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14 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

shenanigans !!!

That decision means all Dallas County voters will have to cast ballots at their assigned precinct rather than at countywide vote centers on Election Day. By law, if one party wants to use precinct-based voting, then the other must do the same. And by law, any hand-count of ballots has to be done at each of the county’s polling locations. During the 12-day early voting period, voters will still be able to cast ballots anywhere in the county.

Sounds like shitty law. 

54 minutes ago, Snake Diggity said:

If the 10 point swing also applies to the senate, it would only be 52 D - 48 R.

I said eliminate the filibuster…

7 hours ago, aggie08 said:

I like drugs too; stop hogging them all.

If Miami can boot out the Republicans after 28 years, and with a woman no less, I have some hope that things next year will be a lot better than we hope.

 

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https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/11/indiana-republicans-redistricting-vote-trump-00687714

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Indiana Republicans have withstood immense pressure from President Donald Trump - and ignored threats on their lives

- to defeat his plan to redraw the state's congressional map, dealing him one of his most significant political setbacks since his return to the White House.

The GOP-controlled state Senate on Thursday voted down the map that gerrymandered two more safe GOP seats, undercutting the party's chances at holding control of Congress next November.

 

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Hey Texas, Indiana just showed you how it's done. Fuck you Paxton, Abbott, Patrick, et al.

21 minutes ago, Tuco said:

I am curious how much, if any, of the resistance is because Trump's minions wanted to hang Pence. 

Interesting thought.  Regarding the Miami Mayor, I saw where the Hispanic vote turned heavily democratic compared to past years.  I’m hopeful that the Texas gerrymander districts include the assumption that Hispanic vote will go largely GOP in the 2024 percentage. It would be a hoot if Texas created their own Democratic congressional districts if pissed off Hispanics turned heavily democratic in the midterm

27 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:

Interesting thought.  Regarding the Miami Mayor, I saw where the Hispanic vote turned heavily democratic compared to past years.  I’m hopeful that the Texas gerrymander districts include the assumption that Hispanic vote will go largely GOP in the 2024 percentage. It would be a hoot if Texas created their own Democratic congressional districts if pissed off Hispanics turned heavily democratic in the midterm

The lawsuits, recounts, and fraud allegations/investigations would be limitless.  This just isn’t possible, it must be shenanigans!!!!

2 hours ago, Gatorubet said:

Interesting thought.  Regarding the Miami Mayor, I saw where the Hispanic vote turned heavily democratic compared to past years.  I’m hopeful that the Texas gerrymander districts include the assumption that Hispanic vote will go largely GOP in the 2024 percentage. It would be a hoot if Texas created their own Democratic congressional districts if pissed off Hispanics turned heavily democratic in the midterm

Well, I mean, yeah.  But you and I both know that Hispanics are not at all a monolithic group.  And between South Florida and South Texas, it's a pretty huge variation.

On 12/10/2025 at 4:27 PM, hornmpa96 said:

You need 67% to override the veto. I totally agree with you if the Ds control all 3 in 2028. 

If you can override the veto, you can start impeaching and convicting some motherfuckers.

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On 12/10/2025 at 12:22 PM, Valmy77 said:

They better never take that early voting period away. By far my favorite part of Texas politics. Granted that is not a very high bar.

 

That is always the danger of gerrymandering. You do too much of it and your gerrymander can collapse suddenly.

Republican voters probably saw his name was Dutch Guest and thought he was an illegal immigrant.

I really feel like this is going to happen in Texas. It was already drawn so heavily republican it won’t take much in a few places to flip districts. I think it’s a wash from the old map and may be a net loss

26 minutes ago, Ghost of LL said:

Well, I mean, yeah.  But you and I both know that Hispanics are not at all a monolithic group.  And between South Florida and South Texas, it's a pretty huge variation.

For sure.  But Cubans are only 25% of Hispanic population in Florida.  You are absolutely correct that they are far more hardwired to always vote GOP.

