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#3451
1 hour ago, chainsaw said:

 

1/8th of every city smothered with several hundred thousand acres of MAGA in creating each district.  May be time to build walls around the cities and when MAGA tries to get to a hospital in the next several years, just say "fuck AAAAALLLL the way off."

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#3452

It just blows my mind that they can come right out and say the stated goal of their redistricting plan is to increase their control and not even pretend to hide it and know full well that it will be upheld

#3454

Ballgame 

New: Three former Texas Supreme Court chief justices have endorsed U.S. Sen. John Cornyn over AG Ken Paxton. 1/

 

#3455

Theres only one endorsement that matters in that race. If it stays on the sidelines then I still think Paxton will win by 5 pts. 

#3456
On 7/19/2025 at 6:59 PM, chainsaw said:

 

The right is probably upset that they can't crack every dem district. The only thing holding them back is that they appear to require physical connectivity within a district. Otherwise Dems would lose each district.

#3457
2 hours ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

Ballgame 

New: Three former Texas Supreme Court chief justices have endorsed U.S. Sen. John Cornyn over AG Ken Paxton. 1/

 

Meh.  The average Texas isn't even aware there's a Texas Supreme Court.

#3458
On 7/19/2025 at 8:24 PM, Ghost of NMAS said:

blows my mind that they can come right out and say the stated goal of their redistricting plan is to increase their control

While I totally agree with you, if we’re being fair, our opposition is based on the same logic (redistricting is poised to diminish our own control of political outcomes).  
 

This is also a reason why I think the Dems should have a continual background campaign of preserving voting rights integrity, including pushing for state and national laws that bring consistency and fairness to elections (ideally, around the idea of increasing competition between candidates).  

#3459
14 minutes ago, LCHorn said:

While I totally agree with you, if we’re being fair, our opposition is based on the same logic (redistricting is poised to diminish our own control of political outcomes).  

That might be an argument if the districting wasn't already gerrymandered to the extreme favor of the GOP.  They used to at least try to pass their gerrymandering off as creating legitimate districts; now they don't even try to hide it.

#3460
3 hours ago, bluto said:

Theres only one endorsement that matters in that race. If it stays on the sidelines then I still think Paxton will win by 5 pts. 

I would take the over, but at the moment Paxton +5 seems about the right line. 

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#3463
On 7/22/2025 at 10:34 AM, Bozo_Casanova said:

Ballgame 

New: Three former Texas Supreme Court chief justices have endorsed U.S. Sen. John Cornyn over AG Ken Paxton. 1/

 

I assume that’s a non-public “that’s what they told me” endorsement. Because I don’t think Texas judges can publicly endorse another political candidate.

#3464
1 hour ago, South Austin said:

I assume that’s a non-public “that’s what they told me” endorsement. Because I don’t think Texas judges can publicly endorse another political candidate.

*former

#3466

SIAP

Texas AG claimed three homes as primary residence. Democrats are being probed for similar issue
 

“The problem: Mortgages signed by the Paxtons contained inaccurate statements declaring that each of those three houses was their primary residence, enabling the now-estranged couple to improperly lock in low interest rates, according to an Associated Press review of public records. The lower rates will save the Paxtons tens of thousands of dollars in payments over the life of the loan, legal experts say.”

“The records also revealed that the Paxtons collected an impermissible homestead tax break on two of those homes, and they have routinely flouted lending agreements on some of their other properties.”

https://apnews.com/article/paxton-mortgages-trump-primary-residence-homestead-deduction-bd259b6bd122afcaf4f11eac5a3a152e

 

 

#3467

Texas Dems are holding a rally right before the Texas House public hearings on redistricting are supposed to be held in the same general area.

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#3468
1 hour ago, berlinerbaer said:

Texas Dems are holding a rally right before the Texas House public hearings on redistricting are supposed to be held in the same general area.

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Are they learning?

Probably not. But maybe. 

#3470
11 hours ago, berlinerbaer said:

Texas Dems are holding a rally right before the Texas House public hearings on redistricting are supposed to be held in the same general area.

