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1 minute ago, Nivek said:

I think the next Democratic Party commercial should be Governor Abbott saying “it could have been worse” and then showing pictures of all the children who died under preventable issues under his watch.

It's been tried and hasn't made a shit

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9 hours ago, hayden_horn said:

do you mean you? already did that. you are a terrible poster and you know it. do you feel clever? 

Of course he does. And it's all so fucking boring.

9 hours ago, hayden_horn said:

do you mean you? already did that. you are a terrible poster and you know it. do you feel clever? 

You know exactly what I mean. You gave up on even trying to be a good on the level moderator in the CR a long time ago, don't try to play one now. 

You gave up on being a good poster a long time ago.

It's been tried and hasn't made a shit

White kids.
8 minutes ago, kevwun said:

You gave up on being a good poster a long time ago.

If you read the last few pages of this thread and still think that I am the problem here, well, I guess you are free to hold that view. 

Holy shit Annie I don't know what you're saying but you're derailing the thread. Go deny some treatments or something, cheer yourself up.

But mainly, fuck off.

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14 hours ago, Anastasis said:

I haven't consumed much in depth news since July 3rd and don't have enough information to make much of an assessment at this point. Only seen snips here and there. So instead of putting the onus on me to make your point, which is totally unrelated to the post I made and which you quoted btw, go ahead and spill your own ink on it. It's the day after. Go ahead and play quarterback.  

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3 minutes ago, Captainant said:

Holy shit Annie I don't know what you're saying

I know. 

This is one I actually agree with. See Canada’s problem in British Columbia with Chinese nationals buying up all their real estate, making it unaffordable for actual citizens. Of course, we just have corporations doing that here anyway, but baby steps. 
I think the list should be expanded. My neighbor rents and his landlords are a group in Singapore. I think any person or group that owns more than 10 residential properties should see their property taxes increase 25%, and if they own more than 50, it should increase 50% more than 100 would mean more than a 75% increase in property taxes. The revenue that's generated would go to helping first-time home buyers with a down payment .

How long before the UT system is swallowed up into this mess

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2025/06/27/public-universities-in-six-southern-states-form-new-accrediting-agency/

Public universities in six southern states have come together to create a new higher education accreditor that will offer an alternative to existing nationally recognized accrediting agenciesoverseeing the nation’s colleges and universities.

The formation of the Commission for Public Higher Education was led by a consortium of public universities that includes Texas A&M University, the State University System of Florida, the University System of Georgia, the University of Tennessee System, the University of North Carolina System and the University of South Carolina System.

 

The establishment of the new college accreditor comes partly in response to President Donald Trump’s long-standing and frequent attacks on accreditors and the accreditation process itself. All six of the consortium states voted for Trump in the last presidential election.

“When I return to the White House, I will fire the radical Left accreditors that have allowed our colleges to become dominated by Marxist maniacs and lunatics,” Trump said in a July 2023 campaign video. “We will then accept applications for new accreditors who will impose real standards on colleges once again and once and for all,” he added.

That order also railed against accreditors setting standards for diversity, equity, and inclusion. And it called for “recognizing new accreditors to increase competition and accountability in promoting high-quality, high-value academic programs focused on student outcomes.”

 

Public universities in those states are currently accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.

12 minutes ago, Satchel said:

How long before the UT system is swallowed up into this mess

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2025/06/27/public-universities-in-six-southern-states-form-new-accrediting-agency/

 

Public universities in six southern states have come together to create a new higher education accreditor that will offer an alternative to existing nationally recognized accrediting agenciesoverseeing the nation’s colleges and universities.

The formation of the Commission for Public Higher Education was led by a consortium of public universities that includes Texas A&M University, the State University System of Florida, the University System of Georgia, the University of Tennessee System, the University of North Carolina System and the University of South Carolina System.

 

The establishment of the new college accreditor comes partly in response to President Donald Trump’s long-standing and frequent attacks on accreditors and the accreditation process itself. All six of the consortium states voted for Trump in the last presidential election.

“When I return to the White House, I will fire the radical Left accreditors that have allowed our colleges to become dominated by Marxist maniacs and lunatics,” Trump said in a July 2023 campaign video. “We will then accept applications for new accreditors who will impose real standards on colleges once again and once and for all,” he added.

That order also railed against accreditors setting standards for diversity, equity, and inclusion. And it called for “recognizing new accreditors to increase competition and accountability in promoting high-quality, high-value academic programs focused on student outcomes.”

