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« Reply #400 on: October 24, 2022, 06:13:26 AM »

Excellent work, 2016 and Stanton! Also glad to see Lance Gooden back in Congress after finishing second in the battle for the Senate on the GOP side...

Shall mention that across the pond, Prime Minister Liz Truss is going to be no more. Looks like Boris Johnson is back, and apparently turned things around in time for the 2025 election where his Tories defeat Keir Starmer and Ed Davey, for whom the latter effectively aligns with Johnson to form a coalition government given the LibDems have a niche amongst upper-middle-class suburban voters in the UK; they would do well in a lot of inner suburban upper-crust areas in the U.S. if we were to convert congressional districts to constituencies and import the UK parties to America, leaving Labour with a coalition of socialists, young lefties, Trump Democrats and poorer, non-working class minorities. (The Hispanics and Asians would still be swing votes.)

Also pretty much know, given what I know about Texas politics, that there have to be term limits on state legislators, too. Or is that completely separate? Certainly it would be hypocritical of the Lege to impose term limits on the statewide office row and not do the same for themselves...

GO ASTROS!

I told you all of you that Liz Truss wouldn't be Prime Minister by this point. Can't see it being Johnson either, if only because that would mean the Conservatives getting crushed at the next election.

I'd go with Rishi Sunak or Priti Patel instead.


You may be right. I may have been crazy. But it looks like Boris won't be leading Britain either...It's either going to be Rishi Sunak or Penny Mordaunt.
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« Reply #401 on: October 24, 2022, 09:27:46 AM »
« Edited: October 24, 2022, 09:36:03 AM by PRESIDENT STANTON »

@SaintStan86, well Rishni Sunak , presence at No. 10 Downing Street as PM, is a nightmare for Labour Leader, Keir Starmer, as the Labour Party's hopes of having a general election this year have irrevocably slipped away and he will have to wait until December 2024, the five-year limit, since the 2019 general election will have been met, and Sunak , is not the proverbial "Turkey who will vote for thanksgiving" before time, and there's nothing Starmer can do to force him to call a general election.

MONDAY APRIL 21 2025

TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT, ANNOUNCES HE WILL NOT SEEK ANOTHER TERM : As of 2027, Abbott will have served 12 years as Governor of Texas, by January 2027 and has declared in the following statement, "After ten years leading the great state of Texas, I have decided that I will not seek another term as Governor and will instead continue to perform the duties of the office I was elected to, the State legislature imposed term limits on all state officials, legislation which I signed  and in keeping with that spirit, I believe I should not seek another term".
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« Reply #402 on: October 24, 2022, 10:27:28 AM »
« Edited: October 24, 2022, 05:09:39 PM by 2016 »

Monday April 21 2025
UPON RETURNING FROM THE SOUTHERN BORDER PENNSYLVANIA SENATOR BOB CASEY DELIVERED A STUNNING REBUKE ON THE SENATE FLOOR TO SENATE MINORITY CHUCK SCHUMER; CALLS ON PRESIDENT DESANTIS TO DEPLOY THE NATIONAL GUARD UNTIL BORDER POLICY CAN BE IMPLEMENTED AS THEIR IS CURRENTLY NO VETTING PROCESS
„Can we trust the Senate Minority Leader what he says?“. Those were the words of Pennsylvania Senator Bob Casey on the Senate Floor Monday upon returning from the Southern Border over the weekend with Rep. Matt Cartwright and Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick watching on from the Senate Gallery.
Casey challenged Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer with that Question. He also said that „Stop misleading the American Public about the Border Situation.“
After his Floor Speech Casey, Cartwright & Fitzpatrick held a News Conference where all three Lawmakers suggested that President DeSantis should deploy the National Guard until Border Policy can be implemented. „The fact is there is no vetting. We don't know who is coming in? There could be Terrorists exploiting our Open Southern Border and I'd rather would have it closed for a few months given the North Korea Situation we are in“ Casey told NBC NEWS Congressional Correspondent Ali Vitali.

WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCES THAT PRESIDENT DESANTIS WILL NOT BE IN TOWN WEDNESDAY WHEN THE BORDER LEGISLATION IS SET TO BE REVEALED AS HE HEADS TO MICHIGAN, WISCONSIN FOR FUNDRAISERS
White House Communications Director CHRISTINA PUSHAW announced today that President DeSantis will not be in Washington on Wednesday when the the Border Security Legislation is set to be revealed by Senators Marco Rubio (R-Florida) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Arizona). President DeSantis is slated to fly to Warren, Michigan for a Private Fundraiser for the Michigan Republican Party and then to Kenosha, Wisconsin for a Fundraiser for Governor Tim Michels.

HALEY TO BE ON THE HILL WEDNESDAY VICE PRESIDENT COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR MERCEDES SCHLAPP ANNOUNCED MONDAY
MERCEDES SCHLAPP, the Communications Director for Vice President Nikki Haley announced Monday that Haley will be on Capitol Hill Wednesday after the Border Security Bill is revealed to talk with Republican & Democratic Lawmakers.

THE DAILY WHITE HOUSE PRESS BRIEFING...
White House Press Secretary KAYLEIGH MCENANY was challenged by Reporters after it was announced that President DeSantis had deployed the National Guard to the Southern Border. Responding to a Question from CNN's Chief White House Correspondent Cecilia Vega:

„Look Cecilia, we are in a very different situation then we were a few weeks ago. The Issue of our Southern Border isn't just a Border Issue anymore, it has become a National Security Issue and the Commander In-Chiefs Duty & Responsibility is to protect our Homeland. We don't want a situation like before 9/11 when the Hijackers exploited our Immigration System before carrying out these deadly attacks some twentyfour years ago.“

Another Question was asked by NBC's Chief White Correspondent Kristen Welker why President DeSantis would be in Michigan on Wednesday, the Day Senators Rubio & Sinema will release their Border Security Legislation Proposal and McEnany was responding this way:

„Kristen, when the President tapped the Vice President as Border Security Response Coordinator there was a reason behind that. He doesn't intend to intervene or interfere into the Vice Presidents work. Vice President Haley has already done a remarkable job as Border Czar since she was tapped by the President and we intend to keep it that way. I call it Burden Sharing“
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« Reply #403 on: October 24, 2022, 11:22:38 AM »
« Edited: October 24, 2022, 01:08:38 PM by PRESIDENT STANTON »

MONDAY APRIL 21 2025

WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCES THAT PRESIDENT WILL FEDERALIZE THE NATIONAL GUARD OF FOUR STATE'S TO IMPLEMENT SECURITY MEASURES ALONG SOUTHERN BORDER : White House Communications Director, Christina Pushaw , announced that after making calls to the Governor's of Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas, the President signed an executive order which will federalize the national guard from Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas. Pushaw in her statement, "The President mindful of the requests made by Senator Casey , and other lawmakers, has signed executive orders which will federalize the national guard from four state's". Senator's Padilla , Schumer and Warren , issued a statement in response to the White House announcement, "...The belief that the White House acting in such arbitrary manner, raises constitutional questions, and we intend to challenge this decision through the courts!"

