Did you also see her scream “Get out of my fucking shot” live to one of her staffers. She is truly insane. There is a treasure trove on this one. She has zero self control. And hilariously she will probably win the CA governor’s race because they are so stupid.
KPort is also verbally abusive to her kid. Unless she's using her as a prop as she did when she claimed her 12 year old daughter said she was afraid of getting raped and not being able to get an abortion because Trump won.
What is even more concerning is that she makes it sound like her daughter's fear is not that she may be raped.....the fear is not being able to get the abortion. 🤔 As someone who lives in California, I'd like her to explain this. How about we talk about crime and maybe NOT getting raped. Oh wait, that would be on the same page as Trump. True TDS
Why do you think that video of Porter is out there today? Just a coincidence you think? Porter is one of the better politicians in California, which is admittedly a low bar. Do you think Pelosi and Newsom and Kamala Harris never had a cross word for anyone? The reason this video is out there is because California elites don't want Porter anywhere near the governor's mansion. They didn't want her or Barbara Lee, another conscientious politician, anywhere near the senate either so they rigged the game for Adam Schiff, who is now a senator. This video is a deliberate attempt to take Porter down. Rather than mocking, maybe a better use of time would be to find out who wanted this video out there, how much they paid to do so, and who made it go viral. Bash Porter all you want, but in doing so you are being a useful tool for the likes of Adam Schiff. And all the "own the libs" types around here really need to get a grip and start thinking before spouting off.
I don't doubt she's made enemies in the CA Democrat party. And your characterization of her as "conscientious" might even be accurate.
I'd like you to tell us though, conscientious about what? People like her who think they know EVERYTHING, who feel sorry for every person with a sad story, and who think more government will solve all problems are running this country into the ground.
I understand what you’re saying, but it is not simply one moment in that interview, it is many completely painful moments where she’s expecting to be treated like a queen by a journalist and behaves horribly…and then the “You’re in my shot” moment, and then the potatoes... She comes across as a horrible human being.
I remember an interview of some pol a few years back. Interview totally unimportant, it was the background that was memorable. About 30 feet back in the hallway is Nancy Pelosi doing a literal balls-to-the-wall dressing down of a staffer. Probably before her last face-lift because you could see this horrific anger on her face as she leaned in and shook her finger in the poor kid's face.
I recall her dressing down AOC over the Iron Dome vote right on the house floor. AOC cried when she cast her vote. My presumption is that it must sting the first time you sell your soul for your ambitions. I told my wife then that you don't become a Senator in NY and vote against Israel. Look where we find ourselves now.
You're talking about the original interview, right? That was recorded by choice with a journalist for the purpose of being, you know, out there? You're talking as though it was some leaked private thing. She actually chose to sit down with the reporter and be recorded for public consumption and then proceeded to confidently demonstrate her awfulness on about six levels. This is all Katie Porter, sugar. There's no conspiracy here.
It's a big internet out there and there's plenty on Porter. But I found a decent article summarizing what she's about for you - https://enewspaper.latimes.com/infinity/article_share.aspx?guid=f7067315-4f8c-4986-b38e-be78bcb256bf She has been punished by her own party for actually trying to get something done. If she is ticking off members of both parties because she is trying to get to the bottom of corruption and waste, then she must be doing something right. But what do I know? The "own the libs" people here are probably correct and Cali should just elect some rich as hell Orange County republican instead- I'm sure that will fix things.
First, your name. Well done on the Italian spelling.
Second, as quaint as this will sound, you have to be somewhat likable to get things done. She is not. Her lack of professionalism is alarming and the more we learn and see of her, the worse it gets.
Put another way, Adam Schiff just defeated her. Adam Schiff. Woof.
She is a poor leader. Her boorish behavior when not getting everything she wants is a flashing Vegas style billboard that is telling us to run.
This comment has nothing to do with D vs R. This has to do with having people like Karen Bass, Newsom, Kamala and other horrible CA politicians turn this place into a dumpster fire.
Schiff defeated her because he spent a ton of money promoting Steve Garvey's campaign. Last I checked, Garvey was not a member of Schiff's party. She got screwed.
LBJ used to hold meetings while taking a crap, and he got the Great Society legislation passed, so don't try this bunk about civility winning the day.
She seems like she's pissed off all the right people to me, and they didn't want her on the house financial committee. The committee that deals with all the money. The money that Congress and their donors have made sure eventually flows to them via the policies they create. Policies that have created the spectacular wealth inequality that is ruing this entire country. Why is it do you think that they didn't want her on that committee? You think the crooks are going to stop by someone asking nicely?
I'm not saying she is some paragon on integrity and virtue, but she's damn well better than the rest of the crooks California has put into office.
This last January, we had 18,000 homes and apartment complexes burn up in a fire where a reservoir sat empty, there was no water pressure in hydrants and the mayor was on official city of LA business in Ghana at the time.
We learned that the empty reservoir was a known problem and that the LAFD and water utility had not been in contact with one another to resolve this problem and that the mayor, who was in Ghana, didn't know of this problem either.
In most places, with clear thinking people, this would be enough to trigger recall elections within a few weeks. CA? Nope. The same dopes that watched this happen are still at the taxpayer teet.
Sadly, the majority of CA voters continue to vote for incompetence that could best be described as similar to that of Warren from There's Something About Mary.
We will see what staff & colleagues reveal over time -- thus far, reportage has been not been very favorable. There are critical factors in successful leadership -- just claiming you are one w/o the receipts doesn't make it so. Having worked in that building, I don't see "getting to the bottom" as among her signature behaviors!
The mirror comment makes me think of something a fellow named Andy Stanley said: "The one in the mirror is the one most easily deceived". He also asked, "When was the last time you had to sell yourself on a really good decision?"
Cheers! For me, when was the last time I allowed evidence to change my mind is the best question. Finding the strengths of the arguments we object to most used to be required critical thinking training.
"People have a tendency to become invested personally in a hypothesis. They will say my hypothesis. As soon as you take ownership of a hypothesis, you can never be objective about it... Once you formulate the scientific question, you need to generate as many possible explanations or hypotheses [to be able to answer] that question. It's very helpful to have outsiders that aren't in your discipline to participate in this effort to generate ideas."
--- Dr. Robert Malone, From Dogma To Innovation, interview with Maarten Fornerod (04/23/25).
10/09/25: Malone has been a selfless and inexhaustible hero of the Covid Fiasco / Fauci Vaccine Fraud-Murders since Day One. And the above applies to theories regarding just about everything, let alone scientific pursuits.
Are they though? I’ve come to the conclusion that the gerrymandering, mail in “voting”, illegals and election software issues have just as much, if not more to do with their current plight as the stupidity of half the real voters. Otherwise it wouldn’t have had any republican governors in recent history which isn’t the case. Mail in voting and ballot stuffing will be all of our doom if we don’t get rid of it.
Here in California, they’re never through. The upcoming Prop 50 election (cost:$300m+ in a state running huge deficits) overrides the 2013 voter approved redistricting plan and practically erases any Republican (40% of state’s electorate) representation in state government. A native Californian, it’s the only voter guide I’ve ever received with no pro and con submissions from the (Democratic) secretary of state. That’s because there is no pro except naked politics. The “Yes” signs show cute dogs on them so uninformed voters will think it has something to do with pets. It will pass because the heavily unionized state workers will be told to turn out and, like good lemmings, they will.
