@ScottJenningsKY Is this the same as unconditional surrender? I don’t think it is.
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Steve JH
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Looks like a huge win for President Trump and the US. Hearing from a Senior Admin Official this report is TRUE and the U.S. appears to be getting everything we want.
Barak Ravid@BarakRavid
🚨Scoop: U.S. and Iran reach deal but need Trump's final approval, two U.S. officials and a regional source involved in the mediation efforts told me. My story on @axios axios.com/2026/05/28/ira…
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@EWErickson I didn’t know you were appointed to decide who is a real Christian or not. Are we voting for a religious leader or a Senator? You’re just making excuses for your tribalism.
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Texas voters, who grew up with J. R. Ewing on television, will probably elect Paxton. They already re-elected him statewide as Texas Attorney General. When contrasted with an actual heretic “seminarian,” many Christians will hold their nose and vote for the crook. In Louisiana, in 1991, Governor Edwin Edwards faced off against KKK Leader David Duke. The entire Republican leadership of the nation, including President George H. W. Bush, condemned Duke. Edwards’s campaign circulated a bumper sticker that read, “Vote for the Crook: It’s Important.” Ken Paxton could run with the same bumper sticker.
Talarico is a bridge too far for actual Christians. He announced that “God is non-binary,” doubled down on the remark and defended it to Jake Tapper on CNN, and now claims he did not mean it since it has become an issue. He has claimed there are “six sexes,” not just two, and discussed how he loves trans kids. He also wants an open border. Talarico even attends a church with books in the church library to teach kids about gay sex. “Among the books in the church library is ‘This Book Is Gay,’ which lays out the ‘ins and outs of gay sex’ for kids”
ewerickson.substack.com/p/noting-not-u…
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@CathyYoung63 I have a feeling that one day in the future Graham will be on his deathbed filled with regrets.
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Next, he'll propose changing Washington, DC to Trumpville, DC
Aaron Rupar@atrupar
Lindsey Graham: "They should change the Nobel Prize to the Trump Prize."
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From “News Items” from @EllisItems (news-items.com):
“1. The Pentagon has spent months positioning the troops and weapons needed for the U.S. to launch a military attack on Cuba — all it needs is a final go-ahead from President Trump. The president has floated an invasion of the island after economic and political pressure failed to topple the Communist government. But the Navy’s built-up presence in the region — the largest in the world outside the Middle East — would allow the U.S. to act immediately. These strategically placed assets set the table for military action, from a capture of Havana’s leadership much like the seizure of former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, to a series of precision strikes. And they open the possibility that the U.S. throws itself into the third international conflict of the Trump administration. Cuba is “in a lot of trouble,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday at a full Cabinet meeting. “Having a failed state 90 miles from our shores is a threat to the national security of the United States.” (Source: politico.com)”
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@baseballcrank @TacosFromGod I’m against court packing and don’t believe it will ever happen, it still wouldn’t be the end of the Constitution. Having 11 or 13 or whatever Justices wouldn’t be the end of the world. Might even be better over the long run.
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@justinamash And Trump wonders why other countries don’t want to help us.
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Totally normal thing to say.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar
Trump: "Oman will behave just like everyone else, or we'll have to blow them up"
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@KenGardner11 It’s not just primary voters. Normal people just don’t want to go into politics anymore and have cleared the field for weirdos and crooks.
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GOPers, I wouldn't worry TOO much about the TX race. Neither Colin Allred nor Wendy Davis were competitive by shilling 24/7 for Big Abortion and neither will this weirdo.
I would add that it's going to be a freak show. Not in a good way. Fucking primary voters...
David J Harris Jr@DavidJHarrisJr
James Talarico: "Jesus never talks about abortion. The Bible is silent on abortion.” Thoughts?
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More of this, please. Much more.
Phil Stewart@phildstewart
SCOOP! US military carries out new strikes in Iran, this time against a military site that posed a threat to U.S. forces and commercial traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, a U.S. official tells Reuters. The U.S. military has also intercepted drones being launched from Iran today. Story coming...
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@EWErickson It’s funny how people are a lot more forgiving of people that are in the same political tribe.
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Paxton cheated on his wife repeatedly, moved in with his mistress after the divorce, and pleaded no contest to criminal charges related to corruption. This is Tallarico style heresy, but for Republicans.
