Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Accused of treason; bitches about the ratings. I am in awe.

Sadly, there is no cure for stupid.

Ron DeSantis, the grand wizard, oops, governor of FL.

Can we lighten up on the doomsday scenarios?

Washington Post’s Catch and Kill, not noticeably better than the Enquirer’s.

But frankly mr. cole, I’ll be happier when you get back to telling us to go fuck ourselves.

Republicans are the party of chaos and catastrophe.

T R E 4 5 O N

Republicans: The threats are dire, but my tickets are non-refundable!

Let me eat cake. The rest of you could stand to lose some weight, frankly.

This fight is for everything.

We won’t go back.

Sadly, media malpractice has become standard practice.

I’d like to think you all would remain faithful to me if i ever tried to have some of you killed.

The Supreme Court is corrupt. Democrats must win in November and force court reform.

Meanwhile over at truth Social, the former president is busy confessing to crimes.

Glad to see john eastman going through some things.

I’m more Christian than these people and I’m an atheist.

They traffic in fear. it is their only currency. if we are fearful, they are winning.

rich, arrogant assholes who equate luck with genius

Every day Vance writes another chapter in the book called “Worst VP Pick Ever”.

It’s a new day. Light all those Biden polls of young people on fire and throw away the ashes.

Fuck the extremist election deniers. What’s money for if not for keeping them out of office?

And we’re all out of bubblegum.

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Texas Brawlin’ Open Thread: Betting on Beto

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You know the Repubs are worried when they start the blatant ratfvcking this early. Per the Dallas News:

A person masquerading as a volunteer for Beto O’Rourke apparently sent text messages to voters Wednesday to give the impression the Democrat’s Senate campaign was seeking help to take “undocumented immigrants” to the polls.

A spokesman for O’Rourke’s campaign attributed the texts to “an impostor,” the Austin American-Statesman reported, and said campaign officials were looking into what happened.

“Hi, it’s Patsy here w/Beto for Texas,” the text said. “Our records indicate that you’re a supporter. We are in search of volunteers to help transport undocumented immigrants to polling booths so that they will be able [sic] vote. Would you be able to support this grassroots effort?”

Word of the messages quickly circulated on social media, prompting the campaign to follow up with another text message explaining that the impostor had signed on as a volunteer and then sent the unauthorized messages…

Even Chris ‘the Mad Bitcher’ Cillizza is excited — “Yes, the Texas Senate race is for real”:

Cillizza: It’s post-Labor Day. Is this race as close as most polling suggests?

[Texas Tribune CEO Evan] Smith: Well, it’s close, and more importantly it’s closer than nearly every general election race in Texas has been for several decades. There is general agreement among pollsters and political observers that O’Rourke is trailing by mid-high single digits. By contrast, the Democrat running for governor is behind by twice that amount or more. O’Rourke has raised more money than Cruz and has more cash on hand, meaning can he get his name ID up and his message out in a very expensive state. He is already getting tons of free media. But Texas is a red state, and that’s the mountain he has to scale. The odds are still against him, though they’ve improved…

Cillizza: Cruz seems to be worried. They have started attacking Beto over being in a band, wearing a dress and a past (known) DUI. Is this a sudden panic?
Smith: They’re definitely sounding the alarm. Not sure it’s panic quite yet. O’Rourke is still relatively unknown, so they’re trying to define him in character terms before he can define himself. Oldest trick in the book. They’re betting that his younger, wilder days will be a turn-off. Hmm, where have I heard that phrase before? Oh, right, George W. Bush. Who won the presidency. For this strategy to be successful, you’d have to believe there are voters who are toying with voting for O’Rourke but won’t because HE WAS IN A PUNK ROCK BAND. I’m not sure this is a “Footloose” election cycle…

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  1. 1.

    AThornton

    I know for a FACT Beto has been seen masticating in IN FRONT OF LITTLE CHILDREN and his sister was a flagrant and committed thespian at her college.

  2. 2.

    lamh36

    Proud to be a Democrat tag!

    Rewatched the bit of questioning from Kamala Harris to Kavanaugh…when she got to the “I think you have a name, but you’re not telling us”…and you can hear someone in the back saying “ha”…I swear I said “get him Kamala”!!!

  7. 7.

    Adam L Silverman

    Only in the US can a Cuban Canadian move to Texas to become a white supremacist religious fanatic. America is definitely the land of opportunity!

  8. 8.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    oh my god the right-leaning white boomer smugness from Brian Williams and Parson Meecham is gonna break my TV

  10. 10.

    lamh36

    @lamh36: All he had to say was he did not recall having any conversations about Mueller with Trump’s personal law firm…or even just out right say no.

    The fact he didn’t is suspect, and the guy interrupting Kamala Harris questioning…sounds like he was as shook by the question as Kavanaugh was!

    @cspan
    2h2 hours ago
    .@senkamalaharris asks if Judge Kavanaugh has discussed Mueller Investigation with anyone at Kasowitz Benson Torres law firm.

    #Kavanaugh: “I would like to know the person you’re thinking of.”

    Sen. Harris: “I think you’re thinking of someone and you don’t want to tell us.”
    https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1037514830490607617

    Here’s Sen Harris entire segment of questioning:

    https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1037518507423002629

  12. 12.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @lamh36: the guy interrupting Kamala Harris questioning…sounds like he was as shook by the question as Kavanaugh was!

    the speculation is that she was alluding to something in the “committee confidential’ dox Grassley won’t let them talk about publicly. His reaction suggests she was, and he knew what

    I hope all the “DEMS NEED TO BOYCOTT THE HEARINGS” emos learn to shut the fuck up once in a while

  13. 13.

    NotMax

    @Adam L. Silverman

    “What a country!”
      – Yakov Smirnoff Vladimair Putin

    Totally OT, but as made a mention of him shall throw it in –

    Comedian Yakov Smirnoff wants town houses, condos, and hotel units to sit on the property of his Branson theatre.

    This would change it from Yakov Theatre to Yakov Towers.

    The idea is being proposed to the planning and zoning commission Tuesday night [Sept. 4].

    Right now buildings in Branson can only be 75 feet. Smirnoff is asking for his buildings to be 150 feet. Source

  16. 16.

    debbie

    Well, I will be laughing myself to sleep tonight after hearing about this article from Stephen Colbert:

    Trump Claims There Are ‘100 Pictures’ of Mueller and Comey ‘Hugging and Kissing Each Other’

    Link to full transcript included, if you can bear it.

  20. 20.

    dmsilev

    One of my neighbors has a Beto lawn sign.

    I’m not really sure what the point of that is, since he’s not on the ballot here in California, but OK.

  23. 23.

    JustRuss

    God I hope Trump stomps for Cruz. I’m not surprised he’s stupid enough to do it, but Cruz must be desperate. All Beto has to do is run ads featuring Trump ripping on Cruz in the primaries, followed by his current fawning over him. It will be beautiful.

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