▲ 286 ▼ TIL that a man killed his daughter in Texas after arguing about Donald Trump. The local jury declined to indict him. He was immediatly released. (abc6onyourside.com) submitted 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) by Fossy@programming.dev to c/til@lemmy.world 53 comments fedilink hide all child comments WTF https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg1ex3w91no
[+] KC_Royalz@lemmy.world -20 points 2 hours ago (4 children) Ya when people say Dems have a chance of winning Texas. Call that person a moron and go on with your day permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] felixthecat@fedia.io 2 points 19 minutes ago If we had 100% voting population Republicans would never win again anywhere, especially in texas. That is why Republicans are so eager to disenfranchise voters. They're trying to take away voting rights of women by making voters who change their name ineligible. They love the apathetic idiots who never vote. Right now trump seems to have killed mail in voting for this year. Unless something changes the new usps system is sure to disenfranchise millions. permalink fedilink source parent [–] starik@lemmy.today 2 points 34 minutes ago* It’s a perfect storm for Dems this year in Texas. They have a good candidate for that state - a likable, charismatic young man who talks about his Christian faith a lot. The Republicans are fielding a particularly bad candidate - a corrupt attorney general who was nearly impeached by his own party for fraud, whose wife recently divorced him for cheating, and who narrowly won a closely contested primary. Beto came within 2.5 points of Cruz in 2018, and Cruz was/is popular in Texas, and Republicans in general weren’t as reviled back then. It’s still no better than a coin flip, but Talarico could win this year. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 26 points 2 hours ago (1 child) Like nearly all the US, the cities are heavily blue and the rural parts are heavily red. The only difference between blue states and red states is which side of the halfway line it’s tipped towards. And nearly every state is close to the halfway mark—including Texas. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Lili_Thana@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 hours ago (2 children) Texas has more dem voters than some states have people. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] baronvonj@piefed.social 4 points 1 hour ago We have loads of left-leaning people who are eligible to vote. If more of them would actually vote, we'd get somewhere. Fortunately, the primary turnout numbers this year look good. More Democratic voters than Republican in the Senate race, and pretty close to even for the Governor. Compare to 2024 when over 2/3 of primary ballots cast were Republican. Polling looks better than 2018 with Beto v Cruz. permalink fedilink source parent [–] KC_Royalz@lemmy.world -2 points 1 hour ago (2 children) And yet not once have they even been close to winning permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Sharkticon@lemmy.zip 2 points 47 minutes ago Beto came pretty close against Cruz. But that was basically it in the last 30 or so years. Every other time has been a route basically. The Texas Democratic party is beyond incompetent. permalink fedilink source parent [–] the_mighty_kracken@lemmy.world 1 point 1 hour ago You aren't even close to being right about that permalink fedilink source parent [+] yeahiknow3@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 1 hour ago* [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] felixthecat@fedia.io 2 points 19 minutes ago If we had 100% voting population Republicans would never win again anywhere, especially in texas. That is why Republicans are so eager to disenfranchise voters. They're trying to take away voting rights of women by making voters who change their name ineligible. They love the apathetic idiots who never vote. Right now trump seems to have killed mail in voting for this year. Unless something changes the new usps system is sure to disenfranchise millions. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] starik@lemmy.today 2 points 34 minutes ago* It’s a perfect storm for Dems this year in Texas. They have a good candidate for that state - a likable, charismatic young man who talks about his Christian faith a lot. The Republicans are fielding a particularly bad candidate - a corrupt attorney general who was nearly impeached by his own party for fraud, whose wife recently divorced him for cheating, and who narrowly won a closely contested primary. Beto came within 2.5 points of Cruz in 2018, and Cruz was/is popular in Texas, and Republicans in general weren’t as reviled back then. It’s still no better than a coin flip, but Talarico could win this year. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 26 points 2 hours ago (1 child) Like nearly all the US, the cities are heavily blue and the rural parts are heavily red. The only difference between blue states and red states is which side of the halfway line it’s tipped towards. And nearly every state is close to the halfway mark—including Texas. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Lili_Thana@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 hours ago (2 children) Texas has more dem voters than some states have people. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] baronvonj@piefed.social 4 points 1 hour ago We have loads of left-leaning people who are eligible to vote. If more of them would actually vote, we'd get somewhere. Fortunately, the primary turnout numbers this year look good. More Democratic voters than Republican in the Senate race, and pretty close to even for the Governor. Compare to 2024 when over 2/3 of primary ballots cast were Republican. Polling looks better than 2018 with Beto v Cruz. permalink fedilink source parent [–] KC_Royalz@lemmy.world -2 points 1 hour ago (2 children) And yet not once have they even been close to winning permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Sharkticon@lemmy.zip 2 points 47 minutes ago Beto came pretty close against Cruz. But that was basically it in the last 30 or so years. Every other time has been a route basically. The Texas Democratic party is beyond incompetent. permalink fedilink source parent [–] the_mighty_kracken@lemmy.world 1 point 1 hour ago You aren't even close to being right about that permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Lili_Thana@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 hours ago (2 children) Texas has more dem voters than some states have people. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] baronvonj@piefed.social 4 points 1 hour ago We have loads of left-leaning people who are eligible to vote. If more of them would actually vote, we'd get somewhere. Fortunately, the primary turnout numbers this year look good. More Democratic voters than Republican in the Senate race, and pretty close to even for the Governor. Compare to 2024 when over 2/3 of primary ballots cast were Republican. Polling looks better than 2018 with Beto v Cruz. permalink fedilink source parent [–] KC_Royalz@lemmy.world -2 points 1 hour ago (2 children) And yet not once have they even been close to winning permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Sharkticon@lemmy.zip 2 points 47 minutes ago Beto came pretty close against Cruz. But that was basically it in the last 30 or so years. Every other time has been a route basically. The Texas Democratic party is beyond incompetent. permalink fedilink source parent [–] the_mighty_kracken@lemmy.world 1 point 1 hour ago You aren't even close to being right about that permalink fedilink source parent
[–] baronvonj@piefed.social 4 points 1 hour ago We have loads of left-leaning people who are eligible to vote. If more of them would actually vote, we'd get somewhere. Fortunately, the primary turnout numbers this year look good. More Democratic voters than Republican in the Senate race, and pretty close to even for the Governor. Compare to 2024 when over 2/3 of primary ballots cast were Republican. Polling looks better than 2018 with Beto v Cruz. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KC_Royalz@lemmy.world -2 points 1 hour ago (2 children) And yet not once have they even been close to winning permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Sharkticon@lemmy.zip 2 points 47 minutes ago Beto came pretty close against Cruz. But that was basically it in the last 30 or so years. Every other time has been a route basically. The Texas Democratic party is beyond incompetent. permalink fedilink source parent [–] the_mighty_kracken@lemmy.world 1 point 1 hour ago You aren't even close to being right about that permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sharkticon@lemmy.zip 2 points 47 minutes ago Beto came pretty close against Cruz. But that was basically it in the last 30 or so years. Every other time has been a route basically. The Texas Democratic party is beyond incompetent. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] the_mighty_kracken@lemmy.world 1 point 1 hour ago You aren't even close to being right about that permalink fedilink source parent