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Quote: BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Ohio mental hospital CONFIRMS James Talarico was discharged from the facility earlier this week

The “flu” thing was a BIG FAT LIE

Following reporting by @SaraGonzalesTX and @CarolineWren, a hospital employee told @RheinAmacher and I that Talarico had in fact been a patient at the Lindner Center of Hope near Cincinnati, Ohio, which specializes in around-the-clock mental health treatment.

While I sympathize with those dealing with mental health crises, this man is CLEARLY not suited to become a US Senator representing over 30 MILLION TEXANS.

The job doesn’t get easier after being elected — it only gets MORE stressful.

And Talarico clearly can’t handle it.

I pray he gets the help he needs, but Texans need a real representative they can rely on.


— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) 1:05 PM October 11, 2026

Matt Van Swol@mattvanswol
Wow…

So he lied to Texas voters about having the flu and was actually in a MENTAL HOSPITAL the entire time?

Completely disqualifying to lie like that.

He should drop out immediately.

Patrick Casey@restoreorderusa
Texas voter here. I was on the fence, leaning toward Talarico. But after this revelation, I will be going with Paxton.


Well, it has been clear to any reasonable person watching that Talawhacker is crazy.
This just literally proves it.
Any way you slice it, he's definitely 100% unfit for office.
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(10-11-2026 07:46 PM)GoodOwl Wrote:  

Quote: BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Ohio mental hospital CONFIRMS James Talarico was discharged from the facility earlier this week

The “flu” thing was a BIG FAT LIE

Following reporting by @SaraGonzalesTX and @CarolineWren, a hospital employee told @RheinAmacher and I that Talarico had in fact been a patient at the Lindner Center of Hope near Cincinnati, Ohio, which specializes in around-the-clock mental health treatment.

While I sympathize with those dealing with mental health crises, this man is CLEARLY not suited to become a US Senator representing over 30 MILLION TEXANS.

The job doesn’t get easier after being elected — it only gets MORE stressful.

And Talarico clearly can’t handle it.

I pray he gets the help he needs, but Texans need a real representative they can rely on.


— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) 1:05 PM October 11, 2026

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Wow…

So he lied to Texas voters about having the flu and was actually in a MENTAL HOSPITAL the entire time?

Completely disqualifying to lie like that.

He should drop out immediately.

Patrick Casey@restoreorderusa
Texas voter here. I was on the fence, leaning toward Talarico. But after this revelation, I will be going with Paxton.


Well, it has been clear to any reasonable person watching that Talawhacker is crazy.
This just literally proves it.
Any way you slice it, he's definitely 100% unfit for office.

He wasn't going to be under any stress, since he was going to be just a yes-man for the Senate Dem leader. Not too stressful to be told how to vote. He is running for a six year paid vacation.
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RE: 2026 Midterm Elections Thread
(10-11-2026 07:46 PM)GoodOwl Wrote:  

Quote: BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Ohio mental hospital CONFIRMS James Talarico was discharged from the facility earlier this week

The “flu” thing was a BIG FAT LIE

Following reporting by @SaraGonzalesTX and @CarolineWren, a hospital employee told @RheinAmacher and I that Talarico had in fact been a patient at the Lindner Center of Hope near Cincinnati, Ohio, which specializes in around-the-clock mental health treatment.

While I sympathize with those dealing with mental health crises, this man is CLEARLY not suited to become a US Senator representing over 30 MILLION TEXANS.

The job doesn’t get easier after being elected — it only gets MORE stressful.

And Talarico clearly can’t handle it.

I pray he gets the help he needs, but Texans need a real representative they can rely on.


— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) 1:05 PM October 11, 2026

Matt Van Swol@mattvanswol
Wow…

So he lied to Texas voters about having the flu and was actually in a MENTAL HOSPITAL the entire time?

Completely disqualifying to lie like that.

He should drop out immediately.

Patrick Casey@restoreorderusa
Texas voter here. I was on the fence, leaning toward Talarico. But after this revelation, I will be going with Paxton.


Well, it has been clear to any reasonable person watching that Talawhacker is crazy.
This just literally proves it.
Any way you slice it, he's definitely 100% unfit for office.

Do you constantly beclown yourself IRL or just on this forum?
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(10-12-2026 12:26 AM)Rice93 Wrote:  
(10-11-2026 07:46 PM)GoodOwl Wrote:  

Quote: BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Ohio mental hospital CONFIRMS James Talarico was discharged from the facility earlier this week

The “flu” thing was a BIG FAT LIE

Following reporting by @SaraGonzalesTX and @CarolineWren, a hospital employee told @RheinAmacher and I that Talarico had in fact been a patient at the Lindner Center of Hope near Cincinnati, Ohio, which specializes in around-the-clock mental health treatment.

While I sympathize with those dealing with mental health crises, this man is CLEARLY not suited to become a US Senator representing over 30 MILLION TEXANS.

The job doesn’t get easier after being elected — it only gets MORE stressful.

