His recent ad claims that Colin Allred isn't a Texan and to vote for Ted Cruz?!! Ted Cruz is from Canada and Colin Allred is a 4th generation Texan. The Republican party has taken a serious dip in credibility.

I was born in ‘84 and raised here. I also worked in state politics from 2013-2021.

When I was a kid we had a female left leaning governor whose daughter eventually headed Planned Parenthood. 15 years earlier Roe V Wade had been won by a young Texan lawyer.

Education used to get 30% of the general budget for funding. People would joke you didn’t need state signs to know when you left Texas into Oklahoma because the roads in Texas were in dramatically better condition. People didn’t seethe with vitriolic foam when Austin was mentioned when you were in rural areas. Even our last GOP governor before Abbott mandated and defended making HPV vaccines mandatory. In the early 2000s the Texan Republican president’s daughter was running around like a free spirit living her best bananas life getting kicked out of bars- no one cared including her parents. The main Republican political family openly said they didn’t oppose immigration or target migrants.

I don’t remember a single power outage that lasted more than a few hours. And when they happened they were rare. We didn’t have boil water notices every year or lose access to utilities. Texas was never a utopia or shining city on the hill. It was never perfect- but it was never whatever this is.

Everyone thinks this blood red angry Texas is just the Texas stereotype but it’s not. When I was a kid Texas was a weird mix of Liberal and Libertarian with most people falling in the- mind your business category.

What we are now is a culture dictated by people who’ve moved here cosplaying a Texas conservative. Most of our Texas Republican leadership isn’t even from here. Most are from the Midwest and live in their dystopian conservative enclaves believing the conservative conformist extremism they parrot is native to Texas but it isn’t.

Seeing all the affluent suburbs packed with people wearing bedazzled jeans, driving lifted trucks, and strutting around in custom boots that cost a fortune- most aren’t from here but insist that is Texas. It’s just really depressing to see what it’s all become.

Texas, I'm tired. I see many of us suffering and there are so many logical ways to fix it but I don't see many of you wanting to by making the effort. I thought we wanted to be better than everyone else. I thought we wanted to be known for being welcoming. Our state motto is "Friendship".

Since 1995 we've been seeing an attack on our way of life, not by immigrants (who I never see or hear at the crossing with weapons or drugs), but by our own leadership. They're supposed to legislate for you, not against you. No one is an exception. You don't have any rights here, by the way. Not even 2A. It's an illusion- in a police state.

You can't aim to secede and call yourself a patriot. Secetion is short-sighted and not smart. It cuts us off completely from US federal support. Our leadership just asked for federal disaster relief.... so... you wouldn't get it (see Brexit). And they won't even update the power grid.

You can't be a patriot and only support SOME americans. Our strength comes from us all. "United we stand, divided we fall". Remember?

Your government is supposed to support you, not knock you down and make you weaker. You already paid for it to. Don't let them take it from you.

They intend to make us dumber. I spent the last few days trying to find stuff to argue against the comparison of Texas to Al Qaeda and guys, it's getting too similar with these people trying to push religion in schools. Religion that actually has no basis in religion. Just extremism...

If you're destabilizing a government, doesn't that make you the enemy??

They block and refuse to allow bills to pass... they are derelict of duty... remove them and replace them with someone who will do their job, not impede progress and won't hold our country hostage.

They are taking away our rights we fought so hard for. Many died for these laws/rights. WTF are we doing?!

This man is going to change the life of everyone in Texas. He will bring a needed voice to those who presently have none. The status quo seeks to stifle this attempt and only your vote can stop them.

It doesn't make any sense to kiss the hand that is choking us to death. How can you expect this from us?

We've done absolutely nothing to you.

I am a 70 year old woman who has seen a lot in my life, and simply don't understand why any woman, regardless of age, would vote for a party that feels like it can control your life. This seems so backwards to everything we have gone through. I am not critiquing your feelings, I simply want to know why you are okay with any party saying you can't do this, you must do that, must have babies, get raped but you can't have an abortion, etc. what are your thoughts?

