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Trump Lies About Ilhan Omar’s Name and Demands that She Immediately Resign From Congress

Posted by on October 23, 2026 at 2:26 pm. 0 Comments :

The litany of lies that Donald Trump disgorges on a daily basis are generally easy to refute. They never have a factual basis or provide any documentary proof. But as we get closer to the midterm election that is predicted to blowout much of Trump’s MAGA Party, his lies are becoming ever more fantastical and preposterous.

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In the past few weeks Trump has narrowed his diarhetorical ranting to ludicrous allegations that every Democrat is a communist who is determined to force all American children to transition to another gender. He has blurted out every racist trope he can think of. He has done everything he can to make the cost of living rise. And he has aided and abetted foreign dictators in their quest to weaken America. All of this right before an election that he is desperately trying to rig in his favor.

SEE THIS: RIGGED! Trump Bans International Election Observers From Monitoring the Upcoming Midterms

On Friday morning Trump was busying himself as usual by posting deranged comments on his failing Twitter rip off, Truth Social. Among them was a long, racist tirade attacking one of his favorite targets, Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar. It said in summary that…

“It was just revealed that Ilhan Omar’s name is not Ilhan Omar, the one she used to get elected and sworn into Congress, but rather, it’s an entirely different name, Ilhan Nur Said Elmi, and that her last name is, incredibly, also the exact name of her brother” […]

“Therefore, because she used a fake name to be sworn in, I assume she must IMMEDIATELY resign from Congress.”

True to form, Trump is making utterly unfounded allegations that Omar’s birth name is Ilhan Nur Said Elmi. It’s not. And he also lied that her former husband is her brother. He isn’t. Omar has repeatedly denied these crackpot conspiracy theories, and in her seven years of congressional service no evidence has ever been produced to back them up. Therefore, Trump’s demand that she resign from Congress is not just patently false, it’s glaringly ridiculous.

Making unfounded allegations is a standard operating procedure for Trump and his MAGA-strates. He has been whining for years that the 2020 presidential election was “rigged and stolen” from him. But has never offered any proof of it. He claims that there is rampant voter fraud, but can’t seem to document it. He is in a near constant rage over what he calls “fake news,” which always just turns out to be truthful news that he doesn’t like.

If Trump really wants to pursue his attack on Omar, he might want to include a few others who actually did run for office under names that were not their own legal birth names. For instance, James Donald Bowman, aka Vice-President JD Vance. Or Rafael Edward Cruz, aka Sen. Ted Cruz. Or James Michael Johnson, aka GOP House Peaker Mike Johnson. Maybe we should throw them all out of office.

There are surely more. But the way things are going for Republicans, voters are likely to take care of throwing them out in the upcoming election, or the next one in 2028.

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TOO LATE! Trump Says He Will Spend $400 Million in Futile Effort to Avoid a Midterm MAGA Massacre

Posted by on October 20, 2026 at 2:42 pm. 0 Comments :

In the last two weeks of an election cycle there are frequently frantic candidates scurrying around to make their closing arguments and shore up their campaign’s efforts to prevail. That generally manifests in advertising blitzes and multiple media appearances. And this midterm election cycle is no different for the most part. However, where their are differences they come from a familiar source.

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Donald Trump may think he’s fooling people with his constant claims of unmitigated successes, but the more dismal reality is evident for all to see. For instance, Trump says that he’s winning (or has already won) his war against Iran. He says that prices for gas and groceries and everything else have come way down. He brags incessantly that his mere presence in a campaign guarantees electoral victory. Which makes you wonder why Democrats are happier about his “help” than Republicans are.

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As this election season comes to a close, Trump has just pledged that he is finally making a financial contribution to his party’s candidates. Something that he has not done all year. He posted a comment on his dedicated propaganda platform, Truth Social saying that…

“Because of my belief in the Republican Party, and all of our Policies and Principles, and especially after witnessing what is taking place in France, and other locations throughout Europe, I am pleased to announce that, having to do with the Most Important Midterm Elections in our Country’s History, I have spent, or will be spending, over 400 Million Dollars by Election Day. More than 300 Million Dollars has already been spent on Advertising, Direct and Indirect Voter Contact, Rallies, Rally Arenas, Telerallies, Get Out the Vote Programs, Election Integrity, and more. It is my Great Honor to do so on behalf of the Republican Party, which has done so much to bring our Country back from the Edge of Oblivion.”

