Martha Lefner

Joe, calling Talarico names will not get Paxton elected. To get Paxton elected you will have to get all the non Paxton conservatives out to vote too many are saying they will sit this one out. From a marketing stand point the big dollar Dems are going to hang Paxton dirty laundry out over and over again

There is absolutely no way Texas will send James Talarico to the Senate. MAGA Warrior Ken Paxton WILL win in November.

@Miriam2626 Agree. Same here in Central Texas. The national GOP better bring the big bucks to Texas.

I live in red Midland Texas. I have received so many calls tonight from Republicans saying they may not vote for Talarico but they won't vote for Paxton. If this happens Talarico wins.

@IngrahamAngle On very low turn out. The big money needs to show up in TEXAS because Paxton has a scary record that Talaricoand the Dems will use. As a conservative Texan there is a big group of conservatives that will not show up for Paxton and he will not get any of the blue vote.

Cassidy – not close. Massie – not close. Cornyn – not close.

@chiproytx @mayes_middleton I’m very disappointed. Thank you for your service to this area and to all of Texas.

Just a little while ago, I called and congratulated @mayes_middleton for his victory in our race for the Republican nominee for Attorney General. I will have a full statement tomorrow. Onward.

@atensnut As a conservative Texan if Paxton wins, we will probably loose the seat to Talarico. Paxton carries a LOT of bad baggage in Texas, Talarico can beat him because of the negative baggage. Too many of of my conservative friends will sit this one out.

🚨🚨Holy Crap!!! Ken Paxton has a huge lead.

@nicksortor As a Texan this is sad, Talarico can beat Paxton because of Paxton negative profile among Texans. As a republican I will vote that way, but many of my republican friends will not vote for Paxton and will sit this one out.

🚨 Ken Paxton leads John Cornyn by 16 POINTS with 13% of the vote in Still a long way to go, but looking GREAT so far! 🔥

@HARRISFAULKNER @sagesteele Well said.

Congressman Schiff your weakness is showing. A real leader would take the high road on this Memorial Day weekend. Millions of Americans are honoring our men and women lost on the battlefield. And we are remembering our heroes who even tonight are risking their lives for our freedoms. LT. Colonel @TulsiGabbard currently is in the US Army Reserve. She is a combat veteran. She did 3 military tours in the Middle East and Africa. No doubt she’s leaning on her tremendous fighting spirit right now as her husband faces the health battle of a lifetime. *And you Congressman Schiff… always have the choice to consider the timing of your bitter politics and do better.

On January 6th I followed the crowd into the Capitol and shouted. Police stood by the whole time, hanging out with us and sometimes directing us places. At one point near the House Chambers I was walking downstairs when a trio of some special section, secret service looking men started pointing guns in my direction. Confused and annoyed, I walked the other way and when I saw a normal police officer asked him why they were doing that. He informed me a protestor (Ashli Babbit) had been killed, and advised me to leave the building. I walked towards the exit and after a short rest on the bench I left. I harmed nobody and damaged no property that day and complied with all police orders. What I received for that was a pre-dawn raid at my parents house, where my 1 month post-partum wife and I were staying, on Biden's first day in office. His DOJ had signed the order to arrest me 3 hours after his inauguration. In the subsequent weeks I received death threats online and harassing phone calls, something that would be ongoing for the next few years. I was banned from Meta and Paypal. My wife and I were both debanked by PNC and banned from Airbnb. My wife was detained at the airport for hours with our newborn daughter. I was charged with 4 misdemeanors and the 1512 unconstitutional felony. The government offered to drop the misdemeanors if I pled to the felony. The felony was a lie, so I refused and went to trial. At trial the prosecution for 2 days straight was allowed to show footage to the jury of things that occurred around the Capitol I wasn't present for "for context." When we asked to put forward footage that contradicted the prosecution's "context" we were not allowed. They could show what they wanted, we could not. Police officers were then put on the stand for the next 2 days who cried about their experiences. I had no idea who they were. They admitted they never saw me or interacted with me. Nevertheless like every other J6er, I lost, and was sentenced to 4 years and $22k in fines and restitution. Yet even after the Supreme Court overturned the felony, the judge would not let me out until my misdemeanor sentences of a year were maxed out. Because she can't count she actually kept me in longer - to the extent she intervened at the last minute to make the prison release me on a Sunday, something that is against BOP rules. My family sat outside the prison gates the Friday before practically the whole day waiting in vain because of this pettiness. But the government wasn't satisfied with their pound of flesh: after my release they took me back in for resentencing, to attempt to have me resentenced after the fact to my misdemeanors consecutively, so I'd be taken from my family again and have another 1.5 years behind bars. This time I won, as they had no legal precedent and it skirted on violating double jeopardy since I had served my full prison time. Even still, it cast a cloud over the holidays and cost me another 20k my family couldn't afford. People ask whether prison was bad, and yeah of course prison sucked. It was a hard and violent place. I was present for a stabbing, and was lucky to avoid two fights and a race war. But dealing with Biden's DOJ and the DC Judiciary was the real trauma - they would grind down your spirit by weaponizing the legal system and use the endless procedure to bankrupt you. I had nightmares for months after release that I had somehow been hit with new charges. By the time I was pardoned by President Trump, I had spent literally every single day of Biden's presidency either in prison or under some form of supervision. I had incurred over $300k in legal fees and over $1 million in lost business. It was a reign of terror, and yet it was a mere foreshadowing of what they had planned for anyone else who opposed them under Kamala. The country should never forget it.

