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Texas is not a Red State – It Never Was – Here’s Why

Back in 2020 I said that Georgia and Texas are not Red States.  The election is highlighting something that people are not accurately absorbing.  This outline might help.

When we traditionally think about Red states or Blue states we think about Red being republican, conservative or nationalist, and we think of Blue as being democrat, progressive or socialist.  However, that is not the accurate prism, and it never was.

What determines the political ideology of the state is the financial livelihood of the power centers, powerful people that control the political outcomes.  The key words there are “financial livelihoods.”  It is the money within the power center that determines the ideology.

The political ideology of Illinois, Minnesota and New York directly comes from how the power interests gain their affluence. What is the driving element of the money within the state that funds the powerful people, and how is that money made?  Those are the questions that determine the politics – Red or Blue it matters not.  The critical question is where does the wealth of the powerful come from?

When an outside influence starts to challenge the wealth of the powerful, it is the retention of that finance that determines the political outlook.  Let me give you examples.

For the powerful interests in California, New York, Illinois and recently -more specifically and visibly- Minnesota, you will notice the power brokers money is made from corruption of government finance.  Take away the access of powerful interests to federal government money, eliminate corruption and you are hitting directly at the center of power.

Enforce lawfulness, target corruption and take away the ability to gain wealth from theft of government money and the powerful political interests who control political power lose wealth.  The entire system is based on wealthy people engaged in fraud and corruption to remain wealthy.  That dynamic applies to California, Illinois, New York and Minnesota.

However, the same dynamic, albeit under a different auspice, applies to Texas.

Texas industry, and more specifically the billionaires who live in Texas, control the industry and control the political power centers, rely on illegal aliens to achieve their wealth status.  Start addressing the illegal immigration issue and you start threatening the wealth that underpins the powerful people who control political outcomes.

Because Texas billionaires rely on the industry of illegal aliens, enforcing immigration laws is against their interests. Deporting illegal aliens becomes a threat to the Texas wealth system in the same way that stopping fraud is a threat to the wealth system in NY, IL, CA and MN.

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November 12th – 2026 Presidential Politics – Trump Administration Day 672

In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the Donald Trump Administration and Presidency.

This thread will refresh daily and appear above the Open Discussion Thread.

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Thursday November 12th – Open Thread

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.

For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †

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REMINDER: 14 Specific Outcomes to Anticipate

As the events unfold, CTH is referencing this prior list of easily predictable outcomes from the midterm election.

So far, #1, #2, #3, #6, #8, #13 and #14 have been highlighted by media, and those events are currently unfolding.

(1) Gasoline prices, specifically diesel fuel prices, will drop fast; election objective fulfilled.

(2) For a few months datacenter expansion and approvals will be paused. Datacenters will restart after the federal regulatory sub-agency is created and a series of ‘indulgency fees’ determined. [Similar to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)].  Those impact fees will be very lucrative.

(3) Congress will quickly act on pre-written legislation to slow AI and introduce government regulation; likely a new regulatory agency will be created and taxes assessed on AI investment under the justification of AI economic impact. AI investment fees and federal datacenter impact fees will be distributed to fungible DNC/DSA aligned NGOs (foreign and domestic) to replace missing USAID funds.  Congress will skim funds as normal (indulgences).

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White House Pushes Back Hard Against Threats from Incoming House Oversight Chairman Garcia

White House counsel Will Scharf, in a letter to incoming House Oversight Committee Chair Robert Garcia, says Democrats’ repeated public threats to use their new majority to investigate the president and his administration could cross constitutional limits — and amount to illegal threats.

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At the heart of the White House’s complaint is a legal requirement that congressional subpoenas must be rooted in a clear “legislative purpose” and can’t be used simply to harass or intimidate.

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President Trump Attends Veterans Day Celebration at Arlington – Video

Earlier today, President Trump, Vice President Vance and other dignitaries attended a wreath laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in honor of Veterans Day.

Both President Trump and JD Vance delivered remarks.  The full video is below and prompted to the speech by President Donald J Trump.  WATCH:

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Zelenskyy Ridicules President Trump on Same Day Trump’s People Trying to Mediate an End to Ukraine Conflict

This guy is a real piece of work.  However, having spent some time around Ukrainians in the past few years, I can tell you from experience many of them are exactly like this.

At the same time that President Trump’s emissaries are trying to negotiate an end to the bloodshed in Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy picks this timing to publicly ridicule President Trump.  Seriously, this guy is something.  WATCH:

How does Zelenskyy think this antagonism is in the best interest of his country?

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Following Two Days of Negotiations in Abu Dhabi – Ukraine, Russia and U.S. Hold a Press Availability

Peace envoy Jared Kushner says the second day of US-Russia-Ukraine peace talks in Abu Dhabi was difficult but productive, revealing plans for himself and Steve Witkoff to travel to Moscow tomorrow to meet again with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Many people are critical of Kushner, I am not.  Kushner is earnestly working through a complicated negotiation strategy, and this renewed session was shifted slightly with both Russia and Ukraine being asked to consider what the post conflict would look like and how would that scenario for each be best achieved. [Begin with the end in mind]

All parties spoke optimistically about a major prisoner exchange becoming more likely, yet territorial disputes remain the toughest obstacle to ending the war.  Ukrainian officials welcome progress on security guarantees, where they are requesting the U.S. military backstop the EU alliance therein. This part is touchy.

Ukraine negotiators seek broader European participation in these talks; an issue that Russia has be averse to.  From Russia’s former perspective Ukraine is not an EU member state, nor is it a NATO member state, so Russia does not easily accept the EU and/or NATO being involved as they seem to complicate matters.

In a humorous exchange, Kusher was asked if it would be better for Europe to select a single person to represent their interests in the negotiations, as opposed to multiple figures from NATO, the EU, Germany, France, the U.K all sitting outside and awaiting participation.  Kushner said, “if Europe could identify one person to speak on their behalf that would be a bigger achievement than getting the Russians to include them in the negotiation.” [09:20] 😬😂

The entire presser is below, and it’s worth watching.  However, there are a few dynamics worth discussing that are not directly mentioned and generally missing from western media review.

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November 11th – 2026 Presidential Politics – Trump Administration Day 671

In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the Donald Trump Administration and Presidency.

This thread will refresh daily and appear above the Open Discussion Thread.

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Wednesday November 11th – Open Thread

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.

For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †

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