PDS Published 05/26/2026

SpaceX may be about to go public in what may be the biggest IPO in history, valuing the company up to $2 trillion and making Elon Musk a certified world's first trillionaire.
The pitch to investors essentially trust in with building a self-sustaining city on Mars with a million people in it. there's really a lot going on here.
So we're going to walk through this step by step and, you know, talk about exactly why this pitch is one of the most ambitious or depending on how you look at it, most absurd propositions in the history of public markets.
People will most likely be able to start buying shares of the company around the middle of next month. I mean, we're talking upwards of $75 billion, a new funding. it'll push the company to 1.5 to $2 trillion.
Elon Musk's net worth probably going to go from over $800 billion between 1.4 and $1.6 trillion in space. They're going to need the money.
Because while its revenues up, its costs are also up even more so, it lost nearly $5 billion last year.
With most of those losses coming from its space and AI products, especially since it merged with ex AI.
In fact, at least for right now, the only profitable part of space is internet connectivity, which means it's Starlink satellites.
But when the company actually released its prospectus for investors last week, the pitch was like, hey, give us your money so we can just double down on all this stuff that's not profitable right now.
Then what many have called an absolutely fantastical claim, it's projected that the market for all of its products would be about $28.5 trillion, which is almost the entire U.S. economy equivalent.
Nearly $23 trillion of that is enterprise computing, which basically means data centers in space.
With Elon's pitch being that by putting them in orbit, they can feed off the limitless energy of the sun and exploit the free cooling potential of the vacuum of space. which some support the.
That's an idea that's also been criticized by skeptics who point out that it is actually surprisingly hard to cool a hot object in space, even though the background temperature is insanely cold.
It has to do with the way that heat travels through a vacuum. And I'm not going to get too deep into it.
But the point is, is that a normally sized data center would require millions of square meters of panels.
Which is then we have places like the Telegraph calling it an absurd proposition, as well as the Wall Street Journal, noting that the company's prospectus is full of so many red flags that it would have scuttled other launches.
Those including not just the, the massive bet on AI, but also the, quote, incestuous transactions between Elon's companies, such as the $131 million or the Cybertruck at SpaceX spot.
Plus, the company itself acknowledges that its growth, its operations, its entire vision is dependent on a single 54 year old man, much of whose time is occupied running several other huge companies.
So if Elon dies, he falls ill or just has a spiritual epiphany and he decides to live the rest of his life in a cave, that ship is going to be left without a captain. also as long as he's at the helm.
Elon's got 85% of the company's voting power even after the IPO.
And for many investors, that concentration of authority in his hands alone, it's not just a risk. It's the biggest appeal. Because Elon.
Yes, he has gotten this far on an a staggering amount of real world success, for sure. also, whatever you feel about the man, you cannot deny the influence of his will.
Call it vibes. right?
Many of his supporters, he has built this image as the guy who can accomplish literally anything through sheer force of will and personality, even if it seems impossible.
And that faith in his singular abilities, it's evident in this IPO too. right. Ellen. He doesn't get a huge pay package worth 6 to $800 billion.
Unless SpaceX meets two very ambitious conditions. one reach a total market valuation of $7.5 trillion.
And two establish a permanent human colony on Mars with at least 1 million inhabitants. in fact, the prospectus even featured an artistic rendering of a life on Mars.
It looks like something out of a sci fi movie.
When you think of a colony on Mars, you might imagine something like a modern city with high rise towers in case. And a big glass dome.
But also, if you like, stop to actually think about how that would work, you kind of quickly realize that the feels ridiculous.
Or just off the bat, you have to build it, which would be a massive feat of off world engineering, unlike really anything humanity's ever done before. then you've got to keep that thing tightly sealed, or else everyone dies.
Then you have to somehow keep meteorites and other space debris from punching holes in it. then you have to shield the whole thing from space radiation. Since Mars is an atmosphere 1% as thick as Earth's, and there's no magnetosphere.
Then you have to endure the wild temperature swings on the outside, which goes from plus 70 degrees to -100°F at the equator and as cold as minus 200 degrees at the poles in winter.
Then you have to pressurize the inside of the dome, which could threaten the structural integrity of the whole thing that you spent so long building.
Then and only then can you focus on the basics like clean water, air, food, medicine, energy, equipment, healthy people, and a functional government.
The which, you know, are the things that any Martian colony will have to sort out, whether it's a dome or not.
So to deal with some of these problems, you have many experts proposing either burying the habitat underground or covering it in several meters of Martian soil, known as regolith.
