3 Words- Texas! Texas! Texas!

Thanks for creating this @lovendures ! I had thought to do the same thing but noticed the discussion on the Great Turning 5 thread. Great minds think alike!

To reiterate what I said there - after a talk with my hubby (the poli sci major), I am convinced that this law will be the thread that unravels the Union.

Not because it's anti-abortion, but because SCOTUS is sanctioning the deputization of citizens against other citizens (the bounty hunter part of the law), which tends to be a bellweather for the arrival of authoritarianism in a country.

Other red states are going to enact the same law, and then this will be applied to other laws as well.

Set aside abortion for a moment. If such a law were passed around parental custody, that would mean that a parent that is trying to escape an abusive relationship with their kids would be criminalized.

Apply it to Critical Race Theory - parents would be given cash rewards for turning in teachers who try to teach anything they consider offensive, whether it's really CRT or not.

Also to keep an eye on: SCOTUS has expanded what's known as The Shadow Docket. These are cases that are supposed to be ruled on because failing to do so would cause harm, however 4 of the 5 RWNJs on the bench have decided to ignore that guideline.

Texas has become the canary in the goldmine of democracy. I really believe that in the next 30 years this country will not exist as it does now.

@laura-f, regarding your reference to the SCOTUS Shadow Docket. attached is a good explanation:  

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/03/briefing/scotus-shadow-docket-texas-abortion-law.html

@deetoo 

Yes, I saw that! Good share!

Question for @jeanne-mayell:  I was wondering what the tone, or mood, was behind the "Texas! X 3 " vision.  When I first read your account of it, I assumed the tone was like a cheer (like, "yay Texas!).   But it seems more like it should have been a scream of horror.  ?  

How did it come across to you? thanks

@ana the mood of the chant was strange, a bit creepy. I have never had a "vision" like that before so I will never forget it. The voices sounded like androgynous angels marching and chanting. They were men, but angels,  voices were high pitched for men.  It was truly a vision of spirits showing me what was coming beginning when the next president (who turned out to be Trump) took office. I had thought at the time that Hillary Clinton would be president.  As I was meditating, I saw the air rippling in early 2017. I thought it meant there would be a new normal and so I asked spirit for more information and that's when I heard the chanting of Texas, Texas, Texas, Texas.

I think they were expressing the vibes of sad, disappointed men who had been disenfranchised, outcasts, similar to those three insurrectionists who had broken into the House chamber and decided to say a prayer. Did you see that bit of video?

 They were young men who were lost and believed they had a cause but the House chamber was empty. 

I thought at the time that if Clinton were elected, we'd see an anti-government movement coming from Texas, tantamount to secession. I was wrong about that. For one thing, Clinton wasn't elected. But as time unfolded, I realized there was something to that vision - that there was a movement in this country of the radical right that was gaining traction.  And it is based in Texas. 

I've wondered about the dream I posted where there was a wall of tornadoes in Texss-was it literal or metaphorical? Is Texas in for rough weather, or now, between mask mandates, the new law, and their other shortcomings, were the destructive twisters I saw reflective of civil & political upheaval/storms? It will be interesting to watch & find out. 

In the meantime, as I noted yesterday, industry in the state will be playing its role. I got this email this morning from Lyft. I love it! Let the games begin!

@cindy 

I also got that email. So far no word from Amazon, Uber or other big corporations.

here are some of the ways the TX abortion law is being described on the internet:

• TEXAS passes “Old Father Hubbard’s bill to keep Mother in a shoe forever
• Texas Abortion Bounty System (TABS)
• Republican men excited to begin pregnancy monitoring and snitching
• Texas gop enacted a law to allow creepy neighbor to view your daughter’s medical records every time she misses a period
• Texas Expands Business Opportunities: Suing Incest Victims for Profit
• The Anne Frank, Rat Out Your Neighbor And Make $10K Law
• The Panty-Sniffer Empowerment Act of 2021
• the Gladys Kravitz Act
• that guy you wouldn’t go out with now has another way to try to ruin your life
• the Karen says "you are a slut!" law

@unk-p 

These are the best Unk-p!  Thank you so much for posting them. 

They are providing some humor to what is a very dark time, yet poetic truth.

Saw this one too:

• Texas Abortion Law: Inform on your neighbors, coworkers, and even total strangers, for cash prizes!