People please go out and vote because the local ones are just as important. I alway do the mail in ballots since I can research the candidates.
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As someone who actually lives in Texas this is such awesome news. Eveyone kept saying oh just leave the state! No...fuck that. We need MORE like-minded people to stay and vote these Maga idiots out of office. Texas will prob never be fully blue. But I'll take a purple Texas over the direction it was headed any day.
Honestly, this gives me hope. I live in a red state and I've always heard the "leave the state" argument, but it's my state too! I also see people getting tired of the same old rhetoric from the magats and I couldn't be happier.
I actually love a lot of things about our state. There are good people, there's good food, there's some really beautiful scenery, the music scene is crazy....I really like it here. I just hate the jackasses running the place.
DFW, Austin, and Houston account for a lot of people. All blue as fuck. If we could get people excited about something, anything, we could easily be purple.
Yeah I only left my red state for safety. If you can safely stay and keep pushing your neighbors it's valuable.
The Tarrant County GOP went 0-for-11 in the county’s three largest cities: Fort Worth, Arlington, and Mansfield. Let that sink in. They didn’t just lose a few races. They got shut out entirely.
Good shit, Texas!
For once, I'm not utterly ashamed to be born in this wretched fucking state!
I might feel some pride again if we vote out Abbot!
Not until Paxton is dead, buried, and pissed on. Not necessarily in that order
And the Zodiac Killer has been brought to justice.
Fucking Amen dude. Recently saw a clip about the 'F.U.R.R.I.E.S.' act. Jesus Christ Texas gov is a disgrace. Hoping this is the beginning of shit turning around.
I believe you guys are also leading the nation on new renewable energy projects right now!
Every time MAGAts lose the world is a better place.
More of this please! Keep it up folks! This needs to happen everywhere!
Agreed. If we want to fix this country, we’re going to need to swing super-majorities away from the GOP. Our next President needs to be committed to the goal of restricting the power of the Executive Branch. We’ll need a congress that makes checks and balances clearer.
Do we need to restrict the power of the executive branch? Definitely. I believe that if the next President isn't conservative they should prioritize first undoing all the batshit craziness of the current administration, pack the Supreme Court, then lock things down so runaway executive power can't happen again.
The Supreme Court shouldn't even be appointable by a politician at all. It otherwise will be too partisan. If you ask me, the best government is one where the most powerful are no more powerful than you and me.
But anyway, the Supreme Court should also be significantly expanded. C = 0.075 3sqrt(US populace + 2) would be a good formula, where C = court size. The populace is all residents, legal and illegal.
According to this formula, the US in 2020 should've had 54 judges. The supreme judges could be elected from a pool of multiple random ballots, out of a pool of all federal judges, whereas the latter could be appointed by the same method, through a pool of all, who have passed juridicial examination; the examination requirements are set by an independent Examination Commission, randomly appointed from a group of all federal judges, who then have to give up their federal judgehood for life. The position is for as long as they would be federal judges.
Any judge also may not be politically active, ever. Once become a judge, you can never run in life anymore for politics, and vice versa.
Edit: I'd also add that the Supreme Court members shouldn't be able to be removed by a politician - only by 2/3 majority of another independent commission. This Safety Commission, like the Examination Commission, has half the amount of the Supreme Court's members, so 27 in this case. This commission is composed from randomly chosen federal judges who aren't part of the other commission nor are supreme court members. The position is also for life.
The Supreme Court's power to overrule politicians' breach of laws should also not be removable; and it should have the power to fire the members of cabinet, if there is a 2/3 support within the court.
Yes, more of this, please.
If Texas can do this, anyone can.
Even Florida?
No Simba! You must never go to Florida!
Especially Florida.
Never underestimate the power of snowbirds.
I know quite a few very wealthy snowbirds. None of them are pleased with this presidency. Hope their influence can do something to make a change
I hope so too.
This whole administration is hitting them in the wallet, and coupled with the insurance hassles of their second or third home being threatened by insurance companies pulling out due to climate change, they’re starting to feel it.
Fascism won’t help most of them, and it’s already starting to hurt. Florida relies on their money, and it’s already on life support.
Boo fucking hoo.
Literally EVERY ELECTION in My Republican Haven of Texas was FAKE and CORRUPT because of the DEMONRATS! EXCEPT for Whichever ones we Won! I CANT READ so I SKIPPED the Article but Any we LOST is due to CHEATING and any we WON is FAIR!
Yes Mr President. Good point Mr President. Here's a diet coke and a burger. Let me put on OANN for you. Can I fluff anything for you?
Thank Fuck. Finally an ounce of good news coming out of what has been an absolutely sithole of a state lately. And this is coming from someone who has lived there their whole life. Now if this keeps up and midterm elections go the same way I won't look for any excuse to leave for the sake of my future family.
Y’all means Y’all, mother fucker!
Y'all
Y'all
That's pretty catchy
Fuck yeah
So much fuck in this thread
I love this. Keep going. ☺️