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Nissin Cup Nudist
Sep 3, 2011

Sleep with one eye open

We're off to Gritty Gritty land




https://dentonrc.com/news/an-assaul...e8a1bf2123.html

Well that's depressing. Harvest House is prob my favorite bar in town and no one there deserves those nazi fucks. And the Patriot Front was also in town, loving wonderful

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poemdexter
Feb 18, 2005

Hooray Indie Games!

College Slice

Nissin Cup Nudist posted:

https://dentonrc.com/news/an-assaul...e8a1bf2123.html

Well that's depressing. Harvest House is prob my favorite bar in town and no one there deserves those nazi fucks. And the Patriot Front was also in town, loving wonderful

Apply rocks directly to the forehead until the problem is resolved.

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

Here's why Beto ain't dropping out

https://twitter.com/PpollingNumbers/status/1156216401398575106

*in extremely DNC voice* Blue Texas folks.

Shifty Pony
Dec 28, 2004

Up ta somethin'


zoux posted:

Here's why Beto ain't dropping out

https://twitter.com/PpollingNumbers/status/1156216401398575106

*in extremely DNC voice* Blue Texas folks.

Funny how Trump's number doesn't change much no matter the challenger.

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

Shifty Pony posted:

Funny how Trump's number doesn't change much no matter the challenger.

Trumps number seems locked in, his approval rating hasn't deviated +/- 5% in months.

skipdogg
Nov 29, 2004
Resident SRT-4 Expert

No Castro in that poll?

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

sensiblechuckle.gif

Dameius
Apr 3, 2006

skipdogg posted:

No Castro in that poll?

I know there are a lot of people running but now you are just making up names.

Sardonik
Jul 1, 2005

if you like my dumb posts, you'll love my dumb youtube channel

zoux posted:

Here's why Beto ain't dropping out

https://twitter.com/PpollingNumbers/status/1156216401398575106

*in extremely DNC voice* Blue Texas folks.

Wow, Honorary Texan Sanders!

Beat Trump, and stole his capital letter too.

Mitsuo
Jul 4, 2007
What does this box do?

Sardonik posted:

Wow, Honorary Texan Sanders!

Beat Trump, and stole his capital letter too.

I mean, he is the only one of that group who could seen as an enemy of capital

Zil
Jun 4, 2011

Satanically Summoned Citrus


Mitsuo posted:

I mean, he is the only one of that group who could seen as an enemy of capital

:hmmyes:

BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


Lipstick Apathy

Nissin Cup Nudist posted:

https://dentonrc.com/news/an-assaul...e8a1bf2123.html

Well that's depressing. Harvest House is prob my favorite bar in town and no one there deserves those nazi fucks. And the Patriot Front was also in town, loving wonderful
i think they're bolstering their numbers with older skinheads and ex-prison nazi types who are violent and crazy (more than normal for these types). usually they are pretty careful but bashing the bar owner like that has set off a shitstorm

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

https://twitter.com/Forrest4Trees/status/1156282864205475842

Since Amarillo straddles Randall and Potter Cos, I wonder how that works.

AmericanBarbarian
Nov 23, 2011
Isn't the Texas poll still just a measure of name recognition at this point?

Dameius
Apr 3, 2006

AmericanBarbarian posted:

Isn't the Texas poll still just a measure of name recognition at this point?

All polls are at that at this point.

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

https://twitter.com/Tierney_Megan/status/1156559809048666112

I didn't watch the video because I don't watch snuff films but the article is harrowing

Also note the number of times that the cops/EMTs official report contradicts what is shown on the video

zoux fucked around with this message at 14:41 on Jul 31, 2019

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

https://twitter.com/lmcgaughy/status/1156585796876607497

https://twitter.com/ASlavitt/status/1155888269219024897

This is a huge crisis in West Texas btw, but better death than Democrats, I always say.

Badger of Basra
Jul 26, 2007

So this Bonnen/MQS stuff, huh

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

Yeah now he claims to have a tape

Badger of Basra
Jul 26, 2007

So is it gonna turn out that actually Dennis Bonnen is a gigantic idiot and not Smooth Politics Genius

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

If MQS is telling the truth. But until I see evidence I’m not taking the word of the biggest scumbag in state politics. Did you read Chris Hooks’ take? That’s pretty much where I’m at

TropicalCoke
Feb 14, 2012
Why would Bonnen go after the moderate Republicans that got him the speakers chair?

Mistaken Frisbee
Jul 19, 2007

zoux posted:

If MQS is telling the truth. But until I see evidence I’m not taking the word of the biggest scumbag in state politics. Did you read Chris Hooks’ take? That’s pretty much where I’m at

Speaker Bonnen just came out and said "Mr. Sullivan, release your recording. Release it in its entirety.” Rep. Stickland earlier alleged he'd already heard the tape, but nothing about what's on it. Rep. Clardy said he'd listen to it tonight.

This is all the more interesting because MQS is the one making the accusation. He has no credibility and he's a poo poo-stirrer, but it's just been an odd situation so far.

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

Mistaken Frisbee posted:

Speaker Bonnen just came out and said "Mr. Sullivan, release your recording. Release it in its entirety.” Rep. Stickland earlier alleged he'd already heard the tape, but nothing about what's on it. Rep. Clardy said he'd listen to it tonight.

This is all the more interesting because MQS is the one making the accusation. He has no credibility and he's a poo poo-stirrer, but it's just been an odd situation so far.

