ)

Kayak fishing in the ocean = Future Darwin Award winner

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 11:07 AM (ccf/V)

34 I am not going to do a grave dance, because I am still greatly saddened by the loss of what public radio once was in the days before it sold its soul (and much of its programming time) to NPR.

That's RINO talk, right there. I don't usually say this to another guy, but please come join me on the dance floor.

Seriously, the local NPR station is classical, and it's excellent, and if they hadn't lied to me about their funding, and if they had something, ANYTHING, that remotely resembled something that wasn't far left (see, we can play that game too), I might have supported them. They didn't, so I don't.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 30, 2026 11:08 AM (Riz8t)

35 25 Almost anybody could have felt that in the wind.

Progressives use words and communication to make you do something.

Others you words and communication to report state.

Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 11:05 AM (Fi81e)

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I still maintain it's just about making money, that no one in power thinks these things actually influence people anymore.

Fundraising from polls and odds. And then just direct gambling manipulation on the odds.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 11:08 AM (xjopy)

36 No more Cookie Monster umbrellas.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 11:08 AM (8B4gm)

37 Does this mean no more tote bags?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 30, 2026 11:02 AM (4Je4D)
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Once they clear out the rainbow Che Guevara batch.

Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 11:08 AM (Fi81e)

38 Doesn't help public radio that podcasts exist. Radio station talk shows are dinosaurs.

I love that Howard Stern shat on podcasting when it first started and said it was a passing fad with no money potential.

Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 11:08 AM (Ti9vn)

39 Radio still exists?"

Sure. It's called wifi...

Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 11:08 AM (ADOtk)

40 I just don't understand how other radio stations survive without federal funding.

It's a mystery.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 11:08 AM (ccf/V)

41 27 Radio still exists?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 11:05 AM (iFTx/)

It does. But the kind of radio I listen to is my local station, when I drive around. It is shamelessly profit driven, as it should be.

Posted by: tubal at October 30, 2026 11:08 AM (Gqar8)

42 Now we'll get to the bottom of this!

Hillary Clinton Joins Push for Investigations Targeting Trump and His Supporters

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now at October 30, 2026 11:09 AM (ndZc7)

43 I love that Howard Stern shat on podcasting when it first started and said it was a passing fad with no money potential.
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 11:08 AM (Ti9vn)

Well, he's a mentally retarded vaxxed and boosted asshole, so.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 11:09 AM (ccf/V)

44 The shark should've killed this guy just for wearing Crocs.

https://x.com/Breaking911/status/2116182644035625124
Posted by: Mark1971 at October 30, 2026 11:04 AM (/OKHJ)

Always have orcas on speed-dial.

Posted by: far cry at October 30, 2026 11:09 AM (wXgT/)

45 All this because of Viewers Like You.

Posted by: Don Black at October 30, 2026 11:09 AM (ZxPkt)

46 I still maintain it's just about making money, that no one in power thinks these things actually influence people anymore.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 11:08 AM (xjopy)
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It keeps their ideological captives captive.

Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 11:10 AM (Fi81e)

47 I saw my high school playing a football game broadcast on NPR recently. During the inevitable drubbing, I saw an ad for a bar downtown that's been there forever. I kind of laughed in nostalgic reverie and then it hit me. NPR is running ads, as they should be. I still haven't figured out how a bar should be advertising on a high school game. Seemed sketchy, but I don't expect NPR to disappear, just move out of Mom and Dad's house and pay for yourself.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 30, 2026 11:10 AM (r7+Q7)

48 Watched the Korean movie HOPE last night. I liked it, I say it was slow and too slow to show the monster, the action was good and it was funny at times. I didn't know that Korean's had Red Necks.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at October 30, 2026 11:10 AM (ubCxQ)

49 Does this mean no more tote bags?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 30, 2026 11:02 AM (4Je4D)
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Once they clear out the rainbow Che Guevara batch.

I've heard they have a big delivery of tranny Muslim bags coming in.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 30, 2026 11:10 AM (Riz8t)

50 46 I still maintain it's just about making money, that no one in power thinks these things actually influence people anymore.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 11:08 AM (xjopy)
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It keeps their ideological captives captive.

Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 11:10 AM (Fi81e)

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And then, when the polling fails, the ideological captives do their own work to justify it. Because ideological captives do their own work to justify clinging to their ideologies.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 11:10 AM (xjopy)

51 29 I'm feeling very, you know,......bold today.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 30, 2026 11:06 AM (g8Ew

Sadly, we went limp quickly..

It's not radio, but public television does occasionally have stuff I like. My Mom did buy a few things from the Detroit station.

