WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2026
...from which we need to emerge: "I'm a scrappy kid from Youngstown," the Ohio candidate said.
"And scrappy kids from Youngstown, we never back down from a fight!"
At this site, the analysts loved that bit of rhetoric. They liked it all the way down.
For the record, that self-proclaimed scrappy kid is sixty years old at this time. It's her first run for elective office. She's running for governor of her state, and she's expected to win.
The analysts also like the cut of the jib of the rest of the rhetoric she put on display last weekend. Meanwhile, out in Iowa, a scrappy Senate candidate also offered some striking rhetoric as he spoke with Lawrence O'Donnell last night.
Personally, we'll go with the rhetoric of Candidate Amy Acton in Ohio over that of Candidate Josh Turek in Iowa. But various forms of new rhetoric—new ways of challenging and inspiring the American public--are struggling to emerge as November 3 draws near.
New ways of thinking are trying to be born! And from what nightmare do these new voices seek to let us emerge?
Yesterday, in Corpus Christi, a thoroughly disordered person was seen making outlandish claims toa lrge group of people in a thoroughly public setting. The RealClearPolitics site offers videotape of some of the president's comments.
Inevitably, the sitting president refers to Candidate James Talarico as "Talafreako" all through his remarks. Below, you see the transcript of some of his remarks, the evidence of a profound disorder.
(We would recommend discussing it as an untreated medical matter.)
We include the headline from the RealClearPolitics site. Here's part of what this nation's disordered president said in this disordered session:
Trump on Talarico: "No Politician In History Has Been More Obsessed With Turning Your Young Boys And Girls Transgender"
President Trump launched a full-scale culture war attack against "James Tala-freak-o" during a rally for Ken Paxton on Tuesday in Corpus Christi...
[...]
TRUMP: Talafreako wants to get rid of the guns. He wants to get rid of the oil. He wants to get rid of the meat.
But he wants to keep the transgender mutilization of your children, open borders. He wants to keep men playing in women's sports. Figure that one out.
This is what Talafreako stands for, and it's what he is, it's where he is...But no politician in history has been more obsessed with turning your young boys and girls transgender. I mean, he wants to—he said that recently.
I saw a thing where he said, "What do you like the best?" He said, essentially, "Transgender children." That was a straight— That was a straight—
You know, look. That's the way it is. You're not going to change it.
You know, it's like meat. He's going around to so many barbecues. That's probably why—either that or he has a mental illness.
[...]
And not only did Talafreako state that God is transgender, he actually said that if Jesus Christ himself came and visited the Texas legislature, Jesus would be promoting sex changes for little children.
You know, just—I'm not an expert on it, but I will tell you, I read enough about it. I find it amazing, you know, many of those little children, as he says, when they turn 22 and 25, they say, "Who did this to me? Who did it to me? Why did you do this to me?" Many, many.
[...]
But the only man standing between Texas and this raging lunatic is a man named President Donald J. Trump. Thank you. And I need the help of Ken Paxton in the U.S. Senate. I need a little help, please. I need help. He's the perfect guy.
In the iconic film, On the Waterfront, Father Barry famously says this:
Jesus Christ is down here on the waterfront.
The sitting president has now disgracefully told a Texas audience thissss:
Not only did Talafreako state that God is transgender, he actually said that if Jesus Christ himself came and visited the Texas legislature, Jesus would be promoting sex changes for little children.
The candidate never made such ludicrous claims. It is from this manifest, undisguised madness that the rhetoric of a scrappy kid in Ohio is attempting to let us emerge.
This morning, Morning Joe played tape of those claims by the sitting president. In response to this inexcusable madness, Joe Scarborough said this about what the Trump operation has done:
SCARBOROUGH (10/27/26): They've twisted and perverted the gospel. It's extraordinary.
It's just extraordinary how much they've twisted and perverted it and created their own new religion. And they have! A completely new religion that lets them feel good about voting for people like Ken Paxton and Donald Trump.
So said Scarborough, who runs the best policy and political discussions seen on American TV.
Morning Joe played the tape of that insanity; Scarborough offered his view. But the New York Times and other Blue orgs have been running away from this, an act of cowardice and incompetence, all through these past years.
