44 to 43 according to co/efficient
- Cornyn over Paxton by 1
- Steyer to be next CA Governor
- Democrats just won the California Governor Race
- Friday with new polling
- GOP maybe rid of Massie?
Trump Job Approval
| Pollsters wrong in 2024: | 41.6 / 55.6 | -14.0 |
| Pollsters right in 2024: | 45.5 / 52.1 | -6.6 |
 | GOP | DEM |
| Democrats +21 | 207 | 228 |
Cornyn over Paxton by 1
54 responses to “Cornyn over Paxton by 1”
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First?
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The byproduct of the inept CA bureaucracy and stifling democrat politics:
The new analysis shows just 34 homes have gone up in Pacific Palisades and Altadena in the 15 months since the devastating wildfires tore through — a shockingly sluggish pace that lags behind recoveries from other previous major California infernos.
Aerial view of a neighborhood in Pacific Palisades. reposted from prior thread.
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“GF – Trump just trashed Italy, too.
I would leave NATO as it is. Trump’s hatred of it walks out the door when he leaves. Again, while it would be nice if NATO was assisting us in this war, it is obligated to do so. As I asked before, if Spain attacks Bermuda, do we have to send an aircraft carrier to strike Hamilton and St. George?”
I’d like to keep Italy, it has something of a Navy that actually functions (unlike the British and French fleets), and geographically, it sits in the middle of the Med, too. Rota and Gibraltar are nice, but not sure they are worth the cost of defending Spain and the UK who provide nothing else to us save Diego Garcia. Seriously, the RN sucks now, and it’s so overworked that it is reaching a breaking point. As long as the Greens have a say in how Germany is run, it will be mostly useless to us as well. Poland? Large, modern, well trained army. The Baltics? Smaller forces, but maintained and VERY motivated (and also well placed, especially Estonia being 80-100km from St. Petersburg). Czechs, Slovaks, Hungarians, and Croats have decent forces as well as being nicely situated. We already have Aegis units in Romania, and it wouldn’t hurt to expand our footprint across the rest of the Balkans, more so if we could break Serbia further away from Russia.
And I mean it when I include “offensive” in the alliance format; I’d be willing to actively take on Putin if my alliance partners are all in and can materially contribute on a similar level; I’m no isolationaist!
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You have better sources on naval powers. I have read many condemnations of the British Navy in The Daily Mail.
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I don’t remember any media or democrat backlash in 2009 when these candles appeared with an image of Obama as the messiah.
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I am with Bitter on this one. Despite our differences with Western Europe it is not in our interest for it to fall into Russia’s hands, economically, militarily or within its sphere of influence.
But GF’s analysis is excellent, thanks for the update on those other countries.
In my view, what GF says strengthens NATO because the countries he mentions are actually closer to Russia than Britain or France.
I would not be opposed to transferring some assets from current places to new ones, but I still think defending Western Europe is in our interest.
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Evidently Gavin is not thrilled by anyone left in the race for CA governor.
Gavin Newsom’s thoughts on the current field of Dem candidates for governor:
Steyer: incoherent, mismanagement worries
Porter: would trigger capital flight
Mahan: not a fan of his frequent criticism
Villaraigosa: still sore over 2018 race
Becerra: unsatisfactory job as AG
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I think I would absolutely go along with what GF proposes. I never proposed leaving NATO. The eastern European countries deserve defending for sure. They carry their load and would be the ones attacked, but I’m sick of western Europe, their lectures and they making no effort to contribute militarily to the alliance. That’s pathetic. Sad what Britain has become. Refusal to give us military access to their air space? Are you kidding? Happy to allow us to pay for their defensive umbrella though. Again, just pathetic.
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Voting for Cornyn here in Texas.
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Paxton too much baggage in a general election.
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I’m upset the NYC govt grocery store won’t open until 2029.
I was hoping to load up on free stuff, stroll around Central Park, and have a $35 corned beef sandwich at Katz all in a day.
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……oh, and Spain can go F themselves.
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The criticism on the lack of help as far as airspace and mine clearing, etc. is valid
The criticism that NATO is not helping the war against Iran is not valid.
Both can be true.
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and Spain can go F themselves.”
I wonder if the Spanish PM will have spousal visitation “privileges” when his wife goes to jail.
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Thirty million for a grocery store. Sounds like a great start. LOL
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The militaries of the British, Germans and Spanish are a joke. The French military is slightly better but they are the French so who knows if they’d ever be willing to use their military for anything. Western Europe is useless and will be more so as they get more and more Islamic.
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Thirty million for a grocery store. Sounds like a great start. LOL”
Hopefully Mandani will lose the next election just after it opens and the new mayor can sell it for $10 million and be done with it.
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Trump should propose Putin join NATO.
Problem solved.
Btw, Trump says he is now besties with Xi, expecting a “big fat hug” from him when he gets to China.
HE also said China is “happy” with US policy in Hormuz and is promising not to sen arms to Iran.
What say Xi?
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My guess is that Xi isn’t so happy.
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Xi is not happy losing the bulk of his oil imports, so he should be pressuring Iran to cave and not send them weapons.
