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he/him/it. Old white bi guy. Currently in Raymore, MO. Looking to move back to #Arizona Retired. Former PR pro. Former state level PIO (Nebraska). Thick skin wearing thin online, but still hanging on.

Re-living first years as DJ by collecting more records than is healthy. #NowPlaying #Music #Vinyl

Surviving son of UNL Prof of #Journalism James M. Neal, Jr & Caroline Becker.

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doubled down Wed on his claim that, if he is elected again, he would use his relationship w/ Russia’s President Vladimir to free WSJ reporter , who has been detained in Russia since March last year.
“EVAN GERSHKOVICH, the young Wall Street Journal reporter who is being harshly detained in Russia as his ESPIONAGE TRIAL is about to begin, will be released prior to my taking office if I WIN the Election on NOVEMBER 5th,” Trump posted.

JamesWNeal ,
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@Nonilex So Trump's influence is not his, but the power of him in the Oval Office. Trump himself has zero influence with Putin (if he did, he'd have already successfully negotiated for 's release).

What Trump is telling us is if he did win the election, he *already knows * Putin would, to make him look good reward him with Gershkovich 's release, in return for . . .

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ICYMI: Russia has been attacking NATO countries for quite some time. The U.S. has been helping them fight back. https://wapo.st/3XAt71u

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The DOT regulated junk fees. Airlines are suing.

The CFPB capped credit card fees. Banks are suing.

Medicare is negotiating drug prices. Pharma is suing.

The FTC banned noncompetes. Business groups are suing.

Corporate America can't stand government working for the people.

JamesWNeal ,
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@rbreich These and many other lawsuits will be dropped within 6 months of Trump getting into office, because he'll "remove the objection" if you know what I mean.

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(NYT) A sprawling network of Democratic officials, progressive activists, watchdog groups and ex-Republicans has been taking extraordinary steps to prepare for a potential second Donald Trump presidency, drawn together by the fear that Trump’s return to power would pose a grave threat to American democracy.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/16/us/politics/trump-2025-democratic-resistance.html

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#ElonMusk woos #Tesla investors to restore his $50 billion #PayPackage
A vote on Musk’s controversial pay package is set to conclude Thurs -- w/major implications for the #billionaire & his company. For weeks, Tesla CEO Elon #Musk has waged a campaign to persuade Tesla shareholders to restore his nearly $50 billion pay package, the largest “ever observed in public markets,” according to the Delaware judge who voided it.
#law #finance #tech
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/06/12/tesla-elon-musk-pay-package-shareholder-vote/

JamesWNeal ,
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@Nonilex Surpsingly, even without a humanoid robot and Elon's insistence we all vote to let him sipon off more money for his pet authoritarian projects (and donations to authoritarians), I did manage to cast my own votes. I did the human, not humanoid thing and told him to fuck off.

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Lawyers for #Trump asked the judge overseeing his criminal hush money case to terminate the gag order against the former president, saying it’s no longer justified since the trial is over.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/04/politics/trump-gag-order-request-merchan?cid=ios_app

JamesWNeal ,
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@GottaLaff "now that my client has been found guilty of threatening his wife with a shotgun and is no longer living in the house, the restraining order preventing him from carrying a shotgun and getting within shooting distance of her is no longer necessary."

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Via Ryan Reilly:

#Biden on the impact of #Jan6 on America’s standing in the world:

= TIME I said, “Well, America's back.” Macron looked at me and he said, “For how long? For how long?” And then Schultz said to me, “What would you say Mr. President, if tomorrow you pick up The London Times and found out that thousands of people stormed the British Parliament, broke down the doors, killed two Bobbies to prevent the implement—the swearing in of a, of a prime minister, a choice of prime minister?” And it made me realize just how fundamentally what he allowed to happen sitting in this room, looking at that television for three hours and didn't do a damn thing, said about America, and how much confidence people lost in America. There's not a, there’s not a...I’m gonna, say, be careful what I say...There's not a major international meeting I attend that before it’s over—and I've attended many, more than most presidents have in three and a half years—that a world leader doesn’t pull me aside as I'm leaving and say, “He can’t win. You can’t let him win.” My democracy and their democracy is at stake. My democracy is at stake. And so name me a world leader other than Orban and Putin who think that Trump should be the world leader in the United States of America.
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    JamesWNeal ,
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    @GottaLaff Thanks for posting this. I haven't read the Time piece yet. Better fix that.

    GottaLaff , to random
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    👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻 #Netanyahu will speak to Congress on June 13 as Biden pushes both #Israel and Hamas to agree to the terms of a permanent ceasefire.-NYT

    JamesWNeal ,
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    @GottaLaff too bad it's not on the 11th.

