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luence. Yeah, no I don't think it's mental illness. Not in their case. I mean there's a lot of TDS but I don't think Soros has TDS. I doubt Reid Hoffman has TDS. There's something else going on. What about Mark Cuban? He's a mystery too. Another billionaire mystery. So he's all in on DEI and diversity. But watching him debate this in public is getting kind of hilarious because his argument keeps…

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e bill? I'll bet a few of you. I'll bet that even got a lot of Republicans. And it's just so obviously propaganda.

Well here's some fun over in Gaza. Two words you don't think you'll ever hear together. But turns out that Al Jazeera is reporting this now. If you didn't know, Al Jazeera is considered one of the most reliable news outlets. Were you aware of that? That you know people who pay attention call Al Jazeera one of the most reliable but with the exception of Israel stuff. Yeah, if Al Jazeera is reporting on Israel you know that that's not necessarily where they're going to be objective. But on other stuff if it has nothing to do with Israel they're actually considered a good news source by a lot of people. I'm not agreeing with that. I'm just telling you that some people think it's a good news source except about the Middle East.

But they're reporting that several members of the Israeli government are on the same side as far-right people who want to resettle Gaza and make it basically an Israeli settlement. Just never give it back to the Palestinians. Are you surprised? Are you surprised? Yeah. I don't see how this wouldn't happen. It seems like terrible timing. If I were these right-wing people I'm not sure I would be doing this in public during the middle of a hot war. That feels like a bad idea. So I'm a little suspicious how much of this is true news given the source. But I wouldn't be surprised if people are pushing to keep Gaza an Israeli outpost or settlement. I guess in the long run I think that's what's going to happen.

All right. Here's a civil war update on Texas versus the rest of the country. I predicted that I told you that men are always fighting wars in their head. So even if nobody's punching or shooting we're always at war. Sort of a continuous state of what if this, could I beat this person? You know what if somebody comes in here with a gun, what do I do? We're always thinking how to defend ourselves. It's just natural.

So I predicted that the men who were going to protect the Texas border would prevail over Biden and that Biden couldn't overrule them. It would just be too politically dangerous. And that the Texans have decided that they're going to close the border, which is different from wanting it closed and different from complaining and different from proposing a way to close it. Those are all wants. Texas apparently has decided. And once you've decided then you will do whatever it takes. And if the Biden administration wants to stop Texas they're going to have to use violence at this point. And I don't see any way that that makes sense in an election year especially.

So to me it was obvious that Texas would win this battle in the limited sense that the government is not going to take down their wire fence at least during the election year. So it looks like that's where it's headed. Can't be sure yet but I think the wires going to stay up.

However, Rasmussen reports says 69% of likely US voters support Texas erecting their own barriers. Now slightly less, 55% agree with the quote that Clay Higgins said: the feds are staging a civil war and Texas should stand their ground. 55% of the likely voters say Texas should stand its ground. Basically even if it's violent. Imagine being the president trying to solve this problem and 55% of the electorate says if it comes to violence... they don't say that directly but that's how I interpret it. That if it comes to violence they're going to back the state over the federal government.

And if I haven't said it directly I'll say it right now. If it comes to violence I'm going to back Texas over the federal government. I don't want there to be any ambiguity about that. Texas over the federal government on th

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e border issue. Now I'm not looking for Texas to secede from the union. That's not my first choice. But if the bullets start flying I'm on Texas's side, period. Because they're in the right. That's just the way it has to be. And with that understanding I believe that at least the men in the administration are going to assess the situation exactly as I just did. And they're going to say we could u…

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