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Yeah, unanimous in both chambers. It's headed to Abbott along with the property tax bill. Eager for my $200 reduction in 2020 and then the appraisals going through the goddamn roof, and suddenly I own a $350,000 home!
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May 26, 2019 13:33
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Done with the floor analysis, the talking points, the back mic questions, the press releases, and am ready for this night to end! Let's see what lives and what dies
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May 26, 2019 21:24
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TropicalCoke posted:the back mic questions, Lol you wish.
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May 26, 2019 21:27
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A boy can dream. It’s either that or I am not gonna be home for a lonnnngggg time
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May 26, 2019 21:38
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You'll be lucky if you finish before midnight. Last session the house adjourned on sine die eve at 11 pm.
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May 26, 2019 22:13
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Out before 10 but I think they deleted the plumbing code by accident
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May 27, 2019 03:45
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TropicalCoke posted:Out before 10 but I think they deleted the plumbing code by accident I don't know. When it was brought up to them again, they doubled down. I don't fully understand Sunset or that bill, but it was weird to hear claims about how other licensing boards that didn't get bills passed last time were fine. The licensing board for social workers didn't get renewed in the Sunset process in 2017, so it was consolidated with two other mental health licensing boards in HHSC and no funds were really dedicated to it, just like...two staff for the entire state. So if you were trying to get your license, it took a minimum of six months purely waiting on paperwork. And most jobs in your profession require that license. It was a nightmare.
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May 27, 2019 04:55
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When they invented sunset they decided that the best way to do government oversight is to put them all on a dead man's switch that kills them every 12 years unless the Legislature takes affirmative action to continue them. Recognizing this is a dumbass idea, they also pass a sunset safety net bill every session that continues any of the agencies under review for two more years if their bill dies or the governor vetoes it or whatever. In fact, it was that exact bill that Patrick murdered last session to force special on the bathroom bill. They passed it this year. The plumbing thing was they wanted to ease restrictions to allow less qualified plumbers to do something, these guild issues happen every year with the people with the highest qualifications appearing to say that no one who is one whit less qualified than they are should be able to do the thing while everyone else is like, we should be allowed to do the thing. It's all bullshit gatekeeping and professional jealousy. Also I think they consolidated all the MH prof. licensing boards into one this session, which the various professions all howled about. https://twitter.com/MorrisReports/status/1133033962341842945 
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May 27, 2019 16:30
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zoux posted:When they invented sunset they decided that the best way to do government oversight is to put them all on a dead man's switch that kills them every 12 years unless the Legislature takes affirmative action to continue them. Recognizing this is a dumbass idea, they also pass a sunset safety net bill every session that continues any of the agencies under review for two more years if their bill dies or the governor vetoes it or whatever. In fact, it was that exact bill that Patrick murdered last session to force special on the bathroom bill. They passed it this year. Sounds right. And yeah, they just passed that bill. It's been a fight for at least two years now where all of the mental health professional licensing boards except psychologists were wanting a single board, and the psychologists were fighting tooth and nail against it, for similar reasons to the plumbers bill. So no idea what the compromises ended up being, but glad it finally passed.
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May 27, 2019 18:18
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https://twitter.com/amanbatheja/status/1133088960077545472 Haha whoops turns out the plumbing licensing board wasn't in the safety net Also I swear to gently caress if there's a special over the goddamn plumbers...
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May 27, 2019 20:16
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https://twitter.com/chucklindell/status/1133110365317939201 rip
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May 27, 2019 21:40
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Adios mofo Wonder if Abbott actually thought something would happen or if he was just blowing smoke.
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May 27, 2019 22:16
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so do we just not have a SoS now
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May 28, 2019 01:24
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We don't really need one unless an election is happening
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May 28, 2019 03:38
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Doesnt the SOS do all the business licensing or something along those lines
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May 28, 2019 04:48
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zoux posted:We don't really need one unless an election is happening But then who will gin up stories about spooky minorities illegally voting?
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May 28, 2019 07:29
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KIM JONG TRILL posted:But then who will gin up stories about spooky minorities illegally voting? Literally everyone else in the Republican party.
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May 28, 2019 12:27
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Mistaken Frisbee posted:Sounds right. And yeah, they just passed that bill. It's been a fight for at least two years now where all of the mental health professional licensing boards except psychologists were wanting a single board, and the psychologists were fighting tooth and nail against it, for similar reasons to the plumbers bill. So no idea what the compromises ended up being, but glad it finally passed. That's because it's an obvious ploy to minimize or eliminate the distinctions between the different mental health licenses, with the ultimate effect of driving down health insurance reimbursements. Meanwhile psychiatrists will never have to worry about other therapists gaining prescription privileges like in Louisiana or New Mexico due to the medical lobby's vice group on the legislature.
