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AOC looked so hot when she was dragging Byron Donals to hell and back for his clumsy attempt to deceive.

Went downstairs earlier this evening and encountered two family members who have not been able to ween themselves from watching Maher. While mixing my Uncle Nearest based cocktail, I heard the Maher audience applaud Desantis’ for the way he [mis]managed vaccines in Florida. Don’t tell me disinformation doesn’t work.

We had a very real chance to overhaul our broken immigration system in 2013 when the Senate passed sweeping legislation that not only enjoyed bipartisan support in the upper chamber, but among rank and file liberal and conservative constituencies. It failed because House Republicans knew it would pass if held to a vote: https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-real-reason-why-the-house-wont-pass-comprehensive-immigration-reform/ It’s been a year since the Senate passed a comprehensive immigration bill. George and Jeb Bush and Sens. John McCain and Lindsay Graham support it. Conservative public intellectuals such as David Brooks, Grover Norquist, and Karl Rove also support it, as well as more than 100 conservative economists, the Wall Street Journal and the CATO Institute. Comprehensive immigration reform enjoys a level of popularity that should make it a win-win for all involved. Still, House Republicans refuse to support it — even though the Senate recently passed a bipartisan bill with which many conservatives are satisfied. With every reason to pass comprehensive immigration reform, why are House Republicans standing in its way? Many claim that the Senate bill amounts to amnesty, a measure they suggest leaves us no better off than we are now. They stress securing the border and expelling the 11 to 12 million “illegal aliens” residing in the United States. House Republicans argue that the Senate bill amounts to nothing more than a breach of the rule of law – a foundational conservative tenet. But something beyond ideology drives House Republicans’ resistance to comprehensive immigration reform. Let’s review the case against comprehensive immigration reform from the House GOP’s perspective.

There is a pretty silly poster who claims to be a Texas fan who has repped this site for its sports insights but dragged it for troglodyte political takes

The TigerDroppings faithful disagree: https://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/politics/jasmine-crockett-d-tx/110037229/

Watching Tuberville get away with this reminds me of the excuses offered in the face of inaction on unchecked gun violence. We’re told there’s nothing more that can be done. Likewise, we hear that the Senate custom that grants Tuberville the “courtesy” to wreak havoc within the military, is sacrosanct. Really? Why not suspend or do away with a harmful anachronism that does more harm than good?

WSJ calls on Americans to remember: https://www.mediaite.com/print/lunacy-wall-street-journal-editorial-board-slams-republicans-for-ignoring-trumps-unhinged-posts/ The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board slammed former President Donald Trump — and the Republicans who enable him — over the “unhinged” remarks that populate his feed on social media platform Truth Social. In their latest op-ed, the board noted that in the last few days, Trump has pledged to have NBC and MSNBC investigated for “country-threatening treason” and suggested that General Mark Milley should be executed. The op-ed also noted that Trump “uses Truth Social to amplify unhinged posts from others, including one recently calling the 2021 Capitol riot a ‘Fedsurrection,’ involving Antifa leftists in MAGA disguise, and ‘the Deep State coordinated their actions through proxies.'” The editorial board called “this lunacy” a “direct mind-meld with Mr. Trump’s true social and political self.” As such, the editorial board argued, why are Republicans not taking Trump’s “campaign pledge to abridge the First Amendment” and call for the execution of U.S. generals seriously? He is, after all, the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican nomination. “What if some crank does and decides to shoot Gen. Milley in his retirement?” the board asked, before concluding that voters will pay attention to Trump’s posts if he’s nominated for president again, and Republicans will have to deal with the political ramifications of that. From the op-ed:

No, because Chief Justice Roberts says race based discrimination no longer exists in America, despite what you see around you.

Granny Lauren attempted to add a similar amendment that would reduce the pay of a transgendered service person to $1. She kept referring to Sean Kelly as “deputary” while insisting on misgendering her.

Has this ever happened before? https://www.yahoo.com/news/secdef-austin-salary-cut-1-180848504.html House Republicans on Wednesday approved a measure to slash Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s salary from more than $221,000 annually to less than $1, based on their dissatisfaction with his work so far. The move has little chance of becoming law, but underscores the growing animosity between conservatives and military leaders reporting to President Joe Biden. House Democrats dismissed the move as little more than a political stunt. As part of debate on the fiscal 2024 defense appropriations bill, GOP lawmakers approved multiple similar proposals to cut salaries for Defense Department positions they dislike

Either that or they don’t want to invite scrutiny into the skullduggery of a similarly situated Clarence Thomas

Is anybody surprised at how calm Republicans appear to be about this scandal?

It’s especially good for people who get saddled with exorbitant medical bills that can never be paid.

Yeah, but we know a good deal when we see one.

OU didn’t have exit money and Texas didn’t want to be on the hook for sponsoring them. The network worked it out.

Wonder why the media won’t cover stuff like this? Is it because it shows Biden doing something else to help ordinary Americans? The Biden administration on Thursday announced plans to remove medical bills from credit reports through a rule change proposed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

His ass has got to go.

Since the little power he had was positional, and since he has no personal influence with council members, he’s harmless. His lame duck tenure will be spent positioning himself for higher office as a Republican and being dragged to hell and back by Democratic constituencies in Dallas.

We’ve done two white men before. It’s important to note that the quality of the candidates no longer hinges on them being exclusively white and male.

From the Dallas Observer: https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/dallas-mayor-eric-johnson-announces-he-is-switching-parties-from-democrat-to-republican-17534050 For those who have been paying even somewhat close attention, this news, although still surprising, isn’t exactly the most shocking thing to ever come out of City Hall. For months, since Johnson won reelection after running unopposed in May, he has openly and rather boldly carried himself in ways that lean more red than blue. The former Democrat state representative for District 100 has made multiple appearances on Fox News, and in June, he invited Republican U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn to the city’s 2023 inaugural ceremony. In the WSJ article, Johnson says he was never a fan of the Democratic caucus during his House run, nor, according to him, were they a fan of his. SMU political science professor Cal Jillson isn't as puzzled by the timing of the mayor's switch as some others. Understanding it is as simple as understanding the political party landscape Johnson is navigating. "You can only be elected mayor of Dallas as a Democrat," he said. "And you can only be elected statewide in Texas as a Republican. I think that helps to explain the timing. After his election, he's now giving Republicans time to get their mind around what has happened and to get comfortable with him as he prepared to think about what office he wants to run for."

Does this mean his poll numbers will go up?

Johnson figures that since Harlan Crow likes buying black men in positions of power, he may as well, put himself on the market. He’d like to take trips on the Gulfstream too.

Don’t forget Governor Moore of Maryland.

In his mind, he’s the classic bootstraps success story. Raised in meager circumstances, sustained in part by public assistance and made it to the top. Now, rather than affirm the possibilities for young black people who find themselves similarly situated, he’s decided to align himself with a party that would make his ascension unlikely. This will not affect his relationship with the black community here. He doesn’t have one. This is him positioning himself to get paid.

If you ask black people in Dallas, he was never much of a Democrat.