Karl(sad trombone enjoyer)Apr 1, 2023
So Texas republicans are attempting to end democracy openly. This is definitional of fascism and autocracy. https://www.mediaite.com/politics/texas-republicans-introduce-bill-allowing-secretary-of-state-to-overturn-election-results/
Texas Republicans Introduce Bill Allowing Secretary of State to Overturn Election Results

Republican lawmakers in Texas proposed a bill that would enable the Secretary of State to overturn election results in counties that have 1 million residents or more.

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Show threadWoolfhound
@brainnotonyet @cstross they get really mad when they lose. This is all about Harris County.
Apr 2, 2023 at 11:46amWeb
Show threadCharlie StrossApr 2, 2023
@woolfhound @brainnotonyet Am not American. WTF is Harris County?
Show threadAriatorusApr 2, 2023
@cstross @woolfhound @brainnotonyet
We're better known to non-Americans as Houston, and the Texas state government is determined to be our problem.
Show threadDNAvinciApr 2, 2023

@ariatorus
5th largest metro. Slightly higher population than London County.
Follows the usual pattern where cities are liberal, but is gerrymandered into electoral irrelevance

@cstross @woolfhound @brainnotonyet

Show threadAriatorusApr 2, 2023

@dnavinci @cstross @woolfhound @brainnotonyet

The Texas state government and its supporters don't understand why the hurricanes they pray for haven't finished us off yet.

Show threadWoolfhoundApr 2, 2023
@cstross @brainnotonyet It’s a lot of the Houston metro but not all of it. It’s 4.7 million people, a little under half of whom are in the city of Houston, and is within the Houston metro area of 7 million people. (Local governance here is overly complicated.)