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  • Rand Paul rips JD Vance's assertion that executing cartel members is the 'best use of our military'

    09/08/2025 2:00:17 PM PDT · by Phoenix8 · 100 replies
    Fox ^ | 9/8/2025 | Nitzberg
    Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky strongly objected after Vice President JD Vance asserted in a Saturday post on X that "Killing cartel members who poison our fellow citizens is the highest and best use of our military." "JD ‘I don’t give a s[---]’ Vance says killing people he accuses of a crime is the ‘highest and best use of the military.’ Did he ever read To Kill a Mockingbird? Did he ever wonder what might happen if the accused were immediately executed without trial or representation??" Senator Paul wrote.
  • Sen. John Kennedy attacks RFK Jr.

    09/04/2025 2:25:00 PM PDT · by AndyJackson · 76 replies
    Forbes ^ | 9/4/20245 | Sen. John Kennedy
    See video. Sen. John Kennedy who states: "We need to restore confidence and so far I don't see where Secretary Kennedy has done that. All I see over there is at the moment is a multiple vehicle pileup.” See comments. Sen. Kennedy just took a swim in the swamp sewer. Why would he do this to himself? I had a lot of respect for his common sense and he just destroyed is Rep in my book. It will be a long long time before I stop listening askance to anything this swamp rat says. He clearly lacks common sense. It's...
  • John Cornyn: America First Senator or MAGA Fraud?! (Is it possible to be "too hot"? Not sure...but Sara comes close)

    08/27/2025 7:05:08 AM PDT · by ma_che62 · 21 replies
    Sara Gonzales Unfiltered (Youtube) ^ | 8/26/2025 | Sara Gonzales
    On this week’s episode of “Come and Take It,” Sara examines the record of Texas Senator John Cornyn, who claims to be a close ally of President Donald Trump. Does he actually align with the Make America Great Again agenda, or is he a fraud trying to win in the primary against Texas AG Ken Paxton? (video)
  • Karl Rove warns crime is a ‘big problem’ for Democrats

    08/26/2025 3:37:16 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 18 replies
    The Hill ^ | 08/26/25 | Filip Timotija
    Longtime Republican operative Karl Rove said on Tuesday that crime is a “big problem” for the Democratic Party and warned that some within the party, including New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, don’t understand how their posture on the issue hurts the party’s “label.” “This is a big problem for the Democrats. The Democrats don’t seem to understand — certain Democrats, like the socialist running for mayor of New York — do not seem to understand the problems that this represents for their party, and their party’s label. They only need to look to recent history to see how...
  • House (RINO) Republicans Reject Effort to Punish Democrat Quorum Breakers (texas)

    08/26/2025 11:10:41 AM PDT · by ma_che62 · 9 replies
    Texas Scorecard ^ | 8/25/2025 | Brandon Waltens
    The debate comes days after Gov. Greg Abbott added “legislation to impose penalties or punishments for legislators who willfully absent themselves during a session” to the special session agenda.
  • John Cornyn learns not to mess with Texas

    08/24/2025 8:29:34 AM PDT · by DFG · 18 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 08/24/2025 | Mike McDaniel
    “Don’t mess with Texas” is a homespun aphorism that expresses a genuine sentiment. Texans, and to a slightly lesser degree, Wyomingites, are independent cusses. They’re proud of their states and their beliefs, and pushed too far don’t whine about why government isn’t making things right. They handle it themselves and vote the useless weasels out at the next electoral opportunity. One such weasel is long-serving Texas Senator John Cornyn. Once thought a reliable Republican, he forgot which state he represents and stepped on a known Texas land mine: gun control. In Texas, weakness on the Second Amendment and cruelty to...
  • Dade Phelan Calls It Quits One Session After Speakership Collapse

    08/24/2025 8:37:22 AM PDT · by ma_che62 · 13 replies
    Texas Scorecard ^ | 8/21/2025 | Brandon Waltens
    Critics...have pointed to his record as evidence of failed leadership. Attorney General Ken Paxton blasted Phelan’s legacy as “one of betrayal,” citing his reliance on Democrat votes and his role in the impeachment. Phelan’s opponents have also noted the repeated special sessions called by Gov. Greg Abbott during his time as speaker due to a failure to pass conservative priorities.
  • RINO Turncoat Mike Pence Demands Trump Bring Down The “Hammer” with Secondary Sanctions on Russia Ahead of Peace Talks (VIDEO)

