When the political era is defined by a feeling of loss and dispossession, what you want to do is campaign on dispossessing people further in several different ways at once
For reasons somewhat but not entirely particular to Texas, there was longstanding opposition among a lot of Republican voters & legislators to school choice, much moreso than in other states.
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The electorate is getting older
This is an *existential* problem for the GOP in the long term
With each passing year the electorate will get younger and more Hispanic, and if these numbers even remotely hold (around 2020-levels), it's game over for them
Demographics are destiny, and the GOP's destiny is bleak
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When the Democrats are winning with preachers in Texas and Kansas I think it's probably inadvisable to go all in on the young male meme again
GOP is facing several headwinds:
-America becoming more secular
-White evangelicals dying off
-Immigrants being super Dem
-Economic & social angst of young men
-Hyper liberalism of unmarried White women
Trump destroyed his 2024 coalition by catering to seniors & Israel obsessed neocons. That betrayal will take years to recover from.
GOP’s optimal strategy is to reject Christian tradcon, stop yapping about Reagan or socialism, and embrace a pro-male secular agenda.
I found Paxton's idleness to be endearing this year. He obviously should not be an elected representative.
Per @TMZ, AG @KenPaxtonTX and his lover are jetting off to Fiji.
I dont recognize the logo on his backpack. Anybody know what it is?
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btw Paxton was endorsed by a liberal Democrat and given 600k in donations to primary Cornyn, and then that Democrat flipped to supporting Talarico
Performative fiscal austerity
ABC News: Trump Moves to Drop Millions From SNAP
The Trump administration on Tuesday moved to kick millions of people from SNAP — commonly known as food stamps — and other government assistance programs for vulnerable families
abcnews.com/Politics/trump-a…
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A lot of Republican hardliners are vibes based and if you're too mentally stable they get the ick
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No idea why people think he'd have the same margin as Abbott when Paxton was getting people to ticket flip totally or just stay home
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Funniest thing about Paxton is how he had no ideology he was just corrupt and people will demand you defend him
How Stephen Miller is gonna be moving around JD
I asked one national Republican Party insider if he thought Stephen Miller would give VP Vance any space to separate himself from Trump on some things ahead of a 2028 presidential run.
“He will dress the vice president up as an ICE agent and put him in charge of a raid squad before he allows the VP to get away with that,” the source texted me.
