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

[YOhio]

This is all such dumb kabuki theater.

I do like Talarico. Seems like a level-headed guy and he reminds me of the preacher from Sopranos that visited Tony in the hospital along with Janice's narcoleptic ex-boyfriend.

[myboynoah]

This is all such dumb kabuki theater.

I do like Talarico. Seems like a level-headed guy and he reminds me of the preacher from Sopranos that visited Tony in the hospital along with Janice's narcoleptic ex-boyfriend.

So this is new as of this month. Trump Admin continues to push the envelope on civil liberties.

Don't know Texas. How reflective is Harris County of the rest of the state? Just guessing, but I suspect Crockett runs better in urban areas like Houston and Paxton runs better out in the countryside.

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[myboynoah]

lol

Whahappen?

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[LVAllen]

So this is new as of this month. Trump Admin continues to push the envelope on civil liberties.

Don't know Texas. How reflective is Harris County of the rest of the state? Just guessing, but I suspect Crockett runs better in urban areas like Houston and Paxton runs better out in the countryside.

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Well, Harris County was the subject of a number of voter suppression tactics in 2024 by Abbot, if that gives you any indication how that county usually votes.

[frank ryan]

Well, Harris County was the subject of a number of voter suppression tactics in 2024 by Abbot, if that gives you any indication how that county usually votes.

Hey now, republicans are all about election integrity. Completely above board.

[Moliere]

So this is new as of this month. Trump Admin continues to push the envelope on civil liberties.

Don't know Texas. How reflective is Harris County of the rest of the state? Just guessing, but I suspect Crockett runs better in urban areas like Houston and Paxton runs better out in the countryside.

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Harris county is not even close to representative of Texas as a whole. It’s historically blue since it contains most of the greater Houston area, including myself. Talarico won’t win in Texas because he’s a democrat, but I’ll very likely vote for him since I like the guy more than any of the gop candidates.

[Moliere]

This is all such dumb kabuki theater.

I do like Talarico. Seems like a level-headed guy and he reminds me of the preacher from Sopranos that visited Tony in the hospital along with Janice's narcoleptic ex-boyfriend.

I could have easily guessed before hearing anything else, that Colbert was stretching the truth on whether or not he could interview Talarico on air. Colbert should have stayed with the Colbert Report, where he was actually funny.

[frank ryan]

I could have easily guessed before hearing anything else, that Colbert was stretching the truth on whether or not he could interview Talarico on air. Colbert should have stayed with the Colbert Report, where he was actually funny.

That kind of communication from FCC is bullying. They didn't forbid the interview but that was a bit of a flex. This FCC is ridiculously partisan.

[frank ryan]

I don't think we have a department of war thread. One of the most problematic issues with this administration has been the lack of will to get rid of awful people within it. Trump values a servile loyalty. So we have been stuck with awful Hegseth, Noam, Gabbard etc.

Hegseth had a special "worship service" at the Pentagon. It was a weirdo that led the service. This doesn't sound all that constitutional

Christian nationalist pastor Doug Wilson, who has argued that wives should submit to their husbands, women should be denied the vote and Christian enslavers were on “firm scriptural ground,” led a worship service at the Pentagon this week at the invitation of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

An image of Hegseth praying with the self-described “paleo-Confederate,” posted by the Defense Department on social media, drew rebukes from critics.

“Doug Wilson routinely mocks the pope and the Catholic Church,” the Catholic writer and Democratic operative Christopher Hale wrote on X. “It’s beyond shameful that [Hegseth] allowed him to lead taxpayer-funded anti-Catholic worship services.”

The Pentagon defended Wilson’s appearance.



“Secretary Hegseth, along with millions of Americans, is a proud Christian and was glad to welcome Pastor Wilson to the Pentagon yesterday,” spokeswoman Kingsley Wilson said in a statement.

In a 15-minute sermon Tuesday, Wilson said Hegseth had invited him to speak. Wilson said they were praying for “a black swan revival,” or another great awakening of Christianity in the United States.

