When Viktor Orbán lost the Hungarian parliamentary election last month, most of the coverage told a familiar story: Liberal democracy had defeated nationalist authoritarianism. Left had beaten right. Those headlines, while partly true, left out an important point that has implications well beyond Hungary.

What actually drove ordinary Hungarian voters to the polls wasn't ideology. It was economic stagnation, rising inflation, and falling living standards.

Orban had governed in a strongly interventionist manner: nationalizing industries, rewarding allies, punishing competitors. He did not lose because Hungary turned left. He lost because his brand of right-wing economic intervention had made people poorer, and they noticed.

Quote from: Herman on May 05, 2026, 04:22:44 PMAnti-ICE" signs are reportedly popping up all over official buildings in Los Angeles at the order of Democratic Mayor Karen Bass, who is running for re-election.

Bass ordered the signs to be installed at over 450 sites in order to warn federal agents against entering and using the locations to launch immigration enforcement operations.

Bill Essayli, the first assistant United States attorney for the Central District of California, derided the signs and the order from Bass.

"I just think this whole thing is silly. The signs have no legal weight, force, or effect on anything the federal government does," he said. "Federal agents will go anywhere they need to go to enforce federal law, including city property."

FUK THAT niggeR!

Quote from: Thiel on May 05, 2026, 01:40:49 PMI don't believe it will happen. The GOP tried unsuccessfully for several years to poach Joe Manchin.

I agree with Lokmar. It is preferable to have the lone sane member of the blue side remain.

Ohioans went to the polls on Tuesday in what has arguably become one of the highest-profile primaries in the country ahead of the midterm elections later this year.

The closest-watched Republican primary, of course, was for Ohio governor, and the winner will go on to face an unopposed Democratic candidate in November.

Vivek Ramaswamy, the Trump-endorsed GOP candidate, biotech entrepreneur, and former presidential candidate, faced off against "America First" candidate Casey Putsch, who has positioned himself as a "third option" against the two choices provided by the political establishment.

Ramaswamy, the favorite in recent polling, was able to beat Putsch for the GOP nomination. With over 98% of the votes counted, Ramaswamy had received 82.5% to Putsch's 17.5%.

Indiana's May 5 primary election tested President Donald Trump's influence after he endorsed several state Senate candidates seeking to unseat Republican incumbents who had previously broken ranks with him by opposing a redistricting map.

At least six out of the eight Indiana Senate challengers endorsed by Trump won their respective primary elections on Tuesday, most with significant leads.

Quote from: DKG on May 06, 2026, 09:30:39 AMI agree with Lokmar. It is preferable to have the lone sane member of the blue side remain.

Why? He has no influence within his own party. He is ostracized by their radical majority.

Quote from: Thiel on May 06, 2026, 01:22:15 PMWhy? He has no influence within his own party. He is ostracized by their radical majority.

I already spelled it out! Its good that the not so loony left has a representative! Besides, I sure AF dont want some half assed RINO joining the team. I already have that with that cunt from Alaska and the other cunt from Maine!  COMPRENDE?

Quote from: Lokmar on May 06, 2026, 09:29:37 AMFUK THAT niggeR!

You FUK her. I aint.

In response to the news of Spirit Airline's shutdown, Pocahontas Warren wrote, "The Big Four airlines (American, Delta, Southwest, United) control 75% of the U.S. market. Fewer choices = higher prices for you."

In 2024, Warren strongly supported blocking the JetBlue-Spirit merger that many critics say would have saved the airline.

The reason why Spirit doesn't exist is because of Elizabeth Warren.

I like this gal. She is the new prime minister of Japan.

Quote from: Herman on May 06, 2026, 06:45:21 PMYou FUK her. I aint.

I bet if we fed her tubs of ice cream for 5 weeks straight, your e-boner would be all over her!

Quote from: Lokmar on May 06, 2026, 02:07:29 PMI already spelled it out! Its good that the not so loony left has a representative! Besides, I sure AF dont want some half assed RINO joining the team. I already have that with that cunt from Alaska and the other cunt from Maine!  COMPRENDE?

That is the reason I would not want him to cross the floor. I want the GOP to nominate true small government strict constitutionalists. That is not Mr. Fetterman.

Rosie Speedlin-Gonzalez was elected in 2018 as a Democrat to serve as a judge on Bexar County Court at Law No. 13 in San Antonio.

The county's first openly homosexual judge wasted no time evidencing her activistic intent and radicalism, erecting, for instance, a Pride flag behind her bench and alongside the U.S. and Texas flags during formal court proceedings in 2019, then later keeping the imperial non-straight colors hoisted at the entrance to her chambers.

After multiple accusations of judicial misconduct and run-ins with the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, Speedlin-Gonzalez's time as a judge in the Lone Star State has finally come to an end.

The leftist ex-judge — who the San Antonio Express-News reported in a 2023 puff piece "concedes to being a rebel" and who was admonished in 2020 for congratulating attorneys on winning in her court — was criminally indicted in January in connection with a December 2024 incident in which she allegedly ordered a bailiff to handcuff a female defense attorney and toss her in the jury box.

The leftist — who ran for re-election to the Bexar County Court but was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in the March Democratic primary election — agreed late last month to accept a lifetime ban from the judicial service in order to settle the outstanding misconduct complaints against her and to avoid further disciplinary action.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is going all in on taxing the rich.

The governor recently proposed a new pied-à-terre tax as a matter of "fairness." The tax, which would affect nonresident owners of high-end New York City properties, is a surprising reversal in support of a tax proposal by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Hochul had previously rejected the proposal.

While the rhetoric around this tax may resonate politically, the policy itself is a textbook case of how populist tax schemes can undermine investment, distort housing markets, and ultimately leave the city worse off.