And Talarico clearly can’t handle it.

I pray he gets the help he needs, but Texans need a real representative they can rely on.


— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) 1:05 PM October 11, 2026

Matt Van Swol@mattvanswol
Wow…

So he lied to Texas voters about having the flu and was actually in a MENTAL HOSPITAL the entire time?

Completely disqualifying to lie like that.

He should drop out immediately.

Patrick Casey@restoreorderusa
Texas voter here. I was on the fence, leaning toward Talarico. But after this revelation, I will be going with Paxton.


Well, it has been clear to any reasonable person watching that Talawhacker is crazy.
This just literally proves it.
Any way you slice it, he's definitely 100% unfit for office.

Do you constantly beclown yourself IRL or just on this forum?

Are you saying that talarico was NOT in a mental hospital? If so, present the facts.

If it is just GO's delivery or comments you object to, say so.

it's unclear what your objection is.
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(10-12-2026 09:39 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  
(10-12-2026 12:26 AM)Rice93 Wrote:  
(10-11-2026 07:46 PM)GoodOwl Wrote:  

Quote: BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Ohio mental hospital CONFIRMS James Talarico was discharged from the facility earlier this week

The “flu” thing was a BIG FAT LIE

Following reporting by @SaraGonzalesTX and @CarolineWren, a hospital employee told @RheinAmacher and I that Talarico had in fact been a patient at the Lindner Center of Hope near Cincinnati, Ohio, which specializes in around-the-clock mental health treatment.

While I sympathize with those dealing with mental health crises, this man is CLEARLY not suited to become a US Senator representing over 30 MILLION TEXANS.

The job doesn’t get easier after being elected — it only gets MORE stressful.

And Talarico clearly can’t handle it.

I pray he gets the help he needs, but Texans need a real representative they can rely on.


— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) 1:05 PM October 11, 2026

Matt Van Swol@mattvanswol
Wow…

So he lied to Texas voters about having the flu and was actually in a MENTAL HOSPITAL the entire time?

Completely disqualifying to lie like that.

He should drop out immediately.

Patrick Casey@restoreorderusa
Texas voter here. I was on the fence, leaning toward Talarico. But after this revelation, I will be going with Paxton.


Well, it has been clear to any reasonable person watching that Talawhacker is crazy.
This just literally proves it.
Any way you slice it, he's definitely 100% unfit for office.

Do you constantly beclown yourself IRL or just on this forum?

Are you saying that talarico was NOT in a mental hospital? If so, present the facts.

If it is just GO's delivery or comments you object to, say so.

it's unclear what your objection is.

"Present the facts" like GoodOwl does or present actual evidence?

I don't know if he was in a mental hospital or not. The point was that, as usual, GoodOwl took laughable evidence from a ridiculous source and trumpeted it as stone-cold fact and as a reason that a candidate on the other side of him is unfit for office.

Hence the beclowning.

For the record, I think Talarico loses to Paxton.
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(10-12-2026 10:09 AM)Rice93 Wrote:  
(10-12-2026 09:39 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  
(10-12-2026 12:26 AM)Rice93 Wrote:  
(10-11-2026 07:46 PM)GoodOwl Wrote:  

Quote: BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Ohio mental hospital CONFIRMS James Talarico was discharged from the facility earlier this week

The “flu” thing was a BIG FAT LIE

Following reporting by @SaraGonzalesTX and @CarolineWren, a hospital employee told @RheinAmacher and I that Talarico had in fact been a patient at the Lindner Center of Hope near Cincinnati, Ohio, which specializes in around-the-clock mental health treatment.

While I sympathize with those dealing with mental health crises, this man is CLEARLY not suited to become a US Senator representing over 30 MILLION TEXANS.

The job doesn’t get easier after being elected — it only gets MORE stressful.

And Talarico clearly can’t handle it.

I pray he gets the help he needs, but Texans need a real representative they can rely on.


— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) 1:05 PM October 11, 2026

Matt Van Swol@mattvanswol
Wow…

So he lied to Texas voters about having the flu and was actually in a MENTAL HOSPITAL the entire time?

Completely disqualifying to lie like that.

He should drop out immediately.

Patrick Casey@restoreorderusa
Texas voter here. I was on the fence, leaning toward Talarico. But after this revelation, I will be going with Paxton.


Well, it has been clear to any reasonable person watching that Talawhacker is crazy.
This just literally proves it.
Any way you slice it, he's definitely 100% unfit for office.

Do you constantly beclown yourself IRL or just on this forum?

Are you saying that talarico was NOT in a mental hospital? If so, present the facts.

If it is just GO's delivery or comments you object to, say so.

it's unclear what your objection is.

"Present the facts" like GoodOwl does or present actual evidence?

I don't know if he was in a mental hospital or not. The point was that, as usual, GoodOwl took laughable evidence from a ridiculous source and trumpeted it as stone-cold fact and as a reason that a candidate on the other side of him is unfit for office.

