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Understand the implications of what happened in Texas last night.
Gina Hinojosa has called on Gov. Abbott to end state & local cooperation with ICE & she can order that on day one.
Hinojosa voted against the 2017 SB 4 as a TX state rep. The bill was essentially a sanctuary cities ban and required TX law enforcement to cooperate with ICE detainers. She then voted against another SB 4 in 2023, which made it a state crime to cross illegally into Texas.
Should there be another border crisis in coming years, there will likely be no resistance from Texas at the border. No Texas DPS, no TX National Guard, no razor wire or water buoys, and no Operation Lone Star, which Hinojosa called a “dog and pony show” and “political theater”.
Remember when 15,000 Haitians surged illegally into Del Rio, TX in 2021 under the international bridge? That was only stopped because Texas DPS responded on Abbott’s orders and physically blocked further crossings by lining up their cruisers to form a wall. The Biden Border Patrol was caught off guard and offered almost no resistance, except for some horseback agents who were falsely slandered for “whipping”.
Additionally, because Republicans failed to pass any legislation codifying President Trump’s border security measures, if Dems take the White House in 2028, that Dem president could, if he/she wants to, reverse every single Trump border security policy immediately upon taking office because they were all done at the executive level, and they can order Border Patrol to go back to a passive catch & release policy like we saw under Biden.
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Ignore all the polling, exit polling, or even the early results
If you're in line, STAY IN LINE
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🚨🚨 THE DEMOCRACY FILES / ILLEGITIMACY PLAYBOOK, PART 11: NOT-SO-INDEPENDENT SENATE CAMPAIGNS OF DAN OSBORN (NE) AND BRIAN BENGS (SD) 🚨
Two Senate candidates running as independents have ties to Renew American Democracy, the project ran by ex-USAID workers to restructure American governance. And one of them admits on video they've been "coordinating."
According to the polls, "independent" Dan Osborn is in a toss-up race with Ricketts in Nebraska.
Emerson has South Dakota "independent" Brian Bengs within single digits of Mike Rounds.
The strategy is to elect enough independents to deny either party a governing majority—and use their votes as leverage for structural reforms.
Osborn's 2024 field director, Austen Campbell, laid out the plan:
"We have a goal for 2026 to run a slate of independents and deny both political parties the majority in the House of Representatives in hopes of getting an independent speaker."
Bengs said echoed that on a September 2026 Renew to Thrive call:
"We don't need to get 50 or 51 to change things. We just need a handful."
In their words, this handful is to do "arm-twisting" to get the structural reforms they want.
➡️ Paul Zeitz's May 2026 Concept Note: open primaries, ranked-choice voting, and "independent" redistricting.
➡️ RAD's Constitution Emergency Response draft: an Article V convention with amendments on "campaign finance and voting rights restoration, healthcare, education, and economic security, and ecological rights and climate accountability."
The draft calls that the MODERATE strategy.
And the political objective extends beyond reforming elections.
In 2023, Walt Roberts told the man who now runs the Independent National Convention that stopping the MAGA GOP was "job one."
As for ending the two-party duopoly?
"That's very secondary right now."
Put those statements together.
A plan to deny both parties a majority. Candidates running as independents. A small voting bloc positioned to extract concessions. A documented list of proposed constitutional and electoral changes. And a stated priority of stopping the MAGA GOP.
The question for Nebraska and South Dakota voters is whether they know what these candidates' political allies have been planning... and whether Osborn and Bengs share those objectives.
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It’s very disappointing to see Republicans campaign against Amendment 3
How can you be against property tax cuts?
Anyone who tells you cities or police departments will go broke because of it are gaslighting you.
Perhaps these local jurisdictions should do a better job with their budgets?
Florida legislature will not let anyone sink.
Vote YES on amendment 3!
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I’ve seen some pretty nasty attacks on @byrondonalds and his family over the last few months. Most were straight-up lies. I represent the district David Jolly once held. To be clear: he turned his back on my constituents. He literally said one thing to them, went to DC, and did another and it genuinely hurt them.
It broke trust. His word is no good… and a man is only as good as his word.
Byron, on the other hand, in closed-door conversations, in certain votes, and even in debate, is who he says he is. I know because many times, I was in those same rooms and conversations. He is solid. Anyway, we’re doing a massive rally on Saturday. You can hear from him yourself.
I have supported the Donalds since they began this journey and will continue to do so. When they win in 10 days, FL will be in good hands and the beautiful state we enjoy will continue to prosper. ☀️
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Alaska, vote ✅YES to Ballot Measure 2 to DEFEAT Ranked Choice Voting.
