I so want a blue Texas but I am having a hard time putting any confidence in Hispanics who voted for El Cheeto, essentially thinking he didn’t really mean it.
Hold up. Paxton is married (for now) and has a mistress?! ::checks header pic:: How?? HOW?? Is she expecting a payout sooner than we dared hope? ::checks header pic again::
Construction contractors in Tejas were immediately impacted by the domestic terrorism ICE is engaging in. Workers simply wouldn't show up for work anymore, and projects that were scheduled to be finished in months took years instead.
There was one report about how construction in the entire Rio Grande valley basically came to a halt - and that was just the first few months of Trump's dictatorship.
The thing with government excesses, be it crazy spending, civil rights abuses, voting rights fuckery, police transgressions, etc., they have a cumulative effect. We're all online all day, and news spreads faster than ever, and at some point, this kind of stuff will reach a critical mass.
History is littered with examples of this. Outcomes vary, but there appears to be a bias towards the current ruling class getting their asses kicked.
It's one of the things that's so bizarre about all the gender-performance shit (not that they understand this). These guys are all such pathetic low-T, ugly weenuses.
Not enough attention has been paid to what those in TX already know: that white nationalism is an economic disaster. You'd think at a time of declining birth rates AND life expectancy, AND the lowest labor participation rate in 50 YEARS we'd be welcoming anyone who wants to come here - even if they're nor white. Pro-business, my ass.
I sincerely hope that Talarico does win and maybe all this toxic masculinity shit can shrivel up and die worse than an old man whose Viagra prescription will not be filled.
That screen grab of Paxton proves that he is the human (?) embodiment of 'skeevy.' 100% and all the time.
AI search agrees: In slang, "skeevy" (adjective) describes something or someone that is sleazy, unseemly, or physically and morally repulsive. People often use it to describe an uncomfortable, creepy vibe or an environment that feels disgustingly dirty.
Please, please, PLEASE donate to down ballot candidates in Texas, not Talarico! The donation to down ballot candidates actually HELPS Talarico because it motivates voters who might have otherwise not voted when there is someone local that they want to support and that gets Talarico votes! He will have no problem getting money but these smaller candidates will. And, THEY are the ones who will be able to stop redistricting that will make Texas impossible to win for another generation. Here's the link to donate: https://app.oath.vote/donate?ref=2R71SHU3&p=yv-tx. A donation to them is an even stronger donation to Talarico! (Also, I've lived in Texas for 10 years now and I cannot think of a more appropriate metaphor than Lucy, Charlie Brown, and the football for Texas turning blue. It always seems like it could happen and it never does. I may not feel hopeful, but that isn't gonna stop me from working like hell anyway.)
I hear you, but honestly, with what? After 50 years in the workforce I'm making about the same money I did when I was delivering pizza in the late 80s. And unless my book sells it's going to stay that way.
I have very little sympathy for conservative Hispanic business owners. What the fuck did they think they were voting for? Project 2025 was right out there for anyone to see. Someone turned it into a graphic novel. Trump was not at all shy about his anti-immigrant agenda on the campaign trail. Are they swinging back? Good. They should never have danced with the devil in the first place.
The blame goes across the board. Every ethnic group does little until it hits them between the eyes. Latinos are religious conservatives and vote accordingly. Yes it pisses me the hell off because they came to this country to get away from dictators only to elect one here.
How in the fuck they thought this would be better for them escapes me. What I can give them is they may not know our history with slavery because what is being done with this fucked up admin is the same racism and kill at will dynamics. Hell I've seen latinos telling everyone they want the 'illegals' deported. There isn't a class that doesn't have their forms of racism and misogyny.
The white supremacist system that has caused and pushed them to see the choices they made as better ones is the biggest problem
And yet White people continue to berate minority voters who make their choices in that system without a nanosecond spent critiquing, or even interrogating, or even observing, that system itself
I appreciate your devotion to the point about choices. Yes, in a white supremacist society, the closer you can get to whiteness the better off you are. BUT, the GOP has not been real secretive about who is considered white and who is not. It was right there for all to see. And I can criticize people the GOP absolutely does not consider to be white who nevertheless went "la la la" can't hear you on immigration. And racism in general.
Their "voting to protect my bottom line" bullshit got overrun by the GOP's "deport them all" ... which, it turns out, hurts their bottom line. They just were willfully blind about seeing that.
