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The governor doesn’t care about Dan Patrick at all. He wants to be president.
 
I would bet folding money that his polling of GOP primary voters in Iowa and New Hampshire shows that whereas SB3 could hurt his chances, legalized THC for adults + abortion ban + vouchers is a good combination.
A losing fight for the 10 commandments is also a winner.

In the last GOP poll, wasn’t Abbott at 0.0?
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1 hour ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

yes, dan, this state would be 1000x better if everyone were high. don't ask stupid questions.

Starting with him

23 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

Less, probably 

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42 minutes ago, pacman said:

"The state law does not allow us to have a closed primary," said George. "So we're just trying to get the court to tell us that the Republican Party of Texas has the right to have closed primaries[.]" 

 

So the law says you cannot, and you want a court to say you can?  Legislating from the bench is fine when your side wants it, I guess.

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I too have been to multiple dispensaries in legal states.  The products may be more limited, but I’ve found them to be completely consistent and without fear of being in the waiting zone ‘did I get a bunk one or…holy shit I may have made a mistake, cancel all plans and lock all doors code green I repeat code green’.  That alone is nice

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1 hour ago, Homercles said:

I too have been to multiple dispensaries in legal states.  The products may be more limited, but I’ve found them to be completely consistent and without fear of being in the waiting zone ‘did I get a bunk one or…holy shit I may have made a mistake, cancel all plans and lock all doors code green I repeat code green’.  That alone is nice

yeah, the oversaturation of thc-a in texas gives a false impression of the availability of actual thc products. I still believe regulation (correct, actual regulation, which we know we won't get, but still) is better than unfettered market - at least when we're discussing mind-bending substances. consistency and expected dosage are big things and should be taken seriously. I think flower should be generally be unregulated and anything that is concentrated should be regulated.

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23 hours ago, elfenix said:

 

Thirteen states, all with Republican governors, opted out of a federal summer food program that provides electronic benefits transfer (EBT) cards to families for the purchase of groceries.These states include Alabama, Alaska, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming.

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Fan damn tastic, schatzline gunning for the state senate seat that Hancock just vacated to move over to comptroller. Can only imagine the fuck head O’Hara has lined up in Fort Worth to replace schatz. 

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On 6/23/2025 at 4:50 PM, Ted Lange said:

 

I love this headline from a local paper.

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Real headline should read, "State rep pretends to need more information on topic that he felt confident enough to vote on, but now smells which way the wind is blowing in his party's power structure."

 

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Good news!

https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/blog/june-2025-university-of-texas-texas-politics-project-poll-economic-concerns-drag-trump-s-job-approval-underwater-in-texas-while-most-texans-oppose-ban-on-thc-products-dividing-gop-leadership

A new University of Texas/Texas Politics Project Poll finds approval of President Donald Trump’s job performance falling into net-negative territory for the first time in his second term, with 44% approving and 51% disapproving, tied for the highest negative job approval rating ever recorded for Trump in University of Texas polling. Texans’ views of the performance of state political leaders also took a negative turn as economic concerns persist in the Lone Star State, and the legislature looks toward a potentially heated special session following Gov. Greg Abbott’s veto of SB 3, the comprehensive ban on hemp-derived and other THC products aggressively championed by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick.

In the wake of Gov. Abbott’s veto, and his subsequent announcement that he would convene a special session in July to reconsider less restrictive regulation, the poll reveals that Texas voters largely side with Abbott overall, but with the plurality of Republicans slightly in favor of the ban favored by Lt. Gov. Patrick.

More than half of Texas voters, 53%, opposed the ban passed by the Legislature, while 31% supported it. Republicans remain closely divided, with 46% supporting a ban and 39% opposing it, a reflection of Texas Republicans’ divided opinions on the legal status of marijuana writ large Well more than half of Democrats (68%) and independents (58%) were opposed to the Legislature’s THC ban. In another item assessing the more general handling of marijuana/cannabis laws by state leaders and the legislature, 22% approved and 47% disapproved of the state’s performance so far, with similar patterns in partisan evaluations to those seen in the more specific item. The poll was conducted shortly after the end of the session but prior to Abbott’s veto.

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3 hours ago, Satchel said:

Good news!

https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/blog/june-2025-university-of-texas-texas-politics-project-poll-economic-concerns-drag-trump-s-job-approval-underwater-in-texas-while-most-texans-oppose-ban-on-thc-products-dividing-gop-leadership

A new University of Texas/Texas Politics Project Poll finds approval of President Donald Trump’s job performance falling into net-negative territory for the first time in his second term, with 44% approving and 51% disapproving, tied for the highest negative job approval rating ever recorded for Trump in University of Texas polling. Texans’ views of the performance of state political leaders also took a negative turn as economic concerns persist in the Lone Star State, and the legislature looks toward a potentially heated special session following Gov. Greg Abbott’s veto of SB 3, the comprehensive ban on hemp-derived and other THC products aggressively championed by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick.

In the wake of Gov. Abbott’s veto, and his subsequent announcement that he would convene a special session in July to reconsider less restrictive regulation, the poll reveals that Texas voters largely side with Abbott overall, but with the plurality of Republicans slightly in favor of the ban favored by Lt. Gov. Patrick.

More than half of Texas voters, 53%, opposed the ban passed by the Legislature, while 31% supported it. Republicans remain closely divided, with 46% supporting a ban and 39% opposing it, a reflection of Texas Republicans’ divided opinions on the legal status of marijuana writ large Well more than half of Democrats (68%) and independents (58%) were opposed to the Legislature’s THC ban. In another item assessing the more general handling of marijuana/cannabis laws by state leaders and the legislature, 22% approved and 47% disapproved of the state’s performance so far, with similar patterns in partisan evaluations to those seen in the more specific item. The poll was conducted shortly after the end of the session but prior to Abbott’s veto.

 

People can disapprove all they want. Doesn’t make a shit until they vote differently…..and they won’t.

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I hold on to hope that little by little, bone marrow Republicans/conservatives will begin to understand the degree to which their loyalty and obeisance to a party that no longer exists, has harmed them and the country they purport to love. Just today, there have been rumblings from the base who have begun to question why a guy who is spending 25 million on his second wedding, needs a tax cut paid in part by the 21% of Iowans who are will lose their Medicaid to make it possible. These are the murmurings of which revolutions are made.

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