Kyle Haigler for Congress

Stephen A. Smith PRESSES Abdul El-Sayed on Abolishing ICE — Then Gets a Firm Answer on Open Borders Stephen A. Smith: You’ve said the only way forward is to abolish ICE and start from scratch. What does that mean? Dr. Abdul El-Sayed: Let me be clear: I believe we ought to have a safe, secure southern border. I believe you ought to enforce immigration law, but not through masked men with AR-15s acting against the Constitution. ICE didn’t exist before this century. It’s not part of the Constitution. ICE is not about immigration. It’s about making a show of immigration and normalising paramilitary force on our streets. I believe we need to undo it and build a system that enforces immigration law while respecting the Constitution. Stephen A. Smith: Is there any condition under which you think open borders are acceptable? Dr. Abdul El-Sayed: No. You have to have borders that you can control. There’s no question about that. People think ICE is about border enforcement, but it’s not. Customs and Border Protection enforces the border. ICE handles immigration enforcement inside the country. I went to Minneapolis during the height of Project Metro Surge. Some of the things I saw, I never thought I would see in the United States of America. We can’t allow that to continue.

Let’s be honest— Most Republicans were completely caught off guard by the Blue Wave that hit South Carolina. Many GOP candidates put very little effort into the general election. Most hadn’t faced real competitive general elections in years. The primaries were the game. Seeing the final numbers for the Congressional races, state house races, etc is staggering. National factors were driving this election, and the Graham race had outsized effect, but the absence of real campaigning down ballot also had major impact. That cannot happen again. The Party has to step up. Republicans must campaign in every district to push base turn out. The Dems recruited a candidate for every single state house seat! Republicans in heavy R districts did little, and candidates in blue districts were ignored or sidelined by the Party. (Note—numerous voters claim they received NO mailers or other campaign contact from any GOP campaigns except the top of the ticket). Party resources must be primarily allocated to general elections. Stop playing in primaries and let the voters decide. No more incumbent protection racket. Provide resources for ALL Republican candidates, not just favored ones. Earlier this year state Party resources were used to send attack ads against Freedom Caucus Republicans. Then in the general—nothing. Baffling and irresponsible! General election messaging shouldn’t sound exactly like the primary—it definitely didn’t for the Dems. The GOP must campaign to Independents. The Party should weigh in more on legislation BEFORE it’s passed—especially bad legislation that will come back to bite in the general. For example, the Legislature never should have voted to raise their own pay, hiked taxes on lower and middle income earners, refused to enact Trumps Big Beautiful bill cuts, passed a record-setting bloated budget, etc. Especially a general election year! The Republican Legislature wrote the Dem’s campaign ads for them, but the Party was silent. More bridge building must be done between the wings of the party. Not less debate or dialogue on issues or policy, but less fighting and ostracism. Relatedly, winning primary campaigns must put far more effort into courting former opponent’s supporters. SC Republicans need to get our act together and reverse course, before we go the way of Georgia. The time for constructive unity has come. And it must come from the top.

MAGA pastor Lorenzo Sewell says he has "a Holy Ghost hunch" that the Democrats stole the midterms and is therefore calling for "another January 6": "I'm ready to go to the Capitol. I'm ready to present my evidence because I won't let them steal my nation." peoplefor.org/rightwingwatch…

Lots of crazy bastards on this site.  Just saying.

The right had 2 whole years to do literally whatever they wanted. And they spent it filling their pockets, protecting pedophiles, bombing Iran, and calling people retard. Such a waste of time.