This madness needs to be reported and discussed on page 1. If the paper's journalists aren't up to the challenge of discussing what's going on, those journalists need to step down.
We badly need a type of emergence. Many are refusing to serve.
Tomorrow: Candidates Acton and Turek
ReplyDelete"and she's expected to win"
What, a motherless child is expected to win? Expected by whom?
"new ways of challenging and inspiring the American public"
What? Saying "I'm a Real American, unlike that colored fella running against me" is a new way? Are you dumb, Bob? Are you a Dumbocrat?
Talafreako - that does sound funny. I like it. Probably another racist motherless Dumbocrat...
Who describes a 61-year old woman as "a motherless child"? She grew up a long time ago and served her state by heading the anti-covid effort and the Dept of Health. Diminishing her by referring to her as any kind of child is ridiculous, obvious propaganda.
DeleteI hope Ramaswamy is not trying to run on his skin color. That is like stolen valor, given that he grew up middle-class privileged, attended prep school, Harvard and Yale. Then became wealthy selling pharmaceuticals, after working for a hedge fund. That isn't serving the people, something a governor is expected to do. It was serving himself, as he continues to do as a Trump crony and now a liar about his opponent's qualifications, backed by V-PAC, a consortium of 22 billionaires including Musk, who donated 5 million to his campaign.
Don't vote for this guy.
Photo of Ramaswamy and Satan omitted
Delete"COLUMBUS, OHIO (The Borowitz Report)—In a bid to close out his gubernatorial campaign on a positive note, on Wednesday Vivek Ramaswamy released a campaign ad featuring his father.
“Unlike some people in this race, I wanted to show that I am not estranged from a parent,” Ramaswamy proudly declared in the 30-second spot.
Sporting his signature horns and carrying a pitchfork, Ramaswamy’s dad urged Ohioans to vote for the entire Republican ticket.
“I know that this is a midterm election,” he said. “But pretend that my other spawn is on the ballot.”
Everyone knows Acton is going to win.
DeleteSquealing is the only way they know how to cope.
I like that 2,000 of Vivek's Jesuit Catholic High School classmates signed on to a petition that denotes he is the lowest of lowlife dirtballs, and is not following Jesuit teachings. Anybody defending his filth disgusts me. What the fuck is wrong with you magat weirdos?
Delete"a motherless child is expected to win. Expected by whom?"
DeleteYeah, duh. Where do people get their expectations about elections from?
The president's disorder is not the curse. Somerby externalizes Trump's disorder as something separate from Trump himself, over which he has no control. That is incorrect. Trump and his disorder are part of the same man and he has control over his actions. If he does not, those surrounding him have control and can remove him from office and prevent him from harming our nation. That is in the Constitution. All of the people with the ability to do that are not disordered too. And then there are the people who elected Trump, seeing what he is and does from his prior administration and intervening time out of office. Yet they elected him anyway. They are not disordered. They did that with their eyes wide open.
ReplyDeleteAnd now there is a slate full of people with the same disorder as Trump, running for election or reelection all over our nation in the midterm elections. Those people are not all disordered. They have made a choice to be Republicans and to say and do abominable things, like Trump. They cannot all be disordered without reducing the concept of disorder to a banal and trivial definition.
It is ludicrous that Somerby today attempts to whitewash Trump's evil deeds, his craving for wealth at any cost, his complete disregard for the people and our country to the point of selling our nation out to Putin.
If Trump has dementia, he should be removed from power. If Trump is shown to be corrupt (as he has been, in my opinion), he should be removed from power. If Trump is too ignorant to govern properly, he should be removed from office. But one cannot just shrug, label him mentally ill or disturbed or disordered and let things continue as they are. That is unacceptable. Republicans are too busy plundering our nation for their own gain, to bother protecting the people from Trump's incompetence, his excesses, from his treason in the name of greed and power lush. They are as much to blame as Trump, especially when it is so obvious who and what Trump is -- except to Somerby.
Reporting Trump's supposed illness on Page 1 has already been done, repeatedly, and it results in no action because Republicans are in power, and Trump lets them do what they want. So nothing is happening to change Trump's evil-doing. We need a new regime. That is in the hands of the American voters, not the press.