It’s hard to imagine anyone worse than the slimy Gavin Newsom, but I’m beginning to think Porter could pull it off.
I remember seeing the holes and making sure nothing was visible through them, but I had no idea about this perfect alignment. WTF are the holes even doing there?
Slight correction… the independent redistricting was passed in 2008, and drew lines following the 2010 and 2020 censuses. Ironically this measure originally passed with broad Democrat support because it was thought politically useful at the time (pack the “independent” commission!). Now even that isn’t good enough as the Dems want it all.
I don’t know the details of what is happening in Texas, though I’ve read that is sounds similar, in that case in favor of Republicans.
But my state is California. The idea of changing our state’s political makeup because of what is going on in Texas suggests that the citizens of California only matter insofar as they contribute to a national outcome, and that the myriad issues facing local communities are irrelevant. I don’t accept that.
This is an ego play by Newsom, IMO. Texas Democrats can take up their concerns with Texas courts.
Even before Governor Good Hair's new plan, California was more gerrymandered than Texas would be AFTER Abbott's/Trump's planned further gerrymandering.
CA, IL, NY are far, far worse than the big Republican states in gerrymandering.
A bit off topic but: As a native of the American Southwest I regret what the DNC/Mayorkas/Soros NGO immigration debacle has done to race relations here. If we believe reports out of Europe, the Globalist use of forced mass illegal migration to destabilize nations and economies there is exactly the vicious methodology that was applied to our Republic. It was an extreme action and I see no way the current administration can confront it without extreme action in response. "..damned if you do damned if you don't.." (It's the DNC way.)
Though our current President has reached nothing like the level of deportations of past administrations the hate mongering divisive DNC--and the MSM continue to exploit racial division at every opportunity. It is criminal in both action, intent and outcome. A look at Señor Taibbi's HATE INC. says it far better than I but, the experiential street level tragedy of what was once a warm and accommodating daily culture reduced to an atmosphere of chilling suspicion and animosity is a barometer of just how powerful and destructive the "rent-a-riot" psyop Globalist/DNC/CIA/Davos lie attempting to subsume our lives has become. It is intentional not accidental.
Mexican's are some of the most creative, hard working and talented people in the world. If the classic American family is to survive the Mexican/Spanish inborn honoring and love of kinship and community will be a core element. As a child of the 60's, despite the object lesson murder of every sane American voice that emerged,I witnessed a divided and segregated America begin to heal and prosper. Then, a handful of political grifters and billionaire hustlers decided to destroy "the American dream". Let me say it again: The walking wounded are everywhere.
(As a suggestion to journalists who might be interested--there are actual immigration laws on the books--beyond those seeking citizenship-- that allow the legal importation of labor--wouldn't that be a logical place to begin the immigration/labor debate.)
Those living in the million buck bubble may still be able to see daylight. Those battered senseless by the psyop working two jobs and buying food on credit to feed their hungry children existing inside the blasted landscape of Globalist machination not so much. There is the American Republic, the Constitution and the free citizen. Those who say otherwise are not your friend. Depart the psyop and live.
It is a most coherent reflection of what many who observed that time frame in society & felt the healing that was beginning among citizenry ... and then identity comparisons began to flare more than any of we, who sailed onto the planet after WWII, had ever seen or could have imagined the fraught outcomes of such policies -- prompting many to wonder if all this identity culture focus is not an organic emerging as expounded in so many writings. 🤔 Just a thought
Vote fraud has always been with us. I’m not saying we shouldn’t be trying to stop it, we should do everything we can to stop it. For a great look at old time vote fraud ask grok to summarize Robert Caro’s account of LBJ’s vote fraud in literally every single election he participated in.
Johnson defies summation. Robert Caro has said that. Your characterizing Lyndon Johnson as a psychopath doesn't stand up against his advocacy of civil rights. He had to walk an extremely fine line in doing so because when he was in the Senate, Texas was segregationist. It wasn't as bad as Mississippi or Alabama, and things were beginning to change, still, he had to be careful.
In 1961, when Johnson was Vice President, the family's housekeeper, who was black, drove south for a vacation. There used to be a book which was published annually which informed blacks where in the south, especially, they could find decent lodgings. Apparently, she didn't have one. She had to sleep in her car. That single incident incensed Johnson in such a lasting way that he began to press the Kennedys on civil rights.
Not characteristic of a psychopath.
Some of the most interesting reading in the massive Caro biography of Johnson is about his first job, as debate coach at a predominantly Hispanic high school in Texas. Johnson was the first debate coach the impoverished school had ever had who actually gave a damn about his job. Of course, in those days ( 1930s ), debate teams were all male. Johnson worked those poor kids, whom no one had ever thought could amount to much, so thoroughly that they made the final in the state competition. They lost. Johnson had to run for the bathroom to vomit. Caro doesn't deny that Johnson had ego investment in their success, but he doesn't doubt that Johnson's feelings for those boys was genuine, and that he was heartbroken by their defeat.
Not characteristic of a psychopath.
Also at that first job, Johnson discovered that the school's custodian has never learned to read. Johnson made it his business to teach the man to read.
Not characteristic of a psychopath.
Clearly, Johnson was a grandiose narcissist, and clearly, he could be a mean son of a bitch, but I object to some anonymous character assassin's making such a comment as you made.
Now, that sort of thing is characteristic of a psychopath.
No, just the 1948 Senate election. This was routine at the time and his opponent did it too. Roll back a few decades and votes were bought at a quarter each in Southern elections. Roll back a few more decades and the payment was in whiskey.
Sadly, I am one of the dispossessed minority stuck in California that is being ruled by this vicious pack of morons. They have systematically destroyed the most amazing place in the world. The corrupt one party rule has been a curse that has allowed these buffoons to pillage and loot with reckless impunity. There is a blight upon this land, and it's name is Democrat.
Matt made the point without actually saying it that the woman is a grandiose narcissist. Capacious nastiness is invariably part of the psychology of such people.
I just heard today - and I can't remember where - maybe Mark Halperin's YT show - that one of his guests - who's a Dem - said, and I'm paraphrasing here: 'Oh, she just thinks she's always right and no one else knows anything and she likes to throw her weight around.' It is SOMEWHAT amazing that she has gotten as far as she has. Altho' politics IS a bloodsport.
Yes! It mystifies me WHY ppl are like that. Surely they have met up w ppl who have pushed back on their unpleasant behavior? I guess their ego - which must be massive - thinks the whole army is out of step except them.
I don't know anything about her but based on what I've seen in the last couple of days, my guess is that she is a trust fund baby. She's so radiantly offensive I can't imagine that she could have gotten anywhere on her own. But maybe she has said all the right words, and in such a termagant - like way, that she has her coterie of deranged supporters.
Hitler wasn't terribly personable, either.
What stuns us all, I think, is the woman's lack of self awareness. Her open predatoriness and contempt for anyone who would question her - the basis of a Republic - are comical.
Republicans are 40% of Ca voters, but are the largest number of Republicans of any state. Hopefully enough have woken up, but there are too many money grabs for most CA to resist. You have to actually look for the truth, and sadly most don't. Can't wait for the book review!
Given that they probably had to shoot her using a 70mm anamorphic wide angle lens, it would be impossible to block her from being visible to the camera.
