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@clintbarnette CRK is the worst on this

This isn’t exactly an Exxon subtweet. But it could be. Permian bro’s chime in!

A soldier used classified intel to make $409K on Polymarket. Arrested. 5 federal charges. Assets seized. Congress traded $635 million last year. The STOCK Act has produced zero prosecutions in 14 years. Maximum fine: $200. Routinely waived. The STOCK Act was signed with 14 pens in 2012. Its searchable database was repealed 11 months later by voice vote on a Friday evening. No cameras. No podium. It took 4 pages to remove the only part of the law that worked. This is not new. The pattern is 60 years old. Abu Ghraib: 11 enlisted soldiers convicted. The Secretary of Defense who authorized the techniques was never charged. The lawyer who wrote the torture memo got a federal judgeship. The 2008 financial crisis: 1 banker went to prison. 10 million families lost their homes. The CEO whose bank paid $13 billion in fraud settlements got a 74% raise. Iran-Contra: A Lieutenant Colonel took the fall. The President pardoned the witnesses 11 days before his own trial testimony. The institution prosecutes at the lowest rank, at the lowest cost, so the briefing slides can say enforcement exists. The $409K is not the crime. It is the cost of making $635 million look supervised. I wrote the full investigation. 33 footnotes. 60 years of receipts. gothburz.substack.com/p/five-charges…

@mmorris011 @HoustonChron @DegroodMatt @abbschurch Great news

New = Revised HPD policy could mean officers wait more than hour on ICE calls, records show houstonchronicle.com/politics/houst… via @houstonchron @DegroodMatt @abbschurch

@SilentSkyZero The city has been going downhill for many years - made up nonsense about food justifying open borders is a part of the problem

I grew up in Houston and it always seemed to me as we had big immigration waves, that it wasn't just the immigrants that acclimated to our way of live, but we acclimated to theirs as well. Like a connection between. And honestly that's how it should be in this 250 year old country. We don't have thousands of years of one culture, we have 250 of many. So when someone says. Immigrants no longer integrate into society what they really mean is, they don't integrate with the society they experienced in their bubble, or the society they watched in movies. Houston has always been known for it's super diversity, and it's a big part of why Houston is special. Texas its self has a culture that doesn't fit into what someone in Ohio might think is the American culture. And Houston is super different than Dallas which is super different than Austin. Maybe next time you take a trip with your family to get some Mexican food, or some kolaches, or Thai, you think about that. Because those are as American as apple pie, and we're better off for it.

@BobChoate54 @TexasHDC Please stop this grift

LeSLeY BriONeS said... "I am grateful to serve alongside leaders who are committed to building a community where every family can thrive." And...there she is, sitting "ALONGSIDE the LEADER" of the @TexasHDC, a group that tanked the violent crime bond reforms that PASSED the State Senate by votes of 29-2 and 30-1. As for "where every community can thrive," she either missed the YouTube video where @GeneforTexas WuhanFlu-Shay discussed how he considers WHITE PEOPLE to be SUPPRESSORS. Or... she agrees. Perhaps her time would have been better spent relaxing with her wonderful husband and three beautiful daughters... in her WHITE NEIGHBORHOOD?

@JRDNLTHMS illegals have the right to go home - thats it

Your constitutional rights no longer apply inside the Beltway 8. And your local City Council Member doesn't seem all that concerned about it. Lakers in 4.

Think about how it was here in the 80s' - cranes everywhere - helicopters in the sky - different leaders - now everywhere you see a rail station you see the drug addicts sleeping standing up - I think we might want to look at our LOCAL leaders and priorities and these crazy policies that reward sloth and punish development

@evan7257 I do kind of wonder how long Texas can meander on like this, the cities are slowly decaying into ruin while the governor sits on a horde of treasure in a far off land

Surprised that state and national Democrats aren't blaming the Republican mayor.

Your private messages are none of the government's business. Not without a warrant. I've been fighting warrantless surveillance since day one, and I'm not stopping now.

@Shadzey1 @Malcolm_fleX48 Big stick for the little guys

I don’t see anyone from the Epstein files hanging from bridges yet, but you have time to go after a dude that used polymarket? That’s where we are?

@robbystarbuck FBI has a big stick with little guys - not impressed

Free him and drop the charges. Don’t want troops to bet on their own success? Then tell them and lay out clearer rules. It’s all basically the Wild Wild West right now. I also have no issue with them betting on their success. If the mission failed he would have lost his $, right?

@FBIDirectorKash @TheJusticeDept Pretty big stick when it’s the little guy. Now do Congress. Everyone knows you won’t.

John Cornyn released a campaign ad promising that he will pass amnesty if reelected.

Senator Cornyn, You forgot to delete this video about a pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens from your YouTube. Texans don’t want amnesty.

SCOOP In an unearthed video, Senator Cornyn’s team forgot to delete a video from YouTube where Cornyn advocates for amnesty for illegal aliens. It would be a shame if every Republican in Texas sees this before the May 26th runoff. No amnesty!

@mmorris011 @HoustonChron @DegroodMatt @abbschurch What experts are concerned? Communist legal experts no doubt.

Breaking = HPD returns to prior ICE policy after Gov. Greg Abbott threat, concerning legal experts houstonchronicle.com/politics/houst… via @houstonchron @DegroodMatt @abbschurch

@houmayor @HoustonTX The fact that you have to produce a press release stating you'll be following the law tells you how fucked up Houston leadership actually is.

@houmayor I still do not understand why the city of Houston must be forced to follow the law. 🙄 But while y'all are in the mood to follow laws, can we please get an audit of every PENNY Houston / Harris County has spent? I am tired of Lina & Rodney's shenanigans with money.

So @grok, we all just discovered that the SPLC has allegedly been funding some of the worst of the people and groups it claims to oppose. What are other activist pressure groups that advocate censorship/deplatforming of their enemies that could be doing the same thing?

I'm a cosponsor of the Dismantle DEI Act of 2025. HR 925, @RepMichaelCloud's bill, would eliminate federal funding for DEl offices and programs, rescind related executive orders, and establish a private right of action for individuals to sue over violations of its provisions.