JUST IN: Trump Congratulates Paxton on Epic Victory to Unseat RINO John Cornyn, Trashes James Talarico – Promises “Big Beautiful Rallies for Ken”
May 27, 2026
President Trump on Wednesday congratulated Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on his landslide victory over RINO Senator John Cornyn in last night’s Texas Senate primary runoff election.
“I will do some nice, big, beautiful rallies for Ken. Texas, this will be FUN!” Trump said.
Paxton beat Cornyn by nearly 30 points. The race was called within the first hour of polls closing.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, Paxton gave his victory speech after whooping RINO John Cornyn, and he promised to be a key voice for President Trump’s agenda and the Save America Act in the Senate.
“I’ll support President Trump’s America First agenda and finally secure our nation’s elections by passing the Save America Act,” he told the crowd, sparking massive applause.
President Trump released a statement on the race this morning, congratulating both Paxton and Cornyn, the 23-year incumbent, and he went off on Paxton's November opponent, James Talarico, likening him to MAD Magazine mascot Alfred E. Neuman.
"His opponent, Alfred E. Neuman, may be the worst TEXAS candidate I have ever seen," Trump said.
"A strong Open Borders advocate, he is WEAK ON CRIME, believes there are 6 genders, is insulting to Jesus Christ, will never support the Military, was a big Mask Wearer until recently, and is a Vegan who dislikes meat, not exactly a good way to be if you’re wanting to win an Election in Texas."
Trump further trashed outgoing Rep. Jasmine Crockett, who lost the Democratic Senate primary in March, calling her a "very low IQ individual," but noting that she "would have been a far better choice for the Dumocrats."
Full statement below:
Congratulations to Ken Paxton on such a tremendous win, and to John Cornyn for having run a strong and powerful race but, more importantly, having had a truly great career. John will remain my friend for a long time to come, as we both watch Ken become a fantastic, common sense Senator, one who is respected by all.
His opponent, Alfred E. Neuman, may be the worst TEXAS candidate I have ever seen. A strong Open Borders advocate, he is WEAK ON CRIME, believes there are 6 genders, is insulting to Jesus Christ, will never support the Military, was a big Mask Wearer until recently, and is a Vegan who dislikes meat, not exactly a good way to be if you’re wanting to win an Election in Texas.
Jasmine Crockett, a very low IQ individual, who is no relation to the legendary frontiersman, Davy Crockett, would have been a far better choice for the Dumocrats. I will do some nice, big, beautiful rallies for Ken. Texas, this will be FUN! GOD BLESS AMERICA. President DJT
Radical Texas Sex Therapist Who Vowed to Convert ICE Facility into Prison for American Zionists Loses Democrat Congressional Primary
May 27, 2026
A licensed sex therapist and leftist activist who called for turning a federal ICE detention center in Texas into a “prison for American Zionists,” complete with a “castration processing center for pedophiles,” lost the Democrat primary runoff for Texas’s 35th Congressional District on Tuesday.
Maureen Galindo, who was running as a self-described “participatory Democrat,” lost to Bexar County Sheriff’s Office public information officer Johnny Garcia by a margin of approximately 40.5% to 59.5%, according to Associated Press projections called late on election night.
Democrat Johnny Garcia will defeat Maureen Galindo, who was rebuked by the party for antisemitic remarks, in Texas House primary runoff, CNN’s Decision Desk projects. Follow live updates.https://t.co/qa6ee4Lysqpic.twitter.com/DEJyUF58z2
In the widely circulated carousel post on her campaign Instagram account, Galindo wrote in the third person:
“When Maureen gets into Congress, she’ll write legislation so that all Zionism is undoubtedly Anti-Semitic, since it’s Zionists harming the Semites… She’ll turn Karnes ICE Detention Center into a prison for American Zionists and former ICE officers for human trafficking. (It will also be a castration processing center for pedophiles which will probably be most of the Zionists).”
The backlash was swift and severe.
Democrat Reps. Josh Gottheimer and Jared Moskowitz issued a joint statement declaring they would “force a vote to expel her every single day” if she were ever elected to Congress.
Even progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez publicly denounced the remarks as “bigoted garbage and antisemitism” in a post on X. She also claimed that Galindo was being funded by Republicans.
This is absolutely disgusting.
