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Satchel

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  1. Cody Campbell will have his close personal friend issue an EO admitting Tech to the Sec and nobody will have the balls to do anything about it. Watch.
  2. Trump has fundamentally changed us as a country. Based on our collective non response, I fear the change may be irreversible.
  3. After all these years, finally some moral clarity from the Western democracies. Notably, the US is not among them. France, Canada and the UK have decided to grant statehood to the people of Palestine.
  4. Because The U.S. Constitution doesn't explicitly forbid gerrymandering for partisan advantage, maybe the time has come for such an amendment to be passed.
  5. Senator Warnock reintroduced the John Lewis Voting Rights Act. What’s most amazing about this is that it wasn’t that long ago that voting rights bills were approved almost unanimously. WTH happened to us? https://www.11alive.com/article/news/politics/sen-raphael-warnock-reintroduces-john-lewis-voting-rights-advancement-act/85-52089c4f-9226-47c6-8d7b-74518ba01d90 Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia unveiled the measure, titled the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, with the backing of Democratic leaders. The bill stands little chance of passage in the Republican-led Congress, but it provides the clearest articulation of Democrats' agenda on voting rights and election reform. The legislation would reestablish and expand the requirement that states and localities with a history of discrimination get federal approval before changing their voting laws. It would also require states to allow same-day voter registration, prevent voters from being purged from voter rolls if they miss elections and allow people who may have been disenfranchised at the ballot box to seek a legal remedy in the courts. “Democracy is the very house in which we live. It is the framework in which we get to fight for the things that we care about,” Warnock said. “These last seven months have reminded us that we ought not take any of it for granted. We are literally in a fight for the life of the republic.” Warnock was joined by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York and Sen. Dick Durbin, the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, as well as Sens. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, Cory Booker of New Jersey and Alex Padilla of California. The senators were flanked by dozens of activists, including voting rights advocates, environmental campaigners, faith leaders and union organizers. The reintroduction comes at a precarious moment for the Voting Rights Act. The enforcement mechanisms of the law have been removed or hampered by two decades of court rulings and lapsed congressional reauthorizations. And an unusual push by Republicans in several states to redistrict congressional maps five years ahead of schedule has also raised questions about the effectiveness of the law in protecting voters
  6. Black voters are pragmatic because we have to be. The two most loyal blocs in the party black men and women, would vote for Pete in roughly the same percentages they vote for all Dem standard bearers. I’m all in for court right sizing.
  7. What I don’t understand is why we re-enact this tortuous ritual of heartbreaking remembrances of gun victims when we refuse to do anything about curbing gun violence, other than shaking our heads? It’s macabre.
  8. If only we could reason together:
  9. Yep. Could happen at your local HEB on any given day. There’s nothing we can do about it. Guns uber alles
  10. He is the most arrogantly ignorant US Senator when Tuberville is not in the room. Make him go to school. Even Oklahoma.
  11. Meh. It’s Monday in America.
  12. Dems should commit these stats to memory. It will probably be much worse in Texas: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/14/how-much-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-could-raise-electricity-costs.html Electricity prices are expected to surge higher throughout the next decade due to energy policy changes in President Donald Trump’s “big beautiful” bill, according to a new analysis from Energy Innovation, a non-partisan energy and climate think tank. Signed July 4, the bill mandates expanded oil and gas leasing, caps clean energy subsidies and rolls back tax credits that helped to make wind, solar and other clean power cheaper for manufacturers and more affordable for consumers, says Robbie Orvis, senior director for modeling and analysis at Energy Innovation. When the clean energy tax credits phase out at the end of 2025, that will bump up electricity costs for ordinary Americans, Orvis says. That’s largely because higher costs for clean energy development will slow the pace of new supply, just as U.S. energy demand hits record highs, he says, resulting in higher electricity bills and increased reliance on natural gas, which will also become more expensive with rising demand. How much energy costs could increase Electricity costs in some states will go up more than others due to the budget bill’s provisions, Orvis says — particularly in states with the greatest future potential for clean energy development. Oklahoma’s windy conditions, for example, make the state a prime candidate for powering wind turbines, which has historically allowed residents to benefit from cheap, clean energy, Orvis says. But without the tax break for new wind power infrastructure, the average household electricity bill in the state will rise by $540 by 2035, according to Energy Innovation’s analysis. Overall, household energy costs will rise by $170, on average, by 2035, researchers found. And that estimate may be conservative. A report from Princeton University’s Rapid Energy Policy Evaluation and Analysis Toolkit pegs the average increase at $280 a year by 2035.
  13. This means he was definitely there: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-he-turned-down-invitation-epsteins-island-2025-07-28/ EDINBURGH, Scotland, July 28 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he "never had the privilege" of visiting Jeffrey Epstein's island, saying he turned down an invitation from the convicted sex offender in what the president called a moment of good judgment. Trump's remarks were his latest effort to distance himself from the political furor over his administration's handling of files related to Epstein's case and renewed questions over his past relationship with the disgraced financier, who died by suicide in a New York jail in 2019.
  14. Democrats who run in Texas should crisscross the state complaining about exploding energy costs and blaming Republicans. I think that will resonate with a lot of people, including those who might become voters on the issue of waning affordability.
  15. I just don’t understand how this is allowed to go on in this country:
  16. Don’t let up, Dems: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/house-democrats-seek-access-to-jeffrey-epstein-birthday-book-trump/ House Democrats are seeking a copy of Jeffrey Epstein's alleged 2003 "birthday book" that is said to include a "bawdy" letter signed by President Trump to the convicted sex offender. In a letter to the representatives of Epstein's estate on Friday, Rep. Ro Khanna and House Oversight Ranking Democrat Rep. Robert Garcia, both of California, said the request comes amid Mr. Trump's "desperate attempts to quell public interest in the release of files" related to the disgraced financier. "Recent public reporting indicates that the Estate of Jeffrey Epstein is in possession of a document commonly referred to as 'the birthday book,' compiled by Ghislaine Maxwell in 2003 in celebration of Mr. Epstein's 50th birthday, which has clear relevance to this case," they wrote in a letter.
  17. His lawyer remains adamant that he did not commit suicide.
  18. Laffin’ at the notion the US has ever prioritized social justice over its economic interests.
  19. He is sooo gonna pardon her. Incredible.
  20. That Columbia didn’t even put up a fight. They folded like a cheap suit.
  21. I can’t believe this is happening:
  22. Is this evidence of Candice’s newly minted Catholic faith?
  23. These are the Qanon types. I’m not sure they’re trying to make it go away.
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