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May 30, 2019 04:00
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Wax Dynasty posted:That's because it's an obvious ploy to minimize or eliminate the distinctions between the different mental health licenses, with the ultimate effect of driving down health insurance reimbursements. Meanwhile psychiatrists will never have to worry about other therapists gaining prescription privileges like in Louisiana or New Mexico due to the medical lobby's vice group on the legislature. I know the non-psychologist provider advocates who were fighting for this, and the Medicaid reimbursement rates for all professionals, but especially LMFTs/LPCs/LCSWs, are pitiful. There's no evidence seeing a psychologist for counseling will result in objectively better outcomes than other licensed providers. The distinction is just used to justify bullshit reimbursement rates to a good majority of the mental health providers, which means they are more likely to go out-of-network and not take Medicaid. It objectively makes sense to regulate similar professions that provide similar services under the same board, and if you have complaints about a provider you shouldn't have to reach out to multiple entities to file a complaint. I don't represent providers at all, so I honestly don't have a dog in the fight beyond having a strong mental health workforce. But I haven't heard a good case for reimbursement disparities beyond the superiority every profession argues it holds over others. Mistaken Frisbee fucked around with this message at 05:37 on May 30, 2019 |
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May 30, 2019 05:02
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dallas mayoral runoff between the uptown (rich) backed rep. eric johnson and progressive city counciler scott griggs:quote:Last night, Robert and Maggie Murchison held a fundraiser at their Preston Hollow home for mayoral hopeful and state Rep. Eric Johnson. A surreptitious audio recording of the proceedings was passed along to D Magazine. It shows some interesting — and not altogether truthful — ways in which his opponent, Councilman Scott Griggs, is being depicted to donors.
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May 31, 2019 03:51
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https://twitter.com/RepStickland/status/1134820705625919488 He called vaccines sorcery
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Jun 1, 2019 16:57
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The happiest moment of this guy’s life will be when AOC sends him to a gulag
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Jun 1, 2019 17:03
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Didn't you read that dick stroking the DMN gave him? He's just the nicest guy
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Jun 1, 2019 17:36
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Media and Stickland have a symbiotic relationship
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Jun 1, 2019 18:52
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https://twitter.com/chucklindell/status/1135620082007195649 Careful Ken, don't want to end up in the cornfield
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Jun 3, 2019 20:01
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Seems like a big misstep to support the potential Mexico tariffs in any meaningful capacity. I would generally expect the republican base to only approve of nihilistic xenophobic cruelty that doesn't cost them money.
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Jun 3, 2019 21:04
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Sardonik posted:Seems like a big misstep to support the Mexico tariffs in any meaningful capacity. I would generally expect the republican base to only approve of nihilistic xenophobic cruelty that doesn't cost them money. There are people who own land on the border that will be cut in half by a proposed wall and they're like "ooh yes, trample on my private...property rights Mr President."
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Jun 3, 2019 21:06
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The business oligarchs have lost control of the racists
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Jun 3, 2019 22:10
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https://twitter.com/DiannaHunt/status/1135716016082882561
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The Mexicans refuse to honor our flag
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Jun 4, 2019 14:26
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https://twitter.com/chucklindell/status/1135939193585229826 Well there goes my unlicensed scam plumbing scheme
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zoux posted:https://twitter.com/chucklindell/status/1135939193585229826 Somewhere, a single tear rolls down Joe The Plumber's cheek
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https://twitter.com/quorumreport/status/1135946842187948032 *Inserts "plumbing oversight" into the last open Infinity Gauntlet slot* Braddock is a moron who I guess has decided his brand is goading state leadership but it wouldn't be a "short special session on plumbing" it would be that and then 20 social conservative red meat issues like he did last time. https://twitter.com/chron_mattyoung/status/1135939915227770883?s=21 Folks this is why we need a White Entertainment Television https://twitter.com/RepStickland/status/1135969536610578432 Oh please god loving do it zoux fucked around with this message at 19:26 on Jun 4, 2019 |
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Jun 4, 2019 17:37
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Jun 4, 2019 20:29
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zoux posted:https://twitter.com/quorumreport/status/1135946842187948032 quote:Oh please god loving do it lmfao
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zoux posted:https://twitter.com/RepStickland/status/1135969536610578432 His fat loving face nearly eclipses the Capitol Rotunda.
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i say swears online posted:could a future dem governor use this precedent to unilaterally create a commission that, say, requires a new bullshit license for frackers and then refuses to grant any? No. https://twitter.com/chucklindell/status/1136027155450736640  Lol at Brisk Cocaine. source https://twitter.com/Forrest4Trees/status/1136024670157910017 zoux fucked around with this message at 23:07 on Jun 4, 2019 |
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Jun 4, 2019 23:02
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Funny how this didn't come out til after Whitley was finished as acting SoS
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zoux posted:No. Nice, want to see one for the Senate as well, because I'm cool with my rep (Wu, he was biking around my neighborhood during early voting and if he saw anyone just made sure they knew early voting was on), but I loving hate Joan Huffman and I just want to see how bad she is on a scale of, say, Zerwas to Brisk Cocaine. I'm guessing it's more toward the latter.
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