The Case for a ‘Choice Election’ in 2026
Posted By: Mercedes44, 6/9/2026 10:33:05 PM
The Democrat Party and their legacy media allies are framing the 2026 midterms as a referendum on President Trump and Republican governance in Congress, leveraging historical midterm dynamics where the president’s party often loses seats. Democratic leaders (e.g., Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Wash, the Democrat Congressional Campaign Committee chairman) explicitly call for making it a referendum on “Trump’s one Big Beautiful Bill and agenda.” Their messaging focuses on affordability, health care costs, farm/economic impacts from policies, and immigration enforcement effects in key districts. They are targeting ostensibly vulnerable GOP seats in Trump-won areas, expanding maps and emphasizing “MAGA extremism” or unfulfilled promises.
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The Associated Press has called the race for Raman —six days after Election Day. Raman will face incumbent Mayor Karen Bass in a November runoff election.
The AP claims, “Large numbers of Democrats held onto their mail ballots and returned them in the race’s final days, which helps explain why Bass and Raman have been doing better than Pratt in the votes counted since primary day.” Raman was trailing Pratt by about 40,000 votes on election night, but thanks to mail-in ballots that were inserted after election day, she closed the gap.
It can be recalled that Raman broke down in tears on election night with an emotional,
The Democrat Party and their legacy media allies are framing the 2026 midterms as a referendum on President Trump and Republican governance in Congress, leveraging historical midterm dynamics where the president’s party often loses seats. Democratic leaders (e.g., Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Wash, the Democrat Congressional Campaign Committee chairman) explicitly call for making it a referendum on “Trump’s one Big Beautiful Bill and agenda.” Their messaging focuses on affordability, health care costs, farm/economic impacts from policies, and immigration enforcement effects in key districts. They are targeting ostensibly vulnerable GOP seats in Trump-won areas, expanding maps and emphasizing “MAGA extremism” or unfulfilled promises.
Critics and conservative activists are increasingly pointing to Thune’s historic 2004 Senate victory over incumbent Democrat Tom Daschle, arguing that Thune’s current handling of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act contradicts the very principles that propelled him to power.
The 2004 South Dakota Senate race remains one of the most iconic clashes in modern political history. Thune unseated Daschle, then the Senate minority leader, by a razor-thin margin of 4,508 votes. The campaign was defined by fierce debates over authenticity, residency, and the integrity of the vote itself.
Anti-Trump lawyer’s nonprofit secretly
aided state prosecutions of Trump supporters,
memos show 1 reply
aided state prosecutions of Trump supporters,
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Democratic attorneys general deputized private lawyers from a nonprofit run by former Obama ambassador and anti-Trump activist Norm Eisen to help prosecute supporters of President Donald Trump for organizing alternate electors to challenge the 2020 election results, according to tax records and internal memos released under open record laws.
The relationship between state and local prosecutors and Eisen’s States United Democracy Center (SUDC) raises troubling questions about the independence of judicial decisions and the influence of a donor-funded group on matters of law and order, experts said.
At least one state — Minnesota — swore in lawyers from Eisen’s SUDC as “special attorneys”
GAO urges federal agencies to do more
to stop at least $180B of improper payments
made in error 1 reply
to stop at least $180B of improper payments
made in error 1 reply
Federal agencies paid out an estimated $186 billion by mistake in fiscal year 2025 alone and without better oversight, taxpayers could keep losing money at that level, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office. Since 2003, these payment mistakes have added up to about $3 trillion, touching everything from Medicare and Medicaid to unemployment benefits and tax credits.
The watchdog agency described the issue as a “long-standing, significant problem” and said several departments repeatedly failed to comply with federal reporting requirements designed to track and reduce payment errors.
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., on Tuesday seemed to leave open the door to remaining in public and political life after her fifth-place finish in the South Carolina GOP gubernatorial primary.
"I will always be grateful for the people of South Carolina who trusted me, fought with me, and refused to look the other way. This isn't the end of the fight. It's just the end of this chapter," she said, without specifying future plans.
Mace earned 11.4% of the vote, failing to make the runoff. Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and state Attorney General Alan Wilson finished in the top two slots and will advance to the next stage.
The Los Angeles mayor's race may not be as dire for Republicans backing Spencer Pratt as we thought. The "democratic socialist" (read that as 'Commie') candidate who recently surpassed him for the coveted second-place slot on the general election ballot, Nithya Raman, appears to have connections to some homeless voters, and it sure looks like there were some pretty egregious shenanigans going on. All of those voted, presumably for Nithya Raman - or at least, for a Democrat. But one "shelter" in particular has clear ties to Nithya Raman, having accepted a fat check from her hands:
A US Army Apache helicopter flying over the Strait of Hormuz crashed — before President Trump raised fresh hope of a US-Iran peace deal, claiming Washington will be able to declare “total victory” in two weeks.
