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Virgin Monk Boy's avatar

When billionaires threaten elected officials like mafia bosses with a checkbook, it stops being democracy and starts sounding like a corporate hostage situation. And I don’t know what’s more embarrassing—Dan Patrick launching his campaign in a glorified hangar or the fact that we’re still arguing over Confederate pet rocks in 2025.

Meanwhile, Abbott’s “border crisis” skips El Paso like it’s not even on the map? Border theater with military cosplay doesn’t fix water, healthcare, or schools. But it does drain wallets.

Texans aren’t red or blue. We’re parched, pissed off, and paying attention.

Keep spilling the tea. We’ll bring the match.

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tim koss's avatar

jazzy jasmine on Chris Hayes -MSNBC

beautiful explanation on the hurts headed our way with Medicaid cuts

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tim koss's avatar

my stars...the press are lying.....who'd a thunk

from DK

"Meanwhile, 11 million—yes, million with an M—marched across the U.S. on No Kings Day, standing up to authoritarianism and saying loud and proud: we do not do kings in America. The Alt National Park Service confirmed those numbers and said totals are still climbing. But here comes the mainstream press downplaying it:

“Over 5 million” says Fox

“Thousands,” says WaPo

CBS doesn’t even mention a number

Y’all serious?"

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Liza Hameline's avatar

Meanwhile they keep saying Dallas, a Republican city and I have keep saying “No, we flipped to Blue in 2006!! “ the whole county! We are blue!!!

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tim koss's avatar

AUSTIN — “Federal judges in El Paso are reviewing a lawsuit that alleges Texas redistricting architects racially discriminated against minority voters in drastically reshaping a Tarrant County-based state Senate district.

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tim koss's avatar

all the minons at TCD FB....Tarrant potentates do post there,...Allsion, Crystal et all so it is influential,(TCDP FB doesn't function btw)..

Anywho they call me names and accuse me of not doing anything, which in their small minds mean block walking or phone banking.....things they likely don't ever do themselves. Tacitly really they just don't like that i don't support Allsion.......so they ban me

1 note: yes to be in party politics u have to wade thru all the petty BS and this is the personification of petty

2. I have contacted every Hispanic org in Tarrant and FTW and Statewide to try to convince them to run a bi-ligual Hispanic for Chair....u know someone with ties to the FTW Hispanic community , knows how to market and organize...I have specific people in mind and have contacted them too.

my pitch: Tarrant Dems have ignored u for 30 years.....now its ur turn to take charge....

note: party insiders don't like it one bit that i am trying to open up the Chair to Hispanics

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tim koss's avatar

A reminder to those who think..."what a butthole, he can't get along with anyone", i note:

1. TCDP is broke and closed for 3 months

2. They didn't publish their FR for the last 6 months so who knows how far donations have dropped. Can we even pay the rent? No one says.

3 the likely Chair was the Chair 2 years ago and unceremoniously quit......She has not said what she would do if re-elected.......

4. the website tcdp.com says nothing about the upcoming election for Chair...If u know what ur looking for u can click around and find info about Gayden resignation........she has already endorsed Allison before the info was even public.

5. If we can't turn Tarrant purple, Texas will never be purple

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tim koss's avatar

Just a note for lovers of transparency and open dialogue...i criticized Allsion Campolo, she calls me belligerent for disagreeing with just about every thing she claims she has done in her 1st go round...she blocks me on her FB....then her and her minions including Jeff Childers block me from Tarrant County Dems FB....(not assoicated with party)

the point being Tarrant Dems are small and getting smaller .....which is not good for Texas

Look Texans, Tarrant County Dem Party doesn't function as a party....not even sure if there is an officer of any sort....think of it as a club.....attractive to few but insiders....

again a death knell for Texas Democratic Party is we don't function ...

