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Instead Of Apologizing, Schmitt Keeps Lying Like A Child

John Amato — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 13:52:10 +0000

Sen. Eric Schmitt's response to being humiliated during Jack Smith's hearing by Sen. Klobuchar was to lie and lie again when confronted by the media.

Chris Hayes did a beautiful segment highlighting the train wreck of the one true dirtbag, Sen. Schmitt.

Trying to laugh it off and figure out a way to save his reputation, Schmitt lied again and told several different media outlets that there was only one NBA game on the date in question.

SCHMITT: (CNN) Listen, we had information he was at a basketball game. There was only one NBA game that night.

(FOX2) We had information, of course, about him being at a basketball game. The only NBA game going on that night was in Atlanta.

(TMZ) We asked him if he was at a basketball game that night. The only NBA game that was going on that night was in Atlanta.

How fucking stupid is this guy and his staffers? It takes seconds to find information on any sports game with a simple Google search. After agreeing that there was a NBA game in Atlanta featuring Steph Curry, Chris Hayes made these remarks.

"But what if I told you that was not the only NBA game that night?" Hayes said. "What if I told you there were, in fact, six league games taking place that night across the country, something it took our staff mere seconds to confirm?"

Egads. Another cock-up.

Hayes then described the sensation that was Caitlin Clark at Iowa and wondered if Schmitt has a probem with women's basketball?

El-Sayed Hits 'Low-T JD' And 'Meek Rogers' For Refusing To Stand Up To Trump

Heather — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 13:09:17 +0000

Democratic Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed responded to Republicans who can't seem to keep his name out of their mouths while they run around trying to energize their base in red states across the country.

El-Sayed made an appearance on this Thursday's The Beat with Ari Melber, and after they discussed the recent polling that shows El-Sayed ahead of former Congressman Mike Rogers and what voters are telling him, Melber played some clips of House Speaker Mike Johnson, VP JD Vance and Rogers attacking him while campaigning for Republicans on other states.

Melber asked El-Sayed why they were so focused on him even on races that are out of state, and El-Sayed responded with a couple of new nicknames for Vance and Rogers, and explaining why they're appropriate.

EL-SAYED: Ah... Low-T JD. It's always funny, man. He just brings the energy down every time you hear him talk.

Look, the reality of it is that they want to distract you. They want to distract you from the issues at hand. They want to talk about me and my name as if me and my name are causing the problems. They are not.

The problems are, in fact, caused by their boss, Donald Trump, who they cannot deviate from because, of course, he rules their party with an iron fist.
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Inside Source: Schmitt Knew Jack Smith Evidence Was 'Unvetted,' But Used It Anyway

Andrea Thompson — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 11:55:31 +0000

According to a bombshell new report from MS NOW, Republican Senator Eric Schmitt knew that the text messages provided by the Department of Justice that he would go on to use as "evidence" against former special counsel Jack Smith in his Senate Judiciary Committee hearing were "unvetted," yet he chose to use them anyway -- a decision I can only imagine he is filled with regret over now.

Schmitt was desperate to prove a link between the former special counsel who once investigated President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who had her own separate investigation into the president in Georgia around the same time. Committee staff gave the senator's team access to the messages between unnamed prosecutors and Smith's team but, according to "a source with direct knowledge of the conversation," Schmitt and his people were warned right off the bat that the material had not been vetted and they were responsible for verifying the information -- something that, clearly, was not done.

Schmitt whipped those text messages out, blown up on big foam board, with all of the confidence and arrogance afforded to a mediocre white man, and confidently cited them as "evidence" that Jack Smith attended an Atlanta Hawks game on February 3, 2024, suggesting that this was proof that the then-special counsel was in Georgia and colluding with Fani Willis.

Renee Good's Family Slaps ICE Agent And Trump Admin With Lawsuit

NewsHound Ellen — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 11:35:16 +0000

Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem and Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who murdered unarmed protester Renee Good, are just some of the people named as defendants in a pair of lawsuits filed by Good’s family.

Other defendants are former Noem “aide,” Corey Lewandowski, former ICE director Todd Lyons, border czar Tom Homan, and former Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino and ten unnamed agents.

