The Official Greg Abbott is Doing Awesome Thread

[daboom1]

I said it's a big win for election integrity.

Can you read?

Yes or no.

Chump folds

[ChumpDumper]

Chump foldsDid the last Texas election lacked integrity?

Yes or no.

[benefactor]

Yeah that faggot was here in Tyler. This city deserves him. It's full of hurr durr magatards. I can't wait to move away from here.

[daboom1]

:lmao

[Winehole23]

glad to hear Greg Abbott will eliminate all future rapes, just wondering where's he's been on this before the abortion ban

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[Winehole23]

too bad for the 14,000 reported rape victims/year in Texas should their rapist impregnate them


https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E-tUKmHX0AUpREH?format=jpg&name=medium

[boutons_deux]

Abbott Considering Other Measures to Prevent People from Ever Setting Foot in Texas

AUSTIN —Texas Governor Greg Abbott said that he was “actively considering” additional measures to prevent people from wanting to ever set foot in the state.

Although he acknowledged that new laws banning most abortions, restricting voting, and allowing citizens to carry a gun without a permit or training would dissuade many from visiting Texas,

Abbott said that “there’s more we can do.”

“Maybe we pass a law that says when you have to go to bed every night, or when you’re allowed to use a hair dryer,” he said.

“We need to put our thinking caps on.”

“Just spitballing here, but what if we mandated that every visitor to Texas got bitten by a dog or poked with a stick of some kind?” he said.

“I’ll be damned if that wouldn’t do the trick.”

Even as he works overtime thinking up new ideas to alienate potential visitors to Texas,

he admitted he was surprised that anyone still wanted to come.

“Honestly, I thought me being Governor would be enough to keep people out,” he said.

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/abbott-considering-other-measures-to-prevent-people-from-ever-setting-foot-in-texas (https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/abbott-considering-other-measures-to-prevent-people-from-ever-setting-foot-in-texas)

[pgardn]

On Biden's watch. Thanks, El, I'll tote 'em up after my second cup of coffee.

IN TEXAS

Gregg "hot wheels" Abbott is in controlioso

[SnakeBoy]

Governor Abbott Announces Third Special Session Date And Agenda

Sept 20th

Redistricting
Tranny sports
Banning vaccine mandates

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Governor Abbott Announces Third Special Session Date And Agenda

Sept 20th

Redistricting
Tranny sports
Banning vaccine mandates

The Snake

[LkrFan]

https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1379995744128675842?s=19

That raggedy rat bastard gonna get you farmers killed. SMH

[weebo]

That raggedy rat bastard gonna get you farmers killed. SMH

with all the bullets raining here in texas hopefully abbott's skull finds one

[Winehole23]

That raggedy rat bastard gonna get you farmers killed. SMHwow, more red state nullification

[Thread]

with all the bullets raining here in texas hopefully abbott's skull finds one

- "Promises, promises."

- Ernie "The Cat" Ladd

[Blake]

with all the bullets raining here in texas hopefully abbott's skull finds one

https://forgifs.com/gallery/d/229744-2/Wheelchair-cliff-dive.gif

[Winehole23]

his wheelchair can turn on a dime and pick it up

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[Winehole23]

Texas to hit 60,000 COVID deaths this weekend

[Winehole23]

right wing 1st Amendment stans will deafen us with their silence, zero doubt

all to pander to fundie theocrats

1436376669355401217 (https://twitter.com/cd_hooks/status/1436376669355401217?s=20)

[Thread]

Texas to hit 60,000 COVID deaths this weekend

California still has 'em beat, Winester. ha, ha.

[spurraider21]

Texas Abortion Law Ends an Era of Business Pragmatism (https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-09-08/texas-abortion-law-ends-an-era-of-business-pragmatism?sref=R8NfLgwS)Political leaders are prioritizing dysfunctional culture wars over policies that promote investment and human capital, eroding the state's reputation as an economic juggernaut.

[Winehole23]

the GOP kulturkampf is bad for business



“These are incredibly personal issues that directly impact many of us — especially women,” Salesforce told employees in the message, which CNBC obtained. The company did not take a stance on the law. “We recognize and respect that we all have deeply held and different perspectives. As a company, we stand with all of our women at Salesforce and everywhere.”


The note continues, “With that being said, if you have concerns about access to reproductive healthcare in your state, Salesforce will help relocate you and members of your immediate family.”


CEO Marc Benioff tweeted this story out after it was first published and said, “Ohana if you want to move we’ll help you exit TX. Your choice.” Ohana is a Hawaiian term that means family.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/10/salesforce-offers-to-relocate-employees-from-texas-after-abortion-bill.html

[Winehole23]

look, another one

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[Blake]

look, another one

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Seems like that'd be bad PR for them

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https://images.dailykos.com/images/985488/story_image/EA14C01A-DB27-4669-8246-3A4DF77A1DF9.jpeg?1631325304

[daboom1]

https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1437420315190124547?s=19

[Winehole23]

Epik got hacked

:corn:

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Epik got hacked

:corn:

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Nazi's!!!

[Winehole23]

don't click the embedded link. it's to 4chan


In a press release (https://4chan.partyvan.epikfail.win:55899/#), Anonymous says that it has captured “a decade’s worth of data” from Epik. They say the data includes domain registrations, domain transfers, passwords, account credentials for all of Epik’s customers, logins, more than a half-million private keys, payment history, a “dump of an employee’s mailbox, just because we could,” and more. Of the private keys, they wrote, “What are they for? Who knows!”https://www.dailydot.com/debug/anonymous-hack-far-right-web-host-epik/?amp&__twitter_impression=true

[daboom1]

https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1437784875826917386?s=19

[ChumpDumper]

https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1437784875826917386?s=19Why not?

[daboom1]

https://twitter.com/LifeNewsHQ/status/1438638764864192515?s=19

[Winehole23]

Scary black people in Ciudad Acuna means more border security vaporware.


Gov. Greg Abbott said on Thursday that he directed state troopers and the Texas National Guard “to shut down six points of entry along the southern border” at the request of U.S. Customs and Border Protection — then reversed himself shortly after, blaming the Biden administration for flip-flopping in its request for state help.

But a CBP spokesperson said the federal government — which operates ports of entry at the U.S.-Mexico border — had no plans to shut down any ports of entry.

“I have directed the Department of Public Safety and the Texas National Guard to surge personnel and vehicles to shut down six points of entry along the southern border to stop these [migrant] caravans from overrunning our state,” Abbott said in an emailed statement. “The border crisis is so dire that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection is requesting our help as their agents are overwhelmed by the chaos.”
Renae Eze, Abbott’s spokesperson, added that the state “is shutting down the ports of entry at the request of and in collaboration with CBP.”



A few hours later, Abbott sent out a new statement saying that the Biden administration “has now flip-flopped to a different strategy that abandons border security and instead makes it easier for people to cross illegally and for cartels to exploit the border … I have directed the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Texas National Guard to maintain their presence at and around ports of entry to deter crossings.”

Dennis Smith, the CBP spokesperson, said after Abbott’s initial directive that the agency had received no word from the federal government to shut down ports of entry.

“I couldn’t comment on anything the governor said, I don’t have any information on that,” Smith said.

Abbott’s statements don’t specify who at CBP made the request for assistance or what form of assistance was requested.

Abbott’s announcement comes as thousands of asylum-seeking migrants — most of them from Haiti — are waiting under an international bridge in Del Rio to be processed to enter the country, according to Val Verde County Sheriff Joe Frank Martinez.
https://myrgv.com/local-news/immigration/2021/09/16/abbott-orders-border-ports-of-entry-shut-down-cbp-says-theres-no-such-plan/

[boutons_deux]

Why not?

Texas as nuclear garbage dump started much earlier than 21 Jan 21.

Harold Simmons’ Nuclear Option

Fourteen years and $150 million since he bought into it, Dallas billionaire Harold Simmons is hoping that a radioactive-waste dump in West Texas will Soon boost his flagging fortunes.

https://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-ceo/2009/february/harold-simmons-nuclear-option/

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Simmons was a TX slimebag/shitbag

"2004 presidential election

During the 2004 presidential campaign

Simmons made a $4 million donation to the group Swift Vets and POWs for Truth (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swift_Boat_Veterans).[20] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Simmons#cite_note-20)

He also donated $100,000 to George W. Bush (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush)'s January 2005 inaugural ball."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Simmons#2004_presidential_election

[Winehole23]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E_dFKLMX0AEt_bg?format=jpg&name=medium

[daboom1]

https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1439364178305765380?s=19

[ChumpDumper]

https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1439364178305765380?s=19

:lmao

[Ef-man]

https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1439364178305765380?s=19

Sorry that this is happening to your programming.

