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If you don’t already listen, Texas Take podcast is a solid listen for Texas politics. Braddock is a bit blow hard-y, but the info and historical context is solid.  
 

this week dove into voucher bullshit. Damn good intel. 

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    I think that it’s now safe to say that we Texans now live in a failed state.  30 years of GOP rule, setting our own standard, living the “Texas Dream,” which they’ve bragged about relentlessly…and let

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    My daughters and I talk about this. I’ve always been puzzled about where the idea of on-campus indoctrination comes from. I don’t think humanities and liberal arts faculty are any more or less toleran

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What if I'm going in the men's room and it's a shrinkage day?

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On 2/7/2025 at 9:32 PM, mchookem said:

so is anybody talking about this? 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/07/health/west-texas-measles-outbreak/index.html

 

if only there were a way to mitigate the threat of this disease! 🤔

My company sends out travel advisory memos daily since we operate in like 150 countries.  Yesterday, we got one for the Gaines County measles outbreak.

Remember Colony Ridge, the massive development (some say 100,000 people are already there, with the possibility of 200,000 being there shortly) in Liberty County?  It's comprised mostly of illegal aliens. The builder gave 1.5 million dollars to Greg Abbott's re-election campaign. There have already been huge drug busts, mass shootings etc ... 

It has grown massively.  This helicopter footage is pretty dramatic.

https://x.com/CollinsforTX/status/1703871577341735050



 

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On 2/10/2025 at 2:54 PM, Disco Strangler said:

Hilarious!  That's Dan Patrick's office number.

I'm fucking hammered so I called and left a message.  

11 minutes ago, mchookem said:

im sure ICE is all over that

If there was a problem, yo, they'd solve it.

 

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1 hour ago, Horn Under a Bad Sign said:

Remember Colony Ridge, the massive development (some say 100,000 people are already there, with the possibility of 200,000 being there shortly) in Liberty County?  It's comprised mostly of illegal aliens. The builder gave 1.5 million dollars to Greg Abbott's re-election campaign. There have already been huge drug busts, mass shootings etc ... 

It has grown massively.  This helicopter footage is pretty dramatic.

https://x.com/CollinsforTX/status/1703871577341735050



 

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With CFPB being dismantled, I’m sure this will be going nowhere.

https://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/newsroom/cfpb-and-doj-sue-developer-and-lender-colony-ridge-for-bait-and-switch-land-sales-and-predatory-financing/

22 minutes ago, royiv said:

"Foreclosure and property deed records show that Colony Ridge flipped at least 40% of all the properties it sold between September 2019 and September 2022, selling approximately 8,237 properties twice, 3,267 properties three times, and 2,067 properties four or more times in three years."

Damn... what rotten little racket they have going there. The developer donates to Abbott to build there, the Republicans blame Democrats for an "open border' that allows people to settle there, and the in-house financing from the developer offers immigrants no credit, no down payment, high-interest loans.

And now Republicans will send in ICE, round everyone up, and send them off to private detention centers built by other Abbott donors, to rake in that nice Fed money Elon is "finding".

I hate this state.

On 2/5/2025 at 8:18 PM, Willfully Horn said:

 No kids, huh?

To be clear, I continue to have an interest in climate change and the balance between an industrialized civil society and having to burn wood to cook.

My not worrying about this shit is reference to be retired and not having to deal hands-on with the idiocy of policy making by individuals with little understanding of the issues they are trying to govern.

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If he is successful, I think we all should rip out every ramp and rail at the mansion and his office.

18 minutes ago, GreenspointTexas said:

This is fucking madness. What.the.fuck. 
 

 

this state sucks ass

Let a transgendered high schooler race in a high school swim meet, fool me once.

Let two more race over the course of the next year, we won't get fooled again.

Oh, Matt..poor little fellah, ignorance doesn't look good on you .

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On 2/7/2025 at 2:16 AM, pacman said:

 

On 2/7/2025 at 9:04 AM, Disco Strangler said:

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On 2/7/2025 at 9:27 AM, Kel Varnsen said:

 

 

On 2/10/2025 at 1:32 PM, Schulz2.0 said:

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To protect and get served.

Thin blew line.

 

seriously though, the interviews were so gold I just couldn’t stop laughing.

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Internal Affairs Investigator: So the first one, when you went in with no recording device, was somebody outside? Did they drop you off or did you drive yourself there?
Ofc. Travis Plybon: I drove myself there.
IA Investigator: So, just pulled out of patrol, given some city money, and told to go and see if you can solicit something.
Ofc. Travis Plybon: Yes, sir. I said, I was told, 'hey, make sure you bring some clothes today if you, if you're going to do' - because it was, they asked me like a couple days before. 'Hey, make sure you bring clothes this day.' I showed up to the office, I was given money and given the brief, and it was discussed whether someone would go with me and they said, 'no, no, no, you're fine. You can do it.' 

 

And some more amazingness

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Internal Affairs Investigator: What caused you to go over four minutes of getting a h******, almost five minutes, if your instructions from them were, that once the deal is made and they touch you, you need to break contact.
Ofc. Dunn: I was trying to ask her questions, as far as, like, hey what's your name, trying to get - they didn't ask me to do that. They didn't ask me to get her name, they didn't ask me to get any of the questions I asked in the recording.. that was just me trying to be proactive.

