I did not realize the DSA Dems had also nominated this ass hat, who is another false prophet white male and played a significant part in destroying the UMC denomination.

Full story https://t.co/Cb1mfz8LVB

— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) August 13, 2026

Clearly a good fit for them, to cos-play as some sort of pious christian. He's not a threat to win in KS imho.

Peltola giving Veepthroat the cold shoulder also made me laugh.

Too good not to post the full quote -

CS Lewis on why "dumb blue collar people" usually do not fall for the same terrible ideas that the "educated elite class" so often does:

"Why, you fool, it's the educated readers who can be gulled. All our difficulty comes with the others. When did you meet a workman who believes the papers? He takes it for granted that they're all propaganda and skips the leading articles. He buys his paper for the football results and the little paragraphs about girls falling out of windows and corpses found in Mayfair flats. He is our problem: we have to recondition him. But the educated public, the people who read the highbrow weeklies, don't need reconditioning. They're all right already. They'll believe anything."

CS Lewis, That Hideous Strength

Thx, agreed.

It is so nice to see republicans outspending democrats in most of the key senate races. That was not the case in 2018/2022. Money is a big plus in winning swing races for the midterm. Very glad that the calvary has arrived for Whatley in NC. https://t.co/40gFZ5bHua

— Khoa (@1980Khoa) August 15, 2026

I'll take good news whenever I see it if real. Notice Texas isn't even on the list, though I am not optimistic about Whatley really.

Bill Maher pulls the numbers on whether Gen Z is really suffering an affordability crisis.

He starts with the $20 burrito, then compares their net worth to previous generations. The numbers are staggering.

MAHER: “Have you heard about Burrito Gate? ... A student had… pic.twitter.com/CIRzJr4Qoi

— The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) August 15, 2026

Interesting take from a Democrat (Maher). Doing his part to fight the socialism fever among the youths

It’s been obvious for a long time that Peltola isn’t calling the shots in her own office. I guess Schumer and crew are taking over from here.

— AkUncleBenjen (@AkUncleBenjen) August 17, 2026

Sounds like reality is setting in that they are not going to flip Alaska, even with their fake Dan Sullivan in the race to confuse people.

Vindman down in Florida lost somehow to some DSA nut job, which is really funny, even though he raised $15 million for the race and was favored by 10. Such a pathetic loser.

Congratulations to Alex Vindman and his whole team on duping ActBlue boomers out of $16.2m only to lose a DSA nobody https://t.co/8XA6lQOsnU

— Philip Letsou (@philipletsou) August 19, 2026

Also Corey Mills is exiting, which I am fine with.

This is actually an important win for Republicans.

Mills has so many skeletons in his closet that it would have been an ongoing issue for a long time. Some of it is public, but the rest will eventually come out. https://t.co/iMfnSlVEnP

— AG (@AGHamilton29) August 19, 2026

Vindman losing is the one race I'm glad where DSA won.

F* that guy.

DSA Dems flipped a very red PA US House seat in a special election yesterday thanks to...mail in voting. 31 percent turnout, this will probably be big news in fake news media as meaning a whole lot.

Quote:

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Timko, a retired Air Force captain, commercial pilot and former small-business owner, campaigned on energy development, lower taxes, school choice, gun rights and tighter enforcement against illegal immigration.
Dukes, a commercial loan administrator, backed a higher minimum wage, more public-school funding, same-day voter registration and early in-person voting. He opposed school-choice policies and called for heavy state regulation of data-center development, according to pre-election reporting from Pittsburgh's Public Source.
Yet the Democrat is now positioned to represent one of Pennsylvania's most reliably Republican state House districts.
Special elections are notoriously low-turnout affairs that often favor the more motivated side. Democrats clearly showed up. Republicans did not deliver the expected margin in Trump country. The result hands Democrats a temporary seat in the closely divided Pennsylvania House and hands the left a talking point they will hammer relentlessly.

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So, yeah.

