Fixing the everything that is broken but your party has been in control over 30 years

 

Reminder that Abbott is the idiot who was so convinced that 1200 US Army soldiers were going to invade, conquer and occupy Texas like it was France for the glory of Obama, that he mobilized the Texas State guard.

Jade Helm 15 was a large U.S. Special Operations Command training exercise scheduled for July–September 2015 across several southwestern states. It involved Green Berets, Navy SEALs, Air Force special operations personnel and others. A leaked/public training map designated Texas and Utah as “hostile” territory for purposes of the simulation.

That spawned a remarkably elaborate conspiracy theory: the Obama administration was supposedly using Jade Helm as cover to impose martial law, confiscate guns, arrest political opponents, and/or occupy Texas. One version incorporated recently closed Walmart stores, allegedly connected by secret tunnels and intended as detention centres.

Also told a town who wanted to save money by not giving israel their tax dollars they would no longer receive funding if they did so.

Yes. Republican voters are stupid and the gop knows this and exploits it.

Texas is and has been a shithole for a long time. It’s what happens when unfettered government corruption is allowed, a monument to our sins. Toll roads, high property taxes, high obesity rates, high utility rates, propaganda about how great Texas is. I’m from Dallas and left years ago. The ONLY things I miss are the Mavericks, BBQ and big booty Latina qtpies.

 Paxton was built by them - it will be nice if Talarico sidelines one of their puppets in November.

ProPublica - A Pair of Billionaire Preachers Built the Most Powerful Political Machine in Texas. That’s Just the Start.

“They control Republican politics in the state.”

Texas Observer - Hard-Right Megadonors Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks Pump Millions into GOP Primary

“For more than a decade, the two West Texas oil and gas moguls have used their fortunes to finance an ideological crusade to oust the torchbearers of the party establishment and install champions of their far-right, theocratic agenda.”

Texas Monthly - This Democrat Is Back in the Texas Lege After 40 Years. He Can’t Believe How Bad Things Are.

“You’ve got now megabillionaires in this state. We always had wealthy people, but nothing like these guys, all of whom have think tanks and foundations and lobbyists, and they’re all over the place and they’re keeping scorecards on the Republicans, which really—what’s the right word?—intimidates the Republicans from voting freely in the interests of their districts—and they will admit that off the record—because they don’t want to be targeted by these guys. I’m talking about [Midland oilman Tim] Dunn, these Wilks brothers, all those guys. We never had anything like that in those days.“

Texas Monthly - Why Is Texas the Epicenter of Christian Nationalism?

“Billionaires here are funding right-wing politicians to knock down barriers between church and state.”

Texas Rep. James Talarico - "Two billionaires are trying to take over our Texas State Government" (1:00)

“This is bigger than party. This is bigger than partisanship. Texas is too big and too great to be sold to the highest bidder. We cannot allow two billionaires to transform our beloved state into a theocracy.

We have to stop them.”

26 high crimes and misdemeanors including abuses of power and violations of his oath of office

Congressman Cohen Introduces Comprehensive Articles of Impeachment Against President Donald Trump

 ARTICLE I: UNDERMINING DEMOCRACY—SOWING DOUBT IN ELECTIONS

ARTICLE II: ABUSE OF POWER—WAGING WAR ON IRAN WITHOUT CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL

ARTICLE III: ABUSE OF POWER—EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS OF VENEZUELA

ARTICLE IV: ABUSE OF POWER—DEPLOYING MILITARY FORCES AGAINST UNITED STATES CITIES

ARTICLE V: VIOLATION OF OATH—THE BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP EXECUTIVE ORDER

ARTICLE VI: ABUSE OF POWER—CANCELING FEDERAL GRANTS TO PUNISH STATES FOR THEIR VOTES

ARTICLE VII: ABUSE OF POWER—IMPOSING LOYALTY TESTS ON THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE

ARTICLE VIII: DISREGARD OF COURTS—THE ALIEN ENEMIES ACT AND THE CASE OF KILMAR ABREGO GARCIA

ARTICLE IX: VIOLATION OF OATH—CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT AT CECOT