    08/17/2025 7:19:46 PM PDT · by Macho MAGA Man · 67 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | August 17, 2025 | Jordan Conradson
    Former Vice President and failed presidential candidate Mike Pence on Sunday went on the attack against his former boss, accusing President Trump of being too soft on Russia in the ongoing conflict with Ukraine and calling on him to bring the “hammer” down. “I know his style in dealing with these dictators. It’s the velvet glove,” Pence said in a rebuke of the President’s cool and collected dealmaking style. “I think the hammer needs to come, and it needs to come immediately.” Pence made the comments on CNN’s State of the Union with Jake Tapper. This comes the day before...
  • Cornyn, Paxton locked in DEAD HEAT in Texas primary: Poll

    08/15/2025 9:17:54 AM PDT · by RandFan · 35 replies
    The Hill ^ | 08/15/25 6:00 AM ET | by Jared Gans
    Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton are locked in a close battle in the state’s bitterly contested Senate primary, according to an Emerson College Polling survey released Friday. The poll showed Cornyn essentially tied with Paxton. He led by 1 point, 30 percent to 29 percent, with 5 percent saying they prefer another candidate and 37 percent undecided. The margin is much closer than numerous other past polls that have shown Paxton with a lead over the longtime incumbent. “Seven months ahead of the Republican Primary, the contest between the four-term incumbent and the Attorney General...
  • Cornyn leans into Texas redistricting fight amid uphill reelection bid

    08/10/2025 11:57:30 AM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 18 replies
    The Hill ^ | 08/10/25 12:00 PM ET | Julia Manchester
    Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) is leaning into the Texas redistricting battle as he seeks to fend off a conservative primary challenge from state Attorney General Ken Paxton (R). On Tuesday, Cornyn publicly called for FBI Director Kash Patel to assist in tracking down Democrats who fled the state in protest. Two days later, the senator and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) separately confirmed that the FBI was assisting in the effort. The move to get out in front of the redistricting battle allows Cornyn to ingratiate himself with the state’s deeply conservative base, who have distanced themselves from the incumbent...
  • Out-of-state Neocon Billionaires Fund Anti-Thomas Massie PAC

    08/05/2025 10:22:29 AM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 30 replies
    The New American ^ | August 4, 2025 | Paul Dragu
    Three out-of-state neocon billionaires are funding the PAC created to oust Kentucky’s Republican Congressman, Thomas Massie. The legislator claims they’re coming after him because of his opposition to foreign aid for Israel.The backers behind MAGA KY are John Paulson, Paul Singer, and the Preserve America PAC, whose primary financier is Miriam Adelson, according to the Federal Election Commission (FEC).Massie brought attention to the PAC’s financial backing on Friday in an X social media post. Massie’s 12-year run in Congress will end next year if President Donald Trump has his way. The independent Republican congressman has bucked the president’s wishes one...
  • Trump goes after Susan Collins for her voting record

    08/05/2025 8:40:29 AM PDT · by RandFan · 41 replies
    Politico ^ | July 31 | Aaron Pellish
    President Donald Trump is going after Republican Sen. Susan Collins despite hopes among some in the party that she will run again next year and help the GOP hold the Senate. Trump, who has privately discussed finding someone to run for her seat should she not seek reelection, attacked the Maine senator’s voting record in a post on Truth Social. The senator has voted against two of Trump’s signature legislative achievements this year — the domestic policy megabill and the measure to claw back $9 billion in foreign aid and public media funding. “Republicans, when in doubt, vote the exact...
  • Mitch McConnell’s legacy comes under fire in Kentucky race to replace him in the Senate

    08/04/2025 5:32:55 PM PDT · by Olog-hai · 17 replies
    Associated Press ^ | 1:58 PM EDT, August 4, 2025 | Bruce Schreiner
    Republican Nate Morris had deftly warmed up a crowd of party faithful, gushing about President Donald Trump and recounting his own life’s journey — from hardscrabble childhood to wealthy entrepreneur — when he turned his attention to the man he wants to replace, Sen. Mitch McConnell. That’s when things got feisty. While bashing Kentucky’s longest-serving senator at a GOP dinner on the eve of Saturday’s Fancy Farm picnic, a tradition-laden stop on the state’s political circuit, Morris was cut off in midsentence by a party activist in the crowd, who noted that McConnell isn’t seeking reelection and pointedly asked Morris:...
  • (Marxian) professor: "The American empire is over. We're done ... "

