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Jeff Childers's avatar

ERRATA

— Squad story was from march, not this week. Updated post to reflect historical nature and obscure evidence of my cognitive impairment

SHug's avatar

Hey Jeff, I'm a little surprised you haven't covered AOC's rancid tour; especially her stop in Montgomery, AL, where, while standing behind bullet proof glass, she went on a rant about Progressives needing to "pull up" to Southern states. "Pulling up" is slang for fighting, whether by fists or guns.

Southern residents of 2026, who are generally not still living in the racially biased 1960s, are replying with "Bless her ignorant little heart. Y'all come on down to our 2A states and find out." and pointing out that they are sure AOC plans to stand behind her people and rhetoric; --safely far behind some bullet proof glass.

.A favorite line I heard from a lovely black lady was "Just letting you know AOC, we don't play. Southerners will just shoot you and tell God you died."

Some of the better reactions:

https://youtu.be/DyWb-hrVb4E?si=glcYEE1ZUlXCTnVM

AND

https://youtu.be/3Vma_c97e2o?si=Dfm-RjoxXQWMLsRa

Lori's avatar

SHug, the only things AOC is pulling up are her toddler disposable training pants!

Elizabeth Sexworth's avatar

Both of those were excellent

Donna in MO's avatar

First time hearing April Chapman - I love her sass! Picked up on AOC's 'black Baptist preacher homalytic twist' to her voice. Same sincerity as Hillary Clinton who said she kept a bottle of hot sauce in her purse.

SHug's avatar

Yeah, they like to copy. VA's CIA Spanberger does the "kept a bottle of hot sauce in her purse." line as well.

Mindy's avatar

Thank you for your humorous honesty!

David Nelson's avatar

I got Mar and May confused this year too.

Juju's avatar

It’s May? *checks calendar, rolls out of bed …**

David Nelson's avatar

(SORRY, Juju, we were all agreed to let you sleep.)

FH's avatar

DANGNABBIT! It’s almost June! (Rolling over to sleep through the rest of May)

Roger Beal's avatar

Still hibernating, eh?

Juju's avatar

Oh man, it’s baaaaad this year 🤣

Jane Tracy's avatar

Heck, I have this weeks days all mixed upā€¼ļø

ENCmd's avatar

They were so similar!

Elaine Russky's avatar

Great analyses. I liked hearing again of the ignominious capers of the keffiyeh krowd.

I've admired Ken Paxton from afar ever since the covid years. He's not lazy, and that's refreshing.

Jan's avatar

Thanks. I was wondering. I pulled a Republican ballot on our Illinois open primary a couple of months ago. But didn’t hear much about what happened on the Dem side. Good to hear.

David K Thiel's avatar

Thank you for clarifying. I was confused.

Torrance Stephens's avatar

No apologies required.

Cognitively impaired - highly unlikely.

Jim Moore's avatar

Hmmm … Not a bad 2026 campaign slogan for every Dem running: ā€œVote for me, let’s ā€˜obscure evidence of my cognitive impairment’ together!ā€

Leo's avatar

Jeff, Now I hope you will clue us in on Florida's drone drops of 800,000 Irradiated Mosquitoes without any citizen's input or consent.

Anna Lafferty's avatar

Haha! It was all that Memorial Day time spent bbqing that gotcha!

Occam's avatar

Great column as usual, Jeff.

But I suspect the big driver in these recent elections is that people are so fed up with the establishment actors, they are punishing the incumbents, and less concerned with the specifics of the challenger.

Will be interesting to watch - not sure if the midterm matchups viewed in this framework would favor the Dems or GOP.

A.'s avatar
May 28Edited

An important legal issue being examined in Florida:

"Surrogacy is slavery and unconstitutional, says Florida attorney general

Concerns about the practice in Florida as judge says children cannot be treated like property"

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/570d092b96f0e824

Edward Drass's avatar

Cornyn campaign spending = why I no longer contribute to the RNC.

BBS's avatar
May 27Edited

Absolutely. Contribute directly to the candidate not to the party.

Freedom Fox's avatar

Just read Cook Political Report shifted TX from Safe R to Leans R. This is Phase 1 of an election theft set up.

To get away with stealing an election first and foremost it has to be *plausible.* It becomes plausible when a contest is believed to be close, uncertainty.

They can’t rig the vote counting, machines and name a D winner in a solid R contest. So the narrative of a close election must be established long before the November vote.

Enter Cook Political Report shift in race odds. It is the beginning of the narrative war, make Texans and national viewers come to believe it is a closer contest in Texas with Paxton.

That somehow a radical progressive atheist studying Christianity to learn some lingo like a horse whisperer learns to talk to horses – while blaspheming Christianity into Marxist-Atheist dogma – could be preferred over Paxton in deep red Texas is pure rubbish.

But that’s the play, that’s the D-RINO's (and its RNC fundraising apparatus) play in Texas to beat Paxton. First they must make the election steal *plausible* so that when they announce the rigged results the people will accept them.

To beat a narrative war requires a counternarrative war. Paxton is going to crush the little commie mocking Christianity as big as he crushed Cornyn. THAT must be the expectation. So it becomes *implausible* to steal the election.

Too. Big. To. Rig. Is the only effective election theft prevention strategy. Making rigged results completely implausible. Too obvious to consent to a (s)elected winner.

S.P.H.'s avatar

Yep, Freedom F. Oregon for 40 years now with vote by mail. All we hear is Oregon is blue, Oregon is blue. Then when the repubs have the rug pulled out from under them, again, they console each other with 'well, we knew Oregon is blue'.

More frustrating to me is candidates will not fight like MAGA candidates. Then they wonder 1) why didn't I get more votes and 2) why are there so many NAV voters that don't vote?

And candidates still hire campaign advisors that have been losing races for 40 years.

Mr. Childers explained succinctly a few S'Stacks back, paraphrase, 'you don't have to be MAGA but you need to support the agenda'.

Look across the country on who is winning. For my left coast neighbors look what is happening in California!

As El Rushbo coached new electees during the Gingrich Revolution of '94 'Don't try to get along with the left, they hate you and will turn on you in a second', my second paraphrase. I miss that guy...

Michael Framson's avatar

I picked up on that too, watching last night's PBS Newshour segment.

Freedom Fox's avatar

Yep. For anyone who has questioned why a known Marxist-Atheist would become a seminary student if he wasn't on an authentic religious journey one need only understand what motivates a Marxist-Atheist seeking to gain support in a community/state where the majority hold authentic religious values.

Jane Goodall's work learning how to communicate with chimpanzees and great apes provides the answer. He and most all Marxist-Atheists think of MAGA faithful as bitter clingers, in this case, bitter jungle vine clingers:

https://www.news18.com/world/jane-goodall-the-human-who-came-closest-to-understanding-chimpanzee-language-skn-ws-l-9609611.html

James Talarico went to seminary school so he could learn to talk like this to MAGA faithful deplorable bitter jungle vine clingers:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9B8yZgfEMY0

This is the ONLY reason Talarico went to seminary school. So he could appropriate the sounds of MAGA faithful in a pathetic attempt to convince them of whatever perverted blasphemous interpretation of Christianity he can come up with in their chimpanzee/ape language.

He is no more on an authentic journey to become a faithful Christian than Jane Goodall was on an authentic journey to become a chimpanzee or ape.

