Steve Marmel
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Hey, all.
I'm profoundly angry and sad about what is happening on the border of Texas.
Yes, it's Abbott.
But it's the people who vote for him.
And it's the rest of us who allow it.
And I know by typing this I'm solving nothing.
Seriously, what the fuck do we do here? 🧵
03:08 AM - Jul 18, 2023
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Steve Marmel
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I know my friends in Texas are doing everything they can but... what do we do?
Do we hope some lefty billionaire will "hire" people to get the fuck out and relocate them strategically to swing states and swing districts?
Do we hope that righteous disgust can overcome autocratic voter suppression? /2
03:12 AM - Jul 18, 2023
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Steve Marmel
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What if Mexico retaliates?
What if Biden sends troops to secure the border from Abbott's murderers?
What if legitimate protests start in Texas and Abbott arrests, hoses or guns them down? There will not be a Jason Aldean cover of "Four Dead in Ohio" about it.
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03:14 AM - Jul 18, 2023
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Steve Marmel
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I'm at a loss.
I'm literally throwing my hands in the air here and wondering who and how to organize good people to stand up against this shit.
I believe there ARE enough good people to stop this.
SOMEHOW.
But that somehow has to happen with everybody, all at once and it has to happen fast.
03:16 AM - Jul 18, 2023
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Steve Marmel
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I know I'm screaming in my "silo" here but... we're all here for similar but different reasons.
So I pose the question to all of #Spoutible .
WHAT.
THE EVERYLOVING FUCK.
DO WE DO.
03:18 AM - Jul 18, 2023
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Anton Brakhage
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Re Mexico: I may be getting a bit conspiratorial here, but I wonder if that's part of the goal. Remember, Republican presidential candidates are running on a military attack on Mexico. Fascists need Lebensraum, and engineering a border incident is a tried and true tactic.
04:24 AM - Jul 18, 2023
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Anton Brakhage
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I wish Biden WOULD send troops to stop it. But the odds of that are, in my opinion, about zero.

What we need is to fix Congress and SCOTUS so we can secure voting rights. Remember: if what Paxton said is true, child murderer Abbot would have likely lost a fair election.
04:22 AM - Jul 18, 2023
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