Texas AG Ken Paxton alleged to have taken bribes

[RandomGuy]

Patrick takes $3 million from pro-Paxton PACs, then helps Paxton walk scot-free.

The party of corruption and impunity.

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ACQUITTED

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All the Republicans who voted to impeach Paxton in the House are gonna get nuked by the TX GOP. Same with the whistleblowers.

Amen. I hope they stomp enough shit out of those RINO fucks to fertilize Texas.

[Winehole23]

Texas GOP are morally vacant cowards who pander to the very worst in people.

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Texas GOP are morally vacant cowards who pander to the very worst in people.

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Sometimes, Winester, that old bear eats ya, whole. The fuck.
& sometimes, Winester, you turn in the corner...& just get up all over that motherfucker.

Paxton

[koriwhat]

Texas GOP are morally vacant cowards who pander to the very worst in people.

STFU puto! Cry more! :lmao

[Winehole23]

already retaliating, now the AG's office represents Ken Paxton personally

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[MultiTroll]

He was acquitted.
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[Thread]

already retaliating, now the AG's office represents Ken Paxton personally

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Well, you fellows set the precedent by retaliating against Trump for making President.

Let us proceed...

[Winehole23]

Ken Paxton's legal odyssey resumes

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[MultiTroll]

Translation? ^

[Winehole23]

Translation? ^the whistleblower trial will continue in district court after it was paused for Paxton's impeachment.

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[Winehole23]

Paxton's retaliation tour (https://x.com/RyanAutullo/status/1711390870660862200?s=20) just got rolling

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[Winehole23]

Iol Paxton no longer contesting the whistle-blowers' facts

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[pgardn]

Ok I need help here.

So I have taken money from someone and "concede liability".
Because I have admitted liability there is no penalty. hmmm...
Yeah Im not getting this. Except its not a real court, its the Texas Senate.

So I guess no one was hurt or damaged by this. Except it cost the state some money to look into.

Did Paxson ever say the accusations were false?

[Winehole23]

Ok I need help here.

So I have taken money from someone and "concede liability".
Because I have admitted liability there is no penalty. hmmm...
Yeah Im not getting this. Except its not a real court, its the Texas Senate.

So I guess no one was hurt or damaged by this. Except it cost the state some money to look into.well, there are the AG employees who got fired and are suing him now.


Did Paxson ever say the accusations were false?I honestly don't remember when Paxton went from saying the whitsleblowers were "rogue employees" with a false story, to stipulating their facts. Probably to avoid discovery and to keep witnesses off the stand, to minimize the public damage.

A public servant with any sense of honor or responsibility would resign. Paxton prefers to abuse his power and the legal system at the same time.

[Winehole23]

Paxton has repeatedly suggested that there's no longer a controversy, now that he stipulates plaintiff's claims that he fired them wrongly.

Paxton basically admitting to the facts underpinning one of the impeachment articles is the low key revelation here.

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well, there are the AG employees who got fired and are suing him now.

I honestly don't remember when Paxton went from saying the whitsleblowers were "rogue employees" with a false story, to stipulating their facts. Probably to avoid discovery and to keep witnesses off the stand, to minimize the public damage.

A public servant with any sense of honor or responsibility would resign. Paxton prefers to abuse his power and the legal system at the same time.

Good. Your guys never leave.

[Winehole23]

Essentially, the situation that we're in is that we have a criminal AG that hasn't been held legally responsible for his own actions yet. And who stubbornly remains in office, even after he admits in a lawsuit that he broke the law. .

[Ef-man]

well, there are the AG employees who got fired and are suing him now.

I honestly don't remember when Paxton went from saying the whitsleblowers were "rogue employees" with a false story, to stipulating their facts. . Probably to avoid discovery and to keep witnesses off the stand, to minimize the public damage.

A public servant with any sense of honor or responsibility would resign. Paxton prefers to abuse his power and the legal system at the same time.

Cocaine is a hell of a drug ~ Rick James

[Winehole23]

The Nate Paul thing that precipitated the firings could come back as a criminal referral, or it could evaporate.

