Zei Squirrel dives in the conspiracy theory rabbit hole over Charlie Kirk

I thought he had his head glued on better. I know he follows deep but good information on Israel, on Russia and Ukraine and more.

But?

He just went too far diving into a shallow pool with his hints that Mossad pulled the trigger. So? 

On Substack and Shitter? It's time to say goodbye to the Squirrel. He is a Charlie Kirk conspiracy theorist, claiming, per this Shitter link in this Substack piece:

That's how the Mossad would kill Charlie Kirk. 

Now of course we don't know for certain if they actually did this, at least not yet.

Wrong. Even with the "we don't know HOW," you're still claiming THAT. Yes, it's true that Israel did poison Palestinian wells, and I've read that before you said it.

That said?  

The real issue is the deluded belief that Kirk, making some mild to moderate moves to question Israel's genocide around the edges, was going to flip, followed by the other real issue, the batshit-crazy belief that Tyler Robinson even MIGHT have been a Mossad cutout. 

This one might get its own post. In the thread that that posted Shitter link is part of, Squirrel then links to Max Blumenthal, who claims Kirk got an offer from Netanyahu for a massive infusion of money into TPUSA, turned it down and was deathly afraid afterward.

Tosh and tommyrot. First, natch, the friend is anonymous. Not mentioned is the "natch" next step that the friend is also afraid of Bibi. This is all refudiated by the fact that Max is running it, and remains alive three months later.

Next, without bothering to trace either every dollar or every statement, Kirk got zounds of non-Zionist money from the day he started Turning Point USA and spoke about many things other than supporting Zionism. That said, even Max calls what Squirrel hints at an "unsubstantiated theory." 

And, of course, anybody relying on The UNReal Candace Owens to have one shred of factual information on this is a fucking idiot. Here's her nuttery level on this.

Beyond that, this is the person who used to be a garden-variety librul, but, after a self-own that she blamed on libruls, plus possibly seeing an opportunity to grift, became a wingnut.

This is also the person who claims Brigitte Macron is a man.

Per the old cliché, if Owens said it was day outside, I wouldn't just pull open the curtains, I'd actually go outside in case she'd painted the sun on my windows. 

And, other wingnuts from Tim Cess Pool to Nick Fuentes also think Owens is full of shit. 

I'm just unfollowing you, not blocking you. Unless you invite a block. Or unless I see further information that leads me to up the unfollow to a block.

I suppose some nutters think Kirk's seed money big donor, Foster Friess, was Jewish when he wasn't. Bruce Rauner? Also not Jewish. Ed and the other Uihleins? Not Jewish. Plenty other of his early and mid-"career" donors, per this story? Not Jewish. Also, his Prove Me Wrong "speaking" fees etc.? 

Beyond the issue of whether conspiracy theories, even if they're anti-Zionist not antisemitic, contribute to antisemitism or not, there's simply the issue that they're conspiracy theories.

I don't do conspiracy theories, period.

Related to the subject matter at hand and unfollowing people, I don't do the conspiracy theory — that led me to drop Electronic Intifada from my follows — that Israel whacked Jack.

I also know the difference between conspiracy theory and conspiracy. 

Barf me: the "Ike Dike" is one (small) step closer

In what will surely please Kuff, most likely Brains and possibly David Bruce Collins as well (no shock, since the Texas Green Party to which the latter two profess allegiance showed itself on this year's constitutional amendment elections to be anti-environmentalist itself) design contracts have been awarded for the gates and dunes that are at the heart of the proposed dike.

Here's part of the environmental reality:

Still, environmental advocacy groups for years have expressed significant concerns about how a giant barrier built across an important ecosystem could harm birds, turtles, fish and other species by restricting the flow of water in and out of the bay and damaging or destroying habitat.

There you go.

Per my first graf at top, DBC was in fact a squish back in 2022. That's part of a piece that noted, at that time, the Texas GP's suck-ass website, related to this. Per this piece, around the same time, Brains supported it then. (At the Congressional level, Democraps showed themselves to also be fake environmentalists at this time.)

In addition, it will NOT offer the degree of protection proponents claim. I said THAT way back in 2017, and noted that even the Chronic, in a house editorial, admitted that.

What it IS, is a boondoggle by the Corps of Engineers and A&M's engineering school. I said that going back to 2018, while also calling out various lies.

That said, it's currently still just a small step because very little federal money has been appropriated. 

Texas Progressives talk Ten Commandments, more

Off the Kuff is happy to see a class action lawsuit filed over the Ten Commandments law. (My thoughts here.)

SocraticGadfly talks about Camp Mystic and accountability. 

John Marshall Roberts is letting Texas Rethuglicans use the new congressional maps while litigation plays out. Actually, Smiling Sam Alito made the ruling. The Trib story doesn't cite Purcell, but basically, that's the basis of his ruling, along with rejecting the claim that racial gerrymandering is involved.

