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Post by bbbearsmom on May 25, 2022 22:42:23 GMT
Our city is having a vigil on the Green this evening. One report said they would then walk to city hall because the parents want cops in the schools. The mayor already announced that he asked the police chief to have a cop in each school between now and the end of the school year. They did that this morning and since they didn't have enough patrol officers to cover the schools, they had detectives and other police officers with desk jobs at the schools.
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Post by surfgirl on May 26, 2022 0:41:32 GMT
I don't have any faith in a background check. I just want One.Fricking.Step. forward. Something, anything. The one step forward is everyone voting GoP candidates out of office. That's the only way this will change Lani.
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Post by finreporter on May 26, 2022 2:03:44 GMT
The mayor of Uvalde ought to be ashamed of himself. Did you hear the things he said to Beto today? I was wondering who the hobbling random using the walker was and when I searched it up that’s who it turns out to be. What a piece of crap he is. Babies and 2 teachers are dead because of him and the losers who support politicians like him.
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Post by amyrs on May 26, 2022 10:13:36 GMT
I think Beto has a better chance now. He has to get everyone registered and out to vote.
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Post by finreporter on May 26, 2022 16:15:43 GMT
Amy, I completely agree. I was so happy to see him confront Abbott like this. I have been following him on FB and Instagram for about 4 years ever since my parents had pointed out some lawn signs to me when I was visiting them in TX, and they were telling me who he was and how much they liked him. He trash talks Abbott constantly, tagging him on social media so his people see it. What's refreshing to see is that his trash talk has substance and isn't just dirty politician typical trash talk for the simple sake of merely going against your opponent. I am one of the very left leaning progressives (think AOC and the squad) and so he's a little more centrist than I normally prefer but for TX it's a start! He would do a fabulous job as governor.
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Post by lani on May 26, 2022 16:54:39 GMT
voting GoP candidates out of office. Unfortunately, I don't have any hope in this regard with so many of the red states changing their election procedures. I fear they will invalidate just enough Democratic votes (assuming those folks can get their votes cast in the first place) to ensure a Republican win.
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Post by DotRen on May 26, 2022 17:08:25 GMT
Sadly, as with most lawmakers, unless it hits them directly, they won't make any changes. Until someone with the power to make change loses someone to this kind of tragedy, it will just be "thoughts and prayers" and no actual actions taken.
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Post by birdgal on May 29, 2022 4:15:28 GMT
Thoughts and prayers don't do a damn thing! Mindless and meaningless babble.
I can't even imagine how the family of a murdered child feels when they hear it. Oh, thank you for thinking of me. That's very nice. I'm a little busy now buying a coffin for my child.
A simple "I'm so very sorry" might be a good idea.
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Post by lani on May 29, 2022 17:13:29 GMT
The mayor of Uvalde ought to be ashamed of himself. Did you hear the things he said to Beto today? I was wondering who the hobbling random using the walker was and when I searched it up that’s who it turns out to be. What a piece of crap he is. Babies and 2 teachers are dead because of him and the losers who support politicians like him. They were more pissed off at Beto than about the shooting.
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Post by birdgal on May 30, 2022 2:31:40 GMT
They are self centered, obnoxious, cruel, angry, low lifes.
If they are the face of America to the rest of the world we should be ashamed and embarrassed.
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Post by amyrs on May 30, 2022 9:05:40 GMT
There is a Democratic state senator that cries every time he talks to the press and his constituents and says he previously tried unsuccessfully in the legislature -reviously
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Post by DotRen on May 30, 2022 11:47:05 GMT
The cheered the Bidens and boo'd Abbot in Uvalde.
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Post by finreporter on May 30, 2022 19:21:14 GMT
This may have been the final nail in abbots re-election coffin. He has repeatedly shown he gives no effs about anyone in his state but himself and his buddies. He does nothing when children froze to death and nothing when they’re shot to death. He quite frankly should never show his smirking face again.
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Post by birdgal on May 31, 2022 2:51:38 GMT
And yet, he will have people who support him. I don't get it. I simply can not understand how that can be. Do you get it? If so, do tell.
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Post by finreporter on May 31, 2022 4:37:00 GMT
No I don't get it at all. All I can figure is they are one-issue voters. He is very good at pretending to be someone who cares about the "unborn" which to him and those like him is just a talking point. There isn't any actual substance behind those words but seems to be that's all you have to say to get the one issue voters to fall at his feet and cast their precious votes for a piece of crap like him. What the one issue voters don't seem to mind is him letting live children (the non-unborn-now-alreadyborn) suffer at the hands of guns, climate change, poverty, etc. And ergo, neither do they. They can argue til the cows come home that they don't feel that way, but vote for a man like him, and yes, sorry, you do.
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