Why would Bonnen bring Burrows in as a witness and then swear him to secrecy. It could just be his obstinance, he is the kind of guy who actually doesn't dignify things with a response. And then MQS issues those three hyper-specific questions. If he's bluffing he's bluffing big. I kind of feel like who ever comes out on the wrong side of this is done.

Anyway confusion to our enemies huzzah

TropicalCoke posted:

Why would Bonnen go after the moderate Republicans that got him the speakers chair?

Some of them were in the speaker race, but yeah like I said I'd sooner expect Bonnen to make that kind of a deal with Democrats than Empower Texas.

And Zerwas announced he's done, wonder if that's just a coincidence

zoux fucked around with this message at 04:58 on Aug 1, 2019

Mistaken Frisbee
Jul 19, 2007

zoux posted:

Why would Bonnen bring Burrows in as a witness and then swear him to secrecy. It could just be his obstinance, he is the kind of guy who actually doesn't dignify things with a response. And then MQS issues those three hyper-specific questions. If he's bluffing he's bluffing big. I kind of feel like who ever comes out on the wrong side of this is done.

Anyway confusion to our enemies huzzah

Yeah, Rep. Toth is now alleging he heard the tape and it's really bad, but he also received money from Empower Texans. So agreed, if this isn't true then MQS is taking out some representatives with him.

None of the allegation makes sense though. Why would Bonnen trust MQS?

Edit: Rep. Clardy is now verifying the tape is accurate. He has not received recent or significant funding from ET, so this is a big deal now.

Mistaken Frisbee fucked around with this message at 06:35 on Aug 1, 2019

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

Mistaken Frisbee posted:

None of the allegation makes sense though. Why would Bonnen trust MQS?

Why would anyone? Combine that with the fact that he's not releasing the tape, instead making members listen to in the presence of his attorney, and the way he framed those questions make me think that they edited the tape or something. Why not just put it out there, if it is what he says it is, Bonnen's done. At the same time, he clearly has a tape of a meeting with Bonnen about electoral strategies where Bonnen talks poo poo about his own members, and WHY WOULD HE DO THAT. Bonnen, you know he records people secretly that's kind of his whole deal. (We really need to be a two-party consent state imo)

This is all very strange and until a journalist or the public hears these recordings it's just going to be this hearsay poo poo. The very best case for Bonnen at this point is that he handled this abysmally in the press and with his membership.

https://twitter.com/RobertTGarrett/status/1156953819504422912

Why would Bonnen give a poo poo about Braddock? He's Patrick's enemy, Patrick was the one who yanked his creds in the session. The issue here is that we're supposed to be trusting the word of some of the most bad-faith, bold-faced liars in Texas politics, famous for dirty tricks. But so far it seems to be checking out? I have no idea.

zoux fucked around with this message at 16:46 on Aug 1, 2019

Proud Christian Mom
Dec 20, 2006
READING COMPREHENSION IS HARD

zoux posted:

(We really need to be a two-party consent state imo)

We really don't

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

https://twitter.com/James_Barragan/status/1156959355134259201

i say swears online
Mar 4, 2005

this all seems very stupid

i say swears online
Mar 4, 2005

okay what on earth

https://www.statesman.com/news/20190801/bonnen-and-burrows-are-done-gop-lawmakers-react-to-bonnen-meeting

quote:

Toth told the American-Statesman Thursday that he listened to the recording Wednesday with Clardy, who was on the alleged list of targets, and that they had to keep stopping the recording every so often because they were "just gobsmacked" by what they heard.

"This is not who we are as Republicans. We don't treat other Republicans this way. We don't treat Democrats this way," Toth said. "What happened here is regrettable and can't be allowed to go forward. It was worse in some respects [than how Sullivan described the events].

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

Man I hate to see ET get a win but this is a disaster for a state GOP that is worried about losing the house.

That is so loving important for next session with the SCOTUS ruling that political maps can't be challenged in court

TropicalCoke
Feb 14, 2012

i say swears online posted:

this all seems very stupid

Welcome to your Texas House!!

Blotto_Otter
Aug 16, 2013



So aside from the targeting of fellow Republicans, there's other bad stuff they said on tape that they don't want Dems/the public to know about, huh?

i say swears online posted:

this all seems very stupid

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

At this point, I am taking no parties' word on the matter.

Proud Christian Mom
Dec 20, 2006
READING COMPREHENSION IS HARD
Come back Joe Straus

Mistaken Frisbee
Jul 19, 2007

Blotto_Otter posted:

So aside from the targeting of fellow Republicans, there's other bad stuff they said on tape that they don't want Dems/the public to know about, huh?

Is there some Texas-specific equivalent to Wikileaks that can just get this over with?

Badger of Basra
Jul 26, 2007

Mistaken Frisbee posted:

Is there some Texas-specific equivalent to Wikileaks that can just get this over with?

If it was anyone other than MQS it would have been leaked to the Tribune but I’m sure he thinks the editor-in-chief is a feminazi

zoux
Apr 28, 2006

Badger of Basra posted:

If it was anyone other than MQS it would have been leaked to the Tribune but I’m sure he thinks the editor-in-chief is a feminazi

No one but MQS would tape Bonnen secretly

Spaced God
Feb 8, 2014

All torment, trouble, wonder and amazement
Inhabits here: some heavenly power guide us
Out of this fearful country!



https://twitter.com/TexasTribune/status/1157038099718987776

I love that this garbage hellstate did something good completely by accident

As a college student, I love this decision doubly so

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zoux
Apr 28, 2006

You still have to appear in court and face the regular charges, this is just a policy change. Officers have always had the option to ticket and release they just don't.

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