“The time is absolutely now for accountability for the deep damage done by ICE and others,” Good’s brother, Brent Ganger said, as per AP reporting. “We will not be quiet. We will not go away.”

According to AP, the suits will not be easy to win. But maybe winning is not the whole point. They “could reveal many unknown details” about the ICE operation, “including the involvement of some of the country’s top officials,” a law professor said.

In any event, there is much the Trump administration should be held accountable for. After Good’s murder, Todd Blanche wasted no time covering it up by trying to blame her and her family.

JD Vance Lobs Racist Lie-Filled Attack On Angie Nixon

John Amato — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 11:35:06 +0000

Vice President JD Vance campaigned in Lakeland, Florida Thursday and spewed out a lie-filled racist attack on Democratic Senate nominee Angie Nixon as if he wore a white hood.

During a long speech, Vance finally got to Nixon.

"You've got some real choice Democrats running in the state of Florida," Vance said. "Look no further than Angie Nixon, the self-described, it's almost too easy to make fun of her, the self-described socialist that the Democrats put up against Ashley Moody this fall."

Nixon recently joined the DSA, but does not support all of their platform. Not that that matters to a couch fucker.

"Well ladies and gentlemen, when Angie Nixon calls herself a socialist, I think the right response is to say, then get the hell out of here, you don't belong in America, if those are your views," he crowed.

This would be offensive if Angie was white, but telling a strong Black woman she doesn't belong in America is the KKK's swan song.

It doesn't matter what anyone's skin color, religious or political views are. She's an American and it's her right to be here.

Nobody can tell her to leave. Even if you're a visitor our laws apply so you can believe whatever the fuck you want.

Vance's words are especially egregious coming from a man who set the entire MAGA cult against Somalian immigrants with lies and outrageous fairytales.

Being a racist pig wasn't enough for JD.

VANCE: But it goes further than that.
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Mike’s Blog Round-Up

Tengrain — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 11:34:57 +0000

Above, Jesse Welles performs, War Isn't Murder. On this date in 1789 George Washington transmitted the proposed constitutional amendments, known as the United States Bill of Rights, to the states for ratification. I tell people that the Constitution is like the rules printed on the box top for how to play the game, and the Bill of Rights tells us what the government CANNOT do. It's really a simple document.

The Fucking News says that Hegseth is "hardly the first government official to violate the First Amendment prohibition against giving theocracy even a small corner of government bureaucracy."

Balloon Juice rounds-up even more weird White Christian Nationalism ranting from the Sec. of Day Drinking.

Annie Asks You demands that SCOTUS cannot help prznint Stupid steal the election.

Michael Seidel, Writer warns us that "Operation Epic LOOK—SQUIRREL! is cranking up.

Bonus Track: Street Art Utopia has a green thumb.

Susan Collins Just Struck Out

Cliff Schecter — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 11:34:53 +0000

The latest bombshell reporting about the relationship between Collins’ political operation and a defense contractor makes it worth looking back at her whole career. Because, the truth is, her political operation has always been as corrupt as any other pol you can fill with enough helium to animate. Like Mitch McConnell. She's just cleverly and corruptly camouflaged it behind a brand-borrowing, bumbling, ever-frowning persona.

When Trump faced his first impeachment, Collins voted to acquit him. Her reassurance? “I hope that the president has learned the lesson.” Additionally, Collins built her career telling voters she supported abortion rights. When any criticism would come her way. she has hid behind her supposed staunch support for choice. Then she voted to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to a lifetime on the Supreme Court.

New Book: 'Untangling Samantha'

John Amato — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 03:00:01 +0000

My friend Erin wrote this incredible book and I wanted to share it with you.

It wasn't an easy thing for her to do, but helping others has always driven her so she brushed off her fears and went to work.

We all become someone to survive.

The achiever.

The caretaker. The perfectionist. The invisible one.

Erin became Samantha. Capable. Accomplished. Resilient. Successful, even. That's who the world saw. What it didn't see was a little girl carrying secrets, a woman who learned to become whatever the moment required, and a quiet certainty that who she really was would never be enough.

For a long time, Samantha worked. She protected Erin. She helped her survive, achieve, adapt, and build a life that looked remarkably good from the outside.

