Fuck Texas.

Texas is a microcosm of the worst America has to offer: racism, homophobia, sexism, political corruption, Christian extremism, underfunded schools, paranoid nutjob "patriots" armed to the teeth, pitiful healthcare for children...the list goes on and on. Our southern states may have a lot of racists and bigots, but Texas beats 'em all by displaying horrible human behavior with alarming extremism and variety. It would almost be impressive if it wasn't so depressing! My comments here are pretty much what goes through my mind when I read yet another story about something awful that comes out of that place. Apologies to the few rational and good people who live there, but I just have to vent somewhere and this seems to do the job. Let's just call it "venting therapy." Don't mess with Texas? FUCK Texas.

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A Farmer Donated Land For a Public Park and the City Sold It to a Data Center Developer for $10 Million

The City of Taylor, Texas, is facing public outcry after residents found out a data center's being constructed on land donated as a public s

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Texas man charged with murder in shooting of child playing doorbell prank - BBC News

Julian Guzman, 11, was shot and killed after ringing the doorbell and running away, police said.

Just a friendly reminder that Texans are the absolute worst. In every possible way.

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Orthodox Christianity: Young US men joining 'masculine' Russian churches - BBC News

A religion with traditions dating back centuries is attracting young American men.

Great, just what religion needs: more toxic bro energy.

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Texas votes to outlaw most hemp products, potentially crippling market

The vote was a stunning reversal for the House after it advanced legislation that sought to regulate — rather than ban — intoxicating hemp p

Criminalize marijuana, an herb that actually provides some value, while alcohol is still available to ruin lives and families. How very Texas of you, Texas. Drink up!

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Texas Senate passes anti-solar, wind bill

The bill exclusively places permit restrictions, fees and new regulatory requirements for solar and wind projects.

Fucking hell, Texas. Just stop already.

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Texas Lawmakers Are Considering The Death Penalty For Women Who Get Abortions

House Bill 896 aims to criminalize all abortions and defines the procedure as homicide, which is punishable by death in Texas.

This was a draft I saved in 2019 and apparently never posted. Better late than never??

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Texas Gov. Signs 'Save Chick-fil-A' Religious Freedom Law

The legislation protecting businesses that donate to anti-LGBTQ groups takes effect on Sept. 1.

This was a draft I saved in 2019 and apparently never posted. Better late than never??

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Texas Republican says vaccines are "sorcery"

Consider the place of knowledge and ideology in politics, how the open discussion of facts and ideas might throw light on complicated and di

This was a draft I saved in 2019 and apparently never posted. Better late than never??

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Mom of child dead from measles: “Don’t do the shots,” my other 4 kids were fine

The interview downplayed the disease, maligned vaccines…

Lucky she has some spares...?

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Former Texas megachurch pastor indicted in Oklahoma on child sexual abuse charges

The Oklahoma Attorney General’s office says a former pastor of a Texas megachurch who resigned after a woman accused him of sexually abusing

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Measles outbreak expands in West Texas around county with low vaccination rate | CNN

A measles outbreak is growing in a rural area of West Texas where vaccination rates are well below the recommended level.

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Newborns are being left in dumpsters in Texas, but Republicans don't care

The GOP would rather arrest women than save their babies

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Pregnant Texas teen died after three ER visits due to medical impact of abortion ban

Neveah Crain died in October 2023 after doctor reportedly called for two ultrasounds to ‘confirm fetal demise’

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Texas Megachurch youth leader arrested for child pornography

A youth leader at Abilene's Beltway Park Church has been arrested and charged with possession of child pornography.

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Texas Leaders Worry That Bitcoin Mines Threaten to Crash the State Power Grid - Inside Climate News

Residents in the small town of Granbury are raising alarms over noise from a local Bitcoin mine, while state lawmakers warn that the energy-

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Texas attorney general acquitted in historic impeachment trial

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/09/16/texas-attorney-general-paxton-impeachment-verdict/

Who knew?

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White Texan child "traumatized" by classroom photos of Black and White kids holding hands | Boing Boing

A parent and schoolboard trustee in Conroe, Texas recently complained that her child was “traumatized” by a classroom poster depicting child