[Thread]

Essentially, the situation that we're in is that we have a criminal AG that hasn't been held legally responsible for his own actions yet. And who stubbornly remains in office, even after he admits in a lawsuit that he broke the law. .

Your side does it all the time. You can dish it, Winester, but, you can never take it, son.

[Thread]

The Nate Paul thing that precipitated the firings could come back as a criminal referral, or it could evaporate.

I hope for the latter!!!

[Winehole23]

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You ain't turnin' Texas, bub.

Uh, uh. Nope.

[RandomGuy]

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https://x.com/quorumreport/status/1806170324863480179

When will this guy actually go to jail?

What does it say about the fascist party that this guy is still in office? SMH.

[Thread]

When will this guy actually go to jail?

What does it say about the fascist party that this guy is still in office? SMH.

...that you ain't turnin' Texas. Not for money, marbles, nor chalk.

[Winehole23]

When will this guy actually go to jail?

What does it say about the fascist party that this guy is still in office? SMH.GOP is more than ok with a crook in charge of the legal authority of the state. Evidence was there for impeachment but failed on a (more or less) party line vote.

The federal criminal phase (so far sealed at the 5th Circuit court) might be shortly forthcoming.

Rs may have underestimated the evidence, his own subs narced Paxton out to the FBI.

[HemisfairArena]

Whats good for the goose is good for the gander,,,,,when i saw Hillary get off scot free after scrubbing her hard drives clean and the Biden get off because they said he was just a feeble, absent minded old man,,,,then i dont really care what you liberals think about republicans getting off from their crimes as well,,,,

[Thread]

Whats good for the goose is good for the gander,,,,,when i saw Hillary get off scot free after scrubbing her hard drives clean and the Biden get off because they said he was just a feeble, absent minded old man,,,,then i dont really care what you liberals think about republicans getting off from their crimes as well,,,,

GD rights!!!

[Thread]

You ain't turnin' Texas. Not for money, marbles, nor chalk.


GOP is more than ok with a crook in charge of the legal authority of the state. Evidence was there for impeachment but failed on a (more or less) party line vote.

The federal criminal phase (so far sealed at the 5th Circuit court) might be shortly forthcoming.

Rs may have underestimated the evidence, his own subs narced Paxton out to the FBI.

[Winehole23]

Those Republican lawyers working for Paxton were not libs and they were not squish. They liked his policies

But they were horrified by what a crook their boss was.

[HemisfairArena]

James Comey is a big time liberal and said Hillary broke the law and still wouldnt prosecute her,,,,

[Thread]

James Comey is a big time liberal and said Hillary broke the law and still wouldnt prosecute her,,,,

Amen.

[Winehole23]

Essentially, the situation that we're in is that we have a criminal AG that hasn't been held legally responsible for his own actions yet. And who stubbornly remains in office, even after he admits in a lawsuit that he broke the law. .

[Winehole23]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FxJTLVLXwAMOaaO?format=jpg&name=medium

[Winehole23]

Mateer tried to talk Paxton out of what he was doing. When that didn't work, he called the FBI on his own boss.

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https://x.com/TexasTribune/status/1699460504370979222

[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

When will this guy actually go to jail?

What does it say about the fascist party that this guy is still in office? SMH.There seem to be signs that Paxton is walking on thin ground with his own party.

That the Texas GOP has stuck with a cartoonishly sinister crook like Ken Paxton this far isn't an accident. I don't think the corruption bothers them as much as the repeated embarrassment.

[Winehole23]

If the federal grand jury returns a true bill on an FBI case against Paxton, I could see the Texas GOP finally throwing him overboard.

[Winehole23]

There seem to be signs that Paxton is walking on thin ground with his own party.

That the Texas GOP has stuck with a cartoonishly sinister crook like Ken Paxton this far isn't an accident. I don't think the corruption bothers them as much as the repeated embarrassment.If you get away with it, it isn't a crime.

It's very important not to get caught, but it's also a point of valor to at least try.

What's the point of having raw power if not to abuse, grift, oppress and punish? Ethos of the conman. If you're not breaking the rules, you're not taking the game seriously.

