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26. You listed the four ESSENTIAL tasks ahead.

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Posted from Uvalde: "We are not a red state. We are a oppressed state." [View all] kpete May 2022 OP

fellow Texan here--could not agree more n/t anarch May 2022 #1

+1!!! Dustlawyer May 2022 #42

K&R spanone May 2022 #2

Not quite. State wide offices such as Governor and Federal such as Senate are not gerrymandered. Ninga May 2022 #3

and the suppression of voting anarch May 2022 #22

that's not their only dirty trick FoxNewsSucks May 2022 #30

Not everyone in Uvalde votes lees1975 May 2022 #4

There are various reasons, but harassment isn't LeftInTX May 2022 #47

I liveda in SanAntonio for about 9 years some time ago. Voting didn't seem to be important napi21 May 2022 #51

Gerrymandering and voter suppression . . . . Lovie777 May 2022 #5

+1000 n/t MarcA May 2022 #18

I'm a Texan also - the only way to change things is to VOTE. There is no other way. walkingman May 2022 #6

Any good candidates running against your mayor? IronLionZion May 2022 #7

Are they like the town whose citizens had all those outstanding warrants Lars39 May 2022 #8

Aha!!! I bet that's another strategy designed to short-circuit the right to vote. calimary May 2022 #16

Yep! Lars39 May 2022 #17

No kidding, my friend! calimary May 2022 #24

United States leads the world with 288. Mexico comes second with a whoping 9. Butterflylady May 2022 #45

it's not particularly about the guns; it's the white supremacy anarch May 2022 #23

Ferguson, MO? 2naSalit May 2022 #33

Maybe...I remember there were people trying to pay Lars39 May 2022 #36

That was Florida in particular back in 2020... 2naSalit May 2022 #37

Ah, ok. Thanks! Lars39 May 2022 #38

Needed to be said Traildogbob May 2022 #9

My district, NY 21 mgardener May 2022 #21

Wow she is Traildogbob May 2022 #34

Feel the same in Wisconsin Wild blueberry May 2022 #10

We hear you. We will be with you. This is a turning point. delisen May 2022 #11

I HOPE it's a turning point. calimary May 2022 #25

What gives you optimism that there will be change? Boomerproud May 2022 #41

Thanks so much for posting these profound sentiments. Paladin May 2022 #12

Voting is the perfect solution if our votes are counted equally Novara May 2022 #13

You listed the four ESSENTIAL tasks ahead. calimary May 2022 #26

Back in the early 70's I had to go to the Bell Telephone office in Uvalde (I believe). LiberalArkie May 2022 #14

I think that crap is illegal now. LeftInTX May 2022 #48

This perspective is important. Thank you for posting it. pandr32 May 2022 #15

Sounds like another Ferguson. n/t MarcA May 2022 #19

America is a shooting gallery. Grins May 2022 #20

This Will All Be pressbox69 May 2022 #27

America needs a reboot and quickly. We have been under Minority Rule dugog55 May 2022 #28

I am so sorry. happy feet May 2022 #29

They really don't give a damn FoxNewsSucks May 2022 #31

I continue to say, "texas: the only fascist state in the union". I live in Austin. nt Javaman May 2022 #32

The GOP controls the votes, the voting machines, the electoral maps, the electors. Irish_Dem May 2022 #35

Thank you. BEGALA has said for years: "Texas is not a Red state. It's a non-voting state." UTUSN May 2022 #39

OK, here we are again, another whole thread of comiserating about why we can't get anything done lees1975 May 2022 #40

I live in Texas and couldn't agree more. Gerrymandered maps have ruined us and the judges flying_wahini May 2022 #43

I checked the 2020 election results. BidenRocks May 2022 #44

Yes I read here on DU 60% for trump. One can only hope it will not happen again. Butterflylady May 2022 #46

So weird since a woman, former marine? Who lived doors Laura PourMeADrink May 2022 #49

Uvalde has kind of "pockets" of areas. hamsterjill May 2022 #52

That's interesting. Have only been there once... When Laura PourMeADrink May 2022 #56

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music May 2022 #50

Wait... he was shooting outside and he was CHASED into the school?? By whom?? n/t thesquanderer May 2022 #53

I live in Texas PurgedVoter May 2022 #54

When I listened to some of the interviews the other day ecstatic May 2022 #55