Josh Makin

“Barbecue may not be the road to world peace, but it’s a start.” Anthony Bourdain.

[Steve Ferguson @lsferguson]

Every day we see layoffs at major American companies. Then we see these same companies hiring people on H-1B visas. There should not be one H-1B visa issued to any company that lays off Americans. Not. One.

[Donut Operator 🍩 @DonutOperator]

This is the dude screaming about killing white people at the Karmelo protest.
Police responded to a domestic involving his son who had a warrant for sexual assault . The son fought police with a knife in his hand and was shot.

[Sarah Fields @SarahisCensored]

Karmelo Anthony Trial Update: For the past year, Karmelo Anthony supporters have claimed that Frisco ISD security footage shows Karmelo being “attacked by four boys” and proves he was acting in self-defense.

That video has now been played in open court.

And many of those supporters are about to get a harsh reality check.

The footage barely shows anything. It does not show Karmelo being attacked. It does not clearly depict the events that so many people have confidently claimed it does.

For an entire year, supporters repeated a narrative based largely on descriptions provided by the family’s advocate, Tiffney Billions.

Now the jury and the public have seen the actual footage for themselves.

According to Mary Ann from the Daily Mail, the video was heavily zoomed in, making it extremely grainy. The faces of the individuals involved are not visible. At most, the footage appears to show one person pushing another person under the tent.

The video also shows that Karmelo Anthony and Austin Metcalf were under the tent together for approximately four minutes before the stabbing occurred.

In short, the security footage does not provide the clear visual proof of self-defense that Karmelo supporters have been claiming existed for the past year.

[Sarah Fields @SarahisCensored]

REPORT: Karmelo Anthony Trial Day Four

Apparently, if you violate a judge’s order and cut in front of others who were in line 30 minutes before you, you will be REWARDED with access to a courtroom that only allows 27 members of the public.

According to Judge Roach’s order, there is a curfew from 11pm to 6am every day for the duration of the trial. The order applies to the ENTIRE Collin County Courthouse campus, including parking lots, sidewalks, green spaces, and any other designated areas.

I have followed this order every day, arriving right at 6am as required by the curfew.

This morning, the first day of opening statements, I arrived at 6am as usual. There were already 20–25 people lined up at the front door. I immediately got in line. Many of them were not secretive about what time they had arrived, and some said they had been there closer to 5am, which is a VIOLATION of the judge’s order.

As I stood there, multiple people arrived and cut directly in front of me. And yes, I will make it clear that they were Karmelo Anthony supporters.

I wish I had said something. But I have done my best to maintain the peace so far, even with the disparaging comments that have been made and the constant line-cutting over the past few days.

I am fully fed up today. The first 27 were selected, and the cut off was 2 people in front of me. If there had not been violations or line cutters, I would be in the courtroom right now.

I understand that Judge Roach runs a tight ship, but he cannot control what he does not know is happening.

The family was brought in. Then the media. Then about a dozen individuals who claimed to be “family members of the Anthony’s,” including Kevin Hayes, Karmelo Anthony’s uncle, who initially spread false rumors that Karmelo had been jumped and that his cell phone had been smashed.

THEN, 27 members of the public were given passes for the remainder of the day.

Several of those individuals deserve to be in the courtroom. But the scales were tipped in favor of Anthony supporters because they cut in line and felt “entitled” to those positions.

I’m not going to hold back about their behavior any longer.

[Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok]

INBOX: Child mutiIation flag flying outside Austin, TX Police Dept

Hey @GregAbbott_TX why is this allowed?

[Steve Ferguson @lsferguson]

Each H-1B visa removes an American from the middle class

[Roscoe Smith IV @LoneStarLegendX]

In the last two months on record, over 3.5 Million Americans have been laid off (as sourced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Meanwhile, 90% of the net gain in jobs are going to foreign born workers.

So, hearing that 122,000 new jobs were added in May, but statistically approx. 110,000 of those went to foreigners isn’t putting “America First” at all.

Republicans in power, your deafening silence on this betrayal of American workers will do far more harm than good to your own base in the long run, so respond swiftly and strongly.

Share if you're tired of seeing Americans laid off at 10x the rate that foreigners are being hired to replace them and demand real changes fast.

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

This seems like a good time to remind everyone that 1 year ago, on a Charlotte NC city bus...

...a White 64-year-old Navy Veteran was beaten and paralyzed by a Black man who broke his neck

The veteran is a quadriplegic now.

His attacker walked out of jail 3 months later.

[Gareth █████ @geek_gareth]

Henry Nowak's death is more horrific than you think:

>Henry was stabbed ~11:30 pm, Henry was not pronounced dead until 67 minutes later (12:37 am). It gets worse...

> During this time. Dagwa & his brother (who arrived shortly after the attack, it was his brother who phoned 999, not to phone an ambulance, he phoned police alleging Henry attacked them.

>It's been reported that there was some deliberation/ delay before phoning 999. Alleging Henry drunkenly attacked them (Henry was sober; blood alcohol below the drink-drive limit). Digwa's brother wanted to punish Henry.

>Exact quotes from the call (read out in court at Southampton Crown Court):
“We’ve just got attacked racially by some white person. He’s physically attacked my brother, we’re Sikhs, we wear a turban and he’s just attacked my brother. We’re restraining him right now because he’s just attacked my brother and took my brother’s turban off. He also said, he’s verbally attacked my brother racially. I’m not having this as a regular occurrence, I live here, I’m not having this a regular occurrence. He ain’t fighting people, he’s racially attacking people, that’s what he’s doing. Nah, he sees some brown people, that’s what it was.”

