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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)

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WTF

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg1ex3w91no

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[–] Lili_Thana@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Texas has more dem voters than some states have people.

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[–] baronvonj@piefed.social 6 points 2 hours 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.

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[–] KC_Royalz@lemmy.world -4 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

And yet not once have they even been close to winning

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[–] Sharkticon@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 hour 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.

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[–] the_mighty_kracken@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

You aren't even close to being right about that

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