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DeschutesAg said:

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Trump is displaying his Lukashenko and Orban tendencies with his attempted press ban.

Not a smart time for him to do that, not when most Americans were already very concerned about his tariffs, his stupid decisions, his lying, his corruption, his destruction of our economy, and his Administration's constant illegal attacks on the Constitution and our nation's longstanding well-established democratic norms.

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So, they should instead vote for the Democrats who are currently fighting a civil war against their own people who literally want to get rid of the Constitution. The very same poeple that Democrats enabled by sprinting so far left that they created this monster.

I'm not disputing Americans are concerned about Trump but to turn around and then vote for the objectively worse party is brain dead stupid...just like their last POTUS in office. But many will because they can't think ahead nor think critically. The ability to weigh pros and cons, assess logical outcomes, and assess risk is completely lost on almost all Democrats and for many, many Republicans.

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Alternative is the guy's party in charge that promised peace and prosperity and here we are.

He's not on any ticket, but 100% the driver right now. Objectively worse doesn't matter when objectively worse is now at the pump, grocery store, etc.

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Your statement in bold proves my point above it, perfectly.

Question: Are you better now than 2 years ago?

Well, yes and no.

Economy sucks, job market sucks (ignore the Boomers on this one), inflation sucks. We are in a war which isn't ending. The only positive for me is I am wealthier because the stock market has done well in these past 20 months.

On the positive side, I feel that things are getting better and will take time. Once Trump succeeds in his H1B visa and immigration moves, that will change a lot of things. Yes, some things will get more expensive but that is a cost we have to pay. It is better to have a job and higher costs than no job and slightly lower costs.

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Eggs and drug prices are down.

Eat eggs, do drugs, profit.

HTH.

But seriously, not everything is higher. He'll, housing is dropping in places and other categories have been stable or down.

And don't give me the "with the price of diesel, everything will go up!". Folks can deal with that when and if it happens, but the "wait for tomorrow it's going to be worse" is never a reason to vote for Hate Americans.

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I'm not saying it's a valid reason, but everyone I know is talking about how 'everything is very expensive" and people vote with the wallets. The GOP is in charge so they'll get blamed, right, wrong or indifferent.

MAGA INC pulling money away from supporting Mike LiPetri in NY-3.

Waiting to see if this signals a change in strategy or if they’re just moving money around. pic.twitter.com/hmBLgFLpiH

— Timmy Facciola (@TimmyFacciola_) September 23, 2026

Have Trump’s policies improved or worsened the economy?

All adults
🟤 Worsened: 66%
🟢 Improved: 21%

White, no college degree
🟤 Worsened: 60%
🟢 Improved: 26

CNN/SSRS | Sept. 16–17

— InteractivePolls (@IAPolls2022) September 23, 2026

I think the Republicans are toast regardless of any of the normal poll manipulation by Democrats and their proxies.

Iran is an albatross.

we've got republican candidates in florida(!) scrubbing trump's endorsements from their website and even campaigning against his immigration policies. trump approval dipping below 30%, now approaching bush term 2 levels (lowest this century). the maga electoral coalition may be evaporating before our very eyes.

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trump approval dipping below 30%, now approaching bush term 2 levels

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What is remarkable about that is Bush hit 25% during the very worst of the financial crisis with unemployment at historic highs and people losing their homes and jobs right and left.

Trump is nearing that with a much more benign backdrop.

And yet it is looking like a disappointing mid-term for the Democrats, where the opposition party historically triumphs readily.

The Democrats will get a mild victory at best, despite a very unpopular president, because they have nothing to run on except grocery bills they created and TDS. They have only worse policies than the GOP and horrible leadership to guide them. America is not ready to hand the keys to the car back to them.

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trump approval dipping below 30%, now approaching bush term 2 levels

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What is remarkable about that is Bush hit 25% during the very worst of the financial crisis with unemployment at historic highs and people losing their homes and jobs right and left.

Trump is nearing that with a much more benign backdrop.

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Which tells you TDS is real.

