“Texas Gov. Greg Abbott applauded Elon Musk’s commitment to stopping … the federal government from funding … a new football stadium” in Washington D.C. in the omnibus spending deal the House just passed to avert a government shutdown a week before Christmas. “Go[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Texas’
December 18th, 2024 - 5:59 pm § in Politics, Republicans
Texas governor and Musk caught lying about D.C. stadium
October 24th, 2024 - 10:05 pm § in Politics, Republicans
Ted Cruz ad falsely depicts Oregon HS girls as transgender
GOP Sen. Ted Cruz, who represents Texas, is a pile of canine excrement. I don’t need to explain or justify that; his behavior speaks for itself. This is the guy who stood on a debate stage, staring like a deer in headlights, when Trump called his father a terrorist. He’s the same guy who[...]
PHOTOGRAPHY: Dueling billboards
Original version erected above a Texas gun shop: Version 2.0, erected with help from shop owner’s friends: Version 3.0, after Democrats responded: Read story here. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
October 17th, 2024 - 8:07 pm § in Politics, Republicans
Texas GOP governor exaggerated non-citizen voting
In August 2024, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott boasted the state removed more than 6,500 noncitizens from its voting rolls. The registrations were canceled “through a routine practice” of culling voter lists of people “who have moved or died,” the Texas Tribune said here. That’[...]
October 17th, 2024 - 5:34 pm § in Law and Courts
Yes, government has the power to kill you
You may think we’re a free people, living in a free country, but the government can kill you even if you’re innocent. Our legal system, generally speaking, allows government officials to arbitrarily take your life. Our political leaders can embroil our country in a war, enact conscriptio[...]
Jury renders verdict in lawsuit against “Trump train” bullies
On Oct. 20, 2020, a Biden-Harris campaign bus traveling to a Texas campaign event was intercepted, boxed in, and aggressively harassed by vehicles flying Trump flags (shown in video below). A nearby police department refused to respond to the bus occupants’ desperate 911 calls; the city of San[...]
August 23rd, 2024 - 1:41 am § in Schools & Colleges
Why teachers are quitting in Texas
This video is about a year old, and closer in time to the pandemic, which brought unique stresses. But the problems that drove these teachers out of their teaching careers are long term: Low pay, high stress, heavy workloads, disengaged parents, and violent kids, among other things. Return to The-Av[...]
Texas is still trying to imprison Crystal Mason for voting while black
I’ve posted numerous voting fraud stories on this blog. Nearly all involve Trump supporters who knowingly and intentionally voted in two states, or voted the ballot of a dead spouse or parent. I’m not picking on Republicans; they’re who’s committing the voting fraud. All got off with misdeme[...]
Texas constable tried to send school librarians to prison for having LGBQT books
Scott London (photo, left) is a small-town constable in Texas with deep ties to extremist politics. London is involved with the “constitutional sheriffs” movement, which falsely argues county sheriffs can “nullify federal laws,” and Oathkeepers, a rightwing militia that playe[...]
June 23rd, 2024 - 12:02 am § in Law and Courts, Racism
A shocking hate crime in Texas
A drunk woman harassed a U.S. citizen of Palestinian ethnicity, making racist remarks, then tried to drown her 3-year-old daughter in the apartment complex pool. Even though she told cops she intends to kill the entire family, her bail was set at only $25,000 for attempted murder and $15,000 for inj[...]