I don’t live in Texas either, but, you can’t help but notice how many folks told us to stay out of Maine’s Senate Primary race in order to defend the Blackwater Employee with the Nazi Tatoo…
But, now, everyone’s an expert on Texas.
Democratic Party Primary Voters deserve to have a contested primary just like anyone else. They deserve to have a CHOICE.
Christopher Webb
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I’m not a Texan, but it’s hard to ignore what’s happening in the Democratic Senate primary in the state. We’re all clocking it, right?Let’s start with what should be obvious: whoever wins the Democratic nomination, we Dems should support him or her.
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8:19 PM · Feb 4, 2026Christopher Webb
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Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico are both strong Democrats that we can be proud of. Debate is healthy. Competition is healthy. That’s how primaries are supposed to work.But what’s happened here hasn’t felt very healthy.
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8:19 PM · Feb 4, 2026Christopher Webb
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From jump, the moment Jasmine Crockett entered the race, I saw some deeply ugly, coded, and at times outright racist attacks. And not just from the right. A lot of it came from the far left, who suddenly discovered a set of “standards” they never seemed to apply to her opponent.
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8:19 PM · Feb 4, 2026Christopher Webb
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Enter the litmus test. A purity test that, strangely, only seems to activate when the candidate is a Black woman. Most of us saw what they were trying to pull.What makes this even more absurd is that Crockett and Talarico’s platforms are functionally the same.
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8:19 PM · Feb 4, 2026Christopher Webb
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Same priorities on healthcare, labor, climate, reproductive freedom, democracy protection, and opposing MAGA extremism. On policy, this is not a left-vs-center race. It’s vibes and targeting.
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8:19 PM · Feb 4, 2026Christopher Webb
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Here’s the real difference that keeps getting ignored.Jasmine Crockett has a congressional record.
She’s had to take real votes, under real pressure, with real consequences. She’s been in the arena, voting against MAGA abuses, calling out corruption, defending democracy, and taking heat for it.
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8:19 PM · Feb 4, 2026Christopher Webb
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Talarico hasn’t had to do that at the federal level. It’s easy to sound perfect when you haven’t had to cast hard votes yet.And there’s more history people seem eager to forget…
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8:19 PM · Feb 4, 2026Christopher Webb
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When TX Dems famously left the state together in 2021 to block quorum, Talarico was one of the first to return. It caused friction w/in his caucus. Not a moral judgment, but it’s relevant. It’s interesting how loudly people talk about “purity” while skipping over that part of the record.
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8:19 PM · Feb 4, 2026Christopher Webb
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Now let’s talk about money, since that’s where the hypocrisy really shows.Crockett has been dragged for her fundraising as if she invented Citizens United. In reality, she’s running the way most modern federal campaigns run: a mix of small-dollar support plus big checks…
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8:19 PM · Feb 4, 2026Christopher Webb
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…from people and PACs who want access, with public filings showing she rolled over major money from her House account into the Senate race and still pulled in millions more.Meanwhile, Talarico’s funding “purity” storyline is missing a big chapter.
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8:19 PM · Feb 4, 2026
Christopher Webb
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He has a self-imposed corporate PAC ban in his current Senate run which is to be respected. but purity is something else. reporting shows his largest 2024 donor was the Texas Sands PAC, funded by casino billionaire Miriam Adelson.
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8:19 PM · Feb 4, 2026Christopher Webb
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He’s also taken money tied to billionaire Charles Butt. That gets waved off like it’s nothing, even while people clutch their pearls about Crockett.
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8:19 PM · Feb 4, 2026Christopher Webb
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Until Citizens United is overturned, every serious statewide campaign requires a lot of money. The real question isn’t whether money exists, it’s whether a candidate changes positions because of it. If that happens, fair game, expose it.That should be the red line.
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8:19 PM · Feb 4, 2026Christopher Webb
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I agree there should be clear “no-go” donors. The NRA is an obvious one. But a blanket “no PAC, no corporate, no big donor ever” rule for all candidates is a fantasy. What matters is independence and consistency. If someone sells out, expose them. Fair game.
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8:19 PM · Feb 4, 2026Christopher Webb
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At the end of the day, this isn’t about purity tests. It’s about Texans deciding who best represents their values, their priorities, their future.Especially in the moment we’re living in, my deciding factor for candidates, when the platforms are virtually the same, the question is simple:
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8:19 PM · Feb 4, 2026Christopher Webb
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Who is the tougher fighter against fascism?
Who is fearless against Trump and MAGA?
Who will stand up, loudly and consistently, against the crimes, abuses, and corruption of this administration?With that lens, there’s a clear frontrunner in Texas.
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8:19 PM · Feb 4, 2026Christopher Webb
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And the smear campaign pretending otherwise says more about the people pushing it than the candidate they’re targeting.
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8:19 PM · Feb 4, 2026
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Matina Stevis-Gridneff
@MatinaStevis
SCOOP: Detroit Billionaire Owner of Ambassador Bridge Lobbied Administration, Met With Howard Lutnick Monday, Hours Before Trump Lambasted New Detroit-Michigan Gordie Howe Bridge w/
@tylerpager
#cdnpoli
https://x.com/MatinaStevis/status/2021345822726926792?s=20
CNN
@CNN
The FDA has refused to accept an application from Moderna to review its first mRNA seasonal flu vaccine, the company said.
https://x.com/CNN/status/2021362545429213534?s=20
Gandalv
@Microinteracti1
🇺🇸The Numbers Don’t Lie: Billions Lost, Trust Shattered
In Denmark, half of all consumers now actively avoid American products since Trump’s inauguration. In Sweden, 70% have either considered or participated in boycotts, with 29% avoiding American goods just in the last month. German consumers are even more decisive: 36% now refuse to buy American products entirely, while 61% say certain American brands are simply no longer an option.