I still get the occasional fundraising mail. In Canada!!??

I have a video of Tom Lehrer in concert on the DVR. I should watch that today. Break day....

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 30, 2026 11:10 AM (Sco7b)

52 43 I love that Howard Stern shat on podcasting when it first started and said it was a passing fad with no money potential.
Posted by: polynikes at October 30, 2026 11:08 AM (Ti9vn)

Well, he's a mentally retarded vaxxed and boosted asshole, so.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 11:09 AM (ccf/V)

Always an unappealing creature, he has now morphed into a freakish thing, barely holding on to human status.

Posted by: tubal at October 30, 2026 11:11 AM (Gqar8)

53 >>Kayak fishing in the ocean = Future Darwin Award winner

Quite popular around here.

Fun fact. Sharks don't actually jump into your boat to eat you. Often.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 11:11 AM (viF8m)

54 This is a lie. I was told NPR got practically none of their funding from the taxpayers.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now at October 30, 2026 11:03 AM (ndZc7)

Huh. That's what the commentary stated.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at October 30, 2026 11:12 AM (hmYU4)

55 No more Cookie Monster umbrellas.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 11:08 AM (8B4gm)
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Henson's CTW was a whole different deal. Children's Television Workshop made beaucoup on merch.

Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 11:12 AM (Fi81e)

56 42 Now we'll get to the bottom of this!

Hillary Clinton Joins Push for Investigations Targeting Trump and His Supporters
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now at October 30, 2026 11:09 AM (ndZc7)

That UTSA bitch has evolved my thinking on political killings.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 30, 2026 11:12 AM (Sco7b)

57 I didn't know that Korean's had Red Necks."

Every culture does...

Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 11:12 AM (ADOtk)

58 All Things Considered, they could use some Fresh Air in their Day to Day programming.

They should Consider This, especially with the negative Throughline, but. . Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me -- they refuse to change!

Posted by: Lizzy at October 30, 2026 11:13 AM (rOKnE)

59 57 I didn't know that Korean's had Red Necks."

Every culture does...

Posted by: man at October 30, 2026 11:12 AM (ADOtk)

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Vatican rednecks, man.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 11:13 AM (xjopy)

60 As a kid, I found the fundraising nights on the nearest PBS station (WNED Buffalo) strangely entertaining.

Posted by: far cry at October 30, 2026 11:13 AM (wXgT/)

61 I still maintain it's just about making money, that no one in power thinks these things actually influence people anymore.

Fundraising from polls and odds. And then just direct gambling manipulation on the odds.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 11:08 AM (xjopy)

Except they do influence people. You see it here. It's a demoralization game. And it has gone on for months. Russia was similar. They need narrative and they needed us to be fearful rather than celebratory that Trump had beat their ass. That's why when Mueller finally "came" it was a big nothing that didn't matter. Because it didn't matter. The op did a lot of its job.

That is influence even if it doesn't impact voting (although logically it would). Even demoralizing their own people is useful "influence" too, even if it's not GOTV. Keeping their people spun up further demoralizes the country. As we see daily.

Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 11:13 AM (I+a8W)

62 Still thinking about the “ best campaign button “ comment from the last thread. Brutal, harsh, really good.

Posted by: tubal at October 30, 2026 11:13 AM (Gqar8)

63 I might even have considered sending money to the local NPR station if they had admitted their previous error and pledged to do better. However, their new CEO, Katherine Maher, insisted they had no political pov. Sorry, but if you're going to piss on my leg and tell me it's raining, NO BUCKS FOR YOU!

Posted by: Archimedes at October 30, 2026 11:13 AM (Riz8t)

64 Our state has a public radio that does its own shows and journalism, but piggybacks on the larger NPR lineup. They do a good job, probably all liberal too but they focus on community and especially rural and public land needs. Universal concerns regardless of party.

I want NPR to get hit hard, unless they back off all the commie woke stuff and just get back to neutral reporting. I hate that state public radio channels are probably suffering for the sins of NPR. But it is what it is.

Posted by: LizLem at October 30, 2026 11:13 AM (tn9Xx)

65 The shark should've killed this guy just for wearing Crocs.

https://x.com/Breaking911/status/2116182644035625124
Posted by: Mark1971 at October 30, 2026 11:04 AM (/OKHJ)
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Sharks and other dangerous ocean predators are all around out there. You rarely see them. But they are there. I saw a documentary on sharks that had overhead video of numerous beaches filled with people, and sharks were circling underneath or alongside. Scary, but that's the nature of the beast.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 11:13 AM (iFTx/)

66 The left hates us forever, they do.

Posted by: Eromero at October 30, 2026 11:14 AM (1Zpx7)

67 U.S. Army Pacific Preparing for China to Attempt Military Invasion of Taiwan Next Year

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Dependent, of course, on whether the Democrats win the midterms.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now at October 30, 2026 11:14 AM (ndZc7)

68 Also as I have noted many times noisy polls obscures the phony election activities. Accurate polling could give data that helps expose the fraud, if not at least see where the questions definitely are.

Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 11:14 AM (I+a8W)

69 I was going to mention Joan Kroc. I don't know about the whole fortune, but she did give them $500 million. If they had invested that money in index funds, there would be billions now.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 30, 2026 11:14 AM (LOvBA)

70 >>Hillary Clinton Joins Push for Investigations Targeting Trump and His Supporters

"publicly joins," right?

I'd imagine she's up to her eyeballs in all this coup stuff behind the scenes.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 30, 2026 11:14 AM (rOKnE)

71 Sorry, more precisely UTSA bitch Isa Casahuga has evolved my thinking on political killings.

Dot com if you want to see the website.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 30, 2026 11:15 AM (Sco7b)

72 More specifically, the money that flows from local public radio stations to NPR buys ~~propaganda~~ programming such as “All Things Considered” and “Morning ~~Sedition~~ Edition.”
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Is there a reason you crossed out the more correct word?

Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 11:15 AM (Fi81e)

73 >>>I didn't know that Korean's had Red Necks.

https://youtu.be/01pece95W8Q

Posted by: Mark1971 at October 30, 2026 11:15 AM (/OKHJ)

74 >>Also as I have noted many times noisy polls obscures the phony election activities. Accurate polling could give data that helps expose the fraud, if not at least see where the questions definitely are.

BINGO

Posted by: Lizzy at October 30, 2026 11:15 AM (rOKnE)

75 >>It keeps their ideological captives captive.

Not a day has gone by since they started publishing midterm polls that there hasn't been dozens of discussions here about them. Some insist they portend the end of the world. Some argue they are meaningless.

Saying they have no impact is silly. They continue to publish them because they work on a lot of people. Not everyone cares about politics like we do.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 11:15 AM (viF8m)

76 This is a lie. I was told NPR got practically none of their funding from the taxpayers.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now at October 30, 2026 11:03 AM (ndZc7)

Huh. That's what the commentary stated.

Your point?

Posted by: Archimedes at October 30, 2026 11:15 AM (Riz8t)

77 61
Except they do influence people. You see it here. It's a demoralization game. And it has gone on for months. Russia was similar. They need narrative and they needed us to be fearful rather than celebratory that Trump had beat their ass. That's why when Mueller finally "came" it was a big nothing that didn't matter. Because it didn't matter. The op did a lot of its job.

That is influence even if it doesn't impact voting (although logically it would). Even demoralizing their own people is useful "influence" too, even if it's not GOTV. Keeping their people spun up further demoralizes the country. As we see daily.

Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 11:13 AM (I+a8W)

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"I'm nervous about the election," is one thing.

"It's lost, I'm not even going to vote," is another. That's the manipulation that matters. And if this stuff worked, Trump wouldn't have won Iowa by 13 points in 2024. Selzer said Kamala was winning.

In fact, I bet there's more evidence that bad polling actually motivates in the wrong direction than the "depress the other side" thing people assume.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 11:15 AM (xjopy)

78 How will you knuckle-dragging half-wite peons in Flyover country know what to think unless I tell you???
Posted by: I'm Korva Coleman, and this is NPR News at October 30, 2026 11:03 AM (brIJB)
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Been doin' just fine not even knowing who you are, much less listen to your propaganda.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 30, 2026 11:16 AM (6ZFFR)

79 "We're going after them, and they'll have no place to hide, because they are fascists!" -- Democratic Party.

Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 11:16 AM (Fi81e)

80 Hillary Clinton Joins Push for Investigations Targeting Trump and His Supporters
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now at October 30, 2026 11:09 AM (ndZc7)

This is a projection of strength. From a party that once again, got its ass beat.

Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 11:16 AM (I+a8W)

81 >>>I tuned in one July 4th morning, only to hear NPR airing a show about how awful and racist the U.S. is, and how July 4 is such a difficult day for enlightened Americans.

Truly awful.

Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 11:16 AM (odBC9)

82
When appealing to the public, NPR says federal funding is negligible.

When appealing to Congress, NPR says public contributions are negligible.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2026 11:17 AM (eRlcH)

83 Vatican rednecks, man.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 11:13 AM (xjopy)
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One Crazy Summer had Nantucket Island rednecks.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 30, 2026 11:17 AM (brIJB)

84 i took alias' advice and started eating shit pebbles

Posted by: Paul at October 30, 2026 11:17 AM (S1fAj)

85 U.S. Army Pacific Preparing for China to Attempt Military Invasion of Taiwan Next Year

Yesss. Yesssssssss! Do it!

Posted by: Sharks in the Taiwan Strait at October 30, 2026 11:18 AM (Riz8t)

86 Is it too general a statement to say that we’ll win some and lose some this election cycle? It’s my usual mindset about elections, and keeps me from getting the daily vapors over the matter.

Posted by: tubal at October 30, 2026 11:18 AM (Gqar8)

87 If you're in the ocean, you are not on top of the food chain.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 11:18 AM (8B4gm)

88 86 Is it too general a statement to say that we’ll win some and lose some this election cycle? It’s my usual mindset about elections, and keeps me from getting the daily vapors over the matter.

Posted by: tubal at October 30, 2026 11:18 AM (Gqar

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We will lose everything because the Senate didn't pass the SAVE Act.

435 Democrats in the House.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 11:19 AM (xjopy)

89 Man, Paul isn't even trying anymore. That was just lame. Soros isn't getting his money's worth.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 30, 2026 11:19 AM (Riz8t)

90
I actually did contribute to WGUC in Cincinnati after they offloaded all the dreary NPR stuff onto the Xavier University station and went full classical music.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 30, 2026 11:19 AM (eRlcH)

91 The shark should've killed this guy just for wearing Crocs.

https://x.com/Breaking911/status/2116182644035625124
Posted by: Mark1971 at October 30, 2026 11:04 AM (/OKHJ)

Kayak fishing in the ocean = Future Darwin Award winner
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 11:07 AM (ccf/V)
_______

It's a real thing. Not really a "kayak" (you can see it's pedal-powered in the vid) but more like a small personal boat. Wouldn't be my thing because (i) I'm not a fishing guy and (ii) when I do fish, I need space to drink beer and smoke cigars.

But I do kayak whenever I have a chance. It's fun and a good workout.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 11:19 AM (iFTx/)

92 To replace a lot of the former NPR political nabobs, I'd recommend Peter Robinson on Uncommon Knowledge at the Hoover Institution online. He's great.

Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 11:19 AM (odBC9)

93 During Golf War I, I tuned into the NPR morning show, as I sometime did.

They had this story about a "smart bomb" dropped on Iraq, only the ending of this story was it was a REAL "smart bomb" and after landing in Iraq didn't want to kill anybody.

Can you really say that wasn't claptrap for the left?

Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 11:20 AM (Fi81e)

94
Always an unappealing creature, he has now morphed into a freakish thing, barely holding on to human status.
Posted by: tubal at October 30, 2026 11:11 AM

Has he completed the Maddow transition yet?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 11:20 AM (ccf/V)

95 Every pledge drive, they told me that they needed my money because government funding was only a small part of their funding. So I don't get why losing that tiny part would be such a problem. I mean, unless they were lying to me or something. Nahhhh...

Posted by: Oddbob at October 30, 2026 11:20 AM (vTZFs)

96 Amazing news was posted by Beckster in a thread last night, about the Red Baron delivery guy harrassed at a store by a dumb streamer and went nuclear on him.

Guy is not only NOT going to be fired by Red Baron, as I feared, but they implied on social media he is a lock for employee of the month.

Love to see it! Might have to buy some red baron, even though I actually like making my own pizza dough and making pizza at home now. Want to support a company that actually read the room correctly. Loyalty to your employees, not the influencer scum! It's a nice white pill to start the weekend.

https://tinyurl.com/4ken

Posted by: LizLem at October 30, 2026 11:20 AM (tn9Xx)

97 If you're in the ocean, you are not on top of the food chain.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 30, 2026 11:18 AM (8B4gm)

What if you're in an Ohio-class boomer?

Posted by: far cry at October 30, 2026 11:20 AM (wXgT/)

98 >>Sharks and other dangerous ocean predators are all around out there. You rarely see them. But they are there. I saw a documentary on sharks that had overhead video of numerous beaches filled with people, and sharks were circling underneath or alongside. Scary, but that's the nature of the beast.

After Jaws was released beaches around here were very quiet. It was stunning how many people refused to go in the water because a shark might eat them at any moment.