This bigoted garbage and antisemitism should be nowhere near our politics.
Galindo’s campaign later issued a statement on her official website insisting the proposal targeted “billionaire zionists who have profited off genocidal prison state materials and trafficking” and had “nothing to do with religion — they could be Evangelical, Catholic, Mormon, Jewish, etc.”
Galindo also posted a follow-up Instagram video in which she defended herself and accused critics of twisting her words.
Galindo had surprisingly finished first in the initial March Democrat primary with 29.2% of the vote, narrowly ahead of Garcia’s 27.0%.
The redrawn TX-35 district, which stretches from parts of San Antonio into surrounding counties, was deliberately reconfigured by Texas Republicans to favor the GOP in November, but Democrats still viewed it as competitive.
The November general election will be Republican state Rep. John Lujan or Air Force veteran Carlos De La Cruz against Garcia.
Alabama Judge Who Called Herself “Ultimate Authority” Suspended After Making Racist Remarks Against White Clerk
May 27, 2026
An Alabama judge was suspended after making a racist remark against a White clerk.
Probate Judge Yashiba Blanchard was hit with a 120-page complaint after she delayed cases to walk her dog and even attacked a White woman with racially charged comments.
Blanchard called herself the “ultimate authority” in conversations with her staff.
Judge Blanchard is accused of ethical and judicial misconduct by delaying cases so she could walk her dogs.
In one case, a patient was hospitalized for an additional two weeks because of Blanchard’s delays.
“This patient will now remain hospitalized for an additional two weeks solely due to the lack of timely access to the hearing process,” an email from hospital staff read, according to the complaint.
“This not only prevents her from being home with her family for Thanksgiving, but it also generates unnecessary hospitalization costs and creates avoidable emotional distress for the patient,” the email read.
Blanchard attacked a chief clerk named Amanda Reid.
“Oh, I forgot you all like kissing white ass,’” Blanchard said to her staffer about her fondness of Reid.
A judge in Jefferson County who reportedly told her staff she was the “ultimate authority” with “no boss” has been suspended following a 120-page complaint filed by the Judicial Inquiry Commission.
Probate Judge Yashiba Blanchard is out of the courtroom indefinitely and through this complaint, is formally accused of ethical and judicial misconduct.
Judge Elisabeth French, the presiding judge in Jefferson County, appointed retired Probate Judge Sherri Friday to serve temporarily in Blanchard’s place and appointed retired Judge Carole Smitherman to temporarily serve as Chief Election Official for Jefferson County.
The complaint lays out dozens of allegations against Blanchard that claim she ran the Probate Court in an incompetent and unprofessional manner, routinely targeting attorneys and staff, and manufacturing a backlog that created havoc in involuntary commitments.
The commission charges Blanchard with pattern and practice of failing to diligently discharge judicial duties, pattern and practice of failing to follow the law, pattern and practice of exhibiting bias against attorneys appearing in Blanchard’s court, failure to disqualify from a case in which Blanchard served as an attorney, harassment, intimidation, and retaliation against probate court staff, allowing other court officials subject to Blanchard’s direction and control to engage in harassment and intimidation of probate court staff, and failure to maintain professional competence in judicial administration.
NEW: Alabama judge suspended after being accused of delaying cases so she could walk her dogs, as well as making racial remarks against a white woman.
Probate Judge Yashiba Blanchard has been smacked with a 120-page complaint accusing her of misconduct in multiple cases.
Mayes Middleton CRUSHES Chip Roy in GOP Attorney General Primary
May 27, 2026
Texas State Senator Mayes Middleton (L); U.S. Congressman Chip Roy (R)
Texas State Senator Mayes Middleton has defeated U.S. Congressman Chip Roy in the Republican primary runoff for Texas Attorney General.
Middleton, the self-made oil and gas executive who branded himself “MAGA Mayes,” poured more than $16–17 million of his own money into the race and overcame Roy’s name ID advantage to win the nomination.
Middleton will now face Democrat Nathan Johnson in November as Republicans look to keep the Attorney General’s office firmly in conservative hands following Paxton’s Senate bid.
Roy conceded the race shortly after the results came in, saying he had called Middleton to congratulate him.
