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-Great Cultural Revolution
‘Devout TX Christian' Dem caught following prostitutes, OnlyFans models on social media
[NY Post] Dead Jimmy Swaggart *nods*. Cornyn's (or Allred's or Crockett's) Oppo research team earns its pay
He was reading from the book of lurk.

Texas Democrat James Talarico, a self-professed "devout Christian," has been following prostitutes and porn stars on social media, even exchanging messages with some of the busty women, a new bombshell report revealed.

The Texas Dem, who represents the Lone Star State’s 50th district, is running to unseat Sen. John Cornyn
….(R), elected to the Senate in 2002, former Texas Supreme Court judge, former Texas attorney general, strong Trump ally…
next year, and is competing in his state’s primary against ex-Rep. Colin Allred

Talarico, who is also a seminary student, liked multiple photos posted by at least one of the sexpots and even exchanged private messages with another flesh peddler who describes herself as a "bit of a glamour-puss," the outlet found.

"Thank you, Alice!" Talarico, 36, wrote to OnlyFans model Alice Greczyn after she tagged him in a story, according to a screenshot released by his campaign.

"Thank YOU! Really appreciate your work. It heartens me to see there are politicians like you," Greczyn responded.

A screenshot shared by Ennis appeared to show that the two had no further interactions. He claimed the Texas rep had no other conversations with OnlyFans models, porn stars or escorts

Talarico, who is known for delivering viral sermons laced with progressive politics, has labeled Jesus Christ a "radical feminist" and argued that there are six "biological sexes."

"[M]odern science obviously recognizes that there are many more than two biological sexes ... in fact, there are six, which honestly ... surprised me, too," the son of a single mother said at a 2021 Texas House hearing.

The rising star in Democratic circles liked pervy pictures from an Instagram account belonging to Allie Pentz, who allegedly has a profile on an adult escort website.

"Hello, I am a respectful and sexy woman, very charming with soft, fragrant, and always tanned skin, always smiling..." she wrote on her escort profile.

He also follows the popular adult model Giselle Palmer, who goes by @honkyton_angel.

Many of the accounts contained sexual imagery and some even linked to pornographic websites.

Ennis confirmed that the Texas Democrat did follow back and engage with some of the accounts in question, while others were followed by campaign staffers, he claimed.

"The social media team — including James — follows back and engages with supporters who have large followings and does not investigate their backgrounds," Ennis said. "While James was unaware of how these women make money, he does not judge them for it and will not play into an effort to smear them for clickbait articles.

"That’s exactly what his Christian faith calls him to do."
In theory he could indeed be that naive. In practice, however…

Posted by: Frank G || 11/09/2025 05:02 || Comments || Link || [1770 views] Top|| File under:

#1  "That’s exactly what his Christian faith calls him to do."

What part of 'go forth and sin no more' didn't you understand?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 11/09/2025 6:29 Comments || Top||

#2  It is like weightlifting, you build up your resistance to temptation by exposing yourself to more and more of it.
Posted by: SteveS || 11/09/2025 9:11 Comments || Top||

#3  Any publicity is better than no publicity? Or perhaps he thinks to woo low-information voters by gainng the esteem of those they follow? There’s so much more competition for the big name actors, musicians, and comedians, donchaknow.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/09/2025 9:48 Comments || Top||

#4  Every Senator seems to be subject to some corporate special interest. This time it would just happen to be Vaseline.
Posted by: Super Hose || 11/09/2025 11:12 Comments || Top||


-War on Police-
NYPD launches huge recruitment drive as it sees officer exodus in the month leading up to anti-cop socialist Zohran Mamdani's mayoral win
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Nearly 250 New York City police officers resigned in the weeks leading up to Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral victory, despite the democratic socialist softening his earlier anti-police rhetoric.

Mamdani, 34, became the youngest mayor in city history Tuesday after a campaign centered on affordability and fueled by savvy social media outreach that energized younger voters.

