Every day I am glad I moved out of that sweltering shitheap of a state
Molon labe bitch
Too late to break Abbott’s legs, pity.
Abbott is a piece of shit who pardoned a white supremacist convicted murderer for political gain, probably has ties to the kkk.
Never really struck me as much of a stand up guy, this Abbott.
he looks and sounds far too similar to that creepy TV demon pastor
It’d be pretty cool if the host state governments provided tactical team protection to those politicians. Designate VIP; protect.
As a Bostonian, I’d fully back using the MA NG, staties (the unusually flagrantly corrupt embezzling fucks they are), BPD, or whatever else, under state authority, to protect political refugees from a hostile US State.
Not to mention the Texas Rangers don’t have jurisdiction anywhere outside of Texas. They’d be essentially coming in and acting as vigilantes. No other states should be ok with that kind of usurping of power on their soil or it’s a really fucking slippery slope.
This is a Rubicon Trump will eventually cross though. He will send federal agent in to enforce Texas laws sooner or later, if only because it’s more dictator shit that gets his tiny dick hard.
You know, something that didn’t occur to me until now is that what happens to me if the Union fractures?
I was definitely not born in a blue state, and I am definitely in a blue state now.
Am I then a refugee of the red state? Am I a citizen of the blue state?
Am I stateless? Does this have any actual implications at all? Do I really even need to worry about it because I have to first survive the fuckery that is how they’re trying to kill 258,000,000 Americans?
All that needs to be done is have a governor of a state that these lawmakers flee to say “if the texas rangers enter our state, they will be executed without trial.”
Oh! Oh! Oh! Now’s my time for the spotlight! Hey Abbott, from Illinois, go fuck yourself! 🖕🏼😂 Come pry them from our blue sanctuary state hands.
Pulling quorum is an ancient tactic. Republicans in OR were doing it last year to block climate change legislation so voters passed a law saying that anyone who’s missed more than X sessions is ineligible for re-election. 10 I think?
So it’s worth noting that Rs do this more often, for bad causes, and when they do Ds respond within the bounds of the law, rather than with blatantly illegal moves.
Its how it always is.
X thing is always important and useful, as long as Republicans can use it against society, the second Democrats use it against Republicans suddenly its vile evil that should never be permitted.
See: Reagan’s stance on gun control as governor of California
Yep.
Guns are good.
Guns shall not be infringed!
[Black people start arming themselves like white people]
WE MUST HAVE GUN CONTROL NOW, FOR A SAFER AMERICA.
What’s sad is, you dont see Texas MAGA out in force on this. Why? This is in your face crushing democracy for a washed up reality TV star. Why isn’t the whole state up in arms?
MAGA can spit anything they want, but if it benefits them, they will turn their head to just about anything.
Pedophiles? It’s ok on my team. - MAGA Government corruption? Fine when we have power. Cut funding for our MAGA elders? Sure, if it hurts the left, I’ll die watching it.
True cancer is the MAGA movement and everything it stands for. History will show that MAGA moved the US into a failed state.
To repeat the comment that got me banned from Reddit: I really wish someone would shoot Greg Abbott in the face.
Since magic is not real and cannot be used as proof of intent; you are perfectly clear to wish as such and openly!
What’s stopping from you doing it yourself?
Recognizing the need for force, and having the skillset to actually carry it out are two very, very different animals.
Idk why people are always so quick to tell folks to DIY this shit when another poster acknowledges the necessity.
If I find my living space is suddenly infested with roaches, I need an exterminator, not a how-to guide. I can look into correcting the conditions that originally attracted them after they’re dead.
When you have a roach infestation, do you post on the internet wishing for an exterminator to magically come to your fucking house? No, you go and do the work to find one and hire them, or you purchase poison, bait, or fumigation cans to kill them yourself. . This is what I’m complaining about, not what you are talking about, which is nothing close to what’s happening here.
No, actually broadcasting our problems into the internet is a pretty good early step. When I run into some issue that I don’t know how to resolve or recognize the my own expertise isn’t sufficient to get the job done, there’s a pretty good chance I’ll be starting a thread in AskLemmy to see if anyone here has some insight and can point me in the right direction.
Understand that when we’re talking about broader social issues, the execution is broadened as well. For my own living room, yeah it’s on me to either track someone down who can do it for me, or try it myself and hope I don’t poison my family. If the entire neighborhood is infested, instead of “I need to do something about this” it becomes “someone needs to do something”… but I’m just a Joe-dipshit who knows nothing about large scale roach infestations and doesn’t have access to the volume of poison needed to control it, or the investigative background to track down their source, or chemistry background to monitor the local water supply to make sure it isn’t being poisoned, or, or, or, or… but then if I complain about roaches on the internet, some snarky asshole inevitably shows up to ask why I don’t solve it myself.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with posting a call to action, regardless of whether you have the means to be a part of that action. Best case scenario, someone who actually does have the means sees it and takes it as the final bit of encouragement needed to spur them into action; worse case scenario… no one reads it? It’s harmless. And even though the best-case here has a super slim chance of actually becoming a reality, trying to silence those posters serves only to stifle that chance.
Pet peeve of mine, I guess.
Direct violence isn’t a great solution. I think Paul Rudd has had the answer for a while now, let nature decide.
Nature dropped a tree on Abbott.
They sell biodegradable 12ga shells
Plant native seeds. Forcefully.
*Every republican
Abbot and Paxton are criminals.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, easy there buddy!
Don’t forget that piece of shit Lt Gov., Dan Patrick.
Arrest based on what? Like, what are the charges? Serious replies only plz
Probably obstruction of governmental process or however they phrase it there. It won’t stick after appeal but seems pretty likely to be a kangaroo court type dealio to get them out real quick.
Even weirder they’re civil so probably some policy violation they’re trying to make a felony but trying to charge civilly which isn’t how anything works and anytime who’s seen schoolhouse rock should probably be aware of it.
FTA:
Paxton in 2021 won a state Supreme Court ruling allowing the arrest of legislators — Democrats by definition of the state’s partisan mix — who broke quorum.
Tx, couldn’t be bothered to read the article. You have saved 175,293kWH of electricity by summarizing the article instead of AI
j/k, i wouldn’t ask AI, but tx :-D
what are the charges? Serious replies only plz
That’s just cruel. Succulently cruel.
But in seriousness the charges are irrelevant, the fascists are long past pretending to care about the rule of law.
Good luck, fucker
Dark. Very dark.