Republicans live in the hyperlegality where the spirit of the law dies, and criminal acts are mostly acknowledged by spitting them out, like sunflower seeds.

[Winehole23]

lol Texas justice rallying late against Paxton

[Extra Stout]

He’ll be pardoned by Trump

[Extra Stout]

Nah, things won’t happen that fast. The Trump DOJ will just drop the case.

[Winehole23]

The symbolism of (R)s being protected but not bound by laws is very important to them, especially now that their charismatic leader is in the dock.impunity is evergreen

[HemisfairArena]

When you liberals bring Pelosi up on charges for insider trading then we'll talk about Paxton,,,,,but you liberals never seem to want to hold your own accountable, so why should republicans?,,,,,,

[Winehole23]

He’ll be pardoned by Trumpwhy not?

[Winehole23]

Whatever happens to Paxton, his lawsuits against the USA will redound to his credit and be pursued, even after he goes to the pokey for being a bad, bad boy.

Texas loves to sue the USG, to be a stumbling block against the public weal.

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Whatever happens to Paxton, his lawsuits against the USA will redound to his credit and be pursued, even after he goes to the pokey for being a bad, bad boy.

Texas loves to sue the USG, to be a stumbling block against the public weal.

You ain't turnin' Texas.

[Winehole23]

back to suppressing the urban vote

it's the Texas Secretary of State's job to approve or deny voter registrations, not Bexar County's

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[benefactor]

I'm guessing this is less about Trump and more about saving Ted Cruz

[Winehole23]

I'm guessing this is less about Trump and more about saving Ted CruzDoesn't look great for Ted Cruz.

The "voter fraud" narrative needs to be stoked and tended too, but at bottom it's a good old-fashioned appeal to racism.

"Too many of those people are voting"

[Winehole23]

disclosure and ethics are optional for Texas's top lawman

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https://x.com/lmcgaughy/status/1836393902812610840

[Winehole23]

benchslapped by the Texas Supreme Court

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[Winehole23]

DOJ drops investigation of Paxton, but he loses the whistleblower lawsuit

No surprise there, Paxton did not dispute the damages nor that he broke the law

The only suspense here is whether the Texas Lege -- which should impeach Paxton again for admitting he broke the law -- will fund the judgment against him


A Travis County judge has ordered the Texas Attorney General's Office to pay nearly $7 million to the whistleblowers in his office who reported him to the FBI.

The whistleblowers initially sued, claiming they were improperly fired.

This stems from the same set of circumstances that led to Ken Paxton being impeached by the Texas House in 2023. Paxton was ultimately acquitted in his trial in the Texas Senate.

In the judgment, the court said that "Plaintiffs have proved liability, damages, and reasonable and necessary attorney's fees by a preponderance of the evidence. Because the Office of the Attorney General violated the Texas Whistleblower Act by firing and otherwise retaliating against the Plaintiffs for in good faith reporting violations of law by Ken Paxton and OAG, the Court hereby renders judgment for Plaintiffs.”

The court also said that the "OAG (Office of the Attorney General), by and through its counsel of record, elected not to dispute the Plaintiffs' lawsuit as to any issue, including any issue of fact in this case as to the claim or damages," and that “Plaintiffs made their reports to law enforcement in good faith, and OAG terminated each of the Plaintiffs because of their reports to law enforcement in violation of the Texas Whistleblower Act”



Tom Nesbitt, the attorney for Blake Brickman and TJ Turner, the attorney for David Maxwell, released a statement Friday regarding the ruling:

"Late Friday afternoon, after a trial in state district court, our clients were awarded a judgment confirming that the Office of the Attorney General violated the Texas Whistleblower Act. After litigating for more than four years due to OAG's many delay tactics, Ken Paxton finally admitted to breaking the law to avoid being questioned under oath, but also because he had no defense.

"It should shock all Texans that their chief law enforcement officer, Ken Paxton, admitted to violating the law, but that is exactly what happened in this case.

"Now the Texas Legislature needs to do the honorable thing and fund the judgment so these brave public servants can be compensated for the lost pay and damages they suffered when Paxton illegally terminated their employment."

