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Abbott’s reaction

It’s not fine. It was the plan all along.
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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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If $6000 per student is all they get now and all they need per republicans, why aren’t private school vouchers $6000?  Why the extra 67%?  Aren’t private businesses more efficient than public systems, again per republicans?  Or, why aren’t they increasing the public school per child to the same $10,000 they just approved for private school kids?

2 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

If $6000 per student is all they get now and all they need per republicans, why aren’t private school vouchers $6000?  Why the extra 67%?  Aren’t private businesses more efficient than public systems, again per republicans?  Or, why aren’t they increasing the public school per child to the same $10,000 they just approved for private school kids?

I think you know the answer. 

7 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

If $6000 per student is all they get now and all they need per republicans, why aren’t private school vouchers $6000?  Why the extra 67%?  Aren’t private businesses more efficient than public systems, again per republicans?  Or, why aren’t they increasing the public school per child to the same $10,000 they just approved for private school kids?

It was Abbott’s understanding there would be no math.

1 hour ago, South Austin said:

It was Abbott’s understanding there would be no math.

7 hours ago, DDD Dad said:

I think you know the answer. 

Yass, Wilks, Dunn all told Abbott he’d get this done or they’d primary him. He did the same to all our R legislators (and followed through last election cycle). And here we are. 

Yeah, this is definitely going to be adopted because the Texas lege is that corrupt and/or stupid ...

 

1 hour ago, Gap03 said:

Yeah, this is definitely going to be adopted because the Texas lege is that corrupt and/or stupid ...

 

 

56 minutes ago, troph said:

Pure insanity 

"Well it's not against the law, so that means it's perfectly fine to do" - oil barons, probably

1 minute ago, troph said:

don't worry, the feds and the clean water act will save us... oh. wait...

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don't worry, the feds and the clean water act will save us... oh. wait...

When we run out of water, the problem will fix itself.

Regarding our public schools, I get all the frustration regarding the lack of funding increases, the existence of vouchers, and discrepancy in public allotment vs. vouchers.

I’m curious though, how does this actually stack up compared to other states? What financial metrics are available to know where Texas falls compared to everyone else? Are there a lot of other states that are doing better, or is everyone slipping in similar fashion?

Perhaps more importantly, what reliable indicators of overall state academic performance are there?

I’m not very well informed on these, so despite my frustrations about the first point, I’d like to better understand the big picture. Suppose I want to move one day and I want K-12 education to be a factor in deciding, how to I begin to evaluate that in the least biased way possible?

4 minutes ago, wild_turkey said:

Regarding our public schools, I get all the frustration regarding the lack of funding increases, the existence of vouchers, and discrepancy in public allotment vs. vouchers.

I’m curious though, how does this actually stack up compared to other states? What financial metrics are available to know where Texas falls compared to everyone else? Are there a lot of other states that are doing better, or is everyone slipping in similar fashion?

Perhaps more importantly, what reliable indicators of overall state academic performance are there?

I’m not very well informed on these, so despite my frustrations about the first point, I’d like to better understand the big picture. Suppose I want to move one day and I want K-12 education to be a factor in deciding, how to I begin to evaluate that in the least biased way possible?

Some decent graphs here

Looks like Vikki Goodwin is first out of the gate on the Dem side to run against Patrick for Lt Gov.  

First impression is she’ll lose badly and put district 47 in play as the conservative-moderate alliance in west audience unites over not wanting to be represented by someone named Pooja.

25 minutes ago, LCHorn said:

Looks like Vikki Goodwin is first out of the gate on the Dem side to run against Patrick for Lt Gov.  

First impression is she’ll lose badly and put district 47 in play as the conservative-moderate alliance in west audience unites over not wanting to be represented by someone named Pooja.

Ugh, west Austin. 

The most widely used data to compare between states is the NAEP test that is given to 4th graders and 8th graders. Overall, our scores are meh, but so are a lot of other states.

I would argue that school funding is more about everything other than math and reading. Those are the last things to get cut. It’s band, art, music, bus routes, GT, special ed services, more elective options, teacher retention, higher level courses in HS, and any other extras that get cut.

