oh boy "save austin now", the PAC that got being unhoused in a big chunk of Austin criminalized and then tried to divert hundreds of millions of dollars of the city city budget into the cops is trying to recruit city council candidates they can groom.
I filled out the form.
New: Following February’s deadly winter storm, Texas lawmakers passed legislation establishing weatherization mandates.
But a rule from the state regulators allowed too much wiggle room for power plants to avoid making those improvements. With @NBCNews: https://t.co/zrhMnCntET
@AnitaTrill64 Liberals were lining up like Charlie Brown for the football when they started rooting for *the US Criminal Justice system* to deliver restitution.
@shoe0nhead What I want to know is why anyone believed her. Of course she can _say_ whatever she wants but she had done nothing to back up those words, and now we see why.
@KUT BREAKING: Early voting numbers show Prop A failing by a big margin. (These are just Travis County numbers)
Prop A would have required Austin to hire hundreds more police officers
Socialism has massively succeeded everywhere it has been tried, improving the lives of everyone except the rich. Capitalism has failed everywhere it has been tried, except for the rich
Revised and expanded 2nd edition will be out in December from @VersoBooks. Let me know if you're interested in a copy for reviews, podcasts, course adoptions, etc. New sections on violence, academic complicty w police, and abolitionist theory.
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