Current Revolt Staff Thoughts on 2025
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Below are the personal thoughts of how 2025 went for some of the staff here at Current Revolt. Some of us had very different opinions on how 2025 went. Enjoy.
Ortiz on 2025: The Funniest Outcome is the Most Likely -
There’s several topics that I think are important to 2025 txlege happenings:
SCAMS
There were so many scams in 2025. I would say one of the funnier ones is these fake grifter candidates. We’ve highlighted them pretty well in this article:
Three of the people highlighted in the article above have already dropped or lost their races. The rest will 100% lose as you will see come election time.
There’s also the results of the grassroots being psyop’d into supporting Abraham George for Republican Party Chairman.
The year ended with George being bossed around by The White House and failing to fulfill promises and threats he gave all year about removing incumbents from the Republican primary ballot:
Every time George speaks, I’m stunned that the party chose someone who struggles to pronounce basic words and frequently mangles grammar. Was George truly the embodiment of a Texas Republican that was best fit to lead the Republican Party of Texas? It’s frankly embarrassing.
This is the same guy who had 911 called on him by his kids for a fight over a family friend allegedly sleeping with his wife. Firearms were involved:
Is George running for reelection as Chairman? Probably. Will the grassroots-right reelect him? Absolutely. The grassroots does not think for itself. A group of individuals push out marching orders through media, influencers, consultants, and it’s allies, and the grassroots blindly listens.
Which brings me to my next point.
I would love for the grassroots/right-leaning activists to be much more cautious about the people they support. Grassroots leaders need to run even just basic vetting, and activists need to ensure they’re not just throwing money at idiots and weirdos who say what they want to hear. Most of these guys are clowns. Lets be serious please.
If you’re wanting to throw your money away, don’t waste it on a loser candidate, you can donate to your favorite rag (us) here:
AI
AI has been a mixed blessing for politics and social media. Too many people struggle to tell what’s real from what’s AI-generated. On top of that, the widespread abuse of AI editing and heavy filters in profile pictures has gotten completely out of hand. I don’t understand how some people can confidently post these ultra-polished, heavily altered versions of themselves online, only to show up in person looking nothing like their photos.
I mean look at failed candidate Ava Zolari here:
The stress on the Texas electrical grid is in-part due to the amount of computing power it’s taking to filter and edit some of these profile pictures.
For content, AI has been a drag. Constant AI slop hits the timelines for many people’s social media feeds. AI animal videos, AI profile pics, and most of all AI generated clickbait. Some of it is funny and has led to many laughs here at CR but I haven’t yet decided if the AI content is a net positive or negative. As far as research goes and day-to-day life, AI has been a blessing. I have fully replaced googling things with just using AI prompts.
AI can be fun sometimes:
As far as published content; there is a certain Dallas-based political news influencer who puts out AI generated content. This has been quite profitable for him as I know he’s making a good chunk of money publishing AI slop for the masses on X. I’ll never forget one time, while shilling blindly for a certain candidate, he published legitimately fake news. I sent him a friendly message about it, letting him know the info he put out was fake. He gave me a ‘thumbs up’ emoji and left the post up. That post had hundreds of thousands of views and a lot of people angry at a politician for something that was 100% false. Why he left it up I have no idea. Maybe the post was worth the $$$ for the lie.
Which brings me to my next point…
Shilling
The sheer volume of candidate shilling by influencers and so-called “independent journalists” this cycle has been staggering. We’re now seeing self-proclaimed journalists openly endorsing political candidates, something that, to me, feels unethical. I’m far from claiming to be the gold standard of good journalism, but publicly endorsing a candidate while presenting yourself as a journalist still strikes me as wildly inappropriate.
What’s even worse is that some of these individuals are reportedly taking money in exchange for endorsements or coordinated attack pieces. It’s gross. That said, I’m not surprised it happens and often goes unchecked. People tend to reward voices that reinforce their existing beliefs and punish those that challenge them.
This holds true for activists as well. They really need to stop propping up and glorifying politicians. Most are liars, cheats, and opportunists (though some, I assume, are good people), yet activists treat them like infallible mini-gods or celebrities. The problem is that after months of hyping them up and defending them at every turn, these same activists lose all objectivity when the politician inevitably gets exposed for wrongdoing, often by me. It becomes impossible for them to acknowledge the bad behavior because they’ve been propping up said politician for so long.
This is what activists look like glazing over Ken Paxton, Trump or whoever on X or social media all day:
They are politicians, not gods, get a grip.