Kenny Boy is such a grifting liar that he, who knows something about securities fraud himself, is suing the East Plano Islamic Center for securities fraud. 

RIP to David Richards.

Neil at the Houston Democracy Project said Mayor Whitmire & many on Houston City Council say nothing when Houstonians are told what words they can use to oppose ICE in Houston, or how they can question Council.

The Current reports on ICE using memes from "Halo" to recruit new agents, and the pushback to same.

Naomi Rees criticizes UTEP for inviting border czar Tom Homan to be the featured speaker at a campus event.

The Texas Signal observes World AIDS Day.

Isaiah Martin analyzes the TN-07 special election.

Texas 2036 explains what's going on with employer-provided health insurance.

Your Local Epidemiologist pans the latest ACIP meeting.

Democrap Congresscritters kiss Henry Cuellar's ass

That's the really bitchful part of the story about Trump pardoning the Valley Congresscritter in the middle of a federal case, after he'd been indicted for bribery and faced trial this coming spring:

Cuellar also on Wednesday filed for reelection as a Democrat, quieting speculation that he planned to switch parties. On the House floor Wednesday afternoon, numerous Democratic colleagues greeted Cuellar warmly, hugging him and shaking his hand.

Yeah, Democrats were so worried that this one congressional seat, if it flipped, would block taking over the House that they kissed the ass of an unconvicted man who's still a felony indictee.

Add this from the House's head Democrap (and head Democrap genocide enabler):

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries told CNN he agreed with the president’s pardon, even if he didn’t understand his motivation. “The reality is this indictment was very thin to begin with,” Jeffries said. “I don’t know why the president decided to do this. I think the outcome was exactly the right outcome.” Jeffries will be a special guest at an upcoming virtual fundraiser Cuellar is hosting, according to a source familiar with the event.

Really? If the case is so thin, then why did two Cuellar political advisors already cop pleas? 

That said, why did Trump pardon him? Isn't he doing so well among Hispanics that he thinks the GOP could win Cuellar's seat? 

That's per this:

This cycle, he is facing a serious Republican opponent — Webb County Judge Tano Tijerina, a former Democrat, who announced his candidacy Tuesday and noted that Cuellar was facing “serious federal corruption accusations that have shaken the trust of the people he is supposed to serve,” in a statement announcing his candidacy.

Once again, it's all transactional. Cuellar will probably name one of his in-district office locations after Trump. 

Texas' Ten Commandments bill finally faces statewide challenge

We've got the class-action suit we've needed for months. 

Again, this is a class action suit. To quote the ACLU news release:

A group of 18 multifaith and nonreligious Texas families filed a class action lawsuit today to stop all Texas public school districts that are not already involved in active litigation or subject to an injunction from displaying the Ten Commandments in every classroom. Even though two federal judges in Texas have ruled that Senate Bill 10 is unconstitutional, school districts across the state continue to display the Ten Commandments. With more than 1,000 school districts in Texas, a class action lawsuit is the most effective way to protect the religious freedom of all Texas public school children and their families

That's the biggie. 

The hoped-for action?

The new Ashby v. Schertz-Cibolo-Universal ISD case is necessary because — even with two federal court injunctions preventing more than two dozen Texas school districts from displaying the Ten Commandments — public school districts continue to violate the constitutional rights of students and their families. The class action lawsuit seeks a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction that would stop any public school district not already involved in litigation from displaying the Ten Commandments.

Yes. 

For the full filing, see here. 

Allred out, Crockett in on Senate race? Interesting

The former, when I heard about it Monday afternoon, didn't shock me.

The latter? Does Crockett think she can

A. Beat Talarico and

B. If so, go hot-wheeling (I see what I did) past either Big John or Kenny Boy Paxton (and any Green or Libertarian) in the general?

We'll see. I think she has zero chance unless Kenny Boy beats Big John before his divorce details explode, but that they then DO explode, in part from Texas media getting the filing records unsealed. Otherwise, good luck on finding those "Trump-Crockett voters" you insist are out there. Also interesting is how she mocked Black and Hispanic potential "Trump-Crockett voters" a year ago; that's Tapper at CNN bringing up this week her original Vanity Fair interview, complete with "slave mentality." 

Also of note on the Democrap side? Mark Veasey, rather than seek another term in Congress, is running for Tarrant County Judge. 

As for Allred? His claim he wanted the party to avoid a runoff because that would lessen its general election chances is about as high-grade of bullshit as Joaquin Castro's latest excuse, last month, why he couldn't run for statewide office.

Veasey? His current district had been redistricted by the Rethuglican Lege, but everybody expected him to run for Crockett's vacating seat. And, he's not the only Democrat filed to seek the nomination against GOP incumbent Tim O'Hare.