:tu

[Dirks_Finale]

https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1439364178305765380?s=19

They should escort them all to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in D.C.

[ChumpDumper]

Just shoot them amirite?

[ElNono]

They should escort them all to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in D.C.

You don't really want that, tbh

[leemajors]

Problem solved!

[boutons_deux]

McConaughey leads Abbutt in Texas poll as O'Rourke inches closer

https://theweek.com/beto-orourke/1005046/mcconaughey-leads-abbott-in-texas-poll-as-orourke-inches-closer

[boutons_deux]

Abbott’s right turn deflates GOP rivals but opens door for O’Rourke, McConaughey: News/UT-Tyler poll

Gov. Greg Abbott has kept conservative primary challengers at bay by tacking hard right on abortion, the border, mask and vaccine mandates, guns and critical race theory.

But the strategy has come at a high price. (https://link.dallasnews.com/lt.php?i=19188A19849A15A874670)

His overall support is plunging,

potentially leaving him vulnerable to the likes of actor Matthew McConaughey and former congressman Beto O’Rourke,

https://link.dallasnews.com/lt.php?i=19188A19849A15A874670

[boutons_deux]

Andy Borowitz (https://www.facebook.com/andyborowitz?__cft__[0]=AZVYYpZUno9-B2Yp2801LI2Zt8LyXxY1-_Nm_WDlc-Yo9dHLSfRi0ngSzK9YHkiT7Y9s0xYkrSAHO883tB8Q-JIeYTHBXCwoeOhoh8haSr202USYBfgmftWjIN9gKt4-_RGjNqapbBKd_fduKXsS6yemXTBLlADy-mIruTy8v6kEXUulRwgPDxKTEtJ0RPgkQSI&__tn__=-UC%2CP-R)


Abbott Accuses Beto O’Rourke Of Being Book Owner

https://scontent.fphx1-3.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/242583742_415768936584341_2293350733160452721_n.jp g?_nc_cat=106&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=8bfeb9&_nc_ohc=S2cfrk6Mx58AX91JyC5&_nc_ht=scontent.fphx1-3.fna&oh=792ac0323d5ff8f5d7cc6006b4949209&oe=614E16F8

[boutons_deux]

SUCK IT, ABBUTT

https://scontent.fphx1-3.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/s960x960/241529909_385630289765236_485421200356269652_n.jpg ?_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=a26aad&_nc_ohc=dK-GK2XAjh4AX_SgpxS&tn=HGxmO6lnwkmTUqtT&_nc_ht=scontent.fphx1-3.fna&oh=9f624a7fa60a11ee3ff290e16cb26835&oe=616E8FB6

[Thread]

SUCK IT, ABBUTT

https://scontent.fphx1-3.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/s960x960/241529909_385630289765236_485421200356269652_n.jpg ?_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=a26aad&_nc_ohc=dK-GK2XAjh4AX_SgpxS&tn=HGxmO6lnwkmTUqtT&_nc_ht=scontent.fphx1-3.fna&oh=9f624a7fa60a11ee3ff290e16cb26835&oe=616E8FB6

And persist in the leading the USA in COVID deaths at 68,000.

Let us proceed...

[MultiTroll]

Abbutt gets commercial banned 10 minutes before it was to air.

Anti-Trump Republican group targets Texas governor with ad showing wall of COVID victim coffins (msn.com) (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/anti-trump-republican-group-targets-texas-governor-with-ad-showing-wall-of-covid-victim-coffins/ar-AAODxms?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531)

[ChumpDumper]

Abbutt gets commercial banned 10 minutes before it was to air.

Anti-Trump Republican group targets Texas governor with ad showing wall of COVID victim coffins (msn.com) (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/anti-trump-republican-group-targets-texas-governor-with-ad-showing-wall-of-covid-victim-coffins/ar-AAODxms?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531)Now more people than ever will see it.:tu

Where are the Trumptard "free speech" warriors now?:lol

[Thread]

Now more people than ever will see it.:tu

Where are the Trumptard "free speech" warriors now?:lol

I got nary problem with it airing. Those coffins belong to that cocksucker Biden.

[boutons_deux]

New Poll shows Abbott's hard right turn is unpopular,

Matthew McConaughey leads him by 9 points

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/9/19/2053183/-New-Poll-shows-Abbott-s-hard-right-turn-is-unpopular-Matthew-McConaughey-leads-him-by-10-points

[SnakeBoy]

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[MultiTroll]

I got nary problem with it airing. Those coffins belong to that cocksucker Biden.
yep.
600K dead due to cancer in Trumps 1st year.
Using your reasoning 100%.
You can dip, dodge, weave and duck all you want.

It's yours.

[ElNono]

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As long as he does the skateboard thing again...

[Ef-man]

New Poll shows Abbott's hard right turn is unpopular,

Matthew McConaughey leads him by 9 points

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/9/19/2053183/-New-Poll-shows-Abbott-s-hard-right-turn-is-unpopular-Matthew-McConaughey-leads-him-by-10-points

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[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

Republican reform of public corruption prosecution has led mostly to home-cooking and impunity


The previous state-funded Public Integrity Unit housed in the Travis County District Attorney’s Office was dismantled in 2015, following allegations it was politicizing prosecutions. State lawmakers aimed to reform the system by moving state public corruption investigations to the Department of Public Safety’s Texas Rangers and prosecuting accused officials in their home counties rather than Travis County.


Though the sea change in Public Integrity Unit prosecutions didn’t fundamentally alter how Snowden’s case was handled, the former Bastrop County commissioner’s indictment and prosecution do exemplify most public corruption cases processed under the new system.


Now six years later, an investigation by the Texas Observer and KXAN has found prosecutions of statewide public officials for corruption are nearly non-existent. Since 2015, the Rangers have investigated a handful state-level elected leaders, but few have been charged.
https://www.texasobserver.org/home-cooking-concerns-revealed-in-corruption-prosecutions-outside-texas-capital/

[boutons_deux]

Republican reform of public corruption prosecution has led mostly to home-cooking and impunity

https://www.texasobserver.org/home-cooking-concerns-revealed-in-corruption-prosecutions-outside-texas-capital/

With No Warning, House Republicans Vote to Gut Independent Ethics Office

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/02/us/politics/with-no-warning-house-republicans-vote-to-hobble-independent-ethics-office.html

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"The Republican Party’s core rottenness—

its dishonesty, corruption, pettiness, racism—

is the defining political fact of our time."

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/9/18/2053094/-Brian-Beutler-explains-why-Republican-elites-are-deliberately-anti-vaxx-and-more

[Winehole23]

Did Greg Abbott muscle UT to cancel a critical TV ad?

More per se Republican censorship, tbh.

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[ChumpDumper]

Did Greg Abbott muscle UT to cancel a critical TV ad?

More per se Republican censorship, tbh.

1440029241672757256:lmao snowflakes

[Thread]

Did Greg Abbott muscle UT to cancel a critical TV ad?

More per se Republican censorship, tbh.

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That Newsom fellow in California has that beat by a jugful...Newsom/68,000 CALIFORNIANS ARE DEAD

[leemajors]

Did Greg Abbott muscle UT to cancel a critical TV ad?

More per se Republican censorship, tbh.

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I'd bet his cronies on the Board of Regents probably did it.

[Winehole23]

I'd bet his cronies on the Board of Regents probably did it.yep, prolly so

[Winehole23]

Feds investigating the TEA for for preventing schools from meeting the needs of diabled students


The federal government is investigating the Texas Education Agency after deeming that its guidance prohibiting mask mandates in schools last week may be “preventing school districts in the state from considering or meeting the needs of students with disabilities.”


The U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights launched the investigation on Tuesday, just days after the TEA quietly updated (https://tea.texas.gov/sites/default/files/covid/210917_21-22%20Public%20Health%20Guidance_final.pdf) its public health guidance. On Friday, the state agency said that school districts once again can’t require face coverings, citing that courts are not blocking Gov. Greg Abbott (https://www.texastribune.org/directory/greg-abbott/)’s executive order prohibiting local mask mandates.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/09/21/texas-schools-mask-mandates-education-department/

[SnakeBoy]

Did Greg Abbott muscle UT to cancel a critical TV ad?