Sharks aren't that scary when you don't do stupid things. So don't do stupid things.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 11:21 AM (viF8m)

99 “WUTC hopes high-dollar donors will step forward to help close $89K shortfall”

First Point: "Hope" is not a plan.

Second Point: Under DSA, there is no such thing as "high dollar donors" because all will be subject to incarceration, underwriting their perpetual criminal defense costs, and outright theft through newly imposed "Wealth Taxes". (formerly known as "Plunder")

Third Point: OTA is dead. Investment in controlling the algorithms to point to obscure influencers who shape their opinions and principals from who is the highest bidder, that is where the money is.

FUD has been fully monetized and runs on cruise control due to amoral people who will slit their own throat for clicks and quick monetization and izzat.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 30, 2026 11:21 AM (9Hs2w)

100 Is it too general a statement to say that we’ll win some and lose some this election cycle? It’s my usual mindset about elections, and keeps me from getting the daily vapors over the matter.

Posted by: tubal at October 30, 2026 11:18 AM (Gqar

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I didn't get a Harumph out that guy!

Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 11:21 AM (Fi81e)

101 On the prediction market angle, why can't some enterprising conservatives take those lopsided bets and make some easy money?

Posted by: Sharpie at October 30, 2026 11:21 AM (OUr07)

102 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 11:15 AM (xjopy)

James people aren't just "nervous about the election", they are making themselves sick over it. Over something that HAS NOT happened.

Yes we care a lot but we are the warriors and passionate recruiters. It helps the Left to fuck our heads over. To keep us from sounding happy and like the side that should be joined. Hell, to keep us arguing rather than coming together.

Things are a lot more complicated than "this doesn't make more people vote differently". The war we are in is mental, physical, electoral and spiritual.

Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 11:21 AM (I+a8W)

103 Local public radio contributed to the suicide of a man I knew. He was a deranged liberal sure, the husband of a co-worker of mine. January 20, 2026, the date of the second Bush Inauguration. In a local State Park, he shotgunned his brains out. I went to pick up the car after the deed, big pool of blood behind it. (Thank the Lord he didn't do it inside the car). When I turned the key, NPR came on, playing the dirgiest, requiem type classical music you can imagine. I left it on the whole way back and found out they had been doing it all day. They stink on ice.

Posted by: Hairy Home Companion at October 30, 2026 11:21 AM (EdP2u)

104 61 I still maintain it's just about making money, that no one in power thinks these things actually influence people anymore.

Fundraising from polls and odds. And then just direct gambling manipulation on the odds.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Grifters that are political consultants nowadays benefit from what you said but also they have no problem demoralizing the electorate too. GOPe long used negative ads to basically repulse less partisan people from voting with the idea of reducing elections to base voters only.

GOPe has lost power to MAGA which emphasizes voter mobilization but has a higher number of low propensity voters since Trump won the first time in 2016. So now the Democrat strategy has become trying to keep the unwashed low propensity masses discouraged from voting. Democrats are relying on their increasingly radical base voters and gimmedat coalition rather than trying to broaden their appeal anymore.

GOP has become the big tent party instead to the dismay of GOPe pols longing for the good ole bygone days of Bushworld.

Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 11:22 AM (E4rtv)

105 From your lips to God's ears.

Nicki Minaj Calls NY Gov. Kathy Hochul “Evil Woman” Who “Will Not Escape God’s Wrath”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now at October 30, 2026 11:22 AM (ndZc7)

106 I think Polymarkets are just any other gambling scam. They do nothing to gauge voter sentiment, but do make money for the operators of the markets.

I'm not entirely sure how much of that actually goes to any given candidate. If any at all.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 30, 2026 11:22 AM (RORbl)

107 Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me is indeed smug audio cancer.

Posted by: Clay at October 30, 2026 11:22 AM (QNt1k)

108 On the prediction market angle, why can't some enterprising conservatives take those lopsided bets and make some easy money?

Posted by: Sharpie at October 30, 2026 11:21 AM (OUr07)

In case they cheat. Which they do.

Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 11:22 AM (I+a8W)

109 But the kind of radio I listen to is my local station, when I drive around. It is shamelessly profit driven, as it should be.
Posted by: tubal

WMAL in DC has waaaaay too many ads. A lot of conservative talk-radio stations do. I've read that's because Rush used to charge a lot for his show.

Turn on WMAL at any random moment, and chances are you'll get an ad.

Posted by: Bulg at October 30, 2026 11:22 AM (77rzZ)

110 106 I think Polymarkets are just any other gambling scam. They do nothing to gauge voter sentiment, but do make money for the operators of the markets.

