Quote from: Possum on January 25, 2024, 05:05:14 AM  First off, I like Abbott, and will vote for him again, for governor. That is not so much a endorsement as the result of one cold hard fact that Texas will never have a conservative win the parties nomination. But you nailed it, he still tests the waters before too many decisions. But, after Bush, it will take an exceptional conservative candidate before I will vote for a fellow Texan again. I was fooled bad on how he would govern. I think Abbott would be better, but I would need proof and there isn't any as of now.

Yeah, he's fine where he is, no one has come forward to challenge him anyway, and from what I can see of the GOP, there isn't that much to choose from.  

Quote from: Solar on January 25, 2024, 06:03:44 PMYeah, he's fine where he is, no one has come forward to challenge him anyway, and from what I can see of the GOP, there isn't that much to choose from.  

  This last bunch running proved that. Nobody showed us what their strengths were. Hopefully the best ones choose not to run against Trump and we will see a different field in 2028.     

QuoteThe Texas National Guard and state troopers are still rolling out concertina wire and preventing Border Patrol agents from accessing most of Shelby Park, a 47-acre Eagle Pass park that sits on the bank of the Rio Grande where thousands of migrants have crossed.

Those continued efforts come despite the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this week vacating a lower court's decision that prevented Border Patrol agents from cutting the state's concertina wire to apprehend people who already crossed the river.

The Supreme Court's 5-4 order didn't give any reason and didn't explicitly say Border Patrol agents were allowed to access the park or that the state had to remove the concertina wire. So the state has doubled down and some Republican lawmakers have said Texas should defy the Supreme Court's ruling.

The ruling must not have said anything about laying more wire because it is still being placed.       https://www.texastribune.org/2024/01/24/texas-border-wire-supreme-court/

So far its 25 states backing Texas, and of course Trump. Any one else see a FORT SUMPTER Moment?

Quote from: Possum on January 26, 2024, 06:48:31 AMThe ruling must not have said anything about laying more wire because it is still being placed.       https://www.texastribune.org/2024/01/24/texas-border-wire-supreme-court/

Yeah, I'm guessing it was more blackface than a Bill with any teeth.    

Quote from: Billy's bayonet on January 26, 2024, 07:42:58 AMSo far its 25 states backing Texas, and of course Trump. Any one else see a FORT SUMPTER Moment?

I can see it leading to one. Create a crisis, declare national emergency, and cancel the election. The democrats will not win this election, so what have they got to lose?

https://josephsansone.substack.com/p/texas-should-nullify-supreme-court

QuoteIt appears that the State of Texas is interpreting the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in to be very specific and limited in focus.

Air Force Maj. Gen. Thomas Suelzer was appointed by Abbott to oversee the Texas National Guard and Texas State Guard as the agency's adjutant general. He told staff that he believes the ruling only permits Border Patrol to cut through obstacles to retrieve stranded migrants, the source said. Suelzer added that his troops will repair any obstacles destroyed by federal agents, and that his troops won't allow the feds to set up migrant processing centers in areas they've blocked. 

This interpretation is a good sign. Governor Abbot and the Texas legislature should make it official and act immediately and Nullify the U.S. Supreme Court's decision.