Believe me, not all of us are sheeple, but apparently, there are enough who watch CNN, read the NYT, and have TDS, who will do anything to keep Dems in power at the expense of their own well-being. I'm a Christian, so I don't despair (I've got a greater hope than my elected officials), but I can't begin to understand it--particularly from other Christians, TBH.
And more scary: unlike Old Sleepy Sniffer, I'll bet this confrontation raises cheers and hurrahs from crazed California lofos, because she sounds and acts just like them.
Ah! Now I know what this interview reminds me of: police bodycam footage of ejecting a drunk liberal Karen from a margarita joint.
Why do you think that video of Porter is out there today? Just a coincidence you think? Porter is one of the better politicians in California, which is admittedly a low bar. Do you think Pelosi and Newsom and Kamala Harris never had a cross word for anyone? The reason this video is out there is because California elites don't want Porter anywhere near the governor's mansion. They didn't want her or Barbara Lee, another conscientious politician, anywhere near the senate either so they rigged the game for Adam Schiff, who is now a senator. This video is a deliberate attempt to take Porter down. Rather than mocking, maybe a better use of time would be to find out who wanted this video out there, how much they paid to do so, and who made it go viral. Bash Porter all you want, but in doing so you are being a useful tool for the likes of Adam Schiff. And all the "own the libs" types around here really need to get a grip and grow the hell up.
Why do you think that video is out there? Just a coincidence??!!? Porter is actually one of the better California politicians out there, which is admittedly a low bar. Do you think that Newsom or Pelosi of Schiff never got frustrated with anyone? Why don;t we see those reports? It's because the California elite do not want Porter to be governor, just like they didn't want her or Barbara Lee, also a conscientious person, to be senator. So bash Porter all you want, but just realize that in doing so, you are being a useful tool for the likes of Adam Schiff. All the "own the libs" types who post around here really need to grow the hell up.
At the same time, Democrats are always whining they need a fighter type. Katie Porter could clean Hillary Clinton's clock while telling Kamala Harris to sit down and shut the fuck up, because she's next.
It's amazing that the question that set her off was basically, "How will you appeal to the other side of the aisle?". You can see that it just does not compute for her. It's clear she thinks that is as absurd as, "How will you court the votes of the squirrels in your local park?". I genuinely think this woman is a clinical psychopath.
This spastic is leading in the polls right now at a whopping 22%, with the two Republican candidates right behind her. The rest of the Democrat candidates are a bunch of has-beens, incompetents , and nobodies. This is the glorious state of politics in the clown show called California.
I don't think this is the end of the Porter news. I think past aides and even some fellow congress critters hate her and will start to drop more stories and videos. She's most likely toast.
I just hope she makes it to the top two. She is so awful, and leaving such a big "paper trail" of awfulness (rather than just private like most politicians) that a decent "R" candidate might have a chance. And even if not, it would be the most entertaining election ever!
It's already happening. Videos of her yelling at aids and a new one where she claims her 12 year old daughter said she was worried about being raped and not being able to get an abortion because Trump won.
That either is a breathtaking fabrication or sweet Kaite P is even worse than she is letting on as a parent.
The whole party is bereft of talent. It amazes me to hear Dems talk about what a deep bench they have. I mean if they are campaigning to be editor of the Washington Post, that's one thing. But there isn't a single Democrat, with the possible exception of Alexandria Ozempic Cortez, that has actual political talent.
He has good instincts and seems more in touch with the average independent voter than any other Democrat, but I wouldn't say he has much political talent. Communication is at least half of the job of a politician, and he simply struggles to communicate in person. Not his fault, but still.
That's because Newsom successfully lowered the bar during his tenure and is now setting his sights on grabbing the reins of the federal government so he can steer the whole country towards the success he had in Cali... highest rate of homeless in the country, 2nd lowest homeownership rate in the country, highest poverty rate when you factor in cost of living, gasoline 30% higher than national average, electricity rates 2x the national average...
If none of that sounds like success, one can surely appreciate the fact that he signed meaningful, impactful, legislation such as mandating gender neutral toy and toothbrush sections at box stores, laws regulating how servers/employees can hand out ketchup packets... and while the Palisades were on fire earlier this year, he took leadership over a special CA legislative session to approve $50 million in taxpayer funds to aid.... undocumented immigrants fighting against the Trump admin! Many would have thought that session would have been to address/support the fires/victims... but many aren't the great leader that is Newsom!
Ironically, thanks to CA's jungle primary system designed to prevent GOP candidates from reaching the general, she may actually need to appeal to the other side.
Right? That was the whole point of the reporter's question, but Mashed Potatoes is so arrogant that she somehow thinks "I don't intend for that to be the case" will run all of the other Dems out of the race.
No, she's too emotional. Psychopaths don't go to pieces like that. Sociopaths do, however, as do people with borderline personality disorder.
Doctors, sociologists, criminologists are learning that people with Cluster B personality disorder often seem to be hybrids. Porter may well be sociopathic. She's pretty clearly a lovely combination of grandiose narcissist and borderline personality.
Huey Long was one of the most brilliant politicians the country ever produced. His biographer, T. Harry Williams, believed Long was as much a political genius as the man who stood between himself and the presidency, its then occupant, Franklin Roosevelt. Williams wrote that part of Long's genius was his awareness that no matter what anyone said about him, one thing which could ruin him politically would be losing his temper in public.
I had never heard of that woman before yesterday. She isn't going to wear well.
A lovely couple of serial killers. I could definitely imagine Mashed Potatoes sitting in a basement sewing a lampshade out of human skin while her campaign ads played in the background.
I spend winters in San Diego. I got a full dose of this female Haystack Calhoun when she was running for the Senate. And, living most of the year in Minnesota, we have the Wicked Witch Amy Klobuchar. Toxic femininity.
If we're horse trading, any deal has to include Walz and Ilhan. So..Klobuchar, Walz and Ilhan for Porter and Kamala. I'll also include cash. It flows freely in the Mecca of Fraud, Minnesota.
Holy crap, will you take Brandon Johnson? We'll even throw in an ex-governor.
Hell, we'll throw in an ex-governor who *hasn't* been to jail. For Illinois, that's like an original "Star Wars" toy in its original box - it's a collectible.
It constantly amazes me how completely idiotic these purported “leaders” can be. It’s shocking really. She, Newsom, Harris and Schiff are glaring examples of the dangers of a one party state.
Train-wreck-Katie should never sit sideways under overhead light during a televised interview….and as we all know that’s the least of it…another one of ‘Harvard’s Finest’
I loved the part, roughly translated! “…40%?! What do I need THEM for?” It’s not about public service representing the interests of the public, it’s about my power, and what I have to do to appease my supporters so they keep me in power.
Her flippant, caustic and apparently genuine reference -- as a politician, on tape! -- to what she clearly considers as human garbage (not worthy of serving them as citizens, never mind of having the vote) made me wince. And I'm on the left.
Reminds me of Hillary’s “basket of deplorables” gaff. Obviously this type of politician doesn’t even pretend to want to represent all their constituents. They’re bought and paid for and they know who their masters are…and it’s never the voters.
I have a very very low-information friend who mostly sends me anti-Trump crap off Facebook, but even he remembers Hillary's deplorables comment, WITH her hand gestures of "put them in the basket." That's epic psycho fail by HRC.
"This is the person who simmers with nuclear rage while scrupulously cataloguing all the mistakes the vast flawed universe of Other People make in delaying his or her obviously deserved success."