 

Public universities in those states are currently accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.

Lol aggy

 

 No fucking way I want us a part of anything they are gonna fuck up

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“‘[W]ho’s to blame?’” Texas governor Greg Abbott repeated back to a reporter. “That’s the word choice of losers.” “Every football team makes mistakes,” he continued, referring to Texas’s popular sport. “The losing teams are the ones that try to point out who’s to blame. The championship teams are the ones that say, ‘Don’t worry about it, ma’am, we’ve got this.’”

Narrator: Abbott spent the last four years blaming Biden for everything and refusing to work with the federal government for solutions.

“‘[W]ho’s to blame?’” Texas governor Greg Abbott repeated back to a reporter. “That’s the word choice of losers.” “Every football team makes mistakes,” he continued, referring to Texas’s popular sport. “The losing teams are the ones that try to point out who’s to blame. The championship teams are the ones that say, ‘Don’t worry about it, ma’am, we’ve got this.’”
Narrator: Abbott spent the last four years blaming Biden for everything and refusing to work with the federal government for solutions.

He is the Jeff Fisher of Governors, without the success.
40 minutes ago, pacman said:

Narrator: Abbott spent the last four years blaming Biden for everything and refusing to work with the federal government for solutions.

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On 7/6/2025 at 6:47 PM, Bozo_Casanova said:

That’s not responsive. This isn’t a trick or complex. This is a very straightforward yes/no question about your opinion.

Again,  do you think that the elected leadership at the statewide and Federal level in the aftermath of this tragedy has been adequate and appropriate

Actually, I am even more perturbed at what preceded this tragedy.  

I start with the proposition that the government of the State of Texas, at many if not most levels, seems quite unconcerned with improving the lives of its citizens, especially if that comes at some cost to the government or taxpayers.  Yet, it will spend taxpayer money lavishly on corporate subsidies and tax breaks etc. and do other things to make the "lives" of institutions and corporations easier in this state.

So, the leadership of Kerr County on several occasions refused to modernize and improve its flood warning systems with this specific situation in mind.  If that were merely a cost-benefit analysis, I might cut them some slack.  If it were that sirens are noisy, or we need to improve the roads, or even give money to the cops.

But both the leadership and citizenry of Kerr County could have obtained the money to do that at no fiscal cost from the federal government.  And declined to do so for overtly partisan, ridiculously political reasons and they said so right in the public record.

Why wouldn't they say it in public? There's no risk to them politically

4 minutes ago, safe sex said:

Why wouldn't they say it in public? There's no risk to them politically

Of course, but often "legislative" decisions are a mixed bag of motivations and it can be difficult to discern what motivated a particular action or inaction.  In this case, it's not at all.

Too bad Dunn/Wilks/Yass didn't demand public safety measures like warning systems...

On 7/7/2025 at 8:16 AM, Nivek said:

I think the next Democratic Party commercial should be Governor Abbott saying “it could have been worse” and then showing pictures of all the children who died under preventable issues under his watch.

To my knowledge, there isn't a democratic party commercial. Yes there are candidate commercials only, and they too often don't want to get dirty. Instead they run a campaign that will lose.

4 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

Instead they run a campaign that will lose.

You mean they actually run a campaign?

Narrator: Abbott spent the last four years blaming Biden for everything and refusing to work with the federal government for solutions.

He is the Jeff Fisher of Governors, without the success.

Nice Jeff Fisher reference on Jeff Fisher Day

Texas family care network. https://txfcn.org/

Great website. Synergies, partnerships, and other mealy-mouthed jargon just to say “we now run foster care for region 5.”

A Pennsylvania company.

Using that private agency as a placeholder for shenanigans in the DFCS system. “Privatizing” foster care - and they are calling in cases to CPS to remove not just one, but all the children in a family where there has been a removal, even if no evidence for subsequent removals exists.

Example - a mom has a child removed and placed in foster care, but in the meantime gets her life in order and ends up having another child. No evidence of abuse or neglect, clean drug and alcohol tests - and the hospital where the birth occurs has no problem releasing the child to go home.

Enter these thugs, many who retired from state employment, who call in an unwarranted CPS case for exigent removal of other children - no investigation, affidavit, or court order - because its a profit center, with costs shouldered by the state.

What a lucrative racket! Makes one wonder if they pay their workers bonuses for each removal.

In recent sessions, the state lege has been incrementally rolling back CPS authority, which in many cases makes good sense - only to have private contractors overreach.