More per se Republican censorship, tbh.

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:lol projectlincoln

Todays libs smh

although I'm happy they are on your side now tbh

[Winehole23]

#StillWithHim

#TheBiggestLoser

[SnakeBoy]

Shoulder to shoulder with the likes of Bill Kristol

lol whinehole

[boutons_deux]

Texans support mask mandates in schools

Half of all respondents thought that masks should be required in all K-12 schools,

with another quarter of respondents saying that the decision should be left up to individual school districts


https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2021/09/21/texans-support-mask-mandates-in-schools-newsut-tyler-poll-finds

So Abbutt is WRONG according to Texans

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These Companies Are Publicly Opposing Texas' Abortion Law

Over 50 companies on Tuesday released a statement in opposition to Texas' controversial new abortion law,

The businesses, which include technology, venture capital, retail and consulting firms, have a combined workforce of more than 322,000 employees,

"Restricting access to comprehensive reproductive care, including abortion, threatens the health, independence, and economic stability of our workers and customers," the statement says.

"We stand against policies that hinder people's health, independence and ability to fully succeed in the workplace."

Lyft,
Bumble,
Yelp,
Glossier,
Patagonia,
Asana,
Vice Media Group,
Box Inc.,
Ben & Jerry's,
Madewell,
Atlassian,
Everlane and
Earth Equity.

its organizers say it is meant to show that the Texas abortion law and similar restrictions can cause economic harm by making it difficult for employers to recruit out-of-state people,

"Simply put, policies that restrict reproductive health care go against our values and are bad for business.

It impairs our ability to build diverse and inclusive workforce pipelines,

recruit top talent across states, and

protect the well-being of all the people who keep our businesses thriving day in and out,"

"The economic losses from existing abortion restrictions, including labor force impact and earnings, already cost the State of Texas an estimated $14.5 billion annually.

Nationally, state-level restrictions cost state economies $105 billion per year,"

Some companies, including Starbucks (https://www.wsj.com/market-data/quotes/SBUX) and Microsoft (https://www.wsj.com/market-data/quotes/MSFT), declined to participate

a majority of Americans (54 percent (https://www.newsweek.com/more-half-americans-disagree-texas-abortion-bill-going-effect-poll-1630910)) disagree with the new ban.

https://www.newsweek.com/these-companies-are-publicly-opposing-texas-abortion-law-1631226

looks any national politics for Abbutt is not an option

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[ChumpDumper]

Shoulder to shoulder with the likes of Bill Kristol

lol whinehole
:lol you voted for Trump

:lmao twice

:rollin rube

[Winehole23]

Bill Kristol is a miracle of failing up.

Never got a prediction right, always had the worst take, never lost his media sinecure.

[Winehole23]

occasionally even a blind pig finds the acorn, i guess

[boutons_deux]

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[Winehole23]

Texas SOS Director of Elections Keith Ingram, a few months ago:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FAEDG5zX0AY1s8c?format=jpg&name=large

[Winehole23]

why are Gov. Abbott and the SOS hiding the ball? one would think they'd be proud to do this.

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[Winehole23]

Texas has been trying for years to find voter fraud. This is the worst they've found so far.

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/Ken-Paxton-s-beefed-up-2020-voter-fraud-unit-15820210.php

[daboom1]

https://twitter.com/BreitbartNews/status/1441919024020008960?s=19

[ElNono]

https://twitter.com/BreitbartNews/status/1441919024020008960?s=19

Didn't know cobbler made it to governor of texas, tbh

[Winehole23]

sekrit audit

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[Winehole23]

s8QdNg0VZeM

[Winehole23]

GOP gubmint in Texas

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[Thread]

https://twitter.com/BreitbartNews/status/1441919024020008960?s=19

"As Biden"

Excellent. Gave him nary standing.
Deserves nary.
Why? Because we have the facts and they remain the gold standard, the truth...

Trump President.
Not Clinton.

"As Biden" does not exist on the monumental plain.

Trump President.
Not Clinton.

That's it & that's all.

[boutons_deux]

Greg Abbott Falls Apart When Asked How He Will Eliminate All Rape In Texas

how exactly he is going to eliminate all rape in Texas, and

his answer is that he won't sign a bill creating an abortion exemption for rape and incest. :lol

WALLACE: Now, in 2019, which is the last year that we have numbers for,
almost 15,000 cases of rape were reported in your state of Texas, and
almost everyone says that that’s a severe undercount, there are a lot more
cases that just aren’t reported.

https://www.politicususa.com/2021/09/26/greg-abbott-falls-apart-when-asked-how-he-will-eliminate-all-rape-in-texas.html

[daboom1]

https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1442583759275102210?s=19

[ElNono]

https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1442583759275102210?s=19

:lmao Hopefully that works better than getting their own power when 2 inches of snow came down...

Good luck with that... maybe he can get his own supply of invermectin for the cult too :lol

[boutons_deux]

Monoponal antibodies cost $2,000 versus $20 for vaccine

Where is Abbott finding the money Plus Auto treatment is very labor intensive and quieter complex where was he going to find the available medical staff

[Thread]

Monoponal antibodies cost $2,000 versus $20 for vaccine

Where is Abbott finding the money Plus Auto treatment is very labor intensive and quieter complex where was he going to find the available medical staff

Well, if you'd uncross your fingers, toes and eyes against "Abbott finding the money" perhaps he'd stand a chance, bouts.

[Winehole23]

gross incompetence, actual malice, or both?

bypassing due process in the criminal justice system is or should a big deal.

shame on Texas

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[Winehole23]

gross incompetence, actual malice, or both?

bypassing due process in the criminal justice system is or should a big deal.

shame on Texas

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turns out it is a big deal, Texas now has to release ~250 migrants for detaining them too long without appointing them attorneys and pressing charges, which is a violation of state law. it's unclear what will happen to them until Texas gets its shit together.

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[Winehole23]

the direction of current COVID trends in Texas is favorable, but hospitals are still struggling with the last surge

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[Ef-man]

turns out it is a big deal, Texas now has to release ~250 migrants for detaining them too long without appointing them attorneys and pressing charges, which is a violation of state law. it's unclear what will happen to them until Texas gets its shit together.

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Catch and release after sending millions to house and feed the migrants.

Guess abbott likes raising property taxes.

Is Texas tired of all the winning?

[daboom1]

https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1443421173002420224?s=19

[hombre]

Create chaos and sell order, just like Adolph.

[daboom1]

In this case Biden is creating the chaos by not enforcing federal laws and threatening officers that do uphold the law.

[ElNono]

In this case Biden beat the living shit out of Trump and I can't get over it

fify

[Winehole23]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FAfcNUiUYAA6Rg9?format=jpg&name=medium

[Thread]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FAfcNUiUYAA6Rg9?format=jpg&name=medium

Boiled down...

Trump President.
Not Clinton.

[boutons_deux]

New Poll Shows Most Texans Oppose Third Term For Abbott

The survey (https://poll.qu.edu/poll-release?releaseid=3821), released Tuesday, found 51 percent of registered voters in the state do not believe Abbott deserves a third term.

Just 42 percent said he deserves reelection.

Back in June, the same pollster found 48 percent opposed to his reelection and 46 percent in favor.

For the first time since Quinnipiac began polling Texans in April 2018, more voters disapproved of Abbott than approved, by a margin of 47 percent -44 percent.

Voters said, 48 percent -45 percent, that the governor is taking the state in the wrong direction.

While Abbott received positive ratings for

his handling of the economy (53 percent -39 percent), :lol

voters disapprove of his handling of the U.S.-Mexican border (43 percent -46 percent),

the coronavirus response (46 percent -50 percent),

and abortion (37 percent -53 percent).

https://www.nationalmemo.com/new-poll-shows-most-texans-oppose-third-term-for-abbott

[daboom1]

https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1444876886455328771?s=19

[Ef-man]

Texas GOP. Of course natural gas companies will say they are not critical infrastructure. :lmao

Texas Lawmakers Blast Regulator For Power Grid Winterization Loophole — But They Approved It Months Ago.

In a committee hearing Tuesday, Texas senators were furious that natural gas companies won’t have to better prepare their facilities for extreme weather before this winter and rebuked the Texas Railroad Commission, which regulates the state’s massive oil and gas industry, for not fixing the problem sooner.

