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[Joe Walsh @WalshFreedom]

For the umpteenth time: Quit trying to analyze Trump. Quit trying to figure out why he says and does the things he says and does. I’m so fucking sick of listening to some panel on CNN try to discuss his latest bizarre pronouncement like he’s some normal human being. Stop that. This isn’t complicated- He’s not a normal human being. He’s a sociopath. He lies as he breathes. He’s an idiot. He’s a Russian asset. He gets off on being cruel. He’s never been held accountable for anything he’s done his entire life. He’s a horrible person. And he’s the biggest fucking crybaby who’s ever lived. That’s it.

[Bill Madden @maddenifico]

How the fuck did we get to this point? How the fuck could we have allowed this to happen?

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: Ken Paxton’s Senate campaign GETS ROCKED as more than 20 Republican political figures back James Talarico. A former Texas Ranger explains why he made the jump.

Donald Trump may have halfheartedly tried to boost the chances of Texas Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton with his Trump rally disguised as a political convention these past two days, but no matter how much he tries to put lipstick on this swinish Texas Attorney General, even members of his own party are crossing the aisle to endorse Paxton’s Democratic opponent, James Talarico.

Just yesterday, the Talarico campaign released a list of over 20 Republican leaders who’ve chosen to reject their own party’s corrupt candidate in favor of the squeaky-clean Democrat. The list features a plethora of former officials who’ve turned their back on Paxton, the Trump- endorsed MAGA loyalist who somehow survived impeachment by his own party after the depth of his corruption was initially revealed.
Included on the list:

—James Edge, Mayor Pro Tem of Bryan, TX
—Shane Phelps, Fmr. Deputy AG under John Cornyn
—Jimmy Don Aycock, Fmr. TX State Rep (HD-54)
—Tom Phillips, Retired TX Supreme Court Chief Justice
—Steve Bartlett, Fmr. Mayor of Dallas, Fmr. Congressman (TX-3)
—Bennett Ratliff, Fmr. TX State Rep (HD-115)
—Dorothy Burton, Fmr. Mayor Pro Tem of Duncanville, TX
—Jim Richards, Fmr. Dallas City Councilman
—Ryan Davenport, Fmr. GOP Convention Delegate
—Dale Ross, Fmr. Mayor of Georgetown, TX
—Donna Halstead, Fmr. Dallas City Councilwoman
—Andrew Sansom, Fmr. Exec. Director of TX Parks and Wildlife
—Deborah Hankinson, Retired TX Supreme Court Justice
—Todd Smith, Fmr. TX State Rep (HD-92)
—Kimberly Preist Johnson, Retired U.S. Magistrate Judge (E.D. TX)
—Lionel Sosa, Fmr. Campaign Advisor to George W. Bush
—Susan Lewis King, Fmr. TX State Rep (HD-71)
—Alan Steelman, Fmr. TX Congressman (TX-5), Fmr. GOP Senate Nominee
—Adam Kinzinger, Fmr. Congressman (IL-16)
—Glen Whitley, Fmr. Tarrant County Judge
—David Maxwell, Fmr. Director of Law Enforcement, Ken Paxton's Office

That last name on the list, David Maxwell, a man who worked closely with Paxton as his former Director of Law Enforcement, sat down for an interview recently to explain why he took the unprecedented step of joining Team Talarico.

“I spent two hours with James Tallarico,” Maxwell began. “I came back and thought about him. Number one, I saw no deception. He answered all my difficult questions. He didn't dodge anything. He didn't give me the Texas two-step when I asked him a hard question. He didn't go all the way around the bush and never answer. He hit it head-on.”

“He comes to this campaign and this initiative with a sense of service, a sense of service in his background,” Maxwell continued. “He was a teacher. My mother was a teacher. I have granddaughters who are teachers. Both my wife and I have served Texas our entire careers. That means something to me. That means something.”

Maxwell, a straight-up law and order Republican, values character over partisan politics and knows that Paxton’s character makes him unfit for any office whatsoever.