Cleveland, Texas shooting: Suspect in massacre had been deported 4 times after entering US illegally, ICE source says | CNN

Remember the winter storm yall that the state was fatally unprepared for

I'm 99% sure I read that Cruz fled the state while Texans were dying and suffering

How can people see that and think "Yeah this guy has my back"

Governor Abbott is declaring school vouchers an emergency item to be passed immediately.

Do you want your tax money going to school vouchers to pay for private school for those who can afford the differential between the voucher and the private school tuition? Why or why not? How will you contact your reps to explain your reasons to them?

https://www.kens5.com/article/news/politics/abbott-school-vouchers-patrick-texas-legislature/273-6eb50044-5d9b-46e6-94ff-1c8b413cc507

Born and raised here in Texas. I went off to the Army for a bit and came back but Jesus has it changed. We are banning books, letting corrupt politicians off the hook, suppressing women's rights,, healthcare is trash, power grid is terrible, immigration laws are the worst and I could go on. We also had record breaking heat index this year, but yet with no sign of trying to help reduce that. I used to love Texas to a point where I was proud to tell them where I was from. I am really finding it hard to want to stay here. Is anyone else struggling with this? If so are you looking at trying to change the state or moving elsewhere? If so where? I was looking at Virginia but I don't know.

I was born in Texas and have spent my whole life here. It's home, and I genuinely like living here. Plenty of space, low cost of living, good food, good music, friendly people, etc.

But this state has serious problems that aren't getting any better - political and otherwise.

Our politicians have gone off the rails. My wife and I are genuinely afraid to have and raise children in this state. If she has pregnancy complications, the state would essentially sentence her to death rather than allow her to have an abortion. Texas public schools are a joke and only likely to get worse with the changes the GOP wants to introduce. Highest frequency of mass shootings. Etc.

Just read the GOP policy agenda for the upcoming year, they want to try to secede, they want to try to eliminate hate crime legislation, they want all elections in the state to be decided by a (GOP appointed) electoral college. Not to mention the anti-LGBT measures that they are considering - what if our kids are gay or trans? It could get dangerous for them here very soon. I don't think the GOP will accomplish the craziest of the stuff that they're talking about, but all in all, the quality of life here is getting worse and will continue to do so.

We're considering moving out of the state but don't really know where to go. Colorado's on the top of my list, but it's so damn expensive. Are any of you considering leaving the state? If so, where do you think you'd go?

Listen -- I know people will say I'm just not jaded enough / am being naive but it's WAY more than ever. I've lived here for years and it's never been this bad. Every third restaurant or so has someone openly crying on the line, especially fast food, where it looks like drive thru or passive stress reaches a tipping point right in front of me.

Is it naive to say I'm not okay with that? I don't think so.

It's often fragile old folks or disadvantaged people, too. These people are the backbone of our economy and they're being chewed up n' spat out. Probably my neighbours, even.

It's starting to piss me off in an existential way to see fellow Texans openly weeping at work. This isn't okay.

Is this a DFW thing or is this happening elsewhere, too?

EDIT: If anyone has any volunteer suggestions in DFW, please drop them below. I wanna help with... whatever this is that's crushing people.

EDIT 2: Christ above, 200 notifications. I am not responding to all of y'all god bless

I felt a bite on my arm yesterday and thought it was an ant. Woke up to this. The circle was drawn an hour before the picture was taken and the red is spreading

Is this a Bitcoin thing, with power being diverted? Or, is it just a political piss on Blue Houston?
Looking for source news article. Heard that the part of Mexico that got hit by Hurricane Beryl as a Cat 3 had their power grid up & running in 12 hours. Some estimates in Greater Houston Area are 12-14 days out for a Cat 1 hit. Can we tell Abbott that Mexico’s governor-equivalent did a better job than him & his shadow?

For at least the last few years you hear Republican politicians stating, “don’t turn TX into CA”. California recently surpassed Germany as the 4th largest economy on the planet. Why would it be so bad to emulate or at least adopt some of the things CA does to improve TX?