The Babysitters Are Coming Donald Trump is facing down the entire leadership of Europe today to convince them of his plan to sell Ukraine down the river. Will he succeed?

Donald Trump is facing down the entire leadership of Europe today to convince them of his plan to sell Ukraine down the river. Will he succeed?

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YouTube video by #DogShirtTV What's Wrong With Texas? with Deece Eckstein

On today’s #DogShirtTV, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org, @hollybfletcher.bsky.social & @jonrauch.bsky.social welcome Deece Eckstein @deecex.bsky.social a veteran Texas lobbyist and political analyst, to discuss the current state of #Texas and its government.

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BREAKING: Texas House Democrats flee the state, stymie redistricting As many as 56 Democratic members of the Texas House have left the state, denying the House the quorum it needs to pass Trump's redistricting scheme.

As many as 56 Democratic members of the Texas House have left the state, denying the House the quorum it needs to pass Trump's redistricting scheme.

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Mid-Decade Redistricting: Why? Texas's current effort to redraw congressional district Ines in the middle of the decade is inviting retaliation from other, bluer states. What's the point of the escalation?

Texas's current effort to redraw congressional district Ines in the middle of the decade is inviting retaliation from other, bluer states. What's the point of the escalation?

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Mid-Decade Redistricting Worked Out So Well Last Time; Let’s Try It Again! The White House is hoping the Lege will redraw congressional lines to make them even more divorced from demographic and political reality. What could go wrong?

The White House is hoping the Texas Lege will redraw congressional lines to make them even more divorced from demographic and political reality. What could go wrong?

Three-Point Shots, Vol. 3, No. 7: June 6, 2025 We used to dream great dreams in our land. We thought we could make life better for everyone, and actively worked to do that. When did we become so petty?

We used to dream great dreams in our land. We thought we could make life better for everyone, and actively worked to do that. When did we become so petty?

Zen and the Art of Time-Lapse Sunsets Part of making time-lapse movies of West Texas sunsets is the very Eastern practice of Zen.

Part of making time-lapse movies of West Texas sunsets is the very Eastern practice of Zen.

Zen and the Art of Time-Lapse Sunsets Part of making time-lapse movies of West Texas sunsets is the very Eastern practice of Zen.

Part of making time-lapse movies of West Texas sunsets is the very Eastern practice of Zen.

Why Memorial Day Matters — Especially Now If Jesus, Allah, or the Flying Spaghetti Monster will it, you may get a great deal on a mattress today. But, as we seem to forget, there is much more to Memorial Day.

If Jesus, Allah, or the Flying Spaghetti Monster will it, you may get a great deal on a mattress today. But, as we seem to forget, there is much more to Memorial Day.

Memorial Day, 2025 Arguably the first Memorial Day celebration was held 160 ½ years ago, in a field in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The country is again in danger from within – will it survive?

Arguably the first Memorial Day celebration was held 160 ½ years ago, in a field in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The country is again in danger from within – will it survive?

I Want a New Plane Too! The Qataris have given the president a $400 million “Palace in the Sky,” and there is nothing suspicious about that. So I want my own plane. Foreign governments, are you listening?

The Qataris have given the president a $400 million “Palace in the Sky,” and there is nothing suspicious about that. So I want my own plane. Foreign governments, are you listening?

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I Want a New Plane Too! The Qataris have given the president a $400 million “Palace in the Sky,” and there is nothing suspicious about that. So I want my own plane. Foreign governments, are you listening?

The Qataris have given the president a $400 million “Palace in the Sky,” and there is nothing suspicious about that. So I want my own plane. Foreign governments, are you listening?

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Habemus Papam Americanum There is a new Pope, the first U.S. citizen and second person from the New World to ascend to the throne of St. Peter. What’s up with that?

Chicago deep dish Papa.

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Fare Thee Well, Tecaboca After some 90 years, the Marianist religious order is closing the Tecaboca property near Mountain Home, one of the touchstones of my life.

After some 90 years, the Marianist religious order is closing the Tecaboca property near Mountain Home, one of the touchstones of my life.

If deporting US citizen children with cancer isn’t your redline, it’s time to reassess your priorities.

It is beyond belief

Three-Point Shots, Vol. 3, No. 6: April 24, 2025 Today, children, let’s talk about intelligence … and the remarkable lack of it in the top echelons of Texas politics.

Today, children, let’s talk about intelligence … and the remarkable lack of it in the top echelons of Texas politics.

Donald Trump tells the president of El Salvador he needs to build five ore prisons to hold all the "home-growns" — American citizens — Trump plans to rendition to El Salvador.

That's you and me, in case you're wondering.

The American Age Is Over Emergency Triad: The United States commits imperial suicide.

"We aren’t going to wake up tomorrow to the sound of the blaring war rig horn from Mad Max. We are still a rich country, with momentum carrying us forward. But in ways that will soon be perceptible and eventually be undeniable, things will get worse."

Signalgate, Part Two A “Deep State” national security professional warns: these guys are even dumber than they look. Happy April Fool's Day!

A “Deep State” national security professional warns: these guys are even dumber than they look. Happy April Fool's Day!

Signalgate, Part One That “Signalgate” even happened is a galactic SNAFU. That nothing will probably happen to its perpetrators is a Sign of the End Times.

That “Signalgate” even happened is a galactic SNAFU. That nothing will probably happen to its perpetrators is a Sign of the End Times. Read my thoughts.

EXCLUSIVE: Internal GOP Senate Strategy Memo A recent debacle in Kansas has led the Senate Majority Leader to urge Sens. Cornyn and Cruz to stay out of the state.

A recent debacle in Kansas has led the Senate Majority Leader to urge Sens. Cornyn and Cruz to stay out of the state.

Further Adventures with Marfawitz, Volume Three Marfawitz and I day-tripped through magnificent and forbidding West Texas desert country last Friday so you wouldn’t have to.

Marfawitz and I day-tripped through magnificent and forbidding West Texas desert country last Friday so you wouldn’t have to.

Slava Ukraini! February 28, 2025, is a day that will live in infamy. But there’s still time for patriotic Americans to change the Ukraine narrative.

February 28, 2025, is a day that will live in infamy. But there’s still time for patriotic Americans to change the Ukraine narrative.

Today, Trump & Vance cast a shit stain on the USA while doing the bidding of a "KGB war criminal" who has some kind of magical spell over the pair of them

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