Richard Lawson
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Reminder: The Secret Service is currently unfunded because of the Democrats’ DHS funding shutdown.
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@broman2mod1898 @Anjullyn @tatereeves So when Texas does it and Republicans complain about Dems responding, Dems are the hypocrites?
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I don’t typically make news on a Friday afternoon, but today I am going to make an exception:
I’m calling a special session.
During the recently completed regular session, the Legislature discussed drawing new maps to comply with a decision from a federal judge from the Northern District of Mississippi - a decision that has been appealed to the 5th Circuit and the appeal has been heretofore stayed pending future U.S. Supreme Court decisions.
The entire world knows the Callais decision has not yet been handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court. It is a decision that could (and in my view should) forever change the way we draw electoral maps.
It is my belief and federal law requires that the Mississippi Legislature be given the first opportunity to draw these maps. And the fact is, they haven’t had a fair opportunity to do that because of the pending Callais decision.
For those reasons, I am using my constitutional authority to allow the Mississippi Legislature to use their constitutionally recognized right to draw these maps once the new rules of the game are known following Callais.
It is my sincere hope that, in deciding Callais, the U.S. Supreme Court will reaffirm the animating principle that all Americans are created equal and that when the government classifies its citizens on the basis of race, even as a perceived remedy to right a wrong, it engages in the offensive and demeaning assumption that Americans of a particular race, because of their race, think alike and share the same interests and preferences – a concept that is odious to a free people whose institutions are founded upon the doctrine of equality.
The special session will take place on the calendar day that falls 21 days after the U.S. Supreme Court issues the Callais decision.
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@elonmusk Grok adds perspective x.com/grok/status/19…
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The claim that Thomas Sowell was lying is incorrect; his statement that more whites (1-1.25 million) were enslaved in North Africa than blacks (388,000-400,000) brought directly to the U.S. is factually supported. However, the broader transatlantic slave trade involved 10.7 million Africans, which critics argue provides essential context. The white slaves were primarily enslaved by Barbary pirates, operating from North African states like Algiers and Tunis, often under local rulers or the Ottoman Empire, through coastal raids and ship captures. Unlike black slavery in the Americas, which was lifelong and hereditary, many white slaves were ransomed, impacting modern reparations debates differently.
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@krassenstein @CattardSlim You’re trying to argue with knucklechucks. Not worth the engagement.
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Trump is reportedly negotiating a deal which would stop Iran from producing a nuclear weapon in exchange for $20 Billion in Iranian assets being unfrozen.
Note that The Iranian Nuclear agreement (JCPOA) that Obama signed, that Trump tore up, did the same thing. It halted their Uranium enrichment while turning over frozen assets.
In other words Trump Tore up the agreement, spent $55 Billion on a war, got hundreds of Americans injured, killed 150+ kids and exploded oil prices to try and negotiate the same basic deal that Obama did.
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@Dopierbasket213 @bennyjohnson Chess was invented in that part of the world
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@bennyjohnson Trump is playing Master Chess while the rest of the world is playing Checkers. Brilliant and will absolutely drive the Democrats crazy when gas prices plummet and the billions start rolling in.
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Trump Just Pulled Off The Biggest Power Move in Global Economic History…
Iran played their last card. Then Trump hit ‘em with the Uno Reverse. Now the deck is reshuffling entirely.
Energy will never flow the same way again.
With Venezuela’s vast oil reserves under U.S. control and now the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, America now oversees the global oil supply.
Countries that want oil must buy from America. This is the Gulf of America, packed with supertankers racing to load up on US oil.
Hardest hit? China, who just lost their number 1 and 2 oil exporters in a matter of weeks.
Absolute masterclass.
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@MeidasTouch CNBC guy fails to note that inflation was up under Biden because of COVID and what happened under the first Trump admin.
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@boomers_speak @bluestein Sports and politics are two different things.
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@bluestein Do you love or hate America? Because this is the perspective of someone who hates our country. Imagine if the UGA Sports media consistently downplayed UGA football wins because they scored more points last season. You hate us!
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Clay Fuller won by 12 points. Sounds solid, right? Except Trump carried this same turf by 30+ points just 18 months ago. Every single county in the district shifted left — including a massive 30-point swing in Floyd County.
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@USAStandUnited @FordJohnathan5 Arizona Republicans have been voting by mail in for a long time
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Yeah, eliminating phony mail-in ballots and the ballots of illegal aliens would be huge for Republicans. In addition, finally having the ability to DETECT fraudulent ballots would also be big for Republicans and the rule of law.