2 hours ago, Ghost of LL said:

Well, I mean, yeah.  But you and I both know that Hispanics are not at all a monolithic group.  And between South Florida and South Texas, it's a pretty huge variation.

2 hours ago, Gatorubet said:

For sure.  But Cubans are only 25% of Hispanic population in Florida.  You are absolutely correct that they are far more hardwired to always vote GOP.

If ICE is truly going to make a huge push in South Texas, things could get very interesting.

 

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On 12/10/2025 at 5:00 PM, Slacks said:

Sounds like shitty law. 

 

long game plan - forced precinct voting, then under staff / under supply dem areas 

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GOP managing expectations. Things could change (Supreme Court overturning tariffs and some kind of a breakthrough on ACA subsidies - which Trump has said he wants) would change the calculus considerably:

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“His message sucks. It’s absolute trash. ‘Affordability is a Democrat hoax’??? Give me a break,” said one strategist, a veteran of presidential and congressional campaigns. “It’s the non-college-educated version of the Biden message, and we saw how well that worked. . . . Nobody believes the economy and particularly affordability is getting better.”

According to a third GOP strategist, Republicans are likely to find themselves in particularly bad shape next year precisely because Trump demands that they stay loyal to him. “There have been past White Houses where it was okay to have some distance between yourself and the president,” he said. “A candidate who says, ‘Yeah, maybe tariffs aren’t a great idea because of what they’re doing to prices,’ or whatever the case may be . . . That is clearly not the case with this administration.”

Past presidents might have put up with disrespect—or allowed for some strategic distance—from candidates in close races, reasoning that they’d rather have congressional majorities than enforce personal purity tests. Donald Trump is about as far the opposite of that as possible.

 

12 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

If ICE is truly going to make a huge push in South Texas, things could get very interesting.

 

Yup.   I know I’m a broken record, but Democrats really don’t need the 15 to 20% swing that we are seeing in some states.   A 6 or 10% swing could reduce a republican bloodbath.  

At this point, I think it is pretty well established that most voters only care about themselves and their own financial well-being.    I don’t think Hispanics are gonna react as devotedly to the strong leader construct if their businesses are going broke and their families are having a hard time paying their bills.

If “it’s the economy stupid” is really the driver, then all of the demographic masturbation thoughts really don’t matter.  I recently saw a bunch of interviews with young people before the 2024 election, and none of them really had any idea how anything worked, but all of them were feeling pressured and scared by poor economic conditions - high food and housing accompanied by employment difficulties and inability to own a home, crippling student loans, etc. 

None of their responses had anything to do with political philosophy, and almost everything to do with their personal financial situation.   I continue to pray for the deep recession that will cause massive pain to the country yet save our democracy.

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15 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

If ICE is truly going to make a huge push in South Texas, things could get very interesting.

 

 

RGV mexican trump supporters will never leave trump. They could be lined up to get stabbed in the back by the orange dumb ass himself and their support would not waiver 

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On 12/10/2025 at 11:09 PM, atomheartbevo said:

If Miami can boot out the Republicans after 28 years, and with a woman no less, I have some hope that things next year will be a lot better than we hope.

 

I move to Miami and first election after we already flip to Dem.  I'm spreading this liberal disease.  Enjoy conservatards...

35 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

RGV mexican trump supporters will never leave trump. They could be lined up to get stabbed in the back by the orange dumb ass himself and their support would not waiver 

As someone not at all familiar with RGV Mexican Trump supporters, what is the reason for that? I got mine now, raise the ladder and eliminate any future economic competition?    

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4 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:

As someone not at all familiar with RGV Mexican Trump supporters, what is the reason for that? I got mine now, the ladder and eliminate any future economic competition?    

Yes. But it doesn’t matter if they still support him if they can’t vote from their el Salvadoran prison cells. Let’s see how discerning ICE is. 

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20 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:

As someone not at all familiar with RGV Mexican Trump supporters, what is the reason for that? I got mine now, the ladder and eliminate any future economic competition?    