Somerby should be using his blog to urge each of every one of his readers to go out to the polls and defeat Republicans. Vote for Democrats up and down the ballot, but especially for the House and Senate. Then we can begin to address the problem posed by Trump and his accomplices. Without that, we are spectators to the demise of our once powerful nation, in thrall to tech bros such as Musk and Thiel and held in fear by Trump's not-so-secret police, ICE. Given that those surrounding Trump have surrendered to him, we are the only ones now who can save our country -- vote early, go to the polls in person if you can, vote Democratic.
"Somerby today attempts to whitewash Trump's evil deeds"
DeleteReally? I seem to have missed that. I read how Trump is making disgraceful, ludicrous claims emanating from manifest, undisguised madness.
If you want to see the media criticized because they don't report that Republican voters gladly condone Trump's disgraceful, ludicrous claims emanating from manifest, undisguised madness in exchange for the bigotry they crave, don't read this Right-wing vanity blog.
DeleteSomerby tries to say Trump's crowd was large, but it wasn't.
Delete“Somerby should be using his blog to urge each of every one of his readers to go out to the polls and defeat Republicans.”
DeleteJesus, you’re such a drag, Slabby. I’m surprised you didn’t manage to insert some slabs about rape.
Here’s an idea, which I have begged of you before: Write your own fucking blog, you nitwit, instead of writing about how Somerby should write his. Godamn.
Leroy
Leroy wants his own personal blog written to his specifications, so he doesn't have to read or think about what other people are concerned about. The world doesn't work like that.
DeleteLeroy knows he is considered an asshole here, so he leans into it.
DeleteDefending this right wing vanity blog is all he has to offer, other than a complaint that addressing the issue of rape is such a drag.
There's this little circle of Haters here who are dedicated to sliming Somerby and anybody who disagrees with their nutty obsessions. Weird.
DeleteIt's one thing for Somerby to know all Republican voters are bigots, but it's another thing for him to admit it.
DeleteThere is also a little circle of Somerby Lovers who are dedicated to defending Somerby and attacking anyone who disagrees with him. They come here every day, but if anyone else does the same, then they are called obsessed. That's really weird.
DeleteI come here because I find Somerby’s ideas stimulating. You come here just to spill your bile.
DeleteSomerby is no fool. He knows every Republican voter is a bigot.
DeleteI only defend Somerby when a particular attack on him make no sense (which is quite often).
DeleteAnd many of the attacks on him are so peculiar it does seem like their source must be some kind of weird obsession because it isn't grounded in any rational thinking, the most prominent example being the idea that he's a MAGA supporter. That's just obvious nonsense but people keep making that claim.
Cecelia is innocent.
ReplyDeleteDavid is not guilty by reason of senility.
DeleteNotice how Somerby repeats Trump's entire rant against Talarico, without equal space for Talarico (or anyone else) to rebut it? This is how Somerby rolls -- he says look at this and then never rebuts or fact-checks anything in his quoted material (usually right wing). There is one sentence saying that Talarico never said what the president attributed to him. One sentence:
ReplyDelete"The candidate never made such ludicrous claims. "
Then Somerby quotes Scarborough saying that Trump perverts the Bible. That is hardly a refutation of the stuff about Talarico promoting transgenderism.
Has Talarico advocated for kids to become transgender? Of course not. But why does Somerby let such lies stand like this, repeating the detailed slander without specific rebuttal. Then moving on to "On the Waterfront" instead of fact-checking the president's lies.
If Somerby is not willing to fact-check the lies, he shouldn't be quoting them at such length. That only helps Republicans. It only advances their talking points. It does nothing to keep Trump and his accomplices from winning the midterm. It only exposes Trump's filth to a wider audience.
Somerby characterizes Trump as a "thoroughly disordered person" and his remarks as "evidence of a profound disorder", before again calling Trump a "disordered president" and stating the remarks were made during a "disordered session.'
DeleteAfter presenting the remarks, Somerby presents the all encompassing rebuttal you yourself acknowledge:
"The candidate never made such ludicrous claims."
But all the above isn't enough to stay you from carrying out your jihad against Somerby.
Get help.
Reading Somerby at face value is no different than falling for Trump's lies or Musk's vaporware.
DeleteOnly a right winger would do so, or pretend to do so.
2:30 I agree with 12:02. Get help.
