Mehdi Hasan6d ago

RT: @PatrickSvitek The initial messaging vs. Paxton from Talaricoland:

Talarico: "The Most Corrupt Politician in America"

Pro-Talarico super PAC Lone Star Rising: "a leader grounded in faith & service" vs. "an immoral politician shadowed by fraud, corruption, theft, & years of infidelity" #TXSEN

RonSupportsYou4d ago
"Just days after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton defeated Sen. John Cornyn in the Texas Senate Republican runoff, a new poll finds that he is trailing the Democratic challenger, but only narrowly":
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2026/05/29/talarico-leads-paxton-in-texas-senate-poll-after-runoff/90281371007/?tbref=hp
#politics #TXsen #polling
Talarico leads Paxton in first Texas Senate poll after GOP runoff

A new poll shows Democrat James Talarico leading Republican Ken Paxton 47% to 44% in the Texas Senate race — within the margin of error.

USA TODAY
American Bridge 21st Century4d ago
If you want to know why Ken Paxton is unfit for the Senate, just listen to the way his fellow Republicans talk about him. #TXSen
RonSupportsYou5d ago
James Talarico said about Ken Paxton's verbal attacks:
"They're going to throw everything they've got at us.
They even called me a vegan. Those are fighting words."
#politics #humor #TXSen
RonSupportsYou5d ago
James Talarico said: "Ken Paxton is intentionally clipping my cringy comments to distract from his career of corruption. Ken Paxton has a criminal record, I have a legislative record.":
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2026/05/28/james-talarico-ken-paxton-texas-senate-election/90293756007/ #politics #TXsen
Talarico 'regrets' past comments — what the 'cringy' comments were

Talarico said there are statements he's made in the past that "have missed the mark" in an interview with CBS News.

USA TODAY
RonSupportsYou5d ago
Sarah Longwell: "The first clue that all these *conservatives* would rationalize voting for corrupt, amoral guy like Ken Paxton is they rationalized voting for a corrupt, amoral guy like Donald Trump."
#corruption #TheWorstOfTheWorst #politics #TXsen
Show threadAnthonyJK-Admin6d ago

Background context:

James Talerico secures the Democratic nomination for #TXSen against Republican Ken Paxton.

Head Nazi Stephen Miller tweet-smacks Talerico on Xchitter as "the first transgender candidate" in Texas history. (Talerico is cishet.)

Democrat staffer uses official Dem Xchitter acc't to crack back at Downmarket Goebbels: "Shut the fuck up, you ugly b*tch".

Wifey Katie runs to ClusterFUX to doxx said staffer...

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RonSupportsYou6d ago
"Some political figures are so thoroughly awash in scandal that writing about them feels redundant, like issuing a weather report during a hurricane. Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, is one such figure":
https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/the-paxton-problem?r=1zr8b&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true #politics #TXsen
The Paxton Problem

The GOP is in a bad twist about its own nominee.

The Status Kuo
Leah McElrath6d ago
Houston Chronicle endorses early for James Talarico: #TXsen

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:k5wontugfwb4lv7nwonarkqw/post/3mmwbivhqkj2k
RonSupportsYou6d ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@RonSupportsYou/116652182250604615

Team Talarico: "Ken Paxton kept an alleged pedophile off the sex offender registry. Adam Hoffman was supposed to serve 25 years to life, but instead he served less than a month. As of this week, he’s now back on our streets because of Ken Paxton’s corruption. Ken Paxton is the most corrupt politician in America, and it is costing Texans, it’s endangering our children, and it must end. The Epstein class has no place in Texas."
#ethics #injustice #TXsen #politics