Joel Montfort
- He's inching ever closer to taking over the elections and our Democracy. Hitler outlawed all other parties within 6 months of taking power. SS presence was increased on the streets, and Nazis monitored the voting process to ensure their victory. www.cnn.com/2026/02/02/p...
- Layoffs are looming at @wapo, and Bezos is MIA. WaPo's subscriptions have dropped by almost a third since '21. I feel awful for the journalist there, but Bezo's embrace of MAGA has killed the paper. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
- As I expected, the knives have come out in the Texas Senate race. James Talarico is in hot water for allegedly calling Allred a mediocre Black man. Allred posted a response video and endorsed Crockett. www.cnn.com/2026/02/02/p...
- The Tarrant County GOP is mortified by the ass-whooping they took in the Texas Senate race on Saturday. Tarrant County Judge Tim O’Hare told the crowd. “...last night, we got our butts kicked.” fortworthreport.org/2026/02/02/t...
- If you're rebelling against a dictator outside of the US, the US should arm you to fight. But if you are rebelling against a dictator here, you should not be armed, says Ted Cruz while explaining the virtues of tits on a bull. www.sacurrent.com/news/sen-ted...
- Denver based ICE is leaving behind racist Ace of Spades cards in the cars of immigrants they are detaining. www.axios.com/local/denver...
- I spoke with The Hill about the Texas Senate Democratic primary. I am really excited about November here in Texas. O'Rourke came within 225K votes of sending Cruz permanently on vacation in '18. I expect similar energy from Democrats this year. thehill.com/homenews/cam...
- Immigrant Cubans in Florida, whose US citizen counterparts overwhelmingly voted for DJT, are being deported back home in record numbers. That socialism they were afraid of with us Democrats ended up being benign compared to the American fascism served up by the GOP. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/u...
- With the Governor of VA sworn in, Democrats now control 24 governorships in the US. That is up from 16 just a decade ago. The GOP wants you to believe Democrats are finished, but the numbers tell a very different story.
- The Tehran protests have turned violent with an estimated 200 dead. DJT stated he would intervene if the regime used violence. Are we going to bomb Iran again? time.com/7345092/iran...
- The US population is expected to start declining around 2030 due to lower birth rates and little immigration. ICE is destroying America's future. www.npr.org/2026/01/07/n...
- Files? What files?
- Texas's booming economy has come to a screeching halt and started contracting, according to the Fed. Manufacturing has now declined for two consecutive months. seekingalpha.com/news/4535706...
- Spoke with The Hill, along with a lot of other Texans, about Crockett's chances of winning in Texas and whether her divisiveness will work in her favor. thehill.com/homenews/cam...
- Well, well, if it ain't the repercussions of bad decisions by the Texas GOP. Our grid is at risk of collapse this winter because of....drum roll please.....AI data centers. #fixthedamngrid www.audacy.com/krld/news/st...
- Engineered stone countertops release silica dust during the fabrication process, which can be fatal to fabricators who are exposed to it. Drs are petitioning CA to ban it. www.kqed.org/news/1206716...
- When our grid collapses again here in Texas the GOP and AI data centers will be to blame. "The second quarter alone saw 78 applications totaling 70,000 megawatts." www.chron.com/news/article...
- Jasmine Crockett's new video with Trump doing the voiceover. Take a listen. youtu.be/bom6iadL9mI
- Collin Allred has dropped out of the Senate race and will run for Congress again against Julie Johnson in #TX33. I bet that means Crockett is definitely in. www.wfaa.com/article/news...
- The Democratic Rep Cuellar pardon just got more interesting. Trump blasted him over the weekend for not switching parties, saying he had "a lack of loyalty." The conman got conned. www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/t...
- If Texas congressional races see the same 13-point swing that #TN07 did, Democrats would likely flip #TX28, #TX34,#TX35, and #TX23. #TX15, #TX09, #TX24,#TX32, #TX23 would all be tight races. thehill.com/newsletters/...