Regolith, notably isn't like soil on Earth, right. It's dead.
It's made up of broken rocks and dust and sharp particles that could create microscopic tears in spacesuits. plus about 1% of it is perchlorates. right.
There's a class of chemicals that are only found in trace amounts in Earth and will interfere with your hormones produced by your thyroid.
If you inhale that, you've potentially got a problem, especially if you're hoping to make space babies in the long run.
Also, if Martian regolith is anything like lunar regolith, which scientists expect that it would be in that respect, will be electrically charged, meaning that it will cling to equipment in spacesuits, like fresh laundry.
So they need to figure out how to keep astronauts from tracking it into the habitat. right.
And there are some ideas, for example, designing dust repellent spacesuits or specialized rooms that clean you up before you go back inside.
Assuming we take care of that, the regolith could provide some protection against radiation.
Unless, of course, one of the planet's frequent dust storms blows it away, which is one of the reasons people have proposed packing it in sand bags or making it into bricks.
Then also choosing the best solution here would be easier if we had solid data on the effects of deep space radiation, which right now we don't. We're the only people who have been to space for months at a time.
We're on the ISS, and that's shielded by the Earth's magnetosphere. journey to Mars alone. That's six months right now. Then. Then at least you have two years before Mars and Earth's orbits align again.
And presumably six months back. That's not even the worst potential health concern. Right.
Another huge one is that Mars only has about 40% of the gravity that we take for granted here on Earth.
Well, obviously nobody's been up there to let us know what that does to the human body, we do have some idea from the 0% gravity on the ISS, most notably deterioration of bone density and muscle mass.
And once again, if you are making space babies, we really just don't know what that will do to them as they grow and develop. then that's also not the end of it, right?
Without gravity, all the fluid in your body drifts upward from your legs to your head. causes what's informally known as puppy head. Chicken leg syndrome. then also there's a business of actually living.
If you're going to be there for a minimum two year stretch, you'll need to know how to grow your own food, distill your own water, pump your own air. Right.
Unlike on Earth, Martians won't have rich brown soil to work with.
Instead, they'll have to make do with the dead regolith, which will have to be thoroughly cleansed to get rid of the poisonous perchlorates. then we'll need to add nutrients, water and microbes. And even then, the plants probably won't turn out great.
And then on top of all that, the greenhouse needs light, which is in short supply on Mars the planet's distance from the sun.
And it's frequent dust storms mean a colony would require artificial light, which requires a lot of electricity. because there's not a ton of natural light solar panels wouldn't be very efficient.
And you need to make many, many square miles of them.
Plus the dust storms, meteorite strikes, while temperatures, intense radiation is going to force colonists to venture outside for cleaning and maintenance. then as far as other methods, fossil fuels probably are.
No, they're hydropower. It's not going to work without a ton of water.
Wind turbines would have to be just stupidly big to make use of the thin atmosphere. There. geothermal energy, which draws heat from deep underground.
It would be a huge construction project and may not work well. The spots that are best for habitats. so that then leaves nuclear power.
And as it actually turns out, the smart people, they've been working on this for a while now. and so you've got a lot of labor just to essentially stay alive, right?
You've got to manage a greenhouse, run a power plant, keep the air fresh, cook and clean, and get along with each other, all while constantly exercising to keep your bones and muscles from degrading.
And that's all. Without having even touch the colossal problem of space politics. Right.
Any Martian colony, they're going to develop their own culture, their own rules, and own economic and political structures.
With that in mind, what we've seen with other company towns in history is that they tend to reflect the particular quirks of their founders.
So, for example, Henry Ford set up departments of sociology and his factories at Fortlandia to monitor certain behaviors that he disapproved of, like drinking and adultery.
With the quirks of a colony that is founded by an Elon Musk is to be determined, hostility to unions, would probably be chief among them.
There also because of labor mobility on Mars will be so extraordinary low that might actually give the workers their leverage. the company can evict them because that would literally be murder.
And it would be painfully expensive to transport more workers from Earth, which you could only do when the planets orbits were aligned every two years. Anyway.
Then also, I guess there are other factors that suggest that the balance of power might swing in the other direction.
I mean, if you have a million people, some of them, they're going to be a little crazy, at least, especially in an environment like that.
With so many ways that things could go wrong, especially in a deadly way, it probably wouldn't be too hard for someone to sabotage crucial life support systems like air and water.
Is then why you've had some arguing that a colony like this would likely gravitate toward pretty intense surveillance and control over its members behavior.
