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  1. He'd smoke her, and DSA is why.
  2. A lot of the details and financial projections were not unveiled until recently, so although it's true that the project has been years in the making it's also true that it's a fluid situation and the key terms were not capable of being publicly known or discussed for 99% of the time that this was being cooked up behind closed doors. The Spurs Organization has a lot of goodwill and credibility with the community, but the developers who stand to benefit are usually assholes who don't give one rat's ass about making the city better. We could have the arena without all of the other bullshit, and most people would be fine with it. So the way I see it, a bunch of bad actors are hiding behind the Spurs's reputation and riding on their coattails in order to potentially swindle taxpayers to the tune of several billion dollars. Is there any non-biased source of objective information about who knew what and when they knew it? Also, at this point Project Marvel discussion probably should have its own separate thread.
  3. Controlled opposition. All that's missing are the Washington Generals uniforms.
  4. He was the first Congressman to publicly tell Brandon to step down. We were looking at a 400+ EV landslide for TFG if he hadn't. Kamala had a chance, but of course the people with the worst political instincts were still running the show (the instincts that got us in that predicament in the first place) so she also lost but not nearly as badly. I'll always be thankful to Doggett for that.
  5. I want the rosy projections to be good, but I don't think SA will be spared from the economic carnage that's just beginning and when that happens you will see many contractors and financiers go belly up, which means the optimistic projections are very unlikely to actually happen in reality. GOJ should know that this has already been a done deal, like most of the business before city council and the county commissioners in any part of Texas, none of the votes actually get swayed by public comments because the votes were brokered and whipped behind the scenes months ago. Deep down she knew she wouldn't be able to stop the project. So instead GOJ's goal was to make sure that a vocal opposition existed and showed out, so that she can build credibility with that base of organizers and voters, as well as with the fiscally conservative "vote down every bond ever no matter what" types, in the event that Project Marvel becomes infamous. An event she thinks is likely, and I can't say I blame her. I'm glad the Spurs will stay in SA for the Wemby era, and Helo saying that most of the city is agnostic about the Spurs might be the wildest take he's ever posted on this board.
  6. https://www.kvue.com/article/news/politics/austin-rep-lloyd-doggett-not-seeking-reelection-new-maps/269-f128905e-762c-4924-a99e-edf6a7da6d4a
  7. Trump's failed policies make him an unpopular incumbent. Trump as a "change agent" is when he overperforms, by forming a coalition of morons that disperses almost immediately after he's inaugurated and promptly begins ruining literally every aspect of his constituents' lives, and most aspects of the lives of everyone else worldwide. People really are that stupid. That stupid.
  8. That may be the most interesting coincidence in the entire documentary. "This dispatch is about to change the trajectory of your entire life, you just don't know it yet."
  9. I love 'em both. Correct me if I'm wrong, but do candidates need to actually live in the district in which they are running? I feel like I've read somewhere that they only need to be Texas residents. I hope there's a way Doggett can retire on his own terms, but yes he is old.
  10. And as much as we love Mamdani he's constitutionally barred from running for President due to his Ugandan place of birth. Plus he has to actually spend a meaningful amount of time being the Mayor, and the man clearly loves NYC too much to leave it.
  11. There's Greg Casar, who's in Texas. At the state and local level, there are many outside NYC as well. The organization's support is so powerful that even someone like Jose Garza can easily win re-election because of it. National names and candidates won't happen until one of them shows us something in a federal office. If the Dems supported DSA candidates the way the GOP supported Tea Party and MAGA candidates, it would've already happened. But the donor class will never allow it.
  12. What do you know about DSA? Would it surprise you to learn that its members are in every state, every city, and have surged in size since the first Bernie campaign? If you're looking for an actual identity, look there. The organization is much, MUCH deeper than a gaggle of influencers from Billyburg
  13. Show us the Epstein list
  14. There's no stopping the outrage machine. Dems should have a fucking spine instead of capitulating to it.
  15. https://www.elevenwarriors.com/college-football/2024/08/148429/texas-am-walk-ons-recreate-iconic-alabama-wide-receiver-photo
  16. She would have won a general election and has given a 2 decade incumbent the hardest primary challenges of his career even though he had every conceivable institutional advantage and on top of that was apparently corrupt enough to get raided by the feds. I don't remember seeing any "pushing LatinX" from her campaign either.
  17. It's the Sydney Sweeney of yesteryear.
  18. Democrats hate white women with big boobs. It's a fact. Don't believe me, check out @killeverycishetwhiteman and tell me I'm wrong
  19. Even if this wasn't completely exaggerated (if there's data, show it) that doesn't make it a slur, and it doesn't mean it had the power to push Hispanics to vote against their own interests. That's at best a comfortable lie, because the truth is more painful to the Democrats (and especially the overpaid consultants whose careers depend on the failed playbook never being thrown out). The truth is that South Texas has been ruled by Democrats for decades, and those Democrats have completely and utterly failed their constituents. Not because Republican policies would've been better for them (that has never been true) but because the Democrats that South Texas sends to Austin and DC are weak, lazy, and totally out of touch. This is not something you can fix by adopting the "tough guy" anti-woke aesthetic. You can only fix it with politicians who have a spine and a competing vision.
  20. You can thank Schumer for this.
  21. What you said was that people switched parties in South Texas because of people using "LatinX." To believe that is to believe that South Texans are both extremely online and reactionary. I'm sorry but you can't cherrypick a few annoying blue-haired SJWs from twitter and call them "national political language." Definitely not in 2024, when Kamala Harris was campaigning with Liz Cheney, mocking Trump for killing the Jim Lankford Border Wall legislation, and kicking Palestinians out of the DNC.
  22. I cannot believe that there are still people in 2025 who think "LatinX," a term used even less widely than "CRT," ever got traction at any time. Nobody switched party affiliation over "LatinX." Whoever told you otherwise is fucking with you, and laughing at you behind your back.
  23. which was the style at the time
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