@hexane360 @Blue_Mage @mavsmarie True. I guess the city decided it wasn’t worth fighting the state over since it got canceled.
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@FabianJacob8 @Blue_Mage @mavsmarie It doesn't automatically illegalize it either. You have to show it's illegal, actions by a private actor on government property aren't subject to the same restrictions as government actors.
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This is also incredibly dishonest. The water park itself isn’t making it Muslim Only - a Religious Group celebrating a Religious Holiday RENTED OUT the park for a PRIVATE EVENT asked for it to be Muslim Only.
They are protected under the 1st Amendment to do this.
Greg Abbott@GregAbbott_TX
A city-owned water park in Grand Prairie openly advertised a "MUSLIMS ONLY" event -- closed to the general public. That's religious discrimination. It's unconstitutional. I signed HB 4211 into law -- banning Muslim only no-go zones in Texas. The City must cancel the event and commit to never allowing something like it again by May 11th, or lose $530,000 in state grants. Let this be a lesson to local officials: Facilities funded by ALL taxpayers are not just for a subset of Texans.
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@hexane360 @Blue_Mage @mavsmarie Renting a government owned space doesn’t automatically legalize every discriminatory admission policy by the renter. All they had to do was rent a private venue, or not make it very obviously Muslims only. If it was “insert race” only I would feel the same way.
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@FabianJacob8 @Blue_Mage @mavsmarie You're wrong. Public spaces can be rented to religious groups as long as the government doesn't discriminate between what religious groups are allowed to make rentals. Once it's rented it's not the government discriminating.
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@Blue_Mage @mavsmarie My understanding is the constitution is the supreme law of the land. There may not be a single clause that says “the government cant discriminate against you” but the Supreme Courts interpretation of religious discrimination is that it’s unconstitutional. Correct me if I’m wrong
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@FabianJacob8 @mavsmarie Which section, article, and clause?
(You're wildly off-base here, by the way. There is a piece of legislation that comes close, but it ain't the US Constitution.)
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@Blue_Mage @mavsmarie The constitution of the United States
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@FabianJacob8 @mavsmarie Which law do you believe prohibits this form of discrimination?
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@mavsmarie The city said they are in contact with them to ensure policies are being followed. Policy can sometimes conflict with law. If the state is burdened with laws that do not necessarily apply to local government and the state wants to enforce, the city doesn’t have much room to argue
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@mavsmarie Just because it’s happened in the past, doesn’t change the legality of it occurring. Constitutionality and legality are separate from the peacefulness of an event.
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@JonathanDemare1 @GregAbbott_TX @SaraGonzalesTX Even if the event is “private” it’s a public facing event, at a facility owned by the government. You cannot rent a public facility with the intent to illegally discriminate.
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@GregAbbott_TX @SaraGonzalesTX Hi Greg. I work for the city of GP. Just curious, what makes you want to get involved in the affairs of a private, rented event? Can’t be because you care about the residents of GP, because you’ve been doing everything possible to limit our access to funding via bonds.
Cheers!
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🚨 EXCLUSIVE 🚨
Governor Greg Abbott’s office has sent a letter to the city of Grand Prairie threatening to pull their public safety grants if they don’t cancel the planned “Muslim-only” water park day, citing state and federal statutes relating to civil rights and nondiscrimination.
If the city doesn’t comply by May 11th, they will be required to repay the $530,000 they received from the state.
Thank you, @GregAbbott_TX!!
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@AlwaysTrustBob1 @UrbanCourtyard @Bruhrilla That’s not true at all. Both Dallas and Fort Worth require trees for developments. It’s illegal to remove trees on your property above a certain size without getting proper permits.
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@FabianJacob8 @UrbanCourtyard @Bruhrilla Majority of those modern-day neighborhoods have almost zero trees and the ones that do will likely have trees removed as they fear it will fall on the house. My own neighbors fall into this same mindset they all removed their oak trees here.
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It’s actually impressive how much asphalt Texans fit into their environment
You’d think they would want to mitigate the heat with some vegetation or permeable surface, but they just lean into it
Alicia, Courtyard Urbanist@UrbanCourtyard
Key takeaway from the reaction to this post is that the suburban smear around DFW has spectacularly failed to create the kind of neighborhoods where people want to stay, form community, and age in place. It’s also very hot, but there are hot cities in the world that retain population over time. They use land very differently than Dallas though
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@UrbanCourtyard @Bruhrilla That is old construction. Those buildings are likely over 100 years old or close to it. A lot of Texas infrastructure and growth was built in the past 30 years. Takes time for trees to grow.
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@pmtiegs You can get an xl maverick for like 24k after discounts right now. Adjusted for inflation they’re actually cheaper than they were when they first came out.
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Folks who bought the $20k Maverick are like the people who locked in a 2.3% 30-year mortgage.
Gary Gastelu 🇺🇸@garygastelu
Cheapest and most expensive models: -Chevy- Trax: $23,495 Corvette ZR1X: $212,195 ---- -Ford- Maverick: $29,990 Mustang GTD: $327,960
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@rawmilkhoney So many people, even Americans don’t grasp the variety we have in the US. From culture, food, climates, people. Nothing compares as a whole.
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@JoeCoolei @metisundial @o_Fade2Bla4K_o @SandyofCthulhu Good Italian food in the U.S. is just as good as in Italy. Southern Italy has a heavier emphasis on seafood. They make good Italian food but the variety is nowhere near the U.S.
