Journalist. Let me explain something to you, Walsh. This business requires a certain amount of finesse. christopherdhooks@gmail.com
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For the July issue of Harper’s, I tried to work through my feelings about the United States at this particular moment by surveying the America 250/Freedom 250 industrial complex and otherwise driving around the Keystone State: harpers.org/archive/2026/07/…
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There aren’t 100 great American tv shows from the last 26 years, and very few people are in a position to judge because each show may take 60 to 100 hours to watch. Strange concept for a list
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SLF being forced to spend $200M in Texas would mean that Paxton will have cost Senate Republicans nearly 40% of their war chest they dedicated for this cycle. It’s a massive money drain for the party, but that blow is somewhat softened by their insane fundraising totals this year
🚨☀️AM: NEWS: TEXAS PAC, the Senate GOP-linked group, could reach $200M in spending in Texas.
GOP private polls mirror the public polls and have Paxton down.
SLF “hopes and expects that other partners will help carry the load during the final stretch in Texas.”
AKA they want Trump to get off the sidelines and spend tens of millions for Paxton, trumps’s hand picked candidate in the lone star state.
link.punchbowl.news/click/47…
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Wow
I've never seen little governor @DanPatrick trash @GregAbbott_TX stuff like this in a TV commercial before now. Every man for himself in this election, it seems
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leaving everything about the school-choice decision aside, I don’t personally think having a minor child professionally photographed on two different occasions for a national publication and then putting her on national radio is an amazing idea
Nikole Hannah Jones will be interviewed by her daughter for an episode of “This American Life” airing on September 27 at 7pm CT thisamericanlife.org/898/the…
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As Senate Majority Leader John Thune looks to visibly boost Rep. Mike Collins in Georgia today, one R told me the reality is grim. “At this point, it’s about making the patient comfortable.” ajc.com/politics/2026/09/new…
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It was fair and fun to laugh at this bar for a few days, but one thing I’ve come to believe is that focusing attention on obviously mentally ill people for too long is corrosive to the soul.
🚨 LESBIAN BAR UPDATE: Last Ditch is now instructing its Instagram followers to send money to Soe Noire
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Incredible. First @SecMullinDHS claimed that @DHSgov identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials said, no no no, that’s just people we flagged, here’s the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens.
All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.
From 16,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle.
"The state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen."
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Excellent piece from Gabby - a must read.
Just remember - Ann Richards won in 1990 because she got a ton of middle and upper-middle class suburban Bush voters to split their tickets for her against an odious GOP candidate. Sound familiar?
My dispatch from the DFW suburbs, where Republicans are worried about an undervote for Ken Paxton — or contemplating it themselves
With reporting from party folks and voters on the ground in Tarrant, Collin and Denton Counties for @TexasTribune:
texastribune.org/2026/09/24/…
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Terribly sad news out of Houston: Former Rep. Garnet Coleman passed away overnight #TxLege
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#TexasSenate
New York Times focus group of a dozen Trump 2024 voters from Texas weigh in on Ken Paxton:
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The anonymous “senior administration official” behind one of the stories the White House cited to justify banning POLITICO was none other than Vice President JD Vance, @oliverdarcy scoops
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News: Lt. Gov. Patrick told supporters at an Austin fundraiser today that some of his GOP state senators are in trouble, he and Abbott have very tight races, and Paxton is tied with Talarico - sources tell @quorumreport bit.ly/3TqxGeO #TxLege
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The fact that we need to spend $400 million in Texas that could be going to other states is not great
🚨BREAKING NEWS:
TEXAS PAC, the super PAC run by leadership-backed SLF, will have $100M in TV reservations by tomorrow in the LONE STAR STATE.
they are currently at $65M.
That means they are adding another $35M plus.
@punchbowlnews text subscribers had it first.
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A six volume leatherbound set that was delivered in the Texas Senate today
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