When Ken Paxton threw a fit about voter registration outreach, San Antonio just ignored him and mailed out the forms. They refused to comply with meritless and anti-democratic demands. More of this, indeed - ThreadSky

lsepper.bsky.social • 163 days ago

When Ken Paxton threw a fit about voter registration outreach, San Antonio just ignored him and mailed out the forms. They refused to comply with meritless and anti-democratic demands. More of this, indeed

Reposted from David Noll

more of this, please
www.cnn.com/2024/09/16/p...

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leftveteran.bsky.social•163 days ago

Ken Paxton/Greg Abbott, thinking of you:

nadeenabdallah.bsky.social•162 days ago

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sandnesharry.bsky.social•163 days ago

"When Ken Paxton threw a fit about voter registration outreach, San Antonio just ignored him and mailed out the forms. They refused to comply with meritless and anti-democratic demands."
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So the 'Tea Party' advocate threw a fit.
They must have done the right thing then.

netknave.bsky.social•163 days ago

It's almost as if you can treat bad faith actors with the open contempt they deserve instead of pretending they have a point or debating them.

peoriabummer.bsky.social•163 days ago

I still don’t understand how that guy has avoided a federal indictment.

cv-danes.com•163 days ago

He surounded by Republican enablers.

peoriabummer.bsky.social•163 days ago

The feds, though? Some of his corruption has been EXTREMELY blatant.

cv-danes.com•163 days ago

Hollowed out and toothless, like most other agencies these days I suspect.

peoriabummer.bsky.social•163 days ago

You think the FBI is toothless? Really?

cv-danes.com•163 days ago

Toothless is probably the wrong word. Overly cautious, maybe? Ideologically aligned, since it's no secret the feds are not staffed with liberals. I suspect in this specific case there's a whole lot of politics going on behind the scenes at the agency. Who knows.

cv-danes.com•163 days ago

This is what courage looks like.

billjank.bsky.social•163 days ago

Waiting for the “Come and Get It” banner to get reclaimed and hung from Bexar County offices.

lsepper.bsky.social•163 days ago

You'll like this one if you haven't seen it

billjank.bsky.social•163 days ago

Absolutely Art.

lindakaboolian.bsky.social•163 days ago

Proving it is "better to ask forgiveness than permission" when dealing with outlaws.

joseph-crowley.bsky.social•163 days ago

San Antonio knows the secret, gringos rarely go into San Antonio proper.

roslynn.bsky.social•163 days ago

That’s great. What happened with Bexar County in same situation?

lsepper.bsky.social•163 days ago

I was using shorthand since most folks don't know Bexar. Counties run the elections so it's Bexar that sent the forms

roslynn.bsky.social•163 days ago

Ah, thank you. Lived in TX for 40 years and did not know that.

mlamb.bsky.social•163 days ago

Ignore them. It’s so brilliant in its simplicity.

thetruthisblue.bsky.social•163 days ago

I love it!! IGNORE PAXTON. IGNORE ABBOTT. IGNORE CORNY CORNYN. IGNORE FLED TED KREMLIN CRUZ!!
They all work for the 3 christofascist self-righteous billionaires in Texas. They CANNOT control the people of Texas!
Texas is BLUE!!🌊💙🌊

andy-pearce.com•163 days ago

So he’s opposing giving people their legal right to vote… How did he think he had a leg to stand on?!

lisab4.bsky.social•163 days ago

I sent in a request for an application to vote by mail for my daughter (who just started college out of state) months ago and have yet to receive it. Do you know if this is handled by each county?

lisab4.bsky.social•163 days ago

I actually just looked it up and emailed my county. I wonder if they’re all having similar issues.

fwordleproblems.bsky.social•162 days ago

This is exactly what I'm talking about when I say that some of us give these people way too much power in our own minds. They cannot do a lot of the things you are afraid of just because they say that they can. If we don't LET them harm democracy then in many cases they can't.

newsandcoffee.bsky.social•163 days ago

Ken Paxton can go fuck himself.

naggingcoronet.bsky.social•162 days ago

He’d need a dick to do that. That’s why he’s such an asshole. He has no way to get off. Ted Cruz hasn’t seen his dick in over a decade. Plus no one in the Senate listens to him. Like in the Big L, all the senators say, “Shut up Teddy.”

mcirwin47.bsky.social•163 days ago

Democrats need to internalize this message. When republicans in power are being shitheads, you can often just ignore them, especially when they’ve so on idly disregarded any semblance of legal justification for their actions. This goes for SCOTUS decisions as well.

naggingcoronet.bsky.social•162 days ago

I’ve saying since the idiotic Immunity decision came out, and what came after it that Biden & co. can just ignore it. What is Sammy & Clarence going to do? Call the FBI & DoJ to enforce their decisions? FBI & DoJ are executive branch. They have no constitutional obligation to the Supremes. Eff Off.

sjscentraltx.bsky.social•163 days ago

Never comply with fascists.
Never willingly restrict your rights when they are so obviously violated - don’t “proactively comply” - with fascist restrictions.
Good on Bexar County.
I hope Travis County has done the same.

cait.bsky.social•163 days ago

go SA!!!!

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