But not without some insane last minute texts to convince low information voters that he was MAGA afterall. From Ace, Disgraceful RINO Grifter Tom Massie is Now Sending Out Texts Claiming Trump Endorsed Him Rather Than His Opponent. ZitoSalena @ZitoSalena, "Kentucky election day shenanigans; Massie campaign sends out to KY 4 voters via text a 2022 Trump statement making it look like the president supports Massie today where he clearly supports Gallrein Text ends with "Paid for by Thomas Massie for Congress." Capt. Ed at Hat Hair has LIVE PRIMARY RESULTS: Mässiedämmerung in KY; UPDATE: Massie Loses; UPDATE: Massie Loses It Too. NRO, Massie Ousted by Trump-Backed Challenger in Kentucky Primary. Sundance at CTH, UPDATE: Massie Loses His Seat – Kentucky Vote Results, Ed Gallrein vs Thomas Massie, Open Discussion Thread. Ace, in red font, Goodbye Massie: Decision Desk Projects Ed Gallrein will be the Republican Nominee for KY-4. At Twitchy, Unclassy With Massie: Thomas Massie's Concession Jab at Ed Gallrein Shows EXACTLY Why He Lost (Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh, "JUST IN — REP. THOMAS MASSIE CONCEDES: "I would've come out sooner, but I had to call my opponent and concede." "And it took a while to find Ed Gallrein in Tel Aviv." "I have called and conceded the race."" Also, MAGA Vs. Massie: Scott Jennings Delivers Kentucky Republican Incumbent’s Primary Post-Mortem on CNN Scott Jennings @ScottJenningsKY, "You don’t tug on Superman’s cape, spit into the wind, pull the mask off the ole’ Lone Ranger, or mess around with … Trump! My KY-04 analysis for CNN tonight." Scott Pinsker at PJM, Welcome to the NEW Republican Party: What It Stands for, What It Hates, and Why Thomas Massie Is Toast and Stephen Kruiser, Republicans Finally Get Serious About Purging the Squishes.
In a not unrelated story, Sundance reports President Trump Endorses Ken Paxton, for Texas Senator, snubbing the incumbent Republican John Cornyn for being off the reservation too often. Ace, Trump Endorses Ken Paxton for Senate, "It's a bit late but hopefully it will swing enough votes to put another RINO out on the street outside of MSNOW begging to go on camera for five minutes to pitch his podcast." David Marcus @BlueBoxDave, "The president was crystal clear, the deal was; pass the Save America Act and I’ll save Cornyn. This was John Thune’s choice." Quote Jake Sherman @JakeSherman, "BREAKING -- TRUMP ENDORSES KEN PAXTON IN TEXAS SENATE RACE." Jen O'Connell at RedState thinks JD Vance's Response to Trump Dropping Cornyn Like a Hot Rock Is Really a Message From the Voters, "I've known John Cornyn for a long time, But unfortunately, you know, when it really counted, Ken Paxton was there for the country, was there for the president, and that's why he ultimately earned the president's endorsement. He thinks he's going to be a better senator, thinks he's going to make a better candidate, and so, I do think it sends a message."
Amy Curtis at TownHall, Here's What Vice President Vance Had to Say at Today's White House Briefing and Sundance, Vice President JD Vance Delivers White House Press Briefing and President Trump Gives Media a Tour of White House Ballroom and Defense Infrastructure. The Manhattan Contrarian, "Sue And Settle": Two Can Play This Game. At Armed Forces Press, Why Is My Alma Mater USAFA Allowing Professors Who Undermine The Commander-In-Chief?
Steve Richards at JTN reports Trump pursues ‘strategic stability’ with China, downplays conflicts over Taiwan and land ownership, "The American president has prioritized ironing out a stable trade relationship with the world’s second-largest economy, but experts warn of China’s spotty history of following through." Sundance has Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin Arrives in Beijing, China for Summit with Chairman Xi and Happening Quietly – Mexico Freezes Bank Accounts of Indicted Sinaloa Members and Collaborates with U.S. Intelligence Hub in Juarez.