That’s right! Trump has such a strong belief in the Republican Party that he waited until two weeks before election day to make a sizable donation for what he says is “the Most Important Midterm Elections in our Country’s History.” Although he says that $300 million has already been spent, there is no record of that in any election funding reports.

Does anyone actually trust Trump to spend this money? Not only would it be out of character for him to make good on this promise, but he doesn’t say where he would get the funds to donate. The only ads he has run so far he paid for illegally with taxpayer money, even after being told to stop by a federal judge.

Assuming that Trump really did spend $300 million on GOP campaigns already (doubtful), what benefit has resulted from it? Republicans are still trailing badly in many contests that a year ago they were expected to win. One explanation is that Trump is counting the spending on his cult rallies and the arenas. Those events were more for Trump than his MAGA comrades. The candidates in those areas frequently declined to appear with him. And their polling has not improved.

This alleged campaign donation is just another empty promise by Trump to get some favorable press. Like everything else, he’s only in it for himself. His previous promises of cash dividends were essentially bribes to get people to vote for his MAGA clan. He literally promised to give every adult in the country $5,000 – more than a trillion dollars of taxpayer funds – if Republicans win. And he made no exceptions for millionaires or murderers, rapists or drug dealers, or any other villainous persons, such as members of his family.

Other instances where Trump has used taxpayer funds as bribes for votes include offering FEMA payouts to victims of natural disasters in red states. And just this weekend, he offered another multibillion dollar bailout for farmers to offset the damage done by his idiotic energy policies and his war against Iran.

OH GREAT! Trump is proposing yet another multibillion dollar taxpayer bailout to offset the damage done by his idiotic energy policies and his war against Iran.

— News Corpse (@newscorpse.bsky.social) 2026-10-20T09:47:56.736Z

Of course, all of these examples of political bribery are aimed at helping Republicans from whom Trump will then demand return favors. This is not how you run a constitutional democracy. It’s how you run an authoritarian dictatorship. Which is what Trump obviously aspires to.

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Trump’s Economics Czar Brags that the Economy is Booming for People Who Stay in Nice Hotels

Posted by on October 19, 2026 at 4:17 pm. 1 Comments :

In the closing weeks of the midterm elections, Donald Trump and his regime associates are making their last ditch efforts to avoid the Blue Tsunami that threatens to flush out the MAGA Republican majorities in Congress.

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Trump himself is in the midst of a nationwide campaign tour to try to boost Republican turnout. Although his itinerary is almost exclusively red states that should already be expected to turnout for GOP candidates. That says something about how desperate their party is, and how despairing they are of their prospects. And given his record low approval ratings, no one is happier about Trump’s participation in the campaign than Democrats.

SEE THIS: GOOD NEWS: Trump Will Be Campaigning for Republicans ‘Every Single Day’ Until the Election

The closing arguments for Republicans appear to be avoiding entirely the issues that the American people care about, such as the cost of living and the war in Iran. Instead, Trump and the GOP are focusing on transgender athletes, imaginary communist candidates, and Trump’s ballrooms, arches, and golf courses.

The obliviousness of the MAGA crowd is off the charts. On Monday morning Trump’s chairman of his Economic Advisory Council, Kevin Hassett, was interviewed on CNBC to deliver his routine and preposterously rosy outlook. CNBC’s Joe Kernan noted the current polling that predicts Democrats will win majorities in both the House and the Senate. Then he asked Hassett if he thought the polls were correct. And like a good MAGA-tist Hassett parroted Dear Leader Trump’s doctrine that all the polls are fake, Elaborating, he said that…

“If the economic polls that you’re talking about were correct, then people wouldn’t be taking trips to nice hotels. They wouldn’t be flying. They wouldn’t be buying cars. They wouldn’t be doing all the things they do when they’re feeling good about the economy.

“True sentiment is measured by what you see people are doing. And what you see people are doing is they’re acting like we’re in a boom. And the reason they are doing that is because, despite what the polls say, we are in a boom.”

