Paxton 'Milk Cartons' Talarico's Absence From the Campaign Trail As Dem's Staffers Let the Mask Slip

Jennifer Oliver O'Connell – RedState

"As RedState reported on Monday, the momentum behind Republican Texas U.S. Senate nominee Ken Paxton is building, with two big weekend ad drops by Texas PAC, which produced a significant amount of buzz and has more people paying attention and talking positively about the state attorney general and his record of delivering for Texas, which translates to him delivering for the American people. 

"What is more fascinating is that as Paxton's Lone Star rises, his Democrat opponent James Talarico's appears to be in freefall. 

"As our sister site Townhall noted, Talarico has essentially been MIA since September 26, with 28 days left to go in this campaign.

Talarico has not been seen publicly in Texas in over a week, with his last appearance occurring on Saturday, September 26, before he took a fundraising trip to New York City. There, he was treated to a VIP fundraising dinner where attendees, like a filmmaker who labeled America a “shithole” and a group that advocates for child sex change surgeries, were charged $27,000 a plate.

"According to local press, Talarico's campaign claims he is having a bad bout with the flu, which they say required a visit to urgent care.

"Mmmkay.  

"Paxton's campaign was right on it, taking full advantage by putting out a milk carton photo of Talarico and asking if he's been seen." . . .

"In the closing days of James Talarico's race against @KenPaxtonTX, Talarico's own staffers could cause major problems for the Texas Democrat -- in this exclusive footage, one of Talarico's Marxist field organizers explains how she views him as the "vehicle" to push Texas drastically leftward, and that Talarico is actually far more anti-Israel than he publicly claims to be"

The Enemy Within; Mamdani certainly sounds like he’s in league with the enemy.

 The American Spectator   

"Are we not being given a crystal-clear demonstration that we cannot allow any further encroachment of Islamic culture, religion, and politics into our society? Islam is a black pill for the West. Make a stand, or swallow that pill. I said it a week ago; I’m going to have to keep saying it."

Uncle Paul's Parodies

"I’d intended this column to be the third installment of my Five Black Pills series (the first, covering feminism, is here, and the second, discussing the Islamic invasion of America, is here). After seeing a flurry of related developments over the past few days, I decided I needed to retrace my steps a bit.

"Because the column on Islam, and how utterly incompatible it is with Western society and American society in particular, has become urgently relevant enough to reiterate"

"Wednesday was October 7, after all, the third anniversary of Hamas’ unbridled atrocities against Israeli civilians, and Hamas’ favorite American mayor (this may not be specifically true, but he’s at least in the top five), Zohran Mamdani, had this to say:

This day is profoundly painful for so many New Yorkers. It marks three years since the horrific war crimes of October 7. On that day, Hamas killed more than 1,100 Israelis and abducted 251 others. We grieve alongside our many friends and neighbors who still carry that unthinkable loss.

"Blah, blah, blah, sounds good so far. And then…

The suffering did not begin nor end that day. It instead continued through the Israeli government’s devastating, ongoing genocide in Gaza, in which it has killed more than 74,000 Palestinians–including more than 21,000 children. Even since the so-called ceasefire, more than 1,400 Palestinians have been killed. That suffering has intensified with every Israeli bomb dropped on ambulances waiting outside hospitals, every drone strike targeting a residential building or journalist, and every shipment of food aid turned away at a border crossing. Many New Yorkers are reckoning with this unbearable grief, and we mourn alongside them — all while knowing that our tax dollars fund these war crimes.

Three years later, we must refuse to accept a world in which occupation and apartheid continue, where war crimes are met with impunity, and our federal government continues its complicity with every arms shipment.

To honor the dead, we must fight for a world in which every person can live with freedom, safety, and dignity.

"'So you’ll know, Mamdani just parroted the Hamas narrative to the syllable, in an announcement marking the murder of well over 1,000 innocent people by Hamas, which started a war that killed some number of Palestinians which may or may not be 74,000 (those are Hamas’ numbers).

"Also, so you’ll know, Hamas is Iran. Iran directs and funds Hamas." . . .

Can AOC win the Obama primary?

 The inch-deep TV woman say America isn't ready for a woman president. Actually, we want a Margaret Thatcher, not some DEI clown. TD

Don Surber 

"Another problem is the two women Democrats sent were unpleasant. Trump is affable and. Biden too. They have fans. Hillary and Kamala couldn’t buy a friend."

"The 2028 presidential election will for the fourth consecutive time be a referendum on Donald John Trump. If his second presidency succeeds, as I believe it will, then the Republican nominee will prevail. If not, Barack Obama’s candidate will take the government over.

"Everyone who is anyone tells me the Republican race will be between JD Vance and Marco Rubio. At this point in the 2016 cycle, the Republican race was between Chris Christie and Jeb Bush.

"For Democrats, Obama will decide who will represent the party. He’s the kingmaker. In 2016, Obama picked Hillary Clinton and the party paid off Bernie Sanders to clear the way for her. In 2020, Obama picked Joe Biden and the party paid off Bernie, Pete Buttigieg and a few others. In 2024, Obama made Biden debate Trump in June to clear the way for Kamala Harris’s nomination—after taking one last shot at Donald Trump.

"In Butler, Pennsylvania.

"Obama is Wile E. Coyote. His quest for communism is based on the belief of inevitability. He has been meticulously patient. No matter how many setbacks he has, he believes time is on his side.

"Installing a meat puppet behind the Resolute Desk on January 20, 2021, was genius. Biden was just in politics for the money. What he lacked in intelligence, he made up in avarice. He stayed bought. OK, all that lawfare backfired. But all Obama needs is another anvil, balloon and jet roller skates to make it work this time." . . .  