DAILY WHITE HOUSE PRESS BRIEFING
CNN White House Correspondent, Jeremy Diamond,  was the next reporter to offer a question, "Kayleigh Senator's Padilla , Schumer and Warren , have indicated that the decision by the President to federalize the national guard of four separate states is legally questionable , and breaches constitutional norms, they have announced they will challenge the validity of this executive order, does the White House wish to comment on this announcement?".
McEnany : Jeffrey, our position is clear, the President has a constitutional obligation to protect this nation and securing the border is essential for the preservation of our national security and these four Senator's can engage in frivolous semantics about the status of the southern border, the President doesn't have such luxuries and I believe Senator Casey earlier today urged Senator Schumer to be honest with the American people.
Diamond : So does the White House believe that the Senate Minority Leader is being dishonest?
McEnany : Well as the Vice President also said, 'If the Shoe fits".

NEXT UP: FLORIDA SPECIAL ELECTION RESULTS
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« Reply #404 on: October 24, 2022, 03:53:29 PM »
« Edited: January 09, 2023, 07:02:10 PM by 2016 »

CAMPAIGN NEWS 2026 (April 21-27)
Candidate for South Carolina Governor

Former Congressman & WH CoS Mick Mulvaney
South Carolina

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Rock Hill, South Carolina Monday April 21 2025
Former Congressman & White House Chief of Staff under President Trump Mick Mulvaney formally declared his Candidacy for South Carolina Governor to succeed termed out Governor Henry McMaster. Although Mulvaney has high Name Recognition the Republican Primary for Governor of South Carolina is expected to attract multiple Candidates.

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Austin, Texas Monday April 21 2025
Texas Governor Greg Abbott made his Retirement offical this Morning in Austin, Texas.
„After ten years leading the great state of Texas, I have decided that I will not seek another term as Governor and will instead continue to perform the duties of the office I was elected to, the State legislature imposed term limits on all state officials, legislation which I signed  and in keeping with that spirit, I believe I should not seek another term“
George P. Bush, Son of former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and nephew of former President George W. Bush tops the List among Republicans who could succeed Abbott.

RATINGS CHANGE: FOLLOWING THE RETIREMENT ANNOUNCEMENT OF SENATOR MARK WARNER POLITICAL HANDICAPPERS SHIFT VIRGINIA SENATE RACE TO TOSS UP
Political Handicappers such as the COOK POLITICAL REPORT, INSIGHT ELECTIONS shift Virginia Senate Race to TOSS UP following Senator Warners surprise Retirement Announcement on Saturday.

Thursday April 24 2025
MICHIGAN SOURCES: FORMER RNC CHAIRWOMAN RONNA MCDANIEL ATTENDED DESANTIS FUNDRAISER IN WARREN, MICHIGAN; DESANTIS OFFERED MCDANIEL HIS OWN STATES CAMPAIGN 2024 STAFF THAT MADE HIM THE 2ND REPUBLICAN TO WIN THE STATE IN NEARLY THIRTY YEARS AFTER GEORGE H. W. BUSH IN 1988 AND DONALD TRUMP IN 2016
Former RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel and President DeSantis had a good private conversation during the Presidents Fundraiser Wednesday in Warren, Michigan. President DeSantis has offered McDaniel his own Campaign Field Staff from the State of Michigan from which he won the State in 2024 becoming only the 2nd Republican to do so in nearly 30 years after George H. W. Bush in 1988 and Donald J. Trump in 2016. McDaniel could announce a Senate Campaign as early as next month.
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« Reply #405 on: October 24, 2022, 04:17:22 PM »
« Edited: October 24, 2022, 04:40:26 PM by PRESIDENT STANTON »

TUESDAY APRIL 22 2025

Early Morning Hours

EXPLOSIONS HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN TEXAS, REPORTS ARE COMING IN FROM HOUSTON, TEXAS, THAT A CONTAINER SHIP EXPLODED NEAR THE SHELL OIL REFINERY AT DEER PARK OUTSIDE HOUSTON : Reports are now coming in from Deer Park, near Houston, Texas, which indicated large explosions occurred  and according to reports,
Shell Oil executives have stated that numerous explosions occurred and It is believed that the Belize flagged Singapore owned container ship called the Ocean Princess exploded, it is not known what caused the explosions. More details will be made available as soon as they  are  known.

EXPLOSIONS OCCURRED IN HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL: HEAVY CASUALTIES,  REPORTS OF HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE; EYEWITNESS REPORTS, STATE THE CONTAINER SHIP EXPLODED AS IT PASSED BY WHAT IS REPORTED TO BE A 700 FOOT LPG TANKER Department of Justice is reporting that that its Counterterrorism section, had contacted the Coast Guard port commander to inform her, that due to a tip-off that there was a bomb on board the Ocean Princess , before ship exploded.
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« Reply #406 on: October 24, 2022, 05:07:31 PM »
« Edited: October 24, 2022, 05:20:54 PM by 2016 »

Tuesday April 22 2025
PRESIDENT DESANTIS PHONES TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT, OFFERS SUPPORT & CONDOLENCES TO THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCES
In the Aftermath of the Explosions in Houston, Texas this morning President DeSantis spoke with Texas Governor Greg Abbott on the Phone and offered his Support, Condolences to the people of Texas.
Flags have been order to fly at half staff during the next few Days White House Communications Director CHRISTINA PUSHAW announced via a Statement to the Media.

BREAKING NEWS

PRESIDENT DESANTIS IN CONSULTATION WITH THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL, TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY NICOLE NASON AND INTERIOR SECRETARY KRISTI NOEM HAS ORDERED EVERY PLANE IN THE UNITED STATES TO LAND AT THE NEAREST AIRPORT WHILE ALSO ORDERING EVERY SHIP BOUND TO FOR THE US MAINLAND TO BE STOPPED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
President Ron DeSantis will make a Statement soon!
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« Reply #407 on: October 24, 2022, 06:04:52 PM »
« Edited: October 24, 2022, 06:18:20 PM by PRESIDENT STANTON »


STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES




Good Evening,
As you are now likely aware, but in the early hours of this morning, Houston was rocked by multiple explosions occurring in what is known as the Houston Ship Channel. There was heavy loss of life, we believe from early estimates, there were two hundred deaths. The Department of Justice Counterterrorism section have established that a bomb on the container ship, Ocean Princess exploded which triggered more explosions. At this time both Federal and state emergency first responders are involved in recovery efforts, I called Governor Abbott of Texas to offer him my deepest condolences. Upon my order, all aircraft and shipping vessels are grounded until further notice. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families. Thank you.
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« Reply #408 on: October 24, 2022, 07:28:43 PM »
« Edited: October 25, 2022, 06:41:19 AM by 2016 »

TUESDAY APRIL 22 2025
7PM ET ON CNN: POLLS CLOSING IN FLORIDA SPECIAL ELECTIONS

Good Evening. My Name is Erin Burnett, Host of „OUTFRONT“. Polls have just closed in Florida for the 3 Special Elections. We should get Results momentarily. We will also be covering any new Developments that potentially might occur during this hour when it comes to the tragic explosion this Morning in Houston, Texas. As you may very know already President DeSantis has ordered all Flights & Ships to be grounded to protect our Homeland. The Flags at the White House and at the Capitol also flying at half staff.

