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  1. They did recommend: Collier Garza Kleberg Warford Hays For the US house it was Dems for: Districts 5 30 32 33 Republican 12(Kay Granger) No Recommendations 3 4 24
  2. “A majority of Texans do not agree with the near absolute ban on abortion that Abbott has supported. But it’s also true that a majority of Texans have consistently backed politicians who have called for a limit on abortion rights. Abbott would be wise to listen to the American middle and find common ground between the ban currently in place and what was the law of the land under Roe vs. Wade. On guns and in the age of terrifying mass shootings like those in Uvalde, Sutherland Springs, El Paso and Santa Fe, Abbott has to recognize that the Second Amendment does not amount to an absolute right to individual ownership of firearms. There is broad agreement that Americans have the right to bear arms but that this right has to be balanced with reasonable regulation that will make us all safer. That includes instituting red flag laws and universal background checks, limiting ammunition purchases and magazine sizes and setting an age limit at 21 on firearm purchases. Abbott’s opponent, Democrat Beto O’Rourke, 50, continues to demonstrate that he is an effective campaigner who is willing to go into solidly red parts of this state to try to sway voters. His openness is appealing in contrast to Abbott’s insularity. But after all of these years of campaigning, for the Senate, for president and now for governor, it’s still unclear how O’Rourke would lead. He seems to shift with the moment and the audience. While he uses moderating language, many of his root ideas flow from progressive ideology, from eliminating the STAAR test to his statement on the campaign trail that sending state troopers and guardsmen to the border was a “solution in search of a problem.” Many on the left reflexively condemned Abbott’s Operation Lone Star that devoted billions in state dollars to sending state law enforcement and military to the border. While there have been concerns about the program, it was a response to a genuine failure by the federal government to enforce border security. And while his decision to bus migrants who volunteered to large self-defined sanctuary cities in the north was a stunt, it was not the cruel treatment that it was portrayed as and it did raise awareness about a true crisis. The work of actually governing a state as big and complex as Texas requires hard decisions. Abbott has not gotten all of those decisions right. And he risks his legacy if he fails to lead this state as the pluralistic place that it is. But his time in office has seen Texas become stronger even as we have faced major challenges. Voters should give him another term”
  3. Not exactly a ringing endorsement: “This is not an unreserved recommendation. The Republican Party of Texas that Abbott leads has become a deeply troubled organization where conspiracy theories, election denial and blind partisanship have taken root. Many of its leaders have no intention of governing broadly, but rather holding onto a narrow majority as a path to power. Abbott is not untouched by this, though he has not wholly embraced the aggressively partisan rhetoric that defines other top elected Republican officials in Texas. He has, however, changed in his years in office and has been pulled from the pro-business moderate he once was into a far more strident leader. He has become more insular, meeting less often with a broad group of business leaders, for example, who could offer him insights that would be valuable to maintaining our growth and prosperity. If he continues down the road he’s on and follows the worst elements of his party, it will be dangerous for the state. Business leaders across the country are looking at how Abbott and Texas Republicans have led on abortion and guns, and some are taking pause.” Dallas News, - 10/23/2022 - Page 116 https://edition.pagesuite.com/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?edid=ae6509f4-896d-4fee-8ca4-cfbf8d76d042&pnum=116
  4. The “bipartisan” app they use to report voting irregularities
  5. TexPx

    6 word stories

    You better you better you bet.
  6. Yeah, Abbott is well funded. https://www.texastribune.org/2022/10/18/greg-abbott-texas-fundraising-governor-donors/
  7. That’s what I thought when I saw that lineup. Cannon fodder until they can lure someone good enough(brave enough?) to take on The Musers.
  8. Interesting John Oliver segment on crime reporting.
  9. Some pretty good basic background on what was going down in ‘79 and how we got there. Very well done a lots of interviews with people who were there. https://www.hbo.com/hostages
  10. Not only here but also in Iran: “The White Revolution had been designed to preempt a Red Revolution. Instead, it paved the way for an Islamic Revolution."[63] The White Revolution's economic "trickle-down" strategy also did not work as intended. In theory, oil money funneled to the elite was supposed to be used to create jobs and factories, eventually distributing the money, but instead the wealth tended to get stuck at the top and concentrated in the hands of the very few.”
  11. Me? No. Never had any symptoms.
  12. Never had Covid and neither has the wife. New Pfizer this week along with the Supersize Flu shot. Felt slightly wonky for a few hours the day after but that was about it. Had friends from Portland staying with us a couple of weeks ago. Hung out for week, drove all around the metroplex, drove to Hot Springs etc. A few days after they flew back they both tested positive.
  13. Was gonna put this in the Tide/Vols thread but didn’t want to trigger anybody.
  14. I remember when that was going down. Unbelievable amount of press coverage. I watched when we took the cup back too. This movie is not great but some incredible sailing scenes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_(1992_film)#Soundtrack
  15. They also have them (Scale X) in Seattle, Vegas and Palm Beach.
  16. My nephew has aspirations of becoming an engineer.
  17. So because of the hurricane instead of prime time we get noon on a Thursday and no network coverage? All I see on my guide is cspan and a couple of the “fake news” channels.
  18. Had one of his erasers at The Nasher for a while.
  19. Huh? Collin is way closer to Tarrant than Parker Beto vs Cruz: Tarrant 49.9-49.2 Collin 46.5-52.7 Parker 18.3-80.9 Biden vs Trump Tarrant 49.3-49.1 Collin 47.0-51.4 Parker 17.1-81.5
  20. TexPx

    97.1 The Freak

    I think they are marketed as a “Hot Talk” format like Russ Martin.
  21. Would have been cool to score more but how we got 49 is what impressed me. No fluke plays No trick plays No lucky the defender fell down 80 yd scores No defensive scores No special team scores No controversial penalties I can think of(only five total penalties in the game) Just a bunch of methodical precision drives that suck the soul out of a defense. To get to 35pts we went 90 92 80 79 76 Then capped things off with 47 54 Just a beautiful thing to finally see.
  22. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/richard-linklaters-next-project-taking-down-greg-abbott/ar-AA12IPUS
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