“Wait a minute,” state Sen. Robert Nichols, R-Jacksonville, told Wei Wang, executive director of the Railroad Commission. “You haven’t done it yet?”

But the “loophole” that lawmakers spent the hearing condemning and the slow timetable for winterizing the state power grid were part of legislation they approved during the regular legislative session in the spring.

On Tuesday, lawmakers on the Senate Business and Commerce Committee were frustrated that the new law allows natural gas companies to opt out of weatherization requirements if they don’t voluntarily declare themselves to be “critical infrastructure” with the state.

Texas GOP fucked itself (https://www.kut.org/energy-environment/2021-09-29/texas-lawmakers-blast-regulator-for-power-grid-winterization-loophole-but-they-approved-it-into-law-months-ago)

[daboom1]

https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1445215360555307008?t

[ChumpDumper]

https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1445215360555307008?t:lol Can't even ensure a supply of electricity.

:lol failed state

[Blake]

https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1445215360555307008?t

Of course he'll keep taxes low for rich corporations. That's how Republicans work.

[daboom1]

Of course he'll keep taxes low for rich corporations. That's how Republicans work.

"Don't forget 10% for the big guy"

[Ef-man]

:lol Can't even ensure a supply of electricity.

:lol failed state

It is all great for BeepBoop as he pays no rent, no property taxes, and gets free mom laundry and meal services.

[Winehole23]

awesome

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[Winehole23]

charges dropped against "trespassers"


Charges have been dropped against 11 migrants arrested under Gov. Greg Abbott’ (https://www.texastribune.org/directory/greg-abbott/)s border security initiative after the men told attorneys they were marched for about 20 minutes to a fenced ranch by law enforcement, then arrested for trespassing.




Without video evidence or a written report of the August incident from U.S. Border Patrol, Val Verde County Attorney David Martinez dismissed the trespassing charges Monday after the men had spent nearly two months in state prison.

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/immigration/article/Texas-prosecutor-drops-charges-migrant-trespassing-16513040.php

[Ef-man]

awesome

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All the winning!

[Winehole23]

They are corrupt pieces of shit.we're up to ~260 migrants who have been released because police and prosecutors were incompetent and/or violated detainees' rights.

[boutons_deux]

Texas has raised $54 million in private donations for its border wall plan.

Almost all of it came from this one billionaire

An out-of-state billionaire

who has previously bankrolled attempts to defend controversial immigration laws (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/timothy-mellon-top-donor-to-trump-super-pac-used-racial-stereotypes-to-describe-african-americans-in-his-autobiography/2020/06/18/89206c5a-a742-11ea-b619-3f9133bbb482_story.html) is

responsible for nearly all the donations to Gov. Greg Abbott (https://www.texastribune.org/directory/greg-abbott/)'s $54 million border wall fund.

Timothy Mellon, contributed nearly 98% of the fund's total donations when he donated $53.1 million in stock to the state in August, according to public records.

Mellon is the 79-year-old Wyoming-based grandson of banking tycoon and former U.S. Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon.


https://www.alternet.org/2021/10/texas-border-wall/

[daboom1]

Texas has raised $54 million in private donations for its border wall plan.

Almost all of it came from this one billionaire

An out-of-state billionaire

who has previously bankrolled attempts to defend controversial immigration laws (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/timothy-mellon-top-donor-to-trump-super-pac-used-racial-stereotypes-to-describe-african-americans-in-his-autobiography/2020/06/18/89206c5a-a742-11ea-b619-3f9133bbb482_story.html) is

responsible for nearly all the donations to Gov. Greg Abbott (https://www.texastribune.org/directory/greg-abbott/)'s $54 million border wall fund.

Timothy Mellon, contributed nearly 98% of the fund's total donations when he donated $53.1 million in stock to the state in August, according to public records.

Mellon is the 79-year-old Wyoming-based grandson of banking tycoon and former U.S. Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon.


https://www.alternet.org/2021/10/texas-border-wall/




:tu

[ElNono]

Federal judge blocks enforcement of Texas abortion law

On Wednesday, a federal judge blocked enforcement of Texas' controversial new law enacting a near-total ban on abortion.

Judge Robert Pittman barred the law from being enforced by "the State", an order that expands even to judges and clerks.

Pittman refused to stay his ruling pending appeal, saying that "The State has forfeited the right to any such accommodation by pursuing an unprecedented and aggressive scheme to deprive its citizens of a significant and well-established constitutional right."

https://www.rawstory.com/judge-blocks-texas-abortion-law/

[Winehole23]

nice allegory of how government works

rich people pay for the pols, who write and implement the rules they want

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[daboom1]

https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1446261250359500803?t

[pgardn]

https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1446261250359500803?t

That drill baby drill is ... so Musklike? And we still burn off methane when Europe wants it... Make a buck quick buck and leave the mess in ruins, this is how the red team runs Texas. And thanks to the donor in Wyoming who is wasting his money on a wall instead of actual people working the border.

[daboom1]

That drill baby drill is ... so Musklike? And we still burn off methane when Europe wants it... Make a buck quick buck and leave the mess in ruins, this is how the red team runs Texas. And thanks to the donor in Wyoming who is wasting his money on a wall instead of actual people working the border.

Can you try writing this post again? I don't speak gibberish.

[ChumpDumper]

https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1446261250359500803?t

They didn't move to Lufkin?

[ElNono]

https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1446261250359500803?t

more democrat voters in texas :tu

[daboom1]

https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1446715904977408000?t

Abbott

[ElNono]

:lmao if that's what it really takes to catch one coyote... no wonder that border is leaky as hell

[Winehole23]

insider information

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[Winehole23]

"business friendly"

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FBWwJ_MXMAcC3CL?format=jpg&name=large

[daboom1]

business friendly :tu

https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1447314023561768960?t

[ducks]

business friendly :tu

https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1447314023561768960?t

Amen !

[spurraider21]

:lol

applies to stores with 500 employees and goes into effect in 2024

[ElNono]

business friendly :tu

https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1447314023561768960?t

California always leading per usual, archaic states eventually catch up :tu

[Thread]

California always leading per usual, archaic states eventually catch up :tu

Sure. California leading with 71,000 deaths in the COVID race.
Sure. California leading with 2.2 million active COVID cases.

And your side is hoping Texas will "eventually catch up."

tee, hee.

[ElNono]

Sure. California leading with 71,000 deaths in the COVID race.
Sure. California leading with 2.2 million active COVID cases.

And your side is hoping Texas will "eventually catch up."

tee, hee.

Sure. California 11,110,250 votes for Biden vs 6,006,429 votes for Trump.

tee, hee.

[boutons_deux]

FreeDUMB for private enterprise!

Abbutt bans mask or vaccine mandates in private companies.

[daboom1]

https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1447698649446854656?t

The Man

[hater]

https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1447698649446854656?t

The Man

:tu freedom

[daboom1]

:tu freedom

Breaking: Biden administration to sue Texas for shitting on mandates

[pgardn]

FreeDUMB for private enterprise!

Abbutt bans mask or vaccine mandates in private companies.

And then they refuse to follow his orders.

[ElNono]

FreeDUMB for private enterprise!

Abbutt bans mask or vaccine mandates in private companies.

Big government good now

[ElNono]

:tu freedom

Best thing that could happen to California, tbh :tu

[ElNono]

Buc-ee's CEO "Beaver" Aplin is now on the ERCOT board

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DHolYAxVoAAdsmQ.jpg

1447713509874323457

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smh

[Winehole23]

http://pre-code.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/DuckSoup7.png

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[boutons_deux]

Dallas Regional Chamber distances itself from Gov. Abbott’s ban on vaccine mandates



https://link.dallasnews.com/lt.php?i=19703A20406A15A895124

[boutons_deux]

American and Southwest Airlines reject the Texas order banning vaccine mandates.

“We believe the federal vaccine mandate supersedes any conflicting state laws, and this does not change anything for American,” said a spokeswoman for the airline,

Southwest, which is based in Dallas, said it would “remain compliant” with the federal mandate.

The Greater Houston Partnership,

a business group that counts Exxon Mobil, Chevron and JPMorgan Chase as members, also came out on Tuesday

against Mr. Abbott’s order,

saying (https://www.houston.org/news/statement-gov-abbotts-covid-19-vaccine-mandate-executive-order) it “does not support Texas businesses’ ability and duty to create a safe workplace.”