Republicans - snatching defeat from the jaws of victory again.

nortex97 said:

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DSA Dems flipped a very red PA US House seat in a special election yesterday thanks to...mail in voting. 31 percent turnout, this will probably be big news in fake news media as meaning a whole lot.

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Timko, a retired Air Force captain, commercial pilot and former small-business owner, campaigned on energy development, lower taxes, school choice, gun rights and tighter enforcement against illegal immigration.
Dukes, a commercial loan administrator, backed a higher minimum wage, more public-school funding, same-day voter registration and early in-person voting. He opposed school-choice policies and called for heavy state regulation of data-center development, according to pre-election reporting from Pittsburgh's Public Source.
Yet the Democrat is now positioned to represent one of Pennsylvania's most reliably Republican state House districts.
Special elections are notoriously low-turnout affairs that often favor the more motivated side. Democrats clearly showed up. Republicans did not deliver the expected margin in Trump country. The result hands Democrats a temporary seat in the closely divided Pennsylvania House and hands the left a talking point they will hammer relentlessly.

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So, yeah.

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Mail-in voting will be the death of the Republic.

Sure, but the perennially hyped 'youth vote' is not going to be what the leftists hope it is. Again.

In Georgia, which has great turnout for a primary historically (lots of very competitive races this year) only 170,844 voters were aged 18-29 out of 2.078M.

So they made up only 8% of voters, but in 2018’s primary they were 14.3% 😬 https://t.co/DxsR3CkOQk

— Latinx Adjacent Doctor PhD (@TonerousHyus) August 20, 2026

Michigan Dems just called me to canvass.

I told them we wouldn't be going out this cycle bc of Abdul.

He asked if we would for Benson or Gilchrist and I said no, no donating or canvassing bc of Abdul.

I told him he wants my family in an oven and he was like oh.

— Mack's Cats (@maxkatz515) August 20, 2026

Pretty funny.

pic.twitter.com/mEr8eGy8RP

— Chris Tossey (@chris_tossey) August 21, 2026

Another radical jihadist elected by DSA democrats.

Aisha Wahab won California's 14th Congressional District special election, becoming the first Afghan American elected to the US Congress.

She defeated moderate Democrat Melissa Hernandez 53-47%.

AIPAC's super PAC spent millions backing Hernandez after Wahab called Israel's… pic.twitter.com/WhS3YuskIn

— Clash Report (@clashreport) August 21, 2026

Finally got a new poll in NH, that is encouraging.

All eyes should be on New Hampshire. John Sununu will give Granite Staters the conservative voice that we deserve. This is the most overlooked Senate race. https://t.co/8RwRHuhy4x

— Rep. Sam Farrington (@SamFarringtonNH) August 27, 2026

Plus Rogers continuing to edge ahead of the jihadist joke in Michigan.
ETA:

You’re telling me that the polls from spring and summer engaged highly engaged white college libs and aren’t holding up in the fall? Man that’s crazy https://t.co/y6lLc4dfk5

— Latinx Adjacent Doctor PhD (@TonerousHyus) August 26, 2026

Not to be outdone by Texas democrats nominating the talafreako sicko, Sooners went with this nut job;

You are kidding https://t.co/JHprbQR2oz

— Miranda Devine (@mirandadevine) August 27, 2026

nortex97 said:

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Not to be outdone by Texas democrats nominating the talafreako sicko, Sooners went with this nut job;

You are kidding https://t.co/JHprbQR2oz

— Miranda Devine (@mirandadevine) August 27, 2026

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Is this real????

Oh yeah. This is just who democrats are, though this one isn't a threat to win the general election.

This is N’Kiyla Jasmine Thomas. She just won a runoff election in Oklahoma and is now the Democrat candidate for US Senate.

No. I'm not joking. I'm serious.

She makes AOC look like a freaking Mensa member. pic.twitter.com/p0Ms1bXUM4

— Kentucky Girl (@Kentuckygirl1) August 26, 2026

Never, ever vote for a democrat.