Hence the beclowning.

For the record, I think Talarico loses to Paxton.

I don't "know" either. I am unfamiliar with the source quoted. But my experience with GO tells me this is likely to be true. We shall see. Still time for some investigative reporting, if so inclined, or cover up, if so inclined.

Lots of people take laughable evidence and trumpet it as stone cold fact. Sometimes these people are network anchors and top politicians., The Russia/Trump collusion? How did that work out? Yet three weeks before the dismissal, Schiff is on national TV saying the evidence is "right there on the table, in plain sight". I have heard a lot about Trump from his enemies, and 3 months later, crickets.

I hope you are right about Talarico. Can't hand Congress to the DSA.
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(10-12-2026 10:26 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  
(10-12-2026 10:09 AM)Rice93 Wrote:  
(10-12-2026 09:39 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  
(10-12-2026 12:26 AM)Rice93 Wrote:  
(10-11-2026 07:46 PM)GoodOwl Wrote:  



Well, it has been clear to any reasonable person watching that Talawhacker is crazy.
This just literally proves it.
Any way you slice it, he's definitely 100% unfit for office.

Do you constantly beclown yourself IRL or just on this forum?

Are you saying that talarico was NOT in a mental hospital? If so, present the facts.

If it is just GO's delivery or comments you object to, say so.

it's unclear what your objection is.

"Present the facts" like GoodOwl does or present actual evidence?

I don't know if he was in a mental hospital or not. The point was that, as usual, GoodOwl took laughable evidence from a ridiculous source and trumpeted it as stone-cold fact and as a reason that a candidate on the other side of him is unfit for office.

Hence the beclowning.

For the record, I think Talarico loses to Paxton.

I don't "know" either. I am unfamiliar with the source quoted. But my experience with GO tells me this is likely to be true.

My experience with GO is that he sprints to this forum from whatever whackjob numbnut that he reads on twitter to breathlessly repeat some ridiculous misinformation.

Quote: We shall see. Still time for some investigative reporting, if so inclined, or cover up, if so inclined.

Yes. We shall see.

Quote:Lots of people take laughable evidence and trumpet it as stone cold fact.

On this forum, that's mainly GO.
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(10-12-2026 02:27 PM)Rice93 Wrote:  
(10-12-2026 10:26 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  
(10-12-2026 10:09 AM)Rice93 Wrote:  
(10-12-2026 09:39 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  
(10-12-2026 12:26 AM)Rice93 Wrote:  Do you constantly beclown yourself IRL or just on this forum?

Are you saying that talarico was NOT in a mental hospital? If so, present the facts.

If it is just GO's delivery or comments you object to, say so.

it's unclear what your objection is.

"Present the facts" like GoodOwl does or present actual evidence?

I don't know if he was in a mental hospital or not. The point was that, as usual, GoodOwl took laughable evidence from a ridiculous source and trumpeted it as stone-cold fact and as a reason that a candidate on the other side of him is unfit for office.

Hence the beclowning.

For the record, I think Talarico loses to Paxton.

I don't "know" either. I am unfamiliar with the source quoted. But my experience with GO tells me this is likely to be true.

My experience with GO is that he sprints to this forum from whatever whackjob numbnut that he reads on twitter to breathlessly repeat some ridiculous misinformation.

Quote: We shall see. Still time for some investigative reporting, if so inclined, or cover up, if so inclined.

Yes. We shall see.

Quote:Lots of people take laughable evidence and trumpet it as stone cold fact.

On this forum, that's mainly GO.

Following reporting by @SaraGonzalesTX and @CarolineWren, a hospital employee told @RheinAmacher and I that Talarico had in fact been a patient at the Lindner Center of Hope near Cincinnati, Ohio, which specializes in around-the-clock mental health treatment.

What is your evidence that that these reporters are "Whackjob Numbnuts"? Other than that GO quotes them?

I think the Morning Joe guy who on air, said that this version of Joe Biden was is the "best ever", days before he had to drop off the Democrat ticket. qualifies as a whackjob numbnut. As does Adam Schiff and Stacey Abrams, and the entire staff of MS NOW. but beauty is in the eye (or mind) of the beholder, I guess.

GO was antiVax. I went ahead and got all my vaccinations. Recent developments seem to favor GO. Of course, there were some respected sources who insisted the origin was a meat market.

GO and I originally started corresponding because we disagreed on some things. We still disagree. I think you are showing bias.

Now, who are Sara Gonzales and Caroline Wren, and why do you think they are whackjob numbnuts?
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(10-12-2026 03:50 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  Now, who are Sara Gonzales and Caroline Wren, and why do you think they are whackjob numbnuts?

@SaragonzalesTX and @Carolinewrenn are Instagram handles for Trump operatives. They aren't reporters. Goodowl did not provide a link to a news source. He's grabbing stuff off of social media and posting it as "news".
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(10-12-2026 04:18 PM)Frizzy Owl Wrote:  
(10-12-2026 03:50 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  Now, who are Sara Gonzales and Caroline Wren, and why do you think they are whackjob numbnuts?

