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An anthem for all the politicians who lure in voters with empty platitudes and hollow promises. "I Want to Conquer the World" by Bad Religion sums it up. 🎶 Hey, Brother Christian, with your high and mighty errand. Your actions speak so loud, I can't hear a word you're saying. Hey, Sister Bleeding Heart, with all of your compassion. Your labors soothe the hurt but can't assuage temptation. Hey, man of science, with your perfect rules of measure. Can you improve this place with the data that you gather? Hey, Mother Mercy, can your loins bear fruit forever? Is your fecundity a trammel or a treasure? And I want to conquer the world, Give all the idiots a brand new religion, Put an end to poverty, uncleanliness and toil, Promote equality in all of my decisions With a quick wink of the eye And a "God, you must be joking!" Hey, Mr. Diplomat, with your worldly aspirations. Did you see your children cry when you left them at the station? Hey, moral soldier, you've got righteous proclamations, And precious tomes to fuel your pulpy conflagrations. And I want to conquer the world, Give all the idiots a brand new religion, Put an end to poverty, uncleanliness and toil, Promote equality in all of my decisions I want to conquer the world, Expose the culprits and feed them to the children, Do away with air pollution and then I'll save the whales. We'll have peace on earth and global communion. I want to conquer the world! 🎵 youtu.be/xBqmTb57v2s?si=8pKV…
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Charter & ordinances work together like the Constitution & federal statutes. Would anyone say the 15th Amendment is pointless because Congress had already passed the Civil Rights Act (1866) and Reconstruction Acts (1867)? One protects the future, the other protects the present.
Austin is debating whether we need an audit by ordinance or by charter. We actually need BOTH. Ordinance 20260226-050 acknowledges the need for an audit. Prop i locks it into the charter so that efficient and affordability assessments become standard operating procedure. 1/
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Jen Robichaux retweeted
Launch an expensive study for what only takes one walk down Red River to figure out. Vote for Prop I and @katiekam4austin and watch Red River thrive.
Austin council member Zo Qadri wants to study why Red River businesses keep closing. Easy fix: ask his political buddy DA José Garza. He's had a front-row seat to every crime he didn't prosecute and every repeated criminal released to roam and terrorize this area. @downtownatx @DowntownATXInfo
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Austin is debating whether we need an audit by ordinance or by charter. We actually need BOTH. Ordinance 20260226-050 acknowledges the need for an audit. Prop i locks it into the charter so that efficient and affordability assessments become standard operating procedure. 1/
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Same pattern after the 15th Amendment. The Enforcement Acts gave it teeth. When those statutes were weakened, the constitutional amendment still gave people a claim to point to. Prop i does the same thing locally. It turns "we should audit" into "the charter requires it." 7/
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Details matter and the hierarchy is the safeguard. Broad charter language + specific ordinance = a system that can adapt without losing the requirement That’s how we give people lasting recourse while still letting the city respond to changing conditions. Vote Aye For Prop I
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Is discussion of Prop i banned from NextDoor? The ND controllers closed the discussion i started about Props A, B, and i that had over 180 responses and 4,000 hits because it “violated community standards.” Really? So, let’s discuss ELECTION FRAUD—the kind where political tricksters lie and misdirect attention from the merits of the proposal for a mandated and more comprehensive Performance Audit with a Pay-For provision like no one else (including the City) is doing—a nonpartisan issue—and paint it with partisan excrement. In a healthy political environment, a nonpartisan idea like this will be judged on its content without voters deciding whether to support or oppose it solely based on who supports or opposes it. But that’s what’s going on the campaign against Prop i. Such an unhealthy political environment is just exactly how people—like the overtaxed, cheated taxpayers of unaffordable City of Austin—end up voting against their own best interest.
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Following the latest disclosures from @DataRepublican, I see many conservative and right wing influencers saying that the way to defeat a Color Revolution is through public awareness. Color Revolutions don't depend on secrecy. It's a form of POPULAR revolution, meaning they need the masses on board. IT'S NO SECRET. Defeating secrecy helps us understand the threat, but that alone will NOT stop what's coming. Color Revolutions run on ORGANIZATION. It's not the secrecy that matters, it's the connective tissue of people, money, and strategy that force a decisive phase and tipping point. So it's the organization -- the act of getting individuals organized into groups that can be mobilized -- that you have to target. And you do that through counter-organization. REMEMBER: The crux of ALL revolutionary and counter-revolutionary strategy is to organize yourself and disorganize your opponents. The Viet Minh perfected this strategy with what they called Dau Tranh, or struggle or political struggle. It had three lines of effort, two of which are of supreme importance: Action among your own people. The total mobilization of propaganda, motivational, and organizational measures to build, organize, and sustain yourself. Action among the enemy’s people. The total propaganda effort to sow discontent, defeatism, dissent, and disloyalty among the enemy’s population. Organize yourself and disorganize your opponents. That's the strategy to win. That's how you defeat an organized effort to topple a government. The side that is better organized and wins greater support is going to win. Next Tuesday night, I will livestream and hold a Spaces here to discuss this in greater detail and provide a path to defeating this burgeoning Color Revolution movement. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
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Replying to @mdahmus
@JenRobichaux Here's my paraphrase of AURA - "Performatively throw other peoples' money at transit. When the money is stolen, throw more. This is holy." If you locked a real estate lobbyist in a room with a socialist, their consensus position would be strangely close to AURA's on no-limit cheap boxes. I'm sure that's coincidence. BTW, the affordability problem is not from a housing shortage. It's from money printing.
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In 2024 City Council tried to limit total speaking time to 2 minutes per *agenda* and were stopped by court order. Keep in mind that agendas can have over a hundred items. Austin's Prop E would make it easier to pull that stunt by eliminating the need to set rules by ordinance.
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Selena Xie owns two houses in Austin and that's a remarkable achievement. Her personal finances must be stellar. However her comments on ATXN come across as callous - dismissing concerns about spending priorities - when so many people can't even afford to buy one house.
Selena Xie registered her District 8 campaign domain in June 2024 while living in East Austin (District 1). She closed on a District 8 condo in September. She still owns the house in District 1. The domain came first. The move came after. Carpetbagger.
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The City of Austin, the City's Ethics Review Commission, and the League of Women Voters Austin Area sponsored City Council Candidate Panels for each district. The District 8 panel was held on September 21st. You can watch both candidate statements in full and the discussion youtube.com/playlist?list=PL…
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