According to new polling from Ragnar Research, 11/12-11/17 LV.
 | TEXAS |
| Cornyn | 47 |
| Allred | 40 |
| Cornyn | 46 |
| Talarico | 40 |
Cornyn’s primary challenger Paxton tied with Talarico and trails Allred by one in same poll.
Trump Job Approval
| Pollsters wrong in 2024: | 42.0 / 55.1 | -13.0 |
| Pollsters right in 2024: | 46.2 / 51.0 | -4.8 |
 | GOP | DEM |
| Democrats +3 | 216 | 219 |
The Hedgehog Report - Phoenix Edition 
66 responses to “Cornyn Leads in Texas”
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IMO, you can note and teach that Indians, Blacks (both slave and free), and women made contributions to the Am. Rev.
But you should not at the same time diminish what the Founding Fathers did, nor what the typical male patriot soldier did.
I do not call that woke.
When you diminish the contributions of the founding fathers and denigrate them and diminish the role of the (overwhelmingly) men who took up arms…then that is being woke.”
I completely agree with this.
And I think there are people diminishing those contributions.
jason yupanqui
November 21, 2025 at 11:27 am
If you have any doubt the founding fathers are being denigrated you are not paying attention.
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Paxton will put this seat at risk.
But the deadenders think Cornyn is a RINO, so they prefer a liberal Dem so they can punish a RINO.
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When you diminish the contributions of the founding fathers and denigrate them and diminish the role of the (overwhelmingly) men who took up arms…then that is being woke.”
I completely agree with this.
And I think there are people diminishing those contributions.
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And I completely agree with this.
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And you still have not denied that what I wrote is the reason you hate the Blacks in Philly.
Now I will stop purposely pulling your chain. 🙂
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Bitterlaw
November 20, 2025 at 11:02 pm
Charles Lee sucked.
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And he was kind of a nut.
In later years after the war, in his home he shared with his wife…he had a falling out with his wife and drew a line on the floor in every room where he had and would occupy his one designated half of the room and his wife the other and they stayed out of the other’s half of the room.
I did not say all the Am. Rev. war generals from Berkeley County were superb. I just said t hey were from Berkeley County.
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Charles Lee also gets a laugh in the musical Hamilton! for being a clueless coward.
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And I think there are people diminishing those contributions.
But not Ken Burns. Which you would know if you watched it.
I did not watch Burns’ series on Jazz, Baseball or Country Music but I heard they were good. I thought the Civil War one was excellent except for the theme that the Confederates were human rather than evil traitors.
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Another day, another disgraced Dem: Former NJ Democrat Mayor Arrested for Alleged Drugging and Sexual Assault of a Minor
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And you still have not denied that what I wrote is the reason you hate the Blacks in Philly.”
I didn’t deny that you wrote it.
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except for the theme that the Confederates were human rather than evil traitors.”
The wokesters have not figured out a way to make the Confederacy look good in a manner that fits their narrative.
But give them time. The challenge is to figure out a way to deny the Confederacy was pro-slavery. Once they can overcome this hurdle perhaps they can further malign Lincoln, the ultimate objective.
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Dr. Jeffrey Epstein, the Long Island neurosurgeon who donated to Lee Zeldin, suggested a humorous idea to the New York Post.
“I think that I should contribute money to Jasmine Crockett and then let everybody know that she also took money from Jeffrey Epstein,” Dr. Epstein said. “
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15313629/Trump-fight-Ukraine-peace-plan-Russia.html
Did Jan and Tina write Trump’s “peace plan?”
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@shepmjs
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Washington Post shifts from “What is Trump hiding regarding Epstein” to “Gulp.” Dems/MSM never expected him to sign the files release.
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CNN top focus today…
–Epstein Files
–Lot of concern about the U.S. military build up near Venezuela
–Mandami going to meet with Trump at White House
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Question
There is a miss USA pageant
There is a miss world pageant
There is a miss universe pageant.
THERE IS NO MISS SOLAR SYSTEM PAGEANT.!!!
Of course, TODAY, all the pageants /beauty contests above are sexist because so few of the winners have been men.
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Trump slobbers all over Mamdani in Oval Office meeting
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Not everyone like the Ken Burns series as much as Bitter
https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2025/11/21/people-are-fighting-about-the-new-ken-burns-documentary-n3809161
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Some comments on Hotair
“I’m really trying to give this a fair hearing, but so far (I’m on ep.3) it’s a staggeringly negative portrayal of those who founded this country. To a point that I come away after each episode with the impression that the people who made it are not fans of The United States.”
