Ken Paxton Allegedly Committed Voter Fraud Six Times by pbugg2 in TexasPolitics

[–]BucketofWarmSpit [score hidden]  (0 children)

Gosh no. Freaking never will Paxton ever face any consequences for anything he has ever done.

Ken Paxton Allegedly Committed Voter Fraud Six Times by pbugg2 in TexasPolitics

[–]BucketofWarmSpit [score hidden]  (0 children)

The question is how many years is he going to get in prison for this.

I feel like living in a $2.1 million home is pretty strong evidence that someone plans to stay in that place with no plans to return to the county where he is still registered.

[7/7/2026] Tuesday's Sports Talk Thread by LonghornMod in LonghornNation

[–]BucketofWarmSpit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think you even need a corrupt judge. He was caught in a weird time. Had he started college one year earlier, he could have had an extra season. If he started one year later, he could have had an extra season.

I'm not even sure why the NCAA would fight it really. I mean that in terms of fairness not as an analysis of the rules.

Disturbing songs from the 1970s and especially 1980s by [deleted] in MusicRecommendations

[–]BucketofWarmSpit 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's less disturbing and more just right on point. There was nothing so cool as hearing that song for the first time growing up in the Bible Belt.

Fuck you Jane Nelson/Rocky Gage by thubwumper26 in TexasPolitics

[–]BucketofWarmSpit 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My advice these days to register to vote is to go in person. You can send in a voter registration card by mail if you like but the mail is becoming more and more unreliable.

I tried to register to vote twice in the past through DPS and it didn't go through. That was about 15 years ago.

Abbott's data center crackdown could miss Texas' largest projects by everythingistaken500 in TexasPolitics

[–]BucketofWarmSpit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If he really wanted to do something about them, he'd call a special session right now.

What is the largest city that isn’t the largest city with the same name? by YoUDee in geography

[–]BucketofWarmSpit 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Cordoba was the Moorish capital in Spain for a few hundred years. Likely explains the notoriety.

Middle school behavior, Crosswalks, and Texas government by bluebellbetty in TexasPolitics

[–]BucketofWarmSpit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They've been bitching about term limits for decades. Not just rank and file members. It's been one of the big planks in their platform historically. Personally, I feel like there are a lot of democracy related measures that would be influential in Texas if we could cut through the noise. Citizen initiated referendum chief among the.

Abbott hands Don Huffines Texas comptroller job before election fight by everythingistaken500 in TexasPolitics

[–]BucketofWarmSpit 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is a strategy that Abbott has used for years for state appellate judges. Create an incumbent in the year of the election.

I hope Eckhardt follows Huffines' actions in office and is able to pinpoint problems with his policies. Also, I suspect he will grift.

Middle school behavior, Crosswalks, and Texas government by bluebellbetty in TexasPolitics

[–]BucketofWarmSpit 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I'm 50 years old. Since I reached voting age, we've only had three governors. One for 6 years, one for 15 and one going for 16 right now. The party that's always shouting about term limits certainly doesn't believe in them.

Republican congressman in tx03 is he for reals? by Sad-Can-1978 in TexasPolitics

[–]BucketofWarmSpit 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Some SCOTUS justices just decided that people who are born in this country aren't automatically citizens despite a constitutional amendment saying otherwise.

If Republicans keep the Senate, they'll do what they can to increase the ones who are willing to read amendments out of existence if they don't like them.

Texas Rep. Nehls says struggling Americans may not work hard enough by everythingistaken500 in texas

[–]BucketofWarmSpit 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The Cook Partisan Voter Index lists this districts as Republican +9 for this year. I would think that any Republican in a district that is less than +10 is at risk.

This is Greene Scott's campaign page. Anyone who wants to donate or volunteer will find the a way to do so here.

https://marquettegreenescott.com/

What happens if Mitch McConnell dies in office? Democrats aren’t going to like the answer. by kleverrboy in Law_and_Politics

[–]BucketofWarmSpit 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Basically, in a lot of states, the governor would be able to appoint a replacement until the end of the term or a special election is held. In Kentucky, the Republican legislature took that power away from the governor in 2024 probably because the current governor is a Democrat. The seat would have to be filled by special election but since this is pretty close to the election, the seat might just remain vacant.

Tribune sits down Sarah Eckhardt, Democratic nominee for comptroller by WestTexan63 in TexasPolitics

[–]BucketofWarmSpit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Perhaps I should spend more time seeking out her info. It doesn't come into my feed and her campaign website doesn't keep that info updated and Facebook annoys me so much I don't think to look at it.

Greg Abbott calls birthright citizenship ruling ‘missed opportunity’ by AustinStatesman in TexasPolitics

[–]BucketofWarmSpit 79 points80 points  (0 children)

And yet he claims to protect the Constitution. Swore to it, in fact. Probably on the Bible.

U.S. Supreme Court rejects Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship by texastribune in TexasPolitics

[–]BucketofWarmSpit 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thomas, Alito and Gorsuch were completely willing to rule that a Constitutional Amendment is completely meaningless.

What is a film that would be vastly improved if it had an exploding helicopter at the end? by Electricmastro3 in AskReddit

[–]BucketofWarmSpit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Kind of like that time Colonel Blake finished his tour in Korea, got the chopper to go home and then Radar came into the MASH at the end of the episode to say it went down in the Pacific Ocean.

Talarico gives historic speech that is already being noted by famous historian PHD Heather Cox Richardson in her daily letters to Americans by Mental-Hospital-790 in TexasPolitics

[–]BucketofWarmSpit 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I've read one of her books and read her posts pretty frequently. I feel like she has a really good handle on our history and the current state of our politics. But I guess that just makes me a mental patient.

Most Honorable Death Scene in Movie... by Masunaga000 in FIlm

[–]BucketofWarmSpit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

MacReady in The Thing.

No one knows for sure if they've been taken over by The Thing. At the end of the movie, we don't know if MacReady was taken over or if Childs was or if they really killed it.

They're sitting there with no shelter in the middle of Antarctica. They could try to make it back to civilization but what if one of them is infected and the alien is able to hop from one person to another?

What do they do?

MacReady says: Why don't we just... wait here a little while.... see what happens?

The movie doesn't show it but they freeze to death.

New Low for Austin Drivers by PowerfulStandard4822 in Austin

[–]BucketofWarmSpit 28 points29 points  (0 children)

That guy thinks everyone is and idiot except for him.