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New Poll of Iowa

U.S. Senate

🟦Turek 41
🟥Hinson 45

Governor:

🟦Sand 48
🟥Lahn 44

Suffolk University*
8/20 – 8/23 500 LV 4.4

103 responses to “New Poll of Iowa”

  1. First

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  2. As more generic ballot polls have come out in the last few days, here is an update on the trends. 8 of the last 10 have shown movement toward the GOP. 1 stayed the same. 1 moved a point toward the Dems.

    Movement toward the GOP:

    Emerson +3
    ActiVote +1.6
    YouGov/Economist +1
    Verasight +1
    Echelon Insights +1
    Noble Predictive Insights +1
    Financial Times +1
    Focal Data +1

    Same:

    Morning Consult

    Movement toward Dems:

    Reuters/IPSOS -1

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  3. Iowa, Ohio, Alaska, Maine, Texas. All in danger. NC is already gone. Baris puts the over /under number of Democratic senators after November at 52. Disaster. I’m going to be optimistic and I am hopeful that Collins may survive and we have a shot at flipping Michigan.

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  4. Phil, whether or not we win or lose, STOP listening to Baris. He is completely discredited. He was openly rooting for Massie and kept putting out poll after poll in the final days of that primary showing Massie tied, and that turned out to be nothing but cheerleading. I disagree that NC is already gone. That High Point University poll had Cooper up only 5. PPP-D had it at 4. Its not over.

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  6. We are looking at a 4 pt lead for the drats.

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  7. DW, I completely understand what you are saying about Baris. I absolutely do…..and he was indeed cheerleading for Massey. However, that was a primary. Unfortunately, his polling in the last three presidential elections was right on the number. The accuracy of his GE polling has me concerned about November. God help us if Democrats get control of both house of congress. Democrats have told us up front what they will do to the filibuster. They haven’t made it a secret. Both houses and the WH and you can count on packing the high court, statehood for DC and Puerto Rico (4 more permanent Democratic Senators). Hello open borders and the rest of the socialist agenda. There will be nothing to stop them from completely changing America. Nothing standing in the way.

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  8. I have said many times that if you want to know what the true Dem internal polling is showing, then just watch their behavior. Just look at the behavior of Jeffries and many of the others who are refusing to campaign with El-Sayed and are desperate to distance themselves from antisemitism and Piker and the DSA. But their problem is now that its not just goofy old Bernie Sanders. The DEMS have completely lost control of the party, and now its being run by the DSA. And that is a legitimate fear in competitive areas of the country.

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  9. Phil, see its that very sort of fear that the GOP will use in the next two months to drive Republicans to the polls and win over independents. And don’t get me wrong, I am not a blind cheerleader who thinks everything is rosy. Its going to be dreadfully close. But again, the data I see right now isn’t all bad. Not great, but not all bad either. And I still see that the most intense hatred of Trump and Republicans is found in areas that are deep blue already anyway.

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  10. By the way, someone here told me about xcancel as a bypass to access all the data on x without having to create an account. That was shut down last night. So if any of you want to help and track these pages for house or senate polls and paste them here it would help:

    https://x.com/PollTracker2024

    https://x.com/IAPolls2022

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  11. I would also point out that in all my years of following this stuff, I have never seen so many “new” pollsters dropping polls left and right, mostly hard LEFT.

    This makes me very suspicious that there is a degree of gaslighting going on. And we have already seen evidence of this. Francesca Hong was between 15 and 20 points ahead in the polls except she lost. El-Sayed was way ahead in the polls and barely held on to win.

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  12. I think Phil’s fears are legitimate. Baris represents a faction of “conservative” deadenders that actually want Rs to lose because Trump (to his credit) did not follow-up on the isolationist rhetoric of “no endless wars” BS and actually moved to defend American interests in the ME. The deadenders don’t understand that while Trump IS an isolationist at heart, he has to govern and he knows that Russia annexing Ukraine and Iran and its terrorists proxies controlling the flow of oil and having nuclear weapons is not in our interest and won’t happen on his watch.

    Baris is actively trying to “demotivate” the base so they stay home on the theory “the House and Senate are gone” why show up.

    The Baris, Carlson, Candace, etc. faction does have its followers and they could make a difference in the end.