News Consumption
In politics, readers primarily crave two emotional responses from news stories: anger or hatred toward their perceived enemies, and enthusiastic cheerleading for their preferred candidates or side.
Anything that deviates from this script, especially factual reporting or criticism of their own team, is swiftly dismissed as “fake news.” In my experience, it h as earned me labels like “RINO,” “liberal,” or whatever slur fits the moment, regardless of the facts.
Here at Current Revolt we have a right-lean. This is obvious to anyone who reads us and, unlike other rags out there, we don’t pretend we’re non-partisan. Everyone on staff here at CR votes Republican and are generally pretty far-right on the political spectrum. On a personal level, I have always voted Republican and many who have known me for a long time know that my first foray into politics was working for the Trump campaign in 2016:
However, what we do here at CR, and do quite well, is publish the raw truth of political bad behavior. Often times this hits Republicans on ‘my side’ of the political spectrum. Many in the grassroots have become frustrated with our reporting when we publish the truth and bad behavior of ‘grassroots’ politicians but then celebrate me as a hero when I publish the bad behavior of politicians they dislike. It’s all very retarded and inconsistent, but both of those words describe the grassroots at points so I guess it is fitting.
What even is the ‘grassroots’ nowadays? That’s an article for another day.
When CR published the Slaton story the grassroots called us liars, RINOs, scum, libtards, etc. When CR published the Capriglione story, we were lauded as heroes. It is exhausting.
I’ve also made plenty of enemies with my reporting. I’ve even got haters sending random letters to my wife accusing me of being a total player hooking up with multiple right-wing e-girls:
Why would you send a letter making me out to be a total chad? Very stupid strategy.
Anyway…
This is just me venting, nothing will change as far as the news we publish. We will publish the truth and a lot of you reading this will get mad about the truth we publish because the truth hurts and that’s okay. You will be ok. You will read my rag because we publish things that nobody else does and you know it’ll be true and interesting, even if it hurts you.
Looking Forward to 2026
I continue to be excited at where Texas is going. I think Texas is in a pretty great place and this last session, despite what the zombies will scream and moan about, was actually a very good session compared to previous sessions. House Speaker Dustin Burrows did a great job and many people agree. Even the people who were initially against him, like RPT Chairman Abraham George, have come back around to support him.
Can things be better? Absolutely. Texas has huge problems not limited to water, an H1B invasion, energy, and infinite scams that politicians pull over on us. Election-wise, we have excellent choices for AG, and many of the better House Reps don’t face any serious challengers. There are some Texas politicians that need to retire but unfortunately their challengers are often goofballs or unserious people.
As far as 2026 for Current Revolt; there are a lot of things I want to do. I do want to make more video content and more quickly consumable content. If you’ve read this far I genuinely appreciate you because even I struggle reading things this long. I prefer consuming news very easily and quickly, it’s why X is so appealing to me. So I’d like to make more quick videos and commentary for next year. We’ll see if we can make it happen.
Everyone has a podcast and everyone is kind of doing the same clickbait-y junk. I want to do something different. I have some ideas…
Looking forward to a solid 2026. We’ll see you next year.
Tex on 2025: Both Everything Happens, and Nothing Happens
Like my boss above, I also had to wear multiple occupational hats this year (which I won’t say lest I doxx myself.) I’ve more than my share of ups and downs and burnout, but I’ve kept my sanity. As of now, I’m gainfully employed and still have decent time for Current Revolt.
It’s been almost five years since I started working for Current Revolt, and I’ve never looked back. I still remember walking into my Austin hotel room after a long workday and a couple margaritas, and opening my laptop to see Tony inviting me to join Current Revolt’s staff. I accepted, and the rest is history.
There’s not that much for me to write, since my boss covered a lot of those bases (decent session, women and boomers milking AI, party unity is good etc.) My main takeaways for this year (like last year) are as follows: the grifts never end, and nothing ever happens.
You may have your political idols, but 90% are uninterested in your struggles. While DEI appointees are releasing murderers, property taxes skyrocket, H1B people still colonize and stink up your neighborhoods, and Texas still lacks E-Verify, Dan Patrick is obsessing over weed snacks, and Brian Harrison tries to legalize gay sex.
Luckily, AI provides plenty of ways to vent and mock our overlords.
On a more serious note, I retain hope for the Texan Right. Our party is drifting further Right, due to many seeing the failures of party leadership, in both DC and Austin. These ever-growing movements are generally disillusioned with half-measures taken by the “muh principlez” caucus.