RCP opines Voting Rights Act Never Mandated Racial Districts. Shipwreckedcrew, The Louisiana Redistricting Case: The End of Mandating "Majority-Minority" -- Errrr Democrat -- Congressional Districts? A Law Splainer, "The claim has long been they are required by the Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act: Justice Alito -- "The law doesn't say that and it never did."" Matt Vespa at TownHall, We Have Some HUGE News About South Carolina's Redistricting Effort, 7R-0D, eliminating Jim Clyburn's gerrymandered district. If the state senate passes it. At Twitchy, Marc Elias Sets Himself Up for a MAJOR TORCHING from Mollie Hemingway That's Just Too Damn FUNNY. Marc E. Elias @marceelias, "Many of you are asking how you can help me. My only ask is this: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket for free and share its content with everyone you know. Thanks." Mollie @MZHemingway, "Buddy, do I have news for you! A man named Marc Elias is behind most threats to election integrity, including the nepharioys and horrific Russia collusion lie, efforts to destabilize election security with tens of millions of unsupervised ballots, and even radical gerrymander efforts. Look into him!"
At Da Caller, Karen Bass Pitches Second-Term Goal Showing Lights Are Truly Out In LA. Proposing solar street lights because addicts are stealing the copper from regular lights. James Woods @RealJamesWoods, "This is satire for the record." Quote James Woods @RealJamesWoods, "This would be wrong. And you could get in trouble when asked for your ID to vote. Oh, wait! Never mind. Voter ID is not allowed in California. Oh, and on a completely separate note, the best freeway hours are 10AM-11:30 AM. Just saying." Steve Hilton @SteveHiltonx, "We destroyed California - vote for us!" Quote Mayor Matt Mahan @MattMahanSJ, "California ranks first in population loss, first in gas prices, and dead last in housing affordability. My party has to own this, fix it, and push back on a federal government that’s making it worse. That’s why I’m running for governor." From Ace, "Teen Takeovers" Are Now Common in Blue Cities; Media Begins Pushing Idea That Violent Teen Orcs Don't Need Jail Time, Just "Youth Centers" They Can Fight In and Destroy Instead of Chipotles. At State of the Day, State of Monday: JUDGE JEANINE GETS HER OPPORTUNITY. “Starting today, my office will aggressively prosecute parents under D.C.’s curfew law,” Pirro said during a press conference Friday. “This statute makes it unlawful for an adult to enable, facilitate or permit a minor to engage in delinquent acts. The penalty is up to six months imprisonment."
Rusty Weiss at RedState, Graham Platner Was Already Disgusting — These Latest Unearthed Posts Make It Much Worse. Beege Welborn at Hat Hair, Graham Platner Is One Revolting Tub O' Goo. Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok, "Democrat star Graham Platner’s now deleted reddit account was archived. Here’s some gems: "I still have to jerk off every time I sit in a portas----er… that blue water smell conditioned me." Described penis drawing inside a portable toilet while deployed overseas and called d*** art "beautiful," "engorged and veiny," and moving "towards its penetrative glory." Wrote that he “became a communist” Praised Hamas terrorists." Quote Fox News Politics @foxnewspolitics, "FIRST ON FOX: Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner's deleted Reddit account reveals graphic posts about masturbating in portable toilets and praising explicit military restroom graffiti — the latest in a growing trail of vulgar comments that could define his race." Youthful stupidities I can forgive. But then he became a communist. From the San Antonio Current, House candidate Maureen Galindo pledges to send ‘American zionists’ to internment camp, "Despite a growing storm of criticism, including from members of her own party, the San Antonio Democrat insists she’s not antisemitic." Fox, Hakeem Jeffries shredded over ‘disgustingly violent’ call for Dems to break spirit of MAGA. "While speaking at a progressive conference on Tuesday, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., called for Democrats to not only defeat "MAGA extremists" electorally but also "break their spirit."" John Sexton at Hat Hair, Democrats Have a Problem. The Solution is Less Extremism.
Capt. Ed at Hat Hair says Hmmm: Key MN Fraud Figure Claims Omar Took Part in $250M Scam. Elon Musk @elonmusk, "SPLC got better returns than Nancy Pelosi and inverse Cramer combined!" Quote David Sacks @DavidSacks, "SPLC invested $270k in Charlottesville and got $81 million in additional donations. Extraordinary returns."