> were restraining Henry until the police arrived (Digwa stole Henry's phone so he couldn't get help).

>When the police arrived, Digwa's father was holding Henry against a wall (his father said: "He keeps dropping down, so I am just trying to keep him up". There was also a visible blood trail, but it is unknown when officers first noticed it (different sources described it when the police entered the scene, another was after Henry passed out).

>His mother removed the murder weapon from the scene.

>Police bodycam footage was played in court (audio only, no video; another source said a transcript was read):
Henry says “I am dying”;
Digwa replies “You’re not dying bro.”
{Approximately 10 minutes later}: Henry says “You stabbed me”;
Digwa denies it and accuses Nowak of recording him.
Henry's final recorded words: “Please brother, I can’t breathe.”
{He passed out a few minutes later}

>Before the attack, Henry was recording a video of Digwa on his phone, it is a weird exchange: Henry singing/yawning, then addressing Digwa: “Innit bad man, what bad man. You’re a bad man, say you’re a bad man, go on.” Digwa replied: “I am a bad man.” The footage ended shortly before the stabbing.

Some critical details that haven't been released:
>The time the 999 call was made.
>The full 999 transcript.
>The time the police arrived.
>The time an ambulance was called (an air ambulance >flew in a doctor).

I question the order of the stabbing:
>There's a lack of defensive wounds on Henry's arms and hands (Henry was sober).
>I believe Henry was stabbed in the groin and the back if the legs while he was trying to scale a fence to get away (you can't easily get to a man's groin area, there's a reason they're nicknamed the 'crown jewels'). Also, stab wounds to that area can be catastrophic; The aorta and arteries to the legs (the largest in the body) flow through there, not to mention the nerve endings. The way they pinned Henry against a wall, where he would be losing blood faster.

>Given what I have read so far, I don't understand why there haven't been charges against the brother & father. They were aware that Henry had been stabbed, but they continued to forcefully detain him (the very definition of false imprisonment). I'd argue it was sadistic torture. You can make the excuse of a single Sekh having mental health issues (they will), but that doesn't excuse the actions of Digwa's brother, mother & father.

Some of the research & sources:
https://t.co/x4mVK7ybhS

[Josh Makin @Joshcmakin]

@jmthrivept What a dumbass

[quinn 🍁 @moekaboobs]

Leftists don't believe a Nazi can ever change but they think that an immigrant who beheads someone only needs like 6 months in jail and he'll come out acting like Mr. Rogers

[Rachel 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧 @RachelT1722]

Employers "nobody wants to work anymore, I can't get any staff"

Young adults "I've applied for 500 jobs and got no interview, I've even applied for everything"

Someone is lying.

People with eyes "why is every security guard or KFC worker now African or Indian?"

[Bo French @bofrench]

This is my opponent. Do you think he is going to make the oil and gas industry stronger or protect the Texas miracle?

[Andrew Branca Show @TheBrancaShow]

How many drops of liquid shit have to be in a bucket of pristine water before you won't drink it?

I doubt the answer is "1.2%" of the volume of the bucket.

[Caroline Wren @CarolineWren]

Yes it’s a “stunning coup” that the Houston Chronicle endorsed James Talarico given their history of endorsing (checks notes):

Barack Obama (2008)
Hillary Clinton (2016)
Joe Biden (2020)
Kamala Harris (2024)
Wendy Davis (2014)
Beto O’Rourke (2018)

[Josh Makin @Joshcmakin]

@MarioNawfal Make Japan Great Again!

[Josh Makin @Joshcmakin]

@lmkifiwin Obsession was a great movie! Refreshing to see something new coming out of the Hollywood cesspool

[Leading Report @LeadingReport]

Foreign-born workers have accounted for more than half of U.S. labor force growth since 2007, according to analyses of BLS data.

[Jason Howerton @jason_howerton]

Since I’m going to be hearing this for the next 6 months as a Texas voter, let me answer the question:

“You would vote for an adulterer over James Talarico? That’s not very Christian.”

Here’s the truth: I would rather vote for almost anyone else who is going to at least advocate for conservative *policies* over a literal heretic who wears my faith like a skin suit, advocates for policies that harm children, endorses immorality and generally harm society.

Ken Paxton has personal baggage. I don’t deny that. But Talarico has plenty too — and he openly mocks God’s law and treats Jesus as a political mascot all while pushing a radical far-left agenda that would be a disaster for my state.

You see, I’m an adult. I do not expect those who are seeking political office to be my moral superiors or even trustworthy. They are tools to be used to do the least amount of damage via policy.

I wish more pastors and men who live godly lives were running. I really do. But the options we get are what they are.

Paxton supports secure borders, law enforcement, lower taxes, unleashing American energy, the Second Amendment, just to name a few.

Talarico supports unlimited abortion, trans-ing children, higher taxes, government-run “healthcare,” and is incredibly comfortable blaspheming the word of God.

I’m not voting for a priest. I’m voting for an imperfect person to represent my interests. That’s how it works.

You’re not going to guilt trip Texans into supporting a looney tunes candidate like Talarico. Paxton will win by 5+.

It’s about policy, not personality.