Monthly Archives: April 2025

Is Austin Stealth Cutting APD Budget?

Posted on April 20, 2025 by Lawrence Person

Remember the “Defund the Police” madness of 2020, and how the Austin City Council embraced the madness by cutting $150 million from the APD budget and how they proposed to fund a giant checklist of social justice lunacy? Well, it … Continue reading →

Posted in Austin, Crime, Democrats, Social Justice Warriors, Texas, Waste and Fraud | Tagged Austin, Austin Fire Department, Austin Police Department, Budget, Crime, Democrats, EMS, fraud, homeless, Social Justice Warriors, Texas, waste | 6 Comments

“Big Moves At The ATF”

Posted on April 19, 2025 by Lawrence Person

Brandon Herrara has a roundup of exciting changes sweeping the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, AKA ATF, AKA BATFE: “Today we’re talking about some major shakeups that are happening at the ATF right now.” “A lot of shit’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Guns, video | Tagged BATFE, Brandon Herrera, Dan Driscoll, FBI, Federal Firearm License (FFL), Guns, Kash Patel, Marvin Richardson, Regulation, Robert Cekada, Second Amendment, video | 7 Comments

LinkSwarm For April 18, 2025

Posted on April 18, 2025 by Lawrence Person

Democrats still want to trans your kids, censorship shellgames squashed, Google is declared a monopoly, socialists behave badly, more illegal alien depravity, some 2026 contenders jump in, pie-in-the-sky plans for high speed rail in Texas bite the dust, more Cybertruck … Continue reading →

Posted in Austin, Border Control, Crime, Democrats, Elections, Guns, Social Justice Warriors, Texas, Waste and Fraud | Tagged 2026 Election, 2026 Texas Attorney General Race, 2028 Presidential Race, Amtrak, Anderson Ronaldo Reyes Giron, anti-semitism, Apple, Arizona, Arturo Martinez Aguilar, Austin, Babylon Bee, Baltimore, Barrett .50, Border Controls, Brenda Ruth Deutsch, censorship, Charles Schwertner, China, coal, Cody Balmer, Colorado, Counter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (R-FIMI), Crime, Cybertruck, David Hogg, Democratic National Committee, Democrats, dogs, East Plano Islamic Center (EPIC), education, Elections, EPIC City, Global Engagement Center, Google, Guns, Harvard, Henry Cuellar, high speed rail, Honest Trailer, Illegal Aliens, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Japan, Jensen Huang, Jews, Joe Seiders, John Bash, John Cornyn, Khalid Kamau, LeBron James, Leonie Brinkema, LinkSwarm, Luigi Mangione, Marco Rubio, Mario Edgardo Garcia-Aquino, Maryland, Mayes Middleton, Missouri, monopoly, movies, murder, music, Myra Flores, NBA, New Pornographers, Nvidia, Oscar ‘Omar’ Hernandez, Oscar Sanchez Gonzalez, Pam Bondi, pedophilia, rape, Sara Felix, science fiction, Sean Duffy, Semiconductors, sex offender, slavery, Social Democratic Party, Social Justice Warriors, South Fulton, Star Wars, Stephen A. Smith, Tano Tijerina, tariffs, Taylor Lorenz, technology, Tesla Motors, Texas, Texas 28th Congressional District, Texas DPS, transexual, Travis County, UK, Williamson County | 2 Comments

School Choice Finally Passes Texas House

Posted on April 17, 2025 by Lawrence Person

After seeing numerous attempts die at the hands of the Straus/Bonnin/Phelan/Burrows cabal over the years, the Texas House has finally passed school choice. In a historic move, the Texas House gave initial approval today to Senate Bill 2, a school … Continue reading →

Posted in Republicans, Texas | Tagged 89th Texas Legislature, Brandon Waltens, Dade Phelan, Donald Trump, Gary VanDeaver, Greg Abbott, Republicans, school choice, Texas, Texas Scorecard | 2 Comments

Nvidia News Roundup

Posted on April 16, 2025 by Lawrence Person

A few pieces of Nvidia-specific news have popped since Monday’s piece, so let’s do a quick roundup: In a comment on Monday’s post, I mentioned that production at TSMC’s new Arizona fab hadn’t started yet. In fact, Nvidia just announced … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Media Watch, Texas | Tagged AI, Apple, China, Economics, Hewett Packard Enterprise, Media Watch, Nvidia, PBS, Semiconductors, supercomputers, tariffs, technology, Texas, TSMC | 8 Comments