AT 7:15 PM...
Erin Burnett: And we have the First „KEY RACE ALERT“ of the Night:


FLORIDA-19TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT SPECIAL ELECTION
15 % of Expected Vote reported

CURT CLAWSON - 70 %
CINDY BANYAI - 28 %
FORWARD PARTY CANDIDATE - 2 %

FLORIDA-21TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT SPECIAL ELECTION
20 % of Expected Vote reported

TOM ROONEY - 65 %
CORINNA ROBINSON - 33 %
FORWARD PARTY CANDIDATE - 2 %

FLORIDA-28TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT SPECIAL ELECTION
25 % of Expected Vote reported

FRANCIS X. SUAREZ - 65 %
DEBBIE MUCARSEL-POWELL - 30 %
FORWARD PARTY CANDIDATE - 5 %

AT 7:45 PM...
Erin Burnett: CNN can now make the following „PROJECTIONS“ in the 3 Florida Special Elections:


FLORIDA-19TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT SPECIAL ELECTION
55 % of Expected Vote reported

CURT CLAWSON - 74 %
CINDY BANYAI - 24 %
FORWARD PARTY CANDIDATE - 2 %


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FLORIDA-21TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT SPECIAL ELECTION
60 % of Expected Vote reported

TOM ROONEY - 67 %
CORINNA ROBINSON - 30 %
FORWARD PARTY CANDIDATE - 3 %


Tom Rooney
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FLORIDA-28TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT SPECIAL ELECTION
75 % of Expected Vote reported

FRANCIS X. SUAREZ - 62 %
DEBBIE MUCARSEL-POWELL - 34 %
FORWARD PARTY CANDIDATE - 4 %


Francis X. Suarez
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As expected former Rep. Curt Clawson, former Rep. Tom Rooney and Miami Mayor Francis X. Suarez easily dispatched their three Democratic Opponents Cindy Banyai, Corinna Robinson and Debbie Mucarsel-Powell. The Issue of National Security playing heavily into the favor of the Republican Candidates. Clawson & Rooney will go back to Congress while Mayor Suarez will switch his Miami Office for Washington.

HOUSE COMPOSITION

REPUBLICANS 269 SEATS + 1 Constitution Party (Marjorie Taylor Greene)
DEMOCRATS 164 SEATS
1 VACANT SEAT (UT-2)
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« Reply #409 on: October 25, 2022, 05:51:44 AM »
« Edited: October 26, 2022, 09:57:35 AM by PRESIDENT STANTON »

WEDNESDAY APRIL 23 2025:

FBI DIRECTOR INDICATES THAT THE HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL EXPLOSIONS,  WERE CAUSED BY TERRORIST ACTOR'S
: At a Press conference held at the Justice Department, FBI Director, Mark Glass , now state's the bomb which destroyed the Ocean Princess , was planted by terrorists, "forensic teams from local law enforcement and the FBI, have recovered the detonation unit, and we are pretty sure in our conclusions, that the explosion was triggered by a sophisticated GPS device....we are now sure that timing of the explosion and location of the detonation indicates this is something which was planned ahead of time!"


BORDER PROTECTION & SECURITY BILL ANNOUNCED Senator's  Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) , unveiled the contents of the 2025 Border Protection & Security Bill.



Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL)


 
Senator  Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ)

        BORDER PROTECTION & SECURITY BILL
(1.) Establishment of Independent Border Security Agency, which will be subdivided into four Divisions
(a) An expanded Border Security Force: Which will have statutory authority to arrest and detain offenders. This force will replace the existing Border Patrol, in (a.) in terms of scope and authority and (b.) The Border Security Force, will have the same powers of arrest, detention and law enforcement as most local Police and Sheriff Departments.

(b) Enforcement Division: Who's primary role will be to enforce admission guidelines and laws.
It's other role will be to enforce any and existing rules of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS).
(c) Administration Division: Who's primary role will be to administer the border security apparatus, as well as the management of border security stations.
(d) Criminal Investigations Division: Will be to investigate criminal activities, specifically human and narcotics trafficking will have full statutory authority to arrest and detain criminal perpetrators.
All duties the duties and responsibilities of the Border Patrol, will be assumed by the new Border Security and Protection Force (BOSEPROF) and those serving Border Patrol Agents, will become members of the new organization.

The Border Security Agency, will be incorporated into the Homeland Security Department.
There where will be an upgrade and modernization of data sharing resources in line with current federal guidelines and rules governing the management of data sharing (Federal, state and local law enforcement). This will allow the Border Security Agency to share information and intelligence with other federal, state and local law enforcement elements.

The Border Security Act: Will endow the Border Security Agency with full legal and statutory authority or responsibility, to enforce all existing, new or updated immigration laws.

Recommendations included in the legislation will be to offer:
(i) citizenship to any and all migrants who fulfils the current mandatory requirements, after a required 3–5-year parole and waiting period.
(ii) The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), will establish immigration processing centers in all of the existing embassies and consular offices now in operation.
(iii) There will be Ellis Island type processing Centers along the Southern border, their function and purpose will be to process applications for those immigrants who are legible for settlement in the United States.
(iv) The establishment of an emergency hotline, for the purpose of crime prevention.
The Border Security Act, will be the first part of a reform of the existing Immigration system.
(v) The Border Security & Protection Force, an integral part of the Border Security Agency, will have a separate independent operating budget. It's primary focus and purpose of operation, will be to monitor, observe, patrol and protect the Southern border, as well as enforcing existing and new laws.
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« Reply #410 on: October 25, 2022, 10:45:26 AM »

@President Stanton,
The Border Patrol Agents need to be increased by about 90,000 and Law Enforcement Officers around the Border by 50 %.
Surprised that you haven't put that in!
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« Reply #411 on: October 25, 2022, 11:44:09 AM »

@2016
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The Border Patrol Agents need to be increased by about 90,000 and Law Enforcement Officers around the Border by 50 %.
Surprised that you haven't put that in!
The current Border Patrol, who's powers are questionable, will be folded into the Border Security Agency and manpower issues will be addressed during  the reorganization period.
The  Border Security Act involves reforming and beefing up existing systems and addresses changes required to secure and protect the border. The language is as neutral as possible to avoid possible legal challenges.
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« Reply #412 on: October 26, 2022, 07:00:24 AM »
« Edited: November 21, 2022, 05:32:06 AM by 2016 »

Wednesday April 23 2025
PRESIDENT RON DESANTIS TO VISIT TEXAS ON FRIDAY WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCES
White House Communications Director CHRISTINA PUSHAW announced this Morning that President DeSantis will visit Houston, Texas on Friday to review the damage caused by the Explosion of the „OCEAN PRINCESS“.

PRESIDENT DESANTIS EN ROUTE TO MICHIGAN, WISCONSIN FOR FUNDRAISERS
Air Force One left Joint Base Andrews around Noon en route to Warren, Michigan.

VICE PRESIDENT HALEY SEEN ON CAPITOL HILL AFTER SENATORS RUBIO AND SINEMA UNVEILED THEIR BORDER PROTECTION & SECURITY ACT
Vice President NIKKI HALEY was seen talking with Republican & Democratic Lawmakers after Senator Marco Rubio and Senator Kyrsten Sinema, the two Co-Authors, unveiled their „BORDER SECURITY & PROTECTION ACT OF 2025“.