That then raises thorny questions like, what do you do with people that commit crimes? Do they have rights? Are there courts?
Will there be any democratic institutions or goods and amenities rationed and shared, or is anything transacted in a market? well, Elon Musk, you know, you might be able to handle technical problems.
We're talking about things that are political, economic and social. things.
He has shown he loves to have a hand in and manipulate, but also he's done so with kind of a hammer.
But ultimately, we're going to see here's that investors, they're going to give him his vote of confidence next month.
And he's going to barrel ahead with these plans, I guess, at least on paper, to make life interplanetary, whether it's feasible or not.
So with all that said, especially in the meantime, I'd love to know your thoughts in those comments down below.
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Hunger strikes, human chains, escalating, anti ice protests, elected officials being pepper sprayed and a governor being turned away from a facility in her own state.
FBI. that's what Memorial Day weekend look like in new Jersey this Right.
And more specifically, this whole shit show is all going down in Delaney Hall, which is an Ice detention center in new Where for at least several days, there's been an ongoing hunger and labor strike
Over the facilities, God awful conditions, as well as the immigration system in you had a letter signed by 300 detainees saying that those inside were detained without warrants and that they don't have adequate legal representation.
Saying they're met by judges with too heavy caseload.
Sometimes they go without translators, and their meetings are often canceled and delayed for you this letter reading, we feel vulnerable in a way. Kidnaped, detained without justification.
Not to mention that we are being tortured physically and psychologically due to the poor food resources then go on to say that sickness has run rampant inside, that Covid and the flu
Were spreading fast, right and those with serious conditions like HIV, cancer, diabetes and heart problems, they're not receiving the care they and so for all those reasons,
They launched this hunger and labor strike, with their initial demands being to close Delany Hall and release everyone detained you've seen many advocates kind of highlighting the organization
That it took to get this letter out, saying that it's actually unusual and impressive, a testament to how bad things really are and it was Gabriela Soto, the wife of one of the organizers
On the inside, Martin Soto, who actually spread the news about the she's been organizing protests outside of the facility as well, all while being several months and the protest, they've grown substantially when word spread about the hunger strike.
And then things really started heating up when I started transferring Martin according to the outlet, the city Gabriela was waiting in line to visit Martin on Sunday when she noticed a man being shoved into a
She realized that it was actually her husband, she rushed over, saying that she and Martin were both screaming and banging on the van.
Her on the outside, him on the another protesters joining her and forming a human chain around the facility to block ice from leaving with
Somebody needs to record violence. We're not. because.
A big thing to note here is that Martin Soto reportedly isn't supposed to be According to the executive director of the ACLU of new Jersey, Martin has a court order preventing his transfer to any other facility.
So you've got this massive protest with the human chain preventing ice from going anywhere.
And that is also an elected officials start to show we'll start with new Jersey representative Rob Menendez, who came to Delaney Hall around eight Sunday evening for the purpose
Of seeing Martin Soto for himself, as well as a general oversight but rather than just getting that visit over and done with ice had been end is waiting all night fact, he reportedly spent the entire night
Pacing the fenced in parking lot, occasionally talking to Gabriella and other advocates through the the supposed justification as to why you is being shut out reportedly shifted and changed throughout the First it was because it was too late in the day.
Then it was because of safety concerns regarding the protest.
And according to Menendez, this just kept up despite as many suggestions for a He said he offered to meet with Martin in an isolated room, instead of walking to his housing unit to speak with him over video call,
Or even have staff send a video of Martin giving a message to his with Menendez saying at around 2:00 in the said no to every single thing.
Now, the only option is staying here to make sure that at 4:00 in the morning, five in the morning, they don't try to move and it wasn't until later that morning that they finally allowed him
Inside, where he reportedly found confirmation everything that the detainees claimed in their wrote them saying that he spoke to a lot of people on the inside, including a young woman who just wanted to go to her high school
Graduation, a pregnant woman who was trying to get medical care, and a man who showed him a carton of milk that had gone with him saying, I heard just desperation from so many people in
But also he wasn't able to meet Martin Soto because Ice had successfully gotten him transferred to a different and with that, you had a DHS spokesperson saying after, quote, agitators obstructed the vehicle's path preventing the transfer.
They removed about 70 protesters and got Martin and that's a serious concern that advocates have, that Ice is just going to separate those engaging in the hunger strike
And spread them out to different facilities to dilute their for their part, Ice and DHS have actually denied that a hunger strikes even Swearing up and down.
