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@grok was yesterday's leadership vote in the U.S. Senate caucus held earlier than normal? What is the historical normal timing of such a vote?
I spoke with a few sources in D.C. about what happened today with the Senate minority leader vote.
I’m told the speed at which the vote was carried out was deliberately designed to favor the incumbent.
There was no time for a challenger to campaign to even try to unseat Thune. Thune was the only contender.
Thune spoke to all the Senators today. I’m told he sounded angry and defensive.
31 GOP senators then voted to force the vote for leader through today. It’s a secret vote so there’s no official list.
Many Senators spoke in favor of delaying the vote. Those include:
Ron Johnson
John Kennedy
Mike Lee
Rick Scott
Ashley Moody
Dave Mccormick
Jim Banks
Rand Paul
Note that speaking or not speaking in favor or against doesn’t determine how anyone voted. It was a secret vote so there’s no way to know for sure how any Senator voted unless they decide to publicize it.
Absent a death or resignation, a Republican Senate Leader has never been replaced mid-Congress after they were voted in.
It seems unlikely anything will change. Thune will be the leader.
I’m told there’s a lot of frustration.
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@CoryBooker lied?
So, you're saying today is another day that ends in Y.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is a Senator who is lying to you !
Here's what actually happened.
His father was deported in March 2025 and left him here. For the next year and a half he lived with an uncle who never had legal custody. A school emergency-contact form is not guardianship. Under federal law, a child here with no parent and no legal guardian is an unaccompanied minor. Period.
So he went to ORR. ORR is HHS, not ICE, and it places kids in licensed shelters with schooling, medical care and case managers. Not a cell.
And the uncle isn't shut out. He can apply to sponsor the boy today. He'll be vetted first, the way every adult should be before the government hands over a child. We learned that the hard way when kids were released to people nobody checked.
One school board trustee admits he doesn't know who has legal custody, then says there's "no question" where the child belongs. A councilman blames the end of TPS, but the father was deported while TPS was still in place.
@SecMullinDHS @DHSgov @ICEgov @HHSResponse @CoryBooker
Happy Veterans Day. Irondale is putting on "Home of the Brave: A Salute to Heroes Among Us" to honor local veterans. Good on Mayor Stewart and the council.
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Antonio London's kid, y'all. And she's brilliant. #RollTide
Trussville City Schools set to name Dr. Tiffany Hamilton as new assistant superintendent
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I see an Onlyfans account in their future.
We are the Fearless Four. And none of us are coming back.
We stood with the Epstein survivors when it was politically toxic. We put the truth and victims first.
We paid the price. And I'd do it all over again. No regrets.
Marjorie resigned. Thomas lost his primary. Lauren lost her election. I ran for governor and came up short.
3 million files are out because we refused to shut up.
Fearless doesn’t mean invincible. Fearless means we didn’t flinch.
@mtgreenee @laurenboebert @MassieforKY
I hate the way Ivey treated the veterans committee and Davis.
But he's full of crap.
Former Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs (ADVA) commissioner Admiral Kent Davis blamed the Republican supermajority's restructuring of the state's veterans' services in last year's legislative session for certain recent midterm results. #alpolitics
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"One-on-one candidate interviews that allow for probing were hard to come by during the campaign, at least for outlets without a marked Republican bent on their opinion pages."
In fairness, "conservative bent" would be more accurate.😆
Alabama journalists should hope Tuberville the governor is more like Tuberville the coach than Tuberville the campaigner.
The latest blog post (3.5 min): "Gov. Tuberville should lower his media hostility"
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The Republican caucus leadership vote is always held at the same time. This is Johnson playing to low IQ voters who hate Thune.
And if you hate Thune, that's fine with me. Not much of a fan myself. But just know you're being played by Johnson who's also part of the problem.
JOHNSON THREATENS WALKOUT: Sen. Ron Johnson said he plans to walk out of a Senate Republican meeting if the party holds leadership elections Tuesday, calling it "obnoxious" that the vote is coming so soon after the party's midterm losses, according to a source.
"If you hold the election, I'll leave the room," Johnson said in a Monday interview. "I'm not going to participate in elections for leadership tomorrow."
Johnson has gathered the five signatures needed to call a Tuesday morning meeting of Senate Republicans to discuss last week's losses, but delaying the secret-ballot elections would require support from a majority of Senate Republicans.
Legal immigrants, as a rule, don't care for illegal immigrants.
They bring heat and assumptions that is not welcome by people who came to the U.S. the right way. I'm baffled that conservative leaders haven't figured that out.
A lot of experts continue to assume Hispanics demand that illegal immigrants be allowed to enter the country and stay. Frank Luntz’s data says otherwise.
Hispanic voters are primarily driven by economic issues at 45 percent rather than immigration at 15 percent.
They want the law enforced and they care about the economy like everyone else.
I wonder what we'll talk about?
Today on @JeffPoorShow on Mobile, AL's @fmtalk1065 (times CT):
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@CNN's TV ratings say otherwise.
PS - That's one weird comparison of Trump and Collins by Tapper.
There’s one person in this exchange whose behavior, hand-picked candidates, and policies were repudiated handily by voters with historical election losses coast to coast — including in Texas, Kansas, Iowa, Ohio, and Georgia — and it ain’t Kaitlan.
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Despite overwhelming evidence every single year of the 12-team playoff that 12 teams do not belong in the playoffs, the CFP committee is officially expanding to a 24-team playoff.
It's so insane that it seems perfectly on brand for the circus that college football has become.
I had a chance to hear Seth speak at the @alabamapolicy dinner and he was outstanding. I've been watching (and retweeting) his comments on this issue today.
He's very well reasoned and more importantly, he's right. I encourage everyone to amplify his voice. We need more of this.
I remember a lot of people saying we need unity to defeat the left, even if it means unifying with people who praise Hitler or hate anyone who isn't white.
Then a huge group of influencers, podcasters, and former politicians started attacking the president and the Republican party, smearing everyone they didn't like as a bloodthirsty neocon or a filthy zionist. They made it their mission to divide and destroy the MAGA movement, preemptively declaring it dead and then doing everything in their power to kill it.
So, naturally, the people who called for unity completely ignored all of that and went after James Lindsay instead.
I'm old enough to remember when Republicans vowed to get Alabama out of the liquor business if they ever won the majority in Montgomery.
Then they won the majority & built a $92 million warehouse for booze. Seems like a strange way to get Alabama out of the liquor business.
Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) administrator Curtis Stewart apologized on Friday for recent liquor distribution issues affecting bars, restaurants, and package stores across the state due to ABC’s recent transition to a new warehouse in Montgomery.
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I said what I said.
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Aaron Frye dominated in Alabama State's win over Texas Southern throwing for 209 yards with two touchdowns and rushing for 162 yards with a touchdown 📈
#SWACFB | #BuildingChampionsForLife| #ALLIN
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