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red dog 1

(33,485 posts) Thu May 21, 2026, 04:52 PM Yesterday

Republicans in Texas have lost their minds! This is what fascism looks like!

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Republicans in Texas have lost their minds! This is what fascism looks like! (Original Post) red dog 1 Yesterday OP

Seems like a stretch FBaggins Yesterday #1

Yeah. It not like this 'criminal' only B.See Yesterday #2

FBaggins

(28,765 posts)

1. Seems like a stretch

Reply to red dog 1 (Original post)

Thu May 21, 2026, 06:15 PM

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If she had merely posted the video and/or claimed what she does in the interview ("There’s people that are saying that their appliances are getting ruined, they can’t cook with the water, they can’t bathe with it, they can’t do laundry" ) she would have been fine.

But she claimed that people had been hospitalized due to bacteria in the water. That pretty clearly violates Texas Penal Code § 42.06... which is normally a misdemeanor. But since it specifically involved the public water supply (explicitly listed in the code), it rises to a felony.

B.See

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2. Yeah. It not like this 'criminal' only

Reply to red dog 1 (Original post)

Thu May 21, 2026, 06:53 PM

Yesterday

ignored or failed to act on available measures and funds that might've mitigated or prevented mass disaster casualties or something.

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