Hassett: "If economic polls were correct, then people wouldn't be taking trips to nice hotels, they wouldn't be flying, they wouldn't be buying cars, they wouldn't be doing all the things they do when they're feeling good about the economy… people are acting like we're in a boom. We are in a boom"

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-10-19T13:01:50.546Z

Well…That’s comforting. So if you’re a jet-setting car buyer who stays in nice hotels, the economy is booming. Unfortunately, everybody else is struggling to keep their heads above water. It’s notable that what Hassett and his kind “see people doing” is living the same life of luxury that they live.

They don’t see regular, working class people. So they think that those people are only complaining about the economy because of the polls, rather than because of their own experiences and knowledge of their own finances. That’s what is driving the polls, not the other way around.

Can Trump and his team really be that out of touch? Or do they just lie and hope that their gullible cult followers will believe them? This is not the first time that they have appeared to be considering only the welfare of the wealthy. A couple of months ago Trump bragged that “The economy is doing unbelievably from the standpoint of Wall Street.” Which doesn’t really make life easier for anyone on Main Street.

This is how the elitist MAGA-strates think. If it’s good for them and their billionaire pals, it’s good for America. It’s the Trumpian version of Ronald Reagan’s discredited “Trickle Down Theory.” It didn’t work then, and it doesn’t work now. And it’s a really awful closing argument for a tightly fought midterm election. But other than childishly mocking people for their looks, or their names, or that they like vegetables, it’s all the MAGA-tists have got.

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RIGGED! Trump Bans International Election Observers From Monitoring the Upcoming Midterms

Posted by on October 7, 2026 at 3:04 pm. 1 Comments :

For six years Donald Trump has been whining about his humiliating loss to President Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election. He has been babbling about it relentlessly with wholly unfounded allegations of fraud and baseless assertions that the election was “rigged and stolen” from him.

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Throughout his second occupation of the White House, Trump has continued his delusional whimpering on a near daily basis. And he has attempted to turn his gripes into legislation that he says would enhance election integrity, but would actually just suppress the votes of legitimate citizens.

SEE THIS: UH-OH: Trump Admits that His Phony ‘Save America Act’ is Really Meant to Rig Elections for MAGA

The obsession Trump has with his phony version of election integrity has take precedence over almost everything else on his agenda, including his war against Iran, his wrecking of the economy, and his building of tributes to himself. However, integrity has never been his true goal. and now there is a report that further exposes his actual nefarious motivations. As reported by MS NOW…

“The Trump administration declined to invite election observers from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe to witness the midterms, meaning observers from the regional security group won’t be at a U.S. election for the first time in more than two decades.

“Their absence comes as Democrats and election integrity experts have raised concerns about potential election meddling after the Department of Justice announced plans to send its own monitors.

“Washington joins only Russia and Belarus in its decision to exclude OSCE observers.”

There’s only one plausible reason that Trump would want to prohibit neutral observers. He doesn’t want his criminal schemes to rig the election to be revealed. Already he has been engaging in tactics that are blatantly designed to undermine American democracy. For instance…

  • He has threatened to deploy the military at polling places, which is against the law.
  • He has lobbied for legislation to make it harder to register and vote early or by mail.
  • He has pushed Republican election officials to purge voter rolls to depress turnout.
  • He has sought the closure of precincts in blue districts in order to eliminate Democratic voters.
  • He has installed election deniers and convicted fraudsters in election oversight positions.
  • He has ordered the U.S. Postal Service to refuse or delay delivery of mail-in ballots.
  • He has even implied that he would declare a national emergency to interfere with the election.

All of those measures have been, or will be, challenged in court, but there is no guarantee what the outcome will be, particularly with the pro-MAGA majority on the Supreme Court. And while the Constitution explicitly says that elections fall within the jurisdiction of the states, not the federal government, Trump could still get his way in states where his fascist-leaning MAGA Republicans control the state houses and are willing to do his bidding.

Naturally, Trump doesn’t want witnesses to see how he is purposefully obstructing the rights of voters. So international observers must not be permitted to do the job that they’ve been doing responsibly for decades all around the world, including in the U.S. Which means that it will be up to local officials who still revere the Constitution to stand up for democracy.

