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This is ridiculous but for what it’s worth, open carry is legal in Texas I’ve seen exactly one person open carrying ever.
January 2, 2026 at 10:54 PM
This is ridiculous but for what it’s worth, open carry is legal in Texas I’ve seen exactly one person open carrying ever.
If it were that simple. Optimistically, we have a couple of decades of hard work ahead of us that will include some really tough decisions about how to handle about 1/3+ of our population.
You can’t keep the boat afloat when one in three folks on it keep trying to blow holes in it.
You can’t keep the boat afloat when one in three folks on it keep trying to blow holes in it.
December 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
If it were that simple. Optimistically, we have a couple of decades of hard work ahead of us that will include some really tough decisions about how to handle about 1/3+ of our population.
You can’t keep the boat afloat when one in three folks on it keep trying to blow holes in it.
You can’t keep the boat afloat when one in three folks on it keep trying to blow holes in it.
I’ve said this since his last term but I feel like this all ends with his criminal defense team getting him off or at least keeping him out of jail by using a defense centered around his diminished mental capacity all this time.
December 26, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I’ve said this since his last term but I feel like this all ends with his criminal defense team getting him off or at least keeping him out of jail by using a defense centered around his diminished mental capacity all this time.
I hate Andrew Tate but he’s actually a former kickboxer. Folks in the know argue the legitimacy of the promotion he fought for but the guy does have a real fighting background.
December 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I hate Andrew Tate but he’s actually a former kickboxer. Folks in the know argue the legitimacy of the promotion he fought for but the guy does have a real fighting background.
Trump University math.
December 18, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Trump University math.
This was expected, no?
But only in DC and not in other cities is what my understanding or a likely outcome would be.
But only in DC and not in other cities is what my understanding or a likely outcome would be.
December 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This was expected, no?
But only in DC and not in other cities is what my understanding or a likely outcome would be.
But only in DC and not in other cities is what my understanding or a likely outcome would be.
No. Most of the people invested in it don’t understand either
November 22, 2025 at 5:19 PM
No. Most of the people invested in it don’t understand either
Didn’t we already conclude he plans to never leave office or at least only leave it to a handpicked successor that will shield him from all things?
November 18, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Didn’t we already conclude he plans to never leave office or at least only leave it to a handpicked successor that will shield him from all things?
So I don’t think Pam Bondi has it in her to tell him “no” so shit is going to get really unhinged.
November 14, 2025 at 4:57 PM
So I don’t think Pam Bondi has it in her to tell him “no” so shit is going to get really unhinged.
Rescues are being stretched beyond limits trying to staunch the bleeding while many fosters are unable to continue fostering at this time due to their own financial hardships.
Local shelter is euthanizing mothers with newborn litters. That kills my soul.
Local shelter is euthanizing mothers with newborn litters. That kills my soul.
November 13, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Rescues are being stretched beyond limits trying to staunch the bleeding while many fosters are unable to continue fostering at this time due to their own financial hardships.
Local shelter is euthanizing mothers with newborn litters. That kills my soul.
Local shelter is euthanizing mothers with newborn litters. That kills my soul.
So it’s done?! No turning back? No last minute Republican flip-flopping after threats from Trump?
November 12, 2025 at 9:52 PM
So it’s done?! No turning back? No last minute Republican flip-flopping after threats from Trump?
And by what was no doubt sheer coincidence, none of the 8 Dems that voted for this will face voters in 2026.
Total coincidence.
Total coincidence.
November 10, 2025 at 4:19 AM
And by what was no doubt sheer coincidence, none of the 8 Dems that voted for this will face voters in 2026.
Total coincidence.
Total coincidence.
So Trump can’t be arrested for not complying but I’m sure there are plenty of people down the chain who can be.
November 8, 2025 at 12:03 AM
So Trump can’t be arrested for not complying but I’m sure there are plenty of people down the chain who can be.
This man was up to no good and is afraid he will be discovered under the new administration. Guarantee some sort of corruption by him is discovered inside 90 days.
November 5, 2025 at 11:31 PM
This man was up to no good and is afraid he will be discovered under the new administration. Guarantee some sort of corruption by him is discovered inside 90 days.
Real World Duffy doesn’t get the recognition he deserves for being
a colossal downgrade from his predecessor, Buttigieg.
a colossal downgrade from his predecessor, Buttigieg.
November 5, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Real World Duffy doesn’t get the recognition he deserves for being
a colossal downgrade from his predecessor, Buttigieg.
a colossal downgrade from his predecessor, Buttigieg.
A lot of young folks think this is normal, that we aren’t in uncharted territory so I get why they aren’t afraid yet.
October 29, 2025 at 8:50 PM
A lot of young folks think this is normal, that we aren’t in uncharted territory so I get why they aren’t afraid yet.
Unless this guy dies on national television, the administration with an assist from corporate media (even through laziness) are going to conceal his death from the public. Stephen Miller will be running shit for at least a month before the world confirms orange man is gone forever.
October 27, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Unless this guy dies on national television, the administration with an assist from corporate media (even through laziness) are going to conceal his death from the public. Stephen Miller will be running shit for at least a month before the world confirms orange man is gone forever.
The Force has been rebalanced.
October 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The Force has been rebalanced.
I had a very similar conversation with my (adult) children yesterday between watching the original F13 and Freddy vs Jason.
October 26, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I had a very similar conversation with my (adult) children yesterday between watching the original F13 and Freddy vs Jason.
This is terrorism. What happens when they randomly blow up a boat carrying citizens of Aruba? Aruba is legally part of the Netherlands. Does NATO get involved?
October 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
This is terrorism. What happens when they randomly blow up a boat carrying citizens of Aruba? Aruba is legally part of the Netherlands. Does NATO get involved?
Be careful out there!
For fun, consider wearing a bandage the size of a dinner napkin over the bruise like Jeff Epstein’s best friend did to cover his “bullet wound”.
For fun, consider wearing a bandage the size of a dinner napkin over the bruise like Jeff Epstein’s best friend did to cover his “bullet wound”.
October 17, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Be careful out there!
For fun, consider wearing a bandage the size of a dinner napkin over the bruise like Jeff Epstein’s best friend did to cover his “bullet wound”.
For fun, consider wearing a bandage the size of a dinner napkin over the bruise like Jeff Epstein’s best friend did to cover his “bullet wound”.
It’s so obvious the end game is deporting/jailing/?? U.S. citizens who won’t drink the orange kool-aid.
October 14, 2025 at 10:31 PM
It’s so obvious the end game is deporting/jailing/?? U.S. citizens who won’t drink the orange kool-aid.