“Federal courts have no right to interfere with a State’s decision to redraw legislative maps for partisan reasons. A federal district court ignored that principle two weeks ago, and the Supreme Court correctly stayed that overreaching decision tonight.
Congratulations to Texas for advancing the rule of law, my Solicitor General John Sauer, and our team of lawyers for their excellent brief supporting Texas in this important case.”
“BREAKING: The Republican-controlled Florida House just held a meeting to REDISTRICT the state for the 2026 midterms, likely adding 3-5 RED seats, flipping them from Democrats
MAKE IT 5!
This can FULLY cancel out Gavin Newsom’s California map, and save the House majority.
The Redistricting Committee will consider maps, before it heads for a full vote, and sent to Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Republican members are doing VERY well to ensure this doesn’t get struck down in court. Publicly, they must be very careful what they say.”
“The war crimes claims seem to have utterly collapsed this afternoon. After even the NY Times found that no order “to kill them all” was made by Hegseth, the Admiral who explained the order of the second strike was based on the actions of the survivors…”
“…According to reports, the order was given after the survivors were viewed as attempting to communicate with the cartel and save drugs on the still afloat vessels. One can disagree with the second order (or the destruction of these vessels generally), but the second strike itself can be justified under the laws of war.”
From yesterday — it appears that the IG found that as Defense Secy Hegseth had the authority to declassify “on the go”. And as he releases information, its therefore declassified. A rather permissive policy — does that mean he can release nuclear codes without consequence? I did notice elsewhere that the IG report found Hegseth did put lives in jeopardy by releasing the information. I also learned he did not make himself available for an interview rather he just provided a written statement — that’s unusual. I don’t see total exoneration and I don’t see him learning anything from this episode.
Similarly, the cover up on the “double tap” is amateurish — “the actions of the survivors”? — they are in the Caribbean trying to stay afloat. Centuries of international maritime law is quite clear — you can’t kill them and in fact you should help them as much as reasonably possible.
From yesterday — Nurses, teachers, education workers, etc all manage to deal with violent patients and students without killing them yet police seem to have problems with the concept. Many education workers receive training in holds and restraints similar to police and again they don’t kill people. Placing a knee on a suspect/student/patients’ neck may be part of restraint training but time and care is also part of the training — at a certain point you are told to relax the hold/restraint prior to injury. Any injury or death that does occur is the responsibility of the nurse/worker/police. At a certain point, the knee no longer needed to be on the neck and should’ve been released — given the Chavin was smiling and had his hands in his pockets the time had passed and he should be held responsible
From yesterday — often when we read comments that present an opposing point of view, we hold them to a harsher standard often imagining a tone that may or may not have been intended by the writer. Its natural to perceive a harsher tone to those in opposition than to a voice who’s opinion we agree with.
For example, I perceive the criticism of Minnesota to be harsh especially given its standard of living. Hence I offered its HDI and other stats to offset the criticism which I thought was unnecessary. Sometimes an outside voice can see the positives often missed.
The Republicans in their rush to gerrymander districts may be “cracking” Democrat support to thinly. Instead of having a 10+ Republican districts they may be creating 3-5+ Republican districts and the usual mid term swing to the opposing party may overwhelm those odds.
The recent election in Tennessee is an example. It went from +20 in 2024 to +9 in 2025. Indiana Republicans have already shared concerns that they are slicing the vote too thin. By chopping the urban Indianpolis vote into four districts they may put 4 districts into play as opposed to having one sold Dem district and 3 Republican districts.
However, I fully expect Republicans to deny any loss they get in these gerrymandered districts. They’ll look at their maps and declare a loss impossible when in fact if they Dems can actually motivate people to the polls who didn’t vote in 2024 the maps will be worthless
Law enforcement officers often deal with hardened criminals who are repeat offenders and can be more difficult to restrain than people in other areas. First offenders typically just aren’t on the same level. That has to be considered, and one must be careful not to compare apples and oranges. I appreciate all who put their lives on the line to serve in law enforcement, but recognize there can always be a few bad apples on thr cart. Pressing in using clichés:-)
Comparing nurses, teachers, etc with law enforcement is downright silly. Heck I can be confronted with dangerous people just walking into the stinking store! Let’s remember the police have extensive training and their job is to protect the community. A teacher or nurse receiving training cannot compare to a cop. We all are vulnerable to acts of violence. Self defense classes are very popular right now. The police face it every single day!
