[Bhilai]

This may be the only sensible thing Abbott has done in a while. Texas is trending towards a nanny state for quite a bit for things Republicans politicians don't like.

It's miracle that Dan Patrick is not in jail and wasn't impeached from his job last year. Tough on crime Republicans in Texas Senate acquitted him of 16 impeachment charges around bribery and corruption.

[baseballdork]

Wrong guy, you're thinking of the AG, Ken Paxton. It is a travesty that he still holds his position and is likely to unseat Cornyn (who is also terrible, but less so) in the coming senate race.

[Bhilai]

Ah you are right! I was thinking of ken Paxton.

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Texas is not tough on crime. Like most corrupt governments, they are tough on people they don't like.

[burnt-resistor]

Yup. Austin's criminalization of homelessness without providing housing is just one example. While it technically made a partial dent (but still there are tents under I-35), it did so with brutality and without addressing any of the systemic factors.

More widely, the leopards are eating faces.