Texas Scorecard by Brandon Waltens July 1, 2025

The 2026 race is already shaping up to be one of the most closely watched contests in the country.

Less than a year after losing his bid to unseat U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, Democrat Colin Allred is launching another campaign—this time setting his sights on Texas’ other Senate seat.

Allred, who represented Texas’ 32nd Congressional District, announced he will run in 2026 for the seat currently held by Sen. John Cornyn.

Cornyn, a longtime Republican incumbent, is facing a challenge from within his own party as Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced he will also seek the seat.

More: https://texasscorecard.com/federal/colin-allred-launches-another-senate-bid-after-2024-defeat/

I think I heard a commercial today telling people to self deport and offering help to do so. I'm relatively sure that people incarcerated in concentration camps were offered that option. With certain exceptions.

If it had or down fail you would have seen massive tax increases, but I guess you are okay with that.  I am not totally happy with this either on the spending side, but it sure beats the alternative. 

Oh, bullcrap! All that money 'saved' from USAID and from the decimation of the Dept of Ed - Pushing better than a trillion bucks in 'savings', and it's STILL GONNA COST A COUPLE TRILLION MORE???? Another projected trillion in revenues predicted by his tariff manipulations and still a couple trillion MORE?

He's pissin in your pocket and telling you it's raining. And much to your detriment, you believe him.  It's all smoke.

And there will be time to adjust on the fly as we progress.

Yeah, right. 

I am and have proved to be the one of the most  conservative members on this site, and maybe the most conservative when it comes to financial matters.  My life is a testament to that. 

Right. And most times I respect that and consider you a friend from way back.

Still, I am a realist, who can see the freakin' shit hit the fan, if we give the dims cover by us imploding.  Kill this Bill, and Biden's shit is perpetuated.  Do you understand or accept that?

A COUPLE FREAKIN TRILLLLLLLLION MORE. Trillion. Oh, hell no, of course I don't accept that.

I used to have a strong dislike of Trump too, but I have noticed that you can't give him any props for anything.  That hasn't gone unnoticed.

Oh bullcrap. Credit where it's due. I just find damn little worthy of credit. One SCOTUS judge from his first term.... That's about it. The rest was in the red before he left office, and whatever he did got overturned the minute he was gone.

Same damn story, different day wrt his second term. Watch and see. A whole lot of this is smoke and mirrors.

I view this as Act 1 of the play, except you are treating it like the finale.   We needed a placeholder, establishing and getting rid of things like the Green shit. 

He ain't 'got rid' of nothin.

As far as Coolidge, did you even bother to read his Econ manifesto?  I'd bet not.  As great as Coolidge was, he did not inherit such an emergency.

No. I am familiar in a summary sort of way, but long ago. Anything newer than the Venerable Bede is outside of my wheelhouse. I have some familiarity on newer things, but that ain't where I live. My gig is in the distant past.

I agree with you on some things, but you/ve gone off the loony rail.

Not at all. My criterion remains exactly the same as always. 'What do we get to keep'. All else don't count. It's vapor. Flatulence for the sheep to inhale. I wonder if you could tick off the things we get to keep from this administration. The list ain't long.

And then a judgement on if the thing we get to keep is good or bad. Whether it meets a Conservative standard. That's been how I roll all the way along. I am utterly immune to the Brylcreme and the Dentyne schwing. Maybe that is why I am unmoved. I stand on principle and nothing else.

I see all y'all being all too willing to have the wool pulled over your eyes.  It's the same hopey-changey crap that's on the left. And I think far too many of y'all forget that patriotism requires that the government is the enemy, not the Democrats. The Democrats wouldn't be able to do anything if the government was back in it's box, and the proper size.

But it's alright. You'll catch on. Something earth-shaking will happen to knock those rose colored glasses off, and you'll yank the wool from your eyes... Just like last time.

But it'll be you eating crow, not @LMAO . And another four years wasted. And bigger and 'better' government to boot.

The trans people can always create their own league. And compete against one another.

Of course there probably wouldn't be any sponsors or much of an audience. At the end of the day it all boils down to the benjamins.