@SaragonzalesTX and @Carolinewrenn are Instagram handles for Trump operatives. They aren't reporters. Goodowl did not provide a link to a news source. He's grabbing stuff off of social media and posting it as "news".

Define "news source".

The MSM, no longer seems to be what qualifies as "news" these days. On the contrary, the MSM openly shills unashamedly and acts as a propaganda arm of the far-Left of one party. The MSM's biased 'coverage' willfully excludes balance, regularly hides pertinent facts it does not 'like' and avoids even mentioning topics its controllers do not want people to know so they can make up their own minds, instead feeding talking points as instructed and repeated almost verbatim ad infinitum across its spectrum. There are literally thousands of compilation videos proving this that are but a search away. Then the MSM gets literally angered and pissy when it is exposed by those who use alternate platforms to practice actual journalism and provide counterpoint and facts the MSM hides. Embarrassing does not come close to describing how the once somewhat reliable mainstream press has fallen.

While imperfect, many social media sources have become respected for their overall accuracy and willingness to show facts and 'difficult truths' the MSM has tried to hide purposefully. Look how bent out of shape the MSM got when platforms like twitter and rumble allowed freedom to post, discuss and debate without the iron-fisted control the MSM had previously exercised over much of information. Why should the MSM be afraid of Freedom and Liberty? Why should they be afraid of showing people all sides so they can make up their own minds?

OO and I do disagree on many things. However, I find him to be an earnest poster who, while passionate, has thoughts grounded in solid beliefs that are seldom contradictory, albeit often running contrary to the typical S. Main denizens. Just because we don't share opinions in lockstep, we can still discuss and respect each-other's positions. And I believe OO wants the best for our country and its legal citizenry, and believes in an underlying perspective that generally leads us there. Moreso it appears than many other who reflexively shoot down almost any perspective running contrary to a mid-to-far, far Leftist perspective while ignoring the inherent un-workability of the same.

People who choose to read many different sides, both here, in the increasingly obtuse MSM and in alternative sources on various social media platforms can freely compare and contrast. To the extent that some are curious and interested in what non-MSM propaganda has to say, I am happy to discourse. I find arguing with simple-minded, humorless Leftist party wonks and those who fall in step with them just to avoid the self-declared calamity of agreeing with opposing viewpoints to be mostly a waste of time. They are free to do so. It is not my job to repair their myopia. For those who, as did I for many years prior to registering and posting, simply lurk and find an alternate viewpoint from S. Main-stream refreshing, I am happy to point to a different point of view. Often, I have increasingly found the non-MSM, social media platforms to be months to years ahead, and generally correct about things the MSM initially reactionarily labels as 'spriacy theories' and then turn out to be true. Just one example of hundreds beyond what OO pointed to: Hunter Biden laptop, anyone? 51 'trusted' officials signed a MSM letter just before an important election swearing it was not real and a Russian hoax...turned out to be 100% true. First reported on social media by non-MSM actual journalists doing the hard work of honest journalism, and mislabeled by the MSM as untrue. There is much useful information in non-MSM sources. As there are more ways to disseminate information these days, even the MSM itself is playing catch up to open alternate channels ion social media, and bringing some of the non-MSM journalists into their own folds due to their successful reporting and large followings attributed to their effectiveness.

The main 'operatives' using instagrams handles these days appear to be far more of the MSM's own shills and minions than the free, independent journalists out there doing the thankless hard work much of today's MSM has either refused to do, long since abdicated from doing or forgotten how to do. Power to the Free, Legal People!
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now, back to the entertainment:



Quote:KJofTikTok@TheKJofTikTok

Now this is how you field the question about the war in Iran. The crowd's response is epic.

GOP Senatorial candidate Justin Murphy's response was pure gold. Senator Cory "Spartacus" Booker's face tells the entire story as Democrats have seen no one come Out swinging like this.

"Mr. President, put your cowboy hat on and get out there and kick some
a$$...and get this done and get this done right"

{VIDEO}

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(10-12-2026 09:37 PM)GoodOwl Wrote:  
(10-12-2026 04:18 PM)Frizzy Owl Wrote:  
(10-12-2026 03:50 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  Now, who are Sara Gonzales and Caroline Wren, and why do you think they are whackjob numbnuts?

@SaragonzalesTX and @Carolinewrenn are Instagram handles for Trump operatives. They aren't reporters. Goodowl did not provide a link to a news source. He's grabbing stuff off of social media and posting it as "news".

Define "news source".

