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A few white men just raped every woman in Texas. (Original Post)
Coyotl
Jun 2013
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My girlfriend and I watched the live stream and she was in disbelief Texas is her home state
Arcanetrance
Jun 2013
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elleng
(131,292 posts)1. A few white men with the help of a few white women,
I understand.
nomorenomore08
(13,324 posts)2. I can't say what should happen those assholes. Not allowed here.
But I can THINK it all I want!
Arcanetrance
(2,670 posts)3. My girlfriend and I watched the live stream and she was in disbelief Texas is her home state
She still has tons of friends there. Both of us can 't believe that they have to live with this shit because a few privelaged assholes get their way
HiPointDem
(20,729 posts)4. did the filibuster fail?
Arcanetrance
(2,670 posts)5. That seemed to be what I got out of it
The republicans managed to find a way to break it.
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)6. Dirty tricks and steam rolling ended Sen. Davis speaking.
One white guy, the chair, imposed his will on the rest of Texas. Even then, they failed to pass the bill before the session ended, but that didn't stop them from proceeding anyway.
HiPointDem
(20,729 posts)8. how can they proceed if the bill didn't pass?
blogslut
(38,021 posts)7. Groan
Awful analogy aside, there will be an injunction if they try to claim this bill passed.