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Trump-backed Texas congressional map: Supreme Court blocks lower court order that found redistricting racially biased
[NYPOST] The US Supreme Court on Friday temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that found Texas' 2026 congressional redistricting plan pushed by President Donald Trump
...Perhaps no man has ever had as much fun being president of the US...
likely discriminates on the basis of race.

The order signed by Justice Samuel Alito will remain in place at least for the next few days while the court considers whether to allow the new map favorable to Republicans to be used in the midterm elections.

The court's conservative majority has blocked similar lower court rulings because they have come too close to elections.

The order came about an hour after the state called on the high court to intervene to avoid confusion as congressional primary elections approach in March.

The justices have blocked past lower-court rulings in congressional redistricting cases, most recently in Alabama and Louisiana, that came several months before elections.
Posted by: Fred || 11/22/2025 09:07 || Comments || Link || [1750 views] Top|| File under:


Marjorie Taylor Greene to resign after rupture with Trump
[Reuters]
  • Longtime Trump ally Rep. Greene
    …R, north Georgia, the most Republican district in the state, periodically utterly — and sometimes offensively — nuts…
    to leave office in January

  • Departure will narrow Republican majority in House to 218-213
    … surely they’ll quickly hold a special election to fill the seat with another Republican…
  • Trump, Greene have had a public falling out in recent weeks
    … the honourable Representative objects to the nation supporting Israel as it defends itself against the genocidal Gazans. No doubt she has other concerns, but I’m afraid I haven’t the energy to pay attention to the nonsense.…
  • Greene posts lengthy resignation statement on social media


US lawmaker Greene’s resignation ‘great news for the country,’ Trump tells ABC News

[IsraelTimes] US President Donald Trump says that Marjorie Taylor Greene’s announcement that she is resigning from the House of Representatives is “great news for the country,” ABC News reports.

“I think it’s great news for the country. It’s great,” ABC News quotes Trump as saying in an interview.

Asked if Greene had given him a heads up, Trump says, “Nah, it doesn’t matter, you know but I think it’s great. I think she should be happy.”
She'll show him a thing or two. It ain't rocket science. Learn the play. Run hard and block, or get off the field. Simple as that.



Posted by: trailing wife || 11/22/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1792 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Admittedly I have not followed the breakup with Trump but wasn’t her main beef with Trump the Epstein files? Didn’t she just get what she wanted? And now she quits?!
Posted by: Airandee || 11/22/2025 2:40 Comments || Top||

#2  Being part of MAGA required absolute devotion to the state of Israel, and recall MTG spoke out against aid to Israel even before the Kabuki theater over the Epstein files. Some say there is more to this story, and some say she has other political ambitions. But I'm sure her prior Pelosi-like insider stock trading will allow her to pay the bills for the immediate future.
Posted by: DooDahMan || 11/22/2025 3:49 Comments || Top||

#3  Being part of MAGA required absolute devotion to the state of Israel

Well, we are fighting WOT - that somebody have lost.
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 11/22/2025 4:51 Comments || Top||

#4  p.s. Kurt Schlichter predicts that's she's going to blame the Jews.
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 11/22/2025 4:59 Comments || Top||

#5  A careful examination of the alternative to supporting Israel might be instructive.
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/22/2025 5:01 Comments || Top||

#6  Family construction business having a hard time finding workers?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 11/22/2025 7:24 Comments || Top||

#7  The primary election may also include a special election or they could do it separately. Not sure how Kemp and Raffensperger will play this.
Posted by: Super Hose || 11/22/2025 7:43 Comments || Top||

#8  When does Ron DeSantis' reign as governor end? Just a thought.

But, hey, how about US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee inviting convicted scumbag spy Jonathan Pollard to the US embassy the other day? How nice. What's next for Pollard, the [U.S.] Presidential Medal of Freedom?
Posted by: DooDahMan || 11/22/2025 8:45 Comments || Top||

#9  /\ Not sure how Kemp and Raffensperger will play this.

If they follow her lead and resign, I suspect many in Georgia will be delighted.
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/22/2025 9:05 Comments || Top||

#10 
Posted by: Jairong+Scourge+of+the+Gepids2435 || 11/22/2025 9:30 Comments || Top||

#11  The primary election may also include a special election or they could do it separately. Not sure how Kemp and Raffensperger will play this.

