I like to point out from time to time that for all the disruptions MLK caused working to secure civil rights and political equality for black people, they didn’t kill him until he started saying that a nation that spends more money on the military than social uplift was “doomed” and that America needed a “revolution of values.”
It’s similar to Trump- inoculated means the bad shit already went public, we already know, it’s priced in, and has no future impact in terms of how people will vote because the people who do and don’t care have made their choices.
I’m not calling any shots or making any predictions here, but I want to point something important out: the polling averages have shown close races at this stage in the past where Democrats ended up underperforming the average, but no statewide Democrat candidate has been ahead in the polling averages at this stage in a couple of decades at least. In other words- Talarico is very much in this race. He might actually win if the election was held today. The biggest risk to Talarico now is that Paxton is fully inoculated against literally any bad news. His floor is rock solid and wherever he’s at as of today, he’s not losing any of it.
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—Republican governor since 1999 (you’re one of them) —Republican Senate since 1995 —Republican House since 1997 —Uninterrupted Republican Party trifecta rule for 27 years “We gotta get back on track” — Medicare fraudster Rick Scott has become the meme
8:58 PM · Aug 26, 2026
Rick Scott @ScottforFlorida · Aug 24, 2026
Florida should never be down in tourism, and it being down for the second quarter in a row is concerning — it means less jobs and less revenue for Florida families. Good thing our next governor, @ByronDonalds, cares deeply about this issue! Make sure to vote for him and
In this scene from Darkest Hour, the “Tiger” Churchill refers to is Adolph Hitler and the Nazis. The Dept of Education posted this.
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No one does it like us. 🐅
5:00 PM · Aug 26, 2026
Forces of evil in a bozo nightmare Ban all the music with a phony gas chamber 'Cause one's got a weasel and the other's got a flag One's on the pole, shove the other in a bag
hit 49 at Hancock with 2 lost balls and zero GIRs or even fairways off the tee this morning and was consistently out driven by a tiny Philippina senior citizen. Somehow had two birdies including one on a par 3 AND an Eagle. Quite a round.
Rick Scott @ScottforFlorida
Florida should never be down in tourism, and it being down for the second quarter in a row is concerning — it means less jobs and less revenue for Florida families. Good thing our next governor, @ByronDonalds, cares deeply about this issue! Make sure to vote for him and
7:40 PM · Aug 24, 2026
Ok, but does that also apply to Jane Hamilton when Crocket ran for the 30th in 2022? Or does that not count? Crockett ran a better campaign for that race. Talarico ran a better campaign for this one. That’s how this works. I know you know this, but I also know they know it too. So respectfully, I’m not denying that the discourse is out there, but I think this is less about the very real and justified suspicions of an older generation of black folks, and more about an older generation of power brokers raging against their own waning power and influence.
I think that’s right, but one observation for you: Crockett won a safe district primary when she was anointed by Dame Eddie HERSELF and elevated out of relative obscurity. Until that happened, Jane Hamilton was on a glide path and would be coasting into her third term. In other words- I don’t think she’s demonstrated any real stroke or political talent beyond what’s left of EBJ’s machine. I agree with you that Talarico won’t succeed or fail based on what she does. But more than that, I don’t expect her celebrity to last much longer than this cycle unless she moves into some kind of media job.