mimi swartz

Professionally nosy, exec editor Texas Monthly

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

REPUBLICAN SEN. TILLIS: “What Freakin’ parallel universe did I wake up in? You’re telling me — if it’s true — damaging the reflecting pool lining is something Pirro wants to prosecute… yet they’re releasing people who pled guilty to assaulting officers?”

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

Basically

[★Briana★ @briana__gomez]

James Talarico’s new ad is so good. It feels natural and down to earth, while also being cinematic and powerful. The visuals are good and the message is great. 10/10 no notes. This is how you do it

[Jim Stewartson, Decelerationist 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸 @jimstewartson]

In his continuing “Pool Monologues,” Trump hits a record ELEVEN AND A HALF MINUTES sitting with the NATO Secretary.

I cannot emphasize enough… Try and read it. I dare you.

1/3
“The pool? Yes. It's in great shape. No. Ready? Thugs. They just told me a little while ago. Six have been arrested and like six or seven are under arrest. They have pictures and everything else. They went to the bottom and it's not a paint job. It's very expensive. It's not rubber but it's like rubber. And they went down with probably a box cutter or a very sharp razor of some kind of a knife. They cut and then they started ripping it up. You know why? Because there's sick people. And then the side of the pool, right at the water level, they took razors and they started cutting this very expensive stuff. It's incredible stuff. It's beautiful. And it's still beautiful. We have one area where they cut it. It's still holding. It's not leaking. But they hurt it so probably maybe after July 4th or maybe before. I don't know. Well, let a little water out because it's at the edge. They'll cut it. They'll replace it and it'll be as good as new. But these people should go to jail for a long time. You know, there's a statue that I saw when I had my first here that if you do anything to hurt statues or monuments, fountains in Washington, D.C. or federal fountain, it's actually federal all over the country. But you go to jail for 10 years and there's no shortcuts. In other words, it's not five years for good behavior. It's a very tough statue. And so tough that it really hasn't been used very much over the years. But I used it when they had a problem in Washington where they were trying to hurt the sickos, would try to hurt things, and I announced it. As soon as I announced it, read it, announced it. And I said, 10 years for anybody, everybody dropped what they had, including ropes. They had ropes. They were tying ropes around Thomas Jefferson's head, Andrew Jackson right up there, that a rope around his head on that incredible statue. I said, as soon as I invoked it, everybody left, that's still in play. They could go to jail for 10 years. They better be careful. They have a gash on that beautiful pool. It's a reflecting point. This is a very expensive material. Then on top of it, we did a much bigger job than we said we were going to do because we did all the outer areas. We did a beautiful job. It's like a piece of glass. And for some reason, this disturbed the radical left lunatics. You know, the guy that one of the guys, he's a member or a big pair to act blue. He's a big Hillary supporter. He's a big supporter of Sleepy Joe Biden. No, this is a very political thing. But as I understand it, six are under arrest. This was pure vandalism. It's an amazing thing that we did. Don't forget, it hasn't worked properly since it was built because it always leaked in 1922. So it was built in 1922. So that's 100 years more ago. It's never worked properly. I always said, had great potential. And I said in my first term, I'm going to do something. So Biden and Obama, between the two of them, spent over $100 million. It was a disaster. Obama, because of the environment, took the water from the Potomac, and it was horrible. It was bad. I don't want to have to tell you what happened, but it was really bad. You can read about it. Biden, he didn't have any idea what the hell they were doing because he didn't know what anything was happening. But they spent over $100 million. We spent 14 or 15 in a lot less than that because a lot of these people worked for the Parks Department anyway. So they're going to work. So I would say a lot less. And we put a great surface on it. This is a world-class surface. It looked beautiful. But they came in and they cut it. And then they grabbed it and they pulled it up. That's why it's all ripped. And who would even think of it? They're sick people. So I think they're in big trouble. But here's the bottom line.”

[Gina Hinojosa @GinaHinojosaTX]

Says the governor who invited data centers to Texas with the most generous tax break of any state in America.

Thanks to Greg Abbott, taxpayers are picking up the tab for BILLIONS in data center growth.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Rep. Escobar tells Markwayne Mullin about how she met with a detainee whose arm was so badly broken that it was visible to the naked eye, yet all he was being given to treat it was aspirin

[Tim Miller @Timodc]

How did they land this country music sensation ?

[mimi swartz @mimiswartz]

@mkerrhardy walks so you don't have to...Houston Wants You to Walk to the World Cup. Don’t Do It. https://t.co/cRCLgn8oyh

[David French @DavidAFrench]

This is an astonishing document. Not a single war aim has been achieved, but Iran receives enormous financial incentives, and even Hezbollah gets some benefits. What an absolute disaster. https://t.co/uj3990eh6q

[Norman Ornstein @NormOrnstein]

Every parent of a child with special needs should be terrified right now

[Sarah Longwell @SarahLongwell25]

Just sat down with this piece and…whew.

“Inside the White House, Mr. Miller, the influential deputy chief of staff, saw an opening for an idea he had raised previously: What if Mr. Trump simply claimed the power to suspend habeas corpus?

Then the locked-up immigrants would be blocked from receiving hearings or even from seeking court orders to prevent their removal from the country. This was an opportunity for Mr. Trump not only to speed up deportations, but also to assert vastly expanded power over a legal system that was getting in his way.”
https://t.co/FxT0hH6Iqi via @NYTimes

[Romi Bean @Romi_Bean]

This Frenchman describing Buc-ee’s is the only thing you need today

(IG: Erosbrousson)

[Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel]

SCOOP from @By_CJewett & me:

Markwayne Mullin urged @HHSGov to remove warnings from the @US_FDA website about the health risks of the gas station drug kratom.

Mullin owns equity in a leading kratom company called Botanic Tonics that could have benefited. https://t.co/rzkImei3VI

[Tim Miller @Timodc]

Trump's Iran "Deal" Is a Giant Bag of Dog Shit.

It's not a deal. It's a memo of understanding in advance of a surrender of the American-led world order.

https://t.co/ZrTw7MRs6o

[mimi swartz @mimiswartz]

Am I Girl Enough for Turning Point USA? https://t.co/2EHJ1tEraq

[Tim Miller @Timodc]

Would be remiss to not point out that the ring is also sponsored by the Saudis bc Trump has turned us into such a brokedick country that we need our national celebration and our presidential plane underwritten by some Sheikhs.

[Eric Lee @EricLeeAtty]

Trump admin is actively plotting to establish a dictatorship, arrest opponents & detain ppl indefinitely. Anyone who thinks this would be limited to non-citizens is fooling themselves. Whatever remains of democracy is slipping away.

Dems downplay, but mass mobilization needed!

[Stephen N. Perkins @stephenperkins]

A great example of why I’m so disillusioned with today’s Christian conservativism.

A crowd cheering with joy for the idea of someone going to hell.

This shit is heartbreaking.

[Martina Navratilova @Martina]

This aged well…

[mimi swartz @mimiswartz]

@scottbraddock @jamestalarico @KenPaxtonTX How stupid is this? Stupid enough to probably happen.