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we've got republican candidates in florida(!) scrubbing trump's endorsements from their website and even campaigning against his immigration policies. trump approval dipping below 30%, now approaching bush term 2 levels (lowest this century). the maga electoral coalition may be evaporating before our very eyes.

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That particular candidate voted to fund all of Trump's immigration policies. She is a hypocrite, unfortunately, just like a lot of GOP politicians.

Only says something when it looks like she might not win re-election.

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And yet it is looking like a disappointing mid-term for the Democrats, where the opposition party historically triumphs readily.

The Democrats will get a mild victory at best, despite a very unpopular president, because they have nothing to run on except grocery bills they created and TDS. They have only worse policies than the GOP and horrible leadership to guide them. America is not ready to hand the keys to the car back to them.

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Per every election analyst I have seen, recent mid-cycle redistricting is biggest factor preventing the sort of blue wave we have seen in the past.

Giving up on GA and NC?

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Said future NRSC spending will focus on New Hampshire and Michigan and GOP-held seats in Maine, Iowa, Ohio, Texas, and Alaska and told red state Rs to run like they are behind

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News: NRSC chair Tim Scott just gave a presentation to Senate Republicans with the message they are still in it despite deteriorating environment
-He told them “we’re in the fight for our lives with a record number of toss-up races” but said their situation could be like 2022 was… pic.twitter.com/X3JAs9BwQQ

— Burgess Everett (@burgessev) September 23, 2026

Funny thing I've noticed here in Arkansas. I get flyers put on my front door by politicians for local races. Only the Republicans put their party affiliation on their flyers. They're also the only ones that knock and hope you answer so they can talk to you. The Dems knock and sprint away, hoping you don't look and see who they represent. Had 2 House and Senate runners drop flyers off yesterday and I had to look them up because nothing was on there. Sure enough, both Democrats and both knocked and ran away. To the trash it went.

Dems Ding Dong Ditching… 4D erection chess?

Knocking and running way seems so juvenile. I remember some kids had a name for it but the memory has been repressed.

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And yet it is looking like a disappointing mid-term for the Democrats, where the opposition party historically triumphs readily.

The Democrats will get a mild victory at best, despite a very unpopular president, because they have nothing to run on except grocery bills they created and TDS. They have only worse policies than the GOP and horrible leadership to guide them. America is not ready to hand the keys to the car back to them.

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Per every election analyst I have seen, recent mid-cycle redistricting is biggest factor preventing the sort of blue wave we have seen in the past.

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It's not just the recent mid-cycle one. Dems have done a lot of gerrymandering over the past several censuses (censii?) and are pretty close to maxing out their non-competitive seats. This mid-cycle was an early response
(not waiting to 2030) by the Republicans.

After 2030, when the Republicans do another cycle, both to max out non-competitive seats AND to do away with the majority minority seats mandated by the VRA, there will be VERY few competitive seats left.

NEW: Conservative talk show host Steve Deace

“Yesterday Iowa House Republicans were informed by their own pollsters that if you’re in a +15 district you’re within the margin of error — if you’re in a +10 district you’re already underwater — and this might end up being an even…

— InteractivePolls (@IAPolls2022) September 23, 2026

That post is getting absolute raked in the replies. Evidently dude is known for his horse**** takes. Keep em coming!

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And yet it is looking like a disappointing mid-term for the Democrats, where the opposition party historically triumphs readily.

The Democrats will get a mild victory at best, despite a very unpopular president, because they have nothing to run on except grocery bills they created and TDS. They have only worse policies than the GOP and horrible leadership to guide them. America is not ready to hand the keys to the car back to them.

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my guess is we're headed toward dems easily retaking the house and a toss up for control of the senate. this is about as good a senate map as republicans could hope for in a D+8 midterm, which will stem the bleeding somewhat. dems need 51 seats for a majority, arguably 52 with the risk of fetterman being a tiebreaker.

agree that dems' gains will have everything to do with a backlash to trump and the gop, and little to do with a proactively beneficial vision of governance under their party (they have none at the moment).

