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[Angelus Errare]

*Turns on youtube stream to look at politicians pushing women's health bills*

*Sees a bunch of white haired old men talking in a circle*

Glad I'm not a woman in Texas

But "a bunch of white haired old men talking in a circle" pretty much describes our entire governmental system. =\

 

[Spring-Loaded]

Democrats Senators telling local media there was no vote before midnight.

Republican Senators telling local media that it passed.

Same old, same old.

 

[Wario64]

Doors opened?

 

[Buddha Beam]

Seems to me like nobody there has any idea what's going on. Some of them are clearly saying it passed, but that is likely just playing the media more than anything.

 

[Gentleman Jack]

haha someone opened a door.

 

[Clydefrog]

oh fuck something's happening

 

[phosphor112]

Did they just bust back in?

 

[B-Dubs]

And there are all the boos

 

[Forever]

I'm no longer convinced that there is a peaceful solution to the Republican problem.

 

[HK-47]

I brought this up in a gerrymandering thread before - but you are insane if you think this is something unique to republicans. Illinois redrew their districts in the recent past, and there's some truly loldistricts in that state.

For example:

lol how is this even legal?

 

[AMUSIX]

I brought this up in a gerrymandering thread before - but you are insane if you think this is something unique to republicans. Illinois redrew their districts in the recent past, and there's some truly loldistricts in that state.

For example:

I don't think it's unique to republicans....I think it's shit whereever it turns up.

 

[SummitAve]

Indeed....there's no way anyone can look at this and think those lines were drawn with any sense of fairness...

You don't know what you're talking about.

 

[Brawndo Addict]

Judging by the crowd reaction, it sounds like it passed.

 

[SolarPowered]

They are gonna have a riot on their hands if they don't end this nonsense.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=jVjgY427qW8#t=98s

Glorious

 

[Unknown Soldier]

What the fuck is going on now?

 

[JABEE]

Were those chants of "Let them vote!?"

 

[IrishNinja]

I like this guy's style

+1

RT @JustinJKruger: WOW! RT @CommieChan: This is outside the Texas senate right now #standwithwendy pic.twitter.com/6PuHO8VPt7

holy crap that's a great turnout

oh fuck something's happening

yeah just trying to sort that out myself

 

[Wallach]

Judging by the crowd reaction, it sounds like it passed.

Physical altercation.

 

[Zona]

The fuck is this? A jigsaw puzzle of political overreach?

Try this one on for size.

The solution would probably be an independent panel, or even better a computer program.

 

[Slacker]

Shit's about to go bad with the crowd I fear. Anger level steadily rising.

 

[Duffyside]

I'm no longer convinced that there is a peaceful solution to the Republican problem.

Please tell us more.

 

[kendrid]

I brought this up in a gerrymandering thread before - but you are insane if you think this is something unique to republicans. Illinois redrew their districts in the recent past, and there's some truly loldistricts in that state.

For example:

Thanks for posting this. While I vote D most of the time here in IL both sides are corrupt as hell and both use gerrymandering to get people into office. It is an extremely flawed system.

 

[Enron]

lol how is this even legal?

It's perfectly legal. The party in power gets to draw the districts. Don't like it, win an election!

 

[MG310]

Yeah, sounded like a physical altercation followed by a "Let Him Go" chant.

 

[antonz]

Were those chants of "Let them vote!?"

Let her go I think. Someone probably opened the door and that person probably being arrested

 

[Tendo]

Whats the word? Did it pass?

 

[Sibylus]

How does that figure? All of Texas didn't turn up to chant. I bet if a toll was taken of the voters in Texas, the majority would be in favor. That's the people they represent. The ones who would vote assholes like them into the job.

Someone posted numbers earlier suggesting the state is overwhelmingly against it. Even if those cheering are in the minority, they should just eat shit because a craven coward in that chamber decided that the rules no longer applied?

 

[FLEABttn]

It's perfectly legal. The party in power gets to draw the districts. Don't like it, win an election!

Hohohohohoho

 

[Devolution]

I want a youtube clip of the senator who headshotted the chair.

 

[NYCmetsfan]

Physical altercation.

Those optics....

 

[aceface]

So can I safely turn the livestream off now? Seems that the senators have all left and are talking to media?

 

[sangreal]

Whats the word? Did it pass?

