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[–] 4 points 1 hour ago

This lawsuit also comes as Harris County is shattering early voting records, with over 950,000 residents having cast their ballots and one day of early voting still left. The previous record for a nonpresidential election was 855,711 people in 2018.

“Ken Paxton filed this lawsuit in the final days of voting because he wants to stop Houstonians from going to the polls. He’s whining about ads that do nothing more than tell neighbors when to vote and where to get information about voting,” Texas Democratic Congressman Christian D. Menefee wrote online. “Paxton is upset that diverse voters across Harris County are making their voices heard. He doesn’t like that in this election, people are showing up in big numbers in neighborhoods like Third Ward, Acres Homes, Cypress, Tidwell, and Sunnyside.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 hours ago (1 child)

    Off topic but I love your username OP 🖤

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  • [–] 15 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

    What in tarnation?! Now how's he supposed to win if you keep reminding the coloreds to vote!

    This is literally his thought process.

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  • [–] 18 points 8 hours ago

    Kenny sure doesn't like it when we tell people to vote. Better do it harder.

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  • [–] 13 points 9 hours ago

    Pretty sure the counter argument is going to be “voting representation is lowest among minority groups because they face significant hurdles to voting.”

    Also Ken Paxton should get fucked by a giant cactus.

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  • [–] 39 points 11 hours ago

    I thought the head line was so bombastic.

    “By specifically directing voting advertisements to these and many other racial or ethnic ‘detailed targeting’ terms, it is readily apparent that Harris County is attempting to increase the likelihood that only certain racial and ethnic groups—but not all—will vote,” the lawsuit reads. “In any event, there can be no legitimate reason for Harris County to intentionally target voter advertisements toward this peculiar assortment of African American, Asian, and Latino ethnicities, cultural interests, and countries, but not toward any European ethnicities.”

    But no, JFC, that is exactly what he said.

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  • [–] 49 points 13 hours ago

    The fact that it actually stopped the ads is tragic. It clearly has no legs to stand on but achieved the goal.

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  • [–] 9 points 9 hours ago

    Sounds like he wants more Diversity in the ads so the push is more Equitable and Includes his demographic.

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  • [–] 35 points 13 hours ago

    I'm curious when his skin suit is going to break apart and thousands of cockroaches will pour out of it.

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  • [–] 19 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

    Dude, white Republicans must be fucking depressed. Like, the bigotry is still their, it's clearly the only thing left fueling them. But God damn. Having to cope with the gas prices, the economic failures, a datacenter poisoning your lungs and ears. Listening to your president talk about his ballroom and golf course renovations on social media all day.

    Can we get some "it'll be ok white people" ads? That's what Paxton is projecting right now. His entire voter base is too depressed to get off the couch. These red state Republicans never have had to actually try to win an election.

    There there Pax. It'll be ok. We just need some DEI for old white rascist shitbags.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 hours ago*

    The irony of the Zionist comedian that's used her "racial identity" to justify genocide being "white" in this. The continuous confirmation that "white" is a made up social construct that is either used to signal to hate for an outgroup; or in her case, remove it as an identity when it's convenient to use her Jewish "racial identity" as a shield for an emotional support apartheid state.

    Also, relevant louis ck from before that video was made; that was basically what the video you linked was ripping off. Kind of blatantly.

    https://youtu.be/7AbxHo9ybD0

    Still, appreciate the sharing. Not directed at you. But, fuck Sarah Silverman. And Louis CK is also a weird sex pest.

    Though both the video and his standup are pointing to white privilege and racial constructs as comedy. So both are good in a vacuum.

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