“Just a little while ago, I called and congratulated @mayes_middleton for his victory in our race for the Republican nominee for Attorney General. I will have a full statement tomorrow. Onward,” Roy wrote on X.
The ballot-box battle between Roy and Middleton, the president of an independent oil and gas company, turned bitter and expensive, and partially became a test of which candidate was more of a fighter for Trump and his America First and MAGA movements.
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“We’ve gotten the financial support necessary to compete with my self-funder opponent, who’s got his inheritance money that he can just spend,” Roy highlighted in a Fox News Digital interview on the eve of the runoff.
Roy argued that Middleton’s lack of courtroom experience would make him a poor attorney general.
“Having been the first assistant attorney general makes me ready on day one, but it’s also that I’ve been a prosecutor, I’ve been in court, I’ve sat in front of a judge, stood in front of a judge, argued cases, and he has never done any of those things. And we think those things should matter,” Roy emphasized.
The race turned into a referendum on loyalty to President Trump and the MAGA agenda. Middleton hammered Roy for his past criticisms of the President, including Roy’s statement on the House floor that Trump had engaged in “impeachable conduct” related to January 6th.
Middleton ran hard on the fact that Roy had spent years fighting Trump instead of the radical left. Ads blasted Roy as a “backstabbing D.C. Congressman” who betrayed MAGA.
“Chip Roy is someone that has spent a decade fighting the president. He actually said President Trump committed impeachable conduct on the House floor,” Middleton told Fox News. “Instead of spending 10 years fighting President Trump, what have I done? I’ve spent 10 years fighting to defeat the left, which is what matters the most in this race.”
One Department, Two Standards: How the Marine Corps Purges What the Navy Accommodates
May 27, 2026
Image: Wikimedia Commons (Hung Cao, Acting Secretary of the Navy)
Absent any intervention, May 21, 2026, has marked the forced conclusion of a 13-year military career for a Marine Corps officer. This conclusion is not a mere routine separation; it stems from a troubling set of events that highlight the tensions between personal conviction and institutional demands within the military.
Though considered a “key judicial victory for due process” to be granted the Board of Inquiry at the time, Headquarters Marine Corps (HQMC) has chosen to quietly advance the recommendation to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Manpower and Reserve Affairs, to separate First Lieutenant Schuyler Skipper. Notably, his recent fitness reports have explicitly praised him as an “exceptional leader” and an “invaluable asset” to his regiment.
The Gateway Pundit spoke to his legal counsel, Davis Younts, a retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel and former Judge Advocate General (JAG) officer. He said this notification of separation arrives just three months after a formal Board of Inquiry (BOI) met on February 10, 2026, “delivering a heavy verdict.” The board substantiated charges of violating Article 92 (Failure to Obey an Order) and Article 133 (Conduct Unbecoming an Officer), recommending an honorable discharge.
The “unbecoming” conduct in question? A deeply held religious objection to vaccines—and a request to steward his health in accordance with his faith, said Younts.
“While the Marine Corps has chosen to characterize a matter of religious conscience as an act of disciplinary defiance,” Younts pointed out, “its sister service, the Navy, has quietly proved that military readiness and religious freedom can coexist.” He contended, “The stark divergence in how the two branches handle the exact same statutory protections reveals an institutional double standard that tests the very integrity of the department.”
A Tale of Two Services: The Data of Disparity
Both the Navy and the Marine Corps adhere to the same overarching Department of the Navy instruction: SECNAVINST 1730.8B CH-1 (Accommodation of Religious Practices). Both branches are also bound by the statutory mandates of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), which requires the government to demonstrate that a substantial burden on a service member’s faith is the “least restrictive means” of achieving a compelling governmental interest.
“Yet,” Younts noted, “the statistical reality published by the Department of the Navy’s own Human Resources command (MyNavyHR) exposes an undeniable institutional schism.”
Image: Table created by J.M. Phelps
According to Younts, these figures demonstrate that within the Navy, the administrative mechanism for religious accommodation functions as intended by federal law. He explained, “Hundreds of sailors each year are granted accommodations, allowing them to balance their oaths of service with their vows of faith.”
In sharp contrast, he said, “the Marine Corps has maintained an unyielding stance, rendering religious exemptions functionally non-existent.”
