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Telorand , to Texas in Texas' governor is spending millions & using anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric to defund public education

Yes, good. Keep banging that drum. Surely, this hasn't been proven over and over again to be a loser issue at the polls...

But seriously, this is how they intend to solidify their hold: run off the good teachers (including the allies) to reduce the quality of education, so the voting base that's left is uneducated, feed them propaganda they no longer have the intellectual tools to question, profit.

Don't check out in November. There's a lot of seats up for grabs, and we can't let these people have a majority. Fuck theocrats.

BrianTheeBiscuiteer ,

It's a good way to get liberals to leave the state. One thing the right does 10x better than the left is long-term strategy. Liberal states may legalize marijuana or add sex education as required teaching but most are one loss away from rolling back everything. Reform of government is usually bottom of their list.

Telorand ,

I think that's because the "left" states are really just politically center. There's some that are doing more progressive things like Michigan, but since the GOP is now infected with extreme right goobers, the policies they push are also extreme right, which in turn pushes out anyone center or left of center.

The left analog would be progressive policies that push out the bigots (like Civil Rights and desegregation for trans people), but we don't have any examples of that these days, since that's not where any of the democratic state governments are.

reddig33 ,

Texas should split into multiple states. There’s at least two blue states out of five in that mass of land.

bornjett ,
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Gerrymandering state boundaries won't fix anything either. The far right will beat them at that game too.

phoenixz ,

If Trump wins then that's it, for the world, really. The US will convert to a theocratic dictatorship, ruled by religious doomsday nuts with nukes. Trump is, as usual, the puppet of Putin, so do expect the US not only to withdraw from Europe, I fully expect him to actively help Russia to conquer more parts of Europe than the USSR ever had.

Am I overthinking and overstating things? Most of it is based off Trump's words and actions, the Republican 2025 documents, and well... Maybe a lot of pure cynicism as well, as I've seen humanities behaviorfall of a cliff

Telorand ,

Which is exactly why it's so important that we ensure Democrats win a majority in both chambers of Congress (if we presume Trump will win, which I don't). It won't stop Trump from doing damage, but it will slow him down and prevent at least some of it.

There's lots at stake, and lots of downballot races deserve our attention.

HootinNHollerin , to Texas in Texas' governor is spending millions & using anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric to defund public education

What an embarrassment

Scubus , to Texas in Molly Cook just became the first out LGBTQ+ person elected to the Texas Senate

How did that happen? They voted without knowing anything about them?

OneWomanCreamTeam ,
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Just because Texas has a backwards, fucked up state government doesn't mean every Texan is backwards like that.

Scubus ,

I do get that, but I've also got a ton of Texan friends and let's just say 90% of them don't know how to install a lightbulb

some_guy , to Texas in Texas sues Biden administration for right to discriminate against LGBTQ+ students

But try imposing any curtailing on the bad behaviors they perform in the name of Jeebus and see how quickly they cry foul.

Telorand , (edited ) to Texas in Texas sues Biden administration for right to discriminate against LGBTQ+ students

Yes, keep it up. I'm sure Ted Cruz is going to love campaigning on this loser issue.

All Allred has to do is point out how you can exchange "LGBTQ" with "Black," and it becomes crystal clear that this is segregation in a different hat.

Edit: Also, I'm so glad to see my tax dollars being used for the "important" things. /s

CharlesReed ,
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I just want a stable power grid, but noooooo, gotta keep the people who are different from them from just existing.

Chozo , to Politics in Ron DeSantis’ pastor says gay people should be “put to death”

There's no hate like Christian love.

Machinist3359 ,

Christ famously wanted to put people to death for sinning /s

AlligatorBlizzard , to Politics in [News] The City of Orlando plans to purchase Pulse nightclub site & finally turn it into a memorial

I’m glad. This article doesn’t really get into the details of how and why it’s taken this long to do anything substantial with the site but I’ll just say it’s complicated, and it’s good that all the parties involved seem to have negotiated something that pays respect to the lives lost that night.

btaf45 , to Politics in [Poll Analysis] Lauren Boebert begs supporters for help after admitting her campaign is flailing

Denny's can always use another waitress.

jeebus , to Politics in [Poll Analysis] Lauren Boebert begs supporters for help after admitting her campaign is flailing
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She is an idiot and so are the people that voted for her.

Tangentism , to Politics in GOP candidate facing multiple child cruelty charges promises to protect kids from LGBTQ+ people

Every accusation is a confession

dingleberry , to Politics in GOP candidate facing multiple child cruelty charges promises to protect kids from LGBTQ+ people

Saves kids…for himself.

Facebones , to Politics in GOP candidate facing multiple child cruelty charges promises to protect kids from LGBTQ+ people

And he’ll win, abusing children is a prerequisite for GOP voters.

gregorum ,
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How else can you grow up to be a tyrant if you weren’t subjected to a lifetime of soul-crushing physical and psychological abuse?

These people have to perpetuate the cycle of abuse by normalizing it. Otherwise they might have to - gasp! - admit everything they know is a ghastly lie!

Twentytwodividedby7 ,

Unlikely, he would have to unseat the incumbent, who is also a Republican. Sounds like an asshole that just keeps coming back for his ego

DanaDee , to Politics in [Poll Analysis] Lauren Boebert begs supporters for help after admitting her campaign is flailing
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@Arotrios Just when I thought my morning couldn’t, POSSIBLY, be any better (we’re camping). Thanks for this!

poprocks , to Politics in [Poll Analysis] Lauren Boebert begs supporters for help after admitting her campaign is flailing

I look forward to the day she is no longer in any news feeds.

xc2215x , to Politics in [Poll Analysis] Lauren Boebert begs supporters for help after admitting her campaign is flailing

Glad Adam is doing well.

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