DeleteCalling Trump crazy doesn't let his supporters or Republicans in general off the hook. They own what Trump has been saying and doing.
Delete12:02 is spot on.
DeleteRepublicans have been up to their old dirty tricks against Talarico. Somerby's post today is just another version of Republicans sending out those fake pamphlets in Texas.
Laser focusing on the exact proper diagnosis of what ails Trump is a distraction from Trump's corruption and criminality.
On the other hand, Somerby is fine with going after Omar, because who knows maybe they will find some slight infraction.
But don't go after Republican criminals. No no no. That is too punitive.
Get real. Somerby is a right winger pushing a right wing agenda, through coyness, slyness, misdirection, obtuseness, amplification. He tries nearly every trick in the book that fits his niche; if you fell for it that is on you. Somerby is counting on there being a sucker born every minute.
"Reading Somerby at face value is no different than falling for Trump's lies or Musk's vaporware."
DeleteAh, the knowing tone. There's more here than meets the eye, things are going on under the surface that only those in the know can understand, so that if Somerby says as plain as day everything Trump says is untrue, that must be Somerby's wily way of supporting Trump.
Do I have that right?
Somerby says everything Trump says is not true but the real problem is the blues making a big deal about it
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DeleteSomerby never says anything about Republican voters because he'd have to admit the Left was correct about them all along.
DeleteWhen he says their Dear Leader is mentally ill, he is indirectly criticizing them.
Delete@5:14 No, you do not have that right. Somerby does not write in a direct manner. He does not ever say what he means. He hints, teases, implies, uses sarcasm (often unsignaled), refers to symbolism in other people's writing, name drops and mimics, and does not ever say what he really means. And yes, he lies by omission and by misdirection. That all means you cannot read his surface meaning and decide you know what he means.
DeleteGreat. I'm always willing to learn new things. So tell me what misdirection and/or lie by omission Somerby was employing when he wrote:
Delete"The candidate never made such ludicrous claims."
Looking forward to your reply!
First, Somerby repeats all the lies verbatim when he could have summarized them in one or two sentences. Then his fact-check and rebuttal is a single sentence that does not report Talarico’s actual statements and position, his side of the issue. That leaves readers no clear comparison. The non-specificity of Talarico’s position amounts to nothing more than “oh yeah,” which is a misrepresentation of Talarico, a lie by omission from Somerby. He should explain what Talarico said and why Trump’s claims are ludicrous, but he didn’t.
DeleteAll I can say is thank God you're not Somerby's editor, because he'd be producing some real tedious, uninteresting posts that take nothing for granted about what his readers already know to be true.
Delete"This madness needs to be reported and discussed on page 1. If the paper's journalists aren't up to the challenge of discussing what's going on, those journalists need to step down."
ReplyDeleteIt doesn't matter whether Trump is evil or whether he is insane. The effect is the same, he is incompetent and he is destroying our nation. He needs to be removed from office ASAP. The press reports news. It does not speculate about what must be done to solve our nation's problems. There is no value to hearing once again that Trump has done something wrong. We the people are faced with fixing his mistakes. That means doing something to stop this ongoing destruction wrought by Trump and his criminal accomplices.
Somerby keeps calling for the wrong remedy (more press reporting) instead of urging the people and our representatives to correct our national problem. Trump needs to be lawfully removed from office, his incompetent appointees removed with him, and better officials need to take their place. ASAP. Somerby never calls for anything to be done to fix what Trump has destroyed. Somerby only repeats what Trump and other Republicans have said, along with daily right wing talking points. Until Somerby calls for effective action, he can be presumed to be working for the right, supporting Trump by excusing his weirdness as mental illness (an affront to those truly suffering) and asking for the press to circulate Trump's garbage more widely through their publications. That is the last thing we need. We are all ready for the cure, not more of this wannabe fascists looting and pillaging our nation, while helping Putin attack Europe. America needs to wise up. That isn't going to happen if the press just keeps repeating Trump's mistaken rants. It is our job (and Somerby's, if he every wakes up) to fix our country, beginning with the midterms and continuing from there.
Does Trump have free will? Does Somerby? I don’t think you have free will. If you did, you wouldn’t keep posting this crap.
DeleteI touch my asshole and I sniff my finger.
DeleteAnd I post word-salads. Somerby is an ass!