They provide, quote, three meals a day clean water, clothing, bedding, showers, soap and toiletries and Illegal aliens also have access to phones to communicate with their family members and Certified dietitians evaluate meals.
Fact, Ice has higher detention standards than most U.S. prisons that hold actual U.S. citizens.
But it also wasn't just Menendez that saw inside of that Senator Andy Kim was also allowed into the building and ended up backing up what Menendez saying many of them raise big problems when it comes to getting medical treatment, the food being inedible, water problems.
One judge has 74 cases before them just on Tuesday. This is clearly a farce of a judicial process.
With the meeting, calling for the facility to be shut down Kim himself actually got involved in the protest outside as coming out to de-escalate a heated a situation between protesters and Ice and also when I say heated.
I mean agents reportedly tried moving a military style vehicle that Kim described as a tank with an armed guard towards the it wasn't until Kim Lockdown and went over to support the protesters
That the agents appeared to back off a little but then also soon after they fired pepper balls and Mason to the crowd catching Kim as You know.
Berlin. Over.
Yo, what he ended up having to sit down with the protesters, have his eyes rinsed then on Monday afternoon, we saw new Jersey governor Mike Sherrill making an appearance at the protest as right.
And she stood in the crowd listening to people talk about their loved ones inside who weren't getting the medical care they needed about the rod and its world food and way Anyway, Gerald saying,
No matter what your immigration status is, you shouldn't be treated with anything less than dignity in this but she also wasn't able to actually see it for herself, with a spokesperson
Saying that she was denied entry into the with that you had DHS pushing back, saying that Governor Cheryl's visit to Delaney Hall is nothing more than a political stunt on Memorial Day,
When visitation is currently suspended due to riots outside of the and actually, Cheryl was not universally loved with the crowd as with many protesters getting in her face about not showing up
Earlier in the weekend, or even jeering when she left after about an as of now, this remains a developing situation that we should definitely keep eyes there is a situation with ice, you know, it's getting more violent.
I don't want to talk about something that's more on the international stage. and that because you have the U.S. launching all new strikes on Iran.
The regime's vowing to retaliate, and Israel is now using this latest escalation as cover for an expansion of its occupation and invasion of Lebanon.
And all of this is coming within 24 hours of Trump once again implying that a deal to end this could be imminent.
He kicked off the day yesterday claiming that negotiations with Iran were proceeding nicely, though he then added, will only be a great deal for all or no deal at all.
Back to the battlefront and shooting. Be bigger and stronger than ever before. And nobody wants that. also in that post, he pushed for an expansion of the Abraham Accords.
Him referring to an agreement that he helped broker to normalize relations between Israel and some other countries in the region.
Right with them also saying that it should be mandatory for Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and a few others, including two that already have diplomatic relations with Israel to join.
He even claimed that once a deal was struck, Iran could take part. Writing. Wow. No, that would be something special.
This will be the most important deal that any of these great, but always in conflict countries will ever sign.
Nothing in the past or in the future will surpass it. and yeah, you have many experts saying there would definitely be something special.
That's because it seems extremely unlikely that any of those other countries, let alone Iran, would be signing anytime soon, especially since it's not really clear whether there's actually been true progress on a deal to end the war.
Latest U.S. proposal is reportedly focused on ending Iran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
With potentially leaving some of the most contentious issues to be dealt with later.
We're talking about things including sanctions relief, the release of frozen Iranian funds and Iran's nuclear program.
You know, those little things with the key questions on that last one being how it's going to dispose of the already highly enriched uranium and the length of any potential moratorium on enrichment.
Actually with that, you had Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson claiming just yesterday focus of the negotiations is on ending the war. And at this stage, there is no discussion about nuclear details.
You were Trump claiming in another post that the deal being negotiated would address the nuclear issue with him also saying it would be the exact opposite of the nuclear agreement reached under Barack Hussein Obama and the rank amateurs of his administration.
Which, of course, he called, as he has many times of war, one of the worst deals ever made by the United States.
Very well under that Obama deal, Iran turned over most of its uranium stockpile to Russia, and enrichment was capped at 3.67% for 15 years.
And then Trump, on the other hand, has called for a full moratorium on enrichment for 20 years, though notably that came after having repeatedly insisted in the past that the country should never be allowed to do so.
With Trump also demanding that Iran surrender its new stockpile almost 1,000 pounds a year weapons grade uranium acquired since he pulled out of the Obama deal to the United States.
And now he's ever so slightly walked back that demand as well, with him saying and yet another post yesterday that an alternative would be for Iran to destroy the material with the Atomic Energy Commission or its equivalent being witness to this process, an event.