    The key here is will the independents who supported Trump in 2024 now switch to the Dems because of the cost of living issue being exploited (successfully) by the Dems, or will they be wary of the leftist extremism dominating the Democratic party and shy away from it.

    Again, I am concerned about a wave election. All these close races could go one way if that happens. While DW may be right that the polling does not show a blue wave per se, the fact that solid GOP states like OH, IA, TX and AK are considered toss-ups means they might all go DEM if the wave happens.

    My hope is that Talarico is really like a new Beto. A lot of hype, polls showing it close, etc. but in the end he lost (narrowly). But if disaffected Cornyn voters, and there are a lot of them, don’t vote for Paxton he could lose. He is a bad candidate, I have said this from the beginning. Way too much baggage, Trump should have supported Cornyn, a shoo-in to beat Talarico.

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  13. I don’t disagree with any of that jason. And I will be the first to admit it if the data shows a blue-wave forming.

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  14. The one caveat I will make on Phil’s comments is that the filibuster won’t be ended while Trump is President even if Dems win the Senate. It won’t do them any good because Trump would veto everything.

    The danger is 2028 and beyond if the Dems win both houses and Congress and the Presidency. Then you will quickly see the emergence of a one party state.

    Not that losing the Senate wouldn’t be a disaster. They would not approve ONE nominee for judges, so Trump’s win in 2024 will not make a big difference in the federal bench. There would be endless investigations and Trump would be lamest of the lame ducks for 2 years.

    I hope people like Elon Musk are paying attention.

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  15. But I have to keep stressing the behavior of Dems in leadership. They are desperate right now to at least appear that they have wrested control back from the DSA. If the DSA was a winner at the polling booths, then they would be fully and openly embracing it. This means that GOP ads hammering the Dems as having been taken over by the commie DSA will hurt Dems’ chances.

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  16. If I still lived in TX and was still a R, I would have voted for Cornyn in the primary and would vote for Paxton to keep a nutjob like Talarico out of the Senate.

    But in social media you see a lot of Cornyn voters saying they won’t vote for Paxton or Talarico. I hope its hype.

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  17. I am not sure the commie issue will be that effective in states where the Dem candidates (wrongly) are not viewed as commies, such as OH, NC, AK, etc.

    Rs need to nationalize the commie issue. I have not seen any such ads in PA, I hope they exist elsewhere.

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  18. The MSM is all giddy about a DSA Senate candidate winning the Dem primary in OK.

    They stress that she won after only spending $57 k. They don’t really mention that her “mainstream Dem” opponent only had $315k to spend.

    Those are both meaningless numbers in a senate election.

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  19. Next WV county east of me… Defense attorney tried “mentally insane” defense. Did not work.

    The brutal attacker was 16 at time of the attack.

    🚨 JEFFERSON COUNTY SENTENCING: 18-YEAR-OLD RECEIVES 37–160 YEARS IN PRISON FOR VIOLENT 2024 ATTACK 🚨 JEFFERSON COUNTY, WV — Isai Osmar Chinchilla-Guerra, 18, was sentenced Tuesday to 37 to 160 years in prison following his conviction on 14 felony charges stemming from a violent May 2024 attack on a Jefferson County woman. Jefferson County Circuit Judge Bridget Cohee ordered all sentences to be served consecutively. A jury convicted Chinchilla-Guerra in June on charges including attempted first-degree murder, first-degree sexual assault, six counts of malicious wounding, assault during the commission of a felony, burglary, fleeing law enforcement with reckless indifference, possession of a stolen vehicle, and bringing stolen property into the state. According to evidence presented at trial, the victim was attacked after returning home. Prosecutors said she was struck with a cinder block, sexually assaulted, stabbed and cut with a screwdriver, and strangled. She was ultimately able to escape and seek help from a neighbor. Authorities said Chinchilla-Guerra fled in a stolen Toyota RAV4 that had been reported stolen in Loudoun County, Virginia. Jefferson County deputies pursued the vehicle through Charles Town before losing sight of it. The SUV was later located crashed and engulfed in flames off Summit Point Road. Both the victim and Chinchilla-Guerra were transported by helicopter to a Northern Virginia hospital for treatment. Chinchilla-Guerra was 16 years old at the time of the offenses. During his trial, the defense argued that Chinchilla-Guerra was not criminally responsible due to mental illness. The prosecution presented expert testimony disputing that conclusion, and the jury ultimately rejected the defense and returned guilty verdicts. During Tuesday’s sentencing hearing, the victim told the court the attack permanently changed her life and sense of security. She and several family members asked the court to impose the maximum sentence. Before sentencing, Chinchilla-Guerra apologized to the victim and her family, telling the court, “There is no excuse.” Jefferson County Prosecuting Attorney Adam Ward requested the maximum sentence of 37 to 160 years, with the sentences served consecutively. Because Chinchilla-Guerra was a juvenile when the crimes occurred, West Virginia law makes him eligible for parole consideration after 15 years. If he is eventually granted parole, the court ordered 50 years of supervised release. Judge Cohee cited the seriousness of the offenses and Chinchilla-Guerra’s risk of reoffending when imposing the sentence. Jefferson County Prosecuting Attorney Adam Ward said his office hopes the sentence provides “a measure of closure to the victim and her family.” ⚖️ All defendants are presumed innocent unless and until convicted in a court of law. In this case, Chinchilla-Guerra was convicted by a jury and has now been sentenced. #JeffersonCountyWV #CharlesTownWV #EasternPanhandleWV #WestVirginia #CrimeNews #CourtNews #Sentencing #JeffersonCounty #WVNews #CrimeReportAndNews #keepingcommunitiessafe #crimereportandnewsineasternpanhandleofwv