I'm not entirely sure how much of that actually goes to any given candidate. If any at all.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 30, 2026 11:22 AM (RORbl)

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Kalshi's bettors are 70% European.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 11:22 AM (xjopy)

111 SPONGE!!!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 30, 2026 11:22 AM (JnkZq)

112 Sharks aren't that scary when you don't do stupid things. So don't do stupid things.

Are you suggesting my "Looks like a seal" wetsuit idea won't pan out?

Posted by: Archimedes at October 30, 2026 11:22 AM (Riz8t)

113 That is influence even if it doesn't impact voting (although logically it would). Even demoralizing their own people is useful "influence" too, even if it's not GOTV. Keeping their people spun up further demoralizes the country. As we see daily.

Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 11:13 AM (I+a8W)

I like to use AI and find out ratings for a lot of these 'influential' broadcasters and news organizations.

Yeah, we watch. But I think it was ABC Nightly News was the largest with about 9 million viewers - out of 340 million. 60 Minutes - 6 to 10 million. CNN - 700,000. MSNow - 1,700,000.

And Neilson doesn't care if you fell asleep after the ballgame or left the room.

So obviously, the big value in appearing on these programs is that the blogs will carry your talking points. But, that really may just be the same 20 million or so people that REALLY follow politics.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 30, 2026 11:22 AM (Sco7b)

114 Hillary Clinton Joins Push for Investigations Targeting Trump and His Supporters

But we're the Nazis........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 11:23 AM (ccf/V)

115 Many years ago when I lived in the CA Bay Area, I contributed to the PBS station by credit card. And then the next year, they charged my card again without authorization.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 30, 2026 11:23 AM (vTZFs)

116 SPONGE!!!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 30, 2026 11:22 AM (JnkZq)

*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 11:23 AM (ccf/V)

117 96 Amazing news was posted by Beckster in a thread last night, about the Red Baron delivery guy harrassed at a store by a dumb streamer and went nuclear on him.

Guy is not only NOT going to be fired by Red Baron, as I feared, but they implied on social media he is a lock for employee of the month.

Love to see it! Might have to buy some red baron, even though I actually like making my own pizza dough and making pizza at home now. Want to support a company that actually read the room correctly. Loyalty to your employees, not the influencer scum! It's a nice white pill to start the weekend.

https://tinyurl.com/4ken
Posted by: LizLem at October 30, 2026 11:20 AM (tn9Xx)

asmongold has a good 3-minute summary

https://tinyurl.com/hnttaku

Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 11:23 AM (odBC9)

118 I've long listened to public radio for the Classical Music shows, and also various Jazz music.
Since getting SiriusXM (we travel a lot, both for pleasure and business, and some of the areas we cross through have crappy reception - particularly the more mountainous areas), I've gotten used to starting with the subscription service for both symphony and jazz.
Those selections have come to form so little of the NPR selections that it's mostly not worth trying to find them.
I'd like to go back to hobbyists on free radio - people with opinions, NOT sponsored by the major parties/NGOs, people talking about local events and public interest news, people lending their expertise in cars, homemaking, gardening, small projects around the house, ham radio/computer/other tech subjects.
Pay those guys for their time, but NOT a full-time salary. The only people who should get paid standard full time money would be the techs that actually run the hardware/software for the station.

Posted by: Linda S Fox at October 30, 2026 11:23 AM (7Rs+y)

119
Are you suggesting my "Looks like a seal" wetsuit idea won't pan out?
Posted by: Archimedes at October 30, 2026 11:22 AM (Riz8t)

...specifically marketed to women on their cycle......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 11:24 AM (ccf/V)

120 Sharks and other dangerous ocean predators are all around out there. You rarely see them. But they are there. I saw a documentary on sharks that had overhead video of numerous beaches filled with people, and sharks were circling underneath or alongside. Scary, but that's the nature of the beast.

After Jaws was released beaches around here were very quiet. It was stunning how many people refused to go in the water because a shark might eat them at any moment.

Sharks aren't that scary when you don't do stupid things. So don't do stupid things.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 11:21 AM (viF8m)
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Yea, sharks don't care about humans and will ignore them unless you provoke them. I swam with sharks in Hawaii. Was a shark-swimming tour. All of us got into the water with dozens of sharks. I got some pics where I was close enough to touch them (which I didn't).

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 11:24 AM (iFTx/)

121 "I'm nervous about the election," is one thing.

None can stand against Sauron. To your pyres!