ARTICLE X: VIOLATION OF OATH—UNLAWFUL WITHHOLDING OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS AND DISMANTLING OF CONGRESSIONALLY ESTABLISHED PROGRAMS

ARTICLE XI: ABUSE OF POWER—OBSTRUCTING THE LAWFUL APPOINTMENT OF UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS

ARTICLE XII: ABUSE OF POWER—DEFYING COURT ORDERS IN IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT

ARTICLE XIII: ABOLISHING A CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED AGENCY—THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

ARTICLE XIV: VIOLATION OF OATH—UNLAWFUL MASS TERMINATION OF INSPECTORS GENERAL WITHOUT STATUTORY NOTICE TO CONGRESS

ARTICLE XV: UNLAWFULLY AND UNILATERALLY TAXING UNITED STATES CITIZENS THROUGH EMERGENCY POWERS TARIFFS

ARTICLE XVI: ABUSE OF POWER—POLITICAL PROSECUTIONS OF COMEY, JAMES, AND SCHIFF

ARTICLE XVII: ABUSE OF POWER—THE IRS SETTLEMENT AND THE CORRUPTION OF THE JUDGMENT FUND

ARTICLE XVIII: ABUSE OF POWER—THE CORRUPT USE OF THE PARDON POWER

ARTICLE XIX: ATTACKS ON A FREE PRESS—BANISHING REPORTERS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE FOR DISFAVORED COVERAGE

ARTICLE XX: ATTACKS ON A FREE PRESS—COERCING CBS AND ABC TO CHANGE EDITORIAL CONTENT

ARTICLE XXI: VIOLATION OF OATH—FREE SPEECH AND RETALIATORY EXECUTIVE ORDERS AGAINST LAW FIRMS

ARTICLE XXII: VIOLATION OF OATH—FREE SPEECH AND COERCING UNIVERSITIES THROUGH WITHHELD FEDERAL FUNDS

ARTICLE XXIII: ABUSE OF POWER—DEMOLISHING THE WHITE HOUSE EAST WING WITHOUT CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL

ARTICLE XXIV: VIOLATION OF OATH—THE ILLEGAL IMPOUNDMENT OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS

ARTICLE XXV: ABUSE OF POWER—SELF-AGGRANDIZEMENT THROUGH THE RENAMING OF PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, SEIZURE OF CULTURAL AND CIVIC PROPERTY, AND PERSONAL APPROPRIATION OF NATIONAL CURRENCY

ARTICLE XXVI: EMOLUMENTS VIOLATIONS—PROFITING PERSONALLY AND DIRECTLY FROM THE PRESIDENCY

This is the result of the uneducated electing the uneducated

Following RFK Jr.’s latest bizarre performance, 52 GOP senators have some explaining to do

 But unchecked coal furnaces are again legal.

As is companies dumping mysterious waste into our rivers and lakes.

Might as well spend millions investigating why smoke/vapor trails follow rocket's wherever they launch from, only to learn that rocketry literally can't function without it!

The problem is social media has poisoned the idea of learning and intelligence.

It allowed a echo chamber of the uninformed, the uneducated, and at some point people starting to think that was real.

Of course, that’s what those empower want because they’re easy to manipulate,

Corporates doesn't donate for charity

DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.

At the time, DoorDash’s campaign contributions in the run-up to the 2025 mayoral election were considered unusually large — it made a single $1 million gift to a super PAC that, at the time, was the largest donation in the race — and faced criticism from other candidates in the race. The food delivery giant’s settlement agreement, the largest worker settlement in the city’s history, brings further scrutiny to those donations.

Wow they cheaped out on lobbying as well paying their drivers ROFL.

Letting corporations have more political influence than actual voting citizens is one of the most fucked up things that's ever happened to democracy.

13 years is all it took for Citizens United to destroy democracy.

Quite honestly one of the most un-neccessarily cruel and evil companies of the last 15 years. Very glad that they are in the "find-out" stage now.

How the company still exists. The drivers hate it, the customer hates it, and restaurants hate it. How do they exist? 

What sucks is lobbying is just a bribe at this point.

