2026 Elections

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I've seen a couple of trumpy ads here lately. One of them rants about an "us vs them" type hate fest. I forgot what the other one was even about. But both of them at the end state that the ads are not affiliated with any candidate. I take that to mean the money for it is coming from trump and his big money pile lavished on him by wealthy idiots.

Yup, they've got more money than they know how to spend.


YouTube scrolling and before I could watch the vid I wanted two short ads came on back to back. Jennifer Balkom (R) is running for Congress in NC11 after creepy Chuck Edwards withdrew. The first ad supported her, the next one opposed her . Did YT do that on purpose?

I expect the nutjobs around here to vote for Republicans yet again. They enjoy being lied to is all I can figure. Since I came back to this area in 2015, I've watched the Sunday talk shows....This Week, Face the Nation, and Meet the Press. Over the past two months or so my digital antenna no longer gets ABC or CBS, so that leaves me only NBC. yesterday instead of Meet the Press, it was an hour long infomercial. Nexstar and Sinclair own the television stations in this area. It makes me wonder if they've been told to block those shows. It wouldn't surprise me. All I know is that yesterday I went in at 11 to watch Meet the Press and saw some "paid programming" statement. It made me let out a "oh, goddamn, what the fuck is this?" at what would describe as a high volume outburst.

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Yup, they've got more money than they know how to spend.


YouTube scrolling and before I could watch the vid I wanted two short ads came on back to back. Jennifer Balkcom (R) is running for Congress in NC11 after creepy Chuck Edwards withdrew. The first ad supported her, the next one opposed her . Did YT do that on purpose?

I expect the nutjobs around here to vote for Republicans yet again. They enjoy being lied to is all I can figure. Since I came back to this area in 2015, I've watched the Sunday talk shows....This Week, Face the Nation, and Meet the Press. Over the past two months or so my digital antenna no longer gets ABC or CBS, so that leaves me only NBC. yesterday instead of Meet the Press, it was an hour long infomercial. Nexstar and Sinclair own the television stations in this area. It makes me wonder if they've been told to block those shows. It wouldn't surprise me. All I know is that yesterday I went in at 11 to watch Meet the Press and saw some "paid programming" statement. It made me let out a "oh, goddamn, what the fuck is this?" at what would describe as a high volume outburst.

Public radio news says that Jamie Ager (D) is leading Balkcom (R) by a slim margin in NC11. I'm skeptical, but it's refreshing to have a little hope. Balkcom's own ads are awful - grating nasal voice:

YT page, 3 subscribers Not even her whole family?
https://www.youtube.com/@JenniferBalkcomforCongress


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbtWGosk4kM


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmd4TDzHsOs


Jamie Ager's site is better, 163 subscribers
https://www.youtube.com/@AgerForCongress


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq6WS3e4rdw

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