AFTER REVIEWING THE INITIAL BORDER SECURITY & PROTECTION ACT OF 2025 DEMOCRATIC SENATORS BOB CASEY OF PENNSYLVANIA AND MARK WARNER OF VIRGINIA ARE SAID TOWARDS LEANING SUPPORTING THE LEGISLATION
Having reviewed the initial „BORDER SECURITY & PROTECTION ACT OF 2025“ Senators Bob Casey (D-Pennsylvania) and Minority Whip Mark Warner (D-Virginia) voiced optimism that they could support such Legislation according to CBS Congressional Correspondent Rachel Scott. „There will obviously Amendments offered to the Legislation through the Debate in the Senate and we will see how that goes“ Casey and Warner quipped when asked by Scott outside their Offices.

NEWLY ELECTED REPUBLICANS WILL BE SWORN NEXT WEEK
House Speaker Steve Scalise (R-Lousisiana) announces that newly elected Republicans such as Lance Gooden, Curt Clawson, Tom Rooney and Francis Suarez will be sworn in next week.

ON FOX NEWS „FAULKNER FOCUS“...
Senator Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) said that the „BORDER SECURITY & PROTECTION ACT OF 2025“ did not go far enough and he will offer Amendments to it. Jordan also criticized President DeSantis & his Political Team spending 3 Months on a Border Security Legislation and taking the eye of the ball in not repealing the Biden Administrations „INFLATION REDUCTION ACT OF 2022“ which still includes 87,000 IRS Agents who are hurting Ohios Businesses & Small Business Community. „I will not vote for the Border Bill until the IRS Agents get repealed“ Jordan told FOX NEWS Harris Faulkner. Jordan predicts the Border Bill will fail until the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 gets repealed and replaced.

CURRENT STATUS OF THE BORDER SECURITY BILL AFTER INITIAL REVIEWS BY LAWMAKERS...
Here is the current Status of the co-sponsored & co-authored Border Security & Protection Act 2025 by Senators Marco Rubio and Kyrsten Sinema after initial reviews by Senators.

„BORDER SECURITY & PROTECTION ACT 2025“

LEANING TO VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE (35)
Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska)
Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-Arizona) CO-AUTHOR & SPONSOR
Senator Mark Kelly (D-Arizona)
Senator Kevin McCarthy (R-California)
Senator John Hickenlooper (D-Colorado)
Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colorado)
Senator Ben DuPont (R-Delaware)
Senator Marco Rubio (R-Florida) CO-AUTHOR & SPONSOR
Senator Mike Braun (R-Indiana)
Senator Todd Young (R-Indiana)

Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) MAJORITY CONFERENCE CHAIR
Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)
Senator Rick Bennett (R-Maine)
Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine)
Senator John James (R-Michigan)
Senator Michelle Tafoya (R-Minnesota)
Senator Steve Daines (R-Montana)
Senator Dave Heineman (R-Nebraska)
Senator Sam Brown (R-Nevada)
Senator Adam Laxalt (R-Nevada)
Senator Don Bolduc (R-New Hampshire)
Senator Mehmet Öz (R-New Jersey)
Senator Mark Ronchetti (R-New Mexico)

Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-New Mexico)
Senator Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina)
Senator John Hoeven (R-North Dakota)

Senator Bob Casey (D-Pennsylvania)
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina)
Senator John Thune (R-South Dakota) MAJORITY WHIP
Senator Dan Cranshaw (R-Texas)
Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas) MAJORITY LEADER
Senator Mitt Romney (R-Utah)
Senator Mark Warner (D-Virginia) MINORITY WHIP
Senator Jill Vogel (R-Virginia)
Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-West Virginia)

LEANING TO VOTE NO FOR NOW (56)
Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama)
Senator Katie Britt (R-Alabama)
Senator Kelly Tshibaka (R-Alaska)
Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas)

Senator Alex Padilla (D-California)
Senator Chris Murphy (D-Connecticut)
Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut)
Senator Chris Coons (D-Delaware)

Senator Rick Scott (R-Florida)
Senator Jon Ossoff (D-Georgia)
Senator Herschel Walker (R-Georgia)
Senator Kai Kahele (D-Hawaii)
Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii)
Senator Dick Durbin (D-Illinois)
Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-Illinois)

Senator Roger Marshall (R-Kansas)
Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kansas)
Senator Daniel Cameron (R-Kentucky)
Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky)
Senator Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana)
Senator John Neely Kennedy (R-Louisiana)

Senator John Sarbanes (D-Maryland)
Senator Chris van Hollen (D-Maryland)
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts)
Senator Ed Markey (D-Massachusetts)
Senator Gary Peters (D-Michigan)
Senator Tina Smith (D-Minnesota)

Senator Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi)
Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Mississippi)
Senator Josh Hawley (R-Missouri)
Senator Eric Schmitt (R-Missouri)

Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-New Hampshire)
Senator Cory Booker (D-New Jersey)
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-New York)

Senator Charles Schumer (D-New York) MINORITY LEADER
Senator Ted Budd (R-North Carolina)
Senator Jim Jordan (R-Ohio)
Senator J. D. Vance (R-Ohio)
Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-Oklahoma)
Senator James Lankford (R-Oklahoma)

Senator Jeff Merkey (D-Oregon)
Senator Ron Wyden (D-Oregon)
Senator John Fetterman (D-Pennsylvania)
Senator Sheldon Whithouse (D-Rhode Island)
Senator Jack Reed (D-Rhode Island)

Senator Catherine Templeton (R-South Carolina)
Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee)
Senator Bill Hagerty (R-Tennessee)
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« Reply #413 on: October 26, 2022, 11:00:53 AM »
« Edited: October 26, 2022, 11:05:27 AM by PRESIDENT STANTON »

WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCES THAT PRESIDENT AND HIS TEAM HAVE BEEN CONSULTING WITH HOUSE LEADERSHIP ON REVOKING THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT OF 2022:  White House Press Secretary, Kayleigh McEnany , in her daily White House briefing, referred to the Elimination of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, "...The president is mindful of certain provisions of this act gave Inflation protection to small businesses, but we find that this act must and should be revoked, the President has been discussing this matter with the Speaker, as we find that IRS agents are being used to needlessly harass small business owners....so there will be a vote scheduled for next Monday to revoke a piece of legislation that has put more emphasis on tax collection". In response to this announcement, a spokesman for former President Joe Biden , decried "...the notion that the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 will be revoked, the former President believes that this piece of legislation allows the small business owner both relief and protection from possible inflationary strains in the economy....it has been one of his more notable achievements".

FBI ANNOUNCES IT HAS IDENTIFIED THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL EXPLOSIONS: MEANWHILE THE DEATH TOLL FROM THE EXPLOSIONS CONTINUE TO RISE
It was announced by FBI Director, Mark Glass , that the progress of the ongoing FBI investigation, have possible suspects in custody,  "Interrogations are being conducted and we will be able to provide answers to our questions...the suspects in custody are of Moroccan and Algerian origin".
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« Reply #414 on: October 27, 2022, 08:49:58 AM »
« Edited: October 27, 2022, 01:12:40 PM by 2016 »

Thursday April 24 2025
CONGRESSIONAL SOURCES: AS MANY AS 15 DEMOCRATIC HOUSE MEMBERS MIGHT SUPPORT THE BORDER SECURITY AND PROTECTION ACT OF 2025
Congressional Sources from both sides of the aisle have told CNN's Congressional Correspondent Manu Raju & NBC's Ali Vitali that as many as 15 Democrats might the Bipartisan „BORDER SECURITY & PROTECTION ACT“ crafted by Senators Rubio & Sinema.

