Democrat Haley Stevens Throws Her Support Behind Republican Mike Rogers Senate Rcae

USAToday.com:

Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed's former Democratic primary foe endorsed Republican nominee Mike Rogers Sunday, heightening tensions in the tight battleground race days ahead of the midterm elections. Rep. Haley Stevens, who represents areas outside of Detroit, gave her endorsement to Rogers after appearing with him at an area church service. The move could create challenges for Democrats, who had a slight edge in the critical contest in recent polls. 

 

"I do not belong in Abdul’s campaign," Stevens said in a social media video. Asked about the endorsement, El-Sayed said he was less interested in the campaign back-and-forth than on the cost of living and other issues: "I actually don't think about Haley Stevens," he told reporters. 

 

Across the country, Democrats and Republicans are making their final pitches to voters ahead of Tuesday’s elections, which will decide who controls Congress for President Donald Trump’s final two years in office.

funny how upset the Libs and the msm are now with Rep. Stevens. After all, it's always 'courageous' when a Republican breaks rank with their party and sides with the Democrats--just ask Liz Cheney. Also in this case, if Stevens main reasoning for supporting Rogers is because she views El-Sayde as an 'anti-semite' perhaps he should've done a better job on the campaign trail proving he isn't one.

RELATED: Progressives Erupt Over Haley Stevens’ Stunning 11th Hour ‘Betrayal’ of Abdul El-Sayed: ‘Should Be the End’ of ‘Her Career!’

Democrat Socialist Angie Nixon Pressed by CNN to Explain Why Florida Is ‘Racist’ — After Another Black Lawmaker Raised $80 Million

Mediaite.com:

CNN host Victor Blackwell pressed Florida Senate candidate Angie Nixon to explain her claim Democrats are hesitant to give her money because they believe Florida is “racist” toward Black people — especially when another Black politician was able to raise a ton of money, just a few years ago. Blackwell asked Nixon about it during the Saturday episode of his CNN show. A day earlier, Nixon told Politico she has heard many people telling her “they think that the state is racist and they’re just hesitant to donate because of it.” 

 

He said her remark reminded him of former Rep. Val Demings (D-FL), who served in Congress from 2017 to 2023 and received plenty of Democratic support during her unsuccessful Senate campaign against Marco Rubio. “In 2022, she raised $80 million for her campaign for Senate. So Democratic donors have backed a Black woman state wide financially,” Blackwell said. “Why is this about race and not about you?” 

 

Nixon started to reiterate what she told Politico, claiming “a lot of people are saying it, ‘Oh she can never win the state because it’s racist,'” citing Demings’ loss and ex-Vice President Kamala Harris not winning enough votes in the Sunshine State. The candidate Nixon said her argument to Dem voters is to “not believe the hype” about racism and support her campaign anyway.

There was a time, not too long ago where a voice like Angie Nixon would've stood out plenty when it comes to fighting for Black folks period. Yunno, out there with a microphone speaking up against estern imperialism, poverty, an unjust criminal justice system and many other ills that many black people are confronted with on the daily. But in 2026, Nixon has become so brainwashed and corrupted by the Democrat Black establishment and Godless, white liberals that she's become nothing but a troll/ To be sure, she'll still get the majority of the Black vote for a Senate seat in FL in two weeks, and who knows, she might even pull off an upset. But as she conitunue to look like a hypocrite on TV and chummies up to the likes of Barack Obama, the grift (ala Raphael Warnock) for Nixon from suppsoed socialist to corporate Democrat will be fun to watch.

RELATED: Dem Socialist Nixon: Pay Taxes and Student Loans? Moi?

Jack Smith's Defense as an Unbiased Prosecutor Got Obliterated by GOP Senator Josh Hawley

WashingtonExaminer.com:

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) tore into former special prosecutor Jack Smith during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday, alleging his investigations into President Donald Trump were “all about politics from Day 1.” 

 

“Your investigation, so-called, your prosecution, so-called, was nothing other than an attempt to interfere, politically, in a presidential election in the United States of America,” Hawley said to Smith during the hearing. 

 

During the hearing focused on Smith’s two investigations into Trump, Hawley alleged Smith opened the inquiries “all for the purpose of keeping Donald Trump off the ballot.” Smith, under former President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice, investigated Trump twice: once over the 2020 elections and the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol Building, and once over the classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago.

