Post Awq0L26wLFsFbZy7MW by alex02@cyberplace.social
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(DIR) Post #Awpyt5dNY74ATBFm8u by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-04T20:36:46Z
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#Texas #Democrats on Monday prevented their state’s #House of Representatives from moving forward, at least for now, with a redrawn congressional map sought by #Trump to shore up #Republicans’ 2026 midterm prospects as his political standing falters. #law #ElectionLaw #redistricting #gerrymandering #rigged #elections https://apnews.com/article/us-election-2026-texas-redistricting-136cfeddc717f9fc69337bd3d39b1819?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-08-04-Breaking+News
(DIR) Post #Awpz4P9BLC1mAoWZXM by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-04T20:39:09Z
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The #Republican dominated #House issued civil #ArrestWarrants intended to compel the return of absent members, but it was not immediately clearly whether those can or will be enforced beyond #Texas borders. House Speaker Rep. Dustin Burrows urged #Democrats to return to “fulfill your duty.” “If you continue to go down this road, there will be consequences,” he said. #law #ElectionLaw #redistricting #gerrymandering #rigged #elections #Trump #GregAbbott
(DIR) Post #AwpzExsV4CsCmkkzyK by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-04T20:41:04Z
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Speaking Monday on FauxNews, #GregAbbott essentially admitted to the partisan power play, noting that #SCOTUS has determined “there is nothing illegal” about shaping districts to a majority party’s advantage. He even openly acknowledged it as “#gerrymandering” before correcting himself to say #Texas is “drawing lines.”#law #ElectionLaw #redistricting #rigged #elections #Trump
(DIR) Post #AwpzRb9wqT4i5bwUNM by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-04T20:43:22Z
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#GregAbbott insisted ahead of the scheduled session that lawmakers have “absconded” in violation of their sworn duties to the state.“I believe they have forfeited their seats in the state Legislature because they are not doing the job they were elected to do,” he said in the FauxNews interview, invoking his state’s hallmark machismo to call the lawmakers “un-Texan.”“Texans don’t run from a fight,” he said.#law #ElectionLaw #redistricting #gerrymandering #rigged #elections #Trump
(DIR) Post #AwpzZJovCBrwd6mxbU by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-04T20:44:43Z
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#Democrats said they had no plans to heed the governor’s demands to return.“He has no legal mechanism,” said #Texas Rep. Jolanda Jones, one of the lawmakers who was in New York on Monday. “Subpoenas from #Texas don’t work in #NewYork, so he can’t come & get us. Subpoenas in Texas don’t work in #Chicago. ... He’s putting up smoke & mirrors.” #law #ElectionLaw #redistricting #gerrymandering #rigged #elections #Trump #GregAbbott
(DIR) Post #AwpzvEsSFpBnfbtTHs by nonproductive@mastodon.social
2025-08-04T20:48:41Z
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@Nonilex Excellent.If SCOTUS says it’s ok, then I hope Democratic majority states find some spine and do the same. Let it go back to SCOTUS. If it’s legal for one, it’s legal for all. Bury their seats in every blue state. They get Texas, but it should be ensured whatever they gain they lose 2x as many to CA, NY, NJ, etc…
(DIR) Post #Awpzwct8T2pkQcsEHw by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-04T20:48:57Z
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A refusal by #Texas lawmakers to show up is a civil violation of legislative rules. As for his threat to remove the lawmakers, #GregAbbott cited a nonbinding legal opinion issued by #Republican TX #KenPaxton amid a partisan quorum dispute in 2021. Paxton suggested a court could determine that a legislator had forfeited their office.Paxton, who is running for US #Senate, said… #Democrats who “try & run away like cowards should be found, arrested, & brought back to the Capitol immediately.” #law
(DIR) Post #Awq0AhwsRxY2B2L2p6 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-04T20:51:31Z
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The #Texas Supreme Court held in 2021 that #House leaders had the authority to “physically compel the attendance” of missing members, but no #Democrats were forcibly brought back to the state after warrants were served. #Republicans answered by adopting $500 daily fines for lawmakers who don’t show up for work as punishment.#GregAbbott, meanwhile, continues to make unsubstantiated claims that some lawmakers have committed felonies by soliciting money to pay for the fines…#law #gerrymandering
(DIR) Post #Awq0L26wLFsFbZy7MW by alex02@cyberplace.social
2025-08-04T20:53:20Z
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@Nonilex you're telling me that fraudster who cheated his way into making millions, is lying about this shitshow? I am blabbergasted.
(DIR) Post #Awq6yNpk6w9Fzm4VOq by knutson_brain@sfba.social
2025-08-04T22:07:41Z
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@Nonilex California is taking notes…
(DIR) Post #Awqabje9qDm7c0llqa by michaelslade@mastodon.social
2025-08-05T03:39:44Z
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@Nonilex “Texans don’t run from a fight" but US House members do. Let's remove them from their offices for leaving Washington early.