Official 2026 Midterm Election Thread (If Trump lets us have one! TIC!)

[Moliere]

The ads in Texas are getting weirder and weirder on the GOP side. It smells of desperation at this point. One of Trump's most effective ads two years ago was the one where at the end it said "Kamala is for they/them, Trump is for you." The Texas GOP is taking that ad several steps further and it's a bit unsettling. I'm now getting ads of a man putting on heavy makeup (kind like he's a furry or something akin to that) and it says "He made his plan to vote. Did you?" First off, that's not a tag line and if you think it's a tag line it's a horrible tag line. Second, this ad probably speaks to Trumps 60+ year old base, who is going to vote anyway. I'm pretty sure there are some heavy make up wearing dudes that will vote but there aren't many and I bet many of them won't vote for Talarico or Paxton.

I guess I'm just frustrated that Texas is a battleground state as I get flooded with political ads everywhere and I can't wait for the election to be over.

[frank ryan]

Trump is having taxpayers pay the bill for a lot of his ads. We are truly living in a kakistocracy

[Clark Addison]

The ads in Texas are getting weirder and weirder on the GOP side. It smells of desperation at this point. One of Trump's most effective ads two years ago was the one where at the end it said "Kamala is for they/them, Trump is for you." The Texas GOP is taking that ad several steps further and it's a bit unsettling. I'm now getting ads of a man putting on heavy makeup (kind like he's a furry or something akin to that) and it says "He made his plan to vote. Did you?" First off, that's not a tag line and if you think it's a tag line it's a horrible tag line. Second, this ad probably speaks to Trumps 60+ year old base, who is going to vote anyway. I'm pretty sure there are some heavy make up wearing dudes that will vote but there aren't many and I bet many of them won't vote for Talarico or Paxton.

I guess I'm just frustrated that Texas is a battleground state as I get flooded with political ads everywhere and I can't wait for the election to be over.

I live in NC right on the SC border so i get a ton of battleground ads (NC) plus every four years a ton of ads aimed at the SC primary. One of the worst things about living here.

[frank ryan]

Trump has said Russel Vought has a plan for the midterms. Vought is the project 2025 guy. He isn't dumb.

[Moliere]

The big news story (or story on X that is being manufactured) in Texas is that James Talarico had a nervous breakdown and had to be admitted into a mental institution in Ohio for treatment. He was off the campaign trail for just over a week, which led to the reports. However, it turns out he just had a nasty case of the flu.

The reports and commentary on X is hilarious. The treatment facility where he was supposedly being treated has refuted any report that he was there, which doesn’t stop the crazies from asserting that the facility is in on the coverup. Even Megan Kelly is tripping over herself to show how dumb she is. Elon Musk is retweeting false accusations. It’s gotten to the point that many GOPers are now siding with Talarico given how bad the whole manufactured claims are. It’s all kind of ironic given that Paxton has been dodging any mention of having a debate becasue he knows he’ll get steamrolled in one.

Oh man, I so hope Talarico beats Paxton. Life would be incredibly sweet if that happens mainly because of the aftermath, which I’m sure would put MAGA over the edge…again.

[frank ryan]

The big news story (or story on X that is being manufactured) in Texas is that James Talarico had a nervous breakdown and had to be admitted into a mental institution in Ohio for treatment. He was off the campaign trail for just over a week, which led to the reports. However, it turns out he just had a nasty case of the flu.

The reports and commentary on X is hilarious. The treatment facility where he was supposedly being treated has refuted any report that he was there, which doesn’t stop the crazies from asserting that the facility is in on the coverup. Even Megan Kelly is tripping over herself to show how dumb she is. Elon Musk is retweeting false accusations. It’s gotten to the point that many GOPers are now siding with Talarico given how bad the whole manufactured claims are. It’s all kind of ironic given that Paxton has been dodging any mention of having a debate becasue he knows he’ll get steamrolled in one.

Oh man, I so hope Talarico beats Paxton. Life would be incredibly sweet if that happens mainly because of the aftermath, which I’m sure would put MAGA over the edge…again.

Elon Musk is a dirtbag. He has just issued the largest donations ever to try and save the GOP.

[BlueK]

Here's the wacko Kari Lake trying to be in the headlines, I assume. I'm also guessing she thinks this is a good way to do it because she's insane.

James Talarico was out for 9 days because he got trans surgery.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/kari-lake-turns-james-talarico-190000246.html

[dabrockster]

WTH..

[Jeff Lebowski]

Kari Lake. Haha. I was wondering what happened to that lunatic.

[frank ryan]

[QUOTE=BlueK;n2372307]Here's the wacko Kari Lake trying to be in the headlines, I assume. I'm also guessing she thinks this is a good way to do it because she's insane.

James Talarico was out for 9 days because he got trans surgery.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/kari-lake-turns-james-talarico-190000246.html

The dems need to show a clip of Vivek practically dropping a young child.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/maga-candidate-suffers-brutal-campaign-015434942.html

[Jeff Lebowski]

The dems need to show a clip of Vivek practically dropping a young child.

why?

[frank ryan]

why?

The same reason that Republicans were effective when they showed Dukakis awkwardly putting on a tank helmet and looking clueless.

[frank ryan]

When the FBI raided Omar, they seized her phone. That sounds like a fishing expedition because the investigation was about her father's paperwork.

Trump is an active threat to the nation on multiple levels. I don't care if you hate Omar. But this should rattle you

[Jeff Lebowski]

When the FBI raided Omar, they seized her phone. That sounds like a fishing expedition because the investigation was about her father's paperwork.

Trump is an active threat to the nation on multiple levels. I don't care if you hate Omar. But this should rattle you

Haha. Of all the extreme horrible shit done on a daily basis by Trump, and this is the thing that supposed to "rattle" me? That's funny.

[dabrockster]

And yet not a single statement about the gathering of information of so many Republicans and their phone information.