California, vote ✅ YES to Proposition 39 to require election officials to verify US citizenship to vote.
Nevada, vote ✅ YES to Question 7 to require photo ID to vote.
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From the @WSJ: “Persian Gulf oil exports have surpassed prewar levels, as an improvised shipping system under U.S. protection is helping tankers move oil through one of Iran’s fiercest waves of attacks in the Strait of Hormuz.”
wsj.com/world/middle-east/mo…
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🚨 UNREAL: Maura Healey's former aide, already facing cocaine trafficking and gun charges, has now been ARRESTED for SNAP fraud.
The Democrats KEEP producing these people. Prosecute to the FULLEST.
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Another good US economic number: September industrial production expanded by 0.7%, beating the 0.4% consensus forecast.
This comes on the heels of yesterday’s strong retail sales and labor market data.
Meanwhile, today’s higher-than-expected rise in September import prices (+1.1%) reinforces the message from this week’s hot CPI and PPI readings.
#economy #markets #growth #inflation
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James Talarico is running a campaign of lies and deceit. He spent his entire career as the most radical liberal in the Texas legislature and then became a totally different person when he realized he needed to win votes from outside of Austin.
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🚨 WATCH: Rep. Byron Donalds says his opponent David Jolly is “running the Joe Biden basement campaign,” slams him for skipping debates and public meetings voters can actually watch
@ByronDonalds: "My opponent doesn't want to debate. He doesn't do public meetings except for the people maybe in that room, but he doesn't put them online."
"I've not seen him take one question, except from a member of the press, that anybody else, any other Floridian can go and look at it and say, oh, I see where he stands on this."
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James Talarico telling White teachers on a zoom call that "white supremacy and hetero-patriarchy have colonized their minds"…
This guy is not a moderate.
He’s full woke 1.0 insanity.
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Oil flows in the Strait of Hormuz have sharply rebounded:
Persian Gulf crude oil exports surpassed 14 million barrels per day last week for the first time since the Iran War began on February 28th.
This marks an over +210% increase from the ~4.5 million barrels per day low seen in March.
As a result, the 4-week average is up to 14 million barrels per day, the highest level in 6 months.
Persian Gulf crude oil exports have now recovered to ~80% of their pre-war levels.
This comes as the US military has increasingly secured the Strait of Hormuz and established a two-way shipping corridor along the coast of Oman, allowing oil convoys to resume through the waterway.
Meanwhile, refined fuel shipments, including gasoline, diesel and jet fuel, remain at only around 50% of pre-war levels, as these products are more expensive to transport than crude oil and some refineries in the Persian Gulf that were damaged during the early stages of the war have also yet to fully resume operations.
Oil flows are coming back, but the fuel market is still under intense pressure.
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198 House Democrats OPPOSED the Stop Insider Trading Act, which bans shady stock trading by Members of Congress AND ensures Americans show a valid ID to vote.
Today, Senate Democrats BLOCKED it.
Never forget: The overwhelming majority of Democrats vote to ALLOW corruption and fraud.
Shameful.
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You're not going to believe how nasty Delta is.
Delta CEO Ed Bastian got caught trashing Elon Musk at internal meetings to explain why they rejected Starlink. But don't buy the corporate moral high ground for a second.
Delta tested Starlink, but Elon refused to let them trap passengers behind ad-tracking portals to farm and sell user data. SpaceX wanted instant connection just like home, with zero data harvesting.
So what did Delta do? They signed with Amazon’s completely untested satellite network which won't even launch fleetwide until 2028. Strictly to monetize passenger information.
United flyers get 300 Mbps; Delta flyers get dial-up and a data harvest.
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1. Granola
The label says 1/4 cup. Your bowl says 1.5 cups.
▫️ That's roughly 800 calories before the milk
▫️ Add honey or dried fruit and it climbs
✅ Fix: weigh it once. Use it as a topping, not the base.
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🚨😱 FOX NEWS JUST DESTROYED Sen. Jeanne Shaheen LIVE.
She said:
“I haven’t heard ANYONE in my party wanting to give illegals taxpayer-funded healthcare!”
The host smiled.
“I’m glad you said that. I have some tape…”
Cut to 2019 Democratic debate:
“Show of hands — provide coverage for illegal aliens?”
EVERY. SINGLE. CANDIDATE. RAISES THEIR HAND. ✋✋✋
Host:
“That’s literally EVERY member of your party… from moderate to progressive.” 💀🔥
Shaheen’s face says it all.
The tape doesn’t lie. The party does.
Watch it. Share it. They hoped you’d forget.