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    flexghost , to random
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    Meet Colin Allred

    Father
    Titans Linebacker
    Representative for Texas’ 32nd district
    Obama admin lawyer

    He’s running against Ted Cruz for the Senate

    …and he just dropped a BANGER of an ad

    You can donate to Colin here: https://colinallred.com/

    Meet Colin Allred standing there being all goody two shoes / paladin class

    JamesWNeal ,
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    @flexghost Not that it matters much, as he did put out a news release with links to a lot of shorter spots, but this particular one went up a year ago. But on "banger," well that it is, no doubt.

    GottaLaff , to random
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    Pres. #Biden tweet:

    Donald #Trump lost two debates to me in 2020. Since then, he hasn’t shown up for a debate.

    Now he’s acting like he wants to debate me again.

    Well, make my day, pal.

    JamesWNeal ,
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    @GottaLaff He's already pushing back on terms, wants a big crowd and all he needs to back out is to not get one thing he wants, so . . .

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    @GottaLaff ICYMI From Biden campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon - “The Commission’s model of building huge spectacles with large audiences at great expense simply isn’t necessary or conducive to good debates."

    “The debates should be conducted for the benefit of the American voters, watching on television and at home — not as entertainment for an in-person audience with raucous or disruptive partisans and donors, who consume valuable debate time with noisy spectacles of approval or jeering.”"

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    Rep on Wednesday officially triggered a vote on her motion to remove House .

    There were audible boos from lawmakers in the chamber as Greene spoke at length about her grievances with Johnson on the floor.


    https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-triggers-vote-motion-oust-speaker/story?id=110043228

    JamesWNeal ,
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    @Nonilex you had me at #MarjorieTaylorGreene officially triggered . . .

    Nonilex , to random
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    In addition to the court #transcripts, #NY courts has also made all #evidence available to the public on their website.

    This includes the audio recordings of phone calls.

    Direct link to the #TrumpTrial evidence click either “People” or “Defense” to view each side’s exhibits:

    https://pdfs.nycourts.gov/PeopleVs.DTrump-71543/Evidence/

    #criminal #law #Trump #CatchAndKill #conspiracy #ElectionInterference #HushMoney #MobTactics #NodFarter #GagOrder #StormyDaniels #KarenMcDougal

    JamesWNeal ,
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    @Nonilex excellent resource. Thanks for posting.

    Nonilex , to random
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    #Trump says #police raid on university #protesters 'beautiful to watch'

    Trump, at a rally in Waukesha, #Wisconsin, called for tougher action against campus protests & again suggested some of the protesters were paid actors. He called on college presidents to “remove the encampments immediately, vanquish the locals & take back our campuses for all of the normal students.”

    #Protests #CollegeProtests #Israel #Gaza #Palestinians
    https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-heads-wisconsin-michigan-after-being-hit-with-gag-order-fine-2024-05-01/

    JamesWNeal ,
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    @Nonilex Must read for people who think doing anything that might increase this guy's chances of getting back in is worth it. The people he kicked out or left of their own accord who served as guardrails laat time are telling anyone who listens - there will be NO guardrails next time.

    GottaLaff , to random
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    Via NPR's Tom Dreisbach:

    New investigation:

    Dozens of fed judges attended wk-long seminars at luxury retreats -receiving free rms, free meals, free $ for travel worth 1000s - & failed to fully disclose as required.

    Judges w disclosure issues incl some big names.

    Aileen #Cannon, currently presiding over #Trump’s docs case, attended 2wk-long seminars at lux resort near Yellowstone Nat Park...failed to upload disclosure w/in 30 days as required.

    Court said it was an “inadvertent” omission.

    JamesWNeal ,
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    Thanks @GottaLaff

    (NPR) At one event, a far-right German politician with a history of racially inflammatory and anti-immigrant statements made a presentation to dozens of judges. At others, judges heard from an advocacy group that uses lawsuits in federal court to change environmental policy, as well as from corporate CEOs in the oil and pharmaceutical industries.

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    @Dodo_sipping @GottaLaff

    From the article "For example, dozens of judges took part in a 2022 event that featured a speaker from the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (Alternative for Germany) political party.

    Gunnar Beck, a member of the European Parliament and an AfD member, spoke to the group of American federal judges about "European Jurisprudence." Beck has a history of anti-immigrant and racially inflammatory statements.

    GottaLaff , to random
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    NEW #TrumpTrial THREAD 🧵 STARTS HERE. #Trump #legal 1/...

    Klasfeld:

    Trump is back at the defense table, and we're waiting for the judge to return to the bench.

    JamesWNeal ,
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    @dbc3 @GottaLaff @bronakins I monitor your feed while also keeping open a tab from NYT & honestly what you aggregate is more thorough, generally put up faster. As for "only my followers see" that's not actually true on Mastodon. I know this because I regularly get comments and shares from people who clearly don't follow me, & they come so fast I know it's not because they saw it thanks to a follower. You're providing an immense service and I thank you for it.

