
u/DayPounder

"I seek heaven's blueprints!"
Mercy Culture (two Fort Worth locations) essentially releases a sizzle reel of how a church should be as politically active as possible.
This sh*t is happening a 8-minute bike ride from downtown ...
Lady whining at downtown election site
Voted downtown. (Tarrant Plaza.) Some lady, and I heard her name many times but shall not repeat it, was complaining constantly because she voted in Dem primary initially (Talarico/Crockett) and REALLY wanted to vote in this GOP one (Cornyn/Paxton). Man, it got HEATED! She was telling the volunteers to call "state authorities." EGAD.
Predictions on what's seemingly going to be Paxton vs. Talarico
With Thomas Massie getting ousted last night in Kentucky, showcasing again that a very specific Fox News/OANN viewer will do whatever Trump says to do, it definitely looks like Ken Paxton (endorsed by DT recently) will get the nod in Texas to face Talarico. Obviously that's not definite, but it seems like he will with said endorsement.
I do not think Talarico can win Tarrant County, although Allred did beat Cruz in this county, so it's possible. The inside of 820 is blue-purple, I'd argue.
Will be an interesting showdown between Christianity (you might argue "performative Christianity") on one side and a very different form on the other (where you also might argue it's performative). I hope for many Mercy Culture sheep/wolf AI and photoshop mess-ups.
I would assume Paxton gets 52-54 percent in Tarrant. You?
(Statewide I would also guess he wins, although I don't see myself voting for him.)
Oh DAY-UM, we back on "WOKE PASTORS" again!
"Y'all didn't acknowledge Charlie Kirk and Trump in Butler to OUR LIKING, so we're condemning you!"
(The saddest thing about the modern conservative movement is that Charlie Kirk is not remembered as anything other than a meme or talking point for money now.)
For the "Oh, this looks like DC, why is this posted here???" crowd:
He is a pastor, former State Rep, local resident. His church has big influence in Tarrant GOP politics.
For the "we need a Ft. Worth politics sub" crowd:
Make one. For now, this sub has an audience and while I don't think it changes minds directly, it's still a way to reach people.
For the "I don't know who Mercy is, I just get my kids to their Wild Acre birthday party" group:
No doubt, as you should! But this stuff does matter, as under Trump 2.0 and O'Hare 1.5, they've become pretty powerful. If you want your kids' lives to be mostly untouched by governmental forces, I wouldn't necessarily vote D/lib, but I would consider getting rid of some of these clowns.
Happy Tuesday otherwise.
Let's see how this goes ("Don't Santa Fe my Fort Worth!")
In 2022 or so, I met a dentist in Tanglewood who had moved here in 2012. Between 2012 and 2022, he had never once been downtown. (He had kids, and youth sports don't tend to take place downtown.) I always thought that was WILD, but increasingly I've met tons of people who never go to Sundance, like ever. And it does make sense.
I wonder if this will change anything.
Is the person "after" us in the room right now, Richard?
This guy's early voting (Railroad Commissioner) starts today. His opponent is Jim Wright, the incumbent. The early voting goes through 5/22, also known as "Friday," and then there is a final chance to vote on 5/26. There are 37 early voting locations in this county, which you can find here.
Obviously there is a big "too much politics" crowd on this sub. I get it. I do. When I opened Reddit this morning, I had roofers, re-homed pets, questions about Alliance, and an Instagram reel from Colin County (why?). I only saw three political posts. But maybe you see more.
If you want a different version of Texas, even if regulated oil and gas doesn't seem to touch your life very much D2D, you need to avoid guys like Bo getting slots. That's all I'm saying. It doesn't mean you're a raging lib to not want one of the worst Tarrant County exports getting a statewide seat.
Longtime NE-of-downtown elementary staple Bonnie Brae is closing
FWISD seems to be utterly eroding before our very eyes.
"I did not surrender!"
This guy's early voting (Railroad Commissioner) starts today. His opponent is Jim Wright, the incumbent. The early voting goes through 5/22, also known as "Friday," and then there is a final chance to vote on 5/26. There are 37 early voting locations in this county, which you can find here.
Bo lives in a multimillion dollar home on the west side of Ft. Worth, and I would assume none of these liberal movements of 2020-2021 really forced him to "surrender" much, but victimhood is currency for more than just libs these days, I suppose.
In his spare time, local mega pastor Landon S. comes for ... (checks notes) Miss Rachel?
I know three Lockheed guys whose kids subsist on this woman ... but baby, Landon ain't having it.
How you guys and gals feeling about local church Mercy Culture having a $3M+ townhouse bought for them across from the U.S. Supreme Court and preaching from the porch?
Can you think of anything maybe a wee bit off about this situation, or no, you think it's all good?
Local king cuck Nate Schatzline, who wants to abolish property taxes and doesn't seem to understand how ADAs in Tarrant get paid, seems to double down herein
So when we don't prosecute libs, we need something special. Got it, baby! But then the question would become, as it so often does: how would we pay for these services? Sales tax?
If you destroy property tax, you likely take Sorrells (Google if you don't know) office down to about 1/8th of what it currently is.
And how do you fry those libtards then, Nate?
Sure as eff didn't have Dicky knowing the term "Gordian knot" on my bingo card
His early-voting runoff is next week. BTW, the thing he's running for doesn't do anything about immigration. It regulates oil and gas.
A 2004 Fort Worth murder case just became Texas' 600th execution
If you're in need of more random stuff and are in town next weekend
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