Shortly after the ruling, Paxton released a statement of his own, decrying and pledging to appeal the ruling, while also blaming former Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan and the Biden administration for his impeachment:

"The sham impeachment orchestrated by the disgraced former Speaker of the Texas House Dade Phelan, in collusion with Joe Biden’s corrupt DOJ, has already cost taxpayers over five million dollars. The Texas Senate rejected their witch hunt after the allegations were proven to be false with no evidence to support them.

Now a liberal Austin judge wants the people of Texas to pay even more for the Phelan/Biden corrupt impeachment scheme with a ridiculous judgment that is not based on the facts or the law.

We will appeal this bogus ruling as we continue to clean up Dade Phelan’s mess."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/travis-county-judge-orders-attorney-general-s-office-to-pay-nearly-7m-to-whistleblowers/ar-AA1CkGAz

[Winehole23]

https://lirp.cdn-website.com/de07f618/dms3rep/multi/opt/Untitled-7-247w.png

https://www.kenpaxton.com

[Winehole23]

Three days (https://bsky.app/profile/robertdownen.bsky.social/post/3lmdouep6c22w) (https://bsky.app/profile/robertdownen.bsky.social/post/3lmdouep6c22w)after a judge awarded $6.6 million to whistleblowers fired for reporting him to the FBI for allegedly using his office to protect a prominent real estate developer in exchange for helping him cheat on his state senator wife, Ken Paxton announces he is running for US Senate.

[Winehole23]

Paxton getting Colin Allred elected to the US Senate is a nonzero possibility


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[Winehole23]

I wonder what the recent discoveries are


State Sen. Angela Paxton on Thursday filed for divorce from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, court records show.

The McKinney Republican cited “recent discoveries” and “biblical grounds” in a statement on the social media site X.

“I believe marriage is a sacred covenant and I have earnestly pursued reconciliation,” she wrote. “But in light of recent discoveries, I do not believe that it honors God or is loving to myself, my children, or Ken to remain in the marriage.”

LATEST: Judge awards $6.7M to whistleblowers who reported Attorney General Ken Paxton to FBI (https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/ken-paxton-whistleblower-lawsuit-20260002.php)

The couple has been married for 38 years.

The news comes as Ken Paxton is running for U.S. Senate in next spring’s GOP primary against incumbent John Cornyn.

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/ken-paxton-angela-paxton-20764827.php

[Dod01]

I wonder what the recent discoveries are

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/ken-paxton-angela-paxton-20764827.php

Ken Fagston and Dan Fagtrick want to make everything illegal, but there's a catch, they want and would still be able to do all of those illegal things themselves. They don't actually give a crap about morality, they just get a boner over being able to control what other adults are able to do. In a nutshell, essentially.

[Winehole23]

Ken Fagston and Dan Fagtrick want to make everything illegal, but there's a catch, they want and would still be able to do all of those illegal things themselves. They don't actually give a crap about morality, they just get a boner over being able to control what other adults are able to do. In a nutshell, essentially.the cited "biblical grounds" could be a lot of things, but adultery came up in the Nate Paul bribery allegation -- Nate Paul allegedly provided the SA love nest

[Dod01]

the cited "biblical grounds" could be a lot of things, but adultery came up in the Nate Paul bribery allegation -- Nate Paul allegedly provided the SA love nest

Not surprising. It is what it appears to be: Paxton is a huge fuck up, and a piece of shit as a person, but wants to be able to have full control (along with Patrick and Abbott) over grown men and women.

They want to be able to transgress till the cows come home, but nobody else better watch legal porn, smoke bud, gamble, abort a fetus in it's lifeless cellular stages, etc. But again, if he or they ever wants to, they'll be able to do all that stuff if they so choose.

[Winehole23]

the law is a club for the great to bash the meek

and a shield to protect them from the same

[Dod01]

"Rules for thee, but not for me". It sounds like trivial buzzwords, but it's a huge truth about right-wing lawmakers, the ones in this state, and otherwise.