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    So - some people are saying little Ukrainian flags should never have been waved in the U.S. Capitol and I'd say that's true. We should have been waving flags on par with the U.S. flags Ukraine brought in to their own chambers. #Ukraine

    Ruslan Stefanchuk @r_stefanchuk Flags of the United States of America 🇺🇸 are in the walls of the Ukrainian Parliament 🇺🇦. Today, MPs of Ukraine @ua_parliament 🇺🇦 once again expressed their gratitude to the United States and to every member of the House of Representatives 🇺🇸 who supported the Ukraine Aid Bill. We look forward to a similar decision from the Senate 🇺🇸. The United States has been and remains a strategic partner 🇺🇦 that stands shoulder to shoulder with the Ukrainian people in our fight against the russian aggressor!
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    #ProLifeMyAss 😳”1 woman miscarried in lobby restroom of TX emerg rm as front desk staff refused to admit her. Another learned her fetus had no heartbeat at Fla hospital, day after security guard turned her away from the facility. No Carolina, woman gave birth in car after emerg room couldn’t offer an ultrasound. The baby later died.

    Complaints that pregnant women were turned away from U.S. emergency rooms spiked in 2022 after the SCOTUS overturned Roe v Wade”
    https://apnews.com/article/9ce6c87c8fc653c840654de1ae5f7a1c

    JamesWNeal ,
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    @GottaLaff Gentle reminder that well off, well connected women in every state are still able call in a favor or hop on a jet and get abortions performed by qualified medical personnel - - - but that for more and more women who don't have the means to break these new laws are it means they're being broken themselves. #abortion #AbortionRights

    JamesWNeal , to random
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    Seems reasonable.

    GottaLaff , to random
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    👀

    Via Dave Ryder: 🧵 1/...

    Here's William Jones who authored the 1864 bill.

    Some fun facts:

    He abandoned his first wife and their children in Missouri.

    His second wife was a 12 year old Mexican girl. He abducted her and after a complaint submitted his resignation to President Buchanan before he was fired.

    JamesWNeal ,
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    @GottaLaff So, a real standup guy. thanks for posting.

    JamesWNeal ,
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    @GottaLaff But wait. From a friend on another platform. "the Wikipedia entry does not say that Jones wrote the 1864 Arizona law. The law is called the "Howell Code" because it was written by Judge William Thompson Howell. The Wiki entry on Jones says this: "Jones translated a condensed version of the territory's new legal code, the 'Howell Code," into Spanish. So Jones was merely a translator, not the author of the law."

    JamesWNeal , to random
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    Biden's problem - convincing a skeptical America he's gotten a lot done, runs smack into the same problem the med. community had convincing a skeptical America that thousands were dying . . .

    America is a big, big place.

    So big 1,000s can die & most of us dont see them, so big billions can be poured into all manner of life altering projects and still . . .

    most of us aren't affected.

    If you don't cross the new bridge you don't care about it.

    Or the person who died on the other side.

    JamesWNeal , to random
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    Some insight into what happened in the minutes before the Key Bridge collapsed.

    Cool, direct, urgent, successful. Maybe not a college degree or a 6-figure salary among them—and they used their training & experience at the most critical, high-pressure moment to save lives. All day, every day-that happens & we don't see it. That's your 'deep state? Just in Port of Baltimore, 45 cargo container ships come & go every 24 hours. 16,000 ships a year. They require all this guidance all the time (and US has 8 LARGER ports). Each ship with 5,000 containers loaded & unloaded. Not to mention The 8 construction workers on the bridge—-patching potholes in the middle of the night, so the road stays maintained, at a time that reduces inconvenience to us (and yes, is easier for them too because of low traffic). Every night...
    Every night, 5 or 6 days a week, men & women just like them do that dangerous work on interstates & bridges in all 50 states. ... Here's the moment: An officer who closed one of the approaches says on radio...Can we notify the construction workers? Can we call the supervisor?' The officer was ready to drive out & warn the workers when someone on the radio — seconds later — said, The bridge is down. The whole bridge. That unnamed officer had been immediately thinking about how to save those guys out on the bridge—workers just like him. Thanks. - Thanks to all these folks who make the world run, and run safely 99% of the time, and work with skill, grace, clear-headedness in invisible but essential jobs. Even as disaster unfolded Tuesday after midnight, they were at work.

    (((Charles Fishman))) @cfishman • Again, a moment to pause & appreciate the cool professionalism of those in & around the Key Bridge at 1:24 am Tuesday. Ship's pilot radios in that ship has lost steerage & will hit bridge. Someone (maritime control?) transmits urgent alert to Maryland/Balt police dispatch... Police dispatched with just a few crisp phrases-ship has lost steering, close the bridge to traffic-and race to do just that. No time for confusion. No time for ... 'What do you mean, close the bridge? Who says?' 4 minutes, alert to collapse. Bridge successfully closed... That's amazing. Again, a system worked—a government system. All those people just ordinary frontline workers in anonymous, sometimes invisible jobs. Maritime radio operators. Police/fire dispatchers. Bridge police & state police. All working 11p to 7a o'night shift.
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    JamesWNeal ,
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    @ElleGray the one on the right's gonna lose because the one on the left has backup on the wall.

