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Sharing the results of my own testing using @YourLocalAILabâs fork of vLLM with the new DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 model, and comparing to my current setup with GLM 5.3 Flash. In short, the new DeepSeek model is now my local model of choice on a server with 4x RTX 6000 Pro GPUs. github.com/commdata2338/deepâŠ
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The problem IMO is the shift in the Hispanic vote.
Yes, the Admin. aggressive immigration enforcement was one bright spot in terms of his approval.
BUT, when the emphasis shifted to arreseting and removing aliens the in the interior of the country, rather than at the border or just focusing on criminals, it developed a very real dynamic of Hispanic citizens knowing someone removed, knowing the family of someone removed, and/or knowing the friends of someone removed.
This "personalized" the traumatic experience for the legal/citizens of the Hispanic community in ways that border enforcement and removal of criminal aliens did not.
These stories spread like WILDFIRE through the Mexican, Central American, and South American communities.
I say this as someone who supports the aggressive enforcement in the interior of the country. It's the only effective way to deal with what Biden and the Dems did by opening the border.
But at the same time its necessary to recognize the collateral electoral consequences, particularly where there was such a massive and effective messaging operation on the other side filling media with sob stories -- almost ENTIRELY about long-term residents with businesses and families "uprooted" from "productive" lives and shipped back to countries they have been away from for decades.
That is going to resonate in "immigrant" communities where "Everyone knows someone" adversely affected by the policy.
Dumping Noem and Bovino was the right move, but likely came too late to reverse the sentiment.
Trump received mid-40% of the Hispanic vote in 2024. In the midterm GOP candidates were around 33% nationally. In Texas the swing by Hispanics back to Dems was every sharper -- Paxton received only 31%, and in some heavily Hispanic areas he was in the mid-20% range.
And -- as is always the case -- the Admin. was "rewarded" by supporters of his immigration policy. Voters gripe -- many that supported his aggressive immigration policies found reasons to vote against him on other issues like cost of gas and groceries.
Wiles had plenty of data showing it happening in Florida, and it wasn't hard to extrapolate that to other states where Hispanic citizens are a key demographic to winning statewide.
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If Rubio resigns itâs because heâll be running for 2028 by March.
His Cuban heritage and aggressive foreign policy in the Western Hemisphere makes him an avowed anti/socialist/communist.
The DSA is ascendant.
Rubio is a âHappy Warriorâ in the environment.
His first mission will be to reconnect the GOP to all the various Spanish-speaking components of the Hispanic community.
Would be good to have had this in campaign ads before the midterms. But alas.
.@POTUS: "We have thousands of plants and factories being built in the United States... If I took tariffs off right now, every one of those plants would immediately stop construction."
Austere retweeted
Interesting
The governor-elect of Texas, Gina Hinojosa, has explicitly said that all currently permitted datacenters in Texas will be allowed to finish construction. This essentially covers all of the 2027 and likely well into 2028.
She is going to pass laws that ensure that all *newly* permitted datacenters going forward for delivery in 2028/2029 will pay taxes, commit to no increase in power prices for consumers, donât impact water availability for people, be constructed with union labor and give âTexans a seat at the table.â
Sounds reasonable. She doesnât want to lose a lot of good blue collar jobs and property taxes for small towns in rural Texas.
Datacenter commentary starts at 6:30 in this interview.
Also attaching her official campaign position from her website in the next post.
Sidenote: After watching a bunch of her speeches and interviews, I do think she is a political talent and probably has a future in national politics.
youtu.be/D-T6H3b8ZeE?is=mEWuâŠ
Wow.
Mensaje del Presidente de la RepĂșblica, Santiago Peña, al pueblo paraguayo.
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La renuncia de Peña antes de una condena en juicio polĂtico le permite acceder a la senadurĂa vitalicia (art. 189 de la ConstituciĂłn). Esto le da fueros parlamentarios: para someterlo a un proceso penal se requerirĂa el desafuero aprobado por dos tercios del Senado (art. 191).
bacn.gov.py/leyesparaguayaâŠ
I am going to say it, immigration policy and the way it was implemented (the disaster that was Noem) is what lost the election with Hispanics in Texas, not the war. It is what it is. Reality is if Republicans want to win in 2028, it will be critical to reach out to the Hispanic voters and bring them into the big tent.
I think @realDonaldTrump only has until the first week of January to finish or end the war with Iran (aside from other routes like challenging the constitutionality of the War Powers Act). Entirely possible Congress passes a war powers resolution with veto-proof margins this time, unless enough Rs in the Senate vote against, but after the midterms, would they want to take that vote? The 8 months+ of negotiation stalling from Vance and team is costly.
As I said
NBC News: Senator-elect James Talarico says he would vote to abolish the filibuster
"I believe that the majority has the right to govern in this country."
Link to article: nbcnews.com/video/shorts/talâŠ
To the extent that people voted based on the war, agree. I think the high Hispanic turnout is explained by issues other than the war. But the ceasefire the way it was carried out was a huge strategic blunder. Defeat or defeat not, there is no ceasefire.
Mr. Vice-President,
Please allow me to present a different perspective.
The problem was not the Iran War. It was the cease fire.
If you start a war, you need to win it and finish it â otherwise donât start it.
This war should have been over six months ago, with the Strait of Hormuz wide open and oil flowing. The second and third tiers of Iranian leadership should have been destroyed, and we should have supported the pro-western forces who could have taken leadership. We stood on the brink of a new, more peaceful Middle East - and then we blinked. We had a chance not only to deny Iran nuclear weapons, but to get rid of the worldâs biggest supporter of terrorism.
Instead, we had a cease fire, which was followed by months of will we or wonât we finish the job. Every day was a different message. There still is. Is the war over? Is it about to begin? No one knows. There is confusion and inconsistency.
In June 2025, America was not involved. This was an Israel vs Iran issue.
No one forced the United States to attack Iran then, or in February of 2026. It was a decision made by President Trump. In my opinion, it was the right decision.
Once the decision was made, we should not have stopped until the regime fell. But instead, you negotiated a cease fire that didnât last, didnât work and left us in no manâs land, with higher prices and our troops still deployed.
Our troops could have been home, the Navy returned to its bases, a peaceful regime in place , new alliances forged, and gas prices below $3.00 a gallon.
No, Mr. Vice President. Itâs not the war. Itâs the so-called cease fire.
