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Badger of Basra posted:Straus was unanimously reelected speaker. As in, even the conservatives who always complain about him openly voted for him. I don't know if this means that Strauss exacted sufficient retribution on the people who tried to oust him last time and everyone has fallen in line out of fear, or if even the crazies in the house realize that letting in a pro-Patrick speaker would lead to inevitable and massive ruin for the state.
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LanceHunter posted:I don't know if this means that Strauss exacted sufficient retribution on the people who tried to oust him last time and everyone has fallen in line out of fear, or if even the crazies in the house realize that letting in a pro-Patrick speaker would lead to inevitable and massive ruin for the state. The TribCast folks speculated that the conservatives probably realized they couldn't realistically beat him and didn't want to abstain because then Straus would be able to gently caress them over. I'm not sure if it was Straus's people or the conservatives who wanted a public vote though - they could have just done it by acclamation.
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I have some respect for Strauss. When I worked for a house democrat, Strauss came by and briefed in private. Very respectful, very knowledgeable of some of the..flaws... of his colleagues. There's a reason the democratic minority supports him.
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And you got the impression he was being genuine with the Rep you worked with rather than just saying what he knew you wanted to hear?
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blue squares posted:And you got the impression he was being genuine with the Rep you worked with rather than just saying what he knew you wanted to hear? Yes. It was a republican super majority year and my rep had a thing she needed done (legislatively and personally). He had no reason to help her, but he did. She appreciate it. I know it's anecdotal, but he seemed genuinely kind. That's not to say I'd support him at all if we had a chance at a democratic house/speaker. But of all the house republicans, he's my favorite.
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Isn't he reasonably well liked by the democrats in general?
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Jan 12, 2017 22:24
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For the second time, the gov has decided his opinion matters more than Texans' votes. http://www.statesman.com/news/local/abbott-seek-law-remove-texas-sheriffs-who-don-help-immigration-officials/B3KdvqZqi8XclXg7VvKg9I/
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Spacebump posted:For the second time, the gov has decided his opinion matters more than Texans' votes. I swear to God Abbot is such an annoying shitheel. I really really hope someone can knock him and Patrick out of the Gubernatorial office.
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He's doing a "State of the State" right now in the House, and Rep. Thompson behind him is pretty funny contrast as he's spewing his dumb bullshit. He's also making GBS threads all over the Senate and House budgets. She went from polite light clapping to sitting during all of the ovations and very obvious non-clapping.
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I was browsing through the Governor's Budget http://gov.texas.gov/budget and he's really going after local government:Greg Abbott posted:REGULATORY REFORM
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He's doing it so he can turn the screws on people like the Travis County Sheriff because they're doing things he doesn't like. So it's not okay when the Federal Government tells him what to do, but gently caress the municipal governments if they don't get in line.
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Feb 1, 2017 03:14
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Waiving sovereign immunity would be such a poo poo show
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No Safe Word posted:He's doing it so he can turn the screws on people like the Travis County Sheriff because they're doing things he doesn't like. So it's not okay when the Federal Government tells him what to do, but gently caress the municipal governments if they don't get in line. The Constitution of the United States specifically reserves powers to the states and limits the federal government. Most state constitutions, oddly enough, don't do that to sub-state entities. So it's literally anc constitutionally not ok (sometimes) when the feds tell him what to do, and constitutionally just fine when he pushes municipal governments around.
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Number Ten Cocks posted:The Constitution of the United States specifically reserves powers to the states and limits the federal government. Most state constitutions, oddly enough, don't do that to sub-state entities. So it's literally anc constitutionally not ok (sometimes) when the feds tell him what to do, and constitutionally just fine when he pushes municipal governments around. I'm not saying he can't do it, I'm saying it's hypocritical when he does do it.
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EwokEntourage posted:Waiving sovereign immunity would be such a poo poo show It would provide me with job security though, as a specialist attorney in how local ordinances cause financial/developmental harm (not a joke).
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Lighting a fire under planning and zoning commissions would be a net positive. I know he wants to primarily stop the intentional foot-dragging which is done to try and discourage development without actually banning it (often done to placate local NIMBY groups or) but at least in Austin there are significant delays caused by sheer incompetence and a culture of "not our problem if it takes so long".
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https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/826833495989305345 Welp, looks like we don't need courts for testing legality of things, just swing the big dick
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No Safe Word posted:He's doing it so he can turn the screws on people like the Travis County Sheriff because they're doing things he doesn't like. So it's not okay when the Federal Government tells him what to do, but gently caress the municipal governments if they don't get in line. See also: That Denton fracking ban that ultimately failed.
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No Safe Word posted:https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/826833495989305345 Can't test it unless Abbott does it first
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No Safe Word posted:https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/826833495989305345 It's less swinging and more dragging across the seat
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EwokEntourage posted:Can't test it unless Abbott does it first You can sue them and get them a court order to compel them to act, and then you can take punitive measures. Or just take punitive measures first and then hope you don't get sued
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Today would have been Sandra Bland's 30th birthday. KERA's Think has a podcast episode on police interaction with the black community in Texas.
