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[–] Chozo@fedia.io 18 points 2 days ago

Ken "Securities Fraud" Paxton is a liar, a grifter, and a criminal.

[–] sheisstuckintime@lemmy.zip 14 points 2 days ago

Another attempt at bullshit political theater that comes at the expense of Texans. All to boost his already failed Senate campaign.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Meanwhile the state is shipping license plates with crosses on them.

[–] artyom@piefed.social 9 points 2 days ago

That's nothing compared to requiring the 10 commandments in every classroom.

[–] finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I've never been to Texas, but I'd imagine you can't walk a block without falling over at least 7 megachurches bilking money out of people by selling them 'pieces of the true cross'.

[–] AliasVortex@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

Correction: one does not walk a block in Texas, for there are no sidewalks. One drives a block, like god intended! That's why we were born with wheels instead of legs.

(I've only ever been to San Antonio for a work thing and I am very bitter about the fact that attempting to walk the half-block between my hotel and the nearest grocery store for some snacks was an absolutely miserable experience due to poorly maintained sidewalks that disappeared and reappeared at random. To say nothing to the fact that my hotel was less than a mile from where I needed to go, but couldn't walk to, due to the mega-highway with no pedestrian crossing between the two.)

[–] grue@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

I've never been to Texas, but I'd imagine you can't walk a block ~~without falling over at least 7 megachurches bilking money out of people by selling them 'pieces of the true cross'.~~

FTFY. Closest you can get to what you wrote would be crashing into them with your car.

[–] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I’m a Texan who has lived all over the state. It isn’t that bad. The politicians are nuts, but the cities are mostly normal.

Driving between the cities though…you’ll see a lot of Jesus billboards.

[–] Sharkticon@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I don't know a single city in Texas that doesn't have at least a few mega churches inside of it. So I'm not exactly sure what you're saying with this.

... I'm ... not either?

[–] ruuster13@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago

Ken Paxton tortures people by sitting them down and saying "look me straight in the eyes..."