    08/04/2025 2:25:32 AM PDT · by RandFan · 55 replies
    X ^ | Aug 4 | Richard D. Wolff
    @NuryVittachi "The American empire is over," Richard D. Wolff, U.S. professor of international affairs, tells Al Jazeera. Already the biggest economic power on the planet is not the US and its allies, but China and the BRICS. But no U.S. politician dares to tell the people: "It's over."
  • Ron Paul Was My Pat Buchanan

    08/04/2025 3:47:23 AM PDT · by RandFan · 10 replies
    The American Conservative ^ | Aug 4 | Jack Hunter
    Ron Paul is turning 90 this month. One of the most influential political figures of his time, Paul has meant many things to many people. Here’s at least a part of what he’s meant to me. When I was 20 years old, I supported Pat Buchanan for president. A southerner living in Boston, I was there for his 1996 Lexington battlefield campaign rally where Buchanan jeered at student protesters. “Come on, children, stop it or I’ll take away your Pell grants.” It was also exciting to see Buchanan on the covers of TIME and Newsweek, and to be living next...
  • How Ron Paul took a battering ram to GOP foreign policy

    08/04/2025 3:00:27 AM PDT · by RandFan · 2 replies
    Ron Paul Institute ^ | Aug 4 | Jack Hunter
    Ron Paul is turning 90 on August 20. At 72, he was a revolutionary. Today, there is a raucous foreign policy debate within the Republican Party. Populist, realist and libertarian “America First” Republicans argue against endless wars and for fiscal responsibility, while holdover hawks continue to insist on a robust U.S. hand and military presence anywhere they can get it, no matter the cost. In 2008, there was no debate. While broad public opinion had soured on the Iraq War and President George W. Bush’s approval reached historic lows, the GOP of that era had spent nearly a decade marinating...
  • Thomas Massie: Billionaires from New York and Las Vegas trying to unseat me

    08/01/2025 4:06:26 PM PDT · by RandFan · 43 replies
    X ^ | Aug 1 | Rep. Thomas Massie
    @RepThomasMassie Three billionaires from New York City and Las Vegas have funded a superPAC deceptively named Kentucky MAGA to run millions of dollars of negative ads against me because I vote against foreign aid for Israel and needless wars in the Middle East. Kentuckians aren’t falling for it.
  • Pro-life Texas GOP lawmaker admits affair with stripper who accused him of paying for ABORTIONS

    07/28/2025 7:09:34 PM PDT · by Morgana · 22 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | July 28, 2025 | Rachel Bowman
    A pro-life Texas representative has admitted to having an affair with a stripper after she accused him of paying for abortions. State Rep. Giovanni Capriglione, 52, confessed to having an affair 'years ago' after a woman alleged he paid for 'meetups' and 'funded several abortions for his own personal gain,' reported The Texas Tribune. The woman, named Alex Grace, came forward with the affair on Friday during an interview with the Current Revolt. 'I know that Giovannie Capriglione has been having affairs since 2005 because it's me. I'm her. I'm not proud of it, in fact I'm ashamed of it,'...
  • Tulsi Gabbard Expands Power of DNI Office – Now Comes the Counter Attack, Likely from Senator Tom Cotton

    07/20/2025 9:47:26 AM PDT · by SoConPubbie · 37 replies
    The Last Refuge ^ | July 20, 2025 | Sundance
    Many people are questioning why Tulsi Gabbard is able to discover and expose activity by the Obama administration and the Intelligence Community, yet prior office holders did not.Last year, when asked for approaches that could assist a Trump Term-2, I outlined the possibilities for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). What we are seeing today is running in direct parallel to that original outline.As our conversation expands, and we await the counter attack against her, perhaps it is worth a revisit. I will explain the predictable counter attack at the end.August, 2024 – The ODNI was created...
  • Republican Says Her Amnesty Bill Will Help Illegals Treat America Like A Piggy Bank Forever

    07/18/2025 8:15:33 AM PDT · by george76 · 24 replies
    Federalist ^ | July 17, 2025 | Brianna Lyman
    On Tuesday, a group of Republicans joined Democrats to reintroduce the DIGNITY Act, which would provide mass amnesty to illegal aliens living in the country. “The legislation acknowledges a key truth: most undocumented individuals are not seeking citizenship at all costs, but rather the dignity of living and working legally, contributing to society, paying taxes, being safe from deportation, and traveling to see family during the holidays,” a press release from Florida Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, a so-called Republican, states. By the bill’s own admission, “most” illegal aliens don’t want to become Americans in any real sense. They want the...