In Florida, :lol

another state with a governor who has battled vaccine mandates, the Department of Health issued a notice of violation (http://www.floridahealth.gov/newsroom/2021/10/20211012-fdoh-issues-notice-of-fine-to-leon-county.pr.html) to Leon County, which encompasses Tallahassee, for violating a ban on “vaccine passports” in the state.
The department said in a release on Tuesday that it was

fining the county nearly $3.6 million for requiring 700 government employees to provide their vaccine status and firing 14 who refused to comply.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/12/business/southwest-american-vaccine-mandate-texas.html

TX + FL = 22,000 needless covid deaths

[daboom1]

https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1447988747044335619?t

[ChumpDumper]

https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1447988747044335619?t

20 feet of wall oughta do it!:tu

[boutons_deux]

Abbutt and Huffines campaigning on sadistic Christian hate for LGBT

Prompted by Abbott challenger, Texas agency removes webpage with suicide hotline for LGBTQ youths

Don Huffines, accused Texas’ child welfare agency of “promoting transgender sexual policies to Texas youth” under a section of its website titled “Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation.”

“These are not Texas values, :lol

these are not Republican Party values, :lol

but these are obviously Greg Abbott’s values,” Huffines said

The webpage published by the Department of Family and Protective Services

linked to a suicide prevention hotline and other resources “dedicated to helping empower and celebrate” young LGBTQ people.

Within hours, the webpage was gone. :lol

So was the entire website for the Texas Youth Connection,

a division of Family and Protective Services that

steers young people to various resources, including education, housing and those on its LGBTQ page as they prepare for life after foster care.

https://www.expressnews.com/politics/texas/article/Prompted-by-Abbott-primary-challenger-Texas-16525826.php

These are shithole Texas shitbag Christian values

[boutons_deux]

With Over 62,000 Dead, Abbott Outlaws Vaccine Mandates In Texas (https://www.nationalmemo.com/texas-vaccine-mandate-ban)

bans (https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1447698649446854656) all private companies in the state from requiring that their employees or customers receive the COVID-19 vaccine —

even if the company has already implemented vaccine requirements.

"Texas continues to be the FREEST state in the country," :lol Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX),

."It is so important that Texas do this," Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) tweeted (https://twitter.com/chiproytx/status/1447908818474700811) ... you must stand with @GovAbbott and with

Texans who are having their livelihoods threatened by corporate and federal government tyrants.

"Governor Abbott did what he had to do in order to protect Texas businesses," Rep. Dan Crenshaw ;lol

Rep. Warren Davidson of Ohio ... " Good governments defend freedom."

Just 52 (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/covid-19-vaccine-doses.html) percent of Texas residents are fully vaccinated,

the total number of people who have died of COVID-19 in Texas to 68,057

Abbott's ban on vaccine mandates likely violates (https://twitter.com/KSVesq/status/1447773550417436674) the supremacy clause in Article 6 of the U.S. Constitution,

which says that federal law trumps state law.

https://www.nationalmemo.com/texas-vaccine-mandate-ban

[Thread]

With Over 62,000 Dead, Abbott Outlaws Vaccine Mandates In Texas (https://www.nationalmemo.com/texas-vaccine-mandate-ban)

bans (https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1447698649446854656) all private companies in the state from requiring that their employees or customers receive the COVID-19 vaccine —

even if the company has already implemented vaccine requirements.

"Texas continues to be the FREEST state in the country," :lol Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX),

."It is so important that Texas do this," Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) tweeted (https://twitter.com/chiproytx/status/1447908818474700811) ... you must stand with @GovAbbott and with

Texans who are having their livelihoods threatened by corporate and federal government tyrants.

"Governor Abbott did what he had to do in order to protect Texas businesses," Rep. Dan Crenshaw ;lol

Rep. Warren Davidson of Ohio ... " Good governments defend freedom."

Just 52 (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/covid-19-vaccine-doses.html) percent of Texas residents are fully vaccinated,

the total number of people who have died of COVID-19 in Texas to 68,057

Abbott's ban on vaccine mandates likely violates (https://twitter.com/KSVesq/status/1447773550417436674) the supremacy clause in Article 6 of the U.S. Constitution,

which says that federal law trumps state law.

https://www.nationalmemo.com/texas-vaccine-mandate-ban

California leads all states with 71,000 dead, bouts.

California leads all states with 2.2 million active cases, bouts.

[leemajors]

American and Southwest Airlines reject the Texas order banning vaccine mandates.

“We believe the federal vaccine mandate supersedes any conflicting state laws, and this does not change anything for American,” said a spokeswoman for the airline,

Southwest, which is based in Dallas, said it would “remain compliant” with the federal mandate.

The Greater Houston Partnership,

a business group that counts Exxon Mobil, Chevron and JPMorgan Chase as members, also came out on Tuesday

against Mr. Abbott’s order,

saying (https://www.houston.org/news/statement-gov-abbotts-covid-19-vaccine-mandate-executive-order) it “does not support Texas businesses’ ability and duty to create a safe workplace.”

In Florida, :lol

another state with a governor who has battled vaccine mandates, the Department of Health issued a notice of violation (http://www.floridahealth.gov/newsroom/2021/10/20211012-fdoh-issues-notice-of-fine-to-leon-county.pr.html) to Leon County, which encompasses Tallahassee, for violating a ban on “vaccine passports” in the state.
The department said in a release on Tuesday that it was

fining the county nearly $3.6 million for requiring 700 government employees to provide their vaccine status and firing 14 who refused to comply.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/12/business/southwest-american-vaccine-mandate-texas.html

TX + FL = 22,000 needless covid deaths



IBM too.

[koriwhat]

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Show us the "LAW" then bro and not some bullshit mandate by a corpse in DC.

[ElNono]

Show us the "LAW" then bro and not some bullshit mandate by a corpse in DC.

I mean, you literally quoted a tweet that has both the law and the Texas constitution in it

[Medvedenko]

Sure. California leading with 71,000 deaths in the COVID race.
Sure. California leading with 2.2 million active COVID cases.

And your side is hoping Texas will "eventually catch up."

tee, hee.

Meanwhile in the great state of Texas, where it leads Cali in deaths' per million by 32%...winning for sure.

[koriwhat]

I mean, you literally quoted a tweet that has both the law and the Texas constitution in it

You say this as if the mandate coming from the Corpse in DC is LAW. :lmao

[ElNono]

You say this as if the mandate coming from the Corpse in DC is LAW. :lmao

That particular tweet has nothing to do with DC or Biden. It's the TX governor vs the TX constitution.

[koriwhat]

That particular tweet has nothing to do with DC or Biden. It's the TX governor vs the TX constitution.

Show me the law on the books where the vax is mandatory or even mentioned.

[pgardn]

Show us the "LAW" then bro and not some bullshit mandate by a corpse in DC.

I think this is Texas law?
When did DC invade us?

[pgardn]

Show me the law on the books where the vax is mandatory or even mentioned.

There is no law.
Private companies are doing this.
You dont like it, leave the company.

A good number private schools in Texas are mandating a vaccine to keep employees and kids safe.
You dont like it, dont choose that private school.

[ElNono]

Show me the law on the books where the vax is mandatory or even mentioned.

Now you're pivoting again... the executive order from Gov Hotwheels is indeed the new 'law' in Texas, until it's superseded by a federal law or rescinded.

You don't need a law for an employer to compel employees to be vaccinated or lose their job.

[Thread]

Meanwhile in the great state of Texas, where it leads Cali in deaths' per million by 32%...winning for sure.

We didn't do that (per million) happy horseshit when you all were countin' coup on President Trump.

We ain't doin' it now, Meds.

President Trump: 400k of dead AmericansPERIOD
Mother fucker Biden: 300k of dead Americans.
& counting, son.

[ElNono]

We didn't do that (per million) happy horseshit when you all were countin' coup on President Trump.

Sure you did. Well, not you because you pulled the chickeshit thing and left.

But your surrogates here sure did. Cuomo and what not.

[DMC]

There is no law.
Private companies are doing this.
You dont like it, leave the company.

A good number private schools in Texas are mandating a vaccine to keep employees and kids safe.
You dont like it, dont choose that private school.

:lol Private companies are doing it because the Biden admin is doing it. They want to be in compliance to avoid fines. Who said anything about private schools?

[ChumpDumper]

Abbott looks pretty weak if he doesn't punish Texas businesses that are openly defying him like Dell and Southwest Airlines. What is he waiting for?

