800k without power after Texas storms

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17 May 2024, 1:10 pm

https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/texas-power-outage-map-severe-storms-leave-nearly-800-000-homes-businesses-without-power/ar-BB1mzckF?OCID=ansmsnnews11

Sorry, but our governor decided that banning dick pics was more important.


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17 May 2024, 1:14 pm

What a petty post.



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17 May 2024, 1:45 pm

The issue is that our governor prioritizes legislating Christian nationalist morality over upgrading basic infrastructure.


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17 May 2024, 2:38 pm

Nades wrote:
What a petty post.


You misspelled administration. The governor and his administration focus on the trivial while refusing to give attention to actual problems like the Texas power grid's fragility.


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17 May 2024, 6:21 pm

Tim_Tex wrote:
The issue is that our governor prioritizes legislating Christian nationalist morality over upgrading basic infrastructure.


I was going to upvote this comment, then I remembered I'm not on reddit at the moment.


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18 May 2024, 2:30 am

Tim_Tex wrote:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/texas-power-outage-map-severe-storms-leave-nearly-800-000-homes-businesses-without-power/ar-BB1mzckF?OCID=ansmsnnews11

Sorry, but our governor decided that banning dick pics was more important.

The issue is that our governor prioritizes legislating Christian nationalist morality over upgrading basic infrastructure.
( :thumleft: I 'upvote' your perspective on the matter!)

I fear a similar outcome all over America if Trump fools enough people into electing him president again.