Q: President Trump said that you and Ken Paxton should debate... What are your thoughts on that? James Talarico: I agree with President Trump. I think Ken Paxton should debate. I know Ken Paxton has asked for proof of life from me. I'm asking for proof of spine from him.

The usual suspects create the lie, the usual suspects push the lie, the usual sheep believe the lie. The MAGA cult is a cesspool of lies.

Another MAGA “citizen journalist” hoax debunked. Next.

“Where’s James Talarico?” they screamed when he took 12 days off the campaign trail due to the flu. Yet they remained silent when Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-NJ) was absent for four months and Mitch McConnell (R-KY) missed more than three months.

The thing about this is that as a Paxton campaign gambit it's incredibly stupid and more likely to backfire than help...but as a play within GOP-aligned media it's surely a big success. The GOP has many problems, but a key one is that way too many party actors aren't driven by electoral incentives.

David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 5h ago

… Heckuva world, where a mental health facility feels it must publicly refute the pathetic unsubstantiated claims of well-known lying partisan propagandists, because too many people believe and spread the lies

Pretty sure the hospital and Talarico can sue this asshat for defamation

I hope Talarico and/or the hospital sues them. There has to be some consequences for saying shit like this, otherwise the lies will keep going and going. I know that's what's been happening so far, but it would be good if someone tried to hold them responsible for something

these companies need to be strangled to death with the full force of the regulatory state at the soonest opportunity

James Talarico: I've heard credible reports that Ken Paxton has a serious medical condition that causes clinical levels of cowardice. That's why I haven't heard from him after 85 days when I first challenged him to a debate publicly. We're awaiting his answer.

A quick reminder that all the deranged right-wing conspiracy theories about James Talarico are to distract from the fact that their candidate, Ken Paxton, is too much of a coward to agree to a debate.

The Talarico nonsense being spread by GOP influencers is a typical republican “scandal” - lots of BREAKING!! And 🚨 but no actual substance. If anyone from the Paxton campaign coordinated with influencers to spread these lies, people should go to prison, and Talarico should sue the fuck out of them.

Definitely a Russian ASS!

Before the strike, 99.6% of all international message traffic eminating from Yandex survers was from Bots; just 0.4% from humans. The primary function of all those Bots is to boost groups that Putin believes will destabilize "the West," meaning MAGA in the USA and the AfD in Germany.

Immediately after Ukraine took out two of the five data centers run by the Russian tech giant Yandex, pro-Trump and pro-MAGA posts on American social media sites plummeted. The same happened to posts boosting Germany's far-right AfD. Russia is engaged in MASSIVE election interference.

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Good news and a thank you to Ukraine! Bot traffic from Russian tech company Yandex’s network has plunged following Ukrainian strikes on its data centers.

Truth 👇

David Brooks is a notoriously bad judge of who’s a Nazi

driftglass@driftglass.bsky.social · 2d ago

"Jon Ossoff, my advice to him is, if you start calling your political opponents Nazis, maybe it's time to shut up. That's just not what we do here in this country." -- David Brooks, this evening. Remember, Brooks still gets very handsomely rewarded by the fossilized media for saying shit like this

David Brooks is a clown whose business depends on not seeing the bigots cavorting directly in front of his face. Always ignore him and his terrible advice.

driftglass@driftglass.bsky.social · 2d ago

"Jon Ossoff, my advice to him is, if you start calling your political opponents Nazis, maybe it's time to shut up. That's just not what we do here in this country." -- David Brooks, this evening. Remember, Brooks still gets very handsomely rewarded by the fossilized media for saying shit like this

in nazi germany david brooks would be bravely running around telling Jews not to call Hitler antisemitic.

driftglass@driftglass.bsky.social · 2d ago

"Jon Ossoff, my advice to him is, if you start calling your political opponents Nazis, maybe it's time to shut up. That's just not what we do here in this country." -- David Brooks, this evening. Remember, Brooks still gets very handsomely rewarded by the fossilized media for saying shit like this

This 👇

"With #Yandex data centers under constant attack, I’m starting to worry that the White House will issue yet another demand to stop the strikes. After all, it would be a tragedy if Russia’s valuable bot traffic dried up just before the midterms." @tatarigami.bsky.social

This 👇

Cloudfare: Russian troll activity on X drops to 49%, after Ukraine strikes Yandex Russian data center. 🤖 🫤 Could this disrupt the midterms for the GOP?

Jay in Kyiv@jayinkyiv.bsky.social · yesterday

Trump serves his Russian master while Ukraine shreds Russia's oil and data centers. youtu.be/vtaUIk2qubE

Yes to Pete and yes to getting rid of the electoral college! Count the votes nationwide, and that's the winner.