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Joined March 2018
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It’s not racist to point out dysfunction.
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Missouri State Representative Anthony Ealy, Jr., was arrested on Wednesday after being reelected. fox4kc.com/news/missouri-sta…
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Podcasters Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan can't stop laughing at the thought of digging up Charlie Kirk's corpse and "doing it" again to him. After laughing for 30 seconds straight, the women falsely claimed that Tyler Robinson was a 'MAGA person.' They will celebrate your death, laugh uncontrollably, and still be fully convinced they're the "good guys."
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Romney attacked me during Covid as an “authoritarian” who was “more dangerous than Trump.” This was during the time when I used my power to protect people from the largest incursion against liberty in our lifetime — restrictions and mandates that Romney supported. Blocking local governments from imposing covid mandates/restrictions is not being an “authoritarian”; it is liberating people from government overreach by city and county officials. Florida is better for our efforts, and the country would not have been liberated had we not led. Claiming to be “severely conservative” and then smearing the one guy who delivered the conservative wish list across the spectrum shows him to be a phony. Better than Obama but he would have given us managed decline that accepted the assumptions of the left and bowed to criticisms of the legacy media.
Replying to @RonDeSantis
This is very disappointing. Also, if you want to win, you will probably need the support of conservatives who have noticed in recent years that Romney is conspicuously not a squish when most of the Rs in the Senate were.
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A few days ago, Austin Payne, a 15-year-old White boy in Georgia, was hunted, shot, and left to die in an abandoned apartment by four black teen males. He called his mom after being attacked and shot, telling her he was dying. She found his body the next morning after searching all night for him. Charged with his murder: Jansquincey Donaldson, 15; Omari Marion, 15; Adarious Wallace, 16; Detravion Parker, 22. National media has been completely silent. If four White teens had done this to a Black kid, it would dominate cable news for days. Instead, silence. They covered the Nolan Wells case wall-to-wall for a drowning. Yet this kid was hunted like an animal and brutally murdered, and because his skin is White, his story will never be told. I couldn’t imagine being his mother and getting that call. Rest easy, Austin. 💔 #whitelivesmatter
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AUSTIN MAN who choked his girlfriend until she passed out is now accused of attacking another girlfriend. He squeezed her arm so hard his fingertips left bruises and cuts. And then a court set his bond at $1. A few years ago Edwin Middleton took his girlfriend's keys, punched her repeatedly while driving, threw her to the floor of the car, and choked her with both hands until she lost consciousness. A year later (pre-DA Garza) he was convicted of felony family violence assault and sentenced to three years. Last year, he was arrested for violating a protective order. He got probation on a related charge, blew it within two months, and got one day in jail. Then cops arrested him at a public housing complex where officers said they watched open-air drug deals. They booked him for crack cocaine and for being a felon with a gun. No felony case for some reason. A few months later, deputies caught him driving on a fake temporary tag with no valid license. The fake tag charge was declined. A month later he was caught driving without a license again, and that charge was dismissed. This summer, he showed up at his girlfriend's apartment and got angry that she didn't want to talk. When she tried to walk away, he grabbed her arm and pulled her. She then got away, picked up her daughter, put her in the car, and pretended to leave until he drove off. Fifteen minutes later he was back, banging on her door until she called 911. Now he's charged with another felony family violence assault. $1 bond.
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BREAKING: Marco Rubio is reportedly considering resigning! The rats appear to be preparing to flee the sinking ship? According to The Independent, Marco Rubio may be considering abandoning the Trump admin after Republicans’ disastrous midterm losses. He reportedly wants to distance himself from Trump’s Iran war and position himself for a 2028 presidential run against JD Vance. Here’s the irony: Rubio may want to escape Trump’s political baggage after spending years helping carry it. You can jump off a sinking ship. That doesn’t mean you weren’t part of the crew that steered it into the iceberg.
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number one rule in politics - don't make it personal. Get a dog if you need a friend or comfort.
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The local media push the narrative that Jose is just giving first time shoplifters a second chance. They will never properly cover gentleman like Howard.
AUSTIN MAN, a registered sex offender with at least two prior indecent exposure convictions, got caught exposing himself again. Prosecutors dropped that case and 11 more. Three months later he was charged with assaulting a security guard at a Rainey Street bar. A judge cut his bond to $1, he skipped court, and then he was arrested for failing to register as a sex offender again. Howard Turner was arrested for indecent exposure in October 2024. Then came a string of trespassing cases. On Christmas Eve he was arrested for trespassing and theft, and four days later he was arrested for both again. He failed to register as a sex offender twice in one week. He ran from police, and DA Jose Garza's office filed no charges. A judge found him incompetent to stand trial. Eleven months later, a judge ruled he was competent again. That same day, Garza's office dismissed the indecent exposure case and both sex offender registration felonies. County Attorney Delia Garza dropped the rest two days later. In May, police say, he attacked a security officer at Bangers. In September a judge cut his bond from $7,500 to $1. He skipped his next court date. Last month he was arrested again for failing to register as a sex offender.
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With Republicans suffering a crushing defeat that cost them control of the Texas House, longtime Democrat State Rep. Senfronia Thompson of Houston wasted no time launching her bid to become the chamber’s next speaker.
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The City of Austin is paying 10 lobbyists $772,623 to lobby the Texas Legislature to let the city raise taxes and spend more money. Since 2020, the city has paid lobbyists $4.1 million. For the last session, City Council told its lobbyists to fight any bill that "prohibits or restricts the City's current ability to petition the Legislature." It also told them to oppose "a more restrictive revenue cap of any type."
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