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  20. doesn’t appear senate will change hands.

    House looks questionable.

    But drats are dropping in the “summer poles” that are fake.

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  21. Fake means inflated. Freepassers fall it every time.

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  22. Only Walt could serve a 160 year jail sentence.

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  23. Tina must shop at the Economic Stats supermarket. Most voters don’t.

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  24. Immigrant grocers to sue Mamdani:

    https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/08/25/immigrant-grocery-store-owners-sue-ny-mayor-mamdani-over-socialist-grocery-scheme/

    All stores should sue. They should demand the same taxpayer subsidies be given them so there is an equal playing field.

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  25. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18KS1SnFJa/

    Book titles and authors such as

    How to Write Big Books, by Warren Piece

    The Lion Attack, by Claude Yarmoff

    Dessert Crossing, by I. Rhoda Camel

    I Lost My Balance, by Eileen Dover and Phil Down

    Stop Arguing, by Xavier Breath

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  26. I recommend the last book title to some posters here….

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  27. RIP, Tim Curry.

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  28. I was visiting my sister in the Dallas area this weekend. My brother in law is a Republican and was the Republican county judge for Kaufman County. We got on politics and he shocked me. Said Paxton was a criminal and an adulterer. Said he was voting for Talarico. I thought he was kidding but no. Said you couldn’t pay him to vote for Paxton. When I reminded him of what a leftist nut Talarico was his response was “Yeah, I know but maybe he won’t do too much damage”. That was the end of our political discussion. So yeah, as Jason says, in a wave election it could all go one way – the wrong way. Also, Jason is right. Democrats won’t nuke the filibuster while Trump is President. The danger is that Democrats capture the WH in 2028. If at that point they have all three branches, you better be damned right they’ll nuke the filibuster. At that point nothing will stand in their way in remaking America. Nothing.

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  29. Your brother-in-law, Phil, should just stand down and not vote for anyone in the Senator category. He’s blind sighted if he votes for Talarico to spite Paxton!

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  30. The gap between political posturing and economic reality is evident in the way companies are behaving. A recent report by The Globe and Mail on a survey carried out by KPMG found that almost 20% of Canadian manufacturers have already moved some of their production to the United States, and over 30% intend to do so in the coming years. Their reasons are clear: they want to avoid tariffs, gain access to a bigger and more stable consumer market, take advantage of favorable U.S. tax and regulatory conditions, and ensure their long-term competitiveness. These firms are not making ideological declarations; rather, they are reacting to incentives. They are acting rationally in a situation where the United States offers greater profits, more stability, and more opportunities than Canada does at present.

    https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/08/the-illusion-of-leverage-in-canada-us-trade-negotiations/

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  31. Zzzz….. Janzam was here talking up that Paxton supporters would not vote for Cornyn if he was the nominee.

    What is good for the goose is good for the gander

    What a flaming hypocrite.

    By the way janzam, I am sorry this is happening to you and your hero Putin. I guess you were prescient when you called Putin’s invasion “Zelensky’s War on Russia”.

