Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is being mocked all over X for celebrating an endorsement from Congresswoman Maxine Waters. While it’s no surprise that California Democrats would […]
Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) said Tuesday that his campaign for Senate is attracting some support from previous President Trump voters who are becoming more disillusioned with the president’s policies, saying they whisper to him at rallies “like they’re in the witness protection program.” Talarico argued during an interview on MS NOW that President…
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis presented himself as a martyr to free speech after the state Democratic Party censured him for springing an election denier from jail before her sentence ended.The Democratic governor granted clemency to former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, who was convicted in 2024 for allowing unauthorized individuals to access her office's election system looking for fraud in the 2020 presidential contest, and a Colorado Sun political reporter flagged his appearance Wednesday in a party call."Gov. Jared Polis, fresh off being censured by the Colorado Democratic Party for letting Tina Peters out of prison early, showed up today to a private, internal party call like this #copolitics," posted Sun reporter Jesse Aaron Paul.Paul's photo included a screenshot of the governor wearing headphones and black duct tape over his mouth, which prompted a wave of criticism."Seems to be conflating censured with censored… another sign that his brain has been captured by X/Twitter," muttered Kate Starbird, a computer scientist and former professional basketball player."Alright this guy absolutely has scrambled eggs for brains," agreed New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie."Get off the cross, ding dong," cracked journalist Imani Gandy. "We need the wood.""Powerful people sure do love to whine about there being consequences for their actions, it’s a shame we’ve built an attention economy that rewards that kind of behavior," opined writer Cooper Lund."Polis caved to Trump's months-long pressure campaign against his state to free Tina Peters," stated journalist Lindsay Beyerstein. "Trump did everything from shut down a major climate research facility to denying disaster aid to vetoing a bill to supply clean drinking water to his own supporters in CO. Now Polis wants to play martyr.""How many other people currently locked up in Colorado prisons and jails would he do this for?" wondered writer and activist Chad Stanton."Federal employees are facing NDAs that will functionally silence their ability to tell the public about wrongdoing, and you have the Governor of an entire state cosplaying like a college speaker claiming to be cancelled in 2017," noted University of Michigan policy professor Don Moynihan. "Just not serious.""I really think we should consider the possibility Polis did this for attention," suggested attorney Ken White."Mild consequences for the thing that everyone in the party said was bad? For a rich man?" asked author Courtney Milan."Doing something ugly & stupid, experiencing the entirely predictable social consequences, and then complaining that you are oppressed -- this is the quintessential reactionary move," posted journalist David Roberts. "F--- this dips---.""Governors are not immune from criticism nor from censure by their own parties," added labor lawyer Katelyn Oldham. "If he can't handle this absolutely justified criticism and censure, he needs to resign and get out of politics altogether."
In 2025, White revealed that Trump was the one who came up with the idea for a UFC event at the White House in honor of the America 250 celebration.
While President Donald Trump and his MAGA supporters might be celebrating Ken Paxton's dominant win in Tuesday's Senate primary, according to one of the leading election forecasters, the result has tipped the general election odds in the direction that the Texas GOP most feared.Paxton, whose time as Texas attorney general has been plagued by scandal and corruption, trounced incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in a primary runoff this week, spelling the end of one of the most powerful Republicans in the Senate. This came after Trump, at the last minute, issued an endorsement of Paxton, calling him a staunch MAGA ally, despite the warnings of his party. Given his history, Paxton has a lot of toxic political baggage, prompting considerable alarm that voters might turn their noses up at him and open a path to victory for Democrats.The blue opposition is also fielding one of its strongest Texas Senate nominees in years in the form of state Rep. James Talarico, who has built a strong campaign with a focus on economic issues voters are most worried about, as well as his devout Christianity. Numerous polls have shown that Cornyn might have been able to fend off Talarico, Paxton's chances were much closer, with some even giving the Democrat the edge.These worries were reflected by the latest update from the Cook Political Report, a firm that issues predictions for every major political race in the country based on evolving circumstances. In the wake of Paxton's win, per The Hill, the report moved its prediction for the Texas Senate race to be more in favor of a Talarico win. Cook still, overall, gives the Republican Party the edge in the race, but now, it is more slight. Whereas the rating used to be "likely Republican," Paxton's win saw it changed to a "lean Republican" rating, the sort of momentum shift that the Texas GOP does not want to see. It also noted that the Texas AG has no shortage of weaknesses for Democrats to exploit, potentially helping them move the race more in their favor through November."Paxton has a litany of ethical lapses for Democrats to exploit — from allegations of bribery and misuse of his office to marital infidelity, which led his wife to divorce him on ‘biblical grounds,’” Jessica Taylor, Senate and governors editor for the Cook Political Report, explained. “Given the national environment, this is a race that certainly may have become competitive even if Cornyn had won, but Paxton’s flaws warrant an immediate move to the Lean column."
President Trump opened his administration's twelfth cabinet meeting on Wednesday by taking a victory lap in celebration of notching four more primary election wins last night in Texas. The post Trump Begins Cabinet Meeting with Victory Lap on His Perfect 118 for 118 Endorsement Record After More Primary Wins (VIDEO) appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt, incumbent Mayor Karen Bass's closest rival in the June 2nd open primary election, has filed a formal complaint with the Los Angeles City Clerk alleging that Bass violated election laws by campaigning near a ballot drop box. The post Spencer Pratt Demands Investigation into Karen Bass for “Flagrant Violations” of Election Laws After Campaign Video Shows Illegal Electioneering (VIDEO) appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
The Texas attorney general's record will mean more attention on the issue of corruption, which Democrats can run on across the country.
Senate Republicans’ campaign arm quietly deleted a number of posts attacking Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton after he won the Texas Senate GOP runoff on Tuesday against Sen. John Cornyn. The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), which backed Cornyn in the Senate GOP primary runoff, deleted a statement from July 2025 in which Paxton’s estranged wife, state Sen. Angela Paxton (R), said she…