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Not only the bulk, but at a discount too…
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The Ccp are under a lot of economic pressure. They were paying a below market rate for their oil from the mullahs.
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Jason, can you post a link to the article referencing Newsom’s reservations on the remaining Dem Gov field? Thanks!
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Gas was done .10 cents at my local station. Still high @ $5.55
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Down 10 cents*
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@burgessev
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Groundhog Day on another failed Iran War Powers vote in Senate: All Democrats except for Fetterman support it and all Republicans except for Rand Paul oppose it.
Hostilities hav ceased. However, it would re start the 60 day clock if hostilities resume. This assumes that the WPA is even constitutional.
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On special assignment the next two days. Have threads scheduled to appear Thursday and Friday at 9:00 a.m.
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@Heritage_Action
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6 Republicans voted with Democrats to move forward on a vote to extend Temporary Protected Status for Haiti for three more years.
The gop-e loves to shoot themselves.
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Nick Shirley is a fraud.
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Putin can join NATO as soon as his troops are back on his side of the fence.
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janzam: I would be shocked and confused and angry if Obama promoted or retweeted about “Obama Messiah” candles. I think many of us would have been thinking that Obama had last his mind if had done that and maybe should no longer be president.
He did nothing like that. Trump is the one who did that.
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“Lost” not “last”
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Hi Janzam – I think that those Obama candles are St. Francis of Assisi. He was the saint who advocated for all creatures and created the creche.
He was a good guy, but St. Francis is not the savior.
Harry
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Also, all the Republican judges in Texas are rooting for John Cornyn.
Paxton would hurt the down ballot Republicans.
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@KobeissiLetter
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BREAKING: The S&P 500 officially closes above 7,000 for the first time in history, now up +11.2% from its low seen 12 trading days ago.
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Victor Davis Hanson: “Almost EVERYTHING that Trump is doing that seems herky-jerky has an ultimate strategic purpose: to diminish the power of the Chinese — and to turn Russia and China against each other.” “There is a plan. And it’s WORKING!”
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According to Alexander Muse of the Amuse Blog:
”The regime earns roughly $500M per day from energy sales. That revenue funds the IRGC. It funds Hezbollah in Lebanon. It funds Hamas in Gaza. It funds the Houthis in Yemen. It funds the militias in Syria and Iraq that have attacked American forces for years. It funds Iran’s ballistic missile program, its drone manufacturing infrastructure, and its nuclear ambitions. Every dollar that flows into Iranian ports is a dollar that extends the regime’s ability to project violence across the Middle East. Cut off the revenue, and you cut off the oxygen.
The blockade does precisely that. By denying Iran the ability to export oil and import goods through its ports, the United States has imposed the most consequential economic pressure any nation has faced since the Allied blockades of the World Wars. Iran cannot rebuild its shattered military without revenue. It cannot resume its missile and drone programs without imported components. It cannot restart its nuclear enrichment activities without equipment and expertise that must be purchased abroad. It cannot continue funding its network of proxies across 5 countries without the cash that oil sales generate. And as the weeks pass, as the economic pressure compounds, the Iranian people, who have already endured decades of misgovernance and repression, will face a choice about the future of their country that no amount of European flattery can defer.
This is the strategic logic. But the strategic logic rests on a legal foundation, and it is worth examining that foundation carefully, because the legality of the US blockade is not merely defensible. It is airtight.”
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Jason, can you post a link to the article referencing Newsom’s reservations on the remaining Dem Gov field? Thanks!
https://x.com/rpyers/status/2044394455210336661/photo/1
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It’s Jackie Robinson day in baseball. I am sure Jason disapproves.
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Bitter, LA had a special ceremony for him earlier. Heck, even the Mets participated. Hopefully Ohtani shuts them out, he’s off to a good start on the mound.
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Who is Jackie Robiinson?
And why would I disapprove?
If she is somebody woke I plead guilty.
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Oh its a him. Sorry.
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GF – Robinson was a heroic figure. He endured so much hatred just to play baseball. It is a disgraceful legacy of Phillies history that its manager when Robinson played in the league, Ben Chapman, was so outrageously racist and hateful that even Southern players thought it was over the top.
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Robinson made his debut for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947. He went on to win Rookie of the Year honors and become a six-time All-Star”
Sounds like he deserves the accolade.
Bitter can GFH.
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I just noticed that they’re all wearing the number 42, both Dodgers and Mets; any other teams doing that?
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Ohtani is on fire tonight, he’s putting almost all of them down in order, 4 innings n and the Mets only have a single hit, a double early in the game. Yamamoto was like that last night, Mets got that early solo HR off him, then he retired twenty Mets in a row.
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Mets finally score one, Ohtani at 80 pitches and may be tiring out.
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I saw a depressing (for Mets fans) stat that the team has just two runs in the last 39 innings.
And in top of that, Dalton Rushibg just hit a Grand Slam in the bottom of the eighth; 7-1 now. Manager pulled the otherwise fresh pitcher, don’t know why, may as well let him finish out the inning since they’re not going to score six, much less seven, runs in the ninth.
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And yet another solo HR! This one was funny as the Mets outfielder lost his glove over the wall trying to get it.😂
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