LeadCPA's avatar

Not to mention that you cannot get off their mailing and text lists.

taxpayer's avatar

FWIW, back in 2022, at Jeff's suggestion, I sent a small donation to support Ron Johnson's reelection campaign. Then I received an incredible quantity of emailed and postal solicitations to send more money. Probably they spent on printing and postage more than I had donated.

Then I received an apology, from Senator Johnson, explaining that somehow the donor list had fallen into the wrong hands and been misused. Subsequently I've received nothing.

RunningLogic's avatar

Senator Johnson is a class act!

Steenroid's avatar

Johnson seems like one of the few good ones.

KC & the Sunshine's avatar

Senator Ron Johnson is hands down my fave Senator, ever. He somehow manages to be a very classy, dignified badass. The warpath he has been on for years, is well worn and sacred ground as far as I am concerned. I pray he will see the absolute downfall of Pfizer and the rest of Big pHARM-us, in his lifetime.

We have absolute losers in my home state— like, Portland wouldn’t even approve. Ossoff & Warnock… ugh… It’s almost enough to make me move to Wisconsin.

J Carol Burton's avatar

Exactly. Same here. It becomes an abundant amount of waste of funds. I won’t contribute further.

Lisa Ricketts's avatar

in California, the Women(Democrats) running for office are sending me campaign literature and texting me!!! I have not voted for a Democrat since The Reagan ERA! I saw the hypocrisy of candidate Clinton and his wife and bailed! I guess they think because I am a woman and they are women, that I will somehow lose my mind and vote for someone who's first vow is to "Fight Trump and provide healthcare". Lol, Tell me you are a spendthrift idiot, without actually using the words.

Years ago, I donated a modest amount of money to PBS, because we were saving money to remodel our home, so we dumped paying for cable. I continued to get multiple mailers per year asking for another donation. This begging continued for 23 years and may still be going on after we moved away. What a waste of trees by those who continually lecture us about out consumption. Well, actually, California's PBS stations are part and parcel of the Green movement that never met a forest fire they wouldn't celebrate.

Justin's avatar

You could get a yahoo email address. They regularly censor conservative candidates and shift their emails into your spam folder.

Maha's avatar

I continue, since before the 2024 election, to get several texts a day from WinRed and associates--my phone sends them to spam or unknown senders, but they never stop.

Juju's avatar

They use a different phone number every time so you can never really block them. Horrendous

KC & the Sunshine's avatar

I recently

read that we shouldn’t even type STOP. This tells them it IS a live number and to keep on keeping on.

MaryAnn's avatar

I refer to those calls as ā€˜bot dials’ 😁

Juju's avatar

Ha! Love that one

Free in Florida's avatar

WinRed is the worst, for sure. I gave one time and specified it for one time only and they still set it up on a continuing basis! My hair was on fire and they got the message - have never given since.

Elaine Russky's avatar

Are you allowed to send a reply and ask them for money?

Maha's avatar

Why not? Reminds me of a funny thing a patient did.

She was sick of her junk mail volume, so she sent some offer from the internet company back to them in the prepaid envelope and filled it with other junk mail she had received that day, and scrawled across the card she was supposed to fill out, "I don't want your offers, and here are few more for you."

Joseph Kaplan's avatar

I never give them a thin dime. Among other reasons it’s because once they have your information the crying begging for more never stops.

Marc Wadaga's avatar

Kind of like PBS or your local blood donation center.

Joseph Kaplan's avatar

Exactly. When I was in the army way back in the dark ages of the 1960’s we were forced to do things like contribute to major charities like United way from our meager salaries. I swore when I got out that I would never give anything to any of them. And later when I ran my own business I refused to participate in their big annual fund raisers. I’ve since learned I was right. They are all self serving scams

Elaine Russky's avatar

There's a lot of pressure to give money to United Way, pledging money to be taken from your paycheck. I just endured the scowling and never gave them anything, because they supported Planned Parenthood. I now know it's even worse than I thought.

Joseph Kaplan's avatar

It was far worse. Every unit every company every battalion every division HAD to be 100%. If as a mere E3 or 4 refused and stood out as a lone refuser from an entire division not only would your life be hell and you’d never see another promotion but you commanders right up the chain would also be harmed. Maybe in your day you could just say no. But not mine

Lisa Ricketts's avatar

Wow! I'm glad I never gave to them. I figured it was a Democrat NGO, when I met some board members back in the 2000's. This person also hosted a fundraiser for Bill and Hill in the Second Campaign. What a twisted web they do weave.

MaryAnn's avatar

My employer did an annual drive for United Way. The Pres, CFO, Board all got to go to the BFD event for large contributions but those of us who had been strong-armed to donate got a boiler-plate thank you email. šŸ˜–

Elaine Russky's avatar

That's pretty much what happened at the office where I worked. About 3 of us were Republicans. If anyone else cared about politics, it could have been a hostile work environment.

Lisa Ricketts's avatar

The United way is terrible! In Silicon Valley, it is run by a board of ex Democrat politicians. They are all very wealthy, yet want the little guy to contribute! They pay their CEO as though they are running a for profit company! They once asked my husband to submit a resume, then he never heard back.

Teresa Parmenter's avatar

It’s taken years and lots of blocking I finally receive zero texts and phone calls from them. Knocking on wood

Ana GonzƔlez's avatar

I list my landline so I never receive ANY of their textsā€¼ļøā€¼ļøā€¼ļø

Jan's avatar

We lost our landline due to the incompetence of our new Wi-Fi installer after dropping cable. I miss it. I did use that number sometimes. It was attached to an actual answering machine.

Bitsy54's avatar

I ported my landline to a magic Jack when ATT killed land lines. That works to kill text messages

Elaine Russky's avatar

Try putting your phone on airplane mode. After a few years, no one will be able to sell your phone number.

Teresa Parmenter's avatar

Never thought of that. Thank you

Valoree Dowell's avatar

I did. Strongly worded text with strategically placed verbs.

G Harkness's avatar

Never made a donation and can't get off those lists, either!

PrayerWarrior's avatar

Yes but Jeff taught us all how to avoid the text

Life changer

Mary Ann Caton's avatar

In 2024 I stupidly contributed to the RNC mistakenly thinking the money would go to Trump and I'm still getting texts from them. šŸ¤¦ā€ā™‚ļø

Debra's avatar

I WILL NEVER DONATE THROUGH WINRED EVER AGAIN. Seriously, it took me 2+ years to get off their email and call lists!

Mark Livingston's avatar

I had to get a new phone number. But if thats the price I pay to have Tim Walz , Keith Ellison, and hopefully Bob Ferguson on the defensive, I only regret that I had but one phone to give up for my country.

Alison Smith's avatar

I received a text from John Thune, asking me to donate!! I told him to step down from his role in the Senate.

JoJo's avatar

Whenever I get something in the mail, I write ā€œnot til you drain the swampā€ and send it back. Costs them a stamp. 🤣

Sal_Peenx's avatar

RNC = RINOS Needing Cash: Corrupt, Cowardly, Compromised, Competence-Challenged Clowns Only Need Apply

Emumundo's avatar

I thought this was taken care of when Rona McDaniel was out. Guess not.