The path to victory in November will not come from $5000 checks, more tariffs, dumping the SPR, buying up bonds, or banning Diesel exports… It requires convincing younger Americans the GOP had to end-run radical Democrats & the swamp Republicans (Senate) to take on spending,…

— Chip Roy (@chiproytx) September 23, 2026

Kudos, err, sort of, to Chip Roy for being unintentionally honest about his own blatant dishonesty and his Republican Party's 100-percent dishonesty and its con man scams.

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The path to victory in November will not come from $5000 checks, more tariffs, dumping the SPR, buying up bonds, or banning Diesel exports… It requires convincing younger Americans the GOP had to end-run radical Democrats & the swamp Republicans (Senate) to take on spending, cut bureaucrats, cut subsidies… & we need time to finish the job… to take on Big Healthcare, Big Tech, and all the corporate interests riding high on crony capitalism while Americans are hurting. Speak truthfully. We haven't done all we need to do. Ask for the chance to finish the job - to restore the American Dream… and mean it. That's it.

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did chip roy hit his head and forget who is president right now? we're not getting any of that with trump

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NEW: Conservative talk show host Steve Deace

“Yesterday Iowa House Republicans were informed by their own pollsters that if you’re in a +15 district you’re within the margin of error — if you’re in a +10 district you’re already underwater — and this might end up being an even…

— InteractivePolls (@IAPolls2022) September 23, 2026

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obviously there's still time for change or the possibility of a large polling error, but it's pretty funny that republicans hand-waved months of bad polling with "nothing before labor day counts" only for the bottom to fall out for them after labor day

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I think the Republicans are toast regardless of any of the normal poll manipulation by Democrats and their proxies.

Iran is an albatross.

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Iran is a part of it. That has been a perfect synopsis of Trump and his destructive disaster of a clownshow.

But there is a lot more.

The daily nonstop lying.
The megalomania.
The tariffs.
The rampant corruption, de facto bribery, self-enrichment schemes, and other financial crimes.
Alienating, shamefully insulting, and threatening our allies.
The attacks on our election system and the lies and other false claims about 2020.
Pardoning the J6ers.
Changing ICE from courteous respected LEOs wearing windbreakers and ties into a secret paramiltary force that uses intimidation and hides behind masks.
The illegal use of the DOJ, FCC, etc.
The Epstein coverup and secret deal Trump and his laeyer Todd Blanche made with Epstein's co-pedo Ghislaine Maxwell.
The fraud and hoax that DOGE was.

The Congressional Rs in the GOP-controlled Congress have no one to blame but themselves. They all have agency. 95% of them fall into one of two categories. They are either abject spineless cowards, or they willfully chose to betray their oaths and our country and be partners & eager supporters & participants in all the above.

It's MAGAlomania not megalomania.

The problem is that you need to convince young voters to ignore what you have actually done, and then convince them that they should allow you to keep doing it

— Diogenes (@Kozzmoknight2) September 23, 2026

I would say ignore what they have NOT done, but point stands.

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The problem is that you need to convince young voters to ignore what you have actually done, and then convince them that they should allow you to keep doing it

— Diogenes (@Kozzmoknight2) September 23, 2026

I would say ignore what they have NOT done, but point stands.

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Why is that a problem? Dems do it every election cycle.

Can't post the link (profanity) but apparently Mary Peltola has said some fairly horrific things around her staffers up in Alaska.
https://x.com/realprestonhill/status/ (delete break) 2102925807345688886

DeschutesAg said:

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YouBet said:

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I think the Republicans are toast regardless of any of the normal poll manipulation by Democrats and their proxies.

Iran is an albatross.

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Iran is a part of it. That has been a perfect synopsis of Trump and his destructive disaster of a clownshow.

But there is a lot more.

