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Will Ken Paxton, the Attorney General of Texas, finally face possible consequences for his actions?

There is something strange going on when a vast majority of Republicans vote for his impeachment.

What to know about Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s long-running scandals and legal battles.

Texas AG Ken Paxton impeached: What to know about the controversy, what comes next

 

I used the above quote from another thread because I didn't want to insert politics into that thread (someone else does...frequently).

There are people (some I know) who would question why a person would feel the need to say they are not part of the groups they claim to support. That's a legitimate point, and some of the explanations are equally legitimate.

I live in a state where a display of LGBTQ rainbow support (I have no idea what the proper term is) could lead to confrontations and I don't mean just verbal ones*. You don't have to get very far outside of Houston proper to find people who think good white heterosexual Christians (many are Christian in thought only) should force their GWHC beliefs on others.


* BTW for the same reason I don't wear shirts or hats that call NPD Trump an asshole criminal and question the intelligence of his supporters.

 

More often than not the reason I'm letting folks know that I'm a old, fat, cishet, lower middle class, #ffffff, dude, who has spent most of my life in a trailer park, is because I want to show we are not all homophobic assholes.
It also puts the people spouting anti-LGBTQ bullshit with similar life profiles on the back foot when they insist they are the 'normal' ones.
No buddy, you are not normal.
You are a bigot.

We have right-wing assholes in Alaska too but by-in-large we tend to be live and let live.
Living in Texas must be interesting.
I have a friend who lives in Austin. She loves it and hates it all at the same time.

 

I can certainly understand what your friend means.. Texas is great in many ways, and 1950s redneck in many other ways.

Houston has a good mix of ethnicities, and has (had?) the 2nd largest gay community in the US. We're also in Harris County, which is blue.

Things change just a short distance from Houston. I'm not talking about overt hostility, although it can happen. It's more like unwritten & unspoken rules, such as you don't discuss gay issues, or express support for Black Lives Matter.


Of course it could be the quality of my family members & friends .

 

This judge writes a 155 page novella,
& releases it on the 4th of July.
WTF?

https://www.salon.com/2023/07/05/ab...and-dangerous-limits-on-anti-disinfo-efforts/

Did Terry Doughty have help from a bottle of liquid babble?

 

Counselori Giuliani could lose his law license in Washington, DC as well.

DC Bar panel recommends Rudy Giuliani be disbarred over 2020 election efforts


The following two could hit a paywall.

Giuliani Should Lose His Law License in D.C., Bar Panel Says

https://www.nationalreview.com/corn...-lose-d-c-law-license-over-the-2020-election/

It's nice to see some of The Big Lie perpetrators & perpetuators face consequences, even if it's not criminal charges.

But...now what about NPD Trump?

 

Larry Nassar has been stabbed in prison, again.

Source: Nassar stabbed multiple times in prison

Yet he survived, again.

Is justice him living for decades fearing for his life?
Perhaps he started a fight hoping to be killed?

*********
Would NPD Trump be at the same risk level if he goes to a federal prison?

 

Refusal to pay legal bills.

With a twist: They kept representing me after I told them to stop.

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/10/trump-ally-steve-bannon-unpaid-legal-bills.html

 

My question re NPD Trump being at risk wasn't quite literal, and wasn't quite rhetorical.

Of course
he would be separated and protected.

He would most likely be the
most expensive inmate
in US history (for the time he served).

And of course at this time
all of this is hypothetical,
& even worse
will most likely be moot.

 

Been on a kick of shows and documentaries about criminality and the prison/welfare/drug problems in the world. It's basically a "game" of pick whether they were sexually abused, don't have a father (or mother), got on/access to drugs way too young, and/or super super super fucking poor. Like thousands I've seen in the last couple of months, and I can only think of two that didn't have any of those (or admit to it) that were profiled.

It's almost like broken kids become broken adults. Whose fault is that? Hm.

 

I work with people with disabilities and so many of them have records because they didn't get the support and care they needed when they were young.
And since we treat people with records and mental issues worse than animals, more often than not they wind up back in prison.
The US prison system is the main provider of mental health care here.
This country is terrible when it comes to mental health.

 

Spend money on social programs and mental health to help people avoid turning to crime? That's crazy woke talk!

The big thing in the not so great state of Texas (either the worst state for social & mental health spending, or close to) is tax cuts. When we have budget surplus the first thing our Republican leaders mention is more tax cuts. Gawd forbid we consider using that money for education, social programs, & mental health (and making the energy companies take their profits to upgrade our power grid).

 

An old legal play used by those who don't face any real consequences for breaking the law.

Of course it helps Alabama that the SCOTUS didn't hand down any clear instructions.

Alabama Voters Prep for Another Map Fight After Republicans Flout SCOTUS Ruling


"Eating cookies now will spoil your appetite for dinner."

"Well, yes, we ate some cookies. You didn't directly & clearly say we couldn't have any cookies."

 

https://www.salon.com/2023/07/25/bu...ing-uvalde-victims-memorial-pin-in-the-trash/

The sad part for me is Boebert doing this doesn’t shock or even surprise me.

Had it been Greene she probably would've physically attacked the activists.

 

Biden to sign executive order stripping military commanders of oversight in sexual assault cases - UPI.com

This' long overdue.

Two examples, close to me.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Vanessa_Guillén

She grew up and attended school a few miles from where I live.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutherland_Springs_church_shooting

The military dumped an obviously disturbed and violent Devin Patrick Kelley back into civilian society. And covered up his discharge status, per an intentionally defiant and illegal policy.

 

Dear Elon,

Not every thought that pops into your head needs to be shared. Or are you pulling a potentially stupid publicity stunt?

https://www.npr.org/2023/08/06/1192...ers-who-get-in-trouble-at-work-for-their-twee

I hope he either keeps this promise and loses millions of dollars doing so, or reneges and loses millions of dollars fighting lawsuits.

 

Edit: I haven't had the Delayed Posting Issue in quite some time, but apparently it's back, at least for the above post re Elon Musk.

Since I'm editing a duplicate post I'll try to add something to make it a new post.

Bigoted, antisemitic, gross: Rudy Giuliani finds an even lower low | Arwa Mahdawi

If you read down into the article there's some interesting comments about homophobia in Italy's official policies.

 

Elon's latest tweet about how ultra based George Orwell was, shows just how unaware he is of history.
Orwell was a socialist and would have found everything about Musk absolutely disgusting.