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BumRushDaShow

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26. And right on time, here we go!
Mon Mar 3, 2025, 01:39 PM
Mar 2025
Texas Republican focuses on rebrand of ‘New York strip’ steak to ‘Texas strip’ amid outbreak

Ramon Antonio Vargas
Mon 3 Mar 2025 06.00 EST


While Texas grapples with its worst measles outbreak in decades, its Republican lieutenant governor has moved for the state’s restaurants and groceries to change the name of the “New York strip” steak cut to the “Texas strip” in what he evidently hopes is a blow to liberals.

Dan Patrick announced on Friday on social media that he intended to go to Texas’s senate and work with lawmakers to pass a resolution favoring the switch – which would not carry the force of law but nonetheless would amount to a substantial statement of legislative support.

Patrick’s announcement made it a point to allude to the Gulf of Mexico, which Trump ordered to be renamed to the Gulf of America in an executive order early in his second US presidency.

And, perhaps anticipating reproval for his choice to focus at least some of his attention on renaming meat after a child in his state became the first person in the US to die from measles in a decade, Patrick’s statement said: “In a world filled with serious issues that address every day at the Texas capitol, this simple resolution will help better market Texas beef.”

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There is no "lowest depth" that they won't attempt to plumb.

Wee!

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KnR. Bravo Julie Pace and the Associated Press. n/t iluvtennis Mar 2025 #9
Says Julie after ap calls state after state in rapid fire for the dump. Clouds Passing Mar 2025 #12
Looks like they have now spun their elections group and gave them a VP BumRushDaShow Mar 2025 #16
Bravo Buddyzbuddy Mar 2025 #13
I think most thinking Figarosmom Mar 2025 #17
Good on Them! Fil1957 Mar 2025 #18
Correction: It's not about the Gulf of Mexico. AmericaUnderSiege Mar 2025 #20
Could be why they put the term in quotes BumRushDaShow Mar 2025 #21
The destructive meme is still perpetuated, in quotes or not. AmericaUnderSiege Mar 2025 #22
True story but on a news radio report that I heard this morning BumRushDaShow Mar 2025 #23
I remember "Freedom Fries." AmericaUnderSiege Mar 2025 #24
Yup BumRushDaShow Mar 2025 #25
And right on time, here we go! BumRushDaShow Mar 2025 #26
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