There is also a role for voters themselves. They can show up at the polls and be the election observers that Trump is trying to banish. They can bear witness to any interference or intimidation. They can document any unlawful behavior. And first and foremost, they can vote in numbers too large for Trump’s anti-democratic plots to succeed. Consequently, this year voting is not only a civic duty, it is a moral imperative to preserve America’s freedom.

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Trump is Pushing the Sunshine Protection Act to Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent. Here’s Why

Posted by on October 3, 2026 at 1:32 pm. 0 Comments :

It isn’t often that Donald Trump comes out in favor of something that has bipartisan support. Ordinarily he is laser focused on backing, or even purposely creating, issues that divide the American people. He likes nothing better than to set up phony political confrontations in which he can try to demonize Democrats.

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So it may come as some surprise that Trump is enthusiastically backing the Sunshine Protection Act (SPA) that would make Daylight Saving Time (DST) permanent. The bill has already passed in the House, and likely has the votes to pass in the Senate as well. Of course, any assumption that Trump is actually concerned about the welfare of the people or the nation is wildly off base.

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Trump revealed why he is supporting the SPA in a comment that he posted to his dedicated propaganda platform, Truth Social on Saturday morning. His remarks were typically longwinded and barely coherent, saying in part that…

“Nobody wants to spend their precious time running all over the place, turning Clocks back twice a year and, having sunshine in the afternoon is better than early in the morning! […] Golfers, Tennis Players, Hunters and, perhaps most importantly, Farmers who want more Daylight to play or work. […] Almost everybody wants ‘The Sunshine Protection Act’ to pass, except for Tom Cotton…Call Tom on his cellphone at, 479-453-0533, and let him know.”

However that was not the revealing part. Trump’s post also included a copy of a letter that he received from Brian Rolapp, CEO of the PGA Tour. Rolapp’s letter included the following argument in favor of passing the SPA (emphasis added)…

“The National Golf Course Owners Association (NGCOA) estimates that permanent DST would generate 23 million additional rounds per year and $1 billion annually in new direct revenue for the golf industry — an average of $250,000 per facility. The NGCOA has also found that afternoon and evening tee times generate roughly 40 percent more revenue than morning play.”

A billion dollars a year for golf course owners. And it’s surely just a coincidence that Trump owns eleven golf resorts in the United States. That’s a pretty strong financial incentive to support making Daylight Saving Time permanent. And it would explain why Trump is badgering his fellow Republican, Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas, to get him to drop his opposition. Although Cotton doesn’t seem particularly eager to comply with Trump’s demands…

Cotton’s rebuttal isn’t very persuasive. If he’s afraid that Arkansans will have to wake up before sunrise, or send their kids to school in the dark, all they would have to do is change the hours that they do those things. For instance, start school an hour later in the winter. Then the entire nation of more than 360,000,000 doesn’t have to change their clocks, and tolerate earlier sunsets, just to accommodate those parents of young children.

There are arguments on both sides of the DST debate. Some doctors say that Standard Time is healthier. But that’s offset by the health risks caused by the biannual changing of the clocks, which include higher rates of heart attacks and strokes, more auto accidents in the darkened evening hours when there is more traffic, and the environmental harm done by increased use of energy for lighting and heating when the sun sets earlier.

While there are much more important issues that need to be addressed, this one presents a rare opportunity for a bipartisan accord on a matter that people care about. And coming right before a critical election makes it all the more significant. And it even has Trump’s support, albeit for selfish reasons.

However, it’s being hung up by a Republican who suddenly isn’t afraid to defy Dear Leader. These MAGA Republicans go along with Trump on virtually everything, such as waging an illegal war against Iran, protecting pedophiles associated with Jeffrey Epstein, backing inflationary tariffs, and building monuments to exalt our Narcissist-in-Chief. But on this issue Sen. Cotton has summoned the courage to stand up to Trump?

The Republican Party really does seem determined to convince the American people that they are weak-kneed nut cases who need to be voted out of office as soon as possible. And fortunately, the people will have that opportunity in the next few weeks. In the meantime, you can give Cotton a call at the number helpfully provided by Trump if you want to keep Daylight Saving time.

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Fox News is SHOCKED By James Talarico’s 7 Point Lead Over Ken Paxton for the Senate in Texas

Posted by on October 2, 2026 at 3:00 pm. 1 Comments :

The desperation of frantic Republicans is growing by the day as the American people prepare to vote in the midterm elections. Donald Trump and his MAGA comrades are bracing for disaster, while shoveling political manure in the fleeting hopes of avoiding the blowout that they privately know is inevitable.