Funny how so many mainstream news outlets are only highlighting suppossed GOP 'misses' and/or 'gaffes' from this Senate hearing so they can paint Smith in a good light. But that goes to show you the state of today's media. Either way, Jack Smith proved today that not only is he a lying and total scumbag, but also a partisan hack who did everything he could to stop Donald Trump from regaining the Presidency.

RELATED: Jack Smith Was Even Scummier Than We Thought Which Seems Impossible

Supreme Court Allows Trump Administration to Expand Database Used to Identify Potential Voter Purges

NBCNews.com:

The Supreme Court on Friday permitted the Trump administration to use an expanded federal database containing citizenship information, as the president encourages states to purge people from voter rolls. 

 

The justices, divided 6-3 on ideological lines with conservatives in the majority, granted an emergency request filed by the government after lower courts ruled that the Trump administration’s changes to the database were likely unlawful. 

 

Critics have said the data is unreliable and could lead to U.S. citizens being kicked off the voter rolls. But the court noted in its unsigned ruling that the National Voter Registration Act bars the broad purging of voter rolls in the weeks leading up to an election, which “limits the potential impact” of the decision this year. States can still make individualized queries about voters.

So to the detriment of Democrats, SCOTUS temporarily clears the Trump administration to use an expanded federal SAVE database, including Social Security information, to help states verify voter citizenship ahead of the November midterms. The GOP views this as common sense seeing as the system will help identify non-citizens on voter rolls, while the Left argues that it risks privacy violations and erroneous voter removals. A federal judge (appointed by Joe Biden of course) had previously blocked the system, but the SCOTUS’ emergency ruling allows its use while the broader legal challenge continues. Democrats can take some relief in the fact that states cannot conduct a wholesale purge of non-citizens from voter rolls this close to November, limiting the impact this year while potentially making it more significant by the next presidential election.

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Sen. Darline Graham Announced in a Televised Debate That She is “Not That Informed on National Security” Issues

Mediaite.com:

Sen. Darline Graham (R-SC) announced in a televised debate on Tuesday night that she is “not that informed on national security” issues. 

 

Graham, who is the sister of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham and has received President Donald Trump’s endorsement, is vying for the GOP nomination in South Carolina against Rep. Ralph Norman after neither candidate notched a majority of the vote necessary to avoid a runoff on Aug. 25. Graham was appointed by Governor Henry McMaster (R) to serve out her brother’s term, which ends in January. Trump had urged McMaster to appoint her to the seat, which she is now running to keep for a full term. 

 

During Tuesday’s debate in Newberry, South Carolina, co-moderator Greta Van Susteren asked Graham if Taiwan, the autonomous country that China claims dominion over, is a U.S. national security interest. In her response, Graham, whose brother was arguably the biggest foreign policy hawk in the entire Congress, said that national security is far from her strong suit.

She's getting pummeled more than usual from political insiders because she's a Republican relying on nepotism to win a Senate seat, but overall I don't see what the big deal is here. After all, from every account I've seen she handled all the other questions she got at the debate very well and she owned up to her lack of knowledge on Nat'l security instead of making excuses. Then there's the fact that many sitting members of Congress (like AOC) have proven to be total nimcompoops when it comes to matters surrounding nat'l security and/or foreign polocy. That being said, while Darline Graham should certainly start doing some reading and research to up her game on this matter, due to her name recognition in South Carolina alone, I'd be shocked if she loses come November.

RELATED: Greta Van Susteren Regrets Asking Debate Question Darline Graham Flubbed in Viral Moment

Democratic Socialist Angie Nixon Clinches Surprise Primary Win Over Trump-Nemesis Alex Vindman in Florida U.S. Senate Race

TheGuardian.com:

In an upset for the Democratic establishment, progressive Angie Nixon won the party’s US Senate primary in Florida, beating former army intelligence officer Alexander Vindman. 

 

Nixon, a state representative and member of the Democratic Socialists of America, had significantly less funding going into the primary – with $975,000 to Vindman’s $16.3m at the end of July, according to Florida Politics. Vindman served on the national security council in Donald Trump’s first term and became a well-known whistleblower and witness in the president’s first impeachment, centered on Trump pressuring Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine’s president, to investigate Joe Biden. 

 

Democrats have their sights set on upsetting Republican Ashley Moody in the US Senate general election. Moody, picked by DeSantis to replace Marco Rubio when he became secretary of state last year, won what was almost a token primary election to run in November to serve the remaining two years of Rubio’s term.