The MSM, no longer seems to be what qualifies as "news" these days. On the contrary, the MSM openly shills unashamedly and acts as a propaganda arm of the far-Left of one party. The MSM's biased 'coverage' willfully excludes balance, regularly hides pertinent facts it does not 'like' and avoids even mentioning topics its controllers do not want people to know so they can make up their own minds, instead feeding talking points as instructed and repeated almost verbatim ad infinitum across its spectrum. There are literally thousands of compilation videos proving this that are but a search away. Then the MSM gets literally angered and pissy when it is exposed by those who use alternate platforms to practice actual journalism and provide counterpoint and facts the MSM hides. Embarrassing does not come close to describing how the once somewhat reliable mainstream press has fallen.

While imperfect, many social media sources have become respected for their overall accuracy and willingness to show facts and 'difficult truths' the MSM has tried to hide purposefully. Look how bent out of shape the MSM got when platforms like twitter and rumble allowed freedom to post, discuss and debate without the iron-fisted control the MSM had previously exercised over much of information. Why should the MSM be afraid of Freedom and Liberty? Why should they be afraid of showing people all sides so they can make up their own minds?

OO and I do disagree on many things. However, I find him to be an earnest poster who, while passionate, has thoughts grounded in solid beliefs that are seldom contradictory, albeit often running contrary to the typical S. Main denizens. Just because we don't share opinions in lockstep, we can still discuss and respect each-other's positions. And I believe OO wants the best for our country and its legal citizenry, and believes in an underlying perspective that generally leads us there. Moreso it appears than many other who reflexively shoot down almost any perspective running contrary to a mid-to-far, far Leftist perspective while ignoring the inherent un-workability of the same.

People who choose to read many different sides, both here, in the increasingly obtuse MSM and in alternative sources on various social media platforms can freely compare and contrast. To the extent that some are curious and interested in what non-MSM propaganda has to say, I am happy to discourse. I find arguing with simple-minded, humorless Leftist party wonks and those who fall in step with them just to avoid the self-declared calamity of agreeing with opposing viewpoints to be mostly a waste of time. They are free to do so. It is not my job to repair their myopia. For those who, as did I for many years prior to registering and posting, simply lurk and find an alternate viewpoint from S. Main-stream refreshing, I am happy to point to a different point of view. Often, I have increasingly found the non-MSM, social media platforms to be months to years ahead, and generally correct about things the MSM initially reactionarily labels as 'spriacy theories' and then turn out to be true. Just one example of hundreds beyond what OO pointed to: Hunter Biden laptop, anyone? 51 'trusted' officials signed a MSM letter just before an important election swearing it was not real and a Russian hoax...turned out to be 100% true. First reported on social media by non-MSM actual journalists doing the hard work of honest journalism, and mislabeled by the MSM as untrue. There is much useful information in non-MSM sources. As there are more ways to disseminate information these days, even the MSM itself is playing catch up to open alternate channels ion social media, and bringing some of the non-MSM journalists into their own folds due to their successful reporting and large followings attributed to their effectiveness.

The main 'operatives' using instagrams handles these days appear to be far more of the MSM's own shills and minions than the free, independent journalists out there doing the thankless hard work much of today's MSM has either refused to do, long since abdicated from doing or forgotten how to do. Power to the Free, Legal People!

Cool.

Do you maintain that Talarico was at a mental health facility in Ohio?
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(10-13-2026 01:06 AM)Rice93 Wrote:  
(10-12-2026 09:37 PM)GoodOwl Wrote:  
(10-12-2026 04:18 PM)Frizzy Owl Wrote:  
(10-12-2026 03:50 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  Now, who are Sara Gonzales and Caroline Wren, and why do you think they are whackjob numbnuts?

@SaragonzalesTX and @Carolinewrenn are Instagram handles for Trump operatives. They aren't reporters. Goodowl did not provide a link to a news source. He's grabbing stuff off of social media and posting it as "news".

Define "news source".

The MSM, no longer seems to be what qualifies as "news" these days. On the contrary, the MSM openly shills unashamedly and acts as a propaganda arm of the far-Left of one party. The MSM's biased 'coverage' willfully excludes balance, regularly hides pertinent facts it does not 'like' and avoids even mentioning topics its controllers do not want people to know so they can make up their own minds, instead feeding talking points as instructed and repeated almost verbatim ad infinitum across its spectrum. There are literally thousands of compilation videos proving this that are but a search away. Then the MSM gets literally angered and pissy when it is exposed by those who use alternate platforms to practice actual journalism and provide counterpoint and facts the MSM hides. Embarrassing does not come close to describing how the once somewhat reliable mainstream press has fallen.

While imperfect, many social media sources have become respected for their overall accuracy and willingness to show facts and 'difficult truths' the MSM has tried to hide purposefully. Look how bent out of shape the MSM got when platforms like twitter and rumble allowed freedom to post, discuss and debate without the iron-fisted control the MSM had previously exercised over much of information. Why should the MSM be afraid of Freedom and Liberty? Why should they be afraid of showing people all sides so they can make up their own minds?

