I disagree, but only because giving into cynicism helps them win, and that's not something I'm willing to do. I would rather be optimistically deluded and try than apathetically complicit and give up.
And based on the voting numbers in Texas, "apathetic" sums up voter turnout for the most part. Vote, y'all.
"Texas WOULD have been and SHOULD have been the first state in the nation to put the 10 Commandments back in our schools," Patrick said in a post on X. "But, SPEAKER Dade Phelan killed the bill by letting it languish in committee for a month assuring it would never have time for a vote on the floor."
Yeah, because there's no way it's constitutional; it would be a monumental waste of everyone's time to even entertain such a bill. The Louisiana bill is likely going to be tossed out in court, too, unless their goal is (and my hypothesis is that it is) to try to get before SCOTUS and dishonestly argue that the "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion..." doesn't apply to State legislatures—which is a state vs federal power inversion I don't think even the current SCOTUS would be willing to entertain.
Conservative faith-based bills DON’T HAVE A PRAYER UNDER SPEAKER DADE PHELAN. Besides Dade Phelan killing the Ten Commandments bill last session, Dade Phelan also killed Senate Bill 1396 by Sen. Middleton, which would have allowed school boards to vote to put prayer back in…
Yeah, because you see, there's still that pesky First Amendment. I hope you fall on a cactus, you disingenuous ghoul. I'm so fucking tired of the political theatre from Abbott and his cronies.
If you're in a red district, call your rep and tell them you'll donate to Joe Biden if they support these theofascists. Maybe they'll get the message.
Even if you're a Christian, remember that they don't want Christianity in power, they want only their version of Christianity in power, with them in the inner circle.
I don't care what Abbott has to say. This just smacks of dog whistling to garner political points with the, "Illegals are putting fentanyl in Halloween candy!" chuds.
Also, who cares? What's the public supposed to do about it? Scaring people with a list of potential criminals who are still at large isn't going to do anything towards furthering justice, and it's only going to incite fear.
Maybe Greg Abbott should try a little harder to do his fucking job, instead of playing at political theater all the time and just being a generally piss-poor example of a governor.
Lest you forget, cruelty is the point, no matter what they say.
They don't care about taxes "being used correctly," because they are sitting on one of the biggest slush funds in the entire US, and they couldn't possibly be bothered to actually use it to better the lives of Texans. /s
ETA: These kinds of guaranteed income programs always work, no matter where they're deployed. $500/mo isn't enough for anyone to just grift off the system for long at all, and most want to be self-sufficient anyway. If the point or effect of poverty programs isn't to pull people out of poverty, then you're doing it wrong (or in the case of Conservatives, the system is working as intended).
Inb4 he gets an all-expenses-paid vacation from a "friend" who just happens to also work for a car manufacturer, after which he conspicuously "finds nothing wrong."
That's how the Conservative judiciary works, right?
Subsequent to his arrest, Chris was served with a quarter million dollar lawsuit on behalf of the New Columbia Movement.
Bunch of fucking fascist larpers who played BioShock Infinite once and think they'll be in the ruling class if the fascists win. I hope they lose their attempts to prevent their members from testifying.
Cool, that's more of what I meant when I said "where is it going?" I didn't think it was disappearing; I more meant, "Where is it being stored or released?" Makes sense why there would be more of it when precipitation does show up, given that hotter air can store more.
I'm still curious, though, if certain local patterns are moving off to other locations. I'll have to look into that aspect, now that I kind of have an idea what to look for.
Oof, I hope all the "Texan for life" types are paying attention, because letting the GOP inject blatant propaganda into the veins of Texas is what has given us people like this.
Bonevac is proof that being a professor of philosophy doesn't mean your philosophy is good or that you have any skill in self-reflection or skepticism.
Edit: and according to his university bio, one of his professional interests is "Christian Philosophy." What. A. Fucking. Surprise.
The Texas in the news is the one that affects people's quality of life. Nature is great, but nature won't protect you from hostile legislators, and you can find amazing nature in almost every state (hence why that aspect doesn't warrant news coverage). I wouldn't be surprised if Texas GOP legislators eventually sell off that beautiful nature, or remove protections for it, to get kickbacks from whatever company wants to exploit it in the coming years.
I maintain that Texans who love Texas because it's Texas have rose-colored glasses and remember a past time when it used to be a pretty nice place to live, overall.