[daboom1]

Southwest Airlines CEO Says No Employees Will Be Fired Over Vaccine Mandate.

Abbott

[ElNono]

:lol Private companies are doing it because the Biden admin is doing it. They want to be in compliance to avoid fines. Who said anything about private schools?

The actual federal mandate (for non federal employees/contractors) hasn't come out yet, and plenty of Fortune 500 companies are already requiring vaccinations to show up to work (I know mine is).

It's not really about compliance at this stage, it's about liability. One would even argue that a federal mandate is sort of a good excuse for companies.

As long as there's not a liability shield, any person can claim they got infected at work, and if they die, family can sue. There's also additional costs associated with unvaxxed, like higher insurance healthcare costs.

It really is a no-brainer for companies to mandate vaccination, with very specific exceptions for true religious or health grounds.

[ElNono]

Southwest Airlines CEO Says No Employees Will Be Fired Over Vaccine Mandate.

Abbott

Southwest said last week that its 56,000 employees needed to be vaccinated against Covid by Dec. 8 in order to keep working at the airline under the federal mandate.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/12/covid-vaccine-southwest-ceo-gary-kelly-says-he-never-wanted-a-mandate.html

lol Abbott

[ChumpDumper]

Southwest Airlines CEO Says No Employees Will Be Fired Over Vaccine Mandate.

Abbott:lol nothing to do with Abbott.

[boutons_deux]

Why Abbott’s Ban On Vaccine Mandates Is Likely Doomed In Court

Legal and political experts say Abbott's move is all but certain to fail and suggest it was more likely designed to serve his political ambitions than the needs of Texas business owners.

"It's a piece of political grandstanding by a governor desperate to avoid being primaried in the Republican race for the governorship,"

The Biden administration will rely on the Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration to implement the mandate, tasking the agency with

enforcing an "emergency temporary standard" that grants officials the power to protect employees who face a "grave danger."
Though Abbott may try to "supersede" Biden's mandates with his executive order, the so-called

"supremacy clause (https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/articlevi)" of the U.S. Constitution privileges federal policy over state action when the two are in direct contradiction.

https://www.nationalmemo.com/why-abbotts-ban-on-vaccine-mandates-is-likely-doomed-in-court

[Thread]

Why Abbott’s Ban On Vaccine Mandates Is Likely Doomed In Court

Legal and political experts say Abbott's move is all but certain to fail and suggest it was more likely designed to serve his political ambitions than the needs of Texas business owners.

"It's a piece of political grandstanding by a governor desperate to avoid being primaried in the Republican race for the governorship,"

The Biden administration will rely on the Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration to implement the mandate, tasking the agency with

enforcing an "emergency temporary standard" that grants officials the power to protect employees who face a "grave danger."
Though Abbott may try to "supersede" Biden's mandates with his executive order, the so-called

"supremacy clause (https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/articlevi)" of the U.S. Constitution privileges federal policy over state action when the two are in direct contradiction.

https://www.nationalmemo.com/why-abbotts-ban-on-vaccine-mandates-is-likely-doomed-in-court

- "Promises, promises."

- Ernie "The Cat" Ladd

[koriwhat]

Lmao At you fucking nerd ass authoritarian losers who wish to be the bullies that beat yalls asses in middle school and high school.

[ChumpDumper]

Lmao At you fucking nerd ass authoritarian losers who wish to be the bullies that beat yalls asses in middle school and high school.You bragged about getting your ass beat when you were in middle school and when you were an adult.

[boutons_deux]

Fascist corruption, theft of funds by the authoritarian thief to throw bread crumbs to the circus

'Re-election stimulus':

Texas GOP tax relief proposals use billions in Biden COVID aid

Republican leaders in Texas are proposing to use billions of dollars in federal COVID aid for voter-pleasing tax relief

using about a fifth of the $16 billion in federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) dollars to help lower the property tax burden in Texas.

That would give the GOP a major campaign talking point for the upcoming midterm elections,

but it would be a drop in the bucket for most Texas property owners — and

zilch for the 38 percent of Texas households that rent

https://www.expressnews.com/politics/texas/article/biden-covid-funding-texas-gop-tax-relief-proposals-16534476.php

nothing for renters, but something for wealthy landlords

[RandomGuy]

Show us the "LAW" then bro and not some bullshit mandate by a corpse in DC.


I mean, you literally quoted a tweet that has both the law and the Texas constitution in it

:lol

[boutons_deux]

The Lincoln Project To Come For Greg Abbutt With New Ethics Complaint

Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) got a Lincoln Project ad pulled from national television, and

now the group will file an ethics complaint against the governor.

In September, The Lincoln Project produced an ad critical of Governor Greg Abbott‘s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The PAC purchased airtime through ESPN on the Longhorn Network during a UT-Austin football game.

Moments before kickoff, the University informed The Lincoln Project that they would not run the commercial (https://lincolnproject.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=330ffbb76bd255d59f1d8d165&id=a91c74295f&e=f75e464820) — claiming an undisclosed policy against running political advertisements.


In October, the very next month, the University granted access to Darryl K. Royal Texas Memorial Stadium to extremist media outlet Breitbart for an exclusive interview with the Texas governor —

an interview during which

the Governor spread misinformation about vaccines and

attacked public health officials for prescribing mandates.

Greg Abbott Abused The Power Of His Office

It appears that Greg Abbott abused his power as governor to keep an ad that was critical of him off the air across the United States.

Abbott was able to get the ad buy killed by exerting the influence of his office over the University of Texas.

https://www.politicususa.com/2021/10/23/the-lincoln-project-to-come-for-greg-abbott-with-new-ethics-complaint.html

Political advertizing is "protected speech". The TX govt suppressed The Lincoln Project speech.

Unconstitutional and fascist

[Winehole23]

contemplating an SB8 maneuver on gay marriage?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FCTm0cbXMAAZsk8?format=jpg&name=medium

[Winehole23]

(Maybe just fishing for a legal opinion to serve as a fig leaf for denying services and accomodations)

[boutons_deux]

Jame White, Woodville TX, east TX is a Deep Racist South as all state from LA to FL

[boutons_deux]

Texas slashes Guard pay during border stunt

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott finally answered critics asking who would pay for his latest propaganda stunt, the pointless dispatch of Texas National Guard troops to the state's southern border.

It's the National Guard troops themselves who are footing the bill for some of it,

with the state slashing the tuition assistance they were promised for signing on in the first place.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2060601

[Winehole23]

Shortly afterwards, they joined it.

Joke's on us.

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[daboom1]

Texas slashes Guard pay during border stunt

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott finally answered critics asking who would pay for his latest propaganda stunt, the pointless dispatch of Texas National Guard troops to the state's southern border.

It's the National Guard troops themselves who are footing the bill for some of it,

with the state slashing the tuition assistance they were promised for signing on in the first place.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2060601

:tu

[ChumpDumper]

:tu
Qhris hates our troops.

[daboom1]

https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1453906456768561154?t

[ElNono]

https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1453906456768561154?t

Border arrests have soared to all-time high, new CBP data shows

U.S. authorities detained more than 1.7 million migrants along the Mexico border during the 2021 fiscal year that ended in September, and arrests by the Border Patrol soared to the highest levels ever recorded, according to unpublished U.S. Customs and Border Protection data obtained by The Washington Post.

Illegal crossings began rising last year but skyrocketed in the months after President Biden took office. As CBP arrests increased this past spring, Biden described the rise as consistent with historical seasonal norms. But the busiest months came during the sweltering heat of July and August, when more than 200,000 migrants were taken into custody.

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Brandon's CBP making Abbot look stupid per par...

https://s.abcnews.com/images/Politics/ap_joe_biden_ice_cream_02_floated_jc_141009_4x3t_9 92.jpg

[ElNono]

and lmao @ when your governor is tweeting Cucker Carlson :lmao

[daboom1]

https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1455192049754517504?t

[ElNono]

:lol still begging

[benefactor]

Beto officially announces he's running against Abbott

[Adam Lambert]

Beto is the best candidate the Texas Dems have had since Ann Richards but that's a very low bar to clear.

I still don't think he stands a chance after his gun rants during his presidential bid.

[benefactor]

Beto is the best candidate the Texas Dems have had since Ann Richards but that's a very low bar to clear.

I still don't think he stands a chance after his gun rants during his presidential bid.
Yep. He probably Trump'd himself with det one

[ChumpDumper]

Pretty good announcement tbh. If he takes some lithium to cut down his manic episodes he could be competitive.

