Logging in to Xitter account to cross-post my Texas turnout analysis and (hopefully) prevent my account from getting sold because I rarely use it and, lol, no thanks.
Logging in to Xitter account to cross-post my Texas turnout analysis and (hopefully) prevent my account from getting sold because I rarely use it and, lol, no thanks.
No one will notice, I'm sure
As I mention in the post, Texas has excuse-required mal balloting, including the excuse that you are age 65 or older, which is why in *this state* more Republicans use mail ballots
Let's spend another couple billion putting back up the old signage
tl;dr takeaways:
- Turnout is up, we may see 2026 general election turnout exceed 2018, which had the highest turnout rate since 1914
- Democrats are more enthused (adding to the mountain of evidence)
- Early voting predictive
- Republicans may have hurt themselves by adding mail ballot burdens
I posted a 2026 Texas primary turnout and early voting analysis. Enjoy! open.substack.com/pub/michaelm...
If the Dow goes below 47K Bondi must resign. She made the rules
AI -> ??? -> Profit!
Breaking up is hard to do
UF law school leaders sidestepped rules to rush Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier into a part-time teaching role with a $100,000 salary.
Let's congratulate our fellow citizens who no longer have to work and spend all their time in leisure due to Grok
A 70βs style stagflation on its way with another Middle East crisis driving up inflation
They understand in this scenario Trump is the anti-Christ, right?
This Associated Press advert paid by Target
Wait? Whatβs that? Iβm being told this is a news article
Military contractors praying their system will be destroyed and need replacing
Silly people criticizing Trump for not having an Iran exit strategy!
The war will end when Trump gets bored and declares heβs added a ninth country to the list of wars heβs ended
Exclusive: Russia is providing Iran with targeting information to attack American forces in the Middle East, the first indication that another major U.S. adversary is participating β even indirectly β in the war.
Reuters Exclusive
"U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school."
"The strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the βMiddle East."
Given the obvious portents for Republicans, seems that this election is going to be riddled with fake Democrats and the billionaires that fund them.
Hoping Noem will be left out of the inevitable mass pardons
ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. Sheβs married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.
Theyβve already sent her to Louisiana.
Trump is covering less of his face in orange too. I wonder if the doctors told him donβt cover the rash in makeup and he actually listened
Trump fires his Secretary of Department of Homeland Security the Right Way
- Ezra Klein
Sad Trombnoem
i really don't think Hegseth realized the diplomatic consequences of that strike
Last year when I was checking into a hotel, the desk person was wearing Meta glasses. I kindly asked them to take them off. They were annoyed. I said, βI do not consent to you looking at my credit card and ID with Meta glasses on.β My instincts were correct: www.bbc.com/news/article...
Sen. John Kennedy tells us President Trump called him after DHS Sec Noem testified that the President signed off on her $200 million ad campaign in her contentious hearing.
βPut it this way, his recollection and her recollection are different.β
Give me some of that sweet, sweet purple
We are endowed by our Creator with certain inalienable rights, among them the liberty to bomb the crap out of people I don't like