I have seen enough… The PBS series “The American Revolution” is a profound disappointment. It sucks almost all of the magic out of our founding (for fear of venerating white males) and is dreary, boring, and overtly woke. PBS had an opportunity to prove their conservative critics wrong, instead they did the opposite”
“Less than 3 minutes into the Ken Burns documentary on the American Revolution, and we get: 1. White people are bad. 2. Native Americans had a centuries-old democracy before British colonists arrived. 3. Benjamin Franklin copied the Native American blueprint.”
Matthew Iglesias liked it despite calling it woke
I’ve been really enjoying the new Ken Burns American Revolution documentary. It’s “woke” in an appropriate way, making sure to include a wide range of perspectives and stakeholders, while fundamentally affirming the core values that have inspired this country for generations.”
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Trump thinks Mandami will change.
Communists don’t change.
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Not everyone like the Ken Burns series as much as Bitter
As a double major in history and political science with a law degree, I thought it was interesting and added additional historical facts to improve the narrative. Deal with it or GFY.
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By improve, I meant fill out and make more complete.
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2. Native Americans had a centuries-old democracy before British colonists arrived.
True
3. Benjamin Franklin copied the Native American blueprint.
True.
https://thepenngazette.com/franklin-and-the-iroquois-foundations-of-the-constitution/#:~:text=During%20the%20debates%20over%20the,the%20federalist%20system%20of%20government.
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mtg resigns from Comgress, effective 1/5/26.
Trump suspsends the TPS status for Somalis.
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I am sure that MTG used to be on Tina’s approved list.
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I am sure the freepassers will throw the grifter under the bus,
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Tina has a lengthy list of grifters. If she is referring falsely to a true wartime leader like Zelensky, she is lying again. I will never support Trump over Zelensky. Tina will always support Putin.
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If the Dems could also get rid of AOC, the crazy caucus of Congress would drop by 2.
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Hey Bitter, just curious, but why would you call a loose confederation between tribes a democracy like you’ve written above, notwithstanding the opinion of “Cynthia Feathers” of the Pennsylvania gazette in the article you link. The Iroquois confederation representatives were selected by each tribe’s Chief or tribal council, who were by no means democratically elected by the tribe. For example, the Iroquois Chief was selected by a hereditary line of sachem, not a vote of the tribe. In fact, the average Iroquois had no say in their tribal leadership. Nothing I’ve read in the writings of Ben Franklin referred to the Iroquois confederation as a “democracy” as well, although he did refer to them as savages a number of times. As an aside, although the Iroquois were not known for having a democratic tribal structure, they were quite well known for their ritualistic cannibalism and the horrendously savage, days long celebratory torture of their captives. Check out The Wild Frontier for a good read on this.
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Hey, Fla – Because there was doubt that Franklin based anything on the Indians’ confederation. He did.
There were dozens of tribes with different structures. Does that bother you? I think it is interesting.
I guess you are as opposed to facts as Jason. You probably also have a negative review of Ken Burns’ documentary without having seen it.
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It is actually refreshing to not be in control of HHR lately. It’s not my fault when the deliberately ignorant post things.
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Bitter, Ben Franklin certainly referred to the loose confederation of Indian tribes as a model for the confederation of our colonies, but he never referred to it and a democracy, . I wasn’t tweaking you, I just wanted to get an idea of why you would buy into an Indian advocate writer’s characterization of it as a democracy.
I haven’t seen the new Ken burns documentary, so I don’t really have an opinion on that, although I do tend to agree that Burns has gone progressively more woke in his work since his Civil War series.
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I posted it to refute the Ben Franklin did not refere to the Indians confederation lie. I took the first non-AI and non-Wiki link
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I view the Founders as great men. Not gods. As men, they were not perfect. I do not believe they were ordained by God to start a new nation. Many were deists so they would reject that anyway.
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My main issue with the Civil War series was it tried to humanize the traitors. Although it made me happy to hear the Confederate casualty numbers, I had no interest in hearing about their widows or orphans. F em.
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Indian tribes were not democracies.
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I did not watch the Am. Rev. episode tonight.
Needed a break.
Instead watched hours of FB videos of people doing stupid things and being arrested.
I REALLY think these videos need to be shown in schools to teach young people to
–not run from cops
–identify yourself when police ask you who you are
–don’t get out of the car riding a traffic stop unless the police ask you to get out of your car
–do not lie to police and give them fake name
–do not argue with police
–have a drivers licence , insurance and registration when you drive a car
–do not let people who possess large quantities of drugs ride in your car, because you can be arrested for possession
–do not decide to physically fight officers
–DO put your feet inside the back seat of the squad car because all sorts of bad stuff is about to happen to you if you do not and you will make your situation 10 times worse
–do not claim you are a sovereign citizen who is above the laws of this country
–only refuse to give your name, ID, drivers license and refuse to get out of the car on their command if you WANT to A) get arrested and go to jail B) get your car thoroughly searched C)have your car towed and have to pay daily impound fee.
and a whole host of other things.