[Winehole23]

when you don't punish official crimes and misbehavior, the criminals keep criming


One day in late May 2024, lawyer Zina Bash spent 6 1/2 hours working on a case against Facebook parent company Meta on behalf of the state of Texas. She reviewed draft legal filings. She participated in a court-ordered mediation session and then discussed the outcome with state Attorney General Ken Paxton.

In her previous job as senior counsel on Paxton’s leadership team, that labor would have cost Texas taxpayers $641.
But Bash had moved to private practice. Paxton hired her firm to work on the Meta case, allowing her to bill $3,780 an hour, so that day of work will cost taxpayers $24,570.

In the past five years, Paxton has grown increasingly reliant on pricey private lawyers to argue cases on behalf of the state, rather than the hundreds of attorneys who work within his office, an investigation by The Texas Tribune and ProPublica found. These are often attorneys, like Bash, with whom Paxton has personal or political ties.

In addition to Bash, one such contract went to Tony Buzbee, the trial lawyer who successfully defended Paxton during his 2023 impeachment trial on corruption charges. Three other contracts went to firms whose senior attorneys have donated to Paxton’s political campaigns. Despite these connections and what experts say are potential conflicts of interest, Paxton does not appear to have recused himself from the selection process. Although he is not required to by law, this raises a concern about appearing improper, experts who study attorneys general said.

Paxton appears to have also outsourced cases more frequently than his predecessors, available records show. And he’s inked the kind of contingent-fee contracts, in which firms receive a share of a settlement if they win, far more often than the attorneys general in other large states, including California, New York and Pennsylvania. Since 2015, the New York and California attorneys general have awarded zero contingent-fee contracts; Pennsylvania’s has signed one. During that period, Paxton’s office approved 13.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ken-paxton-private-lawyers-texas-cases

[Winehole23]

when you don't punish official crimes and misbehavior, the criminals keep criming and misbehaving


One day in late May 2024, lawyer Zina Bash spent 6 1/2 hours working on a case against Facebook parent company Meta on behalf of the state of Texas. She reviewed draft legal filings. She participated in a court-ordered mediation session and then discussed the outcome with state Attorney General Ken Paxton.

In her previous job as senior counsel on Paxton’s leadership team, that labor would have cost Texas taxpayers $641.
But Bash had moved to private practice. Paxton hired her firm to work on the Meta case, allowing her to bill $3,780 an hour, so that day of work will cost taxpayers $24,570.

In the past five years, Paxton has grown increasingly reliant on pricey private lawyers to argue cases on behalf of the state, rather than the hundreds of attorneys who work within his office, an investigation by The Texas Tribune and ProPublica found. These are often attorneys, like Bash, with whom Paxton has personal or political ties.

In addition to Bash, one such contract went to Tony Buzbee, the trial lawyer who successfully defended Paxton during his 2023 impeachment trial on corruption charges. Three other contracts went to firms whose senior attorneys have donated to Paxton’s political campaigns. Despite these connections and what experts say are potential conflicts of interest, Paxton does not appear to have recused himself from the selection process. Although he is not required to by law, this raises a concern about appearing improper, experts who study attorneys general said.

Paxton appears to have also outsourced cases more frequently than his predecessors, available records show. And he’s inked the kind of contingent-fee contracts, in which firms receive a share of a settlement if they win, far more often than the attorneys general in other large states, including California, New York and Pennsylvania. Since 2015, the New York and California attorneys general have awarded zero contingent-fee contracts; Pennsylvania’s has signed one. During that period, Paxton’s office approved 13.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ken-paxton-private-lawyers-texas-cases

[Blake]

when you don't punish official crimes and misbehavior, the criminals keep criming and misbehaving

https://www.propublica.org/article/ken-paxton-private-lawyers-texas-cases

Good God what a piece of evangelical shit.

[Blake]

Pile it on:

"WASHINGTON (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his wife, Angela, are longtime owners of a $1.5 million house in a gated community outside Dallas. In 2015, they snapped up a second home in Austin. Then another.

