Ted Cruz's comments against Zohran Mamdami backfire

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Ted Cruz gets a harsh reminder as he tries to mock Mamdani's A/C advice during heat wave

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) tried to mock New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani for urging the public to conserve energy amid a dangerous heat wave cooking the East Coast — but there was one glaring thing he overlooked."New York: it's hot out there, and the power grid is working overtime to keep us cool," wrote Mamdani on X. "Set your AC to 78 degrees, turn off lights/electronics you're not using, and unplug what you can. Our City is doing its part too: maintaining the 78 degrees rule in our buildings, dimming/turning off our lights during peak electricity demand, asking private partners to do the same, and powering down non-essential equipment.""A stable grid means the AC stays on, and lives are saved. Let's ease demand — and get through the heat — together," he concluded.Cruz lashed out, acting as if such a request for energy conservation is ridiculous. "In a first-world country, you could turn on the A/C…." he wrote.However, he was quickly reminded in the Community Notes that a 78-degree AC setting is standard advice from public utilities during a heat wave — and that in fact, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and the Texas power grid have both made identical recommendations when heat waves hit Cruz's own state.Still other commenters on X reminded Cruz that his reaction the last time there was a major power crisis in Texas, during a devastating winter storm that left some constituents dead or burning their own furniture for warmth, was to fly away to Cancun, and then blame his daughters when caught.

Ted Cruz slammed for blatant flip-flop following Supreme Court bombshell

After the U.S. Supreme Court issued, at the end of June, a bombshell ruling upholding birthright citizenship, far-right Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) was quick to condemn the decision as a "travesty." But according to Notre Dame law professor Derek T. Muller, that condemnation is a major flip-flop from what Cruz said about birthright citizenship back in 2011.U.S. President Donald Trump, after returning to the White House, issued an executive order declaring birthright citizenship illegal. But the High Court struck down that order as unconstitutional, with conservative Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett (a Trump appointee) joining Democratic-appointed Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Ketanji Brown Jackson and Elena Kagan in agreeing that birthright citizenship is protected by the U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment. In a June 30 post on X, formerly Twitter, Cruz angrily wrote, "Today's decision regarding birthright citizenship is a travesty. The Fourteenth Amendment was written to overturn Dred Scott and guarantee citizenship to freed slaves — not to create automatic citizenship for the children of those who violate our immigration laws or are only temporarily in the United States. This decision will only invite further exploitation of our immigration system. The Court adopted an interpretation that departs from the original meaning of the Constitution and incentivizes illegal immigration. Congress retains the authority to clarify federal law, and it should act immediately to restore the original meaning of the Citizenship Clause and protect the integrity of American citizenship."But Muller, on X, pointed to an "alternative take from Ted Cruz, 2011."The Notre Dame legal scholar linked to a video of Cruz defending birthright citizenship without hesitation in 2011, the year before he was elected to the U.S. Senate. At that point, Cruz was best known for his years as Texas solicitor general.Cruz himself is an immigrant and a Latino. Now 55, he was born in Calgary, Canada on December 22, 1970 — and his father, the late Raphael Cruz Sr, was originally from Cuba. The U.S. senator's full name is Raphael Edward Cruz Jr.When Cruz was asked if the U.S. should "allow birthright citizenship," he responded, "I have spent my professional career defending the Constitution…. The 14th Amendment provides for birthright citizenship. I've look at the legal arguments against it, and I will tell you, as a Supreme Court litigator, those arguments are not very good. As much as someone may dislike birthright citizenship, it's in the Constitution. And I don't like it when federal judges set aside the Constitution because their policy preferences are different. And so, my view: I think it's a mistake for conservatives to be focusing on trying to fight what the Constitution says on birthright citizenship." The Cruz flip-fop that Muller highlighted is drawing a lot of reactions on X.Arizona Republican Stephen Richer tweeted, "gotta start audition for Alito's spot?" — a reference to speculation that Cruz could be nominated for the Supreme Court if Justice Samuel Alito retires.Attorney Sean Marotta commented, "Ah, but what about true-blue MAGA judges like James Ho? Surely, he couldn't be in favor of birthright citizenship."Attorney Sean Silverman posted, "@SenTedCruz, you might be able to save yourself from a claim of hypocrisy by explaining exactly when and why your opinion changed. Any explanation?"Never Trump conservative David Schmidt wrote, "No one should ever accuse Ted Cruz of having enduring principles." - YouTube www.youtube.com