John of Oregon Fame's avatar

Same here, Edward. They continue to text me with dubious requests and threats. I get between 5 and 20 texts a day and all attempts to "block this number" or "text 'Stop' to opt out are absolutly ineffective. I wouldn't support the RNC now if my life depended on it, and they keel telling me it does.

Lisa Ricketts's avatar

Political fundraisers get 10% of what ever money they raise. It is a very lucrative career and this is why you likely still get bothered! Some of these people don't care which party they raise money for, they only care about getting their percentage. This is why we should only give to the candidate proper and not a fundraising aparatus!

Skeptical Actuary's avatar

The worst in my opinion are the ones saying "you're making a big mistake by ignoring this..."

John of Oregon Fame's avatar

I agree! They make me even less likely to reply.

Flipflopgirl's avatar

When they loose they throw a tantrum and support the democrat.

pretty-red, old guy's avatar

yup. Me too.

They are toast.

neener's avatar

Me either. Only local candidates get anything from me.

Cornishrexlover's avatar

EXACTLY what my spouse & I do. Never again to RNC. Well, we stopped giving to them a long time ago.

CHop's avatar

This happens on the state level too. The GOP spent $250,000 in the primary to keep an active medical freedom candidate from being my representative. The money worked and now we are stuck with a 24 year old candidate that they can push around.

RunningLogic's avatar

The round up of the Paxton victory was pure gold, from the monster trucks to the leg rash šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚

And yes, contrary to what so many people say, money isn’t everything in campaigns. Sometimes people truly are sick and tired of the incumbent and want someone who will fight for what they value the most!

Dave aka Geezermann's avatar

I hope the Paxton landslide also signals the end of the Bush regime in Texas.

MaryAnn Markowitz's avatar

Amen and other RINOs keep falling

Ana GonzƔlez's avatar

That would be wonderful if it didā€¼ļøā€¼ļøā€¼ļø

Lisa Ricketts's avatar

The Bush family sure did pull the wool over our eyes. It wasn't until they adopted Bill Clinton as their son, that I truly saw that we were screwed!

Deb's avatar

Everyone wants to blame Trump for these wins.... and an endorsement does not hurt... but TEXANS spoke loud and clear! We are finished with the RINO class! There is still lots of work to be done. Cruz and Abbott need to take note!!!!

william howard's avatar

every candidate endorsed by Trump has won - pretty sure that has never happened before

RunningLogic's avatar

I think it’s more of a reflection of the fact that voters put Trump in to accomplish certain things and the people who have stood in the way of that have been given their notice. Trump represents the voters’ wishes and endorsing candidates who will support his agenda is what the voters want.

Juju's avatar

Trump really was going to endorse Cornyn. But he always listens to his voter base. They raged louder for him to endorse Paxton. Trump heard and understood, then made it clear to them the importance of the SAVE act and how IF they passed that it would be worth a bad endorsement. Even Paxton publicly said he’d back out of the race under those conditions. In the end weasels chose their weasely ways, and Trump did as his voters wanted.

Trump is good at picking winners. But it’s the voters guiding the horse across the finish line. It’s ALWAYS up to us. Unless Paxton backed out most Texans would have voted for Paxton even if Trump endorsed Cornyn.

RunningLogic's avatar

Agree!! Which is why the people complaining about AIPAC are wrong imo. The voters know what they want and they have a better idea of who will get them there now!

Lisa Ricketts's avatar

In the end, Democrat voters are not actually interested in hating Jews and voting for Islamic candidates, no matter how much they think they hate Trump, they cannot deny the grift, fraud and chaos the young Marxists have used to take over their party.

Aimeslee's avatar

Juju, hope you are right about listening to us. BECAUSE Trump is gonna have an AI DATA CENTER fight on his hands. The people of Texas will NOT willingly hand over their water and pay for these centers' electricity. In fact, I'm looking seriously at Democrat Vikki Goodwin over Dan Patrick. Not only do I consider Patrick to be very bad for Texas, Goodwin is the only one talking about water infrastructure. Patrick/Lt Gov. has way too much power. GOPers tell me the Lege will just move to limit HER power if elected and I'm like fabulous! Win-win! Get rid of Liquor Lobby Whore Patrick and not have to worry about her woke policies if the Lege reduces the Lt. Gov's power.

Leo's avatar

Aimeslee, Yes - Data centers/water/energy = huge issue.

Aimeslee's avatar

IF... big if I know but... IF Patrick is defeated, I so wanna walk up to him and look deep into his eyes and say, "It's for the children, Dan." What a POS!

william howard's avatar

could it be that voters are actually looking at performance and policy rather than party affiliation and propaganda

G Harkness's avatar

At the primary level, yeah. At the national/state level, I will always support ANY Republican over ANY Democrat, forever and ever, amen.

william howard's avatar

getting rid of RINOs is the immediate goal

Free in Florida's avatar

William, I think we have to look at both performance and party affiliation. I can’t think of Anything the Democrats stand for which I support so there is no way I’d vote Left. The person himself might be likable enough and a hard worker but if he’s not working for things I value, there is no point in supporting him.

william howard's avatar

agreed - I cannot understand how any thinking person can support the democrat party - must be the 75 years of constant media demonization of conservatives/republicans - and then there is TDS

Elaine Russky's avatar

I have seen the Democrats as Notzees for so long that I could never consider voting for one.

Ana GonzƔlez's avatar

Amen ā€¼ļø

We've never had a candidate who has listened to our wishes as well as MY FAVORITE PRESIDENT ā€¼ļøā€¼ļøšŸ™ŒšŸ‘šŸ™Œ

Ana GonzƔlez's avatar

FINALLY, SOMEONE WHO I AGREE WITH ABOUT ABBOTT & CRUZā€¼ļøā€¼ļø

I HAVE BEEN POSTING ABOUT HOW CRUZ HAS BEEN MIA.

HE THINKS THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE TO PUSH THE PEOPLE'S AGENDA JUST BECAUSE HE ISN'T CURRENTLY UP FOR REELECTION ā€¼ļøā€¼ļøā€¼ļø

WE CAN'T FORGET ABOUT HOW HE HASN'T LIFTED A FINGER (other than the middle finger) TO GET THE SAVE AMERICA ACT PASSEDā€¼ļø

NOT TO MENTION, WHY HASN'T HE PUSHED FOR GETTING THE RECESS APPOINTMENTS DONEā‰ļøā€¼ļøā‰ļø

Mrs. SOB's avatar

Ted is "busy" doing a podcast! To his kids or office staff, I presume.🤯 I read that, spit my coffee all over myself, and thanked God, AGAIN, for President Trump. To think I was seriously considering Cruz as the GOP nominee in 2016.🫣 Evidence of my early onset undiagnosed šŸ˜µā€šŸ’« mental confusion, which blessedly cleared up during Covid. šŸ˜‰ā¤ļø

Lisa Ricketts's avatar

My husband listens to The Cruz cast. I agree he seems to be MIA, but then I watch very little news, so He could be out there pretending to represent the people, but he has always felt like a self-serving preacher to me. He wears his religion like a badge. I've encountered preachers who advertise their faith less than Cruz does. Lol are you a lawyer/Senator or a preacher?

Mrs. SOB's avatar

I think Ted Cruz mostly just talks.

Does the Senate do anything besides block Trump and MAGA?