Russia Reveals They Control Drones From Atop School For Psychics

Posted on April 15, 2025 by Lawrence Person

This is too funny. Russia released a video showing what are probably intelligence officers overseeing FPV drone operations from what is obviously a high rise in Moscow. This was hardly a shining moment in operational security, as the Internet quickly … Continue reading →

Posted in Military, video | Tagged drones, Military, Moscow, Operational Security, Russia, Russo-Ukrainian War, Suchomimus, Ukraine, video | 5 Comments

The Semiconductors Tariff Yo-yo

Posted on April 14, 2025 by Lawrence Person

There’s been a lot of confusion over tariffs on Chinese semiconductors and electronics the last few days. First came word that a lot of semiconductors and electronics will be exempt from the tariffs. The Trump administration released new guidance late … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Foreign Policy | Tagged Apple, Economics, Foreign Policy, Howard Lutnick, iPhone, Semiconductors, Stephen Miller (Trump advisor), tariffs, trade | 18 Comments

Bill And Don’s Excellent Dinner

Posted on April 13, 2025 by Lawrence Person

I’ve been waiting for this. Ever since Kid Rock announced that he had invited Bill Maher to have dinner with President Trump, I was interested in hearing his perspective on the event, and now we have it. “12 days ago, … Continue reading →

Posted in Border Control, Communism, Democrats, Foreign Policy, Jihad, Obama Scandals, Republicans, Social Justice Warriors, video | Tagged Bill Maher, Border Controls, Communism, Democrats, Donald Trump, Foreign Policy, Gaza, Iran, Jihad, Kid Rock, Obama Scandals, Republicans, Ronald Reagan, Social Justice Warriors, Trump Derangement Syndrome, video | 2 Comments

How Trump’s Tariffs Are Crushing China

Posted on April 12, 2025 by Lawrence Person

As mentioned in yesterday’s LinkSwarm, Trump has offered temporary tariff relief for everyone…except China. China got hit with even higher tariffs. Evidently the only “trade war” that is happening right now is with China…and China is losing. Behind the global … Continue reading →

Posted in Communism, Economics, Foreign Policy, video | Tagged Australia, banking, China, Chris Chappell, Communism, coronavirus, Economics, electric cars, EU, Foreign Policy, India, Kevin O'Leary, Pete Hegseth, Philippines, Scott Bessent, South Korea, Taiwan, tariffs, trade, Trade War, video, Vietnam, World Trade Organization, Xi Jinping | 12 Comments

LinkSwarm For April 11, 2025

Posted on April 11, 2025 by Lawrence Person

I hope your taxes are finished, or at least in the home stretch. Mine are done but not mailed out yet. I made so little last year that I’m getting every cent I sent in back, pitiful though it is. … Continue reading →

Posted in Austin, Border Control, Budget, Crime, Democrats, Economics, Elections, Foreign Policy, Jihad, Media Watch, Regulation, Republicans, Social Justice Warriors, Supreme Court, Texas, Waste and Fraud | Tagged Alien Enemies Act, Anthony Fauci, Antonio Gracias, Babylon Bee, Barbara Lubin, Border Controls, Budget, Bugatti, C. S. Lewis, California, cars, Chamath Palihapitiya, Chicago, China, Chip Roy, Collins County, Crime, Dave Rubin, Democrats, Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Disney, dogs, Donald Trump, DUI, East Plano Islamic Center (EPIC), EPIC City, Fairfax County, Gaza, Gina Carano, Hamas, Huntington Beach, Huntsville, Huntsville ISD, Illegal Aliens, inflation, IRS, Israel-Hamas War, Jasmine Crockett, Jeff Boyd, Jihad, Julian Estrada-Garcia, Kevin O'Leary, Kyle McDaniel, Lamborghini, Lauren Rudolph, Leila Khaled, LinkSwarm, Looney Tunes, Matt Taibbi, Media Watch, Medicaid, Middle Eastern Children’s Alliance (MECA), Mona El-Farra, MST3K, Nanny State, Netflix, Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI), Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), Palestinians, pedophilia, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), Regulation, Republicans, Sami Al-Arian, sanctuary cities, SAVE Act, scam, sex offender, Social Justice Warriors, Social Security, Supreme Court, Sydney Kamlager-Dove, tariffs, Taxes, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Supreme Court, Tom McClintock, trade, Trade War, Tren de Aragua, Tyler "Hoovie" Hoover, Union of Health Work, University of Texas, Voter Fraud, Voter ID, waste, Welfare State, Xi Jinping | 9 Comments

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