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I vaguely remember some rumblings about Talarico. I think he’s going to be a huge presence in years to come. Loved this exchange he had, shows he does his homework, didn’t seem like he was talking at,

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And this is the best we’ll get out of the brainwashed republicans. Just get them to not vote. They’ll never vote for a Democrat because, well, they don’t even really know why, but they won’t. Just do

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3 hours ago, troph said:

has to be the most shameful Texas session across the board. just shockingly bad.

1 hour ago, CooterBrown said:

Texas schools are fucked. 

1 hour ago, Brisketexan said:


BY DESIGN. IT’S ALL ON PURPOSE.

Yep, all completely by design, meant to fuck over public schools and Texas's future as a whole.  This is what Patrick, Abbott, etc. want - the destruction of public education.

They are willing to sacrifice Texas kids to make their donors happy and try to get national attention from the fucking MAGA Karens who want to send their kids to religious schools.

This Texas legislature is the worst since 1861.

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20 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

Some Republican legislators want the social media of teachers monitored.

Louisiana has a law that you have to have a state ID to look at porn online, which is a great way of them seeing who is looking at porn since it's easy to flag anybody using their digital state IDs to do so. If you don't sign in with a state-approved ID to those sites, they block you.

Texas legislators have proposed a similar law.

 

I clearly need to hurry up and move.

 

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1 hour ago, atomheartbevo said:

Yep, all completely by design, meant to fuck over public schools and Texas's future as a whole.  This is what Patrick, Abbott, etc. want - the destruction of public education.

They are willing to sacrifice Texas kids to make their donors happy and try to get national attention from the fucking MAGA Karens who want to send their kids to religious schools.

This Texas legislature is the worst since 1861.

It's mainly to give Abbott a strong plank to dive into the 2024 republican primaries for president.  Selling out Texas youth in order to run a doomed campaign.  From what I am hearing, he's having trouble finding staff for that campaig.  I guess because most are smart enough he stands no chance of winning.  So maybe he runs the race and then concedes to the frontrunner in hopes of some cabinet or SC position.   Again, all this at the expense of our state.    

Being a right to work state and all that other bullshit that's supposed to be bringing in all these new jobs, they won't last.  How many are construction, that is a temporary boon?  How many are manual labor that will be eventually replaced by robotics?    How many high tech companies are looking to set up shop here with the decline of the primary education of the workforce?  

Of course with all the added extreme weather, I guess construction won't be ever off the table.  So Greg is looking out for the economy of future Texas by burning the state to the ground in every way he can imagine.

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Wait till it snows or better yet, ices. The roads should be nice and blocked.  

This kinda surprised me.
No safety or emissions inspections-12 States
Annual safety and emissions inspections-9 States including Texas(some are for more populated communities only) I know when I first moved to Collin County there were no emissions inspections.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_inspection_in_the_United_States
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When Texas parents realize the charter schools are using the same trailers that teach the kids with ISS and the pregnant “sluts” they’re gonna freak.

 

7 minutes ago, miguelito said:

To be clear, Cruz thought the bill didn't go far enough.

Yea looking for a weird fight

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3 hours ago, pyrohornIII said:

It's mainly to give Abbott a strong plank to dive into the 2024 republican primaries for president.  Selling out Texas youth in order to run a doomed campaign.  From what I am hearing, he's having trouble finding staff for that campaig.  I guess because most are smart enough he stands no chance of winning.  So maybe he runs the race and then concedes to the frontrunner in hopes of some cabinet or SC position.   Again, all this at the expense of our state.    

Being a right to work state and all that other bullshit that's supposed to be bringing in all these new jobs, they won't last.  How many are construction, that is a temporary boon?  How many are manual labor that will be eventually replaced by robotics?    How many high tech companies are looking to set up shop here with the decline of the primary education of the workforce?  

Of course with all the added extreme weather, I guess construction won't be ever off the table.  So Greg is looking out for the economy of future Texas by burning the state to the ground in every way he can imagine.

I kind of wish he would run for president. At least then maybe the national media would come dig around like they are doing with DeSantis.  Dead legs doesn’t have a chance. The whole Trump macho types will never vote for a cripple. 

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You'd have the coolest fucking CV on the Quad.  I'd go out with a blaze of glory if I'm you.  And yes, I have a number of twisted ideas but I'm guessing you've already given this some serious thought.  

