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Any thoughts on the TX-32 house primary? I'm thinking Colin Allred, but I'll be the first to admit that I'm having trouble parsing through the campaign speak on their websites to see who is the most progressive.
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Love too advocate for affordable housing https://www.austinmonitor.com/stories/2018/03/east-side-zoning-case-gets-personal/ quote:Commissioner Tom Nuckols pointed out that if the neighborhood did not play ball with the developer, it could lose an opportunity for affordable units and instead wind up with 37 expensive single-family homes, but Llanes said that outcome would be preferable.
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Mar 5, 2018 15:35
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Badger of Basra posted:Depends on the district. I used vote411 and it lists 101 races, but doesn't include my district's Texas senator spot up for election (district 9). I only noticed because I really really hate Kelly Hancock and everywhere else I look says his spot is up for election this year (and has a democrat running against). Didn't get a chance to vote in the primaries yet so I don't know if the spot is actually on my ballot or not, but am I missing something?
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Mar 5, 2018 16:50
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Friend posted:I used vote411 and it lists 101 races, but doesn't include my district's Texas senator spot up for election (district 9). I only noticed because I really really hate Kelly Hancock and everywhere else I look says his spot is up for election this year (and has a democrat running against). Didn't get a chance to vote in the primaries yet so I don't know if the spot is actually on my ballot or not, but am I missing something? Tarrant County has a voter lookup, put in your name and it will give you an option to download your specific ballot https://gisit.tarrantcounty.com/VoterLookup/
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Friend posted:I used vote411 and it lists 101 races, but doesn't include my district's Texas senator spot up for election (district 9). I only noticed because I really really hate Kelly Hancock and everywhere else I look says his spot is up for election this year (and has a democrat running against). Didn't get a chance to vote in the primaries yet so I don't know if the spot is actually on my ballot or not, but am I missing something? He has no Republican primary opponents and the Democrat side only has one person running, so there isn't any major primary competition there. For what it's worth Gwen Burud will be Kelly's democratic opponent in November.
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slouch posted:He has no Republican primary opponents and the Democrat side only has one person running, so there isn't any major primary competition there. For what it's worth Gwen Burud will be Kelly's democratic opponent in November. Yeah I knew that, but other races that don't have competition still showed up on my vote411 ballot so that had me confused. I checked the Dallas County sample ballot and it's on there though. Have you met Gwen? Seems fine, nothing exciting about her but at least she won't suck the NRAs dick on Twitter every time there's a mass shooting like the incumbent
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Badger of Basra posted:Love too advocate for affordable housing Accusing the entire commission of being developer shills will surely convince them that the NPCT isn't being unreasonable...
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Quandary posted:Any thoughts on the TX-32 house primary? I'm thinking Colin Allred, but I'll be the first to admit that I'm having trouble parsing through the campaign speak on their websites to see who is the most progressive. I'm voting for Colin, he's a sharp candidate and has a solid Democratic platform with no weird surprises. He also seems like the type to listen to experts/constituents and he grew up in TX32 and obviously cares a lot about it.
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Mar 6, 2018 00:22
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Badger of Basra posted:Love too advocate for affordable housing Can't tell if dogwhistle or not. Who am I kidding, of course it is dogwhistle
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Mar 6, 2018 00:44
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Zil posted:Can't tell if dogwhistle or not. It's not really because Llanes and most of the other people on that NPCT are hispanic. He's just an rear end in a top hat.
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It’s primary eve and kathaleen wall sent me: A full page size attack ad on one of her opponents printed on both sides A full page size attack ad on another of her opponents printed on both sides A mailer twice as big for herself which includes a small section in which she blames liberals for the Parkland shooting because they continue to ignore the real issue of mental health and just blame guns. This thing is so massive they had to fold it in half and it still barely fit in the mailbox. All of these are very high quality thick and glossy paper. They ran a story on NPR about her today too and the insane amount of money she is pouring into this. Triple all of the other eight candidates combined. That probably still holds if you add in the five democrats.
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Mar 6, 2018 01:17
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I would vote against her solely for the superfluous A in her first name.
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Mar 6, 2018 02:03
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Anyone have a list of the best choices for sacrificial lambs, er, Democrats for Statewide races besides Beto?
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spoon daddy posted:Anyone have a list of the best choices for sacrificial lambs, er, Democrats for Statewide races besides Beto? Well, Austin's local quasi-progressive weekly zine has the following endorsements, but I encourage you to consult other sources as well: https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2018-02-16/chronicle-endorsements/
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Number_6 posted:Well, Austin's local quasi-progressive weekly zine has the following endorsements, but I encourage you to consult other sources as well: Thanks and man, they sure are all in on Beto.
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Mar 6, 2018 07:29
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Number_6 posted:Well, Austin's local quasi-progressive weekly zine has the following endorsements, but I encourage you to consult other sources as well: quote:And his calls for universal health care Ah ha ha. Hah.
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Mar 6, 2018 07:32
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Comrayn posted:She thinks Hillary Clinton had Seth rich killed. Where does this come from? Google isn't turning anything up.