Yes! It's a liberal thing, and seems to afflict women the most: Hilldog (I would have won if Trump had not had help from the Russians) Kamala (107 Days - everybody sucks but me)
Senator Amy Klobuchar vs Rep Katie Porter. Closed arena, weapons of choice scattered randomly around the arena floor: binders (hard cover) and steaming bowls of potato. Each warrior gets to select two staffers to act as minions/meat shields but no points are scored for downing staffers. Winner gets to take a picture with Zelensky.
Brilliant. Klobuchar is every bit as bad, but lives in the MidWest where polite is still the expected default. Porter is a product of "honor your child" CA, where the word "no" is synonymous with child abuse.
As embarrassed as I am for Katie, I am more embarrassed for the people who raised her.
I wait for announcements of the Booker Prize, the Nobel Prize in Literature (Sigrid Undset in 1928 for "Kristin Lavransdatter" ....blew me away as an historical epic), and the International Dublin Literary Award.
She tells CBS press "I didn't come here for this!", as if reporting done properly *means* "having a nice chat". And she says it all on tape. What a clown!
Did you also see her scream “Get out of my fucking shot” live to one of her staffers. She is truly insane. There is a treasure trove on this one. She has zero self control. And hilariously she will probably win the CA governor’s race because they are so stupid.
Abusive AWFL Karen is the mascot of California. She also dumped hot potatoes on her ex husband’s head. How progressive!
KPort is also verbally abusive to her kid. Unless she's using her as a prop as she did when she claimed her 12 year old daughter said she was afraid of getting raped and not being able to get an abortion because Trump won.
I find it appalling when a parent uses a child in this way.
Somebody actually impregnated her? ewww gross!
I mean... he probably just threw it at her.
That is so gross I’m still laughing!!
🤣😂You did not just write that. 💀☠️💀
Three times.
What is even more concerning is that she makes it sound like her daughter's fear is not that she may be raped.....the fear is not being able to get the abortion. 🤔 As someone who lives in California, I'd like her to explain this. How about we talk about crime and maybe NOT getting raped. Oh wait, that would be on the same page as Trump. True TDS
Exactly!
Why do you think that video of Porter is out there today? Just a coincidence you think? Porter is one of the better politicians in California, which is admittedly a low bar. Do you think Pelosi and Newsom and Kamala Harris never had a cross word for anyone? The reason this video is out there is because California elites don't want Porter anywhere near the governor's mansion. They didn't want her or Barbara Lee, another conscientious politician, anywhere near the senate either so they rigged the game for Adam Schiff, who is now a senator. This video is a deliberate attempt to take Porter down. Rather than mocking, maybe a better use of time would be to find out who wanted this video out there, how much they paid to do so, and who made it go viral. Bash Porter all you want, but in doing so you are being a useful tool for the likes of Adam Schiff. And all the "own the libs" types around here really need to get a grip and start thinking before spouting off.
I don't doubt she's made enemies in the CA Democrat party. And your characterization of her as "conscientious" might even be accurate.
I'd like you to tell us though, conscientious about what? People like her who think they know EVERYTHING, who feel sorry for every person with a sad story, and who think more government will solve all problems are running this country into the ground.
I do not think that she is capable of empathy.
I can't imagine making excuses for that disastrous performance. It's viral because it's laughably bad, not because powerful Dems want it to be.
Two things can be true and once!
I understand what you’re saying, but it is not simply one moment in that interview, it is many completely painful moments where she’s expecting to be treated like a queen by a journalist and behaves horribly…and then the “You’re in my shot” moment, and then the potatoes... She comes across as a horrible human being.
The potatoes thing is making my scalp twinge in sympathy pains each time I look at her.
From NY Post: Rep. Katie Porter sparks fury with Batgirl costume in Congress
https://nypost.com/2019/11/01/rep-katie-porter-sparks-fury-with-batgirl-costume-in-congress
And you think this Porter is a "conscientious politician"?
She may be passionate in representing her views (not the same as representing her constituents), but I gotta tell ya, she has terrible judgement.
She appears to have put on a TUB of weight since the Bat Girl costume!
Bring a miserable bitter person doesn’t seem to help anyone age with grace.
OK, this earned back a few points. This is a bit endearing. The impeachment nonsense was a circus anyway.
I remember an interview of some pol a few years back. Interview totally unimportant, it was the background that was memorable. About 30 feet back in the hallway is Nancy Pelosi doing a literal balls-to-the-wall dressing down of a staffer. Probably before her last face-lift because you could see this horrific anger on her face as she leaned in and shook her finger in the poor kid's face.
Toxic women.
It used to be “Sugar & Spice & Everything Nice.”
Now it’s “Acid & Lice & Rancid Fried Rice.”
Once again, Substack needs to a "Ha Ha" reaction! Good one.
This is "Toxic Femininity".
I recall her dressing down AOC over the Iron Dome vote right on the house floor. AOC cried when she cast her vote. My presumption is that it must sting the first time you sell your soul for your ambitions. I told my wife then that you don't become a Senator in NY and vote against Israel. Look where we find ourselves now.
"That video is out there"
You're talking about the original interview, right? That was recorded by choice with a journalist for the purpose of being, you know, out there? You're talking as though it was some leaked private thing. She actually chose to sit down with the reporter and be recorded for public consumption and then proceeded to confidently demonstrate her awfulness on about six levels. This is all Katie Porter, sugar. There's no conspiracy here.
Interesting possibility! I'd be curious your own personal impressions of Porter and her ability to lead.
It's a big internet out there and there's plenty on Porter. But I found a decent article summarizing what she's about for you - https://enewspaper.latimes.com/infinity/article_share.aspx?guid=f7067315-4f8c-4986-b38e-be78bcb256bf She has been punished by her own party for actually trying to get something done. If she is ticking off members of both parties because she is trying to get to the bottom of corruption and waste, then she must be doing something right. But what do I know? The "own the libs" people here are probably correct and Cali should just elect some rich as hell Orange County republican instead- I'm sure that will fix things.
First, your name. Well done on the Italian spelling.
Second, as quaint as this will sound, you have to be somewhat likable to get things done. She is not. Her lack of professionalism is alarming and the more we learn and see of her, the worse it gets.
Put another way, Adam Schiff just defeated her. Adam Schiff. Woof.
She is a poor leader. Her boorish behavior when not getting everything she wants is a flashing Vegas style billboard that is telling us to run.
This comment has nothing to do with D vs R. This has to do with having people like Karen Bass, Newsom, Kamala and other horrible CA politicians turn this place into a dumpster fire.
Enough is enough.
You summed her up nicely.
Schiff defeated her because he spent a ton of money promoting Steve Garvey's campaign. Last I checked, Garvey was not a member of Schiff's party. She got screwed.
LBJ used to hold meetings while taking a crap, and he got the Great Society legislation passed, so don't try this bunk about civility winning the day.
She seems like she's pissed off all the right people to me, and they didn't want her on the house financial committee. The committee that deals with all the money. The money that Congress and their donors have made sure eventually flows to them via the policies they create. Policies that have created the spectacular wealth inequality that is ruing this entire country. Why is it do you think that they didn't want her on that committee? You think the crooks are going to stop by someone asking nicely?
I'm not saying she is some paragon on integrity and virtue, but she's damn well better than the rest of the crooks California has put into office.
So well said! I just wonder at the choice between Porter and Schiff, the lesser of two evils?