    “Flight restrictions were also introduced at airports in Kaluga, Tambov, Penza, Saratov, Saransk, Cheboksary, Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan and Yaroslavl, Rosaviatsiya said in posts to Telegram.

    The drones intercepted over Moscow were among the 426 Ukrainian craft claimed shot down overnight by the Russian Defense Ministry. Drones were intercepted over 15 Russian regions and occupied Crimea, the ministry said in a post to Telegram.

    Among the targets hit was a Wildberries e-commerce facility in the city of Kotovsk in the Tambov region. Wildberries released a statement confirming the latest attack and said that all new shipments to the affected center had been suspended.

    Local Gov. Yevgeny Pervyshov said in a post to Telegram that the strikes “caused a fire at the Wildberries logistics center. The fire covered an area of more than 100,000 square meters.

    Elsewhere, Russian media reports indicated an attack on a major oil refinery in the Nizhny Novgorod region, in the city of Kstovoa.”

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  32. Next WV county east of me… Defense attorney tried “mentally insane” defense. Did not work.”

    Not yet.

    The judicial system in WV has not gone woke yet, but give it time.

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  33. janzam’s deadender logic:

    Deadenders should refuse to vote for “establishment” candidates

    Supporters of “establishment candidates” should all vote for deadender candidates.

    janzam is not exactly the sharpest knife in the drawer, but the stupidity of this is overwhelming even for her.

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  34. “Secrets Of A Magician’s Assistant”, by I. Ben Saud

    “Chaos Erupts When The Invisible Man’s Potion Failed”, by I. Ben Scene

    “What Happens When I Drop My Wallet”, by I. Ben Dover

    “The Paychiatrist Healed Me”, by I. Ben Nuttz

    “Diary of A New Slave”, by I. Ben Bott

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  35. So janzam and Tina, do you still think Mr. Baggage was the best candidate for the general election in TX?

    Paxton is struggling to stay even with Talarico, a certified nut job that opposes the oil and cattle industry in TX, hates Christianity, is anti-meat, is pro-abortion to term. Rs are going to forced to spend a lot of money there to avoid disaster.

    What a great candidate!

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  36. Senior FBI psychiatrist says Clancy was not experiencing postpartum psychosis.

    “Lindsay Clancy had the “capacity to appreciate right from wrong” when she strangled her three children, according to the testimony of Gregory Saathoff, the longtime forensic psychiatrist testifying as a prosecution expert.

    “My opinion is that she did have the capacity to appreciate right from wrong,” Saathoff testified. “It is my opinion, within a reasonable degree of medical certainty, that Ms. Clancy was criminally responsible.”

    Saathoff noted that, in his opinion, the killings required “significant” planning and that her actions earlier that day suggested she was able “to conform right to the type of behavior that a concerned mother would engage in.”

    While Clancy says she heard a voice in her head commanding her to kill her children, Saathoff testified that the voice did not tell Clancy the specifics about how to kill the children and what to use, suggesting she “had control of the sequence of what she was doing throughout,” based on the 11 hours he spent interviewing her.

    Saathoff also testified that, in his opinion, even if Clancy was experiencing postpartum psychosis, she could have differentiated between right and wrong or pushed back on the voice she reported.

    “Command hallucinations, when they occur, do not propel an individual to automatically obey them. And in fact, many people will engage in behaviors to stop them,” he told the court.”

    It won’t matter, the die is cast.

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  37. Despite Jason’s condescending lecture, I see Paxton as a better policy candidate than Cornyn. He has dealt with gender mutilation issues, been for more election integrity reform, and willing to act more aggressively to support conservative agendas, instead of staying in a spineless establishment zone, like Cornyn was in for years. Furthermore, the Texas grassroots will be activated far more in their GOTV efforts than they would have been for Cornyn. It’s these grassroots who have tenacious commitment towards their candidate that win elections. Might I also remind Jason that he had the same lofty, snobbish attitude about Trump’s chances of winning the 2016 election…and he was a 100% wrong!

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  38. More bad news for Tina and Janzam.

    Ukraine is not giving up on the Donbas anytime soon.

    “President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has appointed two of Ukraine’s most prominent commanders to oversee the defence of the country’s eastern strongholds, as Kyiv struggles to beat back ‌a Russian onslaught on a region at the centre of stalled peace talks.