“God can do what he likes — and as we should know by now, what He likes to do is to take the most unlikely materials and do something glorious with it,” Wilson told an auditorium of military personnel. “Take a prayer meeting at the Pentagon for a possible example. Many stranger things have happened.”

Wilson co-founded the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches, Hegseth’s denomination, and leads its flagship Christ Church in Moscow, Idaho. Women in CREC are barred from leadership positions.

Hegseth has previously praised and amplified Wilson. Last year, he reposted a video in which Wilson said he would “like to see the world be a Christian world” with the comment “All of Christ for All of Life.”

Wilson has described his politics as “slightly to the right” of the Confederate Gen. Jeb Stuart. He has said Muslim and Hindu immigrants are coming into the United States “in a parasitic way”; ideally, he has said, they would be “assimilated” into a Christian society.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...n-nationalist/

[BigPiney]

Hegseth was probably drunk, so it is ok.

[BlueK]

I don't think we have a department of war thread. One of the most problematic issues with this administration has been the lack of will to get rid of awful people within it. Trump values a servile loyalty. So we have been stuck with awful Hegseth, Noam, Gabbard etc.

Hegseth had a special "worship service" at the Pentagon. It was a weirdo that led the service. This doesn't sound all that constitutional







https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...n-nationalist/

The "slavery wasn't really that bad" theme seems to keep popping up around these maga and Christian nationalist folks. But don't say racist.

[dabrockster]

Soo. Same politics/vendetta, different party..

Dems' hit list: Subpoena plans if they win House

If Dems win the House in midterms (likely), expect them to target moguls and major corporations for subpoenas, Axios CEO Jim VandeHei writes in his new newsletter for CEOs.

Look for the subpoena list to include:

• Law firms that signed deals with President Trump.
• Media giants that settled.
• Donors to the White House ballroom.
• Top execs who negotiated to give the government a stake in their companies.
• Profit-enablers of Trump relatives or families of Cabinet members

https://www.axios.com/2026/03/30/dem...na-target-list

[Northwestcoug]

Soo. Same politics/vendetta, different party..

Dems' hit list: Subpoena plans if they win House



https://www.axios.com/2026/03/30/dem...na-target-list

Don't threaten me with a good time!

[dabrockster]

Dem running in Michigan caught on tape speaking about how he plans to avoid speaking about the Iranian leader being killed due to too many people in Dearborn are sad for his death. That is a scary thought.

https://x.com/elianayjohnson/status/2038576752222437711


'There Are a Lot of People in Dearborn Who Are Sad': Democratic Senate Hopeful Abdul El-Sayed Said He Needed To Stay Silent on Khamenei Killing Because Many of Michigan’s Muslim Voters ‘Are Sad’

El-Sayed made the comments during a campaign conference call a day after an Israeli strike killed the late Iranian supreme leader, audio obtained by the Free Beacon shows

Michigan's left-wing Democratic Senate candidate, Abdul El-Sayed, told staffers he wanted to avoid making a public statement about the assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei—or taking any public position on it at all—because "there are a lot of people in Dearborn who are sad" about his death, according to audio from a private campaign strategy call obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.Michigan's left-wing Democratic Senate candidate, Abdul El-Sayed, told staffers he wanted to avoid making a public statement about the assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei—or taking any public position on it at all—because "there are a lot of people in Dearborn who are sad" about his death, according to audio from a private campaign strategy call obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.

https://freebeacon.com/democrats/there-are-a-lot-of-people-in-dearborn-who-are-sad-democratic-senate-hopeful-abdul-el-sayed-said-he-needed-to-stay-silent-on-khamenei-killing-because-many-of-michigans-muslim-voters/

[falafel]

Soo. Same politics/vendetta, different party..

Dems' hit list: Subpoena plans if they win House



https://www.axios.com/2026/03/30/dem...na-target-list

You don't see any difference?