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I was recently at a q&a rep with several Texas House members who are both Republican and both voted to impeach Ken Paxton. Obviously some ppl asked them about the impeachment; and while they couldn't share much, they did share that the evidence is pretty damning. Should be an interesting August assuming we all haven't burnt up to death by then.
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The evidence is insanely damning but this isn't a legal process it's a political one, and the Senate is rife with potential conflicts. Don't forget he's a former state senator whose old seat is currently occupied by his wife. Though at some point the state party has to look at this guy and wonder why they're spending political capitol on crimes mcgee.
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i say swears online posted:that would still encompass vacation homes unless you had some way to confirm it was being rented I think it's fine to include vacation homes - that's not that big of a deal if some beach houses and lake houses were included in some broader tax relief that is the only thing that would encompass renters - it's not a big deal.
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zoux posted:Though at some point the state party has to look at this guy and wonder why they're spending political capitol on crimes mcgee. Or they can just follow the national party platform and double and triple down on it. *Laughs in Trump*
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Jun 15, 2023 18:16
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But he's a replacement level Republican party hack, there's 50 dudes just like him who haven't been indicted and impeached
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https://twitter.com/STDeltaShift/status/1669364702575570946
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Jun 15, 2023 19:18
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He died defending slavery, so gently caress him anyway.
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Worf?
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Lemniscate Blue posted:RIP small government. Realistically, what is the response to this? Cities/counties band together and pass as many tiny, granular laws that just skirt state regulations until the state government is overwhelmed in court? I can't imagine Houston/Harris, Austin/Travis, SA/Bexar, and DFW/Everything just throwing up their hands and saying "Oh well!"
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This is the end product, they've preempted all kinds of stuff before and that all stood because the cities aren't like constituent states of the union, they exist at only at the consent of the state. Home rule cities are always superseded by state law.
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Jun 15, 2023 19:42
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might as well be called the gently caress Lina Hidalgo bill
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Jake Gittes posted:might as well be called the gently caress Lina Hidalgo bill Only in their dreams.
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Jake Gittes posted:might as well be called the gently caress Lina Hidalgo bill *faints at mention of "the f word"*
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Jun 15, 2023 20:09
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It's more about Austin bashing I think but they hate all the cities.
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zoux posted:It's more about Austin bashing I think but they hate all the cities. They made it pretty clear how they feel about Houston/Harris with the federal Harvey funds.
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Denton banned fracking within city limits a few years ago too, which was quickly disallowed by the lege. This is about cities in general being more liberal than rural areas, yeah.
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https://twitter.com/patricksvitek/status/1669427635192057866?s=46&t=A_iY-gupVf13dcIJPetZhQ Swears they are loving up ya boy
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no! noo!! i'll put it in the group chat
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Jun 15, 2023 22:22
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SB 1998 lol rip
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My man's out here killing groundwater districts I don't think he's going to like where this ends up.
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oh my god hahaha the loving balls on him for writing that reason out
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i say swears online posted:beach house haver spotted I'm just a temporarily embarrassed non-beach house haver. Need that cap for the future beach houses I will most certainly have because of my firm hand shake and hard work.
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While thing is important, it is not as important as thing I want, therefore thing cannot happen.
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Jake Gittes posted:might as well be called the gently caress Lina Hidalgo bill It's a gently caress Cities bill - the Counties are already limited to the grants of power provided by the legislature. Home rule cities have much broader regulatory authority within their corporate limits which they're curtailing. There were several other very specific gently caress Lina Hidalgo bills, some which passed (the ability of the SoS to overturn Harris County elections, banning the appointment of an Elections Administrator in counties with populations over 3.5 million) and some which didn't (making the Harris County Flood Control District and Toll Road Authority state agencies with boards appointed by the Governor). Next session there will be a bill to vest all power of the Harris County Commissioners Court within the current officeholder of Senate District 7. Sab0921 fucked around with this message at 22:43 on Jun 15, 2023 |
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Jun 15, 2023 22:41
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i say swears online posted:oh my god hahaha the loving balls on him for writing that reason out He's putting it on all the statements for the revenge vetos
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zoux posted:He's putting it on all the statements for the revenge vetos There is one bill that is tax related that I am sitting here sweating out hoping it doesn't meet the veto pen before Sunday. It had 100+ votes but I dont know the rules on that for vetoes.
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He can veto whatever the gently caress he wants https://twitter.com/patricksvitek/status/1669459234281455619?s=46&t=A_iY-gupVf13dcIJPetZhQ This is all gonna get sorted on a Natchez sandbar
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It's kind of grimly funny that the state government is melting down because the people in power, who are all members of the same party, couldn't work together and pass one of the easiest concepts to pass.
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zoux posted:He can veto whatever the gently caress he wants Whoever loses, we win.
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zoux posted:He can veto whatever the gently caress he wants Well Greg - please be nice.
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zoux posted:My man's out here killing groundwater districts drat he shot a hostage
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hell yeah keep this up fellas
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Jun 16, 2023 00:51
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Jake Gittes posted:drat he shot a hostage lmao
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How many more does he have to get through by Sunday?
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leper khan posted:How many more does he have to get through by Sunday? He has infinite senate priority bills.
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Why isn't there some kind of legal requirement that legislative actions (bills) and executive actions (including vetos) be based on some kind of clearly stated, reasoned justification. "I'm blowing this thing up because something else happened that I don't like" is not a reasoned justification to do anything. It's barely one step removed (if that) from terrorism.
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In theory, the legislature can override the veto
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