Three Grotesque Things
War Powers Resolution, Kristi Noem, Conflicted Ken Paxton Engages in Massive Voter Suppression in Texas Primaries
TONIGHT Legislation, known as a War Powers Resolution, failed on a 47-53 vote in the Senate. The war powers resolution gave lawmakers an opportunity to demand congressional approval before any further attacks are carried out. The GOP voted, Nah. You do you. Bombs Away!
War Powers Resolution
Under the War Powers Resolution, the president must notify Congress within 48 hours of introducing forces into hostilities and is limited to a 60-day engagement with an additional 30-days to withdraw, unless Congress authorizes continued action. This is not a declaration of war — it’s a statutory mechanism that is intended to check unilateral executive military action.
Long story short - It had no chance of restraining Trump. If it passed, Trump would veto. It didn’t. But now you know.
The vote forced Congress to take a stand on a war shaping the fate of members of the U.S. military, countless other lives and the future of the region. 69% of Americans OPPOSE the war.
Evil Gnome
Yesterday in the Senate we got to hear Kristi Noem say words. Today she was grilled in The House.
Long story short - She talks a lot. She talks over you, around you, behind you, exhausts you with her lies. Steals your time, until the clock runs out. She doesn’t feel remorse for anything. Psychopath.
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These three videos are worth the watch.
VOTING IN AMERICA
LAST NIGHT IN REAL TIME - TEXAS VOTER SUPRESSION
Yesterday the much-anticipated Texas Primaries took place, sort of.
Voter suppression was seen in two major counties, Dallas and Williamson. These two counties are where the two major Democrats, Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico are from. They ran in the Democratic primary against each other.
The Republican primary featured corrupt Attorney General Ken Paxton running against incumbent Senator John Cornyn.
Texas voting rules were changed at the last minute! The local Republican parties eliminated the use of countywide voting centers, which, during past elections allowed voters to vote at any site in their county. Instead, voters were directed to vote only at their assigned precinct polling location, which many people were not aware of or prepared for.
This unexpected rule change created mass chaos and confusion. Thousands of voters showed up at the wrong locations, and many were turned away or had to be redirected mid-day.
The rule change — legal under Texas law — also overwhelmed election assistance hotlines and crashed county election sites as voters tried to find their correct locations.
Democratic candidates, Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico, asked the court for an extension of voting hours, saying the precinct voting switch caused chaos and disenfranchised voters. The Court agreed and granted a two-hour voting extension in both counties.
Late Tuesday, at the request of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office — while he was himself on the ballot as a Senate candidate, the all-Republican Texas Supreme Court swooped in to shut down extended voting hours, ordering that ballots cast after the original 7 p.m. deadline be segregated and potentially excluded, leaving thousands of voters in limbo.
The court ruled that extended hours weren’t properly noticed to the state AG’s office, and ballots cast by people not in line by 7 p.m. should be separated and held pending later legal review. Election officials did issue provisional ballots to voters who arrived after 7 p.m. under the extended hours order, and those ballots have been preserved, but they’re in a special “segregated” category.
Whether those provisional ballots will ever be counted is uncertain and likely to be decided by ongoing litigation.
Allegations of unfairness
Some Democratic candidates and officials — including U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett and state lawmakers — have criticized the changes as intended to suppress turnout or disadvantage certain voters, framing the chaos as a partisan tactic.
In Texas political parties control their elections.
NOTES
69% of Americans Oppose Iran War
Dallas and Williamson Counties Disenfranchised
In 2011 Ken was accused of soliciting money from investors for a Dallas-area technology company without disclosing to them that he was making a commission on their investments.
Bless you for writing this evening,Randi. I for one, needed some clear and sane insight on this upside down world has become. You sound terrific, and hope you're doing as well?!! I appreciate you, and will reStack ASAP 🙏
Thanks for being here Randi, been missing you. Things have gotten so cynical , hegseth was on today with his overbearing immaturity and overconfidence that history will likely be a cruel judge of.