Now notably with that, the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission actually hasn't been around since 1974.
So I'm thinking that he's referring to the International Atomic Energy Agency, which is the U.N. nuclear watchdog. so for the sake of moving forward, we'll just assume that it was that.
But, Trump's ramblings about, you know, what's going to come when the war ends.
They were also followed up with a show of force that threatened to prolong the conflict.
Or with U.S. strikes reportedly targeting missile launch sites in southern Iran and boats. We're trying to place minds.
You're the military saying that their actions were in self-defense and meant to protect U.S. troops from threats posed by Iranian forces, and then as far as Iran, they claimed to have shot down an American drone and forced a fighter jet to turn around.
Something that also stands out when you consider how often the Trumps claim that Iran's ability to defend itself has effectively been obliterated.
With that, it's important to know that even American intelligence agencies don't appear to agree with Trump. are.
They reportedly found that Iran's regained access to most of its missile sites, launchers and underground facilities, including 30 of 33 missile sites along the Strait of Hormuz.
And that's as senior American military officials have also voiced concern about dwindling stockpiles of long range missiles and other munitions. Right.
The same kind of equipment needed to destroy Iran's fortified underground missile sites.
But then also with this year of Iran's foreign ministry accusing the United States of violating the ceasefire agreement, arguing that the latest strikes undermine diplomatic efforts to end the war, also the Revolutionary Guard, one of the violation justified a decisive reciprocal response.
You were the supreme leader whose father, of course, the previous supreme leader, was killed by American Israeli strikes on the first day of the war, similarly suggested that his country would not back down.
Writing the hands of time do not turn backward in the nations and lands of the region will no longer serve as shields where American bases America, in addition to no longer having a safe place for aggression
And military bases in the region, is moving further away from its former status day by day.
Despite all of that, you had Secretary of State Marco Rubio telling reporters that talks were still continuing. and on one hand, he said that a deal could be finalized within a few days.
But then, on the other hand, he left the door wide open for failure. There's going to be a deal. We're going to have to work through that.
But this is you know, it's either going to be a good deal or there isn't going to be Iran's foreign ministry spokesman also confirmed that talks were still happening but rejected Rubio's timeline.
It is correct to say that we have reached a conclusion on a large portion of the issues under discussion. to say that this means the signing of an agreement is imminent. No one can make such a claim.
But by the way, well, you know, these latest US strikes might not have derailed peace talks entirely.
Recent events in Lebanon, they do have the potential to complicate negotiations Right.
And that's because Iran has said that it wants Lebanon protected in any yesterday you had Netanyahu announcing that Israel would instead intensify strikes on the country in response to Hezbollah's recent drone
Would you actually proven to be relatively effective at penetrating Israeli air defenses, of course, like this whole thing, it is still highly asymmetrical.
Hezbollah really killed two dozen people in Israel.
While Netanyahu claimed that his Reilly forces had killed more than 600 Hezbollah fighters in recent and the overall death toll in Lebanon since early March has now reached 3185 people, according to Lebanon's health ministry.
With hundreds of thousands of people with that, well, Hezbollah claimed several attacks against Israeli troops in southern Lebanon last night.
The Israeli military said that it struck more than 100 targets in the and today, they ordered residents to evacuate one of southern Lebanon's largest cities and expanded its ground operations
Beyond the so-called Yellow Line, which is the line marking the boundary of the occupied Lebanese territory that Israel described as a buffer in addition to all that,
Israel is now reportedly pushing the United States to give Israel free rein in Lebanon and any proposed peace deal with with one far right Israeli minister, the same one who went viral for his treatment of detained for an activist, saying in a press conference yesterday.
The time has come for the Prime Minister to bang on Trump's desk and inform him that we are resuming the war in must cut off the electricity in Lebanon, conquer more territory in return to high intensity
And then also another far right minister who actually said that the Trump administration is the most supportive one ever.
He reportedly argued yesterday the for every drone, ten buildings in Beirut will come and if there were seven, then 70, and if 15, then 150.
If the buildings in Beirut run out, then we'll move on to other parts of so that is what he said out in the open on camera.
And it's also far from the first time that he said something like so the US and Iran talks, they're often kind of the main focal we then also cannot forget about what
Netanyahu and these other political figures are doing and what's happening in then there's more we to dive into in just a minute.
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But then diving right back into the news for our final block. More news you need to know. Let's start with Pope Leo. He just warned that AI can lead to Ready to spit out a massive 40,000 word.