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Early voting has already begun in some states. And with most polls predicting a massive blue wave washing out GOP candidates once thought to be shoe-ins, panic is setting in for Trump and his MAGA comrades nationwide. Their response is to invent preposterous attacks on Democrats, who they vainly try to portray as communists, and to send Trump out to shore up votes, despite his record low standing with the general public.

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Naturally, Trump’s official Ministry of Propaganda, Fox News, is doing their part to rig the election. On Trump’s favorite morning show, Fox and Friends, co-host Ainsley Earhardt (also Sean Hannity’s fiancé) interviewed fellow Fox Newser, and MAGA sports geek, Clay Travis, to get his predictably biased opinion on the unfolding race for the Senate in Texas between Democrat James Talarico and Republican Ken Paxton. It went something like this…

Earhardt: If you look at that Fox News poll, he [Talarico] is ahead by seven points – IN THE STATE OF TEXAS! How is that possible?
Travis: Texans have to wake up. I think sometimes, when you have seen Republicans win for generations, a lot of people out there just don’t think at all that Democrats are capable of winning in the state.

Earhardt’s confusion about how a Democrat can win in Texas could be resolved by informing her that Trump has a negative approval rating in virtually every state, and his disapproval in Texas is at 57%. And yet, according to Travis, the problem is only that “Texans have to wake up.” So now the MAGA-tists are in favor of being “woke”?

Furthermore, Democrats frequently win in Texas, including Talarico, who is currently a sitting member of the Texas House of Representatives. Also, Texas has sent 13 Democrats to Washington, D.C. to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. So maybe these Fox News flunkies shouldn’t be so surprised. Nor should they bother to offer incoherent excuses like this one from Travis…

“Now, I watch a lot of football. I watch a lot of sports. Every single game that I am watching I am seeing Republican ads dominating. I think that Republicans have held their proverbial cash until the last moment and they are now delivering overwhelming amounts of dollars into the playing field.”

Well, that settles it. Republicans will surely prevail in November after dumping a lot of money into sports program ads in the last few weeks of the election. Because the American people will forget about their economic struggles and vote the party the caused them, and that started an illegal war, and that imposed inflationary tariffs, etc., after seeing a bunch of 30 second ads that interrupt their sporting events viewing.

Travis is praising Republicans for having hoarded their “proverbial cash” (whatever the hell that is) until after Democrats have already defined themselves and their opponents. And now he says they will unleash a barrage of commercials that will reverse the Democrats’ momentum on the playing field. Because after all, Fox News believes that Talarico’s seven point lead still marks this as a “tight” race…

What a brilliant strategy. And it just might work if Democrats decide to stay home and not vote. So this is not the time to become overconfident. It is time to renew your commitment to preserving democracy and fighting for working class families. Stay woke. And make sure that everyone you know casts their ballot, early if possible. Volunteer if you can. We can make Trump the lamest of ducks, and his SICKO-phants at Fox News even more perplexed and depressed.

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GOOD NEWS: Trump Will Be Campaigning for Republicans ‘Every Single Day’ Until the Election

Posted by on September 29, 2026 at 11:03 am. 0 Comments :

With the midterm election now only about one month away, the Trump regime is getting more desperate to turn around the abysmal prospects predicted for Trump and his MAGA Republican confederates. And as Trump becomes more desperate, he becomes more unhinged.

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Virtually every poll shows that Democrats are heading toward blowout victories that could wind up with them in the majority in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. Those polls also show that Trump is trailing Democrats on just about all of the issues that Americans regard as most important, including the economy and Trump’s reckless and illegal war against Iran.

SEE THIS: Fox News Poll Says ‘Democrats Are Considered the Party that Would Better Handle…’ EVERYTHING!

In a bid to prevent the Trump Titanic from sinking, his former Propaganda Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, visited Fox News to deliver what she must have thought would be good news for her fellow Republicans (video below). She said that…

“I was with the president today, checking in with our friend and my old boss, and I will tell you he is ready to hit the road. He will be on the road almost every single day in the month of October, campaigning for Republicans up and down the ballot, and drawing this contrast between the common sense vision that he shares with Republicans on Capitol Hill, and the far-left vision of the radical Democrats who are on the ballot who we cannot allow control of this city.”

