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17 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

I’m surprised he’s not threatening to call a special session this year.

Me too. Those west Texas billionaires have him cornered. They want the promised ROI and they want it now.

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On 2/19/2024 at 2:30 PM, FirstTimeCaller said:

Also, this is longcat, but it shows that the upcoming primary is going to be wild. Abbott is going crazy for the voucher plan (you know, the one that he's always been a champion for for literally decades months since he got a $6 million donation about it). He is going hard against his own party and if he doesn't win these races with his preferred candidate, watch out.

Here is Ernest Bailes from east Texas on Facebook earlier today. He is one of the Republicans who voted against vouchers. Abbott is now campaigning against him, not on vouchers (which aren't really that interesting to voters) but on immigration/Colony Ridge (right wing media red meat).

This is scorched earth sorta stuff against Abbott. You thought that the disfunction between the Governor, House, and Senate was bad before? Wait if these reps keep their seats and come back to Austin in 2025.

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If public schools can’t make good on summer meals. And private schools can via voucher programs, maybe the rural legislators will come around after feeling the squeeze?   This is 101 folks.  It gets worse though.  

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Texas has spent more than $148 million busing migrants to other parts of the country

https://www.texastribune.org/2024/02/21/texas-migrants-busing-cost-greg-abbott/
Since Gov. Greg Abbott announced the program in 2022, Texas has paid to bus more than 102,000 migrants to cities around the country.

This should put an end to the specious argument about scarcity and abundance. It’s should be a debate about priorities and allocation.

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10 minutes ago, Satchel said:

Texas has spent more than $148 million busing migrants to other parts of the country

https://www.texastribune.org/2024/02/21/texas-migrants-busing-cost-greg-abbott/
Since Gov. Greg Abbott announced the program in 2022, Texas has paid to bus more than 102,000 migrants to cities around the country.

This should put an end to the specious argument about scarcity and abundance. It’s should be a debate about priorities and allocation.

Someone needs to start digging into who is making bank on these transports.  

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13 minutes ago, Leeroy Jenkins said:

Someone needs to start digging who is making bank on this transports.  

According to KXAN, most of the money has gone to Wynne Transportation, LLC, which was acquired by Avalon Motor Coaches, LLC back in Feb. 2023.  Avalon Motor Coaches, LLC is a Texas company owned by Virgin-Fish, Inc., a California company.  It looks like the president and owner is a guy named Jeff Brush.  Wouldn't be surprised to see this guy somewhere on Abbott's donor list, but I didn't see anything on quick inspection.

Texas has paid more than $124M to bus 100K migrants to sanctuary cities (kxan.com)

Federal Register :: Avalon Motor Coaches, LLC-Acquisition of Control-Wynne Transportation, LLC

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40 minutes ago, bolverk said:

 

If you are poor, and you want to fuck over some other poor person (who has kids), call CPS and anonymously tell them that the poor person you want to fuck over smokes dope has a transgender kid. CPS will show up and search the house for dope estrogen. Don't want your house searched? Then they take your kids. 

Happens everyday in Texas. When my wife worked for legal aid, she was constantly suing CPS so a fucked over (usually single mom) parent could get their kids back for this very reason. 

 

So, lets get on those phone people. Those anonymous CPS reports aren't going to make themselves. 

 

 

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20 hours ago, Satchel said:

Me too. Those west Texas billionaires have him cornered. They want the promised ROI and they want it now.

I was under the impression the voucher push was from Jeff Yass out of Pennsylvania ?

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If a pregnant woman get broadsided by a 18 wheeler and she loses her baby, the same fetus and embryo loving Red Hats are the first to say that it wasn’t a life in being so no recovery. 

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Wait it was the right thread. Ha. 

The entire doublethink they're trying to get away with is breathtaking. 

"It's a human life at fertilization! Life is sacrosanct and must be respected and never discarded!"

"Okay so that means they are afforded full rights (including citizenship) at fertilization and IVF embryos as well which means being an IVF provider is too risky and will go away and millions who have used IVF are complicit in murder."

"But not those! Those in particular aren't human lives yet."

Mark my words, the bills will be changed to say at implantation by next session. 

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10 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

Mark my words, the bills will be changed to say at implantation by next session. 

Probably.  Somehow, it will become a felony when an IVF embryo fails to make it to term.

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Wait it was the right thread. Ha. 
The entire doublethink they're trying to get away with is breathtaking. 
"It's a human life at fertilization! Life is sacrosanct and must be respected and never discarded!"
"Okay so that means they are afforded full rights (including citizenship) at fertilization and IVF embryos as well which means being an IVF provider is too risky and will go away and millions who have used IVF are complicit in murder."
"But not those! Those in particular aren't human lives yet."
Mark my words, the bills will be changed to say at implantation by next session. 
I'm imagining is going to be the doctors, and more importantly, the IVF industry that gets this done. We're taking about a billion dollar industry, no way that gets shut down because some fundamentalists can't grasp unintended consequences.
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3 minutes ago, Stilicho said:

Abbott and Charlie Kirk gonna call for a boycott of HEB.