    Moscow’s troops are grinding towards the ‌so-called fortress belt of industrialised cities in the Donetsk region, which the Kremlin has demanded that Ukraine give up before it ends its war.

    Visiting the front ​line with his new top general, Zelenskiy said Third Army Corps leader Andrii Biletskyi and Denys Prokopenko, commander of the First Corps Azov, will head new groupings aimed at strengthening defences around Donetsk.

    Both men represent a new generation of experienced field commanders and currently lead what are seen as some of Kyiv’s most capable and best-trained forces. Both their corps are already involved in defending that ‌part of the front, and the commanders ⁠have been praised for their combat efficiency and planning.

    The announcement comes as Ukrainian troops face mixed success along the 1,200-km front line, where they began seizing back the initiative earlier ⁠this year.

    They liberated several-dozen settlements this year during a several-stage operation in a southeastern sector, clawing back more than 700 sq. km. of territory, Zelenskiy said’

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  39. The prosecution in the Lindsay Clancy blew it. They should have called Jason in to testify. He seems to be the expert here.

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  40. . Might I also remind Jason that he had the same lofty, snobbish attitude about Trump’s chances of winning the 2016 election”

    Zzzz… actually I was more bullish than most at HHR that Trump could carry PA and the election over the last few months of the campaign.

    I just didn’t vote for him, which is different.

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  41. . He seems to be the expert here”

    Still worried she will be convicted? Don’t fret.

    I am glad John Goggin recognizes my expertise.

    Unfortunately, he prefers not to recognize the expertise of actual experts.

    He dissed one prosecution expert for “only reading a report” (of course, most expert witnesses don’t actually witness the crime).

    I am not sure what he will say about the latest one.

    Maybe he will say “oh, he only interviewed her for 11 hours” what does he know.

    Anything to give a murderer of her 3 children a free pass.

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  42.  I see Paxton as a better policy candidate than Cornyn. “

    I see.

    Is that why he actually behind in most polls against a certified wacko who is on record as saying he hates Christianity, thinks meat is an “existential threat”, opposes fossil fuels which is the heart of the Texas economy, favors abortion of 9 month old fetuses?

    I would hate to see his struggles if he was “a worse policy candidate than Cornyn”.

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  43. Breaking News – Medical experts with different opinions always testify to a reasonable degree of medical certainty.

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  44. I just didn’t vote for him, which is different.

    Not true. You had the same know-it-all harping as you do now during all the HHR debates, teaming up with MD, in trashing anyone basically supporting Trump because it was simply a binary choice between him and Hillary. IOW, you were no different then as you are now!

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  45. Is that why he actually behind in most polls against a certified wacko

    Trump was behind in all the polls too, with Hillary having something like a 90% chance of winning. Remember? PAC money and Musk money is going to support Paxton. Plus, all of Talarico’s past comments, speeches will be front and center to unmask his hypocrisy. Maybe even Phil’s relative will change his mind and sit the race out rather than vote for such a creepy candidate.

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  46. Saathoff also testified that, in his opinion, even if Clancy was experiencing postpartum psychosis, she could have differentiated between right and wrong or pushed back on the voice she reported.”

    This is an important point.

    While postpartum psychosis is rare, women who experience it are still very unlikely to actually harm their children.

    Postpartum psychosis is NOT an automatic get out of jail card even if real.

    To start, postpartum psychosis only affects roughly 1 or 2 of every 1,000 deliveries (0.1 to 0.2%).

    THEN only about 4% of those women who experience it actually harm their child.

    So the defense contention that hey, she had postpartum psychosis (denied by the prosecution witnesses) so killing her children was a natural outcome is complete and utter BS.

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  47. Give the murderer a free pass? No.

    The children should have been seperated from their mother. Why didn’t her family or authorities attempt this.

    When the mother of my three girls was going through postpartum depression and hearing voices I took her into Harbowview Psychriatic Hospital, signed the papers, and remember the door being locked. And had the three girls safely at home. With the help from my church I managed through this.

    I used up all of may vacation time, sick time and thanks to the Family Leave Act was able to get through.

    These children should have been seperated from their mother. The family didn’t even try.

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  48. Trump was behind in all the polls too,”

    Zzzz….that was a national election and Trump was facing a lot of hurdles, like being outspent, the Hollywood Access tape, etc.