I am Corby.
@12:12 - in what ways is the nation being destroyed? Crime is way down. Manufacturing is up. We are . not under attack from foreign adversaries. No new plague is ravaging the country. We are not in a depression or even a recession.
DeleteFuck you, dickhead in cal.
Delete"in what ways is the nation being destroyed?"
DeleteMorally. Not something you ever think about.
Retarded Dumbocrat aping Southern Episcopalians. Funny. Thanks for the laughs.
DeleteI partly agree with you, Hector. Political speech is deteriorating morally. Outlandish, exaggerated insults are now the norm. People accuse Israel of "genocide" and Dems routinely call Reps "fascists." And, Trump, of course, is the worst of all because he's a master at selecting insults that stick, like "Pocahontas" Warren.
Deletego fuck yourself, dickhead in cal
DeleteI guess the massive corruption and self dealing of Trump and his crime family is an acceptable price to pay for DiC to paint a rosy picture of the country, one frustratingly not shared by the majority.
DeleteMassive corruption? Lol. Let me know when his son starts selling paintings made from his own shit for a million dollars a piece.
DeleteYes, to a right winger inside the Fox bubble, Hunter Biden’s artwork is the only “corruption” they ever hear about, despite the fact that a private citizen selling his own artwork to willing buyers doesn’t qualify as corruption.
DeleteI already know you Dumbocrats are severely retarded, 3:21 PM. You don't need to keep demonstrating it.
DeleteFake news from a lying troll.
DeleteThe Trump family has made billions since Trump became president. Trump recently gloated about this. Keep up, Trumptard.
Crime is down as part a long term trend, one driven by Dem officials in blue areas and by Biden policies. Another long term trend is that red areas have much higher crime rates.
Manufacturing is down under Trump.
Inflation is up, though, along with unemployment and specifically gas and diesel prices are way up in large part due to Trump bombing a country that did us no harm, primarily at the behest of Natanyahu.
We are under constant attack from adversaries like Russia. It turns out "Russia Russia Russia" was not a hoax, it was spot on.
Diseases we thought were largely eradicated are coming back under the leadership of Trump and RFK jr.
Most of our medical research has been halted by Trump and Musk.
The world now hates us more than ever, paving the way for China to dominate.
The bottom 90% in the US is in a recession, while the top 1% is thriving and making more money than ever.
Behavioral science has long demonstrated that it is not convenience that makes a society happy, but equality. Not only do Republicans deprioritize meeting basic human needs, the US has now reached historic levels of inequality due to Republican policies and leadership.
David leaves out a war we lost resulting in massive inflation with no end in sight. Doesn't mention said war is already costing more than $45B. Violent crime has been going down since the 90's with a blip up with Covid; and rapidly shrinking under Biden to previous trend. Jobs are not keeping up with additions to the workforce. We are under attack from Russia who is helping Iran kill our troops, and continuing to commit war crimes against our ally Ukraine. We are under attack from the billionaires. Chocking off healthcare and related to make an excuse for tax cuts they have no need for. And again under Trump, the deficit balloons like crazy. And then there is Project 2025, a fascist handbook that is progressing extremely well for the Nazi cunts. Got it David, or should I go on?
DeleteThe most obvious drop in morality is the normalization of assassination. I am thinking of the murders of Charlie Kirk and Brian Thompson AND the legions who publicly celebrated the murders. Two peaceful, law-abiding, hard-working family men with wives and children.
DeleteIn the past, people might have been secretly pleased by the death of a political adversary, but they kept those feelings to themselves.
He dickhead, shove that ballroom up your ass.
DeleteWhen David doesn't post for a few days I celebrate he may be gone for good.
DeleteKirk was an unrepentant racist and White Supremacist, and he was ostensibly shot and killed by a White male groyper, which is a right wing movement. Even Kirk's own wife does not miss him.
DeleteYou think Melania is not dying waiting for Trump to die, however that might happen? Brother, please.
The FBI says that at least 75% of political violence comes from the right.