So Vindman, a smug a-hole if there ever was one, suffered a stunning political defeat despite significant name recognition from the liberal media and more than $15 million raised for his campaign. Expected to easily defeat radical Left lunatic Rep. Angie Nixon, Vindman instead lost the Democratic primary by double digits, 55-44. His defeat came despite earlier claims that he was within striking distance of Republican Sen. Ashley Moody. Indeed Vindman, a central figure in the first Trump impeachment proceedings over the alleged Ukraine quid pro quo, was so confident his national profile would translate into electoral success. However, his relatively recent move to Florida and association with Trump’s impeachment ultimately failed to overcome Nixon’s campaign and voter support. Couldn't have happened to a more pompous ass.

RELATED: Alex Vindman removed from NSC post, escorted out of White House; Update: Sondland out too

Texas Democrat Senate Candidate James Talarico Headlined Pride Event Alongside 11-Year-Old Child Drag Queen 'Kween Kee Kee'

FreeBeacon.com:

James Talarico, a Presbyterian seminarian running for U.S. Senate from Texas, headlined an LGBTQ festival that featured "the absolute cutest & youngest of our drag performers," an 11-year-old boy "drag queen" who goes by the stage name Kween Kee Kee. 

 

Taylor PRIDE, a group in the town of Taylor, Texas, held the June 26, 2021, event to raise money to help "rural LGBTQ communities." The Pride Month festivities included a series of pro-LGBTQ speakers, live music, a "drag story hour," and adult drag performers such as Brianna Brinxx and the provocatively named Sedonya Face. 

 

Talarico and Kween Kee Kee, a local preteen named Keegan, were the biggest attraction for Taylor PRIDE organizers. "[Taylor PRIDE] will be hosting numerous speakers such as State Rep. James Talarico, talented musical guests such as Venus Loves Mars, the absolute cutest & youngest of our drag performers Kween Kee Kee," the group wrote in promotional materials.

Just when you think that Talarico couldn't be any more weird, comes this news. And while some unexpected political pundits out there think he has a chance to win (mostly because everyone keeps talking about how 'bad' his opponent Ken Paxton is) a Senate seat in deep-red Texas, I refuse to believe it. Hell, even Texas Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett seems to think his chances of winning are slim to none—-but she's probably just bitter.

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Lindsey Graham, Republican Senator, Dies From ‘Sudden Illness’

APNews.com:

For decades Lindsey Graham traveled the globe selling a vision of the United States as a nation willing to use its military might to protect democracies around the world, even as his party was taken over by a president openly skeptical of that worldview. 

 

Graham — who died unexpectedly at 71 on Saturday night — was a rare bridge between President Donald Trump’s “America First” foreign policy and the traditional Washington consensus prioritizing alliances with Europe and Israel, one falling out of favor with many in both political parties. 

 

With that idea of the U.S., Graham remained a staunch defender of Ukraine to the end, even as Trump’s commitment wavered. Graham represented South Carolina in the House and Senate for more than three decades. He died after what a preliminary report from the Washington, D.C., medical examiner’s office said was a tear in his aorta. The senator’s death triggered praise from leaders and diplomats around the world and condemnation from Iran and other countries where he’d agitated for military action.

Yeah, Graham was a staunch 'Trump ally', but he was also a longtime neocon and a staple in South Carolina where he won his re-election bids with ease. Granted his death was pretty sudden (which is leading to a lot of idiot conspiracy theories) and while many ghouls on the Left are celebrating his death, conservatives will remember him most for vigorously supporting now-Supreme Court Justice Kavanaigh during his hearings and being a true Patriot. Either way prayers for his loved ones and family.

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Bitter Democrat Congressman Jasmine Crockett Refuses To Campaign for Primary Opponent Who Beat Her, James Talarico

KERANews.org:

Outgoing U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett won't be at the Texas Democratic state convention this week to rally behind state Rep. James Talarico, telling the Dallas Morning News she has "no idea" if she will actively campaign for the Democratic nominee. 

 

That's not what she told KERA News earlier this year. In an interview with NTX Now's Ron Corning published March 3, Crockett said she "absolutely" would campaign for Talarico if he won the nomination. 

 

"The reality is that it has to be bigger than any single individual. This is about us winning, that is what it's about," Crockett said. "And when I say 'us winning' I mean us as Texans."

