(08-15-2025 08:17 AM)BlueDragon Wrote:  

(08-14-2025 11:32 AM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  SO, the deadline was extended repeatedly, no one was arrested, no one was charged with a crime, no one lost their office, no one lost their committee memberships, it was all political theater? Do I have that right or have I missed something? I think I read somewhere about some fines maybe, a loss of pay for the period of time they were AWOL maybe?

And just like that this issue slides down the list - and into the back pages of the news cycle - and what? Was anyone held accountable?

Absolutely not, they are politicians and this is how our government works.

C’mon now keep up.

Truth

(08-15-2025 10:00 AM)olliebaba Wrote:  "All hat, no cattle. Sad. We always look to Texas to be the rugged individualists who push against the grain. It seems like these days they always talk the talk but rarely walk the walk." TB4E


They're just mimicking the big boys in our nations capitol, all talk and no bite. It looks good to conservatives and the other side uses it for their followers...like wrestling. You got to rile up your base and that's what both sides are doing.

More truth.

(08-14-2025 05:12 PM)shere khan Wrote:  

(08-14-2025 11:36 AM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  

(08-14-2025 11:32 AM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  SO, the deadline was extended repeatedly, no one was arrested, no one was charged with a crime, no one lost their office, no one lost their committee memberships, it was all political theater? Do I have that right or have I missed something? I think I read somewhere about some fines maybe, a loss of pay for the period of time they were AWOL maybe?

And just like that this issue slides down the list - and into the back pages of the news cycle - and what? Was anyone held accountable?

The only part you missed is that their pay and fines will all be reimbursed.

Texas never fails to talk big and do nothing.

Predictable.

I imagine the reimbursement is coming from the DNC and Beto's group. NOT the state.

(08-15-2025 11:52 AM)bullet Wrote:  

(08-14-2025 05:12 PM)shere khan Wrote:  

(08-14-2025 11:36 AM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  

(08-14-2025 11:32 AM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  SO, the deadline was extended repeatedly, no one was arrested, no one was charged with a crime, no one lost their office, no one lost their committee memberships, it was all political theater? Do I have that right or have I missed something? I think I read somewhere about some fines maybe, a loss of pay for the period of time they were AWOL maybe?

And just like that this issue slides down the list - and into the back pages of the news cycle - and what? Was anyone held accountable?

The only part you missed is that their pay and fines will all be reimbursed.

Texas never fails to talk big and do nothing.

Predictable.

I imagine the reimbursement is coming from the DNC and Beto's group. NOT the state.

Correct, that's my understanding, too.

Oh, that's what I meant. I don't think Texas will pay their fines for them.

Per CNN

Quote:The Democrats laid out two conditions for returning: the first special session ending and California introducing its new congressional map to offset GOP gains in Texas by producing up to five new US House seats for Democrats.

They are going all in on abolishing the CA "indepedent" commission and giving CA some extra gerrymandering on top of what is already established

I thought it was always 5?

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(08-15-2025 10:13 PM)solohawks Wrote:  

Thats what I was alluding to earlier in this thread. If you over gerrymander, and you have the slightest hiccup in your turnout or part of the demographic goes to the other party, you set yourself up for massive losses.

CA is very susceptible to this because it is already over-gerrymandered. TX is not.

(08-15-2025 10:13 PM)solohawks Wrote:  

Oh, let the Cali Dems try. Let them try! lol

Bart: Exactly. lol

Looks like this redistricting thing is about to come to fruition.

This leads me to a question. I got to thinking about all this and each of these 5 new districts are Republican heavy or leaning based on the population. They still have to vote for their representatives I assume? There is no 100% guarantee that these will all go Red - right?


Looking head, let's say California now pulls this move based on the same theory and it backfires? They set it up to gain or add more Dem reps, but he has PO'd so many people they vote against the D's to spite Newsome and end up losing more D seats instead?

Is this one of those "be careful what you wish for" situations?

I mean maybe, but usually if your district is R+10, or D+10, they are not going to vote for a Democrat unles the GOP candidate is absolutely hated

I wouldn't trust me locked in a room with her.

And I don't mean "would".

(08-20-2025 03:21 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  I wouldn't trust me locked in a room with her.

And I don't mean "would".

I'm glad my dad didn't live to see all this leftist crap. Back in the late 30s-70s, he was a full fledged union leader Dem.

He wouldn't be one today.

He was a patriot who literally ran on foot to the closest recruiting office in Memphis to join the Navy on Dec. 8, 1941.

Jasmine Crockett being a fellow Democrat would turn his stomach.

(08-20-2025 02:53 PM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote:  

The female Obama without the filter.

(08-20-2025 02:20 PM)Eldonabe Wrote:  Looks like this redistricting thing is about to come to fruition.

This leads me to a question. I got to thinking about all this and each of these 5 new districts are Republican heavy or leaning based on the population. They still have to vote for their representatives I assume? There is no 100% guarantee that these will all go Red - right?


Looking head, let's say California now pulls this move based on the same theory and it backfires? They set it up to gain or add more Dem reps, but he has PO'd so many people they vote against the D's to spite Newsome and end up losing more D seats instead?

Is this one of those "be careful what you wish for" situations?

Right. They are making the remaining D districts bluer and these 5 lean R, but not overwhelming R. And they are moving Democrats into districts with each other or out of their districts so they don't have the incumbent advantage. Republicans have typically protected incumbents of both parties. The Democrats don't play that way.