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Politics : View from the Center and Left Texas Annex

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From: S. maltophilia5/22/2025 12:49:59 AM
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They Don’t Love Texas They Love The Sound Of Their Own Voices

Republicans hijack a mental health bill to rant about genitals, again.

...Are Republicans stupid?

Maybe. Maybe not. Perhaps it’s all just cosplay for the cameras.

Maybe they know exactly what they’re doing when they get up there and spew nonsense about “groomers” and “social transitioning” and “radical counselors” while blocking mental health bills and posting clips of themselves to Twitter twelve times a day. Maybe they’re not dumb. Maybe they’re just deeply cynical.

Because here’s the truth: they don’t give a single solitary fuck about Texas.

Not about our kids. Not about our schools. Not about rural hospitals shutting down or families drowning in property taxes. Not about the power grid. Not about poisoned water or failing bridges or underpaid teachers.

They don’t care about governing. They care about performing for Fox News, for their donors, for the algorithm. They care about outrage clicks and fundraising emails. They care about being seen “fighting the woke left,” even if it means fighting mental health counselors and dead teens.

They are actors in a right-wing reality show. They show up to committee hearings with...

lonestarleft.com

The videos are fun.
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