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https://nypost.com/2025/11/21/opinion/trump-mamdani-the-start-of-a-beautiful-friendship/
Mandani is too far left and Trump is too…ummm…Trump for this to work.
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Best joke from the week in pictures this AM –
A Muslim, a communist, and an anti semite walk into a bar and the bartender says “What can I get you, Mayor Mamdani?”
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Let us know if Ken Burns covered this –
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Today is the 161st Lafayette-Lehigh game. It is the most played college football rivalry and goes back to 1884. GFYs
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here is the link, since for some reason it doesn’t look like the image made it through on the above post –
“https://www.powerlineblog.com/ed-assets/2025/11/G5uFqisbMAAXlXh.jpeg”
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Today is the 161st Lafayette-Lehigh game.
When Lehigh arrives on the field, does Lehigh say “Lafayette, we have returned.”
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California Revokes 17,000 Illegal Alien CDLs After Sec. Duffy Threatens Fines
Meanwhile, Florida Rep. Byron Donalds calls for federal crackdown on sanctuary-state policies allowing illegal immigrants to obtain commercial driver’s licenses.
Posted by Leslie Eastman Thursday, November 20, 2025 at 07:00am 31 Comme
A few weeks ago, Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy issued an emergency action plan including new emergency federal restrictions for non-citizens seeking commercial driver’s licenses (CDL), in the wake of horrific traffic accidents caused by illegal immigrant drivers recklessly disregarding American rules for the road.
The emergency action plan included a threat to seriously fine the State of California for essentially running a CDL mill for illegals, as one-quarter of these licenses issued were for “non-domiciled” drivers.
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Interesting. Also the price of oil has fallen a lot this past week.
https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/live-cattle-futures-see-sharpest-monthly-slide-five-years-trumps-operation
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The grifter has ceded a lot of territory and has suffered a lot of casualties. He is going through manpower faster than he goes through white powder
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@kadmitriev
Amazing how “shocked” EU ambassadors rush to leak every detail from a confidential meeting with the US representative — including that “it is the honest US military assessment that Ukraine is in a very bad position and now is the best time for
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I will always vote for someone that I agree with 51% of the time….that being the majority. Just a simple rule of thumb. With Reagan it was close to 80%, Bush 41 about 65%, Clinton about 25%, Bush 43 about 10%, Obama about 15%, Trump 45 about 65%, Biden 0% and Trump back up to 80%.
But recently, that 80% for Trump 47 has declined a bit. His handling of SNAP benefits (USDA) was bad, as well as the Epstein situation. And now Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Just this morning President Trump railed against MTG again. Mr. President-let it go. I read her resignation letter. Time to move on and leave her alone.
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I will let you know.
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has ceded a lot of territory
BECAUSE IT WAS TAKEN BY PUTIN’S KILLERS
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There’s an interesting detail about MTG’s resignation date of January 5, 2026. In order to qualify for a lifetime pension she had to be there until January 3, 2036. So, she made it by two whole days!
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Yup, 5 year to vest. She has to wait until age 62 to collect, however (not 57).
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It’s always a similar story ——> “Follow the money,” even when it comes to the piously patriotic Ms. Green. Also, according to her recent financials, she is leaving with an enriched stock portfolio compared to what she came into Congress with.
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They say her personal net worth increased a lot since 2021. Perhaps, her business is valued higher. However, I be a lot has to do with insider trading.
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Jan – How are you and your husband doing?
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Bitter, my husband is doing well. I’ve had a few medical issues – nothing lethal, only ones that have limited me from some physical activities. However, as my health has relatively given me no problems I can’t complain. How is your leg?
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Tina,I think MTG owned either a construction business or construction yard. She divorced her husband since being in office. I would assume the business was divided up or sold. The increase in her financial worth seemed to insinuate benefiting from inside trading.
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Lehigh won 42-32. GFYs
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No cane anymore. Getting around. Have to gets x-rays in 2 weeks so see if the bones are fully healed.
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MTG used to be popular with MAGA. Trump snaps his petty fingers and she is out.
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Bitter, congrats on losing the cane! Breaking any bone takes time to heal, and you seem to be doing a good job of getting back to normal. As for MTG’s resignation, it was less Trump snapping his fingers than Green growing out of her job as congresswoman- her ego getting bigger than her patriotic reputation.
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Her ego got bigger than Trump’s ego. Almost impossible to do.
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MTG made the fatal mistake of thinking the tail wags the dog.
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new thread
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What rounds out MTG’s loss of grace, from people like me, is her embrace of “victimhood.” Being a victim was infused throughout her resignation speech. Ironically, Trump felt she was the one having an issue with him not visa versa. He even ended a reporters interview saying she’s a nice person.
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Damn. Now we will never see an AOC-MTG cat fight escalate into a makeout session
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