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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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It violates religious freedom indeed.  Christ was known to say keep all your money and don't help those who need it.  That whole rich guy entering heaven being as easy a camel going through the eye of a needle is definitely fake news propagated by those who don't understand that Jesus was all about hatred.

 

 

 

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1 hour ago, Bama Chick said:


Dead ass serious lol

I’m NYC poor though.

I’ve already been looking at the job market and Zillow.

May I humbly suggest that one or both of you have sex with me first? While I cannot guarantee this, I do have a solid résumé and can provide references that show a high likelihood of abandoning men forever once you partake of the full Gatorubet love experience.

There’s a reason I used to get monthly checks from both Subaru and U-Haul for creating so many committed lesbian relationships.  At least think about it. 

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Born to Run

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Texas has now literally targeted every aspect of the care I provide through my clinic lmao
It's almost like the state is telling this dyke to gtfo
We need you here, and can't really tolerate additional brain drain. Thanks for all your service in the medical field.

That said, fuck em, I hope to be out in 5 years, let the last non asshole turn the light out on these assholes and let em go back to leeches, blood letting and snake oil. Enjoy your moderately less taxed shit hole.
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Wanna move to NYC with me?
That would be epic, but you've already ruled out sharing a bicycle built for two together. Hmmm.
Missed opportunity cruising over the Brooklyn bridge; two chicks in love, popping the question with such an iconic background. But maybe yall have other connections like sailing, Or the Hamptons, or enjoying the fall foilage in Central Park whilst sharing an ice cream cone or an overpriced pedi cab scam after a Broadway show on a random Tuesday that you later laugh about. High Tea at the Plaza and heavy petting?
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It violates religious freedom indeed.  Christ was known to say keep all your money and don't help those who need it.  That whole rich guy entering heaven being as easy a camel going through the eye of a needle is definitely fake news propagated by those who don't understand that Jesus was all about hatred.
 
 
 

Not a problem. Rich dudes are just building larger needles and breeding smaller camels
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Texas’ “child abuse” investigators harassed a trans 8th grader even after a court told them to stop

On August 30, middle school administrators allegedly pulled a 13-year-old transgender boy out of class so an investigator from the state’s Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) could ask him personal questions about his past medical history, gender dysphoria, and past suicide attempt.

The boy — given the pseudonym “Steve Koe” in court documents — was left “shaking and distressed” by the interrogation, The Washington Post reported. Worse yet, the interrogation allegedly occurred after a court told DFPS investigators to stop doing them.

Now, Koe’s story is a part of supplemental evidence being filed by the LGBTQ-advocacy organizations Lambda Legal and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in its lawsuit against Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.

In February, Abbott ordered DFPS to investigate for child abuse any parents who allow their trans children to access gender-affirming medical care. Abbott based his order on a non-binding opinion from the state’s Attorney General Ken Paxton which called such care a form of “child abuse.”

Paxton’s opinions and Abbott’s order both went against the best practices of pediatrics outlined by the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Medical Association, and the American Psychological Association. These organizations consider gender-affirming medical care necessary in many cases, noting it reduces mental anguish and suicide risk among trans youth.

Soon after issuing his order, several DFPS employees quit and some state attorneys refused to enforce it. The Texas Supreme Court ruled that neither Abbott nor Paxton had the authority to issue the order. Several families with trans children, represented by Lambda Legal and the ACLU also filed a lawsuit against Abbott.

The presiding district judge in the lawsuit issued a temporary restraining order, effectively stopping DFPS’ investigations while the court prepares to consider the order’s legality in December.

Koe’s story — part of supplemental evidence illustrating how state agencies are handling the alleged child abuse cases — suggested that DFPS continued its investigations of trans families, even after the court ordered it to stop. In a May briefing, state government officials noted that the judge’s ruling to temporarily stop the probes “prevents a state agency from carrying out its statutory duty to investigate reported child abuse,” the Post wrote.

Another woman, identified pseudonymously in court documents as Samantha Poe, said her 14-year-old child became the subject of a DFPS abuse investigation even though the child had received no gender-affirming medical care. The child was only “in midst of exploring what a social transition feels like,” Poe said. But DFPS opened an investigation against the child’s family in February. The stress has left the child with “suicidal ideations,” court documents state.