I live in Oregon so I am very familiar with the AWFLs who have taken over the Democrat party.
Your praise for someone who behaves as she does - with cameras on her no less! - is a bit too effusive.
She may be doing great and I'm too stupid to see it. Some say there's no such thing as bad publicity.
You're not the Haywood Giablomi that married Olga Fokyrcelf, are you?
that is outstanding work, Timothy.
Well, Cali is at rock bottom, so they cannot make it worse.
Ah, you don't know CA voters. Let me explain....
This last January, we had 18,000 homes and apartment complexes burn up in a fire where a reservoir sat empty, there was no water pressure in hydrants and the mayor was on official city of LA business in Ghana at the time.
We learned that the empty reservoir was a known problem and that the LAFD and water utility had not been in contact with one another to resolve this problem and that the mayor, who was in Ghana, didn't know of this problem either.
In most places, with clear thinking people, this would be enough to trigger recall elections within a few weeks. CA? Nope. The same dopes that watched this happen are still at the taxpayer teet.
Sadly, the majority of CA voters continue to vote for incompetence that could best be described as similar to that of Warren from There's Something About Mary.
Thx.
We will see what staff & colleagues reveal over time -- thus far, reportage has been not been very favorable. There are critical factors in successful leadership -- just claiming you are one w/o the receipts doesn't make it so. Having worked in that building, I don't see "getting to the bottom" as among her signature behaviors!
I have yet to see anything good from her. She didn't seem too sharp on Bill Maher, either. So far with her, we seem to have:
- The obnoxious performance with the reporter
- Her berating her assistant on camera.
- Her scalding her ex-husband's head by dumping hot mashed potatoes on it.
- Her weird restraining order situations with the ex-boyfriend.
There is a lot of smoke here... Kamala had a lot of smoke too, as did Hillary....
I have no problem voting for women -- happy to do so, but I'll never vote for a Karen. Not a personality type I want in any decision making capacity.
What is the single biggest thing she has done that could change my mind?
I noticed the interview was leaked by Politico. So it is a left led hit job. Normally something like this would be buried by MSM.
Thank you for noticing! They released the video and then reported on it. Glad someone here gets what's going on.
Haywood, how much do you really know about Katie Porter?
NY Post again - "Rep. Katie Porter scalded ex-husband's scalp with potatoes: documents:"
https://x.com/SteveGuest/status/1975726544145555525?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1975726544145555525%7Ctwgr%5Ef1a2903ec23add9493d542522e9f6e73fd007aec%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Facecomments.mu.nu%2F%3Fpost%3D416827
After seeing the video my gut reaction was Newsom did this.
Is strongly doubt this woman would ever waste food. I imagine she had already served herself.
I give up! What is AWFL?
AWFL stands for affluent white female liberal.
Matt and Walter spend half their lives with their heads in the toilet of American corruption and decay - it's a miracle you can laugh at all.
I have three rules - every morning I wake and find a fool staring back at me in the mirror.
It's never to late to have a good day - spending time with the youngest people possible helps - and number one - I'd rather be happy than right.
Glad to hear you're feeling better! This is the only day we get, best to be grateful - we're a long way from the end of the bs.
The mirror comment makes me think of something a fellow named Andy Stanley said: "The one in the mirror is the one most easily deceived". He also asked, "When was the last time you had to sell yourself on a really good decision?"
Cheers! For me, when was the last time I allowed evidence to change my mind is the best question. Finding the strengths of the arguments we object to most used to be required critical thinking training.
I could be wrong. Really? Me?
"People have a tendency to become invested personally in a hypothesis. They will say my hypothesis. As soon as you take ownership of a hypothesis, you can never be objective about it... Once you formulate the scientific question, you need to generate as many possible explanations or hypotheses [to be able to answer] that question. It's very helpful to have outsiders that aren't in your discipline to participate in this effort to generate ideas."
--- Dr. Robert Malone, From Dogma To Innovation, interview with Maarten Fornerod (04/23/25).
Excellent citation!
10/09/25: Malone has been a selfless and inexhaustible hero of the Covid Fiasco / Fauci Vaccine Fraud-Murders since Day One. And the above applies to theories regarding just about everything, let alone scientific pursuits.
A light in the dark for me during that time -- I am very grateful!
Spending time with the youngest people is right on the mark. Anyone more fun than a three or four year old?
Are they though? I’ve come to the conclusion that the gerrymandering, mail in “voting”, illegals and election software issues have just as much, if not more to do with their current plight as the stupidity of half the real voters. Otherwise it wouldn’t have had any republican governors in recent history which isn’t the case. Mail in voting and ballot stuffing will be all of our doom if we don’t get rid of it.
Here in California, they’re never through. The upcoming Prop 50 election (cost:$300m+ in a state running huge deficits) overrides the 2013 voter approved redistricting plan and practically erases any Republican (40% of state’s electorate) representation in state government. A native Californian, it’s the only voter guide I’ve ever received with no pro and con submissions from the (Democratic) secretary of state. That’s because there is no pro except naked politics. The “Yes” signs show cute dogs on them so uninformed voters will think it has something to do with pets. It will pass because the heavily unionized state workers will be told to turn out and, like good lemmings, they will.
It’s hard to imagine anyone worse than the slimy Gavin Newsom, but I’m beginning to think Porter could pull it off.
Yeah, Prop 50: as if you need another reason to leave California
the list of cons these f-ers will pull is endless.
https://x.com/ProudArmymom66/status/1976020045894668522
Wow.
I remember seeing the holes and making sure nothing was visible through them, but I had no idea about this perfect alignment. WTF are the holes even doing there?
:)
It’s like Chicago. Just when everyone thought Lightfoot would place a moderate in the Mayor’s seat, along comes Johnson.
True. I thought Lightfoot was rock bottom. Boy was I wrong.
People were warned about the current Mayor, I clearly remember reading articles about his politics.
Slight correction… the independent redistricting was passed in 2008, and drew lines following the 2010 and 2020 censuses. Ironically this measure originally passed with broad Democrat support because it was thought politically useful at the time (pack the “independent” commission!). Now even that isn’t good enough as the Dems want it all.
Democrats already have it all, at the state level anyhow. It's unbelievable.
I’m a native and long-suffering Californian, so I get it.
Right? Just what we need, more democrats controlling CA. It's like if there was a house fire and the fire department showed up with a flame thrower.
There are way, way, way, worse people waiting in the wings.
Pretty sure we will look back fondly on Newsom.
It’d be delicious if Prop 50 passes only to see CA pick up a few additional Republican seats in Congress next year.
Move to Texas where gerrymandering will be more comfortable for you. Just a thought.
Democrats invented gerrymandering. See Illinois. How come no one talks about that?
Uncomfortable truths.
Federalists invented gerrymandering. It goes back that far. American as apple pie.
I don’t know the details of what is happening in Texas, though I’ve read that is sounds similar, in that case in favor of Republicans.
But my state is California. The idea of changing our state’s political makeup because of what is going on in Texas suggests that the citizens of California only matter insofar as they contribute to a national outcome, and that the myriad issues facing local communities are irrelevant. I don’t accept that.
This is an ego play by Newsom, IMO. Texas Democrats can take up their concerns with Texas courts.
Amazon just delivered your blue hair dye.
At least republicans have somewhere decent to move to. Your crowd has gerrymandered so much you have nowhere else to go. Hence Prop 50.
