September 30, 2026

02c U.S. Politics – Election

Obama Pushing to Make AI Doomerism a Centerpiece of Democrat Agenda– gellerreport.com
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Barack Hussein Obama told Democrats: They badly need to grab hold of the debate over artificial intelligence and impeding its progress a central pillar of their agenda.

Of course he did. There is one infallible rule in 211st century American politics – anything the Democrats are behind and pushing, is disastrous for America. Every time.

Thus: The sudden pressing of the “panic” button by talking heads on the left. New York Times: Former President Barack Obama warned during a recent private fund-raising event that artificial intelligence technology could be “dangerous” if not properly managed, as he implored Democrats to aggressively develop political and governing agendas to prioritize the issue in the coming years. In his remarks on Thursday, which have not been previously reported, Mr. Obama urged Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat of New York and the House minority leader, to assemble a clear framework for a public conversation about A.I. policy, should Democrats win back the House in the midterm elections, according to a partial transcript provided by Mr. Obama’s office (New York Times).

Politico adds: Obama said AI development would be “one of my central agendas” if he were running for president, throwing down a gauntlet as the shadow 2028 Democratic primary debate responded to the AI leaders’ calls (Politico).

Make no mistake, Communist China is not slowing down and they are making huge gain using American (much of it stolen) technology. Why would we deliberately handicap ourselves while Communist China races ahead, weaponizing artificial intelligence for military power, mass surveillance, cyberwarfare and global domination?

Did Liberal Justices Delay Dissents To Stop Trump’s Voting EO?– thefederalist.com
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Did the Supreme Court’s liberal justices slow-walk their dissents in litigation over President Trump’s mail-in voting order to run out the clock on its implementation for the 2026 midterms? That seems to be what Justice Samuel Alito subtly suggested in the court’s most recent ruling on the subject.

On Monday night, the high court rejected the Trump administration’s request to pause a lower court blockade on a new U.S. Postal Service rule. As described by Fox News, the new rule required election officials to “submit ballot-envelope designs for approval and upload voter information and unique tracking barcodes to a new USPS portal.”

The decision — which effectively bars the policy from taking effect for the fall elections — was presumably 7-2, with Alito and Justice Clarence Thomas saying they would have granted the government’s request for relief. Aside from Justice Brett Kavanaugh — who said the USPS rule seems lawful but denied the government’s request because it’s too close to the midterms for election officials to implement it — the majority offered little explanation for its decision.

Alito, on the other hand, penned a lengthy dissent (joined by Thomas) outlining several issues with the court’s holding. It was in this opinion that the Bush 43 appointee seemingly telegraphed some potentially nefarious shenanigans by the court’s Democrat appointees in the case.

The apparent hint came in the dissent’s concluding pages, in which Alito refuted the alleged concerns that the Democrat-led states challenging the Postal Service rule had regarding “the practical effects of implementing the rule close to the midterm elections.” While taking “that problem very seriously,” the justice highlighted two key points demonstrating why it isn’t enough to warrant rejecting the government’s request to implement the rule for the 2026 contests.

Democrats create an AI panic and then falsely promise solutions– www.americanthinker.com
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Democrats have been so good at handling everything they focus on, so I know they can come up with sensible ways to implement AI.

It is surprising that the Biden-Harris administration and other Democrats didn’t solve this program while they were in office because Biden put Kamala in charge of the issue in 2023. Back then, Kamala led a meeting with tech leaders in 2023 to address the issue because the vigorous and sharp Biden needed to lighten his busy schedule:

Kamala is now lecturing Trump about what he must do to control China and handle AI. Kamala’s brilliance and expertise on the issue can be summed up in her statement introducing the issue:

“I think the first part of this issue that should be articulated is AI is kind of a fancy thing,” Harris said. “First of all, it’s two letters. It means artificial intelligence, but ultimately what it is is it’s about machine learning.”

 

The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that a lower court ruling suspending President Trump’s XO attempting make Mass mailer voting more accountable will stand, at least until AFTER the 2026 election. The ruling effectively enables Democrats to slow-walk close races in their favor using reserve “ballots” “registered” to the dead and non-citizens still on their uncleansed voter rolls.

SCOTUS Blocks Trump’s Mail-In Voting Order Ahead Of Midterms– thefederalist.com
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The U.S. Supreme Court declined to pause a lower court blockade on Monday night against President Trump’s mail-in voting executive order ahead of the 2026 midterms. The vote was presumably 7-2, with Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissenting.