File under private prisons, state agencies bypassing the judiciary, ICE contractors, tow truck companies, etc.

My friend owns a glass company. At lunch, I always joke “hey if business is lagging, I’ll grab my shotgun and go break some windows for you,” to which he exclaims “NO!.”

Privatization is just another word for grift.

did they seriously send another statewide alert

1 minute ago, chainsaw said:

did they seriously send another statewide alert

You wanted alerts? We signed you up for alerts. 

Office of the Texas Governor | Greg Abbott

This better not be about the stupid ICE facility thing from days ago.

On 7/6/2025 at 12:00 PM, Cap33 said:

Special session coming up in July. I'm sure there will be a nicely worded joint resolution honoring those who died praising Trump.

FIFY

12 hours ago, chainsaw said:

did they seriously send another statewide alert

Really finding it frustrating they can't figure out how to send warning to save a bunch a kids at summer camp from a flash flood but BY GOD A COP GOT A HANGNAIL IN ALVARADO, BETTER BLAST A MASS ALERT FROM EL PASO TO ORANGE AND DALHART TO BROWNSVILLE, EVERYONE STRAP UP AND RIDE AROUND LIKE BATMAN LOOKING FOR THE PERP...

 

2 minutes ago, Evil Bill Obrien said:

Really finding it frustrating they can't figure out how to send warning to save a bunch a kids at summer camp from a flash flood but BY GOD A COP GOT A HANGNAIL IN ALVARADO, BETTER BLAST A MASS ALERT FROM EL PASO TO ORANGE AND DALHART TO BROWNSVILLE, EVERYONE STRAP UP AND RIDE AROUND LIKE BATMAN LOOKING FOR THE PERP...

 

It's worse than that. The "injury" happened at an ICE facility, and it did not happen on the day of the statewide alert, but many days before on July 4. So what we're supposed to be profiling asian dudes? The whole state? The "ambush" happened like two hours from the WinStar casino.

58 minutes ago, chainsaw said:

It's worse than that. The "injury" happened at an ICE facility, and it did not happen on the day of the statewide alert, but many days before on July 4. So what we're supposed to be profiling asian dudes? The whole state? The "ambush" happened like two hours from the WinStar casino.

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This has got to be some kind of sick joke...so you are telling me they blasted out a statewide Blue Alert for something that happened FUCKING 5 DAYS AGO?!?

Just now, Evil Bill Obrien said:

 

This has got to be some kind of sick joke...so you are telling me they blasted out a statewide Blue Alert for something that happened FUCKING 5 DAYS AGO?!?

Correct. And the "victim" was a gestapo collaborator, so the non-MAGA, anti-MAGA discourse about Benjamin Song online is about what you'd expect it to be

I turned my alerts off last year when I was awoken at 3:30 in the AM by the loudest damn alert known to man.  All because someone near El Paso (I believe, don't remember) took a shot at a cop over there.  I'm in the Houston area; not like I'm going to roll out of bed and do anything about it.

After the recent tragedy I got to thinking that maybe I ought to turn alerts back on just in case some life-threatening weather situation rolls up; but I forgot to do it.  Based on this most recent Blue Alert I'm glad I didn't.  We have tornado sirens in the general vicinity so I'll take my chances.

21 minutes ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

I turned my alerts off last year when I was awoken at 3:30 in the AM by the loudest damn alert known to man.  All because someone near El Paso (I believe, don't remember) took a shot at a cop over there.  I'm in the Houston area; not like I'm going to roll out of bed and do anything about it.

After the recent tragedy I got to thinking that maybe I ought to turn alerts back on just in case some life-threatening weather situation rolls up; but I forgot to do it.  Based on this most recent Blue Alert I'm glad I didn't.  We have tornado sirens in the general vicinity so I'll take my chances.

It's maddening that we have to choose between getting actual lifesaving emergency alerts for tornados, flash floods, etc or getting spammed by statewide "cop got a boo boo" fake alerts

So apparently an important item in the special session is state redistricting

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So apparently an important item in the special session is state redistricting

There’s no emergency like a “we need to do everything we can to overly skew this state’s Republican delegation” emergency.
Fuck them kids.
59 minutes ago, Sawbonz said:

So apparently an important item in the special session is state redistricting

Yeah not thrilled with that, especially since I've been sitting here with my dick in my hand and no Congressional representation for months in CD18 (thanks hot wheels). Silver lining to this redistricting push from Trump that I have read from several sources is that Texas is pretty much maximally gerrymandered as is, and in order to push it further you will be taking from the safer republican seats and creating an environment where they are more competitive. Could be a bad gambit where in a worst-case scenario for R's they will lose previously safe seats in addition to not gaining any new ones. Here's hoping that's what comes to pass and this whole thing blows up in Trumps face...