 

trump is anti dirty mexicans, dark skin mexicans, poor mexicans - round them up and deport deport deport !!!

 

5 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

trump is anti dirty mexicans, dark skin mexicans, poor mexicans - round them up and deport deport deport !!!

 

Seems like the GOP plans to end birthright citizenship needs to be emphasized with that crew.  I see where SCOTUS is taking that up again

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Just now, Gatorubet said:

Seems like the GOP plans to end birthright citizenship needs to be emphasized with that crew.  I see where SCOTUS is taking that up again

 

my family tree has lived under all the flags of Texas, highly likely I'd be considered an 'illegal' 

44 minutes ago, ChiTownDoc said:

I move to Miami

Username and shit. 

9 minutes ago, Underdog said:

Username and shit. 

Don’t worry.  I’m posting right now from my place in frozen Chi.  Just more days in FL and vote down there.  

18 hours ago, The Dog said:

 

Either way, I'm here for it.

1 hour ago, Gatorubet said:

As someone not at all familiar with RGV Mexican Trump supporters, what is the reason for that? I got mine now, raise the ladder and eliminate any future economic competition?    

Machismo > Anything Else. 

2 hours ago, SydneyCarton said:

Machismo > Anything Else. 

That seems….not wise. 

3 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

my family tree has lived under all the flags of Texas, highly likely I'd be considered an 'illegal' 

Of course.  I was referring to the children of undocumented immigrants born in the United States and now living in the Rio Grande Valley.  

I have zero idea what percentage of those first-generation-born-in-America Trump supporters make up voters in the RGV.     I guess I naïvely thought that the machismo identifying cultural component got watered down a bit every generation - and it was more recent immigrants that were attracted to that.

On 12/12/2025 at 5:34 PM, Gatorubet said:

Of course.  I was referring to the children of undocumented immigrants born in the United States and now living in the Rio Grande Valley.  

I have zero idea what percentage of those first-generation-born-in-America Trump supporters make up voters in the RGV.     I guess I naïvely thought that the machismo identifying cultural component got watered down a bit every generation - and it was more recent immigrants that were attracted to that.

We’ve got an employee who’s from the valley. Everyone he knows is Trump. It’s unthinkable to be anyone else. Which is not how the valley was even 10 years ago. Machismo >> Everything 

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Isn't the thinking something along these lines.

Cubans in Miami hate all things SoCIaAlism because Castro.  Far from all of them were landed gentry that were actually screwed over by Castro, but they all see themselves that way.  And, I think a lot of Cubans view themselves as European white Spaniards, regardless of their actual ancestry.

Texas Hispanics tend to see themselves as having "done it the right way" (whether they really did or not) and subsequent immigrants are making them look bad.  There's probably also a good bit of contempt for the Central Americans by the Mexicans.

Common to both of them is that machismo and the more conservative aspects of Catholicism.

1 hour ago, TwiceHorn said:

Isn't the thinking something along these lines.

Cubans in Miami hate all things SoCIaAlism because Castro.  Far from all of them were landed gentry that were actually screwed over by Castro, but they all see themselves that way.  And, I think a lot of Cubans view themselves as European white Spaniards, regardless of their actual ancestry.

Texas Hispanics tend to see themselves as having "done it the right way" (whether they really did or not) and subsequent immigrants are making them look bad.  There's probably also a good bit of contempt for the Central Americans by the Mexicans.

Common to both of them is that machismo and the more conservative aspects of Catholicism.

My wife is half Cuban and her family can trace their roots back to the Canary Islands so yes, many identify more as white Spaniards.  Cuba is an interesting mix of the Spanish and hispanic cultures.

On 12/8/2025 at 2:54 PM, CooterBrown said:

I present you your future Co-Presidents.

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Barron is absolutely a serial killer. 

1 hour ago, Biff Tannen said:

Barron is absolutely a serial killer. 

Motion to nickname him Joffrey…

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