OO and I do disagree on many things. However, I find him to be an earnest poster who, while passionate, has thoughts grounded in solid beliefs that are seldom contradictory, albeit often running contrary to the typical S. Main denizens. Just because we don't share opinions in lockstep, we can still discuss and respect each-other's positions. And I believe OO wants the best for our country and its legal citizenry, and believes in an underlying perspective that generally leads us there. Moreso it appears than many other who reflexively shoot down almost any perspective running contrary to a mid-to-far, far Leftist perspective while ignoring the inherent un-workability of the same.

People who choose to read many different sides, both here, in the increasingly obtuse MSM and in alternative sources on various social media platforms can freely compare and contrast. To the extent that some are curious and interested in what non-MSM propaganda has to say, I am happy to discourse. I find arguing with simple-minded, humorless Leftist party wonks and those who fall in step with them just to avoid the self-declared calamity of agreeing with opposing viewpoints to be mostly a waste of time. They are free to do so. It is not my job to repair their myopia. For those who, as did I for many years prior to registering and posting, simply lurk and find an alternate viewpoint from S. Main-stream refreshing, I am happy to point to a different point of view. Often, I have increasingly found the non-MSM, social media platforms to be months to years ahead, and generally correct about things the MSM initially reactionarily labels as 'spriacy theories' and then turn out to be true. Just one example of hundreds beyond what OO pointed to: Hunter Biden laptop, anyone? 51 'trusted' officials signed a MSM letter just before an important election swearing it was not real and a Russian hoax...turned out to be 100% true. First reported on social media by non-MSM actual journalists doing the hard work of honest journalism, and mislabeled by the MSM as untrue. There is much useful information in non-MSM sources. As there are more ways to disseminate information these days, even the MSM itself is playing catch up to open alternate channels ion social media, and bringing some of the non-MSM journalists into their own folds due to their successful reporting and large followings attributed to their effectiveness.

The main 'operatives' using instagrams handles these days appear to be far more of the MSM's own shills and minions than the free, independent journalists out there doing the thankless hard work much of today's MSM has either refused to do, long since abdicated from doing or forgotten how to do. Power to the Free, Legal People!

Cool.

Do you maintain that Talarico was at a mental health facility in Ohio?

I am much older and in worse health that Talarico. Flu would not knock me out of the race for 9 days. Nine days of flu would at the very least put me in the ICU.

Had a bad day yesterday. YESTERDAY. BACK today. Planning to drive to a doctor's appt 30 miles away. If he could not make campaign events for at least the last 7 days of his disappearance, something is rotten in Denmark.

I find his total disappearance for that period of time in the late stages of a campaign to be suspicious. Internment in a mental health facility, either for treatment or rest, is but one of many possible explanations for his absence, none of which that I can think of act in his favor. Flu is the best they can come up with? Not buying it. What is the truth? I guess we will never know as long as we keep taking the statements of Talarico operatives as gospel, and the statement of his opposition as lies. And that is exactly what some here do.

I don't know what he was doing, and neither do you, so why defend it so passionately? I do know flu doesn't make any sense. If you have the flu that badly, you need to be in a medical hospital, one that his operatives could point to admission records. They don't. so they can't. So, IMO, when he says he had the flu, I think he is lying to my face - and yours.

Doesn't matter to me. I wouldn't vote for him if he was running unopposed. One trick pony. He will be a weak pawn for the Democrats in the Senate. And I often worder: If an acquaintance announces she is pregnant, is his next question , "Do you know yet which of the six genders it will be"? I don't like Paxton. Never have. Didn't vote for him. But in a binary choice with Talarico, he is the clear better choice. One of my goals this year was to live to the early voting. Looks like I will make it.

As GO and I both said, we do not agree on everything. But on the items we disagree on, he and I can have a debate without name calling or personal attacks - an art that has been largely forgotten here. I respect his views more than anybody else's here. Even when I hold an opposite view.

As for the probity of the sources - I would rather have info from a stranger named Gonzalez than from Huffpost or the Daily Beast, sources I KNOW push lies and innuendo as fact.
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RE: 2026 Midterm Elections Thread
(10-13-2026 09:36 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  
(10-13-2026 01:06 AM)Rice93 Wrote:  
(10-12-2026 09:37 PM)GoodOwl Wrote:  
(10-12-2026 04:18 PM)Frizzy Owl Wrote:  
(10-12-2026 03:50 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  Now, who are Sara Gonzales and Caroline Wren, and why do you think they are whackjob numbnuts?

@SaragonzalesTX and @Carolinewrenn are Instagram handles for Trump operatives. They aren't reporters. Goodowl did not provide a link to a news source. He's grabbing stuff off of social media and posting it as "news".

Define "news source".

The MSM, no longer seems to be what qualifies as "news" these days. On the contrary, the MSM openly shills unashamedly and acts as a propaganda arm of the far-Left of one party. The MSM's biased 'coverage' willfully excludes balance, regularly hides pertinent facts it does not 'like' and avoids even mentioning topics its controllers do not want people to know so they can make up their own minds, instead feeding talking points as instructed and repeated almost verbatim ad infinitum across its spectrum. There are literally thousands of compilation videos proving this that are but a search away. Then the MSM gets literally angered and pissy when it is exposed by those who use alternate platforms to practice actual journalism and provide counterpoint and facts the MSM hides. Embarrassing does not come close to describing how the once somewhat reliable mainstream press has fallen.