@lecternleader @eyre_bev Please explain the photo. Sure looks like you have something in your arms that doesn’t belong to you. With a smile on yourface.

@eyre_bev No, I did not.

On a serious note, I am writing up my complaint against the DOJ and submitting it this week. Maybe I'll fly to DC and deliver it personally. My situation is different than most. The infamy gained from this photo will be in history books. What they did to me will have a generational effect on my family and their livelihoods. I was mocked and called a thief by Jimmy Kimmel, John Krasinski, and Jim Carey. My face and the accusation of being a thief was shared globally... for years. It still persists today harming my chances to win my local election or lead a normal life. Public school teachers told my children and their friends that their dad was a terrorist. My wife's reputation was dragged through the mud. Death threats caused her work to have to hire private security. USF denied my reentry into college. I had to fight to get my guns rights back. My children and myself were subjected to additional screenings by the TSA. My federal probation officer tried to stop me from speaking out on @Timcast warning that more death threats might come if I choose to talk. My attorney fees were 100k, I was fined 5k and I lost five years of my life to date fighting the lies they told about me. We spent an additional 150k in publicity trying to clear my name and restore my reputation. The DOJ could've chosen to release the evidence clearing my name but withheld it. They maliciously charged me with felony theft. We lost things that can never be restored but if they choose to do the right thing and restore the J6ers, we can finally finish setting things right.

@TonySeruga We will never know the details because of their age. If they were students locally, you would think there would be some kiddos on Social Media discussing them. Makes me wonder are they really local kiddos.

🚨 UPDATE: AUSTIN’S JUVENILE JIHAD—14-, 15-, & 16-YEAR-OLDS ALLEGEDLY UNLEASH 12 RANDOM SHOOTINGS—HOMES, PEDESTRIANS, AND FIRE STATIONS RIDDLED. FOUR INJURED. ONE CRITICAL. THIS IS WHAT “COMPASSIONATE” JUSTICE BREEDS. Austin Police just nabbed the third teen in a weekend rampage that turned South Austin into a free-fire zone. Stolen guns. Stolen cars swapped mid-spree. Shelter-in-place orders. Even firefighters—first responders sworn to protect—took fire. No motive, police say. Just pure, random predation by kids who shouldn’t even be behind the wheel without a learner’s permit. Here’s the scholarly gut-punch: this isn’t an “isolated incident.” It’s the logical endpoint of a juvenile justice experiment that swapped deterrence for diversion, consequences for counseling, and accountability for “restorative” rhetoric. Travis County DA José Garza’s office has long championed pre-trial diversions, record expungements, and community healing over prosecution for youthful offenders—policies rooted in noble intent but empirically disastrous when violent crime is involved. Deterrence theory (from Cesare Beccaria’s 1764 Dei Delitti e Delle Pene to modern meta-analyses by the National Academy of Sciences) is brutally clear: swift, certain, proportionate punishment shapes behavior. Leniency signals permission. When teens face adult-level malice but juvenile-level slap-on-the-wrist processing, the social fabric doesn’t bend—it snaps. Parents MIA. Schools are churning out unmoored ideologues instead of disciplined citizens. A culture that romanticizes “youthful rebellion” while ignoring the feral vacuum left by broken homes and zero-tolerance-for-zero-accountability policies. These aren’t misunderstood kids; they’re embryonic predators testing boundaries a civilized society should have hardened long ago. Charge them as adults. Release their names. Bill the parents for every bullet hole and ambulance ride. Anything less is performative compassion that endangers the innocent. Real engagement isn’t rage-clicks—it’s the dawning realization that order isn’t optional. Austin (and every city watching) is the lab rat. The results are bleeding in the streets. What’s the breaking point? When do we admit “progressive” juvenile justice has failed the very children it claims to save—and the rest of us who pay the price? Drop your unfiltered take below. History is watching. #AustinShootingSpree #JuvenilePredators #ChargeThemAsAdults #LawAndOrderNOW #EndSoftJustice #TexasCrimeWave #RestoreDeterrence #ParentalAccountability

