October 23, 2026
I keep thinking to myself that I'll be glad when the election is over. The 2024 election was bad, but this one seems even worse, at least locally. Seems like not a day goes by when I don't have to read something about Alabama Becky Bextel saying something outrageous or some disgruntled Wyoming Freedom Caucusers saying that they're the only real Republicans, and for that matter, the only real Americans.
Worst of all, not a day goes by that Donald Trump doesn't act crazier than the day before.
So, in the back of my mind, I keep thinking that the election will put an end to the Republican Party's control of Congress, if not an outright end to the GOP itself, and things will start getting back to sane, if not normal.
But Trump won't let that happen.
The General Election is on November 3. The Evangelical Far Right Mago Clerico-Fascist Coup will start on November 4.*
There's no doubt about it.
Only if the Democratic victory in November is so overwhelming that it can't be sanely denied, and Republicans in Congress need to get moderate to save their remaining seats, will this be capable of being avoided. Trump will attempt it anyhow.
And here it starts:
And the start of the attempted 2026 Coup commences:
Trump administration sues to block Senate race certification in Alaska if Republican loses
As this is the first part of what will be a desperate effort of the Trump administration to cling to power, we'll start a new edition.
Lawsuits, voter intimidation, the whole smash. The Trump MAGA extremist, and the National Conservatives, who is all he has left, are not going to go into the political night without attempting to seize power. Trump is all they have to try to make their dreams of a Clerico-fascist state (and their dreams on the nature of that state do not align) become a reality.
cont:
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Rod Miller: Why Hasn't Bryan Miller And The Wyoming GOP Endorsed Eric Barlow?
October 24, 2026
October 25, 2026
There's definitely angst in the Chuc Gray camp. I saw one of the campaign television ads he's running that Miller had mentioned, and it was remarkable. All about inflation etc., and how he can be counted on to back Wyomingites.
Give us a break.
Gray's entire campaign today has been based on being a complete Trump toady. The fact that Trump's economic policies, including his tariffs and illegal war on Iran has boosted inflation can't be ignored.
But Gray's attempting to ignore it.
That must be making inroads into his support, if he has any support. He's deeply disliked in general and barely won the primary. His campaign is trying to shift late in the day into an area which, frankly, he has no traction.
October 26, 2026
Mary Peltola was injured in a car accident over the weekend
Chuck Gray made another appearance at a University of Wyoming football game this week, and promptly posted photographs of himself, which means somebody (I suspect I know who) goes to all of these game to photograph him in "candid" shots.
One thing that this is causing is for people to ask why Chuck is always alone.
Footnotes:
* I started this thread a couple of days prior to the first post. I hadn't anticipated the coup attempt starting before the ballots were counted, but it has.
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