Things which will hurt GOP candidates:

-- Trump has been self-enriching his family, his donors, and his GOP cohorts via massive self-dealing and massive corruption schemes while his policies on tariffs, trade, farming, gasoline prices, oil drilling, grocery prices, housing, interest rates, the war with Iran, the Big Beautiful (gigantic spending and national debt increasing) Bill, DOGE, and most of his other initiatives have been failures.

-- Trump's DOJ has been the most corrupt DOJ in the past 100 years. By far. Going all the way back to Warren G. Harding.

-- The U.S. economy and the nation's fiscal debt health are doing poorly thanks to Trump and the bootlicking Rs in Congress.

Things which will help GOP candidates' election chances:

-- Immigration is still a big issue for many voters across the political spectrum, and Trump has fulfilled some of the campaign promises he made.

-- On the Israel issue, Trump has been extremely pro-Zionist. That will win votes for Rs from some people who usually vote blue.

-- The Dem Party is very divided and is fighting an internal battle between the far-left vs the moderate mainstream Dems.

-- several far-left Dem candidates who narrowly won in Dem primaries over moderate mainstream Dems are not electable in a general election where 30% to 35% of voters are independents who are mostly moderates.

DeschutesAg said:

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Things which will hurt GOP candidates:

-- Trump has been self-enriching his family, his donors, and his GOP cohorts via massive self-dealing and massive corruption schemes while his policies on tariffs, trade, farming, gasoline prices, oil drilling, grocery prices, housing, interest rates, the war with Iran, the Big Beautiful (gigantic spending and national debt increasing) Bill, DOGE, and most of his other initiatives have been failures. Regardless of who is really to blame, I agree he will be held accountable for this stuff.

-- Trump's DOJ has been the most corrupt DOJ in the past 100 years. By far. Going all the way back to Warren G. Harding. Defies reality of Obama and Biden DOJ's. Good lord please show some objectivity here.

-- The U.S. economy and the nation's fiscal debt health are doing poorly thanks to Trump and the bootlicking Rs in Congress. It definitely sucks, but as you and anyone with an ounce of historical knowledge and objectivity already knows, all of Washington is at fault. Ridiculous that you keep pushing this it's Reagan's fault and/or just the Republicans fault. You've already been schooled on this multiple time in other threads.

Things which will help GOP candidates' election chances:

-- Immigration is still a big issue for many voters across the political spectrum, and Trump has fulfilled some of the campaign promises he made.

-- On the Israel issue, Trump has been extremely pro-Zionist. That will win votes for Rs from some people who usually vote blue.

-- The Dem Party is very divided and is fighting an internal battle between the far-left vs the moderate mainstream Dems.It's generous to call mainstream Democrats "moderate". The reality is that you have open Marxists vs closet Marxists

-- several far-left Dem candidates who narrowly won in Dem primaries over moderate mainstream Dems are not electable in a general election where 30% to 35% of voters are independents who are mostly moderates.

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The economy is actually doing great. I don't even know what metric the leftists are looking to, to claim otherwise.

The Current General Business Activity is at a level not seen since the end of the first Gulf War in 1991, and before that, the post-recession period in 1983.

Considering the headwinds the economy has been under this year … LFG!

All credit to @JoshuaSteinman … if he deserves… pic.twitter.com/voqzInCrZW

— cdrsalamander (@cdrsalamander) August 25, 2026

Thanks to corporate tax cuts and same year tax exemptions on new equipment, the economy is doing well. https://t.co/PMLbxb44E1

— Michael J. Fell (@MichaelJFell) August 26, 2026

Yeah, when he said fiscal health I automatically go to the debt which is a disaster and all are to blame for that. He consistently only blames Republicans and sometimes just Reagan for our $40T debt which is obviously stupid and false.

All the appropriations in Reagan's presidency were passed by the Tip O'Neal-led House of Reps, in any case.

