Wednesday, March 4, 2026

Texas shows MAGA isn't always a gimme

Sen. John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton head to a runoff election on May 26. That's troublesome for conservatives like me. ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 
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Wed Mar 4 2026

 
From left, U.S. Rep. Wesley Hunt, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and U.S. Sen. John Cornyn.

Sen. John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton head to a runoff election on May 26. That's troublesome for conservatives like me.

James Talarico is pictured speaking to his supporters during his election night watch party in Austin on March 3, 2026.
 

Texas Dems play it safe in midterm race for imaginary moderates

It's time to retire the myth of the moderate swing voter. The chance of Talarico winning in November is akin to what Crockett's chances would've been.

President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on March 3, 2026.
 

Trump needs an 'emergency' to federalize elections. Convenient.

If Trump were really concerned with foreign countries attempting to influence our elections, he would be beefing up security, not scaling it back.

US President Donald Trump speaks before signing executive orders in the Oval Office in the White House in Washington, DC, on January 30, 2026.
 

Trump gives no clear reason for Iran war, so you get to vote for one!

The Trump administration can't make up its mind about why it started a war with Iran. So now it's your chance to pick your own reason!

U.S. Navy sailors prepare to stage ordnance on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in support of the attack on Iran on Feb. 28, 2026.
 

US must confront limited resources, unclear objectives in Iran war

For Iran's leadership, the alternative to hitting back is not de-escalation, it is becoming a sitting duck in the next round of conflict.

Aftermath of an air strike on a police station in Tehran on March 2, 2026, amid the U.S.-Israel war with Iran.
 

Calling US strikes on Iran 'unprovoked' ignores history

Iran has learned, repeatedly, that escalation is punished less severely than restraint is rewarded. That lesson has shaped its conduct.

Sidney (Neve Campbell) and her police chief husband Mark (Joel McHale) are concerned when their teen daughter is targeted by Ghostface in "Scream 7."
 

'Scream' taught us how to be final girls. Its latest lesson? Gun safety.

When the first 'Scream' came out in 1996, car crashes were the leading killer of kids in U.S. Today, guns are – and Hollywood can help change that.

Myha'la, left, and Ken Leung speak onstage during HBO's "Industry" screening and conversation with Jessica Shaw on Feb. 16, 2026, in New York City.
 

'Industry' finale reflects the depravity of our real-life AI boom

'Industry' Season 4 finale makes clear that only one thing remains real and true: The institution never suffers. The house always wins.

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