You'll have to wait until the ethnic cleansing is over, Texas is 50% Hispanic/Black and that might a bit too uncomfortable for you.
That's a bit over the top ... obviously you are not familiar w Texas.
That comment has no basis in fact, and only serves to illustrate your bigotry and prejudice.
Pretty handy with the bigotry, well done you.
Even before Governor Good Hair's new plan, California was more gerrymandered than Texas would be AFTER Abbott's/Trump's planned further gerrymandering.
CA, IL, NY are far, far worse than the big Republican states in gerrymandering.
You forgot Massachusetts....100% gerrymandered blue.
Guns I expect better from you. But here I'll do the research:
GOP states out of the Top 10 Gerrymandered states
1. North Carolina
2 Dem
3.South Carolina
4.Dem
5. Texas
6. Wisconsin
7. Dem
8. Florida
9. Ohio
10 Dem
Of special note, North Carolina Dems put a law against unequal gerrymandering up in 2022. Since then the GOP struck that down.
That's 6 of the top 10 repub -- and we all lose. I think we can agree that balanced representation is something we'd all like to see.
Don't forget no ID check allowed at the ballot box and votes counted up to weeks after the election. Fraud black hole? Nahhhh!
A bit off topic but: As a native of the American Southwest I regret what the DNC/Mayorkas/Soros NGO immigration debacle has done to race relations here. If we believe reports out of Europe, the Globalist use of forced mass illegal migration to destabilize nations and economies there is exactly the vicious methodology that was applied to our Republic. It was an extreme action and I see no way the current administration can confront it without extreme action in response. "..damned if you do damned if you don't.." (It's the DNC way.)
Though our current President has reached nothing like the level of deportations of past administrations the hate mongering divisive DNC--and the MSM continue to exploit racial division at every opportunity. It is criminal in both action, intent and outcome. A look at Señor Taibbi's HATE INC. says it far better than I but, the experiential street level tragedy of what was once a warm and accommodating daily culture reduced to an atmosphere of chilling suspicion and animosity is a barometer of just how powerful and destructive the "rent-a-riot" psyop Globalist/DNC/CIA/Davos lie attempting to subsume our lives has become. It is intentional not accidental.
Mexican's are some of the most creative, hard working and talented people in the world. If the classic American family is to survive the Mexican/Spanish inborn honoring and love of kinship and community will be a core element. As a child of the 60's, despite the object lesson murder of every sane American voice that emerged,I witnessed a divided and segregated America begin to heal and prosper. Then, a handful of political grifters and billionaire hustlers decided to destroy "the American dream". Let me say it again: The walking wounded are everywhere.
(As a suggestion to journalists who might be interested--there are actual immigration laws on the books--beyond those seeking citizenship-- that allow the legal importation of labor--wouldn't that be a logical place to begin the immigration/labor debate.)
Those living in the million buck bubble may still be able to see daylight. Those battered senseless by the psyop working two jobs and buying food on credit to feed their hungry children existing inside the blasted landscape of Globalist machination not so much. There is the American Republic, the Constitution and the free citizen. Those who say otherwise are not your friend. Depart the psyop and live.
(Sorry to be so long winded I.)
It is a most coherent reflection of what many who observed that time frame in society & felt the healing that was beginning among citizenry ... and then identity comparisons began to flare more than any of we, who sailed onto the planet after WWII, had ever seen or could have imagined the fraught outcomes of such policies -- prompting many to wonder if all this identity culture focus is not an organic emerging as expounded in so many writings. 🤔 Just a thought
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Vote fraud has always been with us. I’m not saying we shouldn’t be trying to stop it, we should do everything we can to stop it. For a great look at old time vote fraud ask grok to summarize Robert Caro’s account of LBJ’s vote fraud in literally every single election he participated in.
His recounting of the south Texas election for Johnson’s 1948 Senate bid takes the cake!
I sure hope Caro can finish the last Johnson book before he dies.
Sure but a lot of the newer things provide a greatly increased scope for ballot fraud.
Indeed!
Caro's excellent LBJ biography was my initiation into the subject of what is possible in terms of both vote-rigging and laundering of "donations."
LBJ's antics were mild, mild stuff compared to the norm in American politics down well into the 20th century. And yet, our republic is still here.
Johnson defies summation. Robert Caro has said that. Your characterizing Lyndon Johnson as a psychopath doesn't stand up against his advocacy of civil rights. He had to walk an extremely fine line in doing so because when he was in the Senate, Texas was segregationist. It wasn't as bad as Mississippi or Alabama, and things were beginning to change, still, he had to be careful.
In 1961, when Johnson was Vice President, the family's housekeeper, who was black, drove south for a vacation. There used to be a book which was published annually which informed blacks where in the south, especially, they could find decent lodgings. Apparently, she didn't have one. She had to sleep in her car. That single incident incensed Johnson in such a lasting way that he began to press the Kennedys on civil rights.
Not characteristic of a psychopath.
Some of the most interesting reading in the massive Caro biography of Johnson is about his first job, as debate coach at a predominantly Hispanic high school in Texas. Johnson was the first debate coach the impoverished school had ever had who actually gave a damn about his job. Of course, in those days ( 1930s ), debate teams were all male. Johnson worked those poor kids, whom no one had ever thought could amount to much, so thoroughly that they made the final in the state competition. They lost. Johnson had to run for the bathroom to vomit. Caro doesn't deny that Johnson had ego investment in their success, but he doesn't doubt that Johnson's feelings for those boys was genuine, and that he was heartbroken by their defeat.
Not characteristic of a psychopath.
Also at that first job, Johnson discovered that the school's custodian has never learned to read. Johnson made it his business to teach the man to read.
Not characteristic of a psychopath.
Clearly, Johnson was a grandiose narcissist, and clearly, he could be a mean son of a bitch, but I object to some anonymous character assassin's making such a comment as you made.
Now, that sort of thing is characteristic of a psychopath.
No, just the 1948 Senate election. This was routine at the time and his opponent did it too. Roll back a few decades and votes were bought at a quarter each in Southern elections. Roll back a few more decades and the payment was in whiskey.
She needs to wear a wrestling mask in her campaign ads
That would be awesome. A Mexican Lucha Libre mask would be perfect for Kport.
I feel bad for laughing, but comment of the day. Bravo.
Sadly, I am one of the dispossessed minority stuck in California that is being ruled by this vicious pack of morons. They have systematically destroyed the most amazing place in the world. The corrupt one party rule has been a curse that has allowed these buffoons to pillage and loot with reckless impunity. There is a blight upon this land, and it's name is Democrat.
No one trusts California government because crazy people run it.
I remember hearing her name in relation to CA politics but I didn't realize that she was an out-and-out a truly nasty person.
Matt made the point without actually saying it that the woman is a grandiose narcissist. Capacious nastiness is invariably part of the psychology of such people.
I just heard today - and I can't remember where - maybe Mark Halperin's YT show - that one of his guests - who's a Dem - said, and I'm paraphrasing here: 'Oh, she just thinks she's always right and no one else knows anything and she likes to throw her weight around.' It is SOMEWHAT amazing that she has gotten as far as she has. Altho' politics IS a bloodsport.
It's mysterious that she succeeded at all. Doesn't she seem like the nasty nurse type?
Yes! It mystifies me WHY ppl are like that. Surely they have met up w ppl who have pushed back on their unpleasant behavior? I guess their ego - which must be massive - thinks the whole army is out of step except them.