 

On 2/20/2025 at 5:42 PM, bolverk said:

 

whoo-ey. man, i was incredibly grateful to have retired from state service just 5 months before covid hit.

i might be even more grateful now reading that^. i've been thru some legislative trauma, this will probably be cranked to 11.

 

On 2/18/2025 at 10:46 AM, pacman said:

If he is successful, I think we all should rip out every ramp and rail at the mansion and his office.

Elevators...

Attorney General Ken Paxton recently testified before the State Senate Finance Committee that his office had to hire outside lawyers on a contingency-fee basis, with rates as high as $3,780 per hour, because his office lacked appropriated funds. #txlege

 

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Must be expensive trying to find anyone that wants to work for the asshole

5 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Tx doge gonna be all over that for sure

@3500 an hour.

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On 2/20/2025 at 6:42 PM, bolverk said:

I’ve always said nothing is more important than identifying and eliminating waste. And I can’t think of a better entity to handle that task than the….

*checks notes*
 

Republicans that have been in total control of the state government for over 30 years. 

16 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

Also Herpes and HPV

but you expect those

19 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

Also Herpes and HPV

Regular herp or the dreaded Simplex 10 variant?

18 minutes ago, Macanudo said:

Regular herp or the dreaded Simplex 10 variant?

At the Twin Peaks in San Marcos?

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Another case (same person?) at UTSA and riverwalk.

18 minutes ago, miguelito said:

Another case (same person?) at UTSA and riverwalk.

Looks they went to a lot of places.

A Northwest Texas resident who has tested positive for measles potentially exposed University of Texas at San Antonio students and other residents while visiting San Antonio earlier this month.

The San Antonio Metropolitan Health District said the Gaines County resident tested positive for the virus and traveled to multiple locations here on Feb. 15, including UTSA's main campus from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. that day.

Afterwards, the traveler visited the Wax Museum, Ripley’s Believe It or Not! and Ripley’s Illusion Lab near the Alamo between 2:30 and 5:30 p.m. For dinner, the visitor dined at Mr. Crabby's Seafood and Bar in Live Oak between 6 and 8 p.m.

Earlier Sunday, The Hays County Health Department announced that an Gaines County resident with measles visited San Marcos from 3 to 8 p.m. on Feb. 14., entering several Texas State University buildings and spending the evening at the sports bar Twin Peaks. 

Public health officials urge those who visited these places to review their vaccine records and monitor themselves for symptoms for four to 21 days after initial exposure.

https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/measles-exposure-in-san-marcos-20183421.php

19 hours ago, Constant said:

I’ve always said nothing is more important than identifying and eliminating waste. And I can’t think of a better entity to handle that task than the….

*checks notes*
 

Republicans that have been in total control of the state government for over 30 years. 

 

as always, desantis / FL is ahead of abbott on this .... 

doge focused on university 'waste' with desantis as the lead 

 

DeSantis also said all state universities will be audited for what he calls any unnecessary spending and classes that don't need to be taught.

https://www.wesh.com/article/florida-desantis-doge-task-force/63903133

 

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No further updates so I assume it’s all contained and no additional infections will result.

18 hours ago, InkaUtexas said:

Looks they went to a lot of places.

A Northwest Texas resident who has tested positive for measles potentially exposed University of Texas at San Antonio students and other residents while visiting San Antonio earlier this month.

The San Antonio Metropolitan Health District said the Gaines County resident tested positive for the virus and traveled to multiple locations here on Feb. 15, including UTSA's main campus from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. that day.

Afterwards, the traveler visited the Wax Museum, Ripley’s Believe It or Not! and Ripley’s Illusion Lab near the Alamo between 2:30 and 5:30 p.m. For dinner, the visitor dined at Mr. Crabby's Seafood and Bar in Live Oak between 6 and 8 p.m.

Earlier Sunday, The Hays County Health Department announced that an Gaines County resident with measles visited San Marcos from 3 to 8 p.m. on Feb. 14., entering several Texas State University buildings and spending the evening at the sports bar Twin Peaks. 

Public health officials urge those who visited these places to review their vaccine records and monitor themselves for symptoms for four to 21 days after initial exposure.

https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/measles-exposure-in-san-marcos-20183421.php

What kind of psychopath goes to Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for three hours?

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2 minutes ago, Constant said:

What kind of psychopath goes to Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for three hours?

I mean, that whole itinerary was one classy-ass weekend:

Texas State campus tour

Twin Peaks

Buccee's (not listed, but word is he stopped there on the way to SA)

UTSA campus tour

Wax Museum

Ripley's Believe it or Not!

Ripley's Illusion Lab

Mr. Crabby's Seafood

 

Whoever that dude is, he's future leadership material for sure.

 

7 minutes ago, Constant said:

What kind of psychopath goes to Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for three hours?

Dunno but if you go to Ripley's on the River Walk in San Antonio you probably deserve to get Measles...and to be called fat by Charles Barkley 

 

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Random thought: Pearl Beer was from the country of alebmhunert (give that a try) springs. 
I wonder how many of those sprangs are still working.

10 minutes ago, Bullneck said:

Random thought: Pearl Beer was from the country of alebmhunert (give that a try) springs. 
I wonder how many of those sprangs are still working.

Went to a lot of beer joints with my dad when I was a kid, was always hypnotized by these signs

 

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