The whole "you can lead a horse to water..." thing.
Personally, I'm glad when ANY of them see the light, because that's one less vote for the bad guys.
What I am trying to focus peoples’ attention on is the degree to which the Talarico campaign, by following national DNC guidelines that were already wrong, is failing itself by failing to address the concerns of Black voters by literally devoting 99% of its resources to “capturing White Republican voters” as opposed to spending ANYTHING tending to its base, which, while it doesn’t approach 99%, certainly deserves more than the ONE PERCENT of all resources being spent on it
Never mind the major slap in the face that is; it’s also terrible campaign strategy to the point where we already know it doesn’t work because that’s what the Biden-campaign-led Harris-Walz 2024 campaign also did and THAT (along with GOP cheating) IS A HUGE REASON WHY THEY LOST
The Talarico campaign is currently running a LOSING STRATEGY and for all the chattering class yap-yap-yapping I remain stunned at how little people want to focus on that … at the same time it’s a textbook example of why “Democrats” and declared pro-democracy people and campaigns KEEP LOSING.
How are you supposed to win while ignoring your own base???
Hilary took Black voters for granted. God, I never heard such an uptight Methodist whitebread in a Black Church. Talarico has to go to Black Churches, and preach up a storm! Screw the fear that Robert Jeffress voters will be turned off by the optics. I know Cornerstone Church members. They aren’t going to vote Democratic anyway. Talarico has to adopt policy position that match his religious convictions, and Black convictions, which he needs to learn by listening to Black Christians, not by assuming that they are all in favor of anti-poverty programs because “all Blacks are poor. (Wrong! Stereotype!)”. In fact, many Black voters have been crime victims, and are in favor of “tough on crime” policies (aren’t we all), just not police harassment of Blacks. Many Black voters are owners of firearms, especially for self-defense, especially Black veterans with PTSD, who are still in favor of responsible gun ownership, but are opposed to “gun control”. Stereotypes don’t work and are offensive. Genuine listening works, because it shows courtesy. TV ads showing Democrats listening to minorities are necessary, because Republicans don’t listen to minorities, either.
"Talarico has to go to Black Churches, and preach up a storm!"
Well -- that tactic seems to be working pretty well for Jon Ossoff
I think part of the point, though, is that he doesn't have the luxury of lollygagging around till the fall to learn that lesson
He should already be there NOW.
I know he went to Willie Nelson's 4th of July concert ...
but never mind church -- I heard he & his campaign made NO APPEARANCE at DreamCon, which had something like 40,000 Black people (and we don't know if that means Black VOTERS, which is why you bring your voter registration apparatus along) in attendance.
Why? Why would he & the campaign skip attendance at an event like that with 40,000 of the voters HE NEEDS??
Ridiculous.
When people behave that irrationally in the face of the historical context it really can only be chalked up to the "neglect" variant of racism
and the worst part of all this to me is that we already know exactly how that approach turns out
I so want a blue Texas but I am having a hard time putting any confidence in Hispanics who voted for El Cheeto, essentially thinking he didn’t really mean it.
Talk about finding your dream job: https://apnews.com/article/george-santos-tv-special-forces-6338711916a0a3b0b512f611d26ddf70
George Santos and "Reality." Irony is truly dead.
Well, I have regained my sense of humor and have decided to return to class. Who do I turn in my hall pass to?
ETA: Where's the bar?
Hold up. Paxton is married (for now) and has a mistress?! ::checks header pic:: How?? HOW?? Is she expecting a payout sooner than we dared hope? ::checks header pic again::
It would be irresponsible not to speculate.
Construction contractors in Tejas were immediately impacted by the domestic terrorism ICE is engaging in. Workers simply wouldn't show up for work anymore, and projects that were scheduled to be finished in months took years instead.
There was one report about how construction in the entire Rio Grande valley basically came to a halt - and that was just the first few months of Trump's dictatorship.
The thing with government excesses, be it crazy spending, civil rights abuses, voting rights fuckery, police transgressions, etc., they have a cumulative effect. We're all online all day, and news spreads faster than ever, and at some point, this kind of stuff will reach a critical mass.
History is littered with examples of this. Outcomes vary, but there appears to be a bias towards the current ruling class getting their asses kicked.
“How can we continue voting for someone that is targeting our community? There’s no way possible we’re going to support that. No way.”