These are often where good public schools excel, and often on the backs of people getting a 3k/year stipend for countless hours of work. Quite a few private school families come back for HS because of these things and AP courses that will be challenging enough for their college bound kids.

Insert the Texas legislature to intentionally sabotage all of that with a 10k voucher and funding that will necessitate cuts to all of the above. Parents are about to get asked for way more money for supplies and various programs

2 hours ago, Kyrie Eleison said:

LO-fucking-L

 

"And the obsession with freedom, bro?

You have a thousand laws about what you can do with your own body.

You can buy a rifle faster than you can get a library card.

That’s not freedom, that’s live-action satire"

 

"The heat is unbearable. You’re not sweating, you’re slow roasting in cowboy purgatory,

and Texans are out here in denim and boots like its springtime in Paris."

 

"Texas is not a place; its a coping mechanism disguised as a state."

 

On 5/19/2025 at 9:43 PM, Pato del Muerto said:

If $6000 per student is all they get now and all they need per republicans, why aren’t private school vouchers $6000?  Why the extra 67%?  Aren’t private businesses more efficient than public systems, again per republicans?  Or, why aren’t they increasing the public school per child to the same $10,000 they just approved for private school kids?

They get more than that.  School funding is so complicated that it is almost impossible to understand.

Austin ISD gets about $13,800 to spend per student *after* recapture, which is about $2000 per student more than peer districts.  But their basic allotment is around $6100.  They get extra money because of carve outs and special allocations above the basic allotment.

And spending per student within Austin ISD varies wildly, depending on the school.  LBJ HS spends about $10,000 per student from the general fund and about $21,000 per student from all funds, per year.  At LASA HS, a magnet school close to LBJ that used to be part of LBJ, the district spends about $6700 per student from the general fund and about $7900 from all funds, per year.

LBJ is a smaller school (which means more money per kids spend on admin and building maintenance) with a harder to educate population, which means more money spent per kid trying to help them succeed.

There is no one answer to school funding.  You can spend $8000 per year on an A rated school, if you get to pick the population, and you can spend $21,000 per year on an F rated school, if you have a hard to educate group.

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Yeah, so this happened. Fuck you, to those who voted for, and also to those who deflect from acknowledging the barbarism of, Texas’ abortion ban. This belongs in this thread, because THERE WAS NO ABORTION.

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A San Antonio, Texas woman was released from jail this week after serving five months while police investigated her miscarriage to determine if it constituted an illegal abortion, until prosecutors finally dismissed the case.

https://meidasnews.com/news/woman-released-from-jail-in-texas-after-serving-five-months-for-a-miscarriage

37 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

so dumb and jail time for possession is just idiotic 

 

Government dollars to private companies. For reasons.

Who benefits financially from the proposed THC ban?

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The biggest losers will be the retail strip owners losing 25% of their tenancy by year end. 

46 minutes ago, bluto said:

The biggest losers will be the retail strip owners losing 25% of their tenancy by year end. 

Developers and large corporations landlords hold a lot of power with Texas republicans. But the top of their conservatard hierarchy will always be feigned religious outrage. Helping the poor need not apply.

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Finally.  Texas can bet back to what it does best: imprisoning black and brown people at absurdly disproportionate and high rates for a harmless activity that white people engage in at a similar rate, but somehow, are only 25% as likely to be arrested for.  Because at the end of the day, the important thing is that those folks be kept as a perpetual near-slave class (can't get a good job with a conviction) and this is SUPER-IMPORTANT: they can't mess up Texas with their votes anymore.

Voting is only for white folks.  Jim Crow out front shoulda told ya.  And once we renamed Jim Crow ("the War on Drugs" rebranding was quite successful), it took right off again.

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1 hour ago, tx ind said:

Who benefits financially from the proposed THC ban?

Alcohol industry

 

but its only a matter of time before weed passes alcohol in usage. Likely before 2050

If the people of Texas enjoy something, Abbot and Goeb will eventually ban it.

11 minutes ago, kevwun said:

If the people of Texas enjoy something, Abbot and Goeb will eventually ban it.