WHITE HOUSE MEDIA ADVISORY: MAJOR PRESS BRIEFING ANNOUNCED FOR 5PM ET AMID NEW REVELATIONS THAT THE TEXAS TERRORISTS HAD CONTACT TO NORTH KOREA JIHAD
White House Communications Director CHRISTINA PUSHAW issued a Media Advisory for a Major Press Briefing for 5pm ET Thursday April 2025 amid that is now revealed that the Texas Terrorists had contact to North Korea Jihad.

„ATTENDEES AT THE 5PM PRESS BRIEFING“

Vice President Nikki R. Haley
National Security Advisor Dina Powell-McCormick
Director of National Intelligence Chris Stewart
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency John Ratcliffe
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Mark Glass
Homeland Security Advisor Ken Cuccinelli
Secretary of Homeland Security Carlos A. Gimenez
Attorney General Barbara Lagoa
Transportation Secretary Nicole Nason
Interior Secretary Kristi Noem

Questions will likely come up how the Texas Terrorist Attack unraveled and for how long the Country will stay under LOCKDOWN as Airports & Ports are still closed. PUSHAW hinted:

„We have the biggest National Security Crisis since September 11 2001 so I let the Officials speak for themselves.“

Back to President Stanton!
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« Reply #415 on: October 27, 2022, 10:25:16 AM »
« Edited: October 31, 2022, 12:47:21 AM by PRESIDENT STANTON »

FORMER RNC CHAIRMAN RONNA MCDANIEL WILL CHALLENGE DEMOCRATIC SENATOR IN NEXT YEAR'S ELECTION : On the heels of last night's fundraiser for Michigan's Republican party, which was headlined by President Ron DeSantis, former RNC Chairman, Ronna Romney McDaniel announced her intention to challenge, incumbent Senator Carl Peters, who was the Democratic party's Vice-Presidential nominee in last year's election, in next year's election. A record $5 million was raised in last night's event. Responding to the news of McDaniel's announcement, Special White House advisor, Joe Gruters, stated, "...that this announcement on the heels of the Shaheen and Warner decisions not to seek re-election, the McDaniel entry into the Senate contest will be a game-changer and puts Michigan, New Hampshire and Virginia into play and you can expect the GOP to vigorously compete for each of these seat's"

THURSDAY APRIL 24 2025

BREAKING NEWS! FBI ANNOUNCES ARRESTS IN CONNECTION TO THE HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL EXPLOSIONS : FBI Director, Mark Glass , announced at his daily briefing, "...the FBI is now able to definitively identify the perpetrators responsible for the Houston Ship Channel, they are Moroccan and Algerian nationals, who claim membership of Al-Murabitoun . Those arrested include Mokhtar Belmokhtar (aka Abu Khaled or Khalid Abu-Abbas), Khalid Boulondo, Abdessamid Ejiad, Younes Ouaziyad and Rachid Afatti, however there is one of this group who remains at large, his name is Saad Housseini". We have been able to trace the movements of these individuals and from what have learned, they crossed into the United States via El Paso! It should be noted that they have been living here in the United States for well over two years".

FBI RELEASES INFORMATION FURTHER INFORMATION OF TERRORIST GROUP: This includes plans regarding the attack on the Ocean Princess ,  "Along the fifty-mile Houston Ship Channel, we are aware that there are more explosive materials, toxic gases, and deadly petrochemicals than anywhere else in the country—which is why most security experts agree that it’s one of America’s top targets. It is important that the attack begins in the Houston Ship Channel, we decided that the cargo hold of the Belize-flagged, Singapore-owned container ship Ocean Princess, was ideal. The vessel in question is eight hundred feet long. It is stacked from stem to stern with forty-foot-long steel boxes and looks oddly top-heavy. On international manifests its cargo is listed as “toys and electrical components.” But we decided that’s not all it is carrying. Inside one of the containers, each of which can hold thirty tons of cargo, is a stockpile of explosives that will make Timothy McVeigh’s Oklahoma City bomb look like a firecracker.
As the ship steams north and west toward the heart of Houston, there are no signs that anything is wrong. As expected, the U.S. Coast Guard boards the ship and performs their routine inspection, interviewing the captain and crew but opening no containers. U.S. Customs and Border Protection, which uses an x-ray machine to inspect some of the containers entering the port, sees nothing suspicious in this shipment and elects not to screen it...our mission has been accomplished"

HOMELAND SECURITY OFFICIALS RELEASE MORE INFORMATION REGARDING THE MOVEMENTS OF OCEAN PRINCESS, PRIOR TO ITS ARRIVAL IN HOUSTON : Homeland Security now can reveal, the bomb consisted mostly of Soviet-era anti-ship mines, originally loaded onto the Ocean Princess in Trieste, Italy, by an obscure but well-organized group of Algerian and Moroccan terrorists. The explosives are triggered by a device known as a GPS detonator, which sets them off as soon as a certain longitude-latitude coordinate is reached. In this case, the coordinates were for PeMex's refinery. Unfortunately, terrorists are lucky: The bomb went off just as the container ship is also passing a seven-hundred-foot liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tanker. The blast ripped into the side of the tanker, causing yet another large explosion, which in turn ignited both gasoline and crude-oil storage tanks at PeMex and caused the tanks’ walls to rupture, sending a river of fire out into the refinery and reaching the far more dangerous pressurized pentane storage tanks. A little more than 11 million gallons of pentane are released, some of which burned and some of which evaporated and formed a vapor cloud, which then exploded with enormous force, the result was buildings and structures in the immediate vicinity, were levelled. By which time another compartment on the LPG tanker is breached, sending a new fireball into the sky.
It must be noted, the stretch of refineries, petrochemical and other plants, mills, docks, silos, wharves, and warehouses that rise along the banks of the malodorous waterway known as the Houston Ship Channel. Over its full fifty-mile track—from near downtown Houston to Bolivar Roads, on the Gulf of Mexico—the channel houses three hundred plants and is one of the largest concentrations of heavy industry on earth, producing nearly half of the nation’s supply of gasoline and half of its petrochemicals. It comprises the largest refinery in the world (Exxon Mobil, in Baytown) and the sixth-largest seaport. Viewed from the tollway bridge on Houston’s east side.
The channel is more than just a spectacular industrial engine. It is also a prime terrorist target. That’s because it is both ground zero for the nation’s petrochemical industry and home to unfathomably large quantities of the deadliest, most combustible, disease-causing, lung-exploding, chromosome-annihilating, and metal-dissolving substances known to man. The sheer toxicity of it all, in fact, is one of the main reasons the channel zone evolved as it did: Part of the idea was to confine all of these poison-laden refineries and chemical plants and ships filled with anhydrous ammonia to their own noxious neighborhoods, generally away from homes and schools and offices. You don’t want to put storage tanks next to nursery schools if they have the potential for igniting and levelling every building within a half-mile radius. Chemical plants can kill people at long range, but it is still a bad idea to put them next to residential subdivisions.
In Pasadena the Crown Central Petroleum refinery’s involved a “catastrophic failure of the hydrofluoric acid storage drum resulting in the release of 50,000 pounds of hydrogen fluoride gas over a ten-minute period.” The distance to what the EPA is now calling the “toxic end point” is 9.3 miles. The spill would affect 650,000 people. BP Amoco in Pasadena involved the “liquid spill and vaporization” of 4,440 pounds of iron pentacarbonyl. Toxic end point: 3.9 miles. People affected: 84,881.
PeMex Oil’s giant Deer Park refinery pentane “vapor cloud explosion”. The explosion “has affected areas up to 1.8 miles away” and up to 5,532 people. The nearby Lyondell-Citgo refinery has also been included in the listed, Toxic end point: 1.68 miles. People affected: 20,100.