Until survival became its own kind of prison.

Credit: ChrisJensen.com
Untangling Samantha is a raw, deeply personal, and unexpectedly funny memoir about identity, trauma, survival, and the messy journey back to yourself — about the roles we inhabit, the stories we tell, and what happens when the person we became to survive starts keeping us from actually living.
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Trump Throws A Profanity-Laced Fit Because Nobody Is Praising Him Enough

Conover Kennard — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:32:20 +0000

Donald J. Trump turned a question about Mitch McConnell into yet another complaint about the press during a recent interview with TIME magazine.

Trump was asked whether he had seen recent footage of McConnell and whether the longtime Kentucky senator should step down because of his health. Rather than sticking with the question, Trump veered into a rant about presidential pardons, bringing up Joe Biden and Anthony Fauci before becoming increasingly irritated.

Trump then complained that the interviewers hadn't asked him a single “positive” question. He demanded to know why they kept asking about this or that supposedly negative topic instead of giving him credit for things he believes he has accomplished.

"You mentioned the Democrats will come after you if they win," the outlet said. "Are you considering pardoning members of your administration prior to the end of your term?"

"Yeah, sure I’d do that," Trump unsurprisingly replied.

"Well, Sleepy Joe Biden, he gave pardons to everyone," he added, then held up pictures of the White House. "They're actually—see, this is the way it looks now."

Brooke ‘Where’s The Beef?’ Rollins Is Somehow Celebrating Higher Beef Prices

John Amato — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 21:56:45 +0000

During an appearance at the World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin, on Wednesday, Agriculture Sec. Brook Rollins addressed the high costs of fuel and beef by offering no solutions, but was very enthusiastic that, as prices rise, "people continued to buy.”

The best she could do to help the suffering farm industry was to say, Trump is "working on relief for farmers facing higher diesel costs while also trying to address elevated beef prices without hurting cattle and dairy producers."

This did not make them feel better.

ROLLINS: The American public loves beef and loves what we produce in America.

We're the best at it in the world.

And so, as the prices continued to creep up, for example, on a pound of ground beef, normal supply and demand would tell you that as the prices went up, the demand would go down, and then the prices would follow, right?

I'm an AG development major. I didn't want an economist, but even I know these, even I know how this works.

And what has, what's happening was exactly the opposite, that the prices continue to rise and people continue to buy.

And that's the long-term good news.
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Asked About His Trump Baggage, Husted Picks Up More

Conover Kennard — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 20:47:10 +0000

The irony is that the Fox interviewer basically handed GOP Sen. Jon Husted an opportunity to address the exact concern reflected in Fox's own polling, and Husted responded by leaning even harder into Trump.

Fox's August poll found that 51% of Ohio voters were concerned Husted was too close to Trump, compared with 44% who had the same concern about Brown and the Democratic establishment. Fox also found Brown leading Husted 53%-45% in that survey.

When asked about that, Husted immediately went to: “So look, the president won Ohio three times, by 8, 8, and 11 points. He won the last time by 11 points.”

Well, according to a recent Marist poll, Trump's job approval rating among Ohio registered voters is 42%, while 56% disapprove of how the president is doing his job.

Still, Husted persisted.

“The Ohio voters don't want Kamala Harris or Joe Biden, and it's, look, it's always tougher in a midterm election once you're governing, but Donald Trump is fighting for lower prices, he's fighting for a stronger economy, and again, I want to celebrate the working family tax cut plan, which no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, no tax on Social Security, a $2,200 tax credit for working families,” he insisted.

“These are things that we've done to help make life more affordable by letting people keep more of what they earn to spend and save on their priorities,” he added.

Trump TV Has Fewer Viewers Than You’d Expect At A Family Reunion

Conover Kennard — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 19:47:23 +0000

Donald J. Trump’s attempt to create his own answer to the mainstream media is turning into a hilariously spectacular ratings flop.

After banning several major news organizations from the White House over what he called “fake news,” Trump launched “Trump TV,” which is essentially a 24-hour livestream on the White House YouTube channel featuring reruns of his speeches and appearances. Apparently, that's even too much for diehard MAGA fans.