Coming soon - post oak, mesquite, hickory and pecan wood give you cancer.  Henceforth, all brisket must be prepared "a la Cornyn".

Alcohol industry
 
but its only a matter of time before weed passes alcohol in usage. Likely before 2050

I may be wrong, but the alcohol industry is poised to buy/distribute THC infused drink manufacturers the same way they did microbrewers. They see it as an opportunity.
2 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

Finally.  Texas can bet back to what it does best: imprisoning black and brown people at absurdly disproportionate and high rates for a harmless activity that white people engage in at a similar rate, but somehow, are only 25% as likely to be arrested for.  Because at the end of the day, the important thing is that those folks be kept as a perpetual near-slave class (can't get a good job with a conviction) and this is SUPER-IMPORTANT: they can't mess up Texas with their votes anymore.

Voting is only for white folks.  Jim Crow out front shoulda told ya.  And once we renamed Jim Crow ("the War on Drugs" rebranding was quite successful), it took right off again.

It doesn't take much to interpret that actions by Abbott and Goeb are solely about keeping the GOP in power in the face of changing demographics. Even the school voucher program might harm some of their constituency, there is an element to have kids educated in private schools that can be openly hostile to actual history and liberal ideas.

The top priority is always about keeping Democrat stronghold (youth, non-white, and big city) votes as suppressed as possible. 

If the Democrats can’t win with this setup, they are fundamentally broken and we need a different opposition party. 
 

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They are fundamentally broken and we need a different opposition party

 

2 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

If the Democrats can’t win with this setup, they are fundamentally broken and we need a different opposition party. 
 

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They are fundamentally broken and we need a different opposition party

 

There's a false narrative that there's a Texas Democratic Party. Obviously they exist but do they do anything but work to keep themselves in the minority?  If they were secretly run by a GOP operative, would the outcome be any worse?

I'm sure the usual suspects will come out a month or so before the next statewide election saying it's only another couple of cycles before demographics takeover and TX turns blue.  Same old shit they've been saying for 20+ years.

Called my state representative Jolanda Jones this morning to try and get an explanation why a Democrat is voting in lock step with Dan Patrick on the full THC ban and am appalled to report according to whoever answered on her staff said l it’s because she was “confused” about the amendment that made SB 3 a full ban… what in the ever loving fuck are our dumb ass bitch state representatives doing voting blind on something as big as a full ban of a whole industry???

33 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

There's a false narrative that there's a Texas Democratic Party. Obviously they exist but do they do anything but work to keep themselves in the minority?  If they were secretly run by a GOP operative, would the outcome be any worse?

The funny thing is that you aren’t wrong. It’s not conscious, but they’ve institutionalized the process of losing. It’s what they are organized to do, like the Washington Generals.

2 minutes ago, GreenspointTexas said:

Looks like Texas is toast

Fixed for you.

Sucks. I know a lot of people whose lives were helped by being able to replace alcohol with thc. 

This state is such a joke lol. Guess I’ll keep getting my stuff sent in from Vegas.

This state is such a joke lol. Guess I’ll keep getting my stuff sent in from Vegas.

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Imagine being such a fucking dork that not only did your high school and college peers refuse to invite you to parties, share their joints, or sleep with you, but half a century later you are still so obsessed with this rejection that you work tirelessly to ban porn and weed. I can only imagine sex not for the purposes of procreation is next.

19 hours ago, UTCzech III said:

Coming soon - post oak, mesquite, hickory and pecan wood give you cancer.  Henceforth, all brisket must be prepared "a la Cornyn".

So Dickeys playin the long game with the bag boilin and all?

4 hours ago, hookem2010 said:

Imagine being such a fucking dork that not only did your high school and college peers refuse to invite you to parties, share their joints, or sleep with you, but half a century later you are still so obsessed with this rejection that you work tirelessly to ban porn and weed. I can only imagine sex not for the purposes of procreation is next.

Im not a fan of thc products and you know my solution that works 100% of the time: I don’t use them. Ridiculous to ban the industry.

the trouble with Texas is that it’s full of Texans.

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