A couple of wild cards right there.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 11/22/2025 12:28 Comments || Top||

#12  The Pollard meeting took place in July, so that Mr. Pollard could thank Ambassador Huckabee for his kindness to Mrs. Pollard while her husband served his thirty years in prison, compared to most of those who spied for America’s enemies — they’re generally traded within months or a few years. President Trump said he is not troubled by it.

When does Ron DeSantis' reign as governor end?

It’s his second four-year term, so the next governor should be sworn in in January 2027.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/22/2025 14:51 Comments || Top||


SCOTUS Weighs in With Good News on Texas Redistricting Case
Smackdown
[RedState] The left had better hold off on those celebrations regarding that Texas redistricting decision. At least for now.

The United States Supreme Court has just weighed in and stayed a lower court order tossing the Texas redistricting maps that were passed over the summer, which potentially increased the Republicans' chances of gaining more congressional seats in the Lone Star state.
So they aren’t done. It’s just that the process is not being stopped in the meantime.
Lawyers for Texas had asked the court earlier Friday to issue a stay and effectively let Texas return — at least for now — to the maps it passed over the summer, which redrew five Democratic House seats to make them more GOP-friendly.

Justice Samuel Alito granted the state's request for an administrative stay, which means the lower court ruling is now on hold until the Supreme Court takes further action.

Texas is asking the high court to stay the lower court ruling on a longer-term basis by Dec. 1, noting that the deadline for candidates to file for next year's primary elections is Dec. 8. He directed the plaintiffs who sued Texas to file their response by Monday afternoon.
Posted by: Frank G || 11/22/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1754 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

#1  Texas continues to outperform all states with regard to fighting lawfare. We’ll see how they do against the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR.
Posted by: Super Hose || 11/22/2025 7:38 Comments || Top||


#3  I'd like to see them put the kibosh on Newsom's gerrymandering plan for California.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 11/22/2025 12:31 Comments || Top||


Treasury Department will be preventing illegals from getting Income tax credits
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Posted by: Fred || 11/22/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1757 views] Top|| File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants

#1  If the Feds cut off their dollars to illegals and mandate E-Verify including the processing of existing payroll first to employers larger than 100 employees and then to 50 and finally to 25, the squeeze will push out more folks than any Mass deportation program. The deportation focus could then focus on criminals.
Posted by: Super Hose || 11/22/2025 7:34 Comments || Top||


Trump Hosts Surprise Meeting with NYC Mayor-Elect Mamdani in Oval Office / X
[X] Mamdani, who stunned everyone by beating Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa in the November 4 election, flew to Washington for the private sit-down on Friday. They discussed housing costs, rent control, grocery prices, and public safety, with Trump congratulating him and predicting success for all. The tone stayed warm even when past barbs like 'fascist' came up—Trump laughed it off and patted Mamdani's arm. It's a sign of Trump's willingness to work with city leaders on shared priorities, even across deep divides.
New York City is still his spiritual home, even if they profess to hate him. Also, politics is the art of the possible, so we’ll see. I’m not sanguine, easy for me to say from halfway across the country.
The Times of Israel goes into greater detail, adding:
The US federal government is providing $7.4 billion to New York City in fiscal year 2026, or about 6.4% of the city’s total spending, according to a New York State Comptroller report. It was not clear what legal authority Trump could claim for withholding any funding mandated by Congress.
Posted by: Fred || 11/22/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1751 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Mamdani is legitimized by the meeting at the cost of provoking his anti-Trump base like Whitmer did. The presser puts him into a chess game with Trump in Trump’s octagon.
Posted by: Super Hose || 11/22/2025 7:27 Comments || Top||

#2  Man has met with Putin and Xi, so why not. Besides, he gets the best line.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 11/22/2025 7:43 Comments || Top||

#3  PJM: Trump Played Mamdani Like a Fiddle
Posted by: Frank G || 11/22/2025 8:06 Comments || Top||

#4  @#2 - And let's not forget Rocket Man in the DPRK.

"The US federal government is providing $7.4 billion to New York City in fiscal year 2026, or about 6.4% of the city’s total spending...."