@reaganreese_ It would be good to also tell the world that the US government does not pay for the transport or the food.

I flew on Air Force One. I'm here to talk about the food. I’m not a foodie. I don’t have a go-to restaurant critic or strong opinions about tasting menus. But what I do have is a genuine, almost embarrassing enthusiasm for the meals served aboard AF1. My food review as a 🧵 1/7:

@reaganreese_ It would be good to also tell the world that the US government does not pay for the transport or the food.

@elonmusk Purchased Model S in March, after using the FSD, we will selling our Ford Expedition and purchasing a Cyber Truck.

Only when you drive the Cybertruck do you realize how incredible it is: a bulletproof tank that moves like a million dollar sports car! Reason for the angular shape is that the thick, ultra-hard stainless steel body panels cannot be stamped like the thin, feeble, paper-strength mild steel of other trucks. Cybertruck body panels would break 5000 ton stamping machines.

@RepJeffries Do you not think about what you post? We are currently having to take action to remove the nuclear threat that the previous agreement failed to accomplish…DAH.

Actually, Iran did sign a nonnuclear deal in 2015 under the leadership of President Obama. You blew it up. Then plunged America into another reckless and costly war of choice in the Middle East.

$38,935,486,920,284.75 (-) #NationalDebt

@HouseGOP @WhiteHouse @SenateGOP @SenateDems @HouseDemocrats The USA needs the SAVE act and The USA needs the Dignity Act….get together compromise and get them both passed.

@freedomcaucus @RepKeithSelf @Rep_Clyde @RepSheriBiggs @RepFine @realDailyWire Amend it, but get real, we need something that fixes the procrastination of all admintrations, and congress. Be a realist conservative before we loose the majority in both the houses. Pass the SAVE act and the Dignity Act together. It’s called compromise

The DIGNIDAD Act must die in the cradle. It is not “commonsense reform.” It is mass amnesty dressed up in deceptive language, and it undermines the agenda the American people want.

@RepBrandonGill No he doesn’t…read the proposed act…being tied to MS13 and he doesn’t have a criminal record

“Let’s… apply [the DIGNIDAD Act] to the ‘Maryland Father,’ Kilmar Abrego Garcia. He’s the illegal alien from El Salvador who came here in 2011 when he was 16. Law enforcement has tied him to MS-13. His wife accused him of beating her. He was caught on a police bodycam ferrying other illegals up from Texas to Maryland. Yet under Salazar’s bill, he checks every box for the ‘Dreamer’ track that leads straight to a green card and then citizenship. A future Democrat administration could just process the paperwork.” foxnews.com/opinion/chambe…

@TristanSnell The Victims of Epstein are in public making statements that the DOJ is hiding information. The only way to prove it is to go In front of Congress under oath and testify. Force DOJ to reveal the so called documents.

No, Melania: The Epstein survivors don't deserve to go to Congress to be harassed by Trump allies They deserve to be interviewed by DOJ They deserve for their testimony to be listened to They deserve PROSECUTIONS of everyone who assaulted them EVERY. SINGLE. ONE.