I don't know anything about her but based on what I've seen in the last couple of days, my guess is that she is a trust fund baby. She's so radiantly offensive I can't imagine that she could have gotten anywhere on her own. But maybe she has said all the right words, and in such a termagant - like way, that she has her coterie of deranged supporters.
Hitler wasn't terribly personable, either.
What stuns us all, I think, is the woman's lack of self awareness. Her open predatoriness and contempt for anyone who would question her - the basis of a Republic - are comical.
Republicans are 40% of Ca voters, but are the largest number of Republicans of any state. Hopefully enough have woken up, but there are too many money grabs for most CA to resist. You have to actually look for the truth, and sadly most don't. Can't wait for the book review!
Given that they probably had to shoot her using a 70mm anamorphic wide angle lens, it would be impossible to block her from being visible to the camera.
Lol
"They" are not stupid. They're robbing Californians blind using politics as the getaway car.
Believe me, not all of us are sheeple, but apparently, there are enough who watch CNN, read the NYT, and have TDS, who will do anything to keep Dems in power at the expense of their own well-being. I'm a Christian, so I don't despair (I've got a greater hope than my elected officials), but I can't begin to understand it--particularly from other Christians, TBH.
11/07/28: "And we now salute the next President of the United States, Dumptruck Porter!"
You think I'm kidding? Ask anyone in 1990 what the chances were of Joe Biden becoming president.
And more scary: unlike Old Sleepy Sniffer, I'll bet this confrontation raises cheers and hurrahs from crazed California lofos, because she sounds and acts just like them.
Ah! Now I know what this interview reminds me of: police bodycam footage of ejecting a drunk liberal Karen from a margarita joint.
And that assh*le in R.I. preened in the courtroom as if the judge was her best bud. Probably was, too.
Lol
That was golden.
She will win for sure
Why do you think that video of Porter is out there today? Just a coincidence you think? Porter is one of the better politicians in California, which is admittedly a low bar. Do you think Pelosi and Newsom and Kamala Harris never had a cross word for anyone? The reason this video is out there is because California elites don't want Porter anywhere near the governor's mansion. They didn't want her or Barbara Lee, another conscientious politician, anywhere near the senate either so they rigged the game for Adam Schiff, who is now a senator. This video is a deliberate attempt to take Porter down. Rather than mocking, maybe a better use of time would be to find out who wanted this video out there, how much they paid to do so, and who made it go viral. Bash Porter all you want, but in doing so you are being a useful tool for the likes of Adam Schiff. And all the "own the libs" types around here really need to get a grip and grow the hell up.
Yikes! So preachy!! Cause that would never happen anywhere/time else in the political world! LOL!
Why do you think that video is out there? Just a coincidence??!!? Porter is actually one of the better California politicians out there, which is admittedly a low bar. Do you think that Newsom or Pelosi of Schiff never got frustrated with anyone? Why don;t we see those reports? It's because the California elite do not want Porter to be governor, just like they didn't want her or Barbara Lee, also a conscientious person, to be senator. So bash Porter all you want, but just realize that in doing so, you are being a useful tool for the likes of Adam Schiff. All the "own the libs" types who post around here really need to grow the hell up.
When that clip floated through my feed I thought at first they were casting a Misery remake.
LMAO
At the same time, Democrats are always whining they need a fighter type. Katie Porter could clean Hillary Clinton's clock while telling Kamala Harris to sit down and shut the fuck up, because she's next.
Hell, she could take them 2 on 1.
You nailed it!
😂
It's amazing that the question that set her off was basically, "How will you appeal to the other side of the aisle?". You can see that it just does not compute for her. It's clear she thinks that is as absurd as, "How will you court the votes of the squirrels in your local park?". I genuinely think this woman is a clinical psychopath.
This spastic is leading in the polls right now at a whopping 22%, with the two Republican candidates right behind her. The rest of the Democrat candidates are a bunch of has-beens, incompetents , and nobodies. This is the glorious state of politics in the clown show called California.
I don't think this is the end of the Porter news. I think past aides and even some fellow congress critters hate her and will start to drop more stories and videos. She's most likely toast.
I just hope she makes it to the top two. She is so awful, and leaving such a big "paper trail" of awfulness (rather than just private like most politicians) that a decent "R" candidate might have a chance. And even if not, it would be the most entertaining election ever!
Oh agreed. Her campaign would be the most interesting train wreck since the Biden debate.
It's already happening. Videos of her yelling at aids and a new one where she claims her 12 year old daughter said she was worried about being raped and not being able to get an abortion because Trump won.
That either is a breathtaking fabrication or sweet Kaite P is even worse than she is letting on as a parent.
Somewhere in California, someone is already organizing a recall campaign of Katie Porker in case she’s elected governor.
I noticed in the video Matt linked that one of the candidates is Xavier Becerra, who was Biden's HHS secretary through the entire Covid debacle. Gack.
Read his record in CA Leg & then state AG's office!
California is bereft of any political Talent from democrats. The vast majority of Democrats in California are very similar to this.
The whole party is bereft of talent. It amazes me to hear Dems talk about what a deep bench they have. I mean if they are campaigning to be editor of the Washington Post, that's one thing. But there isn't a single Democrat, with the possible exception of Alexandria Ozempic Cortez, that has actual political talent.
John Fetterman?
They're going to drive him out soon.
He has good instincts and seems more in touch with the average independent voter than any other Democrat, but I wouldn't say he has much political talent. Communication is at least half of the job of a politician, and he simply struggles to communicate in person. Not his fault, but still.
That's because Newsom successfully lowered the bar during his tenure and is now setting his sights on grabbing the reins of the federal government so he can steer the whole country towards the success he had in Cali... highest rate of homeless in the country, 2nd lowest homeownership rate in the country, highest poverty rate when you factor in cost of living, gasoline 30% higher than national average, electricity rates 2x the national average...
If none of that sounds like success, one can surely appreciate the fact that he signed meaningful, impactful, legislation such as mandating gender neutral toy and toothbrush sections at box stores, laws regulating how servers/employees can hand out ketchup packets... and while the Palisades were on fire earlier this year, he took leadership over a special CA legislative session to approve $50 million in taxpayer funds to aid.... undocumented immigrants fighting against the Trump admin! Many would have thought that session would have been to address/support the fires/victims... but many aren't the great leader that is Newsom!
Don't forget he wants $5 per gallon gas across the land!
A true leader!
Ironically, thanks to CA's jungle primary system designed to prevent GOP candidates from reaching the general, she may actually need to appeal to the other side.
Right? That was the whole point of the reporter's question, but Mashed Potatoes is so arrogant that she somehow thinks "I don't intend for that to be the case" will run all of the other Dems out of the race.
or she thinks their votes dont count. I can see how she would think lie that
We often end up with two Democrats on the ballot due to California’s primary system.
But the two candidates behind her in the polls are Republicans.
True this time. I don’t think either has the slightest chance though.
So you can choose between a far left democrat, or a really far left democrat. Democracy!
That’s exactly the choice in California. Shiff is considered a “moderate “ here.
stealing the squirrel vote comment
No, she's too emotional. Psychopaths don't go to pieces like that. Sociopaths do, however, as do people with borderline personality disorder.
Doctors, sociologists, criminologists are learning that people with Cluster B personality disorder often seem to be hybrids. Porter may well be sociopathic. She's pretty clearly a lovely combination of grandiose narcissist and borderline personality.