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Republicans were elected primarily to fix the economy - especially affordability.

They haven't.

Trump in particular took his eye off the ball. The impact of Iran on gas prices killed what little momentum the Republicans had and Iran isn't capitulating any time soon.

dims will take the house. The Senate is a toss-up. Both sides have a bunch of terrible candidates

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Stock market hit an all time high yesterday. We're a net exporter of oil.

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I was listening to the Dan Bongino podcast he mentioned Rod D. Martin, Trump's top 25 achievements.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dan-bongino-show/id965293227?i=1000786310774&r=643

Trump's Top 25 Achievements: The List Every Conservative Should Know and Use
In addition to reducing the insane inflation President Biden orchestrated-
some quotes

• America recorded negative net migration in 2025 for the first time in at least half a century. So far, nearly 3 million illegal aliens have left the country
• Laken Riley Act requiresfederal authorities to detain illegals arrested for theft, burglary, shoplifting, assaulting police, or any crime causing death or serious injury
• According to FBI data, violent crime in America dropped an incredible 9.7 percent in 2025 the largest one-year decline in history. Murder fell 18.1 percent, robbery fell 18.5 percent. And America's violent crime rate is its lowest since 1900.
• In fiscal 2025, federal agencies finalized 646 deregulatory actions and just five regulatory actions: 129-to-1, and in nearly every case, the "one" was to repeal the others! OIRA says the savings exceeded those of Trump's entire first term. That is more freedom, lower costs, and less bureaucratic sabotage
• He secured $18 trillion in announced investment commitments. That's nearly two-thirds the size of the entire American economy
• Once the world's largest energy importer "exporting" $700 billion a year to our enemies America now outproduces Saudi Arabia and Russia combined

There is a lot more.
I suggest clicking on the links for more in-depth explanations of each point.
President Trump has made mistakes IMHO, particularly in fiscal spending, but the Democratic Party leadership is certifiably insane and seemingly hell bent on the complete destruction of our country.

ETA: it seems the direction President Trump primarily take to address the debt is mainly through a growing economy and not cutting spending as severely as needed.

DeschutesAg said:

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Things which will hurt GOP candidates:

-- Trump has been self-enriching his family, his donors, and his GOP cohorts via massive self-dealing and massive corruption schemes while his policies on tariffs, trade, farming, gasoline prices, oil drilling, grocery prices, housing, interest rates, the war with Iran, the Big Beautiful (gigantic spending and national debt increasing) Bill, DOGE, and most of his other initiatives have been failures.

-- Trump's DOJ has been the most corrupt DOJ in the past 100 years. By far. Going all the way back to Warren G. Harding.

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What are these massive increases in spending in the OBBB? Reminder the CBO counts tax cuts as spending.

What is corrupt about Trump's DOJ?

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Yeah, when he said fiscal health I automatically go to the debt which is a disaster and all are to blame for that. He consistently only blames Republicans and sometimes just Reagan for our $40T debt which is obviously stupid and false.

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I don't blame Ronnie. He was duped just like you have been. You Rs and your dogmatic belief and adherence to the principles of the scam that became known in the 1980s as "Reaganomics" is why we're $40T in debt. It has been your party's fundamental economic policy and philosophy since the early 1980s.

DeschutesAg said:

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YouBet said:

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Yeah, when he said fiscal health I automatically go to the debt which is a disaster and all are to blame for that. He consistently only blames Republicans and sometimes just Reagan for our $40T debt which is obviously stupid and false.

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I don't blame Ronnie. He was duped just like you have been. You Rs and your dogmatic belief and adherence to the principles of the scam that became known in the 1980s as "Reaganomics" is why we're $40T in debt. It has been your party's fundamental economic policy and philosophy since the early 1980s.

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What's you ideal economic policy then?


So far we have "not Reaganomics"; not "your party" or Republican solutions for 40 years; and based on prior posting I assume you don't support any Trump economic policies. So what are your ideas?

