I think we all agree that it’s about time. What Texas has done is necessary and completely legal. A side benefit is that Jasmine Crockett will lose her seat.
Let the Democrats wail and beat their chests. We all know that they are the ones who have perfected the fine art of Gerrymandering. Example 1:
As Matt Vespa says in Townhall
It’s over. Texas has a new congressional map for the 2026 midterms, though it took over two weeks after state Democrats unnecessarily fled to prevent a quorum. The new map gives Republicans five winnable seats, all majority Hispanic districts. Democrats could’ve said, ‘ok, let’s fight for these voters who are gettable,’ but they decided to make a hash out of it.
Yesterday the Washington Post published an article about the security required for Pete Hegseth, putting him and his family in danger, all of which (of course!) credits anonymous sources. Indeed, are they trying to get him (and Secretary Noem) killed? I think the answer is “Yes”. At least, they wouldn’t care if that was the outcome.
As John Hinderaker at POWERLINE outlines:
Today the Washington Post published a long hit piece on Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s security detail. The article is based on interviews with “more than a dozen” people, all of whom, of course, are anonymous. This is the gist:
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s unusually large personal security requirements are straining the Army agency tasked with protecting him as it pulls agents from criminal investigations to safeguard family residences in Minnesota, Tennessee and D.C., according to numerous officials familiar with the operation.
The Post’s thesis is elaborated on in great detail. We have, for example, this account of a Washington Nationals baseball game:
The border wall separating the United States and Mexico is being painted black to make it too hot for migrants to climb.
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem revealed the project was a specific request from Donald Trump as the president celebrated ‘ZERO releases’ of illegal migrants into the country.
‘In the hot temperatures down here, when something is painted black it gets even warmer,’ Noem said during a press conference in front of the wall on Tuesday.