Short Take Politics:

MAGA trounces GOP in Texas

You can’t just be a moral, Christian, family values candidate in Texas anymore if you don’t sufficiently support the Trump administration. John Cornyn learned that yesterday in the Republican primary where MAGA candidate Ken Paxton trounced him for Senate and now will face James Talarico, a real Christian and Democrat who speaks truth at every turn and make phony people cringe. https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trumps-gop-purge-claims-cornyn-024903171.html

Ballroom battle rages

The petulant twit in the Oval Office doesn’t understand why he can’t have his ballroom without consideration of historic details. He also doesn’t understand why Congress doesn’t want to pay for it with his taxdollars and also why we don’t support his war with Iraq. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/05/26/courts-congress-have-so-far-created-barriers-trump-ballroom/

For the terrorists, women are the new enemy

Writing related to Mosque attack shows a new scapegoat on the rise. https://www.npr.org/2026/05/27/nx-s1-5835586/san-diego-mosque-anti-women