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Category Archives: Republicans
Debt Limit Deal: Maybe Not Completely Awful?
There has been a lot of wailing and gnashing of teeth over the debt deal President Donald Trump made with congressional Democratic leaders that pushes U.S. debt over the $20 trillion mark. Is it a bad deal? From my perspective, … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Democrats, Republicans
Tagged Budget, Chuck Schumer, DACA, debt, Democrats, Donald Trump, Jim Jordan, Mitch McConnell, Nancy Pelosi, Paul Ryan, Republicans
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LinkSwarm for September 8, 2017
It would be swell if I could stop leading the LinkSwarm off with hurricane-related news, but Irma is now a class five hurricane headed straight at Florida. If you’re in any evacuation zones, heed authorities, as this does not look … Continue reading
Posted in Border Control, Budget, Communism, Crime, Democrats, Elections, Foreign Policy, Military, Republicans, Social Justice Warriors, Texas, unions
Tagged 2016 Election, 2018 Election, Al Gore, amnesty, Border Controls, bribes, Budget, Bulgaria, Communism, Crime, DACA, debt, Democrats, Elections, HEB, Hezbollah, Houston, Hurricane, Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Irma, Illegal Aliens, Iran, Israel, JJ Watt, Ken Paxton, Larry Gonzales, LinkSwarm, Military, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Republicans, Robert Menendez, Social Justice Warriors, Syria, Teen Vogue, Texas, unions, World War II
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Hurricane/Flood Update for August 31, 2017
Welcome to a short, extra late Hurricane/flooding update, since I was busy much of the day working on this giant post about my library on my non-political blog. The death toll from Harvey is now up to 38. Some links: … Continue reading
Posted in Republicans, Texas
Tagged Charlie Hebdo, Donald Trump, Greg Abbott, Houston, Hurricane, Hurricane Harvey, JJ Watt, Mike Pence, Port Arthur, Republicans, Rockport, Texas, weather
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Another Crop of Dan Backer Scam PACs
A commenter brought this up on a previous Dan Backer thread: Committee To Defend the President is another Dan Backer scam PAC, like so many others. (For those unfamiliar with Mr. Backer’s methods, he runs dozens of scam PACs that … Continue reading
Posted in Republicans, Waste and Fraud
Tagged American Defense News, Bit PAC, Capitol Foundation, Citizen Revolt PAC, Combat Veterans for Congress PAC, Committee To Defend the President, Conservative Action Fund, Conservative America Now, Constitutional Rights PAC, corrupt scumbags, Dan Backer, DB Capitol Strategies, Draft Newt, EaglesPAC, EndJeb2016.com, Finelli PAC, fraud, Freedom to Carry PAC, Freshman Hold'em PAC, Gator PAC, In Flanders Field Fund, innovationPAC, Liberty USA PAC, One Nation PAC, PAC, Patriots for Economic Freedom, Peach Tea PAC, Progress Action Fund PAC (PAF PAC), Restore Colorado, Revolution PAC, scam, Special Operations Speaks, Stand With Rand, Stark360 PAC, Stop Hillary PAC, Stop Pelosi PAC, Stop Reckless Economic Instability Caused by Democrats (go by 'STOP R.E.I.D.'), Tea Party Forward, Tea Party Leadership Fund, The Committee to Draft Judge Andrew Napolitano for President, Themis PAC, Women Warriors PAC, Zeta Psi, ZetePAC, ZP Action PAC
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Straus Spikes Abbott Special Session Agenda By Adjourning Early
Once again Texas Speaker Joe Straus has used parliamentary maneuvers to thwart conservative reform: In an unprecedented abuse of power, House Speaker Joe Straus unilaterally adjourned the Texas House without warning a day before the special session called by Gov. … Continue reading
Posted in Republicans, Texas
Tagged 85th Texas Legislature, Greg Abbott, Joe Straus, Republicans, Special Session, Texas