Warning that AI can erode human judgment, deepen inequality, destabilize democracy, and simulate care without real relationships.
He also had concerns for AI's potential impact on workers, saying that they're just as consequential to the ones that Pope Leo warned about during the Industrial
Adding that artificial intelligence needs to be disarmed, freed from the logic that turned it into an instrument of domination, exclusion and saying it must be at the service of all and of the common
To do that, he called for more government regulation protections for anyone whose job is threatened by AI, better educational intervention, protection for minors, and stress that humans should remain in control of the use of weapons.
There well.So all note that Vatican officials say that he's not fully anti-air, he's just pro regulation. So this is not an all out rebuke of artificial intelligence.
Oh no, no, no. It's artificial. Artificial intelligence is a great human achievement. But we can't renounce responsibility.
That's that's the main right, Leo.
He delivered all that alongside anthropic co-founder Christopher Olé, who's publicly taking a similar approach to the future of If this technology is coming,
It must go well for our common home and for the children to notably, anthropic come under fire from the president for pushing back against the idea of unrestricted military use of AI.
With Trump posting the United States of America will never allow a radical left woke company to dictate how our great military fights and wins with all this,
You had a warning that some AI leaders, they fold under that kind of pressure, saying that the industry can fall victim, to quote, a set of incentives and constraints
That can sometimes conflict with doing the right and adding that we need moral voices that the incentives cannot bend.
And saying that this is the start of a long collaboration between those of us who are building this and those who can see what we from the inside cannot.
You've got report saying that this sets the Vatican up to be sort of a moral compass for the AI industry.
And the Pope saying that his talks with Olay were a great sign of hope, that in their differences, they can still listen to one but then in other news, over in Texas, the exact opposite is happening,
Because we're about to see the full effects of Trump endorsing Ken Paxton and his runoff against incumbent Senator John right that elections actually happening today.
But some Republicans, they're kind of scared shitless that it's become so dirty that it's ultimately going to cost them control of the Senate come Right. And this is now one of the most expensive primary runoffs on record.
And it's gotten to the point where the chairman of the Texas GOP had to ask him to cut the mudslinging and focus on and so notably with that right,
The endorsement had already given Paxton the lead and the so he pulled his attack ads to end his campaign on a more positive note.
And he urged Cornyn to do the but kind of long story short, Cornyn kind of said not happening.
And he plans to continue to tell the truth about Paxton and his saying that he wanted a few more days to burn in the fact that Paxton plea bargain with a child sex and that.
It kind of gives you a taste of the energy and also an idea of why the stakes are so high for Texas Republicans. Paxton.
You know, he's sitting on scandals that a lot of people say makes him a riskier candidate for the and Cornyn, he spent $50 million on ads and created a fake dating
Ad with Paxton's alleged mistress to make sure that all the Texas knew about so that could risk things in November where the winner is going to be going up against Democrat James Talarico,
With many thinking that Talarico is actually going to perform better against Paxton because Paxton is generally a weaker candidate, in part because of his scandals.
But Cornyn is seen by a number of Republicans is too not centrist, but more bipartisan for so I now expect Paxton to kind of just walk through this It's going to be very telling how the people
That were voting for Cornyn feel about voting in But then finally, I got to mention how Ball State University now has to pay a former staffer $225,000 after firing her for a post that she made about Charlie Kirk after his Right there.
Former health director Suzanne swearing she posted it. If you think Charlie Kirk was a good person, we can't be friends.
And saying that his death was a reflection of the violence, fear and hatred he within the university saying that the post was inconsistent with the distinctive nature and trust of her
This whole situation leading to swearing and the ACLU filing their lawsuit claiming that the university had violated her First Amendment You would swear saying
She had just as much right as anybody else to make the post, and adding that she doesn't regret it and still believes in what she and so now she's just one of many that are going to get paid since the conservative push to shame, punish or fire professionals for any critical comments against right.
The state of Florida, they had to pay almost half $1 million to a biologist that they fired after she posted that the whales that she worked with cared just as much about Kirk's death as he did about children being shot in classrooms.
Also a university in Tennessee.
They have to pay out up half $1 million and reinstated tenured professor's job after firing him over.
Reposting an article titled Charlie Kirk Says Gun Deaths unfortunately worth it to keep the Second then, of course, there was that retired police officer in Tennessee
Who was thrown in jail for more than a month after posting a meme alluding to Kirk's death. And he just got $835,000 from his but that my friends. You beautiful bastards.
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