Debra's avatar

šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚

Aimeslee's avatar

I think he was just trying to stay out of the crossfire because he works with whoever wins the election. Plus according to his podcast last week noting how many Senators are pissed, he has to work with them too.

Mrs. SOB's avatar

How brave and leader-ish. NOT!

Aimeslee's avatar

Deb, don't forget Wesley Hunt - he had 13% of the vote in the primary and endorsed Paxton. Hunt is a class act that I hope runs for office here again!

G Harkness's avatar

From what I've been hearing lately, Cruz especially (who I used to support)! And I have never been a fan of Abbott.

Torrance Stephens's avatar

I am expecting a FLAWLESS VICTORY

Talarico isn’t a Christian. His church is not Christian.

Talarico's church, where he said in a sermon that the "trans community" needs "abortion care," is pushing trans books on kids

Valerie's avatar

Talarico is just Beto O’Rourke part deux. Or Tim Walz. Someone the party thinks will appeal to men but the people doing the choosing actually hate men and have no idea what appeals to people who don’t think like them.

Also, my husband referred to Talarico this morning as ā€˜that Taquito guy’ so he will now be known as James Taquito for the duration of this election. No offense to real taquitos, which are delicious.

Mona W.'s avatar

I’ve been calling him ā€œTalaFreakcoā€ since his comments about trans kids and there are six genders šŸ™„

Laura Barrett's avatar

I’m laughing out loud as I read your comment, Valerie because that’s exactly what my sleep deprived brain did. It transposed his last name to taquito and I had to look twice to see what his name really is. However, taquito is much more funny, so I’m

going to go with that.

RunningLogic's avatar

Yes exactly. He’s a fake. Like they always are.

Torrance Stephens's avatar

Talarico is as Christian as Beelzebub.

CMCM's avatar

There is something downright creepy about Talarico. I can't imagine who he would appeal to.

Silent scorn's avatar

He’s an AI robot masquerading as what the dimocrats think a manly white Christian candidate should look like šŸ¤£šŸ™„

Words Beyond Me-Janice Powell's avatar

Just the little I’ve heard from him, I think he is demonic deception dressed up to pass as a normal looking young man.

RunningLogic's avatar

Yes I can see that 😳

Nikki (Gayle) Nicholson's avatar

Absolutely sickening 😔

Jan's avatar

Now they can attack Talarico properly and scathingly with a bulldog. šŸ‘šŸ»šŸ˜

Mary's avatar

As Jeff wrote, Paxton is a fighter which is why I voted for him. Senator Cornyn was polite but didn’t fight for the SAVE act, or if he did his techniques were ineffective. Maybe the time will come when we don’t need leaders like Paxton, but after the Biden and COVID years, I’m backing the brawlers.

Ana GonzƔlez's avatar

Sadly 😄 with the ā˜Ŗļø Islamification of Texas, we'll be needing fierce defenders (as I like to call them) for a LONG TIME āŒ›ļø ā€¼ļøā€¼ļø

Debra's avatar

Add Minnesota, New York, Californication to the states being Islamified. Arghhhh. I am sure there must be more.

Ruth's avatar

And Michigan. A group of Democrat legislators are trying to topass legislation authorizing 4 Muslim holidays to be recognized. Not paid holidays (yet) but to show inclusion!

Lisa Ricketts's avatar

YIKES! that would be the camels nose under the tent flap! BAD, BAD, BAD president to be setting!

Lisa Ricketts's avatar

Hopefully, the Lawsuits against asylum lawyers can render many of the asylum cases null and void! one can hope that will create a mass exodus of the invaders.

Debra's avatar

I always liked and appreciated the Bouncers at the bars making sure everything was good and the riffraff was bounced out! There is a place for bouncers and a place for brawlers. Maybe we need more great big huge muscle bound bouncers in our Senate and House?

Valerie's avatar

I’m in Texas and don’t know a single person who was pro-Cornyn In this election. Our household is thrilled.

Crash Pile's avatar

I know three that chose Cornyn because the only stories they heard about Paxton were slimy. They thought the cardboard incumbent would more likely prevail over Saint Taqueria.

Matt L.'s avatar

Establishment Republicans Senators are doing the exact opposite of a Homeric retreat into hedge.

Did you see what Senator Tillis (NC) said about Paxson on CNN? The Democrats could take his words about Paxson being a ā€˜total failure’ and replay them in the general election:

https://youtube.com/shorts/tLk0e-N3oJY?si=d7ZLto8HGYTPJI4E

I’d like to see the same microphone placed in front of all these other R Senators who endorsed Cornyn. Do they share Tillis’ opinion of Paxson? Let’s air it all out with:

Susan Collins, John Thune, Tom Cotton, Tim Scott, Marsha Blackburn, Rand Paul, Tommy Tuberville, John Barrasso and Rick Scott.

RunningLogic's avatar

It’s always telling who is praising or denigrating a person. For example, Chris Murphy and other Democrats bemoaning Massie’s defeat said a lot, as far as I am concerned.

Matt L.'s avatar

Tillis isn’t running for reelection, he’s out in January. He has displayed person over party on this subject which is disappointing to see. There’s a political realignment going on now (Populist forward) that is picking up steam.

Ana GonzƔlez's avatar

Those are part of the BAD BRAWLERS.

PAXTON IS A GOOD BRAWLER.

Debra's avatar

I tend to think all of those you listed have RINO blood in them and their wallets.

Patrick Shaffer's avatar

Yes, you forgot to mention the state convention when Cornyn was booed off the stage for compromising on the red flag laws... Don't mess with our firearms!

Navyo Ericsen's avatar

Makes you wonder just how many RINOs have leg rash.

MaryAnn's avatar

I wonder if impotency toward RINO-ism is gradual for long-term pols or if the castration is swift. I hope Paxton stays strong.šŸ™šŸ»

Words Beyond Me-Janice Powell's avatar

āœļøāœļøāœļø

ā€œOf old You founded the earth,

And the heavens are the work of Your hands.

Even they will perish, but You endure;

And all of them will wear out like a garment;

Like clothing You will change them and they will be changed.

But You are the same,

And Your years will not come to an end.

The children of Your servants will continue,

And their descendants will be established before You.ā€

— Psalm 102:25-28 NAS95

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Alan Devincentis's avatar

Happy good morning frens! First time ever!

Karmy's avatar

Good morning Alan! Have a blessed day.

RunningLogic's avatar

Good morning Alan!! 😊

kittynana's avatar

@Alan- then which Substack do you and I belong to? I've seen your name numerous times.

CeeMcG's avatar

Click on Alan’s name to see his Substack profile and scroll to the right to see what he reads. He reads 215 substacks and you read 18, so it should be easy to figure which ones you match on. šŸ‘šŸ»

Alan Devincentis's avatar

I follow Jeff. And quite a few other white people.

kittynana's avatar

@Alan- HAHAHAHAHA!

Beckadee's avatar

Toot that horn!

Jan Hollerbach's avatar

Best place on the internet! Welcome!

Porge's avatar

Good morning Alan!

