In response to Li Milla4.
I'm someone who goes into super calm mode in crisis, but after the fact, the nerves kick in. I had a hard time sleeping last night between no AC and tornado dreams, but I'm ok today. Thank you.
11:57 AM - May 17, 2024
In response to Li Milla4.
Thanks. Yeah we're good. After a storm everyone trickles out to the street to assess damage and talk to neighbors. Saw most of my neighbors out there and everyone seemed ok. My neighbor nextdoor with the fence down took her dog out for a walk. They were sheltered in their laundry room and were ok.
10:21 AM - May 17, 2024
In response to Sabine.
Thanks. I think we'll be ok as long as the warning isn't extended. This room is very tiny. 😮💨
07:24 PM - May 16, 2024
In response to Ness Allen.
Jury saw Perry's racist words and desire to kill protesters in his SM posts. Then he put himself in a situation to kill a protester. Jury didn't think he should be out on the streets, let alone have gun rights! TX Republicans are totally cool with this time bomb walking free.
05:11 PM - May 16, 2024
In response to Michael J Elston.
Greg Abbott thought Perry's case was open and shut stand your ground right from the beginning. He'd made up his mind. Total disregard of the jury's findings, like the trial didn't even matter. Parole board did what Abbott wanted, and they're going to restore this murder's firearm rights. Insane! htt
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Daniel Perry sentenced to 25 years for killing protester. Abbott has pledged pardon. | The Texas Tribune
Perry’s case has become an explosive political stew of arguments over gun rights, self-defense and racist social media posts. The governor dived in early, saying he would pardon Perry even before a judge handed down the sentence.
04:17 PM - May 16, 2024
In response to Max Prophet.
Thanks. Will look through it. From the summary, yeah, I agree. I expect bad actors to cause a mess in any way they can. The election system will be attacked from every angle in TX, for sure.
10:54 AM - May 16, 2024
In response to Max Prophet.
If the election results "can't be determined" by the court it's a do-over. They can absolutely call for another election. If we end up with a lot of this, man... nightmare. The state is hyper focused on neutering Harris County's voting power.
10:51 AM - May 16, 2024
In response to Max Prophet.
If Jones's appeal isn't successful, there will have to be a whole new election, which might even be moot at that point because by then Judge Jones might be on the TX Supreme Court. All of this is way too slow. Just wait for the challenges to roll in in 2024! 😱
10:45 AM - May 16, 2024
In response to Max Prophet.
Yes, I'm always aware of the language we get from our Republican judges. Judge Peeples said due to the invalid votes the election was too close to determine. Fairly sure that means Jones won. I'm not sure if the judge is drawing in some legal "too close to call" rule or it's his personal feeling.
10:38 AM - May 16, 2024
In response to Liz Adams.
It was a process getting my grandma to stop driving. She only agreed once she was in a place where she felt sure she could get alternate transportation and lived close enough that family could take her to doc appts etc, places her retirement community bus didn't go. That's definitely a key piece.
09:55 AM - May 16, 2024
In response to Deb.
Uhg. Hopefully that law is thrown right out the window by the court.
08:58 AM - May 16, 2024
In response to Joao Silva (he/him).
They truly just want to stuff women back into the home. They also want us to shut up. They don't care about women's rights, agency, or quality of life at all.
07:55 PM - May 15, 2024
In response to Joao Silva (he/him).
You wouldn't. It makes no sense. Trump is actively against those things or won't acknowledge that they're even real. The GOP has nothing, nothing to offer but harm. You'd have to be taking long pulls from the hate/fear/misinfo teat to think anything else.
07:50 PM - May 15, 2024
In response to Barbara Nelsen.
Oh wow. If they didn't say who the sample was up front that's unforgivable. You always need to read the fine print with polls and at that point you've already wasted your time.
08:11 PM - May 14, 2024
In response to Barbara Nelsen.
I don't know why we're supposed to act like these polls are news. Methods are outdated, samples are crap, and as far as I know, nobody has revamped anything. Like a horribly blurry Polaroid. I feel like polls are just a media thumb on the scale for the sake of the horserace.
07:01 PM - May 14, 2024
In response to Max Prophet.
Any big structural changes is so tough to achieve. I think we might get more ranked choice at the state level, slowly. At the national level it would be a mixed bag of those wanting it and those balking. For sure, traditional power structures do NOT like to be rebalanced.
06:53 PM - May 14, 2024
In response to Lynn Zerbe.
He's mostly back to himself. He still hangs a bit closer to me, but he's relaxed into safety again. Definitely appreciates his food and clean water more. I think homelessness must change you, even if you're a cat.
06:46 PM - May 14, 2024
In response to Jen The Muse.
I forgot about that aspect of hanging plants! ♥️ I haven't had any outside forever. Time to get some.
04:30 PM - May 14, 2024
In response to Max Prophet.
I don't like everything Democrats do either, and I hate first past the post voting. We are very limited.
04:03 PM - May 14, 2024
In response to Max Prophet.
Dems want kids educated well enough to understand arguments like that. They also believe I own my body and I'm not the state's or some man's property. Dem pols run a spectrum and are by no means perfect, but they're not literal enemies of me+kids' lives and well-being. It's fair to have some gripes.
04:00 PM - May 14, 2024
In response to Max Prophet.
Totally. Republican politicians absolutely do not care. But the even Republican parents get pissed when the gov't short changes their kids. They just need to vote like they're pissed. I can tell you, parents of every political stripe in my district are upset, and they should be.
03:40 PM - May 14, 2024
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In response to No Jive Turkey.
It's ridiculous! Shool funding package fell apart because Abbott said he wouldn't accept anything that didn't include school vouchers. Legislators didn't approve vouchers. Texans don't want vouchers! 😡 Abbott is holding school funding hostage till he can get legislators elected who will give in.
02:20 PM - May 14, 2024
In response to Ronald Alexander.
Yep. Everyone's vote matters. If we care about our civil liberties at all, Biden is the choice.
05:20 PM - May 13, 2024
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In response to HarlemWriter.
Polling is so broken. There's no point in publishing most polls unless you're trying to put your thumb on the scale, which the NYT loves to do.
11:01 AM - May 13, 2024
In response to Christopher Bouzy.
This is exactly why I came here from Post vs anywhere else, and definitely not Bluesky. Dorsey told folks to leave Bluesky because it's becoming too much like twitter. He said folks should go to X because Musk has a "free speech" mission. 🥴
10:19 PM - May 12, 2024
In response to Suzette_Sommer.
The only pain I can imagine that could stand 2nd to having my child killed, would be having them kidnapped. It shreds my insides every time I read about Ukraine's stolen children.
01:07 AM - May 12, 2024
In response to Lola.
Yep. He was a crazy, evil, narcissistic, menace before. Since always if you listen to his niece! That lose was such an injury to his ego that he couldn't NOT try to steal the election after the fact. He's severely broken.
01:00 AM - May 12, 2024
In response to Anton Brakhage.
Oh yeah. Nope. She doesn't have the temperament or character for office. Be mad. Think horrible things (to yourself!) then collect yourself and rethink. Do not spew that on others/SM. 5 second search on Google tells me she's not a Democrat. No way.
12:48 AM - May 12, 2024
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