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Satchel

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  1. The Sec’y of Rasslin’ obviously mean business.
  2. Two Dallas-area cities have earned major bragging rights: Celina and Prosper, two boomtowns north of Dallas, are among the top three fastest growing affluent suburbs in the country. The cities' new affluent status was unveiled in a new GoBankingRates' study ranking the "30 Fastest-Growing Wealthy Suburbs in America" for 2025. The report examined population changes from 2018 to 2023 among cities and towns in major U.S. metro areas with populations between 25,000 and 100,000 residents. Median household income, average home value, and a "livability score" were also calculated for each locale. Celina came in at No 2 on the list, with Prosper following one slot behind at No. 3
  3. That’s a Mehdi Hassan type question and you won’t survive in American media being that good.
  4. DHS’ Kristi Noem says her pro-Trump ad campaign was Trump’s idea According to the Homeland Security secretary, her department is airing pro-Trump television ads at his direction. https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/dhs-kristi-noem-says-trump-ad-campaign-was-trumps-idea-rcna193454
  5. Quite obvious to whom? The millions who live to be lied to?
  6. The Georgians appear to be saner than most Texans: A new poll from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, conducted between April 15 and April 24 among 1,000 registered Georgia voters, found that voters preferred Ossoff over Greene by a 17-point margin—the largest gap in the survey—in a hypothetical race, with the Democrat getting 54 percent of the vote compared to 37 percent for the congresswoman. The result was largely driven by Greene's unpopularity with independents, 60 percent of whom said they would back Ossoff in a matchup, and moderate Republicans, with nearly 10 percent of Trump voters saying they would also back the incumbent. The same survey found that Republican Governor Brian Kemp was tops among possible GOP contenders, leading within the margin of error at 49 percent to Ossoff's 46 percent. The poll had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.
  7. I think I know what’s at work here: Latinos helped Trump win a second term but after 100 days in office, support in Texas border counties is eroding EAGLE PASS – President Trump's threatened tariffs, attacks on social programs and draconian immigration policies have unsettled many along the Texas-Mexico border, a region that jolted national voters in decidedly supporting his election. Traditionally Democratic and overwhelmingly Latino, border communities favored Trump in last November's election, giving him 12 of the Texas borderlands' 14 counties, up from just five in 2016. But now, at the psychologically crucial 100-day mark into Trump's 2nd term, that key support is showing cracks. Many worry that, beyond border security, the president's policies do not always align with the complex binational economic reality of cities from Brownsville to El Paso and beyond. Nowhere does that seem truer than here in Eagle Pass, seat of Maverick County, which in recent years became the epicenter of the migrant crush on the border, and state and federal efforts to contain it. On some days in the Fall of 2023, tiny Eagle Pass – population 26,000 – saw as many as 4,000 migrants each day. Residents remember the strangers among them, long lines at international bridges and numbers so big that trade and foot traffic, the lifeline of border communities, were halted so CBP could manage the spike in arrivals… …Texas accounted for $540 billion of the nearly $900 billion in U.S.-Mexico trade clocked last year, according to U.S. trade figures. Mark Jones, a Rice University political scientist, said strong support related to security persists for Trump across Texas and the borderland. Yet Jones notes signs of "erosion of support over more draconian efforts like the deportation of children, U.S. citizens," and deepening worries about Trump's trade policies. Those attitudes are consistent with a flurry of polls last week (April 21-25th) that show Trump's approval ratings sagging on most issues, except for border security. A Fox News poll shows 55% of respondents give him high marks on border security. Yet, only 38%approve of Trump on the economy, followed by just 33% on tariffs. "The more we see the impact on jobs and prices, the more you can expect that erosion to grow, especially along the border," Jones said. "Americans vote with their pocketbooks. Americans will always choose cheaper products over rhetoric."
  8. Judge permanently blocks ‘unconstitutional’ Trump order targeting law firm Perkins Coie https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/politics/perkins-coie-trump-executive-order A federal judge on Friday ruled that an executive order signed by President Donald Trump targeting a law firm that represented his 2016 presidential opponent was unconstitutional. US District Judge Beryl Howell ruled that the executive order targeting Perkins Coie violated the First, Fifth and Sixth Amendments, calling it a “blunt exercise of power” that “is not a legitimate use of the powers of the U.S. government or an American President” “The U.S. Constitution affords critical protections against Executive action like that ordered in EO 1423,” Howell, referring to the executive order, wrote in her 100-plus page opinion. “Government officials, including the President, may not ‘subject … individuals to ‘retaliatory actions’ after the fact for having engaged in protected speech.’”