The problem: Mortgages signed by the Paxtons contained inaccurate statements declaring that each of those three houses was their primary residence, enabling the now-estranged couple to improperly lock in low interest rates, according to an Associated Press review of public records..."

https://apnews.com/article/paxton-mortgages-trump-primary-residence-homestead-deduction-bd259b6bd122afcaf4f11eac5a3a152e

[Winehole23]

Paxton and Abbott are fighting about who gets to purge the legislature; AG sent a letter to TX S. Ct. telling them to ignore Gov. and wait for him instead. Abbott rushed to file his own after Paxton said he was waiting until the leg. met again on Friday.


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[Winehole23]

Abbott gets to purge the opposition for breaking quorum?

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[Winehole23]

BREAKING: I AM GOING UNDERCOVER


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[ChumpDumper]

Nice of him to let everyone know about his totally secret investigations.

[Winehole23]

Paxton getting Colin Allred elected to the US Senate is a nonzero possibilityTalarico ahead of Allred?

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[koriwhat]

"James Dell Talarico is an American politician, Presbyterian seminarian, and former public school teacher serving in the Texas House of Representatives since 2018."

More than likely, a Communist.

[ChumpDumper]

:lol you don't know what communism is.

[Winehole23]

Dallas Morning News editorial endorsement



Attorney General Ken Paxton (https://www.dallasnews.com/person/e6ba824c-80bf-511e-8ddc-1d5479e3ad68/ken-paxton/), Cornyn’s main opponent, is one of the most ethically compromised (https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/2023/09/16/ken-paxton-verdict-is-an-injury-for-texas-and-conservatism/) men in American politics today.


He was credibly charged in an impeachment with selling out his office, partly for gain and partly to further an alleged extra-marital affair. His wife, state Sen. Angela Paxton, stood by him during his impeachment, only to file for divorce on biblical grounds later after another alleged affair. This from a man who demands the Ten Commandments be posted in schools.


Texans who aren’t hyperpartisan are disgusted by Paxton’s hypocrisy and know he would be vulnerable to defeat in a general election. The GOP base may have to learn this the hard way, and we are doubtful the blindly loyal will. But for those conservatives who still embrace independence, please cast a vote for Cornyn for the sake of your party if not the state.


U.S. Rep. Wesley Hunt (https://www.dallasnews.com/topic/wesley-hunt/), who is also trying to run as the most MAGA, is a better candidate than Paxton, but only by virtue of not being an ethical mess. Hunt proudly doesn’t show up to do his job in Washington, D.C. (https://www.texastribune.org/2026/01/23/wesley-hunt-congress-missed-votes-senate-republican-primary/) His appeal to voters is solely his uncritical allegiance to Trump.


Paxton’s sales job boils down to the same thing. It’s a promise that he’s not his own man, that he will simply be a tool. If you visit his website, he pledges to “carry the torch” for Trump but offers precious little about his own ideas. When did this become the spirit of Texas conservatism?


Cornyn has ideas and a record of delivering for Texans. He has years of conservative legislative accomplishments to point to, including lower taxes, federal reimbursements for border security and a commitment to law and order.


Before Paxton was impeached, he saw his top deputies in the attorney general’s office turn against him. These are people he hired, deeply conservative people (https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/2023/12/31/how-ken-paxton-whistleblowers-stood-up-for-texas-and-the-truth/)who love this state and fought for it. Sickened by what they saw as open corruption, they turned their boss in.


We urge conservatives not to let their independence be undermined by the false promises and bottomless fealty of a compromised man seeking to accumulate yet more power.


There is a true and ethical conservative in this race. His name is John Cornyn.
https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/we-recommend/2026/02/15/us-senate-texas-republican-primary-election/

[Winehole23]

Trump endorses all three candidates

[Blake]

Oddsmakers have this piece of shit Paxton as the favorite to unseat Cornyn. Unreal.

[Winehole23]

John Cornyn sells his soul to Donald J. Trump to beat Ken Paxton


Now, locked in a competitive Republican runoff for his Senate seat and eyeing President Donald Trump's endorsement, Cornyn says he'll support "whatever changes to Senate rules that may prove necessary" to pass the SAVE America Act (https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/trump-save-america-voting-bill-rcna262706), a sweeping election overhaul bill (https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-republicans-splinter-america-acts-path-trump-calls-revisions-rcna262509) that Trump has called his No. 1 priority.https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/john-cornyn-save-america-act-filibuster-trump-texas-senate-rcna262927

[Blake]

Stunning turn of events. Tells you how unwavering these Magatards are in their religion.

