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lenbryant · 9 months

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Everything’s bigger in Texas.

#politics #republicans #Texas #ken paxton #dan patrick #impeachment #rachel maddow #corruption

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makingdonalddrumpfagain · 4 months

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#dan patrick #the 'new' republican party #seditious domestic terrorism #tre45on

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gwydionmisha · 8 months

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#Texas #Drag Ban #Dan Patrick #Censorship #News

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dontmeantobepoliticalbut · 9 months

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The Texas A&M University Professor Joy Alonzo criticized the Texas Lieutenant Governor, Dan Patrick, during a visiting lecture in March 2023 on the opioid crisis at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas.

Just hours later, Alonzo learned a student accused her of disparaging Patrick during the lecture. The complaint reached her supervisors and the Chancellor of Texas A&M, John Sharp, who was in communication directly with the Lieutenant Governor’s office.

The student is reportedly the daughter of the Texas Land Commissioner, Dawn Buckingham, who served in the Texas senate with Patrick for six years, received an endorsement from him in her run for Land Commissioner, and had attended Sharp’s wedding in May.

Less than two hours after the lecture had ended, Patrick’s chief of staff forwarded Alonzo’s professional biography to Sharp, reported the Texas Tribune. The Chancellor responded to the Lieutenant Governor directly via text message that Alonzo would immediately be placed on administrative leave pending an investigation to fire her.

The University of Texas Medical Board quickly issued a censure statement, distancing itself from any comments Alonzo made during the lecture.

Texas A&M and the University of Texas Medical Board did not specify what Alonzo said during the lecture that prompted the investigation. Students interviewed by the Texas Tribune only recalled a vague reference to Patrick during the lecture on opioid overdose policies. Texas A&M ultimately allowed Alonzo to retain her job after the investigation did not reveal any wrongdoing.

The swift investigation sparked criticism from Alonzo’s colleagues and free speech advocates over the interference of politicians into classroom discussions and how state universities are managed.

Adam Steinbaugh, an attorney with the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, a non-profit legal group focused on protecting free speech on college campuses, criticized the investigation as “inappropriate” in an interview with the Tribune and noted its chilling effect, regardless of the outcome of the investigation.

Marcia Ory, a professor at Texas A&M Health and co-chair of the university’s Opioid Task Force with Alonzo, noted the long-term consequences of the interference in an email to Jon Mogford, vice-president of Texas A&M Health.

The reporting of the suspension and investigation of Alonzo comes as the Texas A&M President, Katherine Banks, resigned last week over the backlash to politically motivated outsiders halting the hiring by the university of Kathleen McElroy, a Black journalism professor at the University of Texas at Austin, to revive the journalism school at Texas A&M.

On Alonzo, a spokesperson for the university system told the Tribune: “It is not unusual to respond to any state official who has concerns about anything occurring at the Texas A&M System,” claiming the system followed standard procedure investigating the claim against Alonzo.

The Guardian has contacted Texas A&M, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, and Joy Alonzo for further comment.

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mandoreviews · 2 years

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📽️ Just Go with It (2011)

I had, surprisingly, never seen this Adam Sandler movie before, so I wanted to watch it when I saw it on Netflix. I liked it! It reminded me a little bit of Blended, with the families on vacation together and kind of reluctantly getting along really well. I know that’s an over-simplification, but I did see a slight resemblance between the two movies. I think I like Blended better, but this movie is good, too. I know Adam Sandler is mostly a comedy guy, but he does a really good job of modeling good dad behavior. There are lots of funny moments in this movie, and it’s genuinely enjoyable. Except the little girl; she’s just annoying. I’ve actually watched this more than once in the last year or so, so if that’s any indication, you can believe that it’s pretty good.

Sex/nudity: 4/10 (implied sex, lots of sexual jokes and innuendoes, scenes of women in bikinis with comments on their bodies, kissing, cleavage)

Language: 2/10 (most of the language is sexual in nature, no f-words though, some sh*t)

Violence: 1/10 (slapstick)

Overall rating: 7/10

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jkanelis · 2 years

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Going to miss Sen. Seliger

Kel Seliger called me today, saying he had “no reason at all” other than just to catch up. The Republican Texas state senator from Amarillo and I had a nice chat. I won’t reveal the content of our conversation, but I do want to offer a comment, which I more or less shared with Seliger this morning. It is that I will miss his service in the Texas Senate, where he has served with distinction and…

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#Dan Patrick #Kel Seliger #Texas Senate

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tomorrowusa · 2 years

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Attorney Tristan Snell at Twitter. Mr. Snell helped prosecute the Trump University case.

Here are the leading Republicans of Texas – de facto accomplices to the shooter at Robb Elementary School. They are pretending to be concerned about the latest mass shooting in Uvalde.

They are far more concerned about making sure there is no interruption in campaign contributions for them from the NRA. They are hoping the outrage from the shooting will soon subside and they can quickly go back to persecuting trans kids, censoring libraries, and restricting the right to vote.

If you live in Texas, you need to vote these 17th century patriarchs out of office – while you still can.

#mass shooting #uvalde #texas #republicans #greg abbott #ken paxton #dan patrick #ted 'cancun' cruz #nra #tristan snell #election 2022

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nodynasty4us · 2 years

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Ground News says this story “had little to no reporting on the Left”, so I am bringing it to your attention.

#greg abbott #dan patrick #guns

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intelligentchristianlady · 2 years

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I wonder what kind of pen He used. Did anyone watch Him write it? Too bad we have no historical records of where our Constitution came from.

#Texas #Dan Patrick #Constitution #craziness #where do they find these people?

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jaceart-politics · 22 days

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Dan Patrick - Plaid Nazi

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#dan patrick #plaid nazi #jace #texas stupid

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gwydionmisha · 9 months

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#Ken Paxton #Dan Patrick #Texas #Impeachment #News

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head-post · 1 month

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Texas official sent message on US-Mexico border to Supreme Court

Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick sent a message to the US Supreme Court on Monday regarding the US-Mexico border, The Herald reports.

During an appearance on Fox News’ “Fox & Friends” programme, Patrick said the Supreme Court will decide on Monday whether Senate Bill 4 can take effect while it is being debated in the courts or whether there will be a pause.

The bill criminalises crossing the Texas-Mexico border between ports of entry and allows police to arrest those they believe have crossed the border illegally. Patrick said:

To the Supreme Court justices, who are watching Fox I’m sure this morning as they get up early, we are being attacked, Lawrence, by land, by sea, by air, literally millions coming across the border, many armed, many criminals, terrorists.

The Lieutenant Governor added that the Supreme Court will not decide today whether the law is constitutional. They’ll only be deciding if it can go into effect.