Abbott being Abbott

[Satchel 6,949]

There’s more:

Texas’ big gains in enrollment are closely tied to another factor: It has over 5 million uninsured residents, millions more than any other state.

“There’s a huge pool to draw from,” said JoAnn Volk, research professor and co-director of the Center on Health Insurance Reforms at Georgetown University. “I’m glad to see they’re reaching some of them.”

An estimated 18% of Texas’ total population was uninsured in 2021, the highest share in the country and double the U.S. uninsured rate of 8.6%.

Texas is among 11 states that have rejected the expansion of Medicaid, which provides coverage for low-income residents as part of the 2010 health law. The top eight states in net gains on HealthCare.gov have not expanded that program.

In Texas, Republican lawmakers have raised concerns about the costs of expansion despite the federal government covering the bulk of the expense.

[tx 3 putt 77,429]

16 minutes ago, Satchel said:

There’s more:

Texas’ big gains in enrollment are closely tied to another factor: It has over 5 million uninsured residents, millions more than any other state.

“There’s a huge pool to draw from,” said JoAnn Volk, research professor and co-director of the Center on Health Insurance Reforms at Georgetown University. “I’m glad to see they’re reaching some of them.”

An estimated 18% of Texas’ total population was uninsured in 2021, the highest share in the country and double the U.S. uninsured rate of 8.6%.

Texas is among 11 states that have rejected the expansion of Medicaid, which provides coverage for low-income residents as part of the 2010 health law. The top eight states in net gains on HealthCare.gov have not expanded that program.

In Texas, Republican lawmakers have raised concerns about the costs of expansion despite the federal government covering the bulk of the expense.

abbott and Patrick laugh in your face 

[Pancho 44,995]

Smh

 

[Grade of D as in David 13,253]

1 minute ago, Pancho said:

Smh

 

No more hiring people in wheelchairs, got it.

[Neonmoon 38,130]

1 minute ago, Grade of D as in David said:

No more hiring people in wheelchairs, got it.

[Biff Tannen 45,742]

29 minutes ago, Neonmoon said:

I prefer this, but yes.

 

[jimmyjazz 46,134]

Y'all are mistaken:

[Cairn Horn88 8,283]

1 hour ago, Pancho said:

Smh

 

…..and this is exactly how he got his job…..

[wildcat09 29,391]

Guys, guys, c'mon, this is obviously the one:

[South Austin 52,607]

Since we’re posting favorites–

[Post Oak 20,275]

11 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

I prefer this, but yes.

 

He was magnificent.

[GreenspointTexas 9,664]

RIP Abortion pills

[Beau Vine 54,432]

Is that Todd Van Poppel serving it up?

[DDD Dad 14,351]

13 minutes ago, GreenspointTexas said:

RIP Abortion pills

Ballgame?

[gyroprotagonist 2,595]

learn me on what is the 'benefit' to not expanding Medicaid? I mean aside from dunking on poor people.  isn't politics 101 taking as much Federal money as possible?

[StassneyHorn 6,637]

We get to help fund other states Medicaid expansions while doing nothing for ourselves. It’s very Christlike.

 

[safe sex 11,767]

11 minutes ago, gyroprotagonist said:

I mean aside from dunking on poor people.

No, you've got it right there.

[Pescado_Rojo 19,428]

1 hour ago, StassneyHorn said:

We get to help fund other states Medicaid expansions while doing nothing for ourselves. It’s very Christlike.

 

Sort of like Casino gambling and legal weed. 

[C-Man 27,262]

This is the best walkoff GIF at the moment IMO:

[kevwun 15,900]

Edited February 8, 2023 by kevwun

[elfenix 34,332]

chapman's look is hard to beat

 

some might say the pitcher slamming his glove on the mound is better.  to that, i say, fuck the dodgers.

Edited February 9, 2023 by elfenix

[HRSchenker 2,273]

Lots of rumors swirling around that Abbott has fired the Executive Director of the Texas State Board of Pharmacy because he refused rulemaking that would punish pharmacists for dispensing abortion drugs.

[Satchel 6,949]

13 minutes ago, HRSchenker said:

Lots of rumors swirling around that Abbott has fired the Executive Director of the Texas State Board of Pharmacy because he refused rulemaking that would punish pharmacists for dispensing abortion drugs.

You can’t be disgusted at the antics of Abbott without being disgusted with the people who continue to vote for him 

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14 minutes ago, Satchel said:

You can’t be disgusted at the antics of Abbott without being disgusted with the people who continue to vote for him 

In recent years, rather than be a Texan who is his own man, he's always chasing another Republican in a political race whether it's that little fucking Mogwai Huffines, or DeSanctimonius.  Doesn't matter if Abbott is going to win handily in a state primary (such as against Huffines) or will come in near last place in a field of 10 in a national competition (against DeSantis), Abbott is scared shitless of losing MAGA.

A friend speculated that it's because he's in a wheelchair, that he feels like he always has to one-up a lot of people, but I think Abbott would be this way whether he was able-bodied or not, but I think the empty suit is ingrained and not something that came about because of an accident in the 1980s.