[MultiTroll]

I still don't think he stands a chance after his gun rants during his presidential bid.
Muh guns muh guns!

According to the Gun Violence Archive, a database that collects information about shootings from across the U.S., dozens of children in Texas have been killed or injured by firearm discharge in 2021.
In the 70 incidents where a child aged 0-11 was shot in Texas 104 were injured and 15 were killed.

[Winehole23]

Muh guns muh guns!

According to the Gun Violence Archive, a database that collects information about shootings from across the U.S., dozens of children in Texas have been killed or injured by firearm discharge in 2021.
In the 70 incidents where a child aged 0-11 was shot in Texas 104 were injured and 15 were killed.Sorry, those children had to die and go to the hospital for muh freedom. So worth it!

[SnakeBoy]

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[SnakeBoy]

https://media.patriots.win/post/4CXnxbTr.jpeg

[baseline bum]

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I know man, he should run as a Republican lite to get some Trump voters to flip amirite?

[Adam Lambert]

He could've chosen his words better.

Should've said something like, "Look, everyone knows if you have an AR-15 it's to compensate for your small penis. It's why you're so sensitive about the idea of losing it. It's why you build your entire worldview around it and you're willing to create or follow a completely fictional version of the real world as long as you're following people who promise to let you keep it. It's literally all you have. (Because of the small penis.)"

[SnakeBoy]

I know man, he should run as a Republican lite to get some Trump voters to flip amirite?

Nah won't work. He's no Amy.

[ElNono]

We need a wheelchair vs skateboard race to determine the winner, IMO, would be an epic movie as well...

[RandomGuy]

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Sticking to his guns on that one.

[Winehole23]

Sixteen faulty voter registration forms and Trump's continuismo are a state emergency in Texas.

Who needs a legislature?


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[daboom1]

Sixteen faulty voter registration forms and Trump's continuismo are a state emergency in Texas.

Who needs a legislature?


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:tu

[ChumpDumper]

:lol Abbott bends the knee

[Winehole23]

:tudet copium, tho

try not to inhale too sharply, you might pass out


https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/035/699/pepe.jpg

[daboom1]

I just want fair and free elections. Good on Abbott for seeing the big picture.

[ElNono]

I just want fair and free elections. Good on Abbott for seeing the big picture.


det copium, tho

try not to inhale too sharply, you might pass out

https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/035/699/pepe.jpg

[SnakeBoy]

https://i.imgur.com/rOxDdYW.jpeg

[SnakeBoy]

Trammell: "Excuse me Mr. O'Rourke, has anything changed with your stance on the Second Amendment?"

O'Rourke: "No. I think that we need to protect the second amendment. I think we need to honor the traditions that we have in Texas in responsible gun ownership. I think we need to be smart on gun policies so we protect the rights of our citizens."

Seems different tbh

[SnakeBoy]

Modern Rosa Parks


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dERF2oEIYn0&t=23s

[Winehole23]

Sent 10,000 national guardsmen and troopers to the border this week so he could be photographed feeding them tamales on Thanksgiving and revive his flagging political fortunes.

Operation Lone Star is a joke.

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[Winehole23]

Should have sent ambulances, tents and doctors, tbh.

[SnakeBoy]

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[ElNono]

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:tu

[Winehole23]

Gov. Abbott spreads stupidity

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[SnakeBoy]

How many South Africans does it take to spread a virus?

[Trainwreck2100]

How many South Africans does it take to spread a virus?

Are you really defending that dumbass take?

[SnakeBoy]

Are you really defending that dumbass take?

That's a terrible punchline tbh

[daboom1]

https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1466188631866028032?t

[MultiTroll]

How many South Africans does it take to spread a virus?
How many South Africans crossed when Dunceold Trump was Prez?

Using real figures that is. :lol

[SnakeBoy]

How many South Africans crossed when Dunceold Trump was Prez?

Using real figures that is. :lol

The answer is 5. One to chop it up with a machete and 4 to deliver the pieces to its family members.

[daboom1]

https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1467677201655119883?s

[Winehole23]

Greg Abbott's border goons (reportedly) trespassing on private property to facilitate more trespassing. This creates a pretext for arresting border migrants who cross onto private land.

BTW, it is a state jail felony to cut a fence in Texas.

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[Winehole23]

Texas prosecutor drops charges after migrants claim they were marched to private property, then arrested for trespassing (https://www.texastribune.org/2021/10/05/texas-migrants-arrest-charges-dropped/)

[ElNono]

https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1467677201655119883?s

:rollin linking to an article that reads:

COVID-19 is the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, also known as SARS-CoV-2.

:lmao:lmao:lmao

[boutons_deux]

Repugs doing everything they can to keep the pandemic raging, and their inflamed voters sickened and dying, so they "own Joe Biden"

Repugs, the party of death. Repug politics more important than the health and lives of their own voters.

[daboom1]

https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1468305869213421573?t

[SnakeBoy]

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has a commanding lead over Democrat challenger Beto O'Rourke out of the gate, according to a new Quinnipiac poll.

O'Rourke is trailing the Republican incumbent governor by double digits, falling 15 points behind Abbott in the new numbers.

[Dirks_Finale]

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has a commanding lead over Democrat challenger Beto O'Rourke out of the gate, according to a new Quinnipiac poll.

O'Rourke is trailing the Republican incumbent governor by double digits, falling 15 points behind Abbott in the new numbers. Buck tooth"Beto" does not have a snow ball's chance in hell. :lol We could have 5 more ice storms with power outages and it won't matter.

[baseline bum]

Buck tooth"Beto" does not have a snow ball's chance in hell. :lol We could have 5 more ice storms with power outages and it won't matter.

Yeah Texans care more about fake issues like CRT and bathroom bills over important things like having a functioning power grid.

[daboom1]

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has a commanding lead over Democrat challenger Beto O'Rourke out of the gate, according to a new Quinnipiac poll.

O'Rourke is trailing the Republican incumbent governor by double digits, falling 15 points behind Abbott in the new numbers.

Somebody find a Whataburger and a skateboard for Beto :lol

[daboom1]

Yeah Texans care more about fake issues like CRT and bathroom bills over important things like having a functioning power grid.

Abbott fixed the grid :tu Once in a lifetime ice storms are a bitch for sure.

[ChumpDumper]

Abbott fixed the grid :tu Once in a lifetime ice storms are a bitch for sure.Show where he guarantees it won't happen again and how.

[SnakeBoy]

Abbott fixed the grid :tu Once in a lifetime ice storms are a bitch for sure.

Abbott was the victim of a difficult situation, but he stepped up and got the job done without blaming other people.

[SnakeBoy]

Abbott was the victim of a difficult situation, but he stepped up and got the job done without blaming other people.

I meant rolled up, sorry Gregg

[ChumpDumper]

Abbott was the victim of a difficult situation, but he stepped up and got the job done without blaming other people.

:lol he blamed the sun and the wind after six years in office

[Dirks_Finale]

Yeah Texans care more about fake issues like CRT and bathroom bills over important things like having a functioning power grid.

Beto is a terrible candidate. I'm sure Democrats can do better.

[benefactor]

Abbott fixed the grid :tu Once in a lifetime ice storms are a bitch for sure.


Abbott was the victim of a difficult situation, but he stepped up and got the job done without blaming other people.
An avoidable situation. He had plenty of time to fix it, especially after what happened in 2011. It took an extreme event and a couple hundred people dying. I'm sure the families of those people are grateful he finally rolled his ass up to the situation and addressed it.

[baseline bum]

An avoidable situation. He had plenty of time to fix it, especially after what happened in 2011. It took an extreme event and a couple hundred people dying. I'm sure the families of those people are grateful he finally rolled his ass up to the situation and addressed it.

How did that cripple address shit with our grid? By signing voter suppression and his ridiculous abortion bill into law?

[ElNono]

I meant rolled up, sorry Gregg

:lol

[daboom1]

How did that cripple address shit with our grid? By signing voter suppression and his ridiculous abortion bill into law?


https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1400590716473163779?s=19


https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1444876886455328771?s=19

[boutons_deux]

Abbutt's MISgoverning. WTF would anybody want to join the military to be abused, misused by politicians?

Death, drugs and a disbanded unit: How the Guard’s Mexico border mission fell apart

Three soldiers had died in three months, the most recent in an alleged DUI just five days earlier, and

more than a dozen troops from the mission had been arrested or confined for drugs, sexual assault and manslaughter.