While imperfect, many social media sources have become respected for their overall accuracy and willingness to show facts and 'difficult truths' the MSM has tried to hide purposefully. Look how bent out of shape the MSM got when platforms like twitter and rumble allowed freedom to post, discuss and debate without the iron-fisted control the MSM had previously exercised over much of information. Why should the MSM be afraid of Freedom and Liberty? Why should they be afraid of showing people all sides so they can make up their own minds?

OO and I do disagree on many things. However, I find him to be an earnest poster who, while passionate, has thoughts grounded in solid beliefs that are seldom contradictory, albeit often running contrary to the typical S. Main denizens. Just because we don't share opinions in lockstep, we can still discuss and respect each-other's positions. And I believe OO wants the best for our country and its legal citizenry, and believes in an underlying perspective that generally leads us there. Moreso it appears than many other who reflexively shoot down almost any perspective running contrary to a mid-to-far, far Leftist perspective while ignoring the inherent un-workability of the same.

People who choose to read many different sides, both here, in the increasingly obtuse MSM and in alternative sources on various social media platforms can freely compare and contrast. To the extent that some are curious and interested in what non-MSM propaganda has to say, I am happy to discourse. I find arguing with simple-minded, humorless Leftist party wonks and those who fall in step with them just to avoid the self-declared calamity of agreeing with opposing viewpoints to be mostly a waste of time. They are free to do so. It is not my job to repair their myopia. For those who, as did I for many years prior to registering and posting, simply lurk and find an alternate viewpoint from S. Main-stream refreshing, I am happy to point to a different point of view. Often, I have increasingly found the non-MSM, social media platforms to be months to years ahead, and generally correct about things the MSM initially reactionarily labels as 'spriacy theories' and then turn out to be true. Just one example of hundreds beyond what OO pointed to: Hunter Biden laptop, anyone? 51 'trusted' officials signed a MSM letter just before an important election swearing it was not real and a Russian hoax...turned out to be 100% true. First reported on social media by non-MSM actual journalists doing the hard work of honest journalism, and mislabeled by the MSM as untrue. There is much useful information in non-MSM sources. As there are more ways to disseminate information these days, even the MSM itself is playing catch up to open alternate channels ion social media, and bringing some of the non-MSM journalists into their own folds due to their successful reporting and large followings attributed to their effectiveness.

The main 'operatives' using instagrams handles these days appear to be far more of the MSM's own shills and minions than the free, independent journalists out there doing the thankless hard work much of today's MSM has either refused to do, long since abdicated from doing or forgotten how to do. Power to the Free, Legal People!

Cool.

Do you maintain that Talarico was at a mental health facility in Ohio?

I am much older and in worse health that Talarico. Flu would not knock me out of the race for 9 days. Nine days of flu would at the very least put me in the ICU.

Plenty of people are "knocked out" by a flu for two weeks. You don't know how long your next flu might knock you out. Your statement isn't evidence for what was happening with Talarico.

Quote:Had a bad day yesterday. YESTERDAY. BACK today.

Again... not evidence to the Talarico discussion.

Quote:Planning to drive to a doctor's appt 30 miles away. If he could not make campaign events for at least the last 7 days of his disappearance, something is rotten in Denmark.

I find his total disappearance for that period of time in the late stages of a campaign to be suspicious.

Agree that it's weird. If we was laid up with the flu for that long (reasonable) then their campaign should have gotten in front of it and provided some level of instight as to why their candidate was suddenly off the grid for an extended period of time.

Quote: Internment in a mental health facility, either for treatment or rest, is but one of many possible explanations for his absence,

Yep. Another explanation was 9 day abduction by gay aliens. That would be a good story for one of GoodOwl's news sources to run with.

Quote:none of which that I can think of act in his favor. Flu is the best they can come up with? Not buying it.

Agree that it's strange and somewhat suspicious that he just disappeared in the middle of this important campaign but certainly a bad flu could do it. I'm not on top of the messaging from his campaign... I wonder when they first mentioned that he was suffering form the flu?

Quote: What is the truth? I guess we will never know as long as we keep taking the statements of Talarico operatives as gospel, and the statement of his opposition as lies. And that is exactly what some here do.

I don't know anybody besides 3 people here commenting on Talarico. I certainly don't take what he says as gospel. Who are you accusing?

Quote:I don't know what he was doing, and neither do you, so why defend it so passionately?