Talk about sour grapes. But outside of the usual Black Democrat plantation heads on the Left, no one should be surprised that an angry, professional-race-baiter like Crockett would fail to support her former opponent and Democrat Talarico in his bid for a Texas Senate seat. Especially now that Crockett's gone the race card route and blamed for dismal Senate campaign loss this past March on 'racism'. Crockett, who'll probably head to the podcast circuit and become a MSNOW and CNN regular once her Congressional term ends in a few months, just can't accept that her loss to Talarico was mostly due to her boorish attitude, lack of substance, refusal to step in platforms that would actually challenge her (like Stephen A. Smith, who practically begged her to come on his popular YouTube show several times after offering construtive criticism beforehand) and failure to advance populist ideas, not race. And that's the real reason her ego won't allow to help Talarico out.

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Graham Platner Drops Out of Maine Senate Race After Latest Rape Allegation

FOXNews.com:

Graham Platner, the embattled Democratic Senate nominee in Maine, suspended his campaign on Wednesday amid mounting controversies and growing calls from top Democrats in his home state, in the nation's capital, and across the country for him to immediately quit the race. 

 

Platner, a populist Democrat backed last September by progressive champion Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., was challenging longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins in a high-profile, combustible and expensive race in Maine, which is one of a handful that will determine if the GOP holds onto its slim Senate majority in November's midterm elections. 

 

"For the movement to continue, it can’t be me. For that reason, we are suspending campaign operations," Platner said in a video posted to social media.

In the end, it appears that being accused of rape by a fellow liberal (rather than by a conservative, as had been the case just weeks earlier) proved to be the final nail in Graham Platner's political coffin. As the allegation triggered a swift collapse in support from the Left and came shortly after Platner insisted there were no further revelations about his past. In a video announcing the suspension of his campaign, he acknowledged that his operation could no longer raise funds, access key voter data, or maintain the infrastructure needed to compete in a statewide race. His withdrawal also comes as Maine Democrats scramble to replace him before the July 13 candidate deadline, with reports indicating Platner hopes to have a say in selecting his successor. 

Of course, the writing was already on the wall. A recent poll showed Republican incumbent Susan Collins leading the race, and Platner's long list of controversies (including a Nazi tattoo he has had for more than two decades) had already left his candidacy politically damaged. Therefore from a normal perspective, his exit was likely inevitable. What stands out, however, is how many prominent voices on the progressive Left continued defending or minimizing Platner's conduct through each successive scandal because they viewed him as their best chance to help Democrats win that Senate seat.

RELATED: BREAKING: Totenkopf Out - Platner Quits

Democrat Congressman Jake Auchincloss Slams Graham Platner's Nazi-Linked Tattoo as 'Disqualifying'

FOXNews.com:

Rep. Jake Auchincloss, D-Mass, delivered a sharp rebuke of Maine candidate Graham Platner, breaking with his party over the Senate hopeful’s Nazi-linked tattoo. 

 

"I find that tattoo and his commentary about it to be personally disqualifying," Auchincloss told CNN on Monday. "I hope Maine voters agree with me." 

 

"I think it would be a mistake for the Democratic Party to think that Graham Platner’s brand of the Democratic Party is what wins us durable majorities throughout this country," the Massachusetts lawmaker continued.

Never heard of this Congressman before, but the fact that he's Blue-state Democrat with the cojones to openly criticize Platner, speaks volumes. Of course, Platner's controversial past is still being placated by the msm, but it's good to see some Democrats out there willing to call him out for his past misdeeds.

RELATED: Veteran Who Graham Platner Mocked and Said ‘Didn’t Deserve to Live’ Fires Back Hard: ‘Vile and Disgusting’

Power-Hungry Democrats Embrace Nazi-Tattooed Graham Platner in Hope to Win Maine Senate Seat

TheHill.com:

Democrats are coalescing around progressive political outsider Graham Platner and his bid to oust incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins in Maine after primary rival Gov. Janet Mills ended her struggling bid Thursday. 

 

Mills, who is term limited as governor, jumped into the race late last year as one of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-N.Y.) top recruits, but she had trouble gaining traction in polls and fundraising while Platner surged ahead — despite various controversies around his campaign. She ended her bid Thursday in a statement without endorsing Platner. 

 

But Schumer and the Democrats’ Senate campaign arm got behind Platner as Mills exited the ring, joining progressive Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and nearly two dozen state legislators who were expected to endorse on Thursday. The winnowed field adds to Democrats’ bullishness about what’s expected to be one of the closest Senate races in the country this fall. “The base couldn’t have spoken more clearly,” Democratic strategist Christy Setzer said.

When you're a bunch of lying, despicable hypocrites and all you care about is regaining power so you can put a stop to Trump's agenda, then you're even willing to embrace a Hamas-loving, Nazi symbol-wearing, law enforcement-hating misogynist like Graham Platner. It's really that simple.