Speaking of the Fox bubble my MAGAT SIL was screaming at me about the French riots, and they are coming here if Trump loses. I said I read about it and the youths have shit underfunded schools, the olds retire with all the money at 62, and their planet is dying. Thus peaceful protests by day, and a few youngsters fuck shit up at night. Just like here. She let's me know that I have no idea, and the Dems are bringing it here. So after this WTF conversion I learn Fox has been pumping their version of the riots hourly for over a week. You fucking weirdos, change the fucking station. Quit letting a billionaire foreigner brainwash you.
DeleteCandace Owens, a leading right wing influencer, says that Israel killed Kirk.
Delete"Let me know when his son starts selling paintings made from his own shit for a million dollars a piece."
DeleteHow can we let you know something that never happened?
David in Cal,
DeleteRemember way back in history (yesterday) when you had a problem with illegal immigrants because they aren't white, and you had to pretend you cared about criminality so you wouldn't have to admit it was because you're a bigot?
That was funny.
There is not a chance in the world David ever cared about the deficit or inflation.
DeleteAfter all, he's a Republican voter so he knows absolutely nothing about economics.
“In the past, people might have been secretly pleased by the death of a political adversary, but they kept those feelings to themselves.”
DeleteIs that how you celebrated when Democratic Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered by a religious, right-wing nutjob?
Economically anxious Republican voters, who aren't just an amoral dumpster fire of bigots (hat tip corporate-owned Right-wing media) loved when Trump and the Republican Party gave two huge tax breaks to coastal elites.
DeleteBest way to keep courtrooms available is to accuse Trump of rape.
Delete@4:06 - What did Kirk do to demonstrate that he was an "unrepentant racist and White Supremacist"? Did he keep slaves? Did he support George Wallace? Did he say whites were superior to other races? No. He did not.
DeleteGo fuck yourself, dickface in cal, you racist scumbag
DeleteKirk never accused white people of being better than black people because 1) everyone knows blacks are superior and 2) he'd have been laughed out of polite society for making such a moronic accusation.
DeleteAt least Kirk took being cancelled like an adult, instead of incessantly whining about it into every microphone put in front of them, like the rest of the losers.
Delete"Trump, of course, is the worst of all because he's a master at selecting insults that stick, like "Pocahontas" Warren."
DeleteSame old DiC. In a discussion of morality and politics, he cops to Trump being an exggerator, albeit a very skilled one. But no mention of Trump's daily fire hose of lies.
You can't really say that Trump's insults "stick" when it is only him repeating them, over and over, himself. No one else calls Warren Pocahontas and no one else is calling Ossoff PeeWee Herman. Or are Republican podcasters like Joe Rogan doing it? I don't listen to them, so I wouldn't know. In that case, it is more like propaganda than catchy branding.
DeleteHere is an explanation of why Charlie Kirk was considered not just racist but Christian Nationalist and allied with other American hate groups.
Deletehttps://racism.org/articles/defining-racism/white-privilege/12835-charlie-kirk-white-supremacist
Thank you @8:32. You have a source, but it's a dishonest one. Here's one example. It calls Kirk a racist because he called George Floyd a “scumbag.” Well, Floyd was indeed a terrible person. He didn't deserve to be murdered, but he was a criminal lowlife. There are so many exemplary black Americans. It's a shame to see poor ones, like Floyd and juvenile delinquent Trayvon Martin, held up as idols simply because they were victims.
DeleteMicah X. Johnson wasn't just an exemplary black American. Micah X. Johnson was an exemplary American period.
DeleteCharlie Kirk was a total scumbag.
DeleteWhat clown is arguing he wasn't?
Charlie Kirk was such a white supremacist, people lost their jobs for repeating his words verbatim.
DeleteGeorge Floyd was in custody because a clerk accused him of passing a counterfeit $20 bill in a store. There is no evidence Floyd knew it was counterfeit or intended to pass a fake bill. Does David believe the penalty for that is death?
DeleteDemocrats have this albatross around their necks because they promote drugs and sexual mutilation of children and tell them they're the sex they're not. Mental illness defines Democrats.
ReplyDeleteWhat the actual fuck is wrong with you? Get help weirdo.
DeleteFrom the "We're defending Democracy" scumbags
ReplyDeleteDemocrat operatives spent months finding Alaskans with the same name as Republican Dan Sullivan so they could confuse voters and help Mary Peltola (D), according to The New York Times.
A staffer was tasked with finding every voter named "Dan Sullivan" in the state and then contacting them and coaxing them to run for Senate.