What’s amusing is Butt was Rick Perry’s second biggest donor for a while when he was Governor  (behind Bob Perry).

But yeah, go ahead and take on HEB.

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On 2/25/2024 at 4:34 PM, HornOnTheBayou said:

 

Sorry we can't provide food for kids during the summer, because we're too busy making sure they don't have access to affordable health insurance. Fuck fuck fuck.

We ran on government being bad. We got elected. We gutted funding. Government agencies are understaffed. 

Goddamn government agencies can't even handle a surge in funding!

Let's defund the government some more.

Fucking Ronald Reagan.

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38 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

Love this ….

 

 

14 minutes ago, Stilicho said:

Abbott and Charlie Kirk gonna call for a boycott of HEB.

Truly, countdown to "HEB!  GO WOKE, GO BROKE!" campaign starts now....and won't take long to get going.

1 minute ago, nbmishoid said:

And that should be the straw…. 

....but it won't be.  Most Texas voters would happily take a steaming shit in their own drinking water if they thought there was a 1% chance it would "own tha libz!"  They'll turn on HEB without even pausing to take a breath.

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1 minute ago, Brisketexan said:

 

Truly, countdown to "HEB!  GO WOKE, GO BROKE!" campaign starts now....and won't take long to get going.

....but it won't be.  Most Texas voters would happily take a steaming shit in their own drinking water if they thought there was a 1% chance it would "own tha libz!"  They'll turn on HEB without even pausing to take a breath.

Yea, Brisket, I was just wishcasting 

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I can say from long and substantial experience with HEB, they have some questionable stances I don't agree with.  But they have been outstanding supporters of education of all levels, literacy, libraries, TBF, etc.  Absolutely wonderful and generous to work with and they bring a shit-ton of great food to every event as a cherry on top.  

There's a play here somewhere, I don't know what it is.  But this could end up being Abbott's version of DeSantis' fight with the Mouse.  

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20 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

Probably.  Somehow, it will become a felony when an IVF embryo fails to make it to term.

But only the mother will be at fault. Bc it’s about punishing women. The doctor is fucked if she’s a woman. She will be tried for murder 

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1 hour ago, Brisketexan said:

They'll turn on HEB without even pausing to take a breath.

I doubt it. At the end of the day, they or their spouses will go to the same grocery stores they already go to because of convenience or price.  If it’s one thing MAGA does well, it’s being lazy and being cheap.

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10 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

I doubt it. At the end of the day, they or their spouses will go to the same grocery stores they already go to because of convenience or price.  If it’s one thing MAGA does well, it’s being lazy and being cheap.

A few things they do even better are being short-sighted, evil, and dumb.

 

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2 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

I doubt it. At the end of the day, they or their spouses will go to the same grocery stores they already go to and buy their Bud Light because of convenience or price.  If it’s one thing MAGA does well, it’s being lazy and being cheap.

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1 hour ago, Biff Tannen said:

Aside from the HEB part, the last page was fucking horrific.  I mean what the fuck is going on.

It’s starting to dawn on people that maybe part of the tree landed on Abbott’s head and not just his spin?

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2 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

It’s starting to dawn on people that maybe part of the tree landed on Abbott’s head and not just his spin?


abbott is a slimey little fucker. He knows if trump gets tripped up, the nomination could easily be his. he has the war chest and can promise a trump pardon to get his endorsement 

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8 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

It’s starting to dawn on people that maybe part of the tree landed on Abbott’s head and not just his spin?

I think the spin doctors have noticed.

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17 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

I doubt it. At the end of the day, they or their spouses will go to the same grocery stores they already go to because of convenience or price.  If it’s one thing MAGA does well, it’s being lazy and being cheap.

I'm reminded of the Keurig kerfuffle from a ways back. Hannity backed the serial teen-molester Lady Gun candidate, Roy Moore, and Keurig pulled their advertising from FOX.  Were GOPs outraged at the teen molesting part? Nope. They started burning their Keurigs:

The profound impact of the campaign to keep FOX from being bullied is expressed below:

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I think HEB will weather the backlash even if the deplorables are mad dedicated to their jijads.

10 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:


abbott is a slimey little fucker. He knows if trump gets tripped up, the nomination could easily be his. he has the war chest and can promise a trump pardon to get his endorsement 

I don't know how "easily" he could pick up the nomination, but don't forget he has more than a war chest; he's got a war!

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"Peedro ain't crossin' this one eighth mile stretch of our sacred border!"

Got himself a band of brothers in the background, FDR wheelchair, and terrifying enemy bent on world domination.

 

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2 hours ago, YChang said:

Wonder what's he's gonna say if the state needs federal assistance with the wild fire

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It's not like GQP governors aren't 100% consistent about their inconsistency.  He'll sidle up to Biden with his hand out, and as he's given the money, berate Biden for being a commie socialist.

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So tomorrow, Abbott's choices are to either go to a place in Texas that actually needs his help but is full of trees falling over.  Or go to a place in Texas that he's not really needed except to be at the perfect height to suck on orange scrotal sacks.  And yes, Lobo cliche---new band name.



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