DFPS employees are speaking out about how Abbott’s order circumvented rule-making procedures at the state agency and made it much harder for its employees to help victims of actual abuse.

 

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/09/texas-child-abuse-investigators-harassed-trans-8th-grader-even-court-told-stop/

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Texas has higher taxes than California.

I live in California and I think this is not quite right.  Property taxes are probably about 2.5 to 3 times higher in Texas.  But between state income tax, gas tax, and a higher sales tax I think California is net higher.  But it’s definitely closer than people realize.

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I live in California and I think this is not quite right.  Property taxes are probably about 2.5 to 3 times higher in Texas.  But between state income tax, gas tax, and a higher sales tax I think California is net higher.  But it’s definitely closer than people realize.

Conventional wisdom in the US holds that while California is blessed with natural beauty and a plethora of cultural options, those seeking lower taxes should head for Texas.

But over the last several weeks, a resurfaced 2018 graphic from the Institution on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) has shown a number of social media users and news consumers that unless you are a member of the exclusive top one percent of income earners, taxes in Texas are actually higher than they are in California
 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/texas-california-higher-taxes-policy-b2161227.html

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Neo-Nazis, Proud Boys, preppy white nationalists, and Christian fundamentalists gathered in Katy, Texas, this weekend to protest a “drag bingo” fundraiser held by a local church. 

It’s another example of the right’s moral panic surrounding drag events and attacks on the LGBTQ community.

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Reporters at the scene estimated there were about 100 protesters in all, who were met by 100 counterprotesters, including antifascists wearing all black. In a few instances, the two sides clashed. Photographers from the scene observed that some participants in the protest and counterprotest were carrying guns. 

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The incident made First Christian Church, a progressive congregation near Houston, the latest target of the far-right culture war battalion that’s been showing up at libraries, restaurants, schools—and now churches—around the country to protest LGBTQ events.

Videos recorded from outside the church on Saturday by Candice Bernd, a reporter with TruthOut, showed the protesters and counterprotesters assembled on opposite sides of a busy roadway. Uniformed Proud Boys were in attendance, as were non-uniformed men holding flags and signs from the white nationalist group Patriot Front. 

 

 

 

 

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On 9/13/2022 at 10:16 AM, MC Fresh Breath said:

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/09/texas-child-abuse-investigators-harassed-trans-8th-grader-even-court-told-stop/

 

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Michael Scott Grimace GIF
 

https://www.vice.com/en/article/5d3wbk/proud-boys-neo-nazis-and-white-nationalists-protested-drag-bingo-at-texas-church

 

 

 

 

I used the outrage rep icon, but this is just making me very sad this morning. 

Operate with tolerance and minding your own business, and the world is a pretty good place. 

These degenerates aren't worth a kernel of corn in a mountain of Jew shit.

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PSA-do not google "Talmud Jew Shit"         veers real quick into "Two Shiksas, One Chuppah" territory.  

 

Had a conversation with the chair of our "Library Book Review Committee" which was started last year to start banning books.  We were meeting to discuss teacher/staff retention (I'm helping with some affordable housing, but wanted to yell, "We can start by making it unacceptable to threaten librarians for one.").  Anyway, polite and productive conversation.  And in the end of the meeting, I thought of this thread and DT news crowd...and got bummed out, "The parents in my school district, some of the posters I know in real life from Surly political/social discussions........these are some of the best educated people in my State.  and they still fall for this bullshit.  How bad must be in out there in Stupidville, TX?  

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The Fuckery begins...

Texas A&M early voting site not restored by Brazos County

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Texas A&M in College Station, the largest university in Texas, has around 70,000 students — a figure that is over half of the city’s population and about one-third of Brazos County’s. And according to data from The New York Times, the ZIP code containing the MSC voted Democratic in the 2020 presidential election while city hall’s skewed Republican.

 

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6 hours ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

The Fuckery begins...