Juju's avatar

Woot! Long overdue šŸ’ƒ

LiveDreamRepeat's avatar

Good news on Paxton, but Texas is absolutely NOT in the clear yet. Talarico is dangerous and has some awful ideologies that blue voters are matching onto - and we KNOW that corrupt money will be pouring in from around the country (and likely the world) to turn TX blue. Texan voters cannot afford to rest on our laurels and think "there hasn't been a Dem senator in decades" - that's possibly the very thinking the Dems are counting on. There are MANY corrupt actors working overtime to turn TX blue. I'm surprised Jeff isn't actively calling all TX conservatives to ensure it doesn't happen.

Lydia Lozano's avatar

I tend to think Talarico will go down as the Beto of our time. He is even crazier. A crackpot. Just let him talk and talk, which he tends to do. And yes, you are right. We mustn't let our guards down. The amount of money and chicanery being poured into Texas to turn it blue is appalling, and is only rarely brought to the public's attention.

RunningLogic's avatar

Yes I’d thought of the Beto comparison too! Beto the fake Hispanic and Talarico the fake Christian.

SHug's avatar

Just wait until AOC comes to TX to support him. LOL!!!!!!

SD Scott's avatar

Somehow this needs to be made illegal. Especially laundered public funds.

Crash Pile's avatar

Saint Taqueria will appeal to the ā€œmoderate and mainstream liberal wings of his partyā€ although those are hummingbird wings on an albatross.

Rachel's avatar

Talarico is horrible, but people need to take him seriously and beat him, instead of getting blindsided. I know way too many people (including believers) who have been duped by his ā€œnice guyā€ snake charm.

RunningLogic's avatar

I agree, they can’t rest on their laurels. I expect Jeff will say that later but right now he’s just savoring the victory. There’s time enough to rally the voters.

Margot Wooster's avatar

In the meantime, we can all PRAY, wherever we live (Oklahoma for me)

Debra's avatar

Sadly, just call me "Lost and Last in Oregon".

Elaine Russky's avatar

It's uncomfortably close to Okla, isn't it? Emphasize the tornadoes, humidity, and Chinese marijuana farms. Post photos of the panhandle.

Margot Wooster's avatar

Elaine, haha, I always say ā€œyou leftie people do NOT want to move to OK, you will hate it! Not only what you mentioned, but extremely humid and hot in summer, often extremely cold in winter, and we also have earthquakes (although not so much for a few years now, maybe they fixed what was causing them?). But it’s beautiful, I’m so blessed to have a 20 acre place in the country, and it’s home and I love it. But we already have MORE than enough left-leaners in the cities, so don’t come here. 😁

Elaine Russky's avatar

Good advice. When I see an article online about how awful it is here, I generally double down on it and add things the writer omitted. (I've been here since birth.)

RunningLogic's avatar

Yes!! šŸ™šŸ™šŸ™

Jeffrey N. Gratton's avatar

And PLENTY of time for Dems to step on more rakes

Juju's avatar

We need a t-shirt with a rake that says, ā€œremoved this from a Democrat foreheadā€

Lydia Lozano's avatar

I think they have nominated a rake for the US Senate.

Matt L.'s avatar

Democrats can run ads of what ā€œestablishment Republicansā€ have publicly said about Paxson, in the general election. Starting with North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis who told Jake Tapper recently that Paxson was a ā€˜total failure’

Tillis retires from Senate Jan, 2027 (not running for reelection) and is burning the R party on his way out.

Lydia Lozano's avatar

Like anyone in Texas cares what Thom Tillis says about anything.

Rachel's avatar

COMPLETELY agree šŸ˜” Talarico is a snake, and I’m shocked how many of my friends he has duped

RunningLogic's avatar

Oh and I posted this late the other day but it’s great so I’m posting it again. Good for him for expressing what so many of us are feeling!!

https://twitchy.com/samj/2026/05/24/will-take-your-breath-away-taxpayer-is-sick-to-death-watch-n2428529?

Deb's avatar

That video is excellent and speaks volumes about the American people! We are tired of footing the bill for illegals who come to our country for a "better" life on the taxe

taxpayer's dime. Not all immigrants are guilty of this tactic but what we have been seeing the last few years during the Biden regime speak is being coddled by horrible politicians who just want a new voter base!!!!

There was a time when immigrants came to this country, assimilated to the American culture and have prospered within their own families and helped build this country!!!

RunningLogic's avatar

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Juju's avatar

The politicians protecting them get money in their personal pockets from the programs created to service them.

Debbie Wagner's avatar

He is 100% right! The American people are overwhelmingly generous and compassionate. But, when our generosity and compassion are mocked and scorned, and when we are further told that we aren’t doing enough, and when we are called ā€œhatefulā€, ā€œracistā€, and ā€œbigotedā€ by asking only that immigrants follow the same laws we are required to follow as US citizens, WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH!!

We are sick of the cheating, the gaslighting, the lying, the corruption and the insult of elevating illegal aliens above tax paying US citizens! We are AWAKE! We are MAD! And, we are VOTING!!! 😔

SD Scott's avatar

Illegal immigrant Muslims come here to take over the country. It’s an invasion.

RunningLogic's avatar

You’re welcome! Always good to see positive developments so I wanted to share! 😊

Melissa S's avatar

Very good news. My grandkids love watching some of the anti-scammer channels on youtube such as Scammer Payback. The scams are inevitably based in India. The scammers target seniors especially, often clearing out their bank accounts.

SHug's avatar

btw - Here's the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud on X

https://x.com/WHFraudTF

Free in Florida's avatar

RunningLogic - these clips and info are soooooo good!!! Thanks!

Nikki (Gayle) Nicholson's avatar

Great video, deport everyone that is here illegally šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡øšŸ‡ŗšŸ‡øšŸ‡ŗšŸ‡øsorry no exceptions.

GregWA's avatar

Great links RunningLogic.

Re the fraud piece, I'm skeptical. What ever happened to DOGE? They ramped up, allegedly shut off a couple hundred billion, chump change in the fraud totals, and then flamed out.

I suspect Vance's task force will be similar. A bit of progress, some fraud shut down (good!), but the problem will still be there. The a$$hats waiting in the wings for the adults to get distracted by something else.

I hope I'm wrong!

RunningLogic's avatar

I suspect there is work going on behind the scenes. They had taken too much heat so the focus was taken off of them.

VelvetStitching's avatar

We need a government of people like Tom Holman who can take the heat and just keeps on truckin'!

(Like a Monster Truck... "get outta my way!") Bull dozer!

RunningLogic's avatar

Yes, he’s awesome!!

Elaine Russky's avatar

I like Scott Bessent, too.

PapayaSF's avatar

Both DOGE and the fraud task force are more important than they may look. By grabbing sysadmin control of federal computer systems DOGE got Trump all sorts of evidence of Deep State crimes and made it harder for them to plot against Trump.

The fraud task force is a dagger to the heart of the Democrats. Those billions didn’t all go to individual fraudsters. Some portion got kicked back to the Democrats (and maybe some Republicans) who let it happen. The feds are really good at tracing money when they want to be, and voters really hate corrupt politicians who steal tax money. Trump is going to use this to make Democrats the party of fraud for the midterms.

c morrow's avatar

I just hope Trump will bring out the numbers with proof of fraud in the best moment to break through with it. Timing is important. And we the voters have to make our confused over toxic chemically imbalanced and brain fog neighbors receive this fraud proof so they can vote with truth.

I think it's mostly Spiritual warfare and prayer and fasting as a country will remove this fog.