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LOL... what an idiotic statement. Is that name calling to call your statement idiotic? I'm not defending anything. I don't know what was up with Talarico. What I brought up was GoodOwl's "evidence" that he was an inpatient in a mental health institution in Ohio. A bunch of extremist mouth-breathers put together a poorly-supported hypothesis and an incredible number of MAGAs took it as the truth and ran with it. Totally embarrassing but most of them seem to lack much self-awareness and they will happily go on to the next idiotic conspiracy theory and run with that one. Maybe Talarico was sacrificing children in the basement of a pizza joint for those 9 days.


Quote:I do know flu doesn't make any sense. If you have the flu that badly, you need to be in a medical hospital, one that his operatives could point to admission records.

Not necessarily. Not sure why you say that. Whoever awarded your medical degree probably needs to review infectious diseases with you.

Quote: They don't. so they can't. So, IMO, when he says he had the flu, I think he is lying to my face - and yours.

I'm open to the possibility that they are covering something up. I'm not open to taking shoddy conspiracy theories as truth though.

Quote:Doesn't matter to me. I wouldn't vote for him if he was running unopposed. One trick pony. He will be a weak pawn for the Democrats in the Senate. And I often worder: If an acquaintance announces she is pregnant, is his next question , "Do you know yet which of the six genders it will be"? I don't like Paxton. Never have. Didn't vote for him. But in a binary choice with Talarico, he is the clear better choice. One of my goals this year was to live to the early voting. Looks like I will make it.

Glad you will make it. My stance is that Paxton is a horrible person and I don't trust him to do the right thing for the country. He seems to lack a moral compass.

Quote:As GO and I both said, we do not agree on everything. But on the items we disagree on, he and I can have a debate without name calling or personal attacks - an art that has been largely forgotten here. I respect his views more than anybody else's here. Even when I hold an opposite view.

You have given as well as you have gotten over the years on this forum. You're not a victim, dude.

Quote:As for the probity of the sources - I would rather have info from a stranger named Gonzalez than from Huffpost or the Daily Beast, sources I KNOW push lies and innuendo as fact.

I wouldn't personally vouch for the MSM but I would vouch for extremist internet trolls even less so.
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From chatgpt:

Question:

When did talarico's staff first suggest that he was suffering from the flu? How long into his abscence form the campaign trail did they say something about it?

Answer:

The key distinction is between when James Talarico’s campaign first publicly attributed his absence to the flu and when staff began explaining his continued absence to reporters.

According to The Texas Tribune, Talarico's last known public appearance before his return was a virtual appearance on September 30, 2026. He had last appeared in person at a fundraiser in New York City on September 28. He returned to public campaigning on October 9, after a nine-day gap between public appearances.

Timeline
- September 26: Last known in-person Texas campaign event.
- September 28: Fundraiser in New York City.
- September 29: Talarico reportedly visited urgent care in Dallas and was diagnosed with the flu.
- September 30: He publicly explained the illness himself during a virtual event, saying he had a fever and was contagious. This is the earliest clearly documented public explanation I found.
- October 1: His campaign canceled a scheduled appearance and declined to reschedule it; organizers said other events were canceled through October 5.
- October 9: He reappeared publicly at the Austin City Limits Music Festival.


So, how long did they wait? If you count from his last in-person campaign appearance on September 26, the flu explanation came four days later, on September 30. If you count from his last scheduled in-person fundraiser on September 28, it was two days later.

One important qualification: the public record establishes when Talarico himself disclosed the diagnosis, not necessarily when staff first privately knew or discussed it. And the explanation was not first offered after nine days of silence: he had already addressed it publicly on September 30. The longer period without in-person appearances ran from September 26 until October 9.
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GoodOwl? Do you have anything to say?

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(10-13-2026 01:31 PM)Rice93 Wrote:  Yep. Another explanation was 9 day abduction by gay aliens.

Get real. One is within the bounds of reality, the other is not. Not the same, friend.

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LOL... what an idiotic statement. Is that name calling to call your statement idiotic?

Yes. When did I call you idiotic?



Quote:Not necessarily. Not sure why you say that. Whoever awarded your medical degree probably needs to review infectious diseases with you.

Smart ass comment. I was trying to keep our discussion on a higher plain. Works with GO.

However, to the charge, I will say that common sense and experience are all that are needed, not a medical degree.







Quote:. My stance is that Paxton is a horrible person and I don't trust him to do the right thing for the country. He seems to lack a moral compass.

My stance is that Talarico is a horribly weak person who brings nothing to the office. he will be a yes man for leadership. He only concern seems to be trans teens.

But I see you are following my lead on voting for the lesser evil - we just disagree on which person that is.

Congress is rife with people with little or no moral compass. It is not restricted to one party or philosophy. I bet even the Socialists will get rich in office. I think if we made a list of politicians who have gotten rich(er) in office,, it would include plenty you support.

IAC, I think the morally suspect one is less of a threat to our democracy than the stupid one.





In recent years I have tried to clean upo my act, thinking that perhaps politeness on my part would engender politeness on other people's parts in return. Alas, not so.

Thanks for the discussion, 93.
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