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Poll numbers The Contrarian

Poll numbers
The Contrarian
by @deAdder
Substack:
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Yesterday, Texas Latino voters showed up and showed OUT. In five Rio Grande Valley counties, more people voted in the Democratic primary than voted for Kamala Harris in '24

That’s not a coincidence; that’s a community that’s had enough of the raids, the tariffs, and the chaos. November is coming. 🔥

He’s finally among friends (which is nauseating to say, as a former journalist).

March 1, 2026 This morning, U.S.

March 1, 2026

Netflix Backs Out of Bid for Warner Bros., Paving Way for an Ellison Takeover

The richest man owns X.

The second and third richest men control Google.

The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post.

And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros.

See the problem here?

the consolidation of major media institutions by the president’s oligarch friends is obviously bad, but i do wonder about the ultimate impact. it is clear that trump and his allies believe that you can buy up media and pull an orban or a putin. but…

That’s my favorite one!

February 25, 2026 At last night’s State of the Union address, President Donald Trump went on offense, seeming to try to set the terms for the upcoming midterm elections.

February 25, 2026

They don’t pay attention to him really, as far as I can tell (but haven’t talked to too many of them about him specifically). Sadly they’ll all still vote for Cornyn.

You didn’t direct this to me, but I’ll just chime in that my GOP voting family members are turning or have mostly turned against tRUmp because they’re embarrassed, but have not turned against the GOP. 💔 (They are almost all evangelical Christians, fwiw.)

Pretty interesting - thanks for posting this!

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Prince Andrew's Arrest Across the pond in Britain, justice and accountability is a serious matter

Never in a million years did I ever fathom when I resurrected the Epstein story in 2018 that it would lead to first arrest of a British Royal in four centuries. Not since King Charles I was arrested in 1647.
open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...

Early voting starts today! Remember, you can vote at ANY POLLING PLACE in Dallas County – skip the line and vote early until Feb 27th! More info at Vote.Texas.Gov.

#TX33 #ImWithJulie

February 16, 2026 On February 13 and 14, President Donald J.

February 16, 2026

Or so damn (and willfully) stupid

Survivors>GOP Congressmen/women

I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.

I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”

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MAGA-Coded Anchor’s Show Producer Rips CBS in Fiery Farewell The “CBS Evening News” producer said news stories were no longer judged on their “journalistic merit.”

The “CBS Evening News” producer said news stories were no longer judged on their “journalistic merit.”

That’s their fault - they could have shut this down well before 2024.

One of every thousand American residents has been taken into custody by ICE in the last year.

It’s not too late for states and Congress to stop Trump from subverting the midterms With only nine months before the midterm elections, Trump is plotting to prevent Democrats from taking control of Congress.

I am regularly asked what specifically blue states and Congress should do to protect the midterm elections.

Here you go, I list and explain them one by one.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/its-...

Same, same.

If you don‘t have a plan to deal with that then you don’t have a plan to save democracy

I read the “SAVE Act” (the GOP’s new voter suppression bill) so you don’t have to. This is my one page summary. Jesus it’s bad. 1/