Maybe we, C& C family,need to call corporate prayer and fasting times as our group certainly knows how to pull our financial support together too stir up changes! Is this too radical to ask? I don't see churches doing it like we did in the past. I remember many demoniations called out for prayer and fasting in my 20's. No rules or guidlines needed just a few dates when we call on God as a people desperate for God to work His ways as He is the One who appoints our leaders, on the same day or days.Together as family. I was not here during most of covid, I was late in awaking, so y'all might have already discussed and did this. Please share ins and outs of this idea with tenderness on both sides of the issue. It's just a idea I'm putting out on the table as a newbie. šŸ¤—šŸ¦‹

VelvetStitching's avatar

I think that is an EXCELLENT idea!

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PapayaSF's avatar

I’m thinking before the midterms at the latest, but June looks good. That would keep it in the national conversation for the 250th celebrations on July 4th.

Debbie Wagner's avatar

It’s no coincidence that donations to Dems are way down now that the NGO/ā€œcharityā€/ and ā€œgrantā€ money pipeline has been turned off!

Connecting those dots is easy!

SD Scott's avatar

We far outnumber them in reality. They were just better funded (with our money) and in charge of media.

Debbie Wagner's avatar

Exactly! That is what is so infuriating! We have been paying for them to defeat us!

No more!!!

SD Scott's avatar

It all hinges on election integrity. Jovan Hutton Pulitzer has a lot to say about this.

Elaine Russky's avatar

A lot of it has benefited Ukranian officlals. Look at this!

https://x.com/Pascal_Laurent_/status/2059578163810701453?s=20

SHug's avatar

btw - Here's the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud on X

https://x.com/WHFraudTF

MaryAnn's avatar

JDVance has skin in the game with leading this fraud task force. It could be foundational paving for his run to the WH in ā€˜28. He needs to give it his best. šŸ™šŸ»

Elaine Russky's avatar

I don't think JD is going anywhere he'd want to be.

Debbie Wagner's avatar

The video at the ICE facility is priceless! Made my day! (I would say it made my week, but I am at the beach, so it would be hard to top that!ā˜ŗļø)

Thanks for posting these. All very good!

RunningLogic's avatar

You’re welcome!! I thought that clip was hilarious too, these people are such narrow minded idiots! šŸ™„šŸ˜†

SD Scott's avatar

As if virtue or vice have skin colors & are inherited.

There is no more racist a notion.

SD Scott's avatar

Trafficking people into our country to ā€œpick our cropsā€ is slavery. Going on right now, not 160+ years ago.

Teresa Parmenter's avatar

It’s a beautiful day indeed. I’m going to rejoice and be glad. šŸ™šŸ»

RunningLogic's avatar

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Dr Jen | Syringa Wellness's avatar

I thought i saw a piece recently about population growth. With Paul Ehrlich's name on it. Seemed like they were trying to pivot back to planetary carrying capacity. I didn't really read it, but it is out there.

Beth's avatar
May 27Edited

I suspect two things about population growth. 1) Is that we have no idea how the covid plandemic affected population. And 2) Harken back to what Rush said about population. Which turns out to be true. And that is the entire population of Earth could fit inside the borders of texas. And every person would have a thousand square feet to themselves. Look it up. So population growth has never been a problem, it's only been a problem to people who make money off of population growth fear-mongering.

rolandttg's avatar

Someone I was listening to the other day said they took the time to add up the populations of all cities worldwide with over 60 K residents. It came to about 2 billion. There are not 3X more people living in rural areas anymore, in fact , for certain less than live in urban areas. So is the 8 billion people we are told a massive lie too?

Beth's avatar

Probably. As an old China hand once told me, whatever China tells you is a lie. It's what they do. Maybe that's where the Democrats learned it from. But he said from his travels in China it is not as populous as they want us to think. There are a lot of rural areas, and a lot of really poor people. But there aren't as many people in China as we think. So there's that. Now India is another story. And it is definitely overpopulated.

Here's what I realized when I spoke with someone from Central Florida who had never traveled outside the state. The area he lives in is incredibly overpopulated. He assumed that that was the same the world over. He came to visit arizona, and when we drove up to the Grand canyon we drove past all of that empty land (the inhospitable high desert) and he was in shock. He had never in his life seen so much empty land. That's when I started to insert a few bits of facts into his brain. That maybe the world is not overpopulated. Just certain segments of it.

Elaine Russky's avatar

What would that be like? A single Texas-shaped condo with 8.3 billion units?

GregWA's avatar

Some time ago (10 years?) I read that the UN outfit that tracks and predicts world population says we're going to top out at 11 billion people sometime this Century.

That always struck me as a pretty reasonable number. Now, imagine if we can make the lower 70% of that 11 billion as productive (and healthy, wealthy, and happy) as the top 30%, what a world it would be!

Dr Jen | Syringa Wellness's avatar

If we have a collapsing birth rate, I don't see how that continued growth is even possible. Global average births is 2.2 per woman. That's just a bit above parental replacement rate.

SD Scott's avatar

Everywhere but sub Saharan Africa is *well below* replacement rate, falling since 1972. Exceptions in small pockets of Mormon, Catholic, orthodox Jewish or fundamentalist Christian communities.

Carolyn's avatar

Seems like to me that is not our job to determine. That is GOD'S field not ours.

G Harkness's avatar

People have a LOT to do with how many babies are born.

Dr Jen | Syringa Wellness's avatar

Ah. Ehrlich is now deceased: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00939-5 . But it didn’t stop them from sticking his name on this more recent paper (the one that flashed past my eyeballs within the past day or so): https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ae51aa

Juju's avatar

Saw that one about protestors applauding when two ā€œbrown menā€ walked out of the ICE facility not realizing they were employees. šŸ˜†šŸ¤£ The way the ICE officers laughed at them had me rolling.

RunningLogic's avatar

They think people are caricature cutouts that can all be neatly put into boxes šŸ™„šŸ™„šŸ™„

Juju's avatar

They reveal they are the real racists every time

Silent scorn's avatar

Thanks for the awesome links!

Silent scorn's avatar

Thanks for the awesome links!

RunningLogic's avatar

You’re welcome! Glad to share! 😊

RunningLogic's avatar

I know right?? šŸ¤£šŸ˜†

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RunningLogic's avatar

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed them!

kittynana's avatar

Talarico is the proverbial Wolf in Sheep's clothing. He needs to go back to hell where he came from. Or back to Seminary to be reminded what a pastor is supposed to be.

Asylum: My brother in law and his siblings were sent from Cuba to Miami in 1963 because the parents saw what was happening. A few months later, as the parents were returning home from somewhere, a neighbor stopped them, told them the government ransacked his mother's place, and were looking for him. They 'borrowed' a rubber raft and rowed to America, not even retrieving anything from their home. HIs mother was harassed for years. The parents immediately got jobs, as soon as they were legally allowed, and the kids have all grown to have had long careers in education, 2 with Masters and one with a PhD.

Now THAT'S asylum seeking.

kittynana's avatar

@RJ- great family and proudly American

FH's avatar

WOW. That’s a story for a White House event. Thank you for telling it and you are so correct about actual asylum.

kittynana's avatar

@FH- I told his father he should write a book about their experience but even after decades they were afraid the Cuban government would come after them. They're both gone now.