The 245 resignations in October represent a 35 percent increase compared to the 181 officers who left during the same month last year, according to Police Pension Fund data.

In response, the NYPD told Daily Mail 'We are laser-focused on addressing our recruitment efforts and bringing in the next generation of officers. The momentum is changing and we will continue to attract the highest level of candidates to protect this city.'

The department noted that 1,093 new officers were hired last month, marking the largest Police Academy class since January 2016.

So far this year, the NYPD has hired 2,911 recruits and is on track for the largest annual hiring in its history, with nearly 10,000 new officers added over the past four years.

Despite Mamdani's recent efforts to soften his stance on policing, including an apology for past remarks calling the NYPD 'racist and anti-queer,' police unions said morale within the department has dropped sharply.

Officers are reportedly concerned about the mayor-elect's proposed reforms and past rhetoric.

'Morale is down because everyone is concerned about the policies Mamdani wants to put in place,' Scott Munro, president of the Detectives Endowment Association, told the NY Post.

'You have a person who is supposed to be running New York City that does not believe in law enforcement.'

The Police Benevolent Association (PBA), which is preparing to negotiate a new contract with Mamdani, warned that the trend could worsen.

'Every single month, we're losing enough cops to staff an entire precinct,' PBA President Patrick Hendry told the New York Times. He cited unsustainable workloads, an expired contract, and a lack of support as key factors driving officers away.

A union source told the NY Post that Commissioner Jessica Tisch’s future with the department could have ripple effects on morale and retention.

'If she leaves it may result in an uptick,' the source said. 'If she stays, maybe not.'

Despite the spike in resignations, new hires have helped the NYPD maintain its overall staffing levels.

The department currently has a uniformed headcount of 33,745, slightly down from 33,812 in 2024. The NYPD's peak staffing was 40,285 in 2000, according to the Independent Budget Office.

Among the most notable recent departures is Deputy Chief John D'Adamo, head of the Strategic Response Group, a unit tasked with policing protests.

Mamdani has previously criticized the group and suggested it could be disbanded.

D'Adamo resigned the day after Mamdani's election, though a friend said his decision was unrelated to the political shift and that he was simply ready to retire.

Mamdani's past social media posts from 2020 show him repeatedly advocating to defund the police during the height of the Black Lives Matter protests.

He referred to the NYPD as a 'rogue agency' and a 'major threat to public safety,' and posted that 'nature was healing' after hearing an officer cried over Joe Biden's election win.

During the campaign, Mamdani denied being anti-police and stated he would not defund the NYPD.

He expressed interest in retaining Commissioner Sewell and said he would invest in social and mental health services to support public safety.

He also proposed transferring final disciplinary authority from the police commissioner to the Civilian Complaint Review Board, a move that has sparked further debate.
Posted by: Skidmark || 11/09/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1806 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Join the Sharia Guards!
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 11/09/2025 3:55 Comments || Top||

#2  Soon to be modeled after what the Bobbies have become in the UK. Enablers of grooming gangs and suppression of the native population.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 11/09/2025 6:31 Comments || Top||

#3  The same thing with DeKalb County, Ga. (Metro-Atlanta area)

The Police & Sheriff Dept. has Official Police and Sheriff dept vehicles driving around in neighboring counties trying to recruit new LEO's.

It seems very, very few inside the Dekalb is looking to, or could pass a BkGrd check to join. Given the Hood, Gangs, crime rates and 81+% voted for Harris ☺
Posted by: NN2N1 || 11/09/2025 6:44 Comments || Top||

#4  I bet the Enterprise had to do some serious recruiting to fill out the red shirt ranks after each landing party mishap as well.
Posted by: Super Hose || 11/09/2025 11:05 Comments || Top||

#5  ..now that you mention it.

https://www.powerlineblog.com/ed-assets/2022/12/318427758_8383073941734897_6445882939027146988_n.jpg?ssl=1

[they don't like direct linking]
Posted by: Procopius2k || 11/09/2025 15:26 Comments || Top||


Britain
BBC Caught Making Underhanded Edits of Trump's J6 Speech, will apologize
[RedState] The events of January 6th, 2021, are still reverberating through American politics. While these events have been described by the legacy media as a riot or even as an insurrection, for the most part, it was nothing worse than hooliganism. But all that is still being sorted out, and among the things we are learning is that some legacy media outlets actively mislead their viewers and readers by deceptively editing President Trump's remarks from that day.