At NYPo, the Divine Miranda Devine: Anthony Fauci can’t escape his ‘origin’al COVID lie.
Sundance sees (and hosts) Acting AG Todd Blanche Taking a Stronger, More Oppositional Approach to Democrats During Senate Testimony.
Sister Toldja at RedState, New: Alleged Manifesto in San Diego Mosque Mass Shooting Throws Wrench in Early Assumptions About Motives.
Mark Krikorian at Common Place says Immigration Enforcement Needs ‘You’re Fired’ "There are many ways to shrink the illegal immigrant population—use all of them."
On Stephen Colbert's imminent departure and the demise of the Late Show, John Sexton says Thank Goodness, It's Almost Over. A Driscolly post at Insty starts with DAVID HARSANYI: Stephen Colbert turned into the pompous dullard he once satirized.
Daily Mail @DailyMail "Deportation flight to Muslim-majority Pakistan serves pork sausages as part of 'full Irish breakfast'" Not the Bee @Not_the_Bee, "So you guys are upset enough about this to write about it, even though you admit in the article that Halal food was available on the flight but simply not chosen by the passenger. Journalism is dead."At Hat Hair, Mark Judge (remember him?) comforts Conservatives: The Culture is Not as Bad as You Think.
Tom Knighton at Bearing Arms is delighted with Babylon Bee Going on a Rampage Mocking Anti-Gun Media, Politicians
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At PJM, Vicky Taft, It's Primary Election Day in the People's Republic of Oregon, and the 'People' Want Revenge
If there's a prize for the worst, most sinister, and cynical political moves, the unfortunately-named Oregon governor, Tina Kotek, should win walking away. A damaging gas and transportation tax, the one she cheated, lied, and schmoozed to ram through, is on the ballot in Tuesday's primary. On primary day, Oregon voters will affix some C-4 and light the fuse to the one deliverable Kotek could lay claim to in her entire first term of office.
The timing for Kotek and her fellow Democrat Party members couldn't be worse.
Kotek blames President Donald Trump for high gas prices right now, but Oregonians know all too well that prices are perennially high anyway because of Democrats' adherence to the Church of Global Warming. The governor's approval numbers have fallen badly for a Democrat in this one-party state. Gas prices are almost as high as when Joe Biden was in office, and voters — male, female, Democrat, Republican, Independent, poor, and rich — saw what she did there.
The people who continually bleat that they're trying to Save Democracy!™ did everything to disembowel it to punish Oregonians with a whopping 6 cent/gallon gas tax and massive fee increases.
Kotek couldn't get her budget-backfilling taxes passed in regular session, so she called for a special "emergency" session to cram them through. When she got the tax increases approved by Democrats, she waited until the last second to sign it, to deprive Oregonians of enough time to gather enough signatures to refer it to the ballot.
But Kotek's gambit didn't work.
Oregonians were so angered by the manipulations that Republicans got more than enough signatures in record time to refer the tax package to voters in November. The Save Democracy!™ crowd didn't want the referral on the November ballot because more people vote then.
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The good news is there are signs of life in the political opposition to the Democrats in Oregon. Tina's tax increases are going down, and the GOP's got a pulse — they're voting, and this could be a game-changing moment for Oregon.
Fingers crossed.
My fingers are crossed, but my breath remains unbated.
At Hat Hair, Joe Chalfant reports Trump Calls for Investigation Into Maryland Elections After Mail-In Ballot Disaster
President Donald Trump has called for the Department of Justice to open an investigation into the state of Maryland for sending out mail-in ballots to individuals of the incorrect political party ahead of the state’s closed primary elections.
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) May 18, 2026
After the mistake, the Maryland Board of Elections made the decision to mail out additional correct ballots despite having no ability to indicate which ballots were originally sent out incorrectly. Elections officials have not publicly released a plan for how to invalidate the original ballots.
Dan Cox, a candidate in the gubernatorial race, criticized the decision as it created an environment for “doubling the potential for vote fraud via mail in ballots.”
No sign of our ballots.
