10 minutes ago, Gil Bang said:

Just saw one of his Swalwell attack ads.

I don't think he's going to need those anymore.

Edited April 13Apr 13 by Schulz2.0

14 minutes ago, Horn Dog said:

Why do so many of these politicians who are having affairs/sexaully assualting staff members not understand at this point that running for higher office is gonna blow up your shit? I mean over and over and over the same fucking thing. I understand they are all egomaniacs but damn, learn to stay pat if you have a cemetary in your closet!

Username does NOT check out.

3 hours ago, Chad Fuck said:

Username does NOT check out.

The things men will sacrifice for poonanny...

Just another example of us happily throwing a piece of shit Dem in the trash while the right-wing bootlickers excuse or ignore the rampant GOP criminality.

13 minutes ago, Hank Kingsley said:

Just another example of us happily throwing a piece of shit Dem in the trash while the right-wing bootlickers excuse or ignore the rampant GOP criminality.

The quicker you stop trying to force both parties to play by the same rules, the quicker you will find more peace.

18 minutes ago, Hank Kingsley said:

Just another example of us happily throwing a piece of shit Dem in the trash while the right-wing bootlickers excuse or ignore the rampant GOP criminality.

It's what happens when you have standards and self-respect.

he gone

• 
• Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com

BREAKING: Swalwell resigns from Congress:

• 9:28 PM · Apr 13, 2026

3 minutes ago, Gil Bang said:

he gone

• 
• Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com

BREAKING: Swalwell resigns from Congress:

• 9:28 PM · Apr 13, 2026

It's a shame, but we can and must do better. Penis Politics must end!

He just needs to assault more women, switch parties, and he'll have a solid shot at POTUS in no time.

I Can’t remember where i posted it this morning, but it looks like Xavier Becerra is getting grassroots support since the Swalwell news.

Sure, he’s 68 but he has more experience than Porter and Steyer combined.

He should just fall on the sword and admit that he’s sorry that he went out partying with Trump and had sex with minors

8 minutes ago, Pancho said:

I Can’t remember where i posted it this morning, but it looks like Xavier Becerra is getting grassroots support since the Swalwell news.

Sure, he’s 68 but he has more experience than Porter and Steyer combined.

Yeah, I've been hearing his name locally as well (small town in Central Valley). I'm going to have to actually watch the debates to decide between him and Porter.

I would say I can’t imagine a more uninspiring candidate than Xavier Becerra for this race, but lo and behold we also have Betty Yee and Tony Thurmond still hanging around.

I‘m in San Jose and the mayor, Matt Mahan, is running.

he is also in the running for uninspiring candidate as he is bought and paid for by the tech bros

One accuser - meh

Two accusers - pay attention

Two or more - something's up.

That said, I remain troubled by the lack of due process since the ouster of Al Franken from the Senate.

12 minutes ago, Satchel said:

One accuser - meh

Two accusers - pay attention

Two or more - something's up.

28 or more accusers...the GQP makes you POTUS!

29 minutes ago, Pancho said:

I‘m in San Jose and the mayor, Matt Mahan, is running.

he is also in the running for uninspiring candidate as he is bought and paid for by the tech bros

I love Matt Mahan and have been following him since his mayoral campaign. And that said, I still completely agree he is an uninspiring, boring white guy. But he’s young!

54 minutes ago, Pancho said:

I Can’t remember where i posted it this morning, but it looks like Xavier Becerra is getting grassroots support since the Swalwell news.

Sure, he’s 68 but he has more experience than Porter and Steyer combined.

This could be a positive development

Bbet a deal was made.

41 minutes ago, We’reTexas said:

I love Matt Mahan and have been following him since his mayoral campaign. And that said, I still completely agree he is an uninspiring, boring white guy. But he’s young!

You must be a tech bro lol

Jk

Mahan needs to be nowhere near the governors office. The remaining candidates really are pretty meh but folks must coalesce around someone.

4 hours ago, Satchel said:

One accuser - meh

Two accusers - pay attention

Two or more - something's up.

That said, I remain troubled by the lack of due process since the ouster of Al Franken from the Senate.

For criminal charges on assault, absolutely should get due process But he has also admitted to having affair with at least one direct report. That alone is (or should be) disqualifying. I understand it's all too common but I wouldn't call the pushback he's getting "troubling:.

3 hours ago, The Dog said:

Bbet a deal was made.

• 
• PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social

Tony Gonzales announces he will resign

• 10:48 PM · Apr 13, 2026

He’s the rep for the county where the big bend border wall is going up. We need to get someone in that gives a shit.

I've got a funny feeling (based on no real evidence) that Kamala could jump into this race in the next few days. If she did, she'd run off with it.

For Gonzales and Swalwell, they both have announced plans to resign. Plans. This is a delaying tactic. And when they actually submit the resignation, it can for a future date.

I’d argue that they’ve already both previously announced their retirement since neither are running for reelection.