Huey Long was one of the most brilliant politicians the country ever produced. His biographer, T. Harry Williams, believed Long was as much a political genius as the man who stood between himself and the presidency, its then occupant, Franklin Roosevelt. Williams wrote that part of Long's genius was his awareness that no matter what anyone said about him, one thing which could ruin him politically would be losing his temper in public.
I had never heard of that woman before yesterday. She isn't going to wear well.
Count the VOTES of the 🐿️. HIARLIOUA
A lovely couple of serial killers. I could definitely imagine Mashed Potatoes sitting in a basement sewing a lampshade out of human skin while her campaign ads played in the background.
I read that as Ma-Shed Ilhan Potatoes
And Cluster-F traits.
A state with an economy of that size - smh.
I spend winters in San Diego. I got a full dose of this female Haystack Calhoun when she was running for the Senate. And, living most of the year in Minnesota, we have the Wicked Witch Amy Klobuchar. Toxic femininity.
I salute you for the Haystacks Calhoun reference.
I was thinking Gorilla Monsoon, but Haystacks is much better.
I just looked up Haystacks Calhoun. Holy smokes!
We Old Timers have references the young folks don't get, and vice versa. Google solves that.
Or Man Mountain.
Yep - Man Mountain Mike! But her face is a bit more like Randy Savage.
I’m not a Klobuchar fan, but I’ll swap you Amy for Porter and, if you act now, I’ll throw in Kamala at no extra cost.
If we're horse trading, any deal has to include Walz and Ilhan. So..Klobuchar, Walz and Ilhan for Porter and Kamala. I'll also include cash. It flows freely in the Mecca of Fraud, Minnesota.
Whoa, whoa… no deal! Those two wackos? I’ll counter with Gavin and Schiff.
I think we need to have a 3 team[state] deal. Any other states like Illinois or NY want to do a mega deal?
Holy crap, will you take Brandon Johnson? We'll even throw in an ex-governor.
Hell, we'll throw in an ex-governor who *hasn't* been to jail. For Illinois, that's like an original "Star Wars" toy in its original box - it's a collectible.
LOL!
What’s the name of that idiot from Washington state?
Kloubachar is infinitely worse. She is able to hide her diabolical lizard skin under a "aw shucks" Minnesota demeanor.
She gives a new meaning to "Minnesota Nice."
Her father was provably a member of the human species, but can't say the same for her.
I didn't live here when he was a scribe. Any good?
When I was a casual reader of his columns, I had no idea he had worked in the army's psychological warfare unit during his military service:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15310630-eight-miles-without-a-pothole
Similar to Bob Woodward's background!
Minnesota Ice.
That horrible grimace that she tries to pass off as a smile.
She reminds me of the old saying "beauty is only skin deep,,,but ugly goes all the way to the bone".
I love it
It constantly amazes me how completely idiotic these purported “leaders” can be. It’s shocking really. She, Newsom, Harris and Schiff are glaring examples of the dangers of a one party state.
You forgot Swalwell and Pelosi.
We'd all like to!
Don’t forget Brad Sherman, Ted Lieu, Scott Weiner…
Oh and Richard Pan!! So many losers that it's difficult to remember them all, mainly because we try to block them out!
Don't forget Swalwell & Maxine!!!
When will they put up a yellow dog for election?
Same can be said for incest
Train-wreck-Katie should never sit sideways under overhead light during a televised interview….and as we all know that’s the least of it…another one of ‘Harvard’s Finest’
Katie: "how do I look?"
her staff: "great!"
I think they do everything they can to subtly sabotage her and she deserves it.
Kamala and her staff were eerily similar.
I’m not sure that’s a real woman.
It answers the question of what If Rosie O’Donnell had stayed and done politics
LMAO
YES! My target comment landed elsewhere w Substack's squirrely numerical code, but 🎯 🎯 🎯
I loved the part, roughly translated! “…40%?! What do I need THEM for?” It’s not about public service representing the interests of the public, it’s about my power, and what I have to do to appease my supporters so they keep me in power.
Her flippant, caustic and apparently genuine reference -- as a politician, on tape! -- to what she clearly considers as human garbage (not worthy of serving them as citizens, never mind of having the vote) made me wince. And I'm on the left.
And then came the hand waving...oh my! That did it for me! Such a loser...
Reminds me of Hillary’s “basket of deplorables” gaff. Obviously this type of politician doesn’t even pretend to want to represent all their constituents. They’re bought and paid for and they know who their masters are…and it’s never the voters.
I have a very very low-information friend who mostly sends me anti-Trump crap off Facebook, but even he remembers Hillary's deplorables comment, WITH her hand gestures of "put them in the basket." That's epic psycho fail by HRC.
Just being true to form…
The most Lesbian non-Lesbian I've ever seen.
Complete with total lack of humor.
These are the type of people, in large part, who constitute the new vanguard of law professors.
Kind of similar to how politics tends to attract defective personalities…
How do you know she is not lesbo. Lots of closets in California
"This is the person who simmers with nuclear rage while scrupulously cataloguing all the mistakes the vast flawed universe of Other People make in delaying his or her obviously deserved success."
Yes! It's a liberal thing, and seems to afflict women the most: Hilldog (I would have won if Trump had not had help from the Russians) Kamala (107 Days - everybody sucks but me)
Kamala will make her political comeback and jump into the race when there are 107 days to go!
Commie-la is most successful when underneath, excuse me
under pressure...
Rain down joy on those mothaf*ckers!
At least the Yankees are eliminated.
Senator Amy Klobuchar vs Rep Katie Porter. Closed arena, weapons of choice scattered randomly around the arena floor: binders (hard cover) and steaming bowls of potato. Each warrior gets to select two staffers to act as minions/meat shields but no points are scored for downing staffers. Winner gets to take a picture with Zelensky.
Zelensky a nice touch!
Brilliant. Klobuchar is every bit as bad, but lives in the MidWest where polite is still the expected default. Porter is a product of "honor your child" CA, where the word "no" is synonymous with child abuse.
As embarrassed as I am for Katie, I am more embarrassed for the people who raised her.
I’ve recently become aware of the joy that is Katie Porter. Boy, is she delightful!
A ray of California sunshine!
Oozing charm
Ooozing something, at least, although “charm” isn’t the word I’d choose…
And quite the looker!
Katie Porter hot AF. Send nudes
Some random genius on X just posted the perfect tweet (TwiX?):
"Katie Porter has demolished the hot-crazy chart."
Meow! 😻
STOP EVERYTHING! BIG NEWS.
László Krasznahorkai has won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature!
I wait for announcements of the Booker Prize, the Nobel Prize in Literature (Sigrid Undset in 1928 for "Kristin Lavransdatter" ....blew me away as an historical epic), and the International Dublin Literary Award.
Too many good books....not enough time.
I have just re-read KL and it is still my favorite.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/a599bcafd2635587
Thank you!!
It is one of those reading treasures.
Did he write some unreadable book?
Come on. Can you blame Katie Porter? That impertinent reporter had the temerity to ask a follow up question!
She tells CBS press "I didn't come here for this!", as if reporting done properly *means* "having a nice chat". And she says it all on tape. What a clown!
not just one followup, but 7 followups to every question, like she was counting. wacko
ANOTHER unhappy experience bringer!
"Who do you think I am? A Republican?!" - Katie Porter