It says how much fuckedness we have today that a decent and sane candidate like Talarico is only 5 points ahead of a smirking, corrupt liar like Paxton.
"He says it’s a “God” thing, you wouldn’t understand, and he’s got special prayer warriors posted in strategic positions around the Capitol doing PEW-PEW-PEW-prayers that will totally turn the tide against Democrats." Reminds me of a passage in Gibbon about a church council that split over some theological minutia, and the two rival councils "hurled anathemas against each other from their spiritual engines."
I do hope that Tallarico wins. I do know that he’s missed a large portion of voters by not reaching out to the Black voters. He’s done well with Hispanic but reaching out to those people can very possibly help him bridge the gap.
What’s got me taking these polls with a grain of salt is the fact that, even though Paxton oozes sleaze, he’s already won multiple statewide elections in Texas. They know what he is and yet they keep returning him to office.
OT: The Heritage Foundation has been undergoing a slow-motion collapse for years and I'm just finding out about it.
"Maybe MAGA is not suited for governance? The Heritage Foundation saw internal purges, staffers using Signal to figure out what was going on, and spokespersons who rather attack the media than respond to questions. So, just like how Trump is running our government."
Alan Ritchson ("Reacher" teeveeshow) declines to "let go of the resentment" towards current politics.
"“I’m just supposed to let go of my resentment that this f---ing guy is just raping the world that he lives in for whatever gain he personally can have. And I’m supposed to let that go. And then what? It f---ing still exists. So, no, I’m not good at letting go. I f---ing hate it. I hate that that s--t still lives in the world unabated, unchecked, unresolved, uncleansed.”
Going to see Phish at Fenway on Friday. Bringing my older brother, who has never been on the field before but will be Friday, and my bass playing nephew, who cares nothing for baseball but likes the music. Together they make one superfan.
I too was an 80s teen. Not super into baseball, but my dad is a big fan so I'd watch the games with him. Strangely he has always been a Cleveland fan so, he knows misery. I've been to Fenway probably twenty time. Always a good night out.
I think someone mentioned he moved to Spain rather than become a casualty of when Trump signs Paragraph 175 as an executive order to optimize base turnout.
When Paxton is out of office and unemployed and divorced and unhoused and ugly as ever he ca star in a sitcom called “Everyone Hates Ken” where he’ll undergo various humiliations and indignities. My hope is that the show will run on the same network with the Trump-in-prison cam.
I've never been a cop -- I can't judge what they need to do at the spur of the moment in a tense situation. Maybe there was a tactical reason he needed to record that kid. Plus, at the end of the day, he just wants to make it home to his poor innocent family!
(ETA: My hometown in the MN 2nd often sounds VERY much like this.)
They will never learn and I don't give a shit how much they yell they will never leave him.
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Have you lost your mind?' MAGA melts down at Trump over late-night endorsement
“It is my Great Honor to endorse Amir Hassan, who is running to represent the fantastic people of Michigan’s 8th Congressional District!” Trump wrote.
“What does it profit a man to gain the whole world but lose his soul," one Trump supporter wrote. "No political gain is worth insulting our Christian faith. No Muslims in America. No Muslims in office.”
“THATS A HARD NO FOR ME. NO MUSLIMS IN OFFICE PERIOD!” stated JeffV4JC, who claims in his profile, “Jesus Christ is my God and, Donald J Trump is my President.
“His name gives me pause. Call me racist 🤷🏼♀️ but I am merely being cautious. Obama comes to mind,” advised “Loyal Trump supporter” Billie.
"A two-year investigation identified 47 adults accused of sexual misconduct against students at a Michigan arts institution with deep ties to Jeffrey Epstein, drawing on more than 70 firsthand accounts of abuse dating back to the 1950s, MLive reported Tuesday night."
Paxton is so overtly gross that it is simply undeniable by anyone. A grotesque and corrupt primary system shat out this turd and in some ways, he represents the culmination of republican efforts in Texas politics, their legacy moment.
A friend sent me a photo of a Paxton yard sign in her neighborhood with the admonition to "Look closely." There was a white spraypainted X through the fucker's name.
Hope it's a trend. It's too hot to walk dogs as far as I want to, but driving around I still have seen a single Paxton sign and countless Talarico signs. I am cautiously optimistic--if we are allowed to vote and our votes count.
Turn out wins elections. Even if the GOP chuds just decide to sit this election out and not vote, that's a good thing. Plus Paxton losing would be such a massive smack in trump's face. Plus with bad polls, the far right money makers are going to lose $millions supporting an idiot who most likely won't win... .
The education thing is really, really interesting. So far as I know, the weighting in virtually all election polls has people with college degrees leaning blue and HS or less leaning red. I am hypothesizing here, but what if the polls are giving too much weight to pro-GOP votes and not enough to pro-Dem votes? Could possibly turn this election into a Blue landslide. Be still my beating heart.
I know a lot of Ds with only a HS education. I feel certain that the numbers support the non educated being right wing. Which is why Rs have consistently decimated the educational system and pricing it out of reach for millions.
