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Satchel

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  1. The "nuclear option," which involves a majority overriding a precedent set by the presiding officer, has been used to change rules specifically for nominations, as was the case in September. While it can be, it has not been used for general legislation. I think Republicans are less concerned about crossing the Rubicon than they are about incurring the wrath of their voters who depend heavily on Obamacare.
  2. Breaking. Netanyahu has ordered immediate massive strikes in Gaza. Bari Weis should have waited.
  3. In white Jesus’ name. Amen.
  4. Am I alone in feeling like college football is careening off a cliff? It just feels like a completely unstable, wheels off enterprise.
  5. 60% of us live from paycheck to paycheck, as we prepare ourselves to live among the first wave of AI sponsored trillionaires. The widening gap between the uber wealthy and the working poor will only get worse. The kind of income inequality were are experiencing is the stuff revolutions are made of.
  6. I know he’s older, but who’s going to steal the Houston coach?
  7. The House reconvenes on 10/28. Wonder what excuse the creepy youth pastor will use for refusing to swear in the newly elected AZ. Congresswoman?
  8. I don’t care how many times I see stuff like this, it really hard to grasp that this is happening in our country.
  9. Chilling: We’re going to kill them. They’re going to be, like, dead,” Trump said.
  10. Why are the trans people in it?
  11. They love building monuments to themselves:
  12. She’s just the worst ever.
  13. You don’t think they’ll want to go to Bari Weis University. Do you?
  14. It should always be referred to by its proper name - The Trump-Epstein Party Palace.
  15. Did anybody catch Campbell standing with Trump today as he bragged about demolishing the East Wing? That guy has an agenda and it’s not about college athletics.
  16. That would be funny if it weren’t a real possibility
  17. I don’t think Houston is, yet, but that Tech triumvirate is rabidly right wing. Its new face to the world and chief branding officer is Chancellor Brandon Creighton, who is the chief architect of all of the anti DEI legislation in Texas. He’s the worst and a UT grad to boot. I don’t think my theory is at all far fetched. Narcissists understand one another. All Campbell has to do is give Trump some money, tell him how wonderful he is, and promise to use redirected research dollars to advance conservative causes. Funny thing is, no reputable scholars would want to go anywhere near Tech.
  18. The very real downside of this slouching toward maga is nobody worthwhile will want to teach at the relenting institutions.
  19. Heard one expert say today that because this is an administrative matter and not a judicial one, Trump’s request could be granted without us ever knowing about it. He is a grifter par excellence.
  20. I’ve seen quite a few pics recently of the Tech Board of Regents chairman with Trump at the White House. I believe one main reason Tech has caved in advance, and surrounded itself with a bunch of virulently right wing politicians is to be in position to receive a windfall of research dollars Trump has extorted or redirected from other universities who refuse to play ball with him. UT will resist for awhile, but I don’t have hope that saner heads will prevail
  21. Ironically, the standard bearer against DEI has little in her background that would qualify her to lead CBS News.
  22. John Oliver’s profile of Weis on his most recent show is worth watching.
  23. He was just trying to make some money and survive: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/family-trinidadian-man-believed-killed-us-strike-demands-proof-drug-trafficking-2025-10-17/ At least 27 people have been killed. The U.S. has described some of them as Venezuelans, while Colombian President Gustavo Petro has suggested others were from his country. Family members of 26-year-old Chad Joseph said they believe he was killed in a strike on Tuesday, along with another Trinidadian man named by some media as Rishi Samaroo. "I'm feeling very hurt. You know why? Donald Trump took a father, a brother, an uncle, a nephew from families. Donald Trump don't care what he is doing," said Joseph's cousin, Afisha Clement, 41, who said Joseph was humble, calm and a father figure to her young daughter
  24. Why would the head of CBS News need 6 bodyguards?
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