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18 minutes ago, CTC2 said:

I kind of wish he would run for president. At least then maybe the national media would come dig around like they are doing with DeSantis.  Dead legs doesn’t have a chance. The whole Trump macho types will never vote for a cripple. 

That and it would be good for his ego to keep turning up in the single digits when the heavy polling starts and he's left out of the debates.  He needs to be humiliated.

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https://www.kxan.com/news/texas-politics/texas-senate-education-committee-guts-house-school-safety-bill/

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The Texas Senate Education Committee on Thursday removed key provisions and nearly a billion dollars from House Bill 3, one of the legislature’s sweeping school safety bills.

The Senate’s committee substitute spends about one-fourth of the House version on school safety. Citing concerns over the price tag, senators lowered the bill’s per-student school safety allotment from $100 to $10. The current school safety allotment is $9.72 per student in average daily attendance.

The House’s version would cost the state nearly $1.3 billion over two years. The Senate’s substitute costs just about $328 million. Both versions also provide a base of $15,000 per campus for security upgrades.

State Rep. Joe Moody, D-El Paso, coauthored House Bill 3 and denounced the Senate’s changes.

“Students, parents, and teachers are all betting their lives on our commitment to school safety being more than political lip service,” he said in a statement to KXAN. “Without the money for the security we’ve been talking about, that’s all the Senate proposal is. Budgets are moral documents, and this is flatly immoral.”

Some Central Texas superintendents are concerned even the billion-dollar plan will not fund all of the bill’s requirements.

“There are a number of unfunded mandates that we have to respond to in public education. So this would be one more,” Eanes ISD Superintendent Jeff Arnett said. “I don’t think that there is sufficient money in the proposed legislation that we’ve seen that would totally offset that cost to us. So it’s an expense that we would have to bear as a school district within our budget.”

Manor ISD worries the $100 school safety allotment would leave them significant costs to pay on their own. That allotment would amount to about $900,000 to fulfill the legislation’s infrastructure and technology requirements. The $10 allotment would provide just $90,000.

“[That] sounds like a tremendous boon to the district until you begin to price the amount for the fencing,” Manor ISD Superintendent Robert Sormani said. “There’s some significant costs to it, for example, just putting the fence around main or high school could potentially cost up to $500,000 alone. And that’s just one campus… I would ask the legislature to really look at the real costs of this bill, because certainly those costs are going to have to be paid, passed on to the taxpayers through our maintenance and operation budget.”

The Senate substitute also removes the House provision that would require every K-12 public school campus in Texas to have armed security. The Senate bill allows schools to use the funds to provide training for staff to carry a firearm on campus, but does not mention armed security guards.

 

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“[That] sounds like a tremendous boon to the district until you begin to price the amount for the fencing,” Manor ISD Superintendent Robert Sormani said. “There’s some significant costs to it, for example, just putting the fence around main or high school could potentially cost up to $500,000 alone.

I should start a fence company

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1 hour ago, atomheartbevo said:

That and it would be good for his ego to keep turning up in the single digits when the heavy polling starts and he's left out of the debates.  He needs to be humiliated.

HE.  HAS.  NO.  SHAME.  He'd find a way to blame it on Biden.

"Because of Biden's Great Replacement Agenda, I spent far more of my time as governor dealing with federal issues.  As such, I was not afforded the time to fully implement my agenda of rolling back civil rights laws, lowering taxes, destroying public education, outlawing out-of-wedlock sex, and forcing everyone to carry a gun 24/7."

See how easy that is?

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10 hours ago, Evil Bill Obrien said:

Knew I had seen this somewhere before…

Just get healthcare from Canada, never mind actually fixing shit here

And if bills like this make enough traction across the US, Canada will restrict their export. Why, the drug companies will start charging Canada more if they don't. 

 

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Holy shit. Watching a presser with the gun control groups to call for action before the session ends. 

Senator Gutierrez just went off. He got the entire access to the Uvalde evidence. He's seen the most graphic of the graphic videos. He just completely called out Phelan, Abbott, and Patrick -- guaranteeing that they haven't watched the videos. Said they don't have the fortitude to do it. Called them all three terrible men.

I mean, just no-holds barred lashing of them.