- ICE snatches a college freshman heading home for Thanksgiving in Texas and deports her to Honduras in violation of an emergency court order prohibiting her deportation. www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/t...
- How many years away are we from the first robot murdering a human? 5? 10? gizmodo.com/you-must-rea...
- There is so much to unpack here. DJT giving the thumbs up with Mamdani, in front of the Roosevelt portrait with Lincoln looking on. Then there is the representation of horseshoe politics, and they are in front of an arch. 🤯
- Border Patrol is spying on citizens who drive in the US and pulling over anyone they deem suspicious. They are desperately trying to hide it from the public. apnews.com/article/immi...
- A pedofile and a murderer walk into a guilded bar... and the joke is on us.
- Here we go again with Halligan's folly. She never presented all of Comey's indictments to the grand jury that are now part of the charges brought against him in court. abcnews.go.com/US/comey-see...
- As @hcrichardson.bsky.social points out in her email today, it is the 162nd anniversary of Lincoln's famous speech at the location of the Battle of Gettysburg.
- While the state of Illinois and the Feds battle out deployment of troops in the state, TX has wasted $5M deploying its National Guard troops who have done nothing, waiting for the court's approval. When will we tire of Abbott's wasteful spending in this state? www.texastribune.org/2025/10/29/t...
- Sylvester Turner's Congressional seat #TX18, which has been without representation for 11 months, finally has a runoff date of January 31st. www.texastribune.org/2025/11/17/t...
- In a highly unusual move, the magistrate looking over the grand jury indictment of James Comey has asked the prosecutor, Lindsey Halligan, to share her indictment materials with the defense because she may have committed misconduct www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...
- So, Trump's Liberation Day in April not working out? Things actually did get more expensive? The consumer actually does pay for tariffs? Nothing like economics to get in the way of a bad plan. www.reuters.com/business/tru...
- Beto was right in 2022. Abbott is the single greatest driver of inflation in Texas. He has no real solutions, only platitudes. Here we are again with him making the same promises from 4 years ago. www.texastribune.org/2022/04/22/t...
- Drug Wars Part Deux is coming to a TV near you. We lost the first Drug War in the '80s, but as DJT becomes more desperate to distract from his failed domestic policies, Venezuela will be our sacrificial lamb. Is America Great Again? www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-v...
- A PA sheriff signed up to have his agency cooperate with ICE. His opponent criticized him for the decision, and he lost his reelection. Honeymoon is over. abcnews.go.com/US/pennsylva...
- The two Texas families that relocated to Russia to escape LGBTQ indoctrination are finding it hard to adjust to life there. Shocking! www.chron.com/culture/arti...
- AG Ken Paxton has sued the non-profit voter registration org 'Jolt'. Paxton claims Jolt's efforts to register people at TX DMV locations are an effort to register undocumented immigrants so they can vote. This suit likely stems from a tweet from Bartiromo last summer. www.kvue.com/article/news...
- The juxtaposition of Musk becoming a trillionaire and people's SNAP benefits being cut off is our contemporary dystopian version of "The Jungle." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
- Just look at what happens when DJT is president: ☑️VA Democrats dominate. Gov, Lt Gov., AG & 13 seats in the VA House. ☑️In Jersey, Dem wins Gov. ☑️NYC Mayor ☑️CA Prop 50 passes easily ☑️2 GA Commissioner seats flipped ☑️3 PA Superior Court Justices reelected
- Nazi-esque ICE wore Halloween masks while doing raids on Halloween. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
- DJT is demanding that the GOP Senate use the nuclear option to open government back up, something they can easily do but have refused to. More evidence that they are intentionally starving people and withholding paychecks to make Democrats look bad. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
- An unusually large number of Trump officials are moving on to military bases for security. I suspect they are planning for things to get worse. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
- When Democrats really, truly speak to voters, they respond. The first two days of voting in NYC are smashing records. nymag.com/intelligence...
- Texas Judges are now legally permitted to deny performing gay marriages as we continue to roll back rights in this country. www.keranews.org/government/2...
- The sooner Benedict Arnold resigns, the better.
