"Because when wealthy and powerful families lose their children, and those families have Dan Patrick on speed dial, someone’s going to be held accountable."
Correct. The wealthy and the powerful will hold someone accountable using their own resources. I kept thinking about Uvalde as Abbott, Patrick and Trump tromped around setting up the way the narrative was going to go in Kerr County. It was pretty similar to how Abbott and Patrick set up the narrative in Uvalde. Austin could not be held responsible for this "senseless, unforseeabe, unpreventable" rampage by a young and alienated male with a weapon of war. They were obviously going to bury DPS failures and let the Uvalde ISD officer and other local officials take the fall.
But the difference in Kerr County is the wealthy and powerful will have pull with Granny Danny Patrick. And, of course, nothing happens in the Lege unless he deigns to allow it. Therefore, there will be some kind of gesture at state flood mitigation. When pushed into a corner, Patrick will go through the motions, but he does not care about that kind of stuff. He is only interested in Christian Nationalism and his own power and glory within that system.
I would like to see Vickie Goodwin drive a wedge into Republicans with both Uvalde and Kerr County as examples of how Dan Patrick does not care about Texans. I also think he should be given the Trump-like nickname of "Granny Danny" because that is what he looks like and what he acts like.
town hall in ur district.....cause its texas its likely MAGA....fake ur way in......pretend ur ur great aunt , then put forward a phony question like ...i love Don Jr...He can have my baby..
then when u get teh mike do like a Wisconsin voter did.....he told his MAGA rep......'Sir, u don't represent SE Wisconsin, Donald Trump runs SE Wisconsin'
Allison is rebuilding, I live in Dallas County but because Irving is in CD 6 and CD 24, I am working in Tarrant County to recruit precinct chairs and build infrastructure. We have a group of volunteers (including me who doesn’t even live in the county) going through data and targeting areas to recruit and build. How about come on down to the office and we will put you to work. I am done, just like in Irving with those who just bitch. Either knock on a door, make a phone call, donate money, or help with data, whatever your super power we will put you to work. Sitting it out is not an option (unless you are a black woman, in which case, take a much deserved rest while we clean up our own sh*t.)
but without a voice in opposition who do they contact...our non-existant SR, SS or Congreesman.......even the phantom pct chairs in 76109 offer no alternative......
so dan ain't hearing organized feedback......i assume he is clueless. if u don't the whelps and whines of ur supporters did they really complain?
Kamala told Colbert.......'politics is broken' which is exactly how MAGA wants its phrased.....she , the almost POTUS didn't have precesnce of mind to say MAGA IS BREAKING politics and the constitution.......she played rite into proj 2025 hands.....for that matter so does the entire press.....calling something broken when one side is swing the axe trying to break the damn thing just makes it seem like both sides are to blame.......clearly they are not
eric Hoff/DK
"Trump's base isn't primarily the destitute. It's middle-class Americans who feel left behind by economic change, cultural shifts, and technological disruption. They're not starving; they're frustrated. Their America—the one where a high school diploma guaranteed middle-class stability—has vanished.
"The frustrated follow a leader less because of their faith that he is leading them to a promised land than because of their immediate feeling that he is leading them away from their unwanted selves."
MAGA breaks everything, Kamala, and then offers the simplest inadequate of counter productive solutions...usually with a racial angle....and the press calls the whole enterprise broken.....
tell us nat press....was the Dem EPA greeenhouse gas regs broken or a solution? was BBBetter broken or a solution? Was CHIPS broken or a solution?
"Because when wealthy and powerful families lose their children, and those families have Dan Patrick on speed dial, someone’s going to be held accountable."
Correct. The wealthy and the powerful will hold someone accountable using their own resources. I kept thinking about Uvalde as Abbott, Patrick and Trump tromped around setting up the way the narrative was going to go in Kerr County. It was pretty similar to how Abbott and Patrick set up the narrative in Uvalde. Austin could not be held responsible for this "senseless, unforseeabe, unpreventable" rampage by a young and alienated male with a weapon of war. They were obviously going to bury DPS failures and let the Uvalde ISD officer and other local officials take the fall.
But the difference in Kerr County is the wealthy and powerful will have pull with Granny Danny Patrick. And, of course, nothing happens in the Lege unless he deigns to allow it. Therefore, there will be some kind of gesture at state flood mitigation. When pushed into a corner, Patrick will go through the motions, but he does not care about that kind of stuff. He is only interested in Christian Nationalism and his own power and glory within that system.
I would like to see Vickie Goodwin drive a wedge into Republicans with both Uvalde and Kerr County as examples of how Dan Patrick does not care about Texans. I also think he should be given the Trump-like nickname of "Granny Danny" because that is what he looks like and what he acts like.