RELATED: YGBKM: Democrats Blast Schumer For Not Embracing Nazi-Tattooed Platner

James Talarico Defeats Jasmine Crockett in Texas Senate Primary Election

HoustonPublicMedia.org:

Austin state Rep. James Talarico beat Dallas Rep. Jasmine Crockett in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, prevailing in a tight race that boosted the party’s hopes for a statewide win in November. 

 

With all but one of Texas’ counties and 85% of its polling locations reporting, Talarico had received 53.1% of the vote compared to 45.6% for Crockett, according to the Texas Secretary of State’s Office. The Associated Press early Wednesday morning called the race in favor of Talarico, who got a surge of exposure and financial backing at the start of early voting after his appearance on “The Late Show” with Stephen Colbert was scrapped from the CBS broadcast but viewed by millions on YouTube. 

 

“We’re about to take back Texas,” Talarico said in a Wednesday morning statement, referring to Democrats’ quest of winning a statewide election for the first time in more than 30 years. In the November general election, Talarico will face the winner of the Republican primary, which is headed to a May 26 runoff between incumbent Sen. John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.

I'm convinced that Crockett never truly wanted to win this Senate rcae. First, there's the fact that not too long ago she went on The Breakfast Club and bragged about how she could make more $$$ outside of politics. Secondly and more importantly, there's Crockett's Senate campaign itself: an awful strategy that contained nothing but identity politics, continuous Trump smears, only doing friendly interviews with press (while being hostile towards those doing real journalism) and almost never talking about her actual policies or what she could do as a Senator to make Texan working-class voters lives better. That said, a Biden shill through and through and certified Democrat-establishment leech, even after her loss I highly doubt that we've seen the last of Jasmine Crockett when it comes to politics.

RELATED: Texas Senate Race Is Gonna Be Lit!

'Low IQ' Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett Picks the Wrong 'Epstein' While Making Claims About Republican Donors

TheDailyBeast.com:

Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett was called out for dropping the names of a series of Republicans who took donations from Jeffrey Epstein, but she got the wrong Jeffrey Epstein. 

 

The Texas lawmaker and rising star of the Democratic Party was speaking on the House floor on Tuesday when she commented. “Folks who also took money from somebody named Jeffrey Epstein, as I had my team dig in very quickly: Mitt Romney, the NRCC, Lee Zeldin, George Bush, Win Red, McCain-Palin, Rick Lazio,” Crockett stated. 

 

Her remarks came as the House was considering the censure of Del. Stacey Plaskett for texting with the disgraced financier. “If this is the standard that we’re going to make, just know we’re going to expose it all and just know that the FEC filings, they are available for everybody to review,” she added.

So Crockett attacks EPA head Zeldin for receiving money from one "Jeffrey Epstein"--but it was actually a different Jeffrey Epstein, a NY doctor. To be fair, I wouldn't chalk this up to being stupid, but undeniably lazy instead as basic research could've shown the difference. Of course, Crockett is such an unhinged, hater of all things Republicans that it's always possible that she knew that she got the wrong Epstein before her speech and tried to defame Zeldin anyway--which would warrant a defamation suit. But nah, she ain't that dumb, right?

RELATED: Crockett inches toward Senate run

Senate Advances Deal To Reopen Government, Fully Restore SNAP Benefits ,

FOXNews.com:

The Senate took a massive step forward on its way to reopening the government on Sunday, with a group of Senate Democrats caving and joining Republicans in their bid to pass a revamped plan to end the shutdown. 

 

Signs that the shutdown, which entered its 40th day, could be ending became more and more clear as the day went on, particularly with the unveiling of a bipartisan package of spending bills that lawmakers hope to attach to a modified bill to reopen the government. 

 

Eight Senate Democrats crossed the aisle to mark the first step in the GOP’s quest to end the shutdown. Many of the lawmakers that splintered from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., were among those engaged in bipartisan talks over the last several weeks.

Sure, many conservative pundits recently stated out loud that the shutdown would end this week after last Tuesday's elections. But I'll take it further in say that a wicked combo of SNAP benefits being cut and flights being cancelled around the country is what got some moderate Democrats to cave and vote to end the shutdown. Of course, the same Bluesky liberal hypocrites who blamed the GOP for 'taking food out of 42 million mouths' just a few days ago are now calling for Schumer's head on a platter for 'caving' and allowing the gov't to open back up, but hey that's politics for ya.

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