Nick Arama at RedState notes Iran Tries One Last Gambit As Trump Appears Ready to Act. Capt. Ed says Hmmm: IRGC Submits New Proposal After Trump Warns 'Clock Is Ticking'. News Wax has a Report: Iran Proposal Risks Renewed War. Dave Strom at Hat Hair begs For God's Sake Mr. President, Quit Stalling; UPDATE: Trump Explains Delay. Iran International English @IranIntl_En, "President Donald Trump told the New York Post he is “not open” to concessions to Tehran after Iran’s latest response to US efforts to reach a deal to end the war. Trump said he was not “frustrated” with Tehran but suggested Iran understands the risk of further US action. “I can tell you they want to make a deal more than ever, because they know we’re—what’s going to be happening soon." Asked about his earlier suggestion that he might accept a 20-year moratorium on Iranian uranium enrichment, Trump said: “I’m not open to anything right now.” The president declined to elaborate, saying: “I can’t really talk to you about it. Too many things are happening. Asked about claims that Iran may be trying to wait out Washington over the nuclear issue and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, Trump said he “hadn’t heard that.” “I’m not hearing anything,” he said. “I can’t talk to you about it.” Time to start taking out infrastructure. Start with Tehran's power grid. At TownHall, Dmitri Bolt has President Trump Just Made a Major Announcement About Iran and Iran Is Now Dumping Its Oil Into the Sea, because they can't sell it, and they can't stop pumping it, or the wells go bad. PJM's Scott Pinsker on How to Win the Iran War AND Make Greta Thunberg Weep in One Easy Step. Trent Telenko @TrentTelenko, "And there are still people saying the US Blockade of Iran is failing." Quote Visioner @visionergeo " — Long lines formed at gas stations in Bandar Abbas on Saturday, May 16, amid what a citizen described as a crisis in access to gasoline, a video sent to Iran International shows. Iran faces a daily gasoline shortage of 30 million liters, according to a member..." John The Main Guy @JohnTheMainGuy1, "This will tick the Arabs off." Quote Open Source Intel @Osint613 "Iran has established a new body called the "Persian Gulf Strait Authority" (PGSA), designated as the official legal entity overseeing transit through the Strait of Hormuz." Fresh targets. Shipwreckedcrew @shipwreckedcrew, "As Trump has said, wars don't need to be "popular" when the goal is sufficiently important. Denying Iran nuclear weapons is about as important a goal as you can have given the apocalyptic nature of the regime. If Iran gets functioning nukes, it will use them because they would bring about Islamic theocracy's prophesy and "End Times" as found in the Hadith, the recorded sayings and traditions of the Prophet Muhammad." Quote Kyle Stevie @Kylestevie1 Replying to @shipwreckedcrew, "You guys killed your Independent support. Iran is the least popular conflict in US history, we are at the precipice of a VERY bleak economic period, high inflation is a certainty, AND energy crises are beginning to show around the globe." At Twitchy, Krystal Ball Vapidly Announces That Americans Have Been the REAL Terrorists All Along. Who? PJM's Bob Spencer writes A Cautionary Tale That No One Will Heed, about an Air Force woman who defected to Iran.
VodkaPundit at PJM, Russia and Ukraine Trade Blows in Huge Night of Drone Strikes. John Sexton at Hat Hair reports Moscow Becomes a Target for Ukrainian Drones. Seems fair to me. Maybe it will encourage Putin to seek a solution. Project Liberal @ProjectLiberal, "Trump is literally older than the People's Republic of China." Quote Michelle @D162Michele "China literally has trees in Xi Jinping’s garden that are older than the United States!" Old trees aren't that rare. I guess the point is supposed to be that China plans farther into the future, but the fact is that Communist China is a very recent country, really. Montie Donohue at Am Think thinks about Trump's Business First Diplomacy, "While the media frames President Trump’s Beijing summit with Xi Jinping as just another high-stakes photo-op, the real story runs deeper and looks strikingly familiar." RCW thinks Venezuela Is Proving a Rare Successful Intervention. If so, it's because Trump didn't install a bunch of idealistic left-leaning morons to run the country. The people he left in charge probably aren't nice, but they can read the room. Thad McCotter at Am Great spells out The ‘Free Trade’ Tax on Americans. "Free trade hollowed out American industry while enriching global elites; Trump’s tariffs aim to make economic nationalism work for US workers again."
