Is there something unique about Texas, its legislature, and its media markets that led to this not immediately getting every Republican in the state thrown out of office?
@adamserwer.bsky.social had an article a few years ago about all the hoops he had to jump through to register to vote in TX. Very cleverly designed to make it nearly impossible for ordinary working people.
I wish I knew. It's friggin' infuriating living here sometimes.
We had to call in a welfare check on my brother because we lost contact with him for over a week. We are in Dallas and he was in Austin. My niece was stuck in Galveston. Her power was out for quite awhile. I’m still pissed off. Texas is a fucked up state run by greedy fraudsters.
Gerrymandered to the point of being less democratic than Orbán’s Hungary, plus California keeps sending its insane right-wingers here
Nope. Look at Georgia and Southern CO.'s Georgia Power. Record profits and the commission keeps allowing them to raise rates. While tacking on the cost overruns of Plant Boondoggle www.wuga.org/local-news/2...
A new report criticizes the role of the Georgia Public Service Commission, which allowed the nuclear plant to move forward.
The Rs gerrymandered so successfully that it’s hard to flip the Legislature and the Legislature doesn’t care about criming Republicans (see Paxton) Fox News type stations are popular and there is a general historical tilt towards the oil and gas industry
Worked on a securitization of some of those costs that will add $10 a month for every existing and future meter in a large electric system for the next 40 years and the natural gas companies should be tarred and feathered.
…hydrocarbon intoxication…
A long history of Texas exceptionalism rooted in racism (I am a Texan so I don’t say this from outside)
Well I'm guessing securing the fossil fuel industry a windfall has yielded some benefits