    Can you explain why in ruby red Texas where Trump won less than 2 years ago by 13 points Paxton is behind a certified commie nutjob like Talarico?

    Could it just be that he is a bad candidate with too much baggage?

    What is YOUR explanation exactly?

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  49. These children should have been seperated from their mother. The family didn’t even try.”

    Ah, yes, here we go, like clockwork.

    It’s the family’s fault!

    The person who actually committed premeditated murder by carefully planning to strangle her little children?

    Nah, she bears no responsibility.

    This is the society we live in. Despicable and disgusting but it is what it is.

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  50. These children should have been seperated from their mother.”

    In hindsight of course that should have happened. But contrary to you, maybe her husband did not see what you saw in your wife that caused your concern.

    She was evaluated and the people who treated her have testified they did not deem her a threat to her children based on the clinical assessment. Maybe her family felt the same way.

    So either they were wrong (denied by the prosecution witnesses) or she was bent on killing them independent of any diagnosis.

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  51. Maybe even Phil’s relative will change his mind and sit the race out rather than vote for such a creepy candidate.”

    LOL

    That is your hope for Paxton to win?

    We is f–ked.

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  52. That is your hope for Paxton to win?

    Hardly. It will be his grass roots support that will help Paxton win – a coalition Cornyn didn’t have.

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  53. Maybe Dr. Jason, Esquire, can tell us why she killed her children.

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  54. VIETNAM WAR, State deaths…

    ●●●●●●●

    States with most U.S. soldier deaths:

    CA @ 5572

    NY @ 4100

    TX @ 3400

    PA @ 3100

    **********

    State that lost the most soldiers per size of state pop. ..WV (731 total deaths)

    ******

    States with fewest U.S. soldier deaths

    VT 100

    WY 119

    DEL 122

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  55. Of those 731 WV who died in Vietnam, about 20 were from my home county of Berkeley.

    I personally did know any who died. Their names are on a big statue in our War Memorial Park. Names of our county boys lost in each war since WW I.

    Did know a number of guys who served in Vietnam and who came home afterwards.

    Marine sniper…army…navy…airborne… corp of engineers, etc.

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  56. I am sure that Yabba the Large will have a modified order and block it all.

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  57. We have father of year -2026. I am sure bosoberg or a Marxist will stop deportation

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  59. “In hindsight of course that should have happened. But contrary to you, maybe her husband did not see what you saw in your wife that caused your concern.”

    ‘During the testimony in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial, it was her mother (Paula Musgrove) and her husband (Patrick Clancy) who testified that Linday told them both she was experiencing thoughts of harming the children months before the killings’

    Lindsay Clancy also told her therapist, Rebecca Jollotta, she was experiencing “instrusive thoughts I never had before”. What kind of thoughts?

    As this point you seperate the mother from her children. I’m tired of people trying to white wash their hands in this. The signs were there.

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  60. Vacuuming and dusting today. Bible Study tonight.

    Bridge tomorrow.

    Friday is supper club soiree at our house. 3 of the other 6 couples have health problems, so our monthly supper club soirees fall more frequently on us and our house.

    Saturday we drive to Woodstock VA for wife’s HS class annual reunion.

    Sunday is 365 days of son’s recovery and alcohol and drug free. We plan to do something with him to celebrate on Sunday.

    First week of September is free (for now). I am expecting incoming Phone fire from Goofball at the Rescue Mission once his SS check gets auto deposited in his bank account.

    September 5 through Sept 14 we will be in Maritime Provinces in Canada eating lobster and spying on what the Canadians are up to. One day after we get back, we deliver meals on wherls. Then some fundraising dinners to go to, and other stuff…

    October 22 thru 26 have a trip to a Michigan lake house planned to be with friends from VA and Illinois.

    Plans finalized for trip to Spain and Portugal next year where I can ask people in Spanish “Where is the library?” (Donde es la bibliotec?). Glad my 2 years of H S Spanish classes will FINALLY come in handy…

    I am too busy to die.

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  61. Whoops, this wasn’t supposed to happen.

    UNH poll | 8/20-8/24

    US Senate New Hampshire 2026

    🟥John E. Sununu 45%
    🟦Chris Pappas 43%

    US Senate New Hampshire Democratic primary 2026

    🟦Chris Pappas 47%
    🟦Karishma Manzur 34%

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  63. Yeah, Candace. It’s those Joos. Give my regards to Tucker.