Capt. Ed at Hat Hair evidently reads Politico: 'Smartest Guy In the Political Morgue' Belatedly Realizes Trump's Relevance; UPDATE: NYT Too? At Althouse, CNN goes wild over the incredible power of Trump's endorsement. "And this is sort of just going back through the archives to see how bad Bill Cassidy did. He got 25 percent of the vote, okay? I went back and I looked at every single non-appointed senator. This in my mind was the worst primary showing ever, at least since the end of World War II. That is how badly Bill Cassidy did. He did worse than every single one. Getting 25 percent of the vote for a senator in a primary? It's literally unheard of! And that is because, of course, Donald Trump endorsed against this guy.... When in fact you go against President Trump, you go in the grinder...."
The Euro Con looks at Reform’s Radical Agenda: Give the Voters What They Want, an idea so novel others might adopt it.
Betsy Stauffer at LI has hopes, Are Pollsters Missing the ‘Silent Spencer Pratt Voters’? Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok, "Spencer Pratt: I’m gonna remove the homeless druggies from in front of your kids’ elementary school, let you rebuild your homes, and arrest criminals. Karen Bass: Taxpayer funded teeth for meth heads. Nithya Raman: I’m gonna ban BBQs How is this even a choice." Somehow, Google Maps reverted to a pre-fire view of Los Angeles, leading to suspicion that Google was shilling for Bass. PJM's Vicky Taft, Why Did Torched Ghost Homes of Palisades and Altadena Just Miraculously Reappear on Google Maps? Beege Welborn at Hat Hair, Something Kind of Hinky in LA and It's Not Just Google Satellite Views UPDATE. Google claims it was a "glitch" and fixed it. Spotted Reptile @spottedreptile, "The magic phrase “election interference” popped up and suddenly all mapping companies are reverting to the real map images. Yeah." The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee, "New Polls Show Dead Heat Between ‘Make Everything Worse’ Candidate And ‘Fix Everything’ Candidate."
Ace notices With Two Republicans Leading the California Gubernatorial Primary, Democrats Plot to Change the Rules Mid-Election So That a Democrat Will Be in the Runoff. Rules they put in to ensure Republicans would be shut out. Dave Strom, Newsom: 'Break Glass' in Case Republicans Win. From NYPo, Tom Steyer’s paid influencer army revealed in filings as critics blast deceptive tactics. Dave Manney at PJM hears California Bureaucrats Meet the Four-Day Office Week and Start Complaining. At Da Caller, California Treasurer Has Long History Hobnobbing With Chinese Gov’t And CCP Intel Officials.
Bonchie @bonchieredstate, "Mamdani gave these psychos press credentials. In case you were wondering where he stands." Quote New York Post @nypost, "Bloodthirsty Luigi Mangione 'reporters' unapologetically celebrate CEO's assassination: 'F-k Brian Thompson. F-k his mom'" From the Free Bacon, 'I Don't Give a Flying F— He Died': NYC Mayor's Office Gives Press Badges to Luigi Mangione Fangirls Caught on Tape Celebrating CEO's Murder. Amy Curtis at TownHall hears Scott Jennings Breaks Down Why the Left Gets So Violent When You Question Them. It's their religion. Roman Helmet Guy @romanhelmetguy. "Democrat pitch to billionaires: “We are going to kill you and take your stuff.” Republican pitch to billionaires: “Just please stop hiring foreign labor over Americans.” Median billionaire: “I’m voting Democrat.”" Quote Molly Crane-Newman @molcranenewman Replying to @molcranenewman, “I’m saying fuck Brian Thompson. I don’t give a flying fuck he died,” says Ashley Rojas, wearing her press badge provided by @NYCMayorsOffice. Lena Weissbrot adds that Thompson’s teenage sons “are better off without him” and should “enjoy the blood money.” Matt Vespa, These Luigi Mangione Fans Are Sick, But It Sort of Aligns With the Findings of This Psychotherapist. Matt Margolis at PJM VIP wonders Why Are So Many on the Left Convinced the Trump Assassination Attempts Were Staged?The Center Square notes Europe tried wealth taxes. Most gave up. VodkaPundit at Insty thinks YOU’RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER BLOG: AOC’s Poor Understanding of America. "Ms. Ocasio-Cortez has little, if any, awareness of where money comes from—no knowledge of finance, of savings and investment, of creating a product or conceiving an invention that adds value to the economy. She operates in a stark and static universe without consequences and trade-offs, without growth or mobility. There are only victims and victimizers. And according to the RealClearPolitics polling average, she’s in fourth place in the 2028 Democratic primary." From TCW, The ‘working class’ mantle worn by every leftie leader bent on betraying their country.