In comparing nurses, education workers and police, my intention was not to compare levels of violence but the type of training received by each group. All three groups receive training in use of restraints and force. In some cases it’s quite similar especially in terms of restraint. Education aids will be trained to restrain students some of whom are fully grown males still in the education system. These “holds” are taught with the idea to restrain the student from doing harm but at the same time the workers are also directed not to harm the student, thus you need to relax the hold to prevent choking, heart palpations, etc (depending on the hold). Police receive similar training. Chauvin would have been taught to restrain suspects to prevent harm to himself and others but he also would have been taught when to relax the restraint/hold to prevent injury to the suspect. He didn’t follow the training and it led to the death of Floyd. He killed the man.
As an aside, about 5 years ago the provincial workers compensation board released a list of professions who filed injury claims from injuries sustained at work. Educational assistants (or teacher’s aides) were the highest on the list, health care workers were second followed by various trades. Not the same as violence but the majority of injuries sustained by education workers are caused by students. Yes policing involves violence but they are not the only group.
I would be remiss if I didn’t mention that health care and education workers are mostly female and police are mostly male. We seem to under appreciated women in the workplace and the threats they face.
It is not harsh to point out the theft of billions of dollars in MN. How great it is to live in the state has nothing more to do with that than the price of tea in China as the saying goes.
As a relative of police officer who was forced to shoot someone to save lives and then suffered the aftermath in her own life dealing with the trauma, I will generally support the police. There is no doubt that there are some bad apples, nor that they sometimes make mistakes. That never excuses politicians who traumatize officers by dragging them through trials unnecessarily and wrongly. Fortunately, my relative did not have that happen, but she could have with certain people in office. I have no problem firing bad officers. I would love to see politicians who hate police all voted out of office.
The school resource officers in Minnesota almost all left working in schools due to fear of being prosecuted. I also know one of these. You could not ask for anyone who loves and cares more for students. He could not risk his family. Who wins in this scenario? Not the students, parents or the police. One teacher was severely injured by a student where my SIL used to teach. Teachers learned to not interfere. None of that should be tolerated, of course, and never would have been years ago. The legislation that caused all this had to be modified, but it was a waste of time, effort etc. and disrupted lots of people.
These types of things aren’t limited to Minnesota by any means, as we all know. This is where I am most aware of them, however. I think I do know a bit about what is going on in Minnesota.
Again, teachers and nurses do not receive the same level of training. Similar tactics might be taught but no where near to the level taken by a police officer. We have friends who are officers and one who retired a couple years ago was a bomb expert. They are highly trained for umpteen scenarios that they may be confronted with. I agree teachers, nurses or anyone in a position who might confront violence should be trained…thus self defense classes.
I just watched an excellent interview with a lady who lived under communism and now educates people about how America has been groomed to slip into it. She has some interesting perceptions. I liked what she said about virtue signaling among other things I had not thought much about.
Oh, yes. You can read about the communist takeovers of countries and see the similarities that take place here now. Thank God for those who refuse to go along.
Wandering Views 
Once again, Trump wins, and the activist judges lose again.
Couple this with mass deportations and Dems lose bigly.
The reshaping of Congress can begin. 😀
https://x.com/AGPamBondi/status/1996729831355044296?t=K8aahKOcxkbE5DkBS9mVjA&s=19
“Federal courts have no right to interfere with a State’s decision to redraw legislative maps for partisan reasons. A federal district court ignored that principle two weeks ago, and the Supreme Court correctly stayed that overreaching decision tonight.
Congratulations to Texas for advancing the rule of law, my Solicitor General John Sauer, and our team of lawyers for their excellent brief supporting Texas in this important case.”