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tim koss's avatar

Sebastian Gehring is running for Congress...thing is ,,,he won't say what district

OMF...G

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tim koss's avatar

Breaking News: I got and email from TCDP...for a fundraiser

no email regards the following:

TCDP sponsored Departation Protest

Hands-Off protest

No Kings Protest

Noting on Bernie's visit

Nothing on Crystal's resignation

Nothing on the upcoming selection of new chair on July 7

weird isn't it?

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tim koss's avatar

TDP paid Berlin Rosen half a mil $$$$.....they are NYC crisis managers .tied to bill deblasio..

NYC....Pace Picante...ring a bell?...besides leading us to an epic fail in 2024 , what else are they good for? Theater tix maybe!

We have our own grifter Konsultant community , why nyc crisis manager?

https://www.influencewatch.org/for-profit/berlinrosen/

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tim koss's avatar

that's where the $3 Kendoll keeps begging u for goes

.somebody's pal.....no skills, no connection to Texas,

These are the Konsultant Klass grifters ur mama warned u about....and the electo henchmen who give them ur money.

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tim koss's avatar

it gets a little baroch but Sorris give TJL $2M who in turn give Berling Rosen $1.5M

lot of money flying around...somewhere in the middle is ??????

net result for Sorosa and TDP expenditure...big time loss

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tim koss's avatar

in the very very red idaho.....There were somewhere between 500 to 600 people gathered in Driggs, around 1,500 people in Pocatello and approximately 1,300 people gathered in Idaho Falls. Rexburg and Island Park even had small unofficial protests.

Pocatello bout the size of Forest Hills.......

FTW...1500

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tim koss's avatar

A brief synopsis for anyone who cares about Tarrant County Democratic Party or politics. Admittedly there are only a few ...but still

we will have a 'selection' in two weeks whereby Quitter 2, aka Allison Campolo will take the baton from Quitter 3 , Crystal Gayden, for Chair of TCDP in a very closed loop.

just a note: Allison didn't raise one additional dollar in her 1st term according the the FR* . If u thought "give her another chance, this time she will get it right" nothing suggests she will indeed 'get it right' . She is like alot of County Chairs......maybe suitable for another time and place, They are not suitable for the current hateful neo-confederate one party state that is Texas and whose resistance requires street fighters, not nice church ladies .

*easy to read- https://www.transparencyusa.org/tx/committee/tarrant-county-democratic-party-pac-15705-gpac/payees?p=NaN

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tim koss's avatar

TCDP hasn't filed a financial report since Dec 31 with Texas Ethics Commission so u can not tell what they are up to now...

in Dec they spent $64K , which is after the election, weird unh? When they collected only $34K

As and old carton depcits....with a graph on the wall and a line going strait down, the CEO points at it to the Board and says: "Gentlemen , I'll be brief"

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tim koss's avatar

Tarrant County Vets: be very worried. From the Guardian

‘Extremely disturbing and unethical’: new rules allow VA doctors to refuse to treat Democrats, unmarried veterans

Doctors at Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals nationwide could refuse to treat unmarried veterans and Democrats under new hospital guidelines imposed following an executive order by Donald Trump."

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tim koss's avatar

Sabrina Ball got Bernie here on June 22.....so at least TCDP X says....don't know who is posting in their name but its not the Chair or Vice Chair or ED or secretary..most have quit or skeddaled........sorry they don't credit Sabrina

but she got the ball rolling over a month ago.....

TCDP X reaches about 3000, so about 1/100 of Dems in TC..its more than their FB but of course ,for the 100th time, seniors don't do SM. they do email , if they do SM its FB....and they vote and they donate. TCDP didn't figure this out under Allison 1.0......Now she has her own FB , Allison Campolo Campaign Machine, who posted all about her 'selection' for Chair next week, alot , but she seems not know about NO Kings, at least she didn't post about it.

Cyrstal is all in on Juneteenth, which basically speaks to 14% of TC, she says nothing about No Kings....so when she comes up for re-selection as Chair in the 2 year rotataion that TCDP has become, remember how little she did while she was Chair.

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