Case in point: The BBC. The UK Telegraph, in an exclusive story on Monday, broke the details.

The BBC “doctored” a Donald Trump speech by making him appear to encourage the Capitol Hill riot, according to an internal whistleblowing memo seen by The Telegraph.

A Panorama programme, broadcast a week before the US election, “completely misled” viewers by showing the president telling supporters he was going to walk to the Capitol with them to “fight like hell”, when in fact he said he would walk with them “to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard”.

Most of us on the political right here in the United States, or indeed anyone interested in, you know, facts, know what President Trump said on that day. We're all aware of the "peacefully and patriotically" admonition. Our own legacy media tried to fudge that sentence, to ignore it, but that's what he said.

The BBC appears to have deliberately edited that speech to hide those words.

The “mangled” footage was highlighted in a 19-page dossier on BBC bias, which was compiled by a recent member of the corporation’s standards committee and is now circulating in government departments.

The dossier said the programme made the US president “‘say’ things [he] never actually said” by splicing together footage from the start of his speech with something he said nearly an hour later.

It claimed senior executives and the BBC’s chairman had ignored and dismissed a string of serious complaints raised by the corporation’s own standards watchdog.

That's journalistic malpractice of the first water.

BBC’s 10 most shocking anti-Israel scandals exposed in damning dossier
[IsraelTimes] A memo sent to the BBC's board sets out, in painstaking detail, the deep-seated problems within its reporting - including on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Posted by: trailing wife || 11/09/2025 2025-11-09 01:13 || Comments || Link || [1806 views] Top|| File under:

#1 
When ANY Newsgroup deliberately adjusts and plays with the facts, it is No Longer a NEWS Agency. It is a Propaganda Ministry. Pull their NEWS Credentials and place their broadcasting license on probation.

How much correction will it take to clean the minds of those it tinted, and steered socially, morally and politically wrong already?

Because they now mimic Political Social Slander shows like THE VIEW or Late Night with ______?

Posted by: NN2N1 || 11/09/2025 6:29 Comments || Top||

#2  Government funded mouthpiece for the a Labor Party.
Posted by: Super Hose || 11/09/2025 11:06 Comments || Top||

#3  Several top BBC a$$hats just resigned.
Posted by: Airandee || 11/09/2025 14:34 Comments || Top||

#4  /\ Packed up and went back to their offices at 85 Albert Embankment in Vauxhall, London did they ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/09/2025 14:46 Comments || Top||


Government Corruption
Blaze News Identifies January 6 Pipe Bomber as Former Capitol Police Officer Shauni Kerkhoff-
Note the USCP is closely linked to the Speaker of the House
Excellent find NoMo. Excellent indeed. Running the traps on this one will be quite interesting. If accurate, this could have historic legal and political implications.
[ConservativeTreehouse] According to Steve Baker at Blaze News, Shauni Kerkhoff (27), a former Capitol Police Officer, was the J6 pipe bomber.

Kerkhoff “was a Capitol Police officer for four and a half years, left the department in mid-2021 for a security detail at the Central Intelligence Agency.” … “Kerkhoff was born in November 1993 in Hamilton, Ohio, the youngest of three daughters of Brandt James Kerkhoff and the former Patricia Marie Hennin.” [Full Story Here]

Among the evidence, the FBI tracked a DC Metrorail SmarTrip card used by the pipe-bomb suspect to an Air Force civilian employee, that employee lived next door to Shauni Kerkhoff.

Ms Kerkhoff was never questioned by the FBI.
Credit also to Woodrow, who gives us Gateway Pundit’s take:
On January 5, 2021, a suspect planted pipe bombs near the Washington DC RNC and DNC headquarters the night before the January 6, 2021 protests.