    GottaLaff , to random
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    🏆

    Via Angry Staffer:

    This is A+ trolling.

    MAGA is losing their minds. 🤣🤣🤣

    Joe #Biden:

    Congratulations, Donald. Quite the accomplishment.

    1/… Next toot will be what Biden is mocking.

    #Trump

    JamesWNeal ,
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    @GottaLaff I understand the trophy is up on eBay with a starting price of $454 million.

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    Dems are usually terrible at messaging

    But this: this is a home run.

    🇺🇸

    Video answering trumps question are you better off than you were 4 years ago illustrating trumps failure with the pandemic

    JamesWNeal ,
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    @flexghost OMG, I can download videos from Mastodon!

    JamesWNeal ,
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    @flexghost Safari Control - click dropdown menu gives the option.

    JamesWNeal ,
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    @flexghost So . . . are YOU better off than you were four years ago? A lot of people aren't because, well, they're DEAD.

    GottaLaff , to random
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    Via Laurie Garrett: 1/...

    ICYMI the House #Republicans finally released a U.S. budget, countering the #BidenAdministration proposal. The GOP budget:

    • cuts $1.5 trillion from Social Security
    • raises Medicare costs & cuts caps on pharma fees
    • cuts Medicaid, ACA/Obamacare & the Children’s Health Insurance Prog by $4.5 trillion over 10 years
    • creates $5.5 trillion in tax cuts for the rich and corporations
    • eliminates all clean energy tax incentives
    • raises Social Security Retirement age to 69
    JamesWNeal ,
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    @GottaLaff It's like they put all their time into figuring new ways to prove everything Biden said they'd do is exactly right.

    JamesWNeal , to random
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    "Genius" def. doing better with your father's money than Trump did with his. Also #lowbar

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    The results tonight offer a new — and perhaps unexpected — lens into the Biden-skeptical "uncommitted" vote. https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2024/03/05/super-tuesday-live-updates-election-2024/#link-W2YLD5QU55FSDAOGBK6VCNTEXY

    JamesWNeal ,
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    @pbump Has anyone compared 2020 to 2024 total votes for each state by party?

    JamesWNeal , to random
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    Y'know, I get lonely too, but still I'm not part of the "I'll take a call from a stranger" demographic

    GottaLaff , to random
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    “Harris also said there must be an immediate ceasefire in Gaza that would secure the release of hostages that Hamas kidnapped while allowing more aid to get inside Gaza.” https://www.reuters.com/world/us-vp-harris-urges-israeli-government-do-more-boost-aid-into-gaza-2024-03-03/

    JamesWNeal ,
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    @GottaLaff Thanks. First Reuters piece seemed to have missed that "little tidbit."

    GottaLaff , to random
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    Someone (follower) just DMd me accusing me of being a 'drag on support' of Dems.

    Why? He said "we're all supporting the democracy coalition", & I explained that many in my replies are angry, not supportive. He accused me of something something Hillary's emails re Biden... not sure what that meant, but it was offensive.

    If anyone ever accuses me of not supporting Biden in this election, they haven't read my TL or listened to me on air.

    Talk about offensive. I blocked.

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    @GottaLaff https://mstdn.social/@JamesWNeal/112033813171585880

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    “Does U.S. want a "well-meaning elderly man," or one who means ill? Would rather have a POTUS who briefly confused Egypt for Mexico, or one who'd start a war on the border?

    On the slow train wreck of democracy - it doesn't have to be this way.”

    If @willbunch wrote it, you should read it.© & I 🧵 it. 1/… #Biden #Trump #media

    https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/biden-memory-trump-supreme-court-20240211.html

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    @GottaLaff @willbunch Sometimes someone comes along, someone better with words than I, and manages to say what I would if I just could. Will did that here and I appreciate & respect him for it. Thanks for pointing to it

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    GOP fascist party: Vote for Rapist Trump!

    "#Texas saw an estimated 26,313 rape-related pregnancies during the 16 months after the state outlawed all #abortions, with no exceptions for survivors of rape or incest, according to a study...

    That’s the highest estimate among the 14 states with total abortion bans, with Texas having the largest population" H/t: LOLGOP

    https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/health/article/texas-sees-estimated-26k-pregnancies-rape-18625692.php

    JamesWNeal ,
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    @GottaLaff Houston Chronicle has this behind a paywall, but you get the gist - Texas didn't "eliminate rape." Texas has made rape a way to turn women into involuntary baby factories.

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