In its unsigned opinion, the high court rejected the Trump administration’s emergency application to stay a Sept. 4 decision by Massachusetts-based District Judge Indira Talwani. The Obama appointee and past Democrat donor issued a preliminary injunction blocking part of the U.S. Postal Service’s new policy that complies with the president’s mail-in voting order. The USPS rule “would require election officials to submit ballot-envelope designs for approval and upload voter information and unique tracking barcodes to a new USPS portal,” as described by Fox News.

The preliminary injunction replaced a temporary restraining order Talwani had issued against the new rule days prior. The Trump administration — which initially appealed the TRO to SCOTUS — withdrew its initial application over the TRO and filed a new one asking the high court to pause Talwani’s injunction.

The Supreme Court previously overturned a separate injunction by Talwani against Trump’s mail-in voting order last month. In a 6-3 ruling, the high court ruled that it was too soon for courts to consider the challenge brought by Democrat-led states and D.C. because the administration had yet to issue rules at that time, as required by the president’s edict.

The Supreme Court Just Ruled Against Election Security– townhall.com
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The Supreme Court has rejected the Trump administration’s efforts to restrict mail-in ballots for the upcoming midterm elections in the 7-2 decision.

BREAKING: Gavin Newsom says he will not run for president in 2028 if Kamala Harris runs | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com
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California Governor Gavin Newsom has revealed that he will not run for president in 2028 if fellow Californian former Vice President Kamala Harris decides to run. He had been widely rumored to be interested in the position.

Speaking with CNN’s Jake Tapper, Newsom, who is one of a few Democrats being floated to run for the presidency, said of Harris, “I don’t know if she runs, but we’ll see.” He later added, “I wouldn’t run if she ran.”

Tapper asked, “If she runs, you will not?”

“Of course not,” Newsom replied. “Why would I? I wouldn’t do that to her … I wouldn’t waste everyone’s time. Who needs that?”

“First of all, electorally, it’s a gift from God for everybody else. They can enjoy the hell out of it. Mutually assured destruction. It serves no greater good,” Newsom said.

Tapper shot back, “She had a shot and you’ve never run and she’s run twice.” Harris ran in 2020 seeking the Democrat Party’s nomination for president. During her brief stint in the primaries, she gained some 3% of the vote. She ran again in 2024 but only when her boss, President Joe Biden, was forced out of the race due to apparent age-related mental decline and endorsed her in his stead.

“Yeah, I mean that’d be the approach to the campaign certainly,” Newsom said. “That’d be the case you’d make. A pretty good one actually. That’s objectively true.”

Republicans Attack GOP Candidate for Pointing Out How Many Foreign Students Attended Texas-Ohio State Game– www.westernjournal.com
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A Republican nominee for statewide office in Texas is taking fire from his own party after he used a crowd shot on social media to argue that foreign students have displaced Americans.

Bo French, the GOP candidate for railroad commissioner, posted images from Saturday’s University of Texas-Ohio State game and called the scene a “problem.”

No. 4 Texas had just pulled off an epic defeat of No. 1 Ohio State 24-23 Saturday night in Austin after trailing 23-3 entering the fourth quarter.

The Longhorns account posted a hype video that panned the student section. “THAT’LL DO IT,” the school wrote.

Trump Demolishes ‘Stone Cold Loser!’ Karl Rove Over His Decision to Cross Party Lines in Texas – RedState– redstate.com
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If Karl Rove thought he could publicly announce that he’s voting for a Texas Democrat this November without getting some serious blowback from President Trump, he seriously miscalculated the situation.

The president came in from the top rope in a Monday evening Truth Social post after news broke that Rove, the longtime Republican strategist and one-time adviser to former President George W. Bush, planned to cross party lines in the Texas Railroad Commission race and vote for Democrat Jon Rosenthal over the Republican nominee, Bo French.

Rove, wrote Trump, is a RINO and “a stone cold loser” who has suffered from Trump Derangement Syndrome for the past decade. Furthermore, declared the president, Rove is “bad for the Republican Party” after being “completely wrong so often.”

Karl Rove is so bad for the Republican Party, and completely wrong so often. He suffers from a major case of Trump Derangement Syndrome primarily because, for almost 10 years, I beat back and won against so many of the people and things that he wanted and espoused. Why does FoxNews and the WSJ keep his RINO Voice alive. The guy is a stone cold loser!

Whistleblower alleges DHS voter fraud investigation could violate state laws– www.washingtonexaminer.com
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A whistleblower claimed a Department of Homeland Security effort to investigate voter fraud violated state laws, a charge the agency denies.

