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PostNouveau posted:Nothing. Candace Owens was the reason Kanye was mad at the right wing. But why specifically? Did he figure out that she and Charlie Kirk were leading him around like a bull with a nose ring?
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Yeah, Politico should be loving embarrassed to have published something with that title and premise before the election. gently caress then and gently caress Rove.
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Nov 5, 2018 03:24
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Even if there isn't another Beto next time, this year's campaign has a material effect beyond the seats he coattailed to victory, does it not? Just the sheer number of people who registered and voted. Won't most of them tend to vote in the future?
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Sir Tonk posted:i thought crenshaw won I think you're supposed to notice what's happening in the clip
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Nov 8, 2018 00:42
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Is TX doing away with straight ticket voting?
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Nov 8, 2018 23:22
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These loving Republicans. Seriously. No doubt it cost them a ton of judgeships etc. this time lol so I can see the urgency on their end.
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Nov 8, 2018 23:25
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So even if Beto doesn't run for anything in Texas again, this race has a material effect on the balance in the state doesn't it? Even aside from the Congressional and state house candidates and judges that he coattailed over the finish line, just the sheer number of people getting registered and voting for the first time makes a difference going forward does it not? I can't remember where I saw it but there was a statistic that turnout in general is actually high among voters who are registered. The low turnout among voting age/voting eligible people in America is largely because of people not being registered. Is that true?
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Nov 9, 2018 00:56
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I’m having a hard time envisioning any outcome other than Crenshaw running for Senate or Governor in the near future. If GOP voters in TX will pick Abbott, Patrick and Cruz, no way they won’t go ape for an eyepatch wearing pirate/SEAL.
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Feb 20, 2019 18:25
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ReidRansom posted:That's kinda who I had in mind when I was thinking about congresspeople, but really I'm not sure he has the chops. If that SNL idiot hadn't raised his profile, we'd all probably barely know who he is. All he's done with the increased attention he got is show that he's not particularly smart or adept at politicking. Do Abbott or Patrick strike you as particularly smooth or adept, or just shouting bog standard right wingism? Chops aren’t really needed.
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zoux posted:https://twitter.com/kherman/status/1100433305932087296 I'm trying to find the text of the bill. If you literally have to be a citizen to get auto insurance, then people legally in the naturalization process can't get car insurance? Or permanent residents? How is that useful for anyone? Ok, here it is: https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB02468I.htm quote:86R10483 PMO-D Zwabu fucked around with this message at 22:52 on Feb 26, 2019 |
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ReindeerF posted:He probably heard how it was one of the safest major cities in the US and wanted to take care of that. No good deed... As soon as I heard that it was a young male that drove all the way from Allen (whitebread suburb of Dallas) down to an El Paso Walmart to committ his mass murder I thought "probably a CHUD who wanted to kill Hispanic people".
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ReindeerF posted:Yeah, apparently you were literally exactly correct and that's what he said. I mean yeah, given what part of Texas he was from, not a shock he's really, overtly racist, but Jesus. https://nypost.com/2019/08/03/sick-manifesto-linked-to-walmart-shooting-suspect-blames-hispanic-invasion/ This link apparently shows the manifesto, as an image, that was posted on 8chan by the shooter: https://www.latinorebels.com/2019/08/03/manifestoelpasoterrorist/
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I watched Beto the night of the shootings and he was on fire. Yeah I wish he'd brought this fire to his early campaign.
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BrutalistMcDonalds posted:the worst friggin barbecue Worse than Dickey's?
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ReindeerF posted:I wonder if the Pakistani connection is why it's become big in various Muslim countries, like Malaysia and Dubai, etc. We have one at the airport in Thailand that I know of, and I heard they're moving into China now, but I recall the original int'l Popeye's were in either Dubai or Malaysia. Can't recall. Seem to have spread out from there to other parts of Asia and the GCC. Not sure where else. KFC has been huge in Asia, particularly China, for many years now (I seem to remember reading it was more popular than McDonalds in China), so even though Popeye's food is much better than KFC in my opinion they have a huge uphill struggle if they're gonna try to gain market share on KFC there.
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Considering how badly gerrymandered the Texas U.S. House districts are, how is the state legislature even close, did the state house districts somehow miss the gerrymandering wand? Especially considering how badly gerrymandering in MI WI and PA have locked the GOP into those state houses.
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ReindeerF posted:He completely represents Houston's most successful white flight district, which is notable because Houston has been the the most successful major city at annexing the poo poo or of attempts to flee the tax base. Are you still overseas or back in TX these days?
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Turnout for the Dem primary looks like it was off the hook at least where I voted in the suburbs of Collin County. +1 Bernhard
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ReindeerF posted:Without googling, is Collin County where Plano is? That just sounds like a very Plano-area thing to do. Yeah it's Plano, ReindeerF.  Like, uh, who is supposed to patronize these businesses that are essential if they're at home jfc
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Mar 26, 2020 13:52
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Ultimately widespread testing has to be a national priority for a potent coordinated response. It clearly has not been, is not, and I'm not sure if it ever will be while the current Presidential administration is in place.
