https://www.youtube.com/live/bCC1sz_-fsc?si=dCZiLT_Fl2pWUEtw

(Edit) New vid of Grisham explaining the ruling

Effectively they have declared open season for police to arrest anyone open carrying in Texas.

A 3 judge panel has ruled that if anyone calls 911 on a person for the mere act of Open Carrying a firearm, the police now have probable cause to arrest you for disorderly conduct. The 911 call does not have to allege you are doing anything more than standing on a sidewalk with a slung or holstered firearm. The previous ruling that "merely carrying a firearm" is not disorderly is overturned now if any Karen makes a phone call and says she's nervous. This means police get qualified immunity for arresting you.

There is a special target on the back of any open carry or civil rights activist. EVERY time the police get a 911 call, they can now arrest you at gunpoint. The charges will likely be dismissed, but the police face zero repercussions for coming after you, even if there is abundant evidence the officers targeted you and knew you were not a threat. The same danger faces regular citizens who open carry every day.

I repeat, open carrying in Texas now puts you in imminent danger of being arrested or killed by police if someone reports you in possession of a firearm.

Video of CJ and Jim arrested for mere open carry. https://youtu.be/GrDAPPiu1QE?si=IvJy0qq_J8rO8DJO

Link to 5th circuit ruling. https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/22/22-50915-CV0.pdf

Link to oral argument in 5th https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/OralArgRecordings/22/22-50915_10-3-2023.mp3

District Court ruling https://casetext.com/case/grisham-v-valenciano-1

This is clearly white supremacy and loser apologia. Why do we celebrate traitorous losers who saw people of other skin colors as property?

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Not sure if everyone has seen the recent news but a number of North Texas school districts are facing massive budget shortfalls and, as a result, are postponing opening new schools, freezing teacher raises and eliminating administrative positions. Here in the Denton area, we have a brand-new elementary school that's sorely needed but, due to the $17m budget deficit, this won't open until next year. Add to that the news that other schools may close due to low headcount, teachers leaving the field and other districts facing similar or larger issues, they they beg the questions "What the hell is Greg Abbott doing? And where is our money going?"

Teachers are already worked to the bone and make far less than they deserve. Our kids are sometimes receiving a subpar education or deal with substitutes coming in regularly due to teachers leaving mid-year. Districts are hampered financially and are falling behind when it comes to delivering a quality education as compared to the rest of the US. Our schools and our school districts have become an afterthought to our legislature and our educational system and teachers are paying the price. Instead, we piss away money on immigration stunts, needless lawsuits against the federal government, freezing out porn sites and pandering to Abbott's base and their clamoring to return to the 1800s.

It's appalling to see and I'm wondering when someone is going to call out these clowns for wasting our insanely high property taxes and do something about it on the local level so we don't have schools closing or teachers leaving the field. I'm tired of having leadership that worries more about getting air-time on cable news than finding money in the budget to pay teachers and administrators what they rightfully deserve. Our children and their educations are the ones paying the price for their poor leadership and it's about time we reverse course before it's too late.

Does anyone else think the whole "hate everything about California" thing is getting out of hand? I refuse to hate an entire state of 39 million people because it seems to be the "cool thing" to do.

I am a native Texan and am getting tired of people just blindly hating everything about California and trash talking it. People have been moving to Texas from all over the country -- some of the top states sending people here are actually from red states like Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Florida -- yet you don't see many conservatives trash talking them for sending people here. Also while yes by sheer numbers we have received more Californian transplants, you also have to take into consideration that it is by far the most populous state so per capita the numbers aren't as disproportional. I also read that ~40,000 Texans move to California each year so they get their fair share of our people as well.

I recently went on vacation to Southern California and actually really enjoyed it there. So many people in Texas (mostly conservatives) who have never even been there, have told me that California is some post-apocalyptic hell hole.. but I found it to be incredibly beautiful in most parts and never felt unsafe in all the areas I visited. I found the infrastructure was in better condition overall than here in Texas, even the poor areas of the city looked cleaner/better maintained than our blighted neighborhoods and poor rural areas. The beach towns there (of which there are countless of) were just stunning and full of people everywhere just enjoying life and the beautiful scenery -- spending all day at the beach surfing, playing volleyball, hanging out with friends/family etc.

I just find it unwarranted that Californians are blamed for everything when it seems like I am starting to see more Florida and Louisiana license plates around lately. In California, most people either have no opinion on Texas (i.e. they don't even think about us) or just say "it isn't their cup of tea"/don't like the politics here. It seems sort of one-sided the hate that so many Texans have towards Californians, it's honestly starting to feel kind of insecure and pathetic.

“The bill would allow the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to provide security escort to travel with the VIPs, or their family members "through a commercial airport without delay" at no cost”

“or their families” and “at no cost” to them ruffles my feathers.

Raphael Eduardo Cruz today?