CIA CONFIRMS THAT TWO OF THE HOUSTON TERRORISTS, HAD LINKS TO NORTH KOREA JIHAD : CIA sources are able to confirm that both Mokhtar Belmokhtar and Saad Housseini, have connections to North Korea Jihad and according to information from South Korea's National Intelligence Service, this information includes CCTV footage of both Belmokhtar and Hosseini passing through Seoul's Incheon International Airport over six months ago. Additional CCTV footage, which was secured,  shows them at Mexico City's Zacatecas International Airport, a few days later. Housseini is still a fugitive at large.

SENIOR SENATE REPUBLICAN : Senator Tom Cotton (R-ARK), a senior member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, is requesting that an Independent Counsel be appointed, for the purpose of investigating the causes of why there was lax security protocols at the Southern Border, during the 2021-2025 period. "It's no coincidence, that from the moment that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris came into office, there were catastrophic failures to observe and enforce security measures put in place by the Trump administration....I don't know if these failures were intentional or just indifference to what is now a serious problem with national security ramifications"
In the immediate aftermath of the explosions, President DeSantis   spoke  with Mexican President Claudia Scheinbaum Pardo , to offer his condolences, as many of the casualties included Mexican expats who were employed at PeMex; it should be noted that there was an explosion at Deer Park in July of last year. As there was a high concentration of hispanic residents in the Deer Park area, there is a strong likelihood that a majority of those injured or killed in the explosions will be Hispanic. After speaking with the Mexican President, the President had early morning meetings with his national security council team in the Oval office, to monitor events in Houston. All thoughts on the Florida Special Election's had disappeared.
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« Reply #416 on: October 27, 2022, 10:50:03 AM »
« Edited: October 27, 2022, 06:07:22 PM by PRESIDENT STANTON »

THURSDAY APRIL 24 2025

WHITE HOUSE RESPONDS TO LATEST UPDATES REGARDING HOUSTON EXPLOSIONS : White House Press Secretary, Kayleigh McEnany, in her daily briefing, issued the White House's response from the updates given by both FBI and Department of Homeland Security, "...The President has been briefed by both the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security, on what has been learned, the fact that the individuals have been in the country for the past two years, and crossed our Southern border at El Paso, indicates how there has been a failure to see Border Security as a National Security issue, and if there are lawmakers who still embrace that ridiculous notion that the Southern border is secure, you might want to travel to Texas and assure the family members of those who died in the explosions two days ago"
Jeffrey Diamond, CNN's White House Correspondent, asked the question, "Kayleigh, surely the President isn't blaming the Biden administration for these security lapses, such as they are?"
McEnany: Well Jeffrey, well maybe you should ask Vice President Harris, how she concluded '... The border was secure, when as we all can see, it wasn't...the Houston Explosions should inform even you Jeffrey, that the southern border wasn't secure! ....Maybe while you are at it, ask Senator's Padilla, Schumer and Warren why they are continuing to engage in political semantics?

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White House Press Secretary, Kayleigh McEnany,  "Everyone, the Vice President of the United States.
Haley : Thank you for being here, the purpose of this event is to advise the American people on the events following the 4/22 attack on Houston, and as we now have learned the perpetrators who are responsible for this attack, didn't happen to be here, their presence in this country has been a fact for well over 6 months, and this was facilitated by the lax security protocols that have existed for close to four year's. We are fully aware that Border Security came pretty low on the list of priorities for the previous administration and has been used as a political device to prevent corrective measures from taking place. As you will now all know in the past few day's the President ordered that the national guard of four state's be federalized. There responsibility will be to monitor and secure the border until we can ensure that unless anyone has a legal right to do so, will not be allowed to enter the United States. Now I will ask National Security Advisor Dina Powell to give you an update on what the United States will do in conjunction of our allies.
Powell : Thank you Madam Vice President, the developments over the last two day's, and what we are now learning by the hour indicates the glaring nature of the vulnerabilities that exist at our southern border, makes it clear that this is no longer a border problem, it is now a national security issue, and as you already know the FBI has identified two of the suspects as having connections with North Korea Jihad. The activities of this group, which have included a Missile attack on Yokota in Japan, and another attack directed at Seoul in South Korea, followed by what occurred in Tuesday, makes it clear to the President and his team,  that Border Security is no longer an abstract political football, and we understand what has to be done. Secretary Gimenez , will now give you a guide on what to expect in the medium term.
Gimenez : Thank you Mrs. McCormick,  the responsibility of the Department of Homeland Security, is to protect this country from all existential and emerging threats, what occurred in Houston, could have been prevented, if the matter of Border Security was taken seriously, whether it is at the southern border. Rules put in place were either ignored or overlooked; this has to, and will end; I am going to recommend to the President, that the border wall be finished, and reinforced. As you will know that, the National guard of four state's are under federal control and will remain so until further notice. The Border Security Act will be subject to ongoing revisions, I have requested that Senator's Rubio and Sinema , include language in their legislation to make allowances for any such eventualities. I will now ask Attorney General Lagoa , to speak about the progress of the the investigations now underway.
Lagoa : Thank you Secretary Gimenez , as most all of you will be aware, the FBI made some arrests, those arrests were conducted under the authority of a federal warrant. The perpetrators were mirandized and are being held at a secure facility, and are being debriefed. By identifying each of the individuals now in custody, we now know a lot more than we did even 12 hours ago and we will likely learn a lot more. I will ask Director Glass to fill you in on why we need to secure the apprehension of Saad Housseini.
Glass : Thank you Madam Attorney General,  as Judge Lagoa just stated, Saad Housseini is currently a fugitive at large, and is considered dangerous; on top of this fact, this individual has known connections with North Korea Jihad. Our investigation is ongoing and will continue as long as necessary, there are other individuals who were involved in the Houston Explosions. I will ask the Director of National Intelligence, to take the podium  and outline what we know and how we acquired that information.
Stewart : Thanks Director Glass , we are deeply grateful to our Asian friends for the valuable Intel we acquired, it is because of this cooperation, we were able to connect the dots, and establish that both Mokhtar Belmokhtar andSaad Housseini indeed do have connections with North Korea Jihad, and these connections have revealed a unholy alliance not only with Iran and the Mexican drug cartels. However while we are willing to share this information with the American people, there are other aspects of our Intel gathering operations are highly sensitive and have national security considerations. I will now ask Secretary Nason to come forward.
Nason : The Department of Transportation, would like to outline what the travelling public should expect at all and every one of our ports and Airports, because of the updated security rules, you should expect increased  delays and inconveniences, we hope these rules will be shortlived and relaxed overtime. But national security requires more vigilance and we have to understand that Houston was an opportunity for terrorists and an act of terrorism that was exploited.  9/11 was a tragedy and so was 4/22.
Secretary of Interior, Kristi Noem , Director of the CIA, John Ratcliffe and Homeland Security Advisor, Ken Cuccinelli also made statements.
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« Reply #417 on: October 29, 2022, 08:27:01 AM »
« Edited: October 29, 2022, 07:37:43 PM by 2016 »

Friday April 25 2025
PRESIDENT DESANTIS EN ROUTE TO HOUSTON, TEXAS TO REVIEW DAMAGE FROM TERRORIST ATTACKS; WILL SPEAK WITH GOVERNOR ABBOTT, OTHER TEXAS OFFICIALS AS WELL AS VICTIMS
President Ron DeSantis headed to Houston, Texas to speak with Governor Greg Abbott as well as other Texas Officials and Victims of the Houston Terrorist Attack.