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Everyone I know who's from San Antonio always talks up Taco Cabana but in multiple tries I found them to be merely "meh". I can only attribute this to one of this situations where it used to be better and everyone has happy childhood/high school memories of that time, or just We All Like Different Things.
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May 26, 2020 14:58
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Beto came within 3 points of Generic GOP Senator based on vigorous campaigning, being charismatic, and gently caress Donald Trump. As much as I will never believe in Dems winning statewide in TX until it suddenly happens (especially living amongst smug right wingers with money), add pandemic deaths and economic calamity to Beto's performance and yeah, I can see it.
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Jun 26, 2020 17:21
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Is anyone aware of new Abbott executive orders regarding quarantining people coming in from other states?
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https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/06/01/the-cost-conundrumAtul Gawande posted:It is spring in McAllen, Texas. The morning sun is warm. The streets are lined with palm trees and pickup trucks. McAllen is in Hidalgo County, which has the lowest household income in the country, but it’s a border town, and a thriving foreign-trade zone has kept the unemployment rate below ten per cent. McAllen calls itself the Square Dance Capital of the World. “Lonesome Dove” was set around here.
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Can anyone comment on what voting system/equipment was in use where they voted? Me: Collin County. In the past few elections it had been all Diebold Systems, touchscreen only, no paper ballot or record. 2020: Some other kind of touchscreen that prints a paper ballot after you've verified how you're voting, you bring the paper ballot to the scan machine that scans it and presumably it drops into storage where it could be used in a recount? Assuming the paper ballot is retained this seems much better. (Voted day one of early voting, took maybe half an hour, everyone masked, good social distancing observance.) I'm also curious if anyone did drive through voting such as apparently exists in Harris County, if they could describe or comment upon what that was like.
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saintonan posted:It may be purple beyond that if Trump follows through on his threat to run again in 2024 if he loses in 2020. Has he actually said anything like that at any point? (I don't expect Trump to live more than a year past leaving office either way)
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What do people attribute the early voting turnout in TX to? 1. People eager as gently caress to vote out Trump 2. People pissed and reacting against fuckery like Abbott and the TX GOP not opening up mail voting to all, and the 1 drop box per county thing 3. People concerned about getting COVID so voting earlier to hopefully get less exposure in a shorter line 4. All of the above?
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BoosterDuck posted:I always assumed new texans leaned conservative because they were escaping commiefornia and socialist oregon to enjoy dat economic freedom and diversity of opinion Nah the suburbs have plenty of carpetbagging Yankee liberals like myself who are originally from Blue states coming for good jobs or more affordable housing.
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In Collin County our stylus was a disposable Q tip you could use to operate the touch screen.
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If this judge finds the drive-thru votes to be illegal, will the count and record be saved pending further legal opinion? How quickly could a higher court rule on this, or would the drive thru voters be stuck definitely having to vote on election day again?
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No Safe Word posted:All of this, by the way, was at least partially caused by Beto's run increasing turnout enough to get the local Harris County folks elected (like Hidalgo, and ousting Stan Stanart) Yeah. It’s very popular to trash Beto in D&D for making an ill advised Presidential run, but his run against Cruz set the stage for where the Texas race is now. He energized and got a ton of voters registered, and despite losing had a ton of coattails helping many local downballot candidates to win, with big knock on effects for election access around the state. It’s been a huge net positive.
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Is Ken Paxton being investigated by the feds at all? Or is it simply a matter of all of dude's underlings publicly accuse him of crimes, he fires them all, and everyone shrugs cos whatcha gonna do?
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https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2021/01/09/air-force-veteran-from-north-texas-identified-as-rioter-in-combat-gear-seen-in-senate-chamber/ https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/an-air-force-combat-veteran-breached-the-senate The older Zip Tie brother from the Capitol is a retired USAF Lieutenant Colonel from the DFW burbs. He's been ID'ed and doxxed by the folks on Reddit so he's trying to get out in front with media interviews and a ludicrous story.
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smoobles posted:In North Texas they are predicting another snowstorm tomorrow night, through Thursday morning. Had power for about ninety minutes after none for thirteen hours. Cooked, made coffee and warmed the place. Sorry I didn’t cook more but I did steam a bunch of rice which finished minutes before it went out again. If this is not truly rolling and is sustained there’s a big hospital where I work a few miles from me. I suppose I could schlep it out there and not freeze to death.
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My place got down to low 50's each time, the first after about 13 hours without power, the second after several hours. Felt comfortable in a bunch of layers swaddled in bed. During power - cooking, heating the place, and charging everything including storage batteries.
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Here (North DFW burbs) we seem to be on a program of 1-2 hours on, several hours off, then on again for an hour or two. After an initial 13 hour outage. The place seems not to get much below 50 F on this program and I don't get uncomfortably cold as long as I'm layered up. Since I don't have any gas/propane whenever the power comes on I spring into action cooking a bunch of stuff, making coffee, charging phone and storage batteries. Now I have a few days worth of cooked food that at worst I can eat cold instead of just tuna out of the can or peanut butter on untoasted bread (or just spooned out of the jar lol).
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