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  64. The last UNH poll was Pappas +3 back in June.

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  65. Great news about your son, Walt.

    As for all your trips, being immortal must be exhausting.

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  66. Congrats Walt on the length of time your son has been sober.

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  67. Maybe even Phil’s relative will change his mind and sit the race out rather than vote for such a creepy candidate.”

    So Janzam says Talarico is creepy.

    Indeed he is.

    He is also anti-Christian and favors policies that would destroy Texas’ oil and livestock based economy. He is pro men in girls’ sports. He favors killing viable fetuses. He is a far left wing ideologue.

    Yet he is at least tied with Paxton.

    Maybe Janzam can explain why Paxton is not 15 points ahead?

    Its not name recognition, he is the AG. It’s not his party, Rs are the majority in Texas.

    I mean, could it be him? Could it be he is a weak, controversial, baggage ridden candidate that cannot bring the party together to support him even against a horrible opponent that is everything Texas is not?

    Janzam with the word. This should be good.

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  68. According to Candace Owens, every pro-Israel person who dies was going to become anti-Israel.

    Amazing.

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  69. I’m tired of people trying to white wash their hands in this. The signs were there.”

    I am tired of people wanting to white wash what this woman did to her children.

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  71. Maybe Dr. Jason, Esquire, can tell us why she killed her children.”

    Damm, I was recognized as a psych expert and now my legal expertise is also being recognized.

    I should retire to bask in eternal glory.

    Anyway, I LOVE softball questions.

    She killed her children because she thought she would be better off without them AND to get attention from what she evidently felt was an uncaring world.

    And btw, if she really wants to kill herself, why is she fighting so hard not to go to prison. After all, she won’t be on suicide watch forever in prison. It miight be easier to kill yourself in prison than at the state country cl… huh, institution.

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  72. Congrats Walt, great achievement by both your son and you (and your wife) as supporting parents.

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  73. If she wanted attention, why try to kill herself?

    Your theory is falling apart faster than Tina’s fake freepasser posts.

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  74. Plans finalized for trip to Spain and Portugal next year where I can ask people in Spanish “Where is the library?” (Donde es la bibliotec?). Glad my 2 years of H S Spanish classes will FINALLY come in handy…”

    That won’t help you in Portugal. Closer to the trip I will help with the Portuguese.

    In the meanwhile try “Onde fica a biblioteca”?

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  75. If she wanted attention, why try to kill herself?”

    I am glad you said “try”.

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  76. Also I wouldn’t be surprised that once she gets her free pass, she will miraculously be able to walk again. Stay tuned.

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  77. Your theory”

    LOL

    Renowned experts have testified she is criminally responsible. You choose not to believe them.

    My theory my ass.

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  78. This murderer was extremely efficient in killing her children, a horrible failure in killing herself.

    Nothing to see here.

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  79. You choose not to believe them.

    I have never said how I would vote on the jury. I have said I am looking at the case as a lawyer and not as an A-hole.

    Both sides are making their best case. Experts disagree all the time. You don’t seem to realize that. You think the fact that the prosecution’s expert testified to “a reasonable degree of medical certainty” makes it an open and shut case. It doesn’t because the other side’s expert does, too.

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  81. Both sides are making their best case. Experts disagree all the time.”

    Zzzz…

    What a crock of crap.

    No, testimonies do not need to be given equal weight, I am sure you know this.

    Open and shut cases have BS witness testimonies all the time. There will be an expert who will say yes it was his gun and there are powder marks on his hand and he has victim blood on his clothes but that can all be explained away by contamination and blah blah blah.

    So it is perfectly fine to give more weight to one testimony over another. Happens all the time.

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  82. In fact the woke experts will prevail because the jury will give them more weight.

    I am sure you won’t whine about that.

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  83. I have never said how I would vote on the jury. “

    You said you didn’t think you could convict her. I think that is pretty clear.

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  84. I think the difference is the defense experts are bent on giving her a free pass and mold their testimony to that end. They have an ideological stake in the outcome. They become emotional during testimony.

    I think the prosecution expert don’t really have a stake in the game, they are giving their honest assessment. It will make no difference personally to them if the prosecution wins or loses and that is reflected in their demeanor. That is why under questioning they have made statements that could be seen as helpful to the defense. Nothing the defense experts have said could be classified as helpful to the prosecution.