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Bam!
https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1996700173842395265?t=EVssAPXNFYWvFAHH5R9iVA&s=19
“BREAKING: The Republican-controlled Florida House just held a meeting to REDISTRICT the state for the 2026 midterms, likely adding 3-5 RED seats, flipping them from Democrats
MAKE IT 5!
This can FULLY cancel out Gavin Newsom’s California map, and save the House majority.
The Redistricting Committee will consider maps, before it heads for a full vote, and sent to Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Republican members are doing VERY well to ensure this doesn’t get struck down in court. Publicly, they must be very careful what they say.”
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Well, well, well….
And note that Jake Tapper is still a lying 🤡
https://x.com/greg_price11/status/1996748363543261416?t=a1ftAWF7uKb4Ewyzm4fD-w&s=19
“Jake Tapper identified the J6 pipe bomb suspect as a “30-Year-old white man.”
Idk about you but this guy does not look white to me.”
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But muh narrative…..
https://x.com/JonathanTurley/status/1996690518214914270?t=BhEoEY5U6YPv9oJW-AwXIA&s=19
“The war crimes claims seem to have utterly collapsed this afternoon. After even the NY Times found that no order “to kill them all” was made by Hegseth, the Admiral who explained the order of the second strike was based on the actions of the survivors…”
https://x.com/JonathanTurley/status/1996691054762815956?t=1HiIlAxgfATBvNInkt6TNw&s=19
“…According to reports, the order was given after the survivors were viewed as attempting to communicate with the cartel and save drugs on the still afloat vessels. One can disagree with the second order (or the destruction of these vessels generally), but the second strike itself can be justified under the laws of war.”
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Just a reminder….
In the redistricting war, Rs will win, and dems can be the minority they truly are, a mostly powerless one.
https://x.com/legitbrittFLA/status/1996705681416519854?t=911M7jKNemG1lED7FYgwow&s=19
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From yesterday — it appears that the IG found that as Defense Secy Hegseth had the authority to declassify “on the go”. And as he releases information, its therefore declassified. A rather permissive policy — does that mean he can release nuclear codes without consequence? I did notice elsewhere that the IG report found Hegseth did put lives in jeopardy by releasing the information. I also learned he did not make himself available for an interview rather he just provided a written statement — that’s unusual. I don’t see total exoneration and I don’t see him learning anything from this episode.
Similarly, the cover up on the “double tap” is amateurish — “the actions of the survivors”? — they are in the Caribbean trying to stay afloat. Centuries of international maritime law is quite clear — you can’t kill them and in fact you should help them as much as reasonably possible.
hrw
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From yesterday — Nurses, teachers, education workers, etc all manage to deal with violent patients and students without killing them yet police seem to have problems with the concept. Many education workers receive training in holds and restraints similar to police and again they don’t kill people. Placing a knee on a suspect/student/patients’ neck may be part of restraint training but time and care is also part of the training — at a certain point you are told to relax the hold/restraint prior to injury. Any injury or death that does occur is the responsibility of the nurse/worker/police. At a certain point, the knee no longer needed to be on the neck and should’ve been released — given the Chavin was smiling and had his hands in his pockets the time had passed and he should be held responsible
hrw
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From yesterday — often when we read comments that present an opposing point of view, we hold them to a harsher standard often imagining a tone that may or may not have been intended by the writer. Its natural to perceive a harsher tone to those in opposition than to a voice who’s opinion we agree with.
For example, I perceive the criticism of Minnesota to be harsh especially given its standard of living. Hence I offered its HDI and other stats to offset the criticism which I thought was unnecessary. Sometimes an outside voice can see the positives often missed.
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The Republicans in their rush to gerrymander districts may be “cracking” Democrat support to thinly. Instead of having a 10+ Republican districts they may be creating 3-5+ Republican districts and the usual mid term swing to the opposing party may overwhelm those odds.
The recent election in Tennessee is an example. It went from +20 in 2024 to +9 in 2025. Indiana Republicans have already shared concerns that they are slicing the vote too thin. By chopping the urban Indianpolis vote into four districts they may put 4 districts into play as opposed to having one sold Dem district and 3 Republican districts.