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Yeah not thrilled with that, especially since I've been sitting here with my dick in my hand and no Congressional representation for months in CD18 (thanks hot wheels). Silver lining to this redistricting push from Trump that I have read from several sources is that Texas is pretty much maximally gerrymandered as is, and in order to push it further you will be taking from the safer republican seats and creating an environment where they are more competitive. Could be a bad gambit where in a worst-case scenario for R's they will lose previously safe seats in addition to not gaining any new ones. Here's hoping that's what comes to pass and this whole thing blows up in Trumps face...

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My guess is that using AI, friendlier and more corrupt courts, and a gutted watchdog system, they’ll make a stab at it.

Texas Deserves Far Better Than This

https://www.theringer.com/2025/07/10/politics/texas-flooding-disaster-kerrville-greg-abbott-donald-trump

 

Just now, Mez2 said:

"Unfortunately for Texans, scenes like that press conference from Friday have become all too familiar in recent years. After disasters, natural or otherwise, Abbott and a smattering of public officials arrive in town asking for prayers, promising to assist with recovery, and congratulating themselves for showing up on the town’s worst day. Then they head back home, never to sufficiently address the real issues that had brought them there."

 

 

Did Hot Wheels show up with his fake podium panel in front of his sled again?  I refuse to watch any of his performative nonsense. 

3 hours ago, Sawbonz said:

So apparently an important item in the special session is state redistricting

I grew up in Duncanville(southern Dallas County) and my folks still live there.  Jasmyn Crockett is their rep.  She’s one of the big targets they want gone apparently.  My folks love having her as their rep.

Looking ahead, they are going to draw some ridiculous bullshit.  It will get challenged in court, but the SC will affirm whatever is drawn up.  

There will be one district that includes South Dallas/Dville/DeSoto and Red Oak, Mansfield, east Austin, most of San Antonio, and all of Harris County that’s not currently in the dip shit from Fort Bend’s or the one eyed bandit’s districts

6 hours ago, Sawbonz said:

So apparently an important item in the special session is state redistricting

 

5 hours ago, Evil Bill Obrien said:

Yeah not thrilled with that, especially since I've been sitting here with my dick in my hand and no Congressional representation for months in CD18 (thanks hot wheels). Silver lining to this redistricting push from Trump that I have read from several sources is that Texas is pretty much maximally gerrymandered as is, and in order to push it further you will be taking from the safer republican seats and creating an environment where they are more competitive. Could be a bad gambit where in a worst-case scenario for R's they will lose previously safe seats in addition to not gaining any new ones. Here's hoping that's what comes to pass and this whole thing blows up in Trumps face...

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2 hours ago, HalfSack Horn said:

I grew up in Duncanville(southern Dallas County) and my folks still live there.  Jasmyn Crockett is their rep.  She’s one of the big targets they want gone apparently.  My folks love having her as their rep.

Looking ahead, they are going to draw some ridiculous bullshit.  It will get challenged in court, but the SC will affirm whatever is drawn up.  

Read somewhere that many Texas Reps are actually not in favor of this, because there are grumblings that if Texas does this, then blue states will start pulling the same shit, and they have a lot more to work with. Take it for what it's worth, since that would require Dems taking the gloves off 

26 minutes ago, Doc Sam Beckett said:

 

 

Read somewhere that many Texas Reps are actually not in favor of this, because there are grumblings that if Texas does this, then blue states will start pulling the same shit, and they have a lot more to work with. Take it for what it's worth, since that would require Dems taking the gloves off 

Even if Dems went for it, their blue state maps would be struck down once the checks clear to 6 of the 9 SCJs.

Do not get your hopes up that institutions or process will save us. Shit has to burn, and we're nowhere near that point yet. Maybe during Barron I's reign.

2 hours ago, Sawbonz said:

There will be one district that includes South Dallas/Dville/DeSoto and Red Oak, Mansfield, east Austin, most of San Antonio, and all of Harris County that’s not currently in the dip shit from Fort Bend’s or the one eyed bandit’s districts

Pretty much. There is always more.. 

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On 7/10/2025 at 8:20 PM, pacman said:

Pretty much. There is always more.. 

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