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CSPAN @cspan - WATCH: President Bush addresses nation following the loss of Space Shuttle Columbia. #onthisday
https://x.com/cspan/status/2018152768389660919

Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius - OK, so there is a lot of angst out there about GOP voter turnout for the midterms.
I have been holding off on my message on this issue because I think it's too early, but given the level of current angst I'm seeing, I'll unveil it now.
Here goes.
The key to voter turnout in 2026 is for each of us to endlessly remind every GOP and independent, MAGA-leaning voter of the following reality:
"If the GOP loses the midterms, Trump will be impeached twice weekly and this will consume his Presidency--he will get nothing accomplished from 2026 till  2028.  If you voted Trump in 2024, it is imperative that you turnout to vote GOP in 2026, even if you dislike your GOP candidates.  The nation is at stake. VOTE!"
You will see me repeating this message from now until November, and I encourage all of you to do the same, or some variation thereof.
https://x.com/CynicalPublius/status/2018131551477997748

Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius - The usual Doomster suspects are FREAKING OUT over yesterday's special election for a Texas state senator in TX-SD9.
TX-SD9 is historically very red, but a Democrat won, so DOOOOOOMMM!!!!!!
So Im going to do what I always do and calm everybody down.
Allow me to share some facts:
1. Yesterday's voter turnout was 94,938.
2. In the same district in 2024, the voter turnout was 400,339.
3. In the same district in 2022, the voter turnout was 277,883.
4. This was a special election to fill a vacant seat resulting from a state senator’s promotion into state comptroller.
5. Based on the timing of this election and the next election, and the peculiar nature of Texas state government, it is a 99.99% certainty that this new Democrat will never cast a single vote in the term he is filling.
6. The vote was on a Saturday.
I am as passionate a MAGA voter as is alive, but if I lived in TX-SD9, I would have stayed home and enjoyed my Saturday based on fact #5 alone.
Is this good for the GOP?  No.  Is it bad for the GOP?  No.  Then what is it, CP, you big smartypants?
IT’S NOTHING.  IT’S MEANINGLESS.
So everybody please calm down.
For the 2026 midterms, every Trump voter knows that if he does not win, the House will impeach him twice weekly.  That fact will be as widely understood as any fact during the 2024 election.  
There are still many issues Trump needs to work on, and I’m not guaranteeing a 2026 victory.
What I AM guaranteeing is that yesterday’s TX-SD9 election has as much meaning as peanut butter on a dog’s nose.  (The dog freaks, everybody laughs, but ultimately the dog gets the peanut butter and we all move on.)
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Shawn Farash @Shawn_Farash
Bad sign. No other way to look at it.
Trump won this district by 17 points in 2024.
Either Republicans don't care, or don't know.
Neither is good. What's the fix?
https://x.com/CynicalPublius/status/2018117811625730171
The Daily Cartoonist - On a Comic Strip Carousel
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2026/01/31/on-a-comic-strip-carousel/

The Daily Cartoonist - Trump: “He Really is a Cartoon”
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2026/02/01/trump-he-really-is-a-cartoon/

DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican - Dear StopICE users:
Yes, your information was hacked. Yes, your locations were being stored because you signed up to receive alerts when ICE was in your area. Yes, your plaintext passwords were deciphered.
The hackers haven't released this to the public. But a lot of federal agencies now have this information.
You will know by next week we are not lying.
 >>/24196190/ pb
https://x.com/datarepublican/status/2017310962173546807

DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican - Tick-tock
https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/2018013787144814668
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