Talarico: Every bar has that one guy. He’s loud, he’s obnoxious, he makes all the women in the bar feel uncomfortable. He hears you say your name to the bartender and then adds his drink to your tab when you’re not looking.
That’s Ken Paxton.
And I don’t know about y’all, but I’m done picking up his tab.
@GregAbbott_TX I’m not sure Greggie understands how they work. Oh wait, he doesn’t need to understand because he doesn’t give a sh*t about Texans, just lining his pockets.
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 EU has invited Taliban officials to Brussels to discuss a migration deal — and today I am shaken and deeply disturbed by this.
This is the same Taliban that banned girls from secondary schools and forced them into marriage. The same Taliban that, earlier this month, arrested dozens of women in Herat for how they were dressed. The same Taliban that detains, beats and executes women who dare to speak out or break their rules.
Through its system of gender apartheid, the Taliban have erased women and girls from public life. Europe must not legitimise a regime responsible for one of the worst human rights crises in the world.
Any engagement with the Taliban must begin and end with the rights of Afghan women and girls.
#BREAKING: Talarico: “Texans are struggling right now, in a way that we haven’t struggled before, and again it’s not to afford nice things, it’s to afford the basic things, the necessities, groceries and gas and insurance…and so the fact that politicians including our sitting U.S. Senator @tedcruz are throwing embarrassing cheap nicknames at their political opponents inInstead of focusing on improving Texans lives. To me that’s everything that’s wrong with our politics, and it’s why people are so fed up with this broken system…it doesn’t actually improve their lives…It looks a lot more like pro wrestling. You’ve got these old guys lathered up in their fake tan throwing cheesy nicknames at each other and those nicknames don’t lower the cost of groceries…and so I’m going to keep talking about the things that Texans actually care about. I’m going to keep proposing solutions to make their lives easier and better…and ultimately I think that’s going to win the day in our state in November.” 👏👏
Talarico: Here's what real men don't do. They don't lie and cheat their way through life. They don't sell their soul to the highest bidder. Real men serve others, weak men serve themselves. So I welcome this debate. I don't think Paxton or Cruz are in a position to tell anyone what a real man is.
Yosef Wiener, a 97-year-old Holocaust survivor, passed away from a broken heart.
The sole survivor of his family, who were murdered by the Nazis, he rebuilt his life in Israel. He married Aviva, raised two children — Ofer and Nurit — and proudly watched his family tree grow with ten grandchildren.
On October 7, 2023, evil struck again.
His beloved grandson Yahav was murdered while protecting his wife Shili and their one-month-old daughter Shiya. His beloved granddaughter Hadar and her husband Itay were killed while shielding their ten-month-old twins, Roy and Guy.
In his final words, Yosef wrote:
“I was saved from the fire of the Nazi beasts… I built a family tree firmly planted in the soil of the homeland. But on 10/7, the horror returned. Once again I am exhausted, in despair, drowning. And I have no more ground to hold on to.”
May his memory be a blessing.
BREAKING: Jeffrey Epstein survivor Maria Farmer just released this video message to Congress, telling them how Ghislaine Maxwell has threatened her life, and the Trump DOJ has not released all of the evidence she supplied to them about Epstein and multiple Co-conspirators.
Everyone needs to hear this! What are they hiding?
Major News: Republicans cave and end the longest shutdown in U.S. history…with nothing to show for it. My latest Breaking News coverage is live on Substack and YouTube covering everything from the shutdown to Trump’s NATO threats and more. Link in reply.
James Talarico: “John Cornyn and Ken Paxton are both symptoms, they’re not the disease. They are puppets of the people who really control this political system and that’s the people at the very top. The real fight in this country is not left vs right, it’s top vs bottom”
"This guy is the Antichrist; no wonder he doesn't like the Pope."
@MarinaPurkiss questions the Christian credentials of Donald Trump's evangelical followers, who excuse repeated blasphemy and violation of the Ten Commandments.
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