REPORTING FROM HOUSTON, TEXAS...
CNN's White House Correspondent Kaitlan Collins, who is part of the travelling Press Corps reported that Scenes in Houston were in her own quote „Heartbreaking, People were crying, holding arms with each other, some even sung AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL, people also voiced frustration about the previous Administrations Border Policy and told her THESE PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEING ALLOWED TO ENTER,“. A very somber moment Collins concluded.
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« Reply #418 on: October 29, 2022, 07:42:21 PM »

Friday April 25 2025
Air Force One, flew into Houston early today, on board were the President, White House Chief of Staff, Byron Donalds, Transportation Secretary Nicole Nason, Homeland Security Secretary Carlos Gimenez, Senator's John Cornyn and Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Marco Rubio (R-FL),  Kyrsten Sinema(D-AZ)  prior to departing Washington, the President authorized the emergency funds to address federal disasters.


The President met with Texas Governor Greg Abbott and they toured the devasted areas affected by the cataclysmic explosions which occurred last Tuesday.



A grim looking President, as he met with the surviving victims of the explosions and families affected by the explosions.

Governor Greg Abbott (R-TX), listening to remarks being offered by the President, while touring Deer Park, TX.


Senator's John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), offering remarks to press after touring Deer Park, TX.


President DeSantis and Senator Rubio, during their tour of Deer Park, TX.


Senator Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), meeting with many of the first responders in Deer Park, TX.

President DeSantis delivered remarks to not only the media, but the family members of those victims who lost their lives in the terrorist attack last Tuesday.
"The first lady and I want to extend our thoughts and prayers, to those who lost their lives or were injured during what we now understand to be a deliberate attack upon our homeland, the difficulty that any of us today, have, is processing what we saw today, now is not the time to be discussing the type of response the United States is considering, but a response will be visited upon those and those associated with what was perpetrated on Tuesday, I think now many of us understand what hell looks like, but let me assure friend and foe alike, hell is coming to those responsible for the carnage that took place in Deer Park and the surrounding Houston area...on 4/22"

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« Reply #419 on: October 29, 2022, 08:30:15 PM »
« Edited: October 30, 2022, 10:12:59 AM by PRESIDENT STANTON »

FRIDAY APRIL 25 2025

PRESIDENT SPOKE TO THE TRAVELLING PRESS ON BOARD AIR FORCE ONE, ABOUT URGENCY OF PASSAGE OF THE BORDER SECURITY LEGISLATION : A clearly somber president spoke to the travelling White House Press Corps, while Air Force One returned to Washington DC, "What many of us saw in Deer Park, Texas today is something we won't forget, I'm now saying this to any of those Senators who are still not willing to support passage of the 2025 Border Security and Protection Act, maybe you should come to Deer Park in Texas and explain why you're not on the side of securing our southern border!"

SUNDAY MORNING NEWS SHOWS
ABC'S THIS WEEK, hosted by George Stephanopoulos and Chris Christie: Guests will be Senator's Marco Rubio (R-FL), Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) and Dan Crenshaw (R-TX).

CBS's FACE THE NATION, hosted by Margaret Brennan: Guests will be Secretary of Homeland Security, Carlos Gimenez and Texas Governor Greg Abbott

CNN STATE OF THE UNION , hosted by Jake Tapper: Guest will be National Security Advisor Dina Powell McCormick

FOX NEWS SUNDAY , hosted by Shannon Bream: Guests will include Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) and House Majority Leader, Jim Banks (R-IN)

NBC'S MEET THE PRESS, hosted by Chuck Todd: Guests will include Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) and White House Communications Director, Christina Pushaw.

SATURDAY APRIL 26 2025
TWO SENATE DEMOCRATS ANNOUNCE THERE SUPPORT FOR THE BORDER SECURITY BILL AND ISSUE STATEMENT ON BORDER WALL : Two Democrats in the U.S. Senate announce their support for the Border Security Bill, Senator's Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Gary Peters (D-MI) , issued a joint statement in support of the Border Security Bill, "What occurred on Tuesday last, is a wake up call, a tragic one, where loss of life was unnecessary, it may now be necessary to secure our southern border with the construction of a wall, our national security is now at stake, we urge other Senator's from both parties to support such measures that will ensure the security of our country"

TOP DEMOCRAT CAUGHT IN HOT MIC ON BORDER SECURITY AND BAD POLLING : Senate Minority Leader, Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) , admitted to the 'Elephant in the room', "...We may have to change our position on the southern border and this racist Border Security Bill, and support it, if we don't we're going to look bad in the opinion polls". Schumer , came under fire from a member of the progressive caucus, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), over his apparent willingness to "sacrifice policy for political expediency"
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« Reply #420 on: October 30, 2022, 07:38:57 AM »

@President Stanton,
His name is Gary Peters (D-Michigan), not Carl Wink
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« Reply #421 on: October 30, 2022, 08:42:50 AM »

@President Stanton,
His name is Gary Peters (D-Michigan), not Carl Wink
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« Reply #422 on: October 30, 2022, 11:41:52 AM »
« Edited: October 30, 2022, 11:58:44 AM by 2016 »

Saturday April 26 2025
SCHUMER PAYS FOR HOT-MIC MOMENT; MAY FACE A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE IN THE DEMOCRATIC SENATE CAUCUS
Within Hours of Senate Minority Leader Charles „Chuck“ Schumer (D-New York) Hot-Mic Moment labelling the Joint Border Security & Protection Act as „RACIST“ the Communication Directors of both, Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-Arizona) HANNAH HURLEY and Senator Marco Rubio (R-Florida) ELIZABETH GREGORY released the following Joint Statement:

„It's absolutely disgusting to hear the Border Security & Protection Act being labelled as RACIST. There is nothing of that kind in this Legislation. The Senate Minority Leader ownes an apology to Senators Sinema and Rubio and everyone behind the scenes who worked so dilligently and tiredlessly for this Legislation“.

Senator Sinema tweeted „Looking forward to share more of our Border Security & Protection Act with my colleagues Senator Rubio and Senator Crenshaw tomorrow“ with Senator Rubio responding „It has been a pleasure to work with you Kyrsten over the last several months“ with both putting in a Hashtag #SECURINGOURBORDER
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« Reply #423 on: October 30, 2022, 07:20:35 PM »

I'm sure Stanton and many Michiganders in Atlasia miss Carl Levin.

But if any Democrat's view is worth hearing regarding the tragedy of the Ocean Princess on 4/22, it should be that of Rep. Sylvia Garcia (D-TX 29).