    In the end it all Kabuki theater. The outcome is pre-determined. Clancy could have made a video where she says I am planning these murders and this is how I am going to do it and it wouldn’t matter, the wokesters would say see she is crazy, no one makes a video incriminating themselves if they aren’t.

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  85. Emerson had Sununu down only 1. So it seems that the St. Anselm poll is the outlier

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  86. UNH had a decent year in 2024 being off only 1.59 toward Harris

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  87. think the prosecution expert don’t really have a stake in the game, they are giving their honest assessment. It will make no difference personally to them if the prosecution wins or loses

    Of course they do. They are paid by the prosecution and a conviction enhances their reputation. This also increases their ability to be called again as witnesses by any party, even defendants, in the future.

    Most experts give something to the other side to actually enhance their credibility. Look for the prosecutor to argue in the closing, “Dr. X testified credibly on the most important issues in the case. Dr. X also testified that Y, which was also the opinion of the Defense expert. This confirms rather than undercuts the opinions of Dr. X.”

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  88. How many weeks ago was that?

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  89. No, testimonies do not need to be given equal weight, I am sure you know this.

    After 33 years as a lawyer, conducting hundreds of expert witnesses depositions, and deposing thousands of witnesses, I feel confident of weighing testimony and making arguments on credibility.

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  90. I think DUI killers should be in jail for life. Is that pro-Defendant?

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  91. Watching reruns of Battlestar Galactics (1978 version). It’s like being 10 years old again.

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  92. The lawyer for Charlie Kirk’s killer throws Candace Owens under the bus.

    Hilarious.

    Tyler Robinson’s own defense attorney just publicly clapped the entire Candace Owens–Baron Coleman podcast industrial complex. “We’re not talking to crazies.” “I’ve received some wacky phone calls and e-mails.” “It’s noise.” “We’re not talking to crazies.”

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  93. If I was a billionaire I wouldn’t be chasing $140 hookers in East Palestine.

    “The newly released bodycam footage shows the San Francisco 49ers CEO being pulled over near East Palestine, Ohio, apparently confused about what was happening as police approached his vehicle.

    “Can I ask what you’re doing?” York asks while officers place him in handcuffs. He then tells police he was “just driving” through the area. The police, obviously, wanted to know why.

    According to the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force, the operation began with an undercover advertisement posted Saturday, August 22, on a website authorities identified as being used for prostitution.

    Investigators say York contacted the undercover officer while identifying himself as “Joe.” He initially wrote that he wanted to visit her, then followed up when he didn’t receive a response. The next morning, according to the report, he tried again. This time, the conversation went somewhere.

    York allegedly told the person he believed to be a prostitute that he was coming from Boardman and asked for an address. He then asked for the price of an hour of “full service sexual activity.”

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  94. Basically Robinson’s lawyer is trying to save him from the death penalty by claiming he was only trying to kill Kirk, not harm anyone else (I suppose he was charged with firing into a crowd).

    Meanwhile Candace Owens is claiming he didn’t shoot Kirk, which not even Robinson’s lawyer is alleging.

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  95. Good news. After 6 episodes, the humans are still alive. But the evil robots (cylons) won’t give up.

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  96. Maybe Janzam can explain why Paxton is not 15 points ahead?

    Early polling is just that, “early.” After Labor Day the GE will catch more people’s attention, including all the foibles and leftist ideas of Talarico, giving Paxton a better ability to be the more reasonable choice for Texas.

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  97. There have been: (M1.5 or greater)

    108 earthquakes in the past 24 hours

    1,135 earthquakes in the past 7 days

    5,218 earthquakes in the past 30 days

    57,173 earthquakes in the past 365 days

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  98. Question of the day,

    Are weapons given to Sniffy still free?

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  99. MizDonna69

    I do not understand why all of the people who endorsed Norman are surprised that he lost. Norman didn’t understand why he lost until today. People outside of SC understood. It was simple. He endorsed Nikki Haley in the 2024 primary. It wasn’t about Trump endorsing Darline, it was about Norman abandoning Trump when it mattered. Why Norman didn’t understand that shows how far out of touch he was going into race.

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  100. Question of the day- Has Putina ever produced any evidence that Zelensky uses drugs?

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