France tells the same story: 62% support boycotting American businesses, with 32% already avoiding Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, and Tesla. In Austria, 71% say they’re prepared to boycott. In Canada, America’s closest ally and largest trading partner, 53% have already started some form of boycott, a number that jumped to 61% by April 2025.
https://x.com/Microinteracti1/status/2021297490750832711?s=20
Marc Elias
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🚨BREAKING: The Department of Justice (DOJ) Tuesday complied with a court order to publicly reveal the search warrant affidavit that initiated the FBI’s raid on an election facility in Fulton County, Georgia, last month. http://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Kyle Griffin
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Rep. Ro Khanna just read on the House floor the names of the six ‘wealthy, powerful men’ whose names were originally redacted in the Epstein files:
Leslie Wexner
Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem
Salvatore Nuara
Zurab Mikeladze
Leonic Leonov
Nicola Caputo
http://www.politico.com/live-updates...
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James Fallows
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Members of the Buddhist Walk for Peace, leaving the National United Methodist Church, beginning their walk to the National Cathedral this afternoon.
DC Metro police—with name tags, badges, masks only as needed for the cold—accompanied the procession on a fleet of bicycles.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — An annual meeting of the nation’s governors that has long served as a rare bipartisan gathering is unraveling after President Donald Trump excluded Democratic governors from White House events.
The National Governors Association said it will no longer hold a formal meeting with Trump when governors are scheduled to convene in Washington later this month, after the White House planned to invite only Republican governors. On Tuesday, 18 Democratic governors also announced they would boycott a traditional dinner at the White House.
“If the reports are true that not all governors are invited to these events, which have historically been productive and bipartisan opportunities for collaboration, we will not be attending the White House dinner this year,” the Democrats wrote. “Democratic governors remain united and will never stop fighting to protect and make life better for people in our states.”
“Because NGA’s mission is to represent all 55 governors, the Association is no longer serving as the facilitator for that event, and it is no longer included in our official program,” Stitt wrote in the letter, which was obtained by The Associated Press.
Apparently, Bad Bunny’s halftime show was so spectacular that Congressional Republicans are talking about launching an obscenity investigation against him and the network broadcasters. The FCC is supposedly going to be involved.
https://www.rawstory.com/stringr/house-gop-investigating-bad-bunny/
Ave
@SebastianAvenue
Happy Birthday to Leontyne Price, the first Black person to become a leading performer at the Metropolitan Opera, and one of the most popular American classical singers of her generation.
https://x.com/SebastianAvenue/status/2021223201565532306?s=20
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they’ll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. ajc.com/politics/2026/02/ice-to-begin-detaining-immigrants-inside-social-circle-warehouse-in-april/
Forbes
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The Seahawks Are Super Bowl Champs — But Their Owner Can’t Profit From The Big Win
https://x.com/Forbes/status/2020742283910599140?s=20
However, the franchise is owned by the estate of Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen—who bought the Seahawks for $194 million in 1997, saved them from a potential move to Los Angeles and died in 2018 from complications of non-Hodgkins lymphoma—and NFL rules prevent estates, foundations and trusts from holding equity stakes in the league’s franchises.
There is no hard-and-fast rule about when a sale must occur, but many league insiders believe that time is coming very soon, especially after the expiration of a provision from the construction of the Seahawks’ home stadium, Lumen Field, that required that 10% of any sale proceeds be shared with the state of Washington.
With NFL valuations soaring—to an average of $7.1 billion this season—Seattle’s price tag is expected to surpass the $6.7 billion that Forbes estimated for the Seahawks in 2025. No matter how high the bidding goes, though, Jody Allen—the estate’s executor—won’t see any of the profits. Her brother’s will called for his sports assets, which also include the NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers and a 25% stake in MLS’s Seattle Sounders, to be sold and the proceeds donated to charity.
Karen ‘KC’ Civil
@KarenCivil
Let’s applaud
@CharmLadonna
for the choreography she brings to the Super Bowl! Benito Bowl, Beyoncé’s Christmas Halftime Show, The Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl… all brought to life through her incredible choreography.
https://x.com/KarenCivil/status/2020693939976843596?s=20
scary lawyerguy
@scarylawyerguy
County that went 72/25 for Trump in 2024 is shocked SHOCKED that immigration sweeps took away the workers they rely on to keep the community humming 🙃
https://x.com/scarylawyerguy/status/2020841665003696290?s=20
Pedro L. Gonzalez
@emeriticus
TPUSA faked its viewership last night, which streamers noticed because of the dead live chat, and staged their entire halftime show using actors and a prerecorded concert. No wonder nobody at Trump’s Super Bowl party was watching. It wasn’t even live😂
https://x.com/emeriticus/status/2020884452004544573?s=20
Access Bad Bunny
@AccessBadBunny
🚨| NBC revealed that Bad Bunny’s halftime show at the #SuperBowlLX had over 135.4M viewers surpassing the previous record held by Kendrick Lamar in 2025 of 133.5M
https://x.com/AccessBadBunny/status/2020712875984351655?s=20
The.Wrong.One.
Cornbread Mafioso 🖕🏾
@Soulful1865
He really tried. He tried to turn the other cheek. He begged him. But Satan kept pushing and pressing. Until the Angel had to subdue him and BEAT THE FLAMES OUT HIS AZZ!. 😂
Leave gods children alone.
https://x.com/Soulful1865/status/2020868292701782478?s=20
Good Morning, Everyone😊😊😊