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With Thomas Massie getting ousted last night in Kentucky, showcasing again that a very specific Fox News/OANN viewer will do whatever Trump says to do, it definitely looks like Ken Paxton (endorsed by DT recently) will get the nod in Texas to face Talarico. Obviously that's not definite, but it seems like he will with said endorsement.

I do not think Talarico can win Tarrant County, although Allred did beat Cruz in this county, so it's possible. The inside of 820 is blue-purple, I'd argue.

Will be an interesting showdown between Christianity (you might argue "performative Christianity") on one side and a very different form on the other (where you also might argue it's performative). I hope for many Mercy Culture sheep/wolf AI and photoshop mess-ups.

I would assume Paxton gets 52-54 percent in Tarrant. You?

(Statewide I would also guess he wins, although I don't see myself voting for him.)

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"Y'all didn't acknowledge Charlie Kirk and Trump in Butler to OUR LIKING, so we're condemning you!"

(The saddest thing about the modern conservative movement is that Charlie Kirk is not remembered as anything other than a meme or talking point for money now.)

For the "Oh, this looks like DC, why is this posted here???" crowd:

He is a pastor, former State Rep, local resident. His church has big influence in Tarrant GOP politics.

For the "we need a Ft. Worth politics sub" crowd:

Make one. For now, this sub has an audience and while I don't think it changes minds directly, it's still a way to reach people.

For the "I don't know who Mercy is, I just get my kids to their Wild Acre birthday party" group:

No doubt, as you should! But this stuff does matter, as under Trump 2.0 and O'Hare 1.5, they've become pretty powerful. If you want your kids' lives to be mostly untouched by governmental forces, I wouldn't necessarily vote D/lib, but I would consider getting rid of some of these clowns.

Happy Tuesday otherwise.

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In 2022 or so, I met a dentist in Tanglewood who had moved here in 2012. Between 2012 and 2022, he had never once been downtown. (He had kids, and youth sports don't tend to take place downtown.) I always thought that was WILD, but increasingly I've met tons of people who never go to Sundance, like ever. And it does make sense.

I wonder if this will change anything.

This guy's early voting (Railroad Commissioner) starts today. His opponent is Jim Wright, the incumbent. The early voting goes through 5/22, also known as "Friday," and then there is a final chance to vote on 5/26. There are 37 early voting locations in this county, which you can find here.

Obviously there is a big "too much politics" crowd on this sub. I get it. I do. When I opened Reddit this morning, I had roofers, re-homed pets, questions about Alliance, and an Instagram reel from Colin County (why?). I only saw three political posts. But maybe you see more.

If you want a different version of Texas, even if regulated oil and gas doesn't seem to touch your life very much D2D, you need to avoid guys like Bo getting slots. That's all I'm saying. It doesn't mean you're a raging lib to not want one of the worst Tarrant County exports getting a statewide seat.

This guy's early voting (Railroad Commissioner) starts today. His opponent is Jim Wright, the incumbent. The early voting goes through 5/22, also known as "Friday," and then there is a final chance to vote on 5/26. There are 37 early voting locations in this county, which you can find here.

Bo lives in a multimillion dollar home on the west side of Ft. Worth, and I would assume none of these liberal movements of 2020-2021 really forced him to "surrender" much, but victimhood is currency for more than just libs these days, I suppose.

I know three Lockheed guys whose kids subsist on this woman ... but baby, Landon ain't having it.

Can you think of anything maybe a wee bit off about this situation, or no, you think it's all good?

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So when we don't prosecute libs, we need something special. Got it, baby! But then the question would become, as it so often does: how would we pay for these services? Sales tax?

If you destroy property tax, you likely take Sorrells (Google if you don't know) office down to about 1/8th of what it currently is.

And how do you fry those libtards then, Nate?

His early-voting runoff is next week. BTW, the thing he's running for doesn't do anything about immigration. It regulates oil and gas.

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76111 area.

Pretty detailed article, including how the city and third-party vendors messed up.

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Can anyone quickly elucidate for the rest of us?

The runoff that Richard is speaking of occurs in two parts: there is an early voting period from May 18 to May 22 (that's next week, essentially). The actual Election Day is May 26. You can find out a close early voting location to you here.

This is the same runoff as Paxton vs. Cornyn (to go against Talarico) and a few other things. To vote on Paxton/Cornyn or Bo/Jim Wright, you'd need to have voted in the early GOP election, back in March.

We regularly have people in this sub say "i had no idea there were elections" and then similar usernames say "we talk about politics too much, want more info on anime shows." I don't know where the balance is, personally, but consider voting in this one next week or just after Memorial Day.