“You know, in my line of business, in my experience, it means so much to see someone who's sincere,” he explained. “Now, I have been around politicians my entire life. I've served five governors. I've met and been around four presidents. They're all very interested in Texas Rangers. But I say that to say this. He's so different than other people I have encountered in politics. I think he's the man who needs to go to Washington, D.C., and Ken Paxton needs to go home.”

Please like and share if you hope that enough Texas Republicans can see the same flaws in Ken Paxton that this former Texas Ranger does and help send James Talarico to the Senate in November!

[LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @LongTimeHistory]

ICE brutally detain 2 U.S. citizen teens—driving to hand in papers to join Marines.

Now changing their minds about enlisting.

"How can I serve a country that doesn't even uphold my basic rights?"

Agents shot them with pepper spray—then punched them in the face.

Just because they stopped to film an ICE operation arresting parents outside of a school.

They were locked up for 8 hours—despite having proof they were U.S. citizens.

Agent told them:
"I don't give a damn... your parents can't help you now."

Incident occurred near Santos Livas Elementary School in Alamo, Texas.

Posting first full length English language credited video here to help raise awareness.

[Tara Palmeri @tarapalmeri]

We asked a congressional candidate about the Epstein files at the Republican Midterm Convention. Nine minutes later, security showed up. My press credential was revoked and we were escorted out.

Go to https://t.co/kOrq9tLjXu to see for yourself.

[Elizabeth Warren @ewarren]

Trump is tearing the government apart—then pointing to the wreckage and saying, “See? The government doesn’t work.”

That’s like setting a house on fire and blaming the house.

We can’t let him get away with it.

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

Just let me get this straight...

A sitting US Senator has been absent for nearly 100 DAYS and not a SINGLE journalist seems to care at all?!

Mitch McConnell hasn't been seen on Capital Hill in 3 MONTHS.

What are we doing here?? Is he even alive?

Where is the media?!!!!

[Don Winslow @donwinslow]

.@jaredkushner

Nothing will change that your father is a convicted felon, your father in law said he wanted to date your wife (his own daughter), and you have humiliated your children w/ your support of Putin and the Russian murderers, rapists and child kidnappers that invaded Ukraine.

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

The folks who want flock cameras in your neighborhood, the folks who wanna read your emails without a warrant, the folks who say, “If you’re not doing anything wrong, why do you wanna hide it?” have withheld 3 million Epstein files and redacted the rest.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Ossoff: While the world burns and you pay more for everything—your tax dollars become the royal family's wealth. Because it pays to be a Trump, especially when the whole world knows daddy's a crook

And while Pete Hegseth squanders our military power—his Pentagon funnels your money to the first family. Just listen to this.

Five days after his father was re-elected, Prince Don Junior becomes a partner at 1789 Capital, a venture firm founded by right-wing activists and Trump donors. 1789 Capital then buys a stake in Vulcan Elements, a tiny startup that says it plans to produce the high-tech magnets needed in drones, missiles, and satellites.

And about a month after Don Junior’s venture firm buys its stake in Vulcan Elements, Pentagon officials learned that Peter Navarro, a convicted criminal, Don Jr.’s close friend, and a top White House official, wants the Pentagon to give your tax dollars to Vulcan Elements.

One Pentagon official said, quote, “The call came from the White House. We have to get this done.”

To be clear, getting this done means funneling your money to the president’s son’s investment. And so, of course, like clockwork, on November 20th, just three months after Don Jr. and his friends bought their stake, Vulcan gets a $620 million taxpayer loan from Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon, paid for with your money.

[Joe Walsh @WalshFreedom]

A GOVERNMENT THAT SENDS ARMED, MASKED AGENTS INTO OUR STREETS AND LETS THEM ACT WITH IMPUNITY IS A FASCIST GOVERNMENT.

When those exercising state violence are shielded from independent investigation, accountability collapses. Families deserve answers. Agents deserve scrutiny. A badge must never become a license to kill.

That is why PAXIS exists and is funded entirely by donations: to independently elp people understand their rights when those entrusted to uphold them become the threat. Knowing your rights and documenting abuse help us fight back against a government that demands obedience while evading accountability.

Know your rights: https://t.co/du9bv2TwAq Record safely. Demand names, badges and independent investigations.