On Monday, Senate Democrats announced their reveal of a whistleblower complaint regarding a DHS effort to investigate voter fraud. According to the whistleblower, DHS had directed U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officers to violate state laws as part of its “Unlawful Voter Initiative,” which seeks to gather evidence about voter fraud.

El-Sayed Scolds Media: MI Cares About High Cost Of Living, Not A Twitch Streamer– crooksandliars.com
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Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed grew frustrated with Face the Nation guest host Weija Jiang continually asking about Hasan Piker and explained the only topics people were interested in during his his four Michigan events were grocery prices, high doctor costs and the quality of air and water, not a Twitch streamer.

The only attack Republicans have on El-Sayed is being interviewed by Piker, and they know the media is only too willing to promote their memes.

JIANG: Well, there are Jewish voters in your state who are concerned about your relationship with Piker. You have condemned anti-Semitism, but not called out his rhetoric directly. Why not?

El-Sayed: Weijia, with all due respect, this is the third time you’ve asked about a Twitch streamer in California.

I’ve done four events in Michigan this week. You know what didn’t come up? Twitch streamers in California.

You know what did come up? Grocery prices. The fact that people can’t see a doctor. The worry that they have about the quality of air and water.

I’m not interested in having a conversation about streamers in California because they are not raising the prices of gas and groceries.

I’m more interested in having a conversation about tariff policies and trade wars we shouldn’t be fighting.

About hot wars with Iran.

About AI, which I know we were supposed to talk about right now.

So let’s actually talk about the issues that are affecting people instead of getting distracted by whatever the president says we should be talking about.

Their whole game is to make us fight culture war so that we don’t pay attention to the fact that the president has made $2.2 billion.

His family has made even more. How about your family in Michigan? How about your ability to afford the basic things?

How about the ability to believe that you could see a doctor without having to potentially fall into medical debt?

Those are the conversations that people are having. Those are the conversations I want to have.

So yeah, I’m not all that interested in having a conversation about a Twitch streamer, forgive me, when people can’t afford their gas and their groceries.

James Talarico Claims We Are All “Just Really Big Kindergartners” In Bizarre Clip– www.louderwithcrowder.com
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James Talarico has no shortage of foolish clips. From claiming God is nonbinary to claiming there are six genders, the man really would do himself a lot of favors if he just stopped talking. Nonetheless, the internet continues to prove just how unqualified this man is to serve the great people of Texas.

According to James Talarico, we are all just “big Kindergartners” and we should run “our world like we run a kindergarten classroom.” It is unclear what he means by this but we can be certain it is no less foolish than his previous asinine takes.

To call this bizarre would be an understatement. But are you surprised? This is coming from the same man who once voted to accuse some parents of abuse if they refused to affirm their kids’ gender transitions.

Yes, he really is that evil. And the worst part is that he thinks he can now lie his way out of accountability.

James Talarico’s progressive Christianity is proof that Democrats have a ‘God problem’– www.lifesitenews.com
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(LifeSiteNews) — The Democrats have had a “God problem” for decades. This graph, by researcher Ryan Burge, sums up the problem succinctly:

WJ Straw Poll: Rubio Holds Lead as Massie, Trump, and Flynn Gain Ground– www.westernjournal.com
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The latest Western Journal GOP 2028 Presidential Straw Poll found Secretary of State Marco Rubio continuing to lead the field, although his lead narrowed from the previous week.

Our poll from the week of Sept. 7-13 showed Rubio received 37 percent of the vote this past week, maintaining the top position but declining 4 points from the week prior.

Vice President J.D. Vance finished second with 26.2 percent, which was down 2.9 percent from last week’s 29.1 percent.

Dallas Police Block Anti-Trump March Near Republican Midterm Convention– wltreport.com
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Dallas police officers blocked a protest march from advancing toward the secured area around the Republican midterm convention Thursday afternoon.

Video from the scene showed a line of officers spanning the street as demonstrators faced them from a short distance away near downtown Dallas.

The encounter was tense, but the available clip showed the police line holding its position rather than moving into the crowd.

Here is the moment the march reached that line:

NEW: State Supreme Court Overturns Trump-Backed Candidate’s Victory– trendingpoliticsnews.com
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The Indiana Supreme Court on Thursday issued an order setting aside a determination by the Indiana Recount Commission and declaring incumbent state Senator Spencer Deery the winner of the Republican primary for Senate District 23. The court found that Deery won by just three votes.