By announcing these new plans to retire, they’re just hoping to avoid a House ethics investigation. Even if that goes forward, they can walk out the door 5 minutes before the ethics report is released and the House will throw the report away. It happens time and time again.

• 
• Politics & Poll Tracker 📡 @PollTracker2024

San Diego Tribune/Survey USA poll | 4/8-4/10 LV

(San Diego County surveyed | pop. 3.2 M | Harris +16.8)

California Governor jungle primary 2026

(Top two candidates advance)

🟥Steve Hilton 20%

🟦Tom Steyer 14%

🟦Eric Swalwell 10% (dropped out)

🟦Xavier Becerra 9%

🟥Chad Bianco

• 12:57 PM · Apr 14, 2026

Hilton and Steyer top Union-Tribune poll of San Diegans for wide-open governor race

The poll was conducted largely before the gubernatorial race was scrambled by U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell’s withdrawal.

sandiegouniontribune.com

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Two congressmen resign because they can't stop fucking people other than their wives. Meanwhile, mistress fucker Ken Paxton is likely to win the R nomination for Texas senate.

9 minutes ago, Disco Strangler said:

Two congressmen resign because they can't stop fucking people other than their wives. Meanwhile, mistress fucker Ken Paxton is likely to win the R nomination for Texas senate.

He'd be less likely to win if he was a faithful husband who didn't fuck mistresses and engage in illegal activity.

10 hours ago, Gil Bang said:

I've got a funny feeling (based on no real evidence) that Kamala could jump into this race in the next few days. If she did, she'd run off with it.

LOL WUT! You think Kamala would run away with the race? Do we never learn our lessons or what?

On 4/11/2026 at 1:17 PM, Earl Haffler said:

Well, one difference is that Democrats consider pedophilia a mental disorder and not a crime, as Republicans do. With that being said, I would think you people would show some empathy to the accused in the Epstein affair.

Bomb-throwing amateur operative.

You are poison to your country but not your team's jersey. You pitifully adhere to a political bowel movement founded in hysteria, hate, and dishonesty. You love your jersey and your team. They're winning! When they've won, you can tack a sign to the jersey:

We won! The world's worse off!

Check out this shirt!

On 4/11/2026 at 3:04 PM, Huckleberry said:

It's not that his head is in the sand, it's that he's a gullible moron.

He's a hate addict. To vote as he does, his hate of pedophiles isn't too keen, but he sure hates them illusory liberals Brother Rush spoke into existence.

On 4/11/2026 at 5:57 PM, Red Five said:

Yeah I don't have to do a study for that. I've had it happen numerous times in my life. "So what about his career of ripping people off, dozens of assault accusations including a conviction, two inpeachments, the 34 felonies, the 50+ other felony counts that were dropped because he was elected president, stealing from charities, running a scam university, etc.....?

"Oh you can't believe any of that is real."

The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was inventing the magical spell Fake News. He speaks the words, casts the spell, and many believe his evil does not exist.

15 hours ago, Satchel said:

One accuser - meh

Two accusers - pay attention

Two or more - something's up.

That said, I remain troubled by the lack of due process since the ouster of Al Franken from the Senate.

I wish Franken was still in the Senate. He was outstanding.

His clowning around crossed the line into the offensive. He's not the monster that Trump is or anything close to being a monster at all, but sneaking squeezes of women's rears during a photo-op knowing there will be no real recourse for the woman is akin to Trump running his hand up under a young woman's skirt in a restaurant. He made it to the underwear. Nobody sees these actions, so the woman has the choice of speaking up or just letting it go. The offender (Franken or Trump with this example) commits an offense and likely some level of crime with impunity.

I hate that. Trump lives for it. Franken should know better.

Franken's resignation was a harsh penalty. The woman whose breasts he nearly touches in a picture from the plane did not want to kill his career. Other women were stepping forward in the rise of the Me Too movement (a good thing). The Dems probably could have saved Franken, but they didn't want to be in any way apologists for the abuse and assaults on women that were far more commonplace than many of us (myself included) imagined. Was forcing him to resign going too far? It is compared to the circled wagons of the white male right but not for maintaining a standard for decency.

I'd hoped Franken would run and be re-elected. I'm sure he's contrite.

Franken definitely shouldn't have been pushed out. Censure him? ok. Knock him out of a leadership position? ok. Use him to show how you are aligned to the Me Too movement? Big mistake. I would think most the Dem Senate would privately agree with that now.

6 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

For Gonzales and Swalwell, they both have announced plans to resign. Plans. This is a delaying tactic. And when they actually submit the resignation, it can for a future date.

I’d argue that they’ve already both previously announced their retirement since neither are running for reelection.

By announcing these new plans to retire, they’re just hoping to avoid a House ethics investigation. Even if that goes forward, they can walk out the door 5 minutes before the ethics report is released and the House will throw the report away. It happens time and time again.

