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summer_in_TX

(2,680 posts)
73. I keep waiting for Texas farmers and ranchers to wake up.
Sun May 17, 2020, 10:39 PM
May 2020

They've allowed privately-owned oil and gas companies to declare eminent domain and take private property without recourse. They even passed a law in the last legislative session making it a felony for landowners to protest. (I assume physical actions, not oral or written.)

Kinder Morgan has divided land held in families for generations, refused to negotiate a better, safer path that did less damage to the landowners, and are bulldozing huge swaths through the Texas Hill Country.

When are they going to realize they're going to keep getting screwed if they keep voting the same way.

Beautiful D_Master81 May 2020 #1
Steady As We GO! Cha May 2020 #2
Yes-- this is awesome, but we still need to do the work and GOTV LymphocyteLover May 2020 #86
Someone needs to project that map onto trump tower Blue Owl May 2020 #3
Why, yes❣ 👍 sprinkleeninow May 2020 #31
That would be wonderful!!!! 👍 Person of Interest May 2020 #41
... and on to the Trump Hotel in DC fierywoman May 2020 #75
LOL, yes!!! LymphocyteLover May 2020 #87
But Biden Is Hidden In A Basement & Not Doing Anything Me. May 2020 #4
When your opponent cannabis_flower May 2020 #20
He's actually not though. He's building a coalition and getting out there more. nolabear May 2020 #23
I'm Biden my time. 😁 When the fullness of time has presented itself, sprinkleeninow May 2020 #34
Exactly Me. May 2020 #32
I keep reading that very thing at DU, so it must be true Hekate May 2020 #71
Well Didn't Overrated Maggie Haberman Me. May 2020 #72
That's encouraging, to say the least. Newest Reality May 2020 #5
Braced For Desperation JGug1 May 2020 #14
Or his dadda's cult lunatica May 2020 #19
A good slogan: 'Re-elect Dumpty, The Cornered Rat' sprinkleeninow May 2020 #35
Or the bdamomma May 2020 #66
'Re-elect the tяump KKKult' sprinkleeninow May 2020 #79
Wouldn't pay too much attention to this SCantiGOP May 2020 #6
This C'mon folks. Let's keep our critical reading and thinking skills in gear! gristy May 2020 #17
Right. Not to mention 270toWin also had Hillary winning over 300 electoral votes in their last KPN May 2020 #25
Totally agree WinstonSmith4740 May 2020 #29
Exactly! Consider we're dead even - ALL HANDS ON DECK Tiger8 May 2020 #84
When you win 3 states by 80k total votes, those projections could've easily been true. oldsoftie May 2020 #83
Not breaking out the champagne for a while. Was already to celebrate HRC's and BOOM! Fla Dem May 2020 #33
Not breaking out the champagne till hes out of the white house Squidly May 2020 #53
NC may not be solid red. Pretty in pink mb. 😁 sprinkleeninow May 2020 #36
That is correct SCantiGOP May 2020 #43
😉 sprinkleeninow May 2020 #46
The polls and maps are very encouraging actually. Demsrule86 May 2020 #45
Well, shit. It's not. Here's the consensus map. GaYellowDawg May 2020 #60
Kicketty Kickin' Faux pas May 2020 #7
The senate is likely ours if this holds. John Fante May 2020 #8
Well, let's see if we get get Biden 400 then. ffr May 2020 #9
If TX & OH go Blue 400 is possible IF we also flip any ONE of these big reaches MO or AK or GA Celerity May 2020 #27
+1000 smirkymonkey May 2020 #61
if we win 270-268 due to flipping NE-2 and ME-2, expect Trump to go extra special bonkers Celerity May 2020 #63
Thank you! smirkymonkey May 2020 #69
yw! Celerity May 2020 #70
Love to know how much oxygen the blue states are breathing into the red states to keep them alive. TheFourthMind May 2020 #10
Biden Landslide? JGug1 May 2020 #11
If Putin keeps being Putin, and Dems keep being complacent..... lastlib May 2020 #18
Plus, the knuckle draggers love it all. WinstonSmith4740 May 2020 #30
Let's just say... Newest Reality May 2020 #38
Captain Trumpatoonia! calimary May 2020 #52
We need to be ultra vigilant, yes. Only thing, comey's stunt so close to the election sprinkleeninow May 2020 #37
No we don't... we need to be enthusiastic and engaged and vote but not down in the dumps gloomy Demsrule86 May 2020 #47
No biggie Catherine Vincent May 2020 #12
ONLY. IF. EVERYONE. VOTES. Virus or no virus. n/t CousinIT May 2020 #13
Yes,...ONLY IF EVERONE VOTES...BUT A GREAT MAJORITY WILL VOTE.. Stuart G May 2020 #16
He's not waiting until November. Already said he's saved lives in this epidemic. 😤 sprinkleeninow May 2020 #39
Hopefully by November we'll have better safeguards against lunatica May 2020 #21
Issue with vote by mail: Trump's donor goon is Postmaster Gen + USPS will be privatized by then. n/t CousinIT May 2020 #40
At this point Squidly May 2020 #54
Especially with Trump's donor goon in charge. LOTS of ballots will be "lost" CousinIT May 2020 #58
Im going to look into volunteering Squidly May 2020 #62
Let's hope someone can fight back effectively lunatica May 2020 #65
Pelosi just said it's up to the American people to fight this so... CousinIT May 2020 #67
My reps are all Democrats in both houses lunatica May 2020 #68
true rockfordfile May 2020 #81
Excellent! warmfeet May 2020 #15
TX OH FL NC AZ bucolic_frolic May 2020 #22
As we get closer to the election some polling will show the race tightening and cat grabber will johnthewoodworker May 2020 #24
None of this will happen. Trump is a one-term president and that's all there is to it. John Fante May 2020 #42
One has to wonder what motivates such posts...hmmm Demsrule86 May 2020 #49
I think the posters motivation is Squidly May 2020 #55
You are wrong. And insisting Trump wins on a Democratic site is not a goo thing to do. Demsrule86 May 2020 #48
'Based on leaks from his "team."' 0rganism May 2020 #26
If the reverse were true, Trump would be tweeting the results for all to see. John Fante May 2020 #44
it doesn't matter what the truth is, he brag-tweets anyway 0rganism May 2020 #50
I want more voters to understand that it is life-threatening to vote for ANY Republican. Hermit-The-Prog May 2020 #28
Good news, but a lot of time left... Wounded Bear May 2020 #51
Texaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaas! dvan May 2020 #56
I keep waiting for Texas farmers and ranchers to wake up. summer_in_TX May 2020 #73
if there's one thing I've learned from horror films... Locrian May 2020 #57
I sure hope that's accurate. GaYellowDawg May 2020 #59
Don't assume anything jimlup May 2020 #64
how do you know this is based on internal gop polls? samsingh May 2020 #74
If there were any justice, 334/141 would be Trump's blood pressure Orrex May 2020 #76
It's May. Don't believe the hype. TX, NC, and FLA will go to Trump in the end. Yavin4 May 2020 #77
I want those three and Arizona. writes3000 May 2020 #78
FL and NC won't rockfordfile May 2020 #80
NC is iffy at best, and FLA is corrupt as hell. Yavin4 May 2020 #88
I think Ohio will go Biden. captain queeg May 2020 #82
Yes! Richard58 May 2020 #85
Je adore Arizona bleu saidsimplesimon May 2020 #89
electoral-vote.com has the senate turning blue, too. 51!!! GOP 49 lindysalsagal May 2020 #90
538: Biden's steady lead of 6 points highest against incumbent since '44 lindysalsagal May 2020 #91
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