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Dems:  Are you with us, Doctor (of Jurisprudence) Wu?

#3471
22 minutes ago, GreenspointTexas said:

I like the district that goes from Pearland to the northermost point of Texas. 700 miles/10 hr drive

 

 

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Worth noting that the "proposed maps" floating around are ones developed by some randos, not the legislature:

https://www.chron.com/culture/article/texas-redistricting-map-congress-20778346.php

Not that the GOP might not try to do something similar, but I don't think they've unveiled anything yet.

#3472
24 minutes ago, Gap03 said:

Worth noting that the "proposed maps" floating around are ones developed by some randos, not the legislature:

https://www.chron.com/culture/article/texas-redistricting-map-congress-20778346.php

Not that the GOP might not try to do something similar, but I don't think they've unveiled anything yet.

That district is just over half an hour from kansas. Fucking crazy. In fact its closer to kansas than galveston proper. But yeah its prolly gonna be something like that, watch

#3474
On 7/22/2025 at 11:52 AM, Nice Guy Eddie said:

The right is probably upset that they can't crack every dem district. The only thing holding them back is that they appear to require physical connectivity within a district. Otherwise Dems would lose each district.

I really don't see what there is to stop them from breaking this  "requirement".  Who is gonna stop them?  SCOTUS?  LOL. 

#3475
1 hour ago, Horn Dog said:

I really don't see what there is to stop them from breaking this  "requirement".  Who is gonna stop them?  SCOTUS?  LOL. 

And even if they did, the GOP has hired every Flow Free expert to help them circumvent any such requirement.

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#3476

Do as I say, not as I do, part 5,238.

https://www.texastribune.org/2025/07/25/giovanni-capriglione-affair-texas-house-republican/

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Three days after state Rep. Giovanni Capriglione announced he was dropping his reelection bid, the conservative news site Current Revolt published an interview with a former exotic dancer who alleges she had a 17-year affair with the Southlake Republican.

The woman, Alex Grace, alleges that Capriglione paid her for “meetups” and “funded several abortions for his own personal gain.”

 

#3478

Supposedly some cookie batter/cum talk…no kink shaming.

Briscoe Cain of course is calling for his head.

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#3479
Supposedly some cookie batter/cum talk…no kink shaming.
Briscoe Cain of course is calling for his head.

Apparently he was a pretty staunch proponent of the legislation that effectively ended women’s reproductive freedom in Texas.
#3480
11 minutes ago, C-Man said:


Apparently he was a pretty staunch proponent of the legislation that effectively ended women’s reproductive freedom in Texas.

Cain just wants it see his name online I think. And I fell down a rabbit hole:

 

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We’re clearly both 84 kids.

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#3482
16 hours ago, GreenspointTexas said:

I like the district that goes from Pearland to the northermost point of Texas. 700 miles/10 hr drive

 

 

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I believe Texas law forbids counties of low population from being cracked open. This map shouldn't fly for that reason.

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Often referred to as the "county line rule," Section 26, Article III, Texas Constitution, as modified by the federal courts to comply with the one-person, one-vote standard mandated by the Fourteenth Amendment, requires that house districts be apportioned among the counties according to the most recent federal decennial census population, subject to the following:

  1. a county with sufficient population for exactly one district must be formed into a single district;

  2. a county with a population smaller than the population needed for a whole district must be kept whole and combined with one or more contiguous counties to form a district;

  3. a county that has sufficient population for two or more whole districts must be divided into that number of districts, with no district extending into another county; and

  4. each county with a population sufficient for one or more whole districts plus a fraction of another district must be divided into that many whole districts, with the excess population added to one or more contiguous counties to form an additional district.

In practice, it is sometimes impossible to draw a statewide plan that completely satisfies these rules while maintaining districts with equal populations. The Texas courts have allowed a house plan to violate the county line rule to the limited extent necessary to draw a plan that complies with the federal one‐person, one‐vote requirement. For example, a county with less than the population needed for a single house district may be split between districts when no other option is available to create equally populated house districts.

https://redistricting.capitol.texas.gov/reqs

That being said, rule 3 is violated all the time.

