Both Democrats and Republicans are gunning for Pete Hegseth, who led the Iran war effort that was a disaster from the start. It’s not entirely clear where Trump is on this, and bringing Stephen Miller—a Hegseth backer—in as his chief of staff would seem to help Hegseth. But Hegseth has mounted an unprecedented, full-throated effort to save himself—which includes a social media campaign—clearly seeing an impeachment vote that could come next week, as well as deep investigations when Democrats take the gavels…
Elon Musk wasn’t the only high-tech mogul to leave California for Texas and bring his companies with him. Escaping what they saw as tax burdens and regulations, a whole slew of them went to Texas, where Governor Greg Abbott, Attorney General Ken Paxton and the GOP legislature created a haven. But that’s all changed, even though Musk poured hundreds of millions of dollars into defeating Democrats. And incoming Democratic Governor Gina Hinojosa said data centers have been “taking advantage of Texas,” warning, “that stops when I’m governor”…
I love this story out of Alabama. Former Navy SEAL Brett Jones was elected the first openly gay sheriff in Alabama, in Madison County. He beat a two-term Republican, another among the many flips Democrats made up and down the ballot in the Great Tsunami. And he’s now intent on ending the sheriff’s office contract with Flock license plate reader cameras, another issue in Tuesday’s election…