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Travis County is crowdfunding to replace what Abbott took away I agree with the blog post that it's good and bad. Good that they can band together and do something, bad for the example it sets and unsustainable 
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Don't elect political outsiders with no experience to run things. Corpus Christie learned this the hard way. https://www.texastribune.org/2017/02/09/corpus-christi-new-mayor-resigned-after-37-days-what-happened https://www.texastribune.org/2017/02/09/corpus-christi-mayor/
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Yesterday I went to a lobbying day in Austin for Texans for Responsible Marijuana Policy (backed by NORML and MPP); they had 200 folks pre-register and 350 showed up to visit their senators and reps, so pretty good turn-out. Mainly the goal was to support two bills, one to reduce cannabis criminal penalties to civil penalties, and one to substantially expand Texas' weaksauce MMJ program. If you're interested in the topic, sign up for their mailing list for any future events. I'm planning to attend a Veterans cannabis lobbying day in two weeks, use some of my ARE TROOPS! cred to help nudge policy. https://www.texasmarijuanapolicy.org/
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It's a long shot but does anyone here know anybody in the SA area that speaks Arabic?
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So ICE has been conducting a secret roundup in Austin today. Cool, totally normal. Greg Casar said they are looking for bilingual volunteers to help, send a message to his official page if you have some time to spare.
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No Safe Word posted:Travis County is crowdfunding to replace what Abbott took away All of this is law enforcement money that's being taken away, and a chunk of that was going to broken-window policy things like anti-sex work efforts. I'll throw in another donation to the Red Umbrella Fund instead of this crowdfunding effort. EDIT: Badger of Basra posted:So ICE has been conducting a secret roundup in Austin today. Cool, totally normal. It was weird to see the initial reports of this on Facebook. For some reason everyone has gotten into this whole "don't share this post, copy and paste all the text and post it as your own post". Of course, since in the past that's been a huge format for spreading STDH, so a lot of people who initially heard about it were pretty suspicious. LanceHunter fucked around with this message at 08:09 on Feb 11, 2017 |
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Badger of Basra posted:So ICE has been conducting a secret roundup in Austin today. Cool, totally normal. Do you mean they didn't announce it in advance, per SOP? I remember when I was deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq we'd sometimes do secret raids on insurgents, I guess we were doing it wrong by not issuing a press release and telling them we were coming.
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Number Ten Cocks posted:Do you mean they didn't announce it in advance, per SOP? I remember when I was deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq we'd sometimes do secret raids on insurgents, I guess we were doing it wrong by not issuing a press release and telling them we were coming. Totally the same thing
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Number Ten Cocks posted:Do you mean they didn't announce it in advance, per SOP? I remember when I was deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq we'd sometimes do secret raids on insurgents, I guess we were doing it wrong by not issuing a press release and telling them we were coming. Die
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Number Ten Cocks posted:Do you mean they didn't announce it in advance, per SOP? I remember when I was deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq we'd sometimes do secret raids on insurgents, I guess we were doing it wrong by not issuing a press release and telling them we were coming. Go gently caress yourself with a rusty length of rebar.
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Number Ten Cocks posted:Do you mean they didn't announce it in advance, per SOP? I remember when I was deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq we'd sometimes do secret raids on insurgents, I guess we were doing it wrong by not issuing a press release and telling them we were coming. So I dunno what you did or saw overseas, if you actually went and aren't just being some edge lord troll, but if your SOP for conducting raids against enemy soldiers is the same as taking a law abiding mom and or dad or kid away that entered this country illegally fleeing, poverty, pressed into organizations like MS13, used as drug mules or fleeing the sex trafficking rings down there, on HOME SOIL you have a big loving problem.
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Number Ten Cocks posted:Do you mean they didn't announce it in advance, per SOP? I remember when I was deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq we'd sometimes do secret raids on insurgents, I guess we were doing it wrong by not issuing a press release and telling them we were coming. Catch a ride on an Osprey.
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If anyone learns of a raid or arrest by ICE in the austin area you can call 512-402-7999 and the law office of Mark Kinzler has been coordinating rapid legal response.
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Number Ten Cocks posted:Do you mean they didn't announce it in advance, per SOP? I remember when I was deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq we'd sometimes do secret raids on insurgents, I guess we were doing it wrong by not issuing a press release and telling them we were coming. Choke on a forest of dicks, you loving chode
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LanceHunter posted:
I have my Facebook privacy settings configured so if someone shares a post of mine only our mutual friends can see it. I post a lot of political stuff and I have friends that share it and I am constantly having to tell them to take it down and copy/paste it instead otherwise nobody is going to see it that aren't already able to.
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 To my fans who are apparently really mad at having the absurdity of complaining about "secret" immigration raids pointed out.
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D-Pad posted:I have my Facebook privacy settings configured so if someone shares a post of mine only our mutual friends can see it. I post a lot of political stuff and I have friends that share it and I am constantly having to tell them to take it down and copy/paste it instead otherwise nobody is going to see it that aren't already able to. I totally understand that, but if you're making a post that is specifically "Hey, here's some important information (including things like phone numbers to call) that I need spread far and wide", then it would probably be a good idea to set that particular post as public.
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