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In reply to the discussion: Go ahead. Flame me . . . . . [View all]summer_in_TX
(2,766 posts)53. Texas is hampered by its fragmented media. Conservative media at that.
RW talk radio is the only radio many small towns in Texas get. Fox is big. Sinclair Broadcasting owns a lot of TV stations, as does Nexstar Media Group, home of NewsNation.
Plus we don't have the ability to get abortion on the ballot, only the Legislature can put items on the ballot.
However, if folks wake up to the fascist movement taking over Texas, (banning abortions, books, treatment of immigrants (barbed wire, failure to render aid and preventing feds from rendering aid to drowning immigrants, stated willingness to shoot border crossers, etcetera), efforts to purge professors if not ideologically conservative), there's a chance.
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Insurrection 2 will be far worse, though it will be in the streets rather than the Capitol
bucolic_frolic
Jan 2024
#5
Nope. You hit it on the nail head. Only missed the GOP ticket: Romney/Haley.
marble falls
Jan 2024
#8
I think that race is already run, and Jim Justice is in the winner's circle
Stinky The Clown
Jan 2024
#24
Lets broil together. I think there will be significant pick up in the House.
flashman13
Jan 2024
#25
I suspect what you are saying is pretty close to what will actually happen...
Wounded Bear
Jan 2024
#47
Only people who are so blinded by crackpot Christianity think that can't possibly happen
Warpy
Jan 2024
#54
And Joe will FINALLY get the public celebration that Covid prevented last time.
Talitha
Jan 2024
#57
Add me to your list of optimists because I feel exactly the same. I know there are a lot of stupid people out there
Escurumbele
Jan 2024
#63
No flaming here. At times I have a serious "we're doomed" crevice. They don't last....
electric_blue68
Jan 2024
#75