The daily nonstop lying.
The megalomania.
The tariffs. Vaccine mandates
The rampant corruption, de facto bribery, self-enrichment schemes, and other financial crimes.
Alienating, shamefully insulting, and threatening our allies citizens.
The attacks on our election system and the lies and other false claims about 2020.
Pardoning the J6ers. Relentless preset of people who never even went in the building and not giving them due precess
Changing ICE from courteous respected LEOs wearing windbreakers and ties into a secret paramiltary force that uses intimidation and hides behind masks. THIS IS JUST A LIE. They did the same as they are now under Obama, CNN did a puff piece on it.
The illegal use of the DOJ, FCC, etc.
The Epstein coverup and secret deal Trump Biden and his laeyer Todd Blanche made with Epstein's co-pedo Ghislaine Maxwell.
The fraud and hoax that DOGE DOJ was.

The Congressional Ds in the GOP-controlled Congress have no one to blame but themselves. They all have agency. 95% of them fall into one of two categories. They are either Marxists abject spineless cowards, or they willfully chose to betray their oaths and our country and be partners & eager supporters & participants in all the above.

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Did you miss Biden is not president anymore?

Klobuchar (and Flanagan) have real problems for the DSA Dems in MN.

FULL STORY: https://t.co/TDusejaNH0

— Alpha News (@AlphaNews) September 24, 2026

It would be fantastic if Tafoya somehow wins that blue state seat in the senate, and I think she is likely to do so at this point.

I think Peltola is toast with this, shocking to me, NYT hit piece.

you know what a disaster Alaska Dem Senate candidate @MaryPeltola is and was when @nytimes is willing to a piece on one of their own 40 days out

Angry Outbursts, Slurs and Firings: Tumult Rocks a Key Senate Campaign

Former aides describe a campaign and congressional office…

— Sean Spicer (@seanspicer) September 24, 2026

Still need to crush all of the above in closing weeks spending.

MAINE POLL - Senate

🟥 Susan Collins (inc): 49%
🟦 Troy Jackson: 46%

NYT/Siena (A+) | 9/15-22 | 619 LV pic.twitter.com/02LU3MhJVB

— InteractivePolls (@IAPolls2022) September 24, 2026

She sounds like the horrific lady that was ahead in CA race and then tanked when similar accusations came out. Katie something.

agracer said:

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DeschutesAg said:

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YouBet said:

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I think the Republicans are toast regardless of any of the normal poll manipulation by Democrats and their proxies.

Iran is an albatross.

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Iran is a part of it. That has been a perfect synopsis of Trump and his destructive disaster of a clownshow.

But there is a lot more.

The daily nonstop lying.
The megalomania.
The tariffs. Vaccine mandates
The rampant corruption, de facto bribery, self-enrichment schemes, and other financial crimes.
Alienating, shamefully insulting, and threatening our allies citizens.
The attacks on our election system and the lies and other false claims about 2020.
Pardoning the J6ers. Relentless preset of people who never even went in the building and not giving them due precess
Changing ICE from courteous respected LEOs wearing windbreakers and ties into a secret paramiltary force that uses intimidation and hides behind masks. THIS IS JUST A LIE. They did the same as they are now under Obama, CNN did a puff piece on it.
The illegal use of the DOJ, FCC, etc.
The Epstein coverup and secret deal Trump Biden and his laeyer Todd Blanche made with Epstein's co-pedo Ghislaine Maxwell.
The fraud and hoax that DOGE DOJ was.

The Congressional Ds in the GOP-controlled Congress have no one to blame but themselves. They all have agency. 95% of them fall into one of two categories. They are either Marxists abject spineless cowards, or they willfully chose to betray their oaths and our country and be partners & eager supporters & participants in all the above.

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Did you miss Biden is not president anymore?

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He doesn't acknowledge stuff that his team does. Just projection.

New @CookPolitical: with less than 40 days to go, the most critical voters are the "doubly disenchanted" - the ~17% of Trump disapprovers who aren't (yet) in the Dem column. The critical pain point for them? Energy/gas prices. My full analysis: https://t.co/ZGv4iZ8GZC pic.twitter.com/qb929a2rqt

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) September 24, 2026

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She sounds like the horrific lady that was ahead in CA race and then tanked when similar accusations came out. Katie something.

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Not the lady who combed the hair of her staffer though… you mean the boiling potatoes lady?