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bullshite. It is 100% the economy.

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Economy is definitely a part but I believe there is more to it than just the economy and republicans need to acknowledge that or else this is going to become normal. The white suburban mom and teachers absolutely HATE Abbott with a fiery passion.

My wife is a teacher, her and most of her teacher friends don’t know shite about politics. They all hate Abbott because since he has been governor public education has been cut over and over again and then the voucher shite was extremely unpopular but passed anyway.

Also don’t discount the disaster that was the handling of SB3. The THC ban couldn’t have been more obvious they were being bought and paid for by the alcohol lobbyists. Smokable hemp is banned but you can still buy THC seltzers because they are sold by alcohol distributors. Make it make sense that you were actually looking out for Texans best interest there Dan Patrick and Greg Abbott. Not to even mention the way that went where SB3 got vetoed after being so unpopular but then you do the same thing that bill was going to accomplish through the back door of rule changes with DSHS.

Texas was a perfect storm of a lot of things. I already see a lot of fellow Texans blaming the Californians but I think that is just an easy scapegoat and not wanting to acknowledge reality that the leadership in this state has been weak for years.

Yes Paxton was a terrible candidate, but it’s more than just that. Abbott and Patrick have sold this state out and did not have the peoples best interest for a long time. The THC ban was extremely unpopular amongst both party lines, the school vouchers were unpopular amongst both parties, the influx of data center projects have been unpopular in both parties. People have been over Abbott since Harvey, then you had the freeze disaster, now you have people upset with Trump and it just took time for enough people to reach their breaking points.

Lots of YouTube golf videos will claim to be “the best YouTube golf video in history”.

Episode 2 actually might be. From start to finish it was very entertaining but like the last hour or so was legit could not look away content.

Did not know who Big John was before this. Thought he was an annoying douche at first. Can’t lie, by the end of episode 2 I think I have fully come around to liking him.

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Dang LaPorte with 2 4star kids. When did they get good at football? I remember them always being trash.

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Graduated from La Porte almost 20 years ago. Trash is a bit of an exaggeration, not like we are the pasadena schools. We make the playoffs pretty much every year. There were some really bad years from like maybe 2016-2021 if my memory is correct. When I was in school we made deep playoff runs every season until we would run up against the big schools. Back then when 5A was the biggest class, we really should have been 4A based on enrollment size. Every year were right at the smallest 5A in the state and when we would run up against schools like Katy in the playoffs, we just were not near deep enough to compete consistently. Though there was one season I think in 2012 that La Porte knocked out Katy.

Now that 6A exists and La Porte stayed 5A, it’s right where we really belong.

Sean Simon and Peyton Smith are both two of the most talented kids to come through La Porte and they’re both only Juniors. Simon has been playing on varsity since he was a freshman and broke the career rushing yards record a few weeks ago. Want to say he’s at like 3,500 career yards already.

Peyton Smith had one of the best catches I’ve seen in person at the high school level last week. Legit OBJ like catch. Sorry for the Facebook link. LINK

Super happy to see these kids getting some attention. From what I have heard Smith is a Texas lean and Simon is an SMU lean right now. They are also 2028 guys so recruiting is really just heating up for them. Would love to see either of them in the P&G.

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When you went to vote in the primary, they asked you whether you wanted to be in the Democrat or Republican primary you probably said Republican, and that's why you voted in the Republican primary. Only Republicans run in the Republican primary

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This is correct.

Next election cycle same person could say democrat when they go vote in the primary and will only see democrats on the ballot. Has nothing to do with “registering” for a party.

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You fix intra-party issues in the primary. The general is all about making sure Democrats do not win. Otherwise, you're no better than the useful idiots on the Left.

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I don’t disagree. But I think it’s hard do that through the primary because the way voting works in primaries here. It’s very rare you see incumbents lose in a primary here.

No, the way Paxton loses is due to the repeated unpopular policy pushed in this state by the GOP and the fact that Paxton is an all time bad candidate. I know this will get downvoted by those that just get emotional about this but TX should never even be in doubt on a state wide election. The Republican Party has not listened to what is actually important to the people of Texas in a long time and have lined their pockets with money from lobbyists pushing an agenda. Yeah I know, that’s just what politics are, but you talk to people around this state and they are fed up with Abbott, Dan Patrick, all of them.

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Anyone thinking it is a hoax...care to lose a little money on that? Co-workers brought them in today to ask about them. 5 of them in the trash right now. It's real, it's damn real.

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Nobody is saying the letters themselves are a hoax. They absolutely are real, I got one too. What I do believe to be a hoax is who funded and mailed them out. I don’t think it’s a coincidence they were in every Texans mailbox the same day early voting started.

LSU and Kiffin said over and over again that if they were not eligible to play that they would not play. Other fanbases and national media have created fan fiction over this that just isn’t true.

There is nothing against the rules about not filling 105 roster spots. In fact a lot of schools don’t. So again, what actual rule was broken. This is all just hurt feelings and sorry that’s not a reason to vote to expel any member of the conference, let alone one of the charter members.

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The two cases are entirely different.

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I know right!. Bediako left with remaining eligibility, played 2 pro seasons, was recruited back to Bama after signing a pro contract, and actually played 5 games. That’s way worse.