The plan worked when a man named "Dan J. Sullivan," a retired teacher from a small fishing village that can only be reached by air or ocean, announced he was running.
He has held no campaign events, has given very few interviews, and has voted for Democrats in the past.
As The Times reported, the Peltola campaign claims it had no involvement in recruiting "Dan J. Sullivan"; however, documents suggest the campaign was actively involved and that the operation was "much broader."
"The endeavor, which was internally called the ballot composition project, involved secret trips to far-flung Alaskan communities and the appearance of a mysterious Midwestern operative, who traversed the state using a fake name and made his pitch to would-be candidates over beers at brew pubs," the NYT reports.
Peltola was reportedly "definitely aware" of what was going on, according to Peltola's former campaign manager Elisa Rios.
It's about time the Dems fight back.
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DeleteYeah, dirty Dumbocrat tricks. They do it openly, without any pretenses now.
Oh well. It may work for a while, but not forever.
Trumptard, be honest. Did you type that comment from inside Jon Husted's rock-hard ass?
DeleteTriggered, Hillary?
DeleteFake news with fake quotes.
DeleteThat post was so full of shit you could smell it. Hey Mao, your President said you are so fucking stupid you don't understand what incumbent means. For once, I agree with the Assman.
DeleteRepublicans have done this type of thing in other states. You can call it a dirty trick, but any citizen has the right to run for office. Does anyone think Lindsey Graham's sister is qualified to run for his seat? Several Republicans are switching to Independent or Democrat, just for this election.
Delete“The president's disorder is the curse from which we need to emerge.”
ReplyDeleteSomerby fails to identify the lingering curse which is the GOP, which enabled and coddles Trump. Their “curse” will very much live on in their party and their future candidates.
What’s up with netanyahu’s party, DiC? Are there a bunch of antisemitic Israelis?
ReplyDeleteThe early returns say Netanyahu will win the election.
DeleteBibi says the Arab parties stole the election.
DeleteDavid will never fail to rally for fascist scumbags. You be you Dickhead.
DeleteZionism originated with Christians who used it as a way to purge their countries of Jews.
DeleteZionism is not only racist (Jewish Supremacy) but also antisemitic.
As an American Jew I feel safe and secure, unlike my people in Israel who live in constant turmoil.
Israel was always a mistake, and now it is becoming a colossal failure.
People like @3:52 remind us that Trump is not the only one making disgusting, wildly exaggerated criticisms of the other side. The Dems are just as bad as he is.
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DeleteMeh. What Dumbocrats do is nowhere near any "criticisms". Dumbocrats confess.
Two influencers, Cam Higby and James O’Keefe, tried to commit voter fraud in Minnesota. They got caught.
ReplyDeleteI got mixed up on getting an absentee ballot.and tried to vote in person when my trip was cancelled. It did not go well. They are actually very good at this free and fair elections shit. Now that all states except LA have paper ballots that can be cross checked to the machine tallies; people on the right need to drink a can of shut the fuck up already.
DeleteBibi is accusing the Arab parties of stealing the election.
ReplyDeleteWell at least you can trust Bibi as far as you can throw a Trump.
DeleteVoters put transgender issues at the bottom of their priority list. In every poll and survey it is literally the lowest priority issue.
ReplyDeleteIn part because there are very few trans people, for example there are 500,000 athletes in the NCAA, less than 10 are trans, it may even be less than five.
In part because people have no issue with trans people. They don't cause any harm.
Even so, Dems have a commanding lead over Repubs on the transgender issue, by a wide margin. (Dems also outscore Repubs on immigration, another low priority issue)
Someone, perhaps a Dem plant, is fooling the Repubs into thinking that transgenderism and immigration are winning issues for them, they are not, it is causing Repubs to shoot themselves in the foot.
As Somerby notes, Trump is dragging down the GOP. At this point the GOP will need to offer something big to Americans, something they want. If Republicans passed Medicare For All that would go a long way towards redeeming the party, otherwise it is headed for disaster.
I for one voted for the candidate who will have little boys go into the cloakroom and come out as a little girls because anyone running an ad saying this should be placed in an asylum.
DeleteSo weird how they freak out about men becoming women but not women becoming men.