  9. You must understand all this coming misery is for your good. Distract yourself. Buy Trump’s meme stock.
  10. It’s not that funny to the little girls who Trump says may have to get just two dolls at Christmas rather than the regular thirty!
  11. Are they gonna pay Atatiana Jefferson’s killer too? He was also involved in a little window action.
  12. It’s about to be on and poppin’ https://www.investors.com/news/trump-trade-war-difficult-decisions-as-china-shipments-cease/ President Donald Trump's trade war policies are expected to bring about a 35% decline in cargo arriving at the Port of Los Angeles by next week as "essentially all shipments out of China for major retailers and manufacturers have ceased," according to Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka.
  13. Dan Patrick or bust.
  14. I’m dubious
  15. What was that for?
  16. Whew, man, we dodged a bullet:
  17. It’s a fact that 92 million Americans of voting age skipped the last election. Unfortunately, considering where we are today, they don’t matter, other than taking up wasted space in the majority of Americans.
  18. Sure there is. A majority of the voting public could not abide another four years of feeling a loss of privilege and power they experienced during Obama’s presidency. To them, electing a criminal was worth it.
  19. We can no longer afford to have any kind of normalcy bias when we can see in real time how Trump’s goons are terrorizing American citizens with impunity. Tonight, Rachel reported that US Marshals and the FBI are claiming not to have had agents on the premises, even though the women who was terrorized, said some were wearing US Marshals, FBI and ICE branded attire. There’s no immediate relief for this family since the US government claims to know nothing about nothing. They have no money to feed their children because some unknown persons took every penny they had. This shit is happening in America to Americans.
  20. I saw snippets of their debate last night. How anyone could judge Trump to be the superior candidate, capable of leading this country is beyond me. Now we’re seeing the folly of our decision play out before the world to embarrassingly disastrous effect.
  21. He simply must be driven from office in ‘26: https://www.alternet.org/johnson-hegseth-cnn/?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Apr.29.2025_7.55pm Late Tuesday morning, April 29, CNN's Wolf Blitzer delivered some breaking news: House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana), according to Blitzer, "is taking steps to change House rules" in a way that "would effectively block an investigation into the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth's use of the Signal chat app." Hegseth's critics are calling for him to resign in response to reports that he discussed a U.S. military operation in Yemen in two separate conversations on the messaging program Signal — a platform that, critics say, is not secure enough for discussing sensitive or classified information. President Donald Trump's defense secretary is also drawing criticism over firings at the Pentagon. Hegseth's problems, Raju noted, aren't Johnson's only reason for this move. Raju told Blitzer, "And I just asked the speaker about this. He's done this now on multiple occasions — not just on this, but also, to deny efforts to target Trump on tariff policy. I asked him why he's protecting Donald Trump." CNN aired a clip of Johnson saying, "No, we're using the rules of the House to prevent political hijinks and political stunts. And that's what the Democrats have. As I mentioned: no leader, no vision, no platform. All they have is obstruction
  22. Vernon Johns said famously, “ when you see a good fight, get in it.” There’s nothing particularly good about arguing with people who are intractable in their positions.
  23. About this border czar: remember when Republicans HATED czars of any kind and feckless Democrats went along with them? https://www.politico.com/story/2009/09/gop-czar-revolt-scores-its-first-win-026781 Republicans and a handful of Democrats have called on the White House to review and suspend its use of czars. “In the wake of these recent revelations, the president should suspend any further appointments of so-called czars until Congress has an opportunity to examine the background and responsibilities of these individuals and to determine the constitutionality of such appointments,” said Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.), Chairman of the House Republican Conference, who called on Jones to resign. The czar-attacks have begun to catch fire far beyond the Beltway. In town hall meetings across the country this August, questioners slammed the administration’s advisers, claiming that they allowed the White House to wield unchecked power. It’s an argument that’s been fed by Republicans in Congress, who see an opening to attack the credibility of the popular administration. In an Arizona town hall meeting last week, Republican Sen. John McCain joked that Obama, “has more czars than the Romanovs” — a laugh line he frequently uses. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich calls the czars, “administrative chaos.”
  24. I RUN THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD’ Donald Trump believes he’s invincible. But the cracks are beginning to show. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/06/trump-second-term-comeback/682573/
  25. Here’s a thought: this drama has very little to do with the guy charged with domestic violence, and everything to do with intimidating a judiciary that has dragged Trump’s ass for weeks.
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