“Under the same department, using the same instruction,” he shared that “a Naval officer is statistically afforded the space to exercise their constitutional rights, while a Marine Corps officer like 1stLt Skipper is hit with adverse evaluations, stripped of promotion opportunities, and processed for separation.”
The Illusion of Readiness
Throughout the post-COVID-19 landscape, the Marine Corps has consistently fallen back on a singular, generalized justification for blanket denials: “force health and readiness,” Younts argued. “According to institutional logic,” Younts said, “an unvaccinated officer poses an impermissible threat to the deployability and health of the unit.”
However, he said, this argument collapses under close scrutiny. “The same year 1stLt Skipper received his Report of Misconduct the individual officer’s higher headquarters command, the 1st Marine Logistics Group granted over 50 medical exemptions for the annual influenza vaccine.”
Those service members most likely continue to serve, their careers unblemished and their performance unimpeded. This raises an important question: How is it that those individuals with medical exemptions are not considered an “impermissible threat”? What distinguishes them in this scenario? The answer is clear: religious belief.
This unfair treatment reveals a critical logical flaw. “If the physical presence of an unvaccinated individual were a catastrophic threat to unit readiness,” he pointed out, “a medical exemption would be just as hazardous as a religious one.” For him, permitting dozens of medical waivers while prosecuting a single religious objector under Article 133, demonstrates blatant religious discrimination, not a genuine concern for health and readiness.
Image: Table created by J.M. Phelps
“Federal judges have already seen through this administrative theater,” Younts remarked, explaining that in landmark rulings during the height of the COVID-19 mandate era, U.S. District Judges Steven D. Merryday and Reed O’Connor openly criticized the military’s religious accommodation process, labeling it a “ruse,” “theater,” and an “exercise in futility.” The courts found that the military routinely relied on “pre-written, boilerplate language” rather than conducting the individualized assessments mandated by RFRA.
“Years later, the Marine Corps appears to be running the exact same playbook to railroad out of the services those with religious convictions,” said Younts. “Rather than engaging in the rigorous, individualized analysis required by law, the institution has weaponized the performance evaluation system. Impeccable fitness reports are marred with localized adverse marks, selection boards for promotion to Captain are denied, and the administrative machinery is tilted toward a punitive exit.”
In February, following 1stLt Skipper’sproceeding, Younts wrote on X:
Marine O-6 in an official proceeding said my client’s ‘sincerely held’ Christian faith is not compatible with continued service in the Marine Corps. Not my client’s service that was honorable…my client’s beliefs are the issue. Now, guess when this happened…
These statements exposed the true nature of the battle. The February 10 Board of Inquiry’s decision to substantiate an Article 92 Violation of a Lawful Order and Article 133 charge—Conduct Unbecoming an Officer—was not an objective evaluation of military necessity.
Rather, Younts told The Gateway Pundit “it was an explicit declaration by senior leadership that holding deep religious convictions is inherently disqualifying for service.”
“It suggests that in the modern Marine Corps, requesting the legal protections guaranteed by Congress and the Constitution is no longer treated as a statutory right, but as an act of ideological non-conformity,” the military defense attorney continued. “This is a gross constitutional violation and a direct betrayal of the oath to support and defend those exact liberties, rights that belong to our service members and do not simply vanish the moment they choose to serve their country.”
Principle Over Career
After nearly five years of religious discrimination, the final separation directives are here. Emphasizing his views do not reflect those of the Department of War, the Department of the Navy, or the Marine Corps, 1stLt Skipperadmitted that the financial and emotional toll on the officer and his family is still significant. Denied promotions represent nearly $100,000 in lost wages and benefits, and this amount is further compounded by the legal expenses required to mount his administrative defense.
Yet, as the officer’s wife, Katie, noted during the peak of the administrative pressure:
The cost is high, but the principle is everything. We are pursuing justice not just for his career, but for every young person who wishes to serve their country without retaliation for their religious convictions.
This case is no longer just an individual grievance; it is a critical litmus test for institutional fidelity to the Constitution. When the administrative history of this era is written, the data will remain clear. The United States Navy proved that accommodation was entirely possible, while the United States Marine Corps chose not to support and defend the Constitution.
Only one question remains: Who will intervene to compel Headquarters Marine Corps to right this wrong, or will their infidelity to the Constitution continue unchecked?
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