FH's avatar

My goodness…sorry to see both aspects of your comment.

Isn’t it remarkable how competent totalitarian government can be at terrorizing across country boundaries, yet be so incompetent at managing the daily necessities of governing, like power, water, trade…?

James Goodrich's avatar

The riot that took place at the Newark New Jerseys ICE detention center, Delaney Hall, with the ring leaders of the riot being New Jerseys governor Mickie Sherrill mayor Ras Baraka, U.S. reps Bonnie Coleman, LaMonica Mciver and Robert Menendez should be given a list of the inmates, the charges against them and allowed to take 1,3 or 10, free these criminals, take them into their homes. Some murderers, some child molesters, some common criminals, all are felons. They should take them, sponsor them, take custody of these ā€œgood God fearingā€ ā€œfamily membersā€, and be fully responsible for them. If they commit further crimes the sponsors should be dragged into court and held responsible for what these better than American people do, the illegal being deported.

I’m sure with the supposed hundreds of protestors that were there, they could free the six hundred murderers, child molesters and felon inmates easily. Let’s see them put their money where the stupid liberal mouth is. It’s incredible how hard they fight for these criminal illegals but don’t fight at all to make their constituents life easier or better. They just throw another log on their backs.

Here’s a great hard working ā€œtax payingā€ American that’s had it!

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/18kJHyVM7N/?mibextid=wwXIfr

RunningLogic's avatar

I posted that video the other day and reposted today! Definitely worth a listen!!

Jeffrey N. Gratton's avatar

Love it. The guy certainly articulates his righteous points with flair.

I fled Massachusetts at age 20 and now almost entirely ghosted by my Ivy League relatives.

Massachusetts is a bio tech cesspool of know-it-all, 'expert'-class technocrats.

(Loved growing up on Cape Cod in the 60's and 70's though).

rolandttg's avatar

Remember the line in )the Pelican Brief? Julia Roberts and an MK Ultra'd Mel Gibson) where someone tells him that is illegal in Massachusetts, and Mel replies "everything is illegal in Massachusetts "? That was ~30 years ago. I've called it mass of 2 shits for decades. All of the Mass weekend home owners in Maine sure don't help Maine politics any either.

Dolores's avatar

This should be played on every stadiums Jumbotron

SD Scott's avatar

Protesting to make sure more Americans are raped and murdered. As if they never met a crime they didn’t love.

Paula Kroll's avatar

Wow, just wow. He spoke for all of us. This should go viral everywhere. Thank you, Running Logic.

Lori's avatar

I was thinking that James last night watching the news about it. Let the child rapists live with them AND their children. Lets see how that works out. Let the rioters take in the rot into their homes and pay for them. They would never do it. Hypocrites to their last stinking breaths.

Karmy's avatar

Good morning all! Praise be to God for He is good and His mercy endures forever! It appears He's helping to clean house for our country. Thanks be to God!

GregWA's avatar

"...then we may be watching the beginning of something that the American political system has needed for a long while: a correction."

Respectfully, Jeff, I disagree.

What we need is for the Democrat Party to stay the course, keep embracing the insanity and the retards so that they go down in flames, are utterly destroyed as a Party, taking the hard core fringe with them. That fringe must be destroyed, by which I mean discredited in the mind of all thinking Americans, left or right. This discrediting needs to include accountability for all the harms they've caused. And the reasons those harms occurred needs to be exposed.

Politically, crush them, grind them, dissolve them and then vaporize the liquid and shoot the vapor into the Sun! Even better, someone else's Sun--why ruin ours?

Arturo A.'s avatar

The "solution" of replacement with moderates is no solution at all. Spamburger in Virginia proved that. All Democrats these days running for anything are suspect and cannot be trusted. Just cardboard figures for the hard left Party.

william howard's avatar

my hope is the democrat party suffers the same fate as the WHIGs

neener's avatar

They seem to be following that trajectory.

PapayaSF's avatar

Democrats are still stuck, though. They can try to quietly purge the radicals, but their party platform is still radical and they can’t risk doing anything publicly about it. Imagine the party chaos if they tried to abandon gender ideology, or agreed that dangerous illegals should be deported. All they can do is fudge and hedge and pretend to be moderate. They can’t really *be* moderate.

FH's avatar

In 2020 their party platform was explained in ***500 pages***. I went to the website to see what it was. Then I saw how long it was.

Obviously a big consulting firm was hired to obfuscate what the party was/is really up to.

Zero trust in those people.

SD Scott's avatar

Facelift but same destructive philosophy. Just as dangerous.

mspring's avatar

Agree, dems should continue their "progress" into insanity, and the rest of us must remind folk of each step they take! I think that perhaps Jeff may have been reporting their correction attempt, not supporting it tho.

rolandttg's avatar

Exactly, because if the get back in power, you will see the full fury of "we'll never relinquish power again" law fare and warfare. There is no such thing as a moderate or reformed demonrat anymore.

SD Scott's avatar

This is my exact concern. And the RINOs are their collaborators.

Lori's avatar
May 27Edited

My vote is go down in flames and the fringe be utterly destroyed.....literally. Discrediting is not enough for what they have done.

Jeffrey N. Gratton's avatar

I agree ... The Democratic Party is waaaay beyond a correction.

RunningLogic's avatar

ā€”ā€œasylum applications rose from 19,000 in 2012 to an eye-watering 3.18 million in 2024.ā€

That is absolutely insane and mind boggling and infuriating all at once 😔

MaryAnn's avatar

In 2005-ish, I had a student-athlete soccer player from Venezuela (on partial scholarship) who tried to get his gf from home into the US via asylum. She/they were not well-coached. She came on a tourist visa, had expensive accessories that indicated her life at home was not all that bad.

Lisa Ricketts's avatar

California needs to be looked at for asylum seekers! Also, defrauding the Citizens and Government with sham marriages to obtain green cards! These people don't inhabit the same home except when authorities are checking or an application hearing is nearing!

Another scam I have run across is financial aid for college being given to several students in one family (Russian Family) despite the Father of 2 of the 3 children being a well paid Doctor in Silicon Valley! The students get the aid money and give it to Mom. Then during the semester, the children are pulled from classes, by the Mother, and the remaining money is used to help fund the purchase of property on the North Shore of Kauai, in Hawaii!

The kicker is that this family still owes the government money for non payment of taxes! You really cannot make this stuff up. You would naturally think that our government would keep tabs on bad actors, those who didn't pay their taxes, yet apply for financial aid from the very tax money they chose not to pay??? How is it in this age of super computers, that our money is handed out without question. No vetting of recipients, no secret follow-up visits to see if a business is actually legal or bogus, no check with the States BBB department, not one eyes on the street to see if children actually enter the "Learing Center daily? The amount of incompetency is astounding!

Navyo Ericsen's avatar

Same in Europe, relatively speaking. Maybe worse.

MattD's avatar

Jeff, if you haven’t already thought of this I’d be surprised - a few other commenters have mentioned it… you are sitting on a gold mine of comedy in the form of similes and metaphors documenting the insanity the last 5 years or so.

AI could have a book written with that content before noon. I would buy it for sure. Also, I would love to be able to use your library of posts as a searchable research source and not finding that intuitive in its current form.