The concept of "lobbying" originally came from a time where constituents would have to physically send people via horse & buggy to go to Washington, so they could stand in the lobby (hence, lobbying) of congress waiting for politicians to leave, so they could intercept them and try to speak to them on their issues.

Like, "We have a farm that sells animal feed, and these guys have a rancher farm that needs animal feed, if you approve a road that connects us, we can provide much more food and tax revenue."

Which the politicians in Washington would then discuss and approve/disapprove.

These were average joes who just scrounged up enough money to send someone to Washington on their behalf.

But that isn't modern day lobbying, which is just rich people giving money to campaigns, super PACs, or some kind of dark money organization, to push legislation their way.

Frankly, if we banned campaign donations and brought back actual lobbying, aka average joes being able to actually talk to politicians, the country would be in a much nicer place.

Like, part of Mamdani's appeal is his team actually listens to people on the ground level. Imagine if every politician had to at the very least listen to their constituents and not just rich donors. I'm not saying every little guy is inherently good or correct, but I absolutely trust someone who lives in a community for what to do about that community than rich assholes, who would never even be near that community. Especially this current batch of rich sociopaths.

The hypocrisy is on brand for conservatives

 We need a cognitive ability test with full results made available to the public. A lot of people still have all their cookies well into their 70s and even 80s.

This whole shitshow is on Republicans with the media a close second for enabling it.

Trump cant keep his eyes open or even form coherent sentences or go off on mad tangents.

McConnell doesn't even know where the fuck he is 90% of the time. He had to be reminded to vote NO with Republicans when he nearly voted yes with democrats.

Both should be removed. Age AND term limits are very fucking needed. Half the people running the country have a foot in the grave and too old of a way of thinking

Trump holds disaster relief upon midterm elections results

 Trump Tells North Carolina Hurricane Relief Depends on Midterm Outcome

How much will a bad joke help, though? The Trump administration has been known to use federal funding to punish states that vote against him enough times that he has been challenged in court over it. While North Carolina hasn’t voted for a Democrat for president since 2008, Trump and Republicans are polling historically underwater. Not only could they lose this Senate seat, but they could set the stage for an even bigger loss in two years.

There you go North Carolinians. He doesn't care about you or your lives! Vote blue in November!

You don't understand how conservatives think. They are not motivated by having a government that wants to help them. They are motivated by having a government that hurts the people they want to hurt.

I'll never understand why the left doesn't get this. Maybe it's because I actually used to be a conservative and moved in these circles, but the left seems willfully blind to how much conservatives hate them.

Leftist thinking as they talk to a conservative: "Gosh how can I make them understand this policy is mutually beneficial. They'll get healthcare and pay less money, it seems so obvious! Maybe they're just anxious about change, but they should see our healthcare system is already failing them. Maybe I need to appeal more to their Christian faith, helping others is a core tenet of what Jesus taught."

The thoughts of the Conservative they're talking to: "I want to kill you. I want to kill you. I want to kill you. I want to kill you. I want to kill you. I want to kill you. I want to kill you."

They treated Kyle Rittenhouse like a conquering war hero because he shot people they didn't like politically. They were celebrating him before they even knew his name because he shot BLM protestors. They openly pass laws about running e people over who are protesting. WTF does everyone think that is about?

They literally shouted to shoot Democrats at CPAC to cheers and laughter. Wake up 

Weekend at Bernies I mean McConnells

Confused Mitch McConnell, 84, Has to Be Told How to Vote

When McConnell’s name was called during the vote, confusion followed as his aides and Republican senators appeared to prompt him to vote “aye.”

His name had to be repeated twice before McConnell lifted his finger slightly and said “aye” in a hoarse voice as everyone in the room leaned in.

He's only had this job for 41 years. I'm sure he just needs some more time to work out how to vote.

Yeah, this is exactly how being a senator is supposed to work.

How did Jan 6th happen over a hoax conspiracy. But nobody is willing to stand up when real crazy shit is happening?

Nothing is illegal if Republicans do it.

He’ll be dead soon. Just make it to midterms.

We are one step away from having his head floating in a jar.