I'm guessing that is what they are debating, but it seems so. They have not adjourned afaik. Lt Gov said he was calling on someone to end the session and then walked off

 

[jediyoshi]

It's perfectly legal. The party in power gets to draw the districts. Don't like it, win an election!

Definitely. As opposed to the other kind of legal, which is just the worst.

 

[pigeon]

It's perfectly legal.

This is not actually a good answer to "how is this legal?"

 

[B-Dubs]

It's perfectly legal. The party in power gets to draw the districts. Don't like it, win an election!

It doesn't seem very ethical...

 

[Talon]

Thanks for posting this. While I vote D most of the time here in IL both sides are corrupt as hell and both use gerrymandering to get people into office. It is an extremely flawed system.

We here in Chicago are proud of the leeches on humanity that are our Aldermen, which outnumber their counterparts in the much more populous city of New York City 2-to-1.

I'm sure that's justifiable. Somehow.

Those tasty, tasty pensions.

 

[DopeyFish]

Whats the word? Did it pass?

It didn't. But that won't stop the GOP from pretending it did.

 

[kai3345]

Crowd shouting for answers

 

[royalan]

What the GOP should have done was be gracious, adjourn this session when the clock ran out and gave it another shot in the next session. It wouldn't have been an ACTUAL admittance of defeat, just a "you won this round, but we'll be back."

But nope.

Their damn-near villainous fervor to get what will WIDELY be considered an anti-abortion bill passed by any means necessary against a crowd like this will be DISASTROUS PR for the entire party moving forward. ESPECIALLY if someone up in the galleys ends up getting injured.

The GOP couldn't have possibly made themselves look worse than they did today. They played into EVERY negative idea the country has of the party tonight.

 

[Timedog]

We need the supreme court to rule that redistricting can't be purposefully unfair to minorities.

 

[ConfusingJazz]

I brought this up in a gerrymandering thread before - but you are insane if you think this is something unique to republicans. Illinois redrew their districts in the recent past, and there's some truly loldistricts in that state.

For example:

That seems to be in one city, that's child's play.

I voted in my parent's congressional district when I was in college.

I lived in Austin, they lived in Houston.

Then, when I moved to an apartment across the street, I voted with people from north San Antonio.

 

[Black Mamba]

Supposedly someone walked around and claimed to take a face to face vote from each member.

Dems claiming vote didn't happen til 12:01.

Of course for the GOP it doesn't matter. Not sure how this plays out now.

Evan Smith ‏@evanasmith 1m
.@rossramsey says there's a time stamp on the voting mechanism. If it was before or after midnight, we'll be able to see #txlege

 

[Angry Fork]

So fucking tired of religious sexist bullshit. People who hold these views should be barred from holding office full stop.

 

[Enron]

Someone posted numbers earlier suggesting the state is overwhelmingly against it. Even if those cheering are in the minority, they should just eat shit because a craven coward in that chamber decided that the rules no longer applied?

Overwhelmingly against the idea of voting on it in a special session, that is. This bill will just reappear in some form down the line.

 

[Duffyside]

This is not actually a good answer to "how is this legal?"

Fair enough, but "how is this legal" isn't a very good question.

 

[Lonestar]

Is the feed going in and out? I missed this "altercation"

 

[Aaron Strife]

The problem is that the districts are specifically drawn to negate minority influence. If you put all the Hispanics in big districts than it doesn't matter if they vote in force or not, they'll be electing safe democrats while republicans carve small white districts everywhere.

I'd imagine a number of those GOP districts have Hispanic voters who've never voted or registered to vote.

It's the sleeping giant of Texas politics. If unregistered TX Hispanics started turning out at the same rate as the ones in California, Republicans would be in deep shit

 

[Unknown Soldier]

It's perfectly legal. The party in power gets to draw the districts. Don't like it, win an election!

Gerrymandering should have been nipped in the bud when Elbridge Gerry, for whom it is named, first tried it at the beginning of our democracy. That it is allowed to continue today is disgraceful and an insult to our political process.

 

[ClassyPenguin]

Please tell us more.

Republicans are the Tea Party. No amount of bullshit is going to change their idiotic, sexist, slightly racist and science denial. That is an essential part of their platform.

 

[RC]

I agree with the woman who shouted out "we want answers."