Sense & Edibility

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[The Associated Press @AP]

Democrat Scott Colom defeats Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, becoming Mississippi’s first Black U.S. senator since 1881.

[Olivia Julianna 🇺🇸🦅🗳️ @0liviajulianna]

MY FATASS DIDNT LOSE A CONGRESSIONAL RACE THO

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

'In 1860, an enslaved man named Sheppard Peek was listed among the possessions of William Peek. His value was placed at $1400.

More than a century and a half later, Sheppard’s great-great-granddaughter, Keisha Lance Bottoms, was elected governor of GA' https://t.co/R17ckLYNhc

[Gina Hinojosa @GinaHinojosaTX]

We did it @jamestalarico

[Bulwark Clips @BulwarkClips]

Greg Abbott: "My opponent…would destroy white men and their jobs in our state."

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

Trump's Justice Department announced it is sending about 1,000 "election monitors" to polling places in all 50 states

https://t.co/wzSN8bj5yV

[Hold my Whataburger @HikeARTX]

@MariaTCardona 💯💯💯

[💎❄️ @megan_lassi]

Not a single state wide candidate on the Republican side was willing to hold a debate with their opponent. They didn't think they needed to stand up and present their ideas to Texans.

Remember that tomorrow when you're in the voting booth.

[Reich-Wing Watch @ReichWingWatch]

🚨BREAKING: The Republican Women’s Caucus Fund has been unmasked as the force behind the fake Texas Transgender Student Union (TTSU). This Wyoming LLC, formed in September, flooded as many as 3 million Texas mailboxes and phones with texts and brochures just as early voting began for the midterms.

Posing as a trans advocacy outfit, the materials—addressed to the children of registered voters—coached minors on seeking gender-affirming care even against parents’ wishes, pursuing emancipation, going out-of-state for hormones or surgery, and finding a “found family.” They copied branding from the real Transgender Education Network of Texas (TENT) and used a near-identical address.

Legal filings named the Republican Women’s Caucus and “John Braun”—the name of a Washington state senator whose campaign treasurer, Paul Kilgore, also handles finances for the RWC Fund and PACs supporting Ken Paxton’s Senate bid against Democrat James Talarico. TTSU’s lawyer is former Paxton assistant AG Chris Hilton.

TENT sued, claiming harassment, threats, and operational harm. Judge Jan Soifer ordered disclosure, rejecting free-speech secrecy claims.

So, a Republican-linked group, with financial ties to Paxton-supporting PACs, mass-produced and distributed materials that impersonated a transgender student resource guide. In other words, the people who routinely accuse the transgender community of “indoctrinating” or targeting children, themselves produced and mailed the very content designed to look like that targeting—so parents would see it and react.

Every Republican accusation is a confession.

[Houston Chronicle @HoustonChron]

A Republican women's group is behind a fake Texas transgender student union that sent text messages and brochures to as many as three million voters this month.

The Republican Women’s Caucus Fund and someone named John Braun were identified as those responsible for the scheme that riled up voters just as early voting began, according to legal filings made public late Thursday. The identities were ordered to be revealed by a Travis County judge. https://t.co/r652I1jHXD

[Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta @malcolmkenyatta]

So let me get this right: if you’re a corrupt right-wing leader who loses an election and is under investigation you get asylum?

If you’re a mom and kid fleeing violence you’re not?

[Team Talarico @TeamTalaricoHQ]

Q: Are you the one who’s going to turn Texas blue?

@JamesTalarico: I’m not interested in turning Texas blue. I wanna win this seat so that I can fight for all 31 million Texans — whether they’re Democrats, independents, or Republicans.

My party talks about turning Texas blue a lot. Republicans talk about keeping Texas red. I think the best color for Texas is purple.

When you have a purple state and competitive elections, it forces every politician in both parties to stay on their toes. My hope in this race is that we can end 30 years of one-party rule and get competitive elections back in Texas so politicians are actually solving problems.

[Covie @covie_93]

If Texas is 'transgendering' kids wouldn't that be Republicans fault since they controlled the state for 30 years???

[Sense & Edibility @EdibleSense]

@TizzyEnt And look what I received in the mail last week

[Sense & Edibility @EdibleSense]

What my ears hear: Skattebo
What my brain hears: Scaramouche

[Scott Braddock @scottbraddock]

Houston: Hundreds of Texans leaving their "I voted" stickers at the site where Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot by ICE

[Sense & Edibility @EdibleSense]

Ummm… this seems like a big problem.

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

BREAKING: JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and Morgan Stanley are scrambling after detecting unauthorized AI agents accessing customer bank accounts, contacting call centers, and reportedly attempting actions WITHOUT instructions from account holders, according to Axios.

[Sense & Edibility @EdibleSense]

@DouglasEmhoff @KamalaHarris We love you Kamala!! Happy birthday!

[Sense & Edibility @EdibleSense]

I can’t.

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

The police shooting that killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley as he sat in his mother’s lap in a Walmart parking lot in Senatobia, Miss., in June “was justified,” Mississippi attorney general’s office announced https://t.co/YZUVstINEA