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EdwardDiego • today at 1:40 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

I knew American politics were wild, but holy hell man, some of these videos are just exploitative - e.g., https://youtu.be/mbNiWWKqt0s

I'm not sure what this person's agenda is, and why they're appearing for an advert in Ohio when their transition that they regret happened in GODDAMNED TEXAS and didn't transition AS A CHILD.

https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/10/06/woman-accusing-she...

It absolutely reeks of despair when the SLF PAC is paying for videos that are basically "Democrats are putting chemicals in the water that makes the frogs gay".


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bschwindHN • today at 1:59 PM

Try this one:

https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000011228488/el...

Summary if you don't want to click: Vivek Ramaswamy ran an ad against his opponent, Amy Acton, which has Amy's mom telling people not to vote for her because she's a liar, and has "lied her whole life".

From wikipedia:

> Acton has said that after her parents divorced and while she lived with her mother, Donna Arthur, she experienced neglect, abuse, and periods of homelessness, including spending one winter living in a tent on the north side of Youngstown.[7][8][9] Her mother remarried Cledith Arthur, who had already been prosecuted for raping his daughter; according to Acton and her younger brother, Phil Stearns, Arthur sexually abused her.[10][11] Arthur was charged with raping her when she was 12, but charges against him stalled after he fled the state and moved to Pennsylvania, despite several warrants being issued for his arrest over the next three years;[12][13][14][15] Acton's mother was later convicted of felony theft by deception.[9]

> After Acton's mother lost custody of her

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Acton