Captain Commonsense

Captain Commonsense

@captaincommonsense.bsky.social

"I never did give 'em hell...I just told 'em the truth, and they thought it was hell" --Truman Horseshoes belong in the fire to be reforged as something useful -- not in politics. W.T. Sherman was right, and stopped way too soon.

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A Guide to Trump Social Media Posts: Is everything capitalized properly with generally decent usage, including terms and phrases that Stinky would never know the meaning of? Then it was Stephen Miller who wrote it. Is it a thrill ride of poorly phrased, incoherent insults? Steven Cheung wrote it.

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Jesse Ventura to Piker: "Here's what pisses me off -- I did 2 tours, 17 months. So did my brother. Southeast Asia. That was at the same time Donald Trump was running and hiding like the coward he is. Why didn't he join us in the Vietnam War? I've heard him talk. He said he should be a general!"

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Sophie Cunningham scored 0 points in 0 minutes for the Fever tonight. Because neither she nor her team were good enough to advance to the WNBA Finals (let alone out of round 1). Thought I'd share these stats, since she wants us to talk about basketball now.

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#204/2026 Town councilor Shellie Flockhart [R-IA] pleaded guilty to child endangerment and DUI after driving more than 3x the legal limit with two children in her car in 2017. She just starred in a $1M GOP attack ad lecturing parents about who is "dangerous to kids." She should look in the mirror.

mediaite.comWoman Arrested for Child Endangerment Shows Up in Ad Decrying Dem as a Danger to Kids: ReportThe local official apparently gave The Washington Post a statement that came with "conditions" which "violated" the outlet's standards.

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Michigan Polling: Senate: 🔵 El-Sayed: 51% 🔴 Rogers: 45% Governor: 🔵 Benson: 52% 🔴 James: 45% Glengariff / Oct 22, 2026

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This is just pure racism. Republicans objectively are campaigning on little more than bigotry.

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#202/2026 Fmr. county commissioner candidate Walter Harris III [R-NC] was charged with two misdemeanors after he blocked a woman from voting and threatened her with a throat-slash gesture. Trump is directly responsible for these MAGA terrorists who intimidate voters with violence and death threats.

wfdd.orgFormer Surry commission candidate facing voter intimidation chargesWalter Harris III has been charged with two misdemeanors for disorderly conduct and disturbing an election official, stemming from an incident on the first day of early voting.

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#203/2026 MAGA operative and "election integrity" crusader Scott Presler blatantly violated election laws by letting at least three out-of-state residents use his Pennsylvania home to register to vote. A rank hypocrite crying about nonexistent fraud while running a voter-fraud ring from his couch.

rawstory.comMAGA fraud crusader let out-of-state GOP operatives vote from his swing state home: reportOne of the GOP’s most prominent get-out-the-vote organizers and a relentless critic of supposed Democratic voter fraud, reportedly allowed Republican operatives from across the country register at his...

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#199-201/2026 Fmr. U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham [R-SC] paid three male escorts for sex including an underage 17-year-old boy. From an explosive expose: "My name is Kelvin, and I had sex with Lindsey Graham when I was 17." Despicable that he raped a minor and outrageous "family values" hypocrisy.

mediaite.comLindsey Graham Revealed as Gay Senator Who Paid Off EscortsGraham was the subject of an explosive new documentary from the Young Turks — which featured shocking claims about the late senator.

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Texas Polling: Senate: 🔵 Talarico: 51% 🔴 Paxton: 49% Governor: 🔴 Abbott: 52%* 🔵 Hinojosa: 48% CBS/YouGov / Oct 10, 2026 (Current TX-SEN Model: DEM 50% - GOP 48%) (Current TX-GOV Model: GOP 51% - DEM 49%) unitedstatespolling.com/p/democrats-...

unitedstatespolling.comDemocrats Open Strong in Early Voting as the Midterms ApproachDemocrats hold a 54-seat Senate advantage in the model, but tightening races in Kansas and elsewhere could give Republicans a path to victory

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Just a day after we shared our comprehensive database of now 240 Republican sex criminals, it has grown by one. Senator Lindsey Graham [R-SC] bumped fellow "family values" hypocrite Larry Craig from #6 to #7 in our list by paying for sex with a 17-year-old boy and two other men.

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The MAGA Republican Party is rife with convicted and credibly accused sex criminals. The party of so-called "family values" sure has a sick and twisted way of showing it.

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Ohio Polling: Governor: 🔵Acton: 50% 🔴Ramaswamy: 48% Senate: 🔵Brown: 52% 🔴Husted: 47%* Beacon/Shaw / Oct 19, 2026 (Current OH-GOV Model: DEM 52% - GOP 48%) (Current OH-SEN Model: DEM 51% - GOP 47%) unitedstatespolling.com/p/democrats-...

unitedstatespolling.comDemocrats Open Strong in Early Voting as the Midterms ApproachDemocrats hold a 54-seat Senate advantage in the model, but tightening races in Kansas and elsewhere could give Republicans a path to victory

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If you think a test for dementia is an IQ test, you have dementia. If you don't realize you have been given a test for dementia because your physician suspects you have dementia, you have dementia. If you think being able to tell a giraffe from a whale makes you a genius . . . you have dementia.

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Vance just held an outrageous presser in which he defended Vivek's vile attacks on Acton, agreed w/ Witkoff's assessment of Putin as a "humanitarian," and had gall to claim "there's no person who hates people enriching themselves fraudulently over access to the govt than Donald J Trump" Supercut:

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Q: There's a report that FEMA is telling states to prepare to handle disasters on their own. Any reaction? OSSOFF: So the Trump administration is telling folks across the country to prepare to fend for themselves while taxpayer dollars are sent to back Don Jr & Eric's mining interest in Kazakhstan?

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#198/2026 MAGA billionaire Elon Musk reportedly ordered an unauthorized slowdown of U.S. defense satellites to disrupt Ukrainian defense operations in blatant violation of federal law. We should all be terrified of an unelected oligarch having veto power over military battlefield orders.

cbsnews.comMusk chose to restrict Ukraine's access to SpaceX satellite network, sources sayA decision by Elon Musk led to restrictions on Ukraine's use of SpaceX's satellite communications network, people familiar with the matter told CBS News.

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Three years after being indicted on 16 felony counts, former NYC Councilman Eric Ulrich finally went on trial for allegedly taking over $150k in bribes to sell access to city officials. It should never take this long to hold unrepentant criminals accountable for their illegal actions.

qchron.comEric Ulrich goes to trial in bribery caseFormer City Councilmember Eric Ulrich’s alleged exchange of political favors for cash and other perks is headed to trial more than three years after he was indicted in a sweeping

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Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff to Vladimir Putin today: “You talk so much about Trump being a humanitarian, you are a humanitarian also, sir. And I salute that. I commend you.”

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Poindexter: "You probably heard about the extremely serious allegations against Max Miller, but there's another serious problem w/ him you may not have heard about. He is knee deep in the corruption of DC. After criticizing politicians for trading stocks, Max Miller has traded more than $1m ... "

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Be warned. The River Witch's Halloween costume is Olympic breakdancer Raygun. Wear the same costume to the casino and you will suffer generational tragedies as well as an uncomfortable week of genital itching.

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couldn't be bothered to vote for Kamala Harris and now the president is sending debt collectors after people with student loans. great job.