Texas A&M early voting site not restored by Brazos County

 

 

4 hours ago, elfenix said:

advantage: aggy

@Bama Chick posted about this in the Voter Suppression thread a couple of days ago. Here's the NYTimes map by precinct for 2020 (no paywall).

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/upshot/2020-election-map.html

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What's more remarkable is the change from 2016. Old Army ain't happy with new.

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On 9/7/2022 at 10:58 PM, Satchel said:

Do they have any idea that these life perpetuating drugs support straight people too? Christian fascism is a real thing.

I think I am feeling a bit Flying Hairy Spaghetti Monster religious and part of my religion is that no asshole public servant deserves medical aid and intervention.  So I do not want my tax money going to providing medical care for activist judge O'Conner.   

 

Also with the repeal of the FDA, I think I might get into the pharmaceutical supply industry.  I will create a nice pipeline for medications to support federal employees that come from Iran and Russia.   I'll just label it Republican Patriot medication.   I'm sure it will be fine.

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11 hours ago, elfenix said:

prairie view moved red. and was still +92 for biden. 

Waller County is always pursuing the option to take away the vote from PV students. They also argue the students should only be able to vote in their "home" district even if a student spends 75% of their time in Waller County over several years.

Of course, they don't mind census workers claiming the students as residents. Increases state and federal funding.

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On 9/7/2022 at 10:49 AM, Queen Bitch said:

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck Texas

O'Connor has now removed requirements of health insurance to provide cancer, STD or heart screenings free of charge. Same with smoking cessation programs.  And to be clear, they were not free but rather embedded in the premiums.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/30/politics/affordable-care-act-preventive-care-reed-oconnor/index.html

Previously I thought he was only going after higher risk HIV individuals but apparently he just doesn't believe holding insurance companies to standards. I guess he feels that insurance plans can offer next to no services and let the free market decide their fate.  After people start to die.

I know it's easy to point to Trump as the worst but it's important to recall that GWB definitely put some bad judges in the court system. O'Connor is only 57 so he has plenty of time to continue to damage America.

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O'Connor has now removed requirements of health insurance to provide cancer or heart screenings free of charge. 

https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/30/politics/affordable-care-act-preventive-care-reed-oconnor/index.html

Previously I thought he was only going after higher risk HIV individuals but apparently he just doesn't believe holding insurance companies to standards. I guess he feels that insurance plans can offer next to no services and let the free market decide their fate.  After people start to die.

I know it's easy to point to Trump as the worst but it's important to recall that GWB definitely put some bad judges in the court system. O'Connor is only 57 so he has plenty of time to continue to damage America.

Fuck that asshole.

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Worthy to note: Texas seems to be catching up with Colorado and California where this already exists, in making diapers (adult and infant) and period products and others like it tax-free. This is bipartisan and a good thing that shows Texas has signs of life yet (per the thread title). Passed the house at least:

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On Wednesday, Howard, a 17-year House member who heads the Texas Women’s Health Caucus, said the bill shows the positive impact the Legislature can have when it works on a bipartisan basis.

Howard has tried for multiple sessions to pass similar legislation but the bills have never passed. The bill has bipartisan support with several Republican authors and coauthors.

 

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2023/03/28/texas-house-tentatively-passes-bill-eliminating-sales-tax-from-diapers-period-products/

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On 3/30/2023 at 12:00 PM, CTC2 said:

Amazing how people vote against their self interests. All in the name of owning the Libs I guess. 

What percentage of people who voted for Abbott or Trump have any notion of this?

The days when largely well-meaning, often-misguided political entities were herding our sleepy, distracted, stupid electorate around are gone. Half of those dogs have been devoured by the wolves and the other half generally does no more than bark as half the sheep race in any direction the terrifying wolves drive them. They don't even notice that the wolves eat one of their kind whenever appetite demands.

They don't notice or they blame the other half of the flock.

It's Idiot World, Jake.

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3 hours ago, PenelopeWitherspoon said:

You can get a box of 24 tampons throughout Europe for 2-3 Euros.  In the US, the same box is 7-8 USD.  It's fucking bullshit.

That's impossible! We have the glory of an open market system here where invisible hands grab you by the pussy protect the interests of the common citizen. 

Envy of the world.

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