PJM's Matt Margolis, Multiple 2020 Election Fraud Investigations in Georgia and Arizona Are Underway and Vicky Taft, LA Woman Pleads Guilty in Federal Court to Doing That Thing That Never Happens... in Voter Scam. bumbadum @bumbadum14, "Some people may not be "hip" to this because it was 6 years ago... But in Georgia the Freedom Caucus people sued the state to recount and audit the ballots. The judge never threw out the case so the ballots were held in evidence for over 6 years, and just recently it was found that over 300,000 ballots were certified without poll worker signatures. Yes the 2020 election was 100% stolen." Quote Isaac Saul @Ike_Saul, "It has been six years. Every single "stolen election" theory — from 2,000 Mules to servers in Italy to Georgia suitcases — has been debunked, crushed in court, painstakingly explained, and none of these guys ever have the goods cause it's all nonsense to please POTUS. It's x.com/atrupar/status…"
Shooting News Week claims Spanberger’s Signing Statement Laid the Groundwork for Overturning Virginia’s ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban. Weapons commonly used in hunting. Teri Christoph at RedState, Spanberger Signs AR-15 Ban, Then Immediately Says the Quiet Part Out Loud. Oilfield Rando @Oilfield_Rando, "I cannot stress enough how important local elections are going to become in the years ahead." Quote Rob Romano, "Spotsylvania County, VA Commonwealth's Attorney says he won't enforce the state's new gun ban."
Ace, "Feeding Our Future" Looting Mastermind Aimee Bock: "I Struggle to See How" Ilhan "Omar" Wouldn't Have Known About the Pillaging of the American Taxpayer. "The Party of Looters & Shoters, continued. I suppose this could just be a convict attempting to get a deal in exchange for her testimony. But she's not really offering testimony. She doesn't claim that she knows Ilhan Omar was involved in the plot. She's speculating that Ilhan Omar must have known, which is not witness testimony, just speculation and kibbitzing."
John Ʌ Konrad V @johnkonrad, "After @PeteButtigieg lies about modernizing Air Traffic systems and reducing highway fatalities he explains what he did with the $2 Trillion congress gave him: “Magnificent” Baggage claim areas for airports nobody cares about, Wildlife tunnels (that still aren’t finished) across racist highways in the middle of nowhere and DOT lawyers who harassed airlines like Spirit."
Emily Li (born October 3, 1999), professionally known as Emei, is an American alternative pop musician based in Los Angeles, California.
Li was born on October 3, 1999, in New Jersey to Chinese immigrant parents. She grew up listening to Amy Winehouse, Ella Fitzgerald, the Jackson 5, Sara Bareilles, and Taylor Swift, and has been singing since she was 9 years old.
As a teenager, Li competed on Dancing with the Stars in China.
When Li was 15, she took a year off from school to compete on Chinese Idol and placed third. She attended Yale University, where she was a member of its a cappella group Mixed Company.
In 2022, Li's single “Late to the Party” went viral, gaining 5.5 million streams on music platforms and 9.5 million views on TikTok and Instagram Reels. Her 2024 single with Whethan, “SUNNYD”, was also a smash hit. It was adopted by SunnyD, the orange juice company, as its song of the year.
In January 2023, she performed at the halftime of a Los Angeles Clippers game against the San Antonio Spurs. In November 2023, Li teamed up with production duo NOTD on "Hold On Me".
Li's stage name is "a cross between her Chinese name, An Mei, and her English nickname, Emmy."