[tx 3 putt 77,429]

4 hours ago, HRSchenker said:

Lots of rumors swirling around that Abbott has fired the Executive Director of the Texas State Board of Pharmacy because he refused rulemaking that would punish pharmacists for dispensing abortion drugs.

he’ll find a political hack to fill the roll 

[Mrs Whiggins 13,050]

I believe the Director is a female? All of the board members are appointed so @tx 3 putt is correct. It's the Texas way.

Spoiler

 

[4th&Five 41,590]

11 hours ago, Satchel said:

You can’t be disgusted at the antics of Abbott without being disgusted with the people who continue to vote for him 

[HRSchenker 2,273]

2 hours ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

I believe the Director is a female? All of the board members are appointed so @tx 3 putt is correct. It's the Texas way.

  Reveal hidden contents

 

Julie is president of the board. Tim Tucker is the executive director of the agency. Board members are term limited while the ED is not.

[pacman 7,371]

On 2/7/2023 at 8:14 PM, Pancho said:

Smh

 

Quite a mischaracterization of the function of DEI

Edited February 12, 2023 by pacman

[Mrs Whiggins 13,050]

3 hours ago, HRSchenker said:

Julie is president of the board. Tim Tucker is the executive director of the agency. Board members are term limited while the ED is not.

Thank you for the clarification. Medicine and medical care seems like a field where Abbott or any governor ought to heed the admonition to stay in his/her lane.

[Biff Tannen 45,742]

6 minutes ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

Thank you for the clarification. Medicine and medical care seems like a field where Abbott or any governor ought to heed the admonition to stay in his/her lane.

Stay in his lane?  You think him or any of the Rs give a shit?

[pacman 7,371]

This slack jawed idiot took the best of UT education and produced that shit memo for Abbott. 

 

When you have been riding Abbott's limo dick so long that you have lost all original thought, and your hair

Edited February 12, 2023 by pacman

[BevoAbyss 2,082]

There is nothing confusing or befuddling about Abbott and his policies. It has next to nothing do with his paralysis.

The reality is right before our eyes. Abbott and Texas MAGA are building a fascist theocracy in the Lone Star State. That's been the R goal since the 1980s. That is obvious to me, but then I was never a conservative or forced to go to church and be brainwashed by preachers and their Bible fables. 

Have any of the Texas newspapers, TV stations, or public intellectuals labeled Abbott and MAGA as fascist or theocratic? I seriously doubt it. I also doubt any Democrats have, but I could be wrong. Hard to win a battle against an opposition you don't correctly identify or fully understand.

[Sawbonz 27,589]

On 1/26/2023 at 11:49 AM, hayden_horn said:

i don't mind small time investment rental properties. hell, i'd love to have the headaches of a small time landlord as someone buys me a house. i dont know where the line is but 10 properties feels about right. i could be argued off that number to another. but at some point, when we are talking affordable housing, we also need to talk about local ownership.

i don't have the solution, but corporate cash buyers are fucking this market sideways.

Middle class families are being priced out of home buying in fucking Wichita Falls. Yes it’s a problem

[Neonmoon 38,130]

37 minutes ago, BevoAbyss said:

There is nothing confusing or befuddling about Abbott and his policies. It has next to nothing do with his paralysis.

The reality is right before our eyes. Abbott and Texas MAGA are building a fascist theocracy in the Lone Star State. That's been the R goal since the 1980s. That is obvious to me, but then I was never a conservative or forced to go to church and be brainwashed by preachers and their Bible fables. 

Have any of the Texas newspapers, TV stations, or public intellectuals labeled Abbott and MAGA as fascist or theocratic? I seriously doubt it. I also doubt any Democrats have, but I could be wrong. Hard to win a battle against an opposition you don't correctly identify or fully understand.

People aren’t willing to end relationships (family, friends, work ) over it…yet

 

[HenryJames 66,171]

 

[Longhorn_Fan68 33,899]

nothing says you're on the up-and-up like when you ban the press from your events. jfc

[tx 3 putt 77,429]

4 hours ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

nothing says you're on the up-and-up like when you ban the press from your events. jfc

when’s the last time douche bag took unscripted question from the press in a news conference ?

hell, when’s the last time you think he’s talked with an average voter ? 

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3 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

when’s the last time douche bag took unscripted question from the press in a news conference ?

hell, when’s the last time you think he’s talked with an average voter ? 

He's taking a note out of Putin's playbook.  Pretty soon, he'll be visiting a hospital or an old folks' home, and it'll only be the same DPS Troopers that provide his security, dressed up in doctor's uniforms or like patients or with old people makeup on.

[tx 3 putt 77,429]

[MonkeyDoughnut 10,356]

Long but good article in March Texas Monthly regarding Abbot/Paxtons destruction of the public school system in Texas and the methods the party has used to directly and indirectly do it. (Can read view free articles)

https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/campaign-to-sabotage-texas-public-schools/

The next person(s) to run against either Abbot or Paxton needs to pin them as the champions of personally insuring the destruction of the Texas public education system under their watch.

