Update: He speaks!
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Except it hasn't. I literally attached photos showing that to not be the case. The only public communication since yesterday was a fluff piece put out to local news talking about how changes to gun laws have led to lower gun crime.

No shit. It's been almost a full day. I fear for any government run by someone that can't put together a plan to unprecedented problems in under 24 hours.

His state's most populous city is being shredded by civil unrest and armed federal agents. If now isn't the time to portray the leadership he was ostensibly elected for, I have no idea when is.

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Republicans sprinkled in some good talking points (like recess reform) and the bait worked. This is a MAHA bill that every TX Senate Democrat just voted for. It's astonishing. (3/3)
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It ties funding of health-related higher ed to requiring the use of a nutritional curriculum from the new "Texas Nutrition Advisory Committee". Sounds reasonable until you read the rest of the bill and see how much crankery is involved, including the weird label on things like bleached flour. (2/3)

I hate having to write "Big Beautiful Bill Act". We live in a joke world.
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Imagine if we didn't have to spend political capital forcing insurance companies to cover basic services. This bill has some bipartisan support and it's an easy slam dunk in terms of messaging. Never bet on Congress not tripping over itself into failure, though.
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Looks like Canadian political leaders are at least saying the right things and taking the necessary actions to address the emergency. Oh, to live in a functional country again.

This link doesn't work:
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This one does:
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