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Permanently Confused@68's avatar

Great Article. Thank you so much for... keeping it real. My only problem with the story is that I have to come here to read it. The MSM should be reporting on this. They should be reporting on each and every Republican example of the BS their representatives are doing and spewing across this great, big, Beautiful Country of ours. Constant coverage of rw BS, and of Biden's efforts and successes, you would think might have a chance of seeping into the collective subconscious of maga-types. If "our side" had 1/2 the broadcasting power of the rw echo-chamber, with it's 1500 radio stations and et cetera, we would sweep the elections. Dobry večer. (It's Czech. My ppl were Czech. I'm returning to my roots).

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Jamie MacDonald's avatar

Now if she was unborn, then it would have been a major tragedy. “Outa ya womb, outa ma heart!”

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Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

Couldn't they just shoot the offending cars?

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skinnercitycyclist's avatar

I've seen that in the movies, but that would be Chinatown, Jake.

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Zyxomma's avatar

Ta, Robyn. Just when I thought TX could not get any worse.

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KEITH TAYLOR's avatar

"Responsible way to run a government?"

This is Texas!

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Permanently Confused@68's avatar

That would seem to be a kind of George Carlin inspired Oxy-Moron

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bluePNWcats's avatar

Fucking Texas. 🙄 It's like the drunk Republican Uncle that just never leaves.

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bluePNWcats's avatar

You are so correct! Texas is an equal opportunity offender, after all. 😉

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OrdinaryJoe's avatar

TexASS

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Ellie Alive In 25's avatar

The seven year old was already born, and therefore, Fair Game.

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Inforia's avatar

So-called ‘conservatives’ are also in favor of decriminalizing vehicular murder as a way of ‘silencing’ legitimate and peaceful protest. They have no qualms about killing people with cars. Republicans are not ‘pro-life’ as they falsely claim. They are pro-death.

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"M"'s avatar

I think they did that in Florida already

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marcus816's avatar

They are a death cult. G💀P!

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Joe Schmoe, Troublemaker's avatar

The cruelty and callousness is not a bug, it's a feature

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Caepan's avatar

𝘐𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘳𝘶𝘨 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘮𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯.

Which, in turn, raises the price of kickbacks to the judges, politicians and cops who know just the right time to look the other way.

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tek's avatar

Huh.

You don't say?

“𝑇𝑒𝑥𝑎𝑠’ 𝑂𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝐿𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑜𝑠, 𝑓𝑒𝑎𝑟, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑏𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡 𝑇𝑒𝑥𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑖𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑠, 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑚𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑎 𝑐𝑦𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑖𝑛 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑢𝑛 𝑎 𝑔𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡.”

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Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

Like any Republican gives two shits about governing.

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Uristthedwarf's avatar

Or responsibility

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Or.G's avatar

High-speed chases are almost always unnecessary.

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Prometheus59650's avatar

They COULD.

But the immigrants would escape.

The greater crime is obvious to any Texan.

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Jennifer A's avatar

So, all these cops killing innocent civilians in a day's work- they're just totally okay afterwards? No guilt, anxiety, depression, PTSD? Just oh, whoops, just a thing that happens like how the other day I accidentally mispriced some hard costs in a project? Because if so, we're further gone than I ever could have imagined and literally every member of law enforcement is a sociopath. Now, I don't want to think that is true- so where are all the outraged cops speaking out about how they are being trained and coerced by bad laws into morally untenable and traumatizing behaviors?

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Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

I don't think they're allowed to talk about those sorts of things with anyone. That's why they invented cop bars.

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Uristthedwarf's avatar

Woah now! Don't forget violence as a cathartic outlet for all those awful feelings. Domestic violence in law enforcement marriages is reported at 40%... REPORTED AT. The real number is probably closer to 70%

*edit- changed "cop marriages" to "law enforcement"

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Trux Mint In Box's avatar

I just hope Abbott and his cronies are getting the appropriate kickbacks. Let’s not get lazy now boys.

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