“Indiana Code section 3-12-1-12 makes a qualifying ballot legally countable despite a defect caused by an election officer. Having considered the written submissions and having heard the arguments of counsel, a majority of the Court votes to set aside the Commission’s final determination certifying that Paula Copenhaver received the higher number of votes for the Senate District 23 Republican primary,” the one-page order, which was signed by Chief Justice Loretta H. Rush, stated.

“The Court further orders the Election Commission to declare that Spencer Deery received 6,335 votes and Paula Copenhaver received 6,332 votes in the State Senate District 23 Republican primary and to recertify its results.”

The order takes effect immediately and vacates the stay order issued on September 3.

POLL: Will You Support Trump And His Candidates In The Midterms?

‘Evangelicals for a Better Future’ Is Yet Another Talarico-Stan Run by a Dem Operative – RedState– redstate.com
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A group called “Evangelicals for a Better Future” has poured money into advertising in support of Democrat U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico. The group released this glossy ad painting Talarico as a unifier who gets “What Makes a Texan.”

Sure, Jan.

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While this PAC (political action committee) does not coordinate with the Talarico campaign, it appears to dovetail with the candidate’s sudden pivot to the center. Talarico recently appeared on right-leaning and right-of-center outlets like Fox News and News Nation to proclaim that his words and record are being misconstrued by his opponent, TX Attorney General and Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, Ken Paxton.

Staying Home Won’t Punish GOP, It Will Undo Trump’s Wins– thefederalist.com
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President Donald Trump closed out night one of the Republican National Committee (RNC) first-ever midterm convention with one simple plea: “Pretend that I’m on the ballot.”

“I’m asking you to pretend that I’m on the ballot. I’m on the ballot. I’m on the ballot. Just one more time, because if we lose, you’re going to lose your border, you’re going to lose your tax cuts, you’re going to lose your safety and security, you’re going to lose your wealth,” Trump said.

It’s an important ask, given how Republicans have struggled to turn out voters when Trump is not literally on the ballot. But while Trump’s name may not literally appear on the ballot, it is for all intents and purposes next to every single “R” on the ticket.

Trump’s agenda is on the ballot. But more importantly, so are his accomplishments.

Over the past two years, Trump has used his authority to shut down the southern border, restore immigration enforcement, dismantle federal DEI programs, and reverse Biden’s ridiculous definition of sex, among other things. Congressional Republicans have funded some of that agenda, like immigration enforcement, and passed Trump’s signature One Big Beautiful Bill, which adds incentives for states to crack down on fraud and waste while also introducing no tax on tips and overtime for certain employment sectors.

Trump $1 trillion-plus midterm dividend plan meets bipartisan pushback– www.cnbc.com
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks on stage on the first day of the 2026 Republican National Convention at the American Airlines Center on September 09, 2026 in Dallas, Texas.

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Facing an uphill battle in the final weeks of an affordability-focused midterm election, President Donald Trump on Wednesday night made an audacious promise: Every adult American citizen will receive a $5,000 “dividend,” but only if Republicans are victorious in November.

While extremely light on details, the proposal quickly drew heat from critics on both sides of the aisle, including some of Trump’s own supporters. And it spurred questions of whether it would be illegal as a payment incentive to influence votes.

“I am hugely in favor of winning the midterms, and love much about this admin, but am strongly against bread and circus bribes,” Palantir co-founder and Republican donor Joe Lonsdale said on X.

JD Vance Warns Democrats Are Embracing Radicals Who Say ‘America Deserved 9/11’– slaynews.com
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Vice President JD Vance warned that Democrats have increasingly aligned themselves with radical activists who attack the American way of life, including figures who have declared that America “deserved 9/11.”

Vance issued the warning during Fox News’s coverage of the Republican National Convention in Dallas, arguing that President Donald Trump had successfully drawn a sharp contrast between the GOP agenda and the increasingly radical politics embraced by Democrats.

With the country preparing to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, Vance pointed specifically to Democrats campaigning alongside figures who have defended or downplayed anti-American rhetoric.

“So, I think what the president tried to do tonight very successfully was really two things,” Vance said.

“First of all, you got to talk about all the amazing things that we did over the last couple of years.

“No taxes on tips, no tax on Social Security, no tax on overtime.

“That stuff all goes away if the Democrats take control.”

Bessent Warns of ‘Socialist Hellscape’ If Democrats Win– www.dailysignal.com
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent touted President Donald Trump’s economic record Wednesday night at the Republican National Committee’s Midterm Convention while issuing a stark warning about what he says Democrats would do if given control of Congress.

Looking to the future, Bessent said that in order to honor the first 250 years of the United States, Americans must “meet the obligations of the next.”