Posted by: Last Steward of Gondor at October 30, 2026 11:24 AM (epXJE)

122 Posted by: AOS Cope at October 30, 2026 11:22 AM

*snaps fingers *

You know, that would have gone well in the coffee shop scenes of So I Married an Axe Murderer.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 30, 2026 11:24 AM (JnkZq)

123 109 But the kind of radio I listen to is my local station, when I drive around. It is shamelessly profit driven, as it should be.
Posted by: tubal

WMAL in DC has waaaaay too many ads. A lot of conservative talk-radio stations do. I've read that's because Rush used to charge a lot for his show.

Turn on WMAL at any random moment, and chances are you'll get an ad.
Posted by: Bulg at October 30, 2026 11:22 AM (77rzZ)

On the plus side, with November arriving, the ads can be drowned out by Christmas music....

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 30, 2026 11:24 AM (Sco7b)

124 Interesting article on "NPR Voice".

https://tinyurl.com/ye27tsam

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 30, 2026 11:25 AM (brIJB)

125
Even worse than NPR's commie cocksucking, they should be defunded for infecting the nation with that pretentious whispering NPR Voice.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 30, 2026 11:25 AM (iqcvy)

126 117
https://tinyurl.com/4ken
Posted by: LizLem at October 30, 2026 11:20 AM (tn9Xx)

That link doesn't work for me, LizLem.

Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 11:25 AM (odBC9)

127 83 One Crazy Summer had Nantucket Island rednecks.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 30, 2026 11:17 AM (brIJB)
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Boscoe!

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at October 30, 2026 11:25 AM (0bjKf)

128 This is where I think for the most part you are doing good work TJM. Logically telling people why they shouldn't worry is quality activity in these times.

Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 11:25 AM (I+a8W)

129 President Harris salutes your Truth in Polling

Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 11:26 AM (I+a8W)

130 128 This is where I think for the most part you are doing good work TJM. Logically telling people why they shouldn't worry is quality activity in these times.

Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 11:25 AM (I+a8W)

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I remember when the Selzer poll came out in 2024.

She'd never been wrong! Sure, it made no fucking sense, but she'd never been wrong! She was the gold standard!

And then she was very wrong, and everyone forgot.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 11:26 AM (xjopy)

131 This was very good.

OK, Some RINOs Got Booted, but the Fight Isn't Over
https://tinyurl.com/52y5xz6t

The gist is that the GOPe will be with us always; it's a matter of squashing them like bugs when they lift up their insectoid heads.

Schlichter also had an excellent column on the impending election, which will be either extremely or not at all important.

https://tinyurl.com/4rcds59k

Posted by: Archimedes at October 30, 2026 11:27 AM (Riz8t)

132
U.S. Army Pacific Preparing for China to Attempt Military Invasion of Taiwan Next Year

What's their hurry? I thought China always planned 500 years into the future?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 30, 2026 11:27 AM (Cqx++)

133 >>Are you suggesting my "Looks like a seal" wetsuit idea won't pan out?

Right at the elbow of Cape Cod are North and South Monomoy Islands. Very popular spot for seals. Not surprisingly, very popular spot for sharks.

Not a great idea to swim with the seals no matter how cute they look.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 30, 2026 11:27 AM (viF8m)

134 I'd like to go back to hobbyists on free radio - people with opinions, NOT sponsored by the major parties/NGOs, people talking about local events and public interest news, people lending their expertise in cars, homemaking, gardening, small projects around the house, ham radio/computer/other tech subjects.
Pay those guys for their time, but NOT a full-time salary.

Posted by: Linda S Fox at October 30, 2026 11:23 AM (7Rs+y)
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You just said "podcasts". Because that's what that is.

That's why everybody is complaining about people with audience and no affiliation having such a "reach".

I don't like either of them, but this includes Tucker and Fuentes. They have to be controlled, they have to be brought in line with some larger political effort. (And I think Tucker is crazy, and Fuentes is either that or a troll/scammer).

Posted by: Axeman at October 30, 2026 11:27 AM (Fi81e)

135 Shark dive tour. No cages.

https://oneoceandiving.com/

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 30, 2026 11:27 AM (iFTx/)

136 JJ Sefton owns almost fifty WNET Channnel 13 Tote Bags. Nobody in Wisconsin knows what they are.

Posted by: Stop The Show! He's On A Very Fixed Income at October 30, 2026 11:27 AM (EdP2u)

137 Good rant.

Vampires. Like former managers in Federal agencies, they'll always come back.

However, locally I see no effect on NPR radio in the Philly/Delaware/S. Jersey region.

There's still the flagship NPR news and talk station in Philadelphia which I avoid, and a station licensed to the University of Pennsylvania featuring adult alternative music, World Cafe, that I do listen to while driving.