When the sirens stay silent and the rich whisper directly to the lieutenant governor, we don’t have a disaster response system—we have a caste system.
The flood wasn’t just water. It was revelation.
It showed us who gets warned, who gets protected, and who gets buried.
What failed wasn’t just Kerr County.
It was the lie that Texas leaders serve everyone.
Because if your kids weren’t at Camp Mystic, your grief doesn’t get a press conference.
Your rage doesn’t get a seat on the dais.
Your life doesn’t shift policy.
This wasn’t an act of God. It was an act of negligence, baptized in oil money and wrapped in the illusion of inevitability.
Vote accordingly.
And may the next flood carry away their excuses, not our children.
touche...u described it perfectly
Abbott kills Jacob's Well.....its like shooting Bevo between the eyes
these fuckers could care less about Texas
https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/jacobs-well-texas-greg-abbott-veto/?utm_source=texasmonthly&utm_medium=email&user_email_address=80d33819e3b54f63ea79f442a10a9c887ef163dca4967db3ab3a29db91efd9ac&utm_campaign=TM%20This%20Week%208-1-25&utm_term=TM%20This%20Week
town hall in ur district.....cause its texas its likely MAGA....fake ur way in......pretend ur ur great aunt , then put forward a phony question like ...i love Don Jr...He can have my baby..
then when u get teh mike do like a Wisconsin voter did.....he told his MAGA rep......'Sir, u don't represent SE Wisconsin, Donald Trump runs SE Wisconsin'
sorry, hard to stay on topic: anybody ask Patrick scum or Abott scum if the they approve(d) Maxwell to Texas?
it's a rhetorical question. Of course they bowed in obeisance .....
looks as nice as some Kerrville camps with less curfew
https://www.bop.gov/locations/institutions/bry/
This whole thing smells fishy.
Time to actually recruit and mentor local candidates in everything single county! We can vote all these do nothing Republicans out !
100%
Allison is rebuilding, I live in Dallas County but because Irving is in CD 6 and CD 24, I am working in Tarrant County to recruit precinct chairs and build infrastructure. We have a group of volunteers (including me who doesn’t even live in the county) going through data and targeting areas to recruit and build. How about come on down to the office and we will put you to work. I am done, just like in Irving with those who just bitch. Either knock on a door, make a phone call, donate money, or help with data, whatever your super power we will put you to work. Sitting it out is not an option (unless you are a black woman, in which case, take a much deserved rest while we clean up our own sh*t.)
in Tarrant County our new chair hasn't said didly or done didly
well in the largest red county, Tarrant, we have no political leadership to do anything...
count us out for "26
good luck to the rest of Texas , sorry we couldn't help
The glass is half full.
haven't the slightest idea what that means.
you seem to be awfully sympathic to Allison and her administration
Allison and TCDP is shit show
she shows up to others efforts and lays claim.....
she doesn't' do anything on her own or on behalf of Tarrant Democrats
go to Craig Goldman FB....not a single TCDP staffer or CEC can be bothered to post a thing
Goldman assumes there is no opposition.....
if i am wrong about Allison, someone show me
lots of green ribbons in my tony neighborhood...
but without a voice in opposition who do they contact...our non-existant SR, SS or Congreesman.......even the phantom pct chairs in 76109 offer no alternative......
so dan ain't hearing organized feedback......i assume he is clueless. if u don't the whelps and whines of ur supporters did they really complain?
Kamala told Colbert.......'politics is broken' which is exactly how MAGA wants its phrased.....she , the almost POTUS didn't have precesnce of mind to say MAGA IS BREAKING politics and the constitution.......she played rite into proj 2025 hands.....for that matter so does the entire press.....calling something broken when one side is swing the axe trying to break the damn thing just makes it seem like both sides are to blame.......clearly they are not
eric Hoff/DK
"Trump's base isn't primarily the destitute. It's middle-class Americans who feel left behind by economic change, cultural shifts, and technological disruption. They're not starving; they're frustrated. Their America—the one where a high school diploma guaranteed middle-class stability—has vanished.
"The frustrated follow a leader less because of their faith that he is leading them to a promised land than because of their immediate feeling that he is leading them away from their unwanted selves."
MAGA breaks everything, Kamala, and then offers the simplest inadequate of counter productive solutions...usually with a racial angle....and the press calls the whole enterprise broken.....
tell us nat press....was the Dem EPA greeenhouse gas regs broken or a solution? was BBBetter broken or a solution? Was CHIPS broken or a solution?
just an idea ....but say anyone in TCDP or proximaty to CD-12, which is MAGA Craig Goldman, FTW and Parker County
post to his FB and SM also email FWST and demand they ask the question:
Craig, are u cool with Trump sending a child sex abuser to a Texas Prison