“Our obligation begins by making this country work again for the very people who sustain it,” Bessent said.

Texas Democrat backs Trump’s $5,000 dividend but rejects conditional payout– www.washingtonexaminer.com
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Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gina Hinojosa announced she supports President Donald Trump’s idea for a $5,000 dividend to U.S. adults but only if it is decoupled from the 2026 midterm outcome, as he conditioned.

“Right now, Americans are paying into a system that’s spending, at least, billions on grift, and it’s time for that money to go back into people’s pockets,” Hinojosa said in a statement. “I support Trump’s idea to send $5,000 checks to Texans, but it can’t be about who’s in power – it has to be about giving the people their power back.”

The central issue in a majority of contested U.S. House and Senate Races is becoming Data Centers. At a time when one party, the Democratic Party, is looking to convert America to the Progressive State, Americans are more concerned over data centers than losing their constitutional rights.

Republicans find themselves on the losing end of this issue with one candidate, Senator John Husted of Ohio, reflecting the new Republican strategy, join the fight against the data centers. He said “They’ve earned that backlash. They haven’t been as forthcoming about the benefits that will come in terms of local jobs and construction worker jobs and reduced property taxes, and they haven’t offered things like paying the energy bills for local communities, for the power plants they build.”

Seems Like Every Single Political Race Centers Around Single Issue Of Data Centers– dailycaller.com
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Data centers are all the rage in the 2026 midterm election cycle. Whether a candidate currently supports or has previously supported data centers and corporate subsidies for AI and tech companies has quickly become a potent attack line in several high-profile races across the country.

In two swing-state Senate races, data centers have become a massive issue, leaving several candidates vulnerable to attacks resurfacing their tech-friendly pasts.

Former Democratic Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown, who once celebrated Amazon Web Services’ investments in Ohio, has attempted to portray his opponent, incumbent Republican Sen. Jon Husted, as “the face of data centers.” Brown has flooded the airwaves with millions of dollars of ads targeting Husted’s previous support for data center tax breaks while he served as Ohio’s lieutenant governor. Husted is now going after data centers and AI companies, accusing them of doing “a terrible job of talking about the value and virtue of it.”

“They’ve earned that backlash,” Husted said in late July. “They haven’t been as forthcoming about the benefits that will come in terms of local jobs and construction worker jobs and reduced property taxes, and they haven’t offered things like paying the energy bills for local communities, for the power plants they build.”

The Democrats made it clear to the American voter that a midterm win for them will be constant “investigations” of Trump and his allies for us.  The Democrats are threatening Cabinet officials, Trump family members, and Trump himself with numerous “criminal” investigations. This is in addition to the impeachment they promise to deliver should they win in the midterms.

House Democrats Plan Investigations Into Trump, Family and Cabinet if They Win Midterms › American Greatness– amgreatness.com
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House Democrats are preparing an extensive slate of investigations into President Donald Trump, his administration and his family if they capture the House in November, with several lawmakers already identifying potential targets for congressional scrutiny.

Democrats would gain control of House committees and subpoena power if they win a majority, giving them significantly greater ability to investigate the administration during Trump’s final two years in office.

Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., said he would focus on the Defense Department, including allegations of mismanagement and possible connections between federal defense spending and companies linked to Trump’s family.

Crow, who serves on the House Armed Services and Intelligence committees, also declined to rule out impeachment as a potential option.

“I won’t hesitate to use that tool if that’s the right one,” Crow told Fox News. “But there are other tools available to us, too.”

WATCH: James Talarico Denies Jesus Is the Only Way, Says Allah Leads to Same Truth– www.breitbart.com
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Democrat Texas Senate candidate James Talarico denied that Jesus Christ is the way to truth, saying Allah and other religious paths can lead people to the same divine truth.

In a newly resurfaced video, Talarico says Islam and Christianity are “equal pathways to truth,” rejecting the Christian teaching that Jesus Christ is the only path to salvation. Talarico said he views all religions as different paths leading to the same truth.

“I find that they’re all kind of equal pathways to truth. You know, that’s how I think, you know, I always think of all of the world’s faith traditions as like a circle with,” Talarico said. “That divine mystery of the universe in the middle. And we all have different names for that mystery.”

Talarico specifically included Allah, Nirvana, and the Great Spirit among the names he said people use for what he called the same “divine mystery.”

“Whether it’s God or Yahweh or Allah or Nirvana, the Great Spirit, whatever you call it, this is all, you know, different pathways to the same kind of fundamental truth of reality,” Talarico continued.