Jesse Hughes ✝️🇺🇸@JesseHughesNC
Ken Paxton had private moral failings that he worked through and didn’t let affect his job, continuing to fight on behalf of the people of Texas. James Talarico wants you to believe that the story of Jesus’s birth justifies abortion. The choice has never been more clear.
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“U.S. forces conducted new military strikes against Iran on Wednesday after Tehran launched drones at commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz, according to U.S. officials, even as Washington and Tehran continue their efforts to forge a diplomatic settlement to the conflict and keep a fragile cease-fire intact.” @WSJ
Hard not to conclude that there’s more than one group of “leaders” giving orders in the rump regime.
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@greggnunziata Every MAGA person I know believes Trump is wildly popular. Nothing will change their minds.
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One of the perplexing things about MAGA is its apparent belief that Trump 2020 is like FDR 1932, that they sit astride an epoch defining realignment rather than a fractious slender majority.
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Herman Wouk, Pulitzer Prize winning author of three of my favorite books, was born on this day in 1915.
Inspired by his service on a minesweeper in the Pacific during World War II, Herman Wouk published THE CAINE MUTINY in 1951. It captivated the American public and became the most widely read novel of its time. The author adapted it into a Broadway play titled The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial in 1953 and it hit screens in the 1954 film starring Humphrey Bogart. Not surprisingly, the Navy was not pleased with Wouk’s fictional portrayal of one of their senior officers and insisted on changes before filming. In 1971 he would publish THE WINDS OF WAR, following it with WAR AND REMEMBRANCE in 1978, books that had a profound impact on me as a writer and a student of military history.
One of the greatest of all time, Herman Wouk passed away in May of 2019, just ten days shy of his 104th birthday.
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@bonchieredstate That would be a major undertaking because it’s not just the straight. Iran has 1,000 miles of coastline along the the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.
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Actually, all you need is to put a defensive umbrella around the Strait because that’s the only leverage Iran has. Then you can continue your blockade.
If the U.S. can’t do that, that’s a major admission, and a dangerous thing to signal to our adversaries.
Byron York@ByronYork
Why doesn't Trump just finish the job in Iran? Question being asked everywhere. From a senior administration official: "The president's view right now is that you would need a substantial escalation in order to meaningfully change things that are on the ground." More: "You could always get more through military conduct, the question is whether you could get something that is worth the cost." Right now, it seems obvious Trump has decided no, the benefit is not worth the cost. washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/458…
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@hughhewitt He doesn’t seem to realize that the GOP that he belonged to his whole life is long gone. It’s just a cult of personality now.
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Exactly the class one would expect from Senator and Mrs. Cornyn.
Ryan Chandler@RyanChandlerTV
Cornyn concedes alongside his family, reflecting on 40 years and 18 consecutive elections, now capping his career in public office. He vows to support the Republican ticket.
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This is precisely the problem:
You'll "always support the (insert party here) ticket."
Well, what if the party nominates a total shitbag?
Blind allegiance to a party is the surest way to find yourself in the position of John Cornyn: embarrassed, defeated, and devoid of integrity.
Mediaite@Mediaite
Cornyn Says He’ll Back Paxton After Defeat: ‘I’ve Always Supported the Republican Ticket’ mediaite.com/media/news/cor…
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Team playing better since fans started revolting. More #TarpsOff next homestand!
Rhett Bollinger@RhettBollinger
Final: #Angels 10, #Tigers 6: Vaughn Grissom hits first career grand slam, goes 3-for-5 with 6 RBIs. Jo Adell, Jose Siri with solo homers. Zach Neto, Logan O'Hoppe with RBI doubles. Four straight wins for first time this season.
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@KenGardner11 Yeah. His late attempts at Trump butt kissing were obviously insincere. Must really suck to embarrass himself that way and still lose.
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Maybe John Cornyn would have been more competitive had he given GOP voters a clear alternative to uber-MAGA scumbag Ken Paxton instead of offering voters only a weaker, softer, pastel toned version of pseudo-MAGA (anyone with half a brain knows he isn't really MAGA).
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@KatiePavlich He should realize that the GOP he’s known his whole life is long gone and run as an independent.
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Cornyn says he plans to support the Republican ticket in the Texas U.S. Senate race during his concession speech
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Primary voters will always vote for the worst humans that they can find. You can pretty much set an atomic clock to it.
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