Why? And why are my tax dollars subsidizing a failed city? Let that kurva in Albany deal with it (or Nueva York itself).
Posted by: DooDahMan || 11/22/2025 8:35 Comments || Top||

#5  #3 Agreed. "Bro, I met with Mr. Genocide and it turns out he's a pretty good guy! Lookit this pen he gave me. It's an official White House pen!"
Posted by: Matt || 11/22/2025 12:44 Comments || Top||

#6  Must have; the memes are out, and they are dumb, so must be leftists.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 11/22/2025 13:45 Comments || Top||


Maggie Goodlander (D-NH) BRUTALLY struggles to answer whether members of the military have told her they have been given unlawful orders, Rep Chrissy Noulahan (D-PA) claims chilled by Trump response
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Posted by: Fred || 11/22/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1779 views] Top|| File under:

#1  It was a ridiculous message. In the 90’s, I can’t see anyone in the service paying any mind to it. The message would have served only to excite the Dem base. Today, there are officers and soldiers all over TikTok proving that they are stupid enough to not understand that the politicians will not have your back if they act on this stupid incitement.
Posted by: Super Hose || 11/22/2025 7:22 Comments || Top||


#3  Their chickenshit whining reveals why the military can't win wars.
Posted by: Regular joe || 11/22/2025 13:54 Comments || Top||

#4  The response to these seditionists should be, "And which particular orders might those be?"
Posted by: Difar Dave || 11/22/2025 16:15 Comments || Top||


U.S. federal government loses a whopping -97,000 THOUSAND jobs since President Trump took office
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
The important thing is, how much difference have we seen?
Posted by: Fred || 11/22/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1789 views] Top|| File under:

#1  At $100,000 each that's around $10B.
Posted by: Skidmark || 11/22/2025 0:38 Comments || Top||

#2  As I recall some of those took a buyout. And yeas, I did vote for this. You could get rid of another 97,000 and no one would notice. Oh nos, who is gonna write all those unread emails?
Posted by: chris || 11/22/2025 1:48 Comments || Top||

#3  Sounds like a pretty good start! Now let's get on with the rest of that worthless bunch!
Posted by: Oregon Dave || 11/22/2025 2:06 Comments || Top||

#4  97,000+ less and haven't noticed any difference in service at the tax paying level. Can we keep cutting these useless positions, until we do?
Posted by: NN2N1 || 11/22/2025 2:57 Comments || Top||

#5  A very good start! I completely agree with the four preceding posts.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike || 11/22/2025 4:23 Comments || Top||

#6  #1 10 billion here, 10 billion there - soon we're talking real money!
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 11/22/2025 4:54 Comments || Top||

#7  Hopefully there will be time for celebration. Not sure now is the time. Far too many people without work. President Trump and his team are doing yeoman's work in numerous areas. This Washington mess didn't get made overnight. It will take more than a day or two to put it right.
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/22/2025 5:10 Comments || Top||

#8  ^Whatcha going to do with millions of college graduates lacking useful skills?
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 11/22/2025 5:14 Comments || Top||

#9  For every federal worker there must be like 10 contractors acting as parasites sucking up federal money.
Posted by: Super Hose || 11/22/2025 7:15 Comments || Top||

#10  #8 Use an existing program. Enrollment in the Peace Corps stops student loan interests accumulation. Each month overseas reduces debt by 'x' percent. Maybe they'll get a new perspective on reality versus academic fantasy.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 11/22/2025 7:55 Comments || Top||

#11  Who do you think does the actual work day to day and keeps things running? It's an army of contractors.
Posted by: Hupoluth Dribble3876 || 11/22/2025 9:47 Comments || Top||

#12  Ref #9: I think you might have gotten that one unintentionally backwards Supe.
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/22/2025 9:54 Comments || Top||

#13  This is what I voted for.
Posted by: no mo uro || 11/22/2025 11:59 Comments || Top||

#14  Re #10...

"Muh burden!"
Disturbed by new worries.
Our urban raccoonery scurries
To do the world, good,
Only, freed from the hood,
Some come hurrying back Black masked Murrays.
Posted by: Angomoth Barnsmell9692 || 11/22/2025 16:14 Comments || Top||

#15  Urban Raccoonery? I salute you, sir
Posted by: Frank G || 11/22/2025 18:35 Comments || Top||


Obama appointed Judge Sara Ellis tried to impose enforcement rules on ICE agts in (IL). Federal appeals court just overturned her ruling
[PUBLISH.TWITTER] An awful lot of that kind of thing. which will continue until the Supreme Court take their underlings firmly in hand. Ted Cruz for Chief Justice!
Posted by: Fred || 11/22/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1761 views] Top|| File under: Lawfare

#1  Then it kicks back and the judge changes a comma and the process starts over. The judges are engaged in a delaying tactic that is being coordinated somehow centrally.
Posted by: Super Hose || 11/22/2025 7:12 Comments || Top||

#2  ^ It's that Democrat Party Politburo.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 11/22/2025 12:45 Comments || Top||


Tennessee congressional hopeful Aftyn Behn says she hates Nashville, country music
[NYPOST] Democratic congressional hopeful Aftyn Behn
…trained as a social worker, worked as one of those shouty activists before she decided to become a professional politician. She was born in Knoxville, so it probably isn’t surprising she loathes Nashville…
did not hold back when describing how she really feels about Nashville — the city she's now running to represent — in a 2020 podcast that's resurfaced just days before the Dec. 2 special election.