HOORAY! So while the nation is embroiled in the war that Trump started – and is losing – in Iran, and while Americans are struggling to make ends meet, Trump will be devoting his time and energy to campaigning for his MAGA comrades. That is if he can tear himself away from his pet projects to build a vanity ballroom and invade Greenland.

The best part of this news is that any attention that Trump gives to Republican candidates will probably make them less likely to prevail in November. That’s why many of them are asking him to stay away. and if he shows up uninvited, they don’t attend the event with him. The only people happier about Trump’s promise to campaign are Democrats nationwide.

However, Leavitt wasn’t finished with her pathetic propagandizing. She added some commentary on her views of what Democrats stand for. And it was as bizarre a spectacle as you can imagine. She enumerated policies that Democrats never held, and which were actually completely fabricated, over-the-top bullshittery. And she had the gall to declare at the end of her harangue that it was “not an exaggeration.”

“Over the next 35 days Republicans – and I know president Trump is going to do it – must ruthlessly prosecute the Democrats as who they are. Extreme, far-left liberals who want to destroy our economy, want to take away your private property, raise your taxes, take your hard-earned money, abolish prisons, abolish police, open our borders to insane people all over this world, and end America as we know her and love her. That is not an exaggeration.”

SERIOUSLY! Do you remember when Democrats promised to “destroy our economy,” and “take away your private property,” and “abolish prisons,” and “open our borders to insane people”? Yeah, neither does anyone else. And if this is the caliber of campaigning that Trump will be engaging in for the next month, Democrats are going to need a venue even bigger than Trump’s giant ballroom to hold their post-election celebration.

That said, take nothing for granted. Be sure to vote and get all of your friends and family to vote. We can’t just rely on the stupidity of Trump and Republicans, no matter how reliable that is.

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Ken Paxton’s BS AI Campaign Ad Features a Fake James Talarico Misquoting Himself

Posted by on September 8, 2026 at 3:50 pm. 0 Comments :

With the advent of Artificial Intelligence, a wealth of information has become instantly available and exploitable to advance research and expand knowledge. But at the same time much of what people relate to as reality is vulnerable to distortion and outright, deliberate deception.

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If this technology is to be adopted in a useful, non-harmful way, there needs to be thoughtful consideration given to imposing regulatory guardrails to prevent misuse and abuse. Without that we will see nefarious scam artists taking advantage of it to enrich themselves and victimize others. And political partisans will purposely contrive their use of AI to align with their biases.

FOR INSTANCE: Trump’s Truth Social AI ChatBot Relies Almost Entirely on Fox News and Other Trump-Fluffing Media

If you’ve been wondering when we would see the worst of what AI is capable of, that time has come. The Republican Senate candidate in Texas, Ken Paxton, has released a campaign ad that features an AI representation of his Democratic opponent, James Talarico. The ad is entirely generated with AI and shows Talarico supposedly speaking in his own voice, and saying things that would disturb many Texan voters. Talarico is shown reading from a King James Talarico bible and “saying” that…

“In the beginning God was non-binary, and he wasn’t a Christian. And God said let there be six genders, and there were. Then God so loved the world, he gave us his only son, who is a radical feminist and never asked people to worship him. Look, I always think of myself as a Christian who hates Christianity. America is not a Christian nation.”

For the record, Talarico did say some of that, but in a much broader context that refutes the implications that Paxton is making. For example, regarding a non-binary God, Talarico, who is studying to be a Presbyterian minister, was citing his faith’s doctrine that God is neither male nor female, but transcends being merely human. And what he hates about Christianity are professed Christians who are hypocrites who betray the religion. You know…like Paxton.

Paxton’s ad was an entirely dishonest piece of political bullshittery. And true to his inbred hypocrisy, Paxton presented the ad by accusing Talarico of “weaponizing faith to sell a radical agenda.” Which is exactly what Paxton’s ad does. And the only indication that the version of Talarico in the ad was fake was a bit of tiny print near the end that said “Certain video content depicted in this advertising was generated by artificial intelligence.”