The culprit was caught on video but never caught by the FBI the greatest marginal intelligence service in the world.

As previously reported — A mysterious suspect planted two pipe bombs at the RNC and DNC DC Headquarters that were safely detonated by a bomb squad on January 6.

Shauni Kerkoff went to work for the CIA headquarters after the January 6 riots. She later testified against J6 defendant Guy Reffitt, who was set up by the FBI, who wired his son in his own home.

Shauni reportedly scrubbed her social media accounts after joining the FBI.

Steve Baker at The Blaze has been covering this story all week and on Friday reported on Shauni Kerkhoff after her name was going viral on social media.

The FBI, under the direction of Chris Wray, reported in 2023 that the data used to identify the bomber was conveniently corrupted and unusable. The FBI blamed the service provider.

Posted by: NoMoreBS || 11/09/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1854 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

#1  Shauni Kerkoff went to work for the CIA headquarters after the January 6 riots.

Better pay, easier commute ?

"The trick is not to get killed. That's really the key to the benefit program" - The 1979 movie "The In-Laws".
~ Peter Falk as Vince Recardo.

Posted by: Besoeker || 11/09/2025 3:04 Comments || Top||


#3  Shauni Kerkhoff will find not every CIA tool gets to be VA Governor. Some just...die in car accidents, or become victims of street crime
Posted by: Frank G || 11/09/2025 5:22 Comments || Top||

#4  Now that he's been identified, can the FBI still find him or not?
Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance || 11/09/2025 6:27 Comments || Top||

#5  'We have top men working on it right now', SCFI.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 11/09/2025 7:04 Comments || Top||

#6 
Posted by: Warthog || 11/09/2025 8:14 Comments || Top||

#7  If true, this would change the game. To prove this fslse, the FBI would have to provide the real bomber and be transparent about the investigation.
Posted by: Super Hose || 11/09/2025 10:55 Comments || Top||

#8  If it is false it is a libelous statement. Shauni Kerkoff can sue and demand that Blaze News prove the assertion. So Blaze News needs to prove the assertion first.
Posted by: magpie || 11/09/2025 19:03 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
FAA reductions in air traffic enter third day as US flights delayed and canceled
[FoxNews]
Posted by: Threns Anginegum1278 || 11/09/2025 09:44 || Comments || Link || [1769 views] Top|| File under:


#2  They could shut down Reagan and Dulles, trapping the Senators in DC. That might encourage them to end the shutdown.
Then shut down Amtrak so even Schumer can't get home.
Posted by: Rambler || 11/09/2025 10:45 Comments || Top||

#3  Seems to me two feet of the shite stuff in Chicago can cause delays and cancellations of 10% of nationwide flights.

But a few storms with some FAA restrictions might really cause havoc.
Posted by: Bobby || 11/09/2025 11:25 Comments || Top||

#4  Thanksgiving is going to be 'fun'.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 11/09/2025 12:01 Comments || Top||


Schumer just ran off the Senate floor to dodge Bernie Moreno’s grilling over his Obamacare fraud mess
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
…under Trump’s pressure. The GOP finally smells blood.

Posted by: Fred || 11/09/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1805 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I don’t see how Schumer can be re-elected.
Posted by: Super Hose || 11/09/2025 11:01 Comments || Top||

#2  ^ Do not misunderestimate the power of the Democratic Machine(tm)!
Posted by: SteveS || 11/09/2025 11:29 Comments || Top||

#3  Maybe he should just join Pelosi and the other fossils, to make room for the Young Communists.
Posted by: Bobby || 11/09/2025 11:36 Comments || Top||

#4  Bobby, you mean like AOC?
Posted by: Rambler || 11/09/2025 13:49 Comments || Top||

#5  #1 didn't pay attention to the Virginia election? They have no soul. Their only god is power.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 11/09/2025 15:28 Comments || Top||



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