Gosh, Benny! If only there had been a way to know BEFORE the 2024 election that Donald Trump is a racist, conman, imbecile, and sex abuser!
"But he wasn't a racist, conman, imbecile, and sex abuser AT ME!"
Well, he WAS racist at you, you just preferred to ignore it....
"Paxton on Steven Crowder’s podcast"
Shitty misogynist pigs of a feather...
Oh, man, Ken lookin' like summudy been in his attic destroying his portrait.
I look at him and I wonder how the hell does this creep attract women??
He's been looking like shit for some time now. Should have hired a better artist.
It's one of the things that's so bizarre about all the gender-performance shit (not that they understand this). These guys are all such pathetic low-T, ugly weenuses.
Plus, if they weren't so ugly on the inside, the outside wouldn't even matter.
Not enough attention has been paid to what those in TX already know: that white nationalism is an economic disaster. You'd think at a time of declining birth rates AND life expectancy, AND the lowest labor participation rate in 50 YEARS we'd be welcoming anyone who wants to come here - even if they're nor white. Pro-business, my ass.
Haitians saved the town of Springfield, Ohio.
I sincerely hope that Talarico does win and maybe all this toxic masculinity shit can shrivel up and die worse than an old man whose Viagra prescription will not be filled.
That screen grab of Paxton proves that he is the human (?) embodiment of 'skeevy.' 100% and all the time.
AI search agrees: In slang, "skeevy" (adjective) describes something or someone that is sleazy, unseemly, or physically and morally repulsive. People often use it to describe an uncomfortable, creepy vibe or an environment that feels disgustingly dirty.
How can anyone tell if Dan Patrick is shitting his pants? He always looks like he just drank a bottle of castor oil.
Watch ICE start to go after these voters soon.
They are already are. ICE literally just shot and killed a man in Houston last week. That’s the reason Hispanic voters are turning away from the GOP.
Latinos for Trump probably in hiding by now.
I'm talking targeting these business owners and TX more.
Please, please, PLEASE donate to down ballot candidates in Texas, not Talarico! The donation to down ballot candidates actually HELPS Talarico because it motivates voters who might have otherwise not voted when there is someone local that they want to support and that gets Talarico votes! He will have no problem getting money but these smaller candidates will. And, THEY are the ones who will be able to stop redistricting that will make Texas impossible to win for another generation. Here's the link to donate: https://app.oath.vote/donate?ref=2R71SHU3&p=yv-tx. A donation to them is an even stronger donation to Talarico! (Also, I've lived in Texas for 10 years now and I cannot think of a more appropriate metaphor than Lucy, Charlie Brown, and the football for Texas turning blue. It always seems like it could happen and it never does. I may not feel hopeful, but that isn't gonna stop me from working like hell anyway.)
I hear you, but honestly, with what? After 50 years in the workforce I'm making about the same money I did when I was delivering pizza in the late 80s. And unless my book sells it's going to stay that way.
I wasn't saying that you had to donate. But, if you WERE going to donate please do it to down ballot candidates, not Talarico or Gina.
I feel you. When I first moved to Texas, Ann Richards was governor. Imagine how hard these last 30 years have been on my sense of optimism.
Falls to the floor yelling how did TX fall so far! Ann was a hero to me.
I'm a proud Woke-o-sexual and I vote.
I have very little sympathy for conservative Hispanic business owners. What the fuck did they think they were voting for? Project 2025 was right out there for anyone to see. Someone turned it into a graphic novel. Trump was not at all shy about his anti-immigrant agenda on the campaign trail. Are they swinging back? Good. They should never have danced with the devil in the first place.
"But we came here the RIGHT way."
Hey, a vote is a vote.
The blame goes across the board. Every ethnic group does little until it hits them between the eyes. Latinos are religious conservatives and vote accordingly. Yes it pisses me the hell off because they came to this country to get away from dictators only to elect one here.
How in the fuck they thought this would be better for them escapes me. What I can give them is they may not know our history with slavery because what is being done with this fucked up admin is the same racism and kill at will dynamics. Hell I've seen latinos telling everyone they want the 'illegals' deported. There isn't a class that doesn't have their forms of racism and misogyny.
Bless their hearts!
Dancing with the Devil?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NO_fx1WshCA
By the pale moonlight.