YouBet said:

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Yeah, when he said fiscal health I automatically go to the debt which is a disaster and all are to blame for that. He consistently only blames Republicans and sometimes just Reagan for our $40T debt which is obviously stupid and false.

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Deschutes is a dedicated propagandists.

Its just what he does.

DeschutesAg said:

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YouBet said:

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Yeah, when he said fiscal health I automatically go to the debt which is a disaster and all are to blame for that. He consistently only blames Republicans and sometimes just Reagan for our $40T debt which is obviously stupid and false.

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I don't blame Ronnie. He was duped just like you have been. You Rs and your dogmatic belief and adherence to the principles of the scam that became known in the 1980s as "Reaganomics" is why we're $40T in debt. It has been your party's fundamental economic policy and philosophy since the early 1980s.

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The vast majority of our debt comes from social safety net obligations that have nothing to do with Reaganomics.

Where do you get this stuff?

ETA: Tax revenues increased under Reagan, despite the very necessary at the time tax cuts. So if thats what you are blaiming it on it just proves you are incredibly ill-informed.

Silent For Too Long said:

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ETA: Tax revenues increased under Reagan, despite the very necessary at the time tax cuts. So if thats what you are blaiming it on it just proves you are incredibly ill-informed.

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1) If you are speaking in terms of gross, tax revenues increased under every administration over the past 50 years, simply on the basis of population/economic growth, so this is not a very meaningful statement.

2) Tax revenue actually declined from 1982 to 1983; since 1980, this only happened from 2001-3 (Bush tax cuts), 2008-9 (financial crisis); and 2019-2020 (COVID obviously).

3) The more relevant measure (tax revenue as a percentage of GDP) declined substantially under Reagan. The 1981 value (18.69%) would not be reached again until 1998.

It is simply a fiction that the Reagan tax cuts increased the revenue flowing to the government more than would have occurred by leaving the tax rates alone, and the supply-siders didn't think that would be the case, either. Their prediction was that the loss of revenue wouldn't be as bad as predicted by liberal economists, due to tax cuts stimulating economic growth.

In re: Reagan, I think you could argue that they were right. The Bush 43 tax cuts were much less justifiable without spending restraint.

Laffer Curve has entered the chat.

It's proven true again and again and did so under Reagan.

What nonsense to measure tax revenue as a percentage of GDP and come away with anything other than how tax burdens drag a growing economy.

There was a 65% increase from 1980 to 1989 in tax revenue, the slight dip in '83 had to do with the recession.

You said a lot of words just to ultimately agree.

The fact that tax revenues decreased as a perecent of GDP is a good thing. "Oh no, our government is less of a burden on our economy, whatever shall we do!"

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The fact that tax revenues decreased as a perecent of GDP is a good thing. "Oh no, our government is less of a burden on our economy, whatever shall we do!"

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You could argue that if there had been a commensurate decrease in spending as a percentage of GDP.

Narrator: There was not.

That's two completely different things.

But we've derailed this thread enough.

Jihadist trying to downplay his buddy now.

This you @AbdulElSayed? https://t.co/ciSUQWxcS0 pic.twitter.com/cTtok7WX5p

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) August 30, 2026

DeschutesAg said:

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YouBet said:

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Yeah, when he said fiscal health I automatically go to the debt which is a disaster and all are to blame for that. He consistently only blames Republicans and sometimes just Reagan for our $40T debt which is obviously stupid and false.

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I don't blame Ronnie. He was duped just like you have been. You Rs and your dogmatic belief and adherence to the principles of the scam that became known in the 1980s as "Reaganomics" is why we're $40T in debt. It has been your party's fundamental economic policy and philosophy since the early 1980s.

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That flies in the face of what you've specifically said in other threads where you've blamed Reagan.

And the rest of what you said simply proves what I said - stupid and false.

I'm embarrassed for you on this topic. Truly. You are fairly reasonable on some others so I'm not sure how you are so utterly wrong on this one. It just defies reality.