The channel initially attracted around 8,500 viewers. But that audience has since completely evaporated. At around 2 a.m. Eastern, Trump TV had just 91 viewers—a staggering drop for a president who loves to call himself the “king of ratings," according to The Daily Beast.

And the competition isn’t exactly fierce. Trump TV has already been beaten by a livestream of a box fan, which attracted more than 1,500 viewers, as well as streams featuring rain sounds, brown noise, and even a pedicure. A recent accidental Instagram livestream by former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt also drew more than 1,000 viewers while she was simply lying in bed with her baby.

JD Vance Spreads More Lies About Talarico And Trans Kids

Heather — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 19:15:50 +0000

JD Vance lies as easily as he breathes. Here he is during a midterm rally in Harlingen, Texas this Wednesday spreading more nonsense about Texas Senate candidate James Talarico.

VANCE: Think about this. If your 6-year-old son comes home one day and says he's a girl, Talafreako says, and I quote, it is abusive -- abusive! -- if you don't let school officials put him on hormones and change his pronouns.

Nothing in the Bible supports any of this, of course.

Now, in my church, and I imagine like a lot of yours, we are taught, for example, that Mary was selected by God to be the sacred vessel because she was, in the words of the archangel, full of grace and blessed among women.

But, in the Gospel of James Talafreako, Mary was not a woman because there is no such thing. She was a pregnant person, and her son was little more than a decent philosopher.

The "quote" Vance was using here had nothing to do with schools or hormones. It was a quote about Texas House Bill 1910, which would have barred Texas courts from treating a parent's willingness or unwillingness to acknowledge a child's gender identity or expression as child abuse.

Hegseth Boasts No ‘Fatties’ ‘Trannies' Or ‘Wimps’ In His ‘Warrior’ Military

NewsHound Ellen — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 17:53:11 +0000

Pete Hegseth is the country’s most unqualified, unfit secretary of defense in history. He can’t even do his job without the help of his even less qualified mommywife. But he strutted like a tinpot dictator boasting about how tough he has made the military.

“It’s worth saying again so that the fake news understands it,” Hegseth sneered. “We are no longer the woke department or the weak department. Simple translation of that. No fanny, no fatties, no trannies, no beardos, no weirdos, no wimps, no radicals, just warriors, just tough, ready, committed troops.”

Guys like Hegseth always equate tough with insults.

'They Voted Against Me': Trump Says Quiet Part LOUD; Regrets His SCOTUS Picks

Andrea Thompson — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 17:01:51 +0000

In his sprawling new interview with TIME, President Donald Trump finally said the quiet part out loud with respect to his Supreme Court justice picks -- Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett -- flat-out admitting that he regrets all three of them because they "voted against me too often."

Trump's entire second presidential term has been inundated with one Supreme Court defeat after another, despite his best efforts to stack the highest Court in the land with his own devout loyalists. In February, the SCOTUS ruled 6-3 that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act did not, in fact, give him the authority to implement his sweeping emergency tariffs. Kavanaugh dissented, while Gorsuch and Barrett joined the controlling opinion.

Just a few short months later, Trump was hammered again when the Supreme Court rejected his attempt to impose severe restrictions on birthright citizenship. Barrett and Chief Justice John Roberts joined the liberal-leaning justices in striking down Trump's attempt as unconstitutional. Kavanaugh joined a separate majority that concluded the restrictions violated federal law. Gorsuch dissented.

Just one day before that loss, the Supreme Court blocked his efforts to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook in a 5-4 decision.

When asked point-blank in the TIME interview whether he regretted his SCOTUS choices, Trump did not mince his words.

SNL Has A Great Trump But He Needs Some Padding And Makeup

John Amato — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 15:42:01 +0000

James Austin Johnson's imitation of Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live has been a highlight since he began on November 6, 2021.

Since then, Trump's physical and mental functions have deteriorated significantly. He never stops hogging the spotlight and camera angles, make-up and hair dye are not helping him.

For some reason S&L refuses to use their hair and makeup department so James Austin Johnson looks spry, energized and mentally sharp. The comedian comes on bouncing around and looks like the athletic version of Demented Donald that Trump wishes he was.