The Latino voters are not the biggest problem
The white supremacist system that has caused and pushed them to see the choices they made as better ones is the biggest problem
And yet White people continue to berate minority voters who make their choices in that system without a nanosecond spent critiquing, or even interrogating, or even observing, that system itself
https://www.wonkette.com/p/who-hates-pedo-protecting-bigot-ken/comment/295048951
REPUBLICAN PROPAGANDA TO PEEL AWAY BLACK MALE AND LATINO MALE VOTERS IS WORKING TO KEEP THOSE POLLS SO TIGHT
and even so, the Talarico campaign refuses to spend more than 1% of their campaign funds trying to get out the Black vote that they cannot win without
THEY ARE IGNORING VOTERS THEY NEED IN ORDER TO WIN
https://www.wonkette.com/p/who-hates-pedo-protecting-bigot-ken/comment/295057337
I appreciate your devotion to the point about choices. Yes, in a white supremacist society, the closer you can get to whiteness the better off you are. BUT, the GOP has not been real secretive about who is considered white and who is not. It was right there for all to see. And I can criticize people the GOP absolutely does not consider to be white who nevertheless went "la la la" can't hear you on immigration. And racism in general.
Do me - both of us, really - a really big favor and just find some time in your 8 hours of day to listen to just that one 45-minute clip from LDF
Their "voting to protect my bottom line" bullshit got overrun by the GOP's "deport them all" ... which, it turns out, hurts their bottom line. They just were willfully blind about seeing that.
The whole "you can lead a horse to water..." thing.
Personally, I'm glad when ANY of them see the light, because that's one less vote for the bad guys.
Not sure who the “they” is of which you speak
What I am trying to focus peoples’ attention on is the degree to which the Talarico campaign, by following national DNC guidelines that were already wrong, is failing itself by failing to address the concerns of Black voters by literally devoting 99% of its resources to “capturing White Republican voters” as opposed to spending ANYTHING tending to its base, which, while it doesn’t approach 99%, certainly deserves more than the ONE PERCENT of all resources being spent on it
Never mind the major slap in the face that is; it’s also terrible campaign strategy to the point where we already know it doesn’t work because that’s what the Biden-campaign-led Harris-Walz 2024 campaign also did and THAT (along with GOP cheating) IS A HUGE REASON WHY THEY LOST
The Talarico campaign is currently running a LOSING STRATEGY and for all the chattering class yap-yap-yapping I remain stunned at how little people want to focus on that … at the same time it’s a textbook example of why “Democrats” and declared pro-democracy people and campaigns KEEP LOSING.
How are you supposed to win while ignoring your own base???
https://substack.com/@m123718294/note/c-294796934
Hilary took Black voters for granted. God, I never heard such an uptight Methodist whitebread in a Black Church. Talarico has to go to Black Churches, and preach up a storm! Screw the fear that Robert Jeffress voters will be turned off by the optics. I know Cornerstone Church members. They aren’t going to vote Democratic anyway. Talarico has to adopt policy position that match his religious convictions, and Black convictions, which he needs to learn by listening to Black Christians, not by assuming that they are all in favor of anti-poverty programs because “all Blacks are poor. (Wrong! Stereotype!)”. In fact, many Black voters have been crime victims, and are in favor of “tough on crime” policies (aren’t we all), just not police harassment of Blacks. Many Black voters are owners of firearms, especially for self-defense, especially Black veterans with PTSD, who are still in favor of responsible gun ownership, but are opposed to “gun control”. Stereotypes don’t work and are offensive. Genuine listening works, because it shows courtesy. TV ads showing Democrats listening to minorities are necessary, because Republicans don’t listen to minorities, either.
"Talarico has to go to Black Churches, and preach up a storm!"
Well -- that tactic seems to be working pretty well for Jon Ossoff
I think part of the point, though, is that he doesn't have the luxury of lollygagging around till the fall to learn that lesson
He should already be there NOW.
I know he went to Willie Nelson's 4th of July concert ...
but never mind church -- I heard he & his campaign made NO APPEARANCE at DreamCon, which had something like 40,000 Black people (and we don't know if that means Black VOTERS, which is why you bring your voter registration apparatus along) in attendance.
Why? Why would he & the campaign skip attendance at an event like that with 40,000 of the voters HE NEEDS??
Ridiculous.
When people behave that irrationally in the face of the historical context it really can only be chalked up to the "neglect" variant of racism
and the worst part of all this to me is that we already know exactly how that approach turns out