Overall, more and more are tired of Democrats being the party that breaks and obstructs everything, while Republicans are the party that refuses to completely fix the damage.
Anyhow, we look forward to more scam coverage, victories, and continuing to be the Texas Newspaper of Record. In the words of a Five Finger Death Punch song, “Welcome to The Circus.”
La Malinche on 2025:
I feel vindicated about Candace Owens.
White boomers dropped the ball by handing a microphone to every type of minority who was eager to yap at their club meetings. We have got to vet people better.
Don’t give anyone a platform who doesn’t have at least 5 years of voting history in Texas fr fr.
Editors note: Malinche, like me, is brown. Which makes this funny. - Ortiz
Stonewall Quackson on 2025:
This year we learned that regardless of wins that we achieve politically, all politics comes down to people. Our fickle natures will never be redeemed by earthly machinations. Every promise made in a campaign or ideological commitment lasts only so long as a person has a reason deeper than instinct for the positions they hold. Policy wins can reflect a healing culture but they are rarely the cause of it, and there will always be another battle that we ultimately may not live to see won. “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.” -Ephesians 6:12
Tommy on 2025:
This year was a failure in my book. If you want to look on the bright side of things, like the fact that you are still alive, then sure, we are all winning at that. But as we have seen the rise of what may be the most right-wing government in living memory under Trump, we have seen the cuckoldry of the Texas Legislature illuminated for all to see.
The problem is the money involved in Texas politics, but the solution to this problem is far from obvious.
We have seen every state representative get on their knees and kiss Abbott’s feet. Likewise in the senate, we have seen every senator get on their knees and suck on Dan Patrick’s toes while Abraham George films it. That gross visual is how I feel when I ponder the situation that Texans find ourselves in.
The bills passed in the regular session and special sessions were some of the biggest scams on record. Many more constitutional amendments were passed banning things that don’t exist. This is presumably something these politicians will do forever, as it costs nothing and the voters have not caught on to this condescending scam. Here are some good red-meat issues that Republicans might put on the ballot to ban in 2027:
Ban carbon taxes for backyard propane grills
Banning non-consensual gender interpretive dance in government-owned buildings
Ban taxing the number of flags flown per property
This is no different than the slop they are turning out. Here is what these people seem to have no interest in banning:
Hiring illegal aliens
Renting to illegal aliens
Paying billions to educate illegals’ kids
My favorite moment of the year comes when I think about the legislature’s very own artisan baker, Giovanni Capriglione, going on a complete and total power trip before his deserved downfall. His lawsuit against us never came, of course. It looks like for once having a politician who can’t follow through on something they said worked out in everyone’s favor.
My next favorite moment of the year was when Dade Phelan was being questioned on his meme ban and it was revealed he had no idea what the bill said or did. It’s apparently very common that lawmakers do not comprehend the bills they are filing, for whatever reason.
My third favorite moment of the year was Brian Harrison passionately arguing for legalizing gay sex. Not sure why he thought it was a good idea, I couldn’t stop laughing to hear his speech, but I know it will be what he is most remembered for.
My fourth favorite is school choice, because this is a scam with legs. When it’s all said and done, it’s looking like it will turn out to be a scam rivaling Minnesota’s Somali schemes.
Within days of school choice passing, the Islamic schools were licking the stamps on their applications. Texans will be financially backing jihadi schools in our own state, and your idiot Texas politicians will act shocked that taxpayers are funding jihadi schools. They will then pass something in response to the news stories (which will be fake) and the problem will persist.
Honorable mention for my favorite moment is Jared Patterson’s fake library book ban which a judge tossed out like spoiled milk. Another fake win that Texas politicians gloated about, which turned out to be totally fake.
The reason we have so many terrible politicians in Texas and, even more tellingly, virtually no good politicians, is because of the money involved. There is no limit on contributions, but the process is very transparent. A couple large donors and a couple Republicans call all the shots, and everyone underneath them is 100% devoted to kissing their ass. Even the one state rep who was thrown in jail by Abbott is now nice and cozy with Governor Moneybags, and not a negative word is uttered. The fact that Abbott is stilll giving taxpayer money to the largest H-1B users in the state is nothing the threat of funding a challenger can’t straighten out.
It’s not obvious to me that applying a limit to campaign contributions will be better in the long term, although nothing seems to be really changing with the scams and do-nothing sessions, so maybe we should think about it.