This stuff is gold, Jeff! Keep doing what you do as it is my primary source of intelligent observation of current affairs - eagerly swallowed because it’s sweetened with the sugar of biting humor.

Jeffrey N. Gratton's avatar

There's a HUGE trove of gold nuggets in the C&C archives by now. Several books worth.

Juju's avatar

ā€œintelligent observation of current affairsā€ - fantastic byline for his Substack

Bgagnon's avatar

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Jpeach's avatar

The GOP Establishment is going the way of the Dodo Bird and Fax Machine. It was very profitable for the GOP to be the controlled opposition of the Democrats. That scam is over.

Margot Wooster's avatar

I think JPeach is saying we are all sick of the RINOs

Jeff Johnson's avatar

Well, we Texans who know what's what, also know that if you're a politician who refuses to fully support the Trump agenda, you will get your personal walking papers, emphatically!

Jacquijacq's avatar

Do you think Paxton will defeat Talarico? I hope so but I’m curious to hear from a Texan.

Jeff Johnson's avatar

Yes, in fact, I don't think it'll be close. Maybe similar to last night. This is a RED state, Talarico is a far-left loon.

Margot Wooster's avatar

That’s what I’m praying for!

Leslie Hocker's avatar

Texan here! I agree!

G Harkness's avatar

Could not have said it better myself! Born in Texas, lived here almost the entire 76 years.

Julie's avatar

This from Trump on the dem candidate :

may be the worst TEXAS candidate I have ever seen. A strong Open Borders advocate, he is WEAK ON CRIME, believes there are 6 genders, is insulting to Jesus Christ, will never support the Military, was a big Mask Wearer until recently, and is a Vegan who dislikes meat, not exactly a good way to be if you’re wanting to win an Election in Texas.

🤣

Beckadee's avatar

He's going to get beaten like a rented mule.

Peter Schott's avatar

Gonna add to Jeff's response. Talarico is worse than "Beto". He's _highly_ unlikely to win, even with the crazy number of imports into Texas of late.

KCwoofie's avatar

Beto was strange. I think they were going for More Strange.

neener's avatar

He might get a few votes in Austin.

Lori's avatar

He has to. Talarico is a nutcase.

Johnny-O's avatar

Great plan because Trump is always right and only has the best ideas, like fighting a war for another country and wrecking the economy as a result.

Jeff Johnson's avatar

Can I get you some cheese to go with your whine? Wah,Wah,Wah...

PonyBoy's avatar

Johnny zero is drunk on whine Jeff.

The NGO that employs him must reward him dearly for repeating the same schtick day in and day out.

What do they call repeating the same thing over and over expecting a different result?

That's right, "Insanity."

Now we all know what Johnny zero's affliction is.

Best to ignore him Jeff. His issues are beyond help.

Johnny-O's avatar

Repeating the same thing over and over and expecting different results......

Hmmmm.....like wars in the gulf region?

Johnny-O's avatar

Good one. Enjoy the restoration of the neocon war party.

Jeff Johnson's avatar

Thanks, your comments are worth the entertainment value alone.

Johnny-O's avatar

As is your cognitive dissonance.

mspring's avatar

Wrecking the economy? I dunno, my IRA says otherwise.

Johnny-O's avatar

I didn't know your individual financial situation was representative of 100s of millions of people. Interesting.

Consumer sentiment is literally at an all time low, but you guys can keep telling yourself the economy is great.

Bard Joseph's avatar

Cutting off the Straight of Hormuz for the bankers and Wall St while Stock trades based on the reporting of the White House media center Axios creates a $ killing for insiders?

"All hat, no cattle"

Proberta's avatar

"a $ killing for insiders?"

Yep, they're buying up Lockheed Martin (munitions) and DuPont (gunpowder)!

crystal01681's avatar

The Democrat Party of today is a party of deceivers. They know how to shape-shift to get elected and then they shape-shift back to their real intentions - Intentions of socialism and communism. They are used to stealing billions of our tax payers dollars for their own personal accounts and they don’t care who they hurt along the way. There is no thought process for America or Americans. This is a harsh reality and one that many of us will never trust again. They have actually painted themselves into a corner now and the hope is that they can’t get out any time soon. We need a chance to recover from their evil spirit and a chance at The American Way again, which is what our nation was built upon.

NYC today is rising up against their elected mayor Mamdani as he cunningly (not) lures in communism to a once great city! Have they learned? Let’s hope so! Just as America learned with the past 4 yrs of Biden and company.

We almost lost ourselves. Stay awake America! We have great things to do! šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡øšŸ‡ŗšŸ‡øšŸ‡ŗšŸ‡øšŸ’„šŸ’„šŸ’„

PonyBoy's avatar

The Democrats just want the votes of the illegal alien community.

They care nothing about any cost to obtain those votes or the crimes the illegal aliens commit.

Not a noble endeavor at all.

It took thinking people awhile to catch up to this, however, it's becoming more difficult to deny the insanity of sustaining it.

Proberta's avatar

"They know how to shape-shift to get elected and then they shape-shift back to their real intentions"

Yep, that's the job.

"I am peace". "I am the president of peace".

ā€œI will not send you to fight and die in a foolish, never-ending foreign war,ā€ - Donald Trump

Lisa Ricketts's avatar

You missed the part where he vowed to drain the swamp and has! Your "Forever War " has not even lasted 60 days, so you need to pedal your false narrative elsewhere. During Obamas 2 terms, minimum wage in California was $8/hour and gas was $4.48/gallon. Milk was also $4.48/gal, and we had the mortgage scheme (which BTW is eerily similar to the Asylum scheme Jeff wrote about today.

People today have no historical reference to base their thoughts on. Back in the 1970's, when this IRAN issue opened a void for the Islamic nut jobs to drive a camel through, we were rationing gas and waiting in long lines (around the block) at every filling station on our designated day to purchase gas!

This minimal inconvenience doesn't hold a candle to actual, factual rationing of gasoline and the stranglehold that OPEC and the Globalist Green Party has been creating for years!

Proberta's avatar

"I am the president of Peace"

Lisa, Donald Trump has bombed Iran, Nigeria, Yemen, Venezuela, Iraq, Somalia, and Syria (killing innocent women, children and civilians).

Do you know what those countries all have in common?

They are remaining countries NOT on the Rottchild banking system.

You know who else is NOT on the Rottchild banking system?

Cuba.

Have you seen the videos of the Cuban people desperately begging the World for help? They have NO OIL.

No power, no hospitals, no gas, no food. Cubans are in horrible conditions and crisis and begging the World for help.

Why? Because Donald Trump ordered a blockade to prevent ships from getting oil to Cuba.

In March '26 Trump stated that Cuba is "going to fall pretty soon".

Yes because Trump is committing the economic genocide of Cuba.

Why????

WTF did Cubans do to deserve Trump KILLING Cuba???

And who benefits?

Rottchild.

So much for the "President of Peace".

King Cavalier II's avatar

Texas is my materlingua and that was not a race. That was a red dirt azz-whuppin’. Trump is now 38-0.

King Cavalier II's avatar

Well, dangit- who’d I miss? I like your count better.

FrankInFL's avatar

Actually, I got that wrong. One (of 7) of the Indiana Legislature anti-endorsements survived the primary, but six of his buddies did not. 39 - 1 .