That almost impossible to notice disclaimer appeared for all of four seconds. Also, it wasn’t “certain video content” that was AI generated. It was all of it.

The good news is that Paxton has purchased airtime to run this ad on the radical, far-right “news” channel, Newsmax, during the Trump-a-Palooza event that Republicans are staging in Dallas, Texas. That midterm GOP convention is unlikely to be seen by many television viewers, because hardly any networks are bothering to air it. And since Newsmax, Fox News, and OAN viewers are already fully indoctrinated MAGA cult disciples, the whole campaign is waste of time and money.

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Fox News Shamelessly Shills for the Trump-a-Palooza While Republicans Avoid it Like the Plague

Posted by on September 4, 2026 at 2:49 pm. 0 Comments :

When a political party finds itself in an unrecoverable downward spiral they often resort to extraordinary measures to attempt to avoid disaster. And with the midterm elections rapidly approaching, that’s where the Republican Party finds itself as it flounders near the bottom of the Mariana Trench of approval ratings.

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To be fair, the abysmal prospects of the GOP (Greedy One Percent) aren’t attributable solely to their own broadly unpopular policies. They are being driven down by the even greater unpopularity of their Dear Leader, Donald Trump, who they they blindly cling to like good, obedient cult disciples. For Trump’s part, he seems to be too cognitively impaired to recognize his sorry state.

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Given their dire electoral diagnosis, Republicans have scheduled a first-of-its-kind mid-term political convention to juice their standings with voters who are frustrated by the incompetence of the Trump regime. They are tired of paying more for gas, groceries, healthcare, housing, etc. They are sick of persistent wars that serve no national security purpose. They are appalled by trivial projects (ballrooms, arches, reflecting pools, etc.) aimed at satiating the ego of Trump.

How this convention – better known as Trump-a-Palooza – will help the GOP’s approval is a mystery. It’s being held in Texas, a state where Republicans shouldn’t need any help. And unlike ordinary conventions, there is no official business to conduct. No candidates will be nominated. No platforms will be drafted. In fact, it’s just another project to fluff Trump’s massive yet fragile ego.

The foregoing notwithstanding, Fox News is assuming their customary role as Trump’s Ministry of Propaganda. In a segment devoted to the TrumpFest, Cheryl Casone interviewed Joe Gruters, the chairman of the Republican National Committee…

Casone: The RNC just confirmed to Fox that more than 2,000 tickets have been distributed ahead of the convention. So tell us more about this convention and also the cash advantage for you and the RNC. The big question is ‘Where are you gonna deploy the money?’
Gruters: Well, listen, I think that people are giving us money because they believe in the agenda that we’re selling to the American people. and I think they believe in what the president is doing.

Notice that Casone asked Gruters two questions: Tell us more about this convention, and where are you gonna deploy the money. He didn’t answer either one.

It doesn’t seem like they have much to brag about. To begin with, Casone says that “2,000 tickets have been distributed.” Not sold. Which is significant because the tickets when purchased by GOP candidates, officials, and corporate sponsors, are reported to cost between $25,000 and $100,000. And much of that money goes straight into Trump’s SuperPAC. What’s more, the venue for the event is the American Airlines Center in Dallas, that has a capacity of 20,000. So with just five days left, they have only “distributed” 10% of the tickets.

More importantly, the expectations for attendance are, to say the least, disappointing. As reported by The New Republic, “Republicans Are Fleeing Trump’s Weird Midterms Convention.”

“A Politico survey of more than 70 Republican candidates and party members found that most were not planning to attend the two-day function that begins September 9.” […]

“[Many] were planning to dodge the event, which has been dubbed ‘Trump-a-palooza,’ in order to avoid being held accountable for the president’s inflammatory rhetoric.”

Avoiding Trump’s “inflammatory rhetoric” is only part of the story. Republican candidates nationwide are telling Trump to stay away because they don’t want his stench of failure rubbing off on them. More specifically, they don’t want to be associated with his fiasco in Iran, or his inflationary tariffs, or his support for AI data centers, or his embrace of America’s adversaries in Russia, China, and North Korea.

So dozens of Republicans aren’t gong to his convention that takes place two months before the election. It’s also one day before the anniversary of 9/11, that every living former president is memorializing in New York. Trump, however, is not attending because, like every other politician, he wasn’t permitted to speak.

