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    Is there any method to force Paxton to enforce the law when the company in question is X?
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    This was the plan in 2020 until Fox News called Arizona and even Murdoch wouldn't back down from the call. If CNN or MSNBC would have called AZ, Trump wouldn't have cared and it would have just been proof how the MSM hates him. But Fox News took the wind out of his sails by declaring AZ for Biden. Honesty it felt premature for them to call it for Biden but damn if they weren't right. If any of the battleground states report at the same time that Trump is leading, he will declare that he won. I imagine there have already been talks with Fox News to stay out of calling the battle ground states. Trump doesn't need them to call the states for him, he just can't have them calling them for Harris.
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    Republicans have always been horrible about getting any entertainer to help with their messaging. Almost always it's a has-been or never-was that needs the money. They obviously get some known names but it usually decades after they were relevant. They even struggle to get current country stars to show up for them, even though you know some of them support the GOP.
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    Makes sense that being called weird is upsetting many republicans. Any group can be triggered and act like a snowflake, and republican men can easily fall into that trap. I know lifetime Bud Light drinkers, who are also Republican voters, who stopped drinking it because Kid Rock told them that it made them aligned with the transgender community.
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    For a couple of months, I've been using the Tablo device as an improved OTA device plus DVR. Overall I've been underwhelmed with the google TV app but I do like the DVR. It's nice to be able to schedule OTA recordings again, along with DVR pause/skip/etc. I also like the cost is only the upfront device purchase price and there is zero monthly fees. It's also cool that I can view content to any device within my home network like with iPad or other TVs not connected to the antenna. By design, it doesn't work from outside the network. the major downside is that the app takes too long to load on the TV coupled with error messages because it's aware it's taking too long. It can take several minutes to load up . Perhaps my TV (processor, memory?) cannot handle it but I still look to Tablo that they need to right size their software to work on average TVs. I don't have similar problems with other apps like netflix or prime.
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    It was Trump's idea and Biden went along with it. The problem is that there is no clean way to unoccupy a country that doesn't want your way of life. To me, both Biden and Trump own the withdrawal debacle but what was the alternative? not to mention that the failure goes back to Bush in that he invaded a country with a withdrawal plan that we would be greeted as liberators. spoiler alert: we weren't.
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    Doubtful that Maduro would care much if the citizens on the other end of the political spectrum threaten to leave Venezuela. Those leaving may be extremely valuable members of society but who care about that when you can still pump plenty of oil out of the ground. Yes, I know they're incredibly incompetent and inefficient at it, but they still earn a ton of revenue. At some point the other American countries especially South America may have to step into this.
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    Calling relatives stupid isn't going to help anything except make you feel better in the short term. And if you don't want to interact with them, then just don't.
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    When someone is far enough down the rabbit hole, I don't think there is a way back. Take the current flat earther folks. They will take a youtube video as more proof than every scientific mind for the last 2,000+ years. Ancient Greeks knew the earth was round. Most likely it was believed even before that but preserved communication is rare. Even when presented with overwhelming evidence, they have the ultimate fall back that it's a conspiracy for those to lie. And when they have that wild card in their back pocket, you can't refute them. In their minds. Not to compare flat earthers with all religious types, but the critical thinking flaws are similar. Someone can always say their religious texts trumps any scientific proof because God wrote the text.
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    Two aspects. One the ability to actually get an amendment passed. Two, getting the Republicans to agree that they do not want common sense laws/amendments. Given this is an election thread, I see the latter as a great issue for the Democrats. For Harris, having Biden push an agenda gives her great control of the issue on the campaign trail. If something is popular, she and Biden can put her out front of it. If something is not as popular, Harris can ignore it. I wouldn't be surprised to see Biden going after other issues that would prove to be popular. Like marijuana legality reform.
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    Never good when a leader expects the govt and military to have personal allegiance to them and not the constitution or people.
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    Great move by Biden to go for constitutional amendments for removing presidential immunity and term limits for the Supreme Court. Look forward to the gop stance how both are bad. there are some good aspects to having an old, lame duck president. They can go after legacy items and not worried about future elections or lining their own pocket.
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    What’s up the story about Vance writing about how he thought he was gay when he was young? And his grandma comforting him by saying that she would love him regardless of his orientation. Perhaps he should have learned about compassion from her.