Trump is fat, and bloated with horrific skin that's bronzed up so much, at times he looks a neon sign. He garbles his words constantly while nodding out as if on drugs during live cabinet meetings.

SNL is doing Trump a service now.

How hilarious would a skit be if Johnson came out looking to the Trump we see almost everyday, instead of a fantastical one?

It's time to get it right.

God Help Us: Whiskey Pete Announces Elon Musk Will Help Lead US Military

Andrea Thompson — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 15:09:24 +0000

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has made what may be the most terrifying announcement in Donald Trump's presidential career -- Elon Musk will soon play a major role in the United States military.

Pentagon Pete's announcement came during his "State of the Force" address yesterday afternoon, in which he confirmed that the former DOGE head and onetime trillionaire would be joining former Speaker of the House Newt Grinich and right-wing extremist entrepreneur Palmer Luckey to head up "Project Meridian" -- a monumental upcoming study surrounding the "future of warfare."

In his speech, the Defense Secretary called the troubled trio "the best forecasters of future conflict."

There are obvious biases and risks to asking ourselves to both ask the questions and answer them. So today we are leveraging a unique source of American advantage—one our adversaries do not have: our innovators, our senior leaders, and our technologists. Big thinkers and doers who will forecast the creative solution to tomorrow’s conflicts. And that’s why today … I’m announcing Project Meridian, an effort led by America’s best minds to study the future of warfare.

Musk and his partners are slated to work with private-sector leaders, various experts, and former Uber vice president turned Pentagon chief technology officer Emil Michael to "creatively look to the future and identify the domains we must conquer."

GOP Rep. Blames Obama For Trump's High Gas Prices

John Amato — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 13:44:57 +0000

Desperation oozes from MAGA Republicans as they try to advance any lie to defend Dear Leader.

With the chances that Republicans remain in control of the House dwindling as the 2026 midterm elections approach, Rep. Rich McCormick blamed skyrocketing gas prices on Pres. Obama from 18 years ago to defend Trump's horrific Iran war that led to the massive increase in today's world fuel supply.

Now that's doing a deep dive to find something to lie about.

Rep. McCormick lied and told Newsmax this morning that "Gas prices are artificially inflated, but that's going to be temporary."

Temporary means a month or two. We're seven months in and there is no end in sight to Trump's war. Trump has downplayed the price increases as smaller than he had imagined.

Republicans understand, even if they won't dare say it, that fuel costs are strangling their communities because of Trump.

McCormick really hit the lie meter with the next lie.

MCCORMICK: Get the truth out there.

Realize that there was a huge growth and permanent elevation in gas prices during the Obama administration, which was planned. He talked about that.

We want to bring gas prices down.

We will bring gas prices down.

But we've got to deal with a very real and serious threat to America, one that is growing nuclear arms and ballistic missiles.
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Republicans Advance Trump’s Pro-Death Nominee For Surgeon General

NewsHound Ellen — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:47:57 +0000

Republicans advanced Dr. Nicole Saphier’s nomination out of the Senate health committee in a 12-11 party line vote, The Washington Post reported.

Unlike the Republican senators who either don’t know or don’t care about Saphier’s pro-death agenda, we at Crooks and Liars both know and care. As I wrote in May, when Donald Trump nominated the unqualified Fox News pundit to be the nation’s doctor, Saphier has a long history of putting her extremist ideology above patients’ actual lives. That’s not counting the fact that there is not a single public health credential to be found in her resumé.

Lack of credentials has not stopped Saphier from playing a public “health” expert on Fox News TV. Her prescriptions can be summed up as less health insurance and less health care, though probably not for herself, of course. We have seen Saphier complain that the ACA gave too many people the ability to see a doctor, for example. In the video above, she complained that the ACA requires coverage for too many conditions, including pre-existing conditions.

Schmitt's Own Hometown Paper Just ROASTED Him Over Brutal Public Humiliation

Andrea Thompson — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:17:22 +0000

Missouri Republican Senator Eric Schmitt shit the bed in a monumental way during this week's interrogation of former special counsel Jack Smith, and the lawmaker cannot seem to escape the humiliation of it all—even from his own hometown newspaper.

