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Tag Archives: Elections
Macron Wins French Presidency
Emmanuel Macron has been elected French president with 65+% of the vote over Marine Le Pin. That’s a strong defeat for Le Pen, but she picked up roughly twice what her father Jean-Marie Le Pin (an altogether nastier piece of … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Foreign Policy
Tagged Elections, Emmanuel Macron, EU, Foreign Policy, France, Marine Le Pen
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Round Rock ISD Bonds Defeated
All three Round Rock ISD bond issues were defeated last night.
Posted in Austin, Elections
Tagged Austin, Elections, Round Rock, Round Rock ISD, Travis County, Williamson County
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UK: Tories Clean Up, Labour Crushed
Here’s a story that isn’t getting much play on this side of the pond. The UK held it’s regular yearly local council elections May 4, which fell in advance of Theresa May’s national snap election coming June 8. The Tories … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Foreign Policy
Tagged Brexit, Conservatives, Elections, George Galloway, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour, Theresa May, UK, UKIP
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LinkSwarm for May 5, 2017
Happy Cinco de Mayo, the holiday that celebrates the French army getting their asses kicked by Mexicans! A bunch of big news that everyone and their dog has been covering at the top of the LinkSwarm: Big News 1: Despite … Continue reading
Posted in Austin, Border Control, Budget, Communism, Crime, Democrats, Elections, Foreign Policy, Media Watch, ObamaCare, Texas
Tagged 2016 Presidential Race, 2018 Election, 2018 Texas Senate Race, Afghanistan, auctions, Austin, Baltimore, Bill Nye, Border Controls, Budget, Cinco de Mayo, Communism, Crime, Democrats, Dianne Feinstein, Donald Trump, Elections, Emmanuel Macron, Foreign Policy, France, Greg Abbott, Hillary Clinton, Humble ISD, Joaquin Castro, LinkSwarm, Media Watch, Nation of Islam, ObamaCare, Obituary, Puerto Rico, Sally Hernandez, sanctuary cities, Ted Cruz, Texas, Tony Alamo, Travis County, Veterans Administration, Wallace Fard Muhammad
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Easy On, Easy Ossoff: GA06 Goes To Runoff
Democrats were hoping to pick up a House seat in the special election for Georgia’s 6th Congressional District, Newt Gingrich’s old district most recently held by Republican Tom Price, who became President Trump’s Health and Human services secretary. Though Price … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Elections, Republicans
Tagged Democrats, Elections, Georgia, Georgia's 6th Congressional District, Jon Ossoff, Karen Handel, Republicans, Tom Price
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UK PM Theresa May Calls Early Elections
This is unexpected (at least to me): UK Prime Minister Theresa May announced a plan to call a snap general election on June 8, despite the ruling Tories already having won an absolute parliamentary majority in 2015. Her statement: I … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Foreign Policy
Tagged Bonar Law, Brexit, Elections, Foreign Policy, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour, Scottish National Party, Theresa May, UK
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LinkSwarm for April 14, 2017
Good news, everyone! Your tax returns aren’t due until April 18th this year. So you can panic slightly later than usual… How Trump won: by “consolidating the Republican base and then earning massive levels of support from whites without a … Continue reading
Posted in Austin, Border Control, Budget, Crime, Democrats, Elections, Foreign Policy, Guns, Jihad, Military, Republicans, Texas
Tagged 2016 Presidential Race, Afghanistan, Austin, BATFE, Border Controls, border fence, Brian Krebs, Budget, Crime, Donald Trump, Elections, Fast and Furious, Foreign Policy, Ft. Hood, GBU-43/B Massive Ordinance Air Blast bomb, Greg Abbott, Guns, Hezbollah, IRS, Jacques Cinq-Mars, Jihad, Kansas, LinkSwarm, Lois Lerner, Military, NASCAR, Obama Scandals, Republicans, Russia, Syria, Texas
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Clinton Corruption Update for April 13, 2017
With Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton’s Doomed Campaign due out April 18, it’s high time for a Clinton Corruption update. (And you may quibble that “Hillary being a nasty person” doesn’t qualify as “corruption,” but if I started doing separate “Hillary … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Democrats, Elections, Foreign Policy, video
Tagged 2016 Presidential Race, Andrey Vavilov, Bill Clinton, Bill Maher, China, Clinton Foundation, Committee on Foreign Investment, corruption, Crime, Democrats, Elections, Elena Baturina, Foreign Policy, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton Scandals, Huma Abedin, Jake Sullivan, John Podesta, Joule Unlimited, Michigan, Neera Tanden, Peter Paul, Renaissance Capital, Renova Group, Robby Mook, Rosatom, Russia, State Department, SuperOx, Tony Podesta, uranium, video, Viktor Vekselberg
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Rep. Beto O’Rourke Declares For Ted Cruz’s Senate Seat
El Paso Democratic Representative Beto O’Rourke is officially running for Ted Cruz’s senate seat in 2018. Cruz will still be a prohibitive favorite incumbent with a national profile, a battle-tested campaign team and demonstrated fundraising prowess running in a deep … Continue reading
Posted in Democrats, Elections, Guns, Texas, video
Tagged 2018 Election, 2018 Texas Senate Race, Beto O'Rourke, Democrats, El Paso, Elections, Guns, Joaquin Castro, punk rock, Silvestre Reyes, Ted Cruz, Texas, video
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LinkSwarm for March 17, 2017
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Insert your own Irish-related drinking joke here. President Trump’s approval ratings rise. Did Obama use a British intelligence agency to spy on Trump? (Maybe not.) Did the Obama Administration use Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac as … Continue reading
Posted in Austin, Border Control, Budget, Crime, Democrats, Elections, Foreign Policy, Jihad, ObamaCare, Republicans, Supreme Court, Texas
Tagged #BlackLivesMatter, 2016 Presidential Race, 2018 Election, 27th Amendment, 9th Circuit Court, Amy Schumer, Austin, Border Controls, Brett Kimberlin, Camille Paglia, Cenk Uygur, censorship, convicted felon Brett Kimberlin, Crime, Democrats, Dennis Kucinich, Donald Trump, Doug Ducey, Elections, Fannie Mae, Fidelis Agbapuruonwu, Foreign Policy, Freddy Mac, Geert Wilders, George Soros, Germany, Heidi Heitkamp, Hollywood, Indiana, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Jihad, Joe Manchin, John McCain, Joseph Donnelly, Kelly Clarkson, Mayer Brown LLP, Michel Foucault, Mormons, Mosul, Neil Gorsuch, Netherlands, North Dakota, ObamaCare, Rand Paul, Republicans, Shia LaBeouf, Supreme Court, Tennessee, Texas, UK
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