However, I fully expect Republicans to deny any loss they get in these gerrymandered districts. They’ll look at their maps and declare a loss impossible when in fact if they Dems can actually motivate people to the polls who didn’t vote in 2024 the maps will be worthless
hrw
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Law enforcement officers often deal with hardened criminals who are repeat offenders and can be more difficult to restrain than people in other areas. First offenders typically just aren’t on the same level. That has to be considered, and one must be careful not to compare apples and oranges. I appreciate all who put their lives on the line to serve in law enforcement, but recognize there can always be a few bad apples on thr cart. Pressing in using clichés:-)
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Comparing nurses, teachers, etc with law enforcement is downright silly. Heck I can be confronted with dangerous people just walking into the stinking store! Let’s remember the police have extensive training and their job is to protect the community. A teacher or nurse receiving training cannot compare to a cop. We all are vulnerable to acts of violence. Self defense classes are very popular right now. The police face it every single day!
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In comparing nurses, education workers and police, my intention was not to compare levels of violence but the type of training received by each group. All three groups receive training in use of restraints and force. In some cases it’s quite similar especially in terms of restraint. Education aids will be trained to restrain students some of whom are fully grown males still in the education system. These “holds” are taught with the idea to restrain the student from doing harm but at the same time the workers are also directed not to harm the student, thus you need to relax the hold to prevent choking, heart palpations, etc (depending on the hold). Police receive similar training. Chauvin would have been taught to restrain suspects to prevent harm to himself and others but he also would have been taught when to relax the restraint/hold to prevent injury to the suspect. He didn’t follow the training and it led to the death of Floyd. He killed the man.
As an aside, about 5 years ago the provincial workers compensation board released a list of professions who filed injury claims from injuries sustained at work. Educational assistants (or teacher’s aides) were the highest on the list, health care workers were second followed by various trades. Not the same as violence but the majority of injuries sustained by education workers are caused by students. Yes policing involves violence but they are not the only group.
I would be remiss if I didn’t mention that health care and education workers are mostly female and police are mostly male. We seem to under appreciated women in the workplace and the threats they face.
hrw
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It is not harsh to point out the theft of billions of dollars in MN. How great it is to live in the state has nothing more to do with that than the price of tea in China as the saying goes.
As a relative of police officer who was forced to shoot someone to save lives and then suffered the aftermath in her own life dealing with the trauma, I will generally support the police. There is no doubt that there are some bad apples, nor that they sometimes make mistakes. That never excuses politicians who traumatize officers by dragging them through trials unnecessarily and wrongly. Fortunately, my relative did not have that happen, but she could have with certain people in office. I have no problem firing bad officers. I would love to see politicians who hate police all voted out of office.
The school resource officers in Minnesota almost all left working in schools due to fear of being prosecuted. I also know one of these. You could not ask for anyone who loves and cares more for students. He could not risk his family. Who wins in this scenario? Not the students, parents or the police. One teacher was severely injured by a student where my SIL used to teach. Teachers learned to not interfere. None of that should be tolerated, of course, and never would have been years ago. The legislation that caused all this had to be modified, but it was a waste of time, effort etc. and disrupted lots of people.
These types of things aren’t limited to Minnesota by any means, as we all know. This is where I am most aware of them, however. I think I do know a bit about what is going on in Minnesota.
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Again, teachers and nurses do not receive the same level of training. Similar tactics might be taught but no where near to the level taken by a police officer. We have friends who are officers and one who retired a couple years ago was a bomb expert. They are highly trained for umpteen scenarios that they may be confronted with. I agree teachers, nurses or anyone in a position who might confront violence should be trained…thus self defense classes.
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I just watched an excellent interview with a lady who lived under communism and now educates people about how America has been groomed to slip into it. She has some interesting perceptions. I liked what she said about virtue signaling among other things I had not thought much about.
https://rumble.com/v72kjni-warning-from-communist-china.html
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Oh, yes. You can read about the communist takeovers of countries and see the similarities that take place here now. Thank God for those who refuse to go along.
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