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16 minutes ago, Dnaguy said:

You know, it’s almost as if one could argue that the abortion debate isn’t about the health of babies or women at all….

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    My daughters and I talk about this. I’ve always been puzzled about where the idea of on-campus indoctrination comes from. I don’t think humanities and liberal arts faculty are any more or less toleran

  • Everyone here(Texas) thinks we are crazy for picking up and moving. I just couldn't keep staring my wife and daughter in the face day after day and telling them it will be ok. Meanwhile the state of T

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Texas Supreme Court Takes Over Law School Accreditation F...

The Texas Supreme Court has ended the state’s reliance on the American Bar Association to accredit its law schools, finalizing a rule that places the state high court in charge of that certification.

i'm not a lawyer but i think we have a few on surly, yeah? 🤔😆

anyways... what does this mean for Texas law schools?

I think it means our justice system is getting watered down even more.

Southeast Central Texas School of Law and Hairdressers

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Texas hands over complete list of registered voters to Trump administration

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Texas gives DOJ list of its 18 million registered voters

The Justice Department has asked states for their voter rolls with an eye toward purging ineligible voters. Democrats say sharing the data could violate federal election law.

Oh great, Gov Hot Wheels wants the State to take over more stuff in Harris County...

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https://x.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/2009315542826402053?s=20

100ish voter registrations at P.O. boxes out of 2.7 million registered voters is apparently just cause for State takeover... never mind that if I had to hazard a guess most of those registering/trying to register at a P.O. box are probably Abbott/Trump voters who "don't want the govmit to know where I really live" (spoiler alert, they know where you live, Jethro)

9 minutes ago, Evil Bill Obrien said:

Oh great, Gov Hot Wheels wants the State to take over more stuff in Harris County...

Somebody is a little worried about the mid-terms. Can't imagine why.

1 hour ago, Evil Bill Obrien said:

Oh great, Gov Hot Wheels wants the State to take over more stuff in Harris County...

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https://x.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/2009315542826402053?s=20

100ish voter registrations at P.O. boxes out of 2.7 million registered voters is apparently just cause for State takeover... never mind that if I had to hazard a guess most of those registering/trying to register at a P.O. box are probably Abbott/Trump voters who "don't want the govmit to know where I really live" (spoiler alert, they know where you live, Jethro)

I don't understand how their election officials finding bad voter registrations means they should be stripped of operating elections. Doesn't that mean they are doing their jobs by finding these illegal registrations?

7 minutes ago, Valmy77 said:

I don't understand how their election officials finding bad voter registrations means they should be stripped of operating elections. Doesn't that mean they are doing their jobs by finding these illegal registrations?

It's mostly just a power play by Abbott. He insists he wants to "Turn Harris County Red" and taking state control of election operations is one way to do that.

On 1/7/2026 at 12:07 PM, mchookem said:
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Texas Supreme Court Takes Over Law School Accreditation F...

The Texas Supreme Court has ended the state’s reliance on the American Bar Association to accredit its law schools, finalizing a rule that places the state high court in charge of that certification.

i'm not a lawyer but i think we have a few on surly, yeah? 🤔😆

anyways... what does this mean for Texas law schools?

I'm guessing that law schools better not be woke or they will lose their accreditation. Honesty, I'm surprised that Paxton didn't take this power for himself. Not the AG role but him personally.

5 hours ago, speed817 said:

Texas hands over complete list of registered voters to Trump administration

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Texas gives DOJ list of its 18 million registered voters

The Justice Department has asked states for their voter rolls with an eye toward purging ineligible voters. Democrats say sharing the data could violate federal election law.

Hmm, I wonder who they're gonna purge...

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Hmm, I wonder who they're gonna purge...

Well, if Gov Hot Wheels had his way probably all of Harris County...

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8 minutes ago, MissingInAction said:

If your name ends in EZ is my expectation.

DINGDINGDINGDING!

The state already unilaterally changed my name on my TDL because my actual name was too messican (had to go in and get it corrected, so I don't have non-matching IDs).

When my daughter tried to register to vote, it took her three tries for them to accept our funky messican last name.

None of this is by accident.

1 minute ago, Brisketexan said:

DINGDINGDINGDING!

The state already unilaterally changed my name on my TDL because my actual name was too messican (had to go in and get it corrected, so I don't have non-matching IDs).

When my daughter tried to register to vote, it took her three tries for them to accept our funky messican last name.

None of this is by accident.

OK but you have to admit most people have never heard the name Mulez Dickes.

Texans can now report public universities to the state over legal violations

Public universities found in violation of state laws could lose state funding until compliance is certified.

By Lily Kepner,Staff WriterJan 9, 2026

Members of the public can now submit complaints against public universities and colleges to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board’s new Office of Ombudsman, according to a new website launched by the agency Friday.

The website, “Students First,” allows anyone to submit a complaint through a portal, with separate sections for feedback and student complaints. The coordinating board said Brandon Simmons, former Chairman of the Texas Southern University Board of Regents and leader of the office, has already begun meeting with university leaders and chancellors.

The creation of the new oversight office was authorized through Senate Bill 37, a law that took effect Jan. 1. It comes after a fall during which conservative lawmakers and activists attempted vigilante enforcement online to rid gender ideology from public universities.

