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Okay, let’s talk about this Tanya Miller, the new GA AG. Her Wikipedia page says she’s from the Cleveland area. I attended Case Western Reserve University for undergrad and medical school. I am almost the exact same age as she is, and I graduated with my bachelors the same year as her page claims she graduated with hers. Funny thing is, all of the black people knew each other. We just had a reunion in the summer. One of my besties brought her name to our group chat yesterday. I showed it to hubby who was a year ahead of us. None of us remember her. Very odd.

Texas Governor-elect, Gina Hinojosa’s stepmom, Cynthia “Cyndi” Hinojosa, was just reelected to Justice of the Peace. Cyndi was a board member of Southwest Keys Programs, Inc.— one of the NGOs that received billions in federal funds to “help” unaccompanied illegal alien children by placing them in one of its many shelter “casas.” Hinojosa was also a clinician at one of those shelters, La Esperanza Home for the Boys, for seven years. Southwest’s Keys Programs have faced numerous allegations of sexual abuse against children and covering up/retaliating against children that tried to complain. It was actually the DOJ under Biden that brought suit against the Program but it was of course, dropped for unknown reasons. Gina’s husband, John Donisi is treasurer of American Gateways! Non profit that provides legal services to illegal immigrants. They are currently suing the federal government for halting funding. However, the non profit managed to continue receiving taxpayer funds from San Antonio despite its massive debt.

The governor-elect of Texas, Gina Hinojosa, has explicitly said that all currently permitted datacenters in Texas will be allowed to finish construction. This essentially covers all of the 2027 and likely well into 2028. She is going to pass laws that ensure that all *newly* permitted datacenters going forward for delivery in 2028/2029 will pay taxes, commit to no increase in power prices for consumers, don’t impact water availability for people, be constructed with union labor and give “Texans a seat at the table.” Sounds reasonable. She doesn’t want to lose a lot of good blue collar jobs and property taxes for small towns in rural Texas. Datacenter commentary starts at 6:30 in this interview. Also attaching her official campaign position from her website in the next post. Sidenote: After watching a bunch of her speeches and interviews, I do think she is a political talent and probably has a future in national politics. youtu.be/D-T6H3b8ZeE?is=mEWu…

🚨Abbott's AI Data Center Panic Will Carry A Big Cost for Texas Texas is about to get a real-world lesson in the economic cost of saying “no” to data centers. Local officials - and the state's lame duck governor - are blocking or delaying projects over water, power, land use, and noise concerns, some real, and most imagined. The intentions may be understandable, but the consequences are measurable in dollars and lost jobs. Key points: · Data centers deliver construction jobs, permanent high-wage technical and operations roles, and large property and sales tax bases. · They drive private investment in grid upgrades, water systems, and broadband that benefits entire communities. · When a county or city - or a governor - issues a moratorium or kills a project, those benefits often leave Texas entirely rather than shifting elsewhere in the state. · Taylor County and the Abilene area recently halted new data center development over water and electricity concerns; similar discussions are underway in other fast-growing Texas communities. · These decisions ignore the counterfactual: forgone payroll, forgone school and county tax collections, and forgone multiplier effects on local contractors, housing, and retail. · Texas has spent years building a reputation for abundant land, competitive energy costs, and a relatively light regulatory touch. Repeated local rejections signal that the welcome mat can be pulled without warning. · Companies evaluating multi-billion-dollar sites notice. They have options in other states and other countries. Saying no carries a price. Saying no in a political panic - as @GregAbbott_TX did during his failed re-election campaign - comes with major unintended consequences. Now, @GinaHinojosaTX will have the chance to extend the moratorium Abbott intended to be temporary. Investors will respond by moving on to friendlier states. Some investors have already made that move. My new piece at @Forbes details the story of #BaRupOn LLC, which recently moved a $3 billion data center project planned for the Permian Basin to Wyoming, where data centers are still welcome. Link is in the next post.

I found the source of the problem. The Alabamians who just voted a trans are the same ones who voted against Alabama in 1860. Once a liberal county, always a liberal county. Don't be beguiled by party labels, in 1860 Southerners who opposed their States were radical liberals.

Texas Lt. Gov Elect Vikki Goodwin has voiced policy views that, if acted on, would turn Texas into a sanctuary state akin to Oregon and California. She supports allowing all “refugees” to cross the border with impunity and stay, opposes any police cooperation with ICE, voted against Jocylyn’s Law denying bail to violent criminal aliens, voted against the law that banned sanctuary city policies in Texas, and opposed state spending on border security and walls. And a lot more.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune will seek a second term as the chamber's top Republican despite election losses that cost the party control of Congress, setting him apart from House Speaker Mike Johnson, who is stepping aside from leadership.

Republican Jeff Dial has conceded to Democrat Sebastian Matta in the Maricopa County clerk of Superior Court race. Matta, a 19-year-old Arizona State University sophomore, will lead the clerk's office in the nation's fourth largest county

Austin voters rejected Prop I, so the city won’t have an independent audit. The spending will go unchecked. Mayor Kirk Watson opposed the audit, as did the city workers’ union, and the NGOs that live on city money. Now the only people auditing the city are independent journalists on X.

When Gina Hinojosa was asked about what she would do as governor of Texas, her answers reflected her belief that she would be the lone Democrat fighting daily against a wall of Republican officials. But Tuesday’s win will grant Hinojosa far more latitude to operate than she may have ever imagined. texastribune.org/2026/11/04/…

That’s a 45 point shift. Young White men are the new swing voters—and they should be talked to and courted like they are. Which means that starting today, Republicans have to stop hating young White men and start caring about making their lives better.