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Atahualpa posted:Where does this come from? Google isn't turning anything up. From her Twitter if I remember right.
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Right she replied “justice for Seth Rich!” to a tweet calling for Clinton to be jailed or something like that. I’ll dig it up in a little while here.
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Mar 6, 2018 14:36
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Here you go https://mobile.twitter.com/ElectSema4TX/status/864327923695800321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
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Mar 6, 2018 15:10
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Still better than Medicare-X
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Mar 6, 2018 15:12
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Beto supports M4A
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Mar 6, 2018 15:21
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Badger of Basra posted:Beto supports M4A Where is he on chemtrails
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Mar 6, 2018 15:23
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Just voted in TX32 and there was like 6 Democrats in line and 0 Republicans so take that for what it's worth. I do live in the chunk of Dallas proper that got gerrymandered into the suburbs district, so it's not worth much.
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Mar 6, 2018 15:28
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https://twitter.com/FoxNews/status/971006104967831553 Cool to be in the weird position of rooting for Jerry Patterson. Lord, give me the strength so that if a man ever brutally humiliates my father and my family over the course of months that I don't go begging that same man for support for my transparent ladder climbing ambition.
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Mar 6, 2018 15:39
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my idiot coworker left work early yesterday, March 5, to vote for the republican primaries
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Mar 6, 2018 16:15
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BrutalistMcDonalds posted:Very accurate description of the Texas Democratic Party: HOLY poo poo I KNOW THIS DUDE ahahaha This is so badass man. He's the real deal. He's a bit of a loose cannon, but he's real smart, passionate, and is as homegrown as they come.
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Friend posted:my idiot coworker left work early yesterday, March 5, to vote for the republican primaries  or, next-level excuse to get out of work I guess?
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Badger of Basra posted:Beto supports M4A And I'm sure he's every bit as committed to that as he is to the DREAMers aka not at all
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Mar 6, 2018 17:35
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So still 1000% more than Cruz.
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Mar 6, 2018 17:57
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Beto isn't perfect but also he isn't the literal zodiac killer so I'll take it
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Quandary posted:Beto isn't perfect but also he isn't the literal zodiac killer so I'll take it My friend have you considered voting for his primary opponent Alex Jones
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zoux posted:My friend have you considered voting for his primary opponent Alex Jones He passes my purity test!
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https://twitter.com/ExpressNews/status/971066493810159616 My question is for these people: What historical things have actually happened quote:The Wilson County Sheriff’s Office declined to provide charging information on Robert Ussery, 54, who founded conspiracy website Side Thorn, and his partner Jodi Mann, 56, who is referred to as “Conspiracy Granny” online. The booking process was not complete Monday evening and no information would be made available until Tuesday, a supervisor there said. Your daughter never even existed.
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Mar 6, 2018 19:49
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Would note this paragraph:quote:The conspiracy theorist was arrested during a White Lives Matter rally in Austin two years ago. https://www.adl.org/blog/whos-who-in-white-lives-matter My grandfather retired out there and hoo boy. Didn't know the Klan had barbecues on the side of the road until visiting that amazing place, Montgomery County, Texas.
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I mean, y'all know about Vidor right. I feel like (while we have major racial problems in Texas) we're not as bad on the whole as the traditional deep south because we didn't have the same entrenchment of plantation culture like they did in Mississippi or Alabama. But there are parts of East and Southeast Texas even today that might as well be run by Bull Connor.
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zoux posted:I mean, y'all know about Vidor right. This. Whenever I road trip to New Orleans, I ensure I have no reason to stop in Vidor (and I'm a white dude who grew up in Texas).
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isk posted:This. Whenever I road trip to New Orleans, I ensure I have no reason to stop in Vidor (and I'm a white dude who grew up in Texas). My folks live near Beaumont and the racial politics down there are so different than they are up here, it's like a totally different country.
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zoux posted:I mean, y'all know about Vidor right. In terms of the fringe racist right, it does seem to vary in different parts of the state, with East Texas and rural-ish areas near Houston in the southeast corner of the state having more of a Klan thing going. A lot of these small groups neo-Nazified themselves but they scream "Klan" in terms of their overall vibe, I guess. Like the wives show up to the White Lives Matter picnic in the park with ham sandwiches ready to serve. Getting the whole family involved like that is very Klan. Dallas' big thing (at least in any of our lifetimes) was Nazi skinheads, especially in the 80s when it turned into an actual gang problem. Growing up, a friend whose dad was a police detective had some interesting stories. His dad would be driving him to school, then spotting a car, get on the radio to report the plates because it belonged to a known white-power skinhead. Skinheads don't seem to be a thing in Dallas so much these days but it appears (to me) like there are bits and bobs of it in Arlington, Fort Worth, and especially White Settlement (of course). -- Funny thing. Chinese mob was a big thing in Dallas back then too. Vanilla Ice got his start in Chinese mob-run clubs. Strange but true. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rog8ou-ZepE Source: Chinese mob guy who was his manager. And friend's detective dad who investigated the dude lmao BrutalistMcDonalds fucked around with this message at 21:52 on Mar 6, 2018 |
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