Isn't that the exact move Gaetz pulled?

2 hours ago, Vegas64 said:

LOL WUT! You think Kamala would run away with the race? Do we never learn our lessons or what?

She beat trump by 20 points in California. Early polls for GOV had her up by a mile.

13 hours ago, Gil Bang said:

I've got a funny feeling (based on no real evidence) that Kamala could jump into this race in the next few days. If she did, she'd run off with it.

If it keeps her out of the presidential in 2028, I am all for it

12 minutes ago, Gil Bang said:

She beat trump by 20 points in California. Early polls for GOV had her up by a mile.

Well I'll be! Carry on.

37 minutes ago, Sawbonz said:

If it keeps her out of the presidential in 2028, I am all for it

She can’t get on the ballot.

She can only declare herself a “write-in candidate” and she has limited time to do that.

Fair point.

• 
• Drew Savicki @DrewSav

This is as good as it gets for Tom Steyer. No other candidate has had Trump trash them.

• 5:20 PM · Apr 15, 2026

How dare Fox cover the favorite to win the election. Just don’t ever say his name. Problem solved.

On 4/13/2026 at 4:29 PM, Gil Bang said:

he gone

• 
• Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com

BREAKING: Swalwell resigns from Congress:

• 9:28 PM · Apr 13, 2026

So long fucker.

On 4/13/2026 at 9:35 PM, The Dog said:

It appears the bloom is off the rose with Katie Porter. Reports are that she's abusive to staff and others. The best hope might be Bacerra.

51 minutes ago, Satchel said:

It appears the bloom is off the rose with Katie Porter. Reports are that she's abusive to staff and others. The best hope might be Bacerra.

Becerra has some weird stuff in his past as well.

1 hour ago, Satchel said:

It appears the bloom is off the rose with Katie Porter. Reports are that she's abusive to staff and others. The best hope might be Bacerra.

This came out last year and didn't seem to have lasting impact, but I don't live in California or pay much attention to their elections.

• 
• Christopher Cadelago @ccadelago

Exclusive from @melmason on Katie Porter, who berates a staffer and tells her to “get out of my fucking shot!” while recording a video with the Biden administration.

The video + story — scooped by @politico👇🏼

https://t.co/WENFsRlkwC

• 9:45 PM · Oct 8, 2025

1 minute ago, Covri said:

This came out last year and didn't seem to have lasting impact, but I don't live in California or pay much attention to their elections.

• 
• Christopher Cadelago @ccadelago

Exclusive from @melmason on Katie Porter, who berates a staffer and tells her to “get out of my fucking shot!” while recording a video with the Biden administration.

The video + story — scooped by @politico👇🏼

https://t.co/WENFsRlkwC

• 9:45 PM · Oct 8, 2025

It sunk her candidacy, although she may now a good chunk of Swalwell supporters.

I’m accepting that Steyer will buy the election. It is just too difficult to establish statewide name recognition. Mahan is launching a $14 million ad campaign but I don’t see that doing much. Even Newsom thinks the race is mid:

• 
• Yashar Ali 🐘 @yashar

Here’s what Gavin Newsom thinks of the leading Democratic candidates for California Governor.

https://t.co/dK5ygYFhdB

• 1:55 PM · Apr 15, 2026

Dumb question amnesty requested: why is Newsom not running? Is he termed out? Not used to that being a thing in Texas. If not, is it just assumed he’s running for president in 2028, so why bother?

12 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

Dumb question amnesty requested: why is Newsom not running? Is he termed out? Not used to that being a thing in Texas. If not, is it just assumed he’s running for president in 2028, so why bother?

Termed out.

Becerra picking up steam

• 
• InteractivePolls @IAPolls2022

Emerson: California Governor (Crosstabs)

Democrats:

🟦 Steyer: 20% (+9)

🟦 Becerra: 19% (+15)

🟦 Porter: 15% (+3)

🟦 Mahan: 6% (+1)

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Independents

🟦 Steyer: 16%

🟥 Hilton: 15%

🟥 Bianco: 14%

🟦 Porter: 10%

——

Republicans

🟥 Hilton: 48%

🟥 Bianco: 40%

• 1:25 PM · Apr 16, 2026

• 
• InteractivePolls @IAPolls2022 · Apr 16, 2026

EMERSON: CA Governor (top 2 advance)

🟥 Steve Hilton: 17% (+4)

🟥 Chad Bianco: 14% (+3)

🟦 Tom Steyer: 14% (+4)

🟦 Xavier Becerra: 10% (+7)

🟦 Katie Porter: 10% (+2)

🟦 Matt Mahan: 5% (+2)

🟦 A. Villaraigosa: 3% (=)

🟦 Betty Yee: 1%

🟦 T. Thurmond: 1%

⬜ Not sure: 23%

(+/-

My parting comment on Swalwell - character matters. See ya.