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If Trump loses the 2024 election because Texas temporarily secedes, taking its 38 Republican electoral votes with it, I might die from the schadenfreude.

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1.Just give Texas back to Mexico.

2.Reverse UNO

3.White Republicans are now the immigrants on the wrong side of the border

4.Enjoy some queso

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Mexico 2 days later: Amigo, please take these fuck faces back

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Or cartel runs in and they have a lucrative cash for drugs trade, that they mostly funnel into other states for profit not seeing the irony in any if it…

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42 points

Tesla becoming a mexican business lmao

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15 points

👌chef’s kiss

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7 points

Americans who move to other countries always call themselves expats since immigrants are “those other people”.

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All the morons screaming about colonization aboard are already packing their bags to leave Texas right? RIGHT? California too, if they’re anything but sjw Jack offs.

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29 points

I haven’t had an orgasm since 2017, but I think that would do it.

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10 points

What happened in 2017

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Their last orgasm obviously.

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243 points

the nihilist in me really wants to see texas attempt this.

confederates === domestic terrorists. lets act accordingly.

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the nihilist in me really wants to see texas attempt this.

Just to get rid of Abbot and Cruz it would be worth it.

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Ah ha, I found a JS dev lmfao

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Normal languages: “does this equal that?”

JS: “does this REALLY equal that, or just ‘equal’ that?”

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JS comparing a string and some random number: “ah, close enough probably”

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Beats having explicit null checks everywhere.

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I doubt this whole display is anything more than a distraction from the impending elections but I’m going to keep saying it anyway:

Please remember there are sane, reasonable, nonconservative people living here without a good way out. We’re not the enemy.

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Might not be domestic for long. Plus I hear they’ve got oil! Not sure they’ve thought this through.

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Not just confederates, it’s the current MAGA “Republican” party. CPAC, Dallas, TX, Aug. 4-7, 2022:

The persecution fetish is bigger in Texas.

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Can we just acknowledge that this is unhinged? Biden has the strongest border policies ever implemented by a Democrat. This just shows that there is no compromise possible with these traitors. They will never admit you made a step in their direction, only demand more and more and more until you’re just doing their bidding.

This is truly the way of extremists and terrorists, they demand the country be run to their preferences, democratic systems be damned.

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It really is sad to see so many Americans captivated by misinformation that they’ve convinced themselves is real. Abandoning science, reason, discussion, compromise, even tolerance. I try to keep my bloodthirst in check but after years upon years of them growing like a cancer, forming cult-like militia, becoming full blown domestic terrorists threatening high treason, it can’t be tolerated any further. It was cute when it was just posturing, symbolizing they were unhappy with the system at large and wanted to fuck with it a little.

Now it’s spiraled out of control. Now the punishment for treason should be felt. Either mercifully with the arrest of Abbott or vengefully with the GOP Texans being buried under the new courthouse.

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Is there somewhere I can read about Biden’s border policy compared to other Democrats? This is definitely something I’m totally uninformed about and I’d like to read up a bit, if you know of a good rundown.

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Not really a rundown. Just years of paying attention. The basic thing is they aren’t recognizing the right to declare asylum after entering the country anymore. You have to wait in your home country or Mexico until your paperwork is processed. Of course that’s ridiculous considering how the cartels prey on the refugees and asking someone to stay in the country they are seeking asylum from.

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A more cynical person might suggest they are doing this BECAUSE of that. Biden can’t run on the numbers if Texas keeps blocking action.

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That’s not cynical, they’ve come right out and said this is what they’re doing. https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4429211-romney-trump-border-bill-biden/

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Pra ba jeebus

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I have yet to see this mentioned in any of these threads, at least the ones that I have read. If Texas secedes or tries to, Republicans lose 38 seats in the House of Representatives and two Senate seats. This give the House to Democrats for the foreseeable future and Democrats an easier path to passing bills in the Senate. Not that Texas, Abbott, cares.

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not to mention then they’ll be a country with oil within peacekeepin’ distance of the USA

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Can anyone tell me how much of Texas’ oil production is offshore? Because the US would claim all of that on day one.

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We’re going to have invade every 20 years to get rid of some horrible dictator or another.

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Here’s hoping a congressman disappears him.

But seriously, there needs to be a mechanism for the feds to impeach a governor.

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They have one now but it’s messy and stains the carpet.

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That carpet is Persian! Irreplaceable what with there not being a Persia anymore.

Edit: misquote

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4 points

They pee on it?

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4 points

if the secede their electoral votes shouldn’t count until congress passes a bill readmitting them. it’s only fair

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I mean it goes without saying that you aren’t arguing this, but they will never secede. This is fodder for local politicking

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106 points

Brexit was so successful, it’s now time for Texit!

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Stop threatening the rest of us with a good time

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