You have the ability to telekinetically manipulate objects near politicians, but they can't get injured or die before their fated lifespan is up; How do you embarass the politicians?
By "near" I mean like a sphere of 10 Meters around them. You can't manipulate them directly, it has to be a non-living object. You also can't cause anyone else to die before their fated time of death.
So, how do you embarass them.
Trip them down the stairs? (zero injuries remember)
Drop their mug while they try to drink water?
C'mon, what's the most embarassing thing you can do?
Someone who can't get basic things done properly won't gain much of a following or at least will be questionable. Therefore:
Good old unzip, unbutton, and wardrobe disaster. Your politician's pants or skirt fall to the floor and they are exposed, they may trip over that too.
Similar shenanigans with shoelaces.
Wearing a tie?" The wind " will always flap it on their faces. Repeatedly . Just like in TES
They will always get food stains and smears. These people don't know how to eat without making a mess. They will even "accidentally" stain people next to them.
Can I manipulate Botox? Silicone? I'd be making them make faces or just have restless boobs if applicable.
Now I'm gonna steal some ideas I've read posted here and add to my repertoire:
recording and releasing information using their own phones,
Keeping their mouth shut or messing up their speech, manipulating mouth fillings
Turn on/off cameras and microphones, catching them unaware or spoiling their message
Reminds me of Alcatraz vs The Evil Librarians. The main character's talent was breaking things. Takes a while for them to turn it into something other than just a curse.
Just to show the scope of talents in the book, the main character's grandfather was late to everything. Someone shooting at him? He'd arrive too late and the bullets would miss.
Reminds me of Piers Anthony's Xanth books. Everyone has a singular magic talent, but some of them straight suck, like creating a colored spot on the wall. But used creatively, even the suck ones can have value, like the spot person becoming a master pointillist artist.
Sounds like free marketing for those donors. I would instead suggest, have the logos, but have them either vandalized or modified in a way that ridicules the logo owner. Now that's going to generate friction
I dont know about embarassing but having any screen nearby them run a live fact check of any lies they tell.
As for embarassing, live updates on the screen of last time: farted, picked nose, didnt wash hands, imagined someone naked (including just partially), didnt understand what they were just told, a little bit if of wee dripped out, tries to hide arousal/erection etc.
Would love to see someones 'imagined someone naked' counter reset when they are talking to the queen, or 'tries to hide erection' when holding hands with ivanka.
Edit to add: but not before I buy shares in leading dildo manufacturers, because no self-respecting MAGA will be caught dead in public without their pocket-dildo after that.
Hold their hairs that normally fall out in place until they are on camera then shed all at once.
Make their eyes water whenever they are on camera by pushing just a little too much air at them.
Wardrobe malfunctions are an option, but I think making them fumble everything would be better, so they try to hold a pen and it slips out of their hand etc.
Make the camera drift upwards so they look shorter.
I pick up anything I can around politicans I hate, and kill anyone NEAR them. All the time. Just, nonstop. I feel like that would end their career, if not drive them a little crazy.
Make the phrase: I LOVE DICKS - I SUCK COCK -, in a circle around them, spelled out in dildos. And just like Saturn, it follows them around everywhere.
An alternative phrase would be: I LIE ABOUT EVERYTHING, still spelled out with dildos.
I feel like opportunities to actually do anything embarrassing would be rare. You'd be better off doing vandalism in a way that doesn't seem like a supernatural conspiracy against whatever group you really hate. At least that sends a message of disapproval, rather than being highly useful political fodder for them.
Manipulate nearby water (in glasses, but I am only interested in the water) to first be in the form of water vapor, and then turn back to liquid in the politician's pits and nipples and eyes. Making him seem like he's lactating during a very sombre press conference. Making him seem like he's hyper-perspiring during speeches. Making him seem like he's crying during budget deliberations.
I'll make this happen repeatedly, without drawing attention to it unnecessarily. Just a politician who lactates, gushes water out of his pits, and cries.
I like what the Hitchhiker's Guide proposed: have their clothes make one step to the left. Or, even better for some people (esp. men): do it with their makeup. Perhaps fake teeth/hair.
Also, why manipulate the mug they're drinking out of when you can manipulate the fluid inside of it?
You could tie their shoe strings mid walk... Constantly switch the key caps on their keyboard around (you just know they have to look down while typing)...
I won't allow them to make public speeches, cameras will always stop recording, and microphones won't work. When they wohld need to answer questions they won't be able to open their mouth or they won't hear what the question was, if my telekinesis allows to manipulate light, they will constantly miss things and won't be able to see things. Actually if anything but injuring them allowed in the 10 meter sphere, you can ruin their careers in matter of days if not hours.
Visit every biblical plague on every politician who uses their power to hurt people while claiming to be Christian. Every time they are in the public eye. Use my powers to manipulate "Christian" voters into actually voting that way.