MASK OFF: Cornyn Staffer Flips to Talarico, AI-Slop Producer Cries Paxton Won’t Appear on His Podcast
Monitoring the Situation (8/18/26)
Here are some situations we have monitored and some situations that we are monitoring.
MASK OFF: Former Cornyn Staffer Becomes Chief of Staff for James Talarico
Dallas AI News-Slop Producer Cries Paxton Won’t Appear on His Podcast
Paxton Back on Top in Prediction Markets
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MASK OFF: Former Cornyn Staffer Becomes Chief of Staff for James Talarico
Senator John Cornyn’s former deputy legislative director has been hired on as the chief of staff for the James Talarico campaign.
Jacob Smith worked for Cornyn for five years as deputy legislative director and policy adviser, previously served on the House Science Committee for Rep. Mike Collins, and as a legislative aide to Sen. Roger Wicker. (All republicans)
“I’ve worked for Republicans like Senator Cornyn my entire career, but this year I’m proud to be joining James Talarico’s campaign,” Smith confirmed in a statement through the Talarico campaign. “Instead of playing partisan politics, Talarico speaks to the needs of everyday people who day in and day out work too hard for too little.
Smith also took a moment to swing at Paxton:
“Ken Paxton is the most corrupt, self-dealing politician in Texas who would sell their futures to the highest contributor just to hold onto power. I’m encouraging all my fellow Republicans who know Ken Paxton is unfit to serve in the Senate to finally hold him accountable at the ballot box.”
Really makes one wonder the kind of staff Cornyn kept around that would easily flip parties like that.
Dallas AI News-Slop Producer Cries Paxton Won’t Appear on His Podcast
Alexander Muse (Amuse), a slightly known Dallas-based AI news-slop reporter posted online yesterday that he was reconsidering his party affiliation because Ken Paxton won’t appear on his podcast.
