#txpol — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #txpol, aggregated by home.social.
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Ok, but how is this the role of the state?
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Texas Democrat Talarico leads senator Cornyn and AG Paxton in Senate race poll | Texas | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/28/texas-senate-talarico-leads-race-cornyn-paxton #USPol #TXPol #USSenate
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Running on faith: The message powering James Talarico’s Democratic win
"There is an element of compassion that is entirely missed from this world of walls and razor wire and ICE raids we've seen in Minneapolis and across the country. We still need to see how this plays out in November, but I think this would resonate in border counties among Tejanos who have this rich Catholic tradition of social justice."
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>“The Teamsters do not care if you have a D, an R or an I next to your name,” Taylor said at a news conference in Houston last Wednesday. “We’re interested in one thing. Are you ready to help us tackle big issues to improve the lives of working families?”
And this is why trade unionism by itself is never gonna lead to liberation. Fighting for bigger scraps of the imperial pie is a losing battle.
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Prop U is the GOP's sneaky way of tightening city budgets so that we're having to close library branches and other basic services.
Texas AG Ken Paxton sues city of Dallas over 'insufficient' police funding
Proposition U, passed by Dallas voters in November 2024, requires the city to spend no less than 50% of new, annual revenue to fund the police and fire pension.
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Does Democratic win spell trouble for Tarrant County’s GOP?
Ft. Worth resident James Smith braved the winter weather to vote right when polls opened Saturday at the Summerglen Library. He said he voted for Rehmet because the local GOP is “in shambles.”
“We need a different change of direction, and until (Republicans) fix their platform, I’m going to vote for people who help the local communities do better for every individual.”
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Nice to see these creeps scrambling. Separation of church and state much? 🌊
Texas AG Ken Paxton, GOP officials call on Republicans to ‘fight’ for Tarrant County
#TXPol #Texas #TarrantCounty #GOP #USPol #NationalFaithAdvisoryBoard #TaylorRehmet #TimOHare #KERA #FortWorth
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Democrat Christian Menefee wins Texas house seat to finally give district representation in DC after 11 month vacancy
#goodNews #USpol #TXpol #ChristianMenefee #USelection #UShouse
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the US finally moved on Prince Group, connected to Huione Guarantee, the world’s largest dark-ish market for fraud, drugs, weapons, slaves, etc. that operated out of Cambodia.
that’s another $14 billion worth of stolen crypto that will now sit in the hands of the U.S. government in the “strategic bitcoin reserve” instead of being repatriated to those who were defrauded.
one interesting detail i was surprised by was that Prince Group had a #NYC operation going. a detail i was not surprised by but didn't know about was that #Texas taxpayers have been subsidizing #pigbutchering fraud #moneylaundering.
* forfeiture filing: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/media/1416266/dl?inline
* coindesk: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2025/10/14/u-s-targets-cambodian-pig-butchering-takes-usd14b-in-bitcoin-as-biggest-ever-seizure#Huione #HuioneGuarantee #PrinceGroup #Cambodia #ASEAN #SEasia #ChenZhi #china #crime #fraud #scam #scams #txpol #jingliao #shazupan #taiwan #vietnam #russia
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This fall, Texas requires public schools to display the 10 commandments in classrooms.
I’ve made a PDF that largely conforms to the specifications required by Texas SB10, and you can download a printable (I recommend a color printer) version you can print out, frame or laminate, and donate.
Get the PDF: https://pdflink.to/10commandments-tx-classrooms/
I just want my watermarking to make it into at least one classroom.
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if you care about american politics you should watch joe rogan's interview with texas rep. james talarico.
talarico's a former middle school teacher, ardent christian, and member of the democratic caucus who got on rogan by giving a rather moving speech against the new texas law mandating the display of the ten commandments. he's also incredibly eloquent and well informed (he's currently actually in seminary) when speaking about things like the christian view on reproductive rights, christian nationalism, and more. the democratic party needs a lot more of this energy.
midway through the interview rogan tells talarico he should run for president.
i'll also throw out there that rogan had bernie on just a few weeks ago... maybe things are shifting...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jOGPvMftb8
#JoeRogan #DNC #JamesTalarico #christian #Christianity #christianNationalism #txpol #DNC #democrats #10commandments #bible #jesus #uspol #uspolitics
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Texas Lawmakers Largely Ignored Recommendations Aimed at Helping Rural Areas Like Kerr County Prepare for Flooding - ProPublica #Flood
#GOP can’t govern #VoteThemOut #TXpol -
if you’re a teacher, firefighter, policeman, or any other kind of public employee in #texas you may want to consider making sure you have a backup plan for your pension because up to 10% of your money is about to be shipped to china
#crypto #cryptocurrency #strategicBitcoinReserve #pension #Teachers #firefighters #TX #TXpol #gregAbbott #tedcruz #johncornyn
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>"Profit over people is never an excuse to ignore the people," Perry said. "I'll tell you, the taxes we collect does not cover the behavioral health issues that’s created an addiction that the state budgets of the day have to cover."
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. That's rich.
