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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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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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Joanna
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For example: is Abbott violating something under the purvey of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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04:17 AM - Jul 18, 2023
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Louis Lamoureux
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That’s why the Right Wing SCOTUS guts the power of Federal Agencies to make and enforce rules (like the EPA).
07:16 AM - Jul 18, 2023
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Steve Marmel
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In response to Joanna.
the problem is if it just gets tangled up in courts it's like everything else horrible people are getting to do because their state is okay with it... eventually it'll become background noise that's covered up by the next ragestory

i don't know.
04:35 AM - Jul 18, 2023
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Joanna
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In response to Steve Marmel.
I get that - we see the horrible things going on in your country, in the courts, especially the Supreme Court. That said, this may be in direct violation of federal law, or even an International treaty the US has signed. In which case, Abbott can be ordered to remove. If he refuses, National Guard.
05:13 AM - Jul 18, 2023
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