[Winehole23]

lolol


A new poll from the nonpartisan Texas Public Opinion Research (TPOR) shows state Attorney General Ken Paxton leading Sen. John Cornyn by 8 percentage points among likely voters in the Republican Senate primary runoff (https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/election-2026/2026/03/03/544883/texas-senate-republican-primary-election-results-cornyn-paxton-hunt/) on May 26.


The poll, released Friday and conducted by the polling firm Slingshot Strategies on behalf of TPOR, shows Paxton leading Cornyn by a margin of 48% to 40%, with 11% undecided.


Perhaps most significantly, the poll indicates that, even if President Donald Trump were to endorse Cornyn, it would not give him enough of a boost to close the gap with Paxton.
https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/election-2026/2026/04/17/549428/paxton-cornyn-poll-republican-primary-runoff-texas-senate-race/

[Winehole23]

polls this far away from an election are useless, but this result isn't very good in a state that went for Trump +13.8 in 2024



Democratic state Rep. James Talarico is leading both of his prospective Republican opponents in a new poll of Texas’ U.S. Senate race — though the result is within the margin of error in either scenario, suggesting a close contest in November.


The poll (https://www.texastribune.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/TPOR-April-2026-TXSEN-poll-1.pdf), conducted by Texas Public Opinion Research from April 17 to 20, found Talarico leading Sen. John Cornyn by three percentage points, 44% to 41%. The Austin Democrat leads Attorney General Ken Paxton by a margin of five percentage points, 46% to 41%. The survey included 1,865 likely general election voters and had a margin of error of +/-2.5 percentage points.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/04/28/texas-us-senate-poll-talarico-cornyn-paxton-2026-midterms/

[Winehole23]

Texas Senate poll (University of Texas)

🔵 Talarico 40%
🔴 Cornyn 33%

🔵 Talarico 42%
🔴 Paxton 34%
texaspolitics.utexas.edu/files/202604... (https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/files/202604_POLL_TOPLINES-1d319c0b.pdf)

[Winehole23]

playing to win


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[Winehole23]

I don't think there's a cabal, but it is unambiguously true that there are powerful men who protect pedophiles


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[Winehole23]

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Tillis: "To call Paxton 'ethically challenged' is to call Jeffrey Dahmer suffering from an eating disorder. He's gonna be an anchor on our caucus"

[Blake]

YEAH BUT PAXTON WANTS TO PUT THE 10 COMMANDMENTS IN ALL PUBLIC CLASSROOMS. HE'S A GODLY MAN.

[Winehole23]

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Adam Hoffman has been released from jail for "good behavior."

Hoffman is the Waco, TX attorney who faced life without parole for repeatedly raping a young boy, until Texas AG Ken Paxton offered him 1 day in jail and no need to register as a sex offender.

[Blake]

^ but they're terrified of trans athletes

[Winehole23]

are they terrified?

I know they act like it

[Blake]

are they terrified?

I know they act like it

If they're really not, they're really good at acting the part.

[Blake]

Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched an initiative to ensure that women’s privacy is upheld and that no state agency or political subdivision allows biological males in private spaces such as restrooms and locker rooms that are intended for female use only.

Senate Bill 8, known as the Texas Women’s Privacy Act.....

https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/releases/attorney-general-ken-paxton-launches-tip-line-stop-woke-state-entities-allowing-mentally-ill-men

But yeah, let Hoffman back out on the street.

[Winehole23]

Hoffman “was first arrested and charged in 2022 for repeated instances of sexual abuse with a 10-year-old boy, a first-degree felony, and was facing life without parole.”

[Winehole23]

If they're really not, they're really good at acting the part.some are disgusted and repelled, but some get fascinated then get scared about that

then hide it poorly in public

[Blake]

some are disgusted and repelled, but some get fascinated then get scared about that

then hide it poorly in public

If nothing else, the "WHAT ABOUT THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN'S SAFETY" fear mongering works on them seemingly every time.

