r/ActuallyTexas • u/[deleted] • Jul 05 '26
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u/38specialish 15d ago
Genuinely excited by a candidate for the first time in quite a long time. He truly seems to get it. The fact that he's eager to debate tells me everything... he's not afraid to have an exchange of ideas (well, his ideas and Paxton's... bluster? Bullshit?); he knows what he believes and he's ready to articulate it behind enemy lines (Fox News).
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u/reporterino-697 15d ago
Hey everyone, i stumbled across this video about theses kinda MAGA Flea markets in the Bible belt. SOURCE: https://www.instagram.com/p/DcJ5QTvAJ1i/
I´ll be visiting Texas soon and I would love to see something like that in texas? do you guys know any place, or store or market that could be similar?
hope you know anything!
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u/veritasquaesitorAD33 Jul 05 '26
Does anyone think it’d be feasible for Don Huffines to run for Governor or Lieutenant Governor in the future? I know there’s that controversy with the ranch in New Mexico, however, from what I read about it, it strikes me as a nothing burger. For example people are claiming he didn’t allow LEOs to search the ranch. If that did happen, why isn’t there a paper trail regarding this, and where’s the warrant? I notice different versions of this claim, ranging from the local Sheriff’s Department attempting to execute this supposed search, and now more recently, the F.B.I. I don’t think it’s really a partisan statement to simply point out that something like that would probably be documented, and, it hurts the credibility of the claim, when those making it can’t even decide upon which specific agency was attempting to conduct said search.
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u/ChrisWittatart Central Texan Jul 06 '26
Is it too much to ask that our politicians going forward be completely disconnected from people like Epstein who would blackmail politicians after giving them the opportunity to do horrible things?
I haven't heard anything about LEOs not being able to search the ranch other than the FBI telling New Mexico law enforcement to back off their investigation before 2020 and then not actually investigating anything.
My main issue is that Huffines bought the property because he was connected enough to know that it was going to be sold cheap and then proceeded to do a huge amount of landscaping and digging up of large random patches of earth/knocking down several structures. Then we get a release of the files and there are reports of people buried where he dug up the earth and abused in the structures he knocked down.
Benefit of the doubt seems like a difficult thing to give politicians lately, and I personally would rather see some new faces in our Texas leadership.
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u/Legitimate_Peach5510 Jul 05 '26
We don’t want Don Huffines in any political position. He is a creepy bootlicker just like the rest of the GOP and billionaire class.
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u/SkywardTexan2114 Deputy Aug 06 '26
You know the political environment is fucked as a whole rn if she has the most reasonable take
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u/Arrmadillo Sep 04 '26
Anyone planning on attending or protesting the Republican Midterm Convention in Dallas next week?
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u/Arrmadillo 13d ago
It appears that the republican midterm convention was a fun party for attendees but, according to Paxton, may have hurt the republican ticket.
NYT - G.O.P. Nominee in Texas Privately Said Trump’s Convention Hurt Him
“The recording, which is muffled at times, captures Mr. Paxton being asked, ‘Do you feel like he’s a little bit of a drag?’ It is not clear from the audio whom the questioner is referring to.
Mr. Paxton responds: ‘So to be honest with you, the numbers — when we did that convention — it dropped our numbers. Everybody’s numbers dropped. Right now, yeah, not good.’”
“Mr. Paxton’s comments at the Washington fund-raiser echo other private whispers by Republicans that the party’s convention would not be helpful, given Mr. Trump’s sagging approval ratings.
Since the gathering, the midterm outlook for Republicans has only darkened, leaving Mr. Paxton in a precarious position just five weeks before Election Day.”
“But one influential Republican disagrees with Mr. Paxton — and is optimistic that the gathering helped the party.
‘The fact that we had such a successful convention really helped Ken Paxton,’ Mr. Trump said a few days afterward. ‘He was a big part of it.” He added: ‘The convention helped Ken Paxton a lot.’”
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While at TribFest 2026, Karl Rove talked briefly about the republican midterm convention from 23:00 to 24:30:
Texas Tribune - Karl Rove on the 2026 Midterms and the Future of Republicans (1:01:55)
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u/Arrmadillo 12d ago
This article quantifies the loss. Trump’s midterm convention cost the republican party $40M and an average of 2.3 points in the polls.
iPaper - The leaked recording that shows why Republicans are done with Trump
“According to RealClearPolitics’s polling averages, the Democrats benefited from a 2.3 point bounce at the close of the GOP convention on 10 September, rising from 48.1 per cent to 50.4 per cent support, with the Republicans languishing on just over 42 per cent – where they remain stuck to this day. The $40m convention was dubbed the ‘Trumpapalooza’ because it was all about the President and his Vice-President, JD Vance. Lawmakers who felt obliged to show up for loyalty’s sake griped on the quiet that it was a distraction that took them away from campaigning on local issues in their home states.”
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u/ChrisWittatart Central Texan Aug 24 '26
Have we stopped doing these mega threads now?