Moreover, since pocketbook issues generally dominate political campaigns, Trump’s GOP comrades don’t want to be associated with his rampant corruption and the financial misconduct that is filling his bank accounts. The American people are through tolerating Trump enriching himself while they suffer, and then trying to tell them that everything is going great.

UPDATE: As predicted, the Trump LoserFest is a pitiful dud…

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CORRUPT AF: Trump Dishes Out FEMA Aid as Political Payola to Help GOP Candidates in Red States

Posted by on September 2, 2026 at 3:01 pm. 0 Comments :

Throughout the history of the United States its greatest leaders have endeavored to act on behalf of all of the people of the country, without regard to their politics. They have sought fairness and unity and the benefit of the common good. And while there have been exceptions to this, there is no one who comes close to the gross partisanship of Donald Trump.

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From his first days in office Trump has been brazenly dedicated to advancing only the interests of his own Republican (aka MAGA) Party. Even then, it was only when those interests were aligned with his egocentric ambitions to increase his personal wealth and power. And he had a particularly difficult time distinguishing between his interests and those of his comrades or the country.

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On Tuesday Trump was busying himself with doling out federal funds to improperly buy the loyalty of his fellow Republicans. In a series of comments posted to his failing Twitter ripoff, Truth Social, Trump announced his bestowing of more than $100 million in taxpayer money, in the form of FEMA grants, to the red states that have been supportive of him. And he wasn’t the least bit shy about his blatant politicization of federal disaster relief funds. Here is what he said about each of these dirty disbursements…

  • Kentucky: I just informed Andy Barr, who is running to be the next Senator from the incredible Commonwealth of Kentucky, that I am approving 9.1 Million Dollars…Vote for Andy Barr.
  • Kansas: I just informed Senator Roger Marshall, who has my Complete and Total Endorsement, that I am granting 13.2 Million Dollars.
  • Iowa: I just spoke to the future Senator (Hopefully!) from the Great State of Iowa, Ashley Hinson, and told her that I am approving 5 Million Dollars…I love Iowa, and won it BIG.
  • Texas: I just informed Governor Greg Abbott, of the GREAT State of Texas (who has my Complete and Total Endorsement for Re-Election!), that I am sending 50.5 Million Dollars. I will be back soon to support Governor Abbott, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, Ken Paxton for U.S. Senate.
  • South Dakota: I just spoke with Governor Larry Rhoden, of the Great State of South Dakota, and informed him that I am approving 3.4 Million Dollars.
  • North Dakota: I just spoke with Governor Kelly Armstrong, of the beautiful State of North Dakota, and told him I am approving 3.4 Million Dollars…I won BIG all three times.
  • Missouri: I just informed Governor Mike Kehoe that I am approving 19.9 Million Dollars for the Great State of Missouri.

Notice that Trump explicitly presented several of his gifts/bribes to the Republican candidates in those red states, not the governors who receive and distribute such funds. Even for Kentucky and Kansas, he didn’t even mention their governors, who happen to be Democrats.

Trump’s reference to the politics of his identified recipients, and his bragging about past election results, makes it unmistakable that these FEMA grants were not meant to benefit disaster victims. They are in-kind donations to GOP political campaigns in the nine weeks remaining before the midterm elections.

In July, Trump blocked aid to blue states – New Jersey, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New York – after FEMA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration determined that they met the requirements for receiving aid. Even worse, a study by E&E News by Politico found that Trump “has approved just 23 percent of blue state requests for disaster aid, compared to 89 percent for red states.” Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) put that study to good use in a Senate hearing where he confronted Homeland Security Secretary, Markwayne Mullin…

PETERS: Yes or no, do you think it's right for a president to approve disaster aid based on whether a state voted for him instead of the amount of damage in the state? This chart behind me is pretty dramaticMARKWAYNE MULLIN: That's not my experience of the president P: This chart speaks volumes

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-06-02T20:00:31.487Z

This is all further evidence that Trump hates America. He is only for himself. If he sees no personal advantage to any policy that crosses his desk, it goes in the trash. But he will spend unlimited amounts of the money of the American people – including that intended for disaster victims – on himself and dole it out to anyone who fluffs his insatiable ego.

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