''I hate the city, I hate the bachelorettes, I hate the pedal taverns, I hate country music, I hate all of the things that make Nashville apparently an 'it' city to the rest of the country. But I hate it,'' she said in the podcast.

Behn, a Democratic state representative and former health care community organizer, is running against Republican nominee Matt Van Epps to represent Tennessee's 7th Congressional District.

The winner will succeed former GOP Rep. Mark Green, who resigned from office in June to take a private-sector job.

The district, which is located in central and western Tennessee and stretches from Kentucky to Alabama, is solidly red.

President Trump carried the district by 22 points in his 2024 White House victory.

But the district includes parts of the Democratic stronghold of Nashville, Tennessee's capital and its most populous city, and a major national center for the country music industry.

The district encompasses parts of north and west Nashville, including the downtown area which has long been a very popular tourist destination.

"The Democrat running in a special election for Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District, Aftyn Behn, is running on the message: ’I hate this place, elect me!’ Tennessee deserves better," the Republican National Committee (RNC) argued in a social media post on Thursday.

Republican groups are pouring plenty of resources into the special election to avoid the possibility of a major upset and protect the GOP’s current razor-thin 219-214 majority in the House.

Behn, a Democratic state representative and former healthcare community organizer, is running to represent Tennessee's 7th Congressional District.

The district encompasses parts of north and west Nashville, including the downtown area which has long been a very popular tourist destination.

"The Democrat running in a special election for Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District, Aftyn Behn, is running on the message: ’I hate this place, elect me!’ Tennessee deserves better," the Republican National Committee (RNC) argued in a social media post on Thursday.

Republican groups are pouring plenty of resources into the special election to avoid the possibility of a major upset and protect the GOP’s current razor-thin 219-214 majority in the House.

Behn, a Democratic state representative and former healthcare community organizer, is running to represent Tennessee's 7th Congressional District.

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Posted by: Fred || 11/22/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1842 views] Top|| File under:

#1  She looks demonic. MIGHT be just the photo, but her words support 'demonic'.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike || 11/22/2025 4:26 Comments || Top||

#2  Once again, someone discovers that the internet is forever.
Posted by: Super Hose || 11/22/2025 7:08 Comments || Top||

#3  Why do the words "I hate..." erupt from Leftist mouths so often? (/rhetorical)
Posted by: magpie || 11/22/2025 8:00 Comments || Top||

#4  What in the world is an "Aftyn Behn"?

"I hate the bachelorettes"

Well, according to Wikipedia, there is no mention of a [male] spouse.
Posted by: DooDahMan || 11/22/2025 8:51 Comments || Top||

#5  Pretty repellent contrast to the Sec of the Army's letter to the troops.
Posted by: Cesare || 11/22/2025 8:51 Comments || Top||

#6  She can take a good picture, Whiskey, but every now and then her soul creeps out...
Posted by: Mercutio || 11/22/2025 9:09 Comments || Top||

#7  Given its the Left, I'm sure Nashville is just a tiny bit of what she hates about America.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 11/22/2025 10:53 Comments || Top||

#8  This contributes to my theory that Democrats are dour, humorless, basically unhappy people who want everybody else to be as unhappy as they are.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 11/22/2025 12:48 Comments || Top||

#9  ...sort of like single women who want to keep other women single which, btw, is a big faction of the commie party.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 11/22/2025 14:02 Comments || Top||

#10  Her messaging won't win her many votes.
Posted by: JohnQC || 11/22/2025 23:45 Comments || Top||

#11  I don't understand why voters just check boxes without bothering to think. There's like ZERO reason why this chick should be *Leading* a major US city. But she's apparently within spitting distance of winning. WHY? Why do people throw their votes away?
Posted by: Crusader || 11/22/2025 23:57 Comments || Top||



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