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>Multiple studies suggest THC use can increase the risk of schizophrenia and acute psychosis. [link: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10874830/]
HPM, you're pulling a reefer madness here. That paper is concerning developing better biological metrics for cannabis exposure. It certainly does not support the claim that "THC use can increase the risk of schizophrenia and acute psychosis." The closest the paper comes to suggesting such a thing is in the introduction:
"In Canada, the number of patients presenting to emergency departments with a “cannabis-induced psychoses” doubled between 2015 and 2019.[12] This is a major issue, as many of these individuals subsequently develop a psychotic disorder.[13]"
The [12] citation is, frankly, malicious in the context of the Chesney et al usage, as [12] makes plain in its results:
>ED presentations for cannabis-induced psychosis doubled between April 2015 and December 2019. However, across all four SARIMA models, there was no evidence of significant step-function effects associated with cannabis legalization on post-legalization weekly ED counts of: (1) cannabis-induced psychosis [0.34 (95% CI −4.1; 4.8; P = 0.88)]; (2) schizophrenia [24.34 (95% CI −18.3; 67.0; P = 0.26)]; (3) alcohol-induced psychosis [0.61 (95% CI −0.6; 1.8; P = 0.31); or (4) amphetamine-induced psychosis [1.93 (95% CI −2.8; 6.7; P = 0.43)].
And conclusion:
>Implementation of Canada's cannabis legalization framework was not associated with evidence of significant changes in cannabis-induced psychosis or schizophrenia ED presentations. Given the potentially idiosyncratic rollout of Canada's cannabis legalization, further research will be required to establish whether study results generalize to other settings.
Both of which make clear that the doubling was statistical noise that does not support the assertion that legalization brought about greater incidence of schizophrenia or psychosis.
The [13] (Murrie et al) citation does not claim that THC-induced psychosis episodes themselves *induce* schizophrenia where risk for it was not previously established. Murrie et al studied how often substance-induced psychosis patients eventually received a schizophrenia diagnosis, as compared to non-substance-induced psychosis patients eventually receiving a schizophrenia diagnosis. Their study hypothesized that there would be no difference:
"We hypothesized that substance-induced psychosis would be associated with the same risk for transition to a later diagnosis of schizophrenia as is observed in other brief and atypical psychoses, based on the findings of the clinical follow-up and register studies described above."
And actually found that the transition risk was *lower* for substance-induced psychosis (Table 2):
>Substance-induced psychosis had a lower rate of transition to schizophrenia than for other brief, atypical, and unspecified psychoses. However, the pooled rate of transition for substance-induced psychoses was similar to that for brief and atypical psychoses (excluding psychosis not otherwise specified). The available data, therefore, suggest that people with substance-induced psychoses, particularly those associated with cannabis, have almost the same rate of transition to schizophrenia as those with other brief and atypical psychoses.
though their confidence intervals do overlap:
>Substance-induced transition rate: 25% (18%–35%)
>Brief, atypical and NOS transition rate: 36% (30%–43%)Nevertheless, Murrie et al choose to instead highlight in their abstract (in my opinion, an instance of #AbstractAbuse) that THC, as the abused substance, was most likely to predict a transition to schizophrenia later.
Their discussion ultimately qualifies their claim of THC causing increased risk of schizophrenia diagnosis to already **vulnerable individuals**.
>This study adds to evidence that cannabis interacts with other risk factors to double the risk for schizophrenia **in vulnerable individuals**.
In short, [13] adds additional weight to the suggestion that those with risk factors for schizophrenia or other serious disorders may want to abstain from, or at least reduce intake of, THC (and *all* forms of psychoactive substances). It does *not* suggest that THC is, itself, *causing* schizophrenia.
#THC #cannabis #ReeferMadness #texas #txpol #txlege #sb3 #hb28
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CW: USPol, Section 504
Alaska voters, esp. if you or anyone you know is disabled: Your state Attorney General, along with sixteen others, is part of a lawsuit to get rid of Section 504, which protects the rights of disabled people. Please see this site to see how you can speak out against this: dredf.org/protect-504/
Also relevant to voters in the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and West Virginia.
#USPol #AKPol #ARPol #FLPol #GAPol #INPol #IAPol #KSPol #LAPol #MOPol #MTPol #NEPol #SCPol #SDPol #TXPol #UTPol #WVPol #Disability #Section504
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🔁#Texas CD7 #Election2024 -Nov-5.
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CW: uspol / txpol
Texas typically has a dismal voter turnout, and I'd love to see the results were that not the case.
The Texas Tribune has an excellent voter guide. No endorsements, just what you need to know to vote in the state.
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/08/21/texas-voter-guide-2024-election/
Oct 7th is the last day to register, and at this point I encourage you to do so in person to ensure you make it in under the deadline.
If you're in Texas and able to vote please do!
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I've learned that Mack has gone on to compete in college wrestling in men's competition. He’s now an advocate for trans rights in Texas and works to protect trans youth.
I've also learned people in the trans community are pretty decently aware of him. As a cishet dude, I was not.
Thanks, Texas GOP, for making me aware of this awesome man, and confirming I should vote for Colin Allred over Rafael Cruz.
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🔁#Texas CD7 #Election2024 -Nov-5.
Help Re-Elect LIZZIE FLETCHER #TX07
➡️https://secure.actblue.com/donate/dw_tx07
#KeepItBlue #WinBlue #HarrisWalz2024
#TXpol #TX #TXlege #TXpolitics #CST #HOU #Houston
#Democrats #progressives #liberals #Healthcare #Infrastructure #Vota #DemsWork4USA