DeleteIt makes it so obvious that what they are dealing with is their own internal issues.
No, we freak out about women becoming men just as much. They're both repulsive.
DeleteTeachers are giving children sex change therapy and $50,000 in cash for every test they score over 85%.
DeleteNo one freaks out about women becoming men. Their concern arises only when men become women. That is because insecure men are worried they might accidentally be attracted to a transwoman and that gives rise to their homophobia and fear of their own gay impulses.
Delete@6:43 didn't consult the research literature before expressing his or her opinion. AI says:
"Global Prejudice and Studies: Large-scale international attitudinal studies (such as cross-cultural research by Jaime Napier) consistently find higher rates of explicit and implicit prejudice against trans women compared to trans men across various countries and demographic groups, with male respondents showing the most pronounced gap."
"No one freaks out about women becoming men."
DeleteI do.
Me too.
DeleteThis is the kind of lie being told by right wingers above:
ReplyDelete"AnonymousOctober 28, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Massive corruption? Lol. Let me know when his son starts selling paintings made from his own shit for a million dollars a piece."
Even AI knows this is not true:
"No, Hunter Biden's actual paintings and artwork are not made from feces.
The claim comes from an unverified allegation made on social media by Shaun Maguire, a venture capitalist and former landlord who claimed that Hunter Biden rented a property in Venice, California, failed to pay rent, and attempted to settle the debt using art made from his own feces."
But this illustrates why it isn't enough to call Trump crazy and let it go at that. Trump's supporters are just as crazy and they tell just as many lies. They think it is funny or clever to make up stuff like this, which clogs discourse to the point where a sense of truth is lost, people are not in touch with reality, and they cannot be reasoned with.
Republicans tolerate this, even encourage it. That is why they cannot be trusted in office.
Somerby says he likes Acton's "rhetoric" but he doesn't like Turek's as much:
ReplyDelete"Personally, we'll go with the rhetoric of Candidate Amy Acton in Ohio over that of Candidate Josh Turek in Iowa."
No discussion of what Turek did wrong (insufficiently scrappy, too Iowan and not enough Ohioan?) or what he did right. Just the disdain. Then Somerby goes on to repeat at length Trump's assault on Talarico, including all of the lies.
Rhetoric isn't what determines elections. Qualifications do that. A track record of achievement does that. Solid positions on issues and clear statements of future plans do that. An election shouldn't be about who is scrappiest or who sounds most rhetorically right. Did Somerby perhaps denigrate Turek's rhetoric in order to beef up his praise of Acton and avoid sounding sexist again? Without specifics, who knows? We readers see no quotes from Turek's speech, so we have nothing to go on.
This is not how a liberal or Democrat or hopeful blue voter supports a candidate. That faint dislike of Turek because of some rhetoric-related mistake comes across as a putdown compared to his talk about scrappy old Amy. Why not talk about the positives voters care about instead? Somerby's only specific about Amy is that this is her first election. He doesn't say that this is her first role in public administration and governance though. He leaves out her leadership during covid. And Somerby tells us nothing at all about Turek, except he is apparently rhetorically disabled. Somerthing thought it was more important to give us Trump's entire rant against Talarico, in all of its florid incoherence. We don't need that from you, Bob. Why not take this election seriously, as if you actually supported those liberals whose names you dropped only to disparage?
not her first role in public administration and governance -- the word "not" was accidentally omitted
DeleteThere are no such thing as curses. The word refers to magic and superstition that does not exist in the world. Somerby's reference to Trump's curse makes him seem like some unfortunate person being persecuted by a witch, not for anything he did wrong, in a way that he cannot help.
ReplyDeleteTrump has brought his own problems on himself. He is the one hurting others, not a victim of sorcery or the target of hags consorting with Satan. It is unhelpful when Somerby talks about Trump in these terms. Trump is the evildoer and we the people are the victims and targets of his wrongdoing. No one believes in such supernatural calamities any more, so Somerby sounds ignorant and ridiculous when he frames Trump this way.
If we are going to find our way out of these troubles, we all need to talk about what is happening in a realistic and truthful way. Trump doesn't have a curse, he is a curse.
Is Somerby still blaming "us blues" for Republican voters all being bigots?
ReplyDeleteNo, and he never did.
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