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Congratulations to WHITE SUPREMACY for winning a huge victory today.
Asian Americans have consistently been used as a foil to eliminate Affirmative Action programs which serve to repair centuries of intentional discrimination against Black and Latino AND Asian communities.

Having Asian Americans as parties doesn't make it any less racist.
For decades, WHITE SUPREMACISTS have argued that there's no need for direct affirmative action programs because institutional racism has been eliminated.

For anyone actually from minority communities, you know that's complete bullshit.
If you want to see how ASIAN AMERICANS can be used to whitewash discrimination and support a White Supremacist agenda... Talk to Nikki Haley.

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Jun 15
Would you look at that another NOT-drag queen busted sexually abusing kids.

What's the score for abusing kids now?

Drag Shows: 0
Religious Leaders: 88,659

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Thought this should go here...

theguardian.com/us-news/2023/m…
Classic list...

It never gets old, because they keep adding new offenders.

dailykos.com/stories/2023/3…
Read 15 tweets
Jun 13
The state of Texas used to fund public education at 60%. That ratio plummeted to 40% over the past 2 decades.

Texas Republicans didn't bother to do anything about it till they lost 12 seats in 2018.

But, yes, let's BLINDLY trust them this time.
Local school districts complained about the state's shortfall for more than a decade.

Smaller school districts had no choice but to increase local taxes to make up the difference.

State Republicans didn't give a shit until it cost them politically.
Giving the state 100% ownership of the funding for public education ...

Means that state leaders, far removed from the public education system, will have an even bigger pile of cash to siphon from for pet projects, tax give-aways, and perks for big donors.
Read 5 tweets
Aug 24, 2022
Once again, not even standing room left to see @BetoORourke today.

These are people from the Humble and Kingwood area (the reddest Republican parts).

Plenty of Republicans came out to listen and ask questions.
I was even surprised about the size of the turnout and energy in such a bright red area.
Unlike Abbott, who doesn't like to be challenged by the public, Beto took hard questions from the audience.

(Pic: a brief pause before the picture line starts)
Read 8 tweets
Aug 23, 2022
Look, I've been told not to call people stupid...

But, this has been covered again and again.

The cost of public education in Texas is shared by STATE and LOCAL funds. The share (or ratio) of S:L has been shifting hard to the local side for a decade.
I mean, this is a broadly covered topic in Texas politics.

Here's an article ... From 2018!
Let me spell it out for the other Bobs out there:

State and local taxes both pay to keep schools open.

If the state reduces its share of what is a fixed cost, then someone has to make up the difference.

Local districts HAVE to raise taxes to keep schools open!
Read 9 tweets
Aug 22, 2022
The "criminals don't follow laws" argument is getting dumber and dumber after each successive mass shooting.

Shooters who intend to commit mass murder may not follow the law, but people around them, like gun sellers, do. Image
The Uvalde shooter tried multiple times to illegally purchase a weapon before turning 18, but family, friends, and gun sellers refused to break the law.
The Odessa shooter couldn't get a firearm UNTIL he found a seller who was willing to break the law.

The seller in that case was convicted and sentenced to federal prison for that sale.
Read 7 tweets
Jul 27, 2022
I'm very excited about Abbott going full-bore into Private School Vouchers.

Creating a massive schism between suburban Republicans and rural Republicans is going to be a Godsend.
The MAGA Troopers are already whipped up into a frenzy in support of it.

Vouchers have been universally and unequivocally condemned by Rural Republicans every single session for the past decade.

This is a kitchen table type issue.

**chef kiss**
The messaging from Democrats basically writes itself.

"Only Beto will protect your local public schools. Full Stop."
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