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    Tulsi is actually a good source to discover what Putin wants you to think.
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    Yes the poor performance of the TX Democrat party has made all of us, including Republicans, understand that our votes don’t matter for statewide elections. I normally vote Democrat and I seriously do not know who runs the state party and whether there even is a statewide party. It wouldn’t surprise me if the same person(s) have been in charge of it for 20 years. Earning a nice paycheck while consistently failing.
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    Too many, low skilled employees can only offer one thing: their time. And unfortunately most employers value time the least of all skills or offerings. If you have to use your muscles and especially your mind, you have the ability to earn more. And some have decided to ignore these facts, or they’ve never been taught it. at my work, we pay developers a great salary to build tools so that customers can self service their accounts more and more. It used to be that we were satisfied helping the customers call the support staff. Or building efficient support staff processes. Now the support team is looked as handling difficult situations or for the few customers that prefer to call. Those last support agents will earn more individually but the company spends less on support operations.
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    Perhaps its just my sources for news and commentary but I can't believe how bad it's been for Trump coming out of the RNC. His speech started off ok for non-MAGA but he couldn't help himself and went full MAGA. And post-convention, it's all about how bad Vance has been and rumors of second guessing the choice. Then add to it that Biden is now a hero statesman for being one of the few Presidents to voluntarily relinquish power plus the rapid consolidation and excitement for Harris. Not the best 2 weeks for Trump.
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    It's not 0% but I've usually avoided bond funds. Age 55 looking to retire by 62. However I have some safe retirement money from a former employer earning a guaranteed 5%, and I have a sizable "emergency" fund that is in HYSAs. With recently moving some IRA funds between brokers I did purchase a bond fund. I'm not expecting growth but look at it as decent dividend/return/whatever. I figure that I should remove some risk.
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    Disney's new "cable" bundle for streaming is available now: https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/25/business/disney-hulu-and-max-launch-streaming-bundle-at-up-to-38-discount/index.html $17 (ads) or $30 (no ads) Disney+ Hulu Max plus content from ABC, CNN, Discovery, Food Network, FX, HGTV noticed this at the end of the article: "Disney, WBD and Fox Corp. are also launching the dedicated sports streaming service Venu this fall, which will combine ESPN, TNT, Fox Sports and other assets under a single streaming roof." sign up: https://www.disneyplus.com/welcome/disney-hulu-max-bundle
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    Manchin: “turn those machines back on.” if a potential candidate wasn’t preparing, they weren’t a viable candidate. It’s like a former boss taught me that if you wait to declare interest, for a newly open promotion, you’re already late. It’s not like Biden’s action was out of the blue. I don’t care what he said the day before. if manchin wanted to be kingmaker he should have had the balls to pressure Biden to drop out like Pelosi. Kamala would have owed him if he had helped to produce her ascent to candidate. Manchin was always just a legislator and contrarian “leader.” He never seemed to have the courage to risk his safe position. History will forget him.
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    That was impressive how she spiraled into paranoia and then blew up another alliance that wanted her.
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    SIAP but good on Mayor Pete to call on JD to stfu about childlessness. When you comment on other people not having children, you never know the full story. Many people go through challenges with having children that the public or even friends may not have full awareness. Talking someone down because they don't have kids is immature, cruel and rude. https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/23/politics/video/buttigieg-responds-jd-vance-criticism-childless-democrats-sot-scr-digvid Not to mention that having kids or not is not a prerequisite in being a leader. It's mindboggling that Vance can have such poor critical thinking skills.
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    I don’t know exactly what that guy said or meant to say but there is little reason to say college sorority vs sorority. No one calls those orgs college sororities still I would always error on the side of caution to not call someone a racist until they obviously prove otherwise.
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    Good info. I wondered if this had occurred in modern history. If trump told Vance to quit, within the hour Vance would be telling us about a need to care for his family but respect their privacy by not asking why.
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    Wtf Turner. Going on about it considering it. Either run or don’t but he’s playing this like if he was thinking of a run for president. He must be calling all of the other potentials and telling them how he will help them and their office/cause once he’s in the House. as mentioned above, do we really need to elect someone well into retirement age just do they can stay until they die?

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