One of the few downsides of my resuming full attention to the weird Boston Red Sox 2026 season is that I now have to watch the paid political ads between innings on NESN, the New England Sports Network that broadcasts Sox and Bruins games.
As background [Note: this is NOT a baseball-related post, so ye who have been deprived of love for the National Pastime by a quirks of mysterious God, don’t stop reading], the team played so wretchedly for so long—three full months—that I was forced to suspend viewership just to preserve my sanity, as all rational analysis led to the unavoidable conclusion that the team was a hopeless, inexplicable flop despite what should have been sufficient talent to compete, and watching the group find infuriating ways to lose was a waste of time and emotion. Unexpectedly, and almost without precedent in baseball history, Boston climbed from a dismal 32–46 record on June 24 and a 1% playoff probability to 61–51, capturing the second American League Wild Card spot and tying an 80-year-old franchise record with a 15-game winning streak. They are now in the midst of a new 6 game streak now, and are playing exciting, spirited baseball, most recently sweeping the Best Team Money Can Buy, the L.A. Dodgers, in the Evil Empire’s home stadium.
But the political ads! They are insulting, as the authors obviously believe Red Sox fans are morons, and, to be fair since I read the comments after team reports, many certainly are.
Ethics Alarms 
When you have spent nearly a decade creating an alternate reality where Donald Trump is the Devil and all his works are evil, all you must do is pledge to stop, undo, clean up and, where possible, erase the slightest evidence of his existence.
Most rational people realize these opponents of evil personified are insane, deluded or, at best, misguided.
This perspective is from someone who did not vote for him in 2024.
The same type of ads ran in the Illinois primary often seen in Indiana.
I’ve been seeing a televised ads for a candidate in Wisconsin (don’t remember what progressive woman it is) that’s openly claiming that corporations are “stealing the American dream”, the new phrase to show that corporations are evil.
These people are certifiably delusional.
I’m seeing the same nonsense that I wrote about back in August 2011 and later in May of 2017 being recycled by progressives. Loads of smearing lies with absolutely no substance and the morons supporting the political left are eating it up like candy.