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Although I think the filibuster is terrible and would be happy to see it go, I also find the the spectacle of Cornyn backpedaling on this nauseating.

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Follow-up to that -14 non-partisan Congressional primary yesterday. Preliminary review of the initial should scare the living BEE-JEEZUS out of the .

Although will likely lose in the 7 April run-off, they over-performed by a 17-point margin from 2024. They over-performed by 30 points in areas of the district.

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UPDATE: Now with 61% of the vote counted in that GA-14 Congressional race -- Shawn Harris is still nearly 5% ahead of Clayton Fuller.

Increasing the likelihood of an April 7th run-off.

U.S. House nonpartisan special results District 14 to fill the unexpired term of retiring member Marjorie Taylor Green. Candidates of both parties run on the same ballot. If no candidate receives a majority of votes, the top two vote-getters will advance to an April 7 runoff.

With nearly have the vote counted, Shawn Harris is currently leading with 42.3% of the vote and Clay Fuller has 33.1%

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"Treasury’s borrowing showed no signs of slowing as the U.S. headed deeper into fiscal year 2026, with the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reporting that another $1 trillion was added to the federal in the first five months of the year.
"The monthly budget review from the CBO, updated to February 2026 and released yesterday, showed that the government is estimated to have borrowed $308 billion last month alone." Fortune finance.yahoo.com/news/cannot-

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“scores of dangerous criminals could have their cases dismissed” as a result of the Trump administration’s insistence on installing attorneys “handpicked” by the president even when they are unlawfully appointed.

Daily Beast yahoo.com/news/articles/judge-

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The annual Ig Nobels, the awards for odd and funny scientific achievement, will be held outside the United States for the first time in its 36 years because of concerns about attendees' safety. The 2026 ceremony, which takes place in September ahead of the Nobel Prizes, will be held in Zurich. “We cannot in good conscience ask the new winners, or the international journalists who cover the event, to travel to the USA this year," Marc Abrahams, editor of event organizers the Annals of Improbable Research, told @AssociatedPress.

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"Tehran was blanketed in a toxic cloud of smoke after Israel struck 30 Iranian fuel depots in an attack that far exceeded what the U.S. had expected, triggering the first rift between the U.S. and Israel in the war, according to Axios."

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The 's numbers are so bad -- not even the chest-thumping would-be holy war he has initiated can pull him up. He is losing EVERY demographic in and on every issue.

And this is even in the (who's modeling, I believe, trends conservative).

economist.com/interactive/trum

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Cruz Nape reported having heart attack-like symptoms while in custody, but according to the Inland Coalition for Immigration Justice, they allege he was never given proper medical treatment.

ICE agents took Cruz Nape last Fall after being confused for another target. Despite not being their initial suspect, they took him anyway. He was soon transferred to Adelanto.

There are at least four deaths associated with the Adelanto ICE facility since the Trump administration took office. The most recent death occurred on January 27. Alberto Gutierrez died in ICE custody after his family says staff at the detention center denied his repeated requests for medical attention, according to reporting by L.A. TACO. Ismael Ayala-Uribe died in September. According to the family, he was also not given proper medical care.

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TRUMP'S ECONOMY IS A+++++

PAY NO ATTENTION TO THOSE 92,000 JOBS LOST IN FEBRUARY BEHIND THE CURTAIN
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Just a thought, but how many warning signs about the Trump economy do we need?

Go hard after Trump on his miserably poor handling of the economy: jobs, affordability, healthcare, inflation, stagnation, tariffs, wealth inequality, housing.....

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