New policies now restrict how race and gender can be taught at Texas A&M University System and Texas Tech University System. Professors lost their jobs this September after videos went viral online: one showed a professor speaking at a revolutionary socialism conference, and the other showed a children’s literature professor talking about gender identity in her course.

The new statewide office serves “as an intermediary between the legislature and the public and institutions of higher education,” the website states, with the purpose of investigating complaints regarding violations of Senate Bill 37’s provisions on faculty governance, curriculum, grievances, hiring and decision-making authority provisions, and the 2023 law Senate Bill 17, which banned diversity, equity and inclusion offices and practices.

Per Senate Bill 37, the office has five days to notify the institution named in a complaint, and the institution has 175 days to respond. The office has the power to recommend the Legislature withhold funding from the institution if it is found to be in violation of state law — until compliance is certified. Each year, the governor, lieutenant governor, state auditor and higher education chairs of the Texas House and Senate will receive a report on the complaints and findings. Those who willingly submit a false report may be subject to fees associated with the investigation, the law states.

The announcement did not discuss guidance for course or degree audits, which are also mandated through the law. That process is left up to each university system. The law also restricts faculty influence in university decision-making while expanding the power of politically appointed regents to regulate degrees, core curriculum and hiring of leaders. 

Sen. Brandon Creighton, Senate Bill 37's author, said his legislation restores the balance of power at universities and holds them more accountable to the public. Faculty who advocated against the law say it replaces subject matter expertise with political influence.

The Texas Tech University System, which Creighton now leads, banned courses that advocate for race or gender “ideology” or contain LGBTQ content. Multiple university systems have already launched audits into courses for gender identity following conservative criticism of “gender indoctrination” at universities. No law bans teaching in those subjects.

Simmons said he looks forward to engaging more with university leaders and the public to ensure universities remain excellent.

“Through a user-friendly website and engagement on campuses across Texas, I look forward to a collaborative, productive partnership with our institutional leaders and students,” said Simmons in a statement. “Texas leads the nation with top-ranked, rapidly ascending universities, and our office is here to support these great institutions in serving the next generation of Texas students.”  

Jan 9, 2026

I prefer the federal government not be given my voter information. Fuck those who aide and abet this state government, a complicit vassal of fascism.

I'm trying to figure out how my fucking gas bill can go up 65% in a year when we haven't had winter.

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4 minutes ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

I'm trying to figure out how my fucking gas bill can go up 65% in a year when we haven't had winter.

Shut up, peasant. There are billionaires who need more billions.

2 hours ago, CooterBrown said:

Texans can now report public universities to the state over legal violations

I can report aggy for all kinds of violations?

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2 hours ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

I'm trying to figure out how my fucking gas bill can go up 65% in a year when we haven't had winter.

That’s a good one.

Just ask Chat GP…. waaaiiiitttttt.

You guys don’t think all those data centers getting subsidized and incentivized by our cogent state leadership are using up copious amounts of electricity and in turn the gas to make the electricity AND THAT have anything to do with rising energy and electricity costs?

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Probably vaccinated sanctuary big city democrats doing trans things to kids.

Pretty sure that’s why your gas bill went up.

13 hours ago, Valmy77 said:

I don't understand how their election officials finding bad voter registrations means they should be stripped of operating elections. Doesn't that mean they are doing their jobs by finding these illegal registrations?

100% those 100 p.o. box registrations were R plants. The state has to approve voter registrations, am I correct ?

6 hours ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

I'm trying to figure out how my fucking gas bill can go up 65% in a year when we haven't had winter.

all of this !!!

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48 minutes ago, bluto said:

Goes in education thread too I reckonIMG_9655.png

fuck that douche

5 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

I can report aggy for all kinds of violations?

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sheep fucking is legal in college station

53 minutes ago, bluto said:

Goes in education thread too I reckonIMG_9655.png

What the hell? A former NFL QB who works in real estate? What does he know about higher education? I hope this is mainly a symbolic position.

11 minutes ago, Valmy77 said:

What the hell? A former NFL QB who works in real estate? What does he know about higher education? I hope this is mainly a symbolic position.

pretty sure he's hard core maga

1 minute ago, tx 3 putt said:

pretty sure he's hard core maga

Hope not. But even if he isn't it is kind of a weird thing for Colt to be appointed to. Did he even get a degree in education? But maybe this is some kind of oversight if physical education programs or intercollegiate sports or something.

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Hope not. But even if he isn't it is kind of a weird thing for Colt to be appointed to. Did he even get a degree in education? But maybe this is some kind of oversight if physical education programs or intercollegiate sports or something.

abbott appoints puppets

1 hour ago, bluto said:

Goes in education thread too I reckonIMG_9655.png

7 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

abbott appoints puppets

Yep, Abbott doesn't appoint him unless he does 100% as Abbott says.

McCoy about to burn all of the goodwill he's ever built up with UT alumni.

I would love to be wrong and for Colt to stand up for UT, but Abbott wouldn't have appointed him without knowing where he stands on the various issues.

3 hours ago, bluto said:

Goes in education thread too I reckonIMG_9655.png

i worked there under Perry, it was rife with aggy at the time. worst job i ever had, absolutely full of assholes. i doubt it's changed much.

but there was a time when i would have said 'aww good for him, congrats Colt!' but everything is stupid and has been ruined now especially in Texas so, meh.

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