Schmitt, who most people didn't even know before this week, attempted to earn his 15 minutes of fame by setting Smith up for what he thought was a real humdinger of a "gotcha" moment on live television, accusing the former special counsel of committing perjury and openly calling him a "dirtbag" as he accused Smith of attending an NBA game in Atlanta in February 2024, citing that as proof that Smith was colluding with Fulton County DA Fani Willis.

But Smith was not in Atlanta watching the Atlanta Hawks play basketball. He was in Maryland watching the Iowa Hawkeyes play basketball—and suddenly Schmitt's "gotcha" moment turned into what I can only imagine is the most brutal humiliation of his entire career.

The GOP lawmaker has desperately tried to save face, cranking out shoddy attempts at witty social media posts and telling reporters that he's not embarrassed because he didn't even make a mistake. Apparently he meant to make an ass out of himself, I suppose.

But in the end, absolutely no one is buying it.

Wisconsin School District To Students: No Music For You!

Chris capper Liebenthal — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:17:17 +0000

Last May, the Watertown School Board decided to ban the high school's wind symphony from playing the song "A Mother of a Revolution," a musical piece written in honor of Marsha Johnson, a trans woman who is thought to be an instigator of the 1969 Stonewall uprising. The school board considered the music too controversial because of its ties to the LGBTQ community.

Now, four months later, the school district finds itself in the middle of another firestorm because of its puritanical decisions. This time, however, they don't want to ban just one song; they want to scrub the entire spring musical, based on an adaptation of the movie "Flashdance." The music director scoured the entire play, making it much more kid-friendly. But that wasn't good enough for the school superintendent, James Feil.

Feil said in his letter that he reviewed the issue after hearing concerns about the production, though he did not specify how the matter was brought to his attention, or by whom.
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Fox News Promotes El-Sayed As 'Abdul The Alpha'

Ed Scarce — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 10:33:53 +0000

If you saw El-Sayed's interview on Watters' show last month, where El-Sayed absolutely owned Watters, you'd have seen something was going on. Jesse Watters continued his man-crush on Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed on Tuesday.

EMILY COMPAGNO: Now, the self-styled macho candidate is hoping that alpha energy can help him win over maha voters. The candidate pitching himself as a health-focused leader with a new agenda called, quote, building a healthier America.

Mike’s Blog Round-Up

Tengrain — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 10:33:44 +0000

Above, 'Til Tuesday performs, Voices Carry. My friend Jill reposted this on BlueSky last night:

— Jillian Hurley (@jillianmhurley.bsky.social) 2026-09-30T02:08:56.147Z

...and at Crooks & Liars sister publication Liars' Ledger Andrea Thompson picked up the thread.

We've got a problem, America, and we need to address it.

Throughline has some thoughts about the Cornell Seven.

DAM Digest explains how "power protects the monsters we raise."

Men Yell At Me has a personal story about what it is like to raise a boy today.

Is Roger Marshall Trying To Lose In Kansas?

Ed Scarce — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 10:33:40 +0000

I don't know about you, but threatening to sue your opponent over a campaign ad doesn't seem like the smartest idea to try and make the story go away. Roger Marshall is a horrible politician and an even worse human being.

Source: Kansas Reflector

TOPEKA — Lawyers for a Kansas Republican U.S. senator running for reelection sent his opponent a cease-and-desist letter demanding the Democrat stop airing an ad featuring one of the senator’s former patients.

The lawyers for U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, said in a Monday letter that the Rev. Adam Hamilton’s campaign had published and distributed ads about Marshall’s medical debt collection practices that were “defamatory.”

The ad begins with Meischa Zimmerman, who said she was arrested while eight months pregnant for missing a $50 payment to Marshall. She was paying roughly $50 a month to account for 18% interest on nearly $3,600 in total debt, according to court records.

The woman was one of more than 700 patients who Marshall sued while a practicing physician in Great Bend, according to reporting by the New York Times.

“The unmistakable message to a reasonable viewer is that Senator Marshall caused a pregnant patient to be arrested and jailed for missing a single $50 payment. That message is false in every material respect,” the letter said.
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Getting Their Sports Mixed Up

Steve Greenberg — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 03:00:02 +0000

Open thread below...