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Bob White's avatar

Oh no. Really? Michelle Tafoya? Is anyone immune from the Stupid Stick? Minnesotans have it figured out. I love these people with all my heart.

John W.'s avatar

Iʻm ecstatic about Flanaganʻs win, but I donʻt understand the "If Youʻre A Liar" phrase in the headline...

Eric Brodeur's avatar

Peggy never actually said to murder ICE, or anyone -- and if you run with that, you're a liar. Like MAGA.

Craig Swarts's avatar

I was under the impression that you had to actually play in the NFL to get CTE. Michelle Tafoya says things that only make sense if you've been hit in the head a lot.

W.P. Fleischmann's avatar

Let’s not forget when Elon Musk threatened to murder federal employees with a chainsaw!

Eric Brodeur's avatar

As a Minnesotan and Minneapolis resident who has been fighting MAGA since the start of this second administration -- I truly hope all of your readers see this comment of mine. It is NOT well enough known that Nick Shirley came to MN to film supposed widespread fraud at day cares, etc, BY THE INTENTIONAL AND EXPRESS INVITATION OF SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE LISA DEMUTH, who is now the R candidate for Governor. Furthermore, Demuth and Michele Tafoya both worked directly with Nick Shirley during these December 2025 (and into January 2026) videos. (1) Our state had already investigated, and prosecuted, fraud (which was led by a white woman, not Somalians). (2) This action by Republican leadership in Minnesota -- Arguably the HIGHEST RANKING R leadership in Minnesota (Speaker of the House) -- directly led to her own constituents, Minnesotans, losing health care and financial assistance, after Trump froze and cutoff previously approved and established funding. Sorry for the length of the comment.

Thixotropickle's avatar

So hoping MN does the right thing, many right things!

C.A. Collins's avatar

The more willing to go to the mats the better.

Jeremiah Brewer's avatar

I just can’t believe Al Michaels’ nice NFL sideline lady who talks for 2 minutes before a game and 2 minutes at halftime… is a qualified United States Senate candidate. This is wonderful, living in Thunder Dome.

Christopher Bosch's avatar

Empty the concentration camps and then literally throw (with great force) the ICE holes in. Moldy bologna and toilet water for their rations.

Smol Blue Dot's avatar

Plus, her earring game is top tier. You can’t really see them in these videos, but we saw a bunch in 2024.

Any yes it’s a stupid reason to support someone…but republicans support canidates for even stupider.

Zyxomma's avatar

Ta, Dok. Yes, let's all be on #TeamFight. When we vote, we WIN!

"M"'s avatar
Aug 13Edited

You might enjoy this, Z

Leader Stacey Abrams has a new exclusive interview with MVP Harris on exactly that topic

https://youtu.be/R6CNzUfVAmY?is=b43aRfRIDQq4YVf4

Dirty Work's avatar

"a stiff upper lip"

It hasn't the same resonance, post Mara a Lago.

It's become of more a cosmetic thing.

Sherry's avatar

Well to her credit she didn’t say we’re all going to die like Ernst from Iowa.

See? I can say nice things.

goCatgo's avatar

As long as I don't have to first chase a greased pig, then ok.

Tza's avatar
Aug 13Edited

Good article from over at Strength in Numbers about why the polling might've been so wrong about Hong.

https://gelliottmorris.substack.com/p/2026-08-13-wisconsin-poll-reanalysis?r=25ocek&utm_medium=ios

The biggest gist seems to be that the polls had a lot more responses from younger left leaning voters than you have as voted as a percentage of the general electorate. So it mostly looks like a sampling issue. Later in the article they also found that Hong voters were more likely to respond to a poll than Crowley voters, and also that people who backed candidates that dropped out tended to break more strongly for Crowley.

swmnguy's avatar

That is a good article. And I agree with the author's conclusion, that the polling wasn't really that bad. Primaries are hard. One candidate had a great deal of appeal to very online young voters. That candidate was likewise very young, and very very green and made some mistakes her opponents could make hay out of. It's not just what you say, but even how you structure a sentence so it can't be snipped. Knowing and doing that require experience at some level, or an extremely good advisor.

And first-time voters will be all excited about it and respond to polls. I first voted in 1984 and the novelty has long since worn off.

Tza's avatar

Like as they pointed out Senate primary generally have margin of error rates around 13%. The main thing that's wild about this particular race is that the poles seemingly were off closer to a tune of 20%, And looking at the article you can see why that might've happened

Warren's avatar

34% undecided. 7% for Crowley. 38% for Hong. Final Tally: Crowley 39%, Hong 39%. Undecideds broke for Crowley. Hong scored what she polled. She still has a bright future. A lot brighter than Scott Walker and Charlie Sykes. ESAD, Charlie!

I Stedman's avatar

Incidentally, when the polling and the actual results are wackily off, outside observers tend to regard that as election fraud.

If the procedure is rigged- that's how you would know.

Old Man Yells at Cloud's avatar

I saw a video on the history of Highlights for Children magazine. Has anyone done a Goofus and Gallant with Fatberg and Obama? It seems like a natural

Gallant laughs off the press' obsession with him wearing a tan suit

Goofus calls reporters "piggie" when they ask him questions that don't praise him

R. Riddle's avatar

An entire little parody magazine, "Highlights for Republicans", would be funny.

lotsacatsndogs's avatar

Though any Highlights is already above their reading level, I'm afraid.