Thoughts from the 42nd Parallel

Thoughts from the 42nd Parallel

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Everyone's a Hero in Their Own Way

Everyone's a Hero in Their Own Way

From cheap blue suits to Miller-Lite-soaked charter flights, Democrats are starring in their own superhero movie

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Jul 13, 2021
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The Texas legislature is currently at a standstill. Rather than simply do their jobs and vote on an utterly innocuous election integrity bill, roughly 50 Democratic state reps have fled the state, denying the chamber quorum and vowing to stay out of reach of Texas law enforcement until at least August 6th to prevent passage of a bill that would otherwis…

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