On the other hand, the TV programming has been truly awful, taking even a more boring, complaining Leftist approach for current programs along with ancient, often repeated concerts & occasional mini British series occupying several evenings a week.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 30, 2026 11:28 AM (NFX2v)

138 129 President Harris salutes your Truth in Polling

Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 11:26 AM (I+a8W)

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Brat Summer.

"Our internals never showed us up. Only fucking retards thought we were."
-Kamala's pollsters

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 11:28 AM (xjopy)

139 We are a nashup of Hillbillies and Hicks around here, but have a great local station that plays 80’s/90’s and some newer Rock, interpresed with ads all locally based. Also good at mentioning local events. Radio, as it should be. They never, get this, scold us for Not Being Better.

Posted by: tubal at October 30, 2026 11:28 AM (Gqar8)

140 And then she was very wrong, and everyone forgot.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 11:26 AM (xjopy)

The Left relies heavily on the forgetting.

People forgot about the Mueller is Coming crap that kept their people going through the first two years of Trump. It doesn't matter it was bullshit and he actually had dementia and nothing in his case. But people forgot how much narrative that controlled at a time when Trump himself would have been setting it like he has during Trump II.

Posted by: ... at October 30, 2026 11:28 AM (I+a8W)

141 asmongold has a good 3-minute summary

https://tinyurl.com/hnttaku
Posted by: m at October 30, 2026 11:23 AM (odBC9)

Not trying to be judgmental, but bro....use that sweet internet money and see a dentist.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 11:29 AM (ccf/V)

142 You all look like seals to us

Posted by: a shark at October 30, 2026 11:29 AM (ZxPkt)

143 Our internals never showed us up. Only fucking retards thought we were."
-Kamala's pollsters

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 11:28 AM (xjopy)

I don't get it.

Posted by: A Fucking Retard at October 30, 2026 11:29 AM (I+a8W)

144 In fact, I bet there's more evidence that bad polling actually motivates in the wrong direction than the "depress the other side" thing people assume.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Very true with partisans. Motivational. But I also think part of it is that GOP campaign consultants actually like the rigged polling because it allows them get donors to pony up for emergency tv ads to 'respond' and those consultants get a fat ad placement commission.

GOP campaign consultants hate hate hate GOTV operations due to its low paying nature. But that is what is more important than adverts, mailers, and robocalls. Volunteers getting out the vote and this is especially true when MAGA relies on big turnout including lower propensity voters. High propensity voters turn themselves out by crawling over broken glass to vote.

From all appearances, Charlie Kirk's revenge in AZ is Turning Point really getting out the vote there and in some particular other states where TP is operating.

Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 11:30 AM (E4rtv)

145 Inquiring minds want to know.

Jon Lovitz Responds to Claim He Was “One of the Biggest Pervs” at the Playboy Mansion

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now at October 30, 2026 11:30 AM (ndZc7)

146 Why should we fear brainless eating machines in the water we swim in?

Posted by: tubal at October 30, 2026 11:30 AM (Gqar8)

147 144 Very true with partisans. Motivational. But I also think part of it is that GOP campaign consultants actually like the rigged polling because it allows them get donors to pony up for emergency tv ads to 'respond' and those consultants get a fat ad placement commission.

GOP campaign consultants hate hate hate GOTV operations due to its low paying nature. But that is what is more important than adverts, mailers, and robocalls. Volunteers getting out the vote and this is especially true when MAGA relies on big turnout including lower propensity voters. High propensity voters turn themselves out by crawling over broken glass to vote.

From all appearances, Charlie Kirk's revenge in AZ is Turning Point really getting out the vote there and in some particular other states where TP is operating.

Posted by: whig at October 30, 2026 11:30 AM (E4rtv)

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Blexas will never die because both parties raise too much money on it.

Both parties spent $200 million in 2024 on the senate race alone.

Cruz won by 9.

We're going to get "Kamala up by 3 over Vance in Texas" in June of 2028. Book it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 30, 2026 11:31 AM (xjopy)

148 👉🏻NBC News, Pope Leo casts absentee ballot in Illinois to vote in the midterms
Leo, who has been critical of the Trump administration, becomes the first pope to vote in a U.S. election.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 30, 2026 11:31 AM (NFX2v)

149 Jon Lovitz Responds to Claim He Was “One of the Biggest Pervs” at the Playboy Mansion
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, We're All Dan Sullivan Now at October 30, 2026 11:30 AM (ndZc7)

I'm betting no way, simply because Bill Maher was a frequent guest there.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 30, 2026 11:31 AM (ccf/V)

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