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Abbott Raises $41 Million and His Democratic Opponent Owns a Gay Leather Bar
Having contributed to a few Republican candidates over the years, I’m on all sorts of email solicitation lists. Including Governor Greg Abbott’s reelection campaign. Most election campaigns, I received 1-2 pieces of email a week. The Abbott campaign, by contrast, … Continue reading
Posted in Democrats, Elections, Republicans, Texas
Tagged 2018 Election, 2018 Texas Gubernatorial Race, Democrats, Elections, gay, Greg Abbott, Jeffrey Payne, Republicans, Texas
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LinkSwarm for July 28, 2017
Supposed to hit 104° in Austin today, and 106° tomorrow. Try to keep your cool… “Why Was Wife of DWS’s Swindler Staffer Allowed to Leave the Country?” In early March [Imran’s] wife, Hina Alvi, suddenly left the country for Lahore, … Continue reading
Posted in Austin, Border Control, Crime, Democrats, Elections, Foreign Policy, Guns, Jihad, Media Watch, Military, ObamaCare, Republicans, Texas, video
Tagged 2018 Election, 2018 Texas Senate Race, 85th Texas Legislature, Afghanistan, al-Baghdadi, Austin, Beto O'Rourke, Bitcoin, Border Controls, convicted felon Brett Kimberlin, D.C., Dan Patrick, DC vs. Heller, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Democrats, Elections, Foreign Policy, Foxconn, Fusion GPS, Guns, Hina Alvi, Imran Awan, Iran, Iraq, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Jihad, Joe Strauss, John McCain, Kid Rock, Lee Smith, LinkSwarm, Lisa Murkowski, Mark Steyn, Military, New York Times, North Korea, ObamaCare, rape, Russia, Special Session, Susan Collins, Swarthmore, Sweden, Tablet, Taliban, Texas, Tucker Carlson, video, Wikileaks, Wisconsin, Yazidi
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Spicer Blah Blah Scaramucci Blah Blah Don’t Care
Sean Spicer Resigns Over Trump’s Appointment of Tony Scaramucci As Director of Communications. Many White House observers thank that you know what, I’m not going to finish that thought because I don’t care. Don’t. Care. The media loves to report … Continue reading
Posted in Republicans
Tagged Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump, Republicans, Sean Spicer, Tony Scaramucci
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LinkSwarm for July 21, 2017
I’m getting to the point where my eyes automatically skip over stories with the words “Russia” or “Mueller” in the same way they skip over stories with the word “Kardashian.” So be advised the smattering of Russia news here is … Continue reading
Posted in Communism, Crime, Democrats, Elections, Jihad, Military, ObamaCare, Regulation, Republicans, Social Justice Warriors, Texas
Tagged 2018 Election, 2020 Presidential Race, Bexar County, Bill Moran, bulldozer, Communism, Crime, Dana Rohrabacher, DC Comics, Democrats, drugs, Elizabeth Warren, George Will, Iran, Iraq, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Israel, Jihad, Joe Straus, John McCain, Josh Berro, Kamala Harris, Kid Rock, Kurt Eichenwald, Kurt Schlichter, Law and Justice Party (Poland), LinkSwarm, M1245A5 M-ATV, Magnitsky Act, Military, Natalia Veselnitskaya, Newsweek, O.J. Simpson, ObamaCare, Poland, Portugal, Qaraqosh, Qatar, Regulation, Republicans, Rex Tillerson, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Social Justice Warriors, Syria, Texas, Turkey, War on Drugs
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Abbot Makes Reelection Bid Official
This will be no surprise to anyone who’s been getting his fundraising solicitation emails over the last few months, but Texas Governor Greg Abbott has officially declared he’s running for reelection in 2018. Abbott’s grip on the Governor’s office is, … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Republicans, Texas
Tagged 2018 Election, campaign contributions, Elections, Greg Abbott, Joaquin Castro, Julian Castro, Republicans, Texas, Wendy Davis
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