Mike Johnson is right, and honest elections DO suppress cheating, as it should be.
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🚨 #BREAKINGNEWS Its appears Speaker Mike Johnson caught on hot mic that The Save Act would result in 12% to 18% voter turnout. Saying that would be huge for the Republican Party. The Save Act is a voter suppression bill. Not elections security.🚨
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@cjcebass @mmpadellan @elonmusk CNN admitted nothing. It's a conflation and misdirection to say 80% when the bill goes beyond just an ID. Show where non-citizens voting has been a massive problem to justify passing a bill.
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@RlawsonMedia @mmpadellan @elonmusk 80% of voters want proof ID to register and vote. 60% of voters want proof of citizenship. Even CNN admits that.
Your argument doesn’t hold weight with the vast majority of American citizens
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We don’t live in a democracy if our elected leaders fail to implement the will of the people
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CBS News Poll: Do you favor or oppose requiring people to show valid photo ID before they are permitted to vote? 🟢 Favor: 80% 🟤 Oppose: 20% —— • Dem: 65-35 (+30) • GOP: 95-5 (+90) • Indie: 79-21 (+58) • White: 80-20 (+60) • Black: 80-20 (+60) • Hispanic: 77-23 (+55) YouGov | 3/16-19 | 2,496 A
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@YIMBYLAND Michigan folks noticed. housingwire.com/articles/michi…
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Want to replicate Austin's YIMBY miracle?
Here's the playbook:
YIMBYLAND@YIMBYLAND
It's never been more over for the NIMBYs. Turns out that you can literally just let developers build homes and your rent will go down!
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@cjcebass @mmpadellan @elonmusk Non-citizens voting hasn't been a problem. It's a "solution" to a made-up problem.
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None of those prove citizenship. Why are you SO against proof of citizenship for voting? Thats what this entire exorcise is about. Americans overwhelmingly reject the idea of non-citizens voting in federal elections. They hate it in local elections too, but that’s a fight for another day.
It only makes sense if your real long term plan is to allow non-citizens to vote for president.
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BREAKING: Iran has issued an order to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE to evacuate energy facilities following Israeli strikes on Iran's largest gas facility.
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@BomboSek @RlawsonMedia @LezTonny @KobeissiLetter @grok I only give accurate information. You can verify yourself.
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@vicE1398 @LezTonny @KobeissiLetter @grok The problem with AI is that its answers can rely on biased sources.
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@LezTonny @KobeissiLetter @grok since the war began, how much of Iran’s weapons stockpiles has been depleted?
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@grok @vicE1398 @LezTonny @KobeissiLetter @grok uses sources other than US Centcom, Gen Dan Caine and Israeli assessments to answer the question
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Since the current US-Israel strikes on Iran began in late Feb 2026, reports from US Centcom, Gen Dan Caine, and Israeli assessments show Iran's ballistic missile launches down 86-90%, drones by 73%. Iran fired ~571 missiles & 1,400+ drones (many intercepted/destroyed on ground). Pre-war: ~2,000-2,500 relevant ballistic missiles, tens of thousands of Shahed drones. Now: 60-75% launchers gone, overall attack capability ~90% depleted per some estimates, with 100-200 launchers left. Replenishment slowed by strikes on production. Exact totals classified & vary by source.
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@ADUloans @cayimby @CountyofLA @latimes I could use that example. Meanwhile, it's not just California. housingwire.com/articles/teton…
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@cayimby I have a client in @CountyofLA who would have to pay a $450,000 "Homeless Linkage Fee" to build 12 single family homes on empty land. Needless to say, that fee makes the project unprofitable so he's not going to build anything. @latimes
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A San Luis Obispo homebuilder paid nearly $100,000 in inclusionary fees for an 8-home project, or would have had to sell a home for $450,000, which cost $1.325M to build.
Fees like these block many projects before they start, weakening state efforts to spur construction.
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@FPWellman @JonathanTurley It appears Turley's sole belief is that Dems should compromise by rolling over and not doing their jobs.
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Hi Jonathan. I know this is hard to remember sometimes but the entire government is controlled by the Republicans. All they have to do is actually offer to work with Democrats and stop voting no against the multiple bills they have proposed. TSA is unpaid because Republicans want you to suffer. I hope that clears things up.
I’m kidding. You’ll always lie for them.
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I am currently in Houston on my way to a book event in Florida. I am hearing horror stories from passengers caught up in the Democratic shutdown. It is outrageous that these members are continuing to receive their pay while these federal employees cannot support their families...
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