Senator Wendy Davis is pretty cool [On a somewhat lighter note]

[Mr.Bookworm]

She's filibustering that godawful Texas abortion bill that cannot be accurately described with words, only incoherent angry sputtering. (http://www.newrepublic.com/article/113628/meet-wendy-davis-who-filibustering-texas-abortion-bill#)

If she keeps the floor until midnight (she's been going for over 10 hours now), the Senate closes and won't be able to vote on it, and it'll die a well deserved death for the time being.

Here's a livestream, if anyone wants to keep an eye on it:

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[McTahr]

And now it's tense. They keep pinging her for relevancy and she's down to her last warning. Two hours and fifteen minutes left, if she gets past this latest point of order. At the very least she's getting a bit of a break during the deliberations.

[Aldurin]

Relevancy rules are dumb, I want every politician to write their own version of an upcoming Disney movie when they filibuster.

[McTahr]

She got the third warning. They're nitpicking it as best they can, but they've basically shut her down short of a miracle.

Best part: The chant (http://www.nbcnews.com/video/nbc-news/52313931/#52313931) led by the crowd, and the woman who shouted "That's bullshit!" when they declared it sustained.

Wait, Sen. Watson appealed, and forced a debate on that. Ideally he can carry this the rest of the way.

Edit/update: He's still "going". GOP tried to make a motion to table him, other dems stalled with parliamentary inquiries, and he (Watson) found a rule that says they can't table him until he debates. They've killed another forty minutes this way, and if he gets the debate it might just keep going 'til midnight. Hour-fifteen left.

E2: Watson held them up for over an hour, aside from a few questions, they almost forced the vote. In the last ten minutes they've been shut down by cheering from the gallery, the noise is keeping them from taking an accurate vote, so they can't force it. The people themselves joined in on the filibuster, just a lil' bit. Kinda fantastic.

E3: And I think they just forced it anyway.

[Shyria Dracnoir]

Good news, everybody! (http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/06/26/195758145/clock-runs-out-on-controversial-texas-abortion-bill)

The official clock ran out on Texas lawmakers overnight, which effectively killed a bill that would have dramatically restricted abortion in the nation's second most populous state. Hours of chaos and confusion in Austin finally lifted as Texas Senate leaders decided that the vote on Senate Bill 5 did not clear a constitutionally-mandated hurdle that it pass before midnight.

[Bells]

The American law system can sometimes make for a very suspensiful thriller of action and agony, its like watching a reality show where someone in the house is an actual murderer waiting for an opening and only the people at home know who it is.

[Shyria Dracnoir]

The American law system can sometimes make for a very suspensiful thriller of action and agony, its like watching a reality show where someone in the house is an actual murderer waiting for an opening and only the people at home know who it is.

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[McTahr]

Good news, everybody! (http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/06/26/195758145/clock-runs-out-on-controversial-texas-abortion-bill)

Nice. There were a lot of sites posting as of the 12:02 vote that they'd passed it, and they'd completed the roll to vote on whether to vote on it during the noise, which was a bit confusing, but the roll to vote itself got blocked out until 12:02, and thus was not legitimate.

[Mr.Bookworm]

Alright!

So as I understand, one of two things could happen now. The first thing is that the governor could call another special, 30-day session, where they could vote on it. This may or may not happen, because doing so would piss off a lot of the senators.

The second thing is that it's just dead and they'll have to wait another year to try to fuck over everyone with ovaries.

Unfortunately, on a shit-heap awful note, remember this?

So, guess how long it took to prove that fucking the VRA over was an awful idea that everyone involved should be goddamn ashamed of?

Two hours!

Texas cracked open a cold one and started oppressin' them some minorities. (http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/06/25/2212281/two-hours-after-the-supreme-court-gutted-the-voting-rights-act-texas-ag-suppresses-minority-voters/)

Senator Davis' district was eliminated because gerrymandering. (http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/06/26/2216721/thanks-to-the-supreme-court-wendy-davis-will-probably-lose-her-senate-seat/) Also, racism.

Hopefully she can take this bit of national spotlight and use it to keep being cool.

[Hatake Kakashi]

Alright!

So as I understand, one of two things could happen now. The first thing is that the governor could call another special, 30-day session, where they could vote on it.

In a state run by misogynistic fucktards, it was only a matter of when, not if. (http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57591221/texas-gov-rick-perry-calls-2nd-special-session-to-pass-abortion-bill/)

[Shyria Dracnoir]

Specifically for anyone in Texas or who has folk there who want to tell Perry et all what fuckasses they are,

Contact the Governor's Office (http://governor.state.tx.us/contact/)

Search for Texas State Representatives by District (http://www.fyi.legis.state.tx.us/Home.aspx)

[Doc ock rokc]

Uh guys the Governor doesn't really have any power in Texas. (Due to post Civil war bullshit the guy is basically a money sponge that can call in the reall people if their is a emergency) If you want someone to bring the congress into line hit them up or the Deputy governor.

[Shyria Dracnoir]

Just point me at whoever I need to call "fuckface" enough times to fix this.

[Doc ock rokc]

Just point me at whoever I need to call "fuckface" enough times to fix this.

That would be the head of whatever house you have a issue with. The Heads are the most powerful ones in the state besides the Deputy Governor of course.