[Pig Bellmont 8,738]

36 minutes ago, MonkeyDoughnut said:

The next person(s) to run against either Abbot or Paxton needs to pin them as the champions of personally insuring the destruction of the Texas public education system under their watch.

It won’t matter. Kids were/are regularly abused and sometimes killed in the state foster care system and he got re-elected in a landslide 

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8 minutes ago, Pig Bellmont said:

It won’t matter. Kids were/are regularly abused and sometimes killed in the state foster care system and he got re-elected in a landslide 

Hey man, he's keeping kids safe in Texas....

 

[1978horn 896]

1 hour ago, MonkeyDoughnut said:

Long but good article in March Texas Monthly regarding Abbot/Paxtons destruction of the public school system in Texas and the methods the party has used to directly and indirectly do it. (Can read view free articles)

https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/campaign-to-sabotage-texas-public-schools/

The next person(s) to run against either Abbot or Paxton needs to pin them as the champions of personally insuring the destruction of the Texas public education system under their watch.

Yep, a lot of that article is from Dripping Springs.  I live in that area and volunteered to help Joanna's campaign.  It is a mess out there.  The far right slung a lot of mud and had significant financing from out of state.  In the end it affected the bond that failed last November.  They got in bed with the school voucher people to get votes and it screwed them over on actually managing the district.  So as of now, when my daughter is a junior, the high school is projected to be almost 1000 students over capacity with no school currently planned to be designed much less built.  

[Biff Tannen 45,742]

1 hour ago, Pig Bellmont said:

It won’t matter. Kids were/are regularly abused and sometimes killed in the state foster care system and he got re-elected in a landslide 

Yep, this state is under R control for the foreseeable future.  I'm getting out.

[troph 24,910]

35 minutes ago, 1978horn said:

Yep, a lot of that article is from Dripping Springs.  I live in that area and volunteered to help Joanna's campaign.  It is a mess out there.  The far right slung a lot of mud and had significant financing from out of state.  In the end it affected the bond that failed last November.  They got in bed with the school voucher people to get votes and it screwed them over on actually managing the district.  So as of now, when my daughter is a junior, the high school is projected to be almost 1000 students over capacity with no school currently planned to be designed much less built.  

the voters will not hold Republican's accountable for this, just like they won't for the unreliability of the grid in winter and summer, just like they won't for runaway property tax burdens, just like they won't for (as mentioned above) abuse and neglect of the foster kids (I thought Jesus loved the little children of the world?), just like they won't for anything as long as the red meat is fresh. 

[South Austin 52,607]

My hope is that there are enough suburban and rural voters and representatives who, despite otherwise being full-fledged MAGA's, will realize there aren't enough (or there aren't any) private schools in their areas who can accommodate new students from the public schools, or whose snowflake kids can't get admitted into the available private schools, and a voucher system will further deplete the resources and competencies of the public schools.  The Texas Monthly article touched on the fact that there are some R's who understand this and aren't on board with vouchers.  But I might be wish-casting to think it'll be enough.

[DigglerontheHoof 21,248]

13 minutes ago, South Austin said:

My hope is that there are enough suburban and rural voters and representatives who, despite otherwise being full-fledged MAGA's, will realize there aren't enough (or there aren't any) private schools in their areas who can accommodate new students from the public schools, or whose snowflake kids can't get admitted into the available private schools, and a voucher system will further deplete the resources and competencies of the public schools.  The Texas Monthly article touched on the fact that there are some R's who understand this and aren't on board with vouchers.  But I might be wish-casting to think it'll be enough.

Hope in one hand, shit in the other...

['stache 21,867]

27 minutes ago, South Austin said:

My hope is that there are enough suburban and rural voters and representatives who, despite otherwise being full-fledged MAGA's, will realize there aren't enough (or there aren't any) private schools in their areas who can accommodate new students from the public schools, or whose snowflake kids can't get admitted into the available private schools, and a voucher system will further deplete the resources and competencies of the public schools.  The Texas Monthly article touched on the fact that there are some R's who understand this and aren't on board with vouchers.  But I might be wish-casting to think it'll be enough.

Rural republicans in the state legislature have killed our governors voucher system for these reasons, but they never actually punish the governor for all the terrible shit.

[ChuckNorrisActionJeans 2,682]

This shit is so enragingly frustrating to me. My mother is a case in point. She's a retired realtor and one issue she actually cares about is having properly funded public schools (quality of local schools is a big selling or non-selling point for buyers, obviously). She's unhappy about the school choice crap and also the unfair portions some districts pay into Robin Hood. I told her before, it will never change as long as the same people keep getting voted in. Now post-election, that they're close to further defunding the schools, she said she wrote to her reps in opposition. Who are her reps? ALL Repubs, of course. She says they need to find an alternative for school funding if they do this stupid voucher stuff. Says me: NO alternative will be forthcoming because the leadership here does. not. support. public. education.

I try to be direct without being confrontational about it because she's gone all Fox news in the last 10-20 years and god forbid I criticize the right. But fuck, if you care about this issue -- do you think you could NOT vote for all Republicans at every single opportunity, only to bitch at the policies they advance?? Stop acting like you don't have any choice. 

It's a disease. I'm convinced.