Kunabomber posted:

Hold on, that includes a student's ranking at the hojillion christian private schools, correct? I'm a transplant so I did not know this.

Badger of Basra posted:

It’s only public schools.

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(b) All applicants from Texas schools accredited by a generally recognized accrediting agency and who graduate in the top 10 percent of their high school class or who graduate in the top 25 percent of their high school class, to the extent the governing board of a general academic teaching institution has adopted such an admission policy, shall be admitted to a general academic teaching institution if the student meets the following conditions:
(1) The student has met one of the following:
(A) Successfully completed the distinguished level of achievement under the Foundation, Recommended, or Advanced High School Program from a Texas public high school as outlined under Texas Education Code, §28.025, as well as, 19 TAC §§74.63, 74.64, 74.73, and 74.74 (relating to the distinguished level of achievement under the Foundation, Recommended High School Program, or Distinguished Achievement High School Program--Advanced High School Program);
(B) Successfully completed a curriculum from a high school in Texas other than a public high school that is equivalent in content and rigor to the distinguished level of achievement under the Foundation, the Recommended, or Advanced High School Program as outlined under subsection (c) of this section;

zoux posted:

I'm seeing this story get some national play

Kunabomber posted:

Hold on, that includes a student's ranking at the hojillion christian private schools, correct? I'm a transplant so I did not know this.

PostNouveau posted:

Yeah you could say that

https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1115956353359581184

zoux posted:

I'm seeing this story get some national play so don't think that we're on the brink of outlawing abortion in Texas. Tinderholt obviously doesn't want to pass this bill because he could easily accomplish the same thing with an amendment to only make the doctor criminally liable. It just lets him grandstand.

Both these dudes are Freedom Caucus so looks like Bonnen figured out giving some of them chairmanships was a good way to sow division.


https://twitter.com/JenniferJJacobs/status/1116038199024001030

Stay safe out there San Antonioians.

zoux posted:

I'm seeing this story get some national play so don't think that we're on the brink of outlawing abortion in Texas. Tinderholt obviously doesn't want to pass this bill because he could easily accomplish the same thing with an amendment to only make the doctor criminally liable. It just lets him grandstand.

Both these dudes are Freedom Caucus so looks like Bonnen figured out giving some of them chairmanships was a good way to sow division.


https://twitter.com/JenniferJJacobs/status/1116038199024001030

Stay safe out there San Antonioians.

zoux posted:

https://mobile.twitter.com/feraljokes/status/1116109721637928967

The gently caress is he gonna do about it

zoux posted:

https://mobile.twitter.com/feraljokes/status/1116109721637928967

The gently caress is he gonna do about it

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State Rep. Tony Tinderholt, R-Arlington, has been placed under the protection of the Texas Department of Public Safety after getting death threats following his filing of a bill to criminalize abortion in Texas.

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Tinderholt, 44 and in his fifth marriage, said in a published statement that he wants a judicial system that “respects the laws” and separation of powers, as if judges shouldn’t declare the Texas Legislature’s laws unconstitutional without prior permission from the Legislature.

zoux posted:

https://twitter.com/scottbraddock/status/1116150862739591170

Maybe don't sign on to bills if you don't agree with them

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McNutt did not respond to requests for comment Wednesday, but both Bonnen and Pendery offered detailed accounts of the evening. Pendery said it was a "horrible night" marked by Bonnen looking for a fight and losing his cool, while the speaker said it was the other side that took it too far, well aware of the situation it was creating.

Bonnen said he first learned about McNutt's attendance at the fundraiser earlier in the day when some fellow lawmakers gave the speaker a heads-up that the activist would be there and may try to confront him. Bonnen said he then inquired about the situation with organizers and was assured he would not be seated with McNutt.

Bonnen nonetheless ended up seated "back to back" with McNutt — at the table next to his, the speaker said. As the dinner was getting underway, Bonnen said he walked up to McNutt, tapped him on the shoulder and shook his hand.

"'Hi, I'm Dennis Bonnen,' I said," the speaker recalled. "'You should never go to my residence or any member of the Legislature's residence when you know they're in Austin doing their job. I want you to tell me you're never gonna do that again.'"

Pendery said the initial interaction was not so innocent, with Bonnen appearing "out of nowhere" and confronting McNutt while he was trying to eat his salad, raising his voice at the activist.

In any case, McNutt remained quiet while the speaker talked to him, according to both Bonnen and Pendery. Then, Bonnen said, McNutt handed the speaker an envelope with a letter personally addressed to him. Bonnen said he took the letter and expressed some gratitude to McNutt, saying the letter was an appropriate way to advocate for an issue as opposed to going to lawmakers' residences.

That was not the end of it, though. In Bonnen's telling, something strange then happened: an unidentified man seated next to McNutt handed the speaker a Kool Aid packet. Bonnen said he tossed the packet on the table, prompting the man to stand up and threaten a "physical altercation." The man, Bonnen said, "kinda got in my face and said you should just leave."

While Bonnen did not identify the man, Pendery said another one of her guests, David Wylie, had stood up and tried to defuse the situation. But ultimately Wylie "urged [Bonnen] to leave after several attempts to reason with him," Pendery said.

BrutalistMcDonalds posted:

zoux posted:

https://twitter.com/scottbraddock/status/1116345026378981378
Love too be pro life

Proud Christian Mom posted:

Lmao imagine being too toxic for Texas Republicans

zoux posted:

Imagine putting out an abortion bill that's too extreme for Texas Alliance for Life

https://twitter.com/TXAlliance4Life/status/1116346686509592576

dirty shrimp money posted:

For now, anyway. We live in a country where anything can become truth if it's screamed loud enough for long enough, so what happens in 21 or 23?

zoux posted:

Hopefully in '21 there will be even fewer Republicans in the statehouse, if '18 is any indication.

corn in the bible posted:

Doubtful itll be enough to fix things, plus as long as they keep a majority they get to gerrymander and start everything over again

TropicalCoke posted:

House tabled HB 2 to Monday April 15. Kicked it to the Senate

TropicalCoke posted:

Hes trying to whip the Republicans up to come vote for him. San Antonio has a really small voting base for its municipal elections and red meat whips up the base like nothing else.