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@FabianJacob8 @metisundial @o_Fade2Bla4K_o @SandyofCthulhu Even in southern Italy, also overrated down there?
The most ironic thing about most Italian food is that those recipes are only a few hundred years old, considering tomatoes are comparatively new to them
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Nachos were invented for Americans, by a cafe that catered to Americans. I admit it happened in Ciudad Juarez.
Hamburgers were invented by Americans - either a Texan in St. Louis or a Texan in Texas.
Creole food is American, and was developed out of almost nothing about 1830 when the governor of Louisiana called upon the black cooks of New Orleans to develop a cuisine good enough for the French merchants and administrators to stay here.
Cajun food is American, and was developed out of whatever the hell was in the swamp at the time.
Asian Fusion is American and is a testament to Californian ingenuity.
Sandwiches weren't invented by Americans, but were certainly perfected by us. No other nation has a sandwich breadth as vast as ours, from cheesesteak to reuben to hot brown to club. I've had sandwiches in 8 European nations and they were all weaker.
Southern food is American and ought to be renowned world wide.
Tex Mex is American, developed by Hispanics in America.
aka@akafaceUS
He claims "American food" doesn't exist. What do you consider as American food?
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@JoeCoolei @metisundial @o_Fade2Bla4K_o @SandyofCthulhu Food in Italy is over rated. Italian American food is better. The only thing they have going for them is better quality tomatoes.
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I need to visit southern Italy, my Sicilian friend makes the best ragu and meatballs, from my understanding that’s where all of that super great and rich sauce comes from
To your point, most Italian restaurants in America don’t have anything that compares to that
Also, big difference that I’ve noticed in Italy is that the meat is often separated from the pasta and served as its own dish
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@vlad1011 @TrentTelenko White births up and Hispanic births down. But yeah a 1% is a lot of people lol it’s 3.5 million people
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If I can tell a brief story. Wife is an OBGYN and has ties to 4 groups in San Antonio. Here’s the YoY drop in deliveries at 2 hospitals and 2 cash clinics (women’s)
Her hospital -38%
Largest hospital -23%
Her old clinic -40+%
Other clinic -18%
Her old clinic laid off dozens of people
unseen1@unseen1_unseen
Do people understand how difficult it is to deport upwards of 3 million people in one year and not have your economy crash? Do they understand how difficult it is to impose a world wide tariff and not have the world erupt in a trade war? Do they understand how difficult it is to cut regulations? Do they understand how difficult it is to win almost every case before the scotus? Do they understand how difficult it is to get people who don't like you to conform your administration and to pass the majoroty of your agenda in one big beautiful bill ? Do they understand how difficult it is to stop inflation? Do they understand how difficult it is to build cases that will lead to arrests against people who control large parts of the justice system? I seriously dont think people really understand the difficulty factor that Trump has had to work against to do what he has done. I'm surprised he was able to do a quarter of what he has done with the opposition and difficulty he has faced tbh. I doubt we will see this level of change again in my lifetime and I would be surprised if it happens in my grandchildren's lifetimes. The funny part is the doomers and panicans along with the lying legacy media want to try to convince you that nothing is being done.
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@smellytoast6 @wfaaweather So it went from 2-4 inches of snow and 0.5 inches of ice to 1-3 inches of snow/sleet and 0.5 inches of ice. Thats not really changing the forecast that’s just refining. 99% of the outcomes in the original statement are still included.
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@wfaaweather The gaslighting continues apparently. Except now it's in the form of pretending to say that I was critiquing the forecast rather than you gaslighting about changing the forecast. If you want to keep calling me out and bringing attention to your gaslighting, be my guest.
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@Chainsaw59598 @JohnPetersonFW None of those items are fresh goods. Any processed food at any national grocery chain is going to have the same bioengineered ingredients. Just don’t buy processed food…
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@JohnPetersonFW There's a reason that stuff in there is cheaper than elsewhere.
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Aldi is incredible. For my household of 6 we used to spend 450-500$ a week on groceries at target. I just rolled out of Aldi for 192$ and got everything we used to get there minus a couple things.
No name brands, no fluff, I love it
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@TesCalendar1 Maybe on the fringe but if it was cheaper to supercharge to 100% in 3 minutes than fill up on gas in 3 minutes, BEV trucks would sell like hot cakes.
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@FabianJacob8 It could have 600 miles of range and charge in 3 minutes and people would still make excuses.
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I hate to say it - and I genuinely mean HATE, but every normie I’ve talked to about Ford axing the all electric Lightning and making it a series hybrid is a big fan.
Most people still are afraid of figuring out how to charge when going further away from home than 1 charge will do. Gas is so familiar to them, most have been using it for 40+ years. Change is REALLY hard for most Americans.
Whether the EREV is a good idea, whether it actually makes sense, whether it’s holding us back or not… it will possibly become one of the best selling F-150’s.
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@Philly_Ali_ @RoadToSix The eagles in 2023 gave up 25 pts per game. The cowboys this year are giving up 30 pts per game. The cowboys defense is worse in every metric.
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@RoadToSix That’s why Jalen hurts carried the 2023 eagles who had the 31st ranked defense in the nfl to the playoffs …..
So he had a worse defense than yall have rn and still made playoffs 👀
Proves Hurts is way better than the playoff choking INT merchant yall have in Dallas
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We can’t all be carried by our defense unfortunately
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