"Men don’t have that problem. Unfair? I suppose. Golda Meir and Margaret Thatcher did not build their careers on their looks. That paid off in the long run. AOC went for the looks. Her clock is ticking. She can freeze her eggs but not her looks." More.

More on Obama candidates:   ‘The List of His Failures Goes On’: Unearthed Receipts Haunt El-Sayed As Obama Tries to Save Him   "Former President Barack Obama is preparing to ride into Michigan to help save Democrat Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed, who is now locked in a tight race with Republican Mike Rogers.

"CNN’s KFile just unearthed a major problem with that rescue mission.

"Footage and interviews reviewed by the network show El-Sayed spent years calling Obama’s presidency a failure and insisting the country was no better off after his eight years in the White House. Finally, something we agree on.

"Will the unearthed comments create friction even as Obama is forced to grit his teeth and pretend Abdul is the right man for Michigan? Probably not. Democrats are well-trained theater kids. They'll keep up appearances.

"Still, El-Sayed's criticisms will surely sting." . . .   Video: CNN EXPOSES El-Sayed BLASTING Obama for ‘LIST OF FAILURES

Stupidity: Is It The New Political Power?

 American Thinker

 What if the real winner is a political system that no longer requires citizens to think for themselves?  If that is happening, we should probably figure it out before we discover the answer the hard way.  

 "We have spent centuries building societies on the assumption that people can govern themselves. Our institutions are premised on individual responsibility, private property, free expression, voluntary association, markets, constitutional limits, and the belief that adults can generally be trusted to govern themselves.

Yet much of today’s politics appears to be moving in the opposite direction.

"Competence increasingly seems negotiable, perhaps even disqualifying. Expertise is often treated with suspicion. Complex problems are compressed into slogans. Identity matters more than accomplishment, authenticity more than knowledge, and how a politician makes people feel more than that politician’s ability.

"Why? And more importantly, what happens to our democracy when understanding a political argument matters less than producing the politically correct reaction?

"That is a different question from whether conservatives or liberals are right. It is a question about self-government itself. The old populist argument was simple: the elites have failed you, so “power to the people.”

"The emerging version may be something stranger: you don’t need knowledge; you only need someone or something to blame.

"That’s a very different kind of populism.

"Self-government is hard work. It requires citizens to absorb facts, recognize tradeoffs, distinguish evidence from assertion, remember history, tolerate disagreement, and occasionally accept outcomes they don’t like.

"None of that is particularly riveting. Anger, outrage, fear, and identity are." . . .More.

Too many Black people play the victim card - Charles Barkley refuses to blame White America for Black struggles

Barkley says personal choices matter and rejects blaming slavery and racism for every problem facing Black Americans.

BasketballNetwork.net  

“People don’t see famous Black people as regular Black people," Barkley said. These comments fit with the way he has approached the subject for years. Barkley has never claimed that racism doesn’t exist, but he also doesn’t want that to become the only explanation for why the Black community struggles."

"​Charles Barkley has never been shy about discussing his beliefs, even when some of those words could put him in an uncomfortable position within the Black community. His recent appearance on The Chris Cuomo Project was no different, as the former NBA forward discussed race in America.

"Barkley made sure to clarify that he doesn’t believe slavery and racism should be used to explain every problem facing Black Americans, while he understands that racism still exists.

"“I’m not one of those black people who hangs on to slavery – I don’t blame White America for every ills of the Black community. I don’t do that. I’m not gonna play the victim card. I think too many black people play the victim card, because of all the slavery and racism. No, sometimes your choices matter,” Barkley said.

"Personal responsibility has been a topic of conversation when Barkley speaks about the Black community. He has previously spoken about fatherhood, education and the choices young Black men make, but he believes that some Black people need to take a hard look at problems within their own community, rather than pointing fingers." . . .More.

It’s the Iran War, Stupid

Ann Coulter   

"Moreover, respondents rank immigration the third “most important issue facing the country today,” just after inflation and the economy. The Iran War comes in sixth. (Climate change is 614th.)"

"On a recent New York Times podcast, columnist E.J. Dionne claimed that the “key” to Trump’s “ victory in 2024 was his promise “to bring order to the southern border,” but instead — for some inexplicable reason — he “launched this massive campaign” to deport illegals.

"Great analysis, except Trump never promised to “bring order” to the border. That was Kamala.

Trump’s promises were slightly more grand. In particular, he said — repeatedly — that he would implement “the largest deportation operation in the history of our country.” His immigration plans were memorialized in panicked Times headlines like these:

"'Sweeping Raids, Giant Camps and Mass Deportations: Inside Trump’s 2025 Immigration Plans” (Nov. 11, 2023)

"'Trump Says He Would Try Again to Revoke Haitian Immigrants’ Protections” (Oct. 3, 2024)

"'What if Trump Deported Millions of Immigrants?” (Oct. 22, 2024)

"'Trump’s Deportation Vow Fuels Fear and a Potential Showdown in New York” (Nov. 9, 2024)

"For proposing an immigration crackdown that appalled the Times’ newsroom, he was rewarded on Election Day with a sweep of all seven battleground states, a majority of the popular vote and a newly Republican Senate.

"No Republicans proposed to bring “order” to the border. Under Biden, the border had plenty of “order,” in the sense that the 20 million foreigners sneaking into this country did so with a minimum of pushing and shoving.

"To avoid the mayhem of throngs of people rushing our border, the Biden administration gave third-worlders an app to schedule their illegal crossings, whereupon Border Patrol would dust them off and direct them to the nearest welfare office. True, this was a direct violation of federal law as well as traitorous, but the one thing you couldn’t say was that it lacked order.

"It was Democrats who ran on bringing yet more “order” to the border, meaning they wanted illegals to be admitted even faster." . . .  More.