Navy Vet. You're either at the table or on the menu, VOTE!
Dallas, TX
Joined April 2009
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Dealing with anxiety is a burden. For the most part I can deal with my anxiety but when I find myself in a situation where my actions cause me to feel helpless my anxiety kicks in. When it kicks in I try to find a solution to the cause of my anxiety. – at Garland, TX
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The Great Dealignment I have been writing and talking about for years is unfolding.
The last two election cycles are precisely what I outlined in my book “The Latino Century”
Democrats are figuring it out. Why Latinos aren’t realigning politi.co/4ktVREo via @politico
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Former Rep Ernest Bailes, who was targeted by Greg Abbott for his opposition to school vouchers, appears with Governor-elect Hinojosa as she unveils her transition team
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The Latino vote will be the biggest story line for the next decade
Marco Rubio expected to step down and launch bid to be next US president ift.tt/aZG8swE
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Pro tips for Election Day while you wait for polls to close:
1) Stop touching grass. Don’t go for a walk. Don’t exercise. Go home. Keep scrolling Twitter all day. The next tweet you see down your feed will definitely tell you what’s going to happen before anyone else knows.
2) Trust anonymous accounts. They are the most reliable sources of information today.
3) Overreact to everything. If you see someone say there are long lines at a Republican-heavy precinct, assume it’s a red wave nationally. If you see someone say a precinct is empty in a rural area, confidently declare that Democrats will win a supermajority in the Senate.
4) Anecdotes are to be trusted and extrapolated. Especially if they are from anonymous accounts (see #2), and especially if they are about how busy precincts are (see #3). Bonus points if they have a hammer and sickle or an American flag in their bio.
5) Don’t drink water. The whole “drink eight cups a day” adage is just Big Water™️ industry trying to make money off of you gullible sheep. Drink only coffee and energy drinks. Maybe a Four Loko circa 2010 if you can find one.
6) Look at the clock a lot. Contrary to popular opinion, time does go faster when you are watching the time.
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Statewide Republicans in Texas are making almost all the arguments Democrats usually make around here right before they lose. It's not predictive but it is incredible.
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Babe wake up the suddenly competitive Democrat in missippi just released a Halloween themed sinners campaign video portraying Cindy Hyde smith as a vampire
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Given Gov Abbott's fundraising prowess, it's significant that in Texas the Republican Governors Association is outspending the Democratic Governors Association under @AndyBeshearKY. Gov Beshear's been under pressure from some Democrats to step up investment in Rep Hinojosa
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Just incredible: Gov. Abbott is setting Texas records for burning through campaign cash; he raised another $26 million and has now spent down to about $8.5 million cash on hand. He started the year with $106 million in the bank.
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Little campaign that could? Rep @GinaHinojosaTX raised $13 million to @GregAbbott_TX's $20 millon this reporting period. She's got $4 million cash on hand to his $17 million. And Abbott is burning cash like nobody's business - he started the year with $105.7 million #Txlege
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WATCHING—The U.S. State Department is monitoring a reportedly fatal case of "pneumonia of an unknown etiology" linked to a plague research laboratory in Russia. Health authorities in Russia's Irkutsk region launched anti-epidemic measures after an employee of a plague institute was diagnosed with "pneumonia of an unknown etiology”. The lab involved is the Anti-Plague Research Institute in Shelekhov, in southern Siberia, Russia. The statement comes after some Russian media and public figures reported a death potentially due to the plague and linked to a lab worker. Russian officials did not provide further details on the worker. Amid the investigation, some protective measures have been announced in the region. A mask mandate has been implemented at the Irkutsk Aluminum Plant in Shelekhov, according to the plant's director, Artem Fominykh.Â
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She wouldn’t tolerate Ken Paxton’s immoral and corrupt conduct.
But she expects Texans to.
Vote @jamestalarico
#TXPol: "I'm Texas Senator Angela Paxton. People have asked my thoughts about this election and turns out, I have some ... I'm voting for the Republican ticket on November 3rd."
Texas PAC is up with a new ad featuring Angela Paxton, Ken Paxton's estranged wife.
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This is bad….
Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/NmmAzhf
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I don't believe this for a second. Do you know how much the FBI would be shouting with glee if they arrested thousands of terrorists? Yet we haven't heard a peep.
"Because of the good work that the men and women in this building and throughout the country — we have identified 2,150 terrorists that came into this country underneath a different name, and had taken on a different identity." @SecMullinDHS
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The Rangers have drafted a whopping 35 players in the 1st round over the last 20 years. Of those 35 players, only 1 has a higher bWAR with Texas than Wyatt Langford, yet I still feel like he's left meat on the bone. (FTR, Joey Gallo: 14.0 bWAR, Wyatt Langford: 13.3 bWAR)
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📌Weather alerts can be confusing, but knowing the difference between a Watch and a Warning could save your life. Here’s what you need to know when severe weather threatens. 📢
#preparedness #preparation #weather #preparednessmonth
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UPDATE: Tim Tebow announces he is “pausing” his relationship with Life Surge following our @pablofindsout x @MotherJones investigation.
Our previous request for comment from Tebow, in reply to our detailed list of questions, still stands.
More to come.
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The horror has come to our city: ICE has shot a person in Austin this morning.
As the facts emerge, I am demanding a full, independent investigation, immediate release of the body camera footage, and accountability for any ICE officer who broke the law.
Over and over, ICE has shot people and then lied about what happened. We can see the lies with our own eyes. We will demand truth, transparency and accountability.
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SCOOP: GOP Texas Senate candidate Ken Paxton has repeatedly left a plot of land in Maui off his financial disclosures, but the land, controlled by a trust, owes several thousand dollars of property taxes on it with penalty fees and interest now due too, per a county record I saw.