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TexasTowelie

TexasTowelie's Journal
TexasTowelie's Journal
September 15, 2025

Creators of "How to Get Away With Murder" Websites Are the Real Heroes - Steve Shives



Deep thoughts or just a rant? Steve dives down the rabbit hole.
September 15, 2025

Russians Are Becoming Furious About Putin's War - Paul Warburg



Russia has experienced several major revolutions just in the past century—and signs suggest it may be inching toward another. Gasoline shortages from Ukraine’s strikes on refineries and pipelines are straining the economy, while coup rumors and talk of Stalin-style purges inside the military highlight Putin’s growing paranoia. In this video, we explore how fuel shortages, political unrest, and Russia’s revolutionary history could collide to reshape its future and the war in Ukraine.
September 15, 2025

Why Tariffs Won't Bring Back Manufacturing Jobs, Krugman Explains - Bloomberg Television



Nobel laureate Paul Krugman argues that tariff “chaos” and Trump's immigration policies are the real drag on growth by raising costs, freezing investment, and ultimately hitting consumers. He says a 1950s-style manufacturing revival is illusory, tariff revenue won’t fix the deficit, and U.S. trade-rule credibility has suffered lasting damage. On New York City politics, he expects only marginal policy shifts if Democratic nominee for mayor Zohran Mamdani wins.

00:00 Krugman
00:30 Krugman on Trump
01:30 Krugman on immigration
02:15 Krugman on tariffs
05:00 Krugman on autos and tariffs
September 15, 2025

Trump gives insane new response to Kirk shooting - Another Day - Brian Tyler Cohen



Trump lays blame on the "Democrat" party for the death of Charlie Kirk.
September 15, 2025

Kula Bridge - Thailand's concept to bypass Malacca - Good Times Bad Times (The 20s Report)



Although discussion about building a canal across the Thai peninsula for centuries to bypass the Straits of Malacca, the project never came to fruition due to economic, geopolitical, and environmental constraints. While the idea still remains with some of the key powers, Thailand is taking a more modest approach advocating for a land bridge of highways and railways between ports on different sides of the nation.

The United States, India, China, and Singapore stand to be affected whether a canal or land bridge is built across Thailand. Please watch the video for further analysis in the Indo-Pacific. - TxT
September 15, 2025

This is breaking Russia's War - Jason Jay Smart



Russia’s most destructive enemy is not NATO or sanctions—it is corruption inside its own war machine. The “phantom” that drains fuel before tanks reach the front, swaps modern armor for outdated junk, and issues soldiers bargain-bin radios that fail under basic jamming is not hidden in the West. It is inside Russia’s contracts, receipts, and depots. This investigation exposes how theft, fraud, and fake modernization guarantee a hollow army that loses before battle even begins.

Here’s what you’ll learn if you watch through to the end:

1. How procurement scams turn “modernized” units into museum pieces on the battlefield.
2. Why radios and navigation systems fail before soldiers ever face the enemy.
3. How Putin’s autocrat’s bargain trades loyalty for stolen billions, trapping him in corruption.
4. Why every abandoned tank, every failed offensive, and every morale collapse traces back to receipts, not missiles.
5. The red flags—contracts, audits, fake delivery forms—that predict Russian defeat before the shooting starts.

By the end, you’ll see how Putin’s own system is the ghost destroying his army. If you want fact-driven analysis on Russia’s war economy, procurement fraud, logistics collapse, drones, EW, and corruption networks—subscribe now, share to break propaganda, and join as a member to support deeper investigations.

CHAPTERS:
00:00 The Ghost Haunting Russia
00:45 Abandoned Tanks and Falling Jets
01:30 The Phantom Revealed
02:15 Putin - The Architect of Collapse
03:00 Russia's Illusion of Power
03:45 The Web of Corruption
04:30 Weapons That Do Not Exist
05:15 Arrests at the Top
06:00 The Pact of Power and Greed
06:45 A Military Built on Lies
07:30 Why the War Continues
08:15 Soldiers as Consumables
09:00 Corruption as the Only Ideology
09:45 A Fight for Scarce Resources
10:30 Putin's Trap
11:15 The Outcome
12:00 Closing and Call to Action
September 15, 2025

Queer Comedians React to Tucker Carlson Thinking Pete Buttigieg is Secretly Straight? - Lovett or Leave It



River Butcher, Punkie Johnson and Alex English join to discuss Tucker Carlson's comments on Pete Buttigieg, ratings on Grindr, LA’s Gay Fashion, Bisexual Vs. Pansexual, and Frankie Focus.
September 15, 2025

Finnish president on how to end the Ukraine war - CNN



CNN's Fareed Zakaria sat down with Finnish President Alexander Stubb in Kyiv.
September 15, 2025

Sen. Chris Coons says the internet is "driving extremism in this country" - Face the Nation



As the nation grapples with the fallout from the Charlie Kirk assassination last week, Sens. James Lankford, Republican of Oklahoma, and Chris Coons, Democrat of Delaware, join "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" to discuss how Congress can model civility. Coons warns that the idea that Kirk could be killed "in such a grotesque and public way has to bring us to reflect about how hard it's getting, because the internet is an accelerant – it is driving extremism in this country."

0:00 Intro
0:25 Coons denounces assassination of Charlie Kirk, says internet is driving extremism
1:40 Lankford on social media and extremism
2:55 Lankford on his own feeling of security
3:43 Coons on worries for his family
5:13 Coons on funding security for lawmakers and judges
6:38 Lankford on security funds
8:55 Lankford on firings over response to Charlie Kirk's death
10:21 Coons on firings
11:45 Lankford on looming government shutdown deadline
13:24 Coons on government funding

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