[Winehole23]

on who now?

[Blake]

on who now?

Conservative Trump tards.

And people like Darrin and Snake. Their arguments always end up with transgender people sexually assaulting kids/ women in places like the bathroom or locker room.... in places like schools or libraries. They never have evidence to back it up, they just run with what they've been told from their alt right podcasts.

[Millennial_Messiah]

Paxton will beat Talarico by R+11 and y'all are going to like it


Texas is a deep red state. You lose.

[Winehole23]

you're wishcasting

Texas doesn't belong to Republicans

[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

only for every random ass very online conservative influencer to go "yes my brain is totally rotted by weird porn"

[Blake]

Seriously, why do these God loving "conservatives" go there almost every time

[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

the James Talerico girlfriend scandal deepens, sources have confirmed Talerico also dated a woman in the past


The revelation comes amid ongoing scrutiny (https://texasscorecard.com/decisiontexas/talarico-faces-questions-about-relationship-with-former-staffer-abortion-lobbyist/) surrounding Talarico’s current relationship with former chief of staff Brianna Menard.https://texasscorecard.com/decisiontexas/second-capitol-staffer-confirms-past-relationship-with-talarico/

[Winehole23]

the personal link with Tejana baddies seems well established, let's just stipulate it and move on

[Blake]

the James Talerico girlfriend scandal deepens, sources have confirmed Talerico also dated a woman in the past

https://texasscorecard.com/decisiontexas/second-capitol-staffer-confirms-past-relationship-with-talarico/

When Conservatives don't have anything left, they go with "he must be gay" almost every time. It's pathetically uncanny.

[ChumpDumper]

Oh no, he dated another attractive woman!

[Winehole23]

who's protecting pedos?


Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (https://directory.texastribune.org/ken-paxton/) is under fire for a plea deal (https://www.kwbu.org/news/2026-05-15/lawmakers-call-for-legal-reforms-response-to-adam-hoffman-case?_amp=true) his prosecutors offered last month to a Waco man charged with repeatedly sexually abusing a young boy.

The deal in the case, which Paxton’s office took over about three years ago after the locally elected district attorney recused himself, would have let the man plead guilty to two misdemeanors and serve a total of just one day in jailhttps://www.texastribune.org/2026/05/19/ken-paxton-waco-plea-deal-child-sex-abuse-texas-attorney-general/

[Winehole23]

Fox News seems bored with week three of "he's gay"



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REP. BRANDON GILL: This is a much more effeminate version of Beto O'Rourke ... this is somebody who is really obsessed with children ... I think of James Talarico as a barely straight version of Pete Buttigieg

KAYLEIGH McENANY: We know Talarico has a longtime girlfriend and she's very beautiful

[ChumpDumper]

This needs to be asked every day-- to Paxton's supporters as well.

2069875266034507896

https://x.com/Acyn/status/2069875266034507896

[ChumpDumper]

Busy on the campaign trail in...Iceland?

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https://x.com/cturnbull1968/status/2071363315700261069

[Winehole23]

typical Republican vice-signaling

[Winehole23]

Talerico +27 with independents


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[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

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[Blake]

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Evangelicals are still so terrified of liberals that they'd vote for Satan himself if that's what it takes

[Winehole23]

James Talarico outraises Ken Paxton by 3-1 margin in the race for US Senatehttps://www.expressnews.com/news/politics/state/article/talarico-paxton-fundraising-22338841.php

[Blake]

I still have no faith in Texas to do the right thing and vote against Paxton.

[Winehole23]

I think it could happen

Trump's approval keeps getting lower with white people and Republicans.

83% approval among Republicans isn't stellar for the bestest Republican president ever


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[Winehole23]

and Paxton himself is a mustache-twirling crook, very hard to like

[Winehole23]

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Talarico: "It's funny because I'm the eighth-generation Texan in the race. I think California transplants like Ken Paxton can become Texans. That's what great about our state."

[Blake]

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Smh Texas is turning into a giant shit hole