 

#3484
17 hours ago, Gap03 said:

Worth noting that the "proposed maps" floating around are ones developed by some randos, not the legislature:

https://www.chron.com/culture/article/texas-redistricting-map-congress-20778346.php

Not that the GOP might not try to do something similar, but I don't think they've unveiled anything yet.

Yeah, these maps are mainly red herrings.  They are not going to reveal the true maps until they bring them up to vote.   That keeps the protests down and basically toothless because how can you testify against something that isn't publicly proposed.  

 

 

#3487

Let me save everyone some time:


“We find the Texas redistricting maps valid for immediate use.  We find the California redistricting maps invalid for use till at least after 2030 and subject to decades of appeal. “

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#3488
52 minutes ago, miguelito said:

The SC is perfectly willing and ready to do that.

They probably have 2 form opinions ready to go. Red state? Fill in the name of the state on the “map approved” form. Blue state? Grab the “map violates” form, fill in the name of the state and the “reason for denial” blank. Any reason will do.

Swing state? That will require a clerk to show off a bit, and the 6 will build in some drama to maximize bribe payments and other benefits. 

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Giovanni Capriglione, a right wing state rep in Texas who had an affair with a stripper, reportedly told his mistress that he wanted to ejaculate into batter for cookies that would be sold at his daughter's bake sale. https://www.sacurrent.com/news/gop-texas-rep-capriglione-drops-re-election-bid-after-reported-affair-allegations-he-funded-abortions-38066215

 

#3490

Oh hey look, another shitbag Republican with rules for thee but not for me.  This particular shitbag happens to represent me....fucker.  

#3493
26 minutes ago, HenryJames said:
Giovanni Capriglione, a right wing state rep in Texas who had an affair with a stripper, reportedly told his mistress that he wanted to ejaculate into batter for cookies that would be sold at his daughter's bake sale. https://www.sacurrent.com/news/gop-texas-rep-capriglione-drops-re-election-bid-after-reported-affair-allegations-he-funded-abortions-38066215

 

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#3494
28 minutes ago, HenryJames said:
Giovanni Capriglione, a right wing state rep in Texas who had an affair with a stripper, reportedly told his mistress that he wanted to ejaculate into batter for cookies that would be sold at his daughter's bake sale. https://www.sacurrent.com/news/gop-texas-rep-capriglione-drops-re-election-bid-after-reported-affair-allegations-he-funded-abortions-38066215

 

Laugh if you want, but how else are you supposed to make homemade Nutter Butters?

#3496
54 minutes ago, Surly Bevo said:

Oh hey look, another shitbag Republican with rules for thee but not for me.  This particular shitbag happens to represent me....fucker.  

It feels like NE Tarrant County is the epicenter of GOP loony tunes land.

#3497
Just now, bolverk said:

It feels like NE Tarrant County is the epicenter of GOP loony tunes land.

Oh it's still the rurals wontonly voting against almost all of their interests (well except the hate/racism) at astonishing clips that are the absolute craziest but this area isn't far behind.  

#3498
3 minutes ago, Surly Bevo said:

Oh it's still the rurals wontonly voting against almost all of their interests (well except the hate/racism) at astonishing clips that are the absolute craziest but this area isn't far behind.  

Oh, of course, rural Texas is batshit. What I'm getting at is the concentration of crazy Texas Republican Party leadership stuff, meaning the organized bizarros of NE Tarrant County.

#3499
this isn't always the case, but houston is *absolutely showing up today* for this TX legislature redistricting hearing at UH. the room (capacity: 600) is completely full and i'm hearing there are around 100 people outside & they're chanting "this is what democracy looks like" [contains quote post or other embedded content]

 

rep. armando walle (D) asks vasut if he's aware most population growth in the state is from communities of color? (this gets major applause) vasut says he has not looked at that census data in detail (which is really something because *he's the chair of the house redistricting committee*)

 

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