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1 hour ago, FirstTimeCaller said:

Holy shit. Watching a presser with the gun control groups to call for action before the session ends. 

Senator Gutierrez just went off. He got the entire access to the Uvalde evidence. He's seen the most graphic of the graphic videos. He just completely called out Phelan, Abbott, and Patrick -- guaranteeing that they haven't watched the videos. Said they don't have the fortitude to do it. Called them all three terrible men.

I mean, just no-holds barred lashing of them.

and almost no one in the state will see it. 

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2 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

And if bills like this make enough traction across the US, Canada will restrict their export. Why, the drug companies will start charging Canada more if they don't. 

 

yep, Canada is a small market and imports vast majority of their drugs already. They don't have a magic stock pile to send anywhere. They will have to purchase supply elsewhere...

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Thanks man, but I think you were missing my point. 

No, I get your point. I was just posting that if anyone wanted to watch.

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2 hours ago, FirstTimeCaller said:

Holy shit. Watching a presser with the gun control groups to call for action before the session ends. 

Senator Gutierrez just went off. He got the entire access to the Uvalde evidence. He's seen the most graphic of the graphic videos. He just completely called out Phelan, Abbott, and Patrick -- guaranteeing that they haven't watched the videos. Said they don't have the fortitude to do it. Called them all three terrible men.

I mean, just no-holds barred lashing of them.

I'm pretty sure half the republicans there were too hammered to notice whatever the stupid lib had to say

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14 hours ago, Evil Bill Obrien said:

Knew I had seen this somewhere before…

Just get healthcare from Canada, never mind actually fixing shit here

Looks good on paper but pharmacies won't be allowed to follow this law if they expect PBM reimbursement. Plus I'm not sure if this complies with the federal drug supply chain act so that's another barrier to this law having any effect. 

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26 minutes ago, Captainant said:

I'm pretty sure half the republicans there were too hammered to notice whatever the stupid lib had to say

I'm picturing the leadership like the three guys on SNL "Bill Brasky" sketches.  They're being embarrassed and called to task but all Phelan can drunkenly slur is, "To Greg Abbott!  He stands 8 feet tall with brass balls and talons for thumbs.  I saw him bench press a Uvalde SWAT team tank while drinking clamato and gin!"  

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19 minutes ago, HRSchenker said:

Looks good on paper but pharmacies won't be allowed to follow this law if they expect PBM reimbursement. Plus I'm not sure if this complies with the federal drug supply chain act so that's another barrier to this law having any effect. 


Texas maga gqp eats this dumb shit up 

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30 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:


Texas maga gqp eats this dumb shit up 

 

7 minutes ago, elguapo said:

Talarico is the opposite of maga

Lol.

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1 hour ago, CooterBrown said:

If I was a professor, half my emails would be to the governor asking to quit asking me for dick pics.

Every picture of a GQP politician is a dick pic. 

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Not to excuse Phelan's temporary lapse in judgement (which may be measured in years at some point down the road).  But for Ken Paxton to call for his resignation is Chef's Kiss for this session. 

KEN!---you're under seven indictments.  You're trying to deflect from the fact you helped Nate Paul launder money for some rather salacious characters.  They're going to hang you from a bridge in Matamoros and you're concerned Dade tied one on at lunch?  That's precious. 

LET THEM FIGHT!  

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Ooop, the efforts to eliminate tenure and eliminate DEI are making it hard for the Texas Institute of Phrenology and Phreedom (TIPP) to hire phrenology prophessors:

No, thanks, says doc - would literally rather stay at Washington U in St Louis than the University of Texas at Austin because of the political climate

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After a whirlwind visit in March, Schnakenberg got the job offer earlier this month. It came with tenure and a competitive salary. The university offered to cover moving expenses and provide money for new equipment.

But last week, he turned down Texas’ top research university.

The decision represents an odd twist in the current political debate over higher education in Texas. Conservatives, led by Patrick, have sought to tamp down a perceived liberal bias at the state’s universities by proposing to ban diversity and equity initiatives, eliminate tenure and create the Civitas Institute. But in this case, one priority seemed to have worked against another.

In an email that he shared with The Texas Tribune, Schnakenberg told Kishore Gawande, head of the business school’s government department, and Justin Dyer, head of the Civitas Institute, that he decided to take the counter-offer provided by his current university. He told them the political climate in Texas played a role, too

 

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