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I think that it’s now safe to say that we Texans now live in a failed state.  30 years of GOP rule, setting our own standard, living the “Texas Dream,” which they’ve bragged about relentlessly…and let

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Young voters have to rise up and take this state back …..  

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We had three miscarriages between our first and second child, two of which were late and required D&Cs. Without them there's almost no chance we could have had been able to have a second. Fuck any

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Imagine being so beholden to a few wealthy donors that you try to keep people from exercising their right to vote instead of govern responsibly to obtain their vote.

 

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Ockleberry, a native Texan who provided the news organizations with a copy of her birth certificate, had only left the state twice in her life, including a recent trip to California.

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She had no idea Travis County had mislabeled her as a noncitizen until the news organizations contacted her. “How would something like that happen?”

 

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1 hour ago, bluto said:

Hello again

 

Nothing gets MAGA erections harder than the chance to execute an innocent man.

Anyone can execute a guilty man.  But, to execute an innocent man, and nobody can stop you?  Now THAT'S power!  And THAT is what gets MAGA dicks hard -- using crushing power to hurt the weak. 

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2 minutes ago, 4th&Five said:

yep, as soon as this became a national story he was a goner.

The hell of it is, the Texas legislature is actually taking up a junk science bill, to address cases and convictions in exactly this kind of case.  As in, even our shitty, dysfunctional Texas Lege can still, out of simple inertia, consider some things that make sense.

But justice, mercy, and truth?  Those values are diametrically opposed to the MAGA code.  Cruelty, injustice, lies, and the raw exercise of power are their gods, and they worship those gods with masturbatory fervor.

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Stunning that the Texas lege and SCOTX have to be relied upon to do the right thing here.

Really kind of a brilliant move by the lege to issue a subpoena to him.  This state needs an enema.

Thank God.

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1 hour ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

That's fun, but because Elmo and X have no presence in the ND Tex, or Tarrant County, to speak of, the likelihood of that being enforced is pretty slim.

I don't know anything about waivers of the right to participate in class actions.  I'd tend to think those are unenforceable, as well.

Too clever by half.

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9 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

Abbot and Paxton gonna have to primary some Supreme Court Justices

 

They will 100% do that.  And it will succeed.  Ken Paxton is the most powerful state official Texas has had in my lifetime, and there's not even a close second.  Once the Texas GQP went full-on fascist extremist, then the party is his, lock stock and barrel.

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That's fun, but because Elmo and X have no presence in the ND Tex, or Tarrant County, to speak of, the likelihood of that being enforced is pretty slim.

I don't know anything about waivers of the right to participate in class actions.  I'd tend to think those are unenforceable, as well.

Too clever by half.

The corruption being put right out there in broad daylight is the most horrifying part of all of this.  They don't even bother to try and hide it.  That tells you how untouchable they are.

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https://www.kxan.com/news/texas-death-row-inmate-robert-roberson-to-testify-at-capitol-after-dramatic-stay-of-execution/
 

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After a dramatic, last-hour legal battle and an unprecedented stay of execution, Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson is set to testify to his innocence in front of House lawmakers in person at the Capitol on Monday.

In a last-hour ruling Thursday night, the Texas Supreme Court halted Roberson’s execution scheduled for that evening. Lawmakers subpoenaed Roberson to testify in front of the House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee at a date after his execution in an effort to delay his death. The Court ruled the Texas Department of Criminal Justice must honor that subpoena.

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Roberson was convicted in 2003 of murdering his two-year-old daughter. He has maintained his innocence ever since, and a bipartisan majority of the Texas House is demanding a new trial in light of new medical evidence that could exonerate him.

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So twice in three days I've had the Travis County Democratic Party drop off the same batch of flyers (anti-Cruz, vote early, George Soros will pay you, etc.) and they dropped them off at other houses I saw.  I wouldn't be surprised if we are talking a buck or two's worth of flyers (it's like 4-5 flyers stapled together). Probably 3-4 minutes of a volunteer's time to stick it on our doorknob and move on to the next house.

It's possible this is because there are two of us in the house who voted in the Democratic primaries, so for some reason they see the need to remind two people.

But if that's the case, is that happening elsewhere in the city?  Because that could run into thousands of dollars of wasted funds, and wasting the time of half-a-dozen volunteers who each put in 10 hours.

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Posted this shit in the presidential election thread but it probably belongs here.  Some cunt just knocked on my door and put these flyers on it.  I don’t get a chance to get to the door in time but saw her walking down the street by the time I got to the door.  These fucking republicans have no shame with the lies they put out there.  I am now enraged on a beautiful Saturday afternoon when I should be relaxing watching football. 
 

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On 10/26/2024 at 2:57 PM, Beantown Express 2.0 said:

Posted this shit in the presidential election thread but it probably belongs here.  Some cunt just knocked on my door and put these flyers on it.  I don’t get a chance to get to the door in time but saw her walking down the street by the time I got to the door.  These fucking republicans have no shame with the lies they put out there.  I am now enraged on a beautiful Saturday afternoon when I should be relaxing watching football. 
 

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You should follow behind every door and trash them or confront them when someone answers the door. 

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governor hot wheels is campaigning for cruz, I guess they are scared.  Apparently children who cannot receive an advil from the school nurse are getting their tallywackers altered during the 8 hour day, run by a school district controlled by republicans with a republican majority.   

Their war on education has no limit and no bottom.   

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2 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

after harris wins, musk will be pushing for texas succession 

WHY THE FUCK HAS EVERY FUCKING GIANT ASSHOLE IN AMERICA DECIDED TO MOVE TO TEXAS, PARTICULARLY AUSTIN?  We have Alex Jones, Joe Rogan, Elon Musk, Tony Hinchcliffe.....for fuck's sake, I live here, and I would fully support a nuclear strike on this town because wiping out those fucking assholes would be such a giant net gain for humanity.

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8 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

WHY THE FUCK HAS EVERY FUCKING GIANT ASSHOLE IN AMERICA DECIDED TO MOVE TO TEXAS, PARTICULARLY AUSTIN?  We have Alex Jones, Joe Rogan, Elon Musk, Tony Hinchcliffe.....for fuck's sake, I live here, and I would fully support a nuclear strike on this town because wiping out those fucking assholes would be such a giant net gain for humanity.

Iron sharpens iron.  Shit attracts shit.  This town needs an enema.

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8 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

WHY THE FUCK HAS EVERY FUCKING GIANT ASSHOLE IN AMERICA DECIDED TO MOVE TO TEXAS, PARTICULARLY AUSTIN?  We have Alex Jones, Joe Rogan, Elon Musk, Tony Hinchcliffe.....for fuck's sake, I live here, and I would fully support a nuclear strike on this town because wiping out those fucking assholes would be such a giant net gain for humanity.

People want to move to Austin because it’s great. But, I’ve noticed that the first thing they want to do after they get here is to change it. 

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2 minutes ago, CTC2 said:

People want to move to Austin because it’s great. But, I’ve noticed that the first thing they want to do after they get here is to change it. 

I moved to Austin in 1983. I moved to DFW in 2003.

I blame “you people” for the demise. And by you people, I mean “you people” 

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