The helicopter gunship pilots were rescued Monday – and President Trump told reporters on the ground at JFK Airport they were “fine.”
“Nobody injured. We are going to issue a report tomorrow,” Trump said. It’s not clear if the Apache was shot down or experienced a mechanical issue, the New York Times reported.
Trump told reporters on the tarmac that the US and Iran are close to agreeing a peace deal –
Trans ‘Medicine’ In Retreat: 315 Health
Care Facilities Drop LGBTQ Activist Group’s
‘Equality’ Index 4 replies
Care Facilities Drop LGBTQ Activist Group’s
‘Equality’ Index 4 replies
Transgender “medicine” has suffered tremendous setbacks in the last two years, but it remains entrenched in much of America’s medical establishment.
Although hundreds of health care facilities have distanced themselves from the transgender orthodoxy demanded by the LGBTQ+ activist group the Human Rights Campaign, hundreds of others remain committed to it.
HRC ranks health care facilities on a “Healthcare Equality Index” according to several criteria, including their promotion of transgender orthodoxy and their coverage of experimental transgender medical interventions euphemistically described as “gender-affirming care.”
“Declining participation in the HRC health care equality index proves our fight against identity politics in medicine is working and we must keep our foot on the gas,”
President Trump on Monday called on Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) to “immediately fire” Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough to clear the way for Senate Republicans to pass the SAVE America Act, which would require proof of citizenship to register to vote and photo ID to cast a ballot.
“Senate Majority Leader John Thune should immediately fire the parliamentarian, who treats Republicans and everything they stand for horribly!” Trump posted on Truth Social, arguing that she’s an obstacle to enacting the SAVE America Act.
An Obama-appointed judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration policy requiring a $100,000 fee from employers that seek H‑1B visas, or visas for skilled foreign workers.
U.S. District Judge Leo T. Sorokin of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts issued a 42-page opinion, stating that the fee is an unlawful tax as only Congress has the power to tax. He has previously ruled against other executive actions by President Donald Trump on the issue of immigration.
In December, 20 states led by California sued the Trump administration to block the $100,000 fee, challenging the executive order Trump signed in —
You are not trying to help us; the people of Lebanon are paying the price for your own interests.... Our interests do not align with yours.... This is not your country, it is our country." — Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, directly addressing Iran's regime; CNN, June 5, 2026
Aoun's remarks amount to a public admission that Hezbollah has effectively created a state within a state, one that decides when Lebanon goes to war and when it agrees to a ceasefire, regardless of the wishes of the elected government of the Lebanese people.
"Spare our South, and cease treating it and its people as mere bargaining chips to improve your negotiation terms....
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It’s not often life showcases a problem in real time. It is now in the form of California and the Senate.
It’s become clear that California voting is designed to give Democrats the ability to cheat. Aside from Ranked Choice Voting scam and a universal mail-out of ballots, the state allows 30 days for votes to be counted, a fraud facilitator if there ever were one.
We’re seeing it play itself out very much in real time. Last week in Los Angeles in the battle for Mayor, at one point after an update of 24,000 votes, Spencer Pratt, a guy with 30% support, did not gain a single vote.
During an appearance on the Unity Over Division podcast, U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico (D) suggested it was “common sense” to mandate how guns are stored in homes and to ban private sales.
Talarico said, “I am a believer in the Second Amendment. I don’t pick and choose between the Bill of Rights, I believe in the Second Amendment just as much as I believe in the first.”
He went on to state his conviction that you need to get a permit to exercise the First Amendment right to assemble, then outlined gun controls that he described as “common sense.”
Talarico said, “We’ve got to make sure
Trump says Iran shot American chopper
near Hormuz, promises U.S. will ‘respond
to attack’ 17 replies
near Hormuz, promises U.S. will ‘respond
to attack’ 17 replies
Iran had shot down a U.S. military helicopter while it was patrolling over the Strait of Hormuz, President Dondald Trump said on Tuesday, adding that the U.S. would “respond to this attack.” “The Iranians shot down one of our highly sophisticated Apache Helicopters while patrolling over the Strait of Hormuz,” he said in a Truth Social post, adding that he had been briefed by the military on the situation.
“There were two pilots involved, both are safe and uninjured,” he said. “Nevertheless, the United States must, of necessity, respond to this attack.”
Earlier Central Command said two crew members were rescued by an unmanned boat — a first for American forces —
California Dem Ro Khanna Being Prepped
for 2028 Presidential Run by Biden’s
Chief of Staff 15 replies
for 2028 Presidential Run by Biden’s
Chief of Staff 15 replies
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) is reportedly being prepared to run for president in 2028 by former President Joe Biden’s chief of staff, who also worked with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and California gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra on their respective campaigns.
