If you're shocked TX Gov Abbot is planning to pardon Daniel Perry for murdering a man at a peaceful BLM march—just remember—TX is the state that sentenced a Black woman to 5 years for an uncounted ballot, but not a white male judge for deliberate voter fraud—in the same County. TX sentenced a Black kid to 10 years for punching & killing 1 person, but not an affluent white teen for getting drunk & killing 4—they had the same judge
Texas GOP has proudly chosen fascism over democracy. Believe them
Texas does have some fine universities. But among the best in the world? I find that hard to believe.
I lived there in 2008 when the University of Texas at Austin cut its professors' wages while raising the football coach's annual salary from $2-million to $5-million.
UT was a C-grade school before then, and that didn't improve it any.
UT Austin is one of the USA's 10 largest, so I expect that its having more students contributes to you seeing more papers from its students.
https://www.worldatlas.com/society/the-10-largest-universities-in-the-united-states.html
For Texas universities, this is the order I'm used to:
1. Rice
2. UT Austin
3. Texas A&M
from https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/tx
UT has about 10x the size of Rice.
I've worked with a few very bright people from Rice, and many perfectly adequate people from UT.
Texas will look more like Russia when it invades New Mexico.
(Knowing something about Texans, I expect that many would be surprised to learn that it's one of the United States.)
@QasimRashid I keep wondering, "What if #DanielPerry had been threatened by Kyle #Rittenhouse?" 🤔
It's now impossible to convict *anyone* involved in a gunfight in Texas or Florida.
...as long as you're white.
I live in #Texas. My #county #government is amazing. This is true for the urban areas.
@QasimRashid what's the quote?
"When someone tells you who they are, believe them."?
@John_G_R_Wilson @QasimRashid And let all the Black, immigrant, poor, female, and LGBTQ people living there be damned? And to hell with the legacies of people like Ann Richards and Molly Ivins.
That’s a helluva lot of hostages you’re willing to sacrifice to voter suppression and gerrymandering, is what I am trying to say. Maybe address that before turning your back on millions of people?
Don't write #Texas off. Your median Texan is blue, not red - Texas' population is clustered in #blue cities and counties that are under attack from the #RedState #government.
One of the things that cheeses me is all the out-of-state Dems coming to my inbox to ask for money. If we're sending money to y'all, we're not using it to improve our own situation.
@QasimRashid @ducker
I can remember when Texas was blue, governor-wise, Ann Richards.
Arizona too, tho the tide is turning there already.
I think Fox corruptive fake news has had quite a run, did a lot of damage. Hopefully the tide is turning there too.
"Apparently those racist fucks forgot how badly they lost the Alamo" - the wheel that locks and makes Abbott spin like a Dreidel
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