Let's be clear: they defunded education by never, ever giving raises. It was certainly in full swing by the Vietnam War, maybe by the Korean War. Too many non-elites saying I DON'T WANT TO MURDER YOU CAN'T MAKE ME
Nah, man. I've seen way too many "there's some really interesting polling data out of Texas!" stories for way too many years. Our family is getting murdered with out-of-pocket medical expenses this year, so there's very little for out-of-state campaign donations. The limited dollars I can shake loose are going to Sherrod Brown's campaign in Ohio. A Dem in a statewide race in Ohio is only a moderately better bet than a Dem in a statewide race in Texas - which is an awful bet - but I've been a Brown fanboi for decades and the nation is a measurably worse place since he's been out of the Senate.
It says how much fuckedness we have today that a decent and sane candidate like Talarico is only 5 points ahead of a smirking, corrupt liar like Paxton.
"He says it’s a “God” thing, you wouldn’t understand, and he’s got special prayer warriors posted in strategic positions around the Capitol doing PEW-PEW-PEW-prayers that will totally turn the tide against Democrats." Reminds me of a passage in Gibbon about a church council that split over some theological minutia, and the two rival councils "hurled anathemas against each other from their spiritual engines."
I do hope that Tallarico wins. I do know that he’s missed a large portion of voters by not reaching out to the Black voters. He’s done well with Hispanic but reaching out to those people can very possibly help him bridge the gap.
What’s got me taking these polls with a grain of salt is the fact that, even though Paxton oozes sleaze, he’s already won multiple statewide elections in Texas. They know what he is and yet they keep returning him to office.
First time for everything!
OT
Qasim Rashid, Esq.
@qasimrashid.com
An Economist/YouGov poll found 49% of Americans want the US to arrest Netanyahu & only 27% oppose. (23% unsure).
Surprised that many are paying attention.
Oh, and there's that pesky 27% again.
OT: The Heritage Foundation has been undergoing a slow-motion collapse for years and I'm just finding out about it.
"Maybe MAGA is not suited for governance? The Heritage Foundation saw internal purges, staffers using Signal to figure out what was going on, and spokespersons who rather attack the media than respond to questions. So, just like how Trump is running our government."
https://bsky.app/profile/donmoyn.bsky.social/post/3mrqvk4erwk2x
Not suited for governance? Gee, YA THINK?
All they care about is guns and abortion. Voting for a criminal doesn't phase them.
OT
Alan Ritchson ("Reacher" teeveeshow) declines to "let go of the resentment" towards current politics.
"“I’m just supposed to let go of my resentment that this f---ing guy is just raping the world that he lives in for whatever gain he personally can have. And I’m supposed to let that go. And then what? It f---ing still exists. So, no, I’m not good at letting go. I f---ing hate it. I hate that that s--t still lives in the world unabated, unchecked, unresolved, uncleansed.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/reacher-star-alan-ritchson-sounds-off-after-podcaster-tells-him-to-let-go-of-trump-hate/
Or:
https://archive.ph/LI9Y4
This right here. No. I can't let it go. He has caused too much destruction.
No one should "let it go" until justice is satisfied.
And none of that "pardoning Nixon" bullshit, either.
I will go to prison if that happens.
We have to take action and do something if that looks like it's in the offing.
In character.
Podcaster = Dax Shephard.
The irony that he was in Idiocracy is not lost on me.
IK, R?
Sorry to be a wet blanket, but I've seen this movie before, starring Beto O'Rourke. I'll believe in the happy ending when I see it.
Congrats to Evan for making it through a whole, entire post without a single reference to oral-anal sex.
That will never occur in an Evan post again.
Yeah, color me skeptical as well.
I mean, keep hope alive and everything, but come on, it's Texas.
Like my childhood as a Red Sox fan in the 80's taught me, enjoy, but don't get emotionally tied to it.
Also if you are patient enough, you can get a free mattress from Jordans. I did!
I will gladly take 10 Jordans commercials if you will rid me of one Car Shield commercial
Where are the Dwight Evans of yesteryear?
Jim Rice, Fred Lynn......
The end for Yaz, the start for Wade Boggs...
They were always interesting. I was a teen for most of the '80s I was heavily into them without feeling the weight of their championship drought.
Going to see Phish at Fenway on Friday. Bringing my older brother, who has never been on the field before but will be Friday, and my bass playing nephew, who cares nothing for baseball but likes the music. Together they make one superfan.
I too was an 80s teen. Not super into baseball, but my dad is a big fan so I'd watch the games with him. Strangely he has always been a Cleveland fan so, he knows misery. I've been to Fenway probably twenty time. Always a good night out.
Wait. WHERE ARE THEY HOLDING EVAN?!?
He lives in Sevilla, Spain now.
I think someone mentioned he moved to Spain rather than become a casualty of when Trump signs Paragraph 175 as an executive order to optimize base turnout.
When Paxton is out of office and unemployed and divorced and unhoused and ugly as ever he ca star in a sitcom called “Everyone Hates Ken” where he’ll undergo various humiliations and indignities. My hope is that the show will run on the same network with the Trump-in-prison cam.
