Paul Jankura

Mark Teixeira Is Ready To Do Whatever It Is Congress Guys Have To Do | Defector As Texas congressional districts go, the 21st is pretty easy to parse. The outline of it, which dips into Austin and enfolds a vast swath of the San Antonio suburbs, looks like a lumpier-than-average ...

Congratulations to Mark Teixeira on his big primary win in Texas. I am sure he will be a totally shameful and absolutely forgettable member of congress. It's basically what he's running on. defector.com/mark-teixeir...

right that's the Qatari UEWR, which is one claim

the other claims, specifically THAAD, are solely sourced to the IRGC, and there are a lot of reasons to doubt the claim

We should pump the brakes on Iranian claims that they’ve destroyed THAAD batteries and UEWR - doesn’t seem to be independently confirmed.

Reserve your 2027 Congressional Baseball Game tickets now: The AP has called the GOP primary in #TX21 for MLB player Mark Teixeira. This is a safe red seat, so he's almost certainly heading for Congress.

All else aside, it’s hard to describe how disingenuous this comparison is. SJL faked letters of support to duck a state legislative ethics probe. Peters participated in a plot to undermine Colorado’s elections and has spent her brief time in prison getting in fights and earning write-ups.

If Ds do stuff like this to force D priorities, they're in the minority, and the majority will eventually just get sick of it and change the rules.

part of the issue is too that Tillis probably isn't the only Republican who wants to put the screws to Noem. when an R is willing to do this, you've got an issue that divides Rs, which again prevents them from just changing the rules. Tillis may well have majority support in the Senate.

Ds were in fact doing a lot to stall judicial appointments; Rs just changed the rules.

when Tillis does it, it's an internal dispute inside the majority, and that just gets handled a lot differently than when the minority blocks stuff.

it's really unclear that the Ds could have done this. there's a big difference between the minority attempting to seize control of the chamber and a member of the majority doing it.

(that difference being, majority is much less likely to respond by just changing the rules.)

Toth’s politics are worse than Crenshaw’s so it’s just a sign that the Republican Party continues to become more extreme but also lol fuck Dan Crenshaw.

Guess we'll see how it shakes out, but even if Talarico wins clean without Dallas -- which, as of 10:07 pm CST, is looking likely -- Crockett has a right to be mad about the Texas State Supreme Court openly trying to fuck over Dallas voters. Just hoping she trains her fire in the right direction.

anyway i wish John Cornyn and Ken Paxton a very memorable next two months (cc @schumer.senate.gov)

Ken Paxton is on the ballots for which Ken Paxton is now putting his thumb on the scale.

👀

Word of this will probably undercut/kibosh basically every other Bari Weiss recruiting effort.

Ever read a sentence that feels like you're having a stroke

Oh my god he obliterated him

So this Tx. Dem. Senate election is going to be disputed forever because of GOP shenanigans in Dallas. This is their very special talent.

Hahahaha remember that cringy Dan Crenshaw ad where he skydived and fought antifa oh man that dude sucks and it’s so good watching him get his shit stomped in. Get bent, fuckin loser.

I hope Crockett will do the right thing & hit the trail hard for him. She's a powerful personality & has a lot to offer.

Talarico should get in front of a camera and condemn the Dallas County stuff; he’d both do good and well.

So this is a preview of what’s to come in November then?

Crypto is infecting the Democratic Party largely outside the purview of voters, who are oblivious. The need to root this out and make crypto support toxic in Dem primaries.

everyone else on this website: wow maga dan crenshaw just got his face eaten by leopards

me, a wise person who has lived in texas towns that look like minecraft villages: Dan Crenshaw was a stranger in a strange land

I've seen enough: James Talarico (D) wins the #TXSEN Dem primary.

Everyone does SIGINT and diplomatic intelligence lol. Industrial espionage, asset recruitment, and access operations are generally *not* done between friends.

Supreme Court TX has ruled for pure fucking CHAOS if the primary is close enough to matter

Obama is the only president to date born when there were 50 states