Also will be interesting to hear the impact on the oil and gas industry, as well as the Texas power grid. Those have to be the top priorities now in Austin, at least as far as the Houston area is concerned. Will also be curious to know the impact on everything from the impact on the local Houston economy, what the average gas price in America is now, what surrounding areas have suffered the brunt of the damage beyond Deer Park, Baytown, La Porte, Pasadena, Galena Park and Jacinto City, what happened to the San Jacinto Monument and the Lynchburg Ferry (Battleship Texas is going to be somewhere else IRL and most certainly in this TL), and even how this affects the 2025 season for the Astros (as well as the Rockets, should their team be playoff-caliber again).

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« Reply #424 on: October 31, 2022, 12:05:04 AM »
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Also shall note that in the OG Blank Canvas TL, the very same refinery had an explosion the year before. Evidence of that is posted here for reference:

July 18, 2024
DOZENS KILLED, HUNDREDS INJURED IN EXPLOSION AT FORT MOORE; TERRORISM RULED OUT AS CAUSE OF EXPLOSION
An explosion Thursday afternoon on the grounds of Fort Moore (formerly Fort Benning) in Georgia left 39 dead and over 400 injured, many of them active service members with the U.S. Army as well as contractors hired by the Department of Defense to work on base. According to eyewitness accounts, the explosion reportedly happened around 1 p.m. Eastern time when an electrical short in a climate-controlled room within the Logistics Readiness Center enveloped into a massive fireball that flashed over and set off subsequent explosions, destroying warehouses on the property and causing significant damage to much of the military vehicle fleet on base. Some of the fatalities were so critically burned that dental records will be necessary to identify some of the victims, while at least 60 others were critically injured to the point where they had to be transported to hospitals well outside the surrounding Columbus, Georgia area; hospitals in Atlanta, Birmingham, Macon and Huntsville have been on standby, with Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta reportedly diverting its own local trauma cases to other nearby hospitals to accommodate the most seriously injured victims from the Fort Moore blast.

President Biden spoke to the nation in a rare Oval Office address, calling the explosion "a senseless and horrible tragedy affecting one of our nation's most elite and storied Army institutions - Fort Banning (sic) - Fort Moore I shall say" and "vowing a complete and thorough investigation after the deceased are buried into why this happened, and what can be done to ensure a tragedy of this magnitude never happens again". Attorney General Merrick Garland also ruled out the possibility that terrorism played a role in the explosion, "Based on records we have obtained so far, there is no evidence to suggest that any sort of terrorism against our military occurred at Fort Moore this afternoon", while Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin pointed out that "Given how relatively new these facilities are, a lot of work is going to be put into finding out why such relatively new facilities on the grounds of Fort Moore could not withstand the impact of this explosion".

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp ordered flags lowered to half-staff across the state, with President Biden expanding the order to a federal mandate shortly after his primetime address. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis also issued his thoughts and condolences to the victims of the explosion, while several other Republicans began to probe the origins of the tragedy. House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, whose Alabama district borders Fort Moore, has also held off on assigning blame for the tragedy but has already indicated that "our committee is going to get to the bottom of why this happened and will be working closely with authorities at the Pentagon and locally to pinpoint the cause of this explosion". Particularly in Georgia and nearby Alabama, the explosion has also prompted long lines for blood donations at blood banks throughout the Southeast, while numerous charity benefits benefiting the victims and families of both the injured and killed service members have also begun to pop up.

July 19, 2024
21 DEAD, OVER 200 INJURED IN EXPLOSION AT REFINERY IN HOUSTON
Not even a full 24 hours after the disaster at Fort Moore in Georgia, an explosion at a chemical plant on the Houston Ship Channel awakened thousands of residents just before the sun was up at 6 a.m. The explosion occurred at the Pemex refinery in Deer Park, an industrial suburb of Houston where neighbors were awakened to the sound of a loud bang, burning petroleum and sirens of first responders racing to the scene. By afternoon, 21 were confirmed dead and more than 200 were injured including several with third-degree burns, along with reports of damage as far west as Sugar Land, Galveston and The Woodlands and dozens more injured from shattered glass and debris as windows were blown out of many downtown Houston skyscrapers. Houston freeways were also shut down as reports of damage along Interstate 10 from Baytown to the Memorial area of west Houston, along with a frantic push by authorities to clear the freeways for ambulances and fire trucks, disrupted the morning commute in the nation's fourth-largest city.

Following news of a second straight disaster in as many days, President Biden addressed the nation once again at 8 P.M. Central time, declaring "Our hearts go out to the victims of the horrible tragedy in Houston, victims of a disaster that did not have to happen", perhaps alluding to the oil and gas industry that has been singled out by the Biden administration from day one over the nature of its industry. Republicans blasted the speech, with Ron DeSantis calling the President's concerns "hollow" and calling on Kamala Harris to decide whether or not to align with "far-left radicals" who back her party's "Green New Deal" or with working-class voters "who wonder if the Democratic Party even wants them anymore". Senate Majority Leader John Cornyn, the senior Senator from Texas, arrived at Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston on Friday evening and immediately vowed "a thorough investigation into what happened at the Pemex refinery", and also called out Democrats for "attempting to politicize this tragedy for their own benefit". His Senate colleague, Sen. Ted Cruz, was already in the area when the explosion happened and took to Fox News late that evening: "The Biden administration will use any sort of tragedy involving the oil and gas industry to force the Great Reset on Americans who don't want it, period."

Gov. Greg Abbott canceled his entire weekend schedule to focus on recovery and healing efforts with regards to the tragedy, and also lambasted his Democratic counterparts for "attempting to politicize yet another tragedy in our great state solely for the purpose of radically transforming this state". "Of course, we must give thoughts and prayers, and that is what the victims and their families want. Let us grieve now and let's discuss the why behind this later, because justice is not going to come in the form of vengeance with impulse", said Abbott. As of Friday evening, crude oil prices reportedly shot up more than nine percent, with gas prices expected to rise in the coming days, bringing back memories of 2022's historically high gas price crunch that doomed President Biden's agenda in that year's midterm elections.

Also, note that the refinery says Pemex instead of Shell. Shell sold its stake in this refinery earlier this year. In other words, expect Mexico to get involved in this matter as well, if not for the fact that Mexican nationals have to be amongst the dead since a large portion of the workers and contractors killed here are certain to be Hispanic. It also wouldn't shock me if this is viewed as a dark day in the Hispanic community in much the same vein as the Mexico City earthquake, the murder of Selena, etc. to the point where it is going to dominate on Univision and Telemundo for weeks if not months. (The eastern parts of the Houston area around the Ship Channel are dominated by Hispanics and blue-collar Anglos.)

Also, expect some sort of response from Houston and Harris County regarding this tragedy as well (though I am really not going to elaborate until at least after next week because there's a very good chance that Harris County is going to have a new county judge - we already know that in the OG TL Mike Knox is the Mayor of Houston and Alexandra del Moral Mealer is Harris County Judge, and Mealer has a shot IRL to defeat Lina Hidalgo next week) and also responses and commentaries from such dignitaries as Jim "Mattress Mack" McIngvale, Dave Ward, Dr. Peter Hotez and various Astros players (several of whom are Hispanic including Jose Altuve among others) - not to mention a very famous musician and actress with a certain "Beyhive".

News article on Shell's sale of its stake in the Deer Park refinery from the horse's mouth right here.

Plus one on security matters affecting the sale here from Reuters.
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