Help keep PAXIS free: https://t.co/Hi5Yo2MuXu

[Sandra O'Brien-Duke @smobrienduke]

Say it louder for those in the back of the room.

[𝔗𝔯𝔲𝔱𝔥 𝔐𝔞𝔱𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔰 @politicsusa46]

For those who think all they have to do to be rescued from the monster that is Trump, is wait until November, THINK AGAIN.

Failure to hold him to account since 2024 is now coming home to roost I’m afraid.

My thanks to Marc Elias for highlighting Trump’s weapon of choice in his attempts to subvert the election process and by default democracy itself.

TikTok - https://t.co/d8IM2NbShD

[Jack Hopkins @thejackhopkins]

The Texas Ranger who served as Ken Paxton's top law enforcement agent is backing James Talarico.
The guy who saw it all up close isn't voting for his old boss.
Think about it.

[Sandra O'Brien-Duke @smobrienduke]

Of course they pushed out Gen. Donahue. Putin and Xi want a weak out date US military. Did you notice Putin unveiled a new jet powered drone that Ukraine has no defense against?

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

New York Times national security reporter Greg Jaffe says the ouster of Gen. Chris Donahue, who was helping prepare the Army for a future of drones, autonomous systems and AI, is a “huge loss” that has left many inside the military “befuddled.”

“We’re in a crazy moment.”

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: KNOCKOUT! Governor JB Pritzker sucks the wind out of the Republican convention's sails with a BRUTAL takedown of Trump, Don Jr., RFK Jr., and "chief bootlicker" JD Vance.

This is EXACTLY how we want Democrats to talk about these monsters...

"From Texas, we have Greg Abbott, Ken Paxton, and Ted Cruz, each one a poster child for bad governance, bad morals, and bad vibes, respectively," said Pritzker.

The Republicans kick off their midterms convention in Texas today in a desperate bid to generate some positive headlines as Trump's deeply unpopular presidency threatens to sink them all at the ballot box.

Since they have no actual policy plans to improve the lives of working-class Americans, they're going to rely on trotting out a coterie of sickos, quacks, and pedophiles to rant about "communism" and transgender athletes.

"We have RFK Jr., the Health Secretary that you can thank for the return of measles and unsafe food," said Pritzker. "We have Todd Blanche, the attorney general who wanted to give your tax dollars to reward Trump's insurrectionists."

"And we have Don Jr., the chief accomplice in his daddy's shakedown of the American people. And then we have JD Vance, Trump's chief bootlicker, who wants to hide the fact that he's the architect of Trump's endless war in Iran," said Pritzker.

"And of course, we have Donald Trump himself, a President suffering from dementia, who unleashed violence on our cities, who jacked up grocery prices, screwed our farmers, and now has you paying for his gaudy golden ballroom," the governor continued.

"I'm done pretending that these self-dealing, racist, misogynist grifters are an aberration of the Republican Party. They are the mainstream of the Republican Party now," he added.

This final point is absolutely crucial. These lunatics and fascists who would have once been considered fringe are now the beating rotten heart of the Republican Party. There is not a single moderate conservative left on the national stage and if we are ever going to return to a sane political climate, these cretins need to be totally and lastingly repudiated in November.

Please ❤️ and share if you're a fan of JB Pritzker!

[Joe Walsh @WalshFreedom]

LOOK AT THEIR FACES. THEN TELL US THIS IS MAKING AMERICA GREAT.

Outside New York’s Federal Plaza, memorial posters expose the human cost of Trump’s authoritarianism.

Every face was a person. Every name belongs to a family still waiting for answers.

By May 18, AP reported at least 51 deaths in ICE custody since Trump’s second term began.

You cannot claim to be “pro-life” while shrugging at deaths in detention. You cannot preach “law and order” while dodging accountability.

Read their names. Document safely with PAXIS. Demand investigations. Demand consequences.

Help keep PAXIS free: https://t.co/Hi5Yo2N2N2.

[BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ @mmpadellan]

To all of the so-called "fraud hunters" like Nick Shirley:

There is an 84-year old Senator who's been missing for months, and is probably still drawing a massive $174,000 salary while being possibly dead.

Go investigate THAT shit.
Or does he need to be brown?🤨