Epoch Times
I got The Epoch Times in the mail yesterday. See the featured photo. It apparently is a far-right rag. I have no idea why I got it. Not because of my voting record. Not because of my online purchases. Not because of my Commentary views. I do follow a couple of far-right groups just to see how wacko they are. Don’t worry, I won’t spend any time reading the rag. It doesn’t have a sports section.
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I am not surprised that Sen. John Cornyn might be taken down in the MAGA primary next year. The fella doesn’t have a backbone. He is ripe for picking over in MAGA world. See this from the Trib:
WASHINGTON — Sen. John Cornyn is facing what could be the toughest primary challenge of his career as the state party takes a decidedly rightward turn and his popularity among Republican voters dips from 2020 highs.
It’s a remarkable turn for the four-term senator who — before last year losing his bid for party leader — had never lost an election in his life, served in the highest echelons of the Senate Republican Conference, had an early hand in the Republican takeover of Texas and secured a host of legislative wins directly impacting the state.
Attorney General Ken Paxton has repeatedly hinted that he’s interested in challenging Cornyn in the Republican primary, saying on Fox News he could be making moves soon.
“As far as my plans, right now, I don’t know. I’m just going to serve as attorney general,” Paxton said. “I’m looking potentially at the U.S. Senate. We’ll look at that over the next couple of months.”
Cornyn’s office confirmed last week that he was still in the race.
But polling suggests that if Cornyn and Paxton were to have a primary today, Paxton would win. Among Republican-identifying voters, Cornyn has an approval rating of 48% — one of the lowest of state-wide office holders, according to a polling aggregate by the Texas Politics Project at the University of Texas at Austin. Paxton, meanwhile, has an approval rating of 60% among Republican-identifying voters. Texas’ other senator, Ted Cruz, has an approval rating of 78% among Republicans.
If Cornyn were to retire, several members of the U.S. House could also launch a bid. U.S. Reps. Beth Van Duyne of Irving, Wesley Hunt of Houston and Ronny Jackson of Amarillo have all been discussed in Republican circles, though none have publicly vocalized their intentions as Paxton has.
Here is the entire Trib read: Possible Cornyn, Paxton primary matchup preoccupies GOP | The Texas Tribune.
Cornyn has never been comfortable in MAGA world. A backbencher MAGA Texas state representative could take down Cornyn. That is MAGA world in Texas these days.
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I saw this from AP:
CINCINNATI (AP) — Pete Rose may be on baseball’s permanently ineligible list, but the late hit king’s No. 14 will be on Cincinnati Reds’ uniforms this year.
Cincinnati posted a photo of the patch on X on Monday with the message “14 on our side all season” and a heart emoji.
Rose, who died in September at the age of 83, played 19 of his 24 major league seasons with his hometown Reds. He finished his playing career in 1986 with a record 4,256 hits.
Along the same line, the Brewers will wear a patch on their uniforms this season as a tribute to the late Bob Uecker.
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Billy Wagner will go into the Hall of Fame with the Astros logo on his lid. Nice.
