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9. Fun facts to know and tell: a couple of years ago...

Reply to RussBLib (Reply #5)

Sun May 17, 2026, 08:16 PM

23 hrs ago

Last edited Sun May 17, 2026, 10:01 PM - Edit history (1)

…the Texas legislature failed to pass a voucher bill because rural Republicans voted against it (for the reason you stated).

Gov Abbott then found a billionaire who believed in the cause and they primaried those GOP Reps and defeated enough of them to pass the voucher bill in the next legislative session.

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Molly Ivins flashback [View all] RussBLib Yesterday OP

I miss her too. She was terriffic, if only because she dubbed Dubya "Schrub". FadedMullet Yesterday #1

I saw this live when I used to watch C-Span daily AZProgressive Yesterday #2

I think of Molly often and wish she was around to brer cat Yesterday #3

And Texas did finally pass a voucher law doing exactly what Ms Ivins warned about 18 years after her death. surfered Yesterday #4

back in 1997 RussBLib Yesterday #5

Exactly! surfered 23 hrs ago #8

Fun facts to know and tell: a couple of years ago... surfered 23 hrs ago #9

Molly was a national treasure Devilsun Yesterday #6

Part of me really misses her. Part of me is glad she's not around to see the pile of shit this country has become. paleotn Yesterday #7

Molly would be in the streets banging pans with the best of us. summer_in_TX 18 hrs ago #10

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