Sources familiar with the matter told Politico’s Playbook this week that Khanna has caught the attention of Ron Klain, an attorney who was an appointee of former President Barack Obama as the White House Ebola Response Coordinator.
Klain, who was named Biden’s chief of staff after working as a senior adviser on his 2020 campaign, is now a chief legal officer at Airbnb
Lawyers representing accused murderer Karmelo Anthony rested their case Monday, after their 19-year-old client declined to take the stand in his own defense. (snip) In one specific case, a witness called by the defense contradicted Anthony’s self-defense claim by saying, “I think Karmelo was in the wrong.”
Prosecutors then asked, “Did Karmelo Anthony provoke the confrontation?”
The defense witness responded, “Yes.” That’s just one example of a defense case that appears to have gone off the rails.
Karmelo Anthony sobbed Tuesday as he was swiftly convicted of murder in the fatal stabbing of fellow high-school jock Austin Metcalf at a track meet — and his furious supporters raged, “This whole thing’s been racist!”
The jury in Collin County deliberated about three hours before finding Anthony, 19, guilty of first-degree murder in the death of the 17-year-old and must now decide whether to put him away for life — prompting the killer’s weeping mom to later take the witness stand and beg for mercy for her son, according to a report by NBC DFW.
“He’s my oldest. He’ll always be my baby.
Sudanese migrant arrested for allegedly
trying to behead victim in middle of Northern
Ireland street 14 replies
trying to behead victim in middle of Northern
Ireland street 14 replies
A Sudanese migrant has been arrested after a barbaric video shows someone seemingly trying to behead another man in the middle of a UK street in scenes likened to “something out of a horror movie.”
The horrific footage shows the blood-soaked knifeman pinning down his victim in Northern Ireland late Monday in an attack a local politician also branded “barbaric” and “medieval.”[snip]Northern Ireland police initially said “a man in his 30s, believed to be Somalian, has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder” before clarifying he was Sudanese, blaming the mix-up on the “fast time investigation[snip}.”Police are still unsure of of a motive for the barbaric attack,
The madman accused of slaughtering Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on a train in North Carolina screamed at the judge on Tuesday as he was ruled not fit to stand trial for a second time.
Decarlos Brown Jr., 35, ranted about having “material in his body” and experiencing a “body emergency” during the brief hearing at the federal courthouse in Charlotte, Queen City News reported.
He also shouted about wanting to press charges against the FBI and asked the judge whether he had reviewed his evaluation and a letter from his mother, the outlet reported.
President Trump on Monday called on Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) to “immediately fire” Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough to clear the way for Senate Republicans to pass the SAVE America Act, which would require proof of citizenship to register to vote and photo ID to cast a ballot.
“Senate Majority Leader John Thune should immediately fire the parliamentarian, who treats Republicans and everything they stand for horribly!” Trump posted on Truth Social, arguing that she’s an obstacle to enacting the SAVE America Act.
FIFA has been left with egg on its face, with almost 180,000 tickets still available just days before the World Cup kicks off. The World Cup begins on Thursday amid a backdrop of sociopolitical issues. While there have been security concerns with several incidents, including a shooting near England’s training camp, top referee Omar Artan was denied a visa despite having valid documentation. Ticket pricing has also been a major talking point, with exceptionally high prices leaving fans on the outside looking in unless they pay an extortionate amount. Seats for the final were reportedly listed at close to $33,000
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has infuriated organizers of one of the city’s most beloved Independence Day traditions by suggesting they move it off July 4 to save money.
The remark from the mayor’s office comes as organizers of the Sunland-Tujunga Fourth of July Parade battle a growing list of city fees that threaten the future of the annual celebration after more than 50 years.
The California Post first reported in late May that the parade faced cancellation after the city declined to cover $20,000 in traffic-control and street-closure costs for the first time in its more than 50-year history.
Neighbors of George Floyd Square say they’re
feeling sticker shock from special assessments 11 replies
feeling sticker shock from special assessments 11 replies
Construction signs and no-parking notices are at the ready around George Floyd Square. The $15 million reconstruction of the square starts Monday, shortly after the sixth anniversary of George Floyd’s murder. The project will reopen streets, while keeping the memorial area closed to traffic. But some neighbors are feeling sticker shock. “ This tax assessment of $636,000 is going to harm our neighborhood and harm the local businesses,” resident Julia Johnson told a Minneapolis City Council committee this week. “It’s probably going to make my rent go up. It’s going to cause people to be displaced; to be disconnected from