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Trump lawsuit backfires as he's ordered to reveal his darkest secrets

The failure of the American media is one of the biggest disappointments of the last 11 years. Instead of standing together and standing their ground with integrity and dignity when Trump began bullying them in 2015, media organizations let him wear them down with his never-ending litany of insults. Once a toxic narcissist knows they can get away with it, they’ll just keep hurting you and taking things from you. Our media never properly pushed back against Trump because, before his 2016 campaign, they’d never had to defend themselves against personal attacks from a candidate or a president. They went from treating him like the joke he should have always been to giving him absolute power over their newsrooms. While we’ve seen individual moments of pushback here and there, Trump ultimately prevails every time. Either he makes the reporter the story by bullying them, or he gets away with not answering their questions because he’s too busy scapegoating them as a distraction from whatever he was asked about. It disgusts me every time, because no one stands together on that press line. I don’t care which outlet you work for — when Trump bullies one reporter, he’s bullying them all. They should be demanding the answers he refuses to give, because that’s their job. But they should also be demanding that he stop treating their colleagues like a middle school bully. From the outside, it might look like it’s too late. Every news outlet we once trusted is now owned by a billionaire with their own personal political agendas. While ABC beefs with the FCC over Jimmy Kimmel, CBS’s full capitulation to Trump is complete. And now, David Ellison is about to do the same to CNN by putting Bari Weiss in charge there as well. Everything about this is anti-American. Our First Amendment rights are being violated by an oligarch class that’s been allowed to take over far too many media outlets, and with the White House now targeting members of the independent media, how long before Trump tries to shut down the internet so no one can talk about the Epstein Files or his failing health?There are many ways to fight back against male white corporate oppression, however, and one news network is setting the examples for all of us to follow. And there’s no way the FCC can intervene on Trump’s behalf this time, because it’s not an American network.All hail the venerable British Broadcasting Company (BBC), both on television and over the wireless, as they used to say. The BBC has always set the standard for journalism, and that’s remained true during the Trumpian nightmare garbage fire. Because he can’t control them. He can sue them, however, because that’s what Trump does whenever anyone with a big enough audience tells the truth about him. It’s a favorite con of his, burying and then bankrupting his enemies with endless depositions and appeals. Trump is desperate to rewrite the history of his failed coup after losing the 2020 election to Joe Biden, despite all of the footage that’s still readily available to everyone.So, of course, Trump is now suing the BBC for $10 BILLION, crying “defamation” after it aired a documentary about the January 6th insurrection, in which they used some of the footage of his Ellipsis speech that he claims was “edited.” Yes, the same speech that was live-streamed by all of the MAGA terrorists in the crowd, just like the subsequent attack on the Capitol. While plenty of other institutions have caved to Trump, the stiff upper lips at the BBC aren’t intimidated so easily. In fact, they’re going after what the January 6th House Select Committee never could get: Trump’s January 6th phone records.Discovery is glorious, especially when it’s used for good. Not only are they asking for Trump’s phone records from the Day of Rage, but also the days leading up to his desperately violent attempt to stay in power. But they’re not stopping with Trump’s actions regarding January 6th; the BBC has also served a subpoena related to his revocable trust, which is run by Don Jr. It contains private information on the Trump Crime Family’s assets and business relationships, so just imagine what the BBC might find if they gain access to all of Trump’s financials. It’ll be interesting to see how this plays out. Trump’s phone records would show whether or not he ever called any state’s governor to have them send their National Guard troops to the Capitol to fight off the MAGA crowds. We already have the footage of Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer essentially co-Presidenting by taking the action Trump never did and, hopefully, the BBC will also use this clip as part of its defense should the lawsuit go to trial.Any American news outlet could have done the same as the BBC, even without a lawsuit against them, but they haven’t, and they won’t. We all know the truth about January 6th because we were all witnesses. Whether we watched it online or on TV, the live feeds were readily available and were recorded.