“Someone please wave the white flag and send us all home,” the letter pleaded.

“I would like to jump off a bridge headfirst into a pile of rocks after seeing the good ol’ boy system and fucked up leadership I have witnessed here.”

This is the story of a task force that left soldiers at isolated observation posts for hours on end without the night vision goggles they needed.

They stared into the darkness and fell asleep on the job while awaiting shipments of equipment for months, and

only assisted in less than one in every five apprehensions.

Legal restrictions on the use of Guardsmen left them with little more than watching as a mission.

Army Times interviewed seven Guard troops involved in the mission and obtained hundreds of pages of documents and audio tapes, including official incident reports and planning documents.

Among Army Times’ findings:


When troops weren’t on duty, most were at hotels in remote locations. Alcohol and drug abuse became so widespread that senior leaders issued breathalyzers and instituted alcohol restrictions that tightened as the misconduct incidents piled up.
Leaders initiated more than 1,200 legal actions, including nonjudicial punishments, property loss investigations, Army Regulation 15-6 investigations and more. That’s nearly one legal action for every three soldiers. At least 16 soldiers from the mission were arrested or confined for charges including drugs, sexual assault and manslaughter. During the same time period, only three soldiers in Kuwait, a comparable deployment locale with more soldiers, were arraigned for court-martial.
Troops at the border had more than three times as many car accidents over the past year — at least 500 incidents totaling roughly $630,000 in damages — than the 147 “illegal substance seizures” they reported assisting.
One cavalry troop from Louisiana was temporarily disbanded due to misconduct and command climate issues — an extremely rare occurrence.
A 1,000-soldier battalion-level task force based in McAllen, Texas, had three soldiers die during the border deployment. For comparison, only three Army Guard troops died on overseas deployments in 2021, out of tens of thousands.


“We are literally the biggest threat to ourselves down here,” said one staff officer

Guard units cobbled together under the TF Phoenix banner in October 2020, came from nearly 20 different states.

Some were alerted with little notice, including units diverted from planned Iraq or Afghanistan deployments.

“We could be saving billions of dollars if we actually funded [Customs and Border Protection] instead of using the Guard as a Band-Aid,”

“We’re useless and CBP treats us like we’re useless. We cost the taxpayer millions of dollars in pay, benefits, per diem, hotels, [and] vehicle rentals.”

it’s just politicians playing with people’s emotions.

[The troops] don’t actually end up being effective,

and you’re eroding our military capability for real threats.

“All you’re doing is, basically, taking [Guardsmen] away from their families [and] taking people from actual training,” Gallego added.

“You’re screwing with readiness. You’re screwing with morale.”

In early 2021, the Government Accountability Office decried (https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-21-356.pdf) the current mission’s faulty cost estimates and tracking, which the Pentagon declined to modify.

And in 2018 the head of the National Border Patrol Council called the federal mission (https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-border-patrol-national-guard-2018-story.html) a “colossal waste of resources.”

https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2021/12/08/death-drugs-and-a-disbanded-unit-how-the-guards-mexico-border-mission-fell-apart/

Robin Williams paraphrase: "Good Moooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrning, Rio Grande"

[RandomGuy]

Yeah Texans care more about fake issues like CRT and bathroom bills over important things like having a functioning power grid.

Did you see that fucking joke presser?

They bullshitted about how much work they have done, then when ended it as fast as possible when they were asked specific questions.

Fucking crooks.

[RandomGuy]

[abbott is truly, really really serious about fixing the grid, he said so, just look at these tweets saying that]

:rollin :lmao :rollin :lmao

Sucker.

[RandomGuy]

Abbutt's MISgoverning. WTF would anybody want to join the military to be abused, misused by politicians?

Death, drugs and a disbanded unit: How the Guard’s Mexico border mission fell apart

Three soldiers had died in three months, the most recent in an alleged DUI just five days earlier, and

more than a dozen troops from the mission had been arrested or confined for drugs, sexual assault and manslaughter.

“Someone please wave the white flag and send us all home,” the letter pleaded.

“I would like to jump off a bridge headfirst into a pile of rocks after seeing the good ol’ boy system and fucked up leadership I have witnessed here.”

This is the story of a task force that left soldiers at isolated observation posts for hours on end without the night vision goggles they needed.

They stared into the darkness and fell asleep on the job while awaiting shipments of equipment for months, and

only assisted in less than one in every five apprehensions.

Legal restrictions on the use of Guardsmen left them with little more than watching as a mission.

Army Times interviewed seven Guard troops involved in the mission and obtained hundreds of pages of documents and audio tapes, including official incident reports and planning documents.

Among Army Times’ findings:


When troops weren’t on duty, most were at hotels in remote locations. Alcohol and drug abuse became so widespread that senior leaders issued breathalyzers and instituted alcohol restrictions that tightened as the misconduct incidents piled up.
Leaders initiated more than 1,200 legal actions, including nonjudicial punishments, property loss investigations, Army Regulation 15-6 investigations and more. That’s nearly one legal action for every three soldiers. At least 16 soldiers from the mission were arrested or confined for charges including drugs, sexual assault and manslaughter. During the same time period, only three soldiers in Kuwait, a comparable deployment locale with more soldiers, were arraigned for court-martial.
Troops at the border had more than three times as many car accidents over the past year — at least 500 incidents totaling roughly $630,000 in damages — than the 147 “illegal substance seizures” they reported assisting.
One cavalry troop from Louisiana was temporarily disbanded due to misconduct and command climate issues — an extremely rare occurrence.
A 1,000-soldier battalion-level task force based in McAllen, Texas, had three soldiers die during the border deployment. For comparison, only three Army Guard troops died on overseas deployments in 2021, out of tens of thousands.


“We are literally the biggest threat to ourselves down here,” said one staff officer

Guard units cobbled together under the TF Phoenix banner in October 2020, came from nearly 20 different states.

Some were alerted with little notice, including units diverted from planned Iraq or Afghanistan deployments.

“We could be saving billions of dollars if we actually funded [Customs and Border Protection] instead of using the Guard as a Band-Aid,”

“We’re useless and CBP treats us like we’re useless. We cost the taxpayer millions of dollars in pay, benefits, per diem, hotels, [and] vehicle rentals.”

it’s just politicians playing with people’s emotions.

[The troops] don’t actually end up being effective,

and you’re eroding our military capability for real threats.

“All you’re doing is, basically, taking [Guardsmen] away from their families [and] taking people from actual training,” Gallego added.

“You’re screwing with readiness. You’re screwing with morale.”

In early 2021, the Government Accountability Office decried (https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-21-356.pdf) the current mission’s faulty cost estimates and tracking, which the Pentagon declined to modify.

And in 2018 the head of the National Border Patrol Council called the federal mission (https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-border-patrol-national-guard-2018-story.html) a “colossal waste of resources.”

https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2021/12/08/death-drugs-and-a-disbanded-unit-how-the-guards-mexico-border-mission-fell-apart/

Robin Williams paraphrase: "Good Moooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrning, Rio Grande"

But man did they get to tell the rubes how much they were doing against the scary brown people. :rolleyes

[Winehole23]

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[Thread]

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:lol

Had the Winester on his phone though, checkin' 'er out.:lol

[Ef-man]

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Well, shows you how much thought and effort hot-wheels puts into governing. :lol

[Winehole23]

stanning drug dealers who stand their ground

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[daboom1]

https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1471215076896034822?t

[ChumpDumper]

https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1471215076896034822?t:rollin

[daboom1]

https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1471549291005161478?t

[Dirks_Finale]

https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1471215076896034822?t

This is purely political theatre, though.

They will just be funneled to the BP, who have been reduced to Walmart greeters under Biden.

[ChumpDumper]

This is purely political theatre, though.

They will just be funneled to the BP, who have been reduced to Walmart greeters under Biden.

Is that why deportations are up?

[daboom1]

This is purely political theatre, though.

They will just be funneled to the BP, who have been reduced to Walmart greeters under Biden.

They are getting arrested because of Abbott. Joe may leave the gate open, but the law is being enforced.

[daboom1]

https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1471501036468666377?t

We have more than just BP

https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1470922904963592201?t

[ChumpDumper]

https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1471501036468666377?t

We have more than just BP

https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1470922904963592201?tLock them up at taxpayer cost for how long?