It's one of the reasons they're called pigs
Kansas police officer accused of recording child in bathroom
KAKE News Jul 27, 2026 Updated Jul 28, 2026
https://www.kake.com/home/kansas-police-officer-accused-of-recording-child-in-bathroom/article_ef40815f-c9b1-45e5-86fe-6e0bcc7a75d5.html
At least they fired him immediately and didn't put him on administrative leave.
And, no bail.
I've never been a cop -- I can't judge what they need to do at the spur of the moment in a tense situation. Maybe there was a tactical reason he needed to record that kid. Plus, at the end of the day, he just wants to make it home to his poor innocent family!
(ETA: My hometown in the MN 2nd often sounds VERY much like this.)
Judging by his outfit he didn't need to record the child in the bathroom.
"His dick fell off because you didn't thank him for his service."
https://ifunny.co/picture/his-dick-fell-off-because-you-didn-t-thank-him-oYpiRgDS8
They will never learn and I don't give a shit how much they yell they will never leave him.
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Have you lost your mind?' MAGA melts down at Trump over late-night endorsement
“It is my Great Honor to endorse Amir Hassan, who is running to represent the fantastic people of Michigan’s 8th Congressional District!” Trump wrote.
“What does it profit a man to gain the whole world but lose his soul," one Trump supporter wrote. "No political gain is worth insulting our Christian faith. No Muslims in America. No Muslims in office.”
“THATS A HARD NO FOR ME. NO MUSLIMS IN OFFICE PERIOD!” stated JeffV4JC, who claims in his profile, “Jesus Christ is my God and, Donald J Trump is my President.
“His name gives me pause. Call me racist 🤷🏼♀️ but I am merely being cautious. Obama comes to mind,” advised “Loyal Trump supporter” Billie.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-endorsement-firestorm/
"Obama comes to mind"
My brain just reflexively contracted by 10% from reading such abject racist stupidity.
Every time I read about them I lose gray matter.
What bloody wars are fought in the name of God!
Nearly all of them.
Wow. Do these people even understand that what they are saying is unconstitutional?
No and they don't care. They will twist it in their usual R pretzel logic.
Nope. Their racist hate TRUMPS everything else!
OT:
"A two-year investigation identified 47 adults accused of sexual misconduct against students at a Michigan arts institution with deep ties to Jeffrey Epstein, drawing on more than 70 firsthand accounts of abuse dating back to the 1950s, MLive reported Tuesday night."
https://bsky.app/profile/rawstory.com/post/3mrry6qaczc22
There's your "Deep State" right there.
Paxton is so overtly gross that it is simply undeniable by anyone. A grotesque and corrupt primary system shat out this turd and in some ways, he represents the culmination of republican efforts in Texas politics, their legacy moment.
A friend sent me a photo of a Paxton yard sign in her neighborhood with the admonition to "Look closely." There was a white spraypainted X through the fucker's name.
Hope it's a trend. It's too hot to walk dogs as far as I want to, but driving around I still have seen a single Paxton sign and countless Talarico signs. I am cautiously optimistic--if we are allowed to vote and our votes count.
How do women stoop to getting with him? Seriously. Who are these fucking women with such low standards that they keep going for these fucking men?
I can see you have your doubts about me, honey, but let me ask you, what color would you like the drapes to be in our home in Alexandria?
XD XD XD XD XD
It takes all kinds
Turn out wins elections. Even if the GOP chuds just decide to sit this election out and not vote, that's a good thing. Plus Paxton losing would be such a massive smack in trump's face. Plus with bad polls, the far right money makers are going to lose $millions supporting an idiot who most likely won't win... .
The education thing is really, really interesting. So far as I know, the weighting in virtually all election polls has people with college degrees leaning blue and HS or less leaning red. I am hypothesizing here, but what if the polls are giving too much weight to pro-GOP votes and not enough to pro-Dem votes? Could possibly turn this election into a Blue landslide. Be still my beating heart.
I know a lot of Ds with only a HS education. I feel certain that the numbers support the non educated being right wing. Which is why Rs have consistently decimated the educational system and pricing it out of reach for millions.
Let's be clear: they defunded education by never, ever giving raises. It was certainly in full swing by the Vietnam War, maybe by the Korean War. Too many non-elites saying I DON'T WANT TO MURDER YOU CAN'T MAKE ME
Took 'em a while, but they got it done.
Which is exactly why the Republican Party has been pushing voter suppression for decades.
Nah, man. I've seen way too many "there's some really interesting polling data out of Texas!" stories for way too many years. Our family is getting murdered with out-of-pocket medical expenses this year, so there's very little for out-of-state campaign donations. The limited dollars I can shake loose are going to Sherrod Brown's campaign in Ohio. A Dem in a statewide race in Ohio is only a moderately better bet than a Dem in a statewide race in Texas - which is an awful bet - but I've been a Brown fanboi for decades and the nation is a measurably worse place since he's been out of the Senate.
See what an asshole Bernie Moreno made of himself this morning.
Oh that makes me miss Sherrod!